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THE FARMER AND THE WAGE
EARNER..
. There are two classes of people in
this country upon whom the burden
of the high protective tariff falls
with heaviest weight, : and they are
the' two classes who derive no bene
fit from it.. They are the farmer and
the wage earners employed in the!
: non-protected industries. We say ho
benefit, because while, there is a pro
tective r tariff o:i a few of the pro
ducts of the farm, it practically
amounts-io nothing. -Nearly every
thing these two classes of people
; have to buy, they are required to pay
tribute on to the beneficiaries of pro
tection, and while the amount on this
thing or that may seem insignificant,
io the aggregate it amounts to no
sfnall thing. " I I .
, When the; farmer . or th: wage
earner dots down what the tariff j pn
the implements used ou the farm, or
the tools used in his work, costs him
. goes into his kitchen and dots down
what the (tariff' on, his stove!, pots,
pans, kettles, etc., costs him, then
wallsS into his dinirig room and dots
down what the tariff on his! table
ware, knives, fqrks, spoons, salt, su
ii";ir, etc., costs him, then walks into
his parlor (if he has one) and d0ts
down what the tariff on his furniture
(in cn-;eiuence of the tariff n lum
ber) window curtains, mirrors, : pic
titres'and other ornaments, costs him,.
and then he goes into the, be'd-rdiom
.... ijj 1 : j ,
and dots down what the tariff on
bedding, blankets, etc.,' costs him,
" and then takes a partial inventory of
. the family wardrobe and dot! down
what) the tariff on the woolen articles,
and the few that may happen to be,
of silk, costs' him and then adds up
. the column, the average wage earner
will find that it will take a good
many days work to foot the bill, and.
the average farmer will find that it
will take a good many bushels of
corn at sixteen cents per bushel the
price at which itj is now selling! in
Chicago, to pay his portion! of j; the
annual tribute, and then let both of
-them '-look 'around, search as hard as
they can, and find if they can where
they' have got one iota of benefit in
return. "With the most1 powerful mi-Jl
croscope that was'evet inveni ed.with!
the most far-reaching telescope i that
was ever pointed out into space Jjiey
couldn't find it. They might find the
infinitesimal microbe feeding '
the vitals of the flea, or some
uponj
I new
1 comet darting through the iniponCeiv
pble distance, but this they will seek
for in vain, for it is not. -. 1 jj 4
1-
And it was never intended that it
should be. The men who conceived
this monstrosity and they in whose
interests it was put into shape are
the men who live off the earn
ingsiof the farmer and tiie wage
iearner, and" ' who expect to live
off them until Gabriel blows his
trumpet, if the Lord permitted them
r to stay on the ground so long.
During the recent sitting
.of
the
Wavs and Means Committee repre
sentatives of nearly all if 'not all of
the protected industries werej there to
plead foras much or more protection
than ,they. iow have, and! the
onlv sinsrle. solitarv farmer I who
- i - r !.
appeared there to speak for the far
. mers ot the country was Mr. vved
derburn, of Virginia, who went not to
ask for any special protection but
;pnly th same protection tha : is given
to other industries. He was candid
enough' to sayhat he did not ask
this because he believed in the pro
tective tariff as a cure-all for the far
. mer but because he thought that the
. farmer, who was compellec to1 bear
; the burden1 of tribute to all the other
protected industries, was entitled to
some recognition, and that he saw no
j way of escape j from ruin for! him
' while these heavy tributes jwere im
posed. unless he could get something
back by a counter-tribute on the pro
dflcts of his farm. In other words1,
he simply asked 'the Govemmeni,
which takes' such a paternal i jintei1
est in other industries to 'give the
- farmer some c6nsideration,!and that
.i it cease discriminating against him,
and making hfm the tribute payer,
the hewer of wood and drawer pf
y for th5 fvorecf ones j Which
ff iTS H?11 ujoying its paternal
guardianship ancj fostgrin 'cSfg. so
ut, Mr, WedderhuW didn't
make muci of an impression on the
majority of the committee, for he
was too candid in his utterance1, i I
. While the 'high protective; tariff
lasts the farmers and wage earners
i - ' I - 1 1 1 ' - - - I.. - : - - , - i - ,
"T" ' ' ... , , .
VOL. XXI.
of the country will bear the burden
of it, and they may as well put that
aown as part ot tne written law.
The tariff laws were not enacted for
their .benefit, but for the benefit
others, and they are not going to
revised for their benefit eithei
of
be
A COLORED CONVENTION.
- . . . if
The Nation'al Convention of Afro-
American League was held in Chita-
g6 Wednesday last and was attended
by about two hundred delegates from
different sections of the country.
The object of the convention was to
discuss the condition of the negn
or Afro-American as some of them
prefer to be called Un this country
tL T Fortune, who is editor of
a
paper in New York,! and a man
of
fair intelligence, was" elected chair
man and made a speech which is
wjorthy of notice as indicating a
disposition on the part of the mem
bers of those Leagues ; to do a little
or their own thinking hereafter, and
to exercise some independent judg
ment in shaping their political
action.- He j complained that the
negro had been "outragedby his
enemies and deserted by his friends,"
and said that the Itime had come
( en they mustj Show that they
were able to take care of themselves.
