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The Weekly, Stan WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r. WILMWG TON, N. C. Friday, November 30, 1883. B-ln writing to change lyour 'address, alwayt eiveformer direction as well as full particulars as where you wish your paper to be Bent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can not be made. -Notices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, &o., are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate SO cents will pay I of Marriage or Death. "Remittances must be made by Check,Draft Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will register letters when desired. r5f"Only .such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. . . ESHSpecimen copies forwarded when desired. THE GKEiT NEW YORK. MEETING. The New York Herald of Friday contained a long account of the Free Trade meeting in New i York on Thursday night. It gives a full ab stract "of the speeches. As this was not a party movement, but leading Republicans and Democrats partici pated it is worthy of special note. The issue for 1884 was presented in unmistakable ' terms .The audience was immense and the speaking was of a character to make men think and act. Enough people were turned ' away, says the Herald, because they could not get in, to have filled an other ball. : The thought of the vast crowd was, "Will the Democracy make the issue in 1884 Revenue Re form or will they dodge the great issue ?" The list of Vice Presidents shows how important is the subject of Free Trade and Reform regarded. Henry Ward Beecher presided and of course spoke. The j following is the list. Says the Herald: 'The list of Vice Presidents of the meet ing contained the names of eminent men of both political parties. Each of these gen tlemen had in writing committed himself to the objects of the meeting and expressed his willingness . to have his name used. Among these gentlemen are Theodore A. Havemeyer, Royal Phelps, ex-Secretary of State John Bigelow, ex-Surrogate Delano C. Calvin, Professor E. L. Youmans, Jus tice Charles A. Rapallo, ex-Mayor W. R. Grace, David Dudley Field, Edward S. Jaffray, F. R. Coudert, August Belmont William Allen Butler, J. Hampden Robb, ex-Attorney General Charles S. Fairchild, Judge Miles Beach, ex-Secretary of the In terior Carl Schurz, Mr. John S. Kennedy, President F. -A. P. Barnard, of Columbia College; Hon. S, S. Cox, ex-Mayor VT,. H. Wickham. Parke Godwin. Morris K. Jesup, D. Willis James, John T. Agnew, Henry George, Manton Marble and a score of others as well known." . ; The main speakers were Beecher, David A. "Wells, the eminent autho rity and writer npon economic ques tions, and the Hon. llenry Watter son, editor of the Louisville Courier Journal. We cannot reproduce the outline of their speeches, but; content ourselves with the following "pithy resolution," as it is characterized by the Herald, which was unanimously adopted; V i "Besolved, That in view of the enormous surplus revenue of the Federal Government, of the great temptation which it offers to extravagance and corruption, and Of the op pressive means by which this revenue is raised, obstructing commerce, hindering the natural development of manufactures, and taxing the poor out of proportion to the rich, this meeting of citizens of New York respectfully urges upon Congress, at its approaching session, prompt and deci sive action, for the revision oj the present sys tem of national taxation. We believe that, instead of abolishing the internal revenue taxes upon whiskey and tobacco, the true remedy is to be found in a reduction of the present id-adjusted and oppressive tariff so as to relieve manufacturers from the bur den of taxation upon their raw materials, . encourage American commerce by free ships, increase the demand for American labor by opening new markets for our pro- - ducts and reduce the cost of materials used in production and improve the condition of the poor, not only by the increased wages sure to follow this increased demand for labor, but also by a large reduction of " the taxes now levied upon their food and clothing and upon the materials used in building their homes." I .We call the attention of that por tion of North Carolina Democrats - who have so unwisely been clamor ing for the abolition of the tax on whiskey and tobacco to the opinion of leading men in the great commercial-metropolis on the subject of - wiping out the tax on luxuries and keeping the tax on necessaries.! Inasmuch as a large majority of the leading men in the Congress in the Democratic party are not favora ble to abolishing the tax on whiskey, beer and cigars, there is no probabil ity that the North Carolina and Vir ginia clamor will be heeded. It would be a' direful day for the party if the unwise resolution of the-De-, mocracy of North Carolina in 1882 was to be adopted by the party at large or by the majority in the next House of Representatives. It will not be done. Not one Representa tive in five can be found to support such a very. unwise and unjust prop osition. " " - " t THREE SOUTHERN WITNESSES." The Senate Sub-Committee on Ed ucation and Labor has been in session at Augusta, Georgia, where there are several large and flourishing cotton mills. Inasmuch as an effort is being made constantly ty certain Demo- cratic papers advocating Protection to make their readers : believe that the South must have Protection if its manufactories shall flourish, it is in teresting to know what was said by the managers of the larcre cotton mills of Augusta. Mr. C. H. Phinizy has been identified with the business of Augusta all his life. He is Presi dent of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company and of the Augus ta Cotton Factory, the oldest of the manufacturing establishments of that city. What does Tie say about Pro tection ? He is evidently a man of intelligence, of experience of busi ness tact and capacity and has the confidence of men of capital. What is his testimony? 