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- FAIiSB. PROPHBT. -jiw -J
Yesterday we chanced, to turn npa
letter sent from ..jRaleigh on the 5h
of November, 188, by that irrepres
sible Radical correspondentiMr Loge
Harris. It was just on the evp of the
election, and Mr, : Harris and - his
fricnils with ; whom . he held sweet
counsel had eyidentlyj persuaded
llu'insel ves that the old .Democratic
j).arly waa about to be swept from
the earth ; and the places that knew
them then were to know them no
more forever. -But;. the "best laid
plans?' of Radical ; joliticians as of
"mice and men," do not always "pan
out"ast as is proposed or calculated.
It was so in . this instance." Harris
and his set were looking for a regular
November , flood, and they expected
to be saved by that new ark which
Captain Mbtt, assisted by Boatswain
Younjy, had constructed, and.with all
of the Mongrels on board, would sail,
over joyful and serene seas arid be
neath peaceful, and benignant jskies..
Here is what Mr; I Loge- Harris, his
prophetic soul all on fire sent to the
New York Time$y and which ap-:
pearetl in that: paper, on , the . day. of
election. ' He rQte;-:";
."The total Republican yote is estimated
to be I47,0WrtteIJber-,)OOifiie Boup
bon, 126,000. This would give the alliance
a majority of 51,000. As there is no ticket
for State officers there will probably i he a
falling off in the total tote, but to what ex-i
tent is wholly a matter of conjecture. Be,
ports received from li500 correspondents
from townships scattered jail, through t the;
State indicate a favorable vote, by the allied
parties of 125.000, and by thA Bourbons of
111,000. .. This would elect the; candidate
for Judges, and. Oliver TL, Dqckery as
Congressman at Large. -The indications"
are mat me aiuea parties wm eieci ine ioi
lowirur Congressmen :
F.5 Pool - First
Second District ; W."
P. Canaday.-Third District;' T;' P.' Dever
eux, Fourth 'District,! and "Tyre 'York.;
Seventh District,: aiad the Congressman at
Large, six in all, s gaihof ftve for the Re-;
pablicans. Jhe Bourbons Witt elect A- M.
Scales in the Fifth District,' CL Dowd in the:
Sixth, and VL B. Van6e in theJ Efghth 1
three in Till. The Liberals and Republi ans
will probabiy ielect a majority of the State
Senate, which now stands 39 'Democrats,
and 11 Republicans. The Republicans how
have 47 of the 120 members of the House,'
and the gain of the 14 necessary to control
that body seems now to be an absolute 'cer
tainty." '(.
Very nearly a clean sweep is . here
prophesied. Only -51,000 . majority
is claimed on - a full vote . you see
They had it down -fine. - Had not
1,500 correspondents .. told .all they;
tnew: about elections ?j :Had not all
of the oracles Spoken ?.. ...Was. there;
room forr doubt f af ter all r this 5 pro-:
phetic knowledge had been gathered
at Raleigh and Loge ' Harris was the
teeper . thereof And . yet", CoL
Bockery will not be in Washington
daring the 48th Congress, and neither
Mr. Canaday nof 'Mr. Devereux will
be found among the members of the,
said Congress;' whilst Dr. "Tyre York-
w talking very machas if.there was
no concord between 'him and Radi-'
cahsm. The Legislature ; is to' as-;
semble in a few days,; and we ar&;
happy to kno w that a majority: of i
the State Senate is not, as Harris pre1
tod it would be, Radical; nor is
eouse to be controlled bV!'either
Republicanism, Independentism or
-"ttongrelm. The Democrats have
full control, and to them alone must
: e people of the' State look for all
. needed and salutary legislation. -
We refer to the prophesy that our
4aaers mav bft : o,!n V,f
the
very great victory won bv the
De
democrats, all thinsrs considefed.and
, l me afflictions and dangers they
uve escaped.- -
" you would appreciate the : raag-
f ,l-aae and importance of the victory,
f 10 reverse the -picture : turn out
' "e Democrats from the lower House
. Egress, put Ike Young , or Mott
l enator . Ransom's, place, give the
laicals control of K l, vv.i.'-'-.
ne legislature, then , have the twen-
III I i iii
ty-seven negro counties again under
Radical dominion to be! plucked; and
abused and ground down by tatx.es;
hay0 the Stfgrfy
to give the Radicals about .seven p
the. nine ;t Representatives nd.-; the
State Senate to theirUtnderv- chajge,
aiidwithf Wilminbriohettbre
bossed by the same old gsrag, and
you mayj! begin to have . some - ap
proximate understanding of the great
ness of the triumph ; which ' the press
pf the State, aided :by Senators Ran
som and Vance and the many speak- I
cio wuu uauvseu,; was aui 'xo-secure
for the people- t- .I . : ; '-.'l
A NEW
ENGLADER
.IN-' THE
south. . : . ' 1.
