North Carolina Newspapers

I I 0 Mi I Y.i 1 -f- ? itt w - : ' The Weekly Star. WlLH.BEEXAED(EditorandProp'r. WILMINGTON, JST, C. Friday, - - - Decembeb 28, 1883. t3yin writing to change Fyonr address, always give former direction as well as fall particulars as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter, TT1 - 1 1 Mn.4. i a i - r i n m t- -.1 Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are charged - for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate SO cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. . , ; . Remittances must be made by Check,Draft Postal Honey Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will register letters when desired. . ""Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. ESpeclmen copies forwarded when desired. THE GAME IN THE CONGRESS. The game playing in Washington ought to be one of intense interest to the American people in as much as their prosperity to a considerable extent is involved. There are two parties not arranged according to old party lines that are preparing for a big struggle. The one party is composed for the most part of Dem ocrats but is assisted by a number of Republicans; the other party is com posed of Republicans who are aided and abetted by Democrats. These two parties represent an opposing principle as to public economy. -The one stands up for the rights of the people and demands in their name that the curse of a "War Tariff shall not be continued in time " of peace and after an elapse of nearly twenty years since the war ended. The other stands forth as the champions , of oppression. As, j the Charleston News and Courier -strongly presents it, they say practically:. "Let us steal your money by a high tariff on your clothes and blankets, on your ploughs and guns, on your machine ry and railroad iron, on all that you wear or use, and we will withdraw our Deputy Marshals, our Special District Attorneys and our false wit nesses, our spies, and do : away with the Internal Revenue System." - It is a contest in fact between Monopoly that oppresses . and robs and the people who "have been plun dered for more than twenty years. The fight has opened. The Pro tectionists and their allies . are mov ing in the matter of the Tariff. Bills have been introduced by them of two kinds: One proposes to increase the tax on certain articles. ; ''-v-- The other proposes to abolisb-the Internal Revenue tax, the result of which will be to keep up inevitably the high tax on the necessaries of life. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, has introduced such a bill in the Sen ate, and Representative Scales, I of North Carolina, has introduced such a bill in the House. They are "de , signedly or undesignedly playing into the hands of the Protectionists, and if their bills should pass the fact would stare the Democrats of the Union full in the face The Con gress had by the. action of certain Democrats declared that it was henceforth J the policy of the coun try to tax the positive necessa ries of the forty-five millions of la boring people and. to let go untaxed the luxuries tobacco, whiskey,beer, , cigars, && that paid off the war debt as it fell due that paid the pen sions, that were absolutely necessary to support the Government, . That will be the declaration. The Democrat who brings about such a cahmity is unfit to be trusted. He should , be invited to the shadespf private liTe. He is no friend of 'the people, however much he may be the friend of "moonshiners," who glory in violating law and in defying the Government. ' - ," , - , The free whiskey and free tobacco faction in the Congress is not domi nant. In fact it is -not a very large faction we hope and believe. No man, in view of the' facts, can ask the Congress to abolish ,140 millions of dollars on whiskey, beer, &c, and not aid most materially the Protec tion faction. The level-headed men in the Con gress say that the wiping out of the whiskey and tobacco tax would pro duce a positive deficit of some thirty millions or more.., - ''. - The. Charieston 'ews and Courier and every other leading South Caro lina paper that we have noticed have condemned Senator Butler's -.move ment squarely.. None of them fa vors the wiping out of the internal tax. Tbe Washington correspondent of the.News and Courier writes ,pn the 19th as follows: what Mr. . Brewer ays. that strong hopes are entertained that such combination may be formed. If this is the little game of the Protectionists the Representatives of the a .t. i-. . i, . . -. .. ouuui uugub tuiuiiy unuersiana me situa tion before they are led to play a part In it." For a full year the Stab has warned the Democrats against the dangerous proposition to abolish the internal tax. In a hundred editorials we have charged that to cut off the' tax on . spirits and tobacco was to fasten and rivet it upon the common necessariesof all menjwho labor for a living, - f REPUBLICAN WASTE. ' ,' V Tn 1 ftAA Tomoo Rnnhanan Avmanffail AA - 056,754.41. Twenty-three years afterward it takes some 300 millions, or six times as much. Wilmington Star. Such statements as the foregoing are well calculated to ex cite the surprise and indignation of many persons. The question naturally arises, how does it come about? who is re sponsible for it? Is it not known to any man of ordinary intelligence that but for : me war lueie wuum , nut nave utxsu bu ex traordinary an increase of our national in debtedness? 7 We earnestly think that such statements as the above are of too barefaced a character to be made by ail v Tanrona nnv rt VwivVimi namiioaiAn Since its advent into power the Republican party has been put to its-wits' end to repair the great damage done to the country by the reckless acta of its- opponent Greens boro State, Rep. i W -" 7 , ; ; , ; i The Stab is not in the habit of re plying to such" criticisms as this. Here is no denial of the accuracy of bur figures. But there is a poor dodge that any ? man of " ordinary sense can easily disooverl Whilst the war did cause a 'great increase in the expenditures of the Government, it is not true that" the extravagance and waste and plundering -j of the Grant regime of eight years and the Hayes foar years were caused by the bloody Democrats who brought on the war. It will not do in 1883 to try to bamboozle the intelligence of the country with the sophism of the State. V .;;v.V ':.; :: Exclusive of all additional expen ditures caused by the war and its re sults, let us look at the ordinary ex penditures. We will take up four years of the Democratic rule: BUCHANAN. 1851?. ........ . .'