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FjH.i. a iliere is a gratifying growth of
,..i:ir education nt the South, but that
the --e f tiiat lestion are. ion poor to
d :1' tbat needs to .be done.' ".Yetlheir
n-prt-s. i.itive at Washington: -would not
pHS ! B!ir biH (odistribMe a patt of the
u.ii. ii:! unpins for the extirpation of illit
erc. ihe Southern politicians seem to
be m net. lhind the jsoulbern people in
tlifii ntn; hi sue common "Schools .in-crf.iN-tt
u numlxr and in efficiency.,'
Phil Anuriemi - '..'t ' ' I'..
is- taken-from a paper that is
. i.lv Rejiublican but that favors
thc't i iniiiiiiiig of the high taxes that
a Mi"ihs. may be, created and in.OP
jj,., i li.stribuie the whole among
tin- n fT tiie purpose of educa'
tioii. It s i he advocate of Wharton
Birk'. rV i!d scheme for doing evil
thai u"''d may come: We are; not
surpyM (i that this paper favors
viol i; ii.n f. the Constitution that
tlie igma "of jl Hit-racy may be rer
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.'V i-h to say tliat there , la a
grest 'lual of illiteracy In the Norlb.r
Evvn i" Ma.-9achiisetts there are ovpr
90,oot illiterate people." Farther,
let i' i'f hquareiy aiertel lhat: al-Ui-)iiii
'ihe.iJouth "i too' poor tovdo
all s hat. ueedii to be done it has
ml vi-ry marked progress since it
wi iripjed of its property ' by the
North anil plundered by carpet bag--
wer- ;i'ml Hoailawass, aided and abet-
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ted by itio recently enfranchised ne-gro.-.
I'he South has ' heretofore
been self-reliant, and its people have
mad a mit' extraordinary sacrifice
in J: iiiinr the sums rawed for prpu-
i-ir.eiijAtiou leteeii the two race.
Ii' . ' iijrfTfil vith it will coiniime
in i! i- tii.i ork. But the-moment
yon nmkf'thv Siuthern whiten pen
siiii r- upon Federal bounty, that
in HtH-iit 'mi begin the "vork of degro-
il vii-n. L PM ii a people. 'h self-respect
ami ilt" n-liHiiu-.' tnd you depreciate
ilii-ir cii'tiacii-r an.1 render them less
. heiou, let Isolde. ' '
Ve rejoice that in the' Congress
tin re are ko many men from ' the
Soir !i tho luve not bartered away
tin- 'VistitiiiioH for a few millions
of -'.irplu. We rejoice that there
an-iiii-ii in ihe Congress who 'hold
ate i.i'asiiy to principle," and who re
fit,-. break down the barriers of
tlie Ci nstitntioo : under - any; 'plea,
"win J,i r it he money" for, education
or liioiu-y for any other .'oatisev; We
hoi ur Mich men as Bayard and Beck
and C.ke and other Senators from
the South who fonght eo 'ably and
un.inwtrably the Blair bill from the
start. . 1 - . ' '
ao man can answer the arguments
that have been urged in! the Senate-
and out of it in opposition to the
very dangerous Blair bilC Ko jmaii
can favor it without doing despite to
the integrity of the great Charter )i
our liberties- without violating it. 'J
ii me congress can raise a -sur-
P,us- and then distribute, it Varxiong
the Stales for educational purposes,
surely it can raise a like surplus itrf
hnild school houses, to eive
forty acres and a mule to every
colored voter, or to do any thing
whaiRoever that; shall in any way
conduce to "the public welfare-"
Tin's is true, or there is no such thing
as rales of construction and principles
of logic. t ' , . ;. .,; ';;
"The Southern politicians" are for
the most part,we are pained to believe.
ln' favor of the Blair scheme of
wrong. "The Southern people" are
uninformed as to the bill anil Mm
clear limitations of the powers "of
"ue congress tinder t.h rrtn.t;;
if they knew the dangers that lark!
iis Degmhng and plausible: and
nnating Blair bill, and that it ii
to abuse and pervert the f-onotitn.
twn and to destroy the rules of riti
c'Rhi and interpretation of laneuase
Paf 8eh a hill, jhey would
The Southern rjftonlo
vor of giving upthe Constita-
e fathers to the schools
-7-fber interpreters, nd v
cor " T'.r every thing ac-
J6 l"ine mands of ereed and
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. n me reserved
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Mifr.: ""uci lue v;uu-
of tha n!.a in a 8trict contraction
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possibly,, agreat datyi? w'puld" they
violate the letter and spirit of the or
ganic law.' ,Tbe Soutk plays ) with a
two-edged sword when it takes the
Blair bill .in Jta hand; ;tt will "be desr , j
perately;wonndi.d in the eiid.'-v -.
No 'North or South la how the DemocrMa'
cry.v Time s wnuiigtg has J taught inem
that Staterisrhts are State 'wrong.-PA&-
"The man who' runs tiiis ypaper wj!
once the editor of the old Richmond
Miuirer, jLlie 'f.'paperi founded 2 7
Thomas Ritchie, who was the leader
iof Virginia ypemocras. inThe,past'
,and gave them the5 one in all camJ
paigns. ,,, :
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wrdngs There was never a greater
political hereby than that. Here is
JtilRepnbliqar: :prgjaauany'?de
nouncing 1 1 iuen y ciaim or .S; .reservea
?gnta" io the States under the Cdn-
itution as great ."wrongs.' - Here is
a Republican sheet that believes in a
Nation in a Strong (Government
in a Centralized, Power. : In 'its po-7 1
litically philosophy the - States are
nothing and.the Government is eve
Soothern Democrats ought to' be
willing to die for State rights ; under
the' Constitution. ; , Without;;. local
Belf-government.there is no genuine
liberty in this land. . Wipe : but all
rights of States under the : Constitu-
sion f-the organic .law,, of. th Utnd
and you bind, the people hand and
foot; r-Liet the federal Government
oe all and in all, and in .twenty years
we' would-'have an Empire on these
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shores. : SZZ 'VI
Every candid man who has reflect
ed upon our history and has 'studied
the Constitution knows the danger of
lessening the powers and '.authority
of the sovereign Commonwealths and
tralized Government, i 0 aa
Thet. Constitution" as first framed
was in otter' distrust .of the .people
The amendments first adopted,twelvef
in all,:were framed toprotect the peo
ple against Government. "., ; ;
There has alwavs been an element
in this country that' was'inimical to
liberty and the Constitution . - They
are forever scheming and wri&jog, to
abridge the rights of the peoplejno
endanger their liberties, and to' build
np a great overshadowing Power at
Washington Uiat shall swallow finally
the States. ' '
It is for this reason, with others,
that we have 'bo 1 pertinaciously
fought the Blair bilL It is the tro-
gan Horse ot tne tjonsoiiaauonisie,
aud if they can only induce the South
to violate the Constitution for money
thev feel that thev have indeed ob-
tained an entrance for wedge that
will so rive the South as 1 to finally
destroy all belief in Constitutional
limitations. Once induce the South
ern people to accept the stupendous
heresy that it is a great wrong to
"claim any rights for the StateSy'xtiii
then the work4 of destruction begins
in earnest. Let the people always
remember that Articles IX and X of
the Amendments to the Constitution
read as follows: ; rv . .: ' r
-"The enunciation in the Constitution of
certain bights shall not be 1 constrained to
deny-or disparage others retained by the
1 ne powkbs not aectgaita 10 m vmm
States by the Constitutiot, nor prohibited
bj it (0 tht States, abb bxskrvjsd to the
Di AlAO JUiSTAViiTAlJl VI U IUO imviw
V. S. 1WAK8HAE.S AND 4FHEEBAI-
Mr. Follett, of Ohio,' has intro
duced a resolution in . the House to
investigate the conduct of a United
States marshal in his state. It is
known : that the marshals behaved
most shamefully in Cincinnati and
that citizens were actually ahot down
and killed. . The bearing of. the mar
shals was Buch that -perople" were in
timidated and for the purpose of pre
venting a fair election. The ' matter
ought to be inquired into and then
the Congress ought to wipe out -the
infernal system. that has been used to
abuse and ; brow-beat ' Democratic
electors and to help fasten upon the
countrv the most : destructive rule.
