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Weekly Star. . 1' JBLISHED AT i I I N G T O N, N. C . , YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 88S888888SS88S88S 888SSS888SSSSSSSS l''"K 8 8S88S888 mnoK I OOOOO' : BTfOJS. 8 5252235SSS8S88888 BUSOjiV f I at 88888888888888888 Entered at the Port Office atTWJtotogton, K. C i as Seoond Class MatterJ SUBSCRIPTION PRICE The subscription price of theWJiBXXT 3tab is as follows : $1.00 .60 .80 Jingle Copy 1 year, postage I f " 6 months "3 month! " I TOTES. Murat Halstead is a distinguished io journal llist. He has Employed some 01 nis vaiuaoie uuie u ! lU. Tflv in"' an eiaooraiu puur u ko rum which he calls' "The Nullifiers th Constitution." Mr, Halstead is a Republican, and the "Nullifiers" krth Democrats in the fcoutnern Yate.. Mr. Halstead is working on Le same line that John Sherman and itile Benny Foraker pursue to prove that in the South the negro vote is suppressed. The purpose is to arouse Wblic sentiment in the North against the I South, ! and thus solidify the electoral vote, and by that means elect the Republican candidate for the Presidency next year. J lhas been shown by many news- i . ,' . 1 CTjf . 1 1 ' "papers, ana lately oy oeuacor voi- quitt in a paper in the Forum, that the suppression of votes was almost as great in the North as in the South the same elections being compared in both sactions. In off years there is not much interest in -elections in any of the States. Within ten Vy ears in this Congressional district Jthera was a falling off of more than 3,000 votes. The Republican candi dal? for the first and only time was elected, aud yet there were do com phiiits of suppression of votes. The truth was the Democrats failed to do their duty, and by1 not jvoting de feated their own distinguished can- i i ' Vlidate. VV hen too late they regretted Iheir folly and apathy. , j ihe falling off. in tne white vot9 in North Carolina in an off year is generally greater than the falling off of the colored votes. As Judge Rus lcWecan whoop sell says of his party: up our crowd easier than you can yours." In' North Carolina there is no suppression of either negro or white votes. It is the other way negroes sometimes colonize and vote illegally, jj - . - " Mr. Blaine thinks he would have been elected if the negroes bad been allowed to vote m the South. He and those who think with bins as sume that in the whole North there was a free ballot and a fair count. And yet it is known to all that in many Northern States there was a decided suppression of voters and the most flagrant and shameful bull dozing and corruption. The truth is the manufacturers and bosses com- pelled their employes to vote as they dictated. There is not the slightest ) doubt of this. It is not meant that every employer did this, but that it was done nevertheless on a big scale in New England, in New York, in the West. Blaine probably received five votes to Cleveland's one by this practical bulldozing system. . Mr. Halstead's plan of reaching the truth is not the best one he could have tried, He is evidently not aiming to arrive at the$facts and es tablish the truth. ' To prove that the negroes are not allowed to vote he makes an estimate of the colored vote in 1880, taking the census of that year, and compares it with the vote of the Southern States in 1886 an off yeaf and the vote of twen ty years ago! This way of compar ing is not fair. The same sort of comparison if applied to the North would probably show results, if not bo great, at j least would show a di minution. The . following from the Boston Post shows up clearly enough -&e unfairness of Mr. Hafstead's plan of comparison. It says: "To supply, from Mr. Halstead's figures, the deductions which he neglects to pre- tent, we find that the only basis for his ciwm of a 'suppression of the votes of col ored citizens' if the decrease of the Repub lican vole ofkst year as compared with tnai or htteen or twenty years ago. It is irue mat tne tdtal vote has decreased, and that in almost every district the Democratic vote shows a greater falling off than the Re- r'""; J1U0 pamiui process or eiao oration ' doubtless deters Mr. Halstead irom noticing this fact. For the same rea son, probably, he neglects to consider in detail the conditions prevailing at the time when his earlier figures, showing a large Republican vote, were taken. This was at a period fromjl868 to 1872, Mr. Halstead choosinir the year in each case according as w.V?fcUrM a 8Ultis PurP8- But this "as the period in which tho ,..j- -tons in the Southern Btates were of the teialue ? ,ndlicftin? what terwere K'.ually cast, and also ia which the effort l0 DrOCnrn a laraa T?ornhli.n - 6" mpuuuwiu YOLO WaS h h!arDest' iFor 801116 yeare there 68 no ReDublican ore-RnizaHnn n 1 of ihe Southern States; the national lSU,ef baa them UP and eeD t jj, j. i organizers elsewhere; and, as so'utpW u1Co Buun. mere was ao- tic'ket il 0 oppo8ition t0 th8 Democratic ifiat.qnStShblcl, Wh08e ii TgSgS8888888888S88 ggS8SSS88 5sSISS8S8S8S V VOL. XIX. o-mxicAi. gossip and octLoo k. I That summary of opinions pop-1 lished by the Washington- Post is mil " . I ttapv inr.ArAfiLincr. idb UBDermuBO i topio in every politioal oircle is , to stop the anmlna and reduce the Tariff Ex-Speaker Carlisle is clear and emphatic. At least seventy mil lions of taxes must be lifted from the people, and this must be - done at onoe. He is J the same able, level headed man he has always been. We hope his backbone will not weaken under any pressure that may be brought to bear. Some of the North ern , Randallites are represented as rather weakening. 