. The Weekly Star. " VH H. BEEN AED, Editor and Prop'r. WILMINGTON, N O. -. Feidat, NOVEMBER 2, 1883. twin writing to change lyour I address, always rive former direction as well as full particulars as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless you uo pom unmixes ixui w "Notlces of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions ions oi id 'hanks. &o., are charged for a ordinarv advertisements, Dut oniy naii r Ktn whBn nnii for strictly in advance, ai una rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. "Remittances must be made by Check,Iraft Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will register letters when desired. Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. . . "Specimen copies forwarded when desired. OCR ENLARGED WEEK IT. According to previous announce ment we send to our subscribers our Weekly Stab very much enlarged. By adding one column to each page and lengthening the columns, we have increased the size very nearly seven columns. But there is no ad vance of the price. Although the cost of the paper is increased and the cost of postage, which we pre pay, is increased because of tue increased weight of the paper, we furnish the paper at the old rates -$1.50 which-islowforourBection. We must look to our friends to aid us in extending its circulation. It is in this way we must bo reimbursed for our outlay. If each subscriber would send us a new subscriber and if all in arrears would pay up prompt ly it would make us nappy and all feel ' the better. We give .you a large, clear, well printed paper, using type thai will suit old and young eyes, and well filled with editorial discussions, with State and general news, with readable; miscellaneous selections, and with market reports that are trustworthy.- Will not our friends show our Eiolaeged Weekxt to their neighbors and make an effort to extend our circulation? THE TRUE CHARACTER OF OLD . JOHN BROWN. Our readers will perhaps remember an editorial in the Stak of some year or so since concerning that cut-throat and hoary-headed villain, old John ' Brown, the demi-god" of the New , V England literati. Our discussion was based upon evidence furnished by a Northern writer whose name escapes us just now. He lived in Kansas when Brown was murdering unarmed Southerners, and he has made good his case. But there is another and important witness. In the i November number of the North American Review there is a paper by I Rev. David N. Utter, who is or was an abolitionist, and who is tneretore, in no sense a witness 10 oe suspected as being favorable to the South. We propose, as far as the limits of an editorial will permit, to reproduce some of the testimony of this witness as to the character of the New England Saint. Mr. Utter does not hesitate to characterize old Brown's conduct in Virginia i as "treason against the " State." He also describes in few words the New England South-hater of 1860. : He says "to hate slavery and to be ready to fight, (the South of course Stab), these were the virtues in those days that, especially in New England's eyes, covered a multitude of sins." - Just so. Old Brown had murdered, had commit ted treason against a State, and this caused his apotheosis in the eyes of the leading men of New England. Mr. Utter says that "the very fact that he (Brown) had fought unlaw fully added to his glory," for, he adds, "no doctrine has ever been dearer to New England than the doctrine ! of the higher law." Mr. Utter understands the drift of. such a doctrine and hence, he sas, that "if it leads him (Brown) to disobey certain u human enactments, so much - the better; if it even leads him to treason and rebellion v against his country, he at least is right, however wrong his acts may seem in the eyes of men." So in Brown they found a hero after their. .own hearts, for "the acts of Brown fitted this doctrine admirably," says our writer. - According to Mr. Utter the old rascal considered himself above all" human laws and he held that "he had done right in breaking them.?; Hence, dying game after his murders and treason "every word that he spoke thrilled New England as though a prophet were speaking the very words of God. Hence, we hear Ralph Emerson pro claiming that Brown is a "Saint whose martyrdom will make' the gallows glorious like the cross, Shame upon the man however gifted who could utter such a damning and . impious sentiment. But what better can come from transcendental slush and Agnostic foolery ? And that other petted New England Apostle, Thoreau, had his say of the old cut; y,, throat also and what was it? Said this Massachusetts author: "He ' could not . have been tried by his i '.peers, for his peers did not exist. V And' another gifted and eloquent author of the same State, Theodore Parker, said that "Brawn would die like a martyr and also like a saint." This wiUdo. And now for his Kansas record. 7- - Was he. a 'murderer or not? Mr, Utter says - that when - in Kansas Brown's 'fvoice was always for war." He says he scouted the idea of obtain ing rights by the peaceful methods of the ballot ' but purged armed re sistance." So he whetted literally his sword and got - ready his deadly rifle, and went out murdering inno cent and unarmed men. - ' His son John opposed and denounced his father's conduct .as murder. Mr. Utter gives the j account dearly and tells time and place ; when young Brown bitterly accused his, father. Under severe mental stress he even went deranged for a season. Old John took his son-in-law Townsley, and his four sons Owen, Watson, Frederick and Oliver, and began to shoot and murder all the men they met who were supposed to be in fa vor of introducing negro slavery into Kansas. The description of the hor rors practiced by the old villain and his band of cut-throats is most shock ing. Six men were taken from their homes and deliberately murdered. Mr. Utter says: "The killing of these men was never attributed to any body else, and nobody m Kansas doubts that it was done tinder John Brown's authority." - No wonder his son John declared . with vehemence and shame: "Do not attempt to offer anything in palliation of such a crime. Nothiner can excuse it. , It was unequalled, in atrocity and dis played only cowardice." But New England made J'a martyr and saint" out of the old reprobate and murderer" all the same. - The aim of Brown in 'his murder ous career in Kansas was "to precip itate a revolution," says Mr. -Utter, "but instead of this the Abolitionists of Lawrence, even, almost unani mously denounced the' deed.", But Massachusetts