THE IIOBUCIQ 8TAB1
,-lfBLIBHBD DULY MOffT XOMJ)A?n.
ILiVBS Of BUBSCXIPTXOa IM ADVA ROB :
one year,
n
Oo
rre months, a
one bm.v iVur nwi r. .V : . 22
wfun Cents per week. Oar City Agents are
"; ' ; la thorlMd to collect for moro than three men tap
m advance.
MORNING EDITION.
a-tared at the Poet Office at Wilmington, N. C,
as second-class matter.
OUTLINI.
It la believed that the steamer City of.
Vera Cruz has been lost at sea with all 00
board; some of ita math have been washed
ashore on the Florida coast. The
Democratic Conference in New York was
entirely harmonious. Further particu
lars of the loss of nearly one huudred sol
diers in France by drowning. A Tery
strong feeling exists among the weavers of
Lancashire; the operatives of Blackburn
bavc been called on to act with them.
Geu. Roberts attacked and dispersed Ayoob
Khan' forces, capturing 27 guns; the
Cabuleso have retreated to Algaudab valley.
The Porte has been officially notified '
of ibe intended naval demonstration.
Iowa Democrats have nominated Statu offl.
cera and district electors. Texas Dem
ocrats in the Second District nominate D.
B. Culbei8on. Missouri Democrats in
Fifth District nominate R. P. Bland.
Fe Jurat Mexican troops arc in pursuit of
ibe Dcinango revolutionists; two bundled
mounted volunteers are in pursuit of Vic
toria's Indians. Negotiations have
been opened between Chili and Peru in
consequence of mediation on the part of
France, England and Italy. Wm H.
Wills, oue of the originaloie of "Punch,"
ii deJ. President Hayes spoke at
Bui linRton, Iowa, yesterday. Police
riided the Louisiana Lottery Co.'s office in
No York and arrested the clerks.
Six bodies have been washed ashore on
the coast of Florida, near St Augustine,
aud a large amount of miscellaneous mer
chandise. The gubernatorial canvass
in Indiana began yesterday. Peters-
bui, Y , brags of a bale of new cotton.
New York markets: Money 23 per
cent. ; cotton trregnUr at 11 U-16U 1S-1CC;
southern flour heavy and declining; com
mon to fair extra $4 505 25; good to choice
5306 50; wheat about Jc lower, closing
steady with a moderate export demand;
ungraded red $1 011 03; corn a shade
lower, with a moderate trade; ungraded 50
52Jc; spirits turpentine 36$ cents; rosin
steady at $1 451 50.
It is believed that September has
an r in it. Look out oyster or you
will bo caught.
Four murderers of the young
iirookiyu lawyer, George C. Har
vard, have been arrested. One, Jas.
Costigan, has given the natnea of all
concerned.
Rowcll, the champion walker, is to
begin in November Iho fifth race for
the Astley-BeiU ' Three will contest
wiuh lla.--5T&e walk will continue
through six days.
"The lattf GeevFMl O. Hebert graduated
at West POint-firat in a most 'distinguished
das." Exchange.
Tbe'Utc Gen. Charles P. Kings
bury,' "of Oxford, was graduated se
cond in the same class.
One hundred and fifty-three of the
best ciuxensfif : Stannlon, Vs., aad
vicioity jtre out in card in vindica
tion of Senator Hampton. It ogfit
to place1 Ihe matter ,nt test, but it
wilk'Bot, The Radical organs will
contmne to misreprSB4 and pervert
the matter unit
is( elected.
And, by the way, Ibe Stab is mistaken
in saying that CoL Bennett is "the Presi
dential electee for the Sixth District, " for
be was enly a Candida's for that position
Ptttibora Record. ' '
State papers will please take no
tice, Do not place over the Demo
cratic electoral ticket "Presidential
Electors," as is the usual, wide-spread
custom, but say, "Candidates" for
Presidential Electors." Do you see ?
It is almost amusing to see how a
siliv utterance bv some silly South-
hv the Radical t
mu t
orcrans. Thev are somewhat short Of
helps. They are exceedingly thank
ful for the smallest favors. A half
dozen hot-headed, feather-headed
fools can sometimes do a great deal
of harm.
Ten thousand Crennans witnessed
the unveiling of a statue of Bavaria,
made of metal and forty feet high, in
New York this week. It was on the
occasion of the seventh handred an
niversary of the establishment of the
Kingdom of Bavaria. Speech mak
ing, athletic games, processions, &c,
followed. The. exercises lasted for
several days.
They do aay that the Government
officials are bled fearfully these politi
cal times. The horse-leach was
nothrag. 'Here is what the Balti
more BuTiV correspondent at Wash
ington reports:.
The Republican campaign fund is jun
nicjc down so low that It has been found
neceaaarv in reaort to extreme measurer.
