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The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT ffItBlNOJO S, N. C . AT f,.s0 A YBAR, IN APVANCK. : ' gSS8S8S8SS8SSSS ,muon 83SSSS8S8SS8SSSS8S SSS8SS8S8SS8SS88S sqnoK9 sgsgS8SS8S3Sgggg S8888S888SS88888S - : 888SSSSSS8888S888 SS8S8S8SSSSS8SSSS S888S8888S8S88SS8 - SSSgSSSSSSSSSSS3 SSS8SSSSS8S883SSS -t ' ' 'J -! : t:ss:s:;i:;;: ; . - w X Entered at the Post Office atCWIlmlngtoa, N. C, 1 as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, The subscri6tion price of the 'Wkezj.y Star is as follows : ' , ' Single Copy 1 year, postage paid ' $1.50 " 6 months, " ' i 1.00 ' " " 3 months " " J.'v -50 ifr-S-" i.tfay. Massachusetts takes up the howl sainst the 'South that Blaine first gtarted and : Sherman, Logan and other irreooncilables have kept go ing.. Twenty years after peace had been declared and after the last Con . federate banner 'had been forever furled, the marplots of politics and " the South haters begin afresh their war of crimination slander and mis representation.' Hoar stands out as ;. the accuser of a people whose shoes be is uot fit to dust Hoar, a Sena- ! tor from a State that disfranchises more white men than there are ne groes bulldozed in the entire Union Hoar is the fellow who presumes ; . to arraign the people of the Sooth. How much better it would appearlin Ihim if he had told his brother War 'Radicals that at home there were ; rtens of thousands of free white men j I who were never allowed to vote. Instead of passing resolutions le t - nouncing the South, and, to a great - exteut, withoutcause andf withont trath, -how much more seemly it would have been if the Republican of Massachusetts had denounced that system at home that prevents tens of thousands of white . men from exer cising the right of suffrage in every election.; : ; - (. When Ben Boiler was campaign io he brous&l out the facta concern t ing the disfranchising of voters in -r. Massachusetts.- -The Star published them at the time. ' There is no doubt whatever that tens of thousands of white men in Massachusetts are de prived of the right to vote. In Rhode ,Isfiind the rule of repression is even worse. In other New England States there are also large numbers who are denied tbe right and privilege to vote. " " ' - ' . So the malignings . and denunciations!-of Radical warriors who are trying to prejodice more and more .the Northern mind against the Sooth ; and to stir op the slombering pas sions of the-sections,-and all for the ? meanest party purposes, are really beneath the contempt of all ' true " men in the South. Let the rascals bellow, and let them help themselves if they can. The Radical howlers ' are smiting the skies with their harsh latrations, and only because they see that all of their plans have failed to capture the South. That is the secret of their fiery .denunciations at this late' day and of hypocritical pretensions. The Radicals gave the negro the franchise and why?, .Was it because he was qualified? No man but an idiot would say yes. All know that the. negroes had not the first qualifi cation to entftle them to the ballot. They were clothed with the extraor . dinary power of the franchise for one end and for one. end only to aid in j ' keeping- in power the Radical party . That was the prime purpose. They :- , farther hoped that it would degrade, despoil, and ruin ihe 'whites lately in arms against "tho bent government on the planet." 1 :- '. -But the ' experiment - proved boomerang. The-negroes for some -years served. the . purpose of , a eat's paw to pull the nice toothsome ches nuts oat of the fire for the hangry plunderers. By the aid of a few seal la wags in each Southern State, and reinforced by the carpet-baggers and army leavings, the negroes did for some years prove a very great afflic tion and curse, and the entire South was well nigh bankrupted and ruined. And yet negro franchise has not been able to do the ..work the ene mies of the South hoped it would do. ' The South in Presidential elections votes 'sOlid" for Democratic candi dates or their friends ' Here is where the shoe pinches. This is what - rubs so severely the Radical corns. Disappointed, defeated, the howl -ers rend the skies with : their wild ululations and they propose two remedies in the way of retaliation. One is to reduce the - representation . of the South in the Congress to the extent of the negro vote- thus prac tically disfranchising all the negroes in bo far as members' of the House of Representatives are' concerned The other plan is to stir np discord and strife, bring but the old bloody-shirty set the, outrage mills agoing, begin 7- anew the work of lvinp-. Hlanrl denunciation, and turn loose the dogs war upon the South, that is at peace, is more intent upon building factories and multiplying industries m w and erecting railroads than in fight ing the Northern ; people with pa- per pellets and resolutions and an err reproaches. That the Blaine tribe will do all they can to excite bad feelings be tween the sections and thus strength en their ;' party in J Ohio. New' York and other States is -. plain enough. Let us see what effect their ravings will have. As to Massachusetts the South ought to be supremely indiffer- ent to all the Republicans in that State may say of our people. They are tarred with a much heavier coat ing than the South is. . ' " ' 1 .-. TOBACCO 18 IT HURTFUL,. - . i PcQfes5QHaxley,eryxi- Bntish man of science," in ajticent' debate on smoking, .took ground in favor of tobacco, i He said he tried to use tobacco but it ' was a poison. ThiB lasted for forty years.' ; But re cently he had tried it and was de lighted. He said : "There is no more harm in a pipe than there is in a cud of tea. You mav noiaon yoaraelf by drinking too much-' green tea. ana Kui yoarseii Dy eating too many beef Bteaks. - For my own part I: consider that tobacco, in moderation, is a sweetener and equalizer of the temper." : .