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$1; !y;,, i lift -. 'JeS 4 t-j.'. Observer RALEIGH. N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1888. VOL. XXVI. NO. 45. AND CONGRESS. BOl'LtHOEH KKDIVIVV9. I AIL Absolutely Pure. This powder nerer varies. A mrvcJ rMnirth and wholesemene- ' More eoenomioiS,thn ordinary Wads and cannot be sold In competition with the multitude of. low test, short weight, alum or phoephaU powder, sold only in Wall Btreet, New York. VU bT W. C. A A. B. Btronaeh, mBd JBFerTaU '. 1WC0TT k m, 14 East Martin Street. BOOT TWQ.MKS AND W' KV rfiOM 1 -.; AT V. ADEt-bOll") MClal 10 tllW All't IM .i lVlT.t Wadebboiio, N: C , Aug. 'jp About seven o cloc k Saturday j. fining lr. Slater, keTper of the A8&i suunty jail, tit thlli place, was overpowered and beaten by three colored "prisoners while; moving them fiom;n outer toom to the dungeon. Thfe crie. erf Mr. Slajter drew the c.tizeb" to bis rescue. Henry Duniap, ofce oi tiie prisoners, got poa8eisiuu of, Mr. Sla ters pistol and started Jowii toe stairs of r the jail followed by tLo Other two-prisoners. They .ivere met ii. - -. ' -- i m t f ' ,J on me Starrs iiy wi . tiatucu vyiiiijj' uuu Mr. Hardison, two 61 wadesboro s 'beBt fcitizejae, who had gathered clubs and started to Mr. Slate fa rescue. Henrv Dunlat) opened fire', wound- iDg .'. !Mr. .,; Harrison in , the arm. Mr. 1 Crajg was shot tear the ear, tiie ball ranging dowr through the neck and into the body- Hia wourijd is - mortal. Dunlug reached the jil yard and tired ihrt4 shcg at those! who had rushed to the jail. He then fled, pursued by Dr. Battle. He turned upon Dr. Battle, snapping' the p'stoi, but rinding tnat etery load was discharged he fled. The other two prisoners also escaped, f- Men are Bcouringthe country in all directions, and ifyflught it is boli: ved they will be lynched. j ""Itol-A. M. Waddell. Specjaljto lh News and ObsiTver. CoScobi, N. C , Aug. 20.4-Col. A. M. Waddell SDoka here todftv to the . j-, - r . tt largesr-'. crowd that has assembled in the court house for some tinfe, a large number i tne best citizen: or tne countvi letG Dreeijt. He made a map-- nificent; fpot-ch, he talked fbasiness and. npt buncombe and appealed to commoi jsense not to " prejudice. " It did g5q S and set the people Ho thick icg: the burden of his speech: was t he tariff, 'yf Jich he diecussed in a plain way. thay brought it home to gvery man. ? was a grand epceen. f : -. T : ; THE COJVBliTIOS. i riiOCEKDINGS TESTEKDAY IS SENATE AND HOUSE. .vn. r;i.vCN the ngniRiES treaty Mil HSMONS AND OTBIRS ASD THI ' 0?TTOX' DAIS9 TBCSr OTBEB KIW8. E ia BT I'tHrPASAfJOXS FOR THE QBEAT CONVOCA- today's PBCaASIJE. tartouB committees all held 4:,08IP yds. I- Eeeric)e i tinU at Oo, woi th 7 l-Jo. 49W0 yds v ; - KFrinted Satine Foulard, Hary blue print, I 81 Inehea wide, at 7 1-te., a yard. -worth 1 l-2o. V- t 5,O(0(0 pairs tl eea ribbed ho. black and grey, at lOc. paif , worth lBo. Our New York Buyer V ParchatOd thoB-) gooda much be!ow tkeit value, and we are selling them as BARGAINS and the will. only last a few days. iiDWARU FASNACII, ; JEWELER iOPI SaLXIOH, . 0. S0LIT11ILE and CLLSTEt DIAVOXD Sold Jewelry, Qold and 8iler Watch Oorham's Sterling 8ilTerware,Boger plated ulverware, any siae and weight of plain 1$ karat En gagement rings constant- " ly in stock. Badge .' and Medal made to order. it Oar Optical Department Enibrae an endlo variaty(cf Unua wKich together with .out practical expe- ienoe enable uaw coirt aimoetany Trror'of refraclion in Myopia (ncawight), rlvprmatrupiB (far igbtj, Preabjopia 'oldight). Aatkenopia (weak Bight) am: riving prompt relief from that diatree img headache which often aocompaniea unperteot "iin. OUR ARTIFICIAL Human Eyes jra and look like the natural organ go nadn when inserted, vitien at a diataaoe harinc a broken tTfa" bT indtiier made without eaaK The- nieetingt 'yesterday and ffeifected all arraEjjetuentB for the coirention which. cohvnes today at 12 of clock in Metropolitan Hail. Arrantfements have beeli made for the trafti which will carry the party to the Agricul- ural and iuechanical College tomor row erening on the oocaaioa of the laying of the corner stone. ' - At the meeting of the business man last right; a rebolution wos passed that all establishments eldsetnp dur ing the h6urs of the laying of tho corner-stone. - The1 hall -was yesterday beaulifullv decorated - with flowers and ever green. ; ; .? . lb executive committee met last nignt ana arranged ;touay is pro gramme and other details.. ' tHI PBOOSAMMK. S; Programme of the Inter Slato Farmers' Association for Tuesday, the 2l8tAugut, 1888: f xne association wui, asaetabie in Metropolitan Hall and will be; called to order At 11 o'olook a. m. the presidenL CoL L. L. Polk- Associa tion wiirtbe opened with prayer by Dr. O. Ti-liailey. , A shoft address by the president. Addref's of welcome by Go A. M. Sealea oi, behalf of the State. 