'Does he de sire Protection ? Does he be lieve that Southern manufactures cannot live without a High Tariff and heavy' bounties ? Mr. Phinizy gives an interesting history of his 50tton mill?that was organized in 1858, under a Low Tariff. If ave raged 20 per cent." dividends until the panic in 1873. It now makes 8 per cent, dividends. It ships from 15 to 20 per cent, of its productions to China and Africa. But here is the gist of his opinion and we copy it with pleasure. Mr. Phinizy said: In theory he was an absolute Free Trader but the government had to be sup ported and he supposed that the best way to do this was from the tariff. So far as his own interests were concerned he could get along without any tariff. - If there was any tariff believed in & tariff for revenue only, to run the government on an econo mical basis. When he was President of the railroad bought steel rails in England at $28 a ton and the duty was $28 a ton. It looked hard that he should have to pay that $28 to some Pennsylvania manufac turer. Thought the fairest way to support the government was by a -direct tax, hut some men said the people wouldn't stand that If our cotton manufactories are not protected there should be no tariff on their machinery. He didn't believe there were fifty men in the United States who under stood the tariff question." . - Mr. Estes, who is connected also with a cotton mill, is not reported on the Tariff question, but some of his views bear indirectly upon it and are worth quoting. He thinks there is over-production. The market supply in Augusta is equal to " New Eng land. Up to 1&83 large profits were made. At present only both ends are made to meet. He sold goods to other countries,! and said: ; - "I thought the reason why we could compete with those countries was because we could make more in a given number of hours and work also more hours. We can manufacture ten or fifteen per cent, more in a given time, making the same class of goods. We run faster. I don't think any people in the world can surpass our native South Carolina and Georgia labor in ma king coarse goods. The machinery is run fast and they must keep up with it." . We have still another witness. He did not appear before the Commit tee, but he had previously given his views. He is the manager of a large and prosperous cotton mill at Augus ta, right where the Chronicle, the Protection organ, is published. Mr. H. Hickman does not hesitate to say that the mills, the Vaucluse and Graniteville, of which he is Presi dent, would not bfe injured by a mo dification of the present High Tariff. He says: "On the contrauy we would be in favor of an absolute abolition of the1 entire tarty sys tem, were that possible. We manufacture the coarser goods 4-4 sheetings, 7-8 and 3-4 shirtines and 7-8 drillings. .We suc cessfully compete with the English manu facturers in their own markets in China and Brazil. Probably one-third of our product is exported. Could we bay our ma chinery at less cost, and secure for the wages paid to our employes the higher purcbas- mg power mat wouia ionow me auoiiuuu, or even a considerable modification of the entire list of tariff duties, our goods might force the Engltsh manufacturers out of their own markets. As it is we make a better class of goods at a Hot greater cost than the English mills. When Protectionists express an ODinion so freely lhat the South must have Protection for its indus tries we refer them to the various opinions of leading Southern manu facturers from whom we have quoted from time to time. Without an ex ception every President of the larg est cotton mills who has spoken has not hesitated to say that he pre ferred Free Trade if it was possible to seenre it A VALUABLE TREE CULTI VATE IT. We marked for future reference a communication in the Raleigh Ad vocate of the 14th inst., from Mr. R." W. Best, of the "Division of Forest ry" in one of the Washington de partments. , He is well known in this State of which he is a. native. He writes npon the subject of the Black Walnut. He writes in the line of many of our own editorials and as one who has a practical knowledge ot tree planting, i nere is an in creased demand for black walnut while the stock of trees is rapidly diminishing. ,1 here has been a vast "1 . 'ft , m destruction oi tnese trees in our State. If the. improvident and thoughtless owners had them now what a source of revenue they would have. Mr. Best says "It does not require a very large tree to make a sufficient amount of lumber to bring a hundred dollars in New York: To illustrate, look at the following prices in Good to choice. Selected & seasoned. 5x5 6x6 7x7 8x8 - . .$125 to 150 per m loUW175 150 to 160 160 to 170 175 to 180 180 to 190 Counters 22 to 28 cents per running foot. I do not know a better investment that the land owners in North Carolina could make than the planting of walnut groves. He enters upon the important sub ject of tree planting; Plant 500 nuts to the acre. In ten years cut out one-half. Those cut will fetch 175 per acre.' InTeight years they" bear 100 bushels to the acre, worth dkl rTL! ill rt m. 91. J.ui8 win last ior zo years, l uis amounts to $2,000. The trees at the end of 30 years will fetch at least 5 each- or $1,250 to the acre. He Bav8 tuey mav een double that. He say8 "The acre of land at that time, .with the timber cut off, would be worth twice as much as when the nuts were planted. The cost oi planting is comparatively small. The land should be thoroughly broken. well pulverized, and well manured. - Then checked 8x12 feet and plant the nuts about the depth of corn. The planting should be done in the! early of the winter before the nuts get dry. Plant them just as they fall from the trees, with the hnll The nuts will sprout and come ud the next oprmg. . me mini suouid De Kept in culti vation for a few years with some crop so as iu cuiuvaie uie young trees. : The Stab has again and again urged all land owners to plant trees. From the above they can determine whether it will pay them to plant black walnut or not. John G. Carlisle was born in Ken tucky, September 5th, 1835. He was 48 years old last birth day. Samuel Sullivan Cox was born in Ohio, Sep tember 30th, 1824, and was .59 years of age last birth day. Samuel J. Randall was born in Philadelphia, in :1828, and was 55 years old last birth aay. HAIIILrON AND INTERNA!. TAXAr TION. ' The country is agreed that as financier Alexander Hamilton never had hia superior in the United States. As Washington's Secretary of tbe Treasury he made a great name. He in fact created the financial system that was adopted. We," in. common with all men, concede his greatness. Ourireaders - know that we do not trust Hamilton as an exponent of genuine Republicanism. He was not a Democrat in any sense. He was born a subject of Great Britain and he never got over his early preju dices and sympathies. Wo do not introduce Hamilton, therefore, as a witness precisely after our own hearts. We put him upon the stand as a financier as one who was great in the department of finance,, who by his own great genius brought order out of the chaotio currency and created a sys tem of finance that was the astonish ment and admiration of aH. : His contemporaries seem to have re garded him as -a great minister of State with boundless resources and plans equal to every emergency. His career really justified all that was ex pected. He did wonders, and pos sibly the most splendid passage ever uttered by" Daniel Webster was in eulogy of Hamilton's financial genius. It is, therefore, as a financeir, and not as a statesman laminar witn tne great principles underlying a free democracy a Government of the people, and by the people and for the people that we introduce him. His testimony on a