North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star. PUBLISHJD AT I iM I N O T O M , M . C P AT 1.00 X YBAK, IN ADVANCE. TT TT""Tt !2i S85SS8SSS88SS8888 - 8388888888888888 : 88888888388888888 unison t gS8SSSS?5SSSSSfi83S8 S8S8888888888888S ' SS8888S8S8S8888S8 -88S88888SS8888S88 ' ' 888888888888888,8 ' . 88S8888888888SSS8 1 T f 3 t : : : 1 1 : t : s : i : . s .. .. . VOL. XX. (Entered at the Post Office atTWUmlnjrton, H. C, as Seoond Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. " The subscriotion price of the Wkbxxt Stab is as follows : - Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 " ' 6 month " " . .60 ' " 3 month " " .80 THE PARTY UNDER THREB -SPEtKERI. The attempts of . tbe Randall or gans to show that the -Demoeratr I were defeated on account of Tariff Reform ia all. bosh. The Demo orats carried the oountry, and bat for the circumlocution of the Elec toral College, Mr. Cleveland would now be President. The 'popular majority for him was more than 100,000, and the white majority more than 1,000,000. The negroes in the North elected Harrison. How ia he manifesting his appreciation and gratitude? The Protection organs have been attacking the management of the campaign, and especially the princi ples upon which it was fought. The able correspondent of the New York Times, at Washington, and upon whom we propose to draw, says: 'it ia the avowed purpose of these high tariff advocates to retire the leaders pf tariff reform and install Mr. Randall in the leadership of the Democratic party. V'Wben they had about one-fifth of the Democratic membership of the House, they were sufficiently respectable or powerful by reason of numbers alone to demand some consideration and some voice in the councils of the party. Now that their representation has been reduced to an in significant proportion of the wbo'e modesty . would be in them a most becoming virtue Their pretension to control the Democratic Darv and dictate its policy is a piece of brazen political effrontery that is nothing short of ridiculous. Five men cannot lead 164 to desert a cause which they favor and to go to the support of a cause to which they are opposed through conviction of the soundness of their party's declarations for a century." few It is almost inoredible that a o called Democratic papers, but true . organs of Monopoly, should induce Jany sound Democrat to join in the denunciations of Cleveland, Carlisle, Mills, the Breckinridges, and the other 164 members that tavor re form. The New York Sun is the true ipspirer of this attack. All - know the record of this treacherous paper. It came very near defeating Mr. Cleveland in 1884, and it did no little to defeat him in 1888. It is as much a fligh Protection ad vocate as any Republican organ of juonopoiy in me wuoio uuuuuj. That paper has been essaying to how by figures how the Democrats have steadily lost ground under the i-i.t;1 u.tukin Tka ant.felltt.Aa that revolve around this Sun take op the strain and make the same asser tion. To all such assaults the reply is plain. The correspondent of the Timet says: y "The exact truth in regard to the major ities that have bee i in the Bouse of Re presentatives In the last three Congresses is that to the Forty-eichth the majority was 71, in the Forty-ninth it was 45 and in the Fiftieth it was 17. while the Republican 'wptking preponderance' in the next Home . bsisu of 8 Representatives in a member iSDipof 826 tj "All the reasons or political iaiiure or auocess are seluom known, but It is known that the Democratic party has succeeded in holding the House for six years with the low-tariff men io charge, whereas it held it but five years after Mr Randall succeeded to the Speakership, upon the death of Mr. Kerr, and but four )ears after be became Speaker at the beginning of the Forty fifth Congress, the first in which be appointed the committees and influenced the policy of legislation " What losses were sustained by the Democrats in the 49 lb and 50ih Con- ' cress? Take the Tariff. In the 48ih " i ... Congress it was defeated by the aid of 41 Democrats who voted with the .Republicans. The next Congress, .the 49tb, the number of Democrats who voted against their party and with the Republicans was 35 a fall ing off of 6. In the last Congress, the 50th, the number of Democrats who voted with Randall against the Democrats and with the Republi cans was bat 4. So under the Speak ership of the abased and ;villified Carlisle, the Democratic kickers have decreased from 41 to 4. And yet the organs of Monopoly call that a Dem ocratic loss. Carlisle's Speakership against - Tariff Reduction. In the 48th Congress the majority was 4; in the 49ih it ; was 17: in the 50th it was only 4. The 2Tsmesays: .., ' ' "These votes Indicate very dearly which was the increasing and which the decreas ing sentiment ia the country and in the party. Mn Randall was always at the head . of the allied high tariff Democrats and Re publicans. But to what is the "working preponder ance" of the Republicans la the Fifty-first Congress attributable? It was due to a neglect that was so gross as to be almost cr.minal. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, heretofore .ao ef ficient agent in Congressional elections, was disbanded early in the campaign, before it had performed the slightest service, and the - management of the Congressional cam paign was referred to the local managers in the several districts, without a general aux iliary in any quarter to assist7 in any man ner whatever, while alt the efforts of the party were concentrated on the Presiden tial erection. ' The result of this is partly seen in the fact that Mr. Cleveland carried enough Congressional.1 districts to give the Dtmocratio party a very considerable ma jority in ihe next House. With anything like proper attention nearly al) of these dia tricts and some others could have been se cured to the Democracy. ;; : V Observe . the signifioanoy of the fact that Mii Cleveland, in the Con gressional Districts las year, carried enough to give the ' Democrats the House." If " the . Demooratio candi dates in 5 the Districts bad received as many .: votes as the Demooratio candidate for, the Presidency receiv ed the House in the 51st Congress woal'd . be ' deoidedly Demooratio The cause of failareis no doubt given correctly ia the ..above extract. , No doubt "personal and local causes" are to De added. C It should be remembered that the Boodlers resolved , by the