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TAXATION IN CONGRESS.
' There are thirteen members of tfie
Ways and Means committee. Of
these seven are reported as favoring
a redaction of the tax-both on tobae-
ar
co and whiskey. !A. sub-committee
ofjfive has charge of internal reve
nue taxes. Of these two are opposed
to a reduction i of :the tobacco tax.
Mr. Carlisle, who is one of the three,
has introduced a bill to' place the tax
oil distilled spirits at 50 cents a gal
lon. The bill is a very long one, and
w
cannot undertake to give even" a
synopsis of it. j
lit is certain that the Southern
delegation in the Congress (we mean
: bath Houses always j when we use
that term) j is very hostile to the in-;
teinal revenue system and ; would :
wipe it out most gladly if they had
the power and were not afraid to do
sol Some of the less Jdiscreet would
gd it blind; but the more thoughtful
aitd prudent would not permit their
c dislike of . a system jto .precipitate
them into. . legislation " that would
' prove hurtful to the best interests of
the country, i ' ' ! " ' " "
t- is very -preposterous -to -insist
upon lifting all tax from tobacco and
whiskey, and keeping it on blankets,
sugars, woollensj glass, crockery and
certain household medicines.-If Con-
grsessmen have got that far on they.
wfll find the people the tax-payers
Iiave not. and will never agree to
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suph blundering legislation as that.
TilL
aij intelligent Southern constituency
and advocate such folly ought to go
toj the wall and will go to the wull.
33nt to the vrorosed reduction. "We
hear nothing of "total .abolition"
nw. That - tune has 1 "played.'r
There, is no doubt that in some Dis
tncts in the South the internal reve
nue system has been much abused;
arid has been an engine of wrong, of
corruption, of oppression.--; But that
itjhas been a burden japon the ener-.
gies of the- people, as some sentimen
tal politicians are wont to insist, is
n&t to be believed without a clear
demonstration. It is I altogether pro
bible that the whiskey tax has been
tqe opposite in" its results, or. Ohio
Illinois , and. - Pennsylvania would
clamor for its repeal, : whilst the to
ibjLcco sections do not clamor for a
reduction or abolition,; but for a set-i
ifeinent of, the questidn and at once
If is the agitation of the question of
reduction that hurts and not the tax
i Mr. Tucker, of Virginia very much
aphors the internal jrevenue system
He thinks it very, harrassing, and -4 is
strong for its repeal."," He.' wants lit
wiped out because it' burdens -the in-
austnes , ana netps. elect riepuoucans
to office, i This is the way he talks in
the beginning. : But hear him farther!
The above is; his opinion in the ab
stract. -But when he. .comes to: look.
a little farther into the : important
matter, whatdoes he aay?: Is he for
shutting his : eyes to facts and for
Wiping out the system at every isk?
Mr. Tucker has too much of. the
statesman in him to allow? his ' preju
. dices and .'dislikes,; to'jide;; him after
that style. Here is what- he is re-
. ported as saying , in ? a r conversation
ritb the intelligent Washington corf
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latch: I ' . :
S "But the repeal of the internal revenue
system: would reduce the revenue of the
Country $135,000, 000 for the vears 1880-,81;
fnd perhaps. $160,000,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1882. ult is well to carry
6ur reduction, cf tax- so far only as will
leave sufficient revenue to support the go
ternment and leave a surplus for the grad
ual extinction of the public-debt. The total
fevenue from the tax .on spirits; was last
year fov,wu,uuu. . i, , w i
, The opinion of ; the Stab precisely1.
We are glad to be in accord with :sb
YOL. XIII.
sensible a Representative.5'; The Stab
has favored from . the "first editorial ,
on the subject the" reduction of both
the internal revenues and the : tariff. -In
a dozen editorials wes have pro
claimed that doctrine. It is probable
that a reduction will be made as to
distilled spirits. 7 .The present receipts
are some $75,000,000, 1 It is thought
if the tax is placedat; 50 cents .that.
the revenue from this source will be
reduced $30,000.0007 " This is I Mr.
Tucker's estimate. ? ua '
The proposed' reduction'of the", to
bacco tax (iriclndirig cigars) will les
sen the receipts some $20,000,000. It.
