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Hie Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT jjlSGTON ' AT Hi I - IV i v YBAK, IN ADVANCE. i gisSoSSSS2SSSSSS g8g88SSS888SS8 8888888888888888 1888388888888888 S2888888558S888888 S88SSSSS8SSSSSSS3 888812882288888888. WJ1. ? 88388888888888338 3 ::::: 33 3 at the Post Office aOVllmingtan, H. CL, as Second Class Matter. . - v . SUBSCRIPTION PBICE. ?. The siibscriGtioa price of the Weekj.y gTAK is as follows : single Copv 1 year, postage paid, v. $1.60 v ' 3 months .60 LEGISLATION FBOPHE- CIED. Jlf. iiuicuuua uauicu, lug uuug and very promising editor of the Sleigh Chronicle, in his last weekly letter to the Wilson Advance says tlrat tbe opposition in the Legisla ture will attempt some Radical legis lation, and thus indicates what will be the points arrived at. lie says: v "It is pretty certain that bills will be in trocusd: - - ' - 'To abolish the Stock Law& passed by the last Legislature. "To repeal the present County Govern ment system and to give the election of the magistrates to the people,' with some re strictions to prevent too much stealing. "To decrease the amount appropriated for the maintenance of the University pos sibly to repeal the entire appropriation and to shufcjhe door of the noble old University. "To abolish the Department or Agncul tare.'1 :.- . ' . Whether the "opposition can ac complish any or all of its ends is doubtful, b.ut we confess to some fears of bad results. The Senate is decidedlyDemocratic, and it can put the crates upon" any attempts to put the coulter in too deep. It would be unwise and unjust to abolish the stock law. in counties desiring its re tention. In many counties it has proved such a great blessing that hundreds who opposed at the begin ning have become its open friends and advocates. ; It'is not adapted to all sections to all the counties, but it has worked like a charm in. other counties. The demagogues will of course strive to undo good work. Their only stock in trade is a dispo sition to cater for ignorant and bund prejudice ana to. practice the arts of toe -.oiat.mt bio or and small-beer : politician.' The Stak scented danger in the summer to tbe present system of Coasty Government and in a dozen editorials dwelt upon its importance. It is-a positive necessity to between twenty-five and thirty counties, and the chief t3x paying counties at that. Oar fri&utls of tbe Asbeville Citizen say that Mr. Pesrsoo, who will be the leader of tha Independents in the Honse and may be the Speaker, is pledged to repeal the Countv Govern ment system and will make every effort to do so. We had hoped for better thing?. Mr. Pearson" has in the past professed to be a Democ rat There was no compulsion for such a course. He deliberately allied him self with the party of the white men. of his native State. He is a man of good tluoaiion and good abilities. ne esoivs uow the whites in nearly thirty cVanties were greatly dp pressed and robbed by the imported system and whatja wonderful change for the better has been wrought un der the present the old system of the fathers before the war. As an intelligent, just, reflecting man how can he favor the abolition or a sys tem that has proved such a very great Lliihsirlg to at least 400, 000 people, and that really in jures no man. We must still hope for better things from Mr. Pearson, however much we disapproved of his course in .opposing the regular nom inees in Buncombe. : We will state i - - mis, ybich we have heard since the election, and it explains possibly why Mr. Pearson came out as an Ind ependent. He agreed ; to support any ticket that might be nominated, bo that Gadger and Jones were left out. He regarded them as his per sonal enemies. When they were nominated he felt bound to vindicate - hlms uader the circumstances by compassing ih This is the statement we have re ceived from one of his personal friends Is and supporters. If Mr. Pear this motive Bn was actuated bv alone then he cannot have any Re publican affiliations, it he does have any Republican affiliations in the gislature he will show most con clusively that his real 'jnotive in op posing the Democratic nominees was not given above. i We must hope that even the Re publicans in the Legislature will be above making war upjn higher edu cation. We hope the Oemocrats will not allow any combinations to be formed that will tend to cripple the University of North jCarolina, now wKing an upward and most encour aging start, but willrather foster and improve it by wise and judicious leg islation. It should see that abases ... iO A I VUJLi. A.V111. are corrected and complaints are in quired into bat do . decrease of the fund for the support of the Univer sity should be thought of. " ' The Department of Agriculture has proved a positive benefit to .the people of the State.. It is not meant to be asserted that the best economy J has been always practiced, and the best that could have been done has always been done. ' Bat it is believed by the Stab that there has been a steady improvement and that to abol ish it would no w be a calamity to the State. ; Let legislation tend to im prove it. It can be made still more useful. '-. :t , -, . BICIKI.EAHS BOOK. sT ". Gen. McClellan'a book has been published. X It iB his own defenoe of ' -r l - j s4 is masiog a great, TacKerr inrorrgnout i" the North. As far as we have no ticed the Republican papers have only words of condemnation. In de fending himself McClellan, who was a Democrat, is compelled to criticise severely the course of Stanton, the most malignant : and'depraved politi cian yet born in America. For proof of this read Judge Black's works. He was as bad as Arnold and as bit ter and vindictive as Satan after being driven from Heaven. For more of which consult Milton. We have not seen McClellan'a book, but the papers are full of ex tracts from it, and they confirm the baseness ; of . Stanton Lis treachery and desertion. He was a professed Democrat of the most uncompromis ing type and was in Buchanan's Cabi net. Judge Black has shown what a scoundrel he was while holding his seat. When the war began and he became Lincoln's Secretary of War he took.with him into his new place all of his treachery, malignancy and meanness. ' McClellan was a Democrat and when Stanton turned over complete ly and identified himself with the Abolitionists he of course became the persecutor of all Democrats. But at first he was very bitter on Abram Lincoln. Genj McClellan says that in 1861, he talked -right out. We quote: , ," "He never spoke of the President in any other way than as the 'original gorilla,' and often said that Du Chailiu was a fool to wander all the ! way to Africa in search of what he could so easily have found at Springfield. UL i Nothing could be more bitter than his words and manner always were when speaking of the administration and the Republican party. He never gave then siwditXochBnOTfy. w.trjottem, and very seldom for any &oihty..