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THE T 0 BACKS III TBB BOtTTIlT
When Northern writers undertake
to discuss the race question they in
variably betray ignorance and blun
der in almost all theyjsay. If men will
undertake to discuss questions con
cerning which they are not well in
formed they . must make mistakes,.
Bat blunders as to the race problem
are not confined to Northern writers;
There are many Cables in the South!
who set themselves up as teachers of
their brethren and essay the part of
mentors and conscience awakeners
who are, blind leaders of the blind
We are reminded of this by recent
discussions in some Southern' dailies
over the races. One .paper, the St.
Louis Republican, goes into a sort of
jeremiade over the supposed progress
of the negroes beyond; the whites
and says "they confine 'their emigra
tion to the- fat, rich, level districts,
where the Boil is rich and productive,
and Jiving is easy, .and where their
thick skin and sluggish habits give
thern a decided advantage over their
white antagonists in .resisting mala-;
rial influences." ; It is denied that
from Georgia or South Carolina the,
negro, exodus is as great as that of
the whites. It is furthermore asserts
ed by as welLinformed a paper as the
Colombia Register, that the whites!
in South Carolina so far from falling
behind the negroes are asserting their,'
superiority. ; It says:
"Take, for instance, Berkeley and Hamp
ton, where negroes always swarmed; so far
from the negroes getting the mastery there.'
the whole complexion of things has under-,
gone a most wonderful change, and the as
cendancy of the whites was never so de
clared since the war. ' The white planters
are more successful; they have more ready:
money, and everything begins to put on an
air of good and easy relations between the.
races: There are many important white in
dustries afoot which had no existence be-;
fore the war. The whites are not moving
away, ner are the blacks from the bill conn-
try flocking there. Indeed, in malarial lo
calities these blacks from the upper districts
have as much trouble as the unacclimated
whites, with this remarkable difference:
that as the colored people do not take the
nMA - w i .1 ii - m
more. ;- - - t 'j .. '
In North Carolina -, the exodus of
the negroes does' not' amount to much
in the year. They suffer more from
excessive, mortality, owing to. their
habits, than from emigration. In
this city in uly the - negra deaths
were five times that. of the' whites,
and yet they have but fifty per cent.
say for the most part good order pre
vails among them, ..and r the ;two
races are living harmoniously and
there is a diminution of race antag
onism on the part . of , the negroes.
There are not so many-, of the, men
idling their time in politics,-and for
the present not r many, of -them are
consumed by the office-seeking fever.
The Register says : - . , . ' -"
"If we could carry our St. Lous con
temporary through those wide and fruitful
regions of onr coast his "nigger land"
and show., him how it is blooming with
magnificent crops and adorned with happy
homes, and how the white and the colored
races had buried the hatched and taken up
the hoe in good earnest, we think that it
would be an absolute revelation .to pur
great Democratic contemporary. r ''Z
i The race question will work ltBelf
but. ; Just v as 2 inter f eren ce ,-on the
part of the North ; ceases and " the
race of Dlaines and Logans dimin
ishes will there be' more prosperity
among the. negroes in the South and
less race conflicts. Whenever the
North interferes"; it Vnly.v'.. arouses
feelings that are best when ..slumber
ing and draws off the colored people'
from their lives of industry-and con
THB IBI8H QUESTION. ; . -
The political , situation " in Great
Britain '! becomes . more . complicated
withe. " Mr. ParnellVbold decla-j
.lon tor complete .Irish indepen-
uence is use a oomDsneil thrown into
the Tory Camp4' That ! party
been coquetting with Parnell and his
party for some tinie,and reports were
to the effect ; that " ' an alliance had'
been formed. ; Of .course, this meant
war" upon the Liberal nolicv in deal
ing with Ireland, for upon , no other
grounds would it be possible for the'
Home Kulera to unite with .their old
enemies upon any: line 'of' conduct.
But the . deliverance o Parnell at
Dublin on ; Tuesday .overturns all
Aory calculations and it is now man
I ifestthat the only hope the Salisbury
party has of countervailing the Irish
i-plans is by begging ; the . Gladstone
party to stand by them in' a firmer
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t'-JrV t.lzr f::::cu!iri Ci
CJLl La t-tcciV.a U Hr. Glistont
asl LU allies. . ':';
I) tficr til it cay Icra oat tiat
tLa LilcriLi will r;iia la ilit tlcctioa
fcj tLIa ctw turn girea to the qaca
tlcsi at ksat by tha IrUb leader. It
cay appear to tU Er-llsh and
Scotch that the Liberal party ta tha
safer party ia manatsinj Irish afTaira.
That party is not th traditional
party of, oppression. The reforms
in England ars inspired ' by Liberals
and are carried out by them. Whilst
they make no rash promises to: the
Irish' leaders they are disposed to ac
cord to them , upon principle 'far
greater privileges than the Tories at
heart are willins to concede. - But
the Liberals will not agree to the de
mands of Parnell as set forth ' in his
recent speech. . . -
'.The Stab is merely looking at the
question as it presents itself. So far
as the Irish are concerned it has al
ways insisted upon two points; first,
that they had been verybadly treat
ed always by the Tories; and, second,
that they deserved and should , have
precisely the same. rights and privi
leges that had been accorded to Scot
land. It would be a move of doubt
ful wisdom to have Ireland entirely
kseparate from the Kingdom. It might
rprove a constant menace to England,
and it might invite some strong Pow
er to take possession unless England
should interfere to prevent. - t
..The best plan, it appears to us for
both England and Ireland, is a con
tinuance of union, but with the full
est guarantees of sympathy and pro
tection to Ireland and the amplest
privileges of local self-government. ;
RECONSTRUCTED, i
Charles Dudley Warner is a clever
New England man of letters. . His
books are quite bright and enjoyable.
He has a pleasant vein of fun in himj
ahd yethe is a man of observation
and reflection. He has been travel
ling in the South, and has been wri
ting of what he sa w, and .heard. He
finds the South fully, reconstructed.
