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rilK LIQUOR QUESTION AND JPAH
TIES. 1 '
The Republicans bave a very diffi
cult question to handle in several of
Western States. ForinstanceJ in
Otii they favor the regulation of -the
ii,invr 1 raffic by the Stato and , high
axaiio". - -m
The Democrats are reported as fa
Toriiii? unlimited traffie in whiskey J
whiskey. without Statecontrol. There
jre Democrats in North Carolina
who favor free whiskey also that is
whiskey without a IT. S. tax. Things
are getting; mixed. In Illinois and
Nebraska" the Republicans favor a
hiIi tax a high license law. Such a
law has been adopted and its consti
ta ionality is to be tested. In Iowa
the Republicans bave resolved to
have prohibition, . pure , and simple.'
So the Republican party in the North
is somewhat mixed on the liquor
question. Mixing seems to be the or
der of the day.
This temperance question is bound
to be a disturbing element for a long
time to. come,: The best way to.
ifinedy an evil is thqfq'uestion tbat is
eommanding the reflective powers of
kti'lreds of thousands of people.- A
Wnl, just, statesmanlike view of
the lijU'r question is what is .needed.
There are tens of thousands who
favor :i. Stringent license law who
will not support a prohibiting move
neiit. So much can be said in op
position to the latter that hundreds
inJ thousands who never drink -are
jnffilting.to favor so radical a law
such heroic treatment. But - a solo-,
tion of some kind must soon or late
be arri ved at. . What it will be iean-t
not be confidently prophecied riowl-'
We find a thoughtful editorial in
tin; Philrulelphia i'lmertccrn on tbts
suhjeet. It in evidently prepared with
can-. The. writer-says:
"Tbtre uiut' Ih alioe drawn somewhere
between what a Government may undertake
and what it must decline to do. , And to
dra the line so as to include the prohibi-
uoa.oi tiie use or wnat may be, abused, or
to put down OS business because moral temp-,
tation is associated with it, is to throw the:
floor open very wide to Governmental "med-
iliag.- Of couree,tliose. who think the very'
w juioxicanis au. auuse twiii iioi auuiii
tnii distinction." , ' "" I '.: " ' .'. , -';
This puts the matter in. a light
that three-fourths of the ' Aniendari
voters will accept, wc suppose. . The
Ajiiencan peopleare largely m oppo-
sition tstraiglit-odt prohibitory law,
We take that to be 'a fixed fact. The
lople of North Carolina hafeby a
tremendous majority said at tbepoll
tbt they wonld not liaye such a law.
Bit of the very.large majority there
ire tens of thousands who are in fa
vr of great restriction in the traHic:
fie people will not agree to whole-'
sale restriction. Says the writer in
Ainerieariy and it is thou&rhtful
to the point:
"It will not do to construct a public Doli-
9 upon a syllogism whose major premise
'uld iustifv the f!nmmiiniat in' 11 r rri n rr
tbe forcible, aljolition of private propertv in
wuer to abolish the tem Dtation to covetous-
mat wuicb tne majority , reganta as
oppress. That which it regards 48 not
-mug 'per se, but capable ot serious abuses.
irray regulate. We are not arguing bere
"fcainsi any 01 toe principles which properly
y all right; but even if rtbey are;the
cuasnoicomeferemuoajing tuctn in
Hitieal action. , When by 'moral suasion
majority and not a mere handful . have
ken
convinced that the use of liquor is- an
e suppression of the use.' But- to' enlist
ur mat suppression thi votes of those who
0 pot hold that opinion' however , lively
px eense of the atoalvila which attend
tilgenffal n8 91iqu:r:Siaiply not
a"V itistodissemiaate a -principle of
, ""car action so mischievous tbat it may
ZT1 10 contain in , it all ,the tyrannies,
UJ consequence all the anarchies." .
Cut is there no remedy now?- Can
legislation deal with the liquor
W The answer of nine f out of
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white voters ' in ; North Carolina
H be, It can." xThere is- A way
Pei. The thing to" doMs ,to find
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that way. Prohibition is out of the
question. So say the people in an
unmistakable way What then? If
there is not to be suppression cannot
there be regulation? The writer al
ready quoted from so freely, offers
several points ' , for consideration.
.They are in brief these: - , .
First, limit the number of places
for the sale of liquor; Have one bar
for every .five hundred" or on thous
and of the inhabitants.
; Second, let the license tax be high-
esi-i-high Enough; to rget;f id of ; "the
small, ill-regulated places'. ;
; Third, it, will. b;; ven: better to
put up: "the licenses :,tdl the; jhighest
bijlder'f the5 huraborv ha?in? : been lim-
Fourth, . the proprietory ,to , give
Maple. joenrity for th,e onforjnity"of ;
nis place to the requiferaentrof s the 1
law. lnewnter says: ; . -,
He should be leamred to keea uain-
toxicatinc drinks . at , eood aualitv and at
reasonable price, to refuse drink to persons
aucaujF uucuieu ujr ii 10 expci uisoraeny
people from his premises, and to close on
such days, and at such, hours on other days;
as the law directs. And the forfeitures of :
the amount of his license for a whole year,
and the closing of his establishment should,
be the penalty for. any violation of . these
rules." - ."..,
The'author of- this says- there is
nothing extreme or Quixotic in what
is proposed. He says in many places
nearly all that-; has been suggested
has been tested - and with success.
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We copy the views without indorsing.
We have not come to any clear opin
ion as to what is the best plan. ; We
wish our readers to see what men of
ability say about the traffic .and the
remedy. It is one Ofthose questions
in which all communities are in
terested. It is a question that' every
recurring Legislature has jto deal
with in some way. It is x. question
that even parties , are compelled to
tackle whether they would i or no.
