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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
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' FobConobbss ih Sixth District, .
-y ALPHBD ROWLAND, .
OfEobeson.
' Foe Jiroai Webiob Cothm Sixth District,
. EDWIN T..BOTKIN,
'. Of Sampson.
Fob Solicitor,
oliver e. allen, ...
Of Duplin.
- Stati Tickht ron Stthbiob Cootit Jcdses :
3d District H. G. CONNOK.
4th
6th
8th
10th
12th
WALTER CLARK.
KDWTN T. BOYKTN.
W. J. MONTGOMERY.
ALPHQNSO C AVERY.
JAMES H. MEBBIMON.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT. ,
A personal ' and political friend
kindly furnishes us with a copy of
the letter of Mr. Charles C.Clark, of
New Bern, to the Craven Democracy.
It was in June,' 1882, an4 not in 1884,
as we supposed. The Stab is charged
with misrepresenting him. -The Stab
said he j. Wrote against County Gov
ernment. If in the letter, a part of
which we copy to-day, he does not
refer to County Government we
would like for him to inform the pub
lic to what he .did refer. He speaks
of something that "a large portion"
of the counties in his District favor
ed. What could it have been in 1882.
if not the much discussed and much
denounced County Goverment? The
Radicals made opposition to it an
issue. Mr. Clark said "a large por
tion" of his District favored a policy
or measure "which I (h)e) firmly be
lieved to be utterly subversive of the
fundamental principle of republican
institutions." . He declares that "no
i - i 15 . i . i
ICblOlll LlWil . Ulan glfvo vuo luiuvuvj
control "can ever find an advocate or
an apologist in me (him) ." He dclares
that he "would entertain " the most
supreme contempt for any man who
would conceal his opinions, or dis
guise $fais opinions, - or . compromise
bis opiniona from mercenary motives
or from sordid and corrupt consider
ations." He declines, therefore, to
allow his name to be brought before
a Democratic State Convention, as a
candidate for Congressman-at-Large.
If it was not County Government to
which Mr. Clark was referring all
through his letter then most of his
Democratic readers must have been
misled, the very thing he did not de
sire as he most clearly, intimates.
We' believe he did. refer to
County Government and nothing
else and that it was bo understood
by the public press, and we have no
doubt by the people of his District
and county. -
The letter is a manly production
open, frank, emphatic, and worthy of
the able and excellent gentleman
who penned it. The Stab can never
censure a man for an honest, cleanup
right declaration of opinion however
much it may believe it is a mistaken
opinion. The - Stab repeats again
that it has - the greatest respect for
Mr. Clark, and while it honors him
for his candor and independence in
consistently maintaining his views it
cannot see how in 1886, he can be the
right man for a State Legislator for
the Democarata if he thought him'
self not the right man to be a Repre
sentative-at-Large of the Democratic
party in the Federal Congress in
1882,- unless Tiis views have under
gone a radical change of which the
Stab has had no information or in
The Stab has given the matter far
more attention than it either pro
posed or desired, and it does not ex
pect to again trouble its readers by
any consideration, of Mr. Clark's
views. County Government may
again become a very important ques
tion in the canvass and before the
Legislature of 1887. If necessary we
shall discuss the question, upon its
merits. - k '
THE
APPOINTMENT
THEWS.
OF MAT-'
The action of the President in re
appointing Matthews as Recorder of
Deeds in the District of Columbia is
commended by most Democratic and
Mugwump papers, while the Repub
lican sheets have only censure. The
selection of Matthews, a eolored man
from out of the District caused great
complaint among the Washington
Democrats and justly. 4 They said
that some good Democrat who had
been living there so long nnder Rad
ical domination and Fred Douglass
assumption and miscegenation ought
to have had the nice fat berth.- This
was surely a very reasonable and nat
ural demand. But Mr. Cleveland
thought otherwise. He went away
and got a colored man to succeed the
old Douglass, an old insrate we once
heard abuse his acknowledged beBt
mend, Horace Greeley, in a publ
speech.- -, ;-y -::r,:-:-,
But the f 'colored man and brother7,
said to be worthy and intelligent.
did not suit the Republican Senators,
who have kept in power chiefly by
using and blowing over the tipob
of the country, and bo they rejected
his nomination, 'rue wmg-
no sooner adjourned and Hoar and
Edmunds and Dawes and - the other
extreme men, who glory in hating
the South that has no admiration for
them, had taken their way homeward
than the President issued a commis
sion to the rejected Matthews and
much to the disgust of the hypocriti
cal friends of the colored voters.
They could not stand a colored Dem
ocrat. ; But Mr. Cleveland can, and
the Democratic part will be well
satisfied with -his course under
the circumstances. We do not
undertake to V give an opinion
as to whether or no the ground taken
by the Republicans is tenable.
For instance, 1 the Philadelphia
American, edited by Prof. Thomp
son, of the University of Penusylva
nia,says of the action of the President:
"This in accordance with the letter; of
the Co'nslifuti n and the ttaiutes," but it is
in clear defiance of their spirit. Both the
Constitution and the laws make the Senate
the legal advisers of the President in the
matter of filling important offices, 'yyyyyy
We have not examined into the
matter, but we suppose the President
had, and that he acted under the
legal ad vice of the Attorney General.
But legator otherwise, the. colored
Democratic brother rejected by a
Radical Senate has the office and will
get the pay. :
THE CUBBBRCT. .-.
We publish a portion of a very in
teresting letter Mrv Watterson, of
the Louisville Courier Jbuanaltote
to his paper on the 6th . of August,
rom Switzerland. It throws light
on the silver question; from" beyond
the sea. It if important because the
currency question is jt 'live oue, and
concerns the whole world. The
Cleveland Administration" threw it
self into the arms of the bondholders
and cold men at the start. Mr.
Cleveland did not even wait to take
li ' - "
the oath of office before he antagon-"
ized in a lettr ibes party in the
House with which it was supposed
. . - . r 1 . 1 . J
ne was luentineu. nrom inai any,
until now the finances have been
conducted in a way' to placate ajid
tickle Wall Street. Mr. : Watterson
says: ''''!
"I do not mean this as an attack upon
the President. With many of bis opinions
upon financial matters I agree. But I have
a right as a Democrat to question the wis
dom of a Democratic j Administration's
raising as a doctrinal issue that which' is a
question of business expediency simply; of
tnis Democratic Administration's forcing
the fighting -upon the ground of the ene
my's choosing, giving noi time for confer
ence or debate, but precipitating its mote
or le.-s sectional, as well (as theoretical ex
tremism upon unexpectantand unprepared
party aascciates; and Beany, or mis Demo
cratic Administration's seeking to sustain
its stand-and deliver policy by a mistaken
assumption of the position of foreign gov
ernments, whn ; it has a number of idle
gentlemen in every capital of Europe to
find out whatever it se ka to know."