matter of pure finance is of exceeding value. He will be a good witness for that class of men who have regarded hira with admiration and have to a great ex tent favored his political views. When he was called to the Trea sury Department by Washington all had to be done the whole financial system of a young country just emerging from a long, exhausting war had to bo devised. We only wish to touch upon one point. His latest biographer, Mr. II. C. Lodge, says "his financial schemes were to be truthful and genuine." He says he went to. work to restore the honor of the country and to make the public debt "a blessing in stead of a curse to the business in terests of the countrv as well as to its moral tone." Mark that. How to raise the finances was the great and primal question. He made a re port as to the plan for raising reve nues. We find he proposed to tax wines and spirits under a Tariff. He thought they were right articles to be taxed. This was in his first re port. In his second report, in 1790, he proposed "to raise as much revenue from articles of luxury as was con sistent with successful collection;" He, therefore, Mr. Logan says, "se lected the most appropriate subject for taxation." And what was that? He proposed to tax "the domestic manufacture of spirits as the best and most proper resource" His biographer would not have written the following sentence if he had lived in North Carolina in the year of grace 1883. He saysr "No one now will question that by all of tne oest principles or political economy. Hamilton was right in his choice. The revenue being essential, this was tlie least ouraensome way to raise it. and tne subject was onb which in its nature should always oe laxea oejore anything else and as heavily !a- fU 1 as it win oear. un economic principles, the excise on spirits as suggested bv Ham ilton requires neither explanation nor de- ience. . Before Hamilton made his second report recommending that a tax on spirits be laid, several of the States had laid and collected a tax on the same. The States regarded the tax on spirits just, as any other tax Hamilton's Excise bill to tax spirits passed the Congress in 1791. We learn this followed; '-'Its passage was the siznal for the im mediate display of a lawless and riotous temper in Western Pennsvlvania. where the manufacture of whiskey was chiefly carried vit, auu iuciciu ii spread rapiaiy mrougn Luusnuiiai regions cu v irginia ana norm r i. , History repeats itself. In 1791 it was regarded in Pennsylvania, Vir ginia and North Carolina as a great oppression to tax whiskey, the most useless of all articles and that which could bear the tax best. In 1883, in these States it is so regarded still. Curious!- A hundred years -nearly have not taught them the sound and simple principles of political economy. The great financier of America taught that spirits should be taxed. The States had so thought for they had taxed them. Hamilton's opinion ought to be of weight with thousands of the most intelligent voters who have regarded him as the most fertile and splendid of the pub lic men of America. s' WASHINGTON NEWS. The rumors from Washington con cerning the Speakership are numer ous and conflicting. Each candidate A WW A 1 1 l' -k - mm - cs-peuuj vj ue eiectea. - itanaaii is playing his old game of brag. When Kerr defeated him he was just as confident as he professes to be now. Carlisle expresses himself as being assured of his own Buccess. A spe cial to the New York- Times says: "It was said in his rooms to-night that of all the arrivals thus far not nnH vhn hart been put down for Carlisle had hown any oigu oi weakening, wnue men who had been credited to other, candidates haVe asked to be enrolled with the Kentucky " iwo. , amuug meats gains, according to the Carlisle men, is Congress man Eustace Gibson, of West Vircinia. who has until to-day been counted as a friend of RandalL William C. Maybury, the third of the Michigan delegation to ,couu mm cuy, is recKoned tor the Jien- tuckian, . and a letter from Michigan re ceived to-day assured Mr. Carlisle that Cox could not get a vote' there, and that all would vote for Carlisle. ' Mr; Cox's adhe rents, however, insist that he will divide the delegation with Carlisle."' ' The Protectionists are . moving heaven and earth in .behalf of -Ran dall. It is really a battle with them for monopoly.; ..They feel that with Randall all will be safe. Read else where what Representative Arnot says. - Kanaau is losing ana it gaining.' That much seems . clear. There are members heretofore claim ed- for him "who will not support hira, and on the other hand, lie will gain where it was "not expected. ' It now looks as if he would have sev eral of the Georgia delegation. . All this is owing to Joe Brown who ap pears to control Gordon and men of that type as completely as Mahone controls the Readjusters of Virginia." Representative Williams, of 'Ala bama, says he will support Randall, and yet his District is agricultural and strongly free' trade. He ought to be set aside at the first opportuni ty as ought all Representatives who dare to betray the interests and will of. their constituents and support the candidate of the Protectionists, the Monopolists and the Plutocrats. Another horrid case of wholesale murdering has just occurred in the North, this time in New Hampshire. A man, woman and child were foully murdered and their bodies saturated with kerosene'and then set on fire The scoundrel was caught. This makes the third case of the kind a whole family being slaughtered that has occurred in the North with in some two weeks. - - . The Savannah Neios of Sunday thus pays its respects to Mr. Sam Randal, and most justly: "The election of Mr. Randall would cause uncertainly and contusion in tne party with respect to the tariff. He is a protectionist, and has never beenaoieto see beyond the interests of Pennsylvania. tie has announced that he wanted the in ternal revenue taxes abolished. That means the preservation of the monopoly features of the tariff. If he were Speaker he would use his power to carry out his views." Mr. Archibald Forbes, the well known war correspondent of the London Neios, and who lectured in Wilmington a year or two since, is to marry a daughter of Gen. Meigs, of the U. b. Army. Forbes is a Scotchman. The tax paid on sugar is . from 55 to 70 per cent., according to the grade. Sirups pay 62 per cent, tax So a family - using: from 50 to 500 pounds sugar, pays a good round tax for their "sweetning." The Late Baptist Convention. Before his sermon Sunday morning,Rev, Dr. Pritcbard, of the First Baptist church, gave his audience a short but comprehen sive sketch of the doings of the recent State Convention at Edenton. He said the Con vention was not very largely attended, there being very few delegates present from churches west of Raleigh; but there was a good attendance and it was a good Conven tion ; the utmost harmony aud good feeling characterizing all the proceedings and de liberations. The reports showed a very gratifying condition of the finances, inclu ding an unusually large mission fund raised during the year and the $100,000 en dowment fund for Wake Forest College. Altogether, the Convention was a very sat isfactory one, and i the good people of the Albemarle region knew how jo entertain its members. 