North Carolina Newspapers

The Weem Star. 4 - s i-vrv' -: . . i .. - - 1 ;! :;.,SJ:.v-: ;Lj:StateriGieanings. PUBLISHED AT '. '7 , -. 5 . , S .X'i1 ki-A Y ft ;'. -tif?lip, ?j!fV ;1M;V? Av .'is- wf. rf rpeS-J-t-T, TT ';? '" V. . : ,to, .;; -'f :s;::tssi.;8' fcp f- A , ; WAV-' " 4? H'iS Wtm'' - m . ISS JSorth Warolma Jfresbtterian: Thirteen persons have been received into Davidson College Church within the last month or six weeks, eleven by letter and two by profession of faiths The total cost of the church and furniture complete was ssssssssss.sss sssssssssssssssss 8SS8SSSSSSS8SSSSS SSS3SoS3SSSS8S8SS Ml "'K I .S3SSSSSSSSSS3888S 3S3388SS8SS8888S - co io t4 od o ao io g 32 l at the Post Office alCWItmiiigton, N. C, as seconu vuiss jiaiier.l . i srBScmPTioir trice. T!k lsiibscri6tion price of the Wekjj.t is as follows : Copy 1 year, postage, paid. Sin;?! ti.50 6 months ; 1.00 .50 3 months. SE BETART MANNING AND " . I . MANUFACTURERS. w . - THB Itis enongh to make reflecting men move when they see the unwill ingness of Northern manufacturers to uriswer the simple, practical, busi like circnlar that the -Secretary of it e lreasury sent out ten days T . - ; 1 . i . i ;iuri. 11 18 BUgmJHLlVtJ- aiHU LU feSU (OB coiiupents of Protection organs upon ih mixtions propounded in the eir- cum. The question must naturally r taall thoughtful persons," Why kilt nee ? Why these objections ?: 1 Uf ire-is but one answer, the Protect uontsis are airaia oi tne iacts. ine ori'sn of Protection think they dis ctTii "a trap" in the questions asked There is nothing really in the circu iar Xo excite fears. It is only another instance of a guilty conscience creat ing spectres. The New York Times, wiilf its accustomed ability and clear ness, discusses the conduct of manu faoijurer aud newspapers and says He nods tbere nave been grave com pl;iirti3 of undervaluation of foreign im ports. ' He assumes lhat '.he domestic mak ers of goods with which the imports come into competition are at once closely inter ested m stopping undervaluation and able to give him practical advice a the subject. S tie addresses them a series of qnestioos directed mainly to this point. Wbat -do their own products cost ? In what does the eot:ccnsi,t, and hoW is it divided up as be twef n raw materials, labor, plant, &c f If the tnitterial is imported how much of its cost is due to duties paid upon it T Would specific, in lieu of ad valorem duties make fraud of the revenue more difficult ? If so, wliat would ?je the rale of specific duty fairly equivalent to that, of the ad valorem . rate now paid r - What other means are there of simplifying the tariff and render ids the collection of duties easier and more certain ? These seem very simple and prac tical questions. They bear directly on the dimcultie8 the secretary has encountered. They relate to complaints that have been made by manufacturers themselves. "These questions are practical and plain and there is no reason but selfish one why they may not be promptly answered. The reason why all manufacturers will not respond frankly is that it will reveal more of the iniquities of the Tariff than they 11 1 mm are wining to maite Known, i ne bivrdens of the present unequal and oppressive War Tariff are felt by millions', and, the "beneficiaries of the Government," as the Times calls the manufacturer, do not desire to tell all they know or to be witnesses - against themselves. The Times force fully says: ;p ' ' . "They enjoy what they claim are great and indispensable , advantages under the law. They a:e protected from foreign competition by act of Congress. Their fel low citizens arc f on ed by statute to buy of them oi pay higher prices elsewhere. They enjoy indirectly the right of taxing their countrymen, a right given to no other class of citizens. All information touching their business that can throw any light on the use they make of these extraordinary privileges and the cost to their customers of their enjoyment of them belongs of right to the public." - j. To answer might iiot injure them at all, but they are afraid of the shadow they make and in every bush they see a free trade hobgoblin.-The Times suggests that one reason why the Protectionists do not answer jSecretary Manning is because their replies would show a lack of harmo ny in views. The Secretary-does not hint at depriving them of the pat ronage of the Government in his in quiries, but he seeks information of .the large class most interested so that certain abuses may be remedied and Certain needed changes may be made. . ; ; ' ' i Hon. Fitzhugh Lee has been nomi- naied for Governor by the Demo- icratsof Virginia. Possibly this is a good nomination, but it is said Lee cannot meet Wise on the stump. Pro- hably Daniel or Barbour would have been a better selection. But the name of Lee has a wonderful charm among Virginians of the right sort and the gallant soldier may prove a good campaigner on the political field. .All North Carolinians will be glad of his election. . ' ; ; ; ' V ur. lieorge v. Bhrady, the very able editor of the Medical Record, baa made his final review of Grant's I case. The physicians were never de - '-it ceived by the patient's apparent im provement. ; He says the cancer was dae to smokipg:; We quote: . . "It is, however, quite probable that tbe "nation of smoking was the : active cause. ui me cancer in General Urant'a case. or. at wast, it is fair to presume that he would hot have had the disease if. this habit bad not been carried tn czivs - This iffiumn- tion is made in the face of the fact that of me tuou8ands who smoke but a very small Proportion suffer from the disease. ! As far. u can be estimated, the cancer commenced vuiy nine months before death." - j "fv" ERRORS. - ' Mr. ,Dan a, in ' his remarkable re view of Gen, Grant's career, says that Grant was .never defeated and that he was too much always for Sydney Johnston and Jjee. ! This is not ac cording to facts. -.Up to the fall of J ohnston he' was victoridnsj He bad driven Grant's army back mxr than two milesr-some ; who ; f dnght ; say uu. w uiuxo anu was an aiair way r "CDrr V w tTl Johnston fell and die4 ()Tbere is not tne slightest doomv o and.no iir uimueu . :;xxorinaro cman wiii deny it who is informed.: As to Lee, it took 3rant eleyein months to wear out his great) rival. Grant's reports show that he lost more men than. Lee commanded.";- Lee foiled Grant f in every assault he made until the iatter had crossed the James River. At Gaines's mill Swinton Bays that Grant hurled his immense force, four deep wfr believe? against Lee's attenuated lines, land in one, hoicr 12,000 of