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The Weekly Star.. PUBLISHED AT AT , -Jl. C 0 A iBiBl IN ADVANCE. i sgs88SS8S88SSS8 - : 8888888888888888 - moQMt9 sgg$28SSgSSSggggS S8SSSSSSS8SSSSSS8 -.i'"w s gsg's'sSSSSSSSgSfi'SSS - S88S8S8S8S88S8S88 S88888S8SSS8S88S8 SS888SS88S88S8883 SSSS3SS3SSSSSSSSS - 8S888S88S8S8S38S8 " ' ' ; ' r.. S - - it - i c itered at the Post Office tWflmington N. C, as secona ciass maner.j . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ffhc subscrifition price of. the Wekxj.y St.vk is as follows :. .t X - -- - 1 Si tiile Copy 1 year, postage paH,- fl.tSO o monuis, 3 months. 60 THE HESODBCEl OF THE FOTJR. - DIVISIONS. t t, a. . Li T J .La ... III an luat wo uvn oaiu wo pui- p-MeJwas.to accepf:the fact that rail- r.:iirt are of immense benent.to a S it, and are indispensable to a sea- l ft. With a nftmber of liberally m v ;ged railways centering at one town like the h pokes of a wheel cen tering in the hubS its growth and progpess is assured. Fortunate is that city that has several lines i of niiiro.iH radiating from it and pene- iruing the various' sections beyond an.; that are always managed witn a i,r. per regard fortla welfare, for its pr.-.-penty. y The Cape Fear ftnd Yadkin Valley Riil vay.as we hay assayed io show, when completed fFom Wilmington to Mount Airy, together with ail of the - proposed branchef beyond " Fiyette- villf, will be of gfeai importance to our town. We. turn again to Maj. Harne s ngures. tin tne yape Dear division or une contempiaiea roaa lliert'are Brunswfisk, New Hanovtr, JPender, Bladen afd; Simpson coun ties, with 82,285 population, 227,845 impi i d acres of land,and 1,348,371 unimprDved acrestax value $4,1 94,- 830; n-al and personal value, $11,- 8-21,(508. In the i Middle division there are Cumberland, Harnett, .Moore, Chatham,1 Alamance (tribu tary county), Randolph and - Guil fi.nl. The .population is 134,006; imj rnvel acree,626,877; unimproved, 1,72S,!27; tax valae, $11,460,601; re ii and personal Value, $20,640,918. Tlx counties are productive and exiit-nifly rich in i timber. The fol-ln-iiigcareul estimate of one coun ty aionf, Cumberland, will show the resources in jimber: '' L ng leaf pine, 806,000,000 feet lumber: sh.ri li-af pine, 50, 000, 000 feet; poplar,150,- - 000 .000 feet; cypress, 400.000,000 feet; the : gums, 300.000,000 feet; juniper, 60,000.000 ! feet; beech, 50,000,000 feet; the oaks, 50,- 1 000,000 feet; besides considerable quantities oi noRwood, hickory, Dull bay, mulberry, ana: id nvtr bottoms ana adjacent, syca more, oak and black walnut.. Harnett and Moo-contain large pine forests and con- tribute immense quantities of lumber, i Chatham, Randolph and Guilford are i ich in iron ore, and Chatham has tbe celebrated Coal Fields. . l lie riedmont ; division contains Fory;h, Rockingham (tributary), Stokes and Surry." The population is COiiOimproved acres, 302,621 ; nn- impj..ved, 712,627; tax value, $4,439, 04 1 ; real and personal valae, $10,305, 4G3. This: region is excellent and is rich; in productions, in timber, and is I very progreSMve. The Yadkin Vafley division is com posejd of Yadkin, Wilkes, Caldwell, Mitchell, : Watauga, Ashe and Alle ghany. Population, 79,410: improved acres, 512,118; unimproved, 1,064, 336; tax value, $4,624,553; real and personal value $7,450,190. With this large and fertile section opened up and made of easy and rapid access to Wilmington why should not our city feel very-greatly the benefit ? With ; a' speedy outlet to the ocean for these counties why Bbould not the commerce of Wil mington be greatly increased ? There are large sections along this railway that are most admirably adapted to stock raising. Tobacco and grain are produced in high perfection. Manu factures abound and flourish, and the timber resources are simply immense. It does seem that the ' resources of the country along the line of this im portant railway as proposed are great enough to warrant all that has been said in favor of ." the speedy completion of the road from Wil mington to Mt. Airy together . with me extensions at different points as heretofore indicated. Those that are more particularly interested in the character and resources of the coun try that will be thus connected di rectly with Wilmington should con suit the elaborate and intelligent re port made by Prof. Washington C, Kerr, State Geologist at i the time. f he road from Fayetteville to Wil mington might be constructed mainly y convict labor. Iron is low and ine tune appears propitious. Why not construct the road as soon as pos sibie? if we were discussing the subject for the readers at the other end of the line we would be , careful to con 8der the population industries re sources, and prospects of Wilming VOL. XVI. ton. We deem it necessary to refer to bat one point the effect this road would have upon the prosperity of our town. We believe that it would enhance the value of real estate and add to our population. We think every industry would feel the benefi cial effects of this great highway. It is yery certain that the commerce and trade of the -town would receive a new impulse and: both would grow. BRAINS, BBtTINKlKBNT AND MONEY. Since we noted the discussion as to the division of what is "known; as the North Carolina Conference, M. E. Church, and the curious opinion that the West -had the "brains5"" and we- suppose, the culture : also, we have read a second able - paper bv RevvDrv-Bagwell in -?the I Raleigh has the reputation of being one of the ablest and best furnished men in the body of which he is ,an active and influential - member.'- His last contribution is not only very well written and thoughtful, but it views the matter of "brains" and culture and refined social "influence from a very different standing-point from that held by others. That he is cor rect in the points we will refer to we .have no doubt. - From our Chapel Hill days until now a period of thirty-eight years our observation and acquaintance confirms Dr. Bag well's statements. Mark you, the Stab has nothing to do with the di vision question. It is not remotely concerned ' in j that matter however important and interesting to others. It - merely concerns itself with a phase of the discussion that is broad enough to interest citizens generally, and to allow a secular journal to note and comment thereon. Dr. Bagwell mentions to us the curious ac, for such it is we sup pose, that the supply of ministers for the Methodist Church in North Carolina comes mainly from the West, "or rather from the middle westward. tie is snowing now a division would cut off the ministerial upply n the East, and says: "Tnmw men in the Kaat An nnt aoom tn feel called to enter the ministry or else they resist it because hitherto better avenues lor secular pursuits nave opened to them than to young men in the West. If the aDove is true, -1 tnins 1 1 can assert this proposition : -; The East cannot supply itself muipreacQfiM oj indigenous growta. The demand will be greater than tbe supply. It would nave to iook to anotner ixnrerence. where are they to come from ? JJo you say, from the West as heretofore? 