North Carolina Newspapers

r-l".- The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT V U 51' S 6 T OK,. , AT ' IEAU. IN iBVlNOE. iao5i.e.SS8Sg8S8& v v ig 88gS8g8SS8S8 rrrT""- 888S88SS88888SS88 IV K 338oSi83S88SS8S8S SS8SSSSS8S88SS888 qjuoM I FS3SS8SS33S3SSS3SS i gSSSSS8Sg8SS8888S SSSSSSSS8SS83S88S a1 00 f Entered at the Post Office atTWllmlngton, N. C, as -Second Class Hatter. ; S UliSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscriGtion price of the Weeet.y STAtt is a follows : - :- 1 3 months " . " ' .60 SCCRGKK ANO PLC MB. . Tourgfe iin favor, of- the" Great Grab bill. He has been telling what I he kuows about Southern illiteracy. I He says over half of the llliteracv of the country is contained- in eight J States in the South. In the eight I Slaves the while illiteracy is 22.2 per ciii. f the white population, and ihr e'jlK illiivracy 78.1 p-r cent, ot tlif ci.jiu'd .oiiilation. He eays thtsffiht Siatt-8 ill gt 'indt-rtle B . ii- Gr:li- 483,098, each yar di vi :c-r tiius: whites 11,182,406; col orc.r3,600,692. This, be says, would he the equitable division according ti illiteracy; but the actual division would be, whites $2,475,555; colored $2,314,850. He says that the amount ow'ht to be $1.60 for each head without reference to color: but the actual distributiop would be $3.66 for whites and bnlv $1.02 for' col- i - ... oifcd, or more than three to one in favor of the whites. If his figurins be-correct then the 'bill as offered by piair is a fraud in inception a it woild prove in prac tice-. It i based on an attempt to edacate in the South the school chil dren of both races.' Its author has professed that his scheme was to .cure illiteracy in the South. And yet the bill he offered a the great cure alL the great uplifter" and regenerator, is unfair and unjust, because it gives to the whites, who are toell able to provide for their own race, more than three times as much-money as it gives to the blacks who are not able to provide educational facilities for their own race. The more you analyze his bill the greater its fraudu- lent .claims appear. This was the very bill the Charlotte Observer said a few days ago it favored. The Chicago Inter- Ocean the most influential Republican paper in the Northwest, says: " "There can be no argument in support of such inequality and jjajustice. Congress could not be guilty of it .without incurring reproach for consenting lo great wrong. Senator Edmunds saw the defect aucrhis amendment divides tbe .mo neyon a basis of school children. be- twetiLtbe ages of 10 and 21. The Allison amendment struok at the root of the wrong discrimination, but it was voted down, some saying it was I "unconstitutional." Yes, even men who proposed to pass the dangerous -bill that in spirit and letter violated the Constitution could see in the dis crimination sought in the Allison amendment a violation of organic I law. . How absurd and inconsistent I I Some of the leading Republican papers are still, harping on the rebel- J lions character of the Southern peo- pie and theJtraitorons books taught in th TinblU sfthools. The amend- I ment of Senator Plumb songht to reach this sore. The Inter-Ocean says:. . ' "The Plumb amendment,softened down. is not without amnle justification in its present form. It calls for tbe filing in the Interior Department of copies of the school books now used. - In any event it is well for flnnnwM In ha nhla ' in nafj&fjli.n. tnhrtt kftfrt of imtruction u oiven in our vublic tichoolt." I It is Congress iq everything. We L did not see Plumb's remarks, but it J seems that he, was particularly severe J upon a school- history taught in Southern schools. The Inter- Ocean says the book is "as bad as bad could be," 3nd is "conceived in rebel malice and is full of falsehoods, glaring and monstrous." We do not know what history is referred to, but it is im- Possible that it should contain more 1 "es and malignity than the Northern l-scheol histories written since the war i . i i. . contain, several of which we have ex- amined. They are a tissue of false- i.j , , . - t 'a Tfco hoods from beginning to end. I he Inter-Ocean says: "The truth is that ilia wav of secession was prepared, .largely, by instilling the Poison of State sovereignty into tbe school books of the South. The danger from that source was pointed out by the Rev. Amasa .Stuitrt, for many years a teacher in Geor gia. his warning being published as early as K)58. Little heed was paid to it at the -nine, Dut events justified the warning. A.Cnnrr1 i nr. in If BinoF tei mioonAat.inti began on a large scale very quietly soon ajier ine nullification act of Booth Uarolina. i The mere requirement of the fiUng of the T$atfiUpon repetition of such a con- That is excellent reading.: Itmnst he specially refreshing to true South- are too prone to seek homes in other em men who still believe that the sections and in States not so well fa cause of the South was both just and vored as pur own.' However this may Constitutional, and who do not fancy be it is certain that i North Carolina the free indulgence in the South of has much to draw her; children to her those Paul Pry proclivities that so VOL. XVII. . . 1 uisungutan a certain portion I of the l-vvjio. ixii uieaua pre- vent. a repetition of such a conspir- J I uv u mat ena let uongress Bee what books are used. Such is the -scheme. BOTJTKLLR HOISTED - ' i. The letter written by Commodore Truiton in examination of Represen- I MUV8: DODte A'a rin ht nn ralafiva to the alleged -outrages perpetrated in the Norfolk Navy Yard is consjd ered every way -complete. ? Itf shows that there is no actual basis for the allegations of the ranter fromMaine. In fact, it is made very plain that the Navy Yard is not a mere partisan machine, as Boutelle charged. The reply explodes the magazine!. of the Maine demagogue" and 'nd 'oae is hlnwn nhnt ; tKs -JLi 1 Ww.l. rvMW 'wuw':v u v I ug CO was badl v damaopd hv 1 Mr.l WW . v t . 