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RAUJO ANO CHICAGO.
According to a Washington spe-
cial in the New York Times, Dr. W.
II. Wheeler, of North Carolina, and
former Collector in the Fifth Reve
nue District, has been making some
revelations that places the conduct
of Gen. Green B. Raum, I Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, in' a
light that will make I him' specially
hateful to the Stalwarts, and not give
any new and desirable lustre to his
character. The following extract
explains the situation: . .
"But the other day, during a conversa
tion between Col. Keogh and J Dr. W; H.
Wheeler. ex-Collector of Internal ; Revenue
for the Fifth District of North Carolina, the
latter pulled a letter from his pocket, writ
tenuih the early part of 1880, in the hand
writing of and written by Green B. Raum,
asking Collector Wheeler to use his influence
to have Sherman delegates sent from North
Carolina to Chicago. It explained the ac
tivity of the revenue and custom-house offi
cers in North Carolina. . Senators Cameron
and Logan can now trace all the trouble in
their States and in New York in 1880 to
the efforts of Raum on behalf of Sherman.
'There is now no doubt that the entire reve
nue service of the country was manipu
lated in this manner against Gen. Grant by
,-a man who openly declared himself the
friend of Gen. Grant, but who was really
the friend of John Sherman, and engaged
an obtaining the secrets of the Grant lead
ers and furnishing Sherman and his
friends with the information thus ob
tained." : ' i j "i ; i
-Wheeler was dismissed because he
refused to obey instructions. Everett
ot his place. -- But tho 4p o oil -oteiina.-j
that Raum defeated Grant at Chica
go. It says: j . )-: -j;.
"The conduct . of : Gen J Raum is de
nounced by : them as the most shameful
piece of treachery to a friend known in the
politics of this country. The same influ
ences in North ' Carolina, as shown, by the
letter to Wheeler, were doubtless used in
all the Southern States, which were all for
Gen.V Grant in all honesty and fairness.
The votes of these States, ! without the
unanimous vote of New York, Pennsylva
nia, and Illinois, would have nominated
Gen. Grant on the first ballot," ;
Whatever treachery Raum may
have been guilty of, one thing is very
certain: he did a great! thing for his
country" in ; preventing - Grant,! cor
rupt, vindictive and ambitious, from
being President for a third term. If,
under any circumstances! it is alio w
able to do wrong that good may fol
low, then Raunv acted well when he
saved the country from the i most I
direful of curses Grant for another
four years. But, farther: he may
have saved the country from even a
greater woe, for Grant once more in
the Presidential Chair would! have
probably tried to . remain there until
his death. Civil liberty might have
perished at Chicago with the turn of
a few votes. Y j " .
MOSES, WHAT A FELLOW.
The career of Franklin J. Moses,
the scoundrel who was Governor of
South . Carolina during the reign of
carpet-baggery,T is - certainly ,! a most
remarkable one. After his rascally
term of office - as Governor and the
: crimes and robberies committed un
der his administration, it is singular
that he could go to; New York and
practice his swindling operations for
years among a people who are sup
posed to be sharp and on the lookout
for" frauds and villains. - But- Moses
is smarter, than the
smartest iof the
He is as.inge-
Wall Street f e!lows.i
nious in his tricks and as inexhausti
ble in his resources' of rascality as
they are careful in their hearing and
rich' in precautions. Moses is. the
most' successful villain now known
to the American people. . He has, we
have no doubt, tested every ! form of
Tascality and indulged in every luxu
ry of crime. Moses is a trump. Nay,
he is a whole pack of trumps con
cealed in the sleeves of Bill Nye.
Moses in South ? Carolina did an
amount of injury that no one can es
timate. He plundered the people of
the State in every possible wayj and
whilst plundering
he was held in
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VOL. XIII.
high favor in Washington among
Republican officials, and was admired
no little by the people of the North
generally who were at that time ral
lying under the: Republican flag.
Whether they were incredulous of
the foul wrongs being perpetrated by
the dear Moses, that jewel of a rogue,"
or were, willing simply that the peo
ple of South Carolina should be pil
laged wholesale, we may not deter
mine. The fact remains that Moses,
as : Republican governor, -1 did 5 the
villainous deeds and remained in fa
vor with their political powers. " ' :
. ! No such debauched, f deliberate,
systematic and ingenious scoundrel
is now before the American people
prominently as this ex-Republican,
Governor of South Carolina. -
THE WEST AND COUNTY GOVERN"
" HUNTS. t
, The Statesville .Landmark calls our
attention "to the; fact that the first
proposition to abolish or modify the
present system of county government
came, not from the West, but from
professedly Democratic papers of the
East."
; The Stab has seen with regret that
Democratic papers : of the East 'fa
vored a repeal of the present law con
cerning county and township govern
ments. We assure the Landmark
that! we have not conversed with one
Democrat who for one moment tole
rates the proposed repeal." So far from
this, we have talked with many
staunch Democrats who are resolved
not to submit to such unjust, unne
cessary and unfaithful action without
protesting in a way that! will Ibe felt.'
