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The Weekly . Star. PUBLISHED AT ' . i VllIIN G T O N , N . C . , L AT -0 A VEAB, IN ADVANCE. - SSSS8SSSSSSSSSS3S i sss88S8S8Ssiiiiii """"" 8 sgggggsgssggggssg """" g8SS388888SSSS8S " S288S88SS8SS8SSS8 SS3SS3S3SS3S3S3S8 ' " . 8888882888888888 -"T 8g58S88SSS8S8SSS- ... "v-xi"'::: 1 wTr-i-ipta J" 9 i . S: rculerei' at the Post Office attWumlngton, N. C, 1 as Second Class Hatter. srnscBirTiox trice. The subscriCtion price of the Weeki.y fijxn is as follows : "Jingle Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 o monuis, " i.w " 3 months, . .50 TII E FOOTSTEPS OF CONSOL IDA- tion. Senatbr Blair. said in his speech on the Federal education bill that it was tbV most important one that had bewi before the Congress since the w:ir. It is certainly a very import a)1t bill and it is a dangerous bill. We tririild rather sec every negro in (In; South go forever illiterate than to "have th' Federal Government con trolli:'i!? . any degree the public sehoo'suf the Stated Illiteracy may, bo bad, hut a strong government is miuh yire It ha never been yet established I V - : ' : First, that the (illiterate whites in the South. before the. war werSTiot as peaceable, law-abiding citizens as the. ethtcttted whites in the North. . ' Second, it has never been ; estab lished that the education of the mind was either,. a preventive of or a cure for crime. Statistics show that there is a "great deal more crime aiiioik the whitert in the North than' iisiij'iij the whiten in the South. The Nor! hern penitentiaries an; filled wilfr ! I iJe il i-d jetton n.l rels. fV- have already shown in previ ous ariieles how damaging it would he fr t lie Slates to rely on the Pa tenial (ioverntnent to do for them 'what .they can better do for them- silvis. vve nave proteste't against ttinuiii.' tiu: Federiil Government into I .in versa I ' Kclier '-Association' or lot aih-v. inir it to enter nrwn a r-ne- ral Pe'daoUt business in the States. Vv'e f:-.'se now to consider twt p.min. Firsf, the danger that lurks in tiie project Stat- lights. It is :m invasion of Tho best of Itepubli- can, willi. very few exception!, have m Veseeel. 0r State Rights They ri'lirnh- tin:' idea that the Const it n timi uii.iraniees any such rights. Tlicy do 'nut seem either to have read .tint instrument, or if they have reaii.it to have understood its scope an.! lin' tnin. Where will you' find arao:i,,A!f-v Ifcpii'olieaii lawyers, a m.sii h lei ' t:nid ! up in earnest ad vo- ct.-y.. f maintaining both the rpirit and i. lii-r'nl' tln Constitution? Sen-ait.n-. Il.t . i -v, r.f Connecticut..' born in tie; .-'e'.iii, neeinn. to be the only ex cejifi iji." Wheu do yon ever hear E inuiiplis" or any other eminent law yer of i hat .itt' insisting upon the maiiiti.'naiHW; of Constitutional law ami Oiv. lutr Congress shall not ex ereisc or claim to exercise any,' pow ers not sjm:ifically granted in the Coii-iitutionV I i " 'L'he De.noeratic party has the glo ry of having faithfully urged that the Constitution shall be, preserved intact and that the rights and powers of the Federal Government shall not extend "beyond what is Hpecifically- stated in the great charter of our lib ertief. .- ' .' ' '. The Republicans, through . their newspapers arid speakers, make the rights reserved to the States, under - the Constitution, the subject of jibe nd flippant-, rebuke. They refer to Til 111 A . . gieajjcsi or.iau principles as tne "Stale lights spook," Even so able an exponent .of Ileprtblican principles as the New York Times favors the Pedagogic: bust ness on the part of the. Paternal Government, and even wishes the bill before the Senate to he extended so as to give the Pater nal Government! a certain control in some particulars in managing matters m me states. It says, and you may put your own construction as to the slgniSeancy of the claim: v; tf; J.M country which supplies the money has -'fc"noabKinattJie education wbictt it m)s ior t-iiall be the best attainable in kind, uu" limiled tn th .tir.tinio rx .hi.K it win do tlie jnost good, and that the money mle to go as far as it can. - It ""i ue accomplished by confining a cer "i pitiponioa of the appropriation to the r-j uji,bi or me salaries or Dnmarv teachers. rtfiiiring that these teachers should 5 tertificates from authorities designated .ii . i nese:authonties would natur- J 1 be named in great part ly the States. , ', '"ey should be associated with others " provided by the Federal Government. provision might also be made for normal "-Boots in the Stales, and these should be lfally aided in i those States where the eueral money is most largely needed and s'Ven, and whpr nrh HPhnnlti fire, annrnved " inspection, by eompetent officers to be . '"'wm oy the Federal Government" The Tbiies knows that this ia in ue direction of centralization and . tends to'break down the authority of 8vefeign . Commonwealths, for it alds that States thus regarding it ay avoids the ievil consequences by caning the money.n We hope lhat no Southern State will ever ac- VOL. XV, cept a penny with any such condi tions attached- We hope that the scheme of Northern men to destroy the State Bight's idea under the plea of a war upon illiteracy will never be sanctioned. by any man in the So'utb who regardsa Constitutional Govern ment and holds that the States have rights they have never ; surrendered The United States Senate, that ought to be very jealous jif .all inva sion of the prerogatives and rights of the States, has by avote of 29 to 14 decided that it is the business of the Federal - Government to set up a great National Sanitarium for ' the treatment of cattle, with sore mouths and lame feet. It is now proposed to enlarge the sphere of operations of the Federal Government, and thus give it still v greater power, and of a centralized sort, by setting it up to do a regular Pedagogic business fori the people Ift the States." '"". -v-'' . " :'.' If these things- do not show the tendency in the North to a . grand centralized Government and the con sequent destruction of local self-government then we confess our igno rance and blindness.: Both of those very able Englishmen, historian Freeman and philosopher Herbert Spencer, .discerned the true danger that threatens so seriously our safety and perpetuity and pointed it out. The danger is in a centralized power and in breaking down the " local self- government of the States. - But Re publicans in1 the North can not see this; They have been I smitten with political blindness and they ;. grope their way surrounded with the very blackness of darkness. . i We must re serve the secpnd point: ; for another time. We wish to show": that the Congress has no constitutional au thority to make the provision against illiteracy by taxing