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The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT ffL MI M G T O Bf , N . C . , AT $1.50 A YEAB, Tit APTASCBi SSsSSSSSSSSSSSSSS g88S8SSS888S888S I S3 I K Loo 888888S8888S8 ... I888S88888888SS88S : M 82SS3S83SS8SSSSS3 SS88S888S88SSSS88 ; - 88S8888SSSSSS8S ,..-- 88SS88SS8SSS88SS8 ' - : IT. : ' " ' - : . a !' S 1 . . - ; ' . , ' " .' I rl ...... a - . h a oe 10 to t- aa a o s o o s an. Entered at the Post Office atTWilmington, N. C, as Second Class Hatter. "SUBSCRIPTION TRICE. w The subsCTiutiori price of the Wkekly Star is as follows : n ale Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 v v " i 6 months, " 1.00 "' . 1-3 months. " " ' ".50 SOME INTERNAL "REVENUE FIG-';- -' I"-. CRE8. :-1 . .. T '1 , North Carolina, Virginia and Penn sylvania Democrats demand that the tax on whiskey, &c, shall be abctj iV -.1. What tax under the Internal lli vciiue system did . these three Si as cs pay? We have before us the 'rt'j'ori for 1881,: - ,.' 7 ,- i M.o-th (Carolina tiairl . ...$2,476,40 .. . 6,063,106 .... -... -- r Viwinia L i " " Yrmsy lvania " .. 7,669,214 Tin' Pennsylvania Democrats are : al! l-r'at4;tionists -rand thy - well ki:"v hat"So get rid of the Internal lav is to keep up the Tariff tax; Wi' find ilhi'f olli wing States'paying as follows: j i ? California . I . lliii.ois.. . j. . Inliarra.i. . i . . Kentucky. ,i . i. Maryland . j . . MiidligSU . i . . -MaWchiusetts ji-.smirf . . 4 . . Xev Jersey . . .... ..i 3,633,391 . ... ...I 25,784,682 . .. ...L 7,281,254 ........ 8,719,162 . i 2,4S3,463 .'. 1,787,275 L 2,699,681 .."... .1 6,470,349 ...... 1 4,873,678 ....... 17,233,268 ....... 19,295,836 .New York 'l-ii!i-.-ist'' '. . . ,-. . . ... .i ... . 1,146,764 Now j as far as we can learn the" Di;it!iMisiof these States do not ask tiiat t li iU needed tax should be wiped our, I oil liit-y do not believe that it is T,,.il ij'!icy and fair dealing to ob litenite this tax and be compelled to kt't p a U;ix on the common necessa ries t" tin- millions of the laboring i'lassi-s. . . . , j. - . y, ... Xoith Carolina pays $2,476,440, 'ami iU r.iaiida (See State Convention Kesulutioii Second) that it be abol ished ;f6rever. -Per contra Illinois, N York and Ohio, that pay jointly $S2,3'L;l,786, or some i r twenty-five 'times iiHtft', say let it remain, for it is a .roper and needed tax. , Uut1 ,Nort h Carolina does not in 'reality .wy the tar. ! The people all owrthuJ world wbo smoke Durham tobacco lnd bhew, Winston tobacco' and' drink iorth Carolina spirits pay. the tax, sand not the tobacco planters or the manufacturers. Of course the . sanr.f thing applies to, the other Statt-s. 1 Hm the noint is, that those ,Mtates ieker.e the industries pay the bulk of-the tax do not ask for the re penl of the internal revenue tax. It will be judicious and proper to ch an go the mode' of collecting. i A PA VNE-FUIi SUBJECT. We glanced over some of the opinions of the newly elected Ohio- Senator, Mr. Payne. ' He is a good enonghl Protectionist to please the Tnost ultra. lie. & m,OTe than that; ib repeats ojd fallacies that have been exploded, a thousand times just as if they were new truths, He takes up the stale assertions of the Republi can Protectionists and offers them as nuitable food for Democrats. . He makes the thrift 1 and i happiness of the large industrial classes to tarn on High Tariff and insists that they would be begrarars without it. This to in the face of well known facts, At the time he spoke the North was .filled with illustrations ito show that Protection did not pnotect and that factory' hands were far more liable to be turned adrift than farm hands, or indeed than . any other class of la I borers, u There are idleness, . suffer ing, 'and even beggary in the manu facturing sections at this very hour, . andr ristht where Protection has been higbest, ' ' J " This. new-fledged P.rote.ction Sena tor whom the Ohio Democrats have ' just elected over the able and excel lentj Pvndleton, is confident. that the Democrats can not carry the country except upon ' a platform favoring a tax fon thu petted industries instead ot a tax for the support of "the Gov I'nyneijt. He is for a platform that looks both ways-that is worded art fully to catch voters in all sections SR in all parties. He expects to Win hy straddlingi-by artful dodges -by misrepresenting facts. That able exponent of indositry and sound v political economy," the IJew. York Paiiy i Commercial JBtdietin, thna re f erg to some of Payne's political opin tons; i I it is fliffleult to decide whether igno- aui ur ueuoerate misrepresentation is re I ldlpnPfla BTt Wmnri in either case it is a renronrh e.mn m i . . order of jstatesmaDship to which this new nedged Ohio. Senator belongs. His plat iorm, as he calls it, is simply the platform 01 a Class of mnnnnnlir inturoatB t . - i j .miihw nuv ul some cases get 145 per cent, protection .uuBiojeior me aiieHonwt the abroga tion of Wghttanffs wouldentail unon our industnal cfassea VOL. XV. from the Treasury,' and his characteriza tion of it as 'judicious, just and. Jackson ian,' therefore, is simply a sham. As to his predictions as to the result of the Presiden tial campaign, under' the conduct of such leadership, nothing need be said, except perhaps to express the conviction of every careful observer of events, irrespective of political considerations, that if the Demo cratic party venture to go before the coun try with a double-face and. divided counsels on this tariff-issue, it need not be prophe sied that it will be defeated; it is already defeated." ;'- .v- : .- ; FREEDOM OF OPINION. ' The Democratic party is by no means a unit on economical questions on how to raise the needed funds with which to carry on the General Government. In two or three South ern States there' are economic views held by a majority of the. party that are in open hostility i to those views that prevail in many other States among : Democrats. ! This fact, ;for such it is, shows that it is, very nec essary first, that the States shall can .vass the 'matter of Tariff and-Internal Taxation thoroughly r and choose well informed, honest and reliable delegates to represent them in the National Convention, and second, that the Convention shall set forth its deliverances on economic ques tions boldly, clearly, earnestly, and without equivocation, or hedging, or straddling, and that these deliver ances shall be accepted in good faith as the platform of principle upon which the battle of 1884 shall be fought. . ! . Any other policy or plan will be fraught with danger, will be censu rable, and will silence tens of thou sands of voters who are looking to the Democratic party for deliverance for reform. i ; . We have