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The- Weekly btar. PUBLISHED AT iLn.INOT.O'H, - AT tv N. C, sl.0 A VKAJt, IN ADViNCE. " - v- 8SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS - jgsssassssssssssss "" - ; '82S8SSSgS2SSS8S8 ' S88SSSSSSSgSSSSS8 Sg8SeS8SSSgSS88SS ' .-i..-,-1SScBo3o " ... g88SSoS88SSS8888 g -" -i-iccl 5! a-; ii. a . ; I 5j ; i i s j j j B - - ! niitnmJ at the Post Office atJWilmlngton, N. C, as seoonu tmas jtunier.j SUBSCRIFTIONTRICJE The subscri6tion price of the Wkeely Star is as follows ; Siurle Copy 1 year, postage paid, ,11.50 " " 6 months, " " . 1.00- j' " 3 months " " .50 -' ' rARirpi5BafJi"Tre8; - It is certainly very important that the present ' generation of : voters should inform themselves concerning the workings of the- present High War Tariff that was foisted upon the country by the : liepnblicaus and has been kept upon thecouutry bur dening ana stimng its energies id spite of the efforts of the tine Dem ocracy to reduce, readjust and equal lze it. If people will not give some consideration to the Tariff they .of course will never" know how it op presses theui and what great losers they are by its iniquitous and unfair processes. If the voters generally understood the genuine wrongs and the needless ouruens heaped upon them by the Republican Tariff they would not be so tame and' indifferent under its operations. As we said recently the ttaxpaye gives four, six or eight times more to the Federal Government in the way of taxes than he does to his State. He sweats and groans under the lat ter whilut illinly paying the for mer. How, is this ? There can be but one answer- one is - hidden and indirect? the other is open and di rect. The one is paid to merchants who have paid to the custom houses the dues; the other is paid directly to the-sueriff without anv interme diary. - ' - i : Now for u lesson as to ihe way the War Tariff operates. Mr. Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of the Fede ral Bureau of Labor, ban published his first report, from which we pro pose to draw the lesson. Mr. Wright discusses at great length the causes of the general industrial depression both in the United States and in foreign countries. He discusses briefly what he calls "Tart ff inequal ities." He conGnes himself in a very important table he gives to the wool len and mixed ; goods distributed from Leeds. England. " The . table shows the weight and width of thir ty-six kinds of cloth, ' the prices at the factory, the tax per yard that Americans must pay under the War Tariff, and the cost delivered in New ' York exclusive of packing. You can see from the table what Americans pay for the fan of keep- ingup r. high war tax on foreign ijoods. - . The table shows another thing, and it concerns all men but the rich very much, it is this the tax increases as the value of goods diminishes, The laboring man who wears cheap goods pays a great deal higher tax than the man who wears better goods beaver or broadcloth, for instance. This is a great wrong. It is a' great shame. , ji.'-ryJrJ ?:.r;-.- C We avail ourselves of a carefully prepared article in the New York Times headed significantly and tap pih"Tariff Rates for the Poor.' The Times discusses the table. It says : - . -, . '1 - -iiWe fetlock a-few exambles to show more - clearly the force of the demonstration, the first column of figures indicating the price or. the goodrper yard in .Leeds, and tne second column showing how Jarge a per centage of that Dnce our duty is : t Good- Price Per Cent. Weal of England broadcloth. $3 60 - 50 3 Wert of England beaver. . . 3 36 56 8 Fioe worsted coating........ 2 88 ' 58.2 Indigo blue cheviot coatine - 2 40 1 65.5 Ottoman.woollen and worst'd 82 , 72.0 Wool, faucv suitine. .. 94 93.2 Wool, fancy suiting...:..,.' 70 -103.7 Diagonal cheviot. . i 76 .1 107.0 Cotton-warp cloth '. ..... , 64 . 120.5 Fancy overcoat'flfcot'n waro) ' 82 125.7 i Fancy oTercoat'B(cot'n-warD si 76 .127.0 Cotton warn coatine. . 40 128.3 Imitation sealskin ...... 56 144 0 Cotton warp melton.. 24 153.3 Cotton-warp serge melton . . 26 ; 165 4 Reversible diagonal.. 48 167.1 Reversible nap...... 44 -:: 179.1 Cottoii-warn reversible. ; . .. " 45 180.7 "ll would be difficult to present a group of facts relating to a sinele branch of man- ufactnnng industry that would show mote plainly that the tariff Tails . most neavuy upon those who are least able to bear the burden of taxation. Of course, these rates are far in excess of what might be required to protect the labor employed in this coun try in making woollen and mixed cloth by covering the difference in wages. They may not compel the buyer in this country to take cloth from Leeds and pay this tax upon it, but they do enable the maker of such cloth in the United States to charge nigh prices -for bis goods, and the poor man must bey them. This table is cited as an illustration of tariff inequality ' but it might well be used as an illustration of 'ta riff iniquity.' " . ., r .. Mr. Wright says of the necessity of Tariff readjustment and reform: "It (the Iaw-makinff iower) can see to it that the tariff shall be regulated on the ba - sis of justice and science, and not on a hap hazard basis which affects only individual interests and oftentimes inflicts general narm. r 7 V VOL. XVII. adjusted to the cost of labor in pro duction. . But with snch clarinrr on- - o o r pressions, such monstrous inequali ties before them there are thirty-odd members m the ; Houro elected as Democrats who onbose the Rmall , - - . -. measure of relief proposed under the Morrison hill. The War Tariff makes the .poor man pay : "the heaviest while the rich have their hoarded stores in creased by the same. The nnor man must actnally- pay 180 per cent, on his cotton warp reversible coat, while the wearer of v West of . England broadcloth payB but 50 pet cent. , We always take; an interest in the descendants of NorA Carolinians abroad. North Carolina has contri- bnted many excellent , citizens and active workers to other States. Some of the. children, like their fathers, uphold the family name - and-even give new lustre to it. The first Doctor Basil-Manly, was .,bortt r?K?thai He was an . eminent, useful, and able Baptist minister, t He left his native Skate when quite a young man. He has a distinguished son, bearing his honored name, who has inherited much of his father's ability and zeal and is a man of profonnder scholar ship. At the Baptist Convention held at Meridian,! Miss., a week ago, in a speech he gave