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V(v"mako no apology for again' re-
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3iiil iiK-n in office "would give their at
.i iumto I ho subject of forest ry, and
l iuly tlit best methods of
'jirotrrtiiig forests,- they would be do
:i neeilfd and important work,
.aus.', as j North Carolina. there
ar?ii'ii"i "of thousands of square miles
viiijiii frisls, it need not' be
lii nihi . i li it iure is no dauger to
tin- srriioiis and that it is folly to
:j(l:int., : rot's.
-have examined
fiiitiigli iiilo.. tin subject to know that
.h- li a- I eon , a shameful waste of
jn .-i, :tnl u consequent eyij attending.
i ' The l-.-ssoiis- to be studied are to
j;.lra u; from the old countries in
Eiiro'. There the devastation i of ;
i.insts ilirough the centuries has
bet'u vi'i-j great. There ; wise and
tlioiiylitful men have called to the
iu tstWw despoiled and desolated
jir.. iiuvs the best men of : science,
au.i . ith the most encouraging re-
iv-ailis. . . .
,1 jh 'former editorials we showed.
. k i'cii injury followed thedestruction
..I' liit forests, and what -schools - had
it-en established to teach .forestry
.k iw r ieair ter destruction; We
.iCj.sef to -supplement, what we have
Siil lv irv.tutin to a few if acta l for-
tiii u i-ly :t hand. We wish to urge
u-M.ii i lie attention, of all reflecting
tUI'1 i.hielligeiit reailers of the Stab
tlif iinjMirtanl fact that the God of
Xalifre has ''made " the existence of
jfi.V.;.-, 'absolutely necessary t our
pr-xjirrity and life. This is the
M".y hehl by those who are best in
form. il who ha'e given to the sub
jct !. in lifl Tf its widest' -range';- and
ajjj.i1i.-:itioii the profoundest study.
. It. is true that we. in our ignorance
f. 1 f It ' 1 j .... 1 ' -!'-'..
-.'.iui iiniy io not - give me Kuuieci
tlii'i consideration to ; which it is en-1
tilji-.l. We look, over the country
aiu.i ,rn see so much wooded land we
arc disposed to -, snap our fingers at j
Ulip fortune and to say we have wood
though for a bund red, years .to come.
Sopjiose we have. Bupppse there is
enough for two.ceuturies, what then?
Sj) to Europe : and , see wliat the ig- 1
noranee and . recklessness ; of ' dead
enpiations did for that thickly pop
nlated country. . They had enough
-forests for their uses, and i beholdhow
Ahe changed by their; destruction the
social life and material prosperity of
ilu'ir descendants.-'. For three-quarters
of a century in all of the leading
European countries the Governments
Jave been".' ex pending large sums in
slli earnest and atient endeavor to
' T.claim the ' waste, to ; ; heal the
i allied places, to bring back fertility
to.Iost sections rendered desolate, by
thf destructive agency of man in the I
:i!i, and to increase; thereby the, j
saftv. and w elfare of the beonle I
, litint' n6ri' and , the people ; to; live
.hereafter. ; Whether we see it:or not
f it is in Europe a most serious ques
f f'ii, this desolation and destruction
CIiish1 by the forefathers who; cared
' "ly for the' present ; and; were d is-;
1 posed to let their children andi'chil-
dri'ii'.s children shift for themselves
j It is the real spirit of : vandalism to
it -care onlv" for the T present ; and to
t despoil and' rtcstrpy- tbat tlKj gfera-
IIAVtn - nin-.4l 4hA ht-kMy-AAW
uuun i iutn inuv i'.miiH'--i.iih -nHiiir-r
rand suffer the! hiore.
The "time will .
pme when imoof ieountrV; it rwilLbe-
a matter of very ;sefioos; "solicitude to
the generations of the future now to
restore the ravages of their selfish, un
thinking, wasteful foregathers; jx;;;
In North Carolina at thial very
hour there are tens of thousands of
aPres of worn out 1 land that need to
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do ; piantocii 'wita -trees. ; we ;nave.
shown-, how profitable . tree. planting.
should bccometa tree planter. ;
In Europe where there are vast
swi seps of barren . wastes, made so by
the axepf the-forefathers, and where
tnesabjectfforej
understood it is held by the -first
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;w,rtera upoqne .uujeci.
Btructton iof Athe aoresta tin Europe
Kqrth Europe ' the destruetion of
th frees has. been mucli;less than in
th4 South. The very eold climate' and
necessity woJy paused
people thTbngh the centuries to
aye . air
ossjble. . l here
were some 'fatalr mistakes made1 as
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Mr. Dorrien savnnnil, fW
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the crv for nrrt.AntiATi 'nftho nnrta I
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is heard in many districts." It is I
much worse in the -South of Europe. J
Mr. DorHeni- uianbt
our Richmond friend has favored us
"with, says: . " " - 1
'"There the violent tmnsformative power :
ot a warmer cumate makes its. rapid and
destructive inroad into the .. depths ' of the'
earth as soon as they are open to the sun;
there vehement atmospheric precipitations
lash the treeless slopes, washing down and
destroying the fertile soil in the! course of a
few years ; there the deplorable financial
policy of the governments, and the indo-.
