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:;-(;; NOTES ON 811, VKB.;
The Stab has ventured to say that
on the subject of the currency of the
United States there is very profound
and wide-spread ignorance. It would
be impossible to account for the blind
ness or indifference of the people to
their own interests upon any other
grounds. They are alive enough to
their fancied or real interests if any
thing happens in State affairs that
seems to invade their rights or injure
them in pocket. But in important
questions involving either the funda
mentals of the government or the in
dustrial prosperity of the, country
they remain utterly callous, and, for
the most, part, utterly ignorant. If
the people understood the dangers
that lurk in the Blair and other on
constitutional bills they would not
allor such legislation as is threatened
If the knew how the law of Congress
had been disregarded, evaded, tram
pled upon by the Treasury Depart
ment of the United States under two
Administrations they would not re
main quiescent but would demand
that the laws concerning the finances
.be fairly and legally executed.
The other day Mr. Horace White,
of New York, a newspaper man of
considerable ability, wrote a.reply to
Senator Beck's truly great speech on
silver. It was a beggarly attempt
a magnificent fiasco. The Senator
had hhown what was the law con
cerning silver and he had shown how
that law bad been systematically, de
liberately evaded and disregarded,
This is in fact the main issue the
pivotal point of the discussion-the
laws of Congress and the failure of
. the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
attention to them. Now when Mr.
. White comes to reply and meets the
cream of the debate in Senator
Beck's argument- what does be , say?
- Why, he admits it, treats the ques-
and passes over it in a few lines. He
felt how powerless -it; was to deal
with the main point and so conceded j
it and treated it as , really of no im
portance, thus hoping to hoodwink
ignorant readers. We again advise
all who really desire to understand
the merits of the discussion to give
their nights to mastering Beck and
Coke's very able speeches.
It is impossible tot read the gene
ral newspaper discussions without
i seeing the necessity of a closer study
of the financial question. Men who
' undertake to discuss economic ques-
lions whether in the Congress, on the
hustings or in the newspapers ought
. by all means to take a course in
economic studies. "It would from
manv a blunder free" all concerned
While trade is stagnant the world
over and there is wide-spread dis
tress among the laboring, classes,
there is .at this time $1,276,390,000
a most enormous sum lying idle in
ten banking institutions in Europe
and the United States. Is there any
wonder that trade languishes? The
money of the world is simply lying
dormant, hid away in vaults. Such
an accumulation of idle capital in
banks is 'wholly unprecedented.
During 1882, 1883 and 188-f,, the
product of gold and silver in -the
world aggregated $632,367,547. - In
1884, it was less than in either of the
other years, and it was probably still
ss in 1885. Of this sum full bne-
ird was worked up into jewel
Ty, &c. into works of art.' A con
siderable portion of, this sum has
gone to China and Japan, exolusive
silver ; countries. ; The demands of
fthe world for exchange are greater
'than the supply. When his condi
tion of business exists there is inevi
table distress, property declines in
value and trade stagnates.; Says the
Mining Stock Register and Journal
of Finance ;
"We may employ bills of exchange,
checks, bank notes, and other evidences of
credit to aid us in making our exchanges,
but as all these excediences are necessarily
IX based upon our specie supply, their em-
yond the current available supply of specie
without endangeribg the solvency of our
Dusiness interests. .. . ' . -
"As we increase the volume of credit be
we wiH inevitablv innate the prices of all
kinds ' of other property, and thus still
further increase the commercial demand
for specie, or its representatives, while at
the same time the available supply remains
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VOL. XVII.
The history of the world proves
beyond a donbt that wherever there
has been a bid trie standard of valnes
labor - was badly paid. . Look ' at
China, look at Japan, look at the
East Indies for proof of this. Eng
land has a so-called gold standard,
but she coins in email pieces about
half as much silver - a9. the United
States coins, 'and her dependency,
India, produces- a vast amount of
silver. Germany has tried a sin el e
gold : standard and the suffering is
great and the laborers are working
on starvation wages. We published
yesterday an article showing that the
people in Germany are aroused and
are moving to get silver. ?
Silver and gold have been the cur
rency of v the world for thousands of
years. Silver shekels were in use in
the days of Abraham. "jTheBilver
dollar of to-day contains the same
amount of silver that it has contained
Bince 1792. It has not been debased.
On the other hand the gold dollar has
been debased and contains less gold
than formerly.
The surprise is not that silver is
worth as much as it is after the com
binations and conspiracies against it
the Administration, the bankers,
the money-kings, the bloated corpo
rations all warring against it but
that it is under the. circumstances
worth half as much as it is. If the
laws of Congress bad been fairly,
thoroughly executed during the last
five years silver to-day would be
worth, we have no doubt, one dollar
in gold. In 1873, it was j worth' 103
in gold was worth more! than gold.
It is the duty of the present Con
gress to compel the Secretary of the
Treasury to obey the laws.
The Wilmington Stab is about the only
leading North Carolina journal which op
poses the Blair bill, and the grounds of its
opposition are that it is unconstitutional."
AsheviliU Advance.' fc' i
The Stab is not alone in standing
up for sound Democratic principles
in North Carolina. The Charlotte
Democrat, Salisbury Watchmdh,Soot
land Neck Democrat, Clinton Cau
casian, Pittsboro Mome, and perhaps
others, edited by men of intelligence
and education, are opposed , to the
Paternal system, and to such danger
ous measures as xiair Dins, ine
Stab has offered many objections to
the bill other than its unconstitu-
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tionality. ;If it was not ja. foregone
conclusion that the grab-game is to
win it would go into the discussion
de nowo-and i present eyery objection
possible. But the Stab feels that it
has discharged faithfully a duty it
owed to sound political principles. ;
It is a little bit nauseating to hear
reform sheets,; especially j of a Re
publican stripe, talking of Demo
cratic "spoilsmen" arguing "that the
Democrats ought to have half the
065068." Such talk is very brassy.
The Democrats ought to have all, and
he is a sorry sort of a Democrat who
does not say so, whatever else he
may be. Let them try this foolish
ness in 1888, if they please, and see
what comes of it. i
Senator -Ransom made the best
eulogy of any on Vice President
Hendricks. It was graceful, classi
cal, touching and - rhetorical. The
Senator never discusses questions be
fore the Senate, but on i solemn occa-
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eions when funeral orations are re
quired he is peculiarly happy. His
addresses on Representative Shackel
ford, Senator Burnside
and Vice
excellent
President Hendricks
efforts. -
were
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Commenting on a paragraph in the
STAB,"our friend the Warrenton Oa
zette says:.