- . There are hundreds of men who have lived to eighty or even ninety or more who used tobacco and drank strong coffee r all ; their lives. ; We knew one old man ! in ' Halifax, Mr. Cullom,' who' died ; at " 96 yeare and used ; tobacco in great , excess . from his fourteenth year, as he told m, with ' the exception' of ; only three weeks. There is no doubt that to bacco is very injurious to many con stitutions. But there t are millions who use it with impunity. We knew of one pale-faced, dirt-eating looking Virginian from the Eastern Shore who was made ruddy and healthy by chewing tobacco and swallowing the amber. ' Fact. . COUBTESIES AND PERSONALITIES The Scriptures f Inspiration tell us that a soft answer - turneth away wrath. Its truth -has been estab lished by all who have tried it. But men are prone to severities.' Even the religious press is no exception. We have often seen displays in each papers that would have injured the reputation of any secular paper con ducted upon elevated and honorable principles. Of course this only ap plies to the guilty. There are relig ious papers, like our neighbor of the Fre8bytertant that move on a high plane of dignity, propriety, taPte and purity. : : " .' ' We are reminded of this by the following paragraph taken from the Augusta Chronicle, edited by a re fined gentleman who - is gifted in many ; wayB and among his endow ments iB the rare knack of song. r He say 8: "The sober second thought of the con servative editors of South Carolina is that personal criminations and recriminations of Journalism are most unprofitable. The reaction is sure to come, and it is never pleasant to any party." ' -:: -;t . As the long shadow of life stretches out behind thewriter and the snn is Westering, he is reminded constantly of the nearness of that hour when with the congregated millions : who have gone before he too must take up his abode, "in the silent halls of death." How long, how soon? That greatest event but birth in a man's earthly pilgrimage is fortunately and mercifully hidden. f: Almighty -Father alone knows. Then comes" the thought, what have I said, what have I done, what have I written that shall come up at the dying hour and like spectres that will not down will terrify and agonize? In a long jour nalistic life a man will write very much. - It would take more than an .... ,r .' - - ... . . hundred volumes to contain what we have written. Dying how much of this would we wish to blot? ---There are very grave responsibili ties attaching to him who is con stantly - called upon to ' address the public through - the printed page. He is a very prudent, a very wise, a very thoughtful and considerate man who never makes mistakes of taste and judgment and: propriety. . How watchful he must. be. : Hurried .day by day by the demands of his office be is liable to fair into: grievous er rors. - .v' He ; will be: often misunder stood. He will be often censured be cause his motives are ; misjudged. He may be vindicated by time, and even, bis errors may be atoned for in the future or covered by the pall bf oblivion. i - JBat the thought just now pressing is, in all that we have written, have we ; been - personally unkind ' to any one? Have we, under wrong impres sions, done an injury to any. soul? Have we been personally offensive to any without provocation? Have we Wantonly abused our privilege and opportunity and sent a random shaft that T pierced and , rankled? ., If . so, God pardon as and let ns make all possible concession and redress. : If. our memory does not play us a trick we : can say this with truth and candor: that in a nearly twenty- . - . , v , , ,.--, ' 1 " l v V - t , , - . , . -i . - ' - ? VOL. XVI. i- : WEL1!IINGT0N- N. C., FR-ljAY, OCTOBER 9, 1885 : V, . . . NO, 50 1: eight years' ' editorial experience, broken by intervals in which we were not identified -with a r particular pa per, although ; constantly : using the pefa, we have never thrown . the first stone at any editor. If made sensi ble of a mistake at this point how willingly would we make due apolo gy and " reparation. 5 Now for some reflections more general. : Not only does the Augusta Chron icle indulge in a timely rebuke of im proper personalities among editors, but other - leading Southern papers have lately done the same thing, . It passes our . comprehension to under stand why any one not incurably ma lignant can .delight ' in ;. wounding brethren of the same guild, or in deed any-one. There is evidently improvement in the general tone of the Southern - press , and there is room for. otherimproyemenjtBjiJt hVmeanest of all creatures who nse" the pen for a newspaper is the fellow who undertakes to stab and destroy you under cover, afraid to show his face. Even religious papers have admitted the communications of masked assassins, which is a thing to be denounced by all right thinking men.' When men wish to assail character and are too cowardly to do it in the day time,' but like a thief in the night stab behind and with veiled faces, they have descended, to the lowest deep xf meanness, and de pravity. Shakespeare says that the man who has lost his. reputation has flost the immortal part", of himself, and that "what remains is bestial.'' Again he says: .' "The purest treasure mortal times afford. Is spotless reputation; that away. Men are but gilded loam, or painted day." ' ' Now the man who would . rob you of i your character or reputation ' and endeavor to make your fellows think meanly of. you, and that top... when you have never sought bis injury or in any way purposely offended him, is one "whom it were base flattery to call him coward." . i; : V j V - In contrast with such a, fellow of the baser sort regard him who is merciful and just and true and bono-; rable and who delights in the good offices of friendship, benevolence and charity. Said a poet, who is not re garded as of gentle or loving nature, but who had right views often if not right principles: "The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame,' than shedding seas of . gore." " . The man who loves his fellow men who is- ready "gently to hear, kindly to judge," - and who would suffer his hand to be palsied before he would make a wanton and wicked personal assault upon others deserves the veneration and esteem of all men, and ' dying ' bis name and memory should be treasured, by the good. f Gov. Hoadly may gratify Foraker and Sherman' with the public discus sions the Bloody Shirt Ranters pre tend to desire. In an interview that occurred on the 28th ult. Gov.' Hoad ly said: . "As to meeting him ; in joint debate, I desire Dr. Leonard to be included, fcr the reason that I regard the Republican