North Carolina Newspapers

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Advocate says: . 600, 000 in the is . thought -that be- distributed The i i Richiilon d 'The leaders, Fiindcr and Rekdiuster. in the Legislature are now bidding-against each other as the 'friends of popular edu cation.' The lavish appropriations to school th$ 'dear children of i the ; people' will as tonish plain folks.' A mere incidental item ofij four hundred thousand dollars ... was tossed, the other day, into the:Free School revenue. 1 ; - , ..- ' jjWe would lilce to sue political par ties in North Carolina begin to "bid against each other as the: friends of popular education.?'. Unfortunately thpre-is too v much likelihood ef an opposite course. When you talk of increasing' theeh6ol fund the dema gogue begins .at. once to talk "of the "dlear people," and - to. dcfclare' that . ..1 '.1 1 1 ' . " f i 111? jniny ruiai . (tares 10 raise tue tales any higher will r go down. 4 If th I opposing parties would only rally 6und the banner: .' of educational ar progress and rival rr each pother in thir well directed :zeal for i popular elevation, there would indeed be a ' goh'l tinier coming. iJThe 2kAdiiiBte-. sa-s that in Virginia; f'both political parties are on their metal as cham pilns of the public ' schools." Why ,mv not this' be the case in North Carolina? We carry the flag of lllit eiiacy -lead in the class of ignorance; wy then inay not all men of all par ties unite in demanding liberal, ' en larged appropriations for education tfiat illiteracy may be diminished and tie stigma removed from our .es cutcheon? There can be no such thing in our State as popular education ithout money. Thei funds must be raised or illiteracy must continue to bound. ' How sliall I the money be faised? - t - ) I - We see it mentioned thati the Vir ginia Legislature" has determined to iippropriate $100,000 to erect a Nor mal School for the .negroes ;iu Sbuth- (side Virginia. :It is thought that two for -whites-will be established at other points. These are to! be fitted up 111 c.vuciiciiv sij as w iuuuviiug) apparatus, furniture, '&c. All this is very encouraging. We would be glad indeed to know thart North Carolina aspirants for political hon ors appreciated the educational situ ation fully, and, without reference to party, were willing to lead or coope rate, heart, soul, body - mind and pocket in the great work of instruc ting and elevating the ignorant masses of the State, ,it: .l, 1, - Onr Washington 1 namesake takes tw 1 vio'w ' w do : rf t.b threatened Y scandal over sther body -of i Ouiteau. It says the opening exhibition would seem to be an excellent opportunity for the operation of a' little mob law, if there ever can be an excuse for such an exercise of the'popular will." John W. Gmteau is very indignant at the wrowositiori and ' is i out m a card- ' - ' ; '- ' ' The Republicans' control in the t .i - t . House" of Representatives.: ..Their committee gives ' the' Pdstal Depart ment $2,500,000 more thanr the Dem ocrats'eave in 188lj A straw. , The old extravagance has begun in earn esti Heard Vrom - ; ',;J , " - Mr. W. J. McRae, writing us f rom Rock- ingham, Richmond county, under Friday's date, says: The :two boys that you refer- rcd to. in the StAK of the. 2nd inst.-Browti and Johnson are at this placed working ln the Pee Dee Cottoa'-'Juwiere their, pa rents can find them." " ' c vol; xm; Wilmington as a Collectten Dlatrtet .'. its Comparison witb Other Ports&ct r I As one prPtty good offrset to the repeated effoi"ts emenating from interested Purees, and calculated and intended, no doubt, to in jure our port-we were informed at the Cus torn nouse yesterday," that $68, 54. 56 : had thus far been eollected for the seven months commencing with the fiscal year that began on the 30th of June, and that the indica tions now are that1 tie amount will reach $100,000 by the end of the fiscal year.r And while Dn thfersubjecf we have thought that a little comparison may not show to the dis advantage of our -port. -.".'We : are informed that the. collections at the Wilmington Cus tom House last year, footed up $74, 754.56; those at Norfolk and Portsmouth, combined, for the j "same period,' $49,153.30, and Lilt Charleston $98,730.11.; And the per cent age, for collections at the some porta was as follows-.;; At ' Charleston,. $24.32 "'out lot every $100; at Norfolk and Portsmouth, f346-'amr-flt -"W ilminStori; ; $26.72. -!In this connection j it should. be: stated that Wilmington's I proportion ; of expenses, :;i as given abovej includes (the operations of the Smithvillo Station, 1 whicjiJrequire one in spector and" three boatmen, who are ex pected to patrol thc-Tdistriet from Little River, S. C., to SwaTisboro', N. C, a dis tance of- one hundred and forty, miles, thus involving trouble and expense unknown to the other, places nentroned. .We learn from the-: official reports, from which the. above , facts , are gleaned, ' that there, are 127 Collection Districts in the United States, inr70 of which it costs more to make the collections than7 at Wilming ton and in 56 of which less expense is in volved,, the latter j including the largest cities, sich as New York, -where the collec tions amount to the immense sum of $139, 579562. 