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The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT V I L. MING T O N, N. ?1.50 A YKAK, IN ADVANCE. .' ss83S8SSSSSSSSS - SSSS88888888888g I - SSSS88SS8SS8sils8 isssssasssssssssss i S888SS888SS888SS3 itnoK lj agsiS83S8K'8888. ' ' SSS88S888SSS8SSSS "": a3ass'ss"g8 S 8 5 g " gg8SSS32SSSSSSSS SSS83SSS38S838888 I. " " " . - .V; i """ . "S'StSiSSSS 7. m ' i. fE-i'eresl at the Post Office atTWUmingtoB, N. tX, as Second Class Matter. - SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscriStion price of the Weekj.y tr is as ioiiows :- . , S tide Copy I year, postage paid, " " '6 months, " " " 3 months. " '" $1.50 1.00 .50 TITLED GEN I ITS. I .. .. When it. was announced that the English - poet laureate had been r;icd to the peerage as Lord Ten moii wo took occasion to express oiir disappointment It :" is known no iii;tf-hi- yielded to the wishes of ,v. ii mhw in accepting the honor w'!-:t Queeii wa anxfbus to be s;.v upon him.. Lord Byron in- luii i ins iiUtt ana when ne was a in. rt- v. -rsifit r the public became fa m ii.ir with it. Bat the great Eng- liv l has been read, nrst Dy a and appreciative few, and aft i va an;i-uf IelH'is, d by the hundreds of thoua liis couutrymen who loved for more than fifty . years. -7H tho English language is vif revej there is a genuine Wb-.l rt4iii ur the most perfect literary art mi. I for the most melodious verse j wli-rever Uie purity and beauty of ouv hipijHage'are delrghted in and the nt .i . ivjiiisiieautl charming thoughts ui.'f iii; yis are treasured there you tiijJ h'wrsbf.the rich and winsome prod ii;! iuiis of the Tunci ysoniau muse. Alfred' .'fenny son a most musical assni-i:iti n of words is . as - familiar 'a n.iino as are Lousehold words, and we pr.uKiunee it with that sort of re joicing that we arc of the same race w ith him that we feel when we speak of William Shakespeare, John Mil ton, William Wordsworth and Percy. Bv rights Shelley. We cart never be come' used to Lord Tennyson. The title ;i'l is no cham to the name and " no lftsue to the genius of the great est pot't of the English speaking race sine-.' Byron ilied. When he took -hisMMi iii the House of Lord.s on. Tuo-id:iy he gave nobility to that august ii.xiy of laiidlorda by adding the lisi;it. . uf hin i;enius to the other- wise Ci4a!iion place scene. Alfred rs I Ten at so 1 1 will remain through all this ;tiro as lie was the most master ful singer in sixty-four years who has ited the English tongjie as the -vehii-le of his expression. N man of fair education and with eve.ii a foundation for pure literary 'taste t fan':, read Tennyson carefully aiu! habithallv for ' a few. months wichniit loving his poetry above all .others.-; He is unmistakably the most ,ch;u niiiij of all poets to the English rea'lrt- of itiu last half century. This is txj.lalned not because he is the most cuiisummate artist the most dextrous versifier the greatest mas ter 6f music and flexibility and capa bilities of English verse; not because he ""has appealed so often to the - deeper sympathies of the heart, or. told stories of exquisite pathos and with such wondrous harmony. These would not" explain the peculiar charm of his writings, however per fect and beautiful they may. be. But Tennyson has been the interpreter of his age and country. He has from decaJe to decade watched over Eng land's destiny with patriotic solici tude and has written glorious things (that somehow concern her in her conquests and defeats that appealed with uncommon interest to the pride . and sympathy and innermost reflec tions of his countrymen. lie has been both rev ealer and prophet, and he has charmed the English ear with his pipe such as no other contempo rary of his has approached. He will remain to the English heart 'always Alfred Tennyson, by the creation of God a poet of high and singular rank. The New York Times T never wrote truer lines than when 'in its is . sue of Tuesday it said: "The numberless admirers of Tennyson, the consummate aad perfect flower of the Victorian age of poetry, cannot possibly feel that this aristocratic title and rank add ue jot or tittle to the lustre of the poet's fame. To them, in spite" of coronets and the emblazonry of rank, he will always be Alfred Tennyson, the magician whose me lodious numbers have touched the mystic chords of tlje heart as no other British poet ; The Louisiana sugar planters are revolt against the Democrats be cause they favor principle, and look to the interests of-the iwhole coun try. If they kick they will only succeed in being handed over to the Republicans.. If there is any of the States that should Wa tho Rpnubli. can party it is that State' wIiohc Le gislature was throttled by Grant's wayonets and whose votes were stolen m 1876 by John Sherman and his tribe of tricksters. VOL. XV. WOOL AND WOOLLENS. 'According to the Boston JPo8tt Mr. George W, Bond,of that city, is the highest authority on wool and is the expert ; relied upon by the U. S. Treasury to fix the grades and prices j of wool for customs service," jit is in teresting to know what this Repub licpn . authority says about the wool interest that is now discussed so much and is apolitical factor in the .West.- The 'Post Bays: - ' "His January circular shows about the average fluctuation in the prices of Ohio wool, reckoned for a period of H years, or since the tariff of -1867 -became fairly ope rative; 'still the average ' pricet Tiave been lower than during any other period.';. In a letter to the tariff' commission last year, Mr. Bond said: 'Looking to the general in. terests of - wool growing in this country, X believe, and this from a careful study of the wool manufacture, its success, its fail urea and vicissitudes, that the lower the du ties are on wool, and the closer the absolute, requirements under the greatest application of skill and energy is the protectective d uty upon the maunfaturcsi JHjiJreater.Kiil be the success of these two great interests.'" ;. He says that under the High Tariff and through ; a period of fourteen years time long enough' surely to test the matter the price of wool has been lower . than during any other period. Stick a pin right there. It is asserted again and j again that the wool interest is imperilled by the proposed Morrison reduction. But let it not be forgotten; that under a High War Tariff the price of wool for nearly a decade and ; a half has averaged lower than at any other pe- riod- j v . ' i i The truth is the wool grower does not really . need protection. In the end-all protection works; evil to the protected. That is being seen and illustrated constantly, j Just now the New England manufacturers and wri ters are. admitting that over-produc tion has caused the low prices of man ufactured articles. - It is known that over-production , was caused by the stimulus afforded by the heavy Tariff bounty. It is a well known principle among political economists that "it is in the nature of all protec tion that it either stimulates over production or invites to indolence, carelessness and neglect."; j The time was once when there was a free tariff on wool below 20 cents a pound. On grades above there - was a tax of 24 - cents. After that the tax was raised to from 35 to 65 per cent, ad valorem; According to Mr. Bond the wool men obtained higher prices before the increase of tax than since. , If this is so then the bounty has not produced satisfactory results. Of course there have been fluctua tions. - - '.