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Til 15 NEW HKPTIBLWAN CRT. .i
During the last session of llie Con
gress the Conference report on Tariff
revision would have been defeated if
it i ;vt not been for Blaine and Ran
dal!. The Washington correspbn-
Jt-of the New York
n lilt- loth: ' ; -
Times writes
It is nu secret that a combination was
the closing hours of the last session to de
feat" the conference report on the Tariff
bill -"-The combination included Speaker
Keifer," Mr. Robeson, and many other in
fluenzal Republican Representatives.
Th y had an understanding with the Dem
ocrat who opposed the bill because it did
not make sufficient reductions. The pro
gramme was arranged, even including the
motions which were to be made and the
rulings which , the Speaker had prepared
thereon." ... -:- . ... ': .
The arrangement was defeated by
the High -Tariff men aided and abet
ted by Blaine and Randall. That is
history. Blaine became very active,
and he managed somehow to get
control of Keifer and Robeson so as
to silence them. His main plea was
that the "business interests of the
country" would be deranged, &c
He alarmed the Republicans . who
were disposed to give the people a
chance and to make the Tariff less
oppressive. The. Ames's correspon
dent says :
"The co operation of Randall . and hU
following was, of course, secured. Indeed,
it may lie said that Randall had also been
at work, and had effected a combination
which possibly might have overruled the
Speaker. As the acknowledged . ablest
nariirinuTitnriiiu on the floor Randall bad
to lead tre fight. : The
pressure brought to bear on the Pennsylva
nia delegation from the lobby was success
ful. They were united. The men in other
delejmiii.us who were committed- to the
policv of liefeatingi the bill because it was.
riot satisfactory to the friends of high tariff
joined the Pennsylvanians. "", " It
will be seen, therefore, that the line of de
rnarkation between the consevative and
radical reform tariff Democrats was not
. only shariuy drawn at the close of the last
session jof Congress but the combination
between the conservatives and the Kepubh-
cans to secure the passage, of the Tariff
bill was made dearly apparent."
So we er Biere another excellent
and convijhcrng reason why Randall
is unfit tkflead the Democratic party .
in the House if it really means re-
lorm and reduction of the taxes.
Randall is with the Republicans and
where are they? Let the Republi-
can iwnfs answer, days tnat able
paper:
"The Republicans have, practically taken
the position that taxation must not be re
duced."
They say that to reduce the Tariff,
high and unjust and Oppressive as it
is, "will disturb the business inter
ests, That is deemed sufficient. "It
is to be hoped that the fifty millions
of people who are -taxed heavily for
the benefit of three millions will be
content to submit without murmur
ing or rebellion to the iniquity and
oppression, and that this cry will be
enough to stifle all complaints.
For twenty .years the Republicans
have told the country that Protection
protected that the laboring classes
were dependent for prosperity upon
the high taxes levied under the War
Tariff. This deluded for a long time.
But the condition of the country has
satisfied thousands of the more intel
ligent that the cry was false and mis
leadin
The new cry is equally false and
misleading. Under the operations of
a very High Tariff for tweaty-two
yearn the country, has been .brought
i to the condition it is failures each
week by the hundreds, the shutting
down of mills of various kinds, and
the turning adrift of tens of thou
sands of laborers. . The country is
filled with tramps and vagabonds.
But let us turn to the.same Republi
can authority and hear what it has
to say. The (correspondent writes:
"I take it, therefore, that the supreme
question at this time which divides the two
parties is, Shall the business interests be
disturbed ? The Republican leaders natter
themselves that the embarrassed condition
of trade, the ercneral stagnation of business.
the threatening outlook of labor, is merely
temporary. ,. Granted that over-pro-.
duction is the cause of the present business
iruuoies! wtiat u tne cause of mer-vroaue-turn?
. . y
' Tne masses are not metaphysical., They
accept results as they do: physical blows.
They are out of employment They want
, me uecessanes oi are. wny i lneir em
ployers have discharged themi Their em
Plovers are rich : thev are noor. Their em
ployers Jiave grown -rich; they have con
sumed everything There -'is something
radically wrong. It would not be unnatu
ral for them to assume that protection is for
. the capitalist and not the laborer; for the
' ew and not the many v . : i;
'if the ccdamihi
iJL a a" I197 fc4 it will bedifflctiU
to persuade the masses that their misfor-
lTVlf,remUfg to lumen
appr is now suffering. Wages
re ueing reauced. T The HistuTa-
riff t., n-An ; ' " . , '
rm nas been in operation every hour
VOL. XV.
since . Lee's surrender. Why - then
the very unpromising outlook ? . Why
are workmen discharged and - are
begging for bread?; Isit a fact that
Protection makes -high wages Is
not the depression of business owin
to a great extent to a High Tariff ?'
Is not 4tbe. business of the country"
already very much "disturbed ?" , ; If
so, is there any sense in the new Re
publican dodge to evade Tariff Ke
form ? We trow not-', Says the
Republican Times and mark it;
; "It will sound something like mockery
to tell the starving workman that he is
wanting food because the Democrats pro
pose to reform the tariff."- ! . ;
If the Democrats have principles
now is the time to assert them. If
they have any sound economical pol
icy to present this is the day for it.
There - are men" in" the Congress -calling
themselves Democrats who
have nothing - but policy , to guide
them.'" They are for usfhg the neces
sities and distresses of the count ry
as they - would.' play' shuttle-cock.
They are for getting into power and
with that begins: and ends, their en
tire public' policy. The Times says:
i "But are . there no great principles in
volved in the issue t - Tes"! principles upon
which the weal or woe of this country de
pendbut they are obscured. ; Tlie leaders
of neither party take them seriously into ac
count. They will come' boldly, into view,
some of these days, and many will won
der thereat."
THE FIRST BLOW.
: One of the Representatives from
Missouri has begun an effort to secure
a practical and; desirable redaction
of the Tariff. He has introduced a
bill to- reduce the tax on clothing
after 1st July, 1884, .25 per cent.,
this reduction to be followed ' bv
'-r '": ' . .
another 25 per cent, after 1st' July,
.1885. This will, still leave a good
bounty for the American manufac
turers. Let it be mentioned here
that the articles imported from other
countries embraced under ! wool and
its manufactures pay more than two
thirds as much tax as the entire list
of luxuries under the schedule as
arranged by the Republican Con
gress. One production woo? and
a necessity y is made to pay more than
two-thirds the tax that all the luxuries
pay including, diamonds, jewelry,
embroideries, furs, china ware, silks,
spirits and wines, cigars, watches, &c,
,&c. The Missouri Representative is
on the right track. Let. him pursue it.
j VOI.lINTAlIY-NOr:irN JUST.
