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V " .... i. w : ;.; -1 ,1 .1 f ; v - . ,.Ji : f "7ILLIA1I H. BERN AED, Editor ml Proprietor. - , WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, . December 9, 1892. HT In writing to change your addrett alwayt give formur direction u well aa ull particular! as where 1 yon wish your puper to be tent hereafter. Unlesi yon do both cnaneet can not be made. IST Noticet of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re pect, Resolution of Thanks, &c., are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage Or Death. , jy Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. y Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. ' . fgy Specimen copies forwarded when desired. . , COMHTESCIAL OEEATNESS. ' In his speech before the Nicara gua Canal Convention, which met in New Orleans last week, Hon. .; John R. Jones, of Arkansas, said: "Na tions rise in commercial greatness as the lines of transportation give them control of the markets of the world." No one would ask any proof of that for it is the history of commercial greatness the world over. It simply means that the nation," as well as the individual, which can get to the mar ket by the shortest and cheapest route can deliver its go.qds more cheaply than the nation which has to ' take the longer, slower and more ex- . pensive route and will get control of 1 that market. England has achieved commercial greatness and with it wealth and power, because she had the sagacity ; and energy to build ships and establish lines of transpor tation to the markets ot the world, and there is not a port in the world where the British flag may not be seen. There was a' '-time: .when America promised to be a lively competitor of England until f0lly got the better of sense and laws were enacted that de stroyed the ship-building industry in tins country Then the American flag soon disappeared from the merchant ship, the merchant ship with it, and England had almost absolute control of the carrying trade of the seas. It is over thirty yearsj' since that policy was adopted," and to-day when the Southern cotton buyer wants to ship a cargo of cottoii to Europe or any where else Abroad he cables lor a . British, vessel to carry it. This country ought . to be the greatest commercial 'nation in the ' world; she can be, and if she takes advantage of her opportunities she will be. There are two things she needs to become the greatest of com mercial nations, one is the ships to . ride the seas, the other is the shortest routes to the markets of the world to reach them quicker than other na tions which have the ships to ride the seas. With the latter the ships would soon follow, and such policies j would be adopted as to encourage ship-building and maritime enter- priSfc-- We have neyer been able, even if we had the ships, to compete with European nations for the trade of the oriental countries because they had the advantage of us in distance, and by constructing the Suez canal they have cut down the distance . they had to travel one half., f These countries contain over 800,000,000 of people, one half the population of , the "isarth. Their . trade has made the commercial nations of Europe rich. It has been to them a harvest field for ten centuries. We have never been able to share fit because we had to circumnavigate a conti nent and cross two oceans to reach it. What was donefor European com merce by constructing the Suez canal it is now proposed to do for Ameri can commerce by constructing the . Nicaragua canal, which will obviate the necessity of circumnavigating South America, will bring our Atlan tic ports thousands of miles nearer to our Pacific ports, and to. the ori ental countries, and our Pacific ports thousands of miles nearer to Europe. - 'As European ships, taking ad van tage of the Suez Canal, need no longer double the Cape of Good Hope, American vessels,' taking ad vantage of the Nicaragua Canal, need no longer double Cape Horn. It wilr-put ' us nearer not only to the 800,000,000 of people in the countries of-the far East, but to the 100,000,- 000 that inhabit the Pacific coast and the South 'Pacific. America is the granary of the world. With her grain and her meat she helps to feed the world, and with her cotton she helps to clothe it. She has done but little thus far in the feeding or the clothing of the 800,000,000 - who live oh the other side of the Pacific ocean, because if they needed our foodstuffs or our cotton, we had too f ar to travel to . teach them and sell them at such nrlf ae thpu rnnli affvrrt tn t-vit. but with this , short route opened - there will ,come the new opportune ties tor tne American grain-grower anctcotton-grower, then the bound less "J world will be ours. Instead of . shipping - cotton . to Eng land- there to . be reshipped and freighted to China, Japan, Australia, and other countries, it "". will go direct from our own ports, at less cost, and we will have a great . and a constantly growing market for all the cotton we, can grow. We ship some cotton and cotton goods to , Japan and China now, although they are sent across this1 continent by rail, - and Shipped across the Pacific. This is a roundabout way, and a costly : . J way but with all that bur cotton trade - with Japan has increased from 84,257 pounds in 1888 to ,7,000,000 . pounds in 1891. It was carried from-New - Orleans to New York by water, from New York over the Canadian Pacific across the continent, and. to Japan by a Canadian Pacific steamer. There will be a' demand not only for Ameri can cotton but for American cotton fabrics which stapd well over there, especially Southern goods, for which' there is even now a growing demand. These are some of the reasons why the South is and should be interested in this grand scheme. