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The Weekly Star. . PUBLISHED AT 'W I LHINGT ON, N. C AT 81.50 A YEAB, IN ADVASCK. ' s8sSSSSSSS8SSSSSS I 8SSSS3S33S3S8S8SS ! . SS33SS8S33S833S3S , gs333SSS8S8SS888 . S3SS83SSS8S33S3SS 338S38388SS8338SS ; - I88SSSSS888SS8SS8 Ml P ti'ioapasHaniseasnsacj - S333Sk3SS3S3S3S3S f.......... o . ., ao TRi tiered at the Poet Office at"Wnmlngton,'N. : as Seoond Class Matter. S UBSCRIFTION PRICE. The subscri6fion price of tie Wekkt.y Stab is as follows : ' Single Copy l year, postage paid. . i- $1.50 " ' Smontlis, " 1.00 " " 3 months. " " .60 TUB .ABORTS TIMCI F1AH. i c iiuiu tun wcu luti'iiueu Philadelphia . Times a ' statement of the plan that the Congressmen have adopted in order to deal out to the hungry and expectant the multitudi nous offices. If we catch the plan it practically eives the appointing pow er to Democratic Senators and Rep resentatives. But what will Presi dent Cleveland sayvabout it? Again, the Congressmen will hot antagonize ea:h other. John Smith applies for the Internal Colleclorship in the Charleston District. Senator Hamp- . ..: . .X.' T ! ' -tun ray p buc Acutuvrauu UICUIUCIB this is my deal. . I wish J. S. to go in. They all stand off and it is ac complished, althong'u there may be ot her , applicants equally . deserving ami with friends among the mem bers. And so with the long list of other offices. The Congressmen will practically have the appointing of all officials under this arrangement, ami must, therefore, bear the responsi bility attaching to such novel power. The press, if unshackled and faith ful, -will have a part to perform also. It will be its duty and privilege to scrutinize all Congressional appoint ment, and when a mistake is made to give free expression to an opinion if it believes that a blunder has been per petrated. A faithful, candid, inde pendent press will be certain "to turn on the light" will be sure "to hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may." Mr. Cleveland may possibly to some extent upset the nice plans of CoiigresMnen. lie may choose to have some will of his own, and to caue a hearing to be had outside of Coi'grjesMonal circles. He may have eyi -a and ears independent of Demo cratic uj embers. We. grant that there is a 'practical difficulty in the way. ' It is almost impossible that Grover Cleveland, of Ne York, should know anything of Sam Brown, of Los Angeles.Cali fornia, or of Buxton Buffalo, of San ) Antonio, I exas. . He must appoint somt-body and these worthies- are 'Seeking, certain offices. "They are Di'rhoi-rats, but how shall the Presi dent know who are worthy and who are' not worthy?-; He can only learn in three ways: through the mem bers of Congress, and we always in clude both Houses in using that . term as it takes both Houses to con stitute the .Congress; or through an enlightened, conscientious, truth lovin? truth telline wess-of throueh I loving, iruto leiiiug press, or tnrougn l applications well indorsed that are brought directly to the attention of the President by somesepecial bearer. If the President relies ; upon ; the members only they will practically do the appointing as they are in fact the witness-bearers in such cases. As -to the Press, we fear that will.be 'ound to be uncertain as editors are human beings with infirmities like unto Congressmen. That is to say they are peccable, have favorites and friends, and are disposed - to blow theit-lrumpets although better and more capaoie men may be seeking a position under Government, There may be two sets of opinions and both advocates blowing loudly for their friend how is Cleveland to de cide? Will he not have to fall back on the Congressmen? ' As to petition and indorsement there can be no objection to this. The right of petition, of application belongs to pur form of government to every free citiaen. 'The President may refuse to hear or consider, but that will only tie him the faster to and make him the more dependent upon tne congressmen. . We appre hend that a gentleman presented f to Mr. Cleveland and saying, "Mft eeident, 1 am the bearer of a peti tion sent to Your Exoellenoy from a portion of your supporters in the city of Mobile, and I am instructed to ask . you to give it consideration," that he would not refuse to grant the re-1 quest. JJneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Uncertain lies the fellow who stands hat in band asking tor a nibble at the great government cneese or a few crumbs that fall from the table of power. Blessed is the man who expectetl little, for he shall not be disappointed. ' VOL. XVI. Onejjof our Raleigh contempora ries, the Chronicle, exhibits penetra tion in saying that "there is no bet ter way to induce the Northern peo ple to put an end to their sentimen tal gush about the negro, than inter course with the negro." It tells what a delegate to the late Methodist Centennial held in Baltimore said. It was "that the "presumptuous -action of some of the colored delegates did much to cause the Northern 'gushers' to look at the negro question from the same stand-point that Southern ers view it." This confirms what we. had heard. An intelligent gentle-; man of this city, who attended upon its deliberation?,told us that the self 4 importance and general bad manners of the negro delegates created a big disgust among many of the Northern delegates. ; You could hear some such remark as this from -.a- former negro admirer if not negrophilist: "Did yon ever see ..such conspicuous effrontery ? Dear me, I Vould " not have believed it. I don't wonder at you all holding length. ; Whew them off at arm's !" res, the best cure infatuation of the for Northern negro is to let them have "free inter course" and a clean track. SOTJND PRACTICAL VIEWS. The Philadelphia Times has been and is the advocate of the Protective policy. It has stood by the Pennr sylvanian . industries although Ihey flourished at the expense of the whole people of the Union. But now :that its people are suffering from tradV paralysis and 50,000 workingmen in that State alone are idle, thus j cre ating a heavy daily loss, the Times takes a more sane, a more intelligent, a more statesmanlike view, j Refer ring to Gov. Cleveland's understood policy, its . editor, Col. jMcClure, writes: ; ..: 1 . . The revenue standard will be the basis of all future tariffs, and every step will be taken to cheapen the necessaries or lire mat is consistent with fidelity to the general productive industries of the country. The present severe reduction of wages imperi ously demands every possible redaction of the cost of the necessaries of life consumed by labor, and our overproduction, that