the Federals lay bleeding and dying on". the field. Grant tried to make an other jcharge but his men would none of it. j They absolutely refused to obey the voice of their commander, bnt all stood immobile, to use Swin ton s phrase. v He says perhaps no each scene was ever witnessed in the history of wars. , A General standing in tbe midst of anj : overwhelming force and ordering them to charge and not a man heeding the order. Grant had to move on as he had done. It was a great blander because he was not compelled to fight, and it was a great defeat, a ' We were very much ? shocked to hear of the death of Capt. Randolph A. Shotwell, editor Chronicle. In the of the Raleigh full vigor of a noble manhood bur friend, for such he was, has been stricken .down. A man of courage, a man of integrity, a man of rare independence of char acter, he filled an important place in the journalism of North. Carolina. He was a trne man every inch of - him, and had the courage of convic tion. Much persecuted, : much ma ligned, he bore himself through it all with unbroken manliness and forti- . i tude, and his career of prosperity never appeared brighter than at the sudden close of his useful life. He was a brave Confederate soldiery-and i never saw the hour when he would win place by sycophancy or achieve honor by wronging others. We are deeply pained at his death, and trust that the way to the tomb was light ened by the benignant presence of the Redeemer of-sinners. He was in the best sense a loyal son of the State loyal to conscience, to .truth, to his native South! Peace , to his spirit and honor to his memory! Thomas Brantly was lynched at his terrible bra- Bainbridge, Ga., forj tality to his wife. He had been mar ried two years to an excellent lady. He was in the habit of beating her a pon all occasions. Stripes and blows were showered upon her daily. Here is an account ot some or nis aevii- One day last week he and his wife at tended together a picnic in the neighbor hood. As tney were leaving sne acceptea a Diece of watermelon t from a gentleman friend. This so enraged her husband, who sat beside her, that he immediately drove off towards home, and beat his wife with the buggy whip very nearly the whole dis tance ot eight miles, and after reaching home knocked her down, kicked her and broke two of her ribs. .; He then ' made her undress and go to bed, and applied a bottle oi turpentine in sucu a manner in. me in such a manner mat tne Door creature at this writing has scarcely life enough to know that the vigilantes nave ireea ner irom me autnor oi ner mis- ery. This last outrage broke the seal . which wifelv devotion had set upon the fountains of her grief and sadness, and in a flood of tears she confided to her brother .the story of her woe. " He was ; hanged men. by about fifty Somehow we overlooked the an nouncement the death of the ven rable John W. Norwood, Esq., of Hillsboro, the Nestor of the North Carolina bar, and an excellent Chris tian gentleman and lawyer. - He was the son bf the late Judge William Norwood, and was (born near Hills boro on tbe 28th of January, 1803, and died tbe 24th of July, 1885. He was an alamnus of Chapel Hill, and was in the class of Gov.' Graham, Judge Manly, and possibly Mr. Wil liam A. Wright. Hen- was an excel lent lawyer, a most conscientious cit izen, a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for fifty years, and a useful, influential member of the Legislature. .1 , At New Haven Messrs. Brooks5 sand Frederick ' Moore ascended in a- great balloon. They had a terrible experience coming in contact with a storm 2,000 feet above the earth. They got frightened at the lightning and began to descend. ; An account in tbe New York Times says: S! "When within 100 feet of the ground the machine was rocking ; violently from side to tide, i As they fell the two mentnrew out sand bags, and losing too much ballast the balloon careened i; wuaiy. i ne gas escaped, the car was overturned, Brooks and Moore lost . their bold on the slippery rail and fell headlong from tbe car. The crowds that had been cheering wildly a few moments before stood out in the pour ing rain in ; their eagerness to see tne ae scent, and did their best to catch the aero nauts as they fell, . Brooks was picked up verv hadlv hurt He is expected to die. Moore's injuries are not so .serious,, Both men had had considerable experience in hftllnoninir " - t 1 a ff fWILM v BRIGHT AND DULL BOYS. . - .' A gentleman, a West Pointer, sends os the army record of Gen, Grant and its standing at West Points W"eliad Uoected the 'statement;, as tQ DtS never snpposed 'that tne men who were graduated highest at ' West : Point were necessarily, men- of the greatest military eBios, i We believe that crrAat,' soldfprsftra1 hdril'. . -. , . liv V ji'inSy . foi. nn!iinW: V V t1i.tfnrm 4nafe Arf -.rint .nA orators are porni e and opportunity i but it requires time and opportunity to develops and reiider -bonspieuoas and lmmortal tbat ninsW nevef believed, n; the., contrary, rthit dall ness, as a general thing was the; ma terial oat of ..which jjreat. Captains were created; and "developed.,., The few first-class soldiers of the 'world- were men of intellectual parts,, and were probably the greatest intellects of their timesv Was not this the case with Hannibal ? Was it not -so with Alexander the Great?. .Who of the Macedonians equalled Hmvin supreme mental, grasp and power? "As to Caesar the greatest man "m the tide of times"; declared; him to be ."the foremost man of all ; the - world." Shakespeare in many places dwells upon : the unequalled . supremacy of great; Julius and evidently regarded him as the masterpiece of humanity. What man in France or in Europe in Napoleon's day had the brains of that splendid genius?. . , . ' ! We repeat, that the clay of dull ness is not tbe material out of .which is fashioned ordinarily ' the - master spirits of humanity: :We know .that men often develop slowly, bat there is a superb intellect . back ' of ' it it there comes finally great thinking. As to Gen. Grant we merely meant to say. that his beginning gave no presage of the almost unequalled surprises and splendor of his . subse quent life. No one in 1843 would have selected Grant out of his class as the stuff out of . which great he roes are made. Grant was a man of solid, understanding, and .the Stab has never underestimated his mental capacity. We formed the same es timate of him, after a two hours pri vate conversation with bim in 1865, that Gov. Graham did after an in terview with him in Washington. Gen.' "Stonewall", Jackson stood 17 in a class of 59. That