and New England generally' clapped their hands, and said that old Brown . was greater than Moses, and. was a saint of the "first water." This is not the first time th&true story of John ; Brown has been told. Mr, Utter says that in 1860 the Herald of Freedom, published , at Lawrence, Kansas, "printed the plain unvarnished truth about Brown," and "begged the . Republicans of America not to make a hero of him." But Boston would - not heed. It placed him at the head of the calen dar of New England saints. It has not added a saint to the list since. But it has one man who ought "to go up higher' It is true h e never murdered defenceless "men, but he tried to stab the characters of de fenceless women." He never made a raid into a Southern State in time of peace, but be made a very effectual raid upon Tewksbury. Will not old . .. - Ben Butler do for a Saintship also? We must give only one specimen from the record of John Brown's derous career tn Kansas. It shows the villain. Mr. Utter says, and it is purely Northern: testimony The first victims of this murderous fo ray were found in a family named Doyle, residing on Mosquito Creek, which empties into the Potawatomie. i Here Townsley, Winer, and Frederick Brown remained out side the house while, the Captain and the rest of his family entered and brought out James P. Doyle and his two sons, Drury and William. These 'prisoners' were taken along the road to 'Dutch Henry's' for about two hundred yards. Here the Captain gave the order for their slaughter, but it was either misunderstood or disobeyed. Old John Brown then himself drew his pistol and shot the father, James Doyle, in the forehead. Watson and Oliver Brown then fell upon the younger Doyles, and William fell dead at the first cut of one of those mur derous heavy sabres. - Drury started to run to the house, but was overta&en by his as sailant and cut down. There was a younger brother of the Doyles, then sixteen years of age, in the house, whose life was spared at bis mother s tearful entreaty. ANOTHER MONUMENT PROPOSED, The Raleigh students- of the late J. M. Lovejoy have begun a move ment to erect a monoment in memory of their old teacher. ' We are glad of this. Of all the teachers to whom the writer went to school he cher ishes the memory of Mr. Lovejoy the mos tenderly. A -scholar ' and poet he deserves to be held in kindly remembrance. : Although New Eng land born he was intensely Southern, married a North Carolina lady, gave his son George to the war and ? who fell a martyr, and . to .. the last was true in every pulsation of his heart to North Carolina, the State of his adoption. He was a true man, every inch of him, and we hope that some of his poetical remains will yet be published in a volume. Let- the monument be reared.- His pupils throughout the . State will doubtless contribute. We will be pardoned a reference to our class taught by Mr. Lovejoy. In his old age he spoke to us with unrepressed affection and pride of it and said it was the most intellectual class he ever taught, There were Gen. Junius Daniel, a solid man without brilliancy and as brave a man as ever died in battle CoL David M. Carter, one of the greatest minds of our State since 1850; Col.Ed ward Graham Haywood who has long stood at the head of the bar of North Carolina; Louis E Henry (son of Hon, Louis D.). and very bright and promising; William R. Henry, of no kin to Louis, but highly intellectual; Marshall C. Thompson, clever, genial but only mediocre; George W, Watson, a man of excellent spirit bat of ordinary parts; Julius Guion, studious, cop scieatioss but ordinary, and James Battle, wery &tejer personally "and with fair gifts..-' Alas f all these but two sfcryiye, . Cql. Haywood and the writer. - Gone gone, gone, into the eternal silence 1 The itf.ong est, the most vigorous have been swept down, some, in youtn some in early "manhood, ,and some m the vi rility and expectancy o maturity. , " 1 1 V. . "Since'tbe silent shore. Awaits at last even - those Whom longest The old Archer's shaMrhaps the early I miss - - - ' ' f Which men weep over may be meant to save. SCAE.P TAKING. The reply of colored Deputy Col lector Dudley to Isaac J. Young, Collector of the Fourth District, is amusing reading. It is very cute. It takes the scalp of the gallant Kur nel in true Indian style, and now D, C. Dudley wears" it in triumph dang ling from his wampum. We have not seen anything like it in some time, and it breaks the monotony of journalism. We really like the Kur nel. We have known bim long, and baring his politics he is a clever fel low. It is because of our personal attachment that we. feel bad, when we Bee him so mercilessly slaughtered by one of his own. The D. CV was too blood-thirsty. If he had only taken off the KurneFs side whiskers ot relieved him of his silver-grey mustachios we could have stood it.' But to see him denuded at one f ell stroke of the very copious head-gear he wears j daily '- and know that the luxuriant locks are now ornamenting the person of the New Berue D. C. is almost heart-rending. , : But what is the cause of the cor respondence? Collector Young re moved Deputy Collector Dudley be- cause colored . nepresentative-eiecc O'Hara had so ordered. He broke the painful -intelligence to the D. C. as tenderly as possible. In fact the Collector's letter is pathetic. It is well calculated to melt a heart of stone and to appease the most fiery wrath. No one excels the Kurnel is persuasive and softening terms. His political speeches are unctuous, plau sible, and melting. He is th "Oily Gammon," (no offence, Kurnel, but see Warren's "Ten Thousand . a Year") of North Carolina politics. He deals with the D. C. at New Berne gently, lovingly even, and he thus applies an emolient to the new wounds he was compelled to make at the instance, of the implacable "O'Hara" who conld not sleep in peace until he saw the ofBoial head of Deputy Collector - Dudley . rolling in the sawdust. The Collector at Raleigh thus closes: "I feel it due to you to say that I deem you a good officer and will gladly give you the chance to resign prior to mat lime, n "Would be crlad to talk nersonallv with you, and hope you will so act as to not I cause a wiuer oreacu among our pojiuuni friends, and trust to time, the great arbi trator of human grievances , to heal feuds and repair the wrong you may feel done you by appointing your successor. But this failed to pacify and dis annthe badly ; treated New Berne official. He evidently knows more about "matters and things" than was supposed at "Head ' Quarters." He can tell a whale from a hand-saw. He feels that - - -' 'Tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar." - . The result is a letter to the Kurnel that is full of needles. He tells bim that O'Hara is not bis master, but he is sorry, to 'say that he is Young's master. He would not vote for O'Hara, and hence his course in hounding him. Bat 1st the D. C. be heard in a paragraph or two. He says: '-" "You say in your letter removing me that you hope that myself and friends will appreciate your position and the partiality you have shown me by retention so long against top demands and wishes of Our M. L'.