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The subscri6tioii price of the 'Weekly
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THE CRY OF THE REVENUE HlTIlI-
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Why not elect the Marshals of the
State by the people? " The people
sufFered in the past from the conduct
of these United States officiaR. 1 Why. J
should they not be chosen hy.popuTj
lar votes The political demagogues J
od solely by principle in - insisting I
that jJafistrates shall be elected; it I
they" were honest in such a declara
tion they would not stop at Magis-;
t rates, hut would extend the- princi
ple to Marshals and- all other Fede-
nil officials who coriie in close con
taci with the people. ' , r . .. ,,' K.i f
The Postmasters of the State have.
more ower. over the people by ahun-.
tired fold than Magistrates have. It is
only when yon violate a law that you
-ki:ow that there is suchan official as
a Magistrate' s -'But your. "whole busi
ness, political and personal correspon
dence,
- maste
is exposed to the eyes of Post
s, who may learriits' contents
governed by a sense of t honor
unless
and decency.
You cannot write alet-
ter to
a politician or about politics un-
1
esss . lyour secret, is naoie .- to ue oe
trayed. Fortunately,1 the, mean, vi
ciousj corrupt Postmasters are the ex-
wptions, as is the' case with the cor-,
rupt and incapable Magistrates. "But
if there be any reason under heaven
niy khe latter shall be elected by the
people, the same reason applies with
ten-fold force to the former. '
Every
man in
the ' State with
an
i'dea
above van
oyster' s knows
that
the
people of Njorth Carolina
South have been greatly
and -oppressed . by the , Re
and i the
afflicted 1
venue officials. The manner of con
ducting the office of Marshal and the
office of Revenne -Supervisory Col
lector or Agent, i. has done more ta
alienate the white men of-North
Carolina from the United States Go-?
vernnvent - than, every i other Vcause
combined,'; not even excepting Hol--den's
Kirk , war, 'If ? then", " there fis
any need of a change Un the manner
of appoijitma, ofheers who "deal with
uie people it is just nerer ;i here is
, not a reason or arr argument that can
be urged by inconsistent 'anddisinge-
m nuous sophists for .the - election of
Magistrates by thTe eopTe that Will
not apply with ten-fold' force to the
Revenue officials. ' , .4 .;.'! '
So there is no good - and- nnfficieht
reason for the proposed change as to
the appointment of Magistrates. ' The
Legislature chosen by " the - peopie
seleict the Magistrates. Thi3, is done
generally upon a recommfendation of
the people of the respectlyecountiesi r
The Govembr has nbthlnff tbT do with
riotliing to do with
it an'
more -vow . T't.
ere
is no one man
power in the matter;
The recently chosen legislators, are
the agents. The Magistrates under
the preseut system are, elected by J'
one hundred and .seventy 'meh 5 who
are the accredited "agents and seri 1
vants of the' people, ;7hi8 was the
custom of the fathers. No State had I
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better laws or was better governed
tuaniNortii Uarolina Was prior to the
war of the St.atP Then ill fa
trates were elected ' by' the l.egisla-1
' The proposed .'change- in" the nfan-i
ner i of electing"ldagistraW'origiirafe6i
witji a- lot of , Radical ' Officeholders;
flosjt of them Revenne smellers They
are nice fellows to' be clamoring for
such a change.. ; .If they Cared a straw
the true, inf prpftt.tf rtf tlS 'rtnrilfi
. t - 7 ,rvr
mey would - not say- a word about
II " If
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agtrates, but wiifd pse all bt ' their showing ,at the Philadelphia Centen
Noscle and brains ta vbebalf a nial but we -have forgotten the par-i
wuch needed change id the tamer
of tJleir own appointments. : ' J" v
The
man -who 'can, be kulled 'by the
- ' Wi'ii' 1""" r 1 1 t ' J - - v 1- A : . . -. r-,
vol. xin.
cry of a change? in the present sjs
tern of county, governments can be:
gulled by any tjry about anything
from anybody, however thin ;or full
of wolf tones. 'If a man prates to
you about electing-Magistrates Jby the
people, tell him that" the people do
not even, elect the highest Magistrate;
in the Union; They vote for electots
" cast their -vote for. any, manl L
they f choose. ' There is no law1 but
that of honor to require or compel
them to vote for any other man thatf
.lO 1. ' '
If any man comes to you .and be-.
gins his - deceptive talk about thb
election of; Magistrates, v make him
,answerjrhyi. hedoes pot extend jfclre
principle" of popular election ; and, ir j "
needed directions in the- matter ot
Postmasters, Revenue Officials. U. Sj
Marshals, and other officers who have I
to do with the' people of-the States? ;
J " 1
sists .that the principle of electing
Magistrates; should be ; vindicated at
every cost point him' to 'the -history
Df New ' Hanover county since the'
ar; show him the record x of i waste,- I
and folly,, and 'extravagance of the
JEtadicaVwhb were placed , in power
him the retrenchment and reform "un-
der Democratic; rule, and the fact
that it cost the people for. four years, J
of . Radical . rule' ; more ;. than it
will, cost under nine years of JDem
ocratic rule, if j ; the average : of
the last four 'years 1 is continued;
and then say to him that ..under no!
circumstances -will you support any
man f or office who is, willing to see
you burdened andftaxed and fleeced
as you were under, the old negro boss
system. 1 HJ - .
