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The WeeklvStar. . PUBLISHED AT -IV i L.-M I X G T O S,-..'M . C' ., a r - jl.jO A VEAU, IN ADVANCE. "7 sssgssssssississ " sgS8ss8sssisssis '- 'SSS8SSSSSS8SSS8S8 - ssssSoSoSssssssss 8888888828888888 SSSSSSggS8SSS888 -v' AY ?- jo r- ao o o g jh" g c,' 7 8SS8o8SSSSSSSSS8 p - ; - a . - - '-. : O .7 5 0 00 gv e if. f Entered at the Post Offioe atWllmlngton, N. C , as Second Class Matter. S UBSCRIFTION PRICE. Tliu subscri6tion price of the Weekly Stab i5 as follows : , ' . : .:. --; - Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " " 6 montlis, " . " 1.00 " 3 months " .. .50 mt. FINAL APPEAL. ' JiiK incw York Star, the only Teal leading Democratic paper in the great commercial and political centre, has good, hope that the President will protect, the Constitution and "veto the Grab bill if it should. pass the HoQse. It 'will certainly prove Mr. - Cleve land's opportunity, bat whether he is grounded enough in the bed rock - principles of Madison, Jefferson Jackson, Calhoun 3nd Black to use his power in the endeavor to prevent a great evil : we cannot anticipate. The Star forcefully and truthfully says: "No one who has watched the course of public affairs during the past twenty-four years can doubt that there has been adi liberate design to use-every pretext to aug ment the powers of the Federal Govern ment aad invade the reserved rights of the States. The Blair bill is a dangerous effort in this direction, and that it should receive the unanimous suppoit of the Republicans is not- to be wondered at. The alarming feature in the present discussion is the fact that many Democrats are disposed to sup port the measure." ..' . ., If the President shonld prove equal to the demands he may make, a name that f uture generations will hold in great reverence and honor. The his toric hour may come to him and ris ing to the height of the great demand he may withhold his assent to a bill tb'ai, sft "Vraev ml ik Tgv ot the StaVe arid a Constitutional Govern "rutia regulated by law. We must look ufThra in the last resort. IC he fail in that hour then a great, irrevo cable injury is done to the autonomy and integrity of sovereign Common wealths and to the organic law of the land. We again quote, with hearty indorsement, what our able Northern contemporary says: - "As the Star has already said, bis broad constituency can be trusted to sustain him in such a position, and will, not be swayed from principle by local interests. The ques tion is one of very grave importance. The fiDul action upon it will settle not merely this treasure, but will demonstrate whether or not there is left in the U.nited- States any party that can be depended upon to resist the tendency towards centralization. The Democratic party itself is on trial in this crisis, and it is for it to show to the .'American people whether or not it is such a political organization as its name and past history imply. The" cne man representing the whole party is; the President of the United States, and it seems likely that the riecisio-; of this momentous question will finally reft in his hands." FERTILIZERS AND THE AGRI CULTURAL DEPARTMENT. ' The March number of the Bulletin, t issued by the North Carolina Depart ment 'of Agriculture, is devoted mainly to exhibiting the practical re sults of the Department. - It essays to show that it has exercised real in fluence on the material progress of the State. It first considers the protection it affords against frauds in commercial fertilizers. It is full on this head and satisfactory, It next discusses tb.3 good resulting from the discovery and develop ment of phosphate beds. A third instance of good done is the de velopment of the coal , field. Dr. Dabney, in charge of, the Experiment Station, discusses, first, what aire experiment stations; second, the quality and cost of fertilizers for '. five years.. He shows that under the operations of the Station the farmers could get in 1885 for three millions of dollars what they had to pay four millions for in 1880r--ye8, and get an article one-sixth better. than the 1880 article was. In the third place, he discusses fertilizer -valuations for the , year, and lastly the analyses of fer tilizers. The Station is giving the farmers more 'analyses and earlier this vear than ever before. It is able to do this by an increase of workers. There are eighty-five brands of" fertilizers used in North Carolina. Of these North Carolina furnishes 9; South Carolina 11; Virginia 18 Maryland 31; Delaware 4; New Jer sey 2; New York 4; Connecticut 3 and Massachusetts. 4, Weare pleased to see North Carolina doing so well. Her 9 brands ought to be multiplied It is noticeable that;69 of the brands are from Maryland, Virginia and the two Carolinas The Bulletin gives a fall list of every analysis made for 1886. . 7 - - ' How full of hope for success in the next election it is ti hear Democratic papers prating about "the spoils men." They must know, that it will be impossible to win under a non partisan banner. In truth, why bother about elections if Republicans fe yood envugh? "Now dew tell." VOL. XVII. PARTY DELIVERANCES. - Some straight out Democratic pa per asked the other day "Was there a Democratic party among us?" This was not an idle question. But let us ask if there is a Democratic party now in the country that holds to the principles of the Democratic party before the war as to the Tariff? The New York 'Star says jin review ing the party in connection with its deliverances on the Tariff: "Thus far more than eight years has the Democratic party been pledged to either free trade or; a tariff for revenue only. Btarting out in Jefferson's time with a de claration in favor of free commerce with all nations, after the tariff once became an issue in: politics the party's declarations were uniformly against the protective doc trine. - Again and again the declaration first formulated in 1840. that 'no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary ' expenses of the government, has been i repeated, and at every Democratic convention j with two ex ceptions, for nearly half a century this doc trine has either been indorsed or renewedly affirmed." . j . v.. - If one was to go "into the matter thoroughly it would be instructive lo collate the opinions of party leaders and the platforms of Conventions upon the Tariff. But we! cannot do this now. In 1840, ' the National Democratic Convention said: 1. That justice and sound policy forbid the f ederal "Government to foster one branch of industry to j the another. . ; I detriment of - 