-" 8o long.' Did you ever go to school? I have been a deputy collector under you three months 60 IongWand you a collector for fifteen years 'so long 'against the demands and wish' of not only 'Our M. C.,' but 'against the demands ana wisn of a very large majority of the gooa people ot mis Btate 'so long. ' - You were kind enough to inform me in said letter that 'you deem me a good officer.. and 'will gladly give me the chance to re sign.' t or such magnanimity, CoL Young. i ieei very eratetul. ana trust some day to be able to. reciprocate your kind ness. In saying that you 'deem me a good officer you could not have truth fully said lees, for I have always, as an humble citizen, as well as an officer, tried to ao my whole duty, and thank God the good citizens who know me beat will say as much 'so long.' . Although i am a coiorea man, thank God 1 have never worshipped at the shrine of color. You have grown gray in the service of your country ('so long") especially since the Republican cow has been giving milk in this gtae, (1868) and the teat would have been pulled qj of your mouth before now, but 1 suppose that yo'u wefe 'depmed a good officer,' and therefore allowed to suck the old Republican cow until she is dry, ('so long.) Colonel, you say in your letter that you i had hoped that 'time DOUld soften him.' D'Harn. vnnr maatpr Why, was he too hard for you: would he notallowyou to make your own appoint- mentsr ma be require you to clean bis doois7 li not, wny aia you nope mat time would "soften him," ("so lone.") Colonel. you take so much interest in the negro (U tiara) 1 wonder that you were not a del egate from this State to the Colored Na -tional Convention, and in your place ready to hold the hat of Mr. Jed. pouglass, when be was makins his big mixed school and social equality speech, for he belongs to inav wing or your pajrty tnai "uur M, C" your master, belongs to. I am in darkness, and desire light Will you be kind enough to inform me and , the public whether I am a deputy collector under Isaac J. O'Hara or James E. O'Young? for 1 cannot serve two masters ("so longjy One other point made by the D. C, merits attention. He charges that the Collector had been allowed "six Special Deputies for two months,1 and that they have been disposed of for the benefit of ,. the man who will be the Republican candidate in the Collector's own District for the U. s w- Tf - nnA-A Kot -h ' ' . . ; ;. ixurnei spires. Rmitl, !,-TO.il. A.. has got Hatton, of the WasWtpn -xr v', uvnu, Smith, Vtote fair," ' pld boy, HORSF.ORD'S A ' BCQBPHATE Cor Overworked Professional Men. Dr. r overworked lTofessio,naI fl.en. W WA1 WP9Wtt.?I,Prim fores 9F JPWTPUS ,eer;. bis eyes full of red pepper is 'throw- The buildings about the mill were" consid inff Band in hia PVPB' T.ook here erably damaged. Tb? community areyery ng WW hia . eyes. ijOOK nere, ihoebad ftt .. f 'bhlah? na OCR ROOK TABLE. - , We have received the Life of Alexander tl. Stephens by Rich ard Malcom Jobnstonland William - !.:: , l - .... I, .'. ... :' .-V." j Hand Browne. It is a new .and ire vised editiohr It is a verylandsorue .g Qn very fine paper, and the typographi cal workf fe:r superb.; We; have npt read this wqr&bjattbeautbors are A tmarantee of its-excellence. Botb. gentlemen are 1 scholara and writers oi rem nuiniy . a iui, ,uiuuo ia ci tainly one pf the most accomplished literary men intbe. South, nd the same may be said we suppose of Mr. Johnston; r; Mr; Stephens' was a man of great personal purity " and in tegrity.' : Plain, simple, easy, of t ac cess he had those traits., that , endear a leader to" an unpretending, simple and virtuous people. ; , The Becret ,of his great popularity with Georgians vwas .not difficult to :find.. We ; have thought that there wan more re semblance between . the Georgians and North Carolinians than ' he tween the people of any otner States. ;They are alike jin their at tachment to .liberty and in making their performances surpass their pro mises. Mr. Stephens :h'ad"inany ad miiers among the solid ! and. intelli gent people of North t Carolinai A Georgian writes to us that "Mr. bte- phens had many. 'traits in common with the people of v the' Old i North State and had a high' -admiration for them." The book Willi be sold by subscription only, through Mr. T. K. Oglesby, Atlanta, Ga .who has the management of its sale, and to whom should be addressed ail orders for it and' all applications for agencies. The price of the book is in cloth binding, $3.50; in leather, library style, . 4, per copy. - The book is published by. Ji B. Lippin- cott & Co.,. Philadelphia, which is an assurance of - the excellence of the mechanical part. . , ; " Part Second of Sloan's f'NoBTH Caeolika in the Win Between the States" is before us. We have read it carefully. It is mainly de voted to the early stagea of the war the meeting of the Convention,the secession of the State, Ac. Col: Sloan has preserved the documentary his tory, and in this he has done well. He gives also the battle of Bethel a mere skirmish when compared with after events, but of great importance at the time, and copious extracts from Gen; Magruder, ' Col. D. II. Hill, of the First North Carolina re- giment, and others, are copied. On page 126 Major Zee ought to be Ma jor Lane. The battle of Manassas is also dwelt upon very properly, and the part performed by Col. Fisher's Sixth North Carolina is clearly set forth. The letter from Gen! Cling man to our Living gndQur xI)ead is copied, and it and other evidence establish beyond all reasonable doubt that North Carolina did a most im portant work on that fateful day, if it did not save the Confederates. All ' honor to ' the memory of the brave meq of the Six;b North Caro lina and its heroiu Colonel who fell leading them! A very common er ror among writers on military affairs is to write cannons for the plural of cannon. This is an error.' We note an error of this kind on'page 143. Hav ing noticed Part I. at leigth it is not necessary to dwell elaborately on each separate Part. The one under notice is mainly a compilation. It promises to be a work of much utili ty and interest and fills a gap. Supreme Courf. . The consideration of appeals from the Fourth judicial district was resumed on Monday, and causes were disposed of as follows: ::L' v 'l - ,;'.' :'; ; ;;. - . William Griffin et ala. vs! Josnhine Grif fin appeals by both parties from Robe son; put to tue end of the district. J. A. Avans, administrator, vs. T. M. Smith, executor, from Columbus: Dut to the end of the district i , J. L. WeseottvB. Ruf us Galloway et als.. from Brunswick; put to the end of the dis- .