was much higher than Grant's standing. Gen Robt. E. Lee was second in a class of 46. We had heard he was first. How did Albert Sydney Johnston, Jo Johnston,' Beauregard, Sherman and Sheridan stand? We have no doubt they stood well. We cannot say that we are surprised at Longstreet's standing 54 in a class of 59. But he has turned critic of Lee and Jackson Dick .Taylor's estimate of the Georgian is probably the correct one. A private letter from an old . soldier says:- - "You may ed ovct the entire register and examine and it will be found that while class rank or 'standing' has much in it to show tbe character of the man as to general ability and talent, yet there are so many exceptions that you will be compelled to conclude that training is not alone : suf ficient to make a soldier. Grant was al ways a hard working boy and man. while Longstreet was habitually indolent., lazy. slow. Stonewall Jackson : was a hard worker,; late and early: He never tired when duty was to be done, or a good or great work was to be accomplished. : The : hard worker , and student will succeed,' while sleepy Longstreet will always be be hind time and cause the loss of a battle and defeat the whole plan of a campaign by his laziness that is tbe word. Jackson was up on time; XiOngstreet seldom or never, un less he was in front and had to begin." ' The ; gentleman who wrote this was at West Point with Jackson, n,nt a T:..o,f T- . I ""u."" ,&.vjjta . .: " I interview Gen. Longstreet gave some i - . ,-. -;.i.M A n - nr.f r1,0?0.?? P?!are ?f '.7r j with whom' he served in the Mexican war. , Jtle says ne nas Deen mumate with him since 1839. Grant's wife is a relative of. his.. She was,. the daughter of Mr: Frederick Dent, who lived 7 near Fort Jefferson. , The fol lowing throws light on Grant's cha racter. . He was evidently v constitu tionally courageous, determined! 'and self-reliant. : Says Longstreet: '"While we remained in Corpus Christi an incident illustrating Grant s skill and fearlessness as a Horseman occurred, 'ine Mexicans were in the habit of bringing in wild horses, which they would sell for 2 or $3" These horses came near costing more than one- officer his life. - One day a particularly furious animal was brought in. Every officer in the camp had declined to purchase the animal except Grant, who de clared that he 'Would- either break the horse's neck or his own. He had the horse blindfolded, bridled and saddled, and when firmly in the saddle he threw off the blind, sunk his spurs -into the horse's flanks, and was soon out of sight. For three hours he rode the animal over - all kinds of ground, through field . and stream, and when horse and rider returned to camp the horse was thoroughly tame, For years afterward the story of Grant's ride 1 was, related at every camp Are in the country. ' Grant, obtained Longstreet's am- nesty, gave him an office and .rnade him a Republican. 'Possibly it is this personal ; attachment and grati tude "for 'favors received ,f that so blind the Georgian that he says this: 'He was thoroughly magnanimous, was above all "nettv things and small ideas, ana, after Washington, was the highest type of manhood America has proaueea. Probably i Longstreet's ; ideal--bis standard rather of "the highest type" would differ , frprnjihat large class in the South' who regard Robert" EI Lee. ,as par:exceUence the qoblest piece of American manhood of the nineteenth century. -. - .Johnny Wise says.; he moans, to beat Gen, Lee by 4,000 ferity. . . ' i , - HJUd i ujy; u . : m.m::. -i SHB CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA. .-.! atTbe canvass in Virginia promises to be an exciting one. The influence of Mahohe - is 'almost phenomenal. tlow a man of his character and ability can dominate a half of a great. State and dictate tbe, policy of that ihalf is most remarkable, a Uow .na 1 tive Virginians of good .'associations and repnf ations can ' agree to : follow - - , r P'aP'?8- ,18 ,mo8 staggering, j Bat.Mahone is a power, and for . evil and there is nothing gained by deny ihg itl "Whilst John Wise will j be the 1 mouth-piece the little ' "rebel Brigadier is behind it all and 1 will give 'direction and inspiration to the canvass.' f -.. , .. iv ; . . .. ; V' i The Democrats have nominated a -.'- -K soldier ; of good reputation. Gen. Fitz Lee has more than a mere mili- tary record." He has a record - all through worthy f- of the confidence and.. admiration ; of . his people.. He has -good abilities and is the nephew of the illustrious Robert E. Lee, and hacl his confidence while the great Virginian lived. A man with such a name and history onght to be able to 6ecure a majority of the votes in his State.' He will secure an over whelming majority of that race that has made Virginia illustrious. That he. will be elected all good and true North Carolinians will hope for.as the election of Wise under the circum stances would bring reproach upon the- erand old : Commonwealth of Washington and Lee. V ; The campaign will be bitter, we may budposo. : ine men wno are fighting with Mahoneare of the kind to make it hot for the other side. It is not improbable that serious diffi culties will grow out of the matter and that even duels may result. It is said that Mahone's main hope is in carrying Southwestern Virginia. Gen. - Fitz .Lees nomination was made by a large convention . pf rep resentative Virginians and has been well received all through that State as well as abroad. The eyes of the entire country will be upon the, can vass, and the North will watch to see if it is possible to fasten upon Vir ginia a system of Mahoneism that will blight and degrade. We mast hope that every Virginian who honors the name of his State and who would resist all attempts to fasten a stigma upon it will see the necessity of ma king a manly fight against Mahone ism, the lowest type in politics. Let all true Virginians do their duty faithfully and all will be well. " " ' To let oar readers see how Mahone ism ' is regarded in new n.ngiana among Democrats we copy the fol lowing from the Boston Post, the old Democratic exponent of that section. It says vigorously : "The curse of the State has been Mahone ism. It has bees socially and morally as well as politically a blight It has cor rupted and demoralized everything it has touched, it is not simply aemagogism: it is hideous: polluting and destroying dema gogism." It' has " imparted its poison to everything political. It has spread its con tagion through every city and hamlet. It has befouled the moral atmosphere. It has been so devilish that men more timid than dishonest have made the