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.." i PUBUBMB AT . : i- : -i, j& 1 .50 , a Tear, in advance. 888888S88SSS8888S sssssssssssssssss SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS iw 0 x K M 50 fa Q 810OOK g sssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssss. sssssssssssssssss I sssssssssssssssss f- H88S8888888888S8S8 J "JlAL 1 4 oo o oro eo o g gj jg th et oa is e t-ao o e i ee io o Subscription Price. The subscription price of the Wekk i a' Star is as follows : v " jingle Copyl year, postage paid, $1.50 44 " 6 months. " " 1.00 " 3 " " " .50 AKEKIVHIAIi DAY, How swiftly do the years pass. It is only but yesterday that we sat us down to pen a few paragraphs . npon the daywhichis so interesting to us all, and now we are called upon so soon -to perform a like office,--'for another year has been added to "the years beyond the flood. ." Time hurries oa Willi a resistless, unremitting; stream. Arot trooilo mnrt anft llian ofai til mistnirrlit thief "hat slideB bis band under tbe miser's pil low, - Aud carries oil his prize " Memorial Day. How hallowed! Hw precious ! It is dear to us be cause of its tender associations. It re minds us of . the valorous and noble dead whose lives were sacrificed amid . the ''fiery pangs of war" for what they and we held right and sacred. We do well 'countrymen to recall the deathless deeds of the heroes who w ore the gray, . . iVe honor ourselves always in honoring departed valor. Let us then on this day lay aside for awhile all car king cares and grosser passions, and let the duties of affection and the feelings of pa triotism command our reverent re gard. ; We would do honor to the blessed, cherished memories of "no common dead. Those gallant spirits who fought and fell on the bloody fields of the.; South were every "way worthy of our deepest gratitude and. of our moat honored remem brance It , will .- do ti's - good to visit their graves and to recall the past. Let our country women -go with us to God's Acre, and there lay our floral offerings with tearful eyes and sympathetic , hearts upon the graves of herdes. -Let us present our emblems of Hrpe and Immor tality. It is a fitting time to make ur offerings When iu the' bounteous Spring-tide genial and affluent Na ture gives so many tokens of Resur rection in the 'rich and lovely vest ments with which she decks and glo rifies herself. ; -. "Stoop, angels, hither from tbe skies! -There is no holier spot of ground Thau where defeated valor lies, By mourning beauty crowned." In every section of our dear South there has been mourning over the death of patriots and heroes. But few homes havo not been called upon to sorrow, over the death of husband or father, or brother or son, or ne- - phew or cousin or friend, who fought and fell on the field of glory ,v There were but few hearthstones that did not yield up its most cherished orna- ; ment. The loss was general, and it is becoming that the tributes should be general, and that all should unite in gathering around the resting places of the men who marched under the stars aud bars. As they were true to their consciences, so let us be true to their memories and keep them ever ' green. . . , . - ' ': ' : : Let joyous, ; ebullient ; j-outh and sobered manhood let maidens and matrons brings their vernal tributes aud votive oblations to the '-bivouac of the dead.," No bean not insensate can fail to respond to the emotions of the hour.'. No enemy not swayed by injustice and envy can object to such an act. Our own hearts approve all we can do to keep bright the memo ries of the past. In this there is no disloyalty to country or honor or truth. We feel assured that no peo pie ever, had nobler exemplars or more unselfish models for emula tioh. Ours, were no hireling soldiery, went on plunder1 and lust and butch ery; but they were true men, uphold l1g iu their ( strong ' arms what . they k held to be more sacred than policy aud more precious than life. They , : .: O ' ' of . . . . . ! oa - - . . o" - 0Q ' are fit every way to bear company VOL. 10. with the martyrs and heroes of the past who perilled 'all for right; and sealed the cause they loved with their blood. -"They are worthy to stand side by side with the SpartanB, .who tarried not to count tho cost or to estimate . the i 'Overpowering' foe. They, are fit lo bear companionship with tho cousecrated patriots of the world with,' all couu try-lovers through all the ages who fought for principles that are imperishable who fought for home and altars and whose hands were never stained with rapine or desocration or arson or the ' blood of, retaliation.' They are worthy to take their places in the great Westi minster, Xbbey of, the English speak' ing race, and to keep-r company wttti he immortal spirits who counted their honor above price, and who never took counsel: with fear or paltered. wilb questions of