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The Weekly. Star. f PUBLISHED. AT XV ILHINCTON, AT $1.5 0 A YBAB, IN ADVANCE. - m U k op 1 -3agsSgSSSS8S 7 : : gsgsg8S8SS8S88S8S s 88 88 888 88888 888 " 6 sssssssessssissf : SsSs33S88SS8SSSS8 ' 82888888888888888 7 S88S88888SSSSSSSS gsssjssssssssssssa. . -' ' gssSSS88gSS8S38S3 .. ; '' ' . v o ", ' ' '.. - i .' ; .. cT - '? - - ' . : 1- 3 3. 4 ? Star 4 VOL. XV. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1883. NO. 5 I n-iii-ret atthe Post Office aOVUmlngton, N. CV as Second Class Matter. . .. s Inscription price. The sulseri6tion price of the Wkkkit Stau is as follows : . , . t -..-i. -Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, ; . $1.50 n monuis, ' i.w ' 3 months. " " . ,.50 THE DK3IO.CR..TIC TRIIJJIIPR I If THE PIRST. , The election of Mr. Thomas G. Skinner over his. competitor in the First District will give unmixed sat isfaction to the Democrats through oat the State. : A pure, modest, high toned gentleman, he will serve the State faithfully and honorably. We congratulate the people of the First upon having such a Representative in the IT. S. House. . When a man of Mr. Skinner's purity of life and per sonal worth is chosen to bear the. etc, pay from 100 to 150 per cent." whilst "fine goods made of pure wool of the1 finest texture pay from 60 to OV pel tGUU. , , . Take a low grade cloth. In Ger many or England it sells at 75 cents yard. It weighs 28 oz. The weight doty is under the new Tariff 61 cents; ad valorem 'tax 20 total 87f cents or 116 pel cent. The old Tariff made it $1.13$ or 152 per cent In this country goods of same value Were sold from first hand at 81.75 to 11.90 per yard. They are now offered gtandard cf a party it augurs well It SUICIDE, Barque CLOrillNG tNDER THB TABIFF- II AW MATERIAL TAXED ' - doctors continue- t& differ. :JTbi-WtK mingtwrBTAMeaysr- Two gentlemen ln'this town nave Riven us H practical illustration. j,ne nan maae in Loudon and Edinbure suits of clothing that would cost $60 in New York. They nnnl $17 50 and $18 50 ana made, too, ny f-tjiinn:ille tailors. And yet we are told -that a hich tariff does not make high goods. A gentleman at Raleigh wears a $2 pair of shoes bought in Loudon equal to the $6 pairs y;u buy Tiere. ! The Chattanooga ' Times squarely and railicr liiirfdily denies the statement, and adds: 'A Scotch gentleman employed in this ollicn a year ago received from Glas gow, hi.t lnme, a suit of fine tweed, which cost. i:i I he other side. $20. The same could th-n or .can now tie duplicated in Ch:ittanM! for th same money. Wc put this f: r, vkhifth we can readily prove, -against the Wilmington romancer's mani fest fable" ' We' find the above in the Augusta Chronicle, a .strong Protection pa per, as is the polite and ignorant Times. Gen Cox is the representative of th Raleigh District iii tha TJ. S. - : I' Iloitso. lie wears a pair; of shoes he purchased in Iondon last summer for $2. lie says they equal those sold in Raleigh for $0. As to the "ro mancer' manifest- fable" the editor of the Times can learn more .by wri ting toi- Major Charles M. Stedman and .Mr. Thomas W. Strange, both well known attorneys of this city. What we staled was , true, and it is astonishing that the Times is so supremely" ignorant when it is so pronounced in its advocacy of IVisiiMttion: Possibly its ig nor.ifoe is th cause of its advoca cy. Wr propose to enlighten it, for theie- is very deusi ignorance on b'otJi -sides. 'Phe fact is many editors who attemit to enlighten their read ers darken a subject with words, and show inct Mii potency a, every turn to deal with tin: Tariff. When thev un derlake to figure up the cost of tex tile fabrics or . manufactured goods they show that they have very little knowledyof the complex Tariff, and less knowledge of what goods really COSt. -- - ' - . ' . - As w-exect" to. have a good deal to say upon the Tariff ' before the election in 1 88 J, we shall not attempt -to -exhaust the subject in one edito rial. We shall confine ourselves to one or two points to show the dif ference between the cost of woollen goods in Europe and in the United Stales. It will be seen, we think, 1 li o it !a i it m o n i a f- bllCt-U o IO . C. J . uiauiicou iM LKw when w; claim that woollen fab rics are very 'much-higher -in the United-States than beyond seas. Take cloaks that are so much worn. l heir manufacture is im mense. : Tens of -thousands of men and women find employment in the manufacture ot tne goods and in the cloaks. There is $30,000,000 in vested annually in the United States in cloaks. It is a well known fact that foreign made cloaks are cheap er than those made in this country Why this? Foreign made cloaks,be fore the late revision of the Tariff, paid a duty of 50 cents a pound and a duty of 40 per cent, ad valorem two distinct taxes. Cut according to the gross inequalities and absnrd duties of the High Tariff, j revised and unrevised old and new the cheaper class of goods, such as are worn by the working millions, paid a higher tax than the finer goods, worn by the well-to-do and the rich. The new rate on cloaks is 45 cents a pound, and 4Q per cent, ad valorem in spite of this iserlin cloaks are shipped in great quantities ,to the United States If thev are not cheaper in Europe how can ..the man- v ufacturers pay this high double tax , and out-sell American cloaks? The t.fTllb 1Q liritU 4l.io. Lli il,n1lA- the lariff ought to shut out all for eign cotnpetition and would do so . um ipr me i act that clothing 8 m- mcnsely cheaper in Europe than in the United States. Why then, we repeat, are Berlin manufacturers able to pay . the double-tax and compete in the North ern markets with United States man ufacturers? Here is the explana tion. - oak8 are "ade of woollens. The material has to pay under new rate .id cents a pound and 35 per cent ad valorem, l he old rate was higher. Under the schedule the poor man pays nearly double what the rich man pays, mis is a fact. The lower grade of goods, "heavily load ; ed with cotton, shoddy, dye-stuffs, at $1.50 under new rates. V Fine woollens costing in Europe $2 a yard pay the same weight duty as the cheap cloth 87 J cents;- add ad valorem duty, 72 cents total $L57 or 78 per cent. This was the old rateV The new Tariff makes it .61 cents weight duty and ad valorem 80 total $1.41 or 70j per cent. Here we see that the cheap