North Carolina Newspapers

-as' - 1 She Weekly Star. . i . PUBLISHED AT ttLMIJIGTON, N . C AT ;0 A YEAH, IN ADVANCE. rSgggggggggggggg. iti'"l Pt AOlA O 882SSSSSSSsS - - " " " ,-- v c eoo 00 woo 1. mrff r oo o t- 00 o 09 K A O 4 as a SS8Slj.6SSSS 1M 1 &.--1. i if a. if I. .,4 I 4 :f fritt-red at the Pest Office at'WflmiMftonllLCLJ as Second Class Matter. i 3 months. F UN DA MEN TALS- BEAD WHERE. ; lit l - i . T f ' .V m i v e puDusn lo-uay a portion xi ait editorial from the ablest law tariff paper in America the NeWVotlt 7Vn'. ii is a lrvepiiDiican -paper and i jinlgiueut ia the more reinark:ibl.' W- hiive italicized a few 8?nthiJ carcfnlly and do not allcfa yourself lo le Jed astray by specious ' arninents that if adopted will briny su il l and unerring disaster upon the Di mneratie party. Whenever f tjo l).'ioer:itf ceas.e to be. tho -exponents, of ;i siriet construction of the Coristi- tuDou, l!i.-iilV iu letter ami in spiritj. and abandon' the very foundation1 n iiioiil' of i owX Government as isi;ih!isiiel by the fathers the 'loc trine. of tlic reserved fights -oFrthe Slates; and whenever theybeome " the advocates, for party Bnecss as the result of a ? bargain, pf.a fciiglx Protective Tariff, then the canse of tke peoph' is betrayed; and it i Mgn I tinu for the formation of a ncpaty on Hie. basis of , these great; ,'fundat mental principles. If the nejcessity shall arise, there will be such party ami in cvery hamlet and town and neighborhood in the South, find in tlieNorth, too, doubtless,1 there will . M men. who -will join thiparty hoping and believing that it ivill bo the salvation of the "country I in thq end. , j . , The doctrine of the rescrveil rights of the Conimon wealths; the doctrine tliat each State has an independent sovereignly; the doctrine tat the States delegated certain ' powers of .theirs to a creature called lh Fede ral Union, reserving to themselves all .lowers' not thus delegatedjis fun damental, and is not to be impaired or destroyed without serious! detri ment and even imminent peril JtQ the gf eat constitutional fabric created by the States and worked into shape by the formative genius of " Jefferson, ; who first suggested it, and tlui great men who adopted and monldeil his ideas. . i-- : L t' V- ' IV : The method of collecting the-taxes is the great'economic tpiestuui ojf the agrx Shall it bq by; a-high tarii ex clusively, or by .a low' tariff and an internal tax' iOiiluxiiritiswiiiskcy iu i oeer, toDacco ami cisrars, wines ! ales? . ' "." t read carefully wliTii theallest lean paier .says and. thd. ablest exj.oiKW of the last -named plln 6f fatMiig' tw revenue; for Um support of the Govlernment:' . " ' if :'1 THE SAL E OF THE NEW TpK - V ;;- WORLD. V. The sale of the I New YorkjTf rid if not without interest. 7 Ne' lllork needs a really strong soundranre- lialllc ! I)eninrrati nrtrihr1' r Vhot fUnit 18 half, and half, and it' is not t be h.lluivU h ith coiifideHceiSCts alty ! ,s of al hijjh prder, amMt is a Welvs-1 Panel- if .Li.'. -iCLr Southern peocraVcfelyfloI-! panai The TFftr: has ifilen --( . 1 '..,.;.;..'. I '--i-iiVi. verv in crWoiin nnJA..ll.' lT.ir,. J 1 Dt it has xerted but little inflaenee "pon American bolitics. heen reas( for this. Under Mr. rarbli the suspicion. paper was jecrarae Fnrtt.h His ffort to chane. if can athe;,Pf e'seritial i ... S-! t . Section in lle middle 1 8G8 swappirighofse8 in: m we ; m,reain-r?uantrtnet did C. i ymonr's roshects akin to. treery. J.sinee Since -;MVl.Gould, . a' Jte- fnWican, wis , known to n mosfclif 1 the iU opinions hSbenulf I ,;u ailie t weighty among iUemoctats. ! uen radrpads and railroad inani-l .& and Republicans ovfnbemocHl- ' ' : i-. u fit s I The subscri6tion price of Ua jWKKKi.jr ! of thft Democratic jWlyTw :tau is as follows r- - f. ; When-iher TToj-W waa 'started'H Single Copy 1 year, postage paif fl.fitf y,. j ,4rfl1,(:i:n: 't ur" CS .- " 6 months, " '' 1x1.00 ;: W WiggungAunXOt.ti,;Jt BUllk, "5 i Wl I i 4 -r . - ninanders while1 theri battle irasing did 'aiMmmfcA . - I I T 1 .-- : f' ...". -r'..V. VSf --. .V.'.;, . , -if): -i,J A-S- c v.- -:; ' J . . - " ' .... . .. ! t . : : 1 1 ' -" Tf : 7nJ- ; -;W A r "V ' "; : ----- ':".'",'';.':.V;-. ".,"?,1Vr.'-, a wi.mtsWiupeirtiiir YOL. XIV: ic papers and the people know it they "attach butr little importances to the ,piniona Jf such papers. They know11 the paid editors will echo the wishes ana views of the owners, - I ; S t ltisr.alit?er,wh6 isin able man twill ' Publish ; a first-class newspaper and iaake it -soundly l Democratic iwitfioitt beirig servile or an" organ in .any sense free to - condemn what is wrong; orjord6nbtful epediency it r will bo of positive benefit to the Dein- ?CTUe .pari.in the JThioii arid will IikiU7oll oitcrf omwi - 1 If muot I 1 If npnnAtit. rvf . 