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The Weekly StaL PUBLISHED AT ' '-- - ..i. rtlLMINGTO BT, N . C .', SI.SO A - AT , T BAB, I If AD VAN OK. Y Star. 7 3sSsssssssssssss I SgSS8SS888S8S88 5 1- e- o - e - 1 aSSsSSSSi vol. xvn: WILMINGTON, N. C., FHIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1885. NO. 4 . 82S8S8SS8888S88 . 188888888888888888 2 : a : a I a i - - -- 9 - i. a j o -1 V-fe i e SS88SSSS88S8S88S8 8883888888888888- SS88SSSS8SS8888S 88888888888888888 - io tot-co 3o-eo'os : j: Entered at the Post Office atCWOmlngton, H. C.f as Second Class Hatter. subscription' price. The subscriBtion price of the Wkket.t -Stab is as follows : Single Copy J year, postage paid, $1.50 " 6 months, " " ' 1.00 " ' 3 months "" ... " .60 . LINCOLN, ; THE; SOUTH, STAXB ; i " ; RIGHTS. - 'y-7f Nearly all of the writers of essays and books in the.North, are unsound as to the true : theory, of. the Gonsti-; ' tirion and tbe reserved rights of the Snatc-s.: This, is constantly seen by IhnBe jtIio give, attention Uvthe dis-ciwi'-n't i leading, newspapers and in ihi h rtV-diealrt that issue from t:?m- ? Tnir. The Hannhoiiian the- or .: V t-iriiiitj liovt rnrnent. is np' peiinur i m ibe thoughts of all those who ria- biographies, histories and i political tractates." Oar able and in teresting contemporary, the Augusta Chronicle, in a recent well consider ed editorial on "State Sovereignty" sa-'d with troth, and point: the South had been, in the doctrine that the Union was a confederation , of States. from which any State or -number .of States. might withdraw when in the opinion or a i majority of their citizens it had failed to accomplish the object for which it was formed, he would not have regarded the attempted secession- as being treason, in the ordinary acceptation of the term. .- - We regard such testimony as im portant and instructive and we are clad to reproduce it.' Mr, Linooln was born in Kentucky, and he knew the teachings of the famous resolu tions adopted by that State . towards the close of the. last century in which the rights 'of Soverign Common wealths were emphasized and the limitations of the Federal Govern ment, nnder ,ne Constitution were in sisted upon, i - Mr. Lincoln, was not a believer himself in. Secession,: but he was too good and great a j man to condemn a whole people -who did be lieve in that; doctrine, as a right nn der the Constitution .prior- to-the war. - :.Y '. , k Jr ".V '..- When Abraham -"pnclB ,-fflbei "And yet, if a President or a Congress, were to attempt the violation of any cardi nal State right of Illinois, how that State would rise up en masse to rebuke or destroy himJ Tbe same is true of New England and the Middle States, ' as well as the Western Commonwealths To trample up jo the reserved rights of the South is one thin. To invade the reserved rights cf th'j E&t or West is quite another mat ter. It u too late for tbe Chicago Tribnne ti return to the era of 1866-70, or to raise the gobiin of Thad. Stevens. That fierce old o;an boldly operated outside the Con stitution and in defiance of the Bill of Ritihts. but the sober people of. another getjranou have returned to safer moorings jubi as they have rebuked his fanaticism, however honest ami forgotten and neglect ed his grave." - ; ; " , - It is known to all who have lived through the score of years that has elapsed since the cIobo of the - . war that Republican Presidents were dis- resardful of the limitations of the Constitution and. that the Congress passed laws that were revolutionary and subversive of the reserved rights of States: Many of ; the- acts of the Congress that were passed in a spirit of revenge and in defiance of right fore the bullet fit , an assassin, the most terrible, "blow ever j given, the South ' was: . then f inflicted. This was Been jby every . thoughtful man . in the South as Boon as the sad intelligence was communi cated The'-ideath of Lincoln was a great bereavement to tbe Southern people and they quickly felt it. ' It kept back reconstruction Tor years and. turned. loose upon the South the most jnfernal horde that ever cursed and devoured the substance of.l a prostrate people. We never met a man of . sense ; and character in the South who did not profoundly regret the death of Lincoln. - The Chromde : .". .... . ; S - -. - V says: . j ; - - . - "So satisfied are we with the veracity of these testimonials of Mr. Lincoln, by one who was near him, that it would not amaz usif John '..Wilkes' Booth were proved the tool and dupe of Jacobins, whor knowing the intentions and the nolitical creed of Mr. Lincoln,, conspired to kill him. Only Booth's madness occurs as a sufficient ex planation of that assassination. It was not to the advantage of the South that Lincoln was killed; but his taking off played right into the hands of a ferocious faction that is ignorant of tbe Constitution or contemptu ous of it, just as it loves imperialism and detests the theory or practice that consti tutes this Union, what it still is a Nation of Nations, a Republic of Republics." T- TO DISFRANCHISE THE NEGRO. - Sherman's foolish - scheme to dis franchise the - negro voters in the Southern States, if he and his mar plots cannot carry; oufcr- their vile purposeSj.does not meet with special' favor among those most interested. If the -Republican party yields to the leadership of Sherman and his squad of conspirators ythe end will be the negroes will be disfranchised. iFor twenty years the Republican. demagogues have been, using the ne gro voters to subserve , their' own purposes, and if it should turn out that they . cannot so use them in the future as to elect such conspirators as Sherman,' Logan, Foraker and. Hoar to s the i Presidency they - mean to deprive the - negroes of - the right of ballot. Suoh is Republican grat itude'aird fairness. A special; from Washington of the date of 8th hibL, is to this effect - "This new RenubUcaa ' policy, as out lined by Mr, Sherman, has attracted the earnest attention . of reprejsentauve coiorea. men here who are in communication with the leaders of their race . in . the South. They say that the increased : Democratic majority in Virginia and the carrying of Republican counties in Southern Maryland bv the Democrats are doe in no small de gree to this threat of ' Senator Sherman. They are indignant that they are put in the attitude of life chattels of the . .Republican party, and express the belief that Mr: 8her. man. by this declaration of his, has done more to divide the colored vote than all other causes combined since tbe date of enfranchisement." - r Rev. Peyton H. Hog-e. -j.:S3:- I ' The Richmond Dispatch has the foljow-1 ing to say of this eminent divine, ,irh has receniiy accepiea a can j,me pasvorai