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INSANITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
Insanity Is said to be greatly On
the increase in thifr country aitdit 13
hot a matter forsurprise.- Tlioliiind.
i mot . delicately balanced: and it
J.R-H not require a-yery-great ileal to
; shove it off it'tQriginalpbiatiA;
wat shock of . any . kind, such as a I
sudilt-ii loss of property or great be
reavement?! or any other forra-of in
tense distress; may unhinge thq mind
ami a man may become smldenW de-"
pranged. .Thousands of people died
iii the South because '"'ofV the"- sad re-;
suits of the war,. - Ill the .North the
mania for, riches r,is so gi-eat that in
I- " r! ' rn ?
the aspiration. :and .dreani of tens of
thousands. To live in " fiueliouses
wear costly fabrics, ; have: sumptuous
jiblesi and splendid equipages appear
to be the chief r desire and
the special aim of . mbstf peo
ple. They . do - not - : care or
know anything of. intelectuafplea
sure of communing with "tle grejat
nicii of the last four thousand years,of
gathering the maxims and pure men
ial coin that the men of genius and
team i 11 g have, bequeathed to? them'
and to generations unborn as lyeti,
(All is hurry and all is excitement to
ace u iiiu 1 ate weal th, and every; energy
of mmd and brtdy i3.kept-iiight;and
ay ;on the, stretch. The result is -
increased and' increasing insanity.
" The Chicago Inter- Ocean gives
ine iustrnctive statistics. . ' It says:
: J'lo twenty year3 the ratio of increase has
been so rapid as to treble the figures of 1860.
'( In that year: there were 34,042 ; insane per
sona out of our total population)! 31,473,
331. Iu 1880 . the population was 50,155,
i 783, while the number of insane hail risen
to 91.974. or 1,834 to every jniilion of the
: population.-- ..." ':' .. .:: '" -':;
The increase may be accqunted
for in part upoji the principle of he
rttliiy. A father goes mad, and his
children inherit' more or less of the
same tendency. : Then - there is the
fearful inteihperance Tthatilis and
iuaddens so many - The asylums are
overflowings ; and yet '-not half oY th
insaim are in them. -The Jfcter-Ocejahl
Vbears this testimony : . ; -
'-The condiUon of , wjinr- asylu naa '! is
frightful. The patieota dre niiddied upon
5ne a.vitber. left-in filthy and given the
leat possible care. ; They are often treated :
like mangy tlogs, - the. keepers having no
more humaae wishi than-to Vprevent their
escape f rouv the degrading ' surroundings
that aggravate instead of abating tbe. dis-.
Our North Carolina asylums are
liiiiuanely jn an aged. ' There, lias been
some disposition to reduce :the; ex-
yensos too YronnmanityJ'ahd'1
science alike - demand .sufficient ap
propriations and we hope, that it can
never bes said, traithfully;. of ? North
Carolina that as the other States ad
vanced in a spirit of benevolence and
. mercy that khe Vretrogradedl 'and
whilst spending lavishly in jother
directions laid the paralyzing! band
of stingy economy ; on the ; public
cbarities, ; , y:l
"O TUNNEL ACROSS TOCHAN-
- ;; r NKti ,
VV e are not surprised to see the ac
tlon of theomt;cqmmitli
British Parliament in the matter of
tlle tunnel Sunder the EnglisuChan:;
f,l. Wo would be surprised yif
" majority of 'tbliahientoiild b
nduced to vote for :' its constrneioii
For eight hundred y-fjars the 'Fpnch;
ll(l the EnglisKnaVe been hostile
ie Channel is narrow the tunnel
wmld be less than ytWehtj ithiles in
ngth, we believe; ifVconstructe
and it is the opinifih -of a great many
aMe civilians and competent soldiers
that it would . bo hazardous to cbn-
ruct such "a' hole in the ground,'
Mr. Bright - called itJ V It is also
trae that statesmen like John Bright
an1 military - men think; otherwise
VOL. XIV.
that: from: the tunnel there could
hot pdsgibrjri : be any - danger i6
the" British.v 'Biit there is a differ
cce -of opinion, and it is not diffi-;
cult to conceive how .there. might be
dangerj sbJe saf e side Is hot to con
struct tliei tunnel. : The .Creator has
placed; Great "Britain inthe oean,
thus isolatihgltS from ti talaAceof
the Continent. It will be wise to let
the arrangement continne. A hostile
force ?might - stealhrougr ind get6
control of the British en
n el and hold it long ; enouglrf qit
France to pour thrbugh herimyriads
of soldiersr . , : -
k;,It is very easy to ridicule tbfe fears
ot the EngHsherp, but time and ex
penmen t coiild alonjg jroye that these',,
fears" were : idle.- lt - might : prove a
eryliazardous experiment. The
- tuke of Cambridge, at the head Of
ther yVPVay13; that ne$ tunnel
if successful, : would ; lead , to frhny
others, and all would le difficult
to f defend. Sir Lentom Stevens
. y- y . v -'
give4 it ) as ; his opinion that " a
government? insane enough to allow
the tunnel to be .built would ' bo in
sane enough for anything,' Every
body knows if there : were a';' half
dozen tunnels' now in use that with
tTie present stateof affairs bet ween
France and England there would be
ten-fold theiinea8iness in Britain that
there now' Ml S&i'r
The stormy Channel has ; been a
bulwark of defence; for . England
against the Franks and their descend
ants 8ince.the Jutes Angles, Saxons
and other tribea first descended from
their ior&erhhqn be
foolish for any speculative gains' to
lessen thq defence orn to hazard the
chances of loss. J The importance of
this bulwark whicn nature had given
to England was always understood.