4 It is pleasant to learn from Northwestern members that free trade sentiment is growing in that section.' We suppose that this sentiment is really not free trade, but very much like it is in the South --putting necessaries bf jife on (he free list and bringing the Tariff down to a more just, equal: liberal and intelligent basis. There are but few simon-pure1 free traders in this oountry or in any other. ; It is thought Ithat many Republic cans in the House will favor a reduc tion of revenue.! We doubt if many will be found voting this way when the pinch comes. Some of the Dem. ocrats favor repealing the tax on chewing and smoking tobacco and reducing it on fruit brandy. But no one seems to favor removing the tax from cigars, cigarette, whiskey, beer and wines. It is announced that Democratic sentiment is for increas ing the free listl There are many articles that' should be put on the free list and many upon which the tax should be greatly reduced. It .will be f well for tha nmnnrita in il old a caucus Wore plunging into tha craat. m of for r f ut rpfnrm and I reduction. There is but one sentiment as to President Cleveland's renomination, and the Democrats are represented as all agreeing that he will be elect ed. This is encouraging, for these Democrats come from many sections of the country. . Mr. Patrick Walsh, who controls the Augusta Chronicle, is a Proteo- . . .1 .. . 4 . tionist. lie was interviewed in Washington. He correctly repre sents the Southern Democrats in say ing that Mr. Cleveland's nomination is a foregone conclusion, and that the surplus must be stopped and the Tariff reformed. He is not correct when he represents the South as. de siring the removal of the entire to bacco tax. There is probably one fifth of the Democrats who desire this, and there is probably a ma jority who tavor repealing the tax if by doing this it will secure the sen ous reduction of the present villain- 'ous and unbearable War Tariff. But as an abstract question we very much doubt if one-third of the Southern Democrats favor wipintr out the $28,000,000 derived ' from tobacco. As a compromise they might agree to it, although compromises are danorerous and! generally surrender principle.. As to the Vice-Presidency the Southern people-believe that policy reauires a Northern man " for . that A i place. ; They Relieve that a Southern man would weaken the ticket in the in tue jxortn. There is too much of the bloody-shirt sentiment in the North to justify a hazard like that in putting a Southern man on the ticket. Southern Democrats sur render no principle in this. They believe that the - South has equal rights, but thai it is not prudent and politib at this time to push the " claims," as it is wrongly called, of any Southern man for either the .first or - second places on the National ticket. When the fire-eaters and poli tioal plotters and scheming marplots and bloody-shirt flappers have died the South can with safety and pro priety say, the time has come when our full equality must be recognized. President Cleveland might recognize the South more than be does in dis tributing his greatest favors. The Republican" Senators are be lieved to be solid against any Demo cratic measure of reform. The New York Times, Ind. Rep., says: "At Dresent the impression of the best- informed observers is that the Democratic Senators will accent any bill that comes from the House, but are not likely to have any help from the Republican side. AN ABLE LETTER. ' " j Ex Gov. Thomas H. Watts, of Alabama, ia one of the ablest men in oar cotfntry, and has the character of being one of the most honest and trustworthy. He is a very Btrong man. .We have read with interest the chief portions of his letter in the Montgomery Advertiser upon the Tariff and Internal Revenue. He is opposed to all internal : taxation, favors the improvement of rivers running into more than one State, and literally abominates a Protective Tariff. We are frank to say that it is by all odds the strongest argu ment against internal taxation "that wer have ever ! read. If be is correct in his assumptions and theory he cannot be answered successfully. He takes the position that the only tax the Constitution allows the Con- 1- grees to levy is a tariff tax. tie cer tainiy makes a close and plausible argument to sustain this view. But Vila ciaor wan nAt 4ha viaw .TaffdMAn "4a -v-v woo uw v v v w.aowu ,and other statesmen of that : school. vv nue Jefferson nimseir ravorea tne repeal of. the tax,' it - was at a time. before the war with Great Britain in 1812, when the snm collected was not needed and when it did not exceed $1,000,000. There was no use for it. Mr. Jefferson was not: opposed to the internal tax if it was necessary, It will be remembered that the Jeffer-. sonian party during the toat of '1812, not only f avored an internal tax, &u actually revived the system that had been adopted j towards the close of the last ' century, about the time Jefferson was eleoted. It . was not popular," but it was deemed necessary to meet actual war expenses. ,. Now Gov. Watts admits that as a L war : measure' the -internal system might be tolerated or resorted to. If j the tremendous war debt now upon the country, with its annual interest i . of not less than and a pension '140,000,000 or more, grab system of not lees than $70,000,000, do not consti tute a war debt, then we confess to superlative ignorance. It is a war debt of "most j gigantic proportions, and such a war tax is needed, and with a hundred fold proportion to that needed io 1812 and after. Gov.' Watts makes a strong argu ment against a protective lariff. Corainer from the ablect old line Whig in Alabama it is a very no ticeable argument. We may have occasion to refer to his letter again and to reproduoe a part of it. He favors the impr6ving of rivers, but onlv when thev are clearly of na tional importance, such too as a sin ei6 State could not improve, lie thinks there is; co authority for ap DroDriations by the Congress for 1 i -j - . river improvements save only when a river penetrates or passes through two State. Although a Whig he takes the old some extent. ) Democratic view to Gov. Watts ;in his opposition to internal taxation, does not appeal to prejudice but makes a. constitutional argument. He is a lawyer and a statesman. He is worth listening to. The sudden death of Rev. Dr. L. S. Bnrkhead at Fayetteville, while Conference, will be a attending the great shock to a great many friends in North Carolina. - It occurred on hn.