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Tiie subacrHWonprie of the WkSkt
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s nde Ckpy i year, postage paid, V $1.60
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Thore are Bevenal -tnlTfl before the'
Congress looking sto ;tefoim. n the,
o'-vil service"' -of the,:?GK)venmehtl,
I'll .iv has. :i)tcn i j ctj jBuqb: - palaver?
am Roiicar politicians and new-s-
i), r concerning' raucb?i needed re-'
forum, that the rrablicJuive been ais-;
. poo i to re?ion, the
nutter as . purely--polical, ';. if not
ahout to psaitrajB a-praetical shape, in
th Si iiate andwe begin n to! hope
that some benefit to- the conntry will
be diTived from its discussion, J
Our dispatches of the 42th stated
that amendments, reported, from jthe
committee on Civil ; r Service ; were
adopted by the Senate, ' and that no.
less than eight Senators offered other
amendments. ( Vfe suppose that the
amendnients.i.reported , and adopted
ami those offered were to the bill re
ported last week by the Civil Service
C"immittee. ; That bill was defective,"
think . in' some particulars, and
from the way it isj amended the Sena
te i clearly of the same opinion. t-
()"ir dispatches say nothing Jof.
what the amendments were, i The 1
committee's bill does not provide for,
competitive examinations. It. , also
limits tire term of service, -V we be
lic ve, to .six y ears,This is certainly
wry objectionable and wonldbesure
to nicrt a.-e rather than enre. the . dis
orders uf the service. ( We, believe
ofritv-streking wonld. be : fostered by
such a provision Jand that without
riirid competitiTe s examinations "the
character of officials wonld be lowered
-rather than clevated,iSeoator J Pen
illeton's bill provided against both
of these evils.
Since the above
was i written
an-
other day's proceedings have been; re-,
ceived. Senator HawJev rnadexan
lnmiut'tive andui fqrcefal. .peech.;.iri
favor of the Pendleton bill. ' Sundry
amendments wereonered, -.one of
which wan' to hayq mpetitivtr ex
aminations in private and they arc to
Mute to matters : that -wili tent'? the
qiiai!fivatiousvof-j ihcr applicants for
t u e places they. geek, , ; AlJptlver a mend
mcnt w as to tinalize appointinehts
wuich is a very important matter, as
ai'ine States ejbadl 'Cheated as at
present organized.- Another amend-?
m ent Bui I
requires . a
all.
stand an examination t with in iaj year
as. lL PPving ;.f9ra5riginBeniploy
McSf'zH6 & gowjlaiid ireful
amendments,;aihpuld be adopted;
-
. . frnu nw .
- !ft,S5AR n,8 again and 'again in
td thjitlreo plant
It pays in Heyeral ; imi6rtanJE waysi
i improves thc'ancL ItimDroves
the looks of th&lahdwap
money Unto iiii;iit
lumhor be sold for burning: purposes
"r for manhfacturinff. - It is a cause
of health and i prevents' "drought to a
JS'eat extent. TheysjJnCldonbt, :
we su
that where
forests
abound ;rbueh'ts are of - in-
f requerit - occurrence. 'n&'4jtije 'oersci
where, thkrtkigtitri
wooded lands Vh?re are'.iorjg'dry sea
3,jns. in many iv countries this has.
been ohseryedtVayellersand men
of science. Ji'iin,-ji ; -. lk f :,!
A perso'nlrf irient1o''cbz:
juona, va., .wntesus bnf the 12th ,
inst. concerning thw important mat-tor-
planting, and beoause of
some . confirmatory information wo
publish it, a'lth6ugh; nb'fjso Intended
IT- JJ. 'l - . . t -4-:2 4i 5,-.
ml' iong time wi'j nire read with"
much interest your irequent editorials on'
subject of destroctfon of forests and
Prosparity of our dtar' 14 ttati- that th
Stic, v,.:,,. - , ,, r,OT4A.r . ; -d . X-.,, .. , iN '""AY JJ-:-. . : .'
forests be preserved, and I pray that your
warnings may oe .uueueu in time: 1 Have
noticed the last four years, that all this sec
tion of country adjacent to Richmond that
which was denuded of .forests and even
shrubbery during the war, is subject to pro
longed and distressing drouth every year.
Last year, you ' remember. we were buying
our drinking water. " This fall We haven't
had the dust-laid since- the middle of Au
gust until two-days ago and then only a
light tain so dry that no tobacco worth.
speaking of has been brought to this or the
Petersburg marfcot ana-1 believe it is due.
largely to the absence of trees-, all through
waia section. t :; j '
TARIFF. VIEWS IN. THE aOTTTBtJ
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" ; Vfe "publish very; instrnciye ar
ticle to-day copied aronv ithe Balti
more icTMn..-Weafer:notihithe least
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surprised at its contents. JVVe wau1J
have been surprised: if thoi-intelligent
manufacturers and r-rcapitalists had
been beguiled by f,"hia specious rea--
onmgi-o.t r" "iQatats. i no South
i? overwhelmingly ; in favor of alow
tariff one,for revenue strictly. Such
a tariJE- would, give ilL the protection
that is nedded.- The ' tariff has not
beer discussed , much ; since c1860 in
theouth, and 'a - large " majority of
the voters of to-day ( haye.hot given
it much - if . any attention.' During
ithis year there has fceemsome discus-
sion or tee mem? or protection ana-
fair, trade and. the people are begin
ning to nnderstand what : burden
the present .unequal and absurd, tariff
has been. "We 'believe three-fourths
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of Che intelligent voters in North
Carolina are'jdecidedly in favor of
the lowest possible tariff that can be
laid commensurate with the expenses
of the liovemment. , : ,
If there is any one. thing that a
large majority of the white voters of
"North Carolina are agreed-upon it is
that the necessaries of life should be
taxed as little as possible, and that
the luxuries should bear the heaviest
imposts. "It is true that thousands
demand " the repeal of' the internal
tax, but they do thi under the mis
taken idea as wo! believe, that 'the
only way to get'rid:: of the - horde of
Revenue smellers and informers is to
abolish the tax on tobacco and whis-
If the question of. tax on these lux
uries for? Ruch they are pure and
aimple-Miould be separated Jf rom lhe
dions system of collection? that now
prevails, we believe that thousands
who now clamor tor .abolition would
favor a retention of the tax i "
v The old .Democratic doctrine .' is
tax the luxuries and lessen the bur-
den on .necessaries, This, is the doc
trine of common sense and justice.
