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A QUESTION, OP GBOWINO POPU
, ' lAB IirtBBEST. --.. f
Col. Fremont put the matter corf
rectly before the Tariff Commission
i,a etfltwl that "the vomtlar side
V UCil uv; 'vwv A J- '
of the question was a tariff for reve
nue with incidental protection;'?."'' -By.
popular side "he- meant of. -course. the
side on which the people are and by
a large majority. The tariff i is just
one of those questions tbat,,the peo1
pie have not concerned themselves
about until- recently and, why?, The
answer is, that although the Southern
people we're, paying annually more
than a hundred million dollars to the
Gt-iu'i al Government in the way of
taxes that the great mass of them, 'did
not kiKw it Not being political
economists when they went Jto the
store to purchase any of : the neces-r
saries of life and found them double
in prioe they did not pursue the cause
of this, luit, as when there is a short
crop of wheat , or oats, they con
cluded that there was a scarcity of
the articles land that :inale. them
high. : They did not enter into the
question of monopoly and high tax or
dutios and did nrkt. lrnnw t.liatt.ViA renl
cause of the .greafc'increase in prices
was legislation that fostered the inter
ests of tbetvery-f ew-at t&&afcSer
. thA vcrv man v Tsntwioh- ia t.liA fant
The- present war tariff has entailed
i n onn.-l Inv rP lnnof (l RA ff
every Iiouseholder whose r expenses
amount to $800. , This - is putting it
very moderately. It would be nearer,
the murk w think to; put the figures
at -jcH. Tiatisto sayr every hOuse-i
holder iarJ North ;' paroliha; who -ex-;
p.'iids 600 yearly rould vbe able to
purchase the same articles for f 450,'
if the reseiit war'tariff wa reduced
to a basis of revenue strictly. . Your
shoes or dress or - hat, or pants-that
cost 4.50 now could; be...-bought for
3, and so on with household articles
generally. " . : ' t
Tl. ..... illif f.ViV TV.'.
,. iuc true piauunu lur ukj uemo':
crats to stand on is a tariffs for reve-
i-iiue with such incidental protection
s -will be afforded by it.. tariff
or revenue strictly will give as great
protection to I American, industries as-
pey ought tdhave ? unless the r im-
moral idea is to prevail without limi
tation that : it is altogether
fair and . inst r and honest to
take from the pockets of ;the ' peo
ple their hard-earned dollafk to put
tnem in the Ipockets of the monopo-?
lists who are' growing richer 'With:
each revolviiig day. -A tariff for re-'
L venue is thd true basis "for A
because - it is less oppressive by a
hundred million dollars t than the
present tariff is. ; It is the tariff for'
the people s )of the; XJnited States at
prewSfaQfanilti U wm .trire v and
just the theory of free trade between
all nations il is not practicable for. us
at the present stage of the world ;
and because (of the; fact mainly that
all nations do not practice it;;' -The
tariff is a modern invention compVra;
tively. Thej Carthaginians ' had 'a
sort of tariff; but it was levied, upon
tueir own neODle- and- not
;upon
foreign nations. That is'; to
is ; to say, a
prosperous seafaring man had to pay-
much, toil- to
his - 'own -go
vernment. ' The ' modern; idea does
Dot differ an vrv -Tni-inli' oVtn. . oil .
The , American - 4dea the Radical
ideais to make i home folks take
care of all industries not able to take
care of themselves of, being forced
l pay an apnual tax: to the- owners
of these ipdustriesJ
"But of all ancient peoples we rdo
remember :to haver read of -.but
ne nation that levied a t.aV' nr Aritr. 1
and tKo -'V'"v?
im was the Carthagmian. -r .lt
as strictly free trade. "All pe6pi?8I
at
Vol, xiii.
were allowed to trade just where
they found it most profitable to do,
so, and no industry was fostered for
the very few at t the expense of the:
veiy many. . ' , ,' :
; But all this is ' changed now, and
no modern nation pretends to carry
on government upon a free trade ba
sis. - England has a fair trade basis.
That is to say, most articles are free
of duty. She raises about ' half of
the amount raised ; by the American
war tariff,1 and does it upon some
twelve orifourteen articles. ..Under
our present oppressive system there
is a tax to be paid by , the. , consumers
at home upon some twothoJistfniar-.
ticles:- T .r '.: ' Kt "
; So we repeat, the true platform of
the Democracy is- a tariff for revenue
with incidental protection. ; This will
have three most Jmportant results r f
r First, i it willi reduce i the i present
tariff receipts .f romfif ty to one hun
dred million . dollars. Everybody
oaght o know that the present tariff,
was. levied; during' the war. r The
author of it, Senator s Morrill, stated
in the Senate that it was intended, to
meet a then pressing necessity, and
was for a temporary use only, and
stilljifter twenty yeas, it lis' in full
flower--more unjust now than it was
twenty years ago, because it js really
higher. A tariff for revenue would
readjust this war tax, that is so need
lessly burdensome and unequal. - -Second,
it will cause nearly every
necessary of lifeHo so fall in price as
to relieve every householder in . the
land. . . ...,--' . . v. : ., ;i '
' Third, it ; will " prevent the forma
tion of a' new party. There is a grow
ing sentiment in- the great Northwest
as there is in the South among mtel- I
ligent, reading people that a high war I
tariff is not 'the thinff needed by the I
industries of the. country in a time ii
piuiuauv., uvx u wx . .
der tne tarin are unequal, lniquiious
and i oppreSsiveJ If one of the two
great parties do not moye in the mat-;
ter of a speedy and severe readjusting
ncl reduction of ;twar;taLrlhete
rpoirk
into! the next can
it will neither be weak nor inactive.