Even the f remote States have fallen
into line and are marching to the
music of the Union. , He ' says," for in
stance: ;'AA:'c;-i';'fc:fe-
"Louisiana was never, in its whole his
tory, so consciously loyal to the. united
States as it is to day. For the oast ten
years there has been growing in this coun
try a stronger - feeling of nationality a
distinct American hiatoric cnnRRinnsine
and nowhere else has it developed so rapidly
of late as at the South. I. am convinced
that this is a genuine development of at
tachment to the Union and of pride in the
nation, ana not in any respect a political,
movement for unworthy purposes. I am
sorry that it is necessay, for the sake of any
lingering prejudices at the North, to aav
this. But it is time that sober, thoughtful,'
patriotic . people at tne Jiortb should, quit
representing' tne desire for office at the
outn as a device . to get into the govern
ment saddle and ride again with a "rebel'
impulse " v-! :V-- rrgl tv-v'-v .1
'. For the sake of .truth it is gratify
ing to see such a statement.' All
alone; : for a decade and a half Hhe
South has given assurances, in many
ways that it was loyal to the whole
country as well as to the .Constitu
tion. In 1872, it took np the old
abolitionist, Greeley as alj peace-of
fering, but the North would none of
it. V In 1880, it . nominated a -ery
distinguished Federal soldier for the
Presidency,. but still the motives and
intentions of the South fwere misrep
resented and suspected. ! It j is, there
fore, gratifying to know that gifted
and popular writers .like Mr. Warner
should do justice to ' the; Southern
people, after J,wenty anxious years of
peace. . : , QhixWy- :-
at there are men like Blaine and
Logan and.Foraker and their follow
ers who still -prate' of treason and
disloyalty, and deckr.themselves'in
war. paint and feathers l:A-'J
- One of the best features about, the South
ern crop report is that. . although the corn
and cotton.; are largely. in excess of last
year, the Hens on the crops are $3,000,000
less than in any recent year.", This Indicates
that the planters are getting out of debt,
JaeksonviUe Timet-ITnion, - Ivy s :fJJi
. This is indeed encouraging. If the
farmers generally in the South fwere
out of debt, and- would keep, out of
debt the South would indeed be in a
prosperous condition.. .The mortgage
business is simply ruinous. 'People
whonse mortgages as a , plastei f ill
grow ..weeds . and, poverty; vThe sum
mentioned by the J acksonville. paper
is" - a mere "drop ; in the; bucket.
NjOrth fcarpiina has beeq very , much
injured by the lien system.. Farmers
pay a ruinous ! interest'-.when they go
into this business. - It ought to stop,
and until it 'does there will be no
positive recuperation and . improve-
walks a Czar when he goes
to meet his brother;" Emperors. A'
: description j of Alexander of Russia
i at Kremsier says'? 'f . ' ' 'Vi; ::
; Alexander was really alert and uneasy, ,
and he added to the 'secret, Drecautions ar
ranged for his safety more' than one device
or. His own . lie was, pale and.- careworn
during his entire stay, and he himself sug
gested several precautions to the Austrian
authorities. ., p.;" ,?.vk t - !-
"The Czar owns a large mastiff.possessed
'of uncommon strength and . intelligence.
;The mastiSC has been carefully trained as a
.body guard, and, as ia known InSt. Peters
I burg and Moscow, watches beside his mas
ter's couch everv nitrht Thin Anir fuvnm-
ipanied the Czar, to and from Kremsier.
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i:;;;.,r;i:jC.:;l .; IlbU l!.3ir
fat ilzi t!vi Cl.r.a alzzzl IU r::a
taLivacc-rj U.-ralU tr;! :::.a
y acUlr-cn, Cat (XL Cl; a t:
Ca centers cf cssp&lca A, U tzX
11 trcls czzz? asl west Lcca nzlcr
tla ItHcf Hit hart cf aiscsca li
been
ael fcr thca frca tLa
proper authority. In flaw cf tlcss
facta the cCccra and cca cf thesa
cocpanica are acquittcl cf llama
ia the precises. .- --. . :
In a rcccst nncber of EraiLlrccft
there, was a list of thirty-six manu
facturing' estabiishaenta ' ia New
England. The dividends from 1872
up wereiven. In 1831 five of these
taade no dividends, and for the .jf'.r
ending the 30th of June, 1885, four
teen declared no' dividends. In 1885
there are twenty-five "mills that paid
3 per cent. From 1872 to 1884 in
clusive the average dividends of com
panies varied very much. '. For in-,
ance: three companies made' less
than 4 pen cent.; seven companies
made less than 5 per cent. twenty
four made above 6 per cent. twenty
"above 7 per. oentl, and five. between
10 and 15 per cent. In 1881 seven
teen companies made from 0, to 20
per oent. S 4v'"e:: v " ti"- ' I
it is eamittea tnat tor a year or
two the prices rS goods have' been
very low and! tbjeG profits have -been
very BmaA in some instances, but the
profits for a term of years have been
very' remunerative. Of course the
condition that has existed since 1884
cannot continue. .There must be a
favorable reaction. ; In : 1884 there
were no less than, eighteen of the
Fall River mills that paid, less than
6 per cent. But then there are
many .other kinds of investment that
paid less than 6 per bent.' In many
of the cities and towns , real , estate
has not brought in 6 per cent.' to the
owners. ' But the1 darkest days have
passed for the present, we must hope.
The signs,' as gathered by the ' com
mercial papers, are all said to be fa
vorable., '.There; will be steady re
vival probably, but no boom. 1 ;
ti If the South has any real advan
tage over New England I in cotton
milling then , most of , the : Southern
companies must have done fairly
well in spite of the hard times. Bot
this may not be true.; Some few may
nave made,', but many' shut,' down;
others declared but small dividends.
WABBINe REGBO METUODI8TS.
.The '-, demonstration.; of certain
Methodist negroes, as telegraphed
from Charlotte on the 27th, is a nice
commentary upon the ; profession of
'religion where there ' is no religioni
When the worst passions take posses
sion of the soul passions that en
gender strife and cause bloodshed it
is-only too plain that the Devil is on
deck and has command. , ' When one
set of spurious religionists make war
.with shotted guns on .another set and
begin, the work : of wounding and
perhaps killing.it is high ; time that
an example was ; made. We hope
that the. strong arm of . the law will
get hold -of these disciples of Satan:
and give them the extremest .benefit
possible. It was a very great out-!
rage and the negroes in. the churches
should be taught that outrages and
thefts and high-handed .-oppressions
and, assaults' .with intent to kill,
cannot be indulged in North Caro
lina ' without paying a' penalty' that
shall be very severe. When negroes'
professing to be the disciples of , the
Prince of Peace make war upon the
brethren ':they'v' should be arrested,
tried, convicted, and if the offence is
great enough, hanged as high as Ha
man. Fanaticism and,. hatreds and
violence practiced ia the name of re
ligion is jtoo thid a plea for the light
of the last score of years in the nine
teenth centnry.: Vlet these Methodist
murderers be deported to thti wilds
of 'Africa, where they . can.; gratify
MnrfiV rasrtftlitiAa K ar 1 nomine v.to
light; at Washington. ' It: has been
ascertained that a corrupt ring madd
up of barefaced thieves.'; have been
fleecing the Government.. :! The .- re
port is that it has been ascertained
thati a row of cottages on the Poto
maef riverji ave T "been' actually built
and furnished at the expense of the
people.' The thieves'belong to the
Pension Buildingr- Mr. Shuckera,
the5;' new 1 Superintendent!.' of "thai
building made, the discovery. - The
former Superintendent ' (Republ ican'
of course) was one :of the sir: en
gaged ' in' the ' swindle."'.1 John, Sher
man, while. Secretaryof Uielrea
sury is believed to have swindled the
Government" in : many , ways. - An
other leak' has been stopped, ' this!
f time in the Court of . Alabama Ulaims.