Shakespeare has voiced it in words as
immortal .as genius. Said he of his
native island: '-l' vv v ;, ' ;
."This royal throne offings, this sceptered
, -Isle, ' ' ; - ' ;- .--i ' r ;--t :,-.v,
; This Earth of Majesty, this seat of Marr,
This other Eden, demi-paradise i --Qs
-Tbia fortress, built by Nature for herself; y
Against infection and the hand of war; -This
happy breed of men4 this little world;
This- precious stone set in. a ailyer sea, . ir ,
Which serves it in the office ofa uaU, . . .
Or a a fnoat defensive to a house, '
Against the envy of less happier lands; - ;V
This blessed spot, this arth, this realm,
this England, : , : :
Bear for her reptAation through the'world. "
. . Airs.. Knott, the Halifax, N. C,
unfortunate lady who fled from her
husband, an account of which, ap
jeared in the papers, - died at Hali
fax, Nova Scotia, on the 10th ; inst.,
aged t wen ty-six, an had a pauper's
burial. She is described as having
been very handsome and " of. refined
manners. She was a Miss Sherln, 3
and her father is' said to- live not : far
from Littleton. ' '.
! TnK SONS OF THE SOIIi.
An address delivered before Pan-
tego Institute, on the 15th of i June
last, by Mr. John-S. Long, of Nciv'
Bernei has-been read- by us with plea-:
sure and admiration." The subject is
,4The Sons of the Soil.? The address
has been printed in neat " pamphlet
:form.'. Mr. Long isrone of the gifted
'men of 3Sforthf Carolina with the pen.;
There is in this" address, as in all of
his published productions that have.
come under our eye,- an- exceeding
"v1 1 "c l f1? !
beautiful, scholarly, glowing A and j
often "richly freighted. lie sails in
nb dilapidated schooner, or battered
an(I bruised brig but, in . an" argosy
grandly bedecked; richly: stored, with
silken sails thrown to the winds, with
streamers 'flattering in the breeze, and:
onward it Isaila to music that floats
softly over the "dark blue sea. There
isa classical elegance- of diction ;anjd
of illustration in this speech' There
are indeed but. iew Carolinians who;
combine ' bo much of passionate
thought, with:" such exquisite powers
of: expression. : The finest . of all
Tenth, of May addresses we have
read Jwas; tKe oneibeideliyerpd:in
NewBerne i some teu oKtwelye years
: agov i : - ' . f 4 .-i '
In the'jaddress before us Mr.- Long
is "practical and forceful as . well, as
rhetorical. ; He A shows . in. handlirig,
his theme that he has reflected upon
it and has knowledge f,'the educa-;
tibnat ; '-oip'p.
atlifttii&peratiy
ho w tq redthei illite-
Tacjr. We have found much-in the
jaddress to? inabrsrbf
schools Mr. Long says: " " ,
, "Our Public School system is moderate:
ly beneficial, .but is greatly "defective. ; It is;
beneficial because it reaches themost help
less and impoverished classes of the people.
But -after all it is only a rush light where
a child only four months out of twelve to
furnish him With inferior tenthiva kffaw.
tag & premium for ifnorlnce, to ibperatela"
ly equal to the necessities ; of-a single Vflrst-
;iaaa uisuiuuon, to engage a Buperinten
aent upon a salary hardly, sufficient to keep
him out of the poor : house, 1: and then to
criticise Jug ; scholarship and : fidelity to
btnld shabby school houses - as breeding
places; for pneumonia and consumption,
and then tdcatter them at such distances
as- to make them iQaccessible td inany
these things have made up therebord of
Public Schools in North Carolina."; ; -
He pays aXfitting " tribute to the i
Graded Schools. : He says: ; l-l
"The Graded School 'is the last! contrf
vance of edueated experience to supply the
intellectual necessities of youtb.r ?And it
must be admitted, that this infant giant is
working wonders among the people. It
gathers a score of schools into one, wields
the 'entire body with -military exactness,
"economizes the labors of its teachers,! sirnpli
fles and methodises the instruction ? of v the
pupil, and tuakes edhcatibal a -powerful
-system that banishes in: : a. moment all the
irregularities which thoroughly diseased the
old methods of mental training in this
" But these schools are confined to.
towns and villages and are, expen
sive. This Mr.Xong points out. - The1
classical and graded schools! ; mee
certain. wants,- but the masss must
k look to the " common schools; We
quote a . few ; lines from '-what Mr. ;
Long says on this "point: - )
. -"What 86rt of a systim should - we' call
approximately perfect? . One that furnishes!!
complete educational f acilitles,harmonious
ly arranged, from the primer School- up ? to
the university. : In our preaent condition,'
while there are plenty of good schools for:,
the rich, there are none" for - the poor..
'. We spend thousands of dollars,
for1, prisons, - hospitals and .asylums and "
"wby not prevent the ffecessity of this out
lay by raising the whole country up to the
loftiest table land of moral and intellectual
development ? .The trouble now with us'
is, not that we pay too much tex, but that
we pay Our tax for the wrong tiungs. If
we would invest the fabulous sums l which,
are now swallowed p in the whirlpools of
dissipation and vice in generous institu
tions of learning, the-carved and marble
splendors of those matchless cities! which
wreathed their deathless memories around"
the temple of Minerva and the palace of
Nero, would sink into insignificance by
the aide of our -. 8upremacy. .Literature,
learning and wit would cover us like the
vestments of a bridal' v 5'
?He insists wisely : upon elevating
ihe standard of teachers. 'Capacity
and scholarship Rhouid be the only
standards of qualification in feVeryi
school in .the country," ' This isr cer
tainly true, j It is a great and blister
ing, shame wheneVer politics enters
into the -running . of i the: ' schools.