- At some time during the antmaftsef 1861, Secretary Cameron made quite an abolition speech to some newly arrived regiment. Next day fitantoa urged me to arrest him foe inciting to insubordination." if - But Stanton soon whipped around. and from being a free talker to Mc Clellan soon became his foe. . Here is what Gen. McClellan says of him: ' "His Administration -will be regarded as unparalleled in 'history for blunders and ignorant self-assertion. ! He unnecessarily prolonged the war at least two years, and at least tripled its cost in blood and trea sure." j" ; :; . ;,. r :. - I Gen. McClellan had a poor opinion of Halleck, land regarded him as "hopelessly stupid." He believed that he was greatly, crippled by the powers at Washington in bis mili tary operation. He wrote to Stan ton on 25th June, 1862: "If I save 'this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other person in ! Washington. Tou have done your best to sacrifice this ar my." r." : ' He says there was a tremendous panic in Washington and the Presi dent and Cabinet were prepared to flee at a moment's notice. He' was put in command at Washington, and when he went out ta fight Lee he did it "with a halter around his neck." We quote: -:-'f-A -''C'-. . "I was afterward accused of assuming command without authority, for nefarious purposes, and, in fact, fought the hattles of South Mountain and Antietam with a hal ter around my neck; for if the Army of the Potomac had been defeated and I had sur vived I would, j no doubt, have been tried for assuming authority without orders, and in the state of feeling which so unjustly condemned the innocent and most merito rious Gen. F. J. Porter I would probably have been condemned to death." - It is susceptible of proof that Gen. McClellan was implored by Lincoln with tears in his eyes to save "Wash ington and take command.1 There is living a Northern soldier who can throw light just . here ; Gen. Mc Clellan is reported as speaking very freeiv of Northern officers. Some he praises and i of others he : spe slightingly. -McDowell is incompe tent; Pope a coward; Burnside a failure. . Porter, Baell, Franklin, Sumner, Meade and Hancock are all praised. The volume will awaken bitter memories and stir controversy. i Mr. Gladstone is reported to be in fine health and as fully aroused. He is working like a. "beaver to get bis party united and in thorough work ing order. ! Mr. Connor, M. sr., ca bles to the New York Star on the 9th inst: ( ';-'V'-;':' '" ; ' "The last general election found his fol lowers to a great extent unorganized and riPTTmrAlized for want of sufficient , cam Daien funds. This is now being rapidly remedied under Gladstone's personal su pervision.--The government are more dis tracted than at any time, since they came intn nnwH. and are makins a last desperate thA alternative of out and nnt coercion and the dictatorship of Har tington.' r ; t . -- M,MMWmmwmwmswm1 ; Virginius DabneyV "Don has reached a fourth edition. : Miff" f In the December number of the Church Review there is an incidental and very agreeable referenoe to one of the men of genius that the South has produced a most wonderful and appreciated writer while living and especially in the South. His genius is Deing better understood and ' the exquisite Inspiration and workman ship of ; the poet is being duly re cognized. The critic in the Church Review, disoassing a Northern poet, Bays this: : " . ... "The purpose running thrnncrh hinr.ru.. try ha8 a Ceitain fellowship rvprhana nith the strain which we catch from that too little w? green poet, aianey jjanier. - He alsa refers to his '6ure ear and feeling for the music of verse which taught the Southerner to touch his instrument to the soul-moving harmo nies.'V Lanier's writings, prose and verse,, can never be popular, Thev - - fl a T av tistio, too elusive in their harmonies, too difficult of comprehension to be generally sought and understood and loved. There is a want of harmony, it is said, among the Tory leaders, as to the wisdom of a coercive policy in Ireland. While the bolting Liberals, following Hartington, seem united in their purpose to' oppress the Irish, there is a reported disagreement in the Tory Cabinet. London dispatches represent that some of the influential members are not reconciled to the Salisbury plan of harrowing Ireland. Lord Churchill is said to lead the re volt. He is said to favor a Liberal Irish policy. The Boston JPost says of the alleged quarrel: ; "The most serious issue in British poli tics at present, then, is tbe question of Lord Randolph's success or failure in hav ing his own way regarding the course to be pursued in ireisnd. until Parliament as sembles, however the contest in the Cabi net may turn, little can be predicted as to the probable solution. . There are many elements of stregth upon Lord Randolph's side. He will have the support of the more progressive Conservatives (of whom there are not a lew), of the radical Union ists, probably, and of the Home Rulers generally, if a fight be made in Parliament upon the subject of coercion." England of course is glad at the existence, tenacity and. strenghtb of the Protection sentiment in tbe United States. In a recent letter Mr. Beecher said : ...... . - ... - . -j - ' 1 found the opinion widely spread in Great Britain that protection to American industry a nigh protective tana was a policy which England ought to reloice in; that it largely excluded American products from the markets of the world and left England almost without a manufacturing competitor. Many a grim smile have I seen as austere manufacturers have said: 'It .would not pay manufacturers An Great Britain to send to America to promote free trade: their folly is our interest. " The American manufacturers, as a class, seem wedded to the absurd and unwise system that first stimulates and then impoverishes. The prospect of a return to it was recently stated by John Bright. That orator and statesman thought it would not be until slavery had been restored in the United States. i Talk about Dickens growing cut of date. In two days recently 300,- 000 copies of his famous and inimi table "Pickwick Papers" were "sold in London. It was a cheap edition of 200 pages, octavo. We have read