North Carolina Newspapers

a The Weekly. Star. PUBLISHES AT ; - ; IV ILMISGTO K y K . C. , .AT tl.SQ A VEA K, I N luVANf Si 'V'Bi Vies eeeta a! Vuiu..!.-' I Woeo - - SSSSSS8SSSSSSS888 If -i SS$SSS2SSSSSS8S sssssssssssssssss' f r . - -. ' i ' ' ' i Hnissiaoaeeediasa 1 Entered at the Post Office atTWHmtngton, N. C.,' . -. as Second Class Hatter. . : SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscri6tion price of - the Webd.t Star is as follows t Single Copy I year, postage paid, $1.50 " "6 months, " . 1.00 " o months. " .60 SOVTHEBrf SDCC1TION ANU SELF " J- RCLUNCE. .J Discussing tbe dangerous proposi tion to seek Federal aid in educating tbe children in the States the Louis ville . Courier-Journal, -which is of tener right in its opinions' on public questions than any of oar Southern excnanges, 11 as Bome very - pertinent objection. - They are not new to our readers for tbe Stab has present ed tbera in different connections in its many discussions of Paternal pedagogy, but they are : important. widely circulated a ' paper as tbe Courier-Journal -so vigorously and consistantly opposing the Blair scheme. It says among other things and with truth: f "We all know how easy it is to shut our eyes to consequences. We like to take our ease and trust to some good,, fortune to step in and shield us from the results of our owd actions. So we try to thins: that we can invoke Federal aid in one direction without having Federal interference in . another. This is preposterous. . . . It seems therefore to us most unwise to seek an alliance with the Federal Govern ment in this work, It is, or ought to be, pre-eminently tbe work of the' State, and the Slate is amply able to undertake it. If Georgia, for instance, should tax itself as New Hampshire does.' it would have an admirable school system." Tbe South has done admirably al ready in this direction. Such an in telligenT observer and friend of edu cation as Rev. Dr. Mayo, of Boston, and who has spent some years in tbe South in the prosecution , of educa- prosecution tional plans, has "more than once borne open testimony as to the de votion and liberality of tbe Southern people in behalf of education.? He has declared that . no people have ever made such sacrifices under the cir cumstances for education a lht Southern people have made. It it true they have not done all that could have been done or 4ught to ie done. but mere is nroorre:B. ueoreia latrn in the race. She,' as well as North Carolina, could do a great ileal inor . for education than has been doue. New Hampshire taxes herself $577,- 622 for schools on a valuation of $200,000,000, whilst Georgia taxes herself but $498,533 on a property valuation of '. $300,000,000. The in crease in the valuation of property since 1880, in the South, is more than 1,000 million dollars. This is for taxable property. So there ought to be a corresponding increase in the school fund. The south can .raise several million dollars more for edu cation than it did in 1880, and with out burdening thejjeople more in 1886 than they wereour.dened in 1880. A great people are always a self-reliant people.- ' -. The Charleston News and Courier has published a long and excellently prepared review of tbe progress of the State of South Carolina. To get up such a report requires a heavy j expenditure of time and labor, and the performance is highly creditable to the newspaper. Within five years South Carolina has increased its real and Dersonal propertv more, than 1 a .' m - $25,000,000; the increase in manufac tures is more' than $21,000,000; the increase in agricultural - productions is more than. $8,000,000; the increase in live stockis more than $9,000,000; the increase in agricultural machinery is $1,400,000. During the five years $2,600,000 has been expended npon . railroads. This is gratifying progress. South Carolina is rapidly developing. Her people are becoming much more conservative and progressive. k Senator Coke, of Texas, has also flpoken in the Senate in opposition to the bankers and money lenders and in favor of silver and the bor rowers. He is one of the ablest men in public life. In real mental power and grasp we doubt if he has a sape rior in the Senate. His speeches read like the great speeches of forty years ago, except they are unadorned and unrhetorical. We have no doubt that he spoke for silver with the same-lucidity, compactness, . vigor and logical precision that he did in opposition to the dan serous Blair . bill. When we have seen his speech we may have more, to say ' St Marv's Catholic Church - at Port Wayne, Ind., was wrecked,' and also v fW nprsons were killed. ' 1 OLv XVII. .. . Alt INSPIRED lINeEB. ' It may.be conceded that thus far thrNorth has developed more pbeti cat genius man the South has devel oped. While it has produced a Bry ant, a Longfellow, a Whittier, an Emetson, a Lowell, and many other genuine sons of sought has also given birth to some daughters who in their effort to immortalise themselves will doubtless -throw a bright halo around their native States. The nnh- as been familiar for some years with the "sweet singer Kof Michi gan," Mrs. Julia A.. Moore. " Her wonderful productions have "excited the' highest interest and feecured for her own brow a wreath of immor-J telies. But she has a" very strong rival in Mrs. v. Sarah A. Kelley, of Pennsylvania; This very gifted bard has applied to the Congress for a fat salary; and for the conferring of tbe. Poet Laureateship 1 upon her. She calls herself fondly and, doubtlesB, appropriately, , the 4 "National Poet Laureate ' Aspirant and Bard of Shanty Hill." How very touch ing ! "She is evidently one of jour poets born. She has drunk freely of the inspiring waters of Helicon, or of some equally inspiring spring at the foot of "Shanty (Hill.'? She will reflect undying glory on her State, and, if tbe Congress shall crown ber with the bays of the "Nation" -she will pour a perfect ; cataract of glory on the American! eagle. : That her genius is pure and fine the. folio wing exquisite lines amply testify. She sings: "I was the very beat of teachers, At least my praises so were sung - , By A. N. Bullard. Superintendent Of Susquehanna County at the time : -I was educated most resplendent." That reminds one of Sappho, Ca tullus and Horace united with. Keats,. Tennyson and ' Swinburne. The rythmical flow, you will perceive, is charming, and there is such a happy blending, too, of ; sense with sound. There is something truly Miltonic in the stately sweep of the last line "I was educated most' resplendent." It is a fit conclusion to . tbe grand opening ontburst--"I was the very best of teachers."