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t ) ' . r'i. ' a.-. ( ,j " "i TT1 t - - Ma-: Mr- i . , ! I : The Weekly Star. WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r. WILMINGTON, N. O. Friday, December 28, 1888. MTIn writing to change lyour 'address, always former direction aa well M full particulars aa where yon wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless yon do both ohanjres can not be made. rWNotloe of Marriage or Death. Tribute of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks. o., are charged for as ordinary adYertlBementa, but only half rates when paid for striotly in advance. At this rate 60 cento will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. rW-Remittances must be made by Cheok,Draft Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will reKister letters when desired. &Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. t3F8peolmen copies forwarded when desired. THE GREAT CELEBRATION. Only the other day we were writ ing an editorial on the Christmas of 1887, and now another Christmas is at the door. How quickly time flies! Row short the journey from the cradle to the grave! To the old life seems but as a few years. "We take no Dote of time, but from its loss." , Ah, if men were only wise to im prove time. If they would only heed and hear aright the knell of depart ing hours. .Said the greatest of all geniuses: jf - jit is ten o'clock: Thus may we see, how the world wags; 'Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine; And after an hour more twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot'and rot, And thereby hangs a tale." The wise man will heed the warn , ing that the hand of time hammers upon the bell of eternity. The years flee away and after awhile Time shall be no more. Then what oomesj? There is but one Book that can an swer the question. Bat Christmas is once more with us. Tit is a preciouB day in the Chris tian's calendar. Not because the ador able Saviour was actually born on thanday, which is probably not so; but because it is the day apon which Christianity has agreed as the day ior celebrating the Nativity of the blessed Son of God, the dear Jesus Friend of humanity and Redeemer of the lost. It is probable that Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin many months earlier in the year probably in the spring-time. But the 25th of December is the day that by consent has been set apart for the commemo ration of the greatest event in the history of this world, and by all comparison the most important to 6 tho children of men. Since Jesus became incarnate what vast changes have occurred in the history of the world! Kingdoms and i dynasties have fallen and other king 1 doms have risen. The progress of the human race has been marvellous. The spread of Christianity is the great fact of history. The Gospel of the blessed Son of God has been a great blessing to humanity so far as this life is concerned. It has ame liorated the condition of the race and lifted man to a plane of which the ancient world never dreamed. Sinoe angelic lips proclaimed to a lost race peace on earth and good will to mankind, man's happiness has been greatly increased and man's hopes have f been immeasurably brightened. Well may we say on this Day, of the birth of the God Man, the . Christ-Child, thank God for . ihe hope of Heaven and the promise of Eternal Life! Man is ex alted, and the gates of the Celestial City stand wide open upon their golden hinges. Some one has said of our humanity as affected by the coming of the Saviour: "It is made the temple of the Li vie g God , the sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, the portion of a body in which the plentitude of the Divinity resides, the object of the complacency and love of the Father, What . a dignity, what an honor? Well may we rejoice then, on Christmas morning and Christmas day . Yet our joy will be empty and meaningless, if with undevout hearts we celebrate this great anniversary day of the Birth of Christ." To every devout heart the recurring of Christmas is a time of profound thankfulness . and meditation. It brings up the Sacrificial Death as well as the Na tal Hour of the Divine Son. It tells of the sufferings and death of the incarnate Christ upon Cavalry. While it comes laden with promises and is accompanied by Heavenly sympho nies it also looks to the awful scenes that were enaoted in Jerusalem and . were consummated at the Place of Skulls. The life of Jesus was beau tiful. .His death was the crowning act in the great scheme of recovering mercy, But this " is also" thrMrizCs daj They are made happy by the gifts and innocent hilarity and the oaress ing clasps of loving hearts. It is the day that tells them of Him who blessed the little children while on earth, little children whose angels watch over them in Heaven. Let this be a day of sweet good will but-without debauchery or roys tering. Be glad but avoid abuse. It is good to do good. Let the purse strings be open and the hand of liberality be stretched forth and - hearts ' be made glad. Let the light of many a dark ened hearthstone be made brighter by the coming of. the Natal Day of the dear Jesus. , "For unto us a Christ it born, unto us a Son is giren: and the government shall be upon His shoulder; ana His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Al mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9, 6, And the angel said unto them, Fear not ; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. XMb840.il.'.' -. In view of such, facts, of such a Saviour keep well this Christmas day. - ' '' t "- " - -- - ----- - i ' mm mmwmmmm W" . """ '-'- .' . ..... -,.-...,-.. .