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:3X f j- The Weekly Star. WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r. WILMINGTON, N. C. Feidat, November SO, 1888. 0TIn writing to change rour 'address, alwtyt (rtve former amotion as weu as nui particulars as , wnere you wuju your paper to do Bent ooreaner. T?nlea you do both changes can not be made. itWNotloea of Marriage or Death, Tributes of jr uespeot, uesoiunons 01 1 nanus, ao., are cnareea rates when paid for strictly In advance. At this tor as orainarr advertisements, cut oniv nan rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement vi marriage or ieain. ' 3r"Remlttancs must be made by Check,Iraft- i-ostai uoney oraer or Kegisterea letter, rosi masters will register letter when desired. t"On!y aoch remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. Specimen copies forwarded when desired. CIVII. SERVICE AND RADICAL CANDOR. Senator Farwell is a candid man and tome of tboCivil Service smit ten Republicans; if there be snob, which is more than doubtful, may be 'madei to exclaim in the words of Can ning's "New Morality" in the "Anti jacobin": V "But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save, save, ob, say e me from the candid friend." Farwell is the Illinois Flanagan, and be is for turning out all Demo crats to pnt in their warm places nee dy, seedy, inpecunioue, hungry Rad icals. He believes in the salutary doctrine "to turn the rascals out." He wants the last Democrat to be made to walk the plank early. He u says the true rule is to "make the ap ; plicant's ability as a Republican pol j itician the fundamental test." Now this is extreme candor. It is more than the simple spoils system. The Stab, for instance, insisted that every Republican in office should go and that they bad been' swing ing to and devouringly sucking the public teat long enough. But the Stab held with the President that office was a public trust and that none but a capable Democrat should be selected. It differed from the President in this; he believed in the Civil Service law that it was good, and should be faithfully exe cuted and extended. On the other hand the Stab in sisted first, that at the polls the pec pie had voted to "turn the rascals out," and the "rascals" expected and knew they deserved such a fate. Second, the Stab held, that the law was British, was bad, was unrepub hoan, and anti-democratic that it created a life tenure' system in our country, whereas, the genius of our American institutions required fre . quent elections, which meant fre quent changes in officials. We further held and urged that if it ' was really a good thing, and there could not well be too much of it, so let it bp so extended as to embrace all the high officials, under . the President in the entire Ser vice. It believed that it was an absurd principle; should be faithfully exeouted, however, as long as it was law, but that it should be repealed at once. If the! thousands of Republicans retained in office in New York had been decapitated and honest, faithful - and capable Democrats substituted who does not believe that a larger vote for Cleveland would have been given ? And so as to the 6,000 Re publican officials In the Government officers in Washington. These teat suckers and barnacles right under the nose of the President gave a part of their salary to turn him out and all his chief assistants. When an army captures another it takes possession of its spoils. This is the old way, and it is the onlyway to win. If the Harrison Administration goes into sentimen tal politics and with' a stern mag nanimity resolves that the Cleve land Democrats in office shall re main who is foolish enongh ' to be lieve that the Republicans will win in 1888? If 100 are retained why not 1000, and if 1,000 why not all? The Civil Service law is a hum bug, pure and simple. The praotical American mind will none of it. While we say this, let it be under stood that the Stab holds that no mau is worthy of office who cannot thoroughly discharge his duties, and that the old honest test before the war is the true test, "Is he capable? Is he honest?" If the Stab's advice had been fol lowed three years ago we have no doubt that Mr. Cleveland would have been re-elected in spite of Quay and Boodle and Ignorance. 1..-. Senator Farwell may be only voicing' the prevalent and honest opinion of . his party. Time will show how muoh of principle is in the Republican party in this matter. It has been urging Civil Service Re form in its platforms, now let the action correspond they dare with the declarations. - .. "Judge" Rucker, it appears, says he conversed with the President on a given day in Washington. It turns ont that on that day Mr. Cleveland was ip New York. The President has a very-positive recollection that he has never talked as Rucker re ported. This moves the pacifio New Y0ry Times to say: ... -'Senator Blackburn may safely decline the issue of veracity and gore to which the Judge invites him. We do not believe that the most experienced and conservative act uary of a life insurance compear would re gard the life of the Senator as a less-eligible 'risk' than it was before this painful controversy arose." The sanguinary World may prefer a field of blood to so peaceful a set tlement. In the mean time the press is having a big laugh over the "rus tler" from Denver. - nATS-A : PHACTICAL TARIFF; LESSON. One Dunlap, a New , York hatter. who gets two prices for his hats,' is like Wanamaker, a most unoonsoion able Radical and Belfish Protection ist. He is now boasting that be elected Harrison. In a letter to "Qatb," George Alfred Townsend, he says of a letter be wrote: "I also had printed twenty thousand of this letter ana distributea me same in the halting districts of New Jersey. - Connecti cut, New York and Brooklyn. In Brook lyn, where our factory is situated and where there are some six thousand hatters employed, the circular did the most effec- tive work, as I am informed by my super intendent that at least four thousand out of the tlx thousand voted for Harrison, and who at the last election voted for Cleve land. This number, with other manufac turing interests, lowered his majority from the last election to such an extent that I fully believe it cave the State to Harrison, which, of coarse, elected Harrison our ntxt President." . He bamboozled the poor working-' men and because as a boss he made the;money. Hats sell for more than double in this country what they fetch in England. Lieut. Governor Stedman in his last speech in this city, gave an illustration, praotical and personal, that lets in the light on the Dunlap extortionists and bull dozers. Here it is. Maj. Stedman said: Yoa will pardon a personal