North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star. , ; PUBLISHED. AT; I L, M I N O T O Jg . . . i -4 : . ' " v AT S83S. SS2SSSSSS3 sw 5SS88S8SS8S8SS8 i 8838oooooS8So8 ' xriatiio coa VJ01010O t-t- iOooonooQOsooo j 38SSS8SSSS3SS8S38 -' cteoiot- 0D-"9eCgs:2JB! 255H52rf52w r Altered at the Post" Office atWilmfngton, N. C, L' asSeoondClw Matter) ; S UBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscri6tioii price of the 'Weekly tVrR is as follows : , .... , ' .: - .Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, , f ' " 6 months, ; " 1.00 Smonths, V " f . -50 THE CRY OF THE REVENUE HlTIlI- hers. ; j. ' .' i 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 i w ' t- ., ; ........... . I 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 1 1 -il'W. I JS 3'- JS'li H ij 2 n Si I ' a"" Ts . e . I rn I 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 - . : ' 4 V, i 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 i . . . ..-V... i' ; L l.'i:., .... i J 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. : r ;, , . , s; ., , - 'Z nZ 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. M . 5 ' -r. f !, 1 the crops: J 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 . - .