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In North Carolina the masses well understand the marked difference be tween Democratic rule in the State and Republican rule. They had k sore experience and they have not forgotten how high and oppressive connty and municipal taxes were under tbe Radicals, and how much lighter tbey have been under the Domccrats. They know what it is to be oppressed ana insauea ana outraged by Federal bayonets and Tcited States sub-marshals, and how 8callawag8 and negroes combined with carpet-baggers to violate law, oppress citizens, .pile on taxes and rob the treasury of the earaings of the white tax-payers. They know and remember all this, but when you come tp the prit ciples that separate 1 the Detbj ocratic aDti Republican parties in the Unionlhey are by no means so well informed. If the people wee more givtn to a study of the political newspapers they would understand better the leading questions. It is because- so few Comparatively c o read the papers attentively that the hustings become to important in tie gotub. It is from the public speak" ers that the masses must derive their information until reading Hecomes more general. , ' - : This fact makes, it extremely ne cessary that the Democrats should have a verjCscttve canvass always and especially during the last three 1 . r - - T1 L - wee&s oi a campaign, .every man who can address his fellow-citizens should at least try to do something in benalf of honest and jUBt govern- ment and save the State from Kadi- cal clatches. The campaigns should . . . J - I he made extremely lively and ajg- I gressive. Mark you, there is always danger, and because the neonle are I w xr i I so wonderfully apathetic, Shall this continue? What a disgrace and fail ure is the late election. . There never was a . time in the i couth when there was more need of a correct understanding of funda mental principles. The speeches and votes in the last session of the Cdn- gress, and some recommendations of the Legislature show this beyond question. There is a sad lack (of knowledge -as to underlying princi ples. V hen the liberty of the chi zen and his right of franchise were at stake people could easily see the danger, for it came directly home to them. But now when all men can vote and no man can be sent to pri son at the tinkling of an nsurper's little bell, or by the mandate of! an imperious Governor who defies law and right, there is a different condi tio of things. Political questions are .ot learned without study and reflec- on. Great financial and other issues are not understood by intni- "onor a casual hearsay. The aeriyine nrincinlps r principles. They can only be nias- wea by study. The issues of the Qay are not to be understood in their 1 i oeanngs without due attention. wooa men in politics often f 4vor bills that afterwards they find t be "gerous, i ne liouisville uourier- Journal says: XT .. " . . - i ail nouucai nnestinna arn or a implex character; they have to be decided y reav n rather than by sentiment. Theso- " re'aiioDs are of a most complicated chas cter j the social questions are perplexing ana difficult of solution The effect! of a w is felt in every department of lifej and. mu8o sees in advance to determine Its wiiuence and weigh its good and ill ef- 1 his brings us to say that the peo Pie need political education more uu than ever before, for we are satisfied that they are less perfectly informed as to social and political problems than at any time ini thej his- vi our country, vve teel sure that if the Constitution was bitter Understood there would be fewer Eolations tolerated, and that if the perations and burdens of the War Tariff were thoroughly felt and U- prenended that there would b no Trri. .. . , L . Protectionists sent to the Federal . x - - j - . . . t 1 i Congress outside -of New England and Pennsylvania, where many of the people live at the expense of the remainder of the population of the whole country. We believe that the yonng men of the South should give more time to the actual study of politics that they should . take the books . and master fundamental principles. Such recent works as those ';' of Wilson, Sterne, Nordroff, Sumner, and others should be studied j and of course the political writiogs of : the great men of the past Madison, Jefferson, Cal houn, Webster, Bledsoe, and others There are also some very impor tant English works that should be studied Jevrons, Mongredien, Ri- cardo, Adam Smith, and others.