Voters this year ought to be a lit
tle careful. So many men calling
themselves Democrats, and elected as
sncb, have hefcn honored with a seat
in the Federal Congress who voted
with the Republicans join the most im
portant measures, tbaj an intelligent
and decided man of convictions ought
to know the views ofj candidates on
the crucial -questions of the hour.
Suppose a man believes in a double
standard silver and (gold such as
the country has bad for a hundred
years, except when defrauded by the
Republicans in 1873-77, when silver
waa thrown out, or a the phrase in,
demonetized. Suppose the Demo
cratic nominee is an avowed advo
cate of a single standard stands up
for the- bondholders' currency, gold,
what will he - do about it ? His
man may be elected by one vote and
his one vote. may. determine the
question of currency, in the House
In other worl, the Democrat in his
District may by his vote destroy sil
ver and enthrone gold, the very
thing the voter does not desire. We
do not know that any1 Democratic
candidates are gold bug advocates,
but it is well enough for silver men
to know where tbev stand. The cur'
rency is a great leading question now
And so as ;to other questions.
While a man can never carry out his
own convictions by voting for can
didates that antagonize those con vie
tionp, it may come to pass that he
must choose between' two men neith
er of whom represent his views on
some important question. He will
very naturally support the candidate
with whom he agrees on other public
questions.
President Cleveland is honest in
- - - - . !
his views. He showed that by the
hurry and zeal of his first hostile de
liverance against silver.; He showed
that by selecting Mr. Manning for
his Secretary of the Treasury. He
showed that by j taking & majority of
his Cabinet from around New York
lie has shown his antagonism is
1 that he has
old woman
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honest and decided by a
said and done. 'j As the
said of her husband, "he is sot in his
-
ways." He has lent willing ears to
the enemies of silver, and this has
had much to do in'shaping his opin
ion and action: He is honest, but he
has not shown conspicuous wisdom,
according to the views of the ablest'
leaders in the. Democratic party. We
again quote from Mr Watterson.
lie says: p ,i ;
"But I do not think that his treatment of
the question has has been just or politic.
Abuse and sneers, wherewith his Eastern
supporters have mainly delivered them
selves, are not exactly the- arguments to
carry conviction to the West and to coax
the Bouth." v , j .....
: But let ns turn once more to the
Thunderer, as the London Times is
called. What does that most mfluen
tial of all papers say of the monetary
crisis and the specious arguments of
monometallists ? 7, Hear it:
It is plainly no use to !try and pooh
pooh the discussion as antiquated or to de
nounce the renewed examination of bimet-
allist doctrines as waste of time. It may
be that, as a matter of theory, bimetallists
have added and can add not nine to their
case. The old insuperable objection, that
in we race or any great alteration in the in
trinsic values' of siver and gold, such as
laws and governments are powerless to pre
vent, no artifice can prevent the metal of
increasing value from going out of circula
tion, will seem as valid as ever it did to
unbiased . critics. But the best the
oretical arguments--; are a weak : ans-r
wer to the sharp cry of practical distress'..
Over and over again doctrines which have
long been established to the satisfaction of
the learned in the lecture room have had to
descend into the market place to be heckled
before they could get themselves generally
recognized by the mass of the people. Mo
nometallism may appear as convincing as
ever to the majority of students, though
even among theoretical economists there is
a large and influential body of doubters.
But the commercial and industrial world
declines to be convinced by their demon
strations. It is beginning to insist, with no
uncertain voice, on the reopening of the
question, and on an appeal from the doc
trinariea to the men of business." ; . ' .;
The Stab has long ago in repeated
articles stated its 1 opposition - to the
President's course while deploring it.
It would like to sustain ; the ; man
elected by the 'Democrats in all he
does, but without stultification it can
not. The Stab favors both gold and
Bilver as the proper, needed currency
for the country. ' ; It is just as sin,
cere and decided in this as the Presi
dent is in his war upon silver. We
commend the extract last given from
the London Times to all candidates
in .North Carolina, if there be such,
who are with the President and
against their party on the currency
question.
Mr. Watterson closes his letter
with the following that is pertinent
and not too strong:
The President has learned a great deal
since he came into office. But he has yet a
great deal to learn. One thing is certain,
and that is if he had thrown himself into
the fight for Tariff Reform, upon which he
would have found the party substantially
united, with half the positivity with which
he drew the lice upon this silver question,
for which it was unprepared, and on
which, without time for advisement, it
was bound hopelessly to Split, his Admin
istration would to-day command the situa
tion and hold the winning cards."
Scnppernons Winr.
The scuppernong grape season has open
ed and farmers and others in these parts
will ere long have presses at work turning
out quantities of so called wine, which
doubtless would be good enough if they
knew how to make it properly. An expert
in wine-making gives some hints ;in this
direction that may be of service to amateur
wine makers. He says: '
"It is the custom in California and in
France to crush the grapes and allow the
pomac-j to remain in the juice from twelve
to twenty-four hours and even longer be
fore pressing. This given additional tanin
and more body - and richer color to the
wine. -:, v-
"Good dry wines are the wines that wine
drinking people want, and they will have
no other. A dry wine is that in which all
the Bugar contained in the juice has. gone
through the process of fermentation. Fer
mentation converts sugar into alcohol and
carbonic acid gas, the gas escaping. Twenty-five
per cent, of the sugar in grape juice
will ordinarily produce about 12 per cent.
of alcohol in the wine sufficient to pre
serve it. If the fermentation is not com
plete, that is to say, if all the sugar is not
fermented,' or, as the California people ex
press, if the wine is not 'fermented out
dry,' the wine will be sweet, and unless
very carefully managed and watched, or
unless alcohol is added, it will be very lia
ble to sour or cloud . into an unpalatable
stuff that wine ; drin&ers will not have.
