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IHK 61Sr CONCKKs. -
. The Republican maiority in the
51st Congress bave no smooth sail
in before them, and they know it.
It is doubtful if any Congress ever
assembled was confronted by more
confl ctiog questions aud surrounded
by more embarrassing complica
tions. The party that is in power is
the party that is always on nettles,
for it is held responsible riot only
for what it does bat for what it does
not do, for its promises made and
for the promises which it does not or
cannot keep.
lhe Kepubhcan campaigners a
year ago made , more promises than
it ia in their power U redeem, even
lflhty had the disposition toredeem
ilhem. They elected their President
'by the promises made (and cash) and
Gained control of the lower. House
of Congress'3iDfcthe same way.
They made their campaign by at
tacking the Mills bill, and guaran
teeing protection,' andmore protec
tio-?, to the manufacturer.
lbey aasauedJVlr. Cleveland as
the inepiricg'genius of the Mills bill,
and arraigned .him as the" enemy of
the soldier, because he had the nerve
to veto pension" bills which he be
heved founded on insufficient grounds
or upon fraud.
Thay pandered to the soldier vote
bv promising: to be liberal where
they asserted that Mr. Cleveland had
been unjust.
Thoy charged Mr. Cleveland with
violation of the Civil Service laws
for removing Republican official,
who they said came under the pro-
visions of that law, and putting
Democrats in their places.
They pointed to their candidate
for the Presidency as a civil service
reformer who would . respect the spi
rit and enforce the letter of the law.
He has done neither, but has stood
by and seen the law ruthlessly viola
ted in letter and in spirit.
A year has passed since these pro
mises were made, and other elections
have been held since then, and other
conditions have arisen which re
quired a change of front and a
change of tactics to prevent disaster,
where before victory had been won
by the promises made.
A remarkable revolution had ta
ken place in public sentiment on
some of the questions which were
paramount then, notably the tariff
question and the pension qaeskon
on both of which they had been so
liberal with their promises. ; :')
They tried to keep in line with
that change by' promising tariff re
form, by taking position against the
trusts, and to placate public senti
ment on the pension abnses Tanner,
the great surplus buster, was bounced
I and relegated to the shades.
, Here the trouble comes in. If
they. undertake to keep their promises
made to the protected manufacturers
a year ago they will incur the hos
tility of the people who demand and
. expect tariff reduction, f they re
duce the tariff to meet the popular
demand they incur the hostility if
the manufacturers whom they prom
ised to stand by and protect, so that
which every way they turn they en
counter the hostility which , they
dread. The manufacturer with his
cash to run elections is necessary to
them; the people with their votes are
necessary, too, and how to retain
both and so manage to steer between
these conflicting powers without get
ting mashed, is what is going to ter
ribly perplex the tariff manipulators
who have that delicate job in
charge.
Then we have the wool growers
demanding not the continuance of
the present forty per cent, tariff on'
wool, but a higher tariff, and a very
large number of manufacturers on
the other side demanding free wool.'
The first cry of the wool men
comes from Ohio, a State which will
be of importance in the coming elec
tion, and which since the last elec
tion may be classed if not a Demo
cratic State, a doubtful one, which a
change in a few votes in each pre
cinct may make Democratic It is a
party necessity to conciliate the wool
vote in that State, but if that be done
trouble comes with the manufacture
ers, the purse holders, who are as
clamorous for free wool as the wool
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VOL. XXI.
growers are for protection. How to
steer between these without alienat
ing either will be another perplexing
question. . ' . 4
And then comes the silver question
asaertive and aggressive, with which
they coquetted in the late elections
to placate the silver men of theWest.
That is a question in which the West,
especially the silver bearing States,
take great interest more than they
4o in their politics, and they are ' go
ing to carry the fight right lively
into the halls of Congress.
How to steer between these, the
silver men and the anti-silver
men, is another of the perplexing
problems which confronts them.
There are others, but these will
suffice to show that the Republican
majority in Congress with its small
and on some great questions unrelia
ble margin has no picnic before it.
It will have to move with exceeed
ing skill and oaution if it don't get
into the mire up to the neck.
JEFFEHSOI DAVIS DEAD.
A great and a grand man has fal
len, great in all the elements that
constitute true greatness, a grand
and noble manhood. Jefferson Davis
is no more. When the angel of death
spread its wings and bore the spirit
from its casket of clay to the great
eternal beyond the river, one of the
grandest characters in our age and
country passedfrom earth and took
his place in history, which he had
done so much to make, lhe public
who have read from day to day the
dispatches sent out from his sick bed
in-New Orleans were not surprised at
the announcement of his death which
occurred about one o'clock Fri
day morning, for they had been
looking with a melancholy fore
boding, believing the end was nigh.
It oame peacefully, quietly, painless
ly, and surrounded by loving and de
voted friends, the eyes closed, the
heart was stilled and the great typi
cai Southerner, whose name was
never uttered in this 6unnyland
without respect and veneration,
slept the sleep that God brings to
the weary at the end of life's jour
ney. Not in the language of adula
tion or panegyric do we write these
words in tribute to the great dead,
whoseiname is illustrious the world
over, whose true nobility is appreci
ated, and the soldier, citizen, states
man and patriot is held in esteem. As
soldier, citizen, statesman and
patriot he was eminent among men7,
and each he' honored in his life and
nprson. for in each he was true to
, -r -
duty, and never failed in the trust
reposed on him, whether as the sol
dier doing duty on the field, the citi
zen moving quietly in the walks of
life, the statesman shaping the desti
ny of a great Republic, or as the
leader of his people when the shock
of war came, when it required nerve
to lead and intellect to plan in the
mighty struggle for Southern Indea
pendence, when, under his lead the
Southern people fought not only the
North, but it might truthfully be
said the world.
