THE MORNING STAR
By WE H. BERNARD.
PUBLISHED DAILY KXCKPT MONJAV
RATES OF BITBBOMFTIOK IM APVANCK :
One yoar, (by maU) postage paid, 7 uo
Hii months, " 00
Tiiree months. . . 8
One month - 100
To-etty Subseribers, delivered in any part of the
ciiy Fifteen Centt per week. Our (Sty Agents are
uo t authorized to collect for mere than three months
in advance.
I Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. C,
L as second class matter.
The Indiana are strongly intrenched;
troops and horses are going to the front; it
is believed Gen. Merritt is fighting the hoa
tiles; the Utes have agreed to fight no more;
tbey will obey Ouray 'a order; it is reported
that captive white women and children of
the White River Agency are in charge of
Chief Douglass; Gen. Sherman sent an
order to Gen. Sheridan to the effect, that
Gen. Memtt should go to the Agency to
ascertain the actual condition of affairs;
Indians that oppose must be cleaned out of
the way; murderers must be punished, and
also those who fought Maj. Tbornburgh.
Sunday's report from Memphis shows
seven new cases and six deaths. The
Supreme Court reassembles to day; some
interesting political cases will be beard, be
ginning on Thursday; the first case will be
the mandamus in behalf of the State of
Virginia against Judge 'Rives, of the U. S.
Court for the Western District of Virginia
in regard to two colored men indicted for
murder. A collision of two express
trains on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on
Saturday night; several persons were killed
aud many injured; a mistake in the train
orders was the cause; both trains were tilled
with passengers. The British are-close
up to the city of Cabul; Gen. Bak t ad
vauccd. when the Afghans fled; twelve
guos were taken; the leading merchants
have come into the British camp; an ex
plosion was heard in the city and it is be
lieved the Afghans blew up their magazine.
The short time movement will be
maintained by the Oldham manufacturers.
Amnesty has been granted in France
to a large number of Communists. A
ucuro woman and her boy were riddled
with ballets in Texas; a body of disguised
men perpetrated the deed; several arrests
bave beeu made. Mary Anderson's
busiues manager, Sylvester M. Hickey,
was shot by bis old lover, Florence Mc
Donald, who then killed herself; Hickey
was iu love with Miss Anderson and had
given up Florence; he will probably re
cover. The Gate City Guards were
well treated in New York; they go next to
Hartford and iben to Boston. A
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severe drought is prevailing in the Peters
b irg section; the streams are drying up.
The British still doubt the sincerity of
i be Ameer of Afghanistan and he is a
prisoner in Gen. Roberts' camp.
Mrs. Alice Danbrougb has been arrested at
Lebanon, III., charged with poisoning her
busband and bis brother. Col. J. W.
Hindsdale, of Raleigh, who was admitted
to practice yesterday in the U. 8. Supreme
Court, appears for the plaintiff in a suit in
that Court against the Western Railroad of
North Carolina for a $250,000 contract.
Georgia "Moonshiners" repulsed a
party of Revenue officers attempting to
destroy an illicit distillery. John
Qaiucy Adams haa accepted the nomina
tion of the Massachusetts Democracy for
Governor. Gen. Merrill's command
found the dead bodies of the Agent and all
ihe employes atjthe While River Agency;
the women and children arc missing;
lbe Indians bave all disappeared.
New York markets: Money active at 7 per
cent ; cotton steady at 10f10fc; southern
flour quiet; wheal fcveiisb and 23c better;
corn jc better a nd fairly active; spirits tur
pentine firm at 31c; rosin quiet at $1 40
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Yellow fever is now prevailing at
several places besides Memphis.
Among them are Harrison's Station,
Concordia aud Carson's Landing.
Senator Lamar is in favor of silver
and gold as the currency of the
world. To this end he favors the
joint action of all commeroial nations.
A miscegenation case has beeu de
cided at Alexandria, Va. Nellie
Motley, colored, and one Frederick
J. Olden, white, had married. Tbey
were sent to the penitentiary for two
years.
Mr. Ruf us Amis, editor of the Hen
derson liorder Review, has published
a pamphlet on the subject of raising
and coring tobacco. He is an expe
rienced farmer, lives in the finest to
hacco county on the continent,
Granville, is a man of excellent sense,
and ia well qualified to prepare a
useful work on the subject indicated
The price is twenty-five cents per
copy, and can be bad in Raleigh on
the Fair grounds, or at Alfred Wil
liams & Co.'s book-store, or by mail
Some of onr readers have no doubt
noticed during the last twenty -five or
thirty years a brief advertisement in
the papers, to tho effect that Rev.
