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SXTBSGItlPTIONtttTCE.
The subscri6tioH price of- the
Staii is as follows r . ' .
Single Ctopy 1 year, postage paid ,
?; t months, r " I.
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"XJNITKO WK STAMD.M
The Republicans of the State are
doubtless counting largely .: for suc-
cess upon the disagreement among
the Democrats vas to county govern.
raent, railroads,' the ; tariff and
thei
temperance question
they will be disappointed altogether
: inheir 'calculations.; r The Tailroad
question v wilhsettle itself. The ta-:
riff will not be . a . chief question in
the approaching campaign, although
in 1884 j it promises - to be the great
test "question" in Vthe general election
The temperance question cannot-be
made aj party question, and cannot,'
therefore," settle the" fate of either
. party, r As to ' the county -govern-ment
question it .cannot be .used to
defeat the I)emocrauc party unless
its leaders, have far i less intelli
gence than they are ' presumed ' to
,hav. Of eouree if the delegates
' in convention - assembled, who come
from t the West or Centre, ' were to
endeavor to 'introduce a resolution
remanding the'negm counties to the
controtof the vicious elements that
fleeced and oppressed them through
so many years; then there would - be
serious fears of a split and .then the
'JUT
a triumph based-opon
iumph basedr-opon snch a wide- I
spread disaffection as would follow.
But i we are assured by travellers
who have been in thq West, and ,by
papers : published in jthe West, that
the people of that important section
are not clamoring for. a change of
the present law, and do "not feel bur
dened jor outraged im the least by it.
So we!do not anticipate tiny serious
difficulty', in ' the Democratic State
Convention, and we do not suppose the
'Legislature,'if Democratic, will under-
t take to enact a law, or to, so change
the present-law as to make it distaste
ful to or oppressive of 'the twenty-
. five or thirty . counties - that : suf
fered so much under? negro 1 rule in
the past So we may hope that :the
county government question, how
ever much it may enter into the - dis-
. cussions of .the ' campaign,"! will not
prove a wedge to :sundr the,, party
or a wet blanket to suppress . .the en
thusiasm of Democrats.
- It is a good i omen when as able
and sagacious ' a politician as ' Col.
Armfield is known to be is for stand --
ing not only by the present law con
cerning county governments, but he
regards it as a ; real"' elements "of
strength ,j for the ' Democrats; He
. favors the election of magis trates by
the Legislature, and I the appointing
of , county commissioners ; by the
macristrates. This us the way ? it
ought to be done. . It is the good old
way J of onr patriotic and ' - liberty-
loving forefathers iof the menr who
' - . -i
won our liberties and gave srlorv to
the State. "
It is manifest tha the question as
handled : by the ; Republicans is- all
for "buncombe." What da they care
about tlje rights pf the people ?
When did they ? ever ' champion' the
claims of the whites'? " Why if they
are sincere in ;theiri clamor now for
r-1 - J.'-' - - "
the enlarged rights and privileges of
the people, do theyf not' extend the
principle of electing magistrates,
&c.,' by the people to the ' election of
postmasters,' , U4 S.; .Marshals, U. S.
Deputies, ! Revenue ' Collectors,; &c,
by the. people also ? . It is a mere
- dodge that is all.
By the way,' if ;we may be par
doned for referring' to it; is it not a
. little singular that some Democratic
paperg published in counties that
have been .-among . jthe worst of the
ill-governed and the ' pillaged in the;
days gone by, should be insisting that'
the people of their counties, "and of
""""TTT
C the
ate - sliall have the
to clzct
magistrates.. ' Soma
C7 ,
papers, 'Hve Tentnre to
V-li ' ",tr- s'JggeBtionsare adopted,
3 trp some fine morning an J
;c;---tl.-fc taej Ee-IUcans' have,
coiiti v " . TTe Livti not yet bees a'ble
tc ?e .7 raperst an .the r.earo conn-
tics can f.ivor tit'r 'dan 'atiort. forr'
lit ww (iinouni, jtnjt in tiJ ena an
riaw o$ p r.st experience. TThe TVesl-
srnrp era. cave- pom ted to this car-:
ons -wnaitidn o
Unity of policy; of principle and! i
-mi
iK- $qri?F:jro easeiaucejtainly : f
crastrttmplt l-hty "hsfpufrtoeth
er. r If good,- trustworthy" men are
chosen for office "then there ought to
be appreciation enough of the neces
sity of a victory to induce all Demo
crats to. harmonize and to work zeal
ously for success.
SIX ARTICLES.
- According to . a" recent article in
the New. York Times, that is going
the rounds, there are , six articles of
imports that contributed alone 69
per cent, of ' the , total receipts from
the high protective tax. The follow--
inor ar t.ho ficrnrfiar . r . v f ? ;
a -"I- O --!:!, .i..,. j
Duties. ' Per Ct.
Sugar and molasses. V. $47,984,032 i 24.79
"Wool and woolens. . . . . 27,285,624 1
Iron and steel and manu- ' " j
f actures . , . i '. . 21,462,534
Silk and manufactures... 19,038,665 j
Cotton and " manufac- -- r - j
- tares, t 10,825,115 f
Flax and manufactures. 6,984,375 1
14.10
11.09
9.84
5.59
8.60
Total.!. . .. .. ..... .$133,580,345 69.01
- These figures , will do to scrutinize.