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. When the Electoral College was tablished the intention was that the electors should elect the presi dent and Vice President and hence they were called electors. But the electors now are not electors. ; They are simply agents to go through the form of casting their ballots for the candidates representing the party to which they belong. It is not only a useless institution now, entirely an other thing from" what it was origi nally intended to '"be, but it may prove a dangerous institution. The sooner it is abolished and the Presi dent and Vice President elected by the direct vote of the people the better it will be for the future of the Republic. , There are good and sufficient rea sons why the U. S. Senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people instead of by the' proxy method which now prevails, but there are even better reasons why the President and Vice President should be so elected. There are now 88 Senators; with more to be added in time, and although there may be fraud and money used in the election of these, there is no likelihood of this resulting in serious danger to the peace of the country. There is but one President and Vice President and there is no. telling, when a dis pute over the election of an elector, in a close election, might not involve the country in" trouble that might prove perilous to the Republic. In 1876 a conflict was avoided when a dispute arose as to which party had a majority in the Electoral College, when an improvised com mission, unknown to" the Constitu tion, gave the office of President and Vice-President to men who were not elected, and who went into office with a maiority of 250,000 votes against them. The election is so one-sided this year- that while the vote is so close in California and in North Dakota that it is still in doubt, and in Mich igan, Oregon, Kansas and Ohio the electoral vote is divided, there can be no danger, but if the election were so close that it would take any or all of these votes to decide it, how would it be then? There might be no trouble over the vote of Mich igan, although an effort was made before the election to have the law of the State providing for the elec tion of electors, by districts declared unconstitutional, but in Ohio the Democrats got one elector by some technical error, white in Kansas the Republicans got one . elector by- an error in the name -of one of the Weaver electors, If the election de pehded on the vote of - these two, is it unreasonable to suppose that these votes would be questioned, and that they might result in some very serious and dangerous compli cations? . The votes of California and North Dakota are very close, while in the former the votes for the respec tive electors vary so much that it is not yet definitely determined which of them are elected. If these votes were necessary to decide the result what a field California and North Dakota would be for the return. manipulator and for the briber. The only thing- which divests them of vital interest now and of - possible peril is the overwhelming majority which , Cleveland and Stevenson have, which makes those votes of no importance, whichever way they go, But elections are not often so one sided; they arelpftener very close, and there is no telling when they may be so close as to make the con dition which prevails in California, North Dakota,' Kansas and Ohio not onTy very interesting but full of peril. Aside from this, the President represents the people and he should be elected by the people; : The man who receives the highest number of the people's votes should be the President, and should not be de prived of the omce through a piece of cumbrous and" autiquated ma chinery which' should have been dis pensed with long ago, at least when the people began to meet in conven tion and name, their candidates, x here is neither sense nor reason in their going to the polls to cast their votes for Joe Brown or John Smith to go to the. State capital and cast their votes for the candidates for whom the people , indirectly voted, When they voted for them. There is neither sense nor reason in it, in ad dition to which it more frequently than otherwise defeats the choice of the people and elects men whom the people did not want. . I If the people elected the President and Vice-President ty their 'votes di rect we would have no more pivotal States, nor close States, .:nor doubt iui atates, and there would De ; no Dig poocue tunas raised; to carry these as there Is now and has been for years. This would be so much gained from the standpoint of. hon esty and morality, and a long stride taken in the direction of honest elec tions, a free ballot and a fair ; count of which we hear so much these days from the fellows who don't want a free, ballot : or a fair count And when the pivotal State ceases to be a factor then conventions will be more apt to selecCthe men who come nearest to meeting the popular . de-. mand regardless of the fact whether they are the men who can ..carry -the-, pivotal States or not. ;J The. object then will be to .choose men who stand best "with the people of all the States. , From any "standpoint from . which it may be viewed there is every rea son why the people should elect their President and Vice-President without the agency. of the utterly, useless and - possibly-' dangerous- Electoral College. - Mr. H. C " King, Commissioner of J Deeds for North Carolina, writes us from London, England, to warn peo ple from being taken in by the "next of kin" swindle, which is so largely played upon credulous people on this side of the water. He says not one in a hundred of these claims amounts to anything. His advice is to pay .nothing to anyone for enforcing a claim, which if genuine can be en forced without this, the costs coming out of .the amount recovered.- Per sons claiming to represent the British Government in hunting up claimants are swindlers. If you!: are advised that you have money, lying over there waiting for you, the presumpr tion is that the informant is lying, but you can ascertain ithis fby inde pendent inquiry without bei&g beat out of money. He learns that a gang of swindlers have been working this State, and would like to hear from persons who have been in communi cation with them, with such informa tion as they may have. There is a case before the Roches ter, N. Y., courts where; a female cxti zen of that burg wants to recover $1,000 from a census taker who after taking the census took a kiss with out her permission.. She walloped him with a broon, had him arrested and fined $5, and not satisfied with that she thinks he got $1,000 worth of kiss and wants to make him pay for it. ' -. I Some Iowa Judges have caught on to the spirit of reform, but, the law yers who practice in the court of the judge who has ruled against their chewing tobacco and spitting all over the court room,: and planting their boots on the table! " when they question witnesses think he is carry ing reform to the extremes. , . ; It is said that Governor-elect Altgeld, of Illinois, isi worth $10, 000,000. For a fellow who in 1865 tramped from Ohio to Missouri on foot, and crossed the Mississippi with fifteen cents in his pocket and spent that to buy something to eat and for some paper to write a letter, this isn't bad. "-.. i Somebody seems to have forgot ten to vote at our election tor the Constitutional amendment in refer ence to the election of Solicitors, and somebody did'nt , forget . -to vote against it, which accounts sufficiently for its defeat. Mr. Brewer in the Alabama Legis lature seems to be brewing a good deal of trouble down there. Alaba ma means, we believe, "here we rest" From the legislative jangling, it don't seem to be that kind of a State just now. . .