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The Weekly Star: ' 1'ITELISHED AT Laa.i otonV AT , , N. ci, V JJAIti IN ADVANCE. I S3SSSSSSSSSS8S883 rgggS8SS8888888S88 SS8SSSSSSSS8S8383 83883888888888888 im.iiujs.s If SS888oSSS8288SS88 q3iK t 88888888888888888 88882882888888888 883SSS8S8SS883888 si-AV I i :::: i : s : - i """0,o'o,"BO,2 JS335S2888 imtcrcJ at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. C, Enure, a asSecondclag8 fiattorjr. j ,. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.. . The subscri6ticn price of the WBaBEJ.Y Stab is as follows : 1.1 Sindc Copy 1 year, postage paid, " 6 months, " ; " " 3 months .". " $1.50 1.00 .60 THE INDORSEMENT. Tbe resolation "adopted by the State House indorsing the President's efforts to "elevate and purify the! pub lic service" does not by any means indorse the present humbug law that, gives prominent offices to Republi cans. There was the greatest ineed of reform because under the twenty five years rule of Republicans the Government had become thoroughly corrupt and the public offices were filled often by Incompetents and knaves and rascals. The Democratic party h not only pledged to reform, bat it is resolved upon securing it. j It is, therefore, altogether meet sad proper that North Carolina De mocrats should indorse any efforts of the present Administration to im prove, to reform the public service. That some efforts have been made to put better men in office is no doubt true, and we are glad to say this without stopping to dwell upon the fact that in some instances Re pabliciria were retained and in other instances Democrats were selected who were anything but creditable appointments. ' j But we are thankful for all f ivors, and are not disposed "to loot the gift-horse m the mouth." The Stab will gladly support the Administra tion in all efforts "to elevate and pu rify the public service" when to 'do this Republicans are not selected in place of Democrats, and when capa ble. moral, honest Democrats are " 1 chosen. All genuine Democrats we bound to indorse, the Ad- ministration when it turns out a Republican and puts in a Demo crat who measures up to the Jeffer Bonian standard of requirement in tegrity and ability; for all genuine tv . 4 1 u emocrais expected noining less when Cleveland was elected than that . civil service reform would be actively, unremittingly pursued, and that this meant to install Democrats in the public offices. ' j j By all means let the good work of purgation and purification proceed but let Democrats always have the If -capable and honest cannot be found then of Democrats course-select tried and faithful Ke publicans. POINTS NOT PROVED. The Asheville Advance thinks it makes very strong points when it in dulges in the following: J ''It is all right to epend tho surplus reve nue in a costly public building at Wilming ton, It i3 all right to appropriate millions to improve the Wilmington harbor and the Cape Fear river. It is all right to ask for a public building at Asheville and other places; but when the great educational i in terest of the country is mentioned, these great constitutional advisers say, that un der that great instrument, no power exists to build a school house on a single hill top." i l . We deny emphatically that jim- proving a river and harbor and teaching school in the States ; by jthe Federal Government are parallel cases or that they stand on the ssjme footing. If the Advance can make it appear they are alike, and that be- cause the Federal Government nder the Constitution can improve a har bor or a river for national and com mercial purposes, that, . therefore, it can tarn., universal school-teacher, tarnish books and - build school -nouses ve shall be pleased to read its argument. It will do what has not been done, and what we believe pan "Qi-ba done. When we have go j Its argument we Bhall then determine if it is necessary to "attempt a reply. The Star a year or so since discussed leDgth the different clauses of Ithe Constitution under which the Con gress made certain appropriations and attained to certain ends, and. we u not care to co into the matter again. But if the Advance has any thing new to offer and can make good its claim we. shall patiently consider it. We are glad always to 'earn and especially to understand setter the organic law of the land. !n the meantime the Siab denies : jqaarely that the erection of a jcus torn house or jfostoffice by the Gov "nraent for its owneuse, and the meaning out of a river or harbor for war purposes and to increase its twn rwewe, are parallel cases with Fed ai school teaching. An aeanc delirium is what thev call it in" Atlanta when a man 'gets n a spree and smashes windows &a. ,-.fl A r VOL. XVIII. SOia B PROVISION NBOESfAUT. The bill to so i amend the State Constitution so as to elect two addi tional members of the Supreme Court failed in the House by a'ma jority of 16. Some Democrats voted against the bill.v Why the Republi cans, should oppose it is" only to be accounted for upon the scote of dem agogism. The Republican Supreme Court . had five Justices.' and that number is really and absolutely ne cessary for the ends of justice and to transact the business. ; If in 1 880, five were neoessarv for a. Rannhii. f . r ean Court how is '. it that onlv three ; . ' f are necessary more than twenty years after when the population has increased four hundred and fifty thnuffand -' and business is much heavier and steadily increasing? The Legislature ought certainly to pro vide ample court facilities so that justice shall not :, be leaden-footed. If it cannot put two more Judges on the Bench the business ought to be some how reduoed so as to enable three J ustices to transact it. i i RUNNING COM1HBST ON A RUNNING DEBATE. The Stab for once must commend the speech of Mr. York in the Legis lature. He stood np bravely for the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail road and insisted that the State had made a bargain, had not kept it and should complete it. Col. Holt clearly took the right view. He insisted that the State should keep its faith rel ative to this great enterprise. Mr. Leazar aad Mr. Overman seemed to regard it otherwise. Mr. : Leazar -' - ' 1 thought the State could not afford to give the railroad $50,000 annually. Then the State! should uot have i . agreed to do this. If it has made a bad promise or j bargain it should stand up like an honest State and carry out in' good faith its agree ment.. Mr. Overman denied that the State had made a contract to furnish so many convicts or give $50,000 yearly. There was an arrangement made uuder which the road has been i , working. If the State has not done its part it is clear that it ought to do so, and the members' of the Legisla ture would act a very bad part if they succeeded in putting the State in the attitude! of repudiating its own arrangements, with an important railroad. - j :j Let the State complete, all arrange ments, and then if it be deemed wise and prudent to furnish! no more con victs as a gratuity or for; pay let them be used upon the county roads In fact, this Legislature should take I steps to improve the present dis graceful system of public highways, If direct taxation will not answer then let a proportion of the Oqmvicts be put to work now, and after all the obligations have been faithfully dis charged then let; them all work on the county roads. 