reference to myself. . As many of you know I always wear a soft hat in tho Winter. I prefer it beoanse it is more comfortable to the eyes and head. I have my bats made to order in New York and they oost $7.50. Some four years ago I took a trip to Europe with my wife. The sea spray so dfVced my new hat changing its ccLjT that I was forced to have a new one made in London. I went to a hat manufacturer and asked him to make one just like my damaged hat. He examined it and said: "1 can make yon one of the same shape but I would be ashamed to make one of the same material. It is made of shoddy. I will make you one of i fine wool." When the bat was ready I called to get it and paid $3 for it. I told him what I gave for the old one in the United States. He smiled and said quietly, "I reckon youdo - not travel much." The hat business is robbery, pure and simple. One of '.Dunlap's $8 hats is dear at $4. Mrs. Mary E. Martin, of New York, declares that she was cared of a fatal disease by faith. Her ac count is interesting even if she is self-deceived. She had a malignant tumor, which her physician refused to remove. She was near her end apparently. A Christian friend came to see her. Here is what fol lowed, as reported in the limes: " 'She asked me if I recognized the fact that God is omnipotent and omnipresent. When I replied in the affirmative I thought of her question only as an abstract idea. Now let me tell you what happened. I awoke suddenly in the middle of the night with the words 'God is omnipotent and omnipresent' ringing in my ears. Almost at the same instant I heard a voice saying: I do not make you suffer, neither do I make sickness.' Then I knew that I had touched the hem of God's garments, for instantly I felt myself healed. My nurse lay by my side. I aroused her to tell her what had been done for me. I remained awake until 4 o'clock feeling new life and ! vitality flawing through me. That same morning l ate a good breakfast, arose, dressed myself, and went down stairs. On the day following I discharged nurse and doctor. My weight was then, only 73 pounds. Now it is about 115 pounds.. I have never felt in better condition than now."' . The business manager of the Uni versity Magazine is making unusual efforts to extend its circulation and to make it of real, and permanent value to the State.- To this end ar ticles of special State interest, and some of genuine literary merit, will appear. During the current volume the following historical articles have appeared or will appear: Hinton James, the First Student of the University, by President Battle; Wm. Richardson Davie, an address, by A D. J tines. En. A Tetter nf aanani nnK.. F - W. VWMWO. AHUCI, E. Lee, to the Late Professor Ralph H. ; a. jLioner oi juage wuuam Uaston explaining how a Roman Catholic could aCCODt a State nffifta nnrVr thn nnnotUniin. of 1776; Explanation of the Route of Col. ui me numeriora .expedition or 1776, by Maj. James W. Wilson; Life of Rev. Dr. Geo. Witherspoon, by Hon. Fred Nssh; German Universities, by H. Schmidt Wartenberg; Gov. Gabriel Johnton's Ad-' ministration, by Claudius Dockery; Sketch of the Rosinruniana hrf P Vonahla Tu D. ; George Horton. the Slave Poet, by i.coiueui, emue; vindication of the Set tiers Of North Carolina, hv Wm T Rattle. 8eries of articles on "Old Times in Chapel' .tuuiuuiog BKeicnes 01 UT. William Hoooer. Dr. Jameo PhiiKnp PniMot. .a..u, a Swain and nthora hv M of Biographical Sketches of Alumni who iubv meir uvea in me uonieaerate service, by Dr. 8tcphen B Weeks. Mrs. Spencer ana vi. weeks will continue these series during the coming year. The Emperor William's speech before the German Reichstag is mis "uTideretdod, "Of rathecsa0Usiy .jn terpreted. It was first regarded as significant of peace. But now it is con strued in Berlin that he merely meant to say that the declaration of peace fnl intent is confined to the allies of Germany. While he desires peace he means to be prepared for the stern arbitrament of war. That is about the meaning of the speech as well as we oan interpret it. He cannot have war any mere of his volition than he can have peace. It is perhaps not possible for even the Czar to plunge into war of his own aocord and iu opposition to the wishes of his peo ple. Personal Government even may not go so far. We would suppose that the general tone of William's speeoh would give oomfort to tho peace element in Europe. The French Government so oalled Republic wants $700,000,000 for the expenses of the" current year Our Republic does better under a Democrat, as less than $300,000,000 answer the purposes of carrying on our Government. Bat that sum is extravagant. The New York fibroid's Indian apolis special of the 24th corresponds with what the Stab. gave last . week ias to Harrison's plan to bapture .cer tain Southern States by giving offices to Protection Democrats. The spe cial says that Mr. Lafollette knows more of Harrison's' views Chan any man in the Union. We qnote: . "I asked him what General Harrison's idea were, and be said; 'In the first place he will stand- firm for two purposes. First, he will not allow imported carpet-bag poli ticians to hold office down there and usurp the rights of citizens; second, he will not appoint to office ignorant negroes or ignor ant white people simply because they vote the Republican ticket. While his policy will not be of the milk and water sort, such as Hayes's was. it will be fair, and I pre dict highly satisfactory to the South.' " You don't mean to be understood that he will appoint Democrats to officer' ' "This is what he will do wherever there is no white Republican who is talented and respectable enough to command the respect of his neighbor, and he realizes the fact that in many parts of the South there is not for miles and miles an educated man and one who is fit to hold office that votes the Republican ticket. There "are many men in the South who vote the Democratic ticket who are really Republicans. That is, they are protectionists and in sympa thy with the Republican party on many .other of the live issues of the day." Elected by bribery and corruption it is harmonious in him to try to keep in office by the same disgrace ful means. Dr. Thomas F. Wood is attending the Publio Health Association in ses sion at Milwaukee. , The Sentinel thus refers to him: "Sanitation and newspaper work keep Dr. Thomas F. Wood, of Wilmington. N. C , busy. He is accounted one of the best sanitarians in the country. Dr. Wood is secretary of the North Carolina State Board of Health and edits a medical monthly." It might have added that our dis tinguished friend is also a physioian in full oity practice. Dr. Wood's many friends rejoice that his health has been so much restored that he