North Carolina Newspapers

fhe Weekly Star. PUBLISEKD AT. . . ' IK ADViNOB. -.-.oooooooooog SiB8888S8888888888- 'assesgSS88gS88S88S. 8S8S88888888SS8S8- SSS88eS8SSSSSS8SS ui"W I SSSS8SS88S8S88888 f. 18888888888888888 at tho Post Office atTWUmlngton, N. C, as Second Class Matter. . r sA USCJRIPTIONPJRICE. LubscriGtion price of the "Wkkki.t as follows .: ' - STAIt l Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 Gmontiis, " , l.w 3 months, " " - .50 TIIK TAX ON a. LT. SrtlJ is a necesagrjUM-life No" one ! 1j :r l ; i v Will lien V ) a u ii lie uiti lie uuguii to Z' wunom tuib an ui uay. ; i ue Republicans, in carrying out:, their . i r -1 I . r no OT 4- In isl2 i lie lax on Halt was cnt down 12 r.ivnt.",- leaving it at 86 37 per I- not Mich - a tax au outrager i..ir man uses nalt. Nofarai- ly i-Ai 1 wiihont it for a day. Van- , -wiili'liiii hundred millions uru, dHH not feel the tax on ani id hit a t f 86.37 pr cent. The in terest! ii his great fortune for one seco'i.l would pay for all the' salt he ti I- i a j iar. Bat the man who work! for ir a day; or the needle Wii:r; (lav f !i wIim iviniH 25 or 50 cents a els f verv H-nt of tax that is lail njHiii lii-i or Iht sail. MrJ J. S. Moore,' the political econ omist, in iiis able discussion in the New York Times -of, "War Taxes in tiim-'fif .savsi in Number Ten of Uih series: - - - i - 'Diirina the lust 12 years. Xbat is, from 1S73J.0 1S84 inclusive, tsiuce we reduced the duty on salt, we collected rrom the Cus tom Houses in round numbers, $9,400,000 diit ; prixluced, on an average. $5,000.- 000 wiirib of salt in the United Slates an nually, which is enhanced on account of thu s-tlt i.-x' 11.500,000 per annum. The acciicni iiu-refore during the 12 years stands Urn: j ! ;. .:, P.-iil iluiies iluriog 12 years on f..n h-u salt. . . .. w. $9,400,000 . P:inl ins. on homejmade salt, - $1,500,000 (lollnrs annually (iu,i!igl2 years J ,18,000,000 1. - - : . T-!:il salt tax durhist 12 years. $27,400,000 ' C it ln;e aud enormous as this' tax in tlis; :is;!;rcir'itc is it has still worse features .iu ihe luick t round. If we bad free salt scoiis it nw i!le sailing vessel, iboee un-' foriunate s-ii tramps left from a nnce i , prou-l uiir. li ml maritime navy, - Could lie ' t:injil:iiil iu autl from the v7et India Islnii.is i.i c. in v nalt We should further Ik-nidi- i.. cx.Miit more bre&dstuffs. ' salt tsl. !'h.vis..i,s ic , to these poor islands.- wtm a-e oT.ly too pUd to -exchange their sail for ur i-onuii nliiiea Free salt, cheap salt, is a great lioon to the farmer, as I need n il sy h:i v hfiieliMal the use of salt is for ixumsjuhhI feeiliuir purposes .."to , cattle. Ajni ii. our s tit provision industry has in- I crt:uM-i most euorm rjsly, and an immense am'iuut of s tit "u, of course, used in pick lms' :tii:l curing meals, which in the ugere- gir ivji very larte item. . But the ab suriiiiy ami oni-sided policy of this salt tux t iuiIs out still more glaringly when the shi i r r curing, a ,u is admitted free or duty ami the s-sli for curing meats has to pay 48 per u ni. Uuty. !" tin; tax on. salt -was abolished the U. S. .Treasury, accqrding to the figures of Mr. Moore, would sustain j , - : ..... . a of $700,000 now derived from the tax, but it would lift the burden of $2,200,000 each year from the peo ple. But the Protectionist will insist that salt ought to be-produced in the United States although it does tax the seventeen millions of laborers. In England, where political economy is understood, they get their wines and g rapes from Spain and Portugal and France, and in exchange send those countries some of the products of EitVland which are much cheaper than those countries can produce. ; But let us hear Mr. Moore once more. He says; ; "Frec salt by no means implies the shut ting up of our home salt works, it will only shut up perhaps those poor paying works that even with this onerous duty on salt are Unable 10 8tni(T(r1p olnno. An1 it ne same old often repeated policy of raisj oinugL-8 in jncw tiampsiilre. ,,Tne pro-. ii6e ami rich salt wells and works in the umiea Mates can well withstand foreign competition. Besides the ' United States win aiWliy8 be famous for making gli for ine use of daiiy purposes. And in that Class Of salt the hom lrnrto rill irniil aj s nave a great advantage. V-V- t Above all. it will anlirlif v nnronll 4 . ----- VU. 9U JI VUUIJ' "on into a connprvaliva inloaf. - T .:n no longer plead the baby act or complain, or foreign pauper salt." ! : ' THE 8PANISH TREATY.' The commercial treaty with Spain is already provoking much discus- sion. it is said to have a - very posi tive influence upon tobacco and "su- gar, two things in which the South 18 '"terested. The New York Times says: UD to nn 1A rini.i. a. j PracticalW alh ftf toTl pi,eBl more than 100 to thenound. u in (,. . r ?mZ oflar Solves a loss to the icveuue 01 SOme twontirtn a ve?y serio.ifSr; that Mire, to' produce the trade rr225 sf- : I 1 8S8S8S883SS88S888 a - ' ... . ; ; s . ,. - - -: V ,V I X carefully studied before it is decided on Tbe tax on Bm,'i.'i: The ie revenue from it is abonf; 4 i 000-OOfi ' '"ZJZZl aid it r,i u . .' " d 11 would be better for" the conn: v ucuiiuir i ncrn.1 '.-- - -tip XVI. try to repeal the, tax and pay the ov-f gar planters for the 'difference be tween free sugar and taxed sugar tbao to keep tip the present, wttThi may be true, but Senator ingalis does not propose to wipe out aiiy.bf the high tax on Northern .manufact ures A Southern production is 'as no thing in his sight.::. The tax on Btigar goes entirely into the tT.' S Treasury, , but in the - Northern manufactured goods about four-fifths go , into the pqekets of the mill owners. That the tax on sugar is excessive we have 9o'doubt;:V.fThVtax''n:''iobacob is a proper; . one, because it is not in any true sense a neceesity.but it Is a vice. ' If sugar - is' taxed tobacco' should be taxed, for sugar is a f necessity. " It enters into the comfort 'and enjoy i ment of every household. ,'.' ( ; We. suppose' the Spanish Treaty will be Vigorously ' assailed' when it comes up in the Senate, for discus siqgi The . Bepubtibabs "Will "prdB4 ably f favor the .1 sugar . part of the treaty. A BBIH&BKABIB MAN IS DEAD. i We have not seen any' announcement of it, but we learn from CoU W. F. : Beasley that the talented Wm. O. Gregory, of Granville, is dead. It seems but a i a 'day I since we had a message that he was comin sominir I to Kaleign to see as. ile was a man nan of I large. estate, and uncommon erudition for one not trained for a prof ession. Jle could read the Latin and Greek authors quite fluently; and his writings abound with apt classical allusions. Raleigh -Farmer and Mechanic.' . . ' ! ' We are pained to hear of the death of this excellent and able citizen. ' lie i ...... ...... ...... - .. .i.. . had more , than passed - four , score years. . ; lie . was the ' largest .land owner in Granville,, his possessions exceeding 16,000 acres, and several dwellings. Mr. "-Gregory is ; not a stranger to our readers, for more than. once we have