party as a prohibition party in disguise. I am opposed to prohibition. Dr. Leonard fa vors it openly, and Foraker dare not op pose it I do not say that I will not debate with Foraker without Leonard, but I do say that I want to meet them both togeth er. ' As to a debate with Jebn Sherman, I nave no objection, but life is short, and one cannot speak in the open air all the time. I am feeling very happy over the present outlook in the State, and I think I have very good reason for doing so." Gov, Cameron, of Virginia, was asked as to the fairness of elections in his Stated He admits that the elec tion last fall "was, as a rule, freely and fairly conducted." But not con tent to stop with this, he goes on to say that he cannot predict how it will be in November. He thus leaves the impression that there is a probability of its not being "free and fair.'' The Washington Pott administers a mild reproof for not being more candid in his statement and says: . "That the election was, as a rule, freely and fairly conducted, he knows as well as can be, and all his information goes to sub stantiate the statement that not only were the - Presidential and preceding elections freely and fairly conducted, bat were peace able, orderly and honest as anywhere. Now that he is out of the race and should be above DartisanshiD. he micht have said a little more to sustain the deservedly good reputation of his native State. But there is no Justincation or excuse lor the last clause of his letter." - Good news from Washington is to the effect that both Thoman and Gregory are quite sure to be removed from the Civil Service Commission. That is right. , If the. President can not make a -better Commission than Eaton, Thoman and .Gregory he -ought to retire and let Uncle Hen dricks try his "'prentice hand.". , Tho man is laboring under the delusion that he has a life interest in bis of fice. . He had1- actually i purchased himself a house in Washington It ought to be for rent very soon: v Johnny .Wise is on his muscle. He resented a lie given by , J." Ambler Smith with a blow in the face. This occurred in the cars. Afterwards at Alexandria, awhile-Wise : was speak ing, Smith was referred to as a blackguard. This brought Smith to his' feet, who hurled back "I de nounce you as. a coward and a cur." "Let ns have peace." i im If Ferdinand Ward can tell all he says he can he will disturb the rest of some of the sly fellows in New York. He : has a brother, who is reported to be a man of good character, and be Has taken np the cudgels for Ferdi nand, and in a .letter says that . the Grant family drew out actually more money from the firm - of Grant & Ward than they everfput in. , He further says that Fred Grant was "in the same oohtraot business and in the same way as Warner; that a number of prominent men, including bank presidents', etc., were exacting exor bitant interest on loans to Grant & Ward, and that' .though Ferdinand Ward had ample ' opportunity to se cure himself, "he not only never at tempted to do bo,&c." The Bostonitf suggests . that the colossal swindler baa sot been on his trial because" t jaberefiatatio i may anffer, Turn m the light.' - - One of the saddest stories ' of the- . .-. ....... . :. campaign in Ohio is that Foraker has been caught stealing from Tourgee's novels and using the carpet-bagger's thunder for . yile sectional . and partisan purposes. Tou can tell a man by the company he keeps is an old aphorism Tou can tell a ' fel low's literary tastes by the books from which he filches. Foraker likes Tourgeo. Nuff ced. The New York Daily Commer cial Bulletin of Oct. 2nd makes the following to us surprising statement regarding the silver problem: " r: "So far as respects the Middle and East ern States, we are convinced that it is quite within the truth to say that a large majori ty of those who have any opinion on the subject do not desire the demonetization of silver. . On the contrary they regard silver as being . an absolute indispensable accom paniment of gold in the legal tender of the nation." - ' The new Democratic Collector of Internal Revenue at Danville, Va., has found concealed in the Collec tor's Office at Danville, several hun dred : rounds of cartridges. This shows the blood-thirsty desperation of the Republicans at that place. - The daughter of Rev. Dr. Hard wood, rector of Trinity ChurchjHart-' ford, was to marry a rich young man from Albany; son, too, of an "Hon." She preferred anotber fellow and so ran away with him. Sensation! - Father Thein, of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Toledo, Ohio, has run off with the church funds and there -is a rumpus. He is sIbo ac cused of several immoralities not needing special mention. Baalneaa OkHne. : Messrs. Hansen & Smith have disposed of : the ship chandlery business so success fully conducted by them ' for years past on South Water street, to Messrs. Doscher & Euro, f and will here after devote their , entire : attention to the operation of the Carolina Oil and Creosote Works, in this city. These works, by the way, are becoming widely and fa vorably . known' throughout the country, by the superiority of the creosoted timbers turned out, which have received the high est commendation from U. 8. engineers and other government officials.- The Tobacco crop. - ; ; . We learn from a gentleman who has been travelling in the section around Rocky Mount that the tobacco crop is not only most promising, but is much larger than is supposed. He found very large fields in ifash some of them sixty acres in ex tentIn which was growing the finest gold leaf. He thinks much of it equal to the general run of Granville brights, with the exception of the famous section south of Oxford. Mr. William L. Meadows, who for years has been handling tobacco in this city, and is one of the oldest, tobacconists of Granville, leaves with his family next week' for Rocky Mount, where he takes charge of the large tobacco warehouse just erected, by the Rocky Mount Tobacco Com pany. Mr. Meadows knows all about the weed, and the Company is fortunate in ob taining the services of so qualified a man ager. A: V1,;z -V A' Wfrow'.aeap."