This is the principle upon which Eng
land has grown to bo, the richest
conntry on the globe. , .There is no
reason that wo ; nave ever seen ad
vanced, for not . taxing tobacco arid
whiskey, that has much in it,- ;.Nor
man need, use either whiskey or to
bacco.'' They are known to be infu
rious to most people. They are cer-
tamlv expensive luxuries. - lut it a
man will usejtbem, why shall he not
pay for "thc'needless indulgence ?
"'elvetiwtj that are
commercial, these two- cad bear a
tax" better than all others.. ;They can
be. dispensed: with - by all men juid
they! will, be the better for it. '
3 SThe; article from the Sim' shows
'yerycbncjusixely !the' drift of senti
ment in 'three Southern States on the
tariff quUpnIt is ateostjoertain j.
that' with the5' exception "of North
Carol jnaaTi rifginia, the Southern
States are opposed to the abolition of
the internal tax,-' although they favor
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VOBTU BEARING IN WIND.-
Dr. Van Hoist, in his, life of John
CL Calhoun. Vghows how this
great
statesman-cbansred nis
gard to States" Rights, i ' In, the
b&
ginningjof .his-political career he was
strong f or a national sentiment,- but
afterwards became the leader of 6the
extreme element in.; $hb outh favor
ing nullification - rNo one can; doubt
Mr.1 Calhoun's vhbnesty1 who knows
anything; of . Jthe r maQ.. ? But such
changes are not unusual.; Mr Web-:;
ster changed thro.e, times at - least in
his theory of the Constitution as we
nidcy; damsji was I not a consistent
with, himself has leftof;rec($f
some
views
beffire.the.N'feWi; York Historical -So- i
oiety in whicbhe'took decided ground
in avorrorj xejvres rvep, onsiuu-r
tional rights of the States. He evenr
...uiu cos; nesiiaip.abaPM uv, vue uo-i
i.Tiink t S 'llI ti&j if i. 1af itn f A--Xnnou
li scries a
qaeaoOT, evn imo iwiorvwp
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; We' mention thisfaqt because it is
instructive'. '" It is'well known that
qt J&ngiana was the nrt to Jad
with threats of sepeesiou and that in
the first decadft or soi of .this centur f
ip .leading' men ,bt ,thaV Potion were
m correspondence j looking to a with
drawal from hoUplon. j .ol3!
:- . .x im iniia is uie' aootnna ot ptate
Rights' 'i&j as;negos8iIta. the bal
anoorwheel:in;;oor'v.icmpeX''and;:re4
markable macbineryVpfr te doc4 J
iriueQi&Anea-inat me btatea
under jJieiGanatiiution havo
no re-?
8?rv.ed,righU andh,erfJ M jiQthngre-:1
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maiqujg to. prveut rapid coniqlida-fj
vitm or ail"- power- in- ine- r euerai i
Gavernment., The breaks'will.bo up1
.i " .,' .' i l
men ana in aescent wui oeteartoily
rTrrfrr.:-r!r"t;r.rir..tr.'.';Y'
iwHis uifeouy it wuowiuauwn.j is i
wen QqougllQ goi )tiOjv ,1080, j BlDt. I
of,-th6-dahgen -r that 'threaten bur f
form of bvernraent. .nqder Hadical-
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ism that favors a strong centralyjsed
ppwer.-.and of th necessity ;of ;elirtg-M
ing to tho - great f fundamental :doo-! J
irvne, inat.unaer tqa "uonsuiuuon.ana i
according to the decision of the Su-,
preme Court, the Sutea of the Union
haver certain rights reserved to them.
r;Thei- icondition- pf, things as. des
scribed " in ; the : press dispatches ; at
Opelika, Alabama, is a gross reflec
tion npon the people of that section.
When the lives of . travellers are en-
dangered seriously, by the flying balls
of a mob and thev are - forced to
make a circuitous route to avoid be
ing killed, it is high time that the
authorities had gone to work with a
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visrorous hand to suppress such out
rages, We do not like to read. of.
such things occurring in a Southern
State.
The death of Judge Robert .Otild
of Richmond, Va;, will .be regrettcl
throughout Mhe South. He became
so well -known during, tlfe war by
reason of his connection with tho ex-
change of prisoners that nearly .every?
soldier knew his nam . ' His unfiinch
ing devotion to the South as well as
Jhi fine abilities .made .. him : popular
wi thhleeople atlafg.
The! steamboat epidemic con tinncs. .
Eighti destroy edj;.within.J a month.
The epidemio pf fires ; has also bro-
kenfj ont.! " iiondom lost fH'5,000,000,
then Kingstbn suff ered; IXol 4 like
amount, and other places have suf-;.
fered also. '
Superior Conrt.jp' t..t ?t.rrs
n The-Court was called to - order
at the
'usual hour yesterday .morning; rwhen His
Honor, Judjt MacRae, delivered his charge
to.the.orj-ia the case bt CkStessH;
; r-. t - ' j ll'ji1
gen ana wiie t. jirun. xvauujuu anu .tiic.
