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JCDGE BENNETT.
North Carolina has sent no Repre
sentative to the Congress of the Uni
ted States since 'the war who has
made more reputation for genuine
ability than Judge R, -T. Bennett.
We say this deliberately, convinced
that it is strictly - true. . We have
gathered our information from his
speeches, from what correspondents
of newspapers have' said, and what
gentlemen have - told us who have
visited Washington. But not only
has Judge Bennett made an impres
sion for ability upon the House, but
he has shown : repeatedly.: that he is
conscientious,' open, courageous in
the discharge of what he conceives,
to be his duty. . He has spoken when
it required no little' physical courage
to do so. ; He has voted "solitary and
alone," to quote Mrv Benton, ! on
more " thau one occasion. ; ; He
has in an . eminent degree the cour
age of opinion, H He does not vote at
the crack of the whip. Like a frank,
bouest, brave man that he is he looks
straight at duty, and after examina
tion and reflection yields to convic
tion and obeys the voice of con
science. We regard him in the high
est sense a thoroughly honesV man,
whichmeans a great deal in its last
analysis. Alexander Popej : in the
Eighteenth century, was so impress
ed with the very great scarcity, of
honest men that he wrote the famous
line, . f
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"An honest man i is the noblest work of
God."
Judge Bennett has served two
terms in the Federal House; one
term as Representative at Largo and
another term as the Representative
of this District, the Sixth. He de-
- clined to be a candidate-; for renomi
nation. He has served the State
, faithfully. His votes, a far as we
now remember, have been more often
right thaa those of any other ma In
the House delegation frojaNorth
Carolina, from our o?r6 standings
point. He retirewith tiie respect
and esteem of party in the House
and in Iffth Carolina.
Adrian may pay his debts and give
very dishonest votes. A roan may
be very scrupulous in discriminating
between mine and thine and still be
insincere in his friendships, a gross
flatterer of men, a self-seeker' and
panderer. To7 be a.nhonest man in
the high eense means' principle in
every act. It means truth and jus
tice and candor and conscientiousness-
Such a man we take Judge
Bennett to be. He commands our
high regard and our sincere and best
wishes. :
1NEWBCLE. v '
According to the standard of the
New Bern Journal it is an imperti
nence for papers to refer to any local
matters save in their respective coun
ties. So when whites were hired out
to negroes in Jones county it was a
piece of impertinent intermeddling
on the part of the Democratic press
that so abundantly discussed that
outrage.' Did not the Journal take
a hand? It win be found difficult to
observe the rule ; of the New : Bern
paper, which probably does not ob
serve that which it ivonld apply to
-others. : ' ' ;y., ' 'H.y':''''A
Mr. C. C. Clark is either in favor
of County Government or he is not.
If be is not then he is not in har
mony with : the Democracy of all
Eastern Carolina, however much ; he
may be in harmony with the people
of Craven. If he is opposed, to
County Government :' then - upon a
teBt vote he might do incalculable in
jury to the twenty-six counties in
which the iiegroes dominate. The
Sta is not prepared, in its exercise
of the rights and privileges of legiti
mate journalism, to ' indorse any
movement that for aught that can
be foretold now may end in trouble.
The Stab will never intentionally
do Mr. Clark an injustice or dis
courtesy. He has a perfect right to
hold such views as he may choose,
and the Stab will never '. for a mo
ment Question ' that rieht. If he
should be inimical to County Govern
ment and one vote should be needed
- to save it, then it would go- if his
vote was relied upon.' Whether
other papers ' choose to regard the
matter as important or not' does not
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VOL. XVII.
ooncern us. We act conscientiously
in the matter, and because the Stab
is identified with the Eastern people
and what concerns their welfare con
cerns its welfare, it chooses to refer
to Mr. Clark and his nomination in
respectful terms. . .
The Journal seems to deny that it
intended .in - copying -the Craven
county proceedings in 1884, and di
recting them to the STAB,, to accuse
this paper of opposing Mr.! Clark be
cause he favored Maj. Hbghes. It
looked very much that way, and we
have no ; doubt that a thousand men
in a thousand would, have drawn the
same conclusion. . But ' we are done
with the Journal, reserving the right
to say. what think proper of the
County Government question and .its
oppoaers, without asking leave of our
mentor, .but always having an eye
single to truth,: fairness, and deco
rum. . I . - . -
, PRINCIPLES ANA PBACTICE. . .
- Some tirae ago the Chicago Inter
Ocean proposed to discuss with the
Stab what . was Democracy. As its
readers would not see what we said,
and the readers of the Stab would
not see what", the Republican paper
said, we did not think it necessary
to take up the glove.- .. j . ..
T We gave oi Friday morning what
appeared to us to be Republicanism
in 1886. , While the Democratic par
ty is not an unit, and in the South
where it is composed of the best ele
ments in the old Whig and Demo
oratio parties, there is a great contra
riety of opinion upon public meas
ures : and principles, this may be
said : that the - party does not hold
many of the principles of! the ; Re
publican party, .although jthere is a
segment or faction that may hold the
views of the Republicans on " one or
more vital questions. . j
The Democratic party, as such, has
committed itself to Civil Service Re
form. But it is apparent that in the
South at least there is a strong oppo
sition to it. We do not believe there
are five hundred Democrats in all
North Carolina who believe in their
hearts that it is right, fair and honest
to put a law in execution . When all of
the offices were in the Hands of a
great corrupt party, the tendency of
which law was to retain said officers
i i
in their places. We do not believe that
there are to be found a half thous
and genuine, simon-pure Democrats
in the State who intended in voting
for Mr. Cleveland to retain Republi
cans in office, who believe that it is
sensible! and right to run a Demo
cratic Administration with Republi
can official?, and who think that the
essence of all political Sagacity and
wisdom is condensed into the axiom
that to the defeated belong the offices
of the country.. But the'two parties
theoretically are together on Civil
Service.1
The .Democrats, as a
party, are
pledged to Tariff reform
and tax re
duclion. In this they
are
in open
and violent antagonism Jto the High
Protection Republican party,
While there are many newspapers
and tens of thousands of professed
Democrats who are with the monop
olists and money kings jin their war
upon silver, it is certain that a con
siderable majority of the party are
for a double standard, and stand by
silver. I j
The j : Democrats are sacredly
pledged to protect local j self-govern
ment and to resist the encroachments
of Strong Government, in this the
party is at war with the enemy. It
is not meant to be asserted that all
Democrats resist Federal invasion of
State rights - and Federkl intermed
dling in State aff air's, t This would
not be true, as the .Democratic votes
ef the present Congress: unmistaka
blv show. Remember the Blair bill
and the Oleomargarine bill ' What
ever theory : sucb Democrats may
profess to hold as to the Federal and
State Governments they show by
their votes that they !are one with
Republicans in practice
;;: The Democratic voters, as far as
we know, who are well informed in
political matters, do not believe that
Congress is a law unto itself and can
do what it proposes or prefers to do,
In this they do not sustain legislators
who act upon the principle that the
Congress is everything, and there is
no limit to its powers. L The Demo
cratic voters demand a strict, fair
interpretation' : of the Constitution,
always excepting Superintendents of
Public Instruction ! and school teach
ers who are" strong for "the old flag
and a big appropriation."