- hadlef tthe Friday nigbt-after Conference room. We have no par- ticulars. Dr, Burkhead was the friend of the writer, lie was a man every inch of him. j He bad decision of character in a marked degree. He was frank, sincere affable, compan ionable, a man of mental force and of information in j theology and in general matters. He was a strong preacher, apt to preach too long, and .: ' ?L ' II M J naa a logical mina weu iraiueu. You could always rely upon him. He had nothing little about him, but was of noble impulses and high aspira tions. He received several votes fori Bishop in the last General Confer ence if we lire not mistaken. He had filled every place of importance io the Conference and was equal to all demands. He was a true be liever in the promises of the Al mighty Father and in the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. We have no doubt that be was ready for the sudden snmmons. j His death, is a positive loss to his Church and the State of North Carolina. TOE CONSTITUTION AND TUB AD MINISTRATION. All sorts of grab games are now advocated by certain papers, and the Constitution of the United States un der their interpretation is made as elastic as old Ben Butler's conscience Or a gutta perch shoe-string. While to "grab" millions from the United States Treasury for ends never' con templated by the Constitution nor intended when the; tax was levied is the game, of a certain Southern school that cannot be possibly called Democratic in any strict sense, there is a strong element in the North that is moving on a parallel line of dan ger and destruction. It is composed of men who advocate all sorts of ex treme measures whether the persons or the property of individuals are in volved. They are so hostile to the old order that they openly advocate the abrogation of all States the complete wiping out of State Gov ernments. They have heretofore in sisted that the Federal Government can even invade States for the sup pression of crime. One writer says: "It misht require a considerable stretch of National authority, but the time has torn to stretch thai power to its utmon lunn." Even so staunch a Southron as Mr. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia re cently argued that State courts were merely "municipal" arrangements, and that all citizens . accused of crimes against a : State could oome before the Supreme Court of the United States for a final hearing. A very dangerous theory that, and one fortunately not tolerated by the Su preme Court itself, i We note these things with pain They may serve to bring us back to .' v. ? ; , EE WILMINGTON,, N. C. FRIDAY DECEMBER 9, a great issue of our time that will not down the Btruggle between consti-. tutional government and usurpation under the guise of centralization- It is a struggle between : the kind Of government Mr. Lincoln favored and so felicitously, described' a govern ment of r the people, by the people, and for the people, and a govern ment of I absolutism a - government violative of the old landmarks and of the true principles of civil liberty a government run in the interests of capitalists and rich corporations; that tramples under feet the interests of the people at large; that laughs at the 'electoral system, overrides all barriers and makes the will of one or a few the law for tho millions. '; Fortunately for tha' country in 1884, ; the people ;N- having ' become' alarmed at the usurpations, corrup tions and false theories of the venal Republicah party, "torned ;the ras- cal out has had a Constitutional Govern ment. "It has been redeemed in part and relieved in part of Radical mis rule and abuses. Mr. Cleveland has shown himself a sound ; Democrat in leaving the States to attend to their own proper duties and in' keeping within Constitutional bounds. ' We do not no w recall any instance with in the last three years where meas ures that' were remotely suspected of being unconstitutional were recom mended or countenanced by the Ad ministration, except one. The Dem ocratic Administration has generally done well, f The worst act of the President was his approval of the undemocratio Oleomagarine bill. Ilia fidelity to the Constitution; his vetoing of "sundry rascally pen sion bills ; his clean, pure adminis tration ; bis efforts to do justice to all classes and sections ; his reclama tion of public lands equal in size to three great States ; his plans and efforts for the building of a navy that shall be efficient and sufficient ; his desire to have the burdens of tax ation reduced aud the War Tariff razeed aud reconstructed these and other measures and activities com mend him to the American people as a judicious, honest Chief Executive. He has essayed to do justice to the Indians and to deal wisely and pru dently with all foreign powers. The Amerioan people will probably sho'w their approval in 1888, by extending . Mr. Cleveland's official life to another term of four years, Providence smil- i ngjipon the action A Colored Girl's Narrow Kaeape. The clothing of a colored girl about eighteen years of age caught fire yesterday morning while she was engaged in cooking breakfast in the kitchen at the residence of Capt. R. M. Capps, of the police force. The girl ran into the house, screaming, and threw her arms around Mrs. Capps' neck. "Mrs. Capps endeavored to smother the flames with an over coat which she threw over the girl but . the latter broke away and ran into a bed-room where the captain was sleeping, ne was arousea oy xne noise and seizing a quilt threw it over the girl and extinguished tne flames. Nearly all the girl's clothing was burned from her body, but it is thought that she is not seriously in jnred. Mrs. Capps had her hands painfully burned in her efforts to smother the flames. In Distress. The schooner Lizzie Dewey, Capt; Clark, boundjfrom Baltimore to Sa vannah with a cargo of guano, ar rived here yesterday in distress. Capt. Clark reported that , his vessel en countered a heavy gale on the night of November 80th, between Cape Lookout and Frying-pan Shoals, dur ing which the vessel shipped a heavy sea which carried away part of the stern, the compass and wheel, one of the boats, and filled the cabin with water. The schooner having sprung aleak during the gale, the Captain put into this port for repairs. The Dewey came up to the city' yesterday and ' anchored.! A board of survey will be held Monday to ascertain the extent of the damage. The schooner Belle Brown, Capt Perry, iwhich arrived yesterday, also encountered the gale on the 30th nit and had some of her sails blown away, j m ' ' Dentli of Rev. S Bnrkbead, D. D. The j sudden i death of this good, useful and talented divine on Friday evening at Fayetteville, N. C:, where he was attending the session of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist E. Church, South, cast a gloom over his friends here where he was so favorably-known. In his earlier ministry he was pastor of the Fifth Street church in this city. He was afterwards pastor of Front Street church and on two different occasions was Presiding Elder upon this dis trict. A good and useful man fell at his post when Dr. Bnrkhead died. ! ! Rare Visitors, Seven white swans were" killed in the river yesterday morning near Big Island,' by Dave Stubbs, one of our local gunners, The seven were killed in two shots. Besides these Stubbs bagged twenty-six brace of wild ducks in his morning's hunt. He brought his game to the city where they were displayed for sale at Mr. Fred Rice's store on South Front street. '. -'.