So Walter Blaine, son of Jim B., is
adrift, i Ho; receivedf2,500jlary
Several of the offices were1' not an-!
thorized Jby ,law. This is the way
the' ' Cleveland Administration is
steadily reforming the Government
and "turning the rascals out
: .Old Ben swears the -report that he
has been indorsing Cleveland is a lie.'
iWe hope he will not.
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a:4 l"i ;r L,",:zt rr C'lrte Tsars
f-r Xi-:i aj t.-.:;.-y u:a m
Call Utxrea Cities t:: tlictps.
J. XL CLt'.a, tls ycurj L:: eaa
La ty ccsvLud it C j JSj ttra cf lis
C.LsJ Court ct aa ttult sal t&Usry
wlJ a dcs!y wes;oa c;oa Hr. Joha J.
Tctlzr, as! l3 vu tcsticcJ ty 2uiz
I!csrca to cocSacscit ia tie County Hones
ct CorrecUoa for tLree years sad to wear a
tiU and chaia, ticcceJid la etcapls; from
LU plocs cf coticcncat 6a Friday n!ht
and is bow at lar, lie Eavasv the
Superintendent, says the ban was attached
to tla all day Friday, as usual, but at : 7
o'clock, when about to be locked la his
cell. It was removed, as the man appeared
to be luSering very much from the con
tinued pressure upon his leg. . When the
Superintendent , went out early yes .
terday morning ' to look - after his
prisoners the cell door ' was, found open
1 AA4hc3to gone.,. It appem,' from sur-
ronnding- vidence, that he managed to
get an Iron hook from the back window of
his cell, with which he succeeded in loosen
ing the clamps of the staple of the door so
that he could draw it out The door was
then opened without difficulty. He had
previously constructed a . rope out of the
sheet from bit bed, one end of which he
had fastened to the gratings of his celL Be
ing free from the Utter he next climbed up
the side of the building to the top of the
stockade and let himself down on the out
side with the sheet. When his escape was
discovered pursuit was useless, but every
available means have been resorted to In
order, if possible, to effect his capture. ' ;
It is thus that acts of humanity are dis
couraged by base ingratitude, and . cruelty
and indifference are allowed to take the
premium. In the goodness of his heart
Mr. Savage sought to lighten the suffering
of the prisoner by removing the ball at night
after being carried all day, and "he took
advantage of the act of mercy to effect his'
escape.; v '
A liberal reward ia offered for 'the cap
ture of the fugitive, but we fear that he is
not likely to be taken. '7 T" ' ....
A Fre Ferry Over Northeast River. '
; A correspondent at Long Creek, Pender
county, whose communication is too long
for our columns, mentions the fact that the
last Legislature enacted a much needed law
for the relief of the farmers of Pender.New
Hanover, Sampson, Duplin and Onslow
counties, by giving the Commissioners of
Pender and New Hanover the right to es
tablish, and maintain a free ferry across
the Northeast river, and says the people of
the counties interested demand that the
commissioners aforesaid proceed at once to
establish the free ferry, for the convenience
of the travelling public. The law provides
that the expenses shall be borne' equally by
Fender and New Hanover counties, and
our correspondent thinks the ferry can be
purchased, put in order and run for a year
for $600. , Private parties will give and buy
the right of way, make the road and keep
it up for two years, provided it is located
below the railroad bridge. . Flat, chain and
ferryman can all be had for $500, leaving
$100 for repairs the first year. : Three hun
dred dollars for each county the tint year
and one hundred thereafter will be about
the amount of expenses. Onr correspon
dent thinks the ferry is so much of a ne
cessity that the people of Sampson and Du-
1lin will give $100 each towards its estab
ishtnenC Let us have the free ferry. . ;
TOe PIreway St Calabash Tramway. )
i" The much talked of tram road leading
from Pireway Ferry, Columbus county, to
Calabash, Brunswick county, w'ich was
commenced some time ago, and which was
heretofore managed, owned and controlled
by Capt Q. W. H. MalpasaJ has recently
been transferred by him Gncluding right of
way, road, implements, etc.) to a Joint
stock company which has been formed and
will push the work through at an early day.
At a meeting held at Calabash a few days
ago much Interest was manifested in the en:
terprise, $900 were subscribed, and officers
were elected as follows: Jonathan Gore,1
President; A. ; C. Heares, Secretary; C.
Thomas, Treasurer; 8. H. Thomas. Jesse
Wilson, T. K. Thomas, Jablsh Frink, Benj.
Benton and O. W. H Ifalpass, Directors.
This is considered an enterprise of much
importance, and, as it is expected to prove
a good feeder to Wilmington, it is thought
by its friends down there that the mer
chants of Wilmington should make them
selves interested in the completion of the
road. Persons desiring information about
the proposed read should apply to Mr.
Jonathan Gore, President.
The Storm In Brnnswlck Tlie Crops
Damaged. J,'" . ' ' V' -
Mr. ' Ji, B. "Mercer, writing , from New
Supply, Brunswick county, under date of
the 26th, says: "The heaviest of yester
day's storm lasted about ' three hours here, '
beginning to blow very hard at about 1 :80
o'clock; and lasting until about 40 p. m.
The wind had been blowing from the south
for " about twenty-f our . hours before" the
storm. , At about 4 o'clock it veered slight
ly to the southwest, when it soon began to
abate.'' I think it blew harder than during
the storm of September, 1883, and if it had
lasted as long much more damage would
have been 1 done to life : and property,
So far' I have,' heard .of no . loss of life.
