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OL.ArilRTON J. GREEN.
On the niiiety-fifth ballot Col.
Wharton J. Green, of Cumberland
was nominated by the Democrats of
the Third District as their standard
bearer in the approaching Congres
sional contest. ! Col. Green was" the
' dark horse in the race. It was iiri
, possible that the two gentlemen who
wen highest should be nominated, so
at the opportune moment Col. Green
was put in and was soon nominated
by acclamation. ' ? .. '
The writer of this, probably knows
,- Wharton J. Green better as he has
known him longer than any other
( nian has known him in the ThifDis-
trict. We were schoolmates together
th
urtv-six vears ago. ana trom ,tnat
tjme until now we have been personal
friends. We will not allow, warm
personal attachments- to point our
nen and to move ns to sav what we
do not feel i and know. -We w.ill
peak of him candidly and justly. ;
, - - .
Wordsworth has. said that, "the
child is father of the man." Dry-
en belore mm had . said that "men
aire but - children or larger -growth
Now for the j application.- As a boy
Wharton Green was.amiable, kindly,
avnerooH-Thej.wijjlung mean.
or vicious or sordid in him'. ' He was
lleld in esteem by every schoolmate,
and there were more than ninety.
As a man he is precisely as he, was
as a boy. : In his instance "the child
Was father of the man." All of the
fine traits that made him a noble.
t - - .
generous,
warm-hearted bov, have
matle - him i
a high-toned, -upright'
gonial, benevolent, big-hearted man.
p Col. Green; is now about fifty-one
years of age, we think.' lie is in his
manhood's prime. He is well educa-
ted, well cultivated, has a quick, sharp
intellect, and writes with exceeding
dasli and point. We have never heard
him make a political speech. Ho will
make a very active and, we believe,
effective canvass." He has a fine per
sonal . presence, is courteous, courtly,
genial and brave. His war. record is
good, and he is as decided a man in
his political convictions as walks the
earth, n The people may well trust
Wharton Green. : He is incapable of
betraying any cause, and, least of all,
of betraying his oWn noble. manhood.
If elected he will . make -a faithful
Representative. He is a farmer, and
his- interests arc identified with, the,
agricultural interests of tho State.
I Col. Green is a native of Warren
county. His people are North Caro
linians. His father before him, : the
late Gen. Thomas Jv Green; rendered
service;.. in Texas, when it was the
published, about
-1845 his interesting history of the
once famous Mier Expedition ;into
Mexico.. r
We trust i that the nomination f
j
Col. Green r will " be .: weTl1 received
throughout : the Third s f District.
There is no .good Reason why every
Democrat shall: not rally around him
as he?bedrS tlieag of the; party to a
great and crowning victory, wo? must
lonaiy .nope.j tiod grant. that: when
the snn'goesj down on the evening of
the seventh of : November! &82, the
banner of the grand old democratic
party as it is borne by our chosen
standard bearer in theThird District,
may be borne jn, triumph amid hhe
glad acclarnationsof ' a united, earn
est and rejoicing people.
Iet all disjrordscease from, this
hour. Iet the watchword be Vic
TT? '', Lit; every Democrat who
ioyes his7: party t' his State, good,
Honest and just government be reso
lute ami active in f ha
coming cam -
mux may a good and benignant
;Paign;
VOL. XIII.
Providence overrule .all things for
the prosperity and glory of North
Carolina,
Onr Own Resources. .
That the resources of - North ' Carolina
ar great, and that tor ? years we iiave
.brought from abroad,' many , articles that
with a little trouble could be produced at
; home,' no one will attempt to deny. This
has been clearly understood, as relating to
Central and Western Norths Carolina, and
still our own section has been thought to
be a barren; sandy waste,, fit only for the
production of peanuts, turpentine, tar and
light wood; but within twenty miles of this
city there is boundless wealth waiting for
use. We refer, in this instance, to the
limestone, and chalk or chalk marl de
posits, . of; Pender county, and especially
those of Rocky Point. . : . -.
A: trip v to the Excelsior plantation trfJ
Messrs. French Bros.,the only place where,
as yei, me- tock quarries ana man dcos
have x been worked extensively, will well
repay any one taking an interest in home
industries. . , . .
The limestone they are burning is of the
best quality, and makes what is called "fat
lime,' the best known to practical masons.
Dr.Dabney, the "State Chemist, in his
annual report for 1881, page 65, gives the
analysis of . this lime stone, as "equivalent
to carbonate of lime, 92-58 per cent." "The
purest calcareous - minerals are " statuary
marble, and "iceland spar" which yield 97
per cent, carbonate of lime, only A per
cent, more : than the Rocky Point lime
stone. - 1
Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, the best authority
in this country on limes, mortars, &cv, rates
as "fat" or "rich" limes all those yielding
over '90. per. cent, carbonate of lime. The
Messrs. French are now burning this stone
for building Ume, and have met with the
greatest success,- the lime giving the utmost
satisfaction, and they being; unable to sup-
I ply .all the demand for it. . They will soon
increase their facilities for burning, and bar
rel manufacturings as to be able to supply
all;requiring it. They also burn lime for
agricultural purposes, and are making ex
tensive preparations to supply pure carbon
ate of lime from the ehaQt marl deposits of
Rocky Point. ' ' -
"Of seventeen samples of 'chalk' marl from
different sections of North Carolina, ana
lyzed by the State Chemist, that from the
Messrs. French Bros.', proved to be the best.