before said that a State Convention had no power to shape the policy of a party on national is sues, j We have said that a General Convention a Convention composed of elected delegates from all of the States, has the sole power of deter mining upon what issues the cam paign shall be conducted. The States can settle for themselves all home is- &ues,hut no State has the right to say what another State shall favor; and no State has a right to dictate to any member of the party what mea sure of a national character he shall support. : ; . f .. i We took the position last sprin g that we . had a right to canvass any question whether it concerned State fir National politics, up to the time of the meeting of the. Conventions, and that if the State Convention should declare for any measure that we could not. conscientiously accept that we, should simply remain quiet concerning it, and fighting for other State issues, and' believing that the peace, welfare, prosperity and good order of the State depended on the success -of the -Democratic party, we should do all we could to secure its triumph. And so "with any measure that the Democratio party i might adopt in National Convention.: It might declare for one currency, gold alone; or it might declare for popular education by the General Govern ment; or it might favor running the railroads by the Federal authorities; or it might favor a High Protective Tariff; or it might pronounce for something else -equally distasteful to us. w nat tben did we propose to dor To kick out of traces and go over to a party that held scarcely anything in common with us . and in which 1 we had no confidence ? Not a bit of it. We are not traitors. We profess ty be governed by principle and to have a conscience, i We are not office seekers looking forre ward, but Dem ocrats asking for no favors and free to sag what we honestly think. We would still stand - by the party and be silent for the time upon that par ticular plank we could not f a'vor, ac cepting all the others, and hoping for wiser views in the years' to come, The Democratic party of 1 876 did not present Tariff views like - those held by Jeff erson, like those first en tertained by John C Calhoun, as we can easily show, and like those held by Andrew Jackson.- This shows that the old party is progressive, and that the views cjf 1800 are not pre cisely the views of 1884 or 1880 or 1876.. ' - ; The Norfolk Ledger has some views upon this subject that are in harmony in the main with what we. had presented in - these 'columns many months ago. " We believe they are sound, and we are glad to see o intelligent and high-toned an expo . nent of Virginia sentiment present ing such views as follows." Jt says "Democracy is free, open, and should, be untrammelled, so for as the individual opinions of its membership are concerned. When, however,"- the party determines to tage a sianaon any queauuu, uie peopie, morougn tneir aeiegai.es, mrei m couven tion and then decide what view of a ques tiori shall be made ' the platform of the Dartv. ! "Prior to this time every member has an unquestionable right to form ana express nis opinions. There can be no turning out of individuals for individual opinions, until the party, through its representatives, de termine what poliey to enunciate, and then commences the authority of the Democratic party to say who are its members and upon whom it relies to defend its platform. This authority is derived from the great princi ples of compromise and combination, with out which no party, no enterprise can suc ceed..- These principles underlie every por tion of the constitution of - the Union and.- are perpetuated by the same pro cess." ',-.. . y- , , ..- . The Stab has opinions and it freely expresses -them, but it Is loyal 1 iu great., iunaamentai truths .and principles that constitute the founda tion stones-and the life-giving savor the Democratic, party of' the Union. It is true to the best inter ests of the people xf North Carolina. It believes :ia;yJHedm:-:f:opSnion-and in a thorough discussion, of what 3 best for the . party before the Con entions meet. It believes ftlao that every aspiring ' man's record ' and opinions. should; be diligently in-' quired into before nominations are in orderr It is too late afterwards to remedy a mistake. , ' NORTH CAROLINA PHOSPHATE ROCK The chemist of the Navassa Guano Company of this place, ;; Dr. W. B. Phillips, has sent us a pamphlet on North Carolina Phosphates. lim ine Preface he says ; - ; " Z. "To Major W. L. Young. Chief Engineer of the Duplin Canal Company, would ex press my sincere thanks for his unremitting kindness and consideration. ' In his letter of August 2d,-1882, to the "Wilmihgton stab, is contained the first notice ot tins Rock, arid he has been most active in searching out other localities since." ; Dr. Phillips takes the position in opposition to other geologists, .'that there is "good Phosphate Rock in" North Carolina. :? It is not "equal to the best," but it exists in "consider able quantities.", We quote again; "When it is remembered that for some time after the discovery of Phosphate Rock near Charleston no higher grade was obtained than 45 or 50 per cent, of Bone Phosphate, and that the Boulogne and "Wiqken Phosphates give only about 45 per cent, of Bone Phosphate, it will be seen that the Duplin (county) Phosphate hereinafter described, is not far behind. Borne samples of the Duplin Phosphate have run as high as 52.78 per cent. Bone Phosphate, which is only 2.20 per cent, less than the average of Charleston Rock. But the average per cent, of Bone Phos phate in the Duplin Hock is considerably less than that in the Charleston Rock, be ing as 52:55, with the best Duplin Rock.'' This is important. The Phosphate Bock of South Carolina hap proved a source of very large profit and we may hope that the Phosphate Bock of North Carolina may prove a source of revenue to those who'bwn the lands where this Bock is deposit ed. The explorations have but just begun. ' It is not improbable that Onslow, Brunswick, Pender, New Hanover, Bladen, Sampson and other countiesmay have large deposits? of Phosphate. Dr. Phillips says that the field is too large, for any one man to attempt to cover it." jThe owners of lands must give their at tention to it, and make careful ex aminations. Dr. Phillips says: 'It often happens that a rock rich in Bone Phosphate gives out no odor on be ing sharply rubbed with a hard substance. lb us for instance, JNavassa KocK gives out no odor, and the Duplin Rock of good quality gives out an odor decided, it is true, but by no means strong. .. "A. rock very similar to-the Duplin Rock occurs also in Sampson county H but the sample sent me contains only about si per