Joseph T. Inman, a returned mis
sionaTy from South Amerioa, had
made a wonderful discovery in medi
cine, &c. He was to be found at the
Bible House. He was a fraud, bad
no such office, but succeeded in amass
ing a fortune of over $250,000. He
is dead gone where his ill-gotten
money will do him no good. After
his life of fraud the New York
Methodist exposes him. If it bad
been made -a quarter of a oentury ago
it would have saved thousands from
being duped and robbed.
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VOL. XXV. NO. 19.
To-day is the great fight in Ohio.
Upon the issue of the struggle de
pends a United States Senator, seve
ral Congressmen (for the Radicals
will redistriot the State if they carry
the Legislature), Governor, other
State officers, county officers, and
possibly who shall be nominated by
the Democrats for President of the
United States, and who shall succeed
Hayes. It is, therefore, a very im
portant eleotion. The whole coun
try, from Maine to Florida, from
Cape Fear to San Francisco, will look
with anxiety upon the returns as they
come in. For aught we know, or
any mau can tell, the results of to
day will have an important bearing
upon the destinies of our country,
whether it shall remain a Republic or
be changed violently or gradually
into a consolidated government an
empire. The Stab dispatches will be
anxiously looked for to-night.
The Star has not played any game
of brag as to Ohio. To us it ap
peared too muoh in doubt to allow us
to speak with any confidence of suc
cess. As late as Thursday last, the
9th, the Cincinnati correspondent of
the Washington Post felt constrained
to say :
"What the end will be none but the
would-be wiseacres now attempt to pro
phesy, even the leading Republicans ad
mitting it to be in hopeless doubt. The
Democrats have unquestionably been gain
ing confidence within the past three weeks,
and are rapidly recovering from the de
pression that seemed for a while to paralyze
tbeir efforts. A corresponding weakening
is noticed on the part of the Republicans. '
He says the problem of the strug
gle is the Greenback vote. He thinks
tbey will not poll the 25,000 promised,
but only some 12,000. Ewing is to
have them. The Prohibitionists will
poll some 5,000, and these will come
mainly from the Republican?. He
thinks the Democrats have the best
showing for the Legislature. He says
the Democrats are very hopeful of
carryiug both branches. He resorts
to figures', aud gives them a small
working majority ia the House. He
thinks their chances are brighter in
the Senate.
John Pool recently made a plain
talk to a meeting of Southern Repub
lican held iu Washington. John is
much disgusted. He would like, evi
dently, to take some of the Stalwarts
by the hair, and lose them, as he sug
gested about Gov. Graham, Vance
and others. John is absolutely hot
boiliug sizzing. He wants a scalp.
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun, of the date of the
10th, reports John as complaining that
"the Southern Republicans were not
treated even with deoenoy by the
officers of the government; that they
were insulted daily by underlings,
from the petty clerk up to the head
of a department; and if Grant or
Blaine were to beoome President
without the aid of the South, he sup
posed they would be treated even
more indifferently than now."
But this is not all. John warmed
up to the work and curiously
expressed himself as abhorring a
solid North. He is represented as
saying in effect "that it was the
duty of every Southern Republican
to abandon the Republican party and
go North, if they have nerve enough,
and work for the Democratic nomi
nees, so as to defeat the eleotion of a
sectional candidate a Republican
sectional candidate one who would
be under obligations only to his fel
low sectionalUts of the North."
Senator Ransom is at Raleigh and
in robust health. The Observer has
interviewed him and reports him as
"sanguine of the future for the coun
try and our party, believing that
next year we will be equally success
ful at the North as in 1876, and that
the South will then have her votes
counted as they are cast, whioh will
certainly be for the nominee of the
Democratic Convention. This will
give us the Presidency."
Gen. Merritt has about 1,200 men
in his command. General Sherman
thinks be has enough to quiokly end
the war. The people of Colorado
are represented as fomenting the dis
turbances. They think in this way
they will secure the expulsion of the
Indians from the noh reservation in
that State.
Ex-Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, is
in Washington. He represents the
people of the Pacific ooast as wild on
Grant. Blaine is the choice after
Grant, and then Sherman.
Morning
WILMINGTON,
To-day the State Agricultural Fair
will open. For weeks the Raleigh
dailies have devoted no little space
to publishing the donations reoeived
and to other matters connected with
the prosperity of the Society. They
represent the prospects for a suc
cessful exposition as excellent. No
doubt thousands of our people from
the various sections of the State will
avail themselves of reduced fares on
the railroads to visit our Capital and
see what the Fair will offer in the
way of interest aud encouragement.