If he was great in all this, great
in the hour of success, he was equal
ly as great or evea greater in his
heroio bearing in defeat, when never
in all this twenty-five years of re
tirement when pursued by hatred,
malice, proscription and the slander
of his enemies, did he ever utter one
word, or do one act unworthy of his
dignity which towered as high above
his pet,ty assailants as Chimborazo
does above the plain. If we of the
-South admire him for hia great traits
as soldier, citizen, statesman and
leader, we love and revere him for the
heroism with which he suffered the
contumely and proscription heaped
upon him for bis devotion to us in
the day of trial.
There is not a heart in the Sunny
Southland, where his honored name
was a household word, where sadnejs
will not come when the announce
ment of bis death comes, nor is there
ia all the Southland one true son or
daughter who does not feel a per
sonal bereavement; but while death
leaves sadness, it also leaves us "the
heritage of a memory, a name illus
trious, a character grand and'noble, a
record emblazoned with glory, with
out a bremish, one of which any peo
ple of. any age might be proud.
In to-morrow's Stab we will give
a more extended sketch of his life.
JEFFERSON 01V1S ,
Something there was to touch the
hearts of all men even in the brief
telegraphic announcement, a -few
hours since, that at 10.45 a. m. on
the 6th inst,, Jefferson Davis, ex
President of the Southern Confed
eracy, had been taken away from the
reverent homage and warm affections
of a whole people, dying in the arms
of "life-long friends.""
The Southern press needs but scant
biography for its tribute to so illus
trious a life and character for the his-.
tory of this man was the history of his
country for more than half a century,
fraught with events which shaped
the destinies of a nation, and ar
rested the attention of the whold ens.
lightened world" when a giant passed
across the stage.
H
A cursory mention will suffice for
his birth'' in Christian county, Ky.,
his removal at an' early age . to Mis
sissippi (then a territory),! his grad
uation from the West Point Acade
my at the age of twenty years, with
R. E. Lee, Joseph E. and Albert
Sydney Johneton, John B. Magruder
and other subsequently distinguished
Confederate' leaders as classi-mates,
and his service in the Black Hawk
and other Indian wars of that period
His early manhood was not wanting
in the qualities which rendered him
conspicuous as a military leader in
after years, and invested his name
with a halo of renown from the field
of battle a9 splendid as were his tri
umphs" in the forum and the council
halls of the nation. The captive and
unchained savage, Black Hawk, saw
and recognized-with all the warmth
of his barbaric nature, something of
the winning grace and power to com
mand in the gallant young, lieuteni
ant which afterwards gave easy lead
ership among men to the patriot,
statesman and sage. -
Resigning his commission in the
army, Mr. Davis .devoted the period
from 1835 to 1843 to the care and
management of bis estates near
Vicksburg, Miss.; and, as if with
prescience of the conseoration of his
lifri to his oountry, and of the great
ness to be thrust upon him, his clear
mind, extraordinary abilities and va
ried acquirements reigned through
out those eight years in the king
dom of book's and grand thoughts,
that at the world's summons he might
come forth master of that theory,
and those principles of free coristU
tutional goyernmeptof which he was
the most powerful and consistent ex
ponent of .his time standing in the
arena of State and National politics
at the early age of 35 years, a gladi
ator full-armed and panoplied, even
as Minerva, radiant in helmet and
shield, burst from the brow of Jove.
There were no intellectual pig
mies on the stage of that day from
whom the great Southerner's ambi
tion was to wrest laurels; but the ma
jesty of his presence captured popu
lar admiration, while the vigor of
his intellect and jthe foice of hia
character fitted him for an exalted
place in a party? not then too strong
to disdain accessions, and almost at a
bound he became the peer of Prentiss,
Footej f hbmpson. Brown and others
whose names became second only
to his in the maturity of their dis
tinguished careers.
Jefferson Davis entered political
lifeiat a time when the demands
made upon public men rendered po
litical life "no sinecure. The Presi
dential contest of 1844, while per
haps, not so thoroughly infused
with an all pervading sentiment as
the "Log Cabin" campaign of 1840,
was a fight to the death between the
two great parties dividing popular
suffrage at that time. Ah elector on
the national Democratic ticket his
services were inestimable and his
ability conspicuous; and, while as
indifferent as any man living of the
cheap effects to be gained from mere
speech making and t rhetorical dis
play, his eloquenoe grand in its
simplicity, all convincing in the vigor
and terseness of 1 its language and
style, irresistible in its depth and
fervor of feeling moved and thrilled
as never before a people not unused
to a display of wonderful gifts of
oratory.
The limits of a 'newspaper article
render it impossible to trace the
illustrious career, do justice to the
distinguished services and delineate
the matchless character of Jefferson
Davis. Gladstone -"The Grand Old
Man." a frieod of constitutional lib
erty as devoted, as self - sacrificing, as
eloquent, as was the great Confeder
ate chieftain whose mortal remains
now lie in state amidst a sorrowing
people has said of him that "he
created a nation;" the comrades who
followed his flashing sword, whose
pulses leapt at th thrilling tones of
his clarion VAiaetell of his saving
an army by the valor of a Prinoe
Rupert and. the genius of Marlbo
rough when, laying'aside the toga
of the legislator, ' he put himself at
the head of his immortal band of
Mississippi Rifles, and over the blood
bought fields of Leneria, Diabolo and
Monterey, he pressed on to Buena
Vista and the achievement of a vic
tory, surpassing which history offers
nothing in the records of Spartan
courage, the mighty valor of Rome
in its pristine glory, tbie long se-
ries of Anglo-Saxon triumphs, the
brilliant campaigns of the French Re
public and First ' Empire nay, no
thing, from Manassas to Appomat
tox, clothing, as that four years'
struggle did, the army of Northern
Virginia with imperishable glory.