cent Bone Phosphate. "The Phosphate Rock at Castle Hayne, New Hanover county, runs about the same. "At Rockv Point, Pender county, the Phosphate Rock is easily concentrated up to 40 per cent. . Bone Phosphate, yielding at the same time a most excellent agricul tural ume. Maj. Young, after his discovery of Phosphate Bock in Duplin, brought seventy -five pounds to Wilmington. The specimens were analyzed hy Dr. Phillips and in the pamphlet he gives the results. He has since visited the farms of , W. H. Kornegay, George McClammy, Halsted Bowden, Alonso Middleton, and David Chesnutt, all within four miles of Magnolia and a little northeast of that village. He also visited other farms. There is in formation of interest in the report of Dr. Phillips forJ.which we have no space. The publication of the report is timely and will do good in impart ing needed information and in arous ing the attention of land-owners. ' Dr. Phillips thought the commer cial value of the Bock delivered in this city would be about $6.40 a ton We learn from the Netos- Observer that Dr. nDabneyhas been experi menting and from specimens analyzed ascertained that "crushed and treat ed with sulphuric acid, it is a good fertilizer worth $20.20 per ton, or say a cent a pound." DEATH OF COL. JOHN , I.. BRIO 1 GERS. It was only yesterday that we learned of the death of Col. John L Bridgers of Edgecombe county. He was born 29th f November, 1820. He was graduated at the University, read law and was successful in prac tice.' He was a member of the Legislature for one term, " served under Gov. Ellis as Councellor of State, and commanded the Edge combe GoaTa at the b,attle !of Bethel, Virginia. He was appointed Lieut. Colonel of Artillery and was in command at Fort Macon when he resigned on account of ill health, Col. Bridgers was an excellent farmer. He was a man of capita sense and of sterling character. We knew him well and esteemed him very highly. He was well informed iri certain departments and it was instructive to talk with him concern iqg them. He was of simple man ners and without pretense i or ostenta tion a true man in every relation o life. North Carolina can ill afford to lose such, men as John L. Bridgers "James G. Scott an& Thomas .Spar row, all of whom have ''passed over ' 1.. , LV r U , 1 f ...'.'. . .. V' .. . WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ,1, the river" since the year began CoL Bridgers was a brother of President Bridgers of , the 1 Wilmington & Weldon Bailroad: He was buriett in the beautiful little ; cemetery of Calvary Church, Tarboro, . ': " . The Boston Poses Lieu!. BhpdeS: Fund nmounts to $501.00, and with an upward "tendency. Here is what" it says of what Rhodes did r ""The conduct of Lieut. Rhodes in refus ing to leave the two men hanging in the rigging is an example of moral heroism that throws a ray of light on this dark tra gedy "Going to the revenue cutter he ob-: tains permission to go with a boat and save these men: . The waves were so- tremen-i dous that it seemed impossible to approach the wrecked steamer, but Lieut. Rhodes re-? fuses to abandon them," ties, a rope-about, him. flincs himself into the sea when with-; in 30 feet of the vessel, and swims until he nearly reaches the wreck, when a floating piece of timber strikes his leg and he sinks. ' He is pulled on board the boat but after his leg is bound up, refuses to give up the at tempt," goes back again and saves the men." A Frapd Expoad-XooIc o for Hlm J A. gentleman of this city has recewed. letter from a friendVnow travelling in On slow county v in' which he states that he has struck upon a most egregious humbug, in the person of a fellow signing himself N. P. 8. Thomas, who was through that : sec tion in December, representing himself to be a .canvassing agent of the New York ' Herald. He has picked up a good many dollars aiqong the good, honest country people of that section, and leaving there he went toward the country back of this city, where he is doubtless now operatins.. He is said to be of medium height,- from 35 to 40 years old, florid complexion, particularly fine .white teeth, very black hair, heavy eye-brows and moustache, agreeable ad dress, taoroughly informed about North Carolina, and exceedingly plausible in manner. He carries copies of a family Bi ble and of Dr. Jenner's book of receipts, and promises to send a copy of one of these along with the weekly. The Herald em ploys no canvassing agents, which is of jt self sufficient to stamp the fellow as a fraud, but - if anything, was wanting to make it more certain, it is found in the fact that he spells the name of the paper Heareld. i We have heard some complaint from some of our citizens to the effect that they had subscribed to some of the Northern' papers through a travelling agent, and had re ceived no paper. One young merchant in formed us that he subscribed and paid for a paper, the first copy of which was to reach him on the 1st of January, but up to a week ag he had received no paper. The people should be careful with whom they deal in subscribing for newspapers, and be certain before they pay out their money. that they are not giving it to encourage and support just such a fraud as has here been exposed. ! , i - Lieut. John V. Rhodes Tbe Life Saver. ' ' Editor the Btar: Would it not peculiarly become the people of Wilmington to testi fy in some way or manner their apprecia tion of the bravery and heroism of Lieut. Jno. U. Rhodes on the occasion of the re cent terrible disaster to the steamship City of Columbus? .The people to the north ot ns in different localities, to most if not all of whom he was a perfect stranger, are movinz to give substantial evidence of their recognition of his splendid conduct, but I regret to see no similar uiapuaiuuu mani fested in the South, although here in Wil mington and other cities on the coast he was well 'and favorably known.