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5 rue Weekly Star. I'UBUSHED AT j ft i L 3I I N O T O N, N. C, jl.OO A YEABi IN ADVANCE. gggg888S88S8S88 ggggg8888888888 8S88SSSS88SS88888 SSSS22S53S2!22fi8S8 gg88S$gSSS8S8858S gg8SS8S8S8SSSS88J . ' rfi CO CO Ok qjuoK I S888SSSS8SS888888 ggfffSSS88SS8888 1SS8S8S88SS88SS88 fKn'ereu at tne rosi umo i--t muuwu, . .( as Second Class MatterJ j SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.- T lie Wbscrbtion pricl of the Stau is as follows : Sinstle Cory 1 year, postage paid, f 1.00 I " 6 months ' .60 " 3 month ' " .30 I .iX.V riON-FAUrSES-BE-IEF. 1 1 !;e Government, existed and the couctry flourished and grew beyond precedent for neatly a hundred years before tbie British system of life tenure was thought of as a fit thing to be incorporated in a free Repub lic in which the whole people are the sovereigne. If the Civil Service law was to be rejjealed to-day the coun try would continue to flourish and g'rotr just a3 if nothing had hap pened. But it is not bo with regard to taxation. The basis of govern ment is taxation. Stop the taxes and tije wheels of government would. cJ,i?e to move. Taxation is an abso lute 1 m.cess:tv. After liberty the uaxt most important thing is taxa tionThat is the oil that lubricates, Nav, it is the power or motor that sets the machinery of government in: moii m ar.d kcecs it mo'vinc. Taxes begia with government and when they ceae government ends. So taxation is a necessity and it wil last, forever. ' j Partus Lave different plans of taxation. One pirty jibe Republi can sets to work to create and per petuate a system of taxation that griuijs the poor and makes richer the alreadyi rich - that compels fifty-five .n)il;i'-n: people to pay tribute to less than TEree millions that violates the Constitution in levying a tax for Pri-U-ction of certain indastriea in stea 1 of for revenue with which to Bu'-";rt the Government that re verses the true principles of political science by compelling j the poor to support the rich that aims to build np a Luge plutocracy in a free coun try by favoring monopoly and by a cuDtingly devised plan for coddling "infant industries" that are really mocstrous giact6 of oppression. Another party the Democratic--holis that this is a Government of the people and for the people and by the people that taxation should o levied for tho support of the Gov ernment upon a platf of- econ omj - that a Constitutional Tariff is to be favored always, which is one for revecue only under a well known decision of the Supreme Court of the Uaited States that the true theory is to levy a tax solely for rev enue Mifiicient to support the Gov ernment, and that this system will ineviubly furnish a sufficient proteo tioa io all meritorious industries that the taxes must be placed mainly upon luxuries and that all necessaries of life shall be either put on the free list or be taxed just as little as pos sible, due reference being had to raising enough revenue for govern mental purposes that the wealth and not the poverty of a counlry should hear the burdens of govern mentthat the taxes should be lev ied in a spirit of fairness and justice to all and with a due regard for the moral aspects of the question, r Kow ; tbeee principles are opposite. There ia an unreconcilabie antagon ism in the two theories. Both can not be right. A man holding lone system cannot conscientiously sup port for office a man bent on estab lishing the other system. This would be to hitch a horse in rear of a Btall ed jwagon to pull it down the1 hill when you were pretending to help the; driver to get vp the hill, il is inconsistent and absurd.' And! yet ' thousands of voters do. this every year, and in 1888, thousands will re peat the inconsistency. Our convic tion is that a man should believe something and then show his kith by his works. We are led to write this when we read Protection! pa pers and see tbem howling for Mr. Cleveland, the leader of the 'true n . i democracy m the fight againat Pro . wction and Monopoly. XUIIEATENED CHANGES IN IBB IiAKU. . - If the Tories should continue from month to month their evil designs gainst Ireland they will have a nse for an the jails in the Kingdom! TJo to this time there are seven members of Parliament and between two and three hundred private citizens! now m prison and for what? Because they attended public pohtioal meetings at which no treason was talked, no acts of outrage reoommended, no wmuit caused" to quote from the 5 "yKW l I ea co p o i S ' 1 , g 1 Im::'.::::'.::: a' r . r VOL. XIX. Philadelphia American. ; it is j a crime in 1887, for an Irishman to at tend a political meeting unless it is a. jTbry meeting. This is the off enoe, and the penalty is incarceration and fines. The Parnell leaders have been moderate, long suffering . and merciful. But the soene' is elowly but inevitably changing. The American thus describes it: V ! ' "Trlah neonla beirin to lend an ear to those who tell them that constitutional and parliamentary opposition has proved a iau ure. and that the wisest course is secret pre paration for war, with dynamite prelimi naries. These new leaders are becoming all the more powerful as their more peaceful rivals, one by one, disappear bsbioa dun geon bars, and are deprived of all partici pation in public affairs. Mr. O'Brien, Mr. HarrinKton and Mr. Dillon are the repre sentatives of the Home Rule party, since the failure of Mr. Parnelrs health com pelled him to abstain from active work. These and several of their associates are either in prison or on their way to it. If the Tories' nttlicy were to force an Irish up rising, they could not have chosen their measures better. Perhaps they think what their Liberal friend The Spectator was in discreet enough to say, that a fresh Irish re bellion would furnish the Unionists with the best way cut of their difficulty." Not only are Irishmen arrested, tried and imprisoned for daring to attend political Catherines, bat 1 the moderate men of Ireland are elan dered, misrepresented and persecu ted. This last chapter in the history of the wrongs of Ireland is like those that have preceded all blurred and stained by wrongs and persecutions and falsehoods, victoria ought to be ashamed to have such chapters: written during her long reign. What a grand chance she has let go forever bv to make herself a great name as the Benefactress and Friend of Ire land. She simply remains the aged fisure-head of Toryism that never learns and has no throb of sympathy for the oppressed. j A DAY FOR ALE.. With the old the passing