Neither sweet wines nor wines dosed with
alcohol to preserve them are the kinds of
wkc-8 to sell to wine-drinking people: nor
are they wines that will encourage home
people to drink wino instead of whiskey
and beer. The stomach rebels against their
use. It behooves our wine-makers, there
fore, to learn to make, keep and handle
good dry wines devoid of sugar and ex
cess of alcohol, i the main purpose of
alcohol in ' wine j is to preserve it. How
much alcohol is necessary for this
purpose? In California they frequent
ly reduce the
below that of
ferment it at
cent, of sugar,
to 11 per cent.
known that most
vention met in
nominated W. Hi
percentage or sugar
the normal in ice, and
from 18 to 23 per
resulting in from' 9
of alcohoL When it is
of the cranes crown in
this Stale contain, when dead ripe, nearly
30 per cent, of sugar in the juice, and
when iti8 known also that in California
the wine makers consider it very difficult to
completely 'ferment out "dry a juice con
taining over 28 per cent, of sugar, it looks
like superfluous foolishness to-add two and
three pounds of cane sugar to the gallon of
juice, as is practiced commonly in this
State. .'X he very opposite a reduction of
the percentage of sugar is what is needed
to make a dry wine. This reduction is ac
complished by the use of pure water, in
which case the; use of small quanti
ties or tannin ay at the rate of one-
fourth of r a pound or less to a
hundred eanons is advisable to give
the wine character and color, and to pre
vent souring. All wine makers should
have a Balling saccharometer. It is stated
by good authority that what is called rr ilk-
sour dees not occur in wine unless there is
sugar in it that (is, unless a part of the
sugar remains pniermcnted, and is the
original unconverted saccharine matter,
sweet to the taste.
"These things aieclearrTo make a good,
palatable dry wine not more than 25 per
cent, of sugar isl necessary; less will do.
The temperature; during the fermentation
must not be too high or too low; either will
arrest fermentation. Between sixty-five
and seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit is the
proper temperature.
v .
Stale Convention at Ralelcn Saprem
oort Judge.
the Stab, received last
night, says that the Democratic State Con-
Raleigh yesterday, and
H. Smith for Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, and Thomas 8.
Ashe and A. 8 Merrimon for Associate
Justices. . The Convention, was an bar
monious one. li adopted no political plat
form or resolutions. It is the impression
that the Republicans will make no nomina
tions for these offices.
The Onslow Railroad.
The Commissioners of the Wilmington,
Onslow & East Carolina Railroad will
open books of subscription to the capital
stock of the Company in this city shortly.
The petitions in circulation calling for an
election on the question of subscription to
the road by the county have already re
ceived many signatures and will be ready
for presentation jto the Board of County
Commissioners at their regular meeting in
September. ' It is proposed to submit the
question to the people at the regular elec
tions in November next, and in the mean
time to do everything possible to further
the project - 1
Business Brlcntenlna.
: With the near approach of fall, business
seems to be brightening up. All transpor
tation lines report an increase in freights.
large portion of which consists of bagging
and ties for the 'cotton crop. . The Cape
Fear: river steamers are carrying heavier
freights than usual at this season, both to
andlfrom Wilmington. The steamer Mur
chison which cleared yesterday for Fayette
ville, was loaded down to the guards with
goods for merchants in that place and at
points along the river. -"---"' ?
Deatb of Alderman Darby.
Mr. F. H. Darby, a member of the Board
of Aldermen of this city and a leading
practitioner of the bar of Wilmingtou, died
Sunday afternoon last at the! residence of
relatives of his wife near New Brunswick,
N.J. Mr. Darby had been In bad health
for montha past, and several weeks ago
went North in the hope of receiving relief
from his ailments His untimely.deatb was
a great shock to his family and friends, to
whom the intelligence -was communicated
by a telegram received Sunday : evening.
His wife and his mother, Mrs James Dar
by, were with him at the time ; the "latter
having been summoned to the bedside of
her dying son a few days before. ' The re
mains of the deceased are expected to ar
rive here to-night - by the 8.50 train, from
the North, and the funeral will take place
to-morrow from the residence of his
mother, on Church street, at half- past nine
o'clock. ; - --Vfe
. Mr. Darby was born and reared in this
city, where he had hosts of Warm friends
who esteemed and admired' him ' for his
amiable and genial disposition, his kindly
manners his honest nature and his correct
and manly deportment in all the relations of
business and social ' life. - He - was - aged
about thirty-five years. ' ; .
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED B7 BOARD OF AIs-
. ' , - DBBMEN. . . -
The Board of Aldermen met in the after
noon yesterday at the City Hall, Aldermen
Bear, Giles, Worth, Dudley and Gerdts be
ing present; Mayor Hall in the chair. The
Mayer said that they had been called to
gether to take action upon the demise of
their ; brother Alderman, F. H. Darby; and
calling Alderman Bear to the - chair, read
the following resolutions : .
Whkrbab. It has pleased Almighty God,
in his providence, to remove from our midst
in an untimely death, our associate on this
Board, Frank H. Darby, thus closing a ca
reer of great usefulness and promise; there
fore, ' - ' . ; V ' 1 " -' : ' '
Resolved. That whilst submitting to this
Providence, it is our duty and pleasure not
only to express but to place on the records
of the city our high appreciation of the in
tsllicence, promptness and faithfulness with
which he discharged his duties, of his zeal
ous care for the public interests, and of the
many personal traits and charms of charac
ter which endeared him to us all, and also
the sincere grief and unaffected sadness
which each one of us feels at his loss.
2. That a memorial page in commemora
tion of his death be inscribed on the records
of the city. .
3. That the Uity tLall and public offices
be drapsd in mourning for; the space of
thirty days.
4. That this Board attend the funeral or
Of our deceased associate and friend in a
body. .
5. That a copy of these resolutions be
communicated to the family of the de
ceased, with the assurance of our sincere
sympathy in their deep distress and be
reavement. ,::
The Mayor and Aldermen Worth, Bear
and Giles and City Attorney Cutlar spoke
in high eulogy of the usefulness and effi
ciency of the deceased as a member of the
Board; of his attentiveness to his duties,
his interest in the affairs of the city, and
withal his courtesy and admirable demeanor
in all bis intercourse with his associates on
the Board. - ; ' :.. '
The o resolutions were . unanimously
adopted, and the Board adjourned after re
questing the city papers to publish the pro
ceedings of the meeting.
Charged with murder.
Maggie Parker, a colored girl about 17
years of age, was committed to jail yester
day, charged with causing the death of Ida
Louisa Aldridge, a colored child about five
months old. by giving it laudanum cr some
other opiate.
The father of the child, Rev. J. F. Ald
ridge, is pastor of Mt. Zion M. E. Church,
and lives on Fifth, between Bladen and
Brunswick street! Maggie Parker, the ac
cused, lived with her mother, Fannie Par
ker, in the same neighborhood, and was
employed as a nurse for the child. On Sun,
day night last the parents went to church,
leaving Maggie Parker in charge of the
house. On their return about half -past ten
o'clock in the evening, the girl bade them
good-night as they eutered and went to. her
mother's home. The Aidridges found their
youngest child Ida, put to bed and appar
ently asleep, but struggling as if in convul
sions The father went in search of the
nurse and asked her what she had given
their little girl. She said that the child
was resiles? and to quiet it she had given
aasafcBdita. Dr. 8. P. Wright was then
summoned, and used every means in his
power to restore her to consciousness, but
his efforts were unavailing', and the child
d'ed about six o'clock Monday morning.