gain; These men fought for principle, uot for pay; they fought as patriots, not, as mad Hotspurs burning for the fray and ready under the ' promptings of an unsanotified ambition to "seek the bubble reputa tion at the cannon's mouth." We do well, we' repeat, to keep alive the memory of their deeds, and to place our annual tributes of love and gratitude upon their graves. The time will come we trust it will be many loii years'; hence when the appropriate and honored custom will grow into desuetude; when the mourn- ful 8 word aud plume shall be forgot ten ; when the public grief tthall scarce ly be a memory, ranch less a present weight; when even the tears of kin dred and friends shall no longer flow at tbe mention of those who died when there was "a sunburst in the storm f death r this time shall surely come, and then the South will need the genius of song to perpetuate the heroic story, for - .. "Who but tbe bard shall dress the tomb. And greet with fame tbe gallant shade?" THE COLORED CON VICNIION AND KXOOCJS. There is in sessiou at Nashville, Tennessee, a Convention of colored people. It is largely aileuded, and, judging from the dispatches of yes terday, there is no great deal of wis dom in the body, j They are reported as opposing separate schools for the races, i; In .other words, these colored demagogues have no better sense than to advocate a measure that would bring infinite trouble upon Ives, and inflict injury upon the whites. We suuDOse thev are fools enough to j believe in social equality, and to believe that the time will come, and not far in- the future, when the Aryan stock will not dominate the 'African. The Stab is a sincere good wisher to the colored people. It is because we would see them happy, contented and prosperous, that we would dis countenance all such stupid deliver ances of people in convention assem bled like that of the Nashville body in regard "to separate Bchoids," in which it is declared that said "sepa rate schools are highly detrimental to the interest of both races." "tThey have a perfect right to prefer colored teachers to white, but when they un dertake to say that both races shall be educated together -they show that they do' not oomprehetid the situation and are not qualified to say what is really best for their own people. This colored convention favors the emigration of the colored people from the South. We have already ex pressed our own views several times In these columns. Tbe members of the convention again betray their in ability to grasp the problems they would solve. In favoring the migra tion of their people to a much ; colder climate they show at once that they do not understand the requirements The Southern cli adapted to their of their own race. mate is peculiarly constitution and habits of life. They die out fast enough here, but in the frigid North they would reduce in numbers with double or fourfold the rapidity. When they get to Kansas and other sections they come in con tact with a people full of energy, and tact and thrift a people who toil hard and who understand how to make every effort pay. We venture to say that in such a region and amid such a civilization tbe negroes would neither prosper financially nor show favorable vital statistics.. Of. course some few . would f prosper, and all would not die, but as a rulo a move ment North would prove disastrous to longevity, and ! pecuniary success, We sincerely believe they would be a bodv of paupers and would die out at a fearful rate.', . .; . ' That these views are not peculiar WILMINGTON, N. C, ERIDAY,. and, prevail Lonlyamonir Southern' whiles we have shown by giving fre quent : extracts from; what; colored editors have written as wellfas What Northern papers have said. . The last number of ' the A fficd-'AmeHcan Presbyterian published in this place, contains the following "editorial re- mark:;:-ft ; "He who seeks to drive the negro from the .South by unjust treatment is a suicide. Negroes who migrate to Vie North . or JSorffuoest in any. considerable numbers are idiots, and he who aids and abets suchmigration isxiriene- tnptoboa." . !,:,;:., . The Cleveland (Ohio) Leader is a Republican paper. ' It has been alU ing upon i the negroes to "flee from the tyranny of . their masters'' and find homes in the "free North.' It has just published an intorview with a Cleveland man, who has been to Kansas studying the exodus and its effects, and the report is' by no meatus encouraging, as may be seen i from a few brief extracts we , copy. The following will be read .with interest, and we give it as an offset to the unwise action of the negro conven tion at Nashville. Here are the ex tracts from a long interview:) t ; '"How do they manage to live?" . "Wholly on charity. They come with few 'personal effects. But few of them have either money or provisions, and they look to the citizens for their support. Some