'fill VirxTti tA Kao, J' i corporations and bo; triie to Um hfit J intertlof owljfilo "'country If it? wonid b. sfai -and command 'Uet ?O,0OOL;ag,r we emember to have! Seen it statedrbfor(l tbja tider turned irfits favor. ;;It novf selhufor $400,-' 000, and yet its-snbsoription must be sniairin the South; taTfact;lwk' sus-: pecthat tho circle" of i$s patronage is;not-very ';wider' 'W"of aro glad ta know that the World' ia under Dein- ocratiopwprship.t;. -J"' The Capo FeaV & Yadkin iYalley syndicate" arc atAvoW.t; We learn that thelron anotiEerything else ne cessary to the cdmpetion f the road lo Greensboro have beetfiordered. - As soon 4as trains can. run4 throui from Fayetteville to Greensboro; t&e com pany will be" ncOn5ili6n to market its bonds and we may lh"ii look for further progress-. Ji If thcyevei! make a through A7,estDrhconnection, which Wo think probable, r we. believe .they will finof it to their interest tb 'Tnn a direct line to , W ilmington. In fact, a' gentldman.of .'th'is: cit; who at tended the recent meeting at Greens boro T iiifornis . : us '.that a leading member of the syndicate said to him that as, soon as .tho line , was com pleted tef'Greensboro some of the principal, .stockholders t expected , to visit; Wilmington for the purpose of conferring with our business, men in regard to an extension of ' the line1 this way, A throusrh-Western con- nection, with Wilmington as its sea port terminus, would be a "big thing," and we trust the day is not far dis tant when our highest hopes in this direction may be realized, V Annual Meeting of the Carolina Cen tral Kallroad Company. The annual meeting of the Carolina Cen tral Railroad Company was held at the. of fice of the Company in this city yesterday. The old Board of Directors were reelect-4 ed, as follows: John M. Robinson, J. S. : Whedbee, p. W. Oates. . R C. Hoffman, John C-Winder, W. W. Chainberlaino, C. f M. Stedman, I. L. Mlnnis, R. S. Tucker, j M-P. Leak, Severn Jlyre t I CobsJ.1 L ' Robinson was unaniraonsly reelected as President, and Mr,! JII. Sharp I asf Secretary. ; . .We were shown by Maj.; C. M. Stedman j the'repoTt of lW President and Board of Directors loathe stockojders, which shows 1 a greatly improyed status fa the financial j and general condition' of the road, and the 1 people of this section have every' reason to? feel assured JJiat.pothing has. been done, or will be donei under the present .manage- mea to preyerit' the city 'Yymfngton ) fromjreapiuoj the 'benefits to 2 which; it' isj justly entitled from the tradeof all the re-1 tfottot country which supports the Caro ! lina Central. .-t-?-? mm ' ' : i Interestlnc' School ,' ExerclMes at lUTa-l f A: correspondent informs, us .that the: good people of Masonboro -had a pleasant! eritertairiment';Fnday evening. : Theocca-1 slbn was the closing exercises (of Miss Ken- nedy's school; m The church was tastefully decbraiedjWith rflowers'f and f evergreens, while aiove the' stand ' gleamed' forth the motto -.V. With Joy we GreetThee, " ! 'The flrstthlngitf erder WastM crowning; of theQueen p(jyiij::ia2o youngest m&t&l-iiitij being chosen asthe beautif tli TepresentativeT j "pToyay!' Ifisp 'Ct&fc latthp.bearer was t Miss 1 Salfie .sFarrowrand thef arewel I ; was'1 spoken by Miss N6nie! Wagnen 1 But; wnereau aia so wen w woma ce lnviuious to mention names. . The whole affair was interesting to all present, and the part each one bore fihowjdhatfo drille4.d 4hat theU-Jteacher.understanolsi her high calling.. : The examinations during 'the 11 forenoon "were" highly 4 satisfactory. j jtiiss enumjr iw .uauguier 94 our goou- 4rieud Rev W.M Kennedy, .is a graduate! df one ofthe best- female institutes ;in the State. and-Aeemitojbperfectly at homej in tM'iclibttSttdl. Weleara r lbat milltlPOinFCaswen, "jfne'prp reai-4 nt'otiew'ai oyiby.re''i9ii Friday night last-Tho mill was being ope- superintended, by, bibi sonf jMriJb Earber.f Nothing ia known as to how the accident occurred, or with, reference' to insurance. 4 !. SJMMON-' N ;0.V FRIDAY JaMSHORIAIj XJLT.U rtlemprlal ISxerclaes finder the Anspi ' i. , . - j .i,, , u Hon, C x l$nnu-Dert9f. Jfii) Ji,;,.. .1,.) .Lil ' '53 the deadJwoes flf thaTci'tbst Cauak";aEi their decoration-1 wttli; beatrtifue fioera s; emblematic of, the love and affeion'enter tainijd for, tfioaye'"!! .ee tieir; mi sleep Ijeneathrtbe consecrated srronndii dawheypotf fjm';;aTl- ttettfigTiWss ofi ciouu. is meet mirptoprtHtat we shonld thn'belnoe .dV.Uaidf rtfeei dkliagnighydj Milsi88fppia. wh presided over tho loom-'. ed! destinies of 'ffxojiig "Confederacy uurug iH : uriei . ana. sanguinary struggle, uTho annual offering ot fresh flowers tathu memory of the patriots who died in defence' o the sacred principles ; for whiph tbe,ba ties 1 of Ihe 'war for-' independence', were f ought, is the appropriate tribute to men the, appreciation of whose Sriftuf should be as enduring .as the recurrinijAowers.if spring. While the -purest nd' Urucsi the women of .'the'Boutii-oome annually to deck tb grates of their. beriQes, the youth of tho land cannot grow wp in' ignorance o. the; oldiceaseto remember the debt ofgrati tudo due to ihosp who died that their coun try might be free as their forefathers left it to them." Tia a- beautiful custom, and one that cannot be too sacredly kept, 'and to the ladies of the Memorial .Associations through out the .South . is due the credits of thus scekins? to perpetuate and ever keep green in the memories' of the 'living, the heroic devotion -nd :.self sacrifice, of ,tho.. noble dead. - " t ? iu r 1 , ,'Jn WilmJDgion.atthpughhi4 is" the Be'veti- tecnth anniversary of the inauguration of the custom of decorating the eraves there has 'been no perceptible --diminution i n 1 J tho interest witl Jshich theday Ja jpbseryed j certainly not on the part of the ladles,, who have always been foremost in this as -in all other gopdjlworisj .That the Interest and respect is unabated the display of yesterday wpuld, we" should think, sufficiently attest, as the procession was fuller than for several years past.'