-. . MUTT A B. : I' v Avoid all blasphemy, all profanity, all unseemly conduct. Be as little children in purity and be ye "God Almighty's gentlemen" in this Yule tide' of the year 1888. Aa pious George Herbert two hundred years ago sang in the "Church Porch," so may it be said now, "If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains: If well, the pain doth fade, the joy re mains.' On opening your paper if you dis cover a bill for subscription, do not be afraid of it. The ambunt is hon estly due and ought to be paid in or der that the publisher may meet the enormouB expenses, of printing a newspaper. VOTING AND RACE TBOCBLE8. We donbt if it is possible now to disfranchise the negro. The North gave him the power to vote, and if deprived of the right of suffrage it must be mainly by the power of the North. He was clothed with the great privilege and right to vote while utterly ignorant and incapable. All men of sense know it was a pro digious mistake. Time has shown this. It was done to. punish the Southern whites. The time, may come when ignorance will not be al lowed to control the destinies of a great free oountry. We are not sure that disfranchising the negro after more than twenty years in which he has been an eleotor will cure all the evils that have followed in the wake of the enfranchising act. . The negro is destined to be a troublesome cus tomer in the South, whatever is done, and more and more so as time passes. He has not learned by experience. The franchise has not enlightened him. He is to-day the Problem just as he was in 1865. He is more diffi cult to be managed. The old negroes have to a large extent died out. The most of the voters to-day were not of age in 1865, when freed and enfranchised. The young negro men with rare exceptions are of but little real value. For the most part they are lazy, thriftless and saucy. Tbey are ready to get into rows with the whites and tq invoke their own destruction. ' Whether education can ever make them qualified citizens is extremely doubtful. If they have no sohooling they will go back into barbarism right in the midst of civilization. It is a knotty question and of all people the Northern people are the least qualified to solve it. Their interfe rence has done a vast amount of in jury, and their promised .interference is sure to bring forth only the bit terest of fruit. The race troubles that are occurring are generally the work of bad white men, the most of whom are Northern adventurers. The negroes are always more tur bulent and dangerous where they are largely in the majority. Tbey think numbers Invite to insubordination, impudence and violence. Where they are largely in the minority they are more quiet and docile. The facts warrant this statement. Tbey would make it impossible for the whites to live among them if they had two or three to one in all the South and in every State. Speaking of the facts as developed during the last quarter of a century the New Orleans States says this of the negroes: " They imagine that they may override the country because tbey dominate their neighborhood; and the surest indication of inferiority, the unconquerable disposition to insult, and trample upon the superior, manifest itself ; and their limited intelligence never enables them to realize the consequnces . that must in evitably follow their savagery. There is no more arrogant nation on earth than the insolent, imbruted and impotent, so-called Republic or Hayti; yet, Hayti imagines to-day, that she can defy the power of the United States, and Hayti is but an exaggeration of the insolence and brutality of the negroes around Wahalak, and . the latter, like the former,, will go down when the collision comes. ''There is but one redeeming feature in these race conflicts. Their terrible results are the only lessons the congregated negroes can be taught; but once taught the effect is lasting. Since the. Easter of 1872 there have been no race troubles In the parishes of Rapides and Grant; there have been none in Northwest Louisiana since the affray at Coushatta in 1874; there have been none of consequence in Ouachita, Tensaa and adjacent parishes since 1876 and 1878. The lessons there taught the negroes of the impossibility of their dominating the white race, terrible as those lessons were, have borne the blessed fruit of peace. " Gentle reminders, in the shape of bills, will be sent out frequently to all subscribers to the Weekly Stab whose subscriptions have expired. It is hoped they will not be laid aside for "future reference," but will be paid,, promptly. Dr. Cornelius Riddiok, a preacher of a very high order, is a North -GareHshPt.. .He Q9uldnot. getjvork in the North Carolina Conference, although he was beyond all fair ques tion the most eloquent preacher in the State. He went West some thirteen or fourteen years ago. In three Conferences he has taken easily the first rank. The San Francisoo Advocate said years ago that he was at the head in that Conference. A minister from Colorado tells us that when he was at Denver he ranked number one. He is now in the Ala bama Conference and has no superior as we saw it mentioned recently. The Alabama Christian Advocate says: "Dr. Monk and Dr. Riddick enjoy the distinction of receiving the largest salaries' of any two pastors in the North Alabama Conference. The former gets $2,400 and the latter $8,000, and they richly deserve and earn all they get." Some people do not know their .greatest men and some Conferences do not know their greatest preachers. At One Dollar per year, free of postage, the Weekly Stab is a mar el of cheapness and no consider ate subscriber will fail to forward the amount of his subscription when lie receives a bill. AFTER CBaiSTSI A8. : ; ; ,: A little moralizing is in orderrThe way in which Christmas is observed in Wilmington, , and elsewhere, by a great many is not to be commended. The bacchanalian cEaracter of the ob servance the noise, and confusion and clamor were such as to make the day disorderly and the night hid eous. ; This is not the j best way to celebrate the greatest and tenderest of all holidays. The good old way of dining and feasting among friends the old ante-war time was muob more rational and pleasant. Is there not danger of making Christmas the most objectionable of all days? Is there not a rapid ten dency to make : the y preoious day to a pious, reverent mind, the saddest of the year, because of the astounding and increasing expenditures? We verily believe that more money is expended among every thousand people now at one Christmas by twenty fold than was spent before the war. And the end is not yet. The increase is steady, and each year witnesses greater ex travagance, more un wise purchases, more alarming extravagance. The Americans are greatly overdoing the Christmas of Merry England. They are quite apt to over do all they un dertake. There are two reforms necessary, or bankruptcy and ruin will be more common every succeeding year. The custom of giving presents ought to be abandoned; if not abandoned, at least very greatly modified. This ap plies to wedding presents as well as to Christmas. We venture to say that this custom, much more to be honored in the breach than in the ob servance, is a vtry great burden upon almost every community. .How much money was uselessly, unwisely, imprudently spent in Wilmington