. .$66,041,143.70 1858 . : . . 72,330,437.17 1859 ........ . .... . ..' 66,355,950.07 I860 .'. 60,056,754.71 Total for 4 years. . .$264,774,285.65 GBANT. . rv-:-i'-;v 1869. . . .1 .$190,496,354:9.'; , 9 1870.... 1871.... 1872.... . 164,420,507.15 . 157,583,827:58 . 153,201,856.19 Total for 4 years. ..$665,702,545.87 Behold the immense difference! Take the four .years .embraced v in 1878-81 and let us see if the Repub lican administration as it got farther off from the war improved in fidelity and economy: r 1878 $134,463,542.15 1879 . . . . . .... . . .:. . . 161.619.934.53 1880.. .... -. 171,885,332.67 1881 ............... 178,204,146.41 The protechonist faction now in Coik gress, for it is a very smaU faction of either party is composed of the same elements which formed the combination for thTd" feat of the last tariff bill 'It isiustaa grasmne now s it vu t . . . Ab agi"the"n iSUwS " iWh prises me more than anything else is the position of Senator Stt? fnteta? CaiolonnthefaSutionr or the internal revenue system. Senator Butler must see that the planrtdch K iw by Kelley aKken up byh colleague, Mr. Randall, on the Democratic amng of duties upon imports. A New minfturer' m- Brer. came to wfth H and my oEon. laid 7htA n conversaUon he feT fn f the tariff -W- the hW n TrW: -"as n iCc"ue system is obnoxious Xfmth otectionisZ inOe Jtorth and secure the wiping out of the Ire by ?Stler' ftnd eai(i there twes.i?Lflmber?f Sonthem Representa ivesKHi the floor of the House who feol austas Senator Butler does aCtft Whe iherjiese could be relied UMn to act in - 'when the time come for votine Miheabiti9nrf the xevenneivSmg . noi snow, but it is evident ftoni Total for 4 years. "..$646,172,955.76 So beginning with the thirteenth year after the war and extending through the sixteenth we find that the Republicans are BtiU spending the people's money at a fearful rate, and that too in spite of all the efforts of the Democrats in the Congress during those years to reduce the ex penditures. If the game were worth the candle we could go into details to show the reckless waste the wild extravagance and even the unmixed corruption of the Republican Ad ministrations in their public expendi tures. i Since America was settled there has been nothing heard of among the nations of the earth that rivals the profligacy and corruption of the Republican party in the first twelve years succeeding the war. '.' ' "Sow" to ' show the difference be tween Republican waste when hav ing exclusive control of affair in the Congress and when the Demo crats were in, possession to check them, and to J a considerable exten t relieve the people, we will refer to what is known as the sundry civil biu- In 1873, the Republicans having control, the- appropriation amounted to $20,148,413.90; 1874, $32,186,139.09; 1875, $27,009,744.81 and in 1876, $26,644,350.09. Now see how quickly these ex travagant appropriations were cut down when the Democrats got con trol of the House.; In 1877 the ap propriations for sundry civil bill were $16,351,474.55; 1878, $17,133, 750.06; 1879, $24,750,100, "hot $5.- 500,000 of this is to be deducted, it - oemg the Fishery . Award which makes it $19,250,100. In -1883, the Republicans having control, the fig ures at once swelled to $25,589,358. 06. - ' It is well known that the Repub lican congress expended more money and by nearly .80 million dollars tnan the Congresses expended when t&e Uemocrats controlled the House. And yet all this profigacy and ex travagance is caused by- the war. Bah ! Tell that to the marines. . Speaker Carlisle is a Constitutional Democrat and an honest, reliable man. He has declared in the Con gress (in a previous debate) "that he would not discriminate ; above the revenue point for the pnrpose; of giving protection." That is just the kind of Tariff Reformer we are I and we have the decision of the Republi can Supreme Court to back us. ; THE COMMITTEES. .... Mr. Speaker Carlisle was able to complete his most laborious and del icate task in the matter of forrainsr the very numerous : committees ": in the House and to report them before the ' holidays. ' The ' entire list: ap peared in the Stab of Christmas morning. A scrutiny of the list will show how much care, judgment lan J .labor was required to form the com mittees so as to do . efficiently the work assigned them. We have no doubt that the. Speaker has done the very best he could under the circura 'stances. As there were not enough Chamnanships to - go ; around, of course there are many disappointed members : who regard themselves as neglected. This is always the case. , We have never known it to fail that there was much chagrin and denun ciation and complaint after a Speak er had announced the committees. The leading committees have well chosen chairmen, and they are very much like the announcement in the papers before the appointments; were read. ' Morrison is the right man for the Very important Ways and Means: committee, as is Randall for the Ap propriations. Tucker is well chosen for the Judiciary "committee, as Bucner is for Banking and Curren cy. Reagan is the right man for Commerce, as Rosecrans is for Mili tary Affairs. But we need not go through the list. , ' Of the' chairmanships North Caro lina has two comparatively unimpor-' tant ones. Gen.' Vance is chairman of Patents; and Gen'. Scales of Joint Select Panting. Col. Bennett is on Elections; Dowd is on Coinage, Weights and : Measures and on Claims; Green is on Agriculture; Cox is on Foreign Affairs; Skinner is on Indian Affairs and on Mines and Mining; York is on Pensions and on Payment of Pensions, Bounties and Back-pay,-and O'Hara on Mines and Mining. NOTES-LITERARY and person al Mr. George W. Cable is to take the lecture field regularly. , He is a great success. His lecturing will not seriously interfern with' his literary work as he win not lecture enough to do that. He is to begin a course of readings in New York in January. Dr. Frederic Louis Ritler has written a history of Musio in Eng land that is said to be replete with information and of interest to those who have a taste for music." . J Miss Mary Anderson has piled up the money in England but it is a mis take to suppose, that the ablest pa pers have taken the view that the people who flock to seek her have taken. 