Dr. Wright gave it as his opinion that
death resulted from an overdose of lauda
num.; -:: ' " "
In the absence of Coroner Jacobs Deputy
Sheriff C. H. Strode was appointed to hold
pan inquest and a iury was summoned.
consisting of R. H. Bunting, foreman,
Geo. Pearman, A. M. Bowden, D. M.
West. O. D Royall and Wm. Mitchell.
The jury found that the child came to its
death from an overdose -of some opiate,
supposed to have been administered by its
nurse, Maggie Parker.
Dr Hartsfield made a post mortem ex
amination and removed a portion of the
stomach of the dead child, which has been
sent to the , State Chemist at Raleigh for
analysis, to ascertain if possible what had
been given the child to cause its death.
The girl denies that she gave it laudanurr.
Death of Col. H. B. Short
Col. H. B. Short, a prominent citizen of
Columbus county, died at the Orton House
in this city last night, about half past 0
o'clock, in the sixty-second year of his age.
His death resulted from no specific disease,
but rather from general exhaustion of the
system. About six weeks ago Col. Short
went to New York and, after a brief so
journ in that city, feeling unwell, he re
turned home, going thence to Smithville.
But receiving no benefit there, he came to
Wilmington, stopping at the Orton, where
he was compelled to take to his bed and
gradually sank until he died.' His family
were with him throughout his illness in this
city, and many friends . w re constant in
their attentions and solicitude in his be
half. " : , ;-' -r ;'.
Col. Short was a native of North Car
olina. In early life he practiced law
in the eastern part of the State,
being a member of . the bar of Ply
mouth, N. C. He married ; a daugh
ter of Mr. Willis Bagley," State Senator
from Martin county, and in 1867 relin
quishing his practice, he was made presi
dent of the Green Swamp Company; after
wards locating at Lake Waccamaw in busi
ness for himself, where he amassed a con
siderable fortune, and as State Senator was
chosen to represent the counties of Robe
son and Columbus in the General As
sembly. V . - . . ' y
His remains will be taken to Lake Wac
camaw for Interment; the funeral taking
place on Friday,
Whiteman, the colored man who
will enter the race with" Col." Cbas. R.
Jones for the Republican vote in this Con
gressional District, is reported as saying
that he wants to be a great man, and that
he is certain of attaining this distinction by
running against the Colonel.
HISTORICAL,. :
Wilmington In ; 1844 Interesting
Belles Taken from the Corner-Stone
of Front Street IB . E. Chnrh. y - y
The corner stone of Front 8treet M, E.
Church. which was opened yesterday morn
ing, contained a number of interesting relics
of the past, encased in a leaden box about
eight or ten inches square. Everything in
the box was In a perfect state of preserva--tion
although having been . under! ground
for more than . forty-two years.- Among
the articles are two papers in .writing, one
a "Description of the town of Wilmington,
N. C? in. 1844, and the other vt'A His
torical Outline of the Methodist Church in
Wilmington." The . description of Wil-'
mington says: ' ''Its present population is
5,000. , It contains four churches Metho
dist, Episcopal, Presbyterian and Baptist
two banks the Bank of Cape Fear,; John
Hill president, Thos. H. Wright cashier.
Jas. J D.Gardner teller Jewett book
keeper, and Jas. Bradley clerk; the, Wil
mington branch of the Bank of the. State,
Alex. Anderson president, Wm. E. Ander
son cashier, Timothy Savage teller, and
Wm. Reston clerk.? The public buildings
in Wilmington at that time were . court
house and jail, a Masonic hall and a cus
tom bouse In process of erection. "Of the
various charitable . institutions, it says,
"the Masonic Order and the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows are the most promi
nent the former numbering fifty-six, and
the latter one hundred and twenty mem
bers; one public school taught under the
Prussian system and founded in 1843 by
the OddFellows."
The description continues: -"The Wil
mington - & Roanoke Railroad Company
was chartered in 1835, commenced in 1836,
and completed the 7th day of March, 1840.
Ed. B. Dudley president, James 8. Green
secretary and treasurer, John McRae and
Robert Fenner clerks. There are six steam
saw mills and one planing mill; six turpen
tine distilleries which consume 500 barrels
of turpentine per day." : . , ,
The "outline" Of. the M. E. Church in
Wilmington, says its early history is diffi
cult of ascertainment' The first mention
is made in 1784, when it was served by
Rev. Beverly Allen and James Hinton. In
1785 Rev. John Baldwin was pastor. In
1787 Rev. Win Meredith and Rev. Wm.
Hammett procured from Mr, Wm. Camp
bell the lot of land on. the northwest corner
of Second and Walnut Btreets, for the erec
tion of a house of worship. On this spot,
where the parsonage ' of - the church
is now situated. Mr. Meredith erect
ed a small building and -commenced
preaching.. The - house ; was destroyed
by fire, supposed to be incendiary, in perse
cution of the church. A temporary building
was afterwards erected adjacent to the spot,
which was occupied until another was
reared n the site of the one destroyed.
In this church it was that the celebrated
Jesse Lee preached a sermon on the death
of General Washington . In 1802 Bishop
Asbury procured from George Logan a deed
of conveyance of a lot of land on the north
east corner of Front and 'Walnut streets,
being the site on which the late church
stood.. It was not until 18167 however, that
steps were taken for the erection of a
church on this site. In January of that
year Jesse Jennett. J. C. Dunbibhin,
Btephen Knowlton Richard Taylor, and
John Howard were appointed to superin
tend the erection of the church. '.
On Sunday, the 30th of April, 1843,
while the congregation were engaged in
worship (the account continues) a most
disastrous lira commenced.'.the wind blow
ing a gale from the south, which consumed
all the houses from the Cape Fear bank on
the west side and from one door north of
the Bank of the State on the east side of
Front street to the railroad; the buildings
of the railroad and part of the track being
also burned up, A temporary tabernacle
was erected on a lot on Front street, just
below where the church had stood, and on
the 2d of April, 1844, the corner-stone of
the church was laid; the following being
the trustees: Rev. Jesse Jennett, Junius D.
Gardner, James Cassidey, Jeremiah Nich
ols, Charles B. Morris. William Willson,
Henry Nutt. Messrs. Cassidey, Nutt,Gard
nerand Willson were the building com
mittee. The contractors were Messrs. J. C,
& R. B. Wood and Bradford Shearman.