i The Democrats profess to require
a rigitl, strict econemy in the various
Departments of Government. - The
present Congress :; emphasized that
Diinoiple by increasing the publio
appropriations by! some $45,000,000,
Aro such . publio servants faithful ?
The people say they are by renomi
nating the most of them,
Another Democratic principle is
that there'shall be no taxation upon
'the people save only to meet the le
gitimate and necessary expenses o
the Government, and that all classes
shall be taxed alike. This is a needed
wise, just principle. But is it ever
carried out ? If so, when and how ?
Now.we believe, that such schemes
as the Hennepin Canal, the Blair bill.
the War Tariff, the Pension bills, the
gross extravaganoes of Congress, are
all violative of the Constitution and
are literally opposed to sound Demo
cratic principles and traditions. .The
Democratic party is a very vital par
ty in spite of obnoxious legislation,
Governmental abuses, false theories
and 'impracticable - measures. The
Louisville Courier-Journal makes a
correct statement when it avers: -! .'-'
"There is not a measure of general im-,
portance before Congress which does not
divide the so-called Democrats. The Blair
bill, approved by the Republican Senatorial
caucus, is m charge oi a nominal Democrat
in the House. A bill to reduce taxation,
approved by a Democratic committee, is
antagonized by prominent members of the
party and, its passage jeopardized. Demo
crats vote for and speak for nearly every
subsidy scheme before Congress.,. Demo
crats support the plant or establishing postal
savings banks, for a postal telegraph, for
appropriations, xor toe Jtunnepm canal, for
every measure-originating , in the lobby or
indorsed by the Republican caucus."
That any party ,can be so di,ted
in policy and " measures and yet be
vigorous and gamesome is very as
tonishing. The secret of this we be-
ieve to be this: there is an intellec
tual, honest, aggressive and yet con
servative and'powerf ul element in the
party that banks on principles and
that keeps the party from losing its
Bait and its virility. Let the gutta
percha constructionists have their
way and Congress will soon run ev
erything, ; and in the end run the
Government in , the : ground. Men
in the ooutu who are latitudma
rians are always playing .- into . the
hands ' of . the vast numbers . in
the North that hold to the doctrine
that this is a Nation and the war
changed everything. Let ' us stand
by Democratic principles and at eve
ry point antagonize Republicanism.
Let us maintain and shield the Con
stitution. At Charleston, S. C, on the 5th
mst., .Ed ward S. liengle was mobbed
because of a decision he madeas um
pire in a base ball - game. . lie was
saved from serious injury by the po
lice and the home club. ' -
Caring- Flea.
Figs are ripe. . They grow abundantly
and with little care in this section, but we
have never heard of any one succeeding in
curing them properly. Perhaps the follow
ing method, practiced by a noted fruit
grower in California, may lead to success:
"We pick most of the fruit by hand from
the tree when shriveled enough to show the
fruit Derfeeled. W thaa spread them out
to dry upon tables or boards, placed under
trees with a neavy ionago. so mat tneng
never comes under the direct rays of the
hot sun. The sun browns and prematurely
hardens the fig, evaporating much of the
richness within. . This is one of the points
which should ever be attended to. JSo sun-
dried figs can be compared to those dried in
the shade. When dried sufficiently to
toughen the skin, take a basket (having a
large boiler or other vessel full of scalding
water) and dip the basket or figs into this
water two or three times, until the figs are
well washed and softened. . But the figs
should never be dried to a hard condition,
as they never return to their original rich
ness, l ne ogs are men spread out upon
the tables under the trees until the water is
all drained and dried from the now rich
and lustrous looking figs. They look as if
they been blacked and polished. How la
the time to press them into boxes any
size desired. The boxes should be lined
with clean paper, so that they never touch
the wood."
New Hanover at the Fruit Fair.
The Fayetteville Hem says "it seems a
little queer that New Hanover county, with
her : low lying lands and corresponding
climate should eclipse the upper and hilly
counties; but it is true,: she beat them all.
even with Womble & Batcbelor'a 67 varie
ties from Wake. Capt Nobles, of Wil
mingtoneclipsed all his competitors with
his display of New Hanover grapes. There
were seventy varieties on the table and
some more in baskets underneath which
were'unopened."
We are informed, also, that Mr. Wm.
French, of this county, had the finest dis
play of White Princess grapes at the Fair,
but owing to a misunderstanding sent only
ten bunches, while it required twelve
bunches to take the prize.
The Baptist Church at Teaetaey'e.
A correspondent of the Stab, writing
from Teachey's,' Duplin county, N. C,
says that the laying of the corner-stone of
the new Baptist Church now being erected
there will take place on Thursday, the 19lh
inst. Rev. Dr. Pritchard, of Wilmington,
is expected to deliver - an address. The
Masonic Lodge at Teachey's will take part
in the ceremonies, and . all neighboring
Sunday schools are expected to attend.
A very interesting meeting of eight days
duration has just closed at the Baptist
Church in Teachey's. It was conducted by
Rev. R.'O. Sandlin, assisted by Rev. H.
M. Croom and Mr. Dodson, and added fif
teen to the roll of members
The Blee Crop.
A letter from a gentleman at George
town, S.C., says the rice crop in that section
has been damaged about twelve and a half
per cent, by the June freshets. In some
instances there has been .a total loss, but
taking the crop as a whole the damage will
not be above the estimate given. In the
Cape Fear section, from all that we can
learn, the crop was not materially injured
by the heavy rains, but no estimate can be
had of the percentage of loss. - .
The Fayetteville Convention Again.
Mr. R. S. White, chairman of the Bladen
delegation in the Judicial Convention of
the Seventh District, writes to the Stab to
correct the statement that the Bladen dele
gation withdrew from 'that Convention'.
Bladen declined to vote but maintained her
status In the Convention. Mr. Mclver
was not nominated, and it is due to him to
say, Mr. White adds, that he requested his
friends not to make a nomination.
' The British barque Jane Harvey, Capt.
Stevens, from Barhadoes, arrived in below
yesterday and anchored at the quarantine'
station.
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WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1886,
RIVER CRAFT. .
Vessel Wholly Engaged in Domestic
Traffic. -
Few people have any idea of the number
of steamboats, small schooners and other
craft, tributary, to the trade and commerce.
of Wilmington' and plying upon the waters
of the Cape Fear, ' Northeast and Black
rivers,' and along the coast to New River,
Shallotte, Little River, S. C. and other
places adjacent. The total number oi
craft of all descriptions engaged In this
localjtraffic and in river and harbor towage
is fortythree sixteen of .which are pro
pelled by steam. And if to these are added
the revenue cutter and the government
steamers engaged on river improvements
the total number is forty-eight. Not the
least among these craft are a number of
flat-boats that make regular trips between
this city and points in Pender,.' Bladen,
Brunswick, Sampson and Onslow counties.
and carry from two to four hundred barrels
of naval stores. ,
A carefully compiled statement of these
vessels and -boats, made by Capt. J, M.
Morrison, of the Produce Exchange, is as
follows: rf js ,
i Steamers ungated la: river -nd harbor
towage-Paasport. : Capt. , J. W . Harper;
Blanche, Capt, Jacobs; Italian, Capt. J. T.
Harper; Louise, Capt. Woodsides,(mail boat
to Smithville); Marie, Capt. Williams; Pet;
Capt. Taft; Dudine, Capt. Bowdoin.
River steamers to Fayetteville D. Mur-
chison, - Capt. Smith; Cape Fear,: Capt.
Green: A. P. Hurt, CSbt. RobinBon, J. C.
Stewart, Capt. Bagley- ;,'
Black River steamers Delta, Capt. Hub
bard; Lisbon, Capt Black; Excelsior, Capt
Burkhimer; Susie. Capt. Snell.
Flat' boats bringing naval stores Cadger
Larkins', from Long Creek, Pender; Ses-
som's, from Beatty'sBridge, Bladen; Mcln-
tire's, from Long Creek, Pender; Pound's,
from Town Creek, Brunswick; Lon John
son's, from Beatty's Bridge, Bladen; Little
ton's, from Town Creek, Brunswick; John
son & Son's, from Ingold, Sampson; Shaw
& Black's from Clear Run, Sampson; Her
ring & Peterson's, from Ingold,. Sampson;
Marshburn's, from Shaken, Onslow.
Schooners of less than seventy five tons.
E. Francis, from Little River; Snow
Storm, Little . River; Minnie Ward, New
River; Lorenzo.New River; William, Shal
lotte; Mary Wheeler, Calabash; Katie Ed
wards, New River; Argyle, Lockwood's
Folly; Stonewall, New River; . Gold Leaf,
New River; Fairfield, Smithville; Rosa,
New River ; Jo. H . Neff, Smithville ;
Maggie, New River; John Griffith, Orton,
Mary and .Ray, New River.
The Government vessels in port are the
Revenue Cutter Colfax and the steam tugs
Gen. Wright, Woodbury. Easlon and Ok
lahoma. '
Ancnat Meteors.
"About this time," as the almanacs say,
'look out" for meteors. The nery rain
that holds its anniversary on August 10th
never fails to fall. The Providence Jour
nal, & recognized authority, says:
''The August meteors consist of a swarm
of particles following Comet II, 1862, in its
orbit. The disintegrating process has been
carried on so long that the debris of
comet are nearly ereaiy-seaxierea lurougu
out the gigantic eclipse in which they wan
der. One extremity of the zone crosses the
earth's orbit and the other extends far be
yond Neptune. The earth encounters this
meteor zone on August iu and countless
meteors falling from the skies attest the fact
that the earth is then plunging full tilt
through the swarming atoms.
"Last year there was an unusually fine
show of the Persids, as they are called. It
is well to be on the watch for the coming
occasion, for such is the uncertainty of
operations in the comet family, that a grand
outburst is not impossible at anytime.
Therefore observers should diligently watch
the northeastern sky and the constellation
Perseus, the radiant point about which the
meteors Congregate. The earth will plunge,
into the meteor zone as surely as sue turns
upon her axis, and if the fiery shower is
unusually brilliant, observers will be on
hand to see the exhibition and count the
meteors as they fall. Only those that start
from Perseus are Persids. The sky is
aglow with other meteor streams, radiating
from other constellations, for more than a
million meteors, large enough to be visible
to tne naked eye on a dark, clear nignt. rail
from the sky every twenty-four hours."
BeslaeUon In the- Price of Stamped
envelopes. : v-
A new contract has recently been made,
at greatly reduced rates, for furnishing the
Postofflce Department with stamped en
velopes and newspaper wrappers for four
years commencing October 1, looo. A
corresponding reduction will, accordingly.
be made, to take effect on and after that
date, in the price of stamped envelopes is
sued for sale to the public. To more fully
meet the wants of the public, certain new
styles have been added to the list. Copies
of the new schedule of prices, with full in
formation and blank forms of requisition,
will be furnished to postmasters.
In order that the public, in purchasing
stamped envelopes, may everywhere and at
the same time have the benefit of the new
rates, postmasters are urged to . use every
effort to exhaust their present stock, and to
limit their requisitions pn , the Department
to cover actual requirements as to the close
of the present . quarter, as nearly as the
same can be estimated. -
River Improvements.
The fears of friends of our river improve
ments that the President would veto the
River and Harbor bill have been dispelled.
The bill was approved and "signed yester
'day. 7 The aggregate of the appropriations
is smaller than for several years.-: For
Cape Fear river the amount is in the neigh
borhood of two hundred thousand dollars.
It will be sufficient, at least, to continue
work on some of the more important im
provements now in progress, and to pre-
vent damatre that might ensue from neg
lect, to others that are under way;
Foreign Exports.
.Messrs. S. P. Shorter &Co.cleared the Bri
tish barque Lyra yesterday.for Fleetwood,
Eng.. with 8.777 barrels of rosin, valued
at $3,704.61.