With the invincible bravery of a Pa
ladin, of which his Mississippi Ri
fles caught : the generous enthusiasm,
and became, each individual soldier,
a hero, he threw his command
against the flower of the Mexican
army, and by an exhibition of mili
tary genius not unworthy-of Frede
rick the Great, Turenne, Napoleon or
Lee. routed and dispersed the most
gallant and. best appointed of the
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WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13,
forces of Santa Anna. Buena Vista
is Mississippi's monument, enduring
as perennial brass every blook of
the historic shaft cemented with the
blood of her sons.
"He was . appointed by the Gov
ernor of Mississippi to fill a vacancy
in the United States Senate in Aug
ust, 1847, and In January. 1848, the
legislature unanimously elected him
Senator, and re-elected him in 1850
for a full term. He was made chair
man of the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs, and here, as in the
House, was active in the discussions
on the various phases of the slavery
question and the important work of
the sessions, including the fugitive
slave law and other compromise
measures of 1850. Mr. Davis proposed
the extension of the Missouri com
promise line to the Pacific, and con
tinued a zealous advocate of States'
rights; He was the unsuccessful
States'-rights or "resistance" candi
date for Governor of his State in 1851,
though by his personal popularity he
reduced the Union majority from
7,500 to 999. He bad resigned his seat
in the Senate to take part in the can
vass, and after a year of retirement
actively supported Franklin Pierce
in the Presidential contest of 1852.
"Mr. Davis 1-ft the Cabinet at the
close of President Pierce's term in
1857 nd in the same year entered the
Senate again. He opposed the French
spoliation bill, advocated the South
ern route for the Pacific railroad, and
opposed the doctrine of 'popular sov
ereignty,1 often encountering Stephen
A. Douglas in debate on this ques
tion. After the settlement of the
Kansas contest by the passage of the
Kansas conference bill, in which be.
had taken a chief part, he wrote to
the people of his State that it was
"the triumph of all for which we con
tended." Mr. Davis was a recognized
Democratic leader in the 36th Con"
gress. He made a tour of the Eastern
States in 1858, making speeches at
Boston, Portland. Me., New York, and
other places, and in 1859 in reply to
an invitation to attend the Webster
birthday festival in Boston wrote a
letter 'denouncing "partisans who
avow the purpose of obliterating the
land marks of our fathers," and con
taining strong Union sentiments. He
had been frequently mentioned as
Democratic candidate for the Presi
dency, and received many votes in the
convention of 1860, though his friends
announced that he did not desire the
nomination. Before Congress met in
the autumn of 1860 Mr. Davis was
summoned to Washington by mem
bers of President Buchanan's Cabinet
to suggest some modification of the
forthcoming message to Congress.
The suggestions were made and were
adopted
"Mississippi seceded on January 9th,
and on January 24tb, having been
officially informed of the fact, Mr.
Davis withdrew from the Senate and
went to his home, having taken leave
of his associate! in a speech in which
he defended the cause of the South,
and in closing, begged pardon of all
whom he had ever offended.
"Before he reached home he had
been appointed' by the convention
commander in chief of the army of
Mississippi, with the rank of major
general; but on February 18, 1861, he
exchanged his office for that of Presi
dent of the Confederate States, to
which the Provisional Congress at
Montgomery had elected him on the
9th of February. He selected'for his
Cabinet Robert Toombs, of Georgia,
as Secretary of State; LeroyP. Walk
er, of Alabama, Secretary of War;
Charles G. Memminger, of South Car
olina, Secretary of the Treasury;
Stephen R. Mallory, of Florida, Sec
retary of the Navy; Judah P. Beuja
min, of Louisiana, Attorney General,
and John H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster-General.
The last three con
tinued in the Cabinet as long as the
Confederate Government maintained
its existence. Toombs, Walker, and
Memminger" were succeeded by
others.
To us the last years of Jefferson
Davis are the greatest of bis long
and honored life. History often fash
ions heroes out of very common
mould, and the adulation of the
chronicler, the plaudits of the woild
and the most generous meeds to
human greatness are freely bestowed
upon,him who comes laden with the
trophies of success. As a lawmaker
and statesman, he has left to
his people some of the ablest papers
on the great questions of constitu
tional law and government to be
found in the literature of his ooun
try. On the floor of the Senate be
measured swords with the intellect
ual -Titans of his day, and maintained
his supremacy. I Bearing the banner
of the Southern Cross, he was "the
creator of a nation," the story of
whose exploits will fill men's hearts
as long as time itself.
CLINTON FAIR.
Reception ,ot Got. Lm of Virginia
Parade of Military andl Veterans
Gov. Fowle Gen. Lee's Address.
Special Star Telegram.
Cliston. Dec. 5 Gov. Lee, of Vir
ginia, arrived m a special car this morning,
at 4 o'clock. At 9 o'clock he was met at
the depot by Gov. Fowle and staff with
military companies and bands and escorted
to the hotel, where they held a reception,
continuing until 11 o'clock, when a grand
procession was formed, composed of the
two Governors, their staff; officers, officers
of tie Fair, the bands, the two military
companies and a large number of veterans
beariDg a Confederate batik -fl ig brought
from Appomattox
The large crowds grf tied the Governors
and the President of the Fair introduced
Gov. Fowle, who spoke of the love and ad
miration of North Carolina for Virginia
and her people. His eulogy of Gov. Lee
and his ancestry; was truly beautiful and
happily done. ,
Gjv. Lee made the "fptfch of the day.
When be arose he was gice ed with routds
of enthusiastic and contitued applause.
He completely enthused not only the vis
itors, to whom the speech was especially
directed, but the entire crowd'of thousands.
