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Mr. Da vis is himself an excellent example of the high toned, pure, conscientious lawyers The people of bis section of the State hold him in the highest esteem for his parity of life his true manhood, his integrity, his nobility of soul. The writer of this has known him intimately for more than thirty, eight years, and he never knew a more sincere, a more honorable, a truer man in every relation of life. His address was well received, and the ceu4iment8 of it are worthy of the excellent gentleman who deliver ed them. Wa mast take leave to make a correction. Mr. Davis said: "Mr. Badger illustrious name one of tbe ablest lawyers of this or any other country, the equal of Webster or of Choate. and whom Mr. Webster introduced to Mr. Choate as the latter's equal and his own superior is reported to have said, &c." It was a letter to Judge Story that Mr. .Webster gave Mr! Badger. Of this, we are confident,- and for this reason. When Mr. Webster visited Raleigh in 1846, Senator Haywood gave him a party. The writer, a lad, was present. He heard either -the late -Weston R. Gales or the late (Jol. John IL Manly "ask "Mr. : Webster concerning the letter of introduction he" gave to Mr. Badger when he was about to visit Judge Story. Mr. Web ster asked what was repprted of the letter. The reply was, you gave him this: "Judge Story Dear Sir: Pe& mit me to introduce to. your acquain tance George E. Badger, of North Carolina, your equal and my supe rior. .Very truly, Daniel Webster." Mr. Webster's reply was, "Well, it was something like that." The late Charles Hioton,' the Treasurer of the State, Mr. Galea and CoL Manlywere ill sitting talking with Mr. Webster, and the writer was standing within a few feet, a most interested listener to a memorable conversation, v As was mentioned by . us in these columns, Mr. Webster had become greatly impressed with Mr. Badger's abilities from one of his legal efforts. Mr. Badger did not then practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. : At the instance of Judge Gaston he had gone to Washington to aid Mr. Webster in a case in which he had been, retained to which North Carolina was a party. Mr. Badger refused to make an' argument before the Court but gave Mr. Webster a history Ofthe case, at his request, in that wonderful English of which he was such a master and with a lucid ity that equalled that of any living man. This very greatly impressed Webster and he insisted that before leaving the city Mr. Badger should reduce it to writing. This was ac cordingly done and was left with the great man of the North. When the case was called Mr. Webster said that be would not make any argu ment of his own, but instead would ffead a paper that had been prepared. by his associate counsel, Mr. Badger, of North Carolina, a . gentleman, he regretted to say, who did not prac tice in that ?orI., So the "god like Daniel" read the argument of the then comparatively nnknown North Carolinian and rested the case there. Mr. Badger a year or two after this ae passing through Washing ton on bis way to Massachusetts. He called upon Mr. . Webster to renew his acquaintance and it was then that he asked ; for the letter to Judge Story above referred to. By all odds Mr. Badger jwas the greatest con versationalist this writer has ever known or ; heard. - Without exag geration we can say this; that we have heard him several times when if reported accurately' his talk would have compared with the best that has come down to us from the great men of the past. All he needed was a Boswell to have faithfully reported him. iWhen in his most genial mood and when discourse, ran free he was without a rival so far as we have heard. In 1851, when the World's Fair was held n New York,, two North Carolina pomologists secured the two hi-8 premiums for apples. VOL. XYII. . THE SENATE IN 18 8T. j ; On the 3rd of "March, 1887. there will be twenty-five Senators of the United States whose terms of! office will expire, Of these sixteen are Republicans and nine v Democrats. It may be that some changes will oc cur in the first named; - We give the list: - Miller of California, Hawley of Connecticut, Harrison of Indiana, Conger of Michigan, Hale of Maine, Dawes of Massachusetts, : McMillan of Minnesota, Van Wyck of Nebras ka, Sewell of New Jeijsey, Miller of New York, Sherman or Ohio,) Mitch ell of Penn8ylvania,Aldrich of Rhode Island, Edmunds of Vermont, Ma hone of Virginia, and Sawyer of Wisconsin. There ought to be a good showing to gain a Senator in Connecticut, In diana, New Jersey, " New York; and Virginia. . If the Democrats 'can cap ture the Legislatures bftho'se JSlatel the Senate will be Democratic for some years to come. . The nine Dem-. ocratio Senators whose time then ex pires are: " Gray of Delaware, Jones of Florida, Gorman of Maryland, George of Mississippi, Cock rell of Missouri, Fair of Nevada, Jackson of Tennessee, Maxey of : Texas, and Camden of West Virginia. The Democrats ought to be able to hold all of these places and we believe will. The chances at present look favorable for . holding our! own and capturing at least three,! possibly five, of the Republican Senatorships. This would -give the Administration a full opportunity ; to carry out any needed and sweeping reforms it may contemplate or desire. I According to Chauncey M. De pew, of New York, who! claims to have heard a conversation between President Johnson and Gen. Grant, the former was hot for executions and court martial, and the latter stood up firmly between Johnson and the South. Johnson is represented as being terribly bitter against the South. Depew says: I "He saw President Johnson; on the sub ject, only to be informed that the Presi dent was, by the Constitution, the Com mander in Chief of tbe army, and that anything done by the commanding Gene ral on the field,, was done subject to his approval or rejection, and he rejected the terms. Gen. Grant urged that the rebels had surrendered on these conditions, dis banded their organizations, submitted uni versally to the situation, and were carrying out in good faith their part of tbe agree ment, and every, consideration, both of honor and expediency, demanded equal cood faith cn the part of the government. Tbe other course would have led to endless guerrilla warfare, conducted in a country admirably adapted for it by desperate and hopeless men. .... i '- . - "President Johnson obstinately adhered to his view, and assumed the authority