The Danbnry Jteporter thinks the
Stab is very inconsistent. ; It asks
with the snap of a finger:
"Will th editor of the Stab pray tell us
if the internal taxes are not. as now col
lected and distributed, unequal and unjust,
L e., paid by 'a few for the benefit of tbe
whole?' Does it not amount practically,
so far as we are concerned, to almost the
very thing the Mr. Blaine asked for? If
not, why not? Verily it seems that the
idea of equality and justice in tax raising1
has never occurred to the mind of the Star
man, in the matter of internal taxes.
We answer, as we have done be
fore many times to just such objec
tions or plea or inquiry; that in no
sense in the tax on whiskey and to
bacco "unequal "and uniust' because
no man need use either. ' It is the in
dulgence of a vicious appetite and
not the compulsion of necessity that
causes men to voluntarily levy a tax
upon themselves. It is useless to
spend time in arguing with men
who can see no difference between
taxing blankets and wool hats and
shoes and cheap crockery and taxing
whiskey that burdens and makes
poor.
To show the Danbnry paper how
little there is in its fight for free
whiskey we will again . mention the
fact that North Carolina pays only
about one-sixth of the internal tax
that one District in Illinois pays. Il
linois does not ask for the abolition
of the internal tax but North Caroli
na does. Illinois does not require an
army to put down illegal and fraud
ulent distilling.1 It is not cursed with
"moonshiners."
But, farther; -in point of fact, nei
ther North Carolina nor, Illinois pays
the internal tax, and don't you for
get it. They make whiskey for the
people everywhere who drink it, and
those who drink it pay the tax, and
don't you forget that ; Mr. Reporter,
; There is no inequality or injustice
about it. Those who dance should
pay the piper. , That is the rule, an
old one and a good one. Free whis
key whilst the poor men the laboring
men of the land are ground down by
taxation on trace-chains, jack-knives,
coiion-iies, shoes, medicines, and a
hundred other . necessaries is an ab
surdity and folly bo great that the
time is rapidly coming when tbe
moonshiners" themselves will- be
ashamed, ignorant as they are, to ad
vocate it.
Here is the picture drawn by Sen
ator Vance inVhis - masterly Tariff
speech in the Senate:
"Yet the iron and steel, manufacturers,
get their raw material mostly and then-
labor all free, and their products are pro
tected by a duty ranging from So to lou
per cent. How is it with . the cotton
grower ? In the first place he pays all the
taxes, State and national, that all other
citizens are required to pay. ' When . he
starts out in the spring to pitch - his . crop;
on his plow he pays -50 per cent ad va
lorem; his1 trace-chains to pull the plow, 2f
cents per pound; on his wagon, harrow,
and other irons, 50 per. cent : on his jack-
knife. 50 per cent ; on- the square bv which
he measures his work. 6 cents ner pound
1 and 3D per cent ad; valorem; on bis files
8nd rasps, 10 cents per pound and 80 per
and 30 per cent ad valorem; on his files
JL J.IJQd
cent. ; on his saw, 8J cents and 80 per
cent ; for his axe, 40 per, cent ; for the
iron hoops which inclose, hia bale of cotton
when made, If cents per pound ; for his
hammer, 2 cents per pound; his wrought
nails, 21 cents per pound ; his cut nails, If
cents per ; pound ; his horse-shoe - nails,. 5
cents per pound; Jus tacks :and: sprigs, 2f
cents per thousand; for wood-screws from
8 to 11 cents per pound; for cast-iron hinges
for his door, 2f cents per pound; on his
wife's sadViron; If cents per nound; on; his
cross-cut saw. 10 cents nerfoot All this.
averaging nearly 100 per cent , he, pays to J
iuc renmsyivaaia iron ana . steel,' m&nuiac
turers, not to the Government. , On tbe
bagging for hia cottont bales, he pays 2
cents per yard; on his cotton shirt, 5 cents
per yard and 10 per cent ; on his wife's
calico dress, 5 cents per yard and 20; per
cent'; on her spool thread, fc each and 80 per
cent; on the common. ston-ware of his
table, 25 per cent ; on bis school-boy's slate
pencil, 40 per cent; on his glass tumblers.
40 per cent. ; on his sugar and molasses, 49
per cent ; on his coarse blankets,' about 95.
per cent ; on his wool hat and flannel shirt,,
about the same; on his .wife's shawl, 50
cents per pound and 35 aer cents (over 100
per cent;)on his borax 10 centaper pound;
his clock, 35 per cent. ; his wife's camphor,
5 cents per pound; her gloves, SO per cent ;
hair-pins, 50 per cent ; on his glue, 20 per
cent. ; his , grindstone 1 ; cent per pound;
TowdeMi cent per pound and ' 20 per
cent : suspenders. 85 per eent."; rubber boota
for bad weather.8Q per.cet ; his leather
fer cent ; his keroseneoil,40cents per gallon,
n 8ickness his morphia . is . taxed
per ounce; castor oil, $1 ier gallon,
and his opium $1 per pound, : JSven on bis
fruit trees and his garden and agricultural
seeds he is taxed 20 per cent ad valorem.
Nearly all of this goes into the pockets of
the manufacturers, . who claim that the
planter's prosperity- is increased ? by , this
searching taxation. Nothing is free to him.
Nothing escapes this all-pervading, inevi
table protective tariff certain , as death,
hungry as the grave, unsatisfiable as the
sea. From the time he sees the light until,
that light is quenched in the eternal dark
ness , the Southern planter: knows no un
taxed hour or untaxed thing. He is envel
oped in taxation, soaked, steeped and satu
rated in it; and yet his product-alone ex
ceeds by far in value the combined pro
ducts of all the protected manufactories of
tbe United States in tne list of foreign ex
ports, which are the chief, source of our
national wealth."
This is as graphic as true and justl'
In the view of such burdens he is in
deed a very '"cheeky' fellow who
will stand up and at - the top of his
lungs bawl for free 'whiskey for all,
and no tax upon that model and no
ble specimen of an American citizen,
the "moonshiner" ef North Caro
lina.
We have received an interesting
letter from Rev. D. Milbnrn. He
has gone to New Orleans to spend
the Christmas holidays and to seek a
little recreation. He returns to
North Carolina in January and on
the 5th will lecture at Wilson.' He
expects to lecture here on the 9th and
11th and on the 10th at Point Cas
well. He has been speaking upon an
average of eight times a week. He
is very much gratified at his success
in North Carolina. He writes: "All
the visits I have made in the State
have been most ' agreeable, . and . I
have thoroughly enjoyed .my ac:
quaintance with the people." He
has been most hospitably entertained
at nlany private residences. This
prince of orators needs no introduc
tion now to the people of North
Carolina.
