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A DISAPPOINTED AND DISGRCN
TLED POLITICIAN. " " "
. The Star said some months ago
with reference to the Blair bill that
iiiusb wmi ujjjjubb . it u3u Doming lo
fear from a. thorough discussion' of
it. Superficial politicians and others
. a . .
backed up by interested sohool teacb-
eis uiigukgu uu iiHit uwkcii aim in
dorse a tueasu re that was loaded to
the muzzle with the most dangerous
, exp'oeives, but the sober sided, .. re
flecting, informed - men ' of tho coun
try would not sustain any such im
politic, dangerous and unconstitution
al measure when they had examined
its intent and plan and understood its
far-reaching consequences. It., has
turned out as was prophesied. There
has been a steady growth of opposi
tion to it frcm one end of the coun
try to the other. Even Senator Blair
himself admits that "in the past few
months there has been a marked
change in the opinion" concerning
nis Diu. mis oia cranK, nowever,
gives the wrong reason, but it is one
quite up to the standard of his states
manship (?). He says the change has
been caused by "a press subsidized
by the Jesuits with the money of the
Vatican." This "ia the solution of
a great change , which this giant
of New IfamnshirH evolves from
his own capacious and noble' mind.'
The thirty-one Democratic papers
in North Carolina that have opposed
the bill have been bought up .by
the Pope? That is almost too funny
for an argument and not -fanny
enough for a joke. What shall be
done with it. Old Blair charges a
great change in ' public sentiment
sirrainsl annrnriatifti7!).ftOoToOf) o
ri i o . '
set "up Federal-.chool teaching in
. the States as brought about by the
free a so of Catholic money sent out
from lionie. What a ' miserable old
fool that New Hampshire humbug
is! According to the advocate of
neerro woman suffraere i in the South
the Vatican is too much for the New
Hampshire genius.
) ; he New Hampshire statesman
ha-; stui another theory, lie says
the Tariff enemies are hacked Up by
the iionv of the Cobden (Free
Trade) Club in London. -Of course
'every, man in the South who opposes,
the Republican High Tariff has his
pockets well filled with British gold!
To such stupid talk is the political
driveller of New Hampshire brought.
Th.e poor old fellow is beside him
self. His many pchemes of plunder
have heun so ;he.ckmated that he be
gins to realize that life is a failure
ami not worth living, ms piaii to
maxe ne iui!-sissippi run up nucam,
his woman uff rage bill; his Federal
school teaching jdot; bin gigantic
, Pension plundering scheme have all
come to grief or have been put under
violent restraint, and ' now tho . old
fellow is mouthing about British gold
and. Vatican inflaence.
- INXTKIICTITB FIGtBES.
'The new Senator from Tennessee,
Mr. Whitthorne, made a good record
while in the Lower House. , He is a
man of parts. He recently made a
speech that contained some noter
worthy points. He supported Mr.
Frye's Jbill f'to promote political pro
gress and commercial prosperity of
the American nations, by the means
of an International Congress for this
Continent." The Stab has - "before
referred to this proposition and
pointed out some of the difficulties
and objections to such a gathering..
We are not about to repeat them,
but to note some one or two points
presented' by the Tennessee Sen
ator. In fifty yeats, ending with
1880, when the - census was ta
ken, the foreign . commerce of the
entire world has increased nine-fold.
ne showed that the United States
has fallen far behind - in the ratio of
this increase. They are fourth only
in foreign commerce, while holding
the first place both in agriculture and
manufactures. The ablest states
men, the prof oundest political econo'
mists hold and believe that this is
owjng mainly to the High War Tariff
that rests like a mightyjncuDus upon
the energies and' prosperities of the
people of the Union. i
Per contra, Great Britain has about
controlled the total merchant marine
of the whole world. "' It" controls
VOL. XVIIL
nearly , one-half, I while our - own
vast, - growing, productive, enter
prising country stands one-eighth.
A shame ' and a I reproach to the
Republican party.! That party held
control for a quarter of a century,
and succeeded in destroying our com
merce to a great Jextent, in , driving
from the high seas; American vessels,
and in destroying' the Navy. And
still they have the: impudence to ask
the American people to again return
them to power, j "
Mr.- Whitthorne looks to the coun
tries lying to the ; south and west of
the United States' for the upbuilding
of our foreign commerce. Here are
the figures he gives of the aggregate
exports and imports of the countries
with whom we ought to seek busi
ness ''-! .
Mexico and Centra! America.! 112,000,000
The Wert Indies. . J.. v. ... .. 125.000,000
South. America.,. 607,000,000
Australasia... . . . . , . ..... .667,000,000
China and Japan -; . . . . . 268,000,00a
' , Total... 1 . 1,687,000,000;
Now the United -States get very;
little of this vast business, that ex-t
ceeds in amount the total of the
United States by. some 142 millions!
This is a poor showing indeed for a
great country ' But you cannot find
an mfatnated Protectionist in all the
land who will admit that his hobby
bad any thing to do' with the shame
ful, slow-paced progress made in the
commerce of our country. , s j
THE PAYETTEVlLIiE CONNECTION
It is difficult to determine which
party would be more benefited by the
building Tf the Cape Fear & Yadkin
Valley Railway to Wilmington, the
present owners of the road or our
own people. Mr. Julius "A. Gray
said in his last annual report to the
stockholders:
. "As the line is extended westward and
the volume of its business increases, the
importance of its extension to the port of
Wilmington becomes more manifest. The
existing relations with all connecting lines,
in the interchange of business, are harmo
nious and agreeable, hut you cannot exerf
cise that influence iu the commercial world
to wh eh you are entitled, nor control the
traffic of your own road without an ocean
outlet. Your Board folly -appreciate the
necessity for this extension, and are pleased
to note that the business men of Wilming
ton are alive to its importance to the com
mercial future of their city, and are dis
posed to - give substantial aid in its con
struction. .
:This would seem to settle the ques
tion of doubt referred to in the open
ing lines of this article. Evidently,
President .Grayfeels that the exten
sion is a matter of prime importance
to the owners'. W hat does he say to
the stockholders: "As the line is ex
tended westward and the volume of
-its- business increases, the importance
Iff its eiaension'lcrthe vort of Wil
mington becomes more manifest "
Again, be says: "You cannot exer
cise that influence in the commercial
world to which you are entitled, nor
control the traffic of your own road,
without an ocean outlet" Finally,
says President Gray: "Your Board
fully appreciate the necessity for this
extension". We nave italicized por
tions of these extracts in order that
(the reader may note specially how
Strongly the President of the Cape
jFear & Yadkin Valley Railway feels
the necessity of extending that road
to Wilmington.