On the grades - of s sugar and mo
lasses, ;! says the ZVmes, principally
imported, the tax was from 55 to 58
per ;cent. ; Sugar i you pay 11 cents
per pound for would be sold to you .
for less than 7 cents if there was no
high protective tariff. That is to
say,' you pay. fronvfour to five dollars
tax on every hundred pounds of
sugar your family consumes. I There-
is not a family in the United States
that is not taxed in this way.. ?
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at least 5 tax, for ithe Times says
the average duty on -wool .and manu
factures of wool was 67 per ent.
So bere was another; -very; heavy tax
levied upon i.every family and every
man and woman in fact in the land.
High , taxes are not burdensome to
the rich, but they oppress the poor
and struggling. The average tax on
iron and steel was 47 per cent. Here
is an article of universal use.! If the
farmer pays 10 cents for a pound of
iron he pays a tax of not less than 4
cents on me sauic. xuis iai iniia
heavily, again on the poor. The rail
roads have paid immense tax in this
wav. h Such fieures are useful and
suggestive. Consider them ..well
Six articles alone brought in revenue
of nearly one hundred and thirty-
four million dollars, a sum that
ought to be enough to run "our Go
vernment for one : year grandly and
would under proper economy.
Rev. Dr., Alpheus W. Wilson,
Bishop elect, was born in Baltimore
and is in his 49th year. Bishop
Keener was also born in Baltimore.
Rev, j Dr. Granberry -was born in
Norfolk. Va.. Dec. 5. 1829. The
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first ballot was as follows: A. W,
Wilson, ' of Baltimore, 122 ; A. G.
Havcrood. of ' Georsria, 99 : Linus
Parker, of Xouisiana, 96; J. C. Gran
berry, of Virginia; 94; R. K. Har
grove, bf Tennessee, 68; ' N. H. D.
Wilson: of North Carolina, 19; R. A.
Young, of Tennessee, 42 ; E: R. Hen
drix, of Missouri, 38; A. P. Fitz
gerald, of Palifice, 35; W. M." Rush,
of Memphis, 34; P. A. Peterson, of
Virfrinia: 32 :" Younar "Allen, China
. a ....... ' r-. . . -
Missioh, 32 ;-B. - M.- Messick, - Louis
viUe,1 28 ; V. J..S.;Key; Georgia,- 2B ;
W. T. Harris,, Memphis, 25; G. G,
Andrews, V- Mississippi, ' 25; Joseph
Anderson White -River, 22 ; E. E.
Willie. Holston, 20; W. B. Tudor,
St. Louis, -18; John B. McFerrin,
Tennessee, 15; J. D. Shaw,: North
Texas, 14; J. W. Hinton,- Georgia,
14; CV W. Miller,' Kentucky, 13; W.
W; Bennett Virginia, 11 ; B.' Craven,
North Carolina, 11; W. W. Duncan,
South Carolina, 11 ; F. S. Bounds, 10.
Dr. Wilson - was ' declared elected
Bishorj On the the next ballot Dr.
Parker received -146, Dr. - Haygood
1 46. Dr. Granberry 140. J They were
9 i w i . . . .
elected, On. the" third ballot Dr.
Hargrove received 173 votes, Re v.-
R..A.:Young 18, W. H. Wilson 17,
E. RJ Hendrix 9tr Hargrove elected.
71
AVe heard a siagula; ted Me
thodist preacher make ' riticisni
more than "twenty yc.
Bishop IL II. -Kavena
;o upon
, J Ken
f wo -years
ur, said
tucky,'who is now- eighty
."The first half
hev "you. wish . he had in:. . r:begun,i
and the last half hour that La would
never stop.' He was slow get'off,
extempore rV jsf, , but
when he attained . hjs.fu"!! : centum1
he was tremendous, ar c r of the'
tie is s.
i "old
mart eloquent,
'to "be ttong an resonant t till
tThe total Jmmjgration for April is
following are the countries:. Englapd
and 'Wales; 9,415; Ireland 11832;!
Scotland, 2,878; Austria, 2,161; Bel-i
gium, 83 ; UenmarK, 2,26y ; it ranee,5
565; Germany 56,582 Hungary,
504; Italy, 6,420; Netherlands, 2,499;
Norway, 3,569 ; Russia, 744 ; Poland, !
340; , Sweden, 8,072 ; ? Switzerland,
1,762; Dominion of Canada, 11,540;
China, 2,571; .and ; from .all' othcri
countries, 468. . - . : .