(See Report N. C. Agricultural Experiment
Station for 1881, page 64) They propose to
deliver ' this :; marl, roasted, ' purified and
ground, on "the cars, in bags, at' a price
within the reach of all . The railroad compa
nies promise to rive low rates of freis-ht. and
it ia to be liOea thit AB2 manures of this
kind will soon take the place, throughout
the State,, of the high-priced manipulated
foreign fertilizers, that have been impover
ishinr our tHJODle. ;i; ' ',; :r '
The Messrs. French are receiving testimo
nials of the wonderful effects of this car
bonate of lime, especially when mixed with
kainit, and they are confident that next year
it wfll be used in every county in the State.
The supply is inexhaustible, and as has been
the case in New Jersey, these marl beds are
i i , , . At , -
ncss in JNorth Carolina " ;
Horse X"hJeves. ,
Two men,giving their names as Williams,'
hired a horse and buggy from the livery
stable, of Messrs. Merritt & Hollingsworth,
Monday afternoon last, for a three hours'
ride around the cityv They failed to return,
and upon investigation it was ascertained I
that, they, had crossed the ferry Monday
evening. 1 arues ioiiowmg m pursuit
traced them to Conwayboro, S. C, where
they had sold the buggy and harness to
following
Messrs. Todd&Vaught,of Nixonville,S.C.,
for $25, and together mounting the horse,'
started off in the direction of Marion, S. C.
Persons in South Carolina, who saw the two
men, said that they recognized them as J
R. and JoeTeboe, brothers; who formerly
lived near Phmnix P; O., ; in Brunswick
county.
A NcW Offlelal.'
Under this head the v Raleigh News-Ob
server , says: "Yesterdav Mr. William
Smith, who has just been' appointed acting
superintendent of the Raleigh & Gaston and
Raleigh & Augusta Railways, arrived ' in
this city, which will , be Ms headquarters.
Maj Winder was some time since appoint
ed General ' Manager of the: Seaboard &
: Roanoke, ' Raleigh & - Gaston, Raleigh &
Augusta and Carolina Central Railways,
and Mr. Smith succeeds to part of .his du
ties. .'The new official has for years been a
resident of Wilmington, and has for a long
periodbeen in the service of the Carolina
Central Railroad, havingpreviously been in
that rf the Wilmington & Weldon Rail-
road
The Crops'. - ' -
A gentleman who has been travelling
through the State 'considerably recently
says the ' corn- and tobacco r crops in the
'northern part of the State are looking
splendidly, ' and that the . wheat . crop , in
Granville and Warren is surpassingly fine,
promising an abundant yield. The crop of
"Liberals" alias " Assistant Republicans is
the only one he found notably short. He
only discovered one, and he was so quiet
about it that he wouldn't have been' sus
pected if his name had not appeared in the.
Stab in that connection.'
::V.i. feir-':':::i':ii. yu;-1' f K'K;
Aeldentally : Drowned. n..
- At Whitehall, on the night of Tuesday,
the l?th ipst.; betweeu; 1 tnd 2 o'clock,
Walter pobbin, about 18 years of age and
a son of Monroe Dobbin, colored, ,: in at
tempting to step from a fiat to the steamer
North ,Stofcv-with a torch-light in his hand;
missed his footing; fell overboard between
the boat and the flat, and 'was drowned.
. suftr,h WM mnA nr th A w?v hnt t iat
accounts it had not been recovered.
; The Republican manipulators be-
gan the clamor for election of magis-
trates by the people, and resorted to
demagogical clap-trap to carry out
their scheme. The " Democrats pro
. , - ... .
pose to meet this absurd clamor by
an extension of the principle of popu
lar election that is so very near the
hearts s of . the ; Revenue and other
Radical officials. ; If It:'-is sauce for
the goose to ' elect magistrates ' it
shall be sauce for the gander to elect
postmasters - and other Federal offi
cials. - Some people 'can : not distin
guish. Th& Atlantic Monthly gave
some very instructive facts as to the
postmasters in the South who were
mainly from the 1 North and whq
were so;very offensive" to theSouth
ern neoDle." It was not the Stab's
testimony, but the testimony of the J
most scholarly and ; popular : of. all
Republican literary organs-the great
Boston magazine. There was one
exception the Atlantic writer would
have made if i he had visited Wil
mington. Col. Brink, a Northern
Republican, has given satisfaction to
our business community, and is polite
and accommodating. . - r ;
A New England historian of abili
ty, Mr. Henry C." Lodge, has an arti
cle in the July Atlantic Monthly y in
which he shows how demoralized are
the officers in the navy. He says it
has been bad a long time. The cause
is mainly the way sentences of courts
martial have been set1 aside. Under
Grant 60 per cent, were overruled.
