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The Weekly Star. J'-Ci;:', Tt-r,!--- : -..,po : v .-8p.;rnrp.n,r PUBLISHED AT v . IV ILHIWGT O N, N. C, - , AT 1.50 A Y E A It, IN A D V A N C 3B s8iSS8.88SS88SS8.' i .'."vu,w. a38g838S88988S38! at c e S8SSSSS88S888SSSS 8S8S8SS888S88SS88 SSSSSS8883SSS8SS -il""flt f 8SSS8S83SSS3SSS3S iuhi i 38S888888S88S8888 -' g g s s 5 8 8 3 8 g 8 8 ; SS83SSSS8S8S888S St lO CB O ri JJ JO JO g JJ g g . 888888.88888888888 - i Gd.vred at the Post Offloe atTWTlmlngton, N. C.t t as Second Class Matter. , . , . . SUBSCRIPTION PBICE, The subscription price of the "Wekkj.y Spak is as follows : ' Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " 6 months, " " 1.00 " 3 months. ." " ' .50 i ' 1 3: U lbtf lGTOIS CIIIEVNEBD. The first anl most important thing for "Wilmington, after securing all poissible railway and waterway cora iiiuni!.(ionJi8 a large, elegant, well apj iritcl hotel. If Wilmington is t trrf'' thore must be in all respects ;a IirHl-clsss hotel here. If Wilming- 1(011 woul.l pave hundreds and thou wU f Northern travellers to stop ovt-r fr a few days there miiH he a hotel t qiial, to the Northern hotels in tht-lar;; I cities. If "Wilmington would have five hundred well to do t Xoi iinTii people spending six months i-acli vear here then Wilminffton sliouid offer the needed accommoda tions. 11 sboulu be remembered that wli7it fi'.ie ihotel accommodations are, aid that hey have the money to pay lor the'hest. If they cannot get the bes lu-re they will not stop, bat'" will st!! fart vcr south or make the trip witb.'iist stopping over. We know ll'.at W Islington is njgarded as a most J: arable point for the place of re i between New Euglanil ad Flo-r'ul:i- We have the evidence- ihat satijies us th.it a hotel of elegint and i coiiHirOi iotjs appointments would soon; -.all met and be filled all the win ter, i-.-' i- . . 1 ;:'" , : I Wii;il a cliange it wonld make in j the XnlA ineM of Wilmington if there i. . Jivt or ; six hundred visiting Ilil'II, omen and children in our f onj ()ctober, to April! The cliurei s on Sabbath would be filled, the business generally would be mui-n ton livelier and the aspect of the wnnhT '""btrTmsJness-fiko "a.nd liavti 'a pamphlet issued by the Wd ii d Line, to -which we referred the ofher dav. Out in the woods in Yaiiep eoumy stands . the Davis Hote- There is a picture of it ih. the pamphlet. ; It is handsome an Iirge with verandas all aronnd,t'th upper one being enclosed with glass, we believe, so that invalidsfand, deli cate people can take their regular . exercise the severest weather. There is nothing to attract in the neighbor hood but a climate that is. mild com pared with that of the North. But that is much, and the accommoda tions are excellent, and by July of each yekr .the applications for the en suing winter have exhausted the ca pacity of the lMiildiiis. This has been donejhy an .enterprising Iiosto nian who known "how to run a hotel," : : -y , .: .- ;; If some' capitalist wonld come to Wilmington, and erect a $250,000 hoteland then ha.ye it conducted in the be&t style, there is "money in it" we verily believe. Now who is the man? Where shall be be found? It is useless to takeold buildings that were never designed for a: hotel and try to convert them into, a'first-class establishment for the accommodation of a wide-awake and discriminating travelling public. A new, well con structed, well arranged, handsomely furnished, eligibly located, excellent-. ly managed hotel, large .enough to accommodate six hundred guests, is what Wilmington must rhave" if it does not mean to ' remain a s'rt of wayside station. - '.. Thisij the age of enterprise, of ac- - tivity, of reaching out in every di rectionto the North, to the Sonth, to the West, and our people must in no sense be behind the age, behind the people in other sections. But the first step towards real progress is to have that new hotel. . Charleston, Savannah, Atlanta are all building. Must Wilmington be content to do nothing? If the capital cannot be raised .here,and we suppose jt can not, then let steps be taken to induce others that have the capital to come and build. ; i 'If you would see what, a political hotch-potch the Democratic party is the Tariff onfy scan the papers and watch the action of politicians. 1 here is a large majority of Tariff Reformers in the House and yet a man opposed to .Tariff Reform ' and in favor of the War Tariff ist made Chairman of the Congressional Cam paign Committee. A Reoublican Reformer will be slow to trust the sincerity of any party that Urns acts. And then behold Randall and his clique ! i : . - A MM - WKEKL Y STAR - - .:.!.. .r s . -. -.- -- - --. . .. : L - . . vol: xv. A MATTER' REQVIBIITG IlfVESTI ; . ' ' CATION.' " ! The Philadelphia - Ledger t - an In-s dependent Republican paper, has let the cat out of the wallet. Referring to the recent election in that city it says that there were some "exceed ingly disreputable frauds." Hear it, and we call Senator VanceTs; atten-i tion to it that he !may consider the propriety of sending John Sherman and some of the other smellers and outrage mill feeders to the "City of Brotherly Love" to investigate. Says ' the Ledgers ; I -.-' "There were false circulars, forged tax and naturalization paper notices intended to intimidate voters, and low tricks of sundry other descriptions, intended to lead the un wary into traps." , j ; The people of Philadelphia,! as well as of some other cities are: capable of intimidation and frauds and 'ras calities that are every whit as dis reputable and violative pf a free and pure, ballot as anything that occurs in the South. There is another Northern paper that does not hesi tate, to condemn. The Chicago Cur' rent, discusssing j the Philadelphia methods and comparing them with those of Mississippi, says: . i j "After all, the difference between such elections as that held in Philadelphia and that in Copiah county. Miss., seems to be in the use of semi-barbaric physical! force, jn the latter case, to intimidate voters; the principle of unlawful obstruction and the fraudulent motive are identical. And in both eases the fraudulent processes were directed by the little gods of the political machine, who jean read land write. Per verted intelligence, not illiteracy, wrecks the ideal use of the ballot" j v Let Senator Vance move for an in vestigation and sen4 Sherman; but also send two honest men with' him to inqure. j i ' "-" j A , MAIL, CONTRACTS. : j The Pittsboro Record calls atten tion to the fact that the Post Office Department gives .the successful bids for carrying the mails id. North Carolina for four years beginning on July 1st, 1884, to people - livingj be yond the State, f It says: j "In this county there are nearly a dozen mail routes, and not a single citizen of the county has been awarded the contract for carrying the mail on any pnfe of them, al though tnere were bidders from the county for every one. Already the successful bid ders are writing here for the nuroose of sub-letting their contracts, and thus pocket whatever profits there may be and make others do the work. We hope that no one of our citizens will accepts one of these sub-contracts, but compel the contractors to do tae wort themselves. JNo man lean take a sub-contract in this county at the prices offered by the non-resident contrac tor and supply the proper service." j Here is a matter requiring the1 at tention ! of our members in both Houses. There is doubtless fraud in these transactions. If not, ; how can non residents nearly always be suc cessful, and how can! Ihey get pay enough to allow them to sub-let and still make money? We join the Re cord in the hope that po North Caro linians will agree to take the job off the hands pf the successful bidders at. reduced rates, buj; force the for eigners to come to the State and fulfil their own contracts., Fair, sojuare dealing is at a discount in these days. There have been so jmuch' rascality and jobbery in thej postal setvice that it would be well if Gen. ;Cox and Senator Yance wonld make some inquiries as to how jnon-residents are so fortunate in securing contracts in 'Southern States." i . r ' LET THE ISSUE BE JOINED. It begins to look 'like business in the House pf Representatives, j The 'oramittee on Ways and Means by u strict party vote has agreed to re; jort Morrison's bill as amended. This shows unanimity in both par ties as far. as the composition of the Committee is concerned. ; The. ma jority are favorable to Reform. The minority declare that the War Tariff must remain, and that v too in the face of the staring fact that the Re publican Tariff Cpmmission recom mended that the very monstrous rob ber Tariff should be reduced 25 per cent. and it has not been reduced but a little more than 2 per cent., and, according to Mr. Nimmo, it is very doubtful if it has been reduced at all. Now let the Committee bring the question before the House and force Randall and his little squad of Democratic Protectionists to J take their positions. Randall openty de clares that he is" opposed to the re" duction, and he asserts that this op position was known when he was a candidate for the Speakership. There was some egregious misrepresentation of blundering and the facts during contest because the pendency of the they swore that Randall was all right and was with his party. Mr. Randall is kept in the .Con gress by the Republican - Protec tionists of Philadelphia. This fact has been known all j along and when Southern Democrats supported him for the Speakership they did so well knowing that he would kill j off all Tariff reduction" if elected. We hope the Democratic Reform ers in the House will stand firmly by their colors and never lower them to either Republican; or Democratic op ponents. If they are to g'o down let them go down in defence of sound economy and right principle. - - Hewitt eays he has not seen Til den since last July and I has not said anything about his feebleness, as re ported. - . . i mX- S : "-v. -i v-t'Bt; vrw, - -v 77" " ' - ' ' - I ; The "jig is up", with Arthnr in North Carolina. , Keogh f'Karnel" Thomas. Keogh was his candidate for the Marshalship of Western Car olina. His - claims were warmly pressed.' The "Kurnel" upon the' peace establishment was ' hot for Arthur, and still it did not work Well and now the news comes from Wash-i ington that the Arthur' boom has met with a severe check.and Keogh's nomination is withdrawn, and it is thus confessed that Arthur has met with a decided check ' in his hopes and aspirations. Edmunds, Hoar and Ingalls are . the' bloody triumvirate who slew Keogh at the very foot of the throne, and "great was the fall, my countrymen."- The following from the Washington: letter ha the New York'TYwies explains the rn portance of the Keogh,-and, ArthtM defeat.' It says: '. , "North Carolina is almost the only de hatae Southern 8tater as. matters now stand, in a Presidential election.- - In giving up his bold -there the President acknow ledges to a bad set-back as to the Southern votes in the National Convention." I William Rhodes, brother, of Lieut. Rhodes, eloped with the prettiest girl of North Madison, Conn. Her name is Lottie Redfield and her father Is the richest man in that sec tion. The old fellow has altered his will and has cut off his daughter en tirely. " A special in the New York Times from New Haven says: i "Lottie Redfield has been the acknowl edged belle of the half dozen charcoal towns within eight miles of her father's farm. She has sung in all the concerts of Middlesex county. She has posed in the tableaux of all the Sunday school enter tainments, danced at all the country fetes, and made-half the youth of Eastern Con necticut mad with admiration for her pret ty face and comely figure. It was never suspected that William Tread well Rhodes was a favored suitor until recently. His brother's bravery made him famous, as it made all the family famous, and to frater nal heroism in Gay Head's waters was due, perhaps, more than to aught else, the fact that the fair Lottie discovered attractions in the attentions of William." - j The following, from the Washing ton special in the Richmond Dis pqich, concerns local mail contrac tors:.'. "The House Post Office Committee will meet to morrow and' will probably take up the bill to prohibit the sub-letting of mail contracts. - The indications are that the committee will agree to report it. The ob ject of this bill is to -give local bidders for mail contracts a chance. .Under the pre sent system there are wholesale bidders who get a large number of contracts all over the country and sub-let them to local parties at a profit. This, it is contended, militates against the efficiency of the mail service- - A gentleman wishes to know what is, the meaning of . ."Crof tera" as. ap-. plied, to the Scotch immigrants from th e Island of Skye. Croft means a small faring or land enclosed around a farm house. Hence, we suppose, Crofters, those who work small farms. It may have a local mean iiig.of which we are not informed. ! THE SCOTCS CROFTERS, j How Tbejr Were Received and What j ... - - r Ylas been Done for Them Partial i ....... List of Name Immigration Agnt for tbe Seaboard Alr-lilne, Sec. Mr. J. L. Cooley, who has taken such an interest in the introduction of Scotch im migrants into this section of the State, was in the city yesterday. From him we learn that the Crofters who recently arrived at Laurin burg,, where