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f . i i The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT , & (V,LjIIIlOTOM, S. C, AT yi . 0 A IE1B, I ADTANOE. 3S5Se8SSSS8SSSSS sss8siiissss8sss .UjuoW it SSSSSSS8SSS8SSS8S SSSsSSS888SSS3888 'SSSS8S8S8888S8888 S5S28aS8RS8SS SS888S8S8S8888888 71!- 3S88SS8SSS8SSSSS8 si n e tr 90 o j; jo jo aj g jj eg jj eg S S S 3 8 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 S. 8. 8 8 " " 2 5 5 3 JS 2 1! 3 if ' r 1 : Z S S S : as s "SSSSSSSS creJ at the Post Offioe at"WTbnington, H. C, SUBSCRIPTION PBICEZ; The subscriotibn '.price of the Webxxt Star is as follows : , ' . - S r.de Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " " 6 months, " " 1.00 " 3 months. " f - . .50 OKnofRAViC PB1RCIPLES OF - i' TAXATION, , 1. . r . ' It U d- ubtful of - one-tenth of the intel-lig-nt voters of either this Bute or North Or liua desires the internal revenue' sys tein Kboliehed The people of both 8tates, s il. iu fact, of all the Southern States, hive t prejudice against the internal reve u i.-1 not because of any harden which ... un -.e upon mem, out Because oi me ou'iHs'fs and rascalities of internal revenue, offi.-i iK Tbat prejudice will soon disap per. however, after Mx; Cleveland's inau giiration. In fact, the desire for the repeal of ilit- iuternal taxes is not nearly so great as H was before the election- The people are sHMsfied that with a Democratic admin isirM'ion. honest citizens will have no cause to M-rapinin f ioternal revenue agents. Su inniih Nevt. Jkm. Jo not know what proportion oi 'il.t" iuteliigent voters" of North Cs-oliii.i 'tKire the internal revenue & m aboli.hed." : The papers, with ifrhsijt twenty exceptions.for nearly t" , ears liave been loud in their de m'tnili that the tax on whiskey, beer cij.-, cigan tten, tobacco and , soaff sli Ul be w4petl out. The . Legisla tin - :nd "Mate Conventions have c.t! . .I :.-;, i.ly fur the total abolition (t h - . ! .ix on luxuries. V Men who t- u M-t . ; the utility or wnse of. ab..iiliing ibis very proper ;tnl much Ds-t iled iax were either inisrepresent- eil i.-r laughed at. . But iu spite of all iliit. li tre has been an intelligent mi- n iiis h had a better insight into the needd of the Government than tlu-ir revilers-had; who were earnest ami sincere believers in a reduction of the pr.-M-nt very high War " Tariff on the necessaries of, every house- boli; and who steadfastly main- taim-d, in the face of jibes and a wild cry for wiping out, that the luxuries were the articles that ought to; be t.i.X'tI7 and that it- would be a very poor p 'licy to keep up the nigh, tax on the commodities of life and re- li. e tie vices, when there was a big w r 1.!:' in pay and hundreds of niiiiioii!. to ! e given to the large army of jt-tM'ii-' rs. Tiits was the position of probably twenty papers in North Carolina and . of a very rt spectable minority among the -"intelligent vpters." When the Democrats met in National Coiiven--. lion last July what was done with ; theux ? Was it 'the sense of that gre;it body of representative men that . ft it wasj -sound political economy and wise judgment to wipe out a large revenue - over $120,000,000 annually derived r,om luxuries, pare "and simple, that fostered vices, and o depend exclusively upon the Tariff, which taxes the necessa ries of life so heavily, for re venues with which to support the Government? If any one thinks this he cj.n hardly be classed with "the intelligent voters." So far from this, the largest and ablest Conven tion that has ever assembled in this country a Convention of Democrats from every section and State of Onr vast country, declared that it was the true -policy of the country to nlace the heaviest taxes on the lux uries and the lightest taxes on the necessaries of life that the "money derived from the Internal Kevenue system should be sacredly devoted to the relief of the people from the re maining burdens of the war, and be made a fund to defray the expense r of the care . and., comfort - of the worthy soldiers disabled in the line of duty in the wars of the Republic and for the payment of suoh pensions 38 Congress may from time to time grant to such soldiers, a like fond ior the sailors 1 having already been provided; and any surplus should be paia mto the lreasurv." Could anything be plainer, more : emphatic? The tax on the luxuries on whiskey, &c, "should be sa credly devoted" to Davinsr the war Qeht, thus giving "relief" to "the people from the remaining burdens 01 war." But more than this. "should be sacredly devoted to "the are ajid comfort of the worthy Boldiers" and to "the ' payment 01 such pensions as Congress m7 from time to time grant 4 is surely very plain. There 18 nt a syllable or line about abolish- lngthe internal tax. in all thia ' Rnt. 'le Convention Avon want, fart liar aeclared that. ft tkA - w. wv vu nai ycuv uau 0een liquidated and t.h ah h .1 Jiers of the Republic had been cared for properly thatithen the "surplus" remaining "ghould.be paid into: the cauuryt' VOL. XVI. i Here we have a provision made for the continuance of the tax on the luxuries for at, least a quarter of a century. -This,' mark yon; is the de claration of the Democrats of thirty eight States and nd longer ago '"than July, 1 884. Upon this formulation of principle Mr. ! Cleveland stood and, was elected, m He says he means to abide with the platform.'1- He stands in; accord with ' the formal declara tions of his party Where do' those men fit&nd who declare against the utterances of the Chicago platform? When men in- North Caolitia clamor for wiping out the lax on Ihe vices and for "free whiskey and free smokes are they , true reformers ? . Are they in alliance with their party ? . If they sustained the Chicago platform . in 1884, how is it that they refuse to stand upon it in 1885 ? r J 7 . ; ! s If those who demand that the "Con gress shall wipe out the wTioIeunter- nal tax could be successful they would surely and inevitably create a deficit as every wise and able .Tariff writer on the Democratic side in the North affirms would be the result. The .deficit: would- probably- range from $40,000,000, which is '. nearly Mr. "Wells's figures, to $75,000,000, which is the estimate of the New York World, It is known that an attempt to ex tend the arrears of pensions bill - is aetively advocated in the Congress and the New York Times says this would cost $246,000,000. Three weeks' ago this bill was before the House. The limes says:.. :- . . ' "Friends of the bill estimated the annual cost at $50,000,000; others predicted that theannual cost would be hundreds Of mil lions. ' When the bill was before the House three week ago, Mr.: Keifer, who moved its passage, acknowledged that he could not make even a good approximate estimate, but be was w'ilhne to say that . the cost would not be $1,000,000,000." ! This is well calculated, to arrest the attention .of Reformers. :' If th'e intelligent voters." only had a chance to dispose of this question of taxa tion they would not cast their ballots ia favor of free whiskey and high ne cessaries. '. Not a bit of it. i Outside of two or. three Southern States there are bat few "intelligent voters" ' who would support such a wild demand and in face of the matured judgment and clear declaration of the . whole Democracy in- Convention assembled. When Mr., Cleveland takes his seat the clamor for abolition of the tax on luxuries ought to cease. Under his wise and just "-Administration the people will be amply protected, the -i -. .1.: .