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It looks to and will culminate in a coalition of the Mississippi valley States for the purpose of further ing the internal improvements in' the South and the West and of directing andiontrolling the public appropri ations for such purposes. i The last convention, which met ' a i ...: t in uenvcr, jjasscu diuiuuuu idvor inj the appropriation by the Gov ernment of $10,000,000 for leveeing and otherwise improving the Missis- s:ddi river.: reopie wno are not interested jn the commerce of the West and South will, doubtless re gard this as a pretty steep demand; and yet it is not, for if there be a national highway of commerce in the Republic it is that great river, the great natural outlet of millions of square miles of the most produc tive lands on the continent, the granary not only of this country, but of the world. In fact it is hot one river but a dozen rivers, for it is the channel into which a dozen navigable rivers empty their waters and hear their commerce, branching East and West, reaching out to the great lakes on one side and to the Rocky Mountains on the other. In such a river not only the West, but me wnoie country is interested. Until within a few years it has re ceived but little attention from the Congress of the United States, the work that was done on it being done by the tew States whose lands were subject to overflow by the spring Hoods, which are becoming more frequent and destructive than they were some years, ago. Une reason for this is that there has been no systematic effort to guard against ft and there has been a lack of that concert of action and concentration of strength necessary for effective work. Millions of dollars have been expended in the construction of bees to ; protect the low lands on the lower Mississippi from overflow, and while in ordinary freshets these may accomplish the purpose for which they are intended, in the exV traordinary rise they don t amount to much more than that much straw. If the money and labor which have been expended from time to time as emergency required had been ex petided in one systematic and con tmuous effort it would have been money and labor and a vast amount of destroyed .property saved. What this. Denver convention had in view in favoring this $10,00(,000 appropriation was not so much the protection of lands from overflow as the improvement of the channel for navigation. But it is doubtful whether any system of levees can ever do much in that way while they possibly may do some. Something more than that will be necessary. anu something more than $10,000, 000, too. ; ' J Anyone who has ever travelled Iliac nVir anrt cnm. - rf itc Principal tributaries, or noticed the immense quantity of earth iney carry in solution, and ms followed the frequently shift- ,us cnannel in its circuitous wute, making new pilot charts" fre quently necessary, will understand these destructive floods and why they occur so often. The river which fcade its own channel and cut its Way to the Gulf is now and has been 'Or Vear fill!nr ttit rhonnal tin wifl. the m lliug bilH. VUlkUUVI M nilU soil and sand it carries down 0 rom the rain-washed hills, which Packing around submerged trees and l yecics form sand bars and islands, icsTrn: a . . . i vjmg oia cnanneis ana opening tw. . 11 inat river could be straightened wc 1E Would cut its own channel and build, so to'speak, its own levees, and tne result be" not onlv th miH of the destroying floods but one of 0 the best navigable deep water -'s m the whole country.- The Jjstance from St. Louis to New .!. by air line is . about. 600 "ies; by river it is about 1200, wnicn might be reduced at least one- unn by cutting through the bends tne boats have to wind around. VOL. XXII. With such a reduction in distance and the speeding of the current that would follow in time it would cut for itself a channel that would float the deepest draught sea-going ves- sei. some ot - inese aays some en gineer will come alongand point out how this may be " done and prove that it will be economy to do it. v UNEASY EEPUBUCAUS. ; . -There is a movement on ; foot among the Alliance farmers of Ohio to defeat the re-election of John Sherman for the Senate. For this purpose a convention of Alliance men was held at Columbus, Tues day, to consider the .situation and decide upon ,what was, best to be done and how to do it. The proba bilities are that the result will be a farmers' ticket, and the nomination of farmers' candidates for the Leg islature in most of the coimties As they claim to be able to control from '60,000 to j 100,000 votes, this would mean trouble for somebody. In a State as close as Ohio, if the farmers control anything like even the smaller number estimated they can hold the balance of power if not a majority in the Legislature, and if they are not strong enough to elect a candidate of their own, they can defeat the election of the man they don't want. . Their objection to. Sherman is that he is a better representative of Wall Street than of ihis constituents. It is practically th j same fight which the farmers of Kansas made against Ingalls, and will result in retiring private life. m all probability John Sherman to That Sherman is a man of a cer tain kind of ability will not be de nied, and that he has a certain nack of handling financial matters is fully demonstrated by his success in be coming quite wealthy out of a salary scarcely large enough to pay his expenses in Washington. Like Mr. Blaine, and some other distin guished Republican statesmen, who are now numbered among the wealthy he began political life a poor man with nothing to depend upon but his sal ary yet his financial