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' The-Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT ' - 1 IV I X, MING T O N , N. C., t - - - AT jil.5 0 A YEAR IN 'ADVANCE. 7 1 iLiL M y y-.'iiim r: ;-v . - 2 4.-;.; . , ' ggggggggggggggggg II H1U0H gx icoioooooeoooooowMe ! '-- SSSSS888S8888888'8- imuoJC9 c to o cc o t-c h 5 1-' ' t-' f ' .1 ssssggssiiliii UlUOH S O W a6 CO OD CC lO QD 03 Q -j 88888888888888888 - - 8SS8888S88SS88S88 3 : - 3SS8S8SS8SSSS88S8 SSSSgS82SSSSSS888 slji. ? eoidca3O-ceoiBo0.-gct w ; . i-.---.- 55 S 53 s!h 1 gssssssssssssssss' i etc 5$ VOL. XVII. WILMINGTON, N. . C., FRIDAY, OCTOBERS 15, 1886. NO. 50 SbLLn Cntered at the Post O us seuuuu ice atWflmtngton, N, C.-, SUBSCRIPTION" PRICE. The sulwcri6tioa price of the Weekly STAte is as follows ; f - : . , Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, " " 6 months, ' . " ! " 3 months " " $1.50 1.00 .50 IBT MES BEPLKCT.. V ' ' Men should be practical in dealing with politics." Menshould be reason able in discussing State affairs. Nov Las the present; system of County Government proved a blessing or a curse to the tax payers T Is there a single voter in New. Hanover county not an idiot who does no know that taxes nave oeep reaaoea - ana tne public debt of the county put in a much better, condition under the system now being worked ? What has been the case in : New- Hanover has been the case in all of the coun tie?. : , V by. should men ignorant, un lettered men have charge of finanv cial matters and dictate what shall be the policy or a county or a State? Every man of ordinary, ob servation, experience and sense knows that the tendency, even among edu cated people in office,; is to be lavish' with other people's money. It is ten times more so in the case of ignor ance and non-laxpaying controllers. When the public educational sys tem was under the control of the ne groes 'tb?re were no public. schools worth the name. - When the county affairs in the "negro counties" were controlled by the negro voters taxes were very high, . extravagance and waste prevailed, and thieving and de fecations abounded. la not that true? . ," ' ': Why then return to a system that worked only evil. Can the West af ford to -remand twenty-six' of the .heaviest tax-paying counties to the control of spendthrifts and igno ramuses?. Can the West burden and afflict the East without feeling the' effects seriously in its .own finances? If you lessen the! tax paying power of the East you inevitably increase the tax burden of the West. Mr. Hale, in his capital Handbook of 1884, summed up the question which -the voters must consider in making their choice between the Canbybsy onet system and the Reform system j between the system fastened upon-us by Federal soldier-straps and the negro voters, and the system, of one hunijed years under which our fa thers worked with so much of econo my and satisfaction: . ; r 'l.,What the North Carolina system la worth to the negro counties in the State. "2. What these negro counties are worth n th rnmnrrt"f nart.V. And .- 3 What thev are worth to the tax ( "payers of the State." , ' ' " f ' sentiment in the South before 'the war, but it was of the mild Henry Clay kind. There is not one-half as much of that sentiment now as there was " thirty ' years' ago. The unin terrupted trial'of High" Protection for twenty-five years .and its blasting, blighting results have caused many who once favored moderate Protec tion to doubt ita wisdom and utility, or to reject It altogether. .Then there are a million or two voters who nave come to the front, who were never committed to Protection. So take it all and m all it is safe to say that in the South the Protection sen timent is far less now than ever be fore. , Yon. will find bat few Democrats who believe in a High War Tariff in 1886. You will find; very few in thousand who oppose thorough re duction of the present burdensome, unequal, and unjust Tariff.. n IiONGSTBEBT CRITICISED. ; Gen. Wv Allan, of Virginia, has a paper in the Southern Bivouac for October in review of Gen. Long- Btreet's article in the June number of the Century Magazine on the "In vasion of Maryland.". It is a damag ing criticism and shows up effec tively the. vanity, jealousy - and - un fairness of the slow Georgian. It is known to all who have read Long street's articles on the ar that he evidently considers himself a greater soldier than : either Lee or J ackson He does not fail to show wherein he differed trom Lee, and his jealousy of Jackson is conspicuous a many places. But the truth is Jackson could whip an enemy before Long street would get ready to advance. Gen. Allan sh'pwB up Longstreet in a lucid and conclusive style. Long street's account of Sharpsbuig was singularly unfair because of its great As. to Lee his fame Northern soldiers re Europe has not been slow to do the noble and illustrious Southron ample justice. In England he ranks with jtheir- own great cap tains, Marlborough and Wellington. The Southern Bivouac says of him: 'We think General Lee deserves lo rank higher than Wellington. We can attempt here no discussion oi uns mierctsuug tucuic, but if the campaigns and battles of the two are carefully compared, we venture to say that a nandid discussion will declare Lee the suDerior. In the three years, during whinh he commanded the Army of North- .rn Vinriniai he inflicted severer loss on an onomv nnt lpa formidable even man we imnoHal trnoDS who were ODOOSed to Wei- " - - ... 