Under " Hayes,1 the Great Fraud, it
was much worse. 'Full 87 per cent.
were v set aside practically. Drunk
enness and more serious offences were
condoned, and the victims when con
victed wero let off mildly or the sen
tences were remitted altogether. The
North is so busy pulling : outi . the
Southern mote it has no eyes to see
the great beam in the eyes of those
in authority. I 4
The case of Dr. R. A. Kinlock,the
distinguished Charleston .surgeon,
v ,. '. i
who was charged with having caused
Mrs. Reid's death by the careless use
of cliloroforni,1bas been vindicated "by 1
a committee of the Medical Society
of South. Carolina. .The report, how
ever, states that death resulted "from
the fatal properties of that drug,
which at times will manifest them
selves in persons of peculiar tempera
ment or constitution.", '
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
Mr. T. M.' Emerson has accepted the po
sition of General 4 Freight and Passenger
Agent of the Atlantic Coast ; Line, under
Traffic Manager Haas, . ; Mr. Emerson was
formerly. Assistant". General Freight and
Passenger Agent of the Coast Line, but
a year has been Assistant General Frei
for;
Freight
Agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.
He will take charge of his new office Au
gust 1st, and will have his headquarters in
this city ,
The-Richmond r Dispatch, in making the
announcement, says: "Mr. Emerson is very
popular "with .the public, and no man well
posted m railroad affairs in the south fails
to remember him as a ; man fully qualified
to discharge all duties that maybe required
of him in any railroad position.
Cabbage North Carolina Vs. Virginia.
Capt. K W. Manning, of Pine Grove,
Wrightsville Sound, sent two heads of cab
bage, raised at - his place, to a relative at
Portsmouth, Ya., a few ? days since, who
had been boasting of Virginia cabbage and
was inclined to regard disparagingly the
productions of our own soil in this particu
lar line. The 'Portsmouth party, in reply,
stated that he had shipped a thousand bar
rels of cabbage tojthe North, and that the
two f rom Wrightsville; surpassed them all.
Foreign Shipments.
The foreign shipments yesterday were as
follows:: The Norwegian barque Vafkyrien,
Capt Olsen, . for London -England, by
Messrs. D. R. Murchison & Co.5, with 1,560
casks of spirits .- turnentine. . valued ; at
$34,080; and the British brig Budar Capt.
Jorness for Rotterdam by Messrs. 1 Pater
son, Downing Co' With 1,354 casks
spirits turpentine jand r,000 barrels of rosin,
valued at $30,306.82 Total value of foreign
exports for the day $64,386.32.
A Grand Scheme.
Under this head the Raleigh Visitor says :
"The people of Wilmington are agitating
in what seems to be an "earnest manner the-1
scheme of connecting their city by a sys-
tern of airline railway with the great lakes
of the Northwest.! By a glance at the map,
it will be seen that the - route proposed is
in. -all resnecia a ; Ifiasihlfl nni W hnnn
that the agitation of the great question.: wilL
not stop this side of its consummation."
A beautiful' shaft' of Italian
marble is to be erected over the remains of
Rev; A. A : Boshamer; formerly ' of the
Fifth Street M. Ei Church. of this city, but
late of Charlotte. It - is ten feet high,"
polished like a mirior and most -elegantly
finished. ' Mr. - .Boshamer s ' remains ' are
buried at Wadesboro. - " -1 - 7
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1882.
DISTRICT CONVENTION
ISeetlns of tlio Delegates of the Third
CnsresIonal District In Convention
imt TTarsaw The Proceedings Finy
Ballot had AVI (ho at Result. '
The Convention of the-Democratic party
of the Third Congressional ; District met at
Warsaw yesterday morning ; pursuant : to
announcement," and was called to order by
Capt. V. V. Richardson, Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee. x
Messrs.- W. ' S Cook, . of Cumberland,
Thos. J.; Armstrong, of Pender, and O. L.
Chestnut, of Sampson, were made tempo
rary secretaries by acclamation.' -
' ;"Mr, Huske, of Cumberland; moved that
as the roll of counties was called each dele
gation should name one member to act ' as
committee on Credentials, and also - one
each to compose js?ectivelf jthe commitr
tees on -Permanent - urgantzaxton and .on
Platform. TTbe following were named:
Permanent Organization -Bladen, N. A-
Stedman, Jr. ; Brunswick, S. S. . -Garason ;
Carteret. J.-P. Jones; Cumberland, Chas.
TV Haigh; Columbus," M. Campbell; Du-.
plin, J. N. , Stallings ; Harnett, J. A. '
Hodges; Moore, J A.. Worthy ; New Han
over, DeBrutz Cutlar; Onslow, Dr. E. W.