83,' and where the percentage for collection amounts only to the insignificant sum of, $1.84 for every $100. . -,'' : The Storm Yesterday Some of Ita'Eii fects Velocity of Wind, &c. rA severe gale prevailed here ' yesterday; aecomanied much of the time by -rain, though we learn at the Signal Office that up to 3 P. JSL the rainfall had only aggre gated 80-100 of an inch, r The barometer fell rapidly from II P M. on Friday night until yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, when it was down to 29.64 ; and afterwards con tinued its rapid descent until 4.58 P. ;M., at which time the storm centre : passed this place, when it recorded 29.35. The maxi mum velocity of the wind was 44 miles per hour, but it came in such fitful gusts that it frequently reached 60 miles per hour for a - few minutes at - a time. The storm came all the way from Galveston and the' Gulf, and points all :: along the coast south of Wilmington have, felt its, f urv It "wHTbeTonowed, the Signal Ofhcer informs us, by clear and cool : weather. In fact, at this .writing ' there ' has : been a decided change in the atmosphere. s r; ' i There was no communication north or south , by signal wire, owing to the cable being "dragged ; away ; by a vessel which broke loose from her i moorings in the har bor during the gale. ' j' " . i About 10 o'clock the steamer Waceamaw, the barge Modoe and the schooner Siam, be- longing tO ' Messrs;r Geo.' Harnss & Co.; broke loose from their moorings at their wharf on ' the- west; side of the . riverj : carrying a portion of the wharf jvith them; Fortunately, however owing to their an chors being out, ho damage was "done or experienced by them, their speed being gradual until they reached the wharf foot of Princess street, where they were prompt ly secured, " There .was only one man on board and in charge of the three vessels at the time., and he could da nothing. v The schooner TJwmak . IL- Pittsburg also broke oose from ' her moorings at " the Messrs.! Chadbourn's , wharf and , . drifted to , the neighborhood of the dry' dock. . . .'a -1 i The Horrible Murder In Wewbern , - r Mr.- Joseph M, . Agostmi, "whose ; murder in f Newbern. on -Thursday night : last was mentioned in our telegraphic columns yes-i terday, was a . brother of Mr.., F.' M. , Agos- tini,. Sr., of this city. We find full -partic ulars of the1 dastardly deed in the Newbern Commercial Nemj: wMchV we condense" ns follows: , .-r . -1 . . - i -' : : " ' ' Mr: :-Maeilton " clei-k, 3Ir. Galloway, telegraph "operator,- Mr. Joseph M. ' Agos- tini, night watenman, ana nenry jsryan, , a colored - employe of the Midland, were in the ticket office of the road. :Mr." Agostini was sitting by the stove warming. Mr. Magilton ' was - .engaged 1 in writing at the; desk, "and requested the negro to 'cease talking, as he had important work to do. ; Mr. - Agostini, rising ' from ' his ' seat and touching the colored man on the lappel of the coat, ' remarked pleasantly, 'Come, Henry, let's soi we are ' disturbing these gentlemen. ' t' Bryan -Was talking somewhat ; loudly ana oecame angerea at neing toiaxo leave the office, . and as - quick' as a flash struck Mr. Agostmi a blow it was thought fey i the -bystanders on ; the'face the report sounding like a ' slap, and immediately Mr. Agostini sank in a Chair." The parties present were surprisee "at the assault, and rushing to the " aid of the old gentlemanj they discovered that he was stabbed in the neck. The tnurderer made no effort to es cane. He stooa mute ana1 suuen; wuu nis COtton hootc in nis -nana, wnue suit. Agos tini was T)eing removed to a table and his wound ;' bathed- Mdses Mason, : constablei -appeared promptly on the scene; and took Bryan' in charge and -to-the jail. The officer demanded his knife, but Bryansaid he had none ; that it broke off when he cut MrTAgostini. t'" - " A few -minutes after1 the murderer was removed:1 Mr. - Agostini breathed his last, having lived some twenty minutes after the cutting but speaking no word, save once to murmur indistinctly "water." : " ; : Henry Bryan has , a peculiar disposition, it is said, and : has "generally been regarded as crazy, although' permitted to go at large ; and earn 'hid' living. - Report says that he was regarded as dangerous, this being the third offence Of this kind, but the other tw not fatal. '1 :'" ; - - ! ' - ' 1 ' i - -:Mr. Agostini was one of bur oldest and' trioat hlfhlv resnected citizens, and had oc- cupied the responsible position of office and warehouse watchman for tne . past - two ; years. , - -.3 li I ot;mington,;n. c, Friday; February5 io, 1882: " - iiL i y - r-, - . . - r . . " f ' ....... . .... - t ,....,,... , Further Interesting' Facts ' Cohkieeted i , - ' with ye Olden Times. w. , y. i We again1 have recourse" to the" old'files temporarily in our possession:. Jl ?'-',: ;"';WYri Calder'& Co. in the Coupe jfieaf jieh ed?r of ;- Nov.. 23, 1831; advertise i ship chandlery; hardware; groceries, etc' atNoi 5 South' Water street, near' Market clock.)' I , The, dissolution,-: of partnership , between H; Baker and G.. G. Doane is announiced;. T - Murdock McKay advertised- medicines of all kinds. , r . , , ' ! Q.. & C. Bradley; "M. the sign of the Large Shoe," give notice that ' theyf have' a full stock of boots and slioesi and announce "Repairing tone at short notice' - . - :, Edward P. Hall advertises dry good, etc., at his'hew stQre'near the Tdivn. Hall. ?- ' "l ThosI JljLbbdelT;; adve'rWs all grocenes.