"It is the Agent's duty to! bring settlers
into the State by informing them ot the
climate, products, soil, resources, &c, but
we were not berore aware mat rt was a part
of his special duty to prevent our citizens
leaving if they see proper. , j
.The Stab did not intend to convey
that idea. - While the Agent brings
in 100- immigrants at a cost of $64
each, the State is losing j hundreds of
its citizens.. What is needed w some
thing to make "Tar-heels" stick to
the Old North State. ! -!
Lieutenant
Rhode of the Bevenne
Service. " ,' - j ' v
Lieut J. TJ. Rhodes, whp was formerly
attached to the revenue steamer Colfax and
Who has many warm friends in Wilming
ton is now one of the officers of the reve
nue cutter Oliver Wolcotton the Pacific
coast. This steamer recently made an im
portant seizure of smuggled opium, valued
at 445.000, in Kaasan Bay, Alaska, in
which Liieut. ttnoaea, wuu, ma iuu guuu
luck, figured. - An account 'of the affair in
the Portland Oregonian says:
TKa rovnmiA cntter i Wolcott is lust in
from Alaska with 8,100 pounds of seized
opium that had been i cached from the
Idaho. This is the biggest haul yet. On
the 10th inst. the cutter left Port Towns
end on her cruise, accompanied by Collec
tor Beecher. On the ln, at iu.io. sae
arrived at Kaasan bay and anchored, and
the collector, accompanied - by Lieut
Rhodes and eight men rrom ine steamer.
went ashore at the cannery. This cannery
is said to be owned or leasea py uapu
CarrDll, of the - Idaho, and was iouna in
charge of two men, the foreman having
eone to Wrangle to meet me laano. s our
teen barrels landed by the Idaho on her last
trip, and said to contain furs, were opened
ana iouna 10 oe nueu wuu
nnuA --A tfaa at nnnA Riirnaiiea. End after
considerable trouble and difficulty. fo"d
her way through we ice to ine wb.
amount of opium seized amounts.to 8,012
pounds, valued at $45,000 f .
-The officers of the -revenue service at
this port are entitled to much praise for the
v,t in vhih thin trin was carriea
out No doubt exists that this smuggling, j
. r ANOTHER OUTRAGE, j
Prellailaarx Examination of , Tom
- Kmne, in Necro Charted with a
. ' Brutal Assault on a White Girl.
Tom' Kane, the colored man charged
with the crime of rape, was committed to
jail yesterday, to await the action of the
grand jury at the next term of the Criminal
Court, to be held in this city the first Mon
day in March next. v
The evidence elicited in the examination
before the committing magistrate, Col. E.
D. Hall, revealed one of the ncost horrible
outrages ever perpetrated. 'The victim is
little more than a child, about fifteen years
of age, and lives with her aged mother and
a brother younger than" herself in a small
house on Queen, between Fifth andl&xth
streets.: Oa Saturday night last-or rather
Sunday morning for it was between the
hours of three and four o'clock the little
family were aroused by some one breaking
open the door of the house. Mrs. Skipper
was awakened by her daughter Florence,
who told her there was a man la the room.
The mother arose and tried to force the
man out of the iroom.i In the struggle that
followed the negro got , her - hand in his
moSWand biHt severely, and finally felted
her with a terrible - blow 'that cut her head
to the bone. The children in the mean-,
-time were screaming murder. They all
managed to make their -escape from the
house through a window of the room, the
negro pursuing. Florence took refuge in
the house of a colored woman named
Clara Andrews, who lived in an adjoining
house. The negro . followed her, and
despite the cries of the poor girl and the
screams of the, colored woman put a pUtol
to the girl's head, choked her, and with
threats and curses dragged her back to her
mother's house, where she was fearfully
maltreated. Mrs Skipper, in the mean
time, ran shrieking through the streets in
her night clothes, seeking help and succor.
She went all the way to the City Hall
before she could find a policeman. There
she told her story and Policeman Capps
was sent back with her to arrest the
scoundrel. When the two reached the
house it was in darkness, but the girl hear
ing her mother's voice cried out that the
negro was still in the house. The door
was open, but the policeman did not enter.
He struck a match on the door-facing and
peered within. The1 girl at that time
was struggling hard to get free from"
the wretch who held her by the hair of the
head and threatened to kill her if she be
trayed him. Suddenly i he threw the girl
against the policeman, and dashed out and
made his escape. T This is a mere outline of
the story told by the girl and her mother;
both of whom were positive that Kane was
their assailant The colored woman, Clara
Andrews, also testified that Kane was the
man who pursued the girl into her bouse
and dragged Florence out and into Mrs.
Skipper's house The policeman testified
that he was unable to say whether Kane
was the man who rushed by him at the
door of the house or not.
The examination lasted all the forenoon,
the hall being filled with spectators, mostly
negro men. -
Kane; the accused negro, is a short
thick set fellow, about thirty-five years of
age. He is married, and lives in the neigh
borhood of the Skipper family. He was
examined in his own behalf, and claimed
to be innocent - He Baid that he was at
home with his wife Saturday night, and
did not know any member of the Skipper
family. - - 0 n
Ball road BaekeW ''
The Eastern South Carolina Railroad
Company has been incorporated at Conway,
S. C, with B. G. Collins president, J. M.
Johnson first vice president; C. S. McCall
second vice president, and C. P. Quattle-
baum secretary and treasurer. The object
of the company is the building of a first
class railroad from Conway to the North
Carolina State line in Marlboro county. 8.
C. via Marion and Bennetts ville; from
Conway to Smithville and Wilmington,
N. C, and ultimately from Conway to
Charleston, S. C. The company has as
surances, it is said, that as soon as this road
is built to the N. C. State line in Marlboro
county it will be extended to Bristol, Tenn.,
and thence connect with the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad, in Kentucky.
Death by Browning.
Mr. Bryant Morse, a well known citizen
of Smithville, was drowned in the Cape
Fear river at that place Thursday evening
last Gentlemen who came up from Smith
ville yesterday say that Mr. Morse had been
drinking, and while under the influence of
liquor walked into the ijver. His hat was
found floating on the water but his body
had not been found at last accounts. Mr.
Morse was about thirty-five years of age,
was married, and leaves a family.
Superior Court.
