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There was a wide-spread opinion that the , State at best was very uncertain. Both of our dis tinguished Senators, when in Wil mington, a few weeks before the election, were very doubtful as j to . the result. In Raleigh months be fore the election the talk among Democratic politicians was one of much uncertainty. It was not thought to be a good year for aspir ing politicians. . The majority for Gov. Jarvis in 1880 was a little, over 0,000. But 'the Prohibition mbve- . ment had come in with startling re- 1 suits and long-headed calculators could not tell what effect that shak ing up ' of parties would have in the . pending election that of 1882. ,. , Not only ' were Demo cratic politicians at sea, as we ' have said, and their, ship supposed to be leaky with sails torn and masts awry, bnt the old piratical craft that had been committing depredations in North Carolina waters - since 1806. .had been newly, painted and freshly umuiieu, anu a nuinoer oi very small boats, that ongut to have kept nearer tho shore, had ventured out froui the mouths of creeks and were endeavor? t ing as infinitesimal freebooters to help the old black hulk. ' They ar rayed themselves under a very gauzy and greasy looking banner, upon which was painted in flaming letters, "Liberal." Every, one of these volun teer boats ali'manned by Democratic . deserters, was completely swamped. , Not one of the hungry little fellows ever got one bite at the public corn crib or secured one crumb from the State table. They' were washed, ashore in a battered condition and some of them are still hanging around Uncle Sam's big swill tub hankering .and begging; They will hardly get one sop, as Cleveland will clean out the whole concern when he gets into Such was the Condition pf political , affairs in 1882, when Judge Bennett was, nominated. , He - yeildedto -:caii of. his party, although to do so was to give up his seat on the Supe- rior Court Bench and to meet the Wt7hazard of defeat. Ho made extraordinary. " It 'was confidently Morning 'f&3to& wiR&h that ' Judge "Beri- newf.anat . senator vance were the niy two. men in all North Carolina . . . j . . - - , . ' "toliA AvnU ' it.-- ' cs.-. rlL .1 : Democrats. Tn ilt;af Irvr .Vas asked to give np a certainty . . ior au uncertainty. He did not hesi , ; tate. Ue accepted theleadprfthin nn - almost a forlorn hope-and aftera " ' bard he beat the enemy-; - " i We well remember talking with intelligent gentlemen :in this S7 The - opinion was - that ;0ur chances were bad and that Beniiett wasiu-J safest jchanoeHe'?;djiot4 boint his friends. It is tr ne his ' jna- ate but I feoyi -Vaaco would have done so well." In this -Congressional -District Col. bennett, : under the circumitah.ces, made an extraordinary runl Ilia vote 4. was nnlv 2or. lipisA -tlian J arvis ; re ceived. His majority over Dockery, 1 - : ha fiiotr!. ftn1 Jiving in it, and a strongman withal, Was'pnly 74 " less than J arvis's ma jority over Buxton in the District.; Thatiroves incontestably that" Coh; Bennett ; is a strong candidate in the counties composing the Sixth1 histrir.t.. His maioritv in 1882 was i,4lbi He will increase tho vote 500 it least" if x the Democrats . will do their duty their duty to their coun- trxr. tn t.hftir ntate. to meir race auu ; - XT - Tw.V.,of themselves. Ho true; .JJemOCrat . " . .. jan afford to falter or "scratch" or bolt this vear. TheTe is too much atstske. ' i f Everv man must do his duty in State and National elections. Gov. Cleveland must be made President pleveland. The needs of the coun try demand this. He must nave a House of Representativea that 'will stand by him.. The Senate will pro bably remain Republican for two - traam ami if tho Hnnxn Rhonltl bo Ke- ublicari also i'resident Cleveland teould be heavily handicapped at tne I beginning, and to a great extent his f hands for usefulness would be tied. I We.n,n8t seod eight meo.be th House and we must carry the Legis lature by a two-thirds majority, ? Here is the vote in 18S2 in this T-Y . - 1 Vistnci:. Bennett. .....1.738 ...... 743 ......1,326 .....1.430 3.327 1,564 1,354 ......2.087 - .... 917 . . . ...1.283 Dockery. Anson Brunswick.. : . Cabarrus. . . . . i Columbus. Mecklenburg. . New Hanover. Richmond Robeson. ..... Stanly........ Union . 1,059 858 707 951 2.795 2.349 1,964 . 