goods pay 116 per cent" whilst the fine pFabrics pay but 70 per cent; ' The Tariff is laid altogether in favor of the rich. - . This rule of favoring the rich ap plies to coating, Italian cloths used as linings, plushes, &c. Under the new rate all persons who use a -low quality of relour pay a tax of 73 Cents or.204 per cent.; but a fine seal plush costs $2.53 or but 53 J per cent. ; The price in England is for the relour 36 cents; of the plush $4.80. So with silk, silk ornaments, silk laces, &c. It is the Tariff that is so destruct ive to the woollen industries. It taxes the materials and thus the for eigner is able to undermine indus tries highly protected by a tax of from 100 to 200 per cent, aini up wards. Foreign cloaks worth $3, pay the new Tariff a tax thus distributed: specific 3 pounds $1.35; 40 per cent. ad valorem $1.20; total $2.55 or 85 per cent. The old rate was 90 per cent. But fine cloaks worth $12.50 same weight pay $1.35 and $5.00" ad valorem total $6.35 or but 40 per cent.. In Berlin it costs $3 to make a cer tain low grade cloak, including 45 cents profit. W e have before us the exact figures for every item of ex pense. In New York the same cloak costs under ithe new Tariff $5.05, ex clusive : of profit. Under the old Tarrff it cost $5.85L But the Berlin cloak has to pay a tax of $2.55 under the new rate (old rate $2.70) ; total $5.55. So a cloak j that could be bought in Berlin for $3 must fetch $5.55 in New York, without profit for the Ameri can seller being added, or cost of I carriage and insurance. Take a -fine cloak, costing $12.50 in Berlin. Add new rates of Tariff, $6.35. Total $18.85. The same gar ment costs $18.57, to manufacture it in New York without profit being added.' In the Berlin figures the profit of $1 has been added. These figures may help you to un derstand why a suit of clothes in London or EdinburghVwill cost less than in New York and by a great deal. . Since we began this article a gen tleman of this city has received a letter, now lying before us, dated Edinburgh, 6th" Nov., 1883. It is from MaLaren, Son & Co. They send, in answer to a letter, 3 sam ples of cassimeres of different grades and the price of suit for each at tached. They are all wool, and many of the samples are very handsome. These fashionable Edinburgh tailors will furnish suits made to order from $17.50 to $21.75, with intermediate grades of $18.75, $20 and $21. To ship these goods and pay insurance to Wilmington costs $3 or 12 shil lings. So if ; there ? were no Tariff charges an Edinburgh suit costing $17.50 would be delivered in Wil mington for $20.50. If a foreign cloak costing $12.50 and weighing 3 pounds specific is taxed $6.35, you can form some idea of the tax on a suit that will Weigh, from 6 to 8 pounds. These samples can be com pared with foreign importations here or elsewhere, and it can be seen what a suit will cost in the United States. It would be difficult to have made the $17.50 suit for less than $35 or more.! And the421 suit could not be bought, we think, for less than $40 or more. v The above facts and figures will go toj show why it is that American workmen must charge so high. The Tariff taxes all the ; materials they use. j All trimmings, as well as the cloth, are taxed heavily from 50 to 100 per cent. It is the Tariff on wool and raw materials that prevents the American manufacturers from com peting with foreign workmen. shows that the people are again look ing to character as the test of fitness. This ought to be the case always. As we write the returns are incom plete, but are enough to give assu rance that Mr. Skinner is elected by a handsome majority. ; The taking but of Bertie, a. Republican county, from the District made it almost cer tain that in a full election the Demo crats would win.-"2 " v " The official vote of Gates county gives Skinner 502 majority. " The Elizabeth City Falcon has the following returns: For Pool Pas quotank, 568 majority; Perquimans, 94; Chowan, 166; Martin, 185; Washington, 378. For Skinner Camden, 108; Pitt, 450; Beaufort, 300; Pamlico, 61; Carteret, 600. There were gains in Perquimans, Camden, Pitt and Carteret for the Democrats; and losses in Pasquo tank, Chowan, . Currituck, Pamlico and Washington. Hertford gave 250 majority for Pool. The Raleigh Nexos-Observer publishes the following:.-...;'; - '. y . . r -" -' Majorities for Skinner are Cam 'den, 108; Pitt, 650; Beaufort, 150; Pamlico, 62; Carteret, 600; Curri tuck, 300; Gates, 502. -Majorities for Pool are Pasquo tank, 568; Perquimans, 94; Chowan, 166; Martin, 125; Washington, 378; Hertford, 250. . The counties riot yet heard 1 from gave the following majorities in 1882: For Bennett Hyde, 124; Tyrrell, 107. For Dockery Dare,38. Skinner is-elected by not less than 600 majority. It may be! several hundred higher than this. ' We have read with pain the an nouncement by telegraph of the death of Col. A. P. Bennett, of the Rich mond State. It was our pleasure to know him personally; and we have always admired - him both as a man and an editor. He was a trained journalist of exceptionally fine parts, and for general editorial work on a daily newspaper we have rarely known his equal. His death is a po sitive loss to the press of Virginia. Senator Vance is in Washington and says Gen. Vance will vote for Cox. It is to be hoped that the Charlotte Observer is in error in clas sifying him as a Randall sup porter. He wrote to Hon. S. S. Cox that he would . get four from this Stae Green, Vance, Skinner and Gen. Cox. The Norfolk, Virginian says it has information that leads it to think that possibly Skinner's majority may reach 1.500. Mr. Skinner it says, is of the same impression. TJi Captain -of fitrmu :- Jumps Overboard and Drown Hint -' elf Recovery of tne Body Inqaeat, Our usually, quiet community was some what startled from its equanimity yester day morning by the announcement of the suicide of Ca'pk "Wilhelm Knuth, of the German barque Emilia, Which arrived here from Liverpool on Tuesday, the 13th inst It was stated that he had jumped over board and drowned himself, but it was thought there must be some- mistake about it until the operation of dragging com menced, when the body was soon recov ered, and around the' neck of the drowped man was a largo anchor chain, between six and seven feet long, with a large piece of iron attached, weighing forty or fifty