There is nothing republican or demo
cratic in such a system. : It is a dis
grace to our boasted civilization and
to any free government. , Let " jus
tice be done though the heavens fall.
Let a close scrutiny be bad, and. hew,
to the line, let the chips' fall where
they may. : Let all Federal interven
tion in elections have a speedy end,
and iet the last of the rascals be
turned out and be kept out.
'it The Washington jJfyst; takes jhe
right position s in urging the investi-
gation when it says: - , .,;'
" 7 "Tt ia for the ascertainment of facts that
the investigation is ordered. - It is in the
interest of peace, justice and liberty , that it
should be prosecuted. ; ;.:?. ?.fv?i ;
, t '.'Federal interference with the machinery
or local elections has been -productive 01
mischief, and mischief only, from the out
set. It originated in a spirit of sectional
partisanship and hat - been exercised for
jectionally partisan ends nothing else, i If
it has been more insolent or arbitrary or in
decent at one time or ia one place than an
other, it has been no ; k&B odious in its na
tureno less subversive of .free suffrage in
its operation. .A.- - u j-
The country demands a free bal
lot. It does not exbt in many sec
tions in , the ; North; and it cannot
exist any where with - the system of
Federal interference continued.""
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the powers and aatoonty-ofvthe yen,-,
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iiiSliwiINGTON, .NCrRIDY; !5ECEM!BER ;i2V
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'Cleveland's . election is ,j .working.
wondersLrEven the'$nc6rnpetent and:
corrupt Secretary , of i the-VNivy' has
found Xt fShVJ'lA liis repOTt Ti6 insists
that tn the naval .workshops '-ail pol
itics BhMiaWtexadedndJthat!
no v (pbrktHgtMnihonW iM emored
ItidiBredroligteg
-These -are just- sentiments bat rathen
field
party
Tderaa. i 9t! As the lJeracra 5, wiU aye.
coW bf ?the 'Jiaval stations knd
shops fHthcunning.oSjBcielainow
lohiiroplons nftrono;fjdfree
opinions.-. 11 iSlaine had been elected,.
yoti I would ' haV 'lieard Nothing of
such jaat viewsj ttt Wade vwe indorse?
the4 Decretary's;t8pggestion,-we have
no respect for bis sense ' ot candor,
propriety and 3 ustice.'
a,
t Grant wi)l be known .in -history, if
th5 truth is told as thei'great , Gift-
Taker. .He', took ! eV.erytliihg. . 1 Mr.;
Cleveland - will avoid ; this. Grant
took bull-pups1 Sand allbu the Presi
dent-elect declines, a dog that, was
sentbinlTariyPrSU did
not receive promiscuous gifts. Grant
nas naq more, money fom tne; lj nitea.
States Treasury- and-from-the people
in heJihapofiljlthaiany five
Other men whobave"1 tired ' in:; this j
lie is now standina; hat in hand ask-
ing the,Coagre3 to yote 01m tlie
people't'TOohey a pension and'. H is
mentioned 2 At 1 5,oot) ; a yean j. Mr
CIev'eliti'r.njire8ere;
pendence, bis good name, Ixib ; self-
respect,1 jbtsjalefrdnnd ;,be;will
take no gifts- from men: who will have
favors to. ask; V
? tiixam- rwiirtit it?
f-'; w.
There are meo being jurgedforthe.
Speakership, .who have pp kno wledge
of parliamentary law and scarcely
any legislative experience.; We doubt
if some of them ever read a page of
.1 effersoms Manual, or in Cushing or
in Mell. '; They jfiave scarcely a. qual
ification for the place they seek, not
even a jmode&S estimate of their abil
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The T Senators can now be
sum
moned from the committee rooms by
the sound of an electric
bell
that
eommunicates with
each. We
are
glad to learn that when Senators are
"Wttd tley can b suouaoned from
ftea' without tellinsr. 'everybody in
the gallery. . ;
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The Storm. .
The threatening weather which set in
Friday 'developed yesterday into quite a
severe storm of wind from the northwest,
accompanied by steady, rain. In the midst
of it a flat loaded with cotton, belonging
to Messrs.. Alex. Sprout ',& Son, "collided
with the wharf in the neighborhood of the
compress and was swamped, the bales of
cotton floating out and drifting off... Men
were set to work,: and,' assisted by Jthe
steamer Nyce, filially succeeded in recover
ing it all. ' ; ; , f .; ; ,
v The streets during the afternoon were
pretty badly drenched, and tlie usual Sat
urday marketing - was done under difficul
ties. . '"it ;f'.'T""'":-y "J '' I.'",-' .
Snperler Coirt. '";;' Mt ' f ''fj:
" The. attention of this Court has been .oc-.
copied since, Thursday, morning last with
the trial of the case of Alex. Oldham against
The First1NatioIlal.Ba of Wilmington.
It excited a good deal of. interest. J, Messrs.
McRae & Strange and Majl C. M. Stedman
were the counsel ;f or - the plaintiff, and
Messrs.- George 'IavIlosWl & Bicaud,
Junius Davis and E- S.:lMartin. appeared
for the defendant.-0 The case was given to
,the jury 'la'yee)&By'
turned a verdict -in abeat an hour, finding
all the issues in favor of .the plaintiff, and
assessing the damages at $l,'281.24.. r r
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.For (be Orplimn. 'r"
" We were pleased to notice in the"Contri-
bution" ; column of the Oxford Orphan's
Friend that the Orphan- Asylum at that
pktce received a goodly number of contribu
tions ?for the week ending December 3rd,
1881, Including several liberal ones'from pri-
.vate sources in our city ;in addition to which
was tne sum. 01 one ; nunarea ana imrj-
five dollars and thirty-five cents ($135.85)
sent from. Wilmington as the amount of
the. Thanksgiving collection taken 'up at
the Front Street Methodist church on "- the
occasion of the special services for that
day.. - ' '- "' -.ju '
Grand IiOdse t Colored Simmon. ..