2,228 620 564 15,766 14,353 14,353 1 Bennett's majority. ., 1,413 OLD BEN'S PDBPOSE. i The New York Times thinks the sole object of old Ben. Butler is to play into the hands of Blaiwe and defeat Cleveland. Of course he can have no other object. Tho old ras cal acted with the Republicans for ten or twelve vears, doing- all he pould to outrage the South. After he j had got all he could hope for from that party he pretended to ' be come a Democrat again, a party he had deserted, and to be the 'special champion of poor men. An ' arrant old fraud ! His. effrontery, and im pudence are something "marvellous in this very "cheeky" age. -' !$6 man of a spark of honor would act as he does. No man of any decency or in tegrity would go as a delegate to a Convention arid after pledging him dolf t "jKirlo lw to Acifiaxftn tn than 4 i. - ' V- -. im . ; i Doit ana sec up as a canaiaate mm-i - v ' t i : i i " n v.. .1 dispose of a share of. his, interest to flair Ha ia vav ir rvini tf inlr . nf 1 i i '" i t . 1 . V ' m.Mu ao v a v --axw - - vtvk tie is a verv -poor stick of a fellow; who will aet in that way; .The Tirnes sayaof him: - Convention this year as a delegate at large if ter the Greenback and - Anti-Monopoly parties bad offered nun their nominations That was a position which no man of the least principle could: have taken, bat he noned to work the Democracy of the conn- try as he had worked tho Democracy of Alassaehusetts. He was engaged, in, a be trayal of those who had already nominated mm, for to submerge tnem in tne iemoj cratic party - would have been to defeat their hopes and destroy their organized ex istence. , At Chicago j the Massachusetts delegation, extorted from him a pledge that he would support the nominations there to be made: He gave that pledge: before the nominations were -made, and now he re pudiates it, betraying those who for sev eral years have supported him in Massa chusetts and those with whom he acted at Chicago." .,. 1 J ' " i .' . . r - , . COUNTY GOVERNMENT A WABN- j The county government as it now exists in North .Carolina is an abso lute necessity. i iYith'bnt it twenty- five or twenty-six counties are at the, tnercy of ignorant negroes who have pever learned to distinguish between mine and thine. The property own- . . - ' . e F8 fci rule? have nprotec- 0 bring Caldwell to -adefinite pro tbr I ion?."i They J We liable to be robbed bosition. : That was. alkpl ftgo to I heavily; as they were ' once,' under the forms of law, and to have their substance wasted. back the condition of things! familiar'tojthe i . v ... . . w people of New Hanover- JSdgecombe, nances again under the control of th I necrroes and their TrnHnpnt ni x f ... . r - - v .. u w I ".. , . : . - -s' -. -1 ' ' : '. kV v-a-.u' ... . .. ' a i7"- w t. : - " yOU dpUbt thlS then -VOU 'are i - . " - - - , N: ' ' blind and ignorant and-without ex. cuse. -' Read the following, from the WanontAA TTnWi will have an example of how even . ... ' - - ' M5"; Warren. Granvillft and tW T'r xwkh, jr. i : - r . . , v.;:, : I i liere let us pause, a lai-payiug counwes ana piace tne n- l were Mr, Fiflbr nd i the ear of a chang affects an im tatttjenierpe;; It saysj.: T" '"A nromlneeflawver from a feeutliboik qooq toiu us a iew nays agu iui uu uojir a-man thaf was anxious to erect a large cotton factory iaWarren cCunty butlaat he hesitated to do so because he heard there were a lew men in tne county wno -were any county where of ienorance eetting of ienorance eettiae control bf the Jcoutity 'affairs i3'n'Mnui.''M,-t IXNot oniy wilf av Chan46troounty govtbliSht,?ddotroy the f ' .TfSTlvi l but the fear of change keeps f destroone Industry and makes ; men, dissatisfied aim uiatruBwiui m yy V ! CAHEFCL EXAMINATION OF ONE : ;:--t;FACT-; Prom IIon:Carl Schurz's Great 8pp6ch in X -Brooklyn', NV Y.-'"--- ; i J . -i NURIBKn ONE. .s.Vr? . Is tho public character and record f th ? R epubhcanr? candidate' Teally iuch that his election would produce Results of greater consequence to the future of the republic than the. dcci sion; one way or the o.ther of any. po-; jitical question, now, . pending?, .Some of Mr. JJlaine's friends assert that he is a much abused and fr calumniated manhat certain charge have been i . . o " f . j . 6X31!? "Pl ed ;s that , unscrupiitotts enemies are persecuting him th- accusations of ginVM this be bo, it is wrong. Mr. Blame has a clear right to demand the facts, mi ... 1 ji . 