ThsxoUectors now go to the Department
oa pay day and, when :"the clerks receive 1
themoney. they are politely reminded 1
that It U time S pay op their assessments." I
4r3 i ?
VOL. XXVI.NO. 142.
fJapt. J ohn o. W iso appears to
have been very blood thirsty be
cause of his being black-balled by
the Westmoreland Club, of Rich
mond. In his examination before the
Polioe Court he is reported as saying:
"lie (hen recited the atorv of his beinr
black-balled last winter by the Westmore
land uiuD, when he was honored with
fifteen black-balls for being a Readjusted
ana a rnena or uen. Aianone; mat be had
on the stump and in a published letter de
nounced tho fifteen as cowards and assas
sins, and had insulted two of them who
had come In his way; that recently he had
been informed or a conversation in connec
tion with the black-balling, which reflected
on him, and that the correspondence had
then commenced. Capt Wise read the
whole correspondence, which is quite
voluminous, and in the course of wnicn ne
denounced all who had black-balled him as
cowards and dastards, who bad stabbed
him in the dark. Capt. Wise slated that
ne bad remained out of the city to give any
of the aggrieved parties an opportunity to
communicate with him, as his whereabouts
were sufficiently well known for that pur
pose, but that now he considered the mat
ter as a farce and at an end."
John Sherman, having deliberately
falsified his own record in regard to
Arthur in his recent speech by deny
ing what he had done and in compli
menting Absalom Arthur, Conkling
and his crew are said to be placated.
They some how have a peculiar relish
for meanness when accompanied with
a lie.
They do say the
"bar'la" in Maine,
votes is not givep.
Radicals have
The price of
TUB STATE CAMPAIGN.
Col. Kenan will speak twice in
Chatham next week on Thursday
at the Gulf, and on Wednesday at
Lockville. Raleigh Observer.
Mr. John C. Scarborough, Demo
cratic candidate for Superintendent
of Publio Instruction, was to have
spoken laat night at New Berne.
At High Point, in addition to those
mentioned in oar. last as speaking,
Capt. F. N. Strudwiok, Mr. John N.
Staples and Dr. Worth all "orated."
A correspondent of the Raleigh
News says Charles S. W instead, Rad
ical and lately of the Revenue De
partment, has given his friends peri
mitreion "10 bet a hat that he will
vote for Hauoock." Thar now I
The Democratic mass' meeting at
Catawba county day before yester
day was one of the brrgeet that ever
assembled ia that eetimty. ; I The
crowd was estimated ' "at between
three thousand and four thousand.
Charlotte Observer.
Lieutenant Governor Robinson and
Attorney General Kenan will speak
at Columbus, Polk county, Monday,
October 4th; Henderson ville, Hender
son, Tuesday, October 5th; Brevard,
Transylvania, Wednesday, October
6th.
The citizens of Rook fish township,
Duplin, held a meeting indorsing Mr.
Albert S. Col well's course in the Le
gislature, and expressing profound
sympathy for him in his low. state of
health that prevents him from again
serving the people.
Gentlemen who have heard several
of Maj. Dowd's speeches on the
stump say that .they are first rate, and
are doing mach good for the Demo
cratic party. The Major is thorough
ly conservative and moderate in
expressing hii vie ws, but fir m and
determined. Soch men do a great
deal doom good than : violent, blus
tering and ntnting orator. The
name of Cto&Cbaries R. Jones is
selected for .Elector in this District,
in racf vof X?ol. Bennett, resigned
00 aeeoutjil. f heingappointed Judge
ol the iinpeiiox. Court. Col.-Jones
deserve ' 4he appointment, and we
hope he will receive it. Charlotte
Mtmocrdts : - -
.Democratic mass meetings will be
held at Fremont, Saturday, the 8th
irisu and ai Mount Oilte, Thursday
the 224 iost. DisUflgTUshed speakers.
have been invited ii address the peo-
f pie. -The DemooraUOf Carteret
1? . . .. fXT.. .Jt-i.ia t..
following:., tjiutjujemi . wuuljt ;
via: For Senator, R. H. Jones;, for
the ttwej4&M&auihr Snow
Hill correspondent: 5 The political
outlook in good old "Greene is grow
ing day by dayj ' more cheering1 to
the Democrats. If we ds our duty
faithfully we shall certainly elect our
entire ticket of county officers. r-
The nomtustion .of a Greeribacker in J
thb Third District is equivalent to a
Coogreasiooai f iree aod n wa a
pleased to hear MrKornegay ex
press his doubts as tJilrhethfir he
shall accept the . distioguifehed (?)
. i mm m wr ' -i rr-
Spirits - TtirpeiitineJ -!
North Carolina trow has eleven
dailies. - -X
Nineteen burials at Charlotte in
Aagnst ":; r " ,
- -The rwv5; 6 Mechanic has
wisely: "adofitecV thstitojio. Instead . the
eight P:JSy ':'
: -iUiM&fZ9 .22
taxes. Waka eonniy pay $73,820 , be
Bides $5,405 4f for JUftleiKhaded School.