It will be a good timef or our people
in the remote sections to visit the
Centre and mingle with their fellow-
citizens from other sections aud learn
more of each other. In this way
these annual reunions can be made
very pleasant and useful. We will
be glad to learn that the Fair is well
attended and that the exhibition is
every way creditable to North Caro
lina. Stanley Matthews is for Grant.
Ho prefers him, thinks the people
prefer him, and that he ought to be
nominated. He believes further that
he will be elected. It may be Stan
ley wants an office. But he ought not
to desert his "pal," John Sherman.
These intimates know a great deal
about the Louisiana rape.
The Baltimore American, pro-
nounoed Republican of an ultra type,
is a really able and enterprising pa
per. It recently issued a very large
extra edition, accompanied by a well
executed and large map of the city
and its environs.
Spirits Turpentine.
No Biblical Recorder last week.
Diphtheria prevails in Greene
county.
Two Charlotte Observers of last
week failed to come to hand.
Col. A. B. Andrews, who has
been so ill recently, is rapidly improving.
Collections of revenue in the
Fourth District last week were $13,322 36.
Charlotte is to have three
theatricni companies in three day?. Lucky
or unluiuy.
Several cases of mail robbery
will be tried before the Federal Court now
in session at Greensboro.
The late John Kimbrough
Moore, of Wake, was 93 years old at his
death, which occurred recently.
The Raleigh Evening Visitor
is not six months old and yet it has 800
aymg subscribers. That shows success.
t is improved in appearance.
Eden ton Clarion: Married, on
Thursday evening last, Mr. Samuel Eshon
and Miss Sarah Miller. The groom is in
his 87th year, while his young bride is only
22.
Murfreesboro Enquirer'. Mr.
J. B. Slaughter, of this county, has a pea
cock, the toes of which freezed off in the
"big snow" in 1857. His chronology dates
back thirty -three years.
Warrenton Gazette: While Mr.
D. R. Goodloe was driving, last Saturday,
his horse kicked and ran, throwing him
out, breaking the buggy, and seriously
hurting Mr. G. on the leg.
Greenville Express'. Mrs. Eliza
beth Carmer, of Raleigh, who has been
here some time on a visit to Mrs. D. H.
Hill, was stricken with paralysis Monday
night and is now in a very critical condition.
A correspondent of the Wilsom
Advance says: I have been informed that
the Portis gold mine will soon be put . in
operation, with four hundred new hands,
by a Northern gentleman who means busi
ness. Died, at the residence of her
father, Dr. J. T. Leach, in Johnston coun-'
ty, on the 2nd of August, in the 32d year
of her age, Mrs. Nannie T. McCullers,
wife of Mr. Charles McCullers, of W ake
county.
Elizabeth City North Caroli
linian: During the past week we have in
terviewed a number of our farmers in re
gard to the yield of cotton, and we find the
prevalent opinion to be that the great storm
has cut it off at least one-half in this lo
cality. Salisbury Watchman : The Salis
bury News reaffirms its former statement in
regard to Judge Gilmer's decision in the in
junction case in Davie. The injunction is
permanent, and there can probably be no
remedy before the meeting of the next
General Assembly.
Rockingham Spirit: Mr. Cal
vin C. Covington, of this vicinity, has
gathered this year from eight acres of light
upland 330 bushels of corn an average of
41 bushels per acre. Besides, he will
gather from the same field between eight
and ten bushels of peas per acre. The total
cost of manure used, cultivating and bous
ing, was $48 52.
The Edenton Clarion, speaking
of the Congressional prospects in the First
District, savs: "The popular mea seems
to be that the contest will chiefly be be
tween Mai. Latham and Judge Eure, with
prospects in Maj . Latham's favor. Should
Mr. J. Edwin Moore, of Martin, enter the
race for the Congressional nomination , it is
believed that be would command a large
support."
Salisbury Watchman: We sug
gest to the Central Executive Committee to
have some prominent man appointed to
speak in behalf of the North Carolina dead
iaJS tone wall Cemetery, Winchester, Va. It
is a matter that should receive the immedi
ate attention of North Carolinians, and we
know no more appropriate occasion than
the reunion on the 23d. A monument
should be erected to their memory.
Then come to the Fair,
Whoever you are,
And bring something with you, whatever
it be;
Come one and come all;
Your State makes the call,
From the bills of the west to the shores of
the sea. W. W. Betden.