Alfred ccott, ot lexas, is evi
dently an uncommonly level-headed
negro. In a letter to the Little
Rock (Ark.) Mansion he discusses
the race problem An politics. We
quote a passage: -
'He thinks that the Civil Rights bill was
a mistake: that ho particular section of the
country is responsible for the institution of
slavery; that the colored people have been
wedded to the , Civil Rights bill, because
thev honed that it would elevate them to
social eoualitv with the whites, and that
this bugbear of social equality having been
removed, no otner Darner-can arise to pre
vent such a political fraternization between
the Southern white man and the Southern
colored man as will work to the advance
ment of the interests of both." v
Chalmers, of Mississippi, iB a very
... i n . a t.
sorry wmte man ana aeseneu nis
party for place. - But mean and
traitorous as he is the question of his
election or defeat must be decided
noon its merits and not, upon the"
A ,
merits of the contestants. Every
body knows that CoL Manning is
worth a regiment of ; such generals,
but the real question is who received
a majority of . the qualified votes.
Prank Barnnm, son of the founder
of Barnum'a Hotel, Baltimore, has
forfeited $80,000 - by becoming a
Catholic priest. Such were the con
ditions of the' will that he could not
inherit if he joined any society of
the Catholic Church or took , orders
in it. He made the sacrifice for his
.religion. He is a conscientious and
manly man.
There is a movement , started that
- i' V.." vb ':-!- : i -
in the end ;will probably cause the
telegraphic, wires to go. under ground.
The New. York Board of Aldermen
have given the electric lighting com
panies two years in which to experi
ment, and the Times thinks that by i
that time "a dangerous and annoying
nuisance" . (the transmission of cur
rents above ground) will be got rid of.
Mike Kelly and John Connors,
two roughs, had a prize , light at
Blissville, on Long Island. Kelly was
badly whipped in three rounds. Both
men were 1 badlv Dunished. ' Bliss-
ville is a nice place for a prize fight.
.Onr Cotton Trade. -
The receipts of cotton at this port for the
weekended yesterday, foot up 3,471 bales,
as against bales for. the corresponding
week: last year, showing a ; decrease of
8,298. bales.
The receipts for the crop year from Sep:
teinber lt to datefoot ..up 74,708 hales, as.
against 87,703 bale! up - to the same time
hist . year, showing a decrease of 12,995
hales. . r:. ., ' ' . ,;
i
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28,
Who I lie and Wltat Is He?
"; A well dressed genflemanly-looklng in
dividual Btood at the corner of Front and
Market streets, yesterday,- dealing out the
leaves of a small - testament,, about five
Inches , in , length, to passers-by, "without
regard . to 'race, color or . previous , condi
tion," the' binding, of the , sacred volume
. having been remavecLv He was asked his.
object for doing this, and replied that it
was to arouse the people to a sense of theix
-duty and to keep them from temptation.
He further .stated, In response to an in
quiry, that he. was , from ' Connecticut.
Missionaries could no doubt accomplish a
good work "down South,", but we. doubt,
if they are as badly , needed bere'as in tbe
land of '.'wooden nutmegs." ' where the
Malleys flourish, and helpless maidens are
decoyed to their death. - Nevertheless, as
we told the man . from ' -down "East" there
was no harm in distributing the detached
fragments of the precious volume among,
the people. , - . -
By the way, we learn that there was a
man ip Washington wty a, few days ago,
doing this, very same .thing, and he claimed.
that the government -owed him somewhere
in the neighborhood of seventy-five millions.
There they called him a crank
Supplying Rock for Corneals e Inlet
Tbe Railroad Wharf, Ece. ,
" The work of supplying rock for the pur
pose of closing Corncake Inlet, near what
was formerly knoWn as New Inlet is now
in foil blast The rock: . is obtained Dy
Messrs. Ross & Lara, the contractors, from
quarry about -twelve miles below this
city, and is conveyed a distance of one mile
and a half over a railroad constructed for
that purpose, which is supplied with a lo
comotive engine, to the wharf where it is
transferred to the lighters and towed to the
place where it is to be used. -. This wharf is
about eleven hundred feet in length and
wide in proportion. Things are now work
ing all right- and - Messrs. Ross & Lara ex
pect to be able shortly to deliver the rock
at the rate of from three hundred to four
hundred tons per day.
The wharf referred to is some distance
this side of what is known as Gander Hall,
being very near the spot which has been
used every summer for some years as a
camp ground by the colored Methodists of
this city.
The County Statement.
In the financial statement of the county,
published yesterday; a few errors occurred,
which we will correct The salary of the
Judge of the Criminal Court appears as
$2,200, when it should be $2,500. The
current expenses proper of the county.'
should have been put down at $21,761.44,
to which is to be added $1,353 for the
county's proportionate part of expenses of
City Hospital and $1,000 for the purchase
of the old fair grounds tract, making a
total of $24,114.93. The date when the
bonded debt is due should be 1887, instead
of 1877. The expense of" the Superior
Court is put down at a total of $916.09,
and then follow the fees of Attorney, Com
missioners, etc.
To this we will add the School Fund of
.the county, as follows:
Total white. ...... . . .$3,396 85
Total colored.... 6.786 1
Balance General School Fund .... 244 29
$9,428 05
A Narrow Escape.
One gentleman was trifling with a pistol
in the room of another, fn this city, on Sun
day morning last not knowing the weapon
was loaded, and was holding the muzzle
close to bis face, when it suddenly ex
ploded, and the ball went crashing into the
wall, paasine right under the nose of the
young man, whose nostrils were singed and
blackened by the burnt powder, it was a
narrow escape, and it was some time before
the young man recovered from the uncom
fortable feeling which the incident inspired,
while the one who. held tbe pistol was
equally disturbed in mind.
A Prolific Hen.
A gentleman of this city has a very
smart and very prolific hen. She was
batched out in April last, and is now in
full blast with her first litter of eggs, forty-
two of the largest and finest we have ever
seen having been taken from her nest. For
some time she laid regularly one egg each
day; then she contented herself with one
every alternate day for awhile, and now
she has gone back to her regular daily con
tribution to her master's table of one nice,
large egg. Her owner esteems her highly
for her evident disposition to help him in
hiff struggle to keep the wolf from his
door.
Regret His Departure.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate, refer
ring to the closing sermon of . Rev. D.
Yates in Raleigh, preparatory to coming to
Wilmington says: - "During the stay of
Dr. Yates in this city he has impressed
himself upon our people as a remarkably
fine preacher and he has made very many
warm friends,' who regret his, departure.
He is regarded in Raleigh as one of the
best preachers in onr Conference. Per
sonally our relations with him have grown
more and more pleasant. He is a pious,
consecrated, genial, talented Christian gen
tleman, and will carry with him our warm
friendship, best wishes and very kind per
sonal recollections.'
