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The Weekly .Star. PUBUSHED AT i, M1NGTO M, N. C, it A VKAU,' IN ADVANCE. 1uoc90oooSooS55Sooo " Sg3s33S88S8SSS8S8 ks - a ooq eo ") to o a o t-1- - " sssssssssssssssss - 3g8SSS8S8S888SS 1 ssssssss8ss8sss T - . . s. s ......... . - to !:iterei at the Post Office aOVUmington, N. C, I as Second Class Matter. subscription price. The subscri6tiou price of the Weeej.y Sta is as follows : - . ' Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 '" ' 6 months, " " 1.00 " . 3 months " . " ' - .50 ANAKCHT AND BLOOD. Whither are we tending? What is to le the out pot", of , bloody riots When will anarchy cease if Anarch ists are to be the leaders? Will the workingmen of the North surrender themselves body and soul tothe rant-'rs-.wht'-K code is death and destruc tion? ('an any country prosper under vri.icsrr-ni). lnmr f.onl.innpil slrilfps ciiln!iii:itii!tj in the Moodiest crimes? Wh.ii prosperity to any class can :on from tlie unbridled deviltry of in'- :iate rascaldom as holds sway in Chicago and elsewhere? j These are not idle queries, bat tliey mean something. Let thought f dl men ' of all classes consider well the meaning and trend of such un mitigated diabolism as has exhibited Mt-t lf in Chicago. The courage" of i the police was above all rjraise. Theybehaved grand-" iy witli a high bravery that is very inanirinof T Rut. irViflf. ft l.htt rriiol ...a. remorseless Anarchists? ! How shall they be dealt with? They deserve no pity and should belealt with by a free, quick, bold haftd. Such in fernalism must be stamped out, and tint quickly. " i The deviltry of Anarchists and the demands of honest labor asking for better wages or fewer1 hours of toil are two different things. The griev ances of the one class should be care fully considered and promptly tatis tied, the vaporing ot cutthroats and murderers must be met with shot, shell arid the 'gibbet The New York Times says of these hor rid Anarchists:. 'Their srierance ia :ifain3t society, law, order, govt: rifnup.V and-all the Tea Com man;5mcnts Thuse cutihroats are. to a man, f f n .iijn i rtli ami of foreign ideas . AniHi.i-.si sir! i- uot grow such venoai ous Tti-nwr. r.iui iiicv Kiuai be made to un tltrsH!.'; !. yiii i he po-ibiUty of a mistake that tlirr A-i.t-iic.n ieiple who listen with indifftrn-ru'e'to t!u?ir idle talk,, will thow a very ?;,T. ru?. -li-intier when they begin to put ibetr :in-:r ihi oiit-s ia practice, as they atlempifst 10 i i t h:ciiO Ustt night. , There iive le n sigiie of this dev il'try f:.r rfoiue inii-. The rautterings of this torm i hilt l l:e blot'dy handed Anarchists. Wfi-t brewing have been heard fr some :nii.th-s. . And yet but few were prepared for ouch a display of hellibh inadius and folly and cru elty. Only a few months since an educated Englishman named Cham pion made a speech, to London So cialists, which was his carefully con siderei Sunday talk, in which he gave expression to the awful 'sentiment that "if he thought the miserable system under which they lived,and all its attendant horrors, could be done away with to-morrow by cutting the ; throats of that million and, quarter of people who took so much more than their share of the bonntiea of Nature, be would, if it was possible do it with his ow n hand that minute.' This was not the raving of beer- drinking scoundrels like Herr Most and the fellows who harangued at Chicago, b'nf, of a sober, educated, English born subject. He openly proclaimed that he would himself " murder every rich man and woman in England, if he could change the law of "Nature" and distribute its "boun ties" differently!. But what madness arid folly, aside from the brutal, hellish sentiment! How cap-man change the "order of "Nature" and compel it to distribute differ ntlj? Take all of the proper ty of the world to day and make an equal distribution of it among the whole people and how long would it remain equal? It would remain equal not a half hour. The work of changing hands would begin at once and in six months very nearly the same elasvwould own the property that own it now. . ' -Nature is, always unequal in dis tfihutirHgfer favors. ' Says the Lon d"n Spectator: "As for the notion of really rendering iue oinerent lots of diQerent men equal, that notion strikes at tne very constitution the univeree aa we know it. Even plants are. not equal, one growing on a fuur son and nourishing only because can extract mnr nourishment from a Door soil than its more delicate and luxuriant competitors whir.h ne&A a richer soil. Ani mals are not equal, the bird of swifter flight and keener eye enjoying vast advan tages over the bird of slow flight and dim eye. As for men and women, they are un equal in their gifts from birth, and un equal in their power of improving those gifts. It would be -as impossible to jeep their property equal without the most "igntful waste of power, as it would be to render their liinmiu,.. ..t.mIu onnl wham ine temperamenu which condition bappi- -- '-' , I . . . s'. -''i-K..--'' . '! ' vV' i j i 7 VOL. XVII, ncssare so . various. And if 1t could be managed, the result would bo nurelv mis chievous, t- Soma people bive a genius for deriving real happiness from property, and for distributing i happiness through their possession of property. Jt is in every re spect desirable that they ; should exercise these gifts. Others have no such faculty, and are both haDDier and better as" noor men than they would be as rich men. What is needed is to increase indefinitely men's wish to help each other, and to diminish all the many artificial difficulties placed in the way of their true help." I " What I a perfect! pandemonium would this earth be if the views and wishes of the 1 Anarchists could find unimpeded expression ! If any con siderable portion of ;any community; were to be taken possession of by the devilish doctrines enunciated in. Chi-" cago we would see the same awful results following their proclamation dynamite explosives, the free use of pistols and i guns. 1 and streets , running blood. The or der of society; must! be preserved. Every citizerj is interested deeply just here.