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The Weekly Star. WEL H. BEBNA&D, Editor and Frop'r. WILMINGTON, N. C. December 25, 1885: f-Jn writing to change tyour "addreBS, alwayt viveformer direction as well as fall particulars as where yon wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can not be made, W-Nottces of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks. &o., are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only hall rates when paid for strictly In advance. At this rate 60 cents .will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. "Remittances must be made by CheckJraft Fostal Money Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will register letters when desired. f-Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. - rjg"Speclmen copies forwarded when desired. ItlORE ABOUT SILVER. , ' Silver is worth" twenty per cent less than a few years ago. There must also be some cause for this beyond the power of control of the people, i. e. the law making power. If the government can, by its mere ipse dixit, say eighty cents worth of silver is one honest dollar, why can it not, with propriety and success, say a pound of cotton is worth ten or twelve cents instead of eight, and must command that amount T No one wants silver, as a basis of money, demonetized; but why should the govern ment be required to buy and coin when it is not used, and why should eighty cents worth of silver be stamped a dollar any msnu 4Vmn aiirViHr ont.n worth of crold T luirio uau ..uvj . u Will the Wilmington Btab answer T Ashevitte Citizen. . Our respected contemporary pro pounds Bome questions that it may be difficult for us to answer, but that will not prove that silver should be demonetized or that the Government is acting unfairly or dishonorably in causing the present silver dollar to be coined. Gold has fluctuated in the past just as silver has in its value. Twelve years ago silver was worth more than gold was. For fifty years from 1830 to 1880 the entire supply of silver was wholly insufficient. Mr. Hulhall says that 5,?30 tons of can dlesticks, etc., were melted down for money uses. Gold and silver have been the standards of values in the United States since the Government was formed. But during that time gold and silver' have fluctuated in value. The purchasing power of bothmetjals has fallen very much since their coinage began by our Go vernment. More than once the sil ver dollar has been more valuable than the gold dollar and vice versa. After gold was discovered in Aus tralia and California silver was the more valued metal. The work ing of our silver minds by new processes, and the demonetiza tion of silver by Germany, aided and abetted by the Secretaries of the Treasury! in the United States, have combined to make silver of less value as a commodity than gold. In 1876, silver went down to 46 pence per ounce, but in 1881, it had risen to 5 If pence per ounce. If new gold no doubt that gold would depreciate gold in the world is being manufac tured at present instead of coined. You cannot demonetize silver without endangering the currency. The greatest of American financiers, Hamilton, said that "to annul the use of either of the metals as money is . to abridge the quantity of the circu lating medium." j Oar friend says silver is . 20 per cent, less than it was a few years ago. He means the bullion value, and not face value. It is of course a fact that the silver dollars are not worth as much as they were, but they have just as great a purchasing value in 1885 as they had in 1860. Mark that. A silver dollar will duv in market now as much as a gold dol lar. You cannot get the bankers to sell them for less than a dollar. Mark another thing. The silver dol lar always contains 100 cents. There is just as much silver in the dollar to-day as there was in 1790, or when the first silver, dollar was coined. The only 'debasement the dollar has ever suffered was in 1837, when the Congress caused one pound of cop per to be taken out of .every two thousand , dollars coined.' But the amount ?jf gold- in - the dollar has j been reduced. In 1834, percent, was taken, thus debasing it heafily. Why was this done? But there are 100 cents of silver in everydollar coined, and this is as much as can be said for the gold dollar. It only contains 100 cents worth of gold. As that able writer on coinage, John A. Wier, says, it is not the fault of the Gov ernment "that the silver hundredth or cent is not worth quite as much as the gold hundredth or cent." He says in this there is no dishonesty, as the Government might "eonstitu tionaUy reduce the weight of the gold dollar and make its bullion value equal to the silver dollar." Mr. Grier is confident that silver would soon go up to its old value if it was un tampered with. He asks a question full of suggestiveness. It is this: "Who can say that it is not the gold dollar that has become dearer, and not the silver dollar that has become cheaper ?" The purchasing power of the silver dollar is greater now than it was twenty-five years ago because the average fall in prices is greater than the decline in silver. We do not know that our friend will con eider his question .as answered, but we given some facts in connection with silver and gold that are worthy of contemplation. The cause of the depression in the bullion value of silver is as indicated above with the important addition that the banks have been hostile to it, and have done all they well could to depreciate its value. If the enemies of silver could fully succeed they would wipe out one-fifth of, the mea sure of value and to that extent in jure trade and undermine all con tracts ; and bargains. This would give the banks full ; control. Mr. Alexander Del Mar, Mining Commls sioner to the Monetary Commission of 1876, says in the North American Review for November in regard to the effeots of demonetizing silver: "It will practically relegate the future control of money to the banks, whose in terests, at times, will lend, them to as wild an inflation as now it invites to'a tuinous contraction. They already have absolute control over their own notes, they have se cured a large proportion of the gold coin and are trj ing to monopolize it all, and they are increasing their reserves in greenbacks which are payable in coin. The only por tion of the money of the country not amen able to their control is the silver idollart; and this explains their hostility t them." In a former article we discussed the effects of a contraction; of cur rency and gave what the British his torian, Archibald Alison, said that the contraction of currency in Eng land which attended the resumption of specie payments by the Bank of England in 1 1821, "caused as much loss to money capitalists by lowering the rate of interest as to producers by lowering" the price of commodi ties." It is, therefore, of the utmost importance that the currency should be kept steady and the prines should be maintained. This is far more im portant than any question ofc inter national currency; a thing that does not exist. - I We give a