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l'liu subscriotion price of the Weeejvj
Star is as follows
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mmavo statesman and chv,
Our rJorthern jcxchanges are be-j
storing much time and space upon
Blaine's campaign deliverance. .'It
is Lis bid for the raom'mation, and bis
economic scheme is as defective and
unwise as other e6bemes of his have
been in' the past He says tobacco
ia now a necessary of life. It is only
made so. by indulgence, juss aa opium
I .ia
become.
a sense, a necessity to
the unfortunate slaves of the! fatal
drux. Bat no man of fairness and
intelligence will speak of tobacco
being a necessity in the sense that
bread and; clothing are necessaries.
Bat will the abolition of the to
bacco tat be of k-cal benefit to the
slaved of the weed? Will the chewer
atjil smoker and dipper get tobacco
at less brice tbailt now? Will the
repeal of 8 cenlsj the present tax,
bring the price down? We doubt
it, and. because of the operations of
the law in the past. The redaction
of the tax did not make the price of
tobacco! lees to the users. Every
chewer and smoker in Wilmington
knows this to be Hue.
I A reduction of taxes will not no
cessarily force down prices Unless
there be foreign' competition.
In the case of quinine the price
eniMc'd from 85 an ounce to 37
csfci ad ounce, and why? Because
the thirteen foreign manufactories
eonld come in with their goods and
compete with the three American fao
tone. The foreign article W3S quite
equal to the domestic aiticle.
11 be t-ltect ot the law making fjai
nine free of lu si to open wide the
dot.s. DiJ this hloo the American
production ? So far from it there is
more- quinine manufactured in the
United Stales than ever be
fore. ' TLe jopie were made
to pay! from two i to four dol-;
lars as a tax for lie sole benefit of
greedy !and remorseless monopolists.
.If there! had been no foreign compe
iitiot these monopolist would bavd
iilA kfpf. uii tibe price of quinixj to
'.four t.r Sve dollar an ounce even
s:ir - tK.'j! tiruu had been put ou the
?v ii.rt. : ,
Nov f. i.tj return to the toLaooo
tax. vili the removal of th. tax
cheupvii tbe -uFtiote to the consumers?
We livlieve uot, and wby? Becaaso
tbe uw of supply and demand and
the law pf competition are not favor
able to jthis cheapening. The pro
duction of tobacco is in excess, of
consumption. This tends of course
to lower the! price. Too many oys
'ters in Wilmington any day will
Ibring down the price. For some
idajfl bejst .New River bivalves have
' Veen wiling at 60 cents a gallon (in
stead of $1 and all because the market
was overstocked. The law of com-
- . i i
petition earvwt operate because there
are no ! foreigs tobaccos that can
come in and compete with domestic
production of the weed. And so 'we
argue that a repeal of .the present
tax would fail to practically benefit
; the consumer.
Uow was it in the past ? In 183,
the clamor went up for a reduction
and it was reduced upon an average
about one half. Who got the benefit ?
Will you say the consumers ? Nay,
ask them and they will tell you !not
so. The favored few were the manu
facturers and dealers. The con
sumers still paid the old prices just
as.if there had been no reduction.
. HowJ was the farmer benefited in
sy particular? Did be get more
for his weed ? : Nay, prices have
uetn utmsual'y low since the law was
TfcPfaltl until this year. Price9 are
P just now for fine grades, because
of the successive failures of crops
and the using up of the old supplies
on hand.
The plain fact is the reduction in
1883 d'd not benefit tie farmer one
Pennyj Hj9 ieaf fetched no more.
The chewers and smokers paid the
same- for their tobacco. The redac
tion of oce-hf m 1883was brought
""" p removing a half ceDt from
each ounce of smoking and chewinff
tobacco, and three-tenths of a Scent
horn each cigar. What chewer or
smoker ever received anv benefit
from thU? Not one. So if you wipe
out the remaining fraction of a I tax.
a there ia no foreign competition to
come Sd, you will find tobacco sell-
VOL. XIX.
icg at the old rates and the only per
sons benefited will be the manufac
turers and dealers, j
ininiGBATION BII.I.8.
There are
two bills before the
Senate, or will be, aiming to restrict
foreign immigration! . The Stab re
ferred to Senator Morrill's bill that
proposes to apply the remedy at the
foreign ports.' Senator Reagan has
prepared a bill that: will establish a
rigid! inspection at American ports.
Steamship Companies will have to
give pond not to bring over paupers,
convicts, inhabitants from infected
ports, etc. It is a ' growing senti
ment that something must' be done
to prevent the incoming of certain
classes of immigrants that in no
sense are desirable, j
This" is really one of the most im
portant questions that will oome be
fore jthe Fiftieth Congress. The in
flux of a certain dynamite element
must be stopped; Then the empty
ing upon our Bhores ship load after
ship jload of paupers criminals, and
sickly and insane peopie must . ue
stopped also,
country and
This is indeed a free
the United States are
not ready to close their gates against
worthy, intelligent,
eierners. One-third
industrious for
of the. present
population is composed of either
foreign born people
or their imme-
diater descendants.'
But these will
no more favor the
introduction of
and Asia than
the dregs of Europe,
will the natives descended through
I i i i" -
the generations from natives. The
United States do hot desire to fur
nish pomes for the inmates of Euro
pean asylums' and prisons. Honest,
industrious, sober,. intelligent foreign
born people have il ways been wel
comed to "the land of the free and
the home of the brave." People who
cornel "to labor and I to wait," and
I !
who desire citizenship under our be
nignant and ' favorable laws, and to
aid in building up jour institutions
and preserving civil and religious
liberty on these shores are always
welcomed.
The Boston Post says of
the
lany plans suggested:
"To impose a per capita tax on immigra
tion would be violative of the"cherished
idea of nearly pll classes of Americans.