-jurniture, etc,, x-. o ? " The dissolution of partwrrstitpbetweelf"1 W. S. & A A: Brown is announced "!i - - s ' ' A correspondent mentions the discovery of a "mode of imaking molasses from the POtatO. . ... ,T ''"i:... We alluded in a previous issne to' the launching of the "steamboat John Walker. An old - citizen : informs j us that she was launched from O'Hanloh's ship-yard in the neighborhood of wherethejgas .house now stands and that she was named in honor of . John Walker, father of Dr. J.' CP' Walker and others of this city. - After a few years' servicej while towing a vessel -down, the river one day; and " when in the vicinity of the "Dram Tree, " her -engine suddenly ex ploded and the boat was wrecked, killing the Captain; Alexander Dickson, and the engineer, 'Old Isaac' a well known colored man of the time. -''. - " . & 1-" I,- ,7; 'I DESTRUCTION OF THE E3T. AJUttSTRONO. .' In former issues we had some interesting references to the privateer General Arm- 8fron7, an old acquaintance in our waters during the last war with Great Britain, and now as a matter of historic interest, coupled with that which' must attach to old associa tions, we give a full account of her final de struction and the terrific struggle which preceded it. It will be seen that she had changed commanders in the meantime, our old friend Sinclair having I)cen succeeded by Capt. Reidt.- . ., . - - 1 Fay At October 1814. The American privateer GenAiiristrong, (seven guns ' and ninety men) Capt. Reid, arrived at Fayal 26th Sept., 1814. about noon to obtain water; nothing : in sight, the captain anchored. Before many hours, His "Majesty, brig Carnation, came in and an chored near her. About 6' o clock :His Majesty's ship Plantagenet, 74 guns, and the Rota frigate, 38 guns, came in and an chored. Capt. Reid and his friends consulted the first authorities here about the Gen. Arm- A perfectly secure, and that His Majesty's of ficers was too well acquainted with the re spect due to a 'neutral port to jmolest her. But to the great surprise every one, about 9 o'clock in the evening; four boats, f ullv manned - and armed, were discovered approaching the privateer; The moon was at , its tnll, tne nignt . clear ; ana caim ; every movement could be seen. The boats ap proached with rapidity. Capt Reid hailed and ordered them loff several times. t Not withstanding this on they, came: and were , in the act of boarding before any . defence was made from the privateer. A warm con test used on both sides, n The boats were finally dispersed : with ?. great loss. The American now calculating ou another at tack, with superior force, slipped his cables and towed the privateer within a short' -distance of the fort and moored her head and stern with four lines.;:: The Governor sent a remonstrance to Van Lloyd ; of the Plan tagenet,&nd trusted that the privateer would not be further molested--she was under. the cmns of the castle and entitled to Portu guese protection;.; Van Lloyd replied he: had determined to destrov" the ;: vessel, and if any protection was given by the fort, he j WUU1U llUh leave a uuuac nmnuing w j. ojreu. All the inhabitants were gathered about the walls, expecting a renewal ; of the .attack. At midnight fourteen launches were dis covered coming in rotation. . When they ; got:- within clear or - gun shot a tremendous and effectual discharge? was made from the iprivateer, which: threw the boats into confusion. :i. So the terrible con flict went on: the; termination ' was near about a t total ', massacre three- boats sunk; and but one officer escaped : death in a boat that : contained i fifty souls, : and he was wounded. The Americans feughti with t great' .fierceness and Tdesperatioiu tf tseveral boats floated ashore with dead bodies. The attacking force ' was 400 ; but three officers escaped, and two of - these: were wounded. The bloody contest: lasted 40 minutes. : After the boats ; gave out nothing more was' attempted : "until next i morning, when the Carnation hauled in ; alongside and en eased iher - After several f broadsides she hauled off. She soon after came ;in again and Anchored telose to the nnvateer. Capt. Reid . then., ordered- the.Ar?;w"&ww..to be scuttled to-prevent the enemy, from getting her: off j -She was soon afterwards boarded bv-the enemy's boats and set on fire,: which soon corapieieu uer i urauuuuuu. j axk. fii- vatper's loss: waa 2 killed: and 7 wounded, The British consul and officers : of the fleet report 400 officers and men in the midnight attack hv the ' boats.' of ""Which 120 were killed and 130 wounded.'-1 Many houses . received f much ,in jury on "shore from the. guns' of the 'Carnation. . The AmftiHcan consul made a demand oa the Portugue government for $100,000 for the privateer. The British wounded were. dis patched to England. - 1 . From the ,'Cape Fe'af Recorder ' . of a still older date than we have been copying from (Sept. 26, '1823.) we make up a fevy items of interest: -- , a . , The Recorder at this : time was published weeklvbv David Smith, "Jr. at three dol- lars per year. , It contains not the first loca item of news. .- -,.;:-..-..' - . 't Among the' advertisers ; vwe notice John Taylor, ship chandlery, esc. ; vy m. n. juip Ditt. sroceiies tobacco; &c. ; Stow & Wiut tier, groceries; J.! A" 'Taylor corner Front and Market ' streets," "saddles, lridlcsy har ness, boots and i shoes,. , &c. ; ; Lazarus & Whitmarshy iron, igar,-&C.'; Charles B. Motris, 'Jailor - has- an ' advertisement up side down to attract attention f John Cowan, Casnier-'advertises -house for ' sale or rent atf Smith ville ; James Dickson and A H. !A 1 V' V V;' 1- A MAM Hooper, jTrustees, advertise a lot of proper ty to be s sold at' the ' Court i House door, a portion' on Orange: street, some'- between Church and Castle streets, etc.; Messrs. James, C. - Cole NafhanT Smith,' Wm. S. WebK T. A: Pasteur; . Lewis Fbscue and T.! "Spanow, ; managers ''advertise a ."Ma sonic Lottery" for the benefit of, St. John's Lodge No. 3, of New Berne.