Several .buildings were wrecked; standing
timber, r fences;? and almJst all growing
crops were laid low.' Cotton and corn were
badly damaged. .Crops were looking very
promising until the stornv.came' upon
them." A z ---' 1 -; ":- H' 'i, ' -r ' L ,
Tbe Storm at Beaafort. -T
' ' . A friend, writing us from Beanfort, thus
refers to the effects of the late storm there:
jTheiboata' of all kinds, from schooners
ddwn .were carried, .hack: of the town for
protection,;.! One schooner only remained
In the front. - Every precaution was taken,
and well it. was, I never saw such a com
bination of wind -and rain, I know, t In
every house in town that I have heard of
the people were 'j up (the storm was during
the night) , balling, water .' nntii thejtorm
Window lights were blown out
and: nothing could keep out the'water
About half-past eleven the wind veered
: around to. the southwest,' and, after blow
ing violently for- half an hour, died out;
, The tide did not rise very high, and -it
could not be called a tide storm. It was
' altogether a wind and 'rain storm. - The
' next morning the' water front presented
quite a spectacle.- f . The wharves- and boat
houses were all gone, some other houses
blown down, the schooner which remained
in front (a large one from! Charleston) was
well up.; on thet shore, and, worse still,
every, vessel which, went behind the town
for protection from the southeast storm,
was blown up in the woods by the south
west wind, with the exception of one small
tschooner." - -. -o'-a
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t ;::aa c E. as.- xzj, Eosaa years a;9 tLo
c, -eclved tie k!va cf aa t'.cctrlc&l eon
t'oa wLlch would caalta a Czgla cre
t.Uit to run two or more instruments at
ci.ee. This Uca carried into practice ra
vctcd tlo pccilLIII'.y of aa Important Ira
provetse&t ia telegraphy, since a similar
process would dispense with the necessity
cf copying the messes whea received and
Insure absolute accuracy and privacy ' la
their transmission Ilia XIcRae worked
Bvs years on a machine f oijthls purpose,
md was then Introduced to George Hatha
Rray, as an expert electrician . who would.
st the thing and see if it could be put in-.
practical use. The machine was taken
by Mr. Hathaway and returned In a few
bays, out of order.. The next heard of him
was that he had claimed the idea as his own
land organized a company in Philadelphia
to introduce iU This is IZiss McBaa ver-A
ion of the matter, ' and she announces her
determination to obtain her'righta through
the courts. . Hathaway is now introducing
the new system in England. ;. - ' - : 1
, This Is something after the manner in
wUch poor John GiU, of New.Bernei was
swindled out of an invention, perfected by
himself , that put millions of dollars into
the pocket of the sharp Connecticut yan
ks who got the patent, while the inventor
ditd almost penniless. -
A Narrow Escape.
, , JVednesday afternoon a young colored
man carried a pistol to a gunsmith's shop in
thii city to be repaired. A young man in
the shop worked on it, and it was returned
to the owner with all the barrels empty.. A
few minutes afterwards the latter returned
and handed the pistol back to the young
mat, saying it didnt revolve to suit him.
The young man took the weapon and was
exanining it, when there was a sudden re
part, powder flashed into the eyes of the
gunimith and a leaden ball went meander
ing through the colored fellow's vest, enter
ing it the open breast, and passing out un
der lis armpit at the back. It. seems that
the .arkey, although be had only had pos
sessDn of the pistol a minute or two, had
in the meantime inserted a cartridge. This
factbeing unknown to the young artisan,
he of course handled the pistol carelessly
and he consequence came very near prov
ing iatal to one or both of the parties. As
It is, one of the eyes of the young man is
suffering considerably from the effects of
the burned powder. ' f
XTore of the EflTeeta ot the Late Storm.
Wa have come into possession of some
other particulars of the late storm since
our last report. Mr. L. S. McClammy lost
a fine mare that was drowned on the marsh
at Topsail sound during the storm. Mr.
W- P. Pope's mill house, at Scott's Hill,
was blown down. He has not ascertained
the extent of the damage to his machinery,
but he estimates his loss altogether at
about $1.000, ' All the fodder not stripped
is a total loss.
Mr. W. S. Warrock, of this office, lost
heavily by the storm at his plantation near
Mssonboro sound. His carriage house was
blown down, smashing a fine rock a way.
His fences were prostrated, about llfty
fruit trees uprooted, his fodder ruined and
oats damaged. , He estimates his loss at
about$500. ; , - .'..vi '
Won the Prise. ' ;
We mentioned a week or two ago that a
beautiful prize, consisting of a handsome
silver tilting pitcher and goblet, ' presented
by Mr. R. K Heide, of this city, would be
contested for by the Veteran Corps at the
anniversary celebration of the Fayetteville
Independent Light Infantry, on the 24th
inst. The prize was shot for on that day
and won by ' OoL Albert H. Worth, so
long in command of one of our . river
steamers and so well and favorably known
by our citizens. Mr. Heide, who furnished
the prizer is a - member of the Veteran
Corps and takes a deep Interest in all that
pertains to the welfare of the company
which holds such an old and prominent
position in the military history of our State.
a-s-w . .
Foreign Exporta. ; ..j;.' !
' The British barqne Arida, Capt. Scur
rell, was, cleared from this port for London,
yesterday, by Messrs. D. R Murchison &
Co, and Paterson, Downing fc Co.," with
1,700 casks spirits turpentine and 1,150
barrels of rosin, valued at $29,233. ' Also
the Schr. Dione, Capt Raynes, for Fort
do France, Martinique, with 183,000 ,. feet
of lumber, valued at $3,251. Total 23,484.
The oropa. ; " ; '
Our correspondent, J. E.; B., writing
from Timmonsville, S. C.,' under date of
August 26th; says: "Heavy rain 'all day
yesterday. The long ' dry hot spell is now
broken, 'and the rain has come just in time
to make, cotton and rice,' peas' and potatoes
do their best, and we Will now make a big
crop of cotton, rice, potatoes, peas, &c." 1
, . '. i m a 1 i;
t.v The steamship. Benefactor, Capt. Tri
bon, arrived at this port from New York
yesterday morning at 8 o'clock two days
over due., She reports having experienced
a head wind to Hatteras, which' She passed
on ' Monday at 1.36 a. m.," the wind at the
time being about , Sbuth--touth,wesl'l : With a
heavy sea from the ''south! 'At 4 o'clock
was off Cape Lookout, in fourteen fathoms
water." Headed the ship off to the south
east, the wind then being at the south
southeast; blowing a - steady gale and rain
ing heavily. From f 8 o'clock Monday
night until 2 .o'clock Tuesday , morning
the ' hurricane continued . without any
perceptible abatement.-"1 At 2 o'clock the
wind changed to the south and at 4 o'clock
to south southwest. , At 6 o'clock got the
ship on her course, making Frying Pan
light ship at 10 o'clock Wednesday night
and arriving off the bar at 1 o'clock, yester
day morning. ' One of the effects' of the
gale may be inferred from the fact that it
took about Jwenty-four hours' steamingto
make 8 distance of twenty-two miles. The
Benefactor rode out the gale very ' hand
somely, as she always does; and although
the; gale .reached at times a velocity ; of
about seventy miles per hour, Capt Triboq
appears to have felt himself just as safe on.