1 against him on the ground: of his re cord and character have a right to demand the facta.., And if indeed others have been vague in their state- toeWn a subject so important to JJTi want of straighttorwardness on my part. Nothing could be more dis tasteful td me than to discuss the personal conduct of - a public man. Bat it has been forced upon us as a public duty, Which, however disagreeable,- must ' be performed. I shall (iertainly not abuse Mr.' Blaine. I shall not even make a charge against him which he : has not made against himself. You shall have his own words, taken from the official records of Congress, by which to judge him, I shall leave aside all other accusa tions brought by others,' however well authenticated or plausible, and confine myself to one representative'! and simple case. It is a somewhat tedious story; ' iu In May and June, 1870, an investi gation was made by a committee of the National House of Representa tives into the affairs of certain land grant railroads. This investigation brought out certain letters which Mr. Blame,' while Speaker of the House of Representatives, . had S written to Mr. W. Fisher, of Boston, a gentle man connected in .a business way With one of those roads. The first pne of the. letters I want to mention reads thus: 7, . 7 I . MB. BLAINE TO ME. FISHER. i I augusta June 2y, lseu. 4 Mr Deab Me. Fisher: I than you for the article from' Mrl Lewis. It is good in itself and will do good. lie writes like a man of large intelli gence and comprehension.1 Ypur offer o admit me to a participation in tho new raiiroaa enterprise is in every re spect 'as generous as I could expect or desire. ' I thank; you very sincere ly for it, and in this connection I wish to make a suggestion of a some what selfish character. It is this: I Von spoke of Mr. Caldwell's offer to me. If he really desires to, do so I Wish he would make the proposition ucumwr, bo uaiix uuiii jtnow just wnat 10 aepena pm i-ernaps it ne enterprise he may grow relhctant to part with the share, ahd-I do not' by n aiw 1111 iiuu iuu uc wumcui ui iuo fais mean any aistrust 01 mm. 1 ao hot feel that I shall prove a dead head in the' enterprise, if I; once em bark in it.' I seo various channels in which I know I can be useful. Very hastily and sincerely your friend,. i-'rt f : J AMES Q.v HLAINB. m Mr FishbB) : India street) Boston. This is what Puck calls tho 'letter pf acceptance." ; f 4 ? ;3 r- r ihe second, dated three days later.. teads as tollowsi - .Augusta, Me. j fJuly 2, 1 869, My iDkab .Ma. 1 -FisnBic: Yon ask me if I am satisfied with the offer you made me of a sharer in your new railroad enterprise ? ,Of course J am fnore than satisfied with the terms of the offer; I . think it a most, liberal proposition. If I hesitate at all it is V rom considerations in n6 wav con 1. - . J . . : . i . . - .... . . . -.-v.-. Tour liberal mode ol dealing with J nie in all our busiriess transactions of the past eight years has -fiot passed F10 m xmV fP?"0 wf?ft! 1 wrnrn iron nn ina vuin moo mtaniai go' to I postOa by, the pame.: train r that car- i.vo uio lumw, nU nui.Tuiiu,. iii . jfuur' bfllce to-morrow at , 12 M. .. i If, you don't . happen- to be . in, no t matter; don't Tbut jourself ; to any- troubled aDOUl it. X OUrS. J. ii. 15. moment Who TVfl'.' !!ll ilar oil 9 I BusintaR -mRri W.nWnft1! I in railroad ' affairs: in thia-cafln in- . . 9 - I tavanliul i 1i.1.h:1JLm..I j1.1 T 11 I Rock and Fort Smiths Railroad -in i f ""rvji xn uuikyuiai vptsra I tionSCOrinetftfid thr&witK Tt annlil '1 m " --mmw.,- J be remembered that thia Little Rock P"1?? had received from, the,, Na, " 1 rv?"vfv4umeu(,.a ,.viuu . Kraufr.l I u idib aus .mieresi8 couia occasional! be promoted . or -injured,'! 1 1 Hjr - I iV W ... 1 tivA action, OI ConcrrpRa. if 7 Ana, wnoiwte ,-uk . Elaine aa. asathe timelSpeakeivthe na ofial t HoiiSfi frtf ' 'RAnretian t.sttt vekl And : Jfhaiis Ithe Speaeroi,th llonse, or Representatives r Jtle is, without question, bv far the most rotates. ? IferappOints tbeicoimnittees rHottS-lir which alHegislation klrePaft7inhichit mighti M pieasep, compose inose pleases, compose those pdmmitteea in( a wayX favorable r or pfavorable i to eertaiil liricsiof polioy, :)or' measures, 6r5ihterestB;?He pant hiakethe pom1 tnitteen2 Banking ahd . Currency:' a; protectpryor-j aa enemy i to,the t na-; tional banks. He can give the som mittee on Pacific . Railroad iron Public Lands a bias i friendly .or hos- cn- i Jle ca? reward and exalt or )umsh and humiliate members whom: lelikes;, or dislikes" or whom' he vanta tQ strengthen :'oi ' to weaken, by i rivinf them desirable or'nfidesirable 9 O , . y places bn the committees. More-' ver, ho presides. oyer the delibera tions and,, administers the rules of ihe House. fit is in a? great measure inhis power to recogmee or' not to Recognize members ; who 'Want;. to catwi,-. his eye ihriOrder, to speak or make m raotions Her decides points .of order to s be sure, ?ueP lQ ua decision goes, of- course, , for much. Anddurifg those days of hurry and . f rtoin . . . flWmt.w, towards the close of the ses- Swh DeciaHv interested and "watchful keen f. - - - S t tug 1 uu. . ,iu otuui im u 10 iuiicuwr oaiu that a bill to which the speaker is se riously opposed has but a very., slim chance, and that a measure he desires to pass will frequently find ; powerful and unexpected help. , ; ! Such is the power of the speaker, almoRt too -vast and arbitrary, in a ":.C, 'M v . 