expression to the following noble and well rounded sentiments: i ' "Suppose another war was UDon us what chance would a soldiery aimed with old time cannon and flintlock muskets stand against one with Oatling guns and Win chester repeating rifles ? - God has multi -plied the facilities of education just as in ventive genius has Improved the imple ments of war, and He wanted Baptists to eater the fight agiinst sin and the devil equipped not with the flintlock musket of ignorance, but with the repeating rifle of high and broad education." We will explain why it is we have . referred to 'Mr. Clark, of New Bern, in connection with Democratic sup port. It is not Craven county alone that is concerned.' ' If Mr. Clark's vote should be . necessary to deter mine the fate of County Government in all Eastern Carolina some Demo, crate ' would : be : ."mighty mad," and others would feel "very bad," if his vote should hand over twenty-six negro counties into the keeping of "the same old seu": - That is why we do not look kindly on a ticket that might prove of serious injury to New Hanover and other counties as well as to the New Bern . section. The Star for this reason,' has not been able to - see the wisdom of se- lecting Mr. Clark, an estimable citi zen and a man of talents, bnt who is open in his hostility to County Gov ernment. It is from do disposition to intermeddle, but to prevent seri ous detriment to the State and to this immediate section that we have ven tured to say a word about the choice of Mr. Clark and the duty of Demo crats. We learn from the Southern Si- vouao for August mat iaui a. Hayne was born 1st January, 1830. So he was in his 57th , year as the Stab held, The Bivouac says: "We should add here that Mr. Hayne bad been invited to deliver next winter, at Vanderbilt University, a series of lectures on poetry .or literature, a task in which he would have deugnteo, ana lor wnicn ne was ripe and fulL : It is a loss serious and irreparable that these lectures will never be written, and that before the invitation had reached him this well beloved poet had laid down his pen forever." This is a most interesting an nouncement. He would have deliv ered admirable' lectures. e wonld like to read a lecture from him on Tennyson whose poetry he loved above all others. The Tory Cabinet has been . par tially formed and here it is: ' "Home Secretary Lord George Hamil- ton: uniei oecreiary lor waauu an Mifihaei Hicks-Beach: Secretary for For- eism Aiiairs jam 01 iautieiKu , vuou- . . i . m -r -i j i ri ' cellorj of the jsxenequer Jjora rwinuoipn nhurchill: Secretary of War Kigm iion. w H. Smith: FiTst Lord of the Admiralty George Hamilton ; Lord High Chancellor Baroa Hatsbury; secretary ior maia Right Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanly; iTime Minister and First ixru oi tne lreasury Marouis of : Salisburv: Lord Lieutenant oi Ireland Marouis of Londonderry: Lord President of the Council Viscount Cran-; brook : President of the Board of Trade, R5rht Hon. JGdward Btannooe: J! irsi com missioner of Works Hon. David Plunkett; Postmaster General Lord John Manners; Trfrd nhanesllor for Ireland Lord Asb- burne.".. I . The Bestoni Post is probably mis taken in claiming Judge Fowle, of Raleigh, as a native of Massachu setts. ; But of that, we are not confi dent. It Bpeaks positively, as follows: Tn.i(r Fnwle is favorably known in Boston. He is a Northerner by birth. . He hnrn in Woburn. and his father before him. The father moved in eariy me w WaoKinirtna T.n..where he liven ana aiea. He was a sturdy old Puritan, a Unionist died in the wool, and when the war broke nut itrnns an nid ft hit across the street and kept it flying during tne enure conmci,. ma rwnini whn was then a lawyer, miuuhI thA nonfftderate cause, but he in nnor an niron? a unionist as woo mo father." s All Southern men are strong for the Union now. . Judge" Thm-man has been in Wash ington within a few days. Of John Goode, of Virginia, slanghted by a Radical Senate, the noble old Demo nt. mf&A-- that he was "a most able lawyer, and one of the purest and best men he ever knew." xet tins is the man that a Radical Senate tries tn Aacrroa at tbfi order Of SUCh & very little fellow as Mahone is known to be. Shame! IlIXED SCHOOLS. . The prejudices of the .Northern people against negroes are deeper and Wider than any that exists in the South. : The whites here understand the negro character perfectly, and they are kindly disposed towards the inferior race. -The" Southern' people desire to see the "man and brother'' prosper "and be happy, and this is shown in a - thousand " ways : from J anuary to December. The whites are intolerant and severe "only , when yon propose by legislation to break 4own natural barriers'! degrade the men of Caucasian blood and sow the seeds of discord between the races. i.ne wnites .simpiy cnovi that you cannot mix the two races socially or in the public schools without serious detriment to the dominant race and creating strife and bloodshed. Thus knowing' with, all of the prejudice and resolved will that belong to the SPPPi4aLmefaWhe Southern ! whites, have resisted any attempt to j bring about social degradation and equality, and will do so nntq the bit ter end. - . We do not believe in needlessly calling up race issues or demanding that the color line in politics be drawn between the two races. Here to fore, in North Carolina elections, the colored voters have nearly- all been on one' side and against the whites, ' amongst whom they toil and suffer and are happy. If there is to be an active party campaign in this year they will probably vote for the same old ticket. The whites, there fore, must, hold together. Self-pre servation is the first law of nature. If the negroes v endeavor to put nnworthy men in office who are hostile to the best interests of the State or 'the commnnities in which they live, then it is the duty of all white men to stand together for the , common protection and safety, This is a , white man s government and will be so to the end Up in the Republican State of Ohio there is a small excitement over mixing the two races in the schools. ;The Stab weeks ago pub lished the particulars of i the excite ment at Springfield over the gradua tion of a negro girl and the with drawal of all the white girls; and the attempt of certain negrophilists, of the kind that would degrade their owu race, to make a heroine of the colored girl. It now appears that the School Board has decided that hereafter the two races shall attend separate, schools.' This is precisely m accordance with tne "eternal nt- of things." The Southern common schools - are tor both races, and the funds" are divided fairly according to the number of school children, and . the same pro visions are made for both races. 