-' s . ; . : Speculators in wool have done in jury to the wool trade y intro ducing such immense quantities ,bf foreign wool. In 1880, 128,000,000 pounds were imported by them. Dealers bought largely and some got badly hurt. Under the' controlling influence of speculators! wool went up and goods were manufactured out of high priced material. V Felt goods in 1879 fetched 55 cents a yard. In 1880 they went up to 80 cents a yard. Manufacturers lost their' beads. A heavy business was done- by them. So stimulated were they to activity that the home. markets were flooded and these 85. cents goods! tumbled, in 1881, the very next year, to 50 cents a yard. Onb manufacturer had 100, 000 yards left over. He sold j at tremendous loss. At Franklin, Mass., four mills failed never to work again. Protection caused all this . trouble. Forced sales; in woollens have been going on ever since. . In June, 1883, in New York, there were forced sales of 12,000 pieces of heavy woollens. These were followed at once by many, other very heavy forced sales. Mark you, all this occurred under a High Tariff, when woollens were protected at from 50 to 85 cents ad valorum,. and 35 and 40 cents a pound speci fic. .' ;;::;4'' -'."..;,"':; f .1 : England lets in ? rata wool duty free. She exported in woollen goods $105,000,006, or $3 per capita. Wool len goods in England are duty free. The United States charge on raw wool 2 to 12 cents specific, and from 35 to 65 -cents ad valorem. They ex ported $4JOS,000, or 8 cents per Capi ta, whilst actually) importing $38,t 000.000. This will do for another lesson in political economy. We lay before our readers a short address made by Senator Vance in i New York, in February last, before; the National Agricultural Society.) I T.:tA'.ii . u'i, J.I.: t,:.! uikc axi iuhii wo iiitve oceu tiuiu iiiti it is good ofjits kind. lie never failsi The greatest mistake that unthinking men ever made as to men was when they denied to our very gifted Sena tor the qualities of a high and; com manding intelligence. Brilliancy and wit when allied aire dangerous; asso ciates. They are quite sure to ex cite the envy of dullards and o cause plodding, laborious men to un derestimate their' ppssessor. ' Vance is our roundest, ( completest, ablest man and by all odds. His address is in behalf of that clasa upon whose shoulders rest the prosperity of oxir country the heavily burdened and always r neglected farmers: 1 Read what he says and then reflect. ' ! ; " Ocean freights are scarce and first class steamboat property is not high in England. i 1 & J 1 - - li'ir IP' --. Important Cae-$10,000 at Stake, r ? The case .of ..P."W. Kerchner vs. Wm. w ara ana w. Ju' J. Bowles was decided yesterday, at , Wbiteville, in the Superior i Court for. Columbus, '- before Hia Honor i Judge Phillips and a jury, a The trial com-1 menced Thursday morniDg, and tasted tm Saturday afternoon. It was an action of ejectment for the recovery of lands valued at ten thousand dollars. For Mr Kerch- ner, plaintiff, appeared Capt. W. ' S. Nor ment, Messrs 8. P. McDaniel, W Poster French and! W. J. Lewis. The-defendanh? were represented by Major, Chas. M... Sted- man and Mr; N. A. Btedman, Jr.; Step by step, -even inch by inch; the -case was fought, law arid facts being discussed very elaboratelyjoVs .'"r' Wv-?4 MV'; . Messrs. McD&niel, lorment and French spoke in ; behalf of the plaint! ff, and Maj. Stedman and Mr. N. A 8tedman made speeches for the defendants. -.;.;-;,. j ; '.The Judge gave a fair, able5 and learned charge to the 1ury, who after a short ab sence, returned a verdict on every issue in favor of the defendants. ' j "rtV;;5: Intense jexeltement.,, ejdstedf among ' all. classes over the ease, reaching a pitch cot surpassed in capital cases.' Tublic sympa thy was entirely with the defendants,; as they were toen of high character and popu larity in the county, and their whole for tunes were; at stake. ' The verdict in their favor, we are informed, cave great satis faction. ;j s . ..,-:;:- . : ...;,;" After the verdict the defendants present ed to their counsel a handsome fee in ex cess of that claimed, insisting upon its ac ceptance". j . ' , - " A Clinrcli Destroyed by Fire. Yesterday morning, between - 2 and 3 O'clock, the bells sounded an alarm of fire, and the colored Baptist Church on the i southeast Corner of Seventh and Red Cross streets, was found to be in flames. The police and others who first approached the burning building say that the smell of ker osene oil Was plain and unmistakable, from which fact it is argued that the fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. . Public report is to the effect that there were twdor more factions in the church, antagonistic to each other. Rev. Oscar Miller has been serying the 'flock for some time past. ..' . . The fire first made its appearance on the inside of the building, and it is understood that then; had. been no occasion for fire in the church during the night or the day preceding, which strengthens the impres sion that it was set on fire.' The fire de partment was on hand, but the flames, which spread-rapidly through the building, had progressed too far to be easily checked. Important to Shippers and. Other. Our Collector of Customs calls our at tention to the fact that the President of the United States, in accordance with the memorandum of an agreement executed at Madrid ion the 13th day of February last, between the. Government of the United States and that of1 Spain, has issued his proclamation, declaring and proclaiming that on and after the 1st of March, now past, sol long as the products of, and arti cles proceeding from, the United States, imported into the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico shall be exempt from discrimi nating customs duties, any such duties on the products of, and articles proceeding from Cuba and Porto Rico, under the Spanish Sag, shall be suspended and dis continued. The Lucky Numbers. ' The; following are the lucky numbers in the drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery on Tuesday last: No. 14,467 drew first capital, sold in Columbus, Miss., and Mil waukee, Wis. No. 6,993 drew second cap ital, sold in Port Carbon, Pa., and Charles ton, Ark. , No. 1,283 drew third capital, sold jin San Francisco, Cal. No. 8,803, sold in New York City; No. 76,805, sold in Buffalo, N. 