; . Mr. Harrison, the New .Englander
who-for nearly; a, year .has been -writing
a series of papers, on the South,
has ; his concluding - one in the , De
cember Vv. number of the . Atlantic
Monihiy: Aa: & wholeit has been
an exceedingly f airi and: intelligent
account of the.South: In some par
ticulars it seems to its that' he over
draws.; But the general fairness of
the write, is '; in ispfutable. ;. He . de
serves the thanks of the South, for he
is probably the or ly inan in the New
England States vho could have so
denuded himself : f sectional preju
dice and dislike as -toj have written so
much about our people, with so little
of- bias !; and ants gohism. So : very-
prejudiced are New Englanders that
they, cannot even
of dead .Southrons
write 4 biographies
i without gross and
manifold "perversions.1 The l recent
series published hi Houghton -Mif
flin & V Co.;; of :Bpson; J of lives of
Southern ; men" shows most . conclu
sively thai) With aiidw exceptions it
is impossible for the' New England
mind to look at the South save ( with
jaundiced optics. ; ' -
, rWhat a great absurdity it vi& for a
set of New Englanders to set grave
ly to work to prepa re biographies of
representative men jof " the South
Jefferson, Jackson,. i Calhoun, John
Randolph 5 The idea of Republicans
of , NewEngland ;; eaying s ta write
lives of. men 'for whdm they, cherish
dislike, : is, preposterous : in -h the ex
treme. v Nay, there is" s6nrethiug;bf
meanness in it, for the purpose is un
der the guise of ' pseudo ' admiration
to stab to' death the grand principles
of which their .victinis were the ex
ponents;. No -more Iqankee lives of
Southern statesmen. It is a palpable
burlesque,- and yet well calculated to
misteaa tne incautious, a aescena
ant f the Massachusetts 'Adamses
undertaking to prepare a - biography
of John Randolph, of ': Virginia,;
is about j ; as .. ridiculous an intel
lectual V escapade as it . would
have been in" Dr. Sam : Johnson . to
have written a life 'of the most; pro
nounced . Whig of . Ihis . time lor of
Nicholas ' Biddle to have .written a1
biography of Andrew Jackson. . TJn
less a man has genuine interest in and
sympathy with his subject he has no
business, to undertake to write the
life of a great man. It matters not
how .varied his, gifts or artistic his
powers he is not the man to do such
important work unless he, is pro
foundly sympathetic." Mr. Morrison's
recent life of Macaulay is a fine piece
of dissection and damning with faint
praise, but it was not needed. An
abler artist and one1 who loved Ma
caulay, had, done the work already , in
a masterful way 'Trevelyan's is the
book to read if yoUi would know and
love the great essayist' and historian
and orator.' . Parton's is the book and
not Sumner's to read if -you would
understand Andrew! Jackson as a man
But. we have wandered far from
our purpose. We ineant to call at-:
'tention.to Mr, Harrison's last paper,
'because of -some of his concluding
,view. We' have not left ourselves
room to say what we intended to say.
He draws attention to the very bad
Southern custom of , farming on a'
credit,, and points 1 out some disas
trous results, among which - was the
loss of the entire crop and sometimes
of the farm. : He thinks the poorer
classes of whites are good and kind,
but have little power of seif-defense7
or self-assertion, and allow all to be
insolent to. them. We have not se$n
this. ;Our observation is, that the
poorer classes have a; great deal r-of
manhood, and will assert it very
promptly pn ' "occasion. That , there
are some who are aptly described by
the New Englander is-true enough,
but what he says cannot apply to any
.class-of whites,r as, far - as iwe have,
seen." - , , ) -. . ,
f He ' says Vthe . South js ft gradually j
'Ameneamzing'i Mexicoi & The. most
cruel ; and persecuting' men be ' saw
in alt his'- travels1 - through the Solnth
were Nbrthernriienf - He says North
era men he metwho had . settled in
the South since .the war were ,greatly
disgusted with the negro,and 'uniyer-
sally spoke of him with great harshness f
with a -cold hatred; ' andu whatIfI i
Hiioma cau cruelty." . une mmnesota
man. used the whip and club. freely in
dealing with bis hands,; and gayej .it
as his opinion that "a nigger's just
in his place' when ; he has - a white
man to drive him,' in . they always
need" knocking down ' occasionally"
He gives some instructive . examples
jn this connection. f;' ." . x
!, ' As far as he observed of heard the
Northern people are always welcome
immigrants, v3 He would not ' hesitate
to emigrate to . any- section if , he so
preferred. :k He travelled . .without
arms and never felt 'the 3 slightest
apprehension of danger or personal
injury," and he went through : many
States and into sections where , there
is much . more of . lawlessness , than
there is in North Carolina . and ,Vir-
Vir
"he
ginia. . The "greatest- swindle" he
'encountered was the railway eating
house." A true bill doubtless. I
He tells of a rampant New Eng
and editor.hemet on the cars who
was very abusive ; of thie: South and
its peoDle, 'and ; expressed himself
Jfwith great freedom' in" the presence
of several ' Southerners. He t says :
"E verybody answered this man pi
Htely. No one contradicted him, or
tried to agree, with him."; . He
says
he addressed them ;"as if
he 0 were
giving ' orders ' to menials.' ' That
Yankee ; was very fortunate,
He
ffstruck" a very amiable crowd evi
fdently t He could hardly "denounce
4
the Southern people as degraded bej
yond anything i that he t could ever
have imagined? in many places witnj
(out; being f'cussed out" and perhaps
personally chastised. ',' ." , ...
