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Ihe Weekly Star.; , WirLlcid h! -'live) evehing paper, PUBLISHED AT 1 ' the Visitor, has begun its tentb volume. It . I 1 UlLEt I'M- .til -I::-- L'4ia.r: looks as if it meant 'to tstay,'T uccess, , if I 5. Ik f! mi . AT " ; ? i i i-- J . . . ill i A YBAB, IN iDVASCE, c w o o O i C3 1 O O (J S o o o o.o tn C5 o O O O O O O O Q QP i w o sssggsiiiiisiisls 5S d i ad co v-J r uao o s! 5 8gS8SSSSS8SSSSSS ,8SS8S88SS88S888Sj 8SS8S8SSSSSS8S8s! t ,1 r yi-r ?,.- q :jV..i; ..V-'i if! S S S S X : 3 - t if ' T Entered a the Post 6fflne t"WHm1iKrton: N. C. -r - ; as Sooond Class MatterJl Tlic"stil)3cri6tion 'price 'lt : tie WEkia." ovAic jajas louowa : 4 ; v ' ., 1. 1 ' Single Copy 1 year, postage Jmid, i wff months,. ir'y 3 months.;' .'- i. .i.'' , , ' ' : r BAP D9CTBINE'' : U 1.06 .50 I he Wilmington. Star.' is opposed to . the abolition of the inteVnil revenue taxes;. Lei "Democrats throughontjthe' Btatef prc!acA ; such doctrine, and yoa may-Bay "farewell ' briffht eve" to the bartv in North Carolina! .Stokes at' 'present finiovff the' orond dis tinction of being ithe banner; lmocraii courtyin the Stale. butwe dovnOt bclievt ajs Democrat net irifawF.ef Out removal of g-us mp on wkiake una, tobacco could gt4 oftice.s-: We like; the tDemoer&tic "nlatravni ;i of last year,-and we believe it ;p generally -i' f porter 4tnd:f08t; :, f-. ; ! Jt ls (fead doctrine to iput taji or keep. tax .on .v,'Liskey anl and beer, ;butvit is-' of; course ffotn and blts,t)n "shoes and cottowbife 1 on jaK;feQiys ana trace.; ctAHs r ' cheap -rckeraridwjhdd . and on 'the,hndjred8Cr ,.a.ttifele8 use by every humble, jhonsebSidi And-Ji every ottage in the jand.'- ;Wt' . pre fer a ihoHsand tim; our ..ld:iikiic trine" ' to 'the "''ffiiirkir-vi.. trine. ;;,If thv Deraoerata.uCi.StobL'S are such fecbnOT'stthai.ihy to tax the necessaries to the, inxtrijel tlun they oghr burdens and f Tariff ivefo.YA'nr are tensjfn.on'-otlveTfie earnest- Tajiuefmwtf.ti.JforCW Carolina who arelo in retaining the liquor ant: tohaeisd -ill! tax. 4 I lOi: I- ff WTMin; the question ; comes to , j ing out artax;up6tt-the.5articfes"'tlfat i ousht.."t ,e txe:awyeiiaU.a.Uie?H; becarise they are luxurietQ. tpnre ," H nimnlftjinnd ftansl haL- liear-r it of hafl t thin gs on "earth',"; ' and ;t.cf keeping' 4 ; hierh tax on the chief eommotlititts'iit . K vV-- ."-'! '' R , j '!,' "'pi ' '"i ' 55 'I :-: 8' I "v- K 'rv-. . .1 J'' 'r'- :''''; , ' f U .! : 1 . i.n- I . v' I ' ::':'. -L i universal use and that aTre"lpjMltfvtv' i -. necessary to the; comfort land .Uiualilt of the laboring'classes, '"ih'ejH wilt.4 ? more' Democrat in. v North' ; Carolina than there' tareUjtoke i choose the latter all ihe ?year -round ( : ........ -r. . . i v - r f i" ' worth the siiap: of the finger for abol ishing the tax on Hquorand crgarsj The truth is there ean be none of , "Change thnan ner " f." p but retaii''i.he Lax; '-That' is" eomtrroii sense omJBonrjfts&oevi eore.rootitar ness'TifereWj?tf1'feiier: iiir.'tha .t : io -vvfjkx .8X4; .-vj' I State-thatwiU ptttcin--.impleywordt) easily'adrjoih &&'ffif$:? their advoeiacy dfjiwiping oat the tax on whiskey "rtdebin that if.theoplevreallyr njnderstooa the subject that hfr- - erate for a moment ther idea i of -abol ishing a Ux.'onifuiaries? anditEus ' compelling iho tax W-bkp6 oij th4 necessaries of all oieflj.whoworkV foi their living. U3U The sense, of theioii'nyJas:.th4 Reporter will find oafr is I-triemendoas ly against the dangerous'iaad- ttjuf policy of abolishing the tax'ori..'wht8 key, cigars, Vfec, ; .Ou.tevda :.of VKoriH Carolina and Vinnnia' therehr mt( - - mana among Uemocrats lota repeal " of the tar except :moIpkct IStS. :. . ..... -.,.,! ',. v.st.' ,:'-' rj The STAK-is riot albafoln it8"7bjad doctrine," as "its position i stigma tized by an adVocateM 'Mi ng . th 4 poor iTfwosarii!St and 'letting free those ' choiceA lnxiirin good . cigars arid fim,wl:8kie anaipfettz jing:. braiidiestf Theret '! araiiteokfiol " thousands of J Peocrats in the; Stata 1 who are-witb. it,and there axe' fnl "ftwenty-fiye , Democratic ( papefs' thni ; have takeo tlMssame position. riOat ' side of the State nine-tenths,' of ' tha ? D : locrats, ;oi Protectionists dar 4 1 1" v. ; it.'for', nearly ! T smocratic;; papercf "evdVyvIe&dititf iron!) fjviaineiitq orida ( dnd from the ; Atlanti the far West takesi the - samd - 1. .WeihaVp; , beeavpublishing time to timeXtmcts - from the !c":ieritiat, -0einocratic," Xn&d 1. t and Republican papers -ill ype. i 'V, j and they are opposed to th . . - . . . r . . . . , ... - oat of - the tax on1 whiskeyi - ' ........ i ... '. : l i I TJiere.is. not the remotest prost hat the Deraoc'rata t in j the apl mg Congress tWiU commit; po iSuiciJe by "following the lea4 pc .pre i litic of tl "Jlcportcr. and papers that dej- 'jo ?ilaTn1nninrr nf f.hpr" tir'nA i whiskey; ctgars &e.t and retaining . mn tax uu v'u&ei0r wooi uais, buuceu cotton goods, Ac- - i - " - I ' . - We have alked with ,many ; roc$ within the Ist six months and-' we declare that we do?( not remember to have heard ? hut one ; man favor the abolition c f th tobacco tax and ho is a , manufactureV. ' ;If fthe 1 people -oif -.1. VOL.. XV, Western . North Carolina demand be ab'oliahfid t.hov tipod Vint. nnnftTnd that the" Democrats of- other ection 1 are "-"'so', blind to their -interests uniust.' tineauaL and intolerable TaJ- riff upon the country for a decad to I pomft.'" -f1 .Hri,- -. - - son K notes abo iiT books. ;, 1 1 i )Mrs. iOhphant a last; noyelj tSir. j Tom. is declared to: be insufferably meavlryttioaitiof the iNew York 1 New: YrlrrCWftarThei latter! det claxee ;that it , -combines many!, fine qualities in a very .'remarkable der gree . and ' that "it is thrillinffly ia- teJ,eatingi.,i'.Mre. Oliphant publishes froto twQ9'breo every year. They are- clever and Well writtenvarid Jt, is; indeed j remarkable .thatshe can do so much good t work of ' this kind ..i. j .. .. 'v, . . t v " : ' ; ' v. - wji v mt? I enterprises -she ' urJdertakcs. ?- The I enterprise Times abused "her, last, novel before "Sir iTom'iwhilst. the? British . press piatsed; iti ; We ;deterrained. to read :it laud see for ourselves. h We -do not , iictiwm; my wwt tuc jjuiua ajiut I I- i -'? : ' : ' " .-i ' ; - i I dores" is a Very enjoyable hetion It j is'woh written, and is 2i'hapnv' blend ing of incident, description : and the Society novel."'' " We ,: like 'it. Iler name as. she writes it is M. O. -W. Oli phanta' fact'-we have learned ; quite receuuy.