- p Defttb of Mr. We llonroe. Mr. Wm. Munroe, of the firm of Munroe & Kelly, furniture dealers of this city, died yesterday at his home on Eighth street, after a short illness. Mr. Mvnroe was in his usual: health and at his place of business last Saturday, bat that evening, while on his way home, was attacked with hemorrhage of the lungs. ! Similar attacks followed, under KUU.U 1UUUIUC OUU.UIUUCU. tuc deceased was a native of Dublin, Ireland, and had been a resident of Wilmington some sixteen or eighteen years, tie married a daughter ot Oapt. John Barry, and leaves a widow and four children. He was a member of St. Thomas' Church and of the Hibernian Benevolent Society, and an honorable. upright man, esteemed by all who knew him. 1 I ' ' A Missing Boy. - '! ' r Mr. John H. JBuchanan, editor and proprietor of the Chester (S.C.) Reporter, seeks information of his son, John R. Buchanan, a boy - fifteen years of , age, who. left home the 4th of November last. He is scarcely the usual height for his age. He has a pale face, grey eyes, dark hair, small hands, slender, tapering fin gers, a scar on the lower part of his neck from a - surgical operation. He wore whe he left a sack coat and vest of same material and color alternate dark and light stripes, dark pants; somewhat long for ' him, with small red stripe, new gaiters, new dark blue felt crush hat, and dark cravat with yellow i spots. Should this meet his eye, he is earnestly en treated to return home, i .- fatally Injured. - - - - - I - - Mr. T. A. Hodges, one of the work men in the Atlantie Coast Line shops in this city,; was fatally injured yesterday afternoon. ""While running a rip-saw in the shops a large block of wood, held against the saw by another "workman, was jerked out of the hands of the latter sa . strucK . Mr. Hodges on the head, breaking his iaw-bone, cutting his face and knocking him down. Drs. Bellamy and Wright attended him and found that his skull was fractured. Mr. Hodges' injuries are believed to be fatal." He was was taken to his home on Dock street between Eighth and Ninth and last night was reported to be still uncon scious. 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' ' ' ': I must confess I hardly know what to answer- you touching your request that I assist you in securing - the ap pointment to the position which you in tend to apply for. - . " , " . You must know, ; without anyassu ranee from me, it would give me great pleasure to do you a personal favor, but I am sure you cannot fail to .see how em barrassirjg, not to say hurtful, it would be for me to take part ia a contest be tween friends over local positions. - For this reason I have refused to sign peti tions of friends residing in my own town, where I am supposed to be better informed as to the relative merits of the opposing applicants, and my judgment impels me to follow the .same course towards applicants in other communities who have "honored me by the suggestion that ! might aid them. It seems to me this is the wiser course for me to pursue, since if I could be of any service in this regard, the influence I am asked to em ploy is not personal' but official. . -1 have thought much upon this sub ject during the past few days, and it has occurred to me that our Senators and Representatives in Congress would be much aided and relieved it some method could be devised by which the ; County Executive Committees would . investi gate and in an official way decide con flicting claims arising in the distribution of ' local patronage. These decisions would be nothing more than ? partisan recommendations, and would be given by our Representatives only such weight as this sanction would naturally ; impart to them. Likewise the State and Dis trict Committees might act in cases which would naturally fall under their respective jurisdictions. It as not un reasonable to suppose under such a sys tem; patronage would be iustly and mer itoriously awarded; scandals, and expen sive, not to say in many cases unseemly. contests avoided or rendered less public ui course such - a plan . could not be in augurated and should not be attempted without the approval and consent of our Representatives in -the Congress - to whom the President looks for advice in these matters, and upon whose advice he generally very properly acts. 1 am in clined to think but little if any opposition would be offered by them to any plan along this line, the feasibility of which would meet the approval of their udg ment. - . it a system oi tne kind i nave sug gested would tend to accomplish the end I have intimated, I am sure it would accomplish another object, which from a partisan standpoint is much to be de sired. Our weak point as a party is lack or local organization, and this would produce a better and more perfect organization in the counties. It would invest these committees with new and attractive functions, and the best and most active, men in the party would not only seek place on them but would dis charge the duties imposed with a zeal and efficiency hitherto unknown with us. With the strong Democratic senti ment among our people, fostered and guided by such an organization as would be thus secured, the Democratic party would become invincible in North Caro lina. I have always believed in the, efficacy of organization, but my faith in it as a political factor has been greatly, almost immeasurably strengthened, by my re cent experience. With safety, and I hope without im modesty, l can say our organization in North Carolina is better than it has been: but it is still far short of what it should be, it we wish to be prepared to contend with such dangers to our party ascendancy as those we have just suo cesstully