- Lieut. Rhodes' undertaking was full of imminent peril and the greatest personal danger, and in the opinion of the writer should have substantial recognition among ine people oi Wilmington, especially. I know that all of his friends here are proud of the record he has made for himself and so expressed themselves, but it should be expressed in a more endurable and substantial manner. This was his old home, for over eight years ; in fact, during most of his early man hood Jno. U. Rhodes was an officer on the Revenue Cutter Coif ax cruising in these waters. Long enough to make him one of our own citizens, at least in -thought and feeling. He was born in Connecticut, but it was here in Wilmington he won his bonny bride, ims married ; and it Is here; in our beautiful Cemetery of Oakdale, that only a few months since he laid his loved one to rest after a happy wedded life of six short years. His oldest child a spright ly little boy of five summers is flow in our citv. under the care of his mother's family. while the baby boy, 'about -three years of age, ia with his father's family in. Connecti cut. ' I . ' If in no ; 'other way) let us testify to the bravery and heroism- of tbe'-father.'by the tender of some suitable testimonial to his two babv bovs.iwho are Wilminetonians "to the manor bom,' and who, if their father had lost his life in his perilous at tempt in the cause of humanity, would have been left helpless and dependent orphans. Please, Mr. Editor,: add a word to the above and loin your correspondent in an effort to secure proper recognition and full appreciation oi a Heroic ana nooie aeea. - A True WruiraGTONiAH. Our German citizens have moved in the matter referred to by our correspondent, but we trust our people generally will take action, as suggested. Editor Stab.J ' A Wilmington Tribute to the Gallant Lieut. Rhode. The Germans of this city have subscribed a fund and ordered a handsome gold medal, to be presented to Lieut. J. U.. Rhodes) of the U. S. Steamer Dexter, as a token' of their appreciation, of the gallant and heroic services rendered by him at the wreck of the Steamship City of Columbus, recently Inst off the coast of Massachusetts. It is the design of the subscribers to, the fund, we understand, to invite Lieut. Rhodes, to visit this city, where he is so well known and bo highly esteemed, in order that the presentation may take place at the Opera House, with such attendant ceremonies as may be deemed desirable and proper, our Cotton Trade, The receipts of cotton at this port for the week ending yesterday footed up 1,616 bales, as against 3,531 bales for the corres ponding week last year, a decrease of 1,915 bales. ' ; r-- - 1 The receipts for the crop year from Sep tember 1st to date foot up 82,541 bales, as against 102,126 bales for the corresponding period last vear. ' showing a decrease of 19.585 bales. i- The river is still quite high, but the water is' gradually falyj: ; On Monday of last week the steamer North State took five hundred ags of guano, from the Navassa Guano Works at this olace to Red : Rock, some twelve or fourteen miles above the bridge at Fayetteville, and on. Friday the Bteamer , -a., jr. omti : iooa uve uiuiuicu more bags for the same destination.; . The days have gained 34 min utes in length since the last week in De cember, ..- The Recent Earthquake Shock-Some Speculation' C Coneernlne It The Weather, Crops, dee. ' A gentleman residing about ten miles east of New Berne, In a letter to the Local of this paper, referring to the" recent earth quake shock; says his house was shaken so that the windows rattled, and " the feeling was as if a heavy moving body (a railroad train for instance) was' passing.' The en tire building was J agitated. At the time there was a dead calm. r Some of his neigh-, bors who live along the line of the A. & N.l Railroad, 'distant from two to ten miles, report the same effects,'' such as house shaking, jarring of windows and doors and a tremulous motion. ' All agree that the oc currence was about thesame Jime -near 8 a.' m. and the' general impressions regard ing the shock were the "same..'-' Our corres pondent notes the fact that the 35th degree of north latitude crosses near to his habita tion, and also on the other Bide of the world, striking the Mediterranean .sea,' , the Japan Isle and aldose proximity.: to the, volcanic .and earthquake? belt. H$ then -alludes to i various earthquakes and erup tions that have lately, taken placeand says: ''Was it an earthquake far away, in ; the isles of the sea, or a volcanic eruption nearer at home t Have you heard from Bald Mountain f , . Our friend is informed by a gentleman in his neighborhood that a similar shock was felt in that section in . the . spring of 1883, when houses, and .windows were sha ken and knives and forks rattled together on the' table He says he knows of no mention being made of . an earthquake Jn 1883, and it may be of interest to observe the occurrence of a similar shock in 1884, in the same localities. So far the agitations appear to have been confined to Wilming ton, New Berne, Beaufort and along the line of the A. & N. C. Railroad, or else people have not noticed it. Our friend has given some study - to such matters, and he is sure that there have been violent distur bances somewhere. : The cold weather the severest for many years renders plowing impossible, aSid therefore an early planting of peas, radishes and potatoes is not to be risked. The frosts have been excessively heavy. There are good omens for a better season than the last, in which, by reason of storms, ex cessive rains at the wrong time, worms, etc., cotton,' peas, potatoes and corn all failed. In fact, "crops were cut short, from various causes, from one-half to three- quarters, in many localities, leaving the farmers far behind, and ' the advancing merchant to receive pay in abundant pa tience. In fact, truck fanning failed mis erably last year, but it is hoped to redeem lost ground this season. From observation our correspondent has learned this lesson: "Too much cotton planting and too little corn, potatoes and the needful for home use. Too much money expended for manufactured fertilizers and too little home made manures' Wild Shootlnc Mr. Walker Taylof, of this city, met with an accident of quite a dangerous cha racter on Wednesday afternoon. He was, out hunting some miles from Wilmington, when stray shot from the gun of another hunter in his immediate vicinity struck him in the face and peppered his hands. Two of the small shot penetrated his upper lip and one, his lower lip, and one went entirely- through the lid of the nght eye and grazed the ball. At- last accounts the eye waf quite painful, but it was hoped that inflammation might be prevented, which was the only thing feared as likely to produce an unpleasant result. No other damage of consequence was experienced. ' A Long Walk After a Truant Son. An old colored man, who says he lives in Onslow county, about fifty miles from this city, arrived here a day or two ago in search, of his son aged 17, who he says left his home in August last, since which' time he had received no tidings from him. Jus tice Millis, to whom he applied, informed the old man that he could . take his son wherever he found him,- and it has since transpired that the father subsequently found his boy and induced bim to return home with him. The old man walked all the way from his home, in Onslow to this city, and he and his son returned the same way. i h. 