-j- :j5,3. -, : - ' The tklei workl pubiished by the fAppletonsrentled ?Dpn't"a9.saidit "otftseH allkjther-'books-of the season In a, few, weeks several editions have been; called for..; ...: ;; ' : i - hackerayH g daughter Anne .nirfbRihiey-3 who .has : produced iiorn churning : stories; "fpf. hetowii especially JiifOldi Kensington," has written a .- short life of. "the ' greatest living joet : and by t his -consent, 'i It wiu, apptiar n ,iue jeceuioer uj.arjMar, ThovCWlic-says of it: s .:'-- ;., 'For'! this Ihe himself told -hcrfioanT things about his eHrlv life; which ;she -sa- plenienta .with.revqrent . feeling ; and - deft touch from berdowftreerabrancesof ;the great .poet as. a guest and home-fnend long tecences of ; the few kvine members of that famous and charminff circle which included vTenk W. T,MrsBitchi.Mper.:.ifill e nehR ilhistratediWitn. views of Tennyson's birthi lacei;JioaeSi;'iandi places, associated with Jkis works, drawn; by, Alf redt ParsonsL ,wu,h- portraits, including . pictnre of Mn Terinysoa and the charming; lieads , of the Tennyson ehndr&pauitetl.byilF Watt4 .R.-A. e whicste Wr -3 Teunyotto permitted to Unpublished fsketehes by Thacfcerayi Fred- whose early.; sketch . or,: Tenny9on..reaoin s'Mand'.was lent by.Mr. liobert Brownipg. glish writers of thisicentury, has had hard.'time 61 .'It ia'bis editing the t Carlyle manuscripts, and in bis -first yoiume, oi tne lite oi . tne great ; ana eccentric genius. ' lie feel it. In a letter to President' Wheeler, of Alle gheny : College, Pennsylvania, ; . he writes: " L lu5::frSyi ;?S&?k -Tsi I ;"''-T thank you practically for what yo eav of the publication of Carlvle's memoirs When I complete my account of him I Ban look confidently to a Verdict iamy. favors uuk, tueauwimti. x nave a 3au -ume or v. But I will not enter further on a subject which you show you fully understand." . I. ',' Mr, ; J eff ??kop. has Just . appeared id New -York as (7afo6 flummer in the dramatization of Dickens's ; exquisite Christmas-ste!Tj':TheCricket on the Hearth". It "was 'a fine 'success and theiacting iwas charming; -The Critic 8ays:'oFitfV';rir , " i "The -only jcene inc. Bip Van Winkle' which has-, always: appeared to ns short of artistic r perfection, ,1s tue recognition be tween the old man and this danghter-r-and this only fails in ' its culmination. " The re cognition scene:; ururine-vncxeton-uie Hearth js.tho finest thing -of the kind we 'Jhave ever wtthessed. "..There, is no -moment, -th anv niece! that- we' have seen Jrefferson play, quite so powerful in its way as this; il lame very uvigii auu uuuu jjl, blindfoldine.' the recognition ( first of the f , voice, then of the face, then the- turning f jaway ih ! pania;ierrbr- this last is the final touch of gemusi-. It is ,the neignt ot aiv JudgjnentcohTts :tlisi the heart jhouldbe oecause nere myeiiect jmu jmsatu" mm., moved."" - : ... . LPKtKd,lhthotiv 2TrBli6pfe, Scafbo 's.iamir ly "i ia said to: be quite in his olq mant ood as his bestbnt pos, LYf:' :"; -n. , iitii Jii:-u.-'i.- - .sessiagtae-jBame ciearupsw uu - in the presentment'of; the- characters 4 ne aatOrOiograpay ui;ui -xi jfj cessful Inovelist : has 'just been : pub: iished yhWHarpers andit isisaic tp be,replete with human interest; ' i:Thk '.Witimiteter Beview praises highly' JNorris''s ; 'f No New , Jl,hing;'t and says; df an American story "Noj- rodom, KingoiCanbodia,'' that ij; "has ai ieas the nrerlt' o f being high! ijy imagrjoative and;declares hat its descriptive? scenes' are -most vivid weird and luridarid equal an'y it is aoqaainted'with.8(Mr Frank McQloin is the a'nthor. " :l Rev. Dr -Deems,:' in the current namber 'of ; Christian - Thought, a tnonthly.heri edits, publishes :his: ad- dress" delivered at the opening of the last session of the American Institute of, Christian ( Philosophy. 'He also has a paper in the Critic for October '30$h; on 'The 'True Story of , Gali leo." ' ' - i We are glad to see from the i Sa'L vannah ivews that the talk in Wash mgton is not so. very favorable t6 1 Randall.-: It is asserted that he will not get, more than ,four votes from New York, and that he will get only five out of. .the' thirteen .from', Ohio and bone from Michigan. ,: - ' as to -'sustain a. measure that ' will lin Exhibition at jthe Rton,.Fair. that in England tha custom of giving inevitablr fasteVa5 bfab' 'oppressivel 5 Ie-; numerous other;articlea i Lwe hay 'the1 middle name f ! in ;: full with 6nly -V SILK AND HORTO, CAROMS jAf iosxok , ; k arid Chicago Co- -r -Trs X ' f onJ Z71 gorier ! 3 Thfe New York World lias.a long article on' the North Caro- rai8esihe Legislature for provid- ing for5" the exhibit.1 fIt says: --s' ; lit , im sr -.'-iJ'x tut'-' i ikiH? ..'.. .v - The above is only a mere outline of the numerous attractions of this SDlendid ex- character.nvThe proner examination, of the collection ..would,,! require many days .of description. pThe' effect of the exhibitioh srardLne the varied resources of North Carq Una. and secure the attention of miners, ag riculturists and merchants ": to the : vast . weal th which only awaits- development ? ' . ; thff cultivation ; of s3k ia , France,: with , : 1 'hhHae- ia Xhorougury; conversant. iTheiettef is addressed to Tfrl Charles 8 I . I W.'DabneyiJState Chemist; fMft'Pa nach speaks of the wonderful growth m North Carolina of. the mulberry, .. - .- .-. t-..;. . . . w ...J- UUlr jlllWUtmilWU VI. - VM U. and saysVa .European would hardly believe what occurs in North Caroli na. ' In 1 this State' m one year' a mulberry " will ' of ten :,; V stow '.ufrom grow '."from J . . u i ttvolvA tr fntirf oon loot' nrhilnt. in - : .,, - - "; - l- i Europe.it .will; require; six or,: eight .years made worms year. We quote an instraclive para graph "or iso; - Mr. Fasnach writes ' "'Like all other crops tne sue crops "ia Europe and Asia are subject to the more oir less favorable seasons; hence we lieari of short silk croDs aBd inferior silk cropa. aucn ia not tne case m in or in uarouna. jso -admirably adftpled to the reaTing of the fa worm is tne climate here that auripg seven yearly consecutive crops we nave eurauu- tered ho climatic influences that in the least interfered with the tabling of a i perfect yearly consecutive crops we nave encount- :rop, eapnosea nowoeaoniy 4. ,40 acres of land, la pi wnicn ne sets apart fetr a mulhsrrtr rnpirliorr1 "Pivri linnnrod r - -r. rr trpM will irrow verv well unon 15 acres.- in two years they will yield no leas than: 10.