board his ship as if he had been onshore. '
"ss-' V j j'e''a' ' - ' ' 't-'-Oaslovr
Conntv Enterprise. ,
- Messrs. F. S. Coburn and E. H. , Fon
ville, of Duck Creeks Onslow county, have
bought the tract of land known as Lloyd's
Meadow, in that county. They ' intend to
put the larger part of it Into rice, and will
erect a rice mill in, the spring. They will'
also raise an improved grade of stable-fed,
catue ior me . Wilmington marxet. we
wish the young men success in their enter
prise. ' ; ' 'L-' -tJ.'-S 'V
A F:i.wUtizs t :: t c"--r
i:rrert of to fuurs-fswi
lxu Vnzikitn A: , vUJ, -.
' VasnrsoTox, At: .st IL A telcrraa
wu rccuved at the 'i'rci:ury iH-paruacct
to-d.-y announc.r- tbat a sfi'l bet, con
taink j a party cf mca "rr'--l wi'Ji arms
snd siamuii'.'ion, hail tal'.ci from Cuba for
ths I'Jorkla Keys, wi;h the surposed pur
poos of oranizin? a filibustering expedi
tion t-alnst the Cuban fovernment . Ia
struc. ons were telegraphed to the com
tnacdcT of the revenue cutter Dix, at Cedar
Keys, to take the necessary measures to
Intercept the party and prevent their land
ing, an J to call on the collector of customs
at Key West for all necessary t: - 3. -
tJThe Comptroller of the Cui.cy is in
formed that the City National Cask of
Fort Worth, Texas, will resume business'
Saturday morning. vr i-' ' V i M .
. Secretary Bayard is Informed that? dhol
rea is rofficially declared epidemic ' In the
city of Aimers. Spain, r Sixty .deaths oc
cur daily. - 1 ; -, . . ,' ; J 4
Fourth class postmasters were to-day ap
g tinted as follows r In (North Carolina
enry E. Tripp, Haslin. , In South Caro
linaMrs. Claudia M. Fishburne, Summer
. . -r-,fi5;.-i i.-ci-j :
S. Wasuzhotoh, Aug. JS8. The President
appointed the following fourth class post
masters: North Carolina Kershaw, F. F.
Perkins; Shiloh, J. E- Duker Holman's
Mill, W. T. Cole; Mofehead City, Alvin S.
Willis. South Carolina LitUle ?Rock,
Thos, A- . Dillon ; Bidgeway. t Henry f O.'
Davis.;--- ' - .' ?
The Post Office Department has request
ed the Secretary of the Treasury to cause
all Canadian mails coming Into the United
States to be thoroughly fumigated, to ob
viate the danger of introducing small-pox
Into this country through the mails. -
Mr. Keiley was at the State Department
to-day settling up his accounts. He has
not yet resigned as U. S. Minister to Aus
tria, but will do so. - He does not desire
reappointment in-the diplomatic service.
In fact, It was at his own suggestion that
he did not go to Vienna when opposition
was shown to him,' but returned to this
country. Mr. Keiley's appointment to
the public service .was , first . solicited
by himself. He was endorsed by the
entire Virginia delegation. ' The President
appointed him as Minister to Italy. That
government sent a protest to the authori
ties here against the appointment because
of his speech a number of years since- at
Richmond, Va., against Victor Emanuel.
After the presentation of the protest, Mr.
Keiley voluntarily resigned, saying he did
not wish to embarrass the administration.
He was then appointed Minister to Vienna.
Within two days after the appointment was
announced, the Austrian Minister in this
city Intimated that it would be "disagre
able" to Mr. and Mrs. Keiley to live in
Vienna, because the latter was a Jewess.
Secretary Bayard sent the communication
to the foreign representative, in which he
spoke'only of complaint against Mrs. Keiley.
The letter was earnest and dignified, taking
the ground that would naturally be taken
against sach complaint. . Afterwards came
a cablegram from Mr. Lee, Charge d' Af
fairs at Vienna, saying the Austrian gov
ernment had refused to receive Mr. Keiley
and had declined to give any reasons for
its action. No Intimation of the cause has
been received here. There is a suspicion,
however, that the Austrian Minister at
Washington ia not desirous to : know the
cause of the Austrian government's final
action. The question whether or not some
one shall be appointed. U. 8. Minister to
Austria has not been considered by either
the President or Secretary of State, since
the refusal of Austria to receive Mr. Kei
ley. . - - !v
- The President decided to reappoint Ju
lius Stahel Consul General to Shanghai,
China. Stahel is now in Washington, on
leave of absence. He has been in the Con
sular service in China ten or twelve years.
Washington, Aug. 2d. Doctors H. R
Mills, Mezrose Northrop.- John J. Mul
heron and Fitzhugh Edwards, have been
selected for temporary duty at Port Huron
and Detroit, Mich., under directions from
the Marine Hospital Bureau,, to aid the
State authorities in preventing the Intro
duction and spread of contagious diseases
from Canada. , This action was taken by
the acting Secretary of the Treasury at the
request of the Governor of Michigan. ,- ;
The following telegram has been received
by the National Board of Health: "
Tokohto, Out., 'Aug. 29, 1885. Please
contradict the statement regarding the
presence of small pox in Ontario and the
City of Toronto. - There are only some ten
cases in the whole province, and only two
in Toronto. ..-.;. - . . ' j
. Signed Dr. P. H. Bbyck, Sec'y, j
"Provincial Board of Health." !
Secretary Bayard to-day received a cable;
gram saying that cholera had broken out at
Nagasaki, Japan. The death rate is re
ported to be large. The port has been de
clared infected.
The acting Comptroller of the Currency
has extended the corporate existence of the
Atlanta National Bank, Atlanta, Ga., to
September 20th, 1905. He has also been
informed that the City National Bank of.