3 w r . , . uu "ww iuwu explosive senus feVy.waYdT8outellrJieajipai. ons . Iyon for his ammunition now comes Commodore Tfaxton and shows that this very fellow pub Hshed a card in a Norfolk' paper in 1861, in which he said that be was 'as good a Southerner as any man in his eer- the South" "and boasted of vices in "destrovine the invaders. - - . ... n Poor "Boutelle! - He is in desperate 6traits. Which way next . will - he turn ? His charges turn but ground less and in seeking to! injure the South he merely stirs up a jnest of hornets. .-. - ! i: 1 The New York Times I draws this lesson. from the Bontelle fiasco which other politicians might reflect upon with benefit ; It says: J : ' It is evident that Mr. Boutelle has taken nothing by his resolution, and' that the Norfolk Navy. Yard incident contains nothing that will commend him to his constituents in Maine. In fact,! he must be inclined to invoke for lit a charitable silence. Mr. Boutelle will; not be stall abashed by the evidence that he has been made the instrument of the spite-of a per son discharged for cause against the officer who has discharged him. But it seem as if common prudence! should dic tate, even to - a statesman ! of - the calibre of Mr. Boutellej i that npon such subjects as this he should be sure of his facts before moving what Is in form a resolution of inquiry and in fact a vote of censure. Senator Dawes had a lesson like that which has now been administered to Mr. Boutelle when he made a pathetic speech to the Senate about the wrongs of a patriarchal humbug whom he settled in the wrong State, and who represented himself as the victim of sectional :Vtndictiveness, and who turned out to have incurred the dislike of his neighbors for reasons with which his politics had nothing whatever to do. Mr. Dawes learned his lesson." - ARBOR DAT FOR Altl. Massachusetts appreciatesltbe util- ity and importance of planting trees, The Agricultural Committee in the Legislature has passed a resolution asking the Governor toj set apart the last Thursday in March in 0ach year as Arbor, Day a day to te generally ooservea in planting trees, sqruos ana vines for fruit, shelter, ornament, &c. - IIS In sixteen of the States; and; Territo ries Arbor Day is observed. It is said that now these sixteen plant about 5,000,000 trees annnallV, When it is considered how much Jhe forests have to do with health, fer tility, rain-fall and comfort,- and how very profitable trees are, it is not diffi- cult to see why tree-planting should engage tne attention or men oi science and public men of a practical turn. The Stab has in mant editorials in the past discussed the dangers and losses that lurk in the destruction of the forests, and of course there must be benefit and profit in.; the opposite in planting trees. : 1 It is necessary for the State author iliesto give attention to this matter of tree planting, or the; efforts in that direction will be irregular and un certain. Some men who own land maw nlant a few trees "every few T --'. j r - . 5 i years, but thousands of other owners will do nothing. In Massachusetts in some of the towns, premiums are of f ered for tree planting. , and this does good no doubt. The Boston Post so much appreci- ates the advantages to ,be derived from Arbor Day that, it discusses its importance at length. Ws quote the following, and it has; application be yond Massachusetts. It.says: "Tn nnmose of Arbor Day is much more comprehensive and vital It contemplates putting waste lanas ; prouiaoio use. Thora are manv thousands of acres in Mas - . -a . l . ... sachusetts that helps to fincrease what is known as land poverty.- finey yieiu prac- tically nothing, because they have been kept jSausffl tronta if nlanted to trees suited to the soil, would igrow a t rop of grea t profit Dav would we believe,; be of great benefit to this interest. It would not show such Uthe first vear. or perhaps the second, but little by little even the most conservative farmers and owners of land would iu advantages and in time not only a general zeal but , wholesome rivalry as-well would be developed. 1 Let the asrn- cultural societies offer ; their best premiums for tree crops, and in ten years Massachu setts would be anew State in attractive ness. STAND BY COUNTRY AND STATE. North Carolinians are j often ac cused of a want of State pnde. It is insisted that her people do not blow rt - t,.h flnonb-i-that thev their own horns enougb tnac tney hr Carolina. It is urged that North Carolinians I and to invite the 'people in other Jtlli sections to settle within her borders Her taxes are much lower than those of any Northern State, Her taxes ' are even lower than those of many of her sister States in the South. She has a great diversity of soil and cli mate, and is magnificently watered. The people of North Carolina have' ways loved liberty. According to the eminent historian of his country, the-venerable George Bancroft, tb ove of liberty - was a - distinguishing trait of her early settlera. To this hour that same immortal love dwells in their hearts. To them liberty has been and is that ''Sternal spirit of the chainless mind." The Federal Government was es tablished to secure -the blessings of iberty - for the people of the young . - ' and puissant Union of States. It has alwaysvseemed that the voice of the people establishing a new and pecu- iar. Government was - the voice of God. - . - i'iforth Cafolihians - cannot- 'forget the past. Around their history clus ter the memories of lofty patriotism, Of 'unsullied honor, of noble daring and high ' emprise. We do not be- ieve that under heaven's canopy there dwell a people, who are more heartily devoted to civil and reli gious freedom than our people are. They know well what sufferings and trials were encountered before free -dom was established within our bor ders. They ; remember Iobbhtt's birth hour amid perils and darkness how she was ,born literally on an open field of battle and of blood, amid hissing bullets and dying groans now, as oainte-ceuve nneiy says of Mary Stnart, "she was smit ten with . tempests from her -cradle." They remember how fiery storms beat long . upon her un sheltered and homeless childhood. They remember" how for one hun dred years she has been tbe guardi an angel of the Republic; that un der her beneficent protection and favor the thirteen infant colonies have grown into thirty-eight giant States remembering these things, the