-.j ...... . r . ...... 1.1 lUb. ' - ! M. T. Leach vs. Town of Favetteville. from Cumberland; continued under former order.-- .... . .w ., .- - . A. J. Kivett vs.; G. W.; Wynne & Co.; from Harnett, argued byW. E. Murchison tor ine piamtin, and w., A. Guthrie for the defendants. Flat Swamp & Lock's Creek & Evans' Creek Canal Company vs. A. A. McKethau et ais., from Uumberland; argued by W. A. MiLuup ir i,uo piiuHuu, anu ivaipa sr. Buxtoi) for the defendant, The justices Sfonday delivered opinions in cases heretofore argued as follows: Anthony Davis, executor, vs. Richard King, from Lenoir.. No error. Judgment amrmea. -" ; : , , . .. State vs. Robert Costln, from New Han over. Ho error. Judgment affirmed. State vs. Lumsden & Rhodes, from New Hanover. Ho error. Judgment affirmed. State vs. Henry Kennedy, from Lenoir. Writ of certiorari: ordered. '' - State vs. Jere Lanier, from New Han over, no error. Judgment affirmed. J. H. gtrftussya- J- Q- Crawfqrd. from New Hanovep. Jqdgment of POft-suit afr nrmeo. Ttsrrlble ftesolf of a Boiler Bxploalon. A correspondent Mr. W' T. Wade- informs us that' the holler of Mr. C. B. Watkins' mill, at Edinboro, Montgomery county, exploded on Saturday last, instant ly killing two young men, named Jimmie Ledbetter and Toney Stoker, and wound ing Mr. Watkins so seriously that at last accounts he was considered in a critical condition. ' There was a heavy bead of steam on at the time, when something gpt wrong with the engine, and the fireman (a colored boy) ran off, ihoutjng that the Don er was going to burst. The jniU bands beard the cry and rushed to the engine house to prevent the catastrophe, ' but ar I rived only in time to meet the deadly frag hll thrr)nirb the air.1 The bodies of th . lTO y0jing men were iearruuy. mangiea. occurred in their midst. "Phenoii . Sodiouk ,is a' good disinfec S a& '& recommended by physicians, 'and is editor of the Coatosvllle.- Paft' Ouster: VaL ley Union.' 'o THE UFFER CAPE FEAR. Vbat hai been Accomplished in In 4A ..rT : provlnjc It Naylsatlon. s i Some weeks ago we made some reference to the work done for the Improvement of the upper Cape Fear River under the late appropriation of the general government. We had no idea then, and have none now, of going ipty a .detailed statement ' of all that has been done,' but from official, data which has recently, come Jnto our posses sion, as well as from ' information from other sources, we are glad to be able to be a little more explicit' than we were before; n fact.apretty definite idea can be formed. from this data of the great amount of work actually accomplished, under the supervi sion of Capt. ' W. ; H. : James, during the year ending June 30th, 1 1883 -. During this period there f were 5,6l4 'f overhanging trees,' many, of ' thern very large,' - cut and ' removed - from F the river " banks, and 1569 trees, 1,496 . stumps, 1,454 logs and 4,154 snags taken out of the chan nel, besides many thousand trees -trimmed of overhanging limbs, which proved a great annoyance to passing boats, especial ly in the lower part of the river. rThen, as the result of n part, of the work accom plished during that period, the contractors have on band a: steam launch, a quarter scow and a camel scow, together with pilo drivers and other machinery prepared for use in building jetties. - '"; : ' ' -'. " "'' In a conversation with Capt.',.Smithi of the steamer D. Murchison,' yesterday, on this subject, he stated' in substance what we had been inforaed of, before,1 "that the . building of the! jetty atj' "The Cypress,' which is the only, one there has yet ' been time and opportunity: to construct, has been of great benefit to the navigation of the river. In other words, where there was for-, merly a sand-bar which it was difficult in all times of low water for the boats to pass, often resulting in long' and exasperating delays, they now have no trouble.: Where there was two feet of water before .there are four, feet now, and the depth is increas ing as the narrow channel wears by the rush of the current. The only thing now necessary is to be careful in approaching the jetty, and the little inconvenience ari-s ing from the presence of this necessary ob struction is so greatly overbalanced by the facility which is affordedby the . plenteous supply of water, that there is no ground left for complaint.' V , . ' ' Then it is difficult. Capt.' Smith tells us, to estimate the- great advantage arising from the removal" of the overhanging trees and branches in the lower part of the river. which is now comparatively clear of ob structions of all kinds. One old pilot, who has been running on the river for thirty or forty years, said " the other day that he would have to learn the whole thing over again. V , . -' : To sum up, there is much less damage and detention to boats now than formerly, and though, in the language of Captain Smith, "the banks have not been smoothed off with a jack-plane and sand-papered,' the improvement thus far has been very decided, and amply vindicates the justness and expediency of the appropriation for the benefit of this important stream, or any other appropriation that may in the future be made for that object. ' . v ' V. 8. District Conrt. This body met at the U. S. Court room in this city, yesterday morning, His Honor, Judge A. S. Seymour, presiding.' The fol lowing comprise the 'Grand Jury for the term: A. R. Black, Foremai; J.W. Brown,' Aaron Kellogg, Lewis Nixon. Robert Lee, W..R. Bell, John W. Perdew.. J., W, Al derman, J. W. Davis, Seth W. Davis, I. M. Middleton, James C. - Grimes, Alvin Artis, D. M. Smith, E. J. Egan. A. R. Mid dleton, S. G. Northrop, John F. Garrell, George W. Swain. ' The fallowing oases were called up and disposed of; U. S. vs. F. D. Capps, retailing liquor without a license. Case dismissed. . U. S. vs. Wilson Williams, nol. pros, with leave. . U. S. vs. Wilson Williams, distilling whiskey without a license. Nol. pros. with leave. vi: 'v-'-.;V 'v ; U. S. vs Marshall Jones, attempting to pass counterfeit com. JNol. pros. , with leave. U. S. vs. Alexander Bolton, dealing in tobacco without a license. Nol. pros. with. leave. ' .'