. At the recent term of this court for New
Hanover county, there were eighty-two
cases on the calendar, which were disposed
of as follows: Continued, 46; carried, to the
Supreme Court on appeal, 2; removed to
the U. S. Court 1; mistrial, 1; final de
crees. 5; judgments, 27.
Solicitor O. H. Allen made the following
report concerning the Clerk's office:
"I respectfully report that I have made
an examination of the office of the Clerk of
the superior Court, and I find the judg
ments and orders properly recorded and all
papers and books filed and in good condi
tion; and all otner matters pertaining to tne
office well attended to.
River Improvements. .
The dredge-boat Jae.C. Puqh, belonging
to Messrs. R. Moore & Co. , of Mobile, Ala.,
contractors, has been fitted with new and
powerful machinery adapted to dredging the
oyster rocks and shells in New river. Capt.
George Lord has'charge of the dredge, tugs
and scows. They will be taken around to
New river the latter part of this week proba
bly. The contractors have a little work yet
to do in the Cape Fear, below Wilmington
the removal of a few logs and stumps
and this will be completed before the dredge
s taken to its new field or labor.
Confederate Pensioner. -
The clerk of the Superior Court, S. Van
Amringe, Esq , says that he has pension
warrants for the following persons: Win.
Solmahs, L. R. Carteret, Susan A. Jones,
and Henry O. Quinn. If these pensioners
do not call for 'their pensions within the
next ten days it will be the duty of Mr,
Van Amringe to return the warrants to the
State authorities in Raleigh.
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There was a further advance of
five cents per bushel in the price of pea
nuts yesterday.
Weekly Btar. .
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WILMINGTON, N. .C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5,
The spirits Turpentine market. ,
The Independent Journal, ot the 27th
Inst., publishes the following concerning
the naval stores trade: y 4 . ' - ? . ;
"The week just passed will be remem
bered as a remarkable one to those engaged
in the naval stores trade. The outturn of
the crop is even less than was estimated on
September 1, 1885. It was said at that,
time that the factors doing business with
the producers of turpentine ia the interior
of the State had curtailed to a large extent
their advances for the production during
the year 1885-86, and also that the unsyste
matic and reckless manner of "boxing the
trees" over large, areas of land had caused
much unnecessary waste of the crude ma
terial.: as well as the destruction of the
forests contiguous to railways and water
courses. The result of this has been that
producers of naval stores-have "worked"
onlv those lands that would in all probabil
ity yield them a profit should the price of
turpentine -not exceed sue. per gaiion,
which was the hizhest price to be looked
forward to at that time, owing to the large
stock whi6h was held io Europe without
visible means of reducing it because of the
general depression in the trade throughout
the world. On the whole, prices have
ruled hbrher than dealers expected, and
thev have been generally satisfied Within
the last month the reports from all sections
of this country engaged in the production
of naval stores showed that the total crop
of the United States would be much smaller
than was thought- in September; and soon
the price of turpentine began to advance.
The sudden increase in the price of tur
pentine is due perhaps more directly to the
lightness of the stocks held at Wilmington,
Savannah and Charleston than to anything
else. Asa consequence when there seems
to be little likelihood of there being much
more to come to the ports, consumers in
this country have begun to be doubtful
whether they will be able to obtain the re
quisite amount for their needs.".
Game Birds in the Freeze.
1 Game birds suffered severely during the
late freeze. Ia other parts of the country
hundreds of them perished, and it is not
improbable that even about Wilmington,
where the cold snap was not so severe as
elsewhere, that some birds were killed. A
gentleman tells us that during the freeze
he bought five woodcocks from a market-
man which it was claimed were brought
down by a shot-gun. The birds were frozen
as stiff as ramrods and in poor flesh, but
were beautiful specimens, not a feather
being ruffled. After they were dressed not
even the mark of a shot could be found on
any one of the Ave, and the purchaser
came to the conclusion, not at all improb
able, that the birds were either frozen or
starved to death. We have not beard of
any other game birds . being killed by the
cold about Wilmington ; but perhaps some
of our readers may have knowledge o
similar instances. ; - . .
Sugar from Pender County. ; "
Mr. ' W. P. Anders, of Pender county,
left in the Stab office a sample of raw
sugar made by Mr S A. Flynn, at Cain
tuck, about twenty seven miles from Wil
mioRton, on the Cape Fear river.! It was
made from the true , sugar cane not sor
ghum cultivated by Mr. Flynn last sum
mer. Only a small "patch" of the cane
was grown, from whicn about a barrel or
sugar was made. The cane attained a
height of about fifteen feet, and from three
to five feet of its growth matured in due
season. Mr. Anders thinks from this that
Louisiana or West India cane can be pro
fitably cultivated in this section. Maj. W.
L. Young, of this city, who has for years
past given this matter much attention and
study, says that the true (or West Iodia)
sugar cane will not mature at a greater al
titude than one hundred and fifty feet
above sea level. His map of the "Sugar
Belt of North Carolina" embraces an area
of about seventy by forty miles, its north
ern boundary being about Kinston.
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Facta about Public Bnlldings.
In view of the bill pending ia Congress
for an appropriation of $150,000 for a pub
lie building in Wilmington, the following
facts, from official sources, are interesting
as showing that Wilmington is entitled to
a larger appropriation if it receives an
amount relatively proportionate to other
cities. The cost of public buildings at the
places named is as follows: Charleston, 8.
C, custom house, $2,826,593; Norfolk,
Va., custom house, $317,404; Savannah,
Ga., custom house, $170,605; Columbia, S.
C. postoffice, $413,189; Raleigh, N. C,
postofflce, $354,997.
In addition to the custom house which
it now has, Norfolk is to be given, by the
bill pending in Congress, $350,000 for a
postoffice alone.
Capt. Townsend, of the schooner
Elizabeth A. Baizley, from Charleston.
S. C, for Philadelphia, before! reported.
at Smithville in distress, says tbat the
schooner left Charleston on the 21st inst.,
and had moderate weather until the 24th,
when she encountered a heavy northeast
gale with a tremendous sea, which caused
the vessel to labor heavily and leak badly.
