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Established 1867. "For us, Principle is Principle Bight is Kight Yesterday, To-day, To-morrow, Fore ver. Published Semi-Weekly $3.00 a Year VOL. XXIL GOLDSBORO,N- C, MONDAY, ALJGUST:16, 1 886. NO. 86. MA J. CHAS. , W. IrCIiAMMY. What the Raleigh News-Observer Says oi Him. The Democrats of the third district yesterday placed their banner in the hands of Maj. Chasi, W. McClammy, who will gallantly bear it on to cer tain Tjctory, and who will make a representative worthy to succeed Al fred Waddell and Wharton Green, . who so acceptably represented that district on the floor of the Federal House, Mr. McClammy was born in Pender county aboujj 1840, and en tered the University of North Caroli na in 1855, irraduatinjwith distinc tion in 1859, beingTegarded as one of the bright men jof .thM class. His fine talents, however .&$ (not turn him from his settled pjurpose to devote himself to agricultural pursuits. and except during the period of the war, he has led the laborious life of a hard wprking, industrious farmer. When the war opened, young McClammy en tered the 3d regiment as sergeant and seived with honor and credit through out the entire period of the war, shar ing the fate of his comrades-on the march, in battle and in'prison, until peace at length restored him to the plough he had left standing in the furrow at the old homestead. As gal lant, as bravo and as true as the bra vest, he quietly accepted the situation . and earnestly devoted himself to the duties of a practical fanner. But his friends were not content with this, and his services were in constant requisi tion in every canvass, and in 1870 he was brought out as a candidate for the State Senate, and through a split in the Republican party and the fine management of the Democratic Com mittee under the leadership of Major Engelhard, he was elected to the Sen ate, despite a majority of about 2,000 against him. In the Senate he made a most excellent, careful and practical member, particularly obtaining much valuable legislatI6n for Wilmington ' and New Hanover county, Although entertaining no hopes of political pre ferment Maj. McClammy never fal tered in the discharge of his party du ties afid every campaign found him making great" personal ! sacrifices to advance the common cause. In 1878 he attended the Congression al Convention held at Fayetteville as the avowed supporter of Maj. Stedman and was made PresidentVf the Con vention. His friend was defeated and the nomination was offered to Maj. McClammy; but rising! to the full measure of gallant manhood, he tut asido the tempting offer so agreeable to an honorable ambition and declined to rise upon the ruin of his friend. , Maj. Shackelford, of Onslow was then nominated. In 1880 Maj. McClammy made an extensive canvass of the district and in 1884 he was the district elector. In that year his name wasj brought for ward bv friends for Congressional hon ors but he declined to antagonize Col. Green, who was then nominated with out opposition. He has at length been called by the people, td serve them, and we h'azard but little in predicting that he will be elected by a rousing majority. SHOW HIL.I DOTS. Snow Hill, August 10th. Sheriff Luby Harper ? and T. W. Carr, Esq., left Monday for Nag's Head, where they expect to spend a week or more. i A negro girl about fifteen years old, was found dead Sunday morning on the plantation of Mr. John Sylavants. The girl was murdered, but who com mitted the crime is not known. The Snow Hill young gentlemen are a little angry about the notice which appeared in last week's issue of the Messenger relative to their hav ing a regular organized base ball club. "Thev have not as yet organized. Since the notice in your paper, they have received challenges which goes to prove the value of printers ink. The Rev. Mr. Fulf ord delivered an address in the Court House here last Friday night on the subject of Tempe rance, which we have heard spoken of very highly. Mr Fulfprd is an el oquent and forcible speaker. Your Mr. Collins was in town last Saturday, we presume in the interest of the Messenger, or as Bryant Cobb terms it "the Beacon light of civiliza tion." Mr. Collins has relations here who were delighted to see him. . Mrs. James Azwell, who has been sick for some time past, id rapidly im proving much to the gratification of ner many warm friends, j " So many young ladies in this sec tion have joined the churph recently that our young gentlemen who are lovers of terpsichorean festivities, fear they will be necessitated to do away with this innocent! enjoyment for a while. ' Col. and Mrs. Isaac A. Sugg, who have been spending a fewi days at "Seven Springs," spent 'Monday in town, the guests of their cbusin, Mrs. W. H. Dail. The Col. notwithstand ing his recent defeat, was as lively ana entertaining as ever. Mr. Frank Carr, who liyed