North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT" I li Hjl W ,T O W W . C . , 4 ; I ! : at , ' . . - , 50 A tBAIl, IN ADVANCE. $1 I1 8S183SSSSS?8Sgg 1 I : 7 l-i T" . i SS838SSSSS8883Ss8 I 3SS838SSSSSlsiIis "UT.'t 1 Mg'ssggssg'$'gs'saa8' I sggc;33SSS38sS333 Fsa8a'5gs'ssa'gggg ... i 52888888282883888 """"? T.!?.gaasi8gs,?s8a89' :- S3SS88S88S88S8SS8 f I ---i-i-.so3i5 -r H 3888888838.3.33888 - j SSi;SSSg82SSSSS t . ) I . . . .L-.-.-tTiee . I'll 77TT Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington. N. C, - i, " T . ' . . The 8ubscri6tiou price of the Weekly Stah is aafollows 1 ! - -i. , : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " 0 montn; " " 1.00 " : ' 3 months, ". " . .50 C. P. & Y. V. RAILROAD.' The "Commissioners of the r C. F. & IY. V. R.- R. have ac- nepted j the terms: offered by the Compatfy represented by Dr. Canedo.' All we know about it at present is that th Company binds itself to com plete a 1-airoad from'. Wilmington to Mt. Airy in three: years. Wchaye no other particulars. ; 1 Whether the ar- rangement allows the Company, to build tie road from Fayetteville to t.lift Carolina Central, or whether to constrult a jroad direct from Fayette ville to formed Wilmington,; we :are . not in We hope the contract is and that it will turn out Well itate. It is a most important for the Toad for Wilmington, f A continuous line of faiivtay from Wilmington to Cincinnati, Ohio, ij via ; Fayetteville Gr eensporOjj Mt. -Airy, through -Vir ginia ti the Ohio terminus, would empty a vast commerce into our port and make Wilmington a much more important commercial entre pot, We hope tie Canedo 1 Company will act in the utmost good faith, and that in this instance our people may be spared disappointments and perplexities, We wish the Company a hearty God speed m all efforts to aid in develop ing the resources of 'North Carolina and inf erecting a highway of traffic " IS ; . . 1 ....... - across the State. WHAT IT COSTS. Washington letter to the Charlo tie Observer contains some sta tistics concerninsr collections of cus- toms duties in North Carolina that it is well enough to copy. ; By Collec tor JL C. Davisj,! Beaufort, .:I3i: Colleftor W. P. Canaday, Wilming tonV" p660p01; 4 Collector ; 5 Henry Pamlico, $3,047,82. Thesnm of $1, 097.71 &&e$U$$yk thttvarioos custom house officers from steamboat fees. I The receipts for the year from marine .hospital' tax were' 4,524.96 The J etf iz f aili to give the receipts from! Alhvfc'Joy:. receipts foot lap M ft. 0617.- -The . ex penses werJ as follows.: i Marine hospiutl service. 5,981.23 Collecting customs at Albemarle 4,372.20 " I i'amlico.. 4.l.a4 : ' i " Beaufort. . 2,376.79 " 1 " Wilm'gt'n 19,756.46 trdtal.ii . .'.I..L . .... .L .$37,40492 -if ere are the items for the port of Wilmington: 1 collector. ..... . .. ......... 1 spejbial deputy collector. .... 1 clek 2 clefks, at $700 per annum.. , 1 deputy collector. . v. . 1 inspector. ...... .J. 8 inspectors, at $1,067.50.... 7lK)meD, at $240... 1 watchman ..$2,661.46 .". 2,000.00 .. 1,400.00 .. 1,400.00 .. 135.00 .. 1.460.00 . . 8,540.00 .. 1.680.00 480.00 ' ;..:'f frotal $19,756.46 Beaufort received $13.84. To col lect I this immense sum .it required onlyi$2,37P.79.; I At Pamlico the ex penses were nearly, $2,000 above re ceipt. The same case, no - doubt, existjS at Albemarle. In Wilmington the (fxpenses of collection are over 25 per tent, on every dollar received When these figures are examined is tberi any cause for surprise when we learri that the expenses of the Gene ral Government count 'by. hundreds of njillions, with an upward ten dency all the time? What a tremen doHsabsurdity and fraud it is to pay a man a salary of $1,156.7" lor coi lecting the magnificent sum of $13.84. What, we see in North Carolina pre vails J doubtless throughout the pub lic sferviceuseless officials by the thousand eating up the substance of the people, and waste and extrava gance in every 'department. . , j , I am in dead earnest as to ; civil service reform. I start business with Tim II owe. Howe do you liko it ?--Arthur to Editor Curtis, ' ' i, . -"I ' ' ' "" - , , , , , , M- B"W""tl11 '""M1 i . Ill l I .. J.I.L. Jl IMIIW.W H ""' 'W-Jl.-I". 1.1,1. I. I Ml. . JjjtflSfewL. fca- VOL. XIII. A PROPOSITION TO PREVENT TUlB HUSH OF OFFf CE-SFEKEnS. I The American Register favors a TJTODOsition wo bavfi mpt..Trit.r I A M. , VNvm and possibly in some bill before the new Congress. .It. is to check the present wild ! scramble . for ; office to some extent: and. to "partially relieve the President " of the : ereat cares of office.by. giving the selection of postr iiiiuiLerB to ne - people. i ni3 wouia get ridtof more than forty thousand office-seekers. V' It proposes also J to extend similar -f provisions tv collec tors of impost , ' dtfties. collectors "of internal revenue", : and United States district indg marshals, and district aUotueya ;By.th several j oth thousands 'would be got rid of. The Register says very properly: i 'The people from whom imDost duties and internal .taxes - are collected, should know more of the 'character and qualifica tions of the