free use of money to defeat in the several Dis tricts the men , who were most active and influential id, behalf jnf-U3fe-doTction and relief of the people. In some Districts they . succeeded, bat they failed in defeating the twoohief leaders, Carlisle and Mills. The Re publican majority is but 3. The correspondent of the Times mentions that in the 44th Congress the Demoorats had 73 majority. After Mft Kerr's death, who had presided for a short time, Randall was elected Speaker. How did the party fare nnder Aw management ? The 73. majority dropped to bat 19 in the 45th Congress. In the 46tb the parties stood, Democrats 149; Republicans, 130; Greenback, 14. The Times says: "But for the Greenback movement the Republicans would have either carried the House or left the Democrats about such a 'working preponderance' as the Republi cans will have in the Fifty-first Congress "Mr. Randall had presided through the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses and the short session of the Forty-fourth; then the Forty-seventh came in, and it had a Republican "working preponderance' of 22, not only completely reversing the majority, but adding them to the Republican side. "Thus the low tariff management, start ing six j ears ago with ms j rity of 71 in a membership of 825, is followed by a Re publican House containing a m j rity of 3. white six years prior to the close of the- tecond full term of Mr Randall' manage, ment there was a Democ atic majority of 78 in a membership of only 293, and the House that followed bia five years of ser vice had an adverse majority of 82. ' This the comparison so far as ihe Con gressional majorities were affected by the management in the two peiiuda." It is well to have theee facts brought oat. The completely obscure the Sun and its satellites. : ' " ' -. Then remember that in 1876, when the Democrats had tbe 71. majority, Mr. Tilden was elected President by 250,935 majority. It was a Tariff campaign. The platform was the strongest in that direction made since NO. 23 He I : 1lV in fiOil t ft a ttBcall AYtA9 "2 m ia d f t.AV 1 1 rr RAtilatiAAW ATrtlarlna) tr m rfutrrafltWifl Ihe year's toll' and ooBtentment and -doit of the .Wori&iktZ BiiaseU i.why) liope on everjr f ace. iVVe like - to jee he vamosed thj ranohe and, did -'oot the farmers independent and jooaad I stand on the order of hispfeeing. because independent. Wei like'; to 'aayg his iifea in dange see-him feel that in he has a trae friend: interest and that never oppresses,:! from expoajngliiia persoWtOiany risk, maoh lees rohs- himTto ' enrich -eome -fle likewise assured thnaeld or narse-proaa !Nabob who' draws'. his I vesooodent 4baVaUhoeuth hewae-am BryaklXrroiI Atretutf rorria Dlwr- r r bia; Wife la BraaawleK Oowaiy. . BtTaatCaxroU, a-flaberman, living arrested D'd'fbat'.l ''Brulriiwe1iittal -' the Government as leader :6f kheatiohaljRfpublican and otamtedto Jallipn tKkt cmirda hi , movement. Jt was Ma dntir' to abetam I ne oewn cao ,1 fwiboh. Ki ven to ner id fiurpieionof bia wife slass of j ; v'?r V1 WvwwiyJiOx ywk. j Qt age andjhis wife abm eight-or ten millions by taxing' the ' inddstrions tm 1 1 1 1 An a . A7 linn W f n ihmaa there is prosperity. Without their prosperity "iher music of progress" in the machine 'shops' and factories -will not long be heard in the "land. JuBtioe to all should be the' prinoiple of our Government, for. ; "Of what avail the plow or sail. . Or land or life, if freedom failf : The prinoiple of Protection ia despotic, unequal, unjust; unconsti tutional..! It is oonceived in ain and acts upon lines of positive robbery. The farmers and tbe laborins men in all callings; arejta. Jftrtirn A bitlouS "of beobmthtir President,'' he ! years his senior "He ame to Brnri- would fa ever or any , b u t Staining his, enda.'l Secretary Wlstm ts tha' Parchaa ( Boalt.LliMla AMtpli Ike 11a- KllaA mtaatsa. .". 6 :WAshxhstoh. April 4. To-dav's bond offerings aggregated $3 981 400 "four and: half s in three Items; $ 600 000 at (1 08;' $388,000 at $1 08. and $48,400 at ft 08. 1 All were relectea The acUon of Hecretarv I Windom in rejecting these large offerings; urregarnea at tne I reaaury Department as indicaUngtiirpurpose Ot notrpaying over; f 1.08 for these bonds for the present at leasfV When asked this afternoon why he had not accepted any of to-day's offers, the Secretary replied, . "The l itecrelarv reDliea. . i na ratea ; an too attempt an ijsifop rft I MWmpft iWiW?"1. igh." and declined tossy anything more on laoetol methbda f or at- 8 -' JobBlttfeoonty:,ta abotrt I the subject. A prominent official of '.""r . rf"r7?- . I t.Kna 'n.-i .iwf ." iAllA. hv l the dennrimaot,. hotw. untd to-dav that Savaatfab' Itaval titorea 0alra u The Savannah -Board of Trade r pointed- a ommit6ee; tojlnviBStlgate the- X bderwooti proeese or ' manlpu" lating crude turpentine lot distills tiori " The 'ommftte ' riported,: In substinee, as follows' ' - r A?; V 'J Tbat the drsiiateAwhieir H he re ealt of thai Underwood: . prMsa is in- tended, tQ counterfeit , appearanee ie article, ana is not to-o$ wiTh the War Tariff and the Robber Barocs! . - ' ' tbe Rendioe marketed on '-merirt' the war. Tbe Democratic majority was quickly lost nnder the Randall opposition. In 1880, Garfield was elected, defeating Gen. Hancock. Mr. Carlisle was elected Speaker. In 1884, the Democrats elected Mr. Cleveland President. In 1888, the Democrats sweep the country in tbe popular vote and Mr. Cleveland car ries a, majority of tbe Congressional Districts, and in spite of all man ner of intimidation and fraud and the free distribution of money. Bull dozing, "Blarney .and Boodle did their utmost. There is nothing in the history of the Demooratio party in connection with Tariff Reform to make any sound Demoorat hesi tate to make a grand fight on that platform in 1892. The principle of tax reform is honest. It is needed, for the people are sorely oppressed. It is in ac cordance with Demooratio tradition. It is popular. If Tilden could oarry tbe country against the War iarirx in 1876, but eleven years after the War, why cannot the Democrats carry it in, 1892, twenty-seven years after the war, and when the Tariff is absolutely higher, more unequal and nore oppressive than when Til den won? . !