The Rev. Hugh A. C. Walker was Presid
ing Elder of the Wilmington District Con
ference and Rev. Whitford Smith pastor in
charge of Wilmington station at the laying
of the corner-stone. i
Among the articles contained in the
box were silver and copper coins of the
United States, a Spanish shilling, one 6ic
piece and four copper cents; a copy of the
"National Intelligencer" of March 80th
1844; copy; of Wilmington "Messenger,
published by Mr. Wm. A. Price, of March
8th, 1844; copy of Wilmington "Messen
ger" of March 4th, 1843, containing an ac
count of the great fire by which the former
church was burned and in which property
estimated at between $300,000 and $400,000
was destroyed ; copy of Wilmington"Chron
icle," A. A. Brown editor, Maroh 27th,
1844; copy of "Christian Advocate and
Journal," of New York, of February 8th,
,184$, copy of "South Western Christian
Advocate," of Nashville, Tenn., Aug, 29th,
1840; copy of "Conference Journal,", of
Richmond, June 20th, 1839; copy of "Sun
day School Advocate," New York, July 4th
1843; copy of ''Southern Christian Advo
cate;" Charleston. B. C, March 29th, 1844;
Methodist Almanac, New York, 1844; Ora
tion: delivered in Presbyterian Church,
July 4th, 1844, by Talcott Burr, Jr.;
Monthly Missionary Notice, June, 1843;
Report of Investigating Committee of Wil
mington & Raleigh Railroad, 1843; Act of
Incorporation of Wilmington & Roanoke
Railroad, 1833; Sermon on the Centennary
of Methodism, preached at Athens, Ga.,
by Rev. Whiteford Smith, A. M. ; Report
of Condition of Bank of Cape Fear, Jan
uary 9th, 1843; Protestant Episcopal Al
manac for 1844; South Carolina Temper
ance Advocate, September 21st, 1843; Min
utes of S, C. Conference M. E. Church,
1844; an Act to Charter Bank of Cape Fear,
1833; Historic Notices of St James' Pa
rish, by Rev. R. B. Drane.
The box and its contents are in the pos
session of Mr. W. M. Parker, and will be
preserved and placed in the corner stone of
the new church to be erected on the corner
of Fourth and Mulberry streets. . '
Alderman Bar y s Funeral. , .
. Funeral services over the remains of the
late Frank H. Darby were ' held yesterday
morning at . St Thomas' Catholic Church
and were attended by s large concourse of
friends, including the Hibernian Associa
tion of which the deceased was a member,
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and
other city officials, and members of the Bar
of Wilmington. Rev. Father Burns cele
brated '. mass and Rev. Father Price con
ducted the funeral ceremonies. The pall
bearers were Hon. Daniel L. ' Russell, Col.
B. R. Moore, Major D. O'Connor, Alder
man G. J. Boney and Messrs. L. Brown,
A. G. Ricaud, 8. M. Empie and M J.
Corbett - - '
FOREIGN.
Revolution In Bulgaria-Deposition
of Prince Alexander Germany and
Austria Charged with the Sacrifice
Excitement y in European money
Clrelea. - " v "r
.-. ibv Cable to the Momma Star. t At: : ,
: Berlin, August 23. M.- DeGiers, Rus
sian Foreign Minister, who is sojourning
at Fronzensbad, will, it is stated, almost
immediately visit Prince Bismarck and
Count Kalnoky, the Austrian Minister for
Fereign Affairs. The opinion is general
here that Germany and Austria, by mutual
agreement, sacrificed Prince Alexander of
Bulgaria in order, to preserve an alliance
with Russia; at the expense of England.
Public opinion in Germany sympathizes
with Prince Alexander in bis misfortune.
The Post, Prince Bismarck's organ, pub
lishes an article on the Bulgarian : crisis,
which is characterized by amiability of ex
pressions towards Russia and unfriendli
ness to England. : .'
VresrHA, August 23. The news of the
revolution in Bulgaria caused a heavy and
rapid fait on the Bourse nere. One rumor
is that Prince Alexander was imprisoned
at Widdin. ' Another is that he was placed
on board a ship whose destination is un
known. M. Q. Onkeoff, who is the prime
mover In the revolution, and the nominal
head of the government, allows only favor-;
able news to leave Bulgaria.
London, August 23. The deposition of
Prince Alexander of Bulgaria has astounded
the politicians and financiers of England.,
(JonsoU to-day have fallen three-eighths;
Egyptian securities are down one per cent,
and Turkish and Russian from one to two
each. Other stocks were also fiat early in
the day, but the market is now recovering
London, - Aug. 23. The Timet! Vienna
correspondent says: The story of the de
position of Prince Alexander is told as fol
lows: Karavelloff, Prime Minister, entered
the Palace at Sofia and explained to Prince
Alexander that public opinion of Bulgaria
was dissatisfied ; with his policy and de
manded his deposition. Prince Alexander
said : "I see no friends. : I cannot resist."
Public meetings have been held in Sofia
and Rustcheck, and in all of them, the pro
clamation of the change of government was
received with favor. People rejoice, over
the coup, which they say ended an intoler
able situation. The Bulgarians are per
suaded that .Russia will now assist them to.
consummate the union which they think it is
Turkey design to frustrate. Prince Alex
ander was taken completely by surprise.
He was astounded at the sudden bursting
of the plot upon him. Karavelloff had
managed the whole affair with such secrecy
that tbe only indication of the "coming
storm was tbe mutinous spirit ' noticeable
among the troops. Prince Alexander had
ordered to be stopped the circulation of
papers among v them. ; which' openly
declared that he alone was the only obstacle
to union ; but his orders in this regard were
hot obeyed. The affection of the common
people for Prince Alexander personally re
mains undiminished.
" A telegram from Bucharest says the Rou
manians are very much excited over the
Bulgarian crisis. King Charles is per
sonally presiding over a special meeting of
the Cabinet, hastily summoned, and Pre'
mier Bratiano is returning from Govdra
with all possible speed. U . 3; V : ... '
St. Petersburg, - Aug. 23. The Rus -sian
press was less surprised at the deposi
tion of Prince Alexander than it was when
Rourslia revolted in 1885. . Newspapers
here, generally, . for some time past have
believed that tha political tension in Bul
garia foreshadowed a catastrophe.