2. That no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the neces sary expenses ot the government. "In 1844 these sentiments were re affirmed. In 1848 it declared: "That no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary ex penses of the government and for the gradual but certain extinction of the debt created by the prosecution of a just and necessary war." ij : ; The Conventions of 1852 and 1856 reaffirmed this plank. After the war the old Democratic party still existed in the North. The Whig party had been merged into - the Republican party. The South soon found, under the horrors of reconstruction, that it had no friends in, the! North save only among Democrats of the old school. The'persecntors, maligners and ene mies were all in the Other party. In the South self-preservation drove all good and true white men into one party. . The very safety of the coun try their lives, their Jottauea and their sacred honor, all became in volved in the straggle for supremacy. The negro element made jibe South- era whites solid. Formed by neces sity into a new and strange party of contending incompatible! elements, and taking the name of Dem- L ocratic, it was 8implv compelled to seek alliance with the North- era JJemocracy. ut course the party in the South codild not unite with the party the North and yet hold variant, antagonizing principles. What then did this neiA national De mocratic party say after the war rel ative to the principle of Protection ? Did it go back npon the principles of the old Democratic party, or did it reassert the deliverances of 1840 and the other years up to 1856,? In 1860, owing to the war excitement, the Tariff was not made an : issue. But in the midst of the war! inf 1864, the Democrats at the Chicago Convention declared : - i "A. tariff for revenue upon foreign im under inter- oorts. and such equal taxation nal revenue laws as will afford incidental protection to domestic manufactures." This was a partial si surrender and had not clearly the Democratic ring. It was a sort of concession to the Protection idea. But it .was the war that did it. The great eblj was upon the country and" everybody 7 and everything was demoralize i In 1872, the Democrats undertook to close up "the bloody chasm" by a jeleaa sur render, and the old Abolitionist and Protectionist, Greeley, was nominated and terribly beaten. But in 1876, the Democrats bad recovered enough to reassert their ancient, time-honored faith and the following deliver ance has the buglering and the old rally. The declaration fairly awak ened the whole country !;aqd a great fight waa made and a great victory was won. Hear the Democrats, backed by Samuel J. Tildt n, saying plainly and - unmistakably in their platform: j ! "We denounce the present tariff, levied -upon nearly 4,000 articles, as a monster piece of injustice, inequamy arui, juux y c tense. It yields a dwindling not a yearly roTPnnp- it has imDOveriahed many indus tries to subsidize a few. j It prdhibits im ports that might purchase the products of American labor. It has degraded Amen-, can commerce from the first to jan inferior rank on the high seas. It has Cut down the sales of American inanufacturers at ri fthrnnri and debleted the returns of American agriculture-f-an industry fol lowed by half our peopleL It costs the people five times more than Jt produces to the treasury, obstructs the! processes of pro duction and wastes the fruit of labor. It promotes fraud, fosters snduggliog, enriches dishonest officials and bankrupts honest merchants. We demand, that all Custom House taxation shall be only for revenue . - i , i . Now that deliverance was false or itvan true. The country said it was true.7 If true in 876, (why is it not true m 1886 ? The War Tariff still exists in all of its plenitude, There are a few articles been reduced but the tax is higherl The ave-age is verv trifling. 7 t that have on others reduction What do Democrats propose to do about it? Have they given up their principles or were they only sham ming in 1876? If the War Tariff was a curse and a burdenj m 1876, whv is it such, a useful, admirable, 1 honest, , necessary ; arrangement ten years after? j The oommon necessaries of life are still burdened by a heavy tax. How can they be reduced or lifted altogether ? Surely not by taking 1 79,000,000 from, the Treasury for Federal school purposes, or by abol ishing the tax on drinks and smokes. The question recurs, "Is there a Democratic party among us," and if so, "Is , that Democratic party the same Democratic party that existed in 1876?" : If this too be answered in the affirmative, then the final ques tion is What does it propose . to do abbot a High Protective Tariff a War Tariff?" THB STATE GUARD The Adjutant General' report is voluminous. It fills sixty pages. This is very unnecessary expense, we take it. f There are four regiments and one- battalion' and the total is but .1,092 men and officers. The way it is divided is singular. There are 58 staff and field officers. 703 privates and 55 musicians. There are 24 cap tains and 50 lieutenants. Is there not too much parade for the size of the force too much fuss and feath ers? It is very necessary that the State Guard should be maintained,, but is it necessary to expend 60 much in mere show? The Adjutant Gen eral says the cost of encamping 620 men and officers was $3,948.60, ex clusive of cost of tents. Did the good derived justify the outlay ? We hope so. Inspector General Cam eron's report accompanies that of the Adjutant-General. It is elaborate. There are twenty-five companies on the Roster. The Stab is a friend and supporter of the State Guard. It believes it is a necessity and that it is the duty of the State to foster it. But expenditures ought to be judici ously made and extra expenditures should be for important ends. All mere "pomp and circumstance" are rather out of order in these "piping times of peace." The Stab will al ways advocate any expenditure on the patt of the State that looks to the growth anf actual improvement of the State Guard. It favors any expenditure that will tend to perfect and strengthen it. It is merely op posed to superfluous flourishes and useless expense. The Concord Times says of the Blair bill: "Our people are not to be taxed a cent for this money. It is now locked up in the vaults of the Federal treasury. Some disposition must be made of it. Let it go to our people through the public schools. Our contemporary is probably mis taken. The people of North Caroli na will be taxed both directly aud indirectly to raise the money to be distributed. There