Messrs. Northrop & Gumming cleared
the schooner Lamoine for Port Liberty,
Hayti, with a cargo of 170,386 feet of lum
ber and 150,000 shingles; valued at
142.48. "
Cotton Beeelpts.
The receipts of cotton the past week foot
up 18 . bales, against 1 bale the same
week last year an increase of 17 bales?
The receipts for the crop year up to andina
eluding Aug. 7th. 1886, foot up 101,485
bales, against 93,123 bales for the corres
ponding period last year an increase of
8,863 bales. ' ' ' ; ' .
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1FA SHIN O TON". -
Probability that the President will
Attend Kir. Tllden's Funeral Sea
sons for Sighing the Blver and Har
bor BUl-Tne Closing Hours of Con
gress.
I By Telegraph to the Morning Star.1 -"Washington,
August 5. The Senate in
executive session has confirmed the follow
ing nominations: Nathaniel H. R. Daw
son, of Alabama, to be Commissioner of
Education; Thos, C. Bach, to be Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana;
Alvee A. Dee, of the District of Columbia,
to be Second Assistant Secretary of State;
Jno, B. Moore, of Delaware, Third Assis
tant becretarv of State: K SDencer Pratt.
of Alabama, United States Minister Resi
dent and Consul General to Persia: Melmoth
C-Williams, of South Carolina, Agent for
Indians of Pueblo Agencv: Wm." Thos.
Smith, of Virginia, United States Attorney
for he Territory of New Mexico, v
! The President has. approved the River
and Harbor bill. . j -
In executive session today the Senate
took up, during its progress, the resolution
providing for final ed joumment, and hav
ing amended it by fixing the time at 4
o'clock this afternoon, adopted it. Messrs.
Edmunds and Harris were appointed a
committee to wait on the President and in
form him that: Congress was prepared to
Washington. August 5 It is Drobable
that the President and- several members of
the Cabinet will, attend the funeral of Mr.
Tilden. r ?v ' ' . ; : - ' ,'- - : .- .-
To an Associated Press reporter the Pre
sident said this morning that an examina
tion of the River and Harbor bill. Jn the
light of facta presented to him by General
Newton, Chief of Engineers of the Army,
and General Park, of the Engineer Corps,
with whom the President conferred on the
subject, had convinced him that on the
whole the interests of the government de
manded iu approval. General Newton,
whose knowledge of the conditions of the
present works and the necessities for the
future was based on reports made to him
bj the Engineer Corps of the Army, assured
the President that of the items in the bill
all but eighteen in number, comprising less
than one per cent,, of the amount appro
priated, were meritorious beyond question,
and,' while he in no manner condemned
those, be was unable to give a positive
opinion because of lack of complete infor
mation concerning tnem. The President
made as thorough an examination of these
items as possible, and although with such
reports as were at hand he had been unable
to absolutely satisfy himself as to their
character, he found that all seemed to be
for the continuation of work already begun
aad now in course of ; construction. The
President said he had gone over the bill as
fatly as the data at hand and the time per -
milted him tor mat purpose allowed, and
while some of its provisions hot included in
the items above mentioned were probably
objectionable, he was satisfied that most of
tie improvements provided, for, were ot
great importance, and he had found that
me loss which would ensue to the Govern
ment! from the deterioration of . existing
works in the case of further stoppage,
would be very serious, and that the amount
of money, estimated by the War Depart
ment at not less than ; half a million dol
lars, which would be.; required to protect
and preserve work begun and in progress,
upon which many millions have already
been expended, would In case of failure to
continue it now, exceed by about four hun
dred thousand dollars the amount appro
priated in the bill, which in the judgment
of the government's engineers may be unne
cessary.! The bill is smaller than that for
any like period in several years. The ap
propriation for the period ending in 1883
was $18,088,875; that for the period end
ing in 1885, $14,948 800 and this for the
period ending in 1887 (is $14,473,900.
The south, wing or the Capitol was uuu-
sallrHMt during the day. The. attend
ance was small and the crowd that in past
years filled the'galleries during the closing
nours or tire session was absent: It was
observed that when the message was re
ceived announcing that the President had
approved tne Kiver and Harbor bill there
was an exodus of members from the floor.
and those who remained spent the time in
exchange of pleasantries and farewell greet
ings, fronting oy the experience of past
years, the opeaKer notified the keeper of
the House restaurant early in the day that
the sale of intoxicating liquors would not be
permitted, so thirsty members and visitors
to the House satisfied their thirst with
lemonade and other mild beverages. The
object of leading Senators throughout the
day was to prevent any questionable legis
lation, and the plan resorted to for that
purpose was in the first place to interpose
objections to requests for unanimous con
sent, and in the second place to suspend
business by taking a recess. - Outside of
the passage of a couple of bills removing
political disabilitits, and a: bill to relieve
some Michigan soldieis from the disgrace of
dishonorable discharges, no business was
done. There were one or two fruitless efforts
to get in a resolution for extra pay for Con
gressional employes. When Mr. Edmunds
was about to start for the White House in
company with Mr. Harris and the House
committee,' he enlomed on a few senators
to object to everything in his absence; and
his injunction was faithfully observed. The
only tendency to an unpleasant manifesta
tion in the closing hour of the session was
Mr. Riddleberger s objection to the usual
resolution of thanks to the presiding officer;
but Mr. Hawley, who was in the chair,
stretched a point and declared the resolu
tion adopted unanimously, : in total disre
gard of Riddleberger 's demand that there
must oe a quorum voting. . There were
probably not more than thirty Senators
present at any one time during the day and
the galleries were just as sitmiy occupied
as the noor was. - . , ,
Washington, August 6. The President
will leave Washington this evening for
New York to attend the funeral of Mr. Til
den to morrow. Acting Secretary Fair-
child and a number of other officials will
attend the funeral.
The record of the present Congress fills
8,630 printed pages, not including indexes
and appendix. This exceeds by about
1,600 pages the record of any . preceding
session ef Congress.
The following are the principal nomina
tions sent to the Senate which remain un
acted upon: Dabney H. Maury, to be En
voy Extraordinary to Colombia; John C.
Shields, Chief Justice of Arizona (his sec
ond nomination); Wm. G. Langford, Asso
ciate Justice of Washington Territory; U.