resisted. " These are simply suggestions; crude, l admit, out which l make alter some, though not mature reflections; and while I think them worthy of consideration and should like to have them discussed, I confess I am not worthy of their prac ticability or wisdom. I have written somewhat hurriedly and perhaps disconnectedly, but you will understand what I mean, and I am sure will appreciate my situation and the embarrassment 1 feel in the large num ber of requests of similar import to yours which I have received from friends from different portions of the State, t I have great confidence in your judg ment and in your friendship, and 1 would esteem it a favor if you would consider what I have written, and leaving your own case out of consideration, give me your views in the premises. " . Iam, yours truly, (Signed . F. W. Simmons, INFESTED BY ROBBERS. A Band, of Thieves Depredating on the Citizens of Fayettenlle A Bomber of Stores Bobbed Several Suspected Per sons Arrested. ISpecial Star Correspondence. Fayetteville, Dec 5. Fayetteville is infested by a band of robbers. Whether organized or not is a question yet to be answered. . Several stores have been broken into and robbed within the last ten days, and it ""is the concurrent opinion of our citizens that the recent disastrous fire was the work of the rob bers, as no fire had been in -the store in which the fire originated in twenty-four hours. The following stores have been ' broken into and robbed : G. Rosenthal's clothing store, George tsrandt s dry goods and clothing store. . A. tsurns ato.s . clothing storejb. U Clark s saloon; and, on Friday night, the residence of a colored woman was burglarized and her life threatened. She identified the burglar next day and be is now in laii. four persons are now in jail who were arrested under suspicious circumstances as Deing implicated in some of the robberies, one of whom is a white man. The residence of Mrs. David G. Mc Dufle, occupied also bv the familv of Mr. John McDuffie, situated about four miles west of Fayetteville, was burned to the ground ; on Saturday night last, together with a portion of the furniture contained therein. 1 Several members of the family, notably one of Mr. John Mc Duffie s small children, narrowly escaped from being burned to death. The fire is supposed to have - been accidental. The property was worth about $1,500, and insured lor S70U. Fayetteville has for years been guarded by private watchmen, there being only one night watchman and one day police-' man employed by the commissioners&nd our community has been peaceable and law-aoiojng ana no aepreaauons or a lawless nature have rendered necessary an organized notice department: and the presumption is that the recent de predations y have r been r perpetrated by - some interloping vagabonds who had become acquainted with ' the situa tion. Several extra watchmen have re cently been appointed, and we now have some assurance that the peace and quiet of the community will be restored. . ? Fayetteville is the only town in. the South of 6.000 inhabitants that has main tained good order with only one police man; ana tais we nave none ior years; but, be it said to the credit oi town mar shal Flowers, an organized police force has not been required. . . Iimst Heetir-? cf the Old r - I-'- ' Jl. -is .ofOoU.. - Criers rsl.cl il.Ap- provedOier Matters - Considered and ' Aoted Upon. . j,"-' The annual meeting of the Board of Commissioners for New Hanover county was held yesterday at 2.80 p. m. The members, of the Board present-were Mr. H; Av Bagg, chairman,, and Messrs. B. G. ; Worthy Roger Moore and E. L. Pearce. . ' x Treasurer Hewlett submitted report for the month of November, showing balances on hand December 1st, 1893, as follows: General fund. $13,408.18; edu cational fund, $17,606.96; special fund. $184.01. " - J - Register of Deeds Jno. Haar, Jr., submitted report for month of Novem ber, showing $24.70 received on account of marriage licenses and turned over to the County Treasurer. CoL John 'D. Taylor. Clerk of the Su perior Court, submitted bis annual re port of. moneys in hand belonging t6 other parties. - Mr. W. R. French, Clerk of the Crimi nal Court Submitted his report. . ' R. H. Bunting, . P., submitted his re- Port. ; , , . - All the above reports, were received. ordered recorded and filed." Several corrections in the tax list were ordered to be made." - . " On , motion county taxes charged against the Wilmington Light ' Infantry were remitted. " - On motion, the Boarp adjourned sine- die. ' , - -V . ! THE NEW BOARD. 1 . The new' Board, of Commissioners (with the same members except that Mr. B. S. Montford succeeds Mr. Jas. A. Montgomery, elected County Treasurer) organized by electing Mr. H. A. Bagg chairman, by unanimous vote. " : Upon taking his seat. Chairman Bagg announced that the first business in or der was the examination of bonds ot the newly elected officers of the county. F. H. Stedman sheriff, presented - his certificate of election and offered his bond in the amount ot $90,000, with the following sureties, viz: Jno. D. Bellamy, Jr.. $25,000; E. S. Latimer, $25,000; W. H. Bernard, $20,000; C W. Yates. $20,000. . ... as.A.. Montgomery presented his certificate of election as county treas efef and offered his official bond in the sum of $70,000. with, the following su reties : R. W. Hicks $10,000: A. D Brown $10,000; S. H. Fishblate $10,000; W. L. Smith $10,000; N. B. Rankin $10, 000; P. L. Bridgers $10,000; J. C Steven son $10,000. , , J. C. Walton, coroner-elect, presented his certificate of election and bood.in the sum of $2,000, with sureties: Al Adrain and C F. Vonkampen. "-, . J. W. Milhs, constable-elect for Wil mington township, presented his certifi cate of election and official bond in the sum of $1,000, with S. H. Fishblate and Godfrey Hart as sureties. W. R. French offered his official bond, asXlerk of the Criminal Court, in the sum of $10,000, with' Jno. W. Atkinson and Wm. Calder as sureties, each justi fying in the sum of $5,000. J . , - Jno. Haar, Jr., Register of Deeds, pre sented his certificate of election and official bond, in the sum. of $10,000, with L. Vollers, J. G. L. Gieschen, J. G. Old- enbuttel, Sol Bear and J. W. Duls, who each justified in the amount of $2,000. Jno. D. Taylor, Clerk of the Superior Court, offered his official bond in the sum of $10,000, with B. F. Hall, Jas. C Stevenson, D. G. Worth, Jas. Sprunt as