Both pumps were kept going nearly all the
time, requiring about three thousand strokes
per hour to keep the vessel free, j After be
ing hove to sixteen hours and the men be
ing exhausted, kept the vessel off and ran
for the mouth of the Cape Fear, but on ac
count of the foggy and stormy weather did
not get the true position and came to anchor
in seven fathoms of water off Frying Pap
Shoals. On the 27th inst the steamer Wil
liam Crane, of Baltimore, bore down and
spoke the the schooner a.nd sent a boat to
her assistance, but owing to the heavy sea
and gale was .unable to reach her. The
steamer laid by until morning and spoke
the schooner again, capt. Townsend ana
crew declined to be taken off, and as the
gale had moderated the anchor was weighed
and tne scnooner came into Dmunvuie.
Peanuts. " '-
There has been a alight boom in peanuts
the past week and prices have advanced
fifteen to twenty cents per bushel. Deal
ers say, however, that the demand is only
for the new crop, and some of them are of
the opinion that it will not bold up prices
much longer; out tne Tact remains mat
producers were forced to dispose of the
bulk or the crop at much oeiow tne cost oi
production, which left a wide margin for
speculators to operate upon.
Tom Kane's Case.
The case of Tom Kane, who is charged
with a felonious assault! upon a young
white woman, came up for examination
before Justice E. D. Hall yesterday morn
ing; but owing to the absence or. witnesses
whose testimony was aesirea in tne case,
the hearing was postponed until this morn
ing at 9 o'clock. Kane stoutly asserts his
innocence of the charge.
- Mr. N. Hellen received yester
day, from Mr. John D. Shaw, of Halifax
r.nnntv.. two mammoth turnins. one weigh
ing seven and - the other five and a half
pounds- inose wno Know "mca. weu
say he can . demolish both turnips at one
meal.,
WASHINGTON.
tn Army Offlleer Killed by IHexIeans
Treasurer Jordan The Indian Ap-
proprlatlen Bill-Public Buildings
vThe President Opposed to Complying;
with the Senate's Bequests Concern
tnc Suspensions. - ' -Y .-).
.i fBy Telegraph to the Horning Star. .
Washihgtoh. January 28. The War
Department to-day received official infor
mation irom Men. utook -or the death oi
Capt. Emmet Crawford. Third Cavalry, at
the hands of Mexicans ia- Mexico, and
the probable surrender of the renegade
Apaches. The official report confirms the
details as previously given. . 1 "
Treasurer Jordan returned-to diftv in
Washington to-day. -.: '; - -
Ihe sub-committee of the House Indian
Committee has, - completed the Indian
Appropriation bill. As it now stands'
it appropriates 85.526,453. being 267.642
less than last year's bill. This is the first
appropriation bill of the session completed.
(senator Aianone, irom the Committee on
Public- Buildings and Grounds, reported
favorably bills for the erection of public
buildings at Vicksburg. Miss", $100,000;
Greenville, 8. C, $50,000, and Fortress
Monroe, Vs.. $15,000. !. :
; At the Cabinet meeting to-day the ques
tion or. tne policy to oe auoptea in regard to
applications by the Senate for information
concerning ' suspensions from office was
consicerea. - The President is understood
to be. opposed to complying with the re
in-and is sustained by all the mem
bers oi tne (jaoineu , t . t - i
At the meeting to-day letters were formu
lated in answer to the requests of the Sen
ate for papers touching changes in the
office of U. S. Marshal for the Southern
district of Alabama and in the office of
Collector of Internal Revenue for the dis
trict of South Carolina. ' The exact lan
guage of the letters cannot be learned,- but
it is known they inform the Senate that it
is not deemed advisable to comply with
the requests in. tgeir present form, i It is
understood that it is the desire of the ad
ministration to force the Senate to state its
position ou this question, so the matter
may oe urougnt to an issue ana settled as
soon as possible; ; : " f
Washington! Jahuarv 29. The Secre
tary of the Treasury this afternoon issued
another call for ten million dollars of bonds
for redemption. The call matures the 1st
of March. I
First Comptroller of the Currency: Dur
ham has just finished the investigation of
accounts of the Court of Commissioners of
Alabama Claims, covering a period from
April 1st to August 81st, 1885. and includ
ing what were rejected by the state De
partment as disallowed, it amounting to
X23,oou. for the same reason tbat be stop
ped the payment ot warrants for items of a
similar character, in August last, to -wit:
tbat they were not warranted by law. tie
has, however, allowed the Recounts of Gib
son Bros., for printing done for the Court
The Printers' Union preferred charges
against this firm of overcharges and fraud
ulent measurements. The Comptroller re
ports thtt there was no written contract be
tween the Court and Gibson Bros., but that
the work was done under a verbal contract
the obligations t which were fully com
plied witn Dvihe nrm. . The comptroller
criticizes the action of the Court in not hav
ing reduced said contract to writing, and
expresses the general opinion that contracts
involving large amounts of money should
always be so made. I
. Washington, January 29 The Attor
ney General has sent a letter to the Senate,
in answer to the. resolution for "all docu
ments and papers in relation to the man
agement and conduct of the office of the
United States Attorney for the Southern
District of Alabama," in which, after ac
knowledging the receipt of the resolution
in question, he says:
'in response to the said resolution the
President of the .United States directs me
tossy that the papers which were in this
Department relating to the fitness of J. D.
Bennett recently nominated to said! office.
haviiur been already sent to the Judiciary
Committee, and the papers and documents
which are mentioned m said resolution, and
still remaining in the custody of this De
partment, having exclusive reference to the
suspension by the President ot George M.
JJustin, late incumbent of the office of
District Attorney of the United 8tates for
the Southern District of Alabama, it is not
considered that the public interests will be
promoted bv a compliance with said reso
lution and the transmission of the papers
and documents therein mentioned: to the
Senate in Executive session. :
Very respectfully, j
. (Signed) A." H. Gabland,
i Attorney General.
Washington, Jan. 80. Adjutant Gen
eral Drum has written a letter to! Chief
Signal Officer Hazen in regard to the recent
court martial convened at Fort Myer, in
which he frays the Secretary of War
instructs him to express his grave dis
pleasure at the conduct of Lieut. Greene,
of the Signal Corps, who. he says, has
manifestly failed so far 'in his career to
comprehend the duties and responsibilities
of a commissioned officer and to realize
tbat the use of harsh, insulting and abusive
language towards men who from their po
sition could not reply to it, strikes at the
-very root of military discipline and evi
dences in the official so acting a deplorable
want of self-control, which persisted in.
would demonstrate- his utter unfitness for
command. The Secretary of War also
deems it his duty to reprobate the rude and
coarse manner in which the officers com
posing the court treated the counsel for
the accused. . bucn conduct is utterly un
justifiable in officers 'sitting in military
courts in the capacity of judges.