- AHA lhaf ortH In fnnr vonra n.hnnt 40 000 Hsl increasing in yield until the' standard -size '4 is attained. ' mow ia,uuu ins. ot leaves wiu make 1.000 lbs. of fresh cocoons at. one dollar per lb. tl.000;ln three years $2,000, and in four vears S3.000 The hatching io our latitude commences about the '10th of I ; April; the gathering of the cocoons; about the middle of May; the making ana gainer ing of a crop never , consuming more than x weeks timei -It isj moreover,- 'an abso lutely safe crop; frosts, : cold ; snaps, ; rain and windstorms will never disturb the vigi lant "suk grower," for he can m a great measure make his own climate - .- v ! We well remember that somewhere r oetween iov ana ipP pnere was IsWJ: v.teiJiJ&V-'Lri &-ri'li li' 'Ilr.it-iL vMOHnuAuiwAKwe.iB embarked in.crQwinff.the trees, and a.-!.- 7- , -..-f:c-. --r-.w.fi. v . -nuinit-ThiiM nrsi, AIiaToo-f--iTT. V proaucuon is certaia, ana nr. riasnach has done much towards ostablishitig it. ;ili; ;i A HVVJfSV PROPOSITION. '" Rev. - MK Hurdall, - a - CoBgrega- taonalisti ts ' ad vocating' the 'abolition Of sermons as unsenptnrat. r lhe bal- jVaohuitoayn . .sernion, and rgo the different. Chistrian denominations should abandortxthe pulpitI .To any carefuLadent''theNcfvt-Testai- ment itr must 0 be rnanifestthat- the great -means appoiri ted of God fofhe evangelization .and conversion of ;the '. i ? i.,.;o. . ..i'.t- v .-- i - world ;n3iie:of; :tlre: the coramand.is JVedscA thecQotpeb .''Go Now "teaching is preaching; ' rtArid j. , A. 5'- itm l where," . ''And that . repentance apd remission of ti&tfheM in hisria'llei.a.blm t,u,w ;,kA..,M.:-A:-6Ai of liw chief upon the peo theNewY, ter after bis f on at parsoif Ilurdall and saysi '-' "Mr: fiurdalF:fe Tight " In' 1 say fng"that many people do not Ukei. sermons -and stay away from church in order to escape themi; buon the other hand, thbrean many pecf k """'e "?a n-UU&cuom S"wS! S church." What would these do""wera tliere to be no sermon t-There is no opportunity I service except the , sermon. The churctt- mji. BiBciuugiaaurueu siy.i any ipart.oi"the ,awai 1 f.f or,tue service, -ana settles Himself .for S refreshing nari .srwheoi the . sermon heiHiiM . would have no ; object, in going to church were the sermon 'abolished: , What, for nL stance; could Mr.a Hurdall offer to his cdnj greffatiou in exebanee for bis sermons fcolf . he ceases to preachVrSunday ..will no longer uc nAfny ot rest to tnose wno nave nitnerto slept s weetry'uhder ; bis'-preachln trr and he ..:u si. j . ... . . . . . c . wmi jihu vuai iDsieau or-going to cnurca they stay; at home on , Sunday nd lull inemseives to rest by reading the religious The Directors bf : the Cottoti E5r .position to come off. at vNew- jbrleani in-. 1884., are , determined to make a big thing of it. ? Arrangements on; a colossal scale. wilt bt ma.de Jandthe main building is to contain 1000,000 square f eeVfloor 'pkcV. 1 cThisf Is' aU I most twice tbd Amoant of the Louis J yille Exposition f8pacJe,j eight times that of Atlanta J 5 per cent, more than the" "Philadelphia Centennial and four times more than, . the Orys- Crys tal faiace of New York' in 1853. Bids will be advertised for plans io a day or two. 11 - - -M A Mexican murderer -was -lynched at : Gardner, vTexasJ ' His" fate 'was much ' more terrible - than that - of Mazeppa. ' 'He was fastened by ' his neck to the horn of a. saddle upon a horse, and, .the -animal . was ' then; j f .lightened int- i run, - dragging the culprit over rocks and stumps tmtil i-dead. --i t,...; rt"-f i Oi. i seen it is ooraiai lmtBcommenaaiio. i tne initial to tno nrst name now. pre t ' It publishes lettcip frbm'Mr: 'Ed vard JFnach, .OfVpa oetoro uiw luuiuerry ciiuvup j oy- a uaiiye uriu yyu"l; ld :&ight( raqucked his clothing j Reeonstrntlon of the available for"ood '- tor- mm entitled "weat .Ury , ana . . Jjittie and took his purse and papers, but little l- Keeommondations or ;tno .11 requires uere uui oup ,.:v ooij.or, A eiupefc,,;in r .ePk. t I i""31- V"" luuu 1 1 WinnronimN Optyhor 9it -i. ..' . ihmmo i. n.iiviiauiB tuBigc iur. me oerag mruiaucu. wuu.vuc ucwij vwsuixm t meeunff-ot xoiorea ciuzens as puwcr ins uitiii viAitn - . la , . i,;i,.T Tha'wa'is' m mdtAnnfn:l niffht.'for the-rkrooseofisrotestine 1 ' -i c-i'l - '. V t 1 Hlll.ll l IIINLAIII'.r': I I. Willi U WX tTVl tT r I n llvulOt ! AMV:.'MvVIH fcw swv . I a 7.7 - a - - pie.T The" humorist -of ,7Jf ; r "r.l'-.r' ? 7 - i..L!1-sif.u.i,1. 1 the recent decision,bf 1 the Supreme i; -n--Vi'i- Vi:- -- . 1 io me statutes oi sucn a state extra I r""'rj. J - :T on tne mvn Kigms Din.v-Kev.-tv,v im .wireai. uuir , -.vi.V" - --- . -i 1 tof which there are eignteeni ana tires peine f ftHtor; of the church iu which the own fasliinn . iTT nnks I .".;. vv" 1 - '' : I f otooi rjThft hmnrir which was nut nn bv r was 'held. --said.' in .the course'- b , . , j ... , - , t rnri q i t rvwttcm - i - , . . t.: t. c . . , ' ,i . It Jf l "J, ? 1 ) 1" i ' ' - l- 'tJJ '"J j41U -.! 1 li.i -J'f rj!'f.' -J i " ' ' .'its . IV WILMINGTON, N. G,, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, i : Ji,lnTIDDI.E NAMES. ' , - f. we raenwQnea me custom m isew Wgkniof.the'.liteViti writing' aU tt of ,heir .names ..jn ,.full as. Henry We' mentioned the 'custom in 'New l.Wadaworth. aLongfellowlM It; seems y'ails among the, literary ymter in The t Critic says f-. 'Araon the names of many eontributorg to the popular English magazine, 'Note and fguerws, I op the. . last six months ot 1870 there are no less than sixteen persons using their nrst name as an initial only, ? signing the rest in CulL : ,Many of these names are not. unknown, ,io English, literature; Cobham Brewer, J.' Charles Qox, E. Leaton Blenkin8bpp,r'G. Laurence Qomine, J. BerV i nBcd'JBurke,'- Wi 6parrow Simpson, eta , To. these may. be added J. Winter Jones, :J( Corny ns Carr, C. Piazzi r Sinyth," J.- Paul -T1ni?aJj;.Tr.Ilfti,'nibln--,W'irTli4;Hint Uooper; Id Anna 'lwiema. Jt nas not taiien into disuse in England-,; , In the same magsi- zine. lot 1 qo3 there pre at least twelve such natiies: and the Practice of so siehine ' was arftool1nffTihuualnl858r' casual examination of .lite , Ant7umamm itQi, that ijrear giving twenty-jne exaniples; .which leads one to surmise that the fashion origE- nated in England andfwas followed is : America.," j! Mii. vaa ' s-tu f iyv' t- :i Between 1840. and. 1850,- the cas- tdni prevailed in the'; United ' States, f 'and ' tb''f8ome extent in England. iiora Jjaacauiay, wnen young, .s wrote bia.namevT. Babinsrton t .Macaulay. : Afhe grew, older he wrote it T. I , - ... , . 1 1 :t' Mttaii latr".ii W romAmbftr to ' havfi I 1 , , . r - . , ; ; - -. : i j tead when a boy :a comedy written One of the characters -was T. Mac- ; phersoii Gatts.