of Commander when Gen. Grant flatly . told him that if there were to be any courts martial one must be called for ; Gen . Grant first, that he would by every means in his power protect his parole and appeal to Con gress and the country. In the halt called by this attitude of Gen. Grant a very re markable change occurred in the views and oolicv of President Johnson. Gen. Grant discovered that the ' most frequent and favored visitors to the White House were men whom the President had proscribed. CoL Fred Grant says he has been able "to verify the facts" as given by Depew, "from documents, letters and personal recollections." OF SCHOOL BOOKS. Oar esteemed contemporary, tbe Goldsboro Argus, says: ' " "It is charged that some of the officials of Louisiana are to make a considerable sum - of money . by I means of a change throughoufthe entire Bute of the text books in use in public schools. . Quite a number of publishers and politicians in the North have made snug fortunes by repeated and unnecessary text-book changes, and it was only to be expected that as public opinion made their trade unprofitable there they should seek the growing South." V There are too - many , school books and there are tod many publishers of school books. Every publisher thinks he must get out a full set ' of school books, arithmetics, spellers, grammars, histories and, so on. To make a success, he must get them in troduced into the public and other schools. If he can get ; a State Su perintendent or a State Board of Ex aminers to recommend his : list his fortune is made. ; If one publishing house- had the entire patronage of North Carolina it would grow rich if it never sold a book to another State. We once heard of a certain book publisher who so well understood his business that he offered a Superin tendent of Public Instruction $5,000 to recommend bis books and intro duce them into the public schools of North Carolina, i J Then there is so much sameness in the -various series of books. They .may all have a certain merit, and we suppose they have, as they are built pretty much on the same plan, one copying the chief features of the best1 books that have been previously pre pared by other teachers.. "". The main objection we have to the multiplying of books is the great tage they are upon parents and : children. Teachers are human and are often easily oaugbt with glare. Hence they are forever (of course there are exceptions) changing their books much to tbe detriment of patrons. Start four 'girls in succession to a school and the probability is that you will have to buy an entire outfit for each girl. ' The eldest has a reader, grammar and so on. She goes tbrongh the year and passes on to a higher form or class.; Nnmber two fol lows, and yon suppose that the books used by the older sister will come in play. Bat not so, for a publisher has in the mean time sent out a new series with a flattering letter address ed to the - teacher, and r presto, a change is made and girl nnmber two must have a full set of this "new, grand and education-made-easy or perfect series books, , and so we go and the money with it -"' : -' ' Once more: why will Southern teachers persist ' in using Northern school books to the exclusion of those by the ; most scholarly and capable Southern teachers? Why will books prepared in the North, and that are really inferior to those by Southern authors, be preferred by teachers of Southern children? Why - are the grammars of Bingham, Gildersleeve, Shepherd and others ignored, and poorei books used? Why are the or prepared by Professor in the -Uniyerwtyof , gMan3hr leading Southern colleges " given the go by and poorer books of Northern make favored? Why are lying Northern histories of the United States, that malign the South and falsify f acts,u8ed in Southern schools instead of using : Alexander - H. Stephens's excellent school history? The parents are derelict in this matter or these abuses could not ex ist. ; If all parents would firmly put their foot down on this sort of unfair and ungenerous discrimination the evil complained of would end. ' It would be well if in all our schools sound instruction was given in hy giene and physiology. ' In the better schools this is done. The Legislature of Alabama has 'made it obligatory upon the teachers in. the public schools to make these studies a part of the course and with special refer ence to tbe effects of tobacco and spirituous liquors. It ought to have incladed malt liquors also. The Nor folk Landmark pertinently says: "It is amazing to know how profoundly ignorant the masses of mankind are in re gard to the structure of their own bodies, the processes of life, and the laws of health; and any well directed at'empt to remove this ignorance must be followed by tbe happiest results. The negroes especially are ignorant in all matter of hygiene, and hence tbe great difference in tbe rates of mortality between blacks and whites throughout the country.' The great mass of people are pro foundly ignorant of the simplest laws of health. .They know nothing of their physical constitution and so abuse it in youth that premature old age supervenes with all of its attend ant ills and sufferings, the most of which are directly-ref erable to ar- lyj abuses. The writer is this hour the victim of a most' worrying, dis tressful dyspepsia that had its origin in 'positive neglect before he had at tained to his nineteenth year. Chil dren should be taught concerning the necessity and benefit of fresh air, sunshine, pure water, cleanliness, regular habits, ventilation of houses and the right preparation of food, and also the tremendous evils of. narcotics, badly cooked - food, ex posure to night air, insufficiency of sleep and evil associates. i - On Thursday night last, , at tbe Richmond, Va., Fair, the hall of the House of Delegates was crowded wi.h men who wore the gray. Gen. D. H. Hill ' was - the orator. " His theme ; was "The Confederate Sol dier." His address was most vocif erously applauded. - Of the privates in ranks he said: VHard must be the heart of that foe man which does not warm with generous glow at this simple tale of sublime devotion to principle. And how should this story affect us, their comrades in danger and their partners in the same buoyant hopes and the same deep despair? May my arm be pal sied by my side when it ceases- to hold up the banner inscribed all over with their glorious deeds. - May my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth when it