they met a cordial re ception and welcome, have all been furc nished with suitable homes and the most of them have gone to work. These appear to give entire satisfaction, and the Crofters themselves are as well pleased as any num ber of men, women and children could be expected to be under the peculiar circum stances in which they find themselves, so far a! way from their fatherland and among a strange people. Mr. Cooley says they are a fine, healthy looking set of people, and that he has failed to detect a solitary sickly, looking onein the whole lot. It is their j intention to provide themselves with homes of their own as fast as they become able,' and it is intended to facilitate their efforts in attaining this object as much as possif bie. . .:.;..!', :' : '!. ;-;-.J! Following we give a list of the part, naming tbe heads of families and the young men: Malcolm Finlayson, aged 32, wife aged 25, and 2 children ; John Finlayson, aged 41, wife 43, and 2 children; Alexander Finlayson, aged 39, wife 40, and 6 chil dren; Alexander Finlayson, Sr., aged J72, and wife, 'aged 73, father and mother of the above; John McKinnon, aged 35, wife 30, 4 children, anoTMiss" Alexander Nicholson; Neil McMillan, aged -29, wife 24, and 1 child; Donald Matheson, aged 40, wife 40, l daughter, aged 20, and Alexander Mathe son, nephew, aged 13; Angus McMillan, aged 41, wife 33, 5 childien, and Miss Catharine Matheson; Donald iMcPherson, aged 45, wife 45,' and 5 children, aged from 9 to 21 ; Roderick McKinsey, aged 42, wife 34, and 8 children ; Alexander McDonald, aged 35, wife 33, and 3 children. 'Also, the. following young men: Alexander Mc Kinsey, aged 20; Duncan McKinscyj aged 20; Murdo Murray, aged 20; Murdo Mc Donald, 20; John Nicholson. 18; James Nicholson, 24; Donald McPherson, 24, and Donald Mcintosh, 40. ., J j I j - In this connection we would state that Mr. Cooley has just received the appoint ment of Immigrant Agent of the Seaboard Air-Line, embracing the Carolina Central, the Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line, the Ra leigh & Gaston, and Seaboard & Roanoke Railroads, with headquarters at Laurin bura at present, and that he will look out for the interests of those families who have already arrived, and make provisions for increasing the number; there being j twenty families already, booked who will be sent on as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. r - - i I Mr. Cooley; will give the matter of intro ducing these desirable immigrants and pro viding them with houses his earnest at tention,' and we may expect the jmost fa vorable results from his efforts in this di rection. ' i . WILMINGTON, N. O., ! - 1MPORTAN T ACTIOJTi V?; Joint meeting or tbe Cbamber of Gomvercf, Prod ace Exchange and Hoard of Trade Consideration of Various matter of Importance to Wilmington Resolutions Passed by ' Ibre meeting, See. At a joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Produce .Exchange and Board, of Trade, held yesterday.Col. Roger Moore, President of the Produce Exchange, ex plained the object of the Tmeeting to be to. take some action relative to bills now be fore Congress looking to the erection of a suitable building in this city to be used as a U. S. Court Room and Postoffice, and to the securing of further aid from the gOr vernment in carrying on the works of im provement of the Cape Fear -River and Harbor. Col. Moore then moved that Hon. A. H. VanBokkelen, : President of -lUft Chamber of Commerce, be - called to the chair, which- was done .by a - unanimous vote, and Col. J- .L. , Cantwell-and Mr.,C. P. Mebane were requested ; to act a Sjer tariea. - - ;---... - , Col. F, W. Kerchner offered the follow ing preamble and resolutions relative to the Revenue Marine Service of -the , United States, which were unanimously adopted : . Whbrbas, This Chamber is fully im pressed with the importance of the Re venue Marine and the efficient and valua ble service it has rendered to the govern ment and to the ocean, lake and river com merce of the country, as well as in saving the lives and property of hundreds of those engaged therein ; and . " Wheebas, There is no provision of law whereby those who may become disabled by age, injuries or other Cause in said ser vice, may be retired, as is the case in the naval and military service of the govern ment, which in the judgment of this Cham ber, should be remedied, tberefore.be it Resolved, As the sense of this Chamber that the bill EL R. 4483 how before Con gress, entitled "A Bill to promote the effi ciency of the Revenue Marine Service," is one which commends itself to us as a wise and just measure, and one which we would be glad to see the Senators and Represen tatives from the State support. Resolved, That a copy of the f oregoiDg resolution be forwarded to the Senators and Representatives in Congress from North Carolina. Mr. J-. H. Currie offered the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted : ' , Resolved, By the Chamber of Commerce, Produce Exchange and Board of Trade of the City of Wilmington, assembled in joint convention, that, in their opinion, the exi gencies of tbe public service demand the erection in this city of such a building for the use of the several departments of the administration as shall be commensurate with the dignity of the Federal Govern ment, and in keeping with the large and growing commerce and population of our city. ' '.'!' - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each Senator" and Representative in Congress from this State, with the re quest that they individually and collective ly give all the aid in their power to securing such appropriations and legislation as may be necessary to effect the object desired. Resolved, That Messrs. D. G. Worth,' F. W. Kerchner and Jas. Sprunt are' hereby appointed a committee to take this matter in charge and push it to a successf ol con clusion by such measures as to them may seem best. Col. F. W. Kerchner moved, and the motion was seconded, that A. H. YanBok kelen Esq., President of the joint meeting, be authorized to appoint a committee of his own selection to visit Washington, D. C, at such time as he may judge best, to urge such action on the part of Congress as may be necessary to secure the continued prosecution of the important works for the improvement of our bar and river, in cluding the upper Cape Fear river. Tbe motion was carried unanimously, and Col. Kerchner was appointed to take the necessary steps towards meeting the ex penses of the proposed visit, if made. Mr. Wm. Calder offered the fallowing resolutions, which were adopted : j Resolved, By the Chamber of Commerce, the Produce Exchange and the Board of Trade of Wilmington, N. C, that the con tinued obligatory