. " .. P. S. vs. B. Smldth, retailing liquor without a license ; cost pafd and case dis missed. U. S. vs. Wm. McKoy and George M. Rose, sci fa. Judgment according to sci fa, U. S. vs. Marshall Jones and W. ; B. Surles, sci fa. 'Judgment according to sci fa. ; to be discharged on the payment of costs. : ; U. S. vs. J. T. Brice and Elijah Murrell, sci fa. Judgment according to sci fa., to be discharged on the payment of costs. ' . The Grand Jury, returned one not true bill, and there .being no further business for their consideration, they were dis charged. -. The Case of False Pretence.. The case of , Edward Howell, colored, whose arrest at Florence, C., two weeks ago, on the charge of obtaining goods un der falsa pretence, and who was subse-. quenily before His Honor, Judge Meares, on a writ of. hdbm corpus for the purpose of securing an abatement of the bond of $1,000 required for his appearance before Justice Millis yesterday, but which was not granted, the defendant being remanded to await a hearing as to the merits of the case, was arraigned before Judge Meares at the Court House yesterday? morning for that purpose. The evidence on the part pf the prosecution was intended to 'show that he had enjoyed the confidence of Messrs. P. L. Bridgers & Co., from whom he had been obtaining goods for the past three or four years, paying for them whenever he could get the money, and that finally he abused that confidence and obtained goods under the false representation i that he was the owner of certain property, when it was sub sequently ascertained that said property was in the name of his wife. i f . ; . : At the close of the testimony Hia Honor, Judge Meares, required : tee def epdant to give bond in the sum of "$500 for his ap pearance at the next term of the Criminal Court, failing in which he ' was remanded to jail. , . . . ' . ' ' '' , Howell had a store at Florence, S-C, Aud has been doing quite a good business. Up to recently he had enjoyed the respect and confidence - of quite a number of our business men, who had always spoken of him as being strictly honest and worthy to UO UU81CU. ' Schooner fiiiolq MurcAison, ashore at Kitty Hawk, has' bees. partiaijy purpged .out. All hands of the Baker Salvage Co. are engaged in righting her. It is thought that with two pumps, she can be pumped out. THE REFORMATION. . - Intereatlntir Service on the Occasion of -. the ' 366th ' Anniversary of the ,. , . if . .. . -. .-. - - 1 , L -i ..;. . ; i. - ......... -s .i Reformation t by Martin , I,nther r-v The Address f BfT. Mr,- PeMuan The BlnslCf Ac. On Sunday last our friends of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, in this city, celebrated . the 366th anniversary of the Reformation by Luther, which was begun in 1517; Rev: , F. W; Er Peschau pastor of the Church, delivered a 'sermon suitable to .the occasion n the forenoon in German. At night his address was in English. ' Long before the hour for the commencement of the evening services every seat in the Church was taken, and then' some of the members went to work and placed benches in the aisles, ; which were also' occupied, while a large number crowded the doors, the vestibule and even the yard and side walks, while it may be safe to say that those who went awsy disappointed would themselves have filled the Church; The address was able and interesting, be ing devoted to a rehearsal of the great things that, bad been done for the Church from the time of Christ to the dawning of the Great Reformation, and then tracing its progress and development down to the pre sent day. . He told many interesting things abuut Luther; the great firmness and deci sion displayed by him in the face Of immi nent peril, the many obstacles he had to en counter in the progress of his great work, the nobleness of his character and. the pu rity of Tub life,' were all 'touched upon. ' ' . The music on the .occasion was an inter esting and important feature in the ser vices, the choir being assisted by Messrs. J. E. Willson and .V 'J. Otterbourg, on the cornet; Messrs. Smitbdeal and Bchmidt, on the violin and Mr. F. W. Ortman on the contra bass; Mr. E. Van Lear being at the organ. ' But the most interesting feature in the musical line, was the overture, which was strictly instrumental, having been pre pared for the occasion ' by Mr. Smithdeal. In the Battle Hymn, of the Reformation, which closed the . services, the instruments and voices combined in One grand, beauti ful and soul-stirring musical achievement. AMethoolstlOB';"iJ'"'ya'5f"l:' v ftiv.;i We learn that when the Rev.; Mr. Wood, now . pastor of Front Btreet Metnodist ' Church, in this city, was' travelling the East Rowan circuit in 1862, one of his stop ping places at Gold Hill was with Mr. M. L. Holmes, -now of Salisbury. Mr. Holmes had a little long-haired, shaggy, stumped tailed, light seal ' brown Spanish terrier dog, named "Prince Albert," The door of the church in which Mr. Wood preached was in plain view from the front porch of Mr. Holmes' house. Prince Albert had dug out .a, hole under the fence beside the gate which afforded him easy egress and ingress.' He slept on a rug in the front porch of the dwelling; from where he could see directly into the church door whenever it was opened. . Whenever that door was opened on Sunday morning for service, that dog would walk deliberately over to the church alone, taking his place on the rug in the pulpit prepared . for the minister to stand upon, and there quietly remain '. until the benediction was . pro nounced, when he would gravely and seri ously return home, paying no manner of attention to anybody or anything, passing through his hole beside the gate and lying down in his accustomed place, on the porch. Some years thereafter, after the close i' of j the 3. war. . we think,:; Mr. Holmes ' purchased Judge ,( Caldwell's former residence in Salisbury, sit uated near ; the extreme northwestern portion of - the town, removing his family there, an important member of which was Prince Albert We learn that Mr. Wood was informed by the family that after Prince Albert reached - his new home, on his own motion entirely, he visited all the churches in order, there being four or five, we think; but that after making the rounds he selected the Methodist Church as his choice, being a regular