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The people in their pockets'- are
much more concerned in the quality
and cheapness of county government;
than they are in the character of the
Federal Government or even in the,
State Government. The intelligent
le of eff Hanover . know that
they have suffered a vast deal more
from the -profligacy of. incompetent
county officials. under the old system
than they 1 have ssuffered'from 'the
corruptions of the Radical Legisla
ture or Radical State Government or
the unparental and ' unsympathetic
General Government. Lit you were
to be compelled to vote either for a
Radical President or a Radical Board
of Commissioners it ,1 would .., be t to
your interest a hundred- times- over
to vote for the i President. Arthur
cannot do you one hundredth part of
the damage in property that a Radi-
cal Board of . County Commissioners
can do vou. The true' way , for all
men who love their country, - their,
material interests, their State, is, not
to' vote for-a Radical for anything.
Stand by. the safe ! and- sound, prin-t
c.ples of theDemocratic party," and
wtativpi? plsfi'vnn do maintain vour
mknb6odt . . integrity,;-: your
Kiii - :!' ri An
sideration.'
NOBTH ,CABOLINl AS A FRUIT
.- Njorth Carolina ought f to be . the
greatest fruit Stat in the -Union.
Therc"is no State that. possesses,the
same remarkable combination of ad
yantages.;; ;' When nature provides it
is aood Tule to follow nature. ' The
' , "-..t -i?- -' 'A
eariy seuiersoiinonu vumtvuuu
the best grapes m tne worm growing
luxuriantly in. the AiDemarie region,
The best known American grapes are I
- indigenous to North Carolina. The
idigc
Catiwba," the Isabella, the" Seupper
nong and other: famous grapes all be
long'to North Carolina7 as their natal
SOll.v AUc yer - uuj - ue- jiwvv.ii v
perfection jequalto;jthose of France
We have known one fruit grower in
Caswell county iot sevcnmilea from
the Northern border,' to have1 two
hundred,;varieties of the pear. Mqre
,: . . m -.
than twenty years , ago we , knew a
uistinguisnea pnyBician.oi , vriauvmo
county to nave twenty-nve varieties
of the game fruit, and: some of them
were positively : inore ' delicious than
any i we have .-ever eaten.
It is well " known that when rthe
World's .Fair met in , New .York
some quarter of , a century ago,. that
the two highest premiums for apples
were awarded to two North Carolina
nomolooists: ? We think that some of
I our fruiters made a very 1 favorable
'iieulsrs.'We eite these instances of
success to justify the remark inade
I at the I outset that' North' Carolina
WILMINGTON,. N. C r?JDAY, AUGUST 18,; 1882. :
ought to; be the greatest fruit Statd
in the Union.' ' - t"
It will bo remembered that CoU
Wharton J.' Ireen and the , vineyard
nearKittrellV, Vance county, bore;
off the
premiums- at the Tgreat At-j j
dustriai' Exbosition 8f last
lanta . Industr
year, v, for ;ther
finest? native 1; winesi
There afef some half dozen" or possi-l
bly a .dozen , vineyards of ;somcon4
BiuciauiU; vxient in tne otaie, nowj
but thereouffht i to 'be a. lhoasandi
Why. shall 'thee not be? ' Surety
a State' --where'? the' crape grows? in
Jthe utmost' perfection and luxuriance)
there should be no limitation to the
production d, that , exquisite, fruit'if J
theeople so will it ''- r f
CWe .are reminded y. of; tliese things
by the -dispatch from XJreensboro ofj
the 9tli inst., civinff an account of
the. very successful r Fruit -Growers!
Fair. - We hail this as the .beginning
of a . positive 5 revival in : the t fruiti
iit4
producing industry. ? We hope thath
mis wjii ku sbiiuuiivte cut: uiu
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duction of fruits of all v kinds t that
North Carolina will become actually
and not a decadchencethgre.atesl
State in - the sisterhood forthe i pro;
duction of the ' finest, "'sweetest
largest, most perfect fruit, including
the pear, the Isrrape,'- the peach, thd
apple,! the apricot, the 'cherry, Jthe
raspberry, and so onl r ;
The Philadelphia Piess is Imakin
Svar upon a certain kind of Vlruggists
. . .V -I L ! '-t. '
in tuai cuy .wno are guniy, i, .veryj
shabby tricks in substituting ' cheap
drugs for good medicines, It gives
the testimony of rep utablei'physil
cians. . it shows how some of them
'putMip : "quinine pills," but; leavma
out the quinine. This is despicable,'
Ilnman life in the' balance vibrating
and such ; vilo tricks as these t-parj
formed."'.-. " 1
i . . -:." s ! r r- r:..v-r'.r- f
.xneoTAB Deiieves ip a xiveiy, caip.1
paign lnt it assails no man's private
cliaracteK . ; A fair, . open , political
fight it wages.1 It has nothing to dq1
niiu uivii a ui i vatic Miivt .xa
political record is open to legitimate
and fair criticism. iV No ' gentleman
can afford to'go beyond this.' ' r
Miss Montague, Forepaugh's beau
ty, has sued the old showman tor
$50,000 for breach of contract.; IL
, j i
Bennett and Joc1cery'are both an
nounced to speak at"" Iiincolritbn'"on
the 2l8t. - - -ri, sir, ,
-J) or tne citar. s
OArfifJL:OTr DEMOCRATIC CON
ventiqn. ;; ;.
