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TK ELECTION! IN 1880.
Marion ; Lamp Post has an
rticle, we find copied in. the ; States-
ville Landmark, that jref era we ? sup
pose to the Star as well as Ho the
News- Observer. It is all about what
certain Democratic papers said about
Gov. Jarvis previouslo his nomina
tion in 188Q, and . after his nomina
tion. We copy a part:
"The Democratic party was greatly con
fuseif, not to say split, on local issues, -t the
railroad question causing many Democrats
to withdraw their support from Jarvis,
'many of whom held out to the election and
did not vote. The Republican party had
nothing to dispute about among themselves,
but on the contrary . were encouraged to
more energetic efforts oh account of our
disafEections, and if Gov. Jarvis had not
proven an effective campaigner and boldly
defended his policy and his personal in
tegrity, not against Republican accusers,
which then would have been current only
as campaign get-ups, but against Democratic
accusers, high in authority, &c."
The Star did not approve of Gov.
Jarvis's course as to the Western
North Carolina Railroad and the
calling of an! extra
session,
and it
said so again and again as in duty
bound. We do not
remember that
corruption, alt
the Star charged
.though such
charges -were heard
freely on bur - streets. . The Star
thought Jarvis a very weak candidate.
It so said before the
It thought the party
chances of success if
convention met.;
would peril its
it nominated a
man handicapped
so heavily. He
made a better canvass than we sup
posed him capable of ; making, and,
all things considered, we are free to
say made a very good run. We do
not knoy of anything else said about
him prior to the nomination in this
f- .i
paper
that onght to be reca'
f
lledf
What was said was said honest! v.
. It is to be noped theDemocratic
party has lerna lesson and ; will
nominate candidates that are accep
table to--all sections.! We believe if
Gcri. Scales or some other gentle
man of decided popularity at the
time had been nominated in 1880.
that the majority would have been
from 12,000 to 15,000. !
If men of objectionable records to
sections are pushed if or offices' it is
but fair to suppose that their claims
will be canvassed. ; j! A ; spontaneous
demand for some man, as there was
for Vance in 1876, would give us the
State, we think, beyond-, peradven
ture, in 1884. The methods of man
ufacturing public sentiment in favor
of men the people never heard of, and
do not care for, ought to be aban
doned. One thing is certain, a press
not subsidized will speak out when
attempts are made to force men upon
the people in spite of all they think
or desire. The Star would like to
see harmony and peace among the
papers audi the party leaders. It is
a good time to try new methods. It
isagood time to take up the best
men in the party.: The man for the
race in 1884 has not ben named yet
in 'any paper; we havf seen, if the
purpose is' to win. The Star will
support the. nominees and would like
to see a very i strong ticket selected.
EDUCATION IN THE SOXTTH. ""I.
Rev. Dr. Gurry, the manager of
the Peabody Fund, thinks it will re
quire $40,000,000 to educate the
Southern I people. , He ; thinks ; tfna-
tional help" is the only chance of ac
complishing the desired 'end. He
says a free government and ignorant
suffrage are not compitable, and that
the latter jig a source!of continual evil
and imminent peril, j The South -will
have to exert,' itself ;to the utmost to
cure the evil.!; The rich North that
- liberated I the negroes should pour
out its money in constant streams
that they may be lifted up, and made
"equal to the pressing needs arid re
sponsibilities of citizenship. Missis-
; sippi paid $583,000 in 1881 for popu
lar education. ; It sdnt to school 123,-
710. colored against 112,994 white
pupils; Arkansas expended $500,000.
jThere;were jl25,000 pupils of both
'races. ' : j ' ;v '
v Texas! did fairly well, all things
; considered. I In ' 1880 it expended
1 , $717,727. , The . report of last year
: we have not; seen. - It has $3,500,000
I a in its treasury as a permanent school
I fund. It reserves fifty million acres
I of land as a free school dowryT, We
note these things for our own en
couragement. ; What ' is ; being done
Dy our bouthern sisters, can be done
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by North Carolina, as far as raising
an annual appropriation is concerned.
Where ignorance abounds is the place
where money for education is most
nee'ded. If both 'U parties will take
hold of the educational "problem
there will be a great reaction in favor
of the betterment of the common
schools bf the State. 1
A proposed OTONtniMy:"
February 13th, 18S2.
Dear Sir In a recent conversation with
some of the Alumni f the University of
North Carolina it was suggested; that , it
would be eminently proper for the former
students of that institution to erect a mon
ument to their brethren who perished in the
late war, and I promised to . make the sug
gestion to you as a former student and as
the editor of a widely circulated newspaper,'
in order that, if you saw fit, you might call
attention to the subject in the Star. !;r.
Such action has been common with other
colleges, and I believe it could easily be
carried out by us. The organization could
be effected at the next Commencement at
Chapel Hill. What do you think of it?
Yours, respectfully, . )
, A. M. WaddklIi. .
The Star approves heartily of the
proposition. A monument to the
brave young soldiers should by all
means be erected. The record of the
University is excellent as far as pa
triotism and devotion to the cause of
the South in the past are concerned.
More than one-seventh of the young
men who entered the army who had
been students at the University per
ished. In the class of, 1 85 9-f 60, to
illustrate, nearly every member en
tered the war. We believe out of a
large class there were but two or
three who did not serve in the war,
and one of these died in 1861, the
first year of the war. - The Univer
sity had thirteen of its sons in the
field as Generals of some grade. Of
these three were killed, namely, Polk,
Pettigrew and Branch. Surely the
proposition will be seconded heartily,
not only throughout the ' State, but
among the students of former years
scattered throughout the South, and
even in the North. We hope the
movement will be made at the next
University Commencement, and such
an impetus given at the start as to
insure its success.