and constant at tendant thereafter as long as he lived, occu pying the same relative position in the pul pit that he did at Gold Hill, where he first formed the habit of church going..' A singular incident occurred while he was attending church in Salisbury. Rev. C. H. Vlyler was pastor and the now saint ed Dr. William Closa was presiding elder. It waa the occasion of a' quarterly meeting. Dr. Closs was to do the preaching. Prince Albert had assembled with the congrega tion and was occupying his accustomed place. Whoever has seen Dr. Closs will re member that he was a man of remarkable appearance and singular voice. .When the doctor began announcing his first hymn Prince Albert turned his head and looked the doctor full and earnestly in the face for awhile, when he . got up from his place, quietly left the church and returned home. Prince Albert has been dead now several years, ilis mistress Had nun nicely and tenderly buried, planting a grape vine at the head of his grave. Mrs. Holmes calls that the Prince Albert grape, in memory of her much loved petj - 'A The "Twins." .ycai f'-V There are two colored men in this city, named James and Isaac Baker, who are as much alike as two black-eye peas, and it is exceedingly difficult even among their ac quaintances to tell them apart. At the City flail yesterday, morning the two men were seated on the steps, when a gentleman remarked to a party with whom he was conversing that, while they resembled each other , as much as he had ever seen ' two men, he thought it was a comparatively easy matter to tell them apart . "For in stance," says he, "that one sitting oh the steps is undoubtedly Jscwa, while the one on the stoop isjim." f Some of the party were not so certain that he was correct.and to convince them he shouted "Isaac!" at the top of his voice. The brother on the stoop instantly sprang to his feet and said "Birr The brothers sometimes get into difficul ties, and, whenever, it becomes necessary for the police to arrest one of them, ; it is always a question, if the prisoner happens to be in an uncommunicative mood, ,as to which one is in the hands of the law. t . , RALEIGH. Supreme Conrt Ileelslon In municipal fV: l:;y - Cases.: v,; t y-p, 4 : , Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 29. The Supreme Court to day decided, in the municipal muddle cases, that the place of nightwatch man in the government building is not such a place of trust under the State constitution as to make the incumbent ineligible to elec tion as alderman. The decision is favora ble to .the Republicans. , Premature Iiosa of the Hair May be entirely prevented by the use of Burnett's Cocoaine. No other compound possesses the peculiar properties which so exactly suit the .various conditions of the human hair." 11 softens the hair when harsh 4nd dry. ill soothes the irritated ecolp. It torto, Jh 'ihsst-huiipref MwfroThJaUihp bff. It prorates Unhealthy, ifyorovAjroOith. v jft is.not' greasy nor sticky. M leaves no disagreeable odor. It kiUs dan druf..' rt ' - Bobnett's Flavobtug Extbacts are known as the best , . Y - FOREIGN. Germany Incensed at the movements of Russian Troops Assisted Emlgra tlon from Ireland Bnsslan Socialists Cholera In Egypt, Ac. . . , - IBt Cable to the Horning Star.l ' LosDOH, October 29. A. Paris dispatch states that a number of Anarchists exploded an infernal machine at' the entrance to a large cafe in - Lyons to-day. Fortunately no one was injured. '?. - :r. Y St.' Petersburg, Oct. 29.-The second number of ; the Socialist Journal, ha been published here. , It declares that, despite the miserable condition of the peasantry.the Socialist propaganda has not made the pro gress it expected, The Journal publishes the names of various persons arrested in Cronstadt, Odessa and Nikolief, and says that 200 students were expelled in a body from the commercial school at Bilajazer kow and in the government of Krev, and no reason was assigned for such summary action.' It also states that students of noble birth in the Constantinov military .school of St. Petersburg have been required to furnish a list of the names of their present, and former acquaintances; the alleged mo tive for which requirement being the finding-of compromising documents in their possession. . - " , ' ' : 1 ' Berlin, Oct. 29. It is' Stated in. semi official circles here that the government is greatly incensed at the action of the Rus sian authorities in massine such large num bers of Cossacks on the frontier, and that the Cabinet is seriously considering the ad visability of at once preparing and for warding a note to the Russian government demanding an explanation of this sudden movement of troops. . , rt Dublin,, Oct. 29. Freeman'.s Journal declares that a government circular, just issued, contains" suggestions' to the Irish Emigration Committee proposing whole? sale shipments of Irish people to Canada. Every facility is to be offered to boards of guardians and to clerks of Unions , to pro mote emigration!. No work-house paupers are to be sent. Large contracts have oeen; made with shipping companies for the con veyance of emigrants. - The Canadian gov ernment is a party to the -scheme, against which the Freeman's Journal warns all Irishmen. ; . Breslau Oct. 29. The 1 Schlesische Zeitung says that Germany will not be satr isfied with mere assurances of pacific in tentions oh the part of. the Czar, and Mi Degiers, Prime Minister of Russia.' There is no evidence of pacific intentions beyond the bare declaration that Russia is peace ably disposed, and the massing of Cossack troops on the German frontier and unre strained Pan-Slavic agitations - in Poland, are strangely at variance with such pro fessions. - '" Alexandria, Oct. 29. There were six deaths from cholera here on Sunday. ' The disease has made its appearance at Mecca. , PENNSYLVANIA, y Five Men Killed by an Explosion of Dynamite Fatal Explosion Inn Coal mine. - "-,'," ; ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Pittsburg, Oct. 29. Yesterday morn ing, at Brooks Tunnel, on the B. & O. R. R, eighty-five miles from this city, 1,200 pounds of dynamite exploded, killing five men, the crew of a freight train side-tracked a short distance from the scene. .The men were walking along' the track near where the dynamite was stored. -; : ' - The Railroad Company has been strength ening and widening the tunnel, and some distance outside a magazine had been erect ed in which was stored 1,200 pounds of dynamite, to be used for blasting. A freight train had just passed through the tunnel and was side-tracked