-:-. ' (Hoa r aror. - The Republican Senators or sever al of them, are waxing very , bitter against their President. The news oomes from too many sources in Washington to doubt the correctness of this. Harrison has failed to please them in many of his selections and they are hot. The Washington cor respondent of, the Boston Post tele grapha: : : -..r Old Republican correspondents heresay that the feeling against Mr. Harrison among the Republican Senators is as strong as u ever was among tbe Democrats against Mr. Cleveland, and tbat if it is not appeased it means that Mr. Cleveland's fate will be Mr. Harrison's fate- in the next general election." ; ' There are several Senators in sym pathy with those who voted against Halstead, it is reported. It is be lieved that if the President shall ap point Halstead any way that he will be aqain rejeoted and by aq increased majority. It will be a good time for people generally to read tbe Constitution of be United States the centennial of which is to be celebrated soon on the 80th of April. It will be a good time to study Madison's and Jeffer son's writings, and it would contrib ute to a better understanding of fun damental law and the genius of our institutions if the studies were ex tended to Jadge Jere Black's very able writing, some of Andrew Jack eon's messages, Calhoun's works and Alexander Stephens's and Jefferson Davis's works insofar as they tonoh upon ' the Constitution. Hamilton and his school, including ' Story and Webster, had false views of tbe Con stitution. Hamilton was the advo cate of a Strong Government. The others were influenced by his great intellect. Webster vaseillated. . a In spite of Harrison, his strong ad vooacy of High Tariff and the false teachings of Protectionist propagan dists and self-interested Monopolists the strikes continue, prices are de clining and trade and labor troubles are increasing. Too much Protec tion will kill any oountry in the long1 run. High taxation never made- a people rich, but it does oreateaoo terie of Aristoorats and Plutocrats. The highway of Protection is paved with falsehoods, broken promises and absurd theories. music op naoHiNBBK and song VP THE riBRBRi : The Northern capitalist the Man ufaoturer comes ' into the South, hies him to tbe coal and iron mines, and goes home and sings paeans to the progressive South. As the banker, Mr. Taylor, of New York, sang, so sing all. Hear him : - "The music of prdgress the whir of the spindle, the buza of the saw, the roar of the furnace, and the throb of the locomotive. 'i Very good music, and the Stab, delights to hearit. But even these do not always constitute solid pros perity. Yon may write odes by the column and spin out eulogium by tbe yard over the industries that prosper because other, people are heavily taxed to grease their machinery, fur nish their fuel and increase their profits, but unless the great farming interests prosper the country is not on a safe basis, and trade cannot be healthy. We like to see the farmer prosperous and happy. We like to hear him singing in the early morn as he drives his "team afield." We like to see his plougns running abreast, and the soythee gleam ing , in the sunshine, and the -wagons groaning nndertbe loads and the barns hunting with fatness, and the houeewife , clean and cheerful and bright as a spring morning. We Mr. John ttpeiman is dead. He was born in London. He was an ex cellent printer and the very best re porter of legislative and other bodies in ordinary writing we have ever known. His report in abstract of the Holden trial was so excellent the short-hand reporters adopted no little' of it. . This writer has worked in the same office with him. He was not particularly gifted aa a writer of elaborate editorials, but was a good paragraphia! and local reporter. He was pleasant, courteous and affable and was a man of excellent Bense. Victory in the air. Little Rhode Island has been captured by the Demoorats in part. ' One House of tbe Legislature is Democratic, and they elected their candidate for tbe Attorney Generalship, and also ob tained a plurality of 4,398 votes over tbe Republican oandidate for Gov ernor. If they had polled 500 more votes they would have' had the Gov ernor. In tbe Northwest gains have already been reported. In Arkansas they have elected three judges of the Supreme Court. This is. cheering.. The people are already sick of Rad -idaliem and Protection. ; a auDsn- rauTeatm he -committee was ofthe opinioo that unless the distillate "is branded .-.i.. 4 Im ' th.r 'Ha fcIA ia Hani'. ttgiagbo the market and t the trade at lacge,. unsettling ML confidence in business, and. rendering all concerned in Jtotandtihg continually liable to )otaatioH8itadamaig',BUlt8 'and endless litigation. Not only are the factor and exporter, amenable to the elviriaw.' out 'Operators detected in shf p-pttrgf this 'aTttcreas' feptrits bf lur peutine are liable to prmishment un- der the penal Wda,i i . ' The committee recommended tbat tbe'bottrd Instruct each lnsyector of Baral etortff td exerciseA rigid1 bnrppr vision tbat no adulterated article be passed as pure spirits, of turpentine, abdJ,h:thefreTpbrt totke' reu )ai oommitte lor1 1 'investigation, ajiyr.ease J Ibafe o ; m&y eckne , "to their attention and that a. com mittee be appointed.to deside tbe simplest- and most -final method of detectipg any adulteration, aud tbat the comuii ttee loo authorized to raise funds if necessary f oftne purpose " of sectfriotf t a satisfactory1 temi Tbat the. receivers of naral stores unite ia a circular to their customers advioLog tbeni of the Bteps 'taken in this mat ter,1 and -impressing upon them tbat the adoption of this process of dis tillation is inimical to their interests, not only because there is ho market for1 the1 substitute and because tbey will render themselves liable to pro secution nnder existing laws if tbe artiole it fraudulently marketed, but becaaseTthe onlr result of this inno vation will be an unsettling of values; and a demoralizaCloD. of their trade, which is now more prosperous than at any time in recent years. "Tbe committee' advised 'that in formation.of the action of the board be . forwarded to tbe exchanges -of New ! YOrk, Wilmington, Cbarleston ahd Brunswick, and that their co operation and assistance be invited.; - The report was unanimously adopt ed, audits recommendations will at once be carried" into effect. ' loraa Waraloc- loie WaVi'?; The chief eigbal ' officer t Wash ingtonvD. C, at 10 a. m. yesterday, ordered cautionary northwest signals displayed here, for a storm central in North Carolina, moving northeast. Signals were'- also ordered up at Charleston ' and If orebead