1 be colored people in Uhio ar said to be much stirred. But they ought to have sense enough to know that it is best for both races that they be kept separate. The Charles ton News and Courier says of the Ohio matter: 'It is really very stranee, the prejudice that is manifested towaids the colored peo ple in Northern States during three years out of every four. Can it be possible, af ter all, that civil rights, in that section, is a quadrennial plant and ' blooms only in Presidential years? -It seems so. - AN OIEVS" CONTEXT. Representative Allen,of the Eighth District in Massachusetts, has arrayed against him the whole army of oleo margarine workers. He was very ac tive in securing the passage of the very offensive and dangerous bill that sought to build up one industry by suppressing another industry. I he makers of butter from beef ribs are in arms against the man who stands by the rancid productions of udder and dairy. The milk -butter men are rallying around , the flag of Allen, wholly indifferent to the injustice and unconstitutionality of the bill, and a lively fight is expected all along the line. It is a battle between tne rib and the udder. -It is expected that every man shall do his duty. If oleomargarine wins the day then the electors of the Eighth Massachusetts will have decided that it is wrong in principle and dangerous in applica tion of a law that aims death at one industry that a rival industry may flourish and smell' with all the strength of a rancid production. The Massachusetts men will ' hardly so pronounce as this is a' beautiful ap plication of the principle : of Protec tion all flowered and "run to seed." The New York Times says: - "We need not blame the oleomargarine men for fighting with all the weapons at their command. They are made the vic tims of a tax imposed ostensibly for reve nue, and they nave tne rigm or every otner specially taxed class to agitate for the re moval oi their nuroen, and to ao so, oy de feating members of Congress who have helped to put the burden upon them, if thev can: As a correspondent suggests, they are in the same position in which tne makers of shoddy would be if ; they werj taxed in ine interest oi toe ma&ers oi wool len cloth. The right and "interest of the public are the same in both cases. They are to know what the public is buying, and not to have shoddy offered to it for cloth. nor axel grease - for butter. ; The whole effect of the statute, so far as it has any effect, la to raise the price of oleomar garine to the consumer, and by conse quence the price also of its competing pro duct, muter. - . - ' The British press opinions of the new Irish Viceroy are not particular ly enthusiastic. . . :A Tp-" i .-.V V i m i i WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6,1886. ItlERITOBIOTJS TnEOLOGIOAL - . WOBK. . , . Some thirty years ago a little book was published in England entitled "The Tongue of Fire." It was wide ly read both in that country and in our own. It was written by a Wesleyan minister named William Arthur. He has written several other books,' but none .has attracted attention in the United States. He . has, however, just published a work of marked ex cellence, we may suppose, and for that reason" we call .attention to it. It is entitled '.'Religion Without God and God Without Religion." v It can be bought of Thomas .Whittaker, New York, fox $1.65. Our reason for supposing the book uncommonly meriCbrious without having read it is two-fold: first, the author is a man of considerable originality, force and eloquence; second, we have before us the opinion of the ble and Bchol- atly eriUoof the New lTor)e' Ciwrct man J - He' says:" "It is with a feeling of great- content ment that a believer lays down these books. In the first place there is no small satisfac tion in seeiog one set of deniers overthrown by another set. Mr. Arthur baa contrived to make evident the fact that unbelief is not a city at unity in itself, but rather like that picture by Dore, - in . which each war rior in the act of shooting or stabbing his foe. was himself pierced by another. . In tne next place the cloudy philosophies of Agnosticism and the patent schemes of ros itivism are treated in a Droaa. common- sense and practical way - which is at times almost Aristophanic in. its humor, but thoroughly destructive in its work upon the enemy s position. ' . We have never seen a better exposition and refutation of the unbeliever's argument. The reductio ad absurdum, especially in Mr : Spencer's case. is carried to a triumphant perfection.. There is a third part in preparation, 'Deism and Sir Fitziames Stephen ' which, if it be as good as the other two, will leave little to be desired in the way of defense of Christiani ty. As a rule such apologetics are heavy, if necessary, reading, but we have found this as fascinating as a novel a book one could read absolutely on a railroad train, or sit up with it till the small hours of the nieht. For intelligent young people attacked with doubt we cannot fancy a much better antt dote than Mr. Arthur offers. ' The New Bern Journal is unable to discuss any question in good tem per and without being personally offensive. In its last issue it has several flings at the Stab that are as unjust as unkind, and all because the Stab was in error as to Mr. Clark's candidacy, and because the Stab has objected to him oh the score of his known hostility to County Govern ment, We , have entire respect for him and honor him for his bold and manly proclamation of principle. It is the principle co which we presumed to object. That is all. "We exceedingly regret to., learn that Major M P. Hale is io a very precarious condition of health. " His trouble is very eimuar to that which unalty tooKjnff(ien. urant. tiu&ooro iiome. We are extremely sorry to see that announcement, and we must still hope that , there is a mistake in the diagnosis. " Mr. Hale is -one of the strong and well appointed men of North -Carolina, and as an editor has no equal in our State. We shall re joice to learn of his improved health. Mr. Thomas Nelson Page, the re markably clever Virginian who is author of some of the best stories ever written, is soon to mary Miss Anne, a daughter of. Mr. Charles Bruce, of Charlotte