-'-.:? avuws uuuer tue internal revenue system will disappear, and the preju dices against the system ought to disappear also. THE AGBICUIrTJIlAI, BOARD. We have received from Mr. Mont- ford McGeb.ee, Commissioner of Ag riculture, his report to the Legisla ture. It occupies twenty-five printed pages and is full, clear, and instruc tive. The subjects discussed are the following: Illustrative - Exhibits; Phosphate 1 Explorations; Coal Ex plorations; Immigration; Fish and Fisheries; Fertilizer Supervision ; Spe cial Duties. He says "the great need of the State may be summed in the .wv wviUDj iiuuiigiaivu auu i-oiyau He gives a full review of the exhibits at Boston, Raleigh and New Orleans. He discusses the; phosphate' explora tions, with which - our readers ; have been made somewhat familiar. He considers at length the coal fields and explorations. We quote one instruc tive paragraph: "The coal fields of Chatham and Moore, and those of Rockingham and Stokes have been regarded by scientists as future sources of great wealth 10 the 8tate. Much has been written about them. The outcrops of the former were traced by Dr. Emmons for thirty miles,, and from indications,, he ludeed it extended ten miles more. One of the seams is six and half feet thick. The area, as calculated by Emmons,- is 800 square miles, rne Jignting ana neaung power oi this coal nas been testea ana found equal to tnat or tne nest in marRet. tl . . . . T, . peams oi coai oave ueeu iuudu id nociuag' ham and Stokes three and four feet thick. Professor Kerr says the outcrops show that the coal is continuous through the whole length of the, belt in this State, which is above thirty miles. ' All the coal of the Southern States is distinctly bituminous; latter are semi-bituminous the nearest ap proach to anthracite that is to be found souin or Pennsylvania. . v : - The Board of Agriculture has em ployed Dr. H. M. Chance, of Phila delphia, at a cost of $2,500, to make a preliminary examination . to ascer tain the cost of a complete explora tion of the coat' fields. He began Work on the 4th of July last. The report says:, "The Deep River Coal Field has bee a fully explored, a large number of shafts having been sunk to the depth of from thirty to forty feet, - in the - bottoms of many of which borings were made to an equal depth. The Dm River Coal Field is now undergoing a similar exploration. When tbe latter is completed full reports of each of these explorations, accompa nied by maps. Will be published.- It may be stated now, tbat - seams of - coal nave been discovered of sufficient thickness for a large domestic supply,- and of a quality well adapted for use in the arts. .The ex tent to which these coal deposits are im mediately available is at Jengtli maae known." .It has been tested that the mines at Egypt can be worked and the ooai be made ready for market at - a cost of ftl.45 per ton. Dr. Chance thinks that the coal could be mined for $1.20 to $1.30 per ton. It can be delivered at Raleigh .for $3.20 per ton. We have recently paid $7 per ton in Wilmington for bitumin ous fetched from the North; ft The Agrioulture Department has ex pended for hatching fish in the years J 883.-4, t $17,542. The . experiments hare been -very-' successful. It asks or a removal ..of restrictions .upon its action so it can operate ' at will as to time and place. - r -- The Commissioner refers at length to immigration and says: . "'The machinery for Immigration is sim ple ana enecuve. There is an agent for immigration, whose office is in the Depart ment building.1: Snb agents are established by him in several -of - tbe Northern States, and at many points in each of these States. The business of these sub-agents is to dis seminate Information about tbe State bv distributing the' publications of the Depart ment, anii pampnieis ana circulars special ly prepared, for the purpose. ' In addition. condensed statements, giving the most im portant i acta in re cam to tbe sou and en- mate and productions statements-occupy ing a column or more are published week ly in 125 newspapers in the Northern States all of which have a good, and many oitnem a large circulation. : . - . , The present Commissioner, "Mr. McGehjeeis ,,well qualified .for his office.:':. A gentleman' of uncommon cultivation for our section; a man of observation - and experience in agri culture; a man of travel, of reading and of thought; : a most refined and courteous citizen; a man of marked ability,f amiliar with- public men and public affairs; a man of application, of broad views, of true devotion to his native. Carolina, he is eminently the fight man for the place he so ably fills. - '- ,' . " ;-mrr-: A word more. Ought not'the Le gislature to elect a State Geologist? Why not? After having 'had one for. thirty years is it a time to dis pense with "one when the State is ad- vanciog oh the highway of progress; when so many appliances are being devised and applied for tbe attract ing of capital and Northern immi grants, and when we are sending out our varied productions to the North and to the South that they may be ex hibited along with those" of other States.? The -! f act that . a ci tizen of Pennsylvania has been employed at a cost of $2,500 for a specific work ia probably evidence .enough that a competent and energetic Geologist is needed by the State from year to year. ' - Assassins that would kill women and children would not scruple to de stroy a great library. It ie said that the- dynamiters " are threatening to blow up the British Museum that contains one of the grandest libraries in tbe world and some of the most interesting remains of antiquity. If this great collection ' of books, &c.t were to be destroyed it would be the greatest loss the world has sustained in that way since the , library at Al exandria was mostly destroyed in the time of Julias Caesar and afterwards by j the Saracens.' The bloody mis-. creants in England are anxious . to make their name infamous as Erasto- tratus did when he