is proposed by the advocates of re
duction to place the tax, on chewing
and smoking tobacco at 8 cents a
pounds cigars $' a thousand, and
cigaretts 60 cents a ' thousand. f 'The
estimateis that after the reductions
have been made the receipts .will not
fall short of $100,000,000, supposing
that the receipts for the year; if there
is no reduction, would; reach $150,-
000,000, as it is thought will be the
case. If the receipts should hot ex
ceed those of the last year then - the
reduction would: .bring down the
revenue to some $85,000,000. ! It is
urther estimated that the tariff tax
will bring in $200,000,0007 There is
no prospect of any very material re
duction of the tariff for the next two
years to come. . It is believed that
by leaving the present iniquitous war
tariff j fastened upon the country and
by reducing the internal ; revenues
somd $50,000,000, that there will ; be
money enough and to spare to i meet
all of the expenses of - the Govern
ment. '
The New York Times, the ablest
Republican paper in America,sees the
folly of creating a TariffCommission
to fool away the next two years, whilst
in the mean time the country is taxed
by the war tariff to the enormous sum
of four hundred million dollarsi The
Ways and Means Committee does not
feel itself competent to deal with-the
tariff, but fully competent to deal with
internal taxes. It creates, therefore, a
Tariff .Commission, and takes' to whis-;
key and cigars. - Says the Times : : 1
"That Is to say, the Toramittee -will pro
ceed on the principle that while the tariff
may safely be left alone for a couple of
years, internal duties must be attended to at
once. This is an opinion wnicJi we ao not
think is shared by the majority of the peo
ple or of the great body of those engaged in
manufactures, and it is becoming more ana
more doubtful whether a majority in Con
gress can be secured for such a course of ac
tion. The inequality and injustice of our
Customs duties are quite as palpable as those
of any of the needless internal taxes and de
cidedly more so than the necessity of lower
ing the tax on whiskey and tobaccoj Con
gress ought to be quite as competent to deal
with one branch of the subject as with the
other." . .':..- ; ,
The American Consul at . Buenos
Ayres proposes ! that the ; ostrich be
introduced .into -our, country.! . He
thinks it can be t made very profita
ble. Cape Colony 1 now exports $4,-
500,000 , worth . of , feathers, against
$350,000 worth1 fourteen years agol;
Birds , can .. be . imported ,; into i. this
country at from ; $1,000 to $1,250
each. ' . .One bird ..'produces annu
ally $112 worth of feathers. :-A pair
will produce annually, from $2,000 tQ
$3,000 worth 1 of - chicks. ; They av-:
erage a life of 30 years. The female
breeds afterjfour' years old. j They
hatch four times a year, each time
with a brobd of from ' ten t& fifteen
birds. .- A chick, a. imonthold":iwill
sell :for.' $50 at Cape Colony. A
range of 6,000 acres will - subsist and
keep 5,000 birds. They thrive on
ordinary- pasturage , and ; are .very
hardy. : The female sits on her eggs
by day,' and the male, like a w clever
considerate ' help; relieves her i, by ta-f
king her placeat nights- The Consul
says it is afpopnlar" error to suppose
that the ostrich., is, adapted :. chiefly o
the desert5 'probably- it J'tooki Tto the
desert to' escape its' many ."enemies,
and experience; -has t so well tt proved
that . 'it .'will .'thrive "under extrbme
.... t - - . . . s . .v . . .. i . :. l.
temperatures that it would evidently
like'; succulent . girasses " much better
thandesert tare, . ;! . r. y . . . .
The following' from the New York
letter ' to the tPhiladelphia Ledger,
concerning recent, commercial trans
actions, is not1 "without mterestr" "A
: 'The .merchandise .markets sail, had a
quieter and firmer tone to-day, and the im
pression for the moment is that the .'flurry'
is over.' ' A r great " many small speculators
are much, .poorer . than they were :.this.:day
week,' but it is some, consolation, to; know
that it is not alLdead loss;:'.Thy r have ac
quired a , valuable experience, which will
probably - restrain them from ' throwing
again "for the benefit of the 'professional'
operators. The President of the -Produce
Exchange ! this ' afternoon "remarked: '
never knew, a time when so many persons
wanted to speculate m wheat 'as during the
past year. Storekeepers, lawyer, doctors
and . fivfn wnmprt wn.nt.pd a hand in it! '. I
I hope they are pleased with the result.' " :
v WlMnNOTOI,' N. C; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1882.
The " Stab '( has ; never: made a' nji-:
take as ;to, .Senator; Vance!s.'; gifts
Brilliancy and .humor are riot by; any.
means - incompatible 1 -with . solidity.
We expected Vance would ' rdake a
strong speech when he spoke :ori the
tariff, but he( went beyond. burantici-V
pations judging from the following
f roni thesWashingtoi r correspondent ,
of the Richmond Dispatch:' ' :
"Governor .Vance to-day made' a Clengthy"
and most interesting speech' in favor, of . a
revenue tariff, in which he strongly and;
logically presented his side of the question.
It showed careful preparation and labored7
research,- and was relieved by a number of !
bright passages from the - dullness r.wmcn
ordinarily characterizes- purely - .financial
speeches, however able they may be.' ; He.
pronounced prohibitory .taxation . robbery,
and declared that it was on a par with that
levied by ,, Dick TurphV on, Black-Heath
Common. Both the matter, of . the speech,
and the earnest and attractive manner of its,
delivery enlisted the attention oCyisitors and.
senators anise, ne reaa, ior example,
with effect, the decision . of . the Supreme
Court in which , prohibitory '.legislatioij: is
pronounced , robbery, and ' said, that, as a
lawyer and an honest man, lie regarded the'
opinion sound law. Those who think that
a brilliant popular orator' cannot be an ef-'
fective Senatorial speaker will find in Govr',
ernor Yance a signal exception to this rule.
When published and distributed it will be;
extensively read and attract much "atten
tionj especially in the South. ; He is highly
complimented to-night on the - success of
his effort. It was gratifying to his friends
that he. had more hearers at the close. than
at the commencement of his' speech? and
that Senators Hoar" .Hawley, and other Re
publicans ) came ' over on " the Democratic
side to hear him:" v : " -. . '"--
The Grand Iiodge-of .the aboye-namea
Order of ..this State. mt in annual: Conven
tion t Goldsboro on Tuesday last, with a
large number' of Past Chancellors and ofa-
cers present, and every subordinate Lodge
represented. "
G. C. Julius A. Bonitz, presided. :
The reports of the Grand Chancellor
and Grand Keeper of liecords and ; eal
show an increase of four lodges during the
term, applications for , two more on hand,,
and two defunct enes revived, with corres-;
pondence : looking to the institution" -of
iodges at five different places in the State:
making altogether a very flattering exhibit.;
The report of the Grand Master of Ex
chequer shows the financial condition of
the Grand body to be in a healthy condi
tion, reflecting great credit upon that officer
(R. T. Scanhn, of Payetteville), which was
shown to be appreciated by the Lodge by a
unanimous re-election. . - -
The special committee appointed a the
last session draft a new. Constitution
submitted a report, which was adopted,
and copies of the same will soon be ready
for distribution.'". '..J.