8 The criticisms of the great- London weeklies are by no means as flattering as the first criticisms of the dailies. The Saturday Revieto and The Athenaeum agree that her conception 'of Galatea is mistaken and her execution faulty. But it is great popular success and the Theatre is crowded njghtly to see the beautiful American, . John Ley land writes to the Phila delphia American from London that the most successful English 'novd'of 1883 is Laurence Olipbant's "Altidra Peto," and that it haa bad a general pan of praise. ' A literary authority just returned from abroad informs the Philadel phia American concerning three emi nent English poets as follows: " 'Swinburne h nn Knn . i pietist; Morris, Fenian (and socialist); and Browninsr Methndiat " -' V' REFORM BEGUN. -The Ways and Means Committee have control; of the . Reform move ment. The Democratic members are Morrison, chairman . Mills, of Texas ; Blount, of Georgia; Blackburn, of Kentucky;. Hewitt," of New York; Herbert, of Alabama; Hard, of Ohio, and Jones, of Arkansasf .-- - . 'The; most) of these "are decided. iTariff Reformers. Tha. Republicans are Kelleys of Pai; - McKinleyj of Ohio; Hiscock, pf N..Y.; Russell, of Mass.; and Kasson, of Iowa. They are all pronounced Protectionists ex- uepii xx iisauii. ;nc,iN iiut commnteu to Tariff revision. ''"The complexion of the committee is unmistakable. Speaker Carlisle said not long ago that to retreat from the advanced po sition of the Democratic party taken in 1876 and 1880, "would be disas trous." . He shows by his selections that he is still of that opinion. The Washington Post of 25th inst., said: "Prom such a committee, we may ex pect -no evasiveness or temporizing no procrastination or double dealing. . It will be guided in its conclusions and recommen dations by what ft ascertains to be the best interests of the people and most in conso nance with the requirements of trade and commerce, keeping always in view the ul timate reduction oil taxes to a revenue basis by a process, which, however "gradualshall be direct however conservative, not - va cillating. The campaign of revenue reform is now fairly inaugurated." ? ;': We , publish . Gen. Cox's bill to change the manner of collecting the internal tax. It does not abolish but changes . the method retaining the tax. , We do not think that this bill meets the case. The . plan of col lecting should be radically- changed.- The whole system as now run should be abolished. The last one" of the "Red-legged" fellows the Smelling Ring should I be ordered "to move on." We wish to see North Caro lina relieved of the last man who now serves the Government in any capac ity under the Internal Revenue laws, and another plan adopted. ,; We have before given three plans that have been suggested." The true plan, as it appears to us, is to retain as much of the internal tax as shall be necessary after relieving the poor man's neces saries of their present burdens, and to collect it by a system that shall not be oppressive or useful as a political machine. Possible Fatal AcKlent. - , ' Mr. .Thomas Bonham, accompanied" by his little son, about six years of ' age, was on his way, from his . residence on the Sound to this city, yesterday morning, and had reached the Morris place, about four miles below Wilmington, when an accident occurred to the little boy which" may prove fatal. . It seems that he struck the horse with a whip, when the animal, maddened by the blow, cave him a severe . kick .over 'the right . eye, , which fractured the skull.. Mr. Henry Kuhi happened to be close by at the time and rendered 'Mr; 'Bonham whatever assistance he could under the dis tressing circumstances, and the little suf ferer was placed tn the hjiggy and brought to this city, where at last accounts he was having the . benefit of " the best surgical skill. We understand that the attending surgeon expresses the opinion that if in flammation is successfully warded oh! for four days there wiH be hope of his recov ery. His condition, however, is very criti cal. '. - ' , WASHINGTON. The Boston JPoqt appreciates the work done for North Carolina and by North Carolinians at the New En gland Exposition. , It says: "The quick return from the splendid enterprise of North Carolina, in making VUG CAUlULh HL LUH I1HW P.niTlflnn Hrnnoitinn which was so creditable to her. is escitine no cuTj ui uer eisier ciaies in me south. We hope and believe that South Carolina and other Northern States will learn from North Carolina that one great opportunity has been lost, and see to it that those to come are improved." . . " t . The poet-editor of thft Norfolk Landmark, and one of the most practical as well as one' of the best political editors of Virginia, has been recently complimented upon the improvement of his paper. He does not copy what was said, but he is far too candid te shelter himself behind his modesty, but says tfrankly that ne qw not do so because of "lack of space. 5 Mrs. O'Donneil, widow of tbe man recently hanged, bag returned to Philadelphia. She fs yeiy gad bey cause she was not allowed to testify in the trial. Her husband had de serted her for another ' woman, but she went to London hoping to be of service to hinu Browning; Methodist. ; The late Charles Darwin left three sons who all promise to make a name for themselves. Francis is teacher of biology at Cambridge. George is in th& chair of Mathematical Physics in the same university, Francis has just been elected Fellow of the Roy al Society, and is one of its youngest members. .; V Prof esser Sylvester, of Johns Hop kins' University, Baltimore, has been elected Sarilian Professor of Mathe matics at the University of Oxford, England. A merited compliment. The Current says Johns Honkina ffinore nearly approaches the Euro pean UniFersjty than ' any education al institution in the United States." Mrs. Burnett, the gifted English American novelist, claims for herself that she is -very lazy.