1? AddreVa of welcome on behalf the oity by lloo. A. A. Thompson.tnayor. ' Addrets of welcome by- Hoti. John Robinson on behalf of tEe Agricul tural Department, 'f- Address of welcome on behalf of the farmers of North Carolina f by Dr. Q. W. Sanderlin. Ji Responses by a member of he as sociation. If. The association will then rejgularly enter on its busineps. - A number of invitations hafe been sent out fby the committee ool laying the corner-stone of the Agricultural and ; Mechanical College, and iwe are requested to andbunce that persons who bare received such mvitAtiODs, as well as the members of. thfflFarm ers' Contention, can procure tickets for tb train to the college grounds from the registration clerk at Metro politan HalL - It is expected that other ar?t an ge meuti will bo made for any. mothers who may wish to attend. I Masons in Raleigh from surround ing towns are requested to tae ' part m the exercises of laying tne sorner stone.) ; ? DELEGATES TO THE 1NTIB-8TATB FABMEBS1 j 1 ASSOCIATION : Are! requested to report at tie earliest poJBible moment at ih4 regis tration office, Metropolitan V Hall, where :badg8 will be issued and all needed information given. i Ileadqaarters of the Aseoibiation at thepfarboro House. Delegates should have tb.ir mail addresjsed care of the 1. F.f Asso ciatioii. ;A Telegraph facilities in the Mtro- Eolitan Htl.1, whoro meetings kill bo eld. if . Ii . Letters can be mailed at the hall, where'they will bo collected liv bar riers previous to the departure of each mail. Here alb is a branch poaloffice, where e,irect communication pan be had wt . ' - rir at L.ilrl . j; OreDbui ! Workman, 1HU. News Vame by wire to this place early thi s morning that the town of Liberty! Randolph county, a Itation on the C ; F & Y. V. Railroad, had reen viBrteu wuu a yoouutmo which boko out at about midnight laat nigfi'.. We learn that one 'of our citizetiBperhaps 'Squire Wotf) saw the blaz at about 2 o'clock a. and had an rtnpression that it was the Mt. I'leasanl Cotton Mills. Xhe dispatcu is noi very definite "Five houses, four fe tort a and livery stables burned. Began about 12 o'clock." At this time wo know nothing aB to who are the losers, whether there was insur ance or anything in that direction. 1 Pnblte Iniklu. IIoi. fc. AV. Pou. Jr., will Address his follo'w-cit'zens at Siler City on the' 23d ' M Anguat, and at IiitUet ltiver Academy on the 31st instant, f SIXI WHTTAXta, By relecrapa to the News nd 0t'ertr. v Wabhikoitos, August 20. Mr. Mir gan is speaking in the Senate in fivt t pf ratifioation of the fisheries treat; Wasuihtoh, Aug. 20 Senate The resolution heretof oreoffared b Mr. Edmunds instructing the con mittee on finance to inquire and re port as to deposits of white depoi . tors in the JTreedman's Bank, who were in no way connected with its mismanagement and failure, was taken up at Mr. Kiraunds' solicitation. Mr. lieck withdrew his objection aud the resolution was adopted. The Senate then, at 11.40, went into open executive session on th$ fishery treaty, and Mr. Morgan re. jsumed hiB argument in favor of its ratification. After Mr. Morgan had spoken over two hours he yielded (in accordance with the agreement ' of Friday last) so that the opponents of the treaty might present their viewa up to 4 o'clock, the last two hours up to G being reserved for its friends. After a brief speech by Mr. float, Mr. Kvarts took the floor and dis cussed each of the articles britfly tj) give his definition of the meaning and to criticize them unfavorably. At 4 ..o'clock the presiding offioe'r (Harris) called attention to the agree ment under which the last two .hours (up to C) were to be given to the friends of the treaty, butasMr. Evarts had not sompleted his argument tt I was agreed that he should continue it and that as much time as ne should occupy after 4 o'clock would be allowed to the other side tomor- row in .addition to tne l closing hours. v Mr. Evarts then resumed his argu ment against the treaty and closed 'by Baying thatjf the treaty were rejected (as it would ba) its rejection wouia be an opening of quiet and repose. The people of Canada were governed by their own interests in common with the rest of ! the world and American relations to them were vastly more important to them than the rejection of Canada was to the united states. Mr. Gray said he feared there were some Senators figuring largely in th debate who were like the men of Ghent in the old song, who trod on the tail of the Hon of Flanders when asleep, end when the lion growled at the gates of Ghent, v "They bended low when thejr saw hun awake, . And said they had trod on hia tail by mitsk." The administration and Democratic party, while maintaining a right po sition of the United States toward Great Britain and all the world, did not propose to put this country in an attitude where it would be obliged to retract or apologize or say that it had trod