j Mr. Harrison's remarks about the
war at the close of his series are m
excellent temper. He ' found out
enogh about .ther-treatmeBt otprm
oners on" both sides to ;makcf him
charitable. , He tell? , how -..some of
the Northern soldiers behaved in the i
South and how only a few years.ago
a Northern woman of high cultivatron
and social rank told her guests of simi
lar distinction J that vsh e '' was sorry
that the surgeon did not r"allow"
Gen.; Wade , Hampton "to bleed to
death" when he was thrown from a
mule and had to have his leg- ampu
tated. - He ' says although there ' were
j clergymen present no one "expressed
a different sentimentU C ifi ,
Mr. Harrison has more .discern-!
ment, a -higher sense of; justice, a
nobler ;;charity, '-. a loftier ;lpatnotisni
than most of his people. . He has told
them many trnths and . set . them an
amiable and worthy examples ;'? f:f
Senator Beck- one 'of the ablest
and 'safest leaders in.;. the . .country,
made . a telling . point , against. the
Black mailing bill, that passed. He
showed - that ' the Edmunds bill was
only about, the same ' as. the law of
1876; under which Curtis was c tried
and wHch by experience d had been
found worthless, j J3ut the a Republi--
cans voted down hjs substitute all the
same; 'n They do not "want , too .much
reform. It might interfere -with their
blackmailing plans in 1884.
We have not . seen the amended
and emasculated Civil Service bill,
but as we intimated yesterday, there
is a good deal of sham in it. The
Washington correspondent of v the
Richmond, Va., State writes - on the
28th inst..of it :. , ; ",
"It must stand as one of the most empty
frauds in the history of American legisla
tion, and after ell, the fact is, that it does
not touch the marrow of Republican cor
ruption, against which the verdict of the
country was rendered on the memorable
7th of November, 1882." - .
It will be either crippled or killed
in the House. , . .
, The health of Paul H. Hayne, we
regret to see announced, is very poor.
The Ball Point Caswell. - r-
We learn that the ball in the new Acade
my at Point Caswell Thursday night was a
great success. A very large number of la
dies and gentlemen from Pender' and -the
surrounding counties were present; and
everything passed, off pleasantly and satis
factorily. A large silver castor was raffled,
off and won b Miss Meppie'Paddison for
P. W." Kerchner. wlio, not being present
requesieu ner . 10. umw xyr mm, turn at jeus
request it was donated to the Academy and'
resold for the same. The receipts of the en-:
tertainment, over one hundred dollars, will
be donated to furnishing the Academy. '
RAILROAD MATTERS...
A Loofc At New Pullman Palace Car
. Ewe and Bleance iqoinMaedl 3
tl Pursuant to in vitala.pn8 expended through
Oapt. J Alfj?iWalker,tiSuperinteient 0f
Sleeping Cars.? a number of ladies and gen
tlemen, iQclpdiogtbe authorities of the city,
members of the- pressj visited the depot
pf the iWilmington & JVeldpn and,j;Wll
mington,. Oolumbui. & Augusta Railroads
yesterday at' noon, for the purpose of in
8pecting a new Puljmaa Palace (Jar; just re
ceived here, v "We found quite a; number of
gentlemen in . the cal and among them Mr.
E. .H. Goodman; Superintendent of the Cen
tral DivteioBof the Pullman Palace Car Sys
tem, to whom ; we ; were . introduced, and
who,; after som? conversation of a prelimi
nary nature, pcaceededJ to.- : give :us all the"
nformatioo;;?re asked of him in regard to
the,:" elegant master-piece of , mechan.ica)
skill, ingenuity ; arid 1 taste : in which : we
were seated. . The car.in question is one of
a lot of sixteen , now nearinff; ccnpletiqn,
for, .the Atlantic r Coast j Line bf;i0rail
way, . t which . are .being , constructed , at
the Company's wprks ,at. Pullman, Illinois,
and Detroit, Michigan, and,, are ; the,r rst
installment of what are known as the Buffet
Cars, combining drawing rooms, dressing
rooms, dining rooms and smoking rooms
complete. One of the most striking and
attractive features of the. new car is the
buffet arrangement, by which passengers can
ieet their "coffeetea pr lunch at any hour of
the day or, evening . without the inconven
ience of leaving the cars at -unseasonable
hours.- : The entire interior, of the elegant
coach, is of mahogany, beautifully decor
ated by inlaid' . woods of yarious colors.
The , ceiling overhead - is . Jight and ; is
artificially, decorated.- The lamps are
of the .most ... approved,, pattern . and
shed a brilliant light, . enabling . the
passengers to read with as much ease as if
they were in their , own parlors. , The car
is upholstered with silk, plush, festooned
with silk curtains, and, is formed at night
into a sleeping apartment,- 'with luxuriant
couches; The exterior is beautifully deco
rated in the most modern style and finish,
and the car is carried upon what is known
as a No. 5 truck, with 42-inch paper wheels
with steel tires, steel axles and easy springs',
giving the coach a very delightful motion.