-;-":" ' ' : Receipts of cotton . yesterday 1,652 bales ; the same day last year, 858 bales. Total receipts for the crop year up to yesterday, 127,052 bales ; increase over last season, 85,688 bales. KEY si Derntb of Str:Mm.rj Wallace. :". , J : It is with: 'feelings bl sadness we chronicle the decease of ' ibis estima ble lady. For "some time past , her health; has been failing, but not until the last few days was ' her condition considered critical. She was the wife of Mr. S. Dv'VVlallace, and only a year Or so ago. they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding.' - 1 She was a life-long and consistent mBmber .of ; the Methodist' Church, and her acts of charity, her kindness, her willingness to assist those whom f ortuner had.1, not 'f avoredj will " cause her to he remembered long and pleas antly by those 'to whom' her virtues had endeared her;;;" ' - : ' ; We extend to the family ohr warm est sympathies -in this dark hour of their afflction and bereavement. , Foreign Export. ; ' --, ! ' ' '- f - The following is a statement of .the exports to foreign countries from this port during the month, of. November, as compiled from the books at the ; jjnglanl0tton. :26,277 bales, val- valued at $33,482; spirits turpentine. 114,427 gallons, valued at $39,118; pine fibre, three bales, valued at $36. ' t ; British West Indies Lumber,' 175,- 000 feet, valued at $2,625; I shingles, 335,000, valuedat $1,675. r ( .. Germany Cotton, 13,344 bales, val ued at $603,780; rosin, 9,515 barrels, valued at $9,783; spirits turpentine; 19,687 gallons, valued at $6,873. France Cotton, 2,245-bales, valued at $106,900. i : - I Argentine ' Republic Rosin, 1,343 . barrels, valued at $3,130; lumber, 227,000 feet, valued at $4,025. Belgium Rosin, 1,777! barrels, $1,923; spirits turpentine, 36,978 gal lows, valued at $12,757. ; " . French West Indies Lumber, 326,- 000 feet, valued at $5,377. : J Hayti Rosin, 10 barrels, valued at $12; tar, 20 barrels, $35; pitch, 2n bar rels, $35; lumber, 691,000 feet, $9,828; shingles, 70,000, $401; spirits turpen tine, 90 gallons, $34. - Ban Domingo Lumber, 233,000 feet. valued at $3,150. . ! U. S. of Columbia Lumber, 120,00 feet, valued at $2,414. : aw v Cotton movement. Receipts of cotton at this port from September 1st to December 1st, ag gregate 124,180 bales, as against 89,- 183 bales for the same months last year. Increase, 34,997 bales. -. Receipts for the month of Novem ber, 1887, were 41,679, against . 34,489 bales received the same month last year"i an increase of 6,190 bales. The stock at this portjDecemb 1st, ; 1887, is given as 17,626 bales, against 25,902 at the same date last year.... -. A ". Total exports since September 1st, are lu7,2UU bales; against 03,447 at same time last year. , Wilmington to be tne Next JPlaeo of m.IUK Or IB. aim. IE The United Synod of the Lutheran Church, which has been in session several days at Savannah, Ga., ad journed last Tuesday to meet in this city on the third Thursday in No vember, 1889. The synod passed resolutions ex tending their thanks to the Rev. Dr. Bowman and the people of the Evan gelical Lutheran Church of Savannah for courtesies extended, and to the Rev. F. W. E. Peschau for his consid eration in looking out for the mem bers and caring for them, j - Dr. Henkel was appointed visitor to the General Council and; Rev. Mr. Peschau delegate to . the General Synod. m : Death or Mr. Rocer 8. tfilllams, of Fayetteville. A telegram was received in this city yesterday announcing .the sudden death of Mr. Roger S. Williams, at his home in Fayetteville, Friday night. The deceased was aged about 37 years. He was a'son of Mr. John D. Williams, of Fayetteville, and had many friends, not only in that place. but throughout the State, who will sincerely mourn his death. Mr. Wil liams was a man of most; kindly na ture and sterling integrity, generous to a fault,' and had many qualities which endeared him to all who knew him. For mady years he was mana ger of the Cotton Seed Qil Mills of Fayetteville, which position he fitted ud to the time of his death. We extend to the family our sincere sympathy in this sad hour of their affliction, Naval Stores. - Total receipts of spirits turpentine at this port since April 1st, 1887, 56,869 casks, against 51,047 for the same months last year. Receipts of rosins are also in. excess of the receipts last year ; up to December 1st, the figures being 217,567 against 209,981 barrels. In crude turpentine the receipts this year are 18,814 barrels, against 17,883 last year. Tar is the only article showinsr a falling off in receipts, the figures being Darreia tnis year against 86,848 last season mp to D- earaoer 1st. Lighter Sank. The steamer.!. P. Hurts lighter, on which there were supposed to be 270 bales of cotton, sunk in 'the river Thursday last while on the way to this city. The cause of the accident is. not known here. It occurred near Phoebus landing, about sixty-five miles above Wilmington Capt. Robe son advised the agents here, Messrs. Woody & Currie, ' that he had tele graphed to Fayetteville; for another lierhter. and that about 150 bales of cotton were afloat. The Hurt's cargo is insured with Mr. M. S. Willard, in surance agent of this city, EL P. Morgan, who had been in jail for fourteen months was released yesterday. Morgan was convicted of setting fire to his store on South Second street, but was granted a new trial bv the State Sunreme Court. mi - 3 9 1 -X Clton was in a foreign country, so a no? pros, was entered and the prisoner I ii h I in nr. i iih.1 wikMHNa iur vbxio uwwj discharged. AR. 1887. Pardons Granted r tba Presldeut Annnal R.port of tne Commission' : r vi (niim-4HBieraM SB Republicans meet Saturday to Organ- I lao and Nominate Candidates lor I Various Offices. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. . Washington. lec. 1. The President ; to-day granted a number of : pardons I to i persons . convicted j in the U. S. Courts. Among them Ricbard Stewart, convicted in South Carolina of violating the Internal revenue law, std U 8. D. Evans, con victed in the tua of passing counterfeit money and etmteuced to three : years im prisonment . In all these cases the convicts nave completed , their terms of imprison ment, and - the actioo of - the President Served merely to restore them to - citizen- snip. - '-- ? yl - . j ' Wabhtngtoh, Dec. 1. The ennual ; re port of t be OotnmitsioDer of - Agriculture was laid before the President to-day. The lommisuontr recommends substantially the abolition of the seed division of ' the Department and the transfer of its duties to State and territorial, experiment stations. Directors of the institutions, be oavg. cuzht to know what kind of seed the farmers of their respective neighborhoods are interest ed in, and what kinds are bett adapted to tach locality. "If," be says; "tbe work could be done by stations : aid the Depart ment be relieved of this duty,, it would en-. aoie ii to wont ia otner airections. ot great importance io toe agricultural interest or the country. It is hardly : hecessarv to state that it takes much of the time of the Commissioner and that , it is difficult to make distribution to give satisfaction to all parties, and to all parts of the country. While the germ 'of the Department of Aeri- culture was seed distribution, it has grown until it now reachess into many fields of science and nany 'more lie beyond which as yet it has had neither time or means to eater." Tbe Commis sioner discusses the scope and functions of tb9 department in ihe way which leaves room for the plain inference -that tie disap proves enorts to mate it an executive de partment with a member of the Cabinet at its head. The departments position, be thinks, should be that of ao adviser in those investigations and enterprises which bear upon the agricultural interests of the country. "In the beginning, be says, the department may have been an experiment. out its condition nowsnould leave no doubt as to the precise relative whieh the depart ment should hold to the government. Da - velopment has been natural, and there may be a valuable leseqa in tbe history of its re volution. The relation to which I refer needs to be recognized not through a mere change of name, not through any radical legislation which may meet the favor of one class and the disfavor of another; nor yet through any entangling alliances which would only serve to distract attention from one great and leading thought which should always possess those who administers the affairs of the depattment; : but rather through a well endowed department, fully authorized to employ scientific experts and specialists in its seyersl lines of investign tion at just and reasonable compenKaiion fully equipped with the latest aod most ap proved apparatus,! with conveniently ar ranged workshops and safe and healthy surrounding. . Washingtoh, D. C. Dec 1 There will be a meeting of tbe Republican members of the Fiftieth Coogrew in the bail of the Houss of Representatives, b&turdty, De cember 3d, at 3 o'clock p. m , in caucus to consider the question of organization of the next House and nomination of candi dates for various offices of tbe same ; Dem ocratic caucus will be held in the same 1 ace at 7 o 'clock in the evening. . Washington. Dec. 2. A caucus of Democratic Senators was held to-day to hich an informal report of the Caucus Committee was submitted respecting the admission of Senators (Turpie, of Indiana. and Faulkner, of West Virginia The matter was discussed at considerable length, out as several members OT the caucus were iuriner aiecusston oi mesuojecv v&s puv over to to morrow at 13 o'clock, to which hour tbe caucus adjourned The caucus is confronted with doubt as la what course the Republicans propose io pursue, and the committee will, in the meantime, attempt to see if anything can be learned on the subject. Members of the Democratic cau cus say their party is firm in the convic tion that the two Senators named should be sworn in when the other new Senators are, and they are as yet unaware of any purpose on the part of tbe Republicans to prevent it. If can not be learned that the Republicans have considered the subject as individuals, and it is certain that no line of action has been mapped out. The usual course of procedure is to swear in new Senators, two at a time, in the order in which their names stand on tbe alphabetical list. The two parties are equal in strength at the start, but j with the administration of the oath to the first Senator on the list Aidricb the Republicans will have a ma jority, and can of course control the cur rent or events ir no uuatory proceedings are resorted to. It isevident that members of both parties are studying the rules and precedents closely, with a view to meeting any attempt by their opponents to secure an advantage, but without knowing exactly as yet what ihey are to guard against. The Democrats have caused telegrams to be sent to their absentees, summoning them to be present to-morrow and Monday. Tbe absentees to-day were Sesators George, Hearst. BlodgetL Hampton, Gibson, Col quitt and Saulsbury. Two or three of the numner, cowever, are aireaay in ' rvasn ington. ! uecretary iraircnua nas compietea tne preparation of his annual report to Con gress and tbe final pages of it were placed ' in the printer a hands to day. ue has ceen engaged on this work almost exclusively ior a monin pasi, ana me ouBiness oi uie Treasury Department during that time has been ably conducted by Assistant secretary Thompaob. The report s all in the Secre tary's own handwriting, and gives .his views in regard to the surplus and tariff question at considerable length. It will be made public immediately after its presenta tion to Congress next Wednesday after noon.