4 Dr. Pritcbard stated that he presented a request for the Convention to meet next year in Wilmington, but Raleigh was final ly decided upon. He thought it altogether probable, however, that Wilmington would have a showing next time. Forelsn Exports. The following were the foreign ship ments from -this port yesterday: Danish barque Galleon, Capt Kalsboll, for Hull, England, by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son, with 2,865 barrels of rosin, valued at $5, 000; the Norwegian barque Ltndola, Capt Rastrup, for Liverpool, England, by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & . Son, with 1,300 casks spirits turpentine and 1,027 barrels of rosin, valued at $25,500; the Norwegian barque Margrethe, Capt Hansen, for Lon don, England, by Messrs. Paterson, Down ing & Co., with 1,000 casks spirits turpen tine and 2,121 barrels of rosin, valued at 20,570; the Norwegian brig San Juan, Capt Bache, for Glasgow, Scotland, by Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co.. with 250 casks spirits turpentine and 2,467 bar rels of rosin, valued at S7.452 : and the schooner Timothy Meld, Capt Bellatty, for Arroyo, P. Rwith 140,894 feet of lum ber, 50,000 shingles and 6 barrels of tar, valued at $2,885.34. ; Total valuation $61, 407.34. - I ..' Rev. T. Page Ricand. The membership of the Fifth Street Me thodist Church, are perfectly devoted to their venerable pastor, Kev, T. PageRi caud, and great regret is expressed on all sides on account of the fact that his four years have expired, and that it will be ne cessary for Conference to send him to an other field of labor. It was hoped at one time that he would locate here, and many would be glad to see him fill the position of city missionary," but old age has not served to abate the vigor of his manhood or dim the fires of his intellect, and it seems the dearest wish of his heart to be found in harness when the summons comes to go up higher. We understand that the regret at losing him was manifested in -various ways on Sunday, both at the church services and at class. He will leave the church in a flour ishing condition, and the neat parsonage built through his instrumentality will be a monument to his energy and zeal. i . Tramp. v - - Seven tramps were lodged at the. station house Saturday night, and Sunday morn ing Mayor Hall told them he was not going to let them out to prey upon the communi ty, but would keep them confined that day,, and ordered something to be sent them to eat Yesterday, morning he had them brought up and told them that he would give them twenty-four hours in which to leave $he city, ; and if found here after that time they would be arrested and dealt with as the Jaw directs. One of them professed to be a photographer,: and said he had a wife and several children. The country is overrun with tramps. - . . MUTINOUS. i Tne Crew . of a - British Barque Threaten a Kill their Captain and ' 1 Walt for: Him The Iiajf In Jail. - Men In 4, t The crew of. the British barque Maggie if., -Capt. Mitchell, which arrived here from Nantes on Friday last; consigned to Jlessra. E. Q. Barker & Co., became mutU nous yesterday and had to be arrested and put in jail. It seems that the men got into some trouble before the vessel left port for Wilmington, and when they arrived here and pay day came around the"" amount of costs which Capt. Mitchell had, to pay at Nantes, to get them out of the scrape allu ded to, he proposed to deduct from the pay of the men when he came to settle with them here. At ' this - the -; men became furious with rage, and when. Captain Mitchell went up to the office of Mr. Alex. Spiunt, the British Vice Consul, the crew followed and stationed themselves at the gateway which forms, the entrance to the store yard" of Messrs. Worth & Worth, and which also forms one of the entrance ways to the -office of the Vice Consul. Here they stood in a threatening attitude and. boldly proclaimed their intention to kill the captain as soon as they should lay hands upon him, and Capt Mitchell had to re main in the office for two hours, and when he did leave, to be guarded by a squad of policemen. . Warrants were subsequently issued for the men, and placed in the hands of Officer J. W Millis, who, with the assistance of others, arrested the men and took them be fore Justice Millis, by whom they were re quired to give bond . in the sum of $ 50 each for their appearance before his court this morning, at 11 o'clock, when they will be arraigned on peace warrants sworn out by Capt. Mitchell. Failing to enter into the necessary bonds they were committed to jail. Their names areas follows: Samuel Crumps, white; William May, colored; James Thompson, white; Thomas Braddy, colored; Charles Cherbeck, white; Martin Jones, colored, and John Silverman, who cannot speak a word of English, and is said to be a Chinese. They are a deter mined looking set of men. - Accident In the River. A flat loaded with wood, turpentine, etc., started to cross the river from the west to the east side, yesterday, about 1 o'clock, while the wind was blowing quite hard, when she was swamped and sunk to the water's edge. The flat was about midway the river at the time, and the one white man who was tryiog to direct her destinies stuck bravely to his post until she was drifted by wind and current to the west side of the river again, when the flat struck the wharf and sunk and the man was washed overboard, but wasquickly rescued by persons on the wharf. At last accounts efforts were being made to save the wood and turpentine on the flat, which, had been tied up. In the case of the steam-yacht Mer maid, which was found anchored off Fry ing Pan shoals on Monday the 19th inst, by the pilot boat Grade, Capt. Newton, of Smithville, and subsequently brought up to this port; Captain Emery and the crew of the yacht having been found on board of tbelight ship, we learn that a compromise has been effected whereby the pilot boat receives $300 for services rendered. A' special agent, Captain Nash, of Boston, came on to look after the interests of the boat. The yacht was bound from New Haven, Conn., to Jacksonville, Florida, and will coal up and proceed to her desti nation to-day. - The Mermaid, we under stand, is to be run in connection with a hotel at Jacksonville. Robbing a Store. Mr. Nathaniel Jacobi's hardware store on Front street was entered Monday night and robbed. The first intimatibn had of the fact was when the store was opened yesterday morning, when the iron shutters to a window opening on an alley were found unfastened. The only things missed are a gun, two pistols, a case of pocket knives and a package of papers, the latter being valuable to Mr. Jacobi, but to no body else. It is supposed that the thief was concealed in the store when it was closed-for the night . Criminal Court. This tribunal convened yesterday, His Honor, Judge O,. P. Meares, presiding, and Solicitor B. R. Moore prosecuting for the State. The grand jury were charged and a few sci. fas. were disposed of, which was all the business transacted.. The following comprise the grand jury: Roderick McRae, foreman; A.1 J. Walker, Jacob Scott, J. F. Woolvin, D. J. George, W. B. Turlington, J. A. Fore, Robert Green, C. W. McClam my, John E. St. George, Charles Craig, W. H. Flynn, Henry Reeder, Nick Hul len, J: N. Mohr, John F. Garrell, Geo. ET Berden and John Quick. Death of a Policeman. 