burnt the famous Ephesian temple. Mr. Seymour has been giving ex pression to some opinions about pub lic matters. We always read with interest what he says. He is a pure and - wise statesman and his words should . be weighed -. always. - He warns bis party-friends against ex pecting too much of the incoming President.' He thinks the Tariff should "be. promptly, and squarely dealt with. Upon it he thinks the next Presidential contest will hinge a considerable extent. He thinks aho that : the Government should pompel certain subsidized railroads to comply to the letter with their contracts. ' ' r . - Mr. J. B. Sargent, of Massachu setts, employs from 1,000 to 2,000 men in manufacturing. . He has been all along a warm Protectionist. The New York Times says of his recent address in Boston on the Tariff: "He has proved his capacity and skill by his success; and has been engaged for a Quarter of a century in his business, and now employs from 1,000 to 2,000 men. and from being a protectionist has - be come an opponent of protection after pa tient investigation m person or tneroreign field and long study of the .field at home.' The address is so comprehensive in scope, so .complete in analysis, so clear in ar rangement, and so logical and. cogent in reasoning, that no one can consider himself fairly informed on the present condition of this important question who has not . read it."- : "A North Carolina man who has lust sold his tobacco crop, from five acres for $684, thinks that, it pays to raise it if it doesn't to smoke U"Boion Pott. ? : W inform oar respected contem porary' that -North Carolina" often produces $300, $400, and sometimes as much as $600 to the one acre. We have known one laborer to make $1,700 on tobacco alone at one crop. These are; facts. -There is a fine golden leaf tobacco belt that beats the world. . ... ' If the Criminal Court of New Hanover is killed we have but little doubt that the householders in Wil mington will live to regret it in sack cloth and ashes. It will prove mise rable economy, we fear. The rogues and rasoals will rejoice when - the news comes tbat the - bi-monthly Court is at an end. - , ,v Mr. Sam Randall has been to Al bany and has had a long ohat with Mr. Cleveland.' Mr. r Carlisle was to have visited him on Friday last.' Randall says he will not' leave t,er House. ' " - .J : i : WAV lllffil7iT -. HP.:; A WILMINGTON, N; C. FRipAY, FEBRUARY; 6f , VITAL, STATISTICS. Number :f Deaths Daring; tne Tea?, ..-..: . -,884.' '.'j. Below we give the number of deaths m the city of Wilmington for the year ending December 81st, 1884, as compiled from the monthly reoorU of Dr, F. W. Potter. Su-r perintendent of Health: J '-' ' t White. Colored. 'ti ? rt L - 1 . . .! 1 . 2 . S . 3. :.... 3 . 3 -as. i P ID O t Or: 9 , 29 - 8 '1 15 14 5 8 ..-4 : 1 6 20 'i ' 7 '26 : 6 2 15 - lt- ' 11 81 6 - 5 16 !15- ' f 17 89 , ; 8 30 u 19. 16 84 -6 211 2Qr '14 t 44 io .4 14 80 18 25 5 10 1 7 18 '10 '29 . 6-4 14 15 44 11 ,15 25 19 11 5 '-8 8 16 ' 9 15 20 .9-6 10 '10 154 8ia-83j 71 172) -B00J MONTHS. January . . . , February.--; , March;;.?. April'. : May.;...... June i . .: . . . July. 4 V.ifT, r80 August September V, October. .V, . November.iv December -From the-above.it will be seen that the total deaths for the year footed bp 526. Of these there were 24 still-born, 1 killed by railroad, 6 drowned, 1 killed by accidental shooting,;' 1 found dead in the - woods, 1 burned, and 5 died outside the city limits; making a total of 89. which leaves 487 as the number that died from actual disease. We "have grouped the diseases as follows: Consumption 59, of which 14 were whiles and 45 colored; debility 23: heart disease 25; typhoid fever 25; malarial fever 27; con gestive fever 86; old age 7. ' ;.' :v Rev. W. X. Slall. : , .; ,:-r The many friends ; in this city of Rev W. I. Hull, late pastor of the Fifth Street M. E. Church, 'will be pained at reading the . following, which r we take from this week's Christian Advocate: "Rev. W. L Hull, who was superanuated on account of feeble health, .at our late Conference, is re siding at King's Mountain, N. C, and is in Trvery critical state of health. . He has an abscess on the spine, and is suffering from blood poisoning. On last Wednesday he was very low; and,! unless some change takes place for the better he cannot long survive. lie is a most excellent, sweet- spirited, talented young minister, and we bespeak earnest prayer for his recovery and warm sympathy for him and his." Crlmlaal CarU -j In stating in our last" that the Criminal Court would meet next. Monday we were misled by tbe misapprehension of another, and did not give the matter a - thought. - . .... Else,, we should have remembered ; that; while this Court convenes five times in the year on theirs Monday in the: month, the February terms have never convened until the second Monday, .This was made a prof vision in the law creating the Court, for the reason that at j tbat time there was a four weeks term of the Superior Court commencing in January, which was liable to run into February. 1 j -i - J. " The next term of the Criminal Court, therefore, will not meet until one week, from next Monday. Foreign Kzpert- Tbe German barque Auguste Jeannette, Capt. Jurgens. was cleared from this port for Riga, Russia, yesterday, by Messrs DeRosset & Co.. with 4.516 barrels of rosin, valued at $4.926 ; also the Norwegian barque Condor, -Capt. By verlsen, for London, by Messrs.' Paterson, Downing & Co., with 8.192 barrels of rosin, valued at , $4,238. Total $9,164. Fill Him Arein. A. gentleman, writing us from Burgaw, Pender county, under date of the 28th Inst., says:- .''.' ': '-'.v'i:-,'-----.'. "One M. A. Adams is going through the country representing himself as an agent of tbe 'Associated R. R. Cos.,' ostensibly to 1 up an historical description of Eastern orth Carolina, in the interest of emi gration. Said Adams is a low, stout man. wltb light moustacne; tolerably well dressed. Please tell the public that he is a fraud of the first water, and is only bent - on emigrating when he beats you out of all that he can. - Look out for him and give him a kick." 1 IioekedTJp. Jere Pascall, colored, charged with com mitting assault and battery upon a colored woman by the name of Manning, and also with drawing a pistol upon and threaten ing to shoot her, had a hearing before Jus tice Miliis, yesterday, and was ordered to give bond for his appearance atCourt iu the sum of $50 in the assault and battery case and $50 in the matter of carrying a con cealed weapon, , failing in which he was senttojaiL ! . Railroad Blatters. The dining room at the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad depot, in this city, here tofore in charge of Mrs. Winton, has been undergoing a thorough