- She has th us far published ten books. One. of tbem, "Louisiana," is the most ex quisite short sjiory we ever read, al ways excepting two pr ? three of Charles Dickens's. We found some bad proof readinff :n Wi. n. r-. iu Am jurreni. irauge was spelt incorrectly guagez very common error among newspaper men. The eminent Archbishop R. C. Trench appeared as French. ; The distin guished biblical scholar and author, Wescott, appeared as WescwM. But in a paper containing so much matter these few errors are not to be noted. We do so not ao much to point out blemishes as to show fcow difficult it is to secure in the best offices the most perfect accuracy. ; We do not suppose that there is the slightest truth in the rumor that the young Duke of Portland is about to marry handsome Mary Anderson. She is a pure woman, has Southern blood in her veins and is good enough for any Duke of the realm. If she loves him and he is morally and intellectually worthy of her then we shall be glad to announce "the marriage. The Duke and Mary are aid to be betrothed. - - The German Crown Prince has got safely back to his country after Tinting bpain and Rome. What he went for is unknown to outsiders. Cbrfatmsuf ijrf - Christmas day dawned Very unprqpi tiously, and the rain that followed in the early part of the forenoon served to damp en the ardor of those who were inclined to out-door pleasures. The shower soon passed, however, and the remainder of the day was not so unpropitious. It is proba ble that a warmer Christmas was never ex perienced in this latitude. vr ':,r It was thought that the ambition of the young mnn and the powder of the small boy were about exhausted Monday night, but those who entertained the rmini Vo laboring under a delusion i for all day long uu uuui a law nour Christmas night evir ucu oi powder were heard on every side. r The day passed off without the least dis turbance of noticeable character, and, we are glad to say, without casualty or acci dent of any sort, so far as we have been able to learn. ' ; There was more powder burnt on Christ mas eve, perhaps, than ever before in Wfl mington, on any one night. .v." Keligious services appropriate to the joyv ous season were held in some of the chjurches. Deatb of An Old Wllmlnetonlan. Matfy will regret to hear that CapL A . A. Moffltt died in the Asylum at Raleigh on Saturday night last."' Deceased was formerly a member of the firm of Moffltt & Co., who did quite an .extenstive com mission business in this city at one time,' and dealt largely in naval stores. The final failure of the firm preyed upon his mind to such an extent that it ultimately became necessary to put him .under "the care of Dr. Grissom, where Tie h'as re mained (excepting a short interval) ever Jnce. Capt. Moffltt did good service -for the Confederacy in the late war' and was for some time a prisoner in the hands of tne enemy. He was noted for the amw: bility of his disposition, and the sad fate which overtook him was.'generally regret ted. He waaa native of Randolph county, where he has relatives now residing. f - The remains have been brought to this city and the funeral will take place from the Lodge at Oakdalo Cemetery this (Tues day) morning, at 10 o'clock. , Special Session of the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners for New Hanover county met in special ses sion yesterday evening, "and Droceeded tn draw a venire of jurors for the special term or the superior Court, which convenes on the 14th of January next, as follows: Jesse Ives, John Maunder, W. II. Darden, Win. Pratt, P. A: Montgomery; G. R. Ward, P. M. Garrason. J. II. Ellis, Henry Teitjen, Moses Brown, R. M. Capps, Geo. Honnett, Samuel Blossom, S. S. MinU, A."M. Bald win, B. F. Mitchell, J. T. Edens, Thos. Evans, O. P. Cazaux, W. W." Campen, P. Donlan, P. Heinsberger, W. W. Yopp, H. J. Whitehead. - -It was ordered that J.H. Hawkins be relieved from poll tax on account of disa bility. t The Board then adjourned. - Alleeed Attempt at IQTnrder. . John Wilkina, colored, was' arrested by Constable J. W. Minis, yesterday, on the charge of attempting to kill his wife, the latter making affidavit to the effer tht her husband, in sudden fury, threw her down across the bed . veaterAnv j j and endeavored to cut her throat, but that in the straggle that ensued Wilkins acci dentally lost his grasp upon the knife, when she, by a superhuman effort, wrested herself from his clutches and fled through the open door. Wilkins was ordered to give bond in the sum of $100 for bis ap pearance before Justice Millis, in default of which he was committed to jail. . , Sadden Deatb. v -t;..:- .Mrs. Hays, wife of Mr. Wm. M. Hays, Sr.. health officer of the city, died very suddenly yesterdiy, about 12 o'clock, from an attack of paralysis, at her residence, nn Seventh, between Mulberry and Walnut streets. We learn that she survived the at tack not more than a half hour, Two physicians were hastily summoned to her bedside, but their efforts were unavailing. Deceased was about 45, years of age, and the sad summons which came so sudden and unexpectedly will cause much grief in a large circle of relatives and friends, who were anticipating the pleasures incident to the holiday season. , " : Here is the wav one of vnnr Northern malignants puts it when he nas control of winter's ink. Th Utica (N. Y.) Observer, . Republican organ-grinder, says : "In the ChrJeston, S. C, the candidate fotMayor received a unanimous vote. The search tor ?ead negroes shonld imneiM k gin." J jSWMaMaMMsBaamsjaMiMsy .-.-.t-: Thfi 3atinv)re American issned a double Christmas numbed and en closed om'ot the preittjest and best arranges Calendars we have ever seen. . " ' note Breaking-Tramps Suspected. The pantry of Mr. T. Pt Ricaud, Jr on me norineaat corner of Seventh and Prin cess streets, was entered and robbed on Sunday night last. Entrance was effected by piling boxes under a window until, the thieves could reach and hoist it, when they went inside and made a clean sweep of everything In &e way of Christmas fixings, besides carrying off a lot of choice meat which Mr. R. had just received from Du plin. He was expecting to leave in' a few' days, to be gone some time, and had laid by an extra amount of groceries and pro visions. It is said that enough in the way of odibjes was taken to fill three large eacKS. 4-gentleman who heard of the robbery the next day, sauj he passed the house at a tolerably late hour on.: the night in ques tion, on his way home, and saw three JraipDs loafing about in the neighborhood of the premies, and tfea one qf he three Was baVe-footed.1 Mr. Ricaud HftVB this iia. ecripfion agrees exactlv with " the tr.fc which he found under his window, v Perilous Predicament or Two Young Seekers after Knowledge. , Two little boys were playing hanging.on Christmas day, in a wood " house. They attached ropes to a beam, arid had let them selves down to a hanging position, with their necks in a noose, and when they went to extricate themselves they found that it was riot such an easy matter. In fact, if some one had not observed their novel pre dicament we might have been called upon to record a terrible warning to boys anx ious to know how a person feels when be is hanging. Th Clerk's Office."" A report has just been received from Solicitor Galloway, endorsed bv Hi TTnnnr Judge Phillips, and ordered to be filed and spread upon the minutes,, to the effect that "he has carefully examined the office of the Clerk of New Hanover county, and nds that it is kept with