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KSI'ltl V.1CANCE AND WASTE IN
. irui,ir expenditures.
The Irowtb. of the population of
the Un; ted' States is small compared
with lli o increase in the expenditures
The War put up these, things that
still continue with unabated vigor
taxes. I hotel charges and theatre
ticked The people are very long
anflWiLr -'"all these would bave
tumbllti half way before this. When
the Uii ileil States had more than 31,-
OOOjOCJ) people in 1860, its total cost
'of government was $60,056,754.71.
In 1SS7, with a population estimated
at 58,000,000, its expenditures will
aggregate some 375,000,000. So
crav3nce is a long way ahead
growth in population. The
are very greatly overtaxed",
is no mistake at this point.
farlisle, in his calm and able
in the Forum says the "ordi
nary expenditures" this leaves out
the war ilebt, pensions, fcc. "have
enorn onsly outgrown the increase of
popul ition and public business." He
says "this is a reversal of the rule
that, jTevaila under sound and healthy
conditions of the public service."
fJi-iiri iU h?nr ia wrriner. Thpro pan ho
no pc ssible reason why it should re
.vjuiff at a time of profound peace
'suck vast expenditure. -'.The army
fw 4rti .11 find there is no navy. Where
2iris l tie vice? " Who is responsible
for a I this?' ;
Is t not the people? If they were
alivti to tbe'r own interests would
thev a3t be carefnl to exclude from
the Congress all wild, visionary
spendthrifts all men who are so un
1. faithful as to vote away the public
fund i without justification and with
out dny sufficient good results? The
peop o can correct extravagance. Tho
venerable Nathaniel Macon, who was
regarded with so much veneration
by John Randolph and Thomas II.
Benton, as a mail of very rare wis
dom, and judgment, and who repre
sented North Carolina eo loDg in the
National Councils, would never vote
siwaj a cent nnlesa he bad j previous
ly ascertained the will of his constit
uenpy. Hut there are no Nathaniel
Masons in this ago of political diseo
Intends and recklessness. ! Mr. Car
lisle saj'8 the "vice in our preHent
system, should "be eradicated." So
the people ehonld say. !
"But the "Democratic party cannot
bojheld responsible for tho tremend
ous waste and extravagance as it has
not had charge of both Houses ot the
Copgresu since Buchanan's Ume. The
vicious expenditures must be laid at
the door of the Republican party.
It is impossible for the Democratic
limine to practice much reform as
long as there is an extravagant,
wasteful, Republican Senate. All
attempts at rigid reform in expendi-
re have been to some extent
thwarted by the dominant party in
e Senate.
Thof Democrats have
reductions and have
made some
saved a few millions each year, but
cy have been able to do but little
omparatively because of Republi
:an control of the Executive until
Jr. Cleveland camo in, and because
of Republican control of one or both
illouses of legislation. The Repub
licans have had it all their own way
pretty much from 186.1 to 1884. Mr.
Carlisle says:
"There is -now too much machinery for
tho work to be done, and too many engi
neers ia charge of it. There are too many
bureaus, divisions and subdivisions in and
abouj the various departments, and loo
liltlo concentration of labcr and official
responsibility." i ;
The Republicans do not seem to
bo satisfied with their remarkable
performances heretofore. They have
literally wasted a thousand million
dollars. They have piled up expen
Bes until the whole country has long
staggered under the" immense load.
Hut thin does not satisfy them.
They are burning for other and more
wasteful and oppressive achieve
ments. Their ardor in the work ' of
extravagance grows bywhatjit feeds
upon. So they are Bcheniing to
'spend more money, and vast sums
for all 6ortH. of do called improve
"metits and for all kinds of pensioners
are to bo appropriated and the bur
(lencd tax-payers must bo jstijl fur
ther taxed. Ono cent taken fVoa
the tax payer without positive neces-
ity is robbery,
tho Republican
Mr. Carlisle sava
pension plan,
"if
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carriedf out, would bankrupt ; tne
country, or, at the Very least, bud
ject the people to a burden of
taxation that would Seriously crippie
and embarrass all their industries."
He points to the fact that already
our country is "expending annually,
on account of military and naval
pensions, more than is paid by alt the
otJier Governments tn trie world com
bined." Think of that. And yet in
the face of this oppressive, remorse
less expenditure and burden the Re
publicans for purposes of dema-
goguery are concocting new plans to
increase these expenditures and still
farther oppress the tax-payere of the
country. .
It is time to cut down the expen
-ditures. It is time to relieve the
people of a part of their burden. It
is more than twenty-two years since
the 'war ended. High taxation has
had ;a full sweep. Let a halt be
cried. The people must 'assert their
majeSty. Lt the . sirpTusfit,op -anti
the hiffh taxes be cut down. What
do the people say?
. Remember that
has everv year to
every tax-payer
pay five times as
much to the Government at Wash
ington as he does to the State, coun-
ty and town. ,
r A PICTURE FOB ALL TIME.
' 1 i.
In the Century Magazine for
November there is a very readable
war paper by. Gen. Horace Porter
giving an account of the retreat from
Petersburg and the final scene a
Appomattox. It is told with dignity
and good taste. There is no vaunt
ingno crowing over a fallen foe.
Grant never fcef ore or since appeared
so well as in the hour of his greatest
achievement. He bore himself with
simplicity and magnanmity through
out the surrenderj What a pity for
his memory that he was ever Presi
dent. The events of the last days
of the young Republic, and the suf
ferings, toils and heroism of the few
Confederates .who remained faithful
to' the grand cause and stood close to
the noble and chivalrous Lee are full
of tender sadness. There is no story in
history; there is no contest described
with all of the fire and decorative
art of Epic genius that is fuller of
tragic interest and pathetic tender
ness and consecrated heroism and
high endeavor and thorough heroism
than is the true story of the South'
ern Confederacy! In the last days
how noble and grand was Lee!
Gen. Porters account brings out
something of that lofty, ideal man
hood. It is excellently said by the
Columbia Register:
! "The closing incidents of the military
enic of ibis century are detailed with inter
esting minuteness I The story is full of
naitooa and oueht to put to the blush the
narrow, miserable spirit of the Forakers of
the day while it should serve to emphasize
that spirit of Southern magnanimity which
a Goraon niusiraies.
I 'But above all in Generel Porter's narra
tive how great la Grant's magnanimous
snirit and how superb ia Lee's more than
rirjncelv bearing. Grant was great on
many baUle nelda, and Lee we think was
greater But neither chieftain was greater
on one of their fiercest fields of contest
than each was at Appomattox The one
was modest and considerate in victory.
