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1 t i I ? t 1 r 1! i I i IS is l 4 l K 1 1 I E I The Weekly Star. WUH. BERNAED.EditorandPrdp'r. . WILMINGTON. Ar. G. " Fbidat, - ;FeBBUART,10, f 1882. BIn writing to change lyour address, always give former direction as well as full particulars as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless you dp both changes can not be made. .f: i "Notices of irarriage or Death, Tributes of fnr. nwiinarv advertisements, but only naif rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. ; , ts9-PMnittniv.es mnst be made by Check .Draft- Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will register letters when desired. - t-Only such remittances will be at tne tisk or the publisher. .if 1 t-Specimen copies forwarded when desired. A BLOW AT .TFIIiOTINGTON. ; ' "Thfi Tsfew York ' Times has a cor espondent at Raleigh who is under- fctftnd tn bp MrJ Lofran Harris. - His letters are confined to two subjects orth Carolina politics and railroads. He delights in telling what he under stands to be the condition and chances of the Democratic party, and he is quite sure to make the condition ap palling' and thd chances desperate. If hi wmild turn his lantern , upon his -own party he iipght'beof real service bf revealing some of the plots by which it is hoped the people of North Carolina can be persuaded to place in thp hands of. the Radicals the for tunes of the State. feut we are not concerned just now with what MrJ Loge Harris may think or jwrite about the Democratic party. Wp are more interested in his letters of the 2d of February-concerning K rth Carolina railroads and the pr spects of this city. ; ! j v V ' f ter giving a long account of the supposed plans of Mr. John Robin soi i, President of several railroads ana the'- Bay Line of Steamers, and his purchase of the Carolina Central, and then glancing at the talked of railway from Goldshoro to Suffolk, Virsdnia, he has this to say : Mr. Robinson intends to stand by and aidkenator Vance during the campaign of thiiyear in hid fight upon the Richmond & Danville Company, and it was the part of uriparlom to increase the miles of railroad in North Carolina as controlled by Mr. Robin-, sonby the addition of two hundred miles, froni Wilmington to Charlotte, and to pre vent the common enemy from getting conr trol of the road in question. There can be no doubt that the management of the Caro lina Central, in connection with the Augusta Air fliine, the! Raleigh & Gaston and the Seaboard & RoanokeRailroads, willgreatly, damage Wilmington. There are pregnant sign! that Wilmington is i on the decline. The harbor is insufficient for vessels or large burden, and while the efforts of the stopping up inlets' and dredging may make somf improvement, .it-seems impossible to increase the deptnot tne water to anywung Tie communication of Mr. Harris, wheher inspired by others or drawn from his own active brain, is a verv .ttempt to injure Wilmington. roclahns j oracularly that this city s on the Jdecline liarbpr is insufficient and . that ! the f or . ships of largeburden, and that : it can .- never be made equal to .Norfolk as a har bor: We make 'an issue with Mr. Harr s on his fi rst count. What ; are the signs of growth arid prosperity in town or city? if ; the population' in- creases and the trade increases and . the commerce increases it i 1 ,- - t , :i ,t . is argued ! that there is progress," growth, de- velopment Has Wilmington decreased in pop ulation? Who says it has? In 1870 ' it was a little over. 13,000. In 1880 it was nearly 17,400. 1 We know here that there -were more than that num ber n Jane, 1880.' sin February, 1882, there ar4 full 18,000, supposing the rate of increase of the last decade has kept up until now. , . . Coi tipare Wilmington with Charles ton. In ten years that city increased - but ; : ,000, Savannah shows also a very small increase, . much less than Wilmiagton. Mobile" has fallen off m numbers. Wilmington " in ten years shows more than double the1 per cfcntage of increase of population o that Norfolk i showsi In 1 870 Nor- "folkhad !l9,229; in 1880 it had 21,- - 366 Why this large advantage in of Wilmington if it is evident thcjdeclin6? If the ratio of in favorj 1 Jv on! crease of the two cities should con tinue nntir, 1890 - Wilmington will have caught iNorfolk very - nearly, and jy the end of the century"; will have surpassed her by thousands, i i Has the commerce i of Wilmington declined! since 1870? We have not. cool a He h she figures .by us just nowbut we profit and safety of education it in can ajsert safely that there has been creased its public school expenditures a great increase., The last year was unfavorable throughout the country. Nearly all of the cities fell off im mensely in their eommerce, but Wil mington t held its, own excellently, and in .'some things went beyond. The commercial reports for 1881, as compared with 1880, will show as favorably for Wilmington as for any .Atlantic) city and if i.companed witn several Southern cities will . show- f I i. -j. ...... i - -.V', .. T most encouraging results. . We have'i -not the statistics of Norfolk jjientj or we would, ascertain how it stands with that port for the last two years. We suspect Wilmington can show as flattering an exhibit js thari city can show 'in (sonipariag y 1881 with 1880. What then are' the-ipom-mercial signs of ' decadencin'SVil- . . ' i 1 mington? Are there any? Its num 'ber of inhabitants increases steadily, and its commerce holds its own bct- f At tlijn'ninr-tont,hs , of the cities of the