?::: '":'::'. i Teslerday afternoon just after the British steamship Cam Marth came to anchor in the lower bay a very exciting incident oc curred, which would 5 undoubtedly have caused loss of life bat for the presence of mind of one of eur citizens - . - , ; Two white boys, with a dog, were cross ing the river In a bateau, when the ..boat was suddenly capsized in the middle of the river beyond help from the steamship, and in the " worst predicament possible.:; For-, tunately Mr. Geo. F. Tilley, who was on the way to the steamer in a row-boat, wit nessed the occurrence and jmt oat for the rescue of the. drowning boys, getting up with them just in time to at once rescue one, and by diving and throwing an oar to save the1 remaining boy from a watery grave. Too much credit cannot be given Mr. ' Tilley for his gallant behavior on this occasion. The names of the boys could not be ascertained. - . ... '; .,,. '. - The appearance of the vener able Captain "Jack . Hewlett" . of Mason boro Sound, upon ike streets of the city on yesterday reminded' one of Our friends of his boyhood days when "general mutter" was common and Captain "Jack Hewlett," as he was familiarly called and known, was the Captain of the Masonboro "team" a uniformed company of the militia of those days.:.y---- i - Tiie Carolina Central. ' ' "' ' '"' , From a private source we learn that the Board of Directors of the Carolina Central Railway Company, at ' their meeting ' in New York city on the 3d Inst, were nnan imobs in their approval of the; proposed western extension of the road ; and that ar rangements were perfected to raise the ne cessary amount of money for this purpose. irw n a w . Bylnvitalioni ' ! representativeof the. t5f ab visited the new hotel shortly to be Opened in this city under the name of "The Orton."; It comprises' forty rooms, occupy g two floors of the Mnrchison building on ' ront street. ... The furniture has all been placed, in the house, but carpenters,' plumb ers, upholsterers and other workmen were still busily at work yesterday. The broad . hallways on each floor extend the length of the building from Front street, and are handsomely; carpeted '' in'- Brnsse and furnished with leather lounges and settees. Theparlor, on the first floor front, ir a model of simple elegance ind -, taste, tear-, ipeted with vel vet Brussels, that In tone and 'color harmonizes with the furniture of red pluih, brocaded velvet and raw silk.and with the rich papering. A. magnificent chande lier is suspended from the ceiling and hand' some oil paintings adorn the walla. A large . cabinet mirror, a grand upright piano in ebony case, oriental rugs lace curtains, etc., are part of the furniture and. fittings. The office is also on the first floor) frOnV good taste, , with red leather chairs and sofas, a handsome centre table under a brilliant, chandelier in : the centre of the room, and paintings. ' A private office ad joins this room. The rooms for guests are of good size, well ventilated, and are -richly furnished ; the handsome Brussels carpets matching the furniture of cherry, black walnut or ash.. The bedding is said to be exceptionally fine and costly. Luxurious arm, chairs are in each of these rooms. ' The 'dining .room, . while not' large, is sufficiently - commodious. It is furnished with polished cherry tables, comfortable black walnut chairs, and a handsome side board. The table service is of Dresden china. - .The kitchen is complete, with every modern improvement, especial , attention having been paid to this, as well as to the bath rooms and sanitary arrangements,' which are thorough and perfect ; . ' ' ; "The Ortoh" is leased by Messrs. Wm." Bryan, Jr., & Sons, owners and proprietors of well known favorite summer resorts at -the North, and is under the management of Mr. W. A. Bryan. It will be opened at an early day. , . - , , Hortn Carolina Pbospbates, ' The question when the lage phosphate deposits of this section of the State in Onslow, Sampson and Duplin counties will be mined and manufactured into' fer tilizers, is beginning to be agitated, we learn, and the consideration of capitalists is to be invited to it 'The deposits have been located and their value pretty well determined by experts. : They are said to be fully equal to the famous phosphate beds of South Carolina. The area they cover is about ten by sixteen miles, the main body lying on the line of the Wil mington & Weldon Railroad, eastand west of Faison's, Bowden'a and Warsaw,: - Tne mining of phosphates has grown to be an important industry increasing with every year in the State of South Carolina; growing from 20,000 tons in 1868-'70, to 409,000 tons in 1884, valued at over $2,000, 000. - The greatest development of the in dustry has been since 1880, about 1,359, 000 tons, or over one-half of the total pro duction, having been made in this period. This rapid increase in production has been to a great extent due to - the 'war between Chili and Peru and Bolivia, which pre vented the shipment of guano and nitrate and turned attention to other fertilizers. There are now in South Carolina fourteen land rock mining companieseleven river rock mining companies and eleven fertili zer factories. The 2,699,000 tons of phos phate mined from 1868 to 1884 inclusive, represent a value of about $10,000,000 and the 21000,000 tons of fertilizers manufac tured in South Carolina from 1871 to 1884 inclusive, were of a value of about $84, 000,000. The growing demand for commercial fertilizers, which have become a necessity with the planter and farmer, and the suc cess that has attended the phosphate in dustry in South Carolina, should lead to the early development of the deposits in this State. ' ' ' Schooner Roger Bloore. The new owners of the schooner Isaac L. Clark have made a change in the name of the vessel,in compliment to a well known and popular citizen of Wilmington Col. Roger Moore and yesterday the proper pa pers were prepared and the necessary orders in relation thereto were issued by Collector Robinson of this port. The . schooner Soger Moore is a staunch three-masted ves-! sel of 818 tons, built at Bridgeton, N. J., in 1874," at a cost of $28,000. She was abandoned in a gale off the coast last winter, and drifted ashore, whence she was brought into this part and sold. Since, the present owners have had possession " she has been thoroughly overhauled and repaired, .and fitted with new spars and a new cabin., She will be ready for sea in about ten days Long may she breast the billows. Sent to tne Penitentiary. -. Deputy Sheriff Nichols carried up four convicts for the State Penitentiary at Ra leigh yesterday. Their names are as. fol lows: .Julius Jones, convicted of larceny,, and sentenced to four years imprisonment; J. H. Johnson, larceny, six years; j John Nichols alias Robert Lilly, forgery, four years; John Thomas, larceny, three years-i All these prisoners are colored, and all were convicted and sentenced at the recent term of the Criminal Court for this county. monthly Exports.' -' ' ',: '. ' ' ' The following is a statement of jhe for eign exports from the port of Wilmington for the month of September, as compiled from the books in the Custom House: , A Cotton 2,408 bales, valued at $108,80. '. Spirits turpentine 360,559 gallons, val ued at-fli6,483.