N. C, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1879.
Greensboro Patriot: On next
Thursday week, 16th instant, Orange Pres
bytery meets at Alamance Church . On
Saturday, 18th, Rev. C. H. Wiley will de
liver a historical sermon, which is anticipa
ted with considerable interest. This church
had but two pastors during the first century
of its existence first, Rev. David Caldwell,
who preached for sixty years, and was fol
lowed by Rev. Eli Caruthers, who was pas
tor for forty years.
Coleraine, Birtie oounty, cor
respondent of the Raleigh News: The
Baptists have been holding a revival at
Mars Hill church near here for several days.
Yesterday eight were immersed in the
Chowan river at this place. Mr. and
Mrs. Cofield, in this community, are ful
filling the divine injunction multiplying
upon the face of the earth. She has been
married four years and has given birth to
seven children. She had twins twice, and
the last time triplets. All are living and
are healthy, robust children. The mother
is a fine looking lady with glowing pros
pects for the future.
Raleigh News: Capt. R. T. Ful-
fhum assumes control of the Greensboro
'atriot from this on . Success to you, Cap
tain. Forsyth (without the e) corres
pondent: This county claims the honor of
having had the first Sunday school that was
established in North Carolina. In 1810,
about 69 years ago, we are informed that
"Father Shober," a Lutheran minister, es
tablished a Sabbath school five miles south
of Salem, in a small church called Hope
well. Henderson item: Mr?. Moon,
assisted by Rev. L. I. Holden, is conduct
ing quite an interesting protracted meeting
in the Methodist church. Persons come
fifteen and twenty miles to bear this good
woman preach. The cburcb is crowded
night and day with anxious hearers. Sev
eral peisons bave professed religion, and
many are still mourners.
Greensboro correspondent of
the Raleigh Observer gives the following
points concerning the Federal Court: The
postal cardBuit, or prosecution, which your
readers have- seen or heard so much of, was
compromised (?) by the defendant making
a public avowal of the falsity of his charges
(thereby entirely exonerating the young la
dies in question,) and paying all the costs
of the action. Special Assistant Deputy
Marshal J. E. Pbilpot was sent to jail to
day by Judge Dick, after leaving the stand,
to await an indictment for perjury. He
showed himself to be, as Judge Dick re
marked, "one of the most depraved and
abandoned characters, by his own testi
mony, that had ever been upon the stand."
The cross-examination drew out of him that
he was in the habit of trumping up charges
against parlies, and then promising them,
upon the payment of a certain sum, to be
out of the way at the time of trial; that
through threats, by virtue of his office, he
endeavored to get witnesses to corroborate
bis statements; that a negro hud won his
clothes off of his back gambling at cards;
and that he passed a mustang liuiment dol
lar (?) bill upon a poor negro cake seller,
took the change, and denied the transac
tion until threatened with an indictment.
And he was a United States Assistant Dep
uty Marshal !
Charlotte Observer: Rev. Mr.
Jordan is preaching to full congregations
at the Baptist church every night. Five
negroes have come up to state that tbey
sneeze just like other people. Never said
they didn't. Three distinct concerns
are manufacturing cotton gins in the city
and all have orders ahead. At a late
meeting of the Davidson College Volun
teers, the following officers were elected:
Captain, D. H. Hill, Jr.; First Lieutenant,
J. L. Scott; Second Lieutenant, P. M.
Brown; Adjutant, J. J. Covington.
Night before last Mr. Edward Drayton, son
of General T. F. Drayton, and a former
citizen of Charlotte, was married in
Florida. In the midst of a con
versation with several friends concerning
the happy event, at the hour at which it
was supposed to be transpiring, Gen.
Drayton received a telegram announcing
the death of another son, Mr. W. S. Dray
ton, at his home in Georgia. Miss
Girard, who is with the Adah Richmond
Comic Opera Company, and who appeared
as Little Buttercup in Pinafore yesterday
afternoon, is a Southern girl, a native of
Kentucky, and brought letters of introduc
tion to several gentlemen here. Right
Rev. Bishop Atkinson will conduct the
services in St. Peter's Episcopal Church
to-day, morning and evening. During his
visit he will meet with the vestry of tho
church for consultation with reference to
obtaining a rector during Rev. Mr. Doty's
protracted illness in New York.
Raleigh Observer: The Govern
or has offered a reward of $200 for Richard
Osborne Williams, who murdered bis step
mother in Cleaveland county; and also
$200 for Spencer Herrill. a fugitive mur
derer from Mitchell county. Colonel
John D. Whitford, President of the Atlan
tic & North Carolina Railroad, is in the
citv. He tells us that he has got the road
at Morehead City in as good condition as
it was before the storm, and that every
thing is working well and smoothly.
