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lie Weekly Star - : TBUSHED ' AT IL m I NO TO N N. C, AT 4 11.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. SS28S8S888S8SS8S 88S8SSS8SS8S88S8 . jSS8SSSS3SS8s88888 fiiuoK s i3gsg8S8g3a'S8Pg 8S8888S8S8SS8S888 SSS88SS8838S88S88 7 gSSSS82S$SS83SS -', 888888.8888888883 ; :; -l.: :v'4 '. gi't s S.I 5 s 5 4 s si . . . : : ti i . , i t T,4 i Er . or?ii- Rt the Post Oftloe trWUmlnV0, N. C 8.8 Second Class Matter.! , , j SUBSCRIPTION PRICJ2. j T).!' subscriotion price of the .Weekly SrAtrifl as follows j I Ml' Einele Copy 1 year, postage paid,; $1.00 ",'! " 6 months 1 " ' .60 " " , 8 month 1 :'.?." ;.!' .80 - IT- WILL f.'OIWK. i Io our article on the growth of the : Sout h, Tuesday morning, we express ed. th opinion that ijn coming! years there Hool.i ba a large mi gyration to the South frbm the North, is well M forego immigration.) We believe bo, and lock for it as---confidently aa wo do for anything m the future, ( . There is a law lof natorej. which governs the migratoty movements of men a?, there is a law that governs the flow of the rivers or the action of the tides. Men. usei their judgment in their, migratory I ropvemenjte, but whilej doing o ttey, also as in- etinctively obey this law as (Joes the ! migratory - bird, . w hich a the ap- proach at winter feeeks the ' l warmer o!iinp,;or as tiys pqusrrel, tp e ant and n, i : o their animals and insects do whicb- the .. growicg and their ripening supplies etratfbn lay np for the wia-ter.' When this rule , is de!; parted from, as I ( :.L! it sometimes ,fV I it win be lonnd that there is some iraptlling itflaer.ceL some special rea son that causes the departure; the pros pect, f'-r instance, of acquiring rapid vrealtn, as iiq the peophbg of gold field?, or in the possession df I cheap fertile lanes by which the .... N'orthwest haB been eo rapid y peo- pled.4 ' The. tendency to move BQUth- ward .is conspicuous :in the hieto ry of the human i been "the cause . 'wtre fought over familv. and has otj wars ' which and over again, and revived "through centuries. The invasions by the men if the ekow'tilijd and i ci-tapped : lands, ef the vir.ieclad lands south bf them, caused fome of incf-Jt devastatifia the bloodiest and wars of Europe, and that same tpirit is th,e cause of wars even in cur own day. iMerr ate by nature land-grabbers. hey are land-gratjbers to4day sa they were in earlier sees When brute force -.1 was the law by which titles -to domain were settled, by ' nations or by men. The diflference is that c4i" lization, aavaccibe intelligence and chiisUaLity do riot recpgpize the mga-nar-ciea roooery that .he code of force recogcizejl. There, are laws of natiSna now as well as laws of men.'. But whenever the nations can hrjdija loop hole in these laws . . - . m . - I 1 T- -1 - . t i t J laws , bdu eecaretbemselve another, slice of territory they seldom1 fail to do it. And whenever they reach, out' for now, acquisitions 'of this kind it is generally for. some patch upon which the eun bhines brightly, and) is there fore worth having1. j . .'., ! -: But, to come back from our digres sion, we have a striking illustration of the force of this law every year in our own country, in I the move meiit Aof the army of tramps, llow many', tramps have -you ever ' uzkn moving southward in the spring or summer? How many northward in the fall or winter? Yoo , oould count them on your fingers. They tramp under the Same impelling law instinctively as the bird fljes.. When tbe cool nights come they j turn their faces southward without having any objective point iri view, but tramp, tramp towards the sunshine. Why? Simply because J they' seek the land where they can drag out an1 existence with the least hardship and run the least riek of freezing or starving to deaths What the tramp does, nine tenths of the human family do, seek . that land where they can live best and live easiest, whei-e'they will have the most comforts and fewest ' privations, where they will be': required to per-, 'form the leatt labor and receive the greatest reward if or it. These are the considerations that will before many years turn thousands upon thousands of the people jfrom the North and Northwest, from the land of,blizzarda and Bnowolad hills and valleys to the Southland of balmy breeziesandgoldi cn sunshine. i -J'. . . I Ii. . '. ;!r Some of the causes whichjhave de layed this movement have been re mbvei, partially at least, ana others will be. The. cheap, fertile lands of the . West invited jromiglratipn t from the Northeast and immigration'from abroad. But the cheap lands' are exhausted, 1 and andstmust go far rapidly . becoming eeekers "tvTuch t. out into the remote States and Terri tories where the rigorooa winters' and uncertain seasons are more than VOL. XXI. an offset to the cheapness of land. It will not be many year?, however, be fore all of these which are worth set tling will be settled. ' 1 The aeotional .' agitation and estrangement which have led so many Northern people to believe that they would not be welcome or safe in the Sooth is rapidly disappearing and 'will shortly oease to have any infla enoe over sensible people. '- j The obstacle which existed in the preeei.ce of the large eolored popula tion in the Sooth will disappear by the gradual migratpry movement of the Colored people still farther sooth ward and thus the way will be opened op 4 or immigration, from the Kprtb, Northwest and elsewhere, which is as sure to come as anything thai has j not already come. - It is only a ques tion of ' time, bat it is inevitable. And when it comes it will oontinue to come," not m hundreds but in thou sands. ; . NORTH CAROLINA'S OTJTtOOK. In the Stab of Wednesday morn ing we published some facts and fig ures showing the marvelous 'progress the Sooth had made in material ad vancement in the past decade. They are figures that, to one who knew nothing about this section, its won 'derfol resources and possibilities, might read as a creation of fancy and not as! the onembellisbed recital of. plain "facts and figures,1 While the Sooth as a whole has made grand ; progre88,"some States have exceeded the others on accountf particularly favoring conditions. Texasj for in stance, with! her, broad; millions of acres of grazing and farming lands,; v:'u u u i Ji I wuiuu uuuiu uo uau nil jjiiubo wuuiu the reach of nearly every one,invited and receivedi a very, large migration: from other States. The settlement of j. the country and the cultivation of thousands of new farms led to the growth of al-o to the!' building and increased towns and building of pities, and many miles