City.' At 10.20 a. m. the cold wave signal was also ordered up, with tbe prediction tbat a - fall in temperature to raboUt fdrty-two 1 degrees would take place' by eight o'clock this morning; but it was impossible to display the cold wave signal, the flag-staff being oc cupied with tbe wind Or storm signal.' The wind bowled and raged all day inereasinginveloeity' at -nightfall,' and fully verified the prediction. The fall in .temperature ' was very rapid, being, as reported ' from tbe Signal Office, about 29 degrees In tbe twelve hours from 12 o'clock' noon to mid night.' The storm reported as central in North Carolina passed but to sea, but at 12 o'clock last night a howling tempeSt-was- stlir raging hereabouts, with an - estimated velocity of thirty or more mireS an hour Telegraphic dispatches report a severe snow storm North' Tbe wires north-' of Richmond went down early in ; the ' day and ' communication in that direction "was cut off. " South of Wilmington, also, the' wires were in' trouble 1 and communication '' in that direction was obstructed. 1 ilnoe 'was followed by ,j.ne . floupJe r lirea 0 wtn .-: an ; ; anus !.-o Carroll's Mrs' Bladjr Janaey. an Ancient dame i jbf sevtflir f feh In fBruVswiek. towosbiii, ; and the only, direst testimony against .the'ma!atthO'1nqu'tfttd'bythe bbironer'MfWiliai X thejold latfy4 aUhoaga-tberewaaa ' gadd deaLt of r corroborative evidence. Mrsran.ne ftlUjtji hmeWdnesa.a ooont , Bis wife rreji-net fiiiiinTi " ' 1 1 "" g" n'T" her aunt called to heif to - ebme and eetTdinner'. former . .husband.. I After dinner was over, the old lady said; she was4n an adjoining room .when she heard . lHtrs-V 'Oarr&U ' bcream as In pain , and -ask her ; husband what he had given her. Carroll had given his Wife a drinK bf , wiie out. of aottlel and) Intrs. Jaoney fouhd.h'er, very siok the woman, 'dying About an hour af terwards in1 convulsions:' v ; "le tefday. prs. Burbank and G.: G. tThomaa of. this city went over to the place and made a 'poet' mortem ' ex amination. , The result of this Inyes tigation was ; not made knows, but some parts of the body and the "bot tle containing what' was left of the wine' were 'sent to the State .Chemist ait Kaleigh for analysis. 1 Carroll was arrested ' Wednesday evening; " and committed to jail by Justice'J.D.Mao Bae,. pending a' further investiga tion. Carroll had very little to say about his wife's, death, ; beyond .' denying the' charge . that . he caused it. . The ooupla had lived together as man and wife about four years. They it was strange that there were so few offer ings of four per cents, as there was no good reason for supposing tbat the Secretary would pot buy bonds of that loan, provided they are offered at reasonable rates The first offer of four ' per cents was at $1.29. It was rejected, tbe official said, because it was above ihe prevailing market ratea, and not necessarily because the Secretary does not wish to apply any of the surplus to the payment of that particular loan as has been conjectured. It ia believed tbat Secretary Wiadom will outline bis policy in this matter more definitely la a few days. He has been busy with so many other matters up to this time that he baa not been abJs to ureaconsiaerauon ne proposes - Wabhisotoh. April 4 Robert Lincoln has formally accepted the Eaglish mission. He will sail for England about May 15.' Washihgtok. April 5 The Major General commanding the army has decided to recommend the Secretary of War tbat Mtjor Qeorge A, Arms, retired, be tried by court martial on charges based on his conduct on inauguration day; and his as sault upon General Beaver. . - Tbe President has appointed Joel B. Ehrardt collector of customs, and Cornelius Van Oott postmaster at New Yo-k city. The cruiser Atlanta, now at Aspinwall, baa been ordered by telegraph to New York. - Although subject to future emer gencies, it is the present intentiou to send the Yorktown to New York 00 the 20th, so that tbe latest efforts at naval construe tion may be seen at the Centennial Celebra tion. She has been formally accepted from the contractors, subject to special re servations of money on account of work yet to be done. The German Corvette ' Sophie, which sails from Ziuzibar to-day , for Samoa, is another flue ship, superior to either the Richmond, Adams or Alert, which . will constitute the American squadron at Sa moa. She is of comoosite type, 14 knots speed, 2,300 tons burden, carries eight 6 inch and two Si inch rifles, and four ma-, chine guns with torpedo outfit, and uses a forced draft, which engineer experts here think contributed largely to tbe escape of tbe English war vessel Calliope, as it en abled her to set up steam in a short time. - Wm. ti. Lamb, of Missouri, Has been ap had no children, .although a son of lira. Carroll, presumably by a former I pointed aD Assistant Superintendent of the marnaee. is ; 11 vine near rseima. ma name Is ' Ira 'Plttman, and he is sixy teen or seventeen years of age, - First Payateati - . Twenty-six thousand dollars in city bonds, with ' coupons attached, were transferred, by . the 'city, authorities yesterday to representatives of - the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail road Com pan y, certificates of Btock to the same amount in the railroad be inir sriven in exchange therefor. This Is tbe first payment by tbe city oh its subscription of $150,000 to the road, and represents two-thirds of the pur chase money paid for terminal facili ties in this city. Future payments will be made as the road is built. Pre. Meat Gray said that construction of tbe road would be prxabl-t a-rapid rate and tbat another payment would be due before long - Mas kaaaar SckMl coavattoa. - A telegram received here yesterday evening from Mr. W. H. Sprunt, one of tbe delegates in attendance at the State Sundar School Convention in Charlotte, makes the' gratifying an nounoement that Wilmington has been selected as the place for : tbe Convention next year. Also, " that Mr. Qeorge Chadbourn, of this city is i appointed a delegate " to the World's Sunday School Convention, to be held In London, Eng., in July next. : ' " 8-aeeat MallraaA - ..Tbo directors of the Seaeoast rail road made a trip to the Hammocks yesterday to' insp ct some Jmbroye. ments that are under way iherew - Af terwards a meeting was beld, at which Mr. J. R Nolan Jwai' elected general manager t9 succeed, Mr. Jas H Chadbourn, Jr.