1 position But all the more important is it to the country that this vast power, so dangerous if abused,- should7 be wielded with the utmost scrupulous ness and the highest sense of official honor; and all the more important to the speaker himself that this d isi uter es tness, his impartiality-in one word, his official honor should stand clean and clear not only above re proach,' but above the reach of suspi cion. .7 ;. 7- ' ' 7: 7; . ; - : Well, Mr. .Blaine had - for eight years been in various business tran sactions with Mr. Fisher, in which he says Mr. Fisher. treated him1 very handsomely. Now, he was thankful to Mr. Fisher for his Mgeneronswoffer to admit hire, (the speaker,) "to a participation in the new railroad en terprise' that railroad being a land grant road. The "terms" offered by Mr Fisher, whatever they may have been, pleased Speaker Blaine greatly. But he wanted more. lie wished very much that Mr. Caldwell, the business friend of Mr. Fisher, should "dispose of a sharoof his interest" to him, (the speaker,) and that without much delay.,. As ho desired. Mr. Caldwell as well aa Mr. , Fisher to understand that he (speaker Blaine) would not be a deadheap in the en terprise if he ip'nce embarked in it," and that ho "saw j various . channels" in which he "knew he could make himself usefuL1 - '";'( CURRENT ' COMMENT. ; Mr. IIal8tead, the able and presum ibly sagacious editor of the Cincin nati Cammercial Gazette seems to have fallen itf most "cordially with the dominant Republican, machine idea that'the Presidential contest is simply a battle for, spoils.; Such is sues as honest government; - reduced taxation and protected labor, seem to i mere -aidt with the para mount issue of tho "the I qou esive power of publio plunder." !lIf wo elect Blaine President," says Mr. Halstead, ''the Republicans can idmit half a- dozen new Northern States, and thus assure Republican supremacy for years to come without serious contests." "If we put tho t)emocratic party in powW," contin tics Mr. ; Halstead, "it - will hold the fort for twenty years at least."' The fundamental error- into which Mr. Jlalstead has fallen is in the assump tion that the general and growing Intelligence of the American ; people Will , continue indefinitely to "wear Republican and Democratic . thongs and obey the call and lash o party leadera.t7.i 2Jmesf Irtd. Mep. T "- A candidate fit for the Presi dential -a office I must be . honest, and honorable; lie must be high-minded and just. If he lack, the jot or tittle of either of these the man who votes for him privy to'this lack, dishonors T 9 I J . " w . . whose mental and moral horizon is I sufficiently broad. to furnish him a I elear and coipprehensive view of Ffiat constitutes real fame and glory, a mAn n.i.nm ii uoi. i cently high to lift him out of and I above the herd of smart and vulgar j seekers f ter power .and place -and pun, a man w." accepts mgu sianon as a sacred and exalted trust, to be Executed in ' honesty of purpose and ' in the: fear of ' God, a man in whom 1 elevation to hiffh nlam tn ihA rtnnfii dence i of his'; fellow-men creates a I fresh incentive to noble action and I tri aAAaA lnl urn.lr . I of m oral fibrA on .nnKnnoa nf "anni r " ' - rMMV. .. WSUUVBM w. I il.ri: 111. ' t . ' , , i f . . I becomes more exalted, and who" in iiuo uoroiiaiiou nour oi a great ana 1 tnmnantnno e f .wvMwnMw .v MOW j JL OD1D OvJll iaUUOBCAT I fishness and selfish ends whelmed and - T. ww&uu .wuuu ii uv&wvvi uuu buried.out of sight in a lofty concept UOU Oil PUD110 OUtV. oucn a man I Avouia scorn tn .nn. a invir nr lit. Mo thing..JK2?morn The Current 1 mo 8H0CK8 ON SUNDAY: Eartbqaake ; Shakes Reported from Varloti:. Polnta Nortlt i and--Kmmt ' . oCTVMblnston-Cblmneya Thrown Don aktd ltUdViSf Bf le to Totter plumber of People Badly Scared and Rellstona -Oonsresailonar Dlm- ! inrbed-DnraUoHnf 'of Shocka Varl- I orisly Eattmate4 by rtlei FrlhCened 1 Oae at from Five, Seconds' to Two I IBy Telerapb totha MornmKBtar.;, , m I. Lancastkb. EAw Auffust'JO.'-A distinct ihock of earthquake was ' felt m " this Citjr ahortlv after ;;2 1 o'clocfc. sthis ; afternoon buildings were slightly shaken, hqtUhere, was no particular alarm. In Columbia iwoJ aisunct shocks were ion, ' t , 1 "Raston -a. V AiiiVsl 10. A shocK re- sembling that of an earthquake .was felt cytimeyswerevenurned., Many, people were frightened and ran screaming into the '. 