will be no sur plus in all probability after the ex penditures have been made that Congress contemplates. To keep up the revenues the present War Tariff must be maintained and the neces saries of life must continue to be taxed. We have no doubt that the people will pay the Government fully as much in taxes as they will receive under the distribution. The South is tributary to the North in every thing as it is a buyer. The folly of the extreme men in the .Liberal party in England threat ens serious consequences. If a suffi cient, number of the Radical wing follow Chamberlain the result will probably be that the Gladstone party will probably be defeated in their Irish scheme in spite of the aid of the Home Rulers. In this event an ap peal to the country will ensue and then it will be seen whether the Pre mier will be sustained or not. He might come back with a greater fol lowing. But elections in England are very costly and sometimes full of hazard. ; - - -- -" Secretary Manning in his report to the Congress on "The Collection of Duties'" shows that the ad valorem system is a failure and that it is much better to resort to specific du ties. He shows that under the pres ent, laws the system depends upon foreign values, whereas to prevent frauds the, customs officers should have the matter in hand and should control the appraisement. . lie is clearly of the opinion that only spe cific taxes will meet the exigencies of the country, and he asks the Con gress to consider the matter. ' Here is another grievance. J. R. R. writes to the Augusta Chronicle : "There is no doubt at all that Judge Stallo, Minister to Italy, has been making a consummate asa of himself and bringing the Administration into disgrace. He is not suited to the position, and appears to he lacking in gentility. He deliberately and wantonly insulted the Pope's representative when the hand of hospitality was offered as a flag of truce I t Two of the Northern members of the Cabinet are said to own stock in the Bell Telephone Company. "Stop rierbt thar." It is horrible for the Southern Garland to own stock in another company. Great is Diana of the Ephesians 1 . Phil Armour is the Chicago "Pork Prince." r He is said to be a man of money, brains and nerve. 7 He gen erally shoots large loads-at big -game, Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C, Criminal Court. ; : Most of the time of this court -yesterday was occupied with a number of indictments- against liquor dealers, for Belling liquor to minors and selling it otr Sunday. Three cases were tried, in all of which the juries found verdicts of "Not guilty," and in the remaining cases against twenty-two dealers, the defendants, were recognized each in the sum of fifty dollars for their appearance at the next term of the court. : The Solicitor stated to the Court that all other cases against liquor dealers for sell ing to minors depended upon the evidence of the two witnesses who were examined for the State in the three cases that were tried, and the three luries having returned a verdict of not guilty evidently upon the belief that the defendants might have be : lieved that the witnesses were twenty-one years of age he thought it unadvisable to try any more of the cases at this term of the court, and asked for a continuance of the remainder, in order that he might con- sider the question in the meantime, whether he would enter a not pros At the same time the Solicitor stated that theBe prosecu tions originated with the grand jury upon presentments' made from information lodged with the grand jury by 'parents of minors to whm liquors had been sold.- The Court allowed the motion to continue and stated that the papers showed that the. prosecutions originated with the grand jury, as stated by the Solicitor. Henry Taylor and Sarah Ricks, charged with aft affray, were convicted and judgment was rendered against them for the costs. Jas. A. Hall, charged with larceny, was acquitted. j i ' The Court will probably continue in ses sion the greater part of next week. There are two capital cases to be tried Tom Kane, colored, for rape and burglary, whose trial is set for to-morrow, and Sandy Stewart, colored, for burglary, to be tried Thursday. ' The grand jury made theirfreport yester day to his Honor Judge Me ares, and were discharged for the term. 1 Llchtlng the City. The proposition of the Wilmington Gas Light Company to furnish the city with lights for twelve months from the 1st of April next, is as follows: "We will fur nish gas for two hundred and seven lamps, (the number now in use) and will keep them clean and in good repair. Will furnish oil, wicks, chimneys and glass for one hundred and seventeen oil lamps, and keep them clean and in good repair. Will light and extinguish the lamps, according to present regulations for the sum of five thousand seven Hundred dollars per year payments to be made monthly." The Thomson Houston Electric Light I Company submitted, three propositions through their agent, Mr. C. M McNett. The first on the basis of arc lights of 2,000 candle power, the second, arc lights of 1200 candle power, and the third, arc lights of 1000-candle power. The lamps designed for use to be the same as now on exhibition, to ba under the care and control of the Electric Company, and require no attention of any nature from the city. They will be placed at the intersection of streets as at present or in any public buildings where the city authorities may di rect; provided, that no lamp shall be further distant from another than the space ot two squares or eight. Hundred feet. In regard to compensation for the service, two proposals are submitted ono for lighting the city from dark until dawn the entire year of 865 days, and the other for lighting only on night when the moon' light is insufficient for light, as governed by the moon table now used in the cm tract with the Wilmington Gas Company. The contract to be made for: the term of two years and payments to be made mon th ly. Under the first proposition $12 00 per month for each light will be charged for 75 lamps, to burn all night and every night; $10.00 per month each for the same num ber of lamp3 in partial use only, as gov erned by the moon-table; for 50 lamps each $12 50, or $10.50 for partial use; for 85 lamps $12.75 each, or $11.90 for partial use; for 25 lamps $13 00 each; for all night use or $12.00 for partial use only. On the basis of 1,200 candle power, the charge for 75 lamps to be burned all night and every night is $10.00; for partial use onlyj $9.00. On the basis of 1,000 candie power $8.00 will be charged per month for 75 lamps to be used all night and every night, and $7.00 for partial use only. All of the I above propositions were referred to the Committee on Lights, of the Board of Aldermen. j Boneht ainme. A city reader of the Stab says: "A rather good one is told' of two of our citi zens. One we shall designate as Mr. C and the other as Mr. R. Mr. C. had some stock for sale, and a colored man was looking at a mule and ; wanted to know the lowest price for which the mule could be purchased. 