Considerable legislation for the good of
the Order was enacted and the following
officers elected for the ensuing term : ,
G. C J. L. H. Missillier, of New Berne.
G. V. C H. C. Prempert, of Wilming
ton. , - - .-.,
G. P. J. P. Townsend, of Lilly's Grove.
G. M. of E, R. T. Scanluv of Fayette-
ville; - i . i....
G. K. of R. and S. John L. Dndleyof
Wilmington. - .."
(.''-M at A J . C. Brewster r or itaieign.
G. I. G.Robert Chambers; of Charlotte;
G. O. G.W. T. HollowelU of-Golds-
boro. - ,
Sup: Rep.-J. A. Bonitz,' of Goldsboro.
The secret work - of the order was exem
plified by Past Sup. Rep.,. W. H. Gerken,
a closing address was delivered by P;
V. G.
C, C
R. Jones, of . Charlotte, .and. the
Grand
city on
Lodge adjourned to meeU in this
the second "Tuesday in February,
13. i-.- -- ; . : .
c P. C. John J. Fowler, was appointed D.
D. G. C. of Stonewall Lodge No1, and: Pi
C. John W Gerdts, as D.. .D. G. C., of
Lodge No.. 4. - f '
The members from this city and Fayette
ville. -returned r yesterday ,, morning, v ana
speak in the highest' terms of the jcnightiy
treatment. and" courtesy; extended; themby
the Knights and citizens of Goldsboro:
Cotton Kecelpiii.-5 ' r -" '- "V--"
The receipts of : cotton for the week end
ing yesterday footed up;2,50&b$iles, against
1;503, bales for the correspQnding week last
year, showing an increase of 1,003 bales in
favor of 1882.;;:;" .";;''i .i;i.''' ' v ! ":i..'.;
ii The receipts . for the; cr6p; year to'-iate
foot iip 122,761 bales, as against il07,015
bales, up to' Feb.; 21st,"' 1881, " showing van"
increase in favor of 1882 of 15.746 bales i
Criminal Court. "v , .'
i The foUowingses; were, .disposed i of m
this Court yesterday : " 'J . ;
"' State vs' -John Statcher, charged with as?
sault withr". a' 'deadly., weapon.' Defendant
found riot guilty. . -'J ' -
' State vs. "March ; Campbell,1 charged with
Tarceny'v',.'Oase. ndnuedl!lfefdanwltli
security recognized inths sum of $200; for
appearance at the next tentf.'.; -1 -T - 1
;t 'State vs. Wm..." Lloyd,." charged with lar
ceny." : Defendant found guilty and. ..sen
tenced to three years jn the Penitentiary.
State ,ys. Wm. McNeill. "charged with
larceny:; .Defendant found guilty and sen
tenced to " imprisonment f or four , years in
the State Penitentiary., , ''.
, State-: vs. Hannah ' Lewis, .' convicted of
larceny;:' Sentenced, to two "years in the
Penitentiary.: ' --: V
State vs. Rufus Robinson, .convicted of
injury to personal property" ..Defendant (a
small Doy) orderea to be turned over, to his
mother,- conditional upon. his immediate
removal from the State. . " -;'
- State! vs. Alice . Fairfield and Charlotte
Green,': cdnvicted". of larceny.. Defendants
sent to the Penitentiary for 4 vears each.
"', State s. Mary 'Antt' . Giles,:; conyicted. of
liiruuujr, xiBuuaigtju, . , ' , - .. . ... . .. .
' : Court adiourned until -Monday Jmornirig,
at 10: o'clock; when the remainder t of.the
prisoners will be sentenced. ;: .-;
.. . Messrs.' :E. H.'r King and. J.' C. Davis!, the
young barristers licensed during the present
term of .r the ;Supreme'Court:, inade. their
maiden speeches during the week and. ac
quitted themselves very well; Mr". Davis
won a case yesterday:, '. 1 . ' ..; ... '
"Quite' a number of cases have been con
tinued 'for' the 'tem.'mcludinsr narties'in;
dieted ; f at keeping , disorderly houses on
Old Papers to 'the Front Again. : r
We have before.us the. Wilmington CVtror;
nicle of July 5th,: 1843. -.It gives an account
of the celebration of, the national' annivers
ary on'the previous dayd which,- it says, was
"animated,, orderly and proper." vThe day
was greeted by ; a national salute and the.
ringing- of bells, v At, an early .. hour ; the
troops paraded. A pracession was formed
on Front street at half -past eight o'clock in -the
morning, under command, of Got, Mc
Rae, Marshal of the Day,, and , marched to
the t Presbyterian;i church, i; .The services
were opened by a" prayer from RevL .Mr.,
Jennett; GenMarsteUer j read :the Declara
tion of Independence, and was followed, by
Mr. Talcott Burr, Jr.,- afterwards editor of
the Wilmington. Herald, ; with "an . address
suited to the occasion, and the paper says
he : "acquitted Jbimself well excellently
well," the address . being. altogether a per
formance affording Ugh; promise of the
youthful .orator. ' Revf1 Mr;' Battle closed
the services with prayernihe afternooa.
a large number of citizens went on an ex
cursion to Smithyille in the steamer Gladi
ator, and had a good time. ; i t ;
The only other items of, interest are the
statement of the Raleigh Register that J" udge
Gaston had so far recovered from the effects
of his recent injury as to be able to take his
seat on the bench. "He is still compelled,
however," continues the paper, ,','to use his
crutches;". and the fact that "at a recent ex
amination of midshipmen before a Board of
Navy officers, thirty-nine were passed, at the
head of-whom stands Archibald McRae, pf
this town. " ; The Chronicle was a weekly and
published by A. A. Brown. J L.