ceases to pronunce the praise, of such matchless cour age, unrivalled fortitude, : and unselfish patriotism. God : bless the privates in the ranks now and forevermore I - Great ap plause." Dr. John Chapman, an eminent physician in Paris, has been broach ing a new theory as to Asiatic chol era. ' He has . been .'making experi ments on patients. He has been examining into the germ theory and is convinced that is is totally falla cious. He says that cholera is not contagious, but is purely a nervous disease. An account says: "He assumes and clahxs that by .success ful treatment he has proven that cholera depends upon a simultaneous hyper semic condition of the spinal cord and the sym pathetic system of the nerves, the former controlling the secreting glands and large voluntary muscles of the body, , while the latter controls the voluntary muscles in the coats of the arteries, the bronchial tubes and i elsewhere in the system, r .Tbis ulti mately leads to the symptoms most notice- able in the disease. "He adds that, acting on this hypothesis, he aims in practice to reduce the super abundance of blood in the spinal and sym pathetic nerves, accomplishing this by the application of ice to the spine. The re sults, he sayB, have been astonishing." r : Rev. . Sam Jones reports 2,300 con versions as the result of his meetings at St. Joseph, ' Missouri. ' Of , Sam Small, "Old Si,"who aided him, he says: r "His sermons were remarkable- He is in Atlanta now. Small bids fair to be one of the most powerful preachers in this nine teenth century. - He is as smart a fellow as I ever mixed with, - very industrious and thoroughly converted, I do believe.' : : i . : ' To get rid of tbe Radical officials 2,395 would have to be , turned out every month during four years, or 98 a week, or such a mattery ' 'WILMINGTON," N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, A FreeFerrr - Let us have a free steam ferry; Why not T We believe that it is of very great importance that there should be one. The trade of Wilmington is very; much inter fered with because there are not the proper facilities offered to induce it.. - With a free bridge across Brunswick river, in twelve months the trade of Brunswick with Wil mington would be doubled. . The very best lands lying adjacent to our city are beyond the river. Truck farming can be devel oped in Brunswick to a very great degree, and can be made , highly remunerative. Wilmington needs the free ferry and ; the free bridge.- Weldon has trebled its trade since the Northampton people on the Roan, oke river have had easy Access to it. There is one house In Weldon that probably sells more sooda now- than all Weldon sold in 1860. , A steam free ferry and a free bridge are the first things Wilmington- should strike for. Brunswick,, a county. with productive soil is at our door. Let us open it wide, that the fruits and products of Brunswick may come in. What do you "Af ter this let us get Ui railroads to Jay etteville and Onslow and all possible com munication with Western North Carolina, and then with more manufacturers Wil mington will indeed have that revival of business which is so much desired and as yet in the distance.-. , . Boy Shot In iAartabBrftv A sad shooting affair occurred in Laurin burg on last Thursday. Our information is to the effect that a son of Rev. Mr. May, aged 13 years, and ; a son of Mr. Robert Clark, aged 10 years, had been out hun ting, and on returning got into a dispute, when young Clark threatened to shoot May'sjsye out. The latter replied to the threat that he (Clark) had better not do it, whereupon Clark raised his gun and fired at May, the load of -shot taking effect in the latter's face, who immediately fell to the ground. He soon recovered himself, however, and getting upon his feet started for home, when some ladies, seeing him staggering in the street, and his face be smeared with blood, took charge of him, and sent for a ' physician, who rendered the youthful sufferer . the neeessary atten tion. Tbe little boy is badly wounded, one shot going entirely through his eyeball, and it was feared at first that he would die, but be was still living Friday night when our informant passed through Laurinburg. Household Blmta. It is stated that frequent applications of sage tea to the scalp will prevent the falling out of the hair which frequently occurs after an illness i ; It is strongly recommended that the floors of bed rooms should not be carpeted. The floors should be of bard wood, evenly planed, and good rugs should be placed at the bedside and in front of the washatand, dressing table, etc. ; Nickel-plated ware can be cleaned and brightened by rubbing with flour and a woollen cloth. - . It is claimed that a hot strong lemonade taken at bed-time is one of the best reme dies to break up, bad cold. : .' It is claimed that a paste made of equal parts of sifted ashes, clay and salt, with a little water will be found very effective for filling and cementing cracks in stoves and ovens. ' ' It is said that a handful of hay in a pail ful of water placed in a room will neutral ize the smell of paint " Corn husks braided, and the braids joined by sewing with a sack needle and fine twine, make pretty and serviceable mats. Ink stains may generally be removed from silk, woollen or cotton fabrics by saturating with turpentine. By washing a pine floor with, a solution of one pound of copperas in one gallon of strong lye the appearance of oak flooring may be produced. -. Before sweeping a room in which there are growing plants they should be covered with newspapers or soft wrapping paper, as . the dust will , otherwise settle on the leaves and choke their respiratory organs. Old People. . . Under the above caption the Rocking ham Spirit of the South has the following: .;; We are reliably informed that there is a man in Stanly county who is 109 years 1 old, and that he has cut three sets of teeth. Also, that there is a woman in that county 126 years old. The Wilmington Stab will please note this. -. Why, certainly, but why mislead your readers by transposing the figures? And why perpetrate such an injustice on our young friends in Stanly? ... Don't you know that the young gentleman from Stanly is 901 years old; and that the, young lady from the county aforesaid is 621 years old? Nothing, you see, . but a simple transposi tion of figures. , . ! . ! . The appearance of 'Jaok Frost" will suggest to the charitable the 'propriety of ; doing something substantial fef the