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The Weekly Stat - J PUBLISHED AT , l ' ML I N G T O S, S; C.j . -' AT - . - . A B A B, I N A D VAN C IS. 50 sSSSS8SSSSSS8S8 SSS8SSSSSSS8S8SSS - u M w w "- "" 8S8SS88888SS888S8 r "- li""rl 8 55 -t at 5 oe 55 V io SsSSESS8S88S8SSSS a;: 8SSSSSS333.S.3.. 18 8S8888S88S8S8S8- . Li a S8S3SS88888SS888S. X as ooenj Ja48 Matter.i : 1 ' L' ' 'JJL2j?Z SUBSCRIPTION The subscrtetion'pnce of the wKskst Sf ak is as follows : Slusrle Copy 1 year, postage paid, . . $1.50 I'; i " 6 months, " " 1.00 f " 3 months. " " , .50 I y SOdTHGBN IiVDrSTBlKS. , An article in the Baltimore 'Jbfan itpieturers' Record from the pen of: Mr.' L W. Avery, of Atlanta, Ga., cii.'itain's a good deal of instructive infimiation. " We propose to glean Itci'B and there a few items for our sel ves, the whole article being too Jong for our space. In 1880, the South employed 2,633 hands in man ufacturing agricultural implements, employing $3,509,881 of capital and, operating 290 establishments. Vir ginia had 5 1 establishments employ ing 536,030 capital, and 530 hands; North Carolina 34 establishments, " vi'".!i lanital. ' and : QM haii'Is; iSoujth .. Carolina, 7 establish ments, with" $18,150 capital, and 88 : li:ml.. ', . -. ; ; ' :v The wages paid by the 296 were $79?,012; the materials cost $1,646, 750, and the products amounted to $3,557,750. North Carolina paid $48,o:0 in wages; materials 62,380; proiiiu-tH 178,449i The order in which tl i e Southern "States stand in this industry , is ; Kentucky first, Virginia second, ' Georgia third, "I'ehnefsee fourth "and North Caro- lina fifih. Georgia' in the years increased 300 per cent. With $200,124 capital it created $601,936 ' F' .1.' l II - r'prouuus. it isomy tae RraaiJer im- puiut ill 1 iiiau aio tuauc ill lilisouutu.; The.liirsjt implements, such as graia plani ers, hay mo wers, fca, requiring ; lari;e capital, are made in the' North. (In 1S(0 nearly . all of the cane mills were iiia'lo in North Carolina and Kentucky. Now they are made in a-I I sections. Here is a record of plough ma'fijifactnring in 1880: Alabama : 2,753 Arkansas 603 Geortfia. . . 70,462 .Kentucky f ... 130,791 Louisiana............. 200 Mississi ppi 8,490 North Carolina 15,619 South Carolina. . 680 Tennessee. ...... . . . 24,007 17,655 78,843 195 Tcxfts. v v . . . . Virginia . West Virginia'. V:;:v-V. .350,892 The South now is manfucturing -' more or less grain cradles, seed-sowers, handbrakes, cotton planters, &c. Here is what the South has done and is doing in the iron and steel business: Rank. West Virginia. 7- tons: 147.487 123,751 1870. 10 ' 7 5 ''14 '3.) ts 18 : ".' 23 . 25 1870. 72,337 Kentucky. ... .11 Maryland. . 32 . Tennessee. . . . . 14 Alabama. . . 15 Virginia... ....16 Georgin .;. 18 86.732 95,424 34 305 7,060 39,836 9,634 ...J 1,801 :443 10.934 7.100 62.086 55.722 35.152 1,400 . 439 I exas -: 30- t North Carolina. 31 I South Carolina. . . t ; 614,971 ,345,570 ' It will lte Seen that the . iron and steel production doubled in . the States above named in Ihe ten yearsj from 1870 to 188(L ;The changes of the last I three.. 'years ; have been remarkabler-' Georgia and Alabama and Tennessee have been the States noted for progress in the- production of iron and steel. Alabama, that leaped fi nin '7,060 tons in 1870 to 62,986 in-1880, hu in 1883 .reached 125.000 tons. Georgia, tliat iul870 dug out 9.634 tons and jatuptd ii 1880 to 35.152. bus snrung to 80.000. ion in. 1883. Tennes&ee. ihst made 34.305 tns in 1870 and 77,100 in 1880, produce) in 7S83 105. 000 tons. It is noimprotable exng aeration to 6ays that the iron prodnctiir..f Al-ibama, Georgia and Tennei-see by 189 wi! reach a million of tons.- . ' , v . , From another instructive article in the same publication we gather Some points additional," s We yesterday produced some figures concerning the progress of the Southern States-1 in manufactures of all kindi. VVehow turn to cotton manufacturing.. This census of 1880 showed much pro-com- cress in . cotton manufactures pared with 1870. Bat the progress has been much more ; rapid since 1880.! The following figures are in structive and reliable: , i Jan.l. 1884-4-Junel. 1880 - ' I - No. of No. of No. of No. of "State! Snindl's. Loom B.SDmdl's. Looms Alabama.'. 82,057 1.614,55,072 ; 1,060 Arkansas.'. 6.30ft 30 2.015. 28 lorida . . . Georgia. ; , : Kentucky.. Louisiana.. Maryland . 1,918 -816 340,130 7,843 200.974 26,264 471 9,022 4,713 73 39,668 .824 6:097 120 109,800 149,128 213,362 191,048 78,877: 12,274 66,096 2,581 125,014 2,828 81 nm 1,120 26,172 704 3,543 102,787 1,960 N.Carolina 8. Carolina Tennessee. Texas. .... Virginia.. 3,389 92,788 1,461 46,268 165 2,648 1,832 44,836 1,776 1,068 ; 71 1,324 -otal.... 1,276,422 24,878 713,989 15,222 . North Carolina in about three and a half years has increased 43 in cot ton mills, 110595 in spihdfes and i583 in looms. We quote from thp manufacturers' Record: o i?n increase of 139,158 spindles and aaao looms; whUe North Carolina follows " witn 110.595 spindles and 1.583 looms. auu Boutb Carolina thin) Wk OA ORO fK" 1613 loonM ; nd 7et Bo Carolina has made an increase of over 100 .a. i - 222i2T t SKte number or cotton mills T- i saasMSWtlfthHft 1814, against 130 tn 188( 1 oeoaee9$:SSSSSSSl : t 7 VOLJXV; per6tiatKi KortlrCxr&lioa 110 per cent, whii&C xrna's percentage oi tola is a lit- f flCWjTQ w, cent- Though these -"f states patve made the: largest aggre ' jtina, 8omeiof the-xjlher. States have i .emucn greater percenUge orincrease. now .a !;aj.BOf 134. A somewhat peculiar feature a' thi?: exhibit Is that North - Carolina, thbtagh second in the number of spindles, . is the first in the number of mills. Georgia, Maryland and South Carolina, in the order in which they are named; take the lead in large mills, the Eagle-& Phcenix Mill, of Columbus, 6a., running & larger amount Of machinery than any other mill in the South. In North Carolina the tendency appears to he inth direction of small mills and many of them."- -j,'.