mistake of bor rowing some of its own brimstone to assail it with. For this we have no apologies to make., The mistakes that the Democrats have made they should correct forthwith, but that they will do it at once is not prob able. Still the conditions remain the same.. It is Mahone or tbe democracy. The pub lic service under the former has descended to the lowest depths of debauchery. There is no reform, no hope under a continuance of its unhallowed reign. With Mahone beaten there is hope for Virginia, and that immediate and considerable.,.. Whatever the degradation of tbe State may be to day, its extent and . character are due pri marily-1 to the pernicious innuence or this deadly demagogue and boss. The movement is already on foot to erect a grand monument in mem ory of Grant, and the subscription is now 17,667. , It will easily swell to hundreds of thousands of dollars we may 'well believe. .The people in the North have placed a very high esti mate on Grant. ' They regard him as their greatest man and as the savior of the Union. Let them send op a magnificent shaft to perpetuate his memory. The South will be pleased to see him; thus ' honored. It is al ways becoming in a people to honor their greatest men. .' In seven years that is from 1862 to 1869 the Government paid $19, 000.000 - for work on vessels. Of this sum Roach received two millions. From 1869 to 18.85 sixteen years, $11,000,000 was paid ont. John got three and a half millions. So Roach ... ; , . --'.''. has had a ble share. 1 here were twenty -five other contractors. Lightning struck the Grant cottage on tbe 30ttn , It tore off; shingles from the roof and entered the nursery ,np-; ping the plastering. No one injured. The electric burner 'over the casket was extinguished, the carbon haying been consumed. " The family were for a' time much' alarmed, but soon recovered. :' ' Splendid Crps. A travelling acquaintance of "ours,5 who bas" lately 'been- through about twenty counties of the middle and western parts, of the Statej says such fine crops of : grain .nA notion have not been seen for years. , The : corn ( is just magnificent, ana tne wheat has turned out much better tnau was expected. "Our friend was particular ly struck with the appearance of the crops in Columbus, which were exceptionally tine. He looks for a material revival of I JJ . !ecea . OT ,Vr??m. business at an early day as one of the con- huukm -.f - i-rTME. OBT02TiJ10U8E.;. ' Work ProcreatDK oit the New Hotel. W ork on the ' hew hotel, to be' known as the Orton House, on Front,' betweetf Prini cess and Cheenut streets, has progressed so far that the general arrangement of the buildlni?, the size of the rooms, etc.', cab be. I readily eeed.iabd phderst6od.i"Theiie i are --j.t..V '1L'; 1 'Vi:J-Ulii forty good sized rooms.: The building will furnished with water and fas- through-- I outi. There' will be three bath rooms oh' T f'ii. .-a 4i, -f . -m u.wx,, i being oBpied by5Me8flra.-GUes urcMw son's hardware and crockery stores- Ve randas are. jbejuK xended if arojand I the southern , apd western sides; : and balconies niaced .ialront.iu l heomce. will be in tne i seoond story .fronand, is ,conneqte4 with ' ... , , . . i- the dining-room and kitchen in thereat by I the newly patented bell i speaking tubes. There . is ;alBO in the . office : one-. of the electric bell call and needle annunciators, J put up by i .Mr. ,WJi Fosteri - This is a new:, and very , convenient .arrangement. The number of each, room appears con spicuously on the face of .the instrument and each number is supplied with what is termed a needle; , The pressing of an elec tric rjush button in anyroom. all oi wnicn are connected wuu iuo annunciator uy b wire, will ring .a bell to attract attention and the oroDer needle wiu De louna point ing to the number ot tne room irom wnicn tne call proceeds. - An elevator leaus irom the basement in the rear to the fourth floor, which will be devoted to the use of the culinary department. j The rooms are ail arranged witn a view to proper ventilation. The location is ad mirable in many respects: The view is a magnificent one.. Looking from the western and southern verandahs the beautif ul Cape Fear is spread out before you for miles in two directions. ' From the former the Na- vassa Guano Company's Works at Meares. Bluff are visible. - The view oi .the city; and the surrounding country is also very' fine. The cool breezes from oce&nward, too, will in summer prove an inviting fea ture, having , free access, col. h- . m. Murchison. the proprietor, intends making the Orton House a first-class hotel in every respect. ' SWINDLING. A Younz Colored Man Arrested for Sendlne a Iietter Through the mails With Intent to Defraud. A young colored man, aged about 18 or 19 years, named. Owen Bichardson, was arresteebvesterdav morning cn the charge of violating section 5.480 of the Bevised Statutes of the United States, .which, fixes a penalty for sending, letters through the mails with intent to defraud. It seems that Mr. F.1 A Newbury, a merchant of this city, received a letter through ' the postofBcc. mailed at Whiteville and fiigned "Powell & Co.." directing him to enclose $10 in a letter addressed to "Frank Jones, Wilmington, N." C.," and drop it in the postoffice here Mr.-Newbury's suspicions were aroused and he took the letter to Col. Brink. P. M.. who advised him to, write tbe letter as directed and enclose in the same a ten dollar counterfeit note, marked so that it could be readily identified, and also one fourth of a dollar, which was ac cordingly done. A telegram.! was also sent to Powell & Co., at Whiteville, informing them of the receipt of the letter, and they telegraphed in return that it was a forgery no such letter had been written. The next step was to request Capt. , Brock, Chief of Police, to station a policeman at the office, and as none was convenient at the moment he went himself. Finally, tbe colored boy alluded to came into the office and called for a letter to Frank Jones, and it was delivered to him.v Thereupon Capt. Brock immediately stepped up and told the young man to consider himself under ar rest, the letter at the time being on his per son. He looked very; much .astonished. but had little to say. ,i lie was taken to the guard house and locked up, but was subse quently carried before TJ. 8. Commissioner T. M. Gardner, on an affidavit 4uly pre pared, and required to enter, into, bond in the sum of $200 for his appearance before his court for preliminary examination ; on Monday, in default of which he was sent to jail. He now "lives in Whiteville, but formerly resided here. . :; -.