W. Julian, Surveyor General, New Mex
ico: Peter if. Cogbill, Collector of Customs
at Petersburg. Va. : T. W. Scott. U. a
Marshal for the Eastern District of Virgi
nia; Postmasters: O. D. , Deer. Roanoke,
Va.: T. B. Govonar, St. Augustine, Fla.;
W. Groome, Vicksburg. Miss. ; M. Glen-
nan, Norfolk, Va. ; F. A. Ross, Tuscaloosa,
Washington. Aug. 7. The following
order was issued at the War Department
to-dav: Bv direction of the President Fitz
John Porter, having been appointed Col
onel in the army under the provisions oi an
act of Congress anoroved July 1. 1886, is
hereby placed on the retired list of the ar
my in that grade as of this date. - in pur
suance of authority conferred by said act,
and at his own request. ;
GEORGIA.
l Shut-Down Threatened In
Every
' Mill in Ancnsta.
By Telegraph to the Xorninjr Btar.
Augusta, August 7. Operatives in the
mills in Augusta. " on going to work this
morning found posted notices that if the
strike at the Augusta factory was not end
ed: and if the operatives did not go to work
on Monday, eveiy mill in Augusta would
be shut down. These notices were signed
bv mill Presidents, organized for protec
tion againBt the Knightsof - Labor. This
order does not include the Graniteville
mill, though the latter mill belongs to the
Mill Association. The .Augusta factory
operatives have been onva strike four
weeks, with no prospect of a settlement, it
is not now known what action the Knights
of Labor will take. "" ' , ;
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THE DEAD STATESMAN. '
Arransements for the Fnneral of Hon.
Samuel J. Tilden on Saturday Next
The Pall-Bearers, &u
YONXSBS. N. Y.. August 5 Grevstone
is thronged this morning . with friends of
the dead statesman. Last night the body
was embalmed. It now lies, on a catafalaue
in the southwest corner of the second storv
of the building. , The parlor is being heavi
ly draped with mourning. The . funeral
services will be held at Greystone on Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock, after which the
remains will be taken to New Lebanon,
Columbia county, for burial. The offlcia :
ling clergy and pall-bearers have not yet
been definitely decided upon. , The1 under
taker informs -the Yonkers Statesman that
the remains will appear in f full dress, and
to-morrow they will be placed in a double
casket, now being made for the purpose.
The outside casket will be of Spanish red
cedar." covered with black k silk plush.
The inside casket will - be of . copper,
lined with tufted satin, with full length
glass cover; lid of cedar. : The casket will
be lined full length, the inside being tufted
satin. The bandies and mountings will be
of solid silver, oxidized. On the outside
lid will be a solid silver plate bearing the
simple inscription, "Samuel J. Tilden.". -At
New Lebanon the casket will be
placed in a self-locking water and burglar
proof steel grave vault,, which will be in
cased in a marble grave vault. . . , :
Among the names mentioned to serve as
pall-bearers are Charlies A. Dana. J. H.
Reed. "Smith M. WeedJ Hon.' Samuel J
Randall, Hon. John Bigelow. Andrew H.
Green, President Cleveland and Gov. HilL
The funeral car will' ' be a square glass
hearse, with drapings entirely removed.
The casket at the fnneral will be bandied
by employees of the deceased, among whom
will be the Butler, - Gilbert, ; Coachman,
Denis O'Hara, Valet.Louis Johannesen.and
Captain Healy, of the yacht Viking. It is
not decided yet what clergyman will offi
ciate at the funeral. . . J .
New Yoke, August 6. The casket in
which the remains of Samuel J. Tilden are
to be placed will not be finished until this
evening. Meanwhile the body will remain
in the temporary bier upon which it was
placed yesterday. As soon as nnisned tne
burial casket will be taken to Greystone,
and the body, which has been embalmed
and dressed for the grave, will be placed in
it. The pall-bearers have not all been
chosen, and the list will not be positively
announced until some time this afternoon .
There have been no changes made in the
funeral programme as announced yester
day. Proposition have been submitted to
the relatives to allow the body to lie in state
in the City Hall, to give the public an -opportunity
to view the remains, but consent
has so far been withheld, and there is no
probability that such an arrangement will
be entertained . Capt. Mongin has placed
an extra guard of police around the man
sion to keep the curious at a respectful dis
tance, and only the friends and acquaint
ances of tho family are, : at tbe request of
the family, permitted to enter the house of
the dead. t -
Yonkebs, N. Y., 'August 7 The day
opened with heavy damp, clouds brooding
over ureystone, wnere tne oooy or tne
dead statesman, was lying, in its funeral
robes awaiting burial. In this city the
public buildings were closed, and emblems
of mourning were : displayed on almost
every bouse. The early trains orougnt
large crowds to attend tne obsequies, and
the roads Reading to the late home of the
deceased were thronged j with mourners,
among whom were many notable citizens.
Long before the services were begun the
house and spacious grounds of Greystone
were filled to overflowing.
Early in the morning the casket arrived
and the body was reverently placed therein.
and removed from the room in the second
story in which it was first placed, to the
Blue Room on the first floor. -..This was
not accomplished until 8 o'clock, - and It
was not until that hour that tne general
public wet admitted to the mansion. - The
remains were placed on a catafalque in the
centre of the room. . rue drapery ot tne
catafalque was black crape and cashmere,
and the entire room was draped in sable. Zm
By this time the friends or tne iamuy
had begun to arrive. The first train from
New York to bring any number was 705,
but from that lime on the people came by
scores. Among the first to arrive at the
house were Gen. Alex. Hamilton, Charles
A. Dana, Daniel Magon, John B. Trever,
ex-Secretary William H. Barnum, Samuel
iiandall, Treasurer Jordan, ex uoiiector
Murphy, and ex-Assemblymen Morrow
Rev. H. Green received them all and ush
ered them into the parlor. When the peo
ple generally were admitted to view tha re
mains, they entered the east door, passed
through the first parlor on the right to the
Blue Room, and thence through the hall to
the west or rear entrance.
The body was seen to be attiiefl in a full
dress suit,- with a white pink in a button
hole; a white tie surrounded a standing
collar. The right hand was crossed over
the breast, and the head lay partly on the
right side. The features, while showing
some emaciation, did not suggest that the
dead man had undergone any extended or
considerable physical Buffering. '
Among those who passed , in the long
line to take a last look at the remains were
Surveyor Beattie. Algernon S. Sullivan,
Congressman Leferre, of Ohio; Congress
man Staplicker, of this district; E. O. Pe-
rin. Clerk of the Corurt of Appeals; Park
Commissioner JohnD. Cummins, John D.
Trapsogen, John Bigelow, Smith MWeed,
Dr. George L. Miller, of the Omaha lie-
publican; William Allen Bunter. Dr. Chas.
