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The Weekly Star. VHL H. BXB SARD, Editor and Prop' r. : WILMINGTON, N. C. TT . August 21, 18 Vnle re do both change ett - of Marriage or Iteaih, - . w p5rtal Money KeW; UtM"- re marters wUl register letter. wb r nronlr web remittance wttlt at the risk of tbe imblteber. ; . . rJTBpectaien cople forwarded when drtrea. MITT DOW. So far as the Sta is concerned the University matter is shut down upon. If we write a w some one proposes to entertain our readers with a page in reply. The question has no general interest at present, and we do not intend to fill oar col umns with a discussion that would be interminable. It would require ten columns now to reply to'wbat has been aimed at the Stab. Then there are a dozen or twenty corres pondents, many at Chapel J7iH, all ready to give you a two or four col umn article each in which it can be shown that tbe University is equal to the best, and that it is all a mis take to suppose that there have been any abases of the free scholarship lawf The Star has tried to avoid tbe discussion, not because it feared tbe mighty pens on the other side, bnt because it is not now and has never been hostile to the University., The Stab ventured to repeat a rumor about the election of Trustees. It would have taken two colnmns to bold the replies to our four or five "lines. We had strong documentary proof to sustain what We said, and have since received other evidenc&df a still 'stronger kind, bat we deter mined to use none of the documents, as tbe Stab has no intention or desire to antagonize Chapel HilL The Pro fessors have been elected, and the friends of the University must ral ly around it and make the most of the opportunities offered. We know many-things that would enable us to write a spicy and awakening edito rial, but no false reports or accusa--tiofis-or misrepresentations by anon ymous blowers shall provoke us to . break our silence on that subject. So much for the election.. As to the free scholarship business there have been abuses or there have not been. Oar information from four or five distinct sources is that there, have been abuses. ; Dr. Battle again writes us a letter in which he denies that there have been abuses. He furthermore demands to know who is one of our informants. He can easily get at the bottom facts if he goes into the various counties for investigation; A letter to some honest and '.honorable lawyer or clergyman in each county would probably bring him all the "needed information. The Stab gets infor mation from counties and without seeking jit in any way. The Stab is not on the war path at present, and does not propose to waste any time over the real or alleged abuses. It is not per se interested m settling the question. It would be glad to see ' the free scholarship business got rid of entirely. It believes it will prove a source of danger to the University if continued. It says this as a loyal friend jof higher education and as ' a sincere weU wisher to the University. Revolutions do not go backward. We are not prophets or the sons of prophets, but we venture to predict that the fight against free scholar ships will be waged with increased severity, and pertinacity before 1886 ends, and will be an issue in the cam paign in dozens of counties; and second, that the next strike will be at aU appropriations for the Univer sity. u : x We believe this will be the oat come of the matter.. In that last . fight the Stab will stand squarely by the University. It believes that an University is a necessity that the best interests of the State require it, and so believing it will be with the friends of the University in the last battle. Bat it must be an Universi ty .in fact, and not a preparatory school rivalling Bingham, or a mere , college rivalling Wake Forest, Trin ity and Davidson. The friends of the University, among whom we are glad to number ourselves, mast understand that in other . States the fight against all State appropriations is being waged. In Virginia, in South Carolina, and in Georgia there is a growing popu lar sentiment against all appropria tions by the State for. the support -of University education, and very strong pens and very influential men are among the assailants. We would avoid this antagonism, if possible, in North ' Carolina, and hence have urged, t"r perfect loyalty to the Uni versity, that the free scholarship plan be abolished. It will in tbe . end work evil for the University. Such is our conviction, and for giv ing expression to it we are suspected by those who seem to be making ob servations through a gimlet bole. We. have said our say. We have point ed out precisely wheremjthe Stab op poses the University -only as to the free scholarship business which will prove a Trojan Horse, as we fear, whether there are abuses or not, as the denominational colleges and schools are put at a disadvantage by tbissort of State aid. It has stated truth folly and plainly that it only wishes to Chapel IIIU, and favors an annual endowment sufficient to make U the full rival of the foremost Northern colleges and universities. r - vijTboso who misrepresent the mo tive or declaration or feelings of Hbe Stab bare nothing to gain by socb a sacrifice of troth and fairness. Tbe Stab drops tbe object, aod nei ther editorials nor. (communications will be tolerated for! a long time to come. So writers may save labor by withholding their pens as far as this paper is concerned. bare offered to put or friend. Hale on a way to learn something about tbe alleged abases, if be should elect to write op the matter. We bare done. - SAHP&SS 09 FAatWMG Iff HOBT0 CAKOLIRA. That North Carolina is equal to any Southern State, take it all and io all, we bare not tbe . slightest doubt. If yoo will go tbroogh the Albemarle section you will find tbe best watered coontry on the continent and one of the most fertile. If yon will go into tbe cotton section lying between Weldon and Faison on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad you will find farms that are tbe equal of the best in tbe South and that ean make their 450 bale of eotton to the acre. In Pitt, Greene, Edgecombe, CravenWilson, Halifax, Nasb, and other counties yoo jrill find farms that will rival the reiry best in pro ductiveness on. Dock Hirer, White River or the Wascbita. Then go higher op, and when : you strike tbe best tobacco soctiona you will find such responses to labor as yoo never heard of or read of outside of North Carolina. Tbe floe j tobacco area is rapidly extending, and Wake connty and man; others are coming to tbe frfont as tbe