Now, let us meet on some common
ground, i The people of Wilmington
eel that" the extension is of capital
importance to her commercial in
terests, f President Gray feels, and
saysj
that the extension is a neeessi
to the owners of the road he repre
sents. : ' 1
: After careful inquiry, we conclude
that the proposition, recently made
by the representatives of the Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway, that
the city of : Wilmington subscribe
two hundred thousand dollars to the
capital stock of that corporation,
rneeta with too much opposition tO;
insure its acceptance. .. - .
j We hope the proposition may be
bo modified that the connection be
tween Fayetteville and Wilmington
will be assured. The Stab favors a
very liberal - appropriation for this
purpose; but the hearts of our people
seem to be set on the Onslow connec
tion, and they feel that, with the
money necessary for that enterprise,
they cannot afford to invest two hur
dred tbonsand dollars in the Fayette
, ville connection. " -1
We move for a . reconsideration,
Let the directors of the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley confer with our
Wilmington representatives again
and ' sea if the existing difficulties
cannot be compromised.
; The last issue of the Goldsboro
weekly Transcript-Messenger closed
its nineteenth ' year. .We congratu
late our contemporary on the event.
Brother Bonitz has made a great suc
cess of his paper, and it stands to-day
a monument to his ' great energy, in
dustry and talent as a journalist. We
wish the Messenger many more years
of usefulness and success.
' ' It Is said that Mr. Randall's bil
raises the duty on clothing and re
duces the tax on tobacco and whis
key. : Well, we rather think this is
nnt.t.inr thft cart beiore we norse.
Why not let the tax on whiskey and
tobacco remain as it is and lower the
duty on clothing and other articles of
prime necessity r :' : . . j
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NEW IlJLNOVEB.
County Demoentle ConventloB Tli
Delecatea BeoIntlOB Adopted
See. ' '
Pursuant to notice the delegates appoint"
ed to represent the different wards ; and
towDships,. assembled in the Court House
at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. : Mr H.
C. McQueen was called to the chair and
Mr. F. L. Meares was appointed Secretary.
The following delegates were present:
Fifth Ward P. T. Dicksey, O. H. Ken
nedy, B. Bryant
First Ward J. C, Davis, W. C. Farrow;
John Barry, Wm. Qenaust. - - -. ,
Third Ward J. W King, Ban. Bear,
Jr., W.W. Shaw, J. D. Bellamy, Jr. . ; :
Fourth Ward P. Camming, 1K I. Macks,
H. O. McQueen. V. L. Meares, ' R. W'
Hicks. , - - '
8econd Ward H. 'Mel. Green, R. B.
Clowe, J. C. Stevenson, A . G. Ricaud; ;
Cape Fear Township C. C- Bordeaux.
James Cowan. - ' ,
Harnett Township B. McKoy, Geo.
Harper. , X: 1-'"
Masonboro TdwnsMp-. E. Hiede, B.
8. Montford. , -
A motion by Mr. Samuel Bear to adopt
the rules governing the Democratic Central
Executive Committee wascarriird.
A motion by Mr. J. G. Stevenson was
adopted that a viva voce vote should be
taken upon mat ters where there was no dif
ference of opinion, " ?- .
Mr. J. I Macks moved,' and the motion
waa adopted,, that the chair appoint thirty-
five delegates each to the Congressional and
Judicial Conventions, and twelve delegates
to the Slate Convention, the names of the
chairman and secretary to be added to the
lists of delegates.
Mr. Shaw moved that no proxies be
allowed to any of the conventions. -The
motion was adopted
Sir.' John D. Bellamy, Jr., submitted the
following resolutions, which were unani
mously adopted:
Besotted, That the Democratic party owes
to the people, who have reinvested it with
the administration of the government, to
justify their confidence by a wise and pa
triotic line or policy in Keeping wiia its
time honored principles, and such as will
redound lo the benefit of the people and
secure their continued trust and support.
Resolved. That this Congressional Dis
trict, acting in harmony with the above re
cited duty, should see to it that the candi
date for Congress should be selected from
the ablest and best men of those whose
names shall have been publicly presented,
and due opportunity afforded to the people
for a full canvass of their respective merits.
Resolved. Thai the Democracy of Mew
Hanover county.now fully and-fairly repre
sented in this Convention, unanimously
presents to the District Convention its dis
tinguished fellow citizen Chas. M. Stedman
as altogether worthy to receive the nomina
tion for Congress; and it earnestly hopes
that this recommendation . will receive a
cordial approval. ' - '
Resolved, That we commend fjhas. BL
Stedman to the District Convention as a
faithful and devoted Democrat, a man who
by hia intellectual attainments, by his great
force of character, and by his untiring in
dustry, has justly, achieved a large mea
sure or success: wnose earnest sympatny
with the people, and unfailiog advocacy of
their rights, and whose broad, liberal and
charitable dealings have won the hearts of
the masses, and will draw out their enthu
siastic support. y - -v
Resolved, That- the delegates from tnis
iintM M ' - " ii '
hereby instructed to cast the vote of this
county for Chas. M.. Stedman. so long as
there shall be any possibility of effecting
his nomination. : and to spare no means, by
all honorable and persuasive endeavors to
bring : about that result; and to pledge to
the convention that if nominated, that he
will bear aloft the banner of Democracy
with zeal and courage to a glorious victory.
After speeches in advocacy of the reso
lutions by Mr. Bellamy and Mr.. A. G.
Ricaud, Mr. Heide moved an adjournment,
but gave way to Mr. McKoy, who addressed
the Convention upon the importance of
nominating a full county ticket,
Mr. Ricaud favored the suggestion made
by Mr. McKoy, but- argued that the time
was inoportune, and moved that, the matter
be postponed until October next. His mo
tion waa adopted.
Mr. Macks offered the following resolu
tion, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of the Demo
cratic party of New Hanover county are
due and are hereby tendered to the retiring
Executive Committee.
On motion, the Convention adjourned to
meet the last Satui day in October next. -
DELEGATES APPOINTED.
Delegates to the Judicial Convention to
be held in Goldsboro June 30th, were ap
pointed by the Chairman of the County
Convention in accordance with the resolu
tion passed by said ' Convention: H. A.