to allow a pas senger train to pass. Four of the crew of the freight train" walked back to the vi cinity of the magazine, and were engaged in conversation with a watchman, when people living in the vicinity were startled by a terrific concussion; The houses for fifteen miles around ' were shaken to their foundations and windows for the distance of seven miles Were shattered. Horror stricken people ran from their houses, and it was found that the dynamite had explo ded. Everything near by gave evidence of the terrible force of the explosion., Trees were uprooted, huge rocks torn asunder and telegraph poles for half a mile were prostra ted. Nothingremained of the magazine, and the men who stood, near it, just before the explosion.were missing. Portions of bodies, including legs, arms, hands and heads, have been picked up half a mile distant; so disfigured as to be unrecognizable. The names of only, three of the victims are known George Reynolds, engineer; Tice, a brakeman; and Hammond, a switchman. The cause of the explosion is enveloped in mystery, and as the five men who might have thrown some light on the accident are dead, it is probable that the cause will never be known. .Not far from the scene a gun was found, and it is supposed that one of the victims discharged it, the con cussion causing the dynamite to explode. An inquest was held to-day by the coroner and a verdict of accidental death rendered. Great excitement prevails, and hundreds of people have gone to the scene of the dis aster.. . 1 , s Scranton, Oct. 29, 7 PM. An explo sion of fire-damp has just been reported at the Pennsylvania Coal Company's shaft No. 7, three miles from Pittston. At the time of the explosion there were thirty men in the mine; five of whom are known to have been badly burned, and one of whom is dead. The fate of the others is not yet known. ( FIRE AtTjHJLRLESTON. fifteen Hundred Bales of Cotton and f.; the S.C. R. R. Yard Burned. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charleston, S. C, Oct. 29. Afire this morning, at the yard of the South Caro lina Railroad, burned fifteen hundred bales of cotton and buildings on the yard. All the cotton was for shipment to New York. The fire is now under control. : -t j . ;r Charleston, Oct 29". The South Car olina Railway Company, who are insurers of the cotton which was burned in . their yards to-day, state that the amount de stroyed is 2,000 bales, involving a loss of about $100,000, which is fully covered by insurance. The insurance is distributed in all agencies save one in this city, the amounts ranging from $5,000 to $50,000. A MALICIOUS ' FALSEHOOD. Physicians Statement of Greensboro Deny the or Diphtheria Deaths In ; that Section. , By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Greensboro, N. C, Oct; 29. The pub lished statement that three hundred chil dren have died from diphtheria in this sec, tion recently,, we brand as a. base and ma licious falsehood, and will further state that but one single case of " diphtheria has occurred in our city or its vicinity within our knowledge during the past six months; and further, that our high healthy country was never freer from disease. f (Signed) . ' R. R. King, Mayor. .' R. K. Greger, M. D.; W. P. Beall, M. D. ; J. K. Hall, M. D. ; A. S. Porter, M. D. ; Charles M. Glenn. M. D.; D. R. Schenck, M. D ; John E. Logan, M.. D.; practicing physicians.- ' WORK. OF FENIANS. . S What O'Donovan Rossa' Says of the ( Explosions on the London TJnder ground Railway. ; : f Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. " New York.- October . 81. O'Donovan Rosaa comes to the front as usual when any damage is done in England which has the appearance of being the work of design. He states that the explosions which occur red yesterday, on the Underground Rail way in London were the work, of the Fenian Brotherhoodfc of whose movements he is apprised. : This was done by a band of Fenians in London who were in con stant mmunication with their comrades m New; York. The Woolwich explosion was only another sample of , what being done. London would be in arms, he said, before long, unless England gave up Ire land, s New developments might be ex pected at any moment, and it was the pur pose of the Brotherhood to push the work rapidly forward and reduce England to submission , . . , . 6 - . -i Murphy Independent: QJ W oandersnn of rTaTrocT,;Dn j ii ... perior Court1 for Clay oounty, met with a serious accident recently while attending to J0.1"? pairs to. his residence. The scaf folding of, the second story gaye way pre cipitating him 'the groiindi dislocating j "o ouumjuer ano; eLoow: anja, causing internal injuries. - . . ' , Spirits Turrantine. " ;v; --:' s'----' . ', : I -!J-:A-iA; v We learn through the Religious Herald of the 25th, that 'Rev. Dr. Theo; Whitfield, pf Goldsboro. N. C. is in Rich-V mond. Va., under treatment n -v : " Tarboro Guide.We learn from the Albemarle - Enquirer; published at Edenton, that the Washington and James-r ville and Albemarle. Railroads are 'provine useful feeders to "the Norfolk Southern xvaurudu. - r up . 10 inursaay night there had been weighed at Tarboro 2,560 VcBui cuttuu. A. jarge amount shipped direct by producers,, m toiai amounu so iarTeqeived at thu anout o.ow Dates, . Mt. Airy News.-; The owrnaa of the Buck Shoal Cotton Mills have smT the insurance companies for the amount $25,000. The '.mills, we learn, were inf sured for that sum. The Methodist" Conference, colored,, will be held at thi, place this year. commencing rta 12th and lasting five days. -1- The is that we are to have a railroad from P rick C. H.. Va, Mr. Sutherlin To our suTonMouO8 SUOy C0UDty to rais he , Pittsboro .Record: We are pleased to know that the owners of the coal mines at the Gulf have decided tofullv test the value of theli property and'have made lfte " depth of four or colored Jwy, aged 13 years, amedjYkS oxMi, . ;wiueuiauy killed at the cotton gin of Mr. - A T. T,n,.ir Kockville. ... He was driving the horsL hitched to the horse power of the ein knH by some means got caught in tht -horse . power and was crushed so badly that he died an hour thereafter. ; The New York Times ia ati.. 