care and neatness tht ! the books and papers are in proper place and order, and that the general state of things is entirely satisfactory to him and the officers and lawyers of said county.' . - - i-e-s. Foreign Exports. - The German barque Augutfe SopJiie, Capt. Dethloff, was cleared from this port for Glasgow, yesterday, with 500 ; casks spirits turpentine and 1,983 barrels of rosin, valued at $10,500: also, the Nnrw. gian barque Froy, Capt. Omundsen; for Bristol, England, by Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co., with 350 casks spirits tur pentine and 3,100 barrels of rosin, valued at $11,555. Total $23,055. Foreign Exports. , The Norwegian Baraue Capt. Nystcen, was cleared yesterday, for Bristol, England, by Messrs. Paterson, Downine & Co., with 8,279 barrels of rosin, valued at $4,437. Also the Rnhr Mattie holmes, Capt. Perkins; for Port-Au-Prince, Trinidad. Messrs. Edward Kidder Son, with 207.653 feet of lumber valued at $4 431.90.; Total $ 8,868.90. - Fire In Conwayboro, S. C. . We learn from a gentleman just from Conwayboro, S. C, that the store of Mr. Bi. 1, Lewis, together with four buildings, was. destroyed by. fire on Fri- aay night last, about half Das"t 10 The fire originated on the second floor of . .iicwiB more, ine jossor thiseentle- ZnZ i .i. nooui, la.uuu, upon which there was no insurance. Supreme Court. v In the following cases, of some impor tance in thjs pommuuity, , opinions have been delivered as follows: a ' f tfanover.- Kemand- ed for facts to be found, and further oro ceedings. ' -i-- - . C. a Wessell and wife vs. Martin Rath--jen and wffe, from New- Hanpver. : No er ror. Judgment affirmed. ' " ' - Tbe House Committees as. Announced , by tne Speaker A Diversity or Views as to tne Organization' of the. Ilouse Committees. " ' CBy Telegraph to the Morning tftar. . WAsmNQTON.'Dec. i 24 --The following are the House committees as announced by the Speaker this afternoon : v Elections Messrs. Turner of Georgia, chairman: Davis of Missouri, Converse of Ohio, Cook of Iowa, Bennett of North Carolina Lowery of Indiana, Elcott of Pennsylvania, Roberts of Kentucky, J. J; Adams of New. York; Ranney of Massa chusetts, Pettibone of Tennessee," Miller of Pennsylvania, Valentine of Nebraska, Hep" burn of Iowa, Hart of Ohio. ' Ways and Means Messrs. -Morrison 6f Illinois, chairman; Mills of' Texas, Blount of Georsria. Hewiti. nt Waw Vnrb PI ni4oi4 of Alabama; Hurd Of Ohio. , Jones of Ar- kansas Kellev of Pennsylvania, Kasson of xuwo, jixuixiiuey ui wmo, iiiscocK or jHew York, Russell of Massachusetts. ;; i3pro6Mi Messra.Randan of Penni sylvania,: chairman; Forney of Alabama. Ellis of Louisiana, Holman of Indiana, Hancock of Texas, Townshend of Illinois. Hutchlna of New York, Pollett of Ohio, Burnes of Missouri, Keifer of Ohio, Can non of Illinois, Ryan of ' KaiTsas, Calkins of Indiana. Horr of Michigan Washburn of Maine. -; lu;s " tv -vV-. . , i Judiciary Messfs. Tucker of Virginia chairman; Hammond of Georgia; Culberi son of Texas, Moulton of Illinois, Broad- hoad of: Misannri -.-'TVkrot . " --- u.ouuud jl X1C York,; - Colhs of Massachusetts, Seney of Ohio, Reed of Maine, E. B. Taylor of Ohio, McCoid of Iowa, Brown of Indiana, Poland of Vermont. e M ; a r ; ; e ... i Banking and Currency -Messrs. Buck ner of Missouri, chairman Ermentrout of Pennsylvania, Potter of New York, Hunt of Louisiana, Miller of Texas. Candler of Georgia, WUkins af Ohio, YapkSof Michi- "" ""sicy, oi maioe, urumm or tfena sylvania, Adams of Illinois, Henderson of Iowa. Hooper of Virginia, - u i, Coinage, Weights and Measures. Messrs Bland of Missouri,, chairman Dowd of North Carolina, Hardy of New York Nicholls of Georgia, Pusey of Iowa, Lar bjm of Texas. Tully of Calif rnia, Belford of Colora.!o; Loery of Michigan. Chace of Rhode Island, Everhart of Pennsylvania Luna of New Mexico, - i - Commerce Messrs. Reagan of Texas chairman; Clardy of Missouri, Turner of Kentucky, Dunn-of Arkansas, Seymour of Connecticut, Glasscock of California Woodward of Wisconsin, Boyle of Penn sylvania, Bark&ale of Mississippi, O'Neill of Pennsylvania, Davis of Hlinois, Wads worth of New York, Long of Massachu setts, Stewart of Vermont, Perkins of Kan- Kentucky, chairman; Bhtnchard of Lou isiana. Jones of 'Alabama, Gibson of West Virginia, Rankin of Wisconsin, Brecken ridge of Kentucky, Murphy of Iowa, Sum mer of California, Houseman of Michigan, Henderson of Illinois, Bayne of Pennsyl vania, Robinson of Ohio, Chase of Rhode IslarnL Stone of Massachusetts, Bavne of New York. . .... .. -.. - Agriculture Mes&n. Hatch of Missouri chairman; Aiken of South Carolina,Dibreli of Tennessee, Williams" of Alabam, Beach of New York, Green of North Carolina, Wi nans of Michigan, Weller of Iowa, Patton of Pennsylvania, Cullen of Illinois. Wilson of Iowa, White, of Minnesota, Ochiltree of Texas, Hawley of New Jersey, Stephenson iiuwuuu, luijriuuuu Ui lsa&oia. Foreign Affairs Messrs. Curtain of Pennsylvana, chairman; Belmont of New York, Deuster of Wisconsin. Clements of Georgia, W. R. Cox of North Carolina, G. p. Wise of Virginia, Stewart of Texas, Lamb of Indiana, Rice of Massachnsetts, Wait of Connecticut, Ketcham of New York, Phillips of New Jersev. Hitt. nf Tll- nOiS, :- : ,.:-A - ' V imutary Affsirs Messrs. Rosecrans, or California, chairnan; Slocum of New York, Dibrell of , Tennessee, Morgan of Missouri, Wolford of Kentucky. Nicholls of Georgia, Murray of Ohio, Duncan of Pennsylvania, Lyman of Massachusetts, Laird .of Nebraska. Cutcheon of Michigan. Maginnis of Montana. f Naval Affairs Messrs. Cox of New York chairman ; Morse of Massachusetts, Talbott of Maryland. Buchanan of Georgia. Eaton of Connecticut, Ballentyne of Ten nessee, McAdoo of New Jersey, Harmer of PenMylvania, Thomas of Illinois, Goff of West Vu-ginia, Bou telle of Maine. Publie Lands Messrs. ECobb of Ind.. chairman ; Scales of N. C Oatea of Ala.) Shaw of Tlla Trivia nf T o tr.i. - .i ' Van Eaton of Miss., Belford of CoL, Strait of Minn.; Anderson of Kansas, Payson of Blinois, Brents of W. T. Indian Affairs Messrs. , Welborn of Texas, chairman ; Graves of Missouri. Stevens of New York, Peel of Arkansas Pierce of Tenn., Finerty of I1L, Skinner of N. C., Smith of Pa., George of Oregon, Perkins of Kansas, Nelson of Min.. Ourv of Arizona, a ; , r Post Offices and Post Roads Messrs. Money or Mississippi, chairman; Reese of Georgia. Wardi of Indiana, Coserove of Missouri, Riggs of Illinois, Rogers of Ar kansas. Taylor of Tennessee, Jones of Tex- I . twge ot Kjmo, uingnam of Pennsylva v8' w PwU?. ofi ana. Skinner of New York, White of Kentucky. Wakefield