a the : xlrat ; Presbyterian unurch oi uus city: . . " l - J, t "A little more than three years ago the Fourth Ftesbyterian church was organized in Richmond, with a membershin of about fortv. and located on Grace street in tha extreme western portion of tbe city. Rev. Peyton & Hoge was unanimously called to the pastorate of this new enterprise, : he having lust been ordained to the -ministry. During this - brief pastoral - charge the church has grown and prospered continually,- and new .numbers about 180- The pastor - has beea. untiring . in hi labors among bis people, winning the warm affec tion of all; and -when the announcement was made a few- days sloce that he had accepted a call from the First Presbyterian church in -Wilmineton. N. C..3 sorrow brooded over his audience. But he die was cast and his decision was unalterable. This ia not merelv a loss to his late flock, but to the city of Richmond and the, Synod ol Virginia. - '-Mr. Hoee goes to a new and wider field, the First Presbyterian church of Wilming ton hein? one of the lareest and most influ ential in the South, and bears with him I the deep regrets, the warm love, and the best wishes not only of his recent ahurch, kni h. , niimiiiit.i ' inH IhA timvpr willToliowtTim that theabundsntAiessina bf a covenant-keening "Ood -may. abide "with him and all his labors inhis new home. The First Presbyterian .church in Wilmington has a membership of about 800, and is looking with great hope and pleasure tor tne coming oi iueir uew yao tor." - - WASHINGTON SOCTHBRN IRON SHIPPED NORTH 7 It is eurionsito see Alabama iron works shipping large quantities of iron to Peqnsylvauia, where Protec tion has abounded to fester the iron business at tbe! expense of the whole people. - Pennsylvania is a manufac turing ; State, and its .-. iron . industry has been immense under .the stimu lus of heavy bounties levied -upon, the great masses of the people. And yet Alabama iron - mills are able to and justice have been pronounced nn- J 8hip jtheir products to Pennsylvania's constitutional, and, therefore, .null and void, by the highest judicial tri bunal in the land. " We find some Chronigle copied extracts in the from a statement much cheaper chief est mart. : j Last week a cargo of 300 tons of iroi was shipped to PhiL adelphia. Of made bv tbe venerable and distin guished Hugh McCnlloch relative to the views of that illustrious Southron, the late Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Mc- Culloyh said: " ... "'His aim would have been to bring about by honorable conciliation harmoni ous relations between, the sections, ta ee cure the supremacy, of -the Government without interference with the reserved right of the State. There is 'nothing in his re cord tit indicate that he would have favor ed fhe immediate nd foil enfranchisement of those who, having been always in servi tude, were unfitted for an intelligent and independent use of the ballot. . In the plan for the rehabilitation of the South which he and his Cabinet had partially agreed npon. and which Mr. Johnson and the same Cab inet endeavored to perfect and carry out, no provision was made -for negro suf frage." - - : "::-: ;:: ; -y; f- '::W . Mr. Lincoln would have left to the States the questioa of negro suffrage. In this connection we will put on rei ' cord the following. In 1865, as GenJ Grant was onhis way to: Raleigh, the writer . of this occupied a seat with him from .' Franklintori to Ra- leigb, a distance of some twenty -nve miles. " The ' conversation . was free and frank and . was sought by Gen. Grant.- In the course of it, which - lasted an hour and a half, we asked him what would be the outcome as to negro suffrage. We can give ex actly his reply. .Said ne:r "I, was in the company of Gov. Curtin the other day who was, you know, the war Governor of Pennsylvania. .The , question you propounded to me was asked of him and his reply was this 'If universal suffrage is : bestowed upon the negroes Pennsylvania will go Democratic by V 100,000 majori ty.' M This showed that the Governor be i lieved that the disgust at such folly and madness would hand over the state he had governed with such high ability to the Democrats and by a tremendous majority. : Grant did not say he shared in . that opinion, but! he was a Democrat then- and - his reply to our interrogatory was. so pointed as to authorize us to conclude that Curtin's views were his. Mr. McCnlloch, who was an inti mate friend President Lincoln's . and was for a few months his Secre tary of tha Treasury, says: "From some of Ids incidental :' expres sions, and from his well known opinions upon the subject of suffrage, ana tne Dtates to regulate it, my conclusion is that he would have been disposed to let that ques tion remain as it stood before tbe war: with, however, such amendments of -.the Consti tution as would have prevented any but those who were permitted to vote in Fed eral elections from being included in the enumeration for Representatives m Jon gress. . Educated, as the people of . course iron is maae in Aiaoama . inan in Pennsylvania, or this sort of business would not be ; carried . on. . Pennsyl vania will be cfying out for Protec tion against Southern - iron manufac turers. - ' ; But Southern iron men are not only sending their products to Penn sylvania but tojNew. York and New England. In 1883, there were twenty-five Southern furnaces that ship ped goods to the North. The num ber of tons as given by the Balti more Manufacturer?- Record is 58, 789. In 1884; thirty-six furnaces shipped 103,36d tons. Of this num Kor i wm from! North Carolina, 11 from Virginia" Alabama 8, and Ten nessee 1. tn 1885 but 23 furnaces have shipped, tjie tons being 99,058.' Of the 36 furnaces of 1884, .8 are not now in blast. There are 51 Southern furnaces in all, producing ?i3,000 tons per annum. The Re- cord says: On the other hand Virginia's aggregate Eastern shipments more than doubled in 1884 as against 1883, and this year about hold their own. - Alabama's shipments of pig iron North and East of the Chesapeake have increased, proportionately, even more rapidly than those of Virginia, from 2,665 tons in 1883 to 10,250 tons last year, and to 22,814 tons this year. In 1883 they amount ed to but 6 per cent of the shipments East by Virginia r now tney are over ov per wa as large. ' Tennessee has not done much more than to hold its own.-? " - - - v - "Only 0 out or the 23 aoutnern iurnaces competing at the East shipped 1,000 tons or over. Of these the largest quantity from any single company is 25,090 tons,, besides which 1 furnace jsent 19.000 tons, and 2 sent 15,000 tons each. Of the 23 sending iron East this yea but '6 sent less than in 1884; in the aggregate but 6,000 tons less. 1 "This bringaup the charge recently made that Southern pig : iron shipments to the East have been reduced in volume since August 1. - Thirteen Southern ; furnaces, which will this year ship 80,000 tons of pig iron east ot Ohio and north of Maryland, have reported on i this point, and do not fully corroborate the very general opinion expressed." j :- VIR6INIA.'