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IRELAND AND THE LIBERALS. "
The report from London of a prob-t
able uniting of the Liberal and Par-:
nell forces needs confirmation. It is
not .improbable. Mr. Gladstone has.
always been friendly to' Ireland, as
his acts prove. Mr, Parnell is tbe
wisest of Irish leaders and he is look
iDf out for the interests of Ireland
and really concerns himself but little:
as to general legislation for the King
dom only so far as his own country's
interests are directly affected. In the
next House the Liberals will lack ten
of a majority. It greatly outnumbers
the Tories alone. So the , balance of
power reeta with the Parnellites as
between the two English" parties."
With the Parnelfites ; cooperating
with the Liberals the Tories are in a'
minority so great as to make them in
deed appear very . weak. :
I What then is to be done? Par
nell means to take care of Ireland.
He means to use his eighty seven
members so as to insure7 if - possible
just legislation for his people and ob
tain all the concessions possible. He
is aiming to obtain political inde
pendence but he will fail of that end.
Mr. Parnell is wise and cautious.
With such a weak Tory membership
in the House he knows that bat little
will be done for Ireland if he at
taches his destinies to that party.
He is, therefore, looking around for
such aid as shall' enable him to se
cure the best help for Ireland. He
is looking towards . the Liberals, is
the report. Mn Gladstone's letter,
from which we copied yesterday, is
characteristically kind towards Ire
land. He shows that the Liberals
are not averse to Ireland'adwire for
local self government. The Stab has
a dozeu times asserted that the his
tory of parties in Great Britain show
that the Whigs and Liberals have
done for Ireland all that was intend
ed to enrich, bless and conciliate her,
whilst Tory favors have been like
Dead Sea apples.
HONORING YOUNG AIEN.
The Battleboro Headlight, refer
f erring to the appointment of Mr.
Boykin. to the Bench, says:
"What would our fathers have thought
of appointing a Judge of the immature age
of thirty -one? By them it was considered
that no man under fifty,, could fill success
fully a judicial position, and there was
reason to sunoort their view. That the
point of vtew baa shifted isremarkable,and
IbIS OueUL IUB Mlglia WllIVU U1C W
ginning of anew epoch."
"We have not by us the books to
refer to, but our impression is that
before the war several of the Judges
who rode the circuits wereryoung
men like Judges Boykin, Shepherd,
Connor and Clark. We have an im
Dression that Mr. Badger, Mr. Ruf-
fin, afterwards C. J , Mr. Cameron,
and. nerbaDs, others, ' went on the
Bench at an early age, and that pos
sibly one or more were not more
than thirty years old at the time. It
has not been unusual for young men
of distinguished gifts to have high
places in the past. History is full of
examnles of very vounsr - men, but
generally 'very extraordinary men,
being the leaders. .Napoleon, 7 Wil
liam Pitt, the Yodnger, Alexander
Hamilton and scores of other exam
ples could be given. There has
never been any prejudice against
youth as such. The old men are al
ways pleased when they see young
- men or ' genuine : parts asserting
themselves. While age does not
sanctify stupidity it is a mistake to
suppose that youth is necessarily
wise and great. But for the fact that
able and well furnished young men
are constantly appearing on the scene
the State would soon become impov
erished and decadence would, set in
It is a fortunate circumstance that
North Carolina has such worthy and
DromisiDsr vouoer men as those re-
pently prompted to the Judiciary.
We heard a lawyer of large practice
prophecy not long ago that Judge
Clark was. destined, he thought, to
attain to a very high rank among the
Jurists of North Carolina, past and
present. It is a great pleasure to be
able to speak at any time, truthfully
and conscientiously, earnest and . cor
dial words of indorsement of young
men in anv of the professions. -It is
certain that the Stab has never with
held one word of praise ,from ' any
young man when it believed it was
VOL. XVII.
deserved. . Among ; our friends, we
are glad to know," are j some of the
most generously endowed young men
of North Carolina. But rewarding
young men is not a new thing in this
State. Men, before the war, went to;
Congress when they, were barely able
to take the oath. Vance was of this
number. We would like for our
friend Ilale, of the Raleigh .Register;
to look into this matter of honoring
yoarno prior to 186 l,and givp the
publlo the result of the inquiry. " " ;
TTICEE0 ERII88ARIES AMONG THE
NEGROES.
A. negro from the Feasterville section
who went to Arkansas several months ago
has returned and is organizing clubs of
emigrants to go to Arkansas. He informs
the negroes that as soon as they reach Ar
kansas they are presented with an absolute
title to 500 acres of land, a mule, and pro
visions to run them for one year. All the
property is exempt from taxation for live
years, The negroes are taking this yarn in
with as much confidence as if the leader
was a new prophet arisen to lead them to a
new land of promise.- Winnsborough, &
C, Newt and Herald " r -
The South Carolinians in some sec
tions have cleaned out the so called
emigrant agents and forced them to
leave and to stand not on the order
of their going. It is a wonder-that
the Feasterville people have not com
pelled this modern Munchausen to
gather his traps and be off. When
a fellow enters a community and be
gins his work of lying and deception,
the purpose of which is to render
laborers discontented and to allure
them with false promises to break up
and ' go a thousand miles away to
seek new homes under no better .con
ditions than those they have left, and,
in many instances, under worse con
ditions, then such a nefarious plotter
ought to be dealt with, i If he does
not like the Arab silently steal away
when ordered to depart then a little
gentle coercion should j be tried.
Such visitors are public nuisances
and are a positive injury to society
and to the industrial interests of com
munities. . "
Only yesterday the Stab published
an account of one hundred negroes
being in Charlotte in a destitute con
dition. They were from the Lannn-
burg section, and had paid their, way
that far expecting to meet an agent
from Kansas who was to pay their
way to that distant Statcl They are
without funds or provisions and are
at once reduced to a most helpless
and pitiable condition. J There are
over two hundred more on the Caro
lina Central Railroad awaiting the
coming of the wicked
and - lying
colored de-
agents with their highly
8Criptioii and false prOipatseaJ-Probar-
bly as many as one thousand negroes
in that section have beeij induced to
break up and either go or prepare to
go W Arkansas and
iKansas.