? . ? ' tx, 1., - j THE PROCESSION . t .,. formed on Market street, between Third and Fourth,' at about half 'past Sjo'clock, in; accordance .with the pnblislied pro gramme, under the direction of Chief Mar shal A. L? DeRossct aided by Assistant Marshals- Grccno, Oldham, Birdsey, Metts ; and" Potter, : ; and consisted of Brigadier! Gen. M. P. Taylor, of the Second Brigade, and staff; Cornet Concert Club, Wilming ton Light Infantry and Veteran Corps un der command of Capt. J. L. Cantwell ; Orator, Chaplain, and Clergy of tlie city in carriages; .the. Ladies Memorial Associa tion ; Choir in carriages ; Children's Me morial Association ; Schools in charge of. their teachers ; ' Association of Officers of the Third5 North Carolina Infantry; Confederate Survivors '" Association, un der Col. . J. J." Iledrick, their : Chief; Marshal ; , . other - Confederate officers, soldiers 1 and i sailors; .A people. ; on foot and " in carriages.5 "etc.5; Thd' formation of the large number of military and civic the skillfal management of the Chief: Mar sbaY and his assistants, was' witnessed by a large crowdTof .Bpectators!whicb. lined the adjacent sidewalks. The procession moved at 4 o'clocknndWttie 1 inspirhig strains'of music fromtheCoruelJOonwrirplub, and though the streets were. rather dry and the weather was rf littUi too nrarmT and snflndy for was with other occasions of the kind.' .... The bcljs of some Of the churches were tolled during the time that the procession was forming and until Its . arrival ; on the .grOlWlUSj'. .. ff .-.i;;! .- - . - . , . - f AT OAKDAXiE Arrived at OLtkdaltf Cbmetery the pRices-J biou-uiurcueu up iuc steuue umi uicu iuiu; the.. Cob f edeiate lot. w ich was in ch argei & ... . tr t i- . a 1 ; .n.ii,.j preceded the procession to thf igrdunds, ana me space surrounaing ine juonieueraiei cemetery. was already occupied .a ii . As soon as' Order was restored Chief Mar4 shal peTtossethnnounced that "Hev. E1. .W. JJL rreschau, ; of St A: haul's -Evangelical Lutheran Church; would invoke the divine blessing,: whereupon the Teyerend gentle jinxtn;foede4to im press! ve and appropriate prayer., -vsjw hm prayer "was succeeded' by musifrb the rchpir, at w cunclusion of which lb ,)hief io'arsbal announced ifhat . Rev.t Mr. Peschaa woUld, in thVabsehce of the ber ... . ...... . .-v . v. B -.. ...... -.. . . 'T S05 Wtcjioaen , tp perfof oi ,thatl pari, m tne, ceremoniesxeaQia , poem fuitea to the oceasion, composed by himself. The- buUf$ioffd to was Mthen peadi in j a clear andw:qisunct ypice by Mr. Pes chau; . - Marshal Dejlossefphen -arose, and in ap propriate terms, dntroduced , Hon, 4 it. T. Bennett &i th ratoT ot fi ocoaslon, whoj spokeassfollows:3' f . iji We haWcome to ffVhtriWte'bf'grati-l tude to the ;menr dead and aivinffhwho f ol4 lowed the fortunes Of the Confederacy fromf the outbreak.'of the. war until Palm Spnday in iSoSr wheU theragged regiments1 of tho . n .a mi -' - . 1- .aJl 1 m. Li i - f-rf - ' ml Bomn, torn Dy,nosuie saoi ana sneu, stacKeaj their gnnsIowered their: banners,', and; bro-l ken-hearted, dispersed, lb find ruined homcsj and a couMr-Lirdedithsackcloth and' sprinkled with f ashes..Th melancholyj autycouia raos oe , perj.ormea.on .grouna, morel ft ttinsr than this, hallowed ai it ia bv thegraves of our deadfootprintsof angela t' of circumstances;;:. j;t '..:..'.:; r - Yesterday.the flAy'aetApart custom for the annual fillffrimaffe Hrfthff erkves dtl real om'fort.'no lcn8nsTnc6nVenfdhce x perien ceS, Kpaftfcutyc4Pre fc Eighteen miles aray,1 as; the ill-omened crow t flies, are . the . remains, of 7 the last great artery which sustained jthe failing "life' of the Confederacy, until cut by thecrueT Uur'gery ' of the sword' in January of 18G5. The spirit of good or bad n men,, while living and after death, is but the echo, of their actions. Those who served in the armies of the Confederacy 5U-? ring its struggle with the Government, arryf in their hearts n unwritten memorial of the, courage, valor and deeds of their comrades, who less fortunate than themselves, perished in that itrugglen,The feeling of comrade-1 shin; the senseof old helD. of commnrv perU-7rorn only of the electric touch - ofi elbows will not suffer their memories to see cotrupti6ovti'i : kl ,nni-m4 " If ; we.weld trftnsmit td. bther'aces4lo! those, wha,are$p jcotna af erusthe, prp uniH.iemeiuumujt3 ub men wno ieu un-, dei the 'Southerii'CrOssamid "the solenoid agony !of battle, we must resort to materia- inoBiimejits-rto, brass or jparble.. j, ; iits xlt is the irony of fortune that ;t we were tb 'yield 'to' the' 'strong ''embttons'whictf stnila f orirtterance and ftlyefeto twfl eEuthueiasra,; oursea