of tberrrhave succeeded in gettisg work, bat there is not enough to do for them all." "Well, where will they bring up?" "There's no telling. They strike one place and the citizens send! them on to get rid of them. The direction is always far ther West, and there's no telling where tbey will stop. Some of them ar begin ning to grumble already and refuse to go farther. In Lawrence they have been making their headquarters at one of the Kansas & Pacific Railroad depots, but that is full now, and I dont know what'll be come of the rest" "If they have no money or provisions, how do tbey live?" 4 'Many of them go begging about town. They are in a wretched condition, huddled together in a strange place like so many sheep." : t : "How do the inhabitants feel about the movemeit ?" 1 : "They hope it. will stop before long.' Judge Usher, the Mayor of Lawrence, who is quits a prominent man, is going to Wash ington in a short time to see if something cannot be due." "Why don't they take tbe land and till it?" - v ' "It requires so much. work. You see, a person, in order to make a succesa of bas got to come with money enousb to carry him through the firt year." - - We turn next td the letter of Fred Douglass, the wisest man of his race in this country.. What he says is aa overpowering reply to all the highly colored pictures of demagogues. His letter appeared in the Washing ton National View. We can only give a small portion. lie says force fully and clearly: ; "I am opposed to this exodus because it is a wretched substitute for tbe fulfilment of the national obligations by which the government is held and bound to protect every American citizen, of whatever color, upon any and every part of the American domain. I am opposed to this exodus be cause it is an untimely concession of the idea that tbe colored race and white peo--pie cannot live together in peace and pros perity unless the whites are in the majority and control tbe Legislature and hold tbe. offices of the State. I am opposed to this exodus because it will cast upon the people of Kansas and other Northern States a mul titude of deluded, hungry, homeless, naked and destitute people, to be supported in a large measure by alms. 1 am opposed to this exodus because it will enable our po litical adversaries to make successful appeals to popular prejudice, as in tbe case of the Cbinese.on the ground that these people, so igherant and helpless, have been imported for the purpose of making the North solid by outvoting intelligent white Northern citizens. I am opposed to this exodus because rolling stones gather no moss, and I agree with Emerson that the men who made Rome or any other locality worth going to see staid there. There is, in my judgment no part of the United States where an industrious and v intelligent colored " man ' cad serve bis race more wisely and effi ciently than upon the soil where be was born and reared and is known I am op-. nnoorl ts thia TAr)na 1uhiiqa T qm in it n tendency to convert colored laboring men a. 11 : . , Ml . i KT L t " into travelling tramps, ursi going xtonn w cause tbey are persecuted and then return ing South because tbey have been deceived and disappointed in their expectations; who will excite s gainst themselves and against our whole i ace an increased measure of popular contempt and scorn. I am opposed to this exodus because I believe that the1 conditions of ; existence in the Southern States are steadily improving and that the colored man there will ultimately realize the fullest measure of liberty and equality ac corded and secured la any section or our common country." We must'oopy another passage, replete with information and warning. The aged writer says: '. "I have seen many attempts to' lash colored men into schemes of emigration. I am old enough to remember the Hay lien emigration scheme, fifty four ' 'years ago; another to the British West Indies, forty years ago; another still to Central America, sixteen years aeot and they only - served to unsettle the minds ot the eolored people,; deranging their plans or enterprise lor home improvements, and were transient, as I believe this one will be. Tbe hun dreds may go, but' the. millions will stay behind, and will finally have their .wisdom in so doing rewarded with peace and pros perity.'; : u f i SOUTIIEIili ITEMS. Mrs.' Robert Haxall, of Rich mond. Ya.. and Miss Mildred Lee, daugh ter.of General Robert E. Lee, passed through. Constantinople ' en tbe 15th of April, on their way from Syria to Athens. One -day last week a colored woman left her little child at home while she went out to work. When she returned she found ; that, 1 during her absence, the child had been attacked by rats and sus tained injuries of so serious a nature as to result in its death .Musscuviue Messenger. HOW IT 1SVXO BE DONE.' - I A gentleman has been m Cincin J r,ati.quile recent wb9.,had ;a , Jong The etf fa maoaging for Til talk with tbe editor, of: the Miquirer, ded arermpW after' office Eaeh the. Democratic organic that city. f eiuwi is? thinking of "self! i" He cares He was an agent of Mrmiden, ahd ; td specially for- pnbciple ; is was bound for the West In his inter- ibokihg' solely to "his -owti? interest, f$-J.me nd bierihg that Tilden'riayget in is nominated s?in; 18j0 it rv J through i management. How .much money will -be spent) if any we will hot undertake1 to sayi1;" Thatrhe !is 6.;ifC certain.4 If he Is nominated it wiljle tcafise .e been manipulatedL i The people: will not nominate him we feel i quite certain. Acoordmg to this agent of ' Mr." Til denthV following wift'happen:! ' 1 ' "He wilt have more strength, though per haps at first fewer votes: Itf 1876 ten States went; into the Con ventioa"with solid dele gations , against , him. .1 undertakeCo say now that' in the Convention, of 1880 every State will have Tilden delegates: : The South may not be quite so solid-for him as it was before, but the .difitrence wilt be made up'in tbe Northern States that were hostile to him before, Tilden will have delegates from Ohio in spita of Thurman, and in Indiana ia spite ot Hendricks. Here in Ohio you have the discordant elements in your own ranks. PendUtou has a fol lowing here in Ohio, and will be watching for the turn of the card that reinstates him in favor. He won't be a candidate .next year, because it is impostible for him to succeed; but his friends rWy keep Thur man out of the race. It't Thurman's last chance. - If he isn't nominated this time tbey will say he is too old by the next. Four years from ' now George Pendleton wilt be approaching the close of his Sena torial term,, and if he makes no mistake he will be in good shape for a Presidential candidate. It's to his interest to'.have Thurman beaten,'' for tbey would -never give the nomination to Ohio Iwjce." .. " 'But you , expect it to go to New York four or five times jo sueeessioo ?' .... . "'That's because New York .has been essential to succcbs. You couldn't get along without her thirty-five electoral votes. , As it happened, you didn't ; succeed with it, but you'd have been '.skunked.' without iu The same state of thing holds good fer tbe next time. New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are essentialto success. Taking these three, with tho : Southern States, we can elect our President without Indiana or Ohio. You can't put Indiana and Ohio in a combination and elect your man, leaving them out'" i : So according to this agent Tilden must be nominated iij ' order to suc ceed. But are the Democrats of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey o wedded to Mr. Tilden that they will not vote for Bayard or Thurman or Hendricks or Hancock or Palmer or Judge Davis? Mast they dictate to the whole country and say that unless this one . horse is allowed to run that they will not stand up to any of the other nags? Has it really come to this, that Tilden is the only man who can carry the three States mentioned? His health is not vigo rous, if not bad; now suppose he. were to -die, as he may. Do the New York Democrats pretend to say that Grant or some other Republican would cer tainly carry New York? Is the race really narrowed down to Uncle Sam uel? We are unwilling to believe this. We are not inclined to think that the country is quite as bad off as the Tilden blowers would have the i . . . .. " i t credulous believe. If Tilden can carry New York, we have but little .... " ; 1 . . . ' . "i i . . ; doubt but that Bayard, would -carry i it, and probably others. Mr. A. C. Buell is a man of decided parts ' and ah old editor. lie thus ! writes to the New Orleans Times as i to the methods resorted to by. the iBarkis of the present deoade to force himself upon the Democratic Conven tion of next year: ' ! . "In fact.it is a common expression among Southern men here that " while the South will give her electoral vote to the. nominee of tbe convention: whomsoever he may be, there would be more difficulty in holding the party together under tbe Tilden gonfa Ion than under tbe banner of any other can didate now prominently, named." mat a very uncommon . enort is making in New .York and - Washing ton to compel the Democrats to se lect Mr. Tilderf as 'the Standard bear er is made more apparent daily. The Washington correspondent of ; the Karlnof nn J0mo si nil (lfit0n . aniru and our readers would do well ta note: ' :' ' ' " : ""' "I referred yesterday to the strong pro- tion aa the Democratic candidate in the Presidential campaign. . Inquiry .leads me Iq believe that the matter is very nearly settled already m bis xavor. ms friends : and. organizers ; are certainly pressing his: claims with ? vigor and persistence, both in and out of Washington, and with such success that those who oppose his "pretensions