pounds. -- ' ' Coroner Jacobs, -having been notified. summoned the following jury : A. V. Horrell, John H. Thees, Martin Young, T. Hi Betts, W. J. Cutlar and Elijah Lane.. The witnesses were 0. Knochenhauer, mate,- and F, Y.oltlv A- Qoldmann and - H. ldanu jJst i iwewTheystestifled that the last they saw of Capt. Knuth was Wednesday night, about 8 o'clock, when he was on board the vessel, walking upjand down the deck.';' One witness, .H.' Nord mann, said that after the rest of the , men had gone ashore, the captain came out of the cabin three different times, went for ward and called him: and asked him if he had seen a certain hook some of the men had dropped overboard, to which witness replied that he had not, when the captain went back aft, each time seemingly satis fied. About a half hour after the last visit of the captain on . this errand witness heard a splash, as of something falling overboard. As soon as the other men came on board he told them there was something wrong with the cap tain, and after a short time spent in con versation on the subject of .their com mander's actions they retired. Yesterday morning the steward w ent into the cap tain's room and he was not there. The steward called the mate and informed that officer that Capt Knuth was missing, when a search was instituted for him all through the vessel, but without avail. They found, however, the following words in German, written with chalk on the table and which subsequently were translated : "The world is only a swindle and hum bug, dear wife and child. I have been as far as I believe one of the most honest. Your sorrow about me, I know, will soon make you follow me, and all the world is poverty. Your William." Then the men became convinced that the captain had drowned himself, and they proceeded forthwith to rig a hook to drag for the body. They commenced the search as near as possible where the splash was heard by Nordmann, and about 11 o'clock the body was brought to the surface, in the condition already described. The verdict of the iury was that deceased came to his death by his own hand. Deceased was about 35 or 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and one child at their far off home in Swinemunde, Germany, to mourn their great loss. The remains were taken in charge by the German Imperial Consul,' Mr. E. Peschau, and, under his direction, interred in Bellevue Cemetery yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. On the person of the drowned man was found a watch and chain, with a locket at tached, containing a photograph of his wife. . It is stated that deceased received a letter on Sunday saying that his father in-law was dead, and that he has been showing signs of depression ever since. He is said to have been a man of good habits, and his men were all very fond of him. The dramatic surprises in . New York this season are said to be Man tell, a young Irish , actor, who has gone to the top at abound; Caroline Hill, who could get nothing to. do, but has made a splendid hit at Wal laces, in "Moths"; and Charles Glen ny, who has gained the greenest lau rels in personating an English Lord. Two tramps entered Gen. Cox's residence, near Raleigh, and robbed it. , Runaway Oxen. - A pair of oxen attached to a cart, in which sat an aged countryman and his wife, got the queer notion into their beads, in the neighborhood of Second and Mar ket streets, yesterday afternoon, to run away; and "cut up" just like a span of horses would. They did their level best in that direction, and succeeded in giving the old couple a prelty severe jolting, while at the same time they were momentarily threatened with a "smash-up" which might have resulted seriously to them, when a couple of gentlemen rushed to the rescue, one seizing a refractory ox by one of his horns, and the other getting hold of the reins, when the animals were finally halted and a worse catastrophe avoided. wm . -lion. Simon Wolfe. non. Simon Wolfe, ex-United States Minister to Egypt, and now living at Washington, D. C, has accepted an invi tation from the Library Association to lec ture here at an early date. Mr. Wolfe en joys a distinguished reputation as an ac complished orator and lecturer. His ex tempore address delivered in the Opera House, about a year ago, before the B'Nai B'rith i Association, made a happy impres sion upon his audience and excited the very general desire to hear him upon a more for-, mal occasion. - ' ? The German barque German Fredrieh, which arrived up Friday night, reports en countering a heavy gale of -wind in the Gulf Stream on Saturday night last, which caused her to' spring a leak which contin ued to gain in volume, despite the exertions of the men, until fortunately the pilot boat Uriah Timrruma, Capt. Morse, of Smith ville, boarded the vessel, on Thursday morning last, and helped to bring the ves sel inside. The vessel leaked at the rate of twelve inches per hour and the men were about exhausted when the Timrruma so op portunely put in her appearance. The -Herman Ffiedrich is consigned to Messrs. ju. u. iiarser & jo. Our Cotton Trade. The receipts of cotton at this port for the week ending yesterday foot up 4,924 bales, as against 8,628 bales for the corresponding week last year. The receipts for the crop year from Sep tember 1st to date foot up 57,027 bales, as against 60,420 bales for the corresponding period last year, showing a -decrease of 8,893 bales. ; Eggs retailing at 25 to 30 cents per dozen. A Comparison. From an old publication, entitled "Trea sures of Knowledge," printed in 1831, a friend of ours gleans the following facts and statistics, which he handed to us, and we make some comparisons which may be of interest: v For the fiscal year of ISSO-'Sl the arri vals of vessels at all the ports in North Carolina numbered 235. During 1882 the arrivals at this port alone, of vessels over 60 tons burthen, and nearly all over 100 tons, numbered 481, added to which there were a large number of small coasting schooners, steamers, &c. The entered tonnage in 1830 '31 aggre gated 27,757 tons for the whole State, while the tonnage of vessels clearing for ports outside of the State footed up 36,593. In 1882 the tonnage of arrivals at this port alone aggregated 201,266, of which 130,979 were American and 70,287 foreign. The value of imports at all ports of the State in the year named was $195,356. For the fis