In 1840 North Carolina ' Voted
80.838. ;il9rt9 mWimjM U all
wctdd rorB-outrBtrf no
; v fiivw 'a- 'VjjoTt
W60, m?
frUtsge; (o-dsy it is one of
was bn
the prettiest
f r "
r
WltraGTON,
cities in North Carolina. -Patriot. Just so.
Its population is 2,116. Not large but
handsome.
r-a- ttaleigh JSews'. Mr. nea m-
rorms us that bis firm will make a - full ex
hibit at our State Fair, October 18th next,
of what their firm is doing in the way of
home manufactures. Good, and may all
our manufactures do likewise. We little
know the numberless wheels of industry
hid away in modest labor throughout North
Carolina.
jtTetb JSernian: The work on the
New White Oak Pocoson road, from Trent
toKew Rirer. is rapidly being pushed
forward and we are.reliably informed that
tne health of the convicts employed on the
work is as good as that of those in the
VYes tern pan ol the State. - On Batnr
day last, at 10 o'clock P. M.. the gin bouse
and grist mill belonging to Mr. Isaac Tay
lor, was noxnea. it is supposed to do tne
wort or an incendiary.
Goldsboro .Messenger'. From
present ihdications "we shall have a boun
tiful corn crop. The cotton crop, how
ever, so exceedingly promising but a few
weeKs ago. turns out to be badly damaged
by rust and the heavy rains a few weeks
a Dremont correspondence: Tne
series of -meetings mentioned ia my last,
conducted by Rev.' N. M. Jurney, at the
Methodist Church in this place, closed on
Wednesday night : last, : with six more ac
cessions to the church, maamg eignt in an.
Raleigh Visitor i Dr. Parker
got into a difficulty yesterday at one of the
depots on the Seaboard & Roanoke Rail
road with another man. who struck the
Doctor on the head with a bar of iron and
broke his ekull, and in falling he also broke
his leg. We are pleased to learn that
Wake Forest College opened on yesterday
under the most flattering circumstances,
one hundred students being in attendance
and twenty-five more expected last night.
The prospects are that there will be two
hundred students before the close of the
session.
Warsaw Brief Mention : The
Union meeting pf the Eastern Association,
met on last Friday, with the church at
Concord, about six ..miles from Magnolia,'
in Duplin county. Rev. W. M. Kennedy
preached : the opening sermon. The
Eastern Association will meet at Bethel
church, in Sampson county, on Tuesday,
arter the first Sunday in October five
weeks from yesterday. Bethel is about
twelve miles from Magnolia, on the W. &
W. R, R. We learn from Mr. I. Royal,
of Sampson county, that the churcn at
Salem has fast closed a very Interesting
meeting. Eight were received into the
church. The school begins its second
month with sixty-two pupils.
The following Grand Lodge
officers of Knights of Honor were elected
for tbe ensuine year: Dr. VY. ii. u. uodd.
G. Dictator, Goldsboro; J. M. Spraggins,
V. D. G.. Tarboro: Dr. R. F. Lewis, A. G.
D., Lumber ton; Rev. L. A. Bikle, G. Chap
lin, Concord ; F. C. Carlton, G. Keporter,
States ville; S. C. Schofleld, G. Treasurer,
Davidson College; Dr. D.Cogdell, G. G.,
Goldsboro; Jordan Stone. G. 8entinel,
Asheville; J. C. Buxton, Winston, L. B.
Hanes, Lexington, G. W. Blount, Wilson,
G. Trustees; P. C. Carlton, Sup. Rep.,
Stateavdle: Theo. F. Kluttz, Sup. Rep.,
Alternate, Salisbury. The next meeting of
the Grand Lodge will be held in liaieign,
on the 4th Tuesday in August, 1881.
THB CITY.
NEW AlVKStTlSi.TIH!N IS.
MmrsoN Clothing.
J. C Muhds Brushes.
W. H. Gkkezt Druggist.
Jaes Wilson Don't pay rent.
J. C. Stktkhsoh Groceries, &a.
O. Drrsosr & Co New music books.
R. B. Clowe Excursion postponed.
D. M. FknnklXi Middle Sound Acad'y.
Daily VMihtr Bulletin
The following will show the state of
the thermometer, at the stations named, at
8.00 P. M. yesterday, Washington mean
time, and also the amount of rainfall In
inches for the twenty-four hours ending at
8 P. M., as furnished by Sergeant James
W. Watson, Signal Officer at this Station:
Tem. R. F. Weather.
Atlanta
Augusta.
Charleston.......
Charlotte.