I The speaker is, We take it, of a
somewhat ardent temperament, for
he indulged in some extravagance of
speech, inspired partly by excitement
and stimulated ,by the . applause
Which greeted his (utterances; but,
making due allowance ior, this, there
was some good sense1' in his speech
when he advised. that the local
Leagues be left free ' to shape their
political action as they might think
most conducive to the best interests
pf their race, and that in national
affairs the League should not com
mit itself to any political party, j ' !
j This means 'practically and sub
stantially, if not so expressed in so
tflany words, f hat the League should
not commit! itself to the Republican
arty, (and when he said League, he
iiient the negroes of the country) to
which they have been committing
:hemselves ever since theirj enfran
chisement. Such advice as far as phe
democratic party is concerned, was
entirely unnecessary as they have
ever directly or indirectly done that.
What, all this will amount to or
In7rit hr it will amnnnt to anvthinor
no one knows because it is not known
l ( " k -
vhether the colored pen who are en
gineering this League have gumption
nd influence enough to break the
ower of the white bosses who have
een manipulating the colored voters
jof the country and marching them
up at every election to vote the Repub
lican ticket, but! if they have, they
Eire in a position to command a litfle
more substantial recognition from
these bosses, especially in, the close
States of the North, than they have
ever received, i . !; 1.
In New York, j Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, they hold the balance of
power. When the Republicans carry
New York it is always this vote that
enables them to do it, and without
it Illinois, Ohio and Indiana would
be safely Democratic States. As a
matter of fact it is this vote which
elected Harrison President,1 as it was
this vote which! has elected all the
Republican Presidents who have
been elected since Gen. Grant. Itjs
this which has kept life in the Re
publican party! as a national or
ganization, and which keeps life in it
to-day. And yet when it comes to
substantial recognition . of services
rendered, the basis upon which party
rewards are supposed to be distribu
ted, the negroreceives practically no
more recognition than the China-:
man, and it is regarded as!an imper
tinence for him to aspire to any
thing .higher or more I remunerative
than waiting boy, fire maker or some
thing of that sort, while the white
ward nustiers ana strikers receive
rewards in proportion to their pre
sumed importance or services ren
aered. lhis is not only ; inconsis
tency but I it is ! ingratitude, for the
Republican party; leaders claim that
politically, socially and otherwise,
the negro is a-citizen in the full sense
of the term, and, the equal of! the
white man. They, appeal to him
for his support on this ground, l and
after having gotten his vote they
turn the cold shoulder to him as if
they were under no obligation, and
as if a favor , was really 'conferred
upon him in being permitted to vote
the Republican ticket. Here is where
the ingratitude comes in. It is about
time that the colored supporters , of
the Republican party, up in those
States at least, if they don't do it in
all the States, should begin to assert
some independence and let the ma
chine managers see that they can't be
Used all the time'to pull the chestnuts
out of the fire for the benefit of white
politicians. But j will they do it ?
That's another question which itime'
must determine.) I -
A shooting, school for doctors
gughf tq be established m Missouri.
.TBejr are almost as bad marksmen as,
the New York police. To pf them
exchange pistol courtesies recently
and wounded three, confiding citizens
whp were present at the entertain
ment.' . . ' T ' -
STATE TOPICS.
TheLenoir Topic says that 100,000
acres of land in Caldwell county are
now owned by Northern capitalists,
and the Morganton Herald, referring
to this, says that in Burke county
xsortnern ana nngiisn capuansis are
the owners of at least 50,000 acres.
What these large purchases of land
have been made for, whether for
speculation, or for mining, agricultu
ral or industrial purposes is not stated,
but whatever; the impelling motive
maybe it gives evidence that the
men who so invested their money
think North : Carolina . a good State
for investment of capital and have
confidence in her ' future. The Old
North State is coming. jYou can put
that down as sure. f !
The Concord Times states that Mr.
Blackwelder,
of Cabarrus, has on his
of lucerne which is now
place a patch
twenty-two inches, high,; from- which
le has been cutting for his milch cow
for the past ten days. We mentipn
this fact because it is remarkable for
this season of the year,; 'and also to
call attention) to lucerne, which many
Who have tried it pronounce the very
best grass, especially upon poor soil.
that can be sown in this State. We
don't mean bjy this that it likes poor
soil, but that it thrives! better in it
than any other kind of grass does,
and holds its own better.
Therej is ai movement among the
Republican politicians of Massachu
setts for; the passage of a State law
exempting the property of honqrably
discharged veterans from taxation,
but thej Boston Traveller, a strong
Republican paper, expresses the
opinion that j'as a fundamental prin-
ciple, it is as patriotic fo a citizen to
pay taxes on j his property as it is to
fight for his flag." But the Republi
can politicians never did take much
stock in "fundamental principles.
The Star is in recei
Ptof
he pre
mium list of the third annual exhibi
tion of the East Carolina Fish, Oys
ter, Game and Industrial Association,
to be held at New Berne!, beginning
February 24th and closing March
1st. " This promises toj be jthe best
exposition yet held, as new luildings
have been erected to accommodate
exhibitors, and extra efforts made to
secure a good display, j
In 1867 it is estimated that there
- i , . i , .
were paid fof advertisements in this
country $10,000,000. Now there are
$30,000,000, a , three-fold increase
within twenty-five years. !. Wnen yu
see a business man going around
prosperous and smiling and happy,
you can set it down as a dead sure
thing that he has stock in tnis $30,
000,000 j and is drawing his regular
dividends. H-f !!
Africa," says the Richmond Dis
patch, "is too good for the negro,"
to which the Petersburg Index re
plies, "after' awhile, perhaps) we shall
be told
negro."
that
hell is too good for the
From the deliberate efforts
which
the
! Republican statesmen-
have so often made to convert the
South into a hell they evidently
think that hell is about good enough
for the
negro.