overhauling and has been fitted up in handsome style. Among other improvements it has been newly pa pered throughout, and yesterday Mr. B. F. White was engaged in putting up new lambrequins, lace curtains, cornices,- etc. Handsome shades have also been ordered for that and the new hotel at Weldon. - Mr. Mann, who, it is understood, will have tbe management of the eating house here as well as the hotel in Weldon, was expected to arrive last night with the necessary sil ver ware, and it is understood that the re juvenated dining room will be opened to the public to-day. , - !. - Glad to be Back. Mr. George W. Westbrook, -who former ly resided near Harrison Creek, in Pender .county, where be was a prominent farmer; sold but all of his possessions recently for the purpose of going to Florida and taking up his residence in that "land of flowers.! He went, and only a few days were sufn eient to convince him that he had made a mistake in leaving ; North Carolina; and yesterday he was telling his friends in Wil mington how glad he was to get back among them. New Firm, s - By announcement elsewhere it will be seen that Messrs. G. W. Williams & Co., have disposed of their wholesale grocery business to Messrs. Duncan M. Williams Robt G. Rankin and John EL Williams, who will hereafter conduct . the . business r jder the firm name of Williams, Rankin & Co.; at the old stand on North Water between : Market and Princess - streets. Messrs. G. W. Williams & Co., will con tinue the commission and shipping busi ness. ' C.. ' V'i;' - Emerson : The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it. . ; FOUTY-E1QH.TB. CONGRESS. ' ill At fit ( ! r, i I'm . ; ! ;- -3j .-I -1, SECOND SESSION . - , , -.IBy Teletrrapa to tbe. Xornhuc,Star.1 SENATE. !;..'" l WASHuroTOir. January '29. Mr! Pendle ton '-presided over the Senate to day having been! designated bylthe Vicet President for w purpose under the roe. ; T v ., . Mr. Harrison, f rodi the 'committee' on Military- Affairs'.' retMirtSd adversely the bill heretofore introduced hv Mr. Oullom; tofa- l cuitate. prpmoUoos thronghopt the army, by. retiring fiom active, service, on their own application, officers who" served in tne war pi tne rebellion. i j tla submittingthe report tMr.-Barrisop said tne committae did not favor the bill be cause it would result In "giving a very , largef proportion or tne omceF -ot tne army tne pnvuegeoi retiring. r:., s.rti.'jw.w F - , s 'Mr. Carroll, .jbcjrage. ':Ai ''Cttn;Tu7thebulfcw:as piacea rmme caienaar. t io'-m ;s ,2 ;t inwu I The Senatejiai12,8 I p. pj.weut jnt " ;'At 6 23 p. m. the 'fldors Were "'reopened, ana ine senate tdjournecL: -i i p n i i cjst CHOUSE OF 'HEPRESENTATi VESM l ' Mrlbor8heihier. on' the part of tne com mittee appointed to tafee chareeot the cere monies .attending the dedication of the Washington Monument, reported the order or proceedings, ana it was adopted by tbe Housed et f 'v!M-K"i.". A J. 31r. Clay, of Kentucky, introduced the concurrent resolution, which was objected to yesterday; relating to the assembling of the two Houses for the purpose of counting tne electoral vote, and it was . agreed to. ; The House, at 1.60 p. m., , went into committee of the Whole for the purpose of considering tne Kiverand Harbor buL . -Mr. Hewitt, of a. Y., raised the pomt of order that revenue , and general, appro priation bills must be taken up in the order in which they appear on the calendar, and the chair sustained the point; hThefint of this class of bills was I one amending the act to prevent the importation ; of adulter ated articles. ' On objection raised by Mr.' Willis, consideration was postponed, and a similar fate awaited the bill to abolish dis criminating duties on works of art - 1 The next bill on the ; calendar was a bill to carry into effect the treaty with Mexico, The House yeas 104, nays 147 declined to instruct the committee . to consider this bill, .which was the one Mr. Hewitt wished to have considered. i ! : At 3; o'clock the committee began con sideration of tbe River and Harbor Appro priation bill. . Pending debate on tne bill. the committee rose and the' House ad- iourned. ;;iift.k;; ia-A? w.' i.- t -m in-1U8ENATE.-?' X Washtuqton, Jan.' SO. Mr. Hoar, from the committee on the Judiciary. xtpirted favorably a resolution! providing that the two Houses or uongress assemble in tne hall of the House of -' Representatives; at noon February ll tb next, to count the elec toral votes. ,; . i, .. rrj,.;,. Mr. Hoar called ud the House resolution of similar import, and! after amending it to correspond with the Senate resolution; it was sgreed to. The amendment increases the number of tellers. , , . ; "Mr. Hoar 'asked unanimous Consent bf the Senate to take up j the Pacific Railroad bill. He did not wish to push the bill to a vote to-day, but would like to have the bill and accompanying report read, when he would make a short statement on the sub- lect and then propose to let the bill stand over till to morrow: The bill and report were then read. ,T . , f At 2 p. m. the Pacific Railroad bill went over, and tbe. Senate went into considera tion of the Inter-State Commerce bill. 1 Mr. Pugh addressed the Senate at Borne length. He favored the commission bill. It was impossible, Mr, Pugh thought, at this stage of the investigation of the rail road problem, ta, fix. aiato an inflexible . Statue.' ' j.i fetiiicsiJ .'4iii.Ui.'4&;: LjJ - -The Senate, at 4 07 p. m. went into .ex ecutive session, and when at 5 p. , m. the doors were reopened the Senate ad journed till Monday next. ' 11 ' HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIVE3. The House was' called to order by the Clerk; who read a I communication from Speaker Carlisle, designating Representa tive Blackburn as Speaker pre fan. for to day. - - ; The Speaker laid before the House a mes sage from tne president, transmitting, in response to the House resolution, a report from the Secretary of State relative to the Congo Conference. I Referred to the com mittee on Foreign Affairs. Also, a commu nication from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a House! resolution calling for information concerning tbe recent collision of tbe Tallapoosa.