Corsicana
Galveston..:
Indianola
84
88
86
86
83
85
80
86
83
87
84
-87-
85
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.43
L20
.00
.18
.00
L40
.00 .00
2.15
Fair
Fair
Clear
Fair
Cloudy
Cloudy
Lt rain
Clear
Fair
Fair ,
Cloudy
Fail
Fair
Jacksonville
Mobile
Montgomery.....
New Orleans.'. . . r. :
Savannah,. . . . .
wMitutWn?.
Penassoii.
81
Tniouowin,
thei IndicaliODS for the
oouiu Auaatic jsiaies cay :
Statioiwry Tbsiometerland teoiperature,
southerly wralfthrad cleat or partly cjoudy
weather.
'J:
i if'
bWC.Cottl'i Show, which Is te g4ve
tvoexhihitlons: tn Wilmington on thedth
inst.i the v"eldon Nexas says: "The W. 0,
jCbap Great Monster Show-performed here
yesterday. - Although the weather was ex
tremely hot and dry the crowd was im-
mense.' Many camo from as far as thirty
mflbs Ahtotigh the country, and on the
trains. Nouisordorwas shown and every
thing! passed off qsielly. The shqw was
jexceilent. . The. riding was -good, and the
educe'teddogs and BrhhW30B attracted
anuch attention. .The real Indians too in
their exhibition of a scene of savage life,
burning a victim at the stake and dancing
their war dance, called forth applause. The
whole show was, highly complimented and
every one was fully satisfied that he had
gotten the worth of his money."
Going VhI.
; F. II. Darby, Esq,, leaves. this morning
ion the Weldoh train for the Western part
of the State, where he expects to reroain
for a few weeks with the view of recruit
ing his health. In the meantime Capt. R.
WPfice! Will act in Mr. Darby's stead as
Chairman of the Oodnty Democratic Exech
tive Committee. .
; Fortify the body-against disease. This
is readilydone PfJ'0
pf the system with iDrTutts Pflls. Then
there need be no feaj oepidernics. Chills
kn4 frrr Bittone attacks. RheHmfrtlsm
A BUiTIXtfaleiorelfv MbilfSiiK-
anyiealth and,, olasucity ,oi jpiriw.jagu fe
the result'. ' t
N. C.I SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 1880.
THE GALLOWS,
Execution of Stephen Jtlctaardaon
Colerea. lor ibe JXlarder of bU
RIotber.ln-I.avr on tbe Nlsbt or
Itlr lOtlii 1880 Wonderful Dis
play of Nerve and Fortitude Ue
wn Beady to Oo Hie tionfeaaion
Jce., dec.
. Yesterday was the day set apart, in ac
cordance with the sentenee of Judge O. P.
Meares of the Criminal Court of New Ban
over County, at the August term of said
Court, for the execution of Stephen Rich
ardson, convicted of the murder of Lucy
Phincey, his mother-in-law. The crime
was committed on the night of the 19lh of
July last, about the hour of 11 o'clock, at
the house of Robert Phinncy, tbe husband
of the murdered woman, on the northeast
corner of Sixth and Harnett streets, in that
part of the city north of the W. & W. R.R.,
and known as "Brooklyn. The date of
the murder and the subsequent trial and
conviction of tbe accused is of such recent
occurrence as to render unnecessary more
than a brief outline of the terrible tragedy. -'
Stephen Richardson married Hester, a
daughter of Robert and Luey Phioney, but'
there was a want of congeniality on the
part of the couple, and their married life
proved anything but happy. The hu8baoiTkbe nad He stated that he fell that be had
was in the habit occasionally of indulging
to excess his appetite for Etrong drink, and
frequent quarrels between himself and wife
were tbe result This state of affairs cul
minated in a separation, and the fact that
his wife was living in the same house with
her father and mother, who took the part of
their daughter in any of tbe disputes which
occurred between the ill-assorted pair,
seems to have embittered his feelings
againBtthem aQU- jed him frequently to
the indulgence of excessive outbursts of
passion. On the night of the fearful trage
dy Richardson appears to have been
worked up to a higher pitch of excitement
than usual, stimulated to a certain degree,
no doubt, by whiskey, And upon visiting
the house in which the couple had formerly
resided, next adjoining the house of
Robert Phincey, a quarrel onsusd between
the husband and wife, during which Robert
Pbinney told bis son-in-law nut to use his
name in his quarrels with Lis wife. These
words appear to have stirred up all the evil
in Richardson's nature, and he thereupon
went into his own yard, picked up an old
shovel or spade, rushed to the house of his
father-in-law, assaulted the old couple,
killed LucyPbinney, fearfully wounded
Robert Phinney and inflicted severe inju
ries upon his wife. He was arrested, tried
at tbe enming term of the Criminal Court,
convicted and sentenced to be bung on the
3d of September, only about forty-nve
days intervening between tbe time of the
murder and the day set apart for tbe exe
cution of tbe murderer.