In the Wilmington Gazette of April, 1811,
the -. following advertisers set forth their
claims: . , I ',
"Wm. B. Meares offers 700 bushels seed
rice the white kind; Wm. L. Pitts 'feels
indebted, jto ? the liberal custom he has re
ceived, and hopes' that the kindness of his
customers will not stop at the fact of having
purchased from him, but will extend itself
to an immediate payment for the articles
purchased;' Miles Knight was jailor; J. G.
Blount may be found at Wilmington Book-"
store; Benj. B. Smith will beat rice on toll,
at Orton mill can clean from 500 to 600
pounds per day; Dugald Stewart will hire a
good flat, with hatch, that can carry 1,000
bushels rough rice; John xselson, in a card,
presents his warm thanks to Capt. Samuel
Potter; and also to Capt. , Brock, the officers
and crew of the revenue cutter, for timely
assistance, &c; C.Walker advertises money
found; John Foote will sell 39 hogsheads of
molasses,; on a credit of sixty days; Perrin
& Harrison call 'once! twice!. thrice i for
debtors to pay up, or, failing, must; adjust
with an attorney-at-law; at auction, i 'that
very convenient and well planned house
corner of Dock and Second streets.', and the
furniture, including 'a pair superb looking
glasses,' one do. mirror, - handsome table
china and white gilt tea, paintings, busts and
engravings of the most celebrated artist
copies from Raphael and Claude de Lor
raine ;' Talcot Burr advertises schoonkrHope,
for New York f Hanson Kelley & CoL 'have
vessels up Tor London, Laverpool, J ew l ork
and Philadelphia; for sale, an 'elegant and
convenient Philadelphia-built ' coach and
harness almost new." -.-.I .
Schooner . Jennie Morton left this port
for Baltimore on the 2d of February, and
had fine weather until the 4th. Then a
gale struck her which had sprung up from
tne soHtnwest, ana snooK ine vessel ierriDiy,-
Sail was shortened and everything done to
hold the craft in spite of the storm, but all
effort. was unavailing. William Ives had
his arm broken while stowing the - jib, and
some of the other seamen were knocked
about very considerably.- Soon the shin
sprang aleak and though .the pumps were
kept,: at work they showed four, feet of
water in the well. The barometer was then
down to 29.30. About half -past 6 o'clock
in the evening. the wind. moderated and
hauled to the westward., - The, vessel fell off
in the trough of the sea, lurched heavily
and turned over on her side. The captain
and crew had then to lash themselves to
chain plaiting : outside the vessel: Ives;
having a broken arm, was helpless and .was
drowned. - The sea swept over the men in
this condition, knocked then! together and
injured them severely. They were in that
situation until Sunday-morning, the 5th,
when, at 2 o'clock, the ship righted on her
keel with everything completely swept
away. ; A space two and a half feet wide
in the poop was all " the- shelter left to the
erewi- and -the sea was raging- furiously.'
George Knowlton, the steward, died at 10
o'clock in the morning from exhaustion.
On Monday the five remaining men found
two cans of condensed milk, which; was all
they - had' to eat or drink until Thursday
morning. ; They then caught a little" rain
water. At ; 5 o'clock, that day the Jems
BurriU rescued them.' "When they; left the
schooner was rapidly going to pieces.
U. 8 CommImoner' Court. .
- Marshal J. B. Hill, of Raleigh,
came
down yesterday.: with four parties from
Sampson county; arrested on a warrant is
sued, by, Commissioner Parnell, last winter,
charged: with -threatening add intimidat
ing a man named Lewis J. Smith; a Green'
backer, at the Tat general electionj at the
polls, held at i(Taylox's Bridge",' gampson
county; the, 'Said Smith being one of the
poll-holders on that occasion. -. ,. ,f
i.The - parties, two. of: whom are. named
Herring,, and , the others .Matthews . and
Giles,, had a hearing before U. S. Commis
sioner McQuigg. yesterday; when. I the evi
dence; being deemed ' insufficient I to
vict, the defendants were discharged; very
much to, $br relief ad-w,ent. on heir way
rejoicing. :ut .seems -jfrom.Tthe testimony
that, the alleged intimidation partook more
of the nature of ridicule than anything else,
the parties making Smith ; a butt for their
sport. : : ' " iy -. -,;
a Maj, D. J. Devane appeared, for the de
fendants. ., ? : ' -; i -
Cllnton and Point Caawell Ballroad
The meeting, to be held at Clinton on
Thursday, the 2nd of March, of the Clin
ton and Point Caswell sRailroad; promises
to bklarMlyVattehded, i..C5L. A: M, Wad;
dell, we learn, . Jias already, accepted ; an ;in
Vitation to address the people on I that oc-
casion, and it Is expected
that
Maj.
