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THE GOOD WORK AT RALEIGH.
The work of the Convention will
.rive general' satisfaction, we have no
aoi'iht. 'We do not think that all of
the nominations made arc the most
judicious possible,.' but, with one or
U,wo exceptions, it. is a very BtruuK
;..i.r 'Plw nutinsr appears -to
ba v' let'n hiarked tluoughout. with
the utmost rood feeling and harmony
of purpose. '
Ti..' jiiniointinsr of fifteen lawyers
to lav their opinion ..-before -the
Governor aad his Council relative to
'the question of an extra session of
the Legislature will be a general surt
prise. It will be remembered by the
readers of this paper that : it "was
sti'ongly urged again and again 'in
these (olumns that an extra session
of the Legislature was . a necessity
in, view of the new Congressional
aimortionment. .:We urged that the
lit'ei-ssary machinery was lacking, and
that ( he U. S. House was not com
' nett'iit to. nrovide it. ' But these
views were not regarded, and it was
aunouueed in the pnblie : prints that
ti North Carolina delegation in the
Congress (and we mean both Houses
ivhi'ii ever we use the word Congress),
wre a unit in oppositionto an extra
sessiiwH. "A change has cdme' over
the snirifc of their" convictions it
seisins, ami now they are represented
af Heiug very anxious that ;. Dockery
shall Jibt obtain his seat, ' though
beaten at the polls, by any defect of
'' machinery. r Our "old eitorials,,! as
Jo Turner was wont to refer to - his
many discussions of the same old
thoiiie in the- iSenXinel, would be in
struct lve reading just here. They
woiil-l show, if reproduce,- that un
professional men were able to come
nean r the necessity or the hour than i
liwveriL who were Conjrressmen. -i
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But' by all means call an extra ses-
sioii. or ine ijegisiature;ir mere is
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any danger of Col. Bennett V being
ousid by a technical rlea to be
ured ty the nadicals. it is mani
fest t hat a Democrat has - no claim
whatever" "of retaining his seat, or in
deed of obtaining it, if the Iladicals
in the House can : by 'any: political
hoeuspocus relieve him of" it and
tlierebv ?ive his nlam t.n a brother
contesting Radical who was' never
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elected. "Be. sure
then go ahead.'!
you are ' right,
The abstract of
tl platform ! of
JM-inciiiles adopted,
which 'ia- alL we
have suen, enables us to say that In
the main it strikes ns as judicious and
Wise.
We do !not see1 any ; 'special 1
frisdom in insisting upon a repeal if
internal revenues as yong$& "the
present higV protective, and prohibi-
tor
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1 a,,y
abatement and as Ionf ks the
r remorseless pension law lives to draw
unnumbered and unknowa hundreds
f of millions from the ? pockets of tihe
i people. As an'aira question,' in-!
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jl 1,1 1 ii tii ma.atioji is Ol tiangeroila UT.1II-
;? y. tnd is repugnant to the prejudices
of the peonle. Thev--wOnhl rat frpr
he taxed under the tariff indirectly
five dollars than to be taxed directly
one dollar under the revenue system.-
iV1 a" but a. maiorityi are? of this
way of thinking. We do hot pretend
10 "nderstand such "preference;
ai-AB nas . seen
no reason .'to
ter its convictions-in thei matter of
"'ternal taxation. . It is dangerous to
polish it unless the?ountry ineans
- -u.iu tu rtxam a ni
gh protective;
tariff. It
is very certain that a' tariff' !
that
Will ra,a ffiSr''.-TOT
limr.t 1. . t -- . - ;
u une demands
of our extrava
gant and wasteful General Govern-
y will be high enough to meeV all!
lQe reqmrements of the' indst pYo-
VOL, XIII
nounced i protectionist m. the land.
Our plan is to Readjust thoroughly;
the tariff "and cut down the internal'
taxesr just- a3 rapidly as ; the exigen- J
cies ot ue coumry anu ine exirava-
gances of the Congress and the Ad
ministration will allow. -
We krej glr.d': to 4 know-that the
Democrats in . State Convention as
sembled were, true to their con vie--
tions of right and were determined j
that the JEastern whites should not
be plaebd in v bondage under "their,
task-roasters, the negroes- i ' L : ' . . -
.The declaration of .the Cjonvention
as to the prohibition question is true
. ""SJ"? na.USSf9n. -was never
a panjr question ;iiiNJ?wrLu.varoiiiia.' t
There was' a division ot ; -opinion
among Republicans r in , every town
and village as ' there was a division
among Democrats; The ablest 4 He-
publicans, in. the State were the most
active friends of prohibition. Most
of the strong men of the Democratic
party antagonized it. In households
and even tin editQrial offices there
was i a disagreement on tins' question.'
It is simply a piece of miserable dem-
agogism- to try; to make it a party
question, r mere are KepuDUcan can
didates' now before the people who
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were the sworn allies of the prohl-
bitionists.!
Altogether the work at Raleigh is
full of encouragement. The leaders
have - been chosen. and crood . ones
they arel; .The' enemy.is in the field.
Let the-. Democratic forces be mar
shalled. Let all discords disappear.