can venture upon so long a trip. We bad a pleasant visit from Rev. Mr. Weston, of Statesville, who preached an earnest, interesting ser mon at St. James's on Sunday. He is now preparing a life of that very remarkable man of the past, Peter S. Ney. Wo had a long chat with him concerning Ney, with whose life in North Carolina we have been more or 1 ess familiar since 1847, the year after his death. More than twenty years ago we wrote about bim. Mr. Weston has gathered a good deal of important material and will give us an interesting book. It is believed by many intelligent and educated men that he was the veritable Mar shal Michael Ney, of France, one of Napoleon's greatest soldiers. A critical journal announces that Mr. Rivea-Chanler "has several new stories ana poems on the stocks.". It is interesting to remember that, at a former period of our history, one at least of the lady's stories mieht have brought her to the pillory. Boston Post Only in New England would a woman be ever in danger of the pil lory for writing questionable books. A writer of bad books deserves to be put in the pillory of public condem nation. 1. Fine Spore A couple of hunters from this city went to the "Hammocks" to shoot ducks a day or two since They were having fine sport, apparently, until they went ont to gather in their ga me But their disgust may be better im magined than described - when they found that they had been "blazing away" for a half-hour at Bill Bryan's "decoys." They unanimously re solved never to mention the matter, but it has leaked out, greatly to their sorrow. HIVEB AND fflABlHS. ' British steamer Benholm sailed yesterday at 2 p. m. from Southport. The Clyde steamers Cherokee and Fanito cleared and sailed yesterday for New York. v The Norwegian barque Ephrussi arrived In below yesterday and an chored at the quarantine station. British schooner Mabel Darling cleared for Nassau, N. Pn yesterday, with a miscellaneous cargo, shipped by Messrs. Cronly & Morris, and val ued at $1,453 86. The British steamship Parkland will be taken up on the marine rail way at Skinner's shipyard to-day for repairs to machinery. The new shaft w replace the broken one has not ar rived. The Signal Service observer at Southport reports' that Lighthouse Inspector Hitchcock yesterday sta tioned a relief vessel in place of the lightskip on Frying Pan Shoals, which he found had drifted out to sea during the last northeast storm. A dispatch from Beaufort, N. C, to the Star, reports the Steamer Na coochee, from Savannah, for New York, ashore twenty-five miles from Point Lookout. Crew and passengers wv Athded safely. The steamex.! cotton laden; she wilL probably, be gotten off. Capt Hutchinson, of the British steamship Parthiani at Charleston, reports that in the gale on the 22d inet, sixty miles south southwest of Cape Hatteras, with a terrific sea run ning, sighted a dismasted vessel and saw people on board. He rounded his vessel to leeward at great risk to her, but the Parthian was unmanageable, and the sea was too, high to render any- assistance; kept his ship away, and about dark observed a steamship heading close up for the wreck, and the rescue was probably effected: The wrecked vessel was apparently an American of about 400 'tons reg ister. A stamp of the mainmast -was standing. Their Business Booming. Probably no one thing has caused such a general revival of trade at Wii. H. Obex & Co s Drug Store as their giving away to their customers of so many free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion. Their trade is simply enormous la this very valuable article from the fact that it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured. Yoa can test it before baying by getting trial bottle free, large size $L Every bottle warranted. CrtssiMRl Coan, - ir - ::-"',- " - --r --- In the case of Levi Nixon," colored, charged jvithiperjury, a verdiot of not guilty waseeorded'oa account of a defect in the bill of Indictment. Mary Tate, charged with larceny, was acquitted. - , s Sentences were pronounced 6nth prisoners convicted during the term as follows: -,: -.V '' Frank Mumford, the "Dade," break ing into Elsbaoh's store, three years in the penitentiary:'. . - ;r"5':' Charles Bryant, shooting the color ed girl Missouri Bowden, three years In the penitentiary. Dave Hobbs, bigamy,. four, years in penitentiary. Maniber Hawkins, or Hanklns, the colored woman convicted of receiving goods stolen by Frank - L. Mack, the Clarkton burglar, twelve months in the penitentiary.' Hampton James, larceny, three years in penitentiary, Henry McRae, assault and battery, fined one dollar and costs. Frank L. Mack, the Clarkton ' bur glar, ten years in penitentiary. Amelia Bradley land Lizzie Floyd,' affray; six months In the county jail with authority to hire them out. . ' Charlotte Haggett, indecent expo sure; six months in jail with autho rity to County Commissioners to hire oat: Y. -i .; '.- ..-. r All the abate are colored. TheCourCtoflbk a recess until this morning, wirn it will adjourn for the termi . - . The ease of Thos. Schliever, con victed of assault andattery, was left open until this morning. j i Business Failure. ' ' Announcement Was made yester day afternoon of the assignment of Mr. W. H. Styron, dealer in tobacco and cigars and boots and shoes. Mr. E. G. Barker is assigoee, and the lia bilities are stated tt between $35,000 and $40,000. No estimate is given of assets. There are two preferred cred itorsMr. . Behrends of the firm of Behrends & Monroe, $4,000, and the Bank of New Hanover of this eity,$5,; 000. Five attachments were issued by Northern 1 creditors four before the assignment aggregating $5,000. The assignment of Mrs. E. B Wig gins, dealer in millinery and fancy goods, has also been recorded, with liabilities' amounting to about $8,000, and preferences for $5,000. The as sets, consisting of stcck in trade, ac counts, etc., are estimated at $7,000. Mr. Thos. W. Strange is assignee. The TrackiftE Iatsraw. The great improvements in trans portation facilities on the Atlantic Coast Line make tie outlook for truck farmers in this section more promising than ever. Fast trains and improved vegetable cars make the service on the Coast Line equal to any in the country and far superior to that of many of the railroads. Truckers on the Wilmington and Weldonand Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta-roads will, no doubt, ap preciate the improved facilities and will probably greatly enlarge their operations. j Tht Augusta exposition. Thursday, December 6th, has been appointed "North Carolina Day" at the National Exposition at Augusta, Ga., and an invitation has been ex tended to all the people of this State to visit Augusta on that day. It is mentioned