A car-load of 4.000.000 postal
cards shipped . from ; Birmingham,
Conn., to ; Philadelphia December
31st, is
lost..
Even postal cards it
seems can't go right under the Wan-
amaker business methods even when
they are blank and don't have to be
read.
The New Schedule. J
- The passengers coaches fort the Cape
Fear & I Yadkin Valley R railroad came
down on the Carolina Centra track yes
terday, ana a scneauie nas Deen arranged
for Parkersburg as follows: Leave Wil
mington Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 12.15 p. m.; Point Peter at
12.30 p. m., and arrive at: Parkersburg at
3.50 p. m. j j
:i, Returning, leave Parkersburg .Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays at 12.30
p. in., arriving ai r-oinr. rjeier ai o.ou p.m
and Wilmington at 4.05 p. m.j
Mr. M. J. j Heyer shipped pn Friday
the first! lot of goods to Garland. They
were consigned to E. H. ; Herring and
Herring & Peterson. jj ;
Shipping Notes. ". . . '!
! Mf. Jno. W. Bolles cleared the
German barque Jacob Arndi-yesterday,
for Bowling, Scotland, j with cargo o
4,060 bbls rosin, valued at $5,018.50 -
. MaqcwJ A lor . Cnrtinf Jfcl Cam tlrn-
ed the German brier August S&bhie for
Liverpool, with 2,733 barrels tar, and!
242 barrels! crude V turpentine; cargo
valued at $5,500,
British steamshjp Merjulio, Beach,
cleared! at j Philadelphia' for! this port
January 16th, and is expected to arrive
tc-day.
Naval Stores Beoelots. atA.
Receipts' of naval stores at! this port
iur uicj uujj ycaii io-January ivtn, as
compared with receipts! to the corres-
i? i . 1 -L' ! L
punuing UttLc wi jrcor, are as IOIIOWS
Spirits1 turpentine, 60,615 'casks: la:
year, 58,028. Rosin, 203,396 bbls., last
year, lsp.oai. lar, 4,a70 barrels; last
year, 43,644. Crude J urpentine, 17
007 barrels; last year, la.vva
tqcM t this, Rqrt, cqnjpared; w
stocks at the same time last year, a
are:
Spirits turpentine, 5,585 casks: last year.
1,934: Rosin, 56.428 barrels; last year,
92,536, Tar, 6,754 barrels; last year, 2,
952. . Crude turpentine, "1,585 parrels;
last year,: 584,
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25,
A .MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
i i - : 'J
THE DEAD BODY OF W. T. BROWN
FOUND ON THE RAILROAD TRACK;!
Suspicion of Foul Flay Arrest of Persona
Implicated Coroner's Inquest An In
vestigation to be Held To-Day. ij
The dead body of Wm. Thos. Brown,
(white) was found early yesterday morn
ing near the track of the Wilmington
and Weldon railroad, in the cut at Fifth
street crossing. 1 It was lying face down
ward on the north side of the track,
with the head Resting on one end oij a,
cross-tie arid surrounded by a pool jof
blood. I ' ,
The discovery of the body was reported
at 5.10 a. m., at police headquarters, by
Capt. Newell, cqndnctor on the Atlantic
Goast Lme.and as soon as possible Coro
ner Jacobs was 'notified. The Coroner
went to the place and had the body re
moved to the undertaking establishment
of Mr. Woolvin. :
A jury was summoned, consisting of
L. Williams, foreman,- Wm'. Genaust,
A F. Davis (whites) and George Frank
lin, W, H. Cotton and E. i A. Thomas,
(colored.) a The jury simply viewed the
body and adjourned to this morning
at 10 o'clock, when the investigation
will take place! at the County Court
tlouse, the following' having been sum
moned to attend as witnesses: W. H.
Holloway, James Canaday; police offi
cers Howland and R. H Moore; E. L.
Robinson and jj. M. Donlin, railroad
employes; J, Pascuel, colored; D. H.
Workman, Emma Jackson, and Dr. R.
Jewett. The Coroner telegraphed to
bl. B. R. Moore, Solicitor of the Crim-
nal Court, who is absent from the city,
wishing his attendance at jthe inquest,
ut received a reply in the afternoon di-
ecting him to proceed with the case.
The body ot Brown was examined at
pie undertaker's by Dr. Jewett, (in the
absence of DrJ Potter, county physi
cian), and an autopsy was made for the
ury, and will be reported at, the inquest
to-day. The wounds of deceased were all
bn the head, j The face was badly
contused on the right side : and there
was a deep wound like a j knife, thrust
Ijust between the right eye and the nose.
jThere were also two wounds on the back
jof the head, crushing the skull. After
jthe autopsy the body of Browrfwas pre
pared for buna and was taken in charge
by his brothers for interment at: his
former home in Onslow county! :j
There are circumstances cqnnected
with the death of Browri which lead
strongly to suspicion of murder. Thurs
days night a dance was given at a disre
putable house ,on Fifth street between.