Let the people -of every county or
ganize for victory at once. ' - -
- There j has . never ' .been in North
Carolina' such a thing as thorough I
and general organization, in the strict
sense of that word. The main thing
to be done is first to effect a thorough
organization. ! Let the Jarvis plad of
organizing, as adopted in Pitt coun
ty, be adopted and worked thorough
ly in every county, and we will have
no fears of the result in November;
If the State Committee should issue
a circular-- setting forth : the , plan
idtipted ome years, ago in Pitt ccanruj
ty by Capt. Jarvis (now Governor)
for orjranizinsr Tithe Democrats, it
would do a useful thing we' have no
doubt. ' . -
There is a small cotton .factory at
Elizabeth' City that uses the ' cele
brated "Clement Attachment," It
runs bnt 612 ; spindles. A reporter
of the New Berne Journal has been
through the establishment, and from
his account we extract some items of
interest The building, he says, is
45x65, the lower floor being occupied
-ny tne spinaiesy engine : room, omce,
etc. -About one-fourth of the upper
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floor is occupied by the gins and cot-
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ton' cleaner, the balanee being, used
for storing4 seed cotton. There is
plenty of rooin to hold all , the stock
necessary The-' entire ' outfit y cost
$15,000. To buy stock took another
f 8,000 . It 'employs front 15 - to 20
hands, nearly all girls, ' It spins 350
pounds" of coarse yarns ; daily. It
makes also net twine. The fisher-
roeii prefet U to all other makes The
mill is paying 'fairly in spite of ad
verse causes. "The" hands': were all
green, and by the time we got fairly
started the price of yarns dropped
of?f front three toVf our cents in the
pound.".
The: manager Mr.1' J ones,' said - of
the advantages of the Clement:'!
" 4,It dispenses with the machinery to tear
LUC UUUUU W lCV0a WAAV UU pwvH
from the gin to the carderr ine yarns are
bound to be better; because- no waste nor
snnfflsran. ne tnrown-m: mev -nave- w ue
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ounaiea up anq soiu. - -:
iz is connuenuy oeiievu m
per centprofit will be made on the
capital invested., . . -
Prof; Henry E. Shepherd, a native,:
of this Stale,' ; and now: Superinten. ;
dent of 'Public Instruction of Balti
more, lias sailed for Europe,' He will'
remain abroad until geptembOT. The
TTfl' wilt "examine 1 sneciallr the great:
.English dictionary now Deing. puoiisuea.ai'
Oxford. 'for which he has been an Ameri
cad contributor for the past three years.;
Upon reWrning to Baltimore ther JtToressor,
will hand in his resignation tto the" school.
board as superintendent of : publio schools,
and will go to jnanesron, o. . v., xne ist oi
October to assume the position of President
nf ; Charleston : College, to which he has
been electedand will also nil tne cnair or
iUatafiiM-" ,',i':: "r''--. ---:v"ity' -
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Of all living North jCafolini?Hia he
'i4vU t.,SWi nffi fA nf
the , office of
But our sis-
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ter Carolina has wisely captured him.
V- Diedon .Monday, 3rd ihst., in
Northampton , countv,: N.': C:, Mrs. arah
Tiflssiter.-ased 73- vears.---. ' .. -"f
The killing of Maj. Blair by CapL
:IIaile appears7 to -have- been purely
a'personal sfTair. v-. Blairnvas killed
instantly -while advancing :upon
xiaue. : i ne negroes gathered in
Camden as if they 'meant to mob
Haile, who has- been bailed .in the
sum of $5,000 by Judge Kershaw
Mai. Blair waa-the -son of the late.
Gen; James Blair, who served in the
U.S. House for eight years, andkilK J
ed himself in Washington. The News
ana Uourzer says ol mm:, ;
'He was well educated, and' devoted a
naturally strong intellect , to : scientific researches.-
f. He was for many years the edi
tor of the Camden Journal, and was regards
ring the wot he was an officer in Nelson's
nwuu,.iijwu uiiKau&TTaiwrKriniS-
ill neaim to retire. - . v . v
"Mai. Blair was recklessly brave, and
disposed to be aggressive in act and word.
The -letters he wrote during ma canvass tor
Governor and durinsr the Dresent vear were
bitterly abusive, and it is a matter of sur
prise tnat a collision between isiair ana
some one of those whom he assailed had
not taken place before.. ; ,
Capt. Haile married in this State.
; The war has begun. See 1 tele-
eraphia account of . the -.' six-handed
fight at Statesville three on a side.J
One arm broken, one man, Hon. Wm.
M. Robbins, seriously injured, and
another man shot in two places. "Let
shave peace.'-If this thing goes
on there wilL be more, men' slaugh-j
tered or wounded this summer than
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there were in Borne of ? the battles of
the late war. -
Judge" Jerre , Black says , the next
Presidential contest will be between
GenHancoplt pd - Jim Blaine, f i He
says free trade will haVe no little to
do with the next fight. -
s. p. i. company of w. s.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Seaside Park Improvement ,. Company of
Wrightsville Sound had a meeting atlhe
bfHce of E, G. Barker & Cai yesterday, at
12 o'clock, when the Company was duly or
ganized by the election of the following ;
Boabd of Directors F, W. Kerchner,
E. G. Barker, A. H. Greene, H. Yollors, G.
J. Boney.- , , ,
The Board subsequently met and elected
F. W. Kerchner, Esq. , as President, and
CaptW. R. Kenan as Secretary and .Tjea-
surer.
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Without the transaction of any further
business the meeting adjourned,' to meet
again to-day at 11 o'clock.' j t
The Blxhway Boboery Case.