Ladies' Benevolent Society, an organiza tion that has done so 'much to alleviate the sufferings of the poor of Wilmington. It will be well, too, to replenish its puree be fore old Winter in. all his severity , is upon us; Much money that is wasted by the charitable on unworthy objects would be properly disbursed if placed at the disposal of the Ladies' Benevolent Society. Death of Capt. Ho well. CapL Joe Howell, who for many years was a conductor on the Wilmington and Weldohroad,' died at his home in North hampton county, on last Saturday, at the age of 65" years. ' . . ; Capt Howell had many friend in this community who will be grieved to hear of his death. -of - - The British steamer Cam Marfh was cleared from here yesterday by Messrs. Williams & Murchison with 6,280 bales of cotton on board, valued at $233", 783.93, drawing 15 feet 5 inches of water. She only took on 4,600 bales of cotton at Charleston last year. This speaks well for our compresses. A Serious Accident. '-. A little son of Capt T. J. Southernland, aged nine years and named Leonidas, was very badly injured yesterday by being thrown from a horse. It seems that '"Lon ny" was out riding with some other boys, and when they arrived on Seventh and Market streets he proposed to ride the pony, pf one of his companions, and while at tempting to do so, was thrown and kicked behind the right ear and very seriously in jured.. Medical aid was summoned imme diately, and we are glad to say when last heard from he was resting easy. . 1 t t. . Havana Tobacco. We clip the. annexed paragraph from a letter of "D. R - Walker11 in the Raleigh JStM Olitener: - 2J'CoL B. R. Moore informed ye pencil driver that some years ; ago he imported some Havana seed , and gave them around for trial and that a gentleman at South Washington, in Pender county, raised some tobacco which he (the tJolonel) had made into cigars, and that a cigar dealer in Wil mington, after a fair and thorough test, placed them at $60 per thousand, and was astounded when the Colonel informed him of the tobacco being . raised so close to home. - Thiggoes to show then that East ern North Carolina can be made .to pro duce cigar tobacco. In speaking to the Hon. Wharton J, Green on this subject, he concurs with Colonel Moore, but says that the seed will ; become hybridized, and suspects that fresh importations Of seed now and then will be necessary." - S" - - ' "na afr sEfjij- - , - ; Editor of Stab ,i Some of the pro gressive farmers of. Rocky . Point- Town ship,: Pender county, succeeded in. obtaining- the : passage of "a . law, at the last Session of the Legislature, for the protec tion of livestock,; or a no-fence law, for certain portions. of ' said Township. ,h A majority of the land owners and best farm ers, living In the boundaries of the opera tions-ef the law, are pressing its enforce ment, and with every ; prospect of success, during the approaching winter." -The fence commissioners are Messrs. - G-.v Z. French, Chairman: John E. Durham and Cad Rob inson, who are engaged in efforts to make this much needed law a success, and with as little expense as possible. There is no doubt, we are informed, that the twelve miles of fence required will be built and equipped with gates, &c, between now and next spring. Innovations upon old cus toms and usages always arouse prejudice and excite opposition, and this wise move ment to improve the lands, farms and stock of Rocky Point is no exception to this law of human nature, and of blind devotion to obsolete methods of farming.- There is some opposition to this new-awakening of progress at Rocky Point, as in so many places and counties of our State, in relation to the no fence law, as called. . ' - Pehtjeb. - River and Harbor Improvements. 1 ' Capt. Bixby, who is in charge of the rivers and harbors of Southern North Caro lina and Northern South Carolina, sends us a circular, from which we glean the follow ing information : "The Cspa Fear River below Wilming ton, when placed under governmental im provement in 1829, had 3 bar entrances with least depths as follows : About 9 feet at the Baldnead Channel, 9 feet at the Western and Rip Channel, and 10 feet at New Inlet Channel, the two former bars being 8 miles and the latter, 2 miles, from the point of junction of their channels near Federal Point. From Federal Point 20 miles up to Wilmington there were several shoals with a least depth of 7.5 feet at ldw water. . "$1,991,859.98 have been spent in all up to 20th June, 18S5. upon the proposed im provements of 1827 to 1882 with complete success, obtaining a i-foot least depth of water at the main bar entrance, and com pleting to partial width a 16-foot channel 28 miles to Wilmington. The foreign commerce has increased from about $1,500, 000 exports (see official statistics in annual report of 1874) in 1871, to about $5,000, 000 exports in 1885. The total commerce, exports and imports, foreign and coastwise, is now about $18,000,000 per year. "It was recommended in July, 1885, that the above improvements be continued by completing the unfinished dike south of Zeke's Island, so as to thoroughly secure Smith's Island from further erosion by the ocean; snd by widening and deepening the existing river channels to their full dimen sions of 270 feet width and 16 feet least depth, at low water; and by further pro tecting them against subsequent deteriora tion by submerged stone dikes where neces sary, at a total expense of $380,000 next year; and further that the bar entrance be deepened later on to at least 16 feet least depth, at low water. The commerce of this harbor, as above shown, is regarded as sufficient to justify an expenditure of sev eral hundred thousand dollars for this cur pose in yearly instalments of at least $300. 