To be Congratulated.
TheAshehoro Courier, alluding to the
sermon preached by Rev. Frank H. Wood,
late of the Front Street Church, in that
town on Sundav last says: "His illustra
tions were apt and striking.. Mis manner
is unaffected, his delivery graceful and his
voice" splendid. It was a clear, impressive,
well put and eloquent 40-minute sermon.
It was our flrtst, but we trust not our last,
opportunity to hear him. If we may
-fiidro hv thin rmon.the MethOCUfltS or
Fayetteville whom he is to serve during the
coming year are w ue cuugr&iuiawu.
. f A 1 i..lr.tl(i "
Foreign Exports.
The following were tne loreign mp-
ments yesterday:
The Norwegian barque Echo,- Capt
Hansen, , for Trieste, Austria, with l w
casks of spirits turpentine and 8,5,65 barrels
of rosin, valued at $7,586; the German
barque Apotheker IMesfnff, Capt, Stuht, for
Stettin, Geraahy, with 3,765 , barrels of
rosin, valued at $5,425; and the German
hnrniiA ffisJiard. Cant. Raske. for Ham-
hnrr' with 4.825 barrels of rosin, valued at
$6,000. Total, $19,011. - .... . -
j IX C. Barden, of Pender, was
brought here and lodged in the county
jail yesterday for costs. ,
Y
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
:; FIRST SESSION ' - 1 ' ' "
Bllla Introduced In the Senate for the
Establishment of 'a Railroad Com
mission and to Abolish the Tax on
Spirits, Distilled from ; Fruit t- The
Holiday Recess Resolutions ' Con
cerning Committees Adopted In the
uonse. . iv-r-v - v.'it-,
IBy Telerranh to the Morning Star.
8I3NATE.1 ' "
WASHrsGTOTt- IDeei 20 i--n the Senate
wis morning Mr, .Cullom introduced a bill
to establish a Board of Railroad Commis
sioners' and to 'regubite inter-State com
munication. , . ... ' -. i - sr. ; . .-. ; - :. ;?
After the moraine business the Senate
received a message from the' House of Rep
resentatives, .concurring , in the Senate
amendment to the . House concurrent reso
u! tion of yesterday, fixing the dates of the
uouaav recess. . , . , ... - ,
aMr.iYanWvck'a resolution of vesterdav
ialling on the Secretary of the .Interior, for.
roformation regarding lands granted to rail-
una nro a tn 1 1 i v
laMr.Ingaus had nooWectioia to, thereso-J.tWVfOX the liegislaturq .for the .known
abtionproperr!but objected to the preambleVloatJt ,gsucn -'majority.
1m IPiininrr fn rrvrr rrit thn Manofa tv rt im. 1
Nrpretation'of;.tl -decUipiis ofHhe
' ;eme Court . : i,' ' ' ,
A bul -paa mtroducaihg Mr. .Brown, to
authorize the distillation of -fruk witheut
tax by the Federal . Government, - leaving
the question of such taxation to the States.;
A message was received from the House
of Representatives concurring in the Sen
ate amendment making the date of . reas
sembling after the holiday recess Monday,
January 7th, 1884.: - '
Mr. YanWycks resolution calls upon
.the Secretary of the Interior for informa
tion as to tne amount of indemnity lands
given to railroad companies since the Su
preme court decision of 1875 on that sub
ject." The preamble was so amended as
not to commit the Senate to any interpreta
tion of the Supreme Court decision, and
was thenf adopted. . . -. v -
The Senate then went into Executive
session and confirmed a large number of
recess appointments. . principally post-:
.masters. ' When the doors were reopened
the discussion of the new roles was con-,
tinued, but without action , upon any of
them. The matter was postponed until
after the bolidavs. '
The Chair laid before the Senate a com
munication from the Secretary of the In
terior with copies of papers recently called
for relating to tne attempted transter by
the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company of
its land grant to the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company of Arizona, New Mexico
and California The Secretary concludes
his communication with the statement that
no action has been taken by tbe Depart
ment on the subject.
The Senate tnen took up ana concurred
m tbe joint-resolution oi tne House oi
Representatives relating to the celebration
of the centennary of the surrender by
vvasningioa oi nis coiumuuuuu as cuui-mander-in
chief of the patriot forces of
America. The Senate then adjourned till
Monday
Senator Urown s bill introduced to-aay
provides lor tne repeal oi all laws proniDit-
ing the distillation of apples pr'peaches in
to brandy or the manufacture of wine or
brandy from grapes by the producer or
owner of fruit or by any distiller who acts
as his agent. Or who distills fruits ana re
ceives -part of said fruit in any amount for
his services, and provides for leaving the
question of taxation ot sucn products to
tne states. .
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tbe House has been engaged all of the
.morning in the discussion of the proposi
tion to grant a month's extra - pay to dis
charged employes, r.
i Mr. Reagan moved to commit the resolu
tion to the committee on Accounts, with in
structions to inquire and report whether
there were persons turned out of their po-
sitioiisat the close or- tne last session oi
Congress and others put in their places who.
have performed no duties. Tbe motion
was agreed to .118 to . 54. One of - the
committee stenographers was removed on
the last day of" the session, by BpeaKer
Keifer, who appointed his nephew to the
vacancy thus created. I
Mr. Blackburn, from tne committee on
Rules, reported a resolution that hereafter
the committee on rostomces ana rostroaas
shall consist of fifteen members, and the
committees on Banking . and Currency,
Foreign Affairs. Military Affairs, Tern to
ries, Public Buildings, and the District of
Commbia. ot tnirteen memoera eacn. lie
stated in regard to the increased member
ship that it f uUymet the views "and wishes
of the Speaker. The resolution was adopted,
i Mr. ' Blackburn then called up a report
submitted yesterday for the appointment of
a committee on Rivers ana mroors, to
consist of fifteen members, and after debate
it was adopted.
Mr. Keifer. of unio, caiieo up a resolu
tion reported yesterday for the appointment
of a committee on Woman Suffrage. The
resolution was rejected, after a brief debate
veas 88. navs 124.
Mr. Hobutzeli. of Jnd., from tne special
committee having the matter in charge, re
ported a lomt resolution requesting tne
President to issue a : proclamation recom
mending the people either by appropriate
exercises ID cuuucuivu niui imgiuug ocx-
vices of the 23d ihst: or by such public ob
servances as they may deem proper on the
24th, to commemorate the surrender oy
Washington ot nis commission as com
mander in Chief of the army. The Presi
dent is also requested "to order a national
salute from the various forts tnrougnout
the country on the . 24th inst. The joint
resolution was passed.
The House then adjourned unui Mon
day.
NA TION All CELEBRA TION.