men "chosen for; these places than anyj President' can know, and being themselves immediately interested in hav ing honest, competent, and courteous offi cers, they; would rarely make a mistake." The point is ; to find relief for the President and to cure to some extent the crying evil of i the daythe insa tiate greed of office. - Washington is overrun with seedy and needy seek ers who worry the - Government offi cials and the Congressmen almost to death. The following picture, too true in' every . particular, drawn by the Jieatster that is on the spot. rs the degradation of men and one of the .most disgusting pictures of our age and country: Office seeking has become epidemic.and men who have occupied the honorable po siuons Of senators and Kepresentauves m Congress do not hesitate to seek paltry po sitions that are almost menial in their cha racter; and. when these men desire an office within ' the" gift of the President there is scarcely any device so disreputable and lo vi that they will not stop to use it in , further- ance 01 their ; selfish desires, fi o such an extent has' the greed for office ; gone that men who might otherwise pass for gentle men do not hesitate to organize "influences,' and come here.backed by State delegations,1 asking for a place in the . Cabinet of the President." I It is true that in this country the office rarely seeks the man, although in some instances there are exc-ep tions. lit is certain that. Chief Jus tice Gray, of Massachusetts, just ap- pointed to . the United States Su preme! Court Bench as an Associate Justice, had no hand in his appoint ment, i The selection does much ere-; jdit, if : we are informed correctly, to the President Judge Gray is not, only a; very able lawyer, but a very! scrupulous, dignified and ; self-re-l specting gentleman, who . has held, himself through all - the exciting years of the past'from party politics or tmblio contests of any kind. The New York Times saysof him: ; , 'The appointment contrasts most f avora-j bly .with any that has been made in recent: years. It may almost be said that it is the first in a long period that has been . based; solely on a recognition of the eminent fit-j ness of the candidate for the place. : There' is in it nothing of personal favor, and it is; absolutely free from the taint of political considerations. Judge Gray has probably; no superior as a jurist in the country, ; His! ability, learning, and experience designated! him clearly enough as tne- man - ior we: place, especially as it was 'generally admit-j ted that the new Justice should come from; the New .England circuit; but perhaps hisl most conspicuous; characteristic : is his al most fastidious regard for the dignity and independence of the bench. For years he; has from principle kept entirely aloof from; all political controversies, in order to main-, tain an unvarying judicial attitude toward any question that might come before him; f or desision." . . . . ; Now this- is admirable.' In the better days such examples could be; found, but in days of political prosti-j tution,when, the Highest Judicature is made a Bench - of party . zealots, and the bandage was long ago removed from the : eyes of d Justice j. it is re freshing positively to have such tes-j timony as to the eminent fitness, in; every particulaiv of the new Justice. It Was deplored soon after the sad; death of the late President, that the ; lust Of office had been so fruitful of; evil, and produced such awful results. ! An unprincipled; hungry, insistent scoimdreWr-a Stalwart of Stalwarts, had taken the life of the- President; because he could get no place m which to plunder; Redetermined to send Garfield to-his untimely grave that' a new ruler, should, sit "in his chair, to-dispense new iavors. : ; Sure- ly, if there be any chance, to. heal the nlarme-SDOt i on our national i charac- teras a people wholly given. up. tD r o . , ; i... office-seekmgi it snouia oe emorwwu. The proposition, of 4 the ,1 American Register is worthy.of ;aIiH considera-; 1 tion.: The! people - would be , quite as apt to select good postmasters' as the. men: who have- the ear of , tho 'Powers that be, ,r " J'- -" ' v . As he gets nearer the gallows , the assassin- Gniteau waxes more insolent and finous.: i , . mcmNGTON; C.; FRI0AYt DECEMBER 30, 1881; : The distribution of the committees in the House of Representatives tv Speaker Keif er is the topic of much "a:.".::" -a -i. "atv i discussion and much complaint. Nine teen chairmanships are given to States east of the iOhio. river. Then: therfe are particular selections that are j reh garded as obtuse. ' Altogether the work of Mr.r Keif er is S;ery' nnsatis- factory. Speakinffof ' the seven chairmanships -given o to -Pennsylva nia, tho New York tpimesjs&ys : J -"Three ot them are among- th'inost im portant in the HouseTheyire-r Ways and Means, Post Offices and Post-Roads, Man factures, Coinage, Publiclnas and Builds mgs, Public Expenditures'-and -Expenditures oa Public,Buildh.eoinimittee on ..Ways ', and Means, .wixhits.enormous power over all fiscal IegSlonXis practi- man is Mr William D. Kelley ind