quotation from Mr. Grier's excellent treatise on Amen can Coinage and the Depression in Prices. He says: I "It is somewhat remarkable that ! gold is the only commodity in use in the! United States mat Congress, by a positive km, has fixed a price for, and offers to buy all that is presented for sale to them. This price is $20 67 7 3 1 87 per Troy ounce. You might carelessly look at the laws and not observe the fact. By the law of January 14, 1875, all charge for converting gold bullion of the United States standard into coin, was removed, and all gold Offered, must be coined by order of a former law. Hence, gold -is the metal that is particu larly favored, and has a forced valuation given to it bf legislation. England and Germany have similar laws, giving gold a fixed, and at the same time a foiced, bul lion value. So the Government, "by ita mere ipse dixit" has given a positive value to gold. Why same for silver ? can V it not do the A NEW PLAN, The last Republican plan that has come to light is to . make jcertain Northern States inevitably Republi can. The Blaine' and Logan! set are in' despair as to breaking the solid South. They have abused and slan dered i le Southern people; they have manufactured outrage; they have perverted facts; they have flapped thej bloody shirt a-t an orifiamme of victory, and have tooted from the ramparts, morning and . night, that the country was in danger jfrom a new rebellion, and it all j availed nothing. At .'last, in sheer despera tion, they have acknowledged the failure, and are scheming to gain the needed votes in the doubtful Northern States. They th ink that importation is all that is necessary to win the next fight. The Philadel- i phia Times, a sagacious, and wide awake Independent paper, says: "Ex-Collector Daniels, bf Buffalo, is said to be ibe originator of a scheme by which be proposer to make New York surely Republican. It is simply to import 20.000 good, lively colored men from the South, distribute them a the agricultural districts of the State and let them fill the places of an equal number of Democratic laborers, who by ibis arrangement would be compelled to emigrate to dome other Stale for employment. " This. he thinks, would make the SUte so solidly Republi can that not even the def ection of the Mug wumps would again give the Democrats a majority. His idea is that all the Republi can money and brains should be devoted to rescuing New York from Democratic dom ination." '- . If this game is attempt d let the .New Fork Democrats raise a fund and bring over as many Irish Demo crats and secure them hon es. The Republican plan would not workj as two can play at t bat gar le as the Times suggests. - IIOB LAW. When the Chatham mob did its sweeping work the press of the State was outspoken in severe c deniza tion of the act. If mobs ire to do the hanging in North Carolina then there is no use of the farce; of trying men for their lives in the courts. The hanging of Lee by a mob ingham is just one of those: at Rock acts that are to.be deplored. 1oubtless the wretch deserved hanging,' but in a State that before the war was1 law abiding above all others, and whose people were as little addicted to vio lence as any people under the sun, this usurptng of the authority of the courts over life and death! is out of place, and every good citizen should denounce it. In South Carolioa the people seem inclined to prevent -Abe execution of mob law, anc to prose cute all who are engaged in it if they can be ascertained. That is a good example, and the law efficers of North Carolina should not be slow in endeavoring to ferret out those who join mobs and engage in hanging men without any pretense of trial or any of the forms of law. ; f - If the people would reflect seri ously npon this grave matter they would be deeply moved at the preva lence of lynchings. No mhb is fit to take life because.. of passion and prejudice. A man, is adjudged guilty without investigation and is sent into eternity. " Doubtless in the Tegular courts men are sometimes wrong fully punished, and even innocent men have been hanged. How must it be in hangings by a wild mob greedy for blood ? If mobs are to prevail no man is saf. s The law abiding people will have to organize against mobs . for their own safely. And so violence begets violence, so--ciety is thrown iuto chaos, and the Whole State puffers! Steps hhould be taken to crush out this reign of violence. TREB BAIS1NG. , I the North tree Tawing is regu larly practiced. .We do. not mean putting up tree, but putting in the ground the seeds of chesnut, hicko ry, walnut, spruce pine' and other trees. . The methods necessary in cultivating each kind of tree is' well understood and practiced.- For in stance, in a recent editorial, the Bos ton Post treated of the maimer to plant seeds of different trees and of the pine and spruce gave these di rections: "The land owner who wants to improve all waste or vacant space gathers the pine or spruce cones, dries them, and when they crack open shakes out the seed and plants them in ene of two methods. The flnt and simplest is, when there is a light fall of snow in the spring, to scatter the seed on the surface of the ground so that it may be seen where it falls. Seeds are then not sown too thickly. The second method is either to plough shallow, furrows about five feet apart, running around the hills rather than over them, following with a common vegetable seed planter. Or a man may, with a common corn boe, dig fiat holes about four or five feet apart, a boy with a pail of seed passing along with him and dropping three or four in each hole. The man then flaps his hoe on the seed or treads his foot on it. Pine seeds need very slight covering. From six to eight acres can be planted in a day with a ploughed f utrow, or three or four by the hoe, - The work should be dona as early as the frost will admit in the spring. Early planting does the best, that the seed may germinate before hot, dry weather sets in." t c So' necessary and profitable is tree planting that in all Northern States it is now much resorted to. Unwise slaughtering of trees in the past makes it - a necessity now to cover vacant and barren lands with trees. The Stab has often urged tree planting and explained why this should be done.: In the South the plan is to destroy. ' After awhile it will come to pass that all intelligent owners of land will appreciate two facts; first, that it is an abuse and waste to cut down a tree if it can possibly be avoided, and, second, that it pays to plant trees every year. We notice that one man in Massachusetts will plant 300 acres the next Spring with pine seed. All cattle and sheep are excluded from lands devoted to tree raising. One of the rich Astors, of New York, William. Waldorf by name, a staunch Republican and late Minister to Italy, has achieved success as a novelist. His "Valentino" is well spoken of by the leading New York paper. The Star says of it; "If he has done nothing else, tbe author has by it demonstrated the possession, of an equipment in many respects superior to that of the average