The Democrats of Onslow county
met in convention : life. J acksonville,
on Monday, the :7th of. August, inst.;
lor the purpose or nominating a can
didate for the Lower House-.of the
Legislature and county .officers. ,.
- Dt. C.-Thompson, Chairman of the
Executive Committae,'. called. the
meeting to order and explained th4
object of -tle s raeetingr whereupon a
motion war made Mo appdint a comt
mittee of-five ouj permanent; iOrganil
zation and - TesoUtionsjownereupon
.. ii . .. ! : . D ri'
tne IOUOWing were fPpuiuws,.w
Davis, of -Stump fiund uownsnip j
Dr. J, - W Hichelson, of .Kichland
Township-J. u. tocott, oi jacicsont
.;n' rrt' t n
White" Oak Township ; (Majqr.- Rusj
sell of SwansboroiTownship. f
t- :. -.- t - T.T:;u.i;ii,A jrnwA;.ni
" A W ,.f i TrvlW... f?
P vi;"..,- ;--"--
-
, - , WlH , B - Murrill: and re4
ported" a f resolationwhict ; was unj
. nanirao'usly. adopted, indorsing; Seria-I
tor Kansom .and;!: mstructings ctne
Democratic7 cahdidaf d' for the Legis
lature to use Ms bestlpfforts.to secure
1 jg reelectibn.1 Resolutions' were also
uiwDv.wti t, u.y tiMuviU1u6 wiw.,
State platform'' in" regard tb' county
government; ana i:aaopxmgxne ma
ioritv rule. ; Dr. E. W. AVafd'de
cliuedr to have , his name '.run before
the t Convention. 4 The vote ; being
taken ' for members of. the'LegisIa
I . Ian.. v. iuuuuu a j Diiv AJvgLuiM
1. resulted' after four "ballots. 'vi
i tavor oi ur. aj. x nompson. ,: ; x ne last
ballot was as follows; tj 1
On Thompson, 676; ! J.j Ws; Spiceri
406 ;H. E. King; 5. 'V ' l-' 1
nomination of". .Di-a,; Thompson .was
made unanimous j- - ,1, .r. 1
-Elijah iMurrell was s nominated f on
the second ballot fori Sheriff." 1 A. -Ci
Hoggins (present :, incumbent) "was
Tiominaieu (Uy ; ju;uiitmanou riur jau-j
- . i. ) t-v -n it . . ?
-preme i uouit u vierK.-: i xj; :xm. ? xium-
phrey was nominated on '? tne secona
ballot forPRegister of Deeds.' 1 'Sam'l
... ....... . m ........ . . f
R. :Kiug was nominated Coronet by
acclamation. JnC'ir Walton .f was
nominated County' Surveyor by ac-
clamation. ' " J
S:"B.rTAYtbE7 Chairman.
. rll r Secretaries:'
TV HI JOi iltUJSJSiWU, J . (;;
CRIMINAL COURT.1
Trial ;of ..Andrew J. TTalkerv fort tbe
; ,. Jjlnrder of f Itne Davis. - ,
The case of Andrew J. "Walker." charsred
with kUling one' Titus Davis an1 aged
colored man,
of Mjlatt,
-on Hi morning of the 14th
while a his premises at the
unseemly hourof 3 c clock, came -up before
the'Crimlnal Court 'csterday, and the eh-
tire day was consuir ed in its consideration;
The evidence was Euhstantially as given at
th-" investigation - before Mayor 8mitb n
the day aftcf-theleeA was committed, and
was to the effect that ."Walker had been
missing chickens folj some weeks andliad
for several nights se n watching1 for the
thief.' On the morni . ? in question and at the
hour stated Davis or ered the . lot '-and was
going in the direction of; the horse stable
where-the chickenS posted, when he f was
repeatedly baited byalkcr,' but, Contiaued
on without answer, - when.'. Walker vfired
upon him, and he died soon after from the
wounds-he received ; Walker liaving- in the
meantime surrendered himself There was"
tilso a bag fouod iwhere the iwownded. man
first fell and an irdn stick was subsequently
seen to fall from his grasp. ,fJ 1
Tho: Jury which was secured after some5
difficulty; was composed as follows: R. Ai
Kingsbury, G. M:" Crapon,' Jv G IIankins
James Ar llewlett,; B. C. UauBe.-John K.
Melton, XR Northrop," John EL Sontheri
land, Monroe Byrd, James H. -Price; John
P. ;Gause W. W. Waddell. .' .Tho latter
four are colored. -i - - i' I
The jury took the case at-about balf-past
6 o'clock;-and shortly after -.8 o'clock re
turned a verdict : acquitting '.the . prisoner.
when' tho latter was discharged:! u . X ; " r?. j
Messrs. iRu8sell & Ricaud and Marsden
Bellamy appeared for the defence and Mr.
Solicitor Moore for the State. ;i a' x
Frank Baker, alias Frank Mott, charged
with larceny.!'' Defendant found guilty and
sentenced to 4 years in the State Peniten
tiary. !
State ys. Robert Stevenson, charged with-
larceny. Defendant : found ; guilty f and
sentenced to 4 years in the State Peniten,
State vs. :, John ' Johnson, v alias Henry
Johnson, charged with larceny. Witnesses
called and failed; case postponed. -
btate vs. , Alex. Jonnson,
charged with
larceny.- .Defendant found not guilty. ,-!
State vs. J. E. Wood, charged with forci-
ble trespass. Defendant found not guilty.
