North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT iv I L 91 I N G T O W. 51 . C. AT " " ' 81.50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. iS8s8SS8SSSSS8S8 8SSSSSSSSSS88S8Se . gsssssssssiss8ss 888S8888SS8SSSSS8 8sssso88S8sssss88 y- '- SSSSSSSSSSS8SS888 "t94 ss'3SK's8888gg" . . i SSSSJ?SS8S8SS8S888 c ao W3 o co o ae g jj g g 8 S S 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 S3 8 8 7 1 : o " ' V. ' . v. v -. . - r - - - gs's ::4::;:s;:s: as Entered at the Post Office aCWnmlncton, N. C, , at a OanAnil Plosa Vot-t-A 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. . . The 8ubscri6tion price of the Wekej.Y Stab is aa follows : :- ; - - Single Copy 1 year, postage paid," ' $1.50 ' BmonUis, " " - 1.00 " " 3 months " " .60 , FRANCE. France is threatened with a crisis. On the 30th of January. 1886. the term of office of President Grevy ex pires. Under the Constitution of France the people do not elect the President, bat the Senate and Cham ber f Deputies.' The term of office ia seven year. There are several parties in France, aud among them are the Orleanists and Bonapartiste. At present' there is not much pros pect of either a Bourbon or a Bona partist being chosen, - bat the Gov ernment is so strong so centralized -so little like the American Repub lic prior to 1861, that it need sur prise no one if in the near future a Monarchy should, be the final pot nnma Tinin Orinamata mil Rnniu 'partis ts are Btrong for the restoration of a Monarchy and they-eonstitute an aggressive and active minority that -wield no little influence in creating public sentiment. The Republicans this 6hows the drift of sentiment. The Baltimore American aays of the situation: , "The republic is not so "fond of display splendor are meagre compared with IhoBe of a regal or imperial court. A large part of the shop-keepers of Fans, therefore. prefer a monarchy to a republic. The same may be said of tbe wielders of the money power. Even the army contains a large number of men who secretly if not openly would like to see a restoration of tbe empire. What the Republicans desire. then, is .a man whose Presidency will not be a continual menace of a coup d'etat. It will be remembered how critical was the situation when .Marshal MacMahon was President, and a coup d'etat seemed immi nent for weeks. The steady nerve and tbe patience of the Republican leaders at that time, particularly Uambetta, saved irrance from this danger, and not only maintained, but strengthened the republic. But France does not intend to place herself again in this danger if she can avoid it. The present President is a man of excellent character, of superior abili ties and of moderate aspirations. Fie is not a revolutionist and his re-elec tion ia altogether probable. GENS. PORTER AND GRANT. It is known that Gen: Grant a few years before his death changed bis opinion as to the merits of the case of Gen. Fitz John Porter, after he had given the case a .; close examina tion." This of course was very grat ifying to Gen. Porter and his friends. Indeed, the Democrats generally were clad, for Gen. Porter is one of them, and the disgrace placed upon him was more political than anything else.; Gen.; Grant refers to Gen. Porter as the "deeply-wronged man," and so the South has always held. Gen: Grant's letter ;was written to President Arthur and daring the first year of his administration. The fol lowing passage is very creditable to the writer, and shows that 'he was capable- of much more : nobler -. and generous things than soldiers of the . W - w j .... - ,- 'i Sherman and Sheridan type: "The readin g of the whole of the record has thoroughly convinced me that for these nineteen years I have been doing a gallant and efficient soldier a very great injustice in thought and sometimes in speech. I feel itincumbent upon me now to do what ever lies in my power to remove from him and from , his family honor the stain upon his good name.' - Gen. Grant urged npon the Presi dent to do what he could to Becure final iustice for Gen, Porter. The whole treatment of him. was malig nant and infamous. , It is more than, doubtful if coal is not deleterious to health and indue tive of diseases of the respiratory organs. It is a fact that one-ninth of the human -race die from diseases of those organs, and it is unfortunate if so comfortable a ' thing as coal really aggravates those diseases and increases the : mortality. At - any rate there are facts that seem to jus tify the raising of the question, Is ,coal as healthful as wood as a fuel? Mr. J. R. Randall, of the Augusta Chronicle, in one of bis recent very enjoyable letters from Washington to his paper, writes thus: "Dr. Foster, in his pamphlet, says that New Orleans heads the list for consump- tion. A Creole told me that this disease bad been almost unknown among his pexH pie until the introduction of coal for fuel and other 'modern improvements.' -1 have no doubt that the same processes, in this place, lead to similar results. It may be, . therefore, that the open doors of Southern houses are really health preserving. Old Gov. Wise used to Bay that the man who opened a door and failed to shut it, let in angel unaware. Such is the importance of iresh atmosphere. . - i China and - her representatives at Washington have contributed $500 VOL. XVII. When a boy we read "Festns.': that everybody read, and thought it. strange r- and wonderful. Oar old revered school-master, James M. Lovejoy, who-was something of a. poet, was in raptures and wouldNread it to us at recess. It .had a, geat run and was greatly praised. 1U strange that it is almost out of print. We have tried m " vain for two or three - years to buy a copy. Some enterprising publisher ought to "put it on his list and get out a neat $1.25 copy. It would sell for much if it is poetry. - We are reminded of this famous book by the following. para- graph clipped from a Northern ex change: -. "Philip James Bailer, whose poem of 'Festua' made ouite a stir in the -literary world a generation aea. and which had an enormous sale in the United States, is stilt living at Nottingham. England, the place of his birth, in his 69th year. He sucks sweet solace from the thought that 'Festus is immortal." '.,-.' Mr. Joseph Cowen was "the " Irish' member who was singled out by Mr: Parnell for political ostracism, and all irishmen were urged to vote against him. Bat he . was elected from jNewcasue-on-ryne. tie is a man of .ability, is an Irishman, and will doubtless support the Liberals in parliament, tie nas . issued a mani festo to his constituents. We quote a passage in whioh he favors the Gladstone plan for Ireland and says: "It is Impossible for England to consent to protective tariffs for Ireland, to the con fiscation of the property of landlords in Ireland, or to allow the Irish -members to legislate on tbe borne affairs of England in addition to having their own parliament. With these exceptions. 