this delightful and most amusing work three times, and could read it once a year with undiminished relish. The recent fall of snow has indeed been peculiar, as was mentioned days affo in our local columns. In War- 0 . ... y ren county it was 34 inches deep on average, while less than twenty- five miles distant at Oxford it was but 8 inches. In 1857 the average on a dead level was 20 inches. Wil mington escapes all this. Alabama coal mining has rapidly .developed. In five years the output of coal has increased from 322,934 tons to 2,225,000. A Dar Train on (be Carolina Central. A new schedule will go. into operation shortly on the Carolina Central Railroad, which will undoubtedly meet ; with favor from business men and the travelling pub lic, and no doubt prove of great advantage tn fwinln alnnff the line of the road. The change will take place on the 20th inst On and after that date the regular mail and passenger train will laave Wilmington daily (except Sunday) atsix o'clock in the morn ing, arrive at Charlotte between three and fnnr o'clock in the afternoon, and at Champton, a few miles this side of Ruth erfordton. at 8.85 p. m. This train will make close connection at Shoe Heel with the Cape Fear &HTadkin Valley train for Favetteville. - which arrives at the latter place at 11.45 a. m. The train from Char lotte for Wilmington will leave that place about ten o'clock in the forenoon and ar rive at eight in the evening. It ia proper to state that all the arrangements for the new schedule have not yet been perfected, and the time mentioned, above is only ap proximate. . I' ' " When this change goes Into operation tne regular edition of the Mobjong Stab will be sent to subscrmers on tne uarouua vcw tral road and its connections, instead of the ev'ening edition of the paper as at present. Cotton Receipts. The increase in receipts of cotton at this port for the crop year from September 1st to December 11th is 29,123 bales, as com pared with: the receipts for the correspond ing period in 1885; the receipts to date this year being 68,861 bales, against 69,741 last year.'- -;. vX'vkVf V r-, -- : The receipts for the first eleven days this month were 9,681 bales, agamst 6,266 for the corresponding" period in December, 1885 an increase of 3,421 bales; . mm WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, County Finances. The financial Btatementot J. W. Kin. Esq., Treasurer of New Hanover county, for the twelve months ended November 80th, 1888, la a very creditable showing for tho Board of Commissioners and other county officers. . The receipts from all sources paid into.the General Fund, iaclud-' ing balance on hand November 80th, 1885,' were ,158,878 04,The disbursements for the same period were $38,801 84, leaving a balance on hand of 25.076 70. " . . The following is a statement of the re ceipts and disbursements on account of this fund, as transcribed from the minutes: Balance on hand Dec. 1. 18ft.T'''tan sia no Property tax,... 4,61385 Income tax 665 61 Poll tax. 2.625 A3 Schedule B tax. . R flfu ju LiquoCtax....i.i. ' 948 28 Auctioneers' tax. V 203 00 Delinquents. 129 63 J ury delinquents. . , S3 00 . van Amnnee, elk, jury tax , 88 00 Delinquents other than through . Sheriff. . ..i. A 0R9 Ifi Unclaimed witness fees. ....... 84 18 Costs Clara ' Andrews and .F. v. y.:r r! ; Lord. .". 1 . . . . - Hafts Insurance on jail. . . .-. ..... .'. 1,200 00 Sale of old brick. ... . ...... 226 00 Sale of old lumber...... 100 On account general tax 1886. . 18 400 00 Int on $7,000 certificate of de- in First National Bank... 280 00 From Register of Deeds. .... . 208 95 Total ... ................ $58,878 04 Disbursement) for the same pericd were as follows: Warrants paid...... $33 ,015 93 . Coupons, i ...... . 411 00 ' Commission?........ 874 41 - $ 33.801 84 25,076 70 Balance on hand.... Total ,$58,878 04 The School Fund, shows receipts from all sources, including balance, on hand De cember 1st, 1885, of $11,899 09, amounting to $30,544 19. The disbursements for tbe same period were $23,170 80, leaving a balance to the credit of the fund of $7,' 373 89. Tho principal item of expenditure Was $10,493 33, for the new Union school house and grounds on Ann street. Teach ers salaries amounted to $10,365, of wtiich $5,700 were paid .to teachers of colored schools and $4,665 to teachers of white schools.. Other exoeaditures were, for Board of EducUion $445 60; Superinten dent of Education . $456; commissions $516 22; rent of houses for colored schools $323 47, and smaller, amounts for rents, fuel, school supplies, printing, etc A. Phenomenal Know Storm. The snow storm that prevailed in this State Saturday and Sunday last was a phe nomenal one. While it . was general throughout North Carolina, within a ra diua of fifteen or twenty miles north, south and west of Wilmington, the fall was hard ly appreciable. Along the line of the Carolina Central, EUenboro, at the head of the road reports 12 inches, Charlotte 8. Monroe 10, Wades boro 4, Hamlet 8. Shoe Heel 4, On the Raleigh & Augusta Railroad, Manly reported a fall of 4 Inches; Sanford, twenty-five miles north of Manly, 8 inches, Raleigh the same, while at Henderson the snow was 24 inches deep, and at Macon 36 inches. Trains on tnis road were unaoie to run MoBday night. . On the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad the snow was from six to ten inches deep, from Warsaw to Weldon, On tbe Wilmington, Columbia & Augus ta Railroad there was a heavy fall of sleet, all the way from a short distance' beyond Wilmington ta Columbia. All trains from the North have been de layed by the heavy snow. The two trains due here at 7.50 and 9 55 p. m . Tuelday were consolidated at Washineton, leaving that place at 6 p. m., and reaching here at 8.42 yesterday morning. Tbe train which arrived last nftjht was also delayed from the same cause, arriving about 10 o'clock. mortuary Statistics. The annual report of Dr. I F. W. Potter, city physician, for the twelve months ended October 31st, gives the total number of deaths occurring in the city during that period as 492 (149 whites and 343 colored) as follows: November 27, December 80, January 38, February 39, March 43, April 43, May 30, June 43, July 46, August 37, September 48, October 57. Of the whites 149 were adults and 48 children : colored,167 adults and 176 children.