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: The Weekly Star. XtlL H. BEEITAED, Editor and Pfop'r, . ; Wilmington, n a Fbidat, ' - December 23, 1881. tIn ifrriting to change lyour address, always give former direction as well as full particulars as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can not be made. EF"N6ttce8 of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, &o., are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. - - - - ? - i ' Remittances must be made by Check,Draft Postal Money Order or Registered Detter. Post masters will register letters when desired. r . - t3gOnly such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. . , , t3?8pecimen copies forwarded when desired.; TBEES-A LESSON FBOM BtTBOPB. The Star has been endeavoring to do some good by writing about our forests. : , We . have urged . that our valuable trees should be held either for.; manufacturing purposes or for sale at high prices. We have urged that every farmer every man who owns land should become a planter of trees. We have pointed out the influence of forests upon health and upon rains. Aside from the present value or the prospective increase of value of the forests, the fact they to some extent prevent drouth and ward nfF disease is worthv of con sideration We .notice that one of the German guests at the'Yorktown centennial j Steuben, who is chief forester of .Germany,- is said to be much exercised over . the universal slaughter of trees in our country. The American ijRegister.s&js : ., v.: - ";He thinks the time will come when our people will j regret the destruction of the forests, and he calls attention to the fact that while most of the civilized nations of Europe are using their best endeavors to . stay the hand of the chopper, we, neglect ful of the future,; are quietly looking on and doing -little or nothing to save the woods. It is a fortunate circumstance that this criticism has been made. It will be worth to the: nation all the expense it has to bear in the celebration of the Yorktown surrender if the warning the German officer is heeded? In this connection it is gratify ing' to know that early next month tree planting is to become a holiday in New Jersey." ! , This should set all sensible people to thinking. In all Europe you will , find but little virgin forests. In France the trees are stunted and con temptible, j compared with our vast forest trees. The same case exists throughout Europe. In portions of Germany there are still some grand forests, bui ; the predatory hand of man through the centuries Tias made 'wild work with the forests generally. ' Now, as Mr. Steuben says, the great nations are endeavoring to remedy the evil as far and as fast as possi ble by planting trees. 1 In - many sec tions of the . North the same unwise slaying of trees has prevailed, and now the aiii is to regain what they have lost as fast as possible. To that end, as in New : Jersey, there is a day set apart as a general holiday for the purpose of planting trees. . Let North , Carolinians take heed before it is too late. Tens of thou sands of acres of land were "very un wisely robbed in the past by the poor system of; farming, that pro vailed. The! old rule was to cut down and wear -out. Bad farming ex . hausted the soil in a few years and then other lands must be cleared. In of the unfortunate .", and unwise : sys ' tern that prevailed universally.! There is improvement now, but the people have not yet learned the value of the forests. ..Let every! tree be preserved if possible and then add to the num ber as : fast i as . possible. Let every farmer become a true planter. ; ;. Under Senator Morrill's bill for , creating a tariff commission nine per " sons are to be appointed by the Pre sident at a pay of $i0 a day. It is .useless to say that such a commission' . would be composed mainly of Pro- changes that would be made would be in the; interest; of tne ' class they represent and not of the fifty million burdened ; people.; ; , The' ; duties are - thus defined:? "To take antaleonlnd-f ' eration and to thoroughly investigate ; all the various questions relating to the agricultural . commercial, mer cantile1, 'manufacturing,; mining and" industrial interests of the United . States, so' far as the same may be ne cessary to the establishment of a ju dicious tariff or a revision of the ex isting tariff rand the existing system of internal revenue laws upon a scale of- justice to all interests.' They mast report to the Congress not later than the first Monday in January; ;188 hope 'Morrill's bill will not be adopted..: We prefer thfi one 'that distributes . . the , commission be tween ; members v of Congress - and eiyilians. ' ', ' : . . '" ' -. The Montgomery Advertiser gays; im- - - - o-" - a, (cu- j tation in every part of the United States . v.u nwuuui i At eitmortiinary . mer its as a medicine for the, liver, stomach and ;r kidneys.". ; 1 9,enuine Prepared only '. bV Jl BL ZeStta Col Walter Clark's reply in the Raleigh N&18S' Observer, to governor Jarvia's attack upon' him in vue of . his recent elaborate communiciUidns,i is very pungent. A fellow cduklex tract . comfort? from, the cramp-colic or a "shaking ague" as easily a$ the Governor can draw pleasure and .sat-, isfaction from the Colonel's incisive answer. When the Governor read "that piece of writing' he musf have imitated a performance mentioned by Artemus Ward-"grinned a ghastly smile," and thought-"-"! wish I had let that fellow Clark and 'Mud Cut' alone." The Stab never copied 'any of the "Mud Cut" literature, nor dis cussed it. We do not propose to go into the matter at this late day. We merely