Centennial of "Washington's Sun-en
der of Command of ; the Patriot
Porees -Proclamation of the Presl
dent. -
Washington, Dec. 22. The following
nroclamation with regard to tbe celebration
of the one hundredth anniversary of Wash
ington's surrender of hia commission, was
made by tne tresiaem yesieraay: .
Whereas tne two Rouses oi tjongress
did on the 20th inst, request the com
memoration on the. 23d instant of the one
hundredth anniversary of the surrender by
George Washington at Annapolis, or nis
commission as Commander-in-Cnief or tne
Patriot iorces VI America; : - . , -..;-.
a, And. whereas, it is fitting that this me
morable act, which riot only signalized the
termination of the heoric struggle of seven
years for independence, but also manifested
Washington's devotion to the great pnnci
pie that ours is a civil government oi anu
by the people, should be generally Observed
througnout tne united states;
Now. therefore. i.cnester a. Annur,
President of .the United .States, do hereby
recommend that either by appropriate ex
ercises-in connection with the religious ser
vices of the 23d instant, or by such public
observance as mav be deemed proper, on
Monday, the 24th," this signal event in the
history of American liberty be commemo
rated: and. further. I hereby direct that at
12 odock noon, on Monday next, a na
tional RAint.fi he fired from an tne ions
throughout tiie country.
In witness Whereof, JL nave nereunw set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. , Done this twenty-first
day of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
three: and of the ; independence ; of the
United Suites the one hundred ana eignm.
UHESTEB A- , AKVU-VM.
By the President L
' Frekerick T. Fbelinghtjtsbh,"
Secretary of State.
-r- Durham .Recorder: Mr. James
W. Blackwell is erecting fonrteen new
dwellings, and Mr. W. T. Blackwellhas
contracted for twentv-flve more, to be
erected at once making thirty-nine dwell
ings going up in the southwestern art Of
town, jnouuay mgu " B
two-story dwelling house, on Chapel .Hill
street belonging to W. T. Blackwell, was.
destroyed bv fire. Loss about $1,500. In
sured " '..
:; YKJl ILL JiL Vlo -
1883.
WASHINGTON.
4 4l
Notice
'f i
of Contest of Repre
Formal
sentatlve
Shlnner's election from
the First
North Carolina pistrlct-I
Nominations Confirmed by, tbe Sen
LBy TelesrraDh to the llornlmr Star.l i ; -
! Washhigton December 20. -r A formal
Iuuhw ui cuuuai lor tne seal m me nouse
as Representative for the First North Care-
notice or contest for the seat in the House
unon the ground: 1st, That. th nrnrUm,.
tion of the Goverhor calling 'an election' j '
lished by the Legislature "at its session be-,
gmning- last j inuary ; ' wnicn xustrict in
cluded the .county of t Carteret and. did not
include the county of Bertie: whereas, the
election should have- been ; held - in'the.Blsl
tnct as At subsisted previous - to the : reap-.
Dortionment. That estimating thf vnt.A nt
Bertie county from the: record for the pas?
leuyearsit would have ; giyen.a majority
of not less than' 600 "against the cohtestee:
that it was detached: from the First Dis!
2ndL TbM in iirtiiitvnrtartnttiW in I
aukm au riaiu - uirAilULUr- f UZUARTU ALL
P1?,1, votes were thrown out up-;
re K
on frivniaus twetextaiiftfaWns tt msnlt;
ih. me eiecon. .;,iire'-jcpBiesiani aYersii.nai,
. O .1 : . . ' TT i i . I: . l . .
if the Irauds and irregtl.arities be corrected,
and tne vote counted as . it was cast or
' meant to be cast, it will appear that he and
not tne contestee was entitled to tne seat in
. .. ... ' . . . .. .. .. . ' . . -i
question. vvi.;M
y Among the postmasters confirmed by the
Senate to-day was Henry LrGudgefAshe-
ville, N. C. Among, .other confirmations
were Wm. D. Warner, of 8. C, Consul at
Dusseldorf ; Beckford Mackev. of S. 'C.
Consul at Rio Grande de Sol; Geo. Holmes,""
Collector or Customs at Beaufort, N... O. ;
Jas. D.' Bowie. Collector of Customs at Pe
tersburg, Va. ; Henry D. B. Clay, Collector
oi uustoms at xorxtown, , y a.
WashiNqton, Dec. 20. The Comptroller
of : the currency has authorized' the ' First
National Bank' of La Grange, Ga., to begin
uusiueaa wim a capiuu oi ou.uuu.
The Colored National Committee.
Washington, . Dec. 21. The" Colored
National Committee met this morning and
appointed delegates' to the convention to
be held at Richmond. Va.. in July next
Each Congressional Distiict was allowed
two delegates and each territory one repre
sentative. 'Fred Douglass. B. K. Bruce of
the District of Columbia, and ' William
Murrell, of Maryland, were elected .mem
bers of the national Committee from the
country at large. -
The committee on the Freedmen s Bank
made a final report memorializing Con
gress to reimburse depositors and denoun
cing the former act of Congress in creating
a commission, at fo.UUU a , year to each
member to settle the affairs of ' the institu
tion. In support of the adoption of the re
port the memorial said that the Freedmen's
Bank was the- most disgraceful: and sinful
swindle that ever stained the earth or
shocked high heaven. The commission ap
pointed at $5,000 a year was like a hyena
devouring the carcass, and then like a lion
smashing its bones and sucking the mar-
.1 1 ? LI T" .
row mereirum; anu, iunnermore, a ivepuo-
lican Congress made the commission pall
bearers of this same carcass. - ' 4
The committee adjourned to meet in Chi
cago June 2nd next
Ex-Senator Spencer Refore the Crimi
nal Co art The Prisoner Discharged
More Fraudulent Pension Attor
neysExtra Pay for Discharged Em
ployes of Congress A Testimonial
to Col. Shober, Late Secretary of the
Senate.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, December 22. In the
Criminal Court this morning", in the case of,
ex-Senator Spencer, for contempt. Judge
wyiie Tendered a decision tnat , tne. sub-
pcena waspot ,a: subpoena - because there
-was not a penalty to it It ordered the ex-
Senator to 1 appear but limited ' the time to
one i day. The subpoena, by an error of
counsel for the Government, the Judge
said, was for a civil and' not for "a criminal
case. The ex-Senator had sworn that he
was here before the time ordered by the
so-called subpoena; that he remained here
for two weeks; that he had! sought inter
views with one of the counsel during the
interim, but bad been unable to secure one.