State vs. Alex. Owen,' charged with as?-
sault and battery. Defendant found not
State vs. J. II. McFarland. charged with
larceny. . Defendant found guilty anq senr
tenced to 5 years in the State Penitentiaryi
State vs. A. a. .Brown, charced witn lart-
ceny. lefendam. louna not-guiity;.
State vs.' SopLlBf-Swain, - charged ? with
perjury:! "Defendant found guilty, and senf
teneed to 4 years in the Penitentiary
State vs.' M E.' Green, charged! with ;per-
jury. Defendant' found guilty, 'and sen
teneed ta 4 years in the Penitentiary -
State vs. Mary E. Green, charged with
larceny; Defendant plead guDty.-
The entire time f. of the Court yesterday
was taken up in tho ' consideration of the
case of the State vs: John Johnson, "charged
With highway robbery, in seizing and steal:
ing a gun from' a son 1 of Mr.! David Gt
Worth in the ""woods near this city some
time in January : last. A large number of
witnesses were examined both, for the State
j it. j i . . -.
Mr, J. D...i Bellamy, Jr., appeared for
Johnson and Ir, Solicitor Moore for, the
State, t t , ,"'(, , ; ; -a
The case was given to. the jury about. 7
P. M., jand shorjtlyj jbefpre , 8 o clock, they,
returned a. verdict finding the, prisoner
guilty as charged in the indictment..,, , t j
' . An enthusiastic South.Caroliman
has this to say of Col. Wharton. J Green;
in the last Farmer and Mechanic; "Perhaps
A . rhrt'ih. r. nvhrrht.
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1 " . V. r.wt T , ,7TT
I 'tbe eartn." " " 1 - t
The Nor., , brig . Fred3j Capt.
Thorsen. was "cleared from, -this : ; port, tor
iJUUUUIi' JV8vciuaJs
London, England,, yesterday, .byt;Messrs,
Alex. Sorunt & 8on ,.with 1 ;636
casks of
spirj ta , turpentine and 185 barrels of rosin j
valued, at $33,550,
r.
' YELLJO TPJFEVER.
Official Report of (the, Disease at Mata
, lavmiiuujuvwuiruiBi ?
Washutgtokv August 12. Surgeon Gelii.
eral Hamilton, vof the Marine1; Hospital ser
vice, to-day received a telegram from Col
lector Goodrich, dated Brownsville, Texas!
as follows; The first Case of yellow fever
occurred m Matamoras a month ago; intro!
duced through Bagdad,. Mexico, by railroad
tramps from Tampico. ine average daily
deaths in Matamoras for: the past ten days
are ten: s ' TheMiseaseappeared in' ; Brownsr
ville tweweeks ago. xotai number of deatus
ten or twelveJaeveratiustinct types of fet
ver prevail in both cities at presenttNo
new developments to-day.-,. The total num
ber of all classes of fever at Brownsville is
sixtv-two.' The disease is in statu ovo.'
-' - Surgeon uenerai iiamiiion nas issuea a
circular to the medical ofScers of .the'Ma-
rine Hospital service - notifying them that
the President's fund for the prevention of
epidemics will be expended tnrougn agents
oi tne i reasury eparimeni,.. anu unai.: m
case of a threatened or actual epidemic im
mediate action will be taken upon applica
tion 'from me Governor ot ' a- state ad
dressed to tbe Secretaryof the Treasury.
Gen. G. -K.. Warren was buried at New
port R. , I.', yesterday. .The pallbearers
were lien. uancocK, uen. rarKe, ' it. o.
Frankliu (Mavor of tbe city). Thorns Uog-
treshall ' (postmaster .oi tne city), airman
Roges, of Philadelphia; Gen.-1 J. ' H."Vaa
Alen. if New York; Gen: G. W. Cullum
U.tS. A.; and Capt. M- C. Marin," TJ: S...N4
Veterans ' of the. late war iollowed- the re
mains to the cemetery,-hut' aside from this
there was no attempt at military display.
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the crops:
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Reports of tbe- Department - of Agri
culture Cotton In Fair Average Con-
t uwu-.rjvuiiuug rropect lor Aiarso
Yields of Wheat, Corn, Ete.: u -?
By Telegraph to the Horning Star. i
'WA-SnurGTOif,- Ausmst lO.-i-Auffust crop
returns to the ; Department of Agriculture
tne worn oi aoout 6,000 correspondents;
give an 'estimate covering ' the r entire pro-i
ducing area of over 1,500 of the, principal
agricultural counties of the United States,
upon : tne ; eonditiou . of most crops now
.Yl"?..!. 'A. .1.1
. x ue cuuuiuuu ut coiion .nas improvea
during the 1 past; month,; and rtbe general
average has advanced from 92 to 96 this
Is higher by three -points than 'in August
,l7tf ana lower py eignt ithau the August
average - of 1880. - It is ; also two points
lower than at this date in " 1875; and one,
lower than, in ; 1878j but is higher than a
the five other years since 1872. ;The ave
rsge condition; ofr.cach State is as follows
Virginia- 84. . North "Carolina 84. "South
.Carolina 98 Georgia; 94, Florida 87, 'Ala
bama S9, 1 Mississippi' 91, ''Louisiana '1)3.
Texas 100T Arkansas 96, Tennessee 86. Only
sh6w a declinej-i Virsrinia has gained 4 i
1 Georgia 2, Alabama ,6; Mississippi 4, Texas
d, ivr Kansas 0, Tennessee 0. isoutn Caro4
lina has the same average as in July.. There.