- Referred.The Secretary states that the steamer was on her regular freighting cruise. : . , , Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, reported the Postofflce Appropriation bill, and it was re ported to the committee of the Whole. ' ; The House then, at 1.20 p. m., went into committee of the .Whole , on the private calendar. ' ! ' When the committee - rose the House passed a half-dozen private bills. The Speaker laid before the House the following message from the President: To the House of Representatives: When the expedition for i the relief - of Lieut. Greely and party , was being prepared - iu the early part of the year 1884, and search for a suitable vessel was being made, the ."Alert," then the property of Great . Brit ain, and which had been the advance ship of the expedition . under dm- ueo. .wares, was found to be properly fitted for the service. This . government immediately offered to . purchase that vessel.. Upon which. Her Majesty s Uovernmeut gener ously presented her to the United States, refusing to accept any pay whatever for the vessel. ; The "Alert" was of timely ser vice in the expedition for the relief , of Lieut. Greely and party, which in its re sults - proved satisfactory: to the : govern ment and people of this country. 1 am of the opinion that the "Alert" should now be returned to Her Majesty's Government wbh suitable acknowledgment for iu gen erous and graceful acts or courtesy in so promptly putting the vessel at the service of the United States; and, - therefore, re commend that authority may be given me by Congress.'.. i--.-;;.,,v. The message was referred toa commit tee. ' - ; r - The House then, at 5 o clock, took a re-' cess utnil'8 o. m.. tbe evening session to be for the consideration of pension bills. Washington, January 81. The Senate is not in session. J 7 - . ; ,HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.; On motion of Mr: CoX-. of New York, a bill was passed amending the 10th section of the act to remove certain burdens from the American merchant marine. - - The bill so amends the section as to make it lawful for a seaman to allot a portion of his nav in llauidation of anv lust debt for board or clothing he may have contracted" prior to engagement, not exceeding one month s Dv for board and one montn s pay. for clothing, - and no allotment shall be said exceot to his wife, mother, or other relative.-, or to the original;, creditor for hoard or clothing. s r '' i Mr. Willis, of K.. moved that the House go into committee of the Whole on the River and Harbor bilL -A discussion of three-quarters of an hour ensued On a pro position made by Mr. Willis to limit gene ral ; debate . to four hours. Finally, the auestion limiting debate was laid upon the table and, at 1.80 'v. m., the House went into committee. Mr. ' Hammond in ' the chair, on the bill indicated. " - The bill was discussed until 5.15. when the committee rose." and' the House ad journed: ."4 ' "i .-.; FENNSTL VAN I A. das Explosions Six People " Killed, Twenty Injured and Several Houses Wrecked. (j J , . . ... , t t . ' ' tBvTelegTaph to Ue Horning Star.l - Ptttsbttbg.' Jan.' 81. Three' explosions of natural gas occurred this .-morning near Tniny-iourin street, op rennsyivauia ayo nne. , Six nennle are renorted killed, twen ty injured and, six to eight houses wrecked.' 1885. FOREIGN.. . Dynamite Ptp l Eaclaaa-Arreat f 1 . Alleced Conspirator Papal, Ap- poimmenta to Madrid. - ;l :t: 4. IDT VWWW M aOnUIVOWi) A.i' til' London. January Sl.T-Tbe. letter carrier - who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of being implicated ia dybamite coospiratiesc J J! I. J ... ... . , wu ku-uiy uiscuargcu ms, lBnocence nav-, ing been demonstrated. ' Goodmah , also was released.', "f f ;n u-Aii 'I'l jlfONDON. i, January 31. The 'new ..law courts at Temple Bar were closely guarded to-day ;ih coBsequeoce i 'ota"yiettef' having Deen-receivea. y jtne. autnpnties, stating M awwiuL. uum ux3 uiuue iu oiow up thehttildmgs:- Jairi sfolfw-no no is A.man giving the name of rNewboId was, arrested at the Central dtatio'n of thn Mid-' land raflwayiati-DedbyrtOrday; with dyna-i mn9; m Bpossessipnf, iei declined to kivc uis uiBburjr iur iub past monin. ' lie was examined before: ?a- magistrate; .Evi- dence was produced , agaiest fein in ' the enape 01 letters - received Trbm the south bf England, threatenlngf td blow up tbe towni nail 14 uer by. He ad muted that the. hand-, writing " on- the "envelopes containing the letters was hist Thej letters; - described ' a plot for the destruction, by dynamite of the town hall and a bank in an adioinin'g coun ty. - When asked-; to expfain. away this evidence, 'Newboid said- he could notral though he insisted-be was innocent of any wrong. He said, that he replied to several advertisements about tbe time of the dates on the envelopes, and said the envelopes he bad used in these replies: must . have fallen into bad hands, and been again used and in this way came into the possession' of the police. . The prisoner is about 29 years old. He gave bis name as Phihp Newbold. The charge against him IsVsonspiracy to cause explosions.';, ine, cniet . constable asked tne magistrate to remand tne prisoner, and declared that detective possessed in an in complete r state., other . evidence against Newbold of a more serious' and Circumstan tial character than 'that s produced. k; He was remanded .till February seventh. Later developments excite much atten tion and constantly grow more serious. " It is stated that the police found -among the prisoner s papers documents Tevealmg a dy namite , plot r of n considerable -magnitude. The document is not in New hold's hand writing; but the envelope contained his ad dress, which was proved to , have been penned by himself; so that the recipient might know where 1 to send an answer. During tne . proceedings the prisoner was very much agitated. At tbe time the letter was wntten,- and at the time of : bis arrest Newbold was em ployed in the shops of the . Midland Rail way Company, and ;he regularly wore the ordinary clothes 01 a .working man. ,.ln person Newbold is of dark complexion and of short, thick set figure. Derby town hall has been placed under Bpecial police pro tection and tne officials of the Midland Railway Company are using great vigilance to trace out all clews , of , the- discovered conspiracy. - Orders' hate" been sent from' London to detain an cr search all suspicious persons found travelling over the Midland roaa. - " ' - KOme, j an. 15 rne-- V utican- nss ap pointed Bishop Kuffosilla.- f apai Hucio at Madrid to supercede filonsicnor nam folio del Tiodoro. This action is consld ered in diplomatic circles here to be signifi cant, it is declared, semi-omcially, that the "Vatican is induced to make the change . . . I j. . . . I. I. j ..!J iur iwu eaauoa; vue juoi vi wuicu is saiu to be the necessity which is felt for having Rome represented in Madrid by "one of its ablest tneoiogians, because of tne" growing poll:icio-eccle8lastical nature of debates in the Spani-h Cortes. - Tbe second reason given for the change is the recent resigna' tion of Signor Baguer from the post of secre tary to the Spanish embassy at the Vatican. rENNSTI, VAN I A.. Iiosa of Life and " Daman to Property at Plttabnrc hj- Natural Gas Bxplo- lonoTbe Pipes to be Torn Up. ,. ' PrrrsBCBO. January 81. The explosions of natural gas to-day occurred .in. three buildings: the Iron City Hotel, the meat shop of Mrs. HammerSdorfer.and the saloon of Geo. Mueller, on the opposite aide of the street. 