referred ' to his accom plishments and to those of . his late, neighbor,- John C. Taylor.' We sup-. pose, they :were the two best culti vated farmers : in North Carolina. Both were men of literary- reading, wrote well, had i good abilities, and were .accomplished " in the classics. Their homes were about a half-mile apart. rV Mr. Taylor - was much the best scholar in Shakespeare we have known personally, and Mr. Gregory was much the best scholar in Chau cer, we snail never see tneir use again. It - was Mr. Gregory' who wrote that humorous history of Cousin Sally Dillard" for the Stab and established the fact that it was a much older story than- Ham Jones's, ! the reputed author. The late veue-11' rable Dr. Thomas P. Atkinson, of Danville, was . Well ; acquainted - with its origin, and told us that he heard it often in . Virginia when Jones, was a mere lad. Mr. Gregory ' leaves three sons and one married daughter 10 are among I the best people in Granville. - For a great many years he was a constant contributor to the Richmond Enquirer, when edited by Thomas ' Ritchie, He also wrote a good deal for the North Carolina paperc, as also for I The .land .We LoveJ when- edited by Gen. D. 'fl. Hill. A remarkable mau has passed away. Here are the facts concerning the terrible epidemic in Kentucky and West Virginia, as "brought out by the Health Board Conference in sesstott in A n a Vi 5 wi Ti au v oomiiivvu . -s . ,Tt .. 'Secretory McCormick. f Kentucky. read a special report upon the peculiar con tagion in West Virginia .The report was made by Dr. Carson. J He reported that he went where the disease was most prevalent, ; in Eastern Kentucky, and procured earn-; pies of drinking water,;;The geological lor mation forbade the assumption ot mineral poisonin the;water. The streams and ponds had dried down to mere beds of malarial Doison. The disease was TeaUy epidemic dysentery caused by malarial poison, and many pauenia Qieu uecau9B uw jkwiw holiDva in ilm.tnN ond xlleH thpm if at all. too late. , The total number of deaths, i did not exceed 225. fin Kentucky the per- ple were deeply aggrieved by the publica tion of the exaggerated reports of the dis- - u . A Toe-Boat Damaced oy Fire. ,- , j . t!- The. steam tug William Nyce wasi par-r tially burned last night, at her' Wharf,.' foot of Dock street. The fire broke ' out in the engine room, about half -past 10 o'clock, and destroyed a portion of ither upper works of the boat, the deck.and the fuel onboard.; The machinery of the . boat is tiiouitht to be greatly damaged. " The - Fire Depart ment responded promptly to H the alarm given the Cape Fear getting the first stream on the burning ! boat and saved it from complete destrnction. ' The Nyce jwaa valued at $5,000, and hi fully insured.'; She is ownea. uy mi. gaui piuum, wi . , . . -m r t - a f . V. i city, and was . omcerea! ny tapt jwgar ; It is not known -how the: tire Williams:! originated Sent on for Trial. , , . The case of, Thomas .Whitfield charted with ' breaking into the store of Mr. J. MHardwick, 6n Princess between' Eighth and Ninth streets, :on Friday morn ing last, a full account of which appeared in the Star ' yesterday, came up before Mayor Hall yesterday:,"' afternoon,' if 8 o'clock, and at the close of j the ; testimony the defendant was ordered to ' give bond in the sum of $400 for , his ' appearance 'at the next term of the Criminal Court, in default of which he was committed to jail. 1 - The court room was crowded with friends of the prisoner during the progress of the Investigation. ...... - ; : umr How la tba Time. 3 An officer of the Wllmingtoi & Weldoir Railroad informed us vesterdav that foco motive engines which soldfor $13,500 two. vaara nM w hA twMivTit fnr t (Wl and that steel in& had declinedbver 50 pe ntl in value iflthejan: I now being about $26.00 to $27.00pert,t6By i . . . . . r . i . . : . - u does seem that hoWisthe time to ouiia I and eoin raUrn, - - ' i . , -7-T 1 'si-I.-S!i?t-Wj jtj'.Jil fi!Kd '.' sis Tl Str jOt'-tSJtm, Brokeb OpenTli fblef 'oiicemen - ma serenu J Blm to Taw-An krwi'Mtf I Yesterday morning, it abeot ted miontes .of 4 oA.fnei' '&T&Fffiii&iiif esideiac .jf'3b ;$pijBps of jiighis.: .bniijpjinoen.o between ,iihth knd ; KlHt Mreetaj to awake liim, 'when the 'back aodr U ffir'j:', It.' . ftardwiijVB store, aituate alnt in fnt of JUr.v Bat son's house, wat; discovered. V be Open; aqd, just? as his .attention was' directed "to 1 wo uircumsiauce, a uuy coxoreu .uuuviu ual came rushing , out at the door and made for the street. Officer Terry jumped off the piazza where the time and gave him the legs with his-club club at - him. as he ran out of the gate. The fugitive, after, gaining the street, ran down Princess to Eighth street, -jand down Eighth to Marketf Officers Terry and Afer- ntt In hot" pijrsttU, the former firing at him two or three times, but without effect, and the man finally succeeded in making his Mnomi During he (mate it was thought that the fugitive fired upon his pursuers. ' The offi cers heard the ' report . of a' pistol, and, thought it was discharged by the thief, but they were not positive on that point. i Rettrningto Mr."Hardwick 8 store." an examinaUon. waa made' "wnen. a bair of meat was found at tiie back door, where the' thief Val"ripelleatstp abandon; it, while it was ascertained hat quite a quan tity of goods had . beencarried OIL in cluding a tub of lard, "containing about fif ty pounds; bite dozen cans of f ruit.a half-' dozen eans.tof - milk,, -about . one dozeo- blocks of snuff and about a dozen bags of tobacco.'c The . thief -.jeflec'nd "an'entrance by drawing a staplf nd ioreing the door open with Mr. Batson's axe, which he pick ed, nplnthe yarof;" f 1 lr. Ilard wick described . to Officer Terry a man against: whom his suspicions had been ; aroused, telling' him "the" kind "of clothing be had been wearing, etc., and the, description exactly tallied -with that sions of the man that ran oat of the store. Testerday morning a warrant was issued for. his arrest and placed u Mr. Terry's hands, who, accompanied by Mr. Hard- wick, started out and soon returned with the object of their aeardv who proved to be a well known colored man named Thomas Whitfield. f He was locked iip to await a hearing bcfore Mayor Hall this' morning. Mr. , Hard wick and Mr. .Terry i both, seem positive thaf they have got their man. t a Snperlor Co art. " " ; ." ,',, . . . , ; In this Courts; yesterday, the final day of the session. His Honor; Judge Avery, an nounced his decision in the eaui of Jos. D.' Smith vs. The Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia; on; the application of the de fendants. - 'setting . aside the verdict and granting new trial." The verdict of the jury, it. will . be , remembered, was infavor of the plaintiff ' and assessing the damages (for libel) at'tOdft.; , i Counsel for defendant then filed the ne cessarv affidavit - and made a motion that the case be moved to the United States Circuit Court," which was granted. - During the term which, closed with yes terday there were 