- The bigh rate of mortality among colored children ia notice able, and the further . fact that over one- half the total number of deaths among this class occurred during' the, last four months, the record showing 26 in July, 25 in Au gust, 18 in September and 25 in October, At the same time the infant ; mortality of the whites for the same months was only 14 one in July, two in August, four in September and seven in October, Navassa Guano Company. Tbe annual meeting of the stockholders of the Navasaa Guano Company was held at the office of the company in this city yesterday. The meeting was organized by the election of Mr. R. E. Calder president and Donald MacRae, Esq.. secretary. Over three-fourths of the capital stock was rep resented. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: ' President Hon. R. R. Bridgers. Secretary and Treasurer Donald Mac Rae, Esq.' : : ' v.-' " Superintendent Col. C. L. Graffim. Superintendent of Agencies Col. Wni. L. DeRosset. Directors John' C. , Grafilin, Walter E. Lawton, Donald MacRae, It. R. Bridgers, S. A. Gregg. C. L. Grafilin, and Geo. W. Kidder. 'n m Cotton. , .' . There was a flurry in the cotton market yesterday and prices advanced on all grades. Receipts at this port were only 308 bales. The sales were small; only a few bales re ported on a basis of 9 1-16 cents for mid dling. '. Holders generally asked an advance on these figures, and late in the evening there were rumors of sales at 9& cents for middling. 'The people along the line of the Carolina Central will be astonished when they Bee the fast; mail and passenger train thundering along at the rate of 25 miles ner hour. This, we, understand, .is to be s the running time, not including stoppages, under the day schedule to go into effect on the 19th . -;; ;" ? VV- - - ; . The new schedule of the oCaro Una Central Railroad, from the present outlook, will reduce the time between Wil mington ana jrayettevnie to six noun, FISHERIES DISPUTE. correspondence In Relation to tbe : Trouble with the Dominion of Can. aaa Transmitted to tbe Concrcaa by the President. Washihgton. December S. The Prei- aent to-day transmitted to Congress the correspondence which has taken place in regara to tne Canadian fisheries dianutea and the letter: from the Secretary of Bute on the same subject The following is the rresiaent s letter ot transmittal: . ' - To the Senate and Hnie of Representative: "I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State," which is accompanied by the correspondence in "relation to ths rights of American fishermen in British North American waters. . and commend to your favorable consideration the suggestion vuai a commission oe aumonzea Dy law to take perpetuating proofs of the losses sus tained during the past sear by American fishermen, owing to their unfriendly and unwarranted treatment by local authorities of the maratime provinces of tbe Dominion of Canada. - I may hereafter have occasion1 to make further recommendations during me present session ror sucn remedial lecis- lation es may become necessary for the pro tection of the rights of our citizens engaged infppen sea nsneries in JNortn Atlantic waters. Gbovbb Cleveland. Executive Mansion, Washington, Dec. 8, 1886." Mr. Bayard's letter is as follows: Department of State. Washington. Dec. 8. To the President: The Secretary bf State has the honor to submit to the PresU dent with a view to its communication to Congress, correspondence relative to the fisheries in the waters adiacent to British North America which has taken place dur ing the present year, it will disclose the action cr ihis department and of our Min Ister to Great Britain in relation to the dis puted construction of the Convention of lbl8, and what has been. done to procure such an interpretation ot its provisions as will ne acceptable to both parties to that instrument, and consistent with their mutual interest and honor. From time to time since the conclusion ot the treaty of 1818, differences have arisen between tbe two governments as to tbe extent of re nunciation by the United States of their former fishing rights in common in the littoral waters of British North America. and the true definition of the lights and privileges retained by and ex- preesly guaranteed to the United States in the first article of that Convention. The history of this question during the pe riod from 1818 to the present time has been one of unsuccessful attempts to sdjust the respective claims, ana occasionally dim. cullies have been bridged over by tempora ry .arrangements, notably by , the treaty of Washington of June o, 1854, and of May o, 1871. tbe fishery articleaof the latter having been abrogated by tne United slates on June 80, 1885. It is deeply to be regretted that the efforts of this department as shown by correspondence submitted to arrive at such an agreement as would per mit instructions of a like tenor to be issued by the governments of Great Britain and the United States to guide citizens of the respective nationalities in tbe unmolested exercise ot their rignts ot nsning in tbe waters in question, and defining tbe limits of lawful action therein, have not as yet reached final and satisfactory results, al though propositions are now pending for consideration which it is hoped may prove a basis of just and permanent settlement. As supplementary to tne punnsnea nistory of this long-standing subject, as illustrating the obvious necessity and in the interest ot amity and good neighborhood, of having a clear and well denned unaersianaing or tne lea&l rights of the two governments and their respective citizens, it is considered expedient that Congress should have full knowledge of tbe faction .f the Executive to assist them in their deliberations upon this important subject. It will be observed in the course of this correspondence that notification has not failed to be duly given to the Government of Great Britain that compensation is expected for loss; dam age caused to Americaos by the unwarrant ed action of tbe local authorities or. tne Dominion of Canada, not merely by sum mary seizure of their vessels and exaction of heavy fines in advance of hearing and judgment, but for the curtailment of priv ileges to wbicn tney were luauy entitled under commercial regulations, as well as treaty stipulations, and consequent a- rfe- rence with their legitimate : voyages, whereby tbe natural profits of their industry i were : very seriously dimin ished, and in many cases wholly destroyed. It would seem proper that steps in perpetu am rei memonam should re taken by Uon- eress to allow protff to be made and placed upon record of these losses and injuries to our citizens, to enable them to be properly presented to her Majesty's government for settlement, and mat tor mis purpose a com mission should be authorized by Congress to take the necessary proofs of the respec tive claimants. Respectfully submitted. Thos F. Batakd, Sec'y. The correspondence enclosed consists of 104 communications from Secretary Bay ard, Minister West and Minister Phelps. OHIO. Failure of a manufacturing Plrm at Cincinnati. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Cincinnati, Dec.ll. The business pub lic was startled to-day by the announce ment of the failure of John and W.F.Howe & Co., manufacturers of blankets and flan nels, and commission merchants at No. 13 West Pearl street. They made an assign ment to J. Chandler Harper.- They esti mate their liabilities at $125,000 aud their assets as nearly the same, claiming that they shall be able to pay 100 per cent. They are owners of the Carroltoo woollen mills at Carrollton, Ky., and the Madison wool en mills at Madison, Indiana. . WASHINGTON. " Silver Certificates In Circulation. Bv Teleirraph to the Morning Star. Washington. Dec. 11. Limited quan tities of $3 silver certificates have been put in circulation, so Iar they have been is sued by the Treasury only in redemption of tl and 3 U. S. notes; When the sup ply is sufficient tney win be aistrioutea among tne suo-treasunes ana put m gene ral circulation in tbe same manner as was adopted in the one dollar silver certificates. Work on tne new ceruncaies nas oeen very such delayed. The five dollar certificates will not be ready for some time yet. ,- MICHIGAN. ; Gasoline. Explosion In a Woollen Mill, - By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Clinton, December 11. The Clinton woollen mills were burned this morning. Loss $180,000; 'insurance $40,000. The building was lighted by gas maae irom gasoline, a pipe had burst and filled one room with gas which exploded when a boy entered it at six o clock witn a lantern. Only two persons were in the building thev having entered it to Hgni np ana pre pare for work. They were both badly hurt, but will survive. An hour later one hundred people would havr been in the building and great loss of life would have resulted. ; " - FEN N STL TANIA. A Strike of Coal Miners at ShamoMn. Shamokot, ' December 11. A strike of miners employed at the Bear Valley shaft. worked by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.. was inaugurated this morning in consequence of a reduction of ten percent, in the wages of .miners work ing certain, veins. ..The local .assembly of the Knitrhts of Labor ordered the miners to continue work, sending arbitration, but the men refused to obey the order. . Asa result of the strike, 600 men and boys are idle, . Greensboro North 'State: J S. Can is added to the list ef candidates for Ransom's places He is a ..worthy and de serving man and would do the . State great credit We believe he would suit us as well as any Democrat. on 'A' - 1886. . WASHINGTON. . A New Cblef of. Police Appointed Mrs. ClevelandTbe Vrealdeat still Kbenmatle Washuigton. December 8. The Dig- trict Commissioners to-day appointed Col. Wm. G. Moore to he Major and Chief of Police. Instead of Maj. Walker, resigned. Col. Moore is commanding officer of tbe Washington Liicht Infantry coiDi. and at present holds a prominent, position in the National Metropolitan Bank of Washing ton. He was private recretary to ex-Prea-ident Johnson ' Mrs. Cleveland returned to Washington 1 today, after an absence of a couple of weeks in New York -? . - . s - - The.- President 'suffered - considerable rheumatic pain to-day and epent most of. the time in a recumbent position." He de nied himself to all callers except a few Senators who desired to see bim on impor, tant business. . . -':- Washington, Dec. 9. Tfie conferees On' tbe Inter-State Commerce bill finished their; labors this morning, and will renorv their bill as soon as it can be printed. On, the' question of enforcing the act, the Commis sion feature ot the Senate bill is "accepted by the House conferees, while tbo Sanato conferees accept the system proposed in the Regan bill, under whjcfa a shipper is entitled to sue for damages in -the U 8.- uouru in nis own oenair. ... This gives ship, pera tbe option of making complaint to th Cotnmiision, or instituting suits in tbe x1 ederal Courts. Railroads are prohibited from charging more for short than for longer distance upon their own lines in the same direction, the shorter being included witnin me longer distance, and tha circum stances and conditions being the same, but tne uommission is autborized. upon appli cation of tbe railroads and after investiga tion or tbe facts, to relieve tbe roads from the operation of the general rule in special cases. The Senate conferees agree to the absolute prohibition of pooling contained, in tbe House, bill. These were ' tho main features of difference. On the question of publicity of rates tbe provisions of the two bills have been merged, so as to require each railroad to make public the rates be tween points upon its own road, as pro posed in the House bill; and in addition the Commission is required to secure pub licity of through rates, in so far as H may be found necessary. Washington. Dec. 10. The death of Representative Dowdney, which was an nounced to-day, swells to twelve the death list of the 49th Congress. It is as follows: Vice President Hendricks, Senators Miller and Pike; Representatives Elwood of Ills., Rankin of Wis.. Habn of La., Beach, Arnot and Dowd-cy of N. Y.. Price of Wis., Comley and Duncan of Penn. Mr. Dowdney was stricken with apoplexy while entering his bouse in Iew York last uight, and died at 8 o'clock this morning. He had refused to run for the next Congress - The House Committee on Public Build ings to day directed favorable reports to be made to the House" on bills making appro priations for the reconstruction of the cus tom houses at Eastport, Mame.and Charles too, S. C. 