1 tZ . k. n linvtnn thin me laiier : ueoeni uiu mc T?,.nnh Hiirinir al! the veare of the PeDin outs Aamnaicna and at Ouatre Bras and Waterloo. . . sin ot omission is immortal cognize it and! vice as a Major' he left it a Major GeneraL ' He actually won bis pro motion by fidelity to ', duty and a splendid courage that was worthy of the grandest hero of 'any age or peo ple. This is truth' every, word of It. This has been made more plain to us than ever before by a gratified reading of the very interesting ad dress of Capt. H. A. London, of Pittsboro, delivered on ; Memorial Day .at Raleigh on 10th .'May, 1886. It is excellent reading for all, and to the youth of North '. Carolina we specially commend It. The lessons to be learned from a careful reading of such a story of such a life are well calculated to stir in the s youthful breast noble emotions' and to excite an emulation always tor oe com mended, CapU London never ut tered anything truer than when lie declared "that inTdevotion to every duty, in faithfulness to - every trust, id sincerity, of purpose," in dauntless courage, in" unselfish patriotism in everything that constitutes a . noble, generous, true man North Carolina has never honored a son superior to Bbyajt Geimes." Words fitly spoken and applied.: We knew him . well, and had the pleasure of his friend- ship for more than thirty years, ; and while we lament his death we rejoice to- know that North Carolina had such a son. . No Knight ;or Pala din of old was .w more chivalrous -or courageous. . JNeitner isayaru nor ; Sidnev nor Saladin had a higher manhood ' or t a : heart more responsive to the generous, the noble, the humane. ; To know what splendor arid dash marked jhis career you must read the story jas told by his friend and companion in arms who witnessed so much that he re lates. It is indeed a glorious record of glorious deeds. What1 ever other States may have done, and however grand their achievements in war, none did better than North Carolina in the stern days of trial; and among the sons of freedom there was not one whose "' courage was of a firmer, more unbending texture than the hero of North Carolina whose virtues and deeds Capt. London has sd well cele brated in his excellent address. HE DID HOT MEET THE QCKEN. It will be remembered, that some months ago a very seyere attack wsa. made upon Secretary Bayard by an anonymous writer, signing himself "Arthur Richmond" xL, the North American Meview, It has been sup"? posed by some, that Mr. A. T. Rice, the proprietor who writes . himself editoir, is the author of it. -But we o not believe it, for we have no idea that Rice is capable of such clever work. Mr, Hurlbut has been : 6ug-. gested as the author.. Rice is ably. assisted in - procuring writers and m selecting themes by, a gentleman ,o ability and tact. : His assistant was some years ago a Canadian, who once resided in Wilmington. f - But whoever wrote the attack oQ Mr. Bayard the proprietor allowed H and Bought 1t, and is, therefore, ref sponsible for it. Rice has been in; London and - was anxious to be pre? seoted to tbe-Qqeen, but failed. The New - York Ster .explains how as fol lows: " . ' : "The American Minister in London, as a matter of courtesy, and not of .duty, sub mits to the Lord Chamberlain the names of those Americans whom toe indorses for this honor In this case Mr Phelps, who is Mr. Bayard's close Jriend and appointee, and shared with Mr. Bavard's frienda a feeling of intense indignation at the lampoon tnat Mr. Bice had circulated about his official chief, declined to have anything to do with Mr. Rice, so that officially the editor of the North American Review and the Queen of England are total strangers." 'TB,B .B4- THE NEXT BOVIE. ' Whether the Democrats '" gain - or lose," as far as their strength in tbe Fiftieth Congress' is concerned, it; verv certain those elected will be less of the Randall stripe than tliose; in t.hft lasfr Onlv two of .th SIX Southern followers of the Higr War Tariff Randall will be in thf next Congress, if they should be elected, and they will' be Trout sog3,r pro tected Louisiana. One of the' two is only in favor.of Protection jto the extent of the sugar interest,or be uraB nnminatflfl bf s Convenwon i that " "w j;. 3 . , rejected Protection by j-oteof 47 to "28. Mr. jartint . Alabama, has been set aside bibause of his alliance with the R-iJncal-Randall Protec tionists in t4e present House,! Even in Pennsylvania one Randailite has ieen sJ.Aughtered. .rln Maryland it is beloved that the one Randall fol 6wer will be left at home; The lialtimore Sun says: ; ' Mr. Frank Hurd, of Ohio, has been rominated with enthusiasm and with every prospect of success. There will probably tie compensations, for aome of these losses in other States, but the tendency.it is plain, both in the Democratic and in the Republican party, is toward more intelli gent Tariff views. The Minnesota Repub lican convention reasserts free trade views, anrl in th Third Congressional District of Mo.aahnootig Ofn . RlflTftOB. who has been nominated bv the Tariff Reform League in Republican district, is thought to have a prospect or displacing jot. a. a- ui-j, the Bell Telephone protagonist." la Ohio no less than four Randall ites have failed of re-nomination. Thi in John Sherman's State. , be it remembered, arid he is blowing for Protection in true rivalry of . Blaine. In California one Henley, who voted with the Radical-Randall set, has . hoon Wivif oil in remain at home and . . t , .' ..SI ; - ' make an honest living. , J) In the face of all this the Northern papers are continually talking about the progress of - Protection ideas in the South. As we showed in a for mor nrf.inlA t.Kera was & Strong. Tariff VlWBiHDPRlCB. Political economists tell us that it is impossible that there should ever be a general rise or a general fall in values. Value is purchasing power, mind you. In other words, the value of anything a horse, a pound of butter, a pound of tea, is the power it has of purchasing other things. In that one article may rise in value other articles must fall in value This gives to one a less purchasing ijower than others possess. Articles that will buy more than other articles have more purchasing power, and hence have mere vah So the rule of economy is that there can be no general rise or fall in values. But mark you, there may a rise or fall in nrices. There is a difference- the' economists teach. Let us illustrate: ; A pound of tea will buy three poundsof cbffeevTheir values can not rise together, and because, if tea becomes so high that one pound will hay four pounds of coffee, then sure ly the value its purchasing power has risen while the coffee has fallen: It now takes more coffee to buy. a pound of tea than it did. So there cap be no general rise in values, v But suppose tea has been selling it 90 cents a pound and coffee at 30 cents. Suppose the; crops are short and thus, force prices for tea to $1.80 a pound and coffee at 60 cents, - - . -'" .' ""1? ". L l . 