000." , The above shows the vast improvements made in our river and harbor and we are now able to successfully compete with other ports. . In this connection we will state that the British steamship' Sfarima, which cleared for Liverpool Thursday with five thousand bales of cotton, left here drawing sixteen feet five inches of water, and went through to Smithvilleon one tide. Tobacco Cnltnre. As the cultivation of tobacco is attracting unusual attention throughout the State, ex tending even to the section tributary' to Wil mington, we copy from the Fayetteville Ob terver and Gazette a paragraph showing some remarkable results attained in Cum berland county: ;:L . "Mr. W. L. Williams, of this county, of whose tobacco we made such deservedly favorable mention last week, carried a small lot of it to Raleigh a few days since, and his success at the warehouse was very gratifying. . The prices he obtained per pound were, $1 00, 76 cents, 65 cents and 35 cents making an average of about 70 cents. His tobacco was critically examined by connoisseurs from Wake, Granville and other counties, and was pronounced equal in texture, quality and appearance to the best A sample of a quantity which had been cut and cured without the application of tbe heat of fire attracted much attention, though some doubt was expressed as to its keeping qualities." Horse and Baggy Recovered. , Mr. Robert C. Orrell returned from Edenton last night where he recovered the horse and buggy stolen from him some time ago. One Luther Wright went to his stables on October 3rd and hired a team on the plea that be' was going to Masonboro Sound, and nothing further was heard from him until he was traced to Jackson ville, Onslow county, ; thence ' to . Snow Hill, and he gave his name as Parker on his route. ' At Edenton he effected a sale under the name of Henry Watson. He re mained in that town part of three days, and then boarded the train in the direction of Norfolk.- A colored man by the name of D. M. Lee was the purchaser, having paid $150 for the turn-out. ' J Important Case xteclded. . . An action of ejectment was brought, by the Carolina ' Central Railroad Company against Mr. J. C. i McCaskell, of Shoe Heel, the latter being charged with build ing a brick store house on the company's right of way, within 100 feet from the cen tre of the track way. The case was decided day before yesterday at Lumberton, in favor of the company. , The;: Richmond correspondent of the Petersburg Index-Appeal says this of Rev. Peyton H. Hogethe pastor of the First - Presbyterian . Church of this city:. "He is a talented and eloquent preacher,, and his departure from our, midst will be a decided loss.", , : ' - - ' - In addition to what has been already said concerning the extension of the Carolina Central, the Wadesboro Times says this: "Mr. M. P. Leakj who has been to New York to attend the stockholders' meeting of the Carolina Central Railroad,' tells us that they decided topush the road on with all possible dispatch.'1 1885; : .- - ... - - -. , 1 - ; , . ..... - ..- WASB.IXGTOX. Fonrth Clan Postmasters maiden ' Mai Appointments. r Washihgton. Oct 22. The following fourth-class . postmasters have been ap pointed: North CaroliniO-Glen Ayre, Ja cob M.- Ay res; South Carolina Trendfield, Wm. R. Gretzg; Georgia Amicolola. W. W. Pierce; Wynn's Mill, J. J. Sande fore. j .-. r The President has made the following appointments:- William Hill, of Illinois, consul general for the United States at Port Sara la; f Robert P. Waring, assayer and matter. Assay Office, Charlotte, N. O-;- . , J George 8. Savage, collector of customs. District of Cherrystone, Virginia, h i .Washthqtos, Oct 22. A delegation of Southern men, among whom weie Senators Ransom, Harris and Gibson; and Congress man King, of La., was heard by Secretary Manning and Assistant Secretary Fair child today in behalf of rice planters. Tnoy seek to have rescinded or amended an order issued during Secretary Foleer'a administration, under which they say food rice Is admitted, in large-' quantities at the rate of 20 per cent, ad Valorem, instead of the paying of the specific rate fixed by law. The order referred to relates to granulated rice, , an unenumerated article imported largely for brewers. The claim is made by . the planters that- importations under this order, ate. doing igreat Injury to the market for food rice. ;. : ! Washisgton, October 23. The Presi dent appointed J. E Dart Collector of Cus toms for the District of Brunswick, Ga. . . The Second Comptroller of the Treasury is making a thorough investigation of the accounts of the Indian agents, which are reported in a very bad condition, and has already referred about a dozen cases to the Solicitor of the Treasury for suit to recover balances found due the Government ' Secretary Manning refuses to say any thing in regard to the report that Assistant Secretary Coon has been notified that his resignation will be accepted in a few days. He intimates that all information on that subject must come from Mr. Coon. The report finds general credence in the Trea sury Department and it was even rumored this afternoon, that Mr. Youmans. Chief Clerk of the Treasury, has been selected as Mr. Coon's succestor. Washdsgtoh, Oct 24. The Superin tendent of Foreign Mails has ordered three dispatches of mails made over the line be tween Tampa and Havana, instead of two, as at present The days of dispatch . will be Sundays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and the Morgan line of steamers, running from New Orleans to Havana via Tampa and Key West, Fla.,will render the service. Senator John Sherman was to-night ten-, dered a serenade by his friends in this city. The Marine Band furnished music for the occasion, and a large crowd of persons listened to his speech. Senator Sherman was introduced by Representative Benj. Butterworth. and spoke for about half an hour. Tbe purity of the ballot was the principle theme of his discourse. He de clared that every National election since 1868 had been tainted with fraud and ter rorism, and asserted that last year, by an unlawful Combination and fraud, Grover Cleveland bad been elected President of the United States, when, if there had been a fair vote and a fair count, James G. Blaine would - have been elected. . The speaker dwelt at some length on the recent elections in Ohio, and charged the Demo crats with perpetrating gross frauds against the purity of the ballot and he believed that Congress should pass a wise election law to govern the election of members of Congress and the Presidential electors, and if such a measure failed to protect the ne groes In their right of suffrage, then the Republican party would take care that the Southern States were not allowed repre sentation based on their negro citizens. j THE FRESliYTEHIjlNS. Aetlon of the Tlrslnla Synod on the Doctrine of Evolution Great Interest manifested In the Proceeding; Dr. Wooftrow Finds Favor In the Month - Carolina Synod. Lynchburg, Va, Oct 24. In the Vir ginia Synod, last night, the complaint of Rev. P. Ramsey, against the Abingdon Presbytery, was decided. The first speci fication was, that the Presbytery had done complainant "personal wrong," in con demning him without trial, and on . this point the vote stood, for sustaining the complaint four; for not sustaining it one hundred and sixteen. On the charges that the action of tbe Presbytery, in condemning Ramsey's view that Dr. Woodrow's theory of evolution is not contradictory of scrip tures, was unnecessary and prejudicial to the church, three members voted to sustain the complaint three to sustain it in part, and one hundred and thirty seven not to sustain it at alL ' Thus Ramsey was de feated on all points. : Great interest was manifested in the pro ceedings of Synod by ail denominations of Christians, the doctrine of Evolution never having been accepted or preached in this State before. 