rivals of the older coun ties in tbe amount and quality of fine tobacco produced. j Oar readers have seen in the Stab from time to time articles and para graphs upon Granville farming. This has come out of tbe fact tbat we were more familiar with its statistics than with those of other counties,and because it really surpassed all others. We have told of two men and a boy making 14,000 on ten acres and re peating this for three .years. We told of one man making $1,700 with one hand. We told of two white boys, ages 18 and 16,aided by a sickly brother aged 14, selling their tobacco crop for $3,000 and upward after paying all expenses.; We .told of one farmer selling in Richmond, Va., 19 tierces, averaging more than $1 a tbe whole 10 pound for leaf, for tierces. We told of a recent sale of one load of. loose tobacco tor over, $1,600, and of a negro making a crop of corn, wheat, jfcc.', on rented' and, ploughing one ox, and selling his tobacco alone for over $600. We have mentioned also that fine tobac co lands rented some times for' $100 per acre. These are all facts, every word of it. I In the last Oxford orchlight there is an article that tells of farming on Fishing Creek, in Granville, that is worth noticing. :That section a few years ago had no special reputation for farming. The rich tobacco fields ay in other portions of the pounty. Bat fine-farming has been devel oping and spreading,) and now the Fishing Creek section is coming into notice. We will note- some of the recent returns. Mrs! M. C. Hester, in -1881, purchased a farm for $700. The tobacco crop last year sold for $3,500. Meat, ; bread, &ct were raised and wheat sold. R. A. Tun stall, (one horse) sold his tobacco for $600; Monroe Hays (two bands) $1,- 400; Elijah Fuller (one horse) $2,040; W. B. Lewis (two Horses) $2,800; George W. Reams (one horse) $4,- 700; B. F. Moss (two horses) $1,600; J. B. Elliott (two horses) $2,500; Joel Averitt (three horses) $3,300. All of these farmers made trood crops of corn, wheat, and other sap- plies. : j. ' ' Why go frOm North Carolina in search of an El Dorado when the bills and valleys of the old State will produce golden tobacco that can be transmuted iuto greenbacks or silver or even gold itself, and in such re munerative quantities? A BIGHT VIEW. We have bad occasion to remark more than? once upon; the malignant assaults made from day to day upon ex-President Davis. He is held up in false colors, is slandered,' everything he says is perverted, and the Republi. can, and, for all that, some Demo cratic papers also, seem never 6o hap py as when abusing and burlesquing the gentleman who was chosen to be at the head of the Confederate Gov ernment. He never signed any more than Alex. Stephens, Jos. E. John ston, Xiongstreet and others. He was not the author of secession, and if his voice could have been heard there would have been no war. "We are .gratified to find one Republican pa per just and manly enough to take a proper view. The Philadelphia Earn ing Telegraph says: "We have always held that tbe defensive attitude which the Southern people assume wnen je aereon uavis is stuck bd is Honor able to them. Davis, at his worst, was and is no worse than other men prominently connected witn me reoeiitou ; and jet, main ly because he was President of the Con fed eracy, he has been a particular object of Northern animosities. Those who with him participated in. the rebellion have for their part contended that his fault, if fault there was, was their fault, and that ther would not countenance having him made a. scape- Geo Jobton denies that be baa made any such criticum npon Gen. Stonewall Jackson as was reported. "The only eonrersstioa of arise tbat eaa be referred to eeemred test week, bet after as express vadersUsdisjr. tbat what I might say was not to be pablkted. Is tiwt eoo renstioo. I compared Geav Jackson io ome of tbe meet dkUsfitkbed of Kspefeon QeaeraM so less a soldier toaa nanus! Key. - Z'.-:--.. "1 tfeiek tbat ao dispaioste mum will regard tbat coaparisoa as disparaging to Oesu Jackaoo or leas th hlb praise, or as equivalent to asyiog tbat be was emiipe tent U do higher eosmasd tfeao tbat of divfeioo," - WOBKf T0f AMMtUCAM SYS- there sre good . many books bearing on tbe Government of tbe United States that have appeared within two or three y ears. There have been four, we believe, in about a year 5 or : less. Tbe most useful, tboroogb and able is that of Mr. Wood row Wilson, which still meets with much favor with tbe eritics, and bas passed into a second edition. Hiss Dawes, daughter of the Sena tor from Massachusetts, has entered the political : field and prodoeed s work with the title, "How We Are Governed.' It is an attempt to ex plain the Government of this coon try. It is intended for the yonng, but this does not excuse palpable blunders that are said to exist in it. We have not seen the book, but it is very important tbat the young should not be mistaughL It is hard to an- J learn. There is need of books like Miss Dawes has. prepared with the exception of errors, for the. people of this generation are not well in formed as to what the Constitution of tbe Union does teach. Even callow politicians tbat get into Leg islature?, and statesmen in embryo who by chance find their way to the ball of Congress, do not appear to have any special acquaintance with the organic law of tbe land or with the-simplest principles tbat enter into tbe construction of language. Mr. Wilson's book might be studied by them with some advantage, and a slight acquaintance with a primary! work on tbe laws of language might be consulted with benefit to tbe coun try as well as to themselves. It is very important not only that tbe men who aspire to make laws should have a proper knowledge of the system' of government under which we live, but it would be a good ; thing for the country if al intelligent voters had a clear insight into the workings of our somewhat complex and difficult system. Mr. Wilson, in his masterly work, shows how the country is governed by tbe Congress, which is a great thing to know. .Let the people once under stand that the Congress is the real and only governing power and then they will be much more careful in their selection of Representatives as well as in electing members of tbe Legislature who must choose Sena tors. The actual workings of our system ought to be clearly taught in the schools and colleges of the land. It is very important that the right text books are used. We apprehend that the book of Miss Dawes will not answer because of errors that are said to exist in it. We have seen a few of