A
real injury is done both to the
negro laborers and to those who em
ploy them. Suddenly labor becomes
scarce and many farmers are per
plexed and do not know 'what to do
about crops and farming generally.
Labor becomes disorganized and the
country is impoverished. Ought
such public enemies as these sly and
lying agents to be allowed to enter a
community and begin sowing the
seeds of discord and false promises?
Where is ' the remedy fj Are com
munities powerless to protect them
selves against public enemies and is
there no redress? ,
It is true people have a perfect
right to pull np stakes arid seek new
homes in' other States. This is one
thing, but for a parcel of! lying ras
cals to enter communities and begin
to work upon the prejudices of igno
rant people, deceiving them by false
hopes , and making promises they
cannot fill and alluring them into re
mote States where many jmust suffer
and perish, as has been ( the .case in
the past, is quite another and a most
intolerable thing.
The colored people fare as well in
North Carolina as they can fare any
where in the South. In Georgia
there are hundreds of them who have
become landed : proprietors and are
greatly prospering. Thej same thing
exists in all of the Southern "States,
and North Carolina ia no exception.
Labor is the price of success every
where, j The colored people can only
prosper by industry, sobriety and
economy. If they are idle and spend
all they make they will have nothing
but a mere living. s In North Caro
lina their rights are as much respected
as they are or will be in any of the
States, i Undisturbed by enemies
who come among them tj bamboozle
and seduce they- are a happy, con-,
tented race. .. -
If the colored people desire to go
hence of their own will then we
are clearly of the opinion that no ob
structions ought to be put lb the way
pf their.doing so. The South might
secure other labor, - but we believe
that negro labor is desirable at pres
ent, although farming in Mississippi
shows that much greater results are
secured - from white lab4r than, from
negro labor. What the Stab dis
likes and antagonizes are the means
resorted to by unprincipled agents,
who, like the fellow in ihe Feaster
ville section," makes all sorts of ly
ing promises, the only j purpose of
which is to deceive and, in the
end, injure the too credulous victims.
BUT ONE OPINION IN NORTH CAR
OLINA. -
Talk about men of sense in North
Carolina favoring the Civil Service
humbug, we aver that we are to talk
with the first man. who believes in
any system that keeps in offioe Radi
cals and keeps out faithful and true
Democrats. Said a prominent poli
tician to us a few days ago, who
holds a high office and who goes into
many counties "There are no two
opinions among the people in the
country as to turning out the Re
publicans." Two days ago a lead
ing gentleman of one of the counties
in this section and whose opinion is
of the highest value because of his
intelligence, influence, judgment and
experience, said to us: "The Stab
is precisely right on this question . of
Civil Service, and' all will have to
com.e to that position soon or late,"
These two gentlemen are among the
representative men of our State.
' Mr. , Cleveland, himself- admits in
his Message that there must be two
parties. But why two, if the dictum
of those who have : inherited all of
the wisdom of Solomon; is orrect
when they declare to the astonished
little world in which they move and
live and have their being that so we
have Cleveland in the Chair makes
no difference whatever who hold the
offices, whether Republicans or Dem
ocrats. In that 'sign they propose to
conquer. Why two parties, then,
we repeat?
We verily believe that there is less
hard sense, less cold logic in that
grand scheme of Curtis and Pendle
ton than in any thing that has ever
been presented to the mind of reflect
ing men. ' Any man who expects to
keep up two parties and not give to
the one in power the offices is either
blind .to facts or so smitten with Anglo-mania
as to be incapable of ad
vising a free people as to their best
interests. A ship without rudder
and compass on a tempestuous sea is
not more helpless-than a .political
party without patronage. Those
dreamers who apply fine-spun theo
. ries to the practical affairs of life are
about as much needed in politics as
a bevy of young girls all garlanded
and burdened with flowers are needed
amid the fiery pangs of battle.
Do away with patronage; cast off
forever as unworthy the sound polit
ical theory that the triumphant party
is the responsible party and must have
complete control, and you will succeed
perfectly in giving the reins of power
into the hands of that party that has
more common-sense, . more political
philosophy, more practical foresight,
and that promises to its supporters
the offices of the country.
The pure, incorruptible, patriotic
and sagacious Hendricks, just before
his death, gave it as his decided judg
ment that the ballot box was the place
at which to decide who should hold
the oMces. That was worthy of
a man of large ' experience and po
litical insight. Men may grasp at
the. moon-shine theory and go into
heroics over the everlasting gabble
that a triumphant party must bear the
burden but not gather the spoils, but
the Stab will none of it. Such a
flower as that which, is cultivated by
Curtis and Pendleton is not fit for a
hard world like ours. It may bloom
on earth, but it cannot thrive and
must wither soon under some un
friendly blast.
"This lovely bud, bo young and fair,
Call'd hence by early doom,
- Just came to show how sweet a flower
. In Paradise would bloom."
, ; IN CONGRESS.