-. The laborer just as much as. the man of capital is direcflycon- cerned in tbe preservation X of order i - and the enforcement of law. Let. anarchy prevail ani the life of the workingman is no safer than the life of the employer or ithe man of for tune. Let dynamiters have full sway and then every, man will become des perate, and c'rime, murder, destruc-. tion will run riot and the earth will be converted into a hell of stupen dous magnitude, ill o no! Murder will not do. I The power of law must be felt. Ordr must be preserved. Every citizen must be protected in life, in liberty, in property That is what government s for. Let no right thinking man-j-no man of ordi narily good heart flo man who is not a murderer be led astray by the tierce and vengeful doctrine of European ; Anarchists. Let these fellows prevail and we shall have all over our land a condition of affairs compared with which the horrors of the French Revolution would ; be as mild as a summer's noon-tide air. ANOTHER LABGB RELIGIOUS AS- - j SEEDTBtiY. - -; The Southern Baptist Convention meets annually ; It is a very j large body. Assembling every year, and it not being the lawj making body of the great denomination, its meeting at Montgomery, Ala., now is not so significant as.it would otherwise be. Or course it i full Of interest to the members at large, but it is not so im portant to the masses of the ; people. These annual gatherings are greatly enjoyed, and they! attract largely. Fortunately tjbey sii only for three, lour or five oays. A great aeai ot learning ana a unity win do ioucq in these annual peetinga. It is a very imposing body by reason of size and talents. The delegates devote much of the time to discussions.' They have but little of the routine work peculiar to other religions bodies, and especially' to! the Methodists Pro bably three-fourths of the sessions are spent in considering important questions that bear 'upon the success of the denomination and upon the progress of Christianity. You will hear some times very impressive and now and then veryiable speeches as well as sermons. When the Convention met in Bal timore in. 1868, there was probably as much talent present as ever met in anv Southern religious body. There were three or four eminent Baptists from the North as fraternal messen gers. Then there were Drs. Rey jBroaddus, Poin- nolds, Jeter, W. F, dsxter, and other. leaders, all dead now, and perbaps every man of great distinction among the Baptists now living. The visit of the Northern men created a yery striking, a very eloquent debase. When Dr. Poin- dexter replied to the aged and elo quent D.1 Welsh, of Albany, there was one of the most impressive scenes we ever witnessed. During the meet ing speeches of rare excellence ;wero heard from Drs. Poindexter, Curry, Forde, Reynolds, Boyce, Manly,John A. Broadus, Mills, of N. C, and oth ers. It was a most notable gathering and was presided over by that prince of parliamentarians, Rev. Dr. P. M Mell, of Georgia, j ' - . . Gen. Bragg, a gallant Federal sol dier from . Ohio,, now in Congress, takes a liberal and patriotic view of the grand demonstration in honor of Jefferson! Davis and the erection of a monument to Alabama soldiers. He says: ' . I 1 j ;.- i : - ?'It will do no harm. Mr. Davis has many friends in the South, and why not let them hurrah for, the old man if they want toT The war is over, and I don't believe in apologizing forever to the Republicans The Davis demonstration means no dlsloy ally to the Government." This' is precisely true, and all men in ihe North but the foolish fanatics arid bloody shirt flappers, and in the South bat! a few toad-eaters and syc ophants, understand this just as the brave Bragg (understands itX We publish some extracts from the very eloquent,! tasteful, admirable oration of Gen. John i B. Gordon at Mont gomery. It is late, but the passages copied are too fine to be overlooked With these extracts we close up the magnificent ovations t6 ex-President Davis. Genr Gordon is a native o Alabama, j Mri Davis is 78 years old . and was born in - Kentucky, as was Abram Lincoln. Davis was born 30th June, we think 1808, and Lin coln 12th February, 1809. : The Richmond State thus de scribes the way Cluverins received the news: - : - "When the action of the court was made known to him he never trembled or moved a muscle, except perhaps a little twitching of the facial muscles, and this soon passed away, giving place to that sternness and self-control which . has excited so much wonder and has been a pnzzle to so many. When he heard the words, "The decision is unfavorable to you," he' raised his eyes, which had been gazing at the floor, and, in a clear voice, said: 'lam surprised. "Having thus far refused to tell the story of the crime for which the courts of the Commonwealth have said that he must die, it is very likely that he will still keep the awful secret until the last spark of nope is extinguished." ' . , Smltbvllle Tbe State Gaard Encamp ment. Capt. T. R. Robertson, of the Hornet's NestRirlemen(Co. E.of the Fourth regi ment N. C. 8. Q.) of Charlotte, paid a visit of inspection to Smith ville . Friday to ascertain -its advantages or -disadvantages as the place of encampment for the State Guard .He returned to Wilmington and left for Charlotte yesterday-very favorably impressed, finding the grounds at Smith ville ample and desirably situated . He says that it is the desire of the Fourth regiment to go into camp this year at that place. A delegation of citizens from thife place went down to Smithville about a week ago on the same errand to inspect the place and its surroundings with a view to ascer taining whether it was suitable for the en campment.' The party consisted of Mr. Ji.. S Martin, Col. F. W. Kerchner, Dr. G. G. Thomas, Col. W. L. DeRosset, Col. W. C. Jones and Mr. Jno.H. Daniel : They made a thorough inspection and found the place admirably situated for the purpose in view, with those two prime essentials for 'camp life good water and fuel abundant and convenient. Outside of these facts there are other considerations that make the place desira ble. At the season of the year when the encampment is held there is no place on the coast which surpasses Smith ville as a healthful and pleasant summer resort. The temperature is always agreeable, with a de licious breeze from the ocean, the bathing and fishing are excellent, and the hotel ac commodations at The ' Brunswick, supple mented by numerous private boarding houses, are ample and excellent. The fine dance hall at The Brunswick will be open at all times. There are many points of in terest on the river to visit Old Brunswick, Kendal, Orton, "The Rocks." Fort Cas well and Bald Head. Certainly, the Stale Guard could not find a better or pleasanter location, nor a place where they would meet with a more hearty welcome. A number of gentlemen, we understand, will wait upon Gov. Scales shortly, show ing mm tne advantages mat smunvuie possesses, and requesting that he select that placo for the encampment. Pender Court. The Superior Court for Pender county, Judge Gilmer presiding, adjourned yester day for the term. The criminal docket was finished Wednesday, there being only a few cases of larceny, etc., for trial. On Thurs day the civil docket was taken up, and a case that excited a good deal of local in terest occupied most of the time of the court until adjournment. In this case suit was brought by Geo. W. Corbett against B. F. Keith, Sr.", B. F. Keith, Jr.. and W. C. Keith, to recover two hundred acres of valuable land lying on lyon Swamp, in Pender, which was alleged by plaintiffs to have been their property