now hangs like a pall over many of our most im portant industries, must have enlarged markets, witn cheaper products to every extent consistent with protection of home labor against the ill-paid and ill-fed labor of Europe. . That would be the revision of the tariff on business principles.''; This is in perfect accord with the principle of taxation so long con tended for by the Stab, and it is in entire harmony with the I principles as formulated in the Democratic platform at Chicago. ; When ever the good sense of the Northern peo ple shall settle down upon the prin ciple of -making" ''the revenue stan dard the basis of all future Tariffs," then the country will prosper, and be cause the markets of the world will be then open to the productions of America. A Low Tariff is what the whole country needs, l here are no Free Traders in the "South, and but few in Democratic party. Protec tionists refer to all who Oppose their hobby is Free Traders,! just as all true Southern men are referred to habitually by Radical papers as "Uourbons. A name with some -i people answers the place of an argu ment. It is all they have to offer. Let us have fair, equitable, common- sense taxation. The editor of. the Times is now working that way.! The well informed and able Phila delphia Record corrects a strange error into which the ordinarily intel- and; careful New York Times - toll in vofDnnnrT t KroainaTtf VrJ tr I as "obscure" at the time he was nom inated. The Record says: . "He had refused a re-election to Con gress after serving there for fourteen years. Having ueen innce -nominated and twice elected to the Speakership, and during bis term of service on the floor of the House he had been one of the leaders of the opposi tion to Adams, and one of the most efficient supporters of Jackson. He had also been uovernor of Tennessee and a vice Presidential candidate- at two National Conventions; so that we i do not think he can be accurately described as 'obscure. '. ' -The Charleston News and Courier compliments its colored troops and says: ' - p.- ; . - Ih ; "It would be a good thing to send a repre sentative colored company to Washington. to take part in the grand parade at the in auguration of Cleveland. No body of citi zens is more interested in the success of Democratic administration than the colored people are, and South Carolina can f urnish a colored company that would stand com parison, in discipline and neatness of ap pearance, with the crack companies of New Jingiana." i ; i During the year 1884 . about 150 immigrant families have come into our State. We suppose we have lost quite as many by emigration, possi bly many more, i If the State could hold its people it would grow 30 per cent, in a decade. But we are glad to see desirable strangers moving into the Sate, especially those with some Capiiau - - ' - ivV;i - 4- .. Mr, Irani u. tiayne is booted as being 51 years old the let of January. We had supposed him to be older We hope he will have as many more returns of his . natal anniver sary and have troops of readers of his fine poems. i ( Great throngs of visitors called on President-elect Cleveland to wish him a Happy New Year. There is nothing that succeeds like success. Mexico has three tons of silver in a lamp at the New Orleans Exposition. 1- ME Tli: Criminal Conrt Qnesttao Cltl--'i sens' meeting. . '" The citzena' meeting last night to con sider the Criminal Court question was well attended, and a warm interest considering the temperature outside the court house was manifested. CoL E. O. Hall presided and HCapt. John Cowan officiated as Secretary. CoL Hall; stated the object of the meeting, and Capt. Bagg, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, being called upon, submitted an explanatory and comparative statement of : the cost and the work of the Criminal Court in the past; declaring, that in-: the opinion of the County Commissioners, the Criminal Court was a necessity.; Speeches ' wete made by CoL Roger. Moore, and Messrs. J. D. and M. Bellamy, favoring the establishment of a Criminal Circuit Court,' upon the ground, mainly, that ; the coat .would be less bur. densome to the county "with such a system The arguments of - these gentlemen were combatted by Hon. Geo. Davis,' N. Jacob!, Esq., and E. 8v.Martin,Esq. Mr. A. G, Bicaud then addressed .the meeting in favor of the Oreoi -Court system, and offered the following resolution, via.:"'-".'"' : i Whereas, The State of North Carolina should bear the burden of administering the criminal law in New Hanover, as well as in other counties of the State, therefore be it j Resolved, That it is the sense of this meet ing that New Hanover county should be placed either in a Criminal Circuit or that there be such additional terms of the Super rior Court, with exclusive criminal jurisdic tion, as may be necessary to dispose of the criminal business, and as may be practica ble by reason of an increase of the number of Superior Court Judges. " fWe earnestly recommend to the legislature either one or the other of the above courses, as the Legisla ture may in its wisdom determine ; but in the event that neither course as above indicated; shall be adopted by the General Assembly,: then we earnestly recommend the continu ance of the present Criminal Court and the retention of the present officials of that Court. ' . . , , i.-v Mr. Geo. Davis presented the following as a substitute for the resolution offered by Mr. Bicaud, viz.: j j Resolved. That it is the opinion and de sire of the .people of Wilmington that the' Criminal Court or new uanover county, as at present established by law, should be preserved and continued. f . After further debate, a motion to adopt the substitute was declared carried, by a viva voce vote. A division was then called for and the chair appointed Messrs. Du Brutz Cutlar and Dr. W. W. Harris as tellers. The count by tellers resulted in the adoption of Mr.Davis' resolution 57 to 45 -The announcement of the result by the tellers was followed by some confusion,' opponents . of the resolution protesting against the manner in which the vote was taken, declaring that it should have been by ballot. In the confusion a motion to. adjourn was made and seconded. A bal lot was called for on this motion and was ordered by the chair. The motion was de feated yeas 53, nays D5. A second mo tion was then made to adjourn, by Mr. M. Bellamy, and was carried, and the meeting dispersed. Narrow Escape. A narrow escape occurred at the residence of one of our citizens on Friday. A brave little fellow had just started to go down a high flight of stairs, with the baby in his arms, when he stumbled and fell with his precious