" r
Sted
man y?iU also accept. - . j
To-morrow there: will be a meeting ' at
Lisbbn;1 which will be addressed by j Jud'S
MlcKoy and others,
Rli1 A i
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CRIMES SAND i CASUALTIES,
An Old mEanJtI.urdere4.bjr. lils Wlfe and
sDau$:nters In. Arkan8fl-.Several Fer-,
sons Killed by a Boiler Explosion In"
New Tork The IKurderer of Deputy
tSberlff Blake Captured at Wei do n
Tbe City of Helena, Arlc, , Flooded--Kurdera
In Texas Deatb of Two Sis
ter From Poison. ' ' "'
i Little Rock." Ark.: Feb. 16. Yester
day, before a Coroner's jury" engaged in in-;
vestigating the murder; of Jno.; Lanahan,
who was killed while sitting near a window
in his own bouse on Saturday night,. Mag-;
gie; the murdered man's daughter,, confess
ed, and also implicated Jher. mother and sis
ter, and the latter's lover, a' young- man.
named Birch. "The girl testified that it had'
been agreed some time ago to ut the -old'
man out of the way at the earliest oppor
tunity. . ; Birch , furnished' the , pistol and
when her father came home from ; a . farm
er's club meeting Saturday; and "was about
to sic down, she stepped up. behind him and,
fired, killing him instantly.; : She. then ar
ranged the body so as to appear that some,
one had shot through'.the window while'
hersister ; Anna went out' and broke the"
glass;. i; 'l'; , , t
iuaggie. , lesuueu inat citcb waniea.j,o
marry Anna and that her father refused to.
sanction it and that he did not provide well
for them. .. The mother and Anna corrobo-:
rated this, testimony,,. Birch at one time
lived .with the family and" was driven from
the house by Lanahitn,1 who suspected him
of , criminal intimacy with- his ? wife . and.
daughter Anna. ; All the parties implicated
are under arrest and the greatest excite
ment prevails, t ' ' '. " 1
JNkw Y. obk, U'eb. : 16. This ; raorniner a
boiler in Jewell Bro.'s Brooklyn . Mills, ; at
tne loot ot a uiton street, .Brooklyn, ex vf
ploded, destroying the lower ' floor of the
building -and doing some damage to the
office. of the: Pennsylvania Railroad Com-'
pany.- An engineer . and' a -r fireman were,
killed,' and it is probable that' several lives
were lost among the workmen.- The- in
jured, so far as can be learned, are of those
who were passengers . on the ; ferry boat
which had just "arrived . from Jersey City
and passers-by on their way to Fulton ferry;
A lady who had; just stepped off - the boat
was struck in the shoulder bv a falling
brick and seriously liurt. ' Several others
were more or less injured by falling debris.
4 Petersburg.' Va. . : 1 Feb. 16. Henrv
Jones (colored) i i who: E murdered;, Demitv
Sheriff Eldridge Blake,:, near Raleigh, N.,
C, day before yesterday, while attempting
to arrest him for stealing an or. was cap
tured in Halifax county last night .and
brought to Weldon this morning.
Memphis, TEsrer.. Feb. ' 16. Telefirrams
from Helena," Ark., say that the levee broke.
this morning and the city is flooded. ' r
GaIiVestoit.' Texas. Feb: 16. Two bo1
dies were found in the Rio Grande river,
near Laredo, yesterday; one with a rope
around the neck and both . showing evi '
dences of murder.
A difficulty at Laredo between two gam
blers resulted in the. fatal wounding of one
oi tnem. -
Cincesnati, Feb. 16.-A Helena (Ark.)
dispatch says: IA heavy gale prevailed this
morning.; :. During; the prevalence of the
wind the waves in the .river were three to
four feet high and poured over the levee in
front of Commercial Row at a fearful rate.'
The greatest damage occurred at the corner
of Main and YoTBrstreets;andit .was with
difficulty that ; the flow of - water over the
levee at that, point could be prevented. Be
tween 12 and 1 1 o'clock-the city fire- bells
were rung and merchants and others closed
their places of business and hastened to the
scene of threatened danger-. The 1 wind
soon died away and by. 2 o'clock : this
evening the . surface of the river was
in the vicinity of the Iron Mountain & He
lena R. R. depot, which an immense force of
hflbds were engaged in strengthening, which
is considered in a very weak condition. The
levee at the upper end of . the Williamson
place, two miles below the city, broke at
about 2 o'clock in two places. ' The breaks
aggregate about 300 yards in length, and
the water is pouring through at a" rapid
rate.' " It is thought the water' can be kept
out of Helena by closing the embankment
of the Midland "Railroad, which is now be
ing done. Several small houses on the out
side levee floated off to-day.' .' ' - . "r
." Washington,- Feb. ' 18. Mrs' J Johanah
Levy and her sister, Kate Keefe, died.:sud
denly at. their residence on Twelfth , and H
streets, yesterday. The violent spasm of
both women caused suspicion that they had
been poisoned, and . the case was reported
to the police authorities... An- autopsy rwas
held and poison, found in their stomachs. , .
VIRGINIA.
A Grand - Jury ; Inquiring'; Into tile
, Bloodless Duels Buring tne Last
: Political Campals:nUIanone . Cen
sured by bis Political Colleagues for
Absenting fllmself from Us Butles-""
;, The Kea.djuatemAJiati.oM to Adjourn
-tbe Assembly..- , ; ... t-jS..
, By Telegraph to the Morning Star. , . : .
Richmond,5 Feb.' 16. The grand jury of
Hanover county was engaged yesterday in
an investigation .of Jitheduel said to have
taken place in that-ountyr in October, be
tween . Congressmen. ; JGeo. -d D. i Wise and
Senator Riddleberger; and also the alleged
meeting on" the same day between " Riddle
berger and :R: O.-- Beirreone of - the' pro
prietors of .the: Mtite newspaper of this city;
which, however, . did, not . result in. an , ex
change of shots. .; A number of witnesses
from Richmond; including several newspa
per meny were siibpoenaiad ! and examined.