1 think: not. s The young preachers of the West will not voluntarily offer themselves to the East. Why T Because the general belief obtains in the West that the East is a burial ground." - :.- mere is no denying that in very many instances the men of the moun tains have gone to their graves when sent into the malarial districts. How for another, and, to ns, the most in teresting , point made by Dr. Bag well. Being himself one of the very best cultivated and, most refined" of the Western men it is creditable to his observation and candor that he should write as follows: -. - "The East helps to cultivate Western men and make them largely what they are in the subsequent years of their ministry, This is a most natural consequence when we consider the intellectual - status of the two sections. Let Western men boast as they may about Western talent, there are more cultivation, refinement, and liberality in the East than in the West. I can speak with the greater freedom as I have the honor to be a Western man. - The superior social refinement and intellectual culture resulting from the superior advantages of wealth in ante beiium davs. still obtain in the East Environment is prodigious in its educating power. Take a young man of good native ability, but of rugged accom piiabmenu, . nxe the crags - ot his n a tive ' heath : or the "unpolished diamonds of the Western; hills, brine him un der : the : influence of - Eastern ' refine meat, let him feel the gentle and chastening influence of its touch upon his social and mental habits, and bis metamor phosis is astonishing. The West furnishes the diamond,-: but the East must polish it. Attrition with people of superior accom plishments, of more refined tastes and po lite manners, stimulates a laudable amoi tion and serves to bring out the fine native elements with which he is endowed, and to more ramdlv educate him in all those oual itiesthat win general success than would have been possible at any school or set of surroundmgs in his native province, rat ents beine equal, I think Western preach era wno nave spent weir eariy uiiuustry tu the East, at a time when their powera were m their nascent condition, have developed more rapidly and attained to greater effi ciency than they could or would have done if they had remained in the West." ; - Now we take it that this statement is correct in the main. We do not sup pose that all Western men lack refine ment and delicacy; nor do we suppose that all Eastern men are well bred and polished in manners. The truth is there are some Western men who are naturally gentle and refined in manners as there are .any number of Eastern men who never learn by as sociation and are rude and unmanner ly in spite of example and attrition. Some of the finest examples of high breeding,' of genuine native nobility of character, of exquisite propriety, dignity and courtesy have been found in men of Western birth. But then they may have owed no little of this to a change of residence and associa tion. Gov. Graham was an excellent example. Some men never outgrow early associations and remain rough and vulgar to the end.' The Spanish proverb is true "You cannot make a eilk purse out of a sow's ear." Dr. Bagwell says: "By reference to the minutes it will be found that the East pays more money, for all claims than the West by a large per cent. Specially is this true of the Confer ence collections. A large amount of East "1 ii- hid ern money in the years past has gone to support western missions. The West sun needs the help of the East ia developing its resources.'' . - - . v . - Either he is at fault or Rev. J.W. J enkins has got ' his' figures ' mixed. The latter, showed in iho Advocate that the West paid more money than the East. Rev. M. A. Moore has also shown f by' figures rthat Dr. B. ia in error. If the records of ' the State are appealed : to it; will notCbe diffi cult to show that the "brains-have come "more' from, the East and the counties - adjacent to Raleigh than from the West, tut the West haYnot been barren. fj " - a ' f.V-1 v irguiia .geta a goou . iat omce in the appointment of Mr. John vGoode to the office of Solicitor General in place of Mr.Samuel PiulUps, f or merly of IMorth CafoTlaa.' We be- nisnea : lawyer, more : so. than : but not probably 1 Judge Fowle, who 1 sought the place. We never thought Judge F. would get the position af ter Jarvis was selected to ornament the Court of Dom Pedro. - " ' - Referring to the posthumous hon ors that havev been paid to Sidney Lanier, the Georgian poet, the schol arly Current, of Chicago, says: "Lanier's death at a comparatively early age had a melancholy phase in view of the general recognition which the world was about to accord him. Ia this last quarter ottne nineteentn century poets have had nttie reason to complain of cold treatment. xame was never so easy to attain as now, Mrs. Camile Henrie supported Mrs; Langtry when in . the United States. She is a comely,' plump woman and lives at Quebec She has just eloped with a fellow named Downes." She sent her husband the following tele "Montreal, April 29. I love Jim bet ter than you. Good bye. - Camus. Sequel: Jim has been arrested and will -be tried. She is pouting and in tears, they got oil, but were ar rested at St. John's, while at a hotel. lue attempt to make r out a case for Consul Morgan fails utterly. He wrote a pamphlet - glorifying Blaine and in it he distinctly referred to a Mexican journal as having alluded to "Mr. Blaine's nomination for the Presidency of the Union as bad news," and makes a strong plea for Mr. Blaine's election. That seems to settle the date of publication. The Democratic party jmay be hard - up but it can certainly do without the services of Blaineites. Inoculation for cholera has been successfully tried, as was reported, as the STAR noted. Thirty physicians at Valencia, Spain, were inoculated as a protection against cholera. But let us wait and see how; they come out. If they, are exposed to cholera and never take it then the preventive would seem to be about established. ' Grant is again engaged upon his "History of the War." We hope it will be more trustworthy than his account of the battle of Shiloli in the Century. It will hardly be his tory if it is not. . lie is , enjoying