of new rail- wayBj adding still ljiore to the growth mnA hnainosn of t.h mt.ips. and to the " valuo of the lands which they penei trated, thus greatly contributing to the enrichment of the State. Thi next census will show what magnifi Cent progress the Lone Star State, an empire within herself, has,made. j Alabama,' Georgia and Tennessee have also made - long strides in the progressive march j due in' a great measure to the manufacturing enter prises which have fol. owed the open ing of their rich ' iron and j ooal de posits, since when they have been moving on with a steady, tireless step to a glorious future. ; ; 1 "Virginia, too, has felt the inspiring touch of coal apd iron,1 which is rapj idly becoming one, of her great in dustries, and North Carolina, al though she has not yet entered the lists as. an iron maker is coming and will 'ere long step into the circle, employed brass While 6he has not bands nor even single horn blowers i to make a racket Over what she is do ing, ' it will be foood when the re turns are all in thai she will be up at the front. She has withid her bor ders all the elemements that go to make a grand and a prosperous commonwealth, and that ia written opposite her name in the book of destiny. She moves deliberately, ' measures her ground, . and looks before she leaps, backed . by grit, " do move is one of the Conservatism, 'when they characteristics of her. people and hence her progress, . though it may seem slow to some, is steady and eolid.She is going straight for the fifont, however, in t her I own .good, cool; level beaded way and she is going to get there j in good 'time without rupning.herself oat of breath. W bile she has made gratifying progress in the establishment of . va rious, mannfacturirg industries with, in tbe past few years jin addition to those which wereialready I iu opera tion, in the enlargement,, improve ment and beautifying of her towns and cities, in the ' .increased interest ...... , . 4 : .,.). and improved methods in agricul ture, her 'chief industry, one of the 'most striking indications of the fa tore that lies before her is the inter est that has been manifested and the energy with which the building fof new lines of railway has jbeen pur sued within the past few years. The date of. North Carolina's new birth, if we may so' express it, may be traced to the completion of the. Western road from where it ran into the ground at Old Fprt,to Asheville and through the mountains to con- neot withthe Western and South western system of 'roads.: Ihis was the iron band or that bound the lo the mountains State from the sea and made her. one in interest as she was in name, and abolished that imaginary line between , the east and. the west whioh for so many years had r proved an obstacle to development. The completion of this rjoad has given a new life and impetus to the grand ad beautifu moon tain coun try, built np a queenly city, Ashville, in the lap of the mountains, and: has brought thousands! of people from other parts to seek pleasure or health, I or investment in the pore, sweet-aired 1 HE i '': ' '. i t I ' - ' (Iff skyland, who would never have gone there ifthey had to olimb the moon- tains In the old time lombering coach driven through eight inches of the; stickiest and tooghest of red clay as we once did, a loe passenger at night, with nothing to break the monotony but the nimble' profanity of an ill tempered stage driver and the eonor bus snoring of a darkey in the boot who slept Qn oblivious of deep mod and toiling ;horses. With this inoii dent in memorv we have always been glad out of consideration for others that that railroad 'was built. This road is the first of, several which will eventually reach Asheville and make her a great-railroad center. This, of course, means ereat development and great enrichment j of that section of North Carolina, filled with .an ener- j V - - t . I getio people, rich in varied resouroes and particularly favored by nature in many ways. ...,r.. .' - Among the manyjoads, in addi tion to tbi?j of greater ofless length which have been built withiii the past few years one the CapeJ Fear and Yadkn Valley, is to exert an in fluenoe in Central North Carolina, the country j triliutary to it, as great not ' greater than the West ern road has had in bringing into new life and flourishing activity that portion of the "JUana or tne iDKy tributary to it. hereafter.' ! But of this more Mr. McKinley, : Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, says he is goini; to report a tariff bill so short that it will make him famous, j Per haps he aspires to the reputation of a "shortstop." They would doubtless i . make short work of the tariff ques tion if they couldj bat they will find if thev "undertake. 'to out it short without doing will slip up. the fair thing. they A Boston "professor" who under took to perform the feat of walking on the water, a few days ago failed. I . - ' I.M 'if . -..'t I The feat was too muon for his feet. The "professor" was all right and so were his feet,' the' trouble was in the water: it was too thin, or something else was the matter with it. MRS. C. JHcctinK of tha E.alle' Ben.volent 8o cKty Ke.o lotto na in Rapstto tba , memory r Tto.ir Lata, (ra.ldant. At a called meeting of the Ladies' Benevolent Society tbe following re solutions were unanimously adopted in memory of our late beloved Presi dent Mrs. C. JJ Kennedy. 1! ' Resolved, That as it has been the will of our Heavey Father to call from our midst our faithful le&der and friend, we humbly acceptjthe dispen sation of His Providence as a token that her labors were no more needed here on earth, and that we believe she has been numbered with the just ones made perfect by the blood of Christ. Resolved, That we wiil earnestly en deavor to follow her as she followed Christ; being patient with the erring and never turning a deaf ear to the cry of the needy. ! Resolved, That in her humility of mind we can learn the lesson mot to tbjuk more highly of ourselves than we ought to think, and that who soever humbleth himself shall be exalted. This was truly exemplified in her life. j j j : - wNone knew her but to love her, None named her but to praise." . Resolved, j That we have never found in our experience one who so fully brought everything- in subordination to the duty of rescuing the fallen, re lieving the distressed and ministering to the sick or wounded or dying, and as the pearly gates are opened for her we believe she has received the wel come, ''Inasmuch as ye hava min istered unto one of the least of theBe my brethren ye have ministered unto me.". . I :j -il . . - , .. "Enter