Like the ghost of Banquo "it: will not
down" at -the' bidding of - political
leadereu. ; .---
THE NEW NEGBO MOVESIKNT lit
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' The colored people in many of the
Southern States are moving in the
matter of appointing delegates to at
tend the National ' Colored, Conven
tion to meet at St. Louis. This meet
ing may be Of genuine interest, and'
importance. If the .delegates should
resolve upon cutting loose from the
Republican" party .and5 to support
those candidates that will do. them
toe most good,1 they . migh accom
plish something for their race. But!
this is not probable; We; suppose
that nineteen-twentieths of the col
ored people of the United States will
vote for the .Republican candidates.
,The ' Democrats, have no assurance
that the negroes will not belabout as
solid in 188 as ' they were j in 1880
when they elected Garfield jby ' their
: votes. - It is true now and then you
can detect some signs of discontent,
but the results are not important. .
! 1 But there are other 'signs jthat may
be of more , importanco to the whites
in the fnture. Both in' South Caro
lina and Arkansas there are reported
movements that may mean little or
a' great deal.. In the former. there is
a colonizing scheme" reported, ,to
' which" we have already drawn attcn-r
tion. It originated in Washington. Its'
pu rpose is tq bring in larg4 numbers
of .negroes and settle them in certain
districts where 'the negroes; can have
ii all their bWrtvlayvTbe-New York
I "The"'' BovHh Cfina-movement is de
signed to create within the borders of that
State a commnnity of colored people which
shall be governed : by colored men chosen
from the voters.7 The complaint in South
Carolina is that the ' colored people have no
voice in the election of the locaofacers,not
that they have no share in the Government.'
Thrr harf been at times a ' crv for emigra-
tioD; and several, experiments, particularly
in the direction or African voionizauon,
have beerf essayed.-3; But the new1 movement
is designed '- to create what may be called
colonies at honie.?f :- .. :'Si : .
1 TbiaWy wok.,-vBut,wi not, such?
a movement tend to cause k deporta
tion of all of, the whites? ltdesira-;
hie tcr haVe a Liberia id the midst of
that State? The Arkansas movements
is to separate the two" races altdgeth
er. ;The purpose is ' to create i Com-:
munities orsections ...with I none - but
negroes in them. -ri Now if this move
ment were to gather much! headway,
the " upshots 'would i sbe that in the
South there would te several Hay tis
and the whites would move::mtk"'IfJ
the negroes tesiRm:Xpitl.tiftl
from the' whites the- latter" will not
try to prevent them We' doubt no'
that i f - the "cokMfed - separawsis-.
should grpw'lnto Jarge": proportions;
- that the whites i1 wouldjsobn f combine
i for . a J: different ' movement ,;Jand:
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WILMIN.GTON,
in a few years millions of foreign
laborers would beintroduced into'the
South. The rich larids of t.bo flnnth
must bo cultivated, and when negro
lliof ia not available white labor- will
be forthcoming. ViThej whole coun
try-nay,- the r f hole ? commercial
world is interested, in the: prdspefity.
and development of the i South,1 1 Si
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;"; We are: surprised :i to seei the view
thi Times takesVoF. 'thj raatt'er.; f It'
treats the - Subject as ;a partisan;; i It
insists" that: the negroes' fkre,, in a
great' measure deprived ot their po-
lit jcal rights.";; Itvsayi thjs V'
4 Without going into detaik at this lime,;
it Is fair r to say r that the ; concurrent testis
mony of " all 6andidmen. who .have exam.
ined-tha condition of too 'colored people of
thd eottoh States is; that, lit i verytbearry.
asm io one oi siaveryiTKio l j wit u
"OW ' whati 'Wnirtittrt littp6liiicai
Tights- :ie:'right' tO' hbLi roffice;.
th4 right; tovfe-'tbegbttb.hold1
property; the right: :to sitron juries;
phb right1' to J think, ''speak'1 and act
without improper tn1lenco or intimi-
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aauon; ine rig at to mate contracts;
theiightBueand'Beudat'law '
thesexraay: bo classed 6upd.ei.:itb
hejad OP ''poliCieai fichts f Tfiet1 are '
jujsi, such civu rignvsas su.wu) men
enoy in the Norths ave wheroijacre
are Bosses in factories and stores and
corjoration8 to intimidato with
threats and to compel the employes
tosvote as thoy the Bosses --may de
termine or . "pray.",.. The,, negroes in.
thto South have these ;riglits.!Whethv
en or no jLher negroes in. the North
have them wewill 'not !undeVtake to:
determine. v -
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(There is one-"political. right". they
do not.seerirto't cnjoy in the North.'
At least we i do l-not remember, just.
n)w any instance of such enjpyni6nt."
Ve refer to holding political' offices.
If there . are ' any legislators," .Gover
nors, anembers' of' Congress, or any
other high officials among the colored
men in the North 'we do not remem
ber to have seen' their names "in the
Northern -papers.? If ? there are any
we suggest that the 'Times' publish'
the list, " '
I The Government has freed the' ne
gfo. The Government has ; clothed
the negro with the right of franchise.
It did this in obedience to the wishes
of the Northern people. ' Npw, being
thus clothed, he is found to' be very
ignorant. The philanthropists in the
North, rich and prdsperdus, stand
back, refusing to4qualfy him by mo
ral and intellectual education for his
Jiigh anfrespos8ibW4daty'as''a elec-
tor-T ; But they ,ex'pt'-tbe ; South, tp
educate him and also to' elect him to
office, and even to give, him . lands
and horses and, perhaps, to work the'
Yarnv ferhira. HEIear tboablejahd
bHndcd3Tw-e -j v ..