on the lion's tail by mistake. Those who favored the treat v did not fear war, but they did fear that the relations of the United States with Great Britain might lapse into a condition not in which she ' would declare war against the United Suites, but in which the United States would be compelled by lust regard for its own honor and national repu tation to consider the question of war with her. Mr. Morgan proceeded to close the discussion. The Senator from New York, he said, had shown in his argument today the stress into which he bad been driven by tne debate and had called out the peints on which to make a final stand alter being routed, horse, foot and dragoons on other points in the case. He had se r,.A anma' art.ip.lns nf (.rnntv And had vv m v v. . -j . - committed himself to a position which would dtf no great credit to a mere novioo in diplomacy and legal knowl edge. Mr. Morgan spoke v till 6 o'clock and will have half an hour to morrow in order.to conclude his at gumeut- The Senate then adjourned.' hoi ss. Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, of fered various resolutions to correct certain abuses arising under thepres ent tariff laws in relation to bagging for cotton; sugar for consumption, coal oil. alcohol and cotton Beed on. Referred. Bills were introduced and referred: By Mr. Anderson, of Iowa, to d4 fine trusts and to provide for the pun ishment of per sons connected with them. By Mr. Morgan, of Mississippi, Dlkcinc cotton bagging on the free list. By Mr. SimmonB, of North Carolina, to allow importers of cotton bagging a drawback during the continuance of the cotton bagging trust. . Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, on be half of the : committee on military affairs moved a suspension of the rules and a passage of the . Senate bill concerning the detail of army and navy officers to educational in stitulions (the bill increases the max imum number of officers who may be so detailed from 40 to 50). The mo tion was opposed, discussion arose and the bill was finally withdrawn for the present because of the failure to secure a quorum and the House resumed consideration of the Chinese bill. -; The debate was wholly political and largely upon the same line of that of Saturday relative to the posi tion of the two political parties in ttye past and present upon the subject of Chinese immigration and the record of Gen. Harrison on the various measures which have been before the Senate relating to the restriction df such immigration. The speakers were Messrs. Hitt, of Illinois; McKenna, Morrow, Thompson, of California; Herman, of Oregon; Dinaley, Of Maine; Bjnum, of Indiana, and Can non and Hopkins of Illinois. Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, dosed the debate with a defense of tne com mittee on foreign affairs ' from the charge of dilatorinesB, and the bill was then passed without a division, wiih an amendment providing that the repealing clause shall go into effect only on the ratification of the needing treaty. lhe Eoum then at 5.30 adjourned. ELECTED TO THE ASSEMBLY TIIKEE DEr-AHTMENTS. Hjl Cable U the News and Observer.. ; Paris, Aug. 20 Gen. Houlangcr was e ected to the CliMuber of Depu ties trom three depa.it tubt" yester day. Bftides the Somen, wheie be received a mjoritv of 34 723, be was suoecrtsful in Chari-nte aud the ord, receiving in the farmer a majority of 16,0 J0, u'.ii .ii. -a. i , ..i 8,r85 KTI i.AJUTI.J.t . F !H. 1' 1 IlKB By table to the Ncw nl Obse.ri-r Paris. Aug. 20. The H p il icii papers declare that Boularger'a sue cess in the elections -st.r.l .' caused by reacliouat ha mk-d the vurage to advauee ci.'I - of their own. lhe R-i.! . 1' .u caise holds thu i-i.h fort's paper, and the Rd - r-ry'" Bible forthe result of ti . i- i.n-. The conservative j mrnals -.u ; i! ai the v-t weioti i; c ; .1 1; . ;rwA.- direoted again.xt Mif li ,o c. :; a iikv l ..ai.i. OS EAT MMUiK DONE K1KTY BMI jlisf Bj THi'Kfapb to the News and -i rn New Orleans, Aug 20 - A i . i- 1hm prevailed since 6 p. in Saturday with feaiful gusts, ofjn loci:y of riS to 60 miles per hour. Great dam age has been done in the city, aud along the river front. Several build ings were unroofed, fences were blown down, trees were uprooted and a coal fleet of Pittsburg and thejSouth ern combine suffered severely. Fifty boats are known to have been lost. They are valued at $3,000 each. The L & N. and Illi nois Central trainB were delayed by the washouts. Great damage has been done to the rice and sugar cane crops lhe telegraph wires are pros trated in every direction. 1 here has been no communication with outside points since 8 p. m. on Sunday. 1 The city was in darkness last night. The plant was shut down on account of the contact of the electric light wires with the telephone and telegraph wires. i Clow of the Arizona Outbreak. By Telegraph to tha News and Obserre r. Washikton, Aug. 20. Adjutant General Dum has received the fol lowing dispatch from Major General Howard, dated ban t rancisco, Aug. 11. 