lence of a people much given to idleness, ,
not only did nothing to oppose the - per
nicious action pf the elements, but, on the.
contrary, for an ephemeral gain without
toil, heedlessly and negligently jeopardized
the fertility of the soil which belonged to
generations to come." . - r ' y : - jv;-:
; In Sweden the wood land is 39 per
cent; of the whole. J : In Russia it is
31 per cent. But in France it is but
17; per cent, and in Spain but -8.9 per
cent: ; The result of the cutting and
waste is that in France the Govern
ment is vigorously striving to reme
dy the evils of forest destruction. In
Spain there are distress and ; poverty
and suffering caused by the destruc
tion of the past. France Since 1803
has been at work trying to foster tree
planting and to save the forests. But
we must defer to another day some
facts connected with the devasta
tions in Europe. They may serve to
awaken in North Carolina some in
terest hi behalf of the forests and
; forestry. : ; : ;V
CLEARED' , ;
The Star Routers have been cleared
oy a verdict ot not cruiltv. iliis is
not unexpected, however shameful.
Probably, there is not a man with the
United States not connected in the
alleged thieves or with the Govern
ment who does not believe in the
guilt of the fellows who have been
cleared by the bribed jury. But few,
probably, hoped that the men who
had been robbing the people would
be convicted. It was understood that
money, and a plenty of it, would be
used, and that . Brady and. company
must not be convicted. To prose
cute tberri has cost the . people many
thousands and still the culprits are to
go free. It is such trials as this that
create a big disgust and bring the
jury system" under suspicion and re
proach. - - '
r .The Star man says that among the fail
ures of business houses -. durine the past
month is the name of "Rogers & Saunders,
W inston. . This is lalse. . :l here is no
such firm here. Such an incorrect state
ment as this is calculated to do injury to
our city. Winston peritonei.
T j The Stab gave what JBradstreet's
reported. It was so stated ; as was
known to the chap who wrote the
above. . , -. . .
At veritable vt German n Count, by
name Graf Adolph von der Damnen-
berg, late a 1 Lieutenant- of the 19th
Hanoverian - Dragoons, after serving
as a not-tpr- in : St. Louis, is now in
j'ail. He is handsome and only 23
years oLagei His trouble is getting
money under false pretences,
"raantic, that! '
Ro-
During the last scholastic year 278
; students matriculated at . Rutherford
College. Dr. " Abernethy has done a
annA work for ; his section.. Ali i ex-
o . ,
change says:
Tf ia otatofl tViot 9. OnO inrliarpnta have
; been gratuitoxisly educated, and that about
I i.VfWV JL AVO UUMMO MVVi
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the place during its existence."
Senator Voorhees has accepted the invi
tation to deliver an address at our next
fair. : He has iust written a letter saying,
'If I am living I will speak at the Weldon.
F f nn TJAvemoer ; Oin. lows. neuuri
Newi. .
Tt ia to bo hoDed that he will not
make the high protectife tariff ad
dress he delivered at Altlanta or Nash-
Europe
na : naa I very injurious . effects nient wil tbe erected. :n It mil be a f e-.l berf
upon the climate, upon' the moisture, 1 proach tche University if this is not f H jth
and ' fivpiV'nnon' 'irricratrinn Tn . I rlnno - T?m nntto tiiirtv naiin U I yeasr
I ville a year. ago.
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; i ! TncLATBcor. swain,.
; ; Wo are gratified to ;' see te initial 1
tnan in many,respts.l,gelma
i'iJCZ-LL ' , !
lectaal power . and : of - OTeat VfilirftWiT I
nessarid f lqdenlehlTi Heado-
to communi
front, and his death was aTery' jn'eat
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to the State. ; We hone the inonu
iuivv kuiivj vui 0 LiKs uic-v I
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siaeu over.its destimea and did excel- Y
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der his lone and able 'administration 1
x) - - -; ' j- i;' -v'j ja
rose trora 10a or 110 to nearly 5pq.j l
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The Asheville MC'pays a me-
vW- :--:Jiy.r , j i v - J ? I
rited and OTacefurtriMfe tdlbisemi-
ntent Kor CrnlinUh.l.W liv
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in tlw mpmoriP rtf h fiiiidcnts.iinil 1
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in ; the : cood; deeds he- performed I
whilst an active' power in the i'State 1
,
?(iov. Sw&ia was a man too remarkable
to he forgotten; his example too precious
not to be used in its most impressive shape
m. .
to stimulate the youth of his native State.
What is more inspiring to the poor dux am
bitious lad that to know that one beginning
life almost at the foot of the ladder, almost
at a bound reached its utmost round V What
more illustrative of the strength of deter-;
mined purpose to succeed than the example;
oi mm, wiiuoui mnueniiai ineous, in uie
facie of powerful rivalry, by force of; talent
and by dint of application, reaching even in
bis youthful career the highest posts or ho
nor ? . And what more encouraging to a
young man than to have seen' that youth
aoes not siana in me way oi promotion
when youth is crowned with virtue and gar-"5
junued wiiu iearning7 -.
The Citizen is . published in -Gov.
Swain's native county. ; ; - ; :
The fodder Plant.