thou into. the j oy of thy Lord. ' Resolved, That as our honored Pre sident has entered into her heavenly rest, we think it is due to her sainted memory that the institution she bore so constantly on her heart, "The Old Ladies' Rest," shall now be known as the ''Catharine Kennedy Home." Resolved, That we iej, this bereave ment is one for our entire communi ty, and are assured the memory of our friend will be forever green in our hearts, though as the years roll on, we shall often-' ' - "Sigh for the touch of hand, 1 -. I ! J And the sound of the her vanished voice that is still." Mrs. H. Daniel, MBS. A A. WliLABD. In this connection the Society earn estly request that a fond be raised immediately to enlarge and repair the "Catharine Kennedy Home," as a monument to her memory more en during than brass or marble. Any officer of the Society, also Messrs! B. F. Hall, J. G. Wright and J. W. Perdewj will receive any funds contributed for this object. -m a A Pleaaant surprise. . " At the masonic ceremonies last night, after Mr. Arnold had finished his oration, he requested Mr. Wm. H. Chadbourn to present himself on the platform. 'MrL Chadbourn was escor ted to the platform and Mr. Arnold in behalf of Orient Lodge, presented Mr. Chadbourn ' with a Past Master's , Jewel. Mr. Chadbourn was taken entirely by j Surprise and accepted the jewel in j a few appropriate re marks. He ; said that he supposed that every man in life at some time was so overcome as not to be able to express himself in words, and that his time had then come. This incident was one of the pleasant occasions of the evening. : j J'i 1-1 - h- . ' Mr. L. C. Sellers, of Rosindale, N. C., a Bubsoriber to"1 the Star for many years,! was in the city yester day. Mr. ; Sellers is eighty years of age4 and about as independent as the familiar wood sawyer. He hasn't bought a pair of shoes smoe the war; makes them himself from, leather he tans, and of such good quality that a pair last two years. -. .. - t !- WILMINGTON, N. C., FREDA?' JANUARY 3, im HTrJOHHa DJiT. maonieCUrauoa Installation of offlem - AMftM tr RiT. C. Arnold Tbe Ban.at, Ete. i The public installation of Officers elect of the several'lodges of Masons in this city took; place at the Opera! House lastiiifght in the presence of a large and attentive avadience. j The exercises were opened by oa earnest and beautiful prayer by Rev. W. B. Creasy. -Thiswas followed by an anthem entitled, ''Arise, Shine, for Thy Ligntiis Come,' which was well rendered by the following: well known singers: JMiss 8chwarz;and, Mrs. Thor bourn, sopranos; Miss Bowden, con f tralto; Messrs. H. M. Emerson and H. M. Bowden, tenors; H. K. Holden and J. E. Grant, bassos. . - Aeting.Qrand Marshal E. S. Martin then called upohPast Grand Master H. H. Munson to duly install the offl cers-eleet of the several lodges of Ma sons in thisjeity.. In a" very impresj sive manner Past Grand Mastejr Mun son performed this duty. . ' i j . , .. 1 The Masters who were last night installed 'are men of true .and tried worth. Key: Mr. Creasy, the popular and eloquent pastor of Grace M. E. "Church, is the Master of the venera ble pt. John's; Lodge; Mr. Samuel Northrop, who is again placed in the Master's.ehair in Wilmington Lodge, is well known and highlyj esteemed among Masons as; a presiding officer full of knowledge and zeal for the good of;the Order. Over the yoonger danghter of St. . John's Orient Lodge Col. W. L. DeBosset is to preside, and under his management and guidance ' this vigorous .young Lodge anticipates a prosperous year. Miss Schwarz, who seemed.in ex cellent voice, sang an exquisite solo entitled ' "Charite," in a charming manner.! ' " ! !' , . Mr. Sol. tC. Weiil,;in a very hand some little speech, replete with Ma sonio imagery, most beautifully woven into a garland j and most gracefully tottered, gintrodnced Rev. C." L. Arnold as the! orator ,ot the evening. . . ' ... . 1 . j Mr. Arnold thendelivered his "ad dress, and chose as.his subject, "The Biblein Masonry." Mr. Arnold showed. how the .lessons and precepts of mason rf were all founded upon the truths - TT.l J i. IT I " of Holy writ andiby beautiful meta phor and artistic word painting he set out in bold relief the dependence of masonry upon the bible. Mr. Arnold inveighed against the Idea that seem ed ta be prevalent, that masonry was in conflict with religion, and said that non-masons who understood that masonry kept, its members from joining churches because of . the re ligion ' which its tenets' taught were mistaken. Masonryrdoes not ar rogate unto itseif to teach religion. but it does teaeh and is founded upon the two great ;ideals "The " Father hood of God" and "The'i Brotherhood of Man." I i' - Any synopsis of Mr. Arnold's splen did oration could;only do the orator injustice, and it is greatly to be re gretted that the address was entirely s tempore. Mr. Arnold is an excellent speaker and Won new laurels by his effort last evening. Such master ma sons as Mr. Chadbourn, Dr. Matthews and Col. Cantwell, rank this address among tbe finest of the kind they have ever heard. After the singing' of a Masonic bymn by the! choir, theexerciset' of the . evening closed with the doxology "Be Thou,iOeGod, exalted bigh,"6ung by the entire.audience, The.members ofjthe fraternity "and their invited guests then repared to the City Hall, where an elegant and abundant repast was furnished and served by the caterer of the .Parcel! House and bis ;dining Jroom -service, whioh in everyj way t reflected credit upon themanagement of our new ho tel. ' i . - i.i - . . : ' All present Voted the entire evening a most enjoyable one Naval Stor.aJ The receipts of naval stores at this port - for the crop year from April - 1st to December 27th as compared with receipts.to same time last year are; as follows: Spirits tur-. pentine, 57,514 casks; last year, 55. 378. Rosin,1 180,895 barrels; last year, 164,879. Tarj 46,809 barrels; last year, 40,820. Crude turpentine, 15,713 bar rels; last year, 17,573. Stocks at this date, compared with stocks at same time last year, are" as follows: Spirits, turpentine, 6,355 casks; . rosin. 