1 bis or some other plan should be adopted for it is certainly a reflection upon the pro gressiVeness of the State and the in tellieence of tbe people -that such pnblic roads should be tolerated. We suspect there was a genuine basis of truth in Mr. Leazars state ment as to the actual condition of the people now as compared with their condition soon after the war. There is a very marked increase in manufacturing enterprises and the yalne of property is greater. But there has-been an increase of 450,000 inhabitants since 1865, or 40 per cent, and this increase of population "would of course show larger returns in .the way of cattle, horses, products generally. But there is no genuine, substantial improvement among the farmers of the State as a class. There are individuals who prosper. This is always the case. But in 1869, there were larger profits for the products of the farm 'andfalmost bf double than in 1886. We are satisfied of two things, First, that the farmers are the foundation of all healthy, real pros perity, and that when they suffer the State suffers. . i Second, their condition is not as satisfactory as it was in 1879, or as it was in 1869, and by a great deal. The cotton crop alone in 1869 was more than twice as remunerative to the farmer as it is now. In; 1879, the wheat croo of the United States was worth $200,00f),000 more to the far mers than the wheat crop: of 1886 was worth. That is to say, the price per bushel was so much lower in 1886 than it was in 1879 that to the far mers it made a difference of two bun dred million dollars. "ROANOKE." We have just read "Roanoke," the second novel of the late I?r. Wiley. It is in style not equal to what we naflu tA find it. It had been so long since we read it that we had for- cotten very much of the story ana re membered- but little of the style. There are some fine passages, and the story is not" without interest, but it is not artistically told. Tne woncman- ship is crude for the most part, and the volume Waa evidently written rapidly, which was a characteristic of oar friend. The incidents are numer- H oua and some are very stirring. .The characters are not without a certain individuality, bat the language is not in keeping always with the character. i here is a want ef -coherency and unity in the story, and the introduc tion of certain real characters (histo ric) is not as cleat as it ought to be. But the story is Btrictly North Caro linian. It is full of incidents illustra tive of the times just before and du ring the Revolutionary War, and it Is of special interest to Bastern Caro lina, in which the scenes are cast.' Roanoke Island, New Bern, Wil mington, the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, in Pender oounty, all come in,' , while prominent actors in the "times that tried men's souls" are in troduced. 1 w i" When we were in our boyhood there were two famous comic songs that were sung and played by the minstrels of those' days. They were "Old Zip f Coon" and "Old Dan Tucker." With no little cleverness Dr. Wilev has introduced these two' worthies, and made them1 among the most important and interesting of the dramatis persona. We think in conception, and execution he . shows more of the skill of the ' genuine story-teller in delineating these cha racters than in any other portion ef the book. The character of "Uto pia" is deftly drawn, but is unreal and unsubstantial, though with, a -certain poetic grace and beauty. The story will pay the North Carolinian to read it. It is by no means dull, and is far more readable and much more healthy than many of the sto ries that are now circulated and de- voured. It is so f ullbof North Carolina is so racy of the soil is so illustrative of the past, and. contains so much that will be new to the mass of story readers, that it will be well fbr them to get it of Peterson & Bro., Phila delphia. ' The moral of tho story is of course all that it should be. The author shows how tenderly he loved his native Carolina, how proud he was of her history,- and how careful he was to gather the memorials that illumined her past and reflected a halo of glory upon her: sons. The author sleeps now in the house ap pointed for. the' dead, but his two North Carolina stories "Alamance" and we hope that because of the stir ring times of which they; treat, and the faithful picture of the now re mote ! past,' they will live to per petuate the giftsj, patriotism and de- I votion of the author, if thev should nTe because of their literary excel lenceJ On the 21st day of February the election of new members to the Ger man Reichtag will take place, and it will be decided whether Germany will be allowed constitutional rule or be bossed by one man. The Pablle BaUdlnc-meeting at the Prod ace Exchange. A joint meeting of members of the Pro duce Exchange and the Wilmington Cham ber of Commerce noon in the rooms was held yesterday at of the Exchange, ' V On motion of Mr. F. W. is.ercnner, President of the Chamber, Mr. J. H. Cur- rie. President of tbe Exchange, was called to the chair. I At the request of . the ehairman, Mr. Kerchner explained the object of the meet ing to take action looking to an acknowl edgment of the appreciation of the busi neesjnen of Wilmington of the successfu efforts of our representatives in Congress in securing the passage of an act appro priating $209,000 for the erection of a pub lic building in this city. j On motion of Mr. D. G. Worth, the chair appointed a committee to draft suit able resolutions, consisting of Messrs. F. W. Kerchner, D. iG.. Worth, Jas. Sprunt, and H. O. McQueen. . j I The committee, through their chairman, submitted the following, which were unani mously adopted: Whereas. The passage by Congress of an act appropriating sauo.OW lor the erec tion of a public building in this city is chiefly due to the active efforts of Senator Kansom ana representatives jsenneu, Johnston and Green, these bodies deem it proper to make public acknowledgment thereof. Resolved. That these, bodies, in common with the business men and citizens of Wil mington, highly appreciating the valuable services rendered by the above named Sen ator and .representatives in securing tne passage by Congress of the bill to authorize the erection of a public building in this city, do hereby tender to them their cordial thanks therefor. - On motion the Secretary, Col. John L. Cantweli, was instructed to cend a copy of the resolution to the Senators and Repre sentatives named, with the official seals of those bodies attached thereto. Idexlean Veterans. There is only one survivor of the Mexi can war hereabouts w bo is entitled to a jnsion under the recent act of Congress', which debars those under sixty-two years of ago. ; .