in Golds boro, while receiving his j education, is spoken of very highly as being the best man for tne Democrats of this county to run for the Legislature. Mr. Carr would make us ft good rep resentative. Let him be dominated. Snow Hill is indeed a lovely place, young ladies and gentlemen to while away the afternoons this time of the year. We are almost dazzled by the galxy of beauty, that surrounds ns Vvhile our young people are assem bled in the large beautiful grove of Alrs. John.C. Dixons, playing differ ent games of amusement. The young ladies and gentlemen very-frequently seek comfort and pleasure under the : shades of these tall oaks .until near the close of evening, wheni they stroll across the long -creek bridge where they can listen to the songs of the birds and admire the beauties of na turewhere they can say sweet words to each other without any, molesta tion save now and then the whisper ; : ing of the winds through the tops of the tall graceful trees which causes a limb some times to fall, and makes them look 'round for fear of approach ing iootsteps. It; was across this bridge the followin ten by a young lai friends whom she "Sis ;" lines were writ y to one of her pleases to call I want to ask you about a voung boy, Whom I hear you know very well ; I treat him as tho he were a little toy, And would play with him, but fear he'd tell. i My little hand he delights to squeeze, And begs me so hard for a kiss ; That I'm almost tempted to "raise a breeze," And give him just ono-would you Sis ? If your hand he ever' attempts to "press," Just speak of me and he'll quit; But you 11 miss lota he is nice I confess, When he has the kind of a fit. i His name on patter. I shall not tell, But will when you I next see : t And on his many good qualities I'll dwell. For he is the original "P. S. B." Chestnuts. LATHAM NOMINATED. Result of the First District Corf N vention 63 Ballots Taken. Special to the Raleigh News and Observer. Elizabeth City. N. C, Aug. 11. J. H. Blount was elected solicitor on the first ballot. The congressional convention, on the 16th ballot, at 10 p. m. stands, Latham, 137; Skinner, 93; Brown, 55; Moore, 37; Shaw, 10. The following are the counties com posing the first congressional district, and the votes to which each are en titled: Beaufort 40, Carteret 23, Cam den 14, Currituck 20, Dare 5, Gates 24, Hertford 23, Hyde 18, Martin 32, Pam lico 15, Pasquotank 18, Perquimans 16, Pitt 49, Tyrrell 10, Washington 13. Total vote 333; necessary for a choice 167. Elizabeth City, Aug 12. The judicial conyention was held here yesterday. It assembled at 9 a. m. There were two candidates for so licitor, these being J. H. Blount, of Perquimans, and William J. Griffin, of Pasquotank. Mr Blount was nom inated. The congressional conyetntion as sembled at 3 o'clock yesterday after noon.Capt. Chas. F. Warren,of Wash ington, was chosen permanent chair man. Five names were placed before the convention. These were Latham, Skinner, Brown,Moore and Shaw. At the eighth ballot the vote stood: La tham 140, Skinner 97,Brown 54,Moore 40, Shaw 1. At the time (7 p. m.) the committee took a recess for one hour. Up to 11 o'clock 29 ballots had been taken. Latham then received 139, Skinner 92, Brown 57, Moore 37 and Shaw 6. . Elizabeth City, Aug. 12, 9 p. m. Latham was nominated on the 163d ballot. The vote was 179 for Xatham, 153 for Skinner, 2 for Moore. s Latham's nomination was made un animous amid enthusiasm and har mony. THE COTTON CPOP. July Keport of the National Cot ton Exchange at New Orleans. New Orleans, August 10. The fol lowing is the National Cotton Ex change crop report for the month of July : Returns have been completed from all parts of the belt and our revision of the acreage, based on county re- Eorts, is complete. Much field work as been accomplished during July, resulting, however, in the abandon ment of some lands which were be yond redemption and thinning out m various localities of stands from clean ing up, but from present indications this abandonment is not calculated to alter our acreage basis. Perhaps no season has shown to a greater extent than this the advanta ges of thorough cultivation for where this has been the case the difference in the looks of the crop is very marked accounting to a great extent for con flicting reports , made from pretty nearly the same section. Glancing over the belt we find that the two Carolinas have continued on the downward scale, Alabama has made considerable improvement, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee show some advance, while Arkansas has returned nearly to her former good condition. Texas, how ever, has just about held her own, and fears are expressed in this latter State of a threatened drought. In localities worms are mentioned, as will be noticed in the State reports, but no damage has been done thus far. The bulk of the crop east of the Mississippi is, however, backward and therefore dependent upon favora ble conditions from now on for the maintenance of present prospects. The condition of the crop by States is as follows : Virginia, 80 per cent.; North Carolina, 76; South Carolina, 71 : Georeria. 