among -its other .members arcMessrs. rErretti Ite publican, and Randall, Democrat. New. York has no representative on the commit tee, though 67 per cent, of ; theiraports of the country are made directly to ; this port, and 71 per cent, of the customs -duties are collected here. The Chairman of the com mittee, Mr. Kelley, and the leadiagDemo cratic : member, ex-9peaker Randall, are pronounced and extreme protectionists, and both are committed to. the c6nplete aboli tion of. the internal revenue system." r f This will be - good news to : such Southern papers . as are demanding the wiping out of all, revenues, from the , internal . system. Can any one be satisfied that a protectionist : fana tic like "Pig-Iron'- Kelley; would fa vor so heartily the abolition of all internal revenues if he did not have ulterior, hopes and plans by which the protective sygtenxot taxation should be fostered. - Who" belie vestbiat Kel ley and Randall desire or purpose any relief of the people from" the burden of tariff .oppression ? The Raleigh News- Observer, in an article on the sale of the Cape- Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, says: "The road cannot be ; spirited away. It cannot be wrecked. : The purchasers buy only the State's stock and get no rights of any kind until they pay $155,000; after that u done they cannot, mortgage the road reckr lessly and sell it out. As we understand it, the amount of bonds to be issued ; per mile is limited; the bonds cannot be sold for less than par; they, are to be';handled by the Treasurer of the State, who is to see that the proceeds are applied to the building of the work. If the contract is carried out by the purchasers, the road will be built; if they do not carry it out, then so harm is done. ' The distance from St."-Petersburg by; wagon to the poigt where the crew of the Jeannette ' were when last heard from is 4,000 miles.. Mn James ' Gordon ;i Bennett, who fitted out- the i-expedition-s sent 6,000 rou bles . at once1 : through the . Roths- childs. The Czar behaved very gen erously, i The . U. S. Governmenthas taken every possible means to succor the crew. ' The following will do to read on Sunday and on Christmas. It is from the Philadelphia' Press, a staunch) Republican paper : ' " . . "The Mobile Begitter and the Wilming-i ton,' North; Carolina Stab, show signs ofj advancement and improvement.' Both of these papers are among the brightest , writ-j ten in the South. - Both are bitterly Bourbon in tone, but except when their political toes are trodden on they are .fair and able -in discussion. Their improvement in typo- graphical appearance should herald a like; change in every way." - : i -Dr. James . C. Stilhnan waa mur-j dered for money- on t his way home! from Bennington Vermont. On th suburbs of Chicago three masked ruf fians entered the residence of Mrs. j Mather, robbed her; of $90 "and out- raged .her, her. daughter; and 'Mrs.' Abbie,. a ; visitor. ;u In every section! crime is rampant.1 ' i The following is the distribution of; the chairmanships among the States:: Pennsylvania ; gets ,7y New ? York 3, Indiana 3 Maine-1, Maisachnsetts Calif ornia 2y Nebraska il, Wisconsin! 3, Hlmois 3, Kansas l, .Ohio 5, and; f ' r ...if. , j and the other States about one each.! Gen, Johnston.has sent the follow'-! ing special: ' - " ' ; - r ' i f VWASHprGTOH, December 22. ; TotheJESUtorofthePrem, , ! . I did not authorize despatch : in the ; World of 20th, nor say that I was beguiled, j for I know ibv-Barr. - - , j -: i:-: ; f . ; (Signed) JOS. E. JOHNBTOK. j The Press pronounces the -World's ; denial a forgery.' ' ' ' - 4 ; Gen. Basil Duke,-of Kentucky,had charcre of the jnecie''ri.-7oWitoh! is reported i as ohargipg that ex-Pre sident.:Iavi purloinedirr'HO shows ; that ':the-' - report-is false out and out. No ma had a right to believe such- : an inf amous slander. - The Philadelphia Press has started a very" tnalicious ' slander ; against ex President Davis. s Gen. Jo Johnston Washes his hands iof the lying docu-. ment. '- The1 fought to be ashamed of itself. -tt Jt" .. To all of our readers we . send,nr hearty wish' that they may ''enjoy j happy Christmas, ' : ForeIg;a Shipments. ; , , , .l The following comprise the foreign ship meats from this port yesterday: f The Dan ish barquentine Margarette Capt, Hansen, for St. John's, P. R., by ile'ssrsi-BL Kidder So Sons, with 136,564 feet of lumber, valued at $2,166.49; the German barque Ribnitz, ; Capt." Fretwurst; f or Liver;iobl, by CaptS. ; P; Collier, agent for Messrs Russell & Pot ter, .with 976 bales - of' cotton;; weighing 406,683 pounds, and valued at $50285; the Norwegian barque Pallas,? Capt. Pedersen, for Liverpool, by Messrs'. Alex. Sprunt & Son, with 2,230 bales' of cotton weighing 1,046,798 pounds, and valued at $115,400; the ; Norwegian barque' Erfagon, Captain' Weber, for Liverpool.' by Messrs.' Williams & Murchison,- with 1,633 bales of cotton ; weighing, 760,657, pounds, and valued at $88,07ffA and' the Germ-a brig &ntarck; daptaia' 'KlelstrfoT' -Queens- town for orders, by Messrs. Chess, Carley &' Co., with 1,276 easks of Bpirits turpentine