since 1788 claim ing actual possession, thereof since 18381 The defendants claimed the same under a patent issued to Wm. Keith, an ancestor, in 1813, and as also being in their adverse possession since 1838. Between thirty and forty witnesses were examined. The jury were out until noon of Saturday, when they returned a verdict, finding all the issues in favor of the defendants. Messrs. Bruce Williams and Jho. T. Bland were the counsel for the plaintiffs and Messrs. J. D, Bellamy and J. D. Kerr for the defendants. In the case of G. H. Bryant vs. the North Carolina Home Insurance Company suit to recover $700 insurance on building and stock of goods burned at Long Creek a verdict for $683 50 was given for the plaintiff. Messrs. Geo. A. Ramsey and M. Bellamy were counsel for plaintiff, and Messrs. Bruce Williams and E, W. Kerr for defendant. A Sailor Drowned. . George Pauls, first mate of the German barque Edward Pens, fell overboard into the river yesterday morning and was drowned. The Edward Pern was lying at the wharf nearly in front of the Custom House, discharging a cargo of salt, when she was fouled by the revenue cutter Colfax swinging around to clear a berth for the steamer D. Murehison. The mate went for ward to assist in clearing the vessel from the cutter's chain, and was kneeling on the port cathead, cutting a lashine, when the chain suddenly cleared, causing the mate to lose his balance and fall overboard. One of the Custom House officers who was on the vessel was standing near by when the unfortunate man fell into the river, and reached out to grasp him as he saw him falling, but was unsuccessful. The poor fellow never rose after he struck the water, although he is said to have been a good swimmer. The crews of the Colfax and the barque dragged the river for the body -nearly all day but could not And it. Mr. Pauls was a native of Stralsund Germany, and about forty years age Funeral services over the re mains of the late Col. S. L. Fremont took place yesterday morning at St. John's church, Rev. Dr. Carmichael officieating Oakdale Cemetery was the place of interment. The pall bearers were Dr. A. J. DeRosset, Hon. ' George Davis, Dr. W. G. Thomas, Hon. D. K. McRae, Hon. ' O. P. Meares, Mr. Alfred Martin, Col. J. W. Atkinson, Col. W. L. DeRosset, Capt. C. D. Myers and Col. B. R. Moore Cotton Receipts. The receipts of cotton the past week foot ud 707 bales, against 28 bales the same week last year an increase of 679 bales The receipts for the, crop year from Sept 1st to May 8th are 100,086 bales, against 93,654 bales for the corresponding period last year an increase of 6,43d bales, Weekly ----- ' : ..I . - - , r WILMINGTON, N. C.j Carolina Central R. R- Co. . -: r The regular annual meeting of the stock holders of the Carolina Central . Railroad Company was held at the Company's office in this city, yesterday,- at 11 a. m. ; The President's report shows that the gross earnings of the Company for: the fiscal year ending March 31. 1886, amount ed to 477,484 21, and the expenditures, which include operating and other expenses. were $325,732 04. Net earnings above the Company's fiscal charges, $17,356 78. . , -. The report shows that while there ia much yet to be done for the road ia the way of betterments and new rails, its con-, dition is very good, and, further, that while the' shoit crop- reduced the' gross earnings by comparison with the business, of the previous year, yet the expenditures have been made to correspond, with the-' above good results. v - Mr. Jno.M. Robinson was reelected President. No changes were made among the ether officers. - ----- Mr. M. P. Leak, of Wadesboro, declined re-election on the Board of Directors, by reason of declining health', and Mr.; Isaac Bates was elected in his stead. The newly elected Board of Directors is as follows:, Jno. M. Robinson. R. C.'Hnffmaa, -sWi! Wv Ohamberiaiuer Severn Eyre, J. mA Minis; Maj. R 8. Tucker, C. H. Roberts, 0 Gfjfldard. D.,V. vOates-, J." 8. Whed btc, Isaac Bates. '-' i v " ' "'-.- J' Colleges and Senoola. -'"'. The commencement season is approach ing, and the Stab acknowledges the re ceipt of numerous invitations. The annual Commencement of Greens boro Female College takes place May 26th and 27th. Gov. Scales will present diplo mas to the graduating class, comprising seventeen young ladies. " L ? The closing exercises of Salem High School, at Huntley, Sampson county, occur on the 21st inst. Mr. Allen M. Barbrey and Mr. William J.Fisher are the marshals. The Commencement exercises at the Uni versity of North Carolina take place on the 2d and 3d of June, i The address will be delivered by Hon. Augustus Van Wyck, of Brooklyn, and the sermon by Rev. Charles D. Hall. D. D.. of New York. The mar shals are C. F. Bmith, B. F. Tyson, M. H. Palmer, F. M. Harper, A. Braswell, Jr., R. IS. uostner, H. F. ohamn, C. li. Souther land and G. W. Bethell. Cape. Fear and Yadkin Valley. A rpecial dispatch to the Stab, frem Greensboro, N. C, says that the stock holders of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad Company met in - that town yes terday. Great desire was expressed for the speedy completion of the road to Wilming ton, and a resolution to this effect was adopted with unanimity. The utmost har mony prevailed between the syndicate and the railroad commissioners representing the city of Wilmington. Stirring speeches were made by Mr. J. H. Curne, of Wil mington. Dr. J. M. Worth, Mr. Turner Morehead and others. The net earnings of the road for the past twelve months are $112,000. Six car loads of iron for the road arrived at Greensboro last night, and track laying from there to Mount Airy will be commenced at once. Grading bas been completed to Walnut Cove. Wilmington Electric LtsbilDg com pany. The Electric Lighting Company bas been organized, with the following officers ; President H. A. Burr.' Secretary and Treasurer Wm. L. Smith, Jr. General Manager E.P.Bailey. Directors A. D. Brown, II. A.; Burr, Wm. Latimer. E. P. Bailey ,y Jas. Sprunt, Isaac Bates.. ' The plant of the company will be located at the machine shops of Messrs. Burr & Bailey, it will be furnished witn two automatic Ball engines of fifty horse power each, manufactured expressly for electric lighting, and said to be the finest engines ever made Bimilar to those made by the same manufacturers that took the first prize at the New Orleans Exposition. The contract made by the companv for lighting the . city begins July 1st. but Mr. McNelt expects to have everything in read iness by the 15th of June The side-wheel steamer Water Lily, Capt. W. G. Lee, from Jacksonville, Fla., for New York, put in at our port for coal. The Water Lily is a handsomely fitted up craft, is 135 feet in length, 31 feet breadth of beam, draws ' three and a half feet of water, with a speed of twelve miles an hour. She belongs to the De Bary Baya Merchant Line of Florida, and has been running the past season between Palatka and Jacksonville. Capt. W G. Lee, her commander, is j a native of Norfolk, Va., who has been singularly successful" in saving a number of people from drown ing. He has several handsome testimonials which were presented to him for distin guished gallantry on different occasions One of these is a valuable gold watch pre sented by citizens of Savannah, Ga., for saving the lives of several persons at that place, during a gale in 1877, at which time be was first officer ot the steamer David Clarke. Another is an elaborately worked medal, of gold, presented by a Catholic society of Savannah, for saving the lives of two children, on an excursion to Tybee Island, in June, 1880. when Capt. Lee was first officer of the H. B. Plant. And still another, is a gold medal presented by the De .bary liaya Merchant Lane, tor gallant ry in saving the lives of three persons at Palatka, in February, 1883. ! j For the Star. THE C. 