Trustees
s are ' sbTnetimes; ? appf intedthl&dy's person; setting- uWtfv.lKrt doth-
to the University not because' they
are liberally educated of; have any:
true knowledge of the work they .will
have to perf ormt but : because they i
are members of the Legislature are
rich, are politicians, arid have cheek !
enough to seek such an empty place, i
No self-respectiHg i man no man of !
elevated character and principle, can
possibly i prize any degree or any
honor r that : comes - frtJm' self-seeking
and log-rolling. : Mr. Long eloquent-
Iy.fays:.:;vi-,;ii;;.,s
; "The world of letters and the : temples of.
learning should be -kept ' free - from tramps
ajid, demagogues. -- When the etherial mind
grapples with the my8teries of knowledge,
there should abide the : holy hush of wor
ship and adoration. -. Teachers and scholars
alike should ministerial the altars of an
honest purpose: .And : if : . grea State
should so far forget its responsibitity to the
people, , as to appoint: unscrupulous and
time-serving agents' to manage the Interests
of its schools, the people should . rise Up in
thelr.might and drive the moneychangers
from the temple.cZijT4 ;X
- On one otherpoint we must- still -
draw on .riend. He; says with
equal trth amd felicity :; - v-h
. hefarmeVwhd Stakes his boy but of
school, to save the cost? of a hand in ; the
field, is burning the candle at both -ends.- The
parent who -retrenches upon the edqeation
of his Children; when ne- Bnouia go Dare
footed himself, if need . be, ta bv them
carved and4 polished to be the pilJas' and
Hotels of Iris own hohie when disease and
old'age havfe laid him in the dust,' is .' pre
paring a habitation of silence with brokena
altars when the harvest time of . his folly
shall come. The triumph of any!, great
cause dependPupop the self-sacriflceof 1 its
supporters. .:!.r i :u1-J'v"z::k- 'V:- 'w-'iO
In our ; selections we, have ; not
sought the poetical and rhetorical so
much as we have the practical. The
following graceful arid 1 elegant pas
sage will be afitting ' close to ourjaf-1
.w-sj- r ;vp3 i-ki i &c:-:J r-jj-; .-.1
" -"The old Athenian schoois)f -Dhilosphy
did much for the swift, athletic, powerful
race, who fought and sculptured i them- J
Egeari.,': The stately Tuscan families, who
were the patrons of literature and learning,
are as fresh' mytbe -inemory of men to-day
as ; ,when 5SoS)lars, -poets and painters
thrbngedjitheir - frescoed palaces. - But the.
learning of, the Ancients, and, as for that,
matter, even of the Middle Ages, lacked the
pureapirit' of Christian principle, and. so
perished as a dream of the night when one
awaketh. With us it is far different The
learning of this day is. fixed beyond the
possibilUyVbf change. The Jioly inspirar
tioris of; . the -Divine , Teacher have fallen
upon it as upon -.the fiery r prophets of a
vanished time. t. mirrors the intellect,
and controls the, purposes of ,aH. i And
there is no English speaking: race jn any.
country'or cline, whose learning has not
been baptized by the glorious sacrament of
the Cross." AAVrA
V CoL J. A. McCall;Scotehativ
ami . eatrical j manager-iri 4Neypv
Yqfk andiMrLvEa Richardson a
: t h eat rical critic, 1 are -said": to Be
hnntin each other : heavily armed.
May be, it ial bnly.anothbr JSiflings
1 k -1 I I T v - ' 4 t -
Tbe Fair of tbe State ?rn:t firowen'
Ajwoclatlon to;tMlleiI in TVUmlne-
f ton, jvvS
Hall - received a , telegram from
Capt. K. Pi Paddison, President : of;; th6
State Fruit QroweiAssociati
QreensboroV FraVflHe I3th'stating ithar
itihabhdtermitfed
Fair in Wilmington the 22nd of August.
This is good news, asf the ' holding j of the
Pr here wUI ho!aou
great 'manvWlibrf Ttb
" the great fruit growing secUoii of the West,;
wu uua auu a uuvv iiua r w;wic l;italtl Vlv
nrtibn between tle"mointalna; KhoS ihe
seashore. 5 We learn that extetisi ore.
Lparations will bmade;forHhen event and
that no pains will be spared in the effort to
make-it oneof.the most Successful and im-:
I posing affairs of the'kind .eve held in the
reseti w;undersd
the main cxposition in tfie City IIalI, than'
which no better place could be selected, 'n"
Fool Play Suspected.- ; A'rJ H'
There are ; said to be ; some"vvery good
grounds for opinion ; that Jeff. Williams,
who was so badly, injured by being run
over by a train at the Fifth street crossing
in this cityoa the night of thoith jhst.,
and who aubsequently suffered; the anpu- I
tation of one of his legsj .. was foully dealt
with.; It is known: that he had been at
work at Cheraw, JS Q. "find had just heeri;
paid off i having $35 in his pocket fat .the "
i?;?' -ium ;; was smissiDgwheir he
came to" himself at Jit City flospitaip)r
Lanejthe surg states"
that jhe wound on the head, which caiised
the fracture of the. skull has the appear-"
ance of being -caused by . a ilow.from a
stick, br something of , that . sort, being a
clean cu and not having that jagged and
; irregular . appearance, peculiar to a wound
received in the manner jn which Williams
is alleged to have received his. '. I
Williams is now getting along as well as
could be expected, and is thought to be out
of danger from the skull fracture, f . . .