- i. m : . 1 1 i 1 ( - The Prices Current list embraces much the same articles as are to be found in it now.-1 'Butter sold -at;15 :to 20 cents ifper poundf cheese at 7 to lO; sugar at 8 'to 9i j corn at 60 to 63 cents ' pert ; bushel; meal: j at 80 to 9fricents;rice (100 . pounds) at ! $3 3 25; cotton at 13 cents per pound, for good quality i turpentine $1.0 to $2.75; ;tar;k in water; 90 cehts1 rosin $1.73 tor $100; spirits turpentine 38 to 40 cents per gallon. -5 ' ) :: r An oloT publication of April 5th, ''1811, gives the scheme of- a lottery, ''fas7 follows; ana aavens to u as zoirows; ' This scheme is Tdl the-frarpose-:of JcIeW- ing. and making navigablex for rafts Jaiid boats, the main branch of the Six Runs in sampson county, from Kcrbvs Landinsr to Fryer's Bridge, so railed, 840 prizes from f 4.uo to fiuu 1,160 blanks. i . .1 j The intention of this lotterv will be un derstood to be the advancement of trade and the' ad vantages of water carrage for' sum mer; tar and turpentine, in great abundance irom mat quarter irom wnere tnere could be no conveyance but by water. It is hoped gentlemen, &c, &c, &c ' ''' ,', Why not now as well as tfien" lay vessels on tne berth to receive assorted cargoes foreign,.' as 'wa9 the case in "old, times," as we find from extracts from the Wilmington ; Gazette ot 5th April '1811: ' . '! "FOK LONDON Oil" LIVERPOOL. . i "The staunch ship PJiamix, Capt. Tru- : man, will be ready to take in on Monday next. ;. . i. -- - - . u "FREIGHT TO EUROPE. 1 j "The burthensbme and excellent brig mnct. John Ferkins, master, 194 tons will be - read- to . receive a. cargo on Monday next." ' . 1 -j j By the way, our contemporary of the Rar ; eigh Heivt and Observer has, like ourself been luxuriating among old files; and from an interesting description of Canova's celer: brated statue of Washington, from the pa pers of the day, we notice that on Saturday,! Nov. 10, 1821, the statue arrived at Wil mington. ' It was brought up the Cape Fear river to Fayetteville, and thence taken to Raleigh in wagons specially built for the transportation of the heavy boxes So slow -did things progress that it rdid . not arrive there until Dec. 24, 1821. And the statue stood, says our contemporary, admired of all, in the low and contracted rotunda of that quaint old Capitol until Tuesday, June 21, 1831, when the building was-destroyed by fire, and the great treasure of art which , it covered, calcined by the heat, was shivv ered into fragments. "TsaacTlames,""an old and well-known' citizen of Holly Shelter, fender county, but residing for the time being between Harrison's Creek and Topsail Sound, where he. was running a turpentine farm,, died very suddenly . Wednesday morning. He got up about 4 o clock, lit his pipe ana smoked it, 'and then retired to bed again; being at the time apparently in his usual health." Soon afterwards some of the fam- ily noticed that he was breathing very heav-' ily,' and before any of. the neighbors, which were summoned, could reach . his bedside he was dead. ' We have riot heard any cause assigned for his sudden dcath,"but suppose it was heart disease. Deceased is said to have been between 55 and 60 years of age, r The Late tin Murphy. . v . .; We briefly announced in our last, the uni expected death of Dr. .Hanson Finley Mur,l phy, a' leading physician and well known citizen of Pender county, at the age of 70, years, who had t been .very1 ill for some' weeks.;-.'-" -.iU' s-tm i f'.' n-i --i Dr. Murphy:was born in ithe Black River section of New. t Hanover- county,, studied. medicine with Dr. Austin Flint, graduating , about 1841, and had, been actively engaged in practice ever since. He , practiced in . portions of Duplii, Sampson and New Han- ? over. counties in fdrnier times,; over an area; of sixty miles or ; more, and as a country I physician 1 was equal. to:.any in the State s He was an old line Whig, in politics, and since the war was never in full sympathy with the Democratic party; neither, did hej endorse the Republican partyrand in poli tics as in other matters was preeminently; independent and self-willed. He was never ' much in public life. He, however, took an active part in the creation of Fender coun j ty, and took a bold stand, for, the location of its countyisite at South Washington. Disappointed in this, .and enfeebled. with age and a partial stroke of paralysis, he gave up busine88iancL for several years has been living quietly on- his farm? -; ' Although -bf Presbylteriari -family; 1 he sometime ago- connected himself with St. James' Episcopal Church, of this city, ; and Rev. Dr. Watson went up yesterday, morn-! iner to attend his funeral. - s He -married the only daughter of James Simpson, Esq.,.who, with alarge family of emiaren, survives mm. ,;ni we derstand, .was insured for $5,000. , un- : The schooner. Thoi.: Wwn,'Capt. Edwards from Brunswick, . Georgia, .arid borind to some northern port, : loaded - with lumber, is reported ashore ou Frying Pan Shoals. "" The deck Ibadjwas thrown oyer board on Wednesday ,jbut without afford ing her the necessary relief , and yesterday rriornirig the steamer .Passport came in .at "Smith ville to cet theriecessary number of hands to throw over the balance of cargo, The Passport and the- tug Confidence . have hoth been to work on. the .unlucky, ivessel, but the wind was so severe from the south east and the sew , so heavy that the Confi dence, in her efforts to help the Williams, got ashore herself, Wednesday night, and: had to hi? assisted off;" IlTwas thought probable - that the schooner would be gotten off when relieved of her entire cargo; though her po sition was considered an unfavorable one under the circumstances, ! .