The Landmark says that no "genu
ine Democratic papers" of the West
are favoring-thej repeal, "if we may
except the4 Charlottd Observer which
leaned a little in that direction in one
of its issues some weeks ago." We
do not remember thprecise views of
the various papers of the West, but
we had received somehow ah impress
sion that several Democratic papers
had; been swift
to indorse the pro
posed change and to urge it as both
just and politic. We are glad to be
relieved at this point. We had been
views we had seen in the Landmark
and the Asheville Citizen in opposi
tion to the threatened change. The
Landmark, in its last 'issue, encou
rages us with the following liberal
sentiments, which it affords us much
satisfaction .to copy. : It says:
"We say to our Eastern, friends that, if
wej know anything about the matter, the
West is as far as she was in 1876 from
leaving them to the tender mercies of igno
rance and vice. iThe step taken in 1876
was taken deliberately and with good cause.
The system then adopted has not oppressed
us and it has relieved others." -
We do not believe the people have
It any real grievance because of
the present law. The politicians or
office-seekers have been endeavoring
to persuade them that they are bur
dened and oppressed by the law as it
is.
and are robbed of inalienable
privileges -and f rights,: whieh, by the
way,- they never sought or enjoyed
before the -advent of the" s carpet
baggers and the importation of New
York laws and customs.
THE UPRIGHT JCIMJK.
The Bench cannot ;be too pure
Just in proportion as morality, vir
tue, fairness, learning and ability are
to be found adorning
will be the respect of
the Judiciary,
the people for
the wearers of the ermine and their
confidence in" - righteous judgment.
There is no doubt that in some re
spects the Supreme Court ot tne
United States and the lower Courts
have degenerated. - In some instances
partisanship has disgraced the rulings
of Judges. This has occurred in the
Highest Judicatory and in the courts
of North Carolina. iThe late Rev.
.., . i ... , . ...
Dr. T. V. Moore, one iof the most
gifted ; of Presbyterian : divines,
Pennsylvanian - by birth, but long a
resident in Richmond, Va., and Nash
ville, Tenn., pronounced a discourse
in Richmond in 1867 over. Judge
W. H. Lyons, ; of the Hustings
Courts We find an extract from it
in the Petersburg Index-Appeal a
part of which we will reproduce. , It
is good - reading for North Caroh
nians at this time: J
' "Next to a pure eospel, in any country,
is admire ludiciarv. without which it must
perish. The executive" and legislative de-t
nartments of government represent the peo-
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le, ana oi course musi reucui. weir uunug
ne phases: but the judiciary represents
God, for it represents justice, which is His
awful prerogative; and it represents law;
An upright judiciary is the last
protection of the helpless : and friendless
against the mad clamor of passion from be
low or the tyrannous grasp of power from
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1882.
above; the poor man's portion, the widow's
shield: the orphan's- protector against out-'
rage and injustice, the vindicator, pf .injured .
innocence, me strong arm tnrown are una
the victims of prejudice and persecution,
the very citadel of public liberty, the very
palladium of private right." , - v.
1 The upright, sober, just Judge is
the man the people delight to honor.
The Judge who - indeed holds . th
scales' in which are- tried all cases
with an even hand and with eyes so
bandaged that he sees no favorites;
who has no friends to reward and ho
enemies to punish- but only the law
to vindicate and society to protect-
such a Judge as this will always be rev
vered in life and honored and lamen
ted after death. Such'men haye lived
in Nort;Cjuplina in - the . past. We
"rejoice to believe that suehrmen can
be found in North Carolina , at pre
sents May the time never come
when inflexible, honest, ; dignified,
God-fearing Judges cannot be found
in the Courts of North Carolina.
So there is a probability that the
South Carolina Legislature will be
called in , extra session vto redistrict
the State. . If there is a necessity for
an extra session in our sister State,
there is a greater necessity for one, as
we view it, in our own State. We
wonder if the ablest South Carolina
awyers are satisned that there is
abundant, machinery; for. electing a
Representative-at-Large without the
aid of the Legislature? '
One hundred and sixty-eight mem
bers of the House have registered to
speak on the tariff. What an im
mense gas establishment - the House
has become. When Mr. ; Hewitt
spoke there was a Tush of Democrats
and Republicans to - get near him.
His speech is well spoken of.
The following North Carolinians
were graduated in medicine last week
at Jefferson College, Philadelphia,
viz. : T. J. Costner, H. . B. Jurger-
son, J. B. Gunter, z : G. J, Robinson,
J. R. Strickland, A: R. Wilson, A.
P. Keever, of North Carolina.
Brown, of Georgia, is a boss states
man. le favors -putting a tax
on
tea. and coftee. Already $48,000,000
has
confidence in Arthur. ' He says
he will appoint impartial men on the
Tariff Commission. ; In a horn."
Make your meat and bread first is
the wise thing for all Southern farm
ers to do. Remember you must live,
and to live vou must eat. With
a
plenty of "hog and hominy" you can
make enough cotton. But let cotton
be last.