cal year ended June 30th, 1883, ; the value of imports at this port alone footed up $229,053.12, and it was not a good year for imports either. . : The value of exports for 1830 '31 for the entire State is set down as follows: Do mestic products $340,973; foreign products $167. - The total value of foreign exports from this port alone for 1882 was $4,711, 923. . ' ' Oapt. Omundsen, of the Norwegian barque Fray, which arrived here yester day, reports have spoken, on October 28th,' in latitude 24 north and longitude 25 west, the Norwegian brig Bmaragd, from Mar seilles for New York, twenty days out; and on November 8th, 19.12 north, 49.30 west, the English ship 8. R. M. T.i from Liver pool for New Orleans, twenty-eight days out. . - - -; ,-"y:-.o;:. Notice is given by the Lighthouse Board that on and after Dec. 15, 1888, a fixed white light of the sixth order will be exhibited from the old Cape Hatteras bea con. North Carolina. The local plane is 25 feet above mean low water and the light should be seen in clear weather from the deck of a vessel 15 fee t above the sea ' 9 nautical miles.- .The structure is a wooden frame, surmounted by a lantern, the whole painted red. ' -.' . . There are now in this port 44 large vessels.including 29 barques, 5 brigs and 10 schooners. : Of the barques 19 are Norwe gian, 2 are British, 2 are Danish, 4 are Ger man, 1 is Italian and 1 American. Of the brigs 3 are Norwegian, 1 is German and 1 American; and X of the schooners 9 ; are American and 1 is British. In addition there are many . smaller craft, including coasting schooners, river steamers, and tugsr DEATH JFSOM LAUDANUM. Kr. Jamaa Kegan 1 Found Dead In - Hi BedAn tempty Laudanum Bot tle Discovered Under Bla Pillow and Another In One of Hie Poelteta Ver- . diet the Jury of Inqueat, &.c? Mr. James Kegan was found dead, in his bod at his store on the corner of Seventh and Castle street, yestet day morning. It is now known that he has ' not been in com plete possession of his mental faculties for some months past ; A Bhort time previous to the severe storm in September last he abandoned ; store-keeping and purchased a small farm on the Poor House road, some four miles from this city.- The storm came and wrecked; nearly t everything he had. Thereafter he became very despondent, and at times it was necessary to keep a watch upon his movements. : Finally he came back to the city and reopened bis store. On Thursday: night his wife left him at his roOm in the same building with the store, where he is in the habit of sleeping, about 8 o'clock." As he was complaining some what she offered to stay with him, but he insisted that she should go home to her fathers. .Yesterday morning, aT an early hour,' Mrs.xKogan went to the room of her husband and found only his ' lifeless re mains: Under his pillow she discovered a laudanum bottle and when her father Mr. Morgan came in response to her sum mons, and was proceeding to' prepare the remains for burial, he found another empty phial labeled "Laudanum" in one of the deceased's pockets. . A Mr. Rhew, " who occupied a room above the store, said he heard Mr. Keegan moving about the room a good part of the night ; Finally, he thought deceased opened a door and went out into the yard, after which he was heard once more, walk ing the floor for a short time, and then all was still. ' The above was in substance the testimo ny adduced before Coroner Jacobs and his jury, at the inquest held at 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon, and the verdict was to the following effect: : "We are of the opinion that the deceased came to his death by taking an overdose of laudanum. According to the evidence in the case the deceased had been in the habit of taking laudanum to relieve severe pains in his head and in the region of the heart" Deceased came .to this city some six or eight years ago, on one of the revenue cut ters. He was about 40 years old, and a native of Ireland. He has a brother in New York and one in Ireland. The Proposed Wllmlnston, Wrights Tllle ; Onslow Railroad. - - At a meeting of the directors of the above company, held in Raleigh, a few days ago. Rev. J. C. Price resigned the Presidency and L. H. Fisher, of Lenior, was elected President in his stead. The matter of employing convicts on ' the road was postponed until next meeting. A reso lution was passed requesting all stockhold ers and others favorable to the enterprise, to aid and assist (by money and otherwise) in the completion of the road. E. F. Martin, Superintendent and Gen eral Manager, issues a circular in which he makes an urgent appeal to the colored peo ple throughout the State to come forward to the assistance of this enterprise of the colored people, and concludes thus em phatically: "The road ought to be built and it shaH be built, and you have got to build it You can build it and own it if you will, and if you wont, you shall build it if you don't own it I have six miles and a quarter graded, and I shall not rest contented day 6r night until the cars run from Wilmington to the seashore. I shall commence work again the first week in De cember, 'and don't you forget it' " . The directors have ordered an assess ment of five cents 'on the dollar to be col lected from all the stockholders by the first day of December. WASHINGTON.' Mississirri. Ship Island Quarantine Station Pay , ment. of Three per cent. Bonds An . thorlzed Frauds by Pension Claim ' Agents, &c : ByTelegTaph to the Morning Star. . : Washington, Nov. 22. It has been de cided to continue Ship ' Island Quarantine Station in existence during the winter, as a refuge station in case any of the boards of health should be under the necessity of isolating vessels having contagious disease on board. A dispatch has' been published from Al lentown, Pa., announcing that Mr. Snyder, Assistant Attorney General engaged in the prosecution of election cases in South Caro-" Una had tendered his resignation for the alleged reason that the government did not give its officers proper assistance and en couragement " In reply to inquiries it was I saiaatuie department or Justice to-day that Snyder's services as an assistant to. the special counsel prosecuting the South -Carolina cases were dispensed with on the 30th of April last, and that he has hot been connected with the cases in any way since that day. ! -; Tho Secretary of the Treasury- has this day authorized the payment, of 3 per cent bonds embraced in the 122nd call, which I will mature Dec. 1st, 1883, without rebate or interest frem and after this date, m or der of their presentation for that purpose. The call was for bonds amounting to $15, 000,000, about $225,000 of which have been presentedTfor redemption. ,. . - v The 'Secretary -of .