a temporary surcease and reaction but he will die from his cancer all the same. ' . ' ' .: ' Rev. Sam Jones .was asked if he had been threatened with violence. Here is his reply: . "Not exactly.. One fellow talked as if he meant violence, and I aqked him how he thought his wife would look in the morn ing, and he then wanted to think over the matter, wepartea inenaiy. . Artesian Well and Other matters. The W, & W. " Railroad Company are having an artesian well bored at Burgaw to get a flow of water sufficient for the tanks.;:;ltlwill be carried to a -depth of about 130 feet. . The boring is done by a new process. A small pipe goes down in side of a larger one,' through ; which water is forced with sufficient power to propel the borings to the surface through the other pipe. ' There is an interesting scientific fact that may be demonstrated by the boring of this well. The actual thickness of the eocene formation in Eastern North Carolina has never been ascertained, though geologists have found it to be over ninety feet with out reaching the bottom of tbe strata. ' It is supposed that this eocene formation is reached at a depth of about twenty feet be low the aurface. Burgaw is 56 feet above sea-ievei. Who Are Drummers! The following letter from State Treasurer Baine, in response to Inquiries from Sheriff Manning, is given for the information it may. convey:' Ralbigh. N. C. Anril 20. 1885. S. H Manning, Esq., Sheriff, die.. WO- 'mington. If C: Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th inst, re- BDectine the business of "produce brokers,1 and asking my opinion as to their liabiUty to the drummer s tax. has been received. . : The business of a produce broker is not nneciallv designated in our law. The busi ness is regulated either by section 24 or 28, of the revenue act, having reference, respectively, to commission merchants and drummers. A commission merchant ope rating under section 24 is confined to his store. Soliciting orders outside of the store, whether in or bevond the town, either per sonally or through agents, will subject the party to the drummer's tax, and be must have a license for each house for which he acts. A resident and non resident are taxed alike. The law makes no discrimination. This being the case a citizen of a town pur suing business as a drummer has no advantage over any other . citizen of . the State going there and operating likewise, though he mav be only a transient dealer; Thm lAfit ftnir?eation is made because some residents of towns in this State are under the imnresaion that thev can operate with' nut the drummer's license if they do not solicit orders beyond their town, which is not allowable. - - . I have endeavored to answer explicitly, and 1 hope the decision is satisfactory. Very respectfully,. D. W. Bats, , State Treasurer. ikM WILMINGTON, N. O.j FRIDAY, IHAY 8, 1885. 5 A Hint t Farmer Try h Cultiva tion of Broom Cora. At this particular juncture in the farming Interests of North Carolina, when it is so important that every foot of ground possi ble should be utilized, it may not be amiss to call attention to what might be made a profitable crop. We allude to broom corn. There ia a broom factory now in successful operation here, and there are other channels through which all the broom 'corn that would be likely to be raised in this particu- larecUon could be disposed of. All the matHal used in the factory here has to be obtained at a distance, and the demand for It will, constantly increase as the business growsland develops. -ywe have at hand, some "ful mfoTmaoniB regard to the cultivc jn of -tie broom cprn. The ground ought to be good and fresh' as you would want for Indian corn, and also well broken. The seed should be planted in the spring not ' too early), and' the rows should be three " and one half feet ' apart, the seed being drilled. Much - depends upon good "cultivation and the absence of weeds. - Cut If will not do to let them mature too tho- roughly. Ia cutting,1 one hand goes ahead to "table," followed by the cutters. The tabling consists in bending the stalks of two . rows diagonally across each: other. about two feet from the' ground.' The brush projects beyond the row, and is then cut and laid on the table, thus formed, to dry. Six inches of the stalk should be left to the brush. Threshing the seed should come next. Posts can be set in the ground and cross pieces attached,' so as to form a sort of table, upon which the straw is laid, with." the brhBh projecting. To get the seed out ia the next thing. The cheapest way is to get a "piece of tough hickory, a foot long and six inches wide,' and saw, teeth three inches deep' and one-quarter of an inch in width. -The teeth should gow gradually ;' smaller towards the end, some thing on the style of a comb; 5 In curing, sheds ought to 'be provided to protect the corn from the sun' and rain. ' The corn should be laid in racks, not too thick, and sufficiently far apart to allow free ventila tion. i It is clairied for broom corn that it can be made a ifcore .profitable crop than either corn or cotton One bushel of seed will plant twelve acres, and the usual yield of seed is fifty-five or jsixty bushels. - The cost of cultivation is about the same as Indian corn. The yield of broom corn is from four hundred to one thousand pounds to the acre. Those going Into the business for profit should begin with five or ten acres. Several bushels of seed have been procured for those who wish to try the ex periment, and can be had at the broom and mattress shop on Chesnut street, next to the Sock Spring Hotel. The seed is an important part of the crop, forming an ex cellent f cod for stock, j Death of Charles B. Fennel., It has been known for several days past that Mr. Charles B. Fennel was sinking rapidly, but nevertheless the announcement of his death yesterday morniag. about 8 o'clock, at the residence of this father, Mr. Owen Fennel, on Dock. between Sixth and Seventh streets, caused a shock among his many devoted ' friends. During the past winter deceased manifested symptom f the terrible disease (consumption) which so quickly carried him off, and he made a trip to Florida with the hope that in that mild climate he might recover his health. Instead, however, I he ' grew rapidly worse. His parents . hastened to his bedside,- and, as soon ; as practicable, brought him , back home again, when evervthing i that Darental solicitude could devise or medical skill accomplish waa'"mHto 8 inches thick. done with the hope that he might finally be spared. 