,The Grand Lodge of Colored Masons of
this State holds its. 15th annual communi
cation at ' Statestille, Iredell county, on
Tuesday next, the 9th insi The jurisdicr
Hon numbers 4T lodges in good standing,
with an average membership of 1,000.-Du
ring, the" year thb amount Of $2,800 has
beh dispense anionjtjthe widows and or
phans of deceased members; and since the
organizaUon of 'the insurance feature there
haveJbMnlrected andf set apart eleven
homesteads for widows, two of which are
in this eity, and clean . deeds are held for
the same. . Rev. James W.. Telfair, of this
city, is' Grand Master, and J. C. Hill, also
of Wilmington; Is Grand Secretary.
Forelcn Export. , t
The foreign shipments yesterday were as
foHows: ' The German , barque Fidelia,
Capt. Meyer,: for Liverpool,' by Messrs.
Alex. Sprunt & Son, with 1,883 bales of
cotton, valued at $65,000; the Norwegian
bnz'Boaig Capil Larsen, for Bremen, by
Messrs. .A. H, Greene and Alex. Sprunt
flooi with i:2TO bales of cottonr valued
at $56,957 : and the British' Schr, -Equator,
Capt,,-Albury, ' for Nassau, N. P., by
Messrs. Cronly & Morris, - with 180,000
hiniriea valued at 910. Total value of
foreign exports for the day $122,867, .
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s Mr. Leonard, at his fishery at
Shallotte Inlet, : Brunswick, county; otogbt
on Thursday last 20, SW mullets at one uaui,
a fact which we learn .from jot. -j. - n v
Singletary. Beat that who ctMV''fr:
BinceitBa wan thdoKeptiblican
has done precisely what the
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MILITARY. CONVENTION.
The 1 keMd Rlt' ,Ki r --Biatei
Cnard, in Oonnell-feleetloBolf JFleld
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f Officer.
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.Pursuant Itoi Genejal.jiQrders: jlvil? .
military Convention of Une : Second - Hegi-
ent toWe'dnJldf'f
' 49 30; Ar 3f. 'yesterday in. i'e ruipry. ofi the i
; n umingion Ldgnt lntaniry. uapu it. 11.
,eery called th.e Convenlod tobroW ittd
ues;laj.,ii5 "tfie"
FayeiteYilie Jndepeodent Light; Infantry,
rvy i4tt me cnair, oetng tve huuiot uiiuxa
,pre8ent. w , 1g u ,
-u Maj. Campbell stated JJ-e. jobject otvtu
.meeting ftfad declared the OonventTon open
igijtbeispatch Of businefcs ;ij .''.iTj
fftj8eood iBt.iili IPUlirnwaseV!
ted Secretam ohmotioa-of Caut. ; Beery45i4
ipaBiaBi . jjr hich : were as. jpypws v 0ii .
Liihi lo'fanlry. represented by Maf.'Camp
ibell, Svotes.. t , irt . . , , , f s
m Company Bj LaFayetle Light Infantry
represented by Capt. W. 8; Cook.S votes.
' . Cpmpany C, Wilmington Light Infantry;
represented by' Capt. JR. -IL- Beery, First
Lieutenant W.. C. Jones and Second -Lieutenant
J. C. Morrison, 8 votes.'',;
; ; Company E, Shoe Heel Rifles, represen
ted by Maj. Campbell, proxy, 8 votes. .-"
i Company "F Sampson' Light. Infantry,
represented by Capt' It. Hi Beery', proxy,"
8 votes, f y l y ' r . .'.
?i Company' H, Smithville' Guards, repre
sented by Capt.' R. H.? Beery, proxy, 3
,votes,-' 1 .; j -
Owing Jo the fact that Company E was
not represented in the Convention, an .ad-'
. ournment wa. had nntil 8 p, ;m-c so'' asi o
give the absent company time to send their
proxy or.representrttive. ( ' , ; ' ,
'; At. 3, p.mtitbe, Convention 're-assem-,
bletl.'and, after reading the minutes of ihe
morqing sessiona felegram was read froin;
the" Captain of the 'SnoeeLReSiv'.'Ve-"
questing Maj. Campbell to cast the vote of
that company. ' ' J " ' ' -
': Nominations being in -order, the name of
First LieuU W. C. Jones, of the Wilming
ton Light Infantry; was " put 'before" the
'house by Maj.' Campbell and seconded by
Capt. Cooky for; the" position of Colonel.
There being no " further nominations Jot
this position, the Convention proceeded lo
call the roll by- companies; which resulted
in the unanimous election of Lieut." Jones
for the ensuing term, which is two years
Upon the : vote being declared, - Lieut.
Jones, amid calls from bis comrades, arose'
and acknowledged in fitting terms the honor.
conferred upon him., .. c---- 1
Nominations for Lieut. '-'Colonel be
ing next in order, the names of. Maj. Mc
Rae and Capt .Faison . of the Sampson
Light Infantry, were placed before the con
vention. . The' roll being called, the result
was the election of Maj. McRae
The .names of Lieut J. T. Murphy, of
the Sampson Light: Infantry, and Capt
Cook, of ' the LaFayette Light Infantry,
were placed before the eonveatioiK f or the
position of Major. The roll was called.
and Capt Cook was declared elected, who
suitably acknowteuged the honor con
ferred. ; - :;:
There being no further elections, the fol
lowing . resolution was offered , by Maj.
Campbell and unanimously carried: -
Resolved. That the . office of Adjutant
General has been most acceptably filled by
Gen. Johnstone Jones, and tbat the State
Guard has materially 'prospered under his
administration, r :
Lieut Morrison expressed an earnest de
sire to see the Second Regiment encamped
at Smithville during the approaching sum
mer, whereupon, on motion of Lieut Jones
the field and staff officers of the regiment
were appointed a committee to endeavor to
secure an appropriation from the; State
Government to this end, and also to make
all necessary arrangements for said encamp
ment ; .: -4 ,?;;;u &
' tThe following, offered by ; Capt. Cook,
was adopted: - ; : ':- '
1 Retolted. That the thanks of the conven
tion are due and are hereby tendered to the
Wilmington Jjigntinrantryior tne use 01
their armory and to the officers for their
kind attention while in the city.' . ;
! On motion, the convention adjourned.
X We would state, as a fitting finale, that
the meeting was entirely harmonious and
that the selections gave unusual satisfacr
tion. At tile close a .collation was served
and everything passed off pleasantly.1
A. nysterloaa Oeenrreaee. -
; - Our Brunswick friends were somewhat
excited on Wednesday last about noon, by
two startling reports, for which they could
in no way account The reports, l; the re
verberations of which travelled from west
to south, were: accompanied by a shaking.
jarring movement, and attracted the notice
of 'people all . over " Brunswick..' ". Some
thought at first that some of the boilers at
the Acme manufactory Works had explo
ded, though, the sound was more like roll
ing, reverberating thunder. At least this
was the case at the residence of Mr. Michael
Hilburn, about six miles from this city.
At Hood's Creek some of the residents said
the sound resembled the tearing up of trees
by the roots', and ; jt , was feared a cyclone
was approaching,', though ' there was, not a
cloud visible at the time. : The sound and
motion of the 'earth1 lasted" about (one
minute. '': - -"'.
'f We notice in the New Berne Journal an
account of the escape , of Peter Pickett "a
colored convict from the penitentiary, who
was employed with others . in that section
of ithe State on. what I is "known as tthe
Quaker Bridee- Road. - Peter f was tried in
the Criminal Court of this county, la 1882,
on the charge .of stealing cattle, and' was.
convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary
for five years, i He will probably make his
way in this direction t i
The Late Mr. Payne.