- Mr. r Nolan is at pre-ent Assistant Superintendent of Transportation on the Wilmington St. Weldon railroad. He will take charge of the Seaooast road in a week or ten days.'' Rev. Mr. Leitoh, a famous South ern revivalist and a preaober of very marked power and successes to hold a series, of religious meetings in Wil miDgton under the auspioes of. Fifth Street and Grace Methodist Churches in July next. The joint meetings will be held in Graoe Ghuroh. Mr.. Iteitoh is nowjoonducting very sue oeBsful nreetings in - different towns in his own State, South Carolina. Paaaa-ar gtaasaalK,tir0t NfWTwk : The steamships Dtlatbare and Yem assee, two of the finest Vessels of the' Clyde fleet, "have been- put on the line for passenger service ; between iNew York and Wilmington and Fer - nandina." ' The' Delaware 1 will sail from New York on the 10th for this pert and will sail hence for Fernan dioaonhe 18th, and the Yemctssee will leave Now York on the 17th and' Wilmington.-for -Fernahdina on the 20th. Retdrning, -the' Delaware will sail from Wilmington 'for New York April 18th, ,and the . Yemassee . April ; 25th. Both , are A elegant passenger boats, are Bwif t.and rell equipped in every respect, and no doubt will be .well patronized; by the travelling public '"-W ' , ; jThis xieiine. is in ftddltion ,to the freight . steamers ,jio w.inning be-; tween 'Wilmlnolno New York,; ;and will, be made a permanency If sufficient, encouragement is given. : ISpirlta Tarpaatlaa (taoiauaaa . In answer to - a; correspondent at Rockingham who writes the STAR in regard to quotations of 38 cents pero gallon for spirits turpentine - at Wil-r mintrtononthe 4th- Inst; while New A Bare rela.' A gentleman of this city baa in . his possession a silver coin, a trifle smal ler than a "buzzard dollar." It is stamped on one side 'Dollar piece,' 1791," and on the other, "Sierra Leone Company, Africa." There is also the figure of a crouching lion on one Bide and on the reverse ' two hands clasp' : ing each otber.Tbe coin has been in the possession of the gentleman many years, and is yet as bright ahd fresh looking as if just from the mint. A SpUaal Prssraaaw. : ,CoL L. L. Polk, and Messrs. Spur . geon Yann, A- Moore, and T. N. (Jrioe, the Committee on Programme, : for the opening ' exercises at Avooa ' Sporting and Pleasure Resort,: on Al bemarle Sonhd,' have arranged one of the most interesting and complete , programmes It Is possible to get up. i There 'will be no end1 to the amuse ment,' from April 22d to the 28th, in clusive.'; The excursion rates are very low on all railroad and steamboat lines.- ' ' " A Baltimore , dispatch, AprU 3d, says: British sohoontr Margaret L, Ryan, from Trinidad, Cuba, Februa ry -37th, for Delaware Breakwater,; with sugar before reported), encoun tered a storm; March 9th, and ,on the. Railway Mail Service, vice W. C. Hick man, resigned. Jos. 0. smitn, 01 wucon sm, has also been appoioted an Assistant Superintendent of the Railway Service, vice J. L Morse, resigned. Hickman and Morse were appointed Assistant Superin tendents March 2, 1889. Washington. April 6. The President has practically determined to take a few days' rest and recreation outside of Wash ington as soon as he can do so without sacrificing public interests He has been under a severe strain mentally and physi cally for the last eight months, and it is beginning to tell on bia health. . Friends and physicians have advised him to take a short respite from official duties, and he has promised to do so at the first favorable opportunity. He made some -inquiries about a trip to Fortress Monroe, and a rumor was soon started that he was going to take a cruise in Chesapeake Bay on a revenue cutter. His departure was fixed bv rumor . for to-morrow, and Fortress Monroe as his destination.- Inquiry at the White House "Ibis afternoon aored tbat there was no truth in the' report as far aa this week is concerned. B.veral obstacles are in tbe way of the trip being made so soon, the chief and all sufficient one oeinc the lack of an available vessel. There are two revenue cutters at Bil imore one being out of commission and the other undergo ing repairs. One of them could soon be put ia condition for the President's use, aod orders to that effect may be issued in a few days, provided the Pesldent decides oa a ti Ip by water There are also two light house tenders at Norfolk, either of. which could be untilized if desired. There is usually a naval vessel in this vicinity in the summer time for just such trips as have been recommended to tbe- President, but it so happens that there is none here at the present time. It is however, very proba ble that-the President will leave the city for a few days by the end ot, next week, but it is not likely , tbat any definite ar rangements as to destination or means of transportation will be made for several days yet. - . ' - i V - n . V7A8HiHeTOH,' April 6 The President made the following appointments to-day: Bben 8 Rand, of Mame,'to be Appraiser of Merchandise ia tbe District of Portland and Falmouth. Maiaej. George C. Bturgiss. of West Virginia.- tojbe-Attorney ot the United 8tatetiW District or West Vir- ginra. ' ' - 7 The DeplirtWeaV of Bute has been In formed by tbe. United States consul at Ot towa that the licenses to fishing vessels will continue to be issued this year by the Ca nadian - government en the aam terms as last year. , Collectors of customs have been supplied with the same forms as last year. but the licenses win oe granted ta expire on the 81st of December. - S?-1 r ! . EJDW1X BOO MB. Bia ' Ooaaltlaa Rack Iaaro Ha Leaves staelwasar ' tor . Haw Tork Wbsi fctr Payalelaa Bays ar W ParaJyii auaeK. y-; . Ay Taiaxraoh to tbe Xoralnx Star. . . - Rochkstka. N. Y., April 4 The con dition of Mr. Booth is much Improved this morning, - He arose at 8 80 o'clock, and was shortly thereafter visited by Dr. C. R. Snmaer. who found him able to speak quite plainly. , Mr., Booth breakfasted in his room. - Dr.- Sumner being Interviewed by a re porter, said;- "Mr. Booth ia feeling a great deal better to-day. I did not con sider his condition last night alarming. I found that he bad sustained a slight shock of paralysis,' which prevented the power of speech; The paralysis affect ed, his entire left - side, and as be was unable to speak it was of oourse impossible for him. to go, oa with his part. It was thought at first that the attack would pass away in a few minutes, but I felt sure It was impossible tor hiea to resume his part. His condition was indeed pitiful, as he lay theVe hi bis drawing room, looking appeal ingly at Mr. Barrett and myself, una! le to apeak a word. My heart felt for bim keen ly. We did all we could to aid tbe suffer ing tragedian, and aaoon as possible had mm removed to bis hotel. 