1 But, alas! nothing would avail. There were slight improvements, to be fol lowed by more serious relapses, until at last he passed peacefully away and is at ' rest. Mr .' Fennel was only 29 years of age, the last six of which, previous to his illness, he passed in the employment of Mr. D. L. Gore, commission merchant, in . whose esteem his capacity and Btrict busi ness integrity had won him a high place. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 8 o'clock, from the residence to the First Baptist Church. i Fire at Elisabeth town. - ' , The steamer D. Murehison, Capt. Smith, which arrived here from Fayetteville at a late hour on Friday night, reports a de structive fire at Elizabethtown, Bladen county. On Thursday night. The particu lars accessible were meagre.but it was stated as certain that the. fire : swept everything from Capt White's house to Montford's corner,, which would include Capt White's dwelling, also used as a hotel, his store, a building occupied by T. H. Hall, and one other building. Another report says there were dwellings and two stores burned. monthly Exports ;tt)?J.:v The following is a statement of the for eign exports from the city of Wilmington for the ! month of April, - as" compiled from the' books in the Custom House: , Rosin 43,450 barrels,! valued at $48i639. .Tar 4.T57 barrels, valued at $8,7304 i ,j ' Pitch and Turpentine 13 barrels, valued at $25. J ' . Lumber 1,809,000 feet, valued at $18,- 680. Shingles 467,000, valued at $2,847. Total, $87,980. . -' The Fayetteville Branch. ..., We have authority for the statement that fifty miles of the Fayetteville branch of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad next to Wilson have been let to Messrs. J. A. Montgomery and Wright & Co., of Bir mingham, t Ala., and that the remaining twenty miles have been let to Mr. J. W. Harden,' of Marven, N. C. Work upon these contracts will begin in fifteen days, and it is understood that they will be com pleted by the 1st day of April, 1886. T The rigging, rope and blocks of the wrecked Schr. Gen. .F. E. Spinner, off Federal Point which were purchased by Messrs. A'W. Watson and W. E. Far row, at the auction sale of vessel, cargo and effects, on Monday last have arrived here. Mr. W. L. Smith. Jr., bid off the cargo of coal, the hull i and the anchors, davtis. eta The amount realized . al together was only about $300. The North Caroliria State Den tal Association will hold its eleventh annual session at Charlotte on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th days of June. Dr. J. H. Durham, of this city, is President . - V-" .a THE BIG STEAL. , ; Additional Partlemlara in UeCereaee to tne Recent Biz Dry Goods Steal more Plunder Unearthed, dce .. .. Thursday the - Sheriff's: officers further searched the premises of Mag. Fisher, on McRae, between, Hanover and Brunswick streets, when a number of other articles. supposed ' to have been 'stolen,' were recov ered and taken to the Sheriff'a office." ' 1 . Articles thus far have been identified by Messrs. Eatz, Brown & Roddick, Mclntire, Sampson, David, Taylor, Giles & Murchi- . son. Munson." C. W. Yates and Mrs, A. 0. Moore. Fannie Fisher, youngest daughW of Mag. Fisher, and said to be less Impli cated than any of the Fisher family has been made a State's witness and released. :;. All day Thursday and yesterday, crowds locked to the Court House, passed through Into the park and took stations at the win dow looking into the room where the stolen goods are deposited.. . Each ' separate, de tachment would look and , comment .for back out and Mother squad would . take their places. Wehavenot seen ouf colored population stirred up to such ao extent for many years. Many white people also called to see the stiowt?". ;,, It is expected that the preliminary exam ination will be delayed until Monday, when It will take place before Justice Millis. ; , . One of the officers who visited Mag. Fisher's house yesterday says some of the. rooms present the appearance of a tailor's shop, there are so many scraps of different material scattered around. The old woman was the wife ' of Tony Fisher; who came here from "Hew J Berne and went North after the war. ' She is about forty-five or. fifty years old, and has three grown daugh ters, all of whom have been implicated in the robbery to a greater or less extent, i , si.jt - ' LATEST. i The latest "development is to the effect that the authorities have evidence,' pro cured by Deputy Sheriff Strode, that two sacks and a sheet filled with goods had been taken to . the side of Smith's Creek,' near the site of the Willie Carter murder. but were subsequently removed. Deputy Strode visited the place yesterday, and, while the goods were none, be found some' of the wrappings of articles stolen from Mr. Kalz and a tag from a parasol supposed to be long to Mr. Taylor. ... ',., Shipment of Western North Carolina Lumber to Earope. - The Charlotte ; Observer of Thursday says: "A shipment of 225 car - loads of lumber from Western North Carolina is now passing through this city for the sea port of Wilmington, whence it will be con veyed in vessels to Europe. - The fact that speculators lu Europe find it profitable to pay the transportation charges of this lum ber over such a great distance by land and sea is sufficient proof as to the value of the lumber itself. The lumber is shipped from Alexander's, in Buncombe, county, -and comes to Charlotte in Western North Caro lina cars, and here it is transferred to the cars of the Carolina Central road and cir ried on to Wilmington; where ' it is trans ferred on board ship. The shipment is an immense one, as a little thought will show The work of transporting the lumber from Alexander's to Wilmington was begun on Thursday of last week, and the shipments have averaged about eight car loads per day. Yesterday there were ten car loads. Each, car is loaded to its fullest capacity, and carries 80,000 pounds of lumber." This lumber which is going to Europe is said to be the finest in the world, and great care is taken in its shipment The plank vary in length from 16 to 18 feet, and are The Observer, - . i R - "ihe Deauty oi tnis lumoer consisu not HUIUV 1U Abe HHj wu AM 1.". . . mL.n t ....1 iecuon. l no Xirupeau uujrcra arc autuuii ty for the statement that no country in the world can produce lumber superior to the shipment that is now being made to mem. This is the most forcible illustration of the value of the timber lands of our State that has yet been known, and this introduction into European markets of North Carolina lumber is something for our people to re joice overi j: Examining; State Lands. : , ! Maj. 8. M. Finger, Superintendent of Public Instruction for this State, is on a visit to Pender county. On Wednesday, accompanied by Capt' R. P. Paddison, of Point Caswell, he visited the road that is being constructed.by convict labor through Angola Pocosin. When completed this road will be 'about ten miles in length, reaching from Croom's Bridge through to Batt's, on the . other side. . So far only about one mile and three-quarters .