The Greenback lunacy is prevail
ing, in Pennsylvania. Thomas A,
Armstrong? has been 'nominated for"
Governor with - a jnjl ; State ticket
The fiat has -gone forth that green-5
backs shall be as thick as leaves if
Thomas's arm is strong enough to
turn the machine? r
Loubat, the terrible duellist of New
York, has not been heard from.;., He
killed sixteen men in his sleep. Too
much Limburger with his lager. s
Thirty thousand is the number of
foreign immigrants received in New
York last week." i
The Wilmington Llgnt Infantry An
nlversary- Celebratldn Target Snoot
ing CompetltlTe Drill Sec. ,-
Yesterday, the 20th insfc, being the anni-1
versary of the Wilmington Light Infantry,
the company met at their armory in the
basement of the - City Hall building, at 7
o'clock, A. JL, in pursuance to orders, and
marched to Hilton, -where they; bad. target
r:ir,.,i - was voi iy AfiVdiij
of the Biiooting-- the company 1 returned to '
lk armory and disbanded. 1'"" t -
The prize drill at the Opera House last
night was witnessed by a good sized crowd
and was a very interesting and creditable
affair. Messrs. John C. James, H. C. Mc
Queen and P. A. Lord were the judges
selected, and these gentlemen after atten
tively watching the movements and motions
of the contestants gradually dismissed all
save Sergeant B. W. Dunham and Cor
poral George " Harriss, Jr. Between these
two gentlemen the competition was exceed
ingly close and it was only after several trials
and careful consideration that the prize was
awarded Sergeant Dunhanv 'lion. A. Ml
Waddell presented the prizes in a very
graceful and appropriate speech of a few
minutes, duration" and was" replied to by
Private W. B.' McKoy.'on . behalf "of, the
recipients and the company, t The prizes
weret i A gold badge to Private George
McDuffie, the best shot, and a silver cake
basket to Orderly Sergeant B. W. Dunham,
best drilled member. This concluded the
regular programme', but the' members had
quietly arranged an . addition thereto and
called "upon CoL -Waddell to present to
Captain' John L.' Cantwell.S ' the com
mandant, a beautiful gold-headed cane,
as a token of their appreciation of his ef
forts in the company's behalf.?' Capt. Cant
well, in accepting, thanked the donors most
heartily and assured them of his apprecia
tion of their action, . '.. ; j . ""
The company were then marched to their
armory, where refreshments were served
and the celebration of the day most pleas
antly ended. We are glad to note the suc
cess of the entire affair, believing that it is
bound to create an increased interest in the
organization and redound to its benefit.
Those Mysterious Disappearances. .
We alluded a few, weeks ago to the fact
that Mr.' J. H. Alford. a citizen of the
Caintuck section, in Pender county, ' had
come to this city in the early part of March,
a flat load of wood having been towed down
for him by the steamer John Dawson, and
that he was last seen on the . wharf foot of
Princess street, since which time not the
slightest intimation had been' had of his
whereabouts. He is still missing and his
wife and family think he has been drowned,
but if such has been his fate it is very sm-
crular that nothing has been seen or heard
of his body in all these days; .The body
alluded to some weeks ago as having been
seen in the neighborhood of I'Donalson," a
few miles up -the "river, was there before
Mr. Alford wa3 missing. His whereabouts
is certainly a great mystery. 1 . . ; .
There is a somewhat remarkable coinci
dence in the fact that about five weeks ago
Ezekiel Blizzard, a white resident of Point
Caswell Pender; county, suddenly ' and
mysteriously disappeared from his home,
having been seen,- as far as is now known
by his distressed family, over on the Cape
Fear river, about fifteen miles from home,
He is about 65 years of age, and a wife and
two children- patiently : but . sadly await
some tidings of his whereabouts. 1
INGTON, N; 0., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1882.
LostBat Found. ' -
We unintentionally omitted- to state in
our last, ' as we had ' fully iutended to do,-
that CapV'James I. Metts, of this' city, a
gallant officer of the Confederacy "in the
late "unpleasantness,1 and who was badly ;
wounded in the second day's'flght at Gettys
burg,- hi6. just ; received by express the
sword he carried on that occasion; and
which was given into the jhands of "some ;
person unknown hv tee' confusion : of . the
moment. ;'lThis turned out .to be a'. Mary-
land physician by the; nahie of E. T. R.!
Reeves; who was attending to the wouhdedj
in the rear of the Federal -litics on thati
memorable day,' who could 'not tell after
the fight from whom he received it, except"
that it came fromthe hands of a wounded.
lieutenant. It was only; recenUy that an;
l'nmiirr tnr flio mrnsr Ar-'fho' Bwnr1 ."Or do
leigh which was quickly responded to by
Capt." Metts, who now finds himself in pos
session once more," after nearly twenty
years; of this valuable souvenir of the'
"Lost Cause," which is endeared to him by
so many fond but mournful recollections
and associations. "i-. '- J
Cape Fear Navigation. f j .;.
The work of constructing lighters, or
scows, for the work on the upper Cape;
Fear is - approaching completion. ! We'
learn that the engineer gives it. as his.opin-:
ion that, with the appropriation already
available for the improvement of the.. river
in that direction, nothing more can be done.
than to remove the fallen trees and other
obstructions' from the river, said that an-j
other appropriation will be required' before;
the desirable work of constructing jetties
for the deepening . of f the channel .can be
progressed with.. The cost of prep
aration has been considerable' and
leaves really - no great amount to
operate with; . The construction . of jet
ties and the consequent deepening of the
channel is really the great desideratum in
the way of improving the navigation of
this long neglected stream, and it is ; hoped
that the work now about to commehce will
not be suffered to languish before it has
fully accomplished the purpose whicfe was
intended. 3 , . - i ' '
Blade Bis Escape.
