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THE ORGAN (MICE MOKE.
V do not desire, to porsae1 am un
nli :ts:inL topic but the .laiL number
l' tho Raleigh prgan tequirea some-
tiiinil farther f roiu , iia Although U
h.s not answer Siheri of "' thelthir-t.-i-ii
jiistins masked T itj sti.H insists
tii in. it lias ;j perfect ?, Hght to ask !a
qni-st ion of the Sta tha,t if) pffeiisiya
oml 'insiillinifJ 'Sadii'afie'li)-'hiAn'henit
.- a - r.- j 7- f
ol tiif organ, uni we reauy epecii
nothincr better of. it now. If it hadj
hoen frank and v fair, iti4woald.havei
surprised lisVYe'haiV.Heyer1 once;
sorijlit a controversy with the organ.
W
e l
lo not likor rtohtr6er8 j:$p-
ciall v with one who has not a candid
mind, who isT skilled In. hedgiiv arvd
- in making the worse cause appear the!
better, and who" wilt be ;'4elighted
Avlien he can ''put ypnin Vwroflff
light before bis'fjreadr&ldQ4s
"sftm that the Raieighpaper. i willingf
only compass v it. , ..ozen; times
probably it has, openeti iita hatteriea
iiKu im arid ittetnpfed, Hblo w us tb
tin; "otherii side of Anna DouiinL j
Why it shoiild be ! so wanii6ugJ,-I '0
eternally? hitting the Stais is a puzzle
to u.h unless it vihinka; this ipaperIs
some .how in its way. ' Bnt the Star
aoes nit aesiro ine-pifonc prinwngf
The' STAlt has , been well snstainedj
by a liscerningTpubliCj fqr "nearly5
sixteen years, and has never received
- one wul it tribute . or ott t "govern-j
niont pap." It expects to live in the
favor of intelligent,' independent and
ri'Jh'cting ..peppljpn , spite .j-ofthq
oFan gririderandrhis i persistent
efforts to i wja re us. ' If He Woditdj
ah i w that1! t4 i "great barde w o upoW
the 9i!yBifQ Jiajej!'
tax eont4ued-o ouskeV'(eind6eeTt.
he would b,ej,jnaktng j ppnie pajiitali
But iK-trahnoidohis" 7
i hi.- agrjioyerjtlM)aght7t
organ was' incapable bt a&kfnff - qtfea
tions. in tia. line? :u nas . snoyft.
self equal tyf, any f ttgehcy,'; ri
c ask. -i.,ihpi9ileJPftkQi!8 ife
it "Jare" iiot anwer':iThere; is-'hoi
r- HiiTU I3-YiT;iif eSilHiv I.
enoiiglt persiaiilvneS3.rinT, thel entir
Democrat rejfres ot ??prtn ,GarbIia
to bring out from thergani an' anr
. swer to our
part of an -organ io cet, in--advance
of the procession.- lk$qtf&$Ab&rgxc
It is the jbttsin essp an organ C
the opinion otjthe party bfisgefr.
Raleigh pan-willwb f$&efl
is not in line j'jaasee mightgjei
- caurrhti aii'd tlien: tu'en,eriit;VIg?sla
tare might givo:it iwnmiitlTubLeJDfIi
will be V ery,quiet ppf ar as c$w&rih
" is concerned O But toforo askina a-y ou
van. JJv". Ji vul . uuiiBViu nuiiai iu
Unless the further, instalments of
assaults upon lis should bevery .fierc
and bilioasure shail not-Gwaste 'any
iuuib i,iuitt oy er puienemy,
MI8LEAIINGFIGqtES. ,
M?.amJ;;Ilada
with Demoefatfc Proiciion:papers.
Here is what MrrKaidiilji-
' 'The manufacturen.sH the cpuntry need
have nViippperisionti6Jurybeir .iq
teregta is repectUa anvfreristou of the ta
riff; th4 amonnt Tieoessary-tiipay the es
peiises oUC the government, genef ally reck
oned at $125, 000,000. , cannot be' raised in
an intelligent and business-lik maoner
upon tnearuclea: imported which come ia
compeUtioa with Uke articles manufactared
m this coutry; without1 giving; an -adequate
protection to-out indoxieK nue truth is,
the DaymentftlSputUcde
ouu inieresiriguieaiegnara 10 our iaaua-
Now Miv'JtaQdall :'U:n6t, an igno
rant man,-but ;-a wyery. shrewd, ' cun-
. ting, andarpQHl
well posted 'sd whenl he -said th'e
expenses of Qtyojexgnp 'twere
generally reckoned at;:$i25000,000,
he spoke with. purpose ip!'d!ei3ejv4
He knows' perfectly' 'well 5 that there
Qas been no Umer t jib, twenty-two
years when the'teipnsyiof;tue Qq-
"VvV ..j:r . -T' !, ' i .1 )oua A"- I .11. 1 1 1 . J ' ' ' II .. i II 'v . , , . I . , ,a--n i Tv
er.7
I t
Sy:-: i
Verhment Were' as, low as $125,00a.-
''tnKiMtf j-sf! niT,i-.j-'n?h Steffi' M
UWtoterei pendHurMbf thivGov
1881; vye pndthera Bet forth In the
Democratic, p'aqa paign Bop'issued in
,Washifigtbtt in1 1882. H We find' that
anip (te tuongresa appropriated
f jt.7pp,533.73 eplUfvOe of theinter
est on the publialdebt; thatSmHunied
ihen'tcif mbreJ than! flOO.OfjOlOO, e
may suppose,- as it amounted tp 183-
000,000 TTBmthe pept has
been greatly reduced during the in-l
elusive of interest on the pubUp debt,
1 876,17 milhpbS in round numbers;
4. -O . t, . liM .MlttUUlJB, Hlfti O O, ,1
Jhqns 1 1,879, 1 t0;mlllions:-in 180.
1 92. willionsyin 1881189 millipnil in,
1882,4ldf mmi6nsVnf; 883, 295: mi'l-
lionsri And yeitn thot faceyof:s these
urufi xvepreHeuiawvu . , auu jcanuj-
d ate Randall talks ; -of :125 millions
thepensea oj j
lie is correct in one view: theimanu
facturera,will npibeanjurey .ny!
revision of the Tariff thatwill be
made soon. If the present enormous
and. immoral Tariff were reduced
fifty per cent, Juyypuw still affo'rif a
great deal of Protection to the manu-
facttirers. , ''"r'''
: Randall, as wc said,: is very smart.