1 approve or home rule for Ireland. Paper guarantees for the representation of minorities, the equitable partition of all imperial charges, and the unity of the empire, in my opinion, are useless. The best security against a dis ruption of the union is the mutual interests existing between England and Ireland. All sorts of suggestions are made aa to the moving principle of, Mr. Gladstone in dealing with the Irish question. The latest is the' following which comes from .London: "It is his eager ambition that the close 1 T - of his career shall be either death in the highest office of the realm or voluntary re tirement from that office without the hu miliation of being driven from power by tbe adverse verdict of the people upon his policy. With this as his incentive .Air. Gladstone is employing every j resource of his fertile mind, full of the expedients sug gested by a long and varied experience in the management of men and tbe moulding of public sentiment. . Victory under the present circumstances would indeed 06 a crowning achievement. " A friend writes us that . Clinton feels bereaved. Only the other day , , - ! its noble citizen and conscientious jurist, Judge Mckoy, passed away in peace, and now his youthful succes sor on the bench, judge Boykin, is sorely bereaved in the death of his noble Christian wife. Mrs. Boykin was a devoted member of i the Pres byterian Church and was jn her 30th year. Her husband was holding his second court, and at his home when the great loss fell upon him Many rill sympathize with him in the acute sorrow that fills his soul. Cluverius is in poor health it is said. It is probably temporary. His devoted aunt has paid him a visit of several weeks. A Richmond letter In the Baltimore American says: "Before ' leaving, she remarked to a friend that she did not expect to come to the city again; that she had done all she could for her nephew, and had reached her end conveying tbe ( impression that she had spent all she bad Tor ms deience. i ne parting between Mrs. ITuntstall and Cluve rius waa very anecung. She lives : in King and Queen county. . '' - - l : - --1 - Minister Curry has presented his credentials to the Queen' of Spain, and was warmly welcomed. A spe cial says:'. : i'-v . f "Minister- Curry prefaced his remarks upon the subject of international commer cial relations with tbe expression of his and his Government's condolence upon the sad bereavement that had fallen upon the Uueen in the death of King Alfonso. Queen Chris tina was deeply affected by the expressions of sympathy.. Recovering from her emo tion she declared her thanks for the expres sions of kindness by tbe United States alin ister." . -'. - J.V I : -::r:' An eminent Frenchman1 in the last century, Count Aranda, had a clear prevision of the future, growth and greatness of the United States: Writing about the close of the Revo lutionary War, this acute student and observer wrote thus of the new people:, . j . . "This Federal Republic is born a pygmy. A day will come when it will be a giant. even a colossus, formidable in these coun tri. "Liberty -of conscience1, the facility for establishing a new population on im mense lands, as well as tbe advantages 01 a new government, will draw thither tann ers and artisans from all the nations." He further predicted that Florida would le secured and that Mexioo wonld be attacked.' I Prohibition has not worked satis factorily in Iowa. State Senator Sutton says there are more saloans now than before prohibition was adopted. There were 1,806 .places open before tbe law went into opera- Won ana mere are uuw ,i,otii vou, in addition to 240 places where liquor is dispensed without authority. : We do not understand this. Jtr . mere is a law prohibiting why does it not nata. Mr Sntton savs the law VVtuvwi -- m only does good ' where public senti ment is strong in its favor. Gen. Toombs averaged from , 1840 to 1875 about $20,000 a year. He ooght to have- left a much larger es tate than be did. - THE LATB REV, DR. CCRTIS. We have received the "Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society" for the year 1884-5. It contains ; a very entertaining and instructive "Sketch of the Botanical Work of the Rev. Moses Ashlev Curtis.D.D.." which was read before the Sooiety in May last by,Dr. Thomas F. Wood of this town. . It is of real interest and ought to be widely read. Dr. Curtis was one of the most accom plished and aoocurate botanists, in this country, and bis entire writings concerning North Carolina ought-to be published in one volnme. He was of European reputation and although of Northers birth he gave his entire' manhood to the service of the South and most of it to North Carolina: What Dr. Curtis teaches oonoern- mg .fungi (mushrooms) is worthy of . general circulation.He fot Jll varieties of edible mushrooms in .North Carolina. He considered them delicious and att excellent substitute for bread and . meat. - He thonght that forty or fifty " more varieties could be found in the State. We quote: : " "t ' - , "And so it seems to be throughout the country. Hill and plain, mountain and valley, woods, fields, and pastures, swarm with a prolusion or good nutritious rungi, which are allowed to decay where they spring up, because people do not know how or are afraid to use tbem tty tnose or us who know their use, their value was ap preciated as never . before during our late war, when other food: especially meat, was scarce and dear." There are certain species of mush rooms that are deadly poisons. . But the edible kinds are regarded as so delicious by those who have eaten them that it is a matter for regret that more people do not understand their character and are able to dis tinguish between the edible and the poisonous.. Dr. Curtis wrote to Rev. Mr. Berkeley, in England: -The JAtameraon gtaanteum Is also a great favorite with me. as indeed, with all my acquaintances wbo nave Vied it. it has not the high aroma of some others, but it has a delicacy of flavor that makes it su perior to