80 : Florida, 84 : Alaba ma, 82 j Tennessee, 91 ; Arkansas, 97; Mississippi, 84 : Louisiana 82 ; Texas, 98. The average for the belt is 85.4 against 83.5 last month and by last year. . . -THE BRECKINRIDGE STATUE When the John C. Breckinridge statue now being: modelled by Valen tine, is unveiled at Lexington, Ky., it will be the occasion of the largest de monstration seen in the "blue grass" country for many years. In addition to the State militia and civic officials that will take part in the ceremonies the Masons will turn out in their full strength, for Breckinridge was an en thusiastic member1 of the craft and was in possession of the thirty-third degree. At the memorial service held in Louisville, at the time ot the great man's death, Gen. Albert Pike, the Grand Commander of the Scottish Bite, thirty-third degree, presided and delivered the eulogy, ; which now appears in James's hand book as a specimen of belle lettres. If General Pike's health. , will Dennit he will doubtless be one of the i orators at the unveiling; y'..;l:'x i;&vyA : UkV -Real Estate Morteraeres and Beeds for sale at the Messenger office.- .:. THE MEXICO 'IMBROGLIO. Opinion of an Eminent Texan Lawyer on the Question at Issue. El Paso, Texas, August 11. The most eminent lawyer in El Paso is Judge B. H. Davis. He is now a can didate for Lanham's seat in Congress. Not only is he the leading legal light, but probably the wealthiest man. He owns immense tracts of land in Mexico, and only a few weeks ago bought 200 miles of river front on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. This tract runs back five miles from the river, and back of that he has 1,000,000 acres of very valuable land. The Herald correspondent asked Judge Davis his views as a lawyer on the Cutting af fair. "Well" he said, "here are the facts : Cutting published in his paper in Paso del Norte what was undoubt edly a libel upon Medina if it were not true. Now, in Mexico, before any legal action, either civil or criminal, an opportunity is given to the parties to make a retraction. This retraction when made had all the force of a judgment with us. Cutting and Me dina signed the retraction and it set tled the original charge forever; but on the same day Cutting published in the El Paso paper the same ltbellous article in still more offensive form. It is claimed he took ten copies to Paso del Norte and he himself circulated them in Mexico. Now, at the time, I did firmly believe the Mexican author ities had the right to punish him, not for what he had done on this side, but for the circulation of the paper on xthe Mexican side. I think the internation al law of the world would have sus tained Mexico in that position. I felt satisfied in my own mind, I will con fess, that Consul Brigham had acted hastily in telegraphing to the secretary of State that the act was done on this side, for the laws of our own State make the circulating and not the printing of a libel the crime. AN UNWISE DEMAND. "When I heard that the government had made a peremptory demand for Cutting's release I felt apprehensive that it had taken a position from which, upon further information, it would have to make a more or less humiliating retreat. When the gov ernment made its demand I expected Mexico would say : 'You are mistaken. The offence, which was circulation of a libel, was done in Mexico.' If Mex ico had taken that ground its case against Cutting would have been good. But, instead of that, they bn?ed tbeir whole claim against him on a law of their own that authorizes the punish ment in Mexico for acts done in for eign lands. This position cannot for one moment be tolerated by the gov ernment of this country. It was this position which, incredible as it seemed at the time, was clearly stated to Brigham. I freely admit that the consul was riht and I was wrong, and I was glad to see the consul at the trial last Saturday, after the sen tence was renounced, had the fore thought to put the judge on the record and make him declare unequivocally that the offence was not contempt of court, not anything done in Mexico, but solely the publication in Texas. This point being settled, I change my position entirely. I do not see any honorable course for the govern ment but to renew its demand for Cutting's instant and unconditional release and enforce it. There must be some defeat in Mexican law. It appears that m Mexico it is only the maker of a libel who can be held, not the circulator. This is why they there are compelled to hold Cutting under that law which authorizes the punish ment. WAR INEVITABLE. "Now, If when President Diaz is forced to surrender Cutting, he can let himself down easy by saj'ing that Cutting was really guilty of an offense in Mexico, and that the United States had been misled as to the real offense by the judge in Chihuahca. 