of writers who have re cently made the novel their vehicle of ex pre&sion. A. picturesque and unembarrassed literary style, a power of rapid narrative and vivid description and a quite remarka ble skill in dialogue are enough in them selves to carry a novelist along tho road of success. But in addition to these Mr. As tor has an imagination of considerable range and tbe gift o" reproducing tbe past and makiog it live again upon bis pages, which are eminently tD his advantage in the field he appears to have chosen, that of historic! romance.'' Senator Beck made a speech on his resolution of inquiry as to whether the officials of the United States ob serve the law in regard to coin, $?c. He seid tbe Treasury officials had violated the law they were bound to obey. We copy a brief paragraph: "No more statesmanlike message had ever eminated from tbe Executive Mansion, in Mr Beck's opinion, than President Cleveland's first ineesage, but he (Beck) did not agree with the position of that message regarding silver. Three-fourths of our business troubles arose from the fact that the laws of tbe United States were not car ried out by our executive officers. Combi tions of bankers and bondholders, and their well paid press, were opposed to silver, and their present crusade against that metal was another evidence of the audacity of tbe organizations of wealth organizations which bad always secured whatever they had demanded. . How is that ? Mr. Dor in an Eaton has annonnced that he will leave the Civil Service Commission in a few days. It is said that the Republicans look at him with suspicion and that his confirmation would have been re fused but for his intention to speedi ly resign. What is the matter with Dorm$n ? He is a Republican. Senator Vest made an eloquent and able speech on his resolutions in regard to Austria and its treatment of Mr. Keiley. Senator Plumb was not as far out of the way, as some may think, when he advocated the abolition of the whole diplomatic service... i Bnffalo Springs, .. Virginia, have been leased to men from Chicago for five years at 120,000, with the privi lege of purchase at 1200,000 a year, at the expiration of half of the time. They have also the privilege of an other lease of five years if no sale is made. -1. ; .....v The latest conoermng tbe Vander bilt estate is that it is worth far more than was at first estimated. It will go nearer $400,000,000 'than 1200,000,000, it is said. , A Black Santa nana In Jail. A correspondent of the Stab, writing from Clear Bun, Sampson county, says that a colored boy, (name unknown) on Saturday last tried to effect an entrance into the store of Mr.E. L. Pugh . by -going down the chimney. But he found the way too small and stuck fast in the flue unable to get up or down. He remained in this position all night and was taken out the next morning and carried to jail In Clinton. Foreign Bxaorta. ; The foreign exports yesterday comprised 1,891 bales of cotton valued at , $57,139.08 and shipped to Liverpool by Messrs. Wil liams Murchiaon, per Norwegian barque memmet; 510 casks of spirits turpentine valued at $9,045 shipped by Messrs. Pater son Downing & Co., and 4,280 barrels of rosin valued at 14,123 shipped by Messrs. Williams & Murchlson, to London, IJng., per Norwegian barque C. Sodbertut. I - . nr a nnn jvei. . I forty - N IN Til congress. pknnsyl.va.nla.. - jfuxnxx -.vania. Tlie Story or tbo Sailors Afcan4one4 on a Goan Island. ', - . - The three sailors abandoned on a guano island in the Carribbean Sea, as related by Mr. J. W.- Jeannette in an account pub lished in the' Stab a few weeks ago, were rescued by the U. S. steamship PowTiatan, .and have arri ved at New York. They give new details of their hardships; In April,' 1884, they and a dozen others contracted to work V piling guano on the island, the only habitable part of which is six hundred yards long and three hundred yards wide. They had only - three months'' provisions. They had no sooner landed than there was a dispute between Captain Jeannette, who claimed to be superintendent, and the cap tain of tbe vessel over the appointment of a Frenchman as foreman. Jeannette drew, a line around a fort-like house in which were stored all the provisions, and threatened to kill the first man who crossed it. Jean nette, who is a small but. determined man, cartied his poinjand was left in charge of the men on shore. The vessel after taking five hundred tons of guano on board, set sail In time a second ship -carried away seven hundred tons of guano. " After that no more vessels came to the island for two months. The three months were up and all the provisions gone. They caught some fish, but the fishing lines soon gave out and the hooka were lost. The captain tore up canvas and unravelled ropes and thea twisted a new stock of fishing lines. He then destroyed a six-dollar umbrella and converted the steel ribs into books. ' . He played tbe role of the lone fisherman day after day, hoping against hope for the arrival of another vessel, while the work men grew more and more discontented. The party had two yawls,' and one morning, after they had been on the island seven months. Captain Jeannette started on a daring voyage in, one of the yawls in search of help. He had neither chart nor compass and had to trust altogether to his swn ex perience to retch Jamaica. He allowed his boat to be governed by the trade winds, and after a voyage lasting from December 20th, 1884. to January 10th of this year, reached there. From Jamaica he went to Wilmington, N. C , and. after treatment for rheumatism contracted ou the daring voyage, went to New York. Tbe poor fellows left on the island kept faithfully at their work, and by the latter part of May' last had collected 475 tons of guano. Some English vessels touched at the island, but the men had not money to pay their passage, and, moreover, they still trusted that they would hear from either Capt. Jeannette or their employers. Their fresh water supply was very meagre. For tunately heavy rains set in later, and they managed to gather a supply. Their food consisted of fish, " concha, birds' eggs and boobies. . These fow s came in flocks upon the shore. Tne concha were very indiges tible, an! had to be abandoned as an article of food. The little hard bread which they bad managed to keep was almost destroyed by weevils . Their shoes were all worn away, their trousers reached 'only to their knees and their shirts were almost in shreds. They bad almost abandoned all hope when the Pmohatan touched at the island on Nov. 25th lftit. They sailed away on the Powhatan, leaving behind some six hundred tons of guano and all their tools. The officers and crew of the steamer were greatly interested in tbe poor fellows, and provided them with shirts, trousers and caps in place of the tattered clothing which they wore when taken on board. Capt. Jeannette feels very sorry for the men, but says that he himself ia as much a victim as they are. He claims to have dis covered Roncador and three other islands back in the fifties, and says he was recog nized as their owner by