-' This:was about 184$ forty- years: ago.f The author : is now a highly' esteemed ' minister in the. Presbyterian .Church,, Rev. Dr. Calvin UL ..Wiley.; , lie was then a lawyer, living at: uxtora.- in a year a . . . -v mt "W i . . , . or two afterwards he wrote in the f samebffice i vireai, auu x iiiai ijteniuL-iii,, a, uouk I' ' .--". :V '.' 1 ' -.-,.- .... . i not. wiiuoui raeriL. we. may, venture I - - i... .- .--...- ItO say, although: we have not read it ainoo 1R47. whon we wwite nur.firn 'criticism- fot '' the' newspapers, the Ktheme ' being11 our friend Wiley's tvel. 'vVVhen a . lad of fifteen or sixteen.. we used . to co to his omce Land he would read to us what he had written of . his novel during- the day. We-"were flattered because Mr Wiley Was a young man of line gifts and at the Univeraity,),and we were de- lifrhta-at th1 Mitintntt f .-r.y ... j t r I andJoldents of the book. The pre- 1 face to ."Alamance'.' . was especially --rt' -ijl'V-iu ". - J - lP'WiW o.,Bri;-pa place-to i all -tne1 persons satenzed in it. Mr. I ... , A ai,. . , a ) -.- - , - folly of the decade indicated above. At Des Moines Judge McCrary, of the tJnited States District Court, rendered a decision on the 24th inst;, that concerns the Rights of States. J It is a question of their right to ' reg ulate inter-State commerce. " - The Judge held .that the act of 1874, originating nnder the TariJf law . of that ; year,. related - to ' a subiect national in its nature," and that if a State could pass such an act;. that 4 ' J. necessarily include . the the power to discriminate against the commerce of States. ' For. these, rea sons such a statute would be in viola tion of the Federal Constitution. ; : It ia not within the power of one State . . -V,.- . " "P0 ,ntf IT-0 - - i" that.would, in effect, give tho power toemand more than its J Ge'n. Wade Hadpton,Gov. ThomD- son, anu otuer . prominent crentlemen of Columbia, bave addressed a mosU 5omplimeirtary letter to John W. R. Tft0 TWnrf : V trom the.editbrflhip of the, Columbia Reg ister..,, v..--;- ' . .... r or Pln'ea. v'i''a .--'' , ; I .During7 a business-' call jA- the-office, of -Messrs Alexander .-Sprunt. & Son, yeBter- !day,(.our;j attention! was attracted by the rbeanty -ofijcertaiu hew ceiling, and wains- .coUiBg recently introduced into their estah- liahinent; which: we ..were , assured by : Mr. Bpruntj was matmng more nor : less than ' 1 ; . l. ' r . r ipiuai .viuoyarmaaeo,! nut. without, any graining ob :orther..'rtistic embellishment Sdmeol jtho panels are perfectly, lovely, the .variegated tints, of the surface suggesting lhe-;combination of many colored Woods ; and that they were made from the common pitch pine of our forests: would Beem al- most incredible but for the undoubted tes timoDyiWhichlaces the question beyond the pale of conjecture or controversy. ; Of teoue some care had to be exercised in the -"taction oJ the wood for this particular purpose.: ;The pine. Mr. Sprunt informs r ns, is fast coming into general use for ceil ing purposes. i ; ,t j , The Black; . River memorial to ' Con- ' gress. ft- i r A memorial to Congress has been placed on the desk at the Produce ' Exchange, for signatures,, being a petition ''from citizens of Sampson,' Bladen and Pender counties for an appropriation to improve the naviga tion of Black River; running through the above-named ' counties and emptying Into the Cape Fear River, leading to the city of Wilmington, the principal seaport town of our State." The memorial adds: "There is at present about seven. hundred and fifty thousand dollars in proauce annually trans ported to market on these waters; consist- - ' v -v. ing ot cotton, naval stores, - jumuer, in gles, etc.i: and we. confidently feel that il tne rivers are put in navigable condition this amount would be; doubled.:". ! . r i , ... ... - i .- .i... . . .. New River - Oystersi It will be remembered that Mr. James B. i r w " ? "'n '' 8d f warded to Boston, some weeks ago, a spe- ci6x lot of jsfew 'ftiver oysters,' just from - I the otrstPi-ftrt AfJlf 'W n rsn.)v r m i - ru i 1 1 Onslow. (They were ent at the reauestoM Mr. ,S JWorthj State Commissioner, from .whom Mr, Muggins has ust received a let- from New River ibyj tyou; for ihe. North Carolina exhibit at Boston was dulv re ceived there: ' The v' came to hand the Sat- uroay .iouewipg data .Of: shipment. Xdid not observe any. spoiled ohes whatever, al though ther had been ten days out of water ana, siowea. u tne noifl or tne steamer more than forty-debt hours. - '. ' & Co., the largest dealers in .Boston, said tnat tne stock ; was excellent, and he ex hibited mndi interest la showine it to deal ers and others... ! was fold by the firm that the oyster beds of the entire State- conld oon. be turned to account if theyeould be ' reacaetu a large, .portion ot .tufa, , Jinn s trade hai ben moved to "Norfolk, where. -"a"ciul VfS w. ffff r '?vJl :ux From them I learned that it was nrobable that Norfolk agents and dealers would' be come more quickly interested in these North : Carolina beds than any other nersons. and I hope soon to get some' of them to look into the opportunities offered in our waters to oyster growers. - - . - Barelars la BMklaKham. ,.-,;- jfss;H I Our correspondent. "Qui Vive." writine r as irom uocKingnam, Kicbmond countyy October 25th; says: . : ' ' l '.Your warning in your issue of the 24th, liUrglarS-il00EOU 'Burglars--Lookout for Them;" was inst I twenty-four hours too lata for our. village. Cole's g in fir. A. ' Stewart's y&t The thief theMentered Mr. -O; D;i McRae's residence an got ,$40.":" JVe are further informed that the wicked individual, made a raid upon Dr. Stansill's residence. The steamship CorUs Bay. Capt. SpravL was cleared from this port, for Liverpool, i; - ... -1-,-.- 'i-i -,;" i j yesterday, bf Messrs. D. R. Mnrchuon 4 I Coiand Alei Sprunt' & Sdn', with '4,576 bales of cotton, weighing 2,188,785 pounds, and valued at' $219,003. : Of this amount Messrs. D. R. ; Murchison & . Co. i shipped 2,300 bales, valued at $109,002, and Messrs. Alex. Spru'ht & Son $2,275 bales 1 valued at $110,000. PThis makes the third - British : steamer that has -taken1 out cotton from this port for Liverpool this season and the aggregate amount. shipped by.. the three fooU up 13,255 bales. .... t : jntprovinc nvar;:?:. .a-t., From parties from Shallotte, TowiishipV . Bruoswick county, who : were in . the city ' yesterday, we learn that John W. Grady, f been fractured during : a difficulty t with JonB. !H.tGrsettn Tuesday the 16th lnsti an account of, whicb appeared in the. ai'., SI!!!L I thA imnrrlaaion that hV 4mni4 iiio fnm ihft .!. i, I -y-"-rr -.y.