Under these circumstances, and owing to
the fact that the subpoena had been lm
properly served and returned, the Judge
held that the case was not one for con
tempt, and discharged the prisoner. ' Du
ring his remarks Judge Wylie said there
was no doubt that the object of the ex-,
Senator in going abroad last year was to
avoid the star Route trial, then in progress,
What his reasons were for wanting to
avoid the trial the Judge asserted he did
not know. 3 "
Spencer says he contemplates bringing
suit for damages. In an interview to-day
he said an investigation of the star Route
trials by Congress would be urged, the ob
ject being to learn why some persons were
tried and others were not,and why so much
money was paid to . government attorneys.
Horsey was but asmau iry in tne star
Route cases. : "There are Western men
deeper in than he," said Spencer. , :: ;.,
The Secretary of tne interior to-day sua
pended from practice before tbe Pension
Office. N. W. Fitzgerald, s. c. JBltzgerald,
Fitzgerald & Co. and A. B. Webb, pension
attorneys of this city: pending the disposi
tion of indictments , . recently returned
against them by the grand jury, charging
fraudulent practice uait was to-day given
by all of the parties named. . ,
A ioint resolution appropriating an ex
tra montn s pay tooiscnarged employes or
the two Houses,, of Congress was sent to
New York yesterday for the President's
signature. He telegraphed to-day that it
bad been signed ana mis evemng tne em
ployes were given ; their extra T&y. CoL'
Francis E. Shober, Acting Secretary of the
Senate, who was retired by tne election of
a full set of Republican officers for the
Senate, left for his home in Salisbury, N.
C. to-night- The clerks and employes in
the office of the Secretary of the Senate, to
day presented Col. Shober witn a nanasome
Silver set. as a token of their respect and
esteem. The presentation' speech was made
by. Henry Js. feyton, late principal execu-;
tiveTclerk. Gen McCoox, the new secre
tary, asked permission to join the employes
in contributing to the purchase, ine presi
dent pro tern, of the Senate, Edmunds, was.
present during the ceremonies.- r ' a - ;'
MEXICO.
Rioting In the City of Mexico
Caused
by Nickel Rloney.
By Telegraph to the Mornlns Star.
City of .' Mexico, Dec. 21'. Trouble
broke out to day among the lower classes
caused by - nickel money; Nickel was re
fused in the city market una morning and
ouarrels. with firing and cries of "down
with ' nickel, ensued. Tbe panic spread.
and all business houses were closed. . .The
mob passed through the streets, breaking
lamps arid windows. Troops ' fired - blank
cartridges at the mob and a force, of cavalry
charged through the crowd several times,
Order was finally restored witnout blood
shed, and the city is now becoming more
quiet There are no traces of mobs, but
troops are still patroling' the streets.
NEW. YORK. : .
The Fire in the Insane Asylum at
TVard's Island.
, . By Telerraph to the Hornuuc star.l
New Yoek, Dec. 21. The cause of the
fire in the insane asylum on Ward's Island
is not known. It broke out in the east
wing of the building -of which Dr. Mc
Donald is Medical Superintendent...' There.
were 1,230 male patients in the buildings
The outbreak caused ' great excitement
among them, but they were all removed to
places of safety, and according to reports
t'now at hand no person was injured. The
r cast wing was completely- destroyed at
1 noon, wnen it was reponea mat tne nre
was under control. AH the inmates were
in their wards and the best discipline pre
vailed. It is thought that the loss will not
exceed $25,000. r - -
& imauisinct was to-day served by Charles alter, oemg jurtner amenaea,.Dy .giving to ii "JL "D
M-G. Pool against Thomas GJ SldnneTsittinE ! 'ilaftLm fmi church hegmmng of the meeting. .
memberThe conte8tee4basesihis claimK jwf MijWrt..;. kfe Smithfield Herald: One night
5
i -'N'O Q
SOUTH CAROLINA;
The Amended Railroad RU1 Passed by
the Legislature Tbe Commissioners
and the Companies' Jointly. to Fix
the Rates. ' - f - -' 5
Special Star Telegram!! . ' '
J ! rijTTJT.'P.BTnW K n . TW 9 Tr tJin
State' Legislature at Columbia, : to day, the
1 Luj.sn'i 'j .' -o I
.P?'?! bin Pased the Senate, f
umu8, power onginaie rates; me oia
pS. rtniainibg alwa if force uhtU adju
dacaUon ,on , the changes proposed. . The
House concurred in the Senate amendment
and this bill passed,'.";' .', c f !;
iH- i - Jul) UJalANA. iAS f.
PemoeratleStnte Convention The Mc
;Enery Faetlon Secure Nearly All the
Ofilees Bxeltln Dlsensslons-VIeor-ons
Attach on the Lotteries, etc.
I -1 By Teleeraph to the Morrnlne Star.l r
New Obleans. Deci 21?-rln tlie Dem- il
,opratic.uonvention, at Baton Rouge, vea- I
'yLuajt- aiuoir xiosbuu, ui jxevr , vsneans, l
wan potninaieq so? Dupermtenaent of f ub-
lie Education.Allof ;the.noniineeg except
vunnmraam, ior Attorney uenerai, belong
to the McEnery faction. c Vr ; i.'K i
1 A special to the Picayune, from Baton
Rouge i sayB The committee o"n Resolu
tions of the Democratic State , Convention
. suomitted majority and minority reports.
One declaring that the 'Louisiana Lottery
Company is corrupting the morals of tne
' people, and is a disturbing element in the
ponucs 01 tne state. , it favors the adop
tion of a constitutional amendment, abolish
ing and prohibiting all lotteries in the State
iorever. - . -. ,
Mr. Bdatner offered a substitute, which
was adopted, declaring hostility to the en
tire principle of lottery dealings; that the
constitution declares gambling to be a vice,
yet it encourages vice in its worst form;
that lotteries are not only incentives to
breaches of good faith and embezzlement,
but are demoralizing society, corrupting
politics and impeding legislation; and de
manding that the ' Legislature to be chosen
at tne ensuing election shall enact such
measures as are necessary for their su DDres-
"slon. .... - - ;- . -. - -
The platform adopted refers to the (Te-
plorable condition of tbe State" under re
construction; "congratulates " the' people
upon their present prosperous condition
under the progressive policies of Democrat
ic administration; asserts that the public
schools of the State demand the ' fostering
care of the government; and that though
much hasheen accomplished for their pro
motion, a great deal more must be done to
render them efficient 'so as to confer the
benefit of education equally upon the chil
dren of every race; and opposes monopolies
01 an JUUU8. ; : f -..
After, the, adoption .of Mr. Boatner's
amendment given above, Mr. Morston, of
Red River demanded the opportunity to
offer other amendments to the platform.
which, opportunity was denied. He said
ne would not accept such a platform and
withdrew from the hall in disgust. ..
j The majority report on the platform,
with amendments, was adopted by a vote
mainly of the McEnery faction ayes 236,
nays.91, blank 66.
! An acrimonious discussion preceded the .
adoption of the platform.