We now have I a statute prohibiting tba
landing of a laborer who comes beie under
coutract. If properly construed and ec
forccd tbi law will be productive of good
results. There appears to be something of
a craze on the immigration question and a
deluge of bills on the
subject may be ex
pected, but they will have a hard road to
travel before they find, their way into the
statute book," j j j ;
The Morrill bill will probably be
morel effective in restricting immigra-
j i' --it
tion and getting rid of offensive
characters, than the Reagan plan. But
bothjwill have to be carefully and
intelligently discussed. The Now
York Times, that discusses question s
with calmness and force ordinarily,
says: . ) j
"It is obvious that the most effective in
spection can le exercised nt tbe ports of de
parture. It is easier to certain there than
here tiio uotecedenU of those who propose
to fav-x us with tbeir presence, especially
to Can out wn-lber tney are convicts, pau
pers, or luuaiw or professional disturbers
of tba peace. One great source of this kind
of immigration is toe assistance given by
locu or national authorities in sending oa
tbeir undesirable population. Il is safe to
a&eume lha. persocs whom foreign coun
tries are desirous of getting rid ot at some
C'jUj to themselves are of a kind tbat we do
not want. If they are a burden to
tbe community at homej they uta iiaU e to
become so here. i
OPINIONS.
it
The Lyn6hburg iVeujs classifies the
Stab as free trade because it opposes
the abolition of internal taxes. The
Stab and the President stand to
gether? How can the News support,
with; its notions of political economy,
a free trade candidate for the Presi
dency. But has an advocacy of
internal taxation really anything to
do with free trade? lit is known that
the Protection kingdoms, also have
internal taxation. ! The News asks:
s m
"What satisfaction the Stab Iderives
from misrepresting the political etatus of
tbe News whenever it has occasion to quote
from these columns? In short, why should
the Stab denominate a public journal that
has repeatedly declared in express terms
for "free trade and Sailors' rights," as
'Democratic and on tbe other hand class
the News as "Protectionist," simply be
cauee the News prefers ito stand squarely
on tbe platform of the' Democratic party
adopted at Uhicago, ana not sdiii wun
every changing windt't J
f vyur reply id luau.wo wm uuv ugaiu
misrepresent it. j Tj'tje Chicago plat
formj was constructed of. gutta
percha material in part that
bad made it susceptible of . be-
ing quoted as authority by all shades
of politicians fairer trade, j free
trade, protectionistsjtariff reformers,
advocates of a "ianff for revenue
only" and others
When a i man
stands by the Chicago platform it is
in order to state what he understands
that platform to teach on great econ
omic questions, r Hie interpretation
of the instrument is
necessary in or
der to correctly understand his advo
cacy and to properly classify him
Tbe News is an able paper and we
would be glad to see it standing in
1888, and now, by the message of the
Democratic President, that unlike
the' Chicago platform is a clear, do-
i . ' I ' . ,
cided. visrorous document, with no
chance of misunderstanding or mis
applying it. The President does not
advocate the wiping; out of the whis
key tax, as did the
Virginia Demo
crats in their Roanoke platform. He
does favor reduoing
jthe War Tariff
and stopping the1 inrplns. Bat we
i
have no purpose of engaging inja
controversy with; the News. It
teaohes doctrines that it holds and
construes documents as it under
stands them, and 40 this no one has a
right to object. - I L '
. A telegram to tbe Richmond -Dis-
pateh gives the following horrible
details of a tragedy in Alabama, of
whioh later particulars re given in
our press dispatch; j ' ;
i Moktqomkbt, Axs... December 16 A
special to the Advertiser from Eufaula tells
of a horrible murder In Henry county, Ala.
Bradley Johnson, I ) ex-sheriff -; ot tbat
county, is one Of i the oldest and
most respected citizens. Thursday
two of bis' sons got drunk, and at
night in cold blood butchered aa older bro
ther named Charles, aed tweney seven
years., Tbe murderers tire aged eighteen
aud twenty years respectively. The old fa
ther, wbeu he went to his mur
dered son's rescue, , was made by
tbe two younger I sons to kneel
on the floor and beg for mercy. Their old
mother came into the room and tried to
separate them. She was knocked on the
head by the sons and horribly bruised.
Their brother-in-law and another brother,
.Bon, tkiso drjunkr were fmade to leave the
house. A neighbor came and discovered
what jid happened and spread the news
abroad. When the two murderers fouod
that their brother was dead one whistled
and the other danced in his blood. The
surrounding country is greatly excited, and
the latest news is that lynching is almost
certain. ..The victim was asleep when bis
brothers. Kobert and John, began their
murderous work. !i !! . i "
Referring to the kicking Liberals
and their uew allies,1 thej Tories, Sir
William Vernon Harcourt: in a re-
recent speech said;:!
s i. ,
''The process of absorption was proceed
ing The Tory boa constrictor was lubri
cating them with the saliva' of adulations
before swallowing them. Dtssidence thus
disposed or, tne country would once more
sec tbe two great parlies facing each other.
with tbe usual result of a Liberal triumph. '
Mr. R. G. Mills, of Texas, tbe sup
posed new chairman of tbe House
- i . . i- 1 .
Ways and Means; committee, was
horn in Kentucky,! and lis 55 years
old. He lives at Corsicana. He has
blunt manners, is of commanding
presence, has a big toreneaa, dresses
ikes gentleman5 and is a man of
troth and honor.
1 be Cn.to ma Redactions.
Inquiry at the Custom House here
reveals the fact that no orders or di
rections have yet been received con-
. . xi ! ' - j :La i." i m :
oerning lue proposeu reuueuon lore-
shadowed in the item 'published in
the Star yesterday morning. Since
1885, the expenses of the office have
been cut down from $13,508 to $11,
217. A farther redaction, as proposed,
of $2,800, would make the expenses
$8,417. It is true the receipts from
imports have fallen off from $28,054
in 1885 to $24,869, but the cost of col
lecting in 1885 was 48 cents on the
dollar, and in 1887 44 cents, and for
the six months ending January 1st
18S8 all expenses added and no ac
count taken of further probable re
ceipts from imports before that date
the cost of collections in this district
will amount to less than seventeen
cents on tbe dollar, or in the same
ratio not more than thirty-four cents
for tbe fiscal year.) It is hardly possible
that a further reduction can be made
without impairing the efficiency of
the service. Tbe injustice of the treat
ment of Wilmington is apparent
when one notes jthe fact that no
change or reduction is proposed eith
er at Charleston ; or Savannah, al
though the cost of collections at the
former place in 1887 is 47 cents on the
dollar, and at Savannah 44 cents-
three cents more at one port and the
same at the other. There is no rea
son why Wilmington and through her
North' Carolina, should be selected
for this rigorous treatment by the
Treasury Department of the govern
ment, and we trust that our represen
tatives in Congress will see to it that
sucn, unfair treatment is not metea
out to us. ! ; ;
Jurors for tfce criminal Court.
The following were drawn yesterday
as jurors for the January term of the
Criminal Court, which will convene
on the first Monday in January next :
W. H. Sneeden, J. E. A. Grissom,
John A. Everett, J. H. Hewett, Wm.
Watters, J. W. Barnes, John A. Wil
son. J. M. Donlan, Charles M. Bon-
ham, W. W. Campen, J. W. Fulcher,
A. J. John8on,I T. B. Henderson,
Archie L. Freeman! C.J. El well, R.