sureties. ' ' The bonds of all of the above named parties were received, approved and Ordered to be recorded and filed. On motion, the man exhibiting "Gala tea in the city of. Wilmington was ordered to pay tax as required by the State revenue act. The matter of sale of some twelve acres of county land near the poor house to Jno. L. Watson, was taken up and the Board fixed the price at $15 per acre. Memorial to Br. Satohwell. CoLE. D.Hall attended the Satch well Memorial meeting held by the Pen der County Board of Health in Burgaw yesterday. Resolutions were passed and speeches were made by Col. Halt and several members of the medical profession of the county in memory of - the deceased physician. At the request of the Board, Dr. Wal ter C Murphy consented to prepare a tribute to Dr. Satch well, to be. read be fore the next meeting of the State Med ical Society, of which the doctor was s prominent and useful member. The secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of the Board for Dr. W. C. Murphy for Superintendent of Health, , Donros.iN ohslow. . Editor Star: Our people are much enthused and delighted with the pros pect of having, in the near future, a rail road connecting the site of the town of Bay View with the W. O. & E. C. R R. These beautiful grounds, ' the prop erty of the Eastern -Carolina Piscatorial Association,. have been laid out in , lots; streets have been opened and other work looking to its building up have been completed, and Mr. J. Samuel West- brook, a competent engineer, was en gaged last week with a corps ot assis tants and laborers in locating the route of the road." The president of the company was personally supervising the work as '. usual,- and our people under stand too well his temper, as well as that of the directory sustaining him, to be lieve that all this work is being done for naught. The oysters planted by this company are growing finely, and will. be ready i for ' marketing next season; and with the fish, vegetables, fruits and tim ber available, will soon build up a thrifty business town and make this little road a paying investment C The County Boads Question. - - The Board of County Commissioners at their meeting yesterday had an in formal talk- in regard to the improve ment of county roads, as suggested in the communication of Messrs. Geo. L Morton, G. W. Westbrook and E. G, Parmele, Senator and Representatives- relect from New Hanover, (as published m the bTAR.aunday;. At the sugges tion of one ot the members of the Board action upon the matter was deferred, to give members v time to consider . the questions involved, so as to be enabled to present their views at a future meet ing of the Board which will be called shortly. - - . THE MESSAGE. SYNOPSIS . OF THE . SOUTH-HATER'S , ', VALEDICTORY . -, : The Document a Benasb. of Departmental Beports, Together -with a - Diaplay. of Muob Venom, Pique and ' Eijousm. ," -' sT Telegraph to the Homing Stai , To the Senate and House of Represent tatrves: In submittmg mv annual message to Congress,-! have great satisfaction In be ing able to say that the general condi tions affecting the commercial and in dustrial interests of the. United States are in the greatest degree. favorableA comparison of the existing conditions with those ot the most lavoreo penoa in the history of the country will, I be lieve, show that so high a degree oi prosperity and so general a diffusion of the comforts of life were never before enjoyed by our people. ' '- The .total wealth ot the country in 1860 'was $16,159,616,068; - in 1 1890- it amounted to $62,613,000,000 an in crease of ?87 per cent, v The total milage of railways in the United atates m iw. was 80,626; in 1890 it was 167.741 an in crease of 448. per cent, and it is estimated that there will be about forty thousand miles of track added by the close of the year 1892. - The official returns of the eleventh census and those ot the tentn census for seventy-five leading cities fur nish the basts for the following-compari sons: ; in low the , capital invested in manufacturing was $1,232,832,670; S in 1890 the Capital invested in manufactur ing wos $2,900,735,884; in 1980 the num ber of emoloves was 1.801.388; m mvyr Llhenumber of employes : was 2.251,134; in losu tne wages earnea were $aui,oo, 778; in 1890 the wages earned were $1, 221 ,107,454; in 1880 the value of the product was $2,711,579,899; 4n 1890 the value Of the product was $4,860,286,- 837. . - ; The total value of our foreign trade (export : and import of merchandise) during the last fiscal year was $1,857,- 680,610 an increase ot $128,883,004 over the previous fiscal year. .The aver age annual value ot our . imports ana ex ports of merchandise for the ten fiscal years prior to isai was $i,407,axa.ui,. It r; will be observed : that our foreign trade for 1892 exceeded, this annual av erage value by $400,858,591 an increase of 27.47 per cent." The significance and value of this increase are shown by the fact that the excess jn the trade of 1892 over 1891 was wholly in the value of ex ports, for there was a decrease in the value of imports of $17,513,754. j . I have felt a most solicitous interest to preserve to our working people rates of wages that would not only give : daily bread, but supply a comlortabre margin for those' home attractions and family comforts and enjoyments without which life is neither bopeiuLnor, sweet, l hey are American citizens a part oi tne great people for whom our Constitution and Government were framed and insti tuted, and it cannot be a perversion of that Constitution to so legislate as to preserve in their homes the comfort, in dependence, loyalty and sense ot in teresr in the Government . which are essential ' to good ' citizen ship in peace x- and which will bring this stalwart throng, as' in i8oi. to the defense of the flag when it. is as sailed. It is not my purpose to renew here the argument in favor of a protec tive tariff. The result f the recent elec tion must be accepted as haying . intro duced a new policy. : We must assume that the present tariff, constructed upon the lines of protection, is to be repealed and that there is to be substituted for it a tariff law constructed solely with reference to revenue; that no duty is to be higher because the increase wiil keep open an American mill or keep up the wages ot an American " workman, : but that in everv case such a rate of duty is to be imposed as will brirfgto the