timents capdidjyii pressea, wouia ,,prov9K.e criycism, ana pe irapuied td'dur peODle as proof of insnbor- dinatioa. Our lamentations mustbd ex pressed in sobs. k m-fvizifrr&i Pardon me then if I fail to touch the del icate nerve of sympathy in" this concourse. feIt ia bot probable that' the historian" will again chronicle the annals of a war in "which the pepplo ..erowded their f. leaders put of place and took the advance. The tendency now is to turn everything to cdmmerciaf account.' Then the votaries of lawj medi cine and philosophy, the artisans, the teem-; ing thousandshp,work..afield, moved by a common impulse, took up the line of march and pbureda; steady 'stfeatf fjffa-' triotisra to the scene of the conflictJ iThe Bishop exchanged the Episcopal, mitre S pr the baton of a marshal: the men ,of .God, whose province it is to inspire us with the sweet ideal of the Nazarene, ; joined the column bf march; and on the perilous edge of j battle breathed into the, ear .-..of the dying soldierlhe words' 6f 'eternal life. Our people encamped upon the field Our Jrotftbf mature manhood ; and age s with cngtbening shadows, all were there. , And from home, woman the best comfort of bur imperfect condition inspired us by her faith and trust in the justice Of; God: and the righteousness of our cause - If was the tempestuous march of a principle .as old as the. government -and , as irrepresiible as though tJ Of such men were made the squad rons which under Stuart, who deserves to take rank with Kellerman, forced the circuit bf McClellan's army while he thundered at the gates of -Richmond and scored the first great ride of the war. j --uKf . "n Of such were . composed the: battalions which under Jackson, who received- his death wound a score of years ' atro in' the tangled growth at Cbancellorsviile. about the exultant hour of victory, made the first great march of the war in the shadow of South Mountain by the waters Of : the Shenandoah and h urled the forces of the government from tho Valley, With these citizens Buchanan drove the beak of the Merrimac into the yielding timbers of the Congress and Cumberland, and startled Xtation3. .! ..... - .... - ; , t., ..; Time, ,the balm of wounded hearts, has softened the agony of the last months of the appalling struggle between the States, and converted the ravishing anguish of de feat, of deaths, of losses infinite, into submis- ; sion to , the inevitable. - We would ' not ' make those ncartsbleed ' afresh - by- re-' counting the 'incidents which clothed pur people with the weeds of mourning. , In Caesar's account of the battle of Phar-. salia. he says that Crastinus, a Centurion of the Tenth: Legion, already distinguished for his gallantry, called out: "Follow me, my comrades, and strike and strike ,4 home for your General. " This one battle remains to be fought and he will have his rights and we our liberty." "General," he said, looking to Ccesar, .'I shall earn your thanks to-day, dead or alive," , v We have seen a ragged Southern soldier, all ? unknown to fame, amid the angry shouting of hosts, touch the poverty of his uniform, and with a gentle farewell, uttered , as ne essayed some doubly perilous feat, go ; out into mo eternal beyond. - we await with the anguish of patience the coming historian who will do , justice to theseun titled dead. ' . . With the "world nothing Succeeds like; buvu wuugu uvuunuu iu iuo suujuauon ; of a free, people, which we denounce .here as tne greatest crime of all the ages. , z- v We adopt the sentiment and'language bf -Pericles in the celebrated oration over the dead who perished in the first Campaign of the Peloponnesian war, delivered .430 years before the birth of the author pf. the sweet GalUean Vision:1 - : r. J ';t-.1.i'.'; -' -'l ' 'But of these men : there was none that either was made a coward bV his wealth. from preferring the continued enjoyment of it; or shrank from danger through '.a hope snggested by poverty namely, that! he. might yet escape hvand erow rich: buti conceiving that vengeance on their foes was more to do desired than these.' objects, and at the same time . regarding this as the most glorious of. hazards, they, wished by 'risking It to be avenged on their enemies, and- 8to aim at procuring those advan :tageS;.comuiitting to hope the uncertainty of success, butesoiving . to trust to autiou ' lt. u .. 1 ... ' f . ? . 1 . a 1 wim legaiu w wiiai was yisioie 10 mem selvesV and in -4 that action, being minded rather J.o resist and die, than by surrender-; ing to escape, they fled from the shame of a discreditable report, while they endured the brunt of tho battle ' with their bodies ; and after the shortest crisis,', when at the very height of their fortune,, were, taken away, from thcirj glory rather lhan their j ' Sucfi' did these men prove themselves as1 became the character of their 'country. I. WQUld not have you unmindful that tbc angel of death left his mark on other ho"use-l holds than ours.. Funeral insignia hang! thick on the homes of the conquerors." .!Thel memory tf theiread is -cherished by the! Government ; their orphauedyoung their .widowed wives, their disabled-aurviyors, are, generously