From tbe day that sentence was passed
upon him the prisoner seemed to realise
the shortness of Iho lime given bim on
earth and tbe importance of preparing for
the great change awaiting him. He en
couraged the visits of the clergy, several of
those of his own color and Rev. J. P.
King, of the Second (white) Baptist church,
being unremitting apon him. He soon
made a profession of religion, and from
that time he has appeared perfectly resigned
and submissive to the fate so surely await
ing him, and displaying a degree of cheer
fulness most remarkable under tbe circum
stances. . To those who visited him he
evinced a ready diisposition to converse,
and never tired of telling of the hope that
sustained and buoyed him up in the trying
ordeal through which hewas passing. As
the time of his doom drew near he fre
quently expressed the wish that the fatal
Friday would come, so that "it could all
be done and over with.'' To the Sheriff,
who called to see him on Thursday after
noon, and who told him that he regretted
the disagreeable duty he had to perform,
and that he hoped he would "stand up to
it all right tomorrow," Richardson replied
"I am as ready as you are, sir."
"xesterday morning, the dawn of his last
day on earth, the condemned man rose at
an early hour, stating that he had enjoyed
a good night's rest, and partook of a hearty
breakfast of ham and eggs, biscuit and
coffee." Soon afterwards he was visited by
a number of ministers, among whom may
be mentioned Revs. Cornelius Sampson, J.
G. Fry. E. Morton, D. J. Sanders, A. M.
Conway, Willis Wooten, W. H. Bishop,
and Edward Robinson, colored, and Rev.
J. Pf King, white, who sung and prayed
with and for him until tbe fatal moment
arrived.
s CROWD OV THB STREETS.
v In ' the meantime, notwithstanding tbe
fact that not bo much as a glimpse could
be. had of the Condemned man, or of the
preparations preceding the execution, not
less than fifteen hundred touwo thousand
persons assembled on the stets adjacent,
and nearly all of them remained mere until
the body had been cut dowa and removed.
By far the larger number, of these were
colored people but thejru-was also quite a
number of whites in the crowd. Great
eagerness was manifested to obtain tickets
of admission into the Enclosure, but as the
Sheriff fs reojiireu"by law to issue only a
'limited number, all' ut. the favored few
, bad to possess their souls U Jpatience and
forego the pleasure 'of seeing a human
I being hurled into eternity .
I The gallows, which' was1 erected inflate
IreAjjotnd whLwasekfbly
;CFBl4eJe iaj aU its i&mtWatok tea
!fef sqarew
eliotbWf&fsix iesih;dth,au W
the other side a stairway two and a half
I, J- . : ' .f.. .";
feet wide, the whole height of the scaffold
to the cross-beam being about seventeen
feet, and the distance from the top of the
drop to the ground about eleven feet, giving
a fall of about six and a half feet. Through
the wall of theprison a door had been cut,'
through which the prisoner could be
conducted to .his place upon the
scaffold. Through this door, previous to
tbe execution, all the preparations could be
distinctly beard by the prisoner, who was
but a few steps removed from it, even to
the testing of the rope which was made on
Thursday afternoon; but he seemed to bo'
perfectly unmoved by it.
THE LAST MOMENTS OV THE PRISONER
About twelve o'clcek the Sheriff notified
the jailer that all was in readiness, and in
a few minutes the rear door of the -fail was
opened and the prisoner in charge of .offl
cers and accompanied by the various min
isters came out and mounted the scaf
fold at twelve minutes past 12 o'clock,
the condemned man being -dressed in light
pants and black cloth coat and vest, with
white, gloves. A hymn was sung as the
prisoner came ont and took bis place, at the
conclusion of which Rev. J. G. Fry, color
ed, offered a lengthy, but earnest and im
pressive prayer, during which tbe prisoner
frequently responded.
The Sheriff then. asked the condemned if
he had anything to say, and-he replied that
made his peace with God through the
grace of Jesus Christ; that be was at peace
with all men and ready to meet his doom.
satisfied that through tbe grace of. ttod
he was going to heaven. He thanked all
who had ministered to his wants, physical
and spiritual; felt that he had conquered
the greatest of all terrors on this earth
death and hence would die happy; that he
believed that by faith be was to be saved
and his sins forgiven. His statement as v
the crime was as published below, and in
addition he Btated that he had freely fof-
given Robert Phinney, his wife Hester, aad if
all his enemies on earth, and was prepared 1
to answer for bis sins at the bar of heaven,
assured that he should enter therein. He
asked God to bless all present and lead
them in tbe way of righteousness, and said
that he hoped to meet them all after death
in the world to come. In conclusion, the
J I 1 1 kin..!.. f ffA AH
UUUU1BU mall BBMlCU iuo uicoaiug u. uu '!
the ministers in attendance and their work,
that it might redound to the good of man
and to the glory of God.