Rev. T. H. Pritchard. D. D.. President of
Wake Forest College, will deliver an ad
dress on Tuesday night, at the Capitol, on
the "Educated Farmer and Mechanic."
Prof. A. F. Redd, of the University of
North Carolina, will deliver an address on
Wednesday nieht, before the same body.on
"The Grounds of the Chemical Evidence
in the Cases of Suspected Poisoning."
Col. R. R. Bridirers. President of the
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, has for
warded a timely and valuable essay, to be
nresented to the Society, upon the "Im
port a nee of Irrigation to the- Farmers of
North Carolina." Mr. Ruf us Amis, of
Henderson, will present an essay upon the
"Best Mode of Caring Bright Tobacco
BishoD GreeD. of Mississippi, is in
Washington, D. C. A company has
been organized at Edenton and given the
name of "Chowan Guards." Applications
for commissions for the following officers
have been sent in : Captain. J. W . Draper ;
First Lieutenant, John L. Gregory; Second
Lieutenants, George W. Lane, Austin
Gregory. Requisitions for arms have
been made by the "Green County Rifles,"
of Hookerton. and the "Shoe Heel
Rifles," of Shoe Heel, and they will
be en ni nned as soon as DOSSible, as
arms are now being DUt in order for issue
It is exnected that the walking match
will be settled for Friday twenty miles, go
as von nlease. frem 8.30 a. m. to 12.30
d. m. of that day. Prize, entry fees, etc
to he announced. Entry -fees will proba
blv era to the winner, with theorize. Much
interest is expressed. -More horses in
and more on the way. North Carolina
forever! The restriction of society purses
to the horses of the State gives universal
satisfaction. The teams for target
practice from the companies of the North
Carolina State Guard will appear in line in
front of the iudsea' stand at 12 m. on
Thursday of the fair. Gov. Jarvishas
annotated aa Commissioners, under the
act nroviding for the adiustment of that
Dortion of the State debt which is a lien
noon her stock in'.the North Carolina Road
the following gentlemen: Hon. Geo. Davis,
of Wilmington, Montrord mcuenee, o
Person, and Donald Bain, of Wake.
Star
THE CITY.
NKW ADVKBTISBltlBNTS.
O. G. Parsley, Jr. Shingles.
Harrison & Allen New styles.
Munson Elegant imported fabrics.
P. Cummlno & Co. Grain and mea).
G. R. French & Sons Boots and shoes.
Local Dots.
One candidate for baptism was
immersed at the First Baptist Church Sun
day night.
Two young ladies connected
themselves with the Front Street M. E.
Church Sunday nighl.
Mr. Gibson Register was elected
Saturday night to the position of Superin
tendent of the Fifth Street Methodist Sun
day School.
One good sign of the times is
the additional amount of mail matter being
received at the Post Office just now, and
nother is the heavy freights on the vari
ous railroads.
The friends of the Stab are in
vited to call at our office to-night to hear
the news from Ohio. And we beg them
to come not too full of hone. Dnnm nnpn
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at 8 P. M. Performance to commence at
8i. No extra charge for reserved seats.
Mrs. H. Vollers, of this citv.
who has been absent in Europe for about
six months, is on her way home in the
steamer Oder. Her son. Master L. H. Vol
lers, will stop for the present in Baltimore,
where he is to enter for a course in a Com
tnercial College.
Those hard-working and most
successful Evangelists, the Rev. Daniel
McPherson and wife, who have been as
sisting in the recent great revivals in tho
Front and Fifth Street M. E. Churches,
have been prevailed upon by their many
friends to remain in Wilmington about two
weeks longer.
The resolution in reference to
the removal of the Market carts to Front
street, which was presented at the last meet'
ing of the Board of Aldermen, was referred
to the Committee on Market and Fees for a
report. We were inadvertently led into
the error of stating in our last that the pro
jected scheme would go into effect to-mor
row.
A horse attached to a dray, the
property of Messrs. P. Cumming & Co.,
fell off the wharf . near the foot of Orange
street, yesterday morning. The horse had
the good sense to put his front feet on a
peojection of the wharf, and thus sustain
himself until he could be relieved from the
dray, when he was gotten out without
much difficulty.
Settling an Important Point.