1 tbtak with a vest ota Week or ten -dajs Mr. Booth will bet. abl&.tar AaepaiaeagageaMAtar- Last night's attack, however, la a premonition of what la bound to come. I think that within a few years Mr. Booth will suffer a final at tack, which' will rob America of lis greatest eat actor.". . - Mr. Booth's manager, Arthur B. Obsse, said: I have no doubt that the immediate cause ot his attack was excessive cigar smoking. Mr. Booth smokes about twenty strong imported cigars a day, and frequent ly uses a pipe. I tbink be will smoke (ewer cigars in the future." - - Mr. Booth, accompanied by his valet.lef t on the 10 80 o'clock train this morning for New. York. Ia reply to an inquiry from the Detroit Journal, he instructed Manager Cbase to say that he would keep hot engagement in that city week after next. . . " wind TaxtF'L.A.M E8. ' Ortst Dastroetloa at Property and :' Iilfa.la Oalsia asi niaaMoiaffoai . Tialeai WlaA . Storaa sat Pralrla Flrea. . ' MiHHKAPOLiS, April 4. During the last two days South Dakota and Minnesota have been swept by a series of wind storms, which have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars damage to propcity, and several lives have been lost. The storm started Monday 'night and swept' over a large are south of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Dakota,, and extending into the southern tiers of counties in this State. The greatest damage baa not. been caused by the wind alone, but in many places fires, fanned into fury by the storms, have wiped oat of ex istence several smail villages and hundreds of farmers' houses. The towns almost com pletely deslned are Violen. O ivet, Puka waua, Lestervilie aod Mount Vernon, and three or four other villages were badly damaged. At Violin every house in the place except three were demolished, and one hundred people are without homes. Lestervilie is flattened to the ground, and twenty families are without a roof. A ter, riolegaleof wind struck Mtunt Vernon, and a fire started from a small house that was blown over early last night. No hu man power could stop the flumes, and in an hour the best portion of the place was one great racing - hre. , Nearly two hundred families are homeless, and tbe loss will foot up $200,000 It is reported that several persona lost their lives in this fire, but no confirmation haa yet been received. Four large elevators and the Milwaukee depot were destroyed. Near Blunt one man lost five hundred ' head of aheep, which weie caugbt in tbe prairie Are, Several head of horses were tared by swimuiiogihe liver. In many eases the 'crops were covered by loose sand. and. dust, and will have to be replanted. . - - - ' SJ A repcJtt from Gary Says the sun was al most totally 0 been led, and the supersti tious thought the end of the world had come. Farm house and barns were swept away, and horses and cattle were burned to death by scores Near Mllbank fifty head of live stock are reported lost, and fire has swept over twenty miles of country, caus ing immense loss. - The damage in Minnesota is much less than in Dakota, as the force of the storm was pretty well spent before it reached the boundary. Tbe loaaes in South Dakota will foot up $2,000,000 at a low calculation. IHE SOUTH. RUSSELL. HARRISON. .Col. Crosby The murir iib.i wauen TbrMtana' V ' Naw Yoke. April s Mr. Russell Har rison makes the following statement rela tive to the suit for libel which Col. John Schuyler Crosby threatens to bring against bun in case Mr. Hurrisoa refuses to make a personal apology for a clipping reprinted from a Burialo paper in tne Montana lav Stock Journal, published byta company of wmcb Mr. Harriaow was at tbe vimw presi dent and which article has bees construed to have charged Col. Crosby with the theft of jewels' from a Washington lady ; "I am witling that the Montana Xft Stock Jbu nal shall make a proper retraction t the story. ,. as ' publiabed. . 5Tb -v lm ; York qnot 46 eent8, lt is explained; 24th:j-he vesse sprang a leamaWog: Representative Breckinridge, of Arkansas, has supplied the Governor that the . market last week ' was nn usually dulL Receipts were light andj buyers held offThe priee advanced to 89 cents on the ' 5th, however, and yesterday the receipts of the day were taken at 40 cents. m m colaaabaa Coart. :.,:: . Columbus Superior Court adjourn-" ed last night. The docket was smalL There was . In attendance on the Court, Messrs. C. G. Lyon of Bladen, French and Norment of Lumberton, and' Chas.'M.' Stedman of .this slty .besides the resident attorneys Judge it necessary to, use the pumps. een- staetly . The next day the ringing and rudder .were swept away and the ves .; selwaapidly Ailing with Fter, but, oa the 26th the schooner Roger Moor ey of. Wilmington,-N. ,C, answered, the Margaret ,Ti', signal of distress and rescued the crew, taking themaboard and then . proceeded, - on her course. She had not gone far, .however,, when tte jdarfaref, was, seen to pitch f or ward) on jher prqw t an sink Lmmedi ately 'Tlij Roger -Moore', placed ,, all. person pieamo morning, 70 pression nas oeen given to me pamm that I am the editor of the- Live Btoek Journal. This is not ..the-ease now nor never was it at tbe time the story was nrinurl. The editorial work has been and is done by others. It seems to me that Cob Crosby's demand for a personal apology 1s unusual and unreasonable,, and that he shoul? be satisfied with the same sort of a retraction on thpartOf the Montana Live Stock Jouh il seemed to him sufficient from tbe bdffalo Commercial AdeerUier, which first printed tbe , story, and , from which - the . Journal copied ' it.T do not understand ' that be has - asked for a personal apoloay even from the. correspondent who sent tbe story to the Buffalo paper from Washington. It cer- tainly eetrns to be a natter of regret tbat OoL Crosby did not salt th: Journal for ? retraction at the same, time tnat ne asaea tbe jtqnaio uommrrcxu auvermnrr iu uouj the story .c Of course tt is unnecessary fei6 me to say that , tbe suggestion that I iln-i spired. directly or otherwise the original, story from' Washington is preposterous., In conclnsiotf I may-add Chat 'the ' positlo&I have takea" against identify lag myself -witt this matter will, be maintained to tbe end of, the controversy.."