- L Colored Wood Merchant Arrested for Swlndllne . , ,, Fred. Lord alias, Fred. Sukey, a well known colored man 'of this city, was ais-, rested yesterday on the charge, of perpe trating fraud and deceit:' It appears' that one Anthony Wells; 'living about 'twenty miles up the Cape Fear1 River," sent down recently 18 cords of wood (oak and ash) to this market to be sold Fred. Lord! pre sented himself at the "flat, 'said he was a. wood merchant, and offered $2.15 for the whole lot. ; Finally, however,1 the ' parties having the wood in" charge' sold Jtwelve cords of it' to J. H- Whiteman, ; who ' paid promptly for his purchase." Then' Fried Lord said he would take the remaining six cords, and commenced ' selling it out to customers by the load. 7 As each load' was sold and taken off he (would present the agents of the owner ofi tbe wood' with a piece of card or pasteboard, with' Some' ' , i s. v .J A '4t.l pierogiypuics uu n, ivwu uc ium uinu would be cashed on presentation to each of the purchasers of the wood. J ' They after wards went around to the different parties, I but soon returned and told Fred, that they all declared they had paid him for the wood. He snatched the "tickets,"-as he called them. from, thehands of the men; with an impatient exclamation, an4 said he . . . . 1 m .1 T I wouia go ana get tne money lor uiem uiui self. That was two or three days ago, and that was tbe last the men saw of Fred, ua til they met him face to face in the justice's court. ,.s -., The case came up for preliminary exam ination yesterday before J. C. Hill. J. P. and Fred Lord was required' to give a jus tified bond in the sum .of . $50 . for his ap pearance at court, . failing in which he, was sent to jail."1 -,:Ji It is said that this is not the first' time J such tricks have been played upon the un suspecting countrymen, and the accused in this instance intimated, as he' was being taken to jail, that when he came before the court others would be Implicated.; - ;.M 1 i Mlsslna Valise Tnrned TJp. : ' J " We are glad to learn that' the missing ya- lise-supposed to have been stolen-- from the' Rev. C. W. Smith, , on .Monday , morning last,', on his return irom the J?Mrict,pbnv ference at Smith ville, has at last turned up all safe., ... It seems that the boy not know ing for certain where , Mr, King lived, left the.yalise in the . dining room, at the hotels giving it into the hands, of the colored man in charge, who, uponhearing that inquiry was beingftnade'fof th4 valise,1 'promptly notified the proper authorities: and we hear that Mr. Smith has been telegraphed -to at ! - Whiteville of j his good .fortune. . . We are glad that it has thus been, snown, inn tne imputation of dishonesty ' against the boy who was give' charge of the valise was in this instance undeserved.!! :o tt! Cabinet Meeting Tbe President aat Cabinet to Attend tbe Grant Obw hm In New lTrk-Cbabce to be , Made In. tbe Treaearr BeparUnent i lay Telegraph to the Homing Star. ! sfjWASHDTCTON. JulV 8a .The Cabinet j meeting to-day hnembers'. The was , attended by all the rBol" TTLX "bf routine matters, before the several I de-, 1 partments. Reference' Was made to! the I Grant qbseoutesIaBdk, was. 4ecided that the President and all the members ot bis. Cabinet would Attend the ! funeral' cere-1 monies at New York city.,, The Dartv will leave Washington in a special cat .Friday. AntrilQt 7KU AnartmAnta - Via olraoiitr been engaged at the Fifth, Avenue Hotel.; I Juarsnai MCfliicnaei is . charged with, ar- g8if th? W? Wvate Secretary .Lamontwill accompany -the T,artv .'--- t -;- - e J j party. ! u is not iiseiy inaiJ ine irresiuent will re turn, to Washington immediately after the funeral, as it is his purpose to take a few weeks of rest and recreation in the Adiron dack mountains as soon as he-can get away. Drl' Ward, of J Albany:1 and Col. Lament" will probably be bis only companions in the mountains - Tn nnfor frn HnrntA hia antlra ' time to the business' which has accumulated an his office before bis departure the Presi- . dent will be compelled to deny himself to caiiers, except upon urgent puoitc business, ior sevesai jOaYB. j j, .,-.- -. The Comptroller of the Currency to dav extended' the1 corporate existence ' for a period oi twenty years of the National Bank of Huntsville, Ala., and the Lynch burg National (ank of Lynchburg. Va. Secretary manning has appointed George w. AiDngni, or AiDany, jm. skUled laborer in the Sixth1 Auditor s office, at an annual salary of f 1,000, and . assigned him to duty as an assistant to the Chief of the Appointment DivL ion. It is understood that he . will soon- be appointed Assistant Chief of the Division to succeed George N. Kose, who will be reduced to a fourth class clerkship. There is question as to the authority for such an appointment under the Civil Service lawi It is also said that Mr. Albright will eventually succeed Mrf Higgins, as Chief bf the Appointment illVlSlOll. : . - : ')'." The President to day appointed J. L. McCaskill, of Mississippi, Consul at Dublin.-. - , ,-r ,. j,: .;(..; .:, . Washinqton. .July 31. Six chiefs of divisions in the Second Auditor's office have been requested to tender their resig nations.: They are Thomas C. Bailey, F. H..Goodall, O. Lowell, Thomas Bathbone. 11. A. v nauon and u. u. enow. 1 here are no charges against them, but their re signations were requested as part off he reorganization of the offices.. - , It is estimated that there has been a de crease of about $7,000,000 in the public debt during the month of July. Kefernng to the regrets that have been expressed in some quarters that Gen. Grant is not. to be buried in his uniform, with one of his swords by his side, and to the sup position that none of his uniforms or swords are available for that purpose, because they were all turned over to tbe government some months ago, with his other military relics. Adjutant General . Drum to day said to an Associated Press reporter that any or all of them are at the disposal of Mrs. Grant, while fhey remain in the War De partment awaiting the action of Congress. WASHINGTON. July 81. The President to-day appointed Mrs. M. F. Pender, post master at Tarboro. N. C; Frederick A Schiffiey, postmaster at Orangeburg C. H. 8. C. vice Alohzo Webster, suspended; and Alexander M. Wallace, of Georgia, to be surveyor of customs for the port of At lanta, Ga. Washington, August 1. The President to day received a telegram from Gen. Jos. . Johnston, saying .that he was in Port land, Oregon, when he received word of his selection as one of Gen. Grant's pall bearers, and that he had started immediately