the American gov ernment Although a partner with (Jen. Schwenck, E. L. Ritchie and Mr. Sloan in thefrcheme to work Roncador Island, it was turned over in his absence, be says, to the Petrel Guano Company, and his shares of stock sold. He says that a Mr. Wickoff now virtually owns the island. He has en: tered suit against all the parties whom he claims have wronged him- A little Boy'a Cbrlatmaa Ntoeklns;. "Dear Santa Claus," wrote little Will in letters truly shocking, "I'se been a good boy. so please fill a heapen up this stocking, I want a drum to make pa sick, and drive my mamma cra zy. I want a doggie I can kick so he will not get lazy: I want a powder.; gun to shoot right at my sister Annie, and a big . trumpet I can toot just awful loud at granny. I want a dreffle big false face to scare in fixs our baby. I want a pony I can race around the parlor, maybe. I want a little hatchet, too, so I can do some chopping upon our grand piano new when mamma goes a shopping, I want a nice hard rub ber ball to smash all into flinders the great big mirror in the hall an' . . lots and lots o' winders. An' ' candy that will j make me sick .. . so m a all night will hold me an make pa , l' get the doctor quick an' never try to scold me. An Santa Claus, if pa says I'm naughty it's a story. Jus' say if he wbips me I'll die and go to kingdom ' glory." , - . Brunswick 1 tenia. Caesar Morton, a colored preacher, who was raised in Onslow county and has been preaching at Kinston and New Bern for several years past, was arrested a few days ago near Calabash by special deputy Nero Frink, and committed to jail in SmithvQle by J. C. Beck, Esq., charged with im proper but unmentionable conduct The corn and potato crops in Brunswick turned out better than was expected, but cotton was short averaging not more than half a crop. ' Supreme Court Decision. A decision has been rendered in the Su preme Court of North Carolina in a ques tion of considerable interest to merchants. It was carried to that Court by appeal from the Criminal Court of Mecklenburg county. The case, beard ; before Judge Meares, was that of Miller, a merchant, in dicted for "drumming without license," in soliciting purchasers for a car-load - of flour he had received. A special verdict was rendered for the defendant and to make a test an appeal was taken by the Solicitor for the State to the Supreme Court which decides that there is no error, affirming the decision of the lower court. Qnauae. , Col. V. V. Richardson, of Columbus county, met Judge Seymour, of the U. 8. District Court, in this city yesterday eve ning, by appointment, and qualified as TJ. S. Marnhal for tbe Eastern District of North Carolina. ; . FIRST SESSION. Reports memorials and Bllla Pre aented In tba Senate Bllla Intro, jdueed In tne Bouae Under tbe Call of Statea Tbe Holiday Beeeaa. ' Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.' t -SENATE. . . . ; Washington, Dec. 21. The Chair laid before tbe Senate a letter from, the Secre tary of War, transmitting reports, etc.. re lating to bridges in course of construction which may interfere with the free" naviga tion of the navigable waters of the United States.- - r;v :e.,4 i Mr. Maxey presented a memorial of the Mexican Veteran Association, praying for the passage Of a Dill pensioning the veterans of tha Mexican war. j Referred. I Among the bills favorably reported and placed on the calendar, were the. following: . By Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the, Judiciary, in reference to bigamy and poleamy in Utah. . Mr. Edmunds said he would ask the Senate to take up this bill immediately after the holiday recess. f By Mr. Hoar, from the same committee, an original bill to establish a uniform sys tem of bankruptcy throughout the United States. Mr, Hoar said he wouldask the Sen ate to take up this bill as soon as possible after the holiday recess. " ? ' - By Mr Cullom. the Postal Telegraph bill It provides for the purchase of any existing line, under the provisions of tbe act of 1866, at appraised valuation, to be ascertained by a commission of five disin terested persons. ?-'-..-;.;--." Amomg the bills introduced and appro priately referred were the following: ; i By Mr. VanWyck, to provide for the organization of that part of the territory of the U. S. known as Indian Territory and the public land strip into a territory to be known as the Territory of Okaiahoma, and to provide a temporary government for the same; for the allotment of homesteads to Indians in severalty and to open unoccu pied lands to Indian settlers. , 5 : By Mr. Cullum, for the establishment of a postal telegraph system. Mr. Test offered the following preamble and resolution and moved their reference to the Committee on Foreign Relations: "Whereas, Correspondence between the Governments of the United States and Austria-Hungary, which has been trans mitted to the Senate by the President, shows that Hon. Anthony M. Keiley of Virginia, was on April 29, 1885, appointed Minister to Austria-Hungary ; that on May 9. 1885, the Government of the United States was officially notified by the Govern-, ment of Austria-Hungary that the position of a foreign envoy wedded to a Jewess by civil marriage would be untenable and even impossible in Vienna; and, on August 4, 1885, tbe Government of Austria-Hungary declared its determination not to re ceive Mr. Keiley as Minister from tbe United States.. "Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives, that the position assumed by this Government and the principles affirmed in said correspondence by the Secretary of State, meet with our unquali fied approbation. Tbe Constitution of the United States provides that no 'religious test shall ever be required as qualification to any office or public trust under tbe United States.' and whilst sincerely anxious to maintain friendly relations with Austria Hungary and all other governments, .the people of the United 8tates deny the right of any foreign government to assert against any citizen of this country disqualification for office by reason of his religious belief ,or that of his family." Mr. Vest strongly commended the course of Secretary Bayard in the Keiley matter and moved reference of the resolution to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Plumb thought (he incident showed how utterly useless the whole diplomatic service was. He hoped tbe committee would report that that service could be dis pensed with altogether. The resolution was referred. The Senate then passed the House con current resolution providing for an ad journment from today till Tuesday, Jan. 6,1886. At 3 25 p. m. ths Senate went into execu tive session. At 4 o'clock the doors were reopened and the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, January 5th, 1886, at 12 o'clock noon. The Senate in executive session confirmed the nomination of John Bigelow, to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York. ! HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIVE8. The regular order being demanded, the Speaker proceeded to call the States for tbe introduction, of