! But her inspira tion widens and her genius takes a higher flight when soaringly she chants: : "I thank tbe Lord that I can , write Without Bev'ral Days seclusion quite; -Ten to Thirty Minutes is all I ask lo write from T. hreeio seven Verse TasK." -- - . . ! -- ' ' - i - This is absolutely perfect. ? Since Homer and, Dante there bas been scarcely anything to equal it in tbe dash and , glooni.. The piety . and gratitude, too are above praise. Her Muse i evidently deeply religious, and there is a very tender sadness in tho-e gracefiiilyflowing lines where in kIih uoniemplaieM death and directs her own f onerail Hear the dying swan as she pour out her lofty soul iu strains of richest, most entrancing melody: : j i "Bury me in Jsckson Cemetery, a very beautiful place. Let the officiating Minister be the Rector of Grace- Catholic Pr6testant Episcopal Church, of ' Honesdale. Fa. " The Bard of Shanty Hill, whose Fame shall - never fade away.- Why cannot the barren South pro duce a genius like that ? REPUBLICAN SEN ATOBS AND THE , J ; PRESIDENT. v The Republican Senators who un dertook to invade tbe rights of the Chief ' Executive - have probably struck a snag. Since . the war began in 1861, the tendency; has been to usurpation. 'Both the Congress and the President have at times exercised authority; that was : improper and excessive. ; The - Congress has at tempted to curtail the powers of ; tbe President by laws aimed directly at him, as in the case of President John son. The President bas usurped pow er and invaded States, as was done by President Grant ; President Cleveland removed cer tain Republicans from office. The Republican Senators wish to know the cause and they pass a reso lution demanding the reasons for his action in each case. . With ' tbe ex ception of Attorney General ' Vilas no reply bas been made to the inquiry, This has surprised : and stirred the Republicans, - arid they . have ; cau cused over it. They are trying to find a way . to . reach to force the ' ' Executive to yield to their demands. ; They are not ; agreed among 'themselves p to the wisdom Of forcing an issue on this point with the 'Administration, but they are not satisfied with the .snubbing that threatens' them. - They are waiting to see! what -Mr.; Cleveland is going to do about it. They have had their way so long in dealing with Presidents, passine at will re solutions asking for information, that they are taken aback when they find a man in the Executive Office who knows hie rights' and dares to maintain them. ;. - It is not questioned; we suppose, that the Senate or the House has the right to askjdor r information Nor is it denied, we may, suppose. that it is optional '-with the Presi dent as to whether he will respona favorably to this oi"' that resolution oi not There ja pp law topompel, 1; as -we understand it. The Presi dent may have' good - and sufficient reaaons- for not responding to the calk It is for hira - to say whether the information sought ; should be communicated or not. . At any , rate this was the custom in - the better days, before the country had become so demoralised by war and an abuse of power was rarely complained of. It may be readily supposed that Mr. Cleveland' and his- Cabinet offioers would willingly respond to any reso lution of inquiry that was not dic tated by mere'paftisati hostility, and tb at was, compatible with the public interests.'; ;.We cannot ..imagine any reason: for a refusal except for "these -causesi ;' ' (i, The following judicious comment is reproduced from the New . York Star-ik paper that is rapidly coming to the front as one of the best Dem ocratic exponents n the country :t .t'Sueh appointments as are made law fully-by tbe executive branch of the kot- ernment are in no way properly' subject to ue omciai couBiaeration 01 (jongress. or a branch thereof, except those! submitted to the;approval of the Senate according to the direction of the Constitution. .The-Presi dent has as much right to demand of the Senate information of any kind concerning its appointees as that body -has to demand it of the head of an executive department. The presumption of the Constitution is that the President will act faithfully in his sphere, without further interference than it provides for. The usurpation of h further supervision by either branoh of Congress, by resolutions, directory or otherwise, oueht never to re submitted to. A return to the old courtesy of request for information, 'if not incompatible with the public interests,' is something that is in order now, and the .President may certainly take the old time responsibility of acceding to or refusing the request, especially where it is evident that the requests are merely lor party purposes. Pablle neetlna. - A joint meeting of the Chamber of Com merce and Produce Exchange was held at the rooms of the latter yesterday for the purpose of expressing appreciation of the services rendered to shipping and to the port of Wilmington by the United States revenue steamer Colfax. F. W. Kerchner, Esq.; President of the Exchange, was called to the chair, and Mr. B W. Hicks was requested to act as secretary." '.Messrs. George Harries. 3. H. Currie and K Pe- echau. the committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions, submitted the follow ing, which were adopted: Whereas, The commercial prosperity of this port depends largely upon the facilities afforded to shipping, and appreciating the services rendered oy toe u. a. revenue steamer Colfax, under command of Capt. Liewis Stodder, in rescuine recently several vessels and crews and bringing them safely into port; therefore, iesoivea. xnat tbe tnanKs ot ine w 11- mineton Chamber of Commerce and Pro duce Exchange are hereby tendered to Capt. h. N. Stodder and the officers and crew of the revenue steamer Colfax, for tbe prompt and efficient services rendered to vessels in distress during the late disastrous storm that swept over our coast, and to the Government for the establishing and main tenance of tbe Revenue Marine Service. - Resolved. That the secretary of these bodies send a copy of the preamble and resolutions to Capt. L. N. Stodder and to the Secretary of the Treasury. . Thf Kin Feanl DtU. 1 ' Dr. Potter, the County Physician, and Coroner Jacobs went out yesterday morn ing and examined the tody of the unknown colored man found in a swamp just beyond the city limits, as mentioned in tbe Stab of yesterday. It was the opinion of the Doc tor that the man had frozen to death during the late severe weather. An inquest was not considered necessary, and by order of the Coroner the body was given in charge of an undertaker , for burial. There was nothing found that would lead to identifi cation. Some persons who saw the body were of tbe opinion that it was one Jim Allen, who formerly lived on Mr. Antonio Rush's place, about two miles from town, and for whom a warrant .had been issued two or three weeks ago for an alleged breach of the peace. , : minimum Temperatures. As a matter of record and for future re ference, we publish below the minimum temperatures recorded by the, observer at the Signal- station , in this city during the recent cold weather, abd from which it will be seen that Tuesday, the 12th mst., was the coldest day: On Friday,' January 8th, the minimum temperature was 33.5 degrees; Saturday, 9th, 27 degrees; Sunday. 