'F.', & T. V. MEETING, Mr. Editor: In your local columns this morning appears the following "The utmost harmony prevailed between the syndicate and the railroad commission ers representing the city of Wilmington. As chairman of the Commission appoint ed by the city authorities to represent the city in negotiations with the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad Company, looking to the extension of the road from Fayette- ville to Wilmington , I would like our cit izens to know that there has been no meet ing of the Commission with the syndicate, and there has been only one meeting of the commissioners for the purpose of organiza tion and notification of their readiness to Droceed with the negotiations entrusted to them. The syndicate appointed the second week in last December for meeting tne Commission, and, being unable to do so, have made no further advances for a meet ing. It is hardly fair that any statement of the feeliBg of the Commission, which has never been expressed, or even- of its individual members, should be published without their authority or asking for information. wm. jj. dekosset, Chairman May 7, 1886. Note. The brief telegraphic report of the proceedings of the meeting of the C, F. & Y. V. R. R. Co. sent to the Stab was from a gentleman resident in Fayetteville. Ed: cloalns Kxerclaea The closing exercises of Mt. Vernoon Springs Academy, in Chatham county, take place on Thursday, May 27th. The annual address will be delivered by Rev. C. T. Bailey, D. D., of Raleigh. Mr. J.'R. Edwards, of Mt. Vernon Springs, will be chief marshal on the occasion. FRIDAY, MAY" 14; 1886. ; WASHINGTON. A Reaolntlon of Thanka to Gladstone 'Before the Committee, on Foreign 'Affair. ' - -! ' 'Washinqton, May 3. The House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs this afternoon had a resolution, introduced by Representa tive O'Neill, .of Missouri. . thanking Mr. Gladstone for his! efforts to secure home rule for Ireland, binder discussion. No action was taken, and the discussion indi cated a disposition on the part of the Com mittee to allow the resolution to lie on the table in the cone mittee room. . The Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the First National Bank of Tampa, Florida, tq begin business with a capital of $50,000. i . CHICAGO. The WbtrttboDti of ih Anarenlat Paraona Still Vaknona-He Wrltea a Defiant and Incendiary Letter to tne Pnblle An Attempt to Wreck a Paaaenger Train - Chicago, May 8. The rumored capture last night of the Anarchist Parsons proved unfounded, but that he is still in the vicini ty, of Chicago and quite as vindictive, as ever is shown by the following letter, dated Chicago, Alay.vth, 7 p, m., and published in the Daily News this morning: . VJ7b Hut Edityr nf thjt TiAihi 7tMt." Upat Sir I want to speak a word through you to my fellow-workers, just to let them un derstand that I am stillin the land of the living and looking Out for their interests; and, further, give a few hints to some of the fellows who desire to live on Anarchists that may be for their welfare. In the first place. I am watching tho papers, and also knowing tne cnaps who give points as to my whereabouts, some of whom will make good subjects for a coronor's Inquest one of these days should tney persist in their pre sent course. To the public I desire to say that the devil is never as black as you can paint him. I will in due time turn up and answer for myself for anything I may have said or done. l have no regret for past conduct, nor pledges for the future. if there is to be nothing but death for the tribes of America. Whenever the pub lic decide to use reason and justice in deal ing with the producing class, just at that time will you see me. But should the de cision be to continue the present course of death and slavery, just so long will I wage a relentless war on all organized force, and all endeavor to find me will be fruitless. Watching my wife and her kind friends is of no use. 1 am dead to them already. I count my life already sacrificed for daring to stand between tyrants and slaves. "To show you how well 1 am posted, I know who was sent to La Grange for me to-day. I know, who put you on the track of Glasgow and just where to find him. Just say to that man for me that his day of reckoning will come soon. "What must be done to satisfy the An archists? Grant every fair demand of la bor: give these poor creatures enough to satisfy their hunger, and I will guarantee a quiet period, in which all great questions can be put in operation without further blood. But if not, I am already sacrificed, and as a martyr for the cause I shall want just as, long as I think necessary for the public to take warning, and then you de cide your own fate. It must be liberty for the people or death for capital, l love Hu manity, and therefore die for it now. Every drop of my blood shall cost an avenger and war to America. I have not yet slept, nor shall I until .1 sleep in death or my tellow men are on the road to liberty. (Signed) ; "A. K Parsons." When visited last night -Mrs. Parsons was reticent and defiant. She insisted that her husband was not in the city and that he was beyond the reach of detectives. Chicago, May 8. An attempt was made last night to wreck the outgoing night pas senger train on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad, by opening a switch near Fourteenth street and removing the light therefrom. The scheme, however, mis carried, for the tram was at the time mov ing slowly. When the engineer discovered thjt hTa locomotive and tender were off the rails and running over the ties of the switch, he immediately set the air-brakes, shut off steam, reversed bis : engine, and the train came to a standstill, ; all except the engine and tender being on the track. 