- the Treasury also authorized to-day the payment of 3 per cent bonds'5 embraced in the 124th call whenever presented for redemption prior to the aatc or their maturity (February 1, 1884) with interest to the date of presenta tion, , - -, ..-..---'; i 4: i . - : , . .. The Commissioner of Pensions has sent the names of nine pension claim agents to District Attorney Corkhill for presentation to the grand jury for inducing ex-Confederate soldiers to file claims for pensions and taking fees from them. The papers in these cases make it evident that circulars have been sent through the South designed to create the belief that ex-Confederates can obtain pensions. In some cases it is believed that agents of some firms have visited some sections of the South to pro cure such applications. The whole affair is a fraud, as no such application can be entertained, and the sole purpose of the agents is to prevail upon those they dupe, to pay a fee. Witnesses have been sum moned in these cases. If ex-Confederate soldiers or their friends at the South will send any circulars they may have received or any facts within their knowledge show ing payments of fees in such cases to Dis trict Attorney Corkhill here, steps will be taken at once to punish those who have de frauded them. MISSOURI. Business Troubles of Bonham & Co.. St. Louis Grocers. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1 St. Louis, Nov. 22. The firm of A. K. Bonham & Co. still maintain that they have not failed; but nothing definite re garding their condition or the situation of affairs in Yicksburg can be obtained from them. It is learned direct from Yicksburg, however, thst Jno. F. Halpin, of Halpin & Co., who is also one of the partners of the firm here, visited St Louis some days : ago and found that Bon ham's speculations had involved the house for yery large amount and that Geo. M. Klein, who is the prin cipal partner in the firms of Bonham & Co., and Halpin & Co., and ! President of the Mississippi Valley Bank, I decided to close his bank at Yicksburg and place all of his assets in the hands of an assignee. . The property of Klein's father will also be -disposed of in the same way. The bank's liabilities are estimated at $500,000; its as sets are placed at about the same figures, but can be realized upon but slo wly. The amount duo preferred creditors is $370,000. Tho firm of A. K. Bonham & Co. was established here three years ago, as whole sale grocers and commission merchants, and has done an extensive order business with the South. . GEORGIA. Death of a Former Prominent WH mlngtonlan. Intelligence has been received here of the death in Boston, a few days ago, of Mr. Albert Adams, formerly a well known merchant of this city, aged about 65 or 67 years". Mr. Adams was a native of Massa chusetts and came to this city in 18o0, where he entered largely into the naval stores business, in which he continued un til 1860, first as a member of the firm of Barry, . Bryant & Adams, and after wards of Adams, Bros. & Co. Their office was at the foot of Princess street,, now in the occupancy of Mr. Thomas Evans, who clerked for .the firm for several years. Their dealings in spirits turpentine were immense, they having been known to ship as many as thirty cargoes to Liverpool.one after another. Before Mr. Adams left Wilmington, just before the commencement of the late war, h,o had be come considerably reduced by unfortunate bank transactions. He was a man of infi nite jest, and was well versed in the cur rent literature of the day. He married a Boston lady, a Miss Simmons, while re siding here, but she died some years ago, leaving a daughter, who is still living and in affluent circumstances. Through all the years since the war the friendly relations between Mr. ".Evans and his former em ployer were kept up, and frequent inter charge of courtesies occurred. Mr. Adams was at one time connected with the Boston Advertiser. He has a brother, William Adams, living in one of the Eastern coun ties. ' ' -.-- Recovering Sunken Balls. The work of recovering the steel rails from the sunken flat near Point Peter, which was snagged at that point a week or two ago, while in tow of the steamer Wave, Was commenced yesterday, the first rail having been brought to the surface at half past 12 o'clock. The work of recovering the rails is under the direction of Messrs.. Watson & Eckel, who have a . diving ap paratus, steam engine, flatsf i etc., on the spot ' ---.'yy m m ' The C.'Sc P. C. Rallroad."" Capt. R. P. Paddison reports work on the Clinton and Point Caswell Railroad as progressing satisfactorily. Eleven ' miles have already been graded, six at one end of the line and five at the other, which com pletes Capt Paddison's contract Rev. Dr. Milbnrn is expected to lecture at Point Caswell shortly. Pen der county will be there almost en masse. He is expected to go : there immediately af ter leaving Wilmington, where it is under stood he will lecture some time during December. Session of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor at Augusta- Testimony of Factory' Superinten dents and Others Wife Hurder by a Deaf Mute, &c v DBy Telejtraph to the Morning Star. 1 Augusta, Nov. 23. The Senate Com mittee on Education and Labor continued its investigation to-day and examined a number of witnesses. Mr. W. Cogan, superintendent of the Augusta Factory, a native of New Hamp shire, considered that the factory opera tives were equal, if not superior, to those of New England. He did not think eleven hours work too much in this climate. The general health of the operatives is very good. About fifty of the hands in his mill have worked there over twenty-five years. Some of the operatives are putting money in savings banks. As a business proposi tion he would educate operatives; he be lieved that eventually all the advantages in manufacturing would be on the side of the South. ; H. H. Hickman, president of the Granite ville Factory, said that the idleness among young negroes is, simply frightf