f maintained at' public ex l)ense. ' Our dead have no - country except the fttnmarked empire ;bf eternity; no flagi except the, weird cross,borue at thehadi of the spectre host in the spirit land ( Dei parted spirits of our expatriated dead; we salute you on the slopes of glory. ; Lot at their tomb my tributary tears! offer for my; Mth.rePbmaies:;.' t - .1 r.. ,.h i dCpbi Bennett-spoke under.rmany difflcull ties, as the; wind i was. blowing t almost sa gale.. He had to make frequent j pauses to understood by the immense crowd An i .other beautiful piece was next rendered b the chohv when Rev. F. H. " Wood pro-. bounced the benediction and the doxologyi was sung., xuu reauiug 01 ,iue oil Ot Honor pf the" Confederate proceeded byeyshal, followed! by music bythe band, the decoration of the mound at the base of the Confederate monl iitnent with flowers and wreaths? and thd whole was5 concluded by the firins; of a sa-' J adjust his manuscript. llis loud voice was: heard, howevef," and'most'of ' hiiTlani?uaee! UU&i&mi:l7J; lute by.the iinjingtoaLight Jnfantry.i The people ,thoB dispersed." -r. fact for several years past; We were p ; Witt) UC h oufrdn junilorm;anL- unwardt hSf thiios imuskek1 They presented ' a-SfiTennlfl itw1 a',.' mmf- a ; 7 ' .-:-. in lB. -A ft r.-s f ! 111: - -- . . v,. u wwamossagiwyflujrpriaed to: a&ks and- thev-madc: moat. PYnAllnnt moi, The fliahks o f all nberkdd areduo to the sppnsQtws r public generaUyii stThs moundswas -most ibeanUftdiyidecof rma mftOti gravW W fex-oofedefafcdtf Private1 rownS Jrgotte Capt. DeUossct mAdo..faimQS.t efilcient, Marshal-in-efaWCtTlrBedrick : per-forme'd- the same iart admirably -sfor ihe Survivors' AjciatidauT . Ul timt-4&m&'S iKThe ;flags;nf much pf the . shipping in port were displayed - during the day. and many of , the places of business were closed during the1 aitcrnoonF 5 Mr. P. Hemsbergerhad' (Be front " of hid book and music storesf onvHarket r street, decorated with- 'pictures 1 appropriate: VO the rate guard on' picket r Prayer n Stonewall Jackson's Cam p; Gen.v.Lee at "the Grave of Jickspu i a ; bcaufur;.mbtto, ; We Mpurn Pjiruiil rate soldier leaving for the wivr and anoth: ef picturing his return to find his home de: solated ; a paimlngIn Membriam a pic ture of i Wade! Jlampton, i &c. ; tbeiwhole surmbunted'byT a' large United States flag; with the staEdwpcdUli' " " ' ' ... Capt.s.ICI. Mclnti rj t had the windows of h is dry goods store, draped in mourning, and perhaps otherir took this "methodof manifesting their interest. The Evangelical. Lutheran, Synod of norm Carolina xiie isigntietn con- venUoikS' Imte jTho Eightieth, Conyentipna of . te , Lur therau Synod of North ,Carplina: was- hejd at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Cabarrus county,1 from May 2nd to May 8th'lnclu6ive. Rev'. f F.' W. ' E. ' Peschau, pastor of St PauVsliutheran Churchf of this cityvjwas" in attendance. The delegates, chosen , by the Council;- towitr-Mn-Jr F. Rulfs, prin cipal and Mr. II. VollerSj "alternate, were unable to attend ; The name of Mr. ' J. j F. Rulfs was, entered upon the, foil of. the Synod as delegate. , . , : The officers elected for the ensuing year aref- Prcsideni ' Rev: T:f ' g.- 'Ifallman; Concord? Recording Secretary; Reyl -j. A. Linn, Hickory; Corresponding Secretary, Rev. F. W. E; Peschau, . WilmingtonV and i Treasurer,- Col. P.-Nr HeiligrSalisbuTy. X The resignation of Rev. D. Bernheim as President pf North Carolina College, which was accepted by the Board of; Trustees of the College, came up for consideration and the action of ? the Board of Trustees was ratined.. 'v' 4 'h -nAod Rev. Dr. Bernheim has also been a mem ber pf the Board of Trustees of the College for raany-yearai This position he also resigned and Rev.! F. W'E Pehau was unanimously elected by8 the Synod tot fill this vacancy InthCBoard-bf Trustees. - 1 uc lutcreais ui xiunu varoiiaa tonegr, owned bythe Synod -and located: af Mt. Pleasant occupied the earnest ' attention bf ' the Synod rifearltwd daysand the propri- uijr uuu auvisauuiiy 01 ma&iDg 11 a ucnooij Snd action was lkehlo' make it Hci Its doors will tnerefbrc be open to both 'males and females.","APresident'Jbf theCbnege is lo be? erected atieshext'; meeting of the Board' of Tfustccstb';May 23fd,: during Commencement week. - ' - " " O '' '"' Among the delegates to the -next Con vention of the General Synod," which is to oe neui at unflrlcston: liev. Mr. rescbau ; antfII Vollertv Esq.iof f' fhis city,'- were ehbseri.-'- ':'t-4' 'J"? -JtJ ' Tlie attendance upon ' the "scssiotas Ht Synod was most excellent It' Is believed' that oho th'ou'sand people came together on Sunday mbrninir ibIfccndheYseWices; 2St. some church (for a country church) was packed to bverflowing by almost, six hun dred ; people, and f so: to accommodate: the many others, services' were held by. Rev. Dr? Bikld, not far-distant, vhrsj iTbc' contributions to almost all objects of j church Work and: cliurcli interests were de cidedly in advance .of ahe reoortsof thei Svnod last vear. and show a crowth in lih- erality as general fastht! growth 1rr numberst ana memuers oi iae iwneranswirougnouv the State. f.1;rr itL:&v f-.