bills and resolutions for reference, and a large number were intro duced Among them were the following: By Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, to provide money for vacating patents; also, relating to the compensation of United States At torneys, Marshals and Commissioners. By Mr. Wheeler, of Ala., to create a bureau of military statistics. Also, to es tablish courts of appeals. Also, to pension survivors of tbe Mexican war. Also, to. grant lands to Alabama to aid tbe St. Louis, Alabama and Atlantic Railroad Company. Also, for the relief of Fitz John Porter. Also, to amend the Civil Service act; it amends tbe act by tbe addition of sections calculated to equalize appointments in the Civil Service among the several States, and provides that an appointing officer may designate a certain person for examination, and upon his being found capable, may appoint him to office. By several members, bills forfeiting un earned lands granted to aid in the construe tion of several different railroads. By Mr. Crisp,, of Ga., amending the Pacific Railroad acts; requiring railroad companies to take out patents to their lands. It was after 5 o'clock when the State of Maine was reached in the call, and it was evident that the House would have to re main in session until midnight in order to complete the call. At the suggestion of Mr. Curt in, of Pa., it was ordered that when the House meets on January 5th the call shall be continued from where it was left off; and then, at 5.15. the House ad journed until January 5th. ; ' Though only fourteen of the thirty-eight States were reached under the call, there were 1,004 bills introduced and referred. A large majority of these bills were of a private nature, while a still larger ma jority were bills that have been before pre vious Congresses. Measures were also in troduced for the erection of public buildings at the following places: Augusta, Ga ; Co lumbus. Ga. ; Birmingham, Ala.; Hunts ville, Ala. ; Jacksonville, Fla. A bill was also introduced for tbe erection of a build ing for the use of the Lighthouse Board at Washington. WASHINGTON . Cbrlatmaa at tbe Wblte House Ad vlees from Gen. Crook. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. t Washington, December 23. The Pre sident will spend Christmas day quietly at the White House. He will have no company, but will eat his Christmas dinner with Miss Cleveland. The President will.sign the bill granting a pension' to Mrs. Grant in time for that measure to become a law as a Christmas present for the widow of the late ex-Presi- Adlutant General Drum to-day re ceived a telegram from Gen. Crook, con firming the press account of the ambuscad ing of Lieut. Fountain's force by Indiana, dent. . . . .- ., -:" r---: . London, December 23. Michael Davitt, in an interview to-day respecting home rule for Ireland, said: "The alleged pro posals of Mr. Gladstone, recently published, are a good basis for a settlement of the Irish question. I advocate Daniel O'Con nell's plan or minority representation in the Irish Parliament. I would give 75 seats to the Loyalists and 225' to the Par nellites. The police should be disarmed. Irsh landlords would be impossible under as Irish Parliament." . . . INDIANA. Tbe Fire at Vlneennea Loeeea and ' Ineuranee. . n VmoEHNEB, Dec. 23. The fire that oc curred here to day . was checked shortly after 3 o'clock, There was much excitement during the progress of the fire, and fears were entertained that a large jportlon of the city would be swept away. The following are detailed estimates of losses and insu rance; Mcjames loss $10,000, insurance $6,500; Graeter, owner of the Grand Hotel loss $25,000. insurance $10,000; Gardner & Sons loss on stock $12,000, insurance $2'500, loss on building $6,000, insurance $2,500. m m m ' The last distinct words spoken by Robert Toombs were (turning to a rela tive): "Lend me one hundred dollars. " - -- Boiler Explosion, at HarrUurc-Six i fllen Ipjared Outraa-ee by Striking RUnera.' " 1 : ' - " Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. : -Habbisbubg, 'Dec. 23. While - testing tbe boilers at Lochiel - Rolling MilV this morning, prior to starting up the works, which have been 'idle for the year, one of them exploded and scattered steam and debris in every direction. " Over one hun dred persons were in the vicinity at the time and six were injured two seriously. Thomas Welsh had his bead badly out and was terribly scalded about the legs from the waist" down.- His condition is con sidered dangerous, t Wm. Pickens was struck in the stomach with- a heavy piece of iron and received intestinal injuries that may result fatally: Both men' were taken to the hospital. Two- other men .were bruised and slightly cut.' The cause of the explosion is assigned to overcharging the boiler. . . - f -i v - ;'.;-):r?: 1 - Wilkesbarbe,' ' Dec. 23. Work . was commenced this morning on the new tun nel, No. 4 shaft, to reach the blocked gangway in No. 2 slope, where the bodies of tbe men are supposed to be. -Work will be pressed night and day with a strong force of miners, laborers and rock men. It is hoped that the bodies of tbe victims will be recovered in less than a month's time. ' ' PiTTSBCBe, Dee. 23. At abont 4 o'clock this morning seventy-five masked men put in an appearance at the old Eagle mines of W. H. Brown & Co., near Monongahela City, and the working miners as they ap proached, were halted and.' compelled to return to their homes under a heavy fire. The strikers seem more desperate than up on any previous occasion. They were all well armed, and at least twenty-five shots were fired. Superintendent Jones, of the old Eagle mines, says the strikers had evi dently lain in wait in tne woods near the mines for the greater part -of the night, as they were not observed until they rushed down the hillside, firing their revolvers and guns. The workmen were . frightened and ran for their lives.. None' were' shot, but a number were injured in -their eagerness . to escape. : Two, whose names could not be learned, jumped over a small precipice and were quite seriously injured. After all the miners had been' driven off Superintendent Jones took charge, but was compelled to retreat under threats of bodily harm. At 11 o'clock all was reported quiet; the strikers having de parted shortly after daylight It Is said that the miners at the old Eagle . pits will be supplied with arms to-day for their protection in the future. Later dispatches eay that the strikers are still in possession of the mine. An attack with stones was also made on the homes of miners, and windows were broken in about twenty five houses No one was injured. . GEORGIA. A Town Badly Damaged by Fire Bomtelde In Greenville. I By Telegraph to the Morning Star, t Atlanta, Dec, 23. The town of Ho- Stnsville, on the Atlanta & West Point ailroad, was badly damaged by fire last night. The fire originated in the postoffice and spread rapidly through the town, burning the houses of J. C. Adams, Mrs. Worthen, tbe Masonic Lodge, P. G. Whit aker, N. Epps, Prather & Lane, A. A. Klasky and Whitaker & Swauson's