people of North Carolina will cleave to her as a mother cleaves to her first-born T through ' peril and storm. Her. beatif ul tresses are somewhat dishevelled, her rich and gorgeous robes are somewhat soiled even her fair and lovely face is somewhat blackened and scarred by Violence and war. But she is still lovely, immortal in her youth. Hope still sits upon her helmet, einging ing its merry song, and a sweet and benignant calm rests upon that eye that a few years ago flashed with the battle light of victory. North Carolinians must cultivate a love of State as well as love of coun try. They are in every way identi fied with the progress and glory of their common country, and they are keeping a lively step to the music of the Union. It is their Bolemn duty to be true to the Constitution of the fathers. -That sacred instrument is the sheet-anchor of the people's hope and liberties, civil and religious. ' If it is violated, in spirit or letter, for any purpose whatever, it opens np the floodgates that may turn in upon the country, a deluge of ruin. j-The safety of the country rests upon tne reign of law. . That splendid Btruc- ture, the Constitution, reared by the consummate genius of our forefath ers, and baptised with their tears and prayeEsfand sacrifices and sufferings, mustVuot be overthrown and de stroyed. - Duty is a priceless virtue. Cost what it may, be true to your convic tions, be true to your duty. Let your duty be first to your God; then let duty be faithful to your country, particularly to your State, and then be faithful in duty to self. Let duty be our pole-Btar,our guiding principle, our inspiration. Let genuine patriot ism abide in our hearts and control our li8 that patriotism that stands ready if need ie "to refine itself into martyrdom," and is pledged to"suffer as well as act." Let us preserve in violate our ancestral faiths, our spin of consecation to right principle, our devotion to liberty, our obedience to law, our love of the Constitution. Liberty regulated by late this was the great achievement of Washing ton and his noble compatriots. - The will of the people expressed through laws and constitutions these are the fundamental privileges and principles of every citizen. They should grow with our growth and strengthen with our strength. " Stand by North Carolina. Do what yon can to develop her resources, to maintain her honor, - to restore- her nro'sneritv. It is a sweet land in which to dwell and in which to. die, "Stand faithfully by her. ' Her's is indeed a goodly heritage a land of noble men and of pure and lovely women. The sun as he walks the heavens in his. diurnal round looks down upon no fairer or dearer spot, nor -more blessed homes for here "the glory of his beams is rivalled by the" sweet and mellowed "light of humanity and love" that is shed, throughout onr favored borders, Go where yon may yon will find no Weeiily WILMINGTON, N. 0., more deugbttul - nome. sees tne 4 world - over , for a clime more fav orable to health, for suns more geni- al and fructifying, and for nights of more unclouded beauty and splendors and you will seek in vain. "It is a -, and of, corn and wine; it is a land' of gold and ". gems; it . is a. land of flocks and herds- of , orchards and meadows; it is a land of good mor als and steady habits," a land where civil liberty is dearly cherished and the laws are obeyed ;a land where the school house and church spire stand side by side; where virtue is esteem- ed and honored, old age ia rever enced, and the marriage relation is held as sacred; a land of simple manners and trugai naoits, wnere an unpretending but generous hospi tality is dispensed and where the people are "not , forgetful to enter-' tain strangers." AKO Til ER CON PJLAGBA TIOX Wbarf Storea and Offlea n Water Street BarnedLoaa Estimated at From Fifteen to Twenty Thousand Dollars. - This city was visited by atvolher fire yes terday evening, which, for ; a time, created great alarm, many people fearing that the flames would extend, with the sweeping rapidity "that attended the great fire on the 21st of February last. . Tbe fire broke out abcul' 7 o'clock in a small frame shed In rear of the brick build ing on the west side of North Water be tween Princess and Chesnut streets, owned by Col. John "VVV Atkinson. - and occupied as offices by insurance and shipping agents. A brisk wind was blowing and the flames spread rapidly. The shed had been used for a - long time for ijthe storage of oil by the Chess-Carley Company, afterwards by the Messrs. Boney for the Storage of spirits turpentine and cotton, and subsequently by Messrs. Geo. Harriss & Co. as a receptacle for old barrels and other rubbish. The inflammable contents of the shed burned rapidly and tbe brick build ing adjoining was soon on fire, the flames spreading subsequently to the brick stores adjoining on the south occupied by Messrs. Geo. Harriss & Co acd Messrs. Keith & Hollings worth; all of .which were con sumed. On the north, the fire spread to the coal and wood yard of Messrs. Anthony & Bryce, destroying a shed and a quantity of coal and wood. Tbe firemen did splen did service and prevented tbe spread of the fire any further.' There was great danger at one time of the flames crossing Water street, to the long range of offices and busi ness houses lining that thoroughfare on the east side; many of the . buildings on that side were repeatedly on fire but the hose- men were vigilant and successfully guarded the endangered buildings.! The store-keepers on that side of the street were greatly alarmed, and many of them removed their effects to places of . safety. In fact the ex perience of the last great fire was too fresh in the minds of all to prevent the greatest apprehension, many persons seeming to be impressed with the conviction that tbe fire would sweep the whole block bounded by Princess, Chesnut, Water and Front, in cluding the Stab office, the bank of New Hanover, the Orton House acd other build ings." , " The sufferers by the fire were Col. John W. Atkinson, two brick build ings and shed. .. j " Messrs. Jno. W. Gordon & Smith, in surance agents, office. J. M. Ch as teen & Son, office. J. H. Chadbourn & Co., office. K