Fort Worth, Texas, resumed business this
morning. "J- -l. A :'--:i-w;:-"i'':
The acting Secretary of the Treasury
to-day received . the following telegram
from the Collector of Customs at Key
West, Fla., in regard to the reported filh-i
blistering expedition against Cuba: "The
party reported to have sailed Wednesday
night on a flllibustering expedition has re
turned. Investigation fails to show any
violation of law; the party having merely
been on a pleasure cruise to the neighbor
ing keys." ; -:V.J ;v . ; ;
' VIRGINIA.
s
Investigation of. Affaire in the State
. Avditor'e Office A Shortaso or Over
j S141,000 Arrests for. Harder . In
, Plttsvlvanla Coanir. .iii, ? CT i ,
v By Telegraph toStte Xornlng Star. J. . ; ; .
0 Richmond, Aug. 29 .The legislative
committee which has been investigating
affairs in the office of the Auditor of Pub
lic Accounts,-made necessary by the defal-;
cauons 01 tne nrst cictk, wm. it. emitn,
have concluded their ,; labors and placed
their,, report in the hands of the public
Erinter. The report shows that the general
tvestigation covered the period of seven
years past hut the investigation of indebt-,
edness of the banks goes back fifteen years.
During that tinfe the shortage; . foots up
over $141,000, and the State has recovered
$81,000 fromdelinquenta, besides $30,000
given up by 8mith,whOvis now in jail
awaiting the decision of a motion for a new
trial; he having been convicted under One
indictment and given two years in the pen
itentiary. There are thirteen other indict
ments against him. r The committee sub
mit various recommendations and sugges
tions in the shape of a bill, &c., calculated
to insure better and safer management of
the financial affairs of the 8tate. The re
port : is - very, voluminous, covering about
forty pages of fegalcap. i-,
s- Richmond, August 29. A few days ago
a brakeman on the Virginia Midland Rail
road was arrested In Pittsylvania county
charged with a murder committed in May
last the victim being Robert Williamson,
whose body had been placed on the railroad
track after the murder., Thomas Drum
rnond, the man arrested, - refuses to talk.'
Two colored - women have been put in
prison, charged rwith complicity in - the
crime, and warrants are oet for the arrest
Of;Other8.fe!.."i:,f.:if;.., .;
CANADA,'
The Small Pox Epldemle at BXontreal.
Montbeaii, Aug. 29. There .were 4$
new cases of small pox reported yesterday,
only 15 'of which were authenticated:
There were 80 deaths within the city limits1
reported, -but these do not included inter
ments in the Protestant .cemetery, returns
for which are only made up once a week.
This could not make a difference, probably,
of more than one, and possibly no'5er-
ence at an. as since tne oureax 01 . :
! ease here very few deaths from r if
' have been rerjorted from intern - ; it
Protestant ' cemetery. : Indip - . .
Caughnawagav reserve haveaa I v
nated within the past few weeka '
JO
10. -15
TSo rMf!as la natfrli Relattvo to
i ' C - a i.yH Solera tlcitorto 1 s
IZj Cs.ll to tao Korntnt Star.l
llAtrm, Acs. 27. Tbe Xlinisterlfd
ropers Lavs acptcd a mo&ed tone, while
UacrposIUoa journals attack Germany
with 1 2 creased vijor. The result is that
seven cf the latter papers have been seized
and wU be prosecuted. . The public feeling
is more decided . than over against con
cession to Germany. 'u - " --v j t
- Toclon. An. 27. Seventeen persons
died here yesterday from cholera. ; f :
MiBSBiLLBs, Aug. 27. Eleven deaths
from cholera were reported here yesterday.,
. Pabis, August 23. The L :-Fnnai
et&tes that all Spanish officers now on fur-lou-h
have been ordered to rejoin their
regiments. The same paper - Is authority'
for the statement that several large Spanish
mercantile houses cancelled all their out
standing orders ior German goods.
Lorooir, Augost 29. It is certain that
peace between England and Russia on tbe.
Afghan question Is now completely assured.,
The two Governments are at present busily
engaged In arranging the last details of the
mutual understanding, and the negotiations'
are proceedings rapidly. - The business of
conducting these final ' negotiations - to
happy teiuiluaUoiS ia now engrossing all
the time of Baron De SUal, Russian Am-'
bassador to England, and in consequence,
he has been compelled to forego his custo-i
mary vacation and remain here during the
August heat which long ago drove all resi
dent English statesmen out of town. .The
Baron, ever since the arrival of the Marquis
of Salisbury at his chalet in France, has
daily sent to the British Foreign Office for
transmission to him.a very large. telegraphic ;
correspondence, and the same office has
already dispatched to the. British ,Premier
a number of special messengers -with im
portant confidential letters. During' all ;
this time the Russian Ambassador b as also'
been busy attending to the vast cable cor-;
reapondencef which his government has
been carrying on with him concerning an
adjustment of the Central Asian difficulties ,
from St. Petersburg. - ' -M i
Madrid, August 29 There were 3,575
new cases of cholera and 1,190 deaths from
the disease reported throughout Spain yes
terday. , ' - , J
.THE PRIZE MING. . i . ! !
The Ssailvan-neCaSTrey ; " Fight V Do
; elded by a Foul in Favor, of Snlli--van.
. t ;-;;-., f
"' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
CiNCDnrATi, Aug. 29. The Bullivan
McCaffrey fight was decided at the end - of
the sixth round in favor of Sullivan, on :
account of a foul by McCaffrey allowed by !
me reieree. , j.ne crowa Uispersed in huge
disgust The fight was a fierce, one. Mc
Caffrey was knocked down several times.
and once he lay down and was apparently ;
afraid to get up. He was unable to do any,
mischief to Sullivan. The vicious inclina-i
tions of both men were clearly shown and!
it was apparent thatach desired to do alii
the harm he could. The fight was. at first;
declared a draw, but the -referee amended:
his decision as above.- ;-:.'.; . ' j
McCaffrey did not come to the citv. as
reported last night to give bond; but hid!
to avom arrest.
" INDIANA.
A Drunken Farmer Seta Fire to his?
Bonse and Is Fatally Burned
f - TBy Telegraph to the Mornliut Star.i .
i Cincinnati, August : 29. John Rosen
myer, a weu-10-QO larmer. Jiving near
Wresbnrg, Dearborn county, Indiana, while
m a conuiuoa .ooraenng on aeiirium ireHj
mens yesterday, piled bedding and f urhi !
lure oh the floor in his room, set fire to it
and then mounting a chair on a table in the
middle of the room and arming himself;
with a shot-gun, bade defiance to his imag
inary tormentors. , When : the neighbors
rescued him his eyes' were burned and he!
was otherwise so badly burned that he can t
not live.. The house and its con tents, worth
3,0U0, . were destroyed,
Mississirri.