The idea of ; a- heavy reduction of
taxes will be prominent ia the cam
paign 'of, 1884. 1 '.,.,',.;.; .. ;i?f J ;
. The Tariff Commission", will not
amount to anything and, because at
catches only the expression of the in-;
terested few mainly. : Those j whoj
have large pecuniary interests at stake J
are neara, wnnsi ineiaimiui iuuuuus 1
of tax-payers are quiescent The time
will come when the people will rise '
up mttheir grandeur. and might and
mane tne law-masers equalize ana re- 1
duce the taxes that rob them annual- I
ly of at least one hunarea ana nity ; l
J , 1 . .. . ' I
mi I nn do an aU told, lt IS not
free trade,
: needed.
but i air trade that is
a uc uru uviincn iww vx mc vmmu . i
paign in South 1 Carolina occurred at;J
Jjancascer. oucn occurreuces ire w , 1
K .nrorcW VIoTat Arl and it. itt t.n
...... f. . - - 1
arise, , Bad whiskey and . bad bipod I
are the occasion : of a great deal f jl
stnfe and , bloodshed. Tne, twtnte jl
beople cannot be too careful and they 1 1
should forbear lislong as possible be
fore t the y.i. allow iithemselves-to be
l t .i r
drawn into- a 1 "difficulty; with the f ne
ffroes, , tThev ' have .so ; very- much
more", to lose", in, a '.struggle of this
kind that generally prudence .will be j
found the better part or vaior unaer , 0f, whiph have been stocked with with uer
temptations. . to' . resentment.' . Ia the fman carp. - One of , his neighbors. Mr. Sam
Lancaster nghtHhe negroes Were the Boon,' caught ;one a,fewys ago which
aggressors -according to a .detailed;
.account '': given I in the Charlotte F'C-
tenoer
.lc
y-.yf.fWe rather think the Stab man has lost
his list of Colonels and 'Eurnelsw or has got
them pied. Exchange. - ' '
;iThecampaign- rather mixed"
them, i '.N ever mind, after November
we wnistraignten.up ine iisi. xne
"Hons."and 4Generals', and "Jedges" 1
and "Kurnels" will, be thick at Ra-
leigh about the time the Scions meet.
Four hundred "Red Shirts" assem-
bled at Wmnsboro, ' S. ( ' to, giye
McJjane Greenback, candidate for
Governor, a rotten-egg' reception; B(e
came next r day I and - hearing of the
proposed reception did not stop" short
of Charlotte in this v -State.: .Free
speech ought not to be - interfered
with... It is wrong.
-The Star Route orean
Wash-
- 'yrrry:r.?y-
Brewster "of beastly" " drunkenness."
It is a beastly" charge if true) - ;
WAV"
, WILMINGTON; -N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER -6, 1882.
REGISTRATION.
flegUtrar and Places of Beslstratlon.
The County Commissioners yesterday re-,
vised their list of . Registrars 'and Poli-hol--.ders
for the .. November ' election. The f ol
lowing embraces a list ofjke Registrars fbr
the various precincts, and also the 'places
for registration : . , , , t
t t FIKST WABD. '
' ,?irst Division T. Jt'Herring,' Registrar;
at the xesidence of Mr. Herring," 90 Sixth1 ,
between Bladen and Harnett street.
Second. Division-f TiJ". M.: Evans' Regis
trar at the corner of. Fourth and JBejl
Cross "streets.," " . t ? ' I
. .. Third Diyisiou-J. p. Orreli -Registrai; .
store southwestern " corner of Anderson
(continuation of Ninth) and"Walnul streets.
: ... eEcoKD ward. 1 y
t-J.'?'Iiumsden Registrar;, at Ihe. store
ciT .1 . L ninnnn rm h wint otroot .;.... jf
, i TilLKD WAKD. .
W. L.. Jacobs,. Registrar; at. the corner
of 'Fourth and Princess streets, - ' f
I, FOTTRTHjWABD. t , fj
;Fowler Registrar; at t the Ank.
'John
Street Engine House . , r , . ,
. ) FIFTH WAKD. , , I
First Division W. H. Bell, Registrar 5 at
the Btore of W H, Bell, on Fifth, between
Castle and Queen streets. f)l, j
Second Division Jos. H, Hanby, Regis
trar; at the store of J. H Hanby, corner of
Eighth and Dock streets. . -. : . , , . j
Cape Fear .Township Iredell Johnson,
Registrar; at Mr. Johnson's residence. . . 1
Federal Point, Township-J. . H Horne,
Registrar; at Mr. Home's residence. , . v
Harnett Township J.' A.Macomber,
Registrar; at Macomber's store.. lt, j
Masonboro Township Jno. A. Farrow;
Registrar; at Mr,. Farrow's residence.
There will be an entirely new registration
in the First and Fifth Wards, but hot ia
other voting precincts. " " "
11 . m m m ' ' ' :
The Cornel aa Viewed in1 Wilmington.
m The comet seems to Jiaye made an un
usually brilliant appearance yesterday morn
ing. , , Early risers were in ecstacies over i
Its position was a little south of east, ani
one gentleman says it was so brighJC.that its
shadow was cast upon the floor of his room.
from an opening in. which he. was viewing
ltcan be seen Tery, plainly and .tli.