-vfl'--?'i - Rosin 15,910 barrels, valued at $19,3 Lumber 245,000 feet, valued at $6,440. Total value of exports for the month, $249,686. lt' f ... . i We have received the' premium list of the second annual fair of the Eastern Carolina Fair and 8tock Association; to be held at Goldsboro, beginning on Tuesday November 3d, and continuing until the following Saturday, Liberal arrangements for the transportation to and . from .-the grounds of all articles and "animals entered for exhibition are being made with the rail road companies. - ; OS The "Blair SdaeaUonal Blfl to fee Be .aitoAne tn- ConcrcM The citU SerTlee commission Considered tn n , Cabinet Connell. " . IBv Telegraph to the Xornbut star.l ? - Washtngtou, October 1. Senator Blair, who recently arrived here, says that be will reintroduce the Educational bill in the Sen ate early in the next session, and thinks Mr. Willis and other friends of the bill will In troduce it in the House in time to secure ac tion upon it before the the end of the session. He believes that all the Republican members of the House and nearly one-half of the Southern Democrats will support the mea sure. Mr. Blair says that it was defeated la the House last session only by prevent ing consolidation, and thaiit commands the support of about twathirds of the Senate. J- Attorney General Garland has returned to Washington and was present at the reg ular meeting of the Cabinet to day. Secre tary Endicott was the only absentee; Among the questions considered was the proposed reorganization of the Civil Service Com mission and the vacancy the office of the Superintendent of Coast and Geodetic Sur vey, Professor 'Agasslz having declined the Buperintendency of that Bureau.- : .t?i ' W&skrjraTOir, Oct 2. The President has issued the .following special rule for the -regulation and improvement' of . the Civil Service;, . . : ; . .-. 1 "Special Rule No. 2, approved July 18, 1884, is hereby revoked. All applicants on any register for the postal or customs ser vice, who, on the first day of November next shall have been thereon one year or more, shall in conformity with Rule 16 be no longer eligible for , appointment from such register.". - , , ts'Ui-.--'-.'-.-''.. The special rule which is now revoked, provided that the names of those persons on the registers of the Commission eligible for. appointment prior to July 16, 1884, should not be taken off at the end of a year, from the date of being entered there on, but should remain on the register as eligible for appointment for two years from that date, without further examination or notice. A reporter of the Associated Press called npon Commissioner Eaton in regard to the foregoing new special rule made by the President to dayr : "Was that rule,", asked the reporter, "made on recommendation : of the,Com--missioners t" Mr. Eaton It was. ' . !: ;. . Question How long had this subject been under consideration T - Mr. Eaton I cannot answer definitely. I have drafts of the rule on the subject made in August before I left Washington for my summer vacation. The matter was much discussed by the commission. - Question What object will the rule serve t - . --i-. -v. .- .-; - Mr. Eaton It will . take off the registers for certification those of a lower grade than applicants who have received appoint ments. It can hardly be said that it will give those to be hereafter examined any better chances for getting appointments, because every one is certified for appoint ment on the basis of his grade and regard less of the time of his examination. In other words, the best of those on any new examination are sure to be marked higher than those, left from former examinations after the superior ones have been appointed and . on .more recent examinations those competing are decidedly superior to those who competed at earlier examinations. The change now made will prevent the ill informed from thinking that persons ex amined more than a year ago are retained on the registers in order to give them places. Until this last special rule was made all persons examined from the beginning of the work of the commission had been., re tained on the registers; but all those left on the -registers from the early examina tions are marked so low that they would have had no chance for an appointment, even had not the Bpecial rule been made. It is said at the White House to day that the President and members of his Cabinet will visit the Virginia State Fair, to be held at Richmond, Va., on . the 22d inat, if the pressure of public business does not pre vent. ...:" ,...: ."'