'Very well,' the United States may reply, 4 we will accept that as sufficient apology for the insult for not heeding our de mand. But by that action this erov- ernment was led to advise its citizens not to make defence, therefore he did not have a fair trial on the merits of the case. You cannot shift your ground of this late day. You must let him so. It Mexico would do this war might be avoided; . but I do not see how it is possible to do that. I fully understand the facts. It is out of the question for our government to yield an inch of the ground it had ta ken." "Do you think Mexico would fight?" asked the correspondent. "President Diaz is too sensible a man to want war, but he is very pe culiarly situated. He is being, in fact, forced to the wall by the oppo sition, who know that the war would ruin him. Suppose Mexico should shift the charge ? - It is too late for that now. She must surrender Cut ting or fight." THE MEXICAN VIEW. "We must be permitted to exercise the right we claim; else how could we punish offenders against our citizens when the offence happens to be com mitted on the other side of an imagi nary lin6 ? - The Mexican people are thoroughly , determined to maintain this right, and you may be sure they will never recede an inch from their present position. Thus far they have resisted you will pardon me for say ing it the prosperous claims of the United States and will continue to do so," said Senor Escobal,,who is prob ably tho ablest Mexican lawyer in Iaso del Norte. He is also Mexican consul at El Paso. i To the correspondent he said : "We have a perfect right to make such laws as we see ht for the government or our own country, and foreign nations must respect them. Under our laws Cutting is liable 'to punishment in Mexico. I want to - impress on your mind this distinclibii : Awhile the tan gible act whicb" Cutting ""did was done in the -United States -the -offence which hecomniittie4.in the'publicatioix was in Mexico. s The law Which causes you Americans so much uneasiness is copied from the code of France and has never been challenged. I must say there will be war; 'but this I know, either the United States will recede from its discourteous demand or Mex ico will not comply with it. What then ? You are a first class power, we fourth class so your papers say. Well, we shall see. Mexico is proud. She will never admit your right to dic tate to her laws and her conrts." V SAMPSON - JOTTINGS. Paragraphs Caught on the Fly by our Clinton Reporter. Sampson solid for McClammy. Our venerable friend W. H. Moore, Esq., has returned from a trip to West ern Carolina much improved in health. Mrs. R. C. Holmes and Misses Hat tie Lee and Lizzie Dortch, of Golds boro, are visiting friends and relatives m Clinton. - Copious rains -continue to gladden the hearts of our farmers, and after all it seems we folks in Sampson will not perish this year. Many negroes who left this section last winter to work turpentine in Georgia, are returning. Too hard work we suppose the cuse. The many protracted meetings held by various churches in different sec tions of the county, have resulted in adding several hundred members to the church. May the good work con tinue. The Presbyterian Church of Clinton have granted leave of absence . to its pastor Rev. Dr. B. F. Marable; who will spend his yacation with friends in Virginia. Persons who attended the Fruit Fair in Fayetteville, ' were highly pleased with the exhibit, and speak in glowing terms of the marked attention shown visitors by the hospitable peo ple of Cumberland. John R. Beaman, Esq., one of our most prosperous farmers, has for sev eral years successfully grown grass for hay. From an eight acre lot he has this seasen saved sixteen tons of most excellent hay.. Notwithstanding the immense crowd in attendance at the recent conven tion, our police force had no cause for arrest. Considering exit ting circum stances, 'tis quite remarkable, and none the less gratifying. The Congressional question being now settled, county politics are quit freely discussed. .Manyaspirants are in the held, and a lively time is ex pected the 1st day of September. Let ! us have good, honest, capable men for I our county officers, and with the gal j lant McClammy as our Congressional j standard bearer, old Sampson, as she i has always done, will do her duty no bly. In our "jottings" a few weeks since, we gave the experience of a prominent farmer, with hog cholera, using salt as a remedy. Since then we have received, a letter from one of Wilson counties leading agricultu rists, in which the writer claims to "successfully prevent and cure chol era in both fowls and hogs, by the use of soft soap." He