"It is a iahame that the colored race can
not find peace, safety, and a reasonable de
grees of prosperity in the land where it has.
been so fonir domiciled, and whose develop-.
ment owes so. much ta its ill-requited labor.;
uai me poucy.oii ae ,.wuiit j mau uaa wu
.often been to keepMhe negro poor and' do-,
;gradedr and then ppint; to his shiftless-"
ness and ignorance conclusive of his in-
-ability to govtnhtnlself- The remedy
. pr opoeea ages noprome wen5 w 4 f , t , .,.
5 The North is riebpivery rich. The
!North;r,
the Soiith Kof iit
j wealthand : left itv; peeled ) smitten,
door J tndeed.a Ther North has not1
done -its s dutvbv v the ?egro.ij; T
freed and enfranoltised the'pnegroes.;
It not only didfpl'b'vtde ho m es
fiof them, but it did J&Oi provide the
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MnJDiest? education fFberea3iEini
thing, and bWbnftigJhat, the.
North has Hone iTC!(o?ifiQiCVl':
(ieceived hiiii withf also promises and1
it has used. him as an - instrument i to
oppr,ess.nd affliot'Tind degracho
white people ol the South.; The negro
has beeri' used byhd North fi as a'
political factor to keep itber, tftepubh
can party in powerrrThe Northern
monkey has been using , the Southern
cat's paw -'(the - negrb) as -an'' instrn-
ment tb-pu'llr!bn4li6 f?4r i ths
' ,i::-l Ul.rTt'iB Jn-t t nf ' )Ka
ire ana wnion ii.aa& asea ;t caret,.
ai giving bhlyh'pt
to
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he pooricat. -r.Ai: ..r-
f ;The mate(Char.i4tj
Georae Davis. CaDt Macumber. which
ar-
jived at Smithvillea, jfel;days, ; ago.
but
was ordered torSavaunahr methjs death
lobn after reaching there by a fall of fifty
feci from the royaiyard; to the hisa
On tto vel belowyUmJ
body and caushig injuries -which ' resulted
in hU death in ITTeWhotiiS.;' The News,
describing the acefdent; says: 'The legSj
were broken ahovtheakn ;vbil9 bo
arms were crushed into a-shapelesl :mass
the bone of the': left - af -sinking into'the
Wstifc house W'the. iarque,3 where if iei
I 1 1 2-. S n. nnnmltM I ST. mif it Sttlt
The skull was also crushed fa pye th, Jef
eye. . .ji.F.ivB
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,N. 0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBEB 7, 1883.
iTIIE COTTON. TRADE. ,
Close of llie Cetton.Tear IXeeelpa and
uring 'the 'cotton 'year commencing
September 1st, 1882, : and f ending August
31st,J18S3, the receipt of cotton at this port
have been as follews: ' September, 9,419
bales 'October, 26,633 bales: November,
S9.&38 bales; 'December, 25,149 bales; Jan
uary 13, 919 bales February, 12,031 bales;
.liarch, 6,255 bales April. 1,366 bales; May,
2,033 bales' June 1, 079 bales? July 143
bales: Aueust 83 lades.; TctaL 127.498
bales. 1 'ib-' A - 1 :....! . . '
During the corresponding period in 1881-
f82ithe receiptef were 'tis .follows:"; Septem
ber! 10.932 bales:' October, 27.870 bales;.
ember, SS.'TCS bales ; 'December t 29,778 J
; January, 12,403 bales; February, -
e,60abaie March, tt.1 58 bales; April, 3,374
iay '1493 hasa;! June, -376 'Ijales?
Jjuly 22a. balesi-i'AugU:4l;204' bales.' .
',' 137,341 teles, A decrease -of 9,843
bales:--' . .' M ?!
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T2XPOTITS '( .! 1 ii.
I The exports if or ' the cotton year begin-
nirjg.Sept:' 1st, 1881, and ending n August
3H t, i 1883,- from i i this ; port, r were
as follows4, i September, vtiomestlc,; - 4,689
la esj - foreign -wJne,- October, 'domestic,
18J2G0 bales; foreign, 2.850 bales. ;i Novem
bef.'domestlp 11;418 bales; forcige, 11,847
bales. December. ' domestic' 10.409 bales ; .
foreign, 10,123 bales. ' January r domestic:
8.835 bales; foreign, 15,806 bales, 't Febrn
art, -domestic. 6,847 : bles ; h foreign, 8,838
bales. March, domestic, 4,350 bales ; for
eign. 5,240 bales. -April; domestic, . 4,540
pales -Toreign, 2, 480 .""balesr" May. domes
tid .SShales; foreign, 1,576 bales. , Juner
domestic, 1,675 bales; foreign, none. July,.
doWstic, 171 bales; forei6n, none. August,
domestic, 414 bales; foreign, none. Total,;
doUestic,;68,987 bales; foreign 57,760 bales
)Qand total 126,747, - - ,r, . : :
The exports for the corresponding period
lai t year were as follows : , September, ; do-
mustic, 4,633. bales; foreign,, none. Octo
ber, domestic, 10,490 bales; foreign. 10.230
baes. JNOvember, domestic, 15,rJ3 bales;
gn,- 12,844'- bales.- December, domes-
tid. .15.606 . bales: i foreien. 19.915 - bales.
uarVi domestic, . 5,937 bales; foreign,
13i063 bales v February, domestic, 6.652
tales; toreign,-, oai bales. Marcn, domes
tic, 3,818 bales; foreign, 4,230. ! April, do-.
mfestic. 4.209 bales; foreign, none.. May,
estic, 3,796 bales; foreign, hone."' June,'
mesttc,' 1.409 bales; foreign,1 none: ' July,
domestic, 649 bales; foreign, none. Aw
(rdst, domestic 1,383 bales; foreign, none.