-. .4; - j A number of n.ew, churches have recently been "dedicated" and ' about" it half Jdn7n! mortf:Wfll likely-bo finished and dedicated during this, year; t,i s t--& sl 1. Two new points,. Moorcsville. and States4 ville; have been taken upby tho Svnod. ahdt a congregation orgahized at each, "and put under 1 the pastoral - care xxf i Revi i.VkiTRI Stickley. . . t, i a cuiuuucuuLjiiuawiui LUT 111 juonqay . evemnej unurcnrneai XThina Grdve1.' next fyeart'sublect" in . th meunuiutj 19 a ,caue; meetings .torPTOperJyj ..celebrate the four hundredth anniversary oi Luther's birthdayete: -, ' Cotton' WdveilDreiit S'f'iq yta 1 Therbceipts bf cotton' f ronr'tliSlsf of ifavf P to;yterdayj$e against r,lll balearf nmr the 1st tthfr ISthf last yearr BhorrnSir rOTreaseof 50 bales ir.; om: Tasf 9,824 bales. srounas was esiimaccr jt jnurthirgcrt year, andK TOni .TAB OAWnMB I fM mm-i ' ; .r M.WtijThere.were forty-3 i bitfcewM teeinV I f Ambug -:ffi6se presenttf th'nSciotf K day embracing'in the cpllectioft vtwtf bean tifuioil paititings representing a Confede Diaie wasj auso yrpviueu aor.v TheSynod adjourned to meet at'Ebcnezer Lutheran Sept, 1st toi date lootjipiilt) against 135,154i.bales for the corresponding; pericdIastycar shownidecrease ! ' ' '--0:i29. j. ' SOUTHERN'S AFTISTS f' l - ' . In Convention t at UTmo, Texas-t-FIrat Day's Froeeedlngshe Organlfea- j ' tIon--I4U's ITHmher of Delegate Vre sent-Interest Ing. Report from the lTIlMlon Board. " r - t k , fBy TeTeaTSP to OfeMornlng Stto f?T hGtLumMWfi May. JO.Sr-Aj.dispatch, ifrom Waco to the News says the. Soutbeirn .Bap tist Convention as cilled5 & ordtir ysfee dayiMblVga-.thechalrandva hundred and sixty-three delegates present: Dr. Mell 'was chosetirteauenta3re6il drat, and U. S. Senators JEBrof CkL.a-ST. Maxey, of TexaTDr Furnan of C. Win. imJHams, til BaitinKoewefi ejectea vace rtesidents. Drs. BUtbows. p: juLjr., uu viregory, 01 p. u., were eiec lfeWtariea . er t n,y,iO k-HbPPh. trrespondiag Secretary of WjrdfFotdgnfc repert. fTfuf J3oardf haa rreceiW eiglv donations of t7,50a from Mrs. tefT Jlof 'Tuskeffee':1 Alabama. -''rti Mrs. -iiime -Elling ihowsjuissidn stations i Mei:io.-Rra.iL Africa and Italy- The1 total reemnt.9 tor aaq AprijOU,, Ko.ooMdlSbursf ments.for China Mission $i5,00a;fAfricari," $5,000; Brazdian, $5,000; Mexican, f$3,000; Euro . The Convention will hold -three sessions HM'IH? afternoon session, Dr. Ticborner, of Ga., Corresponding "Secretary of the Home Mission "Board, -ead 4he?mnual reV porjt, ,coyering the work d.enp .iulhe West ern and Southern" 4 States and territories There)emx8jDMraisedad expand ed by the State; Board; total receipts $45. OOOf balance' oft hand $5,0iytOnehn'nt dred tobusaHd dollars needed forAmission work m the South.,,, . . v 1 At nfght a sermon, wasprekened bVJe'H Mr.BraddOx,of Ky 4 Statistics place the nUmber of Raptists jp the world t 2,'80O,O0O; in the Upited States 2,000.000; abroad 500,000; churches 13,400; preachers 8,000. " ; ' ' The Southern -Raptist1 Conference was organized. ;t y;)(. Ur t , : jL.IGUTiriNG'S WOJKEJ ) Destrnetlon ' of the - Standard Ooil - !Vrlij JTersev City-Over Flye Unn ,4rf Thousand Barrels Oil. Con ' anmed-LoM 7 50,009 'klsl. -lvea -. ixwti t i luixii 'a d, aid' .a&ifkai H, ;lBy Telegraph to the MonunStar. , New . YorkI May 10:-Tfie'Sbindard dil Wojks, Jersey: City, r.wcre struck byu light ning, at. half-past 3, o'clock.; this morning. Up to 9 o'clock seven tanks' of oil had x- pfoded The fireds still aaging with .terri ble force,. , The works have been abandoned and more disaster is feared.4' The estimated loss is halt a millions ' .jsf x m ft -10 A JL The fire is still rasdnt?.and.it is now near the tanks of the-JerseriCentral I xracK, vwnere iou.ow .narreisare isted. inus iar, ,000,000 barrels bave been de stroyed, includine 250.000: barrels refined. stored intthe storehouse. 1(The Jqss , will ji reach 750 000. - . ... n Jersey City. Mav lOlf A M:i-len ui nr is still raging. ThaiEagle'jeefinery f jssuuia uanger,; li .tne- wina continues southeast the remaining buildings may be saved .-t'The railroad is. on fire and the oil tanss are saved by shoveling dirt on them. Six" lives are lost: none Of the bodies have been found yet: .v Uiu2fEW JERSEY. 1 The Great Oil Fire at jersey City "Loss pver It500,000SIx Flremenlniss- f 1 fBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. Jersey City. -May 10. 5 Evening1 The fire is under control, but it will bum for some lime before all the- material is con--Burned. It is thoueht that the- loswiH exi eeed $l,5(XM)0Qi Twelve large tanksi?k18 vaip. oi uargusj, a ureuger, mrce UOGKS ana five brick buildings were "destroyed. The quantity of oil consumed : is?, not known. Among the losers beside the Standard Oil Company are several other1 oil fircbs.iwho each lose f rpm,,400 to 70Q. barrels, f cylin- der oiL which was stored iu one of theli 'warenouses.i! Th$ nasfr Pf Kghfnihgithat stafted?1thp . j flretvwas: ; wUnessed , : by J the t fireman . oh ' watch . in- an engine , "Wrjusei iin' ?' Jersey- CStjrima? mileaway. i T o nf M:j:n i.:ik . t ... ! ly a huge sheet of flame shot up In the air with a deafening roar that shook the neigh borhood andaaheiu-doL-rxiiles around. Ajcanopy pf smoke arose above the oilj works and spread itself bvef1 thei'city 'Mte -the pall pf a volcano at. the commencement f 01 an eruption. 