for Christmas? Would $50,000 cover it? We donbt it. Perhaps it would reach $100,000. Of this sum two thirds .were probably spent by per sons not able to bear the tax and will be crippled in their living for six months to come by reason of it. The rich can afford to give presents. But they are by no means always the most liberal. There are people in Wilmington who give away at Christmas one fourth or even more of their entire living for a year. Christmas, in so far as present giving is concerned, ought to be limited to the children. Buy them all manner of dolls and wagons and crackers and so on and make their dear little hearts, glad. Christmas is their day. Butthe present custom of grown people giving presents to each other is a positive nuisance. Give to the poor and you may get a blessing. The editor of the London Pall Mall Gazette, has been seeking of the British women, their opinion of the greatest of their sex who have lived. Only a few have responded. London Truth, noting the result, says : "In the i result, the inevitable Joan of Arc comes in at the bead of the list, with George Sand, Queen Elizabeth, and Maria Theresa following - cloee in the order named. The rest are a very motley crew, and throw some truly eui prising light on female ideas of female greatness. It has been said that 'the world knows nothing cf its greatest men,' and, apparently, the rule holds good of its greatest women, for there arc at least three of these ladies' heroines who were never before beard of." The greatest female poet of all antiquity and a very rare one at that and the greatest of modern times are not mentioned. And so as to the greatest intellectual woman of the last thousand years -Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot.) She too is ignored. And bo with De Stael, and a score or two we could easily name. Every fairly educated woman should acquaint herself with the greatest writers of her tex as well as of women of the most horoic soul. We are glad to say that we are no ad mirer of Sam Randall. This writer has more respect for an out-and out Republican than for one of your half and half s. Randall is at his old trick of misrepresenting. He says that the popular verdict was against Cleve land's message and the Mills bill. This is a total misrepresentation. Cleveland's majority is over 100,060. This Pennsylvanian agent of the Re publican parly and Monopoly ought to be taught that the Democratic is not the friend of the Money Devil and High Taxes. "No Taxation for a Surplus. No Tariff for Bounties." No oppressing the Toilers for the -Boedters. England has so many distinguished and gifted men of letters that but few people in this country can keep up with the names -even. Iu the death of Lawrence Oliphant England loses a writer of brilliant parts. He was born in 1829. He wrote many books of travel. Some of his works are: "Minnesota and the Far West," "Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan," Pa triots and Filibusters," "The Trans Caucasian Campaign Under Omer Pasha," and "Picadilly: A Frag ment of Contemporaneous Bio graphy." . The State uews department of the Stab furnishes a sad record of crime and violence. We have some times thought we would gather all the shootings, murders, &c, for the year and publish them in column after column, but the reading would , not be healthful nor would the record be creditable to North Carolina civilization. We cannot say that Stevenson, J me amuor, is . a uiuuci. . no i en iu love in ' Paris with l another man's wife and induoed her to go to Cali fornia, whenoe she came, and obtain a divorce. This was done and iney were married. The husband, Sam uel Osborne, of 8an Francisco-, was entirely agreeable." ; She is described in the World as a "brilliant brunette with the vivid coloring and many of the tastes of a gypsy." Queen ' Victoria is a wool-dy ed Tory. She made her little speech proroguing Parliament and did not refer to Ireland. , She must be ashamed of the work done by her friends in office. : Ireland is the ques tion and still she ignores it. Salis bury was afraid to speak and tell the trnth. . t i TT It is now thought in Washington that bat few if any hew States will be made. The Republicans were in a great hurry to bring uT five'or six new States only a little while ago, but they are rather opposed now. The next Congress will attend to this, and no Democratic States will be admitted. 1 - The Democratic Clubs are urged by the Executive Committee of the National Association of Democratic Clubs to spread the Tariff Reform literature. The work should be dili gently pushed. The people are yet in their primers. Tbey need a great deal of instruction along this line. The New York World has made the discovery that negro troops in the war were "good fighters." Very, An average Confederate regiment wanted no easier task than to clean out a brigade .and in a very -short time. It is astonishing how many things the "big papers" don't know. The Southern I 'arm is the title of a new agricultural eight-page paper published at Monroe, at $1.25 a year, by W. J. Boylin, of the Enquirer-Express. It is edited by M. A. Underwood. It makes a good start and has the very best wishes of the Stab. A negro woman, wife of a negro preacher in Philadelphia, was buried in a thousand dollar coffin. .The to tal expenses were $2,000. Such is the effect of bad examples among the whites. She was a Southern slave and had made over $75,000. The Raleigh News- Observer pub lishes a Christmas poem by Tasker Polk, of Warrenton. A hasty read ing impressed us that it had merit. We may publish all or a part of it. He is a nephew of the late President Polk. The Liberal Sir Horaoe Davey was defeated at Stockton. It was not a defeat of the Liberals but of an unpopular candidate by a very popular opponent. Fox nnotera. Three gentlemen from Goldsboro Messrs. Hunter, Soott and Wood came over from that city Christmas Eve with a pack of twenty-five dogs, and united with the Wilmington Fox Club in a grand , chase which took place Christmas morning. The Club had their full pack out, and altogeth er there were about sixty fine dogs in the field. The chase was an exciting one, lasting about two hours. The brush was awarded to Mr. Hunter, who was first in at the death. Abont seventy-five ladies and gentlemen took part in the hunt. Yesterday morning the clnb and their visitors took the field again and two foxes were caught after a chase of three-quarters of an hour with the first and an honr and a quarter with the second