A fodder plant (as it is known), which ap
peared on Dr. E. Porter's farm in 1880, at a
point where the rock had been blasted from
a canal, is a vigorous grower, displacing all
the rough, coarse weeds indigenous to our
fertile flat lands, and is very much relished
by stock of all kinds. A specimen .was
sent to Prof. Dabnej who pronounced it a
species of yetch.that.wa3 introduced into
this country from Europe a great many
years ago. ----- -
It is also found on the farm of Messrs.
French Bros., where rock was . blasted for
closing New Inlet . . . ..
Steel Italia for, the C. F. & Y. V Rail
road. --; .. '.;;-. v. -; ' -
Two cargoes -of steel rails arrived here
from New York' yesterday,-nn the schoon
era A. C. Buddy and U. 0. Shepherd, for
the Cape Fear &. Yadkin Valley Railroad,
being consigned to the Express Steamboat
Company. : One cargo goes to Sanford by
the1 Carolina Central ': Railroad, and the
other to Fayetteville by way of the river.
Five or six additional cargoes are expected
in the next thirty days. ; t .
TFalce Forest. ;
The Raleigh Yitxtor' Wake Forest Com
mencement report has this to say of the
speech of one of our Wilmington boys ;
rtMr. Ed. S. Alderman, of Wilmington,
told his audience of Savonarola, the great
Italian preacher and reformer, r. The oratpr
not only showed great familiarity with his
subject, but spoke in smooth and wejl
L roHnded periods Which could not fail to at
tract attention; ."' His voice was rich and
clear, and when he was describing the burn
ing zeal . of his . great hero he seemed to
catch something of the fire and zeal which
animated him. Mr. Alderman showed very".
decided oratorical power.'' ,
cotton MonneiiU;;;.
The receipts of cotton for the week end-
ing ryesieraay - iooteu -up iu uaies, aa
(- - --- .: , 4 n i i. i
against 219 bales, for, the corresponding
week last vear. Showins a decrease oi 1 10
bales. , -. :-'-v- ' ,
i The receipts for. ! the crop . year from
Sept. 1st to date, foot up 127,018 bales, as
against 135,867 bales for the corresponding
period ' last; year, showing a' decrease of
8,849 bale's.'; 'v; :1':llJ 'V .
Deatli of a Presbyterian minister
A telegram : from, Tarboro; :N C, an
nounces the death of Rey.yIt."AI Wailes
in that town on yesterday morning, at 9.S0
o'clock. , .Mr, Wailes was a native of Vir
ginia, and came to this State two years
ago to take' charge of the Presbyterian
Churches at Tar boro, Wilson and. Rocky
Mount;; He was highly esteemed by. the
people' for zeal In his work, and-, for the '
noble attributes of his character. . "... ,:
Improvement of Rivers and Creeks.
We learn .from; Cpt TW. HV J ames- that
the -work of. improving Town :'.Croek, in.
Brunswick county, -has been completed, so
far as; contemplated rby the appropriajion
and the lorce iormeriy; employed mere
went up to Lillington River, - in Pender
county, yesterday, where operations for the
: . irl IT.i'tI- 'il-"J;-1
improvement oi i.uui ...Hkreaut wuJ pe prose--
cuted. -. . . . "
"X The Medical - Society of Massa
chusetts may be safely reported as making
progres8.t - A .circular .was lately sent to
every member; 'asking him :.bTDo you fa
vor the admission of women to the society
on the same terms with men ?" . There are;
1 343 memDers, aim i.Aoa repues were re
ceived of which 709 were affirmative, 400
negative and 23 indifferent. t v ,
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OLD CITIZEN Q ONE.
the an-'
the
m0!' prominent citizens.; He, had been
-m- WAq m u -a
long residence in Wilmington:
4and 8t..ne came, to this city
from near FAvetteville. -Cumberland rmin-
PWvIou8 to the latter, date he was J a mem-
of the firm ; of, A. ' & J.. MacRae,
a nnmmiooinn - IMinlTWMIa t hnnt thai
V Willi HIOOIVM ' ..WVU W ' WU
1835 he became a partner in the firm
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stores misinpsfl whirh-wftS fiarnnd nn vrv 1
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sunilly;for a"fiut&ber J
1843 or 144. inlth'e llarrikon stdam saw
rrf i -'.5 ir,' .. -yfi-a- i
miwwiin vne i jaie .Danjuei viy Aiier i
its destructinn hv Are. on the same site now I
?mm hy fireonhe same sitenow
J.iT.;iyi k, it. t Tf .u.-min i.n I
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Ilin -i v F A -- MjI n a 1a nun
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prierora ot tue uape jj ear muis, wnicu were i
prietors of the Cane Fear Mills.
located on the west nide of the river where
they carried on the business until the old
to' locate their depot there, when they built
j tt:u .sit
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MfiiAA y-vv i w i rn i n thia ivnmnnnn ta onm r
McKae continued in this business for some
years, when finally the firm of J. & D.