The, grand,-jury .adjourned f until to-day.
without arriving at any conclusion; that is
so far as has been made pubuc. . -
'. Richmokd,. Feb. 16. In the Senate to
day, Mr. : Newbury, of : Bland,, ,one of the
four bolting Readjusters, presented " a pre
amble and resolution" condemning Senator
Mahone for-absenting himself from his seat
ia Congress, almost continuously from the
commencement of Jhe present session until
now, and requesting him to return and re
main, at his r post 'of duty:1 Riddleburger
ana others spose in vmaicauon ox juanone.
until further debate on the subject was in
terrupted by "the special order," which t the
Senate refused to postpone.5 ,A 1 ;
The Houseof. Delegated, to-day passed a
bill: fixing the new ; general election, day
which occurs in "November, for" submitting
to the people ' .for;- ratification ' ot rejection
the constitutional amendments- abolishing
the. payment ot the capitation tax.as ra pre
requisite1 to'yoting. , It is currently reported
that as jsooni as this bill can ' be ; pushed
through the Senate an effort .will; be. made
by the Keacrjusters to adjourn" tne Jjegisia
ture tin die.-''J. '-
".'The recent defection from their ranks of
several Senatora.and lheincreasing dissat
isfaction .of a, number of -members of the
House, have caused much confusion among
the Keadiustcrs, and it is -more than proba
ble that ' thev will arrive at the conclusion
that nothing inore is hbw. td !be.done,.and
they v will perforce;; adjourn .as .'.the best
means of :quieting matters'. 4( ; ( ,'. V; , .,y-
' William-"Clark, of the wholesale paper
nouse i oi :viarK,T x nena z WJ.-.01 iToy,
N. -' T., has swindled the , firm f of a large
amount and absconded., .. . . , ,. .: r ...
NO. 17
S'JPENNSYLVANIA. -
I - . -. , ;. . r -
Fire and Explosion at Chester Des
truction Far and "Wide Fifteen 6
Twenty Lives Lost, and Seventy Ban-,
eerously and Seriously Wounded. '. ""
1 ' : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. iJ
Chester. February 19. rrAbout 8 o'clock:
this morning an: explosion occurred at the
pyrotechnic works of Prof. Jackson, in tins'
city.: s, ine building was badly .shattered
and . took- fire, and was then totally con
sumed. At least fifteen, and probably more
lives were lost, and rnany, dangerously;
wounded. The building was the old home
stead of -Admiral Porter. 1 - ; - ' " J
LateRjt-A' number, , of colored families.
lived in the old Porter mansion, i It seems.
that it first took fire, and while the firemen'
-i .
were uiaying on - me names rana a larse -
crowd surrounded them, the explosion oc--
curred,' (scattering v destruction ; far and
wide. The killed, number between .fifteen,
and twenty; and about twenty are danger
ously, ,and fifty more or less, eriously
wounded. The dead are: being laid, in the
City -Hall, and the wounded are being
cared for in the various drug stores, so that
no accurate list; can be'Obtained.- i. .There is
a scene of great excitement, v -1 - ;
a uhester, February ; 17.-H-The ;f ollowing
ia - v:n..L . f-' t r-ir.LiT. xT? f
of f ;r7Th
of .Chester; Thomas Anderson of Chester?
. . . t . : 1-0 - b
Alex., Phillips; John Pollock, a married
man, of Chester; Joseph -Kestner; a son of
Joseph Kestnet; George Taylor; of Chester
James Doughty, carpenter, formerly of Vil
lage Green; Benj. Garlside, of Chester; PeiS
ry Williams, colored, of Chester; , Anthony,
Bafber, an ex-policeman, of Chester; Wm."
Wood; a member of the Franklin Fire Com-
any; John Davis, aged 13,. of Chester; Ed-:,
rard Shropshir, an employe at ' Roach's
hip-y$rd total fourteen, u - ;-f .- i v. ?.'.';
The: fire had been, in progress over am
tour when the explosion occurred.' and a
great crowd lad gathered to watch it.'
Three men were- killed one hundred and
fifty yards from the building by showers of.
Stone and rubbish; i The injured, of all de
number sixty or more twenty-five
or tuiny senousiy,
il -a I 1 I 1 : . f I
.VIRGINIA.
f-
Trouble ' Between Citizens 1 and tli
Oyster Fleets at the OToutb of tbe
Rappahannock Norfolk Military
Ordered to the Seene. v .''".;.
DBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. : :
Norfolk. February 16. Gov. W' ' E.
Cameron arrived here this afternoon, and
ordered the Light Artillery Blues, Capt..
Jos. W. Gilmer, and the City Guard. Capt.
C. A. fNash. under arms,: for the purpose
of accompanying him to the mouth of; the
Rappahannock river, where serious trouble
is apprehended from the excitement caused
by the difficulties between the citizens and
the oyster fleets at that point." Resistance
to the sheriff and his posse, while attemp
ting to make an arrest for an alleged viola
tion of private rights and the laws, is i said
to have.led to the. threatened disturbance j --
The; Norfolk military. eighty strong.
leave to-night upon the steamers Louisa and
Victoria J. Reed, under command of JU.ai.
Carter, Commander of the Fourth Division
State Artillery; accompanied by; Governor
Cameron 1 and Gen; . V.. s D. - Groner v. and
staff, f The artillery take muskets and three
rifle cannons. 5 Three Whitworth guns are
to be sent thither from Richmond to-day. i-.
In the Senate to-day, Mr. Wmgheld of
Hanover,; a dissatisfied Republican, j who
has heretofore voted with the Democrats,
voted with the Readjusters, making a tie
of 18 Son several ; votes.: . Lt. Gov. Lewis
was in the chair, and by his. casting vote
decided everything in favor of the Read
justers. , i ' -V
The action 01 wingneldji straightout Re
publican, in the Senate, in" deserting from
the Democrats, it is stated virtually settles,
the question of the Auditorship, as the de
fection of only one Senator was needed to
cause a tie vote on the joint resolution, now
pending in the ; Senate, providing for an
election of an Auditor. ' ,;
THE GUITEAU CASE.