that North Carolina is re presented by only four exhibits, first, that of the Navassa Guano Company Of Wilmington; second, by the Acme Company of Wilmington and Cronly; third, by the Liddell Manufacturing Company of Charlotte, and fourth, by P. H. Hanes & Co. of Winston. Forrteo Export Yaalerday. German barque Marianne, Brad hering, cleared for Ghent, Belgium, with 1,475 bales of cotton, weigh ing 722,025 pounds, and valued at $66,787; shipped by Messrs. Alex Sprunt & Son. German barque Frisch, Voss, clear ed for Bristol, Eng., with 3,133 barrels rosin, valued at $3,576.37; shipped by Mr. J. W. Bolles. German barque .Sirene, Arndt, cleared for Fleetwood, Eng., with 4,334 barrels rosin, valued at $4,470; shipped by Messrs. S. P. Shotter &Co. - ' Osm of tbe Exbtbta as Charleston. The Atlanta Coast Line display in the parade at Charleston, S. C, is thus desoribed by the World of that city: This float is in three sections. : The middle one is an Atlantic Coast Line car, Charleston and Savannah Rail way. The first is a northern ticket office covered with snow and icicles; everything is buried almost in snow, whicn lookssocold that it makes one's teeth chatter. On one side is a telephone, which extends through the car to the third section This last is a tropical scene; palniettoB spring in great profusion, and flowers rear their lovely heads from a green sward. It is a very pretty exhibit, and one which will not fail to attract atten tion along the line. December Weatn-r. We have received from the U. S. Signal Office, its weather chart for Wilmington; showing the changes in temperature, &c, to be expected dar ing the month of December, as de duced from observations here during that month for the past 17 years. We notice that it gets warmer about the 5tb, followed by slightly cooler be tween the 7th and 10th, then-warmer up to the 18th, after which decidedly colder ; between the.l5th and 20th, and more so between the 25th and 81st. t The maximum temperature here during December was 78 degrees in 1879. The minimum, 10 degrees in 1880. Clear and cloudy days -occur 1 in 3,. and it rains 1 day in each 8, with a daily rainfall of .12 of an inch. The winds arc generally from south west at the rate of about seven miles an hour. . ., The maximum velocity of wind here during December was 48 miles, north- w??' Jn 1876 and greatest daily rain fall 2.98 inches in 1877. . The changes in temperature as prognosticated from these charts have been found to hit close to the mark, and the fact deserves consideration. Catarrh Care. A clergyman, after years of suffering from that loathsome disease. Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last r;und a recipe which completely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending a self addressed stomped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence. 88 Warren street, New York City, will receive the recipe free of charge. V'; 121 TSJST A.SD MAiilN E Heavy Weather and" Par loo Ualss ""b sJksr Coaatoiaay Ontareuita- Ve aia ;imnled - at ' Southport Fry f1 ins-Pan. " Llghuhlb AdrUt-9tam-sblpfl Cberoksa and BafeUr Porecd Hack by 8traa oftfVeathar. The Clyde steamships Benefactor, Fanita and Cherokee were all in port yesterday, and all report experiencing terrible weather. .... .... The Benefactor sailed hence for New York on the 20th and returned Sunday for coal,hav!ng been detained by the heavy gale off Point Lookout. Tbe Benefactor, having replenished her supply of coal, sailed yesterday .for her destination. The steamship Fanita, from New York, arrived yesterday. Capt. Nor ton reports passing oyer Frying Pan Shoals at 8 p. m Friday, the 23d, and found . the lightship missing. At 13 midnight the Fanita passed a schooner-rigged lightship, probably the mis sing vessel. She was under sail, 34 miles southwest of Frying Pan Shoals, on the port tack, heading east The Fantta's machinery. was disabled and she was under sail. She signalled the lightship and received the answer "All right." The Fanita drifted as far as Cape Romaine before the injury to her machinery was repaired, when she headed in this direction, arriving here Sunday. U.S. Lighthouse Inspector H'tch oock, at Charleston, B.C., was notified by telegraph yesterday, by Collector Robinson, of the disappearance of the lightship from her moorings. The steamship Cherokee, Capt. Doane, from Charleston, bound to New York,' pat in here yesterday for coal. Capt. Doane says the Cherokee left Charleston last Wednesday for New York, and thirty miles off Look out encountered a terrific gale. Thurs day, at 3 a. m., the gale continuing with great force from the north and northeast, bore up for Charleston. At 6 a.m. Sunday passed Frying-Pan Shoals and found the lightship gone; saw the watch-buoy in. place; supply of coal being nearly exhausted de termined to make this port and ar rived here yesterday at 10 o'olock a. m. The Cherokee is a large steam ship, 280 feet in length and 1975 tons register, She is handsomely fitted up for passengers, of whom she can ac commodate altogether about 250. Her cargo consists of cotton, rice, clay, etc Capt. Doane, the commander of the Cherokee, was formerly master of the Clyde steamer Regulator, and has hosts of friends here. The Cherokee was busy taking on coal yesterday afternoon and will probably sail for New York this morning. The Clyde steamer Pioneer, de tained at Southport by bad weather, sailed Sunday at 7.30 a. m., the schooner L. A. Snow sailed at 11 a. m. the 8am e day, and the German barque Toni, British schooner Equa tor, and the American schooners James Ponder and M C. Moseley sail ed yesterday morning. A dispatch from Charleston, S. C, says that tbe buoy tender Wisteria left there yesterday with a relief lightship to replace the one missing from Frying Pan shoals. Tb Blee Crop and Outlook. In their annual circular issued 21st inst., Messrs. Dan Talmage's Sons es timate the rice crop, of the United States for the present year at 435,000 barrels, against 448,000 last year, 615, 000 in 1886, and 600,000 in 1885. As compared with the crop of 1886, Lou isiana is estimated to have produced about 67 per cent., Georgia 76, South Carolina 82, and North Carolina 67 per cent. The situation and outlook is thus briefly epitomized: (1) the product of the United States is fully 30 to 40 per cent, less than the trade requirements east of the Rooky Moun tains; (2) the total crop on hand is less than in any of the past six years at equal date, except 1887; (3) at equal ratio -of demand, the whole of the crop will be absorbed before spring; (4) nearly one-half' of. the apparent stock ahead is below tho grades de manded by the regular grocery trade; (5) in previous years of equal crop tbe range of prices has been J