MacRae, & Co. ; was f ormed, to carry on a
general commission and shipping business,
-which was continued up to and during the
late war. j.. ' ' .. . . . "s -
' But, as we have already intimated. Col.;
MacRae was not only thoroughly identified
wiih the business interest . of Wilmington,
but also took a prominent and leading part
in the municipal affairs, of the town and
city. . On Monday, December Cth, 1841, as
we find from the records in the City Clerk's
office, Dr. James F, McRee, the then Mag
istrate of Police,' resigned the position, and
Col, John MacRae was elected in his place,
having been elected a member of the Board
of Town Commissioners the 4th "day of
January of the same year, at which time
Di. McRec was called to the office of Mag
istrate of Police. On the 80th of Decem
ber, I842,he was again elected a member of
the Board and by the Board elected Magis
trate of Police; and we sec the same thing
repeated on the 4th day of January, 1847,
ami again on the 1st Monday " in January,
.1855, about which time, in accordance with
an act of the Legislature, be became en
titled to and received the , appellation of
Mayor, being succeeded . in the office the
following year, we believe, by our vener
able and respected townsman, O. G. Pars
ley, Sr. -. He was President of the Bank of
Wilmington from 1855 to the close of . the
late war, and was .President of the Wil
mington Gas Light -Company for a good
many years, besides . filling" other minor
position, not necessary to mention. The
old market house recently demolished, was
built under his administration.
', Deceased was a man of very strong con
victions and great firmness of purpose, and
in pursuing what he sincerely believed to
be the right course it was not in the power of
human to swcr&e him a hair's breadth; but
under his firm exterior he carried a kind
and generous heart, as many in this com
munity can testify.'
' Deceased was 77 years of age last Feb
ruary. The funeral will take place from
the residence of Mr. Jos. W. Taylor,
corner of Front and. Walnut" streets, this
morning, at half past 10 o'clock.
Arrest, of a Colored Desperado.
I Joe Goodwin, a colored desperado, who
has been outlawed for the past three years,
and who has been a source of no little anx
iety and dread on the part of many of the
good citizens of Brunswick and Columbus,
was captured in the latter county a few
days ago and is now in Smithville jail,
Goodwin was originally charged with lar
ceny, committed in Brunswick,, and was
captured and the - time fixed for his trial.
Before the day. arrived, however, he made
his escapeand since then has been going;
about through tbe country,' generally armed
to the teeth, and bidding defiance to
the laws and to all who attempted
-to capture him. He made a desperate at-
! tempt to shoot his brother, whom he ac
cused of giving the authorities some infor
mation concerning him or his whereabouts,
and made himself a source of terror where-
ever he.wcnj;. Recently he wdrked awhile
for Mr. Samuel H. Thomas. ;of , Piraway
Ferry, Columbus .county, who, .upon dis
covering his identity, had him captured
and delivered to the Brunswick authorities.
There was a reward of $50 offered for him,
which; falls to Mr. Thomas.
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Deatta Takes the Young as Well as tbe
: " old. -:.J-r''t -'-;-' . :
i mr. tionn u. uu umuu, wuu uua ueen
gradually sinking for several months past,
under that 'fearful disease, : consumption,
departed this life yesterday morning; about
10 o'clock." He was formerly employed in
the - postoffice, which he left for the pur
pose of accepting a position in the store of
Messrs. John Dyer & Sob, he' being a son-
in-law of the senior member of the firm.
He was a young man of no little promise,'
and was possessed of generous impulses.
He was .- a ! member ; of the order; of : the
Legion ; of : Honor. . and., had a j policy, of
$5,000 on his. life ; Deceased was - aged
about 25 years. ; ;- ;i-:-v-;
1- i The barque Glacier, Captain
Mbrse, was cleared from this port for Lon
don, yesterday, by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt &
Son, with 1,400 casks spirits turpentine and
34 barrels of rosin, valued at $25,810., ;
1883.
THESTA.H EOTJIE JTKIAI
Tbe Long: Asony Oyer mo Jnry Ben-
. der a Yerdlet or rkNot Gmity Ex
citing: : Seenet In the Conrt Boom'
. Inrs. Doner and ir Y.d-nrtni.: !
Weep for Joy The Ballotlnss of the
. - By Telegraph to the MornIn Star. 4
WASHmoTOir, June 14. "You can ask
that jury whether they have any communi-. J
Wylie to the crier,- trhen the ' Criminal
Court, . hearing the StafRoute case, reas
sembled this morning.-.' . .1 - . ;
(Jner LJonaidsou1 soon - xetarned with a
cate witn tne uourt. They filed into the
court roomi apparently none, thcf worse for
their leng confinements . - .-ji.: T "; .
- When they were seated. Judge -Wylie
saia "uenuemen 01 tne Jury, i the court
has sent for you for the purpose of inquir-
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liinr nan oimuul nrrTi o vawiiAf am1 n vtnin
ful Riinm,fAii immtiui, mirt mm
10 TO oroKen Dy.wua. snouts fOi applause,
when, in a dleartone of voice; the Foreman
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.immediately the decorum of; the court
oi gusnce was iorgotten,- ana cneers re-l
sounded from all quarters of .the crowded
room. Mrs. BVV. Uorsev. SDrunsr to her
3. ,
feet, clapping her hands., while tears
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streamed down her cheeks: aid there were
any laaiesncourB wno were silently
W0OTMT1 IT i T " ; 7 T : " i -Z St .