He expressed his pleasure at being able to
greet the good people" of North Carolina,
and said he was here to testify to the great
love existing between the two sister com
monwealths. He spoke of the closelafflnity
between the two people; alluded to the fac
that'thetwo Governors married relationst
and that; they themselves were similar
in size and shape. He said that every
State in -the Union, was . indebted
to North Carolina for her wise conserva
tism in being slowto'enter the Union until
amendments securing undoubtful and in
dependent statehood were adopted. North
Carolina and Virginia never granted away
to the General Government their right to
therefore, the brave veterans? who
followed Stuarf and Jackson voice in
the audience, "and Fitzhugh Lee" weie
not traitors but the most patriotic and 1 079(1
sons that any State could ever boast of.
The people should control the government,
and not the government" the people. A
central, supreme'and all'powerfui govern
ment would mean, a death-knell to liberty.
He paid a high tribute to the North Caro
lina Boldiers, snd said that thefsoldiers of
the two States went side by "side at . the
terrible battle; of Gettysburg.';
- After. Gov. Lee's speech of two hours,
Gov:, Fowle was rgain called, for. He
paid a high tribute to Light Horse.Hauy
Lee. . ,
.The weather is pretty, the'exhibit at the
Fair fine, and; the attendance large. Every
ooe pronounces the Fair a big success, and
the speech of Gov. Lee one of the beet ever
heard ia Eastern Carolina.
The State Commissioner oT Agriculture,
John Robinson, F and c-x-Congressman
Wharton J. Green and W. H. Kitckin,
will speak on to-morrow, which is Alliance
day.
N. C- CO&FtSttKAICE.
Among the appointments made by
the N. O. Conference in addition to
those published in the Star yester
dayare the following, viz : '
Raleigh District W S Black, P B;
Edenton Street J H Cordon; Central
L L Nash; Brooklyn J D Pegram.
Smithfleld circuit P L Herman.
Clayton circuit-A R Raven, RSV
Bailey. .
Tar River circuit G W Fisher.
Oxford W L Cuninggim.
Oxford circuit J H HalL
Newton Grove circuit J J Barker.
Dnrham District J T Harris, P E;
Trinity E A Yates; Main Street R
F Bumpass; Carr church L L John
son; Durham circuit Oliver Rider.
University of N C - A W Mangum.
Gen Agt Colportage circuit T J G
Gattis.
Greensboro district S D Adams, P
E,; Greensboro W Market St L W
Crawford; Greensboro Centenary
E L Stamey; Greensboro circuit G
W Callahan.
Shelby district J R Brooks, P E,
Shelby J T Finlayson; Shelby circuit
S M Davis T W S Parker.
Forest City circuit J W Strider.
Rutherford circuit C G Little.
Monroe A P Tyer; Monroe circuit
J F Washburn.
Wadesboro T A Boone; Wadesboro
circuit R T N Stephenson.
Ansonville circuit G W Hardisonl
Lilesville circuit Z Paris.
Albemarle circuit L E Stacey.
t-tanley circuit -L M Brower.
Franklinsville Circuit J C Thomas.
Siler Circuit J E Woosley.
Deep River Circuit B C Geddie.
Randolph Mission J F Craven.
Montgomery Circuit H G Stamey.
Mt Gilead Circuit J San lord.
Pekin Circuit W H Townsend.
Fayetteville District J T Gibbs,
Presiding Elder.
Fayetteville and Campbellton C
W Byrd and E C Sell.
Cumberland Circuit H M Jackson.
Lumberton Circuit J E Thompson.
Robeson Circuit S V Hoyle.
Maxton and Caledonia J W Jones.
Maxton Circuit W J Crowson.
Laurinburg i ircuit W B Doub.
St John's J T Lyons.
Rockingham M. L Wood.
Rockingham Circuit D A Futrell.
Richmond RH Broom.
Manly Circuit L M Cbaffin.
Carthage Circuit J A Hornaday. ,
Smyrna L S Etb ridge.
Jonesboro Circuit J W North.
Cape Fear Circuit W S Cbaffin.
Lillington Circuit I A White.
Scott's Hill circuit J L Keen
New River Mission H Cole
Kenansville circuit W A Forbes '
Magnolia circuit A J Parker
Clinton circuit C P Jerome
Sampson circuit J E Bristowe
Colesburg circuit P Greening
Bladen circuit F B McCall
Elizabeth circuit J RSawjer
Carver's Creek circuit T J Brown
ing Whiteville circuit C W Smith
Waccamaw circuit M A Perkins
South port J M Ash by
Brunswick circuit J W Gurganus
brunswick mission supplied by J M
Marlow
Rocky Point and Herring Supplied
by J B Thompson I ,
Goldsboro circuit M D Hicks
Fremont circuit W W Rose
Mt Olive circuit J T Abernathy
- Kinston W S Rone
Snow Hill Circuit J. E.Thompson.
LaGraDge Circuit M. 11. Tuttle.
Craven Circuit I.G.Johnson.
Jones Circuit R. B. Gilliam.
Morehead City N. M. Watson.
Onslow Circuit T. C. Lovin.
Beaufort George F Smith.
Carteret Circuit N. Al.Jurney,
Pamlico Circuit D. A. Watkins.
Straits Circuit supplied by F. S.
Becton, : . ,
Cove Sound supplied by J. Hick
son. Warrenton District J A Cunning
gim, P E. 1
'Warrenton circuit J N Cole, R O
Burton.
Weldon circuit JB Carpenter.
Halifax circuit Z T Harrison.
Battleboro andjWhitakers G T
Simmons.
Wilson circuit A D Betts.
Rocky Mount and Toisnot J O
Guthrie.
NaBhville circuit N R Richardson.
Kenly circuit W F Galloway.
Washington W RWare.
Tarboro FM Shamburger.
Bethel ciirult D R Brunn and one
to be supplied.
Williamston circuit J G Nelson.
Greenville R B John.
Jamesville circuit N G Guyton.
Greenvil.e circuit E C Glenn.
Vanceboro circuit R F Taylor.
Aurora circuit J A Green.