-.' .-' ' t "It seems rather inconsistent," another one of the veterans says, ''that being over forty-five years, l am considered incapaci tated by reason of the infirmities of age from holding a position in Government employ, while by the restrictions of the re cent act pensioning soldiers oi me mexi- can war I am in effect regarded as fully competent, mentauy ana pnysicauy, to earn a livelihood until I am sixty-two years ofiage,"! v.. -J-.:-:. '! - ' -1 : was . Receipts of Naval Stores. t The movement of naval stores at this port from the beginning of the crop year, April, 1888, to January 28d, 1887, shows receinta of spirits turpentine 57.934 casks. as against 55,760 the same period last year; rosin, ZD,u4 Darreis, against oi,otf; iar. 49,871 barrels,- against 01,074; cruae tur pentine, w,w Darreis, against o,o. REM WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIBAY, JANUARY 281887. The Reported Cattnreo( BlncHam. Beniayotal tumors re! current In Ra leigh wl(h.reg&rd; tOtbe capture of Walter 1 i.Dgoam,j mp-ieat. mm muraerer. Ooe report, that be bad beea captured at a plax, ia;,East: Tennessee, jusj over . the North Carolina line, proved be fal&e. The Nem and Observer says' J1t is certain that there has been correspondence between the Governor and some parties who are evi dently in ' possession of knowledge con cernlng Bingham,-and it seems that a pro pet time only; is being awaited for his pro duction." ;Other atatemenU are made, to the effect j that ho is concealed in some Northern asylum, and : the mysterious movements of William and Ernest Bing ham, Walter's brothers.- are evidenced to substantiate the truth of these statements. William Bingham has Just returned to Ra leigh from New York,' where he had been for several days, while Ernest is yet in that city. ; Ernest is a deaf mute, a pupil at the institution In Raleigh, and his actions in New -York are regarded as certainly strange.'" " V-- . ' -On the other hand, a telegram from Ra leigh to the Richmond Dispatch, dated Jan uary lSlh, 8ayss-.''r U"-' This afternoon Gov.' Scales "received a letter from! a detective at Aaheville giving him information that Walter Bingham, the deaf mute murderer, can be produced. The letter! leaves some doubt or question whether Bingham was in the custody of officers of tbe law, but was unequivocal in its statement that he could be produced. A gentleman who " came here to-day from Asheville says that tho detective in ques tion is worfeiDg on sure ground. To-nlgnt there is a belief on tbe part of those who have this information that the mystery will end in a few days at furthest. There are intimations that some officials here nave played a double part when they stated that they knew nothing of Bingham's where abouts. A. man named Justice, who lives near j Asheville' says Bingham is near there.' . i ; . -. Public Bolldins for Wllmlneton " Tbe gratifying announcement was bul- lentined at the Produce Exchange yester day afternoon that a bill appropriating $200,000 for the erection of a government building in this city bad passed both Houses of Congres9. Col. P. W. Kerch- ner, during ithe forenoon, received a dis patch from Hon. R. T.- Bennett, Repre sentative from this district, stating that the conference committees of the House and Senate had agreed upon this amount, and it was expected that it would be accepted by both bodies, and later in the day Mr. Bam'i Bear, Jr., Mayor .pro tern., received a telegram from Senator Ransom saying that the conference report had been adopted by both houses. The Latest Concerning; Bingham. TW latest report from Raleigh concern ing Walter Bingham, the murderer of Miss Turlington,1 is that he has been, ever since a few days after the murder, - lo a private asylum in 'southern - New York, not far from New York city. This information is given by Wj. H. Deaver, the Asheville de tective, who learned it from detectives North, and is supposed to be confirmed by tbe mysterious movements of Bingham's two brothers in and near New York. The Bingham family, is said, retained the services of some prominent lawyers in Ra- leigh a few days after the murder. A Ra- leigh correspondent writes that one of the most prominent men in tbe State says that Bingham Will unquestionably be produced at the proper time. . ' o Foreign Exporta Yesterday. Messrs.! Williams & Murchison cleared the British steamship BeechvMe for Liver pool, with a cargo of 4,804 bales of cotton; valued a't $216,180. Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the German barque Prim Regent for Glasgow, with ! 3.842 barrels of rosin, valued at $4,000. Exports Yesterday ,Mesrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the British steamship RosetiUe for Liverpool, Eng , with1 a cargo of 4,849 bales of cotton, weighing; 2,266,032 pounds and valued at $217.000J Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co., clear- ed the German barque Alexandria fori Harburg; Ger, with 4,047 barrels of rosin, valued at $3,'893 Also, the German barque Agnes, for Liverpool. Eng, with 3,072 barrels of rosin valued at $4,278. Messrs. S . & W. H. Northrop cleared the schooner Julia Fowler for Port-au- Prince, Hayti. with 188,000 feetTof lumber and 10,000 shingles, valued at $2,484.05. From. Smith vine. - A correspondent sends. the following : The surveyors on the'proiected line of railway to Bristol. Tenn., have started out and reached a point about ten miles from the town. ' - The many friends of Miss Ada Dosber, who has been ill for several days, are re joiced to learn that she is in a fair way to recover, f,-1 ' The German barque Cardenas, which dragged ashore just above Smith ville Thursday. morning, was