'Y., and Baldwin, la., each drew1 $6,000. ! No. 7,946, sold in New Or leans; No. 13,511, sold in New Orleans; No: 38,648, sold i Washington, D. C, and Columbus, Ga, ; No. 50,814, sold' in Mem phis! Tenn.; No. 87,035, sold in Tyler, Tex!, and New York, each $2,000. Token of Respect. ' The flags of certain vessels in port were at half-mast yesterday as a token of respect to the memory of Mr. Henry Kennedy, se nior member of the firm of Messrs. H. Ken nedy & Co., of Waldobioro, Maine, a prom inent citizen and Collector of Customs of the1 port, the announcement of whose death was received here by letter to Capt. Orcutt, of the scar. Mary J. Cook, and Capt H. Francis, of the schr. Ida Frances, now in thjs port, m the ownership of which ves sels deceased was interested. Mr. Kenne dy was about 40 years of age, and leaves no family. . f ' " ' 1 1 Col umbos Court. , ) The term of the Superior Court for Co lumbus closed yesterday, after an unusually active and busy week. Over seventy -eight cases on the State docket were tried, and a number of civil suits was disposed of, in cluding the Kerchner-Ward case, mention ed elsewhere. ' '.'" " j Judge Phillips presided with much ur Ibanity and ability, receiving unbounded ; praise from all. He won hosts of friends and admirers, and all united in proclaim ing him a judge of great ability and a man of admirable character. We learn from Messrs. C. S. Love & Co.; the agents here, that the steamer Bladen Will undergo extensive repairs and improvements after she has made one or two more trips. She will '? be furnished with a steel boiler and heavier engines, and will be extended in- length fully - twenty feet. Besides, her cabins will be made larger and refurnished in a more elegant style. s Tn : a! word, it js intended to make her a first class boat in all respects, and it is probable that her name will also be changed. The new boiler and engines are already here and ready to be placed in po sition. She will go on Capt. Sam Skin ner's marine railway ; - The C P. & T.-.V. Railway. ' ; : In a letter to Edmund Jones, Esq. , of Lenoir, published in the- Lenoir lopie, President Gray.'of the C. F. & Y. Y. Rail way, says he has every reason to believe that the line of that road ''will be carried out in its entirety from Wilmington to Mt." Airy and up the Yadkin, according' to the spirit and letter of the charter." r . : The . schr. Xizzie Major was cleared for St. Marx, Hayti, -yesterday, by Messrs. J. H. Cbadbourn & Co.: . with S3.. 400 feet of lumber and 20,000 shingles, valued at $583.43. .WILMINGTON, N. C., FORTY-EIQHTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Senate Debate on the Fltz John Porter n r Blll-The Bill- assed-Tho Postal t Consldered "by liQ Appropriation - Bill ' the House. - - . - - s - - senate; ' 'WAsmKGTOS.' March 13. Mr. Sewell- called up the Fit2 John Porter bilj before tne morning,nour , naa proceeaeu Deypuu 12 30, ; ; , ' . " Mr. Miller said thejpeaate had yesterday put aside importanCpublia business to take up this bill lor private relief. He moved to layMr.. - Se well's motiou pn the, table, but withdrew the motion" in order to expe dite business, amf permitted a vote to be taken on Mr. Sewell's mfition.; - The Senate"agreed to lake"' up the bill. Mr. Mandersftn,; then t took the floor. Many eminent men, be said, bad consider ed this case. "Therefore, ; he did not expect to add anything to the: information of the Senate tn the subject.; Through war apd through peaee, the claimant , had iu'sisted that he had been harshly treated If a man at sea were struggling with the waves, how was it possible for those who looked on not to feel an interest in his Tate. Let'an- observer of tle contest before the Senate bet. ever so indifferent, he could not avoid feel ing" interest in the subject. Nothing would give Mr. Mandereon more pleasure than toi be able to say to the wa&mosllnterested. i me 0111 oeiore uib oeuaie, ; 10a nave iiecn freatly wronged; take your full reparation." f he could do that he would not stop with the half way reparation of this bill. He would give him full righting of his wrongs. We might not be ab'.e to restore to him the years that were past; but high honors and . emoluments should be his. Mr. Mander son understood the claim to be that on full examination, no fault could be found with' the conduct of Gen. Fitz John Porter. ,; He had not examined, until recently, the re port and proceedings of the court martial that tried Gen. Porter. He bad read Gen. Grant's paper in the North American Be view, and that ' with other reading had aroused in him sympathy and interest in the case. He felt that it was his duty then,-. to examine the matter thoroughly; and he was sorry to be compelled to say that from, the examination he had given the case, whether this b a case of judicial review, or the exercise of clemency, he felt - bound to vote no on this bill. Mr. Logan then addressed the Senate. In 1865, he said, when the ministering angels of this country had ceased to smooth the brow of many soldiers, who of all : those that had been administering the laws to put down the rebellion could believe that the power of the law would be invoked in aid of such a measure as' that before this Sen ate Travelling back to 1863, we found that four days were consumed by the couit martial in the trial of au 'individual who,. by - the decision, was discharged from the army of the United States. Part of .that court martial were learned in civil law; all of them were conversant with military liw. What is the trial now going on-v-13 it Jhe trial of Fitz John Porter? No; it is a trial at tbo graves of .those who are 'dead, on a charge thr.t the men who had tried this man had dis torted the facts. Fitz John Porter had after all these years become the prosecutor. It was a trial, not of the living, but of the dead. It was a trial at this late day of Abraham Lincoln rather than of Fiiz John Porter. "Without descending," said Mr. Logan, facing the Democratic side of the Chamber, "to cri icisethe vote of any. one, I hope I may be pardoned for making one remark. It is perfectly natural that those persons who; had been engaged in rebellion against a great government like this .when they failed of success and have themselves beon.pardoned by the go vernment, that they should without exam ination of the evidence-in the case feel sympathy for those j who during the waj bad been dismissed from the service of the United States. Why? Because they would naturally sympatlrlze with them, and say, 'I have been forgiven, and therefore I for give everybody else.' In the course of his remarks Mr. Logan charged, and dened contradiction, that Fitz John Porter was the cause of the loss of the first battle of Bnll Run. j Loud applause in the gallery, which was instantly' repressed by the pre siding officer Mr. Fry, in the chair who announced that uudr no circumstances could applause be permitted, and if repeat ed the offenders would be removed by the Sergeant-at-Arms. j Mr. Riddleberger said he did not think it necessary to apologize for the vote he would cast. The fighting which Porter bad done after this so-called disobedience of orders, had been such as to wholly ne gative the idea of treason. Mr. Riddle berger professed to have some knowledge on