says, that made from wood-ashes is the best and most easily administered. For fowls give one or two pills the. size of a pea, to each fowl three times a day, or in dough made up with the soap suds. Hogs should have it twice a week, as a preventive, and several times a day when sick. Half a tea cupful will do no harm. Use no other medicine, but see that the hogs have good beds and plenty of fresh water. Philo. TERRIBLE FOREST FIRES. Northern and Western Wiscon sin Burning. Milwaukee' August 10. Inquiries at the general offices of the roads cen tering here in regard to forest fires in the interior of the State show a state of things not at all dissimilar to a powder magazine with a lighted fuse leading directly to it. In nearly every part of the central northern and northwestern parts of the State the forests are burning with more or less disastrous results. The forests in every part of the State are so dry that destructive fires are liable to be re ported at any moment where there is a continuous belt of timber to carry the flames. D. H. Graves, a land hunter of Eau Claire, has just returned from an ex ploring trip through the forests on the upper Chippewa and toward the Supe rior regions. He reports the destruc tion of standing pine and hardwood beyond calculation. The fire extends in many places to the roots of the trees, two and three, feet below the surface, and burns with the animation of tinder. The smoke in the woods is next to unendurable. He says the fire is making great havoc along the river twelve miles this side of Supe rior, and what few cultivated farms are in that direction are completely swept oyer, and the. crops and consid erable other property destr6yed, in many instances leaving the- owners dependent. The fire extends from that point all along the Superior and Omaha road nearly to Chippewa Falls ten miles North of here. . The grain fields are a pitiable sight, all of them having as somber appearance as coal. The village of Mossne narrowly es caped destruction by a shifty of the wind. Wausau is now out of dan ger. At Stevens' roint, icoDinson's mill and a number ot dwellings were burned. It is expected the fire will reach the populous - southside of the city to-morrow. Fire destroyed fifty-one dwellings at Le Pere, Wis., yesterday. .Loss about $50,000. The largest individual loss was $4,000. Flames caught again last night in a barn, and spread rap idly. The Presbyterian .church was burned. A shift in the r wind saved the business part of the cityii;. : V'- Solicitors' Blanks at rtheMsssEir o'er office.- -Orders by mail promptly filled.. -7-.:; - -- THE KNIGHTS AND . POLI TICS. An Important Question to be . Determined In October. One of the features of the revision of the constitution of the Knights of Labor now in progress is said to be the granting of additional priviledges to the General Master Workman by giving him the power to select the members of the General Exocutive Board. Another suggested addition to the organization is the establish ment of a congress consisting of one member from each State, and having its headquarters in New York, to as sist the General Executive Board in the transaction of its great amount of business. Referring to the present organization of the order a member of the General Executive Board is quoted as having recently said : "The order is either too big or too small, and the question of extending it so as to take in all workingmen, or of cut ting it down so as to be manageable by the present system, must be acted upon at the session of the General As sembly in October. It is too cumber some, and at the rate of increase of the last three months within a year would entirely outgrow the present style of machinery. The work im posed upon the General Executive Board is so heavy that the active members are incapable of giving it proper attention, and the consulting members are really of no practical service. The General Assembly will probably go further than the special session went, and besides increasing the active force of the General Boarc will divide the workup geographical ly." Notwithstanding the constitutional provisions against political organiza tion there is a strong sentiment, origi nating among the members of the "Home Club" in New York, which fa vors the formation of a national labor party, which shall make nominations in all the States. Another class of the Knights favors the exertion of po litical influence in a less public and aggressive way, advocating individ ual activity at the primaries. The most conservative section of the Or der, led by Powderly and erfbracing most of the Philadelphia delegation, is opposed to political action in any form. The wire pullers of the New York assemblies are actively prepar ing for the Richmond Convention. when they will endeavor to overwhelm tne conservative element and carry the Convention in favor of political