G. Barker & Co., shipping agents, office. Atkinson & Manning, insurance agents, office. , Geo. Harriss, & Co., shipping agents, office. ' ' ' ; Keith & Holling8worlb, erocera. Navaasa Guano Co., office. E. Lilly, commission merchant, office. Anthony & Bryce, wood and coal dealers. The Produce . Exchange building was damaged to the extent of about $1,500. Messrs. E. Kidder & Son whose office was in the -Produce Exchange building sustained no damage. - Messrs. Woody & Carrie, who occupied the lower part of the same building, were damaged greatly by water, with which the building was flooded. . In the front part of their store they had about seventy-five bales of cotton. ' The loss is estimated at about eighteen thousand dollars on buildings, office furni ture fend stocks destroyed. But besides this, many persons sustained Ioes in' the removal of goods and in the destruction of valuable records and papers that cannot be replaced. . ' The fire is said to have been caused acci dentally by a lad named Willie Watkins, employed as an office boy by Messrs. Geo. Harriss & Co., who was in the shed, and who threw a match on the floor with which ha had just lighted a cigarette. The burn ing match ignited some oil on the floor. which burst up in flames, burning the boy's hand and arm badly. He ran out of the shed and up the street to the office of Dr. Schonwald, where his burns, were at tended V to. Mr. Joseph ; D.- Smith with his clerk, Mr. Marshall, was in his office finishing up his night's mail, when the attention of the two gentlemen was at tracted by a noise like a puff of escaping steam: turning around they saw through the window a bright light in the shed in rear of the office, and saw the boy making his escape from the building. Realizing the fact that the shed was on fire, Mr. Smith got a bucket of water and threw it on the 'flames, and in the ; meantime Mr. Anthony, Mr. Lippitt and others assisted. These gentlemen thought that they had the fire extinguished, when some one turned over a barrel, that probably contained a small quantity of oil, for the flames at once sprang up with renewed energy and burned with such fierceness as to drive them from the building. . An alarm had been given in the meantime, however, through the tele phone, and the steamers of the Fire Depart ment were, already on the way to the fire. WadesbOro Times; Dr. J. A Jackson, a good citizen of Lilesville. died in that place on Monday evening last. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss. : FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1886. A Boa a Fox. ' .- Tbe story in circulation that a dog com mitted Buicide by jumping from a window i of the second story of the old jail buildings i corner , of Princess . and Second street is not exactly a canard the dog did jump aqd break its neckbut it is said the, ani mal was forced to jump by . a - number of colored children in the building. As a J canine yarn it will do to tell; but is not as good as the story an old colored man from Brunswick told , about . a fox, which had robbed histoid woman" of all her chick-. ens, "save and excepin' an old rooster-r the pet and pride , of tbe family coming night after night to carry off a hen or pullet, until all were gone but one. To save it the old woman kept the fowl a close prisoner in her room. But one morning recently just after breakfast was finished, while she was sweeping the h'arth and the old man was put in the field, she beard.that rooster squall, and rushed to the door of the room just in time to meet the preda tory fox .with the chicken slung across his back.' She struck at the- "varmint'' with her broom, and the fox ran back and took . lef uge .under her bed, where she heard him crunching the bones of the luck less rooster. The Void woman" was afraid to attack the fox alone, but thought to se cure the villain by locking the door, 'while she went in search of the old man, to aid. her in diepatching the robber. . They armed themselves with axe and club and gun, but when thoy returned to the -room the fox was gone. . After deliberately eating the fowl, he bad jumped through a pane of glass in the window and escaped, leaving only & few tuf ts of fur on the jagged edges of the .broken glass lo mark his exit. The old man wants tbe Wilmington. Fox Club to "go over the ferry" on their next hunt and aid him in the war of extermina tion he and the old woman have deter mined to wage on the Fox family. . Supreme Court. " ... - t In the Supreme Court at Raleigh ion Tuesday last the following cases from this judicial district were called and argued Lamb vs. Sloan, from Duplin; argued by W. R. Allen for plaintiff and H. R. Kornegay for defendant. . ? ' -: Sandlin vs.. Ward, from Onslow; argued by Nixon & Galloway (by brief) and W. R. Allen for plaintiff; no counsel for defen dant. ' ' - j Cooper vs. Middleton, from Duplin ; ar gued by H R. Kornegay for plaintiff; Geo. V. Strong and Faircloth & Allen for defen. dant. j Appeals from the Sixth District were argued Wednesday as follows: Loftin vs. Rouse, from Lenoir. j; Loftin vs. Crossland, from Lenoir. McCoy vs. Lassiter, from Lenoir. j State vs Blood woith, from New Han over. - Cases from the Sixth District were argued Thursday as follows; j Scott vs. Kenan, sheriff and others, from Duplin, argued by Faircloth & Allen for plaintiff, and H.