1 be first explosion was in tne cel lar of f Mrs. Uammersdorfer. Her-sister went into the cellar for a basket and struck a match; instantly there was a loud explo sion, which almost shook the little building to pieces. The lady -was badly burned, and cannot recover. s -lne second explosion oc curred in Morris' cellar. Mrs. Morris was badly bruised , and people in the . sa- loon were . pretty-., padiy : snasen up. The third explosion occurred in Muel ler's, and a number of persons were injured. A Btreet car was thrown from the track by the explosion and scarcely a passenger caned injury. Morris.and Mueller's houses were badly wrecked, and every bouse witn- in a square was mare or less damaged.1" in tense excitement exists ana a gang nas been formed to tear up tbe pipes to Diabt. Tne loss on buildings and stock is $15,000 to 130,000.:'- Fifteen or twenty persons were injured, six of whom will probably die. OHIO. Failure of a Banking Honaa In Cos ' noeton. j .-. PmsBUBG, January 81. A special from Coshocton, Ohio, says: "John G. Stewart, banker, the oldest house in tbe city, made an assignment to R. M. Voorhees today. Stewart's illness and possible death caused a run on the bank which it had not curren cy to meet. . As the bank had a long line of depositors and every thing was considered absolutely safe, the failure caused great ex citement. -The assignee cannot make a statement of the bank's affairs yet, but thinks it will pay depositors in juil. -v TENNESSEE. Two Children Perish in a Burning, . . ...... .... ftnu4ingt ;;- Chattanooga; January" 31. A special from Morristown, states - that the dwel ling of John Sanf ord caught , fire and was burned to the ground yesterday. Twd of hia rhilrlrpn pniilrl notPlm'tfiso.tied and ner. . ILLINOIS. C An . Independent Democrat Elected . Speaker of the Assembly. Springfield, January 29. Elijah M. Haines, Independent Democrat was elect ed permanent Speaker of tbe Illinois As sembly on the second ballot to-day; thus breaking - tne dead lock wnicn nas existed for three weeks. FOREIGN j Reported Plana of the Dynamite) The Rank of . England Threatened. ' ' London. January 81.-Sir William V. ! Harcourt, Home Secretary, to-day received a letter.m which it is alleged that an exten sive dynamite plot is being hatched, and mentioning a number of buildings the dyna' miters intend to blow up, ' It also gives the names of several of the plotters and the places at wnicn they can be round. Uixtra guards nave oeen piacea on amy at the Bank of England, in consequence of threats having been , made to blow up the building. The police are making an inves tigation. . . . ' , .- ;. .i EI.ECTRIC IPABka The estimated. reduction , of the "public debt for January . is between seven and eight million dollars. ! V . . :'. v "The Legislature' of Ohio adopted a joint resolution returning thanks to William Henry Smith, formerly Secretary of . State of Ohio for the careful, correct and fair manner in ; which he compiled ' the St. Clair papers, s Mr. 'Smith is now general manager -of the Associated Press. 1 The weekly statement- of the Asso ciated Banks shows the following Changes: Loans decrease ' $570,300; specie increase $1,832,700; legal tenders 'increase $83, 600; deposits increase $593,400; -circula tion '- increase $10,800; reserve - increase $1,757,950. The banks now hold $53,870, f S75 in excess of legal req.uireni.ents.-: - i c-J SN0.15 THE WAR IN EGYT-T. ' J - . t mmmmmmm .... . Gaaw -,8teirart'a Condition - Reported Favorable Tho Ball Loda-ed In tno Croln Tno Cars and Condition or I the Wounded, etc. - '.,-,:'., - j JBy Cable to the Jtornhw Star.! ': . London. Jan. 29. Gen. -Wolselev tele grapnea trom A.orti tnis morniog. tbat be had received reports from the surgeons at Kubat, stating that Gen. Stewart is doing wbh. No attempt - had been- made to ex tract the hulleC which entered the thigh and' is now, lodged in the region of the gtoiai r,ui v-.ii ----- J v'y j: 1 be JjosDital for the wounded and dis abled of Gen. Stewart's command is pitch ea ou .tne naaa hi the ue. They are au housed in cosy tents, and are provided with comrortanie beds obtained from the na tives. Is view of the maay: hardships and aepnvations wnicn the wounded men nave baa to suser; and the almost "eonstant moving ta which; they have been subjected, the -most of ..them' are making won--derfut 'progress 1 towards ; recovery.'" Io the cases of about two-thirds of the wouadr ed, the in juries are very bad,! and among tnw-ciass a great nnmoer or surgical opera tions are still necessary. As, many- as poa 8ible of the wounded have been sent back to Gakdnl Wells..' 8upplie in the vicinity of the post are plentiful, and the army will hav&tq make no demand on their base of supplies if the natives 'continue to bring weir proauce m. r London; January 29.Some of the wounded rebels, who were "taken nrianneni by : Gen.. Stewart's force, declare tbat a Frenchman, Ollivier Pain, is in command at Metemneb. All i of the prisoners state. that they consider tbe MahdiVcase lost. It is reported that tbe Mahdi is sending away all of his valuables to a place of safety, and uus ia taken as an indication tbat he. him- iulf ia frrnwiniT rinnhtfnl nf biiooihu ' London. .-Jan.': 29. Advices received at 8 o'clock last night concerning the expedi tion wmcn left for Berber Monday last, un der Gem Earle, state that the Black Watch and the Staffordshire regiments arrived at Jiaba 1SI Abax cataract yesterday. Uefore reaching the cataract the cavalry1 scouts. wno were two miles in advance, exchanged fire with some hostile natives. ; The Arabs made an attack, but were soon driven back by the cavalry and camel corps, when these came up. Soon after this these-two corps captured tne village of VYarag.o A number of cattle and sheep were also seized. The Arabs retreated in the direction of Rioti. JNews concerning the ooeratioos of un friendly Arabs along the Red Sea continues to grow more serious. Massowah is almost in a state of siege, with gloomy prospects of relief. : .The Arabs make attacks in force almost every night upon Suakim, and du ring tne day tne firing against the garrison is almost continual. The garrison has been greatly strengthened by the arrival of 400 ittitisn troops. -.., j '.7 .- f-.. t News has been received of a desperate attack upon the Ualabat garrison, in which lOOof the garrison and 800 of the enemy were aiueu. ' as an , v : WASHINGTON. Tne Senate Falls to Batiry ttaa Nleara- : enan Treaty Destructive Fire In tbe - Evenlnc Star Building An Attorney Disbarred Puolle Debt Seduction. 