The Vidomosti says: "Russia must now
speak her weighty words, if she docs not
wish to lose control : of Bulgarian des
tinies.'.-- -.1 v.. ' ' :--
The Nowsti says that it is highly oroba
bio that Russia will intervene directly and
establish a new order of things in Bulga
ria, ana adds: .With, Alexander deposed,
Bulgarian sympathy with Russia will re
vive.": - ' - i yv-.-'.---:"
Most of the Russian papers observe that
the foreign press manifests confusion of
ideas respecting the relations between the
three emperors. . ; ; ;
: Sofia, Aug. 23. The Government's pro
clamation announcing the deposition of
Prince Alexander and the reasons therefor,
aeciares inai "tie rendered great services
on tbe field of battle, but politically he had
too little regard for Bulgaria's position as a
Slav State and tbe maintenance of relations
with Russia. His deposition ; on this ac
count was a necessity."" -. - V -
- Bcchabest, Aug. 23. Advices from
Sofia say that Karavelloff 'a provisional go
vernment, realizing that public sentiment
remained favorable to Prince Alexander,
caused a circular to De distributed among
me people caiiea ine ministerial list, con
taining the names of prominent men of all
parties and classes who, the document de
clared, were in tbe new movement: the
purpose being to cause the belief that the
government was receiving general support
Such a combination is not considered pos
sible, as many of those named are known
to hold such different views as to render
their coalition impossible. The garrison
at Shimla remains faithful to Prince Alex
ander and refuse to recognize the provi
sional government A number of Bulgari
an and prominent Russo-phobists have al
ready neo to Koumama. The fugitives in
elude in their number many Russian Nihi
lists, who were serving as officers on the
Bulgarian flotilla. It is now believed that
Prince Alexander is confined in a monas
tery near Sofia. It is rumored that Premier
Karaveloff has been placed nnder arrest.
Only certain telegrams for Russia are al
lowed to leave Bulgarian territory.
Belfast, August 23. 9.30 P. M. This
evening a detachment of police made an at
tempt to disperse a mob at Shank Hill
The mob becoming infuriated, threw volley
aiter vol ley oi stones at the policemen and
routed them. The mob then completely
wrecked the barracks which were defended
by twenty policemen. Military reinforce
ments are nurrywg to ine spot;
' Paris, August 23 The transport Orne
saueo i rom louion Saturday for Marti
nique, loaded with convicts. She returned
yesterday and reported that the convicts
had revolted and tried to get possession of
me amp. i wo cannons loaned with prape
had been fired at the mutineers and many
or mem naa oeen Killed.
London, August 25. The Government
has received important dispatches from the
East, and the Marquis of Salisbury has
been requested by telegraph to return to
Sofia, August 25. The provisional Go
vernment created by the revolutionists has
been overthrown. M. Clement, M. Gra
neff and M. Leonkoff, three of its members,
have been arrested and thrown into prison,
and the old Ministry reinstated.. The de
ception practiced upon them by the circu
lation of a report that Prince Alexander
voluntarily abdicated, has exasperated the
troops and civilians alike, and ! a revulsion
of popular feeling in favor of the deposed
ruler is as general as it is intense. A depu
tation has stat ted out to find the Prince and
assure him of the loyalty of the Bulgarian
people and army, and to endeavor to per
suade him to return. .It , y .
; Bucharest, August 25. The com
mander of the yacht on which lit has been
stated Prince Alexander is kept a prisoner,
has telegraphed from Reni in Bessarabia to
Sofia, asking for instructions. I He received
orders to convey the Prince back to Sofia.
Dispatches from Widdin state , that j the
counter revolution has been successful;
London, August 25. The Master Cotton
Spinners' Association of Bolton, represent
ing five million spindles, have unanimously
resolved to make five per cent reduction
in wages, providing that three-quarters of
the spinners of Ashton and Oldham agree
to do likewise. The reduction, if made,
will affect 60.000 operatives. The opera,
tives threaten . to strike if wages are re
duced. .- ' -
GEN. JTOS. JBL JOHNSTON.
Denial of Report that he Is Dylnc In
St. Louis.
S&e3Br Telegraph to the Horning Star.
St, Louis, Aug. 24. Reports which
reached here from Washington to the effect
that Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is dying in
this city are incorrect The General arrived
here yesterday from the West on private
business. He has been suffering from a
slight attack of malaria for several days
but was so far recovered to-day as to take
a drive about the city and attend to his
business. -, .-t
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SOUl'E CAROLINA.
Two Men Drowned While Bathing; at
. Sallivan's Island. '
Chabiton. August 24. R Ludekons,
of Aiken, and E. T. Shaw, of Charleston,
were drowned while bathing at Sullivan's
Island to-day.
WASHINGTON,
The Democratic Congressional Com
mittee - and a Boyeotted Printing
Firm Civil Service Examinations.
' Washtnoton, August 23. The printing
contract made Some time since by the Dem
ocratic Congressional Committee with Gib
son Bros., of this city, has been transferred
to another firm.. After the contract had
been made the officials of the committee
learned that Gibson Bros, were under the
ban of the Typographical Union and the
Knights of Labor because - they employed
non-union workingmen. : Chairman Ken
na and Secretary Thompson were 'ignorant
of the, existence of such controversy with
the firm when the contract was entered into,
and on learning the fact they immediately
annulled, it - In fact,- the contract was
transferred tbe very day it was made and
before any work had been done nnder it
The boycotted firm interposed no objection
whatever to the transfer of the contract.
They expressed regret at the transfer of
work, but said they appreciated the situation
and were entirely willing to release the
committee from all obligation to the firm.
: The Civil Service Commission some time
since issued a notice for the examination of
applicants from the , Middle States for the
principal examiners of the Pension Office.
Only one applicant responded to the call and
he passed examination to day-' - There are
several vacancies'to be tilled.
- - NORTH CAROLINA.
Thomas D Johnston Renominated
for Conarres by the Democrat of
the Ninth . District Resolutions
Adopted, See. "
Ashevhjue, Aug. 23. The Democratic
Convention for the Ninth Congressional
District met here to day; M. E. Carter,
chairman. All the counties in the district
were represented. " Thomas D. Johnston,
present member of Congress, was renomi
nated by acclamation. Resolutions were
adopted cordially approving Cleveland's
administration and approving the action of
tho Congressmen from this State in endeav
oring to procure a rgpeal of Internal Reve
nue laws, and urging a continuance of these
efforts, and approving their efforts to pro
cure modification and eqalization of the war
tariffs, and finally expressed as Democrats
and Americans their sense of the deep loss
sustained by the death of Samuel J.Tilden.
ALONG THE BORDER
The Texas- Side of the' Rio Grande
.Greatly Excited Over the Mexican
: Wm Preparations.