pulled off today (Saturday) by the tugs Blanche and Italian. She sustained no injury. The schooner Joseph liudd, which sailed from Wilmington several days ago, was towed to sea this morning by the Blanche. The New York steamship neneractor passed over the bar, outward bound, to day at 10.80, ' .i ...... Retail liquor Dealers. A report in circulation yesterday that a bill is to be introduced in the present Gen eral Assembly to increase the retail liquor license in Wilmington to $1,500 per an num is creating a great deal of excitement among grocery men. There are altogether over a hundred dealers, possibly one hun dred and fifty, and thev pay ten dollars a month to tbe city for license, If the bill becomes a law the grocery men will aban don the business, and the city's large reve nue from' this source will be greatly less ened.:- j; L-.j '- -: ' - . - The British steamers JloseviUe and Beechville, which will sail to-day for Liverpool," both arrived at this port on the . same day; both are owned by the same par ties In England, and they carry each very near the same number of bales of cotton the Roseville taking 4,849 and the BeeekvOle 4,804. Cotton Movement The records of the Produce Exchange show the receipts of cotton at this port the past week to be 4,203 bales, against 2,190 bales received the corresponding week last year, an increase 01 s.uia Dales. i For the crop year the receipts so far are 123.934 an increase of 89.911 bales as camnared with same date last year, when the receipts were 84,023 bales. The stock at this port is 9,548 bales, against 11,801 at the same date last season, FORTY-NINTB VONGRESS. ? "v ' ''IkSBCOND SESSION'iiV-f ' J I - . Kleterar,eant Bill Report from CMSMUtteee I,and Grant Rallroada ' The later-State Ceaameree Bill la . icr Telegraph to the Jtornlng star.! r SENATE." ' A, , - Washtngton. ' Jan. I - 30 Mr. Mahone, from the Committee on Public Buildines. reported a bill for the completion of the -j uiuuuiueui, io aiary, moiner. ot . wasaing ton. . Calendar. ': ' ! . Mr. Blair gave notice that Tuesday next he would ask the Senate to take up and act upon - the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, so as to au thorize woman suffrage. ; : , ,T . -. -t oir.. aoar called up, tne contereoce re port on the Electoral Count bill. - j i : Mr. Edmunds stated his understanding to;be that the conference bill was in sub stance aad in form (except as to two or three lines), the same as the 'bill which the 8enate bad passed over and over again. r Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, said that he' could not vote for the report, because he believed that it proposed to assume jurisdiction which In his judgment was prohibited by tbe constitution. ,, - ; I i- The conference report' was agreed to without further discussion and without division; and then, on motion of Mr. Ed munds, the Senate at 1 o'clock went into secret session. - .. -' --H - The doors were reopened at 4 50 a. m. and tbe Senate adjourned. ! i .: HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. . Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, from the Com mittee on Pacific Railroads, reported back the following resolution, which was adopted: ; - - f " ! . . ' Resolved. That tbe Secretary of the Trett surybsandis hereby requested to inform the House of Representatives, as soon as practicable, tne sums or money wbich were owing to the United States on the 1st of January, 1887, from Pacific Rftiiroads which have received aid from government bonds, giving the sums which are due, principal and interest, under tbe existing law, severally and collectively, from said companies, and wha twill be tbe result to tbe TrJasury and tbe effect upon these dtbls, ifIouee bill No. 8318 should become a law, and its provisions ba complied with. I lno bill referred to is that introduced by Mr. Outhwaite. providing for the pay ment of the Pacific Roads' indebtedness to the government by installments so arranged that the average date of maturity thl te October 1st, lyai.j Tne object or the committee in reporting the resolution is to get the opinion Of the Treasury Department as to the effect of tbe passage of tbe House funding bill. 1 - The House then resumed consideration of the conference report on the Inter-Stale Commerce bill. After a short discussion on motion of Mr. Crisp, of Ga , by unani mous consent, it was ordered that a session should be held to-night for the discussion of the report; that at the end of that ses sion the previous question should be con sidered as ordered, and that a vote on tbe adoption of the report should be taken to -morrow morning, after the reading of the Journal. " Mr. Caldwell, of Tenn.. supported the compromise bill, not as a perfect code, but as one which bad in view the . correction of great evils, and the defects in which would be revealed when the law waa put into operation and would then be suscepti ble of remedy. ' ! Mr: Dibble, of S. C, favored recommit tal of the bill to the conference committee, for tbe purpose of Laving its defects cor rected, and expressed the opinion that such recommits! would not endanger the passage of the bill; but even should it result in de feat of the measure, he contended that that would be better than for Congress to enact into law such ambiguous legislation. The effect of its enactment would be to throw into the courts the construction of words which should be construed by Con -gross It would be some years before that judicial interpretation would be given, and the result would be postponement of the remedy which was required to correct wrongs under which people suffered -today. There would- be a . truce while the matter was being fought out in the courts, and in view of the ambiguity of the bill, it would be infinitely belter for the people that it should not pass . His chief objec tion to the measure was directed against what he considered the dangerous powets which were conferred upon the commission in tbe matter of suspending operations of tbe long and short haul section, and which permitted it to make fish of one and flesh of another. - Mr Bragg, of Wisconsin, .declared his opposition to the bill and his determination to vote against it. Mr. Cutcbeon. of Michigan, would vote for the bill notwithstanding its defects and notwithstanding tho fact that it attempted too much for the first step. ' i 1 Mr. bill at 'of it. Mr. Grosvencr, of Ohio, opposed the and criticized the commission feature r . ..' Mr. Johnson, of New York, ridiculed .1. Ann militiaman wHfl ft o. flonlntiniv tlA evils which would result from the passage