B. Freeman, Thomas K Davis, N. E.
Bunting, M. J. Corbett,; W. J. Beach,
H. VonGlahn, W. J. Burton, J. R.
Williams, T. C. Bonham, C. H. Ward,
H. H. Kure, Fj G. Sellers, W. R.
Beery, W. E. Springer, J. T. Han
cock, J. T. Mclver. John Dyer, D. J.
Fergus, H. H. Wpebse, jW. A.Cornish,
Frank Meier.
Cnance of Schedule.
Beginning to-morrow, the 19th,
there will be a change of schedule on
the Cape Fear and TadkinValley Rail
road. The passenger and mail train
from Bennettsville and Maxton will
arrive at Fayetteville at 11:50 a. m
instead of 1:30 p. m., as heretofore;
and the train for Maxton and Ben
nettsville will leave Fayetteville at
4:30 n. m.. instead of 3:30 P. m., as
heretofore. With the present sched
ule on the Carolina Central, tf this
chancre will add somewhat to our
mail facilities, the Wilmington mail
reaching fayetteville one. hour and
forty minutes earlier than at present,
while the business men. of Fayette
ville will have, one hour more in which
to close up their correspondence for
this city.
Cotton movement. !
The receipts of cotton at this port,
from September 1st to December 17th,
were 141,570 bales, against 106,099 the
same time last j year; an increase of
85,471 bales. Receipts the past week
were 7,231 bales only four bales less
than the same week last year, when
the receipts were 7,235 bales,
The stock at this port is 20,331 bales;
last ve&r at same date. 24.049 bales,
Total exports since September 1st,
121,894 bales; at same time last year,
82,211 bales.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER1 23,
congratulatory. .
His Honor- Mayor Fowler received
the following telegram . from Mr. B.
Or. Collins, chairman of the Board of
Commissioners of Horry ooanty.Sonth
Carolina;
"CONWAX S. C. Deo. 15. 1887.'
'To John J. Fowler, Esq., Mayor ;
"The Whintln nf t.hn Irutnmntivii in
the inafn street of Conway, the com
pletion of the Wilminerton. fiharl-
bourn & Conway Railroad, and the
"Western Union telegraph uniting ns
with the outside world.-for the first
time, call for congratulations on all
sides. We send you a hearty greet
ing." . i. ;
To this Mayor Fowler responded as
follows :
'Wilmington. N. C. Dec. is. 1887.
"2b B. Q. Collins, Chairman Board of
Commissioners, Horry County, 8. C:
"The city of Wilmington extends
congratulations and fraternal greet
ing to the county of Horry. She re
joices exceedingly over tbe comple
tion oi tne Wilmington, Urrad bourn
& Conway Railroad, which brings us
in closer communication and pro
motes our mutual success."
Bon. Alfred Uowlaud. . - -
Hon. Alfred , Rowland, member, of
Congress from . this district, passed;
through the cfty last night on his way
home from Washington. Mrs. Row
land, bis wife, v accompanied him.
Several of his friends were at the At
lantic Coast Line depot on the asri
val of the train to meet him. ' They
were gratified to find that he was ap
parently in better health, than report
ed. Through the courtesy of Col.
Jones, Superintendent of the Caroli
na Central, the train on this road was
delayed for the accommodation of
Col. Rowland until the arrival of the
train from the North.
Vorelgu Exporii Iteaterdar.
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared
the Norwegian barque Auguslinus
Yesterday for Ghent, Belgium, with
1,847 bales of cotton,' weighing 863,682
pounds and valued at $88,550. Also,
the British steamship Stranton, for
Bremen, with 4,977 bales of Cotton,
weighing 2,317,303 pounds and'valued
at $231,750.
Messrs. Paterson,
Downing & Co.
cleared the Norwegian barque Orient
for Cardiff, Wales, with 4,788 barrels
oi rosin, valued at $4,576.
Messrs. S. & W. H. Northroo cleared
the schooner Belle Brown yesterday,
for Cape HaytL with 75.500 feet of lum
ber, 50,000 shingles and 70 tons of ice,
valued at $1,598.32.
Mr. Edward Kidder!s Son cleared
the barquentine Clara E. McGilvary,
lor .Ponce, IV K.,1 with 280,00 J feet of
lumber, valued at $4,501.
Changes In tbe,. Collection of Customs.
A Washington correspondent says
that a reduction in the expense of
collecting customs revenue has been
determined upon and the plan pre
pared by Assistant Secretary May-
card has been approved by Secretary
Fairchild and will be put into effect
with the beginning of the new year.
The orders as to these changes have
already been issued. Mr. Maynard
summarizes the plan as follows: v
There are now 139 collection dis
tricts in the United States. In 64 of
these the revenues are much less than
the expenses. For instance, there are
44 districts in which the total collec
tions do not exceed $5,000, while the
expenditures aggregate $95,000. In
the other 20 non-self-supporting dis
tricts the collections are less than
$25,000 and the expenditures amount
to $52,000. The expenditures of these
offices will be reduced oy $1,110 two
a year, principally by dismissals, and
also by reductions of salaries in sev
eral instances. The orders as to these
chaneres. to take effect with the be
ginning of the new year, nave aireaay
been issued. They have been made
gradually and with due regard to the
interests of the service.
Anion er the norts affected and the
amountB of reduction are the follow
ing: Alexandria, Va., $1,575; Apala-
chicola, $1,251; Beaufort, N. C, $1,437;
Beaufort. C. 688: Fernandina.
Fla., $1,321; Georgetown, S. C, $835;
Uherrystone. Va.. S3.56Z; Jetersourg,
Va., $3,085; Pamlico, N. C, $2,198;
Tappahannock. Va.. 707; BrunswicS,
Ga., $3,336; Albemarle, N. C, $1,132;
St. Marks, Fla.,! $2,314; Wilmington,
14. C, $3,800; Mobile, Ala., $3,'J35;
Shieldsboro, Miss., $1,095.
Tobacco Break at Rocky Mount.
A correspondent of the Stab wri
ting from Rocky Mount yesterday
says: , :
"To-day at the tobacco warehouse
a lerge break took place. A quantity
01 tobacco was on tne marsiec, ana
being mostly of a low grade, prices
were fully sustained. Farmers were
well pleased and find that it pays bet
ter than raising 1 cotton. Messrs. Til-
lery & Burnett, the proprietors of the
warehouse, are live and energetio
men and consult the interests or the
farmers in making their tobacco
bring good prices. Every Friday a
sale takes place and more or less nne
grades are ottered on tnese days.
Tbe Late Capt. Parker.