WwiiyWOT.
fan.iike ia .appearancewpoiau ;southeas
ward which is said to be an indication thai
it is travelling in that direction., Our 1
- astronomer,, who is a close observer Of
heavenly bodies, denies that the: present ,1s
.the comet of lUWi&s: :A kf:
Trt viva onmA iadiAtlon of thAhriorhtnAM
morning, at abont f our o'clock, it is-sUteo
that one gentleman t when he flrsl; caught, a
glimpse of. the,viaUor, took it jto be a chim
neyon fire..; , A sight ; of . it will well.repay
any little,; inconvenience;. expenenceairom;
rising earlier than -usual,- t, ; v t
1
Crop In Some ot. tke Eastern' Coun4
tie. . ' . '. ,.. . . i
One of : ouf Wilmington" f riendsr who
has travelled somewhat extensively. mlthe
Eastern connUes "recently, ';' especially in.
vjreene, Luuirauu v ucci
crops looking so fine. Onf farmed who
M uttll aoie u mae eoougu
fi
game acreage, sufficient to last him four
years'. 'The" only drawback, now is the
maianai iever, wnicn is Keepiug iue pujoi-
.. 1 : s . A
ciaD8 uusy miuewuuww
Attempt to Tnrow.a Train Off a.Traelc.
We learn that .an. attempt - was made on
Fridav hieht to wreck the ' eastern bound j
train on the Carolina Central itauroaa, ne-.
tween Rockingham and Hamlet by placing-
uuuiwi ui uu-u w .
Innately it was a steep grade at that point
krvtionf oo if crna nnlV rnnniruf wttn
ffl..nt fnrrfiykt the'-time'forthe'bo-
catcher to shove two or three of the ties off ;
the track. Had the trat been going- tne
other way the result might have been very
disastrous. It is hoped tl guilty parties
niay" be discovered and proper punishiheri
meted out to them ! - 1
1T
.Fliih Pondi and German Carp. .
A correspondent writes us that there are ,
in thft extreme wfistern nortion of DuDlin
county p0pe eight ,o?r ,ten; fish . ponds, some
weighed six- pounds, .was . twenty-three
inches long andmeasuredfourteen inches
around the middle; and made a meal for
fourteen persons. It was placed in hia pond
w0 years ago last' March. " ' ' ?' '
Sllsbt lOistafce. , '.-yfl. U -Atjolored
orator was -spouting in. one of
the waros.on fEridaya night Jast, and at-
-tempted to say that, ' twelve months agohe
wasiiin the gtate .capitaV bu in(i cons-
mience of the excitement of the moment he
got confused .and blurted out the words,
."Fellpw-citizens; twelve mouths ago I was
in the tate remtentiaryi'; , Sensation. ..
J changed hands m this market yesterday; on
a basis, oi fiufj cenis per pouna;xormio
dhqg. . ,",. I jj
rt&FICYrlfEWSTA&D ABLE."
; Yvnitevuie JCinierpnse. .
The WUmington : Stab : comes to
our -office, after itk -fifteenth birth
day, which occurred on Saturday, as
Dngm, spicy auur ituw ever. t iiu
its columns rfilled with ; interesting
matter, and With able -editorials, it is
i a power, in . our ?-iate,.. anai snouic
I meet' with the ' eneouragement an
support of-good Democrats.-. , In
our -inate, . and;, snouid
and
O UH FISJUXG IN TERESTS.
UowFlih are XSntltfed into Snbma.
- rlne Prisons and Seooped Out. '
Messrs. W. X. Davis & Son,' pioneers in
thfrbusiness of reducing the matter of fish
ing to a science along this , particular part
of the coast, have lately had constructed a
contrivance near what was formerly known
as New-Inlet, by- .whichnsh'cah be cap
tured by' wholesale and with ease. A kind
of trap constructed of nets,:has been loca
ted near the Inlet, east of Zeke's Island,
running oft five' hundred yards from the
beach into the ocean;- attached to the trap
is a leader three "hundred and fifty feet long,
extending the length ; of . the intervening
space from the short, which . cuts oft the
fish which ever wufe they" may be s wim-
ming,-and as they generally make for deep
water whenever they meet 1 with an ob-v
struction in the more shoaly-places, and as
the trap is located in "deep. water,'heyT na
turally turn, 'and following the direction of
the leader, swim directly into a' fceart
shaped contrivance which serves as . an
ante-room t6' the trap,' through an aperture
on each side of the leader, and thence into
the trap' itself, from whence very few" of
the imprisoned fish ever find their way out
Here they are pocketed, as it js termed, - by
raising the centre of the trap,;Whlch throws
them Into small- net compartments at jthe
sides of the sub-marine prison, whence they
are scooped out at will. . The trap is per
fectly round.: and, with- its attachments; X
kept in position and supported by twenty-
Jive anchors, Weighing, fifty pounds each,
and by pilings, to which the nets are at
tached .by i lines.; Four sharpies ? ara emi
ployed in : the: business, two in attending
the nets and two in bringing i the r fih to
markets The : fish-trapping i arrangement
altogether cost about. i 2,500. and it ' takes
$400 a month to fish it P r' 1
The trap, is entirely a Inew . enterprise in
these parts; at least, nothing of the sort has ,
been attempted south of Cape Lookout, at
which place there, are two located ; but they
are quite numerous on the New England
coast, "where,' the idea originated. Jt" is
very likely that in time they'will entirely
supersede the' small seines now so common
ly us.." ' 1 ' :'; 1 .;, ;. 1
Markets for the fish so caught are found
in. this 8tate; South Carolina.ahd Georgia;
while not a few are shipped , to." the Norths
ern cities, and as the demand is constantly
increasing it is fair to, presume that the fa-
jCflities ifor supplying it will -continue tp
multiplyi:; -if C i ' ;f;-. '. " i f Vfi r :'-
Bic Hani Of Plan mi WrtehtavUle. ' ' i
A.ttMrl..yrai' :. Canwyslnsherytri
mendoushaul o; valets ?as maae. Up.