organization. A large number of the delegates are claimed to be already secured for this object, but it appears probable that the extreme parties will each concede a little and unite upon the middle ground of recommending individual political effort. DEADLY PERIL OP MINERS. Shut in and Smothered by Vol umes of Smoke Before Rescuers Came. Cumberland, Md., Augnst 9. The utmost excitement prevails at the Hon man coal shaft over a terrible accident which occurred on Saturday. The whistle had blown for the men to quit work, and a majority ot the large force sallied out together. Just as the crowd was dispersing Michael Lyons, a miner, staggered forth from the mouth of the shaft and shouted that twenty-five men were perishing in the upper slope for want of air. A large rescuing party at once start ed to their relief, and made their way with difficulty to the scene of the dis aster, one and a quarter miles from the mouth of the slope. Here they found twenty-five men lying in va rious attitudes along the gallery, and all asphyxiated. The men were car ried to the open air, but only a few were resuscitated, the majority con tinuing in a heavy stupor despite all efforts to relieve them. To-night some of the men have im proved somewhat; but are still in a critical condition. Frank and George Brode, Miles Higgins, Peter Brady, James White, and six others are dying. The accident was caused by some dis arrangement of the ventilating shaft. The smoke from the engine, not get ting out through the flue, rolled back and enveloped the unfortunate men in dense clouds, choking and suffocat ing them all in a moment's time. Mor ris White, one of the imprisoned crew, mustered up strength enough to crush the brackets of a neighboring door, letting in a fresh current of air, other wise the men would all haye been dead long before they could have been cued. res- OBSERVING SUNDAY A S THE SABBATH. Editor Messenger. I heard a sermon last Sunday which has caused me to ask for some information. The Fourth Commandment says that "the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." It is a well known fact that the Com mandments were delivered to the Jews. The Jews recognize Saturday as the seventh day, and so do the Gentiles. Therefore Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath. Whenever the New Testament speaks of the Sabbath, it means Saturday. For example, when we read such a sentence as the fol lowing : "Which of you haying an ox fallen into a pit, would not pull him out on the Sabbath day V Christ was speaking to the Jews then, and knowing that the Jews observed Sa turday as the Sabbath, he must have known that they understood, him to mean Saturday. The only conceivable reason , that the christians can have for observing Sunday as the Sabbath, is because Christ is said to have risen , on that day; But is that s.'good reason, when even Christ himself, does not author ize them to observe Sunday ! For Chnst said that he "came io fulfil the law,n and not to destroy it. . Very,wellj One part of the ? law ays that '.''the seventh is the ' ; Sabbath." . So . Christ came as much to see that the seventh should be observed as tho Sabbath as he came for any other purpose. Did he not observe the seventh himself ! In the sermon I heard last Sunday the minister who was an excellent gentleman, and was doubtless sincere, attributed our present distress partly to the lax way in which we observe the Sabbath; and being a Christian minister he must have meant Sunday by the Sabbath. Now the question is how can God consistently punish us for not observing a day which He has never commanded us to observe. If Sunday is the Sabbath, man must have made it so, and if Saturday is the Sabbath God must have made it so, if He is the author of the Fourth Commandment, and no christian doubts that. Then the next question is which law must we obey, the law whose au thor is man T ' G. M. Hobbs. BELFAST'S BLOODY WORK. Quarrels Between Orangemen and Catholics. Belfast, Aug. 10. There is a riot in gepidemic in Belfast now, as there has been during the past three weeks. The situation, howeyer, daily becomes worse. More and more men each day stop work, and every new outrage by either side is quickly followed by a similar but worse crime on the other side. For instance, the Catholics sev erely injured a Protestant womari found on Saturday in a Catholic street. The next day a crowd of Protestant women found a Catholio girl in their own neighborhood, and at once set upon and beat her nearly to death. They began to jump on her and per form other cruelties until even the Protestant men could stand the sight no longer. Belfast is now divided by strict lines into two quarters, the Protestant con servative and the Catholic liberal; be tween the two lies a debatable ground garrisoned in parts by the police. Where the police are absent most of the .inhabitants consider it