of a year is as the passing of a month to the young. It was only the other day we took our pencil to indite a few paragraphs ; relative to Christmas, and yet it has been a whole year ac cording to the oalendar. How swiftly move the wheels j of time ! How rapidly passes away a human life on earth ! J ! "Time flies, death urges, knells call, Hell threatens, Heaven invites " But if life be very be fleeting -eternity short and time is long. We have full time allotted us here to prepare for the world to . come, for ' God is merciful and just and long suffering and full of tender compas sion. " . ( Christmas has become an old fash ioned holiday. For some fifteen hundred years it has been celebrated with rejoicings, for on that day the Son of God became flesh and blood, and dwelt among men. Such is the ordinary view, il If the Christ was not really born on the 25th of De cember he was born near that time. Christmas is generally a happy time for the young, and even the old some times are merry and. rejoicef ul. But it happens that it is a time of sorro w ful visitation to many when the mourners weep and the dead are buried. Christmas is a time when menvnd women . try to lorget cares ana troubles, and to hope for better and brighter days. The world is full of vexation and sorrow and heart be reavements, and it is not unwise to cultivate a spirit of peaoe and good will and to try to make the burden lighter and life sweeter. But in enjoying the Christmas hol idays we should, be careful not to Sin. Let as make the children hap py, and let ns try to gladden the hearts of the poor. Let gentle Char ity do its appointed work and let the liberal hand be well filled with pleas ant and recreative things, while the heart overflows with good will to all. Let the Christmas tide prove a bless ing, and if it brings back the long ago in our memories let it also quicken us to deeds of mercy and fill our hearts full of sweetness, tender ness and light.- ! Let sobriety and decorum prevail in this day of ringing bells and choral chants and resounding hosan nas, and let wassail and dissipation be not allowed to mar the order and serenitv and hopefulness of such a season of holiday pleasures. Re member it is a DrvraE Biethday. Let the festival be appropriate. I The Stab again wishes its friends a Merry Christmas 7 ! We regret to part with our friend Cant. W H. Kitchin. who has sold his paper, the Scotland Neck Demo crat, to Mr. E. E. Hilliard, and ha written his "Good-bye." Capt. Kit chin has shown himseif able,bold,hon- est, thoroughly Democratic. He has stood ud like a man for: what he thought to be right. He has set the press of the State an excellent exam ple in his devotion to sound Demo cratic principles and of consistency in his advocacy of those principles. We hope that Almighty Father will bless him in his retirement. Mr. Hil Hard has had some editorial experi ence and is a vouner man of talents and education. There is a sad lack of harmony in the Democratic fold. - . Tbe OnalowtBaiiroad. : The decision-rendered by the Su preme Court of the State thathe new, registration 1 ordered . by the Board of Aldermen for the election in this city on the question of a sub scription of $100,000 to the capital stock of the Wilmington. Onslow & East Carolina Railroad was illegal, was variously commented upon ' yes terday - Opponents of i -the scheme are of course satisfied that no other decision would be v reached, while friends of the measure "are badly dis appointed, and had ! no hesitation in saying so. Counsel for the railroad company, Messrs. .Russell & Ricaud and Mr. Eugene Martin, were of the opinion after examining all the stat utes bearing upon the matter, that a new registration Was authorized and are of the same opinion yet, and so, also, they say, was Judge Phillips, before whom the case ! was argued in the Superior Court, ; f . The opinion is by Judge Merrimon. It says: ': J ' . v:'-; The registration , of March. 1887. should have been scrutinized purged of the names of persons who for any cause naa, ceasea to be voters, and an opportunity offered to persons who became eligible to 'register and be come qualified voters at the time of the election, and I the result of the election should have been ascertained by the number , of qualified voters thus appearing. Authority to pro vide for the registration of persons who became eligible as voters after the preceding I election is given by statute. I The ; Code. 2675. 3795.1 As to this there is no provi sion in the I. city charter and hence the general statutory provision cited applies. McDowell vs. The Con struction Co., 96 Nj C, 574 Perry vs. Whitaker, 71 N. C, 475. By the term qualified voter' is implied not sun- ply that the person is eligible to be a voter, but as well and necessarily that l in I J- J 1 T xi uo jo j egiBioreu ! m euou , iu iu way and manner prescribed by law. A 'qualified voter1' is one duly register ed. Southerland vs. Goldsboro, 96 N. C, 49; Duke vs. Brown, 96 N. C, 127: Wood vs. Oxford, 97 N. C, 227. There is!error. The judgment must be reversed, and judgment declaring tne election void and granting an in junction, as prayed for in the com plaint, entered in favor of tne plain tiffs. ' ' I "'I.;' j Friends of the road, however, have not lost heart. They say that it is the purpose of the company; to apply to the Board of Aldermen to order an other election,! in conformity with the rule laid down by the Supreme Court in this decision, and they think that even with the increased registration they can carry it A Dead Bos Thief. I j The dead body of a negro man about sixty years Of age, .was found last Wednesday in the woods some two miles from ! Nat Moore creek, about thirty miles above this city near the Cape Fear river. The body was ; discovered by a citizen of the neighborhood who was hunting wild turkeys. Upon examination it was found to be that! of a negro named Corbett, living in the neighborhood, who had been absent from home since the 10th inst. There was a stout hick- ory cluD in one of hands, and one of the his dead man's pockets was filled with corn, was a Near the body of dead hog with its the negro skull crushed. The hog was identi fied as the property of Mr. Andrew Squires. Apparentlyihe negro had tolled the hog into the woods and killed it with the club and was in the act of carrying it off. when he fell dead. The negro had been troubled with rupture. The jury of inquest found that his death resulted from the effects of this, caused by straining in attempting to carry off the hog. An Afflicted Family. I