coinage of silver by the General Government, is a standing and daily increasing menace to the best commer cial and industrial interests of our country, and sbould be suspended as soon aa possi ble! i Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to each of the Senators and Representatives,m Congress from this State. (An ameudment offered by .A. H. Van- kkelen, Esq., to the effect that the word nded, in the above resolution.be erased, and the word limited placed in its stead, was lost. ; A discussion in relation to the proposed extension of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val ey Rail road to this city then . took place, participated in by. Messrs. A. H. VanBok- jkelen, Don. MacRae, F. W. Kerchner, J. H. Currie, and Col. Roger Moore, after which the following resolution, offered by Mr. J. H. Carrie, was unanimously adop ted : ..;.""; ; - ' Resolved, That it is the sense of this meet ing that it is extremely desirable that this city should be made the eastern terminus Of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail road, and that we look forward with deep interest to the completion of this road in this direction, and we will use every possi ble effort to bring it here. ' The meeting was largely . attended and jmuch interest was manifested in the pro ceedings. A Pender Tbtel Come to Grief. I Charles Croom, colored was brought here and lodged in jail Friday night, under a commitment from' Justice Wm. W. Lar- kins, of Lincoln Township, Pender county, charged with the larceny of a hog. He will be held for a hearing before the next term of the. Superior "Court for Pender county, in default of the bond required of him by the committing magistrate. . " a-- i Helping tbe Sufferers. St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of this city, has recently, certainly, re sponded nobly to the calls for help in our own State and in the Ohio Valley. Besides contiibuting cash to the Relief committee, the members of the church contributed articles of clothing, food, etc., to enable them to send five boxes and two barrels to Rockingham, containing over 300 various articles. ' A box of chothing was also sent to Wheeling, W. Va., and a neat sum in cash. Mayor J. A. Miller, of the city of Wheeling, in Acknowledging the receipt of the contributions, in a letter to. Rev. Mr. Pe8chau. after referring to the fact that all was distributed as directed, says: "On be half of the sufferers, we extend to you and your Wilmington friends sincere thanks for the contribution and for your words of sympathy. Our hearts are touched by the kind words and helping hands that were extended to us in our distress from so many distant' parts of bur country." We ' are glad to report, that the Southern Express Co. kindly, promptly and gratuitously hipped each of the above boxes, etc., to their destination. FRIDAY, MACRH U, Continuation r tbe Investigation be ZJ fore tbe Police committee.' ; The investigation before the Police Com mittee of the Beard of Aldermen, in the matter of Sergeant Davis, was continued yesterday, commencing at 10 o'clock in the morning.- ' The court room was - again crowded with spectators and listeners. Af ter some preliminary discussion the argu ment for the defence was opened , by. Mr. Martin, who was followed by Mn Strange for the other side. Mr. N. A. Stedman then spoke for the defence and was follow ed bjMr. Marsden Bellamy for the same side, after which Mr. Cutlar closed for the city.: The speeches were all good and were listened to with- much interest ' At - the close of Mr. Cutlass, speech the Court ad journed, the Committee reserving their de cision, which was subsequently announced as follows, the same being signed by the Tnembers, His Honor, Mayor Hall and At dermen J. L. Dudley and Valentine Howe? : j "The opinion of the Committee is, while thete,ju-e--mny aitigtng 'circumstances' connected with this transaction, yet from the evidence adduced, we are- satisfied" enough baa been proved to show that the defendant is not a proper person to be on the police force. Therefore we grant him privilege of resigning." . We learn -that Sergeant Davis sent in his resignation, to take effect to-day. Death or Onr County Treasurer. '-- Owen Burne'y, our . colored County Treasurer, who was stricken with paralysis on the night of Saturday, the 23rd ult., died yesterday morning, at his residence on Mc-1 Rae, between Wal nut and Red Cross streets.; Deceased was a member of the Chesnutj street Presbyterian Church . and was agedj about 58 years. He came to Wilmington from Bladen county many years before the war with Col. Burney, afterwards a meif" chant of this city, to whom he then be longed. During the term of the late Owen Fennell, Sr., as Sheriff of this county, Owen Burney served as jailor. Since .the war he has been among the most prominent of our colored politicians, and . his name has several times been before the Republi can nominating convention as a candidate for the-Sheriffalty. He held for several years a position in the Custom House, but at the last general election he was chosen by the Republicans to fill the place of County Treasurer. Deceased was. a very worthy man, and the announcement of his death will be received with very general regret. ' j. A Fraud and a Cheat. j Reuben Thompson, colored, had a pre liminary examination before Justice J C. Hill, yesterday, charged with cheating and fraud. It appears from the evidence that the defendant went to the house of a color ed man named Wm. Davis, living about three miles from this city, recently, and offered to take bis mule and exchange him with a party who would give him for the same $85 worth of cattle' and hogs; he to receive $5 as compensation for making so desirable a bargain. He carried the mule off, and actually did exchange him with a man in Brunswick county for a number of cattle and hogs, brought them ' to this city, sold them and pocketed . the money, making no return to Davis, the owner of the mule, who had also paid Thompson $1 in advance on the amount of compensation. He was required to give a justified bond in the sum of $100, in default of which he was committed to jail. Thompson is said to be a South Carolina darkey. A Call Extended. We find the following in the last Char-' lotte Observer: "The congregation iof the Presbyterian church in Concord has made out and tendered a pastoral call to Rev. G. M. Payne, at present the pastor of tbe Sec ond Presbyterian Church in Wilmington. The call was unanimous on the part of the members of the church, who guaranteed a salary of $1,200 and a parsonage for Mr. Payne's family if the call is accepted. It is believed in Concord that Mr. Payne will accept the charge." We have only to say that