The appointment of Judge A. S.
Seymour to the U. S. District J udge
ship, made vacant by the death of
the late revered Judge Brooks, will
be well received generally through
out the State. He has the reputation
xjf being a jurist of exceptional ex
cellence, and has so borne himself,
Northern man as he is, as to com7
mand the respect and confidence of
the people of the State without refe
rence to party. He . ceased to be a
party man when he donned the judi
cial robes. ' , , , . . ,
Gen. A. P. Hill, as we have the
best authority for saying, regarded
McRae's North Carolina Brigade as
the second best Brigade in his Corp?.
He placed Cooks's North Carolina
first, and McRae's second. This was
told us by the late Maj. J. A. Engel
hard, who had it from the General's,
own lips. The late , lamented . Gen.
William McRae, who was borne two
days ago to his burial at our . beauti
ful cemetery, was the able and , gal
lant commander of that Brigade.
Porelen SItlpment. .'--" i--":-
i The following comprise the foreign ship
ments from tills port yesterday: The Ger
man barque Comtantine von Reineke, Capt.
Fretwurst, f or Liverpool, by Messrs. D. R.
Murchison & Co., with 1,269 bales of cot
ton, weighing 605,221 pounds, ' and valued
at $66,575; and the ' German barque Mi
chael, Capt. Marx, for Stettin, Germany,
by Messrs. 3j3. Peschau & Westerman, with
3,425 barrels of rosin, valued at $8,516.
Total valuation of foreign exports for the
day $75,091. -
A Monster Bear. --
The Shallotte -section In Brunswick
county, is said to be considerably excited
over a monster bear which is represented to
be roaming the woods in that locality and
"seeking what it may devour." It enters
the yards'of people and is creating no little
consternation in some instances. It is
generally believed to have escaped from
some show. ' " - . " '.'
Foreign Exports.
The Norwegian barque JSosterk, Captain
Guttornsen, was cleared from this port for
Liverpool,: yesterday, by Messrs: Alex.
Sprunt & Son. with 1,143 bales of cotton
weighing 546,462 pounds and Valued at
$60,110. - ' j.. ;
Our list of arrivals at this port
yesterday morning embraced, 1 steamship,
1 barque, 1 brig, and 10 schooners from
150 to over 450 tons, to say nothing of
small schooners, : under 100 tons burthen;
steamers, lighters and other small craft not
usually included in our Marine Directory
and one of the ten schooners alluded to
brought 12,000 bushels of corn, and nearly
all had valuable cargoes.' Does this look
like "decline f; Mr. Loge Harris will please
DOte" ' ' ' m " '
: - The German barque ; Therese
Capt. f Hansen, was cleared from" this port
for Hamburg, Germany, yesterday, v by
Messrs. DeRosset & Co., with 3,175 barrels
of rosin, valued at $7,914. j , V
' "All through advertising,?, remarked ex
Mayor Gregory, to us as he- went home
ward with a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, "that
I bought this. Your; paper contains so
many wonderful cures of course they are
facts and so I thought I'd try a bottle for
the rheumatism." Madison' WisX Daily
Democrat, f i
Death of Gen. William McRae.
The sad- announcement of the sudden
'deathfrdm a , congestive chill, of Gen.
William McEae, at the Globe Hotel, in Au-
gusia, ua,, on Baturaay mgnt last, was re
ceifed here yesterday morning, and j occa
sioned almo8tuniversal grief. Gen."3Ic
Rae was bom in Wilmington, in' 1834, and
was, therefore, about 47 years :of age.- Be
fore the late war be was in the. service of
rrutry"SiSf
a soldier. He .'"raised ft ieouipaiiy and was
conniissionl Caoain;4 but was subservient;
ly Dlectedj VOtPUel Ot the, ltji IJeginieut, f to
whicli his command had?been attached
Shortly after the battle of the Wilderness
he was promoted to 5 the office of Brigti
dier General, j Returning to Wilmmgtou
at the close .of the war he was ap
pointed General Engineer and. . Superin
tendeut of the Wilmington &' Manches
ter Railroad.' - v When this i road ' changed
hands Gen: McRae resigned his position to
accept a similar one on the Macon & Bruns
wick Railroad, in Georgia,' and later on ac
cepted alike position on - the Western &
Atlantic Railroad, ' which latter office he
t - . .
resigned but a few weeks " ago, and was on
his way to this city when stricken down by
the fell destroyer,
V Gen. Wm. McRae was a son of Gen.- Al
exander McRne, for many years President
of the Wilmington &lr Weldon 5 Railroad;
and w&s not only accounted one of the best
railroad managers in the country, but had
the reputation of being'a brave and gallant
officer of the ; Confederacy", and one " whom
the beloved Lee delighted to honor,
' Upon the receipt of the ihtelllgence of
his death Capt. Walter G. McRae, immedi
ately left for - Augusta and returned -yesterday
morning with the body, which was
taken to . St. James' Church, where the
funeral services were held yesterday after
noon, after which they were followed to
their last resting place' in Oakdale Ceme
tery by a large concourse of relatives and
friends. .
Criminal Conn. .
This Court met yesterday morning, His
Honor, Judge O. P. Meares, presiding, and
Mr. " Solicitor Moore prosecuting f or - the
State. . ,
The following comprise the Grand Jury:
Geo. A. Peck, Foreman; P. L. Bridgers,
Henry Sheppard, John 0.' Nixon, W, J.
King, John B. Robinson, Thos. Henderson,
Jno. M. Robinson, W. J. Mott, Emanuel
Mack, Isaac Northrop, John" H. Pugh,
Jno. G. Norwood, E. H. Heathly, Jas. II.