burden and tumbled to the very bottom of the . stairs, but never once re leased his hold upon the little one. Beach ing the bottom of the steps he screamed "Ma, I've killed the baby 1" The mother ran horrified to the spot, picked up the lit tle darling, and found, to her intense satis faction, that it had not sustained so much as a bruise. The frightened brother, greatly relieved to hear that no bones were broken,' then remembered that he "rolled clear over the baby" once in bis giddy flight. Be careful with the babies I : ' The New York Eerald records the loss of the schooner EsteUe Day, Capt E. T. Williams, from Charleston to Philadelphia. Capt W. is well know in this city, having married a step-daughter of Mr. B. J. Scarbo rough. He is also remembered in connection with the narrow escape of himself and wife from the ill-fated schooner Mary E. Feme rick, which foundered at sea in the early part of last year. . His wife was not with him on this occasion. Capt W. states that he sailed December 16th with 172,000 feet of yellow P"me lumber- and had fine weather m isth off fiin TwtknTit whfin th weather became squally; at 8 p. m. hauled down jib and staysail and hove to, the wind blowing heavily and a heavy sea: pumps kept going every hour all night At 6 a. m. 19th, wind heavy and a mountainous sea, the vessel be gan to heel, and at 9 a. m. rolled over, the crew clinging to the outside, and the sea washing over them. .They , remained thus until Sunday night, 21st, when the vessel began to right just before daylight, and on the 22d they all got into the fore rigging. The vessel was then breaking up fast and the lumber coming out At 8 a. m. she broke up with a great noise and sank im mediately, and left the crew hanging on to the lumber and other floating material. At 9 a. m. the mate, Mr. K S. Curling, of Lynn, Mass., failed to hold on to the raft, and was drowned. At 2 p. m. a sail bore down to them. They had met portions of the wrecked stuff and were looking for the wreck.'- She proved to be the Norwegian barque Onward, Captain Olsen, from Stock holm for New York, by whom they were' all taken off and kindly treated. At the time of the rescue they had been four days in tne water, witn nothing to eat or arink. The EsteUe Day hailed from Newcastle. Del., was 216 tons burden and was owned by J. u. Atkins and others of Milton, Del., and B. Davis Carey and others of Philadel phia, She was valued at $10,000; no insu rance. ; . ' . For the Star. Wallace P. O., N. 0.. Dec. 81st 1884. At $he close of the year, we very nat urally look DacK to see wnat nas been done, and if we have done well try to do better: if ill to improve on it I Daring the year Mr. D. ZL Wallace has built a commodious and beautiful resi dence, which he now occupies. J Mr. Q. M. Carr, of Goldaboro Messenger fame, has moved his family in town. - -. 1 Mr. L. L. Mallard has built an extension to his store-house, and Mrs. Bobinson, of Sampson county (mother of Dr. L. W. Bobinson, of our town,) has just moved in with her two daughters. : . rToiessors Clement and Shaw an in high spirits with their military school here: thev have about fifty scholars. Prof essor Shaw was recently married to one of Sampson's fair ladies, and we heartily congratulate him upon his arrival with ms lair one. - - we have lour stores, kept by Messrs. ii. iioney & Sons, Kobinson & Carr, J. K. ma ford and L. L. Mallard--all very clever fel lows, and exceedingly anxious and willing to make tneir now u a customer snouia ac cidentally happen to drive in town, , G, WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1885. , : MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE. ! TAe Dca Boar of a: Stranger Fa .witn Jim TkrMt Cit Acrtit tne ;;Blver: ' ' ' v' J, Yesterday' afternoon some sportsmen who were gunning on the opposite' side of the xifss-from this city found the dead body of a man lying about three hundred yards from the ferry, at the foot of a large tree at which the Wilmington7 Light In fantry used to practice , target-firings la- formation was at once sent across the river to Coroner Jacobs and that officer- went over and took charge of the remains. . j i The body was found lying on its back, with a terrible gash on the right side of the throat A smaQ. silver-handled pen knife covered with blood, and a cane with a sil ver head, lay by Its side. There were no evidences of decomposition , and the man had probably been dead only a few hours. The body : was dressed In " a neat suitrof dark cassimere. and was apparently that of man about. thirty-five; years of age, of rather email stature, with blue eyes, light hair and. mustache. '. In the pockets were found a handsome gold watch, about . fifty -dollan jajaoney, a bank check-book : and two pocket-handkerchiefs, but not let ters or papers nothing in fact that would give a clue to the stranger's ; identity but the check-book. This was on the South Bend National Bank, oi South Bend, lad., and contained entries showing deposits in the name of L. W. Whitlow, to the amount of $2,800, against which there were checks amounting to $800. By order of the Coro ner the body was removed to a house near the ferry and a guard placed over it for the night The inquest will be held this morn ing. Chief of Police Brock, at the request of the Coroner, telegraphed to the bank at South Bend, Ind., a statement of the facts. Enquiry, at the hotels last night afforded no information as to the deceased; but it was learned that a man answering to the description of the stranger had stopped Wednesday morning, about 7 o'clock, at the "Old Scarborough : House, a restau rant on Water street kept by Mr. D. A.- Sebeck, and after getting a plate of oysters, walked off, but came back 'about dark in in the afternoon and wanted a room. The man, however, was apparently dement ed; said that persons were pursuing him, and talked in such a wild manner that the clerk was afraid to let him remain in the house over night and advised him to seek lodgings elsewhere. The stranger then took his departure, leaving his overcoat which he asked the clerk to take care of. He had no ba?zage. . Nothing further could be learned of the movements of the stranger, but a rumor that he was seen upon the wharf yesterday morning. - i A reply to the telegram sent to the offi cers of the bank at South Bend, Ind., will probably be received by the coroner to day when this mysterious tragedy may be un ravelled. : m " ' Oatraceona Conaaet. . We learn that' an attempt was made Wednesday night between 12 and 1 o clock, to assassinate one Bill Waddell, a stevedore, living north of the W. & W. Railroad. A nartv of four or five disguised