-- ; ;V:;--;:v:;:; According to the ast censas the total nToducts of Southern -v mills for isloiras about t2l'66o,OOO.t It is OlatUheueiiS had fSmMUlof; $35,000,000, Npr. eveo moDnrtng the list three years it is e8tipiated that more than $20,000, 00CT Been invstthe South in oottoa mauf actnritigWfir will pub usn hereafter a list of the North . i Carolina Mills. The. list comprises 82 ' We have for Borne time been of the impression that the enterprising pa-. L pers were doing a positive barm an giving the details of the scores of horrible murders that are perpetrated each year. It is regarded as a duty ' of the press to give the most minute and elaborate account, of how the various murders were effected, and the ingenious deviltry that aided the scoundrels in the perpetration of their crimes. The papers denounce but'at the same time spread the'de tails, and less adroit and original villains learn from the more gifted how to consummate their infernal ends. We are much inclined to be lieve that this is all wrong.. The naked facts of the murder ought to be given, snch as the person killed, character, ' where and when killed, bat elaboration of the details is not necessary;' and' not edifying, ft on may write vigorously against 'crTaje, and denounce; lynch law and insist upon a more . stringent criminal code, and more inflexible iud eres, and more intelligent and conscientious juries, and less efforts on the part of lawyers to evad.e the plain law by legal jargon and doubtful technicali ties, and yet as long as the murders in the land are worked up with so much of pictnresqae skill and min mtjenes8 of statement that a prurient furiosi ty may be gratified the edito rial' denunciations and entreaties will amount to but little. - tThe Current has this to say and' it is worth copying:- i 'It would be a very gratifying advance in National and State politics, if party "managers" and the voters they are accus tomed to manage, would require the intro duction .in political platforms of unmis takable sentiments favoring the mainten ance of law and order throughout the coun try. The crime of murder is increasing in all the States, and the penalty is rarely en forced. The result of this leniency or in difference to juries and courts, is the. in creasing tendency of communities and in dividuals to assume the duties of the courts and of the executioner, and,, to dispose of osenaersm an entirely : lawless manner. The evil is thus doubled ; in its malignity. and men gradually forget the existence' of statutes and courts and official hangmen. A political party which would take right and strong ground on this subject and make it prominent in discussion, would do the country incalculably ei od service by quickening the thoughts of men in that direction. . Judges on the bench: politicians in platforms and on the stump; clergymen in the pulpit all .have a potent influence in ehersizing' sleeping laws and . i 1 . . m . n . - iue sleeping consciences oi men. - THE OHIO SENATOR. If Democratic, Republican and In dependent papers can be relied upon. the election of Mr. Payne over Sena tor Pendleton is a triumph of the Standard Oil Company and tens of millions of money oyer integrity, capacity and ability. If the Demo crats would command and retain the respect of the country they must steer clear- of all : corrupt methods. By adopting the despised and almost discarded system of the Republicans in electing men - who are the servants of Monopoly and the Pliables of a Ring they are sure themselves reproach to bring upon and rebuke and even Jibe and jeer. -Crying with -the breath "turn the rascals out" they -will b closely watched if they should "tarn sthe rascals t in."' (Machine methods are at a discount theoreti cally and should be practically. The Democratic party can not 'afford to nominate for office any man or set of men who are suspected remotely of Dewg the creatures of r any corpora tion. The people are alert and they will not be betrayed much longer into the support of men of doubtful records. Reform must extend to men as well as to measures. Gen. Dingley has a bill in the Hou8& looking to a restoration of oar foreign ; commerce which has been well nigh destroyed by Repub lican incapacity and a "High Tariff. .That something should be done to 'give the United States a chance on the high seas is only too true, but whether, the Dingley will do it or not we may not determine. Mr. Brewster Cameron, general agent of the Department of Justice, promises to appear before the House Committee on Expenditures to make good his charge that there -are mis conduct and corrupt practices on the part of IT. S. Marshals in the South ern States. 1- EL t DEATH OF JARIKS G, SCOTT. . "On last Sunday morning, the 6th inst at his. residence, . near Jackson yille, in Onslow eotmtyj James Gra ham Scott, oar friend, departed this life. , It gives us unaffected pain to make this announcement. - We knew him .intimately . and esteeUed 3um tnoat highly. A pure," upright, well furnished," . able ' man - b gone; v He would have been fifty-eight years of age if he had lived a few weeks longer. , -f : Mr. Scott was a native of Orange county, we think. . He1; was gradu ated at the TJniversity of North Car olina in the class of 1843'-,44. He read law under the late' Hon. John A. Gilmer, and after obtaining his license to practice- his .? profession, Bettled in Onslow, about the year 185J, where he resided until his death. He had a massive head and it was-well stored with law and lit- eratttm ',HU.laindiwftr neftlarlr clear and logical. vHe was a modest man, without any of the arts of the demagogue, and did not have that sort of self-assertion that pushes a man to the front. We believe that there were few men in North Caro lina who were ibis equal in breadth and vigor of intellect. -. ; L v 5 The people bf Onslow knew his -sterling qualities of mind and heart and they - delighted to honor him.. Accessible,' " simple ' in 4 life, a true friend,- amiable and - yet manly," he was highly esteemed at home and by. all who knew him welU A man of integrity, a man of judgment, a man of "reading a man of observation,- he was a most useful citizen and a capi tal legislator! . . In 1868 he was first elected to the Legislature as Senator for- the Dis trict composed of Duplin and Onslowi He was a member of the House of Representatives from Onslow for the years, 1872-3 and 1873-4, and was a member of the Constitutional Conven tion of 1875. He was a most efficient member of that important body, as 9 we had occasion to know, and did all he co aid to give the people the best possible Constitution. He was a la borious member, for the writer room ed with him daring the greater part of the session, and can bear witness to the anxiety he felt for the perfect ing of an admirable instrument, to the zeal and ability, he brought to bear, and to the elevation and wis dom of his views. He; was thwarted in some of the ends be aimed at bat we feel sure If his views had pre-" vailed there would have been a more perfect Constitution framed. The disease . that carried him off was of the heart. . He was in the full J possession of his faculties up to the hour of dissolution. . He met death bravely, composedly, and expressed himself to his family as not afraid to die. He leaves a widow, a woman of rare intelligence, amiability and ex cellence, and three children, a daugh ter aiid two sons, all grown or nearly so. . He has two sister living, Mrs. Col. James S. Amis, of Oxford, aad Mrs. Lewis Amis, of Granville. , A gentle, kiudly - heart is still and a bright, luminous intellect is quenched in the night of the grave. t . "All men must come To.the cold tomb; . ' , Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." . Arrest of a Sappoeed Tblef-He At tempts to Drew a Pistol on the Offi cerSent to Jell. ; '; t . . Friday night, about half-past 8 o'clock,: officer Marsh