'trttVi , r .' ": 1 Reading, fA;AtigustlO: At 2.12; this afternoon two distinct shocks of earthquake Were felt throughout this city and county, shaking houses, ; moving , furniture and dropping blinds. ' Considerable excitement irevafled among the people; many running nto the street.' Reports from; immediate points between Allentown, Lebanon, Potts- . fillo, Phcenixville and Pottstown, . say the . shock was felt there; . : -" ; . KWrtMiNOToW,' PeIjT, , August 1 10. An earthquake shbck'was felt here at 1.57 this afternoon, which shook buildings sensibly 411 over the city; . The : direction of move ment was ten degrees aorta 01 east. ;' y j Washington j August 10 The Signal Office reports that to-day's earthquake dis turbance was not felt here nor at Baltimore. ! New Took, August i0. At about 2.05 : o'clock this afternoon, residents of this vi cinity were startled by a severe shock of earthquake, lasting about ten seconds. At this hour (6- p. m.) particalars have "been re ceived : at thd Western Union office here, showing that the shock was widespread. The first reports were received from the following points: Atlantic Highlands, near Sandy Hook; Long Branch, Philadelphia, New Haven. Boston. Elizabeth' Plain field. Spring. Lake, Cottage City, Martha'a Vine yard, and Portland, Me. - At the hist point it was slight : lie ports are also received from many. of the sub-offices . about New York.- The. reports as to Its duration are diverse, 1)ut the average seems tb be about f The operator at frovidence was vaguely Questioned as to whether -he had heard or spen anything unusual, - and he promptly replied that he had his hand on a steam pipe, and that it had trembled violently. Ho had been 'looking up and down the street to discover the heavy team which, up to the time of the inquiry, he had supposed was passing. The question made nun sus picious of an earthquake. ' This suspicion Was promptly confirmed by various people rushing into the- streets ami ofhee asking for an explanation. : - v ? i At 2.15 o'clock . Atlantic Highlands ex perienced a second shock, but it was less violent than the first. ! At Philadelphia the scaffolding on some new buildings going up on ' tho corner of 6th and Reed streets was shaken violently. and some bricks on boards were shaken off and fell to the street below. ! The severest shock was reported from Seabright, N. J., where the depot was shifted to one side, shaking up tho contents and alarming tne sole inmate. ; .At 2.30 p. m. an ineffeclaul effort was made to raiseJthe"Long Branch office, which had been in communication with the local office up to the time of the shock. The orje rjator just had time to report the shock, to- 1 gethcr with the fact that the jars of his bat tcry had been overturned, when the wires I 'gave out. j At uartlord a bareneadea man rushed frantically to the telegraph office,, holding m bis band a newspaper wiuca be had been reading. H said, he had been; rocked vio lently, and that the plastering on the ceiling above him had been cracked and in some places nail aroppea to mo lioor. 1 In Brooklyn the streets were alive with people, whb had come out to ascertain the cause or tne rocking and to gossip about iU One cool-headed scientist, upon the first perccptibio motion, took bis stop-watch and timed the vibrations ; He reported that tne snock began, as nearly as could be de termined at 1 .06.50; that the first' shock lasted just ten seconds, and that the "quiet ing down," as ho described it,- took nearly fifty seconds more. Off-hand guesses as to the duration varied from five seconds to two minutes, according to the amount of do observer's fright and his judgment of fe flight of time. , - , At Menlo Park and Trenton .'the ' shock Was timed at 3.05 p. m., while at the more southerly points of its orbit it was felt at 2. 10, l various reported tho water in. therivet .was lashed 1 Into a foam. Passengers arriviner from Trenton ioon after, however, said the story was ab surd, and that the water was placid and muddy as usual. j The telegraph manager at Coney Island promptly asaea ior particulars or the "ex plosion," supposing that some oil refinery, powder mill or dynamite factory , had blown up. A few minutes later, however, the, fact became known there that the whole Island had. been thoroughly shaken by the vibrations, and that the guests and visitors were very greatly alarmed, the fright in some cases amounting to a panic. At Cleveland the' shock was plainly but ugnuy teit. u i WAsnnjOTdH,- August "-10. Further in vestigation has developed the f apt that the Earthquake was noticed by a" few persons in Washington. The "most definite and elear headed ! of -these' was- Commander Sampson: of the : NavalObservatory. : who was in the second story of his residence at iih uiuc-j - Aiiu viurauons lasiea aoout six teen seconds, and occurred about 2 n'rlnrk. Ko disturbance . -was.i noticed' in the lower poors ot the DUUdibg., . v.