Hanover and Brunswick! streets and
about fifty yards from the; place where
Brown's body was found.1 iThe. ball was
given by a woman named Emma Jack
son, and from! accounts given at the
Mayor's Court yesterday knorning, jthe
crowd in attendance was vfcry disorder
ly. A young man hanjied Walter Yates
officiated as "floor manager," aAd about
a quarter to, 12 o'clock while the dance
was going on. Brown, accompanied j by
J, Kennedy and two or three other
men entered the house and wanted to
I ! ; Si
engage in the dance. Both of (the
men named jwere .under the influ
ence . of liquor and objection was
made by Yates to i their taking
part in thej "fun." Brown .cursed
Y ates and said if they werfe not allowed
to dance no
One else should. Two
police -officers-were
called in
turbance. A
-Howland and Mobre
and suppressed the !dis
short time afterwards
Brown again engaged in aidifficiilty with
Yates, and the j latter seized a chair ,and
struck Brown "with it on the head. The
policemen then declared both men
under arrest,, but ! before they
could get to Bj-own through the crowd,
he escaped through the back door of the
nouse. ine omcers witn :Yates in cus
tody; started to the guard house, and
when a short distance from the house
the prisoner told them that he would
go along quietly and would not attempt
to escape; but jas soon as jthey released
their hold upon him he 1 made a break
and got away, and was not seen un
til he was arrested at his home yester-
aay morning, alter crown s ooay was
found, as stated above. . j
After the testimony had been taken
by the Mayor as above, the hearing was
adjourned until three o'clock in the af
ternoon. At the hour, the court room
was crowded, Jand the prisoner, Yates,
was attended by "Mr. Marshall, as coun
sel, j j ; li. . -
"The Mayor on taking his seat, said
that the State was not ready, Dr. Jewett
not having prepared his report
of the autopsy, Yates' Counsel demurred,
stating that the prisoner was charged
with disorderly conduct, but the Mayor
stated that the warrant issued had been
amended, 'making the! complaint under
which the prisoner was held assault With
a deadly weapon, over which the Court
did not have final jurisdiction, and that
it would be necessary tq continue the
case until half-past 3 p clock this after
noon., ' ' '-'
After the adjournment, of Court the
following named persons were sum'
moned and recognized, for their appear
ance at the! investigation before the
Mayor this morning j. James Sneeden,
Hattie Blizzard, Emma Jackson, N. D
Casteen, W. H. Holloway, W, B. Sav
age, J. A, Hankins, B. "Fi. Mills,
McDuffie, Van Hughes Rob't. Strick
land,, Ljddial Mintz, Martha Skipper,
Birdie Smith.j Liddie Fne, Eva .Robin
son, J. M. Woodwardj J. J. Canaday,
Brown, the deceased, is a married! man,
and leaves a wife and five children in de
pendent circumstances. For several
years he has kept aj "cart house," for
the accommodation of country people
on Marketstreet Yates is a stone-cutter;
is also married, and has a family, j
The houae where the jdance was held
is a small one-story frame building. . It
was visited by the police yesterday and
inspected, and marks of the row were
plainly discernible, the flooring and walls
being spattered with blood..
An oyster
trust has begn organized
in Baltimore
May it end in a. stew-
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. ;
- i . . .' i
Cardinal Gibbons and Sr. ; CConnell, Hec
tor of the American College at Borne.
Cardinal Gibbons, ! accompanied by
Dr. O'Connell, rector of' i the American
College at Rome, arrived in the city at
11.10 yesterday forenoon from Savannah
and are the guests while here of Col. F.
W. Kerchner. The Cardinal had been
to Charleston, S. C, toiay the corner
stone of the new Cathedral, and thence
went to Savannah for a brief visit. The
arrival of these distinguished prelates of
the Roman Catholic! Church has no
special significance, but! may be. con
sidered more in the light of af social call
than anything else. " '.
Cardinal Gibbons was the first Bishop
of North Carolina, and for a num
ber of years he . resided in this
city, when he became warmly attached
to our people. . Hence he avails himself
ot every possible opportunity of stopping
nere and meeting our people, when his
official duties will permit;
This evening an informal reception
will be given at the residence of Col. F.W.-
Kercnner, and the Cardinal and Dr.
O'Connell will be pleased to see their
friends from eight to ten o'clock. They
will leave for Baltimore pn the late train
to-night.
CAROLINA OIL db CREOSOTE CO.
Annual Meeting pf Stockholders Election
of Officers. ( .
The annual meeting of stockholders of
the Carolina Oil & Creosote Company
was held at the office of the Company in
this city yesterday. The following offi
cers were re-elected to serve for, the en
suing year, viz: .
President Hon. Warner Miller.
General Superintendent A.
A.
Thomas.
Secretary and Treasurer F
C.
Prindle. '
Directors Hon. Warner Miller, Hon.
John P. Joues, A. A. j Thomas, John C.
Calhoun, George West, Hon.' William
Mahone, Hon. D. L. Russell, Capt. John-
F. Divine.
A new code of by-laws was adopted,
whereby the day for the annual meeting
is changed from August to January, and
the fiscal year is arranged so as to agree
with the calendar year.
The annual reports of the various offi
cers were submitted,
approved and or-
dered on file.
The Board of Directors was author
ized tP go forward in rebuilding that
portion of the works recently destroyed
by fire and in improving the plant in
such ways as they may deem necessary
and expedient." I
KILLED WHILE GUNNING.
A Fatal Accident in, Columbus County.
Mr. Millard Cook, of Whiteville, Co
lumbus county, accidentally shot and
killed himself while gunning yester
day near Whiteville. j The only particu
lars of the sad occurrence learned are
that Mr. Cook was crossing a ditch,
when he fell and the gun he was carry
ing was di-Jcharged, the load of shot "en
tering: his 'body and causing instant
death. Mr. Cook was hunting in com
pany with a member of the firm of Gil
liam & Gardes, of New York; by
whom he was employed as a travelling
salesman. , He was a young man about
thirty years of age, son of a prominent
citizen of Columbus, and son-in-law of
Mr. Martin Schulken, of Vineland, in
the same , county. He was a great
favorite with all who knew him and his
untimely death will be deeply deplored.