Fun on 'Change.
A number of gentlemen on 'Change yes-.
terday got up a pool on the probable stock.
of spirits turpentine' on shore at this port.
Each was asked to name -his figures, and
did so as follows :. Harding Johnson 492.
casks; E. Lilley 548; J. W. Bolles 1,008;
N. W. Schenck 535; J. D., Woody 518; K
TTT" . Mm TT ft "4 F 0W T tW '
u. vYiggins aw; n. u. muueeu oiu; d. i,
Rankin 600; A. L. DeBosset 635. Ji
Neither of the gentlemen : knew what
figures the others had named, and when th
actual number of casks was announced as
546, it was found that Mr., Wiggins was the
winner, he having come within one of the
. . j v i i
exact numoeiy nis ngures ueiug oo casKs
The affair was the occasion of considerable
amusement among the gentlemen interested.
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AH Fool's Day.
I There were any number of tricks played
upon theiunsuspecting yesterday, the very
spirit of. mischief seeming to have broken
loose. The most noticeable prank, how
ever, was that played upon. ; one of the city ,
banks, whose officers were kept busy a
good portion of the forenoon in explaining
to callers with notices of 'not due, many
of whom had never; had any dealings with
a bank, that it was tlie first day of 4 April.
One of the victims, who, after scratching
his head awhile, saw into the joke, sent up
a one hundred dollar "cornfed," to pay the
amount of his note ($89.63) and get his
change, but the bank officers denied any
knowledge of the notice.
A survey was commenced on the Ger-
man baraue' .4?totMf . yesterday, the board
consisting of Mr. Geo. Harris and Capt. B.
G. Bates, as Port Wardens Capt. J. F.
Gilbert, as Surveyor for the Maritime Re
cord and the German Lloyds: lr. H. C.
Cassidey, as Master 'Shipwright, and CapU
Lindeman, of the German brig Actio,- as
expert The board took a view of the in
jured vessel and then ordered her out of
water in order to examine her bottom'.
when a final report will be made.
The Colored State Convention.
We. learn from some of the prominent
colored men of this city, who were present
at the Goldsboro Convention, that the whole
proceedings proved to .be a -disgraceful
wrangle between; opposing factions, and
that nothing was ; accomplished by ,; that
body. Many of the delegates left Wednes
day night, and the Convention adjourned
Thursday. "
t' i , f.-, , ,y. . i .t,-,; ; yvr:f ; . . . "... i. v , ,j . ,-. ....... - . . ."( . "
More Flab "Wanted. i -- ',,
It has been suggested that the Fish Com
mission have been paying less attention to
the Cape Fear than any other river in the
State. ' Many of the smallef and less pre
tentious streams have been stocked over and
oyer again with fish, but the Cape Fear
which has upon its banks two of the largest
towns in the. State one of them a city,
rather, in population as well as name and
permeating some of the richest 'counties in
the commonwealthi has beenr persistently
snubbed by our friends," the Commission-j
era. We notice that the Sounds and other
streams ; in more eastern localities are'
swarming with shad, and we would
like to have more j of these delicious '
denizens of ' the 'danciag ; iwaters?5 down
this way. - If the river should be stocked
with spawn now it wpdet soiiM-time
for them to mature and propagate, bat then
we would be living f in anticipation, and
that is often preferable to the brightest
reality in this uncertain world of ours.
Forest Ftrea ' In Brunswick Great
' Damage to Turpentine Trees, &c.
Sheriff E. W.: Taylor,, writing us from
Brunswick county, under date of the 29th
ult. says the fires raged furiously in that
county last week. ; In Shallotte, Northwest
and Town Creek Townships .there were at
least three hundred thousand turpentine
trees burned, together ) with turpentine,
fences, etc. It is a serious blow, he says,
upon everybody who suffered by the fire.
Some men of small means lost all their I
boxes, which was their only chance of sup
port. Many lost all the fencing around
their already planted crops of corn leaving
them exposed to the depredations of hogs.)
This present week, j however, i witnessed a
wonderful change, j The flood-gates of the
elements opened, and water enough, fell to
make two or three crops, while , roads are
washed up, creeks impassable and bridges
overflowed, which will retard planting op
erations for several days. "But," philo
sophically reasons out correspondent,' "we
have to take everything as it comes; what
cannot be cured must be endured."
The Iiast Hale Removed.
The last of the 1,592 bales of cotton
comprising the cargo of the German barque
August, which recently came so near being
destroyed by fire at sea, and was only saved
by the firmness, good judgment and presence
Of mind of Capt. Lonnies. her commander,
was removed from the hold of that vessel
yesterday afternoon, and we learn that the
barque will now go on the dry dock for
repairs, which will not be so extensive as at .
first supposed. - We hear that the cotton
will be dried, repacked and repressed, when
it will be again loaded on board of the
barque August and reshipped to its destina-
Colombo Court
The Superior Court of Columbus county,
which has been in, session at Whrteville
during the past week; adjourned yesterday.