these men tioned. For instance, she says no one can represent a District in tbe House of Representatives unless he lives in tbat District. This is not what tbe Constitution says. In tbe late Congress there was a member from Miss Dawes's own State who did not live in the District be repre sented. So says : tbe Philadelphia American, an able and scholarly po litical weekly. Here is a paragraph from the American on her book: "Miss Dawes says IhU is a republican. and not a democratic government we have in the United States. More exactly it is a representative democratic republic. It is not a pure democracy, like the Athenian ecciesia or the New England town meeting. Neither is it a republic without democratic features, like Sparta or Venice. She praises the equal representation of the States in the Senate on tbe ground tbat without this we 'should soon have what would practically be a monarchy, situated in tbat part of the country which happened to be the most con ventent for business and commerce. How tbe proportional representation of the peo ple in both branches of Congress would plunge us into monarchy or anything equiv alent to it, we altogether fail to see. How ever, when an author has undertaken to find our whole system admirable, we must not look-too closely at the reasons for tbe praise on some points. Her father no doubt carefully cor rected her book. Perhaps he is igno rant of the system or has a very im perfect view of the matter. ' We copy an interesting article from tbe Nashville , Union concern ing a new railroad enterprise.:. We invite the attention of ,Wilming- tonians to what is said. In addition to what has alreadv been said as to the advantage to the city of Wil mington , which- would result from the extension of the Carolina Cen tral to Cranberry and on to Johnson City, it ought also to be borne in mind that the route to , Wilmington is one hundred and fifty miles nearer to. the sea eoast than any other route that has been -mentioned in this eon neotion. According to the Scientific Amer ican it has been ascertained tbat beer is a more deleterious drink than whiskey. -It says: - "The nan of hflftr ia fnnnil tn nrwInM species of degeneration of all the organs proiounu ana deceptive ratty ueposita, aumaianca circulation, conditions oi eon mntinn ftnrl nArvralnn nt fnnotinnal aii ties, local inflammations ot both the liver a :m . ... ana aianeys, are coneianuy present. . annearancA thn hwr drink ma i picture of health, but ia reality he is moat locapame ot resisuae , ataeaae. . A slight injury, a severe cold, or a shock to Urn body or mind will commonly provoke acute uisesM esaing fatally, compared wiui ineurwtes wno use ataerent Kinds ol alcohol he ia more incurable and more sea erally diseased." ; Tbe strikes in the Kortb west are of a character to arrest tbe attention of the people of all sections who feel a deep interest in the welfare of the country and in tbe afety of republi-. ean invitations. At this time there are strikes in many sections, bnt tbe only place is tbe Sunlh that is trou bled now i Memphw, where the ear driver have struck. -Michigan : w afSieted with iron strikers and lum ber strikers. ; Chicago was 'greatly disturbed sot long ago, sod so was Pittsburg sod Cleveland, and so with other ' section. The most serious part of tbe business is not : the loss of time on the part of the workmen, or the injury done to capital, bat it is tbe attitude of the strikers, who will neither work themselves nor al low others to work in their places. .There eaa be no possible defence for such a coarse.,, A mas has a per fect ngbt to ref use to work for a certain wage, but be has . no right, nationakor legal or social, to say to yon that yoo shall . not ..work. Such a coarse is destructive of all person al rights and will destroy any socie ty or State tbat will submit to it. It is more than doubtful if strikes pay in the long run. The working- men have rights and the employers have rights, and what is needed is a plan or system by which all differ ences can be satisfactorily adjusted without stopping all business and al lowing' violence to become supreme dictator. . There ought to be enough of reason and justice among men to do what U fair and right. Tbe statesman who can devise apian of settlement that will cure labor trou bles and adjust all differences 'be tween capital and labor will indeed be a great benefactor and friend of humanity. Who is equal to tbe taak? To settle a contention of any kind there must be inquiry and fair deal ing and a willingness to do right on the part of the contestants. Tbe Washington Fbst, in a timely discussion, has th view, which is sound we have no doubt: aDlovere have tbe runt to combiae for tbe advantage of their daas. Equally, and for tbe same purpose, tbe employed bare a right to combine. Yet, practically, it is felt tbat these rights most bave nmits in order to promote Uc well are ot society. When employers conspire to control tbe prices of labor aad material, sbomog out fair competition, tbe general sease is that the are working agaiaat tbe public good. On" the other band, when the employed combine and tbe combination results in a strike." it is felt tbat such a coarse should have very sufficient grounds to justify what must entail, ia tbe first mstsnre at least, great hardships oa many famines; for it is much easier for the capiulict to go without bis dividend than for tbe workman to go without bis diaaer. Ia this connection there is one point on which public senti ment is a MBit; it is that there never can be tbe slUMest approval of any act of iatimida- SOB, exercised oa the part of a "striking combustion of workmen. Where there is so much at stake there is the most pressing obligation on both classes to arras ge their diffe rences without resorting to oppressive acd hurtful combinations. Both classes are sure to suffer, although capital will bave the advantage. A very touching story comes to us through the New York World. Henry Fleig and Mary O'Brien loved dearly and married. She was handsome and but 19 years old. He 24. They lived in Hoboken. The World gives tbe affecting sequel: "It was nearly midnight wben Fleig aad bis bride retired. &be was ia excellent spirits. Early yesterday morning fleig was awakened by a chilling sensation in bis arm. There was something com ana clam my tbat rested heavily upon it He shook bis wife tenderly and tried to arouse ber. but received no response. He then rose and opened a abutter. A streak of pale light fell over ber face, but she did not move she was dead. While resting ia his arms during tbe night without a murmur