of the bill, calmly announced their inten tion of voting for it. He expressed bis ad' miration for the plucky gentleman from Pennsylvania (O'Neil) who nailed his flag to the mast and determined to go down with fifing colors, and he (Johnson) pro posed to go down with him. jf Messrs. ttocKweu ana J-iong, or siaes., spoke in favor of tbe bill, while acknowl edging its aerecw. ; i Mr. Martin, 01 Ala, opposed tne uiu. on the ground that to pass it with the fourth section in it would' be to dam up the re sources -of Alabama and deny to her any future progress in mining and manufac ture. Mr. Oates, of Ala , made legal and con stitutional argument .directed especially against the long and short haul section. He opposed the centralizing tendency of the measure and denounced the great pow ers which were conferred upon the com mission by which it could raise or depress stocks in Wall street at its pleasure.1 Mr. Findlay, of Md., criticized tne long and shot t hauls feature. r i Mr. Warner, of Ohio, expressed his ap proval of it, and Mr. Holman, of Indiana, while admitting tnat it was open to criti cism, neartuy supported tne Din. ; The House at 5 80 took a recess until 7 30, the evening session to be for further debate on the conference report, j, j In its report the committee says: There is legislation pending to secure to the Uni ted States the payment of all indebtedness of tbe companies alluded to in the resolu tion. No information can be obtained irom any reports made by the department as to amounts owing the government by tbe com- Sanies later than June 80, 1888. ; It is very esirable and almost necessary that tbe House be informed as to the true state of their accounts brought down to as late a day as may be had in order that there may be fair and intelligent consideration 01 sucn measures. The judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury as to the effect and result of the provisions of the bill, should it be come a law, is also greatly to be desired, so that the House, may have the same before it previous to action on the Mexican bill. Bills were reported and referred to the Committee of the Whole for completion the monument to Mary, the mother of Washington, at Fredericksburg, Va., and authorizing free distribution of seed by the Agricultural Department to the drought stricken regions of Texas. : The House in the morning hour passed the Senate bill amending the law relating to patents, trademarks and copyrights. K SENATE. ;: :l Washington, Jan. 21. The Presiding Officer presented a communication from the President,' with a letter from Sam. C. Ried, offering the : nation the sword of his father, Capt. Ried, who commanded the privateer General Armstrong at the battle of Fay al. The President suggested that action be taken for tbe acceptance of tbe gift. Ordered to be printed and laid on the table. . I- ' Mr Spooner was appointed on the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of General Logan. . Numerous petitions were presented by Ji AjJL -ft' several Senators for an amendment of tbe oleomargarine law and for repeal of the in ternal revenue laws, and were referred' tf ui joouDineB on f inance.. .--: .. i i : Mr. Brown offered resolution jKhich was adopted, tequestmi: tbe President in communicate to the Senate copies of ait correspondence wntr the -'Government of. Mexico in regard to the seizure and sale of the American schooner Rebecca in the port or nmpico; also, copies of nil correspon dence -between the State department and the late Minister Jackson, .with Mr. Jack- son's letter to the President on the "siiblect of bis resignation. i A resolution offered by Mr, Call on the subject of forfeiting .certain railroad land grants in Florida waa taken up and Mr. Call resumed his argument in - explanation of it. At the lose of ' Mr J Call's speech the resolation went over without action. f Mr. Edmunds save notice, on behalf of the committee on Foreign Relations, that to-morrow, immediately after the comple tion of the strict, morning ; business, he would ask the , Senate to consider the bill respecting the protection of American fishi ermen wnicn ne nau reported tbeotber dy touosequently, However, the to adjourn over till Monday. Senate agreed A motion to reconsider tne vole to adlouro over was made and defeated yeas 21 j nays 28- ' -t Tho Senate then, at 2.15. on motion at Mr. Morgan, went into secret session, and when the doors were reopened adjourned j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. After the -reading of the- Journal th Speaker stated that tbe regular order w-a a vote on tbe adoptiion of the conference re port on the loter-State Commerce bill. - j - Mr. Butterworlh asked unanimous con sent to have a separate vote upon the fourth section, and Mr. Weaver of Iowa asked to have a separate vote on the commission feature but Mr. Crisp objected to both re quests :. '.- . I , Mr. Dunham moved to recommit the bill to the conference committee. ( Mr. Crisp raised the point of order against that motion. v ji The Speaker knew of no rule which au thorized a recoromital of a conference report, and sustained the point of order. Mr. O'Neill, of Penn., inquired whether there was any parliamentary proceeding by which those gentlemen who were embar rassed by having to vote for or sgainst an important bill, without having an opportu nity to divest it of its objectionable features, could be relieved of that embarrassment; but no suggestion to that end was made, and a vote was taken on adopting the Con ference report. It was agreed to .yeas 219, nays 41. . i j Those voting in the negative were Allen of Mass , Anderson of Ohio, Bliss, Bou telle, Bragg, Brumm, Campbell of Ohio, Caswell, Dibble, Ely, Evans, Pelton, Find j lay, Frederick, Gay, Gilfillan, Groevenor.l Hayden, Hill, Johnson of N. Y., Kelly, Ketchum. Libby, Long, Mark ham. Martin, McEenna, Miller, Morrow, Oats, O'Neill of Pa-, O'Neill of Mo., Ranney. Ryed or Maine, Rice, Seymour, Wa:!sworlh, Waite, Weaver of Iowa and White 41. ! ! i A large number of pairs was ansouuc d, but only in the following cased was it, Ma ted how members named in pairs would have voted Merriman, Glass. Snyder,: Clardy, Wise and Stone of Massachusetts, who would have voted in the affirmative, were paired with Bacon, O'Hara, Haubach, Bingham, Negley and Davis, who would have voted in the negative. j ' i The bill after being enrolled and signed by the presiding officers of the two Houses will be sent to the President for bis action . Mr. Crisp of Georgia, from the Commit tee on Commerce, reported back the resolu tion requesting the Secretary