of Minnesota, McCormick of Ohio V9 and Canals Messrs. Davidson pf Florida, chairman; Hoblitzell of Marv land, Murphy J of Iowa, Paige of Ohio, Caldwell of Tennessee, Turner of Ken tucky, Wemple of New York, Culbertson of Kentucky, James of New York, Atkin son of Pennsylvania, Hatch of Michigan. Territories Messrs. Evinsof S. C, chair man: Prvnr Af Ala a -T-i- Hardeman of Ga., Farlan of Tex., Alex ander of Mo. , Carleton of Mich., Forau of O., J. D. Taylor of O., KeDogg of La.. Johnson of N Y., LawrencT of pt; Struble of la., Post of Wy. ' Manufactures Messrs. Bagley of N Y ' rmD;i- of Va- Mitchell of Conn., Caldwell of Tenn , Crisp of Ga. Lewis of La. Brewer of N. J., Mackey of S. C., Ellwood of Ills., Campbell of Pa. Mines and Mining Messrs. Warner of Tenn.. chairman; Cassidy of Nev., Alex ander of Mo., Skinner of k C, Miller of Tex., Wood of Ind., Stevens of N Y Breitung of Mich.. Culbertson of Ky" "ura ui j.uano. ' JzZIS- a Improvements of the Missis nppt wr-Messrs. King of La., chap man; Dunn of Ark., O'Neill of HL Post of Pa., Campbell of N. Y., Jones of Wia! Henley of Cal., Thomas of Ills " j; 8. Wise of Va., Howey of N. J., Whiting of - Jfi&tfa Messrs. Muller of N. Y., chair man; Covington of Md., McAdoo of N. i10 oJ-Ajk., Boyle of Pa:, Ballentine of Tenn., Strait of Minn. -Money of 0 Valentine of Neb., Cutcheon of Mich. " :: Claims Messrs. McMillan of Tennessee chairman ; Dowd of North CaroUna, TiU man of South Carolina, Warner of Ohio Van Alstyne of .New York, Dockery of Missouri, Wood of Indiana, Lore of Sela ware. Snyderof New Mexico, Ray of New Hampshire; Price of Wisconsin, Ochiltree of Texas Ellwood of Illinois, Brown of Pennsylvania. Ray of New York. v nor umttwMessre. Geddes of Ohio chairmanr Jones of Wis., Stone of Pa,! TuUy of Cala. , Rogers of N. Y Weller of la., Ferrtllof N J., Kellogg of lI, Ever- hart of Pa.. PoweU of PaTrBrownofvI Jtemwn of Lavas Messrs. Oates of Ala. chairman ; Buchanan of Ga., McMillan of hill of S. C Brown of Pa., Bayne of Y.fipooner of R L, McComas of Md "Public Buildings and Grounds Messrs Stockslager of Ind., chairman ; Young of Tenn.'. Dibble of S. C. Keese of Ga" Hod- vMwf It' Pu8ey of Wemple of & Y. Worthington of HI., Brainerd of Pa Hatton of Md. Kean of N. J.. Burlington of Mich , Milliken of Md. , b Pacific Railroads Messrs. Cassidv of B;, chairman; Throckmorton of Tex1 ?J ii-nriP Iavr Po of pa.. Wilson of Ja.. Millard of: TT...-V ri, . Hanback of Kans. "l man ; Singleton of Miss.. Mitchell of Conn Greenleaf of N. Y., Halsell of Ky Dm fnof S. C., Winans of Wis., Hepburnf ca--Me88rs. Aiken- of South Carolina, chairman ; Converse of O., Willis of Ky., Budd of Col.. Arnold , of N?vy Duncan of Pa., Winans of Wis. TavW f gjfn of Me. HatchMlcK T . , r . "coo, waisoa - or Ind., chairman ;' Lef evre of a Tvtn t winans of Mich.. Rn 'ti Levere of O.; Stockslager of Ind., Jones of Texas, Wolford of Ky., Steele of Ind.. Laird of Neb., Struble of. Ia.. York of N. C Public IleaUIi-Messrs. Bench of .N. Y. chairman ; Graves of Mo. . Riges, of " 111' Candler of Ga.; Fielder of N. Jl. Daves of Mass., Evans of Pa. , Libbey of Va., Peti bone of Tenn. Enrolled MUs Messrs; Neece of 111., chairman ; Warner of Tenn., Snyder of W Va., Yaple of Mich., Peters of Kau., Holmes of la. - ... . Labor Mensra TTnntina nf Tn .),..; man ; O Neill of Mo.. Foran of Q.,"Lovering of Mass., Jlackey of S. C. James of N.. Y Haynes of N. H. - - ' , ' Private TanA nisiim "Maaara VhM.... of Miss., chairman; Mutcheler of Pa,, -Williams of Ala.. Halsell of Ky., Cosgrove of Mo.. Eldridge of Mich.,Lowry of Ind."' Paysen of 111., Parker of N. Y., Mayo, of Va.. Weaver of Neb. . Select, Committee on Reform in the- Civil -Serviceileasrs. Mulcheler of Pa., chair man; Cox of N, Y, Clements of Ga ., Ha blitzelL of Md Finnerton of Ills.,' Barks dale, of Miss., Seymour of Conn.; Robert son of Ky., Phelps of N. J., MUlard of N." Lyman ef Mass.. Hill of Ills.: . - j ; Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Messrs. Hill of O;.' chairman?. THanrl nf fn - irt..!m r Ind., Carleton of Mich, Evins of S. C, Da vis of Ills., Gunther of ; Wis., Goffof ;W.. American Ship Building and Ship Own Messrs Slocum of N, Y., chairman; Dester of Wis., Dibble of S. C . Throck murton of Tex.. Hunt of La.." Findley of MoV. Love of Del, Dingley of Me..O'Neill of j-. George of Oregon. Long of Mass. ; On Laws Respecting the Election of Pre sident and ' Vice President Messrs. t Eaton of Coan., chairman; Springer of; Ills., ClaV Of Kv.. .Tnrdan nf Ci Tri ra at - A 1a Bennett of N. C, Kleiner of Ind., Findlay of Md.,. Parker of N. J., White of Ky., Peters of Ks., Hart of O., Wait of Conn. 1 jraymeni -of tensions, Bounties and BackyWarnet 0f O .chairman; Con nelly Of Pa. ; Pearce of Tenn. , Rogers of Ark-. Greenleaf of N. Y., Brewer of N.Y.'i York of N. C.,' Whiting of Mass,iAnder sonofKs. :r . . -. . , ; " Joint Select Printing Scales of N; C I' chairman; Rogers of N. Y.. Smith of Pa. Library Singleton' df Miss. , chairman ; Woodward of Wis., Nutting of N.-Y. Barbour of Va. is chairman of tho com mittee on the District of Columbia. The following are chairmen of the com mittees' on Expenditures in the Depart ments: Hardeman ;pf Ga.. State Depart ment; Davis of Mo., Treasury Thompson, of Ky.. War; Morse of Mass., Navy; Springer of 111., Department of -Justice; Morgan of Mo., Postofflce; Young of Tenn., Interior; Belmont of N. Y., Public Buildings. 1 -! . Washington, Dec. 24. rThere'is about the usual diversity in views expressed by Congressmen to night in regard to the com position of the House committees as an nounced by the Speaker to-day. The gen eral opinion, nowever, seems to be that as signments to places have,, as a rule,' been made with fairness and justice and with a view to efficient work, and the general feel ing therefore is-one ofjsatisfaction. Repre sentative Willis, of Kentucky, whose rela tions with Mr. Carlisle are known to be in timate, says that in making up- the com mittees the Speaker paid most regard to the character and experience of the men to be placed thereon,and there was no inten tion or desire to punish ; anybody for the part taken by him in the speakership con test As a proof of the. latter assertion Mr. Willis refers to the fact that Mr. Ran dall' and a number of his prominent sup porters have been given important chair manships, and that all the members of the New York- delegation occupy committee places of . responsibility. Members of the Ways and Means erally declined to-day to express any opinion as to the policy which that committee would .adopt or the . work it would