Union. . . , . - 'The' general trade of ' Wilmington' 'is better; noWj we1 think, !than two, years ago. Wc haveVhbt'gorie among our wliolesale houses of - all kinds to gather statistics; but judging from, what we have observed we ' should say the general trade of Wilmington was larger now than in 1 879 and 1880. A Raleigh editor was here ; some months ago and asked us if wct had been in a certain dry goods house. here since they had received tneir; fall stock? We answered .";Vno Said he, Yon ought to go through the house. ; I -.verily '.believe. , they, have more goods than all Raleigh put together. ;I had no-idea that; there was a firm in the State that carried such a stock." That ' same house will fill up again s this spring. Goods are sold in Wilmington, l and not kept for the moths to consume. , 'As to the channel of the river and the depth of our port we are all very hopeful. Skilful engineers say it is possible to give" Wilmington all the water it needs. Gradually a greater; dentil is beinsr secured. If Mr. Har-: ris would visit Wilmington and see. f or himself he would probably take a more favorable view and would: not use the widely circulated Time to disparage ; the claims ; and prospects of our city If he would come and examine the books ' of ; the Chamber of Commerce, the Custom House re ceipts as compared ; with Norfolk, and then go down the river and scru tinize the works and talk with the engineers he wo -Ids no 'doubt change ; his iopinion ind cease prophecy I for Xthe : chief, North Carolina seaport. He would be willing to say in the Times, we ' have but .little' doubt, that Wilmington will yet have enough depth of . water for; a large foreign . commerce, and" if it should not equal Norfolk in depth,' that it will have greater depth than an other Southern city, and have enough to allow "vessels of large burden" to come up to our wharves. We may return to this subject again and in a TTri dnno i i - himself and then make a correction in the Times'. i . We object to a North Carolina: Republican . writing in the interests of Norfolk at the expense of iWil-: minstton and North Carolina. - Wil- mington is Harris. not yet in decline, Mr. j; The House has adopted a bill in-: troduced by Mr. Burrows, of Michi gan, which prevents delegates who are polygamists - from taking; their seats. " Here is the text in full: ! i "Be it enacted bv the Senate and House' of Representatives in Congress assembled that hereafter no person shall be a delegate in the House of Representatives from any; of the Territories of the United States who shall not have attained the age of ; twenty-' five years and been seven years a citizan of. the United States, or who shaU jnot, when -elected, be an inhabitant of the Territory in which he shall be chosen, and no such per-' son who is guilty either of bigamy or poly-' gamy shall be eligible to a seat as such delegate."- , . l Some eight years ago a resolution of the precise import' was rejected. There is progress. . . . . . ; - Gen. Walter Gwynn, well : known in North Carolina, died in Baltimore : on the 5th inst. He1 is said to have been the oldest living graduate of West Point. He was a distinguished civil engineer. He went from one large work to another, and was con nected with all the engineering im provements in Virginia and North and South Carolina. At the break ing out of the war he was appointed Brigadier General and Chief of the; Engineer Corps of the Confederate army. He has lived in : Baltiihorc for five years past. ' Tie was born in Virginia in 1802, and was graduated at West Point in 1822. ' s In twenty years New York in creased 50 per cent, in population. But knowing the need, usefulness. 200 per cent. That is right. . It provides $3,650,000 for 1882. With a! quarter of a million more inhabi tants : and ten times the 1 ignorance North Carolina provides, only , some $400,000. In, other ; words, it pro vides in nine years ; what New York gives in one. A lesson forv begin-; ! ners. - . . , . i v , . , . iv K:,;:..;r. j HORSFORD's ACH) PHOSPHATE. Brain ToKicHorsf ord's Acid Phosphate iscordiyremmendedbyE.W.Hobert- son, H. D,, of Cleveland, as a, brain and nerve billty. tonic, especiajly iu : nervous de- OLD TIMES. tsier Interesting Facta Cnecea it .1 re Olden Time. '' I fVe Resume ouf gleanings from the old j -I ...... i-A rx - fils in our possession. j We have before us tne uaieigu lrngmer. and Forth Carolina Gazette, 1817. printed by Joseph Gales.: of Jan. 81. it WUUUU9 -4 ?Proposabtfqrpcstebingabr farms, likST those of 3sew 'England, TstW r1crNw;yef& aware, on the south side r the Western district of North Carolina, for the; mutual benefit of the 5 settlers, and bf th trade of Charleston Newherni Edenton, a Waming ton.'ayettevillei C, Georgetown's. C.Augustft and rSayannaL,' Imd ;of the Planters" on tie sea-coast"' of the twCaro . Unas, t?ho raise sugar, rice, indigo,' cotton and tobacco, and make lumber and naval stores, and may not raise grain or cattle. ' ; The Representatives from this State in Congress at that tune were Messrs. Bryan, Clark; Hook, Murfree.Pickens, Culpepper, Dickens, Edwards, Forney, Gaston, 'Love, Williams and Yancey. 7 , -. r , -v. The Charleston Mercury of July 13, 1831, is in mourning for the ; death of ex-President James Monroe, which occurred on the 4th of the month,' and has a lengthy article in reference to his1 life and public services; also a long description of the ',Celebration ; on the 4th of July by the State Rights and Free Trade Party." V'. !