-"- - rn , f-enecoi we mow. wnicn was at nrst gen- 1 p - ..u. .s.!,. An Exeitlae Cnase ' Vr.-i Took place near 'this city yesterday morning; i; which sly ; Reynard displayed all the cunning of his species,., but at last found it im. ossible to cope with the well- trained houids of our Fox Club, and con sequently succumbed, after a three hours' chase' Thii is the largest fox fPhifc ssy. that has ever been captured in our sur rounding . ; woods, i-We r were, shown his "bniBh" yesterday, and it was certainly a very large aid fine one. The "boys", re port the woods full of game. ; Finely Poaane4. 1 -.-. .; '. ;. -.. One of our city dealers in musical instru ments sold a piano to a gentleman a day or two ago, whi comes back at him with' the statement that the instrument was so highly poKshed that his dog saw anothcydog ,re- presented ia the. handsome, surface and "went for -aim, "V the. consequence being that one side of the piano'' 'was"-; broken in pieces before the infuriated ani mal could be removed from the room. Boggy with Blevele "Wheels. : ; We noticed on exhibition at Messrs. Mc- Dougald & Btwden's, yesterdays a novelty in the buggy Efte,' the vehicle' in question Messrs;: M; & B., has been tested and found to work very nicely. W :;.;"r 1 The receipts cotton atthisport lor W weex enoing yeswruay .uvup ; - hales, as againstvafes-forthe responding wesk- last yea," showing ftn ;in crease bf 293bales.;L,iii5 oil unz.i'l i ;The receipts for the crop year fronv Sep-. tember lst .to date foot up 37,537 bales,: as , against 31 ,875 shales up. tojsame period last - -vearbishowina: anr' increase bf 5,662-bales. in favor of 1883. , v. ;'i :r -We saw yesterday twdlargegSrlieeU,, faisedby,Dr."Cobb, formerly of, thiacity, but now of Hickory,ia ihisrtruck garden at that place. ; Oner of' them weighed ten and the other thirteen' ,; l &ad yet we ; are told by the f riendi r to whoin, they ; weije .u oKnnt imif Mt -iiiR - i:assonG.p them;r3Thex bejvery goodfor.lsbleujeijsai - T ha nnnnnrd Mpjtixter. sars : wis filled Sunday "mopnmg7dIi '11 . . . T- . - . . . 1. tl . 1 Kpv. li. M. ravne...pasfcor: oi. vub chswuuu Presbyterian Church uat , Wilmington,. N- C. The congregations . at. both services' were very large. The sermons , were ex cellent, aDie ana iuu..ai.spuikwu lervoi;. Our neoole were deeply- impressed with the ! excellency -or -ine ;mini8ier ana ms ser-. - i - .. .- . . , . . , . mons. 'l .!'U ,T. r.rWito Personals . Mr. J. F.' Sprague, lormerly connected .with the drug-esUbusiiment of; Lr.w tx. Green, of this city, left-last evening ; for Waynes ville, .-where be will .go-i into the' same oumucao.wim uu wuiuu-wan. The Graded Schools. 1 " ' We learn that the graded schools of 1 this city now have one, thousand name's enrolled, on their list of pupils, and. the attendance is IncreasinES-Prof.Noble says quite a number-visited the different schools during last year. -to-see hdw things1 were progress r--r ,-,--7 1 which, we quote, us follows: - '1 u oujiuunMuei .uujej, ou ,vw " ; l )s,.r. . ; f I ' ' , , I 23d inst., has been restored to practicel - , iiwwiny oi sueii oysters lorwaraea His offence consisted Via the.use of the t a. oureiar . enierea air. jdo. w. A 1 V i 1 - . mum ing, and he hopes to see a suit larger num- i iooi is a Drotner oi tne aiseasea uongress ber this year;.; A cordial invitation; is. ex-' I man; He is a lawyer and Collector of the tended toalL ,j.u. -j i--. tjU1 i 1883. ; ; WASHINGTON. , ....... J J . i-ij ; ' .n -. I ' Pension Attorneys' - DlibaVred ! ; and Suapended A t Contract . for u Ajrmor IMatea , Awarded an Enslish .Firm . oomce anspeetor cnargea witn 1 wlndllnarho Government u i - Washtsgtoii, Oct. 25. Jas. F. EustinffI a pension attorney, of Trenton, N". J.; wh Che words, ".United States, Pension Agency" as descriptive of his business. ' ' ;' j , ; N . W. . Fitzgerald & Oo,i f ! this city were to-day suspended from practice before me jrunsiou rmreau.; it is anegeu mat tne firm exacted illegal fee& and also filed peni sion claims for Confederate soldiers. ' i ; Prank' Sweet: !;of Baltim6r6H has'beea disbarred if rom practice,before the Pensioi Bureau, for interfering with a special exj- r aminfer ia the re discharge1 of 'his duty; and as J nan rtntv mm J. W. Flenner, of this city, has , been suspended from practice before the Pension Bureau, for addressing communications. pensioners intended to cause the commis sion of frauds nt.Q-- Mflri r.j-mit Advices Trdn-AusUn.exasr-aav that' Poetoffice 'IbspctbrGerieral Edgartoni of .St.iJj6uhi,iWho has 'been i investigating Oik affairs of Postofflce Inspector P. Foster, of that place, has found evidence showing that pater s course -tor tne past live years has been highly criminal, and disclosing falsifi cations of vouchers for large sums, and vaj- rious.oiner irregular ana corrupt practices Edgarton is now en route to Washington to report the case.' " J - ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' j The contract for compound armor plates for the turret of the. monitor Miantonomak hB hn mri1w1 nlfirrn in Shofflolrl; - England.' at 110 per ton of; .2,240 pouhqs; thft mp.tnl tn "ho HpTiwproi in bit 'fnnnt.Vifli I -The work of altering the Tessel to receive tne turrets .wui pegin .atonce. at me iN,ew Ynrir nnvv varn i v - i Naval Naval. Adp -The' report of the Naval Advisory Board as to the num ber and class of vessels which should be commenced at once ia order to. carry -fo- wara tne . worx . ot reconstrucuon; ,oi. tne Naval fleet, recommends one vessel similar -to the-Chieaco, authorized last winter and now under construction, to cost $1,295,000; one similar to the Boston and Atlanta, also authorized last winter, - to cost $936,000; one to cost $482,000: two costinff.i516.000 each; and two light draft gun-boats, to cost' f iJBy.iXKJ eacn. ; Total estimate for. seven vessels $4,283,000. : The board also recom mends the completion of the -monitors Pari- tan, AmpUitrite, Terror and Monad nocK; at a cost, respectively, of $875,000, ',$797,000, $874,000 and $1,141,000 -' j , ARKANSAS.. . , . ,,' '! An Unsaecessral , Attempt to Bob a Train, on the Iron Blonntaln Road, j Loj ioiBKni)u w uw jhuiuiuk bum j "St.- Louis, Oct.- 25.-A special from Wal nut Ridge, Ark...says that, an. attempt Was made to rob tne nortn bound express tram on the Iron ' Mountain - Railroad ' last night . about 10 o clock, between Okeaa and Dela-plains.