Kerosene Oil Aeeldent.'
- Mrs. Chas. B. MalleU, of Fayetteville,
met with a serious accident on Tuesday'
l&st. She .started to make a fire in the
stove, supposing there Was no fire in it,
when in reality there appears jto have been
some remaining from the .night before. . To
facilitate the matter sne started to ejnpty a
portion of the contents pf a- kerosene oil
can into the stove; intending to set fire to it
afterwards, when the - oil in the stove ig
nited, and : the ' flames . darted; swiftly
through the aperture and into the kerosene f-
can; when there was an explosion, and the
burning oillrom the can was thrown upon
ing. v Mrs. Mallett was very badly burned,
and we learn that serious results" are ap
prehended... --
Painful Accident.5 : :-f '-A.
"A colored man by the same of Hooper,
residing on the Cape Fear river, about fif
teen miles above the . city, and in Bruns
wick county, went out to shoot a hawk a
few days ago, and, while awaiting the apv
pearance - of his game, rested one of his
hands directly "over the muzzle of the gun,
When his -knee or some - other bbiect came
in contact with the trigger and the weapon
was discharged, the whole . load1 of shot
being driven through .the palm of his hand
and out at the backearing and lacerating 4
the hand very badly. At last accounts. the
wound was doing much better than, was
expected. P :
re
A Snake In
V -'BoxT;'":;
charge of a Telephone
s A' friend
correspondent relates the
following singular incident; ?'At thejiocks
bn the Savannah' river,: there is a telephone
box kept by a1ady.: ' Afewi days ago the
gong was sounded and the lady, "obeying
its call, hastened to replyand found coiled
'up nice!(ybtt the "box a hirge. live moccasin,"
over three ;f eejt long, 'with his neck jiicely'
rdpped around the ear-4rum. Of course
his snakeship was boss.; Her son ahfthiux!?'
nukteiatior. r -;j i '; ,5?
, -We learn Uiat the Sumter Light Infantry
and the Darlington Guards have agreed to
unite in a military maroon on the. 23d inst.,
at Smithyille. The former company have
encamped, at -Smith ville. on several occa
sions, and consider .it a delightful resort
during the summer . months. . Speaking of
the propose! trip; a Columbia correspon
dent tays "Then?; at the mouth of pf the
Qape Fear. river, they will. enjoy salt; air
and freedom,; and
d observe strict military
discipline o their, full satisfaction.
SO UTM AMERICA.
Death bf the U.
S. Consul at Callao
I: Chill and
Ferh "The 'Ecuadorian
S Revflntlonlsts-:
"'. ! ; By Teleph to tho'Mornfaiar Star. f&
' Lima, July 12. Gen.' Mpore;- AWrican
Consul dt Callao; died last night of yeilow
fever. . Flags are 1 at half-mast on all the
shipping Jtoay, ou t lof respect ; to - his
memory. . i..- -;;;v ;; A-t" '';:;;:-;
The message Of the President of Chili on
the subject of peace with (Jen. Iglesias, has
fallen hke a thunderbolt in Bolivia.' The
conduct of the Peruvians is " bitterly com
mented on. . - '
PASrrAP&Rtr, July 42.--The Ecuadorian
steamdBBantk Lucia, with Veintemilla and
his ofHcgrs aboard,; arrived bere W) day and
lay ; alongside of ;: H.. M. S. Constanc. :
Veihtemilla offered to give up the steamer
if the wages of -the . crew and expenses of
the"4rip from Guayaquil: were- guaranteed,
iu".;' ' r- i rZ-'
Jk Col ored Woman Con yleted ortl ox-
;.';,.; '.VdeTlng er JUnsband.; riltK
VJS IBjireleRrapn to the korno Star! i&igfi
RiCHMOin,: Jqly' 44 Barbara. MUler,
colored, oA trial in Henrico County Court,
as accessory in the murder, of her husband,
to-day fou
oy-cnanes 'tienriier,- ner paramour,was
iounu guuiy ui muraer m tne nrst
accessory before the fact. Sj-s Ki
-i.y
1 t j
WASHINGTON
The Treanrr Reserve Internal Reve--t
mile : InTatters The RaUroads - and:
?Fhllc'l.andfc;?;' ' '- .
' I : Bt Telegraph to the Korniac Star.l '
WASGTbiuJyilgTlTTe
reserve to-day amonutedlo about 1183.0007
000,; which is about- $6,000,000,000. less'
: thaa the? amount reserved ' for
.demtipn s of . legal tenders.: JThe reserve
, yesseraay was , apout $v&, UOO,(X)Q. ? vThe
sudden reduction ist due to the paytnent-oft
nearly' $15,000,000 on account of pensions.
The CommissBmerJnternal evituiA
not having jreorved rhe resignatjoh of C.
ju. .tiorion. as an internal, itevenue i A nht
as requested, to-day directed the revocation-
uo( sis appjoinieofc;;.'iUf t-t
.-rhe riecretary pf he-Interlotai direct
ed hotice to be given to the Northern Pa
cific Company that all selections lands
in. he States fsWisconsiu Jand fmesota
"must ta fWithiur- thei ensuitig three
nionuja, anq lhat at the end Of .that'time 4
orders of withdrawal will -be revoked and
, aftpubtitfiatida within thefintleninity limits
in fhosg States will be opened to settlement.