1 Private T. Jeff. Motte, of the police force, died at his residence, on Fifth, be tween Brunswick and Bladen streets, yes terday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, of con gestive , chill. Mr. Motte was a large, healthy looking man, and had been on the present force about three months. He was at the City Hall on Saturday, and soon af ter leaving was taken with a fever, whicb was followed by a congestive chill that evening, and another one yesterday. He was about 40 years of age. Pender Court Honae. Pender County Court House, at Burgaw, will be about completed this week. It is a fine structure and will compare favorably with ; any court house in the .State. We congratulate our Pender county friends on being the happy possessors of such an ele gant, commodious and convenient temple of justice. - -Personal...' Second Lieut. John U. Rhodes, for the r past seven or eight years a most efficient officer on the revenue steamer Colfax, at this port, has been detached from the same and assigned to duty on the revenue steam er Dexter, at Newport, R. I., now under command of Capt. Gabrielson, formerly of the Colfax. Lieut R. left for his new post of duty last night Quarterly Conference . We are requested by Rev. D. ConnelL pastor, to state that the fourth Quarterly Conference of the M. E. Church will convene December 1st at Trinity Chapel, Wilming ton, and remain in session two days. The Presiding Elder, Rev. L. B. Gibson, will be present. ' - ' The German - barque Ceres, Capt' Greenberg, was' cleared from this port for Liverpool, England, yesterday, by Messrs." Alex. Sprunt & Son. with 1,500 bales of cotton, weighing 698,948 pounds, and valued at $69,000. ; j . . -?. The Warrenton Home-Journal says: "Rev. Dr. J. - B. Taylor and family are stopping at the Albion Hotel in Ridge way, i Mrs. Taylor spent the summer there while the Doctor was travelling in Europe, : , JTJEW HAMPSHIRE. A Horrid Crime An Entire FamU j . murdered and tnelr Bodies Saturated witn Kerosene and Set on Fire Ar rest of the Fiend. j By Telegraph t the Horriitig Star. , Laconia, N. H., .November 26. About. ;5 o'clock yesterday morning the inhabitants of this place were awakened by the ringing of bells and the cry of fire. An investigation showed that not only a fire had occurred, ' but that a most brutal crime had been com-" mitted. ' James Ruddy, with his wife and" child, lived half a mile from the postofflce, in the northeast part of the village . Short ly after 4 o'clock 8. 8. Andrews; a neigh bor, was aiarmed oy a woman a screams. He aroused his son and together they hur ried to Ruddy's house. They found Mrs. Ruddy lying on the ground, under the front - window, s through which she had made a desperate leap, . She was bleeding profusely, and said "pick me up; I am all cut to pieces;" After removing Mrs. Rud- Ldy to a neighbor's, they broke , open the" back door oi Kuddy s house and the names burst forth." An alarm of fire was sounded, but the flames were extinguished before the arrival of the firemen. Upon gaining an entrance the officers found lying on the kitchen floor the bodies of Ruddy and child, both ' cut in . a horrible manner, and i covered f with s the . contents of a feather bed which been saturated with kerosene oil and set on fire. Both bodies were so disfigured by the flames as to be nearly past recognition. In the bed robm was found a trunk, 'which ;had been brought to the house the day. before by a man by the name of Thomas Samon, who had -engaged board there, and the lifeless body of Mrs. Ford, which was identified by her husband. One limb had been chop ped off, which.together with the remaining leg, was bound to the woman's body with a clothes' line. The bed clothes had . been soaked with oil and piled on the body, and an attempt was made to set them on tire.', Mrs. Ruddy said the crime was committed by Samon. with a hatchet ' Samon boarded with Ford. At Ford's Vihere was no evi dence of Mrs. Ford's murder, and it is thought that her death .was accidental at Samon's hands; that in wishing to conceal the body he took it down stairs in the trunk and thence to Ruddys, whence per haps be cimldn t carry it from the house during the night; that Ruddy refused to assist him, when a struggle ensued. . Sa mon has been arrested. Farther Particulars of the Horrible Crime at Iiaeonla. ; v ' Laconia, Nov. 26. Thomas Samon, charged with the Ruddy murder, was ar rested at Plymouth yesterday. He showed no Sign of fear; slept soundly last night, ate heartily, and was brought here to-day. At the coroner's inquest a physician testi fied that Mrs. Ford probably died by heavy blows or by means of knees striking her near the heart as she lay on the floor. She was cut up after death so that the body could be placed in the trunk, i John C. Ford, husband of the murdered woman, who was arrested on suspicion, yesterday, was present at the hearing and voluntarily testified, lie was apparently unconcerned. A considerable affray took place at Red Ruddy's house last night The parties were finally driven from the house by officers. . The theory or tne murder is as follows: Samon. while boardinz at Ford's held improper delations with Ford's wife. He had intended to leave there and had engaged board m Ruddy's family. It is supposed he killed Mrs. Ford but un der what circumstances has not been learned cut her body up and packed her remains in a trunk. This trunk he wheeled towards the nver, but found no oppor tunity to throw it in unobserved, and wheeled it to Ruddy's house, and Ruddy helped him carry it to bis room. Mrs, Ruddy testified that Samsn . brought the trunk there. The next' morning she heard a noise . in the kitchen and on going there saw her husband dead on the floor. Samon struck her several times with a hatchet, and she dropped to the floor and feigned death.' The child cried, and Samon went to the room where it was, killed it with the hatchet brought it to the