Bryant, Simon F. Craigg, Alonzo Hewlett,
L, M. LeGwin.
. The following cases were disposed of :
State vs. Abram Beatty, charged with
larceny. ' Defendant found guilty.
' State vs. Charles Williams, charged' with
larceny. On trial :
: State vs. Grayson Jenkins, charged with
larceny. Not. pros, entered and defendant
discharged.': X i
Kol. pros.' were entered -t in several other
cases and a number of cases were continued
over for the term. - . . t
Messrs. Edward II. King and John C.
Davis, on motion of Mr. J. D. Bellamy,
Jr., were admitted to practice in the Courts
of the State, taking the oath prescribed by
law. ; :
' Mr. Solicitor Moore stated to the Court
that he was suffering from a severe bron
chial affection and had been ordered by his
physician not to exert his lungs, and in
consequence of that ; fact " several of his
brethren of the Bar had kindly volunteered
to assist him during the term. -
Unexpected Deatn. '-'-..
" , The announcement of the ' death I of Mr.
O S. .Yarborough in this ' city yesterday
morning was received with as much sur
prise as .regret by. his friends. It was
known that he had been sick with fever,
and also that he was suffering with i jaun
dice, but it was not generally supposed that
he was in ; danger. Mr. Yarborough had
many warm friends in the community. He
was a native of Chatham county, but had
been for many years a resident of Wilming
ton, where he followed the- business of a
naval : stores inspector, v and was about 48
years of age. He was a member-of Stone
wall Lodge No. 1, and also of the Endow
ment Rank, his heirs being entitled to bene
fits therefrom to the extent of $3,000.
Punctured Silver ' ' "
For the information of the readers of the
Stab who are engaged injmerchandising or.
trading, as well as . our people generally,
we would state that there is now a heavy
uiscouni lasen on Dy our oanKs ior punc
tured or cUt silver pieces.1 slt ' is suggested
.that.it would be .safest for. merchants not to
receive such coin at all, but , allow, the
holders of mutilated silver to take it to the
banks themselves, and thus get the coin out
of circulation," ; Persons are also cautioned
against putting the mutilated coin in pack
ages at its full value, as it will doubtless be
returned. " - - - - - - . . . .
Colored Woman Drowned. t
' Lewis, Spencer and Betsy ! Hines, ; both
colored,' were crossing the main channel at
Masonboro' Sound wiUi boat loaded with
oysters, on Monday, about 1 o'clock P. M.,
when a sudden storm came up, which struck
the boat and caused it to fill and sink in
deep water.- Lewis Spencer, being a good
swimmer, struck out for the shore and suc
ceeded in reaching it all righV but the wo
man was drowned.; She 'was a widow aged
about 35 or 40 years, "and lived near what is
known as the- Harper'place. The body
had not been recovered at last accounts.
Coroner Hewlett will probably examine the
remains, when found, and see it aa inquest
be necessary. - ; -,, -
The German Immigrants.
ine two families of : German immigrants
v.-
who left here f or Abbottsburg a ! few days
ago, are1 said to be well pleased with their
new location.' One of them writes 'to Offi
cer Scharff to that effect, stating fliat they
like the place, the work they will have to
do, H and the, accommodations that have
been provided for them. They are in good
spirits, and are now in the notion of re
maining there 4ermaiiently. .
r SKINNY 'MEN. Wells' ; Health' Re
newer. Absolute cure for nprvmia Hphiiitv
nd Weakness of the generative functions.
f i ai- aruggists. Depot. J...C. . Mcnds,
Wilmington. , . - .
ivasimjxutox. ; . Washington. ; j . VIRGINIA. . , .
Death of A. JUT. Soteldo Hi Brother
Charged with Firing- the Vatal Shot
Coroner Verdict Senatjo' Conflrma
tlous &e., &e. , r . , , jp-, . fw ; I
V. TBv Teleflrnnh tA ih Vornlnir StAr.T I r : '
ikrr.'l "i i-r - . :-
: r euruary xa. ai me coro
ner's inquest to-day a verdict was rendered
that the late A. M. Soteldo came to his
death from a pistol shot wound of the neck
bv a bullet -from a nistol hfilri in the hnnd
1 of! his brotiier, klG. Soteldo, ', at' the Office-
pi the Aanonsil liepnUtcan on the night of
-n Jrt. Li-JJf, r-m mwm mii
The c6rohcr'8 Inouest over the bod v of
A. Ai. AoteldOidr.has rendered the follow
ing verdict:., .That the same Antonio. M.
Soteldo, Jr., came to his death from a pis
tol shot wound in the neck, inflicted with
a pistol held in" the hand of Augustus C
Soteldo: on the nieht of February JL 18S2.
at the BepvMican office, in the said city of
wasningion,' u. u. ' , ,
The:' crippled and disabled ex-Federal
soldiers employed at the capitol met to-day
ana passed resolutions of thanks to Keprc
sentative Hauk, of Tena, for his efforts
towards the equalization - of the salaries of
the -House and Senate employes, and ap
pealing to the sense, of justice of all, mem-
oers oi congress to adopt the necessarj' leg
islation to do away with the existing dis
.crimination against House employes. . , : ;
The Senate, confirmed Jno. Gallagher,
Jr., of Pa., as Consul General at JRio Ja
neiro, and a number of postmasters;' also
Thos. B. Johnson, to be Collector jof Cus
toms at Charleston S. C , ; . ! . , V
The resignation of Norton. ' clerk in' the
Lighthouse Board and fornieriy accountant
in inc ciistoaian s olnce, and p. Jteen fore
man of, laborers at the Treasury Depart
ment, have been received by the Secretary
of the Treasury. 'Hatch, storekeeper, re
fused to resign and 'has . been removed
These changes are Jthe result of develop
ments made before the Senate committee
investigating the1 affairs of the Treasury
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TEXAS.