By ('cutting t)ut hej!pii 6n whiskey
and beer and tobaeco and cigars (seef
his Pennsylvania platform), he knows!
that the enormous Tariff will not bej
redueed i)ut proBaply.mcre
we before nientioned; the wool grow-i
ers and crockery manufacturers are.
clamoring al ready for 'more ' protec
tion. .. ,.- ... i-;.: ' "; - -
- " i i ;" ' " -:. .
It is verv essential to the success!
of thd Demobatic" partv- thatl fherel
hpflld bp bropy ifVlaiip
among an ine memoers. a ney snouiu
be able', to " unite in a?cbnimpp pur4
pose to uphold 1 the d grand ,n historiq
rinpiplespf the party, Vtb. pool their
issues' -upon later questions? where
there is a, djerence. of 'opinion, and
to stand shonlder to shoulder in tho
great campaign pf ' l 884. j Wp -thipK
tne conie8vi8 io oe -warm.anp, uiuii
cult and we; shall need a hearty union
and cooperation : on ' the : part of all
Democrats to beat the enemy. , 'It'.'id
very easy to unite on the true' prin-j
ciples of the grand old -; party,' drojA
pirig after, the : campaign opens all
differences of -views for the time iip-
on other .questions ;r . We ask for har
rnoriyj .because - iijpon it, ; as we cbn-j
ceive, will depend the success of . thb
1 party irt ,.J 884. We 'believe it ; is a
fdutyw. e'!o we INorth Uarolina to seek
prafbnt: ;
r t's . f V: ' j ' -. ri -i : - .''11 j
y'-1- We have mentioned that Mrs.' Oli-i
phant's "Theadles Lindops" is : 9
very chartningitpry m the estimaj
tion of the critics, and equal, perhaps
8upertor,:tp any jSftp.hs writj,ep. Of
all liying authors she ia probably the
most -prolific. The- above novel has
not peen. .put f tnree monins, an
another 'one is. announced h;pressi
flirjQQWi She islsp publisM
ing a sm'all!
ley Sheridan. William! Black's .last
tory isHaying'a big run, and is-'proi-
jounced fllysequa to, i$yQ tiding h
;has' done: It is !called "Yolande,?
.the;, pronnoiatipn, of fl which , is not
settled. . The London Saturday Re
says that Jpernaps pe author
has never before risen to the height
which is. reached in" this story.
i ;ji 1 iin
' RpyDrUbgey 'ol? Richmond, 4Yi4
,8p leasaptly f remembered in Wil
mington, preached a sermon in Phila
delphia last Sunday. The Inquirer
said:; .. .
"!. 'If
Tir TTotrft fsa .horn oratbrj endowed
H7?t.h noSin nflWerk " or ' illustration and
f descriptiott.iwita the rare eombihation of ii
singularly iogcai cast ot rnina.;; ma aeux
ery is forcible beeausq natural, impressing
the lbtener with the idea that he has either
so completely 'niastered. hisiartias ttoibp
able completely to conceal .it,' or that,? as
sometimes happens, and probably has hp
nened in th'ia case, the intuition- of genius
guides hini In. every' gesture tb give, add
1 On the .Sth'mnst. there iiwere f bur
conyentipnfthatwerp pttt of ' the
usual xutL,TbAjmerican Society pf
Microscopista met atChicago; fifteen
hundred' photographers met 'at Mil
waukee; jthV Congtesa ' ot Forestera
met at iSlJ. Tful; ;andi the glass and
crockery dealers .:and. manufacturers
met at Pittsburg, ;Pa A permanent
'Association u ia . to 'be formed, t They
will Wiutoying; jjpon the U. S Oou
gress after awhile,. : ' ' v
--" - Lvtl I . . .1L .-1.1 .lis -1 I HBHHHHBF mr B I W I i. b ' V B B 4 .- :m.."BB'
the appropnatiohsiwere 197,920.
L -.J fcj J i'fcl.lfBfB't-T-y r..V( - I BWiBBBjB. bBI-BBBBBBBB- BEy B , , BlBiBBBfcBM . . i bBT J ' 1 J. B.
Y-IIMIKC
days ago at -DanvilIe,viVaszbviwhich
MfPfe'tUrfirp;
swwui r5u,wer4wpotn .yea'OT ppv j
ipahbeshi!e ; hVa atFOft
sawll'thbdskins hesbalrfe
' i'-4 uoi,- i.H'iio riuoi .tvtU JA nos
A.flaa.1 session .of Abi&; QourlP f was jtvejd
yesterday, even iog.' wlidn' Solicitor Moore
-Mcares, pronounced ,-aenteqce upon'the fp-
lowiog-'persoiis.- tai. coloreq'
in this case, was, cqnyiteppft breaking. lto
and robbing the store of Mr. O; Chad
Wick. ot Cape Feat jToW hihipA and; was
sentenced 5
tiary.. (I'niili- ,-;; ,, -.s
State4 vi f Rcrt ' Moore,' cdhvieted'4f
stealing geeW-fyomjyaripus parties 'oh sun-J
ury occasions anu,;8eiUDg; mem, jwas, pe
tended to S 3'ears in the Penitentiary. i q
, :',6tate vs. ninte'.Eyans, cbnvicted of
larceny ,pf a pair pf hpes ,from a store on
Market street, was sentenced; to 2 years in
the Penitentiary.' ' : ' j:
btate ys,. yeorge :siigto.pi.yicim
of i breaking into I and rohbing . the igrainj
mill of Mr. W, P. Oldham,' on Dock street,
was sentenced. to a years in ine rcuiien
Stato va. Henry Green,? j convicted pc
throwldg rock and striking .;Jittle girl,1
was sentenced' to, ten days In the House 6
.Gorteetioa.!wr' )i,-i-"f,i Bn-t1: -irf wt
Foot young' colored men ere arraignedj
on the charge pf Indecently exposing them4
selves by naming near, a ; pupae cemetery j
and were bound over for their appearancq
at the next fcrrnbf the Conrt. . Ji
ii;lB pronpuBCLng intece .pf nthuty, paj5
;m .ii !)! V ' f j J- : . t!l
in the. House of, Ooaection upon one pkthej
parties convicted 6t thus exposing himself j
on Friday eyning,H';vIc
the: frequent complai ats.I wincij paa , cqid
to his ears of persons bathing '4n Green's
tiidit J r jppn,fl(nd pwSMd' ' pbn'd,f and
stated that m1) aochrsons, when arrestedi
and convicted i4forehiin, i would be pun
ished '.'to . .the extentTthe oiTence' merited;5 Il4
said1 Vthat-w
were in the .halutf swumning. Ap these
popular bathinr resorts,' and' that the
jprac
tice was one-that .was a great annoy an
cetd
the community and should . be stopped a
once.
