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- ' ". -- V- - . .- .- ' - ' - . "' ' . 1 - - 11 - ... ... - . . , ' I,., , .... - - , - , - . - The: Weekly. Star. WII H. BEBU ABD, Editor and Prop'r. ; Wilmington, tf. c. ; Friday,.--' - September 15, J882. lIn writing to change 'your address, always give former direction as well as full particulars as " where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter.. Unless you'do both changes can not be made. . eNotices of Marriaee or Death, Tributes of " Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, &., 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. : r -f j ; ' L ' "Remittances must be made by Check, Draft-, ; Postal Money Order or Registered Letter, Post f - -. masters will register letters when desired. . - . "Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. " ' 'fSSpecimen copies forwarded when desired. V 'ElectlonTnesday, NoveiiiberTtli, 1882 ' DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. 1 FOR ltEPRFAENTATTVES IN CONGRESS. I " TOB IHB STATKAT LARGE: ;. j . BISDEN TYLER BENNETT, of Anson. i .': : 5 .'is . TOB THK THIBD DISTRICT: .- i ; ' WHARTON J. OBEEN, of Cumberland. I . ' TOB BUFBXXK COUBT JTJDGK :' '. '! THOMAS BVFFIN, of Orange : - tob jo-doss: 1st Bis. JAMES Ei SHEPHEBD, of Beaufort. 2d LHs.FBEDEBICK PHILIPS, of Edgecombe. , ' " . &?LHt.AZLMAirD A. )McKOY, of Sampson. 4A Du. JAMES C. MacBAE, of Cumberland. 5A Vie. JOHN A. OILMEB, of OuUford. Uh Dis. WILLIAM M. ; SHIPP, of Mecklenburg. " - i ' ! - . , . , fob solicitors: . . - i Is LHs.-JOHN H. BLOUNT, of Perquimans, ' n.. -arTTTTixrrt TJlWTfTV nf TVnriJi amnion. . Zd Dia.-SWIFT GALL 0 WA Y, of Oreette. . . AthDisA-JAMES D. McTVER, of Moore, Uh LHs.-FBED'K N. STBTWWICK. of Orange, - 6th BisJr-FBANK I. OSBOBNE, of Mecklenburg. - NoTB.-i-Solioitors are voted for by Districts.' The' other nominees will be voted for through- out the State. . . . ' THE KIND OF EDUCATION NEEDED i FAR THK IVTCORO'ES. ' The Atlantic Monthly writer who visited the South and has - had so much to say favorable and otherwise, treated his readers to extended ob servations on the subject of educa tion in this part of trip Kepubliafcte, unlike so many ignorantjeducated men' in the North, hadfdiscovered that the South before the war had done no mean things in the way of higher education. He visited seysral colleges and found the education solid and genuine in quality, and I that the students were more vigorous I physically than the students of the foremost Northern colleges.' He consi ' dere at much length the systems that prevail in the South, and h as much to say that strikes us as sound and sensible on the needs, of this section, . .. . . . . ! - . i .' the talk of help from the National Treasury, the benefits of self-help, &c.' We find that his views and those presented from time to time in the Star are not much at variance. In his remarks lupon the kind of education needed I for the colored people! he takes this practical view: He says they need to be trained in industry and morality. They should be taught to read and write, but the really important thing is 'to tram them Ito labor and ' to give them '.'elementary moral equipment." sThis is what is needed. I When the color ed people become more economical,' more industrious, more . virtuous'land more honest, they will become better citizens every way.'All close ob servers from the ! North have dis covered, that .the - negroes stand much tmore in i need - of moral training than of political ' privilegea and opportunities. The Atlantic writer is candid enough to say ' that the Northern system is quite defec- for JQige, he .first seeks a nomina tive and "curiously unmofal." He tion at jthe hands of the Democrat8,! says it is almost entirely "intellec- leading! them : to believe that he is tual,'and makes little account of moral instruction or development." The tendency he avers, is nto make the laboring classes dissatisfied with manual labor, and, strange to say, to make them "regard those who live by manual labor as an inferior race." This has been . charged ? against the South especially prior to the war- but we. were hardly prepared for this statement by so intelligent and ob servant a writer. , He says of New England : "Our public school educa tion is a great ' source of discontent among the working people." He says the education of New England would be "of slight practical value to most negroes.". What they need is to be taught how 'to work systematically and intelligently, and how to prac tice the morality inculcated by the New'Testament. He says they need good Sunday School teaching more than they need the teaching of the common schools. He thinks that the personal influence of 'qualified elevated teachers is especially what they need. : The South requires an improved quality 6 vita) importance to labor. It is of the , South that skilled and intelligent labor should be distributed throughout our great section of the Union. The Atlantic writer say s: . , be improved by education; but as all knowl edge is not of equal lvalue to a man who must . make his living by r the labor of his hands, his education should be-adapted to . uu lauuiu uiuiskii 'Knnnin nt nnnKo ine conaitions of his life, and should aid Lun more efficiently to perforni the parr ticular duties which circumstances will re- quire of him. "" - The colored people ought certainly to be taught to read and write and cipher the three R as they are called. They, should be educated enough to know something lot the political principles and issues of -the. country, or else they will be the blind followers, as they have ever been, of blind and unscrupulous leaders They ought to be trained to habits of fru gality and industry and their labor made of a higher - quality, j- They, need to be taught that honor ; and, truth and virtue are absolutely essen tial if they jshall ever become higher in the social scale, and command the confidence and respect of the intelli gent and the moral. 