note, as. one of the passing events of the peculiar times, the to merity of the Governor in referring to it, and. the unwisdom of making a gratuitous personal fling at an able man in "private station."" The very skilful and effective way in which Col. Clark sharpens afresh his prod and drives it home, forcing his un wise adversary .into a some what ridi culous and excruciating position and pinning "him there, is very interesting "to the boys." : Wc do not remem ber to have seen the weapons of an opponent turned against j&rn more successfully. The Governor's fling turned out, in this instance, to be a regular boomerang. We publish elsewhere the proposi tion submitted by Dr. Canedo, repre senting a Syndicate, to the Commis sioners of the Cape Fear ; & jYadkin Valley Railroad, who have been in session at Raleigh this week, j At the time we write we .have learned nothing ofthe results. We do not know enough of the matter to under take a deliverance concerning the merits of the proposition. We hope a sale will be effected but with all proper guarantees, and that; the sale may eventuate in the construction of a continuous line from Wilmington to Cincinnati. Our people have been so often deceived by railroad men by syndicates that they are a little bit cautious now, and will not jump at any proposition however plausible or inviting it, may seem. We feel assured that the Commissioners ' will do all -that judgment and prudence may suggest. The Board is composed of Messrs. A. J. DeRosset, MWil- mington; Levi M. Scott and. J . A. Gray, of Greensboro; E. L. Vaughan,' of Alleghany: Geo. M. Rose; and A.; A. McKethan and A. B. Williams, of Fayette ville; Orrin A. Hanner, of Chatham ; Jesse F. Graves, of Mt. Airy; Tyre York, of Wilkes; A. J. Boyd, of Rockingham; John i Wilder Atkinson, of Wilmington, and W; A. Lash, of Stokes. ; Ballot boxes in which each ballot was passed around a glass cylinder by means of a crank, which also rang a bell and re corded the vote, were used in the recent; Boston municipal election. NJ Tl Sun. i What is needed in Massachusetts is; riot ingenious glass ballot boes, but an enfranchising of y 130,000 "poor white trash," who are not allowed to get near enough to a voting precinct to see the "cylinder" as it turns "by means of . a crank.'' More liberty and less ; law as to elections is in or der in the j'Bay State." ;; 7. : r J; i" ; The Baltimore American, Republi can, says Howe and Boutwell "com pare most, unfavorably" with j Folger,' Frelinghuysen and r Brewster ' as to ability. Jess so. But Howe I will run the Postoffice Department all the same, for the great civil j service reform; Administration.- Can - the country, stand both Jlovve and Bout well. ''-'I v.; -;: s:-!: r i The Baltimore Gazette thus ' refers to the fresh slander started Wainst ex-President ifavis: , r' 4 "Whatever may have been the iiaoite of' Jefferson Davis dishonesty has never been named among them by his bitterest ener mies, and it will be a burning shame on the times if falsehood and reckless hostility can find lodgment hi the puhlip mind instead of truth and justice. Mr. Davis stands to-day more like a prisoner than a citizen when many equally responsible with him secure elevation by .feeding morbid feelings against him." j Another of the Swiss DelmonicOji is; dead. His name, was JSiro, and like his brother, the late Lorenzo, he died from the effects -of excessivd smoking. -The New York -JSui says; ; vf His system was thoroughly narcotized by excessive smoking, and he suffered front lung and throat troubles. An examination made some time ago by Prof. Alonzo. Clark and.Dr. J. R. Wood, discovered an uneui rism at the base of the larynx, which might prove fatal at any time. ..For sometime past he had almost lost his voice. T AS THOUSANDS DO ; . TESTIFY, so does Thomas Roberts, Wholesale j Grocer, Philadelphia,, who says, . "Bubhett's Co coaikb allays all irritation of the scalp, and will most effectually remove dandruff and prevent the hair from falling out." ' BURNETT'S . FLAV O R I N.G E X TRACTS.rr2T tupprfarity of these extracts umsjxt in tJueir perfeflp purity ftnfT great strength. They . are. warranted free 'from the poisonous oils and acjds wldc ei&er iito, the. composition of '.many f actitious fruit flavors. . ' ' f '. V Vfejtini members fit the Sout 'darooa legislature were formally welcomed "at the AUaata xpoEftjlOin yesterday; -''.:. - 1 TUB 7IAUC11 OF Il.ii"iJOVl231ENT r4osejtilatlradfrOtti Wilson, N C.j t. 1 to Fldrence, S. C '; V ;;. ' iThffe Is. a well authenticated teport lo the effect that the" Wilinington & Wfeldon Railroad Company will soon commence the construction of another branch road, a sur vey having already been ordered between the two points mainly interested, to-wit: Wilson, N..C.,"on the Wilmington & Wel doUiroadr iOne hundred, and weight - miles north of Wilmington, and Florence, S. C ; exactly the same distance south of Wil mington. The object had in ryicwf is claimed to be the material shortening of the Atlantic Coast Line, which it is said the new road will do by about; seventy miles, the distance from Wilson to Flor ence by the present route being two hun dred and eight miles, while by the new route it will only be about one hundred and thirty-five miles. ,' : The proposed route on the map, is nearly an air-line, running through the counties of Johnston, Cumberland (by Fayetteville), Robeson and the corners of Harnett and Sampson,' in North Carolina, and Marion and Darhngtbn counties, "South' Carolina. . V it is understood ' that the"Burvey'will he made ; immediately, and there seems to be no doubt that the road will be built. : , An Alleged Case of