A Hough Passage. .
The steamer Gulf Stream, which ar
rived here from New York on Wednes
day evening, had an unusually rough
passage. She encountered heavy south
erly winds until she was off Cape Look
out, when she was
northeasterly gale,
heavy rains, a dense-
struck by a strong
accompanied by
fog and high seas,
which continued until she reached the
bar at the mouth of the river. The fog
was so dense when the steamer arrived
off the bar at 7 o'clock, Tuesday even
ing, that she j was " obliged, to anchor,
where she remained until 11 o'clock on
Wednesday forenoon, when it lifted
enough for her to get under way again
and enter the river and come up to the
city. ...
Nearly Completed. .
The Fayetteville Observer says: "The
splendid iron bridge of the Cape Fear &
Yadkin Valley railway is now spanning
the Cape Fear river, and in a very few
days j will be ready for the transpor
tation of trains. Few streams are better
bridged, as, within a distance of one and
a half miles, the Cape Fear is crossed by
two costly iron and one durable covered
wooden bridge. The eastern extension
of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley rail
way has now a gap of only about ten
miles to be, closed up for. communica
tion between Fayetteville and Wilming
ton, and most probably by the middle of
next month there will be uninterrupted
travel from the Blue Ridge to the sea
coast X '
New Trial Granted. -
A special dispatch to the Star from
Raleigh, says that the Supreme Court
yesterday afternoon rendered a decision
in the case of the State vs. Boyle, the
ex-priest tried and convicted of rape at
Raleigh, . ordering a new trial. The
opinion was delivered by Chief Justice
Merrimon,
Cotton Movement
The receipts of cotton at this port the
past week were 2,744 bales, against re
ceipts of 1,716 bales the corresponding
week last year. Receipts for the crop
year,; to January 17th, are llS.OSS baleg,
against 135,498 to same date last yeara
decrease of 17,463 tiales,. The stock at
this port m2,81 bales; at same date
last year, 10,310 bales.
Asheville Democrat: CaptW.H.
Inloes informed us a few days ago that
a gentleman who had been through sev
eral of our western counties recenw e
amining the various mineraj deposits
told i him that a very fine deposit of.
nickel ore had been round in lackson,
whch, was questionably very valuable.
The matter will be investigated further,
at qnce, with, a yew q early worK
1890.
TARIFF MEN.
Mica Miners and Others Before the "Ways
and means Committee.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. t .
Washington, D.' D i January 16.
The Ways and Means Committee to
day gave its last public hearing of per
sons interested in tariff questions. One
or two gentlemen : interested in the
duties pn lumber and copper were
heard, and about a dozen gave their
views upon the propriety of placing a
duty upon mica or putting it on the
free list. Manufacturers of stoves were
the principal advocates for putting it on
the free list.. Electrical instrument
manufacturers also wanted it free. One
of these said American mica could not
be ripped into as fine sheets as foreign
mica.! 1 '
George H. Randall, of Grafton, N. H.,
a miea mine-owner, took the stand and
contradicted the statement of previous
witnesses. He had been in the business
twenty-seven years arid had never heard
until the question of duty coming up of
a single fault being found with the cleav
age of, American mica.1 He exhibited
a number of specimens, blasted from his
mine,! which he said was fully equal -to
the foreign product. Nearly everv mica
mine! in the United states bad been
compelled to shut down within .the last
four years owing to foreign competition.
Unless a duty was imposed,! it was good
bye to American mica mines. He asked
a duty of one dollar a pound.
CoL J. M. Geer, ot south Carolina,
wanted a duty on mica. !
Congressman t. wart, of North Caro
lina, read a statement urging a protec
tive duty on mica, j The mica market of
the United btates was now controlled by
the half-starved miners of India, and he
wanted a duty that would make up the
difference in labor. He had introduced
a bill fixing a specific duty of 50 cents a
pound, but consultation with mica mine
owners in North Carolina led him to be
lieve that that rate was too low.
TREMENDOUS! FLOOD.
Sudden and Great Bise in the Little Wa-
baslt Biver Hundreds of People Driven
front their Homes, and! Great Destruc
tion of Property.
j By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Cairo, III., Jan. 16. Three hundred
persons at Carmi, 111., have been com
pelled to leave their homes by a sudden
rise in the Little, Wabash river, and ft is
feared that still larger numbers will be
forced to abandon their; dwellings and
take refuge on high ground. The river
is out of its banks and the northern part
of the townis flooded to the depth of
twenty feet in some places, and from
seventy-five to one hundred houses are
submerged. The houses have all been
vacated, the people -seeking refuge in
the spare rooms of their neighbors in
the southern part of the town, Vast
stretches of lowland- and meadow
are under Water and a number
of animals have '. been carried
awayj or drowned in the fields. The
fence; rails, boards, and other drift
borne down the stream by the raging
waters, indicate that the farmers have
suffeTed severely. 1 Much hay oa the
bottom lands has been ruined. It is re
ported that the people in the towns along
the Little Wabash are preparing for the
worst, At Corwm it is expected the
river will rise fifteen feet higher. If this
does happen the result will be appalling.
THE STEWART Wl LL.
Litigation Ended and a final Settlement
; Made with ' Judge Hilton and Other
: Claimants.