'Not one cent less than eighty dollars,' was the reply. Mr. R. hearing the reply remarked; 'Quit your foolish ness. I'll give you seventy five dollars for the mule which was intended for fun. Quick as thought Mr C. replied, 'the mule is yours.' air.' it. passea on, ana air. u. instructed his clerk to make out a till for seventy-five dollars' and send the mule to Mr. R 's house. Upon going home Mr. R was asked by his good lady what was that he had sent home f . 'Nothing,' was his reply. She invited him to go out into the yard and see, and -there was the mule, turned loose in the yard, with a note that if Mr. R. had no food for the mule that he (Mr. C.) would board him for seventy-five cents per ' day, and would work- him in a dray for the balance. Our friend, Mr R. thought himself in a dilemma, but his brother-in-law needing a mule, took it off his hands, and he rather thinksjnow that he got the best of the joke, as Mr. C. only got seventy-five dollars for the mule, whereas he might have got eighty-five dollars for it. Cotton Receipts ana Export. The receipts of cotton at this port yes terday were 113 bales, against 6 bales for the corresponding date last year; for the week, 1,073 bales against 199 the same week last year. . The receipts for the crop year from September 1st, 1885, to March 20th, 1886 were 94,580 bales.' against 92,- 872 for the same penod last year an in crease of 1,708 bales. The exports since September 1st, 1885, to date were 90,820 balesagainst 92,232 bales last year. - Jay Gould is worth $100,000,000. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1886; Develop tne Pnoapnate Industry. The Bulletin issued by the North Caro lina Department ot Agriculture for March conUinstnuch that is interesting concern ing the, phosphate deposits in the eastern part of the State, ' which, it is claimed, are of great extent and present . unusual facill tlesTfOT v working. They are 7 found at a depth of ; three or four feet, I and are imbedded in sand ; hence, are easily mined and cleaned. Railroad and river transpor tation are easily accessible. They yield eadily to the action of acids. ' These cir cumstances 7 diminish : the expense- and therefore increase their value. 7 7- - '"The total number.'of acres accurately ex plored in the Sampson-Duplin territory is over one. hundred and twenty-four. A careful estimate was made of the total tons of phosphate in the above area based upon the average tons per acre ascertained by actual weighing which was found to amount to over fifty millions of tons. Re stricting the estimate to this one hundred and twenty-four acres alone, it was calcu Jated - by the Director of the Station that they would furnish enough phosphate rock to make all the superphosphate sold in North Carolina in a year. Let i be borne in mind the small territory above mentioned is but a mere speck compared with the terri tory, embrac'iDg several counties,: in which phosphates have been found, and that the territory last mentioned is but a very small part of the eastern section of ; the State throughout the most of which there is every reason to conclude upon scientific grounds phosphate rock will be found. It should be remembered, too, that in the course of the extremely limited explorations for phosphates many leds of rich marl, which were before unknown to exist, were brought to light." The area covered by these deposits has not, as yet, been definitely determined, but the indications are that it will most prob ably exceed that of the South Carolina de posits. Their value in a commercial point of view may be judged by the success which marked the development of the de posits in that State where sixteen compa nies employing an aggregate capital of $3,500,000, are engaged in working these beds, and their products go to 'more than half the States in the Union using commer cial fertilizers. The State receives from these companies a royalty amounting to about $165,000 annually. When our de posits shall have been fully explored, it will probably be found that the lands of Sampson, New Hanover, Pender, Bruns wick and other counties, whiclj hitherto have been, regarded as worthies?, will de velop mines of wealth for our people. Mlmroii. Co!. Walter L. Steele, Thoa. IC. Leak, Esq , Col. Martin Pickett and jMr. Clay Wall, of Richmond county.had a fine day's tport recently at Society Hill, S. C. The party bagged over oue hundred birds. Our Nimroda will enjoy the following account of the hunt by a correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier: ! 7 "They came too late in the season, how ever, as the best nunung grounas were burnt off, forcing me birds into, the woods for cover.' Enough birds, however, were found to convince us of the superb skill of these gentlemen with their faultless guns and the perfect training and energy of their dogs. Col. Steele tried for the first time his new Tolly hammer less 16 gun with en tire satisfaction, and the old Colonel, I with Argo, his faultless pointer, in the field; is a subject.fit for painting by the j most; cele brated artist. Mr. Leak uses a Scott 16 gun, and has a Gordon setter, Joe, a supe rior dog indeed, with an endurance unsur passed only by his energy in the bunt and steadiness on the stand. Mr. Leak's repu tation was fully sustained here. Col. Mar tin Pickett uses a 12 Westley Richards gun, arid has two dogs. Dot and Jack; and, but for .a little too much mutual admiration, they are perfection . for setters, retriev ing with promptness and softness of mouth that -is verified by one who has enjoyed many of their birds. Col. Martin confesses, however, in the liberality of his big heart, that it takes his 12 Westley Richards and a third more shot to keep on the wake even of Mr. Leak, and the old (Jolonei with bis incomparable Argo Mr. Wall uses a Scott gun, 16-bore, and was particularly pleased with the society mil bunt, i snouia men tion that these gentlemen ride and save themselves from the fatigue of j a day's walk, dismounting when birds are found. Their horses being trained to stand the firing, often good shots are made