manipulations have been so successful that he has become a millionaire. This fact gives evidence, of -financial v talent "and also of an eye that can see a good thing when it gets anywhere in its neighborhood. How such feats as this are accomplished the public does not understand and perhaps Mr. Sherman would say it was none of the public's business. This is the first time, however, that there has been a deliberate movement for his defeat, he hereto fore being a power, in his Stater as Ingalls was in Kansas. He tried with the masses by to curry favor his anti-trust speeches on the stump, and by his anti-trust bill in the Sen ate, but whatever popularity- he gained by these he lost by his un compromising views on the financial question, his support of the McKin- ley tariff and, his opposition to silver coinage. There is also a strong opposition to his re-election in his own party led by Foraker and his friends, who believe that it is time for him to re tire and make way for some other pa triot. Foraker has a personal grudge against him, as they have been rival leaders, and Foraker believes that Sherman was instrumental in his defeat when he ran for Governor against Campbell. This is the first opportunity that has presented itself to get even, and if he can't succeed in stepping into Sherman's shoes himself, he will not mourn if the farmers should hold votes enough to make Sherman's election impossible. Between the Foraker crowd, the Alliance men and the Democrats, the outlook for Mr. Sherman is any thing but cheerful, and the indica tions are that Foraker may" have the satisfaction of seeing Sherman's scalp dangling af somebody's belt. if not at his own. , ' ' MXffOE MEUTIOIT. The impression prevails that there has been a good deal of underhand work going on in this Behring Sea business especially with reference to the question of limiting the catch of seals, a proposition which was made several months ago by Lord Salis bury. It is said our Government has been so slow in acting in this matter that even if the arrangement were entered into now the Amercian Com mercial Company would have all the seal skins they want before it could be put into effect.. It is intimated that this will form a subject of in vestigation by the next Congress, and that when, the correspondence is called for and Russell Harrison, Ste phen Elkins and J.G. Blaine are called upon to tell what they know about it some interesting revelations may be made. It is j pretty strongly hinted that, Russell Harrison had his hand in the business and that he got a pretty big fee for helping in ob structing proceedings to give Elkins' company time to make the scoop they wanted. ' v Mr. C. G. .Eddy, Vice President of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company, has been urging the Vir- ' I I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 M " ' II Tl Tl Tl T7 r - TT ' T -K VVw 1 17 n A II TV I ginia farmers to engage in sheep raising, which he shows to be one of the most profitable industries of the farm. He publishes letters from large sheep raisers in the West in which they speak of the climate and soil of Virginia as especially adapted to successful sheep culture. This is true, and it will apply not only to Virginia but to all the upper tier of the Southern States, if. not to. the a.1 m " ' oiners. j nere is not a better coun try in the world for sheep raising than the rolling lands of the South ern States, which are well watered and : where' grass may be grown abundantly. Virginia and North Carolina should have a' thousand sheep to the one they have, but in both of these States the roving dog seems to outrank the sheep, and wniie this is so we need jiot expect to see much done in the sheep raising business. , -.. -..j ;.. . v...;. . : The captain of the Itata not only stole a march on the U. -S. Marshal at San Diego and got away with his deputy, but from the latest reports, which seem reasonable, he also not oniy got away irom out got away with the captain of the Charleston, transferred his ; arms, munitions of war, etc., to the Esmeralda, and then put out lor Australia. , ihere may be some doubt about the Itata going to Australia, but as she has not put into any-racinc. port lor coal tnis is not improbable. One thing, how ever, is evident ana that is that the Charleston has been burning a good deal of coal in a wild goose chase, which was looked upon by many as a wild goose chase from the start. City Treasurer Bardsley, of .Phila delphia, who is now in jail for get ting away with a half a million or so of the city's money, says he felt as if he had been in hell for the past six months. The citizens of that burg are probably sorry that he wasn't. , LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS. Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Cyclones Predictions of a Wefttber Prophet. A Texas weather prophet predicts that the year beginning with May this year will be the greatest storm year since the thirties. Destructive' storms will begin to manifest, themselves after June 8th, when the great battle of the elements will begin in earnest, and every month will bring its noted storms. - j The new prophet says "June is not always a month of great storms, but it will be this year, and should my predic tions be verified as to that month the Fublic will give more attention to what have said as to the eleven months that follow it. October and November are the months that usually bring the tropi ical hurricanes that are sometimes very disastrous on the Gulf of Mexico and ocasionally do damage as far north as 1 ennessee and Arkansas, l ne great nur- ricanes that visited the lower Mississippi and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in 