The case of John Johnston, charged with
highway robbery, came up yesterday at 2
p. m., in' th'c '"Court House, before Justice
McQuigg. The gun 'alleged to have 'been
stolen from Master Geo, ; C, Worth was ex
hibited in Coqrt and fully identified as his
property by Mr. D. Q. ; Worth, his son,
Master Frank. Huggins, ;who was .with
young Worth at the time of the robberj",
and by Mr. Geo. A. Peck, " from whom the
weapon was purchased, " As to the identi
fication of Johnston; while it was not posi
tive, both the young men stated that to the
best of their knowledge and belief , he was
the man. while other witnesses testified to
vs. . ..j i. .w.ij: '
scribed, about ' the time the. robbery took
place, and it was also proven that . the de
fendant - carried the -. gun:. In, question
to one Eliza Mack's house some . time
in tKe latter part of January. Taking all
the circumstances and facts together, .the
magistrate felt warranted in holding' John
son, and he was thereupon, required to give
.bond in the sum of $500 for his: appearance
at the next term of the Criminal Court, in
default of which he was committed to jail,
The defence offered no testimony,
Direct Cotton Shipments ' , ! v . -..
During $he past- cotton year,, or ,up to:
Juue 80th, 188?, as we find from the re-;
cords in the Custom Housethe exports of l
cotton direct from Wilmington to foreign;
ports foot ap as follows r
i Iiiverpool53,584 bale8,weighing 25,t0j;.
512- pound, and -valued, at $3,819,379, i
- Bremen 7,289 bales, weighing 3,449,834
pounds; and Valued at $387,821 i;i:;s ,-i': i
I Havre 1,430 bales, frweighing 663,029
i .,Aa i7Q w ?
I ,:- t--t. ' koa k-
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JO.balesweighing 707;800:
pounds, and valued at $84,150.'. '" . . ; ' ; i
s Totaf direct foreign exports 63,833 bales,!
weighing 29,922,175 poundsand valued at
Forefjeit Shipments. -1 ? r'i'
-U-T72;l"": -r i
menteyrte
Flid, Capt. Neilsenp for London; I England,
375 8; -4 m
tela of rosin, , valued -at: f 39,38811 and the
I German barque Edward Pent: Cant.' Kino;
for Hamburg, Gerpiany, ty ! Messrs Patdr-
son-DoW?
rosin Valued
foreign exports for the 'rfayJ$45,695.M
";wCapfceitseh
Uardi; which arrived here on : Wednesday,
Tepbrts having . spoken',- on - June
latitude : 32'ldngitude ,63.44, te schoonpr;
PZ, Gf. ' Wap-entrOt Plymouth, Nova Scotia,'
r bounif to a port in
bouuif to a port in the West Indies.- Capt;
June, in latitii'de ;'4f, Jongitude'-S?, ju'st'af
ter a. ,f northwest storm, passed
t,1 v. . ., i
througha number of casks of spirits tor-
pentine, ' the casks -v being new, and bnght
looking; with heads painted red..:
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pLTJINGTON,2 N. C;, FEroAY, JULY '; '1882:
The Schr. L. Eiurdevant, D, W. Tol-
son - master of Philadelphia, -ia. ashore on
thef beach- near -3I3Ttle ove Sound, or
about six miles '1. or th of Federal " Point. '
Shesailed" from Philadelphia for this "port
! June 25lhy and experienced heavy weather ;
finally epringuig a leak, which was found
to increase with such rapidity that, to save,
the lives ?of the. officers and crew,' Capt.
Tolsori determine to run the vessel ashore.-
She ' was theadedt jfor .the beach,'i which
sne struck at tne point ,naraea on tue
morning of .Wednesday,'- the- 5th inst,"
Her cargo -consists of : fifteen thousand
brick and i three tons , ; of . terra, cotta
pipe; the latter1 for the Clarendon "Water
Works.. Company,; .'At last accounts the
vessel was going t pieces and will prove,, a
total loss, while it is probable that the cargo
Will share the sati? f atel ' The cargo ia fully
insumL- If the: present weath'ejcpntinues
it is thought likely that' the. sails,, rigging,.
anchors ' and chains may be -saved - - The
Sturdevant was' quite,' an old vessel,' having
been built atcWHmington. Del'.Jn 1861,
and registered 123 tons. , She was owned by
James Wallace and others, of Philadelphia.
'j. Since writing the above we have seen Mr.
B. H. Beery, just from the wreck.. who re-,
ports that she commenced goitig to pieces'
yesterday at 12 o'clock, and that when he
left she 'had ' been ' completely broken up,''
The cargo is a total loss.. The sails and
rigging have been stripped from the spars.
Attempted Escape of Prisoners.: .' .'
We. learn from a gentleman of Fayetto-
ville.who arrived in WjJmington yesterday,
that oh Thursday morping last, there was
quite a stir-up iu ur sister ; town, on ac
count of an 'attempt . by the' prisoners of
Cumberland jail to escape. It seems that
Mr. Byrd, the jailor and his assistant, Mr.
Reynolds, had occasion to, go into the jail
where the ' ' prisoners were confined, when
five of them made a concerted attack iipon
the two keepers. ..Suddenly, two of them
seized Mr. ilteynolqa,' tue smaller or tbe
two, whilst the other three assailed Mr.
Byrd with the purpose 'of, disabling . him.
They pinioned his arms and . hurled him
with great 'force against the wall of the
prison, bruising him badly. Mr.lByrd with
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difilculty succeeded in drawing from . his
coat pocket a pistol containing two charges.