'lity for what follows: It is chanred hv William S.: uenny, of Boston, treasurer nf the Midland North Carolina IUway Com -pany and the Midland Improvement aDd Construction Company, that William J Best, of New York city, the president of both corporations, -has mis appropriated $17,000 belonging to the former company Mr. Denny also asserts that, to conceal the alleged misappropriation, Mr. Best had the cash books, vouchers, etc., of the railway company sent to him from New Berne, N. C, and he hid them in his ofnee at No. 15 Cortland street, New York. ' ' A8hevillev Citizen: Two ibre typical specimens of Buncombe produVts have been brought to the Citizen office tlKs week. s One is a red top turnip sent by Mr T. W. Hawkins of Leicester, which V weighed 10i pounds, a perfect specimen in $ all respects; the other is one of CapU AJE.l! Thrash'sbig cabbage, .22 pounds on the scales. ' The Rev. Mr. Allison, pastor of the Baptist Church at Brevard, was in Ashe ville on. Wednesday, and gives a pleas ant and gratifying account of., the late Western Baptist Convention hety at Enon Church, five miles North of Brevard. The Convention was the ' most numerously at tended yet held west of the mountains, and the spint and interest manifested were' of the most enthusiastic character. . .- r Morganton -. Mountaineer : A negro man who was gathering apples for Mr. R B. Brittain this morning, fell from an apple tree, and striking the fence helow on his side, broke two of his ribs and sus tained serious internal injuries. A " private letter 'from Mitchell says that one thousand witnesses have been summoned to attend the present term of .court in that county, and that there will be two and, probably, three murder - trials. - Oiir " ' community was shocked this morning by the announcement of the sudden death of Mrs. Avery, relict of the gallant Confede rate Colonel, , Moulton Avery, which oc curred at her residence at Magnolia, near Morganton, this morning at 1 o'clock. Greensboro Female Caliege took fourteen . premiums in the art department at the Ra leigh Fair. - Hickory JPress: Mr. C. D. Tay lor, of Watauga county, writes us that Calvin-Green, a farmer on the Blue Ridge, near Blowing Rock, sowed 11 bushels of rye, from which he threshed this fall 426. " busbels. ' .This is a pretty good yield for a dry season on a farm .that lies nearly 5, 000 feet above the sea level and without the use of fertilizers. Mr. j, N. Bohannon who1 has returned from, a trip to Davie says that the tobacco crop of that county will fall far short of the general average. One gentleman near Farmington, who sold his entire crop last year for 27 cents per pound, 'will not realize over 1ft cents for , this year's crop. We can beat the world raising: apples. Dealers from New ; York are now buying apples from Western North Carolina. : . Mountain cabbage ; have been selling on the Hickory market ! . this week for $2.40 per hundred. Mr. G. M. Duggar, of Watauga county, raised on Beach mountain this year, on less than . one acre of land, nearly 300 bushels of Irish potatoes. : The farmers have had bad weather ,for! housing and curing tobacco. ; . : .v , .. . . .. ' Raleigh News- pbserver; . Last evening Sheriff Battlev',,bf Edgecombe, brought here and placed in' the penitentiary five convicts. One of these is a white man, who has served two terms. In trying to escape during his last term he was shot and badly wounded in the arm.. He now goes. in for eight years. J. Three of the other pri soners are negrp men.; There is a negro girl, barely 16 years old, who, gets three: years for stealing a watch. We are informed that the vote by which the House of Bishops agreed to concur in the divisioa of the North Carolina diocese was very close. The majority in favor of division ; was only one, notwithstanding the earnest appeal of Bishop Lyman for division. ' To ne sure He voted and "worked f for division. The New Berne . Journal sava that credit for the recent movement looking to me erecuoa 01 a monument 10 lien, .renaer ; is due to Maj; D. T. Carraway, who, hav ing been a member of Gen; Pender's staff- had an opportunity of learning something ui vu 0 iciu wuBxacier as a XHOrin Carolinian. ?. - The receipts of cotton in this market during the week ending Thurs day were 2,216 bales, against 8,143 for the corresponding week last year. The total receipts this season from ; September 1 to last Thursday were 10,744 bales, against 13,987 for the same period last season. The Raleigh & Gaston Railroad is certainly a. progressive corporation, It now owns twenty-three engines, of which five are passenger, three shifting, and fifteen freight. The number of engines, is to be increased by three. One of these "will arrive this.1 week. . All are to be heavy-Baldwin en gines, and their numbers will be 9, 24 and 25. - The road now owns twenty-one pas- ' senger cars and no less than 560 freight cars. ' This is an m(a-iio41iag' stock, of over fifty per cent.4 "i - s - Haleigh News-Observer : On. last Friday anumberof people at Mt. Holly in watching the swollen Catawba, saw a human body, floating with the current. They made efforts to capture the body, but just before thejT came up with it, it sank and they lost sight of it ? - It is alto gether probable from, the events of niehfe before last,- that the band of ' robbers of ' which we spoke yesterday morning, have- -reached our city, as one store house was . entered and attemDta marln tn. ontor two ." vnuciTi uuriug . rnaay mgnt ; - jai. xvupaincK, an 01a -.. Mecklenburg ma aner a few years reaidenra in tho- state 01 Texas,, has come back home, and is now v the b80m Of kindred rA frlonda nt Pi IT ville. The school commissioners m a brief Bession yesterday to provide if and means for supply in? coal to warm ( ' , 1,800 school : children ? this : winter, -hr burglars Tilled their trorlo in Wfldest a Whnlttaalo DM TionV -nrStK noifrflhlc,Su ' J MVA.4.MUU . I atoms nd a Tit,rrK- nrivatA resiateDCti h u uuiuvi yi yii.-- i mobini.. i- . v. 1 jr ooli.ahlfld money at ear-h nlane they Rev.v h o i3iiin who has ben as anxiliarv w Rv J. R Cheshiri, P84. of St Peters Episcopal church, jeavs uus weet to go to wadesrjoro I'T.ji, Calvary church at that place. Hjg nave pastoral cnarge i7 J -church at -C Ansonville. - fv, Mills, the "orphan's Wend ? arrived in qity yesterday afternoon whh . ( pnan ooy way . v ,nths HeafiSprings f or abont two months who experienced a wonaeriuiv--- lad is named 'Vnoa, hartley. " a., Watouga conniy. ; wuk sua-- gm0ar flicted with, whita swelhngand doCt8 such serious .proporUon.a tnRf enow,s thought topujaUoQ of tie Utfie 1 at leg would ba neceasaiy, feat he 1 haa fc the AllSlg onjy a. days befor begad P barrrm M?1 fround: tirely weu. . . : 4 - him.oa' his neck Tct to Oxford, t: ev-: : U asylum. 1 1 has been i f J 1 -aking the f ms point M ht U -it I A if ' li - J -1 !::: "7 " 'fiiUmtuHr t.jlllll'.liiUW if IMIUttMIlL . 1 niiiiui-' - -'HHIMIII!. 1 SJ i r 4 ' -4 n ii 4. ' K i