- The young men should thoroughly under stand political and economic science as they are to take charge in the fu ture and direct affairs. - The leaders never iu u uuuuijr oiuweu. j Young men Boould patiently investi gate and conscientiously acU The old stagers will soon pass sway. The aDle and educated young men are to shape the destinies of this great, vast country in the years to come. They must fully equip themselves for the important and very responsible work. A study of the best writer? and es pecially of Jdmund Burke, is a posi tive essential. j We again quote from the Courier Journal: "What laws will effectually lighten the burdens of labor? What action is neces sary to restrain the greed of corporate wealth T What is the province of (iovern- ment, and what is the proper relation of the Government to the individual T Wnere does taxation press most heavily? What are the duties of tbe State T . What can ele vate our municipal politics? What educa tion does society owe to the child, and what are the obligations of the child to tbe state? These are tbe questions which in one form and another are confronting the voter. They can not be put aside. On their proper solution depends not merely the ascendancy of parties, but the welfare of the people. They must be met serious ly and studiously. Are we not right in saying there is the most pressing ueed of a wider and profounder political education ? EXPORTS OP BREADST17FFS. For the months ending the 1st of September for 1886, the foreign ex- ports of the United states were $475,41 1,322,' as against $462,685,242- for the corresponding time for 1885. The increase was in cotton and bread- stuffs. It is interesting to know what countries at this time are the pur chasers of our breadstuff s. Great Britain and Ireland took nearly half that is $13,644,995 of wheat out of a total of $28,723,861. The total for the first nine months of 1885, was but 10,572,829; of which those' countries bought 7,342,169. Last year France bonght .but 199,803 bushels, while this vear it purchased 7,069,166. Last year other European -countries took 1,850,739 bushels, bui this year, 5,- J 939,575. Germany, untisn jxortn America, Central American states and Britisn Honduras are ail pnr- - - chasers. The exports of flour this year were 2,830;595 barrels, against 1.789.257: for 1885. In floor Great Britain and Ireland are the best cus tomers, taking . 1,836,258 barrels, against 943,529 for 1885. Mexico, West Indies, Brazil, United States of Columbia, Asia and Ocesnica, Africa and other countries all take our flour in addition to the countries baying oar wheat. Great Britain and Ireland are also oar largest buyers of corn. Of 7,700,830 bushels shipped they took 3,702,619. There was a large fallinor off m the corn exports. . InT 1885, nine months, .... the exports footed up 10,951,101 bushels. In Great Britain alone the decrease was 2,600 bushels. It will be seen that the best customers of the American farmers are Free Trade Great Britain and Ireland. I THE CONTICT SYSTEM. The convict lease system is one that the South has to meet. It can not be deferred indefinitely. ; Pablio sentiment is growing against it. North Carolina never favored the penitentiary .system. . Bat for the war it is very doubtful if it would have been adopted in this century. It is not much punishment to negroes and many of them really like the fan. But we have tbe penitentiary, and crime among the blacks is filling it up, and now there are some 1,200 convicts to be worked some where. If they are worked in the penitentia ry they must be put to trades, and this in the end ereatlv militates i.k, Tf t,or , against honest labor. If they are farmed oat there are abuses and - . -e ;t J V, wrongs growing oat of it, and the mM-falifv nmnnor them preatlv m-tl J. creases. -1 As to convict labor coming in con- tact with free labor the papers are taking hold of it and out of the dis- 7s . , . cessions rignt conclusions wm puooi- bly be arrived at in the end. The Memphis Appeal, tor instance, says: . "The Illinois State Board of Statistics, in its recent report, shows conclusively that convict labor is ruinous to fair industry, and destructive to wages As an instance, u ia shown that cooDerage has sunerea most seriously from the convict labor that noiitfl a mere nothing. Out Of a total Of jo'SSSoT ufactured in prisons, txmiraci ousmesa in I cooperage has increased in Illinois oou per centin ten years, while the Increase of pri- I Tate establishments outside ha nnlv ton ! p---tv!M"""Trrrrr!rrrrTT"'T" 81 per cent. In the same time Tthe average I . XMFf uiwan auu- A vemocraticu i;"" ,r"T n WASHINGTON , annual earnincanf V"?f let us rpmin at. I,nm nA n;.t, fc?a Mre is very little Umber in tbe Wil- i " creased more thair onefourth, and the price of their product more than one third. , . ' " t 1 I Mow Bach -facts are not isolated, No doubt every State can furnish statistics to show ho w the convicts are injuring the honest labor of the country. It is dishonest labor bad policy to make injure honest labor, worse than that it Nay, it is much! is wrong and damaging and un just. We note that; at the National Pri son Congress in session at Atlanta Rev. Dr. Haygood, the most influen tial minister in the State of Georgia, and ' General Agent of . the State's funds' preached a discourse against I the convict lease system. A dispatch Bays: ;Jx-V - "xit:- !