There will be a great deal of very
important work before the 49th Con
gress. The Presidential ' succession,
a general bankrupt law, the tariff, the
currency, the method of counting the
electoral votes, the navy, the Mor
mons, the coast defences, the Indians,
internal t axation,how to revive Amer
ican shipping these and other mea
sures of much importance must be dis
cussed and adopted. The succession
and bankrupt questions are already
before the Senate. It is to be hoped
that members will look less to indi
vidual popularity, or the gaining of a
temporary party advantage and more
to the welfare of the country at large
in making their speeches and casting
their vote . . '
- It is announced from Washington
that Mr. Hewitt, of New York, will
introduce a bill in the J House to
change the law in regard to "free
ships." ; . He has caused -. to be pub
lished a letter from Mr. Nathaniel
McKay in which it is proposed to ad
mit the vessels of all nations- to a
free register. But if this is too far
advanced for the ordinary Congress
man, then that "all material entering
into ' tbe construction of a vessel,
steam or sailing craft, all stores and
I equipments shall be admitted free of
duty third, the Government Bhould
pay ship-builders a bounty of so
much per gross ton, the bounty to be
regulated by the difference between
the cost of labor and material in this
country and Europe." '
This bounty question is a big one
and must be handled with exceeding
caution. ' How far subsidies may be
I granted,' if at all, is a delicate ques-
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18,
tion and one requiring much thought
and investigation. Mr. McKay shows
that the : differences in the cost Of
material per ton and labor per day
in favor of Europe, ar.e about 100
per cent., the prices for comparison
being obtained from John Elder &
Co., of Glasgow; in September last,
and from C. H. Delamater & Co., of
New York." He maintains that ioi
the face of these facts the absurdity
is obvious of the statement that ves
sels can be built as cheaply . in this
country as in Great Britain.. - -
There is nothing at this time so,
touching in politics as to witness the
untempered zeal of certain Southern
Democratic papers throwing .their,
shields iu front of Protectionist Ran
dall. , Randell gives his nights and dayp,'
'it is said, to studying the rules of the
House. He is not an apt student
and he is afraid Reed Will get ahead
of him in Parliamentary dodges. , .
We think we know a good paper
when we examine it and read it week
by week. . In the South we know of
none better among the - religious
journals than the North Carolina
Presbyterian. It gives its readers an
excellent digest of eurrent news, re
ligious and secular, with especial
reference to the denomination of
Christians , it represents. A great
deal of careful work is done in its
selections: Its editorials are thought
ful and well written and its corps of
correspondents is strong ' and schol
arly. We learn from its issue of the
2nd inst, that the present excellent
editor, John McLaurin, Esq., is the
ninth' that has been connected with
the N. C. Presbyterian sinoe it was
begun the 1st of January, 1858. It
deserves the hearty support of its
people and is a capital religious jour
nal for families of any other Chris
tian affiliation.
neetlnc of tbe nanus Guano Com
pany . 1 .'
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Navaa&a Guano Company, of Wil
mington, was held at their office in this
city yesterday. G. W. Kidder, Esq., was
elected Chairman, and Mr. D. AiacBae
Secretary. Oyer three fourths of the ttock
was represented.. - :
The following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing year:
President Bon. R. R. Bridgets.
Secretary and Treasurer Donald Mac-
Rue, &q. j
Suptriutt ndent CoJ. c. L. Graffiin.
Superintendent of Agencies Col. Wm.
L. DeRoswit. I
Directors John C. Graffiin, Waller K
Lawton Donald MacRae, R. R Bridgers,'
A dividend of 9 per cent was declared,
payable on or before the 1st of January
next to stockholders of record of this date.
Good Word for a Borne Prod nee.
A Northern journal ascribes virtues to a
North Carolina product, some of which are
new to us and may be so to our readers:
"Spirits of turpentine is one of the most
valuable articles in a family, and when it
has once obtained a foothold in a house, it
is really a necessity, and could ill be dis
pensed with. Its medicinal qualities are
very numerous; for burns it is a quick ap
plication and gives immediate relief; for
blisters on the hand it is of priceless value,
searing down the skin and preventing sore
ness; for corns on tbe toes it is usetui, ana
good for rheumatism and sore throats, and
it is the quickest remedy for convulsions
or fits. Then it is a sure preventative
against moths, by just dropping a trifle in
the bottom of drawers, chests and cup
boards, it will render the garments secure
from injury during tbe summer. It will
Keep ants ana ougs irom ciqseis ana 8 10 re-
rooms, by putting a few drops in the
corners, and upon tne sneives; it is sure
destruction to bed bugs, and will effectually
drive them away from their haunts, if
thoroughly applied to the joints of the bed
stead in the spring cleaning time, and in
jures neither furniture nor clothing; its
pungent odor is reiamea ior a long ume,
and no family ought to be entirely out of a
supply at any time of the year."
.... L
Sea Coast Telecrapta Itlno.
There is no direct communication be
tween Wilmington and Hatteras, tbe tele
graph line in charge of the Signal Bureau
extending no farther north than Fort Ma
con. During the past summer the signal
stations at Scott's Hill, Cape Lookout and
Portsmouth, N. C, had to be discontinued
on account of the insufficient appropriation
made for the service. The Chief Signal
Officer urges in his report the full main
tenanceof the sea coast line and its exten
sion. The service, he says, has in a single
year, by means of this line, saved property,
the value of which exceeded the entire
amount appropriated for the support of the
Signal Service. The line extends no far
ther south than Smithville. Communica
tion with HatteraB is had by way of Nor
folk.
Personal
liieut Hand of the Revenue service, ar
rived at Newbern Tuesday and entered up
on his duties aboard the' Stevens. t Tht
Newbern Journal says: "We extend to
him a hearty welcome, and trust that he
and family may win the same esteem from
our citizens that Lieut. Herring and fam
ily, by their deportment and social de
meanor, carry with them to Wilmington.
Mai. T. H. McKov is home again after
two months' absence from the city.
The steamer Quyandotte, of the Old
Dominion line, arrived in New York
Thursday, having in tow the dismasted
schooner John A. Gri ffin, which' sailed
from Wilmington, C, for Philadelphia,
the 25th of November last 1 Capt Bunnell,
master of the GHffln, reports that on De
cember 5. when oil Chincoteaeue, he met
with a terrific gale from the northwest
The foremast was broken off close to the
deck and the maintopmast was carried
away. Shortly afterward a leak was dis
covered that ' obliged them to keep the
pumps in constant use. For four days the
vessel Tlrifted, making hardly any progress.