or sign, she bad expired, and for boors the bridegroom lay with tbe corpse of bis bride in his embrace." - . Arsene Housaye, in his recently published "Confession," gives an amusing account of a duel between the famous essayist, Sainte-Beuve, and M. Dubois: - . - : "They met in the wood of Romainville. and just as 1L Dubois took -aim a heavy shower came on. M. deSainte Beuve grave ly opened his umbrella. Each of the com batants fired, but the affair ended with a jolly dejeuner." t f : Judge Thurman emphatically re fuses to be a candidate for tbe nomi nation for Governor. He does not wish to be misunderstood. He will not accept the nomination. Specimen GarSew rraSaeta. , We noticed in the office of Messrs. Worth & Worth, yesterday, quite a display of the productions' of this city and section, among which'wss'aa Irish potato from"C3tadbourn Columbus county, raised by Mr. J. H. Chad bourn, Jr , which weighed one pound and 14 ounces. It ia a peculiar potato, in that it ia composed of one large potato with six smaller ones growing out from it. There is also a very fine potato oa exhibi tion which was raised in the garden of Mr. W. P. Toon, in this city. Then there are some splendid specimens of the Duchess pear, seven in a cluster, from a tree ia the garden of Mrs. J. W. Collins, a magnificent onion from the sarden of Mr. B. Q. Worth, etc. i Our people down this way would not need much provocation to get up a first class fair, with productions from their own gardens and farms. - A. Hc RatUesaahe. . A gentleman from Harnett township in forms us that Oscar Bat ton, Jr., of that township, killed a rattlesnake a few days ago which had twelve rattles, and that upon being cut open the body of a full grown rabbit was found in his stomach, upon which there was not a bruise or a scratch. Now this ia not one of the ordi nary kind of anake stories, but possesses the novelty of being entirely reliable. A telegram was received from Fay etteville announcing that there had been no improvement ia tbe river, the recent rains not having extended far enough up the country. Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription " is the debilitated woman's beat restorative tonic. A CJTCXT c afir , On tbe aigbt cf Star&y, tbe Sib iasfc, orbetweeaS and 4 trdodkSwaSajmom iag, tbe Loose of Henrietta Baetaatw, is (b neighborhood of Seveatb aad JTocster streets, was feorglariowsly entered aad rob bed of a number of articles. Yesterday awrsisg s warrant was fecned to search tbe premises of Alex. Stewart, eotored, on Doek, between Seventh, and Twelfth streets. The warrant was placed ia tbe bands of Deputy Sberik CL TL Strode, who was seeosspsnied by Ofleers Garr TObaV aeyv Ashe and JKeala As they reached tbe gate in frost of Jbe boose, about 10 o'clock, Stewart casse est on tbe piazza, id -good asoraiag," aad immediately re entered tbe boose, sfcot tbe door , with a shun, ssd hurriedly made his', exit tbrocgh tbe back; way. Offleer Whit sey burned arooad tbe boose to cut bim off, sad had come within fifteen or twenty yards of bins, wben be joaaped tbe fence. He then baited, stooped down, and deEbe rately fired through a eraek is the fence st Whitney, hot sussed hiss. ' Ashe : had reached tbe scene and retnraedStewartlsfiw; wben the latter started o&jn a.reau He was parsoed to the comer of Tenth, up Tenth to Market to Twelfth street, wben be took tbe 'direction of Oakdale Oesaeterf. The pnrsaers followed , him into and through the Cemttery, hut be fiaaHy escaped. Seve ral shots were fired daring the chase, and tbe streets r is the vicinity were crowded with colored people, asostly woeaes and children, ia a high state of excUesaeaC It is said tbat three other booses were entered the same night that Henrietta Buchanan's was, (torn one of which proa. erty iff the aasonet of $75 was taken, and Skewert is tboogbtto bave been the m gHr ia each case. After tbe chase bad ended tbe boose of Stewart was searched and a number of tbe articles stolen from tbe woman Buchanan were foaad a&d fully identified by her as ber property. las BrMs ver SaaliVsi Creek Wmr aaally BleeeiveS ey taieCoawty. Tbe Board of County Coiniiwiooei i, beaded by their indefatigable Chairman, H. A Bagg. Esq.; the Board of County Magistrates (or at least representatives to the camber of ten cr twtJvel. headed by their Chiinnan, Dr. W. W. Harriss; Mr. J a. W. .King, Conaty Treasurer, aad His Honor Mayor EL D. Hall, as tbe repre sestative of the city, met at Smith's creek; on tbe connty road, yesterday afternoon, at half past 2 o'clock, for the purpose of in specting tbe new iron bridge. They did so, and found it to be in accordance with tbe plans and specifications, aad it was thereupon accepted. The bridge is very handsome and front all appearsrees it is as substantial aa it is bandaame. We stated in a former article Lhst it is 160 feet span, with 16 feet cf road way, and that it measures 21 feet from tbe bottom of the floor beam to tbe top of tbe struct are. It was pot op by the King Bridge Company, of Ohio, under the im mediate superiatendaace of Mr. BL P. Graham, who bas proved hiaMflf perfectly at borne ia tbe matter of patting np bridges, and ia witbal a grata! whole-souled gentle nun, whom it is a pleasure with our aathor ties to reeommea-l Ut all who may require his services The work of filling ia at each end of the bridge.- which is necessary to put tbe ap proaches ia proper condition, bas been already com m Mired, acd it win he ia read iness for use ia the eonree of two or three weeksL' " Our county authorities, sed especially Mr. Chairman Bagg of the County Com- nuariooen. dessrve great credit for bring ing to final consummation this scheme of building such a handsome asd substantial bridge at the rpot ia question, aad we know tbat tbiice of oar country friends and others who use it wot know bow to appreciate it. Th War Weee. Gen. S. HMsnniDg. in a letter dated at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellow stone National Park, August 11th, says: "Our party are all well aad have bad a fine time seeing tbe wonders cf nature ia this wonderland. We have been 8,800 feet above joa Wilmington inns, and nearer heaven than we have been in a long time; and, judging from the upwards of 3,000 boiling brimstone esJdross, 4c, one would suppose Vbeol was located in this immedi ate vicinity. I could not pat on paper, if I had the time, a description of the sights we bare seen, bat wd have to wait till I set home. 3o hot weather here. Last Satordsy tight, August 8th, at the Falls, the thermometer was 28. ke formed and frost was over everything They have frost