Mr. Da
liavidga quxeuy asked to .have the I
verdict recorder, which was done.- : " -: I
TTT1 51 Al J a ' 1
luuk, tt iiiuu was uuui. i
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ivuue tae uepurvr marsnais were vamiv i
euueuvonng 10 quiet lae xumuit, a., w. i
Dorsey and Brady were the recipients of I
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many warm congratulations, and-as they J
left the court room were greeted-with re-,
newed cheers by the crowd in front of the
City Hall. ,r;!-7V ,T:.,iSA-4i j
When order had been somewhat re
stored, by reason of ihe defendants' and
their friends leaving the room, Judge :
, wyiie turned to juror Vernon,; and asked,
"How are you this morning?" ' . ' -.
Juror Vernon First rate. sir. - . '
- Court I believe . we have nothing fur-r
ther for the jury to do during this term,
and the Courtis prepared to discharge you
finally. You have had laborious tasks to
perform in this case.'-; You have been more
than six months engaged in this trial. Many
of you have occupations of your own, which
you have been obliged to neglect during that
period, and although your verdict of course
will create dissatisfaction to many.yet, hav
ing been selected according to the forms of
law, and having sworn to perform your du
ties faithfully, the Court is bound to pre
sume that you have faithfully performed
your duty. If you have done so, each one
according to the dictates-of his conscience,
that will be a satisfaction to you as long as
you live, xou are theretore discharged,
with the thanks of the Court.
In the ante-room and halls tbe jury were
besetby a throng of interested persons,
prominent among them being the 'defend
ants and Mrs. S. W. Dorsey and Mrs. Peck,
who thanked them for .; their verdict with
tears in their eyes. As the foreman reached
the side-walk the large crowd assembled
there burst into tumultuous cheers, which
we're renewed as each juror made his way
out of the court house.
.. The foreman stated to a representative of
the Associated Press that five ballots were.
taken by the . jury. The first ballot. was
upon the question of the existence of a
conspiracy, and the ballot resulted in a vote
of three for and nine against conspiracy.
On tbe second ballot the nine was increased
to ten, although the vote was then upon
innocence or guilt o4tbe defendants. This
vote remained unchanged until about 8
o'clock this morning, when an acquittal was
agreed upon. - i
' Mr. Ker was the" only representative of
the - prosecution in the court room when
the verdict was'rcturned,and Mr. Carpenter,
Dorsey's counsel, congratulated him as the
only one of the Government counsel hav
ing the pluck to show - up in the hour of
defeat.- . - - --j
Mr. Ker says he was this morning in-;
formed by the court officer that Mr. lnger
soll had said that the jury would render a
verdict of acquittal. He added that the
other indictment against Brady would be,
pressed, and of course it would be necessa
ry for the Court to enter an order setting.
aside Kerdell s plea of guilty.
The Verdict of tbe Star Route Jury
, Deatb.of a Lawyer In tbe Case Pay-
- nient to tbe Cherokee Indians.
Washington. - June 14.-Inf ormation
gathered from members of the jury discloses
facts that several informal votes were taken
in addition to those already: mentioned.
The vote on the question of the - innocence
or guilt of all of the defendants , excepting
Brady, stood nine for acquittal, three, for.
conviction ; the latter votes . being cast by;
Jurors Harngan, Sheriff and Green, la
Brady' case the jury stood ten to two in
favor of acquittal; the two negative votes
being Cast bv Harrigan and I Sheriff; a Of
the jurors who voted for acquittal, Messrs.
Evans, Lowry, Gill and Rensbow gave as
their reason for voting in that-, way .that
they failed to find any. proof of the ex
istence of . a conspiracy. Juror Sheriff,
who at first voted for conviction, said that
in the minds of some of the jurors, there
was a doubt as to the innocence of .the
defendants, but that after a long delibera
tion the jurors felt it' to be " their duty to
resolve that doubt in favor ofr the5-defend
- ants. - He thought that if the Government,''
with all ot its power, in a six month s trial
could i not convict a man, he ought to
be acquitted, r Sheriff further said that the
extreme length of the trial, the large amount
of oral testimony and documentary evidence
in the case, and the long arguments of
counsel, seemed to have had the effect of
befogging the minds of the' jury, so that
thev found it a difficult matter to reach any
firm and fixed conviction. -1 I : ', ,
. i Messrs. Bliss, Ker and .Merrick., were
found seated in the office of the last named
gentleman, apparently in a philosophical
frame of mind. . , .. -
"- ' "What can I say , for. the 'governments
Blue Ui liUU uaw i . u&cu a ituuci.
i ' 'Has it any case ?" queried Mr. Merrick,
smilingly. "Was it hot killed this morn-
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Ihg ... : -,-. . . -, .... , - -
None' -of the government ; counsel ex
pressed any surprise at the fverdict. -.Mr.'