wards6f twelyeiWusatti of the . largest
and finest kindif mfillets were taken front
the seine, and. but. for the breaking of the;
cork line, -which opened 'a way 5of escape
for a great many, the fishermen Would have
secured i some fifty or sixty barrels; more4
The twelve 9 thousaid, an bid fisherman
says, wonld make about two hundred and
fifty barrels of the size now used in packing
mullets. &- . ' ' s ' ' 1 ' )
Mr, Canady had agents in thesity yester
day buying up all the empty barrels iheyi
could ;get. - 3 Capt, ; Manning, who was: pass-j
ing in a boat, was called upon for assist-'
ance in getting the seine to the . shore, and
we, learn i that he, realized . the . handsome
sum ; of $5 as; the share of himself and
hands.. This is considered an extraordina
ry haul for the location. i tj( I
TwoDeathi. -
Two well known citizens of Wilmington!
died yesterday. Mr. James' G. ' Bradley,',
after an . illness ot several weeks, died at
8.80 A M. ; and Mr. Charles E. Burr, who
had " long been in declining health, passed
away at 6.30 P, M." Both these gentlemen'
were most . highly" respected and generally
beloved, and will be . sadly missed in the
respective circled in'; which "they moved.;
The funeral of Mr." Bradley will take place
from St." John's Church at 10.30 o'clock
this morning. The tuneral of ' Mr. Burr
takes place to-morrow morning, rat .-.40
o'clock -. i i T ' . '- v'
Peraona ... ..,.
Rev. Dr. Taylor returned home frona his
trip Up the Carolina Central Railroad yes
terday morning.1- He preached on Sunday j
morning at Centre, Robeson county, and
on - Sunday night, Tuesday tight ' and
Wednesday nfght at Alma, Robeson coun
ty; where Messrs! Wilkinson ' & Fore's ex
tensive -milling establishment is located.
Dr Taylor expresses" piniself . ;as- having
been greatly pleased with his visit,, -?tr
Foreign Shipment. , t
viThe Norwegian barque Post, Capt : Hen
riksen,!was cleared from this port for'Ant-
werp, yesterday byMessrs." Alex.- Sprunt
& Son, witi 1,000" casks spirits turpentine
and 2,25Q'barrels rosin; "valued at $25,500;
also, the Danish barque Mens, Capt Dahl,
fdT Glasgow, Scotland, by Messrs. Alex.
Sbrunt & ' Son; . with .4,500 barrels v rosin,
valued at $7,800.' Total, valued of '. foreign
exports for the day, $33,800,
Acquitted., - ,
G. Buie" charged with the murder, pf ,E.
Kemp, in Bladen county. r about ona-year
ago, was tried at Columbus aupenor. uourt
during the week just passed ; and acquitted.
The case, which was removed from Bladen
to Columbus for trial, was alluded tain the
Star a few days ago.j - r -,;o
A change of-schedule ' goes into
effect on the Carolina Central' Railroad on
Saturday next .the 80th inst,: The mail and
passenger tiain-wffl leaveWilmlngton then
at 5.45 P. M.; instead of o.3aK,Mrfnd ar-
rive here at
A.M.-'
9.50 ( A. M. .instead of 8.50
4 -
AFYALLINQ DISASTER. -
The SKlMlMlppt.iti-rer Steamer Ht; K.
Iee Burned. Near Vlehourg-Total
Deatrnctlon of the Boat" Terrible
; Xossof Iilft. .(
)'' :-- CBy Telegraph to thVuornlne Star! -i i .
New Obleaxs, September 30. A Pied,-'
yum Yicksburg special says: " This morn
ing, at 3 o'clock, a. fire broke out on the
steamer R. K JLee while on her trip to this
city, and Twhen about thirty miles below
Vicksburg, iresulting in the total destruction
of the boat and a terrible loss of life. - The
f pllowing a -list, of ..the persons known to
be lost: Cabin passengersr-Mr. Painter, of
Maysvffle, Kentucky; , Mrs.; McLellan, of
New Orleans; Miss Adams, music teacher,
on her way to Baton' Rouge: also an infant
of Mrs, iSearles,- of .Vicksburg, and two
colored i, women: Va fireman: five colored ;
cabin boys,, the second and third chamber- I
maias. ana one roustaDont ; ' Jvardo; tne
boat's carpenter Wm. Mistmaker second
engineer; and all the cooks and , help except .1
iae pasiry-cooK. " xne Dooks ot tne. boat
and the United" States ' mail were lost, to
gether with 500 bales of cotton; : ; 4
: New OkiiBAKs,: September 80. The Xee
had just been, overhauled and newly paint
ed, and was" on her first trip ; this seasonl
She left Vicksburg yesterday evening for
New Orleans with 500 bales of oottoa'ahd
a good list of , passengers; r While opposite
Point Pleasantat 3.A., M;:. to-dayi, she
discovered to be oir 'fire, andrwa'imlnedl
ately headed fbr the Louisiana: shores and
landed at Yucatan - plantation, 35 miles bo
low Vicksburg, , In a few minutes she was
completely enveloped in flames. l Twenty
one persons are - believed to- 'be iost, Jinfelu-.
ding many of thecrew. - ' ) . .: j
The steamboat: 'J. M? Wniti' ftsaei4li
wreck about 6 A.:M and took the remain
ing passengers and ,crew- to Yicksburg.-Ji
Rawlings .and Robt . Smith, pilots, werfc
both burned and' otherwise' injured: t; The
fire is supposed to 'have' originated ; in the
cook room. Bo rapidlv did ; it SDread that
it was impossible for .the passengers- or of
ficers to save 'anything but -What they had
on at the time, s Capt. Wi S. Cannon states
that the steamer was owned by thfe estate
of his father, i Cant Jno. W. Cannon, and
her commander, Capt. W. W. Campbell.