every night in tbe year, when it is clear weather. At tbe Falls pilgrims put up over night in tents under several blankets. There are no trees in the Parks, save a spe cimen of the spruce; it is too high and cold for any other kind. All the streams are full of tbe mountain trout." John Brogan, a white seaman, who was arrested on Friday morning last, on tbe charge of the larceny of five cans of con densed milk from Captain Alfred Olsen, of the steam tug Efhet, on or about tbe 7th instant, had a preliminary examination be fore a magistrate yesterday, who after lis tening to the evidence, required the defend ant to enter into a bond in the rum of 150 for bis appearance at tbe next term of the Criminal Court, failing in which he was sen to jaiL - '"' " ' . - - - s Orr m Bmmrm Tears SMaV . Tbos. A. Davis, a very intelligent and respectable colored man of Myrtle Grove Sound,' Federal Point Township; m this county, showed us a walking cane yester day, which he says came from Africa and was made from tbe tusk, of an elephant He claims that the stick is over one hun dred years old, having passed through suc cessive generations of the Davis family until it reached hint It t has had one or more newpennies put'on it) but in other r spects is just as it was when it was made a present to his ancestor. It is of a material that does not show age. . The owner is a son of the well known Hesry Davis. -The family of Mr. L. A. Bilbro. resid ing on Church street, in the southern sec tion of the city, including himself, wife and several children, were poisoned on Sundsveveninc and made deathly sick. A physician was summoned, who announced that tbe trouble had been caused by milk thev had been drinking. At last accounts the parties were still confined to their beds, though it was understood they were con sidered out of danger. SaalthvUle's Baaa. ' 8mithville has bad such a boom this sea son tbat we hear talk already of enlarged facilities for accommodating visitors next summer. The boom has also bad its ef fect upon business in the town, and as one of the results there are -at least seven or eight dwellings now in process of construe lion, and nearly all of them fine ones. ' TTAZIllXCTGZ:. - - . as SbrvrY' CSV Tefecmefc te flse Horsta Stacl Wasaxsoxoa. Ane. 17. Orders wi3 he front tbe Havy Deosttmemt ia a tew days directing tbat work shall be lesuased at au navy yaro. Aneaoy wera nan been begun in the Tares at Mare Island and Brooklyn. At tbe remainder it will be began as soon as tbe ieoeeanrx(ioai ef the lorecs ass neen eosapsaeo. ane cpposai saent of new foremen, it ia ei pet ted. 3 be saade in a abort tune at tbe yards where they have sot yet bees aaade. On June 1st assay amen were discharged beeanse of a lack of funds U continne work. The new fiscal year gives a new appropriation with wkieh work ean be conjoined, and esters an opportunity for furnsbiagemptorsaeat. Wasmswroar, Aug. ML Warranta have already been isswed by the Treaeary De partme&t for tbe pajsaent of undisputed eiaiatt against tbe World's Exposition at Mew Orleans, amounting to $18000. There remain onlyaboot $51.fc& to be paid on seeouat ot daima, tbe jaatiesof .which is admitted 1? the saaasgere of the Exposition. The balance of the Goncres tional awnowiatiow of J359.000. aaaonnt- ing to $35,000, wi3 be itsei led for the pay meat of sack ot tbe cjsputed may be fonnd jost sad eqnitahtr . IlMkmraedattbeDeiiaTtaseaatbat ia now quite n brisk aaoveaaent of saver dol lars aS over the country. The bane avera gea tlOO.OCO a week more than daring the amme- period last, year, and is slightly ia excess of tbe regular seosshfy coinage of t2.000.000. . John Korria, a porter ia the Montgome ry, Ala., postoCee, was arrested hstsught for rifling regered letters. A . tflwiHignifthrd member of Congress front the Northwest has writes to tbe See retary of tbe Interior tbat he is iaforated that the settlers (Oklahoma boomer) bave in good faith dispelled aad will no longer remain in camp. This action on tbeir part is hugely the result of tbe action of the AdaMiHf ration cmn.fi sing tbe hsne of hares aad occupancy of cattle syndicates in Indian territory. He states that the pro eifsmstion of tbe President meets with uni versal favor among the people, and has in spired tbe greatest confidence tbat it as evi dent tbat tbe Administration intends to deal with iqaal fairness with all eJsaatsof the people, and be feds assured there will be no farther trouble on the border of Indian territory. , Wasaxsoros. Aug. 19. The chiefs of the Money Order OtSce and Finance Di vicion. and the chiefs of the Special Agents' Postofice Departntest.have been instructed to call the immediate attention of the Postmaster General or First Assistant Post master General, to all cases of dehnqoenry on tbe part of postniasters which may come to their notice by reports of special agents or.otherwise. A special packet, of' sseksn-colored paper, is to be prepared for socb eases; tbe paper being designed to call atteation at once to the eneJosure front among the saass of papera which reach tbe desks of the Postmaster General and his asaartsetB . Heretofore eases of this kind have been allowed to take the routine coarse, going with other correspondence to correspondence clerks' offices, and as a re salt many postniasters who have failed to keep np their deposits bare been able to retain their offices after delinquencies have been reported upon. Counsel for tbe Northern Paeifie Rail road Company bave applied to tbe Inte rior Department for a lebearine: of tbe ease recently affirmed by Secretary Lamar, rela tive to lines of territorial limits of tbe road mWsahiagtcw Territory. flawtaBt Secre tary Jenks will grant a rehearing upon bis return to the city. i A special to the Jgseaiay Star, fvm AJexaadria, Va,. says tbe you agent son of Gen. Fiizbugu Lee. Democratic candidate for Governor, died at Evergreen. Fairfax county, to-day. cbimxnaT, record. TvaueeSy la a j ijlnau WataJ Qaarrei Over a Gaasa ! sresraf la KaarrUIr, Team. By Teiegra$a to the Sorsinr Star.l j WnjtESBAKKX. Pa, Aug. 17. Andrew TJndra, a miner in tbe employ ef the Sus quehanna Coal Company, at Nanticoke. this afternoon called at the company's store and porch sstd a revolver. He then went to the booae of a Hungarian named Joseph Tomaski. with whom- be boarded. Tbe wife of tbe latter being at home alone, be told ber that since be j bad resided with tbem ber friendliness toward bim bad in spired hint with love, and be wanted ber to leave ber husband and go and five with him. Mrs. Tomcski refused, when be told her to bid her children good-bye She laughed at