Total: Domestic, 73,875 bales; foreign, 63,
833 bales. Grand total, 187.708 bales.
Fsliermena ,uck
We learn that the "Rocks" at New Inlet
were quite lively with fishermen on Thurs
day, 'although it was not a good day for
fishermen in one respect. One of them, in'
endeavoring to board -the Pa$sporf, butted
his head s so 1 hard 1 against the hurricane
deck, or the hurricane deck butted so hard
against ; his head; 1 that he was knocked
down. v Another got a Vbite" and braced
his foot against a stone to haul up his line,,
when the stone sliDDed and let him down
upon the rocky wall with such violence as
to almost ' stun nim and ne was sliding
dpwn on the .ocean : side, being up to his
knees in the water, when, realizing his dan-
r.V he grasped '. one of the . rocks
aid saved himself. Its jagged edges cut
and bruised: his hands so badly, however,
tnat be could scarcely bold ; a pen yester
day, to say nothing ' of the soreness pro1
duced by the fall. Another of the "ama
teurs," in an exciting moment, when he
' expected every minute to be the next.
staereered backwards and was about to
'plunge, heels upwards into the "deep blue
sea," when a friend seized him and put a
stop to the dangerous4 performance. But
they say the "Rocks" is the place to catch
fish and see fun. ; . . - .n
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Sent Out bjr the Clt jr.
A blind colored man, who giyes his name,
si Bill Johnson, and says he came originally
from Mississippi,' has been going 'around
toe streets for several davs past, ' accom-
panied by his wife, begging for money and
something to5 cat.1 His misfortune' would
have' excited sympathy but for the fact that
he was in the habit of getting sufficiently
under tne influence of dnns to maxe liim
ai nuisance to all with ' whom he came in
contact, and especially so where' he 'called
a residences in the pursuit of ' his 'calling;
bis remarks being t irequcntly; offensive to
lauieaL, . auis iuci coming o me Knowieue
of the authorities, he and his wife, Sallie
Johnsonwere arrested yesterday and last
ruglvt were rurnisnea transportation fis, iar
as Florence in ;tbe direction of their , home. .
They stale that they came . from Washing
ton City here! " " ": ' r '' ' -:
ttay.Fever-."! -; -. .. ) ' .
j We are pained to learja that , f fiend .. Nor
wood Giles, M. D. (Meal Doctor), who is
sojourning on the Sod fad; Isndw troubled
with' an attack of hay feveri ' ; We deeply
regret th at we cannot suggest a i-emedy lin
thisci atid -e feel somewhat like' the
son of Esculaolus who said he could easily
cure his patient if he 'could only throw him
fato fits,aa he was "h 1 on fits." Nowvif
somebody 'will just throw'our friend into
chills he can be promptly relieved by a few
doses of- Giles's Chill. Eradicator, ?r which
mav be had. wholesale and retail, of B. F.
Mitchell &Bon.O. B' Wright, P. Cumming
& Co. and W: ri Oldham. : :- -
Tle Phantom Ball.
I The "PhantOm Ball" at the Seaside Park,
WrightsvlHe Soundi on Wednesday ' night,
proved to' be a big snccess and was fraught
With no end of !m'uaent''lthi'particlj
panahd'spectators. 'The1 appearance bf
the phantom dancers, in . tneir gnostiy Ha
biliments, is described .as. ' being laughable
In the extreme. Taxen .auogeiner, as we
kre informed: it was one' of the most env
.oviLble affairs that has come off in this par
ticular latitude in ' long- time, and there
seems to be a pretty general disposition to
have some more of tne same son oi tun.
VYo menuopea a iew uays ago
the largest.cargo of , spirits of turpentine
fever taken-puf of this port by a sailing ves-s
pel 3,5lo casK8 on ine scaooner js.a,
PMvwiZ--and now we learn that the steam-
ohtn fJnld taffl. on the 25th of May. 1880.
jtook out ClQO casks of spirits of turpentine
i a tf t In . wwin . - . .
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ATTEMPTED MURDER. '
A RIan Thrown Into a Well and a
Railroad Tie . Pitched In After
Him II1 IQIlraealonsEfleape Rob
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We 4learn . that Mr. .A;, J., Swlnson, of i
Swiuson's ; Cut, ; Columbus conntv. on the
W.', Cr & A. R R., about 17- or 18 miles
above Wilmington,: was' the victim of adet
liberate ; attempt i at murder, on -Thursday ,
last, and his , escape, from nhorribte death,
under the circumstances.tnay be set-down
as lmost rniracalous, He was digging a
well on his premises,,, Land had j reached. a,,
sufficient, depth to admit,pf , the- curbv.f ,4 ,
colored man, a stranger , to ; Mr,, winson,
came.Up in the moantitnezandfengagedin.
conversation .withvy birq - andohenot the,
least Buspicipus. of ? any treachery, pa tbO .
part of his visitor, was stooping oyer ..the
mouth ft of iirthe well, ,5,. with; a chisel
n - bis : hand; ,WAen; Hthe , ;negro. .cjipsc
up: 'behind ,'vhimri ,and ,-ave ffjhim ;r,a;J
sadden and ; violent shoye, which sent him,,
head foremost into the yawning, depths be
lojp3'.hhn.T ,There was ; about ft?o ;feet .ot','
.atejp m, the. well,. ; and ; Mf-' Sw.nson- f op-?
tcnatcly fell in such a way as not to , causer
him serious in jury,,, and he -could easily;-
raise his head : above ..the water ; Having
done so, allowing himself , to , breathe, , he
naturally came to;Jiio conclusion-. that his
only safety lay in making the villain believe .
that he was already , dead. : i He, therefore, -
lay perfectly quiet iu the bottom of the,,
well, and in the course of a few minutes he,,
bearu the man walk oil and enter the house. -.
which was close, by, which he cominencfeu.
ransacking f or whatever of .value he, cpuld .
findv He. next heard him, in the .Ppstoffico .