40,090 . artels; tar, 6.305: cTSf&e ! turpentine, f 767 barrels, Last year-tjSpirits turrXintine, 2,473 casks; rosin, 103,912 barrels; tar, 6,160 barrels; crude turpentine, 583 barrels. D.ain of R.t. Joa.pn wnaeler. From a telegram received by his friends "in this city xn Wednesday, we learn of the death at King's Moun tain,! in this State, J of Rev. Joseph Wheeler. For over' thirty years he had been an itinerant . Methodist minister. serving in the years 1860 and 1863 the Fifth Street Methodist Church of this city, and where his first marriage took nlace. For the past two years he labored at Fayetteville, but in conse quence of declining health he was superanuated by the late session of his Conference, and was about to make Concord his home. He was a good man and has gone to his reward. Cotton Receipts. Receipts of cotton at this port fox the week ended December 27th, as re ported at the Produce Exchange, are 4,900 bales, as against 3,890 for the cor. responding! week last year. I Receipts for the- crop year--from September lst to December 27th are 113,585 bales, as against 127,114 to the tame date last year a decrease of 13, 529 bales. ; The stock at this port is 1,884 bales at same date last year, 12,514 bales. i ' . i m n if . ! The Signal Service observer at Bouthport reports that the American Rfthooner Johns'. Souther, of Thomas- ton, Me, (from Baltimore to 'Port Rnvn.1. S. O. -in ballast, was BPOken by the revenue cutter Colfax Friday last, off Frying-pan Lightship. The master asked to be reported. Ail well. 8rlowa Rlotat JTcaaap. Between Nccro ' Ontlavca andtna Wblt.a A Knmtir of PeraonaTKUi'd on Kaeli:.S!d-Hm-w-' oral Conapaia of TroopaOrdered so ; (no eene . . . .; ;. j-,. f By Telegrapb tothe Honmur Btar. SAVAHifAH,- Dec. 25. A riot occurred to day at Jeesup. fifty-seven; miles south of Savannah, j Two white men were killed, two others seriously wounded, and several negroes are reported killed. The Georgia Hussars, a troop of the first regiment of the Georgia cavalry, sent two detachments of men to Jeesup to-night. More trouble is apprehended. 1 i Savahnah,'Ga.. Dec. 26 Advices re ceived from Jeseup, at midnight, say tbe situation ia somewhat quieter at this hour, but an occasional shot is heard. The streets are still paraded by armed 'men. A negro was found dead in an alley a few moments ago, and two others of the wounded are re ported to be dying. Fear : ia now enter tained for the safety of people remaining in the neighboring towns, but as all tbe negroes and whites eeem to be congreg ating here very little danger need he apprehended. Savannah, Ga , Dec. 26. Nothing ad ditional about the Jesaup affair has been received, but wild rumors are efloat that there was sericus trouble there this morning. The militia there, under command of Capt, Gordon, of i Savannah, is as follows: Georsia Hussars. 87 men : the Brunswick' 'Rtfler, SO.men, and the Appling Grass, 45 men. la addition-to these there are up wards of one hundred members of different companies in the surrounding counties, t Savannah. Dec 26. The? following has been received from Jeseup, Ga. : j A posse of twenty men, under the com'. msnd of S. White, left here, on the East Tennessee, j Virginia & Georgia railroad mail train for Lumber City, Jo ..intercept Brewer.acd.his gang,' who H is; rumored has gone there for reinforcements. Brew er's mother Uvea at Lumber City, and it is suspected that if he gets out .of McMillan swamp he will. go to his mother's. Firing along the picket line is kept ud, but it is principally by boys. A crowa or armea men have '.just returned from a' trip to the swamp, and tney report inat xour coiorea men were found dead, . out tney eave no names and said that they idot .know the negroes. t . .v i ne 4U at Jessup was oroaen mio eariy this moruing, and two negro prisoners were riddled with bullets. Another negro was found at a house shot through the heart, and one with a flesh wound in the shoul der. ' It ia reported others have been .killed, but ;the officers have not found . them. Search lor the.podiea will oe. Kept up au day. . . j! . :- ' The necroes are ouitting ueir nomes and,movin,to other towns on the line of the railroad. A large number of negroes were taken from their homes this morning and.whippel; many of them being prosti tutes. A crowd of white men went to sev eral houses after; breakfast .this morning and compelled' the negroes to leave. ; They Dunished acme: of them. Tne Hussars have started ror.Savannah. but -the infan try company :of .Brunswick will remain till to-morrow. i .j j I The lawamp . where the Brewers gang are hidiog will.be searched this afternoon, and if the negroes are found, a lynching will follow. The coroner is now;. holding an inquest on the dead bodies. The trouble yesterday began at 10 a, m. when chief marshal Leggetty and assistant attempted.to arrest Rob Brewer,a3notoriouB negro desperado, outlaw and fugitive. Brewer raised;his gun to his shoulder and deliberately shot down assistant marshal Barnbill, killing him instantly, j The chief marshal then n red on Urewer. out missed him, Brewer returned the fire and shot Leggetty through both lege. Brewer and his crowd of ten or twelve men fled to-Mc Millan swamp, a few yards away. The re ports of bis guns threw tne town i into a whirlwind ot excitement, and the negroes were followed into the swamp by several citizens; among them were William Wood, a. carpenter, and s his son William Wood, who ia on. a visit from. Rdgeland, . C, to his father. The negroes dodged into the swamp, '.and when young Wood ran in behind them. Brewer rose up and shot him through the head, killing him- instantly, and shot Wood's fatner in! the lace. Accomplishing tms much, the neeroes ran farther into the swamp and escaped. i 1 News Of the deatn oi young wooa ana the serious shooting of his father spread nae wnonre over we town. : uoniueion reigned for a time and Jessup seemed to be in the hands of a -violent mob Mayor Hoppa called a meeting and hasty arrange meuts were made to protect fcbe town. Seventy-five armedmen were gathered in a few minutes and followed Brewer and his nartr a distance into the swamp, ii "fdcaltiian cay covers over iour nunorcu f m 2 l J 1 acres, ana orewer is bo ismiuu witu no hiding places that efforts of the posse to locate htm in the swamp were regarded as in vain. ' The strength of the mob was in creased by at least twenty-five armed men, and before an hour - naa eiapsea a picaei line was formed on the east side, so as to prohibit anybody from coming out of the swamp to town. Brewer is thoroughly fa-; miliar with the bay,' having been skulking around and hiding there; engaged in nail ing and hunting for a number of months. Brewer bad tnreatenea tne me oi assisiani marshal Barnhill, since the officers killed one of Brewer a pais a lew wee as ago while attempting to arrest a colored, man for gambling. Yesterday was Brewer's chance, and he took advantage of the op portunity, when the assistant officer came unarmed to the side of the chief marshal. News reached the authontieathat J. W. Ryan, a white man living there, was in stigator of the affair, i A posse was sent to his house to arrest mm, out nyan nau made his escape. Men are on the lookout for him. I It is said that he put a bad idea into Brewer's head about the duty of white people to colored folks, and reports say that he excited mem oy saying mat toe murder ot the colored man killed by Barn bill should be avenged. 