undertake to do. Mr. Mor rison, its chairman, said, in reply to ques tions upon this point, that the make-up of the committee indicated what the policy would be, but he declined to go into de tails or to express himself more definitely upon the subject. A prominent conserva tive Democratic Renresentat! England said. in reply to questions, that he preferred to wait a little before talking about the organization of the Ways and Means committee. He : would say, however. ... that the composition of the committee was not in accordance with conservative ideas! of the tariff question. Most of its members were not men of mod-. ,erae views, and the selection of such men was. he thought, at variance with the sen timents expressed by Mr. Carlisle in his speech accepting the office of Speaker. An other eastern representative said that in his opinion the committee would be found strongly in favor of ultimate free trode- a majority of its members being in accord with its chairman, Mr. Morrison, on. that question. How far it would be likely to go in carrying out its views was a question irouiauuu at presem. was use less. ' He thought, in view , of the ap proaching Presidential election, policy would forbid radical measures. The majoriw of the - Democratic members of the House seemed to be contented With the Dlaccs asaimifvl thom hnt . r among them Mr. Springer of Ills.; express loud dissatisfaction. The latter, it is said, expected to be made chairman of the com mittee on Elections, : a position which he occupied in the Forty-Sixth Gongress; but he was not even made a member of that committee or given any other position which he regarded in keeping with his experience and long service as a member of the House. The reason, it is said, why Mr. Springer was not.given a place on the JKJections Committee was that he was known to be unfriendly to Mr. Manning, of Mississippi, upon whose case that commit tee would have to pass judgment and make renort Mr tributes his exclusion, asjhe regards it, from the all-important committees, to the hos tility of Mr, Morrison. , Spirits renHmT - Tarbofo; y Southerner- M,.., Coffield bag just returned from a visit tn Baltimore, where he bought two chemici engfnes for the town at a cost of $1,500. v About J anuary first Mr. Tho0. Hobgood will begin the publication of the Daily Advance at Asheville: ' Subscription price per annum; $8; six months, $3-tbrp(. months, $1.50; one month, 50 cents. '. 1 New Berne Nut SJieUl Tliorp were about 1,400 bushels of rice on ollr at $1 to $1.06. There are not many families in this city that Have escaped mea sles, although the disease is dying out S1 ly for want of material. - Greensboro . : Workman: The' nfl00"0! J- n. Gilbree.il, on yesterday . involved ; no immorality iJut simply the question of a departure from TKlTmea. Pl church to an extent which was claimed to be damarfne-to th,. cause of Christ and to the church which he represented. He was requested to surren der his credentials. i1 New Berne Journal: The "fatal affray" reported in Friday's Journal turns 1 J a oi?6. One Peter Hammons colored, aged about 60 to 70 years, living 1 T 6 1 nty. near the Lenoir line, oil nTtJL0- 0 w8 found about one hundred yards from his house with his throat cut. His razor was found onthe floor of the house, and it is supposed that he committed suicide. ; : ai ! The Washington Gazette 8Ur. gests that Mr.' John 8. Long, of New Bernt, be solicited to take the lecture field for the Pender monument. . And the Goldsboro Messenger says: 'He - is an eloquent and gifted lecturer. If four ladies in all the pastern towns and villages would canvass T - o , .4ae money would soon be raised, v Such is our belief. The people of Jfiastern Carolina appreciate the" greatest soldier the State ever r produced." fThe Stab said this and it was copied without credit. Star. .- - J Raleigh Visitor: Tr. John V. FaFj o'House's-Creek Township, drop, ped dead on Thursday evening last, just as he was retiring. He was abSut, 45 yeara i, : TT" Thls community was very much startled last night by the announcement of the sudden death of Mr. Geo. B. Ennk, a well known young man of this city He died about 7 o'clock on Market Place. He V was about 82 years old. . He was ' at one tune city editor of the News here, and after wards a reporter on the Petersburg Ind&c Appeal. - . i : High Point Enterprise: We learn that a man by the name of Presuell from Randolph county,, started to market with a load of flour, and was carrying with him four gallons of .brandy for his brother who lived, in Richmond county. Just as he was entering the premises of his brother revenue afficers captured his wagon and drove to Winston, not even allowing him to-,rideCcau8iDS him to walk about 100 miles. Thev kent the wsifynn on1 u -nearly a montiV and a few days aeo hp TTi fa . wi uia way Home with his wagon and horses. We learn that he will institute taction against the officers for damages. .: ' v- . Raleigh News- Obsb-ver : Miss Julia Hooker, of Hillsboro, a young lady well known here and having relatives in the county, died last Tuesday Df consump tion, -after an illness extending "over a pe riod of six years. Mr. WIG. Henby has rebnquished the editorial management of the Rutherford Enterprise. About the 16th of January he will issue a new paper from Waynesville, Haywood county, of 28 columns, published weekly and called the Waynesville News. The receipts of cotton here for the week pjiHTho- Thursday were 3,584 bales, against 2.10& for the corresponding week last year. The total receipts from September 1st toThurs day were 27.073 bales, against 35,10$ to 4he same date last year. , While under the influence of liquor Mr. Creech T. Rhodes of Wakefield,. this county, yesterday after noon,, received in juries which may pVove fatal. ; He was in a. wagon-, : drawn by a pair of mules. These ran away. Rhodes held on until the wagon got as far as CaiS. Thomas' store. 