62 cases continued; 28 judgments;' 2. divorces; 2 references and 3 decrees, Total 97 .: . r-i . & iu- The following report of Solicitor Gal- loway was ordered filed and r spread upon the minuses j j I , . Kj -r:v , . ThevUniterBigned. rospectfully! informs vour hbnor that.; aaereeabty to the re- qukements of law; be has,durina: the above named term. Made du Inspection of, the office of the Soperior Court dark tor the county of NewHaaover, and begs leave to submit the following report thereunto: : ; The several dockets and the records of wills and of executor, administrator's and guardian's-accounts, and of settlements of estates, sad other oooxs ot recoras m. saia office, are found to be well kept and the en tries in the ' same made witir. the due Dromotness and ponctnality. t The various papers and documents required by law to be filed in said office are found in their ap nrnnriate nlaoes- via-i a i i ' 'r. ! r Respectfully submitted, r . . . . . c1a1Im;4awIF1.imI ritMAi' ,1 a.'Ji'Ii .Oi ' j The foreign shipments yesterday, were as follqws:'. -The ;ltorweglan ;lqueafii, 'Cant: Joraensen. for Liveroool. bv Messrs. 'Alex, ftarunt ft Co?.dIwlti tfelS1 bales oi l.'rinttrin l,w""u "' at ..$74,0111; uie , JWan barque Elizabeth ChOds, Capt. James; for JristblEnglaud-Messr Tiowninz.& Cto.. with 3-962haiTeIs of. rosin. jValuedktiijTi'aieer JJer Nord Uart.LWCBee, lor Ulasgow, Scotland, by Messrs AleX.; Sprunt & Son, witii 550 casks spirits turpentine and 4,000 barrels of rosin, valued at. flJWMW. -Total rvalue of foreign exportstortheday $90,1947.- Blver improTemenle."' ; We understand that'' tiie work of im proving the lower: Cape iFear j river from Wilmington to Smithyille, Jy dredging and the.rempval of robstxuqtioM for which wWardeiftf the goyernment in September last-wift 'begin' on Monday next rThe'ffuljcessfmlbVoseCu ptetion of tiiis impOTtant work wiU areatly , enhance theUwrnmarculrtaeiuUes? of tne port, and will be hailed with rejoicing7 i.i A Apropos-of, ,th0 among the , colored-peopksio acccnt of morning, gJpuMey 'Esq,'.. actedftS )fp3tQe adjournmentof Congress; Lhad never printed anything, after adjourn eld,' coloreoV :the election f ' Clveland'a''friend" from;' I chairman; and p. McRaeas Betary.TTn a written BDeech or page.' containing senti- rment reflecting 6'n any one. As to his "Salt the ndehDorthg"obnnty 'of Xlumhus.tells a good eae... . lie says an joia- aars was heard remarking to this Effect One day re ulnii. tii fctawtnvSr''n-X. ii i " "Tn 1n nnrinir ahd summer thar.wuS SO I . . 1 . 11 Mn.l.ll MHA. rnno.n ram mat umiwiubm wiih uu water. -'-And ntf shingles I could hi got, and inde fall de wedder wus so dry.dat we wus4 almost dying foe water and now; the dim- -flcrata have- dOn' tot 4nt6POwerl Bles de Lord; Its a hard year fuf niggers,; any- Cotton; " "; 'x k '.. 'i,7X .'.',-4it; ..I'M I . The receipu ot cottpn ai' mis vpn from the 1st to the lJHh oi ' iJecemoer iooieu np Hm bales;f as alfl;;le8-fronV rthBib'tolhd 15th of DMembcr,;,, J showing a. decrease (with two days to spare) 4 At 100 bftleS.'- H '- - : aif i. !.. r -iu" .1- ,mg;ntenibel8t to bales, .halM t rairslnst 71537 same period last year.i1 aslf increase bf 4,280 Daies. Tb Late Attempted Ineeadlartam on Mr. A. n. VaaBltKelen Premii Cebarsed-AmotherOae Examined and ; -On Tuesday- afteraoon last Mr. -Louis Muuusuu.was arresiea on suspiciou ox ei-.' lin fire Wjthe shed euMrJAI Bokkelen's distillery premises that Morning; He ;.wat! arrestedT because description 1 Buited hirn "He was. a' foreigner., worked" bn a vessel, and there seemed to be la' per- ted chain bi evidence connecting him with; 1 to'criin&'He'was IreleaVMM MnVamfil In the mmtntimA Mr Itrvart th nrincinal 1 mine meanume au. ,txya, tne principal t rnua i. in. naui via iiMvuionii ima i ur j . i . o - . - .1. . .1 "v " "'""t-- ,,71pr." l presence of the accused, when he said at J puce ' that be was the wrong man.j ,;Tbe caulker. - while the other was a stevedore. and he was also a foreigner, But here the BimUarity ended. ' The man intended be arrested was Charlie Johnson, and Jxiuis Johnson was Ihereupon discharged.' ' The case against Charlie : Johnson x came up before Justice Hall yesterday morning. Mr. Bryan testified that he went' down to the wharf in question about 7' o'clock, pn Tuesday mordinir last for the pur posing of starting on a: fishing ' expe dition, when he saw Johnson come , out from under the shed As soon as Johnson- observed witness he uttered the word "fire. M. Bryan looked around, but could see no signs of any ' fire. . Johnson repeated the , word;' and - "then storted off towards ? the bther end of the shed. Witness then went under the shed and saw that ; the roof was . blazing He thereupon . seized a bucket and ran for water.- which he th-ew" upon Ihe fire, , and was, soon joined Joy a' Mr. Brinkley, yrho assisted him. Said Johnson did not come back that way until the fire Was about out.:. r Saw no one else anywhere in the neighborhood. Witoess ' was confi dent the: fire was - set to the building, as there had been no fire about the yard for some days. ; Nearly under the' spot where the fire was burning he discovered a bucket which had " contained ' spirits turpentine. The fire had the appearance of being just set. v There were some three or. four hun ured casks of spirits turpentine - under the shed. . . . Mr. Johnson was put upon, the stand. Said he was employed by Messrs. Hansen & Smith on the .Nojweirian barque Rialto, which .on the morning in : question was anchored in the stream nearly opposite the distillery. and that,; " he ' went :dbwn to the. . wharf. for .. the.: purpose or going on board the barque. That- he was a little earlier than usualthat morning, be cause he had left some of bis tools on board and the captain told him he was going to weigh anchor soon in the morning and pro-; ceed down the river; that he hailed when the excitement about the fire had subsided. and 4 boat was sent ashore for him;- He said, as regarded the fire, that he discovered a smoke and thought it wat issuing from the office, but upon going under the shed he found it was on the roof. He declared,' too,' that he used a bucket and helped o put the fire out." t-'V-3 s i htfr" pit. Mr. L. Hansen', of the firm of Hansen & Smith,' was sent for and testified thatJ ohn- son had been in his employ at work on the Rialto about two or three weeks.and he had known him for several years. . He had never beard anything against him.., , j Upon lfie conclusion of the evidence Jus tice HairioldjMn Johnson that be had giyen a ; very, intelligent and satisfactory account of himself and his conduct and that he was discharged. . Accidental Sbootlnjc. " " Qep.v: McQueen colored," of Richmond county, lost his life in a singular manner, a few days ago; s we learn from a gentleman from that section." It seems thaf he lad made a, j'Wind" for ducks, near Stauback Ferry, on the Pee Dee river, and was hiding4 behind iCywhen'beattempted, to. draw his gun towards him., The result was. an explosion, the contents of 'the gunea terjog