' Charles Heed., colored, who was recently
arrested in Brunswiek county, on a war
rant issued by a magistrate in this city and
endorsed by one in Brunswick charged
with larceny, and who was shot in the
thigh in an attempt to escape from, the
officer who had him in charge, and was
afterwards lodged in jail in (his city, was
sent to' the City Hospital on Monday last,
from winch institution he succeeded in
effecting: his escape on - Wednesday n i ght.
ar .1 i3 now at large. , Reed was apparently
" !ag' very much from his wound and
, ...angabour'oTwrstick IVreflHes:
day afternoon.-
Death of a Prominent Citizen of Ons-
, low.; -
Capt. ,W. P. Ward, a well known citi
zen of Onslow, died at Swansborol inVthat
county on Saturday last, the 13th inst, of
pleuro-pneumonia. Capt. Ward served as
a member of the Legislature . from Jones
county for two terms previous to the war.
and since the war has represented Onslow
for one or more terms in the same body.
fflCeehlenhnrs: Declaration of Inde
pendence.. .-' ' --U- .. .
There was a partial suspension of busi
ness yesterday, the Produce Exchange, the
banks and some places of business being
closed, and the Wilmington Light Infantry
celebrated their anniversary by a parade,
target practice at Hilton and a competitive
drill at the Opera 'House; otherwise there
was but little to distinguish the! day from
any other. We noticed the Consular and
Vice Consular flags flying, and j also seve
ral others on . private buildings, hoisted
inhonor of the day. j
Accident to a Seaman. . ! .
John Hmley, a white seaman, belonging.
on the. schooner EVLaM. Hawes, discharg
ing ice on the 'wharf in front t of Messrs.
Wj E. Davis & Son's ice house, between
Dock and Orange streets,! accidentally fell
from the elevated "platform to the deck of
the vessel, a .distance of some fifteen feet,
injuring his back very, badly. J He was re
moved to the Marine Hospital,. where he
could be subjected to the necessary surgi
cal treatment. ' ' ' " ,
Cotton Receipts. 1 .
The receipts of cotton during the past
week footed up 479: bales, as! against 388
bales from the 16th to the 23d of May last
year.s-ir
The receipts .for the crop year" to date
foot up 185,633 ;bales," as against 115,750
bales up to the 23d of May last year being
an increase in favor vof the present crop
year of 19.U83 bales. f ,
Clinton and' Point Caswell Railroad.
The committees' to solicit . subscriptions
for the proposed Clinton and Point Caswell
Railroad are still engagedin efforts to secure
the necessary amount, and expect on Mon
day and Tuesday to call 00 such of .our
business men of means as have not already
been interviewed."- It ; is not proposed to
slight any by not giving them, a chance to
identify themselves with the enterprise. It
is expected that the -committees will con-'
elude their labors in the early! part bf this
coming week, ' when it is hoped the company
will be enabled to effect an organization.
Mr. T. B. Kingsbury of- this
city,, has been invited by the iMethodists of '
Halifax county to pronounce a: eulogy on
the life and character of the late Rev.
Thomas G. Lowe, who k was' one. of the
greatest pulpit orators ..of. the South, and
was a native of that county. The eulogy
will be delivered on the 24th of June next,
at the new church just erected at Haywobds, '
in ; sight of . Mr.: Lowe's birthplace, f and;
where he first united with the Methodists.
I
;THE ZIETMODISTS.
Ordination of l":o New Eishops Com-
uilttee rieports, Sec. ' 1
' 'By Telegraph to the Morning Star.' '
NASHVH'i.r:; llav 18. The General Con-1
ference of the Uethodist Episcopal Church, ;
South, decided not to elect a Bishop in the ;
place of A G. Haygood, elected on . Mon-;
day, ana wno declined tQ he ordained. : -
- The committee on Revisal presented a re-
port recommending a , change'in the name of I
the Church to Episcopal Methodist Church, i
Kev. ,Amoa ; Kendalt of the JiussissinDl.-
.Conference, expelled, was remanded for an-;
nthpr trial J - S - ' s !:..'!
A. H.; SutherlandU of Texas presented a1
resolution, which lays over. tor. considera-
uuu, ueciariiig tuai, it w vouirary to-mei
principles of the American Isiule Society to4
teach -the peculiar doctrines of any Church.!
andr claiming Uiat they - teach Calvinism, by :
tne pu bucation, ot the opanish version of,
the Bible, with notes and comments.
The Coaf erefiCe aooptedl a plan for Church?
Drs. Lewis FafkerTew '"Orleans; ; UrK
Hargrove.ahville J. ? ; C. Granberry, f
Ifcshviue, and A. r W.' Wilson, Baltimore, f
were ordained jj bishops- bf the Southern
Methodist Church in the: presence of one
thousand people,, at McKendree church this .
afternoon. ,; . ' '" "?.'l
The Secretary of the American Bible!