Sale ofan Immense Tract of Laud to
Pay for the Erection of a New State
. House. " ' r.:
tJmcAoo, Ills., Feb. 13. An ' immense
tract of land, set aside by the State of Tex
as to pay for the erection of a newj State
House, has been transferred by the State
uunng me past two days to Abner Taylor,
Hon. C. B. FarweTl and John V. Farwell,
of Chicago. 'and'A. CC Babfiock. of Canton.
Ills., who will furnish the -necessary: funds
for erecting the building. -This domain is
larger than the State . of. Connecticut and
fives times larger than Rhode Island.' It is
on the northwest corner of the State, and
the survey extends south 197 miles with an
average width of 27 miles. Two railways
are already projected through this section
of the State. The transfer of these lands is
probably the largest sale, ever made : to pri
vate individuals and the purchasers are the
largest land owners m the world. "
TENNESSEE.
A Lively Campaign In Prospect on the
Question of Paying the Public Debt.
New Yokk, Feb. 13. State Treasurer
Polk, bf Tennessee, who was in this city
yesterday, informed a Tribune reporter
that the decision of the Supreme Court,
Saturday, declaring the funding act of
1881 to be unconstitutional, was a great sur
prise to mm. lie said the amount of the
State debt was $27,000,000, with accrued
interest, and the decision just reached will
repudiate all but $25,000,000. The general
feeling among the people is in favor of pay
ing the debt. One thing is certain, that
there is a lively campaign in prospect for
this summer, and it will all centre on this
question of paying the debt. As the decision
now stands. . the funding act is unconsti
tutional since . by the recent act! of the
Legislature a contract cannot be made
which ! makes ; the coupons receivable for
taxes for more than two years. . h
Failures
hers A
Levee. ,
of New Orleans Cotton Bro
Crevasse In the Mississippi
New OrleAks February 13. A private
dispatch f from ' Waterproof, La. says :
There is a crevesse in Kemp levee, Concor
dia pansn, tnree bundled feet lone and
from four to five feet deep. This is one of
tne largest levees in the State. 1
.New Orleans, February 13. Failures
of the. following cotton brokers were posted
hi me uotion Jiixcnange to-dav:! C. L.
Walker, Jas. A.. Lafitte. Winchester &
Quackenboss, Lewis & Wens,- Payne &
reene, ? ana w imams, Finckard & CO
All these firms were ,'tfuture" brokers and
uujrera., ... . -- ;
ABKANSAS.
The Rivers Still Rising? The Ievees
Broken and Iands . Overflowed The
, .Situation Alarming. . v ,t' j ' ,
Litti. Rock, Feb.' 14. A special from
Helena, dated yesterday, says the river at
this point has risen higher; Advices from
Madison and, ; Walnut Bend indicate a
rapid rising during the past - twenty-four
hours. The levee at Walnut Hill is broken
in several places, and not three acres of
land ate to be seen in any direction; ,rjTele-'
grams nave necn rSent to Memphis that
boats be sent down to take out the cattle,!
norses ana muies. me St. Francis river is
reported to be rising along its entire length.'
iue situation uaeaaauurming, but the
citizens of Helena are determined , to leave
nothing undone to keep out the water.
NEW ORLEANS.
Reports from the Overflowed Sections
River Falling at Helena Ten Thpu
j sand Dollar Fire. ; vV.
' ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l 'K;T
New1 Orleaks, Feb. ? 15. AlHelena
special says the river has commenced fall
ing, and the apprehension of overflows ia
subsiding. , " . . . " ; .-j'V ;
' The steamer Ttttke1 Davis' has returned
from the overflowed section on St. Francis
river, and reports great damage there from
high water.; This boat is doing a great ser-!
vice in removing families and stock to safe
place's. ' ". ' ' ?
There was a fire last night in the store of
D. L. Ranlett & Coi; dealers in cordage,1
bagging, &c, J Loss by fire and jwater $10,-t
uw; insurance fau.uuu. .
Death ol RIshop TTlghtman of M. E.'
t l church South;:1-'! -"; j.
''if: i'U fBy Telegraph to the Horning Star.1 i f
Charleston, S.C.,;Feb. 15.-nBishop:
William May Wightman, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, died . at his resi
dence in this city,1 this morning, after an
illness ; of over eighteen months, aged ; 74
years. ( He was licensed to preach fa 1827;
and was successively, a professor in Ran-
doltth" MftCOn flof lpcm 4 "Virinloi artl-
rthe Southern Christian Advocator! president
oi vy onora : uouege, Bourn (Jaroliha ; and
chancellor of theSouthern University at
Greensboro, Ala. He was elected Bishop
in 1866. He was a fine scholar and a pul
pit orator of. rare power, and universally
HORSFORDW. ATjnrPHOPHATE IN
Impatred DiGESTioH'iI have Used Hors
ford's Acid Phosphate with success in cases
of nervous prostration, wherein the rfiow:
tion was more or less impaired; especially
in those cases characterized by great pros
tration with excessive sweating. .....
, n. C .BUEIA,. M. D. ;
Cleveland, O. ' " . ' J
Hen. At 'S. Seymour Appointed IT., S.
District JTu?2e for North Carolina
- A Petition to, Congress to Repeal the
Xaxon uanK Deposits and CheeK
Fltz John Porter's Case. : . )-..
Washingtok. February 14. The Presi
dent to-day nominated John C. New, of
diana, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ;'
and Augustus S.; Seymour, U. S. Distrief
Judcre for the Eastern District of North
A Carolina J; f I f f. I f ,.