1 then the prices nave risen, um tuo values are the same. That is to say, a dollar in money will not exchange for as much o them as it did. Their vrices have risen, but their values re main the same, as compared wita each other, for the pound of tea is still equivalent to tbe, threo pounds of coffee. Hence the economists say therfr may be a general rise or fall m prices, but not in values, inei nnlit of the difference as -me best authorities recognize it. Gold a;Wor in " this country are the CIUV4 WW W - . standards by which values are regu lated. But more of this at another time. But let it be borne in mind that the value of any thing depends upon the cost of its production. ' A NEW ANALYSIS OF - ' VSSN. - . To any man with a fair share of poetic taste, sympathy and insigm Edgar Poe's "Raven" must ever re main a profound study. Its weird and intense power mast be always fejt by the . interested - Btudents of marvellous verse. The author has attempted to do what no other poet ever did. to let us in behind the . -.- scene and stand by him as he was in the act of Droduction. s In other words, in his essay "On the Philoso phv of Composition," he. has preten ded to trace step by -step the myteri- ous workings of his very original mind as it went deliberately to work to fashion one of the strangest, most original, most unique poems in an y language. We refer to this very remarkable manifestation of genius now because of anlnstructive paper upon it in the Chicago Current of 2nd October, by H. S. Smith, of Quebec. To us the discussion is full of interest. Mr, Smith rejects the ostensible revela tion of Poe as being indeed a true key to the poem, and we think he makes a striking presentation of his theme to show that the masterful poet whofte rvthmical effects are a con stant surprise and of almost unrival led' originality did not reveal a true analysis of his own ' work at all, but that the real key is -something else. He says: He tells us. indeed, that 'The Raven' was emblamatical. but he tells us also that his trhostlv. erim. and ancient visitor from ' The Louisville Courier-Journal re-; f erring to the report that Minister Jarvis is to be the- rival candidate of Senator Ransom, says: 'Senator Ransom is one of the hand somest men in the United States, but Gov. Jar y is' best friend can not look him in the face and call him gooa-iooKing. uov. ScaieS is said to also be a candidate tor tne Senate " .. .. - . Jarvis is not handsome and his knowledge of English -w not mti- l-mate but he is a very shrewd politi cian and has a strong hold upon some portions of the State press', and upon the people. Senator Ransom is not only a man of fine education and ability, but he is an excellent elec tioneerer and would defeat J arvis easilv if he had not already been in the Senate seventeen years when his term is up. As to Gov. Scales he will be supported by a class of men, if he should be a,candidate, of high moral grade and intelligence. OiemnrearlneI attraa 1 Bevenae RrcnlatloBS. , - The internal revenue laws regulating the sale o? oleomargarine go into effect on the Slat day of October, but that day falling on Sunday will make the time November 1st. Officers of: the Internal " Revenue Depart-, ment .will make an investigation shortly to ascertain who of the wholesale and retail grocery dealers ? throughout 4 the country may desire to sell the article and pay the internal revenue tax. The tax on retail dealers is $48 per year and on wholesale dealers 480. A synopsis of', the instruc tions given to collectors is as follow: ' t. .;. The ' law requirer that all oleomargarine shall be packed by the manufacturer, in firkins, tubs or other wooden packages not before used for that fmrpoae. - The use ot tin in the packine and shipping of ojeo marearinc will not be allowed, except as the inner linine of wooden packages, and I such package must be so combined in con struction that, when the wood ana tin are separated the packages will be so injured la tne process as to oepracucatiy aesroyeu. Collectors will not permit the use of auy form of wooden package having a tin lining for packing oleomargarine unless a sample of such package has, first been submitted to and approved by the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue. ' s , Any oleomargarine-found in any tin packages from which the outerwooden case has been removed will be deemed to have been packed in a' package contrary to law, and any person 'who sells or offers for sale or delivers or offers to deliver such a pack ape will be liable -to a fine, s As the retail dealer is requited to sail from original stamped packages, and can not, as a retail dealer, sell in such packages, be is compelled to make up his own pack , ages k:v--'' ' New wooden or paper packages similar to those usuallv employed in selling butter and lard at retail; may be used by the retail dealer in oleomargarine. It is required that each package snail be -strong enough to hold the oleomargarine securely, with the exercise of ordinary diligence on, the part of the purchaser; until it is delivered at the point of destination.. . . Jfiach retailer's wooden or paper pacsage must have, beside the name and address of the dealer, printed er branded thereon in letters, not less than one-quarter of an inch square, the woid "oleomargarine," and the quantity in pounds contained therein, writ ten or printed thereon.-as follows:- "One half pound oleomargarine " "One pound oleomargarine," or as the case may be. "Imitation butter sold here," is a sign all oleomargarine dealers, wholesale and retail,' must hang in conspicuous place?, or be liable to a fioe of $500 cash, with ninety days in prison for the offender. ,-. 1UE & O.K. R. CO. s ' , - '-.;. r ' " ' - . To Kxten b SbeaaMdoak Valler i- Hm4 tFateelait FlrtdmWork Becla in Thirty Days. .' Baltikore, OcL 7 It is pretty well understood- in railroad circles, though the fact is not officially stated, thai President Oarrett of the Baltimoie & Ohio Railroad Co.; while in Europe perfected nrrange menta for securing funds necessary for ex tend ng the Shenandoah Valley Railroad South to Pensacola. Fla.. and that the work is to be commenced within thirty days The route Is said to be over the old line di rect into Salem; V , via Buchanan: thence south to the famous Cranberry Iron Mi Lea of North Carolina, Birmingham. Ala , Dalton, Ga , nd to Pensacola. Pla. Xhe object thus of extending so far south is to get an open and direct route to the Gulf of Mexico, which is now blocked to the Balti more & Ohio by the Richmond & Danville syndicate. By agreement with large capi talists who are to locate, fifteen or mote blast furnaces at Birmineham, Ala . the extension of the road will run through the Cranberry Iron Mines, N. C . where the -best of ore is obtained for the manufacture of Bessemer steel. The new line, as is un derstood, is to be completed inside of . two yam, and is to have all the Northern iron traffic of Birminghan'. Ala.. north, to East ern markets, which . trade will be a large feeder to the line. . , tOREIQN. Anxletr Abont tka Steamer Aneltorla Bound ror JJew YrK from Olascow , Beflatanee to a Dran at Alderabot V A Balcarfas Newipiptr trgti Kt . velatOR of Gm Kaalkara. IjOSDOH, October 7. The Anchor Line steamer Ethiopia, which arrived at Glaa gow to-day from New York, reports that on the 29th of September she passed an other steamer of the same line. The laiur was probably the steamer Anchoria, wh ich left Glasgow, September. 