. ft
((r 1UO UUSC WL VUUUUUt ikUJf 1 11 ua uiutu
and Geo. Wt Davis .recognized n he
sunt
of $ 50 fof'hi8 appearance. '-tsA'-Mii ,.lt
... .
:,Al about half-tiast t: -ioiielock' the 'Oourt
adjonrnedlpr; the term.'-:!. miiVlsiiii 1
twoBtqfraeJbuUding-.pn;ttheGpm
mises oFTffrsv5FIton-,i dh?JFifth -betweeii
Trincesi and Chesnut streetai'was discoyeted
to be on ike aho'ut 08Q o'clock Jasi night J
and burfled so rapidly that It was almosi
destroyed bfpr6 the?Fim'iTatment arj
lived f d iip(M1:'m
men turned out brompUt at the ataxmand
fipeedity oextinguumed - dames. ;1 Th
bpildingt was . , unoccupied. . it . formerly i
atood upOa tifxrne;.oli.yottageiXJane ana
. . r- . - .
Fourth stnandiifas. receflUy removed t
wo lot 0U- so-Birety.,, oy, mr. ifw ju-ui,.
rilbcpMiactofo Mponc-wb'oni, itvASr.nndpiV i
feteodfABe loW WUf fttll &oVoinJtiig!ot6
il Alut ll ok aoSrexlnk u
small frame house on the ptemisesi of Mr
B. F.oHklL'Tcbrrier of f Niattt amt iPrihcesh
streisY, ThihuaiDfrawaJalnbs
rejy.wiiedcalt;h
Mr. Jiali'achidreBjLaja pJaysoonii ana the
R.'IL Mciotird id close j .proximity.;, to., thfe
burning boilditigon MrHaH's 'IbtJ caught
tlfiren.swbalnrhigfi 1
ttiade'sh work oli fnttUaiaout ' thei lira
The loss in inas.case -wiii ,aiBouiit io
l .:. ; ...a.: ' . -uii 1'.' jht.'U
foOp ; unsurep. y mS 'iais din ,
'About 1. o'clock J thia jnioraing.i) a i thin
falaim waB glvehl Ja. It . tuVffed.but. 'hbweVei
the ruinaof th& bnudnag burned on Mrj.
Hairspremisesib'ntt .which efe extid
guiahedpefprp
there. nn-fwini r --'.ywans
. Letters received I
n thiileityyesterttay '
irom iw
this State, ahiXtooJduiMarion and Marlbor
,iii.iar.Vl!KJ! tJ- J
tioihrnplydiunage.
teihgiireijbredliacre puseeptiblp tQTinjurtrj
I f toni the pluvious exbessively wet weather
inthe;Bring,-'W
w , jwd.eyek
tender'lOi coe iwith 'tbf Jucbeediig Aflrr
WeatHnhbftun?-
is AOe:.wi9:je4tx.Jn and do .well,
which ; will t:be the case if soon - visited
by seasbnahle rains. ''i' V': i"n.' j :
Ttie tibeal -6oTmtUe and the Prvl -
;;;helQcia conimitteeare certainly uapmg
their daty towards promoting the - success
of the approachifig TruitFair. " Thejr0 are
nearly . consntiAfw.ork "to , that nd,
-almost tp1theimufglect.pf their, private -
business, i we arejaatosee.tnem so ar
nest in the matter!1 'It' inspires a: like' in
lerest in others. , , ,.f V " . ;
"QreatJFatber' Arthur was -called
-fLi't-'i the' Work 'of
auou
ough counties, inrSouth Carolina, state'
m .. J A.1 J JM '
N.;i&iDA
JPlaatProedlnk'Eletlonoromeera j
me iiiiru B.essiou was utuea io -qraer at
'i.Wdairlft
I- Mr. ? Cordon prseniedi a repori Tof ihtj.
;.s xne .rrestuenu apuuiutcu juessrs. oimp
son. Zoeuer. Meadows. Tnorn. andTur-
man as ueiegaies to me viaencan .rnarma-
ilr. aaai introduced 'elutIonp'f
thanks to pe ?druggisfc df Wilmington
for the enterjamment ' jyfucti they' iiad re-
ceived..fr;i;,j
-h Mrj Cordoa reail'an'interesang'pA
tiUedi ; ''Pharmacists r of North! -Carolina
.should up taord manufacturing.? ':. l.'U-. i
m An Jectioa of officers .Was then gone; into,
wiMlMessni Hargrave awl Thorp as tollers,
wUhithe following result; kA; fft'q.
-Zil?midau-W i lH.i .Green.' of JW llmmsr-
ilBflVieft President-J. Hill.'Of fields
boro. ,t :X'-... i'i ij. 'yi-. bavi')3Ti j
Jv !2a Yiee President V. Oj Thompson; ofj
Winston- ;f ' sf&; . .- 4 ai' ''t ':.;.
i'aiSrdt Vice President-, " a Smith;u of
arlottT;;.rfe-!: la'ffcn -;.iyv4i--;
Secretary James C. Muhds, of WHming-1
ton. i'-j-H' - .' ; ;.,, i --: !
) .j Local Secretary-r-L. R. Wriston; of Char-
tiotte.Oiii. bdi Oi !: " : '-i: i
tTeasurerA. SLee.'5of Raleigh. . : !
Executivei.(inmltte--E.f F.; Hatch, of
Gbldsbbro, Chairman; and 'W. "Wi Har
grav of Wilson iS. W Martin, of
Winston ; F. W Hancock, of ' New Berne, i
and John Tull, of llorganton. x' ! ' ' ,;? I
i -The President appointed the following
committees: a-io.i',K.';th'v "i?L .. .', -..
L Buside&sa Committee J.? H.EHili, I.. R.'