and 500 barrels of rosin, valued at $33,500. J Total value of foreign exports for the day $289,427.49. ; , ; y.J 4. A Cutting Affair In Pender Connty Eli Watson, colored, has been , lodged "in our county jail on the charge pf having committed assault and battery with a dead ly weapon upon another colored man named Sanders.' It seems that they were at wort together in a swamp ih Pender county, i , few days since, when a difficulty; arose be tween them which resulted , in Sanders re ceiving a severe cut in .the abdomen, ano ther on the breast and still another on tho head, while Watson was slightly cut oi i the leg., Justice Grady, of Cape Fear Town, ship, in this county, , came; across the par ties soon afterwards in his own f 'bailiwick," but subsequently discovered that the trouble took place' in Pender, where upon he turned them over to Jus tice Armstrong of. that county, who sent Watson on to the Superior Court, which was in - session- the past week; but the case was continued, for ' the term" and the defendant sent here for confinement! We understand that the wounds of Sanders' were considered quite serious, v . r i-- S ; Pender Superior Court. ; Up to last accounts from Pender Superior Court, now in session at Burgaw, the fol lowing cases had been disposed of: -.; ; Sam Rochelle, . Moses Jordan and i Wash. Pickett, all colored, convicted of larceny, but not sentenced. hrii -v;- f j ;. Edward Morgan colored, tried for steal ing a horse,, was found to be insane, and I was ordered to be sent to tho Insane Asy lum at Golds bo ro' at the earliest practica ble .moment. ; i v. , : ; ij ' At a meeting in; Crooked Gulley School House, Shall otte v Township, -Brunswick county, on the 18th inst., at which Mr. -Ja- besh Frink presided and Mr. H. Long act ed as secretary, Mr. Benjaniin Wardwas unanimously' elected Superintendent.of said school and John MV Long, Clerk, and the Star ; was requested to publish the pro ceedings.' -" . "-: 'V; One of tlie Best. ; . rV'.'s' ' ' !! ' ' ' We learn that Gen. Q. A. Gilmore who was here a few days since in consultation: with other army officers in connection with our riveV and harbor improvement, express-! ed hinlsclf in' very favorable terms of the capabilities , of our" : harbor, , and said ne thought it susceptible . of becoming one pf the best on the coast. TFII.9IINGTOir AND THE WEST. Adjonrnmeat of the Railroad Cpmmls-: Ion Contract-with Xlr. Canedo Con-; eluded. ' j: . .i"2s;j"".'!"-1 - ; Special Star Telegram. ; : , , Raleigh,! Dec 22, 1120 A. M. The Cape Fear , and Yadkin . Valley Railroad Commission has just, adjourned,; , having concluded , a contract with Dr. A . H., jCa nedo.. -representing : the New York and Southern ; :Railroad Telegraph and Con struction Company, to connect by rail Wfl mington rand --Mount-,-Airy .witMn , three years.;. , - i. , ..: n ...... Jr-sYvi A "Foreign "SnttanjeitB,. . V .: ' , -r -The following fipmprise the foreign ship-j meats from this port yesterday :;: 'The Npr- wegian Barque:Cagt. i Johannessen, for Liverpool, by MerkW'Uttiam81&!Mta,-f chison, With 1,6691 bales of i cotton,- weigh-; ing 780,787 pounds; and. valued at $89,791; and the German Barque Soli Jko Gloria, i ..CapCcMeyer; fpj-: Hamburg, Germany, ty; .Measra.' Pateradnt J)owjring & Co.; with 3,-! 949bbls.-vrOs.invalu.at $9,081 89. ..Totalj value' of foreign txpbrtt for the day.uS,-! 873- 39- - . - ' - r;iJ;v i Journallatle; 31 MTm l&iterjjf-;r : By the neW artaagement recently 'entered; into Mr:"W." ATHearhe remains editor ofj the New' T3&wi Geo, j :E.tHttarmeriy of iQ'Mtt BTu, and becomes; Oldham,; formerly of this cify, continues as City Edi-i tor. We wish-alt interested the best sue ,: - ;; .; ) "fiqa SKI cess, FINANCIAL v.'. 'New 'York Stdck"lffarktDc'Hnel in '": -' SeneralLfsn i&a ' - IByTeleplttothgHaraWgStaV.Ki New Yobk3 December 24,-. 11. 'Ai M. The stock market opened rather strong,' be ing iH per cent., higherhanyesterday's closing prices, JUohmQhdfc Danville jand Toledo DelphoB & Burlington leading', the advancel'InSfie early dealingsh'e general market declined i to 2per cent Memphis & Chiaj:lton;l Central .TST ;: Union Pacific, 'Western-Unlojiand Northern Pacific pre ferred .being' JfoBrtndstM prominento in.; (the "downward mOenietrtr " vJli'Vv htI -.White'Mihonetf Virrihla Leffis lature is aboutrit lifeimiebt amak&ia iclean i thing-of the duelling business; by repealing the disability act. fm. nmesir. Jit afone timlt resident of this dty, BusInesrManiger a, Mr.' E Z A Steamer, from, San tee Burned near Cnarleaton' wltli a Cargo or Cotton and Naval 'Store IiM on Cars f 40,000-If arrow Escape T of senger and Crew. , - ., r "t Charleston.;; Dec j 23.