! By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, January 16. The final
order of Surrogate" Rairson, dismissing
the action for a revocation of the pro
bate; of the will of Mrs. Cornelia M.
Stewatt, widow of A. T. Stewart, was
signed this afternoon. Justice O'Brien,
of the ; Supreme- Court, also signed an
order discontinuing the suit of Mrs.
Sarah N. Smith against Judge Hilton
and his executor, Mr. Church, for an ac
counting.. !
Lawyers in the ease gave out this after
noon a statement in which they an
nounce that the litigations are ended.
and set forth the effect of the settlement
as follows: e irst, Judge Hilton retains
all that he received during Mrs. Istewart s
hf e-time and all that he has ever claimed
the Sright to retain, except that he has re
leased the estate from its indebtedness of
$987358. Second, all parties inter
ested under the will will receive
what the terms of the will entitle
them to. Third, the testamentary in
tentions of Mrs. iStewart in respect to
the; Cathedral at Garden City receive
their lull effect by the conveyance of an
additional quantity of land; also, double
the quantity conveyed to it by Mrs.
Stewart in her life time and half a mil
lion of dollars in addition to three hun
dred thousand which the Cathedral now
holds against the estate, and in addition
to property .upon which Mrs. Stewart
expended upwards of two 'millions du
ring her life time.
This gives the estate left by Mrs.! Stew-
art; after payment ot legacies and ,ot the
Cathedral endownment, to persons en
titled under her will in the following
proportions: Charles i J Clinch takes
three-tenths; Sarah . N. Smith three
tenths; three half-sisters of Mrs. Stew
art one-tenth each, and the children of
MrsL Charles E. j Butler one-sixteenth
each. ! .
The above provisions are all set forth
in detail, surrounded by legal verbiage in
an agreement made on the 1st instant,
between all parties in interest.
SOLD OUT BY THE SHERIFF!
The
Commercial Telegram Company No
Quotations Now Sent Out.
. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, January 16. The follow-
mg circular ws received this morning
by those to whom it is addressed. It is
understood that the j Postal Telegram
Company was the purchaser. No quo
tations were sent out this mornincr:
New Vork, January ij.To all sub
scribers of the Commercial telegram
Company: The ! Commercial Telegram
Company is compelled to announce that
the property heretofore operated by it
nas : been soia at ine snenn s saie- to
satisfy iudgments against the Company,
and it"now finds kself unable to continue
to distribute, after this date, the quota.
tions wnicn . nave erctuurc ueen sup
plied to its customers.
i (Signed!) Geo. W. Casper,
i, i Secretary,
, U- Tarboro Banner: And stiU the
exodusters leave this and adjaininef
counties,1 Edgecombe has, alHhe labor
necessary, so say those who Know
There -are about ififteen families in town
and at the depoti waiting for some one
td say "come on and go with us," They
seem, to be indifferent as to where they
go and who they go with. They want
to be going. i Reports from .around
Whitaker are tas the effect that negro
labor is. still in , very unsettled condi
tion and that many of them are still tak
ing Christmas so far as going to work is
concerned.
NO. 11
WASHINGTON.
The
bmpetitdon For the World's Fair.
1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Jan. 17. Great inter
est was taken in! the votes uoon the
Worl6s Fair question in the House to
day. Members representing competing
cities vere active In consolidating their
forces jand keepiBg their men in line.
Dozens ot members kept tally and every
vote was closely scanned. The most
energetic of the Chieago men were Can
non, j Mason, Lawier and bpnnger. The
Missouri troops I were: marshalled by
Hatcht Dockervi Frank and . Bland:
while ffew York; interests were attend
ed to by Flower, Farquhar, and Cum
mingsJ The result of the contest is
that a (special committee of nine mem
bers will be appointed, without receiv
ing any instructions. It? may choose the
site if ft sees fit; but it is more probable
that the determination of that question
wlli be relegated to the House,
I) Washington, jfanuary 18.4-Solicitor
General C.W. Chapman; of the Depart-.
ment ot Justice, is lying dangerously ill
with pneumonia at his residence in this
city, j He was taken with the grip
several days ago, and yesterday it de
veloped into pneumonia.; f
Three more National Bank deposi
taries responded; toklajf to' Secretary
Windpm's call for a reduction of go
vernment deposits, and! there remains
but one delinquent!
bank, with small
holdings, located ' in
Western Pennsvl-
vania. A letter was written to the offi
cers of the bank this afternoon, calling
attention to their delinquency, and re
questing immediate
compliance
with
the wishes of the
v-v -
Department.
The
amount of bonds so far surrendered by
the banks in liquidation of their deposits
IS $f,lZS,OUU. : I !
Secretary Noble is ! busily engaged in
examining papers in connection with the
appointment of supervisors Of the elev
enth census. Of the 175 supervisors pro
vided for by the cehsus act, quite a large
number have betn practically decided
Upon, and it is the intention of the Secre
tary to make his I recommendations to
the President early next week in as many
as eight or ten States. Others will fol
low as rapidly as j is consistent with the
importance of the positions to be filled.
THE NEGROES.
Large
Numbers Beported Moving Into
Oklahoma.