The following, from the Fayette-i
ville Observer, ishows the high esti
mate placed upon the character of
the late Capt. Wm. M. Parker by
community in which he lived eleven
years, and we are sure ic win pe read
with interest by the people of Wil
mington, who always classed him
among her most useful and honorable
citizens: :
Capt. Parker was a Northern man.
but resided here from 1850 to 1861, and
during tbat time : had made many
warm ana. true menas. in iodi ne
went with the LaFayette Light In
fantry, of which he was a member, to
the seat of war, and there as here, he
was one upon .wnorn periect trust
misht be conferred. His close asso
ciations with the young men at
that time, and with the citizens here,
previously, had gained lor mm tne
respect of all, and he was looked up
on, as really a Fayetteville man, who
though residing elsewhere, always
turned with fond remembrance to
this place where he knew he had
many friends, and the honor paid his
memory, by his old comrades, bore
lull and ample testimony that ne was
right, for they by their every act
showed that they keenly felt his un
timely death and sympathized deeply
;n. i 1 jni.i.j mi ;
Wltu nits auuuteu wiie. .. jL lie louiamo
were escorted to the depot by a nu-,
merous band of his old comrades,'
headed by CoL J; B. Starr and Maj.
Wright Huske, and preceded by the
following pall-bearers: Judge Jas.
C. McRae, Col. J. A. . Pemberton,
Capt. J. B. Smith, H. R. Home, J. N.
Prior, B. R. Taylor, E. J. Lilly, Jr.,
G-H. Haigh, W. W. Cole and Rev. J.
H. Hall. .
Greensboro ; Workman : The
tobacco men of Greensboro are greatly
elated at tbe fine growth of the trade which
is going on here. There is no mistake
about it.
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FiRsr session. :"
Discussion In the donate or ih Mm
, not Swlnson Patent Tbe Coin Cer
tificate : BHIJExblalned Adlonrn.
meat until We
day.
tit, w ozaia 81.
NATE
Washington, December 15. After
introduction of Jeverat bills.: a. itsolmioa
was reported bv Mr. Paddock, from the
Committee 00 Contingent Expeueea, to pay
to the widow of ibe jaie 3en Perley Poore
a sum equal to fix months' salary of hU po
sition as clerk to the Senate Coinmilteeon
Pruning ($1,100) Adopted. j
Bills were introduced and referred as fol,
lows: . .4 : 1 . I :
! By Mr. Call, to .prohibit. United jStates
Judges and Courts from authorizing ibe
borrowing of money by receivers of rail
road and other corporations ; beTond the
amouui of tbeir attnual uel income j Also
to prohibit the appointment of such iccei
vers without evidnee of the floancial c tu-
ditioa of the caai jany. II movnd their te-
ierence 10 tne committee oa Inter-Staie
Commerce, uo Ordered.
A. resolution ouered eeveral dava aeo by
Mr. Plumb, WasUea ud difectimr the
Attorney General to investigate the issue of
a pateat to Magnus 8 wesson last October
in connection with the manufacture of su
gar from sorghum and, if iovajid. to
commence 8Utt-;3 have the patent cancel
led: ' Tlie poiotlieiog that. ISwenaan was
an employe of the Agricultural Department
wane laaKiog experiments outot wbich
the patent 'resulted. . Mr. Plumb hoped
tbat the resolution would be adonted.tas the
question involved - was a very important
one. The resolution, he said, did not im
ply any censure on the Commissioner of
Agriculture, who bad been very .zealous aud
active in alt matters relating to tbe 'devel
opment of the sorghum sugar industry. ;
jar. jsamunas moveo rerereuce oi.ine re
solution to tbe Committee on Patents.
After discussion bv Messrs. Edwards.
Plumb, Saulsbury, Riddleberger, Call,
Hoar. Gray. Butler, Teller. GdoreeJ Haw-
let. Btck and Sherman, tbe motion to re
fer was rejected, and the resolution adopt
ea. K reads:
Betolved, That tbe Attorney General be
requested to investigate tbe hsutnee of let-
tern patent to Magnus Swenson. of date
October 10. 1837, and if in his judgment
the aauie is invalid on any gtound, Or. was
procured by reason of information obtained
from experiments made by the government,
and if iu his judgment, suit can be main
tained, in the name of the United States, to
commence eucii suit promptly to have the
same canceled or toe use of tne tame by
said Swenson or any one claiming under
bun, perpetually enjoined
Air. isutier onerea a resolution wnicn
wa3 adopted, directing the Judiciary Com
mittee to enquire and report whether in the
present state of the law, tbe government
has power, or the Attorney General of the
United States authority, to institute judicial
proceedings to vacate the patent for an in
vention on any grouna whatever.
Tbe beanie then loot up the bill intro
duced by Mr. Stewart last Monday, to pro
vide fur tbe issue of coin certiflcstts to cir
culate as money, and was addressed by
mat Senator ia explanation and1 support of
the bill. The purpoitof the bill is to al
low deposit at any mint or assay ofnea of
cold and silver bullion, iu quantities not
less than five ounces of gold or; eighty
ounces of fcilvtr, aoi leceipt thertfor of
coin certificates which are to be legal ten
der; to have existing gold and silver certifi
cates cancelled when received at the Treas
ury: to have no 40M coined hereafter ex-
cspt aa "necessary to redeem obligations ex -
. 1 T I . 1 1 11!
presaiy paytoie ia coin ; 10 uavo iuu uumuu
received under this act melted into bars
and deposited in the Treasury, and to re-
Deal the act nf tbe 558th of February. 1878.
requh tog coinage of two million silver dol
litis moniniy. j
At tne c'ott) of Mr. Stewart s remarxs
the U'll waa referred to the Committee on
Fmsniie -
Toe Stnats then, after a brief tecrtt ees-
sion, uajoumea 1111 Juonoajr.
WASHtKGTOK, IX-c 16. Senate not in
se68lou.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr Uatch. of Missouri, submitted a
concurrent resolution tbat when tbe two
houses adjourn on Monday, December 19th,
they otand adjourned until Thursday, Jan-
uaiy ota
Sir. Keed. of Maine, inquired the reason
for tba submission of this resolution.