E. Simmons and Vol. johno. K eliows. '
There were only two floral pieces on the
coffin. A boquet of calls lilies and white
roses lay near the head of the casket, and at
the foot was placed a shear, oi paim unaer
smilax and Victoria Regina. All of the
flowers came from Mr. Tilden's hot house.
The Victoria Regina came from a plant, of
which there are but three in America.
Bv 9 o'clock several hundred persons of
both sexes, white and black, Christian and
Jew, rich - and poor, had viewed the re
mains. . -;. v -
The pall-bearers were Samuel J. Ran
dall, John Bigelow, Daniel Manning, Smith
M. Weed, Charles A. liana, ui. ueo. Jj.
Miller. William Allen Bunter, Daniel
Magon, J. B. Trevor, Dr. Charles E.
Simmons and Aaron J. VanderpeeL
- The first formal delegation to arrive was
from the Jeffersonian Club of Newark, N.
J. 8oon after - them Mayor Bell, of
Yonkers, and the Yonkers Aldermen passed
through, and then the ten servants, five
men and five women, paid their last tribute.
The women, without exception, shed tears
as they gazed for the last time upon their
late master. : ,
. At 9.40 o'clock - Piesident Cleveland
reached the mansion. He was accom
panied by Secretary of War Endicott, and
Private Secretary Lamont. George W.
Smith, Mr. Tilden's Private Secretary, took
the President's arm and found a place in
the line of citizens..:, Secretary , Endicott
followed, with Mr. Lamont. On reaching
the head of the biec the President stopped
a moment or two and took an earnest look
at the face of the dead, passed on to the
hall, and was escorted to where the family
were assembled up stairs; so also were
Secretaries Endicott and Lamont. - -
Ten minutes later the pall-bearere de
scended the broad stair-case in the centre
of the house that led directly to the room
where the remains were. Secretary Man
ning, leaning on the arm of John Bigelow.
led the pall-bearers. Mr. Manning seemed
rather feeble, his steps being by no means
sure, and as he came down stairs Mr. Bige
low's assistance was by no means unneces
sary. Delegations frdm the various bodies
followed the pall-bearers and took seats in
the Blue Room ad joining the parlors. These
were from the Bar Association, headed by
Hon. William M. Evarts; New York Board
of Aldermen, Tammany Hall, Irving Hall,
County Democracy.and several other organ
izations. President Cleveland entered the
room with Secretary Endicott, Secretary
Whitney and Mr. Lamont following. Next
came the members . of : the , family, Mr.
Tilden's nephews and nieces.
YomcBBS,' Aug. 7.' Governor Hill ar
rived just as the funeral - ceremonies were
beginning. He was seated next to Mayor
Grace. Hundreds of people collected in
the hall on the other side of the black
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drapery that hung in front of tbe blue
room, blocked up the entire passage and
extended out on the 'porches and grounds
in front and at the rear of the house. Then
Rev. Dr.. Wm. J. Tucker, who bad come
from Andover, Mass., to perform the cere
monies, read the funeral prayer of the
Presbyterian Church. " The choir of Madi
son Avenue Presbyterian church, which
had taken up a position at the front of the
main staircase, sang. '-Abide with Me,"
Rev. Dr. Tucker next delivered a short ad
dress on the personal qualities of the de
ceased. The reverend gentleman spoke
with 'great ' feeling, ; that several times
evinced itself in choking his utterances
He said he would not undertake to speak
of Mr. -Tilden's public life and great public
qualities. The press had done that, with
judgment-and amplitude; but he could not
help thinking of and referring to Mr. Til
den's generous hospitality. None who had
partaken of it would fail to appreciate it.
Dr. Tucker continued: "A friend wrote to
me not long ago, referring to the death of
an eminent physician, that nothing was so
plain in an attempt to give the meaning
of death as that we suddenly fail to commu
nicate with those who have been all in all
to us. Death is a withdrawal of affection
and love in the time that we need it. It is
an irreparable waste? The great mind can
not be replaced; what: the mind, grasped,
the books from which it learned, and the
facts embraced, will remain; but the pro
cess of reasoning, the -power to foresee and
appreciate ie gone. It is like the destruc
tion of a fine library or the loss of a pre
cious jewel. - Few men have been of such
greatness of mind in this generation as our
deceased brother. Whether he considered
men or plans, he was always wise, sagacious
and honorable: whom all loved to listen to
and to honor. There was a fine construc
tiveness of ideas in his reasoning that made
his great mind. The great light is gone
out, : That is4he meaning of death some
thing is wasted. Doth death mean any
more than an interruption of his communi
cation with us ? No, according to his sim
ple faith, this mortal must put on immor
tality. There are obligations to live again
as there are to die. He was a simple, broad,
clear, believer in our faith. In that faith
we surrender our death. Eternal is the
refuge.' :, . . . ..
' After the address. Miss Antonio Henn
sang very effectively "One Sweetly Solemn
Thought," and Dr. Tucker made another
brief speech. The choir sang'Beyond the
Smiling and the Weeping," and the casket
was closed. ;
r The body was borne out to the liearsi at
10.50 o'clock and carried to the train for
New Lebanon. The President, Governor,
"Mayor, Cabinet officers and delegations
followed with the pall bearers in twenty
five carriages. As the casket was borne
through the marble floored hall, the choir
sang "Rock of Ages." Eight of Mr. Til
den's employes carried the body.'; Among
them were the captain of the yacht Viking,
the gardener, valet. . and coachman
of the dead statesman. The Presi
dent and his secretary. Governor
HilL Mayr Grace and the delegations
followed the . casket in carriages, but
neither boarded the funeral train. Along
the three-mile route to Yonkers the sides
of the road were alive with people. Just
as the cortege started from the house a
brisk rain set in, but that did not drive the
spectators from the paths. Many sought
shelter under trees and awnings, some
raised umbrellas, and some remained un
covered. When the hearse passed between
the' crowds hats were raised and other
signs of respect were continuously shon.
When the depot was reached, the members
of the family Misses Tilden, Miss Gould,
Messrs- Tilden and Charles F. Macklia,
with their intimate friends, Rev. Dr.
Tucker and several of the delegation en
tered the cars. . .