Judee Shipp presided. The case of Gules-
Die Buie. chareed with, the murder; of ' his
brother-in-law, Kemp, f in Bladen county,
some time last fall, and which was removed
last week f rom Bladen to Columbus coun
ty for trial, was continued yesterday id the
next term of the Court, which meets the
last week in December.
Judge Shipp closed the circuit at White-
ville and ' returns home from that place.
Jud?e Gilmer will succeed him on the
circuit. M , -
No cases of importance we understand,
were tried during the term. I '
. Documentary Belle.
While in the office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court and Judge of Probate, yester
day, we noticed a very venerable document,
in the shape of a settlement of an account
between the estate of . Richard Quinn and
Lyon and Jewkes, dated August, 1772, and
sisned - by John ' Huske and Alexander
Hostler, for 311 4s. 11M. The document
which is in the handwriting of John Huske,'
is in a remarkably , good state of preserva
tion.
Celumens Court. ,; -;--r -.u :
"We learn that our informant was mista
ken as to Judge Shipp closing his circuit
at,Columbus Court. He goes home for a
little rest, and will hold Brunswick Court,
commencing ph the lOth of April, and will
then hold court In Johnston, ' Robeson, etc.
The case of Gillesme Buie. charged with
killing ins brother-in-law, rel erred torn our
last, was continued to the last week in Sep
tember, instead of December.
A private "telegram ; was received
through the Signal Office yesterday, at 2.30
P. M., from one of the officers of the steam
tug Blanche, -which left a few days since
to assist in floating the Norwegian .barque
QutSbringa, ashore inside of Beaufort bar,4;
to the effect that the tug in question had.
collided with .a -ship's ; anchor and stove a
hole in her bottom, and that Capt. Jacobs
was compelled to beach her to keep her
from sinking. The telegram was dated ' at
Morehead City, i All hands safe. I l'
Foreign Shipments.- .
The Swedish ' barque (Teflon; Caft. Bor-
iessen, was cleared for Hamburg, Germany,
yesterday, by Messrs. D.' R. ' Murchisoh &
Co.'l with 4,149:barrels of rosin, valued at
$9,745 ; also ; the; Norwegian ; barque 'St.
Joseph', ; Capt.1 1 Terjessen, for Cronstadt,
Russia,1 by Messrs. Paterson,; Downing &'
Co., with 8,600 barrels of rosin, valued at
$7,636. Total value of , foreign exports for
the day $17,381. i . '- 'v'C '
The receipts of
cotton for the
month of March footed'
Up: 6.1.58 bales, as:
against 4,870 bales for the same 'month last
vear. . showins an i increase in ..favor, of
1,188 bales. . ! :
TEHIIISLE DISASTER
Burning of a Steamer on the HUssIsslp-
pl Blver, Near Memphis About Thirty-Five
Persons Lost, Mostly Women
and Children Beroism of the Pilot,
who Burns to Death, at his Post or
Duty Howe's Circus and menagerie
Burnt with the Steamer Names of
the liost and-Saved'. ! -
By Telephthe MonungStar. .
Memphis March M The Cincinnati
and New Orleans packet, '""Golden City,''
en route from New Orleans to Cincinnati,
was - burned at her, wharf this, morning at
4.30 j o'clock. j Between thirty,- and fifty.
lives i were lost, principally women and
children. - -.- ' .'i -.
Memphis, . March 80. The steamer
"Golden City.." of the Southern Transpor
tation Co. "a Line, while approaching the
wharf this mormngat 4.80, was discovered
to be onfim. iThe discovery was! made by
isecona Jfligmeer Albert n.eilyr'wno imme
diately notified Capt. Bryce Purcell, Sr.,.
the. pilot on watch. The boat s bow was
at once headed for. the shoreV and four min
utes afterwards she" touched the wharf at
the foot of Beale street, 'where a coal-fleet
was moored.: The. line was hastily made
fast to one of the coal barges, but the cur
rant j being swift it soon - parted and the
burning steamer floated down the river &
mass of ' flames, with . many of her passen
gers and crew on board, who were unable
to reach the shore and were lost.
The "Golden City" left New Orleans last
Saturday, en route to Cincinnati. . She had
a crew of about sixty. - She had on board
forty cabin passengers, fifteen of whom
were; ladies, and there were nine children.
Her cargo consisted of three hundred tons,1
among which was a lot of jute. .The fire is
said to have originated in this combustible
material.;. -.; ..; : z ' z--'K-:-,
Among those known' to have been lost are
Dr. Manahan and wife, of Jackson, Ohio;
Mrs. Crary, of Cincinnati; Miss Lulie Crary,
of Cincinnati; W. H. Howe, wife and two
children; OllieWood and wife, Henderson,
Kentucky; Miss Campbell, Mrs. Helen Per-.
cival, ; and Mrs. . L. , E. Kony .. and .. three '
children. j;
The books of the steamer are lost, so it is
impossible to get a complete list of the lost
and saved. An of the ofheers of the steamer,
except the Second Engineer, iRobt., Kelley,
escared. After he jrave thet alarm nf firp.
he remained at ' his post of duty until cut
on by tne names, - the hre having spread
with lightning rapidity, and thus he sacri
ficed his life to save others.