i Mr. Hatch replied that it was the usual
resolution brought in at the first session of
Conpre3. The House ha t been in session
since the first Monday ia December.' It
was well known that nothing has ten ac
complished. Tbe House was waiting for
the Speaker-to announce we committees,
and : he was satisfied, from his personal
knowledge and from what he bad seen of
tbe occupation of the Speaker's lime
by members interested in committee
assignments, that it was impossible that the
committees c u'd be announced until after
the -holiday recta. Be bad submitted the
resolution as much in tbe interest of pub
lic businesi a for tbe pomfort and conve
nience of the Speaker. j
! Mr. Reed said that the peculiar condi
tion of tbe bueiaees affairs ot thai country
rendered the action wbieh has been taken,
or rather, the non action which had been
Buffered, by the Democratic side of tbe
House, a matter of legitimate comment,
both here and before the country, j Take it
all in all it was without precedent! Many
changes in tbe rules of the House had been
suggested, but had not been acted Upon, and
yet it was proposed that the House odiourn
for tbe holidays and commence after the
recess where it bad been the custom to be
gin at the opening of the session. If there
were no matters of public interest before
the country such a course might awaken
only passing comment, but to-day Congress
was pressed upon by a serious public
duty, which was the reduction of ; the sur
plus which was coming into the treasury in
a manner calculated, under tbe manage
ment oi the Treasury Department, to be an
embarassment to tbe finances of the coun
try. All were agreed, (at least on the Re
publican side), that this surplus should be
reduced, and tbe Republicans stood ready
now to make one reduction to which the
other side was agreed, and that was in
reference to the tobacco tax. He hoped
tbat the opportunity would be given them
by the powers that be, or were to be, to
vote thereon, and show to tbe country some
proper disposition in this regard. If gentle
men on the other side found it somewhat
difficult to range themselves alongside of
the recent message which had been sent
them, that tbe Republicans could well un
derstand and could give their assurances of
most profound sympathy. Laughter.
The message was to some Democrats a
summons from a very great J way off,
and it required that tbey should traverse
a very, good distance before tbey
could get alongside of tbeir pioneer
brother at the other end of the avenue.
If time was wanted for that purpose he
hoped that tbe gentleman from Missouri
would frankly say so. Laughter. If
gentlemen on the other side were in grave
doubt how they should comply with the
suggestion of the message; if, after they
had made up their minds iu the interest of
moderation and reform; and tbe most ad
vanced of them would be content with the
destruction of a few of our industries, and
thev needed lime to select those; they saw
fit to destroy, tbat would be ground for
this motion ; and he hoped the gentleman
would say if that was the reason" under
neath, i
Mr. Hatch said be had hoped tbat be
nonld vield the floor to the gentleman
from -Maine, without that gentleman im
proving bis opportunity to make a political
harangue. He did not think tbat gentle
man bad improved it much, because be had
made the same old sueech. If the gentle
man had not had opportunity! time and
aeain. during the 49th Congress, to vote
for a consideration of the tariff bill, and
had not alwavs voted against it, there
miirht he some ainceritv in bis talk to-day.
Applause. Time and again the Dem
ocratic side of the House had tendered to
the other side an opportunity to reduce
taxation and the surplus ia the treasury.
but the gentleman from Maine by his voice.
and his vote had always bioou as tne icauvr
TAR.
1887.
of his parly to. mist it. The Democratic
side would mve the gentleman an early op
portunity tu t mutate his views' on the
tariff questio. and vtafor a reduction of
thi tariff. If-b wUlitd t . .
Mi. Ktri Wby no, now ? a f
iMr Haicb The veuf teinau knows that
tbat m clao-iran. Until 1 he committee o
Ways sua Means i ar-voiuted and bills aro
1 eat t" that committee. : tbe gentleman
knows tb&t mere can be 00 fair considera
tion of thia qutfrti'iu i It is to give the
Speaker sn cpportvmiiy to furtn this com'
mitlee ia the intenn uf (be public business
of the country that I ffer the resolution.
Mr. Cox. ot &e Yotk, commented on
what ho termed the tudden conversion of
the gentleman from Maine. He did cot
think that these bad been such a tudden
conversion since tbe time of Saul of Tarsus.
rLaughU-rl He did not know wby tbe
gentleman should urge upon the Speaker
toe immature making up of the commit
tees The Uiute wasi without rules, and
it bad no cummitttts f.nijitd for the con
sideration of ibe reduction of the tobocco
tax. In a matter of so much consequence
tbe House tbuuld give to tbe Sittaber the
same opportunity wtiioh has been accoided
other t-pcakets II was nown that the
treasury had a plethora, which paraljzed
the channels of trade, and hurt farmer and
artisan, and that there must be seme re
lief; anil it came with little grace from tbe
gentleman from Maine to make this sinis
ter and ironical and sarcastic objection to
the message of tbe President He could re
call the time when the most eminent men
00 the other side of the House had insisted
upon, a reduction of the tariff to prevent
the accumulation of a surplus . Among the
rest bad been tbe gallant man from Maine
with the whito plume i Among them had
been Prye and Hale, insisting on a reduc
tion (if the tax on salt ! aud. other articles,
txcppt lumber. Laughter. He would
like to Bte every man in the House regard
this fkcal question as outside of politics. It
was a business qutslUm in every eense of
the word.
There were members! of Congress from
Republican States like Minnesota demand
ing a reduction of taxes, but ibis could
not be done by picking out one article It
must be general ; it must be stable and per
manent. He hoped that when the tariff
bill was considered all parties fould unite
and act for tbe best interests of the whole
people, and not for the aggrandizement of
one man. or one set of men, or , one party.
(Applause 1
Mr. Mills, of Texas, offered as substitute
for Hatch's lesolutiou a resolution declare
ing tbat when the two Houses adjourn on
Thursday, December 22nd. they stand ad
journed until Wednesday January 4 h.
Mr. Hatch accepted ! tne Mibstiiute, Bad
the resolution as modified wan agreed to.
-air. lownsbenu, 01 llliuois, pnered a re
solution, providing that Mondy next eh nil
be devoted to the introduction and refer
voce of bills and resolutions.
This resolution gave rise to tome discus
sion, its advocates arguing that if hills were
introduced before the holiday ricsibey
c mldn t be returned from the printing
office in time to be referred to tbo com
mittees when appointed; while its
opponents contended that tbe introduction
ot dills before tbe announcement ;;t com
mittees would lead to great confusoo asd
delay. 1
Mr. Kaadaii suggested in&t tne resolution
be laid over until Monday, on which day
be understood the Committee on Rules
would be anaounc-rd This resolution toel
'with favor and the resolution whs accord-
ioglv laid over i
A resolntiun aa adopted ! r Ue pay
ment of monthly salaries, of employes of
tbe House on Dec 23.
Nr. isiancnvo, or licuibiaua. onerea a
resolution expressing the regret wi k which
tbe House has I. oar ! of the death of W.
. Robertson, late member elect to the 50 b
Congress from Jj uisiana, and itu-u, as a
mark of respect to the memory of tbo
deceased, tbe House Hi 12 45 adjourned un
til Monday.
BASS. ROBBERY.
Over 960,000 Stolen by tbe Book
keeper of a Philadelphia Bank.