A Letter Written to Kin, Garfield by
the Sister of the Murderer.:. 1 '
I H p8y Telegraoh to the Morning Star.l ' '
I CiiEVELANi,February 17. J.H. Rhodes,
Secretary of the Garfield Monument Com-,
mittee, and a near friend of Mrs. - Garfield,
said tp an .Associated Press correspondent
to-day that Mrs. Garfield received a letter
from Mrs. Sco ville this morning, and; that
he was authorized in; Jier behalf to say that
toward the slayer of her. husband she cher
ishes no malice; - He must answer only to
his God and to the American people. L-For
his sister and all of the , members of bis
family-she feels only profound pity." -Further
than, this she asks to be left alone with
her sorrow, and to be spared being dragged
into useless and torturing publicity. ; Mrs:
Garfield will not answer the letter. , ;,
'VIRGINIA.:;
TheJBepredatlng Oyster Fleets on the
a ; Rappahannock 4- Capture . of Some of
: the; Vessels and the Others Blockaded
Serious Affray In Sussex County.; J
.l'''..r;rBv Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ,: :i
' Norfolk, February 18. At a late hour
last night the only intelligence received of
Governor, Cameron's .... military i expedition
against the depredating oyster fleet in, the
waters of the Rappahannock river was the
report of Captain Bloodsworthj of the Bal
timore freight steamer Gaston;, which came
'down the Chesapeake Bay yesterday.; The
Gaston passed the mouth of -the Rappa
hannock at ; 12 o clock, at which time
Governor Cameron's steamer; Louise had
six oyster schooners in tow, 'and at some
distance up the river was a steamer supposed
to be her consort, Victoria J. Peed. No
other oystermen ; were in sight,: and as the
pro j steamers effectually,, blockaded, the
river, it is presumed' that : the; rest of the
ifleet; had, been driven up: the river,' where
they will no doubt be captured. There
were no indications at that time of a fight
having taken place. . . '" -V.
, Petersburg, February 18. Information
was received here this morning that a seri
ous difficulty occurred .'several days .ago at
Littleton, : Sussex county, t between J. ; W.
Atkins and Thomas Swain, resulting in the
latter: : being dangerously ' stabbed, by the
former. '. Atkins is a well known merchant
of' Littleton,: and Swain was formerly post
master at. the same place. A political dis
cussion was the cause of the difficulty.M
: John Hampden Chamberlayne. of Cham
betlayne & Beirne, proprietors of the State
newspaper, died this afternopn,.after only
three days' illness-.' J '
i
TENNESSEE.-
The
4 s.
Supreme- Court - and :
, , . -, : -17iiitdlnr Rill.- ?
the.
State
Nashville, February 18. The Supreme
Court has declined , to allow a motion en
tered by Attorneys for the State Funding
-Board.ito modify the injunction so as. to.
permit the issue of bonds " without- the tax
coupon feature.M This disposes of the suit,
and the funding of )he State debt cannot
be accomplished except, through the pas
Sage of another bill by the Legislature.
Spurts rTtirpeiitiiie; j
-r- Greensboro Bugle . We under- i
'stand several enteprising tobacco manuf ac
turersjwaht to .comel ,to, .Greensboro, to. env
'gage in business, and can't secure suitable
houses. u.N.ow, this is jtoo.bacL-.,,- Judge "
iDick continued the application, for an in
junction in the . railroad suits to the June
.term of the court " for 1882, which will be
held at Charlotte " - - -' ,?J ' .' ' . t
j The Tarboro letter in the ffews-
Observer says , the -Seaboard" and Raleigh
Railroad is a fixed fact, that a million and .
a half capital is in it, that the work is pro-
gressing, and that just as soon as it is com
pleted to Tarboro if will be pushed towards
Raleigh-that, eighteen . hundred tons : of .:
iron, rails had arrived, in "New -Tork on Sun-
iday last from Europe, and would be ship-
ped to yv llliamston without delay. - - ;'
Weldou"Jvios; :We are pained i
to announce the. death , of Capt. J. M De- -Berry,
for a long time a resident of this '
place. - He had been visiting his brother in
Northampton county; and was taken with -some
affection of. the 'throat" on Thursday,
from the , affects of which he died on the
5th' inst. ' We hear; 'but do not vouch
for its truth, that notice-has been served On;
the purchaser of Uie' canal" by the heirs of 4
Daniel Weldon,' contesting his rights to the '
property, or rather claiming certain rights .
wmcn tney intena to maintam. ine long,
continued bad weather has delayed work on'
the Scotland Neck Branch .Road considera-?
by, but still the road grows and it is ex
pected that it will, reach Scotland Neck in v
the latter 1 part , of March, . There are only :
foyr miles to be completed, t and comparatively-
little' grading- to do. - i -Enfield
item: Another lot of able-bodied negroes.
left this week for the turpentine regions of
Georgia. ?" -Scotland Neck dots: Hands
are very scarce.- Some of oui
Some 01 our farmers have;
tPcured labor from Granville county Mr;-
(&nKtiiniwl n. fp-or.la-trs : tttrr
Ben returned a few-daya'agawitka dozen' -or
more -? There js a great cry. for car-,
pehters. The demand ' is .great" ' and the
supply small; this will make-wages high.:
FayettevillftEbwriin.er.''Mr. J.