Ward; Pender, , J. G. Parker: Sampson,
J. W. Powell: i .
On Credentials Bladen, I. H. Smith;
Brunswick, Geo. H. Bellamy; Carteret, W-
S. Chad wick; Columbus, T. P. Toon;
Cumberland; ? A A , McKethan, Jr. ; Du-
plin J. C. Pass; Harnett, B. F. Shaw;'
Moore7 L. P.. Tysons New Hanover. 8. H. ?
Fishblate; Onslow, A C. Huggins1; Pender,
T. J. Armstrong; Sampson, A- E.I Col well.
On Platform Bladen, K. J. ; Braddy ;
Brunswick, W. ..Weeks; Carteret, : R." H.
Jones; Columbus,' S. F. McDaniel; Cum
berland, J. W. Lancashire; Duplin, B.F.-
Grady; Harnett, f A. L.v Smith; Moore, W.
E. Murchison; New Hanover, A. G. Ricaud;
Onslow, Frank Thompson; Pehder, Bruce
Williams; Sampson, J. W S. Robinson.
On motion' of Mr."AlTen, of Duplin, the
committee on Organization was also made
the committee on Rules.
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On motion of Mr. Williams, , of - Pender,-
the Convention then adjourned to await
the action, of thecommittees.;
7
The Convention met again at 2 o'clock,
Chairman Richardson presiding. -; : j i.
The committee on Credentials, through
its chairman, Mr.' S," H Fishblate, reported
that there was only one contest,- over the
question of proxies iirom Carteret r county,
and that the committee had decided .to al
low written proxies from all regularly ap
pointed ; delegates. They also called the
attention-ett toe Convention tic an error
made in the printed vote of Onslow county I
it being entitled to another -vote. There-
port was adopted by acclamation.
Mr. rW. E. - Murchison, of Moore, pre
sented the report of the committee on Res
olutions as follows:
" Resolved, That we. the representatives of
the Democratic party for the -Third Con
gressiouiu .uiswiuv 111 wuveauou assem
bled, at Warsaw, this day, the 20th of July.
1882, do heartily endorse the platform 1 laid
down . and endorsed , by our; party in con1
vention for the ptate at Kaleigh, July oth,
1883.- '--.. - - . - : -
That we believe bur duty to be to adhere
firmly to the doctrine and .principles of the
National Democratic party, and to do ev
erything in our. power to advance and pro-;
mote the interests of the ; Democratic party.
m JXationalBtate and county government.'
Mr.-. Bruce t Williams, of Pender, pre
sented a minority report, adding the fol
lowing: ' . . - -'ii
Resolved, That as a matter of safety and
protection to the interest of the tax-payers
and. property-owners the people of. the
Eastern portion ; of North Carolina, we
hereby declare that a continuation of the
present system of county government,; or
some measure 'equally . as effective to. be
politic and necessary for the welfare and
protection or these .Eastern-counties which
have heretofore been afflicted with the Re
publican system of county government.;
After ronftiilflraWn' il?srnasinn narfiH-
pated in by Messrs. ' Williams, of Pender,"
and Stanford,' of Duplin, in favor of the
minority, and Messrs. W. E. Murchison of
Harnett, andN. A. Stedman Jr., of Bla-,
den, in favor of the majority report, fas
covering the question, the minority report,
on a call of counties, was voted down by a
ivote of 254 to 79.V- .The majority report was
then adopted by acclamation. ..
Mr.. Cutlar, of, New Hanover, Chairman
of the Committee, on Permanent Organiza
tion and Rules, presented the report of the
committee, as follows ; . - ' ' .
' For Permanent Chairman E. T. Boykhv
of Saranson. ' s -
For Becretanes U. W. Williams, of Bla
den; J. D. McNeill, of Cumberland; J. R,
Paddison, of Pender, and LL A. Walker
of Carteret. , S i
We recommend the adoption of the two-.
thirds Yule "for air nominations, and ? that
the rules governing the Legislature of North
Carolina be adopted Dy tms Uon vention;
The report was on motion adopted ;by
acclamation. -
,The chair appointed -iMessrs. Cutlar, ' of
New Hanover and ; Ellis of Columbus, 1 to
conduct the President-elect to the chair. !
Mr-.' Boykin, on taking'his' seati thanked
the Convention forthe honor conferred,
and declared the a Convention ready J
for
business.
j On motion of Mri Newton, of Cumber- .
j land, the - nomination of . candidates : was
1 cpohtp.( m oraer. mt-!
Mr. 'J. W.' Powell, of Sampson, made
an able and' eloquent t speech, nominating
the . present incumbent, Hon. Johq W
Shackelford, of Onslow .'..
; J Mr. N: Stallings, of Duplin; seconded
the hominationin a brief speech. . , r
Dr. E" 1 W. Ward, : of Onslow, spoke, en-
dorsing the nomination and thanking the
other gentlemen for the kind words spoken.
of his country man.', .-;. . t
Mr. A IL Paddison gracefully presented
1
the name or Hon. A. M. Waddell, of New
Hanover." ' - - , , i . v
Dr. Ar J.. DeRossef, of New Hanover,
seconded the nomination. - " ; .