Hj states that the Comp'any will not be per
mitted to cull lands.; leaving the nodr lands
L iob the government and settlers, and" then 4
jasegooa lanasrurther along nppnth&lme,
but the Company must selectufflcieit lands
in each of these States without regard to
thq quality, to make up the amounf held in
'th&e cSt&tea&zv&i'iisiJi,'' m i. A - -
NEW IIAMrSIIIItEJ 1:-f
The TwentySecond Joint-Ballot for
- -V. s; Senator Mr. RoUIn.WitU-
;?; draws. Xj.fv
: l B7 Telegraph to the Morning Star.f
- CoKconn, July 12. -After the first ballot
to-day for U. S. Senator by the Legisla-
. tune, Mr. Whitehouse, of Rochester! arose
ana presented a letter addressed the He-:
publican members of the New Hampshire
Legislature, in which Mr. Rollins reads a
sharp lecture to Stevens, Marston, Brigga
and Patterson, for . their rejection iof his
proposition that the whole five withdraw
frqm the Contest and leave the matter open
for the further consideration of the! party.;
'He thn -withdraws,. his own name '-:; '
. : Another ballot was taken - iathei after
nobn; being the 22hd joint ballot, as fol
low? Whole number of vbes cast ' 322
necessary for 4 choice 162. Wi S. 1 Laddp
H.IE Burham, Ezra Pray; Chas. H. Burns,
C. H. Bartlett, C. B. Jorddn andi J. G.
Mf ggridge received oneeach; ! S. Gl East-.
inan, J. L. Spring andB. F. Prescott two
each -Walter HanimaO 3; Dan Barnard 4;
J.I H,l Gallinger and O." C. 'Moore 9t J.
Sniith 16; A.- F; Stevens 16-. Gilmonl Mars-;
toi 25; M. W. ToDDon 30: J. F.,Briees57r
Wifi: E: Chandler 52; Harry Bingham 113.,
WaxillinoisW-
Glanders Prevalent Among Horses In
';; Nineteen Counties."":.,;. AQ
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l r " ' :
Bprikqfibld.v July 12. --The State vete-
riqariafl reports .that glanders! is . prevalent
among hprseain; nineteen . counties jin this
Stite. He claims' to have been prevented
from killing the 1 animals afflicted." iAttor
neifs of the owners contend that he could
ony resort to this measure, after .the Gov
ernor had issued , a proclamation declaring
thi glandersepidemic.' The Attorney Gen-
eral is now expectertto given opinion as
to the power, of itheStateyeterinarl$niuer
theState1aws,,--:t"'i.-- --tv-' 1 :tr1-- l-ih'.T-
I THE JiLXTE ANI THE Git A IT r
Reunion to
Take Place at Dallas.
Tatsi. '
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l
New York, July 12. Gen! John J New-'
toh, President of the Society of the ; Annv
of the Potomac, has been inyited to attend:
a reunion of Parson's cavalry, brigade(Con
federate) at Dallas, Texas, on August 6th, :
arid to a8pond to tlie toast "The: Boys
who Wore the lgc.' President.-Wv'jG.
Val says: "Ppr reunion is not to "quarrel;
but to meet as brothers, bury all unpleas
ant recollections of the ; past. ' and unite
heart and: hand in the welfare of our great
nation tor all time to come, j
Flood fn HarrIsonlure l
;; ;Uarge , Amount o Property Swept
Away. ;;;. , .:-vi-r:'- '.. Al ' .
, jHabrtsonbubo, July 13. A most dam
aging flood ; pse vailed in this "place . last
nghti i At '"about : 8 'o'clock two angry
clouds met jst north of the town and the
rain : poured ...down . im:; torrents, t Black's
run, a small .rivulet running through the
town, became "a -mighty -river, - the water
spreading - over some of the principal
streets. ; Shocks of . wheat from the neigh-
boring fields, hogs, 'chickens, fences,' small:
houses, and-endless "drift came pouring
through- the main- thoroughfareSi - 'Many
private houses, wre flooded and greatly
damaged. ' An Irishriian, while attempting
to) save : some hogs in a pen, was swept
down the stream, and came near losing his
life. - Pavements, ' sidewalks and foot
r bridges rwere -swept away and the streets
greatly damaged. . . The 'whole population
were aut on the streets, until, after midnight-
It is . impossible at esen,t to esti
mate the damage done to property. : -:
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NORTH CAROLINA.
at
ndy Francis Charged with the Mur
der Of Thoi. Whitehead at TVaynes-
Raleiohj July 13v-Tiiomas Whitehead,
farmer, took dinner with AndyJ Fran
cis, a friend and, neighbor, near Waynes-
ville, N. C Immediately afterwards he died
in great . aSonV. r Francis Was5 suspected
of administering poison to him and-was ar
rested; ' A1 preliminary -examination - took
place before Judge Gudger, . who after
imuch -evidence was ?takett bommiUed
Francis toaiLfpr.: murder. ivNa'.sufflcieut
cause for the crime is alleged.,; A s ?
':a:iniiana:
V' . .
FIrer at the State University Caused
- by Ijlghtnlngloss $2h0,000. ;
BiiOOirmoToir, !.Tuly 1 3.--Last night the
.new department of the Indiana: University
Ljas discovered to be on fire. The laboratory
was 8uuu iu uuuwa, tuiu jsuui wjr uitcrwarua
the library and museum. : The latter con
tained the famous Owen collection "and Dr.