The other was sublime in defeat. Rear
the monument to both. If Grant showed
hnw Btronz and nettinacious Northern
bmnter was. it was reserved to Lee to il-
lnatr&te the highest tvne of Southern char
acter. Both combined to present to the
world the strength and the beauty of Ame
rican individuality.
Froai discussions in Southern and
Northern religious newspapers that
have conve under our eye, we think
it altogether probable that the Com
mission in charge of the Indian Bu
reau has madej a mistake in a recent
order. He has ordered that hereaf
ter all instructions to the Indians
shall be in the English language
alone. It is well meant no doubt,
bHt the religious organs of several
churches complain that the order will
work harm. - :The Nashville Chris
tian Advocate takes this view :
"It is fair to suppose a conscientious
man, such as a missionary to the Indians
generally is, would wish to use that tongue
most friendly to the success of bis work.
It 4s quite probable that he would know
what would hinder and what would help
on his success. To come to him, therefore,
and say, "You must not teach this, or you
must teach that, on pain of being forbid -deu
to teach on the' reservation," is to in
terfere with his rights as well as with the
rights of the Indians. Suppose the Gov
ernment should try the same methods with
the foreigners who come among us, and
have less claims on us than have the In
dians, how would the action b9 received?"
Grant said the best way j to kill a
bad law is to ; enforce it. ;The best
and most proper way to deal with a
bad order is to revoke it.
! Senator Vance has a new way of
"raising turnips." In his Catawba
county agricultural address he said,
as reported in Asheville Citizen-.
"Among other valuable and timely Bug
eestions be made the following as the best.
surest and most agreeable way of raising
turnips. He said his experienee was mat
the man should sto into some other man's
field, surround the turnip carefully with
his knees, .get a good solid grip on the top,
pull with all necessary force, and then
Akin bv the lisht of the moon.' He naively
added, (no pun meant here) this method
rarely ever failed to raise a good turnip."-
Old John Sherman has crept
of hia bole and says: .
out
"I believe the tendency hereafter will be
to make the next presidential contest turn
upon the same political dogmas tnai ui
vlded the people in 1800."
If he or little Benny Foraker shall
bo nominated that will be the char
acter of th,e campaign in 1888. It
will be the Vlfnio?, PP and insep
arable" against the Bloody Shirt
XIA. . "V -V-
Tim, WEEY : .bTAR. '.-
Virginians are very happy and no
wonder. The victory over that wicked
little spindle-shank fellow, Mahone,
is enough to make them furious with
rejoicing. That good Democratic
paper, the Philadelphia Hecord, must
go back to the Old Testament to il
lustrate. It says :
"The Israelites, when they found them
selves safe from their Egyptian pursuers on
the thither, side of the Red Bea, with Pha
raoh safe on the bottom, had hardly more
reason to be glad than have the people of
Virginia to have escaped from the clutch of
Manone. "
The editor of the Macon Tele-
graph ha. been offered $100, for an
old hat of ex-President Davis. The
editor gave the venerable statesman
a new head coveringand now he
can sell the old one -for twenty times
what the new one cost. ' but he will
not sell.
Government Improvement on Black
River.
Capt. Chas. Humphrey, engineer in
charge of Government improvements
on-Black rTver3doing good work in
clearing the stream of ' obstructions
and deepening the channel. The ap
propriation is small only three
thousand dollars and not a great
deal can be expected, but, neverthe
less, many obstructions have been re
moved and the channel greatly im
proved. Two large machines for rais
ing logs and stumps that impede nav
igation are at work nnder the direc
tion of Capt. Wm. Skinner, and much
has been accomplished. The work
done has already made it
possible for steamers to run. regularly
from this port to Clear Run, in
Sampson county, on any stage of
water. The importance of these im
provements will be appreciated when
it is known that a short time ago it
was thought impracticable for this
river to be opened for continuous
navigation for steamboats, and yet,
with this partial improvement, traffic
has developed wonderfully, bringing
many thousand barrels of naval stores
and hundreds of bales of cotton to
the city.
A Terr lb. e rime.
An outrageous assault was perpe
trated lafet Wednesday night by two
neero ruffians on Mrs. Ada Sellers, a
respectable white woman living on
Thirteenth between Market and
Meadow streets. Mrs. Sellers lives
alone her husband being in Savan
nah, GaJ She was aroused late in the
night by the negroes, who demanded
with oaths and threats that the door
should be opened. The frightened
woman jordered them to leave and
threatened to shoot them if they did
not eo. I but the men laughed at her
threats, (and finally broke the door
down, dragged Mrs. Sellers ont of the
house and assaulted her. She fought
her assailants and cried out for assist
ance but her cries were soon
hushed by one of the black
brutes who choked her until she
was nearly unconscious. As soon
as she escapted from their clutches
she made 'her way to a neigh
bor's house where she remained
until davlieht. When she returned
to her home in the early dawn, Mrs.
Sellers found that the place had been
plundered and what little money she
had wias stolen. Mrs. Sellers was
severely bruised in her struggle with
the two negroes. Her neck and
throat were swollen and livid with
the imprints! of their fingers. The
men were strangers to her and there
is no clue to their identity.
Pender County.
The State Board of Education held
a meeting in Raleigh, last Thursday,
for the purpose of sending an official
request to the Attorney General to
frame a contract relative to a lease
of the "convict road" in Pender coun
ty to a syndicate, headed by Mr. Geo.
A. Ramsey, to oeused as a bed for a
railway or tramway. The company
deals in timber and wants the road
for transportation of timber out of
ADgola swamp. The main provision
of the contract will be that the com
pany may have the use of nine feet of
the road bed, provided it will keep
the remaining thirteen feet in good
order for the general use of the pub
lic. The road runs through the swamp
for nine miles, and is the only effec
tive mode of coins through it. The
contract will be submitted to Mr.
Ramsey for consideration, and to be
accepted ori rejected. The road is on
the public j lands of the State and is
nnder control of the State Board of
Education.!
cotton Movement.
v The receipts for the crop year, so
farfrom September 1st to November
j i i. - a r r rr A 1 1 nlAn.
lzcn aggregate iw,iJii umn, oiiun
ing as compared with receipts (67,405
bales') last ! vear an increase of
82,854. It ; is well to note in
this connection that the total
receipts
bales and
Receipts
against . 1?
last year.