1 - Henry Anderson, one of the guard put over Ryan's house, was accidentally shot and killed last night by one ot bis own par ty. iHe Came to Cap.. Gordon's headquar tnra for reinforcements and was going back when a gun held by Towcsend, one oi his party, was discharged, blowing Anaerscn s. brains out. Anderson was iormeriy noiei proprietor here, but of late has i been with the Central itauroaa at juacan. jae was here spending Christmas. His body is now in the Hussar's headquarters. . "Last nwht a colored man was snot Dy a picket while coming from i McMillan Swamp.' He attempted to slip by the officer when he was shot. The ball took effect in the right breast, but tbe wound is not fatal. It is believed that he was acting as a. spy." i ' . ; ' Macon. Ga., Dec. 26. Report of a not at Baraesville is eeroneous; It arose from the unprovoked murder of a negro man of excellent character by four drunken white men who met him on the railroad tracs. The authorities are doing their! best to ar rest the murderers, who, were strangers in the community. ' j Savannah, December 26. The Georgia Hussars, ordered to the scene of the trouble at Je3sup, by the Governor, returned to this city this afternoon, i The Brunswick com pany was retained on duty by the Mayor. Tba returned soldiers reported the trouble over. Their presence was only required to quiet .the excitement of the citizens of Jessup, who remained in their houses last nigbt to protect their families, and their kitchens and out-houses were filled with colored people of the town who sought the protection of their white friends. A special irom -jeesup to tne mormny News, dated 6 p. m , says: ''Mayor Hon has called a public meeting to tase steps to defend the town to-night. It is believed tbatBrewer is near , here with a large force of negroes.' The citizens are organizing and arming to aid the Brunswick Rifles in case of an outbreak. : "A special train wasjrun out to tbe brick yards where Brewer was reported to have been seen and a detaohment of armedmen sent out as scouts. - ! "Mayor Hobbe is in receipt of a telegram from Brunswick, saying that Ryan, the white man who is supposed to have insti gated the trouble is jn that City, but the TAR Mayor wiil not lake steps to have Ryan brought back. There is still great excite ment throughout the country around Jes sup, but affairs will doubtless quiet down in a few days. It is a region of turpen tine distilleries and saw mills. Here thou sands of negroes are employed, and the Jessup trouble is apt to disorganize labor forsome time to come.": Savannah, GA., "midnight, Dec. 26. The most reliable information is that te people have been kilted at Jessup, namely: Bamhall and Woods by ' Brewer ; Anderson accidentally, white, and Johnson and Hoffs in jail, and Fluett on the Btreet, colored; and two whites and two negroes, names not given. -, .-. .. j : i OUR DEApX CHIEFTAIN. BIra. DtTli Reply to Riebmond'a gweat tbat ba , Sbonld be Bnrlti in tbat City Tba JnTaajr Oialmanta for tbia Prlvllcca make ber Healtata In BaMbina: .Daelalon, and Stae Aaba Patlenc. for oJ Bcaaon. ' !.' Bv Teleeraph to the Horning Star. Richmond, Dec. 27. Major J. Taylor Ellison yesterday received a letter from Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in reply to the one he bad written to her, transmitting the resolu tions of the city council, expressing the de sire that the remains of her distinguished husband might be interred heie. In her letter, which is dated "Beauvoir House," Beau voir. Miss., December 21, Mrs. Davis says: !"- :-'.'- "if gratitude for the - manner - In which the people of Richmond sustained him during the war, his affection for her citizens, and i pride in the calm fortitude of her noble men and women under crushing defeat, were to be the moving cause only, . I might lay him tbere unquestioned, but the State of his birth, Kentucky; the State of bis adoption, which showered levery honor upon him within her gift, Mississippi; the State where the Confederacy first unfurled her flag, Alabama: the State in which his parents spent their early life, and where his father was born, and where my husband received many honors, Georgia; the State in. which we found f rienda and home, and where our dead repose, Tennessee: and last, not least. the State whioh now gives him sepulchre amidst tbe tears and plaudits of ber people. Louisiana these have put forth claims so strong that i cannot choose among them, and have decidedi to wait perhaps a year before making a selection. "To rest in the Same soil with your im mortal heroes. General Robert IS. Lee and Stonewall Jackeon is a privilege fully ap preciated, and I would be the last to un dervalue the honor, but when final decision must be made. 1 Cannot be unmindful 1 of the rights of those who have done me the honor to claim the custody of my dead, and I beg yeu to have patience with me for a season. bOUTB. CAROLINA. Wboleaale LynebljME felatbt Man Taken front Barnw.U connty. Jail and sbot to. Death a Store Burned Loaa Over 820,000. I Bj Telegraph; to the Horning Star. Chaklbston, Dec 28. A mob of several hundred masked men broke epen Barnwell county jail at 2 o'clock ths morning and overpowered the jailor. They seized Rip-. ley Johnson and Mitchell Adams, the two murderers of James Hefforme, and Bix men held for the recent murder of Robert Mar tin, at Martin's: Barnwell county. The prisoners were taken out of town and shot to death. The jailor was tied and forced to go with the lvncbers. After the lynch ing the jailor was released. The whole af fair was conducted very quietly and with out confusion, i The citizans of the town were ignorant of anv attempt on the jail. A large crowd of negroes speedily congregated at the scene of the lynching and fears are entertained of more trouble. I The Governor has been appealed to for troops to preserve the peace. I - Charleston. December 28 The follow ing statement, signed by Robert Aldrich, Mike Brown, George H. Bates, William McNab and James A. Jenkins, seme ot the most prominent and influential citizens of Barnwell, has been sent to the News and Courier in explanation of the terrible butchery of defenceless men at that place last nieht. ' "In consequence of the lynching which took place here last night, the undersigned were this morning requested by the sheriff