Rev. Mr. Payne and his charge are veiy much in "Concord" just now, and have been ever since he came te Wilming ton. . Clinton and Point Caswell Railroad. f he Directors of the Clinton and Point Caswell Railroad met in this city Wednes day and awarded the contract of nine miles of the road to Mr. A. P. Holland, which, will complete the grading to Mr. John D. Kerr's store, on Black River. Mr. Holland has constructed eleven miles of the road for the company, and, being an expert iu his profession, the friends and patrons of the enterprise can rest assured that it will be pushed through w.ith vigor; a consumma tion that should bo gratifying to the people of Wilmington, which will be benefitted to a considerable extent, upon its completion, by the trade which , will be drawn hither from that source. Wilmington ' (KI. K.) .District Con- ferenee Tbe Presiding Elder. . The Wilmington District Conference is announced to meet at Goscben, in the Clio ton Circuit, on Thursday before the fourth Sunday in July. . We regret to learn that Dr. Sobbitt, the Presiding Elder, has been, sick at Elizabethtown for some eight or ten days with fever and nervous prostra tion, at the residence of Mr. C. C. Lyon, but was expected to fill his appointment in the Cokesbury Circuit last Sunday. Shall We Have the Hotel? The impression seems to be general that a large first class hotel would be a good in vestment here, and the only excuse urged for a failure to take hold of the matter at once and push it to a successful issue," is the lack of the necessary, capital. If it is possible that we have not enough monied men in Wilmington to make up the neces sary amount to construct and furnish such a hotel as is needed in our rapidly growing ' city, the best thing to be done is. to select some suitable person to go and endeavor to induce some of the Northern capitalists, who are seeking a profitable investment for their money, to come down here and put a portion of it in a good hotel. The' ad vantages of such an enterprise in our midst have already been fully set forth, and that it would pay is a fact so patent that not one can be found to indulge a doubt on the subject. (. . Have we not among us a public spirited citizen who could do Wilmington this great service and at the same time add to his own fast accumulating fortune. We hope to hear from him. . A first-class hotel is certainly one of the essentials to Wilmington's future prosperi ty, and we indulge the hope that some defi nite action will be taken in the matter at an early day. . 1884. FORTYEIGHTH CONGRESS. J ' ' . . . FIRST SESSION. , A .memorial from Labor Organization The Senate Contingent Fond Com mittee Reports Tbe Naval Appro- prlatlon Bill Passed by tbe House, cc, ace. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' " : ' ! . SENATE. ". - Washington. March 6. Amrinir th memorials presented was one by Mr. Cock rell, from the United Labor, organizations of St. Louis, which protests against the at tempts of employers, as illustrated by re cent events in connection with the glass blowers and other trades, to reduce the compensation of American labor to a point on a level with the pauper labor of Europe; and praying the passing of ; laws to restrict the wholesale emigration intended to effect a reduction of the wages of American work ingmen. In presenting the memorial and moving its reference to the.committee on Education and Labor, Mr. Cockrell took 'occasion to commend it to the serious con sideration of that committee. It was so re ferred. -- ---- rJ.-a.J.-.. i ' The actios of the House on the joint res- olution appropriating ten thousand dollars i for tbe Senate contingent fund in append ! ing a proviso that the amount must be used for investigations heretofore ordered, was declared to be an. unjustifiable interference of that body with the independence of the 8enate. A Vote by yeas. and nays was ta ken and the . Senate unanimously decided, not to concur in the amendment, and a committee, consisting of Messrs. Sherman, Wilson and Butler, was appointed te - con fer with a like committee of the House on the subject. " Favorable reports was made from the committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, on the bill fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail matter, of the second class when sent by other than publishers or news agents. If fixed the rate on transient newspapers at one cent for four ounces " the present : rate being one cent for two ounces. Placed on the calendar. The Senate resumed consideration of Mr. Pendleton's bill providing a system of courts for the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States in foreign countries, and after a short debate the bill was passed, substantially as presented yeas 81, nays 11. The Senate then went into executive session. ... ; After an hour spent in executive session, the doors were reopened and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of bills up on its calendar. ..-. The bill reported from the committee on Claims appropriating $200,000 to CoL Al bert Emery for toe invention and con struction of a machine fpr testing iron-clad steel, was taken up and after debate was passed. " Mr. Logan called up. the bill . introduced by himself and reported favorably from the committee on Finance, providing for re funding to Frailey & Deverne, of Chicago, the smn of $15 erroneously . paid to the United States, Mr. Logan explained that, the amount had been paid under a misap prehension of the trademark law, and as the money had been covered into the Trea-i sury, the officers of the Treasury could not return it without the authorization of Con gress. . --! J Mr. Morrill, in saying a good word for the bill, remarked that it certainly was the smallest which had ever received the con sideration of Congress. ' ' - i The bill was read three, times and passed. Aujournea. . . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Manzanares, of . New Mexico, upon the committee . on Coinage, -Weights and Measures. .. The morning hour having been dispensed with, the House went into committee of the Whole, Mr. Converse, of Ohio, in the chair, on the Naval Appropriation bill, j Amendments were adopted authorizing a detail of line officers - in the navy to act as instructors in State universities and agri cultural colleges, aud amending the clauses prohibiting officers on the retired list from accepting positions in the civil service of the United States, by exempting from this clause all officers below the rank of major in the army and' commander in the navy. The committee then rose and reported the bill to the House and it was passed yeas 259, nays 1 Mr. White of Ky. - The request of the Senate for a confer ence on the joint resolution increasing the contingent fund of the Senate was agreed to, and Messrs. Randall, Hoi man and Ry an were appointed conferees, - j Adjourned. " j minor matter In Botb Houses Ap propriation for a Hall of Records senate Bill Concerning tbe Supreme Court Private Bills In tbe House.! ' I - SENATE. . Washington, March. 