-.v C Niles' Weekly Register, ;published in Bal timore, of date : Jan. , 28th, ,1815, gives much information of interest in regard to events ' immediately preceding1 and subse quent to the battle of New Orleans, when Old Hickory gave the enemy such an awful flmbbincr. An account is erven of a re view of troops by Gen.' Jackson. ... In the Wilmington Gazette, of Oct. 20th, 1807, published by Allmand Hall, which had attained :to its eleventh year, we find the "Latest proceedings of the Court on the motion to commit Aaron Burr," Gen; Jas. Wilkinson ! being on the stand a lengthy article from BeiTs London) WetUy , Messen ger on the "Consequences and Impolicy of a War with America," which was then im pending; 1 frequent i references to' troubles between Great Britain and Denmark, and reported seizure .' of ; Copenhagen ' by the British, including this item, being an ex tract of a letter from Belfast, dated Aug. 22d : I ' "The intelligence of this day leaves little doubt but that the Island of Zealand, and Funen. with Conenbaeen ' and all its fleet, are in -the power .of the British, Letters of a late date report a rebellion in progress . in Ireland. A - Quebec paper of Sept. 4 observes "that the whole of the In dian nations have offered their services to the - British . government in case ' of a war With the U. : States.". ; Among the adver tisers are tThoa.1 Jennings ; Wm. B. Brad ford. "Jr: at store under new.: market house, Market street ; Mr. Belanger. of Paris, proposals for ; teaching drawing; John Hogg, Cashier Bank of Cape Fear ; Giles & Burgwin, goods of all sorts; Henry Avcr- ell, boot and shoe store; Aaron Lazarus, dry goods, groceries and crockery.declinlng business; Wm. Nutt, Sheriff, sale of real estate to - satisf v execution; Robert and ship; John Wilson.near Wilmington.adver- tises land for sale in Davidson county; Geo. Hooper and Robert - Mitchell dissolve co-: partnership $ J ames Sutton advertises cut lery, etc. ; John Lord, Postmaster, adver tises list of letters. Under the head of "Gun-Boats," Benja min Smith advertises as follows : , ' , ' . . "In conseauence of annlieatiori from the committee appointed at the meeting of the Inhabitants of Wlhnington and its vicinity, on the 8th of July last, the Secretary of the Navy has been pleased to jjve assurance that everything in his power should be done for the defence of the port and harbor of Wilmington, and authorizes an immediate contract for all the building material re quired for three Gun-boats under the con ditions and according to a draft which may be seen by applying to the undersigned." ; We have also before us the Southern In telligencer, Charleston, : of ' Dec.; 13, ! 1823, ; and the Winya7t Intelligencer, Georgetown, S. C, Aug. 21, 1823, but they contain no-; thing of special interest."; FINANCIAL. New York Stock Market Strong and Higher, . rBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ' New Yoiw, February 8, 11 A. M. The Stock market opened strong and 6 der cent, higher than yesterday's closing prices for Norfolk & Jvestern preferred, 5 per cent, higher for Richmond & Danville, and per cent higher for the rest Of the market. Mobile & Ohio, Manhattan Beach & Manhattan Elevated and Morris & Essex and Nashville & Chattanooga being promi nent in the advance. In the early . dealings the market advanced iH per cent., the latter for' Northwest, while Metropolitan Elevated sold up 3 per cent, at 92, and Manhattan Beach declined 1 per cent., but recovered If per cent." At 11 o'clock" the general market fell off a fraction. A '-' ; Goldsboro1N CL) 3jBssejjger.nH One Man's Foret nouskt Benefits X wen-: ty People Under a Moat Trying Or- deal.' '.;Jv;t-f ?-n.nj-sir,u "Forewarned - is forearmed" - is the old saying, and the closing references of the following narration 4 by William Bonjtz, Esq., proprietor of the Bonitz House, i Goidsboro, N: C., a first-class 1 hotel and directly opposite the1 Grand Opera House, is a most apt illustration of the truth of the saying. .-Not that Mr. Bonitz was fore-, warned of the accident, he mentions, S hut' because of bis 'forethought for every com-; fort of the traveling public,: I was he able to render the service he did. In his commu-. nication, Mr. B.: goes on to say: For a long time I have been intending to express my thanks to you for the . introduction of that wonderful pain-reliever-and life-preserver St. Jacobs OiL$ It would take too much time to relate half the cases I know of. that have -been , relieved, and, cured by it. ! For many years I hive been engaged in the hotel business, and I risk nothing in saying that no hotel should be without the Great German Remedy, as not a ay passes in which I have not to use St. Jacobs Oil for some one or the other of my guests. - ' Tra velling people are subject ; to rheumatism, ' neuralgia, lumbago,' sore throat,- swellings,; sprains, earache, headache; etc: $ and the means of relief for such ailments' should be convenient and prompt in action. St. Jacobs Oil fills everv reauirement of -iiist 1 ft PWedy. There was LfMMi0 was a railroad acci- aem.1 tin A T w. lieved twenty people by the use of the OiL saving several doctcrsVhUls thereby. No amount of money could indnce ? me to be withoutjthe famous artiec. : ' ; , ' 7' ' CO UNTY COMMISSIONERS Synopsis of Proceedings In Regular. The BoardCointy Cfnssionemnqt in reff liar monthly ! sesMon yesterday : pr- rftnTr. "A Bagg," CliatfnTatS afid Commis sioners Roger Moore, Jas. A. Montgomery, G.-Wortli and E.