- - NEW YORK, .national Agricultural Convention Professor Penryof Williams CbUese, Free Trade Hob. B, I. Kimball r: Presents the Advantage Offered in the South-A Kind Word, from Francis .D. Moulton Fire at Buflalo Murder ' and Suicide. " ; 1 ' ' - By TelefpAph t the Moraine Ster.l ' -i '-'New York; February 3.--At the session oi.ine XHationat. Agricultural Convention! yesterday Professor A. ., L. Perry,. Williams College, in his address on" free - trade' pro-i ceeded to illustrate hfctf 'agriculture -is In-! jured by the tariff ia,th case of cotton ties' and steel rails : He Baid in a crop of 6, 000,-! 000 bales of cotton the tariff duty of 35 peri cent, raises the cost of ties 12 cents per bale,! 38 is conceaea oy ; iJie Pennsylvania rjron; maker; then the- extra cost- of baling, one j year's crop is $720,000, and therefore the; extra cost - under' the 70 per -cent; a duty,! which is how sought to be Imposed by - the McKinley billrt pending in Congress, will.be; $1,440,000, on an annual crop . of 6,000,000i bales cotton. ' - - ; In the case of steel rails' shd." the- tariff) Professor Perry showed that f it .could "be! bought $7,extra for each rail.'of.a heavier' pattern,' or $3,000 per utile extra for a singlei track road laid with , steel rails. The farm4 ers'and planters1 pay this extra: cost: when they . transport their produce .and cotfonj from the prairies of the West and the fields! of the South to the place of export; Every one helps to pay it who sends a pound of freight or travels a mile. , . . r ; . . - ; Hon. H. I.;" Kimball .Director General of! the National Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, ; read a paper on the results of the great ex-j hibition, Jn his most sanguine moments he! had not dreamed of such a grand composite! display of every Southern industry and re- source ores, minerals and woods, : . It was such an exhibition of purely American in-j dustry as had. never before been collected, f Fifteen years ; had elapsed since the old j labor system had been killed. The former: master had neither money nor credit; and the former, slaves were j intoxicated : with the? first draught of " liberty. It was the 'old storyt)ver,;of the bow that had been so long bent as to lose its- elasticity, but ? the essen-j tial elements of .true manhood, which, dur- i ing those four years' j strife and bloodshed the Southern people! had so fully demon-' stratea (applause) suit remained; and gath ering v UP :.the .-.broken ; threads - of. her former prosperity the South . wove 1 them'l into' complete garments, which she so ; lately spread out at Atlanta. (Applause:)' He was a Yankee, born in Maine, a Repub-i lican and , Prohibitionist, but feeling that the South was the natural home of enter-i prise he had builded there. - He had lived there through all, the stages of reconstruc- tion, and had never suffered tlie slightest ostracism; and he knew that hereafter when' sectional strife was done, the next great re-; suit was the wonderful sale of .Northern im-: plements and - labor-saving . contrivances.! jliic ouiu ui iimiiinc-Bpitauere iuuuuuufll to over $36,000. ' One thousand five hundred cotton-planters,? two hundred hew. pattern ' carriages,, five hundred car-loads of engines, -plows, harrows, cultivators and other ma chines have up to date been sold in the South since the Exposition. - In conclusion, he. said: "We want men and women of brain, who are not afraid of work.; We have discarded the sentiment and turned all' our energies towards practical things. There, IS T00m.fntjall,-9I.JyyaU lu'wiueAg: settle m tne young loouiu. Gen. Tremam" moved a - vote of thanks, i which was seconded .by Mr.-, Francis D. i Moulton, who said he had been a delegate toj the. Atlanta Exhibition, and "where he; thought to find hostility he had found a hearty welcome. i - ' ; The motion was unanimously carried "Buffalo February 4. The loss by the; burninc: of the Commercial Elevator, this afternoon, is $175,000 i insurance $115,000. J The fiie.extended to the JUarine block ot three-story brick buildings, and caused fur-: ther damage to the amount of $20,000. The propeller Cuba, which was fast in the ice, ; was bartlv destroved. ' - ' , -sr r qf : . j. . . i,i i, ... . ; i . . t i , , . - i! Troy February 3.-i-i'ne. ,ieua oetweeni William Jacobs and the family; of Adam; Lenox, ,weIL known residents of-Grafton, i Renssalaer county, culminated last night in a muraer ana a suiciuu. ma ui oi passiuu Jacobs fatally, shot Mrs. Adam -Lenox, bis sister-in-law, and committed suicide by cut-i ting his throat -with a razor. Mrs: Lenox waft not livinrr with her husband. - Jacobs. who lived half a mile distant, visitea ner; frequently. Jealousy was the cause ot tne trouble. .