313 South Wilmington street, and was then thrown to the ground his head striking a stone. - . Charlotte Observer: A Mr. Mayhew, who arrived here On the train from Davidson College yesterday morning, went to. Policeman Orr land stated that 5 while he was Bleeping on the train . some one relieved him of, his watch and forty dollars iu cash. He accused a man named 8. C. Johnston, who is a well known citi zen of Gaston county, and a man whose character is regarded as above reproach, of having committed the theft and stated tkat he could produce two witnesses who saw Mr. Johnston, feeling his breast while he was sleeping. The policeman advised MrJ Mayhew to go before the Mayor and take out the necessary warrant, bnt this he fail ed to do. About seven o'clock last night, a white man named J. S. Dulin.and -a colored man named Bob Simpson, got in to an altercation in the Mountain House bar, on College street, and it resulted seri ously for the colored man. Dulin drew a knife in the course of the scuffle and hack ed: Simpson in a bad manner. One of Simpson's hands was cut almost to shreds. Dulin ran immediately after doing the cut ting, but was afterwards captured by. the police and locked up. . V. . PENNSYLVANIA. Trouble Expected In the Coal Re :' glonav; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Pittsburg, Dec 26. A dispatch from Maahannon, Pa., says there are prospects ul extensive irouoie in we mtuminous coal districts in Westmoreland, Blair, Hutting don, Bedford Centre and Clearfield coun ties.;. The producers are extremely retieent as to plans, bnt it is pretty generally known that a reduction of wages in all depart ments of labor will he exacted fterDecv 31st.- The miners, who are said to be well organized and estimated to number from 15,000 to 20,000 men. have 'expressed their willingness to co-operate and assist in the general strike laid down for the first of Januarys r The rupture between the Ro chester & Pittsburg R. R. Co. and their malcontent miners is not entirely adjusted, notwithstanding rennrta tn tho and an undefined feeling of insecurity pre vails in the striking districts. . INDIANA. Mo. Duuiner nr vwia i'ottnn t- - . - of mW.," Bagley otN.Y Rav ofN H S &UVan AlMe Of Ya., Holmes of Ja., Norrill of Ky. Pntf-Messrs. Hewitt of Ala., chair man; Tillman of 8. C, Robinson of N. Y. Farther Particulars of the Late Hall : r r ! road Accident. : By Telegraph to the Morning Star.j j Nkw Albany, Ihd., Dec. 25. The fol lowing additional details have been receiv ed relative to the railroad accident, yester day, near Salem. The train was runnine at the rate of fifty miles per hour. - When it reached the bridge, the abutments of wxuen naa oeen undermined by the swollen stream, the locomotive crossed safely but the baggage and mallear, the express car and . gentlemen car plunged into the stream. - The ladies' and buffet car remain ed on the track. The portion of the train not submerged - caught fire : and in less than half 1 an hour the : whole train was consumed. , John Vaughan. the engineer, was so seriously ininred that he cannot live. . Rough, the fireman was slightly injured. Charles Sanford. bag gage master, was wedged in between his car by baggage and drowned. Jacob Hel fuch, aged 70 years, a German minister of this city, was burned to death.' - A pas senger from Quincy, I1L; ; who got on at Salem, and two from Chicago, who were going to Louisville to work at street pa-: ving. are among the missine. Four unre cognizable bodies have been taken from the wreck.. Miss Dora Iddings, who was reported to have been killed, is safe i The wounded were taken to the hotels; their names could not be ascertained. Two injured! ton eountv fa tratn nn X local passenger Louisa o H v- 4uroaa cojnaed at Louisa c. a., ya. -i A fireman was killed. The Raleigh Visitor gets the following particulars of the horrible mur der briefly mentioned in the telegraphic de partment of the Stab Tuesday morning : On Saturday night, about six miles from Mnnftnrfi Rtatinn in CThntham nniinh most hbrrible and cold blooded murder was committed. Mrs, - Alvin Gunter, an old lady, her daughter and little grand child were found brained with an axe. So far there is no clue as to who committed the foul deed, though every effort is being made by the community to find the guilty party. Saturday night her son,-Mr. Gunter, was returning from prayer meet ing and stopped in the yard and asked his uiuuicc wuub ume it ,was, : ana his little daughter, who Was staying with the fami ly, told him. He then Went on home, a very short distance from his mother's. Sun day morning he went down to feed his stock, and after doing so he went into the house and made a fire and called his moth er, but receiving no answer he went to her ted and found she had been completely cut to pieces with an axe. He then called his- s sister and little daughter, and on going to s their room found them brained. - . Raleigh News-Observer : ' Mr. John Renno, the veteran bridge builder, so well known all over the State, fell from a high trestle over the Pee Dee river, on the Carolina Central R. R., and is dangerously if not fatally injured. Prom a gentle- man of this city who returned yesterday from the town of : Rockingham we learn of serious trouble at that place on Saturday and the night pf that day. It appears' that the town authorities forbade the use of fire-', works and fire-crackers during Christmas- nfce&. ; .iais maae some or the barkeeprs indignant, and Saturday, it is stated, they distributed twenty-five gallons of liquor among the crowd and also large quantities of fireworks of all kinds. A regular picnic .then began and the place, was stirred to its centre, we are told.' The authorities were ' defied, and when the police attempted to make arrests of violaters of the ordinance ' they were" set upon and beaten. One ofli cer was attacked by. three men and quite badly hurt. The row continued far into the night, being in full swing at midnight. T j -.iA"8.1 a negro man who eloped with a white mrl, the, daughter of Mr. Alex. McLeod, . of Moore county, was captured, brought ; back to Keyser and lodged in jail there. Some of the negroes, it appears, became indignant at the fact of the negro sbemg in , jail and conspired to release him and ; destroy certain evidences against hmvsven if they had to burn the t d ,A week ag letter from a uouier piace to a Keyser negro, was discovered,andthis gave some details of ijpla7i : Ume Axed for the libera tion of the prisoner and the destruction of o. own was last Friday -night. A close watch was kept and armed men guarded the place, , Of this fact the conspirators must have become informed; since no at tempt has yet been made. , James Lassiter. a netrro aaid tn Ko tT nnrAa.. 1. .v . ' f air, was arrested Saturday and is now in jail at Rockingham. The facts as we give them are gathered , from town and county authorities. . Many inquiries having been received as to, the time , when an ap portionment of money wiirbe made to the Uie public schools, an Interview with the ItTifn8 W?n.tendent enables us to say that it will be distributed so soon as the census or the school children is received from the several county superintendents. J ' haT . v in v.. s" & hr,' t plica