Treas ury of the ; U nited . atates the largest returns of ,. revenue. The contention has not been between schedules, but be tween the principles, and it would be offensive to suggest that the prevailing party will not carry into legislation the principles advocated - by it and: the pledges given to the people. The tariff bills, oassed bv the House of Reoresen tatives at the . last session, - were, as I suppose, even in the opinion of their promoters, inadequate, ' and justified only by the fact that the Senate and House of Representatives were not - in accord, and that a general revision could not, therefore, be undertaken. I recom mend that the whole subject of tariff revision be left' to the incoming Congress. ' It is a matter of re gret that - -this . work must ' be delayed for at least three months, for the threat of great tarj.li changes tntro duces so mucn uncertainty tnat an amount, not easily estimated, ot business inaction and ot diminished production will necessarily result. It is possible also that this uncertainty may result in decreased revenues from customs duties, for our merchants will make cautious orders for foreign goods in view of the prospect of tariff reductions, and the un certainty .as to when they will take cuett. . The reports of th; heads of the sev eral Executive Departments, which are herewith submitted, yery naturally in eludes a resume of the whole work. of the Administration with the transac tions of the past fiscal year. The atten tion n?t only of Congress, but of the whole country, is again invited to the methods of administration which have been pursued and to the results which have been attained. Public revenues amoutiog to $141,407,927,228 have been collected and disbursed, without loss from misappropriation, without a single defalcation of such importance as to at tract the public attention, and at a di minished per cent, of cost for collec- lection. " The public business has been transacted not - only with ; fidelity, but progressively and with a view to giving to the people in the fullest possible de gree the benefits of a service established and maintained for their protection and comtort. - r. ... . . . . i . wur relations witn ntner nations are now undisturbed by any serious contro versy. The complicated and threaten ing differences with Germany and Eng- iauu lcictiuiK iu jduiuau iiuairs, wun England in relation to the seal .fisheries in Bearing sea, with Chili growine out of the Baltimore affair, have been ad justed. . The friendly act of this Government in expressing to the Government of Italy its reprobation and abhorrence of the lynching of Italian subjects in New Orleans, by the payment of $24,330.90, was accepted by the King of Italy with .every manitesation of gracious apprecia tion, and the incident has been highly promotive of mutual respect and good In consequence of the action ot the French Government in proclaiming a protectorate over certain ' tribal districts of the West coast of Africa, eastward of the Sanhedra river, which has long been regarded as the southeastern boundary of Liberia, I have felt constrained to make protest against this encroachment upon the territory of a republic which was founded by citizens, of the United States, and toward : which the country oas ior many years neid tne intimate m. "lations of a friendly counselor. . - . t X he recent disturbances of the public peace by lawless foreign marauders on the Mexican: frontier have afforded this Government an opportunity to testify its good will for Mexico, and its ' earnest purpose to fulfil the obligations of in ternational friendship by i pursuing and dispersing the evil-doers..-; 'ce--; : 5 Qur intercourse with Spain continues on a inenaiv looting, i reoret. how. ever, not to be able to report as yet the Adjustment of the claims of the Ameri- ""ooiwuai ics, arising irom tne dis orders at f onaoe. - in" th r"jrrJi in lands, but I anticipate a satisfactory ad- jiuiucui, iu view oi renewed ana urgent representations to the Government . at Thp! treatment of the .religious and nrinrsitinnat Mtablishments of American citizens in Turkey has of late called for a more than usual share of attention, a tendency lo curtail the toleration which has so beneficially prevailed is discerni ble andhas called for the earnest re monstrances of this uovern ment. v i o --- I repeat with great . earnestness . the recommendation which I made in . sev- . era! previous messages, that prompt and adequate support be given to the Amer ican company engaged in tne construc tion of the Nicaragua ship canal. It is impossible to over-state the value, from every standpoint. , of this great enter prise, and I hope that . there may be time, even in this Congress, to give to it an impetus that will insure the early completion of the i canal and secure the United atates its proper reiauuu io when completed. - The Congress has aireaay oeen auvisou. that invitations of " this Government tor the assembling ol an International Mon etary Conference, ; to consider , the question of an enlarged use of silver, were accepted by the nations to which they were addressed. ; The Conference assembled at Brussels on the 22d of No vember, and has entered upon the con sideration of this great question, it too early to predict what results may be accomplished - by ,the; Conference. If any temporary check or delay intervenes, I believe that very soon commercial condition will compel the now reluctant, governments to unite with us in . this movement to secure the enlargement of the volume of coined money needed, for the transaction of the business of the world. . . v The report of the Secretary ot tne Treasury will attract especial interest, in view Ot the many, misleading statements that have been made as to . the state of the public revenues. -" . ' t : v The report ot tne aecrciary; oi " . brings again "to the attention .of Con gress some trn portant suggestions as to . - x i : c tne reorgantzanoq. u iuc luutuur artillerv arms of the service, which his predecessors have - before urgently pre sented. - - - j. The report of the Attorney-General, by the law, is submitted directly to Con gress, but I cannot refrain . from saying that he has conducted the increasing work of the Department of Justice with great professional skill. , .. , The aggregate ,oi Claims penaing against the Government in the Court of Claims, is enormous. Claims -to the amount of nearly $400,000,000 