to 1 oent per pound higher; (6) in the past six years, except 1885, the prices of November and December have been tbe lowest of the season; (7) no for eign of desirable character oan be im ported to-day and profitably sold at less than 5 cents per pound. War, Vsry Wet. Three Wilmington sportsmen, who went over to Brunswick yesterday in search of game, had some unpleasant experience after the hunt was over. There being a very high tide, the causeway between the Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers was submerged and two veteran Nimrods, and a junior Nimrod not quite twelve years of age, had to wade through water from six to twenty inches in depth for about a mile and a half, or nearly three fourths the entire length of the causeway. The hunters held a large and very violent indig nation meeting, and, after a vigorous speech, fall of gunpowder, percussion caps and invective, by William S., the junior spokesman, it was unani mously resolved that the Brunswick Bridge and Ferry Company be sum moned to appear before Judge Dick son McRae and show cause why they should net be required to run a yawl over to the causeway for the trans portation of passengers who have paid full ferriage between the city of Wilmington and the county of Bruns wick. Dwelling Burned. The three-story frame dwelling house owned and occupied by Mr. Cannon, on Town Creek in Bruns wick county, some ten miles from Wilmington, was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon about 8 o'clock. The fire is supposed to have been caused by sparks from the chimney falling on the roof, and had made such progress before it was discovered jthat only part of the furniture could be saved. It is said that there was insurance on the building to the amount of $1200. Mr. Bledsoe, the wounded con stable from Sampson, under treat ment at the City Hospital, was re ported yesterday aa somewhat im proved, and although his oase is still considered critical, strong hopes' are entertained of his recovery. . . WJL8BIIfGT02f. .g,: The naytlsn TroUtoles-IiBJit Veeh of xbe Vacation f concress-PrPr tlona for , Business. ;. . V--'y f By Telegraph to the. Morning Star. WASHrsGTOcT, November 88. The Sec retary of - the Navy to-day- received the following report from Capt. Ramsay, com manding U. 8. steamer Bostdn.'dated at. sea, November 16th: "So far as I have been able to learn daring the ten days that this ship has been in the harbor of Port-au-Prince, Hayti, the lives and property of American citizens residing there have been in o danger since the night of Sep tember 28th, last. On that occasion an American was accidentally wounded I have beard of no insult to the United States flag. The case of the schooner Wm. Jones having been satisfactorily settled, and the provisional government of Hayti baring expressed its willingness to refer the matter of the Haytien Republic to our government, 1 could see no necessity for tbe ship to remain any longer at that port, and have sailed this day for New York, in accordance with orders of the Depart ment of September 19th, last." J Washisotoh. Nov. 27 The last-week of the vacation of . the Fiftieth Congress open with less than fifty of the 825 mem bers of the House in the city, and from present indications a full house may not be secured until after the holidays. Barely a dozen Senators are here, and the prospects on that side of the capltol are about the same as in the lower branch. ' Speaker Carlisle is expected to arrive to-morrow to prepare for the opening of tbe session. There is considerable work for him to do in this line The mail of members is unusually . heavy, especially that of the Republicans. On them now falls tbe burden of the office-seeking cor respondence borne for the last four years by their Democratic colleagues. More than one-half of the letters received are petitions for place. As to the composition of tho Hcu?e in the Fifty-first Congress, there is nothing new 1b the situation. Democratic officiate expect that the Republican will organize it, although the majority will be very small. General Clark, clerk of the present House, to-day received the certificates of Catchings, of Mississippi, and Wheeler, of Alabama, the first on the list except Hermann, of Oregon, whose certifi cate came in last August. Sidney E Mudd, Republican, who was defeated by Barnes Compton, in the Fifth Maryland District, will contest the latter's right to his seat, al leging that be has been counted out, and that he can Bhow this by tbe returns filed at Annapolis. There is some talk of an extra session be ing called by President Harrison. It is de sired by representatives of tbe Territories awaiting admission. Delegate Gilford, of Dakota, stopped at Indianapolis on bis way to Washington and had a conference with the President-elect on the subject He was informed that the call of an extra ses sion would depend largely if not altogether on the wishes of Congress, and Delegate Gifford came on to consult with the mem bers about it. He says the peoplo of Dakota are expecting an extra session, and are ar ranging to take advantage at once of the passage of an enabling act by Congress. lit TERS AlT xTa VJSIf UE Annual Report miller for the of Commissioner Piscal Tear ended Juno 80ih, Washington, November 25. Joseph 8. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in bis annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury, says that the total receipts for the fiscal year ended June 80th. were $124,336,475. an increase of $5,489,174 over the previous year. The estimated receipts for the current fiscal year are $125,000,000, provided no change is made in the existing rates of taxation. Withdrawals from warehouses during the year show a large increase,as compared with the previous year, -in the consumption of all kinds of liquor and cigars, with the single exeeption of spirits distilled from apples, peaches and grapes. j The cost of collection of internal taxes was $3,978 283. During tbe year 1,074- violations of law have been reported; 781 persons arrested, and 518 illicit stills seized. i ; Internal revenue officers have suffered much loss by destruction of their vehicles and horses by moonshiners, and it is sug- gesieu mat a law do passea lor tneir reim bursement. I Tho aggregate amount of taxes collected from tobacco during the year was $30,662.4 431, an increase $554,864 over the previous year. The export account shows a de crease in all kinds of tobacco, except ciga rettes, of which 40,834.500 more were ex ported than last year. j The Commissioner, recommends that the distillation of all kinds of fruit brandy be hereafter allowed under the law regulating the distillation of apple brandy. Tneatoli tion of the tax on fruit brandy, he says, would cause a larger loss to the revenues than is generally estimated, through tbe de creased grain distillation. It would also work great mischief to the revenue service. The Commissioner gives at length his reasons for believing that it is impractica ble to protect the revenue from fraud in case alcohol used in the arts is fre.d from tax. The quantity of spirits remaining in distillery warehouses at tbe c'.ose of the year, is stated at 61,033 018 gallons, being 4,112,251 more than at the close of the pre viou fiscal year. The quantity of distilled spirits in the United States, except what may be in custom branded warehouses, on the first day of October, 1888, was 93. 