The jury then retired ' and a'.feWimotions
were heard.iu About 4 R M. the jury came
in and asked certain instructions ' from the;
Cmif),fter;Which ; t
sooVfteif returned -9 with a; fverdict giving
all tK Ucnos In favor -of the defendants.? ;i
j Solicitor Galloway made his usual set
annual examination of the Clerk's office and,
rerjorted everything well .kept, well ir
About 4 JJ0 P. M.V Curt d journed " for
- ; i--,,.r ..-o-r- . . .
melerm-? v-.,-; fi? : - ! -
.jrJudgiMacfeinade may;friends du
ring .tha:6essioB la fact no: Judge has
tPSSrtM r.rsFnee the war who has given -
mdrfffunrversaUatisfacUonH is" considrlPbr;P4
ered hy .':the attorneyg ;tb'4
: v: 'L-ii
lawye Wa ioi uwwMau?. iHrJtWlJaRr!k- Brid?65or some other
He U. courteous (andkindyyetacts,with
great-flrmnesBVand by ;h dignityiiindgen'?
rf 'bearfnir tends'to hrinc: Ttb .'the I fencn
that respect and consideration wnicn it naa
yean ajjw. ' ' ' " , r:,sssi0
Tne Slldland iaxiroa va
L i cTiie matter 01 toe - application 01 I4apt,f
Oaksmlth, prparteret ;couhty;;Tor; the ap
pointment '.- .Heceiverj f or the Midland
Railroad,, was expected-to hive comenpbe-
orr His Hohef Jndgei MacRaei in Cham':
bers at the Court House yesterday mor&irigy-
iHit. it was' finally decided .by the . J udge to
bW. the argument at his room at the Purr
celUHouseVi Judge ;C;i R.f Thomas . and
Maj. iJohn .Hughes,4 of ."Kew Berne, ap-
; pearcd ,for i.ther defendants,? andW... W,
jClarki EsqvT9f; JTew Berne, fors the plaix-
tiff, and at the conclusion of the argument:
Judge- MacRae decided to: continue the
.iuociiun,uuiiiBCiiueq,i9appoiui a icvivci,
' The 8Chr;i ay Capt.?.I)enni8i from
jewiiiyiaaiosusounty, ior wis pori,
tried ixCpilttn attBarren Inlet, opposite M
-B ror. r""' i' r"Vr r "
abpul.P.clockjhensh a bar,j
spruh ahRfiUed,TWith water, and the
'Kew River and Uie latterto MeisrsMortonJ
"SBLJiWSSI! .cargo acre uninUnls'vdyp heavy gale, aud it is supposedw.v", About;;twphundred -and forty of th
v.vi t Atljintarronntit VARtArdAv nart Of
SUredt u lasi. flCCOUntS, yesterday, pars
ill "III
l"i'
!i-fKt!The -w khftrproperty of
Murchison drUo.. wiux 1,074 bales cotton.
foainaaot ia our wattri.
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The TVrofiz ffln-Snnnosed he bad a
' .XTtiTderer. . -, i.
Mr. ,yr. v B,. Coleman, 'of, Little Rbck'
South - Carolina,, Barrived here yesterday
'morning with a colored prisoner In his
'charge.'whom he had arrested on snBpioion
of beifl a Wan wh6 murdered ,hl prpther
at Wilson, in this State, some' time during
the yeaiil880.' 'r Upon arriving iin- t'his city,
Mr.' Colemaa telegraphed' 4o i the Shefin of
Wilson eounty to know wh'at furtier steps
should Iw taken, and the Sheriff - rgplied by
referriBhiarotwcmen from that county
employed? at'ltBb Wimiidjffon & Weldo ;
Railrbad,lwho were;; well ; acquainted with -t6"e"tiriumstanocs
Of the muTder'and would
know the' murderer. ''They werbj called
irpbu and accompanied Mr: Colemai to the
jallwheri'th
" it,uts . ukid um w -uw
do.u? . Prisoner was a"; colored,
man: 'hilo the two mett who hadcomertc
. . tijlw, tVln4lfA4
ana tne orotnerwnora no killed were wnue-
menr-'"ihls,Deing tne case Jftr; Uoioman
wuiu uo nuuun muro -uiau roteasu iuo
prisoner, and we learn thut the two left for
lLT. "C . C ' r.T
- payWthe - way of' his 'Companion. It Ia
iAt t a-
ho gives1 his hame' as Frank Allen?
atta Edwin - Fcnner, had acted' in a man-.
uci weiwiue Buspiwuus ui
man fence tBo arrMt- - . 5 . . s
NaTM1Ml Ooano Compmny.t' f . v f
' The" "annual meeUng of the Stockholders;
of the Navassa Guano Company of,Wil'
mingtoa was held at their omce in this city
yesterday morning. . , -(t? . r. , f -.
. Mr. Itobt. E. Calder was appointed Chair
man, nud j Mr. r D. MacRae 8ecretaryim A
large. majority of the stock was reprefeented..v
The former omcers were all .unanimous
ly re-elected, for the ensuing year, as fol
lows : , f - ,,'.77 . ' ' '
Hon. R. R Bridges, President. . m ;
Donald MacRae, - Secretary and ' Treas-.
urer. j. f ii'i ?t .'J s .
Col. C: L: Qrafflin, Superintendent. ,,v '
OoL W; DeRosset, Superintendent jof .
Agencies. ..,- ' . i
;i -Directors Us It. Bridgers, John C. Graf
Aid, Edward Kidder; Walter K' Lawton,"
8milie Av Gregg,? Winfleld S Diinan and
Donald MacRae. - -. f . ' ! ''f 1
A dividend of -10- per cent, was declare
out of the profits of the fertilizer "business,
and 2 per cent out of those of their rice
business for the past year 'payable on or
before jlst January, 1883, to stockholders of
record of the 17th instant. , We are glad td
'see the Company in so prosperous a: coudi-
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Funeral of Her. Ellaa Iodsott.