any omelette I have ever eaten. It seems, furthermore, to be so digestible as to adapt it to tbe most delicate stomachs. This is the Southdown of mushrooms." The comment of Dr. Wood ex plains the meaning of Dr. Curtis. He says: "Could gastronomic enthusiasm run higher than to compare a devil's snuff box. that the school boy takes particatar delight in using as a foot ball to snow bis detesta tion, to the luscious meat of a South-down mutton t And then triumphantly he adds in this latitude (about 38 deg.) we can find good mushrooms for the table nine or ten months of the year, and some even the year round, and one sometimes emerging irom the soil frozen solid I" 1 t si Dr. Curtis did more for the classi fying and describing of the plants and flowers 6F"North Carolina , than all the other botanists combined, and his labors have been appreciated by able men of science in the North and in Europe. Dr. Wood has done his work well. There are other reports of interest in this "Journal" and we may hereafter refer to them. ' While the mad-dog scare is filling tbe papers and boys and men are go ing all the way to Paris to be treated for hydrophobia by M. Pasteur, it is curious to see that there are sceptics in the field who take the ground that no person dies of rabies save from, the imagination. In other words, that a pereon bitten may or may not die ac cording to the condition of his imag ination. So says "Nym Chrinkle,' of the New York World, and Dr. Al Watts, of Boston, as so says. Dr. Wheeler; Dr., Watts takes the posi tion that there is no evidence to prove hydrophobia from the bite of a dog. The Boston Post says of him: "Dr. Watts has been bitten by hundreds ef dogs in all forms of sickness and health. His cuticle is frescoed in every part by the teeth and claws or dogs and other oeasts, . but in all his experience he has never seen a dosr or a person that had the hydrophobia. Bis belief in tbe existence ef such a malady is about as vague and remote aa that of tbe average man in ghosts. He does not assume to say there is not and cannot be any such thine, but the weight of his opinion is to that effect." The -Northern papers - think that there has been some improvement du ring the last four months, and that the new year will witness a steady improvement.' We hope that the atiBtics of railroads and. business centres will show that there has been improvement. An increase? of only 5 per oent. of business in the United States would show a large 'result. How much the increase, if any, may not be given in dollars and cents, but we note the faot that the papers in sist that since 1st September, there has been: some improvement. In North Carolina there has been but little signs this way. All along the line of the W. & W. Railroad there has been complaint of dull times. Let us hope for the best and do what we can to make improvement certain and permanent. ' - V "An Arkansas editor was arraigned before a Little Bock magistrate for break ing the ribs ot a reporter witn a paste pot. The trial developed the fact that the re porter in writing up an account of a public building that had been burned made use 01 tbe expression 'but it will soon rise pnosnix like from its ashes,' and the editor was honorably discharged, and the reporter was hung by an angry mob. "Richmond State. Several other reporters have been sent to the limbo of incompetent re porters for . daring to refer to the '.'.fire-fiend, "the beautiful and ac complished .; daughter," ; "our city," when it had only 350 inhabitants, "a marriage in high life,'' and : ','a great social event.'.' -' ' . WEE WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1886. . The editorial correspondent of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Mr. James R,Randall,bears testimoney as to the. value of Civil Service which we very heartily concur-in. He writes as follows:' r "A Congressman, who professes to know,' assures me that the departments here are filled with scalawags carpet-bagger and Republicans, who claim to be from the South. The more I am brought in contact with what is rdinarilv called civil service reform, the more I am convinced that it is the monumental fraud of the age.' It is again denied that Mk Glad stone's plans concerning Ireland have been correctly given. 80 Sir T. . D. Aokland said in a speeob delivered on Wednesday last. yHe warned his hearers against crediting any reports as they "wereiitterlly untrust worthy HValso made. the interest ing statement that - Mr. .Gladstone not desire to resume office at bis advanced - ftge, 16. He had had enough of office but was ready to do his d uty.j - This -statement appears to" be anthoritative as the speaker : had ittst returned from a ' visit to Mr. Gladstone at Hawarden, bis home. A veteran editor of a largely cir: cnlated religious paper in North Car olina writes us on Christmas day: With approval of your opposition- to the Blair bill and your coarse gen erally as editor of the Stab, I remain, Ac.," This is the kind of indorse ment we like, as it comes from a man of education, of ability, of observa tion. --" ' . -' - If Mr. Carlisle does as he is oharged with purposing to do in regard t( silver he will make himself unpopu lar with a majority of his- party friends in the House. That is, ar range the Committee on Coinage, &c, with a majority in favor of sus pending coinage. In endeavoring to exhume the body of Mr.' James A. Watson, at Yorkville, S. C, the coffin exploded. The body was interred in . 1875, It was of course the gas from the de composed body that caused it. O'Hara does not take to Smalls and Smalls does not take to O'Hara, and so of tbem it cannot be said that they are . . .-. . "Two souls with but a single thought. Two hearts that beat as one. A daughter of Mai or Wilson, an ex-Confederate, at ' Kirkdale, Mp. died on a schooner at sea on its way from New York to -Norfolk. She was in destitution. She took her life with morphine. ;v : Consul General Mueller has given offence to the German Government by reporting upon the feeling of that Government towards' the United State. A diplomatic correspondence is talked of in Washington. ' The Wisconsin idea of Civil Ser vice Reform is for a Republican ex- postmaster to kiok into the street, bis Democratic successor. Do yon call that backing your friends ? 