Walker, of the' police force, was passi ng through the alley in the rear of theSeamen's Home, when he noticed a bag of peanuts up against the wall. About the same time a colored man, since ascertained to have been one Gaston Davis, came for'! ward and Claimed tp have had a bag of peanuts stolen from him. Officer Walker. called his attention to the bag in question, and Davis said it was his, and that the bag had been taken out of his boat at the foot of Dock street. The question then 'arose as to where the bag should' be placed -for safety until next morning, and the officer suggested a place, but Davis pre ferred somes other. At last j it was decided 'to leave it at the place of Mrs. ' Josephine Turner, on the wharf. s' In the meantime Officer Walker seized an op portunity to whisper into Mrs. Turner's ear that if Davis should return for the pea nuts not te let him have them. .The officer then left, but kept an eye on Davis, who, as soon as he thought he had got clear Of the policeman, returned for the bag. ' This fact led to the arrest of Davis, who sud denly made a demonstration upon Officer Walker, throwing his hand into his bosom as if to draw a weapon, "but the movement was anticipated by the officer, who quickly threw the muzzle of his' pistol in Davis face, tellingltiin if he attempted to draw a weapon he would blow his ' head off . Da vis was then taken to the station, house, where he was searched, and. in a pocket on the side from which he made an attempt to draw a weapon, a loaded pistol was found. He acted very suspiciously from the first. and the evidence was such as to shew that Officer Walker acted wisely in taking Da vis into custody. .The bag of peanuts is supposed to be the property of J. W. Bowen. Defendent was required to give bond in the sum of $100 for his appearance at the next term of theCriminal Court, to answer to the double charge of larceny and carry ing a concealed weapon, failing in which ne was leagea in ail. : s - -; , The Norwegian Barqae Pru- dentia, Capt Hansen, was cleared from this port for Hamburg, : yesterday, : by Messrs. Patterson, Downing & Co., with 3,282 bar rels of rosin, valued at $4,876. "c 1 .:k ll1 ii-M If 11 , JL; : jHI - xlRy " ' A ' . : : ! " - " ' i i 't r " "" " 'II i II ' , . , . .- -, , , A .. . ..- WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, Frozen To Death. Information came to Coroner Jacobs Yes terday to the effect that the body of a color ed man had . been found - just beyoO the southern UmUa of the - city.' The coroner and Dr. P. W.; Potter; Superintendent of Health, took a buggy and went out to"tbe place designated, which proved to be a small hul- on the : Priggia. place, near what is known as Jumping 'Run, in which they discovered' the body of a man, lying jwitb the head in the fire-place. ' They exaoained the features and Dr Potter lmtaediatery recognized the corpse as that of an did colored man named Prince Smith, proba bly about 65 years old. It was subsequent ly ascertained from the wife of Smith that her husband left home on Wednesday; the 2nd inst., and the body was found on Wednesday evening last. The last seen of him by bis employer, for whom he was enttlng wood, was on Thursday, -of last ( week. The conclusion arrived at by the coroner and Dr. Potter was that, the de ceased was frozen to death some tiole be tween January 2nd and January 9th.- No inquest was deemed necessary. . - '. , Deceased was a member of ' Ebenezer i?4?8 Churchand, was well known in thfrciryr- Robfcerjr of a Store. ' ' . The store of Messrs. W. J. & JJ. P. Penny, on Market street, was entered Wed nesday night and robbed. When the pro prietors went to their store yesterday morn ing they found the back door open and the clothing and other goods scattered promis cuously over the floor and counters; and," upon looking up at the skylight, they found that entrance had been, effected by removing a piece of; glass from the same. The aperture thus, left was not 'large enough to admit the body of a maiC and it is therefore thought that a boy was lowered down by means of a rope, when he opened the back door and the goods were taken out in quality and quantities to suit. In a promiscuous stock of goods it is " next to impossible to. say what is missing, but the Messrs. Penny are sure that the robbers carried off a number of overcoats, silk handkerchiefs, ties, &c., besides a ten dol lar pair of boots, ; which were held for a customer. ' -. ' ''? . j.'- : " .;'."" - The proprietors have no clue to the per petrator of the robbery. A chisel, with which the glass was removed from the sky light, was found on the.top of the stove, but there , is no mark - or peculiarity by Which it can be identified. v ? ' ntyeterlotis DleappearMee. ' A well known colored man of this city, by the, name of John Fisher, has been missing for the past ten days, and it is feared that he has met with some accident. The - last . seen of him was a little over a week ago, when one man met him on the county road, near the Little Bridge, and another says he last saw him the same day on a flat going down Smith's Creek. The fiat, which was the property of Mr. J. F. Garrell, has since been discovered on a snag In Smith's Creek, some distance below. Mr. Garrell'8 landing. One or both of the men who saw Fisher last say that he' had been drinking; and the theoryJs thaJLbe lost his balance when the flat struck the snag and fell Overboard and was drowned, . as he could notjswim a stroke. The father of the missing man has been prosecuting1 his inquiries for his son for several dajjs past, but without a' First Presbyterian Church. Our neighbor, . the North Carolina Presbyterian, has before it the statement of the Treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church. The amount collected and dis bursed through the treasury, was $6,000, which includes $816.84 for the General Assembly's collections. , The congregation through private collec tion, not included, of course, in above, con tributed over $1,600 in the aggregate to Davidson College, Union Theological Seminary and to the Foreign Mission cause through Dr. Houston. '. ; vwro.KH'UKvrw v -. i Jtithev are surrounaea. ine democratic The , following comprised : the fortfgh shipments yesterday: . The German barqueN standing the ob Auguste Jn,Tnrgeus, ;for Stetlin.Tv0' Wblt Germany, oy Messrs. ju. rescnau wes termann, with 3,190 barrels of rosin, val ued at $4,800; the British ' barqne,; Venus, Harriss, for New - Qastleh Tyne. "by Messrs, Alex. Sprunt . & Son, with 2,505 barrels of rosin and 300 casks of spirits tur pentine, valued at $8,900; and the Schrl Cook Qorden, Lunt, ;for Philipsburg, West Indies, by Messrs.; Parsley & Wiggins, with 75,736 feet lumber and 25,000 shingles, val ued at $2,440. Total $16,140. Lecture at Point Caswell. Rev.. Dr. Milburn lectured Thursday night at Point Caswell, Pender county, in Simpson's Hall, to ' a large audience, bis theme being VSargent