The funeral services in-connection
with
the: .death of -the JRar. Epaa -TkHtaon 'took'
place at the First Baptist Church yesterday
afternoon, at 8 o'clock. ? Rev.r Dr.; Taylor,?
the pastor; Rev. Dr.' Wilson, of the First.
Presbyterian Church, and f Rev.1 F.I W. ' E..
Peschau, of St Paul's Evangelical Lu the-;
ran Church, were in the pulpit. Tho sol
emn" services were opened by the reading
of the Scriptures " by Rev. Mr.' Peschaui
when gltev. Dr. W ilson ; followed with
Rev. , Dr.; Tavlor then rjreached
the sermon, during which be paid a glow
ing tribute to the deceased, and alluded in
touching terms to the self-sacrificing devo
tion toduty'which'had ever characterized
him in the service of the - Master whom be.
J '
i Tfierd vras buite a number Outfto pay tha.
last sad tribute to'one: WhoseTfaassuming
but zealous piety had endeared him to'. the
people wherever he was known, acd at the
conclusion of the .services his remains were
TlieXonff Creek' Improvement. ; -'., ;
We learn from Mr;;Bruce Williams, who
was in- tlfe -ch'r?; yesterday, 1 in; attendance
upon loo ouperior woun, iua cupv.: . x.
James, who has the contract ior improving
Long Creek, n Pender county,' arrived on
the ground on ' Wednesday.' with the ae
cessary paraphernalia, .. and t would -:3Cpm-
menceithe.workat onceof deepening ,the
tbansel ,i:cttiBrg'-0t trees and other ob-
1 'Wbfidni1 rad.Tqf off M-Ppottt4 It ia
dredged andr pat in -good
aTiinblmdltioti.to bur ofta" steamer
convenient pointi and -Wiltaingtoa. Lonjf
Creek -empUcs cmtosthCaptj.Fear about.
iourxcen. or -ajteen - roues touve tuia city.
ThHxrriTal nf 3 Oatit tJime was. Greeted
with much satisfactioit'by tha r Veadec peo-;
.pie., who look forward to the-improvement
as oneukeiy tojroe oii gjeaj ipenentiU
Unequal fty&tz- -'COO-1
' Passenrera"--"m -atm'r' ; the other
day witnessed atioieL struggle. An 'eagle
sparing alpfrsud41ly -'swooned dqwnaupbn
duckfSWAmmmK ajpnJsisRrew wu.n ine
current. ' ; l ne iatter med to cave down and
thUB-Tid himself -his5eriemy. while ih
eagle clung-toliis preyrrwith t tenacity 'chaV
racteristicxu itnejinoDieaoira. fi' i ne con
test was an unequal one, and nnally ended
in the huck; Demir cowea asnore ana named
tro ofi: a kigf bvthev eagle; whore be ';was
.quickly dispaicnea. 3i. r
l i'o
a 1.1 -r.t
S DM;
Forenrri JSnlpmeni. -hvi " .,VJ
Theschri;vcKwSateri"' Capt 0pcar-(wasl
Cleared from this port for Mayaguez,' P. ,BL;
vesterdaybyf Messrs. Edward Kidder &
Son. with 20,o99 feet of .lumber, valued a
't&ilttoP. 1bV the'Norwegiaa barque Flid.
.ri,bales of 'cotton; vanid at : S59.500. Total
value of foreign fexp6rw for the day, $63,
976,59.
British schr.
arrived at this, port
wmrkffat frtat Tn Of V ifiA
BwrgeVi Harbor BernrudsJ
,1 wen wpieces.'i' " u
t . Wtt t ,.i , .
---TNoTwegian.barque Saga,
vend3enGwfs,cleare fromth poit
I for Liyerpcolj yesteitfay.-BrMessrs. .rxR.
I 1 J . . Mn uru
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2fOETH CAROLINA, '
Shoeklns Trasrcdy In Anton Connty
an via Woman and Her Son Mnr
ralrrTIo A.,4s N. c; nd tne Mid
land BiUroail.
RaLETOH. Dee, 14.-A ahnrktno- HmihTn
murdpr waa committed, near Lilesville, in
tms State. 'this 'morninsr.' aIh r,w umrnan
4nd her son were found dead at their homo.
iaey nau.oeen siam acd.the body iof" the
son had been thrown into the ire arid ' par-?
tally copsumedThey Vere. people of ex
cellent character. The cause of the mur
der mS notkndwnl-Oreat (Axeitfiififint nW
Xhe aSair nrovaila throughqut the neighbor-
uoqu auu uie mystery surrounding the
tragedy is being Investigated, i'--' j 1
v Arrangements Jookinff . to ihR .Aitrhin.
sdjustmentof the differences between the
A. &N, C..RijR.'Co.i and its lessee, the j
m&lIffijJk&'Qo.: having 1 failed
th ttirecttorsof i the A.' & N. C. Co..' to-dav
made a formal demand for noanf asirin nf
the leased'rOad; which 'was refused bv the
directors if theMidland ,Compani', 'Liti
gation will probably, ensuot
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Two SXen Bratned wttb an .Axe , In.
X.ileaVlUe; Wi1 J.A FaiseWtfe InaU-.
eateafete. Peed &aearor;tnfl fllnr-
dererr . rvu . -r .
i by jieieKjupa w mo Aornms scar.i
--UStwi TOrK." Dec.' .-Anspeoial from'
Charlotte, IN. C..' say a. "In Lilesville. Tucs-.!
day night, .'Alexander' Dockery murdered
y v uicu luiu uku cBvajjuu. oia wttu jjiapes
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which aroused her.furyv and sho made a
ciean Dreast or ner guilt u ner nusnaud,
besovght iiis forgiveness; knd urged him tp .
fcul the two men,- to which Dockery readi-
y agreed. : alapes and Uiobs ' were small
farmers,? andiwerc jinthe habit of leaving
their work about 5 o'clock, walking up the.
road togetherfJ Dbckcrr; laid in '"'wait' for
them wjth AnJ axe;, bratned , both, 'and left
their ; bodies ;lying in the. road. .Dockery
fled-, and5 his' Wife ' attempted- to join , him.
uuv naUGwu.'r'"r'yiT''r''rrHii ;..-.- : -
fAll of the above partias are colored.-
Stab. 2a Wo "cis-btiii t-fmd-i. . , ' : i :.