On Wednesday, when off Barnegat the
Quiandoite was sighted, and her captain
consented to tow the disabled schooner into
port.
Relle of War Times,
The blockade runner Adtanee, that du
ring the late ' war made ; many 7 successful
trips between ; Nassau r and Wilmington,'
.bringing in supplies for the North Carolina
troops, bis turned up again. ' When she
was captured she was taken to the Wash
ington navy-yard aad sold; her owners
changing - hername to the Ifyolie. The
Baltimore Newt says that she has recently
been metamorphosed from a rusty hulk
into a four-masted ship, with new deck
and house work, and fitted np in every way
as a well arranged and commodious packet
She is no longer known as the Frolio, but
is now the Maude McLean, She will leave
Alexandria for Baltimore, where She will
be loaded with coal for Galveston, Texas.
Upon arriving at the latter port and after
dischargipg her cargo, she will be placed
on the route between Galveston and New
Orleans. It is said her present owners will
eventually reconvert the vessel ioto a steam
ship,.
The steamer - Benefactor : arrived in
port yesterday morning, after a rough and
prolonged passage from New Tork. The
storm she encounteredCapt Tribou says,
was the heaviest he has experience, in ten
years. "The Benefaeter left New York Sun
day last, and experienced a very heavy
gale on Sunday night and Monday, which
died out on Monday night During this gale
one of the crew was washed overboard.but,
fortunately, . with the next roll of the ves
sel he was washed on board again. Tuesday,
commenced with calm, fair weather, but it
soon began to breeza up, with the wind
from . S. B , which soon increased to
very equally weather with thick rolling
clouds overhead Passed Cape Hatteras at
half-past 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and
at 6 o'clock on that night hove to on tbe
port tack, the ship laboring heavily and
shipping heavy seas. The day closed with
heavy squalls and a dirty cross sea running
which caused the vessel to labor very.much.
On Wednesday there was a severe gale all
day accompanied by torrents of rain. The
sea ran mountain high and tbe ship labored
very heavily, shipping an abundance of
water. On - Wednesday night the main
stays were carried away and the ship was in
imminent peril of being dismasted. ; Thurs
day morning the weather began to moder
ate and the jib and mainsail were set and
the vessel headed for the land, she having
been blown by the gale nearly to the east
erly edge of the Gulf Stream.
Accident at Wbitevllle.
At Whitcville depot, on the Wilmington,
Columbia & Augusta Railroad, yesterday
morning, a Mr. Memory of that place was
struck by the "mail catcher" of the postal
car of the train coming to Wilmington,
and seriously injured. Mr. J. M. White,
the postal Agent, was taking tbe mail bag
at the time. Mr. Memory received a ter
rible blow which cut his head badly.
.FOR TT- NINTHm CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate Only In
Offered Tlie
Seaalon Resolutions
President's Appoint-'
, menu,
By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar.l
: SENATE.
Washington, December 10. In the
fen ate to-dav, after tin reading of the
the Senate several - communications from
the heads of departments. T
A resolution, offered by Mr. Anderson,
to print one thousand copies of the Presi
dent's message, was agreed to.
The resolution offered by Jur. Morrill
was agreed to, directing the payment from
the contingent fund -of the Senate, upon
presentation and proper audit 01 voucners,
of tbe actual and necessary expenses of the
Senate committee appointed to attend the
funeral obsequies of Gen. Grant .
A communication was received irom tne
President inclosing several hundred nomi
nations to offices in the foreign, civil, mili
tary and naval service of the United States,
which have been made since the new ad
ministration took office. .1
At 2.07 p. m. the Senate went into Execu
tive session, having first resolved that when'
it adjourns to-day it shall be to Monday
next.
When tbe doors were reopened at 2.85
m., tbe Senate adjourned until Monday
next.
Washington. Dec. 12. Senate not in
session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker laid before the House a
large number of Executive communica
tions, including the anuual reports of the
Attorney General; Secretary or the Trea
sury and Comptroller of the Currency, and
they were laid on the table for the present
Mr. ueea, 01 maine, onerea resolutions
for the printing, compilation and revision
of the rules of the House in the 36th and
46th Congresses, and stated that they
would be of use in tbe discussion upon tbe
proposed change in rules. Adopted.
Mr. jjucK, oi uonn., preseuiea resolu
tions of tbe Connecticut Legislature asking
that a suitable law be passed for the ascer
tainment and counting or - tne electoral
vote. Laid on the table. Then. &yunj,
the House adjourned until Monday. .:. ,
OHIO.
Contested Election Cases Tne Su
preme Court Decides in Favor of tbe
Democratic Candidates,
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
' Columbus, Dec. 18. The Supreme
Court this morning announced its decision
in the Hamilton county contested election
cases, reversing the decision of the Circuit
Court of that county and giving certificates
of election to the Democratic candidates
for Senators and Representatives, No de
cision was announced in the mandamus
proceedings brought by the Governor and
Secretary of State to compel Clerk. Dalton
to make a return of the election abstract
from Hamilton county to the Secretary of
State. --" (
1 DIRECT TRADE.
A Company Organized In Charleston
for Direct Trade with South
American i"-.' ':'. - j."
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chablkstoh, Dec. 12. The Importing
Company chartered by the Legislature for
the development of direct trade between
Charleston and South America,' has been
organized here, and has begun operations
by ordering a cargo of five thousand bags
of coffee from Rio. The intention is to
import similar cargoes monthly, so as to
supply the Southern and Western markets.