Bagg, John L. Cantwell, E. 'S. Martin, Dt
K. McRae, Josiah Merritt, John D. Woody,
Thomas J. Southerland, G. J. Boney, W.
R. Kenan, D. M. Williams, W. R French,
James W. King, A. M. Waddell,- Thomas
W. Strange. A. Adrian, W. W. Shaw, A.
G. " Ricaud, William Genaust, A. A. Mosely,
James T. Elliott, John W. Gerdts, F. W.
Kerchner, John Barry; James I. Macks, J.
C. 8tevenson. James B. Hnggins, William
H. McFarlane, L. H. Bowden, William
Larkins, B. S. Montford. C. C. Bordeaux,
John Cannaday, James H. McGartty, F.'L.
Meares, Sol. Bear. ; -
V . COTJHTT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. --, ;
After the adjournment of the County
Convention the Democratic Executive Com
mittee met and was organized as follows:
Chairman A. D. Brown.
Secretary W. H. McFarlane.
First Ward W. McEvans, J.W. Gerdts.
Second Ward W. H. McFarlane, G. W.
Chestnut. .- .
Third Ward E. G. Polley, W. C. Von
Glahn. Fourth Ward A. D. Brown, John J.
Fowler. -
Fifth Ward-J. W. Millis. J. W. Hew
lett
Masonboro Township R. E. Heide.
Federal Point Jacob Home.:
Cape Fear J. E. St, George. '
Harnett W. B. McKoy .
military Matter.
The Hornets Nest Riflemen of Charlotte
will pass through Wilmington on their way
to Smithville Julv 15th. at 8 a. m. ' The
Wilmington Light Infantry have proffered
their services which have been accepted
as an escort to' the company on its arrival
here.""
Col. Anthony, of the Fourth regiment,
N. C. S. G., is endeavoring to induce the
companies of that regiment to spend a short
time in camp at Smithville,.about the latter
part of July. Other regimental and com
pany officers are exerting themselves in the
same direction, and it is probable that the
First, Second and Fourth regiments may
form an encampment at Smithville this
summer, at their own expense.
I T 7 TT Y "T
WILMINGTON, N. 0.,
Bra nawlclc .County Democrats. .-
' A meeting was held at Town Creek yes
terday, for the purpose of appointing del
egates to the County Convention that con
venes at G. M. McKeithan's Store on Sat
urday, -July 8rd. Mr.. Nixon Ottoway
called the meeting to order, when Mr. Geo.:
H. Bellamy was elected Chairman and Mr.
W. W. Drew Secretary. -The following ;
delegates were appointed r Nixon " Ottoway,
W. W. Drew, George H. Bellamy; James
D. McRae, M. W. Hilburn, L. D. Aaincy,
John N. Bennett and W.- J. Henry.: ; ; tr
O At the meeting in North-West Township
F. M. Moore," Esq.; was called to the Chair;
and Mr, J. D. Bobbins appointed secretary.
The following gentlemen were appointed
delegates to the County Convention, which
meets at McKeithan's Store, July 3d.: James
Reilly, alternate R.T A. Montgomery; !R. L.
Chinnis, alternate Michael Jones; Z. JE.
Murrill, alternate ' J.' P. Murrill ; - S. R.
Chinnis, alternate, A. M. . WilliAms; J. - J.
Gray, alternate Charles A. Peters.
On motion 'of Major .James Reilly, fte
r chairmanjanr secrqlary.were addetTlo the -
list of delegates, . .
Mr.. R. S. Cliinnii moved, and the motion
was carried, that the delegates be instructed
to support Major Chas M, Stedman, from
first to last, as candidate for Representative
in Congress for the Sixth Congressional
District. . . .' V'.. . ; , . . ':
At Smitbville the Convention was called
to order at noon. Mr. David Ward was
elected chairman and Dr. W. G. Curtis
secretary. Messrs. Jobn C. Swain, John
N. Bwaio, J. J. Adkins, John Robinson, W.
G. Curtis and David Waid Were chosen
delegates. - ;
The Flali Norimlltr In Branawlcic. -
One of oar old citizens - in sptaking of
the mortality among the fishes of Sballolte
and Tubb's Inlet, Brunswick county, says
that he remembers a similar occurrence in
k
the neighborhood of our sounds years ago,'
when it was ascertained that the fish died
from disease. He thinks that this is the
probable cause of the present great mor
tality at Shallolte, and . suggests that the
oily scum noticed on the surface of the wa
ter there results from the decomposition of
the dead tish.
Fishermen from Masonboro and Wrights -
ville Sounds report the fish in these waters
unaffected by anything like disease, and
very abundant. . Some of the old salts
seem inclined to doubt tho statements made
concerning the destruction of fish aUSbal-
lotte; but they may rest assured that the
statements the Star has received and pub
lished concerning the matter are from un
doubted' sources and beyond question or
dispute.
Ia a Dad Plight. .
Mr. Geo. W. Harper, living on Wrights-
ville Sound, dr jve up to the court house
yesterday with a demented and woe-begone
colored man, who had beerr found early in
the morning bogged in Hewlett's .creek, in
mud up to his waist and unable to extricate
himself. ' He was gotten out with some
difficulty, but as he could give no intellU
gible account of himself, Mr. Harper j-
brought him to town, thinking the man had.
wandered from the caunUtnnozsJttouBe.
missionera, however, recognized him as
one David Boweo, living with hia family
in this city near Ebenezer Church. The
man was sent to his home - His wife said
that he bad been sick for some time with
fever, and had wandered away from home
last Monday .
A Bee Tree In Onslow County.
Two gentlemen, in the Stab office re
cently from Onslow county, were speaking
of an extraordinary "bee tree," that was
found the other day by L. M. Marshburn,
Esq., a famous hunter, living about fifteen
miles from Jacksonville. Mr. Marshburn
cut down the-tree, but it fell in a stream
known as Nance's creek, and a great deal'
of the honey was lost; the waters of the
creek, so the story goes "being sweetened
for miles." "Mr. Marshburn, however,
managed to secure about sixteen gallons of
honey and a bushel tub full of comb, after
sixteen persons had eaten their fill of it.
State Aerleultnrai Society.
The Premium List of the ', Twenty-sixth
Annual Fair of the . North Carolina Agri
cultural Society has been issued. The fair
will bp held in October. The $6,000 in
premiums catch the eye and show the -liberality
of the Society. ; Among the pre
miums are, for cotton: $50 for best bale,
$50 for largest yield from five acres. For
corn $50 is offered for the largest yield
from five acres; and $50 for the largest
yield of hay from one acre. Premiums in
other departments are very liberal. The
race purses range from $375 to $12.50.