of the Treas ury to make inquiry of the conetructors of passenger cars and steamboats. ! and any other persons he may think capable of giv ing information on the subject, as to the best methods of constructing and heating the same. Adopted. j' The House then proceeded to consider private pension bills. Two private .relief Senate bills were discussed all the afternoon in Committee of the Whole, but no final action was taken, and at 5 o'clock the House took a recess until 7 30, the evening session to be for the consideration of pen eion bills. j Washington, January 23. Senate not in session. , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Owing to a mistake in the publication in the Record this morning of tbe vote upon the adoption of the conference report On the Inter-State Commerce bill, numerous corrections of the Record were made. Mr. Hammond, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported back adversely tbe resolution calling on the Attorney General for information as to the legal authority under which tbe directors or the Union Pacific Railroad Company consolidated that Company with the Kansas Pacific Railroad .Company, and recognized tbe same under the name of the Union Pacific Railway Company, and under which the last named company issue stock and trust loans. Laid on the table The report -accompanying the resolution states that the information desired will be obtained if the joint resolution which passed the House a few days ago for an in vestigation of tbe accounts of racihc rai: roads shall become a law, and for seventy years; from Wirt to Garland, it has been uniformly held" that the Attorney General cannot legally give an opinion when called upon by Congress or its committees. ; I Mr. Wilson, of West Va, from the. Com mittee on Appropriations, reported ithe District of Columbia Appropriation Dill, and it was referred to the Committee of the Whole. I It makes a total appropriation of $3,679, 929, whiie the estimates submitted by the Commissioners aggregated $4,208,494. The appropriation for the current year was $3, 578.263. The principal items of increase are in the appropriations for the improve ment of streets and for public schools. No appropriation is made for the extension of suburban streets and avenues. j . The Senate amendments were concurred in to the bill for the forfeiture of the New Orleans. Baton Rouge and Vicksburg land grant, and to confirm, settlers' titles. to cer tain of these lands. Vote 151 to 61. I Mr.-Wallace; of La., offered a resolution which was adopted, reciting that the Presi dent and Senate have agreed to and latified the convention by wbich tbe terms of the treaty between the United States and the government- of the Hawaiian Islands have been extended seven years longer, and that the treaty contains provisions for the ad mission of certain articles free of duty; and instructing tbe Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into these facts and report to the House whether a treaty, which involves the rate of duty to be imposed on any ar ticle can be valid and binding without the concurrence of the House of Representa tives. The House then resumed in the morning hour consideration of the bill increasing the rate o recension allowed for total deaf ness to 820 a month. , Opponents of the bill refrained from voting and left the House without a Quorum, and in this con dition it remained until the morning hour expired and the bill : went over without action. .-r . -, ; i: ; 'I I " After some filibustering bv the Renubli cans in retaliation noon the Democrats for refusal to vote upon the before mentioned Pension bill, the House went into commit tee of the Whole upon the River and Har bor bill. Mr. Stone, of Mo., opposed the bill, be cause fifty per cent, of the waterways ap propriated for were of only local impor tance, and because many of the appropria tions were for continuance of works at nlaces where the balance already was suffi cient to answer all requirements for the next fiscal year. ' t Mr. ditchings, of Miss., made a care- -f ullv nrenared speech, explanatory and eulogistic of the work 01 tne misstssippi River Commission, and in favor of the continuance of the improvement in accord' anca with the rjlans rtreoared by it. which. he contended, had accomplished all that its most ardent friends could wish General debate then closed, the com mittee rose and the House at 5. SO ad journed. ' She was a very pert miss once, but marriage tamed her and she Is an ex pert. Texas Uifungs. " 4 Ali. tt ) -i f J 1 :no. 0 NEW ri- Strlkera at Larlllard'a .Toheeca- Fa j i :tv ajti atwerapB u ui nuniui suit jj..- f -. .Tihsit iPrre Jan OA A Hrm t thtva hundred of ' Lorillard's tobacco factory strikers returned to work to-day on the o'd terms, and constant acquisitions are being made from the forces of the strikers ' It is believed that the bottom of the strike has fallen out and that the factor? will be run ning in a few days with a full'comnlement .pf hands, as usuaU-?:-'ci';:i'.:-:J -U Unarles Uogue, watchman, employed at the factory,; has become violently insane from-anxiety and worry: incident to the strike. .. j : : ' .1 - 1 The Knights of Labor walking delegates made every effort to prevent the strikers frem collecting their DavTbut failed, as all presented themselves and took their mr ney. They also warked hard to prevent anybody itskuriuug to worK. ., ;i , The'coal-handlerV strike remains about the same. - All the coal carrying companies are working with new men and under offi cial protection, but a full amount of coal cainot be forwarded because of the Int-x- pertness or jaboi2and,because much coal is iruzitiu in ue cari. a -. i i - OHIO: HorHble Traredr In Cleveland-The VUe of 'Jinct cabaleke EJlle Her- Bter Seyen Children. " ' :T ' ' . '' - Clktkland. Jan. 20. James Cabaleke is -a well-to-do carpenter. His wife was out of temper at . the breakfast table this morning and refused to talk to her hus band. After he and the oldest son went to work the mother sent two sons, aged 14 and io, on errands, wnen thev returned thev could not get into tbe house, but in tbe back yard i they found a ' younger brother bleeding from manv wounds. Thev sneed- ily called help and broke into the house, wuere they found two little sisters, aged 3 and 5 years, and a brother aged 3 months dead from many stabs. A girl of 8 was se riously hurt, and she, with the bov found in the back yard, will probably "die. A bloody pair of shears told the story. Search was made for the mother and she was found in the cellar, hanging from a rafter, dead. She had killed three of ber children, mor tally wounded two others and had then committed suicide. The two children who were still alive were taken to a neighbor's house. No cause for the terrible deed is given. The husband does not think that his wife was insane. i J i Incendiary Fire In Hampton Loae $lO,0O0-Boller Explosion at New port News, j Fo&T MONEOB. Jan. 20. An incendiary fire at Hampton, at 1 o'clock this morning. destroyed the store and residence of Henry waiting, tne store and residence of George Gay, corner of King and Union streets. The loss is about $10,000; partly insured. Fobt Monroe, Jan. 20. Tbe boiler of an elevator at Newport News exploded ibis afternoon. Four men were badly in jured, one probabiv fatally. 