The remains of Mrs. Cora! Payne, wife
of Rev. C, M Payne, : who died at Con
cord a few days since, of pneumonia, were
Interred at Lexington, Davidson county,
the residence of Mr. Payne's mother- and
sister, and of his brother, Dr. " Robert
Payna : ; Deceased - leaves a child about,
four months old. Great sympathy is felt
for the bereaved husband among his nu
merous friends in this city. -
Fatal Accident.
Mr. Simon Pemberton was run over by
the east-bound train on the Carolina Central
Railroad near Polkton,.ou Friday,, and
alrnrmt instantlv killed. Mr. Pemberton
was about 84 years old and quite deaf, , so
that hA did not hear the whistle in time to
et out of the wav. ' "
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CONGRESS.;
T'Ji ' 'r("K'Oi"I SESSION. ,
Bills Iilirducd Tf VenkMar-een.
Grantln! Relation to BarpUiaiReve-.
nn4-jA "enate Reaolmtlom tne Re?
vIvV r Snlpplnat, and the Export
Trade The vInter-Stat Commerce
Bill Coneldered. .i-:ih
'id t f 'i" w oaAJiibaaioar. act u noq
ia WA8iraQTtoJI)eti;u-ftAmontf tho bills
inttoeuced:-in. tbe.iSenate Ukday jsas .the
iOllowing:.. . . , ... . .'-.;.-".
w1ByItMlteBeH;tcfiairmatf F'lhe Pen
sion Committee of the Senate jecantinjr h-
peneibntoeiit Plysse? SOran
sM4 Cameron.i.'Of vPenn.. suhmUtJthe ,
following resolution' which he desired to
lie over and . be.. orinted savins that.he-
uw f or .consideration ; rt ' SaerMS,,thershipv1
; a i . T ; ' Ji .1
icr -years 1 ueen depresseo, anq .uiet expors
tradet in -American, oroduce ialanguishing.
fdr-want of markets that ' might be reached ,
it tiie saipjung trade was in. - tne nanaa or
citizens ott&e u.niteaptatesi taereiore. u. .
nJiesotxd, That the -commutee on ,x u,
nance be and is hereby ; directed to inquue
whether it would be exnedient to eXDend'
the surplus revenue orthe LJ nitea bUtes or
any portion tnereoi ior ine, purpose ot re-7
viving the shipping .p4 .export' trade by
allowing a rebate fromtariff duties on for
eign i' goods imported m snips ouiit ana
owned Jttj the United States, ahdjjy: also
allowing a premium on American . grown,
products and articles of American manu
facture exported in.-American f vesseia. ana
reportby bill or otherwise," t fi,'-t;i
ne resouiuoij)iras iaiu wyer.:- .
The Chair announced the appointment of
Mr. Sheffield; the new Senatpr from Rhode J
iBiana.to memDeraaip ot tne committees, on
Claims,; 00 Mines and Mining, on Revolij;,
tionarr Claim and onTWomen .Suffrage :
the appointment of MrjxSabin to the com-.
jnmee on Jixsminiog oevenii, iirancjjtti ot
... a . a 1 n " l - .
the Civil Service; Mr. Dawes to tlie com
mittee on Naval AH airs: Mr. Slater to the
committee on Naval Affairs; Mr. Morgan
to the committee on Fish -and Fisheries,
and Mr, Manderaon to the chairmanship of
me comroiuee on rnDuog, : ;
Alter some debate on the bill ior rnvate
Relief. , a jnessage was received from the
President whereupon theSeaate, at 1.80
p. ; m-went- into execuuve session, ana
wljeh," at, 1 40: p. m., the doors were re
opened, adjoursMjO; Monday next .
,f HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. v
' Br unanimous consent tha -Boeaker Dtoi
ceeded to calt the States for - bills and reso
lutions: as of Monday; and under, the call a
1 . jt. a.
nnmrjer were lnirounnen aniiTcierreti
Among them, were the following:- i
By Mr. Oates. 'of Alabama, to establish
a (jourt 01 Appeals. ; i.nj.j -hi
Hi Mr. ' Jttornsoa,i,a ' relation to. sur-
flus revenue.' The ftext is as follows: -Be
t enacted.: etc I that the' - Sccretarv . of the
Treasury be,anil he is hereby authorized and
directed to apply tne eurploa revenues at
any; time in the Treasury m. excess of
S100.ogu.000 not otnerwise Armropriated.
to the redemption of United' States bonds,:
and iwhen any of said: bonds, are redeems
ble at the pleasure or the Uovernment it
Shall not be lawful to apply any portion of
said surplus to the purchase of bonds at a
premium. !o;o;-fi-t -n;t l&itvrt-- ,'xm-
lir Mr. Dockery, or Missouri, to repeat
ail laws authorizing ithe appointment 01.
special deputy marshals at th,e - polls and
the appointment 01 supervisors ot election.
By Mr. Brown; of Ind.; to prohibit dis
tinctions beiog Biade in : the army against
any class or American citizens. -
Jsy J. a. Taylor, ot o., 'to prohibit the
removal of any honorably discharged sol
dier; sailor,1- or marine, or any widow or
aepenaem reiauve 01 tne same, irom any
office in 'the civil service of the United
States' except for specified cause. -c w if -.
The House then resumed the ..considera
tion of the unfinished business, ? being the
inter suue commerce oiiu. 1. ;;., t , :
Speeches were made upon the committee
bill and Mr. Reagan's sobstitute, by Messrs.
Anderson of Kansas, Shirley of Ind., and
Hopkins ot fenn." Without lurther actton,
the House at 2.30 adjourned till Monday.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Snlelde . of Prof. Alex, Oe Wilowikl
la WashingtonTrial of an AUeced
Emhezaler In Richmond Va. ?Pow-
' der magazine of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute Blown TJp-A Marder
. .Trlal at Lenoir, if," C., "...v
; iBy Telegraph to the Jtomln Star. 1
: Washtjiotoit. D. C Dec 4. Professor
Alexander De Walowski, music teacher,
recently arrested upon the charge of incest
preferred against him by his daughter, com
mitted suicide last night by ' shooting,
He was' out on "b&tt and Hthe3 suicide
was r committed - in - his own liotise.' He
left several 'letters 4oI his 1 daughter, ! his
counsel, the chief of police and a long com-1
munication to tne - nwiaent ana-people
t of the United States. The letter
to -the daughter has- not been ; made
public, but the others Jhave, and in all
of them he protests his innocenoe of ithe
crime charged by his daughter - Me asserts
that the daughters nuna is not strong, ana
that she has been influenced by designing
persons to accuse ..htm ..in:, order to
obtain his nrooertv. Z He was.-s -Mason!
Odd Fellow, knight of Pythias and Xnight
of Honor.- He was ot:iroiish. birth, out
came to this country when . a boy; and bad
been a .musician -ef considerable promi
nence and extensive travel. . When he was
arraigned -on his daughter's 'charges his
counsel stated in open ' court .'that the
daughter had abandoned his boose, and had
tab-en with her four thonaond .dollars'
worth of diamonds and jewelry, 'and that
her charges had been gotten up to further
a scheme to get possession of the remainder
wi iua liuhij . ... ... !K i'r !