lore saying very little against him for fear of jmavng Viemseives tw minority and upon me losing side in poliucsmuie future, sena tor McDonald ' is ' prominently mentioned for the second place, since Hendricks de- The politicians and a few personal clacquers of TiTdeh' have taken into their hands the, entire management, and they are to. determine for, fifty: million of people who shall be Presi dent. We do not believe that sach Wpice little aWagemerit:l Willi out satisfactorily , for . all concerned. jTe,yjpeppl(ti8 ...icpme .to,the front. If they, i quietly .; submit , tQ the ; manipulations '; of a few tin dnstrious workers the man they MAY; X 1879. , ,; . An'it iri t iM"1a onn- vention' Anrf'' nominate their : man. hfr uses everv anDiianoo known !to party busfawh ackers' and . cross-road "politicians io ; rnahufactnre j public sentiment and make ' his : ' favorite's chances "bobm. 'All this itlmecthe people-afe1 quiescent, resigned; pos sibly' 'indifferent. ' They are k mere i t dotnihies 6f no account as factors in makin csAdidates, biit all important at the ballot box in eleetmg those selected by others (for them to vote fori O r ' Charles toW - contemporary thus comments on ' what its corres pondent writes:' vtihe Democrats wiH be expected to sup port. Mr Tilden if he receive the nomina tion, and in order that tbey may not have to eat their words, 'those who oppose him' do not ppen their mouths against him. . To this pass does ' the - machinery ' of party bring the average statesman I Jneantime tbe Dushine and . con tri vine managers, the ground worms and moles of politics, make rapid progress, ana tbe party is threatened with candidate who is mentally, morally and physically unworthy of the exalted office toward which he is creeping." : . U. . District Court. Owing to the indisposition of His Honor, Judge Brooks, be vacated the Bench yes terday, about 12 o'clock, and it was under stood" that bo more cases would be tried this term, though the Grand Jury remained in session for some hours afterwards. Tbe jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, yesterday, in .the case , of Louis bpencer, , colored, charged with perjury, which it was alleged he committed in giving in his testi mony in a liquor case at the last term of the' Court. The cases of George W. Cain and Vann, of Sampson county, charged -with counterfeiting, were removed to the U. S. Circuit Court at Raleigh.to he tried at Jane term, tbe defendants entering into bonds in the sum of $500 each for their appearance. Charles Williams, colored, charged with mail robbery, was bound over in the sum or $500 for bisappearance at the October term of the Court: in this city. i . The case of George Davis, for robbing the mail, was continued over until tbe next term of the Court, aa was also that of Jim Davis, upon whose confession himself And Charles Williams were indicted for mail robbery. . John olidell, colored, cnargea wun tarn peringwith a letter, tho property of one Mary Brown, gave bond in the sum of $200 for bis appearance at the next term of the Court, to which it was continued. : . A number of cases for violating the Kev- enue laws were also continued over. Still at liars. . The scoundrel. Doc Matthews, who was arrested and jailed at Burgaw for attempt ing to throw a train off the track on the W. & W. R. R, and who subsequently made his escape, is still at large, although, aa we learn from a gentleman from Pepder, the moat strenuous efforts have been made to recapture him. It ' is a great pity that be escaped, and it is to be hoped that there will be no relaxation in the efforts to cap ture him' as long' as there is a possible chance of doing so. THE UALLQWS. uxecatlan r the Borslar, Rlebard Xee He Coat eased tbe Crime Fune ral before tbe llaaslns. Special Telegram to the Morging star. . Fatttkvilclk, N. C., May 9. Richard Lee, colored, convicted of burglary, was publicly hanged here to.day, at 1:35 P. M., by Sheriff Hardie . The prisoner confessed his crime on the scaffold. The" Rev. Mr. Tyler, colored, by Lee's request, preached bis funeral sermon on the, gallows. . The "Independent" Company, Maj. McKeethan commaading, was the . military guard. There was an immense crowd, but perfect order. This is the first man executed here in seventeen of eighteen years. . ' CUBBBNtCOfflBIBNT. - The average! Southern man is naturally barbarous and cruel to the negro as the result of 200 years of oppression practiced upon his colored brother. Chicago irioune. , Mold Just divide that by two and charge fully. one hundred "years of oppres sion: practiced upon biB colored brother" id your pious, Puritanical New England progenitors, who held on to the negto as a slave just as long as it paid them, and then Sold the stock on hand' to the : iSonthern slave- dealer.' Xduisville Courier-Journal, i Demi a r- ' Secretary - Sherman . should hasten back to