. - : Fourth class postmasters appointed to day: in florin Carolina da. uardin, Sutherland's; John Ragan, Norris'; Al fred Apple,. Company "Mills; Allen Chap man, Huntsville; FL F. Benton, Charity. South Carolina W. H. Motley, Congaree. Wm. A. West, of Oxford, Miss., to-day accepted the position of . Chief Postoffice Inspector, and at once entered upon the discharge of his duties. ' ; . - - Washington, October 3. The Post masterGeneral has decided that special deliveries of letters shall not be made on Sunday. - ' . Senators Breckenridge and Jones, of Arkansas, called on the President yester day to .urge him to incorporate in his annual message to Congress a recommenda tion for a liberal appropriation to improve the navigation of the Mississippi river and its tributaries. They report that the Pres ident showed marked interest in the sub ject and they . considered., the interview very satisfactory. The President this afternoon appointed John Cardwell. of Texas, agent and consul general of the United States at Cairo; Owen McGarr, of Colorado, consul general at Ecuador, . and Thomas R. . Jernigan, of North Carolina, U. 8. consul at Montevi deo. .. Owen McGarr, of Colorado, appoint ed consul general at Ecuador, is a native of Mississippi and a lawyer by profession. John Cardwell, of Texas, appointed consul general at Cairo, is editor of the Austin Statesman. He is a man of wealth, a good linguist and has. travelled much abroad. Thomas R. Jernigan, of North Carolina, appointed consul at Montevideo, is a law yer, and was highly recommended for the place by the Governor and chief function aries of bis State and by the State delega tion in Congress. , TEXAS. A White ISan Arrested for BUseecena- ; ' tlon. - iBy Telegraph to the Horning star. r Galveston, Oct 3. A special to the Hews, from. Waco, says: Wm. Shipp, a fisherman by occupation,- together with his negro wife, was arrested Thursday night for miscegenation. He has been wanted for eight years. Shipp floes not deny his marriage, but says the ceremony was per formed eighteen years ago, before the mis cegenation law was enacted. . The records of the court, however, show that the license for his marriage was issued In '1877; and that the marriage was solemnized by Rev. Jesse Estell, a colored minister. The. ac cused is 55 years old. - 'Z 1 HEAVY RAINS. Cotton Bnlned In Tennessee and North - Ceo rata. . St. JjOuis, Oct 3. A special telegram from Chattanooga,' Tenn., says: Steady rains for the past seven days are proving very disastrous. . v - Reports fromNorth Georgia counties in dicate that hundreds of bales of cotton have been ruined, and that farmers are suffering very much. '. Railroad traffic has also been, seriously interfered with. . ; ; . - ' PERSONAL j- Mr. Bancroft, the hale historian of many honors, celebrated his 85th birth day yesterday. , . ' ' - ' '": ' - Z - The Right Rev. Henry Cotte rill, D.- D., Bishop of Edinburgh, is seri ously ill with cancer of the jaw. - - Canon: Farrar's address at the Opening of the tenth annual session: of the Johns Hopkins University yesterday was extremely complimentary to American edu cation. ' 'v&ft?:?-: f:i:A -f- John Buskin, it is now said; has only recovered from his recent illness, to his mind. His condition is called acute mania. The end of . the great man ap proaches. JTew Tori World. . .. . - : - Louis Btossuth, :, from, feeble health; has been compelled to stop teaching English at Turin, and has gone to live in the Alps on a farm, where his sons will hereafter support him. : CALIFORNIA.' A Scene In n Conrt Room A Prisoner : ResUts the Officer, TVlien the Xk .; leaves the Beneh and Floors Rim. - By Telegraph to the Hornlmr Bt&r. " Sahta Ckusb, October l.-r-While Judge Rountree was making out the commitment of John Kennedy,- yesterday, the prisoner attempted to clean ont the court room. He was seized by a constable and a desperate. better of. the omcer,whn the Judge, having descended from the bench and, removing his coat took a hand in the row.. Judge Rountree is noted for his physical prowess, and soon succeeded In subduing .the priso ner, who at the end of the melee was in the condition of a knocked out pugilist. The Judge then reascended the- bench and im posed an additional sentence of thirty days imprisonment on Kennedy for contempt of court , TENNESSEE.1 Fatal Shootlnar A ray.- mt Oraaam i 1BV Telesmnh tst tkn Vmhi Mar 1 TJlUU VII T T AftF 1 I!n.1 awmj-iummm, Ws, 4fTr4UVS WlUIIUf w uu killed Officer Arnold" of the Nashville po-. Jiee vf orce - last . 'Springy shot and fatally wounded W, BTEasley, of Centreville, an important witness against him, at Graham station yesterday. ; He made his escape, but will likely be arrested. . Brown was about to board the train at Graham stat ion when he met W. B. , Easley and Stephen Easley. They became involved in a quar rel about the trial and Stephen produced a knife, whereupon Brown shot him in the hnnd. W. B. Easley got a shot-gun and levelled it at Brown, but the cap failed to explode. a Brown at once shot at Easley, the ball entering his side and causing a fa tal wound.1 PENNSYLVANIA. Carriage Struck by a Railway Train and Two Children Fatally Injured. IBy Telerraph to the ornlns Star. ' Chaicbebsbxjbg, October 1. As David Appenzellar,; of the dry goods firm of Hoke & Appenzellar, was driving across the -Western Maryland Railroad track, near here this morning, his horse backed imme diately in front of an approaching passen- ?er train. His two sons, aged respectively and 4 years, were in the carriage with him. Appenzellar leaped out and seized the horse's head, but the next moment the carriage was struck by the train and shiv ered into splinters. One of the boys was instantly killed and the other so shockingly mutilated that he cannot live. Appenzellar escaped injury. v ' TEXAS. Rxplolts or n Tonne Dick Tor pin A. Stage - Coach Stopped and the RIall . Baca Rifled by an Elghteen.Year old Boy. ; ':.- - ; By Telefrraph'to the Morning Star. : , Galveston, October 2. A special to the News, from Dallas, says: J. Kane and Jno. Cormock, citizens of Lampasas, who were passengers on the stage from" San Angelo to Abaline, give the following account of, a daring robbery sixteen miles east of Run nells.. A smooth faced boy, about eighteen years of age, met and passed the stage. He wore a loose blue flannel shirt and his trousers were stuck in his boots. He cart , ried a Winchester rifle and a six shooter. After the stage passed him he turned and demanded a halt -The driver whipped up his team, and an exciting race for half a mile ensued, before the stage was over hauled by the highwayman, who demand ed the mail sacks, at the same time saying " he did not care to disturb the passengers, - six in number, in cluding a lady. The mail sacks were delivered to him, when he carried them two hundred yards out on the prairie and lei surely appropriated what he wanted. While this scene was being enacted the stage from Abaline for San Angelo came np with seven male passengers. - Weapons were called for. and a man who claimed to be a ranger en route to Runnels, loaded bis pistol, buckled on his belt and held himself in readiness to repel any attack that might be made on the stage. . The robber, however, after