(Mr. S. being postmaster at that point), and
it' afterwards transpired that, about . ; one,
hundred"; and, twenty-five;, pennies were
missing " from ; the drawer. He next,
heard, with a shiver of apprehension, the;
footsteps of the. would-be .murderer again-
approaehing the mouth of the well. reach
ing which, to his .unspeakable - horror, he
saw that he had hauled a heavy cross-tie to
the spot and was about pushing it in upon ;
hini, fearing that there might be a spark;
of life left in him. ' 1 another instant i
came tumbling' down 'into the well but;
providentially, one 'end of the tie struck
the side of the well 'and made such a deep
fissure that it broke the fofcof the'falMo
such an extent that it' produced ' veryf little
injury to Mr. Swinson. He could hear the
man walking about for some little while af
terwards, when be finally1 ? came backhand
threw 'a ' board into the well,'' and 'then'
walked off.' Mr.' ' Swinsori listened "In
tently for some minutes afterwards but
hearing , nothing, ''and his situation ,;i be-'
coming almost insupportable, he finally
determined if possible to affect his exit
from the welt. This, after much difficulty,
hie at last succeeded in accomplishing, the
cross-tie being of 'some service to liim.while
the chisel,' which he held in his hand at the
time he was assaulted, and which was pre-
cip.itated into thewell with him,' was used
to some purpose in making fissures in the
side of the, weir into which he could place'
1 Mr. S. considers his escape nothing short
of a miracle. He has - no definite clue to
the perpetrator, of the outrage, and robbery.
The thief r and would-be-murderer ., only-
carried off a double-barrel gun, two fancy
buttons, a few articles of Wearing5 apparel,
and the pennies referred to elsewhere. v
Pim MtthA -PAitfntlim:r"i tl lay
(The Raleigh New Observer ot yesterday
says: At 1.15 this morning Tire brofce ouv
in the wooden building, once used as a;
kitchen, at the -penitentiary Mt lately ihj
use'as a place for making soap. ,: The long1
row of wooden buildings' burned 'fiercely,
though there was no breeze i and about' one
hundred and fifty feet Of theta were in two
hoars nothing but ashes. -!'--!-;.''i-
: The citizens were present in considerable
numbers. , All worked splendidly About
one hundred and fifty convicts were turned
out of the cells to tight the fire;1" They be
haved well and worked! well. ' The Chemi
cal company checked $0 ,re, which had
IHUtCKeu WC OIU ceils usu va oiuuica svuu
saved them. " At 3.15 the danker Was over.-
The old buildings were situated 8D0 feet m
tne rear or tne mam nunaings. iimak -iisst
Postal Notes. -wri
I The new" postal note-systemf goes- into
effect to-morrow. These notes are issued to
any one, for sums less Uhair five5 dollars
(payable to bearer ' at' any office in the
TJnitcd States)'--onHthe - payment of three
dents.. -.This will be a great convenience to
the public, and especially to those desirous
of sending small sums v without haying to
pay ten cents for a money order.- Who
will be the first to send a postal note from
f the Wilmington orace: 1,1 u
MARiXANJ). , J k
Court ; martial !o Naval Cadets at An
si".'.!- ' napolU. - ;v t 1
I By Telejjraph to the Morning Star.)
, . . , .
? AjiNAPOMS. AUglistBl.he court mar-i I
tial for the trial of caddi-s charged With! 4
ti.il
hazlftg "classmen 1 otr the Constellation be
Can on the Santee at 1ft' o clock to-day. A
nll wvnrt .was . nrnsATitJ' Thfi first carlpt
tried was Naval Cadet Trapnell. who plead-;
ed - guilty ! to ' .1I the- BpeCincations Of the
t The case, of Cadet S. B. .Winonam was
next called, r He'nleaded, hot irniltv:?and
read a statement, but" declined to swear he
was not 'present at the" hazing. -Cadebi
WithersDOou and Young were then nlacedi
on trial and a nuinbef of witnesses exam
ined, but the classmen who Were victims of
the hazihg were " very ,unwj3.1ifag witnesses
knd ' the'. ..most ' searching'.' questions , " were
asKea tnem ?wunou . ; avail -wnenever iney
could acquit their persecutors the'-third
classmen they did so."
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FROMRALEtaH.V
The,19orton RInrdr Tral
A Verdict
,, of, Manslaughter -t
By Tolecraph to the IfornlncrJStar. -
i , Raleigh.. N. ' C, August 'SO.-Ai the.
trial of John Horton to-dav. for.the mur
der ,of Patrick Mtcbell..xerdjcrof.ma;.
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NO. 45
j , MISSOURI.
1 . .
The Jtm Trial A Scene In Conrt
Gen Shelby Creates a Sensation.