quite pro per to pop away with a pistol or paving stone at any person whom they do not know. The old English rule, "He is a stranger heave half a brick at him !" is quite literally followed in many parts of the city. Only a dozen or so of persons have been killed in the riots of the past four days, but oyer four hundred gun shot wounds have been treated during this period. In most cases tne inju ries and deaths have been among the protestants, as the greater part of the rioting thus far has been between the Dolice and the urangemen. mis is due to the Orange hatred of the po lice, who are said to be Catholics sent bv Morlev and Gladstone to murder Orancremen. So bitter is this hatred that the police have been entirely withdrawn from the principal Grange quarters as the only way to prevent continual bloodshed. Their place is taken by patrols, the troups not being hated by the Orangemen. Police, however, guard the debatable ground between the Catholic and protestant quarters. Here they are constantly attacked by crowds of boys and men, who throw stones at them. Occasion ally the police answer with volleys of buckshot. TEXAS AND MEXICO. The St. Louis Qlobe-Democrat pub lishes an interview with a prominent Texan in which he said: "The feeling is very bitter against Mexico, and there is no doubt that 50,000 yolunteers could be raised for a war within ten days. A majority of Texans are very earnest in the mat ter, and anxious, that if Cuttingtis not released at once, war be declared by the national Government. It is so well known that outrages are com mitted upon American citizens by Mexico, that the whole border is aroused. A year or so ago an Eng lishman named Nicholas, who had be come a citizen of the United States, was arrested by the Mexican author itiesa "greaser" who had insulted him. Nicholson appealed to the British Con sul for protection, claiming citizen ship with England, and was imme diately released. It was a shrewd move. English rights are recognized in Mex ico, while American privileges are ut terly ignored. The incident referred to, placed beside Cutting's arrest, shows the whole condition of affairs precisely. It is not at all likely that there will be war, for the Mexican leaders know too well that they would have no show in the world for coming out of a conflict with credit, and they will hardly refuse to back down from their present position. It is not the personal liberty of the man Cutting that is involved it is the principle of the protection of an American citizen. Cutting is regarded by all who have heard of him as 'no good,' and nobody has any personal sympathy for him." DOWN ON SILVER. Boston, August 12. At the bank ers convention to-day the following officers were elected: Logan C. Mur ray, of New York, president; Lowell H. Camp, of Milwaukee, vice-presi-dent Judge John Lowell, of Massach usetts, read a paper on "Bankruptcy Legislation77 and a communication from United States treasurer Jordan. showing the present coinage and the value of silver. George Hague, gen eral manager of the Merchants' bank, Montreal, read a paper on the "Sys tem of Branch Banking in Canada." The executive committee submitted a report, which was unanimously adopt ed, appealing to all boards of trade, chambers of commerce and civil and political associations to make persis tent efforts for a repeal of the law au thorizing the coinage of silver dollars, or the suspension of coinage. A re solution was adopted favoring legisla tion to remedy defective treaties which prevent the ; return of fugitives from justice.-'.,;: r?-K -r ' - - -" "-"y.: RnintKR Goods. EefnercratorsI .Ice Cream Freezers, (White Mountain) will be sold cheap at jtuchtleb cs jisiurs. t WIIICH FAILED. A List ot These Unacted Upon ana Those Rejected. The following is a list f th nations sent to the Senate which re mained unacted upon : Dabney IL Maury, to be envoy extraordinary to Columbia; John C. Shields, chief jus- ' tice of Arizona; Wm. G. Longford, associate justice Washington territory vjreo. v .iuuan, surveyor general New Mexico: Peter F. CochiH. IWtm ' C " J VI customs, Petersburg, Va.; James Cur- rau, supervising inspector oi steam vessels for the third district; Lewis G Reed, consul at Barbados: Ottn V. Reimer, consul at Santiago de Cuba; bamuei mover, receiver of public monevs at Valentine. Neb. Olirr Shannon, receiver of public moneys at North Platte, Neb.; Nelson F. Acers, collector of internal revenue for the district of Kansas; Thomas Cooper, collector of internal revenue for the eighth district of Illinois; Gustavus Van Hoorebeke, United States attor ney for the southern district of Illi nois; Mark D. Wilbur, United-States attorney for the eastern district of New York; R. B. Pleasants, United States marshal for the eastern distriot of Louisiana; T. W. Scott, United btates marshal for tne eastern district of Virginia; T. B. Yancey, United