'The little schr. Spray, owned: by Capt. Wm. Weeks, of Smith ville, while, on her way up to' this city yesterday, and when nearly opposite the Messrs. Kidders' mills, coming up before the wind, attempt ed to jibe her sails, when she capsized.. There were three colored men on her at the time, two of whom scrambled up the wind ward side of the schooner as she went over, and mounted the bottom without so much as getting their feet wet, and the other was not far behind them. Capt. Weeks says the only cause of the accident was too much sail and too much carelessness. . . She had no freight on at the time, and the dam age will not amount to . more than $20 or $30, which it will probably cost to put her all right again. . , j , ; Ifltt. Vernon and the Mexican Veteran. Col. . CantwelV has a ' handsome photo graphic representation of the building at Mt. Vernon, with the members'of the Na tional-Association of Mexican Veterans, who went there on an excursion during their recent convention at! Washington, grouped in front of it. It is neatly framed, and will remain in the private office at the Exchange for a few. days, where it can be seen by any of the survivors hereabouts .who may wish to take a look at it. : " ahj hj -nnpt- - Foreign Exports. ! The Norwegian barque Camilla, Capt, Sorensen, was cleared from tthis; port for Hamburg, yesterday, by Messrs. D. R. Murchison& Co., with 3,700 ' barrels of rosin, valued at $5,319; also the British barqiientine Vick &Mebane, Capt. Henske, for Bristol, -. England, " by Messrs- Alex Sprunt & Son, with 2,191 barrels of rosin and 800 casks of spirits turpentine, valued at $7,545. Total $12,804. j State Board or Pharmacy j . Mr. W. H. Green, of this city, Presi dent of the State Board of Pharmacy, re quests us to" state that there will be a meet ine of the Board at Raleigh, on Tuesday, February 5th, for the purpose bf examining candidates for license to practice pharmacy in this State. . . .... ' , ,i The schooner Itettie ? Jirowri, Capt. Perry, was cleared from this port, for Ttwrti h Messrs. E. TTifl- def & Son, with 102,915 feet of lumber and 1884. FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. The Greely Relief Resolution Adopted Clerk .for Senator The Alaska BUI Reports from House Commlt teetPenlons for Idexlean War Vet eransThe .Tobacco Rebate , Bill Passed. ; . ; IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.1"- ' SENATE.. . v... ; ' Washington., January 24. Mr. Hale re-i ported back favorably from the committee on Naval Affairs, House joint resolution1 for the relief of the Greely expedition,. and; asked that it be put immediately upon its passage. ' Every hour, he said, was import, tant, if the Greely party is to be saved from! destruction. An expedition should be at once fitted out to start from New York notf later than the 1st of May. - j The resolution gave rise to some little de-t bate, Mr. Inealls desiring to place some limit on the amount to be expended, the joint resolution providing no such, limit. He moved an amendment that the amount' should not exceed $1,006,000. Mr. Hale said no such amount would be needed; probably not' more than $500,000, and if the amendment be adopted the reso lution "will have to go back to the House and so delay its passage. . - - The senate voted down all. attempts to limit the expense of the expedition, and af ter agreeing to an amendment by Mr. Sauls-. Dury, : providing tnafci t tie men wno shall form the relief party, shall be volunteers,, the joint resolution was agreed to. Mr. Saulsbury said that he did not wish that any -man should be forced to go on such' a dreadful voyage against his will. Mr. Jones, of Nev.i reported back with an amendment from the committee on Con tingent Expenses, the resolution of Mr. But ler, relating to clerks for Senators. - The, amendment or tne committee is that clerks be appointed only for the session and paid at the rate of six dollars per day. The re solution, so amended, was agreed to.- Mr. Sherman inquired when his resolu tion of yesterday, relating to the Virginia and Mississippi elections, would be in order. The Chair replied that it would be in or der.for the Senator to move its considera tion at any time, but! the. resolution would not come before the' Senate in its regular or der till the order of resolutions is reached to-morrow. It therefore goes over. , -; The Senate then resumed consideration of the Alaska bill. Without disposing of the bill the-Senate, by a vote of 23 to 24, refused to adjourn till Monday, and went into executive session, and on the doors be ing reopened adjourned. - , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Stockslager, of Ind. , chairman of the committee on Public Buildings, reported a resolution providing for numerous changes in the accommodations for the clerks of the House, in order to secure suitable quarters for enrolling clerks. The resolution was adopted. ; Mr. Young, of Tenn., from the commit tee on Public Buildings, reported a bill for the erec'.ion of a public building at Chatta nooga, not to exceed in cost $100,000. Re ferred to committee of the Whole. Mr. Hewitt, of Ala., from the committee on Pensions, reported a bill granting pen sions to survivors of; the Mexican and other wars. Referred to committee of the Whole. The House then went intccommittee of the Whole on the bill making appropria tions for the payment of the rebate on the tax on tobacco. Amendments reducing the amount appropriated were voted down, and the bill passed as reported yesterday: yeas 270. nays 1-r-John D. White, of Ky. navmg proceeded! to the business on the Speaker's table the ; House passed the bill removing the political disabilities- of Sam uel H. Lockett, of Ala. On motion of Mr. Randall, of Pa., the House non-concurred in the Senate amend ment to-the bill providing for the relief of Lt. Greely and party. The amendment re quires that members of the party shall be volunteers. i ." : ; Mr. Henley, of Cal., from the committee on Public Lands, reported a bill amending the act to exclude public lands in Alabama from operations of the laws relating to min eral lands. House calendar. It amends the laws repealing the act relating to public lands to be Offered at public sale and con fining the disposal of lands in Alabama to. homestead laws. i Mr. Matson, of Ind., introduced a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to detail a clerk from his depart ment to act as assistant clerk to the com mittees on Pensions and Invalid Pensions. Mr. Belf ord, of i CoL , objected to this "peanut" manner of conducting business. and coiftended that'if assistant clerks were necessary, they should be provided for out of the contingent fund. He thought that every member ought to be provided with a clerk and provided at the public expense. Every day he had a hundred letters to an swer, and it took his entire salary to pay clerk hire, and if he had not an indepen dent income, he would either be a pauper or out of this House.. The House had the heroic courage to take away the franking privilege, but members had not the cour tage to act as representatives of a heroic, magnmcent and generous nation. The joint resolution was passed and the; House adjourned, j . j The Alaska BUI and the Presidential Succession Bill Passed by the' Senate! The FItx John, Porter Bill Debated; In 'the HouseConference Commit-: tee Appointed ion the Greely Relief! measure. j-.'