Steambbatc JDlaasfers The Kate ; Kin
ney Bnrnedmnttbe St. Francis Belle
Sunk i tnttt 'i ValaMe Carsoea No
fBy etogTaph td the Horning Star.) L :
SuMnrbn'tr ' Dec. 1 15.-The jBteambbat
Kate Kiniiey iobkflre in.Vb.e- bayou; at the
fivrtr' ' Un4fno4i t SO 'f 'T ;ti-r irlnv 1 Thn
boat and Ifeargd'are' a tbta tois' The boat
wAvaiuett'at fso.wv, and-was insured ror
13-.O00? Shetbeloncred to 'the Red Biver.
and - CoaBt line.; er" cargo 'consisted ; of
wo' thousand bales of; cotton.' oil. cake and
otbervfreight,4 'which is'jprobably ' insureds
INo fives were lost-so far aB is known. The
Are from the burning1 steamer spread to a
building; r adjacent, jbemg driven by? high
winds. The loss is about 150.000. ; Seve
ral buildings near the ferry4 landing were
destroyed-! he pooka were not saved, put
Clerk tjuecksall succeeded in getting some
of the moncyout of the safe The rflrcorigi
najed irt the deck room, but its cause is un
known, ' - It spread so rapidly that the pas-"
senders and crew lost all of thbir batnrare.
XL. W ,-Applegate, local inspector of steam-.
W i . - - . . - WW u I
boats, - lost nis valise containing all the pa
pers of this trip i of lhspection." . J ' - .
The steamboat. St. Francis Belle, belong
ing to the DuchtU; River Construction line,
was sank' in Bayou') Bartholomew, to-day,
with a full cargo of cotton. No lives were
lOSt: ' ' - -
. THE CORN CROJP.
Beporta t rom the xyepartaaentofAKrl-
cnltarefor tbe Monlb of December.
'';' ' fBy' Telejrraph to the Morning Star.'
I WAsndTbDea'' IS. Thd -Deiromber
corn returns of the Department of5 Agricul
ture make' direct comparison withv the pro-"
auccoi' last yc&t.i in iMovemDer'tms -vieia
wr krri wr rnm-tpd and in Ortchor lMt
crop-Tne range of (variation inrcsult of,
these threeeparate tests ls put, three., per ;
cent. witn so BUgnt a difference me ten-,
-dency of more . - accurate information is to-:-
warqs a reduction. . The present and nnai
returns aggregate.'-in round numbers, 1,-
J525, 000,000 buchels.T 'Permanent estimates
B - . . . m. m m m !
will be pubusned atter.n ; analysis ot an
auu , ruuuai vnoos ua ,.ior, .some.iime -i, ii.isis8ippirrrost is ' reported; w to W days
been criminally Intimate'-'with' 'Dockery V Jater than in average years'. The - weather
wife ; ' they bnartelled with Jthe i wdman. ' I generally was favorable f ori6kin ? and at
the records ofarea, cobdition 'and produce five commissioners until matters are adjust
tion0fffyeafid;anscientiou8 adjust lv :. Meantime an outbreak is threatened
,'ment of all rofdbieldiffErencea.. The New
England BtatesShQW a product PL six and
a ' third" million One million less than last
fyjear. -anoitwootnillion lessr thanjin l7.
Tha. Middle States 76 . million eleven more
-than lest-yfcarjand tcri'less' than'' in 1879.
m i n . . . , .5.- n.. w 1 , ,
il ne poumern Auaanc oHnpsj- mup uuuureu
and thirty-seven, million being 35 tnOre:
than last VtaV? "and 25 'mofe'thaii' in 1879,.
,Tbelflve7G;ul-,Coast States, 171. mjllion, be-
mc 70 more tnan, last year, . and o
'previoti crpi -gnd 31 more1 than in 1879.
4n -the seven . corn jsuTplus.'. States; from
unio to jxeoraBKa ana rxansas, wmca pro-,
xhiced 'a) record of 1"30I milliotf bushels in
..the . census year.: there appears a reduction
bna:bundredr ofrwhich iBrin Illinois and.
100 in Iowa: Each State. shows an increase
over last vear verv hfcavV hi Missouri and
Ka'n'sasriuelo&Tlncreasa being about 240, -1
J 000,000 bushels'; Michigan? Wisconsin
and Minnesota, on the LakeT belt,! the pro-,
duct is i 80.000,000 bushels, nearly tiie same;
as iin? :1870; t ands an itncreasd of 9,000,000
4 bushels orJast year. . There is a large in-
for the mountain and Pacific coast regions.;
There is much reduction vin the Quality
AV i WtUUV . N1V. AW. VU
westfrom immaturity andin jury by frost
especially:ia?ldwit iilmi . -;:rr-' i ',
with morenlihtened lodgment' after car?
ermg;hasbeen emirely completed, and do
noiTary lany-raore inan-o per cent; irom any
mbnthlyretorris of the season, yet they are
lower in tDecember, 'and ' renders-it nearly
certain that the' permanent estimates can
hot surpass! 500,000,0001 bushels, and may
fail to reach that flire." v 1 . ,
V 'i WASHINGTON.
matrimonial Assoclatlona on tbe Post-
aA ii'i ?!'.f'oiaeeBIaelc 1,1st'--- - :
t k JBr Tejeicraph to .the Mornlna Star.l .,. (.