- fifteen2 miles : north of this ' place. Fortunately the express train :was late and the local freight train was Tunning- on the time of the express;. !! The local was signal ed by three lanterns, and when it -stopped . was boarded - by a ' party - of six - men ; all armed After5 a few duestroris they found- they had stopped the. wrotfg train and pass- I d into tho woods with' aaany curses, but h-SA-TiTM fThe condoctor of the local train telegraph tKi-wne conauctor or tne local tram tejeerraDii-. n ed Itoadmaster -i Griffin, of .this . pl4ce.rwho 8ummoneQ a of: citizens, headed 'by t Johft Rhetf-and Taecompttnled -by' United States.Marshal O. ;K.. Wheelen ...,Tifi posSe" went nortn on tne belated express -train, eager for a fight with the robbers, but- no further attempt was made to rob tne tram. The robbers were all large men, from 30 to 40 years of age, wore heavy overcoats land carried lanterns They were apparently well organizsd and seemed to know their busi ness. - Every effort is being - made - to cap ture Uiem "'...?;;-.;,'... ;;,- umjiu iJ . 1 - ' -j ,;v. Death, from Cholera at Alei.hdf!S ! A ', Alexandria. October' 25i Nine ' addii-i uonat -ueauis uavu- occurreu uuro i jlu cholera, mostly Europeans. Dublin. October 25. Michael Watters. who was serving a sentence for complicity. in the- Cross-Maelen murder - conspiracy, died in prison. : At a meeting of the Na tional League Mr. T. M. :ilealy, M. r., de clared that Watters protested to the last his innocence. - Watters was secretary ot tne Cross-Mafflen . branch' .of the - Societv, the. object of which it was claimed was the as- assination of landlords and, omcers ot tne Government, t:-. .'. i "; -...j-j.. :. - v CIVIL RIGHTS The Chicago Oolored Folks Think the Late Decision an Insult to their Race Beady to Support the Devil or Ben Batler. fn;S mu. oyxs V.:v--'g J ;v-M!fi;i. ByTeleirrapht6taelCorntoff Starji 5- j ' ; Chicago, Oct uj25:A well-attended . held last. against Vourt Polk meeting f.'mVre-n marksf ; "'This decision Is, an insult to- our. raca'-'M have always been a Eood-Hepubu- can," but notr I believe we should give our allegiance totnat-party wnicn win give- us j or ln Buttery ' ; . : : yr! , r:,: ; j ? -'icaicAQov: $2,000 Forwarded to Ireland: for the ; -, ':, Defence of 0'DonneU., ; .3 . rM Tnlumnh tn t.hrt Mnrnlnff Ntar.l . i t COAGoVOct. 25. -A-Ml SullivaniOne 6f- the counsel tor. the defence: of Q'Donaell,-cH- bled irom.Londpniyesterday that the pm oner had good - prospects of , acquittal i but. that money was needed to secure a witness from South Africav-'h The treasurer -of , -the Q'Dpnnellfu.nd here has forwarded $2,00p.; "ktsRAILROAD'-WARJiii A .Ik?c-o0 .-'idi u-ii :! atilj xnr.i -r.ix-.-syt t Rate ! Cnttlng t n.;:CWestern tTrauk :By Teleftrapfr to tbMornlne Star.1.: -i 1 if Salt ; ;L ia City Oct.. 25.-The freight l'rwar between theT)enver and Rid the-MisSouriJHVer to Salt Lake;5 -Merchants with light stocks' are' ordering heavily by : r teieeraoh.vand those wim ueavy stocRS' are verydneaSy. iLari'r vS GEORGIA. fr.-i. ').'; :ii'js; Ka - Klax Trials The Northeastern :,U..-:;"r;:.:: Bailroad. , , r -v fBt "Toiejrraph to the Uornlne Star.l Atcanta.5 ' Oct 26.--Argument- ia -the Banks county Ku Klux trial was ended at 1 P. M. to-day, and the case went to the ?;-Tho will nut h mven. ani nnnnr-' tunity to return a,-verdict, until to-morrow evening, if an agreemenUbe reached sooner. 1 u- Juagments against tne ; n ortneastern -: it. U. were compromised to-day ana tne re ceiver dismissed. . ' ' THE FIRST DISTRICT. i Chs C Pool Nominated as the Be-- -' pnhllean Candidate -for Congress By Telegraph to the Momlng Star. Raleigh. N. C.'Oct' 26.' The Repub- lican Convention yesterday - nominated Judge Chas. C. Pool, to fill the vacancy in the First District, caused by the ' death of Congressman -w alter; a -j. fool, .Judge Unas. --portof Elizabeth City. NO-4 ,t. m.I,uJFQXEUJltJr.. j.t Reappearance ofCbolera In JEffTpUaa .Towm - Victor . Emannet'a Itloun ment Irish Informers Nlliillxt DJs- - coverlealu Moscow tVar Klovementii f dcrminy anLRo8la.v.'.a ..-i'J Alexandria, uct. iJti.-MJiioiera lias re appeared in Tavoum-on-' the 'west side or theNik; and atjSejfteh. . ( v ; f, ,( Rome. Oct. 26. It is stated that the Pope will " declare - ihe ! Pantheon a pagai a i - r . . i , . . "XT' . . . Emanuel is erected in its centre, as is iri- tended by Kiag Humbert. ' ' i' -" j Jj LONTKjr Oct- 26. -TheJ Irish dnformcri Michael . Kavapagh, Joseph -: Smith And Joseph? Hanloa;' have arrived at " Calcutta whither, they i- were shipped : as grooms the steamer which took -horseB from Met- bourne:1''44 Ji:.e.t i w a . mv . L Mrt .-. TS . t imi Jus. i nomas .rower v wonnor4U- k., iot Gal way. in & letter to the Pall Mall Gazette, demanoa that any new 1 franchise mil that may be .introduced in Parliament shaU eml- i . -rl.i j -. ? ' . i urace xreianu in its provisions. , .. i Berlin: Oct.' 26 It is' Teporled; "that k press iised for printh atNihilist periodic baa. been discovered in the imperial, Marie liyititut&ijf 05 teachers iave been1 arrested; iin .pnnectky with the. publication; , . ; . v - f cteasedt their; ;forces , . on their; .respectivV frontiers.' . ltussian .villages are crowded with Itossacks. and tJetman irarrisona an fortifications are being strengthened...;. t Louisiana: A JJegro Murderer, Killed, by- a. Son of bis Victim Convention Of Fire Eoh Slneers at New Orleans. rr3;nift U jy. I By Telegraph tq tiie Horning Star. . j "fJipw rxiT i" ira " ff 1 0'7 !lTrT?3 mrti-FiiVi 'while Alfred Gcwset (colored); was? oh his l.way.tothe; Uriminal . Court, w charge officer Domerick 10 receive a life-sented for Uiemurder. of policeman,' John Coff eyl .last, April,-the eldest son of Coffey, aged la years, stepped up benind tiosset, wne was; handcuffed, at the cprner of. Rampart and Conti . streets,, and shot him in the head. - Gosset died in a few minutes. ' Thb deputy'sheriff, "who was. in charge of ; the murderer, immediately arrested Coffey. J - The Uonvention of J!e Engineers. Jaas chosen Chicago as the next place of meet ing. Chief Thomas O'Connor, of New. Or leans, was- elected President 1 IlearyiA. Hills, of Cincinnati, Secretary, and A;Q. Hendricks, of New Haven, Treasurer.' A number of vice presidents were also -elected The ponyeation then;adjpurned, sine. die. J ? OHIO. Jamptns Into a v. Fiery Furnace Sul- U Ide of a Workman mi a : Glass Fac- By Telegraph to the Mornine Star) f J FrtTSBUKG? Oct; a 26. A- special from Kent,; phio,, reports that yesterday Samuel Beihl. aged 24." who had been working' Tor a week at Williams 5 ; -Jo.-s- glass works, . was.standtog by the , furnace, .just after ihe the Workmen told him to siand aside: as : he wished to get .at,, thefumacot ."jSo do I,?'"