Kidnapping- and a - V; Big Stir In Colore Circles. There is considerable excitement among the colored people in the eastern section of the city over an alleged case of kidnapping. In March or April last, as was known to ns at the time, a yonng colored girl, about sixteen or seventeen years . of age,'' by ; the name of Mollie Nixon, suddenly disappeared from her mother's house in the neighbor hood of Eleventh and Dock streets, and it was subsequently ascertained that she had gone off with a family by the name of Link, which had been living in Wilmington but a short time, their supposed destination being Columbia, S. C. The girl, who had hitherto borne an excellent character,; said nothing about her proposed departure, and her mother was , naturally , very, much distressed about -. her. She and her friends made every effort possible to get some definite information ; about the girl, but could learn nothing . beyond the fact that she was in Columbia, and it was thought that after awhile she would get homesick and return to the bosom of her family. This hope was soon afterwards dashed, however, by a report to the effect that the man Link had, left for New Or leans and taken- the young woman ' with him ,' Still the mother was not entirely hopeless of 'one day seeing her daughter again,; thinking she : would surely return after awhile, but now she is in the deepest despair again, and for the reason that we will briefly set forth: A young colored wo man has lately made her appearance in this city, and is " now stopping In ' the same! neighborhood with the disconsolate mother, who declares that she was stolen from her parents in Virginia when a child and sold into slavery in Cuba, whence she made her escape some months since, swim ming out to a vessel in the harbor of one of the ports of that island, and made her way to New Orleans ; that she finally reached her oldliome to find that her parents had removed to some State further South ; in which direction she is now travelling ; and she states positively that a man named Link went to Cuba before she left there, and had with him a colored girl, answering to the description of Mollie Nixon, , and that he sold her to the master from whom she (the woman) subsequently escaped! The woman also affirms that the girl said her name was Mollie Nixon, and ' that she had a mother living in Wilmington, N. C. It is further stated that the stranger spoke of the matter "before she had been told of the disappear ance of the girl alluded to. Now, how much truth there is in the story of the woman we will not begin to say, but certain it is that it and the attendant circumstances have caused no little stir in the part of the city where the mother of the missing girl lives, who is nearly frantic with grief at the loss of her favorite daughter. - DONT DIE LN HE HOUSE. Ask druggista for. "Rough on Rats." It clears out rata, mice, bed-bugs, roaches, vermin, fiies.tants, . insects. 15c. per box. f -; Tne Late Visit of Army Officers. The late visit"of the army officers to Cape ..Fear., river Jnour t Sunday's t paper, was -somewhat erroneous. Gen. Wright,, the Chief Of Engineers, was not expected, as we are now informed. A Board of Engi neers,, consisting of Gen. Q. : A. Gilmore Genf C,. B. Cpmstock and . CoL Wm. P. Craighill, with Capt. Thomas Turtle as Re corder," was' convened, at the request of Col.. Craighill, for. the purpose' of advising as to what steps should be taken in the fu-tureimproT-,tf Cape Fear river. 'All the officers were present, and will , report at a future time.' Their business had no connection with any investigation of any person's conduct. ' CoL' Craighill alone has , dealtwith the charges against the Assistant Engineer, and bis report thereon will show what foundation there's for them. DECLINETOJ' rIAir, Impotence oi mind, limb, or vrtal function, nervous weak- ness," sexual debility, etc. , cured by Wells' Health Renewer. ' At Druggists. ' Depot, J. C. Musds, Wilmington. ' -. ; jForelsn Shipments, .;. The following, embrace the foreign ship ments from this; port yesterday: The Nor wegian barqqe' 'AjBkn1iot f . Capt' Knudsen,' for Liverpool, byj Messrs.! Williams & Mur chison, with-1,621 bales of cotton weigh ing 759,400 pottadsnd valued at $85,433; and the schooner "Winnie Lawry, Capt. -jSpear, for St . John's,'. P. -R.; by Messrs. Northrop fc Cumming; with 164,011 feet of lumber and 40,000 shingles, valued at , 952.48, Total valuation of foreign exports 'for, the day, $88,885.48. . , v In a Cincinnati daily we, notice that Mr.: Tim Gleeson, ex-member oi the - Council from the Fourth Ward of that city, says hei suffered terribly with rheumatism all last w'ntef anid Spring He tried all kinds of liniments and medicines without any bene fit until he 'used St.-'fapobs Oilthe first P-i blicat;dn of which insured a ' fjlH nighf repose, and1 i,ts ' subsequent use; entirely ciiFed him, - It is a great remedy.