Washtootok- Decl 16. Th Comptrol '
lef of the Currency has authorized the Peak'
pie's Natidfial Bank, pf .Americus; Q&. to.
About ; two f hundred -and forty of tho.
ipouuiwu iimuiuuii buu xtauu .ojwuuia
.1 ttana have been olaced nnnntha Mifc 1U1
black-list:
of theostofilce--1 Department by order of J
tne rceimasierwnerar; and poetmasters at
'piacewrwMw-wbo'raiwociaiionsare, nave
hflflfl tnstru'returnfe 'thfe fleodfirs the
money corder addressed 1 to the : aasocia-
tioas.
more than m-ihe-'census yean-'vv est v ir- i v .u-uuuu U) n m
t- - j m . t wm ninmnrrint fti'-6rnlnlfl timft1 I
tral belt:"' 170 millions 70 more than the I ';,,-, .1 m m -
"i;--;.t 'rrV ft
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THE COTTON CBOJP,
Betnrna to tfee Department or Asrtenl
: tare : tor; Tecember An Indf catd
5Crop of 6,700,000 Baled. i . , j - '5
' . y ' By Telegraph to the Mornlnjc Stat".
-Washington. Dec. IS.'CottOn returns
made to the Deparlment of . Agriculture,
December 1st, relate to the product in Com
parison with the: production of last -year.-There
will be one more return at the close
of the season. Estimating the actual num
ber of bales and acres of the present cropv
last month's return of yields peraere; indi
cated 6.636,60a bales of '460 'net' pounds'
each. The December report makes an, lag-;
gregato.approximaung 6,700,000 bales. ..-t,
is not presented as the statician's estimated
report of thQ' crop, but as the. lssultrof a
caretul revision and consolidation of coun-
npou the views of -eorrespondeats ; may
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ty estimates: uae inuuenee "liecemocr
somewbat increase or may decrease this fig-
8 per oen; or iu round mimbers SSOOO;.
.Mississippi o, . or yoi.uuu; a orcn uarolina
10i or 421,000; Alabama -10,? -1768.000;
-GcoTgia 1 1 , ; or 1 885,000 Louisiana: 20,1 or
571,000: Tennessee 22 or 329.000 d South "
uarolina .28, or 625.)0; TeXas 22 brT,-
5SySi A883 6?' P.85.000::Ia Souths
Carolina. Texas and . Arkansas 'last vear's
a iM.riiinu v u a a n d nrnnano mor WAnwa
product was t greatly i reduced, 1 which - ac?
counts for the large per centage pf increase.
Virginia,' Missouri;', Indian Territory and
nther districts may make r$8, 000. Killing
frosts were everywhere later 'than-. nsuaV
loss of mature hoUs in ftom'n -distrfrts la
timated at 10 ner cent' in North f!ATrHna,
Tennessee.-Arkansas and Northern iTens-
I -i J - -n. A '.-
i iea uegree m otner -piaxe3, in Piortnern
manv noihts cxcetttionallv - fnrwt
The re
ver; bss-'been true in portions'
iana and Northern Texas, " and
t ... . r :.. ---'-
0
t Louisr
ana. in some
Counties -of Arkansas', and Darts of the
Southwest from wet weather. r Losses from'
the boll worm ;contiaUe mainly west of the
Mississippi:.; ;It is reported that this, insect,
probably caused, as much damage; as the
caterpillar. ;;'"'';V -vr; f.:-.i
THE-HALLO WS.
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Negro Murderers' Pay
tne-
Penalty of
Ibelr Crimea In Alabama and tOnli-
.lana. .- . ' -.i ' ' ": :::-
f IBy Telegraph to' the Mornirg Star. ;? ii
AfAK swiEUD,-. XiA. , Dec 15. Peter, Thom
as, colored, was hanged, here to-day; in the
presence of two thousand people, for the
murder of. Dick Bright, alsa colored. On
the j gallows the - man acknowledged his
guilt r- 1 - ; ; ' :x-.-.-Laura
Bright, sentenced at theeame time
as Thomas for participation in the murder
of her husband, was respited-by the Go-.
yernor until 'further notice. - It appeared
on the trial that .Thomas and. Laura Bright
had been criminally intimate ' and had.
agreed to put Dick Bright -out o the way
in order that they might live together un
disturbed: ' Thomas killed the - husband
with a rail and he and - the woman threwr
the body into the bayou, where it was soon"
after found. ' .: '7 4 - i
, - Colttmbcs. .Ga.; Dec. ,15.Jno. Redd,
hegro; was hanged at Seale, ATa., to-day for
the murder of i Lucy "Lee,, a young negro ,
woman, in September.' The execution was
private.' Redd confessed thecrime.l which
.was a most brutal one. . 3Je.was u convicted
by three different juries, - the, case having
been twice carried to'' tho 8upreme Court.
There was a largecrowd in town, but there
was no demonstration of any character. .' 1
. j , ALABAMA ; 1 ' '
Tne Opelika Tronblea Hostilities Be
newedandOno IVanKllled Ballroad
, Collision. . . , -i , , f j .
. 1 . i By TeleaphtothoMornlnjrStar.i' " '
- New Yoek, Dec." 15. A '- special from
Atlauta Bays: One sad sequel of the; Opeli
ka (Alabama); riots was. the arrival f yester
day of the body of Bob Malohy; shot last'
Friday? .Hostilities were again renewed at
ppelika Wednesday night, and from 10 to 11
o'clock the" rattle of musketry kept increas
ing; until , it seemed the town,; was given
i j - r sj! vj v
?vtsr aii ""cB wuiu w
-. MonraMedMalonvV murderer was
awested,- Threats have been made bv his;
hv. ttAa -h f t.
lanta Saturday for the purpose," it is said,
"ot assassinating the, reporters here for wri--ting
up the lawless deeds in Opelika. "
I - AUv 4ACVAICa JJvtlQlwtlU w mho ivf vn,vU VUv,
i nt rr.iiVo nH nt tutnnm
at any.momemV Travellers go by a cir-'
.cuitous route to reach points which by way
Of Opelika would be nearer, as passengers
have had to. prostrate themselves in the bot
tom of the coaches' while passing through
the town; to avoid being fired at. - ?