McQueen's back and inflicting fatal' h wounds. Qnarterly loleetlna-a t Rev.TauT.J. Carraway,-;who was recently assigned; by the North" Carolina. Annual Conference as the Presiding .Elder of- the. Wilmington District 'for the present Con ference year, enters upon his. duties on tbe 20th and 21st inst, at which time he holds ' the qnarterlV meetwe of the Fifth Street ; Methodist Church of this city, and on the the 27th and 28th of December at Smithy Forelcii Bcportaw n. c ; .' -; ; , ;Tbe foreign' shipments yesterday corn 'prised; the Norwegian1' barque Niobe,' Capt.; OlsenVW, -Ghent. ., Belgium bJ " Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son, with 1,650 bales of cotton, valued at $80,000; the schr. Wu- liam C. Greene, Captv Hawes, lor Port-au-r Prince Hayti,s by i Messrs. Northrop & Cummlng,:with 194,209 feet of lumber andT $150,000 shingles, valued at $3,816.40; and the schr; Etta M. Barter, CapUT Barter, for! , Cane BayHeni'by Messrs.' J. Hi .Chadnourn: & Cd.witii 186.233' fjeet of Iqmber.'VaJued, at $2L$57.41.fc Total value, of foreign ex-n -pbrts -fbMhe day, $86,173.81. ? i: ..3.- LL lo-u;.aIai. Ka-vasaa oaaiao Mcoaasta:n ' Aainiial ' .!r " v.-i 1 --2? .-,.fc-,.;rtxft2 j At the annual meettngof ;3estoot! laeetrna era ui..Liiu. iiniaau uuuu wnuinwii w. Wamiairtom&'held s mt this -cltryesteraay : ' . - ' ! . . . - . . , ,. ; rnilnwlnir nfficera were elected for, the en - . ... . . . -. . . . f suing yearr f PreaidnVflonsBlBn tf7S . s.-iwi"! Secretary and TreasurerDonald: Mo-: .Rae.M;i;-.3-C-c,-: SdperintehdentCQl., C,-l Graffito;.;-'.;; Snpertntpndent of Agencies-Col. Wm;; DeRosset. ' ? hm$.3. hm;;m-?t-S-l Dirictore-Bl'kridgers, John C. Graf flin. Edward Kidder, Walter E. tLawton j 8. A. Gregg, Winfleld,& Dunan and Don- ' a vTiviilpnd nf 7 rier cent ' was declared: payable od the 15th inst,,. to ptoolders ; of record 6f -t'dakr43:u'---'-- . - ..a 1 .ri : i ; The - movement J for extending the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad from Fays etteville' to Wilmington and for the con-,- 0n throughout the State.t.f;wenrmiy I . iieve that both of these connections will bet i made, and at an early day, too. one blow across i nre was aiscoverea was namea jonnsvu;uo i joi, , mpiomacy an.staic, r ve.,auicus8iun.:i uu -r- u ..; .. j I rna a!su t work rat , b1 . hrit at,a I suereoi snouia oe tn .open wmjbiou, om -wia j ? limf. jvifiMuM;if( aou weu www ,. ' ... Z 7:'. v - . hfl ionl tnav1 be"funv Atonrised of the Which influenced the offeriae of pORTir-EIGIITII CONGRESS. I f-5el. I1JJ-. c .ii.,vj itsp. f, j,iirtrf b-jiwta i 8KCOND 8BSSMsr.? c! k-.'.iup- 4 '19. iSKvoni'SS9Mn.ii! mts.m Tne Spanlab-Amerlean .Treaty Naval Aflatra-Orecon Land Forfeiture Bill' tCQttesUB'ot DafcotA'a AalMle aloa as State-nWiial4jstNi noaittH' bo 6itm uj i Senate.'70 . ? tt; r WAsh4s1ooV i Tfe tts&kfter some'- r3utlte business ilii'VanWyck vffered th rouowmg: .r.'fwTft 6h fc'od f Whereas, as a commercial treaty of frreat imerciai : imDortaoce has becrr negotiated between the buhUc bv theJEiBff of Snain to suchaaex j Kent that it was cabled from Madrid by the j pimet, OTiew XorsT, ttUrt given to ine Lm.u. !,httiiSrv hrnr . FVK'u vu . ,vm.ww.. f u . -. . . . . . . i i : i wie .eamet waa; presenieQi wnn-euuuuoi,j solemnity and secrecy to the Senate; and -1 iwhereas. the nrovisions of said treaty ina- iteriaHy affects the subject' of revenue and' reasons wbr said treaty should bet ratified or rejected ; thereforev . -. ? -.d'i- i ' iesoivea, iua, lue coiuuiii.fcec yu syiipojj anrec'ca to report an amenament or aaui X lonal rule, requiring that treaties which' Concern matters or revenue shau be consia- On objection of Mr.' WilsonL the matter went over one day "" A- ': "'Jw ! Mr. Blair's resolution, offered yesterday; directing the committee on Jxaval Affam to examine Capt Ericson's inventions relat ing to guns, torpedoes, iSsc.; was agreed to. Upon motiou'of Mr. Coke, the bill pro viding for the imprQvemest of Galveston harbor was made the special order for Jan- : The corisideratnyn0f "lire Oregon Central Land Forfeiture WH wasthra resolnedVrf 1 In : the , course ofatdebate Mr. Morgan learned from , , Oregon., members Jhat the land in Question had been mortgazed. He had been Under the impression -that such" waa not the case, and he accordingly moved that the bill be recommitted to the public lands oominitteo for further examination, . . PenrJfng discussion of this 'motion the bill at -two o'clock had to yield to the un-.l finished business of yesterday, being the bill, providing for the, admission of Dakota as a Statem the Union;" : ' " ";" l Mr. Uarrison took the floors to reply to Mr. c, Vest's objections.; The; debate was. confined to Mr. Harrison and the two Mis souri Senators. Mr. Harrison finally ' ex pressed the wish that 'a vote on - the' bill might be reached next Monday, but Mr. Butler thought this too early and declined to consent to an arrangement fixing a vote for that day.-: - -- - li j Mr. Sherman introdufc&d f joint resolu-r tion, which was read three .times and pass ed, appointing the 21st of , February for ceremonies connected with the completion of Washington's monument, and author- izing the Secretary of the Treasury to have cards of invitation suitable to the occasion engraved in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; and appropriating ' a further-sum of $7,500 to the amount already authorized to be expended in the celebration , . . . Mr. ' Morgan inquired "why the 21st of February has been selected. ! ; Mr: Sherman replied that' tba 22nd was Sunday.; Mr Morgan saw in that fact ne reason lor the change. In his opinion tfo day was too sacred for the work of fittingly commemo rating this important event - Mr. Sherman said that there were a number of delegav tions coming, including , some that were military in character, and the commission had deemed it unwise ' to bring the cere monies into antagonism with the sentiment of the religious people of the country. r. The Inter-State Commerce bill, which was the special order for to-d? had bo opportunity of being considereoTthe Sen ate going into executive session and when "tLe doors were reopened, adjourned until Monday next . , Jl" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. X ' The desks of halfa dozen Democratic members were ornamented this morning by roosters of brilliant plumage. ,. ,? , . r, 1 Mr. Hancock, of Texas, from the com mittee on Appropriations, reported the In valid Pension Appropriation bill, and ; it was referred to the committee of the Whole. ' . Mr. Mills, of Texas, made an unsuccess ful effort to have passed a Senate bill for a public - building at Waco, ' Texas, Mr. Brumm, of Pa., being the objector. - . - . f The House then resumed the considera tion of the Inter-State Commerce bill. The bill was debated by Messrs: Glas cock of Cala.j Dunn .of Kan,i; Woodward of Wis. . McAdoo of N J.. Heoburn . of la. , and rWood of Ihd. 'Pending further discussion ; air -& un'derstandmg '' was - ar rived i at. that general debate hall close the next day that.