Foreign Exports. . .
Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. cleared
yesterday for London, Eng., the Dutch
barque Cornelia with 1,656 casks of spirits
of turpentine and 250 ' arrets of. rosin val
ued at $25,222. Also,, the Norwegian
barque Kong Carl, .for Hamburg, with
4,012 barrels of rosin, valued at $3,716.
. Messrs. E. Kidder & Son cleared the
brig Morancy for Port-au-Prince,' Hayti,
With 136,564 feet of rough lumber and 48,-
000 feet of dressed lumber, valued at $2,-
41-18- " ' ' '
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Cakea orjPIeav ... .
A quartette of country boys, wandering
through the market yesterday, caught sight
of a basket of boiled crabs. They were
evidently looking for something ; to eat,
and the red round objects attracted their
attention at once. After a slight inspec
tion, one of the four asked rather distrust
fully of the colored vendor, "Mister, is
them cakes or plesT" . It is scarcely proba
ble that those country boys came from the
Sound. . ,. tm m m -:"
fender Coanty. : ,
A special dispatch to the Stab from Bur
gawsays: .
- "The Democratic County Convention
assembled in Bursaw to da v. with L. J.
Armstrong chairman, and Edwin Fennell
secretary, and appointed, a full list of
delegates to the State, Judicial and Con
gressional Conventions. All the townships
were represented, but the . delegates were
not instructed for any candidate. Jar. A.
R Black briefly addressed the Convention
and promised his hearty support to Major
C. W. McClammv.. Dr.' 8. S. Satchwell
waa unanimously elected an honorary del
egate to the State, Congressional and Judi
cial Conventions."
The total receipts of cotton at
this port for the crop year from Septem
ber 1st to June 26lh are 101,385 bales,
against 93,910 bales the corresponding
period last year an increase of 8,475 bales.
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1886.
: JUNE IN OXFORD.
. From Our Own Correspondent.
- Oxfobd. N. C.J June 24. .
To-day wta an epoch in the history of
the Oxford Orphan Asylum t It waa St.
John's Day and Masons from the East, the
Centre and the Westfcsembled to do honor
to the day. . Seven Of Wilmington's citizens
were in attendance, namely, Mr1 Charles H
Robinson, Col . W. L. DeRosset, Mr. H. P.
West, Mr.. French, Mr. Monroe and the
Writer and daughter. Wilson, Tarboro and
other Eastern towns were represented. The
Masons were out in strong force. The
highly respected : Governor of ! the. Slate,
Grand Master Fab. H. Busbee, Capt. Octa
vlus Coke, Dr. Eugene Grissom, Col. Thos.
S. Kenan, State-Treasurer Bain, Dr. Dab
ney of the State Agricultural Department,
and other prominent gentlemen were pres
ent. . Gen. Robert Vance, who was billed
for the chief speech, did not appear..'-His
place was excellently supplied by Capt.
Cose, who made a really good speech of
some thirty minutes. It was in fine
taste, breathed a high devotion- to the
State and the noblest benefaction but one
within its-. borders, r contained,.- some . pas
sages nf fervid rhetoric and was intensely
earnest, even passionate in delivery. I
never met him before. I was pleased to
find him so affable and agreeable. His 'su
perb physique and uncommonly strong
voice enabled him to be heard by probably
2,000 people, men and women, . which is a
fair but moderate estimate of the crowd.
He was often applauded, and acquitted
himself most handsomely., ; : j ; : f ;
, Gov. Scales next addressed the audience.
It was the very best speech we have ever
heard from him, and such is the opinion, as
I happen to know, : of his Raleigh friends
present, as well as others It was capital.
He caught the attention of the audience at
the outset and held them thoroughly to the.
last word. It was delivered - with un
wonted ardor, was really eloquent at times,
and was noble and elevated in conception.
It did great credit to his head and heart.
There are few North Carolinians of our
day who deserve as much of the confi
dence and esteem of the people of North
Carolina as does the present most worthy,
faithful Chief Executive. Grand Master
Busbee presided and did the honors ad
mirably. He is very-bright and he showed
off lo great advantage j
A very abundant Sinner was provided for
the vast concourse at only 25 cents a head.
This gave the dear little orphans a very rich
boom. There are now some 170 in attend
ance and they looked bright, healthy and
happy. Dr. Dixon is certainly the right
man in the right place, and the Masons are
most fortunate in securing his invaluable
services. r '
After dinner the Masons laid tne corner
stone of a new building the Industrial
School the "fourth that has been planned
within a few years. When this tone has
been completed there will be six in all. The
Masons have other plans in view. At pre
sent the boys are not only taught their
books but they arc taught how to cultivate
the soil. 1 Some of them are also taught
telegraphy and will receive after awhile
lessons in manual training that will be of
great service to them in after life.-7 j
After the Masons had done the work of
foundation laying the speech making was
resumed, and quite a number made short
speeches. " We did not remain to see it
through, as we were excessively jaded by
the long walk and the long standing, and
do not , know, probably, all who spoke.
Col. Beasley, CoL Kenan, Mr. John Nich
ols, Treasurer Ba n, CoL Jones, and per
haps others, spoke. In the hurry of writing
we omitted at the proper place to say that
the speech of welcome was felicitously
made by President A. H. A. Williams, of
the Oxford & Henderson - Railroad. The
audience was a fine one.- Col. Kenan, a
.very ardent friend of the Asylum; anrl who
always gives his time tone promotion or
the werr-fve institution, has to visit
Oxford two or tErec -..r. He said
to 4is that it whs about the best spccinror 1
a North Carolina gathering he had seen. -
If the people of North Carolina could
only visit the Asylum and see for them
selves the internal working of the' school;
if they could see what is being so well done
to train and educate the orphan children of
the State: if they could see these! happy.
grateful, contented fatherless and mother
less boys and gins as iney are oemg dis
ciplined for earth's toils and responsibilities
and the life beyond, they would not only
give more liberally for the sustentation of
the noble institution, so worthy of the
prayers and aid of all good people, but they
would never rest satisfied until the Legisla
ture of the State had done all that .can be
constitutionally and justly done to take it
under State control and give the moneyed
support of the tax payers of North Carolina.