13 no injury from arougnt except in a slight
degree m a-few districts m Texas. In the
.northern and eastern divisions of that State
there has been ah excess: of rain, causing
too vigorous growth of stalk, delay in fruit4
mg and sometimes snedding ox bou& Iln the
entire cotton belt there is reported an excess
of moisture;' injurious 1 1 in". proportion
to tne retentivenesa of the sou.. This cause
t accounts for tne comparatively iow condi-?
1,An in KrAW4 . .1 Z - Z -
deemed too late for recuperation. . , Rust be
pus to appear in districts;.. where, rain has
een in excess,, but without damage as, vet.;
The caterpillar has made Us. .appearance in!
all the States on the Gulf coast, and though
no injury has resulted, many apprehensions
of future loss ,'are , expressed. JThe eut
.worm is also. nienti6ned m several States
A large number of .. returns are'nifi-hlv f a
vorable. prophesvine a. crop as large as the"
land can produce, ,or . better than for many.
l no wheat , returns for August relate to
the spring variety. Its condition1 k higher.
man tor several years. . It was ... 88 m 1880,'
and 81 in 1879-'81. It is. now 97 agamst
100 last month. 5' Itvls somewhat" late, but
was nearly ready for harvest at the date of
tne return. ' There are some indications o
rust and blight in parts ' of Minnesota." Iq
JNortnern. ,v lowasitnefi crop ;( is represent J
ed to be the best since 1879.' Rel
turns . from 1 Dakota and ' Nebraska are
extremely favorable. The general average
ot me principal states are as follows: Wis
consin 99, Minnesota 98, Iowa 93, 'Dakota
99, Nebraska 103, Colorado 98. It isquitei
probable that the product of winter wheat
and spring wheat,, without. loss , by, sprout!
ing, will slightly exceed 500,000,000 bushels
but extravagant estimates which assume 15
to 20 per cent, more are wild assumptions.
needlessly to' reduce the price of wheat ill
t.hA harms AT tarmAra Snwinlntronf MrtfFatf:
of tne Department ' of Agriculture, cables
from London to-day that wheat in England
firomises an average crop oi good, qualityJ
n France, a medium crop, slightly damaged
py rain in tne blooming - period. in Ger4
many, recent Heavy rains nave deteriorated
the oualitv of a fairlV abundant nrtviiirt.
I 'In Prussia ana Austria; &a average'fcrerp:
and inf Hungary.;, 15 per, cent." above the
average, ?.The European outlook is favora-
uie lur a ' lucuiuiu prim lit u, witu ouiiie re
duction in quality ., -,- ..... -t
The condition of the' corn crop is repre
sented by 83 as against "77 last yfear. At
this date in 1881 the effect, of the drought
was seen in tne reduction of lit points in tne
general condition aunng duly; toiiowed by
greater deterioration in Augus,t.: ;At.- the
present time circumstances are favorable
for i further - improvement in most , Of the
States. The averages . of the Southern
'States are 'nearly all above-100. The' sur
plus-producing States average' as follows;
Ohio 77, Michigan 78. Indiana 78, Illinois
59, Iowa' 70,' Missouri 91, Kansas 106, Ne
braska 98. Kew jngand - ranges, from 87
in Massacnusetts to 96 in Connecticut.
New York 85, Pennsylvania SO,' New Jerj
, The general averages of the condition of
j -other crops are as follows: Oats lOSspring
-rye 100, barley 95, buckwheat 97, potatoes
101, tobacco 87. - , i
r, , .FOREIGN. . , -
Frencb Crimlnais Sentenced xlitbl
tlon, Week, at PublIn-r-Iand League
Convention at mancbeiter. .
'By Cable to the Motalajc Star.l
s
Lonpok. August IS.--A dispatch I f roni
Dublin to the Pall Mall Gazette, this evenr
ing, ' says-1 The garrisoni here has been.
strongly reinforced ; probably - to guard
against any outbreak . dunng exhibition
The annual convention xst the Irish Land
League of Great Britain is sitting at; Man-
cnesier ic-aay, wim cioseu uyors mr
Commers, member of Parliament foi Ros
, . .... -1 ... j - i
common,.- presides. : Three nunored aeie
gates are present to-day. ; A resolution oi
sympathy was passed relative to the-' death
of Miss Fanny ParHell. A report was pref
sehted stating that the highlands of bcoti
land -werenpe for the land agitation :u if
was resolved to alter the title of . the Land
Versailles, August 12. The court here
has sentenced! to death enayror, a reured
apothecary; "who. murdered his Wife's lover
another ' anothecarv. "named : Auburt. sX
Chatham. Penayror's -wife, who at - her
husband's instigation inveigled Auburt to
visit her on' the night of, ,the murder, was
sentenced to penal, servitude for, life,
and Fenayrors brother Lucien, -.who aid-
'ed him in the crime, to seven years' penal
servitude. ' The trial excited extraordinary
interest, as the . public, prosecutor did not
press for the extreme penalty in the event of
the iufy ' considering-. that Fenayr6r was
actuated solely, by jealousy. It appears
that the Jury must v have adopted theyiew
favored - by , the prosecution', namely, that
Auburt was murdered to prevent ins au
vulging the guilt of Fenayror in some case
of poisoning or felonious use pi drugs.