county, Va. The wedded couple will make a European tour. Mr. Bruce is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina and is an accomplished as well as a . very wealthy gentleman. Mr. G. . A. Jenks succeeds Mr. Goode as Solicitor General. And who is Jenks and whence does he hail? Is it "Capt. Jenks, of the Horse-marines?" It is said that Blaine will take the stump soon to help seen re the next House of Representatives for- the Republicans. Oar Heated Term. The hot wave that swept over Wilming ton Wednesday sent the mercury up to 95 degrees the highest temperature recorded by Signal Service observers in this city for the summers of 1886 and 1883, Yesterday, the highest temperature recorded was 90 de grees, bet ween 12 and 1 o'clock p.m. That the heated wave has passed Wilmington, is indicated by the fact that decidedly -warm er weather was reported yesterday by the cotton belt observers from the interior of the State. At Weldon the maximum tem perature was 105 degrees, at Raleigh and Lumbefton 97. Wadesboro and Salisbury ), and Goldsboro and Charlotte 95. -r a ' Sixth Judicial District. At the convention for this district held in Fayetteville, Thursday, Frank McNeill, Esq of Richmond, was nominated for Solicitor on the first ballot, the vote being Anson 20, Brunswick 10, Cumberland 15, Richmond 40, Robeson 51, Columbus 37. The proceedings of the convention are rep resented not to have been harmonious, dif ferences tricing on the question whether the majority or two-thirds rule should be adopted , in making nominations. It was found impossible to harmonize and the delegations from Moore, Bladen and a part of Cumberland withdrew from the convention and nominated jut. Mc&.eever, but he respectfully declined the nomina tion. Charged with Perjury. Anthony Howe, Jr., was arrested yester day on a warrant charging him ; with perjury, and gave bond in the . sum ' of two hundred dollars for his appearance at the next term of the Criminal Court, in September. The warrant was issued on the affidavit of C, H. Ward, and the perju ry is alleged to have been committed by Howe during the trial of the Martin-Howe cowhiding case, the latter testifying that there had been no criminal intimacy be tween himself and Ward's daughter. All the parties in the case are colored. u Charged with Burglary. Isham Newkirk, colored, was arrested Friday night by : detectives on a warrant - charging hirn with a burglary committed on the morning of the 28th ult. Wednes day last., Newkirk was arraigned before Justice B. D. Hall yesterday, and after an examination of the case against Sim. was committed to prison without bail, to await the action of the Criminal Court in Sep-.! temper next.; v 7. ."-. . -'. ,4.The prisoner was committed upon the testimony of Miss Sallie Musgrave. a deli cate looking elderly lady, who, lives with her sister, Mrs. Holmes, and thelatter'sson. on seventh, between. Harnett and Swann streets - Miss Musgrave testified that she waa awakened, between one and two o'clock Wednesday morning, and saw a colored man standing.by the side of her bed. Al most as soon as she saw him and before she bad-time to make a movement or cry out he grasped her by the throat and choked her until she was speechless, when he released her and made his escape through awindow, of the room. Her sister and nephew were in adjoining rooms and were not awakened until after the man had left tin: houseJt waa then found that a trunk in MissTttusgTave's" ropnrhad been taken into the yard and, its .contents turned out on the ground, but nothing had been taken. She was positive that Newkirk was the man who had assaulted her. . Had known him for several months, and fully" recog nized him when he attacked her. . Newkirk said that he was innocent; had no knowledge of the crime until he was told of it come time during the day. Had been at home sick for several days. ..He is a drayman, and has heretofore been con sidered an honest, hardworking man. : A for mer employer, Mr. J. G. Boney. who had known' -him. -for , years, - gave Newkirk a good character. ; -. . During the progress of the examination a young woman living en Mcttao street, between Chesnut and Mulberry; who had also been assaulted by a negro man the same night, came into the court room and took avgnod look at Newkirk. She said she was unable to tell whether be was the man who attacked her; that she did not see her assailants race; out mat he was a broad-shouldered, thick-set negro, very much like Newkirk. ; The N. C. Baptist Orphanage. Dr. Pntchard reports a big time at the anniversary of the j Baptist Orphanage at Tbomasville on the 1 28th iost. Some two thousand people were there, eight hundred going from Durham, and more than half as many from Reidsville and Greensboro, and all the country around turned out in force. Great enthusiasm prevailed; the sermon by Dr. Carroll - aDd the addresses by Drs. MItcbtll, Hufhsm and Pritchard were well received, and the corner stones of four new buildings were laid; one of , which was for a chapel. - Three buildings have been com pleted , apd are occupied by thirty-seven orphans; each building will accommodate a family of twenty -five children, with ma tron and attendants, the girls and boys being separate. Since the - beginning of ' this enterprise nearly f 15,000 have been given to it, and its friends say $9,000 more are in' sight. The Orphanage ' has over three hundred acres of land and is beautifully located about a mile west of Tbomasville. Rev. John Mitchell,' D. D.,. is President of the Association. -Hon. C M. Cooke and Dr. T. H. Pritchard are Vice Presidents; Prof. Gore, of Chapel Hill, is Secretary; J. H. Mills, is Superintendent, and there' is a board of visitors, consisting of Dine gen tlemen and three ladies. Those who ought to khow say there are at least 2.500 orphan-children in the State, and that if each Christian denomination had an orphanage there would still bo left more destitute little1 ones than thenvble Asylum at Oxford could care for.. or Heated Term. The weather yesterday continued warm. but there was a pleasant breeze from the southwest. - The maximum temperature, as recorded at the Signal station, was 88 degrees. Higher temperature still prevails at other places in the State. At Wades boro and Salisbury the - maximum was 97 degrees, at Lumberton and New Berne 95, at Weldon 93. and at Charlotte 91. At Cheraw, 8. C, the maximum was 98. and at Florence 95 degrees. The only rainfall reported was at Weldon, where 1.09 inches feu in the twenty lour . nours enomg at o p. m. yesterday, The Weather. The temperature in this city yesterday as recorded at the Signal office, reached a maximum of 91- degrees before eleven o clock; at 3 p. m. it was Ho, with a re freshing breeze from the southwest, and at 10 o'clock last night the mercury was down to 79 degrees. Reports from the cotton belt observers at other places in tho 3tate show a, higher temperature than in Wil mington. At Weldon the maximum was 104 degiees,.at Raleigh and Salisbury 96, at Wadesboro 97, Lumberton 95, Charlotte 92, and Goldsboro 94. At Florence and Cheraw, o. C, the maximum was ! Choked o Death. A country mule who was not familiar with town ways, lost its life yesterday in a singular manner. The mule was tied by its owner a darkey from the Sound in a lot in rear of Mr. Wessell's store on South Second street. It got frightened at some thing in the yard, and pulled at the rope- halter around its: neck until it choked and fell. And before it could be relieved of the halter bv persons who came to its as sistance, the mule was dead. The owner of the animal was- much distressed at bis loss. - The State Chronicle, of RaleiRh, says: "Lieutenant Governor Charles M. Stedman and Solomon C, Weill, Esq., Mve, formed a partnership for the practice of law in Wilmington. Of Maj. Stedman 's abilities the Chronicle need not speak. Mr. Weill filled the chair of Greek at the University. last year with great credit to himself, -and with such ; acceptability as . to win high words of praise from the trustees. " He took the degree of Bachelor of Laws. If there is a smarter young man under 23 in North Carolina than Mr. Weill : we don't know him. Stedman & Weill will make a strong firm. Export of Naval Stores. "' Messrs, Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the Norwegian barque EjeUand for Fleetwood. Eng., with 300 casks spirits turpentine and 1,834 barrels of rosin, valued at $12,600. ; Messrs. DeRosset & Co. cleared the Nor wegian barque Ujemmet, for Reval, Russia, with 3,267 barrels of rosin, valued at $2,975. ' 1 ; ' TAR; WASHINGTON. Probable Adjonrnment of Congrei Proepeeta of the elvef and Harbor Bill, &e. . Washington. Julv -29 -The President to-day nominated George A. Jenks, of Pennsylvania, to be Solicitor General. Indications continue favorable .for .n adjournment of Congress without day by next aionaay. . bhouid the rresident how' eve decide neither to si en nor to veto the Oleomargarine bill, friends of the measure will seek to postpone the adjournment un til luesaay; on winch day it will become a law wunout presidential approval. uonrerees on me Kiver and Harbor bill talk less hopefully to-day of their proaecta ror agreement, out the-issues are well de fined and the differences may-be reconciled in a moment, whenever one side or the other decides to recede. It is not probable that failure to agree upon the measure will postpone an adjournment. The worst of the - remaining problems to be solved are embodied in the Sundry Civil bill, and the difficulty with these consists rather in their number than their character.: There was a. call for a conference upon the measure this morning, Dut a quorum did not appear at tne appointed time and nothing was done. 1 he unwillingness of the President to sign any bill Until he has had time to study its provisions! has given rise to an aoore- nension mat uoogress will do sept in ses sion to afford this opportunity some days alter tne--appropriation -.bills are There is." however; .believed to be little ground for this apprehension, for; although official copies of the acts of Congress are not sent to the President until all differ ences have been reconciled in conference and the results ratified by the two houses. yet all but the controverted points are open to inspection, and may be examined in the printed bills before the conferees are ap pointed, while the . progress made 'upon controverted points is daily set forth Jn the Vonffresnonal Itecord, - The President may. therefore, as his predecessors have done,' keep up with the current proceedings and be ready with his approval or veto almost as soon as completed measures can be ex amined and enrolled. ; ; - -i ' Washington, ; July 30. Conferees on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill discussed that measure for two hours last night, and then postponed further conference until to night .The Senate amendments increase the total appropriation : over two million dollars. The increase is divided up among some two hundred and fifty amendments, which involves considerable work in con ference. Canferees on the Deficiency bill have not had a meeting but will probably get to gether to-nicbt. Probably fifteen mm utes will suffice to dispose of the Fortifica tions bill so far as the House appropriations Committee is concerned, as it is only ne cessary: to go through the formality of re porting back disagreement as to the Senate amendment with a request lor conierence. The committee will not be called together for that purpose, however, before to-mor row afternoon, so that it is doubtful u the conference can be ordered; before Monday. In the secret session this morning Sen ator Van WycK: offered a resolution pro viding that the extradition treaty with Great Britain shall be considered with open doors. The resolution will be considered when the treaty comes up. The secret ses sion lasted only a few minutes, but the gal lene3, : upper .corridors and' committee rooms were cleared of all their occupants; at least of all but one a stranger who seemed to have been overlooked During the secret session this gentleman innocently walked into the gallery, tie was appalled by warning gesticulations of Senate officials on the floor and backed out very hastily. He has not since been seed about the build- ins. Mr. Butler introduced in the senate and asked immediate consideration of a joint resolution providing for one month s extra pay of certain employes of the Senate and House. .-''M; ?-y.t Mr. Edmunds objected to its immediate consideration, and it was referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses. The President to-day nominated Dahney H. Maury, of virtnnia, to be linvoy &x- trabrdinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the United States of Colombia. The Secretary of State has received a re port from U S. Consul Lynn, in regard to the case of Francisco Kasurus, a natural ized American citizen, who was surrendered to the police authorities at Piedras Negros, Mexico, as a horac thici and summarily ex ecuted by them. The Secretary refused to disclose the contents of the reports but tac itly admits that it substantially confirms the press reports received from Galveston.