the subject of j Porter's fighting with vigor, for he (Riddleberger) "had been a witness of it. He had known of a similar case of injustice m tne Confederate army when Jackson told Garnett that he must Vea to the rear and suffer arrest for disobedience of orders.". But Garnett was restored within a year and Eealed his devo tion with his blood at the battle of Antie-. tam. ' ;i The bill was then ordered to a third read ing, read the third time and passed, by a vote of 36 yeas to 25 nays. The result was received with mingled applause and hisses from the galleries. i A motion to go, into executive session was then agreed to, but while the doors were being closed it was discovered that the preamble to the bill had not been passed, and a motion to secure its immedi ate passage was made. . Mr. Edmunds, however, insisted that the order of the Senate be first executed. So the doors were closed and immediately re opened. " . i The preamble was then passed by a yote of 33 yeas to 22 nays. During the vote Mr. Miller, of New York, expressed a wish to vote, and with out objection transferred Mr. Camden's pair to Mr. Aldrich, who was now absent. Mr. Miller then, before the preamble was passed, expressed a hope that the majority Would spare the Senate f romja'vote anulling the-decision of the court martial, which was as lawfully constituted as the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Conger remarked that it was dis grace enough to have been a member of a body which would . pass such a bilL: Groans. . i ' '" , . The preamble to the bill, as passed, re cites that the boards of officers convened by the President to examine and report upon the case of Porter, stated that iustice re quired the President to annul the findings and sentence of the court, martial in the Porter case, and to restore'him to the posi tion of which the sentence deprived him; such restoration to take effect from the date of dismissal from the . service ; that , the President-had remitted so much of the sen tence as disqualified Portet from holding office, and that in order to do justice to Porter was enacted, &c. The bill authorizes the President to ap point Porter-to the position of Colonel in the army of the same graue ana ranit neKi by him at the time of his dismissal, and authorizes the President, in his discretion, to place Porter on the retired list as of that grade. Porter, however, to -receive no compensation or allowance prior to his ap pointment unuer the act. . .. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr. Hammond, of Ga.. bill was passed authorizing the chairmen of the sub committees of the committees of the two Houses of CoDgress to administer oaths. -. . : The morning hour having been dispensed with, the House at 13.-30 went into commit tee of the Whole. : Mr. Blount, of Ga., in the chair, on the Postoffice Appropriation bill; the pending amendment being that of fered bv Mr. Skinner, of N.'Y.. increasing the appropriation for the payment of letter carriers auu luciueuiai ciinjusca ui livery from $3,600,000 to $4,000,000. Mr. Horr. of Mich . spoke upon the ne ceasitv of the' increased appropriation, and Mr. Findlay, of Md., read a letter from the postmaster at Baltimore setting forth that the passage of the bill in its present shape would most surely result in crippling the , Finallyj after several members had spoken upon 'it.' the amendment was adopted. . FEIDAY, MACRH 21, 1884; ; Mr. Horr moved to strike out the provi so that i land grant railroads shall receive -Jot mail drains but fifty per cerlt. ot the compensation allowed to other roads. De "bate on this motion was cut off by the com jnittee risins for the purpose of consider- a motion to limit debate. Filibustering .was resorted to ana tne House aajournqu without reaching any conclusion upon the. pending motion. " - " ' Senate Debate on a Proposed Appro v; priatfon for the Eradication. of the Cattle Disease In , Kansas Private Calendar In Ike House." :. . SENATE. ' ' . . ' Washington-, March 14. On motion of Mr.-' Cameron, " of Wisconsin, - the - Senate agreed that when it adjourn to day it be to Monday next. . ,". , ' . Mr. Plumb called up the joint resolution appropriating $35,000 for the .eradication of the foot and mouth disease- Mr.;-Plumb said it was a very, serious disease-, : and did ' not affect the State of Kansis merely, bat. all of the States. - He sent to the desk and had read hy the clerk a dispatch from the Governor of Kansas, urging the importance of immediate action. .. , - " Mr. Sherman moved to amend by- strik ing out the clause which provides" that the money be expended in cooporatioirwith the authorities of the State xf Kansas, as the disease! was apt to spread to other States and affect a wine and other animals."1"' The people of Illinois and other States were be- oming ai.armea at in -spreaa pi me ais- ease, and the uppropriati&o should not be confined to Kansas. , - Mr. Cullom thought the amount should be $50,000 and the resolution passed at once. ' Mr. Williams thought that it would bo better to take up the bill relating to conta giius"; diseases of' cattle; generally the i'leuro fneumonia oiu wnicns naa neen already introduced in the Senate, and so treat the subject as a whole. Mr Plumb said he had only the objec ¬ tion that ijottce naa 4een given 01 a pro tracted debate to come oh the general bilL and it was to avoid inevitable loss and dam age which would xesult from delay that in the face of the pressing and urgent neces. sity for immediate action he bad introduced he present measure, tie bad no objection to the amendment offered by Mr. Sherman yesterday. ' " Mr. JoK:e niovea an ameanment striding out the word "KansaV aad inserting the word3 "with the coastnt of the State authorities," so as. to secursi to each State some rigtsi to exercise mmv owu jurisaic tion in the matter it. they; preferred to do so. ' The origiual cxejsuro.wouM confine aid to Kynsas alone, and : ilr. Sherman's amendmca would rive the. Ccnimissioner of Agricultute fibsoiute emtliprity to act in dependently 'of the State aa'thorities. aud even in ae&pite or tntm., . : , Mr. Plumb's efTort to secure" tie immedi ate passage of the.resoniuou uc! to avoid protracted ueoaie taneu, . uKn ute consti tutional ground that to carry H into effect would infringe upon State rigliiSi nhd'upon the ground that no necessity txisted for it; that the St tte of Kansas was abundantly able and morally bound to gmpple with the evil -fceiself. The matter occupied the ses siou 'to adjournment. "The Vice President announced his iuten tion to be absent for three days, and Mr. Sherman was designated to act for him. Adjourned till Monday. . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker aunounced the appointment of Mesirs. Forney aud Elas asconferes .on the part of the House on the Military Academy appropriation bill. The morning hour was ' dispensed with and the House went into committee of the- Whole on the private calendar. A bill -granting a pension of $2,500 a year to Seotemina Randolph Meikleham, the sole surviving grand-child of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, was taken up and the favor able report of the committee on Pensions was read. t As the Clerk was reading the majority report complimentary to Jefferson, . Mr. Belford asked,"Wbat, in the name of God, is the use of reading such a report as that?" "Order, cried Mr. O Neill, of Pennsylva nia. The minority report of the committee opposed the bill on the ground that it pro vides for granting a civil pension, Jeffer son's service being civil instead of military. This report, while asserting that it is a dis grace to the people that this good old lady Bbould be in want, yet contends that Jon gress has no authority to vote money for charity. , .The minority argued that if a pension were granted it would be only a short time before efforts will be mado to pension the living children or grand chil dren or an resiaents. The debate which followed was parti cipated in by fifteen or twenty members, but there was no division ;upor? party lines. Those who favored the bill did so upon sympathetic and pairiolicgrounds.and those who opposed it tooK the ground tuat it would establish a bad precedent, would flood Congress with claims for civil pen sions, and that Congress had no authority to pass such bills. Mr. Robinson, of New York, who. opened the debatej closed it also, with an appeal to the House not to draw a line across the face of Thomas Jef ferson. On motion of Mr. Hewitt, of Ala., the enacting clause was stricken out 129 to CO ' The committee then rose, and the House ratified its action. One nrivate relief bill was passed, and the House thenfook a recess until 7.30 the evening session to be, for the considera tion of pension bills. Senate Not In Session House Debate on-the Post Sice Appropriation Bill. - Washing tcx, March'. ' 13. The Senate was Dot in session. . . . . A HOUSE- OF REPRESENTATIVES. " In the abseurfof the Spraker'fMK Car lisle), tho House was culled to order by Mr. Blackburn, of Ky. . - Tho inoi uia hour having-been dispensed with, the House at 12.23 p. nu went into committee of the Whole. .Sir. Jjlouut, of Ga., in the Chair, on the Post Office Appro priation bill, the pending question being on the motion of Mr. Horr of Mich., to strike out the proviso limiting the compensation paid for mail transportation toi land grant roads to fifty per cent, cr mat allowed to other roads. Mr. Holman, of lad.", offered as a substi tute for the motion an amendment includ ing within the fifty per cent, limitation clause the Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific systems, and providing that no right now. existing in favor -of the United States in regard to these roads shall be. deemed to bo impaired or waived by this action. - v Mr. Holman's amendment was adopted 83 to 58. - . I --' - ' , Mr. Horr then moved to strike out the; proviso as amended. ... Lost 79 to as. Al ter another, attempt to amend had been det feated. the oarasraph was passed over, The parasrapii appropriating for Star route service $4,600,000, together witn tne reap Prooriatioa of &1.O00.00O out of any unex.- pended balance of the . appropriation for 1883 havinsr been reached. Mr. Horr moved to strike out the reappropriating clause and to increase the appropriation; to So.buu.uuu. A long debate ensued, but this motion was alert lnat. Many other amendments were; offered but were severally voted down. As it was srowine late there was not much inclina tion to debate the propositions, and when Mr. Horr rose to discuss pro forma the amendment, he- was cried down by the Democratic side, and the Republican side returned the complement . when Mr. Town shend rose to soeak..; When consideration of the first section was -completed, it be 'came evident that the bill could not be fin ished this evening, and the committee rose, . Adjourned. ' ; 1 V : TARE OHO, N. C A Vance TaHfl'ltelorm Clab Formed, - . Special Star Telegram. .:. Tarboro.-N. C. March 15. A Vance tariff reform club was formeoVhere yester day. Will have one thousand members 'in a week. 'A HORRIBLE' HXriuQSION; One Hundred and Flrtr men Silled lu a Virginia Coal Kline Theory of the Cause, of the Disaster Unavail ing EfTorfs to Cuter the Uline Houses Jn tbo Tlcinity Overturned and Demolished. . t By Telegraph to the Sornfr.s Star.l -M Lykchburg. Ya.. March 13. 12 M.-No further particulars hava vet b(en re.r.MVpd of the fcxplosioa in the coal mine at Poca hontas, Va.- Great confusion prevails there and accurate information- cannot be bad before this eveniug. A special ,train, with surgeons on board, left tins city for the scene of the explosion at 10.15 o'clock this mormng.- ;j?7::;. :,-;; VW 1 i'sv-'; . Petersbpkg. March 1& Intellisrenca has just . been . received ; here of a. terrible explosion in the coal;,minc of the : South west Virginia Improvement Company, at Pocahontas", Tazswt-U coar.ty this State, which occurred this ; morning, at, one o'clock. Particulars' ccnccrnfair the acci dent are verv:imeasre notf.itrff hfii been learned as to bow it. occurred ; imi over one hundred' inenare - known to. -have been killed. These mines are tv5r!;d.r.y a ioint stock company, composed i.m ily of North ern capitalists. Farther ictrtu;reca from; Pocahontas rrtnresents the wykaf desifuc tion at the coal ;m;.ne !;6r: iblajat-.d cqhu- plete.' 1 hero"; weru 1-T0 tns'u in U e iM"e at thetirae of th edj:li'a, ti',,t oue'of Wo'om: IS Pelic-vta to hKve tsca; tct, who were.' i;i-;;tki".k"j ruivrght'hy' i!f'Acfeof"th.i'4;5jt';)sira most d from."aftertmK- f--T?ftfeaef- TTti1?srrih likely died from."afte'tmt the explosion Tn xiut yjet dwaasfcly ascertaia ed, as the cruraoces to liu; nuni-aitj all full of bad air; bill thej)resiimp:ipa W. that one of the miners stvui lr u fissure filjfw-'with". gas. toeveral pnrties ventuieu mto the tame thi5 moruiug, but- coul 1 not loAg-.enduro-' the foul atmosphere. A number'- of bodies were discovered horribly niatiled; some of them with heads torn from tho trunks and others, with limbs all uoue, presenting an appalliDg tpcctacle. The work of-destruc-tipn'was co't.condncd entirely to the inte rior of tho mines, but houses iOO or SOO feet removed from the miues were overturned and in several instances entirely demolish ed. 'The large VeLtilator of thJ'Sou'lhwesl ern improvement Company was blown to atoms,' and the mines cannot beenteredun til another is. const: ucted for the purpsseof freeing the atmosphere of the suffocating fumes.. Ti'is work is ' now progressing speedily.