Galveston, August 23. A special - to
the News, from Lorendo, says: "In con
nection with the .fact, that the military
authorities in Mexico have within the last
week purchased all of the arms and am
munition to be had in Lorendo, is also the
fact that in addition to 2,000 troops within
a few hours' march of Nuevo Lorendo,
there are at present 2,000 Mexican cavalry
posted along the - Rio Grande between
Nuevo Lorendo and Piedras Negras. - At
the old town of Polofoy, forty miles above
here, there is a detachment of Mexican
troops, and they are reported to be throw
ing up fortifications, pending the final de
cision in the Cutting case. Great uneasi
ness prevails on this part of the border
concerning the utterly defenceless condi
tion of the people, and sharp criticisms on
all sides are heard of . the President's
fishing trip to the Adirondacks while Mex
ico is pushing her troops to the Rio Grande,
in order to strike hard in the event of war
being declared. The destruction of private
property along the Rio Grande on the Ame
rican side, before an army could be mobi
lized, would, it is alleged, be great, and the
value of property destroyed would amount
to more than the cost of the concentration
of a few thousand troops by the Govern
ment at the principal points along the
American border. The Mexicans say the
Americans are a nation of shopkeepers, and
won't fight
; y THE ANARCHISTS.
What their Connsei has to Say Rela
tive to the Verdict and means to be
Used to Reverse the Decision.
Chicago, Aug. 22. Capt W. R. Black,
attorney for the condemned Anarchists, was
asked yesterday, "Should the Supreme
Court refuse to reverse the decision of the
Court below, . refusing a new trial, can the
case in any way be taken to the United
States Supreme Court?" He replied, "Yes,
sir; and I may say will be, in the event of
the Supreme Court of the State refusing to
reverse the adverse decision of the Court
below. I have aimed from the first to con
duct the case in such a shape as to raise,
and present fairly and fully upon the evi
dence and instructions, the great constitu
tional questions of the right of the people
to meet in public assembly, and of the right
of tbe people so assembled to resist all un
lawful interference therewith. I believe
that I have those questions in the record
in such a shape as to entitle me, as a
dernier resort, to go to the Federal Su
preme Court." - i
Continuing, Capt Black said:! "The se
verity and general scope of the punishments
meted out by tbe verdict shocked me inex
pressibly, I did what I could in behalf of
justice and mercy, but. that effort as the
result discloses, was utterly unavailing
against the almost universal clamor for the
execution of these men. As vain as was
the pleading of Pilate with his Judean ao
cusers in behalf of the Divine Saviour."
THE INDIANS.
Geronlmo and his Bucks Get Away
from their Pursuers.
CniCAGO, Aug 24. A despatch from
Tombstone, Arizona, says : The President
of Sonora arrived last evening and brings
further particulars of the Indian situation.
He , was at the Cuchuta Ranch When Geron
imo and twenty-three bucks came in. Six
bucks came forward with a white flag to
five Mexicans at the ranch, and stated as
already reported, their desire to make peace
with the-Mexicans and raid into Arizona
and New Mexico a couplo of days. After
ward Capt McDonald and two companies
of troops arrived from Rucker by forced
marches with a view of surprising the In
dians. They, however, had become aware
of the movement and slipped away several
hours before the arrival of the troops, in
two bands one of ten coming north and
the other thirteen coming east. This shows
how extremely difficult it is to surprise the
Apaches, who are as alert as a weasel. Part
of Capt. Lawton's command came in while
the informant was at the ranch. Some of
the men were wounded. Lawton, who is
uninjured, was expected daily, i Gen.' For
By the who went down from Huachuca is
on his way back. i - i.
CUTTING.
The ITIexlcans Set -Him Free Rlr.
Sedgwick's mission Not Affected. -
Washington, Aug. 24. The Stale De
partment has received official notice of the
release of Cutting. The releass ' will not
affect Mr. Sedgwick's mission, which is to
learn all the facts in the case. The govern
ment does not at present concern itself with
any question of damages due Cutting, but
will use the information it may gather
through Mr. Sedgwick in furtherance of its
negotiations for a change of the Mexican
laws so far as they are held to give the
right to try Americans for acts committed
within American territory. The Arresures
Mondragon murder is still the subject of
correspondence.
; NORTH CAROLINA.
Democratic State. Convention Judges
Smith Ashe and merrimon Renomi
nated for Supreme Court Justices
; Republican Convention In the Second
District.
- By Teleirranh to the Horning Star.l
Raleigh, Aug. 25. The ; Democratic
State Convention met here to-day and
nominated W. N. H. SmitlTfor Chief Jus
tice, Thomas S. Ashe and A. 8. Merrimon
for Associate Justices. These are the pres
ent Supreme Court Justices. ,
; To-day the Republican ; Convention of
the Second District was held at Kinston.
The attendance was very large. L Mr Ab
bott, of Newbern, was placed in nomina
tion. A disagreement began, and the con
vention split into two wings; one of which
nominated James E. O'Hara (colored), the
present Congressman, while the other nom
inated Abbott, who is a white man. Both
candidates are expected to go before the
people. ; Q. Young, - of Henderson,- who
was expected to be the candidate, declined
to permit his name to go before the con
vention. V " -.. -
rt-T-. .j-"-",---. - - --- Mnt aana -aaa i"' i.'..' "".T ""'-aj
Gov. Hill, of New York, approved the
removal of Commissioner Squires. . - ,
Spintsurpeiitine
"MU"" V r-tl.et.WCt- Th- I.l
fish and mar.kprpl flahinn. ule
August 25th. The season lasts during1
entire month of Spniomtu,. nr. s ma
1 . . IV
sure mem mat ii is a small
can as-
euio tuciu will it IB it small oni rnmK
with that told by a friend who augM
pounds fish, 5 of which averaged 17i nn5
then got home to breakfast, and it w nd!
a good day for fishingeither. M Dot
" - Charlotte Observer: Tim f-: .
Jenkins
of esSState Treasurer David
used to be familiarly known as 'rin.
Dave." will tp.otpA tn
quite sick at his home in Gaston ia fiJS
that his; condition is critical. r. ,
June Gardner f one of the most wid?i;
known railroad men-in this State, and nil
has been for a long time past in the ?
of the Carolina Central Railroad Conr ,1
as a passenger conductor, has given un i
position. & He brought in his last -train on
Saturday last, and returned that niein u
his home in Wilmington as a passenger
wuv uw.u. :. V"JU. UUUUC1 una IM..P I!
towuou dvav;3 i ui fcuu past 24 year",
can well be considered a veteran, iff.
exceedingly popular with the travelling
public, and his retirement will be reerrtt. ri
Capt. Gardner's successor.