- ii r . Washington. Dec 3. A fully attended caucus of the Democratic 3enatora con vened at 12 o'clock to-day to hear the final report of its committee- appointed to out line the policy or the plan oi action wun regard to the admission of the new Demo ocratic Senators against whose title some questions has been raised The committee, consisting of Senators Pugh, Blackburn, Harris and Vest, reported that it naa -care-. fully considered all of the facta in the cases of senators Turpie, of Indiana, Faulkner, of West Virginia, and all other Democratic Senators, and had reached tbe conclusion that all were fully entitled to their seats. The menu of each case having noen dis cussed by the caucus, it was unanimously resolved that tne entire list or new demo cratic Senators were entitled to their seats, and that in so far as tbe Democrats could influence the matter, that they should be sworn in on Monday, when the other new Senators are called to taae tneir oatns. Nothing bevond this was determined upon in connection with tbe matter,, it being the unanimous opinion of the caucus that no departure from precedent snouia oe maae, and that no obstacle to the admission of all the Senators elect should be anticipated. The committee also reported that it' has examined all the credentials of the Repub lican 8enators-elect and found several upon which objections could legitimately be based. The facts were laid before the can cus and discussed, but as tne defects are merelv technical, it was determined to make no objection unless objections were made by the Republicans to the admission of Democrats. An understanding was reached, however, that, should the. admis sion of any Democrats be objected to. the party wouia act as a unit, accoruing aa cir enmatances seem to reauire. The tone of the speakers in caucus was flrne. withont being Belligerent. It was made known that the Democrats had an advantage, in fact that Senator Jones, of Nevada, is absent and is paired with Senator Hearst, who begins the new. term, and ia therefore not yet a senator. Upon the request ot Republicans, the cau 5 cus at once assented as proposed by Sena tor Kenna, who has charge of the Demo cratic pairs, to the pairing of Senator Jouea with' bosna Democrat already sworn in This reduces tbe voting strength of each party to twenty-four. .Senators Bed and Kenna were elected respectively chairman and secretary of the Democratic ctucu o serve during the coming session. a. rumor is current that the Kepu ilic ma have decided to Object to the seating". f Senators Turpie, Faulkner. Hearst ai.d Blodeett. but it is probably without foun dation,, at least so far as Hearst ami Ba d gett are concerned. . ; : i T 1 T"k i i i ' i . Liuo rtopuuiiunuB nave uau do caucus, d several leading Republicans eay'taey have no knowledge of any such purpose. ! The roll-call has been printed for use on Monday, containing only : the names of those Senators who have aheady. been sworn in fifty in number. J Washington, Dec 8 The Republican, members of the House of Representatives held their first caucus ot tbe session this afternoon. Of the Republican representa tion of 153, 117 members were in atten dance. None of the four Independent members-elect were present. J. ;G. (Jun- Don-, of 111., and Louis MacUomas, of Md , were respectively reelected to the positions which they held during the last Congress. chairman and secretary of the caucus When these preliminaries had - been ar ranged, Mr. MacKinley. of Ohio, nomina ted Thomas B. Reed; of Maine, for Speaker, ana me nomination was confirmed bv ac clamation. Mr. Reed made a brief speech. in which he counselledhparty harmony and predicted Republican victory ia the next Presidential election. Nominations for tbe remaining officers of the next. House were then made as follows: Edward MoPher son. of Fenn., for clerk; Daniel Shepherd of I1L, sergeant-alarms; W. T. Fitch, of Ohio, door-keeper; Chas. H Grey, of Da kota, postmaster; Francis W. Thomas, of Ind., chaplain. S The nominations were agreed to without debate, except in tha case of Mr. Grey, over whose nomination some little discus sion arose as to the propriety of recog nixing the territories in the distribution of House offices. 'Mr. Thomas, who was nominated chaplain, is a minister of the Society of Friends, and is well known in the West as the "Quaker Preacher. " Af ter a long discussion as to the advisability of such action, the caucus . authorized tbe chairman to appoint a committee of eleven members to be known as the caucus com mittee,' and to be charged with the duty of calling the caucus together whenever it may be necessary. Only an incidental mention was made of the tariff during the ession,and no attempt was made to outline the policy to be followed by tbe Republi cans of the House. - - Washington, Dec. 3. The caucus of Democratic Representatives to-night re nominated without opposition Speaker Car lisle, Chaplain Milburn, Postmaster Dal ton. Sergeant-at-arms Leedom, and Clerk Clark cf the House. A. B. Hurt; of Missis sippi, was nominated for Doorkeeper after a lively and protracted contest, in tbe course of which it is reported" Blount, of Georgia, and Breckenridge of Arkansas, came to blows, but that after having cooled down in the cloak rooms, after being separ ated by: friends, they became reconciled and shook hands. DISASTROUS FIRE. The Strobrldge LtthoerrapliInK Co's Great Bnl'dlns in Cincinnati En tireiy Destroyed Loss Estimated at $300,000. By Telegraph to the Hondo Star. Cincinnati, Dec. 1. At 1.30 o'clock this morning a general alarm was sounded and called the entire fiie department to the Strobridge Lithographing Co a great build' ing on the northeast corner of Elm and Canal streets. The flames devoured the en tire building, and in less than forty minutes the wails feu in. The loss total will pro bably be not less than (250,000, but by some it is estimated as nigh as 8500,000. The Strobridge Company have insurance of (150,000 in forty ; companies. The fire started, in the second story, but no one Jin own now. :ik.i. . incendiarism. The tfcmbaurtaJrU in New York and