'T am gratified to report a sub stantial close of the Arizona outbreak in lhe following dispatch from the commanding general, Department of Arizona: 'With the exception of one man wh escaped from the guard house five months ago and who is not seriously disabled and one other all are now in. The two referred to are within a short distance and will be in or arrested. Their offences are against other Indians. In all other respects mvtters are in the same condition and as peaceable as formerly. I Start baok today for my headquarters at Los Angeles.' " , DURHAM'S FIRE. A LOSS OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. as immense amoc-st or tobk oo ro.s- KCMED HOBT OR NIKE Ut'ILP IHGS DE8TUQYEU Special to the New ana Obserrer. Dchham, August 19. -Thirty five thousand dollar fire at Darham this i v cing. Supposed to be incendiary. ElOUr OB SISI ECIDISG9 BCRHED. Durham, N. C, August 20. Fire broke out at 5 15 yesterday afternoon in a wooden storage house, on Kd Cross street, about one hun dred yards southeast of Blackwell's factoiy. It spread with wonderful rapidity, and for half an hour or more all efforts to stay it were futile. Eight or nine buildings were destroyed, in- clud nar two residences. Total loss about $40,000: insurance i32 248. Greatest loss In leaf tobacco nearly 30,000 -owned by Blackwell's Dur ham Inbacoo Company and by J. S Carr. Ad the buildings were of wood. A large storage house of Blackwell'B Da ham Tobacco Compan", in which was neaily $200,000 worth of leaf to bacco, narrowly escaped. THK LOS3ES IS DETAIL. Total loss $40,000. Insurance 32,284, as follows: Storage ware house, E. Morehead, value $2,000, insurance $12,00; storage warehouse, Morehead & Morgan, value $1,500, insurance $1,100; storage warehouse, Morehead & Morgan, value $1,250, insurance $1,200; Colored gTaded school building; Dr. E. T. White, of Oxford, N. C-, value $2,000, no insur ance; Cosrart warehose, Dr. E. T. White, Oxford, N. C, value $700, no insurance:' leaf tobacco in Cozart warehousa belonging to Blackwell Tobacco Co , value $20,000, insurance $19,000; storage warehouse, W. H O-born, value $1,700, insurance $1, 400; tobacco stored in Osborn's ware house belonging to J. S. Carr, value $7,000, insurance $6,500; dwelling J. W. Tatum; and furniture, $1,800 insurance $1,000. Other losses amounted to 2,600, partially intured The fire was south of the R Ac D R. depot, between Blackwell and Sou'.h streets. Mr. Gladstoae Para. II. Bj Cable to Uie Krwi and Obsetrer. London. Autr. 20. Mr. Gladstone. addressing a deputation of Liberals from Hurslem, who had presented him with a vase, he said the govern ment had treated Pamell with gross inequality when they refused to allow inquiry into the Times' charoes against him by a select committee of the House of Commons. The charges against Parnell, he said, would if proved, destroy everything he valued, but he was going to be tried on vsgue general charges. Mr. Glad stone declared be would never be lieve Parnell guilty of personal dis honor. The inquiry, he said, might last for years, which would mean pe cuniary ruin for Parnell. Jndf Lynch at Wsrk. Rr Telegraph to the Mews and Observer, Omaha, August 20. A special to the Bee from Guide Rock, Nebratkv says: Billy (Jote, who. shot William Montgomery and Charles Grant at a dance, was taken from the jail here by twelve masked men at 2 o'clock this morning and hanged on the rail road bridge- Both of Cole's victims are Btill alive. Th. Ycllaw r.ver. By Ttf eqraph to the News and Obserrer. ? Washington, August 20. Dr. L. S Posey, of the Louisiana Board of Health, has been instructed by Sur geon General Hamilton to visit Or lando, Sanford and other towns in Florida, and ascertain their condition. Surgeon Hutton has arrived at Way cross, Ga , and assumed charge of the fumigation station there. Dr.- Wall, at Tampa, telegraphs to the Marine Hospital Bureau as follows : "Having houses and effects fumigated as the sick get well. Authorities are having promises cleaned and disinfected." two suspicious cases. : Jacksonville, Fla., August 20. Two suspicious cases of fever have been reported since G o'clock yester day p. m. One 'death occurred at the Sand Hills last night James ; M Mintor, from the Grand Union Hotel block. Washington Notes. By Telegraph to the News and Obserter. Washington, Aug. 20. On August 15th the Cleiks of the House and Senate committees on appropriations, acting together and in accordance with the annual custom, prepared a state ment of the exact condition of the appropriation bills at that time, com paring them with the aggregates of the previous fiscal year, and their to tals, with the estimated revenues for the current fiscal year. They make the following shoeing of condi tion at the time named: The reg ular annual appropriation bills for this year carry appropriation aggre gating $288,764,928. The deficiency appropriations aggregate $18,227, C83. Miscellaneous, including public building! and everything not included in the ftndry civil, $5,636,109 The permanent annual appropriations amount to $115,640,798, making the grand total of appropriations $928, 269,520. 