5 I -f - " lhe Atlantic writer says inere is no reason for "a craze" on the sub ject of ? 'national help," and we agree with him. He savs: "I do not! think that the poverty of the Southern peo ple is so great as to render national aid for "educational purposes indis pensable or really desirable." This is very much as we have said, ' The Star has urged that there are great benefits in self-reliance and self-help. It has insisted that the, South should do a great deal better in' educational matters than it has done before! call- ' insr for Federal aid. It has insisted that the only aid that should be ac cented is that which is based upon a j. ...... .... principle of home effort-Trthe jGov: ernment giving so much and requir ing so much from the State; and that. this aid shall be exclusively under, the control of Me. State. Any other nem will" De dangerous, ana snouiu. be incontinently spurned. UNDERSTOOD PERFECTLY onl v in Virginia ' and North Carolina is it seen that, an : Indepen dent or a Liberal is an ally, practicalf ly at least, ef ' the Radicals, but this' fact is being recognized in all of the States, In South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi this js iso plain that. all men of ordinary intelligence now understand the game perfectlv How, can anv man. under whatever plea or name he may assume for the nonce, be the friend of the Democratic party wLUst tne direct tendency ot nis ac tion is to overthrow that party. : The Baltimore Day speaks directly to the point when it sas: '. ' )i ;; 'No matter what mav be the reason for a particular candidacy, or how honest the aspirant lor omce Deiieves mmseii to do, ne is on the direct roaa to ; tne jxepuoiican camp unless he retraces bis Bteps, . The Re publican leaders are well aware of this in disputable fact, and they also Know that it is much cosier, alter assuming to be an in dependent in politics to follow thei path than turn about. ; All they ask of any office- seeker is that he openly revolt against "party rule and refuse to submit to party discipline ana mey are wining io iukc uie cuaucea. I.. . 1 1 i j i j i i ,, Those who are hot for the Demo-; cratic candidates in this most impor- nt campaign are inevitably against them. There is "...no- room for meu trality in such a fight. A man! has a right to vote - as he pleases. A He has a nght to .be' an .Independent. But if so, he has no himselir a Democrat.,: right to! call He', should march under his own colors. No man will think the less of another who openly man.1 avows that he is not a party put , he will be thought the less of if ; he professes to be - a party man and then seeks ? or accepts office from the' other side, especially if as in the case of Mr. . L.. C. Ed-; wards, bne of the Radical candidates with .them and; when a' most worthy I gentleman is preferred, he then faces about, ancient seeks an alliance, with, the enemy and asks - that - they shall, hii him in the belly with a pone of bread. Be : trtfe - to thyself and thou can'st be false ;tQ any party. ITie battle at Tel-el-Klbir was fierce and the success correspondingly prompt andy decisive. r The British surprised tne Egyptians ana at a quarter Sto fiveo'clofck on yesterday morning . opened , the v attack The place was carried, as the dispatchfes say', "with a rnsh," and the Egyptians were beaten and Scattered with " the British cavalry in pursuit. ..The loss in killed alone of the' Egyptians .is placed at 2,000. English - loss isupi posed t be 200. , The Scotch ' High-1 landers did the chief fighting and be haved splendidly. t Gov.- Colquitt, - of .Georgia," has done a very graceful act in appoint- ing BenV H: Hill, :son of- rthe late eminent, senator or that .name to --.(' ............ .. .1 1 i fill his father's unexpired term in the United States Senate. r He is at pres ent District Attorney and is : said to have no little of his'father's peculiar Druuancy ana torce. ; s; ; , Coi. Green's Appointments Col. Wharton Jf Green, Democratic candidate! for Congress, will address his fellow-citizens as follows: 1 Clinton, Sampson county,'.' Saturday, Sept. 18j ' - 'f - . . Mizabethtown, Bladen county. Monday, Sept. 18. I - - r.. Tom. McKeithan's Store, Brunswick I - ' ' Dtf county, aaturaay, Bept. 3. V.. V.J HlCHARPSOIf: " :j Wit: Chairman Dem. Ex. Com. IT IS : mi . - . . I,-.. FORGERY. A Stranger Passes a "Forged Cheek on I BlessrsDebreiids St ISnnroe, and Is Gansbt InHIsIilttle GameThe -: Accused In Jail. ' A strangerrwbo has been , going by the : name of ueortje iiarnss. but wno now claims that he is only entitled to the appel lation of J. . M. ; pollier, called at Messrs.; Behrends & Munroe's furniture store, cor ner of Secondhand -Market streets. -two or three itimes lately," on: which ; occasions he would price their goods; and on Monday lie bought abiir' of furniture, stating that his wife had arrived,- and .he was going to housekeeping. .The. furniture he : selected was valued at $41, and5 in payment there for he presented a check for $160, purport ing to . be signed by Messrs. - George Allen & Co. y ; the . well known . and highly respectable hardware merchants of New Berne, and drawn 'on the First Na tional Bank of that place. Mr, Behrends, for the firm, took the check tendered by Harriss and gave him their own check for the, $119 comine to him, ante-dating the same so that it would not be payable before, the 14th of September; Mr. Behrends taking this very necessary precaution (as it proved) in order to have time to satisfy himself that the check he had received was genuine. Harriss then left, au4 Mr. Behrends soon afterwards Went to the telegraph office and sent message of inquiry in regard to the check to Messrs. Geo. Allen & Co., at New Berne,' from whom, after duplicating their first telegram, he received the following re ply, : .... - - ? Have' not given any . such "check. Do not know Harriss.' . . . ' . . , , "Geo. ALLEN & uo. A - warrant was : immediately issued for the arrest Of Harriss ;on the charge of for gery, and yesterday morning, shortly before 13.0'clock, ;he was- taken into custody at the Bank ;of New Hanover, as he was in the act of presenting the check of ''MessraT Behrends and Munroe for payment. After his arrest it was discovered that he had al tered Messrs. Behrends & Munroe's check, changing the date of same from Sep,t.'14th to Sept. i. 12th, tand the $119 on the face of the check id $14l! -! l ,"' 1 ' ' : ' Harriss was taken to the office of Justice Millis, when other warrants were:, issued and he was required to enter into bond with good security in the sum of $200 each in five cases for, his appearance' for .prelimi nary examination to-day ;j failing to furnish which he was committed So jail.' if ; . The accused is said to have been in ,WU- mington about two weeks. v He said he had been iri the employment! of : Messrs. Geo Allen & Co. , of New Berne, and stated , to Messrs.- Behrends & Munroe that he was boardins at the Commercial Hotel, .but .it was ascertained after hisj arrest yesterday, that he was boarding in a private boarding house on Front street, where an officer car- ried a note from the prisoner ; to i his wife.! A book was found in his; possession from which a card was taken bearinglhe name of "J. M. Collier, Cedar Keys, Florida, V, V Harriss is A man of eoodi appearance and looks to be about 30 or 35: years of age. -. Pink gums and mouth and dazzling teeth And breath of balm and bps of rose. i.vi Are found not in this worjd beneath - r; r !? i With young or old, save only tnose , Who ever wisely, while they may, at I . Use SOZODONT by night and day: 7 u f ,r; The Forgery Case Tne Defendant ; Committed for Trial in Two Cases. 1 The casps of George Harriss alias J.- M; Collier, charged with forgery, came up be-' fore justice Millis yesterday morning. The evidence was substantially the same, as de tailed in the Star' of yesterday's, date, and at the conclusion of the examination the defendant was requn-ed toil enter into a jus tified bond in the , sum of $200, in two cases, for his appearance at the approach ing term of the Criminal pourt, in default of which he was remanded to jail. ' The case of the forgery alleged to have been committed by the . defendant m con nection with the check purporting to have been, signed by ; Messrs. ; George Allen & Co y of New Berne, was not called, in con sequence of the witnesses necessary to prove the same being so remote from. the place of trial, the cases in which, he, , was held for ' trial being those connected, wim tne alter ing of the amount and date on the face of the check of Messrs. -Behrends & Munroe. FOR S3 A, FORTUNE 1 1 ! Such an Induce ment to its customers the Commonwealth Distri bution Co. offers in its next graud distribution of vrizes on SeDt. 30th. in Louisville. Kt. Koone should be vrithout a ticket. Purchase 07 your self, then i&duce your friends. For only $2 a cnance to win $3U,ouo. Many ocnes grana prizes. aena on your oraer at once to is. m. uoaraman, courier-Journal iiuiiaing,: ix)ui3vuie, ivy. ' There 'will be a "Democratic mass meetinsr held at Leesburff. : Pender" countv. on Sat urday nexti the 16th inst.tA fine time is expecica . ana goou speaKing s Jiaoqueni speakers are invited ; and expected. .y. Col B. li. Moore" 6f this citvJ and John Ti Stanford, Esq.7 of Duplia 'county, will at- tend and address the assembled crowd, - A similar' meeting ' will come off. at Kocky roint depot on baturoay,' the 3uth mst.' ' REAP THE COMMONWEALTH . i DISTRIBT- TIOU COMPANY!S advertisement in another part or tne paper 530,000 lor $3 and other large prizes. The most liberal scheme in the world. What is- $2 to save-when by its investment vou may secure a fortune. Try your luck. Drawing Btspi. own." cena 93 at once 10 it. m, iKaraman, Aiouiyiue.tty. j. '. ,1.. ewKi iti .- 1 xne jwuu new.xear. .1 The Jewish New Year, commenced yes terday evening at sun-down, and continues until this evening at the same hour. -There were services "at, the Temple of Israel yes terday r evening and , therei will be other services at the same, place: this mornin&r at 1 1 (I x c 10c k,' oy .1 the. , Kab bi, Jttev. S.' Mendel sohn. ahe stores' of our Jewish fellow citizens wiU continue closed during the in terval between sunset yesterday and sunset io-uayr or until to-morrow morning, ? ?.n - ANOTHER GRAND OPPORTUNITY la -now t ven by the old reliable Commonwealth Diatribu- $30,000 for $2. $112,400 will be distributed SeDt, 5th, in Louisville,. Ky. 8end for a ticket, or i luriiau u ucKec,. 10 &tMi- iJoaraman, Louls- - . ' s ' Pn1llc Spealcins ;' ' ' ' s :' . ' -i- - Cpl. t John N. Staples -ill address the Democratic voters' 'of. Duplin county ' at MagnoUa, Monday, the 18th inst; and in fender county at Rocky Point, on Tuesday the 19th. The Speaking Will begin t 12 o ciock noon at each place.- ! -t , 1. Col Staples will speak injth'is city, also, uu iicuucnuHy nignt,tne zoia inst. : UOltSFORD'S ACID fHOSPHATE makes a cooling drmk Intot a tumblerful of - ice water, put jKteasnfu1iAcid Phosphate ; add sugar to the taste.' '. . ' r TUB STORM. It Does Considerable amasejn Some r tne Sonnds One 'House Blown. . Down and. Trees and Fences JOB":' The; cyclone 'promiscld ns ih AttfrdoVf night, and which centred 'ff thrmouth-of the Mississippi river that morning, was not very severe here. A good portion of Sun. day the weather was extremely disagreea ble, and a great,: many pergons were deter red from going tq thevarious churches at , the 11 olclock services, bnt there was npthr. ing like a storm.! Sunday -nigbt about 11 o'clock, a gust of heavy wind, accompanied with rain,? passed over the city, but it only lasted a few minutes, ' ;. ; , : x.