Society Before the General Confer
ence Resolutions, See.
' Nashvixle. Tenn. ; May 19. -Rev. T. A."
Hunt,: Secretary of the - American Bible
Society, was before the General Conference;
of the Methodist Eniscorjal Church South
to-day, andjnade a statement of the. good
work being accomplished by the Society.;
A resolution was presented commending,
the; work of the. Young Men's . Christian'
Association., "A 'resolution was also adopted
to visit Mrsex-President Polk to-morrow.!
Mr. McFerrin, the Book Agent, gave no-;
tice that he would shortly publish in the
vnnman Advocate the reply of liev. It. a.'
Bedford, former book agent, to the charges
of the Book Committee, together with the
forthcomings report of! the committee on
Publishing interests. . - -
WASHnSTGTON. r ?.
Provisions of the Five Per' Cent. Xand
r-'-ti -ni -fs fHmu..fiBM4
Washington! May 19. The Five per
Cent. .Land bill passed in the Senate to-day
provides that lands v- entered . by military
scrip or bounty land warrants in, the States
of Ohio, Indiana, -Illinois Missouri, Michi
gan, Wisconsin,' Minnesota; - Iowa, "Ne
braska, Kansas; Arkansas, Louisiana,: Ala
bama, Mississippi, Florida, Oregon Ne
vada and Colorado,5 including - Virginia
military and Uj S. military, land, warrants
located in Ohio, shall be construed to-come
within the provisions of the law for the
payment to States of 5 per centum of the
proceeds of public lands disposed of within
their borders; the lands to be estimated at
the rate of $1 25 per acre, and payments to
be made in cash. It is also provided' that
money ? remaining on the books of the
Treasury to the credit of any of the public
land States, under the act of 1836, which
distributed thej Treasury surplus, shall not
be charged as an onset against any . part of
the amount coining to the State under the
DHL Tne bill nrohibits K tales from navins?
any part of the money received by them to"
agents or attorneys tor services m procur
mg the passage of the act, or in connection
with the claims of States, unless such pay
ments are authorized by State . laws passed
at terthe date of the act.,- By. an amend
ment adopted to-day the benefits of the
foregoing provisions are extended to Cali
fornia. I
MECKLENBURG.
Celebration? of . the ' Anniversary at
Charlotte Senators Vanee, Bansom
and Bayard Take Part In the Cere
moniesImmense Crowd In Attend
ance. I .r:'';' ; : A'
CHABI.OTTE. N. Cl. Mav 20 The 107th
anniversary jof the Declaration of Inde
pendence by the people of Mecklenburg
county," on the 20th day'ot May, 1775, was
celebrated , here to-day - with . great eclat.
Senator Vance made the welcoming speech,
Senator Ransom read the Declaration, and
Senator Bayard, of Delaware,, was - orator"
of the occasion. ; "The two Senators', from
South Carolina," ' Butler and- Hampton ;
Congressmen Scales- Cox and Armfield. of
this State; Robinson, of Hew York; Berry,
of California; and Gov. Jarvis and staff
were present. ...V-V -'r''' '
The review ot .tne jNorth uaroiina state
Guard, byj the -Governor and Adjutant
General of the State took place on Inde
pendence Square the spot, on which - the
Declaration, was said to have been made.
Fire compahiea from Augusta, Ga. ; Colum
bia, Greenville, ' and Spartanburg, S. C,
and ; Danville, .Va, took, part, with the
Charlotte" firemen in the parade. Military
companies were present from South Caro
lina, and the military parade, while not
large, was f imposing.. The crowd present
was variously estimated at from 10,000 to
15,000. I - ' . j '
CQTTOX HErOBTS.
i
The Monthly Acreage and Crop State
ments to he :Diseontlnned The Re
ports o Iocal Exchanges found Un
reliable, j -.7.4 . - ; . .1 '
New -York, May 20. The New York
Cotton Exchange was notified yesterday by
the National : Cotton: Exchange, of New
Orleans, that henceforth the monthly, crop
and. acreage reports are to be discontinued.
It is alleged that these reports, prepared by,
local Exchanges ' throughout - the - South,
upon information from planters and traders,
have been found to be mreliable. ' They
advance the local interests ; instead of indi
cating the! real conditions, of the crop, thus
enabling speculjators to influence the mar
ket. - ;s-:"-4 - .' .nimff'-rit--rii
-ft-
.TENNESSEE-
- 1 ;
The State Debt Rills Passed by the.
ll . legislature. -r ' "f .
NAsrrviLi,E.,..May 20. The House ; of.
Representatives last evening, passed, by a
vote of 42 to 29, the. State Debt bills sub
mitted by the committee who recently
visited New Yorkta confer with the holders
of Tennesse bonds: - The-bill will be signed
by; Gov, .Hawkins. Jhe extra session of
the General Assembly, called to consider the
settlement of the debtr will end Monday j :;
COTTON.