-the subject is -taken up, anil thsfca thj9nBa vote shall be taken as between - thet substitute-aod tt committee buls. . Whatever measure shall be successful will then' be open'' to amend ment and debate under the five minute rule. Mr.. Reagan -has slightly, modified his mo tion to substitute his proposition for the en tire bill of the Committee, and has offered it as a substitute only for the remedial features of the bilk If he is successful In having it adopted he will then move. to strike out the. remainder of the bill, which has reference to the appointment of the commission. V Mr, - O'Neill, of Pa- gave notice that at the proper time -he would, moye to recom mit the whole subject i 1 , , v - Adlourned &Mli d- i Washington, Tec.;i2. Senate 5not in aesaioh;t'0d ai tedi flt4-- viwpr.; -oq r i HOUSE X)E REPRESENTATIVES.';' i On motion of Mkt Ellis,- of WaZ, M ' con-: current resolution was passed, reciting that the exigencies of the r .public service will Drevent the attendance of the'Congress at the opening of the World's Industrial Ex position,' in ' New; Orleans; that the Presi dent has been directed- to-open said Exhibi tion by telegraph,' and 'start the machinery thereof by eiectriclty'from the 'CBxecutive Mansion, in j the u presence of his Cabinet, and the. r foreign ; representatives, , and re-4 questing the President bf the Senate, to gether with a committee of thirteen - Sena tors ;and. the Speaker of the House with one representative Yor delegate ..from each. State or' .territory, to, attend at the Execu tive Mansion December1 16th; at 12. 30, to witness,-on behalf ot?the Cotigress sof the United ,8tate8f the opepine, of said iSxposi- I tion by the President, and to adopt and for ward therefrom uch. auy address U con gratuTatioiias 'may seem' appropriate to the; occasion. .t un - m ""' T Mr. Warner, of Ohjo, lifting-to qnes-s; tion of privilege offered jpreamhle , and resolution;'Teciting" that JT;JTayl6r, of Ohio, oh thtf Sth 6f JttlyV 1884, (the1-Hous havine under -coS'ideratiori)tthe. MealcaU rPea8ion billX, haying obtained the .flqorv 1 lpled' the fiiheof the. .Bouse for.-sil minuiestuiaiBUDseauenuvnBODiaiiieuteavtj i to extena-ais remarKs; mat, xnsieau oi-ex- f I ): 1.:. -L . 1.- I. .1 4-l, M ha 1 meets and naratrraphB reflectine on inem; f I . . TT . - Z mt t House, ana tne uouseitseu, ana reporting ' I or purporting to report the action of one of the committees of QieTSenatef and ail in violation of his leave to extend his, remarks in the. Record and , of,, the, ; rules ; of ythe House: and declaring that the parts of the speech reflecUrig'dn meMbersof theH6use,Tnot gone up that mer .t.augtiter.j The on a committee of thft; House ; and on tbe House, and referring to, what took place in the Senate committeewere npt ligetimate part of the proceedings of theHeuse,,; i, k Mr. Warner stated that he was directed, by the committee on Pensions, Bounty and Back-pay to bring the matter before the House , He sent: to the Clerk's desk, and had read' portions of Mr, Tayhjr's jspeech to which 6b jectibrf li taken; They reflect upoii Mn Warner as chalrman of the com mittee on If nsioas, jBoqhty and. Backpay, , and on the committee itself, and denounce, .tbe'action of the House'Upon,"the Mexican Pension bill! 'Thev 'also make allusion1 to' tbe action-of the Senate committee oil Pen The Sneaker thoueht it was not bis duty to decide that question. -' If a member rose irr.ti a-fe'i6'!i iim and. alleged tha a certainTthing' haa "been done in -violation of the rules, it was the duty or the SpeaKerno submit ttiequeeUon' tQ.the House, 1o n..it,-Js?i: wrfJ to loo(liiwl . Mr. , Warnethq.u, proceeded to argue that.j the facts alleged na Mr, Taylor s speech were not true,- ind 'cdntrovertedlhe' state-' bbjectionable "oneY ahd' he 'Au-oted from tiie records of that committee to shew that.a .arge , numbej (jof- ijs , had, be en , .rejrj Dorted .for the action of the committee. J The" questibfi'te 'decided was whether j in uouse wouia aiiow joi remain as flrparri L 3 - J 1 1 i J ui uareuuru wuat was never Byoneu;iij The3 gptfnfiTjJeUa, most- strenhotft4y was-Oncharfiin "the committeeimithTjBUaltb, and icowardice pne, . gentlemen, majnituOT vpat. waajji harl Mienfirt':. lanrakra'TllarAmrnltW f r .- 'w- O - -...--. T. " T . 1 ... I : -i 'i 1 i i : wjuruoi- wimug iDmn -euumu go uouuai- i lenged;tobe quotea against th cmmtttte inh toture byjentlemeD. whp did,jw4 know as well as members of the present ! was the 4he raotivo the reso lution to vthe i fact that Mr; Warner ' and himself had bees -rival Congressional can didates in the recentekctioo, and that Mr. Warner claimed to be elected by, a major-, ity of 217. He Taylor) had carried every county 'except Monroe.' -j" 13 W,J f "Good for -iMonroe!" exclaimed Mri Da- vidson, of Florida, amid laughter and jap plause on the Democratic side. '."-"' ! Mri Taylor1 declared that Mt:Warnef would 'not have earned Monroe except xm tne ny potnesis tnatrUe aaj voted tor Mr.J$an dall for Speaker. f He raised a laugh at the,, expense i of Speaker 1 Carlisle ' by reading from ' a DeuiocratiC ' paper,- published in Ohio, in --which that gentleman is. referred to as having been . a free trader throughout the Speakership contest Mr. Taylor then submitted ' ftn -argument to-' substantiate statements made by, him ia the speed to which exception, was. taken, and the dis cussion drifted into a consideration of the Mexican Pension bill. Coming down more directly to the sTrbjedPlControversy, he read from ' tables " prepared -by the Public Printer, showing that MrWaV nes had himself on' severali occasions taken advantage of the- privilege of -Jeave to print, in order to show that.it" was the habit of members to" avail themselves "of" this permission. One-of; these tables-dls-r closed the interesting; facjt ;tjat;dui1ng..the 45th, 46th 47th and, the first session of the 48th Congress, 569 speeches were printed, which Were never delivered On - the floor;" while 1,183 speecbesdelivered were with held for revision and substantially altered. He also Tead a letter from- Edward Mc Pherson giving the opinion that there "was nothing unparliamentary iniis speech, and calling attention to .the fact that "Salt in, Politics," a speech of MrCdx, "of .New York, Was notdelivfered intherHotfsel, buty was a reprint of a Fourth of- July .address ; to Tammany HalL. . Laughter. 1 ,R w ; . ? ; , :'. Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, said that vthe' remarkable spectacle was presented of a committee of the House, " consisting of Democrats and Republicans, unanimously requesting theU chairman to present, cer tain charges against the' gentleman; from Ohio (Taylor) and asking that objectiona ble features in the speech of that' gentle-1 man be expunged from : the record. The gentlemen seemed to , be totally Insensible of the attitude in which, he was placed, and instead of undertaking to'cktablish the falsity of the charges or of .apologizing to the House in.