The st
bales. I
last year were 134,020
'of the year before 101,537.
the past week are 17,758,
i.711 bales the same week
I
ck at this port is 20,861
Cotton Fire at maxton.
A correspondent writing from Max
ton, N. C., says' that fire broke out in
a lot of cotton bales on the platform
f the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley
Railroad at that place yesterday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock. The origin of
the fire is a mystery. About fifty bales
were damaged; the loss is estimated
at $500. Mr. J. C. McCaskill was the
heaviest loser. The 'Rescue" Fire
Company did good service, and in a
short time subdued the flames.
Naval Stores Receipts.
Receipts of spirits turpentine for
this crop year from April 1st to Nov.
12 are 53,076 casks, against 47,743
casks received up to Nov. 13th, 1886;
an increase of 5,334. In rosins, the
receipts are 198,150 barrels, against
200,046 last year. Tar, 31,206 barrels;
last year, 34,044. Crude turpentine,
17,848 barrels; last year 17,155.
WILMINGTON, N, C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18,
Cape Fear dc Yadkin Valley Railroad. !
Col. Roger Moore, Mr. B. F, Hall
and Col. W. L. DeRosset, of the Con
mission appointed to confer with
the authorities of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Railroad Company, re
turned home Wednesday night, and
so far as we could learn," were very
much pleased with their trip and with
the reception they met at the hands
of the gentlemen comprising the rail
road syndicate. The result of the con
ference was J given in the dispatch to
the Star published yesterday. Ni
propositionj was submitted, bnt the
commissioners were assured that the
railroad authorities would confer with
them further in regard to the matter,
at the earliest" date possible, and it
was arranged that the meeting should
be held in this city sometime within
the next thirty days.
In company with Col. Gray, the Pre
sident of the railroad company,
Col.
R. P. Atkinson, the Superintendent,
and Dr. D. W. C. Benbow, of Greens
boro,' the commissioners made a trip
over the road from Fayette vijle to Pi
lot Mountain, a distance of one hun
dred and forty-two miles. MrrF. Cald
well joined the party at Greensboro,
and Dr. Lash met them at Walnut
Cove. (j)n the I return from
Pilot Mountain, (Colonel More
head joined them at Greensboro,
and Mr. Geer, of Raleigh, at San-
ford; Dr. (Worth and Mr. John D.
Williams receiving them-at Fayette-
ville. . . I.
The commissioners were impressed
with the substantial character of the
road nearly all the track being laid
with new kteel rail and of the depot
buildings along the line. Beyond
Greensboro the road passes through
a rich section of country which is rap
idly being developed, numerous
thriving towns and villages springing
up along jthe route - At one place
Siler station the commissioners were
shown seventy new houses that had
recently been erected. Near Walnut
Cove thejf were shown some large
lumps of poal taken from a vein just
discovered, by experts who have been
making investigations on the Dan
river. The seam is within a mile of
the C. F.j & Y. V. R R, and indi
cations are favorable for its yielding
a" good quality of bituminous coal.
At Pilot Mountain they found a
large number of hands at work ex
tending the road to Mount Airy, a
distance of about twelve miles.
At Fayetteyille, on their return,
the commissioners were entertained
at the new and elegant hotel the
Hotel LaFayette just opened at that
place, and where they had the pleas
ure of meeting Senator Vance.
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Tbe Onslow Railroad.
Advices were received here yester
day thatj the Commissioners of Ons
low county at their meeting last Mon
day ordered an election on the ques
tion of a subscription to the Wilming
ton, Onslow & East Carolina Rail
road, the election to be held on Tues
day, thel 27th of December. A new
registration was also ordered.
The Newbern Journal of Tuesday
says tht "the. committee of citizens
appointed to wait upon the County
Commissioners of Craven in regard
to calling an election as to whether
Craven county should vote a $100,000
subscription on the Onslow railroad,
were berore tne Doara again yescer
dav. and others who were not favbr-
ble to the scheme were also present.
A SDirited argument was entered into,;
and after considerable discussion for
and against, the meeting adjourned
yil next Monday for further consid
eration.7'
Negro Drowned.
A correspondent writing from Whit-
aker's, Edgecombe county, says that
a negro man named Henry Harper!
was found dead near that place last
Friday.) The Coroner of the county
summoned a jury, consisting of John
T. Taylor, R. C. Crenshaw, O. D.
Mann, J. W. Braswell, Chas. Grant
and P. H. Taylor, who rendered a
verdict that the deceased lost his life
by drowning while trying to escape
from an omcer wno was trying xo ar
rest Harper for hog stealing.
For the Star.
EDGECOMBE FAIR,
A Handsome Display Notwltnstand-
Ingilie Bad Weather. !
Tarbobg. Jiov. 10. This is the big
dav. Thursday opened very unpro
pitiously, oeing ciouay, inaicaung a
rainy day, otwitnstandjng tne ugly
appearance of tne morning, oy noon
the crowd conld be safely estimated
at 2,000 to 2,500. The fine racing which
was to take place was prevented by
the rain, which commenced after
dinner and continued till about one
hour before sunset. j
The management have had a great
deal to contend with, the heavy rains
causing floods. The washing up I of
bridges over every stream of any size
bad prevented tne farmers from
bringing in their exhibits. They were
I A f. 1 1 4. - 1 1. XI
ueLeriuiiieu, However, uui lu let liics
Fair 'teo bv default."
Agricultural ana Jnacninery tiail
eimuiLH were Dimmer tiio.ii itutb year,
1- l : X 11 iV 1 i-
but what was shown was of tne very
latestj improvements in the way of
plows, cottonseed planters, and many
other improved implements. i
in the same nail we noticed a lot oi
very superior buggies, the workman
ship of Hackney iiros.' manufactory.
Rocky Mount, and by far superior in
style and durability to Northern im
portation, j
Agricultural products were good,
tnougu smaller tnan ever oetore ex
hibited, being prevented from being
brought in by so many mashed-up
bridges all over the county. ;
The poultry exhibit was also small
J. H. Hunter, of Nash county, showed
some fine specimens of game fowls,
for which old Nash is so famous as
well as for old Nash brandy. Col. A
u. .Davis, of iicwrange, wes present m
command of ms Dattallion of one
hundred and eighty cadets,
JbTiday will close tne events of tms
week, and it is hoped it will be a fair
day.