-'-V ' - - SENATE. ' Washington, Jan. 25. In the Senate! Mr. Blair introduced a bill to provide for the free circulation of newspapers andj other public papers: within the States where they are pubusneo. v. Mr. Cameron, of IWii, presented a peti tion from the Merchants Association of Milwaukee, praying for retaliatory legisla tion against foreign nations who exclude! American meats. The petitions aver that the wines of these foreign countries are! much adulterated and should be excluded. Mr, Sherman called up his resolution on the Virginia and Mississippi election. ' '. Mr. Lamar hoped its consideration would be postponed till Monday. . i ; ! Mr. Sherman had no objections, provided: it would not lose its position. The consideration of the resolution went over until MondayJ . ; The House of Representatives having disagreed to the' Senate amendment to the, Greely relief hill, the Senate insisted on its amendment,' and a committee of conference,: consisting of Messrs. Hale, Miller, of Ual, and Salisbury,' was appointed, to confer, with a similar committee of the House on the subiect. a r Mr, Beck called up his bill to prohibit the Secretary of the 'Treasury from pur chasing bonds of the United States at rates above their par value. After brief debate it .was referred to the Finance commits tee. ' H The Alaska bill was .taken up, further debated, and after iainendment passed. n Mr. Hoar then called up his bill providl ing for the performance of duties- of thS President an case of the death, resignation" or removal of the President and vice Presi dent. It was read three times and passed In the contingency" referred to the bill rest? the right to perform ; presidential duties in the Secretary of State; or, in case there be none, then in the Secretary of the Treasu ry, and in case there be no Secretary of the rA .. . . ! . 1 a TT iTeasury, men mi me - oecreiary oi n arj ana so on tnrougn we caoiuet. . i The Rnnnte then went into executive ses sion, and after a ,few minutes adjourned until Monday. j : . . ' . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Prayer; was offered this morning by Bishop Lyman, of North Carolina. The morning hour having beendispensed with, the House, at 12.25, went into com mittee of the Whole. Mr. Springer, of Ills-i in the chair, on the Fitz John Porter bill. Mr. E. B. Baylor; bf Ohio, concluded his speech,begah Saturday last in opposition to the bilk . - The debate was continued by Mr. Bayne. of Pa., in; support of the bill, and py aar jxeuer ux uppuoinuu. j - The committee rose, informally, to per rmitthe Speaker to appoint Messrs. Ran ii tt i i J n.1L:.. I c Ciailf xlULUiiut) aim vaimus as lug uuuicl- ence committee on the Greely relief bill, i . 'Debate on the Porter bill was then re? sumed, and. was participated in by Mr. NO. 14 Miller, of Pa., arid Ray, of N. Y. Before the conclusion ,of Mr. Ray's speech the committee rose. On motion of Mr. Rosecrans. of Cal. .the Senate bill was passed providing for the re- moval of the regains of the late Gen. O. CJ Ord from Havana to Washington. '- ' Tne epeaser laid before the House a re sponse from the Secretary of the Navy toi the House resolution on the subject; "sta ting that he has no knowledge of any ser vice rendered by American officers or men! to the British navy at the bombardment of Alexandria. Referred. . ; . . ! Also, a letter from the 1 Postmaster Gen-; eralj in response to the House resolution in regard to expenditures on account of Star Route frauds, and requesting 'the names of persons indebted to the government and of the witnesses on whom the government ex pected to rely in the prosecution of such' persons, c Referred. The Postmaster Gen eral informs the House that an itemized list of expenditures is being prepared, but that it would be detrimental to public m- i terests to give the names of persons in-j debted to the government and the proposed! witnesses. The House then adjourned; the session- to-morrow to be devoted to debate on the Fitz John Porter bill. ; No business to be transacted except the reception of, a report from the committee on Agriculture. ; The Senate- Not in Session House BUI for the -Establishment of a Bureau of Animal IndustryDebate .on ,he Washington, Jan. B.-r-The Senate was ; not, in session to day. i-ft . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ; , The Speaker laid before the Houte lhe credentials of F. W. Rockwell as membt-r elect from the Twelfth District of Massa chusetts, and tbe gentleman appeared at thei bar of the House and took the oath of office. -'-.: ' ' . i Mr. Hatcb, of Mo., from the committee oh; Agriculture, reported a bill for the es tablishment of a Bureau, of Animal Indus? ! try, to prevent the exportation of diseased; cattle, and to provide means for the sup pression and extirpation of pleuro pneli- ; monia bnd other contagious diseases among ' domestic animals. Ordered to be printed. The -House then, at 12.10. went into , conimittee of the Whole, Mr. Springer, of Ills., in the chair, on the Fitz John Porter bill. " . 1 Mr. Ray, of N. YwTsentinued his speech In support of the bill, declaring his belief that if President Lincoln bad survived the assassin's pistol before the snows of an other winter had come' he wduld have done justice to Porter, and he would have been restored to the Union army. . m opposing the bill Mr. Thomas, of Ul denied the right of Congress to pas3 upon tuis case aou ueciareu uiai me auempt to oyerride the decision of one of the consti tutional tribunals of the country was au absolute violation of the Constitution of he United States. j Mr. Belf ord, of Col., wanted to know whether the gentleman's (Thomas)-judg-ment in Fitz John Porter's case is better than the judgment of the greatest soldier the world has seen from the time of Julius (Jssardown to this time 1 mean U. 8. Grant. Applause on the Democratic side T Debate was further continued by Messrs. Follett, of O.. and Millikin, of Me. Mr. iselford, of Colorado, said that he had the courage of boldness to do what was just without regard to any popular pre judice which might exist. He believed in aomg justice to a man. it was tne