to act as an advisory committee to counsel such steps as may be deemed best to secure order. We at first proceeded to investigate, and deem it rieht to put ( tbe public in pos session of tbe facts of the occurrence and the causes which we believed led to it. "As far as we have gathered, on the 80th of October last. John H. Htfforoc, a prominent young merchant and brave pub he spirited citizen, was killed in Barnwell by negroes. Public indignation ran very high. Threats of lynching were freely made, but this was averted by cooler coun sel. At the last term ot court the grand jury found bills against the murderers and accessories, but the cases were continued. White people were disappointed and negroes it is thought were emboldened oy tnia op position of the matter. On tbe 19th of December James Brown, 4 prominent plan ter and leading citizen of Fish fond town' shin, was shot to death on hie own premises by negroes without the slightest justifica tion or excuse. Tbe murderer nas not , been arrested. On tbe 18th of December, while in the act of going from his store at Martin's Station to his house, a mile awav. Robert Martin, a young man of most exemplary character and of the high est standing as a man and citizen, was ioi lowed by negroes and shot in the back with a gun loaded with slugs, on the public road which nagaes through his father's plantation, in the hearing of negroes whose houses were all around the spot where he was shot and who admitted that! they heard the shot and his cries when shot, and hone of whom went to his relief, and none of them went to his bodv. although it lay in the road all night and for several hours after daylight in plain view of them all. It was satisfactorily established that his mur der was She result of a conspiracy to remove him in order that their license upon the plantation of his father might be great er. The murderer mat is tne negro wno fired the shot and bis accessories six id all after being clearly identified by the coroner s jury, were arrested and lodged in jail. " ! . r " I These several (brutal murders ot promi nent white men bv negroes caused a state ot indignation.- and resentment among our people that can be better imagined than de scribed, but cannot be imagined by any one not present in our midst and standing, "Last night large body of armed men in disguise, at about a. m. caiieu at w 1ail. overpowered the jailor, took out the six murderers of Martin and the two of Hef- foron, took them to the circuits of ice cor- noration and shot them to death. The eiDlanation of the causes which led to the lvnching does not in the opinion of tbe law-abiding citizens in any way justify the atrocious murder of eight defenceless human' beings. The greatest indignation is exoresied here I at the brutality of the tbe deed. All is ouiet at Barnwell late this evening, although trouble has been an ticipated and may; yet come." SAN SALVADOR. RevolnUan In tba Department of Onaa - jealon . - -. . j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. La Ltbxbtad,! Dec. 28. A revolution has broken out in the Department of Cus- calon, San Salvador. It is headed j by ex- Commandant uenerai aivas, wno nas a strong force nnder him. The Departments of La Paz, San Viccute, Chalatenango and Ban Salvador have been declared . in a state of siege. The government has sent about 8,000 men to capture Cossutepque and sup press the revolution, renew tranquility prevails except around Cossutepque, capi tal of the Department of Cuscakra. and centre of the disturbance. Tbe strife is not expected to last ! more than two or three days. According to the latest reports no serious fighting has occurred, but I a few skirmishes have taken place. Telegram are passing through as usual. NO, 8 i- A. CHRISTMAS ROW , !--. H W-r-V:-.uU',- S.rloaa Disturbance at an Ililnala Cbareb ttartnc tba-Distribution of Presents to the Children, j . By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Shawnbtoww, Dec 25. A. freei'fight took place Hi a Christmas celebration in Ea gle Creek1 precinct last night, at which chairs, clubs, knives and pistols were used. Thomas Bur rag hs, church doorkeeper and one of the most respectable and prominent farmersjit the county, was dangerously stabbed; Stout Colbert was hit id the - chin with. a bullet, and several other persons re ceived minor injuries. The fltfht arose from a mistaae in Distributing presents. As is usual at such entertainment, the parents in the neighborhood had. taken their gifts to the church, where they were properly la belled and huBg up on a tree. Some of tbe tags Were insecurely fastened and droo ped off, but were replaced as accurately as possible, jr I Aiast night a large crowd assem. bled to,, witness the distribution. When about a dozen of the presents had been handed to; the children, a farmer named Johnson grabbed.a sled from a child's hand and declared it was one he had brought there for this 0 little boy. The sexton at tempted to explain his mistake, but farmer Johnson 1 pushed him rudely aside - and started lor the door, carrying the sled in his hands. Bome.young men who had been, drinking, tried t to snatch the sled from Johnson, and he struck one of them and was himself felled with a cbair. The fight then became general, and for a time it look ed as though a number ofKtheoombatanf would be, killed. ; - - i BRAZIL. Indications' of Serious .Trooble In tba . . . -f X ; Haw Rapnblle. & Co. oj-uayr received a cable from Rio that exchange there is quoted at 24$d, which ia a fall of 8d since Dom Pedro was de posed. I Rubber.has gone up two mils and four hundred reus to-day. Exchange at 24id?'puts tpaper money below par. Mr. Grace said he wasnot an alarmist, but the indications were that grievous trouble was brewing! He believed that Brazil con tained more corrupt officials than any coun try on tbe face of tbe globe. If the press there bad the same liberty as in.this coun try, rascality would be exposed in a way that would be surprising. : Rio Janebio, December 26 The Gov ernment has issued a decree providing that all persona found; endeavoring to corrupt the allegiance of soldiers or contriving -or proposing any measure for active opposition to the Republic, shall be tried by military tribunal I An opposition journal was sus pended on Tuei-day. New York, Dec. 26 The steamship Savors, which arrived to-day from Brazil ian ports, reports that the people of Santos are divided in their adherence lo the Re public; a large number favoring the exiled Emperor. There was nothing new to re port at Rio Janeiro and.quietness. prevailed at Ceara. , GEORGIA. KearliF $9,000 Already Subscribed