She was valued at1 1100,000, and insured
for $50,000, mostly in local companies, wi; j
The crew, was composed almost j entirely
of "men who have been on the rivet twenty
or thirty years' The" boat,- beside her sup
ply :pump, had. a ndw. fire pump with A
fourteen-inch: cylinder and abundance . of
nose, . mere were always tnree watchmen
on deck; " The Lee was Insured for 475.000
in the uEtna of Hartford, $2,50Q each iri
tne JN ational, iunterpxise and Merchants of
Cincinnati, and "$35, 000inNew Orleans
companies. - , y1. ',--::-,; : j.-v. - . ;
The f ollowmsr is the list of the nassen
gers saved:' Thomas J. Shain, of Tensas,
Louisiana: C. H.' ChaDman. Of the steamer
Naomi . Garuke, of New) Orleans i J. Mi
x oiuuui, , wi , Dfc. jjouib;. vultb. ; Aoranamsj
of Chicago; ;.Henry Moses. - of ' Monroe;
LouisianaT J.C. Slatt.: of NTew York; Hj
Wi Neefus'ofNew-Ybrk; J.Mp Freed't
man, of Vicksburg; J. B. Berger, of Eastonj
rennsyivama; W., W;wish, of Carlisle,!
Illinois; John H.Lodweysin,'of New On
leans." Mrs. Searles.' of ' Vicksburff.' and- a
lady with 8 children, name unknown. - ,
The Lee left this city last Tueadav her
first trip for five months. ; The announces
IISJanlJboaleoDt
.win e
heard with universal sorrow ; the. champion
of the Mississippi waters, a favorite with all
the people j from ? Vicksburg toi New Or
leans. , JNamea alter tne greatest ot neroes
and statesman: Her , destruction at the be-:
ginning of the latter season and after having
undergone a morougn overhauling, wiu dq
a serious blow to her owners as well as tq
the trade in which she has been so long and
sd faithfully engaged.' ' 1 ' ,:j ;A I
Once BelL second clerfcot tne ljee,:wno
was up at the, time ,of the accident, says i
I never saw : anything burn so quickly. ,1
was aft at the tune, and when I heard the
alarm,' knowing that my partnerwho sleeps
-ii i i on . At
sounaiy, ana me oioer omcerswere iu greni.
danger, I rushed up to awaken them. . The
fire followed so fast that by the time I had
them all up my partner had his hair singed,
in getting down stairs from the hurricane
roof, and I had to climb over the rail. I
thought I was" gone at on time. -The boat.
did not have much , cotton aboard. She;
had just been freshly painted and she went
just like gunpowder.' Mr, Bell says that;
a nassen&er. who was interviewed, seems to:
think the fire originated in the pastry rooms'
of the cook house, although I aon t see,
said the former,- what nre was aoing in.
there that early, as the cooks are not called!
before 4 o'clock. - . ; . - 1 ''j.' -
Mrs. Dave Searls, with heonc presence
of mind and : motherly devotion, grasped
her sleeDinsr infant and. arraneine: a fife-;
preserver on her person, ' jumped boldly!
into the water. By: a disarrangement xtt
the Jif e-Dreserver she was thrown upon her
back and lost her grasp upon her child, i
CaDt. Canrobell and survivine omcers au
leave by to-night's train for New Orleans,
and wiu bring out the steamer Ed. Richard-;
son in place of the Lee next Tuesaay. , . .
GEORGIA.
a
Government Official Acquitted of the
Murder of .a Moonahlner Counter
feiters Captured.;, , ,.(
Atlanta,, September 80. Robt D. Bol
ton, C.AS Miller Brent Treeland and Jas.
T.'Self . Deoutv U'S. Marshals and Col
lectors, charged with the murder of an old
man named Jackson J. Hicks, in Gwinnett
county Georgia, while . on afraid, have
been on trial here in the U. S. Circuit Court
since Tuesday. The; jury to-day rendered
a verdict of not guilty. ' 1
t ' An asent of the Secret Service of the TJ.
S.5 telegraphs i from; Cartersville,i Ga.,the
arrest of Henrv May anda Ji. w . Ji-eliet,
for counterfeltine. and the capture of 115
counterfeit silver dollars.. van4 moulds for
making the same. ' -"' i
- , . 'r-:VIRGINIA.