Tne Beat Yet. .
The British steamship Golden Horn,
with a cargo of cotton for Liverpool,
went down the river from this port
and across the bar Friday evening,
drawihg eighteen feet. The ship was
under the pilotage of Capt. J. W.
Craig. .This is a good showing for the
port, and gratifying evidence of the
success attending the work of deepen
ing the water in the river and on the
bar under the intelligent and .skillful
direction of Capt. W. a: JtJixoy. tne u.
S. engineer in charge of our river and
harbor improvements.
Exports Foreign.
Messrs, Williams & Murohison clear
ed yesterday the German barque Hes
ter, for Hull, Eng.; wit h 8,980 barrel
rosin, valued at $4,735.
The British steamship Golden Horn
cleared for Liverpool,EngM with 4,155
bales of cotton weighing 780,558
pounds and valued at $78,252. Cargo
shipped by Williams & Murchison,E.
Lilly and others.
Foreign importations.
The total value of foreign importa
tions, entered at the Custom House
during the month of November is
$4,779:41; dutiable, $770.08; free of
duty $4,009.43. Articles free of duty
were kainite, pineapples, bananas,
cocoanuts, and conch shells. The
dutiable, oranges, shellwork and old
yellow metal.
secede;
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1889.
GONE WITH. A Bit riL.e.
The raahler or tne Sergeant-at-Arma
. of the Honse of Representatives
MKlpa to Canada witb Seventy-two
Tbonund Dollars. j
By Telegraph to the Mornlng'Star. r
Washington, December 5. From pre
sent appearances Edward Silcott. cashier
of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of
Representatives, has fled, carrying off
about $72,000 of funds entrusted to his
care " .
' The history of the case as far as It can
be gathered at present, is as follows: 8il
cott was a trusted employe, who came
here from Ohio, and was appointed by
Mr. Leedom when that gentleman assumed
the offlcel six years ago. i He had good
business qualifications, and soon possessed
himself of the unlimited confidence of his
superior. Last Saturday be notified Mr.
Leedom thai he was going to Ntw York,
and would be back Sunday. 1 A message
was received from him, dated New York,
Monday morning, laying that he had been
detained, but would return that night. A
similar message reached his wife in thiB
city. As he. did -not .appear Tuesday, Mr.
Leedom was fearful that he had been over
taken by some accident, but to satify ris
ing suspicions began an investigation. In
formation that Silicon had drawn his bank
balance, deepened these suspicions, and the
inquiry was pursued. .The enormons office
safe could not be opened at the moment
as Silcott had the combination, but when
the en trace was finally affected it was
found that some $30,000, set apart for the
U3e of the paj ing teller was intact. The
next inquiry was made at the Treasury De
partment, and Mr. Leedom was stunned by
the result , He was informed that Silcott
had called there Saturday and had drawn
about $73,000. It was possible for bim to
draw tnis large sum without exciting corn
comment as he had for a long time been
charged with the duty of collecting the
money with which the salaries of Repre
sentatives are paid.
Silcott is under bonds in the sum of $50,
000, bis sureties numbering about flrieen
persons. This is, however, an indemnity
bond, given to the Sertteant-atnArms. and
Mr L eedom, who is himself bonded in the
sum, of $50,000, is directly responsible for
the shortage.
The first news of the state of affairs came
out just before the House met at noon to
day, and there was an exciting scene in the
office of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr. Lee
dom. who Was sitting in the rear of his
office, was surrounded by a number of the
members of the HouBe, who were tendering
advice of all kinds. The most practical
eugeestion was adopted at once by Mr.
Leedom, who appeared to be completely
unnerved and unable to act for himself, and
ttlesrams were dispatched to his sureties
notifying them of 6i Icon's disappearance,
aud expressing a willingness to co-operate
fully in every effort to find him and secure
a return of the funds. Outside the bank-like
I- railing across the room stood another crowd
of members, evidently anxious for them
selves as well as for Mr. Leedom, as they
put many queries as to the amount of
money left in the safe and the prospects of
getting their salaries. 1
Mr. Leedom ; says that be would have
trusted Silcott with any sum of money.
He knew his brother well, and believed
that Silcott himself waa entirely trust
worthy. So firm was he ia this belief that
he bad even hesitated to begin the' investi
gation which has had such a disastrous con
clusion, fearing that Silcott had been
sand-baseed in New York, or had been de
tained by some untoward happening. What
to do next he does not yet snow, and is
seeking advice. He was just about to turn
over his office to the newly elected Ser-geant-at-Arme,
Mr. Holmes, but this event
necessarily delays the transfer.
Mr. Leedom says that it was within Sil
coti's power to nave carried eff not leas
than $156,000, instead of $72,000, which is
missing. It was suggested by a person
standing near, that to have carried off the
balance would have changed the nature of
the crime from embezzlement to theft, and
thereby have subjected the perpetrator to
extradition, even in Canada, whither it is
already rumored the missing man has fled.
This is on the theory that Silcott was cub
todlan,of the money drawn from the Trea
surf for the payment of salaries, and that
his retention of this money would consti
tute simply embezzlement, while if he had
taken the money in the paying teller's
drawer of the safe it would have been di
rect theft.
It is stated that Mr. Leedom was victim
ized once before by the immediate prede
cessor of Silcott, but the amount was insig
nificant in comparison witb his present loss
Mr. Leedom is reported as having said
that be could raise about $22,000, which
would leave a deficit of $49,860 to be made
good by his bondsmen ex-Representatives
David R. Page, of Ohio, and Charles Fel
ton, of California provided that the money
is not recovered from Silcott pr his bonds
men, ex-Representative John K. Wilson,
of Ohio, and W. A. Blair and Wm. Mc
Cormick. of Tranquility. Ohio.
A number of Representatives bad con
siderable sums on special deposit in the
safe of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and these
have gone with Silcott. These deposits so
far as heard from aggregate about $12,000.