Mf. Storm, of East Felicinea,' attacked
the majority-report, commenting severely
on the McEnery administration in the land
grao lease,' and the fees paid the lawyers
employed by the State.
(Jol. lireaux and Maj. Burke replied to
Mr. Storm, the former explaining his con
nection with the land cases before the Uni
ted States Supreme Court; and the latter
seeding to vindicate Gov. McEnery and his
nu uuwsuauuu uiuiiuii tue cuarges maue.
.1 ne uonvention adjourned sine die.
. FOREIGN.
Slarlne Disasters The French In Ton.
quln Losses la the Recent Fight
ing English Cotton-mills Idle Glas
gow Dynamiters Convletea and Sen
tencedAccident to' the Czar of Bm
sla Manchester Markets Sontay
, Captured by the Freneb, &c.
rBy Cable to the Horning Star. -
London, Dec. 21. Survivors of the
steamship St Augustine, which was burned
Sunday in tbe bay - of Biscay, while on a
voyage from Manilla to Liverpool, state
that thirty-eight men were left on . board
. when the four boats mentioned in yester
day's dispatch put off from the vessel. It
is now feared that all were lost. When the
steamer was last seen a heavy sea was run
ning and the vessel was on fare and had no
other boats.
The British barque Baroma. at Liverpool
from Savannah, Ga., rescued the chief offi
cer from the wreck of the British ship
Regina, from Philadelphia for London,
which went to pieces n the gale on the 4th
inst. ' Two of the crew died from exposure
and the rest who embarked in a boat and
on a raft are missing. -
X ourteen thousand Cotton operatives in
North and East Lancashire are idle in con
sequence of the strike. One-half of the
looms at Blackburn are stepped,
A iiong JLong dispatch, dated to day.
states that it is reported there that the
French forces under Admiral Courbet have
captured Sontay. . - ; v
Paris, Dec. 21. Admiral Courbet. in
his official report to the Government, States
that three officers . and sixty-seven men
were killed and ten officers and 170 men
wounded in the fighting before Sontav on
tne i4tn inst. -,
London, Dec. 21. A Hong Kong cor
respondent says: . The principal fighting
at - Sontay occurred on ' the river bank.
Several villages were captured at the point
of th'e,bayonet The French troops have .
advanced within a mile of the citadel, but
it is probable there will be , very ; heavy
fighting before they reach the place. The
Chinese lost heavily " from shells of the
fleet . - ,
Paris, Dec 21. Admiral Courbet has
been gazetted as a grand officer of the Le
gion of Honor. - i.
Edinburgh. Dec. 21. In the case of the
Glasgow dynamiters, to-day; Lord Justice
Clark occupied ; two hours in his charge.
The jury , retired at 12.40 o'clock; and at 3
o'clock returned1 arid rendered a verdict
that five of the prisoners were guilty of all
the charges and five were guilty of the first
charge only. Five of the prisoners were
then sentenced to penal servitude for life,'
and tbe remaining , five were sentenced to
seven years' penal servitude. '
Manchester, Deci 21. The Guardian's
commercial - article saysThe market .is
very dull, with but little prospect of any
improvement during the remainder of this
year. fThe price of cloths is fairly steady;
yarns are a little weak. - ' "
r St. Petersburg,' Dec. 21. The injury
to the shoulder , of the Caar, by his recent,
accident in being thrown from, a sledge, is
painful, but is not considered as endanger
ing his life.' ' .
Paris, Dec. 21. Admiral Peyren. Min
ister of Marine, has received the following
dispatch from Sontay, dated Dec. 17: Son
tay is ours. ' The outer enceinte was car
ried by assault on Sunday at 6 o'clock in
the evening.. The attack began at ' 11
o'clock in the morning. The assault was
made at 5 o'clock in the evening with bra
very above all praise by' the foreign legion,'
together with- the marines, infantry and
sailors," . The flotilla assisted in the bom
bardment The citadel was evacuated du
ring the night by its defenders, and was oc
cupied on the morning of the 17th without
fighting, we do not ye Know wnetner
the Black Flag ' rebels Annamites and
Chinese have fled. It is impossible to
learn their loss. , We lost ', about 15 killed,
including one officer, and 60 wounded, in
cluding 5 omcers.' . . -
Jas. Farmer was shot and instantly killed
Friday, Vat Viola Station, Ky.; by James
Madden.. The trouble arose from a dispute
as to which was the better card-player.
Madden-made his escape. '
; j spirits Tiurpentine? i
' Mr.- JohnBuhdy of - Cabarrus,
1 1 I..- t. U T 1 1 I. L Tt s
a inenoiy wrestle.. .. , .
. Greensboro Trianr Speak
ing of health; Greensboro was never in bet" '
ter condition? than; now.! Rev., E.
Perkins,, who was. present in the North
Carolina Conference of .the M. r Church
in 1841, which convened in Raleieh. savs .
.w the Raleigh".4toocfe that oat of the 64
only 8 remain -'iMJJ: , '
, N. C.:m"an. Weare in
debted to Rev. J. W. Primroge, pastor of ;'
Oxford church, in Orange Presbytery, for '
the following item : "On; Sunday, Decern- -ber9th,
seven persons were received into
the Oxford, church three "from other '
churches and four ' on ' confession of their 5
faith. . r At .a protracted meeting held
for over a week, at the old Bethany church -
in Trurtpll mnntr. thiTA wpro twpntT.thtw .
- rr
inquuersr of -whom: eighteen professed
last week a white man came in on the Mid-
land train and stopped at the Hotel de Gur-.
ley. Next morning he was notified that
breakfast was ready ; he said to the servant
that after taking a walk he would come to
breakfast." He left the hotel, going in a
southern direction, since which time ho has
not been seen or eara from.; ; He, left a
trunk- at the hotel, which was opened;
fj-om the papers found in the trunk, his
name, is thought to. be. Wadford. His
trunk is still at the' hotel but ' nothing is
Known as . to the man's wnereapouts..
I j-jE cCitF;hifcn v We i-were
shown some days since a small flying fish
ay Mr. Marun 'jaexson, -wmch he took
from a pile of oysters, ,; The fish was alive
and apparentlyhappy swimming around in ' -
a ro 11 Wi 11am isrnmohf jrnlMf .
while engaged in loading the steamer Shen-. .
ahdoah last .Monday, slipped from the '
gang-plank which connected . the Steamer
with the wharf and man and truck , went .
overboard .together. Mr. "Eugene Potter, V
clerk of .the Shenandoah, went gallantly to
the rescue, and the man was brought , up
from the water and a physician summon-'
ed, but all efforts to revive him proved f u- v
tile. .: , ; : . .- ' ,-; . r
' States ville American; A train
heavily loaded with steel rails passed up
the Western North Carolina Railroad on
Wednesday, night; we . learn the company
has purchased enough steel rails to lay
thirty miles of - track, v -The price paid for .
the rails was $38 per ton . . - - Seeing over
a door here the sign'North Carolina Med
ical Productions,' we stepped in and found
ourselves lost in a labyrinth of .wonders;
We were among the medical herbs that . "
were indigenous to the Boil of North Caro
lina, which numbered over .2.300 varieties.