kitchen, laid the father and child be side the mother, placed a feather bed on them. saturated it with kerosene oil. sat fire to it and immediately left Mrs Ruddy sprang out of the window, and was "found as. before stated. She may 'possibly recover. The supposition is that Samon sought Ruddy's aid to get rid of Mrs. Ford s body, but the latter re fused, and was accordingly killed, to pre vent him from exposing the murder. s& mon then conceived the idea of murdering the whole family and disposing of the bodies of all, including Mrs. Ford, by burn ing the building. He is very cool and flatly denies all of Mrs. Ruddy's state ments. " . . : . MICHIGAN. An Innocent Farmer Arrested by - Crank for the BXnrder of the Crouch Family ; Jackson, Nov. 28. Yesterday evening a man, representing himself as Col. 11. f Perry, of Pinkerton's detective force, Chi cago, applied to C. B. Bush, Supennten dent of the Michigan Central Railway, for a special engine to go to Mason, a small town thirty miles north of this place, in quest of the murderer of the Crouch fami ly. Superintendent Bush, supposing him to be as represented, granted his request, Perry went to Mason, secured the assist ance of the sheriff of Ingham county, and arrested a farmer named Andrews, living eight miles west of Mason, and bringing him to Jackson at midnight. Considerable "excitement was caused by the arrest, and thousands crowded to the depot awaiting the arrival or the special engine, with threats of lynching the prisoner. The en gine was stopped outside the city limits, and the prisoner was conveyed to jail in a hack to avoid the mob. Perry turns out to be a crank, and an ex-convict named Howard, and Andrews a respectable far mer, who stopped at a hotel on the night of the murder. Sheriff Winney ' examined into the facts and sent Andrews -back to his home. EVACUATION DAT. Celebration of the Centennial at New York Business Suspended military Display Salutes Decorations, &c. . By Telegraph to the Horning StarJ New York,-November 26. The cele bration of the centennial of the evacuation by the British was carried out with faith ful adherence to the published programme in spite of a drenching rain nearly all dav, At sunrise the forts and ships fired a salute of twenty-one guns, followed in half an hour with a successful effort of all the Bteam whistles in the bay and on the rivers to make the most disagreeable noise ima ginable, thus emphasizing the wonderful difference between the navigation of 1783 and 1883. The decorations, on land and water were elaborate, though much bedraggled. The stars and stripes pre dominated, out nags ot nearly every nation . or tne eartn were to oe seen at intervals naces oi business were closed, and the entire populations of Man hattan and Long Island gave themselves up to ine enioyment oi tne patriotic occasion, Points of historic interest were surrounded by crowds anxious to recall the scenes of the day when the British withdrew from the American shores and independence was really made secure. President Arthur and Gov. Cleveland and staff had headquarters yat tne mtux Avenue iioteL Uther digmta ries from other States were present. In cluded among these were the Governors of the original Thirteen States. The display oi. military was nne ILLINOIS. Railroad Accident Two Men Fatally v: .' "...'. Injured. - (Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.l " Chicago. November 26. A special from Bushnell, 111., says that early this morning f potrlit train rnnnin ' tviinfv miUa n n hour crashed into an empty box-car which had been blown from a side track to the main track ; by a wind 'i storm during the night, at sciotio, nine miles west of here. A brakeman was killed and the engineer win uie lrum iiiiuriea reueiveu.. ine engine anu nine cars were wrecKeo. . i .. - , . Destructive Fire at Port Ferry Iioss flOV,UUU. IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ' Port Perry, Nov. 26. A fire here last night destroyed about $150,000 worth of property in the centre of the town. The insurance is about $50,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. It began in Ruddis' Hotel, and was ' rapidly spread by a high wind. - - - WASHINGTON. , Annual Reports of Chiefs of the Life Saving And Revenue Marine Service. IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. WASHDSGTOxiNovJ 25. The annual re port of the Chief of the Life Saving Ser vice shows that at the end of the .last fiscal year the number of life saving stations was 194; number of. disasters to vessels in the field of life savins operations during the year was 800; of; 8.792 persons on board these vessels only 15 perished, and of more tnan S7.uuu.uuu worth of property m these ships and cargoes only $1,500,000 was lost: jur. uiarK, unief of the Revenue Marine. in his annual report for the last fiscal year, says me cervice continues to perform sat isfactory work. Its vessels, . which now number 38. have cruised during the year 300,880 miles, and have boarded and ex amined 25,587 vessels, of which number 2,240 have been seized or reported to the proper authorities for violating the law. In relief work the Service has been particular ly efficient having' assisted 224 vessels in distress, which, with their cargoes, aggre gated in value $4,885,175, and on board which were -2,497 persons. Sixty people have been picked out of the water and saved from drowning. The expenses of the Service for the fiscal year were $853, 553. ....... , . .1 Sergeant mason's Pardon Florida Mall Service Ex-Senator Speneer Held to Answer , for Contempt of Court. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Washtkqton. November 26. The par don issued to Sergeant Mason, after reciting formally Mason's offence, the orders under which he was tried, and the fact of his conviction and tentence, simply adds that the : President, "for good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby grant to said John A. Mason a full and nn conditional pardon." General , Superintendent ; Thompson.; : of the Railway Mail Service, has gone to Florida to make such changes in the mail service in that State as may be necessary to meet the wants of the large number of win ter visitors from the North WASHTNGTC-k Nov. ' 26. Ex-Senator George E. Spencer was brought before the JJistrict Criminal Court, J udge Wyhe sit ting in chambers, at 1 o'clock to-day, to answer for contempt in having failed to obey the suppcena of the Court, issued June 12th, 1882, at which time he was wanted as a witness in the Star Route cases. Ex-Secretary Boutwell, counsel for the defendant, moved that the case be dismissed for cause as follows: , 1st That the case in relation to which said contempt was committed, as is alleged, nas Dee n disposed oi.ana nnaiiy oy the verdict of a jury. 2d. That said contempt was committed as is alleged at a term of the court now ended. - . 