16th for New York and has not reached her destination. The owners of the Anchor Line believe that the Anchoria is safe, but delayed by some accident to her machinery. Lohpok. : October 7 The ltoyal In niskilling Fusileers, ataiinned at Aldershot, went ou, riot last night in resistance to a draft that was being made for service in Africa kA savage fight ensutsd, and the Irishmen were only subdued after a num ber of soldiers and police were wounded, Portyrone of the rioiera were arrested. , A - Sofia, October 7. The n w newspaper,. Independent Bulgaria, stigmatizes General Kaulbara as a "rebel fomenting rebellion among : the people . and : army." It also urges the government to "bind General Kaulbara and send him across the f rod-tier." There is-a very lonesome man in the Vermont Senate. He is a Dem ocrat, and has no fellow, ne stands "arklitarir . and alone." If Charles Jones coald by any kick of Dame Fortune be elected to the Fiftieth Congress he would be in the same predicament of , lonesomeness. But he can employ his time in mowing the lawn. v ; . Superior Court. The Fall term of the Superior Court for New Hanover county, just closed, was a laborious one for all concerned. Under the admirable direction of His Honor Judge Clark, a very great amount of business was transacted. . At the' close of the Court Solicitor Allen submitted the following report: Superior Court September Term, New Hanover County. J A. D., 1886. To Ron. Walter Clark. Judge Presiding: . I respectfully report that I have made an inspection of the office of. the Clerk of the Superior Court and find the wills, judg ments, &c, duly recorded, except that some of the wills recorded by James Hea ton, a former-clerk. . are without probate. I recommend tbat the clerk proceed under Sec. 87 of the Code to complete his work if it can be done and if the fault is on the part of the said Heaton, but if not his fault then that the proper parties be. notified to perfect the probate. O. H. Allen, - , Solicitor Foreign Exports Yesterday. , Messrs. Pater8on, Downing & Co. cleared the German barque Charlotte and Anna for London. Eng., with 1J382 casks of spirits turpentine, 92,917 gallons, valued at f 32,526, and 1.500 barrels of rosin, weighing 431,885 pounds, valued at $1,223. ; r ; ' Messrs. E. G.'. Barker & Co. cleared the( German barque Elsa, with a cargo of 3,881 barrels of rosip, weighing 1,274,125 pounds, valued at $3,749.18, and 200 casks, lO.Olo' gallons of spirits turpentine, valued at $3, 455!58. . . Messis. Northrop &Cummingclearedthe Norwegian barque Inga, for Buenes Ay res, S. A., with 16.646 pitch pine railway sleep ers, measuring' 324,597 feet and valued at $6,450.33. .V-V 'C. - - " .;' Total value of exports yesterday, $47,- 404.09. -- ; - - A Craeefol MecosnltlOii. It will be gratifying to the friends of Dr. Thomas P. Wood to learn that he is m a fair way to restoration to health. The fol lowing was received by him yesterday. It is a graceful recognition of his worth and shows the high esteem in which he is held by an honored portion of his medical brethren. It must have been very grateful to him under the circumstances: , ' . Tobonto, Oht.. Oct. 7. Thoe. F. Wood, if. D. , Secretary State Board - of Health: t The American Public Health Association have just adopted the following by unani mous vote: . , 'Resolved, Tbat the members of the American Public Health Association" send tbeir fraternal greetine to their esteemed fellow member, Dr Thomas P. Wood. SecreUry of the State Board of Health of "Wnrth Carolina, assurine him how much his absence has been felt and regretted; and of their warm sympathy, for him in the ill neaa. which they" sincerely hope may prove less serious than he has been led to believe. Ikvusq A.! Watson, Secretary. i 1 .JLfjZXOlH. - - . , . Judc ery Ovsr-Bales the . notion for a New Trial lu the Anarelilst CaseaMBtenee to he l?roBioaieedOBi the Prisoners Hours or Work In ' Chleaxo Stock Yards. . . , ' .. . By Telegraph to the stornuur Star. Chicago, October 7. Judge Gary, in the Criminal Court this moruing. overruled the motion for a new trial in the cases of the eight Anarchists charged with the Hay market massacre and confirmed the verdict of the jury that Spies, Parsons, Fielden, Schwab, Kngel. Fischer and Lingg should be hanged, and tbat Neebe should suffer, imprisonment for fifteen years ih the State Penitentiary.- The Court did not conclude his decision until 12.30 o'clock and owing to the intercession of " counsel for the prisoners he deferred passing ; sentence upon them until 2 o'clock this afternoon. . CaiCAGo.Oct.7. Notices were posted thin morning in all the stock yards aDd packing houses, lo the effect that on and after Mon day the hours of : work would be ten in stead of eight, as is now the rule:' .The no tices Were siirned by , nineteen firms, com prising all the packers of consequence in Chicago. . : COTTON. Crop Beport from the Memphis Dis trict Snowing; Favorable' Prospects lor Plantera -: -ij . - v" -Mrmpkis, Tkhn.,' Oct. 8 The cotton . crop report for the Memphis District, which embraces West Tennessee, North Missis sippi, North Arkansas and North Alabama to be published lo morrow by Messrs Hill, Fontaine & Co., will Bay: The weather durine September was fairly favorable. Heavy rains prevailed after the 15th which did some damage and delayed picking in some localities. The season, however, has been more favorable than last year up to this period, excepting in Mississippi, where too much wet weather is complained of. Picking is progressing rapidly