lor .New XorK. ' - .; . . . - -. .. : 1 U. S. Consul Mason cables the State department from Marseilles that several deaths from cholera have occurred in that city this week. The exact facts are not officially obtainable. . I One hundred and eighty-eight fourth class postmasters have been appointed to day. Attorney General Garland, to whom tbe Secretary of the Interior referred tbe ques tion of tbe power of tbe Interior Depart ment to authorize Indians to lease their lands for grazing purposes, has transmitted to secretary jjamar an opinion in cuect uuu . fi . . t .. rr . . , . no such power exists under tbe law. Telegrams'. have been received at the Postoffice Department from U. 8. Solicitor General Goods and x ostomce Inspector V. W.Brown, now at V ictona, .British Co lumbia, to ' the : effect ' that the court has decided to commit for extradition J. N. Hibbs. defaulting postmaster at Lewiston, Idaho; and has ordered the money found on bis person, $10, 500, to be delivered to U. S. authorities with the prisoner. Vice Admiral Rowan being compelled bv ill health to ask to be excused from service as pall bearer at Gen. Grant's funeral, the President has designated 'near- Admiral John L. Worden to act in his place. - - NEW "o"bX. r The French Gipsies to be Sent Baefct i 5 v to Bordeaux. New York. August 1. -Judge Cullen, to-day, in the Supreme Court, rendered a decision in the case of. the gipsies, who were brought here "on "a "steamer of i the Bordeaux line, by which they will be com pelled to return to France.- The Emigra tion Commissioners rerused to - allow the gipsies to land,-, contending that they were likely to become a charge on the commu nity. " The steamship authorities offered to give bond that the gipsies would not be come a burden, out . tne emigration com missioners refused to accept it. Counsel for the Steamship Company got out a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the gipsies, and this morning Judge Cullen dismissed I COLOR ADO, A Train Partially Wrecked by Byna- mite Supposed Work of the Strikers. Denver. ' August ' 1. The in coming LeadvUle passenger, train, due here at 9.30 last evening, exploded ' a dynamite car tridge when about two and a hair mnes south of this city." The engine and tender were badiy wrecked by the explosion, and one length of the track was torn up, but none of the passengers were injured. The explosion was distinctly heard a distance of ten miles. . It is generally believed that the outrage was the wore oi the strikers. SOUTHERN ITEMS: Georgia's smokehouse and gra nary will be situated m -Georgia next year. ir Macon (wa.) lelegrapa. . .;LJ The Rantist WeeTdv denounces a8 8impry8hameful" the selection of. two 'men with "bad records' to important posi- ttons in Southern Colleges Where the system of coeducation: obtains, but does not expose the scoundrels by trame. The notice given a few days since of the wish of the Kennel Club of New- York i to ' purchase lands in South Carolina for hunting. coons,&c.,has brought an avalanche of offers of large tracts from nine counties in the state. Fourteen or fifteen parties are ready to fill the order for "coon" lands ad libitum. Mumbia8, C.) Register - -K t) JL 11 D UCW, UUD.bU100bQl ou VUftVW nooga; Mr. George W. Martin, was called out of prayer JBeeting-to receive the hews, ofi hi&aonointmentri-. Il is- not ,on record that a Republican was ever .called out of . Mill :il is. iiiniTi aiu im DllUUOt uuunanju. sustuwunV it is common tai&vinai tne average xvepuo- lican onght to be at prayer meeting a good part of his time. noswn ron, i . . i .ul' -.. -i r S-av- r . t-t Wilson Mirror: ., Habit, is: the purgatory in which we suffer for our past sins.. H-.un Tuesday morning, tnesotn - of July J885, Mrs. Peter K Hines entered into rest. ; She had oeen a great suuerer. NO. 41 A. WORTHY DESIRE. How. Mm, Grant TVtabee Her Dead Hatband's Pallbearer to be Cnosen Kaoally Selected. . Wabhihqton. July 30. The President. who, at the request of Mrs. Grant will select pallbearers for Gen: Grant's funeral. recently telegraphed her to know if she had any preferences or suggestions to make in the mattef . : He received a reply from ! hen to-day, by t telegraph, saying it washer wish that he should name 'the pallbearers. ana that the only suggestion she would make was,, that in case -any prominent Union officer: like Gen.' Sherman, or LL' Gen. Sheridan, be selected, a leadine Con- reaerate oiucer. like Gen.. Johnston or Gen: isackner, be also included in the list. Mrs. Grant's wishes in . this regard will - be re- s pec tea. The list oi pallbearers will be an nounced in a iew aaya. ' THE GRANT OBSEQUIES. . Pall-Bearers Appointed fey President Cleveland. . Washington:' July 30. The President naving oeen reauestea bv jars.' Grant to name the pali bearers for - Gen. Grant's fu neral he bas appointed the following: Gen. -Wm. T.' Sherman. O. 8. A; Lieut. Gen. P.- H. Sheridan, TJ. S. A : Admiral David D. Porter, TJ. 8. N.; Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, U. 8. N. : Gen.. Joseph JB. Johnston, va.; Gen. Simon li liuck- ner; Jty. ; Hamilton Fish, N.- Y.f George 8. Boutwell, Mass.; George W. Childs, Penn.; John A Logan, His.; George Jones, N. Y. ; Oliver Htfyt, N. Y. j NEwoRK. Auction Sale: !of the Bankers , and merchants. Telegraph Two Artil lery Officers Strnck by Llfhtnlns at Blonnt MeCreffor Arransements for Gen. Grant's Pnnerai. New York, July 31. The property, of the Bankers and Merchants' Telegraph company was sold today by public auc uon. :. it brought $000,0U0, and was pur chased by Edward S. Stokes, on behalf of the reorganization committee. Motjnt MacGregor. July 31. Capt. isoct and Major Jackson, of the Fifth Ar tillery, who were struck by lightning last night, are about to day and are neatly free irom the effects of their accident. Col. Fred Grant has issued invitations to all living members of his father's cabinets to attend the funeral, and requests them to notuy uen. Hancock oi their intention to1 be present. nsw x ork. July 31. The arrange ments for Gen. Grant's funeral, so far as relates to Gen. Hancock's work, are prac tically complete. There is no ceasing of tne now oi applications lor position in the une irom every kind of people in the Uni ted states. ! . THE 'TiALLO 1VS Speedy Execntlon of a Murderer In - the Ohio Penitentiary. Columbus, Ohio, July 31 Valentine Wagner, a German, aged 59, was executed at the Ohio penitentiary this morningi be ing the tlrst to be executed under the new law passed last winter requiring that all hangings in the State shall take place within the penitentiary walls. The execu tion