colored men, it is stated, went to his house and tried to get him to come out; and upon his failure to do so, they fired into both his front and back doors, shooting and badly wounding a horse belonging to a neighbor, and finally attempted to .set fire to the house, for which purpose they had an abundance of kerosene oil in buckets. The neighbors, however, having become aroused, hurried to the rescue and saved the property from destruction. r. 8. DeVane. The remains of Mr. W. 8. DeVane were brought to this city yesterday from Savan nah and interred in the . family burying place at Oakdale Cemetery. He was the son of the late Col. W. S. DeVane, a promi nent lawyer of this place. Mr. DeYane left here in May, 1883. and accepted the place of book-keeper; with Mr. Jesse Wilder, of Brunswick, Georgia, with whom he staid till last October and then took a position in the Georgia Military Academy at Savan nah, so that he could have better opportuni ty of pursuing the study of law, which he had chosen as his profession. In his posi tion at Savannah, as well as at Brunswick, he gave, the utmost satisfaction, and show ed himself to be a man of far more than or dinary ability. He was taken sick a short while since with malarial fever and after lingering two weeks died. - William De Yane was born at Clinton on February 13th, 1861, but at an early age moved here with his father and family, where he was reared. We knew him when he was a boy, and the same honorable and straightforward manner which characterized him when young clung to him in manhood and gained him many friends and admirers'. As a friend be was devoted and true, and as a foe open and , fearless. Beloved by his friends for his sterling qualities of heart and mind, he will leave behind many who will mourn his loss. We extend to the family our sincere sympathy in this sad hour of bereavement. . . , Foreign Exports for December. .The following is a statement of the for eign exports from the port of Wilmington for the month of December just closed, as compiled from the books of the Custom House: . - - . Cotton 15,195 bales, weighing 7,033,72i pounds, and valued at $723,729. Rosin 25,104 barrels, valued at $29,844. ' Tar 10 barrels, valued at $20. Pitch 7 barrels, valued at. $13. Spirits Turpentine 155,898 gallons, valued at $44,048. Lumber 1,729,000 feet, valued at $27,- 198. - Shingles 654,000, valued at $3,780. Miscellaneous Value $78. Total $828,710; on American vessels, $16,843; foreign vessels, $812,867. Feeling; Frond. Mr. W. J. Boney, writing under date of Jan. 1st says: "Our little town of Duplin Boad and surrounding country are feeling proud over the establishment to day of a telegraph office at this place. We are now m ruu electric communicauuu wiui the world.' To Be Forwarded. Arrangements were made yesterday for the transfer of the remains of the late I. B. Wilklaw to the home of his relatives in Indiana. The body, under the direction of Coroner Jacobs, was taken np and. carried to the establishment of Mr. J. W- Wool vin, where it was placed in a casket It was expected that the remains would be forwarded last night or this morning. KJLY OUR COMMERCE. " Becelpts ana Exports of Cotton ana Naval Storea -Arrival, Tonnage, etc. The receipts of Cotton at the port of Wil- mkigton for the year 1884 footed up 97,128 bales, as against 113,863 bales -for 1883; Spirits Turpentine, 71,484 Casks, as against 8027 casks for 1883; Bosin, 338,350 bar rels, as against 434.662 barrels for 1883: Tar, 9,781 barrels, as against 82,229 bar rels for 1883: Crude Turpentine. 49.124 barrels, as against 60,153 barrels for 1883. EXPORTS. - "Z The exports of Cotton for the year . 1884 footed up 97,231 bales,: of which 88,202 bales went coastwise and 59,029 bales for eign; as against 120,818 bales in 1883. of which 49,463 bales went coastwise and 71,- 855 bales foreign. ' The exports of Spirits Turpentine for 1884 footed up 71,354 casks. of S which 15,710 casks went ' coastwise and 55,644 casks foreign; as " against 82,135 casks for 1883, of which 30,511 went coastwise and 61.624 foreign The exports, of Jsoain tor the year 1884 looted up 342,936, barrels, of which 40,618 barrels went coast wise and 802.818 barrels foreign ; j against 453,492 barrels for l883,ol 'which s4,723 barrels Went coastwise, and 338,769 fpreign. 'The exports of Tar forl884 footed up 68,794 barrels, of which 49,448 barrels went coastwise and 19,346 foreign ; as against 82,666 barrels for 1883, of which 53,562 barrels went coastwise and 29.104 foreign. The exports of Crude Turpentine for 1884 footed up 89,903 barrels, of which 1,464 barrels went coastwise and 439 bar rels foreign; as against 21,094 barrels for 1883, of which 20,507 barrels went coast wise and 587 barrels foreign. . . . ' " - " THCBBB. --),--- The exports of Timber during the year just closed were as follows: ; ' ' : Coastwise. .......... 832,138 Foreign. 1.435.103 January. . February. . . 1,653,795 - 836,630 927,805 2.000.205 Marcn..... ... 2,172,828 . .. 1.925.575 .. 2,753,774 . .. 2,275,326 ... 1,935,158 ... 1,877,234 ... 1,248,073. 2,191,137 ... 1.578,422 ... 1,112,833 April...... May.. . June.... .. July.... ... August..... 1,140,854 1,530,733 816,861 1,717,520 1,052,696 September . October, .v. 1,430,581 November . 774.585 December . . 1,728,858 Total. . . . .21,555,793 15,890,431 Tne Xll-Faled Stranger The case of the ill-fated stranger, the finding of whose body on the west side of the river was mentioned in our last formed the general topic of conversation yesterday. During the forenoon Coroner Jacobs sum moned a jury, composed of Elijah Lane, Thomas G. Pickett Monroe Byrd, John D. Steljes, George F. Tilley and T. H. Betts, who viewed the body and heard such evi dence as came before them, which agreed substantially with the account in yester day's Stab. The name on the bank book was L. B. Wilklaw. The verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death by committing suicide with a knife, It is evident from all the facts and cir cumstances that the deceased was laboring under the effects of mental aberration at the time he took his life, and it is probable that heliad been drinking to an excess, as those who noticed him ; say he was very nervous. The ferrymen say they remem ber bringing him from the west to the east side of the river on one occasion, but that they never carried him over from this side. His effects, consisting of a gold watch and chain, a large heavy gold ring, a pair of gold sleeve buttons, a pair of gloves, two small combs, a small pocket mirror, a shoe buttoner and key attached to a charm, and a fine overcoat, are in the possession of Coroner Jacobs. The following