S. Prentiss, or Flush Times in Mississippi." A good many of the Sampson people came to hear the dis tinguished lecturer, and all were delighted with the Words of eloquence that f 11 from the lips of the wonderful orator, i Dr. : Mil- burn returned" yesterday on ;the steamer John Dawson, and some of our up-river friends came to , hear his lecture in Wil mington last night. i. Tribute. ; ! The Raleigh Netos-Obserwr saysj locally: "The sad death, while hunting, of Mr. W,' J. Gordon, of Wilmington, by the acci dental discharge of . his ; shot-gun, excites the deepest sorrow of those here and else where( in the State who knew him, and who knowing him,' could not but love him. The writer was his friend and would fain hear testimony to, the lofty character, the amia ble disposition, the gentle ' manners of the dead.' Green be the turf above him !' Onr Cotton Trade. The receipts Of cotton at this port from Jan, 1st up to date footed up 2,135 bales, as against 4,684 bales during the correspond ing period last year. The receipts for the crop year from Sep tember 1st to date foot up 79,097 bales, as against 95,273 bales up to ihe same time last year, showing a decrease of 16,176 bales. The Biblical Recorder of the 9th inst. says: ; "Rev. : F. M. Jordan ac cepts the work tendered him by the com mittee of the Missionary Board, and will at as early a day as practicable, visit . Wil mington and other points in the State .to lecture, preach and hold ministers institutes among the colored Baptists. He hopes to be in Wilmington next week. FOBTY-EIQHTH CONGRESS. FIRST SBSSCON. f Senate Bill for the Creation ot a Pes tal Telegraph Company Dlseasslon of the . New Boles House Inquiry Concerning- Frauds In the Customs Bevenaew BIlsslssIppl Blver Appro prlatlons, &e., dee. . t -5 IBy Telegraph to the Mornliw Star.l ' - - SENATE. , - " WaSHXtiGToit. Jan. 10. In the : Senate this mornincr Mr. Dawes introduced a hill to provide for the .transmission of corresy1 J ' m n vi J ponuence oy teiegrapn. tnis 0111 proviaes for the creation Of a United States Postal' Telegraph-Co.,, under direction of the Post umce Department; the creation of. the of fice of Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gene--ral, this 'official to be President of ithe Board of Directors of the Company ; and for the establishment of n ostal teleerank offices at the Dostofflces throughout the United States, and the transmission of cor respondence from such postal telegraph of fices. ..v .. vr- . , . ' Mr. Sawver introduced a bill to orohibit' the mailing of newspapers containing lot tery aaverusementa. - - - , Bills were introduced as follows: ! . " - By Mr. Morgan, crantine the right of way over public lands in Alabama and Florida to the Alabama Diagonal Railroad Company and giving the same company the right to purchase public lands in the taid States: Alscv: granting the right of way ver-publie hinds iAlabdlBaBil-tO grant lands m - saia etate - in aid; of the Gulf and Air-Line Railroad. . . " " j? By Mr. Voorhees, to equalize bounties of soldiers.' This bill, Mr. Voorhees said, is a copy of the bill which was passed by Con gress nine years ago but, was vetoed by President Grant on the ground that it would take more money out of the Treas ury than the public interests would war rant,'" But ' there is so much now! said about surplus revenue and abundance of money that he would reintroduce the same bill now, ana coped it would meet the ear ly consideration of the Military Committee. The Senate took up for consideration Mr. VanWyck's resolution (heretofore of fered by him) directing the Secretary of u Ti : . l me xuiculu iu euopeuu actiuu tt lu issuing patents or certificates for land granted to the New Orleans & Pacific Railroad Com pany until Congress shall at this session de termine the questions involved m the claim of said corporation. - ; '. . I . A resolution ollered by Air. voorhees was adopted' calling upon the Secretary of War tor a statement ox tne number of soldierswho served one, two and three years respective ly, in the late war, the amount of bounty paid each class, and asking him to inform tne Senate or the amount of money which would be required to equalize the bounties of those who served in the said war. i The Senate then resumed the considera tion of the new rules. The pending ques tion was on the resolution of Mr. - Vest to strike out from Rule 26 the clause provid ing for a committee on Internal Improve ments, to consist of nine Senators, to which shall be referred all subjects relating to im provements of rivers and harbors, and also the bill known as the River and Harbor bilL A discussion again occupied the great er part of the afternoon, and in its course a good many speeches were made which were not strictly to the text. The tariff, for example, came in for a considerable time.. " '. ! ' . ' Mr. frye, of Maine, alluding to some things uttered by Democratic Senators,said he was delighted to hear the other! side of the Chamber e'xpressed so unreservedly for free trade- There had been some, doubt for some . months past as to just where the Democratic party stood with re gard to free trade, i, f Mr. Morgan stated that there was hot a leading man in the Democratic party in the United Statef certainly net in either of the houses of Congress who had thus far given an expression to it free trade in the sense which the gentleman from Maine (Frye) would imply The Democrats are in favor of a modification of the existing tariff for the purpose of reducing .the unnecessary burden of one hundred million dollars a 'year of unjust taxation placed upon the country, by the Republican party. Mr. Morgan had been waiting several years to see some thing substantial done for commerce. Some matters oi detail bad . been arranged, but nobody had had the courage to bring; in a bill to repeal altogether tne odious naviga tion laws. Both parties seemed to be afraid to do it. It seemed as though the people had to organize a general muster and beat the long roll upon us before they could in duce us to do anything The question of spending the people's money seemed to be a great consideration ! with legislators, while poverty ana wrecs are trooping around the country with sores of which Lazarus would be- ashamed. Strikes are heard of. everywhere; thousands and tens of thousands ot men ail over the: land in. the depths of "a cold , winter, without food or clothing for - tnemseives or jtneir families, are compelled to beg and implore the charity of their rich masters by whom thev are surrounded. ' The Democratic party, Mr. Morgan said, would, notwith- standing the objections and remonstrances cans; continue referring to gh tariff until justice was done to the people of the country. We are a rich go vernment and a poor people, and the cries of the poor for bread and for fuel, if heard in the Senate Chamber as heard elsewhere, would howl down the very storm of win ter. Yet these are the j people as to whom there must be silence in. that Chamber, v On coming to a vote the motion of Mr. Vest was agreed to. I I ! Mr. Miller moved to amend the rule by inserting a clause referring appropriation bills for agriculture to the committee on Agriculture. The motion was favored by Senator ueorge and . others, but was not agreed to. Without coming to a vote on the rule, the Senate went into Executive Session, and when the doors were reopen ed, adjourned. : - .. h . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Clardy, of Missouri, who has I been sick since the beginning of Congress, ap peared at the bar of the fclouBe and took the oath of office. Mr. Belmont, of N. offer a preamble and T. ; asked leave to resolution reciting that the supervising special agent of the treasury has declared that systematic frauds on the customs revenue are perpetrated by the undervaluation of merchandise, and requesting the President to transmit to the House copies of all communications on the subject; and also to inform the House whether or not there is reason to believe that any consular officers have certified in voices to be truewbich such officers should have known or did know at the time were not true; and also,-whether any additional legislation ' is necessary to compel foreign manufacturers to set forth and declare on invoices of merchandise the actual market value.thereof . ' 1 . I Mr. Hiscock, of New York, objected to the present consideration of the resolution, and it was referred to- the committee .on Wars and Means. I Mr. Hewitt, of New York, offered a res olution calling on the! Secretary of State for information concerning the under-valu-ation, false classification and other irregu lar practices in the importation of foreign goods, wares and merchandise since Janu ary 1st, 1882, ,and whether any legislation ianecesaarv to nrevent frauds on the reve nue resulting therefrom. Referred to the committee on Wavs and Means. The Speaker proceeded to call commit tees for reports, but so measures ox im nortfl.ncf were renorted. - ;: Mr. - King, of La..! introduced a joint resolution for the immediate appropriation of one million dollars, in accordance with the urgent request of the Mississippi River Commission, for tne prosecution, repair and construction of certain , work for the imnrovement of that river. Referred. Mr. Springer, of Jlls offered a resolu tion authorizing the committee on Expen ditnres in the Department -of Justice, in making the investigation required by the rules, to send . for , persons ana papers. AHonted.' ' i - Mr. Wood," of Ind.,"offered the follow ing resolution, which was adopted: That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to state to the House the amount, of gold certificates issued by the Treasury uepart 1884. ment between Dec. 1, 1878, and .Dec. 1. 1881. Also, the amount issued during 1883 and 1883, and his reasons for : late issue thereof during these years; his reasons for discontinuing the issue of silver certificates since 1881; and his reasons for not issuing gold and silver certificates as required to ne aone oy law. .. ... Adjourned until Monday. j . j Senate Appropriation for Bllssissrpvl Hirer Improvements Bills Intre dueed The New Bales Adopted, dee. v SENATE.C.:::i'v 41 Washisgton. January 11. In the Sen-: ate this morning Mr. Van Wyck, .from the commiuee on we improvement or tne Mis sissippi, submitted a joint resolution ap propriating $1,000,000. to continue the im provements already begun by the Missis- : : ti; t .. .. V, . - oippi xviver xoiprovemenb rvommission. After some debate it was amended so as to give it the form of a bill, which was read three times and passed. . 4 j ine ioiiowing bills were introduced i By Mr. Call, to establish the University of Medicine. Also.'to-provide for the es-- tablishment of a system of .postal savings .banks in the United States. .' ' r - i By Mr. Edmunds, for the relief of the survivors of the exploring steamer j Jean-, nette, and the widows and children of those who perished in the retreat from the wreck of that vessel in the Arctic seas. JL i ; A resolution. offered, by Mr. Call was agreed to. instructing the Secretary ;bf the Interior to furnish to the Senate copies of aHletters.stat.emetita and other .papers in the possession of the . Department,, relating to grants of land 'made ' by: the United States to the Florida Railroad, or relating to the reservation of any of 'said lands for the benefit of the assignees of said road. . Mr. Anthony s resolution of January ath was then taken up, instructing the Com mittee on Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency of such legislation as should enable the Executive to protect American interests against thpse govern ments which have prohibited or restrained the Importation of healthful meats from the United States. . 4 Mr. Van Wyck" moved to amend, and was proceeding to explain the purpose of his amendment, when the morning hour expired and the matter went over, f , Mr. CullOm then,- according to notice heretofore given, addressed the Senate with regard to his, bill to reorganize the legisla tive power of Utah. It provides that the government of Utah shall consist! of a governor and council of nine members, to be appointed by the Jf resident and confirm ed by the Senate, and they shall be citizens and qualified voters of theterritory. Mr. Brown followed Mr. Cullom in op position to the bilL He did not propose, he said, to discuss social questions, or the politics involved in the Mormon problem. At a future time ne might ; do that; -lie proposed now, to speak of the question from the standpoint of the constitution. He declared all recent legislation of Congress in connection with Utah affairs unconstitutional and indefensible, I . and when the matter had been already before the Senate he had denounced polygamy, aa he would like to see something done to suppress it, if it could be done ' without vi olation of the constitution of the United States, which every Senator here had taken a solemn oath to support. ' : Mr. Oafland had always thought Mr. Edmunds' bill for the Utah trouble! very much like prescribing' a corn-plaster for consumption; but he hoped the right reme dy would be found. ; The Supreme Court had laid down the doctrine that people could not Ehelter tnemseives from tne con sequences of crime by pleading the require ments of religion. t The Senate then took up the unfinished business of yesterday,' being the new rules, and after some debate tne rules were adopted. " i - -;- The Senate then went into executive ses sion, and afterwards adjourned until Mon day. .. - ; NEW YORK. 1 Two Disastrous Business Failure The StoeK aiarket Strong and' Higher Cardinal BleCloskey Cele bration. H -"i - By Teletcraph totheMornlmr Star.l New York, Jan. 12. The failure of i. M. Fuller & Co. is a . bad - one. The firm never recovered from their trouble about two months ago. . The failure of C. W. Coleman oc