'r'-- t Washington. December 10 The Presi dent wai so much improved in health to day that he was able to resume bis public receptions in the East Room. In addition, be received about fifty callers in his private office, most of whom were members of Con gress. The following named cities will come under tbe provisions of the bill which was passed by the House relating to the exten sion of tbe free delivery service; provided, that in addition to the population of 10,000 according to the last census, or an annual r 3 venue of $10,000, they have the other requirements, such as paved cr planked sidewalks, numbered streets and houses, lighted streets, and the general cha racteristics of cities: Selma, Ala.; Penea cola, Fla. ; ColumbuB, Ga. ; Jackson, Me ridian, and Vicksburg. Miss. : Charlotte. N. C. ; Columbia, S. C ; Alexandria, .Dan- The Quartermaster General of tbe Army, acting under provisions of the bill passed on motion of Representative O'Neill, of Missouri, at the last session, has examined the claim of the Christian Brother's Col' lege, of St. Louis, for the occupation of its building by U. S. troops during the war, and has certified to the Secretary of the Treasury that the college is entitled to $15,900 This is somewhat of a new de parture in the mode of payment of similar war claims, a specific appropriation by Congress being generally required ' The House Committee on Foreign Af fahs to-day practically completed the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill, which will be reported to the House as soon as it shall have been prnid. No changes of consequence were made in the bill after it left the sub-committee and (Secretary isayard recommendation con templating the appointment of four secre taries of legation who may be detailed to any post was not accepted by the commit tee. KNIGHTS OF LABOR Important Movement Coins on in tbo Chicago District Assemblies. I By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l - Chicago, December 11. A movement of considerable importance is going on within the ranks of the Knights of Labor, which will have a great effect in lessening tbe power and importance of the District As semblies. It is the formation of National Trade District Assemblies, which are es sentially after the plan of the various Inter national Unions. Machinists . Assembly No. 5.134 voted last night to withdraw from District Assembly No. 57, to which it has been attached since its organization, in order to join the Machinists' Trade District, recently organized at Cincinnati, tne recom mendatlon of its delegate to the Conven tion at that place being concurred in. To make this change will require the consent of District Assembly No. 57, but this will probably be granted. This week the clothing cutters ol the United States are endeavoring at Cincinnati to form a Clothing Cutters National -Trade District. The Convention has three dele gates from Chicago Assembly in that trade which will doubtless go into tne movement. thereby withdrawing from District No. 24. The effect of this movement will be to give concerted action to the trades in all portions of the country and withdraw them from local matters. r- EARTHQUAKE. In Smyrna and tbe Island of Chios Constantinople, Dec. 11. An earth' quake to-day was felt in Smyrna and throughout tne lsiana oi unios. Tbe dis turbance made fissures in walls and in the fronts of houses in all parts of the territory affected. ! . . SOUTHERN ITEMS- . l a - - . ... -i i i . - i : 3 William M.. Hanline. a promi nent dry goods merchant of Lynchburg, cnas made an assignment. liabilities f 37,' 000; assets not stated. . .. .. .! . , - In his advocacy I of the Blair bill Gov. Seay has placed himself in line with those who are working for a central ized government, and this bill makes a very long striae in tnat direction. Mont gomery Ala.) Dispatch, Dem. i x c : ' The Petersburg Index-Appeal, in its issue ot Wednesday, has this: "The Norfolk : Virginian expresses regret that the filthy proceedings of OheTJampbell di vorce case appeared in its columns. We have a similar .regret to express, - together with the assurance that there will be no repetition of it." v Our neighbor is circum spect in regard to such matters, and we are surprised tnat ne was caught napping like - vr ,.TT.-m ' - . . wolds boro Araus : W e made a .visit of inspection to the county jail in this city yesterday and found within its walls fourteen ' ; able-bodied negro i men, tbree white men and. several boys, all of them I "run in" for ' alleged offences as various almost as the number of prisoners confined. We found the jail in a very unwholesome condition and the prisoners uncouth, and tne most of them dirty ana nail ciotned. NO. 7 A BIG OPERATION, , V -4" ". f.: "... " .. . -. Jay Gould 1-ranerera Important Rail road Intereate to President Garrett for tbo Baltimore 4t Oblo Telegraph ' System. Atlanta, Ga. Dec." 8. The Southern industrial journal. Dixie, has a epecialdis patchfrom a staff correspondent, at Fort Worth. Texas, which says: - i : ' ''One of the largest and most Important transactions ever recorded is now on loot. It is nothing less than a trade between Jay Gould and President Garrett, of the BUi more & Ohio, whereby the entire Baltimore & Ohio telegraph sj stem is to be transferred to Gould, who now -practically owns the Western Union. In return for the same President Garrett is to receive the Wabash system, thusjiving the Baltimore & Ohio the line to Kansas City from Baltimore. The magnitude of a deal of this kind can scarcely be understood, but it is known to the officials of the Gould system here 1 hat tbe Baltimore & Ohio have long been seek ing to extend their operations west of the Mississippi river. The information is be lieved to be thoroughly reliable, as it is said to be substantiated by a memoranda made by the late H. M. Hoxie prior to his death, and found among certain papers that had been laid away for future reference. Tbe secret leaked out throush a oartv who de sired to arrange with Fort Worth capital ists to operate in Western Union and iSalti more & Ohio stocks, as soon as there was any indication that the bargain had been consummated." MORE SHOCKS. Dlstlnet Earthquakes Reported Irom Colombia, a. C, and miasourl City InTo. . i ' , ? Columbia, December 8. There was an other earthquake shock here about 4 30 mis morning, it was very perceptible. waking up sound sleepers, and the tremors appeared to last fully a minute. ;.y':i St. Louis. December 8. A special from Missouri City. Mo., states that a distinct shock of earthquake was felt there at 8 85 last night. A low rumbling noise was first heard and a perceptible jar followed, shak ing buildings and rattling windows, its duration was abont three seconds. NORTH CAROLINA. Special Tax Bond Cases on Trial lit the V. S. Court. Raleigh. December 9. The case of Temple against the State of North Caro lina and Roberts. Auditor, involving the right of holders of special tax bonds to en- lorce collection ol special, taxes levied by the same acts of Assembly under which the bonds-were authorized, was heard yester day in the United States Court before Judges Bond and Seymonr, under motion of the State to dismiss. The novel question arises as to the right of a citizen of the State to sue it, when bis federal rights have been in volved by alleged unconstitutional legisla tion. JSdward L Andrews ot New York and ex-Solicitor General S. F. Phillips, in forcible and elaborate arguments, upheld the jurisdiction of the court, while R. H. Battle and John W. Graham for the State opposed it with ability and free citation of authorities. The same? Judges are to-day engaged in hearing the case ot Morton. Bliss & Co. vs. Boberts, Auditor, which is a suit for a mandamus to compel the Auditor to in clude in the tax lists a requisition for the collection of special taxes. The same counsel appear in this case. The decision of tbe Court is awaited with much interest. - CROP STATEMENT. December Return Prices of Grain. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Washington, Dec. 10. December re turns of the average farm prices by coun ties show a material reduction as compared with thearnes ofthe crops f 1885, in wneat, rye ana oariey. uorn nas maae an advance nearly equivalent to the percentage 01 reduction in quantity, ana oats in sympathy with corn, rather than with the small grains used for human food, averages slightly higher value than last year. The farm value of corn was 83 cents per bushel in December last year. It is now 87 cents; one cent higher than tbe crop of 1884. The average for the previous five years was 44.7, and for ten years prior to 1880 it was 43.6 cents. Prices in the surplus States are: Ohio 87, Indiana 3, Illinois 31, Iowa 81, Missouri 81, Kansas 37, Nebraska 30. This is an increase over last year of one cent' in Nebraska, 8 in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and 6 in Iowa and Missouri. The average is 56 in New York, 47 in Pennsyl vania, and 45 in Virginia; two cents lower in each than last year. ' Prices in the cot ton States South and West of North Caro lina are higher than last year: 8outh Caro lina 60, Georgia 60, Alabama 58, Mississippi 59, Louisiana 55, Arkansas 49, Texas 60 an increase of 11 cents, due .to disastrous drouth. The average price of wheat is 69 cents; a reduction of 8 cents from the average value of the last crop and 41 cents above tbe price in 1884. The average in New York State is 84 cents, 13 cents lower than last year: Pennsylvania 83 cents, 13 cents lower. Tbe reduction is still greater in several Western States. ; The average of Ohio is 74 cents: Michigan 73. Indiana 70. Illinois 69, Wisconsin 68. Minnesota 61. Iowa 60, Missouri 63, Kansas 58, .Nebraska 47, Dakota 53. There is little decline in the Southern States, in some of which prices are higher than last year. The ave rage in California ia 73 cents. The average value of oats is 39.9 cents. against 38.5 cents last December. Rye ave rages 03.1, against 07.9 last year. .Barley 53. last year 56 S. Buckwheat 51 3, a re duction of 1.5 cents per bushel. Potatoes 46 cents; l cent nigher that December of last year. The value of bay averages nearly S3 per ton. FOREIGN. "Wreck and Loss of Iilfe mr. Gladstone . Tho French ministry. By Cable to the Horning Star, London, Dec. 10. A life-boat has been wrecked at South Dort. while endeavoring to relieve a distressedivessel, and thirteen persons were drowned. - The Glasgow Man says it is authorized to state tnat Gladstone does not approve the anti-rent campaign inaugurated by the .National league in ireiana. Pabis, Dec. 10. The Radical press de nounce M. Goblet and declare that in his position 01 Jfnme siinister ne will be a second edition of De Freycinet. They propnecy tne eariy xau 01 nis Ministry. London, December 10. Mr. Gladstone's disapproval of the anti-rent campaign in Ireland was expressed in a private letter to Mr. oameron, M.- tr. for Glasgow The Scotch and other Liberal associations are not satisfied and have asked Mr. Gladstone for a lull and - public declaration on tbe subject. ' .. intelligence from oouthportsays that an other life boat's crew ventured out into the rough sea off that port to day to assist a vessel ana were also lost . ;' ' ' "" " im s -- " ' CI1UVERIUS RESPITED. Gov. Lee Honors Rev. Mr. Hatcher , Petition for Respite. .... - BiCHHOtfD. . Va., '. Deo. 8. The Governor to day was waited upon by Rev. W. E. Hatcher, pastor of the Baptist Church ; here, and a well known .friend of . T. J , Cluverius. The Governor told the preacher that lie could : say . to Cluverius that he could expect nothing but a respite tor opportunity to prepare tor eterni ty.. Later in the evening Mr. Hatcher presented a petition asking for a re spite until the 14th of January, and he liovernor granted this. , --- ;.t m-m-u . ..... , Goliath, of - Gath, was 4 proba bly one of tbe earliest mail carriers. PhU. Vail. Spirits Turpentine. : Durham' Recorder; The Trns- tees of Trinity were instructed to secure an - -agent for raising funds to endow the Col lege. - Gov. Jarvis will be selected if ho can be induced to accept the position. A The last issue of the Shelby New Era states that Mr. T. H . Cobb, coun- - sel for the Carolina Central Railroad Com pany, on Monday presented a claim against . 1. - ; ' a t . . . , . . . . uie cummuBioaers 01 iiuiuerrora county, for (37.800 of the bonds of the countv with Interest from I860, this being a portion of the subscription made in that year by -Rutherford county to the old Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad Com pany, predecessor of the Carolina Central. Elizabeth City Economist: ,W." T. Brinkley. of Manteo. a prominent citi- - zen of Dare county, and probably -the ' wealthiest man in tbe county, died on Fri- . day. aged 45 years. A new signal &er vice station is to be established at Chicama comlco banks, midway between Kitty . Hawk apd Cape Hattcras. We bear that Lieut. Winalow, the oyster commis sioner, said in an address at Engelhard that the finest oysters in any of our waters were found in Pamlico sound, six miles below : 8tumpy Point. We have never seen - finer oysters than were In our market on . Thursday from Far creek. They were equal to a beeksteak in solidity and size, and its superior in tenderness, juiciness and flavor. . Lumberton Hobesonian: Shoe - Heel dots: We . hope to see the blind, door and sash factory in active operation in a -short time. Our town would be a capital place for a half-dozen of them, because timber is plentiful and railroad facilities for shipping are all that could be desired. We really belive that there is more substantial improvement going on in our. iown tnan in any omer place in tnis section of the State. Two nice churches have been begun and completed here, while oth- - !. er places quite as large as this are consid ering wnetner they can build one or not. we are to nave three or rour new merchants in out town at an early day. Some of them are from South Carolina. and some from the Eastern part of our own