DuBLnr, August 12. Mr; Parnell c and
i-t
other Irish members of Parliament arrived
here to-day to1 attend the festivities' in con
nection : with the approaching Opening . of
the exhibition. lne streetsare already ex-
Francis Hynes has been, found guilty
of the murder of John uaiaoghty.a herder,
near; Ennis,; recently,' and been sentenced
to be hanged - a month hence. - This is the
first trial . under - the crimes act before, a
special jury.- The crime was of.anagra-!
grian -dharacter.1 ? Dalaughty had continued
in employment ; at i the farm from wbichf
Hynes had been evicted., , f Si
Walter R. Poole was nominated yester-i
day by the Republican Convention -of . the
FiretNorth Carolina. District for Congress
He' is a Republican. ,' The Convention re
fused toendorsa John B. Respass, recenUy
nominated by the Liberal; Convention of
that District. " , ' " ' - '
U 1; )
NEW YORK.
Two: men ' Killed .and Several :BIore
-Wounded The Strike at Conoes. I
By Telegraph to the Morning star. "
Poughkeepstje;- August ll.-At the-
West Shore Railroad cutting,:: at Cornwelli
where a large number of Southern negroes
are employee!,-- another accident ; occurred
yesterday; . A blast did not explode, an d
tue uieu uuo&iog mat mey, naa me note
Cleaned out; were about to sink., it: deeper
when the powder exploded,, driving a drill
through the head of - one of the men j
breaking another man's leg;: arid it is feared
aestroymg me sigut of anotner. ; Uenjamin
Hooper was in the next cut and the explo4
sion. loosened : a ; piece' of : Tock . weighing
about six tons, whicty fell directly on him;
crushing bim into a' jelly.'9 : Sampson Mci
AUKeu naa nis, aeg brofeen ,ml two. places
and is not. expected to live, and Joe Casceq
will probably lose' his eye-sight. ' There!
were aboutv twenty men in the cut 'where
Hopper rwas", and i( they had not tub to aid
the meuiwhere the explosion occurred they
-VJvauBO.-JJLUllUllk-ll. 'AS ?l je&Uili Ut U1U
mass meeting last night the Executive Com-
mittee of the Harmont: Mills fstav-outs"
claim a. decrease of ; 23 m the working force
oi weavers ana promise ot more to quit
work to-day. A -decisive struggle wilhbe
made on Monday. .If the force at -work is
increased to any material number, thebftck$
of Jhe strikers, will be Drokeni!'? Contribui
rtionsare. now: being received from .the
Trades Assembly, a judicious use of which
-inspires tne striKers to prolong; thftjlrtke;
1 YEXiLO W fever:
'1 .' i r- t I,'
An Increase In tbe Dally Mortality at
Brownsville and IDIatamoras Erag--eerated
Keports.', ' , 4 5iijuji. iil
. fBv TfilfiPTflnh in t.hA Vnrnlnir Rtar I
gAvestok, August ll.-Tha Jfowt La
redo special says that the number of deaths
from vellow fever ' at -Matamoras for the
past twenty-tour nours was forty, anorthi
number at Brownsville thirteen.' .
Fort Brownris ,in strict Quarantine., thi
fort commander deciding not to move." JU
relief r committee has! been 'formed : and
f,zuu subscribed. 4 . f. ti . , , , i
liALVESTON, August 11. Xnere seems
to be a panic over the yellow fever in Mata
moras, and dispatches from there regarding
the number of eases are exaggerated and
contradictory According to one report.vii
Laredo,, the number of cases on the 9th. was
uiiymx. . j. ! laier uispaicn reauces me
iii.. . a ' . "j '. . . ... i .1 "
number of deaths for the same day to forty ;
but that was a large increase, the daily
average bf deaths for the' week previous to
the 9th being only thirteen'. - There are only
about fifty cases of yellow fever at Browns?
ville, at present. The '"number of deaths is
not large; but the' Health authorities are of
the opinion- that it will. become epidemic.'
There is no yellow feverin Texas except at
jirownsvuie. v - 'j-i.o
!
MEXICO.:
.1 At.
xnoian- uepreaanons a. xteisn or Te
tt ml . .1 lr f i i .
Tucson. Arizona-.- August 11. Advices
from - Flermosillo, ,Sonora,'underTdater:of
the 8th inst , says that t parties just arrived
from U res report Apache -depredations in
mat section as - most ieariui. uver zw
warriors-are i in the Mazatlan Mountains:
near Uxea. and make daily raids on the
valleys in small txxlies, burning crops ant
bouses- and. murdering the inhabitants.
During the past. twelve days forty-five pert
bods have been murdered within a radius of
twenty-five- miles of. Urea.:: The Apachea
are from the San Carlos agency, and, are
armed with Winchester ones and use cart
ridges stamped Ui S. r i The . country - is teri
rorized, business paralyzed, and settlers are
fleeing from their ranches ' 'to " Ures. ' All
available . Mexican -. . troops are being con
centrated to operate against the Indians. -I
, .1 ' - I--',.'''--'
t-t -. i '. . 7 ntn mrw . t s . i .!.: --'.- ?