A Summary of the Crop to Date. . ,
i: . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ;
, New York,,: May 20. Receipts of cotton
at all : interior ; towns, 10,469 bales; re-1
ceipts from ' ' plantations,' 8, 669 bales ; crop
in sight, 5,222,505 Dales. The total -visible
supply of cotton for the world is 2,635,503
bales, of which 1,633,469 bales are Ameri
can, against a, 813,678 ana 3,12U,468 re
spectively last year. .. ; ;
'- The Secretary of the Navy , has-: ordered
the Uj 8. steamer Wachusett to Harris
burg, Alaska, to preserve order among the
quarrelling miners there.
NO. -30
Georgia:
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State Democratic Convention Organ-
Izattonof the Presbyterian General
Assembly, -t. , r" ,v, t-
; , - DJy Teleeraph to the Morning Star.l
.; Atlanta, May 18. The State Demo
cratic Executive Committee mefhere to-day
and called a convention, to meet July' 19th,
in Atlanta, to nominate State offieers and
ConaTessman-at-larffe. Each countv is -en-:
titled to representation double thafc in the5
' Legislature. - . :; : j ;
The General Assembly- of the; Southern
r Presbyterian- Church met here to-day, andJ
organized for the session by electing BHj
Smootof Austin, Texad,tModeratorj 1 The;
opening sermon, was preached bv Rev. '
5 yi-5
; t THEPMESBYTEUIAJSfS.
I''.'
Sontbern General Assembly Annual
Benorts Fraternal Belatlons, Seel,, j
fBy Telegraph to the Morning Star j v ;
Gp-neral AssenUiijJthSouthera Presby-
n Church; ; Dr.. Smoott, . Moderator, Ua" by. name, was arrested and carried to
ding; received Dr.K Gregory, delegate' r;LaGrange last Wednesday for cruelly beat-
presii
j .The annual report on mission work
were encouraging The subject of frater-i
nal relations was Introduced and referred
to the committee on Foreign Correspond
denee.Lof which Rev: Wm; Brown is chair-;
man.H - . " - - u j j
I Upwards of thirty overtures .were: pre
sented to the Assembly: -- ' "
The General Assembly at Atlanta!
Christian'. Greetings Next Place pf
ITTnAtfncr. Art.' --- - !,
Hy Telegrapn to the Morning Star. '11 1
-t J Atlanta.1 wa. . JUav-.JJO. The Southern.
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Presbyterian Assembly has ' developed into
a very full one. In to-day's session tele-;
grams of Christian: greeting were received
from the Cumberland Presbyterian Assem4 1
bly and from the Northern Presbyterian; f
Assemblyr and cordial responses were sent.!
The Assembly decided not to take action
approving the revision -of the New Testae
ment at present. . . , 'ji j
1 Next year's meeting of the 'Assembly
will be held at Lexington, Ky. j-- i- fy. i
I A delegate from the - Dutch Reformed
Church was heard to-day, and the Modera-j
tor responded.
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NEWYOKK. .
A' Doctor : shot "While
I Body-Snatchlns The
Engaged In
. Defanltlns
! fTaatifAl- nnllanraT In Toll -
I - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ;
: cybacuse,, May is. me insensible body
bf Dn Henry W. Kendall was found h a
meadow near the County Poor nouse Cem
etery,' four miles from this city, this morn
ing, with a bullet hole between the eyes. -
4 full tit .nf -TA.iii-nt;nT.;on i :
found near the . body. It '. is. supposed that
Kendall waa engaged in body-snatchiiig,
and either shot himself or was shot by a
I New York, May 18. Seneca V. Holla
way,' the defaulting cashier of the JFkst
National Bank, Poughkeepsie, -was dis
jcharged as cured from the lunatic asylam
yesterday, and was arrested on a bench
"Warrant at the door of the asylum and
.Drougnt Here and lodged, in LiudloW street,
jail, j To-dayhe was brought befbreXTned
States Commissioner Shields 'and bail fixed
at $20,000. He remains in custody Until
me ponu is given. -. -; - J 1 " I
The Case of Ex-Gov. Moses Plea! of
j Insanity to be Entered Destruction
by Plre or the Knitting Mills at
;.; .Seneca Falls. jr.-.j
I ! fBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.
1 New York. May 1& On anrjlication of
i counsel, the case of ex-Gov. Franklin J.
Moses was indefinitely postponed, i A plea
of insanity will be entered to morrow. Iju 1
f Auburn, N.- Y., May 18: The" knitting
mills at Seneca Falls are in flames,' and will
be 1 totally destroyed. The -loss will be
i $100,000; fully insured. Three hundred
I operatives are thrown out of employment.
iHi'itr. uieason. 01 JNew x orK. ; is the owner.
VIRGINIA.
: Episcopalian Council BlshepAFhlttle
, and the Proposed Dlylslon
of. the
' Bloeese. .: - - I-.v;i : ': : 'teV (-."
H ( -: By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
1 i
I jcHuitiroiJi, may i. vvuen- me sutxject
HT r r , m i ; . - .