took' place at 2.30 this (Friday) morning, there being but seventeen persons present all allowed by tne law. ibe favored persons were nve snerirxs, two newspaper men from the county where the prisoner was con victed, three friends of tbe condemned and the Board of Prison Managers The mur derer was brought to the scaffold at 2 15 a. m, and had to be carried by the sheriff; Hfbfegged piteously, protesting . his inno cef & i of any crime. When the trap was By sag the body shot to a standstill and rLithe faintest quiver of limb or muscle was noticeable. A physician grasped bis wrist for pulsations as soon as the bodv could be- reached, and it was found that death was instantaneous; not a pulse beat could be recognized. Tbe body was cut down three minutes after the springing of the trap. Wagner was a wealthy farmer and a no torious bully. The crime for which he was hanged was the murder of his brother- in-law a clear case of cold-blooded pre meditation. He went to his victim's house at night, found him sitting in a chair, told him he came to kill him, and shot him be fore he had a chance to rise, and shot him a second time in the back as he was turn ing to escape. . Wagner's conduct since the arrest bas been as cowardly as it was bru tal before. He bas spent a fortune fight-' lng in the courts, and has spent the greater part of his time in the prison weeping and bemoaning his fate. His fright -has been so profound that he bad eaten nothing since last Sunday. THE GRANT FUNERAL. Gen. Hancock. Bnally Ensaged Ar ranging the Programme Number less Applications for Positions In the Procession. Ti New York, August 1. Applications for position in the funeral cortege and offers of personal service for staff and other duties connected with the military escort on the occasion, continue to pour into Major Gen 1 Hancock s omce on Governor 8 island, and have necessitated the employment ' of several extra clerks and the appointment of Lieut. Lemley, of the Navy, as aide on the staff to assist Capt. Young and .Lieut. Allen in filing and recording the mass of correspondence. ! Admiral Jouelt this morning had a long interview with Gen. Hancock in relation to the disposition of the naval forces under the Admiral's command. A prominent official stated that various - men-of-war. would be stationed at different points on North River and fire salutes during the progress of the funeral procession.-1 The- matter of marines and sailors parading as a portion of the escort, is not yet settled. A dispatcn was received on oenaii oj President Cleveland asking for a position in the line. It is intended that the Presi dent and the Vice President, with members of tbe Cabinet, and also ex-Presidents and ex-Vice Presidents and ex-members iof Cabinets, will be invited by tbe Grant fam ily to participate. Col. Jrred Grant, on application or Gen. G. Meade. Post No. 1. G. A R., of Phila delphia, that they bs allowed the privilege of closing the services, granteu tne request, but on the appeal ot Kev. JJr. jxewman tor the same privilege. Col. Fred Grant and Rev. Dr. Newman went to Gen.. Hancock's representative and stated thet it was the wish of the family that Dr. Newman bd granted bis request. Tbe committee from Philadelphia reported the revocation of the order to their Post, who feel' sore over the change: and have written to Gen. Hancock asking him to reconsider the matter. The General has referred the whole matter back to col. Fred Grant, m as tne .cere monies of tbe G. A. R. immediately pre cede the religious Closing services of Dr. Newman, the matter will likely be allowed to remain as at present settled. . VERMONT.: Recovery of Bodies of an Engineer and Fireman Killed In a : Railroad Aeeldent. , , Johnsbtjrt, August 1. The bodies of engineer'. Lawrence and fireman Cotta, of the train which ran into a washout on the Boston & Lowell Railroad, Clermont di vision, last - night, were" recovered about midnight Engineer Lawrence was badly crushed and cut about the face and his bowels were torn out Cotta was caught , under the wood from the tender and was' evidently drowned, as the' engine was un der water They were bota married men and residents of this village. . - j . Mri John IL Small has sold the Washington Gazette to Messrs. James L. Winfield and John A. Burgess. He an nounces that the Gazette is on a solid finan cial basis. It is a large, handsome, well printed paper, and is a credit to its section. The retiring editor and the incoming edit- ora have the best wisaesr 01 tne wear. ; j. . f-: Clinton Caucasian;,- Mr Isham Carter's barn in Lisbon township,- was struck by lightning and burned , with 150 bushels of corn; last Thursday. The day T before Mr. Thai D. RohinBon, or Taylor's " Bridge township,' had a fine ox killed by ' ligbtning.'and Mr.- Kilby Merritf and seve- ! ral of his neighbors lost some cattle at the same time. ( . ; -v . -s . . - Washington '- Gazette: f Over i 12,400.000 feet of lumber is sawed in this town annually., i - A groom of only 24 - i hoars was placed in iaii one dav last week. He was la arrears to the city treasury for a t past amusement, and left -the citv before - the amount was adjusted. He returned i last week with a blushing bride and was ; ?proatly juggedbs Town 8ergeantFowler. ( Oxior&nQrphan's Friend: Our ; boys are studying hard and learning rapid- j ry. ueorge Miner, who was in the Asylum sometime ago. has inherited ouite a sum of money, from a deceased uncle. We ' -are giao. two or our best children : left ithe-Asylam" , Wednesday for; good i homes, one at Morrisville and the other at I-Trinity College. - Twelvelittle boys anu gins ot; the Asylum are' unusually i happy. They have been selected to make a trip to the"Westera part of the State, and : will give entertainmenU in ; the interest of i the Asylum.1 !- For the six months end- i " ing Jjuhe 1st;: 1885,- there were sold upon the Oxford market 3,800.000 pounds of to bacco. ' "The amount paid for the same was about $640,000. These-figures are taken , from the tax books., , f f.