With this he fired behind him shattering
the elbow1, of one of his assailants!; and
shooting a ball tkrough the body of r anT
other. '" One of the; others had rushed into
the jail yard and attempted to 'climb out
over the fence, but was pulled back by a
dog kept there for the - purpose. Of the
two other prisoners, one prudently retired
to his cell,'! and the - other,-a woman,' con-'
R charge of fntWeinade her
escape but was soon afterwards - captured;
None 'got, away.1 - It U :, tlio aght 'that the
man who was "shot through the body will
die. .- -- , . ,-,i . . ..
The Illsrhway Bohbery Case. -: " ' '"; '
" The case of John Johnson, charged with
highway robbery, having been arrested on
suspicion of being the party who assaulted
and robbed 'two white youths of this city'
of their guns while out sporting on the 18th
of January last, 5 came ' up before Justice
Millis, in the Court House, yesterday after
noon, at 5; o'clock. -.When the. case was
called and the' State ' signified its readiness
to 'proceed " with ' the trial,' Mr. John D.
Bellamy,' Jr.-, attorney for ,., the. prisoner.
arose and stated that his client desired to
make affidavit that he could not get a fair
impartial trial .before Justice' Millis
I and that he. wished the . case to be re-
moved to some other, tribunal.: The affi
davit of the - prisoner was- then "duly
sworn' ahd'sulxacribed'td, when Justice Mil
lis, in pursuance of his prerogative, trans
ferred the base to Justice E.; H., McQuigg,
and fixed the time for; the hearing of the
same at 4 P. M- to-day, but the hour was
subsequently changed : to 2 P. M., and the
witnesses were recognized to appear at that
hdur.v 1 -: ' -;
'Mr. Marsden Bellamy has beep employed
to conduct the examination on the part of
the State:':C;i?!
Johnson is a tall,' well-built, individual, of
a dark color, and.has .the appearance of. be-
ine anowerful man: -'. .Zhkuh-izZ-.tS
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A Fr;lt-fnl Theme.
cently,i hut th'eyslt So high', thaf'very'
j 4w
they may'
few" can : indulge ia the .. luxury," "though ;
wish' to deCso ever so much; The
price ranged yesterday from 75 eenU to $1
per peck; : while the samS peaches;, could be i
bought almost any where., else at. ou. cents;
per bushel; Tho trouble is irir getting thent i
r iucre w Mv wun ui jJvayHua ouu; i
other fruit; The trees all over .the State:
and hearly all ovef the country -are almost,
breakingHM6wnnooltlre
peaches'' and apples.'
Can't the' huH
roat!seip'nsout;in7tmsTOaeroygm
iWXruijaere far-Kii iia;
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ow as u ijrevcu uw . . V, ,"&)
we may f ex;
pect W'VeeVqMte a'sfappiy of;
Svthi:ard?g:;the1ine?
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peaches from
Mr.
only a sample tf his., fin peaches has ; been;
; f .iVht notisa'InBbecto'M the
sixth msinciwrna-iM ? ffrivM?"1-!
bourn;;i Esq;', Chairman of the ' Board 1 bf
Navigation and Pilotage.of .tiiis Tpu states;
thai ha has found it l'expe(Uent. w( "discon
tinue buoy No. 1, on pak Island Rip; in'
t - r u-oo '.;r !nn i;,,T,t nf-th
the Cape Fear river, On account of the
shoaTiness of the" water. Navigators are re-;
quested; to take noticerif.! f t: in rn
; f Peaches were a-littleJfmere : plentiful; in U
markeiyeladay tUan theyhav heeiire-l
irig I sent ih: ;it is hoped thAtthd rusW from. this:
'i nrices; fora short thne'atf leasljf V3 i t
17th. In S; j ''-'-" -yjiffif a rnWM i
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sFOHEIGN
The Bombardment of Alexandria lr
Admiral Seymour momentarily Ex
pectedThe Egyptian Ministry Re-'
face tolbuidon Work on the Ifortl-,
fleatlonsEnsllab Bestdenta Tablns
nefnse on the Fleet. , ,
. Lottdon, July C. The Time' leading
article confirms the report thatT Admiral
Seymour will send a formal communica
tion .to the Egyptian. : Govemnient to day
m 1 A -- . - "" .
requiring u ioruiwim 10 aDanaon me 00
noxious works. ..If ,Arabi " Pacha refuses
Adntotu-'Sevmou'wu'r immediately open:
flo oni 'KArr bo iA A lfiynpa ?J-
says these instructions are entirely, ipdepen-; j;
fereht category of action:-' They are an act! ! Pfophet, numbered 5,000: .The fight occur
of police rather than an net of war.r They. red near Kardofan. The Egyptians lost
are not -based on the general condition of si cannon.. i, V" tr .
Egypt, nor on the relations .of the Khedive, I .MAtTA, July 8. The British iron-clad
or AraM j Jfacna, nor. on any of the "ques- t
tions referred to the 'Conference, but sim-'
ply on the paramount necessity pf securing 1
the .safety of. the British ;.fleet, . for- which
governmentisresponsrble to.' the country
and cannotsubmit its respohsibilftyto the -
decision ot any conference or the sanction
oi any smgie power. :. , ; ;r.,
Alexandbia." July' 6 Racheb Pacha.'