-sn. honorable .and manly , way, he. went into a discussion of Ohio politics and brought in certain' records of the Public Printeri who might'.well de vote his time to, the public, service instead of answering inquiries of a partisan charac ter; i Mr. Rogers then went on "to defend the committee on 'Pensions Bounty and Back-Pay, from, the charge oL-neglecting the interests of soldiers. ; ! , , . , , . , i Mr. HammondLGa,, jgajdLthat .it was perfectly immaterial how, tiie , election, ia Ohio had been conducted orirhow, it had ended. ' The sole question was, "whither by the paragraph complained of the gentleman from Ohio had committed a breach of the rules of the-. House.;. He (Hammond) thoueht that the gentleman's remarks to day were a virtual admission that this was so; and he would vote to expunge from the record the objectionable article. . . , 0 Mj. Warner, in rising to close the de-1 bate, said that the action of Mr. Taylor in printing such a speech was unprecedented. He did not wish to go into a -discussion of the Ohio election, but , he . would say that never had a campaign been carried on any where where methods so 'corrupt, forbid ding ... and abhorrent were . resorted, to as were resorted to by his colleague, his con-, federates and hispaid staff of scoundrels'to circulate the 'very-speech "which he had printed. ; -,'? iHXy-tl'B-'-Hrl-rA'Vfli -Hi' Mr. Taylor demanded that , these ..words be taken down, and they wero"; read from the clerk's desk." : '";i!' -'' , Mr. Warner-I withdraw the;remarkg; which , I can plainly , see to be unparlia-. meniary. . uui 1 say mis: inat 1 ao not think a" campaign was"'" ver ''carried oii anywhere in which methods; more corrupt. forbidding and abhorrent were resorted to to- acnteve pouucai ends man were resorted to in the 17th District bf Ohio; during the last campaign on the patt.of the Republi can rjarty... .Applause on the Democratio S Mr. Warner Was permitted eto proceed itt ' order, snd he continued with a vitidication of the committee or which he is chairman. He ridiculed the assumption made in the speech complainedbf, tfialTIIr. Tavlorwas the special representative of the' soldiers of 'the country. ' "Had the0 gentleman repre sented them on the.field during thewar ?" Applause on the Democratic, side. j He knew something of the gentleman's record durinff the war.- -He knew that' 'when the' war was well nigh over, when all the great battles were fought, the gentleman had en listed in the Home Guard of Ohio. , . One of the conditions" under '. which0 the regiment existed was that it should not -be required to go-out of rthe. State, f Laughter. j:; The gentleman represented ' Union soldiers on the floor of the House, Indeed':' self appoint" euprooaoiy. - 1 uey wouiu -nitturairy select a gentleman of courage, aodi.itn certainly tnnlr . nnnraat nf tpr ronrrrRn trad nii .; journed to go id the printing Office, and insert in the JSeeordTwhat 3 had been ; alluded to. 1 ; But it was tne kind of t courage which the assassin displayed when he approached and stabbed, the sleeping victim. Ap 'plause on the-Democratic side: -' ' ' ! Mr; Taylor taid that the regiment in which he ws-.enlisted , had .-served a year ahd a half outside of Ohio. , ; ' . IMr. Cbxof'New' York.2 asserted- that .there was a rule about pah liihing speeches ; 'alter tne aaiouramcnv tne ruieoi nonor-; 4hat no reflection oiLthaJntegrity of mem - bters should be in theiiVwigeatleiBan. ftom,Ohiq (Taylor), had caUed on the ex-. bers should be in them,f7The entternanji i via ui uc uvuk mu uuiu nouun -that others had violated this rtlle, and his Jft . j u. 1 TT . say that he had not delivered it, or any part of it-on the floor. ..When, a .certain xiver ' and harbor bill was under consideration his 1 humorous friend from - K.entucsy ( Wnite offered an amendment apprtpriating $40, 000or the improvement ;-of . -Salt river for the benefit of the Democrats-, but they had maenetic meanderinz statesman from Maine had gone -up Salt Tiyer; "with -, all the mean-.1 ir1a4wf.'tlnw&rt-;'i At Tliof ttmft "lift -1 had J'made,J " someremarks - in ' regard to salt, attd had obtained leave ; to "extend his remarks for the purpose of showing the qualities of saJt aSapp11cSbT6 to politics. Gentlemen mlghCgo back' f or twenty fire years and, they would find that he had hever taken advantage of leave to print to make reflections on anyone, and the man,' whq would dare dbit well, If be werevW 'lui'talrttn AtTrn- Tf Set n.t Q VirOTrO tHlTIO tA ' I do. .- .. v . . -fj...;;.! 17' it Mr. Warner The gentleman from Ohio brvrt snor mi 4rflwri nemv. .10o-43Du J i-': HlT.JlaylO--BE j.uxvrui tne-gentleman was snot not, . havei , tna; sup-. pressed? , - - ??, Vi: Mr. Warner Brave men have been shot jtsouoty and uae pay, ja session, rcDprted bnly one bill for the jeuefof soldiers', and that an' NO; 8 i ii - . . . , . , m the bsck-Huaotis just the way the gen- uman snoots mem out in mycaseithaD 1 pened not to be true. The shot that disa. wu me -,b almost ' a direct front shot. I teall the previous question, . ; j . mr. jiruwne, oi ma.,, moved to ren-r the resolution to the committee on ? Rules. iLosl-eas 94, pays 161. - The resolution Was adopted yeas 164, nays 60. . j On jcaotion ot Mr, Tucker of Virginia, the Senate ioint resolution waa adnntH in relation to no ceremonies to be authorized )U, tnq completion oi the Washington moa fSec motib of Mr.HoiTison. vof : TllinoiB1 it was ordered . that when the; House ad- Journf to-day it be to meet on Monday next;.ti't!aik: i. iu. waif;. Mr ' Adams, of.JTew York, by request, introduced a bill to 'simplify the existing tariff and collection' laws. Referred. i mis, is similar ta th m iwwrw.,:-"- (.This, is similar to the Hewitt" bill on r jw j i ert tt . . .. . . . , iim nouse men, at t:io p. m.:' tooK a recess until 8 o clock, the .evenkig session W be: for the L consideration' of pension bUla: di Jf. -irf-tTfs i 1 ; - W48niif a Ton. ,1 IBon. Samuel X Randall , to VUIt aontta ' Dnrlns; the ; p-im'!"ln-tne l.Bolloay Reeeu. By Telegraph to the Mornlnn Starj: Washdsgtois," December 13 The Eve ning Star announces that Hon. Samuel J. Randall will leave Washington immediatelv 'Tipon the recess of Congress, and start on a trip to tne West and South. . He will -visit Nashville, and will go. as far south as Bir- J' iiDgham, 'Ala; At the latter place he will rrive; abont. January 1st: and . will re main, two days. Mr. Randal; is to visit these' ''citieS" at the -" cordial invitation of Democrats residing therein.' Gen. For ney, of Alabama, a warm friend of Mr. Randallsays there will be ""a rousing ova tion" to the ex-Speaker at Birmingham and at Nashville. There is no special occasion r. event of a public character at either of the cities which takes Mr. Randall there. Je has many friends and admirers in that section of ! the South who have repeatedly extended In vitations to him to come among them1. ' He how proposes to take advantage of the recess to meet his Southern friends, and as in Atlanta, he will address them. .. VIRGINIA. Thl Loss or Lite In tbe Gale on (lie I ttappataannoek Greater iban at First j Beported. , . -. . , j ! IBy