... , . , . . . . , , Mrr Harrison has been m 'town 8' Wednesday, aad left last night for Wash ington.- ' tyf., : m; ac iv.f. : WASHmaTov, April 4. Foarth. A Nerthera Capliallat'a laapreaalaaa Baxtimobb. ; Anrtl 4 Frederic Taylor, banker, of .New York, who accompanied Messrs Cooper, Hewitt am Inman on their recent trip South, gives bis impressions of tbat section to the Manufacturers' Record. Mr Taylor states that the South was a rev elation to bim. It seems to me," he says, "that we travelled through a continuous and unbroken strain of what has been aptly termed tbe music of progress' tbe whir of tbe spindle, the" buzz ot tbe saw, tbe roar of the furnace,- and the throb of the loco motive." To tbe young men of the South Mr. Taylor accords high praise for tbe work which they are doing, and to the eager, earnest, restless, driving ' energy which seems to fill them. "The South," says Mr. Taylor, "to my mind, is only now oa the threshold ot its boom. It has every possible advantage everything that God can give. Tbe sew South has been built up by the indomitable energy and by the hard work of the Southern people them selves, and." he adds, "tvsny young man to-day, of pluck and grit, with tbe world before him, and hla fortune to make, I should say, 'Go South, young man, go Qinih tu - www.. ..... CHICAGO. Tweaiy nasal ra of tna First Infantry . Arraiaa lor PartleipaUas la a Prise Flchl. . Br Teteeraph to the Xornlag 8tar. . Chicago. Anril 6 The twenty mem bers of the First Regiment Illinois National Guard, who wera arrested last night while witnessing a prise fLtbt between two mem . bers ot tbat organization, were arraigned la the police court this morning. ' Tbey stood before J twites Scully snickering aad hiding their faces behind silk s&u aad perfumed handkerchiefs until the Court was at a loss to know whether he wae fining school girl tennis players Twenty pairs of rosy cheeks, aa soft and creamy as though they had been bathed in clover dew every morning, loom" ed up in the line before tbe Court's desk, and their owners acted as bashful as so msny young ladies at a broom drill. The Court read the ' law - to the young men. and a cold shudder ran through tbe crowd when It was learned that every one was liable to imprisonment from one to five years in the penitentiary. The officer unrolled a bundle of material gathered from the floor at tbe hail. First was a Turkish towel still wet then came a pair of bunks, along rope, and a pair of rubber shoes, two pairs of two-ounce boxing gloves, and finallv i moistened -sponge, , "It was only a friendly boxing contest." said one of the' : Spirits Turpentine. Clinton Caucasian: "President Gray was in Sampson last week - locating the flepota-Toa the Cape Fear aod Yadkin Valley Extension. There wUlcfee eleven between Fay etteville 'aod Wilmington. We are pleased to learn tbat Gov. Fowle has appointed Mr. T. H. McKoy, . Jr., a commissioner to the New Yofk Cen tennial, April 80thi . - . '. j Durham Plant: Now that we have three routes to tbe North, viz: via tbe Richmond & Danville, via the Durham & Oxford and via tbe Durham & Northern, we understand that freight rates are no lower than they were when we had only -one outlets - Raleigh dot: The negro preachers who are interested ia the exodus ' look, at things In a very one-sided way. This will be illustrated by a remark Rev. Dr. O. T. Bailey made to me yesterday. Said be: "You saw the letter I bad from tbe Governor ot .Arkansas, showing the misrepresentations of the labor agents in regard to lands there. Well, I sent that letter to a negro preacher, with a request er suggestion that he read it to his people. ' Do you think he read itf Not much." This is negro Intolerance all over. - Mr. Plummer Batchelor, it is learned, has re fused an offer ot $3,000 for his bay trotting colt, four years old. . . Weldon News: We have beard that the exodus fever has reached tbe col ored people in this section and in a part of Northampton county. : Several, we under stand, have made preparations to go to New r Jersey. On Ufa farm ot Mr. W. E. . Browers in Botterwood township on Thurs-, day afternoon last a tero girl tlx or se'ven years old was so badly burned tbat she died next day. . Mr. W. T. McMarks has purchased a seine and hundred and fifty yards long which he intends putting into the river at Halifax. Bishop Lyman preached at this place Wednesday night of : last week to a large - congregation and ad ministered tbe rite ot .confirmation to one - candidate. The Primitive Baptists held a union meeting at Kahukee- church, near Scotland Neck, last week, begiatiiag -' on Friday and continuing through Sunday. There were services every day which were largely attended. On 8uoday the oocyte gallon was esiimated at one thousand aod -the church could not hold many of them, -r Charlotte News: A: difficulty : occurred on South Try on street this after-- noon between Mr. Henry Lederer and Mrr- " Albert Myers, in which blood was drawn. The second day of tbe North Carolina State Sunday school Convention opened this morning, with a largely increased at tendance of delegates, and the session was' attended by a crowded house, the ladies turning out iu full force. Rev. T. H. btrohecker, who has been in charge of tbe Lutheran church at Lancaster, II)., for several years past, has returned to North Carolina to locate. He has bought a lot at. Barium Springs, (the new name for the Poison Springs, in Iredell county) and will : locate there for the present. The an-: anal election of officers ot the Hornet's Nest Riflemen was held at the armory in tbe Davidson building last night, There ' was a good attendance.of members. Capt. T. R. Robertson was re-elected captain. Other elections were: Tbad. B. Beigle. 1st lieut. E. L. Eeesler, 2d lieut.; L. A. . -Blackwelder, color bearer. "'!-.