President of the Council: has ' received' a
telegram from the Sultan, announcing that
the British fleet would bombard the forts'
unless work on the construction of earth
works was stopped. l lThe Sultan holds -the
Khedive and Ministry responsible for the
consequences. -.Ragheb Pacha: replied that
the . Ministry had already , telegraphed, to
. Constantinople that a demonstration, has
Deen made in consequence of which1 the
Sultan's permission to resume the work was
asked. Pending the Sultan's reply no defi
nite resolution will be adopted . Despite all
denials to the contrary work pn the fortifl-'
cations continues.' . Adnnral Seymour delays
formally demanding a cessation of the work
until all of the British residents are on board
of the vessels in the harbor. They are now
hastily engaged in embarkation. It is rej
ported that Arabi Pacha is supplying arm
to the natives. " , , ; .'
An Ultimatum front Admiral Seymour
Stops the Work on tne Egyptian For
tificationsThe ' French Fleet will
Hemaln Passive. v h
London, July 6-The 'DaNmi, ' in
i financial article: rotates. thaf-1
its financial article, states ' that the large
fleet of steainers using - the Sue?; canal are
being insured at ten shillings percent.
continuously until .February, T he insu
rances do not involve compensation '; for
delay,- but - only for, damages; sustained
tnrougn nosuuties. f . . ; yr .
a. uispaicu . 10 ine x imes irom Aiexan-
fria, tMsafteraoon states that !A&niral
Sermour has sent ans iilt.imat.nm'- ta "th
authorities, demanding the instant , stop-.
page of the construction of earth works,
under a tnreat of opening fire. " The work
has ceased for the moment, r
In the House of Commons, this afternoon.
Mr. Gladstone said that though -he auite
recognized the merits of De Lesseps,' he
oouiu not oe- guiaea oy mm m tne policy
to be pursued in Egypt He stated . that
it was not his intention to propose a rate of
ureiut lor waniKc operations, - Decause suen
measures at present would not be justified.
jjublik, . July Q.-r-jpreemlan$ Jaurm
states that the Government intends to em
ploy bloodhounds to track murderers.' '
A aispatcn iouxeYime$ irom rans states
tnat tne Cabinet nave considered the in
structions to be given Admiral Conrad, in
view of the possibility of the English fleet
bombarding tne defences at Alexandria.
It is understood that they have decided
that be shall remain passive and only parti
cipate if provoked by some act or incident.
France, in thus deciding, wished to remain
faithful to her previous resolution, not' to
act apart, from European concert., and to
reserve freedom ol action pending tne dis
cussions of the Conference. Admiral Con
rad, howeyer, Is instructed to remain at his
post, and not allow the Egyptians to regard
tne action of .England as opposed to., the
views of France and .Europe, ,
The archbishdps"iand bishops of Ireland
have prepared a circular to the priests, di
recting them to discountenance the Ladies'
Land , League.' and - forbidding . females
attending public meetings without the con
sent of the parish priest ' -h ' . . .
London, July 7. The Manchester Guar-
dian, in its commercial article, says .the
market is very ., dull, and sales have been
few and unimportaui. Prices, however,
arenrrn.' - - --y t.-
The Timei, in a leading article, says for
the present nothing definite has been done. ;
Arabi Facna nas only been tnreatened, not
cnastised. it must "not be 'assumed tnat
matter will remain n aa things are indefi
nitely. , j, -Admiral T Seymour's orders r are
continuous and tne neet wm nave no cnoice
Ot action if, 'Arabi Pacha ' persists ' in his
menancing conduct. There is no chance!
of relaxation in theflrm -attitude of Eng-
Paris,; July 7. It Is seml-ofllcially an-
nounced, .that; the.- Conference yesterday!
asreeu upon lerma oi luviiauou iu uie
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Porte to fiitervehe ia Egypt ;
' 1 MAJ.TA, July .The -British despatch:
i n i r . i : l . j ti ! I : : i.
Bieamer oaiaous nas saneu lor uiiuuihi iu
bring tGen pu. Evelyn Wood here. ,. . .
St; Peteksbubg' July 7. It is stated
uiai nine mousanu copies oi tue revyiu-
uonary procemanon pnmea oy tne secrei
ana signed by im lcnoiar uonstanimo-
cousia orjtbjs JSmperor, nayeybeen
"discovered, at the Ministry of Marine, and
that immediately after "the discovery the;
director of the department cOmmrtted'hi-j
rifle. - -irtnj'jrW.-rr, -.t.
iHiJH
on thef fOrtificatiohs has beehomnletely
AriAririr ,nA!o0Arite;i
day. . Ninety guns were observed bearing!
on mauaruur. , iuu uiuuutiai . reunuuiug at,
the uritisa consulate ano "an : urrosn sun-f
toota In thn omnlnr, nf : thA .T;rnl.jAri' ff(V
- rj , -twit o-
yernment , wm , emoarK io-aay.7.AU mer -
coant vessels iiavo roaerauu; ouier iiarowv 1
leaving the inner harbor to the squadrons.'
GiBBAi)TAn,-Jaly-7.--The French- ship)
'nntKmnn linn arnirml hoivr; e5? 'ShB-wilr-rirA-1.
Vengenua has arrived heree - hewUhpro -
wvv.rTuu -qiaUuuo
11 f 'fill i 1 11 1 if . 1 innnir vfWLHnmv . nuruixu
II KllVy . M1W 1.1 VM, .WVVH V
rvuaras "were oraerea loj rejoinr xneirxegii
meht.l Two battalionsat Aldershot
'SSJ1 to
''row:- and four others-hav been warn
have
mor4
row; aou iour omen uavt; teen warneu w
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; Jly The menca
'. I agent has been instructecttoi do his utmost!