At 12.80 the Sheriff read the warrant for
the execution, and at 12.84 Richardson
stepped on the trap door, and while the
ministers and some of the other persons
present sang hymns, the Sheriff adjusted
the noose, the prisoner told those around
him good-bye, the black ,cap was drawn
over his face, and at 12. 39 the trap fell and
the soul of Stephen 'Richardson was
launched into eternity. His death was in
stantaneous and apparently very easy, the
neck having been broken by the fall. . As
the body fell through the aperture one or
two convulsive movements were noticeable,
after which a spasmodic trembling was
seen at long intervals, finally ceasing, and
at the expiration of twelve minutes : Drs .
Winanteand Burbanks, who were in at
tendance, pronounced life extinct. The
body was then lowered into the coffin and
afterwards turned over to Nathaniel Sim
mons, the deceased's brother-in-law, and
interred in Pine Forest Cemetery. While
on the scaffold and throughout the terrible
ordeal Richardson was perfectly calm and
composed, cool and collected, and evinced
no sign of fear or trepidation whatever. Da
ring his speech his voice was firm and loud,
and he seemed utterly oblivious to the ter
rors 6f his impending fate. He also walked
from his cell to the scaffold with "a firm
step, and not a. tremor shook his frame
while the rope was being adjusted around
his neck or at any time while the horrible
preparations were going on around him.
Tbe following is a statement made py the
condemned man, and taksn down s nearly
as possible in hisowx langaags: . ;. v
- BICnABDSOlt'S STATEMENT.
: "I am 33 years old, and have been mar
ried thirteen years. ' I was born in Onslow
county, but left there when I was1 only 11
years old. I f oxmerjy, belonged to the late
Gov. Dudley, and athis death fell to Robert
Dudley who sold me to a man in Virginia
by the name of David McDanieL After
the fall of Richmond I came, back to Wil
mington, and have remained hero ever
since, I am a carriiter by trade, 'and
have been employed at the, Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad between nine and jten
years."
Richardson then went on to say that on
the night of : the murder he . went over as
usual to look after his bouse. At the same
time his wife (Hester Richardson) was at
Louisa Maultsfcy'a house; near by, and she
abused him ' vary much': ' Bhe then left
Maultsby's house and went to her father's
house1,' next door; ? opened her father's back
door and went to abusing ' htm. again ;
then he (Richaf dsbn) ' got mad; and
went out and 1 commenced quarrelling
with Hester, aigd accused .ber mother and
father,' Robert and Lucy Phinney, of being
the cause of himself and wife not. living
psaceably together ; then h.er. father, "came
out of the front doof on Harnett street and
asked him (U.) no to uae -his name in the
quarrel between, bimsslf.aai wife. Rich
ardson says he Ihenvweit oqt to the gate to
meet him (Phinney) cm Teasuu the matter
with hlmWndhe'fpineiffttslibp and
got hta gun. Richardson then Went back
to his house and got a spade, returned and
met Jphlnney fit 'jitii-iipor
while hWwite and tMk yreU 'try-
tag to keep him m'jmoaiU his
gWat ittcfcitfdsnT ta
his statement: ' "I stepped up in th .doof
andPhlsney struck at me with the gun,
WHOLE NO: 4,074
and I struck at bim with the spade, but
missed him and struck' my wife. My wife
jumped out and run; then we tussled with
each other until we got to the Sixth street
door. Phinney's wife was in between me
.and him and I knocaed her down and she
fell in tbe street; Phinney run out of the
door and I after bim; when we got out the
door we fought there two or three minutes;
there I struck him several blows on the
hand and two on the head; the nextolow I
struck him I knocked him down, and then,
amid the cries of 'murder,' I jumped and
run, and left him with the gun by his side
where I knocked him down. I was cap
tured then and put in the guard house, and
now I feel that God baa forgiven me for it
all, and I have forgiven them' for all they
did. I did not say I would kill them all
and eat my breakfast in h 1. bat that I
would havo satisfaction if I bad to go to
h L I did not go there to kill anvone. i'
had I would have used iho epude edge
wise instead of side wise"
fjoeal uote.
Hoq. D. L. Kussell has returned
home.
The all-absorbing topic on tho
streets yesterday was the hanging.
The ringing of the market bell
at 7 o'clock has been suspended for the
season.
The thermometer in the Star
office reached as high as 87 degrees yes
terday.
A correspondent tells us that
over 100 bales of new cotton were brought
into Goldsboro on Thursday.
The Jewish New Year begins
Monday next at 0 P. M., and will be cele
brated as a holiday by the Israelites.
Wo learn that the Brunswick
County Republican Convention, which
met at Smithvillo yesterday, broke up in a
row.
We are requested to state that
Rev. James W. Craig will fill the pulpit of
the Methodist Church at Smithville to
morrow, morning . and evening, at the
usual hours for services.
The Fayettevillo Examiner be
lieves in our Criminal Court. It says :
"Justice is executed more promptly on
criminals in New Hanover county than
anywhere else in North Carolina."
ffconeson Coarity.