for a Slonomcat to H. W. Grady. Atlanta, Dec. 27. Nearly nine thou sand dollajs have been raised by tbe young men's committee for a monument to Henry W. tirady, and only a few subscriptions have been received from outside of Atlanta as yet. I From all parts of tbe State have comei telegrams saying that the people want to help in the work, and doubtless meny of Mr. Grady's;, friends. North snd South, will. desire to aid in building this monument: .and for tbat reasou the auiiUeeMn charge has decided to hold i tbe lists open for some days, Among those who wired subscriptions from i the " North o-day were: Isadore 8trau8s!, of New York, $200; George T. G, White, of JNew Yora. SlUO; O. a. rotter,. of New York, $100; Asa Potter, of iioston, f 100. and Chas. Sinclair, of Pcrtsnioutb, N. H.', $100. Several .letters containing subscriptions have been received from other Northern cities, but have not yet been reported to the committee. Orion Frazee, tbe sculptor, whom Mr. Grady sent to New Orleans to procure a death mask of Jefferson Davis for a monu ment here, did not see Mr. Grady again nnlil. he went to take ajnaak of him. Both masks are perfect. . ' .1 MICHIGAN. Horrible murder of Two Women and a. Cbltd Suicide of tbe Murderer. j Br Telegraph to the Horning Star. Rochester, December 28. Two miles north Of Mondorie, last night, William Major killed his wife, his daughter and his grand-daughter. Major was about fifty years bid and a well-to-do farmer. His daughter, Mrs. Joseph Depew, of Brandon, and hir little daughter were visiting the bouse. I The people were but fairly asleep when Major arose, took a revolver and shot his wife as she lay asleep, putting two bullets into her body and mortally wound ing her. The noise of the shooting awakened the others.and springing into tbe apartment occupied by his daughter and her child, he cooly fired a bullet at Mrs. Depew. and when lit failed to' kill her be procured an axe and knocked out her brains. Then he pulled bis little grand-daughter from beneath the bed -clothing and with one blow of the axe split her bead open, killing her instantly. Major then rushed into the room where his little son slept and groped about the bed for him. The lad had crawled nnder tbe bed for safety, and as he heard his father searching tbe room, he said, i "are ; you going to kill me, too, papa, f i "No, ! my son," replied the mur derer. ! "Do not be afraid. When I am gone you get $150 which I will leave you, and divide it with your sister." Then he hastened from tbe house. The boy gave an alarm as soon as he could and tne neighbors found Mrs. Major still alive. She cannot survive, however. Tbe other two victims were killed instantly. Major's body was found hanging in his barn. T1CKSBURQ, Tba moat Disastrous Fire In many ! A "i Tears. -New Orleans. Dec. 25. Tbe Times- Democrat s Vickshurg, Miss., special says: The fire last night was the most disastrous tbat has occurred in Yicksburg in ears. The total loss will exceed $160,000, distri buted as follows: Switzet, iewittcr & Co., $120,000; stock and building insured for S05.OOO; Kea Jackson, slock $18,000; in surance $13,000; Lewis Bros, shoes $15,000: fully I insured; Alexander, Kuhne & Tate, loss on Kea fit Jackson building sio.uuu,, well hoiured. The fire is attributed to care lessness with fireworks, but its origin is really unknown. " i OHIO. College Building mt Toledo Burned Loss $150,000. Toledo. December. 26. The main build ing of the'; Western College was burned early this morning. Only "part ot the library and the contents of t tbe treasury being saved. This was one of the finest college buildings in the State,; The loss is $150,000; insurance $22,5G0. It is not known how the fire originated. The citb zens of Toledo held a ;meeting this after noon to arrange for the immediate erection of a new building. PRESIDENT HARRISON, Hla Arrival and Reeeptlsn nt Bleb- . moid. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Eichhond, Dec. 27. President Harri son land party arrived here this evening a few minutes be! ore o o clock, on &aieman s yacht. They were met at the wharf by Mayor Ellyson, Col. Richard F. Berne, of the Slate, Col. C. O'B. Cowardin. of the Dispatch. Col. A b. Buford,- Major Jas. ii. tsuiord, Messrs. tr. o. ucoit, jonn r. Branch and other prominent citizens. The party were driven to the residence of John P. Branch, president of the Merchants' National Bank, where they were entertain ed, l The President left here to-night for Washington. Turpentine. - : -r '- f shevill? Journal: i A Bad acci- dent occurred todav. ia whioh Mr. Dvvid B. Dickvof Tordnto. Canada! narrowly es caped be!akilljM. Mr. Dick, who is stop- - ping at Battery Park,' was riding, down Patton avenue on one of Ml J V. Be- . vier's horses, and at the crossing of French Broad avenue he met electric car No. 8, in charge of motor man J. M: I Brown, j The horse was rather wild, and-just as the car . approached reared up, and falling on the - -track threw Mr; Davis nnder the car. ; The car was stopped as soon as possible, but . not until Mr. Dick was very badly bruised and cut. . ' . . ;,;.': f i .. Lenoir Topici We learn of the death, week before last, of Mr. A than Can- 1 non's wife. We are informed that she had just returned home from the funeral of one of her children when she dropped dead. On Sunday we ate a limber-twig apple that grew upon a tree that has been bearing -fruit for one hundred years. ! It was planted by Mr. George Holloway, father of Robert Holloway, Esq. It is; reported here that a valuable gold mine has been discov ered on Mr. S. Clark's farm under Fairs view at Blowing Rock, Mr. Weedon found the gold and has shown some valuable spe-, cimens, but has not yet disclosed the pre- . cise location of the mine, j ' 1 j . . Charlotte Chronicle: One se rious affray , occurred yesterday, which may result in the death of Abernetby, a negro about 18 years old. About 7 o'clock last night, Abernethy and another j negro named Ledbetter got in a difficulty over a bet, on East Trade street; where it is crossed by theC. C. Railroad. Itj seems that la -the altercation Abernethy grabbed Ledbet ter when the latter stabbed him in the right side just under the lower rib. After the stabbing, Ledbetter walked Up 'the ; street. A few minutes later officer Moran was no tified of the occurrence, and got a warrant for Ledbetter's arrest. Up to midnight last, night the police had been unable Ite find bim.' - ; " ; .' . . Tarboro Southerner: A; negro living in the' country the exact circum stances the reporter could not learn was taken sick and suffered with nausea. "He died shortly thereafter. It is supposed tbat he was poisoned. 