- He has directed a thorough investigation to be made of all the facts in the case. Washington, July 30. The conferees on the Uiver and Harbor Appropiation bill have reached'an agreement on the bill, and the report will be. presented to the House this afternoon. The Hennepin Ca nal clause remains in the bill, with modin- cations providing for the acceptance by the Government 01 the lllhois & Michigan ca nal and the survey of the liae of the Hen nepin canal. - The Potomac flats, JNew York harbors and other items of import ance are conceded by the House conferees. No cut is made in items of appropriation less than $20,uuo. The Senate to-day confirmed the nomi nation of George A. Jenks, to be Solicitor General. . Washington, July 81. The President has nominated Nathan R. Dawson, of Ala., to be Commissioner of Education, and Alexander B. Upshaw, of Tenn to be Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Upshaw : and rejected the nomination of Matthews, a colored man of Albany. N.Y.. to be Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. - ; v It is estimated at the Treasury Depart ment that the public debt statement to be issued Monday will show a decrease for the month of July of about s&omuw. A tobacco company of North Carolina which had exported a large quantity of cigarettes to London in bond and reimported them to New York, applied to the Treasury Department for permission to reship the goods to their factory in North Carolina lor the purpose or being stamped ano re exported to some: other foreign ports. The Department decided that under exist ing laws the goods in question cannot oe withdrawn from the custody of the cus toms officers for the purpose stated,' other wise than upon the payment of duties equal to the internal revenue tax. fo'reign. Deadly " Duel Between two French Army Officer at Algiers Large Shoe Factory- Burned In Leicester,. Eng land. Algiebs, July 81. Two French sub- officers of the army, stationed here, became involved in a quarrel and a challenge to fight a duel resulted. The weapons chosen- were sabres. The head of one of the com batants was cleft in twain, London, July 31. The shoe factory of Stead, Simpson & Co., at Leicester, was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss $250, 000. Fifteen hundred persons are thrown out of employment , - . TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. ASPleaaure Yacht TJpaeta Near Sandy Hook During a Storm Six Xadlea and a STonng man Drowned. Highlands, IN. J.,J July 81. Intelli gence has been received here that ' the schooner-yacht Sarah Craig, from Phila delphia, with a pleasure party, upset near the government oock at sandy hook, du ring the storm last evening. Six ladies and a young man were drowned. " The body of one person has been recovered, others are supposed to be in the cabin of the yacht. Nine men were found clinging to the rig ging after she capsized, who were rescued oy a tug. ' Elizabeth City Economist: There are more cottages occupied at Nag's Head the present season than ever before. From all accounts cotton is seriously dam aged and will probably be a very short - .1.1. .1 . crop ui two twouou ui me outie. - NO. 40 LABRADOR. A Terrible Story of Famine and. Can- . ntballnm. a y ci-H(.d tn the Xornhur Star.F Boston. Mass . Jul v. 30. A 8t. Johns. N. F.. special savs; Oneof the Esauimaux who arrived here on the 1 Nancy Barrett from Okoka. Labrador, eaya that the popu lation of that settlement was nearlv ISO. yet when he left with his wife - not a soul remained; Early in March food gave out.. livery arop 01 on and bit 01 sealskin was utilized, and at rare intervals a bear was killed; but - finally supplies were 'quite exuausiea. . ; un. June ara tney nad eaten nothing for six days, : and goaded by hunger they .feasted upon the corpses of several whites and a few Indians that had been' killed by the cold: When one. of their own party died the body was cut open, the entrails were taken out; and the remainder was frozen uo for use. From this food a terrible dysentery set in among the survivors and on July 1st there were but sixteen persons left alive, the bodies of over twenty having been eaten. The six-: teen survivors started down the coast in a sledge drawn by four dogs, the only living creatures jeit them, their e ponies having been sacrificed to appease hunger long be fore. -When about 24 , miles . from Cape" Mugford a heavy snow storm set in. While the party we're endeavoring to find their way they were attacked by white bears to the number of twenty-five or thirty, which Kuiea an 01 tne party but the two . sur vivors. X TR E TA CHT DISA S TER. Further Partlcalara of the Camillas or the Schooner Sarah Crala- Near Sandy Book The Namea of the Drowned and the Reacued. . . By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l Sandy Hook.' Julv 31 The -names of those lost by the capsizing of the schooner yacht Sarah Craig, in a thunder sauali last night, were Mrs. :. T. H. Stevens, her two daughters Miss M Stevens and Mrs. Askin two sisters: Miss Emma and Miss .Bessie nerritt: Miss Maude Pelton. and Mr. Chester Clark. The saved are Z. W. Jor dan, Alfred Potter, Frank W. Hall, W. s. Buckley all of Philadelphia Capt. Ed ward Ruland, mate Charles Ferguson. steward Louis Bowman.' and Sam .Tones and Wm. Pans : -, New York. Juiv 31. Another account of the yachting accident at Sandy Hook is as follows: Last evening at a few minutes before six o'clock, the schooner vacht Sarah Craig, of Philadelphia, was staadiner in towards Sandy Hook.r . All her sails were set and she appeared to be trying to gain shelter before a storm which was threatening could break. She had on board a pleasure party, consisting of eleven la dies and gentlemen, who were enjoy ing - a : sail around from ; the Quaker City to this city. The sky gradually became more overcast, and the captain took in some of her sail When she was abreast of the Hook rain began to fall fast and the ladies on board retired to the cabin, while the gentlemen set to work with, the sails and the yacht, bbe quickly made headwav and rounded the point of the Hook.standing lowarus me norsesnoe. suddenly, when neanng the government dock a thunder squall burst with terrible violence,- lightning played about the rigging of the- schooner. and tne waves, lashed into perfect fury bv large hail stones falling, dashed over the decks. --- While those stationed at the point of the Hook watched the dim outline of the yacht through the mist, she sudden ly disappeared from sight. 