throughout the district, and U is estimated that 15 per cent, of the crop had been gathered up to the first of October . I Damage to the crop from drought, shedding and rust, sustained in August, has not been aggravated by un favorable " seasons, f and the prospec tive yield of the district . indicates an iocrease of -fully 7$ per cent as comoared with last year. Arkansas and Tennessee show the most favorable pros pects In the-former State, the increased yield is placed at 16 1 per cent.. Tennessee 13 per cent., Alabama 2 per cent.: while Mississippi shows a decrease of percent The light f rosts which fell in portions of the district the night of October 1st. were not damaging, and the fair weather that has since prevailed gives assurance f fa . vorable conditions, which adds to the brieht prospects of the planters and enables him to gather hu crop in a clean and satis factory manner. The staple is moving rap idly to the market, and there is no disposi tion on the part of the planter to hold his cotton for higher prices. THE rKABODY FUmD An Increased Allotment to he made to South Carolina. ! - New Yobs, Oct. 7. At a meeting to dav of the trustees of the Peabody Fund the following executive committee was ap pointed: A. a.: U. Stuart, va. v;niet jus tice Waite, ex-President HayesfJames D, Porter, and chairman Winthrop. A reso lution was adopted to increase the allot ment U the State bf South Carolina, in view of the oevastation caused by tne earthquake. The amount will probably be fixe 1 at $10,000. The Board then ad journed. . ! A'HEBO OF THE IiATE WAR. Among the multitnde of brave men who fought m the war between the States we do not believe there was a braver soldier than the late iti an. Brvan Grimes, of North Carolina. We knew him in the for- ties and he was brave then, ' A man of fair intelligence, without a spark of brilliancy, he was the incarnation of courage, and was as true to, duty and honor as . the ' needle :;, is to the pole. -Entering the Confederate ser- the realms of darkness was emblematical of nothing more than -mourn mi ana never ending remembrance.' ; To accept this ex planation is to turn the whole of the beau- . . , a . j . tiful poem into a mere monouy, uu mj uo stroy utterly the whole grandeur of the conception. If, however, we go a iew Biepa further, and accept that eoon Dim wmcn nntered uninvited, and which no threats could drive away, as the type ot an aveng ing conscience, then and then only will tne full beauty ana spienaor oi tne poem De come apparent It is very entertaining to see how the critic works out this theory for thus interpreted, as he says,- the poem "carries with it a 'moral pur-. pose which it otherwise lacks." tou must read Mr. Smith's analysis and application of certain stanzas in one of the most solemn and mysterious of poems to the theory of intense re morse and an avenging conscience to appreciate the force of the argument of the poem he suggests as giving the solution and key. -The old Greek idea of an avenging Nemesis is some what reflected in tne eternal naunt- ings of the poet as conscience ap- t- t ... v - .: pnea its scorpiuu ieu. . . Judge Walter Clark has been hold. jng for the first time Superior. Court in this city. His labors closed yes terday. His great ability to dispatch business is conceded. He woke up the lawyers and witnesses and yethe is patient and .considerate. He be lieves evidently .that Courts are held for the transaction ot business, and not for postponing and; delay. 1 0ne nf t.n oldest law vera said to us. cHe ia the best Judge I have seen in Wil- minrrton m five years." He sets an excellent example to other Jndges. A Bis: Price for a Poor Show. A colored man named Scott, living a short distance in the country east of the city, was robbed of between fifteen and six teen dollars in money last Wednesday af ternoon, by some person who broke into his home while the family were in town "seeing the ciicus." The house was thor-" oughly searched by the thief and all of Scott's " belongings thrown topsy-turvey about the rooms, but nothing else was taken. The robbery was evidently committed by some one who knew the family were away. Quick Dispatch. , V . : The British steamer Wy lo, cleared yester day with a full cargo of cotton by the Messrs. Sprunt, was entered at the Custom House on Monday last She was loaded in less than five days at the Champion Com press. The Benacre. - cleared yesterday, also, by Messrs. Williams $ Murchison, entered a few days before the Wylo, and took ih cargo at the Wilmington Comprees. Tbe three excellent compresses at this port are fully equal to any demand that may be made upon them, and altogether the facili ties afforded at Wilmington for handling coU ton and giving quipk dispatch to are unsurpassed. -. -. ; ninri rotton Facta. While the aggregate of receipts of cotton at all the ports so far this eason is less than at the same time last year, the receipts at Wilmington show an iocrease of, over four thousand bales; and this, too in face of the fact that the opening season in North Carolina was two to three weeks later than it'was last year. , ' The staple is weakening all around the circle, and prices declined here yesterday from a sixteenth to an eighth on all grades. Yet' Wilmington's -quotations are still in the lead as compared with other Southern ports. ' ; .- , ' ' y Cotton Statement. - - The receipts of cotton at this port.a8 bul letined at the Produce Exchange, show an increase of 4,954 bales for the firs.t nine days of October, as compared with the cor responding period last year,' The receipts for the crop year from .September 1st to October 9th foot, up 26,602 , bales, as against 22.750 bales for the corresponding period last year, an increase of 8,852 bales. Foreign Exports. ', ' Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the German barque Louise Wiclwrds yester day, , for Liverpool, Eng. with 2,985 bar rels of rosin, weighing 1,047,820 pounds and valued at f 9,000. Also, the Norwe gian barque Auguste Lejf er. '", for . Queens- town or - Falmouth for. orders,With 2,000 casks spirits turpentine, 5W,78Bi gauons, valued at $36,000, and; 1.862 parrels of rosin, weighing 579,100 pounds and valued at $1,800;' 7 : : " ' s" ;'; . " - -: -Messrs. James H. , Chadbourn J& Co., cleared tbe schooner Oeorgie L. Drake for Samana, with 432.483 feet of lumber, valued at $5,833. ! SO