for the. taking of or injury to the property of persons claiming to be. loyal during the war are now oetore tnat tourt ior ex amination. When to these are . added the Indian depredation claims and the French spoliation claims, an aggregate is reached that is indeed startling. : .. . The report of the Postmaster General shows a most graiifying increase and a most efficient and progressive - manage ment of the great business of that de partment.. The report of the Secretary - of the Navy exhibits great progress in the con struction of our new navy. : When . the present ' Secretary entered upon his duties only three modern , steel vessels were in commission. The vessels since put in commission and to be put in com mission during the winter, will make, a total of nineteen during bis adminis tration ot the department. The work of the Interior Department, always very burdensome, has been larger than ever before during the administra tion of Secretary Noble. The disability pension law, the taking of the eleventh census, the opening of vast areas of In dian lands to settlement, the organiza tion of Oklahoma and the negotiations for the cession of Indian lands, furnish some of the particulars of the increased work. 1 J-- , The report of . the Commissioner of Pensions, to which extended notice is given by the Secretary of the Interior in his report, will atti act great attention. Judged by the aggregate amount of work done, the last year has been the greatest in the history of the officei ; I believe that " the . organisation . of th office is efficient and that the work has been done with fidelity. The passage of what is known as the. Disability bill has, as was toreseen, very largely increased the annual disbursements to the.; dis abled veterans. of the civil war. The estimate for this fiscal -year was $144, Voo.uuu, And that amount was appro priated A deficiency amounting to $10,508,621 must be provided for at this - session The estimateHor pensions for -the fiscal year ending June 80, 1894, is $165,000,- 000. The Commissioner of Pensions believes that if the present legislation and methods are maintained and further "additions to the pension' laws are nclt made, the maximum expenditure for pensions will be reached Tune 80, 1894. and will be at the highest premium. The report of the becretary of . Agri culture contains not only a most inter esting statement of progressive and valuable work done under the adminis tration of Secretary Rusk, but many suggestions for the enlarged usefulness of this important Department, The subject of quarantine regulations, inspection and. control,' was brought suddenly to my attention by the arrival at our ports in August last of vessels in fected with cholera. Quarantine . regu lations should be uniform at all our ports. Under the Constitution they are plainly within the exclusive federal ju risdiction, when and so far as Congress shall legislate: in my opinion, the whole subject should be taken into National control, and adequate . power given to the Executive to ; protect our people against plague invasions. ' The right ot admission to" this country and to the high privilege of its citizen ship should be more restricted! We have. I think, a right and owe a ijluty to wi uu jjcujjic, auu . especially: to our working people, not only to keep out the vicious, tne ignorant, the civil desturber the pauper and the contract laborer, but to check the too great flow of immigra tion now coming, by .further, limita tion. The report of the World's Columbian Exposition has not. as yet. been sub-. mitted. - The Civil Service Commission ask for an increased appropriation for needed clerical assistance, which I think should be given, I extended the classified ser vice March 1, 1892.. to include Dhvsi- cians, superintendents, assistant superin tendents and school teachers in the In dian service, and have had under con sideration some further extensions, but nave not as yet tuiiy determined the nues upon wnicn extensions can most properly and usefully be made. - I have heretofore in my annual mes sages called attention to the evils nd uaugers connected with . our present cictuun metnoos and practices as they are related ;tO the choice of officers of tne .National Government: -. i ' Benjamin Harrison. Executive Mansion, Dec 6th, 1882. - for Over Fifty Years Mrs. Winslow s -wimnu syrup run- been used Ysa minions of mothers for their chil- uicu wnue teetninc. Ar .vnn dis- turbed. at night rest by a. s ck and broken " at vrmr cmia sutienng and crying with pain of. Cutting Teeth? . v du:u i - uuce ana get a ; tie nf "Mm WioW. c.i..- rup for Children Teething. Its value is incalculable. . It will relieve the poor little ; sufferer immediately..' Depend --w - .v,; muiucis, mere is no mistake abOUt It. 'It ftinu rii).i.-..J m - .w (U1U UtiiX- ?ea? IS?ulai.e8 Stomach and Bowels. duces Inflammation, and gives tone enerca tn rh orVmi . . . . r v , . " fy" -i"ii - Mrs. Wmslow s Soothing Syrup" for children ..s " pwwui wme- taste and it tbepreseription of one of the oldest an best female physicians and nurses in th Sf.u tetesi ad is fr sale by all drug gists throughout the wor d. : Pria twenty-five cent a hm-fi. t- ' , S Ms- Winslow's Soothing SPIKITS TURPEN7INL - Carthage Blade '. . Mr? Daniel McKenzie of the Little River section, died suddenly last.Wednesday morning. Goldsboro Argusi With the first of Ianuary the ordinance of this city re- quiring fOW ior - privilege ia ..w reu whiskey in Goldsboro will go into effect. Raleiebi--iVw, and- Vbserver: r, Holt vesterdav set the day. of exe cution for William McKfrmly. Convicted of murder in Robeson county, for Janu ary 20th. I The case was appealed to the Supreme court but was recently affirmed, , IoIr:.w;v;.i..Last..sattnaay nii?ht a week ago two fine inules, valued at -$850 by their. owner, Mr. W. Daven port Jones,-who; lives near ratterson, were taken violently sick and; both - ol them died by Monday night. They had every symptom of poisoning and Mr. Jones is sure that the mules were pois oned. ' Raleigh Visitor; W 'e have briefly called attention to the fact that the war rants for the annual pensions due ex Confederates, "are now in the hands of the Register- of Deeds for distribution. It Is gratifying to states that there is an increase of about $10,000- over last year, which is - attributed to the aitiongj taxes paid by railroad corporations. Lumberton Robesontah: An un usual number