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FACTS AHO FfOiJBES. - T
lhe total expenditures of the Go-
, cni ineni were 295 million according
Jo ht report. The tnta! receipts n
,uud'. niiin')PH were 410, million.
iiTihe last session of tbe Congress
uli'tl away in. a ir.n.jn; -;
1 11 . 1. AH.. IM I I II l.T
on, ailt'l HU ine.reiimra aic inii. ii;
any million. Senator;Plat ehairi
fusions, 'says the probable" sum re-
. ". .i. . . .. .: ir...
In- w:ir ending June '.301 88.4; will
i,. too million. Then there is 45
bullion for the sinking' fund to lie
dded. At tlihi rate it will not be
difficult to get rid of the surplus!
There is almost a certainty.-that
he expenses of the Government to be
1
irovwea tor oeiween june .iu, ioo .
and June 30, 184, will exceed 300
million dollars by a great deal;
Where will the money, .come from?
It is not claimed by the most zealous
and confident calculators -iri Wash
ington that the tariff ; by any
son 01 reaujuswng; eao oe .iu.uc
to unnir in ' more man ou
in - more
million." The best' expferts in New
York nay that not .wore than 235 mil-
ion'i-atr be""exiected. To. raise this
arge jnm by indirect tax i you must
Un, a heavy ouraen on me poor man greatiength .We mentioned yester
nesaries. lit ibis Democrats pnn- Anu M'jt. ..At
Clj,.e or Lenioerauc poucj ; ;xveau
all of the platforms of the last forty
yi'irs if yoii would 'have "an- answer.
Hut by taxing the necessaries you
mav raise 235 million dollars. What
tlu-ii ? No ono pretends to say that
it will be sufficient to cover the ex
penditures of the Government, How
can it be sufficient wJs already the
Cimgress has ' voted more I than 290
mil lii n w hich most W mt.
J low, then; will tft Wcitj which
is inevitable, be lhf-t? It mnst be
iin-1 r wheels of the -Ooveru
. ...
nieiit will stand still.- The question
hhvtc': It is a practical question
and must be met by' the legislator
The only answer is from a tax oh
somethinff ;felsor- not";in .: the-? tariff.
tin . 1 1 .1 ,." , " 1
i nai itier tuan wmssey ana ueer
tobacco to fall, back upon
We have proceeded , upon the stip-
isitioti that the ad vocates of abolish
all internal " taxes . were ; sue
-'.sful, and
lion dollars
that "the 146 mil-
from- that 1 sourse
n.it oi-en wijK.i outas they now
demand. What mext.?, Wnld not
tho L'onjjress1 be driven by fonwof
oirt;fnustaiiees and stress nf political
.. . .... , . .. . it ! . j - . -v i
wressiiy w ivy anviner internal tax
-to rt'tnrn to the rsvstom .thuv haW
'blindly, unwisely abolished? v If not
i r . . . '
t! it, t'u.Mi how would the; deficit be
nn-t. ,. . i '
11 ijio 1. 1 S. Treasury .is rmptied
y Democratic legislation - will the
Northern people Kustaliv the 'Dcni:
iM'ralie partv ? if no Nofthem States
vote with tho n.m.rav'l, ,,n
their candid.it b lfl i
Let us now turn to the .Secretary
of the Treasury's estimates.'! IIo says
thu r.v.l r .u - j ili L r ; ' i destructive ot several ot our lmponanr iu
uiat excluMye of the . .debt, payment dustries. It Is believed that the increase on
there is a surnln now nf'12n millinri ' I
ti i - i, ' -.jiii I
e has already incurred an obliga
tion of 84 million in fi fn
hnn.lo ir u i 1 1 i !t 1 I
"mhi. xie nas in anaition nawl out l
---- . - V ... . " J - " . I
on; last ycarsl calls over 26 rnlllionl
pu ue would not have bnt-in million t
surplus if all these oblWions 1 wp'
vo mature within the vear. bnt it i
certain that they1 will not all mature
Tims far hot ' Ir..' ;n;; b w :
rr,-i Tt,i,:-:i. U-iii
uouotiess. !
savs:'
.14.
The
New York; Times
m. r - - ' '
1 110 resources.-; of tho. :TnBfivtt ,'-Tmiio
vary from the estimates i in either of two
mJ' he revenue nwy not .be maintained
the figures estimated. an4 as to Customs,
rZ T ","wl"ieTna as xo internal revenue, i sistency, .wnicn, tnrougb. the; Tana: jom
enain; or the expeaditurea may bt larger mission and tha Senate and House commit-
r:
. . .; t . t
vol; xiy. !.:;:
and as to pensions, this is extremely likely.. I
We have then, aa the. basis for calculation I
for this year only a possible surplus of very'
indefinite amount.
Its5 th tobacro ta alowQiS ones;
eightji" of" the;Trevenue, IVe, copy
what ife. far i it iar forceful and
:rinan8Walef v JJfJf
rThere 'iao wisdom and no justice in
repealing oneteig'hth of the taxes for the
that, too, exclusively in the cost of .what is
wholly a luxury. This is Wwularjy, un-
fair anA nn4nQt: whan it. is rnnaiHfrM whnt
are the chances for deduction, io 4 other 1
direcUonSk and what in the naturqof tile
pointed .out, ; the : Secretary n of the j j
Treasury - estimates,:: tne surpus . , lor
the next year at $12O.000,0QO.? But.out of
this amount the requirements of the sinking j
numbers but $75,000,000, of ; probable surr
?AU&tXi
actual and estimated revenues and expendi
tures. If the tobacco tax be repealed, this
margin would be reduceiLta some twenty
fl nr thirtinnlllTona jof dollars.'- -.t
fire or tWrty-mlllTona jof dollars.