Mr. Jos. O. PittmanJ a well known member of the Typographical frater nity of- this city, has been sadly afflicted, in the death of his wife and two infant children. One child died Wednesday last and Mrs. Pittman and the other child yesterday. The two infants were, twins, born about about two weeks ago. Mrs. Pittman was forty-three years of age, and the mother of five : other children, four of whom with her husband survive her. The funeral of the mother and her two babes will take place this afternoon at half-past three o'clock, from the residence of! Mr. Pittman on Fourth street, near Swann. , Foreign Export Yesterday. Messrs. Robinson & Ring cleared the German barque T. C. Berg yester day, for London, Eng.,with 1,500 casks of spirits turpentine and 2,000 barrels of rosin, valued at $27,659.76. j Messrs. Paterson, (Downing & Co. cleared the German brig Atlantic, for Fleetwood, Eng., with 2,852 barrels of rosin, valued at $2,935. . Messrs. SJ P. Shotter & Co. cleared the German barquej Lucie Bodmann, with 1,000 casks of spirits turpentine and 2.600 barrels i of rosin, valued at $20,284.38. ! ' ! 1 ! Cotton. Receipts of cotton at this port for the week ended f yesterday are; 5,184 bales, against 6,840 received the same week last year. : j Receipts for! the crop year to Dec. 24th, are 146,704 j bales, against 113,439 to the same date last year an in crease of 34,265 bales. j The stock at this port yesterday was ai,4Ui Daies, against bluuu. ui 20,251 bales the j same date last year. Exports since September 1st to date aggregate 125,953 bales, of which 102, 781 were foreign and 23,177 domestic. The Florence ! Railroad will be opened for freight and passenger traf- flo to-morrow, !iecemDer ao. j j.c ex tend from Pee Dee Junction, on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, to Dillon, S. O, a distance of 18 miles. The stations are Sellers, Latta and Dillon, j Commercial trav ellers will plea se make a note of this, and govern themselves accordingly. The Maxton J Union improves with every issue. In the hands or its present management it will prove oi inestimable value to Maxton and the surrounding country. The Stab wishes the union,sicL for that matter, everything in and, around Maxton, unbounded suooeis. j , " ' aaamnaanama. " " N - COL, ; WAn&JEJLJL'S MBPORT. To tbe rnaaker or Commcre tad K i1 j-"0, KXCUfiB BC. ' , :i - A joint meeting - of : the Executive Council of the Chamber of Commerce and the Board l ot. Managers of- the Produce Exchange, to which the busi ness men generally ; of the eity were invited, was : held yesterday at half past 12 o'clock at-the Produce : Ex change. : There ' was a full attendance of members of both bodies and a few visitors. . -j. i u-. ' . . : The meeting was called to order by the President of the Chamber, Mr. F.v W. Kerchner, who j stated that it was called to hear the report of - Hon. A. Waddell, who had visited Wash ington, D. C,'at"tho request of these bodies in thematter of obtaining representation of the South Atlantic ports on the committee of the House of Representatives on River and Har bor Improvements. " 1 Col. Waddell stated that in the dis charge of that duty, he had been re quested by the J representatives f of other Southern 'ports, who were then in Washington on the same business, to act as th'eir spokesman in an inter view had with Speaker . Carlisle of the j House of .Representa tives; that! he had so acted, and in his interview with Mr. Carlisle called attention to the fact that not one of thelSouth Atlantic ports had a representation upon the committee on Rive'r and Harbor Improvements and that they asked for two members on said committee, and that while he did not suggest any.names for" that committee, he was prepared to do so if agreeable to Speaker Carlisle. Speaker Carlisle said that he would be glad to have any names suggested,' when Hon. George tD. Wise, of Vir ginia, and Mr. Dougherty of Florida were presented. Col. Waddell said, further, that because of a protest on the part of some of the representa tives from North Carolina, he had a second interview with Speaker Carlisle, who' refused to name a representative from North Carolina, because this State had a repre sentative on the Senate River and Harbor Committee; but that he - would consider favorably the appointment of Mr. Wise, of Vir ginia, and possibly would place that gentleman on the committee. Mr. Wise, he said, had pledged himself to represent the other Southern parts as fully as he would those of Virginia, his own State. Col. Waddell felt assured that Hon. Alfred Rowland, representative from this district, and Hon. C. W. McClam my, will do all that they can for the improvement of our river and harbor, while he was satisfied that Senator Ransom wouldedouble his efforts for the advancement of the same object. On motion of Mr. H. C. McQueen, President of the Produce Exchange, the thanks of the meeting were ten dered to Col. Waddell for the valua ble services he had rendered. The motion was adopted, unanimously, and the meeting adjourned. Cape Fear Yadkin Valley B. B. The committee on Finance of the Board of Aldermen and a special committee of th Board of Audit and Finance, were in conference last night at the Mayor's office in the City Hall with the . commissioners ap pointed to treat with the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley R R Co. relative to a subscription by! the city to secure the extension of that road from Fay etteville to Wilmington. It is under stood that the railroad company want the subscription of $150,000 to be either in cash or five "per cent, bonds. It is understood, also, that the Board of Audit and Finance are unwilling to issue bonds bear ing more than four per cent.! interest, if th ! decision of the Supreme Court affirms the validity of the subscription of $100,000 voted to the Onslow railroad; otherwise.the Board will be willing to issue five per cent, bonds. ! I The result Of the conference was not made public; It was stated, how ever, that no conclusion was reached, but that another conference will be held after the holidays. The committee from the Board of Audit and Finance were Messrs. Gore, Hewett and ' Maunder. His Honor Mayor Fowler and Alderman Fish blate represented the-Finance Com mittee of the Board of Aldermen at the meeting. Fatally Burned. A colored girl named Emma Nash, aged about 19 : years, was terribly burned last night, by her clothes taking fire from a stove, at the resi dence of Mr. Wm. Larkins, corner of Sixth and Dock streets. The girl was employed as a nurse for the in fant