W In r Floral Hall, the deft hands
of tne ladies nad tastily ana uni
quely made a beautiful display of
their handiwork, consisting of fine
specimens of needle work,, beautiful
embroidery, and last, but by no means
the least, bread, cakes and jellies in
abundance, wnicn not omy pieasea
the eve. but tempted tne appetite,
Want of space preventsus irom par
ticnlarizing. Suffice it to say. the
ladies' exhibits showed -very superior
skillL
The display of jewelry by Geo. L.
Parker, of Rocky Mount, was very
handsome; also, that of Mr. JjranK
fort, of JNorfolK.
:-;.4 . NKARiNO THE END.
Chicago's Great Sensation-Yesterday's
; , Doings Among tine Condemned An
; ; arehlai Llngg ' . Ends , nls litre by
- Dynamite Flelden and Schwab's
'Sentence Commated to Life Imprl
f sonment Fischer, Parsons, Engei
and . Spies to Safler the Death Pen-
alty Preparattoas for the Preser
: vatlon ot Order.
' j: . ' tuearapD to the Morning Star.i ,
" Chicago, Nov. '10, 9 a. m. Louis
Lingf, ' the bomb maker, has just com'
pulleed suicide by shooting himself
through iht beau while in his cell in the
county iail How be secured the weapon
with which the deed was committed is a
mystery, as bis cell and clothing were again
thorougbly searched yesterday, and to all
appearances the guards that Bit in front of
bis cell bave watched him every minute.
Lingg has always been regarded as the
most desperate Anarchist of the t It
was be who manufactured the bombs for
the Hay market riot, and in whose cell the
bombs were found last Sunday.
Chicago. Nov. 10 Immediately after
tbe explosion deputy O'Neill rushed in io
LiuKg's cell, which was completely en
veloped ia smoke. There he fouud the
jounK Anarchist lying ou his back, with
great boles iu bis head, from which blood
was rushing in torrents. He was at once
carried iniu tne jau otnee ana piacea on a
table, tie was still breathing faintly, and
while Dr. Gray waa examining bim, he
cuugbed slightly and the blood poured
forth again from his terrible wounds and
from bis mouth and nose.' The physician
Said the man could only live an hour or so
at the most, and he expects bis death every
minute. At 10 o clock be was still alive.
Chicago, Nov. 10, 10.47 a. m. It is
now learned that Lingg ended bis life by
means of a futminatiug case, and not witn
a revolver, as at first utated. He , had the
case in bis mouth and lit it with a candle
which was burning in his cell. The ex
plosion was tbe first warning that the jail
people bad. The guaid seeing him witu a
candle in his band supposed that be was
lighting a cigar. Ffom tbe tffects of tbe
explosion bait of bis head was turn away
Ho w the dynamite Whs smuggled liuo
the cell is not known, but it is g. nt-rlly
believd that there is a traitor among tbe
death-watch, who gave bim the dynamite
and cap. '1 his is the theory at tbe sheriff's
olU'.e
I Chicago. Nov 10. A 1 d yesterday it
was thought that Lingg acted differently
from usual. Tuesday night be na.ve out
bis "Farewell address." wnicb was written
for the Alarm. Parson old paper : In it
he recited at length bis grievances, and
closed ms follows:
'Now, with a lat and earnest farewell
to all my friends and comrades, and with
fiual wishes for tbeir prosperity, I close, in
view Of tbe certainty that 1 shall never
have a cbaace of seeing you agaiu, my be
loved c mrade. With an earnest and
hearty wish for your future success in life,
"Your Cjmrade, Hocb Die Aoarcbie,
"Louis Likgg.
Chicago, Nov. 10 Sheriff Matson has
ust received a telegram that the sentences
of Pielden and Schwab have been com
muted to life imprisonment. Tbe other
four are lo'haog to-morrow.
Liiugg died at 3.5U p. m.
TH. GOVERNOR'S DECISION
Letter ot Gov. Oelesby Refusing Par
lon lor Some of tbe Anarchists and
Commoting Punishment or others.
By Telegraph to the MorntnR Star.
Springfield Nov. 10 The following
is the Governor's decision in full in tbe
Anarchist case:
Executive Office,
Springfield. Ill , Nov. 10.
On the 20th day of August. 1886, in Cook
county criminal court. August Spies, Albert
It. Parsons, nam I Fielden, Michael bchwab,
Adolph Fischer. George Ed gel and Louts
Lingg were found guihy by a verdict of
the jury and afterwards sentenced to be
hanged for the murder' of Matthias J.
Degan. Appeal was taken from such find
ing and sentence to tbe Supreme Court of
the State. That Court upon a final ' hear
ing and after mature deliberation unani
mously affirmed tbe Judgment of the Court
below. The case now comes before me by
petition of defendants for consideration as
Governor of tbe State, if the letters ot
Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George
Engel and Louia Lin eg. demanding uncon
ditional release, or as tbey express it,
"liberty or death, and protesting in tbe
strongest language against mercy or com
mutation of sentence pronounced against
them, can be considered petitions, pardon,
could it be granted, which might imply
any guilt whatever upon tbe part of either
of them, would not be such vindication as
tbey demand. Executive intervention upon
the grounds Id listed upon by the four
above named persons cotiiu in no proper
sense be deemed exercise of constitutional
power to grant reprieves, commutations
and pardons, unless based upon the belief
on my part of tbeir entire innocence of the
crime or wnicn iney siaoa conviciea.
Careful consideration of the evidence in
record of tb trial of tee parties, as well as
of all amended and claimed for them out
side of the record, has failed to produce
upon my mind any impression tending to
impeach tbe verdict of the jury or the
judgment of tbe trial court or of the Su
preme Court amrming tne gum or an inese
parties. Satisfied, therefore, as I am, of
their guilt, I am precluded from consider
ing the question of commutation of the
eentences of Albert R. Parsons, Adolph
Fischer, George Engel and Louis Lingg to
imDrisocment in the penitentiary, as they
emphatically declare tbey will not accept
such commutation
Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab and
August Spies unite in a petition for "execu
tive clemency." Fielden and Schwab in
addition present separate and supplement
ary petitions for the commutation of tneir
sentences. While, as I said above. I am
satisfied of tbe guilt of all tbe parties as
found by tbe verdict of tbe jury, which was
sustained by the judgments bf tbe courts,
mobt careful consideration oi tne wnoie
subject leads me to tbe conclusion that the
sentence of the law as to Samuel Fielden
and Michael Schwab may be modified, in
tbe interest of humanity and without
doing violence to public 'justice; and as to
said Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab,
sentence is commuted to imprisonment in
the penitentiary for life As to all the
other above named defendants, I do not
feel justified in interfering with the sen
tence of tbe court. While I would gladly
have come to a different conclusion in re
gard to the sentence of defendants August
Spies, Adolph Fischer, George Eogel.Albert
R. Parsons and Louis Lingg. I regret to
say that under tbe solemn sense of my ob
ligations of office, I have been unable to
do so.