ItXalicloua Defacement of a Monument
In Hollywood Cemetery Death of a
promlnenrxitlzen 'of Daaxllle--The
Medical Collese TrouWe. ,
Richmond. September 80. A,monument
recently 'erected in .Hollywood Cemetery,
over the grave of a daughter, of ex-Presi
dent Tyler, : was defaced last nignt. wxdb
Tdranerv of a -statue of the -Madonna 'was
brokeni'and -the words; "This is a botched
job, were written underneath. ' 1 . J
- The hew Board of Visitors of the Medi-
?al College of Vireinia has been in session
since 11 o'clock diScussingIfthe affairs 1 of
that, instilutaon. They seem determined to
ighrtre the repulse they v met with ,at .tne
hands ot tne J! acuity yesieruay.- ana -go- nn
with their labors the -same as though they
had full possession.' -'At 6 P. M. the Board
adjoufried witthout: taking definite, action
as to the present.. 7 'tM
r DajjvhxeT September 0.-Capt. James
T. : Luck ' once Mator of the city and several
times editor of the Pittsylvania Tribune and
Danville Daily News; is dead. ' .:r-
rL The Retrablicans of : the . Second" B. G
A District have nominated E.M.,Braytoa for
congress.
NO. 4tf
THE j TARIFF COMMISSION:
Baltimore Manufacturers of Cheinlejiiar
ana fertilizers recorded a Bearing.1 -
. . Py !elegrapn to the Morning Star.J I i$ i
Baltimokb, September 29. Eieht of the'
nine Tarifl! Ctoniniissionera.afritedhere this
morning. A. brief morning session.- was
held,- but no witness being present, a- recess
was taken until 2 o'clock, at whiehtime
the interests of manufacturers of chemicals
and fertilizers containing sulphuric or mii-i
natiu auius werexepresensea-oy fi. w afs.'
Rasin, -of Baltimore. .. He said-tnat this Icj
terest waS one of the - largest in the State,
and was equally large in the Southern and
Western States, -He. read petitions asking
the Commission to 'make 'such recommen
dations as will give to- American manuf ac-j
turers of sulphuric and muriatic'acids and
agricultural fertilizers such protection5 as
they are entitled to. , They say that it does
not stand to reason that American manri.
f acturers, wth tiieir expensive plant, lii-ge
capital and costly skilled labor, can compete
wrtbHhe foreign ttrticle that costs the cont
pounderof : artificial -ichemicals - nothing.i
It was a common thin? for heaw mnda
to be imported from' England and Germany.
at merely nominal f feiehtSiV-and aiwholft?
cargo had been known to be imported in
ballast, whilst such eoods norild ; not hk
Shipped from Norfolk -tot Savannah at less
than from $2.50 to i3.00 ner- ton. ' Thfc
manufacture of -these chemicals' and fer
tilizers, had grown to be a business of great
magnitude, from $90,000,000 to. $100,000
000 bein? invested in it in 'Baltimore. At
lanta, Charleston,; New Orleans,Richmond
and other cities. One-third of these invest
ments in Baltimore were now idle, whilst
the imports of, European cities had increased
in five years from a few hundred tons to
75,000 tons in 1881; and, consequently ,tJ4
price of - sulphuric , acid, had fallen front
f i.jsa per hundred pounds (giving a fait
flving profit) to 55 cents, .involving aruinl
ousloss. .. . .. ,.' .' . - ..
'Some half dozen similar petitions.' signed
by the principal manufacturers of chemicals
and fertilizers, were presented by Messrs!
Rasin, of -Baltimore: Jackson'; of . New
York, and Allen, of Philadelphia:, the een
eral suggestion being that a duty of 30 per
cent.' be imposed en foreign chemicals and
that Spanish pyrites, or sulphur, ore- be ad
mitted free of duty. , It was stated," how
fever, 'that as to the latter point, there wal
not 'unanimity 4 of sentiment among jChemi
ical manufacturers, il ": ' v. , , " -
.hdina. Fla.1
presented the claims of ; manuf acturers of
palmetto fibre tb protection under the tariffi
He said It had been found -by ? experimenf
that fibre made - from palmetto could be
Used in the making of matting, brushesi
carpets, . hats. . . and cloth.1 - He asked that
bamboo and rattan -rand .cocoa .fibres that
are now on the free list,1 be taxed at front
one cent per pound of iraw.inaterial to iour
cents when partially F worked ,.into. rope orj
fibre." He used a machine by which a tori
of palmetto fibre ..was produced daily; hit
competed with jute, -hemp, tampico, and
almost all of those foreign fibres coming'
from the palmetto famijy.
1
Continuation of the Bearlns at.Baltl-
- ; "r '- more."-"" - "- I
: , ; tBy Telegraph to ; the Morning Star. I "
t BAiTucoBB. September' 30. The Tariff
Commission to-day listened to several orai
arguments - and written , communications
tion.-1 aae exception was from Tne tincim
:nati Zoological Society, , asking , free duty
forbeasts and reptiles Of other: lands
birds arenowj,;?fsi;:i jrfii.i
The- Ctommission adjourned to meet at
New York Monday. V 7. ':"
- SOITTMSCAROLINA o
Row at a' Politteal Meeting; In' Laneas
ter Three Men .KIUed. and: Many
Wounded. -4: f
' ! FBy Telegraph to theMornuucStar.V-'-'V J
Charleston. September 28 A special
to the News and Courier. Atom. Lancaster
says: A political meeting here yesterday?
was addressed by Col. CaSh. About the(
1 l .a. - la A 1U v
Close 01 me meeting a uuuouiiy arose m, ui
stand between' a white Democrat and a;
colored man, which' resulted in the former
being wounded in the head by a blow with
a stick or stone."' At this time two or three:
pistol shots were fired near the' stand, but
,-... n. ..... r j j , 1
no one. was nun. soon-aner mis. a largu
procession, 01 colored - men ' on- norseoacE,
came upon the streets,; one 01 tne numrjer.
having a large pistol bu6kled . around his
body. .The negro pointed; the pistol at a
white man, and said, . "meres tne aamnea.
rascal who did the shooting." iTThe white;
man gave him the lie and the colored man
fired. - Immediately several shots were fired;
by white men ' and 'the1 colored man fell
dead. vAjnumber "of .shots were then fired
by white and colored men, and three other
colored men were killed and many wounded.;
The authorities soon succeeded in restoring
quiet which now prevails, t It is believed
that the trouble is over. ; " 1 ..--
OHIO.