"i RicKK0Ki,VA.,Dec,4. The examination
of Wm..R. Smith, charged". with embez
zline State bonds, was continued this morn
ing in the'police court, .and. resulted in his
acquittal, in one case, in which he was
allecred to have embezzled tl.552. The
triaTef -the other case against him was post
poned until Saturday, and he was admitted
to bail in tne sum ot ji.twu.. , , . -. ; ; . ; t
.. LTNCHBima. Va. . Dec. 4 The powder mag
azine of the Virginia MOitary Institute at
Lexington', was blown up last night The
magazine contained. "500, pounds of cannon
powder, ana the explosion r was terrinc.
Windows of the Institute . were shattered
and lights put. out, and .houses.' la Lexing
ton, a mile away, .were '.shaken to, their
foundations.' The. , magazine, which was
built of brick, was totally '.blown away,
Five cadets, who were dismissed from the
Institute . Tuesday; for having,', powder in
their,- possession, are 'supposed, to have
caused the explosion. . . . i ..: ,.
Raleiobl N. C Dec;- 4. At Lenoir,
N. O. to-day. Ed Ray. charged with the
murder of Boiling ' Burleson In ; Mitchell
county, : was convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to twentv vears In the oenl
tentiary. Anderson, also concerned in the
crime, has yet to be tried. ;
THE BELL TELEPHONE CO.
A Mammoth Capital to ho Aeked For
Boston and New York to he Con-
nected hy ' Jnly Next' '-' 1 "
i :t By Telegraph to the Vocnuur Star.l
w
. Boston.? Dec. 6The : directors ,of the
American Bell. Telephone Companv. have
voted to rjetition the Legislature for author
ity to Increase the capital from $10,000,000
to f au.ouu.uuu. -j. ne street gossip is mat jn
the event of the authority , being granted,
the new stock will be issued at the rate of
tr.000.000 per annum at par. The com
pany expects to haver;its 1 wires betweeB
Boston and New York opened to lease by
Jnlv'i-1885."-''3 -iw$3i'-T$-ma::iii m
,, Kinston Mee iV5,': f;Tbere ia
a gentleman In Falling Creek towhshlRwhtf
has cTo nogs ana ne nas Kept mem au up,
livinir ia the "no fence" district. Mr.
Tobe L. Hanff, a young man who has been
in Kinston only a short while, was arrested
last Saturday and lodgedin jail for shooting
a negro noy, uenry wood, me same nignt.;
The nemo was . shot in the forehead. the
ball entering the brain.-Mr.' Hanff claims
that the shooting;wasaccdenial.i: 1,- vi
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It. t.T'.TiU"
."r ,i fLA US DEQt"vr. 5t,tiT i-i
Completion of the Washington Monu
ment A. Strnetnre that Far Overtop
Any okher In the "World -Ceremenle
Attending (the. Hetrn8.!of.theiCar-
hex- ' nixe
f"Rv TAlnnnni ti ISA "Mnrnln tr Rtfir I .
WA8B0TON, :.ec. o Tne .ipng ex-.
pected' completion
ot tne " rv asnington
monument eoeitsK wasr accompirsneooiaa
afternoon bv eltine in place,! he marble
capstone and its pyramidal apex of alumi;
niumb -The ceremonies were tew ana simple.;
an elaborate celebratiofri Of too event being
reserved sf or s Washington's )(, birthday.
C31 ki. -r a .viv riy.1 Ti,.n.. . T -
Casev. Government engineer 'in charge, and
his assistatits.Oapt 'Davis, Uv'S: Nt;and
iiernard k. ureen, civil engineer,, together.
with 'master mechanic McLaughlin andfiey-'
eral 4 workmen; standing" on the "narrow".'
ptattormnQuut arouna tne woptng maTDie
roof near the summit proceeded to set the
, . . t .. rt nirv J .. . i
capswne w ignifix o.quu yououa; wuiuujaa,
Suspended , from ,a quadruped .'of heavy
joists, supported, by the . platform ! and
towering forty 'feet above them.: '"As toon-
as tne cap atone was set... ie American nag
was Unfurled overhead, and a salute of 21
gutWwaa-prom ptly . fired by Major flanhe
man's milUia battery4a ; the White House
gt0unda. vxar botow. the -sound otheers
also icame jupr.faintly -from the crowd ofr
spectators gatoerea arouna tne oase.oi tne
monument., tine numbers 01 invited guests
on the ouo ieet piatrorm and in tne interior
of then monument at, that level, sponta-.
neously stjeuck up ; thet, "Star Spangled
Banner," and other' ' patriotic songs. A'
"steady down-pout otorain had given place
-a. litUewhiJe. previously to ?a orisav gaiaoir
wind at j this ., jelevation. and blowing
about fifty-five '' mites:" an;- - tour and
very few ' Of ' the 4nvited 'guests cared
to avaa-Jithemselvea-of - thenriyilege of
climbing the nearly perpendicular ladder
from the 500-foot platform Jo the' dizzy
Jieight or o33 reetirom'wnicn tnree or tour
ournalists and half a; doata other adven-
thron cUmberj w itnessed. . jthe setting . of
the capstone ..and' subse quently as-'
cended to the's'pinnacle.'-!ii'Meanwhile,'!
-the ? -Washington ..Monument - 8 society-
represented : v Dr.. - Joseph ;, M. Toner.;
Hon Horatio King, Gen. Wra. McK.ee, Lir..
Daniel B. fiiarb nri ti. JjaTvey, becre
tary, held a meeting , on the elevator plat
form, at the height of 500 teeand Hfhen
ihe artillerv firine announced the setting
of tbecap8tone, aaopter w st)iuttonpi
fered by,Gen. JJuniifc4nirTalkUJatingthe
American neoDle on the com ole tion of this
enduring monument ur-traRonv grati-'
tuda itQv.tbe JK,'ather9tk his,, country."
Among those present to day at the com
pletion' of-, the 'structuk,e"'wa8 one" otithe;
master mechanics 'who laid .the,, corner
stone of ,the . monument more than- .flirty-,
six vears a?o and the old watchman of the'
monument Who has' oeehtforitinubusiy em
ployed-in that capacity during 'nearly Mhe.
whole 01 the intervening periods ,; Xne nag
over the monument, noatea to-aay tana
will remain for several days until the tim
bers are all removed) from- the fiagstaft, tha
top of which, is exactly wxi feet; trom-.the
ground., tnua, oiapiavina tne American
colors at the greatest height of construction
ever yet known in' the world.' The monu
ment itself, with its total heightof 550 feet.
far overtops every other structure ot human,
hands. ':. '"', - v':" --';
The aluminum apex of the monument is
engraved with inscriptions as follows: On
one face MUiuet Engineer ana Arcmtect-
Thomas Lincoln. Colonel Corp3 of Engi
neers. Assistants Geo. W. Dans,14th U.S.
Infantrv; Bernard R. Green. Civil Engi
neer: Master Mechanic P. H- McLaughun,
On another face "Corner-stone laid on the
bed of the foundation 7u1y 4, 1848. - First
stone at the heightof 152 feet laid August
7. 1880. : Capstone set December 6, 1884.'
On the third face "Joint Commission at
the Betting of - the capstone Chester - A.