sweetest attribute of God Almighty himself. He proposed to bury the prejudices of the past ana ao justice to a man wnom tne greatest General on the face of the earth declared to be wronged and outraged. He would ! fol low Grant's judgment against that of the captains and colonels of militia. Laughter and applause. Mr. Morr, of Michigan, concluded in a long, humorous and sarcastic speech against the bill, by criticising the action of the men who fought on the Confederate side to come here and rip up old difficulties which had existed on the Union side, and then yielded a few minutes of his time to J. S. Wise, of Virginia, who said that he wished to place himself on record is regard to this controversy.! He spoke for himself and himself alone; not as a Confederate Gen eral but as a- boy who at seventeen years of age loved the Confederate cause and saw no taint on Her . banner and followed it and shed ; his blood for it, and .thought that he was nght. He spoke to-day, so help him God, without one taint of treason, and loving the flag, that was over the Speaker's chair, as truly as ever Daniel Webster loved it. Ap plause. He spoke, however, as one who, as he heard this discussion, had -felt that his mind wandered off from the discussiou of the question and was back with the graves of the Confederate dead. Ha ap pealed to Confederate -soldiers Jiere to know whether as this discussion had pro gressed, instead of following tbe triumphs of Grant and the troubles of Porter, their minds were not more properly back with the graves of their brethren and thousands of friends, and whether they did. not rea lize that this: was the most anomalous scene ever witnessed in the history of any land, where the vanquished are called upon to cast a decisive weight in the contested bal ance - of. the- victors.: For himself! he accepted the issue presented. lie turned from this scene. He saw the perils of the past once more come' before him. He felt once more as if he were back in the bloody angle of the Wjlderness,- and when Union men were deciding' who was their Ajax Telemon, who their Achilles, and who their Diomxle, he stepped aside, and his mind would wander off to where soldier sentinels kept watch across the river where the Con federate dead were sleeping among the trees. .::":;;: .l i . . Mr. Horr then continued bis speech, say ing that it was time that the people should understand that the ex-Confederates were ready to bury the past, but the gentlemen could not give them so to understand by taking every opportunity they found to re verse the decisions of courts martial, and to rake up these questions which had been fairly and honestly settled in the past. u , Mr. Wolford, of Ky., took the floor in support of the bill, but ! yield to a motion that the committee rise, and the House ad journed. " j . WASHINGTON. The PooIeSklnner Contested Election Case Other Case to be Considered. By Telegraph to the Horning Star.) ' Washington, January 25.-The Senate to-day confirmed "the nomination or Miss Buena Vista Wood, postmaster at Rock Hill. 8. O. - - :- - The legal phase of the Poole-Skinner contested election case, of North Carolina, was argued before the House committee on Elections to-day. Argument will be con tinued to-morrow. ; There- are fourteen contested cases before tbe Elections com mittee. The records of but two have besn printed , and referred to sub committees. Of tbe contests. Virginia, has three, Ohio . , TT , Alt ' X T . . J ' iwo, - jansas, oiauama,' luwa, luuiaua, Mississippi. Missouri,-North Carolina, New Mexico and' Montana each has one. ; At the last' Congress twenty-two ? cases were considered, and all were, passed upon ex cept that of Lee vs. Richardson, which hung in the House on the last day. new'york. Iron Ore Companies Reducing Wage I of Miners. - By TelegraiUi to the Morning Star.l Tboy, January 28. :The iron ore compa nies at Port Henry have notified tbe , mi ners of a reduction in their wages of ten to fifteen cents per day. It is reported that the miners wilt as for a ten per cent, re duction in the price of wood furnished them by the companies;' and also in their bouse rent :. VIRGINIA. Death of Ex-Governor Letcher. Richmond, January, 26. Ex-Gov. John Letcher died this morning, at his home in Lexington, ya.. Perhaps the sausage is the con necting link between - man and dog. Bur- lington, Jbree Jrress. - Spirits: Turpentine. Winston Leader: Statistics show. that the Salem , branch road is increasing- VPfirlV in thp W.V nf froirrrito Ctmr 97 ." j . r - v. ..muiv. i v . - 500,000 pounds of freight have passed over " this road during the year .'83 an increase Slf .Kniif Q ffft AAA .3 . 1 3 -.1. uu,u w,uw,uuu liuuuus uvcr lilts picucu- ing year. A pretty, good showing for a branch road of twenty-nine miles. Ox- ford is growing growing rapidly. Evi dences of real prosperity are to be seen on : every hand. Her tobacco market is active. - "j Oxford possesses every facility for a manu facturing centre. ' The town is a beautiful:' one. .,,,''..' . Fayetteville Observer:- On Sat-; urday night the two-year-old child of Wil liam Warlick in 71st Township, fell in the fire, we . regret to, learn, and was badly burned. . - .. .The extension of the C. F. & Y. V.. Railway has been si mewhat im peded by the recent bad weather; but, this past, work on the road will - now progress rapidly. - The road is completed to within twenty miles of Greensboro. - Satur day night, in founding one of the bends on the Cape Fear, the steamers Murehison and Wave came into collision, but without ma terial damage to either. -V . -t New Berne Journal: We regret to hear, just ' as we-'are going to press, of the death of Mrs. Grizzell Walker, wife of Mr James W. Walker. ' - The case of Christian vs. A. & N. C. Railroad, applica tion ffor a restraining order against the stockholders and directors leasing the road, v will be heard before Judges Bond and Sey mour at .Raleigh on , February 1st. The Neuse & Trent River Steamboat Com Fpany, which is a consolidation, and a reor- . ganizatidn of the Neuse River Navigation ' Company and the Trent River Transporta tion: Company, which, we "must say, to start with.is a good move, ia ouf opinion, " for both companies, r . ' ' 1 Greensboro Workman : , The .Trinity . Magazine is reported as suspended. It is now intimated that the laws of North Carolina touching: matters of finan cial obligationrand making money lenders secure, will need to be amended! by the ; Xiegisiature oetore i capitalists from, other States can be induced to s invest in' enter prises in the Stareuin the capacity of money Jenders , Quite "BKely. ' "The. Senate has confirmed' the; appointment ofMr. George B. Everett, Of North Carolina, to be register of the