.Wriston, A...P.iThorp. . ; , : mU
Papers and Queries E. V. ; Zoeller John
.Tuny jkvMU!Uordon.'. - .rffcf' 'H .;
Mr. Simpson introduced a resolution ten
derine the: thanks bf the' Association to the1
press of the : city for publishing reports
Pft for the use pf their hall. ,it$ "
sif Adjourned tp meet in; Char lotto, on the
jfecpnd Monday in: August, 1884,, j
Connection Wltb' ttoe Wesi. ! ; 1 V i!'
' Odr!friend Bryarij of the Hickory JVcia,'
cbpying -bur c brief article relative 11 to thd
completion bf the Chester & Lenoir Narrow
Gauge Railroadl to Newton; thuS . putting
Wilmington in direct connection-with that
ich section, and calling upon our business
men to profit by the opportunity, comments
as follows: f,) ' ' l: '" ' I" !
-: ''A word fitly spoken i' How seldom
we ace a commercial traveller: in : this sec
tion,representing a Wilmington house,, .We
have them here from Richmond,' Baltimore
and the Northern cities, and even from
Knoxrille, an inland towns injthe West, but
you seldom see one from Wiuningtoiv , Yet
we know that Wilmington is a flourishing
'city of 20,000 inhabitants, with banks and
wholesale merchants, and a large foreign -.and
domestic trade. The distance ; from
, Wilmlneton .to Newton is only 235 miles'
and to Hiqkbry 245 miles sixty miles lesV
than from-'Richmond with - railroads "all
the Way,v f Why should we not send - yon
.our tWftcat. cotton, . .flour, , tobacco,-, fruits,
&c. ; tn exchange for goods in "which your
merchants deal? Send on your 'commercial
-tourists and scour tbePiedmontregionand
enter into competition with other cities fot
the trade of this section. JbJuild up'a trade, be
tween the sections, and if the railroad com
panies; refuse, , to giye you equitable, Jfates
with other points outside the, 3tate thei
the people must sec to it that you . get those
-rates11'"' ; :' ' ' ' .
jStalppintrXlr Pooltry. .
ilr j.
, n response to an inquiry from a corres
.ponden in this. city,, whp asks wbethert it
is practicable tp ship live poultry , to ,your
(City frpm there in a marketable condition
and what .are the best contrivances for.., so
doing, the. New .Tprk Journal, pf, Commpree
ti3Pplie8: .,(f;We see no difficulty in thei(way
p4 hipping live poultry; from. Wilmington,
N.,.q;t9 thia port. ,: Such poultry ,is: ppw
brought by steamer from Richmond and
Norfolk in slat coops, the feed sent with
them, and the .water supplied under con
tract by .the carriers. Our. correspondent
,wijl do wellt to.make his arrangements first
ajj the pnice pi ine steamers, na i n . iney
.wilundertake -tne. proper j attention "to. thie
live freight, the rest is all very plain"., and
.easily, accomplb.The coops maybb
obtained (here, but . we 3shbuid thin 1 5could
;be readily made at the place oi shipments'
. iiruce Williams, issq., oi renper county,
Who was hi' the city yesterday informed us
that the r cprn cropj in .Pender is : one : of
the finest he has seen since the. war, partic
ularly in the tLerig Creek and Point Caswell
Sections." biibh,T he;' saya;: looked bad uij
til recently,-when: there ,was a .chahge for
ilia ittena and it isi now ilookimrvfinelv.
The drought 'is .effecting it raflittie disai-
vantagebualyi just now, but it is hoped thdt
the: .remaindeE of; the i season, .will be more
is..- . .
loua.
&i$$$rixe to1 Messrs;.
offlfyffloifit Jhi cityjljf tVetlnef
day's date, states that there has been no Irp
provement in the rrver", ' which is equivalent
.to sayingisthat, the fWater.is ftill falling.
The steamer .TTat, Capt, Robeson, arriyed
from Elizabethtown . during Wednesday
nighL tShe Xreporte J the . T'jBlaiin 'onlhe
shoals belo"W JSlizabethtown, and the Worth
State at the; f Cypress '-waiting for the Hurt .
The latter steamer was seen to pass Willis'
Creek, S3 Tniler above-the "Cypress," on
ednesda ' If there 5 is no change in the
river very sbbii',Kavigatlon will have to be
suspended1 altogether until there is an itn-:
.i tf ; " ".-. . '
"r 'p-r. Mullets; are;: getting to .be deli
ciously1 fat just about now.' t-V ' . ' . I
'icaT jJkasdciation, wwch il ihect in
''Washinctori on 'theiHhSePteniDer:5!'
(AUGUST 17883-,
snieiae.or a rresbyterlan milnUter A
8aw: Idlil' nnirhedTlie'-Sontlicaftt-,jern
IlaUr6ad Purcflasd bj; a Synl-
y b QtTEBE?ugust 9When! the-'teamtr
nitoban froni.Glasgow. wwingPp
tue river uirougu uie straits oi. xeue lSie,
the Rev. j Mni Bweet.i a Presbyterian min
ister, cut his throat and jumped overboard.
A' boat ' was' put Out and the ! hodv"re-i
covereovwrtii:., 3u-if an i. njo- oj
Mr.! Gilmour's steam saw mill, near Hull.
Quebec, was burned Wednesday ' Lois
$100,000. ivhtt ih U . srtt -i ii ?! t w
New-Yobk. August 9. -The Post nrintsl
the' following special : . -i u... vuki
MonfreaLn Aw: ftrr-Thet ltheaBterp
Railroad was, purchased torday from" Bradlyi
dmiow uy a syuuicaie composea oi ueorge
D. -Chapman, of ;the National Construction
company, pi Hew Jersey; Ashley Hibbard,
and Walfer'Shafeyi of Mbntreali'and'Jtfnlfe
Millshen, of London; ; England. fox &3.8QCL-
000 cash.' This will leava Rarlnw a ish'irJ
?plus of about $350, 000 after payinffplf r,aUl
nis.nDUities,! lnciucung! f l,40yfppo rto Siet
Canadian 'Pacific Road. This sale is cbn4
sidered a bigEuchre" onthe Canadian'
facmc uomnanv. who suDDOsed that tlrev
controlled the SoPlheastern ' Rallt'oad, k apdi
cuts on tneir only connection' with' BMton
and AtlanliiQ.ports. , .The purchasineayndii
bate is believed to li ep esent Graifd Trtinld
and Central Vermont iutereste. iaa Mr. Hib f
bard has been workin? against1 the Cana4
aian facihe all along.- Mr. Chapman is'
here,; and me8srs.TMcJ.utyre(andj Stephens.!
of the Canadian Pacific, have left for New?