Philadelphia, Dec. 13 J Knigbt:
bookkeeper of the Manufacturers' Nation al
Liana, on rnirn stree.ti above aiamet, was
ta&eu before U S. Commissioner Edward,
at 4 o'clock this afuraoon, charged with
stealing from the funds of lb bank be-
tweeu $60 000 and 570 000 Office s or
the bank discovered Knight's deficiencies
several weeks ago. Tbey placed tbe case
in the hauds of tbe Pinkeiton agency, and
Knight was arrested a few day ago. Tbe
matter wss kept quiet by the bank until
to-day. It is said that Knight has been ap
propriating to his own use the otnk a
money for nearly twenty-dve years. Knight
was bookkeeper of the Manufscturere
Bank for thirty-five years acd has always
been considered a trustworthy msi.
John W. Mom?, president of the bank,
said tbat be rSret discovered that the bocks
were being falsified on the 9th of ibis
month, tbe balance sheet not coming out
correct witbin about $20 000. Knight ;s a
large-sized man, witu almost snow white
hair and grey beard. He aopca- S 1 - be
about sixty years of age.
GEORGIA.
Woo I folk Convicted and Sentenced to
be Hansted.
Macon. December 15. This was the
tenth day of tbe trial of Woolfolk. The
jury was charged at noon, and in twenty
minutes brought in a verdict or guilty.
The prisoner was then sentenced to hang
.February 10. lu bis statement Delore sen
tence Woolfolk asserted his innocence be
fore Heaven and said tbe witnesses bad
sworn falsely He seems to be absolutely
without nerves. A motion for a new trial
will be made at once by his counsel.
VIRGINIA.
Conference of Committees on tbe Debt
Question.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Richmohd. Dec 17. The Finance Com
mittee of the two houses of the General
Assembly held a special meeting to-day to
hear W. L. Roy all, counsel for the foreign
bondholders, on tbe debt question. There
was much talk on tbe subject, which was
participated in by nearly every person pre
sent. Mr. Roy all asked that all action in
coupon cases he suspended for thirty days,
saying tbat during that time he would use
his best efforts to prevent any coupons
being presented in payment for taxes; that
he would go to London and endeavor to
get the English bondholders to settle upon
terms satisfactory to the State, and that if
the bondholders refuse to agree to his
proposition be would resign his position
as counsel. The sentiment or the commit
tee, as expressed by many of tbe members.
was tbat it would be useless tor oir
Royall to undertake any negotiations which
departed from tbe principles of the Riddle
berger bill. A committee was appointed
to prepare a resolution in relation to the
matter to be presented at a joint meeting
of the committees next Monday.
ALABAMA.
-Tbe Henry County Tragedy-Lyncblnz
! Probable.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star
Montgomery, Dec. 17. Additional par
ticulars of tbe Henry county tragedy.
in which Robert and John Johnson
killed tbeir older brother Charlie,
say the difficulty occurred at two o'clock at
night. Their father had made Charlie
manager of the farm, and this caused
bad blood. Fresh fuel was added to
the flame when the time came to divide
the crop. - The younger boys went off and
got drunk, came borne and killed their
older brother, stayed around till nightfall
and then coldly went oil whistling. No
doubt it entertained that they will be
lynched. The scene of the tragedy is thirty-
five miles from any teiegrapn station.
Fire yesterday at i the town of Franklin,
on the Seaboard & Roanoke K. K., de
stroyed Pretlojr St Co.'s .warehouse, con
taining 7,000 oags of peanuts and three
car loads of coal The loss ia about
$30,060; insurance not ascertained.
NO; 7
I . WA&HINGION.
Presidential Postefllcea-A Case Be
for tbe later-State Commerce Com
mission A Sensational Scene at ibe
Grand Opera Bouse.
By Telegraph Horning to theStar
Washington, Dec. 15 The following
fourth class posteffices become Presidential
offices January 1st: Biloxi. Miss. ; Dayton,
Tenn., and Christianburg, Vs.
The Senate Com mittee on Commerce t .
day appointed Messrs. Kenna. Vest, Coke.
Cullom and Palmer, a sub committee, to
whom shall he referred all executive nomi
nations which may require any investiga
tion, j . . j i
The Inter-State Commerce Commission
to-day gave a hearing in the .case of jhca.
a. Jieard, i colored minutar. living in
Charleston, S. C, who complains tbat tbe
Georgia Railroad Company, June 18th,
1887. compelled him to ride in a coach of
inferior accommodations, although be bad
a first class ticket: .
The Star to-night says: It is said that
ex-Congressman McKenzie, of Kentucky,
is to be appointed Minister to Mexico. He
has been heartily endorsed by the Demo
crats of Kentucky, and bis friends believe
ne will get the appointment.
Washington. December 15 During tbe
performance of "Article 47" by Clara
Morris, at the Grand Opera House to night,
the play was interrupted by a scene which
recalled the! famous shooting case in this
city some six or seven years ago. Seated in
the midst of the large audience was Miss
Annie Horton. a great-granddaughter of
John iC. Calhoun, who is now an emolove
in the Post Office Department. Several
years ago this young woman went to- the
Treasury Department, where George Mor
gan, son of Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
who vas at his desk, and calling the young
man out in the street, fired at him repeated
ly' with a revolver. The shots, however,
inflicted only a slight wound and the young
clerk refused to prosecute. At the end of
tbe nrst act ot "Article 47" to-night, where
Miss Morris, as the Creole girl. Cora, is
shot py her lover, George Duhamel, Miss
Horton, became violently insane.and she bad
to be taken from the theatre by the police.
Washington, Dec. 15. The House
Committee on Elections organized and held
its first meeting to day. All of the mem
bers were present except Messrs O'Neall
of Indiana, ane Hauck of Tenn. The first
business was the selection of a clerk, and
W. H Mobiley, of Georgia, was chosen for
the pjace, A sub -committee on procedure
was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Crisp.
O'Fefrall and Lyman. Almost without
discussion tbe Committee resolved to take
up the Thoebe-Carlisle contested election
case, land notices will be issued to the con
testants or attorneys to . appear before the
Committee at its next meeting, when the
time for the beginning of the consideration
of the case will be fixed. The Committee
adjourned to next Tuesday.
Beyond a general desire to speedily dis
pose of tbe Thoebe- arlisle case, there was
no intimation during to-day's proceedings
of the order in which the contested election
cases now before tbe Committee, will be
considered.:
At) the Postmasters', Convention, this
morning, one delegate from each State lep
resented was appointed as the National
Committee. A committee lo draft and
ta6 el charge of 'a bill to be presented to
Congress was appointed, as follows: Ar
thur D. Markley, of Pennsylvania, chair
man M. E. Sprague, Vermont, George U.