1 John P. tJould; of New York, is here
ityitrinatiiftriai imc!!than. mveifcoosand
feet longhand signed by merchants,: manu
facturers, mechanics, farmers, tax-payers
ana otners, residing in nearly every ptate m
the Union, which will, be presented , to the
Ways and Means committee, to-morrow or
next day. It asks that th
tax on bank de-
posits and the two-cent st:
p on checks and
drafts may be abolished.
i "Pitr. -TnfiTi 'Pnrfpr'a moa nroo ! niu1 nnn.
sideration at the Cabinet meeting to-day,
and , it . is . believed that ' action will be
taken towards having it reopened.'
MARYLAND.
A Salve of $10,OOe Required ' to Heal
the Wounded Reputation 'of a Be
publican Senator. r ' - A , r '
' - By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l;
Baltimore, 'February 14 At a recent
election of State Treasurer by the Legisla
ture oi .Diary iana, in joint convention,; tne
Democrats nominated Barnes Compton.who
was re-elected. '! He received more than the'
democratic vote, indicating that Republi
can Senators - had ! voted for him. The
Herald and Torch: -ra RennhHcan iniTrnal
published ' at . Hagerstown, in Washington
county, ana saia io oe ownea ana edited
byPeter .Newley, United States - Assist
tant Treasurer at"- the Custom House
in this city, charged that State Senator J.
H. Farrow. Remiblicanr from WnsliinfHon
county, was a traitor to his party in voting
for Compton for State Treasurer, as being
. muuw;u ty uu bu uy uavuig Fcuciveu a con
tract on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal ; and
now Senator ' Farrow has instituted suit
against Negley, in the Circuit Court of
Washington county, for slander, laying his
uiuuages ai $u,uuu
NEW ORLEANS.
The Late Failures The Losses' There
from .; Comparatively Small more
Failures Reported. : f "
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l '
, 2ew Orleans, Feb. 14. Prominent
members of the Cotton Exchange fstated
last nisrht that those in nnsiiinna tn know
best express the . opinion that the losses by
the six failures posted yesterday will not
exceea . f4u,uw, tne nrms naving large
auiouuis oi margins on aeposit. : ij -,
A report was received this morning that
the levee had broken at Delta, Miss., ten
miles below Helena, , but particulars were
not received. . . . , . 1 j ,
Lanquilla river is very high, and the
trestle of the Iron Mountain - & Helena
Kailroad, which crosses this river, is! fifteen
inches under water. The mails and pas
sengers are transferred by means of small
' It is now ' raininff hard, and if it mnti'n
ues all the small streams in this Motion will
be booming by morning, greatly interfer
ing With railroad traflic. Laborers l will be
at work, and the levee will be strongly
guarded at all times. - j;
New Orleans, Feb. 14. The following
failures are reported at the Cotton Ex
change: Samuel H. Buck & Co.1 Henry
Hantz, of New York, Henry Legemdre &
iaou, auu iienry n. martin. , All were cot
ton future Jbrokers And buyers, who trans
acted business through the "Futures Room'
of. the New 'Orleans Cotton Exchange.
The above mentioned firms had nut nn mar
gins covering everything up to noon; there-
iure we omy losses sustained are tnose re
suiting irom uie aeenne since noon on
"long" cottons. It is stated to-night that
these losses will not be heavy, though the
firms themselves and customers have lost
heavily by the decline in futures during the
pasi iwo wecKS. i
THE COTTON CROP.
Supplementary Returns with Effort at
, completeness from the Department
of Agriculture. '
" By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
J WASiirNOTON, February 15. The follow
ing was issued by the Department of Agri
culture to-dav: i
Supplementary cotton returns, made after
iuc uuse ui uarvesi, wiui an eirort ior un
usual completeness, has resulted 4n obtain
ing county estimates concerning seven
tenths of the field of production or five
hundred and rax counties. The December
ireturn represented but forty-three per cent,
of the cotton area. "The inquiry calling
for a COmnariann Willi Inst, voor'c nwulunt
was directed first to show tiie result on a
oasis ox equal area; second, the' modifica
tion by increase , or 'decrease of acreage.
The result makes the State per icentage of
last year's product as follows: North Caro
lina, 80;' South Carolina 80; Georgia, 86;
Florida, 90; Alabama, 86; Mississippi, 80;
Louisiana, 86 Texas, 75; Arlsjansas, 59;
Tennessee, 60.. This increases somewhat
the indicated', yield of the December re
turns, but still falls ShOrt of the indications
of the condition in October, when the ave
rage was 66 against.85,Jn October, 1880.
That average of condition pointed to about
'5,870,000 bales.1 In October,' 1879, the ave
rage was 80.- On' this basis the comparison
by the October: condition .would point to a
result fully as large. It is probable that
the panic and depression naturally caused
by the reduced production has had a slight
conservative tendency upon these final re
turns,, yet the discrepancy between these
and previous returns of the condition are;
not. wide, showing an inevitably large re--duction
in yield. The returns of area make
the increase of acreage in 1881 about 5 per
cent., and the total acreage about 16,500,
000 acres. The return of losses; by cotton
caterpillar' indicate an aggregate loss of
about 300,000 bales. The heaviest losses
are in Florida, 14 per cent. ; Louisiana, 11 ;
Alabama; 10; Mississippi, 6 5-10; Arkansas,?
3 7-10; Oeorgia, 3 6-10; Texas, 4; South
Carolina, 2 5-10; very small losses occurred
in North. Carolina and Tennessee, and none
CHARGED
WTTTT 1 TtTTTTfinVT? !