It is estimated, that including his private
transactions with individuals, Siicott took
away $100,000.
Inquiry at the Treasurer's office shows
that Silcott, in three cases, drew $133,442
from the Department. Out of this total a
considerable sum was paid out to members,
some money was turned over to the paying
teller to meet current needs, and the exact
balance missing according to the books is
$71,859. But a numbejr of Repre
sentatives were in the habit of keep
ing individual .deposits with the
Sergeant-at-Arms, and in fact a general
banking business was done in the office on
a small scale. What these losses are has
not yet been ascertained, j Inquiry at some
of the banks this afternoon develops the
fact that Silcott paid $40,000 in notes at
the National Metropolitan Bank Saturday.
There are also rumors that he overdrew his
account elsewhere, but with their customa
ry reserve the banks fail to say anything in
confirmation. I
Later information is to the effect that
the paying teller's funds, although ia the
same safe where Silcott kept bis money,
were protected by a separate lock and steel
door, which may explain their preserva
tion. Craven Edward Silcott came from
Youngstown, Ohio, where he hd been
a merchant for many eais Mr. Leedom
says that he seemed to have no more than
an ordinary man's share of vices, and was
one of the most economical men he ever
saw. Persons who knew Silcoti's habits,
however, do not pive him a good name. It
is said that be wa intimate with a disrepu
table woman going by the name of Louise
Barrett, whom be had supported for some
time, and it was asserted that she is now
his companion. Among members who lose
personal deposits are: Held, of Pennsylva
nia, $2,500; J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, $3,000;
Boutelle, of Maine, $1,500; Bayne, of
Pennsylvania, jpiaouu.
Not tbe Bigot man.
The. stranger arrested Wednesday
on suspicion of being "Capt. George
E. Ward," wanted at Fredericksburg,
Va., for fraud, was released yesterday,
it appearing that it was a case of mis
taken identity. During the morning
a gentleman of this city, who is ac
quainted with Capt. Ward called at
police headquarters to see him, but
a9 soon as he saw.the man the police
had detained in, custody he said a
mistake had been made; that the
man under arrest did not resemble
the "Captain." The gentleman -who
came on from Fredericksburg to iden
tify "Ward" said also thatj a mistake
had been made and the wrong man
arrested. m m .
monument Fund,
As soon as the movement to erect a
monument to the memory of ex-President
Davis assumes definite shape.
the Stab will open a subscription list
for the convenience of all who wish
to contribute to the fund.
NO.. 5
A. C. CON FISHES CIS.
Seventh
Day's Proeeedlogs Closing
Scenes Report of Board, of Finance.
Greensboro Workman.
Conference was called to order at 4
o'clock Tuesday a'ternoon. Bishop
Hargrove in the chair, and was open
ed with religions services conducted
by Rev F A Bishop.
Rev Dr J J Lafferty, editor of the
Richmond Christian Advocate, was in
troduced and entertained the Con
ference with one of his inimitable
talks.
A letter from the Secretary of the
Board of Missions was presented..
The motion by which the report of
the committer) in the case of A G
Gantt was adopted was reconsidered,
and the matter was referred to the
Presiding Elderof the Salisbury Dis
trict for further investigation.
B O Burton, D D, passed the exam
ination of character and was referred
to the Committee on Conference Re
lations for the superannuated rela
tion. WEDNESDAY'S SESSION,
Rev T A Boone conducted the reli
gious services.
F A Bishop submitted the report of
the Committee on Temperance, which
was adopted. The report declares it
to be the duty of Christians to use all
legitimate means to suppress the li
quor traffic, expresses hearty sympa
thy with the primary object of the
W. C. T. U., declares that church
members who rent houses to liquor
sellers are and should be subject to
the discipline of the Church, and that
pastors should use all proper means
to educate a temperance Sentiment
among the people.
W B Doub submitted the report of
the Board of Missions, which was
adopted. The Conference is expected
to raise during 1890 for foreign mis
sions $19,600; for domestic missions
$10,600.
W S Creasy submitted the report
of the joint Board of Finance which
was adopted. The following state
ment is taken from the report:
Total members,, 92,222
Increase 3,025
Am't raised for all purposes, $281, 766.24
Increase... $30,000.12
Average per member. $3.06
Increase .24
Nearly seven thousand dollars were
distributed in open Conference to
superannuated preachers, and the
widows and orphans of preachers who
have died in the service.
Rev F L Reid offered a resolution
authorizing the Board of Trustees of
Trinity College to accept another
tract than the Bingham property, i;
a better one shall be offered.
, On motion of F D Swindell, the
name of J C Crisp was referred to the
Committee on Conference Relations.
T W Guthrie submitted the report
of the Committee on Conference Relations.-
The following were recom
mended for tbe superannuated rela
tion: George E Wyche, W L Haltom,
Daniel L Culbreth, Miles Foy, W W
Albea. Edward Howland. Joseph U
Wheeler, C M Pepper, C M Anderson,
John Tillett, S D Peeler, M C Thomas,
James W Wheeler, J D Buie, T C
Moses, C W King, J D Carpenter, J C
Crisp, N A Hooker, W H Bobbitt.
Joseph Wheeler, Robert O Burton. E
J Eudaily, I W Aventry, James Wil
son, I F Keerans. W H Call, J W
Puett, T B Reeks, T W Smith were
recommended for a supernumerary
relation.
On motion of J N. Cole the report
was amended and R.O. Burton, D, D ,
was granted a supernumerary rela
tion. The report as amended was
adopted. ;
W . C. Gannon submitted the re
port of the Board of Education which
was adopted, The report congratu
lates the Church on the prosperous
condition of the schools of the Con
ference. There has been a general
increase of patronage during tbe year
and a growing interest in tbe cause
of Christian education Davenport
Female College has been recently re
organized and ii now well equipped.