fox, which was killed in a pond, where only the dogs would venture. I " Rrltlab Brig Jimn Mason. The British brig Mason, which caught fire and was filled with water and sunk on the railroad shoals last week, has been pumped out by the fire steamer "Atlantic," floated, and towed to Evans' wharf, above the Wilmington Compress, where what remains of the cargo of rosin will be discharged and another survey held to ascertain the damage. The steamboat St. Peter, Capt. Dieksey master, met with an accident on her trip down Northeast river, from Hallsville to this port, by which her shaft was broken. The accident occurred near Bannerman's bridge. A tug has gone np to tow the disabled boat to this city. The ISL Peter has a full cargo of naval stores and cotton. She was making her first trip from Hallsville with freight The British brig Arbutue, from Matanzas, Cuba,arrived in below yes terday. Also, the German barque Jacob Arndt, from Liverpool, the British barque Dencalon and the Dutch barque Czar Peter. Qnartorly mooting;. First" round for the Wilmington District, M. E Xhtirch, South. Fifth Street, December 29th and 80th. i Bladen Street, December 29th and 80th. i - Scott's Hill and New River Mission, at Rocky Point, January 5th and 6th, 1889. I Whiteville Cerro Gordo, 12th and 13th. 1 5 Carver's Creek, Wayman, 19th and 20th. ! Elizabeth, Elizabethtown, 26th and 27th. i Cokesbury, Bethany, February 2d and 8d. i I Sampson, Bethel, 9th and 10th. Bladen, Bethlehem, 16th and 17th. Clinton, Keener's Chapel, 23d and 24th. i ' Kenansville, Wesley Chapel, March 2d and 3d. I Onslow, Tabernacle, 6th. I Magnolia, Providence, 9th and 10th. Brunswick, Concord, 16th and 17th. Brunswick Mlssion,Andrew's Chap el, 19th, i - Waocamaw, Bethesda, 20th. f The District Stewards are request ed to meet at . the leotnre room of Grace M. E. Church, at Wilmington, at 10 o'clock a. m.. Tuesday, January 8th, 1889. F. D. SwiUDKLL, P. E. Complexion PowderJs Jan absolute ne. cessity of the reOnedoilet in this climate Pozzoni's combines every element ot beau ty and purity. j t WILtMIS GXOX'3 Iadaatrlal . Enttrprlosa and How to i.wi??..i?X oonro Tnem.' k.r- A question now agitating the pub lic mind is what shall the city of Wil mington do towards inducing capi talists from abroad to invest in our city and. vicinity,' and encouraging our own people to place their spare money in manufactories which will give employment tq the largest num ber of laborers and return them ade quate compensation for ' the use of their money, and in this way build up our city and make it the formost sea port on the Atlantic coast?. That it will, some day, be the chief South At lantic port, is deeply impressed upon the minds of all observant people; and since the recent purchase here of property for . terminal facilities :: by the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail road Company, this feeling has seized upon our citizens in a most expressive manner. '. ' .. ' - There is one great obstacle to capi' talists coming at present, and this barrier is high taxation; and while the taxable rate of Wilmington is lower than that of Norfolk, Charleston or Savannah, it is still too high to invite speedy investment. A remedy is herein suggested by one of our most enterprising citizens: As long as the Constitution of North Carolina re mains unchanged, all taxation must be levied uniformly and ad valorem on all property, and no property can be exempt by even legislative en actment, except the property of benevolent and charitable institu tutions and this law and "rule ap plies to all cities and towns. ' There fore, the only constitutional and legal way to encourage manufactur ers to come among us is by a promis ed exemption from city taxation and the only legal and constitutional means of accomplishing this object is to select some locality on the subl urbs of the city eligible for factory sites and withdraw therefrom the'ju risdiction and control of the city by legislative enactment. The most suitable locality suggest ed, is all that portion of the present city lying on the west bank of the river; withdraw that . portion of the city from the present territorial limit, and confine its jurisdiction to that portion of the east bank of the river, and we have the finest sites . for fac tories that can be secured in this vi cinity. But it will be said that the city will lose a large part of the rev enue; but this is not true, an actual examination of the assessor's books show that the entire assessable value of the property on the west side of the Cape Fear is $36,000, This assessment, with the present rate, only yields about $600 accurately speaking, $631. 29 a year. Its advantages will be . 1st. The finest river front, with wharves, already constructed, ac cessible for all rafts, boats, and even the largest steamers. 2d. Its close proximity to the busi ness portion of the town; making it convenient for the - transaction of business. 3d. A perpetual exemption from heavy city taxes. 41 h. On account of its surround ings, , laborers on that side of the river would be compelled to live in the city limits and would here spend their' earningswithl the merchants and others. Now, if this plan meets with the approval of our people and suggest one single reason why it should not let a public meeting be held and the Legislature be requested by it to pass an amendment to our city charter securing this end. The merchants and property own ersyea, the city at large will reap benefits of which the most sanguine, mind cannot at present conceive. The Legislature meets in January, and let there be no delay in pressing through this important measure. A. Saa Affliction. Rev. R. C. Beaman, the new pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist church of this city, and his wife, have the sympathies of the community in the sad bereavement which has befallen them in the death of their oldest child, a little daughter about seven years of age, which was laid in its last resting place on Sunday after noon, the last rites being performed by RevsfW. S. Creasy and T. Page Ricaud. Mr. Beaman and family have been residents of our city but a week, but although comparatively strangers here, his family has not suffered for sympathy or assistance. At this merry season, when so many hearts are joy ous and happy, it is sad to suffer such an affliction, but in this case it is doubly sad, as in a comparatively short time four out of five of his children have died. Doatli of nr. Wood. Mr. Harry Webb, a native of