Washington and stand at the doors of.the White' House, to keep the stalwarts "from concealing Grant in a wooden horse and making Hayes monnt it to fire off a veto of the.Ladd bill. It is the last chance o the revolutionists to hurl Grant to the front by an irreconcilable issue between the President and Congress, and Sherman knows that doubtfu things are mighty uncertain, especial-; ly about the Executive Mansion. Of what use is it for Sherman to receive ovationis in Ohio on1 the triumphs of resumption and j the f undin g ; of the national debt in four - per : cents, if Conkling, Chandler, Robeson & Co. capture thS President in his absence, and deliver Hhewhole establishment, bag and baggage, over to Grant by a Presidential veto of a bill that no body in his: senses can honestly com plain of Philadelphia mmes; Ind The Simpson mine in Mecklen burg makes $15 profit on every ton of ore. NO. 29. PERSONAL,.' . Charles J., Bonaparte, grand- nephew or the f irst .Napoleon, argued a case before the Maryland Supreme Court j on Tuesday. , ;7 ,.; Y;; ... : ? - The death is announced of Mr.) George Walker, long chess-editor of BeWs lAfe, and; one of the oest known of veteran English chess-players. k i . S' ' We have the- authority of Geh. W. T. Clark that .John A- Logan can shoot; a three cent piece put of the fork of a bush; at twenty roua as easy as any one can euat astickatitr,;, j :., . !;;; J;"'; Daza, President of the Repub lic of Bolivia, is an Indian, ignorant, vi-j cious and degraded, with a slight "foreign! education grafted on his native vice,: and the powers of a military dictator.; , ! 7, -4 The son of Arthur L Drton, the! claimant, recently paraded I the London streets, with a flag inscribed. "Pray release my poor, dear father, Sir j Roger 'Iich borne."';1 He was accompanied by the dis- Darrea Dr. Jienealy. , . .-..i,:! u- j ; . The illness of Congressman James has heen ' exaggerated and misun-j derstood. . He is not suffer in? f rorn uatal- and his physician now thinks he' will folly recover his health at an early day; ! . When jJUidward Jlincr . was at! Stratford-pn-Avon .to attend . the dedica-i lian ir9 Gh air aenaa a If dm avi ol riAaf A I iivu va auu uunnnouaie ubuivitai m. uuaii -a blasted Britisher observed i to him- that; "Shakespeare was a bore in England, audi that the' sooner -tbey heard Ies3 about him; the better." ; Lord Beaconsfieid-rflucky man is going to get bis laurel wreatn Dcrore, his "brows are dumb as Dames' own, to alii their pricking.' It is to be gold, to cost $1,200, and penny subscriptions are coming; fAtM ailf nnvta' nf n I-? m fain n Tf A I iu uuui wi pun ui giui uu m uu " ! TWINKLINGS. J.he Ziulas soldiers are so unH formly naked that they have no redress for wrongsv-jy.- Oi Picayune. . - , . - If vou have a. little pie you caa five it a whev and still keen it. This is curdling joke. N. Y. Graphie. - - When your wife falls asleep by! tbe fire take the tongs and t poker. ria- change. Perhaps a shovel will wake her. j BostonPost, - j .s- ' A London paper thinks that byi residing in Europe an American ; girl ; can! gradually "get rid of her iwar-whobp.:"j American girls don't war-whoops now. j How profitable b re wine ale and! beer are in England,' notwithstanding the; hard times, may be inferred from the fact stated that the well known brewing firm of Bass & Co. recently divided among its eight, partners $2,100,000. the profits of a year's .1 x 1 i . u ! Ob, the fickle spring time weather, - When a man is puzzled whether By the feeling of its pulsei, ter Wear his duster or his ulster. If he goes without umbrella It is sure to wet a feller; ' If he thinks he'll have to use it, . ' He will set it down and lose it. . Springfield Union. POLITICAL. POINTS. The way in which the anti-bay onet act went through the House yesterday is enough to make a stronger head than the President's to swim. Philadelphia limes, Ind. When Mr. Hayes j signs the anti-bayonet bill, it will be in order for the various Republican organizations that have lust indorsed bim to rescind their indorse1 ments and spread something! else on the record. Washington Post, Bern. " rue United states have no voters of their own creation in the States" is a Supreme Court decision, which Hayes utterly ignored in his veto message. Pretty soon he will be saying,' like Grant, 'l don't care a d n for a decision .of the Supreme Court. Louismle Courier' Journal, Bern. Mr. Hayes is reported as claim ing that "an executive ought to have power ; to execute. f That is quite true, and unan imously admitted. But when an executive claims nearly 'a monopoly of legislative power, and undertakes to dictate to Con- fa -"w . "- -"o-- 1 , rraa Inn matter nnn ma nnpr nf lAcrifllntmn tngton Post, Vem. . . j; , . ,-; kel.igToTs"mews. .