H.j Stephens of -Sampson . county,., jsold at;
Messrs. Parrish & Blackwell's ! warehouse,?
last, week, about 900 pounds of tobacco, at .
ani average of $33.12, and a few days after-;
wards" Cot John Ashford,' another good
citizen of that icounty, 'sold at 5 the same
house about 5,000 pounds at an average of
30.70." 'The above item, from the Dur-!
ham Recorder of the 9th, indicates the pro
gress of a new and important i industry iii
our sister" county of Sampson;; A, few
years ago the -cultivation of tobacco was :
commenced as an ' experiment by Col. Ash-r
ford 'and; Mr. Stephens.:: It is : apparent
from the iforegoing paragraph that they.
halve reason to be encouraged to persevere?
in their enterprise, t At the very 1 moderate;
yield of 500 pounds to the . acre they
will realize more than, one hundred and ,
fifty dollars per acre on much of their crop, t :
which is probably, three: itimes what the
same land would bring. in cotton, -t :.
The school house at; Smith ville,-) in Cum-.:
berlandj where an academy, was taught by
Mr. Frank Stedman, took fire on- the night:
tile ob iixoti. auu nw uuiucu. . , xxic
Onslow ! people are determined to have a
railroad - running into - their: county, and 7
they are right. There are but. few counties
in; the State possessed of sd great resources,
and very few so little developed, j ,
New,-, Berne News: Mrs. Anna
Hines Maria Hurst, "wife of Mr. Robert
Hurst, an English immigrant who arrived,
in America last December a year, and came
to New Berne, shortly after, died in the city
yesterday morning at two o'clock, wanting
a few months of- twenty-three years of age.
- We are informed at Midland head
quarters ; that the question of gauge ; has .
been .; incidentally , discussed, but by ho .
means determined upon: The gauge of a
railroad is a matter, to, be . regulated by the
demands of a traffic, and under the present
arrangements the Wilmington & Weldon
road is the most important connection; of
the Midland.. Morehead City, Feb.
16.- It may not be generally known that
the hardy fishermen of Cape Lookout have
for some time past engaged in whale catch
ing.: This season they have seen six whales,
and day before yesterday planted the har-.
pooni in onerof these "monsters of the
deep," which; however, they, did not cap-.
ture. But yesterday afternoon they-j iron
ed" another, and after a hard-fought battle
succeeded in killing him. At high -water .
last, night the captors towed- him to the
beach at a point six miles from Moreh.ead
City, or about half-way to 'the light house,
where he will , be cut up for the kettles.
This morning quite a party left here "to see
the fish, among whom is a Methodist and a
Baptist preacher, intent upon seeing the
"critter" that swallowed Jonah. " ' -
f Wadesboro Times: The.' no
fence law. went into operation . yesterday. '
Some of the old "hat racks" that have been
going round our streets all winter and liv
ing on cotton will now be .seen no more'
-Little Miss Blanche Huntley, youngest
daughter of Mr. Geo. W." Huntley, had the
misfortune to fall out of the back door of
his residence on Tuesday and fractured her
right arm. - -Oa. Thursday last Anson
county lost one of her valued citizens in -the
death o Thomas S. Little, Esq. His
death was ! very sudden and unexpected.
He was about 73 years old. I . On Satur
day last while Mr. Hugh McPherson was
projecting with a pistol, it was discharged;
and the ball struck Mr.. May Tealt just
above his eye, and glanced. .The wound,
though painful,"5 is - not necessarily serious. .
j The storehouse and goods of Mr, C. .
D. Dbwd,at Little's mills, were entirely con
sumed by fire about 4 o'clock last Sunday .
morning. :They were set afire for the pur- .
pose of robbery. The loss is heavy," and
there was only a! small insurance. ; Since
writing the above we learn that several of
the parties have been caught, and it is Inti
mated, will be dealt: with ; very? summarily.
- We are proud to see from the "report
of condition" recently published in the Wil
mington - papers that : the Bank of -New
Hanover and its two branches here and at
Goldsboro, make such an excellent show
ing, c tur Drancn nere, unaer its present
very efficient management, is now, as it has
long been, a public necessity, and one that
our business men could not do without.
. ; V ';Raleh. 'NewsQbserverCtThQ
roster of , North: Carolina troops in the late
war, prepared by Major John W: Moore,
is being rapidly prepared - by.: Edwards,
Broughtoh & Co. It will, when completed,,
make an elegant volume or vblumes.,. -r
It was not thought that Henry Jones, the
murderer of Deputy Sheriff Blake, would
be brought to Raleigh before last night, so
Sheriff Nowell was surprised when -Mr: ' J. '
CDerr, of Enfield, who,' it. appears, is a
deputy sheriff of Halifax county, made his
appearance with him at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning, r There was some' excitement on
the arrival of the criminal, and a crowd :
soon assembled to see him. J Jones is a mu
latto, a sharp fellow, and showed not a sign '
of. emotion or uneasiness. .He was quickly
lodged in ; jail,-no attempt -having' been"
made to do him any injury, p For the ap
prehension and delivery -of the murderer
MrJ-Derr will to-day receive " the State re-T
ward of $200,. and also Mr. Stell's reward
of $25 for the horse. -The board held
a meeting yesterday , at which, the prelimi
nary arrangements for. holding the-summer
sessions of the white normal schools were
madeJ .These schools will be held at the
University, at Newton, Franklin, Elizabeth,
; City and Wilson. ' Messrs. ' Kemp C Battle
and; J. C. ,'Scarboroagh- were appointed a
committee to arrange for the- holding of the
University vNormal School.,.- Mr, ; Scarbo
rough was appointed a . committee of one to.
make arrangements for holding the schools,
at the other points named. ' -The ques
tions "of questions.; is, ,' on rwbom. shall .the
judicial mantle fall which Judge Sevmour
uaa Buiicuuci cu. - juiui y, are Ul lue ueiu
but the omnibus is never fall, , ," ;