the people and distributing the amount thus raised among the States. " i ' . SUGAR AND REDUCTION. ' . The Statesville American did the clever thing in copying what the Stab said in correcting an error into which our contemporary had fallen. It comments at large upon what it conceives to be the inconsistencies of this paper. As long as we are sat isfied with our own position in the matter of the Tariff and cannot per ceive the inconsistencies referred to we are content. Whatever .else the' Stab may be, it is not in favor of the present High War Tariff. It would cut it' down;,"; and -Tceep cutting TjT down from year to year and as rap idly as the business interests would allow until it was a Tariff for Ravef- nne only and strictly. That is to say, a Republican Supreme Court of the United States having decided that no other kind of Tariff is, ConS stitutional, we would favor that kind and not one for Protection with in cidental Revenue. In the mean time the Stab . is for reducing the tax on all necessaries and keeping the tax on all 'luxuries. There is no chance of misunderstandf in'g that position. We would cut down the tax on shoes, hats, iron, sugar and so on. We would keep the tax on silks, satins, velvets, diaj- monds, wines, spirits, beer, cigars, tobacco, cigarettes snuff, &c , That is the sort of political ;economist we are. '---',' ' ' y'- '' 'C V When Northern, manufacturers that have been bounty-fed for more than twenty years are! so willing to reduce the surplus by striking out $46,000,000 of the tax raised on sugar a Southern product whilst; keeping the tax on all; Northern pror ducts, we say not so fast. Your generosity is overwhelming. You are about to ruin yourselves. . You are swift to help the country, but at the expense of your Southern neigh-; bors. You do not propose to lower one cent the high vtax on iron',, steel, wool and " woollens," shoes,! hats, &c, but you do propose to take off the entire tax that is, levied upon sugar. You are very cunning.. Your mode of reducing the surplus smacks of real dishonesty. Jt is sel fishness run mad. You do not care a cent for the - country but iinly for yourselves. This is seen in the fact that nearly every dollar of the $46, 000,000 collected on foreign sugars goes directly into the United Staies Treasury. This can ; not be said of any Northern industry that is heavily protected by a bounty. We believe that not more than "one-third of the tax collected on them ever goes into. the Treasury to help run the Go- i Vernmeiit. - , So we say let the tax on all arti cles be reduced, and not abolished. Reduce the tax on blankets, on hats, on window glass, on ? low grades of crockery, on knives: and forks, on cotton ties, on -machinery," on spool thread, on medicines, on trace chains, on alpaca, on cottons andflannels, on sugar, on every 1 thing into which wool and iron and cotton enter. Jieduce is the word. jBut. do not stop here, but go farther. , After reducing the heavy tax on ; all necessaries un der the Tariff,, then if there is still too much tax. raised and consequent- 1 ly too much revenue, then cut down 4. the tax on tobacco first, and if neces s ary reduce the tax on other articles under the Internal Revenue. -. v ."That is the way we would act" if in our power. We believe in "giving the laboring mso; a "chance in the matter" of taxation.' ' " . v - The American attributes a - wrong motive to the StAb when it ' accuses us of sectionalism in the matter of taxation, jif it knew us better H would not suppose us capable.- of so mixing questions. In political econ omy we know no section. But when we see Northern : 'manufacturers so overwhelmingly generouai to them selves at the expense of Southern planters, we say that this- is section' alism and not to be tolerated It is ... i - -- - ' . i .. . not the Stab but lhe Northern man ufacturer who is sectional and Belfish.' : We discuss political economy upon its merits and not as applied to a par ticular section The principles of poJ litical . economy should be applied equally and f airly. We would feed all sections out of the same spoon. We would not s violate for any: the axiom of political economists that it is wrong t(i make. sixteen men pay for the enrichment of the seventeenth. The Stab! stands unwaveringly by Tariff Reform. If - the Democrats should forget the traditions and de liverances of the party on the Tariff ; and should declare for a policy that i ignores the past and should thus stul i tify itself before the country it will not be done by our consent or con nivance, i ;. - - We believe that the present Tariff is a stupendous outrage, . We believe that it is all that it was pronounced to be in 1876, when Tilden was elect ed. We believe it to be oppressive,: unjust, unequal, unscientific, and im moral, and that it injures the coun try and violates the rights of free men. It wrongs the farmers and builds up giant monopoly. It en riches the few at the expense of the many..... . . ' . - , , THE HOTEL PROJECT i ' - -i We are not in despair about the new and elegant hotel for Wilming ton. If, one is built we hope lit will be a large and fine one. It . must be one that would" do credit to . Balti more, or New Orleans, or Atlanta, or Louisville, i We are satisfied that it ought to cost complete at least $250,- 000. Mark you, we are not looking to the present only." What will do for Wilmington in 1884 or 1885 will do for WiIraington4al8Q0, for we expect to grow. With a new hotel of the right sort there will be an im pulse given to the industries and commerce such as has not been expe rienced heretofore. Wilmington will then increase in inhabitants in a ratio that . has not marked its growth in the past. Instead of increasing 300 or 400 annually it will probably in crease 1,000 or more. We must look to the future. A hotel that will do for Wilmington with 20,000 will not answer when it has 40,000 inhabi tanta and when Northern well-to do travellers slay hereby the thousands. But the point islet us have the hotel. That is a prime necessity. That is the first thing needed and that must be done if Wilmington' would grow ana -j nourish. Viet the hotel aud then will come the multiplying of industries. With the Cape Fear river deepened; with the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad com plete from this city to- the utmost verge of the State and even beyond; with a railway to New River and Catherine Lake; with the oyster can ning interest centering here; with our city crowded with Northern health and) pleasure seekers Wil mington will widen her borders, put on new and beautiful attire and will sit "a thing, of .beauty" upon the banks of the noble river that shall be crowded with ; the ships of a dozen nationalities Why not all this ? Is there really any reason why it may not be all realized ? , . -'.