-l7w Ohio) Beacon. ' ' ; f XiatU 6f XXetir- N il tt, Wilmington is again called tipoh to de-, plore the loss of another brDminent citizen one who has been identified ; with?' her ini teresta Qutibg the -whole bf.his long : and active life- s . t . " , ? t ; j After a. brief illness, Mr. - Henry Nutt d&- 4 parted this life Sunday afternoon 1 in the 74th year of his age. Mr. Nutt was a na tive of this city, and all of his interests and affections were centered here, where ho was. born. He was emphatically. & self-made man, and the architect of ids own fortunes. In early life , he embarked in mercantile business, and by hisenergy, assiduity, and strict integrity he soon acquired a; compe tence. i? Disliking the ;cotfinement Of the business which he followed, he early re tired from it and engaged in the distillation of turpentine; in fact he was one of the pi oneers in that branch -of industry which has grown to- such mammoth proportions in our State.: , He was very successful, for he possessed in a very eminent degree the essential qualities to command jsuccess : Sound judgment, self-reliance, and untiring industry. He was a public spiritea citizen, and belonged to that class of men who re flect credit upon a State gentlemen of the old school who are . now,"alas, disappear ing so rapidly from the scene of action. He was particularly devoted, to his native town," and was active in the support of every " measure that would advance her interest and increase her prosperity; was an. ardent supporter of internal improvements and a true son of North Carolina , in every pulsation of his hearty giving freely of his time, hisbilities and his"-means, j without reward or the hope of reward, j This was strikingly illustrated in regard to our river and harbor improvements. Without ; dis paragement to others, we do not think it is too much to say that the success of that great work is due more to his active exer tions, his persistent efforts and his unswerv ing faith in its final triumph than any other single individual in our midst. Ills heart was in the work" and to its accomplishment he gave his time, his energy, bis ripe expe rience and his practical knowledge, and his name will be identified with it for all future time ; He was for many yearsa director in the . Wilmington & Manchester Railroad, and. was scrupulously attentive to all the requirements of the position. He was a man of method, systematic in all things, in the private affairs of life as well as in pub lic positions. His mind was more solid than brilliant, more practical than fanciful,; and bis memory, remarkably retentive, j He ! was particularly noted " in regard to the early history of our town and of this section of the State, and it was his delight of late years in the society of his friends to go back into the past and relate wi ,h great pleasure scenes and incidents of tl ic olden times. ;...-; V?f-.; ;,,. ; - f ' He was an upright man, a loyal citizen, true to his friends and kinsfolk,' and in his domestic relations kind, considerate and devoted. Our city has lost one of its truest friends in his death, and our people will miss his familiar face and his friendly, cor dial greeting Another link between the present and the past has been broken, and we grieve that another landmark, as it were, has disappeared from our midst forever1, i ; Death of a Former Wllmlastonlan. News was received by his friends in this city Saturday evening to the effect jthat Mr. Alexander MacRae had been stricken with paralysis at hia home in Argyle, jRobeson county, and on Sunday morning the sad intelligence came by telegraph that he was dead. ; Deceased was a son of the late; Al exander MacRae, of this city, and was aged about 58 or 59 years. He was for-; merly (about twenty-five years ago) engaged in the crockery, business , in Wilmington as one of the firm of McRae & Harriss, and about the close, of the war located at Ar gyle, where he has since been engaged in farming, in connection with other business oi secondary importance. r , . . The remains arrived hers yesterday af ternoon, , and . were taken immediately to Oakdale Cemetery, the funeral services having been performed at the late residence of the deceased. j ; . ; Mr. MacRae was a gentleman of. fine qualities, and enjoyed the. respect and es-; tem of all who knewim. . . -y--r-1..': BOARDS OF TRADE. - meeting on 'Cnsnee Resolutions In Reference to tbeDeatn ofTSenry Nntt, sq., &e,;.r , . ; '":;:;;' '-'' rj f- A- " V . , At a joint meeting of the members of the Chamber of Commerce and Produce Ex change, held at the rooms of the latter yes terday afternoon, the first' Vice President of the Chamber, Mr. E Peschauj called the same to order ; and announced; that it had been called to take some action with refer-; ence to the loss that had been sustained in the death of Henry Nutt, Esq., an honor- ary member of the Chamber of Commerce.; Mr. Alex. Sprunt moved that a commit tee of three be appointed to draft suitable -MQliitQnalMi tliJiairjiDDomted Messrs Alex. Sprunt, C. IL Robinson and Thos. Evans said .committee:' 41 1 " , , ; The committee retired," and, , after a short absence, returned and reported as : follows : " Whebkas, This Chamber having heard with the deepest regret of the demise, yes terday, of our ; highly'1 esteemed fellow member : and fellow-citizen, Henry Nutt, Esq., desires to pass the following resolu-i tions : . ' 1 Resolved, That in the death of - Henry Nutt we have to mourn the loss of one of the most prominent, experienced, energetic and wise members of our Chamber- and of this community, who. commanded), our highest respect and esteem during the period, of more than half a century.'1 ; s! It i . Resolved,. That we regard the, death of Mr. Nutt as a great loss to our commercial interests and public improvements,7 in which he took the warmest interest and. .persef; veringly promoted' ' " I! ; Resolved, iTh&fr whilst bowing to the will of the Most High,, we shall ever cherish his memory; as one whose death we shall lori deplore; whilst we seek to follow his exam ple as a. worthy, high-toned citizen., and Christian gentleman. : j Resolved,' That his bereaved family have, our sincere sympathy and condolence under this great affliction ; that a special record of Mr. Nutt's death be made by the Secretary! in our. minute book, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family, y;; . ';-It