St. Louis, Jan.; 17. Letters received
by WJL. Eagleson,: business manager of
the Oklahoma Immigration Soeiety in
Kansas,' from points in North Carolina,
sav that a large number of negroes of
that State are going through in
wagons this : winter j to ihe new
territory. Eagleson says . there 1 are
now about 22,0001- negroes in Oklahoma,
and that by spring there will be at least
50,000. He claims that they ought to
have that countryi and says President
Lincoln and the; Republican party pro
mised to give it to them. He adds r "We
are determined to j take it anyhow, and
we will make it one of the grandest in
the Union. I favor the scheme to pur
chase the Cherokee strip and other
lands in Indian Territory, exclusively
for negro settlement Give us the Blair
bill, the Indian! territory, and Senator
Butler's five million dollars, and we shall
be content. Oklahoma, in my judgment,
is the,,land ot promise for the race, and
migration the panacea for every ill affect-
$13,000! DAMAGES
Awarded in a Suit Against the Richmond
& Danville Railroad. .,
: By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Danville, Jan.! 16. The somewhat
celebrated case !bf Picketsimer against
the Richmond & Danville Railroad, was
decided here to-day "in. favor of the
plaintiff, giving him $13,000 damages for
injuries received while on a train. - He
was travelling on a freight train with a
load of cattle and fell from a boxcar, re
ceiving serious injuries. The case had
been pending to? sis: years and this was
the second ttial. In the former trial the
plaintiff got a verdict" for $10,000. The
case went to the Supreme Court and a
hew trial was granted. This time he
gets the old verdict with five years in
terest aooeo. ,
YOUNG
AFRICANS.
An Importation
t Puzzles the Authori
ties at New Tork.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, January 16. Four negro
girls, whose ages range from eight to
fifteen years, were detained here to-day
until the Castle j Garden Commissioners
dispose of their cases, lhey were on
the barque Liberia, which left Sierra
Leone on November 21, and are bound
for Nashville, Tenn. They belong to
the Karoo tribe, and are on their way to
Nashville to receive an education to fit
therri for missionary work in their native
land. Miss Sharp, who is in Africa,
sent them here,) and they have a letter
addressed to Revi R. W. Keeler, of
Nashville. 'Mi ' ' j .'
SMUGGLED DIAMONDS.
Arrest of a Steamship Captain and One of
I His Passengers.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
N$w York, Jan. 18.-rCapt. Retting,
of Ward's Line of
Steamers, and
Isaac
Laur. one of his
passengers, were ex
amined by U. S. jCommissioner Shields
to-day, on a charge of smuggling into
. !
this country over $5,000 worth of di&
mond jewelry, j Customs Inspector
Donbhue testified that the day after the
steamer arrived ihe was told that the
captain had brought a quantity of
diamonds ashore without paying duty.
Witness asked the captain tor the
diamonds, and received them from the
captain at his house in 72d street. The
captain claimed to be taking charge pf
them for Laur, to whom they belonged
1 hey were both held to answer Monday
next, and ban was fixed at $z,ouu each
LA GRIP IN BOSTON.
Another "Week
of Extraordinary Mor
tality.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ,
Boston, Jan,H8. This has been an
nother week of extraordinary mortality.
in. Boston, although the record, bad
it isj shows decided improvement over.
! i- . j nr- i
lis immediate preuecessur. two wccks
ago the deaths ftumbered S5S7, and the
ratio was 40.97; last week, there were
63 deaths and the ratio was 53.81. This
week there have been 89 deaths, a ratio
Of 41..84. In the! corresponding week
last year there were 184 deaths. fneu
monia. as has been the case since influ
enza set in, leads as the cause oi death,
with 93 to its charge. Consumption
caused flfl deaths; bronchitis, $4 , and
influenza itself 4. i
Morganton Herald: The Topic
say 9 the Northern capitalists now. own
100.000 acres of land . in Caldwell, or
two-sevenths of the entire area, Fully
50.000 acres are held in Burke county
by I Northern men) and English syndi
cates.
WashingtoireT; On, Sun
day we counted twenty-seven vessels ly
ing along our wharves, seven of them
being steamers. It made our waterfront
look quite business-like. It becomes
our painful duty to announce the death
of Mrs. C. A. Campbell, of Yeatesville,
the daughter of Mrs. Minerva Wilkin
son, of Washington. M
Concord Times: Mr. Berry Eudy
caught sixteen hawks last year in a steel
trap set on top of a post. Some of
our citizens are having lettuc and on
ions lor their dinners. i-Mr. Tohn
Moore has shown us an apple! twic that
has grown three Jinches in length since
the big frost. The wheat and oat
fields are completely covered jwith a car
pet of green. Both crops ;look well.
Bill Knmminger, colored, of No. 4.
was put in jail Wednesday in! default of.
$50 bail for alienating the affections of
another "coon's" wife. The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Odell
Manufacturing Company was held in
the office of the companjk here last
Tuesday. During the past six months
these mills have manufactured 2,101,397
yards of plaids, 71,245 yards dometts,
34,369 towels and 92,983 seamless bags.
Charlotte 'ATeics : Mr." R. L.
Douglas died yesterday at his! home near
the Tewfsh cemetery. Deputy she
riff Bisinger's negro has not yet been
found. There seems to be f a mystery
about the matter that is hard to clear
up. The regular passenger train"
on the Richmond & Danville having
been, knocked out of time to-day, Peg
a imgicLiil. ucLlll inline 111 Oil IIS
schedule. There was a special car at
tached for local travel. The train con-'-sisted
of four ears filled to the doors
with North Carolina negfoes going
West. - Mr. J. C. Bates, of Union
county, this State, who has been engaged
extensively in the mines of Colorado
says that it any of the mines about
Charlotte were properly worked they
would pay handsomely, All wanted is
lor some one to go to work With plenty
of capital, and our mines would be a
bigger thing than the cotton; mills.