MoBH,Dec: 15."-r-By a collision," at 9i80
Thursdayi at Kushla,' on the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad,- between north and south-bound
freight trains. Conductor Hunter Myers, of
MICHIGAN,
Failure of a Prominent Blember of tiie
" j : . Board ot Trade at Detroit, y-rf r "
' BJ TeleKraph to the: Morning Star.1 ; : ,-;'
'-. DETEorrDea 16. -A sensation' Was cre
ated on the .Board of Trade to-day by the
failure of E. K Norton,' "one of its most
prominent members, who had put : up mar
ein8 on : wheat deals amounting to sctmeT
thing over 400,000 bushels; Nothing of.
the sort had been expected,' and but little is
known of his affairs. The amount of the
loss to other dealers cannot be ' ascertained,
; It was' subsequently." learned 'that Norton
.yesterday made a bill of Sale of all his per
gonal effects to his' father-in-law. Norton
did not make his appearance at the, Board,
ADQ ' Ou Q6SI
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and ' tbe deals were closed out under tne
A aioTement at New Orleans to Seenre
,r the Location of tbo World's Cotton
i Exblbltlon at tbat City. 1 . r.
-!:-' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.T "T: '
New, Orleans, Dec. -15. The move-'-tnent
to secure the location of the World's ,
Cotton and .Universal . Exhibition is being
crystalized into practical shape by the city,
authorities and the commercial bodies of
thia city, who have ? appointed committees
for a joint conference to meet at an earlyr
"day. s No doubt is felt in the minds of live
business men here, in regard to raising the.
reatiired' funds. The .enterprise is fairly
inaugurated.' ' Congress will be asked for a:
charter similar tq that graced : to. the Cen
tennial' in 1876. "President Morehead,' of
the National Cotton Planters' Association, -leaves
here to-nightiorNew.York, and will;
stop at Cincinnati and 'Baltimore, to . see
what those cities are doing in regard to the
JJhibiUon ,,T.. .., .y4 . r. - . '.W
. " ;" -mm aV-O-w 4 . -r..,
rr.war4Cb"Rice.rauthor of the comic op-.
era. Evangeline, has filed a petition at Bos-1
ton, Mass.; to go into Insolvency. . His lia-
buities are SS0.V74. i
. . rr I tha i am h.rtAnn1 rmiw ' vara a tr-t 1 1ni B-l va fvom
, Xvqtj", Seruo .Ac-. Died,
in thia city; Friday mominff; December 15,
1883. Jesse M. Rhodes, aged 54 years.
WhltevUle j&rtierprise : The
sureties on the late Sheriffs bond Lave ap
pointed Mrs A. F..T00D, to collect the tax
es that remain unpaid.: On last Thurs
day, the remains of A our,- lamented Sheriff,
Axcaioaia JiicyoHum. were interred. A
large number of ' the people ,tf Columbus
by all Of whom ho was beloved In life and
will be respected in his grave: 'assembled at
his residence, 'Where his funeral sermon 7
was preached by his fricndTand fellow offi
cer, J. 1 W. Dickson.1 - i--
- V1 Weldon -iVetoa . v The .famous
ram AlbemarIe"aa . built .and equrpped
at Edward's Ferry., on., Roanoke river in
mis countyr Mr. v. i$, -tsmjith was auper
intendent of the navy yard at that place, at
the time and -afterwards -another boat the
Fisher, "iwaajDottbewaysibut was burned
to prevent ;jtS cUingjnto tho bands of the
Yankees, A. section of . Jhe , Albemarle's
smoke stack is ow in JudgerLynch's grove, '
on the edge of the tqwp.. It is full of holes,
.caused, by grape sfiqt and cannon balls, v.
' Aldminc.6'(xteatr7ilb.'3 been
the5ease - heretofore;1 greatly' ' loibe detri
ment of North Carolina, tobacco growers,
that tlieir tobacco'" has ' been "credited to a
sister State' fit 'is time -the great ;commer-
lial world knew cwhere itho fino, tobacco
I tnncfanfltr lionillA Id "vAlafiA :.nU L aha
constantly handled is " raised, and it is one
ox the chief aims of 7tlus fair to show thia
matter up. .Nortbi Carolina wants credit
for what she is. that is alt, and every effort
to put things, in the right light ought to re
ceive a hearty, support. All tobacco growers
PUght to help in this movement: .-
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Raleigh' Visitor " We1 paid a
-brief-Htotho thriving towh'of -Tlender
. .
son, and were pleased; to n ote its . prosperity.-1
We'uoticed four larga brick - stores in
eonrse'of erection-r-thtcfeof-which are be
ing put up by Mr H: H. BurwelL Sr., and
u oy-juwssra, o.-ot. -n,Miains."' iv. large
and commodious 'Opera House covers the
.1. i 1 W T.. ,C.