-.' A determination on the part pf our people that it shaUbe done will bring all this about.; Hearty unanimity, well directed zeal and energy, broad views and a liberal use of money will bring about; all. we have hinted at and much more. ; Madam Anna Bishop, whose death was announced a few days ago, was 10 years old; and had been a profes sional singejr for 45 years. She had a great reputation in her best dayB. She was born in London, was the daughter of an English artist by the name of Reviere. She married Mar tin schultz and died at uer home in New" York.: v . Virginia Democracy are afraid . of the Tariff issue and they are for dodsins it. ! Such is the meaning of the declaration of - the State Central Committee.! With so. many of their papers favoring, the present High War Tariff, it is surprising that they did not declare for Protection square out. t - - ; And now Payne's son declares for t.h old sick man of New York. ' It nny be that Payne's -- son is in hopes tw. this mar lead the sick t man to declare for father. , - . - - , i WILMINGTON, N: O. A Wranlns to Parents. ' The perils Of childhood are many and various, and it requires constant care and attention to keep them from accident and harm. .The very thing that the anxious pa rent is desirous that the llitle innocent should shun or abstain from is usually the first to receive its attention, and they are almost constantly getting themselves into trouble .of , some sort.. We have a i very striking instance in point, and one that shows the importance of constant alertness on the part of mothers and nurses to pre vent serious accident to the little ones A lady residing in the southern section of the city, on Friday of last week, had her nurse engaged in scouring the floor of .one of her rooms, while; see nursed the baby. In the mean time she had told her son to go down the street for some purpose,' and he had but just departed on the errand when she thought of something further she wanted to say to him.- Calling the servant from her work she told her to hasten to the door and call her son back, and at the same time put the infant on the floor and followed the woman, to give her boy the necessary rdirections. ; She remained at the door but a few-moments and then ' returned . to the room she had just left, when, to her unmistakable horror, she found that during her absence the child had crawled to the tub of . water which the nurse had been using in scouring the floor and had plunged head foremost into it, only its lit tle feet being visible above the surface. She snatched tt from the "jaws of death" which it had so innocently entered, hurriedly ap plied the restoratives usual on such occa sions,' and soon had the satisfaction of see ing her darling once more restored to her. When taken from the water the face and limbs of the child had assumed a purplish hue, and a delay of a minute longer would, in all probability have placed it beyond the reach of resuscitation. . . The Fire Yesterday SIornlBK. Yesterday morning, about half-post 4 o'clock, fire was discovered bursting forth from the small store building on the south west corner of Ninth and Chesnut streets. The alarm was given, but the . flames had proceeded so far before they were discover ed that the building was a sheet of flames before anything could be done to check the rapid'progress of the fire. (The flames com municated to the dwelling adjoining, a cot tage built house, occupied by Mr. ' J. IL Jones, and that was also partially con sumed. The neighbors rendered Mr. Jones and family great assistance in removing their furniture, displaying that presence of mind and rare good sense, so seldom mani fested on such occasions, of taking the ar ticles out carefully and removing them to a place of safety without resorting tothe wholesale destruction and mutilation so common in cases of fire. The most of Mr. J.'s furniture was saved, j That which re mained, and was not burned, was badly damaged by water. V , The store room was occupied by Messrs. Galloway & Mai pass, as a grocery, and con' tained goods to the amount of about $150 to $175, upon which there was no insur- ance. They saved notning. Air, Jones furniture was insured for $300 in - the - VirLpected to vote to unseat Mayo, because , no . -' m- . . maV ' J L. nnpliaonoliin rv f ant i fn n f Vi! o a glnia Home, Messrs. Alkinsoa S manning, agenU. Both buildings belonged, to . the N. R. Fowler estate and were insured for $1,000 in the Niagara, of New York, re presented here by Messrs. John W. Gordon & Smith, $950 of which was on the house and $50 on the shop." . The fire ' is supposed to .have been the work of an incendiary. Mr. Mai pass says he carefully extinguished - the lights and closed the place at9 o'clock. Those who were first to discover the fire say it appeared to have started on the outside and under the corner where the kerosene oil cask was located. The firemen were promptly on hand and did all that was possible to stay the flames. The Exposition What Is Being to Aid It. . ... '.'4 -r;-v; President Primrose and Secretary Fries, assisted by Messrs: Chas. H. Robinson, B. F. Hall and J. H. .Currie, the committee appointed by the recent meeting at the Pro duce Exchange, had succeeded up to yes terday afternoon in getting subscriptions to the amount of $950 towards aiding the pro posed State Exposition at Rateigh, and it was thought that the fund would be in creased to $1,000 before night. . Messrs. Primrose and Fries who, by the way, made a very favorable im pression up on our people were expected to leave on the Carolina Central train last evening for Raleigh. Next week, we understand, they will visit New Berne, accompanied, proba bly, by Mr. Commissioner Worth. Capt. R. P. Paddison, -who left here some weeks ago on the steamer NorihState for Georgia, after making : a stormy and eventful trip, but going , through without the slightest mishap, and making one trip, has returned home for a brief season on a visit to his family. .He expects to return to Georgia next week. The North State is to run up the Altamaha river to the junc tion of the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers ; up the Oconee river to Mt. Vernon and up the Ocmulgee to Abbeyville, making a dis tance of about three hundred miles. Doc tortown is the terminus on the Altamaha river, and here the freight is transferred to the Savannah, Florida & Western Rail road.. Capt. Paddison informs us that he has met with good success so far and the prospect ahead is very encouraging. He expected to leave for Point Caswell last evening. - Birthday of Emperori William. Yesterday was the 87th birthday of the Emperor William bf Germany, and the day was duly honored in Wilmington, the Ger man