-- '"---"-- v-i- ' A Bellleerent Senator who Can't Keep By Telegraph, to theMorning Star. Columbia. February , 3. Senator Fish-i burn was released from lau-Weanesaay av ternoon. riving his bond for $2,000 to keep tne peace.,;" , xesteruay 'ue occupiea ,uia oeai, in the Senate and spoke on the stock law.! Today the . debate was Presumed, . : and Mr. I Fishburn was coriipelled - to , take Jiis seat; by Lt. Govi . Jiennedy, Jfresiaent,; on ac count of bein&r out of order in liis remarks. When the SenateJaoiourned Ir. Fishburn approacnea ..ue. presiumjj uuicet tuiu, aj3-; sertea uai nis runugst uau ureu umaii w him: ' Lt. Gov. Kennedy replied';' 'Oh no, Fishburn ;T treated you as I would have done any. other Senator.' Jir. uisiiDurn responded,' 'fYoii are a , d d liar,; sir," Whereupon Lt. Gov. Kennedy struck him. rney were separateu. l mr. xisuuuru 101 lowed Lt. Gov. Kennedy! up the street and finallvi-oVertook him and struck1 at him with iiis sticks ilhebk)w iw&s "warded, off bv a eentleman with, the Ltj Governor, and the parties were separated. , Mr. Fishburn was nnauy commuieu w jau. -, . f .! M Till DER T.E WBEHX. Joseph MiTAeostlnl a Railroad Watch- ,v; , man, Killed by a Negro Employe. ; j , - ' By Telegraph to the Morning'Star.l , Nf-wrers, Februarv Sz--J oseph 1IL Agos tini," watchman at .the' Alidland. Railroad, was called noon bv the station agent: to: re move Henry-Bryant,: a- negro employe, who was disorderly. .Bryant drew a knife and stAbbod lAeostini in the neck, cutting the carotid artery and causing death in a few minutes. ' Bryant was jauea. ' ' ',r : financial.. : . New York "'. Sto ek V Market Prices '. , -. .-.'Irregnlar. ".., . ' j' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ".. New f York,, February;. 4,.. 11 A, M-rr The Stock market opened somewhat irreffU lar but in the main &8iic jr cent. ) higher than yesterday's closing prices, the latter for Vniofnti Air LinAnpoforriiH whilp "Richmond Alleghany opened al per cent, lower at "Mttv : in the eariv oeanngsi ine maritci iei off 4Sl1 rier. cent. . Denver &-Rio. Grande, arid Hannibal;& St. Joseph; preferred lead lag the decline.: . At 11 o'clock a recovery of ii per cent ; took.; place . in the genera, market, Jersey Central leading .the rear, "Mr. ; Oscar -Fingal : OThlaratie Willis Wilde,'' as the Oxford calendar has tt a iTT, ;;;nq;.i5! (r UITEA JJ. Arsrumcnt on (the Motion for a JSeW Trial A Prominent Member of the 'Bar to Assist Mr, Seoville. ' : By TelefrraDh to the Morning Star.J . ; 1 ... WiASHiKGTOX. February, 3: When Oni- teauwas brought into Court " to-day he re-j quested permission to sit -at: his counsel's laoie, ana; vot. uorkmu not obiectinsr. theJ ouri, uiiowea mm to ao so." lie com menced to address .the, Court, 1 but - was stopped by Judge Cox. . . , . t; Mr. Seoville asked fdrmore time, stating that; a prominent member of jthe bar bad promised to assist him, next week. He also! uebirea to make a new motion relative .to additional grounds that he liad . disrwMWl for asking a new trial.! These grounds were! unauthorized conversations witlrthe jury! by putside parties ; and second, a subse- (iuvub , auiuisisiuu oi ! nn expert, mat no thought Guiteau insane, but did not say so tor ,fear that he would injure his business in the public estimation. Mr., Seoville read an affidavit; sworn ' and subscribed to by himself, setting forth in .detail the grounds Stated. , He had not, -nrei-mrml a fnmol mA tion j but presumed it would be sufficient if i ue snouia ao so during the day, - V 'Mr; Corkhill said the time for filing such motions and affidavits.had expired.- u-. u '' Ihe matter was postponed until the. mot i jjuiure mv court was aisposea of. ' ; ' i Mr. Seoville then read the affidavits and other papers filed . by him with his motion for a new trial.-. ' i j, -: Mr. , Corkhill said he ' Would .prove, thef mgiiatura io ue Dase jorgenes andxead the! affidavits of - members of 'the jury denying! .thatXhey had bought pr seen the Critic, or any-other paper, during the trial. '. Heaiso read affidavits to show that Snyder : was a' ,iuj gi auu iniei, ana unwortny ot belief . - He submitted the affidavits without argument. The Court said he would render a deci sion to-morrowr and would now hear argu ment, i ' " ' , Mr, Seoville then proceeded ' to argiie" in support of his motion for a new trial. . , '-. . At the conclusion of Mr. Scoville's 're marks Judge Cox took all the oarjers in the case t under advisement until to-morrow, f The jury were requested to be in attendance to-morrow,: which was looked upon by some! as an intimation that, the Court may accede? to Mr. Scoville's request. - - j , VIRGINIA. Further Particulars of ' the CAabPit' Explosion , in Chesterfield County! Thirty-Two . Lives Xost Fool Mur. ! der of .a Store Clerk In Pittsylvania! County. I , ji f ;j v ...i: - - . ! Coalfield, Februarv 4. An exnlosion; occurred at the groove shaft Of the Midlo- thian-Coal Mines, about eleven iniles frorii. this place, at 1 o'clock yesterday. . Thirty-? two men were caught in the shaft arid there" is little or no hope that any of them Will be gotten out alive. The gas testers went down nearly to the bottom of the pit three times. oui were iorcea to return on account Of the smoke and 1 gas; which were suffocating. ' They report the pit on fire, : but will try again toniay to reach the unfortunates. The news of the disaster rapidly spread and soon a crowd had gathered at the shaft, and the scene was most distressing, as nearly every i one had some relative or friend among the buried miners. .'.. ' .-o ', . The cause of the disaster is not positively; . Dome atinouie it to ffas: others! TBI gas testers made an examination yesterday , morning, and reported that there was no gas to burn There is no doubt, however, : thatjtbose not kiiiea by tne explosion win be suffocated by black-damp arid smoke, vn&h. which the pit is choked, and through whiAh no fresh air can penetrate. The shaft in which the explosion ;occur-i red is nearly six hundred feet deep, running about' three-fourths of a mile in a lateral direction. 