VTH CARD LI NA Befnseea Betnrnlnc to Charleston No Dlstnrbanees for Fonr Days-J. r JT. Hemphill : Nominated rar uon- ' ' , MISSOURI. Thirty Uvea Lost by the La naseotte ,- Disaster. ' Br Telegraph to the XornhurStar. St. Louis, Oct 8:-&The following deaths occurred yesterday among, those injured in the La Ma cotte disaster.' making the total number thirty ; Marshall - Wade, colored, of Walnut Hill, Tenn ; : Robert Rice, col ored, of Cape Michael: M. G.' Sherer. of Cincinnati: Levi Chatham, colored, of Pa ducah, Ky. Gei. 8. Davidson, the boat's carpenter, is in a very precarious condition and not expected to live v ? r ; i . ' The coroner's jury to day returned a ver dict exonerating the officers of the Li Mascotte from all blame and severely criti cized Capt Ebrough, of the Eagle, for his treatment of the survivors,' and for not at tempting to run the burnimr boat ashore, and recommended that hfa license t e re voked. , -;. - . l.y tobacco. , i . '. The Crop, field and Quality Greatly Interior to That or Last Veer. ; ; ; By Telemapb to the Moraine star. , i Baltimohk. October 8 The Baltimore Journal of Commerce ill to-morrow pub lish special reports from the tobacco grow ing sections of Mary laud. Virginia and North Carolina as lo injury to the crop by frost and the probable ) ield as compared 'With last year. . ! : -: ':i The acreage this year is reported mucn less than 1885, and owing i unfavorable weather not much over a two thirds crop had been expected prior to frost While considerable of the crop had already been gathered the frost seriously damaged what was still in the fields still further reducing the' yield. In some instances .the crop is stated as large as last year and the quality as giiod, but nearly all reports claim that the yield will be much reduced, the esti mates runuiug from one-third t two-thirds of the crop, and With quality, especially in parts of North Carolina and 'Virginia, very poor. In the great Durham (N 01 district the yield ia esliintltd l tint over torty per cent of the average, and if very inferior grade -' . I OUiSlA S A. Fearlnl Mortality on a British Barque from Colon. New Oulkaks, October 8. The British baroue Montreal arrived ; yesterday in charge of a Mexican captain and crew. She left Colon in August in charge of Capt Davidson and a crew of fourteen men. After leaving port the captain-and crew were stricken down with fever. The captain became delirious and jumped over board and was lost The steward, boat swain and chief officer died. The six re maining men were unable to manage the vessel and she drifted at the mercy of the wind and waves, was caught in a hurri cane, lost all her sails, and finally beached near Compreke, Mexico. Here she wfw found and taken charge of by Capt Sutora. a Mexican, who refitted her and brought her and the sick crew to New Orleans. The captain claims heavy, salvage. ! - CHARLESTON. S A SUcbt Shock Reported Early this mornlDK Three Shocks at Summer vllle. Chablbston. Oct 8. There were three shocks at Summerville last night The re ports differ widely as to the intensity of the shocks, some of the residents declaring that they were more severe than any disturbance since August 31st, while others report that they were slight tremors : No one was hurt, however, and no damage done to Eroperty. - A slight shock was also felt ere at 5 o'clock this morning by the early risers, but it was not generally felt VIRGINIA. J New Hanover Bepubileana. The Republican County Convention meets on Saturday next to make nomina tions for county officers; but according to ail reports the slate is Already fixed, with, the possible exception of one or two of the minor offices. - Gen. Manning will again Da the candidate for SheriflV StaceyNVanAm ringe for Clerk of the Superior Court, J. E. Sampson for Register of Deeds, and Elijah Hewlett for County Treasurer.- No names are mentioned in connection with the offices of Coroner, Surveyor and Constable,, Mr. C. P. lackey, it is said, will be the nominee for State Senator from the coun ties of Pender and New Hanover. k .. Body Beeovered. ; !. s S ! The body of Johannes Speck man, of the German barque Elsa, who fell into the river and was drowned" Saturday afternoon last was recovered yesterday.' It was discov ered floating in the water about three inilea below Market street dock, and was brought up to the city. Coroner Jacobs yiewea tne body,, but no inquest was held. The re mains of the unfortunate sailor were in terred later in the day in Bellevue cemetery. i . i m .11 t -' Cotton for Liverpool. Messrs. Williams & -Murchison cleared the British steamship Benacre tor Livers pool yesterday' with a cargo of 4,600 balea of cotton; .weighing 2,215,815 pounds and valued at $207732. . .. . . .. V Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son: cleared the Ttritiah atAamBhm WvLo. also ior uiverpooi. with 4.200 bales of cotton, weighing ; 1, 960,629 pounds and valued at $190,000, ? K. C. Industrial Association. -,"v i The eighth annual; fair, of 'the North; Carolina Industrial Association (colored),; will be held at Raleigh,emUhuing fromte eighth to the thirteenth of November. Jno., jy. Lieary is irresioeni, anu wuin x , m m-. 8om Secretary of the Association. - Charleston ' October;; 7. Charleston has had no return of earthquake disturb ances for four days, and everything in set tlinu down. . Refugees are; returning from the country in Increasing numbers every day.'.-' v.; ,'-.;- .'!-.,;' - - Democrats of the Fifth District have re nominated John J. Hemphill for Congress. Chablbston, Oct 8 There were bo new earthquake disturbances here to day., . Business is steadily growing better. The receipts of cotton this week were 29,757 bales, as-against ,26.176 bales in the cor responding week last year, and all the cot- tonpresses are working luii utue. , i The steamer Huntsman cleared to-day for Liverpool with 5,719 bales of cotton. She was loaded and cleared in five days. There could be no better refutation of the Charge that Charleston's facilities for doing busi ness navebeen destroyed by the earth quake. ' "-""--M '-- , " The Coinmiuee on Relief, are pushing their work with great energy! They acted to day on about two hundred applications for money to repair houses. N. C. REPUBLICANS. Buxton Nominated for Chief Justice, wltb Albertson and Iinsk for Asso- i. elates.