On a certain Saturday, about a month
ago, a warrant was issued by Justice Mc-
Quigg against a party for retailing without
a license. The case was called and the
witnesses for the State heard, when the
defendant asked and was granted a contin
uance until the following Monday. At the
hour appoinied for the case to be again
brought up the defendant appeared in
Court with another Magistrate and pro
ceeded to enter a plea of former conviction
before said Magistrate, which was bad the
same morning. The plea was not admit
ted by Justice McQuigg, who found the
defendant guilty and imposed a penalty
and costs. The defendant appealed to the
Criminal Court, and, upon the case being
called in said Court during the late term
and fully argued by Solicitor Moore for the
State, and M. Bellamy, Esq., for the de
fence, the judgment of the lower Court
was affirmed ; and it was determined by the
Court that the Magistrate whose warrant
was first executed on a defendant acquired
jurisdiction in the case, and no other
Magistrate could subsequently assume
iurisdiction in such case.
This settles an important point, as it has
heretofore been the opinion among the
Magistrates that a case could be tried at
any time before final conviction before an
other Magistrate.
Criminal Court.
In addition to the trial for burglary, al
luded to elsewhere, very little business was
transacted in the Criminal Court yesterday.
beyond hearing motions, &c
In the case of Francis Holmes, convicted
of false pretense, defendant was sentenced
to five years in the State Penitentiary, from
which he appealed to the Supreme Court,
and was ordered to give bond in the sum
of $400, justified, for his appearance at the
February term of the Criminal Court
Thomas Foy, colored, convicted of larce
ny, appealed to the Supreme Court, and
was required to give bond in the sum of
$50 for his appearance
Sudden Death.
Mrs. Mary E. Silvia, wife of Mr. A. Sil
via, died suddenly at the residence of her
mother, Mrs. S. A. Gilbert, corner of Se
Tenth and Castle streets, on Sunday morn
ing last, about 5 o'clock, aged 28 years
She was afflicted wiih consumption, but
had been up and about during the day pre
vious. She retired about 9 o'clock Satur
day night, and the next morning, at the
hour mentioned, she was discovered in the
act of breathing her last.
"CnKoown."
Reserved seats for the performance of
"Unknown," at 'the Opera House to-mor
row night, are now on sale at Heinsberger's
bookstore. Mr. Stevens has won much
praise from discriminating sources for
himself and his play. The scenery, stage
properties, &c, which he carries with him,
are said to be especially fine and capable
of portraying the play with astonishing
realism.
WHOLE NO. 3,797
THE BURGLAKY CASE.
Trial of Wm. Tate Murphy Colored,
Cor Burslary-Hla Acquittal or tiie
Charge.
The case of Henry Murphy alias Wm.
Tate Murphy, colored, charged with bur
glary, came up before the Criminal Court
yesterday morning. The following jury
were drawn and impaneled: Hugh Mc
Laurin, William Pratt, Uriah Sullivan,
Thos. P. Sikes, John T. Wilkins, Elvin
Artis, L. B. Huggins, D. M. Smith, C. P,
Lockey, A. D. Love, Edward Howard and
L. C. Williams.
It will be remembered that Daniel Rich
ardson was arrested and had a preliminary
examination before J. C. Hill, J. P., some
eight or ten days ago, first, on a charge of
larceny, in entering the house of one J. E.
Walker, colored, of this city, and stealing
pistol and some other articles; and.
secondly, on ihe charge of having subse
quently burglariously entered the house of
the said Walker and stolen a gun,
shot pouch, powder flask, and a quantity
of clothing. During this examination the
accused implicated Murphy in the transac
tion. Richardson, who was sent to jail,
subsequently made a confession.and turned
State's evidence against Murphy, by which
he saved his neck, a verdict of guilty of
larceny being entered against him in the
Criminal Court on Friday last, for which
he was sentenced to ten years in the State
Penitentiary on the following day.
The case of Murphy, as before stated,
was taken up yesterday morning. It was
shown by officers Carr and Strode, who ar
rested Murphy at his home about a mile
this side of Rocky Point, on Thursday
night last.that the clothing stolen from J. E.
Walker, on the night of the 29tb of Septem
ber, at which time his house was broken
into, were in Murphy's possession, but that
the articles were hanging uo about the
room, with no indications of any attempt
at concealment; that tbey were immediate
ly handed to the officers when called for,
and that Murphy manifested no uneasiness
or undue excitement when arrested. It
was further staled by the officers in ques
tion, on their examination, that Murphy
declared, when he was arrested, that
Daniel Richardson had loft the things at
his house, saying that he was going to work
at the Rock Quarry, and that be wanted to
board with him.