York tointerview Mr.' Barlow. uj
...
A' Schooner l.lbelled! for' Attempted!
Violation of Neutrality Law-" WIxe
at RIcbmond., , r- I i r
. By Telegraph to the Morninir Star.
iu RicHiioKO. Au:C IhVestigatioir' be-j
fore U. b.i Commissioner Pleasants.; to-day?
into the case of Capt..Dodd, of the sdhoon4
er E.1 G: ' Irwin, whb'- was arrested yesteT4
day od the charge of attempted yiolationof
neutrality laws in hayihg on board large
quantities of war material,1 resulted m that
plficer being-, sent on tx .the .pctober,;teia
of the U. S. Court. Capt. Dodd was dis4
Charged upon1 his own recognizance to ap-j
?ear at : that time;:, , -The vessel j will . . ej
ibelled and then bonded. ' U. S. District
order to trv.and have a special session o
the court u try ' the case earlier than the
'date named.. ; . i . am: fyiii 'isl
A fire here this morhina destroyed A Ml
Lyon to Co..s tobacco ' factory,. Wm. AJ
Waldrons manufa'ctory-'Of , tobacco : ma
chinery. GP.iHawes & Co.s saw. and file
works, and damaged other buildin its. The
loss Is abodt- $25,000l,4nsnrance;$15,O00.i
V , J ;
; i
TtTCM n.Ci TT'STTV
Reunion of x-Cbnnderates fLlJtftuM
' ronton A., Iiarre Gatherlng-Oratloii
ij General Matt ttansom &f. Kci
EPitor STAR.-Having? received Paarln
vitation,from thp Executive Committee
the Warren County Reunion of ex-Confedr
erate Soldiers, and having had7 a company
from tnat county in my regiment (the 4b U:
I determined to accept. Leaving' Wilmirigj
ton on Thursday last, I; arrived at War!
renton station about 4PrM.T when I and
other invited guests, were received,; by thi
committee. On enteruig the town everyr
thing was life and stirj nearly every ' hoiise
and public buildinffrwere decorated with
many-colored bunting,, . everywhere . th$
'cfoii onrl " ctrirBOO-' utrac iof nrifinH ' lirifll li
flag of the Lost Cause. .J, -:(., ,.- ; J
.Early next morning the crowds from the
'country and adiominisr conntiesi 'and"froni
.the .adjacent. counties of YirginiftfiiCam
puuiiug iu until ujr xx uuu(;b.icvcij euccik
m; the little 16 wn'spapked ith vehielei
and people. At.that houiptheprper, ws
given io iormme procession. ; abcijou
bnrtr brass band headed tbe'ine jfotlow
by, the i orator of the Jay, ,GeneraljMv,Wj"
Ransom, ijpxt Gov. 'Jarvis,r ' by wnbse
side yoar humble servant vas, honored wtta
a seat.., After came a long lme qf . carria!
cbhtaihintr' the distintruished guests'
Secretary of JStaSte, Auditbr.''and Attarne
General and manv others, -i Then came th
'old soldiers headM by the Warrehtbii 'brass
band.'ip 1 .. lUt.'-'.i 'it -nihil nAtm -I
must not omit state a., striking .fear
'ture. ' On a handsomely decorated car5 sat f
number of beautiful girls, each one,; car
rying a banner-bearing ---the number
lot the I companies -andjthQubattle4 they
were, engaged - in. On arriving at the
'grotriids, about a fourth P a mife frohi'thi
Court House, the immen$eorowftwM tdlp
ted to their nroner places. The soot was
well chosenVj It 'wisat the rdepce'o'tthfe
lata Jhdge' nankin a Jarge oa grove 'sur
roundme thb' hbu'se. Prenaratfbiis had been
made to seat 5,000!-'pbpleij; bift nheyri
soon hi iei, ana ai leusi, f,iiuu w ww yeu
pie had to stand' Up?; M4rfiha boicifftrc
dntTSMT'Mt'l.Watter 'Mlnervltb'xiEad
the introductlory address.'' It- wSs. splenr
Oeiil-MA-W:3 Ransb
bp being hitrodced;
mallessly gra(3Gfhl manner and delivered 1
ixausci
one ot tne nnest auaresses n nas ever ueen
my pleasure to lfetep loltlootwd hours
and a half to deliver it, and the best compll
taebt Itaii pay thtf Orator 'is tb ay that hp
to; the. last he held audiencp epel bound. ,
I, will content myself "with saying that It
Was deplete with bf oad.patri6Ue and noblp
sentiments.- .At the close of his address the
whole audience ioihed In.sineinis' the State
anmem, " l ne ' fiu" onu' pmie; t rrum i
i . , ' , . ,t.f,. . . j - -B.-f . t . t. . .. ,f -n . I
my elevated ;seat a h Jopfced,, oyer thaw sea
of upturnu earnest faces male and female'.
niylheartJ AwelTedrwithi pride that Lt6cf,
.was.-ja nNorthj. Caroliniant. ;i,They indeed
'were true sons and daughters of -the glori
ous bid North .State-Tqo as sieehih wa,
true in advpfsitys and true in, peace, Nat
one in that wst 'cfbwd'1 'ere crooked5 thb
pregnaht ' hinges of theJnieetv where: s thrift
mftv follow fawnintr." '. . . 1
. ' ' Then came the banquet' and1 a grand tttfeir
it was; long rowir 6f iitsiles'lroansd .with
finely prepared, food, of all kinds. To look
at the. spreaa at, its irpnt it seemed preparea
short time the' crowd abrairi assembled
pi ffoht'of tpindwhen-meywere ;lei
tertoiped by stirringand patriotic speeches
irom inenonv yyr j.rureen.maiv Bioan
j 1 mnstibt omit ti 8tai'e'$hat prior Jo tbp
address aft priginaU pde , was - ideliveredr by
the lalehted yourig'sbii of AWarreri fTasken
Polk a nephew of President Polk, and the
aon of CoL W. Hr Polk. The whole thine
wound up by a ball iP the Phoenix1 Hotel, ,r
where ithe j young men; ; and; nadiesf -would
compare well veith any in or out of the
State. Take it all in all, it was as : perfect
a su(esraTCould1jetledrcd Be assured
amongthe vast crowd, the s interest -.of the
Fruit Fair was well looked after, and .we
may look for a large delegation ' from; that
.section,!; o un sn-i '-tii 10 v. U.