Eng land, but for many years a resident of Wilmington, died yesterday after noon from a stroke of paralysis.in his 60th year. Mr. Webb had many warm friends in this community who sym pathize deeply with his family in their bereavement. He was a mem ber of the Episcopal Church and his funeral will take place from St Paul's, to-morrow at 10 o'clock a. m. Rice. New York advices sayf The demand in Domestic sorts has dwindled down to hand to mouth proportions and no enlargement is anticipated until after the holidays. Prices are nominally unchanged, but where parcels have to be promptly placed, concessions are easily se cured. Advices from the Carolinas and Georgia note that present re ceipts Bhow an unusually large per cent, of light rice,andthe present out look is that the crop will be short of last year. The ratio of movement, is ahead, and this fact tends to encour age many planters to .hold until spring, at which time it is expected much higher range of values will be realized. & Woman's DliooTcry. "Another wonderful discovery has been made and that too by a lady in this county. Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery . for Consumption and was so much relieved on taking first dose that she slept all night and with one bottle has been miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus write W. C. Hamrick & Co.. of Shelby. N. O. Get a free trial bottle at Wm. H. Green Sd Co.'s Drugstore. t TMBBIBLB JDI8A8TER. A Faaoonaor SUtntr on no Blloala alppl. XHatroy ;v Firo-Aon Twonty.flTeI.lTca X.oot. Hbkpbtb, :Tsmi., December - 2Z. The elegant - passenger steamer, Kate Adams, running as a semi-weealy packet between Memphis and Arkansas City, was burned this morning, near Commerce. Miss , forty miles south of this city. . She was ea route to Memphis, and had about two hundred people aboarJ, including her deck and cabin crew of eighty, and twenty-five cabin and sixty deck passengers and twenty-five colored cabin pasaeneers. The fire which caught in some cotton near the forward end of . tbe boiler was discovered about 8 o'clock. - The passengers were at breakfast, and when the alarm was given , they, all made a rush for the forward deck. At the time the steamer was about three hundred yards from the Mississippi side of the river, and her bow was at once headed for' the shore. , Pilot J. A. Barton was on watch, and he remained heroically at his post until she was safely landed. - ' There were about twenty-five colored cabin passengers who were Baved along with tbe white passengers..: On the lower deck, however, a fearful panic seized the crew and deek passengers. Those who were cut off from escape from the bow were compelled to jump overboard to save their lives. . An effort was made to. launch a yawl, but it was capsized by the crowd which filled it, and many of its occupants were drowned.- They were mostly colored men, but there were three or four women in the crowd. In addition about fifteen deck passengers, four of whom were white men, were also drowned. - All of the passengers and crew arrived at Memphis this afternoon at six o'clock, "having taken the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Kaiiroaa tram at ttODinsonvme, which station is eight miles distant in the interior from where tbe disaster occurred. There were 167 from the ill-fated steamer that came to Memphis, Captain Cheek de fraying the expenses of all those who did not have funds. Memphis, December 24. Wm. Donolue, one of the clerks of the burned steamer Kate Adams, came up this forenoon from tbe wreck. He was iu a yawl, with clerk George Corbett, when it capsized, and the last he Baw of his colleague he was floating down the river clinging tq a small ladder. Donolue managed to catch a bale of cotton and was swept out into the current, and was rescued some six miles below Com merce, by some negroes on the Arkansas side of the river. He says -Corbett may possibly have been rescued further down ihe rivor. The loss of life is yet not definitely known, and the prospects are that the ex act number who were drowned will never be accurately stated. Thirty-five is the most conservative estimate. Out of a party of fifteen white laborers which boarded tho steamer below Friar's Point, only two are said to have been saved. - If this be true and there are no means of substantiating tbe fact the loss of lives may reach sixty, as many negroes who were on tbe lower deck lost their lives in attempting to swim ashore from the stern of the burning steamer. The boat and her cargo are valued at $145,000. The Kate Adams bad a record of tbe fastest time between Helena and Memphis. In tbe spring of 1883 she made the run in five hours and seventeen minutes. She was tbe steamer that con veyed President Cleveland and wife from West Memphis to this city on the occasion of their visit to the South. HAYTI. Tno steamer Haytlen Republic Sur rendered to tno TJnltcd States men of-War. Havana. Dec. 23. Advices have been received from Hayti to the effect that the diapute over the seizure of the American steamer Hayteen Republic has been settled. The steamer has been delivered to tbe American men of-war. and tbe latter have honored the Haytien flag with a salute of twenty-one guns. Among the people the action of the United States .Government is considered an abuse of power against a helpless nation, and their opinion is said to be shared by some of the foreign diplo matic representatives Gen. Legitime has been unanimously elected President of the Republic, and is taking energetic steps to repress revolution. WajHTKOTOIT. Den. S.1.