of our old citizens have recently passed away. ' Leaving out M r. Wm. McMillan, and more tecently Mr. H. W. Harrell, Maj. C Little. . Dr. A. Bethune and Maj. W. J, . Brown have died in the last few days and have all died suddenly. They were well known and highly esteemed by all who .knew them. 1 - - Rockingham Spirit of the South: Mr. Norman McLeod, of this vicinity, died last Monday night, aged 82 years. Mr. Daniel Watson and Mr. Bob McDonald, of Wolf Pit township, think ine that a negro named John Rush, who was camping out in the woods, was Arch McPhatter ordered him to nait as he started off; the negro became frightened and ran the faster, and the two gentle men being sure they had their man pro ceeded to bring him down with bird shot. He will get well. , - . Sahf ord Express'. . The farmers are seeding down a large crop of small grain, borne ot the wneat is up and looking green and vigorous. The hotels at Southern Pines, we are in formed, are crowded with Northern peo ple who have come South to spend the winter. - Mr. Daniel GiarK, ot west End, died very suddenly to-day. He had been confined to his room about one day. He had been in declining health for a number : of years. r- Moore county is a good field for game. Par tridges, opossums, squirrels and rabbits are found in abundance. Sometimes a gang of turkeys is found and now and then a deer, Those who have been gun ning say partridges are quite plentiful. . ; Charlotte. fWf: -1 An unknown negro man was ground to pieces under the wheels of a detached section of a freight .train on the Carolina Central road last night, - Shortly after the Char lotte bound freight had left Rocking ham a coupling broke near the centre of the train. The engineer, of course, kept going with his section until out of danger of being run into by the detached sec tion.; " A nepman was walking on the track and he stepped, aside as the en gine and first section passed by. Think ing, naturally enough, ' that all the train had gone by, he got oh the track and re sumed his tramp. The second section coming up ran him 'down and ground his body to pieces. Newbern Journal : A robbery and an attempt at arson was committed at Mr. L. R. Stanly's residence, Satur day or Sunday night. Mr. Stanly's wile has been visiting in the country several' days, and Saturday" night- he went oft. When he returned Monday morning, he found a large portion of his. household furniture-; gone a - feather bed, three trunks, some pictures from the wall, the matting from the floor, the cook stove, cooking utensils, etc., all were missing. In addition to this the floor9 and wails were liberally soaked in kerosene and fire had been applied in the front room of the house, but fortunately it went out, otherwise there might have been a serious conflagration, as houses ..are thick on either side. " - Asheville Citizen: Mrs - Amanda Lee, of Transylvania county, was a hun dred years old - the day before Thanks giving, and celebrated her birthday by a family gathering at her home at Cedar Mountain. ' Mrs. Lee has lived under the administration of ; all the Presidents the United States has ever. had and re members clearly events that happened at the time of the death;, of George Washington, though she" was but 7 year old, .She -says she noticed the old sol" diers around her home wearing crape on their arms then, and on asking what they did it for was told it was in memo ry of the dead President. Mrs. Lee is in possession of all her faculties, and her mind is wonderfully clear. . - Mrs. Mary C McCanless died at her home. No, 96 Blanton street, yesterday after noon at 2 O'clock, at " 2 o'clock, at the age of 76 years. - Winston Sentinel; Chlef-of-Police Bradford received a telegram Satur day night from C P. Smith, Superinten dent of the Police Commission of Jersey City, N. J . staling that he had arrested Thomas Vincent,, colored, and would have him committed to jail for thirty days in-order to have the necessary re quisition papers arranged and forwarded to the Governor of New jersey. Vincent shot and killed Fred. SherriU. an old col ored man, early one morning several months ago, in the rear of Bailey Bros.' factory, this city. : The sheriff of Yadkin county was here Saturday with two negroes who stand charged with killing Mrs.; Esther Edwards, an aged lady of that county,; a few weeks ago. Pleas Dalton and John Long are their names. . They were brought here on a writ -of habeas corpus to appear before Judge Mclver in order that he might render decision as to whether oi not it was a bailable case. He allowed them to give bond, which they did, in the sum of $150 each, for their appearance at the, next tjerm of Yadkin court, ' -- Raleigh Chronicle: The Board of Health gave out the November vital statistics yesterday. Of the twenty-three deaths in the city, eleven were white and twelve colored, seven of the former and five of the latter being males. Only six children under years of age died. There is a rush of businessinje ui mc Register oi ueeasTDuTTng me past wees more than titty and possi bly 100 m ortgages have been released, wnicn is greater, than usual. This evi- dences the fact tight as usual. - . Glover, wanted taining money tense, has been that money is not as - -Mr,. Albert Gould at "Asheville tor ob under false ; prp caotured in Philariel- pam. ? i ne Governor ol North C&ro Una has made requisition on Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, and appointed W H. Daves as his agent..; This is the third requisition which has been made for- Glover. - Governor Holt re ceived a letter from Governor Tillman, of South Carolina, - yesterday, stating that B. E. Gray, alias Hope Secrest, had ' been convicted of assault and battery of a highly aggravated character in Spar tanburg and sentenced to two years in the State, penitentiary in that State. Furthermore that the requisition from North Carolina would be honored at the expiration of the term. He is in good hands and the celebrated murderer will yet pay the penalty of his crimes, ' ..." If persons, would " bring to bear ttfe same amount of common sense, in : buy ing a remedy for bronchitis, cough, cold and croup, that they do in the purchase of their-familyx supplies, they .would never fail to procure Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.'. 1 i : - . t ------ ) v 4- i . . .t . w . - ; - v ... ."r -" '.! ' ? - - ' V '-..SH.'.(:,.w?; '1- 'I E - t-v t -r r" - I i' -1 ? t i- i