- L. Pcarcc. !ol. W. L Smith, Maj'or of the .city subttittedaiis report ef lines and penalties of J 1 r iettl wUif k i wnai rrrmii Trd month of December, 1881 and . exhibited his.receioti for 43.20 paid over, to the County Treasurer; and .also his report for the month of Januarv, 1882. and cxCibited J . . a .i. rr I roreipi tor paiu uvu. w uu- , urer. ' . 1 j . Treasurer Hewlett submitted his report for the month of January, as follows:.: I :. General fund, showing, balance :'. :U on hand . . .ay,4va Special fund, showing balance , on hand. . . 6,153 25 Educational fund, i showing bal- . , i ance on hand,. . . .. .. ..... io.wio ,oo Also exhibited 12 coupons of the denom ination of v f3 each, : which saia coupons were dest royed , in the presence - of , the Board. , t . It was" ordered that the Register of Deeds be instructed to notify all parties whose nronertv has1 been sold fer taxes and of which the county ' beoame: the purchaser, that if their taxes and cost of sale are paid before ; the next regular meeting" of the Board the 25 per cent, penalty win, not be charged, but after that it will be strictly enforced. ' ' ' ' A' communication from A. G. Grady, Esq;V was ordered referred to the Hoard of Education. ' ' ; i Joseph C. Hill, Justice of the Peace, sub mitted his annual report of lines, fees and forfeitures collected by him. , s ; ;: On application, Aaron Willis, on account of physical disability, was granted, license to peddle without. paying the county tax. -. Licenses to retail spirituous liquors were granted to ;M. Schloss and J. L. Croom. On motion, the Board adjourned to meet. on the first Monday in March, at 2 p. m . BOARD OF EDUCATION. The . Count v Commissioners, upon ad journment, resolved themselves into a Board of Education, when the following proceed- i ....... . , f ings were had: li ' ij: - f'l' A communication from A." J.-Grady to the Board of County Commissioners, which was respectfully referred by said' Board to the Board of Education 'came up for; con sideration wheb, on motion, 'said commu nication was laid on the table, and it was ordered that the 'chairman of the Board of Education be directed ' to" confer with the Treasurer as to whether the proper entries have .been made by him in charging up the expenses bf taking the census of the several school districts in this county, and correct the same in ease of error. ; " ; ' : . The ' foUbwing ' were ' appointed school committeemen in ! School District No. 3 (Federal Point): Samuol Southcrland, W. R. Grecnl And in District No. 4 (Mason- bbro'): B: S. Montford. ' On motion, the Board adjourned. Railroad Meeting." ..i At a meeting in tlie interest of the pro posed railroad from Point Caswell to Clin ton, held at Harrell's Store, Sampson coun ty,' on Saturday last, Rev. C. Shaw pre sided and Mri Jy W. S. Robinson acted as Secretary'.; . The object of the meeting' was explained, when books of subscription were opened . and some of those present f went forward and subscribed liberally in aid of the , enterprise. Encouraging, speeches, strongly 'favoring the construction iof the road, were made by Hon. A.' M. Waddell, RevI C. Shaw and Messrs. N. H. Fennell, J. D. Kerr and R." P. Paddison. V. 1 , The books of; subscription .were left in; the hands of Mr. A. E. Calwell, and no doubt much more will be subscribed.! j ; The meeting, which was AiTeryr'cntwh--astic and . harmonious one, adjourned to; meet at Lisbon, on Saturday, the 18th inst., when several prominent speakers are' ex pected to be present. I j-'! Foreign Exports and their Values for -the Month of January. . : i : :4 From the books at ;the Custom House in this city! we get the following statement of foreign exports from the port of Wilming ton for the month of January just closed,: together with the values thereof:1 U Cotton. 13,063 bales, weighing 6414,603 pounds, and valued at $698,700. j ; j; Rosin1 and Turpentine. 33,403 barrels valued at $77,662. j ''t- -'Wl Tar and Pitch.-4,231 barrels, valued at $10,313.- f "! -; ' " -'! -; ' jj 1 ' Spirits Turpentine.r--204,936 gallons,' val-' tied at $104,979. : ' T j 1 "' Lunibcr;F-901,006 feet, ' vaiued ' at $16-1; ;352.';-'j:f -: dvi:r3U;fmr.a;bbj;fn j; Shingles.--208,000, valued at $1,378. I ; r' MiseeUanepui Yued at $1,039, : ' ! "; Total valuation brr American vessels $8,-; 096; on i f orcagn f essels t f 903,3241 - Total for; the month $916,420; J - ; i r v IVeehantes fo the Front , we learn that Messrs. E. .H, King and John C. Davis, two young gentlemen from Wil-1 mington, passed their examination ; before; the Supreme Court and have been admitted: to practice law in the several courts of the' State.' Both these gentlemen are mechanics: land had been working , at . their respective. . trades up to the time they left for Raleigh, Mr. Davis having ieen employed in the; Cotton Factory. , We wish them both a successful career in their new profession, f 'i Fire in. Sampson.;? p - C- 5 ' .Mr. N.j R:. Jphnson' writmg uSfrom 'Heiringsyille, Sampson county, ; says "the storehouse of Mr. W. H. Marleyrneair. that; 'place,' was hurned Saturday nighV January; 28th, together with a quantity of groceries.! It is thought Hie fire was the work of an' incendary. The' loss' ; will probably not amount to more than $250 or $300. ; No in i8urahce4; 5 Uvrh-yf i -MiltGi. , ,DONT DD3 IN THE HOUSE. Ask druggists for "Rough pn Rats;";o It clears ; out ritg,- mice; bed-bugs, v roaches, . vermin, ; flies, ants,.. insects. , 15c. per box. -.' f,, VIRGINIA! The. Ml Hotbl&it Coal mine Disaster SearcJx for tlie Dead An Aged Man," Fonnl Burned to Death In Peter; v. bnrg; j-Sji -: ;! i -,'- lm-f JfBr Telegraph to the Mornlnjt Star.l Richmond February 5. The lrest in telligence from the Midlothian Minedisas ter is that -the miners at work clearing the shaft discovered onebodv. but the air was so foul that they -were forced to suspend operations ano. come out. , . feciM0irDFebru'arv'6. At 1.50 P. 31. resterdThh-fry-dfifianded the..; snatt at tne juiaiouuan jume, sou u wxu. rpt.nm mnorted nnre air - below. . At half- nast a o'clock Superintendent Dodd, with the third party,: made a. descent, remaining nearly an hour. They explored the tunnel for some distance.