The company is backed by large; capital. -
Excitement Caused nr Military Blove
, menta In Quebec. :
By Telegraph to the XomingStar.1
Quebec, Dec 12. Some excitement and
considerable speculation as to the object of
the movement has been caused here by the
announcement that two companies of the
Quebec County battalion have been order
ed into the citadel in accordance with in
structions from Ottawa, and that it is the
intention of the government to increase the
garrison there to four hundred and fifty
men for some time to come.
f The Duke of Somerset' was ' an,
infidel. We would like to know what his
opinion is now. Boston Post. -1 r i : .
1885.
irJiouMjxu iVI. , - CHOP REPORTS L i
Revision or Rules or the House Mor
rison's Code Adopted by the Oem-
mittee. .
.-v.-. Bv Telegraph to ths Morning 8tar ' '
Washington, Dec. 12 The Commit
tee on rules of tbe House of Representa
tives held a three hours' session to-day and
completed consideration of the revision of
roles, as proposed by Mr. Morrison, of 111.
Mr. Morrison's code of rules was adopted,
with a few verbal amendments, and will
be reported to the House: by Monday next
The amendments to tbe rules which were
proposed by other members of the House
were not acted upon, but will receive con-.
8lderation at future meetings of 1 ha com
mittee. ' Though a majoiity of the com
mittee favors the distribution of the work
ot the , Appropriation Committee, ; this
object will not te accomplished until after
a sharp contest in-the House, which will
not be in the nature of a party conflict, but
will be between the friends of the Morri
son code who btlieve that such distribution
.will result in facilitating' business and its
opponents, who regard it as : unwise at
this time to make such radical changes.!
Washington, Dec. 11. The Republi
can Senators met in caucus at 11 o'clock
this morning, and continued in session un
til 2 o'clock. Senator Sherman resigned
his position as chairman of the caucus and
Senator Edmunds was unanimously elected
to Ihe place. This action was -due to the
fact that no Senator has ever been chair
man of the caucus and presiding officer of
the Senate at the same time, and Senator
Sherman felt it incumbent upon him not to
depart from the line of precedents. The
action of the caucus, committee in the ar
rangement of the chairmanships of the
Senate committees in deciding to tender to
Senator Sewell that of the joint committee
on Library, and to Senator Logan his old
place on tbe coininistce on Military Affairs,
was ratified. Nearly all the time was de.
voted to a discussion of the line of policy
to be adopted toward Presidential appoint
ments. Senators expressed their views
freely, and were almost unanimous against
adoption of any general policy of opposi
tion, but were agreed upon the advisability
of treating each nomination upon its merits..
Opinions were expressed and generally as
sented to, that good men appointed to office
because they were Democrats should be con
firmed, except in cases where their prede
cessors were removed upon trumped up or
unfounded charges brought for the purpose
of making pretexts for the creation of va
cancies. In such-case it was urged that the
nominations should be held up, to give the
removed official an opportunity for vindi
cation. Senators who were present express
the opinion that this plan for the present
will govern the course of the Republicans
Tbe caucus adjourned without day.
The Postmaster General has made an or
der fixing the fees on international money
orders on and after January, 1886, as fol
lows : For sums not exceeding $10, 10 cents ;
over $10 and not exceeding $20, 20 cents;
over $20 and not exceeding $30, 80 cents;
over $30 and not exceeding $40, 40 cents;
over $40 and not exceeding $50, 50 cents.
This is a reduction of one-third of the pre
sent rates. ' -1
Com pti oiler Cannon, ex-officio Commis
sioner of the Freedman's Barings and Trust
Co., has made a report to Congress in re
gard to the affairs of that institution, from
which it appears that the total payments
made to creditors of the Company aggre
gate $1,720,780; leaving to be paid under
provisions of the act of February 17, 1883,
the sum of $3,526. The Commissioner 1 re
news his reoommendation for relief i by
Congress of unfortunate creditors of the
institution, and adds: "The great ma
jority of them are of the poorest and most
illiterate of our people. Many of them
have grown old and decrepid.. It seems
impossible for these people to realize that
they are to be deprived or have lost a por
tion of their earnings which years ago tbey
labored so hard to acquire and save.
Thousands of them to this day believe that
tne aiviaenaa paid tnem by the Commis-
sioner are but interest on the earnings of !
trPosU, and tbt sooner or later
Su2Hoa"i3l,b? retWra"d t0.i.W?-
ifo eipuoation 6s.m8 10 eonviuce. tbem to
tne contrary, anu vt-i. ... ,in .ijmniTi
orally and in writing for their money. Nor
ought it to be considered unreasonable I
in vie w of all the circumstances, for these
people to look to the government for reim
bursement of their losses. The Company
was chartered by Congress for their special
benefit, to encourage industry and thrift,
and most of its branches were presided
over by commissioned and uniformed
officers of the government. It was but
natural, therefore, for them to assume that
the government would see to" the proper
management of the institution and would
protect them from loss. Objection has been
made to the granting of this relief on the
ground of its dangerous tendency as a pre
cedent. This apprehension I think ground
less. There never was but one Freedman's
bank. There will never be another. From
the gradual diminution of the amount
called for on account of several dividends
declared, it is estimated that the sum of
$950,000 would cover the deficiency be
tween the amount paid (62 per cent) and
the amount to which creditors likely to
call for the same were entitled at the time
of tho failure of the Company." m
The Commissioner submits a bill design
ed to accomplish the desired relief and
says that if the relief is granted, provision
should be made for the transfer to the U.
S. of the remaining assets of the Company,
as it is probable that a considerable sum
may be yet realised from tbe assets now re
garded of but little or no value.
The House Committee on Rules held a
short session this morning and another to
night, which lasted two hours and a half;
during which various propositions which
were submitted to the House by Messrs.