uL There is a sufficient number of idle negroes in this city to make 3,000 bales of cotton. Granite ville Factory keeps up a school for the children of its operatives. He believed in elementary public schools b,ut was op posed to taxation for high schools. Otis G. Lynch, Superintendent of the Enterprise Factory, was the next witness. He said he came to Augusta, from New York. Two-thirds of the men and one half of the women employed in his factory can read and write. He thought that ten hours work per day would be a fair aver age; " The work to which children are as signed ia not laborious. Colored people could be used in factories if circumstances should demand it. ; h ' J. S. Davidson, Superintendent of the Board of Education, said no distinction is made between the races as to the length of school time and educational facilities. Their schools were separate. He believed that the general government should make an appropriation for school purposes. He did not believe that education tended to debase the morals of the negroes. Gen. Stovall, manager of the Georgia Chemical Works, believed that the large increase in the cotton crop was. due to the use of fertilizers. The trouble with the people was that too many of them depend ed upon fertilizers. Augusta was an or derly city. Bishop-Holsey, colored, of the M. E. Church, South, said he had -secured an ed ucation for himself unaided. He believed the colored people were making very great nroeress morally. Education and virtue went hand in hand. He believed the great mass of the Southern people were strongly in favor of education. He thought that the Government should make an appro priation for educational purposes. ; - Rev. W. J. White, colored, was of opin ion that the great thing was to afford the people of this section better educational fa cilities. He thought it the imperative duty of the government a debt the government owed to the colored people. ; h-- Atlanta, Nov. 23. Pinckney Garnet, a deaf mute, beat his wife so badly last night that she died from the effects of the injuries to-day. Garnet, when, he saw that his wife was dying, left town and has not been arrested. -Vy. : r Macon, Nov. 23. The case of Fletcher Lowry, negro, sentenced to nang at cax- Second Day's Proceedings of the Bfa tlonal Cotton Planters Association , Interesting Addresses on the Value of Cotton Seed, and, the Importance of Education In the Mechanic Arts- . .Election of Officers, &e. : - By Telegraph to the Morning star.) Vicksbuiig. November .23. The Bccond day 8 session of the National Cotton, Plan ters' Association of America was largely attended. . ' After an hour devoted ' to routine busi ness, Major Borna, of Atlanta, Ga deliv ered an address upon the subject of cotton its history, growth of the industry, and improved methods of planting. , , Prof. Myers, State Chemist of the Mis sissippi ' Agricultural College, spoke at length upon the subject of cotton seed its products, and its value for feeding, oil and fertilization, giving exhaustive details from a strictly scientific stand-point,1 show ing itts value to planters, and the diversity of products to be obtained from it After the technical description Was ended, the Professor gave the figures xf the enor mous per centage of profit realized by oil mills at the expense of the planters. He de scribed the simple methods of clarifying the crude oil, of which he exhibited a good many samples, and advised the Associa tion to establish mills of its own.- Soap made from crude and refined oils was also exhibited, the . latter equaling white castile. The Professor stated that the fact was de veloped in a recent suit in Chicago that cotton seed oil was largely admixed with tallow 'and sold as lard. He reduced all scientific details to a simple money value, for the better comprehension of the audi ence, i -::"r:- ---;- - Thos. Pray, Jr., of Boston, editor of Cotton, Wool and Iron, spoke of the diver sity Of interest in cotton, and advised a more direct intercourse between the plan ters and spinners; and the organization of a State committee from members of the Association, for the purpose of cooperation in improving the quality of the . staple by advanced methods of cultivation. Mr. Pray has carefully considered cotton in the field four consecutive years, and - inter ested the audience greatly when descri bing the ' results of the examinations made by him over all the cotton: lelt He took issue with those who said the South needed the assistance of capital, claiming that the soil and climate were all sufficient. Planters ought to have their sons taught the mechanic arts instead of the learned professions, thus saving the paying of big salaries to trained Northern men. Mills had failed because of the inexperienced men who managed them. To lie successful, machinery and repair shops should be established.' Some Southern men had al ready brought out theirs, and instances were cited where their sons had passed through all the grades at the Lowell ma chine works, and received a training that enabled them to fill places of the highest responsibility. ' When he had concluded, the venerable ex-Gov. Patton. of Alabama, arose and warmly thanked Mr. Pray, saying that for ulty years he had advocated that policy, and was happy to know it was at last favor ably considered.- - - John Chaffee, a New Orleans banker, corroborated both speeches, and told of a young man of his city who had had some experience, and who was now superinten dent of an extensive cotton establishment on a large annual salary. All of these speakers were frequently ap plauded. F. C. Morehead, of Yicksburg, Miss., was reelected President for the sixth cou secutive term; Permanent Secretary, T. P. Grashy, of Vicksburg; Treasurer, W. A. Pollock, of Greenville, Miss. - Mc'Whirter's Address before the Na : tlonal , Convention Emigration Re- solutions Adopted, tc By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Vicksburg, November 23. In the Cot ton Planters' Convention, yesterday, the session was addressed by lionrArJ. Mc Whirter, Commissioner of :. Emigration. He is president of the society recently or ganized at Jjouisvule, composed of leading men from every Southern State. He spoke of the misapprehensions existing in foreign lands respecting the South, which are due to publications of agents of land grant railroads interested; in settling the West