-j ,,? r,i VYadesboro Inteutaencer: The bed spring agents; Messrs. ' McDonald and McKenny, who were in Wadesboro -some weeks ago, "fell. .out,",. In Albemarle, last : .Thursday afternoon, and fought. , McKen ny came out qi tne stable, dripping with bloody j Presently he was followed by Mc- Ponald, from whose, forehead -the blood .1 - 1 ' , lr TV .3 was . uo wine v copiously. r Jucuonaio was heard to Vcall out, "McKenny, go over there (pointing to Dr. - Anderson's office) that's the best doctor in town.." McKeeny did as directed. Dr. Anderson, on exami nation, .found the man cut in several places, in the back and shoulders, stabbed to the hollow in one side, while one rib was cut in twain. McDonald went up the i street, where; he explained to the excited populace thai McKenny had assaulted him witn a ooaro,! pressing him to the wall, and that he acted in self defence. The citizens accept McDonald's version, which the other man does not deny. McDonald is a Rock ingham man; .. McKenny .is from Iowa. Later. McKenny is now regarded as out of danger, and is being tenderly nursed by the man. who inflicted the injury. , Weldon News: The only post-. master ; removed5 in this county lost his place by the persistent efforts of the Hon. W. H. Kitchin, one of the electors at large. and it was not an easy task even for his great t tact' j and pertinacity. On Tuesday at 2 o'clock, the death of Mr. John T. Clark, of this place, occurred after a protracted illness. 'We regret to announce the death of Gen; Thomas J. Person which took place at bis residence in Garysburg on , Tuesday. Gen. Person had been in bad health for a long time and for the past two months bad been confined to his room, 'i His disease was dropsy of the heart. Gen.j Person entered Chapel Hill when he was 28 years old. He represented his county in the Legislature in 1848 and 1850, his colleagues during both sessions being Whigs. : He was nominated for Con gress in 1848 and ran .against David S. Outlaw, the Whig candidate, but was de feated. -1 " , I. Charlotte . Observer: . Henry Nesbit,' colored, the ' well known well cleaner, is now laid up with a patched skull, received while he was down in a well in the Greenville suburbs of the city. A citizen of j Cabarrus, who was in town yesterday, tells us that since Wm. H. Hagler, the desperado, shot Albert Sanders. the greatest excitement has prevailed in the . neighborhood, and a body of armed men, numbering thirty or more, have been hunt ing the woods for Hagler. They were out all day Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and they are determined to capture bim. ' Hagler has sworn to kilL eight citizens of Crab Orchard and Clear Creek townships. in this Cdunty. and Rocky River township. ia Cabarrus;! He is a very desperate char acter, teayily armed. Mr. William Hinson" a resident oi Hauler's neighbor- , hood, was in the city yesterday, and told or a meeting he had with the dreaded char acter last Friday. Hagler confronted him in the road rather suddenly, but appeared to be quite friendly. 'Mr. Hinson had a ' long talk with bim and is . satisfied that the man is crazy and very d&ngerons. SalisburY Watchman : The Presbytery refused to allow Dr. Lefevre to -give up his pastoral work, and as a conse quence Davidson is again without a presi dent: -'The opening of the next session is fast approaching and the trustees will act soon, in order that the faculty- may be fully organized before : the session is far advanced. . Mr. J.;D. Stewart, one of the busy men ' of this county, . has three portable saw mills in operation in various quarters of the county. He has, also,' one stationary saw mill and two shingle mills in operation: He employs some thirty-five hands, and eleven head of stock. , He has engagements to cut 180,000 feet of lumber in this and Davie counties. - It is said that near Mr. Gourley's house, where the homicide occurred last week, a minister ot the Gospel was holding service, , and . that during. bis), remarks something was said which ":young Jarrett did " not approve, whereupon he replied in an audible tone "that's a d-4- lie," The service ended .the 'preacherj when remarking on: the ' occur-1 rence, is said to , have remarked: r mat young man .will, either be in hell or the penitentiary within one year." ; That night the young man's soul, blackened' by pro fanity and foul with the fumes of strong drink, sped to the bar of Judgment unanoue, uoserver: ine col ored people of the cify have arranged to have Grant memorial exercises in this city, on Monday August 10th. . Farmers from the vicinity " of Alexandrians- who were in the pity yesterday, say that not a drop of ram bas fallen in their section lor two weeks past. ; At the Trade street depot,. yesterday afternoon,' Horace. Hub bard, colored, a truck band, bad his left leg badly broken- by a truck Uoad of trunks falling upon him. . 7 Mr.- J. C. Eagle. One of our well known citizens, met with an accident yesterday morning, through which he lost one of his legs In arranging bis box by this pile, something occurred, to make tne lumber turn Die, ana a portion 01 it fell on Mr. Eagle's right Jeg, in such a manner as to break it in several places be tween the knee and ankle. - The flesh was torn from tbe broken and shivered j bone, exposing a ! shocking wound to j view. The barn of Mr. Isaac Teeter, in . the Harrisburg neighborhood, Cabarrus county, was struck by lightning and burned last Sunday afternoon. Mr. . Teeter lost one hundred bushels 01 wheat, besides a lot of forage. -Mr. ' John Crowell, a painter, yesterday morning ; received a se vere, but not a fatal, sunstroke. During the i prevalence of a thunder storm yesterday afternoon, Isom Fulenwider, one ot tbe - county .convicts, was strucK ana knocked senseless. - in which condition he remaihecLfor twenty minutes, j At the time the Hash came, Price Coker, a colored boy-18. years , of age, was walking along Poplar street between Second and Third streets; in the vicinity of the jail. He was walking la a southerly direction, but 1 im mediately following the thunder clap he turned completely around, threw up his hands and j fell heavily backward to the pavement I Mr: Bob Jamison was standing in the street within twenty feet of Coker.; but strange to say, be was not sbocaed. - iMt. j; iRentz, ' the' barber," died very suddenly at his home in - thil city,. Sunday - . j- uL u : n morning, 01 asmma, a uisease wuu wuitu he had been afflicted for several months." At Ne well's station, on the North Carolina Railroad, six miles from Charlotte, a trage-, dy W lightning occurred that even Bur- passes that which happened on our streets last Sunday. The bolt at Newell's killed a' fcolored girl, one-chicken and two dogs.ana .broke ? the kg of an old colored man, the father' of the girl who was kiied. 1 11 oc curred about five o'clock Ja the . afternoon, just after the rain commenced falling. Mr. Thos. D. Arledge, - son of Mr. McD. Artedge, of. thw city, left yesterdayLafter noon, under escort of Mr. H. C. Irwin, for Mt Hone-hospital, near Baltimore.- The young -man lost-his reason" through over study some: months ago; but has since been under parencare. ,.: s t - r ( I ; I 1 i f i m 1 C, 1 .t ;-( i-':