Indignation at Weldon at the Arrest
of Two Citizens for Shooting a Hog
Latham, citizen of Weldon, N. C, was
ftrrpstpn t t.hnt. rvlo
for killing -Rufus Fields (cojored) some
"'ft"1" ue wmi utKn -to iianrax, SHJ
G.t last ruffht and nlacRil in non - fn
J?,al aUbe. next term of Court: Latham
- , " "'n-'uc latLci was Bteaung
some hogs f romthe premises bf T. L. Emry
"j """" iiucr uuu oeen empioyea as
of Weldon, was also arrested on the charge
of being implicated in the murder and ad
mitted to bail in five -hundred? dollars
These arrests were made at the; instance of
a colored man who acted as coroner. Much
muignauon is felt at Weldon in -consequence
of the arrest bf Latham and; Clark.
- v , IIo w to Seeure KEealtn.1 ;
It ia Rtrftn trfi rnnr nna mill r,.,4T .'jV
J vuw. If L- OUUCI X JIL uir
TtinffPinpnla hmnh 1. 1 . - - , - .
when ROSADALIS will restqre health to
pursue uigaaizaiion.ai it is a atrength
emner. svnm - nlngcDnt . i .t. .
BEST BLOOD PDRIFTFR vpr i,.
ed. Plirirlfl' ftprnfiila s flimliiliri.
Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas Ma-
. TT vwrurO,; IJCUUlliY, DU1UU8
Comolaints and Di
Liver, Kidneys, -Stomach, Skin, etc, f
The Readjust er Troubles Thicken
RIddleberger In Caucus Denounces
Auditor Massey as a Felon OTassey's
Friends - Abandon the Conclave
Great Cxcltement Among the Helots
iFTeglret In the' Rivers Great Dam
age Apprehended. :
v By Telegraph to the Morning Star. I
Richmond, Feb. 15. The Readjuster
troubles thicken. To-night in caucus the
bolting members of the 4 party agreed to
abide by the decision of the caucus but
" when JlasseyV the present incumbehtw'as
uuuijtuuicu xor AJuuuur ui jtuuuc Accounts,
Senator Riddelberger said he .would resign
his seat and co home before he would vote
for him. - He denounced Massey as a' felony
wnereupon tne latters inenas leit the ; cau
cus. Great excitement followed the exit of
the Alassey men. The caucus at 12.30 A.
1L renominfttpd S. Rrnwn A Hon rtt-n.
gusta, for Auditor of Public Accounts, and
j j . ... .
ETEK8BUitG, Feb. 15. In consequence
oi nign water tue muis nere and m the ad
iacent counties have nracticallv closed
operations. The Appomatox River is higher
man w nas Deen tor nve years it is feared
that much damage will be done by the
freshet. - . .
.Richmond, jj coruary -15. The various
rumors which have , Drevailed since ; ves
terdav afternoon to : the effect that PUnn.
tor Smith, of Alexandria, and.Riddleberger
meuiuiieu aj uostue meeting, were given
their ouietus in the Senate nhnmher hv
Senator Smith, who, rising to a question of
personal privilege, ana reternng to tbe dif
ference which occurred the day before be
tween' the Senator from RhennndnnK WnH
himself, frankly confessed that he left the
TTaiida ).. r ! 't 1. 1 .11
"uufo vu. wiu wvosiuu wiui no very ainiuy
ifeelings, but since then he had been assured
bv his friends, and his own ronW Teflen.
tion confirmed their opinion, that he should
nave oeen satisneawitn tne disclaimer made
by the Senator. f He was now satisfied that
Mr. Riddleberger had said all that he (Smith)
had a right to exact from a gentleman, and
he toot this occasion pf expressing his re
gret ai me onensive language ne had . used.
Mr. Riddleberger said that he had meant
on vesterdav ' to sav evprvthincr fhnt xirinlil
tend to be satisfactory to the Senator from
AI 1 ".T -
.aLiexanana. ne never meant to do less
than that which he- deemed would satisfy
him. and he honed the ftenninr nrw felt aa
kindly toward him as he (Riddleberger) felt
lowara me oenaior. i ne gentlemen then
went out on the floor and cordially , shook
') COMMERCIAL, MA TTERS.
Effect of the New Orleans Failures In
New To rk Excitement In the Chlea
go Grain Market Failure of Kenyon
dcCo.
I 1 - Py Telegraph to the Horning Star.l
Chicago, Feb. 15. To-day was one of
the most exciting days ever experienced on
cuange. races .were, excited and unset
tled throughout, and a heavy depression
besran earlvl and with sliffht fl
continued throughout the day, although
me closing prices were considerably nrmer
than the lowest. The failure of Kenyon &
Co. j an old and well known firm, involved
very large interests, and caught most of
the I heavy operators for more or less
amounts. A centleman vlin until rmtlu
. Q AAV UV.. V. J
has I been in their confidence and employ!
siaieu mai ne Deuevea tney were., "long'
for about 5.000.000 hushela nf . wheat . Tn!
his Jopinion the greater portion of it was
j 11 uv.u iui mcicucui Bucccstsi m Vyincmnai
clique. The rapid decline prevented them
from closing out when margins were ex-j
hausted or securing remittances to meet the
great drain upon them. This failure was
more disastrous and had a greater effect on
prices because of being so widely distribu-f
ted among the members of theJ3oard. The
"effect was felt not only in corn and wheat,'
where the major part of their dealings
were, but ini oats and provisions. Al
though a heavy selling movement in
all these markets was influenced ; largely
oy me spnng-HKe weatner, wheat was
demoralized by the unfavorable foreign as
well as local influences,-the" "bears" Imvihg
things their own way, and prices sometimes
dropping $fc, with very few transactions.