1 Ll )rV Blacknah invites' ilie; mem
bers of the State Press' to-meet at Morehead
City on the 15th for a f ew daysrecreation.
X
jor at least en inousana' people, DU17 iney
'matiafedtbabiOTticetfWitaif j
Mha
; ! f , f A h f JO J ! NO !42
,AngDit Betorna, of the Department o(j
VAgrtciiJtnre Cotton SifferlnK' from
I .pro UAlit nd IfandjUlon; esvra
-. -vorable than In Jnl v- Tlie Grain!
1CropIionaceo;4&Cisj;a
ivtl TJByarelflioraph toeMonttieB4rtf
WASHUiGTOir, Aug. lO.rThe fcjlowingj
is n Bvaoptus 01 uiu ja.UKuat reuuri, 01 ute
sAfiticultural-sBiifeau? 'lAugtls.tcotlbn, re
'turnfc tb the Department of Agiicnlturt) ate
-less favorable ' than5 ' those of 1 ; JuM ?o-The
eondition- is lowefin very;' 8tate?-exdeptf
two'ion' tne nottnern porner '01 ina oeii-
Vtt-gtniaand Tennesseer ' TheplantiiEfatif-l
ferlBg-jrom theineteorologleal vagahesr
m& peculiar season. ?lt ?was-tooiJoo.ain
May.' too wet in June. ahtow-lnamv,
j iiv t6eorgia:t the? Jii juryjisi greatest r4he
onaiuoniiaijma trorn ua to?a. einsisouui
Catlma't '0ie'irteelibeiha8i ,bQen Yr6m 91. to
80t i The prolific cotton: belt df 4naddleiAla-j
nama nas suiterea severei v'troni "mroufaa .
while the southern cotratiesand theiyaileyt
Of the Tennessee have had -seatonablc mek-i
ther. Upland iTcotinties'f of ceiitralJmnd
northeastern Misfelssippireportinidrv from
-drou.eht -Veryr5enerallr.f5 There! is: aieedlof
rain in central and soutlOTtTexaa: "brit the!
drought hasr been less general and w jnnousl
than m lieorgia. : : There has been ample
rain in a large portion of the tiohisiana cot
ton district,,and innearly. all.he cotton
counties' in Florida. In Tennessee ireheral-
lypana initx4jtmtyo
counties, where drought has been severest,
'fields stimulated By !commecal,' fertilizers
are iruiung me lop crop'J prematurely iandi
pianis are arying np, as is usually the case
under these cirniriis1ances.t ' t-!"
.uThe cgeneral i Averagevpf condition ihas
fallen to 84'fromO in . July: -The recprd
stands; by States ; VirginiaV87, -Georgia
78,rFlcTida 93, sMissbsippi 85 I Texaa ."pS,
Tennessee 90, North Carolina 87, South
Carolina 80, Alabama 83: Louisiana' 85,
!Arkansas 83. ,K -u, ,iitS-&it!. tiii
fuReportsof ? the presence of -. caterpillars
are: nhmerou$ ) in t .the ; Gulf: Coast States.
Central Alabama is infected morejseriQUgly
than;Texasi and Georgia, L and ..Louisiana
more than Mississippi.- Theyf are, (.not re
ported in, Virginia, Carolina,, TennesseoiOi
Arkansas. I The first brood are, webbed-up :
in somei places - the? second,: and; fears ar
expressed of serious injury .from the thixdj
brood. -1 Tons of arsenic. in various, forms
are applied to .avert such.a calamity. i-Tjaq
bolt worm ia only . reported at a few. pomps
hi Arkansas and Texas, uhsm - 2 , i i - 7.5
I!; While the relative condition of cotton
compared with returns, of tiormer years is
unpromising, the-volume-ot-. the crop den
pends largely upon the more critical period
from August to October. .' ' !'. . i
Ji nere nas been an improvement m tnet
appearance, of corn fields durine the-month!
of July id the New England: ' Middld
States, Ohio; Yalley,- and west of thelMissjs
sippi, ,lu Illinois, .Missouri and Kansas ife
is slight, and nieasured by a single point J
There has been a retrocade in the Souths in
consequence of drought and some decline In)
Michigan from too much" moisture; 5 Taking
the whole area together. the.cQUdition nasi
adyancep from so to a per cent, of a per
f ectf crop. !'The. febhditioP' of 'the ; census
crop. ; 4 The. condition of 'the - censusi
crop. rl879. in August. was 99. and the
vleld was 28 bushels per acre- The present
returns indicate a yield of not much ovei
5 usbels per acre, pr 1,700 mul;on bushels
which is as much as iwas produced in 1877
The condition: is 6 1 points higher than las
year in , August, and lower, than Jp apM
.ucusi, irom xo .u 10 1000, inclusive, x do
nights have been too cold for rapid develop
ment and the, cropjs late. - Fears are cx
I ressed that frost may yet cause disaster,
n August,' 1874, the condition, was one de
gree higher fhan the present average. v The
averages T ' of ' States ' vof " ' principal
production, are . Illinois , v- 06. Indiana
95, Ohio., 68, , Kentucky 97, Mis'
sourf SKansasrdWa'SS, Nebraska 84i
1 Wisconsin 85.- r .Onti the Atlantic - coast
TkT" "xr i- nn n i nfi t Twri
uciecjr ' lui. iu nixu uuuux i ugiuia uu.