telegrams were received yesterday: South Bend, Ind., Jan. 2, 12.15 P.M. David Jacobs. Coroner: f KB. Wilklaw's relatives at Misnawaka, Ind., will instruct you. We have notified them. . ' " . i South Bend National Bane. Mishawaka, Ind., Jan. 2, 12.20 P. M. David Jacobs. Coroner: Send description of u. JB. Wilklaw, lound dead, and bow killed. . : J. Z. WILKLAW. The body was transferred to this side of the river, yesterday afternoon, and subse quently interred in Oakdale Cemetery. Late yesterday evening, after the inter ment the following telegram was received by Coroner Jacobs: Mishawaka. ind.. Jan. 2, 1884. To David Jacobs, Coroner: - Send remains here, in black clotn cov- erved casket. cost forty dollars by ex press, via American Express from Cincm- nati. send watch cnain, ring, pocket- book, knife and contents of pockets in a package bv express to me. ' He had a buff colored valise, overcoat and an extra suit of clothes. If found send. J . Z. Wilklaw, Agt Am. Ex. Co. Cotton. The receipts of cotton for the month of December just closed footed up 15,970 bales, as against 14,923 bales for the cor responding month last year; showing an in crease of 1,047 bales. The receipts for the crop year commen cing September 1st to date foot up 82,372 bales, as against 76,952 bales for the same month last year; an increase of 5,420 bales. ' v Fastern Insane Aaylnm. Mr. M. M. Katz spent the neW; year in Goldsboro, where he attended a meeting. of the Directors of , the Eastern Insane Asylum. - The other Directors present were Dr. J. W. Vick, Johnston; J. A. Bonitz and E. B. Borden,Wayne; Dr. Matt Moore, Duplin ; Theopholis Edwards, of Greene, and W. F. Bouhtree, of Craven. Matters of importance to the Asvliim were discussed, but an adjournment was finally had, without accomplishing anyining.Buo- 1ect to the call of the Chairman., mt. Katz arrived home on the late train Thurs day night. Arrivals Daring 1884. According to the record in the office of Capt Joseph Price, Harbor Master, there have been 434 arrivals during the past year, divided as follows: American 66 steamers: 4 barques; 8 brigs; 183 schooners. Total 261. Foreign 6 steamers: 122 barques; 34 brigs; 11 schooners. Total 173. Tonnage American 109,982. Foreign 66,498. Total 176,480. A Big Snake. Mr. W. W. Barnes exhibited a rattle snake skin in our offide yesterday, which was taken from a "varmint" he killed in Florida, measuring seven feet in length and nearly twelve inches in diameter. The snnkA had thirteen rattles. Florida is a great State; but Pender county beats her on snakes, TAR. WASHINGTON. Preparations for the Iaangaral Cere - monies on the Fourth of march President Arthur' New Year's Be- " Caption. ; v ;-; .;;: ;-.v;;- -i ? : v i; f ' Washington, January 1. The Inaugu ration Committee desire that organizations, either military or civic, intending to visit Washington on the fourth of March next should communicate 'to the committee the number of persons included in the organi sation, the intended stopping place, and other particulars, so that position in the line of the procession may be reserved for mem and other, necessary: arrangements made. The committee on Public Order express a determination to have Pennsyl vania, avenue, - from the' Capitol to. the White House, cleared of all vehicles and obstructions od the fourth of ' March, so that the procession may not be thrown into disorder. Spectators will be confined to the sidewalks. The committee state that the inaugural ball - will be made a prominent feature of the occasion, and is expected to surpass anything of the kind ever attempted in this country. Work is progressing rap Idly on the pension building and the grand ball room will undoubtedly be completed in season. The court of the building which will be used for the ball room, is 316 feet in length by J14 feet in width, surrounded by three tiers of corridors 22 feet in widths .The magnificent structure affords opportu nity for decorations of the. most striking ana v elaborate descriptions, .which the committee' guarantees shall be observed; It is estimated that fifteen thousand, guests , tcan be accommodated, but the number of lCKeis win oe iiuiiieu wt is,vuv. Quite a lively contest is in progress be tween musical organizations of the country ipr tne uonor oi lurnisuing music ror me ball. Dodsworth's band of New York, the Germania Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Marine Band of this city, are the most prominent competitors. The com mittee partially decided to nave, three bands one stationed in the centre of the hall for dance music, and the others for promenade music. Washington. January 1. The recep tion at the White House to-day President Arthur's last was more than usually bril liant, but beyond that circumstance was de void of incident. The decorations of the house were simple but tasteful and were almost entirely of ferns,- palms and cut flowers from the White House conservato ry. Tne lull Marine Band, stationed in tne vestibule, lurnisned music. Tne President stood in his usual place, in the blue parlor, surrounded by the wives of his Cabinet officers and those of a few Senators and Rep resentative, and his sister, Mrs. McElroy. Tne programme was earned out promptly, and by a quarter past 2 o. clock the Presi dent was out of doors and on horseback. The Charges Against Gen. MeKeever t Investigation of the Conduct of Mar shal nrrlght. Washington. Jan. 2. It is understood that Lieut, General Sheridan has replied to General Hazen, informing him that no offi cial notice can be taken of the informal charges which he preferred some days ago against uenerai Mcneever. it is. assumed. therefore, that if General Hazen wishes to pursue the matter further, it will be neces sary for him to prefer formal charges and specifications. -"- representative b printer, chairman of the Sub Committee appointed to investigate the conduct of Marshal Wright, at the Ohio October election, left Washington to day for Cincinnati Messrs. VanAlstyne and Stewart also, members of the commit tee, will meet Mr. Springer in that city. The investigation will begin Monday next andit is expected will continue about two weeks. First Notice of Contest In the 49th Congress Slight Earthquake Shoek. Washington, January 8. W. H. Kidd has filed a notice of contest for the seatxf George W. Steele, of the Eleventh Indiana District, in 'the 49th Congress. Mr. Kidd charges that votes in his favor were cast out by the Republican managers of the elec tion. This is the first notice of contest that has been filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. A good many people in tnis city and in adjoining counties in Virginia