10th, 16 degrees; Monday, 11th, 12.5 degrees; Tuesday,12tb, 11.5 degrees: Wednesday, 13th, 13.5 de grees; Thursday, 14th, 16 degrees; Friday, 15th. 21 deerees: Saturday, 16th, 39.6 de grees. ' : . : - ; '- v ' . - Rftrloua Ldm M a Wllmlnaton IHan.i Mr. E. 8. Warrock, formerly in business in this city, a snort time ago oegsn ue publication of a paper in Burnsville, in the Western part of this State. We regret to learn that he had the misfortune to be burned out recently;- The loss, was a total one on materia) $1,000 and books and ac counts about $800. Mr. , Warrook lost all his clothing in the fire, except what he had on. Citizens of tbe place are making an effort to buy a new outfit for his paper, and it may be revived.. Good Endorsement of a Wilmington Enterprise . The Carolina Oil .and Creosote Company some time ago sent a lot of creosoted wood piling to Capt. James B. Eads, to be tested in the Mississippi river below New Orleans. Capt, Eads reports that the test has proven entirely satisfactory and yesterday he gave an order for two hundred piling for immedi ate shipment to New Orleans, with the understanding that he will take 'several hundreds more as he is ready for them. Cotton Receipts and Exports. " : -' ; The receipts of cotton at this port for the week; ending yesterday were 1,892 bales; against 1,152 bales for the corresponding period last year. Ah increase of 240 bales. v The receipts or tbe crop year from Sep tember 1st to January 16th were 81,838 bales;" against 85,900 bales' for the corres- Dondine period last year. ' A decrease of 4,067 bales. ' The total exports for the crop year to date were 70,707 bales, against 77,952 bales last season, i Cotton for Italy. . Messrs. Alex. ; Sprunt t & Son cleared vesterdav the Norwegian barauentine St. Joteah. with 1.470 bales ' of cotton, for fvegborp, Italy, valued at f 63,200. , . 71 ? 1 WILMINGTON A raw for tbe Co. e Dead Body of a Colored It t 1 Near the City. ' 1 - .Two colored boys, who were c hunting rabbits yesterday af ternoo 3 , c a - e "on the dead body of a man ' lyk -r ia tLu woods southeast of town at a pla 3 ca'Jed press Swamps about a mile fron tl ? c:?; limits. The boys were so frighten 1 at the ,liastly discovery Ahey bad made tb at tl ey " ran from the place without stop ping to the City Hall, and reported tbe ma' ierto the Chief of Police. Coroner Jaco' 3 v, j s soon notified .and Vent out to inves'Jf -te ihe matter, He found it to be the t'y oi a colored man about twenty five cf thirty years of age and about five feet eh inches in height.; It was dressed ia a ommon black sack coat, plaid pants, bnva shoes and a common wool hat.' An umbrella and a crocus bag lay near the corps ', which wag lying face, downwards in tb I ics and .mud. The body was covered with ice. One of the hands was gone; -'ppartDUy eaten off: by dogs or hogs. The trocus bag contained a lot of men's clothing and a pint flask of whiskey.- The coroner had the body of the unknown put ia a coffin,- and to-day,Dr. Potter, the Couoty Physi cian, will make an examination for lha pur pose of ascertaining the cause of death. A large crowd of colored people gathered at the plact and looked at the body, but nope could identify tbe remains.. - Damage Caused hy Drift let tewa tbe fiver. The drift ice made a clean - s"eep of every thing in its wayio the tower part of the Cape Ft-ar river Thursday night. It carried away tbe light-house built on piles. on Drum shoals, just above New Inlet, and the Drum shoals buoy. .No 7 buoy, in the' Hone Shoe, and the buoy in tbe lower part of Sdow's Marsh channel were also carried away, besides tbe piling along the' channel. Some of the fields of ice I were half a mile square or mdre, and four to five inches thick. At Smith ville the pilot boat Oriental, Capt. Newton, was dragged from her moorings and carried, -out about a mile before she could be freed from the ice. The copper on her sides was cut through in places The schooner Wave, used as a lighter, was ' jammed on Battery bland shoals, where a hole as cut in her side and she filled and sank to the water's edge. She was loaded with rosin for the barque Richard, lying at Smithville. Pilots say that all the marks at the mouth of the river are now gone, and until, they are replaced navigation will be difficult, especially in thick weather. Tbe Revenue Steamer Colfax. The revenue steamer Colfax has done valuable and important service in saving life and property during the recent stormy weather along the coast, and Capt. Stod dard and his officers and crew will doubt less receive, as they deserve, the warmest commendation from the authorities at Washington. ';, Within the past few days, while searching- for the missing light ship, the; steamer Colfax has rescued and brought into port tbe disabled schooner Taulane and tbe stranded schoon-; er 'Messenger, each with a crew of eight men. besides beiog successful ia ber searph for tbe missing lightship and her crew ef four or five Capt. Falker, of ihe Messen ger, &ja that his vessel would surely have been lost but for tbe timely assistance ren dered him. ' 'j - - lee In tbe Upper Cape Fear. ' I There have been no arrivals by the river from ' Fayetteville : the latter part f this week, oing. it is supposed, tf the Inabili ty of tbe boats to get through, xne steam ers River Queen, Bladen and. Hurt are on their way down but the river is full of ice, "jammed" at several places. Capt. Oreen, of the Bladen, on her last trip up the river bad tanail planks on the sides of the steamer as a protection against the ice. Persons who were in the city yesterday from Kelly's Cove, about forty miles above Wilmington, reported that the' river was frozen over at that place, with ice about one inch thick. The U.S. Clrenlt Coart Jnde Bennett. Judge Bennett, our member of Congress, has succeeded in having passed through the House a bill authorizing