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Isuhscriftion prices. : t:
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TJie: sulweri6tion price-of j th&jnrsE&XY
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I EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA. ,
JVirginia expends more; money "for
educational purposes than any of the'
Southern States. In ithrs she, acts
with wisdom and shows a true
appreciation of the ! situation. At
this time there is
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State Treasury. It:
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much of . this ' will
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among the schools.
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. , -
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ot;mington,;n. c, Friday; February5 io, 1882:
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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.
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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.
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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. ' - '
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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.
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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.
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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, ' -;
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