1 he tram proceeded after halt; an hour s delay. JSo clew has yet been found to the perpertrator of the act. SO UTHERlT BAPTISTS. Tne Convention tliat JHeeta In Rlont- somery, Alabama, To-day. By Telegraph.t4 the Morning Star. Mohtgomert.Ala., May 6. The South ern Baptist Convention meets here to mor row. It has not -met here since 1855, Numbers of distinguished Baptist clergy men and laymen are - already here. The total number of delegates is over 6 )0. Many important questions are to be considered. The Board of Trustees of the Southern Theological Seminary of Louisville have been in session all day. Rev. T. P. Craw ford, for thirty-seven years missionary in China, is here, seeking to make important changes and reforms in mission work. The Convention will be in session five or six days. j - Montgomery. May 8. The Southern Baptist Convention met at 10 o'clock. Rev Dr. Mell was elected President. With the exception of eight years, he has been Presi dent since 1803. inetouowing vicerresi- dents were elected: Revs. B. Manly, Kentucky ;J. B. Hawthorne, Georgia; G. B. Taylor, Virginia, and J. C. Furman, South Carolina, f Secretaries Revs. L. Burrows, Georgia, and O. F. Gregory, Baltimore. A devotional meeting was then conducted by Rev. Dr. Ellis of lial timore, and Dr Ford of Missouri. I- " Rev. Mr. Wharton, pastor of the First Baptist Church, welcomed the Convention and introduced ex-uovernor i nomas a. .Walts, who delivered an .eloquent address of welcome, lie said one source of regret was that there was any division. He hoped there would soon be one Baptist Conven tion of the United states. Fifteen States are represented by ovsr 500 delegates. Missionaries from China, Mexico and Italy are also present. Rev. Dr. Ellis, of Baltimore, responded. making a grand address. Many commit tees were appointed. - The hours of meeting are nine to one, three to five, and at night from eight to ad journment at pleasure. : Montgomery, Ala., May 8 The sec ond day s session of the Southern Baptist Convention shows an increase in attendance. - This morning a report was adopted pro viding for raising Z10.000 to be expended in evangelizing the colored race in the South. The idiscussion of the means for better reaching the colored people was long and interesting and consumed most of the morning session. An event of the discussion was a speech by the colored pastor of the eolored Uaptist church in Chattanooga. In the afternoon session the report on the resources of the Home Mission Board was adopted. - It recommends 'the raising of $55,000 to carry on the transfer of the Sunday school Daper Kinct Words from Macon to Atlanta. A missionary mass meeting for home missions was held to-night. Many fine. addresses were made. Distinguished Baptist ministers will oc cupy most of the nuloits to-morrow, On Monday discussion of the foreign mission report comes up. If "the Blair j Educational bil should, by any excess of representative stupidity, pass the House of Kepresenta lives 'the harpies that hang around the hinges of Uncle Sam's strong-box are get ting ready for the spoil, j Mr. O'Neill, who does this city the honor to stand for it, has Introduced a bill to adopt the "where withal system" s a part of the grand edu cational scheme. Phil. 'Beeord, Dem. ; - . ' ' Winston JJauu: Fish in lm mensely large quantities are being caught along the Yadkin this season. Two little boys who have not been fishing more than ten summers caught one hundred very large catfish the other evening after tne rain, Bta r. CHICAGO. The Tradea-Unlona and Knlarnta or Labor Dtnonoee th a narcblata The Sight-Hoar OTovemeut Will be Panb ed Hundreds -of tho Peering Reaper Work men Itetaru to Work Riot ous . AaeetnblKge at tbo Gates Dis persed by tbe Police. ,' Chicago. May 6 The Executive Com mittee of ttie Trades Hud. Ltmr Assembly, and the Master Woikuian nf District As sembly No. 24, KuiiiUts of Labor have is sued the following circular: , iellow Citizens: the iraeic events of the last few hours and the to e deplored, sacrifice of human life conEected there with, the legitimate results of the teach ing of reckless, law-defying men. toaelher wiin tne excited condition of public feCW. mg, aemana mat the position .f "the or ganized assooiaiittns of this city, repre sented in tbe Trades and Labor Assembly, and District Assembly No. 24, should be clearly and officially defined, the means employed to secure recognition of their de mands stated, and the facts spread broad cast. : They have neither sympathy nor af filiation with any ' class of men who set law and order at defiance. From the inception of - the eight hour move ment to - the present time - they have . spoken with no) uncertain sound They have consistently and persistently deprecated a resort to violence, and that -course they mean to pursue to the end. Their reliance is and has been based on the uatice of their cause, the power of organi zation, and the sympathy of that public whose sympathy, when the facts are all known, is seldom misplaced. - "But while they thus unhesitatingly con demn the action of all law breakers as un wise and unnecessary, they take this occa sion to announce that they are none the less determined tojsecure recognition and adop tion of tbe eieht-hour Bvstem bv anv and every lawful means within their power, and intend to fight it out on that line if it takes all the summer. - In this connection they earnesly request all saloon keepers to refuse to sell liquor to men under its influence, or to those Known to be addicted to its use. j By so doing they win not only snow tneir sympatny with tne movement, but contribute their quota to se curing the quiet and welfare of the city. They also request that al members of this organization refrain from participating in processions and open-air Demonstrations, and that even at their Union meetings they avoid the use of all boisterous and inflam matory language." ) Chicago, May 6. At ithe Deering Har vester Works the situation was somewhat critical this morning. Committees from tbe strikers were appointed at a meeting held last night.