mounted. Mr. Wall's horse, Red Rouser, was perfectly trained and would have done credit to Van Amburg's trained horses for his gentle qualities, following his master as he ad vanced to fire, adding much no doubt to his master's confidence in using his Scett, and assistance in bringing home the quan tity of game. 17 Criminal Court. Sylvester Pope, the white man from Marion, 8. G, charged with bigamy, was put on trial yesterday, but without enter ing into a case the prisoner submitted, and was thereupon sentenced to ten year's im prisonment in the State penitentiary. Pope had no counsel His first wife was present and three other witnesses from Robeson county, who testified as to the marriage of the woman to Pope in 1876. and her good character. Pope . made a statement, in which he said that he was under the im pression that having separated from his wife and having subsequentlyjived in an other State for seven years, he was legally free to marry again. His second wife a Miss Williams of Magnolia, Duplin county and to whom Pope was married in this city in January last was not present at the trial. j . - - 'i' ' Wilmington, Cnadbonrn tc. Conwsy boro Railroad. , ; Saturday last elections were held in Green Sea, Baybbro, Simpson's Creek and Conway townships in Horry county, B. C, to decide as to the county taking stock in this road. We learn from the Chadbourn Times .that the election resulted in a ma jority for subscription. Work will begin on the extension of the road in a short time and it will be pushed as rapidly as possible until completed, which it is hoped will be during the year 1886, VIRGINIA. Horrible Double Murder In Roanoke , County Two Touns Hen Killed by a Jealous Busband. r,. JfBv Telegraph to the Moraine Star.: Richmond. March 19. A special 'from Salem, Roanoke county, Va., says: A hor rible double murder was committed on Back Creek, in this county, Wednesday night. A man named Griffey, who has a wife living on Back Creek, had just returned from Texas, where it is alleged he served a term in the penitentiary. His wire reiusea to recognize him, and learning that John and ficsett Metz, sons or William metz, had been visiting his wife in bis absence, Griffey went to their home, called one of the young men out and shot him through the heart. He then entered the house and shot the other young man through the right breast. The murdered young men are aged respectively about 17 and is years. Uruiey is at large. - , : Star. WASHINGTON. Nominations to . bs (UttBrmed-Geo. Terry to be major Oeneral to Succeed . Gen. nincoek. ."'-" ' i By Telejfraphio the Morning Star.i ' - Washington Marclrt18. The . Senate Committee on Fj-juuee to-day voted to report : favorably upon the nomi nations of a number of Internal Revenue collectors, whose predecessors were sus pended, and is likely to report all the nomi nations before it within a'; few days.i . A mutual untlt-r-Undiug between the Com mittee and the Secretary of the Treasury has been reached covering all suspensions from and nominations to offices which have no fixed tenure. The nature of the arrange ment is not made public, bat a considerable number of letters have recently teen sent by the Secretary lo the Committee in response to an equal number of inquiries, and the correspondence is still in progress This arrangement covers all the nominations, be fore the Finance Committee. The Senate to-day confirmed a long list of nominations to office. The most impor tant one was that of Brigadier General -Terry, to be Major General to succeed Gen. Hancock. John S. Finley was con firmed as Postmaster at, Holly Springs, Miss. ' V ;" .-.": .--: 'Washington, March 19 The Houae Committee on Post .Office and Post Roads conducting the telegraph investigation un der the Ande--son resolution of inquiry baa to-day ; assigned. next . Tuesday, the ' 23d inst , for the hearing of aay editors and proprietors of newspapers who detire to be heard on the subiect of alleged discrimina tions against them by the Western Union Telegraph Co. and the attempts to coerce them into making exclusive contracts, etc. On the 30th inst. the committee will hear arguments from counsel of the Western Union and Baltimore & Ohio Companies, concerning the legality of contracts be tween the Western Union Co. and Pacific railroads. The House Committee on Educafion to day agreed to report favorably the bill in troduced by Representative Smalls to pro vide for the redemption and sale of. school farm lands now held in ' Beaufort county, 8. C, by the United States. THE STEAMER OREGON. Discussion Amona: Navigators as to what Caused tbe Loss of tbe Vessel. New York, March 18. There is a great deal of discussion among navigators as to what caused the loss of the steamer Oregon. The collision with a schooner is growing in discredit, owing to the slender testimony in its favor. Two other theories are ad vanced one that the Oregon struck a float ing torpedo; and- the other that her side was torn open by an explosion of some de scription from the inside. The steamship officials 8 re absolutely dumb so far as re gards anything calculated to solve the mys tery, but the more the matter is in vestigated by disinterested men the stronger becomes the conviction that the disaster was not caused by collision, t ALAR AM A. j 7 Ex -President Davis to Deliver an Ad dress in Rlonteomsry in Behalf of tbe Confederate monument Otber DIs tlneulsbed Persons Expected to At tend. (By Telegraph td! tne Moralnr Star. Montgomery, March 20. The Monu ment Committee to-day received from Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the Con federacy, a letter officially accepting! the uiYiiaiiuu to .lecture id momgomcry on behalf of the monument to be erected on the Capitol grounds here, in memory of Ala bama soldiers who died in the Civil War. Mr. Davis will be here about the last of April. His lecture will b i delivered in a large warehouse with a seating capacity of nve tnousand people, lie will also lay tbe corner stone of the monument, which will cost $50,000, of which $10,000. or enough to complete the pedestal, has already been raised. John W. Daniel, of Va . has been invi'ed to deliver an address on that occa sion. AH men who bore a prominent part in the civil and military service of the Confederate Government have een invited to be present to meet Mr. Davis, as also many prominent men North and ex Union Generals not now in active service. All of the Alabama State troops, some thirty companies strong, will be here, jand invitations will be sent to militia comnanies of all the States North and South.) It will be