-. f Chksteb r Pa4 August lO.-This city was uauiy suaaen aoout this afternoon by what M generally believed to have been an f earthquake., fcieveral , chuuneya were tnrown uown, piaster was torn from walls, aau earuienware was DroKen. , , -1 Phil AJ5EI.PH IA. August 10. -A srjecia fo the JFVwCf rom, Mocurgie, says a k shock oi earuiquate was felt there this afternoon. The Cerman Reformed Church building, in Which services were eoiner on. was shaken nd .rocked. A panic ensued, and the i'Migregation ' fled precipitately from the building, si After cthe shock a the services Were resumed, although the con gregation was mucu irignteneOv -r; v '-' By Telegraph to the Hofnta Staci f NeW Yo&e,'Wall , StreeL fe Aueust 11. Noon. The ' stockf; markets this morning ppenea heavy ana lower on tho announce ment" that the ;Wall; StreeV Bank would Close-o account of irregularities of , its tashier. Prices dropped to 2f per cent , but later rallied 1 on information that de posi tors would be paid in full, aBtl that r ' . . . - . . . . f Penomers would also receive something- Ayers'Ague Cure never: tails to cure Fever and Ague,, and all malarial disorders. 4 f warranted. . f Irine Ilaii and Connecticut Severely Disturbed Great j Conaternatlon In Ilirtford Tnree Xonz and Convnl 1 ve Snocks In t bat City Excltlne Scenes to the fir ion, Wnere ' One an'Dledfronr Frfsnt, Etc. .77" , IBy Telefaph to the Morning Star.) i "Washington'. Au trust '11. Yesterdav'a earthquake- seems to have been felt with ihe greatest. severity on Long' Island and in Xtonnecticufc " Probably Hartford, v Conn. A Was the ..most shakenof any point so far neara irom. At 21 minutes 10 a p. m. tiiree long and convulsive . shocks were -felt throughout that pity and. vicinity, and they Were particularly felt in houses occupying aig grouBav . Many persona were thrown down, and. in some cases badly bruised. At the second shock bells were frung; houses tocked like cradles, and crockery and glass-; jvaio leu wuu a resounuing : crasnv or aom&lime the greatest couf usion reigned in thelower Wards of the city. ?Cme mariwas thrown ' from his wagon when 4 the second shock was felt, his horses running 'away madly, and barely missing ; trampling him- j At the county jail, which! la crowded with prisoners, the greatest terror prevailed, dnd for some time it was feared 'that the panic stricken me vould try to burst the doors to effect their escape. After tho first convulsion their .dismal howlings and screams to be let out -were heard- within three blocks of the building.' t A dissinated man by the name of Doyle, who has been ihearcerated there temporarily, to await his trial, became perrectly razy when tbe first; shock 1 came: and raved like a maniac. When he found he could not escape he re-' tired to the corner of the room and shiver ing with terror hid himself;- beneath the coverings of his bed. " After a while his moans ceased, aqawhen they found him he was dead front fnht; ; ;: . A At the State prison, at Wathersfield, the same chnvulsion prevailed, and" the avail able force of the prison officials- were mus tered to prevent an outbreas. ; It was some time before order could be restored: ' 5 XJEWOJiJCl X The Wall - Street IXank Closes if iDoon, Owlas ,to Irresnlarltls of tlie Cashier Statement of Directors. ' IBy TBlegTaph to the Vorntne Star.1 New Tokk, August 11, 10.40 A.- M. The Wall Street Bank has just closed its doors, owing to irregularities bnthe part of its cashier. ; The bank will remain closed until the matter is investigated.- The Presi dent is Thomas W. Evans, and the Cashier John P. Dickinson. The Bank is situated at No. 15 Broad street, and is a State Bank. When its last annual statement was made in September, 1883, tile figures were: Paid up capital $300,000; surplus $165,167; un divided profits $17,736. 