The" design, workmanship and arrange
ment of ' the ' handsome ' carTi reflect great
credit upon ' Mr. ;; George W. Pull
man, President of - the Pullman Palace
Car Company, 'and gives evidence of the
degree of perfection to which the'science
of locomotion and its attendant conve
niences is being reduced. Easy elegance
such as one finds in bis own parlor, if he
te matr fritoes?aoa ' gorl r tastis the t
dominant characteristic in the get-up of this
beautiful car, and we think there must be
very little . room ( for improvement upon it
in any respect.,.- t J r; t",J , ." ,- ' .'it,
Mr. Goodman's easy ' manners, - and the
politeness and - affability which character
ized his associates, made all feel themselves
at home, and the refreshments which were
dispensed only served to add to the obliga
tions under which all felt; for, the pleasant
hour spent in,the elegant Pullman Palace
Car, tlwApton." : rj-;v(d-y
"Vital Stattotleafoif 188.7n-V: :.
: Prom" Mr. ' R. J. Jones; Secretary and
Treasurer of theOakdafc Cemetery ;tJ6m
pany, we learn that 82 permits for interment
in Oakdale were issued during the year, the.
ages of those interred : ranging as follows i.
16 under 10 years; 2 over 10 years and un
der 20 ; 9 over 20 years and -under 80; 8 over
80 years and under 40; 12 over 40 years and
under 50; 9 over 60 years r and under: 60; 9
oyer 60 and under 7010 over 70 years and;
unde80; 4 OTr arfyearsand under 90;aix
were still-born infants, and the ages of two
adults were unknown. Of the 24 interf
ments since the 1st of Sj).teniberla;onIy,
8 have been for persons, under 40 years,
viz: One still-born; one aged 26 years and
One 82 years, ;OfV. interred during
the year 13 died elsewhere and were brought
here for burjak..,..- , .. , . , .... .. 4
'. . .. . : ' . . ! BEIVTJK! . j
In this Cemetery, as we. learn from Mr
J. S. McEacliern, Secretary and Treasurer;
there were 2J ihtefnients during the year
the ages of the persons ranging as follows:
Four under one year of age; 4 over l and
under 10 years; 1 over 10andy, under 20
years; 4 over 20 and under SO years; 2 over
80 and under 40 years; 2 over .40 and under
50 years; 2 over 50 and;; under 60 years; .3
over 60 and under' 70 years; 1 over 70 and
under 80 years; 1 over r80 Jand undert '90
years;; "There was 1 still-born. , J, vj,
. John G. Norwood, Secretary and Treasr
urer of Pine Forest (colored) metery, re
ports a total of 212 interments . for the past
year, of which 98 were adults and 114 chil
dren. " " " J'- , ;
Snow up the Road. .-zl -
A gentleman from up the road yesterday
reports that the snow the beautiful snow
was four inches deep -at Lilesville at 12
o'clock Friday night, and still heavier at
.Charlotte and other " points further up the
road. " The snow commenced falling about
3.80 P. 'M., and came down in '-beautiful
flakes until about 9 P. M. At U o'clock it
commenced raining and - sleeting. . Thi
side of JjaurelHUl there ,.was very little
snow. ' ' ' ' '
Forelsn Shipments. ; '' - '
-The Danish barque Louise, Capt. Han
sen, "was cleared- from this port ' for Liver
pool, yesterday, by Messrs. Paterson,Down-
ing & Co., with 3,891 barrels of rosin and
'. 30 do gum theis, valued at $5,214.26; also,
the Norwegian t barque Iftwwai, Capt. Jen-.
sen, for Liverpool, oy Messrs. u. it
MUrchisoh & Co., with 1,643 bales of cot
ton,' weighmg 759,995 pounds, ' and valued
at $76,424. Total value of foreign exports
, for the day, $81,638.26. .. . , . .
. ; CRIMINAL RECORD. '.
Bold Operations of Street : Hlsnway
- men In Chicago An Onto Bank Rob
f bed of $50,000 by Its Cashier nom
; tcide ! In' v AlJtani a Cattle-stealers
: Lynehed In Oreeoh Murder In South
'': Carolina. "' "i';-?;: - --. .s-
" ; i tBy Telegraph to the Morning StarJ;
:t, Chicago, Dec 28 Street highwaymen
are becoming so. bold and their attacks oc
cur so frequently; that there is considera
ble ;talkbi suppressing : them by means of
private enterprise.,;; .Scarcely a -.night pass
es that ' one ortwo - attacks do not occur.
.One of thevictims of these outrages is like
ly to die, while all attacked have suffered
severe injuriea,from murderous sand-bags,
and lost considerable property. tstzs 4 .
" Jefferson, Ohio, pea 28, The Second
National Bank has gone into voluntarv li
quidation, $50,000 Of Its funds being miss-1
auu luuiviuuiu notes or me aosconding
cashier, S. F. Fuller, having been depos
ited to make up the amounts on the books.
Stock speculation in.New Yorkisthe cause
of the trouble." H &St. John assistant
cashier,swas Fuller's .accomplice;-'jr., fi iifc
CHATTANOOOA,TEira.,
brothers named Bullard were kflled yester
day. at LebanonYAla.. iby two brothers
named Jacoway. m a quarrel. . They were
men of prominence. " ' ' '' '-
Dalles, Oregon; Dec. 28. The follow
ing particulars have been obtained ofithe
lynching of cowboys in Prineville, Crook
county, Oregon. ! For several years past
stock raisers of , that section and of Beaver
Creek have comnlained of freauent raids of
horse thieves,; and about two ; weeks ago
auuuo luirty , neaa were tasen jrom rnne
ville. The stealing has been done bv an
organized band, whose 1 members are scat-.
tereu throughout eastern. Oregon, f They
are so well organized and so perfectly ac
quainted with the country that their car
ture and conviction have been almost an im
possibility. The' stock, men, however, or
ganized and gathered evidence as to who
the thieves were, and the capture of some
of the weakest pf the band and a judicious
use ; of rope has : brought out a full
confession as 1 to. who the members
are. R. ' C. Swartz' and John " Sharpe
were - the leaders ; of ; the thieves : i here.