Flagg. West Virginia. E J. Clurk, New
York. Frank E Fitzsimmons. Rhode
Island. Tbe Convention then adjourned,
subject to the caH of the National Com
mittee. '
Washington, Dec 18 The Senate
i
committee on Education to day unanimous
ly ordered a favorable report on the Blair
Education bill. It will ba leported as it
passed tbe Secate in tbe last Congress.
Acting Secretary Muldrow to-day ten
dered a decision in tbe case of .the Ala
bama and' Chattanooga Railroad Co. vs
Nathaniel P. Clabourn. on appeal by tbe
Railroad Company from tbe decision of the
General Land Office The decision affirms
the commissioner and holds that a home
stead entry made in . November, 1868, on
land! included m tbo indemnity belt of
granting aid to plaintiff's road, must be
sustained under the act of April 21. 1B78,
such entry having been made ' by permis-
sion-jof the land department after expiration
ot t lie grant." The act ci April Hi. 1870
is construed to mean that so far as concerns
lands covered by entrees otherwise regular,
prior "actual expiration of grant" (by lapse
of time) shall be deemed to have revoked
the withdrawal, even though such "txoira
tiont may not have been decided and
lusisled on as a ground of forfeiture
as lo such lands; that is to say
the act of 1878 is itself the iegis
Utive i proceeding needed aa expression
of the will ot Congrees that forfeiture be
instated on. The. act of April 10, 1889.
'reviving and renewing ' the grant, the
acting secretary holds, does not prevent
operation ot the act ot 187S. as tbe act of
186ft must be taken to have been made with
reference to the state of things existing at
the date of its enactment.
Secretary Lamar to-day issued au order
directing that all lands heretofore with
drawn and held for indemnity purposes un
der grants to tbe following named railroad
companies, be restored to the public do
main and offered to settlement and entry
under the general laws, after giving the
usual notice : South is North Alabama,
Bel ma, Rome & Dalton, and Alabama &
Florida, in Alabama; Florida, Atlantic &
Gulf i Central, Pensacola& Georgia, and
Florida & Alabama in Florida, and several
Northwestern roads. While it may re
presumed, says the Secretary, that there is
but a small amount, if any, ot vacant un
appropriated lands within the indemnity
limits of these roads, tbo fact tbat with
drawals still remain in force renders this
order necessary to final settlement of the
grants.
Washington. Dec. 17. Perry H.Smith
of New York, a cousin of Secretary Fair-
child, has been appointed .Chief of the A p.
pointmeot Division, Treasury Department,
to succeed Eugene Higgms. of Maryland
Smith is at present Disbursing Clerk of the
f ostomce Department. ;
Secretary Whitney this afternoon re
ceived a telegram from the Commandant
of the Navy lard at New rork. saying
that the trial trip of the Chicago was sue
oessful. 8be made fifteen knots per hour.
I PRNN8TJL VANIA.
Tba Embezzling Bank Clerk Beleased
oh Ball Seven Deatba from tbo Botl-
'e Explosion at "WestlCbester.
. j iSy Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Philadelphia, Dec, 17. Jos. Knight.
who was committed to prison Thursday,
in default of $35,000 bail, to answer the
charge of embezzling $65,000 from the
Manufacturers' National Bank, while em
ployed in the institution as clerk, was to
day released from custody. Wm. H Kem-
ble and Wm. H. Harley entered security in
the amount required. . j - -
West' Chester, 'Dec. 17. The dead
body of D. O. Taylor, Clerk of the Connty
Cobrt, was found this morning in tbe roms
ot the Edison Electric Co's works, tbe
scene or yesterday s terrible fatal boiler ex
plosion, i Taylor had called at the works
only a few minutes before tbe explosion:
occurred. Edward Schoneld, laborer, who
was taken from the ruins last night, died
this morning from his injuries. This makes
seven deaths from tbe explosion as follows:
Walter JSmbrere, superintendent of tbe
works; D. O. Taylor, Edward Schofield.
three colored laborers, JSlwood BecKet.Jto.
Bradley and Sam'l Ebb. and Hettie T.
Jones, the 18-year old daughter of Wm,
Jones, who was struck by a heavy piece of
lumber some distance from tne scene of
the explosion, while3 returning from school
Five other men were severely injured, but
will all recover.
Tbe weekly statement of tbe Associated
Binks shows the following chances: Re
serve increase $1,721,000; loans decrense
$3,683,400: specie inciease $724,000: legal
tenders increase $962,500; deposits decrease
$188,800; circulation increase $800. Tbe
banks now hold $7,931,700 in excess of the
25 per cent. rule.
opmxs uuipenxme.
Dnrhansff!cor?er.-. Th i H.
list church last nighWnanimouslv -fecied
r. u. c. James, of Culnem-r V.
pastor of that church Mr VV H
Muse was elected rtn
.uauusi ounoay ocnool ror the
net year.
ano Mr. P. il W. Vaughan,
perintendent. .
A-fsieUiil 811-
;--- Asheville Citizen : V hw.r.i
a farmer say yesterday that the f aimers ,.t
Buncombe were generally in belli r .condi
tion than he had known for year.'
.There are over two thousand men ugane t
in gold mining operations i.v Mootgomw v
and Stanly counties, this 8:ats ThnV
hundred tobacco wsguus In ibe city iu on-
Hy, an toauea with tbe golden leaf, beuli n
to look like business. And it m hum. .....
uuusiuering me excellent prices obtained.
Judge Montgomery sentenced Mr O
L. Jenkins,!) convicted of libelling Mr"
Trantham, to three months' iinprtaonnieut
in the county jail ; Dr Weaver ty
Mitchell count? is ccriaiulv imniotn, ."..t -
substantially,! The Thrt-e C.'s Railroad t.t
Cranberry is considered a certainty, an t
everything is stimulated thereby.! Mic
mining is again becoming active, ss a heavy -.
demand for that article has suddenly sptuuk:
up. The Clarissa Miue, which has bu-a
idle for BOine time has again been put la
active operation, with continued gixid le
sulte. In Yancey he found the ipeople :
more than anxious concerning the! Ashe -ville,
Burnsville and Cianberry Railroad,
and ready to do anything within their
power, by way of subscription, to secure it. ,
Fayetteville -News : Persons
from the surrounding country report that
paiuiuges are very numerous mis stasnt, .
The home of Mr. 1 lexander Ediie. in
the neighborhood of While Oak, Blades
county, was the other day -the scene of a
heartrending calamity. His little child. 13
years of age, caught fire, in the absence of
its parents, and received injuries which iu -suited
fatally. The poor liulu creature, n-
vetoped in names, ran screaming to tbo
branch and plunged in. but this desntrate
effort did not avail tq save iu life.
me otner day our reporter bad an oppor
tunity of seeing and admiring four new box
cars, lattice work; lust turned out from tbe
work-shops of the C. F-& Y V. R U.