1 Gen. Toombs never said he would call the roll of his slaves 1 at the foot of Bunker Hill Monument. But the North started the falsehood and will keep it going t? the -crack of doom. It is the people wno react papers on Sunday and not the publishers who have the work, done on Saturday, who are to be censured by the moral ists. ' . Since Prohibition was adopted in Iowa Senator Edmunds has steadfast' ly refused to avail himself of Gree ley's advice, 'Go West, young man.": The Lynchburg Advance appears in a new dress, we , congratulate Maj.. Glass on this sign of prosperity. Ha'.ern Dju The halcyon days which began a week ago will end next Monday. Tne seven days preceding and immediately following the shortest day of the year or tbe winter solstice were called by the ancients the hair cyon days. This phrase, so familiar as ex pressive of a period ot tranquility and hap piness, is derived from "a Tftble that during the period indicated, while the halcyon bird or king fisher was breeding the sea was always calm and might be navigated in perfect security by the mariner. Tbe' AVarlne Boapltal. - ; f; . There is no marine hospital at either Nor folk or Savannah and consequently chronic cases of sickness among seamen at thtse ports are sent to the Marine Hospital here. There are two patients in the hospital now from Savannah and ' four from Norfolk. One seaman who came, here completely paralyzed in his lower extremities, about nine months ago, has improved under the treatment of the Burgeon in charge so as to be able to walk a short distance ( with out assistance. . l'--: " Y:;.; j ' In Aid of a Baptist Cnnren. . . v .' The ladies of iWillard,.Pender county, will give an entertainment at that place on Thursday evening next, for the benefit of the Willard Baptist Church. It will con sist of the comedy "Widow: Bedott," with tableaux and music. , Refreshments will be served from twelve o'clock noon until twelve at night We hope they will meet with great success Naval Store la savannan. The Newt of . Thursday says: "Nayal stores are again on a boom. During the past two days spirits turpentine have ad vanced lc, and rosins . have risen $1 . per barrel. The stock of rosins on this market is the largest ever : known,, and the very high prices are attributable, it is thought, to speculation.'' Wandering- Warren, . Th Canton, Pa., Sentinel of December 25, has the following announcement; The Cbatauqua Circle, and the commit tee having immediate charge of the ar rangements for a lecture course, have spent constueraoie . ume and patience -already. and expect to spend: much more in trying to provide pleasant and profitable enter tainments to tne hearers, and have tbem withm the limit of the purses of those who Duy tne tickets, result so far has been highly satisfactory, and if the public gen erally will merely abstain from patronizing the traveling humbugs - and save their money for the amusiog and elevating lec- . . i 1 . .. . . iucbi wuicn me uircie nope 10 nave, tne nnai result will also be agreeable. lneurst lecture or the course -wiuoe that by Col; L F. Cbpeland. on "Snobs and Snobbery." on Monday." January 4. 1886. --.Thia gentleman is well known, and nas seen beard oy many of : our citizens. who all speak highly of his lectures. ; : Did you ever? v Surely, "Col. h. F, Copeland" is none other than our own dear Charles Wesley ? Warren, who : delighted the people of Wilmington, a few years since, with that same old lecture on "Snobs and Snobbery." and also with one entitled "UnaHj up ue . uog." tsut ue was tne - Bov. X!. W. - Warren" while here, and he waX a powerful preacher as well as a lec- turer'i. ---' , - ' tWecongrataUte the "Cbatauqua Circle" on their good fortune in adding "CbL L. F. Copeland" to their list of lecturers I He is not 6ne. of the "travelling humbugs.'1 No! never! What, never? Well, hardly ever! ' ! , - -' ' .' . '- . : ' But, , seriously, we must inform our estimable brother of tbe aentmel that we believe "Col. L. F. Copeland" to be iden tical with the "Rev. C. W. Warren" who "figured" in Wilmington some years ago; and,, if so, he is one of I most magnificent fraud that ever escaped - penitentiary or chain-gang. If the "Cbatauqua Circle" is really in love with the "amusing and ele vating," they will do well to examine care fully VCol. Copeland'a" credentials. ; Brunswick Items. i A large bald eagle with a tinkling bell on its neck, has created a sensation in different parts of the county. It was first seen in October last, on Mr. Wm. Mercer's and Mr. Geo. Swain's places, (on the sea coast, and ws last observed at Mr. Ezekiel Skip per's place, near Town Creek. ' People are greatly interested and would ike to know whence their strange visitor came. . Mr. Ezra Thomas, a well known citizen of Brunswick, died at his home in the county on Tuesday last, of Brigbt's dis ease. ' ; ' The people of the county are very anx ious to have a free ferry established over the Cape Fear. They complain of the high charges for ferriage one dollar for a horse and cart to go and come and argue that tbe difference between this charge and when tickets are bought by the quantity in advance at half rates shows that the charge in the first instance is unreasonable and often prevents people frbm visiting Wilmington. V Cape Fear River Improvement. Capt. W. H. Bixby, U. S. Engineer in charge of the improvement of Cape Fear river, has presented the Chamber of Com merce with a framed copy of his "Progress Map" of the river below Wilmington.show- ing - the. proposed channels across Bruns wick river. Logs and Big Island, and Lilli- put shoals, together with an indication of the portions of the channel already dredg ed.' There is at present a channel way of sixteen feet depth, at low water, and one hundred and eleven feet width across all three of these shoals; and this width; is in creased to one hundred and forty-eignt feet for one thousand feet each side of the bend of tbe channel in Lilliput shoal, jln his letter accompanying the map, Capt. Bixby savs: "Until further appropriations are voted by Congress these channels mast re main in their present condition. As soon as more funds become available work will be recommenced upon widening these chan nels to the full width of two hundred and seventy feet."