- -Large forces ire engaged on the outside of the mines constructing coffins and perfecting -ether wrmngemeots- -for the interment of the' dead miners, the most of T hom are foreigners Richmond, Maich 13. The late3t" intel ligence from Pocahontas is that au explo ring party entered the mine a short distance and brought out six. bodies in a frightfully mangled condition. There were, from 125 tp 150 men in the mine when the explosion occurred, at one. o'clock this morning, and there is no hope that any -will ho rescued aiive. '- ,; -' ; - - -'" : j The mine in 'which ibe di&a&ter occurred is knowu as the Fiat Top m:;e, and is tit dated in the northeast of!ioa'"of ,T:izwefl douuty, at the bae of Flat Tcp m-nifituins, which divide that section of Virginia from Wtst. "Virginia. The company working the mine is nominally know a as the Scuth west v rreinia 'Improvement Co., bet tne mine is really nndcr routrol of tha Norfolk & Western Railroad Co , v. bo Lave a branch road k no .V n r. 3 the Kivrr Division, rjunniiig from. New Riv'tr to Porahontas; dboul sixtv miles. John C' Ir,cy, of Piuu- sylvania, is president of. the Improvement yompany, and William A. iiraurop i; su periniendeat of the mine, which is com paratively new, haying been in active ope ratioo but a Utile over a year. THE MINING DISASTER. The Klines on Pire and to be Sealed Cp No Bodies Recovered Action of the Board of Directors of the Com pany. LBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.J Philajjelphia, March 14. A special meeting of tne board xi directors of the Southwest Virgmialmprovement Company, iawners of the mine at Pocahontas, Va., iwhere the explosion took place yesterday, jwas held at the office of the company here to-day. A resolution was adopted, author izing the superintendect of the mines to take all necessary means to alleviate the bufferings of the wounded, and to furnish jfood and clothing to the family of the dead land injured miners. The" board aloo con sidered the advisability of introducing elec tric light in the mines, to gua:u ngaiast a repetition of the disaster. An omcer 01 tne coiunar-.y said to day that the newspaper reports of ibe :x plosion contained many miSsta'ci.K-Lit'-. iuere was no connection in' lUe' tlr t ph ro. between the Company a fid tue-Xoffo:'k & VJtstem Railroad Com narn. e-.o-; t tb-it tlvj lauer acted as carriers ft-r tl e f . . i.vl pany never susprc-ed the. preseucu of tire damp in !b-3 iniue; Thfio "was uo odor'. and the men were iii the hal-U of oing through tne mine wuu n:tst-.'i laaipv. zo cause can ba assigned '.f-r the explosion. In future, however, covered lamps will be used. The following dispatch from .tLc superin tendent 'of the mine was received to-day: We'll make a desperaie attempt to ti-et iu to-night. Have a temporary fan up, and the indications are tnat the uuna is on hre. Will know in a few hours", ant if it should be the case, will, seal all openings at once and fill the mina with steam; hvye five boil ers placed ready, and stenin will be on hand by 11 p. m. iso lives were fav-a ana no one can live ia the atmosphere inside. The railroad company are sivimr the necessary assistance. Have also -physicians. Have wired the superintendent uf the Midlothian mines for . immediate help. Ha . is oa the way in a 'special car with seventeen men. My men; are nearly plaved out; chiefly from the 'effects of after-damp." . A later dispatch from the superintendent. received tnis afternoon, states tnat two ex pe'rt mining engineers arrived this morning. and agreed that the bodies could not bo re-, covered unless the mine is staled and the fire smothered. -. ' . " SOUTH CAItO LIN A . The Habeas Corpus Case of Col. Cash -Bogan Caah Still at Large. ; IBy Telegraph to tho Morning Star. . - Columbia,. March 13 Ia the Supreme Court here, to-day, before Chief Justice Simpson, a return to the writ of habeas txr- puaia the. ease -;6f E. B. C. Cah; charged with bt-ing accessory to the fsct of the mur der of Town Marshal Richards, at Cheraw; was heard. " Attorney General Aides sub mitted papers ' and -depositions tending to prove (Jol. Cash an accesstuy tCiore tl fact alo, aud therefore amenable to the snme laws sroverning folc-ny a3 piiacinal A motion w being srrtued to comrr.il Coir Cash. Vigorous efforts are being made to sustain .tho charge that Cel. Cash . is . .3 guiity. as his son. The latter is siili at large, but is expected to come in and sur render soon." -' . .r Bail was granted and the -bond fixed at $3,500.' The bond was also made a peace bond, aud was Eisned by x. IS. Cash, VK. J. DiBeruDt and John. .'WrnewV' The last two are merchants of Columbia. ' ' ' THE JSJ&TODISTS.; - Proeeedinss of the Baltimore Confer ence of the in.-E. cSarca Southt Treasurer's Report. :!&p! BaIiToioiie, March 15 At the session of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Conference to-day relations of supernumar rary preachers were considered. The Trea surer of the Conference Board of Missions reported the assessments aud receipts as fol lows: For domestic m;-sioas-T-ass25stnents, $3,705; receipts, $2,733; for foreign misT sions assessments, $12.0(KJ; receipU, f 209..- ;-f '-.- : """ - - ' - - - ' -The Secretary of the Foreign Mission-' ary Society congratulated ih i Conference on its large collections -and s dd that the. assessments for the year eti.tuiVsg will be $13,000. Jas. M. Hawley, Samuel , Troy, Au gustus Davidson, David L. R'sd, ? John L. Atkins and Frank GnlfjlU wi.'e admitted to full connection. 1 1 : NOr2i WASHINGTON. 1 Description of a Counterfeit Mlr.cr ".r tiQcate Prepared far Circnlatlon in " tho Houth and te,u - :- -;-' " - - ; 13y Telegraph to the Morning Star.) . .Washington, March 15. The Secret Service division of the Treasury Depart ment reports that it is believed that coun terfeiters are concerting measures to simul taneously pass upon the public especially in cities of the South and West counter feit twentyrdollar silver certificates. A sample of the same has just been received at the office of the Secret Service division. The issue is of the 'Series 18S0; -Jas. Gil fillan, treasurer of the United States The paper is thick, greasy aud stiff. ; The note is ona eighth of an .inch 'shorter iban the genuine, and there 1 no distributed fibre or parallel silk threads la the paper, as ,iu the genuine. The words "silver certificate" appeari in panels 'twiiie in the upper border on the face of itenote.; la 'the'; panel to the left in the; ciuiiterfeit the" letters It.T F, iu , tho word certiSeate, are engraved wrong-side up. Ia tha ccunterfcit . ihcre are no peiid dividy;g the iaiti.ds ia K." BrnceT' (Itefiisters signature. : Oa the lower left comer check fie letter C U with out any a :cimpanj'iDg uumher. and ia ih-j nnme jOdtillaii only ihi tl.Ttl i, do t l. Oa the back of the m,tj the wiid "lxes" is pluibly fpt-lled . tarti, nd the w. id "engraved" is speit "engr.ivod." The' tofor of .