m the
and
wag
appointed as
Greensboro Patriot : , A friend
writing us from Rockingham discloses th
startling news that a Mrs. Foster from
that county, committed suicide under the
following circumstances: She had recentlv
given birth to a child and was doing well
On Wednesday night Mr. and Mrs Lind
sey, her father and mother, went to see her
and supposing she was all right retired for
the night. 5 Some time during the meat
they heard the child crying and went to the
room to look after it. To their surprise
they found that the mother had left her bed
and could not be found in the house. Thev
became very much alarmed and began to
search for her about the premises. After
searching for some time the body of
unfortunate woman was found behind the
barn, and a pistol lying near by told the
sad story.; She had taken her own life,
Wilson Advance: He who iB
false to present duty breaks a thieadio
the loom, and will see the defect when the
weaving of life is unrolled. It does
not hurt a good man to have his character
investigated; neither does it hurt a coin to
try it ring on the counter. - Wc have
always noticed that those people who are
so ready to find fault with a paper are the
ones who do not pay for it themselves, m
- sponge upon meir neignoors, and get
their reading for nothing. A boy ie-
marked the other night that the room was
"pitch dark," and his graded school sister
remonstrated with him for using such a com
mon expression, and told him that be must
hereafter speak of the "excessive density
of the bituminous obscurity," and then she
went right on chewing her gum as usual,
and with no indication whatever of the
jleast symptom of discomfort.
?.-"- Raleigh News-Observer: At
Goldsboro last Saturday a little white boy,
Paul Hutton, was very badly cut m the
leg with a knife by a negro lad. The ne
gro is now in jail in default of bail. -
A little son of Mrs. Levy, of Tyrrell coun
ty, was struck by lightning Sunday and
killed. The Democrats of Lenoir
county held their convention Saturday.
Everything passed off in excellent order.
Mr. Marshall Gray was nominated for the
House, and all the present Democratic offi
cers were renominated. The Ashe-
ville Advance says it is free to do as it
pleases, "which nobody will deny," and
then proceeds to show what it pleases to do
by coming out squarely in Bupport of Maj.
Malone, the independent candidate for
Congress from its district. We regret to
see our contemporary fall headlong into the
pit of destruction from which we warned it.
Wadesboro Intelligencer: Every
thing now favors a good crop of cotton,
where the plant was not abandoned to- the
weeds a month ago. Had the farmers or
dered the weather to suit themselves, it
could hardly have fallen at more propitious
times, or in more desirous quantities, than
it has. A protracted meeting is now
being held atGum Spring Church, in this
county. A number of conversions are re
ported. Much interest is manifested.
The hay crop in Anson is most abundant.
In his speech at the farmers' picnic last
Wednesday, Judge Bennett instanced a
field of corn, lying between Wadesboro and
Brown Creek Church, which he declared to
be superior to anything lying between
Wadesboro and the Potomac River. There
is another field of corn in the vicinity which
is so luxuriant, and so well eared, that its
owner thinks of ordering a train load of
shingles and having it roofed in, believing
that course will be easier and cheaper than
gathering and housing the corn after gath ered.
Raleigh News- Observer : Mr:
J. C. L. Harris says that' he has heard
from leading Republicans in Alamance,
Anson, Buncombe, Durham, Edgecombe.
Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Greene, Guil
ford, Halifax, Johnston, Lenoir, Mecklen
burg, Montgomery,. Moore, Northampton,
Orange, Randolph, Richmond. Rowan,
Rutherford, Stokes, Surry, Wake and Yad
kin counties, and that each of these will be
fully represented in 'the Republican State
Convention called to meet in this city Sep
tember 22 next The call has only been
issued one week. Such Republicans as
Thomas Settle, W. II. Wheeler, A. E.
Holton, W. W. McCandless, T. L. Har
grove, J. W. Hardin-, Samuel G. Brim,
A. V. Dockery, James W. Newsom.
Virgil S. -Lusk, CJT M. Rogers, David L.
Bringle, and Wiley D. Jones, of Wake, in
addition to those who signed the call, have
written letters endorsing the call.
The anti-stock law convention held
in Asheville on : August 27th - was largely
attended. It nominated for the Senate, N.
S. Lusk; for the House Dr. J. S.iT, Baird
and Louis Wells; for Clerk of Superior
Court, Natt Atkinson; jfor Sheriff, JacK
Worley. The convention adopted resolu
tions demanding the repeal of the stock
law and the repeal of the county govern
ment system. Caswell dots: Upon
inquiry we find that the crops in this sec
tion are good, except I along the water
courses where the coral has suffered very
much from the protracted inundation. Two
weeks ago it was thought the tobacco crop
would be materially damaged by the execs
sive rains, but a week j of sunshine has
wrought a change and the farmers are now
sanguine of an average crop of fail: quality.
: Raleigh News- Observer: The
great camp meeting, or tabernacle meeting,;
as it is called, began at Rutherford College
Thursday, with a good attendance, Rev. 3J
D. Franklin presiding, j Raleigh will
have a tomato cannery after all. j It is
said that Dr. York will contest his district
with Linney, the independent straightout
Republican. It is said there is no good
feeling between him arid Linney.
Charles R. complains that North i Carolina!
pays about eight millions; a year 1 in . tariff,
taxation; and yet two years ago he was in
favor of a high tariff and! opposed to tariff
reduction! -Judge Clark, who is hold;
ing court at Trenton, Jones county, last
Friday sentenced John Green, colored, to
De hanged September 20th. for burglary.
An appeal was taken. j Yesterday there
was a bond-burning at the State Treasury
and $138,000 In 'cancelled bonds! speedily
vanished in smoke. Bnd burnings are
very infrequent nowadays. Mr. Julian
8. Carr is one of tbe most charitable and
kindly of men, and his wife is also a quiet
doer of good deeds. She has just had a
beautiful window of stained glass put in
Trinity Methodist Church at Durham.
Gov. Scales has received quite a num
ber of applications to organize companies
and batteries for the "war with Mexico;"
also requests for commissions in the North
Carolina troops. The requests have all
been neatly filed. There is to be no fight
ing yet awhile, it appears.! At Smith
field yesterday George H. McCowcn was
convicted of false pretence and sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary. What
is thought to have been an incendiary fire
destroyed two box cars of the Raleigh &
Gaston road this morning. The cars stood
on one of the tracks 800 yards north of the
JT. C. Car Company's shops. One was fill
ed with "blocking" and tackle, ropes, &a,
while in the other was a quantity of char
coal. It is said that when the news
of Maj. Latham's nomination to Congress
in the first . district reached Nag's Head,
where Mrs. Latham and Mrs. Skinner
were bothjat the hotel, the latter lady walk
ed across Che ball room and cordially con
gratulated Mrs. Latham. We learn
that there Was considerable riot and con
fusion in , the Radical Judicial Convention
at Jackson, the other dayv as there gen
erally is in Radical conventions, and that
as a result Geo. H. White is not the only
claimant to the nomination for the solici
torship. ' Collins, the old solicitor, is also a
claimant. ' -