5 , W ASHiHQTONi Jan. 29. The suspended vote of last night upon ; Senator Vance's motion to postpone 'further consideration of the Nicaraguan treaty was concluded in! execuuve . session to-day and , by a very narrow majoriiy tne motion was aeieaiea Senator Sherman's amendment lookiog to the abrogation or modification of the Clavton-Bulwer treaty was then discussed for some hours,- and coming to a vote in committee of the Whole, was defeated by a vote of 27 to 28. The second Sherman amendment relating to discriminations in tolls was defeated, without division. Tbe treaty was then reported to the' Senate and (he vote upon Mr. Sherman' amendment relating td the Clayton Bulwer treaty wa again taken, resulting ; in, its adoption by a vote 01 si ta iu. a vote was .taken upon the treaty itself, 'and thirty-two Senators voted.: for its?: ratification while twenty- three voted against it v Tbe affirmative vote being less than f two-thirds : of . tbe whole number voting, tbe treaty was not ratified. . It is estimated at the Treasury Depart ment that there will be a decrease of over $5,000,000 in the public debt during the pre sent month. Receipts so far this month amount to about $34,500,000 and the dis bursements to about $11,000,000. Receipts are less than for the Bame period of last year, and disbursements slightly in excess. Wm. M. Cherry, of Washington. Beau fort county. . C. has been disbarred from practice as an attorney netore tne interior uepartment. Fire occurred in the Uvening Star build ing to-day. which caused damage estimated at from Z35.0W to $30,000; partially coy ered by insurance. The entire building suffered from inundation, but the fire was confined to the rear,' which was occupied as tne press, stereotype and .file rooms and a portion of tbe composing i room. The paper was issued as usual, however one column less in size by aid of. neighbor ing printing houses. A Scott press, valued at $12,000, is hopelessly ruined, and a Hoe press, valued at $21,000, is badly damaged. ; Report of the House claims Commit? ! tee on the War Tax Bill. Washtfoton, January 60. The House committee on Claims decided today, by a vot$ of 9 to 4, to report tbe bill providing for the refunding of the tax imposed by the Government on tbe -States and Territories as a war tax under the acts of Congress of August 5th, 1861, and January 7th, 1882, and releasing those States which' yet owe the tax. The following table shows the amounts of -' the tax imposed, and the amounts due the United States and released under this bill: -i -,':. ; ', i . Imposed. : Due. Alabama.. ......... . . .$529 313 $520,822 Florida... r. ; il ; . ,;v Georgia. . 77.523 88.993 584.387 413,086 512,960 Mississippi.. ..... .. . , 838,242 North Carolina. 578.197 190,000 Tennessee.... Virginia ....;;..... South Carolina. ..... 669 498 . 281.776 863,571 363.571 The vote of the' committee was: Yeas r Dockery. Price, Van-Alstyne, Tillman; Pierce. Ray of N. H.. Ochiltree, Snyder and Ell wood; nays Warner, Lore, Dowd and McMiuin, The postofflce inspectors to-day arrested tne postmaster at Jfidenton, a. V. He was short $550 ia hia accounts. The office is in charge of an inspector. - - CONNECTICUT. Wreck of the Schooner Sarah Qnlnn A Scheme to Defraud Insnranee Compantee ;...-, .r:,:- - -r I .IBt Telegraph to the Morning Star.i Nbw London, January 81. George F. Marshall, local agent for the underwriters. has ir discovered that the schooner Sarah Quinn, from ' Richmond with pig iron, which went ashore on tne west dump ef Fisher's Island Sound, was put there pur posely in hope of defrauding tne insurance companies. The vessel is not Inf a danger ous : position, yet. tbe Captain, contracted with wreckers to take tbe schooner off for 50 per, cent, salvage. It is believed the scheme was concocted before the vessel left Richmond, and but for the investigation of Marshall, tbe insurance would have been collected on stores and effects that! wete not on the vessel, freight rates collected that were toot earned.' and three fourths bf the vessel would have been sold to the un derwriters for more than the value of the whole vessel. The Captain had previously given the crew liberty on shore. During their absence he had sold five thousand pounds of the cargo. ARK AN 8 AS, James K; Jones Ejected TJ. S. Senator ' Iotelb Rock. January 81. When the Legislature met in - ioint session ex Gov. Berry's letter withdrawing from the Sena torial race was ; read. On the first ballot James K. Jones, Representative from the 3rd Congressional District, was elected 17. 8. Senator. The vote stood Jones 72. Dunn 49, C. R Breckenrklge 3. - Necessa ry to a choice, 64, . ' - I Spirits , Turpentine Greensboro Workman : The Wilmington Stab says a marriage license should not be more than 75 cents, as it ia in conformity with the Stab's view of tho tariff. It doesn't believe ia the protection of luxuries. " vi "-' ' ' The Legislature is now in session, . .how, wm it show some wise progres- - sion - And bell the does the worthies dntmt While they the Statute books are filling, - ouipnurous curs, tne sneep are Killing, -Dod blast the dogs the bloody dogs I , -riitsiUina JSaterprUe. " Raleigh Register: The papers of the Bute are noting tbe presence in Raleigh on - toe same, day ' of three gentlemen Messrs. Vance,' ; Jarvis, and Scales who nave neid tne executive office in succession. The writer of this paragraph has seen, more than once, double the number here. It was not an uncommon thing for Govern- on -Morehead.' Graham. - Manly. Re id. Winslow. Bragg ahd Ellis., who held office from 1841 to 1861. to be in the city togeth er, and Governor Swain with them. . - . Raleigh Chronicle: The Chroni cle sincerely thanks the gentlemen : who voted to give it tbe contract for the public printing in the joint Democratic caucus last nigny and it sincerely congratulates Mr. Hale,1 of -the " Register. ' to whom it was awarded. .'There was no candidate and there1 is no man in the State who would have given! the work more intelligent and dUigent attention that he will give it and the. State will: And him an accomplished and (as everybody knows) an efficient ser vant. .11- j .: Raleigh Visitor;. The follow ing gentlemen have, been appointed as aides de camp to His Excellency Governor Bca-es, witn tne rank; -or.. Colonel: Mr. Frank H., Fries, JohnL Bridges, James bo., iieacn, jr., and Isaac F, Dortch. There- is ?a small colony of Iulians located about six miles west of this city. Just af ter nightfall last night the occupants of the houses discovered their residences on fire. There were five of the dwelling nouses and ' uiey were au entirely , destroyed, together ' with nearly all of their furniture and cook ing utensils. Our informant did not know how the fire originated, hut