-.the seal is brick 'red; it" shout J be yeig ing on bro.vn.' ; ;; "; - t - . ; Tbi foregoing salient pointf. if carefu !v L nodjVill fortiie present protect thj p-.rb Ilia, Vhile 'th1? .uM not deceive eai'iiui uauurersJi mouey; espt't-l iliy IH.H theeometf iclaihe work is ..ex uniued, je among the hurried and careless, because- .f its fair appearance, it may work gn at dam- aje.' FOREIGN. Baker Pasha's Troops-Take to Their Xleels Before an Imagiuary Woe No. . table Examples of Personal tleroUm -England Asked to Mediate Between France aud China. j- IU Cable to the Mornlnn Star.l Losdox, March 15. Suukim advices state that a panic occurred last night among the Egyptian troops under Bik-r Pash;i. who. are still in camp at Sarab. They got a notion that .he rebels were approaching, became frightened, and took to their heels. Before the panic was allayed two men, takf-n for rebels, were killed. The troops returning to Suakim cheered greatly the personal heroism of Adams Frazt-r, the largest man of the B ack Watch regiment. Twelve Arabs weru laid lo by his single! bayonet. Drummoad, of the same regiment, bayoneted Osmau Digna's nephew. ?. - ' j-.. " Fifty men have left Chatham to" fill the vacancies in the Black Watch regiment. -" PaltisT March 15. M. Waddington, French Ambassador at L-)ado-j,; 1h-i n-ie-Srapbed Prime Minister Ferry, Uiut jrsrqiiK Tteng. the Chinese Ambassador, tms :.tkc'd Earl Granville, iTiialish Foreign S er-Ihi v. to.. mediate between" Chin:' aud France. TLe Journal desDtbats saj's "the .-rmy as j.ir'oiffied its task in Tonquin uiul ihat the lime has now arrived for diplomacy." ;" 1 ' NJb.'tFXTiiR. v -'" A Panic in tla ofi"8 JIarkfi-acaT)' GelJtie in PHtc aud reunqucut Failures. , New Y62tK, March 15. The Coffee. Ex change was panicky to day snd the market dropped 85e. per cwl. below last eight's; closing prices.. Thu shorts becau to cover and snen tue msrsi t " Et:nent d up some what. Sales were bulletined 152,000 bags, but it is asserted thai outside transactions will swell this to 200,000 bags. 1 he failure was announced of Wolff oa Salighburgh at the Coffee Exchange. They represented a Rio Janeiro and Havre syn dicate to bull coffee. Also, a small failure of O. Risley, Jr., who had failed once be forei The liabilities of ihe former are con sidered very large and the latter trifling. PITH AND POINT OF THE j HOUR. Iu the present stale of. affairs at Washington, the Presiilent must not only be an honest man, but 11? must be a cause of honesty in ethers. Wag-he ZlaaVeagh, The Cenlurg . -1 . . boon or late We must bave a parly which will embrace a principle.' Tfce Amencau people have too much moral earnestness to le Ions content-with niak-..- bel ie vt rs. Prcsiden t Scelye at Hi-ookfyn. . Actors, as a rule, are not go id critics, inasmuch t;s tieir profession 1 1 habit leads thtm to fctudy the mechanical rather than the imaginative or ir.ativc. powers of iLe performer. J. Ruhkeri Tutcse, The ightury. -j The New York prisons last year employed 5,440 convicts on contract woi""-:. Among these were 1,77 j' -n bo:Us und shoes; 1,248 on stoves and hollow ware: 838 on saddlery hardware, harness, etc.; 623 on knit goods; and 379 oh clothing. - While there must be genuine merit at the foundation of ail professional reputation, reputation comes in the -end to take the place of merit. The usurpation is especially marked in the case of thos-e who make their living, on the stage. Denver Times. . The idea of granting divorces on the ground of incompatibility of temper ia simply degradiog marriage 10 a species of legalized libertinism. A man'tiis up to a woman," or vice versa, ymtil he is sick of her, then casts her off until he is again ready to repeat the process. Scv. II. D. Jump, Burlington, Yt. 1 It must at least be shown that the common education of the masses does not suffer in the, interest of the few for whom higher and more expensive educa tion is provided The higher education is pursued by a very small minority, and can not reasonably be held to be essential to qualification ! for citizenship. Liring Church. ( POLITICAL POINTS. Samuel J. Tilden is the Mighty Must of the . Democratic party. St. Louis Chronicle. ,' r rl ' T-i f . fF ij.-iift "Jo Yirf 1 1 1 1 ? l-a alarmini to the Democrats of Pennsylva nia as some people let on. It friuhteus only the "podticians who run away from it. . Phil. Record, Ind: - Mr. Tilden used to have a hap- py knack of letter writing. A wi'idor two from him on the present si 1 union would attract-ibo attention, "of some twenty five m-.ilion readers. uhzeagp UcraUl. The Boston Post says that the Mame Democrats are for Hk'eu On a rcveuae reform platform, hut t hat, much as thev admire the Base of Greystoue, they couldn't swallow him on a t'jrsff straddle . platform. - ' - . ' - , 1 Ml "gl Q- .. SO UTHERN ITEMS. '"Sir William Thomson, one of the leading workers in electrical science, and the distinguished author of various scientific books, is to deliver a course of lectures on "Molecular Dynamics" before the John's HopkiDS University in October. He is now professor of natural philosophy in Glasgow University. r Two of the five Confederate Generals are still living Joseph E. John .ston and G. T; Beauregard. The Confede rates had twenty-pee Lieutenaut.GeDerals, and cf these nine; are stilt living James Lon2Etreet. WadeTlamnton. John B. Gor don. D. H. Hill. 3. D. L'je. A ..P." Stewart, Jubal Early, S. B. Cuckaer, and Joseph E. V. Wheeler. . -? New :.Derne.7"ournaf ; . Theoys tor canning, factory has ordered another -boiler and will increase the facilities for ovstcr packing in a few days. -Eegs have-droDLCd to 14 cenls, Tlo tub-- scriplions to the new school buildirg ia all now. amouEts to acout tJ,ouy. Spirits : Turpentiiie. - The Wilson Jfirror has begun iti third year. As long as W. H: Blount t'i is at its head it will be readable and full of -hqrgbt rhetoiic and now and th'in w ill have '"aicem of purest ra strene." So we think. . : lialeigh .Visitor; Mr. P. C. Enniss, of this citv. will begin the publica- ;" ti.u .f ji paper to be called The Exposition L A'cw, about he first wet k in April. It will be pub.ished weekly until October 1st, -'. when it will be issued daily during the - ; North Carolina State Exposition. "". Charlotte Observer: Judge Mc-; " Rae yesterday morning passed sentence of ; c' dcuth upoa two negroes, Adolphus Press----hytnd Ernest Williams, who were con- -victtd at the present term of court of bur- :.. glary. They were both sentenced to be ? hanged in the Mecklenburg County jail on the 30th day of next May. ... ; Charlotte democrat: We are v pleased to hear of two prominent gentle men (one in the west and one in the cen- -tral part of. the State) who figured in the last election with the "Liberal" side of the Republican party, but who will not again cooperate in that way. Both have expressed a willingness to support the regular Demo cratic candidates. : There must be' a decided change in the conduct of some of our Judges. In speaking out plainly now about such matters we think much trouble " ' may be avoided in the future. "Char1 lotte' LTome Democrat: Mr. Henry Watter--son,, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, will deliver . the,1 Annual Address at the next Commencement at Ru:hcrford College in " Jime, and Rsv. J; B. Ha wthorne, D. D. : of Richui ud, V . Will preach the Ser mu." - TiK at)3ive item, which we find in lie Wd-iiiajtoa St.vh, is erroneous. The Home Democrat never puMahed it in that &hapi; Pvtt "U;iiv.Tsity of North Carolina" ia place, of . It-niierfjrl College" aid it will be right. . ;. -v: ' -! Raleigh Neves- Observer i Gen. Loring, U. S. Commissioner of Agricul ture, writes Gov. Jarvis a letter in regard