-Unless the expenses are very great
ly reduced and the 146 million dollars
of internal aies were griped out there
wouja oe a q,encit. a nere is.no eaun j
ly prospect, ;and . , no enthusiast is
blind enough-toe .assert it, that the ex-
penses will be reduced; to 235 million,
the sum experts say can be raised by
imposts when the tariff is readjusted. I
There is no earthly prospect that the
expenses to be met by the present
.,1,. , .t ' ann '
Congress will'be less than 300 million,
when it has already . voted away (at
- . v. . k rrZ
the hrst session) 290 million. I hat
sum must be raised. The question 13 I
1- ' ' . . . not and cannot be accepted without severe
how ? The tariff will give not more criticism, andeveu then onltas a last rc
than 235 million. Where must the sort Thecommittee has evidently adopted
remainder come from?
inconsistencies: ' '
When the : Tariff "Commission , re-
Qrted 0,, and Republican
nnora.. . r,Vnr n errant rpln..
Uon of the present taritt,r iaVored it
as being much better than was '. ex
pected, and as being .the best that
could be secured ' at present. This
paper, in the same spirit, was for ac
centing it and ' rrettinpr aTl ;. that was
poggibe from the protectionists. But
the report; does hot bear analysis and
scrutiny well It seems to have been
constructed; with no little art, and as
if to' deceive. ' - We "shall hot go into
a review of its inconsistencies at an v
. would be moVe than doubled, and
such will be the effect. In the South
this is most important. The tax
ought to be removed from ties, but
in the lien of this the Tariff Com
mission propose to more than double
the present exhorbitant tax. This is
called reform! : 1
In regard to Bessemer steel rails
the proposed duty is really prohibi-
trkrv" nTt.bnntrlri fbArpi is a rrilnftlnn' r-
commended of from $28 to 817.92 a
ton- . American rails can bo manu
factured 'at a fair protit at 540 a
ton. ; 1 he tax proposed . would make
English rails sell at-tfot less than 45
or $40 in; this cauhtry. The same
thing will apply to copper.
Thp Wsshinolon corresnondent of
o -
. Boston p caU8 attention to the
deceptive ' character of the report.
We quotor- '
The changes in cottons arc taken as an
instance of tariff reductions more specious
than minntna Tho -.nnvn anliorliiloa , nrA
confusing and often misleading, and instead
r.a umpnneation - we- - aw confronted- with
afresh' complication. Certainly with tb-
gard to cottons a very proper- product to
eenerSl claims of the commission: which
- . .. . . -ww" I
were the basis of comment at first, have not
been sustained, and the commission's work
will rirmhtlfRH rflfinirfl a verv thnromrK Rift.
: r-
ing before its adoption can be urged in the
iiic w Kou vw...
There are also- inconsistencies . in
its ' report r concerning wool, books
and , of her important, articles.; Jt is
announced in as much of a protection
paper as the Philadelphia "Times Is
that it is destructive , really, as. will
appear uuu wo iouw.i.ift r.6.T.
M1 om s asUington icner. ii,
8ay8
thc report shows that wbny' it is substan-
tlally correct in theory it would; be utterly
VA careful examination of the jflelaiis ot
washed wool and the reduction on the man
ufactured -article would 'be fatal- to one
blass.of our woollen manufacturers, and
the action of the book publishers 'of Phila-
. . . . ....... .
ueipuia, puousnea m io-aay s papers, exr
o oin?nia
commission.
sfypi, ";" n.,.D;w.j.u
tariff in the North is Mr. J. S. JVIoore
"ecopy afwugiHuui wmmu
mcation; of ms-Mntne-isewt xort
limes. What 'he says throws still
fartner Hirh't on the inconsistencies Of
xne report . j
.1. - L. . .
-.!!."Now. there is somethinr perfectly out-
vurfMna anrl faKomonl .In-mxtaintncf fLfbltVftf
I aujwiao wux. mini I IV. u AM' wnu p "
I inma mat In anmmt tilt mm.
monestknid of cheap window-glass and call?
ing this a refornx of the tariff. --There is,
further,-: something audacious in this per?
's. . - i . ' k ' ' 1 : " i ,
. ..... . i . . , ' - ' :.r'-'V . I i I -i i A
;: H'"wilminot0nn; c.:Mm
tees, set&at defiance the universal demand
of the Deonle to reduce the ur on th mnst
necessary - article J of ? human-; habitation;
Kowt:at present no one demands tfree wia-
do-glas8. But the 52,000,000 consumers
.?a . 1 : f
M?1B,GB,aASK thbtariff.
?S?M?i:'!m
fact: ibat the Committee on; Way
ahd7lea8 iiv Ulrtost vry Instance
has picked but the worst features of
repri Fahe-iTarii; Ciommissiol
f r ... ... .T , Xvf"V
for .acceptance whilst rejecting thosti
vM MnirS
uslice and liberality It actually
ineVeaReH thealrwia v ereskive t-iT on
"aereaRe toe atreaay excessive tax on
tdaiiy iihpaHaht articles arid thus de-
not only ' shall the oppyessiye'1 : ig-t
tariff be Veadjuste4 Ibuthat it'shail
be 'vra2e'a'.
-matti'KtTcnsldorabllB:'lengthl:-and
sho ws that the increase ' of the tax- is
really from 25 to:53 percent, in many
article tinTAoutthK
ut.H and vabsnrditieB of f-tbe ftrecom
mendations arid puis te;vsCj.hus;ih
the question of acceptance of uh'e
changes proposed:- ' ! i- '
.,B"W Ybi ' r yt.
mendations of the Commission apd . the
the W7y8 and Means Committee; the' bill
which will be proposed to the , House bids
fair to contain tbe' smallest possible" modi-
cum of rednctioQ or ref0rm. Taken as a
whole, the bill bf. the commission might
have had some chafice of being reluctantly
accepted by. the friends of tariff t reform..