stables. The loss is heavy and there is not a cent of insurance on any of tbe burned bouses. A special from Greenville, Ga, states that Chuk McLendon shot and killed bis fathcr-tn-law, Rufus Johnson. McLendon had been living with his father-in law and was preparing to 'move away, when John son accused him of having stolen some thing from him. McLendon gave him tbe lie and Johnson struck him with a ham mer; knocked him down, jumped on him and began beating him with the hammer. McLendon, who was armed, drew his pis tol and shot Johnson through the abdo men, and through the thigh and head. McLendon shot himself in the thigh during the struggle. He gave himself up, but was not committed to jail, as every one be lieved that he was justified in shooting Johnson. V j FIRE RECORD. DeatrwetlTe Conflagration In Vlneen nea, Ind. Twelve Tbouaand Dollar Blase In Georgetown 8. C. Indianapolis, Dec. 23, 2 A. M. A Vincennes, Ind., special to the Journal, says a destructive fire is raging in that city. It broke out in McGimser's livery stable, a large building on Third street, passed to Gardner & Sons' extensive furniture ware rooms, and then down to Second street. The people are greatly excited, as they fear the destruction of the greater portion of the business section of the city. McGimser lost, forty head of horses; insured for $3,000. The Grand Hotel is ruined; loss $20,000. Gardner & Sons' loss $15,000; partially insured. AX 1. 15 this morning Mayor Wilhelm telegraphed to Terre Haute for assistance. Tbe city fire department is exhausted, and the flames are increasing, 'j : Charleston, Dec 23. A fire at George town yesterday destroyed tbe stores of Fritz Young Majewski and E. D. Door, and some small buildings. The total loss is $12,000, and insurance $3,500. COLORADO. Two Blen Burled by a 8no w-Sllde. ; iBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ! Dbnvbb, Dec 23. A special from Sil verton says: A snow-slide came down the mountain into Minnesota Gulch yesterday afternoon, sweeping everything before it.' The slide struck the mouth of the Prodigal Son Mine.filling the 85 foot shaft and bury ing Burk Hovey and J. M. Scales who were working at the bottom of the shaft at the time of the accident. The snow was packed so that it was found to be impos sible to move the bucket which went to the bottom when struck by the snow. "A rescuing party is at work, but all hope of reaching the imprisoned men before life shall have become extinct has been aban doned. MARYLAND. A Georgia Clergyman Called to the Dloeeae of Eaaton. fBv Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.l Cambridge, December 23. Rev. Chaun cey C. Williams, of Augusta, Ga., Bishop elect of the Diocese of Eaaton, in a letter to Rev. Theodore P. Barber, of Cambridge, expresses great surprise at his election, and makes inquiry into the duties . which he would be called upon to. perform in case of his acceptance of the Bishopric It is not expected that he will decide as to his ac ceptance for a week or more. TENNERS SEE. ' Destructive Fire at Sbelbyvtlle. ; iBv Telegraph to tbe Moraine 8tat . .Shelbtvtllb, December 7 23. A fire broke out at an early hour this morning and for a time threatened to destroy the en tire business portion of the town. It was finally subdued, after the destruction of Reeve's saloon, Burdett & Co.'s saloon, J. Pingle's grocery. A. J. Jarrell's hardware Btore and J. Ruth's jewelry store suffered considerable damage by the removal of goods. Total loss about : $18,000; insurance $12,000. . - i i- FOREIGN. .' -.',. Four Hundred Blen Entombed In a Bllne In' Walea. ; p " London, Dec. 23. A! dispatch from Pout T-Pridd, Wales, reports that a terri tble collierv exolosion htm Ferdale Pit, near there, and that four bun- area miners are entomDed. Mo details of the catastrophe have as yet been received. A later dispatch says that twelve dead bodies have been taken out of the Ferdale mine and thirty miners have been, rescued more or less injured. The remainder of those who were in the mtna nt tha timo r I,-. . JL the explosion are believed to be safe. - i ; ' SOUTH CAROLINA. . j A Negro Burned to Deatb In a Gin i. ", Hemee Fire. ,-; -1 : Charleston, Dec 23. J, M. Waddell's gin house and mill, at Society . Hill, were burned to day. John Malloy, colored, per ished in the press-box, and two" colored boys were badly burned. ; : ; - " - ...... Senator Vest said in the Senate recently: "I fight for my party; I am not a Mugwump." Everybody knows that Missouri will never have to pull down her Vest because of failure to sustain Demo cratic principles. 2T. T. Star. Tbe riantleoke Coal nine Horror All -- Hope Abandoned of Beeeulng tbe Imprlaoned Mlnere The Families of tbe fJnfortunatea Crazy wltb Grief Intenae : Excitement Throughout ? the mining . Region. . j-.;.---, . -fir--. ByTelegraph to the Morning Star. j ; Wilkesbarbe, Dec 23. There wasf no rest for Nanticoke last night. It is impos sible to describe in words, the consterna tion, dismay and agony - which spread through the village when it was learned, after midnight, that all efforts to get the men out alive were abandoned. The town never saw such a sight as that witnessed from 2 to 4 o'clock this morning. No one thought of rest. The whole population was out on the: streets - discussing in the wildest manner the decision, and exclama tions of despair, cries of agony and mut teriagS of discontent were heard on every street corner, and in almost every house hold. The relatives of the victims were inr the wildest agony of despair, and several were seized . with , convulsions. Fannie Sarver, sister of the two Sarver brothers, was prostrated with violent fits, and at 5 a. m. it was feared she would die. Mrs. Kinelen, the old mother of the three Kiner ler brothers, was at death's door . from weakness-and the shock, and many other relatives and friends of the victims are completely prostrated.' 4 The officials in charge of the rescue work were forced to abandon all work from the air shaft, by several irresistable conclusions. The investigations at an early hour this morning show that sand rock and culm had fallen to such an extent that the mine in which the imprisoned men were confined was now filled to the roof, and that the men are dead and beyond all human help. -- A second cave-in took place during the night, which was of very large proportions, and the real extent of the damage done can hardly be guessed, but it is great. This fall brought with it volumes of black damp and sulphurous gas, which have filled tbe mine and put a peremptory stop to all work. : - :: : At 6 o'clock this morning it was learned that the bodies of the victims cannot be re-; covered for at least a month, and since this news has spread throughout the mining re gion most intense excitement has pre vailed. Every effort will now be made to work in towards the men from , the slope. The clearing up of the gangways will be pushed as rapidly as possible, though the work will be long and tedious, as there is about three thousand feet of gangway also filled up, and said to be packed to the roof. Twenty-three men and boys are in tbe mine. NEW YORK. Failure of a Private Banking Firm In Syraeuae Attempted murder and Suicide. .