01 a division or tne Uiocese came up again
to-day in the Episcopal Council, Bishop
j Whittle after reviewing the history, of the
agitation of the question and the action of
the last general convention in refusing, said
he had hoped the matter would be allowed
to rest. - He had been utterly surprised by
the introduction of -f the resolution ye$ter
day. He had seen nothing to indicate $hat
the laity desired such division, and refused
to entertain any motion whatever haying
for its object the curtailing of his rights as
Bishop of the Diocese. - When the question;
iwas further argued by . Hon. B. Johnson
Barbour, ex-Senator Withers and others j
the Bishop arose and said thst he didn't pke
to be bullied baited and driven into a por
ner. He would take all that had been said
to heart during the coming year, but he
declined to entertain any motion onithe
subject now. - --v.:--. r
UOTTOJX s STATEMENT.
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Total Receipts at all American Ports
. , Since September. ' I
1 IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l
It.
New York, ' May 19. The i following
are the total "receipts of cotton' at all the
ports since September 1 18811 Galveston,
417,319 bales; New.Orleans, l,155.698Mb-:
ibile, 257,068; Savannah, 712,316; Charles
ton 486,294; Wilmington. 132,553; Nbr
folk, ! 588,970: Baltimore, 35;463 New
I York, 165,557 ; Boston;- 218,389; Provi
Idence, 12,261; Philadelphia, 71,402; City
'Point and West Point, 171,717; Brans
wick, 6,824; Port Royal, 22.542; Pensacnja.
;10,137; Portlands 7,694: Indianola, 13
1 647; Washington, 10,501. ' Total 4,498,38'
bales. i , -s . ;.' ?
THE GALLOWS. '
! A. Wife Murderer Buns Marlon
.:wT.i-f if KN.- c.mMiJim44 f.i
i Raleigh, N. C, May 19. A special to
! the , News-Observer from Marion, N4 C,
reports the I- execution i there to-day - of
Stephen G. Efllix, aged twenty-five years.
convicted of wife-murder in Burke county.
j He made a confession that he strangled his
wife ; when . asleep in bed and broke ;her
heck; He rode with the sheriff.' guarded
by sixtyarmed :meh,3 to the gallows,;fpl-
lowea by an immense crowd. After prayer
he made a" harangue an : hour longand ex
pressed his willingness to die. ; His neck
was broken
t:
Hundred Thousand Dollar 4 Fire In
"Waxahatchle.; )
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Galveston'5 May 20. A Waxahatchie
special says a fire Thursday nightdestrbyed
twenty-five buildings. Loss, estimated at
$100,000; insurance $58,000.
i:-TEXAS.';:t
" I .Spu its Turpc. - tme,
-The Durham-artesian" well is
1,700 feet deep and no water. - - 7 .
1 . 17ew Cerne 2fut l$neU: Straw-'
berries were selling on ourstreets j'esterda'
at five cents per quart. - This 13 the price
usually paid here for black "or dewberries..
1 Raleigh . 'News- Observer : .Wil
liam T.' Alston died yesterday at his lalo
residence in Warren ton, after a long and
painful illness, in 4he fifty-foufth --year of ;
his age. ?!,'- ' "
.; Alsanca NaiiondL-Ala.ma.nce
'county has wheat of feet highflntl so thick,
that. the birds are making nests in it. . B. F.
.'Roney will show you the wheat and nests. -Good
for Alamance:
.-' -' The. New Berne Journal thiuks ;
there are 100,000 pounds o abutter sold
there yearly.What about "oleomargarine,"
much of - which-is preferable to so-called -,
butter that sells sometimes for double.? '
r.X-rrr- RockinghariBee;The Revival
sheetings in, the Methodist . JChurch .closed
last Sunday night-- Thererwero 77 profes
sions of faith in ChrisCand'70 additions to
the church by accession and certificate, re
farted' as.the,retolt4.4li'vyivi , u t"
I - , Oreenville liefla tor :, Corn and
'wheat' arelcokhigwelK; Cotton is" con
,'sidcrably damaged byC- the .c4.d . weather. :T
t . t Shad fishing is now- over with for the
season. All thCi'seines and. other nets for
their capture were taken out last. week. -.
-tirr;.'Kinsbn;Je fVewsr -Qn Satur
day a man came to- town whose Jiairwa& -:
abont 18 TffcffeSI.'ra uncial withtlnc
uig uia nine gir vuu -wiia ouiy uuuyi.o or u -
years oict -
j Charlotte Observer: - The .-exer-
eises of yesterday, the opening day llle ;
celebration, were opened by a shooUng
contest at the old fair grounds,, between
-the Hornet's Nest Riflemen; of Charlotte, ;
and ; the Mecklenburg Guard, of Sugar
Creek. The match resulted in a victory for
the latter company, which carried . off both
the prizes. 1 -"--,",' 5
J-t Newton Enterprise: The- New
ton cotton mills company have begun work
oh the cotton factory by .hauling: in sand
and other material "for the building, and
work will begin in earnest at an early day.
iJut wnetner that wastthe intention o , .
the-committee or not. wo agree with the
Wilmington Stab that "the language '.is
plain and does not' admit of such an inter
pretation. We do not believe that any
county is entitled to more delegates than it
has votes. -: " : - -
r : 1 rf Goldshoro Messenger: We learn
from Mr. " H. McLean superintendent " of
the Midland road construction, that he
contemplates having the rail put down to
Smithfield by . the 1st 1 of June. .-. We learn
also that the work,' of putting down new
rail was begun ,'oa the;: Atlantic .road hear .