1 The whole session has been taken up with this trial. ; Ramsey, after his defeat, arose, and in a voice trembling with emotion, announced that but two courses of procedure seemed open to him, first, to renounce the juris diction of - the Southern Presbyterian Church ; or, the second, to appeal to the General Assembly. . , . Synod decided on Richmond, Va. , as the place to hold the next annual session. Charleston, S. C, Oct.. 24. In the Presbyterian Synod at Chester, yesterday, a letter was submitted from Dr. Woodrow, protesting against his removal from the Perkins professorship at the .Theological Seminary as unconstitutional. It was re ferred to the Seminary Committee, who last night submitted a majority and a mi nority report the former disapproving of the actidn of the directors in removing Dr. Woodrow. The debate was finished late last night and the majority report in favor of Dr. Woodrow was adopted. ' j Charleston, October 24. The debate in the Presbyterian Synod at Chester, on the Woodrow question was closed late last sight by the adoption of the following re solutions:, , iUeaaived, That Synod disapprove of the action of the Board of Directors requesting the resignation of Prof. James Woodrow si not justified by the action of the con trolling Synod, nor by ' any statements made by Prof. Woodrow previous to their action. - ' ' Carried by a vote of 82 to 59. . r lBesolied, That Synod disapprove of the removal of Dr. Woodrow from the Pro fessorship as unconstitutional. . Carried by a vote of 79 to 62. j SOUTH CAROLINA. ; ' Disastrous Fire at Darllnston. - I fBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ; Charleston, Oct 22. At Darlington last night fire was discovered in the restau rant of Houston & Woodham, and before it could be checked caused a loss of $50,000, distributed among the following business men: J. A. Pearce, J. C White, A. N. Smarce and M. Hinley. Their loss is on stock. Houston & Woodhain lost building and stock. . - ' ' " . . , - OHIO. -i-;-. - Foraker's . Plurality,' for Governor The Vote for the Prohibition! and - Greenback v Candidates Ths Illegal -: Voting; Case In Cincinnati Dismissed CmcrawATi, ' October' '24. Mr. Dalton, county clerk, has issued certificates in re lation to all county and legislative officers except Senators. The unofficial footing of officialireturns from all the counties in the State shows that Foraker has a plurality of 18,158 for Governor.' Leonard, -Prohibi tion candidate, polled 28,064 votes, and Northroo. Greenback candidate. 2.963. The case of Julius Dexter, Treasurer of the Committee of One Hundred, charged with perjury in making an affidavit for the arrest oi a man lor luegai voting, was called beiore Justice Aumgan to-day, and as there was no testimony produced after waiting two hours for witnesses, tbe case was dismissed, " NO. 1 JfESW YORK Br. Norvln Green R-lected President . of the Western Union Telegraph Co. Death of the President of an Insu , ranee Vo. Failure-The Trial or Fer dinand Ward Commenced. Br Telegraph to the Kornlng Star. - . " . New York, Oct 23. At a meeting of the directors of the Western Union Tele graph Company to-day, Dr. Norvin Green was re elected . President and Gen. Eckert general manager. CoL Clowry, of Chicago, was elected a Vice President and made a member of the Executive Committee. Morris Franklin, President of the -New York Life Insurance Company, died this morning from dysentery. - The bucket shop of F. Friedman, on Broad street has suspended, owing $83. 500. J An advance in oil and stocks is as signed as the cause. . -. - . - Wm. B fWarner appeared before a U. 8. Commissioner to-day to answer- to the charge of acting in collusion with FerdU nand Ward to defraud the Marine Bank. The various books and accounts of Ward were produced and identified and the case was adjourned until Saturday, -; . f Ferdinand Ward was brought Into court to-day for trial, pleaded not guilty and the work of securing a jury began. ... -, Many descendants of the Huguenots met this afternoon in the Church Dui St - Piert to celebrate the Bicentennial of the revoca tion of the edict of Nantes. John Jay pre aidedf. The .church services consisted of prayer, reading' of the scriptures ..and muaio: by a choir. Mr. Jay" briefly sketched the Huguenots and' - the causes which led to the revocation of tbe edict of Nantes, and introduced Prof. Henry M. Baird, of the University of the City of New York, who delivered an oration. Secretary Bayard made an address and offered a ee ries of resolutions, which were adopted. VIRGINIA. Further Particulars of the Coal Kline . Explosion ; In Chesterfield County Only Two BEen Supposed to have been Killed. ; .- . V fBv; Telegraph to the Horning Btar.l Richmond, Oct 22 Later investigation develops the fact that only two men were caught jby the explosion at the Raccoon coal mine, and that these are probably dead. Their names are Hobson Cheatham and A. iL. Leguse. The former was the gasman, whose duty it was to examine the chambers of the slope to see if they were properly ventilated before the men went to work. Leguse was a contractor, and worked a force of hands in the mine. It seems they then went down the slope tor gether, and made ah examination and re ported everything all right How the ex plosion j occurred cannot be positively stated. The two men had not come out, although about sixty men had gone to work. The explosion occurred in the low er end of the slope, and caught Cheatham and Leguse, but all the men who were at work nearer the mouth of the slope escaped before black damp overtook them. The rescuing party went into the mine, but could not at first get within five hundred feet of the unfortunate men, owing to black damp. Late this evening, however, they succeeded in recovering the body of Cheatham. A boy named - David Lucas