Tbe following is a correct list of tbe
Robeson county nominations made at the
Democratic Convention in Lnmberton on
Wednesday:
House of Representatives Hector Mc-
Eachern, Alfred Rowland.
Sheriff Fanch J. Fioyed.
Treasurer John Allen McLean.
Clerk of Superior Court C. B. Town
send. Register of Deeds John J. Russ
Coroner Billy Bryan.
Surveyor John Buie.
flayor'a Coorf.
The only case before the Mayor's Court
yesterday morning was that of J. H. and
Alex. Holmes, both colored, who were
arraigned for an affray over me railroad.
The evidence did not convince the Mayor
that the boys meant anything very serious,
and he therefore suspended judgment in
their eases.
We have tried Dr. Bull's Cough Byrup in
onr family, and can assert that it is the
best remedy for a 'Cough or Cold ever in
troduced. Price 20 cents.
CITY ITEidS.
THB MORHTNO STAB can always b had at Ue
following places in the city : The Puree 11 Honae,
Harrfe' stews' Stand, aad tbe Sta Office.
IS IT POSSIBLE that a remedy made or rach
eoaunoo, simple plants as Hope, Bnchn, Mandrake,
Dandelion, &c., make ao many and such marreloas
and wonderf ol cores as Hop Bitters do t It moat
be, for when old and. young, rich and poor. Pastor
and Doctor, Lawyer and Xditor, all testify to hav
ina been cued by thesa, we most believe and doubt
no longer. See other column. Post.
Professor James A. 8ewell, A. If . M., of Medical
Faculty, Laval University. Quebec, states: "I have
found Colden'a Liebig'e Liquid Extract of Beer and
Tonic Invigorator particularly useful in advanced
stages of .Ooaanarotion, Weakness, Dyspepsia, and
all Nervous Afflictions. In pregnant women it has
been retained while every ether article of food was
rejeected. I can recommend it aa convenient, pala
table, aad easy of digestion."
Gaaux at yxjurna. Agents. Wilmington.
XK8. WIMBLOWB SOOTHING 8TBUP. Rev
Sylvanua Cobb thus writes in the "Boston Christian
Freeman" : We would by no means recommend
any kind of medicine which we did not know to be
particularly lor lniants. nut or jars, wind
ow's Soothing byrup we can speak from kn owl-
is- our own lamuy u nae proved a Diessint
indeed, by giving an Infant troubled with colic
pains, quiet sleep, and its parents unbroken rest at
night. Most parents can appreciate these blessings.
Bare is an article which works to perfection, and
which is harmless; for tbe Bleep which lt affords
the infant la perfectly natural, and the little cherub
awakes as "bright aa a button." And during the
process of teething Us value La Incalculable. We
have frequently heard mothers Bay they would net
be without it from the birth of the child till It had
finished with the teething siege, on any considera
tion whatever. Bold by all druggist. K cents a
bottle.
DIBDi :
BUB. In this city, at 5 o'clock on the evening
or the 3rd Inst, MART I. youngest daughter of
Edward Sue, aged 8 years 8 months aad t) days.
' The funeral will take place Saturday morning, at
If O'clock, at the residence. The friends of the
family are invited.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
IliddldSound Academy
QPKNS FIRST MONDAY IN 8KPTZMBKB.
Thorough' instruction In KngUsh Branches and Ma
thematics. Healthy locality. Board $8 to $8 per
month.' Tuition f 1.50 to $3.50 per month. JReer
te A. K. Black as to competency.
ef.lt D. M. FXNNXLL.
A Card.
rMi raoroeKD eicuhsion rauM wil
mingtes to Augusta, Oa., on the 6th lust., has bean
indefinitely postponed. Please retorm tickets and
money w
iUbereiondea. Very respeetruiiy.
it. 0. ULUWK.
se41t
Sept 4th, 1880.
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" Three month,... ...
six months,
" " One year,-..,
rjy"Oontract AdvtrtiseaosU, taken at propm
tionately low ratoai
Tea linos solid Nonpareil type make one square.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice this Advertisement
. : . I -
J HAVK TO-DAY PURCUlBED A PINB LOT
- -
of North Carolina Due., bides aud t-houldcr.
They are very ntco, axd can't be had every day.
I am retailing reliable CjndenmjJ MUk alltVc,
15c and tOc. FerrU Fulton Market Beef, fig fork
Dried Beef, Smoked Sugar Cured bh on Id era, and
the Trade Mark Ilams, uncoverod, received to day
Fresh Northern Cabbages.&aplcs and Onions, by
A. C. L. to day. Ports Rico Molasaoa, pronoooced
by Judges to be the bast ever Imported to this
market; and also Cuba and Sugar Boom and Crys
tal Dnps.