The saved, so far as known, are Cant.
a C. Mclntyre; First Clerk, W. Fd Mcln
tyre; Second Clerk, James Wbrthlin; Third
Clerk, Frank Stern; mate, Doc. Bondurant;
pilot, Bryce Purcell, Si1.; Marion Purcell,
Joseph Purcell, Jr. ; First Engineer, :Mike
iveiiey; Missiona Maston, of Harnsvule,
Kentucky; Willie McKinlev.Of Harrisville.
Kentucky; James Myers, of New Or
leans; Charles Ross, Jr., E. CL Under
wood, St. Louis; F.B.Howell,Philadelphia;
Robt. E. Elbrick, Treasurer of Howe's
circus; John E. TrewaJla business agent
Burt Howe, brother of the proprietor, and
Frank Howe; James Swift, John Filsert,
J. W- -Mullane, J. C. Kinipell, John G.
Glenrov. Jaines Bloomfield .Tftmp.q "Rnrlc .
These last are all members of Howe's cir-
cus. W. G. Jewett. Point Pleasant.
V a. ; George W . Green, JN ew Richmond,
Ohio; O. B.j Veatch, .Evansyille; Joh
nJ
11. Chittenden. Careyville
Ky.f
early allor tJ5e cabin
of the steamer saved themselves.
Howe's circus was taken aboard at Vida-
lia, La. , and six cages of animals and birds,
together with the ticket ana Dana wagons,
tents and horses were lost. I; 'X: : t ; !
Marion Purcell, one of the pilotswas m
the clerk's office when the alarm was first
sounded, and he rushed througn the cabin.'
bursting in the stateroom doors and awa
kening the passengers. So rapidly did the
flames spread that within five minutes after
the discovery or - tne nre, - wmcn oroKe out
amidship, the after part of the steamer was
all ablaze. I Those who were saved had to
flee in their night clothes; ! 1
When the burning steamer touched the
wharf the I fire communicated to the coal
barges and the tug Oriole, which were also
burned. T ' $ -r :'-; :-''-
As nearly as can be ascertained there
were twenty-three ladies on . board the ill
fated steamer, but two of whom, so far as
is known,' were saved. " '
J. H." Cronk, connected with Howe s
circus, is missing, and is supposed to be lost.
John Devouse, his ,wue ana three chil
dren were saved, and are at the city hospital ;
also Simon Black 1 Mr; Devouse is slightly ;
burned on his hands. i ' ' I - ; .
I The "Goldeu City was five years old,
and cost $54,000. She was owned by Capt.
J. D. Hyler, W. F. Mclntyre and T. C.
Mclntyre.! ' She lies sunk about three miles
below here in a chute near , the Tennessee
shore. JWhen she floated off from the wharf,
about twenty of her passengers jumped
aboard a' barge, which floated down the
stream, but they were rescued'; by one of
the harbor boats which towed the barge to
shore one mile below the city.
It is estimated that thirty-five lives were'
lost by the disaster, but at present no ad
ditional news can oe learneq.
j Robert Kelley, second engineer, and three
roustabouts are the " only members' of the
boats crew who are known to be lost. John
Dreffer, steward; Peter Dreffer, cook; John
Lamb, second cook ; Billy Luxford pastry
cook; Mart Whalen, John Hill, second
mate; Charles Havery, second watchman;
and a passenger named I Bloomfield were
saved. . - - .s . ' :-.rr
The fire was . caused by a watchman ac-
cidentally setting fire to a lot of jute which
was stored amidships.' The - steamer had
just whistled' to land, -and the watchman
went among.the deck, passengers to notify
them that they were approaching Memphis,
and that those destined for that city, must
get ashore, when the bottom of his lamp
dropped in some jute,' and before the flames
could be extinguished .they had spread all
over the deck of the vessel. ,
Bryce Purcell, the pilot, made his escape
by climbing over the front part of the pilot
house,, tne.nre men oemgin inc. rear.
The tug Oriole did " not bufn as at first
reported, but was sunk by the burning
steamer in making a landing. - several coal
barges and an ice boat belonging to Bohls,
Huse .cc Co., caugmu on. nre ana- were
burned. " " -:; ' Z"f'.: ' ":Z
Billy Hodge, pilot on: the Dean Adams,
saved the cook, who jumped' overboard as
the boat floated down ibe stream. . ;
All of j the passengers .and crew were
kindly cared for by J&t. C B. Galloway,
of the Peabody Hotel,: who provided them
with breakfast. ;v - :; . ; j
Farther Details of the Disaster The
Scene on Board the Bnrnlns Steamer,
j i Memphis; March, SOL :Two, negro deck
hands; and a white deck passenger were
killed when the-tug i Oriole was i struck.