-' rxH'J- '-i-i Ralrioh, N. 0.. Oct. 7. W. P. Bynum. was nominated for Chief Justice of the Su preme Court by the State Republican Con vention, but having declined to be a candi date. Ralph P. Buxton has been put on the : ticket in his stead, .with J. . W. Albertson andV. 8. Lusklor Associate Justices. t VIRGINIA. Claverlus Besentenced to be Hanced. iBTTeleK-ranh te me Kornlnit Start. '': : Richmond, Oct 9. The Supreme Court of Appeals o?, Virginia having refused to grant a hearing of the case of Thomas J Cluverius. convicted of the murder of Fan nie iiilllan Madison, " in March, 1885, the; prisoner was brought before Judge Thos. k Atkins, of the Hustings Court this af ternoon, at 2 o'clock for resentance; the time first set for his execution having inno aim named. But few nersohs (about thirtv) were present, as it was not generally known that he would he Tesentenced to day- .. ,' -'. . : -' . - ' - : .. ' Cluverius appeared to be somewhat care worn and nervous, and it was evident that he was under a heavy , strain to maintain When asked bv the Judge if y-r I. . : , v i hA hail anvtmnar tosav wnv BeuieDCBBuuuiu not be passed upon him, he in a low tow replied. "No. sir: nothing-mere than,! said before." Judge Atkins, wthput any pre face, pronounced the death sentence, nam ing the lQth or ueceEftDer next aa u "l execution. ' ' - ' - . The Court was then adjourned ana the prisoner remanded to Jail. A Murderer to be Hansed November Firth Deianltlns County Treasurer Sterling -Failure In Danville.' Habhibonbpbg, Oct 8. The Circuit Court has refused to grant a new trial lo Wm. Finchum. now under , sentence of death Tor killing his brother.; f He is to. be hanged November fifth.' I j ' I The sureties of Samuel R. Sterling, de faulting treasurer of this county, compro mised with the Board of Supervisors to day by the payment of $8,000. Suit has been instituted against them for about $25, 000 bv the countv. ' Sterlinir is very ill." It ia thought that he will not live to be brought to trial. . -: Danville, Oct. 8. L. W. Fleishman, dealer in dry goods and variety goods, as signed today. Liabilities . $11,000; assets about $4,UUU. - - ILLINOIS. The Mrlke Situation In the Chleao Stock Tarda Closlnc Scenes in the 'Anarchist Trials. " .' . iBr Telegraph to the XornlOR 8tar -Chicago, Oct. 9. Advices from the Stock Yaids report the situation unchanged there this morning, and no disturbance of. any kind has occurred. Armour & Co. say the report that their beef killers had al so joined the strikers is a mistake; that this part of their establishment is running as usual, the stfike being confined to the hog kulers. " j ''i- ' ;" ' As the concluding scenes of the great trial of the Anarchists approach; more in terest is taken, and the suppressed excite ment becomes more marked, uunareas oi people wended their way toward the Crim inal nnnrt hnildinsr. each one desirous of listening to the conclusion of the speech of the Anarchist Parsons, and with theexpec- tatiou of hearing the death sentence pro nounced - Parsons resumed his speech as soon as the Court was opened. He created something of a sensation by declaring in a very dramatic and impressive manner, that they had positive proof that the bomb which created such destruction at the Hay market was thrown by an agent of New York capitalists and monopolists, who sent a man out here to take this means of break- ing up the eight-hour movement , f : , north Carolina: A Block of Bnrned at Bulldlncs Winston. ; EAtmH. October 9. At Winston, TX.G.. the Buxton-Lemley block, consisting of fivestores andalargelswding house above, was almost entirely destroyed byflre last night. The building was ins urea, bus weru was no insurance on the contents, above or I below. The toss is between ;$5,00ft and $7,000. The exact amount oi uuntransa i not yet known. ,-" ; ' -1 Earthquake religion will never be worth a hundred cents on uw uou,- 8partaQa.)Ishmaetite.- . , . Spirits 1 Turpentine. . - - " " - 'New Bern Journal: -The meet- . ing' at the Baptist church conducted by Rev. Thomas Needham, continues with " much interest. Several have proteased faith in Christ, ' Kinston Press: John Bowden,a New Bern police, while on the excursion -train returning from the circus at Golds boro," Saturday, was badly cut, a report says, by Amos Rhem, who lives ner Kin- ' ston, ' The team of Mr. A. O. Albrit- ton ran away with hirn while he was re -turning home from Kinston with a loaded , wagon, last Friday. He thought he could manage them better by being on the ground . " and jumping out of the wagon, fell .and . broke bis leg just above the ankle.' ' -Additional revival reports in the Raleigh Becorder, condensed for the Stab: Carthage, 6 baptisms; Bethlehem, 12 bap tisms; 5 at Frahklinsville; Forbush. 11 bap tisms; Sandy Springs. 45 professions, 85 additions; Christian Harbor, 25 additions; Old Fort, 8 baptisms; Bear Swamp, 20 . more additions! Snow Hill, 11 additions; Wells' Chapel, 14 additions; Mt Taylor. 14 babtisms; J. C. Hocult reports 35 profes si'ins at four- churches,- and 23 baptisms; H. W. Battle reports 60 professions at Wadesboro and Lilesville; J. F. Harrell re ports 700 additions in Bladen county in -two months. ';,'- . , . S- Revival notes in Raleigh Ad vocate condensed for the Stab: Gnildfer circuit, 40 professions; Asheboro, 20 pro- : fessions; Hillsboro circuit. 87 professions; Rowan circuit, 43 professions; Raleigh. 12 professions; Mt. Pleasant circuit, 25 pro fessions. Durine the year 230 professions, " 147 additions: Catawba 'circuit, 95 profes- sions; Bladen circuit, 45 professions, 33 additions; Statesville District during the "year between 800 and : 1,000 professions; Davidson circuit, 35 professions, 20 addi- tions; Pleasant Garden circuit, 16 addi- , tions, 23 professions; Elizabeth circuit, 23 , additions: Tar River circuit,' 84 additions; ' Double 8hoals c'ucuiy J0O;,profe8ions, 50 sddttlons; Mocksville circuit, ' 10 profes sions, 9 additions: Goldsboro circuit, 39 additions; Bethel, 60 additions; Concord, 40 additions. -, t Lunjberton Robesonian: Col. Rowland's canvas of the district seems to be a regular ovation. Wherever be goes, the pe ple are delighted: He bids fair - to -be elected by the largest ma lortty ever given to the nominee of this district Fayetteville dots: : Col. Thos. M. Holt, of Alamance, has accepted : the " invitation given him by the Cumberland county Agri cultural