I Br Telegraph to the JTorrihy. StarJ ' 1 ' ' '
" St. Loots. August 81. A snecial from
Gallatin, Mo., says 3 In the Frank James
trial this morning, the defence continued
their lino of impeaching State witnesses.,
James S..- DeMasters. a lustice of the neace.
was the first witness.." He' testified th4t at
the coroner inquest on the body of. Wood
Hite, Mrs. Bolton testified that she had not
seen Frank James for two yearsr, andthett'
at her, father's house.' -vi-m vm.ui
Before the next witness was called Col:
Phillips arose and'stated that Geri.f Shelby
was at 4hb door 3 and. desired -to make1 a:
statement to the court. When.the General
Came iri 1 lie' Saluted the ' court With" a'cdnr
teoki how.,andfsaidf VH anything thatjJtI
maV bave said on vcsteidav fref errinff to ' a
thiratmado'-'by-htmguittttbe'editoiibfi
tne; Oaiiatin Uazette ; offended t the, dignity
of the.court, I " regret it exceedingly. 'As
to pthei? partieSU I hate no? regrets" aimni
Judge-Goodman replied.:, VGcn, ShelbyM .
your conduct - yesterday in appearing be
foiietlie court; ih ' ah uunlit fcondition and
shewing an Unenborditfate.-spirit was rep-1 i
teliensiblq in the extreme, as' tt'wasnbf Only
in Befiance of the dienitv of - thelcdurt but
calculated to prejudice CheV in.terests'of the i
defendant. 1 , you - are . a man ot, national
reputation, and enlov'the" resnect'snd ennv
"fidenco of a lnfcfi nutnhAr f tiatwi'IA nf iTVRa.
liOUrL. , I can, only sav that I was much as-
tomshed at your very reprehensible' act -or 1
yesterday. It i in ; testimony that tbiii
uavo ,u ra w u. . a oisioi-neni on tne verpo
of j the "- court,' which is in itself contempt
of court
i03
100000 ItoUsUm
Genf i Shelby, interrupting, .said, "Sir,
that is false." -" - --o'.-i '
The Courtr-fi 'The marshal of, JLexington ,
testified and that under oath." ,
lien, bhelby Then he lied.
The'
CourtThe Court is amoly satisfied
wahypoir apology to it'; but -your attitude
towards attorneys tor.the btate yesterday in
answering in a- threatening and-offensive
manner., and other talk of calling them to a I
Personal account cannot be overlooked, v;
The Court then fined ) Gen. : Shelby , $10,
waicn he paid and passed out 01, the court,
ropm. 'i ' ' '' J
i J 1 mason; n a., uuvai, w v j JJ. iiice. 4.
. Ll T -rt..l n -..f. 1 u-' : I
mbny of the Fords' and Boltons, testifying
that they! heard them say that they had nqt.
seen Frank James for years and he had eone.
Liu uoe. MJuvnt, su luiucauucuiUiG tea ui -
SdUth.! ,? ' " : k ;;: - -i 1
ti jJohn T, Samuels, half-brother of Frank
Jaimes, and an.inmate. of. Samuel's house
hild, had not seen Frank James before.
Since lvto, ana men at nome. aw mm'
r ui surreuuer in j xpuepeuuencp juu,,-
. 1,2- - . -1 1 T 1 .3 -1
r 1881. saw Jesse James with Dick
Liddell at his mother's house.
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WASHINGTON. ,,.
Ntee : Kettle of Fish Ihlahone, CUiali ,
ers. Iaonsstreet and Others in Coon
II The -Black and Tan Movement
n Virginia to be Extended Through
-oat. theSouth- -;. ,,'v: .V : vtir.:
' I By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .. ''
' iWAsnmaTO-T, August 80. Several :bf
the leaders bf the Anti-Bourbon mqyement
nj the South met at, Gen. Mahone's room,
at the Arlington last night-1 where they re-8-mained
in consuitatipn' until a, ; lato hour,
Their, presence here and "the 'fact of 'their'
having met at Gen. Mahone's room4, gives7
riso to surmises as to what was; the object,
of their coming together. They themselves'
say that their meeting was ntirely Infor-:
mal, and not a premeditated conference;
that Gen. Mahone being , here they , visited
hhn, and, finding themselves together, the
conversation turned on Southern politics1 in'
general and the prospects or success, 01 a.
fall independent revolt against Bourbon
le in particular. Among those present at
the meeting in . Gen.. Mahone's room last
night were Gen.. Longstreet. ., Gen, Chal
mers, Judge Jeffords and George ;C. .Gbr-,
nam. - Gen.' Mahone is said to ; have spoken
With confidence of the result, of , the inde
pendent movement in .Virginia. ., It is un
derstood that it was generally agreed ..that
this movement shonld be extended through
out the South, and that, therewaa an ex
pression by those present of an earnest pur
pose to do wnat can oe none to mat ena.
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SO UTHi CAROLINA',
'trade and Commerce of Charleston
...... ' 1 k ..hi . 1 . t
i ' Discouraging Crop Keports.V
J -IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.3 r . J s f.
1 CnAJii-ESTON ;Augvl,31. Th? News' and
Charter's annual review of the1 trade and
commerce of Charleston,- which will t be,
published to morrow, shows that a business
,of $75,000,000 has been done;andf a large
number of new undertakings of different
kinds . have- been, -startecL.. Local .' manu
facturers employed 6.500 persons, and the
.value Of their products was over $9,250,tX)0.
The phosphate and fertilizer? business has
been the largest ever known: tne amount or
Carolina phosphates exported ! andl1nanu-
factured.being 350, UOU. tons. The exports of
cotton, and naval stores have '.been the
largest ever recorded with one excention."