Mr. J." F; Jones,' of Carteret, also en
dorsed the nomination.' ' . ii '
Mji J-W. S. Robinson, of Sampson,,
spoke,- advocating the claims:--of Colonel
WaddelL , . t - . . t '
Mr.: I. ; H. Smith,; of Bladen, placed' n
nomination CbLEL-B. Short, of Columbus.
-Mr. R.?S. Huskej of Cumberland, nomi-
nated D. H.-McLean, of Harnett t
CapV J, W Ellis, of Columbus, seconded
the nomination of CoL II. B. Short. i !-
Mr. W, E. Murfhison, of Moore,seconded
the nomination of Mr. D. H. McLean. : 1
Mr. N. A.- Stedman, of Bladen," made.an
earnest and forcible speech, reviewing the
situation and endorsing- the candidacy of
."Col",H'"B' Short
; :Mx.. iAmdallt:flLf ,CiuTCt,1ndor84ihe;
nomination "of -Hon.- J.W. Shackelford. f;
.Balloting was then declared in order.' f - Si
The total vote of the Convention was 833
votes; two-thirds (necessary to a choice) 222;
majority 169. ' . ';
A'call of the counties being had, the fol
lowing was declared the result of the first
ballot: " - - ' , ,
WaddeU. Short;
Me- Shackel
Lean ford.
Bladen..'. . ,
Brunswick , . 12 "
Carteret -17
Columbus. . . .
Cumberland . '. .
Duplin 714-37.
26
2
3
32
42
20
15
31 23 37
Harnett..... .
Moore... ... 14
New Hanover 27 j v.
unsiow . ......
Pender..... 11
Sampson .... 19.
22 '
6
23
i 1 10714-37
iNo choice.'
60 : 78
87 23-37
i
j On the second ballot Moore gave Short
14 votes, Waddell 8, and McLean 7, chang
ing ,lvthe result to: Waddell 101 t4-87,r
Shackelford' 87 23-37,' : : :Short ' 74, J Mc
Lean 70. -
On the third ballot Carteret gave Waddell
8, McLean. 8i, Shackleford 3. Cumber
land gave Short 21, McLean 21. Moore
gave McLean 29, making the result stand:
Shackelford 87 23-87, Waddell 85 4-37,
Short 81, McLean 79i. j
; Fourth : s ballot Waddell.' - 105 82-37,
Short 91, Shackelford 80, McLean 49 5-37.
,f After the conclusion of Col. : Hall's speech
the fifty-first ballot was had with the fol
io wing .result: ' - t
Waddell'155. Short 115i, Shackelford 62i.
Up t ' the seventieth , ballot ; the votes
Varied for each candidate but; "slightly, the
same positions being maintained. H i ,
jl Mr, T. .Armstrohg, of; Pender, nomi-
aated Maj. C. W. McClammy, of Pender.
Seventy-first ballot Waddell 142, Short
2li JShackelford 78,McClammy 20.
On the seventy-fifth ballot Maj. Mc-
Clammy'sname was withdrawn; the result
-stood Waddell 155J. Short 125J, Shackel-:
tbrd52.. ::: " - 7 ; ;h7:,; :,
Eighty-first ballot Waddell 153i, Shorf
1521, Shackelford 27.. ' i '
The changes Were immaterial, up to th
ninetieth ballot: just before .which . Mr. D,
B.-Nicholson; of Duplin,' nominated CoL
Wharton f? Oiiasni Of Cumberland. ' VI M
; Ninetieth; ballot Waddell. 110, Green
112, Short 65, Shackelford 45.
Ninety-first ballotr-Green ; 177, ' Wad
dell 90i Short 65.
The nomination of Col. Green appeared
probable almost as soon as his name : was
proposed. . .
Ninety-second ballot Green 155f; Wad
dell 112, Short 65.
tfinety-third j ballot Green 178J, Wad
dell 89; Short 65.
Ninety-fourth ballot Green 149, Wad
dell 111; Short 71 Shackelford 1. :
, Ninety-fifth ballot Before the result of
,this ballot was announced 1 CoL Green's
nomination was , assured, and the counties
began changing in rapid 'succession. In
the confusion incident the secretaries got
the votes mixed, and on motion the ballot
was ordered retaken, Before-, this - was
done Col. John D. Taylor,-of New Hano-
yiithdrew the name of Col. .A" M.
Waddell and nominated D. H. McLean,' of
Harnett.'5 Mr. McLean withdrew his name
and declined in favor of Col; Green. ; The
result of the ballot "was Green 215', Mc
Lean 117;
I On motion of Mr. McLean: CoL - Whar
ton "J Greeri,:; of -Cumberland," was de
clared the nominee by acclamation
? Col. Green being called for addressed the
Convention, accepting the nomination and
promising his efforts to lead the party to
victorv next fall,
1 Mr, N. A! Stedman. Jr.: moved that the
mil nf thfi ftniintifiBhfi rAllftd forth!- natnino-
of the Congressional Executive Committee.