Society, to deliver the annual ad dress at the Fair in November. , Ma j. Chas. W. McClammy. our gallant standard . . ' bearer in this Congressional district, spoke at Rockfish last Friday,! where a large crowd, with the Fayetteville Cornet Band, met him and escorted him to the city, Bhom h BnnVe tn a ltrm nil enthusiastic. ' crowd at night. His presentation of the , t truths and principles of democracy is clear. forcible and logical. . I - ' f' Rockingham "Hoeket: There is ' complaint among farmers- that the cotton ( crop has been considerably cut off by the continued dry weather, j It was an- , nounced on Saturday last that Col. O. H. Dockery had been named by his friends in Montgomery as the Republican candidate to represent this, the 26th j Senatorial Dis- ; tnct, in the next liegisiature. - mr. a. S. Liles, of Wolf Pit, had an outhouse on T his premises containing a lot of f adder and -about 1,500 pounds of seed cotton entirely destroyed by fire on Saturday last. There was a good ciowd present at the Democratic Club meeting on Saturday night. Forty-three new names were added to the roll, making to date 133 members. Mr. Frank McNieli, candidate for Solicitor in this district, was present by appoint ment and entertained the Club with a very -earnest and effective speech, which cannot fail of doing good. i : . ;. Durham 'jRJanfl The cotton factory last week shipped 21,000 yards of bag cloth, and 15,000 yards of chambrays, worth $2,200. This islhe only cotton mill . in this section of the country, probably in tlo Hj-inth that matron r.hamhr&va. WUVM, " " - J - court, $89.00. -- On Monday - S. A. Thaxton sold at public auction five acres of land, one mile from the depot, for $3,000, more than $600 per acre. The whole tract, , , 27 acres, was bought by Mr. Thaxton about two years ago for $3,800. For the year ending September 30th, Durham shipped last year 4,4,izopounassmoKing. tobacco, worth $1,598,197.24 ; 43,196 pounds chewing tobaoco, (worth $15,126; .- 229,165,060 cigarettes, worth $792,000. At the warehouses last year 14,591,451 pounds . , leaf tobacco were sold, worth . $1,387, 179.20. - One of our best friends is the Wilmington Stab.I , When hunting for an idea, with the printer yelling "copy," we always with confidence gather up the last , Stab, and it furnishes us something sound and fresh and bright. Long may it twinkle, and sparkle. , , 'j : V " Asheville Citizen : Several young negro boys yesterday went hunting north ot the town, and while in the Wood fin farm stopped to eat their lunch. When the party started to get up Jim j Allen, one of the number, in picking up his gun from the ground in some manner discharged it, the whole load entering the right side of his head, blowing his brains out and causing instant death. The Advance parades Mr. Richmond Pearson in a melo-drama : appearing in that paper as "Sir Richmond Tybalt." and makes him say after his sup-.? posed election. "I go to Raleigh to repeal ' the so-called stock law." Thus stands re vealed, in a play, the true purpose which Mr. Richmond Pearson has in view. . . . We learn of a shooting affray which occur- . red on - Sunday near the Boilston gold mines, in Henderson county; resulting ia j the probable fatal shooting of ; Rily Barnett at the hands of one Thomas (all whites) du- . ring a difficulty between the two. Barnett was shot a number of times, and it is be- - lif.vf.fl was fatallv iniured. Thomas was : lodged in the Jail at Hendersonville Mon day afternoon, having been escorted to the jail under a strong guard. Since the above was in type We learn that Barnett has died. Raleigh News- Observer: r Gov. r Scales is again sick, and was unable to be at his office yesterday. We were glad , to meet Senator Ransom yesterday. He is looking welL Later on Chairman Battle will announce for him certain appointments to speak.- Gen. i Wade Hampton has been invited to deliver the address at the Goldsboro fair, November 4th.' Senator Vance has also been invited to be present. One of the gentlemen who obtained a law license yesterday was 65 years old. More North Carolinians nave crosseu me ocean the past season, it is said, than ever before in any one season. .-- If the Dem ocrats of this judicial district want to vote for a Republican for Solicitor, they will vote ior Col Argo. It, however, they want a Democrat in the office, they will elect Swift Galloway, the regular nomi nee of - the , Democratic party, and a man of proven fitness and capacity. - , - Yesterday the State Board of Educa- , tion met and transacted considerable rou- , tine business. . It ordered the convict force to be put at work on the old turnpike road leading from the head of. Pungo toward Plymouth, the reasons for this being the desire of people in that section to have the . road put in order and the. fact tbat it will . develop the State lands lying theie. The old road was constructed years ago by the T.iterr Board. .It shortens the distance to Plymouth. - Reports as to the damage by frost to the tobacco crop are. that at Oxford one-sixth of the tobacco is standing and that it was seriously damaged-. , Some fields were much more seriously blt--ten than others. In .the section around Durham considerable damage is reported by Saturday night's frost At Henderson it is said that one-third of the crop is uncut and is damaged. - At Milton the- frost waa severe. It is said that about two-fifths of the crop la uncut ' In Buncombe the crops were in some cases badly hurt In Hay wood and Yancev counties there is report ed great damage, but by far the greatest losses, are sustained in ' Madison, the. chief of the -tobacco-raising counties. Many of the crops are totally jruined. . . jjioenses to practice iaw were jzu day granted to the following applicants: Robt. 1 h. 1 Cooper, Cherokee county; Ed mund "Alexander, i Washington; Julian Wood, Chowan; Sfc Leon SculL Hertford; Alfred D. Ward, Duplin; Adolphus Eller, Ashe ; Frank F. Patterson, Forsyth ; Charles L. Riddle, Chatham; -; Robert H. Biesecker, lavidsonr Pearson Ellis; Co lumbus; William H. Lewis, Halifax; Colin M. McLean, Bladen; James M. Sikeai. Granville; Ed. F. Finch, Davidson: John L. English. Madison ; Stacey VaBAmringe. -tJotx, TTunnvpr- Thnmu Bvans. New Han over; Roger J. Page, BancomDe;zu. v. Walser, Davidsonil. (Six applicants wer repulsed. Stak.
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