-:-Tha : .steamer Gransrer. of the Charleston & fiantee rLine. took fire thii evenmg, while on her way to this city, ana was : burned. . to ;: the : .waters edge, together with 734 bales of cotton, WO barrels of rosin, barrels of crude turpenr tine and 90 barrels.apirts:. turpentine f The fire was discovered . when the , steamer! which was on her way hither from - Santee, had reached Castle Piokney, inside the har bor. The flamea-sDread so raDidlv that the passengers and crew onIy"Bati themselves py jumping on board, the vessel with, wnicn she came in collision.' The passengers con sisted of six negroes four ;bf whom;' have reached the citv: two are missiner.r but are supposed to be on board of one of the " ves belonged to RaveneV. Holmesi& Co., Of . this city, and was built here and "hatl been running n the line about two months. The vessel is insured, for $15,000. The loss on cargo Will reach nearly $40,000, for as tar as can be ascertained this was not i dnsurecLrJ v THE HENNEPIN" CANAL: ' i " ".ha ii ', -MiiT i. 'j. ! Beport from tne Commlmloners Ap pointed to Visit New York In tne In ! ; terest of the Scheme. - - : ; . .-. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. , Chicago, Dec. ' 23. J- M. Allan, of Geneseo, and J: B. Murphy, of Davenport, representatives, of the Hennepin Canal Com mission, appointed to, visit .New York in the interest of the " canal returned to the city yesterday, . In an interview Maj.1 Allan said that Judge Murphy and himself had found air of the 'commercial" ' interests 1 of New York, like those of Chicago : and the Northwest, to be in favor of the canal. No opposition to the scheme : was encountered, except from.aj few railroad. men, who were afraid the canal might prove inimical to 'their ;interestsv .. In 'Buffalo; ' New j York city and Washington, the canal representa; lives found transportation to be the . para mount question of interest ihkbusmess cir cles. The. completion of sthe Hennepin Canal was deemed on all sides to be neces sary for the full development of the com merce of the great Northwestern States which ' has paid out money enough every year to build, two such canals. : ; ' TEXAS. T""'-- -! 'j -'A r.v n t 1 :-, i " i . t jb -Si i f " ': i r'," :1 ; -' -A : Combat Across the Border with ' Smugglers Arrest of a Notorious .. Bobber and Incendiary ; j ; L By Telegraph to the Morning Star. I 1 ' PT.XiOTJi8, December 23. A Dallas,Texas, 1 dispatch says : r " A combat between twenty smugglers and the custom guards, assisted by cavalry; has-occurred across the bound ary in Mexico. , Lieut. Meza. commandins! the cavalry, a corporal and one private were Kiueu. lae smugglers ; escapeu wiuu con siderable booty into this State." - 1 . A Texas special states that . Stewart, a notorious train-Tobber, incendiary and bank. robber, has been arrested at Houston. ; . It is said he robbed the Chicago es Alton train of $10,000.. - Detectives have been looking iortttewart seven year&j ; lie will be taKen to Kansas City; where ten indictments stand ao-flinst him. ;?! itil; : i a hih. U) iivy ; ; - 1 j , . . i;7 i!;c GEORGIA. A Postofflce Clerk Arrested In Atlanta for Bobbing the Malls Failures. - By TeWgraph to the Morning StafJ I & Atlanta,' Decj 23. Wmi s H. HowardJ assistant registering . clerk in the postofflce here, was arrested on a 'warrant sworn ou by Inspector Fry, -scharging him with rob-; bing the mails. r He had been suspected for some time and ' was ' caught "with a decoy letter; last night.- He was; released oaa bond of $1,000 and will have a preliminary trial to-morrow.' ;-." f , ! :Cohen . & Selig, clothiers,; . assigned Uy day. Liabilities $45,000; assets $35,000. VV. BauL tobaccos dealer; - has compro- nnsed with his creditors at forty cents. UP'! NEW JERSEY. ,f The Newark; Defalcation More Forged Warrants Discovered. . ' ; my xeiegrapn to tne juommg star, i i ::-vr . 4l cirt ! k xt I ij.tjswuu, Jjecemutr no aiwuier war rant,., forged by.. Auditor Palmer, was dis-' covered to-day, for $8,000 Palmer was at-' tended tby - his physician , all night, but is better todav. Mavor Feideler has been in nuest of information ' concerninsr the finan- cial'disturbance; j; Comptroller Hull has not been traced yet. The city employes on the :poiice force and? fire 'departments will not be paid at the close of -; the . month, be cause of the vacancy in the Auditor's and; lTea8urers omce8.J j OHIO. Forgeries Of the Assistant . Secretary of the City Government of Columbus; Further Development Expected. CtoLrjMBTJ8; .Deci 23. The State Board of Public, Works, in their investigation of the accounts of Assistant' Secretary Frede- ncK j v iii iMewourKner. vio-uaT, uiscovereu; . . iir t . : . l A J J' . a additional forsrenes on the Treasury, to the amount of $3,600, making thetotalforgeries. $7,680.1 The Board will order an examina tion by experts and expect further develop- ; yy.'inTiwmjr'- t Change of jntanagement In tbc Florida t Central Ballroad. . i TBy Telegraph to the Morntag Star.J 1 'u' ', . jACKSOirvitiLE. J)ecember 23,-The Len gle interest in the Florida Central Railway was to-day sold' to Sir Edward J. Reed, i itbe English capitalist whoiaslrecentiyjpur-i ciiaseu twu ijuiluuu acres ui lauu. ui . iiixa 'State, ahdwhb isreported to be negotiating for a transit railroad .from j; ernandina to Cedar Keys.' This transfer gives Sir EdJ warn ' rveea- b -controlling mierest- in tue r Florida' Central Rail road., of which he.Was rto-day elected President, A BlfleJhOotins Tournament : lantStaJbbtngAnay at Savannah, r. rBv Telegraph to the Morning Star.! t. ( f j . " Atlanta. December 24 A tournament under the auspices of the Gate City Guard, ! jelosed . Jo-day ; aftei; vfive f, days' shooting, j Quite a number of prizes were contested for. ' This movement lHaHgurated long range , shooting in the South Piedmont rifle range, ' and win ne emargea .ior a contest netween the riflemen of ; Europe ;and America next Wtober - i;k vi . iriSrf , u ..;i j Savannah. December 24. J. J. Adams stabbed L. H. ' 'Demontmblin ibis morning, inflicting seven wounds, r -He. is painfully, but not mortally wounded, though his con dition! is tconsideied seriaue ; i i Both are law yers. .The; affair grew out of an old quarrel. ax At- ;;.V;.;.NO.; THE TEIATj of g uitea tj Additional Counsel for Befenee-Testlp mony for Prosecution Continued., j '1 Py Telegraph to the Homing Star. J Washingtok, Dec. 23. In the iGuTteaA trial; to-day, Chas. ; H." Reid , assumed ; the duties of associate counsel for the defence! Wm. A. Edward, of Brooklyn, who wai clerk in Shaw's office,, testified to : overhear- ing a conversation between his employer and the prisoner; when the latter, as alleged by Shaw, , said , he would, some day . kill "some big man as Booth had done." Witt :ness was cross-examined; by Col, tteia. - I Dr, Stevensr. Testimony Continued- War of W birds Between Counsel, In Whieh the Prisoner Takes Part; WASHiNGg'OH. December 24. Dr.- Henrj Stevens again took the stand in the Guiteau trial this .tnormng. ,j He slated r that the faculty of memory was generany the first td buow impairment m - most n u iorms ot mt samtyv; Sometimes.- howevrr: and in some cases the tttemoryinight benmisually active anaretennve i Mr. Scoville asked Do you agree with the last witness that ; insanity is always ari outward manifestation of a diseased brain t Judge Porter objected to the form of the! question and quite a war. of words ; ensped between counsel, , in which Uuiteau , tooa part. ' ( - - ' --i-r f Judee Coxinternosed with a few smooth words,, which conduced to turn away wrath and the examination proceeded for .some time without incident. , , . ..-, After, tne recess Dr. Orpheus Evarts, Sut perintendent of a private insane asylum at College Hill, ) O., ..was examined.; He: 'be! lieved the prisoner sane, but did hot thinlj he had been feigning insanity: .-.. : I lhe Court then adiourned the case tall Tuesday and as the audience arose; Gui teau shouted, "To-morrow ? being Christ mas, l wish the . Court and- Jury., and th' Amencan people a happy Christmas. " ri happy and I hope every one eke, will be ; 7 ! : -' -jwtc orecTxr '-j Trial of the: Hernando County Bloters4 j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ; MeriDiak December 24.-In' the Vance case, to-day, Chas. Hopgood corroborated the evidence Of Julius Jackson, (colored) to the effect that Brown and Vance (negroes) were w close consultation behind a house 4 short ; time ; before the 'riot-. ' The 'witness did not i hear what L was -said. 1 He .saw.-fifl teen pistols among the '.. negroes during the riot; ' v f ! .--; ' - - ' ' John Daniel (colored) testified v that ; be saw defendant with Bill Brown, Bill Clark) and other negroes near where the riot del curred, and soon afterwards the riot comf menced. H4 saw Burwell Brown (colored) and-Alex., Harvey close j together, shooting at one another Harvey's shots seemed to have'" no effect ; on Brown.- who ran off j Witness saw Elias Brown afterwards stop and fire at Isomebody.; The smoke ! was dense. ; Elias cried"'out as he turned anq rarioff, "Iot him." - J ' Isaac Urown, (white) testined he saw Jo seph Barnet embroiled with a negro and went witn the oegars boys to prevent his shooting him. The negro had a; pistol drawn. Bar nett had been drinking a little and the wit hess wanted to get him awayj., Barnett;was; jocose 'i rather than insultlhs- during the morning. '-! When drinkiaz bwasialwam j ill gvrvru iiuuiui uu ireifci uciiigcicui, kTT t ness Kepi wun '? uarneu. ana ; negro aa--vanced on; Segars,?, who had- his -'pistol drawn and shot at him, when they clinched and shot at each . other four or five times Segars had bis pistol against the negroe's side, .but the shot had no effect. ..Witness thought it strange : that the negro was not killed.- When ttegars and the negro com menced firing, , a .negro named Frank Johnson ; j stepped f up to 3 Barnett '' aad Eutting ; a q pistol . to his f-. breast - shot im dead t . Witness looked around . and seeing that'1 all. 'the - whites' had 'been killed, thought he would get out. of the way himself. . When leaving, a negro, shot twice anu me ouutjuj new - oj - mm, out - ne did not know whether , they, were fired ..at him or not. j The witness had a pistol at the. time. M',;m ;:r-mJi-Jp;.:i .ri.;?. ,iv:t i Chas. Paere (white) saw ; the 'defendant come to Meridian that morning with about twenty negroes. J Just before the not he saw a large crowd of negroes in the street Forty or fifty of them had pistols ; drawn.' He saw no pistols among the whites.! WilH ness could not see the shooting as the house obstructed the view. : r - Mr. Brooks, : clerks was sworn and ? testi fied that on! October 22nd he sold the de fendant a Smith & Wesson revolver and charged the same, to his father;, Ed. Vance.' A few days later he-sold one to John Vance.) 