Carried.-;- ": ' "
The followmg were .named to constitute
the Democratici Executive Committee for
the.. Third Congressional .District for the;
next two years: : . . . - ',
, Bladen K J. Braddy. t
Brunswick F. "M. Moore. , "( 7
Carteret W. L. Howland.,
Columbus--V V Richardson. '
Cumberland-Jas. B. Smith. .
Duplin-JaB. G. Kenan. . " , .
Harnett N. S. Poe.
Moore L. P.' Tyson. . ,
- 'at
New Hanover W. B. McKoy.
Onslow S. B. Taylor.'
. Penderf-WT. Ennett.
. Sampson J. A Ferrell.-
Capt. 'Vi'V. .Richardson, : of Colunibus,
was made chairman of the committee.'
On motion, the thanks of the Convention
were returned to the people of Warsaw for
their1. kindness and hospitalities, and to the
chairman -and secretaries for the fair and
in-martial services thev had rendered.'
At 12 M. the Convention adjourned fine
die. -
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OUR NEXT CONGRESSMAN,
How Hit Nomination was Received
ut - His Home One Hundred " 6nm
Fired Preparations - lor a Grand
Ratification In Progress, &e.
1 r - Special Dispatch to the Morning Star.J i
FAYETTEvrLLE, July 21, 11.10 A. M-
We are firing one- hundred guos over the,
nomination of CoL Green. .' v ' "
? -, - - J. B. Starr; . ,
' PavettevtLle, July 1 1. 10 AJ M; 1
Cumberland sends . congratulations lq the
Democrats of f the Third District on the
triumph of the Green Horse, who is to
represent this District A "grand t ratifica
tion is' now; in preparation, and one hun
dred guns are being fired, v - -1 ' i
i Chairman Dem. E. 'Committee
Georgia:
Adjournment of the Democratic Con-
entlon Platform .-of Principles
Senator HIU's Critical Condition-
' Jemoeratte Congressman- for the
,State-at-Iiarge. . : , ; :
' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ''
: Atlanta. Julv 20. The Convention ad
journed after electing a-State Executive
vommntce ano adopting a platform. The
platform reaffirms the principles of Jeffer-
soman democrats, and - renews taith .in
Democratic doctrines; charges the present
National administration withi undignified,'
nartizan and corrunt interferenm ; with
local elections and the prostitution of Execu
tive pubiuusigc lot tue purpose 01 extenumg
us powevanu under color or collecting in
ternal revenue with setting on foot armed
raiding parties who often subject , innocent
LU WN) Ul UUKlhJ UUU CVBU 11US. -
Atlanta, , July 20. The Associated
Press agent called on Senator Hill at 8. 30
o'clock to-night. He is weaker than he
was yesterday, and his condition is crow
ing exceedingly criticaL .His mind is clear.
and lie realizes tnat He may die at any.mo
ment. It is not known what nrosrress the
cancer has . made in , eating . the carotid
artery. Death may result from exhaustion
or the severing of the artery, i Great sor--
row is leit. , . . k
ine vots m tne convention to-dav on
Congressman from the State-at-Large,
stood : i nomas Hardeman, 208 ; (ieorge J 1
Barnes, 78; H. H. Coalter, 31; W. H. Dab-
ney, 21.- .-' ;-. v ;
' NORTH CAROLINA. ' 1
Iiatham Renominated for Congress In
the First District A ow and a Split
in the Republican Convention at
Wilson.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star, ; i
! RaleiOh, July 20. The "Democrats of
the First District to-day , nominated Robert
J. Latham to Congress. . : ; A-- . : t
ine KepuDhcan Uouvenuon for1 the
-Second District, held.at,Wilson,:.had a dis
agreement. The negroes have a large ma-
lority. ; j ames ' J2.' u tiara, ? colored, - was
nominated by the bulk ; of the delegates;
1-iuDDSy uie pceeent iteprcsentauvn,. was de
clared renominated by the Chairman of the
Convention, it is stated tnat both will
run. . 1
TEXAS.
The
Democratic i Convention Com
pletes Its work, 1
Galveston. July 20. The Democratic
State Convention to-day completed its nomi
nations for State officers by the selection of
Marvin Martin, of Navarro, for Lieutenant
Governor : Comptroller: W. J: Strain : Com-
missloner of the Land Office. W. C. Walsh
Treasurer, F. C. Lubback; Attorney Gene(
rai, jonnu. l empieton. i ne proceedings,
so far, have been conspicuous for unanimi
ty of feeling; all minor candidates withdraw-.
t . J.1 . J 1 . .11 2 1 .3 A A l ''
ins pruuipuy auu leaving iuc utw iv uits
most prominent candidates, t
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GEORGIA.
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State Democratic Convention Hon. A
H. Stephens Nominated for Governor
Nominations for; State Officers and
Consressman-at-Largc. ...'