1832-8 will be repeated next October and November. Wherever you find an old man who. followed nat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in 1832- 3, you will hnd an oracle who can . re veal much history about the hurricanes of the lower Mississippi river at that time. Portions of Florida were greatly damaged by the hurricanes sixty years ago. "1 do not desire to create any unnec essary sensation about this very great storm period, but no harm can come by being prepared tor the very severe winter and the great storms. Hundreds of thousands of people who read my weather forecasts every week will have great faith in the predictions made in this letter, for they know that I am very careful and seldom mislead thesa T he forecasts are not oased on any su perstition or secret, but on what I know to be, and On what any person may know to be, real physical causes. "The cause of this period of great dis turbance will be the equinox of Saturn in October and the equinox of Jupiter next January. J upiter s equinox occur red in August and Saturn's in October, 1832, and hence the great storm of that and the year following. The equinoxes of these planets cause great electric dis turbances in our solar system, just as do the eauinoxes of our earth in March and September, but on a large scale. Electricity is the force that causes all storms, and the sun and all the planets throw an electric force far into space over their eauators. as does the electro dvnamo. and consequently when any planet passes its equinoctial the electric tension of the sun and of that planet are disturbed, and simultaneously the electric force of every planet in the solar system"is unbalanced, which affects the electric currents oi tne eartn. The Eailroad Commissioners. The Raleigh News ana Observer of yesterday says: The Railroad Commission yesterday, as the result of a conference, decided oositivelv to enforce the order which thev have issued making a uniform rate of twenty-five cents for messages of ten ' words, sent and received in this State, This decision of the commission is final, and it was ordered that the new rate take effect June 15. It is thought that an appeal will be taken on the part of the telegraph companies. The Commission . also agreed yester-j day upon a joint schedule of freight rates for all the railroads in the btate. This schedule was finally adopted after thorough deliberation and consideration of the requests wnicn were maqe oy tne railroads, and win, it is inougni, ne en tirely acceptable to the railroads. Order of Bail way Conductors. The Order of Railway Conductor; has a membership of 20,000, in rdum numbers, and it wields no little influ ence in the railroad world. It has ai insurance feature, which makes it great ly more beneficial than merely as a fraternal organization. After July 1 all conductors becoming members of the Order must take $1,000 insurance, with the privilege of. $5,000, provided the applicant .is not over 85 years of age, Heretofore the insurance has been optional with the members,;: but the "convention sat down on this custom, and now the Order practically resolves itself into an insurance society. WILMINGTON, N. FIRE ON FRONT 8TREET.. , In a Business. Blook Damage Estimated at About $40.000 The Xnsuranoe. Etc. Fire wag discovered -yesterday morn ing about six o'clock in the large three- story, brick and iron building on North Front; between . Market and Princess trsto rwwrnmA Kv Mw: Ham VoT? i a an4 occupied by Mr. H. Fishblate and Messrs. Fl Rheinstein & Co., Messrs. Holmes & Pythias. Watters, and the Knights of The fire was discovered by news- paper carrier, whose attention was at tracted by dense volumes" of smoke issuing from the rear of the building. and who cplled a policeman's attention to the matter. An alarm was quickly given and Jbrought the Fire Department to the scene. The smoke was so dense that h was a matter of . impossibility to locate the fire; the interior of the whole bui ding seemed to be enveloped J Six lines of hose were - run out and , the and in a very short space of time the fire' j was subdued. It was then discovered that v- was awiwicu uuui m iiuui auu teat I the fire had originated on the flooioc- cupied b Mr, S. H. Fishblate's clothing estamisnment in tne tailoring depart ment, separated irom tne store Dy a partition,' and that the flames had as-! Cended thence to the third floor, where At i i, 1 . . me stairway was ournea mrougn The damage to the building will not exceed $1,200. upon which there is no insurance. j - j Mr. Fishblate estimates that his stock of goods was worth $35,000, On this there was insurance for $24,000, divided as follows: With Smith & Boatwrlght, $3,000 in Liverpool, London! & Globe, $2,500 in American Insurance; with Hodges & Taylor, $1,500 in North American, $2,000 in Lancashire, $2,500 in Germania, $3,000 in London & Lan cashirt, $2,500 in Royal, $2,000 in West chester, $2,500 in Georgia Home; with Dr.Tv. W. Harriss. $2,500 in Western. Messrs. F. Rheinstein & Co.'s loss is roughly estimated at from $35,000 to $40,000, entirely by water. It is cover ed, hpwever, by insurance in the follow ing companies: With Messrs. Smith & i Afr nnn l Lit i 1 Doaiwngm: $o,uvu caca in namuurg- Bremen. Scottish Union. American and Liverpool, London & Globe, on stock, and $3,000 on building in Liverpool, London & Globe; with Atkinson; & Manning: $5,000 in Phoenix, of Brook lyn; $4,000 in Imperial; $7,500 in Con necticut; $1,000 in City of London; $2,500 in Queen; $2,500 in North Brit ish, on stock; with Messrs. Hodges & Taylor; $9,000 in Home, of New York; $2,500 in Phoenix, ot Hartford; $3,000 in North American: $3,500 in