1 nen ipnowea - explosion s after exprosibfc, rivalling thcrashing' of thunder and, ; the extensive works were soon a roaring mass J b't'nlimes. Before ft o'clock seven immense taaks'wefe blazing. ! PivAKi tt fi"fl )Tr-r-vf nunnnd Kw lAltA M otter tanks, while flames bdmbaVded thcmif nseless-work to play upon the flames, "andl all effbrts Were directed 'to prevent them f cessfal. until nearlv 5 n'iWt hAn tanlr No. 7 exploded, with ft terrible report andj VMkVNIU'ar I .1?m . vt., Maj . r ire vmei r arorer ana t a numoer 01 metti were " within : ten fvki-Ad'bfi hia tapki when it exploded, and were savcdal4 Wnictrwas ' soon: but for their. Jives, and. when, they mustered to gether at a .safe distance six of their num ber were found to bo mlssingf 1 The smoke was so dense thatit waimppssible to tell which way, one was going, and , it is thought ?that the- unfortunate 'inen' rani towards the water. of, tho bay and were lost,: The bay was a sheet of flaming oil, and the long trestle of the railroad, about a quarter of a mile lone, ; ninninff .from the works to Blacklow's Island, was bUrned down to the water's! edse.Sf Fraffmebts 3ft iroif tanksi were hurled half a mile by the force of thoj explosion, anu many people in tne neign borhood vacated their houses -t:iar..,. - The space burned over covers an area ,pf three-fourths of a mile along the ba'V and; onprfourtbfe ,pfa.f mile Jnlapd, .The-i wind? blew frna(:the.sotheast-!Vji slight change! noruieny. wouia. nave . paused pp destruc tion of the JJagle Refinery. Works and oJTanl Ipdefinitftamouftjpf yaua.bip property .14 sides. ARKANSAS. If Execution' of a iQnrderer at Kewnorti LiTdRcictJiayi80,ferjeetelifrim Newport, Ark says ; that . Jerry3" Blaloek j aeea -xa years; was nanfrea yssterdav' -fbrl jhdrdering Thos, Brapdjngburg. IUacofton neia, in itsja Jilalock: conlessed tne crime.! "He made a long speech from3 the-'gallOWsl to a crowd of :pyer 2,000 rrspns,. warning! young mjRn.ftgain,slu.WDigW gambling, paa men and., bad - women, to wnose innu Uce he traced1 hMrrtfiuj iftfeiT. V zm --.12 ci.1 -"3 :rto - - The San Franciscb4 frr4 pmsible forhejtefy thaVdjprinrf latl ter parj ot me watiJavid lJavis, was. cnali lenged te 1ighf ar Juel bjf re-eatiiig pquiutso xrnqetrijf5ongres.isfl, former, at is added, very properly deplined because Mb 1 antnftlst '.'reTnsea tn .liptmi him to8tand mree:fiftbshmdatopewal4 L Raleigh Past Grand Penny,; of Wilming- tqiv responded to the toast to 'Cape Fear., TjOdge -w(iiitj.i(,i..i ... I ' - Pittsborefr$6ceiAt the elec jtion held here last Monday, the Voters of uus townsnip decided in favor of establish- -mg'bir-riOdmsihe vote being. 125 for; "Li cense" and-,118 for 'TroMMtkuv'' A colored woman, of this place has the jsmall-' -est baby that wc have ever heard of. It is three weeks to day; and now weighs only oke pound." ','.' . "Some. Itidlail graves were -washed "pot bye Jate; freshet- on - the. low v grounds ol ; Jlaw ver; about, threo-fou jrt hs of a ttile'aboVp the Haywood bridge. In . the graves1 were found the' skulls and bones, pfthree. Indians, a lot of arrow-heads, a tbmahawkan& pieces pf, pbttery,:, Que of ' the skulls was-well .preserved.' . ,- -.... 1 ; - TarroSi(neriT Xesierd ay, nwrningabout ten -miles front here, two -f reighlr- - cars-and the-tr passenger coach lumped .tSuifWif--.Jt. -Railroad and - were badly broken to pieces? tin tfieoaeh at the timc the acci dflnt1occurradL Jiere. were eight, passengers, the" coriduefpr arid two v brakemen,: and. -strs&Jgff t&say ot one wuahurknCoh; Cot-s ten thoj.cpnduQtor 'says that their es capo ls incomprehensible, and! thb onl wonder is that every jone was notkilled or very aempusly injuired. The train ,was go ing ax a-TaW"rat6 bf 'Sneed-r'The 5 two freight Icoacheswe're thrown! many yards into A field by tho road. . Foul play s sus pected. v1 t-' f'ir- .; 'kevtw'ikhWA8ifan&e f'A 1 borrcs pondont writes thatithero lives & gentleman ,about pireemiles easVbf Enfield, in a sec- tiuu kuown . nnenrtnat r visited bis nearest neigliboO -times in 188. -iThis is a correct account kept bv two membra "r: ot the family "He is neither a drinking nor cpurtujg man, butji good , farmer and a gentleman. Wlritakers item; ' The W?-& W.'IlMlrQadiCp'ttlpany. we are glad to state, is tearing dawn the pld warehouse here, and will erect a new one with a ticket Office and ladies'.'receptioffiroom attached. rr The next session of the State Normal Schobl to be held at Wilsoh Will commetir - on J une 14th, and continue fiye week& ; - Greensboro 'Pdtrtbii? The-Pa-: tnoi Js'arsured by members of - the t Cape Fear & Yadkin . Vallev svndinftf a 'that th- -" syndicale can raise all the money it . wants " ahd that the road is to be built right awav. -7 icuueusviiie, a. v., wants tne Cape jreares Yadkin Valley Railroad to switch off in that direption and give Florence the go-by. A deleffation is here nrffih' th . Change ' of ; route indicated, i . An i gray-headed man, 70 years old, was con victed of horse