The final close was 4jc lower for March
and April and 4fc for May than yesterday's
closing prices. On call there was a scene
Of great excitement Blocks of a quarter
of a million were sold ' at one time. : and
there were few sales in less than . 10,000
bushel -lots. Recorders were; unable to take
down tne sales as fast as made, and ' the
fines imposed for an improper display, of
anxiety on the part of bidders amounted to
a uur uay a commissions. -; 'V ; - '' ;'
- There is a good deal of uncertainty as to
the amount involved in Kenyon- & Co.'s
failure, even amons" memhepa r.f tiio fim
One of the firm says that country customers
who were slow in responding to a call for
uiiugiua are expeciea to come m sbortly.
Also, that the firm will pay dollar for dol
lar, and resume. Another member is quoted
as saying that the failure will probably; in
volve $250,000, and that they cannot con
tinue business. ' ' " .-
New York, Februaryl5. The Commer
cial Advertiser says; ."The failures in New
Orleans yesterday do not affect parties here
except Mr. Hantz, to the extent of $35,
000 as a special partner in a house there.
The break yesterday evening here was due
to sales here for New Orleans acconnt, as
that market could not take as mucli. r Ru
mors of trouble in houses here vesterrfair
were not confirmed, and are thought to be
Huuuuk luunuanon. .
' t r t
LOUISVILLE.
How the Great Deellne In Cotton Fu
tures Affected Commercial CIreles
x AU of tme Small Fry Swept Away.
f By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '- ?
- NEW Yonir: Pehnmnr 14. 4 T n,,:;n
. ' J . wmoiuic
special says the rapid f decline ..of cotton
iiuures in jew xorK ana JNew Orleans has
caused oreat e-rnifomont In m.n:r :
cles m Louisville. ; Several hundred thou-s
sand dollars are supposed to be lostnearly
all of which was: speculative and were on
the , "loni?" side. TTad the t
failures m New Orleans reached LouisviUe!
before the close of business, tlie chances!
are there would h ave Iwon d tuhiia i ,'A Tt e
the small fry in cotton deals were swept out.!
Since November 1st the merchant's clerks '
shop boys and chambermaids, in fact, every
man or woman who could
note rush to the "bucket shop" and in-
vvcu um. uu,uju. ixeany au of this class'
were frozen nut lant nwt otlA shA i i
fore, and the ? business yesterday, it is deJ
clared, bursted the last one of them. , Their
margins were all gone- and with them all of
thejr hopes and castles in, the air,-
Report of National Exchange of New
f ;. Orleans for Five Months. ;- '' ? ;
NEW ORI.-HANS. "Feb: 1 4. LVha 1 "NT o ti&J
, 1 i.UHUUlU
Cotton Exchange's statement for the Ave
months endinf .Tannarv 31 fit: oIlAUTO A fntnl
" ; o j wuv tt a tuiai
overland movement to the mills direct of
335,477 bales,' an excess over last year of
1,010 bales. The ' total amount of this
Vear S Cron that haa' nnncgpul i.w'-t
and POmtS Of Cmssuntr nverldnA ia A tVfa MO
bales, against 4.372.353 bales' last vear
Total foreign exports 1,934,703 bales; a de
ficit! compared with last year of 568,008
.ShlPmeQt3 ' overland to Canada
21,238 bales, against 15,080 bales last year.
Northern' spumersnoo-aaring the five
months 1.177.242 hnleo
year of 70,651 bales. v t
old maid. "When I was voune-. Th- Ken.
sons Skin Cure, for tetter,' eczema, and
pimples on the face, was not to be bought
AS I had a rOHS-h Skin T Irent nnf Ji'
pany and am now an old maid. ' ' f
Splits- rirpentiue;
i i-r- Raleigh Recorder: Rev. J. A,
Mundy, of Warrenton has-been- invited to
deliver a-course pf lectures' to ,the younw
ladies of the Chowan Faptist- Female Ij?
stitute. - -
i v .Concord Ilegistir: True . Rev.
J. I Y.- Allison has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at
Tallahassee, Florida. .- The fast mail
train is to be taken off the Richmond &
Danville Railroad after Sunday. We hope
that iereaf ter we will have ' regular mails,
if not so. fast We prefer slow and certain)
to fast and never. 4 y : ,,; ,
fj-r Elizabeth City Carolinian: We
are pained to announce the death of our
townsman, Capt. John S. ; Waugh, which
occurred yesterday morning. The rice
culture experience of. our farmers the past
season has not so discouraged them as to
prevent another, trial. Chowan dots:
Edehton 'wants a bank. James W.
Pendleton son of K. R. Pendleton, Esq.:,
died on the 3rd inst. He was about twenty
years oi age. . . . -
g t- Ilaleih Visitor: Mr. J. S. Bry
an was blasting awell on the Kimbrough
Jones place, on Saturday last, and when
about forty feet below the surface he blasted
a rock, in which was imbedded alive frog,
f The Rev. Dr. Deems, of the Church of
the Strangers of New York, has accepted
the invitation; of the societies of Wake
Forest to deliver the annual address at the
commencement in June.
r f- Troy Star: The case . of young
Richardson, who is how confined in nnr
jcounty jail as a lunatic, is a sad one. His
family are able and' willing to tate care of
him. but he becomes an vinlnt ot tlms.
: . F - ' . 'u.wuw
that it is dangerous for him - to go at large.
Every effort has been made to get him into
the asylum, but without mieeefca hia
being considered an incurable one. It is
too bad to keep him confined in an old jail
too mean for old Guiteau, himself ; but the
puzzling question is what h) to be done with
himl . -? ;,.
I Salem Press: 'There is money
! in raising fruit. Year before last Harrison
j Crouse. sold about $200 worth of -.green
; fruit and his women folks sold about $100
! ii. m t . - a m
I worm oi uneo irun. a. iew persons
j in South Fork; township have commenced
raising tobacco on a small scale. They say
they can make more money . on tobacco
than by raising grain for sale, because the
main work of a tobacco crop comes on af-
ter " corn is laid by, 1 and - a small piece of
ground will produce enough to bring a nice
sum of money.