terms of the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern Judicial District of North Carolina at Wil-1 mington. This has long been "desired by the attorneys at this bar, and Judge Ben nett deserves commendation for his success. He ranks high with the intellectual men of North Carolina, and attends ''faithfully to his duties as a representative. m -1 The sch ooner Messenger, Capt. Falker, from Perth Amboy for Brunswick; Qa., with a cargo of railroad iron, was the ves set that the revenue steamer Colfax towed into Smithville late Wednesday afternoon. The Messenger got aground on Frying-Pan Shoals at six o'clock that morning, and was in a perilous position when sighted! by the steamer, which pulled her off aa towed ber across tbe bar. The schooner came up to the city yesterday, leaking at the rate of four hundred strokes an hour. She will be hauled up for repairs '. , j " ' The administration of the Bureau Veritas bas just issued ' the list f marine disasters reported during the toonth of No vember, 1885, concerning all flags i Sailing vessels reported lost 2 American, 2 Aus trian, 47 British, 9 Danish, 6 French, 10 German, 10 Italian, 15 Norwegian, 2 Russian,-1 Spanish, 3 Swedish;' total, 107. Steamers reported " lost 18 ' British, 1 French. 2 German, 2 Spanish; total 23. The missing Frying-Pan Shoals light ship was picked up by the revenue steamer CWa yesterday morning, about ten o'clock,' a few miles from her station on the shoals. The wind was northeast and a very high sea running," but the steamer managed to get a line to the lightship and' towed her into Smithville.- The vessel had apparent ly sustained no damage, and all the crew were safe and well. -7 " v j 4 No arrival from up' the river , yester day. The steamers Bladen and River Queen were due. but had not arrived up to a late hour last night It is supposed , that they have been detained by ice, as it is reported that all the streams, the Cape Fear In cluded, are frozen over above tide-water. , r Ochr.Muriel 8. Eaynet (of Augusta, Me., 485 tons), Gamage, from Navassa via Progresso for this 'port, with 648 tons of guano, was aoanaoned Jan. 4. master ana crew arrived at Newport News Jan. 11 In the Norwegian steamer frarn . FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, WAJSIIIirGTQX Realtor tbe Senate Bepabllcan Cmu- cas-A neated Debate (n tna inew Ina of tbe . u Committee on Naval Affairs. ' -' ' ' - 1 U tBy Telecraph to the Morntns Star.l .WASHDtsroir Jan. 15. The" Republi- caa Senators met in caucus at half past 10 o'c ock tfcJs morning - and adjonrsed it X Their, purpose was to compare the vuswa wun regard to the right 01 the 8en ata to information as to the Preaidenfa re-sons , for makinar removals from offlea. Tie fact was stated that many of the in quiries addressed . w the : heads of depart meats py chairmen of - the committees remain unanswered; but inasmuch as no actios .of the? Administration up to ihia time indicates a purpose to refuse to give ium luiuimiuon. uv lormai- proposuiOB was made aBdTsar!tioiOakeu. While a wide variety ofSopinioa1 found exprersloa with regard to the propriety of raising a foitaal tissue .with, the. Administration- at present" upon this question, the majority were ot tbe opinion that should the infor mation soueht not ultimatelv be forthcom in g, the -. Republicans , will,; iu; , juatic to men wno nave :peea,suspeiiGP(i or removed for .supposed cause, be required to take some formal action iaiha Uiiate to securtf Inrormatioa o an avowal by the Presideus that he will npt gj ve his reasops for making removals. C '' -:j-r:. v'1': The resolution iafifered in'the House bv RtBreaentatire BouteJlei of Me. teaairing Ktbrtbe wilieged miecooduct 00 tae :pat of : me commandant at tbe Norf ol fc navy yard, came up for consideration this morning before the committee pa Nava Affairs and led to a heated pohticaldiscusl StOD. ' t' ?--i.''W.'"iJ.-:;----, ::, Mr. Wise, of Virginia, made a speech denouncing the resolution and impugning the motives of its mover. 1 He intimated that the resolution was introduced from the desire to make party capital, and ex pressed the opinion that it should be amended so as to allow general investiga tion into the conduct of navy yards He urged that mere ne wspaper report was tbe sole foundation for the proposed inquiry, and that it was not becoming tbe dignity of Congress to heed such stories. Air. Boutelle vigorously ' defended bis resolution - He said he had . been assured by a brother member- that the publication was substantially correct. v 1 Air. Thomas pointed out that the resolu tion was not for on investigation. It was a simple inquiry and if the story was without foundation the - Jxavy Department : could easily prick. tbe bubble. Mr. : Mc Ad 00 also contended that the in vestigation -should- be general. 'Republi cans had been discharged-from other navy yards on the eastern coast, and why not at Norfolk. - Mr. Hewitt inquired if it would be con tended that the victors were not. entitled to tbe spoils. Mr. Thomas acquiesced in that assump tion, but said that in tbe case under consid eration it was a question not of politics not whether a Republican bad been dis placed by a Democrat but whether the statute giving preference to Union soldiers had. been- violated. He wanted to know whether Union soldiers bad been discharged to make places for rebel soldiers, and whether tbe memorial stones commemo rating Union victories had been obliterated. Mr.. Hewitt inquired if tbe gentleman would have tolerated a Confederate monu ment commemorating the victory, of Bull Hun. Mr. Thomas replied that be would have it pulled down. Fortunately, the rebels failed in their object. He was not yet ashamed or having fought for tbe union. Other members of the committee express ed themselves in strong language, and the' session ended without action on tbe resolu tion, which will come op for consideration at tbe next meeting. Washington, Jan. 16. It is learned at tbe White House that the vacancy in the office of Assistant Treasurer at New .York will be filled next week. In the Criminal Court to-day Richard Liee alias Dick Sparrow, convicted Decem ber 19th of the murder of his wife, Novem ber 23rd last, was sentenced to be hanged on tbe btcoDd Friday after the adjourn ment of (be next term of court in the gen eral term. Antonio JMaidelio anas Frank Ross, convicted of the murder of Carmine Rosunno by cutting his throat on July 29th, was sentenced to be hangeortbe same day. Louis Somerfield, convicted of tbe mur der of his wife and son-in-law, was last, Saturday sentenced to be hanged on the same day ; making' three 