1 wo hundred people from Philadelphia arrived Here tonight. NEW TORE. Tronble with KjOBEShoreanen The Goal Handlers Strike. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Yobk. Jan. 22. The longshore-. men on the piers of the Anchor and French Trans-Atlantic Steamship lines struck to day, in consequence of tne bandling of freight coming from the boycotted line of the Old Dominion Co. All business! on their pier to-day was at a stand-still, j There is no change in the coal handlers strike. So far as known none of the stri kers have returned to work, but all the coal carriers are . moving their product, in spite of the strikers and under police protection. Those companies employing nnkerton s men keep them in the back ground, and wherever a show of force is made the local police are: put forward. ; ! WHO DOUBTS IT? A North Carolinian Dies In Indiana Aged 109 Tears. Br Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. Chicago. Jan. 22. A special from Bra zil. Ind., says: Simpson narras died IB Putnam county yesterday, aged 10 years. He was born in Orange county, North Carolina,! January 1st, 1778. He cast his first vote for Jefferson for President in 1801, and had voted at every Presidential election since. He was a veteran of the war of 1812. His' memory remained good. He talked intelligently about men and events connected with the formation period of the Republic. j MEMPHIS. Fire Among the Cotton Dales -Loss $300,000. ! " . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Memphis. Jan. 22. Cotton shed No. 4, of the Merchants' Cotton Press and Storage Company, located on the corner of Shelby and South streets, was burned early I this morning j together with 6,500 bales of cot ton. The loss is about $300,000; fully in sured.! i , -! : -. I Memphis. Tenn., January 22 The cotton burned this morning was owned by the following firms: W. W. Gage & Co., 3,987 bales; Mullins & Young, 1,310' bales; W. Fl Taylor & Co., 440 bales; JTulmer, Thornton & Co., 400 bales; Brooks, Neely & Co., 199 bales; J. R. Goodwin & Co.; 20 bales.! The shed is located alongside of the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad depot and contained about 10,000 bales. Over six thousand were destroyed. The Value of the 6,334 bales burned was about $275, 000. jit! is covered by insurance, princK pally in local companies. The shed was damaged to the extent of . $2,500, which is fully covered by insurance in foreign com panies. ARKANSAS. Two Murderers taken from Jail and I '; 'Hanged. . '; . IBi Telegraph to the Morning Stara St. Lotjis. Jan. 23. Two men Hamil ton and Ludberry murderers of tho Har ris brothers, in Bradley county, Arkansas, were released from jail at Warren, Arkan sas, Thursday night by a party of masked men. The sheriff's posse which started in pursuit returned this morning and reported that! the murderers were carried to the banks of tbe Arkansas river . where they were hanged. The bodies were cut down and cast into the stream. Bledlcal Ad vice by Telephone. ., 1 ( j . . . ( Husband to physician-rMMy wife has a severe pain in the back of the neck, and complains of a sort of sourness in the stomach." - Physloian "She evidently has malarial colic." t Husband "What shall I do for her?"i - -C-V TTbe boy at the central office switches off to a machinist talking to a sawmill man.J :.'. . Machinist to . husband "1 think she is covered with : scales Inside about an inch thick. Let her cool down; during the night, and before she fires up in the morning take a hammer and pound her thoroughly all over, and then take a noBe ana hitch it to the hydrant and wash ber okt."j. . '! Tho husband engaged a new physician. - j 1 ,.! Most of the base ball suits worn during the winter are cut out by lawyers. VIRGINIA. . .: Spirits Turpentine. : , , ' ' Asheville Citizen: ? The Legist lalure will be petitioned to incorporate thn i town of Victoria, embracing the terriloy south of Asheville and north of the S wan ntnoa. Wo believe ; no objection will be : raised by 1 Asheville to the efforts of ouc neighbors to have a town of their -own. ? j 4 Elizabeth (Jity Hksononuat: Th " preparations for shad fishing at Slumpy Point is twice as , large this season a. tho, last. Fisbermen'on the Banks and in iiyd" county will make Stumpy, Point tbeir head - -quarters -i No contracts have been oindo for .?;' shad, ana they invite fish dealers to come down and buy their fish! : There will be J double the number of nttaflsbed there this , .: season to last. :'. ... . ! -Winston Sentinel: ) a Thursday ; evening last three more prisoners made their escape. Jailor Burk was allowing the prisoners to come from their cells to go to the bath tub, when four of ihcm rushed upon him, knocked him down' and then rushed out and escaped. Two of them , were caught near Dr. Wheeler'a distillery. We leant; that Jailor Bark hss been asked to resign by some of the citizens and that he has complied with the request, Mr. J. W. Bradford has been appointed to succeed - him. j- .. j-:;-; A very handsome souvenir has been received by tbe Richmond, Va., Light Infantry Blues as an acknowledgment of courtesies extended the Edgecombe Guard of North Carolina during their visit to Richmond during the last fair. The me mento consists of a set of resolutions hand somely painted on a shaving of North Carolina pine, which is beautifully bound in white silk with fringe and blue silk knots. f" They were signed by O. W. Jcf- i frey, captain; and J. L Jenkins, secretary. Jttoanoke 'News: While out gunning Saturday morning last, Bug Par ker, a worthy colored man of the town, a carpenter by trade, shut, himself. It seems that a party of several went hunting, and somehow during the day, Bug's gun be came entangled In'the briars, and in the . norrtor extricate ltrrr wararacnarsjrtn ' load entering the right temple just in front of the ear, making exit through the external . angle of the eye, tearing out the flesh to the bone and fracturing the supraorbital bone, a small portion of it being torn out, ex posing a part of the margin of brain.; Asheville Advance: Officers' Hunter and Adams struck an exceedingly tough citizen last night. His name was Bob Hill. Robert has a crushed black berry complexion, and he had stolen a $6 child's wagon from Mr. J. M. Heston. lie gave the officers lots of trouble, and show ered bitter anathemas upon their beads. Justice Malone committed him to jail for safe keeping until the next term of the In ferior Court, when Bob will probably go to the "pen" for a couple of fears. Bob eot reckless during the examination and offered tbe officers $10 for the use of one arm for one minute, but Hunter couldn't "see it," and Robert spent tbe night in the "cooler." ; Charlotte Observer: Mr. W. D. Alexander, a prominent farmer living near Alexandrina, met with an accident day be fore yesterday whieh came near being of a very serious nature While horseback riding the horse stumbled and fell, throwing him to the ground with considerable vio lence. In falling one of Mr. Alexander's legs was caught under the horse and he is now suffering considerably from the effects of the bruises received. It is thought that no bones were broken by the accident. -Policeman Blackwelder declares that one . of these: days there will be a strange face suddenly seen in Paradise, if he is not let alone about his troubles with the hack dri vers at the depot, j I " Raleigh Visitor: A joint! meet ing of farmers and the Board of Agricul ture took place in tbe hall of the House of Representatives last night and was largely attended. Mr. Geo. Z. French, of Pender county, was called to the chair. A num ber of prominent farmers addressed the meeting on topics of interest. Among other resolutions the following was adop ted: - "Resolved, that the Legislature be requested to take steps to encourage immi gration by authorizing the publication and circulation of information relating to the resources of that and the experiences of the Northern settlers here." Another resolu tion favors the establishment of an Agri cultural College and recommends the trans fer of the land scrip donated by the U. S Government to the University for the pur pose. I - ... j .j , Charlotte Observer: Information Was received in the city yesterday of the destruction by fire of Mr. Alex. Wilson's furniture factory at Morganton. - : The assignment of Mr. C. M. Query, dealer in millinery goods, was yesterday filed at the court house, Two convicts were shot at the Stockade, at the western terminus of Trade street, last Monday night, but the bullet which wounded them was intended for an obstreperous individual who dodged quickly enough to escape it. Tho names of the wounded men are Pink McConnelly and Wm, Roark. The bullet struck Mc-j-Connelley in the left arm, between the elbow and shoulder, and, passing through the muscles of the arm, struck Roark in his left side and burled itself in the muscles of bis back, j Cluverius's book has had a big run in Charlotte and copies are etill being sold. The book is something of a disappointment to the average reader. i , ' j I ' Raleigh " News- Observer: The forthcoming report of the Henderson To bacco Board of Trade will show the sales of the last trade year to be between 8,000,4 000 and 9,000,000 pounds, it being largely, in excess of the sales of any previous year and there has been a corresponding gain of receipts this year up to the present: Genej- ral trade is picking up. Tfie report of Bingham being near At he ville are Witb-j-out foundation, but some statements to the effect that he is now concealed in some Northern asylum have been made, .and cir cumstances in connection with- these state) ments seem to substantiate them as being true. That he has been captured by offl cers of the law is not probablo, but that his whereabouts are known is almost a cer tainty. A colored company, headed by Green Everett, and calling themselves the Goldsboro Vance uuards, has been or-j ganized in Goldsboro and made application to the Governor for arms. Thej Governor; has the application under consideration, jj i N. C. Presbyterian: As a merej lookeron. we may be allowed; to express the opinion that the party bickering and wrangling in tbe lower House of the North Carolina Legislature is exceedingly undigjj nifled, and indeed, as one of its worthier members puts it quite disgraceful. p The Second Presbyterian Church in Wil mington. Rev. John W." Primrose, pastor , held its annual congregational meeting on the night of the 13th of January. An in teresting statistical report showed that of the forty-three members prior to the Rev, Mr. Payne's ministry there are inow seven all residents. In 1874 the church was , virtimllv rnorcantzad with a small member," ship, which, in 1876, just ten years agop , was increased to fifty-two. During Mr. Payne's ministry of ten years one hundred and seventy were received, of jwhom one hundred and two are now residents: and during the present pastorate of two years f nrtv have been received, of whom thirty- six are residents. j J j Raleigh News- Observer: There are now 200 students at Wake Forest Col lege. Yesterday morning the met- " cury ran down to 6 degrees above zerp. nrl.A rtamvtratin Ranatni"olAft fmtTV the First Distrlct,W. J. Griffin, Esq , yes terday presented mis credentials and was sworn in as a menfber of the upper houle of the Assembly. Mr. Griffin's majority In the district was 203. Mr. Griffin is a youUg lawyer. jrrot. o. a. noimes, 01 University of North Carolina, in charge pf ine completion 01 me geoiuxiuai icyuiu ua conducted under Prof. Kerr, made an io- v teresUng verbal statement of the progress, of the work so far, and promised to lay be fore the board a complete report at tho April meeting. Some of the prices realized yesterday at Stronach s warehouse were as follows: A. G. Fleming, Dutch ville, Granville county: $93. $75.62, $38. mndflan average on 717 pounds of $51.75. TV H. Rainy, Chatham: $81, $49, $38, $34.50. R. J. Boiling. Wakes $100, $71. $38, $37.50. $37, $35. $29. Granville, Wake, Johnson, Chatham, Durham and Alamance, crowds sold from $80 down- i,J. W. Ferrellsold at $80, $00. $55. $30. $24; all old tobacco. Akhevii.i.e, N. C, January 19. F. J. Robins, a former citi- zen of Statesviile, who has been a resident of this county for a short time, commuted suicide this morning by cutting his throat frnm Mr in ear wun a razor, ub n-nvca wife and a large familylof children. Ho was. an invalid and mental depression inspired the deed. )