ISigned - Richard J. Oglesbv,
Governor.
WASHINGTON.
Secretary Lamar to Fill tbe Vacancy
on tbe Supreme Court Bench.
b? Telegraph to the Morning Star.J
Washington, Nov 10 There ia no
longer doubt that during tbe first few days
of the coming seesio-s of Congress the
President will nominate Secretary Lamar
to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court
Bench, caused by the death of Justice
Woods, and at the same time Postmaster
General Yilas will be nominated to succeed
Mr. Lamar as Secretary of the Interior.
Washington. November 1. Secretary
Lamar, late this afternoon sent a letter to
Commissioner Sparks sharply replying to
tbe communicetion from bim relative to
the adjustment of the Chicago. St. Paul.
Chicago, Minneapolis is Omaha Railroad
land grants, and informing bim, in conclu
sion, that either be or the Secretary. must
forthwith retire. Mr. Lamar says: "I bave
neither the disposition to enter a polemic
discussion with a subordinate, nor to en
eaee with him. at his instance, in a gla
diatorial combat; especially so in a matter in
which he has received my carefully ma
tured instructions. In no other way can
the functions of a great public department
be successfully executed than for the chief
to command and the sunoruinate to oney
1887.
AFTER THE fXEC lKi OJ
1 he Dead Anarchists Exposed to Pub
lic View Dell vt-ry or tne Bodies to
Their Friends-Fouerala to Take
Place To-Bay Polite Arrangements
I
to Prevent any Disturbance Schwab
and'Fleldcn Depart for the Penlten- .
Mary. j
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Chicago. Nov. 12. The doors of the
undertaking eainMishiDent to which tha
bodies of the dead Anarchists were taken
after tbe execution yesterday, were thrown
open by 6 o clock this morning, and tbe
crowd which bad been! waiting to view tbe
remains began io file in ! Only the bodies
of Parsons and Fiicber were left to gratify
me moroia curiosity or the crowd, the re
mains of Spies and Enirel bavinc already
.been removed. Occasionally one of tbe
curious would mutter : something as he
gized upon tbe upturned, distorted faces
of the dead; but most of tbe people passed
on silently afier a single glance at the
countenances of these much talked -of men.
At 9.30 o cloctc the doors were closed. At
that time there was a big crowd outside,
and it was estimated that four or .five thou
sand people bad viewed the remains. Half
an hour later the bodies were removed to
the residences of tbe dead Anarchists. No
excitement attended tbe transfer of tbe re
mains. .
Chicago. Nov. 12. It looks very much
this morning as if the city authorities
would refuse to allow the friends of the
executed Anarchists to carry out tbeir pro
gramme respecting the funerals, which arc
set for to-morrow. It has been learned
that Mayor Roche, Chief of Police Eoer
sold. Inspector Bonfijld and Commissioner
of Public Works Swift bave had a long
conference respecting what they would or
would not allow. Tbe Chief and Mayor
are both set against permitting crowds to
line the streets through which the cortege
proposes passing, and it may be decided
that the burials of the "Redn" will have to
be made separately. !
An incident occurred this morning which
shows tbe temper of the law-abiding peo
ple of the city. Spies was' a member of
Aurora Tumvelin Some Socialistic mem
bers of tbe orgaoizttion placed an Ameri
can flag at half-mast on tbe Aurora Turn
Halle. It bad not been there long before
tbe owners of the building ordered the flag
taken down, and it was doDe.
It is strongly hinted that tbe authorities
of Waldebim Cemetery, tbe oce in which
it is proposed to bury the "Reds," and over
tbeir graves erect a monument, were seri -oucly
considering whether it was not their
duty to refuse a resting place for tbe An
archists' remains within their enclosure. At
least tbey will not allow the erection of a
monument.
Both of the owners of Aurora Turn -Halle,
it may be interesting to know, are
Germans. It is also learned that Turn
Halle would most likely refuse to allow
the body of 3pies to lie in state in tbe Halle,
as was proposed, i '
Chicago, Nov. 12 At 10 o'clock ;be
casket containing tbe body of Fischer s
taken out. It was to be taken to the home
of his wife. It was quickly lifted into tbe
wagon and an oil cloth covering spread
over U. then tne undertaker and his as
sistants mounted the box and tbe wagon
was driven out Milwaukee avenue, follow
ed by a crowd of small boys; most or the
grown people staying behind in the hope of
getting a glance at Parsons. A detail po
lice just going on duly came along at the
time and matched after tbe wagon This
created some commotion along the avenue
but it died out when tbe police turned off
at Noble ttieet. Tbe wagon with its guard,
of boys nrwved on to tbe bouse of Mrs Fis
chcr, just u block east of Milwaukee
avenue. It is a two;8tory frame structure,
and is occupied by several families Mrs.
Fischer's apartments are in the rear, on the
ground floor, and are entered through an
arch under the rear stairway leading from
tbe second story. This arch was draped'
with white and black cambric. Around
the house was a great crowd of women
and children, evidently belonging in the
neighborhood. Tbey were morbidly curi
ous rather than svm pathetic, and when
tho wagon drew up in front of
the house, tbey i craned tbeir necks
to see what they could. Mrs. Fischer was
at the house of one of the neighbors when
he body of her husband arrived, but as
soon as it had been carried into the bouse
and properly -placed, she was escorted into
her desolate home by two female friends:
She was suffering greatly, and her actions
were somewhat hysterical. She stopped
occasionally, threw bet arms about one or
the other of her friends and wept bitterly.'
At 1 o clock a curious throng still hung
about the house .1
The doors and windows of Chris Spies'
house, where the body ot the dead Anar
chist lies, were barred and would not be
opened for any one. Long strips of white
and black crepe swung from tbe door bell.