Thai which the committee is preparing wni
tne desperate ana unwonny policy or so
confusing the whole subject and so , dimin
ishing even the concessions of the commis
sion as to compel a long and probably fruit
less debate in the House,, thus securing the
retention of present high duties."', -;
The ,PeinocraU, who favor fair
L . ....:.;t.i.
ciaental protection have a clear duty
to perform; not to accept any increase
of tax on any article and to f insist
upon a positive; rediiction oh many
necessaries. Anything short of this
is not worth - considering. , If the
Committee on- Ways andjMeans have
not discretion and wisdom 'enough 16
see Jihis and to offer it, then it .is the
duty of the Democrats, as .it, strikes
us, to reject the whole 'thing. ;f The
heavily taxed people are really in
earnest in this important d' er
"''l"-M.i i S 111 T I .A
question or rubchud. uui wiiai
extreme folly "At :wilt betlorf dem
ocrats to vote for 'abolishing all tax
oil whiskey .and , tobacco - whilst the
tendency of all1 protectionists is to
increase the tax. levied indirectly un
der the tariff.:; s"! " ; ! ;
The Congress ought , hot to , vote
for the reduction of one ; cent on to
baccb, whiskey and . malt liquors un-
til the present war tariff had been
very greatly 'rcduced and ; the neces-
sarte ot tne worKing masses naa
been relieved of at least:tie'-A,of
the present'' unjust and . oppressive
tax. '.",.'
It is a mistake, as Robert Hums
gng when Vliko.hbncst! Tarn,, V
.O'er air the ills of life victorious,"
, .. - ...... 1 .-. 1
that ' ' " " ; . ' . -
."Freedom , and-; whiskey v gang thegether.; '
As long as there is a. heayy tax on
sugar, and blankets; on: window glass
and trace chaihs, on cotton'machinery
and horse-shoe. nailsr. on wool hats
and shoes, tax ' and ' whiskey , shoulq
.,;' ;t.K--;Vh'r m NVi frMtobamo
-&& ""to, . ... .
pr free whiskey' as ! lopg as., these are
i.vaiI niuuriBa i I r t hat. 1 a tint, trnnti
Democratic doctrine
then - it ought
to be. - 7 - -:
.'. Oh January 1, 1883, -there" r will be
a reduction of 10 per cent on ini
Dorts on rice icotnlne from countries
east of the Uapextiiooa nope.
Fatal Accldnit Alma n
A. sad accident occurred at tbe mill of
3iessrs. Wilkinson- & Fore, at Alma, on the
paroiiDa-ventnu, xuuinmut: oni r riuay,-;oy
wmcn jir. AvP ix. ray lost uis me. . nm1B
trying to take a belt off the ; lath machine,
lie was caught in the shafting and instant
ly
J m)
killed. . We learn, that the unfortunate
man was badly . -mutilated, hisi head being
mashed in, one leg taken off and an arm ter
ribly lacerated. His home was at Abbotts-
burg and his remains ; were taken to that
plaw on the train yesterday morning. r '
movement of Cotton.'
iThe";Teceipts:;of cottbq at this port for
the week ending yesterday.footed up 6,769
bales, as against 5,843 bales f rom Decern
ber 19th to Deoemher 27th i88lWhowing
an increase of 928 bales in favor of 1882
j The; receipt; for ; ttie;crop-year; frons
September 1st todate, foot upi87,703 bales
",; The "receipts for' the crop! year from
1 as against 98,116; bales up to December
27th. 1881', showing a decrease of 10,413
bales? , -': . - -, I . j ,
The '- Norwegian barque San
Juan, Capt Bache, was cleared from this
port for Ii?erpool,-je3terdayr,hy Messrs,
Paterson, .Downing & , Co., ..with .8,100 bar
rels of tar valued at $6,975 i T : ;
VtmtU f lr, Joibn C. XVlkr; 1 "
saA-fter a 'lidgeriag illaes Which '.hd bore
trUH greats fortitude, Dr;iiJosba.! Cochran
Syalker ; passed into his laslfc Test yesterday
BMrhing;i'bout half'pastfo'cilockiMi HU
deatlr;hd not oeen anexpectad; and no lone
appeared to realize more. fu!!y ther1. nea ap-
proachJ "of thef dread tnessengeri &wd didithe 1 j
atcomplainiirg 8ililerer,: butfh appeared to i
be so much, bettef for thesfc uyknVsw j
thait some bf hU friends began- to, feel as if
they, might: dara yiope , f oc at permanetit j
cnaoge.ftnThi apparent jmprovementiflioiif-
ever, proved :io be'bnlyt ihehfief reacticfn ! '!
Tirhich usually precedes disaolulionl !.; )!
i Dr., Walker' wa rbiinfTOlbteiitiOh
ke 6thi dayTof iAprilV Jl833v He5 received
his academic traiaing unde'r: the elder Bin ;
ham, entered thi&.Cniiretsity of Jforth Caro
lina io, 1850 and graduated; u? 1854s " B
studied medicine ,with?ouRwemed tmm8.
mao.Jn :Aif Andc
lygradiiiud at'i the yniyersity tKew
1'orfci -;lea'ci'ng;ibat institution in 1857; Tn '
same' year he: commenced his professional ;
career at Fernandina; Florida, but returned
to WUmington whea thej war broke out.ea.-;
tered the -service of the", Confederacy as As
sistant Surgeon and ".was assigned, to the ;
Third Begimeat r. North aroiina: Infantry; j
in: which capacity he , -served i unt Hi early .
in 1 863, when he .was ..transferred ':: to ;
the". Marine i llospitali . at vthis place.