and Mary land, are convinced that they felt an earth quake shock about half-past nine o'clock last night. It did not attract general at tention nor cause alarm, but there seems to be no doubt that a slight disturbance of the earth did occur at that time. Reports from the vicinity of Frederick, Maryland, indi cate that the shock was more distinct and more generally observed there than in any other locality in this section. Nobody was hurt however, and no damage was done. ALABAMA. Sir. Randall and Party at Blrmlag- . ham. ; Birmingham' Jan. 2 Birmingham's distinguished visitors were favored with the best possible weatner on tneir second day here. It was cold and raw yesterday and last nignt. but tne sun snone ongnuy all to day and the temperature was much milder. -Mr. Kandall and party, witn seve ral distinguished gentlemen from other places in Alabama, and some twen ty five prominent citizens of Birming ham, devoted nearly tne wnoie day to visits to the iron properties, on the Birmingham Mineral Railroad a short road of two arms striking Louisville ' and Nashville, one about four and the other six miles south of Birmingham. The first place visited was the Sloss mines, the southern terminus or the northern arm of the Mineral Railtoad. They afterwards visited the Woodward Iron Co.'s furnace and coal mines and the Morris mines at the southern terminus of the southern arm of the Birmingham Mineral Railroad. The party then returned to the city. MASSACHUSETTS. Formation of a National League for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic Reduction of Wages In Fall River mills. ' Boston, Jan. 3. For a few weeks past active friends of temperance have been busily engaged in arranging'an organization to tide the reform over its present critical stage. The movement culminated yester day in this city, when the National League (non partisan and non sectarian) for the suppression of tne liquor tramc was formed. The movement has been kept from the press until now. November 28th was the date of the first meeting, when it was de cided to open correspondence widely over the country to see what support could be obtained. The platform of principles and obiects was prepared and circulated, au merous favorable answers came, and many clergymen, members of Congress, judges and women are committed to the support of the movement . Twenty-six States are represented bv prominent names, l ne on-: jects of the association, as set forth in the constitution, are the enforcement of laws against the liquor traffic, .the withdrawal of legal sanction from and suppression of the liquor tramc, witn tne ultimate purpose oy constitutional and sutuatory provision to banish it from the land, i Officers were elected who will hold office until the first annual meeting, which will occur January 14. 1886. unless the time shall be changed by the directors. Tne emcers are as fol lows : Presidentr-Bev. Dr. Dorchester, of New York: General Secretary Mrs, J, Ellen Foster: Recording Secretary Bey. A. H. Plumb, D. D.. of Boston; Treasurer Hon. Joseph D. Weeks, of Pittsburgh. The directors are: Hon. Oliver Hoyt, of Connecticut: Lewis Miller, of Onio: lion. J. B. Farwell, of Illinois; Rev. E. E. Hale, Mrs.- Marv A. Livermore, ana Mrs. u. B. Prescott of Massachusetts. : Fall Bivkb. Jan. 3. The Board I of Trade held a long session yesterday at which the question as to a reduction of wages was discussed. The members , are not willing to talk, but it is learned on pretty good authority that the Board has decided to cut wages 10 per cent duiing the present month. Notice of tne reduc tion has not yet been posted in the mills. Dr. Walker says she will wear the "pants or nothing." Let it be the pants then by all means. Boston Fot. NO. 11 , ILLINOIS. Representative Blorrlson Interviewed He Is n Candidate for the Senatorial Nomlnauon and Thinks n Democrat will be Elected What he has to say About the Tariff Laws. -..r .i -; Chicago. January 1. In-an interview last night, Representative Morrison, of this State, said: "I think the Democrats will elect the next United States Senator from Illinois, because they deserve to win. I am a candidate for nomination, and if I did not believe that the nominee would secure an election, I would not enter the contest. I do not seek any indorsement on my tariff views by the Democrats in the Legislature. My Course in Congress was indorsed by my constituents at the - last election, by re electing me as . their representative, and I do not solicit any -other - indorsement. I believe that the nominee of the legislative caucus will receive the vote of every Demo crat in the Legislature. ; I know there are two republican members of the Legislature who would like to vote for me, in case I receive the Democratic nomination. Wheth er they will give me their, votes or not I cannot say. I shall go down to Spring- neid lor a few days, and may remain in the State capital until after the assembling of the legislature. ' Speaking of the prospects for a revision of the tariff laws. Mr. Morrison said that he thought that there would be no attempt at Buca reaucuon oy tne members oi tne pres ent; Congress.. He. maintained that the uueauon naa Deen tuny uiscusseo last win ter, ana a reduction voted down, lie saw no reason to suppose that members had. suffered a change of heart on this measure, and a reconsideration would be a loss of time without any prospect 6f success. He believed that the duties should be decreased, ananemignt introduce a bill calling for a reduction at some future time, but not at ue present session. FREE TRADE CLUBS. Frank: Hard Tells When and Where the First Club was Organised Grover Cleveland Its Orlalnal and Present President, and Believed to be Radical In his Views. Chicago, January 1. A Cincinnati tele gram quotes Frank Hurd, the Toledo Con gressman, who has been spending several oays in Cincinnati, attending to legal busi ness, as relating the following in the pres ence of ex-Mayor Means and several Dem ocrats ot local prominence. The first Free Trade Club in America was organized in BufLilo, after the civil war The meeting was called by leading Buffalo Democrats and a few Free Trade Republicans. Thev met in the office of Bissell & Cleveland, and perfected an organization of a Free Trade uiuD. i nis organization exists to day, and Grover Cleveland is its President. He was elected President at the start, and has con tinued to De its f resident ever since. Mr. Hurd was asked how these facts were kept quiet uunng tne campaign, ue replied that when Cleveland became prominent in pontics eacn member in tne Uluo was in structed to keep the matter a secret for fear that