I Via prevent hostilities; 11 i;s ; f
A meeting oi the Consuls has been held-
; with the object of trying to induce Raghab;
jraeua. .xrresiueui ml l- mjuuvu. mj, jjivo,!
' more conciliatory reply .to the communica-i
lish consul declines to attend the,, meeting
or to' entertain any suggestion to obtain the
consent of .AdmiraV Seymour to . mediatory
proposals,; :,.:l .- ;-,t4 ' .ik-U.'-.?.
- ;YiK3iniA,iJjily;7.-rA. dispatch' from Mos;
cow: to the iPrwssi says !Gen.:Skobeloff'8,
. death f was due to ; heart .f disease --The f u-t
I neral will take place . on the 9th inst. i M.
- Aksakoff known editor and leader
of the Pen-Slavic party; was present at the
last moment.
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Gen.- Shobelefls Death The British.
Squadron at AlexandriaThe Situa
tion at Cairo and Alexandria French '
Preparations, &e. ;,- r-.. k
JBy Telegraph to the. Morning Star. , v "
London. ! July '.--A nortiott 'or ;lhe
Grenadier Guards and the Household Ca
airy have undergone medical inspection'
wim a -view uj ioreisit service ine aa-
mirarlty hav telegraphed to the Duke of
JMinburg1.. Admiral Superintendent .of Na-i I
" IT" -f t f, uaw i
ya reserves, instructing him to keep the Ste-' I
Iservesoiadrpn atGibralta. - Vv - T ;
i.A,i -
telegraphs that the 'Egyptian under- Gen-
-cmues ana tne torpedo ; depot ehip Hec- i
ta have sailed for Alexandria.- , x
"S : PfiTERSBtmo, July. 7. SkobelofTs'
heartirnplaint, it is thought was idue to a'
contusicra received , during the : attack on
Pteyni':-HJa!ndX'was without' :warninjr.
versus m a me over one nignt. ,iie spent,
the greater part of Thursday- at the Mos-'
oow Exhou and returned to his' hotel m fir--,
cellent spirits.; There were at first, reports
oi loni play, but a cursery 'examination
showed that , his death .was caused bv a
rupture of the vessels of the heart. ... ,
Alexandria July 8. The diDlomatic
agent of France telegraphed yesterday to
the French Consul at Cairo, that the attack,
by the fleet was momentarily expected, and
instructing him to send all French subjects
away and to place himself and the Archives
of his office m security. The Consul pla
carded the telegram in Cairo,' thereby caus
ing a renewed panic "and came himself to"
Alexandria. ? The Austrian Consulate in
Cairo has. also been closed, v The panic in
Alexandria is unabated.desnue of the com
plete stoppage of work on the fortifications,1
wnicu naa oeen occasioned; by Admualj
Seymour's protest. The exodus of Euro-'
peans continues. Numbers of . Fugitives
have been: forced to return into the town
finding no room on board the - two Rubat-
tina steamers leaving .to-day, which were
so overcrowded that their captains refused
to start, until two hundred: passengers had
MSiK if LA tT1
neen transterred from Cairo to Alexandria:
and the staff of that office have gone on
board the English and French ships. ' i :
v Major General- bur Archibald , Allison,
Chief of the Intelligence Department of
the War Office, will proceed to Malta im
mediately. Two regiments of foot, have
left Aidersnot for" Gibralta. A dispatch
irom fans to tne Keuter's Telegraph Con
pany, states that the Government will ask
the Chamber of 'Deputies to-day 'for a
credit of 312,000 for precautionary ' pre.
parauons made by tne Minister of Marine.
- ine ' ventral JSews correspondent at
Paris, ;says that the expedition to Egypt
will comprise 20 vessels, with 147 guns and
8,280men. 'l ; -
At Marlow. on the river Thames. the
Hillsdale : crew from the United , States,
beat the Marlow crew by a clear 1 length.
i ae (jooEnam crew wnicn was also enter-;
ed tor tne same race, was scratched.. The
Marlow crew had the centre station and the
Hillsdale's the Buck's side of the river.
ALABAMA. "
The Greenbaclcers, Independents and
Republicans Unite on a Common
State Tiehet.' i -
; , ' By Telegraph to the Monuns Star.
Montgomery. .Tulv fi.. Yesterdav the
convention of tireenbacfeers and 1 indepen
dents met at Birmingham and nominated
a ticket for State offices as follows: J. JL
Sheffield, Governor; 'A.- H. Townsend. Sec
retary ' of : State ; P.? L.; Jones, . Attorney
General; J. M. Montgomery Treasurer; J.
M. Shields Auditor; Ji ' P. Ward, Super-
intendent. of Education. . The ; attendance
was small.
At 12 o'clock to-day Geo, Turner? ex-U;
S, Marshal and Special U. S. District At
torney, called the : Republican Convention
to- order. ; - The Colored element is in the
majority..:, It is supposed .that the Conven
tion will endorse tne .Birmingham ticket
CHICAGO
Remarkable Rise In the Prices of Grain
. .. .-...; t .- . ana. xrru visions.
FBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, July 7 A remarkable 'rise in
the prices of grain and provisions occurred
on 'Change to-day more remarkable in
view of the existing prices.. . itegular wneat
advanced 111- cents: corn struck- the
highest price for years, advancing 23
cents, oats i cent, pork 2540 cents; lard
35a40 cents.'. -The highest .prices were
reached just at the ciofe and the excitement
was intense. Tne close cause was snortage,
and bad weather has lent its aid to help the
I bulls, who are unusually persistent and
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i conuueni.
COTTOm STATEMENT.
Total Receipts at all American Ports
-i'r Since Septemlr. , y
: By Telegraph to the Morning Star.'
k;Nbw iYoRK . July 7: The following
are tne total net receipts oi cotton at an tne
ports since ; 'September l; 1881 : Galveston, i
426.560 balesi .New Orleans, 1,170.776: Mo
bile, aea,07Z; savannah ,aU;-jnaries-j
Savannah, 723,870; Cbarles-
. ,irr?ii , a. i . ao 4 00 - Tk. 1
ton ,248; Wihningtonv 3133,183 Kor-5
.i:W4;;,?-ainmo
W-Si.o"1
TMnC nh wWi.Pftlnt.17a.ri Brnn&
-sTSSi . w ' T f. iZL
1 40,137:;5Portland 7,6941 : Indianola, 1 13,-!
i 7115 wasnmgton, JN. r u., 1V.OU1. lOiai-
1 4.590.889 bales. 5 '
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Sadden Death, of Skoheloflf. the Fa-
.; ,. , mons Rnsslsn GeneraL. ;
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. py iciuia iaj. liio jo.uuiub ocu.,-
London, July 7.--A dispatch to Reuter's.
ilfDTftnh-! finmnanv. : from -Moscow.' an-:
iJ!Vix
i nAnitvs Tnn onnnpn nfnT.fi ft. i -ri-ii nMim;-
I lull UJG JlllUlVUO , mm. . .uv
i Motel Dussaux there. ,,- i;: n,i,Hj-T '
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Gen. Cox Renominated for Congress
L 1 By Telegraph to the Monito Star.)
f 1 . RALKiGH,'June 6 Gen.. W.. R. Cox, of
Wake countyhas been nominated by the
Democratic Uonvention dy auamiM.ioiisxur
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reelection to Congress from the Fourth Dis-i
trict. ? ' ;:;i: ' ;-;r "--v'r ,i.-.S
COTTON? t
' ' Snmmnvv Af tlm rmn to Sate.
"KmuT Vriw-ir - irttxr'A J&5nmVts of COttOh
at-- allinterior towns l6,6S8 baies; re
ceipts from plantations,! 2,oia bales? crop
in sight. 5.320.827 bales.,? The total - visible
I supply of cotton for the world is i,
bales, of which 1,019,484 bales are Ameri-
rcan; against 2,i6,w5 ana :vji,iv re
spectively last year.
Spirits, Turpentine.!
Jlinston iHe Ttea: If we nomi-
natdgood, honest, pure men. we wiU elect
mem; :Buiru;TO npmmale- men without
pnnqipie jwe may expect nothing but de
feat.. For these reasons let us be careful '
and nominate men at whom the finer of
scorn cannot he pointed. - h ,
-rKew- Berne Journal:. It dnA
tne rarmers good to; witness the improved
condition of then- crops of "all kinds: the
weather is all that could be asked for.
mx. . itoaoipn JJaffy.: of Onslow niintv'
was in - this city yesterday. He savs the
vuuiwiuua ai diicKsonvine on Monday en
dorsed Shackelford for Congress. - ' A Ctori
vention vaa called' far the first Afnnrfo in
August to nominate candidates for county '
tSrf 'Wston'Zcar: James A. Da-
vis, of Oxford, has ".'beeni afflicted for six'
lyears and just found put his ailments. - He
says six years ago he voted the Democratic ;
uckcc ana ne nas een ' sick ever since. He
nas put Himself under Dr. Motf a troitmpnr
jaotV :.J?e ?-? inrefPijsngar-coated-anti-
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MW"iuiH"u-'faoerjttepuoiican--any--oiijce-
lwe - can - get - pui, - andis.now calmly repo-
I'smg in the arms of the MottW
rf; - 'Milton Chronicle; Have we any
bnndletaUs in Caswell? And are they pre-'
pared to put the bottom rail on tont Thnt'a
Mi. quuBuon. -t ryve: aont. iite to Lsee -Democrats
splitting hairs with the party on '
mere local questions: and making at a.pre-
text for. coins over to the enmv M '
i We do not like to sea neople going back on '
men j jjuiijr 5 uwhuub i -1 uoes not ; rewarai
them with an office. Such men need watch-
. .'iThe Winston .Sentinel thus re
fers to thej shooting-affair. at Lexihffton
Mr, Thompson surrendered himself nd
stood trial. The evidence oroved that he
shot Shemweli in self defense, and he was
admitted to bail in the sum Of $500, which
hereadily gave. This . is the termination
of a family fued of a long standing. A sad '
feature Of the affair is that Shemweli was .
only lately married, so recently as' three
weeKS ago,fto a nngat and popular young
lady of Lexington, and. had just returned
from a bridal trip to Morehead city-1 j
Salisbury Watchman: We re
gret to learn that a difficulty occurred yes
terday between Green Cauble and Burrell
Brown, in which the former sustained seri--
; qus damage. ; . Cauble : is a one eyed man, .
and as is too common with him,' was under
the influence of 4 liquor. lie ; received - a
blow from JJrown with a stick which it is ;
thought destroyed the one good eye. render
ing him totally" blind. , Hon. W. M.