satisfy ing himself, rode off, leaving the mail bags on the prairie. Officers are now in hot pursuit of him. He is supposed to be the same highwayman who robbed the mall between Cisco and Brownwood a few days ago. ,-. . m m . : . NEW YORK. - .. The Stock market Unaffected by - Beeent Failures Ramors of Other ' Troubles and Defalcations Ten Per sons Poisoned by . Eating; ' Canned '. Itobster. -' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. r Nkw York, October 8. There were differences of opinion this morning in re gard to the course the market would take to-day- A very general impression pre. vailed that further declines must be made before another upward 'movement , was started, inasmuch as the bull operators who supplied the aborts with their stock yesterday, it was thought would not care to buy them back until. they could do so, at lower figures. , Nevertheless, to day's stock market has been fully as much a sur prise as that of yesterday, being somewhat irregular and feverish in ; the morning, followed by very decided strength that continued throughout the remainder of the day. ' The reactions were at no time impor tant and the market closed at very nearly the highest figures reached one, and for the active list one to over two per cent higher than last evening. The . course of the market and the position of certain prominent operators leads to the impres sion that the failures of the past week have been brought about in part at least, by deliberate and well calculated plans of a strong combination that' sought to punish some of the sufferers. Some prominent operators who have been identified with the bear side of the market for a time are to-day talking decidedly bullish. It is claimed that the difficulties of trunk lines will undoubtedly be settled within the next two weeks, and that with that ' done and some of the heaviest bear operators driven from the : street a more active and much stronger market is probable for some time. Very considerable short interest was created yesterday, if indications from the loan crowd are to be trusted. j-v There were a good many rumors of other troubles and defalcations on the street du ring the day, but none of , them proved to be true . The name of Spencer Trask & Co. was connected with a story of heavy defalcation which led the firm to make the following announcement: '-Tn view of some sensational reports which we are in formed are being circulated as to tne rela tions of our firm with Clason Graham, we beg to state that in the ordinary course of business he was indebted to us for securi ties deliverable yesterday," and " failing to pay the same promptly, we took measures to collect the indebtedness and have secured the money." - Albany. Oct 8. James : Palmer? and nine other persons were taken violently ill, last night after eating canned lobsters at a tea party. They are still in a critical con dition. -, , ", ,Nbw Yobx,- Oct 8. Notice has been given to the Stock Exchange of the disso lution of the firm of C. L Hudson & Co.. of which Henry N. Smith who. failed yes terday, was a special partner. - a new firm has been formed, composed of C. I. Hudson and A. H. DeForrest old general partners under the firm name of C. L Hudson & Co., as before. - The new firm assumes all the contracts of the old firm. CANADA. I": montreal's Sbuu-P Record. - MobtbkaIj, October! 4 Official returns at the health omce shows 45 deaths from small pox in the city yesterday; seven in Bt Jean Baptisto village, two in. Cote St Louis, three in Henri. This makes for the week ending last night 821 deaths in " the city, 80 In St Jean Baptiste village," 15. in cote ut Louis, lain Bt Menn, is , in Bt Conegonde, and one in St- Gabriel. i Spirits Turpentine : Mr. George II. Hai&h retires - from the ownership of the Favetteville 06. . tier. Mr. John R. Mvrover is the nnr - chaser and will edit it. Mr. Halgh has the ' best wishes of the Stab upon retiring as Mr Myrover has upon coming in. . He has -had considerable editorial experience and is a gentleman of talents. 1 ? ' Lumberton. Hobesoniam - The TiZ wood work of the Methodist narsoitaim at :T now completed Mid th'nlnslprina inH m,. sonry will commence in a few dava ' - . 5 ,The contractor, Mr. Z. P. Hlgley,has com-. ; mencea worKon. iresbytsrian church. V- The tt F, & Ji' V. R. R. are running heavy freight trains these days, principally ': loaded with cotton. . . , ... :' j - Asheville Citizen: The crops -! generally are good in the county.' The to-"' Dacco is saia to be splendid, though some- ' - of the farmers are hurrying too much m the cutting, fearful of frosts. The appte.. crop is splendid The peonle of Yan- ".- cey will attend the Fair at Asheville this month in large numbers, i A gentleman of . the county says be has an apple weighing 83 ounces, which he will bring to the FairJ t. ' Wilson Mirror: : Still, in call- ing to mind a fine article in' the Stab on-H ''Unappreciated Labor;" we are 'remiB.de- - of the fact that here in ear midst-we have a musical composer of the very highest or der of talent Mrs. George Smith whose , piece entitled'Shower- ofEmeralds, has r received the' encomiums of the highest . musical authority in. the country, and yet f we , doubtthat half .of onr musio loving ' .; citizens k&oW of this production, or the " brilliant and happy - execution of trained '. melody it contains. - - ' Oxford. Torchlight: The farm- . ers report that the cures of tobacco made . since the rain are leas successful than those ' - of aooaple of weeks ago. - An article renorted from Raleigh to the Richmond ' Dispafc stales' at the "penitentiary force. is growing a crop of fifteen hundred acres, of tobacco' for which an offer, has been made of thirty-five cents per pound by Ra leigh buyers. Fifteen hundred acres will ' produce one million two hundred thousand pounds, which: at thirty-five cents per . pound would bring four' hundred and twenty thousand dollars. ' . Raleigh 7iior ."The State Board - of Inquiry, whose duty it Is to bass upon the validity of pensions, has declared that widows whose husbands died from natural causes or disease, and soldiers who were disabled otherwise than by wounds received -. in the war, do not come within the mean- Jng of the pension act This makes the number of pensioners about 2,400,of whom about half are