State. Maxton we all like the name better and belter every day. ' Ruling Prices Pork, Be; beef, 8 to 10c; chickens. to 35c: bacon, 8c: cotton, 8 to o cents per pound, v Charlotte Chronicle The train from Richmond yesterday morning was blocked up a few miles this side of Man chester and could not tum a wheel. Many of tbe passengers were compelled to return to Richmond, Only a baggage and second class car were brought through to Danvilie." The recent fall of snow is the beavi33t known in this section for a number of years. Tho average depth is about five or six inches, It has caused some damage , about the city by its heavy weight on roofs not stroug enough to bold it. in some in stances it has melted and leaked through the tops of houses, causing some damage to goods. Winston, December 7. Jacob Hege, a highly respected colored cit izen, was shot and almost instantly killed by a colored man named Glenn while rab bit hunting this afternoon . They were both looking for the same game, on opposite sides of a hedge, when Hege fired and then -stooped to look for the game, and as he did so the other man fired, filling his whole face and shoulders with shot. Raleigh News-Observer: Mrs. Fannie Page, wifo of W. C. Page, Esq.. died at Sanford on Thursday morning. Gen. W. P. Roberts. State Auditor. returned from Eastern Carolina yesterday and reports twelve inches of snow through out that section. John E. Green, a negro who was sentenced by Judge Clark at Sampson county court last August, to be hanged, escaped from Clinton jail Wednes day night. His crime was burglary. At tne last - regular monthly confer ence meeting of the Second Baptist church. Messrs. J. C. isirdsoDg, J. K. Terrell and W. W. Parrish were elected deacons of the church. The pastor's salary was increased by $300, making it now $1,400. Wab- bbnton, N. C, Dec. 8. The snow on a level is deeper than it was in the memora- ble snow storm ' of '57, tbe average now being about S3 inches. The snow in '57. drifted to a much greater depth in many places; this however for an average depth takes the prize of any snow storm ever known in Warren county. One acci dent of a very unfortunate character wor thy of note, is the falling in of a new prize house, about completed, which was being bout by Kev.ilj. ttolden. . . - Goldsbbro Messenger: The gin and saw mill of Mr. J. K. Applewhite, at Stantonsburg. together with six bales of cotton and a large quantity of cotton seed, was destroyed by fire on Thursday. - Tho fire is supposed to have originated from a spark from the engine, or a match in the cotton. His loss is about one thousand dollars. No insurance. The dwelling house of Mrs. Harriet Swinson, near Mount Olive, was destroyed by fire on Saturday, supposed to have caused by- sparks from the chimney .j Insurance $1,300. Mr. John Underwood has been elected a mem ber of the Sampson Board of County Com missioners in the place of Owen F. Herring. Esq., resigned . On Wednesday night or last week, about nair past eleven o clock the gin house of Mr. E. B. Borden", about half a mile west of the corporate limits, was discovered on fire. ' The gin house, engine. two gins, thirty bales of. cotton snd about two thousand bushels of cotton seed were destroyed. The loss is estimated at about f 4.WU. witn, insurance in Dewey iiro. agency for $1,950. Our Hebrew friends are preparing for a grand time on the 81st, it being the day appointed for the dedication of .their handsome new syna gogue Invitations are now being mailed. - Charlotte Observer: On the North Carolina Railroad 1,300 tons of 50 pounds steel rail nave been put in tbe track between Greensboro and Goldsboro, the line between Greensboro and Charlotte having been heretofore entirely laid with standard 60 and 60 pounds steel. Tbe Yadkin river bridge has been entirely renewed with a first class combination bridge, and a new iron bridge has been erected at Coddle creek. The freight depot at Salisbury was destroyed by fire January 23, 1886, and has been replaced by a new and substantial building, 340 by 40 feet, at a cost of $3,800. -Mr. victor uooanignt. a citizen 01 Iredell county, was yesterday arrested in this city and is now confined in MeckIeoi. burg jalL Goodnight was arrested at the instance of Mr. J. C. Gray, who charged him with having sold a horse and mule that were under mortgage, t Within . the next twelve, months, all the public roads leading into Charlotte will be ma cadamized from the crossing of the town ship line-to the crossing of the city corpora- - turn line, outside tne city limits ana in side the township limits, there' are fifty-two miles of public road, allot which is to be thoroughly macadamized ana made as sound and as good in all respects si the macadamized streets of the city. -. Raleigh News-Observer; Yester day there were quite a number of sleighs out hand sleighs, one hoise sleighs, two-' horse sleighs, dry goods box sleighs, chair 'sleighs, other kinds of sleighs, and two or three half "slays" made the streets lively . . u bod Jones, colored, who killed Ander son Lee in Johnston county sometime ago, and for whom a reward of $100 was offer ed by tne btate last week, nas been arrested by Bberixr. J. u. tiabn, or Uraven county. Jones was working in Dover, NVC, under the assumed name 01 Stevens. There was a commercial tourist In the city Sun day, who donned a duster, took a fan, got into a sleigh and drove through the princi pal streets. He was from the Northwest, and said he came to Kaieigh to get the ben efit of the warm weather. .- Four new arrivals at the penitentiary yesterday. They '-. came from .Craven county. : Washington Uity dots : Miss Kate n. Hamilton, of Hillsboro, who holds a posi tion in the Bureau of Navigation at. the Treasury Department, has just been pro-' moted from $900 to $1,200. Mr. T. J3. Womack will not return to tbe clerk ship of the civil service reform committee, I regret to learn, on - account of hla large Sractice at home. The place will be filled y Mr. Pierre Cox for the three months. It is believed Gen. Cox can get a prominent fosition here if he desires it. Mrs. E. L Page, sister of the late'vol. McLeod : Turner, the lady who was so; brutally as saulted about two weeks ago, ' and an ac count of which you have ahfeav published, we are pleased to learn, ia rapib.,; recover ing, though not yet able to resume- her duties as clerk in the land office. On Wed nesday last tbe ease against her assailant. . tbe negro John L. West, came np in tbe police court West having previously sur rendered, and being under bond of $3,000, appeared and through counsel waived an examination.