was further resolved that the members ;iOf both bodieaatteiid the -funeral, meeting at the rooms of the Exchange for that pur-; pse onerhalf hour before the appointed time. The meeting1 then adjourned: "' - : . !; WASHINGTON Nomina Ion of I2retvster for Secretary of State and Bancroft Davis as-As slstact Secretary Confirmed by Sen" ate dominations and Confirmations Blaine Instructions to the Envoy ( to Colli and Pern. ' I By Telegraph to the Morning Staf. """" Washxngtok, Dec. 19. In the Senate's Executive session, Mr. Edmunds, in behalf of the Judiciary Committee reported back the .nomination ; of -Brewster as Attorney General,' whereupon it was immediately taken up and confirmed unanimously. The Senate also . unanimously confirmed ' the nomination of J. O. Bancroft Davis to be Assistant Secretary of State. .The President made the following nomi nktions thisr afternoon: ; Horace Gray of Massachusetts, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; Wm, Henry Prescott, of South Carolina, Special Envoy! Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the republics of Chili.' Peru and Bolivia. .... In the second Executive session of the Senate this - afternoon the only business transacted was the preference of to-day's nominations to appropriate committees, and the confirmation of James F. Craig as Post, master for Paris, Texas. ;j . All of the correspondence: between the State Department and the American lega tions to Peru and Chili is being copied for transmission to the Senate. : Some of it has already been published and a further por tion is furnished to the press to-night . The following extract in reference to claims against Peru is of interest in connection with an item telegraphed last night. h Secre tary Blaine, writing to Mr.T Triscott, the special envoy recently sent to Peru and Chili, says: "Some erroneous statements that are now being circulated in a portion of the American papers may reach Santiago and create an injurious impression on the minds of the Chilian Government, ' and I . write you' this instruction from an excess of caution, in order that not no enduring harm may result. !- The erroneous statements to which I especially refer 1 are those Which represent this Government as in some way giving encouragement to the Lochet claim against Peru, which being acknow ledged should enable the United States to pay an indemnity to Chili, and then practi cally own Peru; either directly or through an association of American citizens. jThis is an extreme statement, and it has many shadings and variations. You will take prompt and special care to -anticipate any evil that might result from ' these rumors bemgirculated in Chili by disavowal! and denial of them, in whole and in every ! par ticular. "The only claim for which this de- Eartment has.' instructed our: Minister at lima to use his good offices, is that known as the LandreaU claim, and. this is to the extent only of requesting . that . Mr. Lan drean should be permitted to have an au thoritative investigation of his ! claim by the Peruviau Government, and that, if found to be good and solid, it should be provided for in any treaty with Chili which might affect the property to which it attaches. OUITEAV. Interview Between, tne Assassin and bis Divorced Wife A fleeting Scenes , Trlal Postponedon Account or tbe Death of a Juror's Wife, j' j ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. J Washington, December 18. Guiteau had an interview yesterday, in jail, ;with Mrs. Dunmire, his divorced wife. The lat ter was much affected, and tears ran down her cheeks as she said "Charlie, I am sorry to find you in this condition " I ' " j ; - "Oh, never mind that," said the prisoner calmly. "I am sorry that the whelp " (evi dently referring to District Attorney Cork hill) "brought you here, and he was disap pointed in his purpose. I did nothing, j you see, to embarrass you." ; i .. "I have called to say good bye, Charlie" Mrs. Dunmire said ; "for I may never see you again." i .;;- -!t-; j;.;--'- j ; A peculiar look passed over Guiteau's face and his thin lips twitched nervously as he replied, "Anna, I can wish you no harm' -1 hope your, life may be prosperous and happy." I ' ' ' . " 'I i - Lrs. Dunmire s husband, who accom- panied her, then bade Guiteau good bye, saying 'I hope we shall be off to Lpad ville again by Monday; it's too close around hereforme. -. I 1 "It's too close hereabouts for me, also," broke in the prisoner, with a ghastly smile. "I wish that I was a laborer out at Lead ville." '; - -'"': - v.- "I-: - , The Dunmires then departed, and Gui teau shortly afterwards went I back to: his cell '- :.: -v A plaster cast of Guiteau's . head was tken by Mills this afternoon. ! I ' Washington, 'December 19. Owing to the death of Mrs. Hobbs, the wife of one of the jurors, the Guiteau case is postponed until Wednesday. . I I j COLORADO. Two Desperadoes Killed by an Out- raged Community Stamp e d e of : Blacklegs to Escape Hanging. m i : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' : ! Denver," Dec.' 18. A special from Lead ville to the ;2ibune says : ' "Independence mining camp, twenty miles west of here, has for a long time been overrun with des perate characters, who kept it in a perpet ual state of turmoiL . Often several of these would band together and virtually take possession of .the camp, shooting men down in the streets, and making it necessary for, the citizens to- close - their stores ; and sus pend business for several hours. Shortly, after dark, last night, Patton and Malloy,' two desperadoes having the reputation of killing a number of men, : became intoxi cated and began