- These were to watch the gates and ask any who were inclined to go to work not to do so. The company hud offered an advance of fifteen per cent, and Borne of the men wanted! to go to,work at these figures. Tbe majority, h'owever, insisted on the eight-hour day. At 6 30 eight hundred. men were grouped near tbe gate, but not many went in. At 7 o clock Mr. Deering appeared and addressed the crowd He called on tbe Deering men to go to work at once; said he had a large amount of work to do before harvest, and promised to ' give eight hours after the rush was over. The Deenngmen began to file In, when they were greeted with cries of ""scabs, j "eight nours." Five hundred had gone in by 7.30, but few entered after that hour. The mass of the strikers were men from the brick-yards and neighboring fac tories, who had been forced out by the Deering men in the general- movement for the eight-hour system. These men were loud in their denunciation of those. who had renounced their demands, and acceded to the terms proposed by Mr. Peering. police from Webster Avenue station dashed up in a patrol wagon and; formed in front of the gate, keeping the' way clear. At least six thousand men were out, twelve brick-yards and several! factories being emptied of employes, and trouble was feared. The men were and determined. quiet but sullen . VIRGINIA. Tbe Supreme court and the Cluverins Case -A Negro Lynched in Charlotte County for an Attempted Assault on a White Girl. i ! a j Telufl-awh to the Morning Star.) Richmond. May 6. The opinion of the Supreme Court in the Cluverius case was delivered by Judge Fauntleroy; the Court standing four to one in favor of sustaining the judgment of tbe lower court. Judge mnton dissented, being in favor ot a new trial. Cluverius will surely hang unless executive clemency interposes. The time first fixed for bis execution long since passed by. He will have to be brought be fore the Hustings Court for re sentence. Richmond, May 6. Yesterday a young negro named Dick Walker met the daugh ter of a respectable Charlotte county farmer in the road near Keysville, and attempted to assault her. He drew a knife and told her if she made any noise be would kill her. She screamed, and an old negro man ran to her assistance. Walker, baffled in his purpose, ran off. The old negro has tened to tbe nearest telegraph station and gave a full description of Walker, who was subsequently captured near Chase city. He was identified by the young lady ana the old negro man and committed to lau Last night fifty citizens surrounded the jail and demanded tne keys from tbe anor. The latter refused but was overpowered, and Walker was taken out and hanged to a tree. Danville by a large majority has voted $150,000 subscription to the j Atlantic Danville Railroad, from deep water on James river to Danville. Fifty-five miles are already built. j ILLINOIS. Bloody meetlnss In Chicago Appli cations for the Kelaaee of Some of the Imprlaoned A narcblata. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. : Chicago, May 8. The impression that tbe Moody revival meetings were closed by the effect of the Mayor's proclamation is wrong. The meetings were suspended by Mr. Moody himself, and the Mayor or police had no agency in tne matter whatever. A petition in the cases of Mrs. L. Holmes, Adolph Fischer and a man named Ligien, employes of the Arbeiler Zeitung, for re lease on habeas corpus, was called before Judge Rogers in the Circuit Court this morning.- The State's attorney stated that he could not now divulge the character of the evidence he had against these neonle He was willing that Ligien should be re leased and that : Mrs. Holmes should be admitted to $500 or $1,000 bail, although she was - probably guilty of preparing some of the inflammatory articles in the paper. As for Fischer, he had evidence that be bad personally thrown the dreaded bomb, or was a party to it, This produced a sensation in court. The Judge accordingly admitted Mrs. Holmes to bail.ordered Liegier's release and ordered Fischer returned to lau for one week. Mrs. Holmes' duties appear to have been that of news editor, Liegier was a re porter and JTischer a compositor. The scene id the court during the exami nation was nigtuy sensational and dramat' ic. Mrs. Holmes' counsel was the lady lawyer named Miss Kate Kaul.: Prominent among the spectators in tbe court room were the wives of Parsons, Fielding and Spies and a number of their lady friends. An item ; astray : In Wayne county, near Seven Springs. last week, some one fired the woods on the hank of the river opposite where the Confederate forces lay during a fight in 1862. While the fire was progressing a terrible explosion occurred which astonisned the natives, and on investigation it Was found that a twelve pound shell that had buried itself thirty feet high in the body of a tree the tree having fallen since had exploded from the effects of tne ore wnen it readied the log Many people viewed with curiosity this missile which had been lodged there twen ty-four years, and was -accidentally dis charged. i i . NO. 28 JI. V. CHURCH SOUTH. Second onj's Proceedings or the Quad rennial General Conference. TtlY'TT'U-rVHTt hi -IT A Trt 1 It a Onarl..inn,l -. .... . , , . . . , ... uautcuuiai General Conference nf the M. E. Church South to-day, after divine service conduct ed by Dr. Hunter, of Arkansas, and after the transaction of routine business, The secretary called the delegates by confer ences for the introduction of resolutions. A fpnnliitinn xraa !rmtjr1 far th. n. pointment of a committee to devise a plan uy wuicu tue enure unuroo can contribute to the expenses of the General Conferenf- The snfr.ijil nnmmtlf.pnn T?ii1jq runnriart the rules of order for. the l'ovprnmpnt. ,f the Conference. A discussion of the rules occupied the entire day's session, and after thorough division and amendment they were finally adopted. Third "iaya Proceedings of. the Con ference at Richmond Iteports Sub mitted Large Bea.uests Made to the Church. . Richmond. May 7 In the third dv of the M. fihnro!) flnnferisnoo .ft., tn usual devotional ceremonies and the read ing nf VPfitprHav'n minntea ' lh nnf.rsno IV concluded consideration of the nuts -of or- aer ior tne government of ms b idy. The u Onrafil7.Al.lntl At t.h vnrmna fmi,iiilai.u n-un r - - " --. wuj Ull.tM.. WOO 1 i I 1 l - : i , .. K ouuuuuueu,- niiu auuuioo&i special commu- ,iees were appoiajea. ur .Alclferan, publishing agent, ub mitfed Jits OWn Prtitl. aaflfi t Ki non .rf Ihn business manager and book committee. TA -rr . ... i oung, secretary oi tne Board of Missions, submitted the fourth annual re port of the Board. - The Centennary Conference Committee, which undertook to raise two million dol lars for various church purposes, made the most! satisfactory report. It has received i.oo, ai, ana there are inoiiecces at work which will result in the collection o f an even larger sum than tho first mentioned, number of large bequests were made. r. W. E. Brown, of" Missouri haa rivnn. A Dr. $30,000 to the Church and ! Mospq W Payne $25,000 to the Payne Institute of ureurgia. a. numuer ot otner bequests range from ten to twenty thousand dol lars 1 Dr McFeran, Publishing Agent, reported number of renuenta m ha through him to the rhnrph disposition of these funds. They were de ferred to the Finance Committee and to a special committee of five. , me i olio wing are the chairmen of s(and- e committees, as far na nraan7.n On Episcopacy Dr. A. G. Haygood, of Georgia; Itinerancy Samuel Rogers, of Baltimore Conference; Publishing Interests David Morton, of Louisville Conference; Education A. S. Andrews, of. Alabama; Missions Joseph S. Key, of Georgian Church Extension Dr. D. C. 