so timed that companies going to the Savannah drill can stop in Montgomery. Great interest in the occasion centres in the fact that on the porch of the Capitol build ing Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as President of the Confederacy and ; the government was here organized. ! VIRGINIA. . Shooting Affair In Nansemond A - New Railroad for Danville. LBy Telegraph to the Moraine Star.; Norfolk, March 20. In Nansemond county, Friday night, a 17-year-old son; of J. Van Uarrell dangerously shot Thomas Bidgood, because of his too intimate rela tions with his mother. No arrests have been made. . i Danville. March 20. The incorporators of the Danville & Northwestern Railroad met here to-day and passed resolutions to meet again on April first for organization. This road is designed to connect with the Baltimore & Ohio at Balcony Falls, and win torm part or that system. LABOR TROUBLES. Tbe Business RIen of Texas Denounce tbe Strikers and Tender Support i to tbe Railroads Tbe Situation in -1st. Louis Unchanged. . , J IB? Teleerapb to the Horning Star.i . j Galveston, March 20. A special to the "News, from Tyler, Weatherford, Piano, McKinley and other cities in North T exas.report that largely attended meetings or business men and citizens were neid at each of the above points yesterday after noon and last night The resolutions are sim ilar in meaning to those adopted by the citizens of Dallas, Sherman and Greenville, regarding the altitude and seriousness of the strike on the Texas & Pacific and the Missouri Pacific system. The resolutions in every instance denounce tbe strikers for their unlawful interference with traffic, and tender support to the railroads in their determined stand against the strikers, i St. Louis, March 20. The local situa tion . this morning remains - about un changed. No attempt has been made to move freight, but the suburban train is running regulaily. The strikers are quiet, no disturbances having as yet occurred. All fears of a strike in East St. Louis have been allayed. All of the roads running into that city have now either complied with the request of their switchmen for an advance in wages, or have promised them that advance. TEXAS. V. s. marsbals Bunting for tbe Bridge .' Burners with Bloodhounds. iBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.i Chicago, March 20. A special fromi Marshall Texas, says over .fifty deputy marshals arrived there yesterday from Rusk and Jacksonville, in CheroKee county, They brought four savage-looking blood-l hounds with them to hunt down the bridge burners on the Texas Pacific. The officers predict several arrests in connection with the burned bridges. ? ! 7 A correspondent of the Ashe-f ville Vtuzen from Kobbinsvule, Graham county, write that O. W. Edwards and Scott Wilcox, prisoners confined in the iail of that county, held for violation of the revenue laws, broke out of jail, using wooden keys. - When tbe jailor went to feed them they rushed by and got away. While the jailor was in pursuit of the fu gitives, anotner u. a. prisoner, nncung au the doors open, came down into the jailor's room, where he took his place comfortably by the fire, until his ' keeper returned,' and then went Dacs to nis ceiL NO. 21 : V TENNESSEE. V A "ale Ordered or tbe Eut Tmnfwer, Virginia and Georgia Kmri4 . by tbe U. 8. Circuit Court, j i - iBy Telegraph to the Morning Star Knoxvillb, March 18 Judge John Baxter, of the U. S Circuit Court, to-day ordered a sale of the EESt Tt nncteee, Vir ginia and Georgia Railroad on the hp plica tion of the Central Trust Company of New York. The sales is to occur after six wetkB advertising and not later than the twenty -i fifth of May. The payment is to te $100,000 cash on tbe day of sale and the .balance evther in cash or in mortgage, the bonds issued under tbe mortgages being foreclosed at a valuation " equal- to tbeir distributive share if the entire amount were to be paid in cash. No bid will betaken for 1 Bilbao ten million- dollars. ,: The total indebted ness is about sixteen million dollars. The sale will include all the lines' from Kooxville to Brunswick, Ga , Bristol -and Meridian, "Miss , with branches and other property, including certain Mock in the Enoxville & Ohio and the Memphis & Charleston Railroads. - The purchasers will take the road subject to all prior valid liens which amount to about seven million five hundred thousand dollars. - This takes the read out of the hands of the receiver as soon as the sale Is confirmed Tbe question of confirmation will come up at a special term of the Federal Court in Knox ville n June, or the regular term in July. Judge Baxter's decree will be entered in Georgia, Alabama and- Mississippi. It is generally understood that the present b&nd holders recently proposing a reorganization schemewi! be the purchasers. ' XEWORK. 7 Tbe Aldermen Charged with Bribe-Taking-Store Arrests Expected A Ferry Boat Run Into by Another Number of Persons seriously Injured By Telegraph to the Horning Star.i New Yohk, March 19. The arrest of Alderman Jsehne, on an indictment charg ing him with bribery in the matter of the charter of the Broadway Surface Road, has had an effect upon politicians fairly com-, parable to au earthquake. Inspector Byrnes claims to have warmed himself so far into Jaehne's confidence that he acknowleged having received twenty thousand .dollars for his vote on that measure, and told who besides himself was bribed and who paid the money to them Jaehne is perfectly composed, and says Byrne's story of confi dence is a pure fabrication. Byrnes bays that, among other things, Jaehne described how oneof the bribed Aldermen hsd em ployed a lawyer and accountant to so fix his books as to account for large accessions to his bank account about the time when this bribe money was being distributed. It was currently reported that Alderman Ful graff would be arrested to day, but if he has been it has not yet become known. More indictments were looked for to-day, but although about twenty indictments were handed in by the grand jury they did not embrace any against Aldermen Alder man Pearson, one of those under a cloud, was called to-day as a witness before the Senate Committee of Investigation, but failed to respond, and this added fresh impetus to the report that some of Jaehne's partners in bribe-taking have absconded. . RumoT is busy with the names of all who were iut the Board when the "Broadway franchise was passed. Inspector Byrnes He refused to say who had according t his information been euilty of bribe taking; but said he could absolutely exhonerate two members Aldermen Grant and O'Conner one a Democr -t and ihe other a Republi can New Yobk, March 19. The ferry boat Lackawanna, a train boat of the Hoboken & Barclay Street line, crowded with pas sengers, bound fer New Jersey and West ern points, was run into in mid-stream by the Pennsylvania Railroad ferry boat Bal timore, bound from -the Jet sey City ferries to New York, also heavily loaded, late ibis afternoon. Tbe Lackawanna was struck well forward in the gentlemen's cabin, and was cut through her guards nearly to the hull of the boat. It is not known that any body was killed outright, but six men are reported seriously injured, one having both legs cutoff. 