. '.. Gen. Kppa Huntou, of Virginia,. thinks that Mr. John S. Barbour will succeed Mahone. Scicb also is Gen. Lee's opinion. Gen. Hunton says: - "Mahone beat us two years in succession, and it looked as though he had the State so firmly in his grasp that tbe Democracy was powerless. When the third effort was about to be made the party determined to make a supreme move and John S. Barbour was put at the helm. He made a systematic canvass of the situation, organized the party in eve ry village and hamlet in the State, and gave the Bhrewdest advice and counsel at a secret meetinz of the party leaders. The result was the compkta routing of the enemy. He was again chosen Chairman of the Cam paign Committee last August, and to his astuteness and splendid generalship, more than any one thing, is the recent victory in Virginia due." -- ; t, t He says furthermore that the State debt question will not be considered in the next Legislature. He thinks the Democrats' will let it alone severe ly. He says; The Readjusters fixed up the debtques tion as they saw fit, and the Supreme Court affirmed their judgment in the matter. That ends the thing so far as we are concerned. They caught us napping once, but they will never do it again. Wejtnean to legislate for the good of the peoplefof the Old Domin ion, and give them wise and economic gov ernment. The election of Lee is one of the very best things that could have been done for the business interests of the State, and ,will increase values fully fifteen per cent. " Gen. Huntotf is one of the represen tative Virginians of the day. - He has; been in Congress, is a man of good parts, is a close observer , of passing events, and what he says is entitled to due weight. He has been in Wash ington and the Post of that city in terviewed : him. We have availed ourselves of it While Maj. Daniel is far superior to Mr. Barbour in ora tory and genius his competitor seems to have the inside track. , - A Miss - Miller, of . RuflSn, N. C, sent a 500 Confederate note to the Grant Memorial Fund, and asked them to sell it "for a poor Southern girl." Nice and - pitiful! - She had beard that a Confederate note sent by "the champion mean man" in the South bad been sold for $50 in good money. . -i - ' " The Stab is glad that the Colored at at a Fair: turned out so well. It waa a most creditable exhibit, as we" learn from, our Raleigh exchanges and those engaged in working it up have good cause for satisfaction and hope. . I ' m In JTarpers Monthly for Chriflt mas Miss Murfree has a'story called "Way Down in Lonesome Cove.. Cold Wave Flac. ..... This flag was flying from the Signal of fice yesterday morning, in consequence of the receipt of the following; "Hoist cold wave signal; a cold wave approaching; temperature ;will fall from fifteen to twenty degrees- during the next thirty-two to forty hours." " This is the first time ' this signal has ever been hoisted at this station. The flag is white, with dark blue centre, and is eigh teen feet square., v Sam Jones' has been taken down. After telling of his wild, dissipated life" and how when he got 8 good wife . he quitted his drinking,, ca rouBing, dancing, &c, and r sobered up, &c, his landlady" met .hinT with the inqujry after he hadj left the church: "I don't blame yOurother Jones, but poor Sister Jones, where did she go to' get her husband?" Sam has been quiet on that line since then. - - A Bold Coon. - The fowl house of Mr. John Maffltt, on Dock, between Front and Second streets, was entered by some, varment Thursday night, and a fine hen was killed and about one half of her -eaten. ' Last night, about half-past nine o'clock, Calvin Kelly, the colored watchman at the residence of Mr. Maffltt, who had determined to "lay in Wait" for the 'creature," neara a noise among the turkeys, and on going to the fowl house found a large coon on the in side eating a "square meat", from the car cass of a turkey he had 1iist killed. His coonship was immediately slaughtered, and was found to weigh about 14 pounds. Tbe Jadceablp. ' "'i:-: '--!-:-;-- CoL D. K. McRse has been unanimous ly recommended by the Bar of Wilming ton for appointment to the Judgeship made vacant by the death of Hon.' A. A. McKoy. This action of. the Bar was not only without solicitation on the part of CoL -McRaW but against bis earnest protest . He does not seek the position, and after re peated refusals to allow the use of his name, he only yields because of tbe earnest, persistent and united action of the Bar. Supreme Conn, Consideration of appeals from the Sixth Judicial District was resumed Tuesday in the Supreme Court and disposed " of as follows : ir'..'"- 't.'" J: '-'.' -'-, Mary A. Middleton vs. Chas.- Duffy et. als , from Onslow Continued for absence of counsel. j . .. -' -- - Statavs. James C. Lewis, from Sampson; argued by E- W. Kerr for the defendant, and the attorney general for the State. 1 8tate va Geo. McNair, from Onslow; argued by attorney general for the State; no counsel for defendant, i Koonce, administrator, vs. Sanders t. als. from Onslow; continued for absence rf onniiiwl. State vs. Franklin Bordeaux, from Pen der; argued by attorney general for the 8tte, and E. W, Kerr for the defendant, i Bryant Brown vs. David L. Hale, from Pender; argued by Cutlar and Bellamy for the plaintiff; no counsel for the defendant. G. F. Dempseyet. als. vs. Albert Rhodes, from Duplin ; argued by H. R. Kornegay and Geo. V. Strong for plaintiff, and Fair cloth and Allen for the defendant Pend ing argument ' court adjourned until 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. The consideration of appeals from the Sixth Judicial District was resumed in the Supreme Court Wednesday, - and" causes disposed of as follows: ' State vs. Anderson Jones from Duplin; argued by Attorney General Davidson for the State, and H. R. Kornegay for the de fendant Diminution of record suggested and motion for certiorari; motion allowed. Geo. W. Lamb vs. Win. EL Sloan, from Dupin; argued by D. B. Nicholson & W. R. Allen for the plaintiff, and H. R. Kor negay for the defendant. Uiminuuon oi record suggested and motion for certiorari; motion bv consent allowed. : State vs. James Collins, from New Han-, over; areued by Attorney General Davidson for tbe Bute, and Marsden Bellamy for the defendant. ' " : State vs. Mary MeSleill et aL, from New Hanover; argued by Attorney General Davidson