of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Flanner. She was sent up-stairs early in the evening to put-the child to f sleep. About an hour afterwards Mrs Flan ner went up to the room and found the girl asleep by the stove and her clothes on fire. She immediately awoke the girl and took her out on the piazza and attempted to smother the fire, but! not succeeding, she rah downstairs to obtain assistance. In the meantime, the frightened girl ran up and down the piazza and fanned the smouldering fire into a blaze and when help came she was enveloped in flames, and her clothing was nearly all consumed before the fire was ex tinguished. Dr. Storm . was imme diately summoned and everything noRsible was done for the relief of the sufferer, but she was so terribly burn ed that there is no hope of her re covery. I J Died from Her Injuries. - i The colored girl, Emma Nsh, who was terribly burned last Thursday night, (as reported in the Star), died yesterday morning about 9 o'clock, at the residence of Mr. Wm. Larkins, where she ; was employed: as e-nurse in Mr. Andrew Flanner's family. . She received every care and attention at the hands of her employes, but her Injuries were beyond the react of m- manald. . ,. ,' : FIFTIETH' CONGRESS,' i . ; :; ? wiwr sBaaiiwfc -: . ;; ' ' . l ?, 1 ' Ijfi T-T "S ;.i' Tfce Beukta Addressed hi Mr. Dolpb on ; fcta Prapoaed Conatlttttlomal Amend - aaent onlna subject of narlace and : DiTor-pa.th ,af , JBrv- Moffatt, f , mietalxaa j ABnoaaeed In xna Honao Bo Hoaaei Adjonrn to, January ;.;4tlaV-3.. ;. l i Vi'. - f -.v-..'- :.I 'wn iX A BEN ATE.. , -, ; Washtsotow, Dea 23 Mr. Eustis, from -the Committee on. Epidemic Dis eases, reported a bill' authorizing there-' nioval ef the quarantine station from 8hip Island, Miss., to someotber island in the Gulf of Mexico or to somejpass in the Mis sissippi delta. Calendar. ' " . i ' The Senate then took'up the joint reso lution introduced by Mr. Dolpb on the 12th inst., proposins- a constitutional amendment on the subject of marriage and divorce,, and prohibiting bigamy ' and po lygamy. .The proposed amendment is in the following words:- ' - . "Coagress shall have power to legislate on the subject of marriage and divorce by general laws applicable alike to all States and Territories, and neither bigamy nor polygamy shall exist or be permitted with in the United States or any place subject to tneir junsdiction. . -. .. ; . Mr. Dolph addressed the Senate in sup port of the joint resolution. - At the close of Mr. Dolph' remarks the jjialeBoiution-Was ordered .to, .lie on the table Mr. Cuilom saying that he proposed to snhmit some remark upon it after . the reassembling of the Senate. - -1 A bill for the removal of the political disabilities of Abram C. Myers was taken up and passed. Mr. Butler presented a letter from the Secretary of the Mexican VeteralnAssccia tion. accompanying a gavel wrought out of 350 separate pieces of wood, tastefully inlaid, the work of a veteran of the Mexi can war, Chas. Ufferhuster, formerly cf the Third U. S. Artillery, now residing in Charleston, S. C. . The letter suggested the presentation of the gavel to the presid ing officer of the Senate. The matter was referred to the Committee on Rules. The presiding officer announced the ap pointment of a special committee to investi gate the condition of the five civilized tribes of Indians, as follows: Butler, Mor gan, Dawes, Cameron and Teller. ' ' , &lt. .Teller introduced a bill to provide for compulsory education of Indian children.- Referred. i i After half an hout's Executive session the Senate adjourned to January 4th. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. When the Home met tovday the desk recently occupied by Mr. Moffatt, of Mich igan, who died in Providence Hospital this morning, was draped in emblems of mourning and decked with flowers. ' The chaplain offered the following prayer: "Almighty God, in the midst of this gay and festive season we are startled by . the sudden death of a member of the House, It impresses upon us all the solemn sense that there is bat a step between us and death, and bo may every man order his house that be may likewise be ready when the summons shall come. Comfort and cheer the widow, nnhold and provide for tho children thus made fatherless, and may they and all that were dear to him find in Thee that consolation which alone can be had at such a time, v We commend to Thy almighty care and protection the members and offi cers and all connected with the service of this Hou&e. Go with those who journey, abide with those that remain; and in all our homes may there be a merry Christmas and happy New Year." Mr. Adams, of Illinois, offered a resolu tion for the payment of a month's salary to the House employes who were on the rolls December 5th. but who have aince been discharged, or who may be discharged prior to January 1st. This is similar in sub staece to the joint resolution passed some days since, except that under the joint re solution payment must be made from the Treasury, while under the pending resolu tion payment is made from the contingent fund of the House. In EDeakiog to the resolution Mr. Her bert, of Ala , remarked upon the aetion of certain Senators in criticizing the House for passing the joint resolution an action which be thought was uncalled for, in view of the fact that the Senators voted themselves each a clerk and insisted upon oavine their employes 25 per cent, more than was received by the employes of the House. Mr. Bland moved to refer the resolution to the Committee on Accounts. . Agreed to veas 93. navs 91 Mr. Burrows, of Mich., then announced the death this morning of his colleague, Mr. Moffett, and the House at 1.15 ad journed to January 4th. ILLINOIS. A Train Knn nt Full Spaed TbroaKta n Crowd of People In cnieago At tempt to Iiynebi the EoKlneer Tbe Indictments for Conspiracy In tbe neGarlKle Caasa. Chicago. Dec. 22. An incoming B. & O. train flowed at full speed through a crowd boarding the Illinois central subur ban train, at Van Buren station, last even ing. Fully 200 people were thronging the tracks at the time, and without a whistle or note of- warning the train was upon them. In an instant Miss Lottie Launder- ville was thrown fifteen or twenty feet, and fatally injured. Immediately after the ac cident the B. & O. train backed up and had barely stopped when tbe cab was boarded bv an infuriated crowd of persons who had narrowly escaped death. The engineer was roughly seized and cries of "lynch him," "kill him," were shouted -from hundreds of throats. Just