States marshal for the western district of Tennessee; J. M. Adams, register of the land office at Spokane Falls. W. T.; S. F. Burch, register of the land ' office at Valentine, Neb.; H. Rhine hart, register of the land office at La' Grande," Oregon. Also Indian agents at Yakima agency, W. T.; Uraatillas agency, Oregon; Sisseton agency, Dakota; Shoshone agency, Vyo.f Grand Ronde agency, Gregon; Neah Bay agency, W. T.; Warm Springs agency, Oregon; Round Valley agen cy, Cal. Also, the following postmas ters : John Alden, Campbell's, Mass. ; J. A. Able, Auburn, 111.; E. W. Brown, -Columbia City, Ind.; D. C. Brown, Brandon, Vt., J. A. Bardon, Superior, Wis'.; E. W. Callis, Martinsville, Ind.; C. F. Colyer, East New- York, N. Y.;. R. T. Dobson, Bowling Green, Ohio; O. D, Derr, Roanoke, Va.; W. Groome, Vicksburg, Miss.; M. Glennan, Nor folk, Va.; W. H. Gillespie, Dayton, Ohio; T. B. Govanar, St. Augustine, Fla.; W. L. Howard, Fair Ilaven, Vt.; W. F. Harmon, Great Falls, N. fl.; J. E. Jones, Portage, Wis.; O. A. Marville, Whitehall, N. Y.; J. S. Preston, Shelbina, Mo.; F. A. Ross, Tuscombia, Ala.; J. C. Rilev, Cincin nati, Ohio; John Shaw, Van Wert, Ohio; A. J. Smith, Stockbridge, Mass. During the session twenty-nine nom inations were rejected, as follows . John Goode, solicitor general; J. C. Matthews, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia; John C. Shields, chief justice of Arizona; C. R. Pol lard, associate justice of Montana; R. S. Dement, surveyor general of Utah; P. S. Wilson, assayer, Denver, Col.: J. H. Freeman, United States marshal for the western district of Tennessee; C. H. Chase, collector of internal rev enue for the district of Maine; E. F. Pillsbury, collector of internal revenue for the third district of Massachusetts: Thomas Hanton, collector of internal revenue for the seventh district of In diana; W. L. Bancroft, collector of customs for the 'district of Huron, Mich.; Adelard Gueron, collector of customs for the district of Minnesota; ' C. H. Potter, Indian agent, Omaha and Winnebago agency; F. W. Beaner register of the land office at Oxford t Idaho: C. W. Button, postmaster at Lynchburg, Va.; Clinton Rosette, postmaster at De Kalb, Ind.; E. M. Kinman, postmaster at Jacksonville, 111.; G. W. Bell, postmaster at Web ster City, Iowa; George Wise, post master at Hamburg, Iowa; II. II. Porter, postmaster at Dowagiac, Mich.; G. P. Sanford, postmaster at Lansing, Mich.; J. C.Wise, postmaster at Man kato, Minn.; A. B. Keith, postmaster at Denison, Iowa;. F. W. McGettrickr postmaster at St. Albans, Vt.? Harry Hall, postmaster at Catskill, N. Y.; Andrew Shanahan, postmaster at Rockland, Mass.; John Seeman, post master at Denison, Iowa, and Abra ham Rose, postmaterat Vinton, Iowa. . THE POWER OP THE PRESI DENT TO REAPPOINT. Washington, August 9. The Pres ident to-day, in a number of cases, reappointed to the same office th same officials who were rejected bv U C? mi.' 1 i J luo ocuaic mis uas given rise io a conflict of opinion in department cir cles COnCPrtlinc tfA lpcAlittr rt artnU action, some high officials holding inai tne tenure or omceact prohibits the President during the recess of the Senate from refl.nrftintJnne fV OCA jected nominees, while others take the prouna mat, as tne uonstitution vests in the President the power to fill va cancies, he has a perfect right to da so. It seems to be conceded that in the matter of reappointing postmas ters he can do so. as the term nf office act makes an exception as to tnem, and tne accounting officers can pass their accounts. But as to the ' other officers, while the President may reappoint them, it is questiona- me wnetner, with the tenure of office act on the statute boos, they can re ceive their salanes. ' A Mail Fraud Punished at Milwau kee, Wis. Everyone should remember that the pres ence of Gens. Beauregard and Early af the Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery hay ing entire charge, is a guarantee of absolute fairness and that the chances of all are equal. ana inaino numan Demg can Know oerore hand what number will draw a prize; there fore, any party advertising to guarantee prizes in the drawings of The Louisiana State Lot tery, or holding out other inducements impos-6-sible to carry out, is a swindler and cheat. Money sent in answer to such advertisements is obtained . with a view to deceive and de- " fraud the-unwary. To do the right thing ad dress M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans. La. One of these swindlers, Itobert Riley, alias W. Hu ber Co was sent to prison for ten months ' at Milwaukee last month, and It served him right. r - . ' , ,.v . ; "All the Latest Styles irt' Fararols Mi kado; Canopy, Coaching and Sun Bbadea.. in Cream, Baize, Tan, &c, at f 21. E. Castex & Co'ft NOMINATIONS T- 1.
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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