- has been built The road bed is twenty-four feet wide, while on ' ( each side is a canal, one- six fect wide and: the other eight feet wide, the latter being on the side whence comes by far the largest amount of drainage which these canals carry off. The soil along the side of the road is a rich mud, and the workmen have dug through beds of mag nificent marl, some specimens of which Maj. "Finger " procured. The land is be lieved to be all underlaid with marl. , Ma. Mclver, who is in charge, says he thinks he will get through in September. ' Maj. Finger will remain three or four days, and, in the meantime will make a thorough' examination of these valuable lands, after which he goes' to New Bernei accompanied by Gen. Lewis, whence they will go to examine the Quaker Bridge road. Enterprise.' ; - -."-.' - -: i It is gratifying to know that one more of the many resources - of this State has lately been developed. Ia Anson County,; along the Carolina Central Railroad, near WadeBboro, extensive preparations have been made to quarry and ship to all parts of the country a fine article of brown stone for building purposes, which is now gaining much favor with architects and builders in the city of New York, v The first ship ment of this stone was made from:, this port for New York this week, . on the steamship BegvXator, by Messrs. P. Line han &X!o who are engaged in quarrying and shipping this stone, of which they own extensive beds in Anson county. Cotton. : The receipts of cotton at ! this port for the month of April just closed footed up 872 bales, as against 1,003 bales for the corresponding month last year, T . ; The receipts of the Crop year from Sep tember 1st to date foot up 93,626 bales, as against 9-1,287 bales 'for the same period last year, showing a net increase of 2,339 bales in favor of 1885.- k0 UkM, . . . IT A snnrGToir . , Postmasters Appointed y Gen. Vila's Advices from Panama Pension i Certificates Dartnc the ' month ! ot April. - -, r,.- i ' ; . Washihgtoii, April 80.-rDuring April," Including to-day, Postmaster General Vilas has appointed six hundred postmasters at fourth-class offices. The greatest number appointed on any one day was.: 183, on April 27th. , A majority of the appoint ments were made t fill vacancies, v. s. - Dispatches have -" been received frbm Panama at the State and Navy Depart ments, confirming substantially the Pana ma Press dispatches published this morn ing. They are from naval and consular authorities, and from the Cable Company's representative., Aizpuru has given, up his arms and tho Government troops have taken 'peaceable possession of- Panama.' Business is everywhere resumed and the difficulties are believed to be at an end. --; - 'A statement - prepared' at the Pension' Office shows that the business of the office during the month just ended has exceeded that of any previous month; 5,370 original pension certificates have been issued during the month of , April, 1885, against 8,734 during the same month last year, and that the total number of pension certificates Is sued was 8,195, being 1,866 in excess of the number lor April,-1884. . ' ' ASHtHOTOir, April 30. The' President iy-appotnteoLsiwMieilevi of ichmond. Va.to be Envov Extraordinarv and MinisterfPlehipotentiary of the. United eiates to Ausitw-tiungary, : : . i ? . WASHTRGTOH.May 1. Treasurer Jordan, First Auditor Chenowith, and Third Audi tor Williams all recent appointees as sumed formal charge, of their offices this morning.' ; ' - . . . -The Postmaster General has removed the following named postofflce inspectors: Jno. H. Livingston, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; George W. Porter, St Louis, Mo. j K;C. Stevens, Augusta; Me. ; Chas. Field, Boston, Mass.; J. J. Hanna, St Louis, Mo. The names of these inspectors Were included in the list of inspectors who were called upon .to resign about a month ago, and as they failed to send in their resignations they were re moved. .,-- ... ' The President! to-day appointed E. J. Hale, of North Carolina, to be U. 8. Consul at Manchester, England, vice A. D.. Shaw, suspended; John Goode, of Virginia, to be Solicitor General, vice Samuel F.Phillips.re- signed; and Wo. JOemctt, oi Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, vice An drew Wylie. resigned. A dispatch was received this afternoon at the Navy Department, from Commander McCalla, at Panama, Btating that evervthing continued quiet and that the people gene rally were well satisfied. The health of the force remains good. '. v?v '.'m -s ''? -r ? : J. B. Baird, of Georgia, today received his appointment as Superintendent of the Dead Letter Office, and immediately en tered upon the discharge of his duties. 4 Mr, E. J. Hale, who was to day appoint ed Consul ; at Manchester, England, is a native of North Carolina, about 45 years of age, and editor of tbe Fayetteville, N. C, Observer. He has always been a working Democrat, and was a delegate to the Na tional Democratic Convention of last year, and supported the Democratic ticket strongly in his . newspaper during the late Presidential campaign. He applied, for a third class mission, and : was endorsed by the entire North Carolina delegation. Hon. John Goode, of Va., who was to day appointed Solicitor General of the United States, is' a native Virginian, 56 years of age; he was admitted to the bar in 1851 ; in the same year he war elected a member of the Virginia Legislature, and in 1861 was a member of the Virginia Conven ion which passed the ordinance of secession. He was a member of the Confederate Con gress during the war, and was a Represen tative from -Virginia in the 44th, 45th and 46th Congresses. He waa a member of the Electoral Convention in 1852. and in 1856, and was a delegate to the National Demo cratic Convention in 1868. and a member of the Democratic Executive Committee from 1868 to 1876. The Secretary of the Treasury today or dered the removal of Special Agent S. -E. Chamberlain; one of the reasons alleged for his removal being that he was born in Vermont, was appointed from Virginia, and voted in Maryland. . . , Washington, May 2. Dr. J. Earnest Mecere was appointed United States Con sul at Nagasaki, Japan, to-day. He was formerly a lieutenant in the Marine Corps. In April, 1858, he married a daughter of Commodore Franklin Buchanan, then com mandant of the Washington navy yard. He was a Confederate soldier during the war and - afterwards became a physician. He has been practicing , medicine in Lead ville, Colorado, for a number of years. His gilitical disabilities were removed in 1873. r. Mecere is said by his friends to be well fitted for the position to which he has been appointed. . .: .' ,- - - l- GEORGIA. Settlement or the Dispute Over the East Tenn., Va. ic Ga. R. H Arrangements for the National Commercial Conven tion. - ' ' ' Atlanta; Ga. May 2. This morning litigation over the . receivership of the Georgia division of the East .Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad was settled. and this announcement was made to Judge Hammond in the Superior Court,; who was about to hear the argument as to why a permanent receiver should not be appointed. Henry Fink claimed to be receiver of the entire line under the appointment. of the United States Circuit Court; Ruf us T. Dorsey claimed to be receiver of the Geor gia division, under- appointment of the State Court on a suit brought by the Georgia claimants against the road The clash of authority between Fink and Dor sey, and the determination of the State Court to enforce Dorseys authority as re ceiver of the Georgia division, threatened serious results andthe possible dismember ment of the East Tennessee system. Pub lic meetings have been held in-Atlanta, Macon, Brunswick, Rome and other places deprecating the action of the Courts and graying for speedy adjustment of existing ifflculties. It is understood that $12,000 was paid to the Georgia claimants against the road as a final settlement Fink is now in complete and undisputed possession.. . ' Atlanta, May 2. The Executive Com mittee of the National Commercial Conven tion have arranged with all railroads south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers for round trip railroad tickets to Atlanta and return for one fare. This arrangement includes Chica go. St Louis. Omaha and Kansas City. Delegations from local points should have their local ticket agents confer with the principal points for full information. The price of round-trip tickets from New York is $32; Philadelphia. $28.65; Baltimore, $22.25; Washington $20.25. The Conven tion promises to be very largely attended. WESTrmGINIA. ; ; Seat of. Government Transferred from Wheeling; to Charleston. . Wheeling. May; 2. Wheeling is no longer the capital of West Virginia. . The State archives, government property, and the officers and their families left on the steamers Belle Prince and Chesapeake this morning, for Charleston, which, under the provision of an act passed in 1879, by the Legislature, became the permanent seat of government for this State on and after to-day. : r ; V.'Vrt' Ws- ..... . This is the sacond time that this city has ceased to be the -capital. It was . made such when the State was formed. At the close of the war Charleston became the capital. " In 1875 Wheeling, was made the capital again, the city agreeing to furnish quarters free of cost so long as the capital should be at Wheeling. This building, a large and commodious one, now becomes the City HalL . -The steamers expect to reach Charleston to morrow night The new State House there is not yet completed,- only a few of the executivVofHces being ready for occu pancy. .r The Mirror says' Bishop Lyman confirmed nine persons at Wilson. . NO. 28 y. . NEW YOJSK. . . Arrival ' of the Knsslan Ran-of-'war s From Norfolk The New Cotton Ex- ehance An Active Stock . Idarket Gen. Grant's Condition The Short - Phelan Assanlt Case.- v--.-.v; ,j , New Yobk, - April - 30. .The Russian man-of-war Strelok, which left Norfolk yesterday, passed Sandy ' Hook ' inward bound at 5.80 this morning. Members of the New York Cotton Ex change formally bade farewell to their old building to day. They gathered in a body there, all business for the day being sus pended, and .heard the valedictory address made by James F. Wenman-, an old mem ber, ; Giimore's band played "Auld Lang Syne)" and the refrain was caught up by the members. A V procession . waB then formed and they, marched through .Pearl, Wall and William streets and entered the new Exchange. The tergehall of the build ing was beautifully 'decorated with ever greens and flags.' r -;-. ; " k, The Stock market has been little a more active to-day4 and there: has been a some what better distribution of business done.' Prices were strong at the opening ; Pacific Mail being the feature, and later in the day they were steady and then heavy. : Before 8 o'clock they became strong again and closed on a slight reaction for many shares at prices which show a net gain of i4 for the active list and i to 2 for some inactive stock; ' A few.. stocks are lower. -Pacific Mail's strength-Is due to the statement thai Chinese shippers are ? withdrawing.- fieighT Trom jLngiisa Dottoms ana sending it by Pacific MaiL Sales 133.000 shares. . i ! - Gen. Grant slept nine hours last: ' night, with;, but one interruption of a few min utes.. Dr. Douglas waa' interviewed this morning as to Gen. Grant's condition, but he declined to express any positive opinion whatever ia regard to the cancer; but aside from this ho said there was in every' Way an improved condition. Gen. Grant omit ted the drive to-day, in order that he might devote bis time to the preparations of mat ter for his book. - The General dictated and his utterances were taken by a steno-. grapher. ; ... - i Richard Short,- who murderously as saulted Capt Phelan, was brought to the Court of Oyer and Terminer this morning for trial. As counsel were, still engaged in summing up in the Mayer perjury case, however, Short was assigned to quarters in e court room. As soon as the Maver case was finished Short's trial commenced.: A large crowd occupied the court room, and among it police officers and deputy sheriffs were thickly scattered. Short's ,: counsel made several-motions for .delay, but all Were overruled. - One'juror was obtained. t New York, May . 2. The week closed at the Stock Exchange to day without any material change in the general situation. The stock market continues very dull but ah uio sajns ume it is very nrmiy neia.. Prices were a shade lower this morning, on a sudden attack by the bears upon the whole list but declines were very small and were recovered during the first hour in most cases, and during the remainder of the day , the market continued dull and strong until late in the afternoon when it yielded a fraction but closed firm at a de cline. 