8he had capsized, but so thick was the rain and mist that nobody knew it until the storm had passed off. The tug boat Ocean King left the city early in the afternoon and at about 6 o clock she was off the Hook. She saw the capsized yacht and steering towards her saw several of the party cling ing to her.; These were taken off and landed at the Railroad dock. . Mrs Stevens body was recovered las', night, at noon the capsized boat was towed to the Gov ernment dock, and tne other bodies were taken out. MASSACHUSETTS. mills Burned at . Springfield Loss - $300,000. v ' . (By Telegraph to the Morning star. Springfield, July 31 .Afire broke out in No. 2 mill of the Indian Orchard Mills Company, at about 3 30 o'cleck this morn ing, and the entire mill, which was 350 feet long and four stories high, is in rums. The walls are flat, except of the east end. The flames were confined to the mill build ing. ' Had r there been a breeze nothing could nave Baved the buildings surround ing the mill. The cause of the fire is not definitely known,, but is supposed to have been an explosion of gas.- The watchman had visited the spot where it broke out only two minutes oeiore. and when the alarm was given the flames were well under wav. The mm tarnished employment to about 800 hands.. The loss is roughly estimated GEORGIA. Cotton Crop Keporta Not aa Good as last Xear. , . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Augusta, July 31. The Augusta Chroni cle to-morrow will Publish replies received oy Messrs. rope s leming, irom counties in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to the Augusta market. ' The general tenor of the replies is that the cotton crop is not as good as last year, but with a good season an average crop is assured. The condition of the crop is such as to cause fear should drought occur, which would cause shed ding. - Later ' reports are more favorable than early ones. A marked improvement is shown since the dry weather set in VIRGINIA. The Damage by the Fire at manches- ter. . Richmond, July 80. The cotton , mill damaged by fire to-day belonged to the Old Dominion Cotton Mills Co. The fire was caused by friction of the elevator machine ry.' Richmond was called upon for aid and three steamers were sent across the river and succeeded in checking the fire after the roof and top story of the cotton mill had been burned. Three hundred people, mostly women and children, are thrown out ef employment. The insur ance is divided among city companies in amounts ranging Irom S2,5UO to S5.000, The loss, of the' Old Dominion Co. is (20.- 000. The Manchester end of Mayo's bridge caught fire and but for the exertions of the fire department would have been burned. TBZEJ3 ALLOWS. Execution of. a Negro In Charlotte. N. C, for a Horrid Crime. Charlotte, - N. C- July 29.-;-George Moore, colored, was hanged in the jail in this city, this morning, in expiation of the crime of outraging the person of his own daughter. On the scaffold he made a brief speech, protesting that he was innocent 01 the crime; The drop ten at lu.oo. and twenty minutes later he was pronounced dead. His neck was not broken by the fall. . - - , '. VIRGINIA. Jamea Bumgardner Nominated . for Congress In the Tenth District. Lexington. July" 29. The Democratic Convention of-the Tenth District met heie to-day. - After ten ballots James Bumgard ner, Jr., of Augusta county, was nomina ted for Congress. Kancoipn 1 ucicer bow represents the district MARYLAND. Failure of a Baltimore RIannfaetarlBg Firm. - By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Baltimore, July 81.' Wm. : J. Hooper & Son. seine and cordage manufacturers. made an assignment to-day to T. M. Lana- han and James A. Gary for the benefit of their creditors. The trustees' bond has not been filed. 'The estimated assets are 150,000. The liabilities are not yet known. Spirits Turpentine. -Durham Recorder: The survey ors have returned from surveying the Dur ham&Sanford end of the new railroad. . This route lies east of New Hope and is forty-two miles long. It is believed a much shorter, cheaper and better route can be hadtoSanford.1 Darham Recorder; Hon. F. N. Strudwick haying; withdrawn from the Congressional race in Mai. John W. Gra ham's favor, this leaves Durham, Orange - and Alamance soud for Graham.- It is thought after a few ballots, Maj. Graham ' wm get twenty votes from Chatham. J -Progressive Farmer: The wheat crop in our State has been harvested under most uniavorabie circumstances. Much of it was. sprouted j and otherwise damaged. ,n doubtless the weevil pest will be unusually -active. And again, there is danger, from : the moist condition of the grain, that it will become musty, r . j - Raleigh News' Observer: Yes terday the counsel for the defense laid be- -fore the Governor petitions for the commu tation of the -death sentence of Gooch and Smith. The" petitions have about 800 sig natures, it is said. They were presented : by Messrs. A. Mj Lewis, T. M. Argo, John - " Gatling and W ! N. Jones, of counsel for : x the prisoners. iWith the petitions were several letters from judges and i lustices. The latter represent that it is a case for ' commutation. All the jury signed the pe- ..- mi -i , . . . uuqu. iiio. uuvernor xias we m&iier uo- . ; der advisementu The ; murder of Mr. Cheatham,- a reputable s merchant and a good, citizen, was most desperate and dia-' bolical, and the commutation of the death - -sentence would ,be a great wrong and a positive encuragement to . outrage and . crime. ;'" -v-v-. j ,: ."i ' . t Concord Times: f According to the last census. North Carolina had 23.934 more females than males. And still there are bachelors ! . -t There is no -doubt that Judge Montgomery will receive the nomination for Judge next Wednesday on the first ballot. -Every county that has held its convention- has instructed for him, ex cept Rowan, whose delegates are unia structed. - Colonel Charles R. is not a -solid prohibitionist; He was opposed to prohibition by local option in the last con- : test at Charlotte.