7 t f Kirman's Financial Agency reports that the Vice President of the Walt Street Bank states that the clearances of the Bank will go through the Clearing Hous to-day. The capital stock of the Bank amounts to $200, 000, which will probably bo swept away. The depositors will eventually be paid in full ; and it is likely that fifty per cent, will he paid them by the end of this week. It is stated that the cashier's shortage amounts to $200,000, and that the Bank has $50,000 bad debts.. s C. F. Timpson and C. J. Osborn, direc tors of the Wall Street Bank, Saturday night ana sunaay made a thorough exami nation of its affairs, and decided, in justice to all. parties, not to open tho institution this morning. The result of their examina tion was, in round figures, as follows. De posits $1,250,000; :call Uoansj $1,100,000; good business paper $350.000 ; Cash on hand $185,000. Cashier J R: Dickenson has been lending money too freely on .insignifi cant margins and it is estimated that the loss therefrom will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000. The bank was debtor at the Clearing House f 28,000 this morning, which has been paid; : It is esti mated that depositors will be piid in full, and that a part of tho capital stock will re main. H FJSNNSYLVJLNIA . Fatal Accident One Person Killed - and Other 'Badly Injured. I . By Telegraph tolho Mornlns: Star.J Blue Ridge. August 10.4-Mr. E. J. Wade, Sr.; wife" and two sops; of Blue Ridge, and Mi McCrea, i of - Philadel phia, started for Gettysburg this morning. When but a short distance from' home the horses wore frightened by dogs, became un rhanageable, and ran away. The wagon was overturned and all of the ; occupants in jured. Frank Wade received in juries from which he died about three hours later. - Mr. Wade was badly cut and bruised about the head and limbs. Edward Wade, Jr., : re ceived internal injuries, which may '.prove iaiai. mrs. waae ana Mrs. iMcUrea es caped with afewIight injuri J INDIANA. Fatal Bolleir Explosion Two Men l Killed and- Other Injured. -; By Teecraph to the Kornlog Star.l Madisok, . August 1 1. The . : propeller Mamie Glass exploded her boiler this morn ing in front of this city. Engineer George Kelly was frightfully mangled and instant ly killed. Joe Lichlyter was knocked into the river and lost Commodore! Wolf w4b blown with the pilot-house fifty feet in. the air. He broke his way out of the debris in the water, and though bruised' is not seri ously hurt,.! 'I VIRGINIA- Suffer I nie Amonc the Operatives of a ; -i-'i ' -.CIosed'CJouonOTIH.: ! :. t I By Telegraph to the Moraine Star.l . , . Petersbcro, August 10 Tie residents pf Mechanicsville, a village of )hesterfield County, near this .place, where, reside the Operatives of the Swift Creek cotton facto ry, which closed operations several weeks ago, has become so great that au appeal for relief has been made to the. County Court. This Court meets to-morrow, when it is probable some steps wHl be taken to allevi ate theirdstrtYI ,. j - ' 7- .- v FOREIGN itevolntlonary Demonatratlon In Bel- ." ! Blum.' I I 'fBrCableto theHornhutBtar.l - Bbtjssem, AugustMl.-rA ; Liberal jde monstration yesterday drew out a tremen dous .throng of " people. The rprocession paraded in front of Government Offices, shouting, "Resign," and v "Long live the t The Greatest Canal in the World. . It is theV ! Alimentary Canal.. It goes Straight from your mouth to your stomach. Every morsel of food you eat gops through it. It is intimately connected With your digestive k apparatus ; with your comfort,' 4md with your abiltyr to get along in the World. But if the machinery to which it jeads gets out of Order, look but for worry ' and misery .Keep r the Canal and, the Whole system in prime order i by using Brown's Iron Bitters the world's great iron tonic Mr. D. E. Taft,' Vail, Iowa; , says, ? ?T used Brown's Iron Bitters if or my - dys pepsia: and found it excelled and satisfac fory." 1 ' 1 y .f . 1 I ' 1 ' j House Builders ! ,;a HARDWATtB OF .EVERT DESCRIPTION, Locks, Hinges, Bntta, Nails, Window Fasten- lngs, fco.. Contractors can save money by con isuTtlnjr us. ' Laree-stook. pood assortment and good goods: . ; WM, bTsPKINGEK & CO,, - r Socessors to John Dawson ACo.," ' aug 10 tf , Wilmington, N. C. C().M.MEKeiAI STAR OFFICE. Aug. li 4 . L SPIRITS TTjRPENTTmv " M- " T' a iiO pit i was quoted ull at 28 cents per wun rumoreu sales at 28J cents ' ! ROSIN The market v at m ccnte for Strained and ti no 'I111 wuuu owaiiiea, wun no sales reiVrt( -I iAKine market was quou-d cn 1 .30 per bbl. of 280 lbs., win, J quotations. . ' " Ht CRUDE TURPENTINJIT),,, m . Was steady, with sales Hardand 1 85 for Virgin o,i h" ! COTTON The marlu-t v.-;u: , firm. No sales -renortfiil ti. . u ' - ""lOivjm, were the official quotations Ordinary. . ... . . ; . ; ... 81 r . Good Ordinary....... g . r- Low JDddling. log Middling Good Middling. ...... 11 PEANUTS Market dull ,. a ... 