' The train left Yonke: s at 11 15, three
minutes behind time. ; v
It is unsettled whether or. not the will
will be read to-Bight"" It is rumored, how
ever, that it will be read at the old family
homestead at New Lebanon, v ;
s Among the eminent persons present at
the funeral not named above were Con
gressmen Merrimon, Hewitt and Campbell,
Major tteneral Schofleld, u. 8. A., com -mandant
of the Atlantic Station-, Commo
dore Chandler of : Brooklyn Navy Yard;
ex-Congressman Roswell P. Flower, Jos.
Pulitzer, Waldo Hutchins, William Pur
eel, of Rochester; Justice Charles J.
O'Bonohue, of the Supreme Court; James
Gallagher, chairman of the Connecticut
State Democratic Committee; Assistant
Treasurer Charles J. Canda. M. J. Fryar,
Superintendent : of the Washington Post-,
office building; State Comptroller A. C.
Chapin, State Bank Superintendent Max
well, W. A. JSostis, or ttov. tail s stauT;
ex-Senator Charles H. Hughes, and Clif
ford N. Bartlett, and Gen. James D. Pear
sail, formerly of the Governor's staff.
NORTH CAROLINA.
BIsJ. John tV. Graham Nominated for
: ; Congress In the Fourth" District.
Raleigh, August 6. In the Eighth
District Democratic Convention, Hon.
William H. H. Cowles, present Congress
man, was nominated without opposition,
The Congressional Convention of the
Fourth District began here yesterday, anil
remained in session until 2.80 a. m. with-.
out result. At this morning's session, on
the 198th ballot. Gen. W. R. Cox, present
member, withdrew his name from the Con
vention, saying he had principles to vindi
cate, and that he would not change a single
vote nor appointment made during his' six
years in Congress. The fight was made on
Gen. Cox chiefly on his Civil Service re
cord. His withdrawal leaves the Conven
tion about equally divided between Messrs.
Bunn. Cooke and Graham, with no present
prospect of a nomination. Mr. Strudwick,
in nominating Mr. Graham, said public of
fice was a public trust, but that the trus
tees must be Democrats, not Republicans,
friends, not enemies, to the proper admin
istration oi the trust.
Raleigh, August 6. The Democratic
Convention for the Fourth Congressional
District to-day nominated maj. John w.
ttranam, o: orange county, lor uongress,
on the two hundred and eleventh ballot.
The nomination was reached after all the
candidates W. R. Cox, B. H. Bunn and
C. M. Cooke had withdrawn. Mai. Gra
ham was then chosen by acclamation. He
is the next eldest sob of the late Hon. Wm.
A. Graham, who was Secretary of the Na
vy under President Fillmore. , : C"
Ratrisk. Ans. 7. Gov. Scales : to-dav
commuted the death sentence of William
Gooch ' and James Smith, of Raleigh, to
imprisonment for twenty years. They
were under sentence to e hanged Septem
ber loth for the murder of John A. Chea
tham, of this city.
SO UTH CAROLINA.
The - Democratic state Convention
Completion of the Ticket The Plat-
. form, dee.
Coltjkbia, August 5. The Democratic
State Convention to-day nominated j. tx.
Rice of Abbeville, for Superintendent of
Education; Isaac S. Bamberg, of Barnwell,
for Treasurer: Joseph H. Earl, of Sumter,
for Attorney General; A. M. Marrigault, of
Charleston, for Adjutant uenerai. ana w.
E. Stonev. of Berkeley, for Comptroller.
The ticket includes three of the present of
ficials, Richardson,: the Btate Treasurer,
rettinc the nomination for Governor.
and the nominees for Comptroller and Ad
jutant General being incumbents. The
Committee on Platform omitted the civil
service plank, but the- Convention by a
large majority restored it, reiterating their
confidence in civil service reform. The
Convention the adjourned tine die.
VIRGINIA.
The
Concessional Convention
at
Alexandria still Ballotlntv
IBr Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Alexandbia. August 7, The Jonven
tion has been balloting all day, but arrived
at no conclusion . One hundred .and four
ballots have been taken ; Foster leading on
the last three. - But this is not considered
Indicative. , I
; Habmbonbuko, August ! 7. William
Fin chum, fratricide, was to-day sentenced
to be banged JMOvemoer oin.
; Spirits Turpentine.
- Roxboro News: It is interest-' -ing
and amusing to be near a crowd of
farmers and hear the great divereitv of
opinion about the crops and the wet we'ath
er. Some are quite hopeful, some despon
dent, some don't care. ; Wm. Carver, "
who lives four miles from Roxboro, sold a '
lot of tobacco on Wednesday at Henderson ".
at : $30, 83, 45, 47, 50, 55, 69, 75 -aver-
aging for -his five best grades, including -smoking
lugs, $58 87. - r.i.v ,r. ,
s , - Goldsboro Argua:. About noon
yesterday a two-horse team from Mr. Geo.
D. Bennett's stables,' drawing a wagon,: :
took fright and ran away down West Gen .
Ire street. The colored driver, after stren- -uoualy
endeavoring to control the frantic
animals, was thrown from the7 wagon In
front of Mr. Einstein's store and painfully V
injured about the head and shoulders. ; A. -
few more seconds brought the flying ani
mals in front of the Messenger building and.
in contact : with the mule and cart of a
countryman, Mr. Jas. T. Smith, an old and '
estimable gentleman, living ; out beyond. .
Scoltsville, about four, miles north of the
city. Mr. Smith was seated on his cart at
the time, and was hurled headlong beneath
the feet and wheels of the runaway, sus
taining injuries about the head ' and body
that rendered him senseless for the time be
ing, and which, it Js ; feared, will prove
fatal. .-it k" -,r sf a
Raleigh News- Observer: The- -
Ridgeway grapes sent to Northern markets
in July were 109,664 pounds, and about ;
20,000 pounds Monday.' August 2d, since '
which time there has been no report.
Mr. James Q. Holt, a wost worthy gentle
man, died at his residence, 227 North Daw- '
son street, in this city, yesterday afternoon
at 4:15 o'clock. Hr. Holt has for a long
time been engineer at the North Carolina".1
institution for the deaf and dumb and the - -blind,
where, being a mute, he received his
education. The number of white -
children attending school in this State, ac
cording to the last report of the Superin' '
tenaent or. instruction, was -167,000, the
average attendance being 104.000. Th
entire number of white children was 814,- '"" -"
000. From this it appears that about fifty -per
cent of.the white children in the State .
did not attend -the. public schools in that
year; while the average . attendance was
only about thirty-three percent.