Greensboro FemaleCollege enjoys in
creasing prosperity Trinity College
is reported in a . healthy, growing,
condition. The action of the Board
of Trustees in establishing a chair of
Theology ie endorsed Five thousand
dollars are asked for Trinity for the
coming year.
Tbe following additional Trustees
of Trinity College were elected:
Judge Walter Clarke, Judge E B
Boykin. Rev B R Hall, B N Duke,
Rev L J Hoyle.
A large audience was present at the
opening of the afternoon session in
anticipation of the appointments be
ing read.
H T Hudson, D D, presented the
report from the Committee on Memo
rials to the General Conference,
which after amendment was adopted.
The report memorializes the. General
Conference to divide the North Caro
lina Conference into two Confer
ences, securing first the transfer
of the' territory in N. C. outside of
the Conference, if expedient. Also
to authorize the joint Board of
Finance to take into considera
tion the time of service of claimants
on the Conference und. Also, to so
change the Discipline that nnor
dained preachers on trial may admin
ister the sacraments of the Church.
Also, to change the Discipline, that
the President of the Board of Mist
sions shall represent both the Foreign
and Domestic Missions of the Confer
ence said President to be appointed
by tbe Presiding Bishop from the
whole body of the Conference who
may at the request of the Conference
hold that position alone.
Resolutions of thanks to the citi
zens of Greensboro for their kind hos
pitality and to tbe facnlty and pupils
of Greensboro Female College for the
delightful entertainment given by
them complimentary to the Confer
ence, were unanimously adopted.
Resolutions of thanks to the Secre
taries of the Conference, to the varis
ous churches of the city, and to the
railroads, were offered and adopted.
The Bishop read the appointments,
and the Conference adjourned sine
die.
8MOT HIMSELF
Because Crookedness waa Found in
hia Accounts.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
MrLWATJKSB, Dec 7. August Schatten
berg, secretary of 1 the school board, shot
himself this morning at his residence on
Reservoir avenue, because of the discovery
of crookedness in his accounts. Scbatten
berg raised a bill of a Boston publishing
hohse from $8 34 to $808 34, and drew tbe
money. When the oiscovery was made
last evening he refunded the money, but an
investigation of his books was ordered, and
he killed himself rather than face other
crooked developments. Bchattenberg was
a reckless poker piayer, and it is believed
he has lost thousands of dollars of the
school money in "bucking the tiger." . He
leaves a wife and several children.
MJLRlNJtu DISASTER.
An Unknown Steamer Burned Off tbe
Coast of Delaware.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Philadelphia, December 7, News has
reached Lewes, Del., from Chincoteague,
that a heavily-laden unknown side-wheel
steamer was burned this evening five miles
offshore. Life-saving crews started to her
assistance, but the fire spread so rapidly
that before ther reached her she had burned
to the water's edge. It is reported that the
crew of the vessel were rescued by a pass
ing schocaer, but the news is of a most
meagre character, and positive information
is notlobtainable to-night.
lurpentiiie.
urham Shn: Three colored
familiesSvilh a lareelnumber of children
left yesterdevenini for Fulton,. Ala.,
where they go tSwk on a farm. '
-.. Raleigh Evening Visitor: Rev
enue agent, T. H. Vandef ord, . captured
and destroyed an illicit distillery the east
ern portion of the county yesterday. ,
Winitnn S!oiim7. M.i C.1K.
Wheeler, who lives near the suburbs in
North Winston, attempted suicide Tuesday
last by taking laudanum. She was found
unconscious near the roadside, some dis
tance from her house, and taken home,
when the usual restoratives were applied.
At last accounts sha was still alive.
. . Raleigh' Vail: Nine new con
victs were received at the penitentiary to
day one from Chatham and eight from
Craven county. Col. W. F. Beasley
has secured tbe franchise of all the weigh
ing machine in North CaroKna. You drop j
"a nickel in the slot'' and get weighed. The -
proceeds, will go to the Soldiers Home.
. . Burgaw Herald; We regret to
hear of the sudden death of Mr. W. 8.
Croom, which occurred last Friday, the
29th inst. He was a remarkable man.
Having lost the use of his loner limbs in
early lite, he was compelled to sit in a chair
all his life, but the amount of work he
could do was astonishing. He could get
about lively and work in the field, notwith
standing he had to work his way along on
his chair. He had been twice married, but .
we think, left no chi'dreri.
..Monroe Register'. Mrs. Lucy
McSwain, an seed lady who lived near
Norwoad, Stanly county, died last Satur
day. A large quantity of rail for the
G.. C. & N. railroad has been received,
and Capt. Dodson informed us that track v . ;
laying would begin beynnd Cheater yester
day. We learn that Mr. A. C. Red-
fearn, of Lanes Creek township, who is
about 60 years of age, has not bought a
pair of shoes since the war. He tans his
own leather and makes his own shoes. Be
will get along whether the cotton crop fails
or not.
.. Lexington Dispatch: Jacob
Tire, an old citizjn of Midway township,
died suddenly latt Sunday night. After
placing a slick of wood on the fire, he set
down in his chair in front of tbe fire, and
expired immediately. Gen. J. M.
Leach has so far reepvered from' his recent
injury as to be able to appear in court. He
is quite feeble, but is looking very well.
Last Saturday night. Cyrus Gobs, a
colored citizen of tbe suburbs, burned his
wife's face and injured one of her eyes by
firing a charge of gun-powder at her wiln
a gun. It is reported that Cyrus was try
ing to scare hia better half in order to en
force domestic dicipline. 1
. . Raleigh Jsevss and Observer:
Tbe cotton factory is steadily going up and
begins to present a handsome appearance.