to forestry matters. This letter has been referred to Commissioner McGehee. Dr. William Baker is a German who has J, Ik'tjHrs practiced medicine here and is - w ii ks aui.g ootn w'e ana colored people. He is about the lastiiiaa one would expect to attempt suicide. Yesterday after pom his wife went into a room on the sec'ind floor of his residence, 420 Cannon street,! and found Dr, Baker suspended to a -beam by a rope. He was nearly dead, his ( face almost blick, and his tongue protrud- ing. The wife screamed, and a young lady, living across the street, came. The young lady had such great presence of mind as to cut the rope while the wife held the body. .Neighliors rallied to the scene, and by dint of much effort the Doctor was "brought round," as the phrase goes. Some family troubles was the cause of the attempt at suicide- Tarboro corresponce: "Our town now baa a eynaggue, the consecra tion of which will take place next Tues day at 3 p. ra. Dr. llarriss, of Richmond," Vb. will officiate. New Berne Journal: About s;x thom-aud dozens of egg- were shipped' by the! steamer Shenbudoidi yesterday. Over half ot these weio ri c ived ; by the dealers on yefterd-.y before the steamer: sailed. : -Mr, Fura'ford Wilcox, of Jones, tells us of a Dr. Tanner at Trenton, lie saysj a lady told lam a few. days ago of 1 a chicken a rooster at Trenton that sat on a limb in a tree for over five weeks withouij coming down for food or drink, rim! is yet alive He has been uamed Dr. Tauueri.' The navigators of Pamlico Sound are conplainiog of the lighthouse"' faciiitie? which h.tve s: long been neglected by the! govercnient al certain points in. .11 lose waters. Tuey need a light at Shell Point which is the entrance to Swan jQuar ter,-aud :.t Hog Island, which, is the en-; trance to V j 8--king bay. Several boats have Imen lost 0.-1 Gull Rick off Wysock-" iug, ai d it is likely thut many more will be lobt unless Congress makes the necessary appropriations for the lights. Eins ton u jJ: The . revival fat the Methodist eliuich! in this place continues with con- -tinned interest. About twenty have united' with the church up to this time. Charlotte Observer: Dr. J. B. Mack is conducting what is commonly termed a "revival', among the students at Davidson College, and Rev. N. M. Woods, of this city, has been called to assist him. The suit pf Mr. J. M. Turrentine, a former mail agent, against the Richmond & Danyillej Railroad Company for $20,000 damages for the loss of his voice, occasion-' ed by his exposure to the cold by the neg ligence of the authorities in failing to pro vide his car with a stove, was concluded in the court house in this city last night, by the jury returning a verdict for $2,50f damages.! A few nights since a young man named R. Evans was run over by a train on the Western North Carolina Rail road, near Hickory: but, -for an unusual thing, he was not kil -t d. Evans lives four miles from Hickory. Ile had been to town, land after having biiut with John , Barleycorn, sturted for hpme on the rail rortd &ack.; He had pot gone far, however, -when lie lay don hetwetn the rails and went ::to ' sleep. The 11 o clock express train came :sih n tdiortly afterwards and run over him. Tl e c nuinter saw the pros trate man j.t as the iraiu d ished around y a curve in the road, but was too close to J stop before striking him. The engine . , . 1 a 1 ; t - 1 ttrucK me man auu roueu una a uruiseu, and bleeding mass into the ditch. Evans' was picked up, placed in the baggage car a. d carried to uicKory, wnere nis wounas . wcie. ! attended to. His jaw bene was broken and his back and body were badly bru-sed. The engineer says it is a mystery how Evans escaped being ground to death. -r- Raleigh News- Observer: We learn of the failure Monday of Gaster & Harrington, owners of large livery and sales slahlesat Fayetteville, their establish ment being in fact the largest m the place. , The amount of their liabilities is said to be ' $25,000 or more. Important letters aie in tne i-ostomce at itaieign ror lieu tenant Chas. P. McGary, late of U. S. Navv ; Lieutenant Wm. B. Muse, late of . U. S. Navy ; Lieutenant Peter N. Murphy; late of C. S. Navy; Commander W. T, Muse.lateof U. S. Navy, Commander Johnr Manning, late of U. S. Navy; Master David Ochiltiee. late of U. S. Navy; Boatswain Rotiert Simpson, late of U. 8. Navy. The Postmaster will forward these letters to the parties, if living, or to their legal represen tatives upon receipt of pioper information.; - Governor Jarvis yesterday afternoon- received official information of the sur render of Edward- Ray - and Waightstill Anderson, the two revenue officers who on the 15th of February last murdered three men in a mica mine, in Mitchell county. At the time the Kews Ohwrtcr gave full ac counts of the affair. The crime aroused terrible indignation, and heavy rewards were offered, amounting to $800 on the part of. the State and soire $3,500 by the c-.uaty and friend? of the slain men. The pursuit of the ninadrrers bas been, it is said. almost continuous night and day, jrom eighty to three hundred men being engaged ' iu the search, 'lhe information received ithe Governor is ihat Auderson and Ray hive surrendered themselves and are now ia jail at Ashei!le, well, guarded. - - i Fayetteville Observer: On last Moudut afternoon two burials took place in iaveiteviiid ueo. v. Jticiranaia, xsq., from the Meihodist church, and L D. Da- . vis, Esq., lrom the Baptist church. Mr. McDooaid had been identified with thia town fr.ra longtime, having died at the very old age of 87 years. The remains of ?,Ir: Davis were escorted to their last rest- ' ing place by three different organizations. :; - On Saturday night last twenty-five convicts were : brought down from j the State penitentiary and placed in Jhe stock- ; ade on the C. F. & Y. V. Railway. They are now at work on the southern extension of thi road. The long trestle across Big Rockfish is now completed, and rapidpro gress will now be made towards Shoe Heel. We understand that the late spell of cold weather has done much damage to early gardening, killing peas, lettuce, &c -Mr. Wm. P. Wemyes, informed us that , last year be sold over $300 worth of strain ed honey in Baltimore and other markets, besides what he realized from the sale of wax and the honey sold in home markets. Rev. Dr. AV. IL Milbnrn," whose com ing had been announced, arrived here on -Saturday last, ad en" Sunday morning . preached in the Presbyterian Church, and - . , . .... .1 - 1 1 -A I f ai nigut, at. mt jieiuousi; n iuuicu as u u whole town had turned out en masse to her this eloquent divine the churcbea were filled to their u'most capacity, and wed we;e ihey -repaid: but although pleased bf-yeni li e jwir of words to ex-,. press at both of -tha-e tLqient discourses, we must say that on Monday night his lec--lure on the life and character ot Stonewall Jackson, far surpassed anything that w have ever heard.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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