firing revolvers promiscu ously. : General indignation ensued, . and the people turned out en masse and pursued the desperadoes, who were finally brought to bay and literally riddled with bullets. -They returned the fire, but without effect A . little : later j a vigilance committee was formed for the purpose ot hanging some of the worst Wacklees. but nearly all of I mat i:i2KW ma um3rtsh, ,. A Let itt. d iately after the shooting of Patton and Malloy." '-.j . - si, " VIRGINIA. ! I Election of Btddleberger as,I7 S. Sen- ator General Assembly Proceed- . lugs. - -Mi i '; r " ;-. :k By .Telegraph to. the Horning Star..', ,.. -,.1 1 Richmond, Dec' 20. In the General As-semblyto-day'a'vote was taken for -United States Senator, to succeed Senator John ston, whose term will expire March 4, 1883.' A full vote was cast in both houses, result ing in the election of, H. H. Eiddleberger," Readjuster candidate, who received the solid party vote, f The Democrats voted solidly for Senator John W. Johnston, the present incumbent. In the Senate, the straight-out Republican vote was cast for Gen. W-C. Wickham. In the House the Democrats made several unsuccessful attempts to force ; the Read justers to- an avowal as to which party vat the U. S.'' Senate Riddleberer would sup; port when he gets there. . ; ft was confessed .that" Riddleberger was . unpledged. The Republicans said that they had no sort of understanding with him,, as to which na tional party he would affiliate iwith in the Senate '- 't-,;-.!-; ,;;i-.,;u-.,...U'.. : In the Senate to-day, Riddleberger intro du'edtwo bills; forerunners of" a bill for a settlement of the State debt, known as the Riddleberges bill, intended to prevent the; receiying of coupons in payment of taxes, j They are so framed that one bill, if its con-f sfitutidnalityjs questioned, wUl be acted upon by the present Court of Appeals, and i the othei by the new court which comes in on January 1st,1 1883.; ;The.first bill alleges that many illegal coupons are in. circula- tion, and prohibits the Use of coupons for the payment of. taxes until tneir genuineness has been duly ' determined in : court. The second bill makes it unlawful for any col lecting officers to receive anything but money for taxes; payments may be; made under protest, and the persons so paying may then sue to have the money refunded. : i THE LOST JEAKNETTE. Tbe Arctic Exploring Steamer Crush ed In tbe Ice Part of tbe. Crew land ed on the Siberian Coart. ' jj, J ? . By Telegraph to the Morning Star.j ".Washington," 'December 20. Advices have been Teceived that the Arctic Explor ing steamer Jeanetle was crushed in the ice in June last., , Two - boats containing a part of her crew arrived at the mouth of the Lena river, Siberia, September 19th The . third boat is not yet accounted for.! Capt. DeLong is one of those who reached land. The " two boats were separated and DeLong's boat was the last to arrive. ! Its crew was in a pitiable condition. i h.i , Spuientone:;, -4- Salem : Press: Ori Tuesday of last week a little child of John Petree's was scalded so badly that it died on the follow ing day. ' j.,' i i- The Mt. Airy News says nine Sersons have been lynched since last May in forth Carolina. We doubt the correctness Of this statement' - H - i : ! r-4- Elizabeth City Economist:. On Sunday evening thirteen persons were ad mitted by baptism into the folds of the Baptist church at this place. ., ;;!. i . I ' '-r Greensboro Protestant : Track has been laid on . the University- Railroad for about eight miles in about a mile of Chapel Hill and trains will be running in about three weeks. ;..; -U . -f- Rockingliam Hee,: '.Mr. John Shortridge, to whom the press and material Of the Hamlet Argus belonged,-has sold the same to a gentleman in Chatham county, who will publish a Republican paper. . j . , .. jjr Ricnard J. Gatling, inven tor bf ; jthe world-wide : famous "Gatling Gun;" is now on a visit to his native pounty, gertford, North Carolina. He was born l$18,and removed to-Indianapolis, Ind.; in 1848. . r -j- Roxboro Herald: Last Tues- day,1 at 2 o clock" the sad announcement was made that our beloved Sheriff,!. Wi H. Winstead,Tiad passed into the untrisd fu ture; -i -Maj. Barksdale Jones died at his residence Wednesday night of last week. , ; p .:. ' '"..-v ;; j; : -; -f Charlotte Observer: ; Last week we mentioned the fact that Rev. L -J. Mc Laughlin, of Crab Orchard township, had lost jthree sons from typhoid fever within three weeks, and that his wife and a daugh ter were seriously ill from the same disease. We j understand Mrs.. McLaughlin : died Saturday night, and that there is no hope of the daughter's recovery. - nij ;i 1 ' " -;;';''. ' -.-''":;i-i-4'.; -. i -- The Carteret ; Telephone says that; Collector A. C : Davis has received from the American consul at Cardiff, certe fied invoices of ; two cargoes of steel rails, amounting in; the aggregate to 1,160 tons, ishipped from Newport to Cardiff, Wales, November 17th and 21st, for delivery at Morehead City depot , i Mt. Airy News: - If is reported that the new brick hotel to be erected soon at the Mt Airy White Sulphur ! Springs, will beOO feet long instead of 100. - -The; house occupied by A. C. Short near Mt Airy was destroyed by fire on Wed nesday evening of this "week. The fire caught from a stove pipe.f- j! i i . j- Reidsville Times: We Tiear from Greensboro that a young man on a visit there cut the backstop ' in' the Metho dist Church last Sunday during the bene diction, and was observed by tw6 citizens, who; reported to the Mayor, and he jwas arraigned the next day and put under bonds for his appearance at the March term of