Telegraph to the Homlns Star.) 1 BAXTiitORE, December 13. The steamer Westmoreland, from. Rappahannock, ar rived to-dayand those on board report that the destruction Of 1 life by Tuesd ly 's storm is much, greater than heretofore reported. The Evening News, in its account of the disasters say 8: -""Officers of the steamer Westmoreland report tnat of . the party of colored men whose boats were capsized in the Rappahannock near Urbana, twenty eight are known; to have . been drowned. In addition to those already reported, at least six men were drowned at Cause House Landing, on the same river. At Mill Creek, another landing on the Rappahannock river, a young white man was drowned. In speaking of the - fact that so few who were out in their boats escaped from drown ing, an officer of the Westmoreland ex plained that the squall broke iu all its' fury without a moment's notice and taeir boat's were swamped before they were fully aware .of what had taken place. The negroes all along the river, and especially in the neigh borhood of Urbana, are greatly exercised ana ingntenea. it LOUISIANA. Tae-'-HTorAerere oT' A; EI. Marptay :, Mentfae Tre BUI Foud ; for i Wllfol Murder . . 1 1 tB fategfraph to the Mornuur Star J 7 t ' T New Oblkaks,: December 13. During the past week the grand jury have been in vestigating the murder of A.' H. Murphy, and have examined one hundred and three witnesses,, . This afternoon the grand jury had all the accused brought into court, and one by one confronted .with the witnesses, whereby all but one were fully identified. At 6 o'clock this evening the grand jury presented true bills against Recorder Thos. J. Ford, his brother Patrick J. Ford, court officers W. E. Caulfleld and W. A. Buck ley, policeman John Murphy, the porter of the Recorder's Court, Baptiste J. Fobelto, and conrt officer: Charles Bader.'for wilful murder; and not a true bill ageinst poiici man Louis Cerisse. The accused are in the parish prison. The trial will probably take place in January next j ! Mil I S -MM - CIRCUIT COURT. Tbe Cotton, Future Case A Verdict & ,J -' "Asralnat tne Defendant. ; 0 LBy Teloirrapn to the Jtonumr star.j . RAX.EIGH, N. CU Dec- 11. In the case of Aubrey, Bennett & Co., of New York, against E. P. Covington of Wilmington, N. Ci in the U. S. Circuit Court, involving the validity of a contract to deliver cotton at a future time, to which the defence was made that the contract, was gambling, and therefore void," the court held that the con tract was valid.: and in order to make it a gambling contract both parties must agree that there shall be no delivery but a settle meat by; differences.- The jury rendered a verdict against Covington tor $5,200 with interest. v '':: -" : t. :. t 1' i... ; NJSW YORK. Iieaf Tolacco Dealers Pretest against tne Proposed Treaty wltn Spain ' Sobaeiiptlons for Cnblera Sufferers ; ;itt:Frano,;j;3 o:il Ai :i'-mV. vvtsjU.i fBy Telegraph to the Mornlne Star. 1 NkW Yoek, December 13 The Leaf . Tobacco - Board of Trade of this city held a special meeting to-day and resolvtd by a unanimous vote to protest against toe rau ficatioQ i of rthe; pending treaty between . Spain and the .United States. ; The protest will be engrossed and sent to the members of Congress. ' " Subscriptions of . the Courier Dee Etats Unit, for victims of the cholera in France, closed today "with 4 the grand total of $12, 972. The Courlef'hiA already forwarded to thfe relief committee in Pans $11,561, and. .the balance $1,411 will "be sent to France by the next steamer. ' ! j, PENNSYLVANIA. ! li: fii.HiiaS'jfti - j'-'. ' '5'' -;"; ' iT'.'-'-At Assignment . o tle Vice President of , tbeDeriinet Pennsylvania Bank, of , iPlushnnua !: a ' ' : ' t - TBt TtalefraDh the Xornliur Star.l ' t i PrrTOBtmo. Dec. 13. F. B. Laughlin, Vice President of the defunct Pennsylvania Bank; made a voluntary assignment to-day to Js K? F. Steel; of Armstrong county, for the : benefit- of his - creditors. The assign ment covers all that is left over and - above the judgment 'of; $90,000 confessed last weefc for ine oenentol nis individual cred itors.' 'No appraisement has yet been made. Judge E wing to-day refused to grant a petition for the change of venue asked for by the defendants in the suits growing out of the failure of the Pennsylvania Bank. - . "FOREIGN.' ' if A Terrific Explosion in London Last -M-'-NIsbt. ,i:-'1 ;--; -Hootoh Dec. 13. A terrific explosion has just occurred in this city.. The report was similar to that caused by an explosion of dynamite.' -' One report is that the explo sion, was of gas in the railway arches in Tooley street; another is, that a bridge over the Thames' has been exploded' - An inqui ry will be " made-immediately into the cir cumstances of the explosionvff ..;'.-'. -J 'i ILLINOIS. , '4 Tbe JpieeUon Frauds in Culeaco.. . -- j ireleBraph toths Mornhw StarJ rj 1 CaiCAeo. iDeo. -ia Proceedings com-- meneed against Joseph O. Mackin for par ticipating in the. Eighteenth Ward election Jrauda before . aUnited Stotes , Commis sioner, were, dismissed to-day,, in view of his indictment ,by the grand jury; as that Indictment covers; all ; the charges . made against him in this proceeding. . . . : : .State Gleanings.ii ; Washington Gazette : " We are sorry to note that Mr. Fred Wolfenden lost ' his gin house last week. There were about .1,000 bushels of ground peas in it, besides cotton. Some person set it on fire. , : j . Oxford , Torchlight : . Wilkin son Bros., are selling the best granulated sugar at 7via 50 pound lots and 6ic by the barrel. A gentleman from Penn sylvania, Mr. Rake, is getting out of the ltoyster mine everv rlav mmrititico nt m.ot . I U" .2... . . .. - . J. 1 """" veauiuui copper ana snipping it up North. , "r. Wrappers, good $25 to $35 j wrappers. oo; wrappers, fancy 65 to $90. Market strong and very active atuia iiume m uxiora, weCesday, December 3d, Mr. . Wyatt Pool, in the 57th . year of his age., Died, at his home in Oxford, Thursday, December 4, Mr. Rr J, ,C. Hatchett, after a lingering illness. : t V Raleigh Biblical Recorder: The question as to .whether, the Baptiste. of North Carolina shall have such an institu tion is about settled. Where it wil' be lo cated and when opened for the rect 'tion of orphan children must be left for iae prfs- -ent to the committee that has the natter in -charge. ; What: we wish-specially toJ say ,. here and now is, that the establishment of a Baptist Orphanage is not objected to by ' any member of t he Board of Directors of - -the Oxford Orphan Asylum, nor by the Su- perintendent of that institution." It is the opinion of the Directors,; and also of Dr. Dixon, that the establishment of the Bap list Orphanage will greatly aid the work at Oxford. -: ., j . :; - .; -. , . . ; r Salisbury : Watchman:' There were pretty heavy tobacco sales on Tuesday at the t wo tobacco warehouses in this place, and we are pleased to learn that the prices were -decidedly- good. The Russell mine in Montgomery county has been sold to English parties. They are already at work putting the mine in shape and repair ing the house for the reception of Mr. Mal lory, the superintendent, who is now on his way from England.