At the top of tbe symbol of mourning was
a Urge biack roie made also of crepe, and
from the middle of the rose streamers of
red flattered in tne breezes. From tbe
moment the dead body arrived at tbe resi
dence of August's brother, tbe house has
been surrounded by crowds of inquisitive
spectators. This: morning tbe assemblage
gradually increased in numbers, all anxious
to get a look at the face of the famous An
archist. Nobody was gratified Repeated
calls at the door j failed to elicit any re
sponse. Chicago. Nov. 12. It was definitely de
cided this afternoon that the remains of
August Spies should not be laid in state in
Aurora Turn Halle to morrow. State re
presentative Frank A. Sauber.who ia at the
head of the committee of arrangements, de
clares the refusal to allow the remains in
the hall due to fear of the owners that the
police would revoke their license to sell
liquors, if it should be done. This the
owners deny. i
Punctually at noon the friends of the
deceased will be admitted to take a last look
at the corpse at their late home, and shortly
after this the cortege will atart from Mrs.
Fischer's house. ! ft will stop at Mrs. Par
sons', where tbe hearse containing his coffin
will take its place in the procession, and
Knights of Labor and others will fall into
line. The conceurse following Spies'!
body, will join the procession and proceed
to where Lingg's and Engel's bodies lie.1!
Then the procession will be formed with
the Defence Committee at the head, fol-i
lowed by Aurora Turn Verein Knights of
Labor organizations. German Typographi-I
cal Union No 9, Carpenters Union, Pain'4
era Union, singing societies in carriages!
hearses and families, relatives and mends
in carriages. Brass bands, with muffled
drums, will play funeral marches while the
cortege moves on to tbe Wisconsin Central
depot, where a special train will convey
the funeral party to Waldebim Cemetery.
There speeches will be made in English and
German by well known orators, selected
to-day by Messrs Wm. Holmes and Wm.
Holmes and Wm, Haban.
- It is determined to make this the great
est funeral ever held in Chicago if the au
thorities do not prevent it. I
Plaster casts have been taken of the
faces of the dead Anarchists except that jof
Lingg. - j
The question of the primary disposal jof
the dead Anarchists was settled this after
noon. They will be taken to Waldebim
Cemetery and placed in a vault for the
time being. The committee represented to
the directors of the cemetery that the vault
in Waldehim being lately constructed, on
improved principles, was the strongest of
any cemetery vault near Chicago. Stauber
declared to the directors that it was feared
by the families of the Anarchists that a
determined effort will be made by physi
cians to get possession of tbe remains! for
dissection, and tbey wanted them well pro-
tected, At last the directors agreed to al
low the bodies to be placed in the vault,
but reserve their decision as to whether
they would sell to the committee a plot of
cround in which to burv the remains, t
Chicago, Nov. 13. Without banfters,
without speeches, with no music save i dir
ges, the blackening, repulsiva remains of
the five Haymarket murderers, who ;per-
ished bv the rone and bomb, will to-morrow
be borne to a lonely tomb ten milesj out
from the city oi tneir rearrUji crime ana
uniu.
Mayor Roche to-day sent for the cona-
rmltea or arrangements for tbe funeral f
the men executed Friday, and had a long
interview with them. Ordinarily no pr
mit is required for funerals, but owing to
the circumstances of this case the Mayor
ueemea it nest lor the city to assume gen
eral oversight of the whole affair. Tbe
committee suggested that sufficient police
Should oe around to clear the way and
preserve order, and readily acquiesced in
all the; suggestions made by the Mayor. .
As ai result of the conference final appli
cation was made as follows : !
Chicago, Nov. 12. 1887. To tlie Mayor
or vie Vttt or vntcago: We. tbe unuer-
signedi committee, for and in behalf of the
familes and friends, in making arrange
ments for the funeral of August Spies, A.
K Parsons. lAdolnh Fischer. George En
gel and Louis Lingg, respectfully request
mat we te permitted to have a procei-sion
which we agree to conduct in accordance
with your instructions.
Signed 1 Frank A. Staube.
: Henby Linnbmger,
ill I Max Oppknhkimer.
Mayor Roche thereupon issued the fol
lowing order: 1
Chicago. Nov. 12. 1887 To Frederick
Ebersold, Supt. of Police: You will issue
a permit, worded as follows, to the com
mittee whose applications is enclosed :
Permission is hereby granted to tbe fami
lies and friends of August Spies, A. It
Parsons, Adolph Fischer. George Encel
and Louis j Lingg, to conduct a funeral
Sunday. Nov. 13, between the hours of
12 and 2 o'clock p. m., on the following
conditions: Tbe bodies are to be taken
from the respective bouses directly to the
place of burial, the families and friends of
the deceased forming in line on -Milwaukee
avenue, commencing near Bryson street,
and ihe procession moving to Milwaukee
fcvenue, to Desplaines street, Desplaines
street; to Lake street, to Fifth avenue, Rnd
Fifth avenue to the depot of the Wisconsin
emiai railway company, at iolk street.
Ihe carrying or displaying of banners is
prohibited, no speeches are to be made, and
no weapons or arms shall be carried in tbe
procession, or shall any demonstration of a
public character be made except to con -duct
the funeral in a quiet and orderly
manner. Music, if any, shall be dirges
oniyj l j
Ibis permit is issued, subiect to the
statute laws of the State of Illinois, and the
taws ana ordinances of the city of Chicago,
ana me procession will at all times be sub
ject Io police regulations.
fSignedl John A. Rochb. Mavor.
The Mayor hopes and pre times that this
luneraiwm proceed quietly and ordeily,
as oiner runerais are accustomed to do.
At the same time, he says careful snd
thorough preparations have been made for
quieting any possible disturbance
Chicago, Nov. 12. Schwab and Field
en left Chicago forjoiletatl o'clock to
day! A few acquaintances of Fiejden
were at tbe station and a few idlers gath
ered around tbe car in which the two con
victs were placed, but that was all.
G EN. II. R. JA CK S ON .