Protectionists' prejudices would injuie ms prospects; ana out or personal good will toward him all of the members have been very close-mouthed about the matter. Some time ago Mr. Hurd bad a conversa tion with Mr. Bissell, in which the latter expressed surprise that the secret had been kept so well. According to Mr. llurd's views, Uov. Cleveland is a radical Free Trader, who will advance his ideas when in power. ON A SPREE. Paymaster Smyth of Savannah Turns np In Washington He makes Good his Defalcation. Washington. Jan. 2. Paymaster W. H. Smyth, who disappeared from Savan nah; Ga., with $5,500 government money, arrived here to day and surrendered him self to the Paymaster General. He turned over $5,150 of the money, taken and his De cember pay X250. A friend paid $100, making tne Tun . amount o3,ouo,,Maj. Bmytn says ne went on on a spree and knew nothinr"ofhis actions till he had nearly reached New York on the steamer, where he arrived yesterday. He imme diately telegraphed his clerk that he would return immediately, but afterwards con cluded to come to Washington and report to the Paymaster OeneraL I TENNESSEE. The "High Tariff" Reception of Mr. j Randall at Chattanooga. 1. IBy Telegraph to the Horning Star.l Chattanooga, January 8. Hon. Sam uel J. Randall and party arrived in this city this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from Nashville by special train. The party stopped at the leading cities between Nash ville and Chattanooga, and at Mur trees boro. An immense crowd met tbe train. Mr.! Randall was called to the platform and made a few remarks. At all towns the train was greeted with cheers. At Stephen soni Ala., wnen tne train entered tne depot a throng of nearly a thousand of tne lead ing! citizens were assembled, and, as the crowd divided to let it pass, cheer after cheer rent the air for "Randall and High Tariff, When the train stopped Mayor liugn Whiteside stepped upon the platform and addressed Mr. Randall as follows: "Uhatta nooga is glad of this opportunity to join her sister cities in doing honor to America's greatest statesman; wnose clear bead and conservatism nave maue mm me peer oi all his associates and won for him the re spect and confidence of the entire nation We extend to you and your party a most cordial welcome." Mr. Randall responded: "In reply to your words of welcome and friendship, I would say mere is no town in tne soutn l would rather visit with its various busi ness enterprises, its energy and its indus tries, than Chattanooga, l.nave found. as I had thought, that by a special visit to the South and Chattanooga, I would see the forwardness of its enterprises its in dustrial interests and I shall hope to be able to instruct myself in all these directions, so that I may be able in the I future to act in behalf of the South with more intelligence than I have heretofore acted in behalf of the United States. The truth is, I have never lost one vote or missed saying one word that would aid In promoting the interests of this section as well as the interests of my own." This speech was greeted with cheers, and the party were then conducted to carriages in waiting and left the depot amid shouts from hundreds of throats for "Randall and High Tariff." The party visited the leading iron and - wood-working - industries, iron furnaces and all points of interest about the city. At 7 p. m. there was a mass meeting at tbe i court house, which Mr. Kandall ad dressed, and at 9 p. m. a reception was held at the Stanton House, closing witn a grand banquet. ILLINOIS. . Terrific Force of a Boiler Explosion . j at Chicago. Chicago, January 2. While engaged in the search yesterday for the remains of five victims of the recent tug explosion, a crowd of men gathered about the spot where the mangled remains of William Boone, fireman, were picked up Wednes day night. On the tall side of tne grain elevator they were startled to see, pressed in blood on the slate wan, tne perfect out line of a human form, the bands spread aoart and held high above the head. The impress of the face, body and legs were on the side of the great building, nearly fifty ieei aoove tne uoca-ievei sou it was evi dent that. Boone has been projected with terrific force from the deck of the tug up into the air and against the elevator wall, dropping back, crushed horribly, to the dOCk belOW. - " ':';--:. 4 Asheville Advance: We regret to learn that Hon. R. B. Vance, who in tended leaving for his post of duty at Washington yesterday, is loo unwed to leave his room. As soon as he sufficiently recovers he will return, accompanied by Mrs. Vance, who has also been quite ill, but is now greatly improved. Spirits .Turpentm Raleigh Visitor: Died, at the . if sidence of her husband, -yesterday morn- init, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Martha Womble, wife of Mr. Jordan Womble. Sr. . in the 72nd year of her age. . The New Berne Journal reports the killing of a rattlesnake 'near Havelock " over seven feet long with thirteen rattles. Tbe Pender monster is still ahead. It was . some 16 inches in circumference. 1 Raleigh : Chronicle::: Cantain V Heartt, the City Marshal, rented the meat, fish and vegetable stalls in Metropolitan market yesterday, the prices ranging- from $75 to $250 each. The total rental for twenty-two stalls and the two basements used for restaurants was $3,852. One - oi ine largest transactions ever made in Durham' took place" r Thursday. W. Duke, 8ons & Co. bought 572,619 pounds of leaf tobacco and paid therefor thn Bum of $91,944.74. It was not a hie- rinv far tobacco; either, --'i ' . Tarboro Southerner": The cot ton crop of this county will not be less than thirty-live thousand bales. Careful esti mates from every section of-the county show that the average yield per acre was consideradly in excess of one-half a bale. - Rocky Mount is on a boom. Several wealthy merchants have recently moved -there and begun business. . Sometime du ring the year and before fall it is proposed to build a large tobacco warehouse. On Christmas eve, Henry, son of Capt. J. S. Bancy, and Burton, son of Mr. H. EL -Shaw, were preparing to fire some powder. Henry was pouring the powder into Bur ton's band, when a spark of fire fell into the powder and exploded that in the flask as well as that in the bov's hand, badlv burning both of the boys. . Charlotte Observer: Business in Charlotte during the year closed yester day, notwithstanding the poor outlook at . certain seasons, proves to have been greater than has ever yet been known in the annals of Charlotte's history. -- Parties who am veu in tne city -yesterday rmm yjexing- 1 tuuhgnc no utBuripuon oi a uveiy street -fight