-RrKornegay and J. Deve reux, Jr., for defendants. , Farrior vs. Houston, from Duplin; cer tiorari ordered and case continued Cbarced with Bigamy. Sylvester Pope, of Marion, S. C, was lodged io the jail of this cily yesterday charged1 with bigamy. ; ! -- It is charged that in 1877 Pope married a widow, Mrs. Sarah Britt. a daughter of Dr. John Ward, of Robeson county. A few months after his marriage he left his wife and moved to Lincoln county, in this State. - From there he moved to Gaston county, thence to Florence, S. C, and thence to Marion, where he worked at his trade of carpentering. In the latter part of January last he met Miss Williams, a young lady of Duplin county, N. C,. in thi- city, by agreement, and tbe two Were married, leaving the city immediately af terwards for Pope's home in Marion, S. C. The information upon which Pope was ar rested was lodged with Solicitor Moore a few day sago; a bench warrant was issued and a requisition, upon i the Governor of South Carolina was procured for Pope's ar rest. Mr. W. W. Shaw was sent as mes senger with the requisition, and returned with Pope yesterday. He was anxious to give bail while in Marion, but finding this impossible he submitted quietly, and ac companied Mr. Shaw to this city. It is said that he - bears a good reputation in Marion, and .has accumulated some prop- rty there. ' s a J ' " The Danish barque Margareiha, Cap tain Funder, recently reported water-logged and abandoned, sailed February 21st from this port with 150 casks spirits turpentine and 2.981 barrels of rosin shipped by Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co., for Liv erpool. She was caught in the storm on the 26th ulL, and became water-logged on the 28th.! Capt. Jar vis, of the British steamer Wilton, who rescued the crew of the barque and landed them at Baltimore, savs: "On March 1st we encountered a heavy gale and sea from the westward,coD tiouing daily, during which. we shipped large Quantities of water. About 3 p. m., March 4. Chief Officer Lewis reported a sail ahead likely to pass near us. It was a barque under lower topsails and reefed, fore sail running before the wind. On nearing us she' hauled . her foresail upj and ran up' the : signals B. K. - S , in dicating that she was water-logged and that those on board wanted toabandon the ves sel at once. I immediately mustered all hands and steamed under the lee of the barque which had hove to. The crew of the barque were then preparing to get their boat overboard, but apparently were so ex hausted that they could not succeed, called for a volunteer rescue crew, and it was promptly responded to by Chief Officer A. Lewis and seamen Alfred Solberg, j John Larsen and A. Fullager. They manned the starboard life-boat with great difficulty ow ing to the heavy sea: The boat started safely for the barque, but her crew had succeeded in getting from her in their own boat, but were transferred to our boat and placed on board the JWtonJ There: were nine old told. On hoisting our life-boat the oars were lost and the boat badly dam aged." The Margareiha was of 352 tons register and belonged to K. F. Maretrand, of Elsimore. She was insured for ten thousand Danish crowns, or about $2,600. Nor. barque Frank, Larsen, from Wilmington Feb. 13 for London,;; with rosin, put in at Bermuda on the 1st inst. with bulwarks carried away . and - cabin completely gutted and destroyed by the sea. sue is repairing. Cotton Receipts and Fxports. - The .receipts of cotton yesterday were 143. bales, ngaiost 87 biles the correspond ing date last jear - The receipts from the 1st of March to the 13ih wefe 2,893 bales. against 767 bales for Ui9 lame lime last year, an increase of 1.629 bales 1 The. crop receipts from September 1st, 1885. to March 18th, 1886, were 93,507 bales, against 92,673 bales for the corresponding period the last year; an increase of 884 baits.-. -The exports foT the crop year were 87,320 bales, against 92,072 bales' last year. " Foreign Exports. ' Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. shio- ped ye8lerday, for Liverpool, by the Nor wegian baraue DumtcK. 2 656 barrels nf rosin, valued at $2,666. - Messrs. E. Kidder & Son,6hipped by the i schooner Etta M. Barter, to Port Spain. Trinidad. 233,939 feet of lumber, valued at $4,5 210.90. Also, ner schooner PottBov. to St. John's, Pori.o Rico. 140,338 feet of lum ber, valued at $2,166 59. WASHINGTON. Letters Relating- to. Snapenslons of Of ficials. , Bj Telegraph to the Morning Star ! Washington. . March1 11. Secretary Manning basacct to Senator Morrill sev eral lettere, ldenlicar-in substance, relating to tne suspension or cmciais wncse suc cessors nominations are still under consid eration by the Finance Committee, and stating briefly but more emphatically than anything hitherto uttered, the views of the BumiDisirauoo in respect, io suspensions. Both sender and receiver are willing the let ters fcbould be made Lubhc, but tbe cour tesy held to be due from each to the other prevents either from giving them out. . Washington: March 12. The Senate in" executive session on the 9;h confirmed tbe following noflDiuauons: Postmasters Ed ward H Lucas, Florence. S. C : James T. Blain, Brunswick, Ga. : E. P. King. Han- kinsvilie, Ga ; Mary H. Gillespie, Aber deen. Miss. ; Pendleton King, oP North Carolina to be Secretary of Legation at Constantinople. -" . - 1 he body ol tbe late senator Miller will be taken from tbe Capitol-at about 2 p. m. to morrow and escorted to the depot of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad. The re mains will be placed in a special car pro vided for them, and will be guarded by eight members of the Loyal Legion until tbe departure of the train at 7.15 p. m. i The route of the funeral tram will be via the Pennsylvania Central, Chicago Builington & Quincy and Union and . Union Pacific roads It is due in San Francisco at 11.10 m. Friday. YELLOW FEVER. Reported Cases on Board tbe Galena, at Key West, Denied. Chicago. March 11. A special, from Key West, Fla., in connection with the arrival there of the United States steamer Galena, and a report that there were seve ral cases'-of yellow fever on board, says: "The commander of the Galena was ap proached to day by your correspondent with reference to fever on shipboard . and the filibustering expedition. : The com mander displayed the following report;' which was submitted to tbe Health Officer of Key West: ) . " 'My attention has been called to a state ment in a New York paper, that there were fifteen cases of yellow fever on the United States steamer Galena. I beg leave to de ny emphatically this statement On our arrival here we had but one case of that dis ease, and he bad been convalescent sinec the 15th ultimo, having been taken sick on the 5th.' " - i TERRIBLE ACCIDENT Collision of Railway Trains Five Per sons Instantly Killed and Twenty Six Id jnred, Thirteen of them Tory Dangerously. LBy Telegraph to the Horning Star. Month Cablo, March 11. Three pas sengers, the engineer and a guard were in stantly killed in a collision on the railroad between Monte Carlo and Mentone, yester day. Twenty six of tbe passengers were injured, thirteen very dangerously. The collision happened on a short curve, which two trains, both filled with travellers, tried to round at the same time on a single track. The trains were badly telescoped and were thrown from the track. i KNIGHTS Ol?" LABOR. Tbey Defeat an Attempt of tbe Klis- sonrl Paelfle Road to Rnn a Freight Train. .