- By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Atlanta,1 July 20. In-' the Democratic
Convention this morning, . A. " O. Bacon's
name . was withdrawn ' and Hon. A H,
Stephens was ; nominated for - Governor.
The vote stood Stephens 325,'; scattering,
8. not' voting 37.. ' .
- The following state officers were nomi
nated by acclamation ; N. ,,C Barnett Sec-:
rotary of state; w. A wngnt, comptrol
ler 5 Gen. -1). is.1 BpeerjTTeasurer; Clifford
Anderson, ; Attorney GeneraL ; Thomas
Hardeman; on the call of counties, , was
nominated fori Congressman-at-Large; and
the nomination was made unanimous , ? -$
WASHINGTON
Attorney General Brewster's Opinions
Concerning Political- Assessments
and the Transportation of . Chinese
Through the Country.
Washington, July 22. Attorney Gene
ral Brewster has rendered an. opinion on
the issue raised between, G; W. Curtis a,nd
Representative: Hubbell, chairman of the
Republican 1 Congressional , Committer fon
the subiect of political assessments, ! in
which he holds that a memoer ot congress
is not an officer of the United, States, so
that a gift to him v for campaign purposes
does not fall witnin the statute regulating
-political assessments. The opinion will be
d Deiore a caranei meeting ou xurauajr
next.'
The Attornev General has given an opin
ion to the Secretary of the . Treasury that
the request of transportation companies to
be allowed to take some 60.000 Chinese la
borers through : this country from Cuba to
China cannot be granted under, tne law as
it now stands. - This affirms the ruling re
cently made on this question - by Secretary
Jfolger.
Walker, Blaine t has been appointed as-
sistant counsel on behalf of tne united
States before the Court of Commissioners
of the Alabama claims. r7
R USSIAN, REFUGEES
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Returning t' Europe and More to Fol-
- Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.l
Philadelphia, July 22. The steamship,
Lord UOQgn, wmcn saiieu iui juivcipwi,
tnJav tiAlr irant1 Ri'-rtv ? 'Rnssian refugees
who are sent back to England because the
inmi mmmiitiA MnnAt nrovifie ior inem.
About one hundred and' fifty more are still
bom in nhnrpv, of the Refugee Association.
Th'Prfisidftnt of that body has forwarded
letter to the London committee, explain
ing the cause leading to the return of the
refugees:
' Senator Hills' condition if unchanged
smcBThnrsday. .". "
Spirits .Turpentine.
The Warrenton Gazette will
next week enter upon its eleventh vpar
May. brother Fobte live - to announce its
centennial anniversary, ,-
Washington Pr.' On .Wed-
nesday night, the12th inst, William Har
ris, a young tnan, native of this place, fell
overboard from a small- vessel lying near
the Market .pier, and: was drowned. He-
was seen in the early part of the nightman
intoxicated condition. "-. - - - . -
Pittsboro Record t On the 27th
of June a little three-old-son of Mr. - C. -M.
Lashley,of this, count v.:. was drnwnori t
. Lamb's mhV One of the most pain
ful and peculiar' accidents, that we -ever-heard
of, happened to Mr. - Thomas Mc- t
Pherson. of this countv. on last Thnraflnv
Jljs team.-of - horses, ran away, with' the -
wagon ana ne was aragged against a tree
with such violence as to entirely tear off his "
right ear,
X- Norfolk Landmark ' "Pat. Tiorl w -
vs7 the" Elizabeth "City & Norfolk Railroad .
Company. This was an action brought by
uus putuikui. m recover. io,uuu damages of
.-the defendants? for injuries alleged to have -been
sustained by him on an excursion train
of the defendants in' August last,- After a
three days trial the case , was ended yester- '
day by a verdict in favor of the defendants. ' -
The plaihthTs counsel entered a motion to
set aside the verdict. - i -;
A strange report is current upon
thestreeU of Oxford to the effect that CoL
L. C. Edwards has consented to allow the ' 1
Radicals, to use his name as candidate for
Judge in this district. At present we hav -
notbiog-to say on the subject, preferring to
await the ftctioaMCEVJn the premises.
Oxford Free lance, A Republican paper
six weeks ago said that if the Democrats ,
did-not nominate Edwards he would be the
candidate of the Mongrels; Stab. " .
The: Index-Apmal publishes
the following: . Sometime since a charter '
Was obtained for' a railroad which it was
proposed to . run -front Margarettsville in
Northampton county, N. C, to Hicksf ord
on tlie retersburg JKauroad. Iteports which
have been received here state that work has -been
commenced and that the grading of
the road bed is beinff pushed forward as
fast as possible. This road was projected -and
is being constructed with the view of
transporting lumber from the fine timber
belt which lies between the termini' of "tho
road-:T'. v . 1.
Oxford Free Lance: The Clarks-
ville Advance learns from Mr. Armstead
Burwell, living between that place and
Townesyillei: Vance county, that the wheat
crop in his neighborhood., is far ahead of'
any ever before made in that section. Mr.