that occurred in that town last Tues- : day afternoon, between two of Lexington's prominent citizens. The participants were Mayor Williams and Capt. F. C. Bobbins. The trouble grew out of the trial of some -case in which they . were ; interested. J! rom parties wbo .arrived in the city yes terday afternoon from Morganton we learn : that considerable excitement , prevailed in that town yesterday morning, over the arrest and imprisonment of a woman named Stewart, a daughter of Wm. 8tewart, on the charge of infanticide. The col ored people of this city are to have an emancipation celebration, at Clinton chapel, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. J. A. Tyler will deliver an address. - Raleigh Visitor: We chroni- . cle, with feelings of profound sadness, the death of William 8. Mason. He died at his residence in this city at seven o'clock this morning, after an illness of one week. Mr, Mason occupied such a prominent po sition in this community and was so highly esteemed for his excellent qualities of head and heart that his death has cast a gloom over the city. Mr. Mason was the son of ' the late Rev. Dr. R. S. Mason, who was ' for so many years the Rector of Christ Church in this city.- He . was born in the State of New York and was 55 years old. The Rev. Dr. Nelson, the newly elected pastor of the Hargett Street Baptist unurcn, arrived in tne city tnis morning. Pursuant to notice the members of the bar met at the court house at 3 o'clock on December 89th. Upon motion of T. M. Argo, Esq., it was resolved that a commit tee of five members of the bar of Raleigh be appointed to issue an invitation to the bar of the State to meet in convention in Raleigh at an early day, to be fixed by said committee." Raleigh News- Observer: The Supreme Court meets on the first Monday in February. Raleigh has another promising young taxidermist in the per son of Master James Busbee, son of Charles 1 M. Busbee, Esq. He exhibits in a window at Brigg8 & Sons' hardware store well mounted and prepared specimens of ducks and partridges. We hear of an inci dent in connection with Maj. John W. Graham, of Hillsboro, which having ter minated happily has afforded much merri ment to his friends. Aboard a train enter ing Jersey City a day or two ago, the Ma jor missed his watched and boldly charged the theft upon the only person . apparently who could have abstracted it, anq -wno turned' out to be a New York millionaire. The denouement was the finding by the Major of the watch in a "tother" pocket mutual explanations arrd -spologiss and a grand handshaking all 'round. Some months ago at a meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association at Asheville. a young man named Jason Cunningham quarreled with another party and a fight followed. A knife was used in the scuffle a party not assailing Cunningham was cut and killed. At the trial a verdict of man slaughtered was rendered, and the Judge gave uunningnam a sentence or iour month's imprisonment in Asheville jail. There were very many mitigating circum stances in the case and yesterday upon an application signed by dozens of people at Asheville, officers of the court, &c, Gov. Jar vis pardoned Cunningham. To-day his pardon will reach hinaas a new year's gut. u ; Charlotte Observer: Last Men- day night an old colored man named Ba laam Harris, who lives near Davidson Col lege, in this county, was sitting by his pre side, surrounded by his three sons, when one of the boys, Sam Harris, rose to leave tbe house. As Sam went out the door the report of a pistol was heard and Sam fell headlong to the ground, shot through the throat. Tne snot was lired oy a young ne gro from South Carolina who was standing in the darkness outside the house evidently awaiting a chance to slay old Balaam's son. Mr. Jim Mcltee, wno lives a lew miles from the city, arrived here early yesterday morning, bringing three pairs of leg irons, sent to tne county - commissioners by the three escaped convicts with their compliments. Mr. it. i. emiin, oi -tsteei ureea town ship, made perhaps the best record as a cotton raiser in the county, having pro duced 16 bales on 14 acres, tbe bales ave raging 487 pounds. The market is fairly glutted with partridges. ' One man alone yesterday brought in 300 live birds, but the supply so far exceeded the demand that he had to carry some of his birds back home unsold. At the Trade street, depot yesterday afternoon, a body of sixty colored people from points along the Caro lina Central road, took the Air Line train -for Little Bock, Ark. They said they were going there on the promise made them by an agent that the government is to give them each forty acres of public land in that State, and this was the inducement that decided them to go. ; Raleigh News- Observer: Col. . Ed. Graham Haywood is very sick. He was recently taken to New York for medi cal treatment, but returned not benefited. Yesterday he ' showed no improvement. Mr. Lewis H. Crowder, a well known resident in the Cary neighborhood, died yesterday morning, aged about 70 years. Gov. Cameron, of Virginia, has made a requisition upon Gov. Jarvis for Guy Donoho, alias H. G. Donoho, and Frank Guerrant both charged with having com mitted murder at Danville, Va. The men are in jail at Hillsboro. Mr. John B. Strickland is a deaf and dumb man who has two children in the D. D. and B. insti tution here. : He lives at Newton Greve, Harnett county, forty-four miles from Ra leigh. Sunday morning early he left there and Sunday night arrived here. - The good people of Harnett know all about long dis tance pedestrianism and are quite indepen dent of railways. In a class of thirty nine middies who graduate this year, Vir ginia has . seven representatives, one of whom leads the van. North Carolina has one, and he, like some men who have turned out to be great hovers around the other end of the list. Willard Banks and Nathan Womack, both colored, and half-brothers, in Middle Creek township, Christmas night were at the house of Mon roe Womack, attending a cake-walk. Mil lard used some profane language, was re proved for it by Nathan, and a fight en sued in which Millard cut Nathan with a large pocket knife, so badly that be died in a few hours. Millard fled in the direction of Apex.; He is reputed to have taken the train there and has not . yet been appre hended. Mrs. O. Ferrall died yester day at No. 404 South Wilmington street aged 74: The cause of death was paralysis. North Carolina 4 per cent. - bonds at 82.84 are a good investment. They yield nearly five per cent, interest annually on the amount investectare exempt from taxa tion, which is equal to two per cent more - 1