I do not exaggerate its excellence or im
portance, j The worn is every way admir
able. It is meeting more and more the de
mands upon it, and the liberal people must
rally more and more to its support. Heaven
always smiles benignantly upon the efforts
of all kind and benevolent people when
they try to do good. . f - -
.. uxiorov m ten years, is a new uwd. aib
population in 1876, when the writer left it
to take up his abode in Wilmington, did not
exceed 1,000. To-day it has 8,000 inhabi
tants, without an exaggerated estimate, ana
with constant growth. The saw and the
hammer are beard in almost every direction.
It covers a great area for its population, it
is one and three quarter miles in length ana
over a mile in breadth. A town of magnifi
cent distances, it is destined for greater
things. It is believed that it will get at no
distant day in a year probably the rail
road extended from Claksville, Va , to this
place, some 26 miles. Then there will be
direct connection, and almost air-line with
Richmond, Va. Then it is believed the
bound wUl ba greater still, and before five
years five'; or six thousand people will be
living here. !;
Oxfora has a great numoer oi immense
tobacco warehouses and packing houses.
One of them, of brick, is of vast size. It
is no doubt the largest building or the Kind
in the State. Oxford has many stores and
will have many more. Many of i the resi
dences are tasteful and ornamental. Most
of the old houses look dilapidated and un
sightly. They need paint badly, and some
need the j carpenter also. New Oxford- is
out in bright colors. It is a town of trees
and shrubbery. The Baptist College, in a
flourishing condition, is adding a new
building to its already considerable dimensions.-.
Go whichever way you may, build
ings are either just finished or others are
being erected. If any one doubts what to
bacco will do let him eo over Oxford and
see the very many large buildings devoted
to this industry and he will have them com
pletely removed. Meeting old inenas
some going back to childhood even is very
deliehtfuL How stronelv are the local af
fections. !-With Goldsmith's ' Traveller" I
may conclude, -: -:i r. --1 -
"Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart' untraveued fondly turns to tnee
I 1 K.
ILLINOIS.
Tbe Railroad Trouble at CJblcac
- Violent Demonstrations by tbe Stri
kers Engines not Allowed to Come
Oat of tbe Koand Honse New
Swltebmen Severely Beaten. ;
Chicago. June 25. The railroad offl
cials are not endeavoring : to remove the
wreck, and until that has been accom
plished further efforts to move any cars
will be impossible, one oi tne men ar
rested ia a member of the Executive Com
mittee of the Switchmen's Union,- At 11
o'clock i the crowd about the switching
board waa very large and constantly grow
ing, despite f reauent rain showers. The
temper of the crowd is still very ugly. A
passenger train approached the scene soon
after the attack on the freight train and
one of. the rioters picking up a coupling
nin flung it at a brakeman . standing on the
platform. , It caused no damage, how
ever. No other demonstration of any kind
was maae against the passenger wain, op
eratlves or Dassengers.
Loiter. A large crowd surrounding the
round house will not allow any engine to
come : out Eight: new switchmen have
been severely beaten, and gone home. . ;
Btar.
WASHINGTON,.
Tne President Occupied with Pension
BUlaNo Cabinet meeting; Held Tbe
River and Harbor Bill aa Completed
by tbe Senate Committee An Iuenr
anee Failure.. . ; j .. ;m
Washington. June 24. The President
was so much occupied to-day in consider
ing a large batch of private pension r bills,
that he denied himself to ail callers and
even postponed the regu'ar cabinet meeting.
Secretaries Lamar, Whitney r Attorney Gen
eral Garland, Postmaster General Vilas and
Acting Secretary Fairchild were promptly
in attendance, but the President informed
them that he would prefer to dispose of the
pcuuiun ouib wnue nis mind was on them,
rather than take ud business of th nnhinot
unless some of the departments had Imporr
tant mailers to submit requiring immediate
action. As there was nothing requiring
immediate attention the meeting ad journed.
The Senate Committee on Commerce has
nearly Completed : tha River and Harbor
bill. It is possible, but not probable, that a
few unimportant changes may be made at
the meeting to-morrow. Items in the
House bill have been increased Ho an ag
gregate of $3,483,275, and others lhavr
been decreased to the aggregate of $615,
500; net increase $3,867,775. The total a im
propriation by -the Senate billis.?18.049.-
vid. i ne iouowmg are among the changes
made in the House bill., the amounts given
being totals of appropriations recommended
oy tne senate Committee: Virginia Nor
folk harbor, $250.000; 5 Appomattox tiver,
$15,000; New River. $10,000: James river.
(decrease) $100,000. North Carolina Cape
Fear river, t $225,000; Contentnea Creek.
S15.UU0; JNeuse river. 30.000: Pamlico and
Tar rivers $5,000; Bogue Sound, ' $10,000;
Roanoke river, $20,000; Dan river $10,
000; Yadkin river, $10,000. South Caro-.
Ima Winyauh Bay, $25,000 Georgia
Savannah $75,000: Cumberland Sound
(decrease) $100,000; Chattahoochee" river,
(decrease) $10,000; Flint river (decrease)
10,000; Oconee river (decrease) $7,500..
Florida Choctaw Hatchee river (decrease)
$7,500; Conerlch and Cambria river (de
crease) $7,500. 1 Alabama Black Warrior
river (decrease); f 50, 000. Miesi&sippi Big
tsiaca ilver, appropriation stricken out
lennessee Cumberland nver (decrease)
$50,000; Hia wassee river is stricken out;
South Fork -f Forked Deer river is stricken
out; Mussel Shoals (decrease) $250,00001 .
jno part ot the S7.000 for Wateree river.
S. C , is to be expended uuUl all bridges
now obstructing navigation are provided
with draws, spans, fenders and other aids
of navigation, and the Secretary of War is
authorized to make such changes at tbe ex
pense of the bridge owners j-
The Anglo-American Insurance Co..
which was organized in this city June $3, .
1884, and issued fire and marine policies.
suspended business today. ; '
The President to day vetoed thirty addi
tional private pension bills, for reasons si
milar to those stated in previous cases of
the same kind.
i
Washington, i June 25. Tbe Senate
Committee on Commerce agreed this morn
ing to report the River and Harbor bill
next Monday. A sub-committee was ap
pointed to examine the measure with a
view to the correction of any verbal errors,
but the amendments -named in the bill as
heretofore published are to stand unchan
ged. The Hennepin Canal has been placed
in the b.ll by the Senate, and $300,000 has
been applied to begin work. : j
Tbe President to day took a day off. and
went fishing down the river on a private
yacht, along with two or three members of
Congress. :.h j .. -'.'j : i .