'murderers to pay tbe penalty of their crimes on that day. which will be sometime in May or June. Lee is a colored man, Nardellois an Italian and 8omerfield is a German. Miss Kate Bayard, eldest daughter of tbe Secretary of State, died suddenly about 3 o'clock this afternoon. The .reception at tbe White House suspended immediately upon the receipt of ber death.' Miss Bay ard died at home,' just as she was starting to tbe White House to attend miss Cleve land's reception.. JtOB'l'H CAROLINA. An .Eseaped - Lunatic Caagnt Fatal Cnnnlnc Accident Rear Salisbary. .:. Special Star Telegram. ' , 1 Faykttkvillb, January 14. J. DeL. Smith, who was arrested in Florence, 8. O, some time ago, charged with attempt ing to burn tbe Clarendon bridge, over the Cape Fear at Fayetteville, but was . found to be insane and was sent to the asylum at Raleigh, was arrested here again to-night and put in jail. He will, be sent back to the asylum to-morroW. ' He escaped on Sunday last from that institution. Chablotte, N.- C-i Jan. 14. Yesterday evening a party of five persons at Salisbury started out to hunt raoaiis. ,. Une was run into a bole in a stump two miles from town. Tom Mowry set his gun down to help the dogs and either himself or another of tbe party knocked it over, it expiooea as it fell and shot Mowr? s head nearly off. He died instantly. He leaves a wife and two children. . LOUISIANA. Steady Rain at New Orleans tittle Damage Done by the fteeendcold Wave. iY-'-f . ; ' ; -- By Telegraph to'the Korning Star.l 1 New Orleans, Jah15. A steady rain seVin here yesterday morning, which con tinued until 'this morning. The rainfall for the twenty-four hours ending at six o'clock this morning was three and a half inches. At six o clock this morning the mercury stood at 56. The predominant opinion among planters is that little dam age has as yet been done to sugar cane ana orange trees, the rain being regarded as fa vorable to both if not followed by another freeze. . - - - THE NEQROmBXODUS. Seventy Ia1orers Shipped from Char lotte to California. Chablotte. N. Jan. 16. The ex odus of colored laborers from .North Caro lina for points West is beginning to excite some inteaest Charlotte is the railroad centre for tbe State, : and it is here emigra tion parties . are made and here railroad : agents meet and arrange for their trans portation. JNot less than .three: thousand have lertthe State, mostly lor Arkansas and Kansas. They continue to emigrate .westward, but there seems to oe no runn er demand for them in Kansas. 'and they are now going to California. Last night seventy were turned over to Ed. F. Sisson, 01 Banta ire. and A. A. uauagner, 01 tne Missouri Pacific Co., for transportation .to California. This batch of 1 emigrants are bound f or Lbs Angelos. ' having a contract to work in tbe vineyards and nop neidsoi J. j. Baldwin. According to tne agree ment' made with' Baldwin, through, his agents, before leaving here, they are to get twelve dollars per' month for the first year with, board and bouse rree.'.;-Baidwm - aa-r vanced the money to pay their; transporta tion to Los Angelos,' the price 6f each full ticket being ' $68.70. : The entire' seventy people left here last night on their journey 10 (janrprnta,. Sim 1886; PoIUlcal Amnesty In Fraaes-Cnaaa-e in Spanlala nialatarato Londosi and Washlaaton.. yr, , ; r - b thi to Um Muntac HUtr t ' ' Pabib, Jan. 14. President Grew 1 has signed a decree granting amnesty to oer- sons convicted of . political moU encea since 15J7U, and reducing the .sentence of many olfeifders sga,inettae Cpmmqa law; ,. Madbid, Jaa 14. Count Rfxoou- baa been appointed Spanish Minuter to Lon don,, in place of Marquis D Cata Laigh- iesea. mua a as oeen irasilrred to- wasb- LiOHDOM. Jan. 15. John Maeee. wlurB Wednesday pleaded fUUty to the charge of auempuog u procure .money rrom -the Prince of. Wales. - by 1 writing- ;thratenii)ff leueis. wasto-aayseBtenced b sevuo, veara Dublin, Jn. 15. The United Ireland attributes the intended resignation of the Earl of i CaroarvoBJi Lord Lituienaut f Ireland, to his relucunce to abet the whole sale evictions contemplated by tbe govern ment, and which will render the Irish dts- perate. The United-Ireland Implores the Uiomei to look berore it leaps, and not to adopt coercive remedies, as the; people mill not suomu caimiy to being robbed pi their homes.'' f MM -UHMS -If . :yA '4 t r ? The Evening Mail, Loyalist organ, com menting od the utterances of the United Ireland, says they constitute'.a note of warning that the government should, not neglect. -The Executive m ' dsUatly told that unlesa it curbs the .landlord. ''Captain ?MotDlight'r,.will be' fully: empowered tq, stay, mutilate and pillage with" the vigor and hellish 'ferocity of the Land League days. ' t -.V'r-irr'' : Tne freeman s Journal, previewing the opinion entertained by the different Eng lish political parties, says:, . I be tide runs high against Ireland. The anti-Irish - feel ing is rampant - among Englishmen, and they loathe the idea of home rule for Ire? land." -:f3 Bsi.FA8T. Ja r 15. At a crowded meet ing at the Cham per of. Commerce to-day including merchants, minufacturen, bank ers. etc , a resolution was unanimously adopted expressing loyally to the Queen and renouncing home rule. A deputation was appointed to acquaint Lord Salisbury and Mr. Gladstone with : tbe disastrous results that would follow any tampering with the union. -' London, Jan. 15. 'An Irish high sheriff has written to tbe Times that pending tbe discussion of politics by Parliament. famine is approaching Ireland, and with it will come acts of lawlessness., violent men, be says, determined not to starve, will seize tbe necessaries of life even at the risk of doing bodily harm to others. ICE BLOCKADE. The Bay Line and ' Potoi lae Hirer . .. . Boats Stopped. t . . . Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. I Philadelphia, Jan. 16. The Bay Line has given notice that owing to the serious ice blockade in Chesapeake bay. they have discontinued, running tnelr steamers be tween Baltimore, Old Point and Norfolk, and have, asked railroad lines to discon tinue the sale of tickets by that line until farther advised. The Potomac Steamboat Company's boats have stopped running between Washington and Norfolk on account of ice in tbe Potomac. The steamer Cape Charles, of the ' New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad, is making ber regular trips between Cape Charles, Old Point and Norfolk, notwith standing tbe slight delays which have oc curred in consequence of ipe in Elizabeth river. VIRGINIA.' Cotton Fire on a Steamer at Newport News A Prominent Citizen ofStaun ton Killed on the B. Sc. O. . Ball. Road Intensely' Cold Weathor. Fort Monroe Jan. 14. A dispatch from Newport News reports that about two thousand bales of cotton were dam aged ty fire and water on the British steam er Matthew Bedliogton. She will have to discbarge ber fore bold. The vessel was uninjured. .The Baltimore steamer arrived here at o p m., and reports heavy ice down to Uone Point. Staunton, Jan. 14 A. W. Bondurant. a prominent citizen of Staunton,, was de capitated yesterday at Goshen by tbe Ches apeake & Ohio train. . His head and one arm were severed from his body.' Staunton, Jan. 14. Last night was in tensely cold. This morning the thermom eter; registered 8 degrees below zero, but the weather has moderated since. William Jackson, colored,- was found to day at the fair grounds frozen to death. Richmond. Jan. 16. Dr. Thomas W. Keen, member of the House of. Delegates from Danville, fell dead on the floor of the House a few minutes before one 0 clock to day, from heart disease'. He had lust taken his, seat, after addressing tbe House on a measure before that body. : He was about 65 years old. : Both houses of the General Assembly immediately adjourned, - after appointing a joint committee to escort the remains to uanviue ine uouse aiso ap pointed a committee to draft suitable reso lutions. Staunton, Jan. 16. Several ' inches of snow fell here to-day. but the weather is moderate this evening. " Reports ". from surrounding sections state that there bas been a fearful destruction of game birds. Thousands of partridges, pheasants and doves have perished by the. cold, and ex termination is feared. EARTHQUAKE. A Heavy Shake Id New Torlc State. t I By Telegraph to tJSe Morning Star.l Nyack. January 16. Shortly . before 11,30 o'clock last night two distinct shocks of r earthquake were felt in every part of Rockland county. In Nyack pictures were shaken from the walla and the ice in the river along tbe shore 4 was broken, r Iff buffern spring valley,, fiermont,. sparkle. Haverstraw and Rockland Lake the jar was very Heavy.- 1 . ' a it: ! If. POLITICAL POINTS. 1 We hear a good deal about Re publican principles, but the trouble with this country is republican lack or princi plea. Atlanta vonsatutton, JJem... The Indianapolis Journal thinks that no pension should be voted the grand daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Certainly not. -' Her grandfather was a DemocraL Louisville Courier-Journal, Demi:: '. ; Montana is talking of applying for" admission as a State, and, as sho Is Democratic, a compromise might be effect ed by voting to admit both her and Repub-, lican Dakota as an onset to eacn other. t The announcement comes from Augusta, Me.,' that in his second volume Mr. Blaine' Wilt literally flaV Mr.' Bavard alive, which will be the first time that a dead man fever essayed a job of .the' kind. t- (Jfiidttoo Herald, item. I It was a hasty and. to some ex tents tyrannical act, out tne republicans were in ue ngnt on the. .main, question. The Democratic members from Hamilton , county to the Ohio -Legislature held their seats through a vile fraud, and 'they ought to have been turned out. Washington fwt, i Amonpv the disreputable schemes on foot in Washington is one to prevent the. confirmation by the Senate of the appoint ment 01 ex-nenator JKoss as governor -or it r : j r ttt ci new jue&icu, aou ueorge tt . 4 uiian as our-, vevor General of the same Territory. The land-grabbing ring are at the bottom of it.' -TaeKSonvute Jrta.) 2 xmes- Union . rington died on Sunday.' the 10th Inst., at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. V. P.' Williams, White Rpck, in this county, at the advanced ae of 7 years. NO. 13 ' . - - Hallroad C or' ratal "! Near Harp- J a..ia "nr .: - A collision oc j.ach xf the Balti er Millville, tbe Ferry, yesterday .:.ioe of a ballast I fir Tsistraps to WlNCHKSTE1, .1 ' curred oa Us more & Ohio l first statipo ff- - afternoon, be; train., said to ha . rate of speed, and a I.. running at a high t train also run ning very fast to make up tune. William x uzoatncK. supervisor 01 tne road, a resi- .at of fbifl city, who has a wife and seven children arid Charles Cridef, brakeman, a youth ol i years from Srasburg, who were on the engine, were killed; Crider in stantly; Fitzpatrick was crushed from his abdomen' dews and lirtd. until 8 o'clock this evening. Bishop, tbe fireman of the freightnraint living at Bhdy Hook, was also, killed. .Thther persons en both trains saved their lives by jumping. Seven cats were thrown front the track into the Shenandoah,, rivet andbotb engines were ruined. Alabama Twro Fires ai OpeJlkaTite'. Bllzxard .if.i-fnadad ay Heavy Bnlawii. .. J Telegraph to the Xoning Stat 4 y f MoHTeoxEOT, "Jan, ' 15. Specials report t fires at Opeiika, Ala, yesterday. The fire ia the morning destroyed a two-storv L building occupied on tbe ground, floor by riiegerts. ssjoojo ana- oaner snop4ana they uuyci - .itiu jpyu. iue nmeB j newspaper. coming was saved except the limes books. The loss tnr tbe boildiDg is $5,000; insu rance fauo. .itoDert sioss in goods and fixtures is. $2,000; insurance $17600. The Times editor estimates his loss at $10,000, Some $3,000 damage was done to neigh boring stores and stocks. - -' ..Theuiher fire in -the afternoon burned three frame buildings. Loss $10,000, par tially insured.' The blizzard has subsided, but is suc ceeded by a cold steady rain. ; . NORTH ' CAROLINA. Three. Persons Barned to Death at Klna's mountain. ': By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l ' .Chaklottk.. Jan. 15. A tenement house on the premises of Capt. W. R. T. Bell, at King's Mountain,-was burned before day light yesterday morning. Three col ored persons, Gertrude Randleman, Julia Earle and Julius. ' an : 18 months child, perished in the flames. The fire originated accidentally from a fire place and the wo men were not awakened till enveloped in flames. . T FIRE DAMP EXP I OSION. Thirteen Ken Instantly Killed In a Wyoming- nine Tbe Victims Nearly All mormons, with I.ar;e Famlllra Nelshhorlnat Property Greatly Dam aged, &e., &e. ' ' ; ; IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Evanston, Wyoming, Jan 16. The de tails of the fire damp explosion, which oc curred in Line No. 4, at Almy, at an early hour Wednesday morning, have lust reached here, anrf shows it to have been one of the most serious in the history . of the Rocky Mountain coal mines. Occur ring, as it did, at night, when only a light force ot miners were at v.ork, the death roll was limited to thirteen souls,' but had it taken place during tbe day the loss of life must have run up into the hundreds, for every person in the mine at the time met with instant death. '-.