Morrison, Springer and others were con
sidered at length. No final conclusion was
reached, however, and consideration of the
subject w;u be resumed to morrow. ,
Washington, Dec. 11. The Senate
Committee on Rules held its first meeting
morning, and instructed Senator JTrye,
its chairman, to report back to the Senate
the code of "joint rules for the government
01 omuiai luteruuurse uetweeu iuo two
Houses. The code is identical with
the joint code which tbe Senate acted upon
two years ago, except in respect to rule id,
which the committee has stricken : out.
This rule prohibits the sale of intoxicating
liquors in the Capitol building. - The Hen
ate has a rule of this kindin its own code.
and the committee thought it unnecessary to
incorporate it in the joint rules, believing
the matter was one which should be left to
the control of each House within its own
domain. '
Washington. December 12. The Sen
ate Committee on Privileges and Elections
held its second meeting this morning, and
instructed its chairman. Senator Hoar, to
report on Monday the Presidential Succes
sion bill. A number of verbal changes
"have been made in the bill.hut in all impor
tant features it is tbe ' measure that was
passed during the last Congress known as
the Hoar bill. It will probably be taken up
early in tbe week.and will give rise to con
siderable discussion, but it is likely to be
passed durincr the week.
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NEW YORK.
The Will of the LateWm. H. Vander.
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NBwYoKS.Dec 12. The will of the
late Wm. H. Vanderbilt bequeaths to his
wife his dwelling house, lots, stables; 3tc.
and $200,000 a 'year; $10,000,000 to each
of his eight children, nearly one million
dollars in stocks and bonds is given to
charitable institutions. The remainder of
his fortune is divided eauallv between
Cornelius and - Wm. - K. vanderbilt He
directs that all of the railroad stock be
queathed to his children shall be held in
bulk and administered for the best interests
of alA and that none of them shall be (dis
posed of without the consent 01 ail con
cerned. .He also provides - annuities of
from two to three thousand dollars to a
number of distant relatives. Mr. Chancey
Depewand Mr. Henry H. Anderson are
constituted administrators of his wilt
Blaine weighs. 191 pounds.: Gall
is heavy. Jioston rost, mm. -'
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NO. q
f tho Department of Agriculture for
December. : j
I By Telegraph to the Moraing Star.)
, Washington, Dec 10. The -crop re
ports of the Department of Agriculture for
December give the farm prices of princi
pal crops: 1 .
The increase in the product of corn has1
reduced the average value of the crop to
83 cents per bushel. . The average value of
the previous crop in December was 36
cents. The reduction is largest in tho:
Ohio valley and in the Southern States.!
West of tho Mississippi the increase of,
stock feeding has corrected the tendency to'
extremely . low prices. The average In'
Missouri is 26 cents, the same as last year
in Kansas, it is 24, instead of 32 last year,?
in Iowa, 24, . instead of 23; In Nebraska.:
19. instead of 18. It is 28 in Dakota, 2
cents lower than last year; 82 in Minneso -ta,
1 lower; . Illinois, 28. Indiana, 20;
Ohio. 82; , Michigan, 84: Kentucky, 85;
Pennsylvania, 49; New York, 58 i Com-:
pared with former prices corn values are
very low.
The price of cotton averages 8.3 cents
per pound of lint, farm value, which is
nine mills less than the December price last
year. The farm prices are: Virginia, 8 5
cents; North Carolina. 8.5; Georgia, 8 5;
Alabama, 8 3; Mississippi. 8.4; Louisi-.
ana, 8; Texas, 8; Arkansas, 8 1 ; Ten
nessee, 8. - -,
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THE DEAD KING. '
Solemn Requiem mass In Wasblnaton
for the Repose of the Soul of the Late
Kins Alfonso The President and
Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps Pre
.. ent.
Br Telegraph to the Mornhur Sbu.
Washington, Dec, 10. A Solemn Re
quiem Mass, for the. repose of the soul of
the late King Alfonso,, f Spain, was cele
brated at St Matthew's1 Catholic church,
at 11 o'clock this morning."The arrange
ments for the Mass were- made by the
Spanish Minister, Senor Yalera. who issued
invitations heavily bordered with black.,
to the President, Cabinet, Diplomatic
Corps and others. -. The auditorium of the
church was draped in mourning- The
catafalque stood in front of the altar rail,
the base draped with Spanish flags, sur
mounted by the Spanish national coat of
arms. On this rested tbe State casket of
black, ornamented with silver, and a simple
wreath of flowers was on the top of the
casket No flowers were on tbe altar,
which was draped in black. President
Cleveland and the Cabinet occupied seats
in the front pews, on one side of tbe centre
aisle, and the Spanish Legation corres
ponding seats on tbe opposite side. Back
of these were seated the Diplomatic Corps
and many prominent people. Mozart's
requiem was sung by a full choir, with
orchestra accompaniment
KENTUCKY.
A Desperate Strucslo Between an Offi
cer and his Prisoner The Latter Fa
tally Wounded.
Bv Telegraph to tbe Horning 8tar.i
Covington. Dec. 11.- A fatal affray oc
curred in the U. 8. Marshal's office here
yesterday. A number of prisoners were
taken from the jail to that office which ad -joins
the court room. . All were ushered
into the court room, except Edward O'Neal,
who was left in the office with Bailiff Day.
The prisoner was seated near a table in the
centre of the room. In a drawer next to
him was a 44-caMbre pistol. As Day
turned after showing the other prisoners
out be was met by O'Neal, who had in the
meantime taken the pistol from the drawer.,!
uay s nrsi intimation 01 danger was reel
ing a handful of pepper thrown into his
eyes. As they closed with pain, he caught
a glimpse of the pistol barrel levelled at his
head. Instinctively he caught it with his
right hand and clutched O'Neal 'e throat with
his left He bore down on the pistol as
it was diRp.harirRri and tho hnt. iuDt
their-lgTaaad his hip. Still holding his grasp,
f ough in ' Sgony of pain, he bore O'-l
rNeal io fflbritnn, ftW h
iwm marmm J7y P;:,jg iu
towards his antagonist, whom.be could no
longer see, fired, shooting O'Neal through
the bod'. The bullet entered - the lower
part of both lungs, bringing him to the
floor. Tbe whole thing was done in less
time than it takes to tell it. Instantly all
was confusion in the court room Doc
tors were called, wba dressed O'Neal's
wound, which they pronounced necessarily
fatal. The wounded man is 28 years of
age. was originally from Detroit, was said
latterly to have been a member of a coun
terfeiting gang, and was under indictment
lor passing counterfeit money.