-8cmtmVhli. ney, when shewn the Associated Press dispatch announcing the surrender of the steamer Haytien Republic, said that he had expected such a termination of the matter. So far as the Navy Department was con cerned it was a satisfactory settlement of tho affair. He supposed a claim for in demnity would be made, but that was a matter belonging to the State : Department. The Secretary said that the United States vessels would cruise about in the . neighbor hood of Hayti for a short time to protect tho intesrests of American citizens and watch tbe progress of events. It would probably be a day or two before anything would be neard from Admiral Luce. Washington, Dec. 24. Secretary Whit ney to-day received a cable message from Rear Admiral Luce, in command of the U. S. steamer . Galena, ' at Kingston, Jamaica, saying that the American steamer Haytien Republic, recently seized at Port-au-Prince by the Haytien authorities, had been surrendered to him upon demand. so vtbTcIbolina . Important: Meaenreo Passed by tbe State I.g;lslatnre. Columbia, December 24. The State Legislature adjourned sine die this morn ing, after a session of twenty-three days. Among the important measures passed were tbe following: An act amending tbe railroad laws to restore to the State Rail road Commission the power to regulate the rates of freight and passenger transporta tion; an act reducing Confederate pensions from $50 to $30 per annum; an act pro viding for the valid action of township bonds (aggregating abcut one million dol lars), issued in aid of railroad construe tion, which issues the Supreme Court re cently declared invalid; an act accepting a bequest to tbe State by the late Thomas G. Clemsen, John C. Calhoun's son-in-law, of the old Calhoun homestead at Fort Hill, for the purpose of establishing an agricul tural college; an act to punish fraud at party primary elections. The tax levy for tbe current year was fixed at five and a quarter mills; last year it was five. DUN AMI TxHsXPLOSION, A Boy Blown to Atoms and a K amber of Persona Injured many Buildings Destroyed. Wheeling, W. Va Dec. 23. At two O'clock this afternoon the dynamite maga zine at Mount Pleasant, fifteen miles west of this city, in Ohio, exploded. It is re ported that several were killed. Whkkliho, W. Va.. Dec. 24. In the magazine which exploded yesterday at Mount Pleasant there were 210 kegs of powder and ten cases of dynamite. A four teen year old boy. Charles Glick, visiting near, broke the lock, and with two other boys, went in smoking. The other boys ran before tbe explosion, but Glick was literally blown to atoms. The two other boys are badly hurt, and seventeen men arc badly injured. Nearly every house within a mile was blown to pieces, and those farther away were seriously damaged. Tho injured men are largely Italian rail road laborers. . INTERNAL SEVEN UEt Collections for tno First Five montns f tno Fiscal Kear. Wabhihgton, Dec 24. Collections of internal revenue during the first five months of the fiscal year ending June 80, 1889, amount to $53,091,736, being an increase of $1,231,186 over collections during the corresponding period of last year. Re ceipts from spirits, $29,806,864, an increase of $1,575,854; from to bacco, $12,865,810, a decrease of $891,606; from fermented liquors, $10,465,583, an increase of $54,816; from oleomargarine, $318,658,: an increase of $20,817; from banks and bankers, $5, 717. an increase of $5,862; from miscella neous, $34,608. a decrease of $34,658. Receipts for November last were $107,411 greater than those for November, 1888. . Bncklen? Armea smivo. The Best Salve in the world for Outs, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Bores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skm 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. Gbken &Co. t Arrest of Gen Stanly Commanding ine Department, by ClvU Officers. : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' St. Louts, Dec. 28. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Austin, Texas,; says: Sheriff White, who refused to put Gen. Stanly and his aid in Jail, was arrested to day on a warrant issued by Justice Stuart for contempt of his court, and his trial Is now in progress. U. 8. District Attorney Kleberg is expected here to-night or to morrow to institute legal proceedings against Stuart . ; t "Washington, Dec. 26. The War De partment has received no additional par ticulars concerning the arrest of '. Gen. Stanly, commanding the department of Texas, and has issued no instructions to him in regard to his future action. He has, it hi explained, full discretion in the mat ter of taking possession of property, and can order troops to Austin for that purpose if be deems it necessary. The question of bis defence before the civil courts has been referred to the Attorney General for such action as he may think proper. The trouble grows out of. an attempt of pri vate parties to squat upon the old arsenal property, which; has recently been donated by Congress to tbe city of' Austin for public school purposes. In the interval between relinquishment by the government of the property and its reception by the school board, the premises were squatted upon by a man named Snyder. The school board then ap plied to Gen. Stanly to put them m pos session. Gen. Stanly and his aide went to Austin Monday for this purpose, but he no sooner reached the ground in company with a representative of the school board than a constable, armed with a warrant from Jus tice Stuart's court, arrested Gen. Stanly and his aide for an alleged attempt to commit assault on Snyder. They quietly submit ted, and were carried before Justice Stuart, who bound them over in $500 to keep the peace. Stanly refused to give the bond, and said be would go to jail first. The constable proceeded to take him to that in stitution, and -arrived at the door of the prison, when Sheriff White, asked Gen. Stanly if he had authority from tbe govern ment to transfer tbe property in question. Tbe General replied that he had, and pro duced his orders. The sheriff then said he would not recognize the order of commit ment from Justice Stuart, and told Gen. Stanly so. Snyder still holds possession of the property. ; CHICAGO ANARCHISTS. Police Prevent TUtm. Parson's Ijectu rtnc By Telegraph to the Xornmc Star. Chicago, Dec. 26. Handbills were widely distributed to-day, announcing that Mrs. Lucy Parsons, wife of the executed Anarchist, would lecture in Waverly Hall to-night One of tbe bills was handed to Chief of Police Hubbard, who sent Lieut Laughlm to Mr. Laurie, tbe proprietor of the hall, with instructions to or der him not to open the place. Laurie was not satisfied with the message, and called on the chief. "I shall send an officer to you to-night," said the chief to Laurie, "who will demand the key of the ball from you. He will then station a policeman at the door, who will forbid ad mission to the hall. You are perfectly helpless in the matter, and any responsi bility there is will be upon tho police." Tbe wording ofthe subject of. the lecture was a trifle ambiguous, in that It might in clude any or all phases of anarchy and so cialism. Said Chief Hubbard: "Mrs. Par sons can advertise herself all she pleases; wo will not help her to do it. We have private information that she intended to make a violent anarchistic harangue. Then we would have been compelled to arrest her, and you can be sure that it would have been magnified in every way by