- r. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.) ' Stbactjsb, Dec 22. Dow, Shetland & Co., private bankers here, have failed. Charles B. Baldwin is the assignee. The assignment was filed this morning. The firm's failure was precipitated by the fail ure yesterday of Silverton & Co., clothing merchants, for whom the bank carried about $40,000, which is a total loss. The preferences of the suspended banking firm amount to $38,000. The firm's deposits are about $40,000, including trust funds preferred. Their discounted paper, to a large amount is in Syracuse banks; it is se cured by real estate mortgages. It is ex pected depositors will be paid in full. New York, December 22 Gerald Mur ray, 21 years old, a medical'student, who is completing bis education at a college in Virginia, attempted to kill his 16-year old wife, Josie, and end his own life early this morning at a boarding house in this city. The parties came here from Middleton, England, a short time ago. Jealousy was the cause of . the attempted murder and suicide. Murray tried to make his wife swallow the contents of a bottle filled with laudanum, and failing in that he swallowed a dose of hydrate of chloral. Afterwards he produced a revolver and tried to shoot, but tbe landlady coming into the room wrested the weapon from his grasp. A doctor was summoned, who pumped the poison out of Murray and he was locked up in the station house on a charge of at tempted murder and suicide. . PENNSYLVANIA. Two men Struck and Fatally Injured by a Coal Train Outragee by Strik ing Coat ffltinera. ; - .By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l . ' Pittsburg, Dec 22. Wm. Moore and John Ridge way were walking on the rail road track near Coal town, Butler county, last night, on the way to their homes, when they were struck by a coal train that was backing up to the mines. Ridgeway was instantly killed and Moore was so badly in jured that he died during the night. There was an outbreak at the old Eagle Mines in the Third Pool nearElkhorn yes terday morning. - At an early hour about twenty masked men made an attack upon two Germans, when about a mile from the pit. One of the Germans was knocked down and beaten with a club, sustaining serious injuries. The other one fared bet-' ter, however, getting off with a few scratches and a black eye. An alarm was quickly raised and Superintendent J. E Jones and Engineer Kerr, with one other man. succeeded in routing the strikers who displayed very little courage. They ran for the hills as soon as Jones and his assis tants arrived on the scene. No other out rages have been reported, but an uneasy feeling prevails throughout the entire valley. At all mines where diggers are working at the reduced rate the men go armed in order that they may be in readi ness to repel any attack that may be made. MISSISSIPPI. if T . .,- ;;2 T- Fatai Affray at a Ball In marten County. : i LBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. : , : Nsw Orleans, Dec 22. A special from Columbia, Miss., says: At a ball given at the residence of John Warren, in this (Marion) county, on Friday night, a fatal affray occurred between John and ; Bob Bay lis on one side and Thad and Dan Scar borough on the other. Dan Scarborough was shot in the shoulder and his brother was instantly killed, the bullet passing through his heart. Eight shots were fired, but it is not known whether either of the Baylis brothers were wounded, as they dis appeared immediately after the shooting. All the participants in the affray were young men cf good connection. ' VIRGINIA. The Richmond Whig to be Sold by Order of Court. By Telegraph to.the Morning Star. Richmond, Dec 22. By a decree of Judge Holliday, of the Chancery Court of Richmond, in the case of Pelouze vs. the Richmond Whig Publishing Company, the publication of the Whig is suspended after this date till further order of Court. C. C. Clarke, receiver, is authorized to sell the paper and its establishment, in whole oi in parcels, - privately, subject to confirma tion of Court. The Whig has been in con tinuous publication since January, 1824, nearly 62 years. . ' , MASSACHUSETTS. - - A New Company to Take 'Charge of - the Boiton Post. - - Boston, December 22. The reorgani zation of the Boston Jbstisnow completed, and it is announced that the new Company has strong financial backing. New presses will be ordered at once, and a change will soon be made in the form and ' size of the paper, together with the introduction of new features and increased facilities gene rally. An evening edition will be pub lished in a short time. The Post in the fu ture, as in the past, will advocate the cause of Democracy. j MORE LYNCH LAW. A Wblte man . Hung by a ' w. c. : Taken from Jail and mob In Rockingham, Charlotte. N. C, Dec. 21. At 8 o'clock, Saturday morning, the jail at Rockingham was , surrounded, by , fifty masked men, who forced an entrance, and se cured a white man, named John Lee, who three weeks ago murdered Solomon Welsh. They carried Lee out of town - and hung him to the limb of a tree. Lee murdered. Weeh for money. - ( i-: - Rupture radically cured, also pile tumors and flstulse. Pamphlet of par ticulars 10 cents in stamps. World's Dis pensary .Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y- t- Spirits Turpentme - Hickory" Carolinian; Old man Solomon Hildebrand has been put out of the church for selling his fruit to make brandy. It is said some who voted to turn him out ere worse than Solomon. I A three year old child of Lawrence Tount of Caldwell county, left the house on Tuesday of last week, it is supposed to go to its grandmother's across the creek, and was drowned, ; Its mother, missing it, went to the creek and found it dead. Statesville landmark: A note from Prof. W. E. Hidden informs us that a new cavity in the 'solid rock has just been discovered in the shaft of the Em erald, and Hiddenite Mine, in Alexander county. It is 42 feet below the surface dirt and 21 feet below the top of the mother rock. At present the cavity is 10 feet long and 6 feet deep, which dimensions are said to be without precedent in this region. Be ing now full of clear water, its crystal con tents are as yet unknown, but feeling along the walls to the full length of one's arm the crystals, it is said, jag you at every . - Raleigh News-Observer; We regret to chronicle another lynching in -North Carolina. Our citizens of all classes and degrees should unite in condemnation of such irregularities. The freight shipments over the branch' road between Smithfield and Goldsboro since it went into the hands of the Wilmington & Weldon been heavier than since it was built. They pay the company handsomely. Yes terday Sheriff B. Hill, of Sampson, brought four negro convicts to the penitentiary. Two are in for long terms; one for ten, the other for fifteen years. Sheriff Hill has had. a pretty tough experience in the past ten days. - Leaksville Echo : Dr. Black nail, so widely and so favorably known