Swartz, in some way, found that the busi
ness had leaked out,and he came into town
and boasted of the strength of Jiis party,
and threatened i to kill' whoever attempted
to interfere with them. Last Friday even
ing, while sitting at a table in a saloon, he
was shot through the neck, his assailant
firing through a window. The same night
a band of masked men broke into W. C.
Barnes' house, captured Sid Houston and
Charles Lusteri took them about a mile
away, and hung them to a tree. , J. "VVeston
was also shot thrice through the head.
Who the lynchers are is a matter of con
jecture, but their actions appear to meet
with the hearty ; approval of the entire com
munity. iThe rest of - the band have es
caped, but the vigilants are on their
track. j ; ';
Columbia, a! C, Dec. 28. Sarah ' Wil
lis was murdered by ! her broUier-in-law,
Jim Coleman, j this morning. She was
struck with a small axe on the head, which
was literally crushed in. 5 Both were re
spectable colored people, and no reason
can be given for the Crime. V. The murderer
escaped; . . Vr-V:. C,S.!trf "
" CSHAWAjnoou,-Iecr 2$. The following
are the particulars of the tragedy at Leba
non, Ala. , yesterday. Two brothers, Dave
and Henry Bullard, had a gambling saloon
in town,' and Thomas Jacoway,- desiring
to establish a school, undertook. , to com
pel them to close their saloon by instituting
proceedings against them.' J ' This led : to a
quarrel, Bullard attacking Jacoway. The
best citizens, of L the town came to his res
cue, and one of the Bollards was killed and
the other, wounded.-? Last night a brother
of Jacoway went to his house, and he, mis
taking him " forp a friend of Bullard; shot
and fatally wounded him.(f , , . . .,
the imi aits. ' -
The Tribal "Warfare In'ndian Terri-
tory Thre Killed In Snnday's Fifth t.
t f ,. 'fBy Telegraph to theMornniStar.l'.j, f,
- St. , Louis, Dec..' 28.The latest dis
patch5 from Indian Territory say 1 that
Chicota's party, in the fight . Sunday, last
had 'seven men killed, and it is thought
Uiat Spiochee's band lost as m.any more.
Spiochee andhis party have gone into the
Cherokee nation, but he is expected tQ re
turn again' and keep-'np the disturbance.
Reinforcements are hastening to Okmulkee
to protect the capitoL Capt. Bates, with a
detachment-of U. S. troops, is also there,
and the soldiers have, been . ordered to Eu-
foula, where there Id a great deal of excite
ment. Many, t of the women and children
have been'; pent' away for -safety. The
troubles grew out of an old political division
of the tribe into what is known as the loyal
and disloyal parties during the war.
Spiochee fs now at the; head of the loyal
party, or what has been known as the Sands
faction, and Chiota is the principle chief of
the nation, and of course at: the head of the
party in power, s ;He has some 800 armed
men under him and Spiochee is safd to be
nearly as strongly supported. -Both parties
are armed with all sorts , of weaions and
seem to be- in an ugly mood, put it is
thought that the TJ.: S. soldiers any 'Majdr
Tufts, TJ. S. Agent, wiU-succeed in quiet
ing them and restoring order.
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t NEW YORK.
- i, t ' - ' ' '
Panic at a Church Festival Many Per
' sons Crashed and Trampled Upon. .
V By Telegraph to the MorntnK Star.
' New -Tore,5 Dec. 29. At a Christmas
tide celebration of Trinity Church, ; Mount,
Vernon, last night, instead of a Christmas
tree a "Jacob's Ladder had "been arranged
in the Church. It was simply an ordinary
ladder trimmed with pines and, cedar. ; A.
lighted taper falling among, the sprays of
evergreen on ; the, ladder ; at once caused a
blaze,' and some one shouted , "fire 1" A
stampede immediately followed- for the
doors, which opened inward, and in a, few
seconds the , weight of hundreds of half
crazed people Was thrown against ' them
No power could have .'swung .them Open.
The children fared the worse,, as men and
women trampled them under foot without
mercy. Fortunately a few ' cool-headed
men succeeded in extinguishing the--flames'
andrestormg sbrder. v lt is believed that no
one ,was seriously ( injured.: ? About one
thousand men women and children were
in the Churchiat the time.
"' COTTON STATEMENT. ''
Total Receipts' at all American Ports
- Slnee September. ;";. ''..;.;
New York, December 29,-i-The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at all the.
ports since September 1, ; 1882:' Galveston,"
485,473 bales'; New-Orleans,- 844,124; Mo
bile, 299,627; Savannah 570,610; Charles
ton. 400,505; iWilmington, 85,290; f Nor
folk: 490,994; i: Baltimore, 15,583; New.