Yesterday was probably the busiest day
the President has bad since his inaugura
tion. It was devoted almost entirely lo the
consideration of pension cases. . During
the day he acted upon 118 private pension
Dills. Alter giving each case thorough
personal examination 80 were vetoed and
t approved. jTno ?dentrs r
casHirea himactr
by dictation ; ot utfcarwise. . They -made
about fifty pages of closely written fools-
can. Indeed, it is stated tbat the President
ha personally written every message that
his issued irom tne w bite iiouse during
the administration. " Plenty of work will
be ready for him on his return from his
yachting cruise, as 203 bills have just been
receiVi'd from Congress for his action. Of
these all but 62 are private pension lulls,;
Washington. June 25. The Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections held
a short meeting this morning and voted to
report adversely to any investigation of the
charges brought in connection with tbe elec
tion of Senator rayne. The majority; of
the Committee think there is not sufficient
evidence to show that money was used in
the election, and are very confident that the
result was not in any way affected by im
proper means. There will be a minority
in favor of an iyestigation. r j
It is said that only Senators Hoar and
Frye will sign the minority report, and that
Senators Teller,! Evarts, Logan, baulsbury,
Vance, Pugh and Eustice will sign the ma
jority report, ' i - : ' " ' i
The Senate committee on the District or
Columbia has voted to report adversely
upon the nomination of C. F. Matthews,
colored, of Albany. N.. Y., to be Recorder
of Deeds for the District of Columbia.
VIRGINIA.
Railroad V Consolidation A Trank
Line from Newport News to New
Orleans. ... 'jj :
(.By Telegraph to the Horning Star. I
Richmond. June 25. The Newport
News & Mississippi Valley Railroad has
leased the Chesapeake as Ohio itaiiroad
This consolidation makes a grand trunk
line under one management from Newport
News to New Orleans, where it will con
nect with the; Huntington system to the
Paclnc ocean. The consolidation will not
effect the present management of tbe C. &
O. It. K.. as the . officers of tbatuompanv
occupy the same positions in the N. N. &
M. V. K K. President C. t. Huntington
is reported as having stated that in less
than two years there will be ten thousand
miles of railroad tributary to Newport
News. In a few days the name of the
Chesapeake & Ohio will be dropped and
the road will be known as the Newport
News & Mississippi Valley Railway.
i m m m -'
TH El L, UTHEBA NS.
Tbe General jtrynod at Roanoke, Va.
Reports; of committees, dee.
i B r Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Roanoke.. Va., June 24. The General
Synod was well attended this morning,
Efforts are being made to form an organi
zation with several independent synods and
thus unite all Lutherans of this section in
one general bodv. ! r ' j
Rev. E. T.- Horn, of Charleston, S. C.
made a report upon the progress of the
Committee on Service Book, which . is in
tended to meet the wants of the whole
Lutheran Church in this country, thus secur
ing union in the recognized form of .wor
ship lor luiiy one million persons. . . ;
Rev. G. O. Werner, of New York, made
a report as a member of the Service Book
Committee in behalf the General Synod
North, and lie v. is. m. Bcnnucker, JD. x.f
of Pittston, Pa., reported in behalf of the
General Council. -.-r The 1 three general
bodies represented an aggregate of ful
ly 400,000 communicants, and then-
work commends j itself to all Protestant
Christians, who understand and appreciate
the - rich ' liturgies of : the Reformation
Church . The common service book will
be based upon the historical forms of the
16th centunr.
: Rev. 8. F. Holman, of South Carolina,
preached an able and interesting sermon
this evening. : j ' ' - -' i
J OBITUARY.
Death of Judge David Davis, ot 1111-
- I : nola. .
BiiOOJONQTON, Ills., June 26. Judge
David Davis died at 6 o clock this morning.
He sank into a comatose state twelve hours
before, the end, and passed painlessly away
surrounded by his family.
During the early part of last evening he
appeared to be failing, and it was felt cer
tain that he could not live through the
night At 11 o'clock he revived somewhat
and was given milk and stimulants.
no: 35
. rOSl'A LCLERKS.
Twenty-Seven Removal for Insaber
. dlnatlon A Combination tbat Palled
- to Work. ; -'-y'-lst :!''-' -;v ' : s "
" !By Telegraph to the Morutnr Star.) V:
Washington. June 24 The following
special notice was . to-day issued by the
General Superintendent of the i R-ulway
.Mail Service: ' . !
"By order of the Postmaster Generul the
clerks named below have been relieved from
service for insubordination, in conspiring
to obsiruct the.regulation of service by the
Department and injure its efficiency. They
have recently attempted to form an associa
tion with a view to dictate action lo the
Department, and many of them have also
been guilty of deception towards their fel
low clerks, by representing tbe purpose of
such Kssociation to- be merely benevolent,
and thus entangling them; : , . t
"At the same time the Postmaster Gen
eral directs me to express his gratification
that so few, comparatively, could be found
to engage in such scheme, and hia acknowl
edgment to those who have kept tbe De
partment informed." . : ; !t w y r '
A list of twenty-seven clerks in tbe rail
way mail service is appended, alt of them
located. west of Pittsburg, north? of the
Ohio river and east of Omaha. The ma
jority of", them are in Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. v ' - .
The Postmaster General, iu further ex
planation of the cause which resulted in
the issuance of this notice.. in an interview
this afternoon said: "Several weeks ago in
formation was received by the Department
that a few postal clerks who were appa
rently Conscious there were reasons for their
removal from the service, were endeavor
ing to enlist theeoo Deration .of postal clerks
generally in an association to be formed for.
the purpose of interposing their opinion on
questions of removals, by threatening a
strike or the combined resignation of many
clerks, at one time, so as to me ace .he
Department with embarrassment. Tne nt j
tempt to enlist general cooperation tai'td;
the greater number of potial clerk wl o
were approached on the subject reftiKiq ; to
entertain it. It was the' plan of the origi
nators, afler the initiation of a member,
during which he was bound by an ouh lo
secrecy and obedience, to secure his resig-:
nation in blank aud to have all resignations
in the bands of the executive committee, to
be filed simultaneousiy.aud to requite clerks
who were members of the association to
abandon their run at a time -to be fixed.