1 be total number of injured must have been considerable, but many were taken by friends to their homes. MEN OF GENIUS WltU WERE , SANE. London Spectator. The greatest poets always possess their imagination, but are never pos sessed by, it.. They wing their high est flights serenely and majestically, never letting go the reins of reason. Nowhere are they more firmly held than in tbe loftiest and most raptu rous of Dante's flights probably the loftiest and most rapturous of all poetic flights the "Paradiso." The pure intellect and the pure imagina tion here go hand in hand, and while the poet is soaring in the empyrean his brain never reels, nor does be once lose sight of of the solid ground, though at times he may appear to do so; but, like i Wordsworth's skylark, though in a deeper sense, he is ever true to the kinared points of heaven and home." And it is the same with Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, Chauser, 1 Spenser, and Wordsworth as with Dante; tbe equilibrium of. their faculties is never disturbed by the most concentrated efforts of their imagination. Most of them, too, were as practical in their dealings with men as they were sane and healthy in their writings. Chancer, bpencer and Shakespeare in particu lar were all shrewd men of the world, and the same remark holds good of Scott. , ' DISASTERS IN THE FAST. There have been many terrible disasters, says the Herald, among the transatlantic steamers, and many lives have been lost among the nu merous wrecks that are recorded in the history of steamship navigation. Below is given a list of the most se rious disasters since 1840 - President.... . J8H. City of- Glasgow. -184 .Never h'rd from .All lost .'50 lost .563 lost .Not known.... .Off Cape Bace Hissing , Arctic... .1854. Her Majesty.. Pacific. Le Lyonnais.. Tempest Austria Hungarian.... Bechid Anglo-8axon . ..1854. ..1856., .".1866. ..1857. .1858. ..I860. ..1881. ..1868. .All lost Never n'rd from. 800 lost Off Nantucket.. Hissing ., .Burned at Sea... .Cape Sable Missing Cape toace. ...... .Coast of Ireland, .Hissing .Hissing .Coast of Ireland .Hissing : Hissing....:.... Hissing .. ... 2S0 lost .AU lost .588 lost .305 lost .All lost 237 lost Hibernia ....1K8. ..50 lost United Kingdom. 1869 .All lost City of Boston... 1870. Cambria .t870. Seanderia. 1872. Commander. ..... 1873 . , Hary Church 1872. Shannon. ........ .187. .All lost .196 lost .All lost .Ail lost .All lost .All lost . All lost .Musing... , . Ctmrraca 1878. Devon 1873. AUanUo 1873. .Missing .......... Missing ...... Meagher's Head. .All lost .648 lost Ismalia ...1873. .Hissing .......... All lost .230 lost Ail lost AH lost .200 lost .157 lost All lost Ville dn Havre ... .1873 ounK at sea Anna 1874. .Hissing. .Hissing .SoaUy Island.... .North Sea........ .Hissing........... .Hissing ... . . Trojan.. 1874. Schiller. .....1676. Deatschland .....1875. Colombo 1876. Mexloan... .. 1877. All lost Dnrlev 1877, .Hissing .......... All lost All lost Stmmfordham 1877. Sardinian 1876. Copia 1876. Pommerania 1878. Herman Lad wig.. 1878. Bayard. ......... -1878. .Missing Coast of Ireland, OffFofkBtoiie....' All lost .Over 50 . All lost .Missing ... .At sea... ...... .2 saved There is no middle ground be tween evaneelical Christianity and blank atheism. The inconsistencies of all inter mediate positions are easily exposed. But atheism, the only alternative, ought to be made to stand un and speak its testimony onenlv. If there is no God , there is no hereafter.. no . responsibility, no basis of morals in the universe. Richmond Advo cate. ' ' Spirits Turpentine. 7 Thayer's circus is having a big time at Raleigh. . It is crowded every day. Statesville ' Christian Advocate.' -The Mobkinq Stab card, appears else- " where in. this issue. It is one of. the sprightlieBt and most ably edited papers of -the country. : In answer c many in quiries relative, to the prospects of tbe ' Advocate we simply say they are gratify ingly flattering.. So far, we have realized all that we expected and more. . - ; f vr1; , Oxford Orphans, Friend: M r, Norfleet Hunter died at the residence of his father last Sunday night, aged 89 years. ' Our housekeeper, Mrs. Fowler, will start for Boston the first of April to attend tbe Boston : cooking school. Miss Sallie flicks, of Raleigh, has taken charge of tbe girls' sewing room. 8be is an ex - -perienced drees maker and will take special pains to instruct our girls in that important - art. .; ' ;- -. -'-;r-.::y ' . ' . 7'-' 7 Fayetteville Gazette: Our com munity has lately had quite a genius in tbe handiwork of carving. Capt. J.: B. Smith the other day showed us a walking cane fashioned by Geo. Williams, a colored man, which is a wonder of nicety and skill. Williams learned his art 1n Mexico, and has an autograph letter from the late Wm. B. Yanderbilt enclosing a cheque of $50 for' one of his canes. r Warrenton Gazette : : Only five criminal trials and one conviction at this term of the ACourt. For a population of 22,000 this record cannot be beaten. : One of our Hawlree friends says he killed nine wild ducks, in "Blue Mud" last week, atone shot.. Mrs. Caroline T witty, widow of the late John E. Twitty, died at her residence in this county on Saturday last,-after a very short attack of paralysis, in the 83rd year of her age. ; , - Newton Enterprise: At a meet ing of the Catawba, Narrow Gauge Con tracting Company recently held in the court house. Col. P." M. Hilderbrand was elec ted President in place of Col. H. A. For ney resigned, -t Weare informed that . tbe business done by the C. &L. N. G.R. R. in Jsnusry was twicaaa-great as that of January, 1885. In February the business done was three times the amount of that -done in February, 1885. A gentle man who attended Wilkes Superior Court, informs ua that a large proportion "of the -cases on the criminal docket were for forni cation and adultery, and that four of th" cases were compromised