One who has never paid a visit to tbeteex
tensive shops forming, in all their depart
ments, one great and busy hive of ekillul
labor can form little idea of tbe extent
and scope of the operations carried on, or
of the degree to which the company bus
become independent of other manufactur
ers for the rolling stock of. the road Tba
new cars combine durability with excelleut
finish and workmanship, and reflect credit
upon even tbe high character as artisans of
Uapt. I. W. Clark, Mr. M. W. Johnson and
their assistants.
Raleigh News-Observer : The
young ladies of the two Episcopal churches
were out in full force yesterday soliciting
contributions for their Christmas tree and
the young men haunted the back streets
and unfrequented portions of the town in
consequence. Hod . Isaac N Biker,
Jr., of Comstock's, N. Y., has Ismi- d his
catalogue for 1888, and in it is tbe follow
ing. "Pamlico, by Meander, owned by
Mr. W. P. Batchelor, of Raleigh, N C.
trotted a half, mile iu bis two-year old.
form this last season in 1 .20, last guaittr iu
87 seconds, on the half mile track at Fair
Haven " This is at the rte of a mile in
2 28 Beaufort, Dec. 16. The Cat -
teret County Oyster. Fish and Game Fair
is in full blast and very laigely attended.
The fair was formally opened esterday by
Hon. V. It. Thomas, Jr. It is the most
novel and interesting exposition ever held
in the State. I There is a remarkable ex
hibit of native oysters and fish, and North
Carolinians are astonished at the splendid
resources and productions of the Stale
waters in "this respect. Lieut. Win -
slow, TJ. 8. N. who has recently dono
much work of permanent value to Norinr
Carolina in conducting tbe oyster survey In '
our eastern! waters, says a lighthouse Is
very much needed at Gull Shoal, in Pam
lico sound,! and be knows whereof to -speaks-
I ;
Irittsboro Jiome: Miss Amy
Yarborough died on last Thursday evening ,
at ber home near our town Annio
Sutton, a colored girl, was badly burned
on yesterday in our town Her clothta
caught while she was standing befoie thn
fire. She was badly but not fatally burned.
before the fire was put out. Ben Fou -
shee, a colored local preacher of this coun
ty, carried a load of cotton to Durham, a
week or so ago; sold cotton, wagon and
mules, and! skipped to parts unknown.
with his wife's daughter Georgu
Sellers, a respectable colored man of Bald -
wm s township made 165 barrels of com
and eight bales of cotton during the pat.t
season. He worked two borses, and did
nearly all the work within his own family.
A. A Foushee, another industrious col
ored man, made with one horse, 95 barrels
of corn and 4i bales of cotton. Rev.
J. P. Mason has picked from ono acre of
land this year 2,975 pounds of seed cotton.
He has also raised on two acres that has on
it forty fruit Jrees, 3.723 pounds. He baa
butchered seven hogs, 14 months old, that
averaged 2741 pounds, leaving his big hog
to kill later.! Messrs. A. A. & O. F. An
drews, two young men who live with Mr.
Mason, raised this year on eleven acres 11
baits of cotton, averaging 500 pounds.
They also made 85 bushels of wheat on 15
acres, 91T barrels of corn on 16 acres and
142 bushels of Oats and did not pay out
$20 for labor in addition to tbeir own ex
cept for picking cotton.
Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. II.
A. Deal, assignee, has sold the Charlottes
Observer bookbindery, to the Observer Pub
lishing Company, of Raleieb, and the ma
chinery of tbe bindery has been shipped to
that place. ! The North Carolina cor
respondent of the liicbmond JJispaicn says
of our excellent United States Marshal tor
this district,) Col. David 3ettle.- some
charges made against him nave been inves
tigated by i the Department of Justice at
Washington, but his excellent general char
acter and efficient discharge of bis official
duties have proven him unimpeachable.
-The motion for alimoav and counsel
fees in the suit of Mrs. Alice C Coze, of
Charlotte, against her husband, Franklin
Coze, of New York, for divorce, which was
argued in the Brooklyn Supreme Court this
week, has been decided in favor of Mrs.
Coze. The decision of the court is, ia
brief, that Mrs. Coxe is to receive the sum
of $300 per month during ber lifetime, and
that the defendant in the case, Franklin
Coxe, will be required to liquidate the ex
penses of the suit. Mrs. Coxe's counsel
asked the court, previous to its decision.
for a verdict of $500 per month, and f 10.-
000 counsel fees. Those familiar with the
circumstances of the case, expected that the
plaintiff would be awarded a verdict for
the amount asked for by her lawyers, ana
about the only comment heard "upon the
verdict is that the amount allowed should
not have been more than $800. The suit :
for absolute divorce, instituted by Mrs.
Coxe, is to: be heard in New York on tbe
second Monday in next February
Raleigh News- Observer: Mr.
Nichols, it appears, sits with the Republi
cans in Washington. That is where he be
longs. His so-called independence is a
mere pretence. Yesterday the Raleigh
Tobacco Board of Trade was thoroughly
reorganized and began work in dead earn-;
est. The Roster of North Carolina
Troops in the war with Mexico prepared by
the Adjutant General or tbe State under
authority of the legislature has been printed
and will be distributed as tbe law directs.
The work makes a pamphlet of fifty pages,
and contains the complete muster-out rolls
of the First Regiment of North Carolina
foot volunteers, and companies ; "G" and
"I" of the Twelfth United States Infantry.
Rev, R. G. Pearson and Mrs. Pearson
left the city last night and will arrive in
Salisbury to-day where he will remain until
Saturday morning. .Then he will go to
Concord where on next 8unday hecom
mences a seriea of meetings to continue one
week . From there he will go to Cbarlorte
where he will spend the Christmas holidays
as the guest of Capt. A. G. Brenizer. Oa
January 1st he will go to Spartanburg, S.
CI, where he will conduct a meeting, after
which he will go to Morganton.in this State.
Yesterday evening Robert Coleman, a
colored shoemaker on East Martin street,
was cut in several places in his shop by
John Cotten, colored. Cotten went to the
shop in an intoxicated condition when
Coleman thrust him out, Cotten then tried
to enter the shop by the back door.. Cole"
man met him when he stuck at him (Cole
man) with a knife, cutting his left arm se
verely. Cotten made two or three more
thrusts, cutting Coleman in the arm a sec
ond time and also in the hip both being
severe cuts. An officer was notified, who
went down and found Coleman lying ou
the floor of the shop painfully, though not
seriouslyi hurt Cotten was arrested and
lodged in the calaboose.
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