one in London, England, put tneir worx is done here. , .. The building was a fine structure, five stories high, fronting over one undred feet on the north side of Canal street It was filled with costly machinery, including fifteen lithographic presses. Its stock of paper and finished and partly finished work was very large, estimated to be S100. GOO. Most of the work for the theatrical companies was finished, but a large portion was still in the building and a number of theatrical companies will be without ma- rrial to properly bill their plays. Tbe scene during the fire was startling. The height of the building, the combusti bility ot its contents and the substantial Btyle of its structure served to make the fire Jflerce but comparatively slow. It burned floor after floor, and the falling of ihe heavy lithographic stones gave sounds like the discharge of battery. Later, tbe falling of the walls sent sheets of flame and showers of sparks in the air. During this part ot the catastrophe, nreman John Shnur. who was on a ladder thirty-five feet from ground missed his footing and fell to the ground. He was taken to the hospital with injuries which may prove fatal. The business is probably the largest of its kind in the world. One hundred and twenty-five men were employed. Mr. Hines Strobridge, president of the Com pany says ho thought the building was fire proot, ana is astonished mat it should all go as it did. : Within the building as tenants were James Barclay, job printer, and' the Halstead Stocking Co. Their loss will be about $ 10,000 eacn. The best estimate that can be made of the total loss is about $300,000, on which the insurance is (150,000; but the loss on business during the time of enforced idle npjifl nannnt tut (uvMiratnlv natimotH . Thn buildiog may be regarded as a total loss. fine portions oi the wans left standing are worthless. i i - JAKE SHARP, Released, from Prison on a Ball Bond of f 40,000 Ho is Terr Feeble and Cannot Walk Withont Assistants. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. New Tobk, Dec. 1. Jacob 8harp was taken from Ludlow Street Jail this morn- ing and brought down in a carriage to the county court bouse, lie was accompa nied by warden Healing, Sharp s grand son and another relative. Sharp was wrap ped up in a heavy overcoat and shawl, and he looked to be a very sick man. lie has changed greatly in his appearance since tha trial, t He is feeble ana cannot walk with out assistance. .The warden and deputy sheriff almost carried Sharp from the en trance to the court house to the office of Sheriff. Grant. The order granting a new trial was settled before Judge Barrett, and by mutual agreement between District At torney Martin and W. Bourke Oockran, counsel for Sharp. It was decided that Sharp's bona be ' fixed at sw.uuu. The District Attorney agreed to make no oppo sition to the application for . his admiesion to bail. The bond was ' prepaied, Isaac Hendrix and George Shepherd each justi fying in the sum named, and a few min utes past noon Sharp was discharged. . ATLANTIC COAST LINE, Now Arrangements for Freight Trafflo IBv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Richmond, Dec. 8. Arrangements have been made for the opening of an all-rail freight line between New York and other eastern cities and all points south over the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, in connec tion with, the Atlantic Coast Line south of Richmond. The new line will be known as the -Atlantic Coast Line Dispatch, and special schedules have been fixed, to take effect at once, i his line win undoubtedly handle a large percent ige of the orange crop of Florida, r Davidson Dispatch: Sarah War ner, a white woman, was committed to jail last week on a charge of Infanticide NO. Spirits Turpentine. Raleigh Chronicle: Raleigh has cried out long and . loud for a nice, suitable!' and commodious Ud ion riVnni :' - As we understand it Mai Winder's r. in.. paniesareand bavebetn ready t build it at any tune. The bovs at the TTnlv. r s ty are having a stormy time io the PL i society. H 35 of . lht m withdrew because . liew Btudent was black- ailed Ouly ih, who have known something of "socieiv politics" can understand the significance of this move to the boys t Shelby Aurora : The colon-.! psople here had a dance on Monday nigtjt and much dancing aud noise They were a jovial set; t.oon a big row began among the males and femaW Caleb Motz, colored, was belligerent a-id the marshal had to u-e his club and put him in jtil. Bill Wilkonaan. clnrLri while druuk. went to sleeo Siturdav niht ' ru the railroad track. -Hia comrade's tried. to arouse him. but be was too drunk nrt they left him in a dangrou3 p)aee After -wrds the noisy SC'a train catue laundering along, the drunken matt ined iu vain i.e- pet up. ( Nearer and nearer came (he pou deroua engine and a own oo the track un able to walk. The drunken man in ado a u other desperate attempt to escape dent b he could not walk, but bo rolled ever off th.' track into the ditch' and tscaped. j , Raleigh News Observer: Tha most important and interesting feature in . the eastern part of the State tbis je&r will be the flsb, game and oyster fair at . Beau- ion. it is to be an exhaust ivo e-roosition of tho fishing industries of tbe couat and ibe great advantages offered to sportsmen bv Ibe eastern section. - The collections for this, the fourth internal revenue disuiri. -for tbe month of November aru juaie.l i (74.722.70- Judie Walter Clark vea- terday conveyed by duid to the Brigk& Hall Methodist congregation a lot at tho corner of Morgan and Person streets. It ia a portion of the property known us the "White'' property. The ori.e paid IforMhe lot was (1,000. A church edifice will be erected on the lot at a cost of (15.000 Tho city mortality register shows that there K;ere toirty-iour aeatns in the city during the- xunth of November Seventeen wem males and seventeen females. Sixteen ' white and eighteen colored. Wadesboro Intelligencer : It dees begin to appear that tbe silk factory will be located in Wadesboro. It seems to be a settled fact. The parties who are at the bead of the concern, in Patterson, N J., were in Wadesboro a few days ago. when a thorough understanding . was reached. I They tell