Jordan's collection of .fishes. The library
bad 150,000 volumes in it. The new build
ing was entirely destroyed:' f The fire was
caused "by Jightning striking a telephone
wire. The loss is $200, 000 insurance $30, -
COTTON.
i A Summary f the Crop to Date. ;
New York, Jury -i 14-4&ceipts of cot
ton at all intnortowns,'6,647 bares; re
ceipts :v!rfroin5 plantations f 5,139 :, bales ;
total visible supply of cotton for the world
2,238(,407 bales, :of Whiditl,4S6,607 bales
are American; againsti 1,820,094 arid 925,"
094 respectively 'last -year :i Crop: inr sight
6,923.961 bales.' - , ' - ,
- m : virginta: : - -
Damaging
TEXAS.A x'i: V
-r.l
ipialnts and Tl
Xiyncn taw-complaint and Threats
.: of :. ' CoTored Persons T"he ' Colored
Convenlten at Austin." . -j- T
: fBf TeiegraphTti) the Morning Staj-.r; :
c GAivESTj' July 'iST-Arspeqiil from
Austin says: - Gov. Irelanu"has received a
letter from 'five colored persona 'of Marion
coUntyj complaining.of the.recent lynching
of two negroes, alleged to (havebeea gusty ;
of raping a White J woman in "that pounty,
TJieletterays.that several youngjuten avet
been likewise lynched, and that the? county
judge and county ofl"icersbuld "nit -pro-.
tect them from lynch law:,KThey jaipeal Jo
the Governor for protection,1 and threaten
to take the lawln tJrown haBdsifjlbelde-7
maud is not complied itvith fVhe jGbver
nor's reply reerets that the law is hrit ' nUl
lowed iojaave.its full awayj and points; out L
Tedress: He ptomises'lhat if ;iri; appeal 'is
made the Executive will;jerideavor Tto- see
that the. law ia notimneded. The Hlover-,
nor's reply -concludes- he
follows":" ;-?.,l "have
.to say that the threat to - redress Rnnnnsrvl -1
wrongs through methods of vour own is 1
vaicuiatea 10 uo you any good. I ;
- aua special says inat xne . Colored
Men's State Convention,,, before r final ad
journment, adopted an address $0 the peo- -pie.
It congratulates the. State . upon, the
friendly relations of the races in Texas i as-"
sumes that the few cases Of wrong and op
pression upon, colored people- are excep
tional, and that the. great body of the
whites are friendly; condemns lynch .law;
asserts that as railway passengers negroes;
are badly treated-says they do riot "want
in this matter ia ask for social equality; hut
Will freely accept social separation . with
equal accommodations for the same j pay;
advises their people to discharge . ignorant
and immoral teachers and preachers,: whose
teaching . and example keep superstition
andVice -alive;' discourages immigration
froni the ; State, .' and ; even" from county
to county,- unless, for the best of rea
sons; "recommends the: purchase of lands
ancU- homes . and vthe : nroductibn of
' home comforts 1 and the necessaries of lifft-
before producing articles for sale, and that
young men should be encouraged to learn
trades counsels local organizations J to en
courage all : these .: aims; advises, against
petty litigation- and recommends teachers '
Land Jeaders to encourage friendly relations
-wiiu jjue wunes. ; ;ine- closing paragraph,
lets the Republicans know that the colored
L people remain sol in that organization..' '
)i-.IH'iE:'-i:;:
Al ?
Celebration of he. French . National:
: Festival The' Soldiers' r Home at
;-;Bath4 i A A
U Bath, JuJy:14;r-The Board; ofTrlustees"
of the. Soldiers' Home riiet In . executive
session this morning, when resolutions were'
adopted fuuy exonerating 4 Gen Pitcher,
superintendent, and commanding his cours6
in discharging Rev. John Cowan James'
Turner and Felix Duff ey from the Home.;
Also, exonerating Trustee Jonathan Robie
and Quartermaster Leavens,- fron charges
preferred. ;;: ''4 -.ifr-v
2 New Y0RKJuly:14. 4-Thei French .? . ha-;
tional festival,: commemorating the capture
and destructionif; tlje Bastil6,was celebra-;
ted to-day by French-. residents of the city,'.
Delegates Representing all JFrench. associa
tions met early this: morning; and with the
GarilefcLaayetteJicmrchedriiader coaimand
-of ;. M.. Bergeret.si formerly- Genl. of the:
Commune at Paris, to theoffieeof M. Albert!
LeFafvre, French Consul General. They
were, accompanied by a band and carried
French and American flags. Theref felici
tous speeches were- made, and M.. LeFaivrc.
expressed his graliflcation at seeing 'the
union of the French and American' nation
al banner; adding that the . name of LaFay
ette would always'-bo- a pledge to: close
inendship between the two nations.
. .. - . .
MEXICO; ' i M
! --i;
-it--- it--1-r
Hostile Apaches- Raiding In Sonora
Arrival of the British Minister at the
' National Capitol. -;v':; :' "''':;- f ' -'
Citt of Mexico, July; 14. Sir - Spencer
St. .John, British Minister,: arrived here
vesterdav and was met at the Rtatinii hv
many prominent Englishmen; He will pre-jf -
sent nis credentials ruesday. rr,,?: f x '
The storming of the Bastile was cele:
brated by the 'French - colony f here ; to day
with nuch enthusiasm. -Two i banquets and
a ball .were' given, the French houses decc-
rated, and (he principal street of the city
gay with bunting. i . . ; '. - .-. .
"Tombstonb, , July V 14. -Reports V front
Sonora, Mex., are to ' the effect that the.
Apaches are raiding the district of Monte-"
zuma and San Pareipa, committing mur
defs" and stealing cattle. 'A special fronjk.
Oposura states that twenty-savages attack-
ed a hacienda six miles south of Oposura
killing three men. ; Col. Bandola started in,
pursuit of the Indians with thirty Mexican
troops. He found the ' bodies of the three
men.: : It is positively known that, twelve
men have been murdered by the Apaches"
in the neighborhood Of Oposura since Gen.