After theclose-'of; thetwarjUresumed;h'
practice, relinquishing it .only, for brwf
interval for .the pursuit of other business in ,
Savannah, and returniugj ,tQ it again when
he found that his c new occupation wa& nqt
to his taste. Jn 1879 he was made a mem-,
ber of the Qqarantine . Board fur the Cape
Fear River, and upon the organization of
the County; Board of Health . he was made
Superintendent of Health for the city and
county i.-.r ; - -
Few have enjoyed to a greater extent the
.esteem and confidence of .the community,
and if lie had an enemy in the .; world it is
difficult to imagine how he' became so He
L always had: his opinions, and . spoke them
fearlessly, but at the same time, in such-a
manner as not .to ,cause..offence. ne was
especially true to his f riends, and no amount
of clamor could influence his feelings, or
arouse his prejudices: against one in whom
he trusted. The announcement of his death
caused in the community a .feeling' of sin
cere sorrow, for he has left a..yoid which it
will be difficult to fill, Peace to his ashes!
: The funeral of .the deceased . will take
place from St. James.Episcopal church this
(Saturday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock. .; v ;
. At a meeting of the New Hanover Coun
ty j Medical - A8BociaUon,;4,held in Jhis ,' citj'
yesterday evening, , Drs-.Thos. . F., Wood,
Geo. (, Thomas and V.. J, a. .Jieuamy,
werer appointed a ;committee? to prepare a
memorial .Qftte! d
solved that the members of the "Association
attend the. funeral in a body, and escrt the
remains. to their last resting place,,- LC;;
Fnucnl of Dr. '31 C. Wallter.
The remains of - Dr. Joshua C. Walker
were consigned to"' their last earthly resting
place m Oakdalc Cemetery yesterday af
ternoon ' The funeral 'services took place
at St. James Episcopal church, at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, Rev. ! A. A ; Watson, D.
D. , officiating, - assisted ; by ' Rev.' Mr.; D6
RossCt, and were attended by a large num
ber of the mourning relatives' and" friends
of the "deceased," many of the latter ioining
in the solemn cortege which accompanied
tho remains io; the cemetery. , The' follow
ing comprise a list of the pall-bearers ? Dr.
E. AAndersonT VfL ii 6 Thomas," Tir.
F. W. PoUerrXh!Food, Dr. w! W.
Lane, Captain R F. Langdod.Maj C.' M.
8tednian,Cap?t. C.r D. Myers, Capt. Wl A
Cummingl Clayton Giles, 1 Esq.," Col. W.
L Smith, F. W Kerchner, Esq! 1
Mr.. W, A. French has a fish pond at his
place just south of the city, formerly knowp
as the Hewett plantation. -. He already has
it partially stocked . with trout and other
flsbi and yesterday morning twenty, Ger-.
man carp were added- to ; the . collection,
though for the present they are allotted a
separate apartment irom incomer nsn umu
they get a Tittle older and larger. . ln other
wordSk he has a large goods iwx placed in
one end of tjae pond, inwrhicbthe carp are
kept, j The pond covers ,ahou two acres, or
a llttlo more; besides which fr. French has
a fine truck garden, .to . which, through. his
direction especial atteution .will be. pahl.
' -5 The i steamer 'Ptuspor Cnpi Harped,
which arrived up from below yesterday af
ternoon, reports that the captain and crew
of the schooner Hsnry D.. Mai, of -arid for
Philadelphia, reportel in our last as.beiug
ashore on Frying .Pan ? Shoals, 'had been
taken off - by the " crew ! the Life-Savlng
station at the mouth of the river, and that
the Captain bad been taken,, to Smitbville
and the ciew landed M the Elation; 'The
CaDtain of 'the unfortunate vessel tben tele1
orrftnTi( trt' thrt tinker Wkmff' Comnariv
at Norfolk to send and see what could be
done towards saving the vessel latrd' cargo.
The Henry D. May registers 278 tousp' ;
Pender Superior .Court, , ..,:'',. ,!-.. y.,
" '- This body adjourned on Thursday even
Ing,; when the'criminal docket was. finished
up.'- The 'civil ; docket . was laid over until
next term. Four colored convicts; indicied
Jf or petty larceny, - were, sentenced to , the
Penitentiary. - There were no cases i of im
portance for - triaL Judge 3IcRae arrived
here on the evening trauv-n route for his
home; to spend.tbe Canstnjas noudays;
t The Baltimore Sum of Thursday says
"'Tbe tJnitod States re venue steamer Colfat,
Capt. Eric" Gabrielson, yesteiday "completed
repairs at Halster Sj Reaney's, and will sail
to-dav for her station on the Atlantic coast.
Second Assistant Engineer" Loveare. has
been detached from the JSmn$ and reported
for duty on Doara ue votrax. ' j '
m.;,Av:
1 1
j-V-rj ? tpn' r.tcn,j ft hir ..j-yVJ
(' V)JiU lli M.'ltH,, ) !"' 1
Trial yf Uift jBjrt, Oqtton; caim 8lt
in lb I7,9L Cpnrtr-XMMCton MumIm : l
Government againstrHarrisoa Johnston, onM1 - TW? F- Trf?eB-i
inn iWM, tire auti 01 rim
jae grei
the-U.I
."
Jile testifiedthst 4860. 1ms j was sub-airent
or jpnnston. at ..piew, qoiamus,,ana twenty- j
flVe'mctf weremployecP to kuard the cot-i
-toaJ tberevstoredj i-fle ludbemiktved
by. X. A JQhBSton, koh of F.the defendant. U
ana maae , . weenj repons . ,10 jiamsonH
JTZZTT'U .-fw.w.--.L'-!.' ., : f.
theuirSrl
Mobile &!Teas3lMlrtd Ckxnnaar.AAldat i
was elected President in place of George d. !