712. 919 gallons, this quantity being distributed aa follows: In distillery and special bonded warehouses, 53 596,498 gallons; in the hands of wholesale liquor dealers 14 828 371 gallons: in the hands of retail liquor dealers 25,288,050 gallons. . i The quantity of oleomargarine pro duced from November 1st, 1880. the day on which the oleomargarine law took effect, to June 80th. 1888. was 56 020 154 pounds Tbe Commissioner expresses fear that the law relating to oleo margarine is being evaded, and will de mand additional legislation to secure its oeiter enforcement. I riOJLJSAIT STORM. All Alone the North Atlantic Coast i Telecraph wire Down Peara of j many marine Dlaatere. ; NbwYobk. Nov. 26 The first storm of the winter is about over in this immedi ate vicinity, but is still raging with unaba ted violence along the New England coast. Telegraphic communication with that sec tion is entirely suspended. The Western Union Telegraph Company has no wires between this city and Philadelphia, thus shutting off all Southern points. The As sociated Press Washington circuit, which usually runs from this city to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington direct, is this morning made up by the way of Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburg. Tbe storm along the coast, all the way from Hatteras, has been very violent, and it is feared that many marine disasters have occurred, al though it will be some days before reports will begin to come in, as the storm would drive vessels off shore. The wires to Sandy Hook are all down, but the last message received from that place stated that the highest wind ever experienced by tbe ob server there was raging. THE POOR MGRO. I Hie Northern Brothers Keruaa to Take Him into their Xabor Union. New Your, Nov. 25. At- meeting .of the Central Labor Union to-day, the Free dom Labor Club and Waiters' Union, com posed entirely of negroes, asked admission to the Central body, but were refused. It was argued that colored men should not form separate Unions, but should be mem bers of Unions with their white fellow workmen.but their admission in these cases was denied on oiher grounds. On invita tion of the American Federation of Labor it was decided to send a committee to St. Louis at the annual convention next month. WES'r'viRQiSIA. Efforts to Prevent Issuing Certificates to Three Republican Concresemen. Whmslihg. Nov. 25 When the 8u preme Court of Appeals meets to morrow, at Charleston. J W. St. Clair will move for a writ enjoining the Governor from is suing certificates of election to G. W. At- k&80,n,TxFir,8t Dl8trlot. J. H McGlnnis, Third District, and a B. Smith. Fourth District, Republican Congressmen elect. A test case will be made of Smith. The f rounds of application have not been made nown. . . What is more attractive than a pretty face wUh a fresh, bright complexion! For it use Pozzonia Powder. fi lEHTORML Snow and Cold Westerly Winds AJoiir 1 tbe middle Atlantic Coast-Tele- crapbie communication Interrupt- i e. -. ' -'-v..:- f ' Wihchestbb, Va ;,Nov. 26 A snow storm, accompanied by a high, cold, wester ly wind, prevailed' here to-day. A large quantity of corn still remains in the fields, j FobtMonbob. Va., Nov. 26 There was a heavy snow sorm here to-day. Pilot boat Enoch Turley, of Philadelphia, put in for a harbor. p WASHnroTON. D. C, Nov. 26. A snow storm set in here early this morning and a high wind preva ling at the same time made it very uncomfortable for those compelled to be out of doors About coon the snow turned to rain. The Signal Office says that the storm will clear up this' evening. Reports received st the Signal Office show that the area of snow fall has extended along tbe Atlantic coast from New Bog land as far south as Norfolk. Telegraphic communication was seriously interrupted ail day, and to-night there is no direc northern communication beyond Baltimore What little news is being received comes via Western cities add Buffalo. Stauhton, Va, Nov. 26. Two inches of snow have fallen! here and the storm still continues. j Richmond. Va.; Nov. 26. A, snow storm prevailed bens a greas portion of the day. followed byirain. which soon cleared awav the snow. GEN. HARRISON. Letter in Response to One Enquiring ae to the Southern Policy of the Incoming Administration. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Gbebnvillb S. C , Nov. 81 The Greenville Daily Newt to-day prints a letter recently received by its editor from Gen. Harrison, and published by his permission. It was written in reply to a letter urging that the Southern commercial interests would be relieved from the obstruction caused by doubts and fears regarding tbe Southern policy of the incoming Adminis tration, if General Harrison would make some general assurances of his purpose to follow a conservative course toward the 8outh, and is as follows: "Indianapolis, Ind , Nov. 14. "To A. B. Williams, Esq , Greenville, & C: Mt Dsab Urn Your letter of Novem ber 10th has been received. I am not ready to make any publio utterance upon any public question. Etery day I am solicited by special correspondents of the press to speak upon this subject or that, but I have invariably declined, and to your appeal for some expression upon tbe question which interests you I must, for the present, make the same answer. I understand that you have yourself been satisfied with the ex pression made by me in my publio utter ances to visiting delegations during the campaign. When the surprise and disappointment which some of your peo ple have felt over tbe result has passed away, and they give some calm thought to the situation, I think they will be as much surprised as I am that they should, in thought or speech, impute to me unfriend liness toward tbe South. The policies in legislation advised by the Republican par ty, I believe are wholesome for the whole country, and if those who in their hearts believe with us upon these questions would act with us, some other questions that give you local concern would settle themselves. "Very truly yours, "Benjahin