Ftro at Yazoo City Loss S43.000,
Yaxoo City. August 29. This mornini
the large store of Holmes & Company was
discovered to be on fire. The flames soon
spread to the adjoining building; owned
and occupied by Craig & Son. The Holmes
building and the stock in it were destroyed,1
causing a loss of $23,000, on which , there
is an insurance of $13,000. Craig & Son's
building and goods were damaged to the ;
extent of about $20,000; insured for $10,-
000. The cause of the fire is not known. j
' ' ,AUG UST JBLO ITS, I
' - Mortgage is from the French,
meaning "death grips. "Hartford Times.
j Life is like a game of i poker j
the man with3! nothing : but 10 high and,
plenty of assurance rakes down the pile.'
Fh4LCaU.r ;",f:tr! -jpr, , i: ,
i "What , are the last teeth' that;
comet"; asked a Lynn teacher of her class'
in physiology. "False teeth, mum," re :
plied a boy. who had just waked up on the
back seat -Lynn Union. ; , ; , j
L A book has j use been published
which advocates the 'eating of non-carnivorous
insects. ' As Abraham Lincoln once
remarked: . 'For those who like this Bort of
thing it is quite probable' that this sort of
thing is just about the sort of . thing they
would like...,...-;-, "j;
' -- Prospective Bridegroom (to
prospective bride) Would it be possible,
do you think, dear, to postpone our, wed
ding until Monday f I am in receipt of a
dispatch calling me to .Buffalo on impor
tant business. P. bride. I'm afraid., not,
George, dear. The wedding presents,' you
know, are only rented until Saturday. if.
T:7 r yj t;r'K-,Sjt. r': '
' 'f'D.oes your husband go to the:
lodge, Mrs. Gibberickt" "Well, he just
dotft(; I broke up that little'game a while
-ago." i?Why, how in the-world did . you
dol" -""Whenever he started for the lodge
1. went with him as far as the, skating rink,
and . told him to call Ior. me on his way
home. It only took a: few doses to cure
him; "-- Chicago Ledger - -v , ; , .-
if.n'-s As .CoLf Billson. was going down
the steps he met a suspicious-looking boy
with a lot' of bills. "Is CoL Billson's
Office up stair8T" ,f Yes, but iPm not in
or rather the Colonel's not in." -"Aint you
the manr ""Ho; my son." K'd like to
find him.., I've .got a telegraph money , or
der for him.! t "Let's see. . Who. is the
man you X want T" ''Coh- Billson." I T
thought you said CoL Billings. I am Col.
; Billson." Arkansas Traveller. 1-''.'?
:QJLITICAI mrpiNT8.:--l.-
f nhinjr le8s Tthanwthe$i5,
500;000 of the Alabama' award would not
have held out very long. Ua. American,
Sep; - ' .J ; ' '
j" John Sherman's speech' at Mt.
Gilead is a bugle blast to the old spirit of
Ohio Republicanism. We think Governor
HoacDy is beaten. PAft iVs; :Bep. Or
gan. -' i -r2-ii;t rjzrrrt; r
A correspondent i asks ins what
civil service reform is. It is an . invention
for the glorification ' of Uncle' Dorman
Eaton, but it will finally work to the ad-i
vantage" of the Democratic party. Atlanta
Conttiiution, Protection. - - . .:
I "':Mr. J ohn Sherman seems1 since
last November, to have been living on a
diet of Cincinnati Commercial Gazette edi
torials, boiled in assesmilk -a diet which
has produced ; the inevitable result of lax
ness of the mouth and constipation of the
Intellect FML Record, Ind. '-'5 ;
j The President; ought 'not per
haps to be disturbed while he s enjoying
his vacation, and yet either he or Secretary
Manning ought at once to take the Sur-v-yor
of this port in hand; and that 'with
t r; Mr; Beattie has now played his dis
Ne game against the dvil service law
. )i . j enough. JV. Y. Herald, Ind.
t" ' ' ,t f.s Jir.cs
J . " r r"w t..! :rro
I - l laLia.JiUsatOo
aJ ii l..rj.
T I:J.v;:!j 7;vs. Trctty'Cve
IvnoEi J T.cJ tit r nrth tt CsnpM at the
;re.,j. it, w;', ef Kr.John
l.u( tar l,r . .;.-tla thsi:?Sel4 neUh
l.of unoX t 1 r-.Lwtry, was L.oea by a mad
uaz lastiUiy,. . - -
tsston XaVy ; - A colored
over dose of nc .dae la wuich there was a
Bomuonoi BU7cnnine. . t
Blum, or the rtople't Prtu, In Salem are
preparing to run their printing presses '
with steam power. Theirs will make the
third printing establishment in the two
towns using steam power propelling their
presses.-'''; ..i-i ;va..:i. . , 1
Fayetteville Sun? Fori the first
time ia twenty-fire years the doors of the
Jail can remain open; as there is not apri--soner
within its walls. We notice -that
Blades, has been but little more for
tunate than Cumberland in regard to rain.
Every one-is complaining ' of dry weather.
-r- juorganion atar : v W e inter
viewed uncle Clem Pair this week and he
telkus that he is 97 years old.his wife is liv
ing and is 97 years and two months - old .
this week; - They had seven sons in the late
war. The revival at ; Macedonia has
produced much gooda large humber of
accessions to the chjjrch;r . 5 f t f ! '
; r-orZolk rZedger; ; The yNorf oik'
Southern Railroad is. now sending its cars
from all stations on its line to Wilmington,
H. C.i or to any point desired South or -West,
without breaking bulk having made
arrangementa with the Seaboard & Eoan-
oke Railroad. This is. a matter of great
convenience ' to the people all ' along the
line of road. , l r.' ? ,.. ; ?.
:. - iVJ C. Jfresbyterian; . Rev. Co
lin Shaw' writes us of his work: .The .
church at Oak Plains is looking up ; its
membership has : lately been increased by
five. The Lord is still blessing the T
Huntersvilhv and 4 Ram ah pastorate. We '
have recently added to Huntersville four
teen;, three by letter from a Methodist
church and eleven on profession. To Ra
mah twelve on profession in all twenty-six ;
to tbe pastorate. . "
'' A8heville Advance : We regret
to hear of the - serious illness ef Bev.