Clark, resigBedj -'The statement of tlie ope-(
rations of this rd tor tbemoDths of July,
Ai&uxScnteaiber and October, was suh-
inutedhp"King ,aa increase; of, .over 29 per;
cent
; : in the" , net earnings for. the four i
nioH
in:)
Uonewed Trouble with Riotous "Ne-eroes-Troopa
Ordered io' the Seen e
of the Disturbance, j '. ' 'Hi
ltAXEioiLf: N. C.; Dec 21. -For a few
davs nast irrcat excitement has orevailed at
Lmcolnton owing to a not originating in ;
an attack of tram hands' u the paymaster.
the town commissioners met and called .
ofit he local, military company, which ar- J
rested thirty of the leading rioters out of
"iiuuicu vugagro miuc uisiui- year, m oruer io prevenctno. introduction
bance.T These were placed in jail.aad have and- spread :of "small pox and other infec
been guarded byit troops for, three, nights. ; tious diseases. ,A bill for this purpose was
ncinaitu iui cau cre uiuue ojr uegroca io
bum the town; and the "citizens kept up a
patrol during the day. and a constant watch
is kept over the. town? Thisevemng the
iwcu it icrcgreui Buiuug wax.
trouble had beeun, j and fresh troops were
ordered to the scene; of the. disturbance by ;
the Adjutant General of the State.
Details of the Great Fire at Klnsston.
f fBr Telexraph to the Mornbur'Star.r ' ;
Newi Yobc, Dee. 21i The Jamaica
CreotCi of December 13thy has been received ;
with full particulars of the great .fire at
jvingsion. i ne connagrauon was me worst
ever known there, and involved the loss of
TTf. a. -i - rTII ' j. ' . : a.l " 1 a.
nve or six lives ana two minion pounas or i
, - ;
shingles, and if the proper' appliances hadi
yiv jcui. xi. ucwu iu u "ii uuuuiwuii
oeen m nanu, ii. coutu nave ueen easiipr
tinguished; but in'a very short ;time; it. at--i
laineusucu proporuona luaiiue iire.ongaae,
was utterly powerless to cope witbit. Ap-:
peals for aid have been made to all parts
of the island and to England and America, j
The island alone is unable to cope .with the';
distress. The subsistence of a! large per-j
cent ace. of over 3.000 citizens is taken away
and dire want and mkcry to very many- is
lneyitaWe. . , (',.
LOUISIANA. , !
Homicide at Shreveport and Near Ba-
-" oa BMce. t "';i
, Shbevepokt. Decs. 21. At St.v John's
to-day,two old citizens, named Coquin and
Carson, riuarrelled: Coquin kSled 3arsdn!
bv stabbiniP him to the heart with a daseer.
New OntEsiTsj Dec-' -21.-i-iA specWli
from Baton Rouge says thatat Hard Times:
plantation, yesterday, . .Louis Morrison, co
lored,' 'shot and killed Joe Goss, also co
lored. l Morrison surrendered himself,
claiming that he was justified: in commit
ting the homicide. ; ,
Wm. Reid." colored, who killed Isaiah
Brantly last August, was to-day convicted
of murder without capital punishment.-
'. FOREIGN.
the French Kxiedltlon to Toaqnln-
Oerman :Afialrs Tne JPopee Dona
tion to the Poor Davlti's Speech : on
the Irish Troubles, &c, &c f
I IBv Cable to the Moraine Star.1 '
pAf.rs, ' Dec. ?23. At a meeting of the
Council to day, i President Grevy presided.
Tho expedition ko Tonauin was discussed.
and it was decided that the details should
be brought forward in the Chamber on the
opening of "thesession in January: when
they will be delimteiy,settled. In the mean-
. . r 0 L Sit 1 . . . at.
luue reiuioruemeuia win ue aeni iu sueugtu
en the position of the commander at Ha-
Rome, Dec. 23. -The Pope has assigned
13.000 francs to. purchase beds for tbe poor.
BERiixj-Dec 23.Bishop Mints has de
clined to accent the decoration of . the Iron
Crown, accorded. mm by the JSmperor, oe-
cause he wishes to keep aloof from all poll
tics. ' r i ' 1 ; ' ' " -
London; Dec; 23. Mr. Davitt, in a speech
at djerraondsy. last evening, said that, emi
gration was.no-cure , rorttne aisconient in
Ireland. A svstem of nublic works and ett-
pnses,' he said; -'would be far more credita
ble to English statesmen than tbe forcing of
iiiousanus iniowyriy-uouses auu lueu iui- u
cing them to ; quit . the country, , Uuut j
during the Winter and spring so.uuu quit
Ireland they would go to swell the ranks of
new Ireland, which . was growing beyond
the Atlantic, where they would be trained
iu republican ideas, , FrOm, his knowledge
r f Kk Vr rr TaTa iSH in 1 mon ao -ha' Aftitln
n tut; ucn iiciauu iu i-utbiiMtf uv wuiu i
.ten Lora .ucroy ,tnai rangiisn statesmen,
before long. . would , have to take jnto. ac-;
couut tbe Irish element in America in tue
settlement of the Irish question' - ,
'papers found in Prince ' KrapotkineS resi
dence) reveals-, ugiy iacis. ;i ney .concern
even a relation of ,tne Ozar. , .,v
' Prague,: Dec,, 23. The. great . trial of
fifty Socialists, ' which was begun here on
Dec. - 11th,-has ended ! - One of the prison
ers, a . disciple - of..- Herr ilost. . was sen
tenced to two years imprisonment. Forty-
rying from six months, to a fortnight, and
ine Temaining nve were acquittea.
i:;y-i-V
1A Satlsfaetori iAcreemeat
Between
f he Wtern : XTnlon- Teleffraph Co".