J ' " ' " 1'-7
The Constantinople Conference Move
ments - of xnrKisn " rroopi-Hnain
Policy Foreanado wed Tne Position
of Germany and France.,"; y t
ra Cable 3 to the MomtaffStarh
London, -August 12 A ( Constantinople
dispatch, to the -Times says: What Lord
Dufferuv' insists upon: in-order to secure
harmpny Of action that! no movements
of Turkish troops, Avhen they are in Jtgypt,-
should take place' without the preliminary
l'urkisn delegates to tne uonierence nave
informed Lord Dufferin, British - Ambassa
dor, that no troops will be landed in Egypt
Until the arrival, of the- Turkish special
commissioners. ': t i
.The Times says vx a leading- article;
When the army of Arabi Pasha has been
dispersed and its leaders brought to ac
count for their misdeeds,i we shall have to
make sure that the . difficulty - may not re?
-cur iu a new. form Egypt will.-be . in our
hands. - It will, not be open to us to retire
from the country and - leave 'events to take
their own , course ' This ,13 the : resolve or.
England, and when it becomes necessary to
seek the sanction of the other1 Powers for a
result, the concert of. Europe will be uv,
voked in a sense very diuerent from that
witn wnicn we nave ! laieiy oeen iaiuuuu-.
BBRurs, August 12. The r Qrensebpten,
an, officially inspired organ, says: ;1''Ger
nfany cannot risk the loss of the good- will
of other Fowers bv paralyzing, or counterT
acting their policy, unless she is" absolutely
forced to do so. She has neither the wish
iior the risrht to the part of Europe's censor;
She will neither give a mandate to England
to act; on the Nile,- norvhinder her frotn
doing what she may .think necessaiy . f pit
British interests The inte'rests of Germany
liave not been menaced. " It they5 aTe 1 men-4
seed hereafter she will have plenty of tune
to 'feke her;resolutions. Her 'only 'aim is
European peace.. . ,' .; . n . ", .
Pabis August 12.--A : dispatch ? from
Constantinople states that the ambassadors,;
upon the invitation - of France have sent
urgent presentations to the Porte in regard
to the agitation against Christians in Syria
and other? parts of " the Turkish empire.
France has. now accepted,, under certain
reservations, the proposal for collective
protection of the Suez Canal, r -
-. WASHINGTON.
Tbe State Department and Imprisoned
- v -. - : Suspects In Ireland. : . ' . i
- f 'By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ;
: WAsmjsiGTOir, August 12. Acting Secre
tary of State Davis has been in communicai
tion with Minister Lowell, in reference to
the case -of Stephen .Meany: of New
York, who was arrested at Ennis.' Ireland,
for alleged violation of the Repression act.
Secretary Davis yesterday .telegraphed to
Minister Lowell to give the case his imme
diate attention and to investigate and report
on the matter. An answer was received from
Minister Lowell to-day, stating that the
British Foreign Office has no official inforf
mation en the subject, but that .he nnder;
stood that Meany had been released. Secre
tary Davis thereupon' telegraphed to Minis
ter Lowell to , get exact ; information as ta
whether Meany is free or not
Spirit ,TTirrj6iitiiie.:
-"HilIsboro Recorder! Fourteen
.prisoners,- thirteen e males and one female,'
au uoioreu uui one,-were "ta Ken front Or-
mugo uuumy jaii ia3i iuonaay ana tasen to
uurnam -county, forttnahr vnly one pri
soner in-our countviaa'at'Tbresent-;
- Washinon Posy 'e enthu
siasm was unbounded " so sava a retioTt: tr
an anti-Bourbon, meeting" in North Caro
lina. . To 1 understand i this . correctly it is
necessary to remernber"that 'enthusiasm"'
aown mere is the thin? that statesmen
uuuia fu. II 9UlUgim.', : i . 7, '
JKaleieh mt.'Thevehoirt .
of ,"Dr. V. JE.' Tufner.?ormis :vcitr;; as
second Vice President of the National Don- -'
tal Association, in session in Washington
viiiv, auu jjia appointment as one el a com-
mittee of five on correspondence with the
United States Government is a compliment. '
uxtora Jfree Jjanee; Mow do
the colored people like the idea advanced
oy mr. uevereux. the Liberal-candidate for "
Congress?! s He is inr favor of taxing them -to
pay. for the slaves. pWned by his family
before the war-fa thousand or two innum-
ber. Mr. Devereux' is" evidently lookinn-
out for number one. ? - r i) -
.'Rockinehamr4:"HrBrirfht
Holt is ahead in the beet line, having shown
us one on "Wednesday evening weighing IS
pounds and measuring some 15 inches in
length, .j , -Died, in Monroe- county, on
the aath of July, Mrs., Lilly McNeill, wife -of
Mr. J ames, Aa McNeill, and dan rttor nf
Mrs. Sarah W, Nicholson, ,of : this county.
, VV an-enton yome; Jj orthebest -
editorials the most accurate reports and the
rniesi news we always loolc to the W umihg- -, "
and General James Madison? Leach, Hwo "
broken down Detobcrats-Of Western North
Carolina,' have joined the Republican party -.
because ; they .could not: continue to get
office. - "
- Tarbofo Southerner: ; Halifax
has elected an entire new Board of County
Cpmmissioners. : The present members of
the board are aU good men but their. views
on granting licenses had. rendered them un
popular. - ! The Democrats can run'tho - -
county for seven ihoitwrul dollars per an
num less, than the r Rads. The records
' show it.' 1 " ' u - ' ' ,-'
-Wilson : -Advance? 'The '"recent -
heavy rains have swollen our streams to a
greater extent than for fifty years, and con
siderable damage has been done to the mills
on the streams thereby : Senator M.