shipping in port being gaily decked out with flags, while at the residence of tho German Imperial Consul, Mr. Eduard Peschau, a large number of friends called and paid their respects,- and afterwards partook ef the-hospitalities of that gentle man, at the office of Messrs E. Peschau & Westermana, on North Water street, where toasts were drunk and good wishes and congratulations offered. The residence, of Mr. J. I Pinner, in Smithvillc, was destroyed by Are yesterday morning, together with a portion . of his furniture. The property was partially insured. The oricin of the fire ia unknown , ' The Bchr. City of JVassau was cleared for Nassau, N. P., yesterday," with 30,000 feet of lumber and 45,000 shingles, valued at $604. - . a 'FRIDAY, MACRH 28, FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, t f;',- - - .. : ... ... -u. . , i I,. t FIRST SESSION. Bills latrodocedBlalr'a Bill rto -Aid -. Common . Scboola Discussed Id tb Senate Toe Virginia Contested Kleo- (Ion Case in the House The Bonded Whiskey Bill, Ac. - ' SENATE. '-- Washington: March 20. Bills Were in-1 troduced and appropriately referred aB fol lows: ' ' ' ' . ? By Mr. Riddleberger," to provide for the erection' of public buildiDgs at Fortress Monroe and Newpert News, Va. ; : " By Mr. Gorman, a bill relating to the pay of retired naval officers.; '. . '.: - v, : , ', '. : The Senate resumed consideration of the hill increasing the salaries of United States district judges, to $5,000. The'pending question was on the Morgan amendment providing that the increase shall only apply to judges hereafter appointed. ' " At 2 o'clock, while Mr. Morgan held the floors the bill went over, and Mr. Blair's aid to education bill was again taken ..up and occupied the remainder of the day's session, -without the success of any amend ment or a vote being reached on the bill it self. . . ' . - .- ' The conference report on the Military Academy Appropriation bill was agreed to, attd the Senate adjourned - " - - '. HOUSE OF ; REPBESENTATIVES. -1. Immediately after . the reading of the Journal. Mr. Turner, of Ga., called up the Virginia contested election case of Garrison vs. Mayo, the report declaring the contest ant. Garrison, entitled to the seat. Mr. Mayo, the sitting memberwas heard in bis own behalf. He admitted that if the act of the General Assembly of Virginia ; re quiring the prepayment of the capitation tax were constitutional, the report of the committee was absolutely, correct; but he believed that the act was unconstitutional and void, and that if the votes of the per sons who had been rejected for not having complied with that law were counted, he would be found to be entitled to a seat. . The attacks made on him by the so-called Democratic party in Yiginia were made be cause the party to which he belonged be lieved that the war was over and taught children to believe it. To say that he was rejoiced at the restoration of the Union and the abolition of . slavery was treason down south, and he was called a deserter after the war. That was the spirit that anima ted the. patty in Virginia; that was the state of things whereby his State had been dis graced. , The people ' of Virginia were not murderers. - They did not go deliberately to work to kill, anybody, white or colored, but the Democratic party did array one class against another on false issues, until strife was stirred up in the ignorant of. both classes. - . : ,, , Mr. Ilamsey. of Mass., member of the committee on Elections, said that while the committee was unanimously in favor of the -conclusion deduced from the report, the minority controverted many of the po sitions taken in the report itseif. Mr. Turner, of Georgia, defended the report from Mr. Ramsey's criticism. It might be open to criticism, not for what it contained, but for what it did not contain. It was assailed because in implied terms it reflected on the State board of Virginia. In response to that, he put upon record his everlasting contempt - for the pettifogging scheme by which the return of Mr. Mayo was consummated by the State canvassers of Virginia. . . - -. Mr. J. S. Wise, of Virginia, defended the board of canvassers which had - been accused of getting up pettifogging schemes. They had a precedent for their action in the case of Goode vs. Piatt, in 1874, - when the Democratic House upheld similar ac tion on the part of the Democratic board of canvassers, notwithstanding the report of the election committee taking an opposite view. When the gentleman from Georgia talked about a pettifogging scheme; let him remember mat precedent, lie cx- 1 partisanship, no faction, no bias, could make bun forget mat be ban sworn to do justice: but when the gentleman from Georgia cast aspersions on the board of canvassers, he felt impelled to defend them, because he knew. them to be honor able men Mr. Turner replied that the gentleman might call facts aspersions; on his part he had simply endeavored to characterize those facts as they appeared on the face of the record.' If the facts aspersed the gen tleman's friends, the gentleman must blame the facts and not him. v The resolution declarrog Mr. Garrason entitled to the seat ws unanimously adopted, and that gentleman appeared and took the oath of office. The conference report on the Military Academy Appropriation bill was taken up and it was agreed to. - The bill as passed appropriates $314,516. . -. , The morning nour navmg ocen aispensea with the House,- without opposition, at 2 'clock went into committee of the Whole,: (Mi. Dorsheimer. of N. Y., in the chair) ou the Bonded Extension bill, its leatures were explained by MrWillis, of Ky de claring that failure to pass "tho-bill meant bankruptcy anu ruin 10 many -01 tne most important and influential firms in Kentucky and throughout the Weat.sj.lt meai.;,.'k- ruptcy and ruin not only to manufacturers but to the innocent noiaer 01 wmsKey. it meant bankruptcy and ruin to many of the leading banking interests of the West , Mr. Blount, of Ga., said that -though a member of the committee on Ways and Means, he had refrained from bringing in the minority report, preferring to state his objections to the bjll in open house. The House was asked to extend the time for the payment of the tax on 70, 000. 