Arthur, yw. W. -Corcoran, Chairman: w.
E. Bell, Edward Clark, John Newton. Act
of August 2. 1876." And on the fourth
face the words "Law Deo. -
COTTON.
Crop Beport for the McmphI . Dis
trict The Total Yield Estimated
, t 30,000 Bale Lesa Than Last Tear.
t Memphis. Uec. 0. i ne cotton crop " re
port for tne Memphis district, : which, em
braces West Tennessee. North Arkansas.
North Mississippi and North Alabama, to
be issuea to morrow by Messrs. Hill, iron
taine & Co. . will sav: "The review of the
season will enable interested persons to bet
ter comprehend the true situation. As is
well known planting, owing' to unfavora
ble weather, was delayed fully three weeks.
and this fact,, coupled with the drougth
which prevailed during the latter
part of July, and extending through
August cut down the prospective
yield which was so promising, and the re-
salt is now evident that the decrease in this
district will be about 14 per cent, as com
pared with last year. The frost of Octo
ber 24th was ravaging in its effects to a
worse degree than was at first reported.
The result of correspondence from all sec
tions of the south, including the Atlantic
States Louisiana and Texas, reduces the
cotton croo in the Southern States, from
this frost alone, fully 100,000 bales. The
picking season, which has virtually ceased,
has been phenomenally favorable, and the
present crop has been gathered earlier than
was ever Known in tne history 01 the coun
try. Cotton has-been marketed with great
rapidity, due mainly to the necessities
of planters,' to the increased facilities af
forded for ginning by the erection of im-
Droved eins. and to the greater accommoda
tion of railroads, which have extended their
lines throughout - the South..-''; All these
causes have had the effect of swelling re
ceipts beyond all former years the excess
at ports being over 90,000 bales as com
pared with 1883-'4, the receipts in which
year were the largest on record. . From the
correspondence aDove mentioned a fair
estimate of the croo of 1884-'5 can be triven
The decreased yield in the States of Texas,
Mississippi and .Louisiana aggregates 28o.
000 bales. Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia,
North Carolina and South Carolina show
an increase in yield of 255,000 bales. This
leaves a net decrease of 30,000 bajes; which,
deducted from the yield last year 5,71d.
000 bales would make the crop of 1884-'5,
5,683,000 bales.' 1 .
WASHINGTON.
Internal Revenue Collection Aln-
hama Jk Chattanooga Railroad
Claim. ' ,'
i Washington, Dec: 6. In the case of the
Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad Corn-
nanv. claimine under grant of June 3rd.
1856. certain odd numbered ..sections of
lands in Alabama, lying opposite and with
in six and fifteen mile limits Of that corn-
nan v and Deal county. Georgia, the Sec-
retarv of the Interior has reiected the
claims of the comnanv. holding that it
inadmissable under the terms of the- grant,
and that the amount of the granted lands
must be 'determined by the : length of the
road in the State of Alabama. .
The collections of Internal Revenue for
the first four months of the fiscal year end
ine Juno 80th. 1884. - were 38,875,677
the collections during the same period of
the previous fiscal year were $40,999,470
decrease $2,623,794. There was an in
Crease of 4390.373 incoUeetiens from fer
mented liquors and a decrease of '$2,581
859 on spirits: (274.912 on . tobacco and
$157,896 on miscellaneous items.- The ag
ffretrate receipts for October last were
$1,596,675 leas than for the same month of
18S3. 'm' m
New Berne Journal: 'We take
pleasure in copying the following from the
Wilmington Stab because the Rev. Mr.
Carrawav is-a native of this county or that
portion-now Pamlico and has many rela
tives and friends hereabouts, and we learn
started with his saddle bags as an itinerant
minister? on the old irieuse circuit some.
thirty -eight years ago: and has been unin
terruptedly in the harness ever since. ; He
has filled many Important appointments in
the conference and has seldom left one
until the extreme limit ;of - time allowed to
each had been reached, which fact' alone
would establish ' his efficiency and useful
ness. - ' . ' - " ' ' - 1
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Disclosure !bf Alleged f Frauds-In the
t i . : ....
First" romptrollei" Offlc Report
and Recommendations' or the Secre
tary bf the' Navy;
I
,it ibt uwejrrapn to uie Morning star.j
' Wlnmaim . TWw . . It TV.. niiAtn
letter, written bv J. J. Barker, afnrmpr
clerk in the office- ofJthe'Firstr' Comptroller
ocuie Treasury xepartment, ana addressed
to .Rerweeentetlve 'Spriagerwas read -hy
Mr. Spnnge.to his conwnUtee on expendi
tures' in the department of justice at its
murting to-day i-'in the .judiciary division
pf l,he First Cpmptrollet's ..office,T accounu
of Commissioners, clerks," attorneys, mar
shals; etc.. of the Federal courts are Passed
upon. rxYonchers onfile tab the. Register's.;
wj:a nitiii lurumu auuuuuni teyiaenoe. or.
the.facfc that for years it has been the rule:
to make illegal allowance to Abese officials.
arough-rihe 3 Firsts Comrjtjollier.'js iofllce
cusable jjignpranoe r.p0f,ro-tbe plain
pfbvisionsioi? ot h-the :-, la w 1 assert
that :more than one half of the accounts
presented by these officials contain illegal
1 or -4nQ proper r charges,,. -anti that many of.
uiesQ items are aiiowea. inese improper
allowances ' will aggregate.aa -Enormous
annus jConviBcing,, 3roof . of the:, statement
can be found in the file room of the Regis
ter's office, but these evidences can only be
produced by some one well informed con
cerning the contents 'of books and the loca
tion b.voncher8. ; When investigations of
these matters have been attempted only pa
pers asked for by resolution have bcen.ex-'
hibited. ''"i'wii v i - . . .
Mr. i Barker was present and offered an
explanation of bis charges.' He said he
was sppomieu w a position in toe treasury
Deparrment'May ilth. 1883. and was as
signed by request of Judge Lawrepce, First
uomptrouer, to aia bureau.; "iilrectiy al
ter; going in," he said, "I thought I discov
ered that the statutes Were being violated in
reference to certain -allowances. I called
the attention of the acting Chief of the Ju
diciary Diviaioi,to.wbatI thought Were il
legal allowances tt per diems, and I also
brought the matter to the attention of the
Comptrollers, He aaid he had written a de
cision on this subject 1 .told him that bis
decision had hot reached the fourth door of
Tils office." Mr. Barker gave a number -of
instances of what her called ' 'illegal pay
ments,';, and said they, werf? a few , out of
manv instances 01 such navmenis. ' ' "
-Keferring to the' First ConiptroIljEif,' Mr,
Barker saidt I believe Judge Lawrence
to be bonest,;but he is o . exclusively en-;
Bflged in the. production f his' decisions
that he has not time to attend to the details
Aaf his ofilce." ' ' -
rv The committee directed . the chairman to
appoint a sob committee to investigate the
matters referred to by Mr. Barker in his let
ter, and in his 'explanatory statement 7 The
sob-committee WiU ha appointed next week,,
1 j-Washinoton Dec. 5. The i report. of.
tap Secretary of the Navy Is made .public
to dav. Concerning navv yards the Secre-'
lary says that only two naval workshops
should oe-maunained on tne Atlantic coast
and one on the Pacific. ; The New London
yard should be restored to Connecticut and
tne ieague island yard to I'tuiaaeipnia.