STOCK MARKET.
Heavy Decline In Prices After u Strong
Opening;, '
ByTelegraph to the Morning Star.
New Yobk, December 12. There has
been a heavy decline in the stock market
today. After a strong opening which
showed advances for the active list of to
I, there was a persistent decline until the
close of the board. At times the market
was extremely active, especiall$whenitwas
most conspicuously weak, and the reactions
which were accompanied . by dullness.
were only slight Several causes have
operated to produce to day's -results. Ear
ly in the day it was reported that a new
issue of bonds, amounting to $25,000,000,
was to be made by the Lake Shore Rail
road, the alleged object being to take care of
the.bonded indebtedness of the Nickel Plate
road, inia.it was supposed, would add to
Lake Shore's free charges. The Vanderbilt
will also helped, as the brokers construed
the synopsis furnished to mean that his
securities might be thrown on the market
at any time. Conservative bulls turned
tail and sold stocks, especially Yanderbilts,
Pacific Mail is also very weak on reports
that Congress would certainly sustain the
postmaster uenerai on the subsidy ques
tion. The company's friends claim that
the subsidy is not worth much- more than
the trouble necessary to secure it Closing
prices show declines 01 fractions to over
three per cent; the latter in Pacific Mail.
MEXICO. T
' .1'; - . , Masn .' " i-
The Revolution In Monterey Gov.
Sepulveda Surrenders and Is put In
Prison Federal and Revolutionary
TroopslBurrylnc to montereyv
St. Louis, Dec. 12. A special, received
early this morning from Larendo, says
acting uovenor sepulveda, at Monterey.
concluded to surrender Friday afternoon,
and on notifying uen. Key es, that he would
do so. was taken prisoner and placed in a
military prison. Gen. Reyes then publicly
proclaimed martial law over the State and
assumed military governors nip, ne naving
been appointed to that position by . the
National Senate aft the City ef Mexico. ;
The arrival of Gen. Treveonda is still
anxiously looked for, and it is thought by
some that when he arrives tbe civil govern
ment can be peaceably established.
Fears are now expressed for the safety or
Gov. Sepulveda, as he will be held respon
sible for the killing of Federal troops in
the action of Thursday night
Federal troops are being burned to Mon
terey from all of the neighboring towns.
and within twenty-four hours from 500 to
600 troops will be- there. The forces 01
Rodeeuese. the revolutionary leader, are
also on their way to Monterey, but they do
not know that bepuiveoa nas been disposed
of, and that the task of overthrowing him
has been taken on their bands.
FOREIGN.
Funeral Services of Kins Alfonso.
- . Br Cable to the Morning Star.
Madktd, Dec.' 12. The funeral services
over the remains of the late King Alfonso
took place to-day at the Church 01 Bt
Francis the Great The large and hand
some edifice was ' crowded with - distin
guished people. All the sovereign heads of
Europe were represented. Members 01
the diplomatic corps were also present
The civil and military pageant was an im-
I -posing spectacle, and was witnessed by an
umnense vronu,
Brother Hart, of the Rocky
mount Talker, ought to have reminded us
that he was the editor when in our office.
We were very glad to meet him but it
never occurred to us that he was the Talker
itself. -
Par boro Southerner: Mr. Mar
tin Gardner weighed one of his fattening
piss last week and the gross weight was '
756 pounds. The hog is not dead yet and
Mr. Gardner is feeding for one thousand "
pounds. Next year will meet at Bat- r
tleboro, the M. B. District Conference; at .
Enfield, the State Conference of M. P. -Church;
at Whitakers the Primitive Bap
tist Association, and Tar boro, the Episco
pal Convention of this diocese.
Clinton Caucasian: A fatal ac- -cident
happened to a little child of Mr.
Henry Godwin, or Westbrook township, a
few days ago. Jhe child was sitting in a -Chair,
and fell out upon its head breaking
its neck. . It died in ten minutes after the
fall Our readers will remember that
John Williams, colored,, broke jail here
last summer and liberated several other -:
prisoners. Last Saturday he was lodged in
gil again for stealing ahorse from William -ainer,
also colored. Williams is a des
perate fellow. .
Asheville Advance: We publish
in another column a letter from Senator
Vance, explaining his connection with the
S. O. Deaver matter at Washington, which
has furnished his enemies a pretext to assail
him. It will be seen from the facts stated by
the Senator, that the charges made by the
Statesville Ladmark't Washington corres
pondent, and copied in the Asheville Cttf -
ten, are not true. Before knowing the facts
in the case, we took the liberty to defend
Senator Vance against the charge, backed
simply by our knowledge of his fidelity to
his people and party, v Senator Vance, in
his letter, states that Deaver was not kept
in office by him and that he never went to
the Secretary in his behalf, as charged by
the Landmark's correspondent His trans-"
f er to the Sixth Auditor's office was without
.Vance's knowledge or procurement
- Raleigh News- Observer: Yes
terday Governor Scales pardoned George
Dunn, a negro from Wake county, . who
was convicted at the January term, 1883,,
at wane county Superior Court, or rob
bery and larceny, and sentenced to twenty
year's imprisonment in the penitentiary.
He is now on the Western North Carolina
railroad. Affidavits were made to the Gov
ernor upon evidence lately discovered that
Dunn was not the criminal. - Upon these
affidavits, made by respectable citizens, .