- The Weather, &e. ' The vagaries of the weather the past few days were beyond all conjecture and past finding out. Evidently the, Signal Bureau were much of this opinion, for they gave no note of warning of the cold wave that swept down on us Christmas j night, after days of summer like weather. Christ mas eve the rain poured down steaauy, drove the busy shoppers indoors, dampened the bright prospects of store-keepers, and utterly spoiled the fun of the small, boy with hts tin horn and fire-crackers. Christ mas day was pleasant with, a cloudy sky and a westerly wind that at nightfall edged around to the north, bringing the tempera ture down to, thirty-one degrees by Satur day morning. ..A brisk wind was . blowing all day yesterday and at 10 p. m. the tem perature was ..thirty-six degrees. - At Smith ville. the velocity of the wind was. twenty seven miles an hour. . ' ; A Morse Thief: .''' The Charleston News and Courier of the 25th says that . a dapper-looking gentleman hired a horse from a livery stable in Sum merville, S C, Wednesday morning and has not since been seen.- The owner, sus pecting that the chevalier had sold the horse and left for a colder clime came to Charleston on Wednesday and telegraphed the authorities at Wilmington t stop the 'excursion party returning home." Noth ing, "however, has yet been heard of tbe missing horse or the fugitive. ' " t ' Cotton Receipts and Reports, 1 . The receipts of cotton at this port for the week ended December 26th, 1885, foot up 2,292 bales, as against 2,660 bales for the corresponding period of 1884, a decrease of 368. bales. The receipts for the crop year to date foot up 76,664 bales,, against Jfl.770 bales for the corresponding date in 1884; a decrease this year of 6,106 bales. - The total exports from this - port since September 1? 1885. are 65,'882; for the same period last year 66,488 bales.: A mammoth Collard. ' pur friend Mr.Alrich Adrian, of the firm of Adrian & Toilers, of this city, was the recipient of a Christmas present in the shape of a mammoth collard, raised upon Mason boro, Sound which measured across its top about four feet , v- Capt.' Savage 'gave an old-fash ioned Christmas -dinner to the inmates of the county Poor House and House of Correctiontwenty-four inmates of the former and some eight or ten prisoners. - Turkeys, pork and pies were furnished. n abundance and were greatly en joyea- . Ma r HP A ID OYSTER JFAB. narylana Dredgers Resist a - Poltcs Steamer A Fierce Fusllade Kept ap for Some TimeCannon Shot Used bv.the Steamer Keen It or tbe Fight Unknown. IBy Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. : - Baltimobe. Dec. 2. A special from Xiasion. jho.. aaya nerce battle took; nlaoe in Poplar Island Narrows, Tuesday night, I oetween a neet or eurnt dredtre boats and one of the oyster police Bteamers, probably Captain Griffith's boat, the Gov. Thomas.! The steamer came into the Narrows about 11 o'clock at night, found the'dredsera at wora. ana attempted to arrest them. They resisted and . opened fire on the steamer. which : was returned at first with s small arms. A fierce fusilade was. kept up for some time. The dredgers made it hot for the steamer until -her captain-opened on them with his cannon. Thia silenced their fire and put them to flight. They started on down me nay, pursued by tbe steamer, firing cannon shot at them, and passed out ot sight or the1 spectators on shore, many of whom bad been aroused from sleep by the noUe of the battle. The witnesses of the fight from shore could hot tell what damage was done to either side, but the firing was so fast and furious and lasted so long, that they think there must have been some killed or wounded, i . - - - ; JffEfT MEXICO. - War of Extermination to be Waxed -' 'A cat net the Apaehe Indiana. :. iBy Teleirrapli to tbe Morning Staj.l Denning, December 24. Leading citi zens ot Silver City met on yesterday to de vise means for prosecuting a war ot exter mination against the murderous Apaches. It was at first thought that the Government would purchase forty or fifty blood hounds to track the Indiana;-both Generals Crook and Bradley favoring the proposition as the only really available raeans-of pursuing tne red butchers. xWord was! received from Santa Fe that tne army officers were willing to recommend the employment of blood-j hounds, but thought it would be several months before tbe War Department would act upo'i their recommendations Upon learning this, the citizens called a meeting and determined to raise money by subscrip tion for the purchase of a pack of blood-4 hounds, aod for again equipping' and pnt4. ting the local militia in the field. Wealthy ranchmen in attendance pledged over $63, 000 for tbe purchase of blood hounds. It was also determined to raise a picked com' pany of three hundred experienced Indian fighters from several districts in the Terrw tory, who wilt immediately take Jibe field anu campaign tne remainuer 01 uio winter, PEN S'STL VA NIA. The Strike 81tnatton In the ' RIonoBga- hela Valley. -; H By Telegraph to the Mornlnu StarJ PrrTSBUBG. Dec. 24. There waa no new developments in tbe miner's strike. The situation along the Monongahela Valley this morning is quiet and no trouble is an-; ticipated. This atternoon miners ot tne First and Second Pools met in Wy lie's Grove to consider the advisability of re4 turning to work. It was tbe largest gathering since tbe inauguration of the strike; fully 150 strikers were present and considerable enthusiasm prevailed.! After several speeches, mostly in favor of continuing the strike, a resolution to stand for three cents was carried almost unanir mously. . A general convention will proba bly be held at Monongahela City early next week. On Monday next a mass meet ing will be held at the Alliquippa mines! for the purpose of trying to persuade working miners to come out for an ad vance. - 1 - ' COLORADO. Recovery of the Bodlee of Mlnere Bn-I . tombed by. a Snow-SUde. .. IBr Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Denveb. Dec. 24. A- special from Silt verton saysThe bodies .of Burke Hovye and J. Scales, tne twoiBiners wno were imprisoned In the P6disl Son Mine Tues day, by a snow slide, were found at , a late hour last night at tne Dottom 01 tne snail. Both bodies were packed in snow as in a mould, rlovey was found standing up right on a piece of timber, six feet from the bottom of the shaft, while Soales was found standing at the bottom of the shaft The latter had a candle in his left hand, and was shading his eyes with his right and looking up as though to see what was coming down the mine, jrrom ; appear ances their death must nave been instan taneous Scales was from Orange, Tex. and Hovey from Woodstock, N. B. wiscoNsiy. Republican Postmaster , Refuses to Sarrender His Office . to . President Cleveland's Appointee. I Milwaukee, Dec. 