stealinff at SurrV court . nd passed through here this ' morning in rns- Jody of Sheriff ,Venable, sentenced to a li ve years' term in ' the penitentiary. Mr. Seymour Steele, rai well known citizen of tius place, . died at his residence to day about r o'clock, of catarrhal ' consumption. Rockin ffli am' Rocket : A 'sfTraniro story comes to us from Alamance conntv A subscriber writes , us that a colored woman gave birth to a child week before last, and that hef brutish husband beat her unmercifully, because the infant was a girl. The man's sister remonstrated with him for his cruel treatment to his wife, and got a blow for her, pains. This occurred on fiat urday.'and 'the1 man j was 'Well and stout. PnlMonday night be; was taken sick and died Tuesday morning.. .TVhat. sort of a f hture1 -awaits such a! wretchr -- The jChickentfighting at Laurinburg last Satur day euded a little seriously for the partici- " pantsj alPof Whom were arrested and placed under , heavy, bonds to . appear, at the next Jterra of the Superior Court to answer to the jchaTges of gambling and cruelly to animals. ? d Raleigh v27ews-Observer i Near the Con federate .Qigmetery lie- buried some fifteen pdupers, buried by the city. Yes terday" morning one : of t Raleigh's fairest young; ladiesi procured beautiful flowers, and unattended except - by a servant,- ten- ; A deny laid on the grave of each of these un known and forgotten ones a floral offennir. ' It "was a beautiful act prompted by a more beautiful heart . The railroad decision on. which we commented yesterday has the effect, if we understand it correctly, of putting all the railroads of this State under the control of the Legislature in the mat ter of fares except those lild companies -"chartered in the forties, the orisinai north ' and south lines of , the east, v By the char ters of these companies the directors are entitled to fix rates not exceeding six cents a mile, &c, thus fixing a maximum rate forthem. ' . ' - ' 5 The New Berne Journal tells that in Hyde county a negro woman enter ed into a conspiracy with a man to get rid of her husband, and fixed a rope through the. upper floor pf the hpuse while her hus band was absent, and when . he returned home the wifemet him- at the door and grepted hin) with many kisses and decoyed him under the hblo while the man on the upper floor dropped the 2 noose over " his . head; then the wife held her husband's hand's and the man up stairs pulled the rope;. Wheni they thought: the . husband was dead they took him do wn and dragged him off and. covered him 1 up for dead .When Tbey had left, the iold fellow, like Sinbad the sailor.scratched out. .The guilty parties hearing of his resurrection, fled to PamlicO county, where they . were arrested and lodged in jail. n -vgi-c .:;is,T : Elrzabeth 'Ciir:Ecmi6mt8t?:A ;i.hSauyjnnskrats-; have recently-been seen on, tne seasnore ot tne pro. u,nre saving service': ' A. few days ago Mr,1 D. Etheridge and E. T. 4 Owens,' while on their patrol from life saying station No; 10, were "at- -tacked by.' them. and. 'after a desperate fight, X) wens was compelled to retreat, af- ter receiving a sugut . . wouna :pn tne leg. Etheridge killed several of ' them and sev- erai nay? occn kiiicu py omer patrolmen, -but they alway i'shbw : iighC Why they leave their fresh-water home is" a mystery. They attapked.T. M. Snow on horseback. -The horse became frightened ' and threw Showand there was a desperate T fight. Surfman D. ,M.vTate was on duly nt station -No. 12 at night.: He saw something com- . log at him at great "speed.- He struck it v several times, and it plunged into the sea.- . - . , r. Asheville , Citizen: , The Bar- lesous, irieu ui. iue recent terra 01 juucuetl Superiof? .Jrt-forr4he-kUlras'f'Bill Pritchard about a month ago, were acquit- , the facts in the case;; A little child of . Jur. Jonn isaroer 01 iiaw creek, toddling ahbtii the yard1 on Sunday afteno6n., fell pn the ground-uid in the fall ' a. piece of nne stick entered her mouth, terribly, acefating" it, cutting the mucous muscles and thp dental artery r-- On. Saturday, a man named Dunstan.-was run over and killed in- the ' SwaUanoa tunnel 1 by an- en- gme, -, it was. tne business .01. the deceased to walk through the tunnel immediately after the passage of a' train to, see that it was all right. He did so on the day , men- . tioned after a'trainrbf the encine orwhich CapWJjaekJ Edwards wassengineer,- had gone torougp. . jj'or some, reason wehave not learned, Capt? Edwards ran his engine -tock into the tunnel, andf the unfortunate man was run overwind killed r Sunday afternoon 'a number of lads kmnspd ihom hselvW in playing upon the railroads turn-. tame at tne Asocyiue depot. In the course ui wo rcvoiunoua o me iponaerous ma hinfiiionxl f them, ; Ally- McKeei son of Mr, 'James L. McKee.. of this place, waa caught between the transverse beam upon WhJpltheXiWasi astride j and the, track and horribly mangled.. He was brought to the home of his father, and attended fmmi- atell5bynprIelson.1rtHelto until -Olonday morning. with Jittle suffering and' thendied?i He was a-bright intPlli. Sfte'XfhDut thirteen years of age, X"' . '. 1. " ' r :