Co. la said to be quite disas trous. It'was brought -about mainly by their Western friends failing to responds oh margms when calredr-for.v' The firm icon- sists of E. yV, ColemanrConsider parish, and A. W." Clark; "Coleman JSas been , in business for. over forty years" The firm was formerly Clark or Coleman i but Clark retired about twenty-five years ago. Parish and Clark, both clerks of Coleman, Were subsequently taken into the firm. ' j . ! The st oca maraet opened strong! and higher on the announcement that the trouble over .theUtah business had been settled up by the formation of a new pool. Prices advanced" per cent Shortly aiter iu.su a. m., a numDer ot laiiures in the grain trade were reported and this had a, depressing effect on the stock market Union Pacific declined 1, Western Union , Central Pacific li, St. Faul 11. Uenver It, Louisville & Nashville 1, Missouri Pacific li, Jersey Central 1, Oregon Transconti nental 1, Omaha at, and Wabash 1 pre ferred 11 per cent. - These figures brought in buying orders and the market became firm once more.. After 2240 p. m. union Pacific was purchased freely up to 77j which affected the general list favorably, Buying was spirited towards the close and a confident tone characterized the dealings. The improvement was based on the official confirmation of the reported formation of a pool by the Lyiion Pacific, Chicago, Kur lington & Qumcy and ; Denver & Ro Grande roads, and - oy tne announcement that the .Chicago, Burlington & Quincy di rectors, at a meeting to-day, had appointed a committee to meet a committee represent ing roads forming the new Western alliance with a view oi.enecung a settlement, ine rise was further assisted by a reported ad vance in steel rails, and by the belief that the decline in wheat would, stimulate the export movement of the same. The short interest m the market was largeiymcreasea .... . 4 during the morning, especially in the cases of JUomsviiie as JNasnvuie, union r-acinc, Lackawanna & St. Paul. In the final sales the market ran off f per cent Specula tion closed firm. " r . - The 50th anniversary of the ordination of Cardinal McClosky was celebrated to-day at the cathedral with all the pomp that can characterize the most joyous festivals of the Catholic church. The great building was thronged with clergy and laity. Within the chancel were : Archbishop corngan. Cardinal Coadlutor. Bishops Laughun, Conroy, Spaulding, McQuade, Ryan, Wig-: ger. u rarren ana waanam. ana aoout iou priests. In the body-'' of the church were some zoo clergymen witn very many prom inent citizens. Pontifical mgn Mass was celebrated by Bishop Laughlin. The Car: dinal did not appear within the sanctuary until after communion, when he entered in company with. Monsignor uumn and at tended bv his private secretary Father Farley. He showed marked signs of t fee bleness in his gait but pronounced the bene diction in clear tones, lie was aiurea in a coppa magna of red silk and white ermine, LOUISIANA. Business Failure Boiler Explosion ' A Murderer" Executed. ". ' By Telegraph to the Hornlnic 8tar.J New Orleans, Jan. 12. The store of F: Sell, a merchant of . Farmersville. was closed by attachment issued at the instance of New Orleans ana t. IjOuis creditors. The assets are $4,600 and liabilities $12,000. ; The boiler of the Arkansas press, be longing to D.' P. White & Co., exploded this morning injuring four men, including D. P. White. Jerry White, a colored fire man, is believed to be f atauy nun. j Jeirv Alexander, colored, was hanged at Sparta, La., yesterday, for the murder of Samuel FJeming, December 22d, 18824 The drop fell at 2.20 p. m. His 'neck was not broken, and the verdict was that he died from strangulation.- ' Alexander confessed his guilt on the gallows, and said he was ready to die;' . , - , NO. 12 WASHINGTON. ways and means ; Suh-Commlttei The Question r Tartn Berlston leetlon or President Pro Tern, "of the Senate The Postal Telecraph System, '&e.s ;" - : IBv Telegraph to' the Mornuut Star.T l -1 Wasbthgtow. " Jan: 10. Mr: Morrison: chairman of the Ways and Means (commit tee, announced the following ' sub-commit- Changes m". the -Tanff Laws Messrs! Mills, Hewitt of N. Y.. and Kelley. 4 ; Changes in -' Internal RRmnim Messrs. Blount. Hurd and Easson. ? v j' Refund of Customs Dutv Messrs. Hew itt, Jones and McKinley. - ' v : f - Refund of Taxes on Tobacco Messrs Blackburn, Herbert and Hiscock. Refund of Taxes- on Spirits and Mnlt Liquors Messrs. Herberti . Blackburn and RusselL . " " '. ' ' Refund of Miscellaneoua Internal Tares Messrs. Hurd,' Blount and Russell. . Helief for Lost United States Bonds and Coupons Messrs. Jones. Mills and His cock. - v ' '; rf t The committee decided that the Question of the revision of- the tariff should not go to a sub-committee, But should be consid- erea oy the entire committee. Mr. Mills, of Texas, says that this question will not be before the committee for - ten days or two weeks. . During .the interim informa tion is to be gathered to aid in the work The initiatory step was taken this moroin? by submitting a resolution to the House ealliBg for iioriBaJ.ioa.Kgaral . the.un. der-valuation of, goods eohaignedto poft8 iu cue umieu states. The United States has filed in the Court of Claims a counter claim against the Union Pacific Railroad Company for $8,992,647 j for alleged indebtedness to the United ' States; including five oer cent, of the net earnings of the road. ' " : Kequests were sent last night to all Re publican Senators to be in their places at tO ..l..b J - Ti J . x v vuw& nf-uay. j.v was proposea ai mat time to elect Senator Anthony President pro tern, of the Senate. Before the hour ar rived serious objection was made, to the proposal on the ground that an understand ing existed not to proceed to the election until after another caucus had been held. Some of the Democratic Senators also-ex pressed objections to proceeding in the matter at this time on account of ' the ab sence of Senator Pendleton, chairman of the Democratic caucus. It was, therefore, determined by the Republicans to hold a caucus after adjournment to-day. It -is probable that Senator Anthony will decline ure uuuor on me grouna 01 in neaiin. - ai a meeting of the senate committee on Postoffices - and Post Roads it was deter mined to begin at the next meeting, one week hence, consideration of the several measures that propose to establish the pos tal telegraph system.