Jj and the AsaoelatedPreea. -
:, , ,.. (By'eleitraph to the Hornms; Star.l :
New York, - Dec 23. Negotiations
whichjhavebeen in progress for some months
between the western union. Telegraph Co.
and the Associated 'Press. represented by
New York and Western Associations, have
Jfinallv resulted m an agreement satisfactory
to all parties. l: A contract for ten years was
. . a jIawJ r 1t a TalAManh ctvmxAw
skF xMt-Af tv.inv s 'I hA l PlPfTwo-nfvf liYTTvrwiriw'
iwai represented by its officers, and; the- As-
l:.'.. Tl.Uii tUlnilt...l.l
SOCiaicCI X 1 too Li T bjvib wiuiuiiwcuvuBUir
ins off Chas. A.'Dana,' WhitelawC Reid.
Ch&S. Nordenhoff Richard Smith atid W.
N: Halderman.' 3
hi .tt rfi i,iT "t
iiijhnii
' . . - -. , ' . " , '
:-i.-i,..,.,!':.i.No; J
!-- tat
1 1 as
.r :
The .SoCaUe : I.liainti niaii..J
i
nua-H ,xrops - Called for n4
in fSpectol.&tai; tTelegntia.L i d 3 I
' I . T . . . : i
Phblic generally 'to Ibelieve that' there Was
s"ouS trouble t this place, icatised by Hot
ingi among tbermegrees, Tbe whole Uung
ja o0i a - .a ...u :
TTiVT VJf"
fV A lfPP,le. aas ;,oairrIr.-for eight or
ien,oaT8, ana bo one jias teiegrapnea or rp-
Hwraioi mi wivcruor.io sena, woops nere,
tout pcaced stiiet prevails herd aad "in the
Star; Iteajtej Trlla--lttqrsin'a Realtf-
tlon. Concerning Internal Bevenue
Taxe8-9tahones 'Speecli ' od ' ; Civil
.Service KeJorm-
Foreman i Dickson's
Trlal. j
(US'.
IBy TcleKraph to the Morninjr Star. - , - j
WAeHrsoTOs. Dec. 22. Wireraoll r.on-!
eluded his argument in the Star Route case, !
a, trr;i ' ... - i
ann vy itsmre maaea Drier address for Ker-i
dell, ! when the, taking of testimony began, i
-The select committee' on Enidemic Dis-i
eases ; ths. morning asked, through Senator;
enable; the .National ; JBoard of; Health
,to efficiently, cooperate with the State
Linger, lor an appropnption of 25,000to!
ami ' 6thpr Roard of rraithtw nnar
tiniDg t andj fexaminine .. emigrants du-j
riug Ihe remainder of the current fiscal!
reportea oy air.- monger to tne senate. J
, The First Comntrollcr of tlie i Treasurv
I has consented to delay renderlnean opinion
on the direct tax of June 17th, 1862, askedj
oy me oecrciary or tne t reasury,, until tne
agent for the State of South Carolina has
had an opportunity to submit areuments
in support of his claim for one-half pf the,"
proceeds ot leases authorized by the act ' mi
question.." . :. i.,. .: . " ' .1 ',
The ctosa-examidation of foreman Dickson
was resumed in the Police Court to-day. I
iioiumi; oi importance was ciiuiteu, uai
several, angry passages, took place between
Dickson and .Lawyer Wells, and lawyers
Smith and Wells. The Court said i 'I mav
I ... " '
i gave some time and trouple by saying :at
1 tfita timn tlaf. T mor acQtima
UJI V &MW A 'A UOUUUAV j AVUk4JV U D
statemenfto be true;5 and " shall dispose' of
inerasem mac. view, in orner woras. i:
lam vainrt to nlaee the reshonsibilitv for mV.1
ex-i;aCtion in disposing Of tins CaSOUDOn OCCUr-
rences in the iurv -room. I sm substan-
tially inclined to believe that Dicksons
story; ah; regard i to ; the . interviews in
the 23d -is probably. true.? I - am not
coiug:'"to 1 i saythat ' either is true.
however ;but leth them -stand, side by
side. J am eroinsr to base- mv action on 5
matters that transpired in the jury room.' T
bannot . go .; beyond ; the" information that
Dickson improperly read - a paper la the i
juryroomr "t --j" '"vv..,. -m.--
MriagersoU,' itf'con'elitdinjs his address
to the Star Rputejury, s-J.rft4s.fpr;y,ou
to sav wnethef the
: man wao iougnt to sus-
tain this i?oVerMeidjanVthav the ro-
tectloh of the law.. It is foryouand fori
jruu vauulcssiuS . wuicu juiui- vuiKiji
whether the alaa who i fougat to t afee the
.TO? W ySmn, rJ!
on nw Dyyour prejuuice oryour ignorance;,
it is for you to say ; whether you willibei
guided by law, ; by evidence, by justice,
and by vrcasdn,';dr whether you will -be con-!
trolled by fear, by prvjudice and . by, official !
power.
CRIMES AXD , , CAS UA L, TIES. ;
A Negro Rape Fiend Lynched Cotton
, Factory Burned Fatal Stabbing: Af
fray A Louisiana Homicide.
Tt- . tBy Telegraph to the Morning Star."
- AtjGTJstA.'Dec. 22.4-A colored man' at-
i tempted to outrage a white girl near Millen. :
a. . bhe was going, through tne woods :
'from her father's to her ' brother-in-law's
residence, a half mile distant, when the ne
gro assaulted her. , . He cut her twice across
the breast,- severing her clothes. She re-;
sisted, calling loudly for help, and fngnten
ingthe miscreant, off without accomplish
ing his purpose:' : Subsequently the -negro
was arrested, and. wnue on tne-way to jail
. . . .. - ' tact -
a mob tooK mm trom ine omcers ana
t lynched him.