had his clothing burned acd was himself a little scorched. He was the only other per son hurt! . . BOSTON, Attorney General Garland Flies a Bill In Equity in the IT. S. Court Against . a Stan Charged with Swearing False ly to Obtain a Patent. . -'. By Telegraph to the Mornlcg Star. Boston, Oct. 23 Attorney General Garland has filed a bill in equity in the U. 8. Circuit Court here similar to that which he brought against the - Bell Telephone Company recently, and which has caused so much discussion. The bill, in the name of , the j Attorney General, requests tbe Court to annex the patent on the ground of fraud, granted May 19th, 1885, to Zenas S. Warren, of Holyoke, Mass. It is al leged in the bill that defendant swore falsely in declaring that he was the origi nal inventor of the mineral filling composition uEed by paper manufac turers. It is alleged that the composi tion has been made and used for two : or three years in - several paper mills within the knowledge of the -defendant Warren is treasurer and general man ager of the Standard Pulp Co., Springfield, which uses the composition, and it is said he has brought suit against all other users thereof. Attorney General Garland has ap pointed J. L. Roberts special district at torney to prosecute the suit and the Court to-day issued a restraining order and sum moned the defendant to show why an in junction should not be issued. The bill is filed under the old statute conferring such power upon the Attorney General, but such cases have been unheard of during recent years. . LOUI8 RIEL. The Exeentlon Postponed Till No vember 11 Slim Chances for Es caping the Gallows. IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ' " Toronto. Ont, Oct- 23. A special from Ottawav savs: At a Cabinet meeting yesterday afternoon it was decided to post pone Kiel s execution till .November 11th. The. French Canadians still express confi dence that Riel will not be hanged. They base their hopes on tbe recommendation to mercy of the Regina jury. iteierrlng to the decision or the rrtvy Council in the Riel appeal case, the Mall says: j "The only plea now . left to Kiel's friends is the one of insanity, but as the jury, which is the sole judge of such ques tions, could not be convinced that Riel did not know that he was doing wrong, it fol lows that the ' verdict cannot now be changed on the ground of the prisoner's In sanity, unless new evidence has in the mean time come to light . Such a thing, it Is not! pretended has happened, and we resume the sentence of the Court will be uly carried out, and Riel executed for his crime.'' Tho Qlobe says: "It now remains with Sir John Macdonald to say whether or not the sentence shall be carried out" OHIO. The Tote of Hamilton County In the. j Iiato Election. By Telegraph far the Horning Star. .- Cincinnati, Oct 22. The canvass of the vote of Hamitton county is completed, and the total footings (unofficial) excluding precinct E, Eighteenth Ward, show that Hoadly received 84,527 votes and Foraker 33,928;i majority 599 for Hoadly. Tbe highest vote received by the Republican Senator was 99 less than the lowest on the Democratic list, and 270 less than the highest The vote for representatives is still closer, but the footings have not been completed.- The Democratic county officers are elected with the exception of Kubl for Commissioner. - THE LAKES. Fnrlons Gale and " Boats Supposed on Board. Snow to be Iost with all . Masqubtte, Mich., October 23. Vessel masters arriving here say they have never experienced such - heavy weather on lako Superior as has prevailed during the last few days. The gale raged with unabated fury for nearly sixty hours, attaining a velocity of from forty to sixty miles an hour- Navigation was rendered doubly perilous by the prevalence of a furious snow storm. Many vessels had narrow escapes from serious disaster, and several are still missing. The steam, barge o. u. Baldwin: of Detroit has arrived here in search of her consort barges; Grace Whit ney and Eureka. During the ' gale of Monday night the barges' .separated from the Baldwin and have not been heard irom since. The ' captain of the Baldwin' is almost certain that ther ha ve gone dow and that all hands are lost - There weren thirteen men on the two boats. I- Asheville Citizen 'r iUf'W. S. Pri in rose, President of the State " Exposi tion, after looking through the exhibits. Said the products on our grounds are de cidedly thebest.be ever saw in the State. ver, a white convict, made his escape from Arden 8unday morning last- taking one of the railroad mnles with him. . r- We feel flattered at the increase in the circula tion of the daily Citizen, during the past few weeks. Just six months old, we are proud of its reception by the public, in this and surrounding towns. The progress of the Asheville and Spartanburg railroad is entirely satisfactory. Six miles- and up wards of track are laid, and it is pronounced the best new track ever laid in the State The grading of the unfinished part is being pushed, and there seems to be no doubt that connection, with - Hendersonville will be perfected by the 10th of December, per haps by the first Additional xonvicU will be added this week. . " . i - New Bern Journal: We think, however, if the Democratic party under- -takea to r.nnflnrt ft mnitrn thru, vmm - . . f r ..WW JVMO- hencein accordance with the Chronicle' idea of civil service reform, as indicated by President Cleveland, It will be a tame affair. Greenville dots: The funniest thing that has happened for a long time was last Wednesday; when John Ben, colored, fell in Dr. James's well, sixty feet deep. Said ( .M PUU1C1T1IA, 1U Jlljuur HUU WVUfe ' fooling around the well and fell in. He was drawn out, however, with only a dislo cated shoulder instead of a broken neck. -The news of the death of young Thos. King,' the son of Sheriff King, was read with much sadness on Saturday evening. -Trenton items: Death has visited eight of our citizens during the fall and summer. Died, at Trenton on Saturday last Mrs. Stella Herri tage, wife of James D. Herri- tage, aged about 22 years. La Grange jottings: Sickness has increased considera bly of late about here. : The Associa tion of Primitive-Baptists at Mewborne's meeting house was largely attended. : Goldsboro -Messenger i . Daily Messenger 'during the Fair, Miss Bur well, with a section of girls from the Ox ford Orphan Asylum, will give a concert at the Opera House on Monday evening, October 26th. Relatives in this city ! have just received advices of the death, in New Orleans, on the 12th inst, of Mr. Francis Heath Goelet, a native of North Carolina. Washington dots: , J. Par ker Jordan, the aged lawyer, an "ex". North Carolinian, who was' arrested last year on the charge of committing an as sault on a poor young' girl for whom he had promised his Influence to procure an office, was acquitted.