7. Mr. Williams moved to discharge the committee on Mili tary Affairs from the consideration of the bill to regulate the retiring of army officers. It was the bill, Mr. Williams said, which had been introduced by Mr. Beck, who supposed he was acting for him (Williams) and the name of Williams had been noted as having introduced it,? He (Williams) knew nothing whatever of such a bill, and disclaimed all responsibility; for it. . Mr. Beck explained that he had intro duced the bill for his colleague, as he sup posed. A young gentleman had come in, looking for Mr. Williams; and saying that the Senator had agreed to introduce the bill. In Mr. Williams absence ,he (Beck) had in troduced it. But he now found that there were provisions in it for which neither he nor his colleague would! consent to be re sponsible. He supposed they had been im posed upon.. I - The committee were discharged from the further consideration pf the bill, which was laid on the table. I The Senate then took up and after a short debate passed the bill authorizing the construction i of a fire proof building of brick and metal in the city of Washington, to be used as a hall of records. The bill as passed appropriates $250,000 for the pur pose. ' In the course of. tbe debate Mr.. Vest sUted that the upper part of the capi tal is filled with papers and if sparks should fall among them it would . result in fire, which though it might not perhaps de stroy the capitol, would probably result in burning up its roof. J . The Senate took up, and after reading a third time, passed the bill constituting a majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States to be a quorum of the Court, instead of six Judges as here-, tofore required by law. The bill also pro-: hibits Judges who heard a case at circuit from sitting on the1 supreme bench when the case comes up for appeal. The Senate then adiourned until Mop day. i , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . The entire day in the House was de voted to the consideration of bills of a pri vate character, principally for the relief of individuals. The bill which occupied the great part of last Friday's session, that au thorizing the retirement of Alfred Pleason ton with the rank; of colonel, came up as unfinished business, and was finally dis posed of by being recommitted to the Mili tary Committee without instructions. - 1 The House took a recess until 7:30, the evening session to: be for the consideration of Pension bills. J . Senate : Not In Session Report Irom House Committees A motion to Con sider Revenue Bills Defeated Tbe Postoffice Appropriation BUI. - . .. .. i . , - : " .7 - Washington, March 8. The Senate was not in session to-day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. : The Speaker laid before the House a let ter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the earnings of each of tbe U. Si Marshals from 1873 to 1883. Referred. Under the call of committees the follow-; ing was submitted: . ' By Mr. Turner, of Ga., from the com mittee on Elections, a resolution confirm-: ing the right of Thos. G. Skinner, of North: Carolina, to his seat in "the House. : Laid over. The committee' on Shipping reported ad versely a bill authorizing the purchase of NO. 20 foreign-built ships by United States citizens for use in the foreign carryirife trade. . Mr. SlOCUm of Naw Ynrlr niwuniiuU : , .w-., a v. twvuwi minority report in favor of the above UiM. ; . . ; ...... Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, moved that the House go : into committee of the Whole on the revenue bills pending, while Mr. Townshend,. of ; Illinois, moved that the House go into committee t on general ap propriation bills, f - ; . The Speaker stated that a vote would first be taken en , Mr. ? Morrison's motion, and Mr. Randall, of Penn., demanded the yeas and nays. Mr. Reed, of Maine, inquired whether if the motion were carried, the committee would be required to consider internal reve nuebills. - . . -, The Speaker replied that it would be re quired to consider bills raising revenue, if there were any such on the calendar. The chair did not decide whether there were any such bills or not The object of Mr Morrison's motion was to take up for consideration the "Bonded Extension" Whiskey bill. The House, however, re fused to adopt ityeas 115, nays 127.: This was in no. (tease a party .vote, a a- large BBtaber of Democrats voted in the nega tire with Republicans and an almost equal ly large number of Republicans with the body of Democrats in the affirmative. Nor can it be considered in the light of a strict test vote on the whLkey biil, as the fact that it was antagonized by an appropriation bill induced many members to vote against, who will probably support it when it comes squarely before the House, and several Re publicans voted for it for the purpose of immediately moving to strikeout the en acting clause. The House then went into committee of the Whole, Mr. Blount, of Ga., in the chair, on the Pontnffioe A rrnvrria-tirtri Kill Several speeches were made upon the bill!' uut uejruuu mis no progress was made, ana when the committee rose the House ad journed. - WASHINGTON. Condemned Naval Vessels Tbe Las ker Resolutions "Lincoln" Terri tory, 4fce. i . . By Telegraph to the Morning Star.i Washington, March 7. Proposals are again invited for the purchase of condemned naval vessels. The only one in a Southern port is the Pawnee, at Port Royal, S. C, appraised at $3,200. ; The German minister said to-day that he had just received from the German Govern ment resolutions of condolence passed by the American Congress on the death of Lasker, and Would forward them as well as the accompanying letter of transmittal fiom Bismarck to the Department of State in a few days. He added that he had had no communication or understanding what ever with the foreign affairs committee in regard to the matter. He proposed to deal entirely with the Department of State. The letter of Prince Bismarck returning the resolution, he said, had already been pub lished in substance in the newspapers, hav ing been cabled from Europe, but in addi tion it expressed Bismarck's regret that he felt compelled under the circumstances to return the resolutions. " The House Committee on Judiciary to day directed a favorable report to be made on Representative Holland's bill prohibi ting Courts of the United States from re leasing on writ of