for the the State, and F. H. Darby and A. G. Ricaud for the defendant. Pending the argument Court adloumed until 10 o'clock Thursday morning, r In this Court, on Thursday morning, the consideration of appeals from the sixth judicial district was resumed and causes disposed of as follows: i David E. Sandlin vs. R W. Ward, exe cutor, et aL from Onslow. , Continued for absence of counsel :-' G. W. Beck et als va Marsden Bellamy et alfrom New Honover; argued by T. W. Strange for plaintiff, and Geo. Davis and M. Bellamy for defendant . : State and L. M. Cooper et als, vs. B. F. Middleton, et als, from Duplin; motion for certiorari ; motion allowed;'; cause con tinued.' -'' S. Barksdale et als vs. Commissioners of Sampson, from' Sampson. Argued by Ttnvkin & Faison and Battle & Mordeeai for plaintiffs, - and E. C. Smith for defend ant Pending argument of this case, court adjourned until 10 o'clock Friday mom ma. Cotton Export Presidential and Fonrtb-Clas Postmaster. Appoint ed Action of Civil Service Commis sion In Resard-to Welgber at New XorK. etc. r - ' ' v . -By Telegraph to.the Horning Star. - . v WASHUfOTOK Nov, 12. The Chief of 'be Bureau of Statistics reports that the ex ports cf domestic cotton for the United Itates during the month - of October,-1885, mu uuring me inree monms enueu vuui- ler 81. 1885. as compared with similar ex torts during the corresponding periods of be preceding year were as iouows: x otai pr October,1885,6d7,921 bales-.value, $30, 9,184. Total for October, 1884. 563.421 tiles, value, $28,223,292. Total for 8 months ending October 31, 1885, : $793,919 bales; vilue, $39,684,145. Total for three months ending October 31, 1884, ,761.128. bates; vllue, 38,577,758.- i tFourtbclaas postmasters were appointed to-day as follows. : In North Carolina ifegruder..John Wt Henry;- Gastonia, Jz H. Fayssoux. ! pie Jf resident to-day appointea xv u. Rdoney postmaster at Americus, Ga., vice Wtn. A. Black, suspended Leonard A.; DoBier. at Ocala. Fla, vice B.: C. Harty,! .resigned. ' -V - 'Ibe Civil Bervice commission nas to-asy- -dlrected - the board of examiners at New. York to certify to the Collector, in the .case of examinatlona for weighers," the whole, number at once of those found, eligible for appointment (some 30 persons) placing dis abled soldiers first in tbe order of their grade.! This was the unanimous decision of the Commission,- there being no division of opinion among the members as to the wis dom in this particular case of having the entire list of eligibles certified to tbe ap-f pointing' power, , giving disabled, soldiers the preference; to which they were entitled under the law. Individual members of the Commission decline to say what. reasons influenced them in reaching thiaconclu: sion, except that they deemed it '-wisest and best in this , particular case", to make such ruling. : Their reasons will be made public in a day or two, - ana tney say wnen the result is known the public will be satr isfled. The decision in this case. President Edgerton says, does not abolish or in any way affect the rule requiring the certificat tion of four of the highest graded appli , cants in the list of eligibles when a vacancy occurs either in the department service here or customs or postal service, through out the country. - , ! George W.. Glick was appointea to-aay to be Pension Agent at Topeka, Kansas. He ia well known as ex-Governor of that state.', u;-, ;;-:'. -;: f I Wasbxhgtok. . Nov. 13. Fourth-class postmasters were appointed to-day as fol lows: In North Carolina Mooresborough, tttrs Martha E- Bland; Ashford, Jos. C. Jrown; c Ainmon, Richard W. Tatum; logers' Store. James R- -. Ray ; Gravel Spring. Melty Hinch. . I j The jury in the case of Rev. Dr. Hicks, aSiritual adviser of the assassin Guiteau, sfeainst the Evening Star Company for 135.000 damages for alleged libel in the publication of the statement that Hicks hsd negotiated for the transfer of Guiteau 's tenes to the Medical Museum for $1,000, rendered a verdict to day for the -plaintiff f one cent damages. :- - Tfje VIRGINIA Tbe Road Tbronch Ancoln Ray A correspondent (writing on the 9th inst.) who has visited the work being carried on by the convict force, under Capt J. H. Mclver, in cutting a road through Angola bay, says it will be completed in about three days. The force will then leave to work on the Warsaw & Clinton Railroad; and when spring opens they will return and cut the branch road. In cutting these roads through'the bay,' our correspondent adds, a vast amount of good land will be opened up for cultivation, - Our correspondent also says that "times are hard in Pender, and money scarce, but we have hog: and hominy a plenty and some to spare." ''-. ' f'-'. New Enclno. - The Goldsboro Daily Argtu says of a large and handsome new engine just put in service on the Wilmington & Weldon Rail road: "A large and magnificent new en gine, No. 122. has just been put in service on the Wilmington & Wehion Railroad for passenger-train work. It passed through this city yesterday on its second triorand is said to be the most powerful engine7 on the road. It is presided over by that .trusted and . eminently competent engineer, Mr. John Hessenger, who has been in the active employment of the W & W: for more than twenty years, and who has during all those years never iaiterea once at me pus of duty. He has many friends in this city.', Cotton. The receipts of cotton at this port du Tinff the nast week foot un 4.525 bales, as against 4,953 for the same period last year, showing a decrease of 428 bales.-. ' . The receipts for the crop year from Bept 1st to date foot up 54,364 bales, against 56,249 for the same date last year a de crease of 1,885 bales. - ' "'' Oxford; Orphan' Friend: At the regular communication of Oxford Lodge A. F. & A M., held on last Monday night, an appropriation of $40 was made - to the Walker Memorial building. ' Direct I.lne of Steamablps Retween ' vrilmlna-ton and Sontb . American i Porta. Tbe Asheville CitUenh&s the following to say in regard to a direct line of mail and freight steamships between this port and the eastern ports . of South America. This is a very important matter, and we heartily agree with the Gituen in what it says: ? "The Board of Trade of Wilmington ought to move in the matter of obtaining assistance from Congress the coming win ter, for a direct - line of mail and freight steamships, to apply between that poit and the eastern Sonth American ports, touch inff t tha West Indies.' This is a matter the whole State is interested in, and the action of the city of Wilmington should, and doubtless would, be aided by the in fluence of our State government We hope our Wilmington friends will move in this matter." - j Destroyed by