-v .; At.Wrightsyille and Masonboro Sounds the wind blew quite a gale,: but no damage is reported.. -The rain was preny oieayjr- and the tide was quite high. v. u ; , Topsail Sound was not quite so fortunate.. The cyclone struck the neighborhood, of Scott's Hill about 11 o'clock Sunday night, its scope being .about the width. , of fifty yards. : A house on j the plantation of , Vr, C. Shepard was Uf ted bodily from its foundation and thrown to the ground. It was a tenant house,: occcupied by colored people, all of whom succeeded in : making their escape; The residence of Dr. Shepard came near sharing the same fate, haying been started,, from, its foundation by the violence, of, the,. wind, but it; fortunately' escaped further- damage. . The inmates were badly frightened; us a matter of course, and fled for safety f rom'its apparently tottering walls. . The hurricane passed within about a quarter of a . mile of a Mr. , J. Fv Foy's place, and we hear that a great many trees were prostrated and fences blown down. 'vr At Middle Sound - the ' gale was also ter-, rifle. Ason of Mr. John Corbett stated to us : that he startedvto market yesterday morning, and found the road so blockaded With trees that he had to turn back and go around another way in., order ,fo get to, the city. Others report great destruction to. trees " aad damage to fences within the scope of the hurricane. . At , Smith ville :on-,' Sunday there was a series of storms of wind and - rain of short duration, but nothing like a hurricane had visited the place up to yesterday afternoon..! and no damage iareported.1 1 .-' : ,v Yesterday morning it was reported that a storm - was Reentering at ; Charlotte,-; but upon visiting' the Signal office later, tin the day we were informed that the wirea were down, north and. south and between this city and Smithville. j. :', :' It was quite windy, here during a portion' of the day yesterday, and the weather, alto gether was threatening and disagreeable, and at one time in 'the forenoon th6 barom eter was falling pretty rapidly. I The " Liverpool., Cotton - merchant" .Again. rJ..-, ' ' . -1 ' Dr.rj.'.W. JWilbert, as he gives his name but better known as the "Liverpool Cotton Merchant." who was arrested and lodged in jail on Saturday evening last, on the same old charge, of swindling Burweir Amey, the colored maii contractor, out of $41 in money, had a preliminary examination be- tore J ustice uaraner jyesierday, ana tne magistrate, after hearing t the evidence, re served his decision; until to-day. j ? It appears that the i cotton man. after leaving Wilmington, went to Laurinburg, where he was prospecting for some days and talking about purchasing land, &c, Finally he employed a colored man by the name of Jacob lioftin to come to this city and take up a 101 pi norses vo ijaunnuurg jor aim, stating that the animals were expected to arrive on a New York steamer on Saturday last.' Lof tin came here with Wilbert, but up to the present, writing he has seen noth ing of the "Doctor's" horses. ..'He is out of pocket thirteen dollars, however, which the ' 'Doctor" succeeded in bprrowirig from him. Pender County The Crops Politics, Mr.5 Brace Williams, who was in the city yesterday, informs us that Pender county has been flooded by the late rains, which have caused a great deal of rust in the cot toni but have hot resulted iri much damage to the corn, which promises a very . large' yield. The cotton that has - not suffered from rust is also' very fine, prorhising more' - - : -. , -" "V ' - man an average yieia. ; .,;r u , ,v The speeches of . our candjdate for.Con gVess, Col.'. Green, : recently ! delivered tin Pender, abounding as they did in facts and figures and sober, practical common ensc. devoid of any .attempt at display, have Set the people to thinking.iand the result. Mr; Williams thinks, will be - very beneficial to the party Col .. (Jreen . made. , an ; exceed- ly favorable Impression upon the people of ender,"ana wnen tne county; campaign opens in about two weeks . from now tbey hope to have another speech. or ,'two from nim..;- . -fiy 'h.-.vj u t; Appointments for Col, Jno. N. Staples.' Col.- JohnvN. Staples. of - Greensboro. Will address the citizens of Duplin Pender and New Hanover as follows: "' . r ' MagnoliaMonday,' September 18th, at 13 O'clock n00DVl ; r&p; rz-i e. ' Rocky Point Tuesday, September 19tb at 12 o ciock noon. . , - Wilmington .Wednesday, September 55Utn, at mghtj , ? uctavids coke, Chm'n Democratic State Exw Com., , , Farther Trials' and Tribulations of the "Liverpool Cotton Merchant." - ut. j.. . w . w iioournas - nis . Tame is now said to be, the colored gentleman from Liverpool,1 according toTbis own representa tion, .was taken from jail yesterday ;to.:hear the decision of Justice Gardner Jri 1 relation .to the case of the State" agaiiisj him, Title said vviiuourn, ior ODtaimng money unaer false pretence from Burrell Amey colored,, and also to undergo an examination on ; the charge of obtaining money, to thcamountof $13 in a like manner from one- Jason Lof tin, of Laurinburg. ; The , sequel; was that the festive "Cotton: Merchant" was required to give two separate justified ybonds in . the sum of S50 each for his appearance at . the nextterm of the Criminal Court, failing to furnish which -he iwaa' f again taken to the A The Doctor, bad . borne' up: remarkably wen unaer me somewhat exciting' circum stances by which he had been surrounded. but yesterday hcbrdkelown and beesed the jailor to give him a dose of opium from a pacKage in his valise to steady his nerves. . mm.:... .. '.ri , : J, JdiJUf JULKJN UH THE BEST, GUDDE. The reason : Whv women evervwhere use Parker's Ginger Tonic is,lbecausefhey have learned by experiencethe ebest euide- that this excellent medicine overcomes des- pondency, . periodical . headache. ' indiges- won, pam in me DacK .and Kidneys,, and omerirouoies or the sex. Rome Journal. STAR ROUTE TRIALS. Tlie Verdict Only Two of the Defen- dants .Convicted No Affreemen to BradyV Valle and the Dorseys The JTnry msenjurged The Bribery, Ques tion, Etc 5 - ; - ' ' fBy Telegraph to the Morning StarJ-j,, OTABTmswww Rent. 11. At 3 o'clock Jude Wylie took his seat and sent for the Star -Route jury.