1 This is an excess over last year's appropriations of $64,054,730. The total of estimated revenues for 1889, including postal receipts, is $440,563,734, which is $12,294,213 more than is shown by the above statement of appropriations. Of the appropriation bills which go to make up the grand total the army, navy and sundry civil bills were in conference and the fortifications and general defi ciency bills were before the House. Since August loth tne lortmcations bill has been passed by the House, its appropriation having been reduced by $20,500,000 below the amount which was figured in the above state ment. There is also an item of $3, 000,000 which sppears both in the army bill and. the fortifications bill, and which will probably be taken out of one. It therefore sppears that so far as this preliminary statement enn be taken as a criterion of the ultimate result, about $5,500,000 should be added to the $12,294,213, cl excess of estimated receipts over expenditures to give the probable surplus for the next fiscal year. There are a number of publio building bills in conference, action upon, which may either reduce or augment these figures. The clerks in their calculation, oi course, iook no note of the accumulated surplus in the Treasury. Representative Simmons, of North Carolina, today introduced in the House a bill appropriating $75,000 for the erection of a public building at Henderson, N. O. - .4. .tKnSPnOHlUKLAVD. lost his first finger of thp right hand ; when a littlo boy by puttitg la.s hand ', into a turnip sUcer while in motion, ; it was cut below the first joint. He j had large fare with a mole at the back of od : I think the right one, but of this I am not certain. When! e left the harbor of Queenstown, July 13th, he was about five feet in height, large hazel eyes, rather high nose, brown hair, dark complex ion; was considered a handsome young man. All the statements in his letter of July 23, '88, are corrob orated by statements in letters July, 7.3, to August 15, 18(6. We never in all these years received a letter from him from either North or South Carolina Mobile, Alabama, was the last place we heard from him I can not hnd the letter. On getting his letter I wrote to Her British Majesty's consul at Washing ton, U- S. A., asking his inte.vention in the case. I enclosed in it a letter from General Seymour, under whom my brother served. This was sent by General beymour to my mother and it gave my brother Rob ert a very good character for sobriety and exemplary conduct. I do trust that the consul will preserve it as it is of consequence to my brother, I ought to have sent a copy, but was in such a hurry to catch the mail, I omitted this. My brother was a member of the church of Ire land which is Episcopalian, but he uBed also to attend latterly Wesleyan Methodist meetings and Sunday schools. He is wanted by William Fry and son, solicitors, 14 Lower Mount street, Dublin. Fry, Senior, was trustee to mother's marriage settle ment and aB such holds a sum of money for Robert Leeson Porter, he is also wanted as the owner of Clone- ville, Kinnegad, county Weetmeath Names of Porter family, Tosephene Cecilia, liobert Leeson, Kichard Hen ry Glundell (dead), William Freder lck Leeson, Kinksey Falls. Write Egerton Porter, Scarborough Yorks, England. I enclose a few lines for my .broth er, kindly give them to him. Gener al Piatt will of course communicate with you. I have only to say that my brother was alwayB quiet and in offensive, although rather eccentric. I remain yours sincerely Jobei'Bine Cecilia Poster. Miss Porter to T. M. Argo, Esq. Belle Vue, August 8, 1888. My Diab BuornERt I am grieved indeed to find that you are in jail on what is certainly a false charge, as Gen. Piatt says the letters I hold from you, written in 1875, prove that you were one thousand five hundred miles from where the crime that you are accused of was committed at the date of its commital. Poor mother died last February after a long illness. She was uncon scious for some time before. God help you to bear this, but I think it may be His way of leading you to cast yourself with all your sins and troubles at Jesus' feet. Listen to His voice : "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." Den' try to bear these sorrows alone, poor fellow. God loves and cares for you, and I am sure He will establish your inno ence. Mr. Argo will hand you this, for you know I ehou'd not like to address it to the jail, as it would be remarked on at the) postoffice. Poor mother left you 50 in her will. William Fry, 14, Lower Mount Btreet, holds it for you. I have writ ten to him about you. Brice is mar ried to the widow of Capt. John Webb. The Hill Douglas is living in England. I am the only one here now. The place is willed to and L W. is at Eingsey Falls, Port Neebet, Canada. i cilia T' im:u, I'u iglhbs, near loiwicg cablegram ii rejpocBo to the above i tiers : j .1.061 Ji INK 'Belle Vue Hount Cork, Ireland. Raleioti. N. C, .ug wt 20. Have received vour lettotH. ill citio for your brother and will write. T. M. Ab-o, State's Attorney. Till' WAV OPKNEU. Tlia: iuoh ok mcw ii mivkr. lhe Nolle. Thy sni on Their Ko-mcr Whit. Hadlral Leattrr.. AdTertisement Iti Wilmington EeTlew. TO THE COLOREl PEOPLE OF NKW nANOYKS C3CXTY. Whereas, Hon. D. L Russell in bis letter to the State Executive Com mittee of the Republican Party of North Carolina, declining the nomina tion as J udge on the Supreme Court Bench, and recommending the with drawal of the Republican Stale ticket, which would result in the dismember ment of the Republican party in the State, and iV bebxas, in the said letter to the Committee in his denunciation of the character of our race, he docia ea that, "the JSegroes vt' the South are laryely sdvufes,0 and are no more Jit to gern than are (heir brethren in Aj'rwan siramj'S,- or no mny Mowjo liUns lroiped hin, from pagan Asia," and .Whereas, For years tho colored ciiizens of New Hanover have been under the control of a system of TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC AT NEW HEUNE RESUMED. THE O'AhAKTINK iAHHT iWLX'UBOKO TO BE SCdrlM'iP ON THE EXPIRATION oT HYE DAM MoKEHEAD OTEN tO THE STATE. yec- Your affectionate sister, J. C. Pobtek. Why did you not write all those years ? We thought you dead. Th. 8eizUra of Maa.owah. by Cable to the New and Observer. ; St. Petbbsbcbq, Aug. 20. It is stated in well-informed circles that Italy's note in relation to the seizure pf MasBOwah does not affect Russia s attitude on the question. RussU, it is said, will conform to the views of Turkey, whose interests are preju diced by the seizure and who is alone competent to declare the incident closed. nallroad Bond. Transferred. By Telegraph to Uie News and Observer.' Savannah, Ga., Aug. 20. The Cen tral Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia has bought the bonds ox the Cincinnati, Selmt & Mobile Bail road The tranbfer was made today. Between $12,000 and $15,000 worth of bonds were bought at about fifty cents on the dollar. , Bad Oftrl.fi aad Ace.ptaac.a.; Washington, Aug. 16. Bond offer ings at the Treasury today aggrega ted $352,250. Accepted $152,000 at 107 S for four and a halls and 128 for fours. Remember the meeting of the Youncr Men's Democratic club at the Mavor's office tomorrow night. Let there be si full attendance. ljrttcr to f ol. Arg-o and Robert Leeson Porter from Porter's Sister, Porter was much elated yesterday morning at the receipt of a lotter from his sister in Ireland. Col. Argo yester morning received a letter from Josephine Cecilia Por ter, the Bister of Robert Leeson Porter, enclosing also a letter to Por ter himself. Through Col. Argo's kindness we are furnished with the letters which are as folio we: Belle Vce Holbe, Douglas, County Cork, Ireland, Aug. 8, '8. Sib : I yesterday received a call from General Piatt the U. S. Consul, Queenstown. Ho showed me a photo of a young man whom though greatly altered I believe to be that of my oldest brother, whom we believed to bo dead, as wo hfcd not heard from or of bim for over seven years. I alto got a letter the previous duv dated from Wake cdunty j ail. North Carolina, July 23, 88 This was addrtBued to the late Mrs Porter. I, as her representa tive, opened it, and believe the hand writing to be that of my Brother Robert Lei son Porter. I compared it with those in my hands and found it the same handwriting. He was born at Partington, QueenB county, July 29, 1850, was baptized in the Trinity church, by Rev. John Benn. His father's name was Richard Bur ton Porter; that of his mother Le titia Frances Luy Porter. He had three brothers and four rasters. He Dates and addresses of letters in my hands sent by Robert Leeson Porter to his mother, the late Mrs. Cecilia Frances Lucy Porter, of Belle Vue House, Douglas, Cork : No. 15 Prince William street, St. John, N. B., Friday, 10th October, 1873. I-.