I The ;city debt. has .been.reduceq and the
vaiue.oi city property nas increasea , irom
20 to 140 'per cchtoStrfnthe year.' .A full
statement of. the ; cotton, mills , shows , that
4,000 persons were employed and that the
value of the annual product was $6,000,000.
Special reports from the whole State
show that corn and cotton are not likely to
exceed two-thirds of a crop. . , ;. -
VIRGINIA.
Confessions of Two Jegro Morderers.
j jjAMVii.i-iSj:ii.uguaioi.-rivinganu vaus,
two of the negroes ' sentenced to be hanged
i-k . i a a. A tTI 3 TS
for the murder of Shepard, have confessed
that they saw cthe . third -3awny rYounger
--shoot Shepard.,; King; says that they saw.
as he was driving alonff- the road .'Shepard
counting money. : They took a by-path and
got ahead.' Younger asked . Shepard to let
them ride,' and when he refused, fired at htm
several limes. ';' They then jah off, and ' as
thev went Younger threw 'the pistol away
in the bushes. Evans at 'first denied that
he , knew, anything - about the "murder;
but afterwards - admitted - that he was
alone : with the ethers." Hc !i said ' he
had . been a ty quiet and peaceable - man
till ' he was', led rxA byJ Younger, They
both declared thai Yotihirer had told : them'
that he had to ,Tagk - away ! froni West Vir
pnia because he killed a man ,tnere, Tiieir
statements, inletail;' corroborate the state
ments made qy witnesses Tonne common
wealth.";-i?Tr'firnv:vha9jv
Thto' Xotalsville ' ExposlUon The Er
t peetatlona or the.iHIanagera. More
i Than Met ThoClty Vnll of People.
I LotrisviiiB, .iSeptembenw liTh 1 first
pionth of the. Hxposiuon , dosed yesterday.
The attendance for the month was a little
over 150.000. whichhaa more than met the
pmectations of tliemahae-ers. The citv is
J fullOf pdbpleand the 'railroads are heavfiy
1 taxed : to 'carrv: Passengers, r On Tuesday
i the iGeorgia' Legislature and; thd. 'Alabama
Spirits Turpentine. -
iff f (- f -H-'-fO .-;;':
ThV4Wade8bdrb Intelligencer is
out in a "brand new" dress, and a nice im
provement jX is. We hope the Intelligencer ,
will be liberally sustained 1 by a discerning1
nublie:. - .
; -J-Asbeville .Citizen: : Mr. D. L.. .
i Haynes, of Crabtree,V Haywood county,
' writes us pnder date, of August 23rd, tbat
JUeebe Massey, an aged citizen of Crabtree, '
was struck by lightning the day before and
killed. '.:,--:-:';v .'o -, r ...f -
A Mri JLovejoy "and Miss Sophia
Brstton of York, S. C ,' 'were taking a
drive at Ashetille.VResult,'hbrse riah away, '
,br0ke his own jieck, knocked Mr; Lovejoy :
out, - and then threw- the lady out,' very
Tpiainfully injuring herri ' . ' .' . '
; U j Kinston Free Press; Mrs. Can- -non,
of Swift dreek township.; Pitt county, -fell
dead, at , her ' spinning' wheel a short '
tinje since. ' -- There will be thirty-five
brick stores in Kinston when those that are
in course of erection are completed.
: f- Henderadh?;dto. Mrs.
Ja?e Royster, relict of thff j late Col. 8 8.
.Royster, ex-President of the Raleigh & -Gaston
Railroad. ? died at her home am-ar .
riWilliamsboro. this county. Saturdav. Au-,
an Estimable lady. ", ill
props, up,m iGaswelt are worse, injured bvi
Ihd drought than any ihthe ' State, we are ' .
-infiorraed.fift The New, Garden, A ericnl- .
..tnl Society will hold its twelfth annual
fair at itit2m-nntidfltnn Wrihpsrfnv nrtnlvr fc
SMffli. --There is talk of having a "fisbr
l)aowniea; by,'thi3i dealers of -New or
ne- juoreuead and Jicaniort. An im- -
., . t... Persona :re TwosDectine - for -coal oil v
heir this 'city, andit is Whispered that they ' '
are; mffQthjg'f-jri& theii; ;,.
searches. , oil was discovered in"
.Watauira . coUntv. Dr. -Xedour savs -he. '
-wuuiu not do surpriseu iu ucur ui . iuc ais
JCotervot oil id Durham county.,. :1 - V
i J . L 1 - -M X . t f 1 .
" 1 1 H-.,Fayctliey illo ; Ooserper ;t ... Last v
Saturday morning Bessie,-' aged ' eight of '
niae yearsj a daughter of Mr; B.5 G. ; Hoi.-...
linbsworth. living at the Clarendon Bridge,
had her leg badly broken -.-above tbe-ankl
iPiffard, Livingston county, New York, on . v
th 20th insL, and was , buried at Green
wood Cemetery on Friday ' last -General' -
;Millett was born in this town on May 1. .
auu tt fx j 3 umbo iiiiut; 1111
tite. . --- Harnett Superior Court was in
session all of last" week. No important
criminal casea . were disposed of. An im-; ?
Sortantland suit, Turlinglon vs. Williams.'
ecidedin favor sof -.-the: plaintiff,' involved 7 -
the title to 225 acres of land. In the caso
bfA. T . Kivett' vs.:;A.rAi McKethan for p
cutting .plaintiff's mill dam, a verdict of
fiipO in favor 01 plaintiff was rendered..