Maps with black spots marked "yellow fever" were employed to frighten foreign ers from the South. He advocated the es tablishment of connections with foreign transportation companies and depots for He paid the .Spirits Tientine: . t New Berne Journal: Mr. J. R. Hargett, from Beaver Creekt Jones county. arrived in the city yesterday evening, and f. -informs us that the gin house of Mr.: W.F. Foy, in his neighborhood, wast burned on Wednesday night, with six or. eight bales r. of cotton. The work of an incendiary, Baleiguyfeftor. jPurmany -readers will bo pained, as we are; to hear of. the death of that good man of God,1 Rev. Hiram P. Cole, which sad event occurred -. at his residence in Concord, at ,10 o'clock last night after a brief ' illness,; of pneu- -monia. He was about 39 years of age. The Baptist-denomination has some" . fifty missionaries under its charge Jn the State, and tho fund for this and other aimi- N. lar work during the last fiscal year was over $19,000. The Convention meets next" time with the Baptist Church of this . city. - - Beaufort Telephone : . Q uite a curiosity of the finny tribe ; was' recently caught here by Mr. T. 8. Gaskill, it having become entangled in his nets, i The fish is r four feet - three inches long, has wings, which are joined to the shoulders,"; being somewhat similar to a bird's. It is not a flying fish, but seems to be a cross between ! that and a shark. Its head is flat, with a very large mouth and open ears. The fore part of the head is covered with a hard, . bony armor. It is liver colored, mottled, with a beautiful streak of bright pink on its , body. No one here has ever seen anything ; like it before. . ' ' - Raleigh. Farmer & Mechanic: ".. John Lee, who killed Annie Moore, near Ringwood, Halifax county, has been caught . in Texas. George Latham, Esq., will, next week, assume the position of editor of the Statesville American, recently pur- . chased, by Dr. Mott Hickory Nut Gap Falls, ra Rutherford county, N. C, is . 900 feet high, a good size stream, in a won- -derful canon six miles long, and full of ' beauty. .But has no railroad. At the Weldon Fair, Jame3 Norwood, Esq.. of Hillsboro, took thirty premiums, a total" of $115. Senator Ransom's stock, fifteen premiums, $150. Samuel Trueblood, Esq.,: best cotton and corn. Mr. T. A. , Clark took a number of premiums. . Raleigh News-Observer : Mr. F. D, Fanning, cashier at Morehead's bank, at Durham, died Sunday at his residence on Mangum street. He has been sick for some time. : - It is expected that on the 27th inst a party of about fifty gentlemen from Boston will arrive here. . Last eve ning the citizens committee' on entertain ment held a meeting and decided to enter tain the party in handsome style, Without doubt one of the neatest kept and best vineyards In the State is the Thomas burg, three, miles south of this city. At -the banquet given the Pennsylvania dele- gation at the Yarboro House, this wine was used. It delighted the visitors and some of . the Boston gentlemen who were present ex pressed their appreciation of its merits. Thera are now some 15,000 or 20,000 vines : in the vineyard,' including perhaps half it dozen varieties: We refer to the Thomas burg vineyard as a suqcessful enterprise. It has been ; in existence for thirteen years and is a success financially as well as in other respects. . Raleigh -News- Observer : To day we give a sketch of Stocking Factory. This is on Rocky branch, a mile south of the city. The buildings are half of wood and half of brick, and have lately been en larged. Water power, supplemented by steam in time of extreme drought is used. There is a grist mill and wool carding ma chine also. These are below stairs, while above are the rooms devoted to the manu facture of stockings. - This branch of tho business was started the past summer, at a venture. There are now twelve girls cm- ; ployed, each, tending one machine. These tarn out say two dozen pair of stockings per day. At the corner of South . West and West Davie streets a stock com pany has just begun the manufacture of . shuttle blocks and bobbins. These are to be sold here, to be worked up North. Per simmon,' holly and dogwood are used, r Great quantities of these woods are piled up. For logs not less than 5i inches in di ameter at the small end $6 per cord is paid. These must be free from knots and splits- v -. Matters connected with this new industry ' have been quietly conducted. The factory is of brick. 50x138 feet. ; : Raleigh News- Observer: Yea- . terday in the Mayor's Oourt the trial of the two men, Boyd and Quate, charged with stealing a watch and $80 from Ella Law- ' ton, was continued. : There was a laree at tendance, as was also the - case Monday af ternoon. .The result of the trial was that , ; Boyd was sent to jail in default of $250 -bail; and 1 Quate sent to jail to be held as a- - witness. Vance's canvass in the East has won for him still jrreater favor in that section. - Nothing is known here at headquarters about the encampment of the v State Guard at Warm Springs the coming summer. Some of ' the papers mention it, saying that each man attending will be paid just what he gets at home; that "grub f and gin will furnished," etc. It's all bosh nothing else, and will, have a bad effect on the public, -t We are informed by a- gentleman, who says that he knows where pvpAa h thn I -- . -"J . have each been presented with twins. We hear that firms North are manifesting much interest in the proposed State exposi tion here next autumn. We were shown letters from several prominent firms in Fred Douglass, Bruce and Revels as the Epammondases of their race. A. W. Crandal, of La., chairman, read the report of the committee on Resolutions. Those adopted related to the World's Ex--position, desiring the co-operation of the States in memorializing Congress for the procurement of an appropriation sufficient to enable the several States and territories to make collective exhibits illustrative of the resources of the whole -country; also, inviting the government to make exhibits by ,heads of departments similar to those of the Philadelphia Centennial, and asking Congress to make an appropriation suffi cient to cover the expense. WISCONSIN. Anticipations of Trouble with Sin king Miners at Iron Mountain. - , By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l " Milwaukee, Nov. 