'Kelly, of Tennessee; Boundaries R. H Mahone, of Tennessee. The special coniuiitteti and theiri chairmen are as follows: On Tem perance P. H Whisner, of Maryland; on TPratM-nal flnm-snonrlpTine W W TiUn nettj of Virginia; Divorce B. F. Tarver, of Tennessee; on Quarterly Review Samuel A. Weber; Introduction C. E. Wilev. of Virginia- TTvmn R,.r.L-c .1 - H Carlisle, of South Carolina; Plan for De iraying jixpenses or uelegntte .1. Tucker, of Florida? HiWh i'!im ft W. W, Carter, of Louisiana. - .... ... ibiiiivaavi sented the memorial of tlm Wnmnn'n Rrmrrt Ilr K A Ynimir i.f Tor.. pre- of Missions, in regard to changing the con stitution or the lioaid .-.' Adjourned. Richmond, Va . May 8. In the M. E. Conference to-day Dr. D. C. Kelly, from the Committee on Church Extension, re ported marked success in combining local and parent boards, and urged that it be not changed. Various memorials were presented and referred to the Committee on Boundaries. Rev. L. L. Pickett, of the North Texas Conference, having been located against bis wilH submitted an appeal from the decision of his Conference, giving the following reasons for the appeal. That no notifica tion! had been served previous, to the pro ceeding ; that tbe provisions- of discipline did not cover his case-that all the allega tions were not proven, ud that he submit ted a written statement of .his purpose to duly administer discipline, A lively de bate ensued, during wnich it appeared that he had been located without his consent, but! without charges against his' moral character. The ground upon which be. had, been retired from the itineracy was his unavailability as a travelling preacher. The debate turned upon the question whether a preacher was allowed to appeal when there had! been no imputation against bis moral character, The brother had been located because of his refusal to administer baptism by immersion: the. Methodist Church al lowing a candidate for baptism the choice of modes. C. G. Andrews, of Mississippi, cited a parallel case that came before the General Conference in Nashville in 1857, in which an appeal was allowed. After divers arguments and many points of order, the previous question was called and an appeal was allowed. A resolution was adopted that Bishop McTyeire's manual of discipline be referred to a committee to determine what authority it has in determination of the law of the Church. Bishop McTyeire appeared to be sensitive to frequent dissent from his man ual of discipline expressed on the floor of the Conference. He took occasion to make a statement as to the origin of the work alluded to. Tne Jtsisbop said that the book, while expressing the views of his col leagues in the Bishopric, had no more official authority than any other book. A motion was made to reconsider the resolu tion by which the Bubject was referred to a committee. . i i Col. E. W. Cole, of Tennessee, said that if this motion prevailed, he would offer a resolution that Bishop McTyeire be request ed to write an introduction to his manual, in which he should express the views he had iust explained. Dr. Winfield, of Ark., said, in effect. that - Methodism has no Church hierarchy in its episcopacy; that the; Bishops were not the law makers of the Church; that they dare not go beyond the: laws made by tbe General Conference; that he himself should not be governed by tbe manual un less Conference resolved that it was au thority in cases considered by it; that if the book should be declared authoritative, he should certainly be guided by its teachings, Dr. Haygood, of Ga., who-was elected to the bishopric at the last General Con-. ference, but declined ordination, said he had never in all his life heard that any one had ever considered the manual to be an authoritative exposition of the law. He acknowledged its excellence. It was mul turn in parvo: but not Erin go braqh. By permission f the Conference the original resolution was withdrawn, wnen that of Col. Cole was considered. After some debate the whole subject was laid on the table, and the Conference adjourned TEXAS. Threatened Expulsion of Negroes from I the Town of Brownwood. ! (By Telegraph to ihe Morninjr Star.l Galveston, May 8 A special to the News, from Brownwood, says, "Notices were found posted in various parts of the town to-day. reading as follows: j"Non.CE. All negroes are to leave here oil . short notice or they will be roughly dealt with. All negroes seen Mb the streets of Brownwood Saturday evening will be roughly treated. . We mean business. . Signed) t Many Men." ' l"The business men without exception denounce the threatened expulsion, and say they will defend the negroes in their rights as long as tney oenave memseives The railroad contractors Here nave re ceived further notices warning them not to employ any more negroes. , j Raleish Chronicle: Rev J. C, Price, the widely known colored orator. spoke to a large crowd at the tent opposite Shaw University, weanesaay nignt, on Prohibition. The commissioners of Frauklinton have presented Hon. Joseph Ji Davis, of Louisburg, with a beautiful pair of eye glasses, with elegant chain and pin attached, as an evidence of their ap preciation and esteem. . - . Spirits- Turpentine. - Charlotte is to have the electrio" light. The poles are being erected '--. " v. - Goldsboro Argus; The follow- v ing parties were up before Capt. J. E Pe terson, J. P., ia this city yesterday, on lh charge of stealing and receiving stolen goods with guilty knowledge, the property v of Borden, Jones & Co., aod were boun t over for their appearance at court: W. 11. Jones, Ab.-Franklin and Elijah Lynch. Charlotte Chronicle: In the re port Mitchell 6&ys: "Thereisan enrollment in both schools of 1,500 pupils, 800 of whom attend tbe white school, and 700 th i colored school. Thus far this y ear -the ai - ' tendance hss been belter than the previous ' one. Since the failure Of Charles L. Heitman, at Lexington. ; ficts have heen ' disclosed in which he is shown up to be a considerable swindler and bas defrauded quite a number of the citizens of that place. He has left for parts unknown followed by . the curses and maledictions of his victims, and the contempt of everybody who knew him." " - Wilson Mirror ; It is now de cided that Wilson is to have the Normal school again this summer. Captain B. B. .Lawrence died at his home in Nash county near Rocky Mount, on Sunday, the 2d instant, after a long and painful illness. " He was about 75 years old. and we under stand he was the oldest Odd Fellow in the State. - A large crowd in fact, about -the largest we ever saw in the Opera House turned out on Tuesday night to hear Bill Arp, the well known and distinguished humorist v On Thursday morning, the 29th of April the body of Jesse Lester was iouna on a path near bis father s residence. ' with a. bullet hole in bis body, and as a pistol which the father identified as his ovu't property, fas lying near by, the impression was made at once that the unfortunate man had ended hfa own existence. ' But the Star may not