as the urbane proprietor of the Tucker House in Raleigh, and who for politeness and affability is without a peer, is now deputy collector under Col. Yarborongh. Some time since the doctor, in his peregrinations in an obscure part of the country, in the discharge of the duties of his office, acci dentally stumbled on an illicit distillery in full blast. The Doctor's impulse was to pull his hat over bis eyes and pass on, but duty getting the better of his affability, he put on a bold front, and addressing the dis tiller said: "Look here, Colonel, this is all right, all very well, but Mr. Cleveland has sent me out here to tell you that you are entirely too near the path." Goldsboro Argus: The artesian well system of supply our city with water for the proposed water works is being widely discussed, and the measure is gain ing ground and new advocates daily. We are told that on Friday night one store alone realized $1,000 from its trade with the darkies from the South, who reached here on the train at 12 o'clock that night. Its doors were not closed until daybreak, and, in fact, not at alL Arlington's bridge, which has cost the county an im mense amount of money, was broken in two and almost entirety destroyed by a collision with araft of three hundred logs that had broken loose from Mr. H. C. Parrott's saw mill, and gone down Neuse river with the rapidity of the freshet water that is now swelling that stream. Mary Adams,- a colored woman from Greenville, on her way to Raleigh with her family of several children, put them on the Raleigh freight and betook herself to the ticket office to purchase tickets. In return ing to the freight, she j attempted to cross the track of the W. & W. just as the fast mail was running in, when the engine, which was slowing up, struck her and knocked her under the Raleigh freight train, skinning her face somewhat and scaring her mightly, otherwise she seemed to be unhurt. j . i r - Charlotte Observer: Capt; T. A. Alderman, of the Carolina Central road,, while hunting yesterday at Matthews, near this city, shot and killed a white partridge. The Summit Hill gold mine, located just beyond the fair grounds in this city, has been sold, and we understand, to a par ty of Boston men, who expect to equip the mine with a full complement of machinery and operate it upon a large scale. Williams, the irrepressible emigrant agent, last night sent 60 colored and 15 white people to Arkansas, by way of Statesville, and 80 colored by way of Atlanta.' He stated that during the past four weeks he has shipped 600 colored people to Arkansas! A. B. Buttle, dealer ic general mer chandise at Shelby, has made an assign ment. His liabilities, it is stated, are $35, 000, and there are a number of preferred creditors who will be paid in fulL It is thought that the creditors not preferred will be able to realize 40 or 50 per cent, on the dollar. The Bell, published at Estelline, Dakota, informs us that our old friend C. H. DeJarnette, of Cabarrus coun ty, who went west to perfect his "self-sustaining motor" machine, has departed from Estelline on his return to North Carolina. His motor is still in an imperfect state and he proposes to make another effort at its completion after be arrives bome. Raleigh News- Observer: Some miscreant threw a stone at the mail train on the Raleigh &, Augusta Air Line Railroad, near Merry Oaks, Friday night last. The railroad authorities promptly offered a' reward of $100, which it is hoped will lead to tne apprenension oi tne scounarei. Last evening it was rumored here that a man charged with murder, had been taken from jail at Rockingham,Richmond county, and lynched. It is understood that tbe man was John Lee, white, who three weeks ago shot and - killed Solomon Welch, in Richmond county. ? The protracted ser vices at Wake Forest College which the Rev. Mr. Yann began Nov. 29th, closed the 13th inst. Seven persons were received into the church upon satisfactory experience. It is noticeable that many colored men have tobacco on the floors everyday. Some of them have fine brights. Judson Beck, of Granville,' was one who had to bacco at Jones's warehouse yesterday. He received $65 for the choice. A few nights ago he lost his dwelling and a large quan tity of tobacco by fire. Much sympathy was shown for him. Mr. W. C." Stronach has returned from New Bern, where be attended the meeting of the di rectors of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad. He says the meeting was very harmonious, and that the road was never in such an excellent condition as at present, thanks to President Bryan's careful man agement. He says he does not remember ever having seen such rapid improvement as has been effected. The directors voted to change the gauge at the time when the general change takes piece. This will be in the early spring; it is said. i Charlotte Observer; The affair at Mr. Thomas Allison's house shows what burglars are capable of doing. If this burg lar who chloroformed a little baby is caught, who will be the first to start a petition to save him from the law T The many friends in this city of Dr. J. B. Jones were yesterday pained to learn that he was pros trated by a stroke of paralysis the previous night, at the residence of Mr. A. Burwell, and that his condition was considered criti cal. At the time he received the stroke -Dr. Jones was sitting in the family circle, evidently in the best of health, and chatting in bis usual pleasant vein. One entire side of his body, from face to foot, is affected by the stroke (Dr. Johnston Jones is one of the foremost physicians in North Caro lina. All students at Chapel Hill in the forties will remember him. He was the leading physician there. We hope he will recover. Stab.) The North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran- church held a special meeting at Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus county, last week, in the interest of the North - Carolina f College, . located in that village. The - report of the com mittee of trustees of the college on the financial condition pf the institution was referred to a committee of the Synod. The report was so amended and changed as to commit tbe Synod to the resolution to make the effort to endow two professor ships, one for the presidency of the college and the other to be named the Stork Pro fessorship, in honor of Rev. C. A. G. Stork, deceased. The bonds voted by Ruth erford and Cleveland counties in aid of the proposed railroad from Shelby to Charles ton and Cincinnati are causing some trouble already.. Messrs. J. B. Eaves, J.E. Henry, J. H. Bradley, J, E. McFarland and J. B . Pruett are the directors of the construction company, and having learned through the secretary of said company, Jas. A. Miller, that Martin Walker, President of said com pany, had signed and -delivered to R. A. Johnston, manager of the Massachusetts & Southern Construction Company, over $900,000 mortgage bonds jyi a railroad from Rutherfordton, - N.- CT, o Black's Station, 8. C, they have published a protest- --
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