Germania: $3,500 in Underwriters'; $4,500 in Lon don Assurance; $2,500 each in London & Lancashire, Royal and Pennsylvania; on building, $2,500 in Phoenix; with Mij. M. S. Willard: $2,500 each, in Niagara and Carolina, and $1,250 each in .Guardian and Sun, on stock. !' Part of the basement of the building was occupied by Messrs. ; Holmes & Watters as a warehouse for groceries and part, by Rheinstein & Co. for storage of domestics, etc - Messrs. Holmes & Watters had insurance with Messrs. At kinson & Manning for $1,000 in the Im perial and $1,000 in the City of London. They estimate their loss at about half the ardbunt of insurance. ' The Knights of Pythias hall on the third floor was considerably damaged by smoke and water and the carpeting Was ruined. There was insurance on the furniture, etc., for $900, with Messrs. Eodges & Taylor in the Georgia Home. The firemen did good work and de rve credit for saving the building and Its contents. They have been criticised for. too lavish use of water, but the roblem for them when' they tackled he fire, which had been burning for ours, probably, and had gained great adway, was whether fire or water should have the mastery, and it was quickly settled. That good judgment was exercised in the mattei was shown by the shutting-off of the water before the fire was finally subdued and bring ing a fire-extinguisher into use to com plete the work. j OUR SEASIDE RESORTS. ! Some Very Kind . Words From wade Harris, of the Charlotte "News." Mr. Wade Harris, of the Charlotte News, who is a frequent visitor to Wil mington during the Summer, has the following pleasant words for our seaside resorts in a recent issue of his paper: "The gateway of the finest seaside resorts along the Southern coast those reached through Wilmington, has been thrown open for the season, and already people are flocking there. . The accom modations this season are much better than they have yet been.! Fourteen daily trains run between Wilmington.Wrights ville sound .' and the Hammocks;' while two elegant boats ply between the city and Carolina Beach and Southport. Capt. Jno. Harper is in command of an elegant new steamer the Wilmington, and it makes convenient trips to and from the beach. A first class hotel is now open at the Beach. At the; Ham mocks, the hotel is in charge of Mr. Hunter, a hotel-keeper with a record, and he has already thrown open pis doors to guests. Capt. Manning, pro prietor of Atlantic View, has had ap plications from a number of people, and already has a nice crowd in his j house. A better prospect is ahead of the Wil mington resorts this season than ever before." . Great Snakes! Two very large water-rattlesnakes were killed last Thursday near 1 Straw berry Hill in Columbus county, by Mr. T. M. Woodburn. One of the rattlers was six feet four inches long, the other five feet six inches. The largest - one had a squirrel in its mouth, and made a spring at Mr. Woodburn's son, "who struck it with a paddle. . I Mr. S. R. Townsend, of Red Springs, N. G, proprietor of the popular hotel at that place, was in the city yes terday. He will open his hotel fdr busi ness about the 10th of June. FRED AX, JUNE 5 1891 . NOTICE. I This is intended only for subscribers whose SlLDSCnptlOZlS HaVB eZ-1 ped. It is not a dun, but a simple request that all who are in ar rears for the STAR will favor us with a prompt remittance. i We are sending out bills now (a few Jeach week), and if jou re- , CdVe 0116 - pleaSO gflVe it iiuL:Ai.'"-.i 1 .-. J vlOAM.y.l, N. C SOLDIERS' HOME. Fourteen Inmates Applications for Ad missionA Iiiberal Contribution. Mai. T. D. Love received a letter yesterday from M W. C. Stronach, secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Soldiers Home, Raleigh, N. C, in which Mr, Stronach acknowledges the receipt through Maj. Love, with ex pressions of gratitude, of a voluntary contribution of twenty-five dollars from Mr. D. L. Gore of his city. " Mr. Stronach also writes that the Home has now fourteen inmates, that he has also granted three applications lor admission this week and has sent out blank forms of application to twelve others. I 1 Funeral of the Late Jos. W. Kins- The funeral of the late Jas. W. King took place yesterday afternoon from Grace M. E. Church, and was attended by a large number of people. There were many beautiful floral offerings from Stonewall Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias, from Grace M. E. Church, the Sunday School of the Church, and from a number of friends. The interment was in Oakdale Ceme tery, the following being the pall-bearers, viz: From Stonewall Lodge No. 1. K. of P. Chancellor Commander Hen ry Burkhemer; Past Chancellors J. H. Davis, W. W. Hodges, R. B. Clowe, T. C. Craft and J. F. Post, Jr.. Wm. Corbett and G. M. Altaffer. Honorary pall bearers W. M. Hankins, Roger Moore. W. M. Poisson, . T. Alderman, George C Lewis1, H. P. West, and Jno. W. Per dew, of the official Board of Grace Church. . .) ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH. Bev. A. D. MoCaure Accepts the Charge The officers of St. Andrew's Church received an official letter yesterday from Rev. A. D. McClure, of Baltimore stating that he would accept the call to the ministry oi the church and would enter upon its j duties on the first of July next. His family will remove to Wilmington later in the summer. Hew Hallway Connection for tne C. F. & T.v. j - ! It is stated that General Manager, Averill, of the Charleston, ' Sumter & Northern railroad, has gone to Greens boro to arrange with the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad officers for an interchange of business at BennettsvUle, S. C, as soon as the C, S. & N. road is open to that point. Assurances are given that this connection will be made not later than July 4, and it is the in tention to have all details arranged, so that as soon as the track is connected everything will be in readiness for busi ness, freight and passenger, j COMPETITION IN RICE. Reports from One of the United States Consuls in Japan . An official report from! the United States consul at one of the larger Ja panese ports has been published. Con cerning rice he gives the following: "The reports concur in estimating the yield of rice this season as unusually large; 173,701,500 bushels is a good average crop, but this year as much as 248,145,000 bushels win prooaDiy De pro duced. If this estimate be realized, the quantity of rice available for export will not be far short of 74,443,500 bushels, which is believed to be more than America and Europe can possibly take and is about ten times as much as the largest export hitherto made in any one year from Japan." r - This would seem to indicate a livelier competition than usual between the two Carolinas and the "Japs." But the superior quality of our rice will enable it .to stand ; pretty strong competition with inferior grades. M THE CONOLE MURDER. Generally Conceded at Iiaurlnburjt that MeDougald is the Murderer. A correspondent ot the Star, writing from Laurinburg in regard to the mur der of Mr. Simeon Conoley, says: I think it is generally conceded that MeDougald is the guilty party. His continued absence and the development of some other bad conduct has a great tendency to fasten the crime upon him. It is evident that he has swindled, or per petrated frauds prior to this . murder, and he is stronglyrsuspected of being the party""- responsible for the last two fires here, though, this is only conjecture no positive proof of this-but it is quite evident that he has been for several years a "wolf is sheep's clothing." Teachers'. Assembly. '. The meeting of the teachers and friends of ! education at Morehead City this year is expected to be the best ever held. An attractive and profitable pro gramme has been arranged, and at least 2,000 members are looked for. The session begins June 16th, and will con tinue twd weeks. Certificates f mem bership will be issued by Mr. M, C S. Noble to teachers and friends of educa tion in this city and vicinity, at the rate of $2 for males and $1. for females. This certificate will entitle the holder to board at the Atlantic : Hotel, and to re duced railroad fare. , ' SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS. Debate in the General Assembly on Licen sure and Ordination. ' ' , j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . ; Birmingham; May 28. In the Pres byterian Assembly this morning a com munication was .received from the As sembly now in session at Detroit, send- ing greetings. Some thirty leaves of absence were granted to delegates who wanted to go home - The Committee on Systematic Be neficence reported that the churches had contributed to all causes during the past year the grand total of $258,238. The third Sunday in October next was fixed as the date for taking up col lections for the Bible cause, A resolution was adopted that Pres byteries that have not given to causes as ordered be called on to explain. Another resolution adopted declares that church fairs and festivals are . not the proper means of raising money, A resolution was adopted calling on the World's Fair to keep its gates closed on Sunday. - ; -'. The Assembly then entered on the final discussion of two papers presented yesterday on the subject xi licensure, and ordination. One favors changing the law and liberalizing requirements, and the other opposes any change at all. Dr. T. P. Cleveland took the. floor in opposition to the proposed changes. He praised the workings of .the negro college in Georgia. These black stu dents, he said, are as well provided with educational advantages as the whites at Union and Columbia. He had seen them take a Greek verb to pieces and put it together again, work difficult problems at the black board, etc He did not want the standard of licensure and ordination lowered so that in a tew years a black preacher would be a schol arly clergyman, and the white minister ignorant of Greek and Latin, etc. He claimed that ministers were scarce, be cause of the light standard of education. There are two sources from which preach ers come, he said the -first course in the college wheie traineed minds and drilled purposes ace made. The other - source is like that of Matthew, the fisherman. He had started to be a lawyer, but his God had called him and he preached. You do jiot want more measures to get more ministers, he continued; you need new life; there should be more children consecrated to God; it is' not necessary to lower the standard; the juncture is critical; rationialism is ram pant; learning is needed for the learned. Dr. Robert Price spoke on the same side. He did not believe a high standard of education kept men out of the minis try. .' The proportion of ministers In the Presbyterian Church was -greater than in those churches where the standard was lower. Advances of change should give : the strongest reason for going against Presbyterian tradition. Tink ering with its constitutional and funda mental laws was irreverent and danger ous. This age required greater educa tion and intelligence than ever before. If Presbyterians wished to maintain their influence they must not fall below the level of education and culture and make the ministry contemptible. Rev. W. B. Jennings and Rev. N. B. Willis followed on the same side. Dr. Pitzer contended for the proposed changes. Dr. Huston followed, and offered a