consider New Bern ' a "ctty.jjfiw .Defn Journal. Yes, for North Carolina it is a city; It only requires five houses and a water tank to make a Vcity" after the North Carolina, pattern. There are towns in England (not incorporated as "cities,") with 60,000 inhabi tants. It sounds big over here, it is thought, to say "city" if it does destroy the meaning of words. New Bern is really a very de-. lightful, handsome, attractive town where a JNorth Carolinian can see much to gratify his taste, please the eye, stimulate his Stale pride and love North Carolina better than ever before. We suppose the little ceme tery in that town that we once visited under the guidance of that eloquent New Bernian. nay North Carolinian, John S. Long, con tains more eminent men than any other graveyard of the same size i south of Wash ington. Star. Charlotte Observer: The com. missioners were presented with a netitio asking them to grant an election on loca option for Charlotte city, on the first Mon day in next June, and the petition contain--ing more than the requisite number of names, the commissioners ordered the elec tion to be. held. Mr. J. W. Cobb, clerk of the board, informs us that the petition ! J i , . . nnn . i was mgueu oy aooui x,ouu names. . A.n elec tion was. ordered. A meeting of .the Ladies Missionary Society of the First and Second Presbyterian churches, of this city, was held Sunday afternoon, and a collec tion was taken up in the interest oMhe cause. When the contents of the collection baskets were examined, an envelope was found containing one hundred dollars in cash. There was no name on theenvelope, and the generous donor is unknown. Wilkesboro, N. C, May 3. John Card- well, who was tried here at the spring term of Wilkes Court, for an assault upon his own daughter, was convicted and sentenced to be hanged Thursday, the 17th day of June, by his honor Judge W. J. Mont gomery, the presiding Judge. -Raleigh News-Observer: The News-Obserser chronicles with pain the death of Col. S. L. Fremont, which oc curred at Memphis, Tenn., Monday. Col.. Fremont was long a leading citizen of the lower Cape Fear section and was well known throughout the State. He was em phatically a strong man, conscientious throughout life and faithful in the perform ance of every duty. The municipal election at Henderson Monday passed off very quietly. There was no prohibition or politics. The election at Warsaw on Monday was a quiet one. The vote was as follows : For Mayor, J. B. Swinson, -37; W. L. Hill 13; for Commissioners, J. Brown 43; J. B. Winders 49; J. F. Wood ward 33; H. L. Stevens 30, B.l L. Black-' more 34. Mr. Arthur Winslow goes to Charlotte Monday, to run the boundary line between North 'Carolina and South Carolina, on tbe border , of "Mecklenburg. As has been st ated, wt rk ciu the man sion now progresses so rapidly that it is hoped and expected to have the spacious and handsome building ready, for occu pancy by November 1st. Mn John R Ray, who has been on a trip through ' the State in the interest of the Knights of Labor, organized assemblies at Wilmington, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Winston, Salis bury and Charlotte. I .Altogether he organ ized twelved assemblies, with a member? ship of 1,198. . : L j Salisbury - Watchman: Mr. Frank Williams, owner of the Gold Knob mines, in Rowan county, has let a contract to responsible New York parties, to mine and mill a given number of tons of ore, per annum, for three years, he to get a royalty of $2.50 per ton. j- A new hdnpnng has just been discovered at Warm Springs in Madison county, i It was found by the ground caving in on it, and is about a hun dred feet deep. . The water is reported to be 130 degrees, which is the hottest mineral - Mr. i. c. Cress, of Litaker town ship, picked np, while digging a post hole in his yard, a nugget of gold, which weighed 10 dwt. and 5 grains. It was bright ; and clean; and looked as if water-worn, Prof. W. E. Hid den will resume operations in the gem regions of Alexander county soon. - Tne Winmngnam mine has been sold to Capt. Fisher, of England. The price has not been given to the public, i - It is reported that "Poplar Branch Mine" has gone into the hands of English purchasers. - A party at South River, on last Mon day, were enjoying the day variously, when it occurred to a Salisbury youth to have some fun of his own. He accordingly got two girls and another youth to join him in a canoe ride, j He deliberately pulled down to the mill dam and began showing how near he could pull to the. falling wa ter. In a moment be was in the rapids, when the boat and crew made a plunge of some nine feet into the river Jbelow the dam. Fortunately none of the party were hurt In the plunge,' and all were saved the girls losing their hats.--It was a nar row escape for them. . . Charlotte Observer: The Su preme Court has ordered a new trial in the case of Holmes vs. the Carolina Central Railroad Company, in which tbe plaintiff sued for damages because he was required by the conductor to leave the ladies car and go into a car provided for male passengers, ' which he alleged I was not suitably and comfortably furnished and that the tobacco' smoke in the car made him sick. The - residence of Mr. J. T. Barrett, of Mat thews Station, was entered by a burglar last Wednesday night, who; secured all of Mr. Barrett's money. j In response to a call issued yesterday a number of colored people assembled at the court house last night. The meeting was called by the friends of prohibition, and it was expected to have been a prohibition meeting, but the proceedings were not altogether harmoni ous. Mr. W.i H. Bailey, of the Char lotte bar, and author of "Onus Probandi," a law book that has been very highly spoken of by members of ( the legal fraternity, is now engaged in writing another book. The title of Mr. Bailey's forthcoming work is : The Conflict of Judicial Decisions." Officer H, C. Erwin yesterday arrest ed a man named Eller, on the charge of having too many ; wives. Eller liied near Salisbury, and will this morning be taken back to that place to answer for his sins. His case is an ugly one, and tbe law will doubtless deal severely with him. Eller, it seems, married some years ago into a re spectable family, and four children was the issue of this union. Eller's; wife had two grown sisters, and a short lime since Eller ran off with them, deserting his wife and canaren. me runaways came -to mec a lenburg, and Eller with two sisters, located on Dr. Sloan's farm. It is charged that be has been living unlawfully with both of the womeni Ashkvtlle, May 6. Tele graphic advice reached here to-day from the neighboring town of Hendersonville to the effect that Louis Kilgore, colored, who was to have been hanged at that place to morrow, for the murder of ;Mat Hender son, last fall, has been respited by Gov. Rralea nntil Tririnv. thn 21st inst. t