Fire. . We learn from the Raleigh Visitor that the ' residence of Dr." Wm. H. Moore, near that city, was consumed by fire ThiirS' day morning, together with bis furniture and stock of medicine. His loss is $1,VW; insurance $600. Moore is well known in this city, where he resided for many yean, and was prominent as a ivepuoncau wuu dan. The "Dr . is In bad luck, : having lost his wife by death only a short while ago, " ; " Defanitlna .Treasurer of Stann- in Oflleera ot Bxcbance National ank of Norfolk Admitted so Ball ' Horrible Crime In Princess Anne Otnstr-a Tonne Glri'e Head AI lioat Severed from ber Rody. lByTeleirraphtotheHornliijrStar.1. : -SVaphton, Nov. 14 A partial investi gation of tbe books of John M. Carroll, Trevuier. who disanpeared in September, discloses a deficit of $14,000.; This amount may ba increased. V NoBFOLK, Nov." 14. The officers and directors of the late Exchange National Bank, who were indicted in the United States Circuit Court yesterday, appeared in court to-day and were bailed to appear for trial at the May term of the court Alice, a fourteen-year-old daughter of Charles D. Powell, a" well-to-do farmer of Princess Anne county, residing about two miles from the village of Kempsville, went to school as usual at that place yesterday morning. When she did not return at the proper time her father and brother became uneasy and started out to look for her. Be ing unsuccessful in their search and night coming on, they were thoroughly alarmed, and a party was organized in Kempsville to maka a thorough search of all the ground bstweed the two points. The search result ed, about 11 o'clock, in finding the body of the girl in a thicket about twenty yards from tbe road, lifeless, her throat cut and her bead nearly severed from her body. An examination of the body showed that she had also received three stab wounds, but it': was not positively proven that she had been outraged, although it was gener ally believed that the murder had been re sorted to to conceal the more atrocious crime. " The remains were at once taken to her father's residence, and the party started out to search for her slayer. Powell had in his employ a negro man named Cherry, about eighteen years old, coal black, who was driven from the premises a few days ago because of a difficulty with one of Powell's sona He is believed to be the murderer, and was caught this morning. The excitement in the neighborhood is in tense, and if the crime is proven on hi m his time on earth will be very short The belief is that an outrage was intended, but that . becoming frightened by the sound of approaching voices he murdered the girl and fled. ILLINOIS. Destructive Fire In tbe VUlag;e of Austin Narrow Escape of tbe Oeeu nanta of a Hotel No Water wltb wbleb to Flgbttbe Flames., v - Chicago, Nov. 14 The little village of Austin. 111., was vhiited by a destructive fire early this morning. The fire broke out about 2 o'clock in a bakery in Giles' block, and the entire structure was con sumed. Besides the bakery, where the flra originated, the block contained Traill's drug store, Worneck's grocery, Misses Kellers' millinery store, Bowers & Durt ley's jewelry store, barber shop, a hotel with its livery and sale stable, Masonic Hall, skating rink, postofiice and news stand. There was no water except what could be drawn from a well, with . which to fight the flames. Assistance was asked from this city and an engine was sent, but the scarcity of water made it -practically useless. ' The people at the hotel had a nar row escape from death, and were compelled to flee in their night clothes. The upper part of the block was occupied by a num-' ber' of families, all of whom lost about three-fourths of their household goods. No estimate could be obtained of the loss. There was not much insurance on the goods lost . - - FENNSYL VNIA, "", y Frlcbtfnl Wreck or Express Train on tbe R. tt O. Road from Raltlmore to Pittsburgh A Sleeper Relle Down nn ; Embankment Number, of Persona .' Radlv Injured but None Reported . Killed Harrowlnic Scenes at tbe Wreck. . -''h:y-Ci ' By Telegraph, to the Horning Star. PrrrsBOBGH, Nov. 12. A frightful wreck occurred at Bluestone Quarry.on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.at 7 o'clock this morning. Train No. 12. through express from Baltimore to'Pittsburgh, consisting of a sleeper, two coaches, two baggage cars and one express car, : ran into a misplaced switch and was completely wrecked. The sleeper rolled over an embarkment into the Yougheoubeny river.- The other cars were upset, and the whole train was 'r detached from the engine. Sixteen persons were in jured,' but none were killed outright The; names of the injured are : Bon. C. E. Boyle, member of Congress from Fayette District; Hon. John Dowlin,- Collector of Internal Revenue from - tbe twenty-third district; J. N. "McJillon, Legal Agent of the Baltimore &Ohio Company-: Eion. E. H. Biglow, Collector of Internal Revenue for the twenty-second district, and twelve others injured. None of the wounded are believed to be dangerously injured, unless .it is Congressman Boyle; whose eondttion is not known, bnt it is believed-to be seri ous. J. N. " McJillon's ankle waft badly sprained, and Collectors Dowlin and Big-; low were badly oruisea. t ne report oi me, wreck reached this city at about 9 o'clock this morning, and ; caused - great ex citement, as it was known that many prominent ? men of this , city were expected on the train.- The accident dis-v arranged the telegraph wire, and it was after 10 o'clock before the following par-r ticulars Of the accident were received.' The express was about fifteen minutes late when it reached the place where the wreck occurred. At Bluestone Quarry the track makes a sharp curve around the river, a short distance back from the bank. .There is a switch at the commencement ot the curve. Whether some one had left the switch partly open or not is not certain. The officials or the road say the switch had been tampered with, evidently with the intention of causing a wreck. Had the switch been open, the train would have gone into it all right and would have been stopped before any damage had been done. As it was, the train could go on neither' track. The result was that the engine dashed along the ties, tearing up the track, and causing a crash, and the sleeping car to break loose and dash on over the embank ment in the wildest confusion. The sleeping car rolled over and over, and stopped with its side lying in the bed of the river thirty feet below. Two pas senger cars stopped at the water's edge, but the baggage car went into tne water, mere were many passengers on board. The scene that followed was one that beggared description . The cries of-the injured