8ome idea of the extreme listless ness of the market may be obtained from the statement that only two of the usually -active stocks showed extreme fluctuations of more than one half percent". The two stocks mentioned being the New -York Ventral and Bt' Paul, each of which traded in within range of . The result of the late decline left most of tbe active stocks a shade lower than yesterday, but the dif ferences are only i to f, while Lake Shore and xtew xork Central are each i higher. Tne Duns predict a rise in uoulds, Liacka wanna and Pacific Mail next weett - Sales 112,000 shares. ; ;..v:;.-. The British warship Garnet, whose move ments on this side of the Atlantic, in con nection with those of the Russian steam ship Strelock have attracted much atten tion, arrived at quarantine in this harbor, from Fortress Monroe, at 7.30 o'clock this evening. ' The Strelok reached here Thnrs- day. - GEORGIA. j . The Contest Between Receivers of the East Tennessee Railroad The Rob "" arts Habeas Corpus Case. , f 'K - AuGXiSTA, April SO. The public is very much interested in the contest between Jndge Dorsey, receiver appointed by the State Court to take charge of that portion of the East Tennessee Railroad in Georgia, and Major Fink, appointed receiver by "the U.S. Court for the entire system. Dorsey has notified all connecting lines in Georgia not to pay' any money to Fink. It has been published that the Georgia Railroad will obey-Dorsey and declines to recognize Fink, v This , is not - true. John W, Green, General Manager of tbe Geor gia Railroad,' states that he will not recognize Dorsey unless he is properly in stalled. Until the matters in dispute are legally adjusted the Georgia Railroad will not pay any money to either Dorsey or Fink. Similar action will be taken by all the railroads : in Georgia doing business with the East Tennessee system. : The argument in the Roberts habeas cor pus case was concluded to-day. Judge Roney reserved his decision until to-morrow. . An effort is being made to induce Gov. McDaniel to reconsider his approval of Gov. Hill's requisition in order to hear argument in behalf of Roberts. ' - ; ILLINOIS. War Between the Chicago ' Board of - Trade and the Western Union. i Chicago, April 30. The war between the Chicago Board of Trade and the West ern Union Telegraph Company broke, out afresh this morning. . Six months ago the Board excluded from the floor of the Ex change all reporters but official ones of the Board. . The Western Union Company, however, procured an injunction to restrain, the committee on quotations from refusing them quotations, and this injunction still holds. The Board on its part - ex pressed its willingness to allow the West ern Union to have quotations, provided it would cease giving them to bucket shops. TheTelegraph Company claimed that it was endeavoring to remove its tickers from these places as rapidly as possible, but was prevented in several instances by Injunc tions. Upon taking possession of tbe new hall this morning, the managers of the Board of Trade declined to allow the Western Union to put in its wires. As a result there is no ticker service at all to day, and broker's offices in this cily, buck et shops and, the open Board -of Trade alike have no quotations. The Telegraph Company appears to nave been lateen com pletely by surprise, as ."tickers" had been placed in - all the new offices, and the warning only came after business bad been entered upon. The outcome -or. the con troverey cannot at present be foreseen. SPBuroFTHxn. Mav 2. By order of Ad juttnt General Vance a Gattling gun, 5,000 rounds of ammunition,200 over-coats and 35 tents i were sent to Joliet this morning, Two companies of troops are there and two more are expected . JoLiKT.May 2. Four companies of State troops, numbering 254 men: are now here. under arms. The striking stone-cutters number 2,000, and still maintain a threat ening attitude, but no collision of any kind has yet occurred, OHIO. Fatal Accident mt the Burnett nonse - - . In Cincinnati ' CracrjnrATX, May 2. This afternoon. while workmen were engaged in removing a heavy stone cornice from the top of the Burnett House, wmcn is oeing remodeled. one of the men, named Leffeh incautiously steDDed on the edge or one or the stones. and it fell, bringing several others with it The mass struck the balcony and broke through it into a barbershop in which there were several men. A Darner, named j&rep. was buried tinder the debris, but was not seriously injured. The others had warn ing enough r to enable them to escape. Leffel was instantly killed. The balcony destroyed is tbe one from which lan coin Grant' Sherman and other historic persons have made addresses and reviewed proces sions. '--.Spirits Turpentine., r- Raleigh Advocate: Rev. D. A. Long, formerly of North Carolina, now of Yellow Springs, Ohio, was recentlv hurt . while travelling on a railroad up North somewhere. - A few days ago'an officer of tbe railroad on which he was hurt, visited him and gave him $7,000 and free passes over all his roads for a year." This was much better than a law suit ;- ; Raleigh - News- Observer : The revival at the First Presbyterian Church Is well attended and the interest is unabated. - Capt M. Cv S. Nobie has again been selected as superintendent of the Newton - Normal school.' Mr. J. C. Scarborough,- of Selma,:has been appointed, so we learn, to. conduct the normal school, at Boone. - - Prof, Moses, f Goldsboro, has been - ' selected as superintendent of the "Asheville- -normal school. . : : . . - ' - . Raleigh : Visitor: Died, at his residence on - West Morgan- street, at 2 sn . o'clock this morning, 'after a brief but pain ful illness, Mr. Ira N. Allen,, aged about -43 years. - .MrNeill Fergerson. the postmaster at Cameron, died at that place early this morning, after a brief illness, 1 The Baltimore Sun of April 29th say s : . Lawrence C. Woodard, of Raleigh, N. a, was yesterday committed for the action of, the Criminal Court by Justice Sanner upon we cnarge ot oDtaining goods Under false pretences from Alexander Elsasser,82 West Baltimore street Woodard -gave f three checks for $96 upon the Raleigh National - Rockingham i Socket: Between now and the 11th of September next, the Secretary of State, by the aid of surveyors, -is to liave erected in each county of the State requesting him to do so through tbe board of commissioners, two : meridian -monuments for the correct retracing of sur- .: veys. The county: commissioners are to keep these monuments in good repair; every ' surveyor in the month of December is to test his needle by them, and a record ot vucoo icons, vou au corrections .resulting . therefrom, are to be recorded, in the ."Me ridian Record" book, in the office of the Register of Deeds; and no survey after the mnoi Depxemneris Dinoingupon anv par ty in interest unless it appears in the "Me ridian Kecord." -4 : Raleigh Farmer Mechanic: Col.' Bridgers and a car-load of railroad men met in Baltimore