Oxford Torchhaht: There is no-
doubt about the growing tobacco being;
much injured. . The : farmers complain -
greatly. It is only now and then you hear ,
of a good crop.' Tobacco is not as "
much injured by rain as in the southern -half
of the. county. The prospects for a
large corn crop are very bright. The man -
who runs for an office in onoosition to the -
regular nominee of his party leans much
further than half way to the other side.
He who is not for the Democratic party is -unquestionably
against it. An elder
ly white farmer, Mr. Green Williams, met "
with a violent death about two miles from
Oxford last Sunday morning. He left his
residence with a rope in his hands to secure
a bull which was grazing in a - neighboring '
neid. - not returning in several hours two
or three members of his family went in
search of himj and found him stretched on
the ground lifeless, terribly mutilated and
his clothes torn into shreds. : The savage
bull had horned and trampled him to death . -Some
ribs wre broken ana there were many
wounds on his head and body. ;
- Raleigh News- Observer ; Yes
terday, in a big, white-topped wagon, Mr.
w. A, Jjineoerry, or muuljick, Chatham
county, drove into the city. ' : His load was
of good, home-made pottery, fat jugs arid
plump jars of North Carolina clay. He
says he has beep in the business five or six "
years and that bis annual product is about
8,000 gallons., That's the way makers of "
this ware express it. - - The Republican '
convention of Warren county has instructed "
for Young lor Uongress, Cook lor State
Senate, devided between White, (colored),
of New Bern, and Winston, of Bertie, : for
Solicitor. Sheriff Fitts, the present mcum- '
bent, was renominated, - Yesterday,1"
at Tarboro, there were two Republican;
conventions of Edgecombe county. One
nominated Cobb for Sheriff, Spragging for
Register. Edwards fur Clerk, Killibrew for
Treasurer. Tbe other "ticket was for Cobb
for Sheriff, Hines for Clerk, Meech 'for
Register, Killibrew for Treasurer, and is
instructed for Frank Winston for Solicitor.
Dusham. N. C. August 4. In the
Democratic Judicial Convention held here -to-day
Mr. J. A. Long was nominated for
solicitor on the iourtu oauot. The nrst
ballot resulted fh 91 votes for Long, 93 for
Winston. 80 for Terry. 26 for Boone. 50 for
Forbis, &c. There were 303 votes and 152
were required to elect. At the fifth ballot
all had been dropped save Winston and
Long. On that ballot the vote stood : Win-
ston 151 10 37. Long 151 27-87. Lex-
rueTOif, N. C, August 4. Hon. W. J. -:
Montgomery was nominated for Judge of
the Eighth District by the Democratic
Convention here to-day without opposi
tion. Mr. B. F. Long received 133 votes .:
and Mr. J. A. Mauney 132 for Solicitor. '
Charlotte. Observer: Mr. J. C. ¬
Dobbins, an employe on the Richmond &
Danville Railroad Company, - was ru n over
by an engine and instantly killed al Seneca,
on the Air Line division. The failure
of Messrs. William ' J. Hooper & Son of "
Baltimore, owners of the Mt Island Cotton"
Mills on the Catawba, has naturally created
a good deal of interest among -our people,
and the particulars have been anxiously
awaited. Saturday afternoon, on the "
bill to prevent aliens from holding govern
ment lands. Judge Bennett sooke for ten
' minutes in opposition and offered an amend
ment He quoted John Randolph. John
Marshall and Caleb Cushing. The speech '
elicited interest on the floor and galleries.
- Monday the new iron bridge over First. -
Broad river, on the extension of the Caro
lina Central Road, was Completed, and an '
engine was run across it This bridge is
located two miles west of Shelby, and is a
magnificent and costly structure. : It is:
seventy-five feet above the water, and
about 800 feet in length. The next bridge '
on the extension is that over Bushy creek.;
four miles west of Shelby, and this bridge,
also a fine iron structure, will be crossed
within two weeks. The rail on the ex ten
sion of the road to Rutherfordton has al
ready been laid from Shelby to a point be- -'
yond the First Broad Bridge, and the
Brushy Creek Bridge will be reached by
the cars before the 10th of - August. The
work of extending the Carolina Central is -1
progressing rapidly, and by frost the cars
will be running between Charlotte and Ru
therfordton. The report oi Dr. r.
Scarr, keeper of Elmwood Cemetery for
the month of July, shows that during that
month there were thirteen deaths among
the white population of the city, and twenty-four
deaths among the colored popula
tion, making a total of thirty-seven deaths,
in Charlotte during the month.
Raleigh News-Observer: ? A
telegram from Hinton, West Virginia, says
that Wednesday Mai. H. M. Miller, form
erly of this city, shot a man, wounding'
him seriously, particulars nave not been
received. At Beidsville last Saturday,
as Mr. John Hazell and a Miss Norman, of .
Baltimore, were taking a drive their horses
became frightened and dashed away at a 7
furious rate, and in turning a corner the .
buggy was thrown violently against the
sidewalk and both occupants pitched out .
Mr. Hazell escaped without any serious in
jury, but theoung lady, was it is feared ,
seriously injured. Yesterday H. A.
London, .Esq., resident oi tne nttsDoro .,
Railroad Company, together with a party ,
of delegates from Pittsboro to the Congres
sional Convention, made the first trip over , .
that road, so far as it is completed, through .-
the courtesy of Capt William Smith, Su-
Ejrintendent of the Raleigh & Augusta Air -'
ine. The road-bed was found to be in
fine condition. " - Fayetteville, Au
gust 5. The fair to-day was largely at
tended and was said by the officials to
be - the best ; exhibit - yet v made. : The -receipts
have . been over $400. The , .
premiums were - all; ' paid In cash. "
Lehoib, N. C, Aug. 5. CoL Cowles
was nominated on the first ballot by the .
Democratic Congressional Convention, held "
here to-day. a: When . Judge Phillips
left here last week: he left with the Clerk :
of the Superior Court a sealed order. He ,
considered that he had improperly granted
Miller an appeal. The sealed order was to
be opened when Miller returned to the city. "
He did so Wednesday evening. He was
arrested upon a capias by a deputy sheriff,
and yesterday was lodged in jail, this be
ing in accordance with the order. - He was i -committed
to serve the thirty days to
which he was sentenced,- to remain there
until he pays the $2,000 fine and costs, the
latter aggregating : about $75.: Miller's
counsel say they intend to apply for a writ
of habeas corpus upon the ground that the -Judge
had no power in the absence of the
defendant to strike out the order granting -theaappeaL
, . . .
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