Their object was to maintain their own po
sition and tenure of office. The Depart
ment bos waited until tbe principal ringv
leaders and executive officers were certainly
known, and those removed embrace, all '
those who have been specially active. - In
point of fact,"' continued . the Poalma&ter
Genera, "the scheme never secured general
favor, and t-e Department is not desirous
of punishing by removal those who have
been cheated into nominal coopenition. but
docs net wait for resignations from any
who have been active in the enterprise. , It
is a curious commentary on tb; folly of tbe
men,", said the speaker, "that upon ex
amining tbe files in the cases of men who
are removed by this order it appears
that very many of them have' been com-'
plained against for some reason and their
removals sought before, but the "depart
ment had refused to make removals and
entry had been ma ie in their cases, for their
retention. Their positions Would have been
quite secure bad ihey not forfeited it by
insubordination The headquarters of the
movement has been in Indianapolis, Ind.
Some little effort was made to organize at
Chicago and other places, but with no sue
cess. I do not anticipate the least trouble
or inconvenient: to the business interests of
the country" concluded the Postmaster
General, Vin consequence of these re
movals." " 1 ! . . ,:...,
NORTH CAJtQLJ '
No Encampment ot UT6 State
tbts Year meeting; of Northern. 8et
- tiers The masonic Ceremonies -at
Oxford. ; - .j
Ashavtllk, June 24- Adjutant Gen
eral Jones to day received official' notice
from Gov. Scales that there will be no en
campment this jear r-f the Suie Guard, on
account or tbe want of funds applicable to
the object. i ;
To-day a meeling f M or l tier n settlers
was held to consider tne expediency of
taking part in tbe meeting of Northern set
tlers at the next State Jfair at Kaleigb. It
was resolved to lake part and resolutions
were piissed urging all Northern men con
templating removing to the South to be
present at the meeting at Raleigh. '
KALKIGH. June 24. t he corner-stone ot
the new Industrial building of the State
Orpbau Asylum at Oxford was laid with
imposing ceremonies to-day by the Grand
Lodge ot Masons ot North Carolina, Grand
Master Fabius Hi Busbee presiding. Many
speeches were made, the most notable one
by Governor Scales. Five thousand people
were present and over 500 Masons were in
tbe procession. : There are 150 orphan
children at. the Asylum. It is under the
auspices of the Masons. i
CHICAGO.
The Striking Switchmen Blockade
the . Tracks And Thro'w a Train
from the-Ralls Precautionary mea
sures Prevent Serious Results At
tempt to- Hove Freight Trains Aban
doned. ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .. '
Chicago, June 26. Shortly after the
Lake Shore strikers blockaded the. track
last night by throwing a lot of empty cars
across from the Rock Island tracks, the
night express, consisting of eleven coaches
and carrying the United States mail, ran
down the west bound track, but, finding
the track blockaded, ran back and was
Switched on the east bound track at the
rate of about : eight miles per hour. At.
Fifty first street,, just before the train
reached the switch, a man ran out and
turned the switch as tbe train came along,
The locomotive immediately jumped the
track, carrying the - tender and forward
truck of thb first coach off with it. ' For a
minute there waa a terrible jarring and
knocking about, and the train came to a
standstill." The locomotive had run over
the bare ties for more than a hundred feet
and' finally, pushing two of them apart.
sank in the mud. The lever was reversed
and efforts made to back upon tbe track.
but without success. Tbe engineer of the
express, although not suspecting that the
fiendish attempt would be made- upon his
train, nevertheless went only st half speed,
and by doing so piobably prevented a
most serious wreck and great loss or lire.
- In the "meantime, in trying , to get the
freight train on the track, the east bound
track became blocked, and it was some
time before the Rock Island dummy 'could
approach from behind. Finally the freight
cars were placed on the track and the dum
my was able to reach the last coach of the
express. , A heavy rope " was fastened be
tween them, and after a half hour's work
the locomotive, tender-and coach , were
again placed on the rails. The cars and
engine were examined, and after being
found not to have been injured by the ac
cident, again started on their journey, - be
ing about an hour and a half late. The
engineer of the train and several others
saw the man who turned the switch, and
are certain they could identify him if they
could see him again. The switchmen de
clare they, know nothing about it; in fact
several of them assisted in placing tne tram
in order again, r : ' -
No further attempt will be made after
this to get a freight train out. - -1
THE PRESIDENT.
Be Extends his Yachting Trip to Fort
. monroe.
" .Bj Telegraph to the Horning Btar.l
. Tftvnf MmvfiOB. Va June. 26. The
yacht Corsair, with the President and party
on board, arrived at 1 p. m., made a circuit
of the itoads ana stooa out to sea.
i" --. Tmt
i;- The Commissioners of Winston
have passed an ordinance making it a fine
nf tm nn tn a11 hranrtv , nnanhna. nr anv
class of goods pickled in whiskey or brandy
intnaicity.
Spurts Turpentine. -
The -Democrats of- Onslow ;
county assembled in mass meeting, at
Jacksonville, June 21. and appointed 27
delegates to attend the Judicial Convention -to
be held at Goldsboro,- June 80. A. J.
Murrill was chairman and Jas L. Nichol
son secretary. E. T. Boykin was declared
the choice of tbe meeting for Judge and
O. H. Allen for Solicitor. : v
Fayetteville Observer-Gazette:
We greatly regret to learn that thecosv
and - tasteful residence of Mr. John E.
Buchan, of Manly, Moore county was de
stroyed by fire last week. The young
men oi Jfayetteville have decided 1 to give
two dances during the State Fruit air to
be held here - Aug. 4-5, besides making
every effort to contribute otherwise to the
nleasnre of .their crnpstn i
In tn 1 OflAAIint At tha . ilnoini.
. ...
exercises of "Prof. Baker's school, at Lum
ber Bridge, the Fayetteville Observer and
uazeue mug compliments uapt. Arm. Black?
In the morning Cant. Wm. Black, of Shoe
Heel, delivered the annual address, delight
ing his attentive auditory by the good
taste, evidence of careful thought, and
sound, practical sense with which his speech
was replete from beginning to end. :. ,
Durham Recorder: Two men
by the name of Chrisco were sleeping in a
smau nouse in aioore county a lew nights
ago when the house caught on fire. Tho
house had but one door. One of. tbe men ,
was burned to death and the other escaped
by tearing up the floor and cradling out
under the house. Two or three
blockade stills were knocked up over about
J ulian and - Columbia factory last week.