I -
Beowksville. Texu.. : Dec. 22. 'The
Brownsviile Cotton Factory was destroyed,
by fire at' 2 o'clock 'this m'otning. ' Loss
$75,000; insurance 60,Q0U:i Over. one hun-;
dren employes: are thrown out of work. :
The origin of the fire is unknown.- It was
discovered by a watchman ,on duty, in, the;
main spinning room. , The factory is not
likely td be rebuilt It has not been a pfos- j
perous institution, sj.i"MTT.-;W:?
Newton. N. C. Doc. 22. Jonas Hefner
and Alfred Bigmon quarrelled about one ;
. . , ,l : T :
ceni near uiia piace iuis uiuiuiu, ajuum
the tight that followed Hefner drove a
knife into' Sigmon'S head' two inches," the
blade, breaking : off, and .remaining in, the
wound. Sigmon will die.
t CRIMES AXnCASUALTIES;
Ballroad Accident In Georgia I-sii of
i JUlte- ai a arire in a zm r
court House Burned In Louisiana
: m 1
Homicide at Lake City, Fla. Homi
cides at Covinfeton, Ga. - .
. ( rByTeleirraphj toi the Morninx Star.l : ;
ATLANtA.' Ga.. Dec. 23 This morning
a freiirht train, consisting of fifteen cats.
ran off a trestle on the East Tennessee,! Vir
irinia & Gebrcia Railroad, at 'Seneca, near
Rockmart.- .Conductor Ayers: had a leg.
broken and one of the t ram men is missing.
Further details of the accident; cannot be
obtained yet, 'owing to the lack of - tele
graph facilities,, ; but it . is thought to. haye
been a-Very serious one) attended "perhaps
by other and more fatal casualties, o; f
ljater. renorts irom tne. acciuem. siau;
that six cars ran' off the track. ' A brake
man, J.. D. Bishops, was taken 'from under
tbe cars dead.: : ,. , '
i TAtuoiABSEE, Fla.; Dec 23. At Lake
City, Friday evening, Cnun Fellis,; a prom
inent citizen, while drunk, shot and killed
Parker Adams,' late' candidate for the Legis
latures'; ;;;;.?;; ' '
s :Tebbaiasj Tex.V Dec. 23. Three dwell
ings were burned at this place at an early
hour this morning. , , While endeavoring to
escape from .a "Window, :Mrs. Bain fell to
the grotih4'au4.-was ;kil)ed. dg:&t- .
i MONROE-; La. .Dec! 23. The Court
House at this place was . burned last night
All tbe records were destroyed.
! Atlanta' Ga:v Dec. r 23.-To-day, at
Covington; Ga. , Will Smith, eienteen years
old, shot and killed James Banks and Aiex-
I ..), U.nn.ln .nit aim Cin Bllfl Killed
l auuci uwuuxv.Aa, miu u.w ;
nppm vhn attpmntMl to arrest him. He
is in jail.and intense -excitement, prevails
Whiskey was 'the cause.'; . . -r
..Sjnrit? Turpeiitine:
lhuty. i.rni.,.li-
. Charlotte Observer: The dona
tions to. the Oxford Orphan ; Asylum for the'
week ending the 17tb instX1 amount io the
aggregate to $1,123.20. which sum includes
W .uonaieooy me iUasomctJrand Lodge;
. - Wadesboro ' Times; IlumnhreV .
3IyerB, an old .colored! man, while riding
..vu ajuuiiiui: lUgiaui o i ei i icu irum
his wagon and was killed. - It is supposed
he. brpke his neck.'. He had boenindulging
too, freely in fire-waters- The Stanly
Gleaner havine. beea---soid- out to a loint
stock company, has been removed to Albe-.
uiarie asu. cnangeu ;to. ine wmntr, , with
Mr,v Jbo R. -Elkins as editor; -'rte
n:WeMoVi?jr4
quested ; to, vanhoun,T.lJV'Dr;;"'Ij:;W. -Batcbelor,
of Enfield, will act hereafter as
assistant-Treasurer of -' the countv. ? havinn-
beea appointed to. that position v by "Capt.
Browning. The latter will continue to run .
on the road, 'at the earnest solicitation of -
the managers. Mr. John Ponton; of
this county; recently drew :acnrize das the
juouismua lottery, tie neia ,a nun or a
ticket which-tlrew $200. yu.
StatesvilldtJ
denttof Trinity College whopassed through
uui. ct.En uoja vjjuua nut way iiomn
to spend the Christmas holidavs informed
lis that tile opinion at the Cbtlege , was that
Hon. Wm,r M. Robbins would be elected -President
of it, if itf'were' ascertained that
he would accent: ' The student said that a
letter from Goy Jarvis, who 4s one of the'-
trustees, was rcaa in tne cnapel rast jaon
day. and that this .letter gate! the inUm- .
tion that the Presidency of the, College
would be offered to Maj. Bobbins.1 ' .
:'ir -Goldsbord VTne Rev.
Mr. Mann's handsome district, parsonage in "
the f incw part of town," is' receiving its tin
roof." :'A negro named William" Cham
bers was arrested here' a few days: ago by
rm a u. : s t - t ' - .
uiuvcr awiuuvu, juuvtu-m um possession 01
valuable Btolctt horse, the. property of ' Mrs. '
Phipps; of.Duplin county; , He was lodged
in ,jail.; --rr A.large congregation attend
edthe dedication f Mt.' Carmel church, in
Stoney. Creek. township, Ton .Sunday: last.
Rev. J. E. "Mann officiated and wns assLtwl
bollcv: R BJHoldof. r . s '; ' '
'' 'Clinton ' Cmieasi&n?" P 're-
;gret to hear of .tbo :di'ath of Mrs. Martha
onine, -rciic-i ot inflate jonn nme, wbicn
ocCurretl at the bomb of ber eon Junius A.