Merrick , sarcastically remarked that they
'had been informed authontativeiy by coun
sellor the defence, what they might ex
pect. 'As to Rerdell, said -Bliss, justice as
well as the technicalities of -flaw, required
the government counsel formally to move
that his plea of guilty be set aside, and that
he be released. - , - .. .
i Ex-Senator Kellogg and Gen. Brady will
on Monday next be called upon to plead to
indictments in their cases.- It is not probar
ble that the trial of the Kellogg-Brady cases
will tate place before next autumn, as pre
cedence will be given toa case of local im-
rortance. --- ' -- ' - ' -- .' . w.:
; Judge William Lilley died of rheumatism
of the heart this morning, at his residence
in thi city; He is a lawyer,; who was at
one time employed py uorseyiin connec
tion with his deience in tne tar route trial.
lie visited. Dorsey at his - nouse - to push a
claim .for compensation.' " A wrangle oc
,N0. M
curredand Dorsey committed an assault
updnLiHey.' for which the latter instituted
suit for $10,000 damages, i He was seventy
years old. - : . . . - --
' . oecreiary Aencr 10-uay paiu to uniet
Bushyhead, of the Cherokee Indians. $300.-
000; appropriated by Congress for lands
ceded to the United States by the Cherokee
nation. ; The money- will.- be distributed
only among the Cherokees and their des
cendants, in accordance Yith a decision of
the Cherokee Council. " J
iThe CourtT to-day; dismissed the bill of
Lawyer Bigelow. against Bettie Mason, wife
of Sergeant Mason, and discharged the or
der, restraining Mrs. Mason's bank account,
upon the payment to Bigelow of $400 coun
sel fee. for his services in behalf of Sergeant
Mason. Bigelow claimed $3,000 and sought
to attach the fund raised by popnlar sub
scription tot "Bettie and the baby.? '
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Illinois:
Sxeltement la the (Chleaso JProvlalon
Trade Fallares ot Leading - Opera
tors," ;i ' " - ;;- "- -" ' " - . -- -)'"
;-; i fBy Telejrraphto the Moraine; Star,l
. Chicago. June 16.-.The ; atfetat of th
failure of McGeach,' Everingham & Co'
was to be seen at once in the . quotations of ;
iara ana Juiv oDtion. which vesterdav ran
up to $11.57 and closed steadv at aill.50:1
soia aown iq f iu.do as an initial dropt and
ru . -. ... . '
men Kent on descending the scale nntir
$9.20 was Teached.uwhich would be emial
in point pf comparison o: a drop; of forty
cents per bushelia wheat. Other options
ieie wxe eaeci in a like manner, tail all in
measure somewhat recovered la tefsa and
ii.uuu(;& tiuir
A A tit .j.. .
at 11 o'clock July ontion haftone back to
A A' tt a.j-A . . " . T
w.oor oat suoseauenuv aflin deciinea trv
Aft . . . ' - . c.
tf.ou., xjlu enoix to ascertain the extent to
which McGeach, Everingham &'Co.' had
been operating if aUed,:;i3othvup6iCTiptillca
tion to the firm and to-, members, of the
Board of Trade; but caretufinquiry shbws
it have been unusually heavy, and the- loss
under the broken market Dronortionallv
large. ;' The firm is also reported to have
been : dealing heavily in wheat,- but this
morning it announced its ability to care for
afrits deals in this commodity, being on
the winning side, as the market now stands.
Grain appeared to feel the effect of the
drop in. lard on the' '-early market, and all
kinds were quoted as .easier, but not sensi
bly lower. - The falling market brought in
its train plenty of rumors of other impend
ing iaitures, nut up to ii.su - o ciockt there
was nothing definite to report, and mem
Ders ot the broken firm declared to an As
sociated .; Press representative that they
would make no statement of any kind be
fore to-morrow. Peter McGeach,' head of
the firm, is a resident of Milwaukee, and is
familiarly styled the Milwaukee milkman.
He is reported to have been the leader in a
number of daring bull movements on both
the Milwaukee and Chicago markets. - and
failed here two years ago.- His firm came
prominently before the public two weeks
ago by their refusal to receive a large
amount of lard from a Chicago firm on the
ground that it was tainted, and over-wiiich
disputed fact an investigation in the board
is now m progress.: The firm has since ac-.
ccpted the. lard in question under protest.
J oiiowine m the wake of the . failure of
McGeach, Everingham & Co., the firm of
Holly & Allen succumbed at 12.30. -They
attribute their suspension to'the failure of
McGeach, and . say . their resumption . de
pends entirely upon the action of the larger
firm. Rumors of eight or ten other failures
prevail rfreely, but no definite announce--
ments were maoe on "unange scenes ot
extraordinary excitement continued to the
1 P."M.iadjournment, and while there were
many free, buyers, July option lard could
not get above $9.80, and closed at $9.77i,
as near as could be quoted. A fair estimate
appears to place the direct losses of Mc
Geach, Everingham & Co. at one million
dollars on lard.. An operator, intimate
with McGeach," declares that the loss will
approximate nearly two million dollars;
but - that notwithstanding this, the broken
firm professes its ability to ' make a good
showing on settlement. They assert that
their interests are so closely identified with
other heavy ; operators, that they will be
able to pay one hundred cents on the dol
lar, to judge from the present outlook. ,
MISSISSIPFI.
Political Matters Tbe " Combination -I
to Defeat Chalmers.
-i ' , By Telegraph to the Horning Star.) . ,
New Orxkans. June 16. A special from
Jackson, Miss., says that the notice for a
meeting on the 4th of July has been signed
by Ben. -King, Chalmers, Rube Davis, and
others. The Republican and Democratic
Executive Committees have met at Ray:
mond, and will probably effect a fusion on
the Madison county plan, for this county.