-, When tney appeureu. Foreman : Dickson announced mat mere had been no change in the opinion of the iurV Sihce theiast report ' vThe J udge then said that he jiaa-conciuueu to mxey .uvm verdict, " The - defendants were called and all answered.' The foreman then stated that the jury had instructed him to return a verdict of guilty as to Miner and Keudell, and not guilty as to Turner nd Peck; and that no agreement was reached as to Brady, Vaile and the two Dorseys. ; Mr. Merrick objected, that as - Peck' had not been ar raigned he could not ; be convicted.; He i dead. The court concurred in this objec tion; and' the verdict was amended so as to omit all mention of Peck. -The jury was then discharged. . . , - . - - Mr. Williams entered a motion for arrest of iudgment and a new trial' for Reudell, And Mr. Henkle made a similar motion in behalf of Miner Mr. Merrick moved that new bonds-be required of Brady, Vaile and the two5 Dprseys,, and that the amount of the bonds be increased: This, motion gave rise to a heated discussion between Messrs.; Merrick and Ingersoll, in which considera ble bad feeling was shown by both lawyers., The court was obliged to lntenere in tne interest of peace." : - - ' ' ' ' . judge Wyiie announced mat ne wouia on Wednesday hear counsel upon a motion to bail Miner and Reudell, pending a hearing upon- & motion for a new .trial,, and also upon Mr, Merrick's motion- for new and increased bonds - for the defendants as to whom no agreement -.was reached.; Miner, and , Reudell were sent to jail for the present. ' - " r '" - - - , - After a few words of thanks from , the foreman to Judge Wylie for the kindness he had shown them, the Judge replied in similar- terms and concluded as follows : "Partings with i you i therefore, on these terms of friendliness : and respect, I have no suspicion, inor' does the Court entertain any doubt, in regard 1 to this-verdict as representing the conscientious convictions of the jury, t It is not' such a Verdict as I should have been glad to see,' but it is; your verdict it is your work you are respon sible for it? the Court is not." . s u-x.ai h. ; Foreman Diekson As to another subject : At the close' of the proceedings last Thurs day your Honor made some 'severe stric-' tures upon attempts which have been made to bribe certain members of the, jury. 1 staled then that upon the disposition of this case I would.! present such facts as; X . have, to present. ' Will I present them in a sworn statement -to you lh ' .v.ff!t.ivi ..The Courts-No; no, sir; not at all. r Your experience may have been ' different from that of other members of the ? jury. No doubt it is. That is. a , matter;whicb will probably be investigated in another way It does not belong to" your verdict. .m I Foreman Dickson No , relation what ever ? , 1 s The Court-No." Tfr'it be true as has been reported to me by several members of this jury .that efforts , to .bribe have been- maue, 1 tninK . no more aoommaDie, no more censurable depth : of ; crime can : be named. I think tbat this is not the place for the court or" the ; jury' t'o talk on that subject? t' lt is a matter which Ought to be in the hands of officers ;.rof the law; and if any 'scoundrel be convicted of such an at tempt. ; I don!t; know? , whether , the, - juryj would convict him or not,. We shall en deavor to do our duty as: the court Good bye, gentlemen. -) Mr. Ingersoll We have no -objection to the , j ury sfating who .approached them. ; "Mr. Merrick Nor .have we; and the go vernment will examine the whole matter Mr. Wilson And the counsel for the de fence will have a band in the examination. The governnient will-not make the exami nation by itself. " ' ' Mr. MerfiekPardon' me sirrut-the government WUl,2.and put 4t wbereit.be- longs. ! ':,,::.:. . The Court (smiling) I never was so hap py irnny life..r Here are both sides anxious to expose the crime, and we shall certainly have a conviction next time. - u ' .The -Court then adjourned until Wed nesday, at 10 o'clock. ; . ... , -. . . . . Washington, September 11. The ver dict in the Star Route cases has taken every body 'by surprise, and shows that hot a sin gle one of the guesses at the verdict was right v Froni the first ballot to the last there were four votes against the proposition that conspiracy was established as to all. -These four were ;Dickson.'. the foreman; Brown, Holmost and; Martin. These four. names appear throughout the twelve ballots, inter changed in various ways as to the different defendants, not. unanimous as to the inno cence or guilt of any one of the four upon Whom no, agreement, was reached. The seventh ballot was the turning one; all after that were like the seventh,? which - was" as' follows: Guilty ; as j to all Cox, Dau phon, - 4 McCarthy, McLain, s McNally,' Martin, " Murray, Olcott and Talriner. Guiltr as f to - Yaile-iBrown. Guilty as to Stephen W. Dorsey- - and . Vaile; Dickson- - Guilty as to Brady Holmead. Summary; J. W. Dorsey guilty 10; hot guilty; 3. S.i !W; Dorsey guilty, 9; not guilty.ra! -Vaile guilty, 11 ; not guilty, l.r Brady guilty, 10; not guilty, 3..,- . ; ,...., In an interview to night with Foreman Dickson; the; latter1 made; a" general stated ment in regard to the - alleged attempt at bribery, but would give no . formal state-, ment for publication. He said, that he, would to-morrow lay 'before the District Attorney or his assistant such facts as were within, his knowledge. On the 23d of August he ,had been approacbed with the, offer of $35,000 ' by an officer connected with the Department of irJiistice; who pro- duced letters of. appointment) ; as .special, ,agent of that Department, and; stated .mat he was authorized to act in the matter, if he Would vote for then, conviction