- and at the month of one of . the chambers m the vicinity or tne.cn- gine they discovered a body wMch issup- nosed to ne tnatoi a coiorea nreman, rvuw. :mmola . rrh tothfir with one discovered Saturday :night, was brought to the surface Jast evening. , It is expected a more satisfactory exploration will be made to-day. -' - ":r "' -'PETEBTmorFebruary' 5". The body of Albert Hall, aged 70,- a watchman in the cotton factory . here, was found- early this morninff in the weavers' room. He had been burned to death, and the ; body was horribly disfigured. ; There was a lighted lamp in the room. How the accident t oc curred is a mystery. : Vv; new Orleans: Great : Excitement Over tne Coming Ryan-Sullivan Prize Fight A Con ' victed Man Attempts Suicide. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '-' :.' Nkw Orxeaks, FebT 5. As the time for the Ryan-Sullivan fight approaches the ex citement increases .Jlundreds of strangers arrive by every train. Both of the men are in magnificent condition aad seem equally confident. They ,both say they will do their best to win, "and will stay as long as thev are able. An attemnt was made last nieht to sell pools! 'but no one seemed in clined to buy, as they preferred putting up their money witnout tne i pool dox per cenx ages. The betting is about even. . It is stated that" a train of thirty cars will be run : to the - fighting grounds.4 sParties-de-sirmsr to avoid , the rabble have chartered snecial trains. - New Orleaks. Feb. 6. Henri Der- ranee nineteen years old, the youngest of the three brothers now under ; sentence of five years', imprisonment for killing E. C. Mix. Jr.. tried to kill himself last night m the parish prison by shooting himself with a pistol which he i had managed to oDtam. The wound is not considered dangerous j; New Orleans, February.6. Everything is ready for the Ryan-Sullivan excursion to-morrow. There will oe tnree trains, comnrisins thirtv-f our passenger coaches. The first train leaves this city at 4 o'clock A. M. It is uiiderstood that the battle-' ground will be somewhere between Rigo let's. La., and Pass Christian, Miss., though the precise location is not made public. ' "- There is some apprehension that a fight not down ,on the 'regular: programme may take place at the rine-side and possibly break up the "mill." New Orleans sporting men say they will do all in their power to secure lair play. ; . 'r': . KENTUCKY. Conviction of Another of the Gibbons Family Murderers The Cases to go to the Court of Appeals. y' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l CatlettsburO, February 5. The jury in the case of Ellis Craft, a participant ini the : murder of the Gibbons family, brought in a verdict of euiltv last evening, with a deatn penalty. , Wm. Neal, already convicted, and Ellis Craft, will take their cases to the Court of Appeals,;, where ar hearing can be had in ten days. . VIRGINIA. -I : The Midlothian Coal mine Dlsaste: , Five Bodies Becovered Belief Mea- - sures for the ; Widows and Orphans. t . v By Telegraph to the Morning Star. f - Richmond, February 7. Advices from the Midlothian mine disaster, received last night, state that the body of Engineer j Jas. Courraw, white, was . found : yesterday aoout nityieetirom his engine. . He was not disfigured or burned, save ai slight! ormse on tne nose. - Tins makes nve bodies recovered so f ar, In the regular 'shaft are ten men now organized, relieving '.each other everv four hours, and the work will A meeting of citizens will be held at Coalfield to-day to present an address to the' of the widows and orphans, and appealing for aid. . The Baptist ministers in their meeting yesterday unanimously resolved to take up collections in their respective cnurcnes next tsunday tor the sunerers. . 1 Richmond, Feb. 7. A meeting of citi zens of Midlothian was held to-day far the purpose of forming a plan to procure relief ll . r "T f . . . . . i . ior ,me lanuura .. oi me - eniomDea ; coal miners. Rev. T. B. Winfree, t Hon. Geo. H; Jewell and . Messrs. Jacob Roach and John Manders were appointed a relief Icons-; uunu;c.. j.u inaa tcsuivcu vuoti wo newspa pers throughout the country be respectful ly requested to ask for and receive contri butions for the aid of the sufferers, and to forward the same as fast as possible to the relief committee at Coalfield, Va.. or to the rirst JNational Jianfc of Richmond, following appeal is made: . .' The i ui viit the Jublie: We appeal to the svmv pathy and generosity of the public for coni tnbutions for , the relief and alleviation of the sufferings of twenty-six widows and ; one hundred - and I nine orphans, thrown upon this community- by the recent terrible explosion . in ; the Midlothian Company's coal mines, in this township, on the 3d inst. ' At the time of the explosion there; were thirty-two men in the mines, every one of whom ; was -: killed. n Twenty-sixr of ; them ' were married ad leave widows and chil dren, a great majority of them in a' help less and destitute condition. : To have this large additional - number, of dependents thrown upon this small and impoverished community in oneway in mid-winter forces the necessity of appealing for outside aid to prevent as far as possible further suffering and distress, it The Richmond & Danville Railroad Company will jcarry free all packi I bului tu me reiiex .vummuiee ai njoai field.'