by the marriage ' before the Judge, of the parties. Miss Betsey Hovis, of Lincoln county, was at- : tacked by a Tabid dog in the road near Iron ' Station, last week, and severely bitten in . both hands. The dog was killed together with several other dogs which it had bitten, A mad-stone was procured and applied to the wounds of Miss Hovis. It adhered to one hand six and to the other ten hours, j Goldsboro Argus; While we, in common with the citizens of Goldsboro, sympathize sincerely with our progressive sister, the city of Wilmington, in her recent -disastrous fire visitations that of Sunday, the 28th of February, and that of Saturday night last it is a peculiar pleasure to us that we are able to. congratulate our able and inestimably prized contemporary (the Mohning Stab of that city) on its preser vation from the ravages of the devouring element. Not that we fear that had its star gone down beneath the flames it would not have risen again, and thereby its valuable light would have been lost to us, for the enterprise of our contemporary is such that we doubt if it would have failed to appear for a single issue; but it is because by its bold, unswerving, unceasing and able efforts in all things that it thinks to be right and that cenerally are right it has won our admiration and friendship, that we are glad it was not subjected to the fiery crucible in common with so many of the clever people of its city, f Many thanks. Stab. " , Aebeville Advance: We are pained to announce the death of Daniel O. Cattex, "Esq., ot 'BuTnBviMe, who uied. sud denly at his home on Saturday night, the 13th inst., at the sge of 68. He was one of the leading citizens of Yancey. He represented that county in the Legislature and was well known throughout this sec tion. We understand that the Wheel er and Wilson Sewing Machine Company will discontinue business in this city on and . after May the 1st. . From a gentleman who came from Hendersonvillc yesterday we learn of a serious accident which oc curred near that place a few days ago. Mr. Eli Merrell was endeavoring to take a pistol from his brother David, who was making some demonstration with it The pistol was accidentally discharged in tho scuffle, and the ball took effect in Mr. Eli Merrell's leg, inflicting a very serious if not danger ous wound. Our 'Marion correspon dent, writing under date of the 15th. says: As the tram came in from the East yester day evening a man and two boys were standing on the railroad track about one mile from Marion, and as the train was op posite where they stood the man burled a rock at the train which crushed through a window. Capt.: Newland stopped the train and gave chase to the culprits. He over took the boys and learned the name of the dirty scoundrel who threw the rock. ; i Charlotte Observer; Rev. Mr. Rose, a well known Presbyterian minister or tbis State, has received a call to the Presbyterian church at Greenville, 8. C. Mr. Rose is now located at Goldsboro. He ' is a native of Fayetteville. A work man named Ritch fell from a scaffold at the Rock Island Mills, ion Tuesday last.and received injuries which it i s feared will prove fatal. His skull was fractured and crushed in, besides a number of bruises received on his body - Capt, Irwin, chief of police of Lynchburg, Ya., arrived in the city yesterday with a. requisition lor the arrest of George M. Kelly. He secured his man without any difficulty, and left - with him on the evening train for Lynch burg. Kelly, it seems, became involved in a difficulty in Lychburg last fall, and cut his antagonist pretty severely with a knife. Mr. u. U. Bryan, proprietor or the Bryan House, at Tarboro, has issued a circular for general distribution, and copies of it have reached Charlotte. It seems that "mine host" of the Bryan has been a severe sufferer from skippers, and his pa tience becoming exhausted he has couectea the list of skippers and published it for the ' benefit of hotel keepers. Mr. Bryan's list contains 22 names, with the place of resi- dence of each one, together with tbe amount each one owes. There are seven "tar heels" in the list, mostly from Raleigh. The boss skipper, who is placed at the head of the list, has $50 charged against his nam. ' - '!- ' Charlotte Observer: The con dition of Mr. John H. McCammon, who was stricken with paralysis last Sunday afternoon, was last night very grave. The condition of Miss Maggie Wilson, the victim of the shooting affair reported in yesterday's Observer, is somewhat improved, though she is by no means out ot danger. It gives us pleasure to announce that our people will soon have the opportunity of hearing a lecture by Rev. Dr. Chas. F. Deems, of the Church of Strangers, of New York City. ". High Point is soon to have the benefits of a national bank, the association having already been organized. The following stockholders were elected directorsviz: Dr. A.! J. Sapp, W. J. Armfield, W. P. Pickett, J. A. Lindsay, W. H. Ragan. ' On the adjournment of the stockholders, the directors held a meet ing and elected the following officers; W. J. Armfield, President; Dr. A. J. Sapp, Vice President; Chas. W. Worth, Cashier. At the store of Mr. W. A. Griffith, at the five mile siding on I the Charlotte, Co lumbia & Augusta Railroad, in Sharon township, a lively battle occurred shortly after dusk last Monday night, resulting in the shooting of three men and a mule. The names of the wounded are: Boyce Bell, J. 8. Grier and Sandy Hareett. The latter received but one shot, which was accidental, due to his close proximity to tbe parties who were fired upon. The mule's casualty was' also accidental and due to tbe same . cause. Mr. W. A. Griffith, who did the shooting, was arraigned before Esquire' Maxwell, in this city .yesterday morning, for a preliminary hearing, and was put under bond in, the sum of $300 for his ap pearance for trial before Judge Meares, at the next term of the Criminal Court. The fight was about a foolish matter. - Washington items: Judge Bennett obtained leave of absence Friday on account of ill ness. He has retured home. -Dr. Robert 8. Hester, of Caswell county, has been ap pointed Government Physician at tbe Paw nee Agency, Indian Territory, through J. W. Reid. . Salary $1,000 and house. Mr. W. F. Gilmer, familiarly known as "Dixie" Gilmer, of Mount Airy, Surry county, has been appointed postal clerk on the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad, vice Mattie D. Moore, resigned. ; . i l . i t t "I V v . - i I- f: 4 - ' s. i i.1 T f ! a f t . 1,' "I -4 5! -i i
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