-- The whole face of the country, and that portion of the settlement fronting tbe slope, gives evidence of the terrible force of the explosion, ine weigh and fan houses were entirely demolished, and tbe engine house wrecked, while the residences and business houses lost fronts, windows, doors and chimneys. The mouth of the slope has the appearance of a huge funnel, from which fully one thousand cubic- yards of rock have been torn, and distributed over thenuijacent country. A train, of thirteen cars, going down into the mine at the time of the explosion, was broken into fragments and shot out as from the mouth of a cannon. William and Joseph: Evans, passengers thereon. were most terribly mutilated, 1 he former being blown ovesthe engine house and a portion of the town " His body was found seven hundred feet from the mouth of the slope, minus head and arm and Ike con tents of the stomach "It had bounded and rolled fully thirty yards after striking- the ground. I ' . " The timbers and track for seventy five feet inside of the slope -were torn up and scattered over the surrounding country, and tbe ground for fully half a mile from the 1 month 01 the mine is covered with pieces of cars, ties, umbers, and other debris. Every air shaft was blown away. leaving nuge pita. - & :-. joany people living near me mine nar rowly escaped death. . Huge limbers crashed through the roof of Superintend ent Faulk's residence, two hundred - and fifty yards from the slope, and fell bet ween two beds occupied at the time by himself and family. -John Smith lives in a bouse in front of the air shaft in the mouth of the mine. The ' force of the explosion tore a great hole in the earth twenty feet in diameter. and rock weighing over a ton fell through the roof into the kitchen, demolishing the stoves. .-' '-' - ' -' -4-:!.; ' The store of Beckwiib, Quinn & Co.. two hundred feet away, lost its front and some goods were damaged. . A wheel from the pit car passed through an outhouse near by, as if thrown from a catapult. . The mines are worked by Beck with. Quinn & Co. , under cc n tract . with the Union Pacific. 1. Thirteen men were at work in the mine at the time of ' the' explosion. . The bodies of two were found yesterday. in the eleventh level; only one was burned seriously. The remainder were evidently killed instantly by the lorce or, the concussion. John Hunter, who was , driving a mule attached to a train of cars in the sixth level, was found between the first and second cars. and the mule had been blown backward and wedged into the fifth car. with its legs iu the air. ... , . : : ;v , The slope np to this point bas the ap pearance or having been cleanly swept, but otherwise is the same as seen every day. The mine did not take fire, as at first re ported, and nothing save the destruction of the fan house and the consequent trou ble in getting pure air into the mine de layed an exploration and the recovery of bodies... . j The most acceptable theory as to the cause of the explosion is this : Two fore men are employed to examine the mine every night for fire damp, and to see that it is clear before the day shift goes on. These men carried both open and safety lamps, and it is believed one of them ventured into some room with tbe former, where an unu sual quantity of gas had accumulated. ' , ,An explosion occurred here in mine Nov 3, in .March, 1883, by which thirty-two Chinamen and six white men lost their lives, Mine No. 4. however, was eonsid--ered the model of the camp, and extreme carelessness hi the only reasonable explana tion of , the explosion. - The funerals will occur today ARIZONA. An' Army icaarteraaaster and hla ser- a-eant. Killed hy a Seoat. f;sWvj San Francisco, Jan. 14 A special front - Tombstone. ' Arizona.' savsi Frank Lesliff. a government scout, who has been with Capt. Crawford t command, has ar rived here.1'' He reports having met near Mud Springs two couriers of the Tenth Cav airy who informed him that trouble had oc curred between aa Indian scout and a qaartermaster at Cove Creek, 35 miles south of Bowie. The scout complained of the quantity of ' bread issued to him. After some hard words had passed the scout went to his camp, but soon returned with his rifle aadt shot the Quartermaster - and the Quartermaster's sergeant dead. . The officer in charge forbade his soldiers to fire, as he wanted to take nim Ave.' The scout es caped. , Spirits iTuipontitie : ' Wilson 'Mirror. Prof. Hassell, s who is perhaps the most thorough scholar " in the Stau. having finished bis Church - History, will resume his school work on the 25lh day of January. Lau.iubur2 ' Exchange: Th . f.iends and acquaintances of Mr. Thomas R. Baldwin will be grieved to learn of the ' death of that greatly , esteemed citizen of the Magnolia settlement in this? county. We he&f that Mr. Mike Riley.' who was here last Saturday.' froze to death' be - tween here and bis home Saturday. Mr. J. P. McLean killed the largest hog last week we , have beard of yet . around ' here. . He was two years old, of a native stock, and 530 pounds nee ': ' ;.;' . ' New Bern Journal " Lots-of fun on both Neuse and Trent rivers yester day. Crowds assembled to see tbe skating, and many new students ventuted to take lessons. Only about twenty-five ap plicants' for the position of policeman. Turn them over to the Civil Service Com mission. Senator Vance bas sppken " on the silver question. True to bis nature be enforced bis argument ia a way to pro voke laughter We are not yet advised as to whether his manner meets tbe approval of. tbe State Chronicle. The Linoolnton Press tells of a " mad dog that bit Mrs.; Wo. Scronce and -her little son aged five yevrs. - The Whee- -don mad-stone from near Salisbury was applied. The Press say s:: This stone has - been applied to hundreds of persons who have been bitten by rabid animals, snakes. etc.; and,,we are told, it has never failed to . effect a cure. The present owners have offered large prices for it, but refuse to sell. For thel.use of the stone a fee of $10 Is charged when if adheres. In case it does not adhere there i 00 charge. Both Mrs. Scronce and her child are perfectly well and In good spirits. . , ; . New Bern Journal: : The ther mometer registered one degree higher in this city yesterday morning than on Mob-.,-day morning. At Mr. Geo. Allen's store it stood at 8 above lero. Trent river was frozen over yesterday morning for the first time since 1857." The weather was proba- , bly as cold two years ago, but the circum stances for freezing tbe river were not as favorable. ihe Shenandoah came in yesterday- morning on time, having ploughed her. way through ice a Croatan . sound and in Neuse river from Wilkinson's Point to New Bern. She has been pat in good trim for the coming truck season. Lincolnton Press: On Tuesday last Messrs. Camp & RudisQl, of Iron Sta tion, this county, made an assignment to R. 8. Reinhardt. Esq., for the benefit of their creditors. ' The failure was caused by inability to'make collections. The iiabili- ties are about . $3,000 and assets about - $3,000. - A party of men and boys took a big rabbit hunt near Denver on Christmas day. Everything went well until the dogs treed" a rabbit in a brush heap. Mr.'