supposed it was the work of incendiaries. , . ,: . j Raleieh News- Observer; . The - sky Monday night, in the bright moonlight, was quite pinaisb, and. there was at 2 o'clock yesterday morning a rosy glow all about the moon. ' It is said that the "red sky" has been seen several times at night ine many inenos 01 ur. uountree. of the General 1 Assembly, will regret to learn ' that he has not improved since bis return borne.. A .letter from bun yesterday stated tbat he was quite feeble - Dr. H. C. Willev. the oldest Dracticmg physician in Gates county, died Friday, of acute pneu monia. Hes was an excellent man and bad a very large practice: Winston dots: Like every other place, there will be quite a number of applicants for the Winston postofflce-; If Cleveland makes a change. there are many friends of James AT Robin son, editor of the Leader, who would like to seel him appointed to tbe position. We are informed that J. H. Hawkins. of Stokes county, killed a deer a fine buck recently, that weighed 150 pounds when dressed The antlers were twenty inches - long, and the points from two to seven" mcbes. ... . Information is received here bf a homicide which occurred Thursday on the Forsyth and Stokes line. - Two sonB of T. J. Valentine, in company with J. F. -Blackwell, a brother-in-law, went to work upon a plant bed. . During their labors they were joking each other, which as sumed a serious turn. The words of Black-. . well and one of the Valentines grew angry.. It is said that tne .latter drew a Knife, and the former -raised a mattock- in a striking position. The younger Valentine, turning around and seeing the positions of tbe two men; smote Blackwell on the head with . a rake, fracturing the skull, from the ef fects of which he died in ten hours. Charlotte Observer : Abe Tor- rence, a colored man of Sharon township, is now nursing a gunshot wound in his scalp, Inflicted in a very curious manner by a calf, i Abes intention was to slaugh ter the calf and procuring a double barreled shot gun he fired and missed. The calf plunged about at vuen a rate as to maae shooting at it again impracticable,; so Abe laid his gun on the ground anp went for an axe. The young man caugnt tne can by the tail in the endeavor to hold it so that Abe could dispatch it with the axe. but as the executioner approached the calf lunged I around and 'gave the gun an accidental kick. The weapon was', discharged and . the .load . perforated Abe's scalp. , Great progress continues to be made in the working of the various gold mines that abound in and around Charlotte, and the fact that the mines pay has been settled be yond a doubt Some important mining transactions have recently been made and among them is the lease of . the celebrated Rudisill mine by a party of- capitalists from Boston, who come prepared to work the mine during the term of their lease upon a newly discovered principal in which electricity is brought into use. The lessees of the Budisill are Messrs. Thos. C. ' Dunn ahd E. He ward, and their lease is v for eighteen months. As a freight train on the Western North Carolina Rail road was doing some shifting yesterday at Icard station, a colored brakeman named Thomas Greene attempted to jump on the - passenger coach which was attached to the rear or tne tram, out sprained jus an tie and fell to the platform of tbe car. - In his fall ne twisted Himself in sucn a manner -as to break his thigh. Tbe train was mov ing backward and Greene rolled from the platform to the track, bis head lying on the rail, but in an Instant the car wheel struck his head and ' knocked him clear off the track, the train passing on and leaving him uninjured, save the fracture of his thigh received i in his first f alL His head was scalped by the friction of the car wheel.but . his fife was saved. "' Charlotte Observer: Stonewall Jackson's old war horse, which, up to one year ago, had been in tbe keeping or Dr. . Morrison, of Lincoln county, this State, since the' war, has been sent to tbe New . Orleans Exposition. At tbe Baptist . . Church. Sunday night, nine persons were baptized by immersion, in the presence of a large, -congregation. Judge Avery has sentenced: Anderson, who was found - guilty of the .- murder of Horton, at tbe Mitchell county mica mine, to be banged on Wednesday,1 April 12th. Yester- . day morning officers Irwia and Jetton, of the police force, left for Lincolnton, having - in their eare Mr. Alex. Hoke, a prominent . young lawyer -of that place, who became -deranged - while on a visit to Charlotte. Mr. Hoke was a promising young lawyer. and practiced with his father, Col. John F. Hoke. The question or establishing a - criminal " court for Mecklenburg coun ty la to ' be discussed" by., the Le--gislature" in Raleigh : to-day. we .un derstand. The opinion seems to pre vail that , thA , nnnrt will ba estahltahed- Thirteen years ago Mr. Marcus Garris, a citizen of Mallard ureek township, this . county, fell from a horse, and broke bis DacK. He was put 10 oea ana . 01 - course was expected to die, but he lingered until it finally developed that he would live a helpless cripple. - Last Saturday be died, after having lain upon his bed continuously through thirteen long- weary years. , The burning of the milling property in -Cabarrus, of Jacob Dove & Co., as related . in Sunday 'a Observer, has created conside rable feeling among' the. people of that county, and the man who . is supposed to have fired the mill has been arrested He is a white man named Whitfield Dry, and -be was arrested at bis home near Mount Pleasant, on Saturday evening. - Mr. WilHam Pamoft ff PiTiorilti lctnrv In a critical condition from the effects, of' a -wound -accidentally received while out hunting oneday last week with his cousin, a young man named. Will Johnston; Messrs. Barnett and Johnston were walking : throagh a - field, ; about : twenty-live . feet . apart when a rabbit jumped up between them. Johnston brought bis gun around to shoot tbe rabbit, but the weapon was prematurely discharged, the entire load . striking Barnett squarely in the head. Mr. Isaac A. Martin, an old citizen of Long -. Creek township, this county, expired last Sunday at hia home from the effects of ex posure to the recent severe weather. ; He had fallen into a swamp and been exposed to the rain and snow for forty hours, when -he was accidentally discovered by a passer-- -by. We are In receipt of a letter from 4 citizen of Salisbury stating that re-. iww are cuireut u mm vi.j - w.hv.ui. to put a streaked Democrat ia the postofflce there; the present incumbent intending to . resign, with a view to having -tbe aforesaid -Democrat appointed in his place, thus fore stalling Mr. Cleveland. -
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