New Berne. - Mr. , McLean assures us that -the
report so freely circulated, to the effect
that the syndicate had again forsaken Mr.
Best, : is ; maliciouslyj; false and without : a
6badqw of foundation. r r': t . , .'
-i Greensboro Patriot: Mott v. to .
Keogh: You lie and you :know ; you do.
Take it back.- " Now let s 'the bewildering
force of the coalition" movement'- proceed.
Molt shows hishand.v- He would join
hands with- the devil-himself to' beat the
"Bourbon" Democracy. . Collector
Cooper -says confidentially,' of - course:
'j'Between the Republican and'ATtti-Prohi-qition
parties a platform will be construc
ted that politicians of every shade and hue -
can stand on. The mulemum is at hanav
. Rockingham South : , Tom Mil-.
er, j colored, was brought . to town ami
lodged in jail last Wednesday, charged with
entering the house of . a colored man and
white man, Bailey, was also lodged in jail
the same day charged with the larceny of a
gun. Richmond county now has
fourteen prisoners in charge awaiting trial
at the ensuing term of the Superior Court
nine being in the jail . here, and five in
Wadesboro jail. . There are over 140 cases
ion the civil docket, and upward , of eighty
on the criminal docKet. . .
i Milton Chronicle:. We are glad .
to learn from the . Oxford rFvc6 Lance that
the stage line from that , town to this is
likely to prove a fixed fact. Mr. ,' S.
Covington, a prominent planter living near
North Hyco, brought us last Saturday 20
stalks of rye, all the product of one grain, :
and each stalk of rye was nine feet long
and bore a head 9 inches - in length. He
has an acre, just like . it. ; This rye was
raised in Caswell. The indications are
that the heaviest "crop of tobacco will! be
planted this year ever before-knownand it
will all go to pay for fertilizers, hog and
-hominy. Wo would advise planters to try
cotton as well as tobacco. It is a much less
troublesome crop and the oil of the seed, it
is said, beats lard for bread. j
! Winston Sentinel: Peach' trees
are loaded with fruit as; large as hickory
nuts.. ; , - Chas. II. .; Moore, of Grcenboro
and Geo; T. - Wassom, of Goldsboro, " both
colored, spoke in the Court House on Tues
day night on the "The Political Disap
pointments . of the; Negro." . The speeches
in the main were good, and( were full of
cuts - at the Republican Democratic and
Johnston parties. 'On last Friday a
young man - by the name of Slater was
bearing off plank at his father's saw mill in
Stokes county,, when he fell in front of; the
saw, which passed ? through his head and
. body, coming out at his hip, cutting one
arm into three pieces ana cutting bain or
his legs off.- - -Winston has a popula
tion of over 4,000, with water works, a -
steam fire engine, the largest retail general
trade, and the largest tobacco trade of any
place in the State, and don't claim to be a
city either; but she- does claim to be the
biggest town in North Carolina, and is able
to put some of the "cities" in, her side
pocket. ,' r ..- -...!;
-- Raleigh Neios Observer: Judge
Thomas Rufiln- has been - sick for several
days past. At the doorway 5 of the"
Geological Museum is a section of a mon-:
ster black walnut log, five feet in diameter.
It came from Cherokee. We learn that the
remainder of the log was sold a few days
ago, as it stood, for $60, Chief Jus
tice W. N. H. Smith yesterday received a
telegram from his 'wife, who -is under med-
j j-ical, treatment inlNewYc-rk, stating that
she was quite ill.; He left for Hew 1 ork
last night. IChere have arrived at the
Geological Museumia number of specimens
of our " North Carolina . building stones,
granite marbles, &c, as well as some rich
red slate from Anson county. . These spec
imens, with many others, will soon be for
warded by Prof, Kerr to theNational Mu
seum at Washington, in compliance with a
request.' The North Carolina Fruit
Growers Association hi to meet in this city
on Tuesday next, the 23d of May. It
fthnnld he well flitnnrlwl Thv thnsA interact
ed in the growing of , fruits in this State
, Profe8sorDabney, State Chemist, yes
terday showed: us specimens of cotton seed
oil cake, from the mills at New Berne.; The
seed are hulled and' ground up into meal
and then the oil is pressed out by powerful
hydraulic presses, extracting from each ton
of seed 35 or 40 gallons, worth, in a crude
state, 40 cents, and When refined 55 to 60
cents per gallon. The residuum, the cotton
a ;i i vi . 1 , . i aa
ihxu. uu iaih.e, sens at me laciory jor zo
to $30 per ton, ; and retails at $35 per, ton.
The-hull taken from ' the seed are are; also
valuable, so that nothing is lost. Judge
Clark Howell, of Atlanta, died last Sunday.
.He was one of the most ; highly esteemed
residents of that section of the State. -He
was born in Cabarrus couhty, this State; in
1811. "Judge Hoyt said of him: ; VNo man
will ever know the extent of his charities. 'V