Pare Apple Cider Vlnear for ricUln
Vanilla, Lemon and Mint Drops. Waftrs ib.Ot
4(0 to tho lb. for cale by
Jas. & Stevenson.
eo4tf
New Music Books.
THB ANTHBM IIA11P. (ll.ST.) By Dr. W. O.
PBRKINt). Just out.
A new book Intended as a successor for '-Perkins'
Anthem Book," published some years siaoe, and
which was a decided ueosfls. The new hook con
tains music perfectly within' tho reach of common
choirs, and ia destined to have a great ralo.
DITBON A OO. also call attention to their three
books forSINOINU CLASH K8, recently published,
already very popular, and worthy of universal
adoptloa :
THB TBMPLB. (tl ) By Dr. W. O. PERKINS.
THB VOICE OF WOI SHIP. ($1.) By L. O. BM
BSBON.
JOHNSON'S METHOD FOR8INUINO CLASSICS.
ISO cents ) By A. N. JOHNSON.
THB TBMPLB contains an excellent Singing
School Courso, and a large number of Olees, Bongs,
Sacred Tunes and As thorns for practice, sod for
use ia classes. L. O. Emerson's VOICB OF WOK
SHIP has exactly the ssme end In view as tbe eth
er, but has a different method, and entirely differ
ent music. JOHNSON'S MBTHOD Is for those
who wish a low priced book; is admirably slmplo
and clear, has plenty of music, and has a thorosgh
course in Note Beading.
Any book mailed for retell price.
Oliver Ditson & Co.,
BOSTON.
CliAS. H. DITSON Sb OO.
843 Broadway, N. Y.
so4-dwtf Wed A Sat
J. B. DITSON CO.
SJ Chestnut St., Phi!.
Clothing.
jyKDIUM WEIGHT SUITS,
FOR FALL WEAK.
At MUNSON'S, The Clothier
and Merchant Tailor.
te4 lt
Don't far Rent
SECURE A BOMB AND BB YOUR OWN
Landlord . Building Lots on Church, Num. Ann,
Orange, Cbesaut, Mulberry, Walnut, BlxthJSeveolh,
Wilson. Bighth. Ninth, Dickensoa, Woods, Tenth.
Eleventh, Bay, Owynn, Rankin, Twelfth and Thlr
teenth Streets, for sale on the monthly Install Burnt
plan. Houses built to order. Money loaned to
those wishing to build, lt JAMJU WILSON.
WILLIAM H. GREEN,
Eucccsbot to Qreen & Flauaor,
WHOLBSALB AND RETAIL DRUGGIST,
MARKET ST.,
ee 4 tf WILMINGTON, N. C.
Brashes.
rpOOTU, NAIL AND HAIR BRUSHES, A
large assortment; Soaps and Perfumery of oil
kinds.
For sale by
J. C. MUND8, Druggist,
se 4 tf S3 North Front street.
Have You Seen Our
1G RIB UMBRELLA f
BROWN RODDICK.
Have Ton Been the
JEAN DRAWERS WB MANUFACTURE T
BROWN RODDICK,
flave Ton Seen tbe
NBW CORSET WE RETAIL AT 75 CTBT
BROWN RODDICK.
Have You Seem Tnat
JOB LOT RUFFLING AT 50 CTS. A PIECE f
aa tt tf BROWN RODDICK.
Buggy for Sale.
F
R SALS, A KSW BIDbVsIAR TOP BUGGY.
Made to order, ta tbao efry.
of tho very bet
and wlU be sold
material, use novet aooi
" rWaths
eel 0t mm
ST Alt OFFICE.
Now School.
J HAVE DETERMINED TO OPEN FIRST
CLASS MALE SCHOOL In this city about the 1st
of October next. Full particulars will be given oa
my return to the city,
se S 8t JAMES H. LANE.
THOMAS H. McKOY
SUCCESSOR TO
Boatwright & HoKoy.
JBTUSNS THANKS TO TBI PJtOPLB OF
Wilmington for the generous support he has re
ceived, not only from the old patrons, but new
ones, which are coming In dally. lie promisee to
give one aad all value received for tholr money.
To his friends and the public generally be Is
happy to state that patrons that deilre to bay at
WHOLESALE can't do better In thi'soath. He
will keep a Large Stock constantly oa hia 1 .
Fresh Goods arriving daily..
Prices always extremely low.
Old patrons of Um house are rpoclaUy Invited to
come and tee aim or send In Ihslr orders.
TUOS. II. BIcItOT,
Grocer and Liquor Dealer,
1 1 tt .
ansa DAWtf
D Ml Worth rrentU
NEW WINDSOR COLLEGE AND SEMINARY
opens Sept. 8. Climate unsurpassed 1 expert
etkOed instructors; both sexes advlued and rredua
ted. Address Rev. A. M. JELLY. D. U.,Prea't,
Mew Windsor, Md. Jy Sm