habeas corpus any person sentenced by a State Court. The Senate Committee on Territories has agreed to give the name "Lincoln" to the new territory which it is proposed to make out of the northern portion of the present Territory of Dacota. The Honse Public Lands Committee to day decided unanimously to recommend the forfeiture of unearned and unprotected lands, granted to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Co., amounting to .about forty million acres. " " Disagreement on tbe Appropriation for the Senate Contingent Fund. Washington, March ft Conferees on the joint resolution appropriating $10,000 to the Senate contingent fund, with which it is expected to pay the expenses of further investigation of. the Danville, Va., and Co piah county. Miss., affairs, held their first meeting to-day, and after discussion they disagreed. The House conferees would not recede from tbe clause restricting the use of money to investigations already ordered, and ' the Senate conferees refused to agree to it, saying that the unanimous vote of the Senate against it was equivalent to instruc tions to them to oppose it. Upon adjourn ing it was understood that another confe rence will be held, but it is not thought probable that an agreement will be reached by the present conferees. ILLINOIS. A Railroad Paymaster's Safe Robbed of f 27,000-SnIclde of a Penitentiary Convict. "' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.J Chicago, March 7. About one o'clock last' Saturday afternoon. Paymaster C. S. Bartlett, of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Railroad, left his office for lunch without taking tbe precaution to close the combination of a large safe in which the money for payment of employes was de posited, leaving the room without awaiting the return of other .attaches of the office, who had also gone to lunch. Before his return the safe was robbed of all its con tents, with the exception of some packages of nickels and small change; the total amount taken, as near as the company's officials can estimate, being $27,000. On the facts becoming known and an investi gation being instituted, Paymaster Bartlett was discharged from the service of the company for negligence, and the matter was placed in-the hands of detectives. An effort was made to keep the affair quiet, in hopes that the detectives would be facili tated in their work; but upon the matter becoming known, and in the belief that an exaggerated statement would be pub lished concerning the robbery, the of ficials showed a willingness that the exact facts should at once be furnished to the public. The theory advanced by the treasurer of the company is that the rob. berv was accomplished by a sneak thief. Two doors led to the cashier's office from a vacant room, one of which was found ajar on the paymaster's return. The paymas ter's room is located in the general office of the company on the second floor of the building, and was constructed expressly to guard against intrusion or theft, but in this instance the'most ordinary precautions ap pear to have been ignored. Chicago, March 7. A message from Joliet. 111., states that Frank Rands, a des perado, who made an attempt upon the life of Deputy Warden McDonald at the State penitentiary last Saturday night, and who was placed in a solitary cell, last night suc ceeded in ending his career by hanging him self with a portion of his under-clothing. He was found dead when his cell -door was opened. VIRGINIA. Sale of a Contraband Cargo Destined for Haytl murder In Floyd County. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star.i - Richmond, March 7. Under a decision of the United States District Court, Mar shal Hughes to-day sold at public auction munitions of war seized here several months ago on board the schooner E. G. Irwin as contraband; they', ' being intended for the insurgents in Hayti. Tbe seized ar ticles were . sold about two weeks ago, in one lot, to New York parties, who were said to have been the original shippers, but the court' refused to confirm . the sale and ordered a resale in broken lots. Tbe sale to-day realized $3,430, which, with $300 received for powder previously sold, makes the total amoqnt nearly $1,000 more than .was bid at the first sale. The original cost of the cargo was about $7,000. A revenue informer was hanged last Saturday night in Floyd county, "Va., by moonshiners. The name' is not given. Ma ia r The Wheeling Intelligencer, a Republican paper, says that, on the Demo cratic side. West Virginia is Tilden's, if he wants it, and that on the Republican side West Virginia isnt committed to anybody aft present. y LaurinbnrgEccAaye;" Sixty one more ef the Scotch, ' making in all 73, arrived last Saturday morning. --Inves- ; tigation shows that 44 per cent, of the num- ' her of persons in tbe track of the cyclone in Richmond county were killed. 'Is there,' a battle recorded in history showing such a " per centage of death ? Ai- - r Wilson Jijror; "The residence of Demp8ey. TrevatbaD. near Rocky -Mount, was destroyed by. fire on Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The residence was a neat one.''; One of the sweetest pictures of domestic economy is a poet blacking a white stocking so "that, it wont show through the fissure of his hoof, 'i " - Raleigh' Visitor ? TheV. possi-' -bilities of Eastern ' Carolina in ; respect to -" truck farming are just 'beginning to be ap- ' predated. Farmers have been- making money in Craven, Carteret, Jones and other counties . around New "Berne and 1' Gold8boro for several years, and their num ber has been quietly increasing very quiet- ly, but ,teadily.- Like most successful ' business men, they kept their business to themeelves as long as they could. ' j, Rockingham Spirit: We are glad, to learn that Mr. Asbury Sandford and his son.- John, and. Mrs. i Rebecca Sandford, victims of the cyclone, are all -better of their wounds and in a fair way of recovery. The two formet were seriously hurt, and for several days great fears were - felt for their recovery. The wounded in the vlate cyclone are doing as well as could be expected, considering the charac ter oi ujeir wounds, but at least three may not recover. ';, - ;v."-'C?'"r- ---AeheyilWAdvdnce: Dr. Charles N. Candler, of Leicester, died at his resi dence on the 27th, instant. , Another of Buncombe's best citizens is gone.; Gem Johnstone Jones returned yesterday from Washington City, where he has been for several weeks, trying to recover a fund of some $23,000. lost to North Carolina un der an act of Congress passed in 1875, and originally due on account of appropriations made by Congress for arms and equipments for the militia.: He got bills introduced by Senator Vance and Gen. Scales, restoiv -ing the amount, and secured the recom mendation of the War Department, and the favorable report of the Committee on Military Affairs, headed by . Gen. Rose crans, that the bill become a law. We learn f rom him, also, that while he was in Washington the Senate passed a bill in creasing the annual appropriation for the militia from $200,000 to $600,000, which would give North-Carolina about $15,000 a year, instead of $5,000 as at present. 