-, Dr. Newman will be received with marked distinction at the Vatican i when he -goes for his Cardinal's hatlllt is said'that Cardinal. Manning will assist, at the ceremony. . - The Protestant element in Chi - caeo seems t be thoroughly united; in a new movement toward enforcing an - obi servance of Sunday; and an equally strong The Rev. Dr. Franqis L.-: Pat- i top, of Chicago, has been chosen by the Synod of tbe Presbyterian Church of Eng land to the chair of Apologetical Theology in the Presbyterian College of London. After ' an exhaustive study' of Talmage, the Rev. Dr. Spear, expert, re- Dorta that he has "an emotional and intel lectual organization remarkably unique.' and that he must not be "trimmed, cramp- i ed, or frozen.". . It will be : interesting to j hear the Rev. Dr. Van Dyke's opinion on these points, tie is an expert; too. vr. r. Sun. , .. :-1 .'!' OCR STATU COKTEnpOBAKIES. Wefiad in "Sheppard's Constitutional Text Book.'! a work of such high authority that it was Studied at our State University bv the Senior Class, an express declaration that "Congress may disband I the army," This power of Congress over the army has never been: doubted until Republicans now find the army necessary for them in carrya ing electionsr when they cry out that it is 'revolutionarv for Congress! to exercise this constitutional right. Chatham Becord. -No countrv has ever prospered that held human life cheap, and people will hold it rather a feather in a man's cap to nave oeea a murderer and to havo come of a murder ous stock as long as our public press fills columns with the vulgar and brutal details of such a family' career, for instance, as that of the ' fighting Alstons of :BMfax.n tllAixj a half-bred boy has read with delight of the "gallant Alstons" ho make a; point of dy iBg "with their boots on" of the Vhigh strain" of tbe fine old lady of the family who betted at cock-fights scdj carried her own sheets' ind pillows with her wherever he travelled. What delicacy and, what high spirit! It is enough to thrill one with awe and admiration. Why do out papers publish such stuff? Mrs. Spencer in Chapel HiO, Ledger. - ' ;f-;rJp tn m .- A woman will be hung for murr der In Cherokee county May 14th J The Wilson" Advance published ,a six coTumn cbafge to the grand jury by Ithe Presiding Justice of the Inferior Court. . J. W. Lancaster, ,Tbey call bim,' "J ud ge.T Tfie Reidsville Times savs Gen W. D-i Peodet was the -rreale! soldier of Lee's army. Gen. A. Pr Hill said be was the best soldier of his grade he ver koewj This is authentic. ; , , I Wilson Advance: Col. L. Li, Polk, the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, a most accomplished and practical geBtlemao. has consented to de liver the Commencement Address, on the 26th of June, at the Wilson Collegiate Ini- 8tltUte H'Vi J?:-i.i?'-fc ir j -" Fayette ville Gazette',, The meet ing of the Grand Lodge of the State of the Independent Order Of Odd Fellows W, XI, Troy, Noble Grand of the Lodge will con vene in this place next Tuesday, 13lh iost: The Grand Encampment will also meet 'at tne same bat ;.' . , . , ,-; ,! Thefemale preaohera have so revolutionized popular sentiment in Raleigh that a prosperous merchant of that city, ac .cording to the Farmert,:and Mechanic, has offered to furnish a home for Mrs. Moon; and help to build her. a church in -Raleigh, li ine wouia settle, mere. r . . :. Charlotte Observer'. . Night be-j- fore last some one entered the stable of Mr. Ger. G.hatobers and cat two eashes threes cm fo.ur inches , long and an inch and a half deep into the hip of' his well known trottrniF ihnmvniMtv ' nnnt: A.1t ander, pf the Grays, came up Thursday, to say that his company does not ' favor the idea of consoltoauoa and will certainly not disband under any circumstances.; . . : . Kinston Journal', Mr Edward St'anTeyi 'Of Jones' 'connty, owns, a horse that has Carried seven brides borne fur as many differentpwner8iU:" - Two lawyers were-grumbling at Jones eon it about their grievous '.-taxera. The- Kewbern solicitor said he was burdened - with a tax of-1500 a, year, and the Goldsedro- counsellor mur mured because be was oppressed with an annual f 700 tax.1! : Who wouldn't-be a lawk yert v.J P;i"J-!5 ,': ''; 'U;!;;4 -r iWar ren ( Aeics ; Albert ' B uf gess was ..buried from the colored .Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday afternoon. Uis fellow. members of, tqe ; Board of Com-p mission.ers acted s pall, bearers at the funeral. ; These included some of our most worthy and prominent white citizens, and this token of respect shown by them to the memory of a worthy and honest colored man will be recommended by alt good cit-j Greensboro Patriot', J. R. Bulla was elected mayor of High Point, Monday without opposition.1' - The survey for this end 9f tbe Fayetteville. road ia, we be lieve, about completed. - Thieves are getting bold ia this burg. Last Triday night Mr. George Yates entered his stored which had been "previously closed for the night, and was in the 'act of lighting a cigar, when a pistol banged, and a ball passed through his hat. ' .' ' ; j Weldon News: Died, near Lit tleton; oa the evening of the 20th of April; Susan Eugenia, infant daughter of Rev. P.! B. and MrS. M. C: Andrews, aged five months and twenty days.