- Br Telegraph to the Horning Star. St. Louis, March 13. The Brotherhood of Engineers employed by the Missouri Pa cific Railroad Company held a meeting last night to discuss their future attitude to wards the striking Knights of Labor. Re solutions were adopted sympathizing with the strikers, but no definite action was taken other than deciding to present tbe resolutions to Chief Engineer Arthur, of the Brotherhood, and to abide by bis deci-J sion. A freight engine this morning was started out from the Missouri Pacific round house to make up a freight train which the offi cials intended to start from. IS wing avenue. The engine succeeded in making its way to that place without opposition, but when it arrived theie the engineer and fireman were requested by the strikers to desert their posts, wnicn tney oia. The engine was run back to tbe round house, - where it was again started out by a new engineer and fireman, but with no better success. The attempt to start tbe freight train from that placebandoned. M. E. CHURCH: SOUTH. Proceedings of tbe Conference at Staunton, Vs. iBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. Staunton, Va., March 13. At the Con ference of the M. E. Church South to day; the following were received as deacons: F. J. Prettyman, .T. L. Kennard, W. L. Dolly. J. H. Light. J. C. Knott, G. D, White and J. H. Keepman. Bishop Wil-i son conducted tbe examinations. The fol lowing deacons were advanced : W. A Sites, H. T. Anville and Henry Homan. John F. Sharpless was admitted as eider, In behalf of the Foreign Missionary So ciety, Dr. Kelley delivered a powerful ad- dress, giving an account of the work and hardships of missionaries. He stated that in tbe past few years the amount collected! for Foreign -Missions had increased four hundred per cent, and that the work of the M. E Church South in this connection had been pronounced by an eminent bishop of another denomination the wonder of church history. The Conference voted to guaran tee payment of half the amount assessed against foreign missions by Septemberlstj ILLINOIS. An Axpresa"7Sessenser on the Rock Island Road Murdered In Bis Car. IBy Telegraph to the Morning Btar.1 : Chicago, March 13. An express mes senger on tbe west-bound tram on the Rocs Island Road was killed in his car last night between Joliet and -Morris, and his safes broken open and robbed of all the valu ables, amounting to a large sum which cannot yet be exactly stated. The car bore evidence of a terrible struggle. The- mes senger, whose name was Nichols, was found dead when nu car was opened, at Atoms. His throat was cut in a manner that sug gested a hatchet or a dull knife," and his skull was crushed with a stove poker, This poker was found in the car and did not belong there. In Nichols clenched right hand was found a lock of black hair, and in tne ouier nana a iocs oi rea nair. So far. there is no due to the murderers, but the country is already alive with searchers, both professional and volunteer. and there is every reason to believe that the murderers will be lynched u discovered. NO. 20 RELIGIOUS BODIES. - Proceedings of tbe Baptiat Congress at Danvlllr, V Action of th Bal timore Conference of Iht 91, E. fbureb fconib. i.;, Br Telegraph to tbe kerning Star.) -DANTir.T.R. V A. Mil it. h 13 -.Thn Ttantict Cod cress adlourned : tn-d A mmn iho interesting papers read to day was one from Prof Winston, of Richmond, -in which he took ground that - State colleges for males ought to be opened , to females desiring to pushtheir studies beyond the curriculum i average iemaie Bcncois. t ne uoDgress ill hold their next session" in' Lynchburg. STAtTNTON Marnh 12 Th the Baltimore Conference of the M. TS Church. Rlinth was tw1 nrinneA with continuance of reports from local preach ers, showioff in the aererepate eratiFvlnirre. suits. Alt candidate were ulrniftrrt n. cept Messrs. Potter, Roaner Frczise and Drown, wdo were not examinea. A fea ture of the RPRslnn wan" an arldrofia htr Tf McFerrin, in behalf of Paine Univerai- ior the education of colored p reach -Dr. McPemn madeannwrfnl pntwal era. for; aid to the npuropn nnvintr a slnwinn tribute to the fidelity of the race during tbe war. - & collection or f oo was taKen up for the University.! . i Among - the memorials to the General Conference will be one asking the General Conference tn rnnaidnr .the" crnufioiuxi f adopting forms for church records. Quar terly Conference lournals, and class books, according to the , plan prepared by ; Dr. omiiu; ana. anotner , assing a change In diacipliue.-to relieve presiding elders from the dutv cf Bueurmir -KtAliKtinaHt. rh luct Quarterly Conference and requiring preach ers to furnish the same to presiding elders. LOUISIANA. Execution of Two Men Who At tempted to Cheat the Gallows . by Taking Polion, New Oblb&ns. March 12 A Baton Rouge special says the Governor this morn ing received a telegram from Sheriff Butler, of Orleans Parish, saying: Ford and Murphy attempted suicide this morning by swallowing poison. They are in a itupor and in a comatose condition. Doctors be lieve tbe attempt a failure, but cannot say how long it may take to restore them to consciousness. Should tbey not revive be fore tbe hour fixed, shall I execute the war rant notwithstanding? The Governor re plied "Yes, go on with' the execution. Carry out the warrant." Ford and Murphy were hanged at 12.51 o clock. TO DEB A UCR THE PEOPLE, Asheville Citizen. We object to the Blair bill in so many particulars that it would con sume too much time to enumerate them. One is the insult conveyed in the leading proposition of Mr. Blair, which is, at least, a gross reflection upon the intelligence and integrity of the Southern whites. And it is a palpable fallacy to assume-that