of Brady and Stephen W. Dorsey.; -That statement would be corroborated by witnesses and by circumstantial.. eyidence.,v When he made his offer in Court to-day to ma'ke a sworn statement in regard to the matter; he had intended to take the , stand,, but pn.reflectioi he was sure that the course pursued by the Court.was the better one, as he would be placed in a' false position: There were others; of the,! jury who had been approached from different directions, but thesums offered were small, from $200 to $300. The man ' who approached biny told him that he represented the Attorney General,? but he (Dickson) did not believe, that: he concluded that the man took him for a fool or a knave, and that his only pro- lecuen was' xo nomy duage wyiie of the matter. ; He suggested to Judge Wylie that? he should coax;.jthe. ;man on, . but Judge Wylie 'remarked that that was ' too much like policeduty,' and had advised him to do nothing aboutthe matter 'but; to keep clear of, the jnan. .;, The following day , the man sent in a card asking' for an,ihterview, and appointing time and place. He made no reply and had not seentheman or his companion, who was also an officer-, of the. Department, of JTustipe, from that ' day to this. He made inquiry, a, few days -later, and learned that the man had left the city Upon the following" day.' : He did not be lieve that the man had $25 irihispossessiott, tnuch less $25,000, and it wasi hia opinion that the man bad been.employed to get.the unweary to commit themselves. He would not allow this matter to- drop,but would See the thing through. !;. . . , .t- 4 Washtjsgtoh, Sept The Criminal Court met this morning; Judge i Wylie pre siding for ;the purpose of hearing argur ments on . motions - entered npoa Monday last for arrest of i judgment in- regard ' to i Miner and Reudell, and. to increase the bonds of the defendants: as- to -whom the jury failed to agreeThe Court held that the existine bonds as to the fourdefen dants upon whom no agreement of the jury was reached were valid and would continue in - force. i In" this view, counsel for the prosecution concurred, but asked that Vaile's bond be increased from $1,000 to $10,000. i The Court? so ordered, and the increased 'bond was promptly given." Mr. Merrick-said that he had instructions from , the Attorney General to bring on the case for retrial at as early a day as practicable. "After the motion for a new trial was dis posed of, he would ask the Court to fix the 6th of November or the 1st of December a? the date when the trial would be begun. . The Court-4shall ort Friday take up this motion for a new trial, with any affida vits presented, and shall decide' it on that day.-' '- " -' . The Court then adjourned until Friday,, at 10 o'clock. - . ' , . Assistant District Attorney Moore has in his possession the sworn statement of Fore-, man Dickson, and will draw up informa tion based upon it as soon as corroborating evidence can be obtained. - - , r- V ; . THE CROFS. i i. : monthly Reports of the Department of Agriculture Cotton and Corn Above ; the Average. , S . r . ' Washington, September 11 The Sep-5 tember report of the Department of Agri culture, on the condition of cotton shows improvement since the first of August, in Virginia, North Carolina,- Tennessee. - Ar-1 kansas and Texas, and some deterioration in South Carolina,' Georgia and the States of the Gulf Coast to Louisiana, inclusive. : The general average of August was 94, and of September 92, which is the -same as in September of 1880, and higher than in any other season for the ten years.,: Last year the average dropped from 88 in August to 70 in- September."! State averages areas follows: .Virginia 90, North : Carolina 88.' South Carolina 95, Georgia 89, Florida 83,. Alabama- 90, Mississippi 88, Louisiana 89, Texas 101, Arkansas . 100, Tennessee 89.. These figures indicate as they stand a large crop but from every quarter comes intima-1 tion of too much . rain for heavy fruiting, too much .yweed," some shedding of bolls,, a tendency to rust and a better develop ment of bolls than usual. ' Under these con4 'ditions early frost . would be especially , in jurious. The caterpillar . has made its ap-' pearance Lin j many counties of the . Gulf Coast States. In some places a second gene ration is "webbing up." While the damage' is i inappreciable ; as v yet in most cases, fears are expressed that a third brood may do great injury. ; The boll worm is reported in many parts." In Denton county, Texas. Their . .destruction ia estimated -at one hundred thousand dollars. ;! s . s The corn' crop in all the region south of Pennsylvania and of the Ohio river is in high condition in every State except West Virginia, and is. represented iby 100 or higher; figures; iln many districts of the South the crop is reported the best in twenty years: v In the New England States there has been a very sharp decline, except in Vermont A decline of 8 points in New York and New Jersey, and of 4 in Pehn-! sylvania is indicated. The loss in all these States is due to drought, which has been especially severe in New England." , There has been, abundant rain in all, other States.: In the corn-growing States of the Ohio Valley the prospects average very nearly as' at last report. The general average of con-, dition is 83, the same as in August Last year there was a - decline - from r 77 in August to 60 in September.., In 1880 the September average was 91.' If early frosts do not injure the crop; the: product will be materially larger, than last, year, but ?the. heavy production of 1879 and 1880 cannot be" approached under the' most favorable circumstances. . ';,,. ! T, .; ;;- ,- .... "The oat crop when harvested 'was" in unusually high condition,' yielding heavily in threshing. ; v The general average is. 100; very few States falling below that figure. ' ; The rye crop is also above the average in1 nearly all of the States,,, and was harvested ih good condition. . - ' ' ' ."" j: The' general average for .tobacco is 89. i r Washington, September 12. The, De-;' partment of Agriculture 'furnishes thofoP lowing additional summary, of its reports for September. The result , of the spring wheat harvest is in close . accordance with the indications of the August reports. The quality is good, and the yield, above an average. The general condition of winter1 and spring wheat, , when harvested, is rep-, resented by 100, an average, rarely attained.. Since the harvest.' in parts - of ; the winter wheat region, especially in Michigan and Indiana, some millions i of .' bushels have been lost by sprouting in the stock. . There has also been some Joss , of. spring wheat from the same cause in Wiscontin. and other States.