last week, and decided to lease the Columbia & Augusta Railroad to the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, and then to push the Wilson, Smithfleld & Fay etteville extension. A dispatch from Balti more says: 'The seventy miles of road be- tween Wilson Tind-Fayetteville will be be gun soon after the award of the contracts, which will take place about May 1st The principal town on the proposed new road 1b Smithfleld.",; - The full ticket for Al- dermen stands' as follows: First Ward:? F. O. Moring,W.' N. Snelling and Yirginius Ballard;Third Wardi G. E. Leach, K. B. Engelhard, G. D. Rand, J. F. Redford, W.' N. Jones; Fifth Ward: John W. Horton,C. ' B. Edwards, J. 8. Wynne. , ., . - - New Orleans ! Times-Democrat: As one of the visible results of the World's Fair at New Orleans, there are to-day seve ral millions of ' Americans from every part : of the United States, and foreigners repre- ' senting all corners of civilization,' who are convinced that North Carolina, one of ' the chief and most progressive States of the new South, is a commonwealth, possessed of an imperial array of resources, agricul tural, mineral, marine and Industrial, such as few regions, of like area can equal any where on the earth's surface. Prior to the splendid presentment of the State's wealth and possibilities, contained in its official ex hibit the same millions had but little idea -of North Carolina, beyond the fact that it enjoyed the rather deteriorating pseudonym of the Tar Heel State.. v ; - - Fayetteville - Observer: ' ' It' is with feelings of peculiar sVlness that we . have to chronicle the death of Mrs. Ed. Smith, of Harnett county. We. un- . derstand that Dr.; John Beau, a French . gentleman, representing capitalists, is now . in Fayetteville, and that he yesterday pur chased about 4,000 acres of land from Mr. . A. B. Walker, on Little River, near Little River Academy, on which- he expects to locate quite a colony of his people. -Seeing a number of strangers in town last Thursday, We stepped into the hotels to see their registers, and were surprised to see -that our visitors were from . Tennessee, Kansas, Iowa,; Alabama, Michigan, Cali fornia, Minnesota. Ohio, Georgia, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, " Massachusetts, South Carolinar Texas, Florida and all - parts of our State. We found that many were contractors, and were here inspectin g the line of the Wilson &-Fayetteville-.Rail- road. : - . . . !';-i-Y--v ' Rockingham Rocket: "Never in the memory of the oldest inhabitants have -so few shad been taken from the Pee Dee river as this season. We regret to learn of the -prevalence of whooping cough, measles and pneumonia in and around our . town. The doctors say they have never known of so much pneumonia as has pre vailed this season, l The physicans were hastily summoned on Friday last to attend a family named. Riddle, at Roberdel mills, every member of which, six persons, had been attacked with violent sickness, ; the symptoms being the same as would fol- ' low an immoderate dose of tartar emetic. Some of them, exhausted by. the attack, were delirious, and all of them seemed crit ically ill on arrival of the doctors. Prompt treatment was beneficial in each case and as yet none have died. The family had dined on peas of the variety known as the "lady pea," but to 'determine the positive cause has puzzled the doctors. Wadesboro Times: We regret to learn of the death of Mr. T.Albert Kelly, which occurred at Burns's Hotel, in this place, Tuesday night -Mr. Kelly was in the prime of life, being about 29 years of age. Anderson Ratilff, colored, a notorious ex penitentiary convict, was shot -and mortally -wounded on Sunday after noon last upon the premises of Mr.. Henry Haynie, who lives a few miles south of this place. It seems that officer Robert Ingram, accompanied by Mr. f. J. Katun and Air. E. C. Jones, armed with a warrant for the . arrest of said Ratliff, repaird to a negro cabin upon Mr. Haynie's place where Rat lin was and demanded nis surrender, ae apparently complied, and while they, were about to place handcuffs upon him he broke and ran. -The officer then, fired in the di rection of him for the purpose of stopping him, but finding this of no avail, he delib erately aimed and fired, the ball striking Anderson in the small or the back. Monroe Enquirer-Express: A little son of Mr. D. W. Helms, of Vance township, aged about 4- years, met with a severe accident on last Friday. He was - riding on top of a load of manure, from which he fell, his face striking upon the wagon tire, cutting on the tip end of his nose, and a terrible gash on the side of his face. - Mr. Arthur Reid, son of J. S. Reid, Esq. , in an altercation with a family : of negroes on Sunday afternoon at his fans) about two miles and , a ; hair , rrom town, was stricken with a : rock under the left eye, inflicting a painful and dangerous wound, r Wheat continues to look promising. Oats are the poorest for years. s Our observation is that the peaches are not all killed by a good : deal. All of the trees that we have examined give promise of a fair crop.-.. On : last Sunday evening Mrs. Delia Stack fell from the top of the flight of steps in her father's dwelling to -the floor without incurring any serious in jury.' Kurnel William Johnson, the incorrigible, will run ; for Mayor of Char lotte. We hope -the good people of Char lotte will sit down! on him hard. Charlotte Observer! Articles of incorporation of the Oliver Oil Company were yesterday filed at the office of the Clerk of the Superiof Court, the incorpora tors being George "H. Williams.. Frederick ' and Henry Oliver and the period covered by the incorporation being thirty years. The capital stock is $100,000, divided into $1,000 shares of $100 each. The company is incorporated for the purpose of manufac turing cotton seed oil and fertilizers.. As the passenger train on the Chester & Le noir Narrow Gauge Railroad was crossing the high trestle over Crowder's creek last Wednesday, the tender jumped the rails and the wheels bounced over the cross ties for a distance of one hundred and fifty yards. None of the cars left tbe track and the train was finally stopped without any damage having been done to it but the fireman was lying on the rocks below the trestle with -his head crushed in. The fireman, a colored man, at the first sign of danger, made a leap from the cab and landed on the rocky -bed of the creek below the trestle, striking squarely on bis head. When the train hands reached him he was found to be in a dying -condition, with his skull badly shattered. There were no hopes of bis recovery.
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