The, walls of the building have been com
pleted above the second floor. - Since
the death of Rev. Dr. Robert Hall Morri
son, of the class of 1818, the oldest living
graduate of the University of the University
of NortbiCarolina is George Washington
Haywood, E q , formerly a lawyer in Ral
eigh, now a pianter near Greensboro, Ala . .
He graduated in 1831. The State
Board of Agriculture was again is session
yesterday. Yesterday morning an appro
priation of $300 was made to the Colored
Industrial Association to aid it is in paying
off tbe premiums of the last last fair. At a
request tbat this State have delegates Mr.
W. G. Upchurcb and Dr. R. H. Lewis, of
Raleigh, and Dr. H. T. Bahnson, of Sa
lem, were appointed and recommended to
attend a national convention of Live Stock
Commissioners, to be held in Springfield,
111., onDecc-mber 18 and 19.
. . Kinston Free Press; The fire is
pUj ing havoc with property in this section.
Our LiGrange itimizer chronicles four fires.
. Tot town commissioners have passed
an ordinance taxing emigration ageots $100.
We are glad to learn that more farmers
will plant sugar cane and make syrup next
year. Evtry farmer should make some c ace.
i- Saturday meht 145 colored exodusters
left this place and 26 left Falling Creek.
1 At the meeting of the county board of
Education Monday Dr. H. D. Harper, who
h.il haan nhaipman tt tho hnard fnr a num.
ber of years, resigned. Mr. 8. V.
Laughinghouse was before U. 8. Commis
sioner Perry Saturday, charged with re
moving liquors from a bonded warehouse
while he waa storekeeper and gauger.
There being no evidence against Lim the
case was dismissed. William Henry
Johnykins, colored, was on the streets
ester day with a bad gash in his head over
his left eye. i His head had come in contact
with a fire iron, wielded in the bands of
Clyde Simmons, a white man living in
Southwest township. It was a terrible
looking wound.
. . Statesville Landmark :- Mr.
F. Wallace Sharp of Sharpsburg, township
was stricken with paralysis and died Mon
day, Mr. Lewis Campbell of Turners
burg townshiy, near River Hill, fell dead
at his barn last Saturday. Rev. R. B.
Anderson, D. D died at his borne in filor
ganton Tuuesday evening. He had for
a number of years been in fee-,
ble health and about a year! ago
abandoned ministerial work.
Messrs. Abernethy Bros., Of Shi! oh town
ship, brought to town Monday 1,000 pounds
of cotton root bark, for which they received
$30, which caused the mayor of Cabins
ville to remark when he heard of it that the
root is worth more than the top. This goes
to show what a remarkable growth the cot
ton plant is. Every part of it, excepting
the leaves, is marketable. Mr. Elbert
Brady, who lives near Conover, dropped
dead Saturday afternoon. His wife died
suddenly, also, about a year ago. Mr. ,
A. P. Lynch, a young lawyer of Newton,
was badly cut by a Mr. Tomlinson last
Saturday . There was some misunderstand
ing about a fee, and an exchange of the
usual epithets led to blows. Mr. Lynch
knocked Tomlinson down and fell over
him. Tomlinson held an open knife in his .
hand, and while falling and before Mr,
Lynch could get up, inflicted nine ugly
gashes in his head, face and body.
. . Chatham JCecord; A few days
nan a. hawk nounced down on a hen in the
yard of Mr. W. C. Pearson, of Williams
township, and while on the ben Mr. Pear- .
son's five-year old daughter caught it, and
held it until her mother ran up and killed
it . On last Sunday night the barn of
Mr. Henry C. Whitehead, of Hickory
Mountain township, j was burned with all
its contents. The origin of the fire isun-v
known. An old lady, named Miss
Martha Durham, died very suddenly oa
Tuesday of last week near the Chatham and
Orange county line. She had gotten up
that morning in her usual health, and while
engaged in her household duties suddenly
fell and died before midday. On the
15lh of November Mrs- Sidney Durham,
of Baldwid'a township, died suddenly with
a congestive chill. She was tbe daughter
of Atlas J. Riggsbee, Esq., and was highly
esteemed by all who knew her. Deputy
collector S. N. Jones, accompanied by
Mr, C. M. ' Harden, made his first raid ia
this county, on last Saturday, and suc
ceeded in capturing and cutting up two
illicit stills near Lambsville. One of them
was new, having been used only a short
time. The stills were about a half a mile
apart. While Mr. Jones was cutting up
one of the stills, some person or persons !
captured and carried off his overcoat which j
he had taken off and left near by. ,
. . Raleigh News and Observer:
Mr. K. M. jenreys, one 01 tne most exten
sive tobacco planters of the State, was here
yesterday. Mr. Jeffreys was formerly of
Granville county, and is now- living in
Mecklenburg. He has just returned from
a prize sale at Petersburg, Va , where hS
sold 800 pounds of tobacco for $800 and
says he has 65 barns of the same kind.
Father Peter Chowaniec, a Polish
Priest, of Baltimore, who arrived in tbia
city a few days ago en route to Statesville
in the interest of establishing a colony of
Poles near tbat place, was taken HI at the
house of Father Charles, whose guest he
has been while here. It was learned
here yesterday that there ia a crowd of
about forty negroes near the depot who are
in the most destitute circumstances. They
came here fiom this county, and mostly
from the section around Raleigh, in re
sponse to the advertisments of exodus
agents. The agents have not put in ap
pearance as aavertisea, ana tne consequence
is the nearoes have been left here to wait
for them until they are near tbe point of
starvation. An' interesting case was
decided in the Federal Court yesterday.
Samuel Palmer, administrator of Harriet
Palmer, the old negro woman who was run
over and killed by the east-bound mail
train on the N. C. railroad about a year
ago, brought suit against the railroad for
damages. Mr. B. C. Beck with was attor
ney for Palmer, and argued the case with
great ability. The jury brought in a ver
dict for the plaintiff.
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