TbelBoston yard shoatfJ'be sold or reduced
ia size. The Pensacola and P.Trtsmbuth
yards ' may be kept for' naval stations.
Workshops would then be. at - New, York,
Norfolk and Mare Island. These need cer
tain improvements in'organizjiion. First,
all : politics should be excluded from
their management' -.in accordance with
SectidW 1546 R. 8 which "sat s:..- "Nor
shall any , workingman .be removed
or discharged' for political : opinion."
Secondly, -responsibility for. wet k must
be' ; more definitely : fixed. Instead
of being"- shared, as at present, by
constructor; chief engineer and equipment
officer, ail -under 'the commandant of the
statiOHj there should be at each working
yard a supervising naval constructor ap
pointed by the President and continued by
the Senate from civil life, or from the navy,
who should have direct charge of all work
under the heads of construction, steam en
gineering : and equipment, and be beld to
direct and -rigid accountability! by the
single bureau of .- construction, of the
department The Secretary renews the
suggestion that suitable and responsible
occupation should be furnished officers of
the navy by employing them in vessels of
the revenue marine and light house estab
lishments, while the survey of the coast"
now performed by naval officers under the
Coast and Geodetic Survey; should ; be
placed, like other maritime surveys, under
the HydrographiC ' omce or tne navy ue-
partment j. These recommendations, he
Bays, are in pursuance of the well ' consid
ered principle that officers and seamen of
the navy should be employed to perform all
work of the national government upon or
in direct connection with the ocean, - i
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CONNECTICUT. - :
Trouble Among the' Bitter at South
' :' - Norwalfc.
' Nkw Haven, Dec 6. A dispatch from
South Norwalk. regarding last night's trou
bles, says: ."For the last few days proprie
tors have made desperate attempts to gam
new hands; but the violence of the strikers
has prevented them, - Becoming desperate,
James H. Knapp and,. Wo. Palmer the
former of the firm of Crof ut & Knapp, and
the latter superintendent of theHat Form-
mg Company appeared on tne streets witn
revolvers in their hands and threatened to
shoot any of the strikers who attempted to
disturb any of the imported laborers from
goings to work. This naturally : aroused
the ire of the strikers, and so very effect u
ally that they in a measure rebelled, but
offered no violence. V. It was through this
that untruthful ' reports of riot were start
ed. - The strikers claim tbat a compromise
conld have been effected but for the reason
that there had been an effort on the part Of
the bosses to destroy their organization.
- BBiDGEPOKT.-Dec. 6. The striking hat-;
ters at South Norwalk held a large mass
meeting in Music Ball last night for the
purpose of laying the case before: the peo
ple of the city.- About 2,000 men and wck
men were present i Speeches were made
bv half a dozen or more of the strikers, in
which they denounced the proposed im
portation Of laborers by employers to .take
the place of those on the strike. Tbey also
claim; that the reduction: -ot ; frem 10
to 83 per cent among : the sizersK cut
ters, - trimmers and, shavers, is unjust
and outrageous, on the ground that em
ployes are now getting the same price for
hats as before; and still further, that bosses
propose to continue - the reduction until
June, 1 885. The manufacturers claim that
prices heretofore paid in many cases' have
.been too high. 'They-' desire , to regulate
differences since the published reduction,
which thev do not deeny permanent The
strikers have been offered work if tbey will
relinquish the Union, , which ordered the
strike, and attend to business as before.
Laree nuhrben seem willing to return to
work, but the Union stands in their way.
.Sheriff Schwartz, has sent the following
dispatch :,v VThe report In the morning
papers in regard to a labor riot are greatly
exaggerated. We had some excitement
last night bpt no riot All is quiet at 12.15
p. m., ana irom tne ouiaooa: is . uaeiy to re
main so. A dispatch was sent to uov.
Waller this morning, saying tbat there was
no need of military interference, nor had
there been from the sUrWThs' citizens
were: law abiding and interested in ; main
taining quiet- The dispatch sent to, the
Governor last nigbt was done in the heat of
'exefterrient and was unwarranted. It was
brought about by a gang of boys following
Andrew j. vroiut, a- nat manuiacturer,
about the streets and hooting at him, and
not from any action of the strikers them
selves.
VIRGINIA.
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Three
Store Destroyed
bj Fir tm
,L ' - - Hampton.
FonTREsa Monroe. December 6. A fire
at Hampton, at S o'clock this morning, de
stroyed the house and store of Robert
Smith loss $3,000, insured for $2,000; the
house and store of 'Trumbull Bros. , losa
$2,500. insured for $1,000; and the house
and store of Bourar watson loss f i,zw,
no insurance. ' The : stores were, all : gro
ceries. - - ; n
1.1 tiiySi'iihi- 'YJvM si,
Spirits Turpentine
Biblical Recorder? Dr, Skinner ' i
laid the claims of the Vhlehee St . Chuitkf l s
New Orleans, 'before the "Sunday Schoorbf '
the First Church, and asked the membesa '
of the schoolor $100, Tlie ool prompVr
ly raised the --aaJmfll
1 - Alamance: Gleaner Farmers '
in'tevery part of the county are posting their
lands t& keep- hunters and everybody else ,
tT0 HPS?8-0 :PO 4heo. . - Revt, ,
Dr. E. H. Hardmg.j of . Augusta, Ky.; has
accepted a call to the. Presbyteriiio church
at this place. ;He will ibeT here as soon as V
he ;can arrange to ? Come. A native and 1
gifted North Carolinian, ' we rejoic m his "
retdrn home, Stak.1 ." fvuhii? v yy.
. Elizabeth:CkykJnoai&;A
painful rumor reaches us that hemorrhagic f
"k w krivtauuk kV mi aittruiui -extent
and with fatal .results, in . the county of
Hyde. " Drowned, oi: SUad y, : Nok
vember 16th, off Alligator rives.Oikixaadf'r-
By xes.! r Any- person ; findmgtiiavaody of
the deceased and delivering it to C.0J.
Dough, on the ' north ' ead ofirRnanbke'
island, will be paid ior it wits manv thanks -'forithe
8ame..'?:'.:;?fl''rAlt..'i- '-I
-iu unariotte juemocrat bMecklert- -
.burg has always had good oounr officer. 1 '
and the new ones just installed, are no ex- i
?ception to the rule each one is competent, " ,
capable) 'honest arid will "be faithfuV no ''
oouDVvto nia. trusti-.i-r There.ls good -'-
prospect of completing the prelected Rail- i
road from Statesville to Taylorsville. It
will be a continuation of the Road from
Charlotte to StatesviUe, known as the At- " ,
lantic, Tehn. aO,- llailroad. :-Bishop .i'- ia
A. j WiWilson of the Methodist EpiscopalJ. '
ChtorchSouth; has accepted an invitaftorP ?
to deliver the Annual Sermon iht Uao r ' , ,
versity ef North Carolina? af the r1 Com - -. r
mencement in June. 18S5.-' li tJ gTM-''y'
if y ing. to know tbat?-titSryIear Ctjcsatitt: !
people now indulge irr ty"arn clCcii, r . .