in time to nrevent the crowd from executing its threats, two Central detail officers arrived and rescued the cowering man from the throng of avengers. The engineer was quickly spirited away and his name could not be learned. There seems to be no ex mine for the accident. The B. & O. train was going at full speed when it should have been at a stand. There was no sound of bell or whistle to warn the crowd of the approaching danger. Chicago. Dec. 23. The trial of Dr. St. John, Levi Dell and Capt. Freer, indicted for conspiracy in aiding in the escape of warden W. J. McGanele. came to a sua den close this noon. The State's attorney acknowledged in onen Court that he bad not evidence enough- to convict, so Judge Collins ordered the jury to bring in a ver diet of acquittal.and the State nollied under the indictments against them. The indict ments against Cant Irwin, master of the baraue. who-has kept himself in Canada since the escape, still stands. VIRGINIA. An Old White Woman Ontraced ny Nea-ro livnehera . m Senren or tne Fiend. ' Lthchbubg, Dec. 23. A Liberty (V u.) snecial to the Advance says Dick Welcher, a colored youth. 18 years of age, outraged a very old white woman named Filer, near that place yesterday. Mrs. Fiferwas nassins through a niece of woods when Welcher stopped ner wn a pistol, teiung her he would blow her brains out if she resisted. After accomplishing his design he allowed the old woman to go. People are very indignant over the act and large parties are on a hunt for the fiend, and if caught he wm oe lyncnea. , ELECTRIC SPARKK. The whereabouts of the big timber raft is still enshrouded in mystery. . ,, The Secretary of the Treasury has ap pointed the following storekeepers and ransrers: W. S. Sawver. in Madison coun ty. N. C; J. L. Sherman, in Yadkin conn". The . Tutum newsnaner In Chicago has been purchased by the West-Snowden syn dioate, which will assume control about the I 4th of January. Tne iorm oi ww ppw will be changed, ana tne price wm o uuce instead of flvi cents. Rnp air 4. WASHINGTON. AXtgkunlprat YaJa apa A : Licit t noase for Capt Btutita Saaats- Confirmations, cr, aver nment 3 Receipts Batlmatts for XTcneteneiea . aw . Year's'at tna Wbiu II o ass. By .Telegraph to tbe fctoratnx Star.; X '1 Waskujotoh." Dec. 23 Senator Gar man introduced a bill to-day appropria ting i $60,400 for a lightship at False Cape entrance to Chesapeake Bay. ; " The Llghi-hoas Board ia now consider inz the feesibttit? -f erecting a light-bouse, of first-class rler; on the outer shoals at Cape HatterLN: C. These waters, which are regarded as the most daogerous on the Atlantic coast, are now ioscfifciently pro tected. - Engineering difficulties in the way of tbe construction of a light-house on the sboals are so many that recent develop ments in const motive engineering 'were needed to ensure succets in the undertak ing : Piacs -for the work, are how ; being prepared m accordance wi'U tnev:ewaof eminent experts ': ; Senator Dolph renorlvtd from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,' and the 8enale adopted in secret session, a resolu tion calling upon the Secretary of Stats for the coirespondence and records of the State Dv'pfcrtmenv relating to 'the German occupation of the- Samoan -Islands and Apia.. . .. , . ,. -- Tbe Senate has cochrmed the nomina- tiocs of S S. Carlisle, of- New Orleans, to be Minister of Bolivia; J. G. Walker, of Texav to be Consul General at Bogota. A bill was introduced in tbe Senate to day by Mr. Pasco, for the erection ofja pub lic budding at Tallahassee, Fla., and ap propriating f 75,000. f : f Washihgton, Dec. 23. becretary La mar to-day instructed tbe Commissioner of the Genaral Land Office that the order of December 15th inst., (telegraphed on the 16th and published the 17ib inst.,) direct ing "that all lands heretofore withdrawn and held for indemnity purposes under grant to railioads mentioned in said order," be restored to tbe public domain, and opened to settlement and entry under gen eral laws, after giving the usual notice, be changed and modified so that tbe lands shall be restored to the public domain upon the same terms and :n the same manner a? was directed to be done by tbe ordtr of Augusts, 1887, in relation to indemnity lands withdrawn for tbe benefit of the At lantic & Pacific Railroad Company and sub sequent Orders of August 15,1887, ia re lation to other roads. . ; VTAfcHiNGTON, Dec 22 President Cleva land will hold the usual New Year's recep tion Monday. January 2d. Tbe rresiaeat will be assisted by Mrs. Cleveland and the ladies of tbe cabinet. Mrs. Cleveland's Saturday afternoon receptions, from three until five o'clock, wiUgbegin Saturday, January 7th, and continue oo olternate Saturdays throughout tbe season. Tbe receipts this month amount to $21 697.888. being an excess of $12,927,137 over disbursements lor tne same period. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day transmitted to Congress estimates to meet deficiencies in expenditures,of various de partments ef tbe government for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1887, and prior eirs amounting to So.otHl.Vvs tie also submits an estimate aggregating $3,075,274, to meet urgent demands upon the government for the fiscal year ending ; June 80, 1888; and schedule claims amounting to $383,703, &1 lowed ny tbe sixth Auditor on account of compensation ef postmasters under the re- adjU8tmeot;act or 1SS3 Washihgtoh. D:c t.24 The President issued tbe following order this afternoon to all the departments The President directs that flags on all public buildings in the city of Washington be placed at half mast as a mark of tespect to the memory of Daniel Manning, late Secretary of tbe Treasury. Uf direction or tne President. (Signed) Daniel 8. Lamont, Private Secretary. He also Bent tbe following telegram to Mrs. Manning: luxecutive Mausioo, Washington, u U Dec. 24 To Mrs. Daniel Manning. Al bany. N. Y. : Though in this hour of un utterable grief your sorrow is too sacred to be shared and too deep to be reached by earthly Comfort, may I express to -you my sincere and tender sympathy, sadden' ed by my own affliction at the loss of a true and trusted friend and loyal associate, who but lately stood at my side in the discharge with patriotic zeal of a solemn public duty (Signed) Gbovkr (JLKVELAHD Washidgtok, Dec. 24. Secretary Fair- child issued this afternoon tbe following order relating to the death of ex-Secretary Manning: Treasury Department, Dec. 24 Hon Daniel Manning, late Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, died