1 1 The "Midlothian - coalr -mines belong to the estate of the late H.;-H. Burrows, of: New York and cost h twelve years ago be tween $400,000 and $500,000. Richmond. February 4. The inf orma-; tion received this morning from the Midlo- ; thian mine disaster is of the most discour-' aging : nature. ?, There is no earthly hope thaKany of the entombed are now alive. 1 Every effort is being made to enter.the pit, but it will be impossible to reacn tne pomt, where the men were, for days and pernaps weeks. The explosion destroyed all the ap paratus,'including that used for ventilation, and .this .will jiave .to ,oe repiacea oeioro successful operations can be resumed. ;. As may be supposed," this frightful calamity has cast the deepest gloom oyer the' village of ' Midlothian, where most of the miners had their homes.' At.majority of ; the vic tims were married men and in many cases their families are lelt witnout support ana dependent upon charity. ; " " Richmond, Feb. - 4. A telegram from Coalfield in relation to the mine disaster at Midlothian says that there was a slight pros pect of reaching thatparF Of the mine where the men were entombed to-night. Miners are still at work, and ventilation at 8 o'clock had been restored to ' the bottom of the shaft. . : . :The disaster has left 27 widows and 108 orphans. ' Subscriptions will be started in this city for ; the benefit of the: stricken families. , - , . . IIiYNCHbcrg, i February " S.-A" young Store clerk, named Atkinson,' was foully murdered last night at Sycamore, r Pittsyl vania county by a man named Yates, who escaped. - f It is nft known what incited the murderer to the deed. The two men left the station toeether. whichfwas the last seen of them until this morning when the body of Atkinson was found on the side of the railroad, with a heavv log of wood across it. . I Later developments from the Pittsylvania homicide indicate that x eates, tne muroerer, susnected ' Atkinson of intimaey with his father's wife called at the tetter's place of business and invited him to take a walk, and the next morning Atkinson was found near the railroad his brain pierced with a bullet and a heavy limber, .across nis- body. Yeates has not yet been captured. .. r SEVERE SNOWS. ! Fredericksbtjrg. February 4. As se vere northeast snow storm -has prevailed in Northern Virginia : for hfteen hours past, and is still raging The Jsnow is twelve ' inches deep bn a level and is drifting badly. -r- i 3 a - J .1 1 3 ........ : tvauroau iraiiia urc ueiueu suiu vuuuuuiu cation by country roads is cut off. :-' : Washington. February 4. A severe snow set' in here this morning . about I o'clock, and at 10 o'clock . P. M. still con tinues. JSnow has fallen to the' depth of .twelve or fourteen Inches on a level, and in manv parts of the city is badly drifted. , ;i "Reports from Baltimore, New York State and . other points, show that the -storm is quite as severe at muse pviuus. . Petersbitro, February 4. Snow ;fel here to-day to the depthrof four inches, and , was' - followed by . a rain V storm which ; ex tended as far south as Weldon, and. as far west as Lynchburg. ' At points west, along the line of the Norfolk & Western Rail- -road, snow -fell to" the depth of fourteen -inches. Trains in every direction are de layed, : -j Statesvilie lxinebridrk: Mr. Chas. Pricejls nota very, stronsr man in. this dis- Ktrie'tf -i ne was" veiy anxiouff to be - the -can- uiuaie ior elector on tne Hancock ticket in 1880, and at the .CongresaionaV Convention at Yadkinville somebody nominated him. Theperson who nominated1 him voted for -1 him, but bobody else did. - - , l f.i . -i i Shelby Aurora: c It is acrain i rumored that the authorities of : the c.svm. lina Central Railroad contemplate extend-. mg tuuir line oi roaa:iinrougn'-to spartan burg f or the purpose of making connection ; with the Greenwood; La'urance &: Soartan- burg Road. r,r-Mrs. ATcbb Eskridge. of this place, was splitting a piece of kindling s wood last Tuesday, when the hatchet glanced and struck hereg just above' the kpeeseveriog one of the' arteries, , and in- -flicting a very-serious but , not : necessarily dangerous wound. . .'.'f " 'Ooldsboro " Messenger: '1 ' Oifr worthfriendjV Mr; Samuel Jones, a worthy citizerl of Brogden"towiiship, and his family ;have our most profound srmpa-, thy in their- double , bereavement, i'n the1 death of his two sons. ' Joseph J.. iured 1C . years, .died, pn - the S5th of Januarjvand oauiuci hjju iw, years, on tue morning of the 26th. f -Mrs. PeneloDe Holt, aired jOyears, -the venerable -mother' of Dr. J. W. Holt. , of .this place, and Capt, E. J. "t Holt, 'of Johnston county:' died at the resi dence of Dr.J. W; Holt,, in this place, on Tuesday night last, . r . i New' Berne Nhes: If the' iro- posed line of railroad shallbc extended jto Ijhis point it. r will, command the best local uravelof anv road in the State ; Thii rn. Seriger traffic- between this point and" Wash ington, would , be :largc;",and In the summer a great number of people from Pitt Biau- : ion, juarun and the ; northern o counties would visit Beaufort harbor- over- the- new line of railroad. ' The link to be completed' uuiweua tuis puiui ami . vvasmngtoni ana Jamesyille we reeard as constitutinsr one of the most i Important railroad connections ever proposed in the State. : . . . ,-rz The Charlotte ; Observer refers editorially to the. statement made concern ing Johnsfon and Price" by its Washington correspondent and the denial of theformer. We quotes !In this card the Colonel pro nounced the assertions of our correspondent " false