bim, whereupon be shot at ber. the ball graxine her neck. He then turned the weapon on himself and fired two shots. One of the balls passed through his windpipe sad lodged in the base of the brain, causing instant death. KxoxvnxK, Tesx., August 17. Benj. F. Wilson, a stone contractor, was stabbed and killed In a saloon this evening by Horace Foster, a young lawyer. Foster is in jaiL They quarrelled over a game of cards. - - 1SD1AKA. Carrface sTattsars CBUtrced with n rrlaalaal KJaeL. . Jjtoiaxapolis, Aug. 17. While Gov. Gray was driving with his family along Michigan road, about 8 o'clock last even ing, some miscreant fired a shot through tbe carriage, tbe ball passing in close prox imity to the person of tbe Chief Executive. It is not known whether the shot was fired si random or with murderous intent. The person by whom it wss fired could not be found. : Oliver Carmicbael aad his son Otto, edi tors and proprietors of the Munde Daily Reporter, which suspended a week ago, were arrested yesterday at Muncie, upon warrants sworn out by Taylor J. Riley, charging them with criminal libeL Riley is secretary cf tbe Knights of labor or ganization of this city, and was actively engaged in boycotting the paper before its suspension. So persistent was be, that in the beat of passion the paper, in its last is sue, denounced bim as a notorious black leg and blackmailer. Tbe action taken by Riley is based upon this denunciation. Tbe Carmichaels waived a preliminary trial and gave bond for tbeir appearance at tbe September term of Court, wben the case will be beard. COTTOZT. TUrn Bnrdent mt a Bra Cran Sneenla Claaa mt the New Xarsc Fa. By Tefecraph to the Mornliic Star. New Yobs; August 18. The New York Pott says: Future deliveries, as well as spot cotton, continued to recede; and no wonder, for all circumstances seem to combine to depress tbe article. To limit the estimate of our crop to 7,500,000 bales would no doubt require much shedding of holla, besides, it is a question whether it would not even be of advantage if a certain amount of bolls were not to mature, for as with all fruit trees there may be too much production. Then there is a decline of silver, which is already quoted in Lon don at 48d per ounce, and will probably be lower when coinage . and government purchases (as is most likely) will be stopped here. Moreover, dullness continues at Manchester, where spinners will not buy beyond their immediate requirements, (and they are small indeed), while the stock at mills, even if it should not exceed 73,000 bales, may be reduced to 50,000 bales. Be fore the arrival of the sew crop this alone will reduce buying for consumption by 4.000 bales per week. Thus, it is bard to see where relief is to come from until prices bave found tbeir leveL Futures began selling at an advance, but fell September 4 points, the balance 2 points, below yesterday's closing prices. At the third call, 100 bales August brought 10.2tC100 do. September 9.78c; 100 do. October 9 53c; 400 da November 9.54c, and 200 do. April 9 89c Spot cotton is l-lfic lower; and middling uplands easy at lOfe, with sales of 1.037 bales to spinners, and bales delivered on contract. COLORADO, mm a treated and Shat fey si ' ' 17. n. marshal. -' ' PcxBLo. August 19. M.' MeMuQer, a ranchman, thirty miles east of here, was arrested yesterday by a U. S. Marshal, for contempt of court in failing to remove fences placed oa government lands. Mc Mulkr made a show of resisting arrest, and was shot in tbe leg by the marshal. Mo Mullerhas illegally fenced in thirty thou sand acres. ZIISSOUIZJ. Vb SC. Eawfa saaael Tclr-: - wriPa : :TA$"V Bt. Loch A -Z IS A ktfer fs pub lished here today dated Sonny .Bank, HydeCnapeL under date of Judy 13th, lSS. and signed Samuel S. Brooks, in which tbe wriursaya tbat bis son. BL M. Bronihs. left home last Jaanary on a bwd- inp to iretsnd. aad thai no word has received front aim since 'It and learned, however, that be bad tbe casator of aa nd jaining parJah f or ; a cont end lb they , had iiwinlrrd ht Tn eaaravaganers. and that Brooaa had got mixed np with tbe St. Louis tmnk tragedy, and also got : mixed with that of Doctor MaxweU. The letter shows great, distress on the part of the wrfter, who makes an orgeat appeal for informa tion ia regard to tbe person concerned in the - Baurder. A part - of this letEer was shown to Maxwell and he re- cognised tbe signature as that of bis father, and desired poaseaaion - of theletter. He said be would write to bis father aad Ull kirn that he (MaxweE)waa raaoceBl of the BHnder o( Preiler aad that he hat a perfectly good ff In tbe coarse of convmattoD Maxwell (or as he ia now pretty definitely kVwtiSed as Brocks) said tbat Preiler was troubled with inaoat nis and that be bad prescribed chloroform for bint on several occasions, and with benefit. PreHer, however, had heart diwase. he said, and he utiasafed that he had either taken or was given aa overdose on this ccearion with fatal remits. That win be Brooks' defence when hi- case cose s to trial. , THK SOUTH. CBv Bjultmoke, August 19. The Baltimore Msuarfmetmrers Eee&rd will publish to mor row nearly five pages cf special reports cov ering the . whole Sooth, from Virginia to Texas, sbowiag that the ptuspeUa for crops and the outlook for business ia that section are remarkably good. Sot only is tbe acreage of the cotton, corn and tobacco crops the largest on record, bat the reports are almost unanimous in stating: that tbe yield of these crops, aa well aa of sntalier crops (excepting wheat), will greatly exceed tbe beat crops ever before produced. It is also shown tbat tbe crops bave been made at lower coat than in any preceding year, and hens on crops for money advanced to .farmers is much less than heretofore. Official reports from South CaroKrn show that while that State will produce about four million hm hHa more corn and proba bly over three hundred' thousand bales of eotton more than last year, tbe aggregate amount of tbe agricultural liens given to obtsia advances noon growing crops lis three million dollars less than in 1SS3, not withstanding tbe fact that the intervening years, 18S3 and 1884, were unfavorable crop years. Ia Georgia, tbe Agricultural Department estimates tbe corn crop at forty Bullion hnshHa. against thirty-one million bushels latt year, aad twenty four mOlion ax hun dred thousand bushels in 1883 Regarding corn, reports front the whole Sooth are of tbe most flattering character; some stating that tbe yield will be the best for years, others tbe best for twenty years, and ntany the best ever known. It is thought by tbe U. S. Coatnrissioner