to-day at Albany, H. X. Mr. Manning was a true patriot and firm friend, and he ren dered his country great service by his wise management of thts department; ne was honored by all of our people, and especially endeared to all who were associated with him, either in his public or private life. As a mark of resoect to bis memory, it is ordered that the Treasury Department building at this capital be draped in mourn ing for ten days; that it be closed on the day of the funeral, and that on that day the national flag be displayed at half-mast on all public buildings under tbe treasury Department tnrougnout tne united btates. (Signed) CHARLES . r aibchild. Secretary of ths Treasury It is expected that President Cleveland, Secretary Fairchild.and several other mem bers of the Cabinet will goto Albany to attend the funeral The customary New Year's reception at the White House will be held as usual. I Wassirgton, Dec 24 The President and all the members of the Cabinet, and Colonel Lamont will attend ex-Secretary Manning s funeral at Albany on Tuesday They will leave nere nonuay nignt MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Fears tbat n JHlsslns Man Was Mur dered. By Telegraph to the Mornln 8tar. Cihcinnati, Dec. 24. The police au thorities have in their charge a nine-year old bov whose story is mysterious. He was given to the police by Mr. Manning Light, of Atlanta, who says he brought the boy from Atlanta to mis city at tne request of Mr. Beckwith, of Lawrence, Kansas. The last named said that he started from Tampa, Fla., with Alexander Simpson, the boy's father, and tbat on Wednesday nignt, near Way cross. Ga.. Mr. Simpson went to the water closet, since wnicn time notning has been seen or beard of him. Mr. Beck with broueht the bov to Atlanta and then sent him here with Mr. Light. Mr. Simp son was book-keeper for the Plant Steam shin and Investment Company, and was on his way to Lawrence, Kansas, where the boy Bays he expected to start a ory gooes store. There are fears that he was mur dered. Mr. Simpson s former home was in Jersey City, and bis wile is now at ne wars', N.J. - ZHOMICIDES. . Iaaae Haynes aiu:s as bwtcbivs, Ala. A Colored Man Murdered in , Tennessee. . . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Chattanooga.! Dec. 24. A special to the Times from Stevenson, Ala., says John Thomas, vara master of the Memp&is a Charleston Railroad, at that place, met Isaac Hayes on the street to-day, and en rased bv sllehtinir remarks which the latter is alleged to have made with regard to his (Thomas') sister, shot Haynes dead. Haynes I 'Aa AAA 1 . recently drew a prize oi io,wuin a umery and had been living ratner a last me. Thomas surrendered himself and he is in A. aneciai to tne iroiu ouuur, . i .' - - 'm. . a.JJ- Tean..savs Henry Marshall, colored, shot and killed Will Mason, colored, there UK day. The murdered man was trying to quiet a row when was shot The mur derer wa captured -and has been put in jail at Chattanooga; ' r ? . -. y - , . Cecil Fleming," for many yean superin tendent of the Mobile St Ohio, and after' wards of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, committed suicide in Mobile, Ala. ? - t isro. 8 EX-SECRETARY MANNING . His Death at ; Albany Yostarday at 1.34- p. Bf.Th Funeral to Take Plaea Tneaday.,...,-..r.viv. I Cv Telegraph to tha Morning ir. ' AlbaSy, N. Y., Dec,' 24. Mr. Manning seemed to rally and brighten considerably this morning, to the surprise of his family, and about 1 o'clock this afternoon bis con. James Hi, who had been up watching at the bedside almost without rest, went out for a short walk in the fresh air. He returned in a few moments, and entering the room where the nurse and patient were, discov ered that his father was breathing faster and with shortened breath. The matk of death was on his countenance, and though Mr. Manning had repeatedly requested bis family not to witness bis passing away, it was deemed best to summon tbe household, and in the presence of his family, at 1:34 o'clock this afternoon, Mr. Manning quietly and gently ceased to breather Albakt, Dec. 24. The Mayor iasutd the following this evening in. regard to ex- Secretary Manning's death: ' Mayor s ujjtce, Albany, M. I ., Vee 84 To the jcitisens of Albany Our foremost townsman is no more. Daniel Manning is dead. The great heart which loved Albany is done with its throbbing; the mighty brain wnicn pevised wise plans lor a nation s money iis at rest. Content with private condition, he rose to national eminence; free from ambition, he was intrusted with power; modest and unassuming, he stood oeiore Kings tils career has reflected lustre upon our city. His ascent into honor has marked a way for our youths moved by honorable desire. In the literature of mourning we can find no expression to tell our sorrow: the most we can do is to adopt the cusiomary symbols and wear tbe com mon emblems which speak of grier and affliction. Therefore, you are requested to display' the ordinary signs of mourning and to cease irom yonr usual employments du ring the hours of funeral services. ISigned , Johu Boyd Thacheb. J ' - ! - ' , Mayor. :. The 'funeral will take nlace Tuesday. December 27th, at 2 p. m , from St. Paul's Episcopal Church. ) PENNSYLVANIA . ' be Strike on tbe Readlns Railroad Nearly 60000 men Coneernsd. By Telegraph to the Morning Star Philadelphia, Dec 24. A convention of the Reading Railroad Employes' As sembly met here this evening and ordered on strike everybody in the employ of tbe company, with the exception of passenger train employes. Tbe order to strike in cludes coaf miners in the employ of tho Reading Company, and will affect nearly sixty thousand men. Reading, Pa., Dec. 24 Up to noon to day passenger traffic on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad has not been affected by the strike at Port Richmond; all passen ger trains are moving oo time. - In conse quence of the strike at that place, however, ail coal and freight trains between Reading and Philadelphia have been side tracked. Not a coal train has passed through Read ing for Port Richmond since midnight, shipments of coal being made to local points only. Reading, Pa , Dec. 24. Dating twen- ty-foUr hours ending late to-night, not a 6ingle coal train has passed through this city from Sen uyl till regions on the Read ing iKsilroaa lor fbiladelpbia or Port luenmond. . rnoueands oi cats loaded with coal are now standing on sidings, north and south of Reading, where trains have; been run and fires drawn from tbe engines. Hundreds of applications were