? uicui icpucu, auu Luiuwiug ui pipe uu iin; i ground, he plunged neadlong!hrlouglQbe i ring wnence the melted: glass is taken, and passing over Hue pot, landed oni:;th&iU' tensdy hotcoalfr thafc)utround:it.-x:b sudden andunexpecteu were bis. move- J Tnents that ho effort 'could1-be 4nade to-re- strain hinvynTlM hestjwas so . great that death must have been instantanuous. A single breath drawn in-;lhat- fiery fufeaaoe fslBBie bream-drawn wtiiatnery rwaaoe the aunra.. There were -but : . ""err -y.j- . . i CALIFORNIA Great Susar monopoly at "San Fran ' claeo-v'i . "ill - miSii fBv Telegraph to thaMoi-niflKStar4 , San Francisco. OcL : 27. It is "stated that Clause - Speckles v: proprietor of -the Caluornia Sugar -;Kefirung Company, : and ' wno noids a monopoly or tue Hawaii sugar, trade, nas contracted to ; purcuase tue en tire cron of sttear of the Islands- on : cohdi Hon that all shipments shall be made m his of the can-vine trade both ' wavs: as other SO UTHERN SBIRITTTA LISTS. cf '; 1 : General Convention. at Chattanooga -n mi .L 1.11.. wai ... i t U tHATTANOOuAi VCl. rine. OpiTllUai- ists of the Souths after a. fortnight session, , consisting; or .daily -lectures, seances, ta, held a Ueoeralv Convention, yesterday and - have completed ;a -permanent organization by the election of. Samuel Wattson, D. u. , of ; Memphis,;; Presidents- Chattanooga js made ' Southern .headquarters. Literature of thepiritualists will be distributed broad cast throughout, the . south, from this city. A - Southern ? Camp .Meeting Association will he also organized. IjhuiM v- i - NmrsYORK, Employes Concede the Demands of . Striking Printers.- I By Teleirraph to the Mornlns' Star.T ' New York, October 26. Of 1,800 com-, positors-j emnloyed . in. job printing ; and newspaper offices who struck yesterday for an increase i -wages,' only- about lou were not at; wprk: this morning. All the other men. returned, to work yesterday and to- day;lat the wages demanded by the Typo-. aDhical Union. The terms required , by the Union were 45 cents a thousand ems for- newspaper work and from 37 to 40 cents on books and , job work, with $18 the lowest weefcly wages. iN On-union men were taKen by: employers with, the understanding that holding oufhumber about half adozen, A and are not of much Importance. FLORIDA The Cordon Around Pensaeola Navy' ; : " Tard. "; '- ! --I. il it? 'Washington," Octi 26. Surgeon :Geh-i era! tlamiltoni of, the .Marine; Mospi tal Ser vice, received a telegram from. Commo dore Welch;sof the Pensaeola iNavy Yard.i ito-dayi reporting;, that an; agreement Jioid - been reacnea. between nimseit ana tne '-president f the Board of Health-to "'con tinue, the: cordon. around the navy yard un til Nov. 1st. Dr. Hamilton has notified Commander Welch of his approval of the ;agr.emet.., ARKANSAS. . . 4 The .Alleged. Train Bobbers Said to he , Harmless wood-Choppers.'- Bt; Louis, Oct. O.-Dispatches' froto Wnlniit Rulirn. und . nthor nlftrna mnfiivriil'. i late iast mgot say mat tne men wno stopped the train on the Iron Mountain road I .were wood'choppers, who. were expecting a lot ot supplies, ana wnen tney iouna tuat the goods were'not aboard, oi ; tne urauvre tiredwith no. further demonstration. Still it is asserted that the railroad officials here received; a. telegraphic request .for, detee- UVeS.j . , '::- --:iSr --. OTTONlSTATEMEN&A- Total, Receipts at all American Ports 'K'SInco 'Septemhe,"'?5 Wi a iki trBj? Telegraph b tb Jlonung Stai j i New Tobk, Oct.. 26. The following are the total net receipts Of cotton at all the ports since eptembem,f l3 s- walveston, 198.423 bales ;New Orleans.305.C26 : Mobile. ' 57,652; Savannah, 247,489' Charleston,' 173- 670-.Wilmington 34,535; Norfolk,, 123.775 lialUmore. 5.11B: JSew rortci.7-3: lioston. 4,496aahiladelphia,4,65l;WestPoint(8f,S40; .Brunswick,4,44S; Port Koyal, 2,242-, Pensa eola. 5,212 ;Indianola, 5,694; Providence,44; Uity roint 35fi. Total, i,tw,7H.! i-t . . ss a ij' 1 .'.i i I Asheville Citizen, : K Col, Came ron exhibited in the office last week a man gold wurtzel beet, raised on his premises, whicn weigned IV pounds, io ounces, net It measured two feet in length. W1 ' i Smithfield Herald: . A . negro boy, abodt fifteeh'tyear's oldstole a horse from a Mr. Sutton, near Bcaman's Cross Roads, Sampson county, . on the night of the '14th mst. ' He was pursued and caught , in Meadow Township; this county, at the house'of Majo? Surleson the!6th..; ;A. - fight ;,.occurred 1 at.the -colored .Baptist church of this place one night iast.week, in . -which Joe Green a -colored ;l)nck: -mason . .. from' Goldsbof d; and Reuben Sanders, col-... ored; of this place, Were " the' participants. Banders was painfully, though.. notserioHa- ' )y hurt. " , - A --ji "-' - - V -'ipst'onfe JPressr". Would it not be1 well f or--- the ' counties i.of inoir, Jones; Onslow,-. Duphn and Pender to offer ? some inducements to the syndicate that con template ronningilroadrom Norfolk to -Charleston, to have 1 it ; pass "through the.' above hatneicourities ?- Suppose' lts trossed the Chpwan river at Winton, thence South . -bv the way of Windsor. '.Bertie county, . ross the Tar at Boyd's Ferry or Greenville, fitt county, tnence tnrougu ljenoir, yupuu . and Pender, istersecUog the Wv & W.R. ' R; , at or near Rocky Point,' Pender county; v ! 'Li fjharlotle ' s'eeTv' :' We regret to earn r of the xdeathat ibis borne' near Matthew's Station, oh the morning of the . ; 1 33rtflnat' of MTv James? Orr, an Ad trad , respected citizen of. JuecklenDurg county. ...... X U.O 4. wUwLUOw UJ UVU. V WW - . Church closed its annual session at Newton on Monday night. c Sunday J night - a mis sioaseryice. was held, and enthusiastic ad dresses " were ' delivered.- Dr. Santee, of laryland, spoke on foreign missions. Rev. --Clever, .of -Baltimore, Corteru3sylvaruar'r Carnahan and Whitmbre, tofi Virginia on home missions. Dr. Walker set forth . the ; iiaiu open m norm varuuna. - : y.Moaxo&:oirer-Expres8: ;Tho farmers are putting in the. largest crops of Msmall-grains since itbo-M war ------n Choice -.Northern apples are selling in Monroe ior fifty'"1 cents Der dozed.-4 Thousands' 'upon ; thousands of bushels of apples rotted . upon - . the ground in' this county this : year.: " ,JLMt Moncure, of Portsmouth.an; attache of the Carolina Central 'Railroad, was in Monroe- last week fpr the purpose of .loca- : ting a route for a new raiiroaa i-rom mon Toe taChej&erv S.;.C .which the irailroad ... authorities Drooose to build. Mr. . ' David Onrleei of Bit? Liefcr-died; suddenly L onTlast Wednesday morning, with heart ' f xlisease, " J3el was about 45 years of age. - iic - AshevUle Citizen: Wolves . are . 