3d. That the records of the Court show that no" fees were either paid or tendered to said bpencer, . when the subpoena was served upon him to attend said court as a. witness in the case in relation to which contempt was committed as alleged, and consequently that said Spencer was never within the jurisdiction of the court in which the case he was summoned to ap pear as a witness in was then pending. R. F. Merrick and George Bliss, of Go vernment counsel, briefly opposed the mo tion and the Court overruled it, and Spencer was required to give bond in $2,500 for his appearance to answer. PENNSYLVANIA. Fatal Riot at Murray vllle One Man Killed and Three Men Seriously In jured Some of the Rioters Arrested. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ; Pittsburg, Nov. 27. Comparative quiet is reported this morning at Murrayville the scene of a fatal riot yesterday between employes of the Reval Gas Fuel Co. The successful forces of Milton Weston, the Chicago capitalist, surrendered to the sheriff, as soon as they discovered that the sheriff and posse were officers. But at 3 o'clock this morning the prisoners made a break for liberty and fourteen out of thirty escaped. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the whole Weston party, in cluding: Milton Weston. Dr. J. Liconford. Albert Bowser, Col. Blakely and E. Henry Ramley; all prominent persons. Informa tions have been lodged against them for murder. An inquest is in progress. The prisoners will be taken to Greensburg for a hearing. A strong guard will be mustered and there will be no opportunity either for a rescue or for a successful attack by sym pathizers of the dead or wounded men. Besides O. V. Haymaker, who was instant ly killed during the fight yesterday, James P. Watson was probably fatally injured, and Cha8. Stager and John McClellan seri ously injured. TENNESSEE. Mercantile Failures at Chattanooga. Chattanooga, November 26. The firms of S. B. Lowe and Lowe & Kirke, made assignments to-day. - The aggregate liabili ties are about $50,000; assets about $60,000. Lowe & Kirke were in the foundry and machine business,, and S. ' B. Lowe was manufacturer of metalic paints, and was engaged in the general iron commission business. The cause of the failures was too much business cn too little capital. About half of the liabilities are held. here and the balance abroad, among dealers in machinery and metals. NEW JERSEY. A Tonus Lady Outraged and FInr dered Near Orange. Newark, Nov. 26. Yesterday after noon two men walking in a field near Eagle Rock avenue. West Orange, found the dead body of a young girl with her throat cut in two places. She had been outraged and there were evi dences of a desperate struggle. The girl was identified as Phoebe Paullin, daughter of David S. Paullin, who lives near by, aged 17. She was sent to Orange yesterday afternoon, and on the way back she was to stop at a friend's house over night and her absence excited no alarm. She was on her way home when she was murdered.. The girl was dragged several hundred feet away from the road. VIRGINIA. Artillery Ordered to the Rappahan nock to Protect the Oyster Beds. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Petersburg, Nov. 25. -An order was received to-day from Gov. Cameron, by Capt Vaughan, of the Petersburg Artil lery, for one of the company's guns to be sent at once to Matthews county, to be used against a fleet of oystermen engaged in illegal dredging in the Rappahannock river, and & 12-pound Napoleon gun was sent from here to-night. A large quantity of ammunition has also been sent by the sheriff of Matthews county, to be used in the protection of - the river against the dredgers., NEW YORK. s Settlement of a Difficulty with a Transportation Co. A Swindler Sen tenced. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ' New York, Nov. 27. The firm of Day ton & Waldo announced to day in the Cot ton Exchange that their difficulty with the Blue Line Transportation Company had been satisfactorily settled by the payment by the latter of their claim of $11,000, and that the firm had withdrawn ' its complaint against the company. The difficulty arose over the refusal of the company to become responsible for the action of its defaulting agent at Memphis. V . Henry J. David, a Southern lawyer, who was convicted of swindling a real estate merchant out of sums of money-by pre tending to be the son ef the late Judge Da vies, of the Court of Appeals, was sen tenced to-day to the State prison for six years. v ' - ' ' ' V - SOUTH CAROLINA. . The Charleston News and Courier and f .Mr. Randall. . (By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . V Charleston, Nov. 26. The News and Courier editorially declares the . report that it has gone, over to Mr. Randall for Speaker, is false, malicious and outrageous. Its position of hostility to Mr. Randall is, it states, entirely unchanged. Scotland Neck" Commonwealth: John Barnes, a negro living near this place, bad. both his hands very badly cut in a gin last week, -.- It gives us pain to chron icle the death of Mr. J; B. Bell, living some five or six miles from this place, i ' r ; Spirits Turpentine Littleton Index: Two stores at Sunny Sid, one 1 occupied by Mr. ,J. Bt Glasgow.' in which was also the postofflce, and the other by Mri- Harris, were destroy -ed by fire, on Saturday night. Mr. Glas gow's loss is estimated at about $1,000 aud Mr. Harriss' at $700. , No insurance. , Raleigh Visitor: It may be a matter of interest to learn that the Mormon missionaries who were a short time ago in Western North Carolina have shifted the scenes of their labors to the East. They are now engaged in "doing up" the Roan- oke section, keeping as far from railroads as they conveniently can. . I ' -- Winston Republican: We hear of a young man in Yadkin who contracted with a farmer to work for him a year for his daughter abd a -double-barreled shot gun. The contract has been faithfully per formed, and the young man is now the happy possessor of the shot gun. The girl went back on the old man's ward. Durham Recorder : ; We. were shown yesterday a huge sweet potato, weigh ing eleven pounds, raised by Mr. J. L. Blackwell on his farm near Durham. Sunday night On Mangum street, a party of negroes, who had been partaking quite freely of John Barlycorn, became a little unruly when Luke Cameron - shot Tom Geer through the shoulder. The wound, though painful, is not a serious one. - New Berne Journal: Isaac Green complains that Dick Tucker Jr.. met him and, unexpectedly to bim,knocked him down and cut him pretty, badlv. Ex actly; a man is not apt to receive due and timely .notice now-a days of the time he is to be knocked down. We will join with Green in a petition to the Legislature to pass an act that no man shall knock another down without first giving him five minutes' notice " ,. -'.