of Ag ricolinre tbat the increased acreage in corn over tact year aad the splendid yield which is now assured will give tbe South not less than fifty million bushels of corn more than last year. Tbe cotton crop, itisbeheved, is safe for much tbe largest yield ever made, and for at least one million to one million five hundred thousand bales more than; met year. Of tobacco, fruits and vegetables tbe crops are tbe largest ever made in tbe Sooth: while rice promises a splendid yield, and sugar a far more satis factory and profitable crop than in 1884. Stimulated by the Tmprecedented crops, business is already showing decided im provement, and the prospects in the sooth for fall and winter trade are reported as unu sually good. In tbe organization of rail road and manufacturing enterprises, there is great activity, and tbe outlook for indus trial interests is particularly promising... CRIMES aS i CASUALTIES. A Baatan sxintater Charaed with Adnl tery The Charles River Bay Harder. Xtrawalag; Accident la Ontario A. $10,000 Wire at PaSseah, hty aTasur Kea Killed am am Inclined Hallway la Weas Ylrglala. BoeroM. Aug. 19. Rev. W. W. Downer of Bowdoin Square Baptist church, and Mrs. Frederick J. Taber, wbo.were arrested and charged with adultery, were this morn ing held in a bond of $800 each for their appearance in September. Frank Mitchell wss arraigned to-day charged with the murder of his wife Ellen, who it is now accepted as certain, was the victim of tbe Charles river bay tragedy. Mitchell pleaded not guilty and tbe case was continued until August 28th. CHAaxssTOH.W. Va., August 19. This afternoon, while care were ascending and descending tbe inclined railroad at Cabin Creek eoal.mines,a short distance above tbe city, the loaded cars broke loose and came into collision with a car in which were Lay ton Oakford. President of the road,! Thomas Peacock, Amos Mitchell. Joseph HslL and a man named Thomas, killing: the four first named and seriously wound-; ing Thomas. Cairo. Iixs.. August 19. A new unoc cupied residence and tbe houses of Henry and Brack Owens, at Psducah,were burned yesterday. Loss $10,000. Insured. I Port Dalhoubik, Ost., August Wantsy Clark, of this place, and Gertrude Kennedy, of Toronto, drowned in tbe canal last night. - 19. h Miss were They were driving along tbe bank, and the night being very dark they approached too the edge and were precipitated into tbe water. . " -.. . -j , Maryland: Denresaed CandlUan ar the Baltlaaare Wheat market. Balttmork, August 18. The wheat market is in a very depressed condition, and an opportunity bas been afforded to those who bave to make future deliveries to make a handsome profit. On the first day bf Ancust 93c. wss bid for spot and 994c. for October. Today the hid for spot was 88 Jc., or a decline of 4Jc, and 93a for Oc tober, a decline of fife. A like decline in Southern wheat has occurred snd there lis s good deal of spprefaenshion for the re sult. . Every possible effort has been made to maintain prices, but the almost entire absence of foreign demand has broken the market, though there are plenty of bot toms ready to engage to take it to liver pool for one penny per bushel. Sales are quite large, but tbe purchasers are those who have sold at an advance, and will fill their contracts at a large profit. . - MARINE DISASTER. I.aaa mt a Lake Sleaneer Sarraw Bseawe ; : r the Crew. Crxcaoo, August 19. Tbe steamer Jar vis Lord, bound from SL Ignace for Chica go, with a load of iron ore, was lost Mon day morning while off tbe Monitaus. She' sprung a leak and made water so rapidly that tbe pumps were useless. It was then decided to run her on tbe beach, and she was put about and headed for Glen Haven. When within two miles of Glen Haven, tbe steamer wss. abandoned and sunk, stern first, in about forty fathoms of water. .The crew narrowly escaped with their lives, but succeeded in making Glen Haven in small boats. The steamer and cargo are a total loss. Sbejrsj valued at $33,000 and was owned in Cleveland. Insured for $28,000. PENNSYLVANIA. - A Gang; ef Thieves Arreted laF1tfs- .. hare. Pittsburg, Aug. 19 M. J. Fitzpat rick, Charles Orth, John Kay, Herman Gross and M. Wise, employes of A. EL Borland A Co., wholesale hoot and shoe dealers, have- been arrested on tbe charge of plundering the firm. Wise wss tbe drayman, and the plan was to have him to haul goods to Orth's residence, where they were secreted and afterwards peddled by Gross. The robberies have been carried on in a systematic manner for three years, and $15,000 worth of goods have been taken. : Shelby Aurora?- Thn firmcn in Rutherford proposes to form an agricul- Mirmi aucHay, inis snows enterprise and will be beneficial to the farmers,wbo should be better organized. - Spirits TnintmT uuauen sht T pemi neea ot . help. Send ia ten. conxnonoon of sappSesand wi3 be a large crop of wheal sows ia c. & T. Mnfily imrehased from J Reddine two tracts of bmd eontaicic . t, , bundled news, adjaiaing the Hoover Hsi aantrng property. - He baa sold aa iEfenKt in the property to a party of geutleB ?5 PkOadehmaa Chicago. During they ssosths ending June 30th. gold to th aasownt of $37,480 wan taken oat of th Hoover HSI snine, at a cost of t fy sbowiag a profit of $23,460. 1 Lsmberton lUrbexonians R'v J.T. Fuwyson has jantclosed a me-.,-, at Barker, by which eighteen nsetn-i were added to the ehuTch. We sorry to bear of tbe death of Mis Ct. rine. youngest danehter of Mr. H R Rr bjT- laatThursday.whBeMr. ElUt Tyler, of Thompson a township, was work, his dweiBag took fire and tmro down. The bridges on tbe rail-o- mcalioned in this paper bat week, are n -iron bridges, bat are even better. Tht are wooden suspension bridges, tc-:-"- ahont$g,eWench. Asfcpole dot: 'ill crops in this vicinity are suffering i r n -aad we learn that in the Asfipofe se-r",-. the droaght is becoming distressing I ' r: t. n , ! wuwifliun- progress - r'rir.k ebernD, colored, who was shot at a ni - ing near Brevard a Statioa oa Sunday, i gust 2d. died the next day. Last X i day morning Amzi A. linn wss sees d in his yard by Jacob Kis&r. Both r are citizens of this county and Hve in community known as Eog Ui'.L Oa -day Kistler and Linn had a quarrel at cbnrcb and on the way home had a t? t -ia which Kistler was worsted, aad the zli : mornicg, on his way to Cleveland Co: called at Linn's house sad enouire.: bim. . As Linn came out cf his b. Kistler fired upon him with a pistol. T" -ball entered Liaa'a left stde just belc heart and has not yet been found. A;Vr Linn fell Kistler turned and rode off in ti i direction of Shelby. j New Berne Journal: The f u neral of Clarence A Radclif took place i.r, yesterday afternoon from Christ Cbucc'. Rev. M. Forbes conducting the semes Dr. R. II. Lewis, Presideat of th Xorth Carolina. Teachers Aseemblv. -company with the Vice President?. .3 the Western part of the Stale lookieg - a plae to hold the next Assembly, . Tie revenue cutler Stevens returned fr: a cruise dowa tbesoued yesterday evtc:; Lieat. Gooding says New Berse h tie r V place he can find anytbieg to eas betwita here and Elizabeth City. WeiriW the 12th, was a big day for Onslow. Pe pie from over half a dozen counties Lrv'. sembSed at Alum Springs to aue&u ite Sunday Sebool picnic Four Sued v. Schoohi bearing handsome bsBBers with propriately inscribed mottoes were rejre seated and though continued showers ne cessarily made tbe day disagreeable, j et is was enjoyed. Toe number present vis variously estimated from one to four tbcu- sand. - Mr. John T. Diwn"4 bfc watermelon has been brought in and u unw at B. BL Meadow's drug store. I clipped from the viae premalun.!y, ss pr ties viriting the patch to see it bad tried : lift it until the vine wss so damaged that i-, became necessary to take the melon iwr. . It measures three feet six aad one hilf in ches in eumference, and two feet one ineU in length, and weighed 77 pcunda. ' Baleigh New-Observer: Mr. James T. Murphy, of Clinton, has been appointed through the civil serrrce o -n nuaskiners to n $1,200 clerkship in the bu reau of statistics st Washington. Orange Presbytery will bold its 231st semi annual meeting at Hawk fields Church. 10 miles from MehanesTille, commencing iu session to-morrow at noon. There hsi been made near Plymouth a most re markable discovery of trees which beir a species Of cotton. The Examiner says ite trees are a foot in diameter and thirty-five feet high. They bear pods, smaller thn cotton bolls, but full of a wonderfully soft and beautiful cotton, with a good stap'e. The trees grow in a swamp. A re porter visited the fine vineyard cf Mr. George Shellem and found grapes in sulq luxurious abundance as to recall the boi.--tifulness spoken of in scripture. Ire?. Concord, Catawba, Isabella and Clinton load tbe vines. ' It is the greatest year erer . known for grapes. There appears to tie no decay. Mr. Theo. W. Pooh State Senator from the Second District, has been appointed, an inspector of public lands, by tbe Secretary of tbe .Interior The appointment was secured by Senator Ransom. Theposhion pays about $3,500 a year. . The Supreme Court reports and the laws of North Carolina arebtrice sent by the Executive Department to the Governors of tbe various States snd Ter ritories. The grape culture of Ridgt- way and vicinity is a big thing, and very few people have the remotest conception of its magnitude. Car loads are being ship-. ped North three times a week; a car load will average twenty-five hundred baskets. - Charlotte Observer: Those of our people : who think the United Stales branch mint in this city-is no very impor tant institution will be interested in a fer figures we eive of tbe business of the oaict. The totals for the year are: Gold, $172, -588.98; silver, $1,015 41. The silver w--contained in the gold. All of this bullion was furnished by three States Georgia. South Carolina, and IN orth Carolina. Georgia furnished more than South Caro lina, and South Carolina more than our own State. In the Criminal Court yesterday a young man, with a boyish atd rather a handsome face, took a seat in the prisoner's bar. It was Ed. Merrill, acd he had been : arraigned on the charge of having robbed Capt. Lee Hand's safe, in this city, a few months ago. Merrill was in Capt. Hand's employ, and giving way to temptation one night, he robbed the safe of $300 and fled. He was captured at Cedar Keys, Fla,. last week and brought here for trial. Judge Meares sentenced the young man to four years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Merrill comes of a good family. ' There was another glass ball shooting match at tbe fair grounds yesterday after noon. The teams . were Hargraves and Talliaferro, and Justice and Brem. T wen ty balls were sprung. The score was liar graves 14, Talliaferro 13, and Justice 17, Brem 12. The members of the Hor net's Nest . Riflemen, of which company Mr. G. Brenizer is first lieutenant, have presented him with a testimonial of their appreciation and esteem, ia the shape of a bridal gift of a beautiful silver service, upon which is engraved: "To Lieut. Gil mer Brenizer, by the Hornet's Nest Rifle men." Raleigh . News- Observer : Ar rangements have beat made for an exhibi tion of the woods and minerals of Western North Carolina at the approaching fair at AauevUle. Hon. Wharton J. Green aad First Assistant Postmaster General Stevens, of Illinois, will start in a day or two for the Virginia spring. Eggs iu Chatham county have reached the lowest figure since tbe war eight cents per dozen. Dr. Charles W. Dabney, Slate chem ist, has returned. Raleigh will be in eluded in the special letter delivery service to begin October 1st, and probably Durham also. Yesterday all theprofessional base ball players were released by the Ra leigh club which is now 1 defunct. Prof. Alexander Graham, principal of tbe Fayetteville graded school, is conducting county institute at Marlboro, S. C. He is assisted by Prof. J. R. Monroe, a grad uate of the University of North Carolina. As effort ia being made to have a cot ton compress erected here. The price of hard coal here now is $7.50 per ton, and of soft or bituminous coal . $5.50. Burke county has subscribed $100,000 to the Southern and Wester Air lane railroad company. - - Misa Manly, of New Berne, was one of the unfortunates in the fire at the Haywood Springs. Her room was on the third floor, and (be was, perhaps, more imperiled than many others. She lost ber money and a good deal of her wardrobe. A gentleman who has been some dajt in Franklin county says tbe tobacco there is very fine, snd that there are 1,000 acres planted in that county. This estimate ia made by careful men. It would be inter esting to know the quantity in Wake. Some says 2,000, others 2,500, and some as much as 3,000 seres. One of tbe lar gest private funerals ever seen here wss that of Mr. Litcbford yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The people of Raleigh have a high and just appreciation of the gentle man and this they plainly showed. The order of Odd Fellows, of which be wss such an ' honored member, paid every re spect to his memory.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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