22. A dispatch from Iron Mountain says, there has been no vio lence as yet attempted by the strikers at the .Chapin and Ludington mines of the Menome Company, but the officers have secretly sent for more police and it is stated that Gov. Begole has been asked to forward a company of militia as soon as possible. The strikers have forced all employes to ioin their ranks and stopped the pumps Tuesday night -which will cause the mines to fill with water. The fires are now out and the water is gaining rapidly.. Pinker ton's - men . are guarding the machinery. Several shots were fired Tuesday night by unknown parties which threw women into hysterics and caused a general alarm. The strikers number 1,500 and they have posted notices warning others to keep away from the mines. They have demanded full pay without deduction of board bills or store accounts,' but the company refuse to ac cede to their terms. VIRGINIA. A New Election Ordered in the Twenty-Seventh District-Death of a Rich mond Editor.' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l . Ptttsbubg, November 24. Gov. Came ron has issued a proclamation ordering a new election in tho Twenty-Seventh Sena torial District on the 5th of December, to elect a "Senator to fill the vacancy, occasion, ed by the - resignation of D. H. Stevens (colored) the present incumbent Richmond, November 24 Col. Albert Pitt Bennett associate editor of the State, an evening .newspaper of this city, died of pneumonia early this morning, aged 55 years. He was a native of Venango coun ty, Pa. His life as a journalist legan in New Orleans after the Mexican war. ' PENNSYLVANIA. A Postofflce Bobbed of $5,000 Fatal Accident at Philadelphia. - - : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. -: Philadelphia, Nov. 24. Wm. Frey, whose wagon was struck by the New York Exnress train on the Pennsylvania Rrilroad, at 17th street crossing, last night, and whom wife and bon were then instantly ley, Ga. , to day, for the murder of another 1 killed, died this morning of his injuries. negro, has been Court. carried to . the Supreme -'-: ELECTRIC SPARKS. The weekly statement - of the Asso ciated Banks shows the following changes: Loans decrease $1,018,400; specie increase $939,400; legal - tenders increase $35, 400; deposits increase . $655,900 ; circula tion decrease $46,400; reserve - increase" $1,610,725. - The banks now hold $5,283, 900 in excess of legal requirements ; Pottsville, Nov. 24. The postofflce here was entered last night by burglars, who blew open the safe and stole $5,000 in eash. - Xi , ' ; v Raleigh ' Visitor: During ,the past eight days eleven , parties from the North and Northwest have called on a firm in this city." They were seeking intorma tion in regard to farms v We saw two gen- tlemen this morning irom tne ouue in. Ohio, in search of good farming lands. - - structing their representatives here to spare neither trouble nor .expense in making full displays. v , , " '"XX X i Charlotte Observer: Night be fore last an extensive burglary was com mitted at Jamestown, Mr. Harper Johnson : being robbed of $65 in cash and about . . $200 worth of clothing. - -Willis' Da vis, the negro who raped Mrs. - Campbell, ,' and Burt Ellis, who murdered Mrs. Logan, are both to be hanged the third week. in December, the former in Charlotte and the latter in Shelby. The trial of Mr. J. E." Adams, late ticket agent of the Rich mond & Danville Railroad, and Capt 03 car Nesbit, late conductor on the Air-Line road, that was set for a hearing before the ; Inferior Court to-day, will not be heard, : having been continued to the next term of the court by reason of a confession, and of a sudden, startling turn in the aspect of the case, involving other parties .besides Adams and Nesbit Upon statements made in this testimony the grand jury drew up a true bill of indictment against Capt. James Mc Cool, a former Air-Line conductor, but - now with the Georgia-Pacific. Day before yesterday one William Davis, of color, stole a mule belonging to Capt Law rence Everitt, of Laurinburg,-and rodeofT. to Laurel Hill, where he dismounted and effected an: entrance into Morgan's store, carrying away a lot of goods. Capt D.D . Livingston, hearing of the theft and rob- bery, set to work and in a very short time . had succeeded in arresting Davis, who was yesterday incarcerated in the jail at Rock ham to await his passes to Raleigh. The Police Gazette , has illustrated Rufe Reed's fight with the elephant last circus day at Charlotte. - : ' Charlotte Observer: The Meth odist church at Concord, which has lately been remodeled and improved, was on Sunday last re-ppened and formally - dedi cated. The church has been made almost new. Capt J. S. Shaf er, of the Sin ger sewing machine company, was the vic tim to a brutal highway assault night be fore last, having been met in the public road by two roughs and beaten up in a se vere manner, ilia iace yesieraay present ed a shocking spectacle and bore evidence-. to the severity of his beating. He gave the men no ; offense, whatever, and their only motive must have been one of pure reckless meanness, inspired by - the whiskey that tbey had absorbed. Crowell's new steam mill is located on. Trade street ! just east of the Carolina Cen tral depot, and back on Fourth street a-, new frame' building has been erected for use as a cotton gin. Both houses are on. the same lot but on different streets, and the same engine that runs the mill runs the gin also, he power is supplied by means? of a wire rope that runs across the lot from the engine to the gin, a distance of about 400 feet"' The Carolina Central Rail road Company have contracted for the building of a large brick round-house at the Lincolnton depot in this city. The company now has under course of erection, in Laurinburg a large and very handsome car shed. , Col. Jones' management seems to have infused new life into the company all around. Two new and elegant sleeping cars have just been added to the rolling stock, and one of them arrived here yester day, . The sleepers are of the finest make and were built at Wilmington, Delaware. The sleepers contain sixteen berths each, one end of the cars being partitioned off as a ladies' car. : They are elegant cars, as comfortable and as cosy as are to be found . on any Southern road." . - . " v. i
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