males taking females t r tM:ir,artusandr' 1 "
gliding them out of c. as 3 along ihe r -8treet8.,r
Afew newpe sUil keep up the- f
practice about here. ;-Our exchangea. that "
have asserted that the indecent practice pre-
vails in Charlotte will, please correct, to J .
some extent. " ' - .", n -
I Tarboro SeuthernerTimst Fri
day evening white Mr.' Tolston. manager , , -of
ithe farm of Mr. F. M. Cook, was pack-. ; .
ing cotton, the cotton In the press accident- 4
ally caught fire by the knocking over ot a i
lamp. The fire soon communicated, itself ;
to the gin bouse and efforts to save' it were t ' -
utterly futile.,, -Two negro men who in the
box of the press at the time, packing down
the cotton; were very seriously burned, and
it was with much difficulty that they man-,
aged to extricate themselves from thebnrn-
iug cotton. ! Nine or ten bates of cotton v
were burned, beside 250 bushels of oats,the -
seed from 120 bales of cotton, and a con
siderable quantity of peas. , Sunday J"
night the warehouse belonging to and near j
the store of Mr. O.' L. Pittman, was set fire
to joy some miscreant and burned to the
irround. Mr. Pittman's loss was four ( -
fire bales of cotton and his heavy groceries -
. about $600, ' There is scarcely any a
winter oats or wheat sowed in this section,
so great and continued has been the drought. !
- - Monroe Enauirer-Exntass: .The j
Treasurer of the Centenary Board reported
to the Conference that there had been con- j
tributed for educational and local purposes.' 1
as cei)tenaryij offerings, $79,025.10. In
listening to the' reports of the preachers we i
were strucK wttn tne general complaint of i
poor crops, hard ; times and scarcity or j
money. From every section of the i5tate i
this complaint came up, and we were", very j:
mnch-surprised, for we had no idea that
the drought, which was so fearful in this i
section, was so extensive. Ui course the t
church did not escape the pressure of the i
hard times. - Wilmington is the largest r
city in the State its present population is i
about 20.000 and it enioys . the largest
trade, carried on with nearly every nation ir
j . t. i . a .
ana country, lis principal traue is m cut
ton and naval stores. - It is the largest naval -stores
market in the world.: r It is also one
of the prettiest places iu the' State... There
are many handsome residences and beauti-
ful flower gardens; the streets are broadb
and even, well paved and lined "with mag-
nificent shade trees: ; i j . . . ;
Raleigh News- Observer ester-.
day Governor Jarvis ordered a special court
for 'Northampton county, for the- trial of
civil cases,, to begin , January: 12th., .
About 200 people yesterday saw the electo
ral college count for Cleveland and Hend
ricks. Yesterday Sheriff A. k H.: Gal- r
loway, of Rockingham county brought
five convicts to the penitentiary. On
Tnesday the board of directors of the Ox--ford
Orpfian Asylum met at that institu
tion. The most important matter agreed
upon was the inauguration of a system of
industrial education. This is an' important
step in advance. : The plan embraces the -erection
of shoe shops, work shops, etc. ,
Work on these will be begun at an early '
day, it, is understood.- The pupils of the
Asylum will be taugnt trades and be given
additional aid in having a practical educa- '
tion as. well as mental knowledge. ' The
thanksgiving collections in the churches
throughout the State t were gratifyingly
large.. The authorities of the Asylum feel .
particularly encouraged at this added mark ,
of popular appreciation. The next Issue
of the Orphan's Friend will contain a long -list
of donations, i . ., i
' Charlotte" Observer r The goodj
work of painting the numerous telephone -
polls has commenced. rne amount
of gold and silver bullion - assayed at the
mint m this city ' during November was
$13,416.- John Dulin, a young man
of Morning Star township, this county.was
reported tO be dying yesterday afternoon
from the effects of a blow, ne received on
the head with a piece of plank in the hands
of his companion,Ruf us Mullis. As Dulin' s
sxult was sput open and a portion oi nis
brains were spilled through the fracture, it
is more - than probable, that he is by this
time dead. The affray occurred last Mon
day afternoon,' but up to yesterday Mullis
had not been captured. The scene ot tne
fight was at or near the store of Joel Watts,
in Morning Star township,, where the two
young men met and began to make friendly
pver a bottle. Both, we are told, were un
der the . Influence of whiskey. About the
time they had drained their bottle a quarrel
sprang up between them, and with his
blood aroused1 young Dulin jerked .up the
bottle and dealt Mullis a Btinging blow over
the head 'with-it The' blow somewhat
staggered' Mullis, - but auickly Tecoverln
himself - be picked up a piece of plan
which he found - convenient and with
which he attacked Duly. - He struck him. .
only. one time. r ..f.s.V.'fi.J : - j
Haleigb , News-Observer: The
spire of the colored Methodist church, cor
ner North Harrington and West Edenton .
streets., will be just about as lofty as that
of Edenton street Methodist: church. The 1
African church is to be of brick and the de
sign is certainly. handsome. Miss J.
J. Spencer, lately of-Peace Institute, has.
returned1 from her sojourn in! Europe and ;
is at her uncle's at. Washington City, 'f
The gin house, twenty bales of cotton and
1,700 bushels of cotton seed -belonging to -
Mr. Joseph 8. Staton, - OI itetnei, tiu
county; were sll destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. ' - The entry-book for the .
race for the postmastersbip" at Chapel Hill '
contains fourteen names.- All the blanks
are not full and all the names have not been -entered.
At 11 o'clock Monday night r
Miller's large machine shops, at Winston, ;
wore found to be on fire. The fire was a ,
very fierce one, 1 the building- being of
wood.-' The shops were entirely destroyed.
The 'loss is-about $6,500; ft is said. The
origin Of the fire is unknown. From the
Secretary's report of the Exposition; it ap- -pearedk
that-' should; the remainder of
the ; stock ;. -and sucfi accounts as are
considered ' - good -: - be : paid,' f there
would .be ' a - surplus in favor of
the stockholders of $877.30. Jn addition
there remains at the disposal ot the stock
holders the main building,macbinery shed,
some water-tanks, . water-pipes, shafting.
Ifcc ' ' Cot" Burgwyn i reported the follow-
Resolved. That from the . surplus, :
$300 be appropriated toourchase ."a silver ;
- " . 1 . Jf A MK.k 1
service tu uu preaeaieu u uuc uiwii wwiuj ;
and highly esteemed president; ln apprecia
tion of the valuable- services rendered by
him.;n The. following is the exact ' state
ment of the stock subscribed and paid up :
In Raleigh, $18,075; balance due $1,052.50; -Durham,
$1,075; balance due $187.50;
Salem, $750,' paid in full September 16;
Winston, $900; paid is full November 29; '
Greensborcv $225r paid m full November:
29; WUmiiurton, $1,075; paid in feU Sep
tember 13 Norfolk. $1,075; paid in f uU
October 20?.Chariotte, $500; balance due-.
$12.50; general. ;$3,175; balance due. $201 ;
total, $21,850! total balance due $1,45150.
A-41re broke out in Durham, m the-.
milunery store of JUis. Mesley, on the eve
ning of the 2nd last, caused by the explo
sion of akerosesre lamp. It -was a frame;
building and burned very rapidly.
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