us that there is a lady in Wadesboro who has not changed her stockings since the' earthouake not that she! has worn the same pair all this time, but has kept a pair all tbe time on her feet, not knowing at what moment an other shake-up may come. - In his speech, Tuesday. CoL Polk incidentally remarked that he had not, in early life, the advantages of an . education coileglate education, we infer- he meant. Well, lo that as it may, he shows to powerful good advantage to better advantage than nine ty-nine out of every hundred men who iave had the best advantages. He is no common man. On Thursday night last, LeviBaucom and Can Dlgga, living -near Deep Creep Spring, deserted their families. Bancom leaves a wife and five children and Diggs a wife and two chil dren. They are believed to have fled with two female vagabonds On Friday morn - ing Ulgus was seen in an ox cart with two women and a handful of trumpery, moving in the direction of South Carolina. Tbe same day Baucom was seen near" Chester field C. EL riding a mule, and carrying a gun 1 ' - Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 27. Rutherford and Cleveland counties issued bonds to the amount of (325,000 to aid iu the construction of a railroad throngn those counties. The people of both coun ties alleged fraud ia the issue and a want of the necessary number of votes to author- -ize the issue. The bonds were issued to tbe Massachusetts and Southern Construc tion Company, which bad the contract to build the road, and thev hastily sold the bonds to third parties. . In the meantime suits were brought to restrain the issue of the bonds, to declare tbe election held in both counties void, and to restrain the County Commissioners from levying taxes to pay the interest. These suits were de cided at the February term last of the Su preme Court, and the Commissioners were restrained from levying tbe taxes until the other questions are finally decided. The bondholders claiming to be innocent pur chasers for value have brought suit in the irederai court at Ubariotte to comper toe levying of the taxes, and the Commissions - hrBtPTiRrt in vbo viwiing-g witn being arrested lor contemprir ttefw-.. ... r- gard the injunction of the State court and levy the taxes to pay tbe. interest The court meets in Charlotte. Judge Hugh L Bond presiding, on Dec. 12, when this case will be decided. Charlotte Chronicle: A party of forty colored people, men, women and children, from this county, left yesterday ior ualifornia, where they expect to make an easy living in the future. The party party was in charge of' Rev. C. O. Petty, the colored preacher who bas been working up the business here lately. The wood j famine which a few days ago threatened our city, is no longer to be dreaded, for the town has been well stocked during the past few days. The Carolina Central Railroad. has landed seven hundred cords of wood in Charlotte since Monday, the 28th iiist. It is stated that Col. John N. Staples. one of our gifted speakers and prominent lawyers, wUl go to Washington City the first of January to engage in tbe practice oi law m mat city, tie win resign his po sition as attorney ot tbe Richmond & Dan ville Railroad Company. It is planned to erest at Trinity College an additional building for the use of the library and lit erary societies. The mercury got down to 25 degrees yesterday morning: Yesterday morning a colored man named Smith was instantly killed by earth caving in on bim at the Pacolet cotton factory. They were digging the foundation for the new picking room. His neck was broken, besides receiving other injuries. Mr. George Douglas, a prominent lumber and timber man of East Orange, New Jersey, arrived in Charlotte yesterday, and it is probable that he has come to stay. Mr. Douglas says that he left his New Jersey home some weeks ago to prospect for a lo cation In the South and that be has found the place he has been looking for in the city of Charlotte. j - Raleish News and Observer . Ensign Allen G. Rogers, U. 8. N., who has been here on a snort furlough, has returned. to his ship. Mr. Pearson received a letteryesterday from the citizens of Salem . and Winston, saying that they would send him a petition signed by a large number of people asking bim to make an appointment to hold a meeting there at an early date. - North Carolina has 2.110 postofflces. ranking as seventh in the highest number or offices among tbe States in tbe union. -The Governor yesterday pardoned J&s, A. Kale, of Iredell county, who was serv ing a twelve months' sentence in the county chain gang. Kale ia only sixteen years old ' ant) was sentenced ror robbing a store. U. S. Circuit Court met yesterday morning pursuant to adjournment, the Hons Hugh L. .Bona ana August s Seymour judges . presiding. Nathan M. Palmer was sworn as foreman of the grand jury. United States 1 vs. Wm. Hight : violation internal revenue laws ; verdict guilty ; thirty days ' in jail and (lOU nne. united states vs. John R. Coley; illicit distilling ; verdict guilty ; thirty days in jail and (100 fine. United ! States vs. B. F. Cheatham ; . violation internal revenue laws ; Judg ment suspended upon payment of costs. United States vs. Robert Gilliam; violation interna revenue law; verdict guilty; thirty days in jail, (100 fine. .The Commis sioner of Agriculture yesterday received a report from H. B. Robson, mining engi neer, who is in the employ of the State in . surveying the "Dan River" coal fields. This is the second report received and pre sents every reason for expecting to find a large supply of a fine quality of coal. One -vein has been followed for 120 feet into the earth and shows a uniform thickness of five feet as far as explored, devoid of bitu men but rather soft. It is expected and in fact almost certain that as the vein goes deeper and is subject to greater pressure that it will increase in hardness and finally resolve Into a most desirable quality of coal. A specimen of splendid bard coal has been found on the surface among some rocks which have fallen so (hick as to con ceal all outcroppings of coal, and under this debris is supposed to lie a bed of bard coal of the most desirable quality. Tha developments so far are of tbe most flatter ing and encouraging nature ,