'rencung a motion to allow - tne ' prisoner bail on account of ill health, the Court was adjourned. Spirits Turpentine. Raleigh Visitor: This city , has not been visited with a fire since the 18th of December, 1880, when the stables belonging to Mr. W. : J. ' Weir, living . near the - city cemetery, were destroyed. f - Charlotte Observer : Night be4 fore last, at the Air-Liine depot, in this city. Mr. Thos. Rozzell, of Lincoln county, had his thigh broken just- below the hip joint, by accidentally stepping off the platform. f The' Raleigh Recorder ' has ; re-l porta of .'revivals as follows? "Lexington,! 15 professions. additions; 18 baptisms at Wake Forest College; Brushy Mountain; Association,--18 professions,' Elizabeth City,! id pgpti8ns"."'i',!-4 45f Toisnot Some, - ;.'We : regret to announce .tnat uapt.' am .; uoages oi a or- folk, while hunting: near - Wilson one day; this week, r-aecidently. "discharged his gun, wounding one or nis thumbs so baaiy as to necessitatef tne amputation ui tne nrst joint. I r Greepio"LiX;iMr. G. BradshawjV bfCffi&Aweporo Courier t . was married last.nightwMss ;Ii6u McCiulpch, bf this city, Rev. J.l Henry. Smith, D. D., officiating The 'hpy 'couple took the train for j Atianta 1 We wish them, much - T'.V 13tnA fm . t. .w.w4-AW who was in Goldsboro Wednesday, learned that the grading on the .Midland extension nas oeen compieteu i wiuiin ;a mue auu w half of Smithfield; a large number? of ties have been' f placed in position -and : all the 1 : j 1 x J x !it - l l J ; culverts completed" i; SjilArt-j i eigh Recorder; , Prof. C. D, Grandv. of Chapel Hill.- writes: . ''Rev-, M. D. Jeffries has accepted our. call, and will preach his first .sermon here on the second Sabbath in January. -RevWl ftM Kennedy: has.been .jcalled..to the pastorate pf the new church at.ichiandsu 7 51 .;u,rri Kew Berne Nut SIielkA -Tester- -davlmorni'n? about naif nast eleven O'clock. Mr.'John O'Neal, a white man; from Hyde county. -wa knocked from a ;eorn cracker anchored off Stimson's inillj in Neuse river, and drowned' ! Hie unfortunate man leaves a widow and two childen to mourn his nn- timelv loss."' He 'was it middle-aged man nd as far as we know,' was highly Tespect- ed by those who were acquainted with him. t fdQori Messenger:- Henry Q. Wflliams', Esq.f wa tob strong Democrat be retained - bv Parson Rrownlnw'a nephew in the assistant superintendency of " theJIdusa document, room. - On the - crea tion of Gen. Ransom's seleet committee on me rotomac nver's front Mr.,WilUams was ' tendered the clerkship thereof. Charlotte Home-Democrat: it. will be- seen by -the? decisions of th Su preme Court of this State, that in the case " 01 me a.., t. & o. Kailroad (Charlotte & Statesville) against the city of Charlotte, a new trial, JU s ordered. ixThat ia right, as ' -Judget Avery did not give the" city a fair . chance in.;the trial at fall term! h whim ordered a judgment 1 ftffainst the 'tntv fnr - about $50,000, .wkhout letting the jury "take the case or hear all the evidence. . - r Graham . GledrierzCfn iWednes- - day last we visited the new tcn niills be ing built by - our townsman Capt, Jas. N. Williamson.' il.The factory building is on the most approved .modern style of archi tecture fofma'nufacturingpurposes, besides being very "substantial and handsome in ap pearattCe'Jltia'iwoi storieswkh-a tower three stories. 210 feetia.length and50 feet ' wide.'-- It is being1 filled: -with machinery. ' and by the first of March, the proprietor ex- pects to start 1,000 spindles and .100 looms. Pittsboro Recordt: On ast Fri day night sqme negroes gofoh a drunken spree, is the eastern ? part.. of this scounty -near the Wakeiule, and pne-of them struck another oni the head -with a fence rail. -' On Sundaynight; meipjured negro died in Wake county, and his head being examined by Dr." C' N. IirJblnson - the skull" was found to have been fractured.. We 1 have not vet heard of .the arrest of the suPDOsed murderer,; and presume he has escaped- ' Dr. John F. Foard 'writes to the North Carolina Farmer: "My friend ana neignoor j. j. uiick, mn., aiscoverea this year that,, after -cutting, bis Early Am- br sntraT" nan -thp.rn wa . wrr hnnrliinf Crop of slickers sprouted from the stumps, . wuiuu diiauaa wery . neavycrop . ot'-Torage. : When-fed tQ rnilch- cows it, increased . the ; flavor Of-the"milk wonderfully, ahd hoes would leave corntto. eat it ; while green; and - when dried it. made excellent fodder, Thus two crops were gathered from one sowing. ;and the latter perhaps the most profitable." . Concord rStW'i By a runaway accident last ! Sunday, a-young man -and ady were thrown from a.buggy and the young lady was- quite seriously injured, having an arm broken. : , -The r Hornet's ' Nest Riflemen are making preparations for a grand military fair,- in Charlotte, to com mence on the 30th of next February and continue "one week. '. The prime object is to raise money to build and equip , an armory ior tne Hornets, and - tne next object is to give a real good time to the citizens and to the military of the State. The Btate Guard will : co into encamnment. the - Charlotte company to furnish. tents, etc. 1 , - Winston Leader : Commission er- Raum -reports 586,514 gallons of corn whis keymade in North Carolina during theyear ending June h, 1881; "148,422 gallons set down for the fifth, district'. - - ,We learn f ronl Commissioner Raum's report that the number .of hogs fed at the distilleries in this district, foot -up ' 3,528; and their- average weieht is 179.60'. ' In -the entire 'State- the number is 6,958. Other cattle nnmber 157 with an ; average weight of 865.00;' When mad and about" to act 'the' foolstop : J . . 