and maimed were heard from every car; the frightened passengers sprang - from the windows and struggled with each other to escape from the rolling cars, and wails of pain were beard from some who had been caught and held within the wreck. Those who escaped uninjured were too much startled for the time being to render as sistance. Then they began the rescue. A messenger was sent to Cornellsville for medical assistance, and in a short time a corps of physicians was sent up on a spe cial train. The injured, after having their wounds dressed, were removed : to the hotels at Connellsville, where they received every attention that could be given them by the Railroad Company. The wreck caused great excitement in Connellsville, and for hours afterwards the people hur ried to the scene of tbe accident ' The track was blockaded and torn up so badly that no trains get through until this afternoon. NORTH CAROLINA .TISTS. - BAP- RIVAL RAILROADS. Paaaencer Agents Agree to Submit n - Restoration of Rates to T. M. Emer son, President Southern Passenger i Association. - (Bv Telegraph to the Horning Btar.l Atlahta, Ga. Nov, 12. The Southern j Railway Passenger Committee meets in At-I lanta, uecemoer ana. jnessrs. yvuucuobu, Brown and Wrenn agreed to submit the matter of a restoration of rates to T. M. Emerson, President of the Southern Pas sengers A880CiaUOn. mere oaa ueeu uy yielding on the part of any one, but differ ences will be submitted to arbitration through the Southern Committee. The following telegram has been received: I . "New York, Nevember 11. The ques tion of a restoration of the com netitive pas senger rates, as between tbe Central Rail road of Georgia, the Western & Atlantic, uiH tha TSant Tennessee. Virginia & Georgia Railroad Companies, having been submit ted to me as President ot the soutnern ras sengers' Association by the general passen ger agents of the lines in interest you will please restore to tariff rates-, to take effect at 7 o'clock Saturday morning,. Nov. 14th, all passenger rates competitive : between -the fines referred to, the same., to. be strictly maintained pending the meeting in Atlanta on December 2nd next . j (Signed) . T. M. Embkson, ;- ...President; . - ' " m m -i . i NORTH CAROLINA. meeting of the State. Association at ; ' . '. - -.- '. Reldsvllle. - .I.--;-- -v ; . ; v . ' Special to Richmond Dispatch. ' - RmdsvuxSj'N.C, November .11 The North Carolina Stat Baptist AssooiatioH . convened . here tn day, with J. C. Scarborough Moderator. One hundred and twenty-five dee gates were reported to-day.. As many more are expected. .: . '. ."; ; . The following officers were elected : C.T. Bailey," President; L. L. Polk, T.iH. Pritchard and J. . D. Hufhatn, Vice Presidents; F. H. Briggs, Treas iirer; N. B. Broughton and G. W. Sellers, Secretaries; .John E. Ray, Corresponding ' Secretary ; W. H. Jones, '. Auditor; John T. Pnllen, Auditor Sunday School Supply Store. The address of welcome was deliv-? ered by Rev. Mr. Wright and re sponded to by Dr. Skinner, of Ra leigh, -.- .The Convention . assembled again in the afternoon. The following com mittees were-armounoedf To nomi nate Board of Missions J. C. Scar borough, R.Van Dewenter and T.W. Babb; to nominate; Board of Educa tion W. A. Nelson, J. S. Hard away and T. H. Pritchard; to nominate Sdnday School Board W. R. Swalt ney,W. T. Jordaa and K.M. Poteat; on Condition of Orphanage F.' P. Hobgood, R. A. Dunn J. D. Huf ham, W. R. Swaltney ; Dr. Skinner and C. Durham. - . "' . -I I The report of the State missions showed : 32 associations; SO new churches, whole number of churches, 937; communicants, 91,947 (the num ber of Baptists in the State includes 221,123 colored); $42,000 raised for State missions, 107 missionaries and ministerial students, 50 foreign mis sionaries in the field, and 1,300 mem bers of the Church ; amount expend ed, $5,000.. - J j The Sunday School Board shows 7:75 schools, 60,000 pupils, and $5,600 expended. The sermon was preached to-uight by Rev. J. M. MoManna way. .-;'; " y, jy ; 'y:y j SECOND DAT. j CC. Bitting, of the Baptist Pub lication Society; Rev. M. W. Reid ind Professor Gore, of Chapel Hill, were introduced. ; State missions were the special order for 10 o'clock. The Secretary,' John E. Ray, stated there was a deficit of $500. The debt was lifted by subscription.' The secretary spoke in encouraging terms bf the work of the Board. . . - Dr. C. C. Bitting then ' addressed the Convention with eloquent pathos ion the influence of the Bible. In the afternoon meeting the name of the Preachers' Life Association was changed to the Baptist Ministers' j Aid Association, and several other 1 changes in the constitution were made. - " . . "y The old officers we reelected. . . Three colored ministers were intro duced to the Convention and made addresses. They were cordially re ceived. To-night the Convention discussed tbe educational report. ... ... 'POLITICAL POINTS. ' Washington '" G azettg: We re - : gret to learn that Mr. John T. Parham, of , Warren Plains, has, been forced to make an assignment - ''. - ' v. Goldsboro Argus: . A drove of seventy-five Texas ponies arrived in the -. city yesterday, and attracted a great deal of attention, --r There are twentyone pris oners in our county jail in this city most of them able bodied colored men await- . Sng trial on the charge of larceny. , . . Raleigh Visitor: On'the second Wednesday in December the Board of Di rectors of the Western North Carolina Insane Asylum, near Morganton, will elect -a second Assistant Physician for that In stitution. " This morning about 11.80 . o'clock, a Texan, pony purchased by Mr. Jordan Womble, Sr., and haltered infront -of his store, reared up suddenly while. : being saddled and threw Mr. Womble who was standing by, . over the shafts- of a -wagon badly hurting him .- on . the head. The concussion was very severe and he had . to.be carried home for medical attendance. . j -"-i New I Bern Journal: "- Nearly . three thousand sea drum fish arrived yes terday from Core sound near Portsmouth. Fish market abundantly supplied - now. - The management of the Theatre has ' engaged the eminent artists the Clara Louise Kellogg Concert Company to give one of their musical concerts in ; December; time has not been definitely settled upon. - . We had the pleasure of testing the quality Of Messrs. Moore & Brady s canned peas a few days ago and were pleased with .the fine flavor, fseshness, and palatableness thereof. Mr. Moore is of the opinion that peas grown in this section are' excellent for canning and be hopes to(be able to can a great many the coming spring. ;.