Habbison. " BREAKING UJPi movement Inaugurated In Indiana for Withdrawal of All Democratic Heu bera from Grand. Army of the. Re public A Charitable Order to he Ee tabllabed;in Ita Place By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Chicago. Nov. 27. A special dispatch from Indianapolis, Ind., says: About twelve hundred Democratic veterans, mem bers of the G. A R. posts scattered over tbe State, held in tbe Capitol building, on last night, a secret meeting, at which it was resolved that every Democratic mem ber of the G. A. R.. shojld abandon tbe order, and all present pledged themselves to withdraw from their posts. Adjutant General Kooniz presided. A nama and constitution for the new order proposed by the Democratic veterans were adopted.. The new order is to be charitable and non-political in character. Another meeting will be held to-night, and one Wednesday evening there will be a public mass meeting in the City Hall, when the reasons for deserting the G A. R. will be given, and the principles and objects of the new order laid before the public. Adjutant General Koontz says similar meetings will be held all over the State within the next week. Gen. Koontz said last evening that he had letters from men in eight States, indicating that the move ment is national. Amen the letters received was one from Jno. A. W. Oman, secretary of the Dem ocratic societies of Pennsylvania, promis ing that every Democratic soldier in Penn sylvania will leave the Grand Army of the Republic. ' The President of the societies, who ran against Beaver for Governor, is at the head of the movement in Penn sylvania. Mr. Eoonze says that but few Indiana Democrats have attended Grand Army meetings since the election, because all of the posts have been holding meetings rati fying the election of Harrison and Hovey. It is pretty generally believed that Con gressman Watson is at the head of tbe movement, but so far be has made no pub lio statement. It is known that he feels very eore'because the Grand Army of the Republic, as an organization, worked against him,! and his friends here say that be will follow the example of Gen. Pal mer, of Illinois. MARINE DISASTERS. The Steamer Allentown I.ost With All oa Board Loaa of Life on the Steamer Carroll. Cohassbt. Mass., November 27. There is little doubt that the steamer Allentown, belonging to the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, foundered off this port in Sunday's gale, and that all on board periebed. She was an iron boat of 1,650 tons, and had a cargo of coal for Salem, Mass. She cleared from Philadelphia, Nov. "21st, with Capt. Geo. W. Paul in command and a crew of 18 men. The shore at Bandy Cove and Sandy Beach is strewn with wreckage of all kinds, including life-preservers bearing the name of Allentown. " The whistle of a vessel in distress was heard Sunday after noon directly outside this port. The Allentown was due at 8alem under ordi nary circumstances on Saturday. .Boston, November 27. Capt Brown, of the steamer Carroll, at this port from Charlottetown, etc., reports the roughest passage in his thirty years' experience at sea On the 26th, at 12 80 a. mn when 85 miles from Thacher's Island, a tremendous sea came tumbling aboard, completely de molisbing the pilot house and steering gear, and flooding the forward cabin. There were seven men in the pilot house when the wave struck, Including Capt. Brown and mate Wright. The mate was swept overboard and lost. Haley, the lookout on ! deck, was also carried away and drowned Captain Brown was knock ed down and his head badly cut, and Penser , McKerson, who was in the pilot house, was badly injured. ROUGH. PASSAGE. Incidents or a Steamer's Trip from Boston to Norfolk. 'NoBPont. Nov. 27 The steamship Al leghany, or the Merchants' and Miners Line, which left Boston Friday afternoon for Norfolk,) arrived here this evening. Captain Parker reports an uneventful trip until Sunday morning at 5 o'clock, when, about ten miles northeast of Chincoteague, the vessel encountered a terrific gale from the north-northeast, and thick weather. At night the wind backed to the north and blew a hurricane. On Monday the wind veered to the northwest and still blew a gale. It was Monday at 5 p. m. before the captain could; get his course, and he then found he was about seventy-five miles east southeast of Winter Quarter Light. He got under way for Norfolk and arrived safely. Eight passengers were aboard. Bueklen'e Arnica salve. The Bbst Sauvb in the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever 8pres, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Wm. H. Gbxbh &JOo, t Spirits Turpentine. "; - Hillaboro ? Recorder; We are sorry to hear that Mr. Walter Reeves met with a painful accident last Saturday by his mule stumbling and falling upon him Greensboro Workman : We learn there are five candidates in the field for the position of postmaster in this city The number of course will greatly increase between this and tbe 4th of March. Ooldsboro Argus: At a meet ing of the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association Thursday .night it was decided that a General Secre tary was necessary to the success of the Association, and in order to be able to se cure such an officer it was deemed advisa ble by tbe Board to make a thorough can. vass of the city for subscriptions to smmmt to $1,000, the sum necessary to meet the current expenses tor ioov, Greenville Reflector'. The com ing of a railroad to Greenville seems assur ed beyond a doubt. -General Manager Walters, of the Atlantic Coast Line was' here last week and said the Scotland Neck extension of tbe W & W. road will surely come on to Greenville and that the work will begin at once. Tbe surveying corps have been encamped just beyond the river for several days and are carrying forward their work. The road is expected to be completed to Greenville, inside of six months. Graham Gleaner: On last Wednesday, in the southern part of the county, near Snow Camp, a gun in the hands of a young man named Luke Bailiff, aged about 21 years, was discharged, which resulted in tbe killing of a girl named Annie McCrackin, aged about 15 years. Tbe tcr " rible deed took place at the house of Car ney Moon, where the girl lived On Mon day last Bailiff surrendered himself to an officer. He was placed in jail Monday night for safe keeping and Tuesday the case was heard before J. L. Scott, J. N H. Clendenin and David M. Moore, Justices of tbe Peace, and after hearing the evidence the defendant was discharged. Wilson Advance: There are 158 more fourth class poetofBces in North Carolina during tbe past year. The mail facilities have been greatly improved in the past year. We regret to learn that Mr. Joe Cobb's