The Democratic Senators met in caucus
to-day at 11 o'clock and adjourned at 1.45.
Thev discussed the pending issue between
the Executive and the Senate fully, and
unanimously adopted the following resolu
tion, which the secretary of tee caucus was
authorized to make public: - u
'JSesolved. That we approve the views
and action of the President communicated
to the Senate through Attorney General
Garland, in his letter of January 29, 1886,
and that we cordially suppo . the Executive
therein." .... i
The letter of the Attorney ueneral was
received by and was seen by the Senators,
but as there was no executive session it was
not formally laid before the body.' I .
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Patti'a London engagement has
been postponed until February 15.:
Samuel Sothern, a son of Soth-
ern. tbe dead comedian, arrived in ine An
chor Line steamer Devonia irom Liverpool
yesterday.' He will fill an engagement at
the Liyceum Theatre.
Sarah Bernhardt is again seri
ously UK After her double performance
of "Marion Delorme" on Sunday she was
prostrated by the extreme nervous strain
consequent on her exertions. On j Monday
she was confined to her bed by a fever..
It is stated positively that
Ellen Terry will not appear at the Lyceum
after "Faust" has run its course. 'The pro
duction of that ' piece has caused her so
much vexation that her present expressed
determination is to seek her future on an-
other-fitage. Exchange., '. - k
Mrs.. Lanstry at a late London
reception wore a tight fitting black, velvet
coat, heavily trimmed with sables; it en
tirely covered her dress and was very well
shaped. Her hat was in the newest Pari
sian mode: high, with thick gold embroid
ery .over the crown and pigeon's; feathers
placed at tbe back standing upright, ine
narrow brim Was trimmed with brown f nr.
Plymouth Sun: The recent as
signment of F. M. Bunch and J. H. Truitt,
trading as Bunch & Bro. . . and Bunch &
Co., hs assumed a . new and. somewhat
surprising phase. ' An attachment was pro
cured, at the instance of several of their
Northern creditors, bv Messers. Latham &
Pettigrew, ; attorneysj Mr. C. L. Pettigrew
making an affidavit that he could produce
evidence to show-that the assignment-was
fraudulent. The. matter will come before
Judge Hugh L. Bond, on an injunction.
!
1886.
THE INDIANS. -
BnoalaK Fl(ht with .the Hostile,
Alexlean Troops Attach the,Amerl-i
cans Under a ffilstake-l'apt. Craw-,
ford : Killed A meetlnar Arrans-ed
Between Gen. rrook and Geronlrao
Indian Hostages Betalned for the
Observance of Peace. - !
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.) -
San Francisco. January 28. A. dia-i
patch from Lieut. Maus, through Gen.'
Crook, states that, on January 11th the
troops under Capt. Crawford surrounded
an Indian camp fifty miles southeast of
Nocori, Mexico. After a running fight the
Indians escaped, but sent word that they
. . . . . . ...
wisucu to noio a conterence. wnue tne
troops were waiting the time for the confer
rence they were attacked bv 154 Mexican
soldiers.' Efforts were made to let them
know tbat the troops were Americans and
friends. Capt. Crawford ai.d Lieut. Maus
advanced to talk, when a volley was fired.!
Capt Crawford was shot in the head, and
Horn, tbe interpreter, was wounded. The
Mexican fire was returned, and the fliinir
lasted for half an hour, when Lieut Maus
succeeded in having a talk with the officer
in command or the Mexicans. Their Cap
tain having been killed he was told that the
Americans were taken for hostiles. owing
to the darkness. Horn, the chief of the
scouts, and two -Indians were slightly
wounded, and another severely hurt The
Mexicans lost four killed and five wounded:
in tbe telegram sent by Lieut. Maus. he
says he believes the Mexicans expected to
drive tbe Americans off with over whelming
iuiucr.Kuu secure lueir camD ana enecis. i
C&iv&in Crawford died on the 18th du-
ring the march to- Nocorci, where be
was buried. He was unconscious until his
death. Lieut. Maus then assnmed com
mands
While the troops were cn route to No-
corct two squaws entered the camp,
through whom arrangements were made by
juieui. maus ror a conterence wiin two
bucks of tbe hostile band. This was ended
by Chief Nana and one buck and his wife,
and a child of both tieronimoand Natchez.
sister of Geronimo, one boy and . a woman
being given to Jjieut. Maus as hostages for
the observance of peace until Geronimo
shall have met Gen. Crook, with whom he
expressed a wish to have a talk. The
meeting between Gen . Crook and Geronfmo
takes place in about a month, and will un
doubtedly end in the surrender of the In
dians. The ' and consists of chiefs Ge
ronimo, Natchez. Chihuahua and Vana,
twenty bucks and some women and chil
dren, - ' i
Lieut. Maus is. now heading for Lonz's
Ranch.
London, Jan.. 28.-The Evening News
says it has authority for stating that Lord
Salisbury has advised the Queen to sum
mon Lord Harliogton to form a Cabinet. '
London. Jan. 28. A dispatch to the
Times from Constantinople says a rumor is
Current there that a skirmish between tbe
Greeks and Turks has taken place at
Glassova, on the frontier of Epirus.
London, Jan. 28. The Queen has sum
moned the Marquis of Salisbury to confer
with her at Osborne, tie ; will dine with
her Majesty this evening, and be her guest
until to-morrow, when he will return to
London. ., i
OHIO. -
Tbe Senate and the Hamilton County
Contested Election Cases.
Columbus, Jan 29. The joint Senate
met at 10 a. m , and without transacting
any business adjourned, according to agree
ment between the two factions, until to
morrow morning. 1 -, , j-
The proposition of the Conference Com
mittee, wbich has in charge the arrange
ment of compromise measures, was sub
mitted to - the Democratic caucus this
morning and was ratified. It has also been
agreed to by the Republican caucus. The
proposition is that a special committee of
bix members, of equal number politically,
shall make au investigation of the Hamil
ton County contest cases, and report the
specmc findings to tbe Senate. . -
Tne Conference Committee reeumed busi
ness at 10.30 a m. They expect to have
something further to report to . the respec
tive caucuses by evening, ihe fight in tbe
Committee now will be on one of the mam
issues, which is the rules which shall pre
vail in contest cases; and whether, in dis
posing of the report to be made by tbe In
vestigating Committee, three of the Hamil
ton county members shall have the privi-
lege of voting on tbe fourth. The dif
ferences are so great between the sides on
this point that it may result in killing all
of the compromise measures which have
been proposed.