The indications are' that the campaign will
be close, hot and personal in its character.
ALARAMA,
Fatal Railroad Accident Near Attala.
I f ByTelegraph to'the Horning Star. - -
Chattanooga, June 16. An iron truss
bridge on the Alabama Great Southern
Railway; near Attala, Ala;, gave way Jm
day night, as a freight train was crossing;
and six cars plunged : into the stream.
Samuel Xathern, brakeman, was killed,-
and Joseph Leit was badly injured.- There
were no other casualties.-, The . bridge had
been tampered with. -
GEORGIA.
Conviction In a Murder. Trial at Co-
lumbus. ,
! By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Columbus.' June 16.--The case of Ben
i Mitchell, who has been on . trial in the Su
penor Court since. Wednesday,4 for the
murder of Jesse 5. wngni, was given to
the jury to day, who after being out twenty
. . . . , ... t .
minutes, reiurnea a veruic oi guiuy, out
recommending that he . be confined in the
penitentiary for life. - . . ..
LOUISIANA.
- ' A Seducer Shot and Killed.
.'New Orleans, June 16. A Times-Demo
crat Mansfield (La.) special says that J. L.
Borden. President of the Mansfield female
College, was shot and killed by Rev; Ben
Jenkins. Jr.. this morning. Borden se
duced a young lady friend of Jenkins'. :
- " ELECTRIC SPARKS. '
: i - - ..... - rT .- , ;: -
- Shipping Commissioner Duncan, of New
York, has brought suit for libel, with
damages at $100,000, against the New York
limes. . " . - ..... . . . f . - ;
! Gov.v Butler, of Mass.. contrary to his
former assurances, has approved warrants
for the salaries and expenses of the estate
almshouse at TewKSDury ror ueDruaiy,
March, April and May, amounting to $d0,
000.. .; !:. .;; .tSUU:
The . weekly . . statement of -.the - Asso
ciated Banks shows the following changes :
Loans increase $611,500; specie increase
718.900: legal tenders decrease . 3y7.
200; , deposits increase-$239,930; circula
tion 'decrease $189,400; reserve decrease
$278,125, - The banks now hold $8,791,050
in excess of legal requirements.-
Spirits Turpentine
-4- Greensboro Workman - Pro
fessor Coble', of Graham Normal College,
t Las nccepted fthassi$tarit- professorship in-
the Univer8.ity.oi JNortn varouna
r."j-i- We are gratied to learn from -Plof.
Hoimes'that the University 'Museum
has received from tJie'Smithsoniaa Instltu-
tion one hundred and ixty',species! of ma-.
rine: invertibrae animals, and f rom. other
government departments in Washington, ,
hand specimens ot wood of three hundred
species, representing the larger portion, of
the j species -of.itimber . trees rand shrubs
found within the borders of the 'United
States:- ;'; Y T '''-""-": :'':r-': "
. tt- Tarboro Southerner : .? Many of
out j farmers are ... troubled With C cholera
among their hogsl i,lt is . given . iojut by the :
officers of the Department of Agriculture,
at'WaahftigtooJ that the disease can be coo-j
trolled vandT is ' fast ibeing ." exterminated. "
Those who wish information on the subject
should write to the- Commissioner or one
of -our representatives .in. Congress; for advice-
ai'td treatntenL'JL";
;j t-4- iUiAjkSmu$Wemmi
odists of Gojd Hill, JMt? . Pleasant , circuit
are completing a good church at that place.
i Rev; G. ? Round; 'of Mockville cir
cuit; writes: We have just closed a precious .
revival meeting in Mockville, about twenty-
five; professed Christ as their Redeemer.
--r Rey. P. F.' W Stamey, of Iredell cir
cuit, writes': ! hive just closed a'gracious
revival meeting of ! seven days continuance .
at Clarkesbiirgr on the Iredell circuit, , Re-
sult of meeting, 33 -.'conversions and 35 ad- "
ditions to our church., ; ' '
-f--Fayetteville.;j Observer ;;Mr:
Charles Huske, formerly of this town, now '
Fish Commissioner of South Carolina,-un- -
der whose able and (efficient management ,
that department of the State government
has made very marked- and gratifying pro- ,
gress,5 is -visiting j friends ,and relatives,, in .
Fayetteville. T7Z The other evening, as
the servant girl' in "the family of Mr. Geo. ' -.Brandt,'
on Haymouut, was ( preparing tlie , t
table for tea, -she 'was startled to see a large
mocasin coiled, cork-screw fashion, around -
the Jeg of the table. ..The -snake ; glided to''.. ,
Nsdrnertof thte'-raom-and showed fighf. but
waaj kniecfbyf the colored man; whohurried
to the. bouse at the alarm of the girl.. - - - ,
" -i-.Monroe JZnquircrExpress? Of .--aft
he counties in the Stated none," we be
lieve, are takihg a .greater interest in the
subject of education than our sister county
littje Stanly. . 'Besides a number of good
neighborhood schools, it has four academies , -of
pigh . grade at Albemarle, Big. Lick,
Norwood and iYadkin Valley, and we are
glad to know -that ; they, are all well sup-; -ported
and are doing a glorious work. '. .