substitute for paper No. 2 that the Assembly declines to send down any overture at. all on this sub ject to Presbyteries; and it was adopted by a vote of 95 to 43. That disposed of the most, interesting and important question before the Assembly. The de bate was lively, and the result was em phatically in favor of maintaining the old standard of education in the min istry.; : At the night session the Presbyterian Assembly had up the question of with drawing from the Pan-Presbyterian Council. Committe on foreign corres pondence reported back the overture inviting this Assembly to send thirty delegates to : the Pan Presbyterian Council, soon to meet at Toronto, and recommended that del egates be not sent. On motion of Rev. J. A. Bryan, a substitute was adopted providing for the appointment of a committee to select delegates who should attend in compliance with the invitation. Hot Springs, Ark, and New Orleans were placed in nomination as the place ot meeting next year and the former won by a flattering majority, i It had been expected that the Assem bly would adiourn to-night, but some matters of routine came up which ield it Over until to-morrow. Birmingham, Ala., Presbyterian General May 29. The Assembly ad- journed to-day. The first business this morning was a motion to reconsider the report pre viously adopted" with respect to the practice of card-playing, prevalent in most circles. The motion was adopted and an amendment offered so that the report will read. "In j some of our churches." ' Dr. Moore wanted it to read: "In many churches." Dr. Peters wanted it, "very many," and it was finally ordered to readi ' "Dancing and card-playing that prevail in some of our churches." it Next oame an overture sent, over by the last Assembly in reference to dea cons and elders who are inducted into office without examination as to their knowledge of the rules and doctrines of the church. It came up originally from Greenbrier Presbytery and the report of the committee this morning favored a change so as to require examination. Dr. Park, chairman of the committee, strongly sustained the report, maintain ing that it too often happened that men are elected and conducted into office at some meeting, and some times by a packed presbytery, with no examination at all. He had known cases where such deacons and elders had not ever seen the book of order. ! : Rev. Mr. Chester offered an amend ment providing for extraordinary cases. A long discussion ensued, one side, being in favor of such requirements as would secure educated elders and the other maintaining that the present restrictions are sufficient, and that fre quently men who had were learned made good church officers.!! Finally it was solved by ad.opting'a substitute offered by Dr. Hitner, that the : Assembly de clines to send down overtures on the subject, but urges all churches and presbyteries to be carefel in. the selec tion of deacons and elders. . The committee having charge of the overture in reference , to women speak ing in public, made a report recom mending that it be not allowed, and af ter brief discussion j the report was adopted. ! The old case of J. C. Cassell, who was turned out of church in the Memphis Synod came up. He carried the case before his Presbytery, which investi gated it and found that his discharge, on the score of unbecoming conduct, was really the work of malice on the part of two othermembers named Hearn and Smith. The Presbytery accordingly ordered that a clean record be given him. The Synod had overruled the Presbytery and sided with the Church. After discussion pro and con., the As- NO. 29 sembly voted to sustain the Presbytery in its action, and disapproved tne action of the Svnod. The venerable Dr. Marshall, of Texas, was called on for an address, and re sponded feelingly. Dr. Dubose, Mode rator, made an address in reply. Dr. Handley, of Birmingham, followed in a brief speech. , The usual resolutions of thanks were passed, "Blest be the tie that binds," was sung, and the Assembly adjourned. LATE WASHINGTON NEWS. Cabinet Changes That are Likely to Take Plaoe. . - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, May 30. The Post to day prints the following: "There is a "Strong impression on the part of well informed persons in official circles that while Secretary Noble is not going to leave the public service they would not be surprised it in a very short time he would retire from the Interior Depart ment to accept a prominent place in the diplomatic service. One story is to the effect that he will take Minister bmith's place at. St. Petersburg. An- other and more probable story is that if Secretary Proctor should , be selected to succeed Senator Edmunds, which now seems certain, Minister Lincoln will be made Secretary of War, and Sec retary Noble will be sent to the Court of St. James. Secretary Noble is still absent, but there are those in his de partment who believe that he will not much longer occupy his present posi tion. - ; - ? MEMORIAL DAY. The Grayes of Confederate Dead.at Holly wood Becorstod by Xadles of Richmond Va. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Richmond, Va., May 30. Memorial Day was generally observed here. State offices, banks, freight depots and many wholesale and retail stores being closed. The ladies of Hollywood Memorial As sociation were busy during the morning declorating the graves of the Confeder ate dead, buried in .Hollywood Ceme-S tery. In the evening a procession was form ed consisting of the First Virginia Regi ment, the Howitzer Battery, Stuart Horse Guards, Richmond Light Infan try Blues, Lee Camp and .'Pickett Camp, Confederate Veterans, and Sons of Veterans, followed by ladies of the Association in carriages, and the line of march taken up for, Hollywood. Owing to the rain the exercises were adjourned to the Second Presbyterian Church, where the following programme was carried out: Prayer by Rev. M. D. Hoge; hymn by boys of the Male Or phan Asylum; oration by Judge Garnett, of Norfolk. National Memorial exercises were un der the direction of Phil. Kearney Post, G. A. R., who with friends visited the Federal cemeteries at Seven Pines and Cold Harbor, where graves were dec orated with flowers and memorial ser vices were held. - MRSV JEFFERSON DAVIS. Denial of the Humor IThat She Would Have Mr. Davis' Qemaina Removed to Richmond, Va. New York, May 29. Mrs. Jeflerson Davis is stopping -at the New York Hotel, whither a reporter went to-night to ask her about the report that she had stated she was going .to Richmond, Va., to live and would have her late hus band's body buried there. Mrs. Davis sent word to the reporter she" was not feeling well enough to be interviewed, i A written query to the effect as stated above was sent up to her room, and this brought the written reply: "Mrs. Jeffer son Davis has held no such conversation with any one." SOUTH AMERICA. Buenos Ay res' Financial and Political Troubles. By Cable to the Morning Star. Buenos Ayres, May 30. There has been a further marked advance in the price of gold. Gold closed on yesterday at 321 per cent, premium. The Bourse at the closing hour was a scene of great excitement, and the financial situation is such that it is expected to lead to a number of failures. Much uneasiness is also felt owing to a statement made yes terday to Congress by Senor Zapata. Minister of the Interior, to the effect that the recent revolt in the province of Cordova was part of a general plot to convulse the Republic. . TURBULENT SOLDIERS. Another Lynching Threatened by TJ. S. Troops at Walla Walla. Bj Telegraph to the Morning Star. Walla Walla, May 30. It was learned late last night that one of the soldiers confined in the county iail charged with the murder of Hunt, April 24, had turned State's evidence, and his testimony had been taken by the prose eating attorney in writing and sworn to. When it became known at the garrison that the man had turned State's evi dence rumors of an attack on the jail were immediately circulated. As a pre cautionary step the sheriff has doubled the guard at the jail'which now numbers nlty. . NORTHERN PRESBYTERIANS. Judge Breckenridge Fell Dead While Ad dressing the Assembly. i Detroit, Mich., May 28. Judge Breckenndge, of St. Louis, Mo., of the Committee on Theological Seminaries, while in the midst of a discussion of the Briggs case in a speech this afternoon, fell dead with heart disease, and the Assembly at once suspended further ac tion as well as the banquet to-night. CONFISCATED LANDS. Judgment by the Courts for Recovery of i James Cityiear Rewbenie, N. C. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j Raleigh, N. C, May 29. Judg ment has been rendered in Court in favor of James A. Bryan, plaintiff, for the recovery of James City, a village of 1000 negroes, across Trent river from Newbere. Negroes I were settled on Bryan's land by Federal authority in 1862, and have held possession ever since. The suit has been pending ten years. It is said Bryan will offer terms of amicable settlement and let the pro prietors continue their occupation. REVOLUTION "iN HAYTI. , A State of. Siege Proclaimed at Port-au-Prince. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Paris, May 30. A cable message has been received at the Haytian Legation here announcing that a revolution has broken out at Port-au-Prince, Hayti, and a state of siege has been proclaim ed at Port-au-Prince. A French iron clad has been sent to the scene of the disturbance. Greensboro Hecor3Mt. J. Thomas Boyd; son of Col. and i Mrs. James E. Boyd, died this morning at one o'clock of 'typhoid fever, after a. brief illness. - " " i Washington Gazette: We learn that a man bit a dog in this county re cently and the dog has since died. , A hen at Mrs. E. A. Whitley's laid an egg, which when opened contained an other perfect egg with a hard shell on it. Red Springs Farmer and.Sco tish Chief: The.trial of Alexander Ox endine, a Croatan last week, on - the charge of being an accomplice of Steve Jacobs in the murder of Mrs. Arp some two years ago, .resulted in a verdict of manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Shelby Aurora: On our desk are fine specimens of talc, slate and -roofing slate brought by Rev. P. R. EI am from a valuable deposit only two - -i r" xt j mues lruiu uiuvci, v., auu liiiilccu miles from Shelby.' Here are also two acres of magnificent marble, awaiting the magic" touch of the sculptor to be transformed into a thing-of beauty aad the admiration of ages. Statesville Landmark: A wagon load of mashed stills badly cut up and mashed at that were weighed ; at the public scales last Friday and sold by Deputy Collector Harwell to Mr. J. U. Lamprecht. They were the accumula tions of many , raids by the red-legged grasshoppers," and doubtless many a gallon o) mountain dew had been made in them and sold "free from the stamp of hated publican." ' Morganton Herald: In Lower Fork township- last Saturday two chil- . dren of Mr. Riley York, a boy of twelve -years and a little girl of ten were play- -ing together in the house. They quar relled over their playthings, and the boy, thinking to frighten her, took down a loaded shot-gun and pointed it at his . sister. In -some way the gun was dis charged and the little girl was shot, the wound resulting fatally. . '. , j, . 