A WAR OF WORDS.
Gen. Sherman In Keply to. Gen. Fry's
' Letter.
New York, Jan. 30 A St. Louis spe
cial, dated yesterday, to tne world, says
Gen. Sherman was shown to-night a copy
of Gen. Fry s letter, sent out to-day by tbe
Associated Press. In reply the General
showed the reporter a copy of a letter
which he wrote to-day ' to Col. Scott in
which he says:
"My letter to you of September 6th,
1885, was purely private, and one from
which Gen. Fry had no right, to quote
without-my consent. But even after he
had so ' quoted, if he had answered the
editor's moat courteous inquiry, at my in
stance, of December 5th, i could in a para
graph have changed the word "would" to
"might, or have interlined "probably," to
express more fully my meaning. You are
at liberty to make either of these changes
in that letter, and put it on your official
file. What I take exception to is having
Fry, who was never a confidant of Gen.
Grant or Gen. 8hermah, passing as a pane
gyrist of the former at the expense of the
latter. When, in 1862-3. Gen. ttrant need
ed a friend I was that friend; and it seems
odd that now, when Gen. Grant needs no
friend, Gen. Fry should step in to claim
the privilege. Fry may do what he pleases;
X will do the same.
FLIPS.
, "As busy as a bee," should be
changed to "As busy as an editor." A bee
sleeps air winter. Jsurlington Jree tress.
The Ohio man who sold his
wife for five cents positively declines; to
throw in a chromo. Courier-Journal, i ,
. George (pleadingly) : ! know
I'm not rich, Lucinda, but think how lone
ly I shall be without you." Lucinda; "Yes,
George. I- have realized that, and if you
were not poor,- why Oh, but George, I
can't live on oleomargarine." Tid-Bits. A
i "Never leave what you under
take until you can reach your arms around
it and clasp your hands on the other aide,
is the advice of a contemporaneous econo
mist But suppose, in the effort, your hand
encounters the pin in her apron ? Chicago
Telegram. '-. - -
"Charles, .1, hear yon are going
to marry Miss Softly,, Charming woman 1
Let me congratulate you on your, good
taste." "Ah. yes, but the fact is, I have
broken off the match and I'm not going to
marry any one." ' "Then let me congratu
late you on your good sense." PMladel-
; phia Call. ---:sr;-r:': - -; ; - v
' Countryman (in book store)
"I wan't to get a dictionary. I don't often
do any writin' but when I do I want to git
the words spelled right" Proprietor (show
ing him a pocket edition): "Yes, sir. Some
thing of that size, sirJ" Countryman: "No,
a big one. me biggest you ve got, l
wouldn't have confidence ia a little book
like that." New York Bun.
1 Wilson Mirror:. Mrs. Jno. W
Perry died yesterday morning at the resi
dence of her husband, about four miles
from town.- Herbert Pittman.chareed
with the terrible crime of killing his bro
ther, in an unfortunate affray last week.
an account ef which appeared in our last
issue, came into town on Wednesday after
noon and surrendered himself to tbe au
thorities, saying that he wanted a - full
investigation of all the circumstances.
NO. 15
Bismarck n the KxuUltiu ! 'ihe
Poles front Grroimi.
- By Cable to Iho Morning .Mar!
Berlin. January 28 C ut Bismarck
to-day. in debate ia the Pruwiau Landteg,
ou mo expulsion oi ine ruies irom Uiroia
ny, made a remarktle speech, otcuryiwjr
two hours in its delivery.. He ei.l the pri
mary cause of the Govern menl'saciiou whs
the disloyalty of the Poles to the Gerujan
Crown They wen, he said . consiatitlv
engaged in intrigues against the Govern
ment and had made themteives a steady au
noyance to Prussia. " By acting as accom
plices of the Oppikition tu the Gemma
Parliament they effected a majoiity again&t
the Government, and the Crown could
do nothing lees than to deny the de
mands of uch a majority, or the de
stroy the evil element-which made the
majority possible ; Polish agitaiU n in
Germany. Bismarck sid, hsd alwai s.ap
peared to him aa element of danger, and
had compelled him to keen watch nnn"
Russia. The Poles hud been constancy,
and not always unsuccessfully,, endoavor4
mg to set foreign States aaaiust Russia
"Hence." continued- the Chancellor.
have determined ts buy out all (he real
estate offered by Polish nobles in Prussian
Poland and place German colonists n th
lands hitherto occupied bv the exnellprt
people." . - '.
London. Jan 28. The crew of the haik
Adelaide, which was abandoned, ter
logged, while on a voyage from Savannah
to Havre, have arrived at Falmouth. :. -
St. PstebsbtjboI Jan. 29. Polirw
authorities,- having ascertained that a
Nihilist plot was. being formed, made a
descent to day upop tbe headquarters of
the conspirators in a house on the Roe
Sapernaja in' this citv. The resnlt
of the raid was the arrest of twenty-three
persons. On the ditcovery'
of the conspiracy the police authorities,
fearing that injury to the Czat was intended,
auvicea mm to return to his palace at
Gatschina The Emperor, howiver, do
clined to do so.'
London. Jan 39 The Queen hs r-
cepted the resignations of Lord Salisbury
buu ms vyauiucti, noru oansoury returned
to London this evening from Oabome. He
was closely guarded by detective?.
London, Jan. 29. The Queen has sum
moned Mr. Gladstone for consultation,
London, Jan. 30. Mr. Gladstone, who
has been summoned by the Queen to form
a Cabinet, will visit Her Majesty at the
Royal Palace at Osborne, Monday.
Paris, Jan. 30. Despatches from Anta
noonarivo, capital of Madagascar, state
that in the treaty of peace between Prance
and Madagascar, France waives all claims
to a protectorate over the island or to in -demnityv
Madagascar agrees to pay and
France agrees-to accept "$2,000,000 for a
lease which is to cover all foreign' claims
against Madagascar, both those antedating
the recent war and those growing out of it.
France is to occupy Taawiave until .the
money is paid. The treaty also empow
ers France to station a French resident
in the country to watch the external poli
cies of the country until they are clearly
defined, and in the meantime to occupy a
league limit around Diego and Sauries
bay. - ;
Madrid, Jan. 30. A severe shock of
earthquake was experienced at Velez.