Richardson was called to the stand and
told his story, some of which was quite
plausible, but his manner during his ex
amination, and the frequent hanging of his
head when hard pressed, was all against
him, and very few in the Court House at
the time believed that he were telling the
truth. His testimony was to the effect
that the larceny and burglary was commit
ted between them, and that they both en
tered the house together, and together
shared the spoils. He also denied that he
had ever seen Murphy since the morning
after the robbery, when he was in the
neighborhood of the old Union depot, mak
ing his way out of the city, and that he
had not since then been nearer Rocky
Point than the four-mile post.
The Solicitor managed the case well, but
from the first confidence seemed to be de
picted in every lineament of the counte
nances of Messrs. M. Bellamy and T. H.
McKoy, Jr., counsel for the defence; and
when the State rested its case, and a num.
ber of respectable witnesses for the de
fence were called, who proceeded to prove
a complete alibi in favor of the defendant;
as well as showing that Daniel Richardson
had been seen and recognized in the neigh
borhood of Murphy's house on Tuesday,
the 30th of September, the day succeeding
the robbery, with a bag of what was sup
posed to be clothing in his possession!
Solicitor Moore quietly rose and stated
that after hearing the evidence just given
he was unwilling further to prosecute the
defendant, and that he would submit to a
verdict of not guilty; whereupon the de
fendant, William Tate Murphy, was dis
charged and joyfully left the prisoner's box.
Solicitor Moore then prayed judgment
against the prisoner, Daniel Richardson, for
the additional case of larceny, and he was
sentenced by His Honor to ten year's addi
tional imprisoment in the State peniten
tiary, to take effect immediately upon the
expiration of the term of ten years for
which be bad already been sentenced, re
marking, in substance, that the prisoner,
Richardson, deserved hanging for attempt
ing to swear away the life of an innocent
man. -
Railroad Accident.
We learn through one of the route agents
on the Southern road that while a train
loaded with colored excursionists was re
turning to Charleston, on Sunday evening
last, a man attached to the party attempted
to jump off while the train was in motion
and fell between the cars, which pasted
over his prostrate body and severed it en
tirely in twain. A similar accident is re
ported to have happened on the road the
day previous.
Police Arrests.
The cases for the Mayor's Court, yester
day morning, consisted of Harry Jevins, a
seamaB, charged with assault and battery
on a colored woman; Sarah Boyd, colored,
charged with disorderly conduct, and Jane
Fov. colored, charged with being drunk
and disorderly all of which were contin
ued over.Mayor Fishblate being indisposed.
Un mailable Matter.
The following is the unmailable matter
remaining in the city post office at this
date:
Miss Lisbeth Redings, care J. J. Hardin,
Harden, Ga. ; Mrs. Sarah Halsey, 21 Min-
.m. T.nA Wmr Ynrk' Mr T?Anrv Vnwlpr
i em inui w" -j - t
Edgecombe Co. , care Mr. Geo. McRae.
RATES OF A DVER I MlNCi.
Om Sqaan one day, fi oo
two days , lie
tfcreodays, 8 fiu
.'our days,..., .... a oo
jive days, a SO
One week, 4 00
.. ,i Two weeks, 6 SO '
' Three weeks, 8 50
" " Oae month,. io 60
w i. Two month IT 00
" ' Throe months, ...34 0?
Blxmonths, ... 40 00
. v " One year, 63 CO
VST Contract Advertisements taken m propn
tionately low rates.
Ten lines Mild Nonpareil type make one equarr
To-Day's Indications.
For the South Atlantic Stales, char
or partly cloudy weather, north to east
winds, stationary temperature, and sta
tionary or lower barometer.
Thermometer Record.
The following will show the stale ot iho
thermometer, at the stations mentioned, at
4.81 yesterday evening, Washington mean
time, as ascertained from the daiiy bulletin
issued from the Signal Office in this city :
Atlanta 77
Key West,. . 77
Mobile,. .81
Montgomery . ... .79
New Orleans, 80
PuntaRassa, 89
Savannah 72
St. Marks,. ..... .82
Wilmington.... .77
Augusta 82
Charleston, ..... .78
Charlotte 79
Corsicana, 87
Galveston 82
Havana 82
Indianola, .88
Jacksonville 76
The Kate Bemfield, from this oort, has
arrived at London.
It is asserted that Misses Kellogg, Ab
bott, Oales, and our other famous song
stresses manage to keep their voices clear
by ihe use of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrop.
Price 25 cents a botlle.
CITY ITBBOi.
Chew Jackson's Best Swv.et.Navy Tobacco.
- -r.
TUB MORNING STAR can always be had at the
following places in the city : The Purceil House,
Harris' News' Stand, and the Stau Office.