4- It is reported - that the N. & O. railroad bridge is giving , the workmen trouble. After tho' cross ties and iron were placed on the bridge it was too heavy and caused the bridge to swag. ' It will only be. delayed a few days, so the reported is informed. r The reporter was informed Saturday night -that many of the farmers in Leggett's section have al ready begun ;work pn next year's crop. The exodus fever has abated and the hands have gone to work. Many of the farmers are busy hauling dirt for another crop. . . . Raleigh CaUi This morning the 'Governor commuted the death sentence . of Bill Alexander, colored, to imprisonment for life. He was convicted i of burglary in Mecklenburg county and sentenced to be hanged on December 5th, He was then re prieved till January 8d. A special telegram to the Call received on Saturday night, brought the sad intelligence of tbe, death of Mr. G. E. Browder, at his home in Moore county, on Saturday evening at 1:25 o'clock, aged 60 years. He was the revered father of Mr. D. H. Browder, of this city, who had been attending at his bedside' for eight days preceding his death. This morning the Governor respited . Elijah Moore, who was under sentence to be hanged on January 10th. He is a Guilford county burglar. The respite is till February 7th in order that an application for pardon or commutation may be made and considered . .' Kinston Free Fressi There will be considerable truck planted around here next year,, we are pleased to learn, Mr. A. Mitchell will plant forty acres, Mr. John C Wooten, Sr., a large quantity and many others smaller quantities. ! ' Lemuel Hawkins.wa8'put i a" jail Thursday night for cutting Mr. J. T. Ball. Hawkins was fa Mr. Ball's store drunk and Mr. Ball asked him to leave, which he refused to do. Mr. Ball then started to put him out, when Hawkins cut at him with a knife and out two gashes on1 his arm, Messrs. W, L. Arthur & Bro.'s store at Hookerton (a branch of the Kinston racket store), was de stroyed by fire Saturday night. Supposed to be incendiary. Loss $700; which was insured for $500 with Messrs. JSarvey & McCullen: The building was insured for $260 with Mr. J.T. Minyette, which nearly covers the loss. . j . . States ville Landmarki At the ' saw mill of j Messrs. Thomas & Bros., of Alexander county on the 18th, both bones nf tha loft. arr rvf VI IT..-, t rphn. v. wuw vi.h Axcuaj' luuuiaa were broken by a log rolling on it from the ' top of a pile at which he was working. Mr. W. B. McLelland, of Concord town- DUip, wauo IfUXO jrcai UJJ WIGG VL IHUU 1,425 pounds of lint cotton, equal to three bales of 475 pounds each. The same land last year made four bales, bo that Mr. Mc- Lelland got three-fourths of a erop this year. He used no commercial fertilizer.: He topped about half of his crop in July,; and the other half was not topped at all.' - The acreage seeded in wheat this year is fully as large as it was last and probably a little) larger. The grpund generally was wejl prepared and the young wheat looka healthy and is promising. It has been a great time for dut-door work and a great deal of plowing has boen done for next year crops spring oats, cotton, corn, &c. .. Charlotte News- ': On, Capt. Dowd'e farm, near the city yesterday, two little negro boys were playing with an axe, when one cut the other's foot . almost ens tlrely off at the instep. Laban Hoyle, an escaped penitentiary convict, was cap tured in Charlotte, Tuesday evening, by Sergeant Jetton. He is to be returned to the convict camp at Millsboro. Mrs. Mary Alexander, wife of Mr. M. F. Alex- ander, died at . her home in Paw Creek township, at 6 o'clock this morning. Par alysis was the cause of her death. She was seventy-two years old. Christmas eve a negro boy knocked a little, son ot Mr. John Farrior down with a cocoanut. The blow was received on the little fellow's head, and the force was such that the cocoanut was shattered. Young Farrior received a severe wound. The scalp was laid open and a blood vessel ruptured, causing a great loss of blood. The wound was dressed by Dr. Misenheimer. The little fellow has suffered intensely from the injury. i ' --..Fayetteville Farmer and Scot ish Chief: In our article last week on the extraordinary yield of corn by Mr, Taylor, near Columbia, 8. O, the types made us Bay 106 bushels. We wrote 206. The actual yield according to our recollection was 206 bushels and 6 quarts of corn on one sere. Hon. D. P. McEachin, of Mill Prong, in Robeson county, was the only farmer in the whole Cape Fear coun try, whose residence was draped in mourn ing for Jefferson Davis. Mr. McEachin was a member, of the Highland Boys, Co. G., 24th N. O. Regiment, Ransom's Brigade, army of Northern Virginia. Our citizens presented Capt. A. B. Wil liams last week with a handsome testimo nial of their appreciation of his faithful and valuable services as President of the Centennial Association, which culminated in such a grand success. Tbe presentation was made through a committee consisting of Capt. A H. Slocomb, A. J. Cook and John Underwood. The Captain very gracefully accepted, . " Charlotte ITetos: Mr. Sperry W. Hearne, for a long time editor of the Wadesboro Messenger, died at his home in Wadesboro, yesterday, from Bright's disease. Mr. Hearne was a young man, an editor of dash and courage, and made a reputation for bravery. His connection with the Cash troubles gave him a good deal of fame. A white man who was celebrating Christmas was struck by the Charlotte bound train on the Carolina Cen tral road, Tuesday night, at Laurel Hill. The man was knocked about twelve feet and was terribl 2iurt, though at last ac counts te was sou living. The new cotton factory of C. L. Hutchison & Co., at Mount Holly, is now being roofed in. The factory occupies the knitting mills site and the building is of brick, two stories, 65x167 feet. It will be equipped with four thousend spindles, and the machinery will be driven by a forty-horse power engine. It is expected to have this factory in -operation by- February 1st." It will be one of the finest factories in the State,' even if it does seem a little strange that it adopts steam power while the mighty Catawba rolls by its door. A dlsoatch from Leola. S. D.. says: Dr. Gamble returned last night from a trip to Heyd settlement, the scene of tbe diphthe ria epidemic. He has the names of thirty seven Russian children who have died of the disease, only two having recovered. A number are still sick,- but as the district ia isolated fears of contagion are not enter tained, x ;
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