Thomas Stradley, who fell from a loft one
day last week. His friends fear he will -hot
recover. The camp meeting at "
Flat Creek, about eleven miles north of
this city, attracted quite a number of peo- .
pie from Ashevitle Sunday., The meeting
will continue during the week and prom
ises to be largely attended and of great, in
terest. 1 .-y::. y
: New Berne Journal; , The cot
ton crop in this immediate vicinity , has
been rather poor for two years past, but
this year it bids fair to make a full crop. .
Elnston items: The cotton crop in
some sections is suffering now, and a good ' -rain
would add thousands of dollars to the
general pocket-book. There was a --
colored camp meeting in a pine grove near
Kinston on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
There was much excitement, many curious
visitors and much preaching.;' . -
'-. ' Fayetteville Observer: The 'sol
diers' reunion at Red Springs Saturday was
a pleasant day. Trains from Bennettsville
brought crowds from that thriving town,
and many from the counties of Richmond '
and Robescvand the train from Fayette
ville, whichWeached tbe Springs about half
past 12 o'clock, was filled with a gay party.
Colonel Flemming Gardner, who hat
charge of the Short Cut, says the grading
from Selma to Smithfield will be completed
by the middle of September. The grading ':
from Smithfield to the Neuse is nearly done.
7 Charlotte Observer: . A telegram
received In this city last night conveys, the
information that in the colored firemen's
tournament at Greenville, 8. ., yesterday,
the Neptune Fire Company, of -this city,
carried off the first prize, their record being
261 seconds..-- Calm Foard, colored.
who was raised by Dr. Foard, of Iredell
county, is employed by 'Col. Cowles as a1
servant at the mint.' Yesterday Calm was
engaged in cutting feed for a cow, when he
met with an accident that will probably
cause the loss of all the fingers on his left
hand. - . -.' -
! Rockingham 'Rocket: Fire broke
out at Mr. H. A. DeBerry's" mill in Wolf
Pit township, and destroyed about twenty
thousand feet of lumber and the shed under
which the engine was situated. The engine .
was badly damaged.- - Frank WaddelV
colored, was lodged in jail here Monday on
a charge of. bigamy. 1 : The effectB of
the drought upon the crops are really seri
ous. From every section of the county we
hear a like statement Damage to the ex
tent of at least one-third reduction in the
yield of cotton is generally admitted. "For
tunately, however, the old corn was about
made before the very hot dry weather be
gan and a good crop is expected. 1 '- -
Raleigh News- Observer ." The
accomplished , architects, - Messrs. Wm. J.
Hicks and A. G. Bauer, of this city, at the
request of the executive committee bf the
University,- have just visited Chapel Hill
for the purpose of planning ,and reporting
the cost of new chemical and mining lab-'
oratories, r It is thonzht that ' thev will
recommend an extension of Pearson hall.
8AXSSBUKY, Aug. 25. United States
inspectors Henderson, Thomas and 8mith,
Monday' arrested " Jethro Almond, the ac
complice of George Eagle in the mail rob
bery between Salisbury and Charlotte. , Al
mond will have a hearing before commis
sioner Holmes : Saturday. He took. $24
from six decoy letters on one day, two
hundred dollars in all. Eagle fled, stealing
a horse to fiee with.! V", '
Greensboro Workman:-' "Sew
houses for dwellings . are berng . built in
every portion of town. - Bain is much
needed, and our farmers are looking anx
iously forit-V r Mr. Tucker, who lives
near Pleasant 'Garden, brought in a water
melon for Bale this morning which weighed
51 pounds. , -Franklin,. N C.-is not
on a railroad, but it is connected with the
railroad at Webster ' by telephone, a dis
tance of twenty miles. The line has cost
"some $1,500, and will probably " pay! more
than 25 ! per cent on Investment. ' -
Mebane Apple accidentally shot his little
'son while out hunting Squirrels on Satur
day evening last? He shot at a squirrel
when it was about : 12 or 15 feet high
and the shot glanced from the tree in. the
direction of his little: son, one of the shot
striking him just below the right eye.;; :
-f; Raleigh' Visitor: Elizabeth City
has Creecy Park, named in honor of Col.
R. B. Creecy, editor of the Economist,' ot 1
that town., : It was dedicated to the public
as a park and pleasure ground last . week.
The members of the ' North Carolina '.
Medical Examiners met at the Tarborough
House on Monday last ; A full board was .
! (resent 'Licenses were granted to the fol
owing' applicants: - Drs. John Wesley ;
Speight Hertford county;' L. G. Brought-" ,
on, Wilson county; Jesse B. Lucas, Samp
Son county1 QT W. Lewis, Nash county;
C. y. Broughton,: Wilson, N. C; F. W.
LowTy,..'Newbegun, N. . C; Alex Bulla,
Davidson. county J. : F. ' Beall, Davidson
county; W. H. Bagwell, Pitt county; Alex.,
Hamilton Bobbins, Brunswick county; A.
T. Cooper, Sampson county; Eugene M.
Littlejohn, Warrenton. - There were three
applicants rejected. - 1 "
Raleigh News-Observer: Mr;
John C. Scarborough, late State Superin
tendent ef Public Instruction, is preaching,
in Hertford county, it ' is said.'- t Dun
can Haywood, who has been in jail here a
month, has been released, some of his rela
; trves giving .' the - required bond of $1,000
f or his appearance , at the Superior Court.
There is a deficit of $850 in the
finances of the Fayetteville graded ' school.
There Is some. talk of selhng the school,
- property, but. Purely Fayetteville will not :
take such a step backward. A sin
gular and ' very alarming effect of the '
drought is to be seen in ihe woods hear this
city. Great numbers of small trees what
is known as undergrowth are dying, and -.
their dead leaves make brown patches amid
the deep green of the heavier timber. It is :
said that such an amount of destruction by ,
drought was never seen in this section.
The Secretary of State has sent out to
the Registers of Deeds of the various coun
ties 3,175 deeds for land Sold for taxes and
bought , in by .the tState.-1 The majority of
the deeds are in" fifteen counties. New
Hanover leads, with 1,152. ' Wake has 540.
These deeds cover about 240,000 acres of ;
land, and the fees thereon aggregate over
$10,000. y.:J:Vl.-;;y;.- ;y v 'tX:M
maa cy ta nurse cf Junes D&Ilcy, who
was workisss fcr VLt. f. p. Onnsby.kUied
himself yrtcr." v evenlnv hi tiimu