Malaga, to day. Cons iderable damage was
dane in the town.
London, January 30. A dispatch to the
T--?-. TT" - 1 - i . . .
jjauy jxews, irom iuaaria, states tnat a
German vessel which arnved there from St.
Helena, reports that a terrible mutiny took
Tllace on -board of the Amerinnn uhm (frank
N. Thayer, Capt. Clark, from ManUla. Oc
tober 31, for New York, which, as before
reported, was burned at sea. The rauti
neers are said to have murdered some of the
officers and thea set fire to the ah' p.
London, January 30. The Times' Athens
correspondent telegraphs tbat tbe King of
ureece nas become tired or tbe politics of
me Ainemans, and especially of their pre
sent bellicose attitude respecting the Bulga
rian question, and that his Majesty will
likely soon abdicate and retire to Copen-
naeen.
UTAH.
BEen and
Teams Bnrled
by. Snow
Slides. -
(By Telegraph to the Morning Star.)
salt IjAkb city, Jan. as. A. enow
slide at Thayne's Canon, near Park City,
man, yesterday, buried tour men and their
teams. The buried men wereLon Gallard,
married, of Park City; Wm Sessions, of
Heber City; Frank Horak, who leaves a
widow and four children be bad been at
Park City one month, but his lioma was at
Canton, St Lawrence county. N. Y., and
wuiett urocaus, single, of Kosue, St.
Lawrence county, N. Y. The bodies of
the last two named will be sent East to
morrow.
Four men named Frost.. Burns. Peters
and Warring were buried in their cabin by
a snow Biioe on ijase creek, near tt.etchum.
Idaho. Warring dug out in six or seven-
hours, and has to -go nine miles for help.
He heard Frost groaning all tbe time be
was buried in the cabin. Tom Lorintr is
reported to re buried under sixteen feet of
snow on Thompson Creek, not far from
the scene of the last reported disaster.
TEXAS.
A Family of Negroes Poisoned br
Eating; tbe Flesb of a Stolen Hog.
Hempstead, Jan. 29. The colored peo
ple here have been thrown into great ex
citement over a report which has just come
in oi a wnoie family ot negroes being poi
soned at Howth Station, on the H. & T. C.
R. R,, distant about six miles oorth of
here. The circumstances are as follows:
A family of negroes, of whom one Morris
Johnson is the head, were poisoned on
Saturday last by eating the flesh of a stolen
hog, which had been dosed with strych
nine. The hog owner, to trap the thief.
who was evidently appropriating his pork
ers, administered to some of tbe fattest a
dose of poison. The result above mention
ed ensued. Bill Harris and Henry C'lav,
two guests of Morris Johnson, and John
son s step-daughter, have died, and several
of tbe family are in a critical condition.
ILLINOIS.
" T- " -Anarchists
Threaten to Blow Up
Building In Chicago. -
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
' Chicago, Jan. ,30. Several Bohemian
societies of the city have arranged for a
masquerade ball to be given at West Tay
lor Street Turner Hall to-night, at which a
number of caricatures ate to be exhibited to
represent the Anarchists of the city in a
ridiculous light This coming to ; the
ears of some' of the , leaders of ; the
Anarchists, the latter to-day issued hand
bills, printed m the iroiisn language.
which were distributed freely in the south
western portion . of the city, . calling on
them to assemble on Dekoven street to
night to march to the hall where, if the
caricatures are exhibited, they propose to
blow up the building. This was taken in
such serious light by tbe B hemians that
they called on the Chief of Police this af
ternoon, who directed a police force to be
in readiness to suppress any such demon
stration. - - - ..
. THE ISTHMUS.
Another Bevolatlon Threatened U.
i 8. War Vessels Ordered to A spin
wall. -V -!
. Washington, Jan. 30. The Secretary
of the Navy has received information from
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., to the effect
that another revolution is threatened on the
Isthmus of Panoma. Bear Admiral Jouett
commanding the North Atlantic station,
was yesterday directed by telegraph to re
main at Aspinwall with tbe Tennessee for
the present. It is possible that the Ten
nessee sailed from Aspinwall for Key West
prior to the receipt of these instructions, in
wbich event the win oe ordered oacK in
case the situation demands it, and other
vessels will also be ordered to Ms assistance.
Not much importance, however, is attached
to tbe present reports oi danger.
Spirits Turpentine. .
The News- Observer says half of V
the houses in Raleigb, both stores and ' 0
dwellings, have hor e shoes nailed at the .
frontdoors.' - - ; :
The Pittsboro Rome ha begun
a series that will be interesting to its read
ers. It is on "Chatham W orthies." The "'
first is Nicholas Smith. t: ; h ry
Mr. M. J. Lowe has sold his
interest in the Asheville C&urtov and toe P
paper1 is now under the control of the Cou
rier Publishing Co. E. A. 4 Moffllt, Esq..
is treasurer, and M. Bradshaw,.q.; editor-in-chief.
Troy Vidette: A party of reve- "
nue officers, with Capt. Battle at their head,
are raiding this county, and on Tuesday of
this week, in the upper part of the county,
on Barnes' creek, discovered and destroyed "
two illicit distilleries, i and made four ar- .
reBta. lx yy ::;: : -v.-;V
- Snow Hill Enterprise: On Wed
nesday morning, 20th inst, at 10 o'clock,
Mr. W. H. Sugg, the oldest resident of ,
Snow Hill, and one of our mb&t. highly
esteemed citizens, died of pneumonia, after .
an" illness of one week. Mr. 8ugg was '
born about half a mile from Snow Hill, and
was 73 yean old. - ;
Monroe Enquirer-Express: On
the 19th inst, in Sandy Ridge township,
Jas. 8. 8quires, a son of Mr. John B. .
Squires, and Mr. R. H. Moore got into a "
difficulty about some boards which ; Mr. J.
B. Squires had bought from Mr.'Moore, ,
which resulted in young Squires - knocking
Moore in the head with a heavy mallet,
producing injuries , which it was feared for
several days might prove fatal,
' Asheville ; Citizen: 1 Mr. C. C.
Crook, of Newfound, tells us that the mer- '
cury was 20 degrees' below zero at his
house on the cold Monday morning. And
he tells us that all his peach buds are kill
ed. - Mr. C. C. Crook informs us that
the wife of George Matthews and one of
her children were frozen to death in the
late cold spell. They, were very poor, and
out of reach of aid, and perished for the
want of sufficient clothing and bedding. ,
iney lived near tne mourn ot Sandy Mush, ' -in
this county. '
Statesville Landmark: Miss
Mellie Watt, daughter of Mr. N. P.