Crook took- their: families from'the Sierra
Madres. ' , : r . -
" - ' - KANSAS. - .
- Suits Against Railroad Companies. "
Topeka,' July 13. Attorney - General
Johnson yesterdays commenced two quo
warranto suits against the Kansas Pacific
and ;Union; Pacific .Railroad Companies,
which were; directed to be brought bya
'concurrent resolution " passed : by the last
Legislature. The suit is to forfeit the fran
chise of- the Kansas- road; because:; of its.
failure to' perform certain duties, arid he
eauseNjf its consolidation' with" the Union
Pacific. .The. petition; asks to have, the.
ILLINOIS.
:;3f
Four Men Killed by a Palllne; Derrick;.
v. r Lemont, ; July 13.rr-The: Eureka i stone
quarry, situated four miles . south ;, of . this
city, was the scene of another'tragedy yes
terday afternoon,-caused by the falling of a
heavy-drriefc -While raisnig-a -block Of
stone weighing three tonsonaiof the guy
ropes Snapped," causing the - derrick to fall
among a crowd of fifty workmen,-four of
whom were, caught" directly under .he
heavy timbers and instantly -killedr' This
is the second occurrence of the same cha
racter within a week. . . , :
THE INDIANS. !
Hostile Chlrlchauas Awaiting Sur
render They Rely upon Gen. Croo&. .'
' .Wnx:oxi -A." -T.t July-14. rom Mr,
Lindermari who has arrived from San Bar
nardino, it is learned that-75 orSO. hostile'
Cfai$bsMaiT&''ifa acei'waiting to
surrender.! , They are-vaiting for an escort
to the reservation. Cant. Raffertv With a
troop ot jcayalryjef t Fort Bowie Thrirsday;.
to onng tnem in,., jyuwnaermansays ine
Indians are well supplied, with armaam'
munition; horses, mules arid cattle. " They
are well posted in regard to the movements
of The American authorities, and Would nbt:
consent So surrender trfltil Qen?- Crook was
given m charge of reservation affairs.'
Spirits Turpentine.
The steamer : Blanche has. been
launched at"NeW'? Berne: This makes the -seventh
plying bri the Neuse, as we learn ' i
fromJthe Journal. 4t. " " "
The' Wacrjsbdro Intelligencer " '
contains the first instalment of a biograph- - :
ical sketch of the late GetfAblai J. Dar-- - -
gap. - He was born in Montgomery county
in 1814. ;- ; ' . - -
: Kaleigh Visitor: Richard Crock- "
ett, colored, fonrierr a ie'sidehtin Raleigh,
was killed a f e days ago in Norf olky Va. , :
in a 'fight: with another , negrp," "Crockett
inflicted- such -wounds 5 on; his antagonist-
that he died next .'morning. J Both parties
uskniyes:;;
' The Kinaton' IreePres s copied ' ,
our short editorial of the late Prof. Grandy
(without credit- arid ot! hiriuProfessor of . '
the University of Soph ;Carolina All of - ;
the naDers had his asre. wronff save Ihe Star' - '
He : was noUa graduate: of Hie .University of 1 -;
rufiium ciiuci, auu uc was uevercuuocueu
ith tfrailrorid'' x
-Clintba I Caiaw lbihstitute
to be held for the teachers of 'Sampson and
u pun at Warsaw; Degjnmng Monday the
16th, will"be under the general direction of
IshamRoval and R E. Gradvt a Prps T?nt. - .
ile pf Chapel Hill, jDapt. Dudger of Rocky -' ' -
mount, u. J3. Aycockroi (ioldsboro, JT. It. - -
Cooper and EW. Kerr; of. Clinton, and
D, S: Koonce, or DuDlirL'are-, exDected to
attend and deliver lectures upon various
Subjects connected with the public Bchbpls.
. : Charlotte ; Tcma-0cryer.
Five new brick stores going up around the JV -corner
of Fourth and College streets gives "'
that lqcality,an ait of ' business; t It looks - "
like a hew.town down that way. -i- Mj". "" I
John Ai Lillington, of Statesville, has bee n '
appointed DeputyMarshal for this internal "
revenue ".district:, in, nlace ef Mr. Vtr
Williams, with headquarters at the .Central
jaotei mjthis city. There were three -
funerals in the city yesterday afternoon, "
3, 4 and 5 o'clock, oneof an aged lady, one ; - "
of a colored man and one of a little " child. '
" Baltimore capitalists have under con- - - . .
omwawyu me project ot esiauusning a new -through
route to the South "by. way qf; the - -Valley
road of the Baltimore & Ohio, which . 1
is; now. nearly completed to Lexington, ,
while over half the .grading and nearlv all
the masonry has been completed between - .
Artjxingion ana oaiem, a distance of flfty- -two
miles. From Salem where the "Valley t '
road would tap the Norfolk and Western. -two
routes .are suggested one 'to States- .
villc,. from whence connection could be
made with Charlotte N.,C:,' and .the sys-'
tem of Southern roads or to Asheville, and -.
thence by bee line to Atlanta.
-f- Raleigh News- Observer : In - - -the
northeastern part of the State the far- ", -mers
have - nearlv .worked 'themselves to -
death in - their endeavors to get their arms -Clear
of grass, v So .much grass was never " "
seen here . before.-; , J. S." . Plummer,
jcolored, 1 who has for- several years been a
mail agent ori . the - route between Raleigh . '
& Norfolk, has been "displaced," which is
the "polite -word for "bounced," to make -room
for E. W. Turner, ; c6lored,;bf Vance
county. We understand that no Charges ;
'of ;- incompetency '."'.were? "brought : against'
Plummer, but " that'; he was made to give "- (
Way ; for the convenience of politicians. -
THe State Teachers' Association met at v"
Chapel HU1, C. ; on Friday, July 6, 1 883,
at S P. M; Capt. M, C. S. Noble, the Pres- .
ident, delivered a short address cohtainirig . -excellent
points and advice to the teachers. .