7580 cents for Ordinary, 8r!jfi f:eill. , Prime, 95c$l 00 for Extra I',im. ! $1 05"1 10 for Fancv. ' ' KKCIEl4"rs. Cotton...; Spirits Turpentine Rosin. , Tar... '...7 ......... GruderTurpentine. . . . r hali a tT6 f:a;.:Vs 1,265 !,(), CD Lhls 121 i,ms bomxisric aiasckicts- . - I B v Teleuraph to tho Mumsnc ni , ; Financial. New York, August H.Noon.-MorP-, lowcr J2 Vr cent. Sterli,,. , J change 482i482i and 481J481f $1 bonds quiet. Governments str-adv. Commercial. ' Cotton firm, with sales today (,f or bales; middling uplands 10 13-lfic- Oik,,' 11 3-lCc. Futures-steady, with snlcs at u,e following quotations: August 10 80c- n :iferabor 10.C9c; October 10.40o; Nov.'-mU-r 10.25c, December 10.2Sc; January io r, Flour heavy. Wheat ower. v lfc lower. Pork dull at Si? 50 Lard easy at $7 80. Spirits tm-jH-m ,,'. dull at 3131ic. liosin dull at 1 .Freights firm. A " Baltimore. August 1 1. Flour inij. i nnd steady: Howard street and western super $2 503-00; extra $3 254 00; family $4 255 25; city mills" super $3 ?,r.;! 15 extra $3 354 00; Rio l.ran.Is $ 1 5 25. Wheat southern higher with U iwt demand; western ruled steady ami aeiive closing easier; southern red 8090c; south ern amber 9091c; No. 1 Maryland !H 921c; No. 2 western winter red on spot ttij 88c. Corn southern nominal; western nominal; southern white C8i70e; vellmv 6869c. frORKiJCK m K ii E -It s IBy Cable to tho Mornvne star.l Liverpool, August 11, N-.i.n C'otton dull and somewhat irregular; mithliiis: uplands 6d; do Orleans' G 5-1 Gil; salr3 to day 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for speculation and export; receipts noue. Futures steady; uplands, 1 m c, August and September delivery G 5-G4G 4-Jld; September and October delivery G 6- 64d; October and November delivery 5 61-645 62-C4d ; November and Deceraher delivery 5 57-64d; September delivery 0 7- 64, 66-6467-64d. Breadstuffs dull with a downward ten dency. Lard prime western 39s 9d. Spi rits turpentine 24s 6d. Wheat red west era spring 7s 3d7s 5d; do winter 7s 4.1 7s 6d. Corn new mixed 5s 5d. 2 P. M. Uplands, 1 m c, August de livery 6 5-64d, sellers' option; August and September delivery G 5-GM, sellers' option. September and October delivery 6 G-4d, buyers" option; October and November de livery 5 62-G4d, value; November and De cember delivery 5 57-64d, value; December and January delivery 5 57-G4d, sellers' op tion; January and February delivery 5 57-64d, value; September delivery G 7-G4tl. buyers' option. Futures steady. 4 P. M. Uplands, 1 mc, August delivery 6 6-64d, buyers option; August and Sep tember delivery 6 6-64d, buyers' option; September and October delivery 6 7-4M, buyers' option; October and November de livery 6 6-4d, sellers' option; November and December delivery 5 59-64d, value; December and January delivery 5 58-CW, buyers' option; January and February de livery 5 59-64d, value; September delivery 6 8-64d, buyers' option. Futures closed firm i Sales of cotton to-day include 8,200 bale? American. ( New VorBN aval JStorcs fflarltet. ' N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Aug. 10 J Spirits Turpentine There is a little life to the market; the sales of a jobbing char acter ; merchantable order is quoted at ox Rosins Trading light and unimportant; Alices unchanged. The following are tM quotations: Strained at $1 201 Si; strained at $1 25; No. 2 E at f 1 SO; M . F at $1 -401 45; No. 1 G at $1 50; No H at $1 751 80; good Jo II at Z 00; low pale K at $2 302 35; ft! V at 2 752 80; extra pale N at ftndow glaSW at $4 12. Tar Jjg at $2 fSr Wilmington; pitch is nurtea at $1 70. j savannah Bice MarKet. I Savannah News, Aug. 10. ' I The market was steady, with .only amt erate demand. The sales for the day were 33bbls. Appended are the official vJ. tionVof the Board of Trade: Fair 5. Good 5i5fc; Prime 5i6c. jd i Rough rice Country lots 90c$l Wter fl 251 40. t . 1 A Card. To all who are suffering fijj errors and indiscretions of youth nerv weakness,' early decay, los s of manwou &c., I will send a .recipe tt will cure FREB of charge. . This great rcn discovered by a missionary wjLAKlET. fca. Send self -addressed envelope to k Joseth T. iKMAgara I), NcwJMjJ. OLD BILL I SMOKING TOBACCO, W from POias Noirrn Carolina Uarlnteed to b.ffincff GOODS i Jyl82m , ; Sole Agents forjM - Bank of New Hanover. Authorized Capita, - - tWW Casli Capital paitt in, - ' Surplus Fund, - - - - $au! . DIRECTORS : W.LGORS. J - C.M.STE a.w.wnxiAMs, KAACB DONALD M.CRAK,, ' 5 mtTmHi F. ituju"" j y B. R. BBTJX3BBS,',;,. BUn j J. Vf. ATKINSON. 4 ' , ISAAC BATES, President, f' V n W.WILLIAMS, Vice rr8- aRWAtLACmCafiWer. au80tf l-'ft '4 - L I -. ft
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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