Theft of $12,000 Worth ,of Diamonds
and Jewelry at the Cincinnati Ex
position.'- f- ' 'J'
1 i ' ,IBy Telegraph "to the Morning Staf. ,-.-, t
Cincxnkati. September - 28. Twelve
thousand dollars worth of diamonds and
valuable' jewelry were stolen at the Exposi
tion building, shortly after the doors opened
tms morning, iroin me exuiDii 01 j. kj. o.
Kamp. The e diamonds . were insecurely
kept in a show case fastened with two small
pad-locks,; and the Owner had no' one in
charge to- guard the property. - r Visitors to
the Exposition saw wo men go to the case
and open it with such apparent ease as to
give the impression that they were the own
ers. After selecting all they , wanted they
otfietlv -walked away. Ten minutes after
the theft was discovered, v ,, ., , , v. . .; 1
- , .:, .FOREIGNi ). S.
Aflalrs In Ireland Mercantile Failure
1 vj f,-3-J';v Anti-Jewish Blots.' ? . S- u -4
; t IBy Cableto the Morning Star.l ,
: DuBMif, September O.-Judge Lamson,
while defendip his act in imprisoning Mr.
Gray on legal . grounds, ; said he felt that
iustice had now heeh vindicated, a better
state of things .being observable; 4 -
S. LojnjON, September S0.-4-Tamlaci &.Sons,
shippers and merchants of Manchester, uaj
cutta and' Bagdad,5 have failed; liabilities
15,wp. HiC vie v-t -r - 'JIW-X v
VnatiTA. September 30. The anti-Jewish
riots at Pressburg broke out again yester
day evening and lasted until midnight; i -:
ELECTRIC 8FABKS. . ,
Six steamers cleared c for. f foreign ports
from New Orleans . yesterday? with 359,935
bushels 01 wheat, besides cotton ana oiuer
cargoes. ; , ,- . ; . ? . mt
. r It is estimated that, the rednction of the
public debt for: the ..month, of September
will be in the neighborhood of v sixteen jnu
lion dollars. ..-;'' ars
X Near Cornwall Station." on the -'Middle-
town branch of the Western . Rauroad,' N.
T. -,-yesterday, three1 men were killed and
T . jv. . . . . r : a. - t.1 4. .-. ,,
mree wauiy nuri py a premaiuic uioat.
j ; Spirits ;Turpentine.
Battleboro -is to..- have av new
large brick warehouse t-. , .. ... 1 .
Floating yarn : " A" Watermelon '
vine 990 feet in length grows at Salisbury
JM. C. 7'. ..,,.) n , , ;
In Tyrrell and several other'
With, what is known as the "staggerfl.,i -,
Greensboro Patriot : A coun-
" D" " r jaBmcnuua ; last nignt
insists -i that .'farmer - Rogbrs'', was none
other- than Sauire Asa - Knio;
;church.:;:;4v.v.v;
i- Oxford Free Lance; How does"
Col, Ike Young stand in 5 his own. county ?
Let this record speak. At the Vance Coun
ty .Nominating Convention he was for Tom
Hicks. B. H. Cozart was- for W. tH
Smith.. Hicks got five votes: Smith got
fifteen votes. -, ... r .v .
' Rockingham' IBeer c Mr.? B. F.
Little fell from the platform of the" cars at '
Folkton on Tuesday,, and sustained terri-'
ble ihj-anea. v --We wish the Star to -succeed.
It is undonhteHlv
.dailies in the South;'-: - : ' .'r r - .
s Jihzabeth City Economist: Ben -
j""uf. leiuetou; cued -: near Plymouth on
Wednesday. .Also in Plymouto, Mrs. Sa
rah Todd., : -The store and liquor estab
lishment known as 'Bull Run," kept by R. -W.
Sawyer and J. L, Snow; near Columbia
was destroyed by fire on the night of the
19th instant -The work of an incendiary.
Everything lost ; no insurante.:;- -. ,-. ' .
Sfe Ravfgh Farmer and Mechanic ,
Three vacancies in Slateoflices Raleigh,,
unless Jarvis has alreadv nlleil thorn o
The new building at the Oxford Orphanage
will bo dedicated October 20th, Senator
Ransom1 -making the. address and Rev. J.
K. Conally the sermon, . : Bros. ,Mc
Diannid, of the Jcsonia7k and Erwin nt
the Rutherford Banner,, have; accepted the
1?nrrierM01r f TlAn4a tI. ..&t V. T
G. S. Bradshaw.reasurershiri: Rm.'wm:
Biggs, Probate Judgesteh?; Bro. - J.. C. -
uiacK, senatoranip m jloore; Bros. Hack
ney and Webb,; the mayoralty and clerk- .
snip 01 uurnamujro, rpote;; the Solicitor
ship in Warten; Bro. EvansVeSenator from
vuonoU)auu im:re uic Hume omers wnoso
names at this moment escpeourehiory. -
pleasure 10 note tnese promotions.
Charlotte Journal: About the
ast of next month it is" TrnhaH thai
will have another circus competition even
livelier than that of Barrett, and Maybury.