the Anar chists in argument of their injunction suit to-morrow. The attempted lecture was simply for effect It is well known that Mrs. Parsons cannot re frain from talking of anarchy, if she gets a chance, and we will not experiment with her further. She simply can't speak in Chicago." GRAIN AND PKO VISIONS. Wneat Weak and Lower corn Quiet and Firm Pork Products Steady. By Telotraph to the Horning- Star. Chicaso, Dec. 26. A weak and heavy feeling existed in wheat to-day, and prices declined to a point 5fc below the closing figures of Monday, and closed 5c lower. All the markets were in pretty much the same weak and demoralized condition. As prices declined long wheat came upon the market, and speculative offerings were very heavy. Part of the wheat was brought out by the exhaustion of margins, and there was no doubt that a good deal of wheat was closed out by parties who did not see indi cations ahead for any immediate turn for the better U the market The opening was about lower than Saturday's closing, and soon declined lie more, then held steady for a while between $1.05f &1.06J for May, but later it again became heavy, declining to' $1 04. Here the market re mained awhile, but again a weak spell oc curred, prices declining 2fc. The decline was very rapid, the feeling panicky, and it was almost impossible to execute orders, at times when the market, was most excited, at tbe limits given. From $1 02 for May, the inside figures reached, prices rallied lc very sharply again, eased off and closed 5Jo lower than the closing figures Saturday. Corn ruled quiet and firm, closing iic higher than Saturday. Oats were weak and dull, closing o lower. Pork was easier and sold down 80S2Jc from the opening prices; recovered 2i5c and the market closed quiet and steady. Lard wss more active and closed steady and 15171c lower. Short ribs were ac tive and closed 1012ic easier. chkistmas'fatalities. Two men and a Boy Horned to Doatn A Number of Persons Injured by tno Collapse of a Building at Tork, Pa. Br Telegraph to the Kornmg' star. Chicago, Dec. 26, Three fatalities and a number of minor casualties, resulting from accidents at the Christmas festivities in this city and vicinity, are reported in this morning's dispatches. At Geneva, Ills., and Danville, Ills., two men, personating Santa Clans at a Christmas church festival, each of whom used cotton batting for beards and. wigs, caught fire from the candles on the tree, and were fatally burned, and at Milwaukee a four-year old boy waked early, and stepping out of bed undertook to light the candles on a Christ mas tree as he had seen done the night be fore. He set his night gown, the tree and bed clothes on fire, and was burned to death, and his friends had difficulty in res cuing the other children and saving the house. xobe, i"A., uecemDer zo. wnile a Christmas entertainment was being held last evening in a hall at East Prospect this county, the building collapsed and three hundred people were hurled with the broken timbers from the Becond to the first floor. To add to the terror of the situation a Btove set fire to the ruins. A large num- oer oz persons were Daaiy bruised and cut, but fortunately there were no fatal casual ties, and only a few were seriously in jured, broken legs being the worst hurts. ANOTHER HORROR. A. JnTlsBlsaippi steamer DestroTed bv Flro and Nearly One Hundred LlTes Lost. IBv Telegraph to the Morning star. New Oblbahs, Dec 25. The steam boat John H. Hanna, from Ouachita river, With a 1 arrvo nntnKav nf nn.nnn nnM aM,a cargo of 2,500 bales of cotton on board, was burned last night at Plaquemine. It la Bta- ted that of one hundred persons on board at the time of the disaster only fourteen are known to have been saved. A special dispatch from Plaquemine says: The burnine of the ateamnr Jnhn FT TT.nno last night near this place was one of the most terrible river disasters that has ever happened in Southern waters. The loss . . . . . . ui uo . was - Tory neavy. adoui thirty , neraona neriahed in tho flam as and a large number jumped overboard auu were arownea. Among me lost are Captain Holmes, and first clerk Samuel PowelL Their bodies have been recovered. Captain Holmes' hodv was terrihlv hnniui Bob Smith, the old pilot of the J. 8. White at the time she was burned, was a passen ger on we jonn n. xianna, ana was burned to death hia hodv ban alnn ruwn nuni One of the deck hands who escaped says ucro woio iuuui one uunareu persons on board, and that only about a dozen can now he fonnd aliTo. Tha moi.u. mm i. - null p.-. lot were saved. . All were burned, more or icbb, Buuio ui mem severely. ..Spirits Tpentinjr Wade Harris's Charlotte jVew is a very neat, live, bright paper. it the news as its name indicates. 6 ve" : Nashville Argonaut: Naav land; the larger portion oti which i.T finest pine timber.. Only about nnpi.ii.;-. of the area of the county is in cultivation On nearly every farm there is pine timi, which in the near future will sell for muS more than the land can now be bought tor Norfolk Landmark: Mr. a a Pendleton, the Philadelphia gentleman u ft (h. train or P....I.. . "lO was put off tbe train at Roanoke days ago in an insensible condition, is tlemen from that city Bay that he is promf nent in business circles there, very wealthv and popular. . He will leave in a few dav, for his North Carolina home. " - Washington Gazette: Dr. Nich. Olson's sweet little daughter, Lucile, had i very narrow escape a few days ago. 8k was standing near tbe Btove, which wu very hot, when her dress caught fire m the little girl frightened ran for the door The doctor being near caught her and smothered out the fire, burning one ot h hands quite badly. Asheville Citizen: Wo are pleased to learn by the Murphey Advance that tbe troublesome and difficult achieve ment of laying the track to the eummit at Red Marble Gap bas been effected, that trains now run to what you call it Topton. From there on to Murphey it j8 down grade, with seven or eight mi"le3 ot difficult work, the heaviest portion of which has been done Raleigh Chronicle: Rev. Joe. Blount Cheshire, Jr., of Charlotte, writes tbe editor of the Chronicle as follows -"Bishop Lyman bas taken his passage in a steamer which sails January 2d. In a re cent letter he asked us to have the announce ment made in the Raleigh paper?, about this time, in order that it might be known throughout the Diocese, and be asks the prayers oi nis people in their several churches for his safe voyage, on the last Sunday in December and the first Sunday