'Charlotte Obsever: We under- " stand that Mr. Joseph H,. Young, a promi nent dry goods and hardware merchant of Concord, made an assignment on Monday for - the-benefit of his creditors - Seventy-three hydrants were inspected by the Mayor, yesterday afternoon, in com pany with the President of the Water Works, which completes the present pipe line ordered by the Mayor and Board of I Alderman. A difficulty occurred in : Wadesboro a few day ago between a man named liruner, or that town and a Mr. Cooper, formerly of Charlotte. The former used a pistol but bad markmanship makes our local shorter than it might otherwise have been.; Three more deaths are reported from Cabarrus, of parties injured by the recent cyclone. Mrs. 'Elizabeth Robeson,' Mrs. Ferguson and daughter Lizzie, all living near Pioneer Mills, are the victims. One of the parties had a . leg broken, another an arm, and the other was injured about the head. Lizzie Ferguson, one of the victims, leaves two small orphan children, one six months and the other two yeara old, without any one to care for them Fayetteville Observer ; The last term of Harnett Court sentenced three criminals to the penitentiary two for five years and one for three years. -We are glad to hear that several fish ponds are be ing prepared near Fayetteville, in ' which will be propagated some of our native breeds of fish, especially, trout and black perch. This is a good move. The exper iment costs but little. We are glad to : hear that the peaches have not all been kill ed. Many of the pretty gardens of Fay- ' etteville, however, have suffered from the unexpected cold. Tokat. Improve ments are always going on at this cele brated vineyard. The acreage in vines is ; leing Increased every year.. The capacity ' of tha wine cellars is immense. Col. Green is' holding most of his vintage, -although large quantities are being shipped every week to all parts of the country. These wines have a national reputation. - We learn that the residence of Mr. Geo. W. Lawrence, 2 miles North of town, on- the Raleigh stage road West of the Cape Fear, ' caught fire on the roof. Damage slight, and covered by insurance. New Berne N-yt Shell: J. L. Rhem. Esq., the pioneer truck farmer of this section, told us this morning that the peas he had seen were hurt on an average about fifty per cent., some on light land being cut off entirely while those which were standing would not make one quarter of a crop and that taken altogether he did not think there would be more than a half crop made. This morning, as the. mail train was turning the curve at Queen street, Mr. J. W. Morris, formerly freight agent here at the railroad while the Mid land Company were in power, was seen to -fall from the platform of the second class coach. When he struck the grouudhe stretched his legs out thus thrusting them over the track and in a moment more the wheels would have taken Mr. Morris' feet off but Caswell Fisher, a colored man who was standing near, jumped forward and drew the gentleman from under the wheels of the first class coach. Mr. Morris is sup- posed to have fallen while ill; when he re covered he complained of feeling very sleepy. Mr. Morris, we understand, con tinued on his wav to Goldsboro. j Pittsboro Record: A few days ago our polite young townsman, Mr. C, C. Hatch, was painfully kicked not by a young lady, but by a pony. Vj t Our County Board of Education has received from the State Superintendent of". Public Instruction $1,213 35, that being the amount apportioned to Chatham by the State Board of Education. : Our huntsmen, both. ... big and little, have had splendid sport shooting robins and cedar birds, which have recently been about here .in great quantities. ' Frequently from 15 to 20 birds were killed at one shot, and one of our townsmen killed 330 in one day. On last Thursday night Mr. Edward Harris, of Hickory Mountain township, ate a hearty supper and went to bed in his usual health, but before day he was a corpse, having sud denly died during the night. - -Mr. J. C. Blake, of Williams township, a noted bird hunter, was painfully but not seriously wounded a few days ago, while attempting t3 extricate a primer from a loaded shell -with his knife, which caused an explosion that blew the knife from his hand indicting ; an ugly cut, at the same time a fragment of . the shell took him right between the eyes. At the last meeting of tbe Cbunty Commissioners a petition was presented, signed by the requisite number of voters, ; asking for an election to be held here on i the first Monday in May for the purpose of i ascertaining whether or not spirituous liquors should besold in this township. . I Goldsboro Messenger: The mean sles are somewhat abating, but we hear . considerable complaint that "chills' are ; marring the happiness of a large number of our citizens. . The Goldsboro Oil Mills have already sold over 600 tons of their "Prolific Cotton Grower" this season. - At last we are to have the city surveyed, .with a view to putting down effectual and permanent sewers. We hope to be able to present the Messenger in enlarged form on Monday, the 17th inst. - Five dead bodies passed through this city on tbe Northbound express train last Monday, destined to various cities in the North. ' They were those " of I Individuals who nad gone to Jjioriaa seeKing resto ration to health, and found it not. We understand that Gen. - Gaston Lewis has opened a bed Of the Duplin phosphate on the farm of Mr. L W. Best, ' near Warsaw, from which he proposes to Bbipa large amount, about 60 tons, we think, to Dr.. Hogg, at Castle Hayne, to be ground up in the latter's mill, and dis tributed among the farmers to test its virtue as a fertilizer. The funeral of Mr. ! H. F. Grainger from the Methodist Church, last Monday morning, was the largest, at tended ever known in this city. The church was literally overflowing, and the sorrow-, ing concourse was composed of all ages, . colors and classes of our citizens, a striking testimony to the sterling worth of him : whose untimely death has cast such a gloom over this community. Remarks were maMe . upon the sad occasion by Revs. J. IN.- . Andrews, J. R. Brooks, Dr. Whitfield and f Dr.- Robey. . .' v j . - i - 4M v;. r-
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