- 'The Ohio Valley has nearly; as large.a product as -in. 1879. Ohio. In diana and Illinois have apparently 1 secured about 142,000,000 bushels. -; The South has increased both her acreage and , the yield per acre. ' The aggregate of winter wheat as indicated by September returns is: about 380,000,000 bushels; - of spring wheat about 140,000.000, or 520.000,000 bushels in all; the threshing test may Slightly modify these figures. It is quite certain . that the per capita supply of wheat will not be quite so large as in 1879 orf1880. : - , t A cable message from ' our statistical agent in London, of Sept 11th is as fol-! lows: "The reported - improvement , in, Eu ropean crops is confirmed. . The wheat crop of Germany is better than Was exi pected; . of- France, a full average..?, The price of wheat is constantly falling every where. The Vienna congress claims ;the world's wheat, supply above the average," - The condition of potatoes in August was lOll' Ithas fallen in September to 92; Last: year the decline during August was . from 92 to 70,- and it continued in a greater ratio till harvest The prospect is snow favora ble for a crop of not; less than 150,000,000 bushels: ' " SO TJTH: CAROLINA .. . A Circus In Trouhle at Columbia Ae- tion of the Republican State Conven Uon. -' . ' fBy Telegraph to the'MornlngStar.J ?; ' CoiiiTMBiA, Sept 13. Maybury; Pulman & Hamilton's circus property was attached here last night, byemployes; "for $6,000, and local attachments for unpaid bills Were also served upon the- proprietors of the Bhow. A judgment for $6,462 exists ih; New.York againstihet propertjQiw'y it; In the Republican" State "Convention to day ' the - committee - appointed to confer with the Greenback committee r as to . the terms upon which they could unite on the support of a State ticket, reported that they bad held a1 .conference- and, recommended that the'ConventionHendorse the State ticket of the Greenback party,1 and stated that the committee of that party had given assur-: ance that "they would secure a free ballot and' a fair count- i The t proposition : pro-5 voked along and.bitter discussion,.: and the following substitute' by ' Congressman Mackey was adoptedHi Mtli :;:ic - ."Resolved, That the Convention of the TJnion Republican party of South Carolina, while repudiating ' the. financial ; principles advocated by the Greenback party and re affirming the principles Of the Union Re publican partydo recommend that at sthe next general election the voters of the State, in the interest of a free ballot and a fair count, cast their ballots as Republicans for, the State ticket nominated by the. Green; back Labor Convention on the 6tb inst 'u: ' ' '. A resolution was adopted recommending Republicans to support E. B. Cash, Inde pendent candidate for'' Congress, in the 5th District. , E. W.M. Mackey was re-elected Chairman of the State .Committee and the Convention adjourned.1 -' . . FADED COLORS RttSTomm or gray hair gradually recovers its youthful coior;and lustre by the use of Parker's Hair Balsam, an elegant dressing admired for its purify and rich perfume, i. i i r v i ; a f v SpiritsTurpentinraT - Charlotte Observer: X)ur whnla sale merchants say that their trade during the week just passed has been larger than for the.derrespnndint week.ofcauy previous" year in the history of;Charlotte. co Win., L. Saunders, Secretary of State passed-, thrnugh. the. , city. yesterday f0i Cleaveland Springs. . Col, Saunders is suffering severely with rheumatism and can scarcely walk. , The Salisbury "Watcliman says North Carolina has, nearly four, hundred mines. , iwwau uiuiuiy uas oo, Uabarrus 60, Mecklenburg- 50, Montgomery 31, i)a. vidson 24, Randolph 24, Alleghany 11 an(j Burke1 8 making a total of 264 mineral properties! . There are a good many mines in other counties, and from Moore county westf. there are - no less than 110 or 125 mines in .operation. " This , includes silver and copper mines. A: curious-looking specimen of the bovine race was exhibited on the streets this morning. ; The annual is a Devonshire bull calf, three months old, with a tail and hide similar to those of an elephant. The cair is aoout me usual size ana apparently well and hearty.' Its hide is entirely desti- tute of hair, lies in heavy folds like an ele phant's, and is of about the same color. The tail is short and spiked like an ele phant's. Joe Morehead offered the owner Wm. Scott, $300 for it. Greensboro Patriot. .Shelby Aurora: Superintendent J.