They were caughttweetrthe bow of the
boat and the tug.; ,;-,;w4;..; --irfciAi
Felix Lahman, a passenger, says there
was a merry party oil board and nearly' all'
the uasseneers remained up until midnight.
One or two gentlemen aboard played the"
. . . 1 n .1 . , . . ! r . .
piano anu mey euwjrutiuwi ute yustuguni
with music and singing. -1 ' , l
NO;'23
i The body of an elderly white Woman was'
found floating near j the wreck, but her
identity has not been proven. Will Mcln
tyre, clerk of the boat, says that the list of
lost cabin passenger already furnished is
correct, as nearly as he can remember.
Mrs. L. E. Kouns, who with i her three
children was lost, was the wife of Captain
Kouns, a well-known steamboat owner.
Those mentioned as being at hospital are
inlured by burns, but not seriously. Those
who were saved had to flee for their lives,
without taking time to save their effects.
: J. G. Glenoy, one .of the saved, has for
two .years been keeper of the .animals in
Stowe's menagerie; '- f He states that he was
asleep under one of the animal cages in the
forward part of the lower "deck when the
cry- of fire was" given, no leaped f orth.'
looked about, but saw no fire; then looked:
again, and saw the entire centre of the boat!
a mass of flames. As soon as I the boat
touched the coal fleet he jumped ashore."
He saw the officers of the steamer at "work
making hawsers f ast . and .f then , saw the;
lines give way and . the steamer swing out
and drift down. The cages containing
lions, tigers, eta .were in the middle of the
flames. He heard no cry from any of the
animals, as they were burned: alive. 'Of
the horses belonging' to the. circus aboard
three were saved; but one celebrated trick
horse was lost. . Mt.
Cincinnati, March 80. The owners, of.
ficers and crew of the Golden City reside
Jiere. She was valued at $40,000 and in
sured for $30,000 ; was built in 1 1876, an4
was one of the best equipped steamers ply
ing between Cincinnati and New Orleans, t
- i . NORTII CAROLINA.
The Sheriff:; of Stokes County ; Killed
while Bobbins His Own bffiee One
; of His Neighbors Killed with Him
A Cartons Case, j ,-.!
- Py Telegraph to the Morning Star.
j Danville, April 1. Information has
just been received here that Sheriff Wm.
Estes, of Stokes county; North Carolina,
was shot on the 30th ult. while robbing his
own office. He left home to be absent some
days, and directed his wife not to allow any
one to stay all night, and at the same time
gave her the safe key. About dark one of
the neighbors came to his house, and Mrs.
Estes iaving; raised j no objection, he went
off to a room to spend the night. After
he had retired for the night two men came
to the house and asked leave to stay, and Mrs.
Estes objected. They, ? however, ? went,
and demanded the Safe key, and threatened'
to kill her if she refused it She .. ran up
stairs and informed her guest, and was told
by him to go down j deliver the key, and
say nothing of his presence. The men then
proceeded to rob the safe, - and while thus
engaged Mrs. Estes' friend came down and
killed both of the men. Upon examination
it was found that one of the men' was the
sheriff, who had disguised himself, and the
other was one of his neighbors. ' -. j
THE STEAMBOAT DISASTER.
Corrected Iilst of 'the Lost by the Burn-:
. Ins of the Golden City Captain of the
Watch Sent to Jail on the Charge of
Murder. I : - v i; V:
By Telegraph io the Morning Star. ; -
Memphis,-March 1 31. The. following; is
a eonrected list of the lost by the burning
of the "Golden City": Dr." Monspan and
Jackson, O.t Mrs. Creary and Miss,
iuella'i
'Wmten, ; af place ; near Cincinnati;
W. HJ-1
Stowe ana wife, and Allie Wood
If. iloW&VlTltj. Kr. , Mm
Kouns and three children; Miss CampbelL
a relative of MraJ Kouns; Albert Kelley,
second engineer; Mary Boyd and Amanda
Atchison, ' chambermaidsr J. ; C.T Crone,
owner of a sideshow; three of ;the deck
crew, (colored); inegro servant,' W. H."
Stowe Wash. Smith, colored. 'T '-
; The captain of the watch was sent to
iail on a warrant charging him with mur
der through carelessness, in causing
fire on the steamer." -
the
THE GOLDEN CITY.
A Diver's Visit to the Burned Steamer
; No More Dead Bodies Fonnd.
By Telegtaph to the Morning. Star. w
; Memphis, March 31. The steamer Ful
ton, which conveyed Capt. Mclntire and
party to the wreck of the Golden City, has
returned. A diver went down, but could
do nothing. The wreck lies in twenty-five
feet of water; bow up stream, and the cur
rent is runnins: so swift that all efforts to
go through the cabin by the diver proved
fruitless. ,; No more dead bodies have been;
recovered since the one mentioned yester
day, which has been identified as. that -of
Mrs. Anna Smith, of Springfield, Mass,,
who had been visiting relatives in New
Orleans. ; Her remains have not yet been
interred f and are : awaiting instructions
from relatives and . friends. . If nothing
comes by to-morrow a committee of citizens
will have the body buried in Elmwood
Cemetery. i I
; Many of the passengers and crew of the
Golden City left last night and this morn-
mg lor their nomes. utners wm go to
night on the steamer J . W . Goff.