- No. 189 Upper Water, Halifax. Tells in this of landing at Halifax on Monday, 13th July, '73, at 4 in the morning. No. 5i Charlotte street, St. John, N. B., Monday morning, September 15, 1873. Speaks in this of being with Charles Flood, piano forte ware house, and of getting four dollars per week. Fort Preble, Portland, 'Jaine, 5th Regiment U. S. Artillery, Company M, Thursday morning, August 6, 1874. Fort Preble, Portland, Maine, U. 8. A., Thursday morning, October 28, 1875. Have sent copy of this to Gen eral Piatt, U. S. A. Consul, Queens- town. Fort Preble, Portland, Maine, Wed nesdav evening, February 17, 1875 Speaks in this of receiving a letter from his mother on February 17, '75, and of having good friends; talks of attending Sunday-school and cnurcu. June 21, 1876, Fort Pickens, Pen sacola Harbor, Florida. Tells in this of leaviBg Fort Preble, Portland, Maine, on November 29, 1875; of go ing to Now York', and from there to Key West, Florida, arriving at Fort Barrancass December 16, 1875; says that he was on the opposite side of the river n the ordnance department at Fort Pickens. Camp Morgan, Fort Barrancass Warrincton. Pensacola, Florida, Tues dav morning. August 15, 1876. Speaks in thiB of letter received by General Sevmour from Mrs. Porter. For Barrancass, Warrington, Flor ida. Wednesday morning, December 27, 1876. Sent copy of this to Consul. Thursday, November 1st, 1877, Fort Barrancass, Pensacola, Florida His last letter that is exclusive of the one received from the prison the other day was from the city of Mobile. I have mislaid it and do not remem ber the exact date. I thin my sister in Dublin could give date. Josephine Cucilia Pobtxb. Tort Preble, September 10, 74. I overlooked thia one. . J. C. Poitib. Ool. Argo yesterday sent the fol- bossism which has developed into political tyranny, which is dangorous in its operation and revolting to our manhood and our sense of race pride, especially eince Hon. D. L. Russell has assumed the role of the Republi can Moses to lead the negro race into the land of promise; and Whereas, Notwithstanding his de claration .at Souhport when prose cuting a negro for larceny he declared that, "all negroes are natural born thieves; they will steal eixdayB in the week and go to church : Sunday, pray and shout their sins off; and return to the bosom pf their racoj, honored and respected members;" therefore, we consider that the time has fully come when as free American citizens, we Bhould riBe in our might and the dig nity of our manhood and throw off the Yoke of Political Oppression. . : We deem it important in", this con nection, to call your ; attention to some of the grievances' resulting from the operation of the above sys tem. I ' A few white men assuming tho con trol of the political affairs, speculate year after year and upon 3,000 negro votes, with the" same degree of con- seioxis self rightousness as did the (other kind of) slaveholders be fore the war. ' In 1886, in order to elect the sherijf, they made over 500 negroes vote the Democratic ticket iri this county. In 1870 they defeated Hon. O. H Dockery for Congress by -trading off a large number of negro votes with Democrats, thereby, electing Hon. A. M. Waddell to Congrers. In 1880, by a bold and daring sys tem of speculation and trading with the Democrats, they elected Hon. R. K. Bryan to the State Senate a Democrat from a Republican district '-all to save their'sherijfi. In 1874, by ; trading eff the negro votes with the Democrats, they elected S: A. Ashe and Hon. C-iW. McClam my to the State legislature two Democrats from a large Republican county ail to save their sheriff. In 1884 they defeated Hon. O. H. Dockery, the . Republican . candidate for Congress,, by withholding the Dockery ticket, and, refusing to fur nish them when urged so to do, thereby electing Hon. R. T. Bennett, a Democrat, to Codgress all to save their sheriff. In 1886, emboldened I by the sue ceseful operation of their unscrupu lous manipulation, and iri utter disre gard of the fundamental principles of, Republicanism, they enured into an alliance with Democrat' to abso lutely deprive the negroes of New Hanover county a representation in the State legislature, by putting upon the ticket two white Republicans and Hon. A. M. Waddell, a Democrat all to save their xheriff. j Theae indignities, insults and lm positions perpetrated from time to time upon our race by a class oi po- ltical overseers, whose influence wealth and power are the , results of our contributive f ppoii- ',ud suf frages, stand unchallenged for ingrat itude and inhumanity ain0ng any peo ple in the civilized worlds We therefore call upon each and every member of our race to support this effort we are mating to detcna our manhood, our libert jes and our rights, Trusting upon the guidance of a righteous God who ; will deliver his people from oppression and con trols the destinies of nations, . Wo aie your huoibls servants in defense of the race, James A. Low- ery, Wm. H. Waddell," J. D. Nixon (and some seventy five others. ) The following telegrams weie tirday received kere: New Berne, N. C, Aug. 20. Dr. lr. W. ilacAn,tfl. The quarantine at New Berne now applies only to Goldsboro and infect ed points. Travel and train o from other points to and through New? Berne are pass ng throgh Goldsboro unmolested, lhis opens Morehead to the entire State except Goldsboro. The quarantine will be suspended against Goldsboro on the expiration, of five days should there be no ad-" verse development there. Traina aira inspected by quarantine officer