wuu uuvi ur, iui. jjuinxiia iiiicu Blurts,
and will be quite an -addition 'to the attrac
tions of that to wnt .vllia ;stores jare 120 feet
deep and 2G feet wide. ' Messrs." S. & C
Watkins' storo, which adjoins SfnBurwell's,
is 140. feet deep and 36 feet wide. These
stores are' threo .stories high, .with iron
fronts. '3 i '-'i'.! . j .r .1 4Z'i
.-r - Grreeusborb Patriot f Dr. John
Clapp.'.of this - county, has letunjed from
Texas, where he has been for the last twen-
I ty years; Ho will make his: ' home in this
county. The office of then Hickory
Carolinian was destroyed by fire Wednes
day night. r In addition to printing mate
rial the editor sustains the ; loss of his law -office
and some valuable papers. -Today's
Charlotte papers report "a death from
a constable's club," a . "serious rebooting af
fray" in Richmond 7 county," a "probable
homicide" in CabarrHS, an "exciting shoot
iag affray iu Laurinburg," a. "bloody riot
inLincolnton" and "the theft of a bag of
chickens." ' There is evidently a fine field
here for police literature
Fay ette ville Examiner: Rad
cliff Perry, a colored man supposed to-- be
about 102 years of age,' died in this town on'
the 8th: inst. u He was one f the carpenters :
employed by Mr. Joseph , Sewell in the
construction,; of the Henrietta steamboat,
built here in 1819. Mr4 Isaac Hol
lingsworth died at his; home ia tbis town
last Tuesday imorning; the- 12th. , -inst., of
bronchial disease;; in the J57th. year of his
age4 f He bad been for many; -years an ac
tive rand useful, tnemlier vof ;.ho : Baptist
Church bere ; ----?iOn Thursday afternoon
last 7th).th dwelling hpuse occupied and
belonging to lher;3J iss-iCarimptri of thl
place; took ,fire,and was oAnsUiaed.: By the
strenuotis exertions of i Some of the citizens
the kitchen and most, of Ahe; furniture .'"'was
saved. ..'.Loss $1,000. f o insurance.
.New , liehi' joU$$&Vttea
hundred bushels prrice': in. market yester
dajv i-The highest .'pricipaiai was $1 llf -per
bu8hei, including sackik.-; Thia is equal
to $1.09 in bulk and is fquite.tup to the
Charleston , market, ---Thel"-. Matamus
kect apple continues to, -arrive, in. good .
quantities, and are sold for", $A per bushel.
- 3Ir.. Jr L., Rhem has ptanted out 121,
000 cabbages, and ; has :8Ur acres, more to
plant out. - - A correspondent urges the
selection of.Gov.' Thomas J. 'Jarvis for
Uunited ; States Senator There i are two
reasons why this, should not be. 1. The 7
Governor don't want it. 1 ' 2. ' Tho people
don't want him to? havdit. ,-:This has been
sufficiently indicated in the steady Demo
cratic loss throughout -, the State under bis
;leadersblp,V; ?;-i't Vr":- r. f : '
Charlotter-: Observer: The 1. Air
j Mae pay tramarnvett rom Atlanta yester-
Line pay train.arrived (rom Atlanta yester-
the employes of the road in this city.
:Yesterday ,,was the day ; appointed for the
sale of the Rudisill gold mine, which is
just beyond'the western limits of the city.
Capt Chas. F.. Harrison cried the sale, and
finally kndeked it down to Mr." Eli Springs
Jor $20,000; Mr.: Si I4ntonxwas the
next highest bidder, proffering. $19,000.
The grand" jury of the Federal Court
took up a very v interesting :i case on
yesterday. , rlt appears that at tbe late elec
tion 1 the-snpervisors1 at Wadesboro, while
counting the votes, 1 were pelted i with bad
eegs." 1 and. worse still, with, quantities of
sulphureted hydrogen, which the doctors
1 f i-L ? .. .
sav uiscounia aayuiiDir ou vanu m ue why
of. a strong smell. The pelting, was done
purely for mischief, j - " : ' "' -:.
.; Charlotte Journal: Several emi
grants left on the Air Line train, night be
fore last, for Texas, j 1 Another family left
last night for Che VLofle Star State."
Some wagoners from Stanly county,- while
sitting aroynd their fire in the wagon yard
in rear of the postoflice -Jast : ,night. were
brick-batted by some .unknown,. person or
persons,' and two of them, Messrs. Ephraim
Whitley "and another?" were"3 struck on. the
head the ..wound, .of, oner ; being - quite
severe." Last evening a handsome and
attractive looking gentleman about 35 years
of v age, but ... apparently--much, younger,
'whose name and person are well known in
. many places in North Carolina arrived at
the Central Hotel m this -city and. was in
troduced to & Journal reporter by'the pro
prietor (who seemed to be ia a remarkably
good humor) as the Duke of New Castle
alias Mr. - Edward L. ;Voorhec; bf the firm
of Davenport, Johnston & Co. , of Atlanta,
Ga f A. long account follows -of !.the way
this Georgian ''sold" Greensboro,-- passing
himselljofEvas the, '5Ypung Duke," but not
DisTeaJiiamouS'characterJ. -"
J&deigU':lTMs088erv&:'--rIt is
undersk)6d"iiIsdffiaT Ihe directors of the
Midland Company will ask the -Legislature
to give them the State stocky which cost
1300,600 and that upon condition of re
ceiving: this 'they will ' complete the road
from SmithfleJd.,to Salisburyj ; j David
Lr Tay lor has been appointed Postmaster at
Rocky Mount, tieel B Pennington.
In the 8tate library proper, there are 10-, 497
books, 1,604 pamphlets; a total Of 12,101.
In the Supreme Court library there are 5,
000 volumes ;The,hbrary or the Executive
Department consists, of 1,837-.volumes and
169 pamphlets,' while that of the ; Superin
tendent of Public -Instruction consists of
8,034 books and 2,533 pamphlets, a total of
5,566. 1; There are in the capitel altogether
4,035 volumes and 5,289 pamphlets, total
of 2924.; All -these belong (u., the State
library-save the 9,000 vplumes of : the Su
preme Ctourt libraryTho averags increase
is aoout ow r Dooas per year. ra. ui
election of officers of tbe Third Regiment,
N. C. 8. Q.r held at Greensboro; James D.
"Glenn, of Leaksville, was phosep. Lieutenant-Colonel,
and -R ;A; ,tToard, of .GreenB
boro. Major.. .1 Both are graduates of the
Virginia Military Institute, and the latter
has been at West Point. .
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