24. Among Presi dent Cleveland's appointments before the meeting of s Congress. was that of Dr. Everhard as postmaster of Ripon. The ap pointee received hs commission out iaueo to qualify before Congress convened. This morning JDr. ifiverharn a ppeareo at tne office, presented his commission and tne discbarge papers of the old postmaster, and demanded that tbe omce be turned over to him. His demand was ignored and he was kicked into the street by the. present in cumbent of the office, who baa held the nosition for the past four vears. The U. S. Marshal has been telegraphed for and he will go to lupon this atternoon. GEORGIA. Judge Clarke's Decision In the Atlanta contested Election Case. : j Atlanta, Dec. 24. This .morning, in the Superior Court. - Judge Marshal J. Clarke decided the contest growing out of the recent Prohibition election, and held that he could not take i action on a bill which is not yet a law, because-the result on tbe election nas not yet oeen aeciarea. He held also that he could not interfere with an election. He, therefore, dissolved the injunction, and- the ordinary who was in the court room immeaiateiy declared tne result to be 228 malontv for prohibition. The case -will be appealed, and other litiga tion is in prospect. INDIANA. The Hendricks monument Associa tion will Not Aski Aid from tbe General Government. . Indianapolis. December 24. The Ex ecutive Committee of the Hendricks Mon ument Association lias been discussing! a suggestion in the newspapers that Congress appropriate f 10,000 in aid of tne construc tion of the memorial. The result of the discussion was the unanimous adoption of a resolution that no such . appropriation should be expected or asked, but that the association ahould depend alone upon vol untary donations by the people for , the money necessary. , - r VIRGINIA. Deficit of B50.000 or more tm County Treasurer's Accounts. Harribonbttbg, Dec. 24. The -sureties on the official, bond ; of .: R Sterling; treasurer of this county, held a meeting to day and closed the office. The county court this morning gave Sterling until': Monday to give a new bond, uis failure to do so will cause the appointment of anew treasu rer. Sterling has , been sued by the State Auditor tor $37. Ow oacK taxes, ana aner partial investigation the deficit in the county funds was placed at $20,000,- making a total of $50,000 to (60,000: ' Sterling has been treasurer of the county for about four teen years, ana bad tbe absolute commence of the entire community. His friends claim that he is insane. 1: ' 1 it On Christmas day. . about eight miles from Union Court House. 8. C. Henry K. Fowler was shot by B, B. Goings, after, a short altercation which grew out of; a grodge of long-standing. Both m.e'are. whte and, of good standing. NO.110 FOREIGN ; - I i The London Times Suca:ests extreme measures - for , Ireland eerman- Amerleans" to . be Expelled from SebleswlK Cholera In Cayenne. By Cable to the Horning Star. " London. Dec. 24. It is reported , that tne uoverament mieoiis ta Druseniitn n of the recently elected Irish raembers of raruament . for a speech be made . at a Land League meeting at Ctork. - on the ground that the language used on the oc casion tended to incite his bearers to com mit murder. -. -. : . .. T . 1 4 It is reported: that cholera is rairinar !n r, .u . .1 TK i n n .imjcuuc, .tit. vaui ui - j- reocD vruiana. s- Beblin, Dec. 24 The Foreign Office has notified Mr.i Pendleton, American Minister, that it is intended to expel German-Americans residing at 8chleawie who emigrated to the United States -1 ut before oecommg liable to muiury set vice and rer- turned alter being naturalized. - The recent order of expulsion of other German-Americans remains suspended. , j i. London. Dec. 2. The Times, in an editorial, without advocating any extreme measures, suggests that the Irish difficulty could be solved in three months by tbe ex clusion of Parnellites from the, House of Commons and a proclamation of martial law in Ireland. - :! - 3 London. Dec. 24. A desoatch ' from r-ont rreaa, : waies, mis morning. says that seventy-five corpses have been recov ered from the Ferndale pit, r where "fine, explosion. occurrtO yesterday, and it is A. W 1 .... ' feared that otbers are buried in the debris.. Tbe scenes iri the vicinity bf the- mice .are piuiut at aay-oreaK tnia morning: a fresh body of volunteers began exolorinii the pit, and are working manfully in i tbe attempt to recover the bodies. ILLINOIS. many Persons injured by the Burning or a Christmas Tree at Festivities In Chleaso A Dynamite Scare. , 1B7 Telegraph to the Horning Star.) Chicago, Dec. 26. It is stated at the coun ty hospital this morning that at least two hundred and fifty persons received injuries at the burning of the Christmas tree at the festivities yesterday, but that most of the bnrns and bruises are of a trivial nai urc Among the more painfully injured are Mrs. A. A Carpenter, of No. 83 Cass street, who bad a rib and her collar bone broken and her face and hands scorched. A. C. Bartlett, who was severely burned: and Commissioner Van Pelt, whose face and hands were tcorched. Mrs ' King, of West Congress street, and three little child ren, are stil at the hospital, all being quite severely, burned. Two of the women who jumped from a window to . tbe ground, a distance of twenty-five feet, Injured their backs, but whether seriously or not is not yet known. Chicago. Dec. 26. A little after 9 o'clock thia morning a packageof peculiar construction was found on the front porch of Judge Lambert Tree's palatial residence Eio. 24 Cass street, by bis coachman, who tenderly picked it up and carried it Into a vacant lot in tbe rear and then started on 'the run for the Chicago Avenue police sla tion. He was pale with f rigbt when he reached there.and telling Lt. Shephard that he had found scan of dynamite and where be bad found it, asked that an officer be. sent down to investigate Officer Gallagher was Eent back with him and together they took the mysterious can to the lake shore at the foot of Chicago Avenue and touched a match to tne foot cf tbe dynamite fuse which was wound about the can. The ex plosion made a terrific noise, which was heard distinctly at the station, and the earth was torn up for .several feet. When tne can was nrst found it was standing un der a door-wav; the fuse was charred at the end, showing that it had been lighted and gone out. Thus far the police have no idea of the parties wno are responsible for tbe con templated outrage, it is not known that any motive existed for the' commission of such a barbarous act. There have been no arrests 'made. The Tree residence is one of the tnost elabpratejjknd costly houses in uh city, uucupjrmg tc-iuuriu ui ail enure block in the fashionable residence district of the city. The building probably repre sents f2UU,uuu with its valuable contents. MICHIGAN . Polish Catholics Rlotlna; In Detroit. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. UETBOrr, uec. 20. Early this morning tbe f oitsn uatboiics of at. Albert s church gathered about that building, but dispersed without doing any damage. Later in the morning the crowd once more began to come together and by 10 o'clock fully 2,000 people bad gathered around tbe church, They were quiet and orderly, except when John Lemkiewae seen; and then he was hooted and jeered. About 11 o'clock the crowd started on a run towards the grocery of Thos. Zoetowalski; who has been leading a spirit of opposition to Father Hoclasuski, and the feeling against him is very bitter. Three wagons of police were sent out to reinforcethose already on duty. jThe crowd reached the grocery in advance of the po lice and found it barricaded. Zoetowalski appeared at his upper window with a shot gun ana nrea twice at . tbe mob to frighten - tbem j away. . It had . a contrary effect, and the windows were crushed In immediately with bricks, stones and frozen mud. The uproar was deafen ing and was only slightly abated when the police arnvea. just oeiore noon a ones went through the hat of. Sergeant Nolan. wlien he ordered a section of the crowd to disperse. A patrolman attempted to arrest the man who threw it, and was floored with a snow shovel. V The crowd became massed at this point and it was only after a hard fight that the police extricated them selves and the prisoners they had captured, Three others were arrested later. The police seem unable to disperse the crowd. which exhibits a spirit of defiance and answers all orders with jeers and shouts, Word was received at 2 o'clock- that the crowd had not yet been driven away, mTssourj. Trouble Between White and Colored miners. : : (Bv Telegraph to the Horning star. 1 Bevtek, December 26. Much apprehen sion was felt .among law-abiding citizens yesterday in regard to the white and black miners, but no conflict occurred between them. On Christmas eve the negroes had a dance at tbe stockade, and many of them were intoxicated and revolvers were fre quently flourished. Several fights occurred among them and all night long there was 8hooung going on, without fatal effect. however. The .citizens claim ,that all the shooting was done by the negroes, and tbe negroes claim that some of tbe white miners did the shooting. . Yesterday the negroes remained in the stockade, drinking heavily There waa also a great deal of drinking among the white men, and frequent fights occurred on both sides. 1 A large number of both white and black miners went to Macon county to-day and the authorities there were somewhat alarmed and took extraordinary precautions to prevent any trouble by enlisting extra police, several altercations took place, but prompt arrests prevented a riot. - ' : RHODE ISLAND. Shlpplna Disaster Qale and . Snow, Pbovidehcb December 26. .The Point Judith. Life-Saving crew put out in their life-boat yesterday for the scene of the col lision between the schooner Willie DeWitt and another unknown "vessel, and have not Vet returned. A northeast gale prevailed yesterday: and; to day: with snow flurries and thick weather this morning. A dispatch from Point Judith to-day says it is supposed the crew reached Block Island harbor. The government cable to Block Island is inope rative and their - fate cannot be definitely known until steamer can get through to .Newport, me nevenue coster nas oeen ordered to searcn ior uem. i 1 ; . mi, w . ;- . -.. i . The Pone of Borne is anfferinir from kid' nev complaint, and has been ordered by his i ; physicians to, wra complete rest lllr Chadbourn Tttnes: Not far from I Lennon's X Roads, in Robeson county, one . Miss Pitman was so r badly burned bv her - clothes taking fire that it was thought she could not live, a day.t 8he is still living, however; three weeks after the accident. Laurinburg JEachanae: Y,ixsn& 29. the second new engine built entirely here, ' wa vaaeu out 01 me snops ana jun to Wilmington to be weighed this . wV Capt, Maglenn, seconded by the assistance 01 nis aoie loreman, Mr. T. it. Shaw; and others, proposes henceforth to build all the -new engines the company may need.; Graham . Gleaner: - One dav last week some of the authorities of the Richmond & . Dan ville Railroad- syndicate visited . Company Shoos and diacharff mi -. over thirty of the hands employed in the rauroaa snops at that place. Carpenters, machinists, blacksmiths and others who have done faithful service, some for twen- - ty-flve years, were dismissed without warn ing omotice.r;, . : - The law makes November 30tb ' the close of the school fiscal year, and re ' quires the county, treasurers to make imme diate report to the State Superintendent of receipts and disbursements of school funds. The penalty for delay in not complying wun wis requirement is severe, and ought to be, because it involves delay in the 8u perintendent's report. - It ia now thn fi2nt of December, and sixteen treasurers have not reported. Why this delay I dp not know; but it is to be hoped that thinm. plaint will hot only cause the delinquent treasurers to forward their reports at once, hn mill . i a mu pii.icu.wiBj iu mc 1 ukure. o. ax. Ftngeb, Superintendent of Public ': In struction. , . . . .. , . - Winston Daift; Seventeen con- vtcts escaped from the stockade at Dalton csunuay night. : it was planned for. alt to -escape. .Tbev had axes hid for rfaenur- pose, and when they knew there were only two guards on duty, one at each entrance, they rushed : to one entrance, which at tracted both guards to this one. and imme- diately the -convicts rushed to the other - enuance, and before the guard could inter fere with an axe he had picked up, seven teen 01 tne convicts made their escape bv chopping through the door. They were fired at, but no one was hit.