Watt, of Chambereburg township, was 12
years old last Saturday, and Monday her ;
father weighed her. She pulled down the
scales at 226 lbs. When weighed last, in
August or September of last year, she
pulled down 197 lbs. . So she has made a
am of 29 lbs. in about five months. .
r. David Martin, of Miller's township.
Alexander county, beats the record on the
hog question. It was nine months old. He
had kept it up all season, and when he 1
slaughtered it. recently, it weighed 22 lbs.
net- - . " . -ii ; . : . .'
'- Wilson Advance: W. A. James,
Jr., a merchant at Bethel, Pitt coun
ty, has made an assignment. Liabili
ties about 111,000. ' We learn that Mr. E.
T. By num. of Tarboro, has been appointed
trustee. The new ticket office and
freight depot at Battleboro is about com
pleted. A very interesting protracted
meeting is going on in the Baptist church
at Tarboro, we learn. Bob Kodgers,
who killed a young man by the name of
Peebles in Northampton county, and wa,
tried once before and convicted of murders
was being tried again last week. He took
an appeal to the Supreme Court from the
first trial and a new trial was granted.
1 Pittsboro Home:. Miss Bertie
Brewer slipped and fell on the ice last
Monday and was badly injured. Her hip
joint was either broken or dislocated, and
the hurt is likely to prove a- very serious
one. we. are sorry to hear that the
diphtheria is raging in the western part of
the; county. Mr. Gilliland of Matthews'
township has lost very recently five chil
dren. We regret to learn of the
death of Mr. Eli Moffit He was a man of
energy and fine business qualifications, and
had accumulated an estate estimated by
some persons at $100,000. He was a man ,
of most excellent character and will be
greatly missed by bis friends and neigh-
bors. He leaves a wife, who was formerly
a Miss Worth, daughter of Gov. Worth.
- Weldon News : The Edenton
Enquirer says it has been shown4y Mr. T.
P. White, a meteoric stone, which fell near -Bnnkley
ville, in this county, about fifty
years ago. Koanoke nver froze over
in January 1857, and. again . January 5lb,
1879, it was frozen solidly across, the ice
being very rough and rugged, thrown up
into heaps and ridges. Married, at -
the poor house on Thursday last by Justice
John O'Brien, Wm. Cherry to Francis "
Fully. Both ar-in mates of the poor house -and
have beerfor several years. The groom
is seventy-two years old, and sixty-five
- . ' j
summers nave passeu iiguiiy over me mir
bride; The conductors and baggage
masters- of passenger : trains on the Atlantic
.Coast Line have all been put in uniform for
their own Kgd travellers convenience.-
The Trustees of the University
held a meeting at Raleigh on Tuesday.
Tbe Board passed resolutions relative to
the death of the late Prof. Hooper. A tab
let to his memory was ordered placed In
memorial hall. It also accepted the devise
of about 1,400 acres of land in Chatham.by ..
Miss Smith. It also ordered a committee to
look after the property. A tablet to her
memory was also ordered placed in memo
rial hall. The name of the late Prof
Hooker, of the University, whose death oc
curred Saturday, was John De Berniere
Hooper. He had a brother, Johnson De
Berniere Hooper. The efficiency of the
University wills be increased by the pur
chase of some new apparatus, wnicn tne
Board ordered. It was decided to hold the
election of the Professor of Greek" and the
Assistant Professor of Engineering June
26th. Resolutions were passed to prevent
hazing, to "clinch" the action of the facul
ty in previously adopting a course of that
sort. w ; -. ' -' f . .-
Charlotte Observer: Mr. L. A.
Potts, Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, has
found it necessary to resign his office.
The storehouse of Mrs- W. M. Boyd, in
Steel Creek township, was sacked by rob
bers one night last week, and, as eur readers
may remember, the barn of Mr. caruthers
in (hat neighborhood, was visited the same
night and two mules and one horse were
stolen. The animals were afterwards re
covered. . A negro named Mack Blake was
arrested on suspicion and taken before
juireT. T. Youngblood f or trial. The
evidence. was oi a strong character ana
Blake was sent to jail. After finding him
self in jail, Blake concluded to make a con
fession of the whole affair, and did so giv
ing the name of an accomplice, and reveal
ing the place where a lot of the stolen goons
was secreted. wasningxon aots:.
Judge Bennett thinks the report that a
tariff bill will not be reported until late in
the session is incorrect The House is
stronger for tariff revision than ever before
perhaps in the history of Congress. One
does not hear, much of the internal revenue
question. - Junior Lieut S. C. Lemly,
of Salem, has been piomoted to the grade .
of Lieutenant in the Navy; Mr. T.
E. Bruner, of Salisbury, is on the Commis
sion of Assay, which meets in Philadelphia
on February 10th.
' Raleigh Visitor: On last
Friday at Plymouth, N. C, Maj. J. B.
Martin, of Bertie, was seriously if not fa
tally injured. : Mr. Martin is a practicing
lawyer, and had had some law business
with the Bunch Bros., (four in number)
who were merchants in Plymouth. On
Friday as Mr. Martin was passing down
the gang plank of the steamer with a lady,
one of the brothers stepped up to him, and
touching his hat out of respect to the lady,
said to Mr. Martin ; that he would like to
speak privately to him, and they went
around the corner of the warehouse,
whereupon Mr. Martin was immediately
stricken with' a stick. Immediately he
drew his pistol, and as he fired, one of the
brothers struck him on the arm with a
stick which caused his arm to lower, and
the ball made only a flesh wound in -the
side of one of the brothers. He was
knocked down and badly beaten, and the
. back part of his skull fractured. . When
on the ground and unconscious one of the
brothers put a pistol in about 18 inches of
his head and fired, but missed him. The
four brothers were arrested, but released
on bail. Our informant states that it was
reported on Tuesday that Mr. Martin was
dead, but he heard in Tarboro on yester
day that his condition had improved.
This morning between the hours of 12 and :
1 o'clock, Effle Noble, a mulatto woman,
aged about 31 years; died at the house of
an old colored woman, named. Betsy Jor
dan, on West Cabarrus street near the gas
bopse, under- circumstances which lead to
the belief that, she committed suicide by
laudanum. ,
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