000 . gal lons of whiskey, the sum of the money involved amounting to $66,000,000. The present depression in the whiskeys in terests resulted from over-production, hut over-production was not perilous to that industry. He expressed his sympathy for the troubles of distillers, but he op posed, the bill on the principle of public policy, regarding it as a proposition to lend them $66,000,000. If the government did not need this tax for public purposes it had no right to collect it. The tariff was a war tariff, and should be reduced. The 'government had no right to continue it in order to lend money to anyuouy wno was in distress.. He was surprised that the gentleman from Kentucky . (Willis) had stated that this was a contest between those who wanted to restrict the manufacture of whiskey and those who wanted to give un limited distillation, as seven-tenths of the whiskey which was knocking at the door of the House for relief came from his dis trict. It did not benefit the gentleman to declare that those who are opposed to the bill were in favor of the unlimited distillation of whiskey. Even by the gen tleman's own statement, there was more in the country now than could be consumed. If this was true, the gentleman- was mis taken in his temperance movement. He did not believe that this bill was ging to remedy the ' evil with which distilleries were affected On the contrary,! he be lieved that the extension would enly aggra vate the evil, and that the proposition was not in the interest of public policy. ; The allegation that the legislation of the country had been hostile to distillers would not bear examination. There was a growing dis position to repeal the , internal reve nue taxes, and while he did not con cur in it entirely, the time was not far distant when the country would be in a condition to repeal those taxes. Sup pose that in 1887 they were repealed? By that time the taxes on bonded whiskey (if this bill passed) would amount to $200,000,000. and Congress would be asked to grant a rebate of those taxes. It would be arerued that as the internal revenue law had been repealed, to compel the payment of this tax would be absolute couusuanou. Mr. Ree.se. of Ga. reearded the bill as the worst species of bad legislation that he had ever known presented to the American Congress.- The owners of the whiskey were no more'entitled to notice than any ether class of BDeculators, and this measure was wrong in principle and dangerous as a precedent, ae was m iavor 01 uio repeat of the whole internal revenue system ; not on the idea that it would enable the pro tectionist to get a higher duty, but because he did not believe there was any authority for It, except in time of war. 1884. Mr. Gox. of N. Y delivered an elabo rate speech on the general subject of tariff: and revenue laws. Mr. Cox - had not time to , deliver the whole of his exhaustive speech and obtained leave to have much of it printed in the BeeorcL In a portion he touches upon the approaching campaign in the following words: "I believe that if roe political party to - which I ' belong, thn party which, with all its frailties and short comings and backslidings,.ia still the party of the peor man as distinguished' from the party of wealth even-to go before the country in the next Presidential canvass on the issue of Free Trade vs. Tariff , Protec tion, it would in all probability be defeat ed at the -polls, - for there ' is no class bf voters whose minds are .more tainted with the, tariff heresia of urotection than ia laboring classes, who are most ininred hv them. - But on this issue eive me defeat. again and again, rather than victory gained against the toil, bloodsweat and ; comfort Of my fellow-men. I woujd rather be on" the side of right than have such a victory." !l Mr. Broadhead, of Mo., brought the de bate back to the bill under discussion with a short speech in its favor, which he favored on business principles. There Was now in the Treasury, withdrawn from circulation, a surplus of $150,000,000, and he did not think that the currency should be further contracted by the addition to that sur plus of revenue which would be derived from 45,000,000 gallons" of whiskey..; The bill was a just, fair and right one, and fail ure to pass it would cause great distress, -v- inr. jjenora, 01 uoi., favored the bill be cause it would prevent $70,000,000 from going to swell the surplus which was kept in the treasury out of the hands of the la boring men. -';.- . " - -- Mr. Herbert, of Ala., said that he wished the bill to be defeated by a Bauare vote, so that the men who ' were interested in the manufacturing of whiskey should at last come to understand that they , must abide by the law; that they could expect no fur ther special legislation for their benefit. If A stormy day had come, they had invited it.i- if they were m peril thev were respon sible just as all other business men were responsible. rending action, the committee rose. " As to-morrow is private hill day. and it will require a two thirds vote to take ud the Bonded Extension bill, it is not prob able that its consideration will be resumed before Saturday. , . Aojournea. ., Senate BUI Increasing Salaries of Dis trict Judges Deficiency Appropria tion BUI Passed Private Bills In III? Honie. j! ; -; SENATE. ". " ';:'-: Washington, March 21. By Mr. Ma- hone, to provide for the erection of a public building at Staunton, Va- .... - , - By Mr. Jall, to authorize an investiga tion of the issue of fraudulent land war rants to protect soldiers and - sailors' from loss thereby. . . , Mr. Hoar called up the bill increasing the salaries of United States District Judges, and Mr. Morgan resumed his re marks in support of his amendment which applies the increase only to Judges here after appointed. : Upon the vote being taken on Mr. Mor gan's amendment it was rejected and at 2 o clock the matter went over till Monday without decision. . Mr. Blair's education bill was laid before the Senate, being the' unfinished business of yesterday. - ' . At the request of Mr. Allison, however. Mr. Blair" gave way to permit the con sideration of the Deficiency Appropriation bin, which was read three -times. The amendments recommended by the Senate 1 committee on Appropriations were agreed to and the bill was passed. , The discussion of the education-aid bill was resumed, and Mr. Garland at 4 45 p. m. moved that the Senate go into execu tive session, which was agreed to. -: Before the doors were closed amendments to the pending bill were offered by several Sena tors, in order that they maybe printed. Oaa lby JMr .Sherman provides ..that: the, money shall be applied to the education of children without distinction of 1 ace or color, and shall be distributed 10 counties or school districts in proportion to - tm whole number of illiterate children in eac such county or school district; and that th assent of the Stale to this provision shall be had before the mdney can be given to it by the United btates. An executive session was ncia, and wnen the doors were reopened the Sedate ad journed until Monday next. . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. No attempt was made this morning to call up the Bonded Extension hill, and the Speaker proceeded to call the committees for reports of a private character. J At the conclusion of the call Mr. Money, of Miss., chairman of the committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following resolution: : - v Jiesolved, T hat the charges reflecting . on Mr. EllisRepresentative from Louisiana, in connection with the Star Route frauds, recently published, are untrue. - Adopted. : The House tnen, at 12.su, went into com mittee of the Whole, Mr. Cox, of N." Y., in the chair, on the private calendar. After considering two: mils the commit tee rose informally and E. H. Funs ton appeared at the bar of the House and took the oath of office as . Representative from the Second District of Kansas, to succeed the late D. C. HaskelL .' Mr. Dockery, from the committee on Accounts, asked leave to submit the report of that committee, providing for an extra month's pay to employes of the present House discharged prior to "February 1st," but Mr. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, demanded the regular order, which prevented its re ception. The committee then -resumed its session. ... - .:. - -"-V . The greater part of the day was con sumed in the discussion of the bill for the retirement of Wm. ; W Averfll, with the rank and pay of Colonel. , i, . Finally, the committee rose and a num ber of bills were passed, including the Averill bill. v. ' ; --: -'-: . ' . Adjourned. . , . -; .-- .- , . Senate Not In Session Reports from Committees In the House-rDebate on the Bonded Extension Whiskey BUI. Washington, March 22. The Senate was not in session. -: ,' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The regular order being demanded, JUr. Belford, of Col., appealed to the House to allow one hour to be devoted to the conside ration of Senate bills on the Speaker's table, and the appeal proving ineffectual, Mr. Belford solemnly declared that no more bills could be passed during the remainder of the session. - - - ';'t Under the call of commutes, the follow ing reports were submitted: By Mr. Wait, of Conn., from the com mittee on Foreign Affairs, for a return of the balance of the Chinese indemnity fund. Referred to committee of the Whole. ' By Mr. Vance, of N. C. from the com mittee On Patents, (adversely) to reduce the lifetime of patents to five years.. ' At the request of Mr. Anderson, of Kan sas, the bill was placed on the House calen dar. - : ' . '' Bv Mr. Dockerv. of Mo.; from the com mittee on Accounts, to providcohe month's extra pay to certain employes of the House. Committee ol the Whole. ', '' , ,';';- Mr. Cox. of N. C, from the committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a resolution Calling on the President for information as to what action has been taken by the United States or Venezuela, under the provisions of the joint resolutions providing for a new mixed commission, and as to whether Vene zuela has declined to make payment of any of the awards. Adopted, v - The House then , at 12.45, Went into com mittee of the Whole. Mr. Regan, of Texas, in the chair, on the Bonded Extension bill.- -i :. :; -v.';, - . v, . Mr. Herbert, of Ala., resumed his argu ment, against the bill, asserting that it was onlv bv holding distillers to the law that Congress could expect to equalize produc tion and consumption. Permanent relief could be accorded to distillers only by com- nelling them to conduct then business on a sound basis. The passage of this bill would lead to an overwhelming .demand for ' the repeal of the whole tax on whiskey. Mr. Clav. of Kentucky. - said that the whiskey industry was made legitimate by the government and demanded the same -1 .1 3 NO. 22 protection from Congress which was grant ed to any other business or vocation. He : denied that the pending measure embodied special legislation, and maintained that its object was to make a general law aud put whiskey, beer and tobacco on the came fooling, in regard to taxation. It was a measure. Of relief which would prevent a crisis in the West When Congress could do this without detriment to the public in terest; it should be done. ' : - Mr.: Thompson, of Ky., supported the bill, , which he said presented the question whether the government would bankrupt one class of its citizens when it did not re quire for any X purpose thelnoney which would fall due for taxes. He was not in ftfVor of demanding the : "pound of flesh aud ihe expressed his . surprise- that., his friends -from - the South. ; Messrs. Blount and Hatch, shared in the policy of saying '"in the name of the law we demand the bankruptcy of these people." ' The ques tion 01 temperance was not involved in the measure; but if the few temperance cranks In the House : would vote for the bill, it would result in keeping whiskey in bond. T ,Mrl Wilkin, of M- while denying that he was a ."temperance crank,", inquired whether even if the bill passed whiskey would not be' taken out of bond in the course of time. :! To which Mr. Thompson .replied that it would pass into consumption .when it was called out by some temperance cranks f for he had never seen one of that class who before making a speech would not step behind a door and wet his whistle. - Mr. Clements, of Ga.. opposed the bfll on business principles, and incidentally de clared his willingness to forward any de mand I if or the total abolition of the internal revenue system, a Mr. j Breckinridge, of Ark!, ' spoke at length, in favor of the bill as a measure of justice and relief to the whiskey industry, and portrayed the ruin and bankruptcy which!, would follow the failure of the House to grant'that relief. He denied em phatically that there was any dishonesty of organization to urge the measure through Congress; but called attention to the nu merous petitions before the committee on Ways and Means asking for this legislation. Mr. ;York, of N. C., expressed his desire to see the internal revenue system wiped out. I v - ' "t Mr. Hiscock, of N. Y., opposed the bill. By its ! passage the government would be entering into partnership with the distille ries of Eyrie and Bourbon, and would be get ting 4 per cent, as its share of the profit. Mr. Ray, of N. Y., opposed the turning of the j nation into a great whiskey store house.) Mr. I Hepburn? bf Ia., opposed the bill, and made an onslaught npon the achieve ments which the whiskey interest had per formed; declaring that it had kept in the field hot the armies of the Union, as had been alledged, but armies of paupers, of crime, of drunkenness. Mr. Findley, of Md., contended that the measure' was a proper one, and because the relief jwhich was accorded especially to the State of Kentucky, was no reason why a proper measure should be defeated The bill was also in the interest of temperance. There were now : safely guarded in reser voirs 70,000,000 gallons of double distilled damnation ; if the bill were defeated, all this fiery mass of corruption would be forced! upon the market in oue full disas trous overflow. Before the conclusion Of Mr. FiDdlej's speech the committee rose, Mr. 