York 67,089; .1 Boston u 75,690; , Provfc
dence, 140; -Philadelphia, 31,242; City
Point, '2,754; West Point, 129.519; Bruns
wick, 5,308;.Port Royal, 5,860; Indianola,
12,811 ;Pensacola, 537. Total, 3,433,156. : ,
5 SMALL-POX".
Only One Case at Wilson And jno Ap
; prehension- of the Dise ase Spreading.
i if t A.U 'sJ.iiiiV.' ;J5v U'l7Z.
d Special Star Telegram. - i . '
;;WjLSON, N C, Dec. 29.-rTherc. ;is only
one case of small pox in this town and 'that
is strictly guarded. ; Tbere is no apprehen
sibn of the disease'spreading. The fears of
oUr Toisnot neighbors are! premature;
t;1po;g.sWBlot
-'' ' ' -..,r yi.'ri Mayor rjro tem..j, :
CONNECTICXTTi
1 1; u
4.
Black Ballots and the New Haven
i" EleetlonsA5 tinestlon to be InVestl.
-fatl-b3r':-her lejrislatnre,:.vj.-j..
.'.: v'. fJBy Telegraph to the MornJng star.. . j
J Hartford DecJ"29 -Th'e decision:of
Chief Justice Park4eclaring.thfe black bal
lots nsed by the" Democrats in the New
Haven city election palpablv illegal,' has
led to mucb discussion Jiere,- as similar bal
lots were used in New Haven at the State
and Congressional elections. The throwing
out of 7,000 illegal-Democratic ballots id
New Haven, provided all the othet ballots
were legal, would 'elect ? the Republican
State, ticket. While-there, is no moye to
contest the election on the part of Republi
can iTcandidats; fMr:? Cole;. Chairman of
the Republican State Committee, intends t6
filo a ' petition in the Legislature When ;it
assembles calling attention to: the illegali'
ty of the black ballote cast in New Haveiv
and asking for an investigation.and'for such
action as may be lawful and, . proper undet
the Circumstances. Tf anh
" will be the duty of the Legislature 1 to irv-
Thre are different opinions among law
yers as to the legal questions involved; but
there is no question about -the duty of the
Legislature to investigate when petitions or
affidavits charging fraud or other ' illegality
are presented;. -. - f . . ,.
- - ILLINOIS". - - i -'
A Itlannfactnrins Company' and a
Banking Firm Swindled by! Trusted
Employes. ,- :v .'. f , :..
; tBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ' '
Chicago,' Dec. 29. C. 'M: Silliman,
manager of the. freight and transportation
department of the.Trust & Bradly Manu
facturing Company, has been missing sev
eral days. -The firm claims that he. has Ab
sconded, and that a partial examination of
his books shows the embezzlement of. $500,
witb possibilities that - it will, amount ;-to
thousands of dollars. It is said to have
been accomplished by : pocketing small
amounts in the way . .of, rebates f or t pverr
charges by railway companies; ' ""
John Parry; bookkeeper for Berridge &
Dearey,. private bankers, was .arrested last
night and held in $5,000 bail on the charge
o forgery to the extent of. $4,500; by . ;a
System of fraudulent checks, in collusion
with a bar-tender in a 'large" saloon." The
bar-tender has not yet been arjestedi-The
senior member of- the firm 'is. an -ex-Governor
of Illinois!, ' - - . '-'" ;-.:' : fU .-
filhWASMimTQNh
Death of Miss Josephine Meekfsr Ae
dnictf on of. the.Pnblle DebtThe Stay
: Rome. jury bribery rawi, Vrr
j -r' fBy Telegraph to t"
3 WASHraaTOK, ) Dec 30.i-Misff jJosephiBe
C. 'Meeker, daughter of tbe, late N. Q,
Meeker who was tortured and killed b
Ute Indians in the massacre of ,1879died
here this morqlng of pneumoflia. She was
a clerk in the office of ' the Secretary of the
Interidrand was held in highr esteem for
her personal qualities, r Miss Meeker and
her mother were prisoners in the hands of
the Ute Indians Xoi . some,- time, and ;i were
finally rescued by Gen. Adams. ,
It is estimated that the reduction of. th6
public debt for the month of December
will.be about $13,000,000. U i:icj if ii'Ad
- In the trial of Dickson, foreman of. the
late Stdr Route jury, to-day Harry Bowen
was recalled as a witness and: failed to ap
pear. His. bond for $1,000 was declared
forfeited.1 His bondsman was called' and
he also failed to .appear; After a short coot
sultation the defence stated" that they had
decided to close their case 1 Without further
proceedings. ...The, court then . adjourned
until Tuesday, when the closing arguments
wilt be made ..,fi : Jpxfim; ;;pw
Inquiry by the District , .Commissioners
into the charges of the citizens' Committee
that certain members of the detective forces
of this, city have W acted in collusion with
thieves, burglars'" and: forgers,;; resulted to
day in the issue of orders suspending de
tectives G. . W. McElfresh and James A.
McDevitt, pending trial under police regu
lations forbidding intercourse between them
and other members . of . the police force.
Other detectives and ulcers of the regular
police force are alleged to. be ; implicated.
It is understood that the order was precipi
tated by threats made against 'members of
the citizens' committee, at whose instance
the investigation was begun." ,( : ,
OHIO.