-. Senator Edmunds will be present to give his views in support of the bill introduced by him. i Washtngtok, Jan. 11. The sub-com mittee of the House Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the question oi tne oraer in wnicu land grant forfeiture bills should be considered, reported at a meeting of the committee this morning that consideration should be begun im mediately and in, the following order: Texas Pacific; Oregon Central:' Arizona & State Line; California & Oregon; Ore gon & California; Northern Pacific:" At lantic & Pacifier Southern Pacific of Cali fornia: New Orleans. Baton Rouge & Vicksburg; Atlantic Gulf & W. I. Tele graph; Pensacola & Georgia; Florida, At lantic & Gulf; Central, Mobile & Girard; Selma, Rome &Daiton; Vicksburg. Shreve- port & Texas; Sioux City, St. Paul & Chi cago; Chicago, bt' Paul & Omaha; and Wisconsin Central. The report was adopt-' ed by the committee and the CUrk was di rected to give i copy to the press, signed by the Chairman, Jn.r. 1. li. Cobb, and at tested by the Clerk, Mr. H. A. Reed. The Texas Pacific grant, which is to be consid ered first, was originally made to the Tex as Pacific Railroad Company and is now claimed by the Southern Pacific. The land amounts to fourteen million acres, and is estimated to be worth forty millions of dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury will pro bably issue a call for ten million three per cent, bonds tomorrow. The Comptroller of the;Currency to-day authorized the First National Bank of Tul lahoma, Tenn,. to begin business with a capital of $50,000. Six hundred and ninety bilis and peti tions have" been referred to the House committee on war claims, and members ex pect an aggregate of five thousand by the end of the session. ; V The House' committee on Rivers and Harbors to-day referred the subject of an immediate appropriation of one million dollars for the improvement of the Missis sippi river to a "sub committee consisting of Blanchard, Gibson and Henderson. The Senate confirmed Samuel W. Fer guson, ot Miss., to be a member 01 the Slississippi River Commission, vice Jas. B. Jiads, Commissioner representing tne sen ate. . The Republican caucus held a brief con saltation with Senator Anthony this even ing in relation to the Presidency pro tern. of the Senate. Senator Anthony said, in Substance, that he should be. compelled to decline the proposed honor, believing it not expedient in the present stale of his health, to undertake the duties of. the office. - Call for Bonds Customs Decision Con cerning Tobaceo Imports. Washington, Jan. J 12. The Secretary of the Treasury issued a call this afternoon for ten million dollars of three per cent, bonds. Principal and accrued interest to be paid at the Treasury March 15th, 1884, and interest to cease on that day. Trea surer Wyman says that there are now no notes of the denominations of two. nve and ten dollars, and only 1891 of the denomina tions of one dollar, in the reserve of U. H. notes held to redeem other U. S. notes. The Secretary of the Treasury hes writ ten a letter to the Collector of Customs at New York in regard to the correctness of the former decision relative to provisions in the law df March 8d. 1883, placing a duty upon leaf tobacco nt for wrappers. That decision held that in order to be du tiable ; at seventy-five cents per pound when unstemmed, and one dollar per. pound when stemmed, the - package containing tobacco must contain 85. per cent fit for wrappers, of which more than one hundred leaves are required to weigh a pound. The decision thus made the pack age limit of quantity by which to deter mine whether the merchandise conformed to the statuatory standard.Tlthas been con tended by persons interested, that there are two descriptions of tobacco known in trade; one known as wrapper tobacco, and the other as filkr tobacco; and further, that all of the class known as wrapper tobacco may. however, not be fit for wrappers, or be- of sufficient lightness of texture to require more than one hundred leaves to weigh pound. : 80 that when tobacco belonging to the wrapper -class is found not to con form to the statuatory standard in the two respects, it, falls into the provision ror to bacco not otherwise provided for, dutiable at 85 cents a pound. The Secretary says that this reasoning would make. the class of tobacco the test and not the quantity con tained in the- package, and that he thinks these views are entitled to serious consider ation. No evidence has been presented on the part of importers since the case was ori ginally decided. As preliminary to any fur ther decree in the matter- Collectors are directed to suspend action under the decis ion ho.fnre referred to. and to classifv wrap per tobacco which may be found in pack- apes according to tne standard Deiore indi cated. leaving importers, if dissatisfied with' such classification, to present their case by protest and appeal. DELAWARE. Woollen Mills at New Castle Burned, WrunNGTOS, January, ' 12. Knowles woollen mills, at New Castle, Del., are on fire, and will be totally destroyed. ; : The fire originated, in the picker room. The loss will be from $20,000 to $30,000; par- ball v covered by insurance through Phiia delphia agencies.. -One hundred and fifty hands are thrown out of employment by the fire. : - : Spirits; Ttirpetiner- Clinton Caucasian: ; Marshall Davis,' colored, convicted df larceny at the last term of the Inferior Court of this count ry, and sentenced to five . years' imprison-.1 ment in the penitentiary, has escaped from that institution. The thermometer ;' registered 2 degrees above zero in Clinton r last Sunday morning. Only one pri- soner in the county jaiL . ' - ' ; B.dleigh- New8-Observer : That clever gentleman: Malor J.' M.' Crenshaw. . jwas in the city yesterday, and brings the gooa news from the. Wake Forest section -that the no-fepce law is. working wonders.-? ; It proves the greatest possible success.; , Major Crenshaw says in it he sees the agri cultural salvation of the county,1 -Ear-' 1 -. - r , . ijr jDOKuuay munuug jut. doua iuyait, uie distributor of the Y. M. C.- A.; slipped on. thesleetand fell, dislocating hia arjnand bruising his .face very-painfully.- Have a guess at the number of seeds in the pumpkin in the window of 801 JPayette ville street. . Guesses cost 25 oenta each f and the man who' guesses nearest the actual number of seeds gets a $100 breech-loader. ; All the proceeds of the guessing go to the Oxford orphans. ' ' "r New Berne 'Journal: William Croom, ; colored, . his wife and their six anall children were all accidentally or : carelessly roasted alive at their, house on Mr.. Wm. G. Taylor's place, near Kinston, last Saturday night. The charred bones of ; the largest child were found near the fire- place, and it is supposed he became cold during that very cold night and made up a fire and fell asleep over it, when the house and all it contained were burnt up. At a meeting, of the stockholders of the National. Bank of New Berne, held ' yester-" day, the following officers were reelected for the ensuing year: Maj. John Hughes. : Messrs. Geo. Allen, L, H. Cutler. Geo. B. Guion and Washington Bryan. The direc tors elected Maj. John Hughes, President; Mr. Geo. Allen, Vice President; Dr. J. A. i Guion, Cashier;. Mr. Geo. H. Roberts, Tel-1 ler; and Mr; J. RrB. '' Carraway, Book keeper, The-stockhOlders declared a semi annual dividend of five per cent. -'Wadesboro