- . j w New Berne Journal: W e re gret to learn of the death of Mr. E. L. , Francks, Jr., of Bichlands, Onslow county . - - We learn from .Elder R. K. Hearne. bf the Free. Will Baptist, who has . just re turned from the Conference held at Row- , ell's Swamp, Green county, last week, that the Conference was well attended and a most pleasant and profitable session was held." - One of the most important en-' terprises which should at this time claim the attention of the Board of Trade of New Berne, the Cotton and Grain Exchange, the Improvement Association and all other corporations and individuals : who feel an interest in the weiiare ana progress ci new Berne and this entire section, is the open ing : of the Clubfoot, Harlowe and New port rivers and the New Berne and Beau-; fort Canal. j i Asheville Citizen : ; Our coun- aman, Mr. S. E Penland, brought to our ce a mammoth radish, which weighs over 10 pounds. - About 9 o'clock last night; several groans were heard in the room occupied by Gen. Robert M. Henry at the Grand Central hotel. The clerk and others hastened up, and finding him suffer-. ing, sent hurriedly for Dr. Williams, who responded at once, and rendered assistance, but the General breathed his last in about five minutes after the arrival of the doctor. , Dr. W. pronounced his illness heart dis- -ease. This will be a great shock to Gen eral Henry's many friends throughout this section, for he was esteemed wherever known. " He was about 60 years of age, and never married. He was a brotherof the late Judge Henry., The bar and citi zens will take suitable action to day, pre paratory to his obsequies. s -Raleigh Visitor::- Rev. Dr. C. T. Bailey, -of this city, was made President of the Baptist State Convention which met yesterday at . Reidsville. Granville, Wake, Person, Caswell, Johnston, Vance, Franklin, Nash, Harnett, Chatham aud Durham counties had tobacco on our ware house floors to-day, for which they obtain ed good and satisfactory prices. The fair of the Industrial Association now be ing held here is by large odds the best that has heretofore been gotten up by the col ored people of North Carolina. Much more interest seems to have been taken in the matter, resulting in an exhibit credit able to all concerned. In Floral Hall there are over 400 entries, in the agricultural and domestic hall about 100, besides a first rate exhibit of poultry,- horse?, cattle, hogs, cotton, &c. In the poultry line the exhibit is far beyond precedent there being about 250 specimens of chickens. Weldon ITevss: Mr. C. W. Whitehead, while ginning cotton last Thursday at Maj. Emry's Moore farm, put his hand too far in the gin and had the first joint of his left thumb taken off by His - - - -WTTtwwfliij- -'gM - of last week the stable , of Mr. J. R. Til- A Son of tbe I.ate President of Trinity College Drops Dead. - j y By Telegraph to the Morning Star, j - HighPoiht, November 12. This morn ing, at Trinity Collge, Dr. J: L. Craven rironned dead of aDODlexv. He was a prominent physician, and son of Rev.j B. Uraven, late rresiaeni oi athjuv vamigko. TEXAS. The " Philadelphia Record is a newspaper whose Democracy is qualified by a habit of independence and a sense of honor. Hartford Courant, Sep. : The Mugwumps will do better by acting independently in the .future. They will get nothing, but they will be re spected. N. O. Picayune, Bern. - The way of a President is hard. Bad appointments displease good Demo crats, and good appointments displease bad Democrats. New Haven Begister, Dem. So long, however, as the pro duction of silver is insufficient to supply us with currency we must have gold coin age and a credit ! currency. Nashville American, Dem. - Mr. Logan is said to be "much disturbed bv the- election in New York." He has every Jfcason lobe so for his ha rangues helped to bring defeat to his party. Mobile Begister, Dem. . L . 1 " The bloody shirt is an inspiring emblem of. Democratic victory, and the Democratic order should go forth: "If any man attempts to haul, down the bloody shirt, shoot him on the spot" Chicago Timeti Ind. ;. -:'; - .y ' i A. letter received by a Con gressman in Washington lately, says: "Dear Sir: I sowed the seed sent by you last spring, and they did not show up. 1 think that, like the last Administration, the seed is a fraud." I The Mugwumps are the Mor mons of American politics. Like the Mor mons, they make unholy alliances, and de fend them on the ground of conscience. Also like the Mormons they must go. Phil. Pres8, Bep. VIRGINIA. Indictments . for Misapplying tbe Funds of tbe Norfolk Exchange Na tional Bank. :;.v, : IBy Telegraph to the Morning Sfar.l ; Norfouk. Nov. 18. In the TJ. 8. Cir p.nit Oonrt to-dav. Judge Hughes presid ing, the grand 1ury- presented bills of in- ; dictment for misapplying the funds of the suspended Exchange National Bank against the following parties: s. John B. White head, president; George M. Bain, Jr., r.fwhier: Thomas A. Bain and R. T. K. Bain. - Indictments for false entry were presented - against 'John B. Whitehead, Geo. M. Bain, Jr., Orlando Windsor and C. K Jenkins.- , - SOUTH: CAROLINA. Tbe Trial of Dr. Belilnger for Murder Jury Fall to Agree..,, v By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Charleston, Nov. 13. In the case of Dr. A. N. Bellinger, charged with the murder of Stephen W. B. Riley, colored, the jury failed to agree, eleven being for acquittal, and one for manslaughter. Comment of tbe Galveston News; on tbe Great Fire In tbat City. IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. j . ; Galvestok. Nov. 14. The News, touch ing on the great fire, says: The conduct of the nennle of Galveston, in view of the calamity that overtook them yesterday, cannot be too highly commended. The shock was severe, and the test terrible, but Galveston will come out of it undismayed. The loss is great, but not more than Gal veston can bear under the pressure. The people of the city are now on their mettle, and in this condition they are at their best. Many families are homeless, and some peo ple lost their all. It was a great calamity; but there will be no unrelieved suffering. The driving wheel of Galveston's existence is nnimDaired. - The soul of the city is hot disturbed. The busy wants of commerce go on as if nothing had happened. - 1 he oromnt ' manner in which the citizens: as sembled to make provisions for the impov erished and distressed shows that the spirit that animates the city of Galveston is equal to the emergency, and would .be equal to an emergency much greater than she is confronted with at present. She will be as beautiful as ever in a few montns, ana is doing business at the old stand. . av-a-Os ' " j '-, RAILROAD ACCIDENT. . Two Cars on tbe Virginia Midland Road go Down nn Embankment : Several Persons Injured ' - . IBv Telegraph to the Moraine Star, t - AjuExahdbia, Va..