North, Carolina 70,1 Georgia. 74; - Alabama
80, Mississippi 87, Louisiana 100, Texas
vv; .ricansas ot, Tennessee ey. '
i .. The average of the .conditiopjof spxin
wheat for Antrust 1st is 97. the same as i
1882: but higher than for any previous Au
gnst smce ioTf.; n jLn vysconaui recenitfraxns
nave mjureu, sue crop in uie souuiern aui
southwestenti counties the average 90
,The prospect in Minnesota fayprs a 0x95, . o
lBj, bushels per acre, nbtwithstahdihg bac
weather in tho:eafly spring- and subsequen
drought in(the,northertt counties the, ,con
dition is 98." .'Feara excited by' excessivi
heat early in July in Northern Dakota.hav
been happUydifipenedCassand Richland
cuuiiuts' pcuxuuH: 1 a ucuwr viciu ,uxu t-aa
year? the other counties will scarcely equal
their last record.' In South Dakota thefhar-j
vest lis ; progressing ji the istraw la fhright!
heads, large and . the yield better thap last
year. J' The rettifna -of ' APgnst dO lh0t'esf
aeptially change the. indicated aggregate .01
July for the entire crop, The result Of th
h'artest Wilt bb mbre1 fully5 tested fcnbef ie
trtrn- of .the threshers' I .blanks. It j js. tpw
certain thata shortage exists, which will rcf
qtiire all the surplus of 'last year and keep
prices. w$l sustained -' f $y&--&iX
A . cable disnatch - received Irani the
XfOndbtt' statistical Agbht of theDepartaibnti
says that the wither , .has beep unsettled
during the first ten daysbf August and thp
temperature low: for this time.of;-the -yeari
The wheat, market 13 adyancing and stock?
'are' lkrge V'Thc quinty Pf toneW crop? i
fair. ?The general -prospects of .lastanonth'f
dispatch are confirmed - Counting the . day
crease 'of 1 "'acreage' ' ' the total r,output i !of
Eurbpean wheat wiUfhe.bne-fiftlil'hpi
last year and one-tenth below, the average
German French and Rhssianf dviceal an
..Worse.! it 1 - ... ? sh r 1 ,v,' --.t
The condition of oats is represent
'100 f a fighfe suppassed brity bylast Au
since 1878- - f v 1 ,;,. c; w r.i f
..The average condition of tobacco is '8$,
iteatucKy aa, 'rennessee v lrginia v
NorlhiCartdina 70, Ohio. 93,- Pennsylyanii
wo, uonnecucut oi,r k ibcoubixi w. -- .
fixeentl
16n or'''r fflnroerei i
'( r:C'cwib'u'r 1 Wfil. ;xrorit)jt
; TJtjca, Aug. l(Jtrr-Wm. Henry Ostrandejr
was hanged here at 10.8S !orclock ' this
mdxning ?f or f the murder jof f hi, -brother, ..'
George Lyman Ostrander, Dec. ?(3th, 1880;
near Wear CJamdenrhen upbn'Vthb
scaffold, .he did not want any one to pray
for him.' aye'WjisofferediHxbwevei
4. after which Ostrander s-noka for r three- CT
vr ... .-i. .iT.Tr.--7r: r r -. f . : . .
four., minutes in a rambling manner, aa
rsertiWg his' RfnocenW ahd 4aying that he
naa nos naa a xair, piai anu ueuouucxug
the people of the country for hanging hup.
He was frequently profane and obscene and
ended py saying with an oath," "But , as. tp
hanging me, yoii can do it. ' Life is of no
good to me. " He was pronounced dead in
twelve minutes. Ks neck was not broken
by the fall. .Bef6re the execution he told
his spiritual adviser that he did not forgive
his relatives and would not asK upa tpior-
triv Wm. vl 'i I-
give him.
' Thft Methfist-lClliiitch' 'South'.
has nothihg t6 'gain in' following; the. ex
ample 'of t&NortheiH Churc.h; .and;' going
wild over the negro";We speak 'as, ;unto
wisb men.f, and -At" Would , be.;wdl to'give
heed; Macdn(Qa. TeUgrapk.,: - I
Spirits vTurppntmo,
srVbes-recenllv raurderetl
awhite- man - named; -Dudley in Chowan
county.. The latter had $55,YThepegroes
Monroe JBhxquirer-Exprcss : We
have JdstVeartiot thi 'death bS Mr. Asa
-Tray wick.- which took nlaco at his home
ya. Lanesbprp township, Anson county, on
!the.4th'fnst. Mr.J Traywick was 'a' promi
nent member of the Methodist church and
iia8..pnQpf Che, best menwe ever knew He
. I a rr . . ' ' ' i X r .1 - . .
mm auuufc oa yearaooiu.?r;.-----!-.r'ieu, as ds
residence in thfe place, at 10 eVslock; P.- M. .
Snnda'V.TAtilrnst tith? aftef Rhnrt innes.
: Mra rcp'V'Afi4,
sutixxug went nown .o y aucsuoro
yesterday to '' start- the wOrk on the new '
Baptist church. He dre'W the plan f Or the 7
pudding; :WhiChfWiir?'hb; 6hbt be a very-pfeltyipneV-a
JtW.Ul built of brick, ; '
New iBernbrfibwma tf Pro f . :
Wardlaw has declined to accept ' the ' post - -t35ti.tehdered
him bythe'!B6ard5bfrTnis-:
trees of the"Academy. ft r- We learn from
prrratlettersrebeiveo?inl in
oali probability ana ahortj time thp.whTJs of .
the southern Telegraph Company will be
ite'ndedte'lTe: Bernfe.!r-U2i'Mrr'G:'-P.
. Humphrey returned to T the, city yesterday
from Onslow county. le reports the crops
itlibworkpu ftyiaker Jdge Itoad ,?spro
gressing hqely., The convicts are .doing
good work, Jand are hiaking the : best road
that has evpr been.in.Tthis section; .a lew
monms more sucn, wctk as mey nave oeen .
dbi6g wiircomplete the road. 4 He'states he
- .
ttjlipl following fromT,the Raleigh
Observer: - ".Sunday night an old noan, all
the WayfrcW the edge Of 'Harnett,' came
here tp sea tie, panging, pnngipg with Ji im
his twoous. aged ,12" and. 14. He bore his
disappointment (bravely; drank a pinljot
whiskey, ate the larger portion ? of : four
watermelons and so managed to get through
the day fairly well. In -the afternoon he
sajd he only pated missing the hanging for
me ooys saae. . jxs i or nimseii ne naa seen
plenty of menr .sWpng off, but it was bard
forj the boys. to .come; thirty, jnilcjs on Sun
day and see "nothing when they.got here.'
If this is not -good proof if against the pro
priety pf public executions, we, know not
Whatcbuld be.;iLetns study the 'picture.