ttaf i rsew Uerne. Washington Bbxab. New Berne, N. C, Aug. 20. Vol. W A Tnrk ; Passengers and freight from your line are allowed to pass through and enter New Eerne. Passengers are requested to enter Atlantic train im mediately on arrival at Goldsboro; this is in accordance with action of counsel this day.J This does not apply to par ties from the town of Goldsboro until after expi-ation of five days. Washington Bbyan, President A. fc N. C. R R. Ktrlt.inrnt at Charlattc. Charlotte had a genuine sensation . Saturday. It seems that on Saturday , morning a caravan of railrond hands , carrying twenty-six wagons and con sisting of eighty men passed through Charlotte going from South Carolina to Winston to work on the Roanoke it Southern Railroad. A few hours after they had passed messengers came Hying into Charlotte stating that the gang were making them selves a terror to the people along the route. A Charlotte special describes the affair as follows : The , negroes presented a very savage appearance as they passed through town and looked like des perate characters. However, but lit tle notice was taken of them, although they tarried about one hour, many imbibing fr&wly of corn whisky. Ex- citement ran to its highest pitch this morning when the news reached here that the negroes lastjuight had boldly entered the gardens and watermelon patches and taien anything they wanted, also that'1 they had robbed numerous chicken roots, insulted all the whit" residents ;ou the roads, and were openly JJdefying the law authorities They had opened fire, on some whites, but fortu nately no one was killed. Tho peoDle along tLeir route became considerably alarmed. Appeals were made to the sheriff, who at once ordered out the military company and Bent the chief of police and others mounted in pur suit- It was learned that the gang had gone the Statesville road. A special train was secured, which pulled out from the depot at 11.35 this morning, having on hoard thirty eight members of the Hornet's Nest Riflemen, Sheriff Cooper and a re porter lor the Southern News Bureau. At Davidson College it was learned the gang was only a few minutes ahead. Soon the gang was seen, but 1 the train went whizzing by, stopping after passing the crowd. The military marched out. Some went into the woods, others marched forward to meet the gang while the sheriff hurried upon them and gave the signal, calling for unconditional surrender: The military came from the woods, while all marched up, showing the gang they were sur rounded by rifles. A defiant yell was made by the gang, but they sur rendered without further resistance. Twenty-four were taken and brought here and jailed for a hearing Monday morning. The others went on. . Hon. Jam., ft. Leaeh. Charlotte Obserrer. It is learned that this distinguished gentleman has announced his inten tion of giving a cordial support to Cleveland and Thurman. He thinks that the nomination of Thurman will give us Indiana. He also thinks that Sherman , was by far the strongest man that the Republicans could havt. nominated, and that Harrison is de cidedly weak with the labor element and with the Irish on tne ucmese question. For delicacy, for purity, and for intt-. proveuient of the complexion nothing quals forzoni rowaer. Folk Democratic Club. The citizens of White; Oak town ship, Polk county, met at Mills Springs on Saturday, August 11th, and appointed delegates to tne county convention to be held at Columbus, August 25th. After appointing said delegates they proceeded to organize a : -Democratic campaign; ciud wuu thirty .members. The following offi cers -were elected: Ool. Martin Hamil ton. president: W. M. Justice and Thuron Waldeop, vice i residents; E. J. Brvan, secretary. It wts the re quest of he meeting that the Ruther ford Banner, Aurora and the Raleigh Newb and Observes please copy. ' K. J. Bryan. Sec'y. A Fiae Clnh at Pali. Cbr. t the News and Observer. ' Falls, Wake Co., Aug. 17, 1688 The Democrats of this! vicinity met here today and organized a "Cleve land and Fowle Club," with the fol lowing officers : President, J. D. Al len: vice-president, J. T. Hunter: re cording secretary, R- D.: Honeycutt corresponding secretary, J. J. Duns treasurer, Dr. S. W. Thompson. ; Owing to the short notice a fol representation of the ; Democratic strength was not shown, but fifty-four names was enrolled as members, i R. D. Homer; rr, : Secretary. -A horse thief at Hannibal, Mo., who escaped from custody after entence twenty-five years ago, baa been captured and sent to prison. PU R S f Tta siinerior xoellsnM proven in Bul lions of.home for store than a quartet I a century. It ia sed by the- United Sute Government, Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the the Strongest, Purest and moat Health fuL, Dr. Priced Cream Baking Powdev doea not contain Ammonia, Umej aw Alan. Bold only in Oar. 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