Bobbins declared it his fixed -purpose that
hot a Bad 'nor a '.'Liberal'.' spouter should
gOTinansw'ered anywhere within his reach.-
i he intends to meet them face, to face in this
contest so far as it is in his-prwer to do so.'
- Fayetteville! Examiner : The
press oi iNortn Carolina is wonderfully
enterprising. . We .have the Laurinburg .
Enterprise, theWhiteville Enterprise, the
woiasboro Enterprise, tnff Pamlico Jsnter
prise, and we think other papers with the
same cognomen; ; ine.u. F. as X. V.
Railway. is now' in 'fine jconditioni; 4 The -
tnree locomotives belonging to it have been
put in: thorough repairand are doing good
service. The' coaches, have beeti overhauled,' ;
repainted and newly upholstered. Ninety
tons of new iroh and steel rails have j been '
laid on-the track which is now in excel
lent condition. The business, of the road
is in a very satisfactory condition. ' j. i
A negro fired ashot in the ; cars
at Winston.s 'just as the train was leaving,
and then made his .escape,- but was recap
tured. The Charlotte Observer says: !MThe "
second-class coach was filled,many of them
being exceedingly hilarious under tne inllu
ence of liquor. In the midst of the hubbub
and confusion Ithe ringing report of a pis
tol was heard in the car, and almost Imme
diately a colored .man shouted that he was
shot through the hand. Hardly had this
fact been announced when : some one ex
claimed "Yes and here's a- man shot
through the heart.!' Looking around, the
crowd saw a colored man sitting in a seat,
his chin resting on Ins breast dead. ' The
bullet had passed through, one man's hand
and buried itself .into the breast of an
other." . --' ; . .. L !
Pittsbdro Record: On last Satur
day a little Son of IMr; L. B; Tates, of this
county, was run over by a wagon and botn
jaws were crushed! On Wednesday of ,
last week Mr. Matthias M. Johnson, of All
bright township, did a hard day's work, and
on tne next day was a corpse, tie was sick
only a few hours, and it is thought he died
from-overheating himself at work and then
drinking too much ! water. , - -lt is un
derstood that Judge Bennett' will resign his
present, position at "the expiration of the
Superior Court of Wake county, which he
is now holding, and that Maj. James C.
McRae ;(the Democratic nominee for that
office) will be appointed by the Governor as
Bennett's successor. If Bennett and
Dockery, Ruffin; and ' Folk, all cast their
votes against pronibiuon, wny snouia
any : anti-prohibition Democrat desert his
party and cast his. vote for Dockery and ,
Polk, the Republican -ifominees, in prefer
ence to Bennett and Kumn. the Democratic
nominees? (Judge Bennett has resgined..
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yr- Charlotte Observer? During the
month of June twenty-two. car loads of
nachinery -were shipped from Boston to
points m the south over the Kienmona an
Danville Jttailroad, and distributed aa 101-:
lows: Fourteen car loads for Pelzer, 8. C,
six for Concord N. C, one for Hickory;
N.-C- and one for Clifton6. C. 1 The
"Boston ., machine shops 'have, notified the
Southern transportation lines that they are
now working to fill orders for 300 car loads :
ef machinery, all of which is to be deliver
ed at the mills in the South i by early fall.
In bringing the mills , to the cotton, the
South" has at last struck me ,key: note io
prosperity.-; About the first of March
tne question, was uiscusseu m reaiu w mo
expediency of calling ; the Legislature to-
thCTM Vediatriet ihe StAte and nrovide
aflditionai .district, as contemplated in
the' new 'apportionment bill. Governor
Jarvis posted off the .State-Auditor, Geq.
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s extraoroinary w anow wna w uwuuu
After aconference l with v-.our Congressional
'solons" a dispatch came over the wires as r
follows: "The sentiment of the delegation
is strong against convening the Legislature, V
and but one member (name not'given) gives ;
it any support at all, and that is-.of a luke- -v.T"
warm character." .; . .; ' ;
! -- Bei jNeics-Observer ; , The
heavy rains which fell Tuesday afternoon
I tnia considerably damaged the crops.
f-- - i t,oci i.n acranaAoA
Judge Bennett last night. ?- The" Local
Preachers' Conference will meet this year in v
Raleigh, on July 20th. The citizens will
.entertain the delegates in right royal style, ,
as is usual on'such Occasions. R. L. Aber- - -
nethy. D. D.V is the President: By the
rain of Tuesday Mr. J..C -Lee's mill was
washed away loss about $100. - Mr. W.
Rz Stills- mills was also washed away. His
loss was abont i$500., Both mills were.in -'
f , Wake Forest township. -The platform v
t aaopiea zasi nigoi. vy muiauun urc
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us victory. ., It gives the east all it wants, -
and is 'entirely satisfactory to the centre
and the west. Yesterday, was a glori-
ous day for the Democracy of North Caro- . '
Una. No more harmonious convention ever A.
assembled at any time or at any place than .
that which met in Tucker Hall yesterday. -
Because of the new rules limiting the numr
ber.of delegates, the-; convention was not so i
large as the mass meetings we have at times
had as nominating bodies. It was always
well under control, and a spirit of, harmony t
prevailed ; such as we have rarely ever wit
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