Maxton Union: Mr. . Duncan
Johnson an estimable citizdn of the'-
Spring rlill section, died on fne 5th inst.
Duncan McNeill, colored.was bound
over to court last week undej- the charge
of burning a lot of hay and! fodder be
longing to Wesley Campbell Four
teen dwellings have been built in Max
ton in the past twlve months, and still
there is not a vacant house in town.
Mr. F. M. McDuffie, while at work
on W. G. Hall's house on Saturday was
struck on the back by a heavy piece of
timber.and seriously hurt. We learn
that some colored boys nearj Clio, S. C,
got into a quarrel on the road from
school with a lad who was carrvine a
shot-gun. Teems was his name, and
when they began to crowd him him he
fired upon them, killing oiie Outright,
and wounding four others. J The slayer
is resting quietly in jail at Bennettsvule
till court rolls around.
Raleigh lfaes & Observer: Mr.
Joseph P.' Sawyer, of Asheville, has been
appointed directorof the Western North
Carolina Railroad, vice Johii S. Harper,
deceased. Information received
here yesterday from Africa j stated that '
Kev. C. L. Powell, the missionary who
became insane and killed his little
daughter a short time ago, was dead. He
died in an Algerian hospital, where he
had been placed because of his insanity.
ine unppe nas laid hold ot autte
a number of our citizens during the past
lew days, ine superintendent of
the Census has appointed H. G. Lyle to
ascertain the indebtedness of the State
of North Carolina. He will visit Ra
leigh for that purpose, -i Opinions
were filed in the Supreme Court on yes
terday in the following cases, among
others, Morisey vs. 'Swinso'n from Du
plin; affirmed in both, appeals. Brem
vs. Covington, from Mecklenburg; no er
ror. State vs. Mills, from polk; no er
ror. Pollock vs. Warlickj from Meck
lenburg; no error. i
Lenoir Topic : The Baptists are
building a church at Granhe Falls.
Already letters are being received from
railroad constructors in Tennessee mak- '
ing bios lor a new railroad that they
have heard is to be constructed in this
county. The death of i Col. Harper,
which occurred at his residence, near
Patterson, on Wednesday afternoon, was
unexpected, as he seemed to be improv
ing, it came suddenly and was due to
heart failure. We heard last week
that the fly had been discovered in sev
eral wheat helds in this county, and that
the prospect was that considerable dam
age would be noticed inf the spring.
There is some doubt, however, as to the
dependence to be placed in a "fly" scare.
The Building and Loan Associa
tion is one of the best institutions of
Lenoir. Members are coming in from
other counties. As it stands $300 per
week are loaned out by the Association.
r The cross-tie industry of this
county is immense The great piles of
them that are packed up oh the side of -the
railroad track, near the tank, look
like they contain ties enough to cross
every track in North Carolina.
Raleigh News & Observer: Opin
ions were filed.Thursday.in the Supreme
Court, in the f ollowing cases;. Pate vs.
Oliver, 'from Robeson; modified and
affirmed. -Moor vs. Mining Co from
Davidson; reror, themotibn for injunc
tion is -denied; State vs. Watson, from
Wilson; no error; State vs. Boyle, from
Wake; error, a new trial isj awarded the
prisoner. The other appeals which "
were argued, and in which opinions
have not been handed down, are retain
ed under advisari; Court adjourned
for the term. 1 The -Supreme Court
will meet again on the 31st of January
to examine applicants for! license; and
on Monday the 3rd of jFebruary the
cases from the first district willl be call
ed. Mr. John Justice, a Raleigh bov,
now residing in Columbia. S. C., has
been promoted to Supervising Engineer
of the Savannah, Florida) and Western
Railroad system. A worthy compli
ment to a worthy boy. I We regret
to announce the death of! Dr. Edward
C. Fisher, assistant superintendent of
the Western Insane Asylum at Statin
ton, Va. Dr, Fisher was fcir a -numbeY of
years superintendent of the North
Carolina Insane Asylum Jm which posi-'
he was succeeded by Dr. Grissom.
Charlotte Chronicle : There are
now fifteen prisoners in jail in the city.,
AlUof J. W. Wadsworth's Texas!
ponies, which got away from a drove on
the 31st of December, have been caught
and returned but one,- jwhich is still
roamini? at large. A negro named
Anderson NeeTy was arrested Wednes
day afternoon near Derita for stealing
chickens from Miss Eney Todd. Dep-
uty Sheriff F. M. Bisaher started to
Charlotte Wednesday night th him. I
The negro was tied by the arms with a
rope. When they reached the railroad
cut on D. P. Hutchinson's farm the
negro had a scuffle with the officer, in
which the lattqrr.had iis vest torn.
He succeeded in throwing the negro
down, when the: negro cried Out that he
would surrender, whereupon the sheriff
letup As soon as he regained his feet he
again became ; unruly and told omcer
Bisaner tf he didn't let i him go he (the
negro) would kill him. iThe negro was.
a powerful man,; and in the struggle the
officer shot himj twice through the body
with a 38-calibrfe pistol. The negro fell
on the ground, crying out, f You have
killed me." The sheriff thought he had,
and went to the nearest j house for assis
tance. When h!e 'returned to the place
the negro was not to be j found, and the
only, thing lent to tell the story was the
rope with whicfe he was tied. This makes-.
the third timelf Neely has made his es
cape. OfficerS;.were in search of the ne
gro yesterday, j
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