IntelliaenceriMx. W: T; Smith? wellknown-to the people of ; this community, died suddenly of a para lytic stroke at his home, near Lilesville, on Friday last. On Saturday night last a negro woman living on Dan Avitt's place, three miles east or wadesboro, froze to death. On Sunday morning Anderson Phillips, colored, was found dead on the road, near Baucom's. - He had left- Wades boro late Saturday evening intoxicated, with a Dome 01 wnisaey in hi pocaet. A thief entered the dwelling house of Esquire D. Mask the night before-Christmas and: stole from a bureau drawer $265 belonging ; to Mr.1 Thomas Monroe, - who has been boarding with Mr. Mask. Rev. Mr, Luke, who has been preaching nightly in n the Baptist Church during the past week, left for his home at Mocksville Monday. He has been called to the pastorate of the Baptist Church here,- at Red Hill and at Brown Creek, and it is supposed he will ac cept," . Raleigh' Farmer and Mechanic: Fully fifty weddings occurred in this re gion on the luttt of - December. The Wake Forest Student regrets to learn - that Mr. Thomas Dixon, who graduated at that institution last year and is now a student 01 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, is preparing himself for the stage. r- A straight-out Republican paper,- named ' the Hepublican, and opposing coalition,1 has been started in Asheville. We alluded last week to the succession of tragedies in the Watkins connection in Northern Wake,' one young man accidentally killed by his brother; another killed in mistake by a midnight assassin, etc. Now comes the death of Jesse Watkins, aged 50, the Neuse raver uermit. tie was indicted at last term of Wake Court for the killing of Grav Strickland, in Neuse township, during the war. We are uot acquainted with the par ticulars. We learn from W. B. Smith, Esq., and others ; that the stock law con tinues to spread in Wake.. Thus the circle has grown wider and wider, and we hear that it already includes portions of Frank lin, Nash, Granville and Harnett. ' Mean while we notice. the adoption of the law by townships in Cumberland, Chatham, ' Ire dell, etc. -I " " -T, ' 1 Fay etteville Observer: Work 1 is still progressing favorably on the C.'F. -& Y. V. Railroad, though we suppose the 1 snow will interfere somewhat with its rapid i progress.- un this end of the line trains 1 now run toUockflsh Village," the trestle i over Little Rockfish being completed. - The ice is very fine this year. It is nearly" three inches thick, and is free from snow, , sliet and trash. At night auite a party of " youpg men Went to try moonlight kating The ice was very smooth, there being no sleet or snow mixed with it- This sport ' being rather unusual here of late years, we Were surprised at seeing so many graceful skaters on the ice.. Some of our ladies skate remarkably well. On Wednea day last at about half -past one o'clock the : ' fire alarm sounded, and a very large crowd of people soon assembled at the point indi- j cated, viz: the sale and feed stable of Mr. : M. C. Hart "i, The fire companies were 00 hand, but could be of no use. The build ing being a large wooden one and stored with forage, it burned very rapidly. We are glad to state that Mr. Hart was able to rescue his horses and mules, and most of his vehicles and harness. He had one thousand dollars insurance on the stables. - On last Saturday night . about eight o'clock, the store belonging to Mr. J. W. Fort, across the. Cape Fear river, about one mile from the bridge, caught fire and burned to- the ground, with most of his- : stock of goods.' The building and - stock were partially insured. -Mr. iron estimates his loss at $1,500, We regret to say that the fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. . We regret to leam that two of our young men met with serious ac cidents on Monday, in both instances result ing from falling on the ice, and, singular to say, the injury in the case of each was the same a broken nose. Mr. Thos. W. Broadfoot, with his hands in his pockets,; attempted to walk out: upon the ice on" Mims's pond, to direct his ice cutters, when he slipped and fell before he could extri cate one of his hands to break the fall. In his efforts to do so, he threw himself for ward and it is supposed his nose struck a piece of broken ice frozen to the surface. Mr." Thomas J. Whitted while skating at night fell and was similarly injured, though not so seriously. : : . Charlotte Observer: A stock. dividend of ten dollars per share has been ; declared by the Traders' National Bank. : The streets' were fairly nuea witn , . sleighs yesterday and Jthe jingle of bells filled the air the live , long day. 8. Gardner's distillery, in Monroe, was de- . stroyed by fire night before last, and wijh it about one hundred gallons of whiskey, . besides a quantity , of beer, etc.; were burned. The loss will be about $1,000.! -' Our , informant could not . learn how the . fire originated. ? -Esquire Wm. Max- : well, Register of Deeds, thas , begun the work of apportioning the school fund of . Meckleuburg among the school children of the county. - The amount . of the fund is $15,000 and this is to - be apportioned to- 12,760 children, white and colored. This being the case,, it will be seen that the amount pf money appropriated to the ben eat of each school child in the county i fl.rfy..- Esquire D.rA. McCord yes- terday sent a white tramp to jail in this- , city, on the charge of stealing books from . the Long Creek school house and for defa cing the building. - During the late cold weather : two tramps . took refuge in the , school house and sot' only stole books, but -gave the interior of the house some pretty . rough treatment before; . they were'discov ered. One escaped . but ' the - other was captured and committed to jail.. Yesterday was the day set for the trial, in this city, Of Messrs. Burns,: McCall and ' Parks, the three men who were captured in . King's Mountain on suspicion of making an effort to kidnap the children of Captain ; George Coolidge,- about three weeks ago. The men were sent to jail by a justice of the peace in default of $1,000 bond each, and were brought before - Judge Shipp at Chambers' court yesterday- on a writ of habeas corpus. Immediately upon receiv ing their discharge, the three men took par; . ticular pains to get away from Charlotte; ; having received intimation that if they did not elear out pretty .quickly, tLey might be compelled to stay here a little longfer than they would desire. The .intimation 'was correct, for even while the men were leav- ! ing Charlotte, a paper was being drawn ut; for their detention. This was a bench 1 . warrant for their arrest As soon as Judge Shipp made known his decision in the case, -Captain Coolidge applied for a bench war rant, which was at once issued by Judge .' Shipp and placed in the hands of the sheriff, but the men were already beyond reach. U
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