received to-day from men anxious to go to Port! Richmond and take the positions of strikers. The first contingent of fifty was sent to-night. Freight traffic is also at a stand-still. Passenger trains alone are run ning. Ueneral Manager McLeod said tonibt that the Reading Railroad Company in. tended to manage its own affairs. Tbe question involved, Mr. McLeod contended, was not one of wages, but the far more im portant questions whether tho company shoald manage its own s Hairs or whether they should be managed by its employes. lie bad been forbearing at all times, be said, granting requests which were abso lutely unreasonable, and this course was pursued ; with the - sole purpose of preventing sale of property under foreclosure and disintegration of the whole system. The situation of tbe property now, the General Manager &aid, is different; the property is about to pass again under oontrol of its owners, and, as reorganization is assured, the company has determined to enforce discipline, no matter at what cost. The employment of the po lice was not for purposes of intimidation but to protect those whom the company might employ in the place of the strikers. The company has been promised protec tion in this city by the police authorities to the extent of 600 men, if such a large force should be necessary. The company has re ceived applications lor work lrom large numbers of men if protection should be guaranteed them. This assurance has been given, and it is intended to begin work in earnest with non-nnion labor on Tuesday, if the men in the employ of the company prior .to Friday night do not resume work. Another official stated that it was the intention of the company to operate the road with labor picked up wherever it could be obtained. It was intimated that applications already received for work furnished indications that it would not be difficult to obtain labor enough to keep trains moving. TENNESSEE Snooting Affair at Nashville Two Prominent Republicans tbe "Inter ested Parties." By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nashvillb, Dec. 24. John J. Littleton, editor of the National Review, a leading Republican paper in , Tennessee, was shot near his home on High street this morning,' by Joseph R. Banks; a real tstate agent,- Kanks is a Kepublican, and he and .Little ton belonged to opposing factions of the Republican party in Tennessee. Banks was one of the active opponents of Little ton in the late municipal election, when Littleton was Republican nominee for Mayor. By the cooperation of Banks and the faction to which he belongs, Littleton Was defeated, and the issue of Littleton's paper for the last, week was very bitter on those who opposed him, giving a most un savory record to many of them by name. n Bankable was especially severe, accus- ng mm directly oi nameless immoral radices. Banks nas been moving in he best society and was terribiy angered. Littleton was out of the City when the - paper appeared, being in attendance at a conference of Republicans in New York. He returned last night. This jmorning he left home a little before 10 jo' clock. - As he passed a shoe shop a short distance from his home on High street, jBanks stepped out with a double barrelled snot gun ana nrea. rne snot strucB in Littleton's left side, some of them penetra ting his liver. He fell, crying "Oh Lord," and Banks fired the other barrel in his left groin. Littleton staggered to his feet and said, "Oh you coward." Banks walked to the jail and gave himself up. -Littleton walked home with the assistance of a friend. Littleton declares that he will get well, and his friends are hopeful, but the doctors say his wounds are very serious. VIRGINIA., Attempt to Assassinate tbe Keeper of ' Cape Henry Light-House. By Telegraph Morning to the Star. Nokfolk, December 24. M. L. Odell, the keeper of Cape Henry Light-House, re ports that while riding alone through the woods near the light-bouse this afternoon, he was shot at by three men who were lying in ambush. He escaped unhurt and fired on bis assailants, and thinks he wounded one. who with the other two made his escape unrecognized. - The : President has recognized James Marsden Smith as honorary vice consul of Spain at Norfolk, Ya, -.w-4 " Treasury balances coin $131,426,000; currency $9,612,000. i . Snow ma JSnterpriae: A'litUe ;c -t child of Mr. Bill Gay on last Friday wan- .' plajing in the fire with a broom Its V : clothes took, fire and it was burned to ' ' V. " death'...? -j::.v v'Vv t ! Wadesboro Intelligencer: Col. N. Frederick, the; old veteran hotelist, u -again in the ring. He is now keeping sha , Frederick House, i at Lilesville W cm single out half a dozen Anson county C i .farmers, who spit on their hands and look. ' eV fresh start in j'65, and to-day they Mr T worth in the aggregate, near, if not quite. ' ,' -! $300,000. Thia.1 we think, is a nrettv iW r, showing, and it goes to prove that vigorous' action, intelligently dirtctei, will, even on v' the farm, secure a competence. . y r - i ;'' T Durham Plant: Dnrham ship ptd last week : - Smoking tobacco, 111 J8S pounds, - worth $41 497 44 ; Cigarettes. 526.240. worth $31.857414 At tho V Banner warehouse last week 157,893 lbs -. -of leaf tobacco were sold, averaging $14 10 fer everything, f The First National " Bank of Durham has been Issuing some of its notes. Pretty, obi so pietty they ir. The double-entangled signature of Mr. J. ' ' 8, Carr, and the grand flourish of Mr. Leo ' D, Heartt are set off af never before. - Charlotte Chronicle; la ihi National Express cases Judge Dick and -Judge Bond are not of the tame opinion. . and the stockholders have the long sought ' for privilege of an appeal to the bupremo-'' Ccurt of the United States. Liddell &Co. yesterday received an order from' Dayton, Ohio, for one of t'jeir Boss presses -to bo shipped to Mexic They have a saw mill at work in South. America, and . seven, eight or ten north of Mason and' . Dixon's line, sold through a Pniladolpbi . agency. Yesterday they sent a saw mill t - . Vicksburg, Miss. " Asheville Citizen: We learn : that a painful accident occurred in tho -transfer yard at Hot Springs oo Saturday last. A freight train was backing down-. one track, while another was moving up on " " another. A lad about twelve years old was watching the up coining train, 'end v did not see the other until he wa struck -aad knocked into a cattle guard. He threw up one arm across the rail, and it was crushed that amputation was nicsssary We regretted to learn from -Mr. W, : G. Mesrs yesterday that he only saved