There is a minister in this county who in
nearly three years; has not missed but five
Sundays in which he has not oodupin
his jplace and expounded the Word," and
.we fare reliably informed that in all that
timfe the said minister has not received ex
ceeding $115 for his ministerial services.
Wadesboro es: wTbe cotton
crop is looking very fine.', Died at his
home in this county on the 4th instant, Mr.
Thomas" J. - Caudle, : one J of - Anson's most
valuable citzens. ; .- We : regret to an- .
nounce this week the death in Stanly
County,' of -Mrs; i Mary Smith, mother of
our: townsman. Mr. Fulton C. Allen.
Th4 Rockingham people sent to England '
anq secured the sexuees of a lot of .English
children for domestic helps, who we un
derstand, give general satisfaction." '
During the funeral services of the late Gen.
Dargan all the business bouses here closed
as a tribute of respect to the distinguished
deceased, and the funeral cortege was one c
of : the largest seen here in many years. ,
Rev. N. R Pittman .was the officiating
minister. ? . . : . -. ; ' - : ,.
-i- Charlotte Journal- Observer: No
train will hereafter go out on Sunday. Re
turning the tram will leave Wilmington
Monday , night and arrive here Tuesday (
morning. Col. J ones, the Superintendent,
does not like to run trains on Sunday, as he
belietes in the good old Bible doctrine that
the seventh day is a day for rest from toil
and worldly cares.-- The newly-opened
French Broad route, we are glad to leanUs
already doing a big business, and some -rival
lines aTe looking at it with queer eyes.
Heretofore travellers have .been compelled
to go round by Chattanooga or Lynchburg
in order to come. South, and to reach the
Northwest from any of the Southern States.
The completion of the Western North Caroi
Una Railroad down the French Broad ;
River Valley and the Louisville & Nash- -ville
opens a direct through line by which
Florida can be reached.
Raleigh News-Observer: Mr.
P. W. Wiley, of this city, has just publish-
ed a volume of the poems of Theo. H. Hill,
Esq.,; entitled "JrassionU lower and other
Poems." , It is a handsome little book, and
contains 'Mr. Hill's latest poems, together
with those published in 1S69, the latter
having been revised and the former being
in Mr.-Hill's own words, "the flowers of a
meagre aftermath." - The three Code
Commissioners, Messrs. uoncu, ttenaerson
and Manning, met here yesterday to decide
upon certain .matters relative to the publi
cation of the revised Code, as adopted at .
the) last session of the General Assembly. It. -was
decided that the Code should be bound
in two volumes of about 700 pages each.
" 4- Iron for the Cape Fear &"Yadkin Val
ley Railroad has ;been shipped from Perth
Amboy, New Jersey. The work of track- :
laying will now. be vigorously prosecuted,
-s-f - Dr. T. D. Hogg refurned yesterday
f roni his large plantation near Wilmington.
He; is now putting up machinery for crush-
ing the phosphate' rock which . abounds
there and about which so much has recently
been said. On Wednesday the trus
tees of Wake Forest College were in session
from 9.30 to 11 o'clock A. M:;- transacting '
the business of : the institution, r Ameng
other things the election of a President for .
the college came up, and after much de-
liberation and discussion they decided not: j
to elect at this session, but to postpone the " '
matter twelve months, with Prof.- W B. ;
Royall as Presideht of the faculty. ;, - ;
The attendance at Wake Forest is very i
large. ' ''i-, :- ::- '...:-':'"---l;fv:"
' Rev. A. C. Dixon, a North
Carolinian living in ,Baltimorc, delivered
the Alumni Address at Wake ; Forest Col-
On Wednesday RevT Dr. -MeDonald, of
Richmond. Va., delivered the Literary Ad
dresssubject, "Have faith in yourselves."
It was a fine effort. The report in the Ra
leigh Visitor says: "The speaker was pe
culiarly felicitous in : his closing remarks.
He alluded in the most touching and pow
erful manner to the life,' character and
death ot the late President Wingate, Many
of. the audience were brought to tears."
From the same paper we quote: .The Latin
medal ; was . presented . to Mr. J. S.
White in a little speech by Rev. E.
E. Folk, of Murfreesboro, Tenn. Tbe
medal . for. - excellence in t the .. Greek
language, was awarded v to" W. H. S.
Koaegay, -"and ' was presented , by Rev.
Mr. Jeffries, of Chapel Hill. The Monta
gue French medal was presented to Mr. H. ' I.
P. Markham, by - W. J. Peele, Esq.; of. j
.Raleigh, The declamation was awarded i
to Mr. Frank Dixon, by Mr. Geo.1 C.
Sanderlin, in a speech which excited a j
good deal of merriment and applause. : Mr. 1
J..W, .Watson was the recipient of the';
PhL oratory medal at the hands of Rev. J. i
S. Carroll, of .Virginia. The Eu.. oratory j
medal ' was given to Mr. Thos.. Haynic. j
3Ir. Walter Daniel was chosed by this so-1
ciety to, deliver it, which he did in a very
pleasing style and in well chosen words.
The PhL essayist medal was given to. Mr.
H.L. Folk, by Rev. A; C. Dixon, in his!
nsual impressive way. Mr. W. H. OsbOrn !
was thd winner of the Eu. essayist medal,
.but he being absent from College, it was !
not delivered. - !
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