8ufiiciently"numerous in Buncombe among . the Black - Mountains , and . in the, Craggy Ranee to be a serious nest They abound i:msdjne-rirts-4)f-JMitchell, iYahcey. and I Madison: and on both flanks of the Bal- f Bam.-rd Jackson and Haywood, and also . , in Transylvania., . , They are surnciently nu - merous to Wake sheep husbandry in some parts more than'problematicaL: Sometimes, when'they'become " too ' troublesonie, they - jare poispnedx; with f -strychnine; sometimes their dens are hunted up and the cubs kill- r tatilthey arei:rarelyj -jaunted-f dowp as game.T.Among the; claims allowed by the board of Commissioners of Buncombe dur- 4 ipg.the past fiscahyear, we find the follow-. ing payments ior won scarps: uecemDer, 1882, F. Dimngliamct5jMaroh 1883, J. J A. HensleyLEK. Julytkw-$20 ; August. Jft. $&-si&T-3a.e.tv ar.'jsir't-i'is'S-.-' "" . - . Chaxiatte2ii?6e?W Some of our country, friends .from the Providence section are considerably exercised over the ' -. stmigeccohduct of; a groom that-was-to-be, ; but who. forsome.unknown reason, failed tocoine tothne;onthappoi6ted-dayj "The t lady whpm-ha was to claim for. bis bride,, is . a talpnt'fVr! anH'r.nltivalefl daughter of Mack-. . leaburg; and the' young- man i who was to marry :her Jived lUftrecteUcouiity -t- a number of our .citizens" vh"0 invested,-s bout" twenty veara'ftato' in stocic in: the; National Express and- Transportation Company -of Virgiiua and maryiand, were yesteraay re minded of the fact that theyfrwerei stockholders- 4n the ..company byheing. called upon'to pay an'assessttlent-of thirty dollars per. share In the concernva .party: up: North having , sued the., company and received thousand dollars. .sg-32iV Jefcncuffl j Raleigh 3fttZHW,6& chanic: Senator , Yance, though .he- has been Ior neariyiortyears-m bflice.'has- as much frankness; and straight-forwardness as any " public man that ever, lived. We have not seen himjfoR several -years, and never owed JLjm afavosy butwe haye- long admired the jnamy impolicy pi huuib oi bis acia. it (i8 weit Known.we supposev ttnau tne - Fair Association bad. to, borrow money in . the earlier years0f its- history:: "$10, 000 from' the N.v.C.1 .'Insurance -.Company;; a . simUaramount from Col. T. M. Holt; and so-onrr' These "obligations,3 With vthe ac cruing interest ran over $20,000 at times, and could only be reduced by tne small an nual gams of t he-Fair-week- receipts over expenses, r The reduction has-been consid erable of late years ;Vbut. the .progress,, on the whole; Has oeen8low. -Uertam claims became restive, .and the Association's at torneys learned of prospective attachment of the cash receipts of the past weefcjfio an assignment of . the .cash was made , to Leo. T; Heartt " Esd 7t who has' been acting -Treasurer smce.Maj.v. Wiley's resignation. Goldsboro; c Messenger :z I The ; ladies of the Methodist , church in this city nave invited the Kev.l)r; Milbura, "the blind man, eloquent," to deliver one; or two -lectures in this ,city,c and we are . pleased to learn that he has signified his willingness to he herej eariy n .Novembefv,-j---.Mr. Geo. D. Bennet scored the best trotting horse at the StateFair races ' Friday,--win-ning.the racem.-Sathebesttinieieyer knpwn on the Raleigh, race course. Price knd - Leach have -been f North to get ''SOap..J Said a newspaper man, in Wash- -ington, to another, "Who in the. devil is . this 'CoL 'Price?" - -Said the other to- him. "Sir, does your mother knowyou are out?" .Price is.. the man who discovered North Carolina. 5 s,- Albert L. Carr Esqdied at his home in ? the. Ticinity , of. ; Marlboro. Pitt couhbn the morning Of the 18th of ' uctober, isaar pi cardiac dropsy, tne: sequel - -. ef rheumatism; . Mr. Carr volunteered and 'Connected" himself with the 27th' N.J' C, Regimnt;.-when.:jquhea: boy; was. twice wounded, but- surrendered, with hiscom mand O Appomattox - Court House April 9thiil865J He.waSva) brave j&ndi true. sol- ; dier, , . .. - ' - ' -'-., - ' - - . . -: -. New. Berne Journal: TKe mem bers of "the Hickory Grove Church;1 Lenoir countyj njet last .Sunday andj electedRev. . J, D. .Cavanaugh, of DupUn county,, pastor for the ensuing year.J Contentnea Neck itemsrThis part ofjthecountylwill not buy fertilizers from the Northern markets next year. A factory-will he pat up-here some time shortly, tp make fertilizers of the bones ; of cows and hogs which have died since theno fence -law has gone into operation. 'Justice Brooks has the largest cotton in the,State,' "It is so 'high and thick' that his hands cannot get among' -it to pick it out. He and his two little boys began picking it out last week; he picks out the bolls he can reach and; the. boys climb the' stalks, and gather the top erop. v Qae-of his -boys fell out of the top of a stalk the other day and received'woundsr.whicli .disabled .him for .five days. .rr. S wansboro. jottings : Mr. Wallace LewisVof New rivef,: caught 2,400 large mullets in one1 drop' s seining.-. ; The fishermen have, caught a "considerable number1 of -large -mullets 'thfs-week;- ai Brown' inkt20-.,batTels.tDare inlets 20 barrels; Hammock 15 barrels; "Hawkins, 25 barrels Cedar Point- and Mount Pleasant, .some 20ibarrela , frG I--Raieighr NimQbseroer'ilhe . volumes of, the new Code are beginning to arrive. '- Bishop Lyman's call' for the convention in the Aew dipcese : will appear to-morrow. , The date ist the. J2th Decem ber, the place New Berne. . ii-i The meet- . Bg ;of;; the Baptist j Association, . at ,8alem church,' a mile from Apex, attracts ah im mense erqjwd; 'A ' gentleman of ; this city who was present yesterday, said there were ,5,000 , persons "present. ; We made a -casual reference yesterday - to the 'visit, of , Mf.j Warren GnEahott; of Norfolk,, to the ".city, in . connection 'with certain canals. -Thesd werd the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal, .and .the New Berne and Beaufort Canal: r The first is already constructed and i Is dpin aline bu8iness.vxThe latter,! which Is hi process of construction, is on the same line as the old Clubfoot and Harlowe canal, . ; mention of ., which : can be found on the statute books any time for a hundred years past. It was chartered about a century ago, Jind as before , mentioned the statutes are full of legislation concerning it. Like the Western' North Carolina vRairroad,'- it is about to be actually completedjn our own iday and generation. , orously pushed. " : wort is - being yig I k r V I'. 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 2, 1883, edition 1
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