'Hancock, of Texas, from the com mittee on Appropriations, reported the tension Appropriation bin, ana it was re ferred to the committee of the Whole. At 5,15 the House adjourned. WASHINGTON. The Sherman -Committee Investlga Uon major Barksdale's Testimony .In the misslsslppl Case Call for a De mocratic Caucus of the Bouse of Be. presentatlves. (fir Telegraph to the Horning star.) Washington March 21. Malor' E.' Barksd&lc member f Congress front Mis sissippi, who, according to the testimony taken by the Copiah county sub-eommitten iffieiSenate, made a speech -at JJazelhnrst advising the Democrats to carry Copianrf county by the shot-gun. if necessary, and to hang Buff ton, the Republican candidate, was before the sub committee ot the benate committee on Privileges and Elections this morning; and made a statement under oath in his. own vindication. He denied the charge in toto. He said that the history of Copiah county had always been character-, ized with a love of law and order,; and in the events of. the last election there was no ting inconsistent with that record He made two speeches in Haelhurst on one day be fore the last election one in the aitcrnoon to a procession of country people on horse back, and the other in the evening to a lo cal Democratic club. . He couid not re member whether the mounted men of the afternoon procession were armed with shot guns, j His attention was called to the statements . of witnesses about : his speech, and he pronounced, all the assertions that he had encouraged violence false. He referred to the opinion of Justice' Miller, of the Supreme Court, in Kn Kluz cases, that public liberties were as much imperilled by the nse of money in elections in the North as by Violence in the South, and said that the condition of affairs resulting from the presence of a large mass of ignorant negro voters was not properly understood " " " - Senator Hoar asked if in witness' allusion to the peaceable and law-abiding conduct of the people of , Copiah county, he inclu ded the Killing ot Mattnews. Witness I have nothing to say in refe rence to that. That was a personal diffi culty between those two parties. It is be fore the courts there and I express no opinion.. Mr. Hoar -You have said that the people of Copiah county stand high, in general character and you have announced that there was , nothing in the conduct of the election . inconsist ent with their past history.- Now I wish to ask whether if it should- turn out that this mounted crowd went about- to louses -of colored men whipping them, Bhootiu?v one of them declaring as they did it that they did it to compel them to vote the Democratic ticket or compel the negroes to flee to the woods in large numbers and that Matthews was shot because of his influence as a Republican leader, whether that would change your mind as to the character of the people ? . -- Witness Well, now, I suppose the ob ject of your inquiry has been accomplished by your statement You are yourself giving. testimony id the matter which you propound to me. I think that after rthe trial of Wheeler for the killing of Matthews and the facts are brought to light, then I .will answer these questions. -; Senator Saulsbury asked if it was right and fair when a person was ' likely to be placed upon trial for his life, to ask a wit ness of Mr. Barksdale's prominence to ex press an opinion upon the guilt or inno cence of the party and to give, an opinion upon an entirely suppositious case, assum ing that facts should be so and"so. '; Mr. 1 Hoar rejoined that Mr. Barksdale had testified in regard to the" character of the election ;- that the committee had evi dence which he pupposed was overwhelm ingly in support of the assumptions he had made, j He, therefore, propounded the in ouiry. ! if witness', opinions remained the same in view of that testimony. Representative Cox, chairman of , the House: Democratic caucus, to-day issued a call for a caucus of Democratic Represen tatives on Tuesday evening next The call was made on a1 request signed to-day by John Hancock James T. Miller, J. K. Tucker, Burr W. Jones, Jas. : M. Riggs, Jas. H Burnes. J. C. o. Blackburn-A. G. Curtiri, H. W. Slocum, W. R. Morrison; W. 8Holman, Patrick A. Calkins, Frank H. Hurd E. John Ellis. J. K. Jones. W, S. Rosecrans. Geo. W. Jeddes. N. B. El- dredge, T. W. Robertson and W. II. M, Pusey; TENNESSEE. A Handle Factory Burned at Chatta . i .: mooeau ' r Chattanooga, March 22. The Tennes see Handle Company's factory in this city was burned this morning. - Loss $13,000; insurance $3,000. . Spirits j Turp exit ne. CoL A:.M..WaddellandCap Waddell are not brothers as the Charlotte ' Observer says. They are cousins. ; " r' : - Goldsboro Bulletin : Mr. Henry W. Clark, an old and esteemed citizen of ' this city, died at the residence of his son in law; Mr. Henry Creech, last.Taesday . c -. . Wilson Advance: The Home Democrat says that while the school money in Charlotte is divided equally between the white and colored children, according to population the white people pay $100 of, it where the colored pay $1. ; Mr. Jas. -Edwin Moore says: "Many reasons prevent -my desiring to be a candidate for Lieuten- - ant Governor." ColH. B. Short sub-" scribes to and pays for 32 newspapers. If we had no other evidence this would satis' fy us that ho would make a good Lieuten ant Governor. On Thursday evening of last week Ir. Hilliard Thomas, an old and well known citizen of Wilson county, committed,, suicide by shooting; himself through the heart with a shot gunJ . r. -Asheboro Courier: Mrs. Alex. Gray of Franklinsville township died at ber home last Tuesday ia her 9thyear - - Thomas ville raised over $60 for the cyclone ! suffers. - High' Point gives - over $150 to the cyclone suffers. '- Two illicit distilleries were cut up by the reve nue officers' last' week one in Richland township And one in New Salem township; The Hooper Hill goldmine continues to improve; j A few weeks ago the Courier noted that it was paying $300 a day. : It is now paying about $400 and is dafl im proving; Mr. Campbell who is'now superintending the Jones mine is pleased with the prospect and intends to put up another engine, a stamp mill and employ 50 more hands. ;.-' .