' Weldon JSTecnst 'The - crops ' in
thialand the western section - of , the coilnty
are Buffering for want of raiii. and though
ft has" not gotten to be what is termed a
.draught, rain is badly-, needed. -r-Oa
Monday- Uas Ymcent, colored, was acci
dentally shot in the,' arm "by Tom ' Lewis,
alsp colored. . They ; -were hunting on the
river, and Lewis shot a bird with a pistol.
He did hot ' see 1 Vincent,' and missing the '
ftirdi the ball took effect in Vincent's arm.
Among the patepts issued to North
Caroliriians in 'July we find one- issued to
John C,f Williams, of.. Scotland Neck, on a
xuucuiut; lor uieaiiuring uugjjuig auu oiuer
f abrick vi-Therp- ihas ' been soine senti
ment in. favor, of forming a new;, county
from, portions of Nash," Edgecombe" and
Halifax, and making Battleboro : the coun
ty seat. Rocky Mouat Reporter No more
new counties of that kind. There are more
counties ii the State than .there js any ne
cessity for. , r ; ,;,t . :: . : ('. V.
-' Charlotte 'wrno Observer:' Mr.
PhitoSninmyv a citizen of .Lincoliv county.
came all he way tok, .Charlotte yesterday
with a mule tohave iti bridled. The 'innle
had ;ba ft bridle that it had worn constantly '
for the. past threo years, and , as the . bridle
change it for a new; one, and this chapge of
bridle is a big thing, , Mr. Summy assured
lis, 'reqoiring five 'men with a twister to do
the work;: (The' hmnle f jias. too iViucli. .de
vilment in him to be bridled like any other
mule; and three1 year agb wheri after a big
fight and -an infinite amount,; of jtrooble,
Mr. .Summy succeeded in getting the bridle
dri the mule,' he vowed that he would let it
stayton until it rotted, and ho. did., j;Yes
tetdav he bought' a good strong bridle, and.
'getting the mule' in - Wadsworth's stables.
hired five.jStipng colofred meu, .who; seUto
work with the twister, 'The mule resisted
admirably,1 'feut after a hard struggle be was
subdued apd the. bridle was buckled on his
ueau. . . , . .
i Raleighf ivetes- Observer? Gov.
Jaryis came back from Poplar Tent ' fair
yesteiday, and in conversation with a re
porter expressea nimseii as greatly pieascu
with what he saw there. The display of
stock was-a -credit,-he-says, not only to the
PiedmonJa section,- but to the ? State. One
bull shown tipped the scalcsat 3,292 pounds.
About three thousand people were present.
T-fnOne of the convicts in the Penitentiary,
' ;jLj: i:i'' "i.i'i : r
; Ulg j Oil g xxiuyvxixg buD UbJiwui puoiy,, ( xniio
an expert penman and shows, postal .cards
oh Which arp plainly, writjen , nearly 3,000
wordfej;? tfe alsp writes the Lor d'sjprayer in
the .spaW of a ar'half , dime, r Warm
Springs, .N. 'C.V Augj t lQ.r-:Testerday was
a grana aay ior tne warm iapnngs.., .ijie
inter-State tournament between Knbxvillc,
Tdnri.1 ; and Asheville, N. O. . teams of five
each, , was: witnessed by two, thousand peo
ple from all parts of the country, and was a
brilliant affairA? The result was in favor of
the Old Nprth .State, the medal haying been
awarded to the Ajsheville'team; ' ' 1 f '"
,M TarborP thern'erj The Wil
mitigtori r: Stah' 'will soori enter- upon its
seventeenth , volume, .j It., improves , with
age and' to-day may be taken for a guiding
Star by all: -t Edgecombe is in . better
.condition tjhan any .county,; m tup state
which "relies on any single cr6p.i' To prove
it,-, our. agricultural ; lands, are? rated, at a
higher valuation than, any in North , Caro
lina." Her co&dn crop is worth more than
, one milliohj r t Ehe Scotland 3STeck Gun
.Club challenges the. State to shoot a match
foV theJctiainplonship of the State at glass.
;No enterance j !eej f and nor prize.; 12 bore
.guns are to be used. - Last Saturday
evening' Mrs. 'K GJ Howell's farm was the
scene of a sanguinary affray.. Geo. Free
man who has been known to the courts
before f br pugnacity, was- beating a woman
-and because Charles Whitley.tried to , stop
. 1 TI -J i - ? A . 1 . .1 5 1 Z
pun, ne puueu ouj. nis pisioi anu uruu ui -Charles,
the bail (Striking' him full in the
.forehead - thenj glanced ft short ; distance
tearing the skin. Of course the skull was
not even! fractured, q Bo mad. was George
that as, soon as he firedr he threw down his
pistol and engaged in a hand tb hand fight,
completely whipping . Whitley i ; -:, , o
ui Charlotte Jburria&QtoeirvertMr.
Joel Watts, the, owner of a country, store
about 11 rniles' 'east' bfM Charlotte, on 'the
. Lawyer's Rdad;v was aecfdentally shot yes- .
.terday morning shy a ; gun , which ne. hau
lUiUlCU ttUU LfUMJCU XIX UiB QbUiC XUVfUX III (W '
sition for a thief. The muzzle of -the
weapon was pointed toward the door. On
entering'.the. store, about 8 o'clock Mr.
i .Witt's. accMently.str.uck the string connec-
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Inches, abpye the knee. The inuzzle of the .
gun was only, 18 inches from his leg when
the , explosion ' took place and pieces, of
clothing were carried into the wound. - '
The fifui annual fair bf the Poplar ;Tent
'Fair 'Association was opened oh the grounds
at Poplar Tent yesterday, under the most .
favorable auspices. . More than 2,500 peo
ple were inside the gates. 'At 12 o'clock,
the crowd gathered at the grand, stand to
hear the address of Governor Jarvis,' who
kihdry consented to act in the "capacity of
.orator in the; absence of Judge Bennett,
who had promised to be there and' deliver
i Uxe'opeitiijt' iulrlress trat.'who' failed to ap-'
pear. . Hisideas about, improved farming,
deep ploughing," "more graii and less cot
ton, more homp-made meat and less West
ern bacon, improved fanning implements,
etc., were sound and solid and seemed to
meet theTavor of his audience. The Go
vernor! was frequently interrupted i by ap
plause. , v. . ,-. K'
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,heard,noting pf fthp convict being moved
until he got to Trehton. '"'; ':'-'r.?-";'
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