A Spirited Reply to ExSenater Tlinr-
man's Attack:.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Atlanta. Ga . Nov. 11 Gen. Henrv
R. ijackson several days ago wrote a letter
to ex-Senator Thurman, of Ohio, in regard
to Jthe attack of the latter upon bim. He
denies that he ever was an office seeker.
denies the charge cooceroiag the Mexican
mission, again reopens his Macon speech,
conienamg mat mere was nothing wrong
in it, and concludes as follows: "Simply
because of my having made a speech of
such character, upon such occasion, to an
audience of veteran soldiers, called together
lor no ponucai purpose wnaiever, you and
the swarm of insects which bave bee a
buzzing about my name, delighted, per
baps, in the thought that they were In
flicting upon me the venom of their sliDg,
nave neiu me up io tne worm as meanly
vindicative or my uemocratic party, pre
psreu io narm it io me lull extent; or my
malignant power. Is it Dossiblelbat we of
the South are thus to be welcomed back
into the Union, even by the Democratic
party of tbe North ? Are we to stand in
perpetual terror of opening our mouths
anywhere, or upon any occasion, to sav
one word in commendation of our past, or
in nonor oi our aeao, or in vindication of
What we know to be the truth of history,
jess we may say something "to injure
the Democratic party ?' Is it not
sufficient that we have been stripped of our
property and of many things far dearer to
us than property can ever be? Must we also
consent to sink into the abysses of silence
our good name ? Must we keep our peace
unless we be prepared to kiss the hand that
Smites ua, and to place ourselves in the rank
of trqckUng hypocrites ? Must our chil
dren grow up around us, hearing in their
fireside story of the past and realising that
tbeir fathers dare not repeat in the face of
the world? Will this be the ecbool in
hich to train them for manful discharge
i me grand duties imposed by American
lviliaation upon American citizens from
be time they begin to perceive and to think
or themselves, thus to be crushed to dust
by the cruel consciousness that however
pure and patriotic in fact their sires may
have been in the opinion of the world, they
were gouty ot an enormous historic crime.
the shadow of which must rest forever like
a black cloud of ignominy upon tbe pride.
hope and manhood of their posterity?
namer man this, 1 would indeed secede,
not simply from the union of my fathers.
but from my own native State, so dear to
my heart, and seek if need be a home' in
the depths of barbarism. Nay, rather tban
this, l would long for tbat barbaric con
science wnicn would enable me, with one
movement of a devoted arm to sweeo everv
drop of my blood in descending generations
irom me race oi tne earth
THE CROPS.
Report from the Department of Aerl
culture Relative to tbe Corn, Potato
pobacco and Cotton Crops.
j cy Cable to the Morning Star.
Washington, Nov. 10. The Depart
ment of Agriculture reports the vield of
corn 19.9 bushels per acre, on about 73.
000,000. acres, or 1,453,000,000 bushels.
About 5,000,000 acres are reported as aban
oonea oerore ripening, un the acreage
planted tne average would be 18 b bushels
acre: the same as in 1881. The corn
surplus States! average slightly less than
in 1881, the thirty-one other States more,
The final record will be changed only by
slight adjustments. All acreage is counted
tbat was allowed to ripen, the crop how
ever small. The averages of some of I the
States of larger production are as follows:
New York 35 bushels, Pennsylvania 32,
oiaryiana sv. ( Virginia l.o, jNorth Uaro
una 13.4, Georgia 11, Texas 17, Tennessee
21.5. Kentucky 18.3, Ohio 25. Michigan
ana Indiana so, Illinois ia. lowa 25. Mis
souri 22, Kansas 12, Nebraska 24, Dakota
30. The quality of the crop is much lower
than usual m tne dry region, and tbe pro
portion of.'merehantable corn is considers
bly below the average.
! i The potato yield has been reduced, first.
by drought in the West, and later bv rot.
niainiy in toe A.uaauc orates, n is aooui me
same as in 1881, or 54 bushels average per
: i . i . . l . i n . r. , . . . .
acre, making a crop oi iS4.uuu.uuu. aeamst
163,000,000 bushels last year. The yield is
bo Dusneis in new xork, as in fannsylva
ilia, 30 in Ohio, 34 in Michigan, 83 in In
diana and Illinois, 80 in Minnesota, 55 in
Iowa, 60 in Micsouri, 69 in Kansas, 70 in
Nebraska, and 115 in Dakota. i
I The tobacco yidd per acre is very low in
the8bipping and cutting leaf belt, espe
cially in tbe west. Tbe average reported
per acre is, tor Maryland bos pounds, Vir
gmia 600, North Carolina 485, Arkansas
620, Tennessee 430. Kentucky 505; Ohio.
for cutting and leaf cigar, 615; Indiana
897, Illinois 403. On tbe acreage reported
Lin the August investigation, this will make
T aro mo mr.rA limn nn p t h irrl n f a f rnn
vv. . j ' - u. .V.V,.
The yield or cigar leai is nearly normal
I The picking of cotton has progressed
rapidly, and tne harvest is already doeed.
except in soils whieh have resisted adverse
Influences Jof the season. Tbe October
condition indicated a yield per acre of
three or four per cent less than last year.
with nearly one per cent, increase of area
The returns of yield in fractions of a bale-
fear in l about tbe unihb
Original niurn of i h. ;ii
per acre iawpdunds are nearly tbe ssme as
mose oi last I ISO vera her Th mn t in
fractions of a bale indii'Atn nun ..r i.,t
6,300,000 bales on an acreage of about 18 -640,000,
or 338 hundredths of a ba e per
acre. The rate by States is: Virginia 82
hundredths. Notth Carolina 37, South Car
olina so, Georgia 29.5, Florida 20. Ala
bama 28.7, Mississippi 88.2 Lnuisiau 43 3
Texas 33, Arkansas 88. Tenne isee 81.
Spiritb Turpentine.
J Okn.ll rr ...
Hoover went before Souiro I) O M
this morning And swore out a pence war
rant against Thomas Gaines, colored, who
is now serving a three months term i!n ihi. i
chain gang for assaulting Mr Hoover. It.
appears that Gaines bus reputedly thron.
ened to kill Mr. Hoover as Boor, , he ws 1
released from the chain gnng '
Chadbourn Ti tne.s: A hous
of Col. Wm. Baldwin's of Wtutev Hit w
burned last Friday nigbt aout 8 oVloiR
It was was a bouse not far from his dtb
ing- We paid a visit to the colon it
Presbyterian church of this i larc '
venture the assertion that there is to pr.1
tier church in this county than this Tbi
Church will bit completed about the 15ih
of December The most of ihe womt
work is done I and the laihini; ix com
pleted. !
fehelbv JVeio Era: On 'iV.u,i
morning abou four o'clock Deputy Collec
tor H B. Qainn with U S Decutv Mr-
sballs J. A. McFalls. and K S. Jo:es n
Messrs. J. H. Elliott and V C. HairiH
form 10 men,'', seed in Cleveland conn
ty, near the Three County Corners, disntl-
ing apperatusj 3,000 gsllons of bes r. 12!)
gallons of singlings, 18 beer sunds. a Mill
cap and Worm, supposed tn be the propt ri v
of Peter Buff, I Mr. Buff and iwo m. ',.
named Pruettl were arrested.
Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. Pear
son's Salisbury meeting closed last tiizh!
and lie leaves t hat place this evening for
Raleigh. HAtMr. J. Milton Alexan-
derV cotton gin, near Huntersville. lam.
Wedmsday, Ian accident occurred 'which
resulted quite painfully to George .John
ston, colored man. His arms were caught
in the saws of the gin and were ltcernit ii
from the fingertips to the elbows, though
fortunately the cuts were not deep ami
none of the bones were broken.
Pittsboro Home: W.E.Davis,
an Orange county man, but who has been
living in this county lor about a year, icU
his home on last Saturday night a week
ago. He went to Chapel Uil! on Sunday.
and cn Monday to Cary, where be met lint .
wire of John, w. Bon ani her daughter,
who, in his absence, bad left home and
taken the train at Moncure'for Cary on
Monday morning. Tbey left Cary to
getber, but I for what destination is not
knowu. Davis leaves a wife and six stcall
children in 4 very destitute condition .
Davidson Doings: One of the
ears ot Hiram Raper, a colored citizen of
. the northeastern section of the county, got
between a post and tbe sweep of a cane
mill and was torn clear off bis bead.
The last payment on tbe Thomasv lle or
phanage lands has been made. The or-,
phanage has over three hundred acres, all
paid for, with several substantial buildings.
it is now on me mresnoio or us career ot
usefulness. I Mrs. Rea, while feeding a
white rat, . suffered her baud to come too
near the caze. His ratship moved bv a de
sire for a change of diet, laid bold of the
nearest finger, bit out a piece and deliber
ately ate it. 1
broldsboro Arqus: One of tho
most touching displays of the affection of :k
dog for bis master that bas ever come i
our knowledge is tbat which was evidenced
on the plantation of Mrs. John Robinson
near this city on Wednesday. A colored
man died and was burled in tbe old slave:
grave yard on the place; his dog followed
the remains to their last resting place, and
wnen the interment was completed, he lay
upon tbe erave. with his head resting niinn
hia forefeet, and howled most piteously,
and would not be persuaded hway, bnt re
mained there all the afternoon and night,
until yesterday morning, when some of 'the
family went and carried him away.
Oxford Torchlight: The Ox
ford market has steadily grown in popular
estimation. In 1881 sbe sold half a million
pounds of tobacco, and in 1887 sbe wih
sell over eight million pounds. Sne now
has live commodious warehouses, four be
ing of brick and averaitiDir 70x240.
The $10,000 bonds, bearing 7 percent, in '
terest. ana running lor ten years, for the
new market house and opera house, have.
been disposed of to a party in Baltimore at
face value. The money arrived by express
last Saturday. The surveyors of the
Oxford & Durham Railroad have pitched
their tents on the outskirts of town. Tbey
have completed two preliminary surveys
between this place and Durham, one linn
being 31 miles long and tbe other about 33.
Raleigh News- Observer : Col. T.
M. Holt delivered the annual address at
the Murfreesboro Fair yesterday. Tba
Board of Directors of tbe Rocky Mount
Mills bave decided to purchase $40,000
worth of cotton for next year's business, in
addition to 356 bales in hand. This indi
cates push, energy and prosperity. Kin
ston jottings: The river here is two miles
wide. The water is surging through Mr.
J. F. Farrott's farm, covering nearly every
square foot with water. Mr. R. F.
Bright and ramlly moved out or tbeir resi
dence on Saturday. Tbe water now has
possession. He lost a large number oi
hogs and poultry, together with his entire)
wbo lives near tbe fool or Parrott s bridge,
was driven from home by the water on
Saturday. One foot of water now stands
in his house. He also lost considerably.
Mr. John Tull, who lives about two
and a half miles east of Kinston, lost hia
entire flock of sheep by the rising water.
Many hundreds of rabbits have been
drowned and hundreds cauebt and kilted
by sportsmen.
Wadesboro Intelligencer : Dr.
Rosser still continues to preach, morning
and evening, in the Methodist church, with
the power and effectiveness of one inspired.
lie wm leave next Monday, we believe, for
his conference, which assembles in Danville.
Va., on the 16th. -- Wednesday night
last was a beauty. Tbe moon was round
and bright, and Mr. Sam Sheppard gave a
corn-shucking right in the heart of Wades
boro. He rolled a barrel of rum down tbe
hill and knocked the bead in. There must
have been a hundred "cultured persons"
present. They "shucked," drank and sang,
making melodious tbe air for miles around.
It reminded one of tbo happy plantation
scenes in the halcyon past the vanished,
the tiever-toreturn past. There are
more painted houses in Lilesville than there
are in Wadesboro, the respective sizes of
the -places being considered, and in tne
country surrounding Lilesville, for several
miles out, in every direction, there is no
comparison with the country surrounding
Wadesboro. It doas ones eyes cood to
look upon the broad, spreading acres, tbe
well-tilled fields, and tbe pretty, ncatlv-
painted, home-like residences dotted here
and there, in every direction.
JUDGE THURMAN.
He Explains his Remarks Relative to
the Speech of Gen. Jackson, at ma
cen, and Sectional Speeches Else
where. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 10. Judge
Thurman last evening furnished the fol
lowing to the Associated Press:
VI have Been in the dispatches of yester
day evening the card of Gen. Henry R.
Jackson, in relation to some remarks of
mine in my brief and off-hand address to
the Tburman Club last Saturday night. I
am glad to learn by Ihe General's card thai
the report to which I alluded, in respect to
his recall from the mission to Mexico, was
unfounded in fact. ' I am incapable of
wilfully doing any man injustice, and bad
I known what I now learn from General
Jackson's card, I should not -have alluded,
however remotely, to tbe report to which I
referred. What I said about tbe doctrine
of secession was an expression of opinion.
It is still my opinion that whoever preacbea
meaoctnne.oi secession as a living issue
is not pnly an enemy to the Democratic
party, but of the whole country; and
smarting under the injury done to the
Democratic party of Ohio by Gen. Jack
son's Macon speech, which the result or the
election bas made apparent to every one, k
is not perhaps surprising tbat I used lan
guage that may seem harsh and even bitter,
yet. feeling as I do, hardly any language
!oq strong could be used in condemnation
if tbe Sectional speeches recently made in
the North and Of this one 10 the Scuth.i
Kespectrully,
A. O. Thcrman.'