- C. Scarborough addressed the citizens of Shelby on graded schools. ' His speech was plain and practical,, and we trust will be productive of good. Shelby needs a graded school, and every live town of any size ought to have.onevV-r- Mr. Albert Green, of Shelby, has manufactured 43 gallons of grape brandy for medicinal: purposes from the pure juice of the grape. ; P. W. Jen kins, who has been in the internal revenue department sixteen years, . and claims to be an expert, pronounces the brandy to be 100 proof and thefinest he ever saw. vt: Jiubertori ftobesonjian: The McLean mill property, situated about one mile from Shoe Heel, was destroyed by fire Saturday morning about 1 o'clock. A cot ton gin and press, corn and flour mill and iiAiiureti, mgekuer- viiu uume uouon, were totally destroyed ;. no insurance. The dwelling bouse, &c.,' of Capt. S. B. Tolar, of St- Paul's- were aestroyed by fire last Saturday night U But for the ; opportune waking of a sick Child, the whole family might have perished in the flames. ; Capt. Tolar was insured for $2,500, but we learn that $5,000 will hardly cover the loss. !2 Swain - letter' to ! the Nashville American- Citizens! here in Swain, countv have f retmently; expressed a wish that 1 could witness the Indians at a game of base ball. They strip , stark nakecl, except a small apron, and grease ,' themselves from hand to foot with polecat oil. They do not hit the ball, but throw and carry. it to im aginary lines, and .-he that carries it is caught, held fast;: and soon all the players are in a big pile; writing, jerking,, pushing and doing everything except ; fighting. Many1 are frequently badly I hurt in the Scramble, but nobody pays any attention to -them. As soon as the play is over the players all break for the river and jump in. - Floating item : t) At the Repub lican Convention held in ,Winston,.N. C, a iew mgnt since, to uominaie . canaiciaics for the Legislature and the cdunty oflice's. Mr., Tavis a German,, was nominated for House delegate.! Calls were made for him, and he arose, smiUngi and said: - "I tanks you, shentlemen, very much, ! indeed. I niakee' no speech." " He then took his seat. The Chairman said : "Of course you ac cept the nomination, and can make yohr speech some other time." "Veil," said Tavis; rising,. C'I don't know so vell'as dot. I vill dink on it,, and must first ask my vife abod "it" The convention took a recess for him to ask his wife. 1 - Charlotte Journal:, At a late, hour last night -JVIrl H. ': C.: Morrow fell from a flight of steps in the rear of a busi ness house on Trade street and broke three ribs. Mr. J. A. Turentine, who at tempted' suicide Friday ;night; by -: taking laudanum, was entbely out of danger yes terday although very sick from the effects - of the drug and the neceesary violence used In Vnorsintr him nut nf fatal aittrr.r Mr:: Wm.' Ritterhoff is contenfplating the establishment at ah early day ; of a cracker factory, and proposes to erect therefor a suitable ft building. The ; capacity of the factory Willi be - 50 : barrels -per. day. -r Cob A. C. Haskell, President of the CI; C. & A, Railroad," has been in consul ta- - tirkfi fra- t.hn lsuat. wjmb-. tiritTi ifflnaia rf tliia - Cheraw & Chester j and the Chester & Le noir narrow : guage .; railways, with a view to, an arrangement by .which these two roads shall come under the control of the -Richmond and Danville Company. Little doubt is entertained that , the arrangement will be effected. The following youmr men, varying from 17. to 21 years of age, were examined yesterday ; for the West Point Cadetship: ; Messrs. E. R. Stitt, Uizekiel Johnston , ; R. '. E, Cochrane and Benj. X; Smith, : of Mecklenburg; Claude D. Holland and A.' j. Smith,, of "Gaston; B. E. Harris, of Cabarrus; H. C. Parsons, Of Anfeon; J. li. Blair, . of Union; L. G. Smith, of Lmcoln; ,W. G. McMillan, of Robeson. :A11 passed the physical exaini . nation which was made by Dr R, Gibbon. ' Charlotte Journal: ' Cabt. W. A.1 Barrier states' that In all probability there will be no decision in the West Point competitive examination before Wednes day. :'- The stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir narrow guage meet in Gaston ia on the 2 2d inst , to consider a propositioa for the sale or lease of the road to the Rich mond and Danville: Company.;. The ' damage suit for the recovery of $5,000 brought by ; the widow of Ned Stroud, colored, ' winter before last, . in the Paw Creek disasteron ,J,he Air Line road, was compromised, yesterday, "the widow to re ceive $1,500 ana the- railway - company to pay the costs of the; previous litigation. Dr. Mock, proprietor of Mock's Hotel, Thomasville, N. C' had 'both legs cut off 53 of the North Carolina road. ; "Dr." Mock had assisted One of his guests oh board the : sleeping car. and remained until the train started. In Jumping off ba X AK ugaiujl some one- standing'on the platform, and slipping, feil ; underneath the wheels, re ceiving .the injuries" described. ' There is very little hope -. of his recovery; and it was reported last night thathe was dying. ' At 2 o'clock yesterday morning, as an' outgoing i Richmond & . Danville freight train j was passing the Carolina " Central crossing, ' a car coupling broke and Mr. John Pethel fell between the dissevered sections and under the wheels of the cut-off section?: nis left leg and thigh fell directly on the rail, but as the wheels came in con tact with the limb it was pushed aside, and the flesh only was caught about half wav up the thigh. But having taken its hold the iron pared the flesh away from the bone nearly half way round the thigh from six inches below the, hip,', and from the leg to six inches above , the ankle. Mr. Pethel's home is in; Cabarras county; about eight miles northwest from Concord. He has a wife and"four children. Tfix. Owen -McGladery, of the Maybury, ; Pullman & Hamilton Circus, is stopping at the Char lotte Hotel, and Saturday night - about 10 o'clock he rose, from' bed In his sleep and walked put of a window twenty feet from the' ground. - He was waked by the fall, but ; not injured beyond, i a few . slight bruises - . - , L THE COMMONWEALTH DISTRIBUTION CO. WilL on Sept. 30th, give everybody an opportuni ty Le0ul?1lc-- The money is ready to pay the $112,400 which they so liberally offer in prizes. $30,000 can be had for the price of a ticket, $2. How foolish not to try yourluck. The loss can only be small, but the (fain can be a fortune. Bead the liberal scheme In another part of this paper. 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