VIRGINIA.
I
Defeat -of ReadJ aster Partfzan
:IHoas-
ares In the State Senate.
I 1 - By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Richmond, March 30. The Readjusters
received a severe check to-day, . in the de
feat in the Senate of one of their chief par
tizan measuresj the bill reducing the Judi
cial circuits of the State from eighteen to
twelve, which would have turned out all
the present Circuit Judges and, necessitated
the election of new ones. The vote on the
passage of the bill was 17 ayes to' 20 nays, -
three Re adi usters voting with the Demo
brats. The bill had previously passed the
House by a large majority. The Demo
crats are greatly elated over their victory
and express the belief that other extreme
measures will share . the same fate : in the
Senate. - .
LOUISIANA.
Aid for the Overflow SaflTerers The
. Condition; "Dally Growing "Worse.
!; By Telegraph to the Morning Stat. . .
s New Orleans,- March 30. Tow-boats,
fiats, barges, skiffs, forage and rations have
been forwarded to Bayou Grossette. The
relief committee is active at work, doing
good service, land supplying lumber, forage, i
medicines, &c. The demand for supplies
is increasing ftaily as i ' the water continues
to spread over Grossette, Atchafalaya and
Bayou 'Teche sections. - Along the Teche
some thirty plantations are - reported more
or less damaged by backwater-from Atch
afalaya and .Grand Lake. -The condition
of affairs along Atchafalaya ia daily grow-;
ing worse, j ; -V, i -
The coroner's jury in the case of the
burned steamer "Gulden! City find , that
the fire was caused bylhtr-eolored j captain
of the watch setting fire to a lot 1 of jute.
Criminal carelessness is alleged against the
officers of the boat for the manner in which
the" cargo was stowed, and for ! a. lack of
strict orders in regard to handling lamps. '
ISpitfts Tiirpentine.
: Charlotte Observer.? (rfinrcA R..
Everitt, Collector of the Fifth District, went
down to the-colored Convention at Golds
boro Tuesday; to take a hand in- the pro
ceedings. He swears that he can prove
that C. Hi Moore who is ensrineerinir tha
meetings of colored men in his District to
protest against his administration, is hired
.by. those who are trying to. wrest the Col
JeiptorshipfromMm'1 .
t j--Greensboro Patriot:: Wheat and
oats are looking fine and promising.
Gen. Scales has been confined to his bed by
an1 attack of rheumatism for one week.
'A field of wheat a few miles from town is '
filling up beautifully. It will be ready for .
the. scythe by the middle of May. ;
Greensboro is to have an independent Re
publican newspaper. Its publication will
begin about the 1st of May. r : -
" I Milton Chronicle: '- When we
tell the people of Person - and - Granville
-comntics that if they want a railroad from -Milton
to Roxboro', or via Roxboro' to Ox
ford, they can get it, we mean business, not
.tajk. N.-T -Riggs," J.B. Gretter and
Tie -xr-,i .nn ,,.j..n.n..
I tor G. B. Everett (and a trio of as good
officers as . ever smashed a death-dealing
difetillery,) captured in this :county a few
dys ago three illicit distilleries one near
Hjrcotee, one hear Leasburg, and one near
Prospect ; Hill. About 2,000 gallons of
beer. 150 gallons of singlings. 50 eallons of
wjiiskey three copper stills,' and ;a lot of
meal, malt, &c.,j were captured, Now boys,
this illicit business wont begin to pay. ' i ;
!t(QU&Observer:A bill,? en
tiled "An act to incorporate the Virginia &
North Carolina Railroad Company." is now
before the Virginia Legislature. 'It passed
both houses at the last session and was ve
toed by the Governor, but its friends are
ptill endeavoring . to carry it through. . It
contemplates the construction of a railroad
from Richmond direct to Raleigh, there to
connect with : the Raleigh& Augusta Air
line, At Raleigh it strikes what is now
known as the Robinson roads (the Raleigh
& Augusta Air-Line and the Carolina Cen-
tral). The Boston Herald, Of Sunday,
has a three-column biographical sketch of
Wm. J. Best, President of the Midland
Railroad, whom it pronounces one of the
"notable men of the day. He may be all
that but we will wait and see how the -Midland
pans out before we chime in. r
- : Goldsboro Messenger: The- re-"
mains of Dr. IL P. Moseley, son of Capt .