Shine, Esq:, near Faisonin Duplin coun
ty, last Wednesday, r- Our friend Hal- '.
sted Rowdcn, Esq., met with -an accidental
fall some fifteen days ago . which has cou-.
fined him to his bed till within a few davs.
He is improving and can walk tvith the aid
of a stick, but: is- unable to get out of bed
or turn himself ' without assistance." Mr.
j Bowdeh is ncaxing his four score years. ;
'.. ; ,-r . Henderson v Gold iZeaf ; , The
, youngest "gal"- on ..the coat of . arms of
North Carolina is leaning on the "horn of
-plenty." and yet shei don't have finances
enough to buy shoes or ..even clothes to
cover her modesty.- Wilson 'SifUngs: It is
not always t-he person with the biggest bank
account who leans mostly on the horn of
plenty. 1 Note the average young man who,
without a cent, can always : get tick for a
"horn" a plenty. O'ne of Mr. James
A. O'Neill's little daughters, Gertie, had
the misfortune to break her leg last Monday
evening.. .;; ;.; ; ; "; ;'' '.-.
"li. Referring .to'" Mrs. 'Patterson,
'sister of the - late Bishop Atkinson, the
Greensboro Central Protestant . (Methodist)
says: ,Tndeed, we have often spoken of
her as a model christian lady -and her home
as a most. ;cnchanting . place , for , visitors.
Mrs.. Pat'tcrson, 'evcu at an -advanced age,
'Was a lady of great sprightliness,"i and her
jconversatiohal powers were of the .highest
' orderj. " We remember,' -fOo. how great an "
(inttrest, she took in the religious welfare of
her colored servants, and how eagerly she
embraced the opportunity to secure breach-
j
Jug faftthentdft ppe pt the spacious rooms
pf her own dweiling." . " - r .
0ceeniboro -Patriot .:.. , J udge
iiTard goes back to his' Rockingham home
ft-day4i having! !sold ';his 'city residence to
Mr.fllagan ot vatawpa. litis makes tne
50th time Judge Dillard has moved since
be began e housekeeping.; Dr. Cheek
" convalescing rapidly and expects to j
tura hbme next week. ' Lleut: A. II. :
Jordan ..of- the - third : cavalry, wandered
from his tent in an aberration of mind .on
the night of DecembeY 11th, ' while absent
od;a.hunt 25 miles from Camp Verde, Ari
zona. After an exhaustive search of three
days his dead body was found. He- was
from, iNorth; , , Carolina, r The Milton
Chronicle is getting ready to, buckle on to
the cash system after the Hrst of ' January.
The editor of the Chronicle has grown gray
in the newspaper business, and his 'exam--pie
ought lo be full of warnine and instruc
tion to other publishers. ... ,r . , , .
: Wilsoa ; , Advance !; . . Tillery,
Halifax county, is a new and thriving rail
road station.' -We regret to know that
Mr. T. S. Rowe. of Black Creek, received
'a severe fall .from his buggy ibis week.
Wesympathize with Mr.: John Ji. Thomp
son, :of Taylor's township, this county, in
the loss of his gin house with its' contents
on Saturday night. Mr.aThomrj3on's loss
is $1,000. Incendiary work. We re-
tret very raucn to learn oi tue . suiiueu
eath of Dr. J: G. iRivest one ' of -Edgecombe's
most highly esteemed citizens, on
last Saturday.4' He; was attending church
at Williams Chanel, and durihs the . ser
vices was called upon to lead , in prayer.
wnue on nis aneesr- oeiore owginning uia
petition he said," "Wait a moment; I have
.! J I f. .
a 8evere pain, auu ueioro nuj uuc wuiu
reach him he wa9 dead. , ' -' ?: '
Fayetteville Examiner: If M.
W'. Ransom, our present U,; 8. Senator, is
the riaht man in the righ t "place, add wo be
lieve he is; then keep him there. Do so, not
as a favor to'him, but .because the . best in
terests of the people of his State require it.
-Mr Daniel-Wilsbn, of Quwhiffie Town
ship, in this county, died on the .9th lust.,
at his residence bnBig Rockfish, at the ad
vanced age of : 91 years. ' He was born in
Scotland but .lived in this county as far
back as old persons can Tecollect. - On'
Monday, last Messrs. E. . V Hawley and W.
J.. Sessoms Crossed thc Cape Fear river inja
small boat, four miles above the Clarendon
Bridge, landing on . the west side. -Then .
they came on to Fayetteville where they re
maiiwd aJiyr-.- Ux th.C.eyning they re
turned by the same route, antteaiptcdto
cross the river again: It was now after
nightfall.' The""boat "got turned Over 'by
some means, and nothing has been heard of
Hawley since, Sessoms escaped to thc west
side of the river. - - " ' H '
-U Charlotte Journal: The ; report
ed case of a man named GlidewelUn Stokes
county, selling his wife to a neighbor for
$500, turns out to be at hoax. We do not
care to offer any advice to our brethren of
the press, but suggest that such canards re
flect seriously upon bur' people when pa
raded in Northern journals. About 1
o'clock vesterday morning the residence of
Mr.: Addison , Frazier. about three miles
from the city, was completely destroyed by
H fe, with all its furniture, about 75 bushels
-of apnleS and six freshly killdd.hogs, which
were hung in the kitchen. A minister
residing in a town on the Carolina Central
Uailroad a few dayB. ago sent an order to a
Wadesboro druggist for a box of Tamar In
dien, Grillon's. ,Tbe druggist replied that
Jie did not keep Tame 'Indian Gorillas.
The case of Frank Hoorah snd wife
against Knoif and others, Involving : the
possession of $10,000 worth of , real estate
in the heart of the city, the estate of tbe
late Miss Annie Stirling, is one which has
created much interest in this- community.
It has been before the' courts since 1877.
He gained the case, j (What a temptation to
pun just here on-that name. Star.) ... .
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