Temporary Suspension of the Besse
mer Steel "Worfcja .at Cleveland one
Thousand Ken Thrown Out of Em
- ployment. - ' ' "
-i : By Telegraph to 'the Morning Star.l U -' t
, Cleveland, Dec. 30. Notice, has been
posted in the large shops, of ,the Clevelaud
Rolling Mill ? Company, - announcing -the
closing of the Bessemer. steel works until1
further notice At leastliM)Q men will be
thrown out of employ ment, President
Chisholm says that the shut-down is only
temporary; and that when stock, has been
taken and Caome repairs . made, they will
probably resume business. 4 -v- i ,-. .-. :
It id announced that the Newburg mills
will on the slat of ".January 'reduce wages
from 15 to 25 per cent, ..-, '. ... .
.GEORGIA.
T
A Row with Drunken Negroes at Oko
nee Several Persons Burt.
; : t By Telegraph to the kornhig Star. : if
: Macok, Dec. 80. A row between a fam
ily of drunken negroes and the Marshal of
Okonee on Christmas day, led to the report
of a riot there. , -The Washington brothers
(colored), five in number, resisted arrest, at
tacking the Marshal.' Citizens went to the
assistance of the Marshal, and. a negro des
perado named' Ira Lawson assisted' the
Washingtons.; Knives .- and ; pistols were
drawn by : both parties, and three whites
and four negroes were1 wounded; Ira Law
son being the only one seriously hurt.:; ;
TENNESSEE.
. ' ' 'St :
New ZIne Mining Company Organized
: "at fcnoxvllle.
- Kkoxvtlle, Dec. 30. The VaUey Zinc
Company, organized a short time ago-with'
a capital of $300,000, let contracts ' today
for the erection of furnaces and buildings
in Knoxville. They have several thousand
tons of zinc ore already dug a -few miles
from Knoxville., The furnaces will be inj
operation by next spnng. Vi. -. .-. u -i
: Spirits fTurpentmer
A negro ebud, left alone, was
burnt so it will die," at NewBerneon Christ
mas day. f.r i,f : rTVi y- f?jsjr if x.:z's
-.: : rr Banbury TJeporer .' ; We (earn
that while Mr. Calvin JkTorris was hauliog
corn last Friday,, a short distance below -Gcrmanton,
that a tree fell on him, killing v
him. Instantly, , 1 . . v -v.
t ) -rnalehi 'JPress . " At a 8b6oting '
matcli near Rural Halt in this county one
iTutUe- 8tru5kriGeorge;Kiger,-'Jr on .the "
head with a gun; t Kier h said to beoin a
critical conditioo "Whiskey was at the bov
aom or it. .r ,i
zntbn liidex: Andrew Jack-
son Lenton, of the South Mountains region;
Was found dead on ' the side Of : the ' road,"
about half .a mile from 'Sheriff .Patterson's
housevj Saturday inortdng;",Cor6ner .
Kaylor empannelled a. jury, toinvestigate,
whpifound that death was the -result of .
freezing, the victim being drunk:-; ;; t .
F1P''-S; vDecr' JzV.- "
Last night a train passing vQver,the Cataw
ba river bridge, ten ' miles 4 west Of neire On
the Air Line road, ran . off the rack and
knocked the west end of the trestle down,' -"precipitating
eight box "cars to the ground. '
a distance ef forty feet; The engine;and
two cars on. the front end and a cab on the
rear -escaped- injury. - One employe ;ws
Bl?ghUyhurt. . v:.
i :rfr-jNew, Berne Journal :. General
Ransom returned on . Wednesday "" night
from his inspection of Trent river. He
made, the trip from Trenton, on the Cutler,
entirely by night, and; thus ' demonstrated '.
the comparatively ' good Jsondition of ' the
channel at, this time., . If the trip,, down
stream,' can be safely made on a dark "Bight,
iV is pretty k-fair evidence of ithe great im "
prpvement already made, on Trent river. ,t
. ry ySmion Sentinel: A little more
mdney "for the University, .the .Normal
Schools and the Oxford Orphan Asylum,
and alittle less for, the Penitentiary, gen.-" .
tlemen of the Legislature, if, you please:
-rNorth Carolina' hasrenough -counties; -and
we trust our members of the State Ler,
gislature will bear this in mind when' they "
meet in Januarys i Reform' does, not lay in
this direction. North Carolina has had -fifty-six
Governors all told. 1 Of these Hali
fax,!. Craven and , Warfen? bave burnished '
three eachi and Lenoir,. Orange,.. Guilford,
Moore, Chowan, Buncombe,' New' Hanover
,alff Wake, two each; Of these.! since. 177ft.
'twenty-three have heen from the. east and
sixteen from the west 'The rest wereGor
ernors beforetthe Revolntion. -vi -Ia ' the '
Jast eampaign we douhi, if every candidate
and every executive committee in the State '
spent $5 in the distribution of, Democratic "
: papers.. They would be. f opls if they did,
is" long as the editors Work" for nothing. ' W f
o; New Berne; Journal :X Several
fights and kpock downs in the city during
the Week. '. MrWET.-G.' Cuthbert, at the
New Berne machine shops, hasnearly' com
pleted, the first corn 'mill- ever built in New
Berne." The rock is' from Moore county.