a- -portion of one barn of tobacco out of a crop of several acres. The frosts did him very considerable damage. Asheville Citizen: A collection was taken up in the First Baptist Church, which resulted in the sum of a little in ex cess of $143. A portion of this "will bo spent in decorations for the Christmas treo of tho children of the congregation; the re mainder, much the larger portion, will bo judiciously devoted to the uses of tbe chil- -dren of the poor belonging to tbe church. We regret to learn through Mr. Alfred Baird. who reached home Saturday even ing, of an affray between two. well known citizens of Webster which resulted seriously to one of the parties. Mr. John Long en tered the store of Mr. Bragg Allison in search of an atticlo of which be was in much present need, and not being supplied became offensively abusive to Mr. Allison. The latter resented the abuse with a blow, wbereupon the other attacked him with a knife, inflicting five ujly wounds on tho face, neck and head of Mr. Allison.- Tbe injuries are severe and painful, though per- Laps not dangerous. Charlotte Chronicle: The peo ple of Salisbury yesterday had two fatal -shooting affairs to talk about, both victims being colored, and the shots having been fired by colored boys. The first affray oc curred Monday night, at the home of an old colored man named Martin Bell, who lived near Salisbury. Monday night Bell saw a negro boy prowling around bis premises and! ordered him to leave. Tho boy did leave, but before doing so. raised a shot gan, took aim at bim and fired. Tbe, load took effect in Bell's bowels, inflicting a fatal wound.. Bell was a respectable colored man, ; At four o clock j ester day afternoon, a ten year old son of Jsck -Mowery, stole an air gun from the premises of his father1, near Main street, and went with it to tbe house of Reuben Qodgins. near by. Other boys were playing there, and one of them found a cartridge, which was placed in the gun. Milas Kelly, a boy ten years old, then picked up the gun, and taking deliberate aim at Mowery, fired The bullet struck Mowery just over the right eye and crashed into his head, pene trating tbe brain. Mowery fell dead. Winston Republican: - We re gret to learn that our worthy citizen and tobacconist, Mr. M. W, Norfleet, was at tacked with hemorrhage of the lungs, dur ing sales at the Piedmont Warehouse last Saturday. !- A little child of Mr. R. E A. Moss, who resides on the Clemmons- . viile road, a few miles from V inston, died a horrible death from the effects of hydro phobia, on Tuesday. The child was bitten about five weeks ago by a dog belonging to a neighbor. Old Richmond Township - is coming to the front in big hogs, Mr. L. M. Vest slaughtered a good sized porker the past week that tipped the beam at 680 -pounds. -4- J. P. Crews, Esq , of this county, killed a poker one day this week, 18 months old that weighed 602 pounds. A spruce looking young fellow, giving his name as D. W. Clark and claiming to represent a large New York millinery -and pattern house, Glenn, Morris & Co.. has -been doing un High Point. He wears store clothes and the Enterprise says is a sharp one and a swindler. Mr. Wm. Hay. sentenced to one year's imprlsonmen t at the last term of Court for assault with a deadly weapon upon the person of Mr. W. , A. Whitaker, has released from confine- ' ment Sunday morning by a pardon issued by His Excellency, Governor Scales. Wilmington Presbyterian: A meeting of two weeks beginning Nov. 2Sib, -was held tin the Presbyterian church in. Clinton, N. C. Rev. Dr. Mirable. the stated supply of the church, was assisted by ; Rev. A. L. Phillips, of Fayetteville, who preached j every night till December 9th. At that date mere naa oeen - twenty-nine . professions of faith. Tbe Presbyte rian church in Fayetteville ia rejoicing in the presence of the Holy Spirit. Since Nov. 1st. '86, it has received forty seven additions, and is now steadily increasing in numbers and growing in spirituality. . It lies on our mind to. say that Rev. Robert Strange, who has just assumed the rector-, ship of St. James' parish in this city, does so with the most cordial good wishes not only of his charge, but of the entire Chris tian community. He comes to the city, as one of its own eons, with the prestige of a name that is honored here and throughout . our State, as representing the highest no bility of character; and he comes above all with an excellent reputation as a Christian . pastor a reputation fairly earned In the discharge of his duties as rector of the -Church of the Good Shepherd in Raleigh. The Troy limes, edited by Messrs. I. M. Deaton and Thomas M. Hall, at $1 a year Is an exceptionally neat . paper one of the neatest in the South. Wilson Advance: Mrs. Mary , Garland died at her residence in this place last Thursday, after a sickness of many months with consumption. Tbe Dunn Signboard has changed hands.- Mr. N. R. Richardson, the founder of the pa per, has joined the Methodist Conference and gone to preaching. 'He is stationed on Dobb's circuit. Mr. D. N. Farnell is the ' . editor now. Wednesday night, about half-past 8 o'clock, tbe town was startled By the report of a terrible shooting affray. Mr. Theodore Hobgood, formerly editor of the Asheville Advance, shot Mr. Wm. C. Gerham, at the residence of Mrs. F. A. Gorham, mother of Gornatn and mother-, in-law of Mr. Hobgood. It appears -that Mr. Gorham had invited Mr. and Mrs. Hobgood to take tea at his house, and, be ing somewhat under the influence of liquor, became insulted at something Mr. Hobgood said, and ordered bim to leave his house. Mr. and Mrs. Hobgood, to avoid a difficulty, left his house and went to Mrs. F. A. Gor barn's.1 Gorham went to his mother's and asked Mrs. Hobgood if his wife was there, and was Informed that she was not, and Mr. Hobgood added, "No, she is not here ": Whereupon Gorham asked bim with an oath, what he had to do with it. and im mediately advanced upon him with a pis tol, with which be struck him on the head, . inflicting a severe scalp wound above left temple. Hobgood clinched with him and : . in the scuffle which followed, both fell to the floor, when Hobgood having drawn bis pistol,1 shot Gorham twice. Inflicting a wound about three inches above the naval and one in the back at a point nearly oppo site. Dr. N. B. Herring dressed the wound of Hobgood, and Dra. Kings & Moore at tended to the wounds of Gorbam. which ; are thought to be fatal, and succeeded la ' extracting the ball from the wound in the ' breast, but conld not trace the one in tbe back.-'-! r'i.