- Mr. Tom Mow- ery, of this place; while under the influence of, liquor, shot himself , the ball entering the breast and coming out near the shoul der blade. -' It is not definitely known wbe- : ther the shooting was iutentional or acci dental. The result is net ' yet certainly known. - 4 Charlotte Observer: Judge Hush S. Bond will arrive In the city -next Tues- . day. and assist Judge Dick on the Federal Court: bench.' The Court ia to continue well into next week. A team attached to a wagon loaded with sash from Ahren's factory became frightened by a train at the Carolina Central depot yesterday, and ran away. George Caldwell, colored, the driver, was thrown out and had one of his legs broken. , There was a sudden and very -lively commotion at tbe stockade for the ' county prisoners, near Biddle Institute, last - Wednesday night The explosion of a sbot- n, followed by the popping of a cap and several reports from a revolver were heard, the fleeing .forms of a number of convicts were seen disappearing in the darkness, and then all was quiet Seven of the worst county criminals had escaped from the guards and were at liberty. --r- Raleigh"' '.News- Observer: Mr. Frank Stronach said yesterday to a reporter that in February a new Pioneer warehouse will be built. - It will be of brick, 40 by 220 feet, extending from Wilmington street to Blount street During .the year ending October 81,. 1884. the Register of Deeds of Wake county issued 395 marriage licenses, an average of about thirty-three a month. , - - The capitol is being put in specially neat order, preparatory to the as sembling.of the Legislature. The build ing : has, : says Mr. C. M. Roberts, never been so neat since it was built The repairs to the exterior are all completed The halls -of the Senate and House present an inviting appearance. Yesterday new numbers, on nickel, were placed on all the desks. Adjutant General Jones left for Asheville . yesterday. His report for the year ending November 30, 1884, has been given the public printer. ' It will be the most volumi nous report yet issued, and will be in' rest ing. , It will contain reports of the Inspec- -. tor General, Surgeon General, State Oidi nance Officer, &c. - The State Guard has made great progress during the past two years, as all acknowledge with pride. ' -. '. Goldsboro ; Messenger: ' At a meeting of the stockholders of the Eastern Carolina Fair nnd . Stock. Association, held, . Monday aight, the, following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, ' Henry Lee; vice presidents. Dr. , M.- E. Robinson and N O'Berty; secretary F. W,, Castex; treasurer, R. E. Jones; directors, J. A. Bonitz, Thos. Edniundson, Dr. Geo. L. Kirby, L..BL Castex,. K. Borden and L 8. D. Sauls. - Mr. Baals .declined are- -election to the secretaryship. Walter Sugg, the thirteen year-old son of W. H. Sugg, living , in . Wehbtown, accidentally shot himself last Monday evening, in a most unusual way. He was loading the cylinder of a small five-shooter revolver with cartridges, and, a cartridge catching in one of the chambers, he attempted to push it into place' with his teeth. In do ing so the cartridge exploded. The ball entered . his right cheek, just -over his mouth, passed across and up his face, and lodged high up in the left cheek behind the bone.' Had the ball .penetrated but a trifle further It would have reached the temple, . and death would : have, f undoubtedly, in stantly ensued. As it is, he is very pain fully and seriously, but not necessarily fa tally, wounded. . ... . Monroe Enquirer-Express : A Building and Loan Association will be or ganized in this place on Saturday night. About fifty citizens have signed a call for a meeting for the purpose. The colored bands of this section will have a contest in this place on the 19th of December a fine cornet to be given to the successful band. . It is gotten up under the auspices of tho Monroe Star Cornet Band (colored) of this place. Albert 8 tames, colored, was committed to jail on Tuesday on a warrant ; sworn out by Rosa Hiatt, white, who charged him with an attempt to commit a rape on her on last Saturday night -: Miss Hiatt lives alone in a little hdUse on Bob Starnes's place, three miles from town. . . Ex Sheriff Price informs us that during his four- years' incumbency of - the sheriffs office, he has had under his charge about -five hundred prisoners, and that during that time, although the building has been regu- . larly reported every six months by the grand jury to be unsafe, there has been but one escape from jail. Mr. T. A. Davis. who, together with his family, left Sandy Ridge township ou the 2d inst., for Jeffer son county, Alabama, to seek a new home, returned to Monroe on Tuesday night, hav ing been gone just one week. He reached his destination all right, and after looking around a day or two, became satisfied that the country was not the Arcadia it had : been represented to him to be, and decided that the wisest thing he could do would be to return at once to old Union county. North Carolina. Mr. Davis is a good citi zen. 5.1,: :- ,'.-, "fc" Raleigh 'Farmer and Meclianic: North Carolina now has no Lieutenant Go vernor, Mr. James L. Robinson having re signed in order to come to the House from Macon county. - Miss-Rebecca' Came ron was telegraphed for to come to New . Orleans last week and assist Mr. J.C.Derby in making a catalogue for the Exposition. The latter is the author of "Fifty Years Among Books." The Leaksvill Ga zette, Milton Chronicle, Greensboro Daily Patriot and Asheville Register have disap peared from the horizon. The American also, . we presume. ' Gen. -Clingmn affirms that tobacco steeped in buttermilk will cure any case of hog cholera. . Try it ' r The Raleigh City Council has ordered that all lands which have been mulcted for unpaid taxes shall be put up and sold, as about $7,000 is due the city for these taxes. "-Laurinburg did well by the Orphans on Thanksgiving Day. The Masonic Lodge gave $12; the Methodist $13.20; the Pres byterians $30; the Knights of Honor $5; : and some other gifts; CoL H. B. Short, of Lake Waecamaw,- gave $25. Durham Lodge gave $30.27.- The Presbyterians of Hill8boro and Salisbury each $20. Pat upon the back of our remarks about a gang of horse thieves in the region of coun try between Raleigh. Greensboro and Char lotte, comes tidings of tbe stealing of Prof. H. W. Reinhart's horse at Thomasville.and also one from Mr., Joe Tyson, at Pittsboro Geo. Sorrell is ssid to be prancing - around the Western section , of Wake, county, armed to the teeth, and apparently not wanted by "the law's officers. - True the. man lie killed was no great loss to the com munity, as he had : recently returned from , the penitentiary. --- The day seems to be fast approaching when: it will be fash-. .-: ionable for fashionable belles to have their laundress's clothes line stretched in front of the parlor window, for the edification of the public. s' ' .,"