:: Concord Sun: On Wednesday
evening the Superintendent of the Phoenix
gold mine, in this county, came into town
for the purpose of shipping the product of
; one clearing ud at the mine, to the com
pany in Philadelphia. It was a very pretty
brick of solid gold, .weighing exactly four
pounds. It was shipped by express.
Wilson Icard, an enterprising colored man
of this county, has made a reputation for
himself as a manufacturer of sassafras oil.
and a" little ; fortune besides. ,. For several
years Wilson has been making sassafras oil
in a mill of his own construction, and such
is the purity of his oil that every gallon he.
has made has met with ready sale in New
York at the best prices, j , .4
- Edentori JfJnouirer.' Th dwell
ing of Mr. A. W. Selmer, near Harrells-
ville. Hertford countv was. entrrelv de
stroyed by fire on Sunday last. It was the
old otarKey tsnarpe place. Dire acciden
tal ; loss about $5,000-r-no insurance.
By the courtesy and. kindness of General
Manager King free transportation over the
Elizabeth City & -Norfolk Railroad is ex
tended to orphans and contributions to the
Oxford Asylum. The Seaboard & Roanoke
Railroad has acted in the same generous
manner. - On Saturday last, at Chape
nbke, in Perquimans countyan altercation -took
place between ( Henry 4 Brite and Ed
ward Smith, lads about fifteen vears each.
when Smith struck Brite with a small stick;
thereupon Brite returned the blow with a
piece of scantling, which he had, almost
instantly killing Smith. Brite is now in
jail at Hertford. i .. .; i ; v , ;
Raleigh News- Observer : The
motion of Messrs. Clyde, Logan & Buford,
before Judge Dick, of the United States
District Court for the Western District of
North Carolina at j Greensboro, for an in-(
junction to restrain the State and certain
counties from collecting taxes against the
Western North Carolina Railroad, will be
' J ' ..vj n, i.U AVUU
of February there will be a snecial meetiner
iof the North Carolina State Sunday School
school workers will be present. Re
newed efforts are being made to induce the "
Iiev. Dr. .;. DeWitt Tahnage, the famous
preacher, , to lecture here at an early day, in
laid of the Second PresbyteriaU Church. It
lis hoped that he will conclude to visit Ra- -leigh.
r -Mr. John B. Burwell has been
appointed a director of the Insane Asylum
at Raleigh, vice Hon.. A, S. iMerrimon, re
signed. Judge Gilmer has decided the
tax ' cases against the' railroad companies
and iu favor of the State. .
tt- Hendersonville ; i Herald: Mr. :
J. P. "Johnson, of Hooner'a Oreefc Tnu-n-
shin. has suffered a Breat affliction : in the
Jdeath of three off his.; children, , by putrid
sore mroai, wimin tne last eight days. The
two last died on Wednesday night, there
beine onlv.twentv minutes intervening he-
tween the deaths." A correspondent
Writing from Franklin under date of Feb.
2d,, says: Last night ofilcers , Birch and
Rav. of the TJ. ft. Revenue, service;, accom
panied by Jesse Estes and - Noah Wilson,
made a raid in the Cowee section nf thin
jcounty. " They made two arrests and seized
bonvey the still and prisoners to Franklin
in the darkness with safetv. thev left "RKtea
Jand Wilson to guard the still while they
proceeded to town witn tne pnsoners, in
tending to return' to the still neTt dav Tin
ring the night Wilson was startled by. the
report of a gun in a thicket near his " com-'
panion who was standing a few yards away,
ami looKing arouno Pistes ieu to the ground
and expired without a ETOan. Wilson then
Crawled through the woods on his hands
ftnd knees to a place of safety and escaped
unhurt. It is unknown at this time who'
did the shooting: J - .'-
Winston iZeader: t Saturdav
jnight last our citizens were aroused about
,12 o'clock by au alarm of fire. It was the
teottaie of JlrsJ SL' -D.! Lea. on Third ctmt- ,
and. it burnt, down before Anything could'
iDe uone to stay tne names, or eveusave any
iof its contents." The Salisburv Watch
man says it can name a Republipan, in this
jdistrict, who can beat Col Armfield for
ingress.; ieai restate is real estate in
Winston., and it sells for all it. io
The Pitts property; 120x150 feet, on the
corner mam and uepot streets,- divided
into seven lots, sold last Friday for 32,080.
Dr. Lash. J. E. Gilmer and P TT TTorw Xr
' viuuvk) w
Co.V purchasers. -r Dr. R. L, Payne, of
Lexington, met with a serious accident by
jumping off the train at that place on Sat
urday the 4th. His hio- was f ractnrmi onH
he sustained other injuries painful and
lasting; so we learn through a friend.
nuays morning- jast, Kobert Hester,
white, living in Middle Fort
went Out for a turkey hunt, taking with "
him a colored boy named, Tom Hairston.
TheV Went into ari old rin HnA . TTootoi-
sent Hairston out to drive up the game.
ceeiu xiaireion s , legs tnrougn the pine
bushes Hester took them for turkeys and
fired: OUttinS' twelve. inrtevnlint in liio leira
fromthe thigh, down. At last accounts
TT! - . T a,
uairsjton is m a very bad condition. ' ' :
' m m n l-
"BUCHtfPATRA " TSTnw
plete cure-4 days, urinary affections, sinart
insr. f reouent OK difficult, nrinatinn i Iriinev
diseasesi ( , $L .. Druggists, Depot , , J, C
r. A. '!-,
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