7 One hundred and sixty horse, power;
is the size of Major Depnison's new boiler
now nearly ready to make steam for his oil
mill. B On Sunday night : between one
and two 'clock five prisoners escaped from
the jail in ' this city ! by punching a hole
through the :Nyali; the 1 work being done
principally from. the outside, if-. From '
all-reports the dogs of NewBernehave had
a fair share of Christmas turkey. 4 4; week
or so before Christmas they made an on- -slaught
on Dail Bros. and Mr. J. J. How
ard's coops, killing in all six or eight tur
keys, and on Christmas night they attacked
Mr. E. Ellis' coop, - killing two fine gob
blers; also Dail Bros, again, killing! one and -turning
but others. .' . .; :
';'' Goldsboro ' Messenger ' : ' Mas-
tei Kirby "Smith; son J ""f ' our wns
man,. Mr. .John . R Smith, has recently '
been presehted with a1 gold medal' for 6ra:
tory ut Chapel Hill High? School, if There
were several contestants. . The: Mid-'-
laijd NCL Iioad is oonstructtng telfegrapli :
wires between Goldsboro and - Smithneld. '
Tlie Board of Directors of the Eastern -Insane.
Asylum will meet in this-city; on
Wednesday of next.week. -We regret
to hear of the failure of John VL Dail &'
Sons at Snow ; HilL - The. Goldsboro
Rifle Monumental Fair Js meeting, with
gratifying success'. A youth seven
teen years old; claiming to be from Petera
burg, Va., was arrested here by, OfBcer
Swindell, Friday night" of last week; for
having m his possession ia very fine pistol, . -proved
to be stolen from the residence of
II. H. Coor, Esq. J When arrested : he had
two pistols concealed on his person. -. JHe
was lodged in jail, While Capt. Swift
Galloway was in the city last Saturday, on
bis: way home from Pender Superior Court, ,
we observed in his possession a very beau- ,
tiful and cCstly goid-headed cane.- It was
presented to him last weekA during the term -of
Pender Court tfhe last court in this'cir
ciiit);tby' His H6nori Judge MacRae,-'as' -a
memento of his friendship and esteem,
and for his efficient services as Solicitor of
the Third Judicial District. : .: -: :
Raleigh?
W. C.KerrissDendingthe holidays here.
He has closed his work at Bristol, Tenn.; I
until next spring and his headquarters are
now at, Washington, D. C. S- Deputy
Revenue Collector John" W. Betts a few
days ago captured ia tL smokehouse an illic-
it distillery belonging to IsaaaJXmcan, in :
Granville county. '; - Monday hight the
wife of Peter Young, colored, was fMy
burned by the explosion-of .a, kerosene
lamp, at her home on ' Mr. Lynn Adams' -plantation,
near the city. ? The lamp was
knocked on a table and her clothes caiight
on fire. The -authorities of theRa
leigh & Gaston Railroad did a ' graceful act -in
presenting valuable gifts, as . a regard
for long and faithful service.-to a- number,
of their employes, ; engineers arid qthers
Passengers on the train state tiat on
Christmas day ' there was a shootihgaffair
at Charlotte. A white man named Pin nix
was shot twice and it is thought fatally by.
a white man named : Hucks. "Both, shots
took effect in the stomach. -; MfS.v.W.
W. Vassthe accomplished lady organist
who so ably presides at the grand organ of
the First Baptist Church, : wa4 the unex- -pected
recipient on Christmas dty of a beau
tiful and costly testimonial of appreciation
of her services, in the gift froia her friends
in that church of a magnificent marble and
bronze - clock, with corresponding- mantel
statuettes, i The Fayettevillei Observer ,
will - be revived, we learn, - by ' K J.'
Hale, Jr.; Esq., who wilLSecome its editor. '
-We learn of a row atySalisbury on Mon-' "
day, which came near assuming the dimen
sions of a riot. . ; It seems that a Mr. Vander- - - '
ford (whose brother, a policeman, was shot
and killed last year,) struck a negro who
had insulted him such a blow with a stone -in
the forehead, that he will perhaps die.
The negroes tried to mbo TAisderford, and
the citizens were compelled to. arm them
selves and aid the police Ja preserving or- -
der.v Their efforts were successful.'"
For our part, we join heartily in the wish. .
that Col. Dockery shoutf contest if he is not ;
satisfied with his beatirg. But we protest
in advance against a democratic Congress
allowing him sny expanses out of the pub-
lie' treasury tuuess hecan show a reasonable
basis for bis -contest We are not aware of
any fact justifying filch a proceeding on CoL " ,
Dockery'a part, t Commissions were.
yesterday iisued from the Governor's office
to the follwkig ileld officersall of whom
were elected December 7th : First Regiment
John TV. Cotton, Colonel ; Halcot P. Jones,- .
Lieutenant Cdonel; D; N. Bogart,;Majdr "
Second Regiment Ar H; Worthi; Colonel ; .
James G Kenan, Lieutenant Colonel ; E. F,
McRac Mirjor. ; Third Regiment James
D. Glen, lieutenant Colonels KW- Foard; -Major
: Fourth Regiment W.,H. Fitz-.
gerala lieutenant Colonel ; J. A. Younts,1
Ma jf. Fourth Battalion (colored) Abram
HaEiday, Lieutenant Colonel; George L. " -Law,
Ma1or., Vi ' -"'" i .
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