Pullman and Hamilton. This time it will
be between W. W Cole and Sella Bros., "
both of whom are heading this wav.
An assay concluded 1 by- Prof." Hannah, of
the U. S. Assay Ofilce, of tlfe gold bearing
Ore from the front vein discovered a dav or '
two since at the Pen-Johnston Coppermine,
snows faia.ou to tne- ton. This vein, it
will be remembered, as discovered in ma- -king
a cross cut fori :a :, coooer vein ;
Mr. J. R. Wallace,1, of , Cabarrus -county.
sold - to" Mr; A J osiah'Asbury, a walnut log -
i.uuf ,f.ixk in uiameier, ana not quite eleven
feet long. Mr. Asbury sawed It up and
got 700 feet of. good lumber from it. ,. .The
log is the largest cut in this section for
years. - Its value here is about $35. In the
North it would be .worth from $75 to $80.
. italeigh' News- Observer: Arms
were yesterday" sent from the State Arsenal
to two new companies of .the State Guard.
These are the, Monroe 'Light Infantry, of
theSecond Regiment,' and ; the ReidsvOle
light Infantry,' of the Third ( Regiment.
The white and. colored departments of
the Institution for the Deaf.- Dumb -and
Blind are now, in operation, 180. pupils be-'
ing present As the audience at Tucker
Hall- last Saturday evening f was looking
with; delight at ' "Esraeralda'- the .scene
wherein Dave Hardy, the young North -Carolinian,"
almost fainting, holds' a . glass
of whiskey in his hands f or some minutes, '
moved a witty yodng attorney of this city
to remark: ".Them ain't-North - Ca'Hnv
time.'": There rwas a general- laugh at' the ..
gallyt" "1 "Adam. Russell, a young negro
from, Cabarrus ' county,: who' was yesterday
placed in the Penitentiary, made fa half
dozen attempts to poison the family: which
employed him, but -thought several mem
bers; of - tho:i family., were imade t sick, none
died. An - attempt at poisoning is not a
penitentiary offence, but it : happened that
the negro stole the , bottle, containing r the
poison strychnine.. So he was sent to the .
fenitentiaryfor that offence. '- - - 1
s, -eldohf;;ivewr The .Wilmmg-
Un STAB.'.has entered its sixteenth year.
May it forever shine for the people, whose
friend it is. v A revival has just been
-ended in the Baptist Church at Jackson,
conducted by the Kev. it. 1. vann. aix
persons -were added td the church.. 1 .
The fund for the purpose of getting a tablet
1. TT. L 1 ni 1. ... .V.
Mr.. .Lowe grows. The address' of Mr..
Kingsbury is being rapidly sold to appli- ;
cants -from all directions The Wil
mington, &,Weldon Railroad;; Company
has recently purchased ten new locomo
tives, three 01 which have just oeen received.
- On Friday last the lower end of the
county was visited by one of the heaviest
rains within the memory of the oldest in
habitant. The railroad track in one or two
places was displaced, crops were damaged,
and . hogs and other animals drownea
Nearly all the bridges in that section were
washed up and other property injured. In
Palmyra several stores were filled with wa
ter up to the counters, and one was consid
erably damaged by the flood. It .is to be
hoped that no serious loss will be sustained
by injury to the cotton, -r We have heard
tnat tne people 01 scoiiana jecK, anu uiose
living below, want the railroad extended to
Hamilton, where it would connect with
boats for Norfolk, the Elizabeth City Rail
road at Edenton and with the railroad at
nm. . .1. . . J 1 . 1
WUUamsion.. 11 is aiso reporwu tuaii uuicjso
such extension is made a road will be built
between Scotland Neck and Hamilton. An
other report is, that the W. &lW. Railroad
intends some time in the future Ja connect
TnrhnrA and Rrntland Neck with a railroad.
; THE STATE, CAMPAIGN.,
Judge Merrimon made the most powerful
speech at Graham that has been heard in
these parts ; in many a day. Alamance
Gleaner. -
- "I have followed- the Republican tiag
through dust and heat and have supported
it faithfully; but if that banner must have
a barrel or a still ,house . for a motto it no
longer floats over me."--Judge Dick.
- Col. John' R. Winston, the Greenback
candidate' for Congress in- the Fifth Dis
trict, stumped Maine, and as"a result Solon
VaiaoV) bUV X a vwaawa vhhi- . r
ernor, got , 1,298 votes in . the entire State,
out of , a total of 138,175. Charlotte 0
server. ' . ' v
The Greenback party held their County
Convention at Lee's Mills onTuesday19th,
and nominated Jocob Spear for the Legis
lature, Rufus Swain for Treasurer, A.- H.
Swain for Clerk of the Snperior Court, and
Sam Johnston for Sheriff. Elizabeth. City
Economist. .''-
The court house was packed, a large
number of the people being farmers, who,
despite the busy season, had pome to hear
the Democratic standard-bearer. We have
not time ton otice the speech of CoL Ben
nett at length this week, and will -simply
add that everybody was well pleased." We
predict for our candidate a rousing vote in
Granville. OtottZ Free Lance ?.
Col. Dockery had. an - appointment to
speak in Lenoir last Saturday. We always
try to be fair towards our political oppo
nents, and weTtrust:that they will not ac
cuse us of prejudice when we say that Col.
Dockery's speech in Lenoir, last Saturday,
-was a' failure. "It was a. complete break
down"; there was a very, small crowd pre
sent Lenoir Topic. - , -..r.- " - -.;-,-
f, i !- ' '