little Maggie had her leg broken last Saturday. A buggy passed ovefthe little child's leg and in that way it was broken. Last week's Tarboro Southerner says not a single one of the Re publicans officers has yet succeeded in se curing bondsmen. Good. They drew the color line and secured their election there- ' by. Mr. David A. Batts, of Toisnot. started to Wilson Tuesday last with $2 .040 in his pocket and we regret to learn that he lost the envelope containing the full amount on the road. Asheville Citizen: Arthur Pen land, Alfred Patton and a youth named Crary were going over4nf east Asheville, when they met three men, unknown to them. In some way or another the crowd became involved in a row. and a free fight -ensued. One of the strangers stabbed Pen- ' land in tbe neck, just below the ear, nearly severing the leader. Another slash of the knife opened his throat from ear to ear, and how the blow missed severing the jugular vein is a mystery. Young Crayry's left hand was literally cut into strings before he knew that he was attacked. The strangers then ran off and made their escape. Dr. Watson was called and dressed the wounds of Penland and Crary. Penlacd's injuries are serious though not fatal. Radical candidates for the postmastership in this city are getting to be as thick as mosquU toes on tbe Jersey coast, and Democrats are asked to sign petitions with all the saw froid a Republican can assume and that is illimitable. Durham Plant: The stores of John L. Markham and Muse & Shaw are open and ready for business. The store of W. F. Ellis will probably be opened Mon day or Tuesday of next week. Salis bury has established a knitting factory with a capital of $12,000. M. Bernstein, dealer in dry goods, made an assignment last evening to J. Schwartz. He conveys his stock of goods and household and kitchen furniture. Liabilities estimated at $3,000 and assets $1,000. Washin gton City dot: Ex-Judge Thomas Settle is at the EbOitt. It is thought he is working up a boom for himself and that bis object is tho Attorney Generalship of Harrison's Cabi net. He deplores the ravages of yellow fever in Jacksonville, bis home,-and thinks the winter will have to be unusually severe in order to destroy the germs of the disease. Manufacturing establishments of all kinds are springing up all around us in Raleigh, Charlotte, Concord, Winston and everywhere else. Raleigh News-Observer ; The Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad, we understand, will be laid with steel rail front one end to the other before long, possibly within the present year. There have been other marked improvements of the line, and the rolling stock of the company aa well has been brought up to a standard of excellence that would hardly have beeu ex- . pected at all a few years ago. For instance-, the steel rail that is being put down was bought at the low price of $32, wh.le the old iron rail it is replacing was sold at $24. We call this firstrate financiering. The in dications are that the road will eoou equal in all respects the best roads in this section of the country in strictly first-claes condi tion, indeed, and the fact is highly credita ble to the energy, tbe intelligence, the. practical skill of the present management. The value of the road is constantly erowing The inauguration of Judge Fowle aa Governor of North Carolina, will probably take place about January 20th. Tbeai- rangements for it, according to tbe law. must be made by the Legislature which meets January 9th. Elsewhere it will be seen that a writ of error has been allowed by the Supreme Court of tbe Uni ted States in the case of Cross and White. The effect of this will be to stay tbe f xecu- tion of tbe sentences against tbe condemned men here in North Carolina, but it does not effect the merits of their csbo at all. It simply amounts to granting an appeal from the decisions of our Bute courts to the Su preme Court of the United States. Raleigh News- Observer: Prof. J. F. Crowell, president of Trinity Col lege, authorizes us to state that Hon W. L. Saunders, Secretary of State, will de liver an address on "North Carolina in the Revolution" in Trinity College chapel be fore the, faculty and eiudents, November- 27tb, at 8 p. m. It was learned here- yesterday that Muse Bros. & Co , of Key ser, bad made an assignment, with assets? of $5,000, liabilities unknown. It is stated that the assets of Muse Bros., of Cameron, who failed last week, amount to between $45,000 and $50,000. Mr. Jacob Sen wan yesterday made an assignment to Mr. M. Rosenthal. - His liabilities are esti mated at $3,000, with assets unknown, though probably exceeding that amount Yesterday evening the kitchen and a small store house of Mrs. S. E Wilder, four miles from Raleigh, on the Milburnie road, were totally consumed by fire, and the dwelling would have perished but for the timely aid of neighbors. A quantity of corn and cotton seed was stored in the -buildings which was also consumed. The loss to Mrs. Wilder was probably three or four hundred dollars. No insurance. As yet no official announcement has been made as to the result of the electio n of the State ticket. The 8tate.Canvassin g Board will meet to canvass the returns for State officers on the Thursday following the third Monday after the election, which falls on the 20th inst. They will then aake an abstract of the vote,-which they will send signed to the Legislature. The , Legislature meets en tbe first Wednesday after the first Monday in January, which falls on January 9th. Yesterday morning it was found that the cotton gin belonging to Mrs. . John Gatling. located about one and a half miles east of this citv was destroyed by fire together with eevei .' bales of cotton, a lot of seed cotton and eev- eral bushels of cotton seed. There was no insurance, we learn either on the building machinery or cotton, and the loss to Mrs. Gatling will b about $1,600. Receipts pf cotton to date 18,872 bales; same time last year 28,405. Commissioner of Immigration Patrick, who is always on the look out for the opportunities of the hour, has for the poet week or two been working up several towns in the State, ascertaining what accommodations can be obtained for winter boarders from the North He has been to Durham, Oxford, Henderson. Charlotte, Southern Pines and other places, and says that the people every where have received tbe idea with favor. Mr W, - G. Burkhead was in tbe city yesterday. He says the North State Prohibitionist will appear here in December. He will be editor-in-chief, and all the other prohibition papers in the State will be merged into the Prohibitionist. -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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