- - M Qaad in ' Detroit Free Press, -And the Old North State ia a grand domain rich in its broad acres, rich in its limbers and minerals, rich in its water powers and waterways, and blessed with a thousand advantages denied to other sections. She Is to-day working gold mines In thirty-one counties and silver mines in five others. Sue mines and markets seven-eighths of the mica used in the United States. She supplies this country with the emery Sot commerce. She has 112 varieties of native timber which are usable and marketable. She haa 176 varieties of minerals. - She has water power estimated at 8,000.000 horse power. Sbe can grow any grass, fruit or vegetable known to tbe United States. Sbe has an honest, conservative administration, a low death rate, a high standard of mo rality, and in 00 Stale in the Union Is the law more respected or more closely obeyed. She baa the coal and iron and timber to in vite manufacturers the climate and soil which promise the best reward to the far mer. So much for the State at large. Raleigh . News- Observer : A dangerous forest fire was reported by in coming travellers on the R. & A. Air Line Wednesday night, from Winder south ward. There was considerable apprehen sion at one time for the safety of Southern pines. Mr. John Spelman who has been one of the veteran journalists of this State, departed this lire r yesterday. -morning at 11 80 o'clock at his residence in this city. Mr. Spelman was an Englishman by birth, but came to Raleigh prior to the war to be foreman in the printing office tbat was es tablished at tbe N. O. State Deaf and Dumb Institute, and there rendered efficient ser vice in the various publications of tbat of fice. He was, we believe, in his 68th year. The funeral services will take plaoe this af ternoon at 8 80 at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Messrs. J. A. Wilson & Co., whose mammoth sash and blind, fac tory was destroyed at Wilson's Mills night before last, inform us that they will bus pend business for only a few days, as they bave other machinery and tbey expect to fit up and be running in a short time; Their saw mills were not destroyed. Mr. - E. T. Bjnum, of Tarboro, of the firm ot Far rar, Gaskill & Co , died there on the 8rd InBt., of meningitis. Mr. Bynum was a young man only 81 years of age ot floe character and business qualities. Be was a prominent and useful member of tbe Bap tist Church. hands, seven. , In nui with all ;needed money with which jftnmiiwhAiwWrt. tn Aonth- I D. S. Jfifiwr on Sunday, m of dew-' Uii -Kai-a ftmirt 'wilt W ;r.klrl next -1 'mUes from Block Island, . The Mwr, '?!l 'i,- ,v-- - - . "1 alt hudi 1aTS?to-AeL-T. to ferret out the murderers ton. " week. men - -Did not Jainer- tet bis Jaw bro ken?" asked officer Tvnell. ., "Yea.? "Did not tbey strip and flabt for a prize a medal or something r Yes. "Didn't they go it for two rounds, and then stop because Jainer eould -not- come-to the- scratch f ;Yes.". "Well, If tbat is not a prize fight Fd like to know it." The young men each paid One dollar aad costs, y-:- " . The " convention at Charlotte elected the following permanent officers: ff.MAnt. Rev T H.Pritchard. D D. of Wilmington.- -VicePreaidenu: 1st. Rev E A Yates, - D D, Durham; 2d, Rev F W E dasswistmaatersforrNoTai.Caro 1 Pescbau. Wilmingtou ; od,' w Buamsaur. aSoinU UftPt A W AJI 0liWVt VUWKWXV! wwa SwidWteston; Tihi D H Albright, Bandy Grove; 81b, W A.Blair, -WinstoB, Secre tary, Prof. J. W, Gore. Chapel HUl As sistant Secretary; W- Robertson, Chapel Statistical secretary, n- xt enow. Durham. . mioger, at Aaron: Thos. J Jkedtiat Bes W. B Blaek, at Carthage: Z. a. BOarks at Elmer ; D & Slate, at GtJinABkerj L. O Tlun. at AvHiVr Jaaf P. flmJOl. at , Maxtonv. IT, A W hue; -at . MebaneVThos . Fv Thorai I isistat at Mills Springs: Jno. D. Mascey,AiJmith-; HUL field; M. U. Uecu, at inomasvui. Raleigh News- Observer: Bish op Lyman's ' Appointments April 4, Thursday, Ring wood: April; 7, Sunday, -Scotland Neck: April 8, Monday, Palmy ra; April 9, Tuesday, St. Mary's. Edge combe county: April 10, Wednesday, p m. St. Luke's Tarboro; April 14. Sunday, Cal vary. Tarboro; April 16, Tuesday, Gaston; April 18. Thursday. . Ridgeway; April 19, Friday, Middlehurg; April 21. Easter Day. Williamaboro; April 21. Easter Day, p. m., Oxford; April 23, Tuesday, Goshen; April 28, Sunday, Chapel Hill, Mrs: Ed- mundson, the widow of Haywood Ed mundsoo, ot Bullhead township, Green county, whose mind ia believed to have been impaired somewhat, ended her life yesterday morning, about 5 o'clock by throwing herself into a well. Last night the depot heie presented the most lively scene tbat haa yet been witnessed, f Five car loads of negroes, bound for Ar kansas, were awaiting tbe train and It look- -ed as if half of tbe remaining colored po pulation of Wake county bad mustered to see them off. News was received here late last night that the mills of J A Wil son and also a large warehouse adjoining were consumed by the fire at Wilson Mills. The loss was estimated at $20,000. . A man named Wallace who went into the mills af ter bis tool cheat, was burned to death. Tbe Governor has appointed. Prof. J. L. Ludlow, Dr John H. Tucker aad Prof; V. P Venable oa the Stat Board of Health. . .. . .The Governor has appointed Mr. J. O. - 8. Lumsden of this city aa State standard keeper of weight! ,'andjnf 4 Raleigh eios- Observer: " The oorner stone of the Masonlo Lodge at Bller City will be laid on - Friday, April 12th. Gov. Fowle has sent the Lodge a Bible to be placed on that occasion. Gen. W. G. Lewis has written a letter to the Gover nor Informing him that he has made an ex amination of the section surrounding Cove Creek on the A. & N. O. Railroad and ex presses the opinion that it would pay the 8tate to put a force of convicts to work to clear up the land and to stert convict farm. - At his residence. No 129 Fayetfeville street' Monday night at 10.16 o'clock,' Mr. Jno. W. Watson, in the 61st year of his age. Mr. Watson was a native of Notto way county, Va.. but had been in this State at different periods for many years. Raleigh was saddened yesterday - even- : In - bv -the announcement of tbe death of Mr. William R Pool which occurred yesterday at 2 o'clock p. m , at his residence in St. Mary's township. He was the oldest man in Wake county and ' was 94 years of age at his death. He waa for years a justice of the old county court, and has been a justice of the peace for the greater part ol his life. He was for years a member of tbe Board ot County Commis sioners, of which body be was chairman from 1875 to 1884. He was a member of; the Board ef Internal Improvements under the administration of Gov. Bragg. State's proxy,- etc. Gabtsbubo. N. 0 April 2, 1889. Tbe north bound pas senger train on' the Seaboard & - Roanoke ' Railroad ran over and killed one Mr. Grant near Seaboard last night. Mr. Grant was. employed as a carpenter at the saw mill of the Green berry and Jackson Railroad and Lumber Co. - ' . v:. T:i' 'iu,'.,."UfV,'fii 1 '' !' wi ""'' - ! 1 ' 4:1 1 :. - .. . vi m mm mi 1 :.v'.-.