- Dalton is in Stokes county. - The convicts were part of " the force of 150 at work on the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad there. Raleigh jxews-voserver.i . ; f - 1 Rockingham Hoeketr A Bap tist preacher who was before the Federal Court at Charlotte last week on the charge -of selling "crooked" whiskey, proved a good character and came clear, but con fessed that he occasionally "chipped in" with some of his neighbors in buying a keg for "home consumption." He was re leased. ; We failed to hear his Honor's charge to the grand jury last Monday morning, but we are informed that he made pointed reference to the late lynch-. ing and condemned the same in unmeasured terms: at the same' time instructing the Jury fully as to their duty in the premises, t imparts increased enormity to the act that it should have been perpetrated just on the eve of court, which point his Hon or took pains to stress in forcible language. Raleigh News- Observer: A dav - or so ago a negro man namedRobert Har ris fell through an elevator hatchway, at tne Btore no. 14 isast Martin street. He fell from the third floor to the cellar.striking on his back. The distance was nearly forty feet. ' It was remarkable that he was not killed at once, yet his injuries were not of a critical character, and .he is rapidly recovering: Lawyers say that the decision of the Supreme Court at the term. now being held in the case of S. A. Dupree vs. the Virginia Home Insurance Company is of special interest to the profession and to parties to insurance contracts. It is ex pected that this decision, dealing as it does 2.1- S. 11 , .1 . If.! wiiu. many points, win uotn prevent litiga tion and expedite the collection of such claims. The Dupree case was commenced in February. 1880; tried in August, 1883; verdict for plaintiff; verdict set aside; tried again in August, 1884; verdict for plaintiff; : appeal, heard in October, 1884. An advisari : was taken by the court; opinion filed at the February term, 1885. Defendants filed a petition to rehear, which was allowed. Tbe petition was argued on two distinct occasions. The judgment was affirmed, and so ended one of the most hotly con tested cases tried here for many years. Charlotte Observer: Prof. Ba ker,- our local weather prophet, is de moralized. He missed it straight along for 22 days out of this month. The tele- ; graph line between Charlotte and States- . ville, along the A. T. & O. Railroad, is now in successful operation, : with offices open at Davidson College and ; at Moores- ville. " Master Jack Kirkpatrick, after two months service as deliverer of ten cent letters in this city, has resigned, as the profits were not sufficient to cover the wear and tear of sole leather. - News reach ed the city yesterday afternoon, of a fatal collision of freight trains on the Western North Carolina road, resulting in the death of one engineer and two firemen, and the - probable fatal injury of another -engineer. The accident was apparent ly due to the carelessness of - the conductor and engineer in charge of one of the trains in not strictly following out train orders. An official of the Western North Carolina Railroad Company gives us the following particulars of the collision: Two freight trains, Noa. , 5 and 6, collided four miles east of Old Fort at 2:45 o'clock a. m. The cause of the accident was a miscalcu lation of time on the part of conductor Drake and engineer Perkins of train No. 6. Marion was the regular meeting point of these two trains, and conductor Trott and engineer Jack Edwards, running No. 5, arrived at Marion on time, and after wait ing their delayed time for No. 6, proceeded on their rights, and when within four miles of Old Fort" they met No. 6. Conductor Drake's watch had stopped and was wrong; but engineer Perkins hadk compared his watch a few minutes before leaving Old Fort and he and his fireman both had standard time. Engineer Perkins and bis fireman, Jim O'Neal, were killed on their engine, and .fireman- Asheley .Mcintosh lumped and was Killed by spinal concus sion. Engineer Edwards was slightly hurt. The engines and five cars were damaged, but not seriously, j Raleigh ivetos- Observer; Mr. Jas. M. Harris has had a stroke of paralysis. At Durham Monday evening Mr. Dan'l Albright's boarding ' house, a two-story wooden building, was burned. Persona had to jump from the windows on the second floor to escape the fire. No one waa injured. The loss was some $3,000, with $ 1,000 insurance. Tbe penitentiary authorities have information to the effect that three of the seventeen convicts wha escaped from the stockade near Dalton, in Stokes county, have been recaptured at Winston. .They will , be brought here. Yesterday evening a mule ran away with a buggy in which were a Mr.- Smith and Mr. James Chappell, of . Wake. The latter was thrown out at the corner of East Hargett and South Blount streeta,and strik ing a bridge received bad injuries of the hip. Hendebsontihe, Dec. 22nd, 1885. To-day at 10 oclock the last rail on the Asheville & Spartanburg road was laid, thus connecting Asheville and this place with steel rails. HAira,TON,Dec. 23rd. The warehouse belonging to the R. N. fc B. Steamboat Company, Including 29 bales of cotton and 28 sacks of peanuts, was burned here to-day; loss $3,500, partly insured.- The fire originated about lfto'clock, p. m., and is thought to be caused from the hands of aa incendiary. Barks dale vs. Commissioners, from Sampson--no error. This is the case in which the late Judge McKoy ruled that the school ,t tax - ia excess of the - con stitutional . ratio wm - unconstitutional. 1 Court sustains that ruling. It is an impor tant and serious matter, as other counties, which have levied special school taxes, are interested. Boards of county commission ers cannot, for school purposes.' exceed the limitation prescribed by the poll-tax clause of the constitution.) In the case of the State vs. Smith, from Buncombe coun ty, yesterday decided in the Supreme Court, to which allusion was made yester day, the question of the constitutionality of the "drummers' license tax," (section 28 of the revenue act) was raised and ar gued. The defendant was convicted below of a violation of the law and appealed to the Supreme Court. H The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, thus adjudging the constitutionality of the law imposing the tax; but tbe point not being technically presented in the record, the court did not discuss the- constitutional question. The income annually derived by the 8tate from this license tax being so large (over $86, 000), any case affecting the question is a matter of publio concern. to the Grant monument. . ; t -