in January." Troy Yidette: As before Btated our talented young friend and former asso ciate. Rev. Oscar Haywood, has purchased the Yadkin JVaUey News of Mount Airy and guite recently he has sold a one-fourth interest in said paper to Mr. R. P. Davis the young gentleman who bas been chief compositor on the Vidette during the past year. These are both young men of com mendable ambition and energy, and are thoroughly imbued with the progressive spirit of the times. Mr. Haywood will be sole editor of the News and Mr. Davis buBi ness manager. Conoord 2mes: Last week Sheriff Fropet had Jacob Bowman under arrest for trial before Esquire S. R. An drews, of No. 2. His deputy, John Propst, was down with the mumps, and the sheriff could not leave.' So he gave all the papers toBowman himself, and started him off to the magistrate. Bowman went, was duly tried, and bound over to court in tbe sum of $100. Esqaire Andrews gave him all tbe necessary papers and started him back to Concord. He came all right and went to jail. He soon gave bond, however, and is now free, as he ought to be. Goldsboro Argus: The death of Major B. F. Hooks, whose illness was announced in the last issue of the Argus, occurred at the Gregory House Sunday morning at 3. o'clock. His remains were conveyed to his home beyond' the river in the morning, and the funeral was held yes terday at 11 o'clock, attended by many from this city and a large concourse of his country friends. Major Hooks had always been an . active and useful citizen, before the war, during the reconstruction days, and up to bis death. He was a brave soldier of the Confederacy, a life-time Democrat, and for a number of years was Chairman of the Board of County Com missioners. Durham Plant: Numa Dur ham, son of Dr. W. J. H. and Mrs. Annie Durham, aged 17 years, died yesterday of typbo-malarial fever. Only last Sabbath these stricken parents buried their dear little daughter, Annie, and now they are called upon to give up Numa. Ral eigh notes: Dr. F. T. Fuller, assistant phi sicUn at tbe Insane Asylum here, paid bis respects to the Governor yesterday. The latter expressed his great pleasure at seeine that Dr. Fuller has almost entirely recover ed his health, thanks to 'Br- ttntch-needed rest. It appears that unless there is some aid extended the graded schools with" their 2,000 pupils, will have to close March 1st, for lack ot funds. It would be a se vere blow to Raleigh if tbe usefulness of the public schools should be impaired in any such manner. Ashevhxe, N. C, December 20. R. A. Garrett, of Sandy Much, Bun combe county, was arrested yesterday and brought to this city charged with tbe be trayal of Miss Bettie Brown, of Dayton, W. T. The prisoner, a handsome young fellow about thirty, left here in 1882 to seek bis fortune in the Northwest Chance made him acquainted with the family of Mr. Brown, a well-to-do planter living near Dayton, W. T. Last September he disappeared from Dayton- Soon after his departure itjwas alleged that he had be trayed Miss Sallie Brown, one of the most popular young ladies of Sandy Mush. On Tuesday night three officers stepped into the farm house of Mr. John Garrett, the father of the young man, and amid the music and merriment of tbe mountaineer's family, happy over the return of the broth er and son, the young man was arrested. He left yesterday in charge of Officer Toung for Washington Territory. Goldsboro Argus: His. many friends will indeed be sorry to learn that our esteemed countryman, M&j. B. F. aawao, was la.vu puuucuij .11 iu iute 1 , Friday evening, so much so that hetwtti "f h not be moved to his Dome, and is now at the Hotel Gregory. A colored em ploye at tbe sa w mill of Messrs. J. Strauss & Co., situated on the river near old Waynesboro, Anthony Bikes by name, met with a sudden and shocking death yester day. He was attempting ta transfer the driving belt to the throw-off when by some mischance tbe stick slipped and be fell across the belt and in an instant he was carried to the big wheel and crushed to death. Our esteemed townsman, Mr. F. B. Hyman, was badly badly bitten on the leg yesterday morning by a stallion which a gentleman was riding in company with him on horseback near Dover, where he had gone for the purpose of inspecting timber lands. Mr. Hyman was brought to this city on a special train yesterday after noon and-is now confined to his borne by his wound, which is a very painful and quite Berious, but his physicians, we are glad to know, hope that it will yield readi ly to treatment. The wound is located be low the knee. In the attack the mad ani mal pulled Mr. Hyman from his horse and shook him violently before dropping bim to the ground. Raleigh News' Observer: Tbe Supreme Court of .North Carolina yester day completed the fall term and adjourned tine die. When court again assembles it will be on Friday before tbe first Monday in February, when applicants for license to practice law will be examined. " Librarian Birdsong informs us that in addi tion to the portrait of Dr. E. Burke Hay wood, which was recently contributed to his collection of distinguished North Caro linians. Mr. Ernest Haynes is now em ployed upon portraits of Gen. Brftt Grimes and Col. W. L. Saunders, wines will soon be added. Died, at his resi dence, Creston, Ashe county, N. C, Mod? day morning. December 10th, 1888, Da Worth, in tbe 79th year of his age. Tbe life of David Worth had been that of bo exemplary, pious. Christian gentleman, a affectionate husband and father, a warm hearted, hospitable neighbor, a ra&n 'ot whom death has no terrors. His house was the preacher's home, his council a refuge for those in trouble. Having been ia bust nesa at Creston for the period of fifty-three years, he was extensively acquainted ana prepared to do much good with the means he had so successfully accumulated. Judge Seymour arrived in the city y ester day and held a session of the Federal Coun last night at 8 o'clock. We are pleased to announce that Lieut.-Gov.-elect Thomas M. Holt and wife have arrived in the city, and are stopping with their son-in-law, 1W. A. W. Hay wood, whose guests they during tbe whiter. While the Colonel not completely restored to health ana still has to use his crutches, nevertheless there in nn nuann tn helieTe that he Will n0( be able to discharge hia duties as presidinf uuicer oi we Denam ohh1"""". " session of the Legislature. Gov. Scales has gone to GreenBboro. Where he wm spend the holidays. ! v it it
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