BOOK. BiNDEnY. thkmobniko stab Book Bind
ery does all kinds ot Binding and Soling In a work
manlike manner, and at reasonable prices. Mer
chants andothers needing Receipt Books, or other
work, may rely on promptness in the execution of
their orders.
FOR UPWARDS OP THIRTY YBARS Mrs .
WiasLOW's Soothing Sybtjp has been used for
children. It corrects acidity of the stomach, reUeves
wind colic, regulates the bowels, cures dtsbntbby
and DTATtBHiTiA, whether arising from teething or
other causes. An old and well-tried remedy. 25
C2NT5 A BOTTLE.
PINB ENGLISH GUNS. The attention of sports
men Is invited to the advertisement of Messrs. J. &
W. ToUey, manufacturers of flue breech-loading
guns, Birmingham, England. Their guns are made
to order according to specifications and measure -ments
furnished, thus ensuring the right crook,
length of stock &c.
BOGUS CERTIFICATES. It is no vile dragged
staff, pretending to be made of wonderful foreign
roots, barks, &c, and puffed up by long bogus cer
tificates of pretended miraculous cores, bat a sim
ple, pore, effective medicine, made of well known
valuable remedies, that furnishes its own certifi
cates by its cores. We refer to Hop Bitters, the
porest and best of medicines. See another column
Republican.
Perry, Ga., April 14th, 1879. "I have watched
the use of the medicine known as Swift's Syphili
tic Specific over fifty years, and have never known
or heard of an instance of failure to care when pro
perly taken. In 1835 George Walker bought at auc
tion a slave not warranted, whom he treated with
this remedy, and cored him sound and well in four
weeks. Eight years afterwards he said the boy bad
never had any return of the disease or lost a day
from work." H. h. Dbnnabd. Sold by Green &
Planner, and all Druggists.
Abscesses and Sores of Long Standing, which
have resisted the operation of ointments and
washes, may be cleansed and healed by frequent
and persistent washing with Glenn's Sulphur
Soap.
Hill's Instantaneous Hair Dye makes old
folks young.
DIED.
LATHAM. On the morning of the 13th inst , at
3 o ciocu, MAKUAUjs'r ijuuibjs, aaagnter or a. jr.
and Susan M. Latham, aged 4 years and 7 days.
The funeral will take place this morning, at 0
o'clock, from the residence of the parents, corner of
8th and Princess Streets, thence to Oak dale Ceme
tery. Friends and acquaintances are invited to at
tend.
ROBBINS. In this citv. on SeDtember 1st. of
diphtheria, OSCAR, son of James W. and Caroline
KODD1D8, aged 4 years 3 months and 13 days.
ROBBINS. Yesterday evening, at 8 o'clock, of
cholera infantum, DeLEON, infant son of James W.
and Caroline Bobbins, aged 1 year 8 months and 33
days.
The funeral will take place this afternoon, at 9
o'clock, at the parents' residence, corner ef Fourth
and Nixon streets, thence to Oakale Cemetery.
Friends and acquaintances of the family are re
spectfully invited to attend.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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ONE NIGHT ONIA.
WEDNESDAY, - - - OVTOBRB 15.
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Mr. John A. Stevens,
In his own romantic Idyl, entitled
Supported by the gifted young Artiste,
Miss Lottie Church,
And a Superb Dramatic Company.
Special Scenery and Stage Appointments are
carried expressly for the purpose of producing this
romance in the most thorough manner.
Prices of Admission 50c and $1.00. Box sheet
open at Heinsberger's. oct 18 3 1
Elegant
IMPORTED FABRICS TO MAKE iTO MEA
SURE. Remember, we have a SUPERIOR
CUTTER and skilled workmen.
Onr stock of READY MADE CLOTHING Is very
attractive, and a little under going prices.
MUNSON, The Clothier
oct 14 It and Mer. Tailor.
New Styles
TS STIFF AND SOFT HATS,
x
AT
HARRISON ALLEN'S,
Hatiers.
oct 14 tf
Preston Oumming & Co.
JJANDLE ALL KINDS OF GRAIN,
AND MANUFACTURE THE
BEST WHITE BOLTED MEAL
oct 14 tf IN THE CITY .
Shingles, All Kinds.
500.000 ONHAND'
All Qualities and Sizes.
PRICES $3.00 AND UPWARD.
O. G. PARS LET, Jr.,
oct 14 tf Cor. Orange and 8. Water sts.
A Full Line
men's, Misses and Chil
dren's BOOTS AND
SHOES at Bottom Pri-
sr 11 'lasflit'
ers will do well to buy
NOW and save advance
price.
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oetMtf 39 N. Front st., Wilmington,