- - Clinton Caucasian: The Zion M. E. Church (colored) are holding high carnival this week. . Three churches to be dedicated.. Bishop Hood and other big guns present.' The Clinton & Caswell Railroad Company have eiven the contract lor grading nve miles to Mr. Dock Holland. A protracted meeting is being held in the Presbyterian church at this place. Rev. L. C. Vass, of New Berne, is assisting the pastor,. Rev. B. F. Marable. There are large congregations, faithful, eloquent ser-"" mons and it is hoped much good will be the result Lenoir Topic. In the fields just above Flemming's ford, on the Catawba river, which have been' in cultivation for more than a hundred years, quantities of uiub.cn iuuian pottery may De lounaattuis day. From fragments which we have seen, we would suppose that these vessels -were large, probably containing several gallons and the outsides were curiously, marked in various patterns and covered with hieroglyphics. This pottery evidently marks the spot where one of those prehis toric "burial mounds" was erected by a, race long forgotten in memory of the fallen heroes of some unrecorded battle. ; T'it.toVinrr Jipofvptl.' Tt. is roicno. bly certain that no State tax will be levied or collected in North Carolina next year. . As has been heretofore mentioned by us, the Legislature, al its session last winter, released the purchasers of the Western North Carolina Railroad from complying with certain provisions of their contract, and in consideration therefor they were to pay the State $600,000 before next May; and the Legislature passed an act declaring that if this payment of $600,000 was made no taxes for State purposes shouidbe paid, as that sum would support the State gov ernment. If the railroad people do not make this payment they are not to be re leased from the original contract, but we are pleased to learn from a reliable source that the payment will certainly be made at the time designated. New Berne Journal: Shipped, by Hie Grace of God, in good order and well conditioned, by Messrs. H. Vander burgh & Co. in & upon ' the good Brigg called Betsy and Suky whereof Giles Hol lister is master, under God for the present voyage, and now riding at anchor in the port of New Berne and by God's Grace bound for New York. 417 bbls. of Tar; 47 bbls. Turpentine, 44 bbls. Pitch; 6 Venison Hams; 4 Dear Skins, & one bbl. of Fat, to be delivered in good order unto Mr. Ham tramock, or to his assigns, he or they pay ing freight, with primage & average accus tomed In witness whereof &c and so God Send the good ship to her destined Port in safety. Amen. Dated New Berne 16th Feb. 1785 "Giles Hollister.?' The above we found a few days ago in a box of our old papers.' It indicates fhe religious faith of our worthy fathers. - Kinston : items: . Some incendiary, as heretofore stated, attempted last Sunday night to burn the gin house of William Foy, Esq., on Chinquepin, in Jones couu ty, but failed, the fire having been discov- ered and put out. They sueceeded, how ever, in their bad act last Wednesday night, destroying the gin house and contents in cluding about seven bales of seed cotton. Th lnsn is pRti mated at 3!l.50O. of which $700 was covered by insurance. There was a considerable riffle in business circles last Wednesday by tne announcement oi an assignment of E. M. Hodees & Bro., of this place. Estimated liabilities $6,000, assets not ascertained. , Charlotte ' Observer: A messen ger came to the city last night to summon Constable King to the country, where the constable s son nad snoi anu prooaoiy la tally wounded Ross Hall, a son of the well known Clarke. The messenger gave no particulars of the difficuty, but merely.re- vmwAsl fliot vf a V1 o T-Ti n nr'a gnn Hq1 Ti i pV - puxi.cu buau O " " 1 ed up shot gun and fired on Clarke's son, filling his shoulders and neck with a charge of shot and making a bloody wound. The people of Rutherford county are still pegging away. on the narrow gauge railway project, and appear determined to have the road. Several meetings have been lately held, and on last Tuesday there was a large gathering of the people at Rutherfordton, and a considerable amount of railroad talk was indulged in. ' Among the speakers were President Monroe, Capt. John B. Eaves, Mr. T. S. Farrow; J. T. Thorn and Judge Logan. The speeches were all earn est and business like. Several ot our citizens went, out - to attend the sale of thoroughbreds, at the farm of J. Springs Davidson, fifteen miles from this city, on the Catawba river. There was a large crowd at the sale and prices , ruled high. Thoroughbred Abd El Koree colts sold at from $110 to $360 each. -. Berkshire hogs brought from $5 to $25 each, cash down. ha rnnspnt. nf the rontri- - " o - " " " - w butions to' the Boston Exposition part of the North Carolina exhibit has been assign ed to a party in Boston, who has arranged it in a building as a permanent exhibit, where it will be seen for years to come. . Raleigh News-Observer : Mr. Skinner will not receive his certificate in time to participate in the election of a Speaker- Twelve months ago the en dowment fund of Wake Forest College was $53,000. It is now $70,17425. About $19,000 have been pledged, to be paid by January 1st, 1884, provided that the whole amount necessary to give the College $100, 000 be actually subscribed by Christmas. Five or six thousand dollars is still lacking. Only one State in the Union has ob tained so large an increase in new post offices as North Carolina during the past year, and this speaks well for the attention of our members of Congress. Let the mat ter progress. We need more postal routes and better service in this State. The State Board of Canvassers meets here De cember 13th, to canvass the returns from the First Congressional District. The important suits against the Raleigh & Gas ton Railroad, which were to have been tried last August at Nashville, N. C, but were referred for trial before Hon. W. T. Dortch as arbitrator, will commence at Franklinton to-morrow and will proba bly be continued through the week- The receipts of cotton here for ' the week- ending last Thursday were 1.680 bales, against 3,050 for the corresponding week last year. The total receipts from September 1 to Thursday were 19-244 bales, against 26,494 to the same" date last year. A telegram from St Louis to Mr.. H. C. Johnson, of this city, conveys the sad death of W. T. Johnson, a well known printer, formerly of this. city. . Mr. John son left Raleigh- some three or ' four years ago, since which time he has been working at his trade in St Louis, Chicago and other Western cities - The deceased was a native of Raleigh, and was in his 81st year. - The Charlotte Observer infers from a com munication from Col. W. L. Saunders to Gen. Barringer that there was once an old county in North Carolina called Pee Dee. The letter does not sustain the inference.
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