- -;'..' i-t Charlotte Observer: It gives us pleasure to announce that Mr. Sam Smith, who is known to fame as "Bill Arp," is Bhortly jto give us s lecture at our Opera House, j A young lady was attacked by a muskrat in broad daylight yesterday, on Tryon'street, near the Methodist Church. .With remarkable, presence of . mind, she screamed loud enough to frighten the rat away, but not before her ankles had suf- fered slightlyl- We are informed upon what is generally termed "good authority," that an Atlanta man has rented a house in Charlotte and will "open a female barber: shop here on April 1st. Not a shop where females: get , shaved, but where, females shave the customers. , 1 Charlotte " Observer: An. effort will be! made to have the entire Fourth : Regiment in the city on the 20th of Mayi and the probability is that the effort will be successful. A revival is raging among i the colored people of this city, many of the meetings extending through the night and until near sun rise.. The re-' vivals are conducted nightly at several points in the city, and the religious fever is at its full height. A new and novel work of art in the way of artificial flowers has been introduced in Charlotte by Mrs. A. C. Wadsworth and, Miss Bettie White. The work in question is the arrangement of large and very prettybouquets of flowers made entirely from shucks. The shucks are dyed in various colors and when arranged and shaped form a bouquet that on first sight appears to be made from choice hot house plants. . . , Fayetteville Observer: On yes terday. (Tuesday) at -about twelve o'clock, the old Sundy house- near the half-way bridge, took fire and despite the efforts of the crowd soou . burned to the ground. A short while ago this residence was bought by Mr. John D. Brown and nicely repaired and painted, We are glad to state it was covered by insurance. . We learn that Phillip, ithc youngest son of Maj. Charles Haigh, had a narrow escape from burning last week. He was playing with the i baby in the nurse's arms, with his . back to the fire, when he tripped and fell over the fen der, with his head between the andirons. The nurse pulled him quickly out, but hot before he received an ugly burn on his forehead and a cut oh the back of his head. We regret to learn that Col. Pryor, Assistant Superintendent of the C.F. & Y. V. Railway, while inspecting the depot building1 at Ore Hill, fell . and broke one or two of his' ribs. . , Rockingham Rocket: Three of the immigrant Scotch families have moved up and settled on farms within convenient reach of our town. r- A telegram was received here yesterday addressed to Col. Steele and signed by J. R. Moore, Cle burne, Texas, announcing the death on yesterday morning of H. B. Covington, son-in-law of - Col. . Steele. No circum stances are given. -The machinery of -Robcrdel MilJLis being - rapidly placed in p08lUOnnaTBOOir--w-Afti1Lfi?n ,511 in this section will be turning outgooiiBr iv will start with upwards of 3,000 spindles and 100 looms. The full capacity is 6,000 spindles j and 250 looms. The factory buildings are all first class, but the main building is a beauty in architecture and finish; it! is 63x325 , feet, and two stories high. It is a fitting monument to the ener gy and skill of him in wnose honor tne in stitution is named Robert L: Steele. Raleigh News- Observer: Mr. Julius Ai Gray, who was here yesterday on the way to Fayetteville, said the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad was within four miles of Greensboro. ' Pursuant to . calls made by "chairman J. J. Mott, of the Republican, and chairman W.. M. Cocke ; of the Liberal Executive Committees, they will meet here to-day in joint session, to see what can be done in the way of calling a joint convention, etc. , The attendance at 1 the "meeting wm be large, say tnose mem bers now here. Died, in Oxford Miss., on the 15th ihst, Mrs Fannie De vereux, eldest daughter of Bishop Polk, and wife of Mr. Boyton H. Skipwith. At his residence, on the 15th inst, Mr. George Brogden died, in his Bath year, lie bad been a citizen of Wake county about forty . years. - Mrs. Rosa T. Wetmore, wife of Rev. G; B. Wetmore, died at Thomas-. ville at 10 o'clock on Monday - night the 17th. She was Miss Rosa T. Hall, of Fayetteville. Mr. John Avera, a brother of Mr. D, R. Avera, died at his home near Smithfield, Johnston county, -Monday evening, aged about 27 years. ' Raleigh Neios- Observer :' Pas quotank! county conies well to tho front with an I appropriation of $250 for an ex- hibit at the State Exposition. A State Convention of the Republicans will be held ' - 1 1 mi J at Jl a. J m 1 ALL XWIClgU UU AUUlOUaji UO. UlOV UOJ wA - May, 1884. A Mass Convention of the Liberal party of - North Carolina is called to meekia Raleigh on Thursday, 1st of May1884. . Chatting with the Re publicans we -discovered that the. drift of sentiment among many of the leaders pre sent yesterday was favorable to Joe nomi nation of a Liberal for Govern or, -and this; nra toV it. nnintjj to ConresBman York.; The matter, however, will be definitely set tled only when the two Conventions meet. QIDU nabCluuucu Mian uv j.m.uvu.m vu. this State would probably support Arthur for President if at the time -when the Na tional Convention is held it should seem that he had a rearonable hope of carrying New York and Ohio in the fall. Blaine and Logan, however, both have Btrong friends.. , - v , ; New Berne Nut Shell: Mr. Wi A. Skidmorc, of Jamaica, Long Island,has bought a place on the sound between Ports mouth and Beaufort, to be used as a resi dence during the shooting season, and has laid off an oyster farm on the front ' -We are glad to learn that Mr. J. A. Price of Troy, and M. L. Rockwell," of Canton, Pa j . who came out with Mr. J. F. Satter lee, of Bradford county, Pa., have bought a tract of 6,000 acres of land from Capt S. H. Gray. This tract is known as the Judge Gaston land, and was owned by that distinguished gentleman, and is of un doubted good quality. As additional evidence that North Carolina manages her railways with wisdom, foresight and push, we notice that the canning establishment here market their goods, though many of them go to points south of here, by way of Baltimore. When we asked Mr. Moore on yesterday why he was compelled- to ship his entire stock from here to Baltimore, he replied that he could not get anv through : 1 l J .V.. II... rates from here over the railroads The. Goldsboro Messenger suggests a plan to ex tend the Atlantic & N. C. Railroad to Fay etteville or some point on the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Road, by amending its charter so as to give the stockholders the privilege of issuing new mortgage bonds to the amount of a million of dollars if ne cessary, to be applied first, to the liquida tion of the present indebtedness of the road; second, to the better equipment of the line, and third, to supply the iron for the extension. The plan is a good one for extending the road, but in this section we want immediate relief.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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