- Dr. John O'Brien, was elected Mayor of Halifax. The Commissioners are John T. Gregory, R. jj Lewis, J. W... Mullen, and John Bryant! On last Saturday Mr. Edward Wood; of Chowan, caught one hundred and fifty thousand herring at one haul. ; j Goldsboro Mail: We tender; thanks to friends in Johnston for 83 names; to the Mail, and to others in Jones and Car teret for 72, this week and last. - Greene county will unquestionably subscribe from $30,000 to $40,000 to the Goldsboro, Hnow Hill & Greenville Railroad. This is tbe wav te talk it, if the road is to be built. Let tbe county of Wayne and town of Goldsboro subscribe, say $50,000; Greene and Snow Hill, $30,000; and Pitt and Greenville $S9, 000 to $40,000, and with private subscript tions in money, -material, labor and -land j the building of the road is at once secured Washington Press: We learn that the steam saw-mills of Bissell & Lordly, ; situated at the upper' end of Jamesville, was burned down on the night ot 2Utn uit. a ire tnougm to he accidental: Samuel Caaon, son of Wm. Cason, of Blount's Creek, was accidently drowned last week by falling from a skiff while fishing, and before any assistance.; could reach him life was extinct. . .. r r Tbe elec tion for Town . Commissioners passed off quietly , on Wednesday, resulting in the election of , Dr. John McDonald and R.; W. Minor ( for the First Ward; W, Z..Mortpn and E. M. Short for the Second Ward; and Derry Warren and Romeo j Little for the" Third Ward. V ; : . H Tarboro Southerner: -Enfield item: Considerable interest was manifest ed yesterday in -our municipal elections.! Spier W hi taker, JSsq., and. Mr. J.J. Rob ertson, two of our1 most worthy citizens: were candidates for Mayor. Tbe latter. who has been Mayor for several years, was re-elected bv a majority of nine votes J The folfowiBg gentlemen "were elected CommissioBers: ; Spier, Whitaker, Dr. . BJ F. Wbitaker, E. T, Bratfch and Dr. L. Wj Batcaelor. -Rocky Mount point:" Mr Rob t.. Williams living about ten miles from; this place, while hauling guano from WiH . . f - a .la it -1 m . W M i. I L ! 'I having both wheels' to pass over his body SOB one aay isrsi weeK, leu irom nis wagon, j and" seriously fborlog him. Bertie j fcounty dots.- Tbs Chowan-Baptist Asso4 ciation meets at Republican church about nine mneswrom,b,exe,. Tuesday May 13th;---A large number of peoj pie te iipected !" to - be ; present, i- - The Hardin Manufaeturiog Company have erected a large, commodious building near the river,- on the edge ot town, where in the course of a month, they expect to be able to turn Out as fine cottou yarns as can be found anywliere. .-This factory has the! Clement Attachment, which spins cottou1 direct from the seed: ' ' : : t - Chaflotte Observer ? Mr. Frafik A. Sumner, a native of Rutherford county j but at present a resident of Old Fort, ju McDowell; exhibited at Vhe' Observer office Wednesday,, an invention .of. his own,1 which will; without doubt, produce a revo-t hition in the manufacture of harness ' It ia a buckle of a peculiar make, .which caia-i pot be' readily described without a diagram j" bytbe use of which a : full set ef harness can be: made without, a-single, stitch or rivet. ' - A! valuable set of gold mounted carriage uiiuoss, i wuiiu f ow, was biuich from tbe premises of Col. Frank Coxe, on the night 'ot the 4tb. ; The H6r-i net's Nest Riflemen will carry about twenty men to , Columbia , on . the ldtb and 'expect' a' jolly lime. "The Stateaville' bahd " will?' accompany tbemj There is probability that Governor Jarvis may be induced to come " up: nd help us celebrate the 20tb . of May. .; Col; CbaS. R. : Jones, leaves' this morning' for Boston, whither he goes as one of the delej gates from the "Grand Lodge of the State to the Supreme Lodge of , the Knights of Honor, which meets in Bostoo next Tues-f uay, . The other delegate from Jiortui Car6lin4;-Capt P.C. Carltori.'of SUtesVille has already gone on. .' 'A yonth named Henry i Is employed at the Home and TToBrtfrVr-:iVttiiR firAmtn tn ntit ijh Mr. .TJ D. Roberts, .who recently.' had his leg broken,' and yesterday morning ; Mrs. Nip-i per; the matron, sent nim up' street for some purppsewfeej hjjit9pp5jit LomSx's store, where heand Lomax'r son, a. boy about twelve years of age. got into a diffi culty,', in the progress.: of which young Lomax cut the other hoy on the' right arm; between the elbow afad hand. Tbe cut i severe about two inches long and to the bone but not dangerous."
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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