the negro, for whose benefit for a great part the legislation proposed by tbe bill is designed, will be en abled to discharge the duties of citi zenship by the mere acquirement of the rudiments of learning, there has been no such development yet, after twenty years-of experiment. The negro is as far off from know ledge of the duties of citizenship, of an idea of tbe principles of govern ment, of the responsibilities of the proper use of suffrage, as in his days of slavery ; as dependent now in mind as once he was in body, tbe only in dependence manifested by the race being that exhibited of late in com plaint at the unequal distribution of rewards, favors and office, f What haa - made ' theTropositions va the bill so acceptable is the aid promised to the cause of education without cost to the people. Immed iate results are what are looked at, without .thoughtful reference to con sequences. - JJioney out ot tne National Treasury, is after all, noth ing mere than money out of the peo ple's pockets. It may be imposing when it comes back upon the people in a flowing stream; of relief, but it is none the less gathered from the people wrung -from them by the hard process of taxation, and return ed to them in the shape of favor, vastly diminished in real value, though : apparently a bounteous stream. The idea comes in as one of those dangerous schemes of in sidious policy to . debauch the people to the will of the ruling power. THE VIEWS OF AN OLD DEM OCRAT. ": v ,y Charlotte Democrat. People who think that the passage, by Congress, of the ' Blair Educa tional bill, will relieve them of pay ing a County and State school ' tax, will find themselves very much mis- taken. In order to get a portion of the Blair' fund each State will have to raise a certain ; amount from her citizens by taxation for school pur P08eS. : .-:V v. Where is tbe consistency ot peo ple who favor a distribution of about $79,000,000 from the public treasury for school purposes, talking about abolishing the Internal Revenue tax and reducing the Tariff, when tne fact is well known that if the distri bution bill passes the Internal Reve-J nne tax must be continued and the Tariff tax kept at about what it is. If the Blair bill becomes a law it is useless to expect relief from taxa tion of any sort State or National. : In ' opposing - appropriations like that proposed by the Blair bill we know very wea that we are tn tne minority, and think it will pass as a matter of course, constitutionally or unconstitutionally when money is to be scattered, Constitutions are not regarded as much in the way 1 But those who favor the bUl know they are in the majority, and many mem bers of Congress ; who will vote for the bill are too much afraid of that majority to vote against it, although they know in their hearts that the scheme is a bad one and - tends to damage the true interests of the country. ' : : " ;. :r- : ,"; - Washington Gazette: Mr.L. J. Wise, i who . kept a - beef stall . near the bridge, died suddenly at his place of busi ness on Mond&v morning. Mr. David 8winson. was Indicted and tried at Wil llamston last week for slandering Mrs, Wm Oaulnrfl The 1nrv brought in a ver dict of euiltv. - His honor. Judge Phillips. sentenced him to the county iail for one year. In Beaufort we now have the Qatette. which is in its eleventh volume. and has the largest circulation in the 1st District, the Watch-Tower and the ReteiUe. In a few days the Progress, to be edited by Messrs. J. P. Brown ana w jncueven, former foremen in : the Gazettes printing rooms, is to be issued in Washington, To day we learn that the American Enterprise makes its first annearance at Aurora, under the editorship of J. W; Chapbv Verily a land of newspapers. Spirits Turpentine.1 , The fisheries in Croatan Sound - 4 are doing poorly in consequence of the ice : : cold. The seta In theatHl Inwprannnria - and are arc doing well. This shows that the fish on the way upvfcv': ' -Wadesboro Intelligencer: A. few ' day ago Messrs. Benjamin Williams and ' Thomas Home, of Lilesville. wrestled for the fun of the thing and 'for the amuse ment af the spectators. Mr. William's leg was broken lust above the ankle and he is now laid up for repairs. The ques-" tion of the "advisability of. holding a local option election in Wadesboro on the first Monday io May. not to say if the sale of ' spirituous liquors shall be relegated beyond the limits of Wadesboro, -but beyond the limits of Wadesboro township, is now exer cising our citizens more, perhaps, than any other question of the day. Tarboro Southerner : Opponents of the Blair Grab, bill are increasing in number in this county. - -On Tuesday -morning Justice Spragins issued a warrant for Jordan Thomas, a bright mulatto about -thirty years of age. for criminal assault upon two colored girls about thirteen years or age. a latanty would seem to at tend the gun with which the negro boy Cain was shot last: week, an account of . which appeared in this paper. : . A man ' named James Brown, of Martin county, at ' one time owned the gun and with it he ac cidentally shot his friend Henry Bland, and aitewaras nis mower, iSetsy Jjrown. Later the gun came into the possession of Ken neth Raynor and he accidentally shot off his hand with it. . j Fayetteville ITetes: Of the eighty magistrates in the connty but three had yesterday filed their j regular reports required by law. Mr. W. O. . Troy, supervisor of convicts on j the Western N. " C. R. R. , is in town for a few days stay. aj-o icnritB luuitiig utuus BUJLUug m uie vt cinity of Asheville for sixty and a hundred dollars an acre which he says are no better than much of ours in Cumberland. ' Solicitor Mclver, now in ! town, informed us yesterday that in Moore countv the other day a hundred delinquents had their names handed in to the County Commis sioners by the Sheriff who said that he could collect aothing out of them, that they had nothing and that the taxes were not to oe naa. immediately the board of com missioners indicted each one, and nearly every one at once produced the money and paid up, so that the county got nearly every dollar. i- Barbara Grayt" a colored, wo man. In Edgecombe, disappeared and