land office atiMitchell, Da kota." This is a great deal better than sit ting on a keg of dynamite in a North Caro lina Collector s district, (Uncertain as to the length ot the fuse: i , I Fayetteville iSun : Some ipter- est is being manifested in the establishment of a Reading Room an$ Library; for the convenience and recreation of thi general public. - A tew days ago, asj the train on the C. F& Y. V. R,' R. was coming in from Rockfish village and about one mile from town, the engineer thought he saw a . matt lvine on the track and making some effort to get oil., lhe en?me was reversed immediately, but it being a large, heavy . one and so near the object, it was impossi ble tq" stop it, so on it rolled, while the poor fellow who, was undoubtedly intoxi cated, barely rolled off . the track, and lodged on the end of the cross-tics. Wadesbbro Intelligencer: As reported last week. P. W. Melton did not draw any of Mr. Barnhart's money out of the Salisbury bank. He did abscpnd.how- ever, With some $500 or $eyu, but -left enough to meet all the obligations of the concern and to pay back to Mr -Barnhart the amount of his capital invested. For as to comment, however, upon either of Dr. Milburn's lectures, is to render our- self ridiculous m the eyes of every intelli gent person who heard him, and we there fore desist, while declaring his sermons and his lectures to be works of genius, and in comparably auperior to anything ever.be foreheard in Wadesbdro. That was a pe culiar, if list a sacred, compliment paid Dr. Milburn by a Wadesboro gentleman last Sunday, after having heard his morn ing's discourse and while retifrhing home from church, said a gentleman with whom he was walking, "What do you think of Dr. Milburn ?" "Think of him,".said he: think of him ? I think he must be. the- man who wrote the Bible !" i . i . Charlotte Observer : The police last night sprung a trap they had been watching for some time and three negro burglars were caught. It was right clever ly done. too. Chief of Police : McNinch and Sergeant Irwin had been suspecting the parties for a week or two and through a very skilfully worked up plan, last night, succeeded in catching them. The names of the three negroes are familiar in Char lotte. Jim Gillespie was captured in Log town and Henry Lane afid Taylor Martin wre surprised ia meir lairs at tue oua zard Roost." The firm of Barnhardt & Co., was recently organized at Bilesville, Stanly county,, with; an individual by the name of Morton as the company. The firm seemed to prosper from the start, and tne merchants composing it were accumu lating a little money, when a dire calamity unexpectedly fell upon them. The "com pany," Mr. Morton, went to Salisbury one day recently with a lot of cotton-to sell for the firm. He sold the cotton and put $800 or $1,000 in. his pockets. This done, he met with a woman of the town . and became so infatuated with her that he persuaded her to run, off to Texas with him. Morton got safely away to Texas and not only car ried the woman : with liim, but the nrm s hard cash also.- Charlotte Observer: The Alias- & Little Rock Railroad is in North Caro lina, but not ten of our people out of a hundred, we.venture to say, know vf ts existence. The railroad in question taps- the Carouna Uentral liailroaa near laurin!- i burg and runs across to Alfordsville. It is- i a railroad owned by two meni Messrs i Wilkinson and Fore, and has been in ope- I ration nearly two years. It was first start- j ed as a tramway for the transportation ot : logs, Messrs. Wilkinson and' Fore being owners of extensive lumber mills but after i Working it awhile, they formed the idea of : converting it into a real railroad. They i bought enough iron rails to lay the track i from Alma to Alfordsville, bought a locomo : tive, mail, passenger and box car, hired i one of the Carolina Central's best engineers i besides one of its best ticket agents, ; and have ever since been running their rail road just like any other railroad is run. . They do a big business, their freights being made up largely of cotton and lumber, while their passenger traffic is considerable. They have no regular schedules but make trips whenever freight and passengers de mand it. The track is the same width as the Carolina Central, enabling it to swap cars. For a backwoods railroad, its busi ness is wonderful, - the Carolina Central trains frequently leaving ten to fifteen cars on the side track at Alma for it, and some times pulling a long train of Alma & Little Rock cars loaded with freight into Wil mington. The total length of the road is only twelve mile, but it runs through a rich country. The owners are extending their road little by little into South -Caro-lina.' T-":.' , Raleigh News-Observer: Mr. J, A. Gray, the President of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R, told us yesterday that trains would run' on this road from a point far be low Fayetteville to Greensboro by April 1. -i A squad of thirty-six convicts, nearly all negroes, :, work on the' sewer up East4 Lane street.-" The sewer leads from the Go-f yernor'S mansion to the corner! of North Salisbury and West Lane streets. Three of the convicts were half a square from the squad going tqward's Blount street Sud denly one of them made a dash,for liberty, and dashed through Col. Heck's lot t'o Blount street, turning up which he ran fori dear life. The guards pursued, but would not fire. - Mr. Jackson, one of the guards, pursued "the fleeing negro closely, and' finally, at a point on the new road through Mordecai's field, began to fire at him. The third shot struck the- negro in the leg, near the. knee, making a bad wound, the bubet then lodging in the fleshy part of the other leg. r The convict waa desperate, for. as the guard approached him as he lay upon the ground he drew La knife. The guard, la&mg aim at mm tola tne. prisoner to throw the knife away at once. The command : was promptly obeyed. The wounded man was placed in a wagon and taken to the penitentiary. The charge of "intimidation of contractors," or "inter fering with the private affairs of a printing office" is a poor excuse the Pilot makes to the public for its failure -or suspension. The patronage of the revenue office did noC amount to as many-dollars and cents as came to Us from the printing of the Pilot and if the Pilot had paid aar she went shet would have been piloting now, so far as we are concerned. Our printing establish ment is open for work Republican work. ' or Democratic work so4ong as the money; 'is In sight- . - - . The public's printers, , - . ; " WrXXIAJISON & COKRIEr . ' 88,550 shingles, valued at fa.uoa. r , , 3 . ! L , - , - - 1 i J 1 J" f. -
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