court, i. '. -: r - ; '?. i--: ; ; va - H- Petersburg correspondence of the Jlichmond Dispatch: Information' re ceived here states -that Mr. T. It. Mason, a well-known citizen of Northampton coun ty,. N. " C.,- was severely cut and injured two Or three days ago by a negro named John Jones, while endeavoring to prevent a fight between the latter and another negro. Jones drew a knife and stabbed Mr. Mason in the side, and then fled from the county. ; 4- Winston Republican: Col. T. N. Cooper is an applicant for the marshal ship ;of Western North Carolina. On Saturday morning last Mrs. Sithia Frazier, a widow lady, living, on the ; Germanton road, in this county, was found dead in bed. I She had been to a burvin? in town the day before,; and retired at night: as well as usual. The deceased was about fifty years of age. : : :. ;; ' t- i -j --.p. , r-t Milton . Chronicle: On the. even ing of the 7th inst Cornelia A. Jones, aged 23, of this city, came to her death ih a most shocking manner. . She had been subject to spasms at intervals for many years,, and on the 7th inst her devoted mother stepped . out of the house to attend to the store for a few minutes, leaving her daughter alone in the house by the fire. The mother stayed longer than she intended, and on her re turn; she found that Cornelia had i had a spasm and fallen with her. head into ,the fire, and that she was burnt to death. . i j- "WsL&eaboro Intelligencer: ''. Miss Sarah Catharine .Thompson, . daughter; of ' Wm; Thompson, of Stanly county, died of typhoid , pneumonia, on November 17th. She was 26 years old. - -The petition for the abolition of the fences in Lilesville, Morven, and Ansonville townships will be submitted to the County Commissioners; on Wednesday next - -Mr. Thomas Scarbo ro, who accidentally shot himself recently, nearMahgum, in Richmond county, died Tuesday evening. Hist jaws were locked, and every joint in his body' was ' locked. His sufferings were intense before death. j - KOckingliSm "t5?r5f.- vrirHre- gret to learn that the dwelling and; kitchen of Mr. E. H. Wooley, of the Pekin neigh borhood, Monteomenr countv. was bnrnfid last Sunday night the family barely escap- ing with their lives. -- A firm in this" town were required to pay $12 94 freight on a box of merchandise weighing 475 pounds from Baltimore. - This appears ' to us - rather "steep." r -Mr. - Lawrence Stewart, a very, intelligent and promising young man, aged about 18 years, son of the late Dr. Angus Stewart of Laurinburg, and grandson of ; our' townsman, Maj.-' 11. T. Long, died in this town on Saturday morn ing last, after a protracted illness, of typhoid i - Raleigh Newe-Observer : MrsJ Joel s Gaddy; - mother-in-law of Col.' IX L. Polk, died Sunday night at her residence at Poplar Hill, Anson county. H He age was 62 years. 3 - In Chatham county, on the 10th inst, a colored man named . Anderson Evans struck a colored man named Huston Powell. From the effects of the ' blow Powell died at New Hill, in this county.on Saturday last the '. 17th inst Evans is in Custody and will be carried to Pittsboro. 1 Mollie Soivev. an old colored woman 1 was burned to death on Saturday last at Mr. iura in iiukc f uresi ujwnsnip.- Mr. Nutt has long been one of the most useful citizens Of the Cape Fear section, and has contributed -largely to promote the material, interests of Wilmington. His name is indissolubly - connected with the successful accomplishment i of s the great work of closing New Inlet and deepening the harbor of the chief seaport of North Carolina. - -The father-in-law of -Rev. i 9'4?ailey t Raleigh, died at Hicks ford, Va., yesterday, aged about 68 years. ; new depot building for, -the Oxford & Hen derson Railroad, ar this place, ;ha8! been completed. -Dwelling houses are ia great demand here, and our contractors are kept busy putting up new buildings A gentleman travelling in the interest of a safe manufacturing company recently in formed us that he had - orders for safes to the amount of two car loads for this placp' and Oxford alone, i Looks like has money to lay away. ?. Maj. John d Winder, General . Superintendent of the Raleigh & Gaston and Raleigh is Auonsta Railroads, has issued the following circular which explains itself: "Owing to the shortness of the grain crop, the rates on grain from Portsmouth have been reduced to all local stations on these roads, and hope, by this means, to enable our citizens to supply themselves without much inconve nience. This is indeed a commendable act - The Richmond and Danville railroad authorities have a large force of men at work surveying a route from Keysville on the line of said road, direct to Henderson They propose to strike the old Clarksvilln road (which has been graded) at that place and take down that for some distance and then strike off in a bee line for Henderson . Upon their arrival here it is thought they will push on and tap the North Carolina railroad, which line they control, at some suitable point, perhaps Raleigh. It is said they mean business. i -i- Raleigh -News- Observer:. There is a sort of small-pox scare up west. ; That dread disease is said to be .in Reidsville j-Died, at the residence of her son in thi3 city, on Saturday morning, December ;17, 1881, Mrs.'Charlotte:Catharine Hardin daughter of the late Col Edward Jones' land .wife of -William Jl, Hardin, in the eightieth year of her age. The cotton market ,last week was fairly active but the receipts were not heavy. , They amounted to 2,530 bales, against 2648 f or the corres ponding week last year, a decrease of 118 bales. The total receipts since September 1 are 39,574 bales, against2,079 up to the same date last