jW. RanRom,, CoL Thomas . S. Kenan and
otner aisunguished speakers will ' address
the people of Wilson i countv on the noliti-
ical issues of the day m this place, Satur-
County Convention i ; v,vy;, i.
r. -mf Fayetteville fiJ&BQfai:7- .The
survey of the short line of railway between
Wilson- and Florence is1 ptbgresiing' some
what more rapidly than we were - led td be-
neve.i ine two parties wnicn are wonting
from the two termini towards each other
are now each: within eight ot temmiles of
Fayetteville in opposite directions. They '
expect to meet .here m the course of a Week
or. two. we suppose there is stiil some
doubt as to the point on the W., i C, & A'
Railroad where the contemplated short line
will go. - ; y ' :,;., i ; -
Weldon News: The Executive
Committee, after mature deliberation, have
decided to change the time of . holding the
next i air trom uctober 23rd to JNovember
13th, 14th, 15th, 16th arid 17thr' This was
done to avoid conflict with other fairs, and
which only ( could be done on the -dates
named. 'Messrs. 'John Arlington &
Sons, : of Petersburg.'-bidJ, the amount of
$19,525 for the : canal property it being the "
amount , they 'offered when they asked to
have the former sale reopened. ..There was
no ofher bidj' and the, property, its rights,
privileges and franchise, was sold to them
at this . price. They are all Nerth . Caro
linians. Star. J- :j ,j"f.
Oxford Orphan's Friend? Col.
XX K Connaljy, a Netlr. Carolipa; Baptist
Rev; John Xerr; the father of Judge Kerr.
He was educated at the U.'. 8. Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md; lost an arm at -Gettysburg;
resided as a lawyer for several
years in Galveston, Texas; settled and mar
ried in Richmond, Va., and was a Senator
of Yirgima when he was caught, in the
timbers of the falling Capitol, and remained
for .hours in suffering andj extreme peril..
That memorable calamity, led the,, brave ,
soldier to tne loot or; tne cross,! where ne .
was renewed in spirit ; and, transformed in '
character...,- ';'. "' '
Pittsboro Hecord: We , learn
that Col. Dockery and Mj. M. Q.; Waddell
had a political discussion ; at: Carthage,, on
tne oth instant, that day being Tuesday oi
court week. - A large crowd - was presefat .
and the speeches created quite a stir in poli
tics. :' A colored man named Solomon
Brooks was accidentally killed in this county
on last -Tuesday. He was empioyep as a
teamster bv J. W..Tavlor & Sons to . haul
logs to their saw mill, ; and was! instantly
killed by a tree tailing on mm ana cru suing
him,: : The deceased was an industrious
"man and well thought of by all who 'knew
Jiim.' Chatham now claims the cham
pion beet, being an eight-pound one, sent
us by Mr; Joshua W. Hackney, of Williams
township. - Mr, Andrew Loyo,. oi tms
township, has sent us a cabbage that has ;
twenty-one distinct heads. ' ! 1 .''
jTarboro-owiAern'; 1 Saturday ?
witnessed another stabbing affray . Two
colored men, Silas Bryan and Joe Brown,
were playing cards, 'seven up," for money.
A dispute-arose . as : to, the winner, words
brought on blows. Silas Bryan was stabbed
,in each shoulder - with a. knife,' besides re
ceiving a cut on the heacU't . l he State
Republican Executive Committee have de
cided to reconvene ; the . Radical Congres
sional Convention, lately- assembled in our,
sister town of Wilson. . We will have one
consolation: we will have 'a circus here this
months and a County Convention next, so
two towns This ; move is .m; the Hubbs..
interest. ,He is working like a beaver. It
is said now that 'he has secured three of the
Northampton delegates."? , One - Newaom,
Colored, a delegate; has just received a
revenue . appomtmentalary nmety aoi-
lars amonth.,.::, --' , ,
. Raleigh Jfews- Observer '.tThere
was; shot last Tuesday, at Enfield, N. C,
under, the auspices of : the, Enfield Gun
Club, a very pleasant and interesting match
at glass ' balls, for a ' handsome side-bar:
buggy. Mr. Engelharcr won, ana tne ita
leigh Gun Club is again victorious. - Mem
bers from the Tarboro; Scotland Neck,
Wilson, Nash - county and. Enfield Gun
Clubs competed. - Hon. David Davis
passed through here .last evening en route
to Fayetteville,.; where he : will spend
some - days : at . "Tokay." ;" r It i is un
derstood that in the not distant future be
will lead to the altar a North Carolina bride. :
- It is said that over fifty mill and f ac- -tdry
'dams' in - Wake,. Orange,- Durham..
Chatham and Granville counties have been
washed away or.Tuined by tne heavy rains.
Col. Edwards, after a futile dalliance
with the . Democratic. Judicial - Convention
at Durham, pleads ' guilty to the soft im
peachment and accepts the Radical . nomi
nation. . Gen. . J. , M. -Leach - was
examined before the Vance committee,, and
we find the following1 in his testimony at
page 278: . Q. You, are a Democrat your
self in nolitics. aro voii not? ; Ai No. sir,
Inever toas. ul am a Whig, and so -known
to be. Q.- Tou were sent to Congress as : a
Democratic nominee in that State? A I
was a Whig ? inever have: been anything:
else. I- never , intend - to, be. , . Evidently
Gen. Leach was even then beating- about
the bush..; Never a Democrat I ? How nicely
we split hairs I . - .