B.t thinks his . tobacco land will 'average 40
bushels per acre.-- Several gentlemen, from
different sections,- estimate; their crops as
Ligii as tnirty," ousneis jer:acre. The
apostacy of Jones and the change of base ,
of Clark are not going to defeat the Demo
cratic party, . whatever Messrs. Jones and
jiarK may tnina and desire.
- Elizabeth City Economist: The
.'editor 'of the Charlotte Observer is acquiring
notoriety in. connection witn Congressional
aspirations through Radical channels.
Notoriety, when made notorious,-becomes
a scarce - distinguishable counterfeit 01
greatness.; Washington county dots: '
The late rains have improved crops. Corn
and.nce both look well. -The wheat crop
was very good some yielded thirty bushels
to the acre.- Cotton is growing off nicely
since the warm weather, and looks well.
A young man named. John Robinson,
was kicked to death' by a mule near Ply
mouth, on the 6th of July. He died , in a
few mmutes after receiving the. injury.
i "C- Ralei'Tor; The North ;
Carolina Pharmaceutical Association has
162 members. . ; - Several rattlesnakes '
have been recently seen in. Wake county.
Notwithstandingthe prevalence of
typhoid fever in some quarters',: the general ',"
health of the city is considered good. ...
A meeting of the Board of Agriculture was
heldiyesterday, but nothing of, much im
portance was transacted, j Keports were
presented by Commissioner McGehee, Prof.
Dabney,Prof. Kerr and Fish Commissioner '
Worthy . The Board endorsed the action of
Commissioner McGehee relative to the
State Fruit Fair at Greensboro, -as well as '
the lively interest he he has manifested ia
the project. ' J ' "
Tarboro Southerner .v A ; irood
thing is told of Dr. Closs,; who, though one
pf the best men. we ever Knew, yet mane
some sharp remarks. ? He was a witness in
a case some' years ago. In "giving in"r tes
timony he used the word "scallawag fre
quently, untu nnaliy tne presiding juage
asked tne .Doctor : wnai ne meant Dy tne
tennr'scallawag." .The Doctor replied: "I
mean a man who says that he is no better -than
a negro, and when he says so tells the .
truth. i Last week, in the woods near
Gen: W. G. Lewis', the dead body of Mrs.
Rebecca Backes was found.. She was the
wife of Louis Backes, a Frenchman who
;cameto this, country many years ago. A v
few months ago she was sent to tne county
asvlum to be a-ed .for." Several times she
ran away, i Twice she came to this place,:
creating quite a sensation by her wild looks
and torn clothes. This time she wandered
off, and it is thought; died from from ex
posure. t , . . . t
.Raleigh 27ew$-Observer :'. ' The
county f superintendent . of public in-,
struction examined 70, applicants for teach
ers' certificates last week... Not more than
half succeeded ta7passihg.V'-It ; is easy
for those who wish . for harmony to har
monize; it takes two toquarreL' - What
ever is worth having is wortn worKing ior.
If Democratic success is desirable let us all
put "our shoulders to the wheel and work
together for the accomplishment of our pur
pose. Now is the time, i In November ft
may be too late. .- The Charlotte Obser
ver still carries the Democratic ticket, &l
though it "wobbles" mightily The Burke
Blade, hq understand, has long been under ,
mortgage to Mr. D. C. Pearson, a Republi
can Tevenue officer and Mott's dipenser of
patronage in that section- The Laurinburg
Enterprise has -a new editor who was an
assistant Republican editor before the paper
was purchased with Republican funds. The
Concord Sun. it is understood, has been
purchased by CoL William Johnstonor has
otherwise passed under nis control. ine
Salisbury Examiner & Price's organ. The
State Journal has been on that line ever
since its last revival. , . : '
Charlotte Observer: 1 Col. Thos.
B. Keogh, and many other Republicans in
the Fifth District feel very sore because a
straight-out-and-out Republican ticket was
not nominated; They don't want any
coalition in theirs. And so Gen. Jas.
Madison Leach is talked of as an Indepen-
dent candidate for Congress in the. Fifth
District. 1 Bfr aroiuia wjuiwi twur
j TOa men say that the lumber business is
1 beginning to pick up wonderfully along.
their line, and their cars are now trans
porting thousands of ' it.x: An Inde
pendent candidate twill run against Gen.
W. R. Cox for Congress in the Fourth
District.1 --Elsewhere we publish a com
mnnication making allegations of , extraor
dinary freight discriminations against
Charlotte in favor of Augusta, Ga., and
Columbia, S. C. itWe direct the .attention
of railroad men to the statement. '". -We
learn of a right lively - little ' fire that oc-
curred in Abbottsburj?; a town on the line
1 01 tnat roaa. ine nucui previous, x uo
dwelling house of Mr. Tetters, who is a
railroad engineers-was fired by an incen
diary and burned to the ground. A por-.
tion of his rnoxisehold effects were saved. :
; The Democratic congressional nomi
nating convention, for this district, will be held
in Wadesboro on the 23d : of August,
so the executive committee decided at their
meeting in this city yesterday. ; . : '
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