These herbs were put up in great bales as -large
as a compressed bale of .Pennsylvania
hay. . They filled three floors of a ware-.
house 140x100 feet. Nearly every root and -herb
of a medicinal nature known to the.
botanical world were to be found
Asheboro Courier: The Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley whistle may now be
heard above the residence of CoL John' W- '
Stanley and within a few miles of Liberty. '
It is now within seventeen miles of Ashe
boro.i :Mr. J. R. Parks, -of Pleasant
Grove, had 'the misfortune to have his
hand and arm badly bruised and torn by
his cotton gin a few - days ' ago. : Glad to
learn that the accident is not serious. -
We stop as we go to press to record a :
very sad and unfortunate affair, which oc--curred
at Mr. W. B. Chrisco's place of
business last Saturday night about 9
o'clock, in which Mr. Judson P. Page was
shot and killed by William L Keearns, who
was arrested Sunday night and committed
to jail. The arrest was made by Messrs.
Robert Lewis and Julius Crauf ord.- This
is the first murder that has been committed
.1.;.. . t cnr 1 TXT nn -
ui ill La uuuuiijr biuuc xouo. . it a uuuu;
that the Democratic Senators did not com- .
pliment Col. Shober with, a renomination
tot the position, he held last session a Sec- -:
retary of the Senate but .'conferred the '.
honor of their suffrages upon Col. L. Q. r
Washington. - : : . -
1 Bateis;h JFhrrrier and Mechanic : "
A Lodge of Sons of .Temperance was or- :
ganized in - the Brigg's building Monday -night
It was. decided to .organize a
State Exposition Association, ' with stock- .
holders in every county. . Mr. ,W. S. Prim- -:
rose was given the organization in hand; to
secure incorporators. ; Senator Vance
and Mr. Wj. H. Bailey have dissolved part
nership' ' as" ts raw -firm- One of the..
pair of Jersey heifers for which Dr Mott,j
of Statesville, paid $500,. died last week., .
Costly veal 1 It is a sad fact that the'
average attendance of , our State public '
scnoois is oniy per cent, ine Diaie, ac--cording
to Superintendent . Scarborough
spent $507,000 last year for public schools,
yet 72 out of every 100 children of school
age didn't attend the schools ! The
new Librarian -of the House of Representa
tives, who succeeds Mr. John B. Husseyof
the Patriot, is not a North Carolinian, but
is a brother-in-law of Senator Matt Ran
som, and a brother of Senator M. C. But
ler of South Carolina. The value Of the
Librarian's office is $2,000 a year. CoL
Sloan and others were applicants. A negro
is Assistant Librarian, and very smart, it is '
said'. Mr." Henry G. ; Williams, . R. H. .
Cowan; J. Mack Matheson Can officer of the
ranging from $700 to $2,000.
Weldon Newsi Some' where on.;'
the Wilmington road, we' could not karn.;
where, on Friday night last as the fast
train was coming and . running at full -speed,
it ran into a' box car which had been
left on the main track. The car was bro-, .
ken considerably and the engine more so.'
No one was hurt On Monday morn
ing, atMcGee's cross roads, . Mr. J. H.
Wood was severely cut with a dagger by a
colored boy, 7 Walter Clanton, about nine- .
teen , years old. He had cut Mr. 'Wood's
harness in pieces and also stolen some ci- -gars
from. him. Mrr Wood told him to. .
bring bis fatner tnere ana ne would seme
with him,as he did not want him any long
er. ' The boy without a word plunged ';
dagger intoMr. Wood right breast in- ;
flictmg a. wound 'about- an inch deep and ,'
three inches long. -The boy- ran away. ;-
On Saturday night Mr. E. Clark was
shot and badly wounded by a set gun
which he had just placed in his store for ,
the benefit of burglars. - He was preparing;
. - . . . j i r t-v- i . j- .
to close tne store, , ana jmx. 1 uiciLens nau ,
placed the gun in position, connecting the ( .
wire with the faucet .of a barrel.' The,
lights in tbe rear part of the store were out, - t
and Mr. Clark went back to draw some ci,.. .
der, having forgotten about the gun. The,
barrel with which the gun was connected
was sitting on the cider barrel. Mr. Clark '.
accidentally struck the wire, and the gun,
loaded with a double charge of powder ,
and nine buckshot was discharged.: Six
of the shot passed through the barrel and
seven through his trowsers, ihree entering;
his thigh. - Two passed entirely through
the leg, one remaining in the flesh. This '
one was extracted Sunday morning.
: - Raleigh News- Observer: ? Rev. . -Dr.
Patterson has returned to Texas, but
will return in the spring at Bishop Wat- '
son's consecration. The. turkey, now ?
comes a little cheaper than at Tbanksgiv-
ing-timesJ -We hear of sales at $1.75 per
pair. ; - At a groggery two miles f rpm
a row between a number of young men un
der the influence of liquor, Judson Page
was shot and killed by William J. Reams,
it is charged. Kearn8 has been arrested.
Page's father, ; Mr. James Page, was for a
number of years doorkeeper of the House ;
of i Representatives, r -Deputy Sheriff
Kerr, of Mecklenburg county, yesterday.
brought down to the penitentiary a colored
convict, -Willis Davis, convicted of an out
rage . upon Mrs. Alex. Campbell, and who
was sentenced to be hanged, but whose
sentence was j commuted ' to " ten years
in the penitentiary by Governor Jarvis.
t We notice that Mr. A. T. Davidson
has been appointed to an office . connected
with the: Democratic House -at Washing-;
ton. Months ago the . - telegraph
brought us sad tales of the suffering of the
Skye crofters; Skye being an island off the
wild coast of Scotland. These people,
tenant farmers, are terribly treatedr made
to give up their holdings of land, ' and are -in
desperate straits. ' A lady who was here,
in the -Scotch "settlements in Richmond
county and thereabouts, a couple of years
ago, has interested herself in having these -people
come to' North Carolina. ' And so .
she has been speaking in Gaelic to them,
and as a result of ner persuasive eioqueuco ,
thoir am onmiriB'.! No. leSS than 150 . Of
them will be here next month. These facts-:
we learned yesterday from Mr. COoley, a
clever Scotchman of Richmond , county
who is in 'correspondence with the tody,
above referred to. r . -: ' " -i - - -