-Wieldon News 1 The. protracted .
ting at Ebcnezer; continues. Up - to a
or two ago there had beenynmeteeu
versions. We received a water-i' -,
milon last weekfr6m"Sterling;"Johnston.;
K It -weichfid in r th&ineighborhood t. o f s
fifty pounds. ? Mr. T. B. Norman, an
mplary young man of Brinkleyville a4
ot age, died and was buried, at lieuf-;
esfla M( P. Church, last week. ; .1 The .
Dtracieu meeting at Bandy itun unurcn,'
rtie county,, under , the 'ministrations of
vsvDr. Hufham of Scotland Neck, and
'Mr.Wo6dson, of Enfield closed on Sun-
aTherewere forty baptisms. - On
last Tuesday night two colored men," Jones
andrStokcS got into an altercation on -First
street, words ran high and nnally; Jones
Idrpw a pistol and shot at Stokes twicev lie
wis not a good marksman and Stokes- was-
inQt bnrt.1 . Jones escaped. ., ' On Mon-
while trying to kill a chicken with a - shotr
gun missed his intended victim and bit- Miss
Willie Wiareins wherWas some distance off.
inflictini? a slicrht flesh wound. '..
f Tarboro Southerner: Wednes
day night the.large boarding house ot Mrs..
ML G. Lewis, in Plymouth, N. C, was de
stroyed by fire;', loss $1,500, partially in-,
sdreq. - ; During the heavy storm Fri
day1 hight,: the gin house on Capt William
Cobb's plantation! was fired by lightning:
and entirely consumed. Luckily there were
ho Contents of value except a gin and cot-
ton seed, vi - A white man living atJJat
tleboro named A. ,W. Taylor was tried last
week on a charge of larceny. : He belongs
to a ; Very respectable family: The- jury,
after some deliberation, acquitted him of
the infamous charge. !-. - Died,'- Satur
day, August 11th,. Mrs. Mary :A..,Sessoms,
of this county, in tho 73d year of her age.
She was the wife of - the iate Wilson5 Scs-
soms. ; It is rumored that uossey liat-
tle, Esq., will retire from tho Guide to'
spend most of his' time at Rocky Mount ;
practicing law. He will still have an office .
here. -- A gentleman "who. iclurned
from Nash Court this week says the applo '
crop there this year is a failure.- It is as
impossible to manufacture apple-jack with-"
opt apples as it was for the Israelities to -make
bricks without straw. A famine' in ,
apples means a famine in jack; and this is
why the. JM ash man sits down ; and , weeps,
refusing , to be. comforted. ..,...
1
Clinton Caucasian : Work on
the Clinton and Point Caswell Railroad is'
going on briskly. About six miles have :
been graded at this end , of the line and
about four at the 'Caswell terminus. . - - '
Our farmers say. that, crops have bee'n cut
off by the recent drought at least one third.
Thd poles for the telegraph line from l'
Clinton to Warsaw have been put up and ,
the wires will be . up in one or two days. .
4 Rev. J. L. Stewart closed a meeting -last
Sunday at Piney Grove .church which
resulted in the addition, of nineteen mcm-
i hers. The pastor was assisted part of the
time by Rev. J.f N. ; Btallings. Last
Friday the I colored people ; had a pic-nic
about five miles cast of this town near the ,
store of Capt. Marsh. ' Every' tbtog gof ;
along: well Until towards evening when the
clouds of war began to rise upon the hori-;
zon'with dark and threatening.front. Soon ' '
the row, began in earnest. About fifteen of .
the colored "gem'men" engaged in a lively
fight 'in Which knives and sticks were used '
With reckless freedom when -the dust and . x
scent of the conflict cleared away two.ne-'
groes were found - to have been -quite sen- i
qusly,cuLand one .badly,, beaten oyer the ?
Tinorl uoith a cllinfe ' flwpWKSliia and Pfir"
ter Vine Mathis were - the parties, ft Troy v
l 4'cterson was ,Mic. 0ej irucis. wim v, buck. , t
J frr? fJnarlotte Journaic. Voserqer:; A -,
serious and probably fatal cutting affray
h occurred in the public road,' near Mt." P!caj' .
If sant,: Uabarrus ounty-lastihursday be
tween Mr. John U.;13arner,;a school teach--j
err and Mr. George s Bost, in. which the lat-,
4 ter was badly Wounded, r A. shocking.
affray occurred a.few days since, between!-,
two colored men on Col.; John Morehead's
farm, ; in Cabarrus county.! n One.of the
parties named John Henderson. ! the same
Who w6n the foot race at the' Poplar Tent
Faifj was i.woundcd in a terrible manner.;
with an axe, that was sunk up to the helve
in his Shoulder; almost severing that tncm- -per
from the body. iThe negrowhodid the
cutting has been jailed in Concord. Hcnr ,
dersbn, itis thought, will die. ' At a
ate, hour ' night before last a crowd of ',
roughsr taking, their position, in .the open
ot in rearbf the' Buf ord ' House,' sent seve-'
ral. showers ot, Xocs on the wagoners who
had camped in Springs & Burweil's hitch
ing lot,: and came very near -inflicting-'dan-'
gerousf wounds on persons ; exposed to the
missiles..: Mr. George Barby and his son,
Mr. J; C. BArby, of Stanly ' county, toge- 1
ther, with pthcrs from Cabarrus and Union. .
counties, were desperately assaulted. There
was a woman With one of the camping par- ;
ties and. while nursing her babe, , near the,"
fire: she received a namful' wound on her
among the men in camp. ..-. ,- . f ,