Dunn has been granted a full pardon.
J. A. Green, of Yadkin county, who was
nearly four years ago convicted of man
slaughter and sentenced to four year's im
prisonment, was also pardoned yesterday.
He had only a few months yet to serve.
1 he application for pardon was signed bv
the judge, solicitor and other parties.
Washington Gazette: Last
Wednesday evening the intelligence spread
like wild fire over the town that George
Wolford, the butcher, had attempted to
take his life by swallowing laudanum, and .
succeeded. The charge of Judge
Shepherd to the grand 1urv on Monday was
able, eloquent and exhaustive. - We trust
the jury will not overlook the emphasis
placed by the Judgeon perjury. " The
fire alarm was sounded again on last Wed
nesday night at 12 o'clock. The handsome
residence of Mr. Thos. P. Bowen. on East
Second street, was discovered to be on
fire and in a surprisingly short time
the: building was entirely consumed.
We are informed bv Mr. Henrv Cut
ler, from Bath, of a very sad death which
resulted from burning on last Friday. It
appears inat tne daughter 01 Mr. b. a.
Sawyer, aged 14 years, was in the dimne
room preparing dinner for her father. Be
fore she was aware her clothing caught fire
and .in a moment she was enveloped in
flames. When the screaming child got to
her father all of her clothes were burned
off and her flesh was burned in a most
horrid manner. She was taken home, and
after suffering the most excruciating pain
died on Sunday morning. Aurora
item; A little negro child was burned to
death here recently. Its mother went off
to her work leaving the child with a larger
one. Both were roasting meat on the coals. -The
larger one went out and on coming
back found the little child lying in the fire
burned to death. 1 .
vuanuite 1 uoserver: judge
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Hugh L. Bond arrived at the Central last
night His business here is to try the suit
of the Richmond 1 & Danville Railroad -
Company against Thos. R. Sharoe.
The grand jury yesterday found a true hill .
again8tt AiazL Ji-ing, colored, for tne mur-
three weeks ago. The case is set for trial -Thursday.
Mr. Bob Paul, of this
city, yesterday afternoon discovered that
his wife and two children had eloped with
Joe Klouse, also of this city. Klouse,
with Mrs. Paul and the two children,- left
on the afternoon train on the Charlotte.
Columbia & Augusta road. The children
are aged 6 and 8 years. Citizens of
Clear Creek township who were in town
yesterday, informed us of the burning, the
night previous, of the gin house 01 Mr.
Joel Watts, in that township. With
the gin house,; all the machinery
and a lot of cotton were- destroyed.'
Mr. Watte estimates his loss at $1,000,
upon which there was no insurance. The
fire, it is believed, was incendiary. This
is the second time Mr. Watts has suf
fered from the incendiary's torch, his store
house and contents having been burned one
night about two years ago. One hun
dred coloredeople from Lanrinburg .have
been loafing about the depots here, home
less and shelterless, since Saturday last,
waiting for an emigration agent to take
them to Kansas. They are witnout money,
laveno provisions and are in a bad fix
generally. The Carolina Central Railroad
Company has offered to take them back
free, but paid colored agents are prevailing
upon them to stay here and hope for the
best. The agents i telegraphs that he will .
be here "in a few days." Yesterday there
were 60 colored people at Lilesville and 150
at Laurinburg waiting for this same agent.
The crowd here paid their own fare from
Laurinburg. i
Charlotte Observer: It is possi
ble that the Carolina Central may yet
reach Asheville. A railroad meeting will
be held at Rutherford on Tuesday to con
sider a line from that point to Asheville.
Delegater have been invited from Asheville
Wilmington and Spartanburg and other
points interested, t Mr. Bob Paul,
whose wife and children eloped with Joe
Klouse, last Monday, yesterday received a
telegram from a friend in Atlanta saying
Uiatibc runaways had been seen in that
city, ancrwere known to nave nought rail
road tickets from Atlanta to Jackson, Miss. -Mr.
Paul is still telegraphing heavily ia
that direction. The Winnsboro (9.
C.) Newt and Herald, says that there is a
rumor to the effect that the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta Railroad, now under
the management of the Richmond & Dan
ville Syndicate, is likely to pass into the
control or the Atlantic coast . uxne.
The well known Lister poison springs, .
of Iredell county, have changed hands, Mr.
R. L. Goodman, of Mooresville, being the.
new owner of the property. The water
of these springs possesses peculiar medici
nal virtues, a lact wmcn nas Jong Deen
known to the people of this community.
many of whom have been cured 01 rheuma
tism and other diseases by using the arse
nic water.. Judge Hugh L. Bond yes
terday heard the suit of the Richmond A
Danville Railroad .Company against Thos.
R. Bharpe, tor the recovery of a little nar
row gauge railroad up about Danville. : If
we understand the case correctly, nowever.
Mr. Sharpe claims that the narrow gauge
road belonds to himself, while the Rich
mond & Danville disputes the ownership.
At a previous trial the ease was decided in
favor of the Richmond & Danville, and a -receiver-was
appointed for the road.
The receivership - continues in effect
while the case is going from court to court.
The impression tnataanai decision nas
been made in the matter of the location of
the State Industrial School, is erroneous,
and Charlotte may yet secure the school by
a proper effort Raleigh's bid was the
grounds and buildings, supplemented by
the promise 01 sz,uuu in caan irom tne citi
zens. Charlotte's bid was a she for tbe
buildings and $5,000 in cash." The Board
of Agriculture committed tne question 01
the school's establishment to a committee of
three, consisting of Gov. 8cales, Mr. W. G.
Unchurch and Col. W. F. Green, to report
at the next session in January, 1887.
Washington dot: Mr. Henderson's absence
from the House opening day was caused by
a cold and a bilious attack. He bad a chut
after Saturday's caucus, owing to the sud
den change in the weather.