! x' , . ; . . ' 1 WASHINGTON: JTIexlean ' Award . Payments Renle-na. tlon of Justice Hunt Spanish Amerf (! can Claims. ' ' ., - IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star! f " ;r Washington, Feb. 8.-The sixth instal ment of the Mexican indemnity, under the awards of the late American ' and Mexican mixed commission, will be distributed , to parties entitled to payment, commencine the 13th inst. j "; ' . -f- - The resignation of Ward Huntas Okie" of the Justices of the Supreme Court, is now before the President and will probably be .accepted at once. ... r - j - Mr. Call introduced a joint resolution in the Senate to-day authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay such a sum, not ex ceeding one million dollars, as shall be sufficient to pay claims for losses and dam ages ascertained to be due" to claimants un der the treaty made between Spain and the United States in 1818-'19, for the -cession of the Floridas.1 " - 7 .K iu - - m m:m. " - : ; fi'&hKfy !-uhUmely 8mprW.f-.f'. j;r?i A pair of beautiful Sun-flowers on Easels will be mailed free to . any lady who will send a three cent postage stamp to Dr. C. Wt Benson.' 10ft No.! FlltftW Rt. : RQltlmnro WASIIINGTON. Nominations by ! the J President Be. "Semptlon of Bonds Charleston Har bor Improvements Postal savings Ranks The Tariff Question. .WAsnmoToii.Feb.7. The President nominated Thomas. N. Cooper, to be Col lector of Internal Revenue for the Sixth Collection District of North Carolina: Boe- dell Duncan, of S. C, to be Consul General at Naples; H. C. C. Atwoodm Lopisiana, to be Consul General tit Trinidad. i '' . J ; TJieSecyg.pf theJteasuryissiHHithf 108th call for the' redemption of bonds to day. The call is for $20,000,000 of six per cent- extenaea Donas; ana 'notice1 is' given that the principal and accrued interest will be paid on the 8th of April next, and that interest will cease on that day:. r .. .; . . , Senators Uutier and Hampton to-day pre sented; memorials from? the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, and from 125 lead ing eitizens of Charleston, urging, the ap propriation of $75,000 to complete the work of improvements now in progress m Charles tpn harbor. 'uX.v :;--S4Atf; st'&tl '-tfi -a The House committee on Post Offices and Post Roads to-day instructed its chair man to report to the House with favorable recommendation the bill providing for the establishment of postal savings banks.;; . , The House committee on... Ways and Means this afternoon agreed to report a bill providing; for the appointment of a com mission: to investigate the question of the tariff. This is a substitute' for the Kasson bill, which included thev consideration by the commission of the internal revenue laws as well as the tariff. ; ;.--:!. ."' The House Committee on Elections t o-day refused to consider the protest of Mr. Dib ble, sitting member from the Fifth District of South Carolina,: and ordered him. to i file a brief. ! This case is docketed with; the committee as the Mackey vs. O'Connor case. ! The House decided that : Mr. uiDbie must file a brief and defend his case in the same manner that O'Connor would have beeu required to do had he lived and taken his seat ill iue nouse. - A THE BR UISERS. i The Ryan-Sullivan Prize Fight The - Latter Victorious By Telegraph : to the Morning Star.l New Orleans, February 7.--The Times- Democrats Mississippi City special says there has been no trouble yet j but reports are current that the sheriff will prevent the fiarht. Rvan and Sullivan are m fine con dition. jThe ground which has been se lected can be overlooked from Jjarnes Hotel. It is not thought that there will be any trouble. f Mississippi City, February 7. Sullivan arrived on the ground at 10.80, and took a room opposite Kyan. , The ropes and stakes arrived at 11 o'clock. The ring was pitched in front of Barnes Hotel, under a grove of live oaks. Sullivan cast his cap into the ring at 11.45 amid great enthusiasm. Ryan entered the ring at 11.57 amid enthusiastic cheers. JNo reteree up to Ui.4U . Ju. -,; LiAter. Siiluvan won the hght. Nine rounds' were1 fought. ' Sullivan drew the first .blood and gained the first knock-down. In , the ninth round Rvan was knocked senseless, and failed to come to time when time was called. No official meddling marred the sport. THE , NORTHWEST. Depredations on the Crow Indians' Beservatlon The Trespassers to be Driven Out. i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . , St. Paul, Mrnif., February 8. Advices from Fort Custer state that orders were re ceived from Gen.' Terry, by CoL Hatch; of the 5Jd i Cavalrv. commanding? at Jrort Cus ter, directing him . to immediateljr remove from the Crow reservation 1 all 'persons found engaged in cutting timber and ties for the North Pacific Railroad :A: large number of persons have, been on the reser vationj prospecting on a section known to under Authority of the No Pacific Rait road, land the Crows became so restive that the , military authorities at Fort Custer apprehended an outbreak unless the depredations were immediately stopped. The railroad oftlcials repudiate all responsi bility for the trespasses. The Crows have rich mineral lands, and it is believed this" is but the beginning of a raid to get posses- Btuu ul mein. i , ..... ' LOUISIANA. . suspension of a New Orleans Cotton .. j Commission House. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Orleans, Feb. 8. The suspension oi xeeaiis, wood & co. was announced to-day at the Cotton Exchange. They were carrying t uu.uoo bales , of 'long" cot ton lor customers.: who faded to resnond with margins to meet the rapid decline in j iuturesy. ine state that their liabilities are $75,000; assets are not immediately availa- oie. j. ney nope to resume in a few days. . fr . - - i A Picture Worth Beholdins ';. Hanging between two small windows. and catching, the v light from ar larger one opposite, in one of the offices of Adams' .Express Company, at 59 Broad wavl N. Y the Office occupied by Mr. W. H. Hall, head of the delivervdenartment is a nlain- ly finished but neatly framed chromo, about 2. by 3 feet in size, which is looked upon by hundreds ; of people daily, on many of whom, it has. a wonderful and- salutary ef fect fit represents a flight of half a dozen rough stone steps leading from the swarded bank Of a placid lake to a little rustic tem- ,ple set in the rugged side of the mountain, wuicn rises m stupendous proportions in the background all covered with a rank luxuriant growth of foliage in brush-and tree. In the open door of this little temnlfi stands a half concealed figure, with an arm i ana nana extenaed, holding forth a small, dimly, defined package, while seated on the sward at the foot of the steps an aged1 pilgrim, barefooted, lame and , decrepid.i bears S a staff in one hand, and in the; other l holds before his . dim eyes a small bottle whose label he eagerly scans. - This label bears the words 'St. Jacobs Oil thV Great German Hemedy." ' Simple as this little Chromo appears in its unostentatious position,, it has an influence which it would be difficult to estimate. '.'It is to that pic ture and the persuasions of Mr, Hall," said ,Mr. Edward J.., Douglass, a gentleman con-i nected with Mr Hall's department, - "that I owe my present ; ability to perform " my work. : Some weeks ago was violently at- tacked with sciatic rheumatism, and hour by hour j , grew worse, , and nothing my I family or the doctor could do gave me any relief. I began to. think in a few days that my case was hopeless and that I was doomed, to be an invalid : and helpless cripple for -life;:; But at last I thought of that picture which I had so of ten looked at with :but little interest, and then Mr,- Hall r came : to my bedside, and telling . me how St. Jacobs Oil had cured him of a fworse and longer standing case than mine.w urged ; me to use the same , remedy., , I did . so j that very night, directing my wife not to spare it but to apply it thoroughly, according to the iirections; this, she did whh? a large piece of flannel cloth saturated with the Oil, and ,then bound the; cloth to the affect ed parts. - The next morning; I was free from pain, and although a little sore in the hip, was able to dress myself, and the next day resumed my duties in the office as sound as a dollar. Here I am now in full health and strength having had no touch isOf rheumatism orother pain since: .. When ever I see one of our drivers or any other : person who shows any symptoms i of lame ness or stiffness, I point him to the picture in Mr. Hall's office, and then direct him to fo for St. Jacobs Oil at once." New York Evening' Telegram. "' - - . Spirits TurpentmeV Graham Gleaner;. As Ions as wc are behind in education we will be behind in evervthiner else excent crime. Mark Ih5 prediction. it is'-the trnthl , f ; . f - Newton Enterprise: Merchants and, others, shipping 'from here complain tnat they can t get tneir ireignt on. , some parties have had nour lymg at the depot for i ten days awaiUng shipment, i We learn that tlift dwfilHno' lihiisfi of Mr. Scott Tin mo of Bandy'sTownshipV together with its en tire . contents were destroyed by fire Mon- ; anigh-c--,-.,- -: - , Lincolnton Progress: Captain Waddill, the energetic road master of the Chester & Lenoir- Railroad," will begin lay ing the track Monday or -Tuesday between -i -I 1 -KT t- fni 3 1 3 1 iiiis piace anu aewiun..-- xne ruuu-ueu uhs been put in condition to receive the ties for about amile and a half beyond the present terminus of this road," ana when the work begins it will be pushed forward as rapidly as the weather Will permit. -i 4 --rWinstbri Header: A very sad accident occurred inOld Town '.Township on the 28th ult; resulting in tne death of yOungCalvin MaGee. He and Mr. Adol phus Kapp were chopping wood in a clear- T : 3 .1 J 3 A - . s mg, anu were cunmg a ueuu iree, wuicu - they supposed would fall in a certain direc- Tm. J?J A 1 . . 1 ' 1 uon. li uiu not; uut ieii in uue opposite direction, striking Mr. ,: MaGee, instantly killing him. : He was about 23 years of age. Greensboro North : State: ' Col. Henry . G. -Williams says Hon." Charles Price called on him in Washington after he had interviewed the President in company with Col. W. 1. 'Henderson, and said that he (Price 'made f a mistake ' in'' taking any position antagonistic to the regular Demo cratic organization in North Carolina, and that he intended to go back- hene and put himself back in Iline with .the old party. (Just so! Just so! neighbor. Star.) - Raleigh Visitor: While skatin at the rink on Saturday last. Master Willie McDonald fell and brokcMns right arm. - A couple, of penitentiary. .. convicts made their escape' on Friday night; last, ,at their quarters, near Auburn, where they have been stationed j for several days, en gaged in cutting .wood. They were both colored ana tneir names are isod.. jven- . nedy and Ed. Williams. . The penitentiary authorities offer a reward of : $10 each for their recovery and all expenses paid. i2- Elizabeth I City Falcon? Jas. W. Pendleton, aged 20 years, died of pneumonia at the residence of his parents at Edenton; on Friday, February 3d. n InPerquunans county, near tne fasquo tank line, two young lads named Edward pmitn ana xienry jsngnt gob into a uispuK jwhen JJngnt strucK tsmitn over me neau with a ' stack, crushing his skull,:; ; Smith died soon after. A coroner's inquest was held to-day. The boys- were between twelve and fifteen years old.