season. r--r-Tini Lee, who is now a New Mexican, is lucky. In the Santa Fe New : Mexican we see a long arti cle j on his discovery of , valuable copper mines in Arizona, which he now owns jThe paper; says:, Captain; Lee has alt(h gether twenty-six claims, which are pro nounced exceedingly valuable. He has just been down with an expert, who has been employed by -a French syndicate to examine the property with a view to its purchase. The expert pronounces the ore j very. fine. " (Rah, for "the bald headed (Irishman," as JO Turner called him!) - The Wilmington Stab says that "sixteen dwellings are in course of erection in Ra leigh, besides business houses." It should have multiplied the number of dwellings hy about three and then it would have been nearer right s (We wrote sixty. Shoot the ! printer, ? not us. i Stab.) - Raleigh is ivery proud of her graded schools, of which there are no less than four, one for white and three for colored pupils. Senator . Vance has presented the petition of J3. T. Cherrv and others, citizens of "Edsrwmtw. mil n tr nrainnff ntrafnat crrnvtifnnta AY,n.M and unjust discrimination of railroads, FOR THROAtTdIsEASES AND COUGHS. "Brown's Bronchial Troches," like all other really good things, are imitated, and purchasers should be careful to obtain thei genuine article prepared by-John I. Brown & Sons. ' - i - ' ilt -r ik-r I- xsew joerne iews: -. un tne 1st of January, 1882, the Nut Shell merges into the Commercial News, and this paper passes under the control of the. Commercial News j Publishing Company, a chartered corpora tion, organized as follows: Thos. A. Green, ia icaiuaut, viios. jj.. jjiauK, vice Jrresiueni; ! J as; ' F Clark,' Secretary and Treasurer; Directors, Clement Manly, C. E. Foy. Geo. Allen and E. H. Meadows: Finance Com mittee; K. R., Jones, Alex. Miller and J. W. Moore. , " f Write to Mrs. Lydia Ei Pinkham, 233 jWestern Avenue, Lynn, Massachusetts, for names of ladies that have been restored to perfect health by the use of her Vegetable Compound. It is a positive cure for the most stubborn cases of female weakness, f i ! - "Warsaw lirief Mention: We learn that some one set fire to the rosin of Mr. David Boney, of Sarecta; on last Fri iday night . destroying about , 1,500 barrels and four or five barrels of spirits. The rosin was . on a steep hill just above the bridge which spans the North East river at this; point upon which it was seen pouring in a flaming mass like burning lava. In & few minutes the bridge was enveloped in flames Mr "Rrniev'a Inaa in ghnnt ftfiO ; "-J M VkJJ WWU $2,000 of which is covered; by insurance through - Messrs. Patterson -& Hicks, of Wilmington. The bridge is a total loss. The county will rebuild it ;r; nj ; j ' nORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE J ' IN NERVE EXHAUSTION. ". f I am altogether pleased with the" proper ties of Horsford's Acid Phosphate in nervfe exhaustion and dyspepsia. ' Van Wert, O. ' Ai N. KROUT, M. D. f , '" " .: . ' j t Shelby Aurora: We learn that RevV W. S. Bynum has been assigned td nue episcopal .unurcn,' m. tnis place, ana will preach once a month during the next year. ' A car load of cotton: belonsrinsr to the merchants of this place, caught fire' nA V..-. T . T r mm UU1UCI1 III! IHLWHPI1 I ,lllf'(lirillll Mlllt Charlotte, one evening . last week. ' 4 Governor Jarvis has commuted the death sentence of Jim Greenlee, convicted of rape kt the last term of Buncombe Court, to ita- j prisonment in the" penitentiary for hfe.i Mr. A.' R. Homesly, of . this place, has purchased the Yoder Mill property,' in Catawba county; and will begin at once the erection of a cotton factory. A Nocturnkl BamUe and What Came of It. .Some genius we suspect him to belong to tne jovial order of humanity has saia: ."The .day to drone and dream, the night "-. Mia am&ie" We4o not nrouose uiapuie una wonny s view ot me matter, bnt present .herewith the experience of a Phdadelphia journalist, Mr. William fl. Cuimington, 1712 North Twentieth street, one of .whose nocturnal rambles he thus refers to," beginning his narration ra ther peculiarly, however: "I am . not a rheumatic, and ; have been troubled very . little with bodily pains. Last Tues day morning I experienced a very annoy ing stiffness of the neck, which grew worse as the day grew on. Toward evening it became very severe,' and I could scarcely turn my head in any direction. "Arriving home at tea time, " it was with difficulty that I could, eat my meal. My wife wanted to rub my neck with St Jacobs Oil. but I re fused, saying I thought the affliction would soon pass away. Tea over, against . the re monstrances of my family, I left home to ramble toward the new Chesnut Street .Opera House, about two and a half miles from my residence. I started in the midst of ;a heavy snow storm, and remained at the ;theatre until the close of the performance, although I- could feel my neck , getting worse and becoming very painful.'. Leav ing the playrthe-rtrouble--eame to reach home. The storm continued; the car in which ;I Was became; blocked in . nearly , every square, a cold current , of air swept through the car, and I did not reach my home until toward 2 A. Mi, by which time my- neck :had become - absolutely, rigid Then I consented to the use. of St. Jacobs Oil, which my wife applied two or three times before I , arose. ; I continued its use that day and by . evening I was free - from pain, and the next morning ' I amused my self by twisting my ' neck in any direction that suited me,- and not a vestige of stiffness remained." Boston' Herald, '.' " ' " : ' . n 1 i .1 . . . . . x .
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