-Nov. 14. The south bound passenger train on the Virginia Midland Railroad, which left here at 11 : 05 last night when near . Rockfish Gap,- be tween Charlottesville and - Lynchburg, ran off .the track,, caused by a broken switch, and two cars went over an embank ment. Fortunately none of the passengers were injured, though all were considerably shaken up. . Conductor Pitts, : baggage master Post and express . messenger Frost were injured, but not seriously. ; The damage was not great ' ' i . GOOD BY WILLIAM, j : ; LITERARY GOSSIP. ' An adeauate memoir bf the late Bishop Colenso is about to be undertaken in England. . a ; Lord Wolseley will publish this winter an account of the "Life and Military Career of John Churchill. Duke of Mary borough, "y s , Harper & Brothers have added Mr. William Black's new novel, ''White Heather,' to their library edition of Mr. Black's works. :,- :a ;- -' A small volume of essays by Mr. " Frederic Barrison" on the choice of books and kindred subjects is in the press Of Macmillan & Co. . "The Life of Cardinal Wolsey," hv Genrire Cavendish, his gentleman usher, edited with an introduction and notes by Mr. Fronde, is announced by the Bentieys. ; The first edition of Gen. Grant's memoirs will consist of 200,000 copies at least, and it may embrace a larger number,. One firm in Philadelphia has ordered 53, ooo copies. yr'yl'y ''-:'" : V ' . It is said that within the past' five years an agent has sold $150,000 worth of the "Encyclopssdia Britannica" in Minnesota and Dakota, and that nearly one half of that sum is represented by Minneapolis and St Paul. J : - f - The current statement that Mr. Walt Whitman's receipts from the sale of his works for the last six months amounted to $22.06 might lead the casual observer to conclude that Jor : the i whole year - Mr. Whitman had an inccome from his books of $44.12. But this would be erroneous. The receipts for the year were only $28. POOR, RIEL. bis Kxe- Vlrginla's Repudiated Senator to Set- tie In Red River Taller v :- St. Paul. Mnsir.; Nor. '13. A J Fargo special to the Pioneer Press says: - Senator Mahone, of Virginia; is to locate perma nently in the Red River Valley. -: : PreparaUons Completed for entlon on Monday. r By. Telegraph to the Morning Star. " Toeohto, Nov 14, The Mau to-day has the following special from Winnepeg, dated the 13th inst : A special messenger nassed through Port Arthur this afteroon on his way to Regina, bearing the Govern or General s warrant ior uie mwuuuu Louis Riel, at Regina, on Monday next He will reach Winnepeg to morrow morn ing. 7 .--'.- lery, at Tillery station, on the - sconand Neck Branch Railroad, caught fire from -. , J . .V. rv some unxnown cause anu uwuw w ui . ground. There were thirteen mules in the building, four of which were burned to death. One ox was also destroyed. There was no insurance. Two white tramps , stole a ride on the Raleigh express train from Suffolk to this place Monday night riding all the way on the wheel trucks. When the train stopped in the yard the two tramps got off, but did not get clear of the wheels quick enough and the rear one was run over and instantly killed, being horribly mangled. The man's name - was Harry Welsh. He was a printer by trade. - Raleigh News-Observer: Yes terday was the great day at the colored fair. . The attendance was up . to me ub"w , standard of former years, while, as has been stated, the exhibit surpasses any nere- . tofore made, in all departments. The crowd yesterday was a well dressed and orderly one. Brass bands from Fayetteville and Henderson were present and contributed to the occasion some very fair music. The Victor fire company-and Oak City Blues were on the grounds. Johesbobo, N. C, Nov. 12. Jonesboro joins the tobacco markets of the State. The opening break took place at the Buffalo warehouse the 10th inst, and there have been six large breaks since. - Twenty buyers were present to-day. The buying was spirited and the prices were solid and satisfactory. Over 100,000 pounds have been brought to this market. The Washington correspon dent of the Charlotte Observer says "the next North Carolina appointment will be that of W. W. Carraway, (D.,R. Walker of the Raleigh News-Observer. ") Raleigh News-Observer: Next Wednesday the Christian Church, on Hills boro street of which Rev. Dr. Jas. Maple is pastor, will be formally dedicated. , There are about half a dozen new tobacco markets in the State this season, and next season there will be a dozen more. Mr. Ashley says his factory could afford to pay carpenters $3 a day who now only get $1.50 and $2 if they had the skill and speed at work that the same class of mechanics have at the North. Bishop Lyman will hold ordination services at the Church of the Good Bhepherd next Sunday morning, on which occasion one or more deacons, includ- -tag the rector of that church, Rev. Robert Strange, will be advanced to the priest hood. Many visiting clergy will be present. - The Colored Teachers' Association met ; at the Congregational Church yesterday, the attendance being tbe largest on record. The meeting organized by re-electing the following officers: B. B. Goines. president; S. G. Adkins, secretary. In the morning fr -Rnonmfl G. Harrell addressed the teach ers. His remarks were pertinent and were well received. An excellent paper was read by 8. A. Waugh, of Franklinton. , Other 3 Rockingham Rocket: We heard that Cyrus J. Knight, Esq., bite Ed itor of the Tar Eeel, published at Troy, N. Ch, was the possessor of a gold mine. Now we learn with equal pleasure that he has received $12,000 in cash for the property. . Three car-loads of colored people, numbering, all told, probably 600, left Laurinburg on Monday night for Arkan sas. This big shipment of flesh seems to have been engineered by a man named WiNlamn flmnloved for the purpose by some combination of men out West. Cap tain Leggett, of Laurinburg, is said to have acted as agent also in the. matter. One hundred and twenty tickets were sold by the R. R. Agent at Laurinburg, children nnder twelve passing free. The parties in terested in the emigration pay expenses or transportation. It is a cheering sign of improvement in the times that each one of the mills in and around Rockingham is now working up to its full complement of machinery. . The Roberdel, being new and having greater disadvantages to struggle against is now operating- about one hun dred looms. The goods being turned out are tip top, and its facilities for smoothing and folding ' tne ciotn an uy macuiucij. are capital; and to stand by and look at the process affords interest to the inexpert visitor. Hundreds of our population may well congratulate themselves that these mills now promise uninternpted employ ment for the future.