1 Rutherford Banner: On Tues- '. day last A. P. Bridges was arrainged be tore United States Commissioner, James . Allen, under a charge of using the U. S. mails for unlawful purposes. It turns out that Bridges ' had written letters stating that if anybody would send him one dollar, he would send ten. He is. not supposed to have any greenback goods or counterfeit money, but only supposed some idiot would send him the money. Bridges is very ignorant and it is supposed that some rascal has , been using him as an instrument in this unlawful and infampus business. He is held in a bond of $300 for his appear ance at Charlotte Court. Charlotte Chronicle: Yesterday afternoon during the thunder storm, a colored woman was killed by lightning near Pineville. She was working in the field with two- others. They were all within a few feet of each other. She was struck dead, and strange to say, none of the others were hurt. - f A curious freak of lightning is reported on the place of Samuel Witherspoon's, three miles southwest of the City, during the heavy storm of Monday evening. Light ning struck the chimney of ! Mr. With erspoon's house, ran down the chimney into the room where the j family were sitting, tore the earrings out of the ears of Mr. Witherspoon's daughter, and so shocked the family that none of them have been able to hear since. Raleigh News . and Observer: His Excellency the Governor yesterday offered a reward of $200 for the capture of John R. Moore, of Pitt county. The said Moore is charged with shooting his own brother, William A Moore, from ambush about a month ago and inflict ing what is thought to be a fatal wound, though the wounded man is still alive. Henderson Reeves died at his resi dence on East Martin street, on the morning of the 28th inst. : Mr. Reeves, according to a memorandum, made in his own handwriting, in a book in the possession of our informant, was born on the 29th day of September, 1805, and was at the time of his death undoubt edly the oldest native citizen of Raleigh. Concord Standard: Wednesday night W. H. Willis, in an hour of dis comfort nd despondency, took one grain of morphine. Serious results were , promising, and messengers hastened for ' physicians. With close attention and , quick and well directed efforts on the part of the doctors the deadly stuff was overcome. JWillis is now apparently o. k. physically. Joe Jackson, a white man of High Point, and who has been mistreating his wife in a fearful manner brutish and outrageous treatment was carried out to the suburbs of the town and slightly suspended between heaven and earth. "Will you leave the country forever or will you hang? Take your choice." Joe Jackson is fled 'the country. ; Greensboro Workman: Mr. Jule Sharp, who lives about four miles south of town, shot a large eagle one day last , week. He saw and heard a number of crows among the limbs of a tree, and fired at them at long range. They did did not disperse, and he crept nearer, when he saw that the crows had "treed" a strange and large bird at which they were darting in their well known man ner. He thought the bird was .-something that ought to be shot, and so he fired and the bird fell. It turned out to be a large gray eagle. He carried it home and put it in a shed where it soon revived, and in a little while no signs of its being hurt appeared. A dead rab bit was thrown in and the eagle sprang on it as though catching it in !kn open field, using its talons in tearing it to pieces. -Its talons and its beak were dreadful to look at. This eagle meas ured 6 feet 6 inches from tip to tip. . Raleigh Visitor: Yesterday r. f " T t f TT..L...L ot iiwii lyruijf j vim w wuwtvM arrested a man named J. I. Ellington at Clayton, charged with being oae of a crowd who are using the United States mails fraudulently or for the purpose of -distributing imitations of U. S. currency. The prisoner was placed in the station house, and this morning had a hearing s r t i r.i ; : nr Deiore unitea states commissioner, . R. Purnell. W. H. Robinson, another ot the gang, skipped, and at last ac counts was still at large. After hearing all the evidence Commissioner Purnell held the prisoner in a bond of $500 for the next term of the Superior Court. At latest accounts the bond was not givenV&nd he will probably be commit ted to jail to await trial. We are glad to note. that, the damage to the grape crop by the storm last Saturday night, which was at first supposed to be considerable, does not amount to much. The yield in this vicinity bids fair to be very abundant. j Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen-cer: Conservative estimates place the number of bales of . cotton in the hands of the farmers of Anson, and still un sold, at from l,500,to 2,000. Mr. Henry T. Drake, of Wadesboro, has just received from Washington letters patent on a barrel making machine which is expected to revolutionize the barrelmaking business. The Wades boro brownstone quarry will be sold, un der a deed of trust, on the 24th day of June. The sale of this quarry will not interfere with its development, but will probably clear the way for increased ac tivity in pushing the woik there. News, reached here yesterday of the death, on Tuesday last, of Miss Sarah McRae, eldest daughter of Dr. J. A. McRae. of White's Store township. Miss McRae was about 19 years old, and the events leading up to her death were peculiarly sad. - About a month ago she stuck a nail in her foot, and,, though she suffered considerably at the time, the injury was not thought to be serious but about two weeks ago blood poison set in and she steadily grew worse until death relieved her of her suffering.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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