A. G.r Moseleyj of Duplin county, passed
through Goldsboro' one day ' last week, en
route for Warsaw, for burial. But a few -months
ago the young man went to - Texas
td seek his destiny in that State; " The
-Wilmington Stab kindly states- that the
.Messenger "claims to have a circulation of
nearly 6,000.": j We do not. claim that we
have. . ; Our books and the lists published
put the matter beyond claiming. . - - We
learn with pleasure thatjour young town-s'
man, Mr.-W.f S. O'B. Robinson, has been
nominated by the President for the position
of U.- S.i District Attorney for the Eastern
District of North Carolin, as the successor
to Judge J. W. Albertson. Mr. Robinson
is a young lawyer of more than ordinary
ability, and a Republican from the cradle
up, and not for the sake of office. " We feel
satisfied that he will do the important place ;
full justice and reflect credit upon himself.
Mr. Robinson was an elector on the Gar
field ticket made an active canvass, : and
polled the highest vote .on the Republican
side in the. State. We trust his appoint
ment will be confirmed. '
i TarborO Southerner : The ap
pointment of W. P. Williamson, Slate Sen-'
ator, to. be postmaster at this place, seems '
to be hung up in the committee, r-peter
H. Bunn, after; an illness of twenty-eight
. days, finally succumbed to the grim mon
ster yesterday at 8.30 A. M. - On the 2nd of
this month he was accidentally shot (how he
was shot is veiled in doubt), the ball taking
effect in the leg just above the knee. The
..location of the ball was never .ascertained.
About the 10th or 12th blood poisoning set
in and from that time up. to yesterday, he
ia hovered between life and death.
situng juaev, came up on r riaay expecim?
to hold a protracted meeting, but was taken
suddenly sick and. connned to nis oea until
yesterday :evenmg,; when he was carried to
the train (for Toisnot) in a very feeble con
dition. He has been a faithful soldier and
obedient servant in . the army of the Lord, .
and though he is now advanced in years, ,
it is hoped that many more may be added. .
Dr. Closs is now in his seventy-fifth year.
Capt. Simmons, of Weldon, who frequent- ;
ly visits his j friends in Edgecombe, was
present Sunday at the meeting he is in
liia oiorht.ir-fifth veiir tntallv hlind. hut
sprightly in mind and cheerful, and likes a
joke as well as ever. ! ?; ;
: -Fayetteville Landmark: Mumps
have prevailed in this community for the .
last few weeks.' The ranks of the Graded .
School show a considerable thinning out
Two of the teachers have been suffering
from the disease. The State Depart
ment of Agriculture is supported by means
of taxes on the sale of fertilizers, and can
therefore well afford to advertise the analysis
of different fertilizers in its bulletins, but
we agree with the Farmer and Mechanic .
that the State press is under no obligation '
to give these fertilizers a free advertisement.
4 -Cotton factories are being built m va
rious localities in the South to be run by
steam or water power as convenience may
dictate. Here at Fayetteville are water
powers sufficient to run good sized facto
ries, unused, which may be purchased at
low figures, j These sites are within a half
mile of the market square where cotton
may be purchased in any quantity through-'
out the year direct from the producer. The
yarns or sheetings when manufactured may -'
be shipped from this point by rail or by the -river
on terms which leave no ground for
complaint, as the tariff on through freight
is extremely reasonable, by both routes.
Raleigh News- Observer: At
9:30 a. m. ; yesterday the Baptist Sunday
School Convention was called to order by
the PresidemyN. B. Broughton Esq., and
a very interesting praise meeting was con
ducted fof half an hour by Rev. W.F.
Sherwin. . : Names of delegates were then
enrolled, and over a hundred were found
to be in attendance. A committee on per- -manent
organization being appointed a re-
grt was made as follows: President, N. B.
roughton, of Raleigh. Vice-President
Dr. W.D. Watson, Rives' Chapel; D. H.j
Graves, Selma; C M Williams, Asheville;
John D. Davis, Beaufort. Treasurer, Jos. ;
D. Joyner, Raleigh. Secretaries R. D.
Graham. Charlotte; T. P..' Hobgood, Ox
ford. The address of welcome was re- ;
ponded to in an exceedingly pleasant and .
appropriate manner by-Rev. W. A. Nel
son, D. D. of Shelby, and a large influence
bf Christian brotherhood and good feeling
was awakened by the response. Rev. Dr. :
Hatcher, of Virginia, and Rev. Wl P.
Sherwin, of Cincinnati, were .welcomed to
seats in the convention. Rev. Mr. Sher
win then delivered to the body a message of
love and encouragement from the Cincin
nati fiiinilair snhnnla anVI tho til an Ira rtf thf
convention were tendered " to ' ; them.
The census tables show that there are .
19,727 North Carolinians in . Arkansas, of
whom 13,830 ? are " whites, and that 17,297
North Carolinians ' have- passed over the
southern border and taken up . with the
South Carolinians. Of these 10,415 are
whites. '. r Some of. our friends seem to
have wished for an extra session in order
to settle the matter of the county govern
ment system.. -That was up ; at the former
session of the Legislature, and a bill to re
peal the system came within two votes of
passing the House It seems likely that
had there been an extra session, the bill to
repeal the measure would have passed the
House and would have failed in the Sen
ate. The matter would hardly have been
settled, -r - i,