. H. Durant Howard was on one side of the heap and his cousin Oliver on the opposite side.' Oliver caught a glimpse of the rabbit and threw his gun np to nre..m theexcitemenl - of the moment he touched the trigger, the . gun nred and, but for a bush that was in front of him, Durant would have been a dead man, as he would have received the entire load in his throat and face. As it was two shot entered Jbis eye-balL lone passed through his nose, and several were embedded in his face. i Wadesboro Intelligencer: Died suddenly, on Saturday night, January 9, 1888, in the 66th year of her age, Mrs. Nancy Tarlton, wife of W. R. Tarlton, of Long Pine, Anson county, N. C. -The scene of distress was the building on Depot street occupied by Mr. Merrettasa board ing house. The fire appears to have been discovered by some one passing in a vehicle, who gave the alarm and passed on. .. Mr. Merrett lost everything, save the night clothing which he and his wife and daugh ter wore when they escaped from the burn ing ' building. , There were, besides the family, six boarders in the house, and - tbe fire had gained such headway before they were made aware of it, that all made a -narrow escape. 'Some of them were forced to leap from their windows, leaving behind : their clothing and baggage, while others possessed presence of mind enough to . snatch their clothing as they left their beds. Mr. W. M. Hall, of Albemarle, leaped from the second story window and sprained his ankle. - : Goldsboro ; Messenger: Amos Clark, Joe Caldwell and Joe Williams, all coiored, have been arrested and are now confined in jail upon the charge of bur glary having broken into the store of one - Deshong, some time in September. The following new postofflcea have been established in this State recently; Antonia, Cumberland county; Austin, Wilkes; Nor val, Harnett; Alligator, Tyrrell; Dealville, Alexander; Glenaloon, Chatham; Hulgirt, Henderson. ' Duplin dots: We are pleased to learn that the reported failure of Mr. Back Pierce is untrue. - Many of our most advanced farmers will plant considerable land in tobacco this season. Last year's experience proved conclusively that the soil of this section is especially adapted to the successful culture of the plant. t A white man applied . to the Register of Deeds and , procured a license for another party as he said who wanted to marry. He gave the names of a lady -and gentleman and then married the lady -himself, using the license, notwithstanding the name In the license was very unlike -his name. Mr. P. F. Duffy, late of the Charlotte Observer, and formerly of the ureensboro Jramot, is an applicant for a government position ia Washington. . New1 Bern Journal; Neuse ' river succumbed to the wintery blast yes terday morning and is now covered with, ice from shore to shore.' But tbe skating with our colored citizens is marred by a sad accident. At the foot of George street, where a party of them were engaged in the sport; among them several children, a boy took out the little ten-year old daugh ter of Ann Taylor in a rocking chair and' when about seventy-five yards from the shore the ice gave way and both went un der. Che boy with difficulty kept from under the ice and was rescued but the littln girl was' drowned. " Jim Green says the ducks are very scarce up Trent river. Ed. Stanly; .himself and son-only killed aftyj-four at twenty five shots. The Shenandoah, on. her trip' down the river Tuesday evening when she was compelled to beat a retreat on account of the ice, res cued a wood boat with two men on it who, without assistance, were doomed to death. Their boat had become ice bound. . In like manner Capt. T. G, Dixon, of the steamer Kinston found the same evening in Neuse river, near. Barrington's Ferry, two open boats ice bound with three men in each nearly frozen. They could not make tbe shore on account of . ice- Capt. Dixon backed his boat to them and took them off. v . -Asheville Citizen: A noted in yesterday's issue, an. interesting) meeting; was held at Fair View, - in this county, on Friday, in'the interest of a railroad to con nect Rutherfordton with Asheville. Died, in "this town, on the 9th inst., of meningitis, Miss , Minnie Patton, daughter of Mr. John E. , Patton. Tbe .deceased was about 21 years of age. Mrs. Jas. ti. uorretaersi 01 mniey, uuo, died at the Slagle Houseon Sunday evening, aged 40 years.7 She had been here an invalid eight months, . Mr. Hugh Rogers, a promt-- nent o.itin rtt Jankaon Aonntv. AtA mt his home in Oullowhee yesterday morning. A good man gone. ; : Not in the memory of two generations has .there been such an extremity of cold as exists even as we write . - Early on Saturday , morning - the mercury marked 4 degrees below zero; oa Sunday morning, degrees; aid Monday morning 14 degrees, or 45 degrees below the freezing point.' At so: time on yester day was "the, mercury above 8 above zero. Dr. Abernethy, President of Ruther ford College, Burke - county, is In corres pondence with leading citizens of Burns ville, so we learn from the fVr,wlUi a view of moving the College to Burnsville. - Wfi are informed of a serious cutting affray which occurred between Flat Creek and Democrat, this county, on Sunday. George W. Cole and Willie Greenwood got into a Dispute over a trivial matter, ana 11 finally ended in a difficulty between tha two.' Greenwood was cut slightly ia two places, and Cole was very seriously cut la the lower left side, which it is feared will. prove fatal. Cole was carried to his home. - -We learned yesterday evening from Mr. W. J. Zacbary, who had just returned irons a trip to jmrnsvuie, 01 a serious are, which occurred in thai excellent aadVvsar ally quiet community 00 Saturday. The large store ovuiamg 01 mt. j.- rt xoung, with most of a very large stock of goods was coasumed, In the same building was tbe Burnsville Pioneer office, which was, also entirely consumed. .