1 . 1 , . 1 anu count eleven ; 11 very mau count x weive ; if madder yet than' very, count seventeen. By this time you will perceive mat you are a fool, i r -1 I - ' . , , - Greenville Express 2 Hurrah for. Pitt ! ,. At the Tarboro -: Fair she . had a bale of cotton, raised by ;Dr.oP..;H.:Mayo,bf Falkland which was worth more thaniany other out of .the thirty1 bales on exhibition. The idea of Pitt's beating Edgecombe.. - .There is a regular organized band of negro robbers and swindlers in and around Green ville, who are always on the alert for the :.unw.aryxpun2fy . none 01 mem can De laentmea or Known by ; their, victims. Mr. John Phillips; of Farmville township, was robbed in , broad day light one day last week of $30. Just out- '. side of the town limits beyond the old toll ' hOUSe. . -, :. ' ' . ! Durham" Plant:- Robert G. ' Russell, of . South Lowell, accidently killed a fine horse! with a rock on : Fiiday last. ; The horse was worth, and would have sold any day for $400. ;The horse attempted to pass him and ne threw a small rock to stop him. : It struck at a tender point and broke his skull i A daring robbery was com mitted at Morrisville on the night of the 13th of December. The front door of J. M. Pugh's -store -was opened by. crushing ; the lock , and "the store robbed of $300 worth of goods and $20, of mutilated coin. Our correspondent writes' that : as (yet no definite clue to the robbers ; has been ob tained. ; ' Asheboro Courier: The -build ing at Atlanta m which our State exhibit is made, is divided with Alabama, and the wing in which the Richmond & Danville Kailway v Company has made a display of our resources is separate and some distance from the State's display. This was an un- iortunate arrangement, if North Carolina could have had a building entirely to her self, the display would have been better. attention ana stuay uur disappointment was not so-much in the amount of variety of material, ; but in the airangement. . i Three deaths at Franldinsvule, in the last : three months,- and all on the same day of the month, Mr. n Russell ; died Oct .12th, ; Mr. Trogden Nov. 12th, arid Mrs. " Arnold Dec.' 12th. A singular coincidenotv .,Q W"- Raleigh - News- Observer: The masquerade ball wHL be given at Henry ; Hall .on the evening of -the28th. From a gentleman who has just returned j from a trip to the westf and :i who; - while t there, went over both brandies of the W est ern.Nortolina.RailroadkweJearn that' French Broad River, at. Deep Water, s just above Warm Springs. . Three trains loaded with iron rails went across, this iron being ' that to be laid to Warm Springs. Out . on the Ducktown . branch the : track is laid as far' as '. Smathere', or " Turnpike, . and the grading is completed as far as Pigeon River. Smathers' is seventeen miles from Ashe- ville.; i.We are informed that work is pro gressing rapidly. Senator Tance is a member of the following Senate committees: Privileges . and. Elections;. Naval Affairs; -District of Columbia, and the" one to audit and control the contingent expenses of the :Senate.; General Ransom is? a, member of the Appropriation Committee; and also that on Commerce, and the Special Committee relative to draining the Potomac flats. . . - Wplilnn TTtvma - Snt.laTil Tjtlr is to have an Opera House. The building is being erected , by Mr. John-: C Pittman, , and the second story will be made into large hall, with stage green room and seats. iT-rrr-MrT, Qf JHuntef, of Enfield; died , last Saturday morning, after a few days sick ness, in the eighty-fourth' year Of his age. ; The . oldest, resident of :the town. 3 -r i A 'gentleman living in Scotland Neck, made a rop Of yellow tobacco, this year,; wMdr is pronounced by experts to be as good as that raised in Granville ?- He tried it last year as ' an experiment and-' found, it to be well adapted, to the soil, and this y ear his expec tations were realized. ' He recently sMppefl a small quantity to Henderson. One lot was anll -.Vi ol-vf-rr wnta a Ti fl tli r4li0T frw rma dollar and twenty-five cents per pound .. maybe properv but we do not think so, for the Governor of North Carolina to write letters to the press explaining ' his' action. We! presume he ; acts from , conscientions motives, and if he does he should not notice the criticism of everybody, even if they are unjust The dignity pf nis position should be such as to keep him out of such squabbles.-; . -' ' '.- -- 1