And we hear one of the citizens in the
neighborhood of Liberty had a lively race,
leaving behind him a Quantity of beer and
whiskey. :- "-:-'-; ;;;; . ,x-
Pittsboro Home: The notable
event of last week was the meeting of the
Press- Association at Morehead City. Our
oretnren aououess had a good time of it,
and many of them took a free ride to Wash
ington. These editors are a clever set of
fellows and we are sure thev deserved a
little holiday. Our wheat harvest is
over. The yield is very poor. Corn is look
ing well, but the rainy weather has prevent- -ed
its being well worked, but the fanners
are now trying to catch np with their work.
Cotton and -tobacco are said to be doing
well. Vegetables are abundant and of good
quality. Mrs. 8arah Ann McClenahan
was born January 31st. 1810. and departed '
this life Tuesday morning, June 22d, 1886,'
in the 77th year of her age.
Raleigh News and . Observer:
Three hnndred persons, folly two-thirds
ladies, and a great number both young and
pretty, left yesterday at 6.45 o. m. Jn the '
special train for Black Mountain, to attend
the North Carolina Teachers Assembly.'
Gov. Scales has commissioned the fol
lowing officers of the High Point Guards: '
W. E. Johns, captain: J. D. Jenkins. 1st
lieutenant; John W. Dyer, 2d lieutenant.
He has also commissioned Edward Red
f earn as 2d lieutenant of Co. D, 4th regi
ment. Yesterday Link Braan, the
negro who is charged with having made
the deadly assault on Mr. Edward Chap
pell Saturday night, came in and surren
dered. Justice Barbee sent him to jail.
Watermelons from Charleston and Sa
vannah are the latest delicacy. They
make a pocket-book look thin. ; , . - V
Fayetteville News: Sheriff Mc
Queen informs us that the crops on tbe east
side of the river and below, are splendid.
ne met mx. neiiy oessoms 10 -uav. -
and he says that the crops on the east side
and above, are damaged, and that suits will
be brought against, tbe Wilson Short Cut
for damage to the crops.owing to tbe Hood
ing from the embankments. Mr. A.
Wicker reports crops badly damaged in his
section, and the roads in worse condition
than he has ever seen them before.
We would be glad to keep before our read
ers the great value of the Cape Fear river
steamers to the commercial interests of
Fayetteville. .The little steamers come and
go, and are too far away to disturb us with
any puffing and blowing, but they regulate
the low rates of freight here, and in the
end are a big thing to us as a town aspiring
i0 cummercuu importance. -..4
pose of nominating candidates for Judge
a. DOUCltor. IV o regret iu . icaru ui
homicide in this county last Friday. ,
Jonas Blount was killed by Warren Wil--!
liarns in Gardner's township, on Mr. F.
W. Barnes' plantation. The facte con-'
earning the killing as heard in Wilson are'
conflicting : and for that reason will not
giye publicity to tbe rumors that are heard.
Both parties were colored. The far
mers report the recent heavy raiuB as dam
aging, to some extent, to the cotton crop.
The crop in this section is . very good yet.
and if the lice do not get in the cotton too
much, all will be well The man who
raises his own supplies is the only one who -
deserves the independent name oi larmer.
Rockinsrton Socket: The cool
spell which set in last Saturday morning.
with a stiff breeze irom the northeast, con-,
tinned until Monday evening, when a steady
down-pour of rain began and continued, ,
with . scarcely a moment's , intermission,
until 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. Verily,
this is a season or ram, and the farmers are
getting . decidedly blue. They say that
their crops are literally "runaway with
grass," the ground continuing so wet mat
they cannot work them. '- The third
quarterly conference for Rockingham Sta
tion will be held next Monday night. Rev.
S. D. Adams, P. E.. will preach on Sunday
preceding, morning and night.' A
prominent Pee Dee farmer tells us tbat the
small grain crops on the river are the poor-
estthey have been since the war or there
abouts. '.Since the addition of the new
machinery at .Roberdel cotton mills there is
a demand for more hands. A dog.
supposed to have tbe rabies, was killed in
Pee fee village eunaay.
Goldsboro Messenger: Duplin
notes: At the negro Sunday ' school last
Sunday some of the boys engaged in a
friendly wrestle. As a result of the match
one of the boys had his right, shoulder dis
located with some slight fracture of the
bones. Boys should not wrestle, especially
at Sunday school. Mr. Geo. L. Mor
ton, of the firm of Sprnnt & Morton, has
sold his interest in the business . to Mr.
Sprunt Mr. Morton goes to .Wilmington
to take control oi the ousinesa leu mm oy
his father's death. Mr. Morton, in his stay
of a few months, greatly endeared himself
to our people, and they regret to lose him.
as tne last train waa passing our vil
lage Saturday ' night last some incarnate
scoundrel with hellish intent hurled a brick
at the train. So far as we have heard a
broken window was the only result of the
dastardly act. " One day last week a
large hawk visited the farm of Mr. An
drew Hardy, in Warsaw township, and at
one time carried off three well grown gos
lings He carried one in his mouth and
one in each claw. This item is vouched
for by an eye witness. Dr. Moore has
an acre in corn from which be .expects to
gather 100 bushels. After the crop has
been harvested we will report the results
and the methods of cultivation.
. Charlotte : Chronicle:. . Mr. A.
N. Hinson, of Alexandriana, says: For
several years a swarm of bees have occupied
a space "between the weather-boarding and
plastering of - Independence - Church in
Mecklenburg county.' They found their
entrance through a utile knot hole in the
weather-boarding ana how rich the hive is
or how many swarms it has sent out no one
knows.' It is thought to be veryich, but
Mr. J. I. Oaahion who is one of 'the prin
cipal members of the church, will not al
low the hive disturbed. They have never
stung anyone although the Sunday school
is often in session and all work at the same
time. -Last year the railways gave
rates of one ond one-third cents per mile
to troops for the encampment. This year
the roads have been asked for rates. The
Richmond & Danville has responded, offer
ing the same rates as last year. The Adju
tant General says if the other roads give as
favorable terms the Governor will probably
order an encampment. On last Satur
day two negro men, Will Foster and Henry
Wright entered the stock lot of Mr. Samuel
Craig, ot Gaston county, and cut two of his
fine mules terribly with razors, whether
they intended to kill them or not is un
known but judging from their style of cut
ting they intended to km them; They were
subsequently arrested and carried to jail at
Dallas. j One of the most romantic
places in Charlotte is the elegant house of
Mrs. Sarah F. Davidson. It covers almost
an entire square. " In it she has the country
and city life combined, as there are about
two acres in forest pines and oak on tbe lot
which gives it quite rustic appearance.- -