- r k ; . . : - Charlotte ' Observer: Jlr. Geo. W. Miller, 5 an old resident of Charlotte, died suddenly at his home at an early hour yesterday morning. . lie ; naa oeen aracna- mg to his duties on Saturday night up to 11 . . . . . . . i i ii . o ciocK, ana tne news oi nis ueaui was u surprise: vo nis.irieuus ,;- - xuc ucuciu (Clingman) has undoubtedly a high opinion of his own ability, and takes occasion every now and then to point out the mistakes that are made, the greatest mistake peing per haps a want of recognition by the party of his particular fitness, to Jiead it. U Mr. Cyrus M. Wolfe brought to the city yester day about fifty pennyweights of pure gold, which he ; carried to the mint for assay. work done by a; colored man, f John Ho well, and his family, on the lands of Mr. Brown Wallace, in - Crab Orchard town ship.' One of the nuggets weighed three pennyweights, and the whole assayed 91$ pents per penny weight. Hickory JVess: Dr. Mott is very atm -about it - now but madam rumor says he is preparing for a lively run for Senator Ransom's seat in the United States Senate. tfllfinornrA nrpanmo .thai 'will n flnnvuyf iaear by to gather up the fragments ' Mr. Berenice r Barber, a student at Ruther ford , College, i died with : congestion of the brain, at the boarding house of Rev. Mr. Belk, Wednesday morning, at 3 o'clock. His home was in Clayton, N. C, where his body will be carried for interment. He was about twenty years, old and had been sick only a few days. A young man named Goge was arrested a few days ago near Bakersville for stealing $2,200 from his uncle, MrJ Jas. Whitehead, of Carter county; Tenn.: He had only one dollar on his . person when arrested, but direct evi dence stands against him as the euiltv per son. There was a reward of $200 for him and' one of $700 for the . delivery , of the money. ' j !; : i Statesville' 'Xdndmark:. The col lectorship still hangs fire. ; Messrs. Mott, Cowles and Cooper remain in Washington. On the night of the 19th of January the smoke-house of Mr. Jeremiah Myers, of Union Grove township, was burned by an incendiary fire, and with it; 800 pounds of bacon, 40 bushels of shelled corn' and .about 80 bushels of wheat, iini to mfintinn a number of useful and valuable articles of different kinds. . ?- -Three weeks ago we told the story; upon the authority of a cor respondent. -of the killing of one Doc Woody, ; of Ashe, county, on the 31st of December, by his wife, aided and abetted by her two sisters." It appears from facts which have : lately come to us that it was not the wife who actually committed the crime.'but one of her sisters, Martha Greer. Mrs. Julia Scott,' another one of the sisters, gave to Woody enougn brandy to make him drunk and render him helpless, and while he. was in this state Martha Greer killed him. It (Johnston's letter) has been a long time coming, and nowr that it has come, it is more equivocal than other wise. . - : ; " . Raleigh Nenos-Observer : Char-. lotto's cotton receipts thus far this season are only 21,108 bales against 39,208 up to the same date-last season, a falling off of .18,099' bales, or nearly 50 cent Raleigh is only 10,000 bales behind, and is fast "catch ing up.?; - The Stab is quite right in directing attention to the fact that should our county system , bejibolished, thousands of Eastern Democrats would probably lose interest hi State politics. f The hazard ough not to do run., tjjet tne matter rest with the. Lesrislature. where it belonsrs. ; Anrili- - cations for the formation ' of companies of the. State Guard have been made by the citi zens of Creswell. Wnsliinstnn contitv TlnTr- boro; Pamhceounty; Plymouth, Washing ton county, and Clinton, Sampson county. The people, of Asheville are having a 'wood famine, as wood sold at $8 per cord -there last week." -It. is said that the mulatto bootblack; Chiles Wright, who by a daring act saved so many lives at the late great fire in New York, was a native of Ray leigh, and that he went from this city maw years ago with a United States officer, asa servant. Wrrghtxdimbed a tall telegraph pole, which ? was partially . covered with sleet, and cut; a wire which reached from the pole to a-window, so that a number of persons were able to- slip , down and save their lives. The negro has since received a " cold medal for 1 his ftarinv Atwt : TTo voa very badly injured, -we are sorry to learn. Gen. Vance presented the petition of the Grand Lodge ofv Good Templars of North Carolina, representing 6.000 mem bers, for an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit , the . manu facture and sale of all alcoholic beverages t.hrnnrrliMit th -not u liUUAUUUV UXSAMAJA - 1IAI Latham,' from - the' committee on inval id pensions, reported back bills for ? the relief of the. widows of John R. Gale, Spencer D. , Gray Lemuel Griggs, Malachi J. Brumsey, I.' Mundin,TLewis White and George W.; Wilson, of North"-Carolina,' and to Mrs," Kate L. Usher, granting a pension. . 5 I
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