it was believed she had been murdered by her hus band, who had deserted her and was about to marry another negro. The Tarboro Southerner says: Every effort to find the missing woman proved fruitless and the people had given up all hopes of solving the mystery until last Friday when two young gentlemen, while hunting, came across the skeleton of a woman. It was lying in the angle formed by two large pine trees fallen one across the other - about six hundred yards from Barbara Gray's house. The body had been dragged to the position where, it was found. Dr. J. M. Baker -madean examination of the body. It was' -recognized as the body of Barbara Gray by ner utile son. me tact mat sue lett ner house without her stockings but with her shoes strengthened the identification. . '' Raleigh News- Observer: All . the Raleigh factories, &a, are running on full time and business appears to be good. The fertilizer manufactories ate running day and night. The cotton seed oil mill has a large supply of cotton seed on hand in its capacious storehouses.1 At Metropolitan Hall, at 7.30 o'clock this evening, Capt. Richard F. Trevellick, of Michigan, will deliver a public, lecture on the subject of labor, to which all are in vited, both' ladies and gentlemen. Capt. Trevellick is a representative of the order of Knights of Labor of America. The News-Observer is particularly gratified to note a beginning in North Carolina of the business of canning fruits and vegetables for the markets of the world. Our worthy Commissioner of Immigration informs us that in addition to the factory which, as we stated a few 'days ago, is soon to be established in this city by men of capital and of experience in the business from abroad, factories will be established at various points in the State at an early day. Raleigh Recorder; "The church in Beaufort is in the midst of a gracious re vival. Brethern H. W. Reinhart and W. T. Jones have labored faithfully for the Master and are now rejoicing in tbe pro mised blessing. Seven had been restored and eight baptized up to Friday last, and tne meetings were increasing in interest. . At the Second Baptist church the meetings still continue. Dr. Nelson is preaching to crowded houses. On Satur day last he baptized fourteen and on Sun- 1 day gave the hand of fellowship to twenty new members. Ninety professions have so ' far been made at the Third church. , Last week the meeting was carried forward by laymen. We fully agree with the Star in its estimate of Dr. Milburn, but if the statements of the New York Herald's Wash- -ington correspondent are true Dr. Milburn 's presence is greatly neeoea in ms place as Chaplain to Congress. It is true the chap lain is blind but he can hear, and the report of the drunken revels of Senators, Kepre- . sentatives and disreputable women in the committee rooms would most assuredly reach him. Some of these "statesmen have held office too long. Danbury Reporter; Dr. Genth, of Philadelphia, possibly the first miners logical chemist in America, and the instruc tor of the writer in the i mysteries of analy sis, has mentioned nine diamonds as having been found' in North Carolina, and the following occurrences having been well established. The first was found in 1843, at the ford of Brindlerowa creek, and valued at $100. Another was found in the fame neighborhood. The third, at Twit ty's mine, in Rutherford county. General Clingman informed the writer that Mr. Twitty told him that this stone was stolen from him some years ago in the city of New York. The fourth came from near Cottage Home, . Lincoln county; it was found in the spring of 1853. The nttn in the summer of 1852. in Todd's branch. Mecklenburg county described as a very beautiful diamond. The sixth, a very beautiful stone of considerable size, like a small chincapln, and of a black color was found at the same locality. - by three men while washing for gold. The seventh, a very beautiful octahedral diamond was found many years ago at the Potis mine, Franklin county. The eighth, a second one is reported from the same locality. The ninth, a small diamond, was found a few years ago in McDowell county on tne headwaters of Muddy creek. - . Charlotte i Observer; A decided change in the location of organ and choir in Dr. Robey's church, in this city, has been mad,' and at the services next Sunday , the congregation will not only face the preacher, but the choir also. The organ has been brought down from the gallery and placed in the recess back of the pulpit. The trial of tbe suit of Virgil Webb, colored, against tbe Richmond & Danville Railroad Company, for $5,000 damages for ' a mashed hand, was concluded in the Su perior Court yesterday, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the railroad. Ladd McCurry. the deputy tax collector of Rutherford county, has fled to parts un known, taking with him the sum of $1,875. all of which he had collected from the tax payers of that county. The monthly report of Dr. F. Bcarr, keeper of Elmwood cemetery, shows that during February there were 13 deaths in Charlotte.flve among the whites and eight among the blacks. The Carolina Central roadH is now definitely stated, is to be extended to Ruth erf ordfon, and from that place it will be doubtless carried to Asheville. In regard to this extension the Shelby .Aurora, re ceived last : night, gives us this report, which includes some fresh news relative to . a controversy that has recently sprung np larfman tli- Hnnliiti flsntrnl and ita rival "Maj. Winder has issued the edict for the Carolina Central Railway to go to Ruther fordton on or before September 1st, 1880. Piney Ridge was once their objective point, but now they have determined to advance westward to Rutherf ordton with all possi ble haste. They expect to reach Ruther fordton by September, but tbey will do well to reach their destination by next Jan n 1SS7 The Pnrolina Central Railwav authorities have notified the Rutberfordtoa Railway Company, and Massachusetts & Southern Construction Company, that they have infringed i and trespassed upon the Carolina Central Railway's right of way from Piney Ridge to JSutherf ordton. also IO Slop trespassing uuuer peuuuca u uw law."