and the fabrication of a 'penny-a-liner, ' On seeing this .card our correspondent writes us that he got his -Information from some of the most distinguished, .Republi cans of this State then in Washinrrton This much he says in his bwh vindication, ana ipnner,. tnat ne has the best of reasons for believing his statements to be literal! v trile. - I- "l ' . i Greensboro Patriot. It.as-bro- Eosed tCj enlarge the Methodist church and uild a parsonage.' - Wood is scarcer than mud, being offered yesterday at $6 per cord. , rt -It is reported that the Richmond & Danville Company will establish a o-ftncral land agency in Greensboro' and wilLrernove hither the Atlanta collection of North Caro-' ma exhibits. A number o Guilford - farmers have sbld loW of very fine tobacco in Winston. ' Some ' Guilford' tobacco -was sold there recently -for $82, and several hun dred pounds for $75. - J - The stills hi Sur ry ought to stop immediately, and the corn they have on hand used for food it will be needed; -''' . -. ti.i' Oxford 'Xtdnr.fi' fThi fcl- ings of oh r Johnson and fajj Price inay be just at this time-better.- imagined than described. "J ---Information ; . has . rwirhml here that a colored tnan was murdered in Vance county some days since for theake oi nis money. ,lle was named Jim Adcock, ' and , one day last week sold , his r tobac co in Henderson for about ninety dollars. He was last seen, in, company 7with some suspicious - characters in s Henderson, and. caving that- place . in i the afternoon of the - sale; has not since been heard from.' Later reports say that the dead body ;of the man -has been found - near the road. rbut we are" xmieigu zs eus-xjusermr: rno youngest child at the, Orphan Asylum is about four years old and the -oldest about sixteen years. ' -. , Ike Young is in Wash - ngton looking alter, spoils, we suspect.. Republican.1 in a communication: "It is : astonishing how many aspirants suddenly ' appear for the United states Clerkship now held byN. J. Riddick, Esq. John Neathcry would like it -, One of the Blcdsoes will of course claim it. Ike Young has been try ing for two years to get it . for one of his friends, and exerting all of his influence with Judgfe Bond to secure this end, but is too modest to press it to a successful issue. Shaffer, with a keen scent, Has aiscoverea the carcass from a far off and, he is also a candidate.". - - - V i c - Wilson Advance: The Graded. School now numbers 360 , pupils, with an - average daily- attendance of 300. ' On Wednesday evening Dr; A.; S.; Stone, of ; Fremont, met his death in a horrible man ner m Spring Hill township, in this county, by falling out of his buggy. His neck was broke, and he died immediately, v Last night Willis . Mamona upera House was opened: The house was crowded, the au dience being estimated at from six to eight hundred: The McNeil and Sam Hodgdon ; Concert t Comedy s Company appeared. A friend has called our attention .to a ' complimentary notice severaLdays f ago in the Wilmington oTARy wnicn .escapea.our notice at the time We assure the accom plished editor of that paper that we jughly appreciate it, : and always - feel gratified when our views, often hastily and : crudely expressed, receive r the, commendation - of one whose ability and experience invest it with so much value. , Raleigh ' News- Observer'. We have been given a shaving from the tire of engine No. 13 of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad; which is quite a curiosity.-1 An other shaving, 'now on exhibition in Major " Winder's office, is 84 feet long. They were ' cut by Mr. W. T. Brewer, one of the em- ployes ot tne snops. &. great ueai oi importance does not seem to be attached to Mr.' T. D. Carter's suit for , the Western North Carolina Railroad. ,We suspect that if Carter's lawyers look to a division of the spoils for their pay; tney will wait long iop their sop. ; Three c negro i mcu. Henry Horton, John Freeman and Henderson Johnson were yesterday- lodged in jail here; in default of $150 bail for their ap pearance at court. They were ."arrested on the charge of -entering and robbing-the store of Mr. S. W. Terrell, of Rolesville. , Yakcetville, N. C; Jari. 26, 1882. I see in your last issue you stated that Gen. M. W. Ransom was the -man that made ap plication to Judge Brooks in behalf of the Kirk prisoners (that is correct). After Gov. Bragg, Gov. Graham, Judge Battle Judge Merrunon and others obtained writs -from Judge Pearson, and the J udiciary being ex hausted and the officer authorized to serve the same having been arrested and. made a prisoner by Kirk, then it was that the gen tlemen named met in consultation with Gen. Ransom (and others, perhaps). ' Gen.- Ran som then applied in person to Judge Brooks . 'and obtained the writs for the prisoners. -Judge Brooks revived the exhausted Judi ciary by having saia writs servea dv a u. . Marshal, which caused Kirk to deliver the prisoners (of which I was one); I write this for the infonhation of those: not knowing the facts stated. Yours, J. C Griffith. riA colored : pressman .at :; Edwards, Broughton & Co, s printing house met with a singular accident Monday. 1 The machine ry is j run by a gas; engine of . fonr-horse power, and the man's hand was caught in the press breaking- the machinery in four ' places, ; The singular part of the accident is that the man. was not seriously hurt and will be able to resume work in a day or twow To showthe . force ;of - the shock, some of the iron braces, wheels, etc., were more than two inches Jri diameter, ' -; r J !