The Secretary, being absent; Capt. pJ. E. -.
Diigger was appointed secretary pro tern.
Mr. B. F." Grady, of Duplin, then read a
very learned and imeresting"paper on 4 'In- -dustrial
Education.,' - Prof Mitchell, Rev. , ;
W.. S. Long, and .Prof." Moses .were ap- '
pointed a committee to homipate officers -.
for the ensuing year' "'After consultation '
they made their"report, , which ;was unani- . ' "'
mously adopted : President, Capt. M, C. S.
Noble ; Vice Presidents, Capt. J. E. Dug- - '
ger,- Dr. R. H. Lewis, Prof. Leazar, : Prof.. - .
E.:W. KenTdelv; B. Ft Gradv. Re:? N.-B. t
-Cobb, Prbf. N. a English, and Prof. .
jaiair.- Secretary and Treasurer, Jno. Duck-. .
ett;bf Hamilton, N."C. 'Executive' Com- -miitteer
Capt M.- C. j S. Noble, -ec officio - . "
chairman ; John Duckett, Prof. J. L. Tom-
unson,' B.; W: Hatcher, andT N I vey; ;r . - -
iTMb'OroJiSohrnjSi Gap' R. -.
C. Brown rode f rora : Tarttoro to . Nahala t
Presbyterian Church, in Halfax,ion;'Sun- t
day and informs us that the 'crops ; ori" the
-way are not good at all with two or three" ; -exceptions.
- -Missionary Barlow has f.
vanished, but two others are left in lower .
Conetoe, -1 Their work continues and rumor
has it that another batch of deluded . fools
will soon be sent by them- to Utah. ' f -Report
say a that Gov. Jarvis will be. the
Democratic candidate for Congress froni the. -First
District next vear. - - We learn -
"at - the Presbyterians have called Rey.
tcrians have called Rey. J. " -
H. Summerlin, of Concord, to the pastorate j "
-of the Tarboro church, as the successor to ,
the lamented Mr. Wailes. : Mr Jones -
Mayo lost his barn containing about 50 bar-
rels of corn; last Thursday night. . . The fire 4 .
-is thought to have - been accidental."? "
The crop On the Hinton, KempBattle. Gen.
Cox; Capt., Battle and David Barlow farms " '
were poor. Too much rain in June did the "
work; and light landis now beyond , relief. v
"These are among the finest b'n Tar river. I' . ,
'Stab. The thermometer this week,
averaging 98 deg. in- the shade, got away . .
with Oleaginous Josephus. It is said that
Lieutenant Governor James L. Robinson-
proposes to go tottongress fromGenR. B.- -Vance's
District at the next election..- r -Mr.
J. H. Gordon, who for many years has "
peddled tobacco in the ' Eastern' counties,
was through here last week. When Clay '
went to Raleigh ;his party friends sentrcar-1 T
riages down to GranviUe for Mr. Gordon
and twenty seven of his sons who were old -enough
to vote, . and were all Whigs, .to
welcoms'the"" great : Kentuckian. f The Old , 4
man and the boyswent with great pleasure J" -A
and Mr. G. happily describea their interview
with Clay. (It is true that old Archie Gor- -
don had twenty-seven' sons, and all lived, r-'
we believe; to manhood. t-Star.) " ' s
Fayetteville - Observer A' Al&jor - -Veaable,
who was recently ' elected Assist--ant
Engineer in place of Maj. Atkinson,
resigned, on the Cape Fear & YadkirirVal- .
ley Railroad,, has accepted a position in
Kentucky, where t his - family reside"; and ; -Maj.
Atkinson has ; returned to his former AC
position.;'- r Col." JHorrison's surveying .
force is at present in camp along the rail-
road, - near ; the stockade,' in readiness for A
the next movement to: be made. The whole " -line
to Shoe Heel has been carefully re-'
traced. ' The grading' of the track to the '
river is now going rapidly on. On
Monday last.'f about daybreak, flames were " - t
discovered bursting from the roof and sides
of . the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail- , "
road depot at the Gulf, in Chatham county,
and in a short time 1 the' building and its
contents -were .consumed.; There, was 'a
considerable' ariiourit' Of 7 goods, bedding, '
tents, tools of the company.etc.and the loss " ;
with the building will be- several hundred S' :
dollars'The cause of the fire is unknown. - " ;
Last Thursday, the 28th ult., a bright ! -. -J
young lad named '.Willie Driver,, while
playing'm Minis's mill, iris the southern' - ,
suburbs of town, was by me-means - '
caught in the gearing of the machinery,. " - '
and Was dreadfully Injured and braised be-- - - -
.fore he could be '.extricated. Though still - .
badly cnppled and, wounded the. boy is
now -gradually improving. '. r- Last
Tuesday morning Mr. Martin.Grady; night" - e.
watchman at.. the railroad, - went to his , j
breakfast ; in seemingly his usual health,
hut immediately: after eating and while ia c
the garden with his wife he complained of '
great pain between the shoulders, and was
2 red fall $1 05il 05J; No. 3 do.'99c. -Corn
higher; '45j46ic cash and July. " '
Oats dull; 3335ic cashr 32ic hid July."".
Whiskey steady at $1 14TProvisions firmer, - -with
only peddling trade done. , ' - y
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