- on Thursday. The Judge ruled that the general f character of the accused was not on trial, and this shut -off much of the circumstantial evidence re lied upon by the prosecution. Parker got into another trouble last night was kicked or fell down stairs, says he was shot at by a carpenter named Beam. ' The latter says barker insulted his wife. r- Col. J. r. - Sneed, of Georgia, formerly of Granville - county, North Carolina, and who was As sistant Postmaster of the Senate when tbe Democrats were in control, has been ap pointed a Chief of Division in the office of the Register of the Treasury, j Col. Sneed is a good newspaper man. ; ' r Charlottte Observer: Nelson 8tewatt. and Anderson Davis, the two negroes who burglarized the residence of Capt S. G. Strickland, in this city, were yesterday sentenced by Judge Meares to be hanged on Wednesday, November 25th, within the Mecklenburg jail enclosure. There is no change yet in the Concord postofflce. : Judge Bennett told a Charlotte man just from Washington, that he in tends to try and have Miss Dusenbury re moved, but that he is not certain that he will succeed. ' Adjutant H. H. Orr yesterday received orders from Col. J. T. Anthony, Colonel commanding the 4th regiment North Carolina State Guards, to assemble the field and staff officers, and companies B, D, E, I and K of the regi ment to attend at the fair to-contend for the military prize, &c One of tbe .. best features of the fair will be a series of ' horse races of a character not yet ap. --" preached at any fair in this State, six of the.' " best horses known to the Northern tun having been'entered for tbe races, and are now on the way to Charlotte. The six in question are Baltimore noises, and left that city Monday. They are to arrive here Thursday night On Saturday next four or five horses from Washington City will arrive here for the races. Charlotte Observer: Col. Cox says that he has really decided to build a palace hotel in Asheville and that many of his arrangements to commence work have already been completed. Consider able business was done in the Criminal Court yesterday, and the decks were cleared for adjournment to day. The grand jury submitted its? report and was discharged, after having returned 07 true bills. - Washington letter: Judge Bennett is pressing Mr, Parsley's cause, but does not appear to be encouraged., r He , complains of the slowness of action On all matters. 1 asked how the people in his district felt and he replied that there had been no : par ticular change in sentiment, that there had been all along an intense desire to have the Republican office-holders removed and Democrats put in their places. The peo ple were dissatisfied. The Administration could never please the people by pursuing the present course. I asked if they talked less on the subject .'No,?;, was tne repiy. . . ' xney say uiai w lost Ohio bv the retention of so many im portant offices , in the hands of Republi-" cans,, and that .there is great danger of ' losing -Virginia and ' New York. The postmaster at . Wilmington should be. should have been removed. , The people have demanded it, and the matter pends, with some doubt as to whether it will be settled soon." .This morning!just before meeting Judge Bennett I talked with a Connecticut Democrat who had fust re turned from New England. "He said that hardly any Democrat he saw endorsed the conduct of the Administrauou. Acisun guiBhed gentleman from North Carolina writes that the people are witn tne presi dent nd that he should persevere. An able politician from North Carolina says that he thinks the people are just as much opposed as ever to the civil service reform policy, but they talk less about it and are hoping that things will eventuate all right. They confide implicitly in Mr. Cleveland's honesty and moral courage. . Raleigh News-Observer: i Yes terday work began at Camp Russell, where the colored people will hold their sixth annual fair, November 914. ; - Yes terday morning the woman's missionary society of the North Carolina conference convened in the - Sunday school room : of , Edenton street M. E. church. Yester day a reporter had an interview witb Maj. S. M. Finger, State Supintendent of Public Instruction, and found that gentleman well pleased with the operations of the school law passed At the last session of the Legis lature. He says the new county boards of education are composed of good men, that they give satisfaction and are doing a good work as a rule. The provision for sncb boards was a wise step by the Legislature; Most of the counties had the good judg ment to appoint men interested in educa tional interests to positions as committee men.. A number of the counties have levied special taxes so -as to continue" the schools four months, in compliance- with the constitution. The county superinten dents of public instruction are actively at work. In Maj. Finger's opinion the schools now have far more immediate supervison than ever before, both by county superin tendents , and committeemen. Yes terday a ' reporter met Mr. ' John T. Patrick; Commissioner of Immigration for this State. He had just returned after an managers of Northern agricultural societies the North Carolina Agricultural Depart ment sent a display of tnis State's products to their fairs to compete against similar ex hibits from other States seeking settlers. The societies offered for the finest exhibit gold medals. The number of fairs visited was ten, and it is with pleasure It is stated that Mr. Patrick has returned home with ten first premium medals. Among them are some very handsome ones, especially that awarded by the Washington Agricul tural Society, of New York State. It is in the shape of a sheaf of wheat and bears the following inscription: "Awarded to North Carolina for the finest display of any State ; seeking settlers. In reply to a query as to bis treatment by the Northern people, Mr. Patrick said: M did not hear the first un kind word spoken to me. -1 did not hear a single expression in regard to the Southern people, save such as would make their hearts swell with pride." " . - 1 ii