-' pis paper, has soundly opposed the third party. - Rev. G. P. ,:. ' Bostick, a late graduate of Wake Forest -, and of the Louisville Theological Semina- -ry, has been in Concord several weeks con ducting religious services : in the court house. These exercises have been well at- tended, and those! who have heard Mr. Bostick are more than favorably Impressed. A Baptist Sunday school has been organ- ized, with about thirty members. Raleigh News- Observer: Cape ' Fear & Yadkin Valley six per cent, bonds sold at Baltimore yesterday at 98. These -bonds have advanced rapidly from 95, and will doubtless soon sell at par, as all North Carolina bonds seem inclined to go to par and over. The Oxford company will - go to Morehead. It now appears cer- ' tain that the State Fruit Fair at Fayette ville will be the largest and best yet held in North Carolina. It is said that Go vernor scales has received 200 applications for pardon or commutation of sentence of criminals. The Democrats of the Tenth Judicial district have renominated Judge Avery and Solicitor Bower, thereby render- ' lng true merit the consideration it deserves. : The department of agriculture says the reports from Granville tobacco men are discouraging. The Bharp heat and dry weather is causing the tobacco to "french" - . and burn already. Wise farmers say that if this weather continues the tobacco there vs sure to be much injured. Gov. Scales will go to Reidsville in a few days. He will later spend some time at one of the summer resorts. He expects to make a , trip over the line of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad and to visit Morehead. Of the Superior Court judges seven ' are to be chosen at the next election. Six are to be elected for the regular term of eight years, while the seventh (Judge Boy- - kin) will be elected to fill Judge McKoy's unexpired term of four years. Raleigh Uewa-Observer: Chas. - R. is trying to kick' up a fuss over the want of earnestness in the support given to Col. S. B. Alexander for Congress. He is only trying to muddy the waters for his . own benefit. CoL Alexander himself does not complain. Capt. J. W. Fry, late superintendent of the Mobile railroad, sue- ceeds Major Dunn as superintendent of the Cape Fear and ' Yadkin Valley Railroad. Died 1a Richmond, Ya.. the 23d inst.. Mrs. Nannie R. Burgwin, wife of Hssell W. Burgwin, Esq., formerly a resident of New Hanover county, in this State. " The Durham Daily lievis has suspended, after a . brief existence. it is claimed that there will - be only half a crop - of tobacco in this section. -' -One of the Ridgeway vine owners I thinks Mr, 8hellem unintentionally did in justice in statements made in Sunday's pa per. He says as fine Talman or Champion grapes as ever grew there were sent to mar- t ket last week, beginning with Monday, the r. 19th. Three acres were sold on the vines for $400. He thinks many "thousands of pounds 01 good Marthas, Delawares, lves, . &c., will be sent to market from there. He says it is true that many of the 120 varie- ties on trial there have proved worthless in a season so unfavorable. He says that Mr. Murdock, of Salisbury, one of the best grape-growers in the State, told him Satur day that his grapes were so badly affected by the rot that he would have none worth shipping or sending to the fruit fair. Kjnston, N. C., July 27. If you will In vestigate the subject of the bad odors you wui iu tut proDaouiiy ana luem uue iu iuo fetid mushrooms which bloom about this time of the year. - Raleigh , News- Observer: From the MLanMc published at Morehead we - gather that Carteret county is anti-Skinner for Congress. - A private letter re ceived from Hillsboro yesterday stated that Fred N. Strudwick, Esq., had withdrawn from the race for the Congressional nomi nation in this district, in favor of Major John WGraham. It is a pleasure - to know that the race track here is to be put in such excellent condition as to at- tract the (attention of horse owners. - t Departed this life rather suddenly, of acute ' dysentary, on the morning of the 21stinst., - Mr. frame uiount, the youngest son 01 tne late Dr. E. J. Blount, of Pitt county, in -the 19th year of his age. - He was a student - of Wake Forest College. ' Mr. Milton Whitney, superintendent of the experiment . farm, has gone to Oxford for a couple of days to make some observations on Gran ville's fine tobacco soils and to take sam- . pies of them for the purpose of experimen tation. - The Governor's Guard has secured a large armory, perhaps the largest iu una outre. -Lb ucuupies uie muni uiuu floor of the Briggs building, being 210 ' feet in lenghth by 30 feet wide.. We have no donbt that , our corres pondent's position that the railway facili ties of the State could be trebled at one-half the cost of existing lines can be maintained with ease. The cost of iron rails before the war was $50 to $60, whereas steel rails can now be had at $30 or thereabouts and are three times as serviceable as those of iron. - The National Prison Congsess will be held at Atlanta. Ga.. Nov. 6-11. Governor scales has appointed the follow" ing gentlemen as delegates from North Carolina; Capt E. R. Stamps, Rev. F. L. Reid,Hr. W, J. Hicks, Dr. J. W. McGee. Recently a committee was appointed by the Richmond & Danville Railroad to confer with a similar committee of the di rectors of the North Carolina Railroad. It is said that a matter to be considered was an extension, of the lease of the N. C. R. R. to the R. & D. R. R This lease expires in about sixteen years. It is thought that the R. & D. might desire to lease the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad with it. The matter has as yet taken no definite shape. The Governorjhasjbeen invited to appoint delegates to represent North Carolina in , the Farmers' National Congress, which meets at St. Paul, Minn., tb 25th, 26th and 27th of August. - There is no compen sation attached. The following are the delegates and alternates appointed: 1st Dis trict, W- 8. Carter, Hyde county ; alternate, Frank' Wood. Eden ton. 2d. Elias Carr. Old Sparta; W. A. Darden, Snow Hill. 3d. , Jonathan Evans, Fayetteville; E. J. Hill, Warsaw. 4th.-R. U. Lewis, Raleigh; T. P. Braswell, BaUleboro. 5th. H. T. Bahn son, Salem; Thos. Carter, Madison, Rock ingham county. 6th. J. M. Wadswortb, Charlotte, , S B, ; Carpenter, Cedar Hill, Anson county. 7th. J. F. Armfield, States ville; A. O. TomUn, Olin. 8th. S. McD. Tate,- .Mbrgantonr: , 9th. W. W.. Rollins, Jlarshal; VM. Fagg, Asheviile. Delegates- at large; B..ii Alexander, Charlotte; a. tr. Williamson,., Raleigh; alternates, John W. Cunningham, ; Cunningham's Store ; Fred Kidder, .Wilmington. A'. .''1 s M .ii 0 4 , "'I v -i : - -ij ; 1. 1 1 1 V 1 I r -- . .-I "i He thinks that the tax should be
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