widows. This will give each pensioner this year nearly $12.60. Had the other classes been allowed there would have been 4,000 pensioners, and each would have received $7.50. Durham Reporter; Two more tobacco barns burned. On Tuesday, the 24th ult, Adolphus Parker lost a barn of tobacco, and on Baturdav, the 26th ult.the Misses Carrington lost another. Bothon Flat River. . ''The storm injured the Gospel tent at Durham so that services can-. - not be held" therein- before next 'week.' Meanwhile, services ,are conducted at the ' churches." We clip the above from the Wilmington Stab as coming from the Richmond Dispatch . The old adage is -true, "you must go away from home to hear the news." This is certainly news to us here...:.,,;;,.,,-r Goldsboro Argus: We regret. to learn of the death, at Apex, of Mr. M. A. Jones, who married Miss Laura F. Mil- v lard, of this city. -Consumption .was the cause of his ' death. Granville has taken the lead in the formation of these ' clubs, (Agricultural). The farmers of that . county have a splendid organization. They meet from time to time at some neighbor's . house ; enjoy a good dinner, have agricul tural talks from different members: trials ' of farm emplements, and .when they dis- : perse a large amount of information has been imparted to each individual. - In this way the - farmers of Granville are well -, posted in everything pertaining to their , vocation. .-..- - ' Rockingham Rocket: Mr. Rid dick Bowden informs us that the crops in the upper end of the county, both cotton -and corn, will tarn out better than an ave rage. He tells of one field of corn that will make fifty bushels to the acre. A difficulty occurred on our streets last Thurs- -day between some white school boys and a couple of colored boys which came near involving others and thus precipitating a limited war of races. A says to B, B says to C, C says to D, and D says to every . one he meets, "did you' get your- Wilming ton Stab this morning? " . These interrog atories were propounded to different parties Tuesday morning upon the failure of the Stab to show to our town the light of its countenance. - This proves its popularity. May its rays never grow dim. . - Salisbury - Watchman: ? Thera ia a demand for skilled curers in this sec- . tion. Many of the farmers have in their first crop, and it is just now ready : for the most difficult stage that of curing. The cotton market is opening briskly this season. The tobacco warehouses con-' tinue to do a good business. - - - The output from the reliable Hoover Hill, in Randolph county, amounted to 4&i pounds-, of gold for August.' This is equal to about $11,160. This is just now the most successful mine in the State. - O. C. Wade, Esq., reports the discovery of a . very rich gold vein near Troy, ' In Mont gomery county. . The ore is quartz, in country rock of whitish talco slate,' and is exceeding rich In free gold. Specimen. ; sent to the Watchman cabinet shows won derful results in pan, and would assay up in the hundreds. . The vein is from two -and a half to three and a half feet wide. ' Raleigh-iVew- Observer: Diph theria is reported as raging in a portion of Halifax county. This is the season for this dreaded disease. ' The revival services in the immense tent at Durham are proving of great interest and are attracting people, from many other points. The revival services now in progress at the Edenton ; Street Methodist. Church are attended with, much interest - A number of persons have : professed faith, and large congregations at tend from night to. night Sheriff C. W- Tweed, of Madison county, yesterday -brought to the penitentiary a white man - , named Abe Hensley. - He was convicted of the murder of John Riddle, also white. The crime, was committed December .24th . last Yesterday a aeporter interviewed State Treasurer Bam on the pnbhc debt ' question.- There are, it appears, somethin g -like $2,600,000 in old bonds yet to come in for exchange. : -; - . ' - Statesville- Xan dtnarkr, A ' Cor respondent informs us that Mr. George Taylor and a man named McGrath got into a difficulty at Glen Alpine, Burke county, Monday, when the Town Marshal, R.H. ' Lee, in attempting to quiet the disturbance, found it necessary to use his billy on Me- Grath, striking him . three times on the head, from the effects - of which McGrath -died the next morning. Lee came to Mor ganton early Tuesday morning, and sur rendered. An investigation of the matter. , was had before W. E. Poe, ' Z, P., and Lee is now in jail. - Mr, N. P. Walt of ChambersDurg township, has the fattest , family in the county. . He was in town oa ; last Tuesday with the baby. The baby is. il years and 8 months old and weighs 199 S- ounds. She is about five feet high and. as the face of a girl of 20. ' She has a sis ter aged 14, who. weighs 165, and another, aged- 16, who weighs 160. . Her father weighs 207 and her mother weighs 208, 1 while her grandmother Watt: weighs only 76 pounds. , . . , - : . ' . '. ';Fayetteville'. Sun: Mr. Z. B. Newton, who has for several years been county Attorney, resigned on last Thursday. No new appointment has as yet been made;. , - - We were shown' by Mr. Newberry a ' solid walnut mantle-piece, the workman- ship of which we nave never seen sur passed by- any 'Northern factory. ", It was '" inlaid - with beautiful brass . ornaments, . hammered by Miss Maggie Pemberton. : - On Wednesday night of last week as a party of gentlemen were leaving the house i of if r. E. 8. Herring," where' they had . been in -company with an officer,: Col. Waddell, lor the purpose of ? reclaiming . some property under a writ of claim and delivery they were fired into' by some one1, concealed in the woods. . Four or five shots were fired, but without doing any harm.- We have been shown by Mr-J. L. : Allen, a letter from Mr. Parrish, of Dur ham, an expert tobacco ! warehouse manr who is one of the best judges of tobacco in ' North Carolina. The letter is his' opinion, of samples of tobacco sent him by Mr. - Allen. 7 He grades tobacco very highly but . said that it was not silky enough for fancy . wrappers. ; . "-' ' ' ; ' ' ' - -1 -. 1 t! : 1 s . .. . .: i -'I . i 1 if :A . 3 : ri t - ' . j - I - ' M " .r-.--.X- ' . - t I . 1 1 ' ! '-'" - - '.. i : '.' Ml -
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