-: The sermon was a strone attack on the convict lease system, and has been tbe ab sorbing topic of conversation among the members: of the National Prison Associa tion since its delivery." The Dr. discussed the question tfr'general principles, an took the groQnd that no uch system should be tolerated by any i enlightened government. No government, he said, has a right to del- egate tbe right to furnish convicts to so called agents whose only object, naturally. is to make money.. A government which aitempU to make money out of its convicts is a venal government, which shirks its duty to manage its own penitentiary sys tem, ana is weatc. ' This shows i how the question is fermenting in Georgia, where there have been grievous complaints as to the way convicts were treated. The National Prison Association was to discuss this question, : and, we shall watch its progress with interest. North Carolina cannot maintain a wrong system any more than the South could afford before the war to go into the African slave trade.' If the sys tem is wrong, oppressive and venal it must be abandoned. GEORGIA LAWYERS CONSIDERING THE LAWS DELAY. Not very long ago the Georgia Bar Association met at Atlanta. One of the subjects discussed was the Delays in the Administration of Justice." Every where it seems there is the same complaint. Society Buf fers from this cause, and courts of justice have been courts of post ponement and delay. The people are unnecessarily taxed, litigants have their C0gt8 greatlv jncreased, and lawyers are often without clients be cause rather than go into court the contestants will settle difficulties out side. In North Carolina under' the new order of things there has been much improvement. Some of the younger Judges have been expediting business in a very satisfactory and exemplary manner. There ' was a committee in the Georgia Association to consider the "Delays in the Administration of Justice" and they made a report that indicated much "careful and con Bcientious thought" to use the Ian guage of tbe Savannah News in con- giering it. The subject is certainly cj Tgry great importance to the peo- ie an(j to toe jeeai profession. The r . - News says: The delavs com plained of occur in many ways, and are much greater obstacles to the admistration of justice than the public is generally aware of. A great many credit ors doubtless prefer to accept nan or a miru of their claims, if they are not very large, than to pay a lawyer's fee and waste days and days of valuable time about court rooms at different times during a year or two waiting for their cases to come to trial. Thev would tay the fee gladly if they could get a judgment quickly. The committee calls attention to tne iact mat u now reauires about five years to get a judg- ment in certain classes of cases in the Su preme Court of the United States. Unless there is a principle involved there are com paratively few of tnose wno ODtain judg ments in tbe Circuit Courts who would not agree a very great reduction in their judg ments, if by so doing they could prevent an aDDeal to the Supreme Coirrt. "Tbe most damaging, as wen as ine most freauent. delays are those which are ob tained by attorneys on very frivolous pre texts. - - Our Judge Clark's method of pro cedure not only facilitates the busi ness of tbe courts but - it breaks op dilatoriness and the tendency to put off upon very insufficient causes. He impresses upon lawyers, clients and witnesses that courts are held for the transaction of public business. THEY NEVER FAIL. Mr. C. B. Ay cock, a young lawyer of Goldsboro who is a man of educa tion and mental parts, writes to the Raleigh Chronicle &s to the cause of the recent reverses in bar State. He attributes them to hard times, over- confidence, and a failure to draw tbe color line. Upon this last count he says:- 'This lost us many thousand white votes and did cot gain us a single negro. The whites voted with much more independ ence than ever before while tbe negro re mained the same political slave wnicn ne has alwavs been. An intelligent and promi- I . - . . j l it... I nent negro teacner saiu io me ratnuv iu. hj W8D,d to voto the Democratic ticket I but that he did not dare to do so from fear I OI Dcing OSiraciocU VJ ills race. a. piuun- nent wgite M&a declared from the stunm m the recent campaign tnat a uemo- i cratic neero is a rascal. By means like this the neero vote was kent solid while the I white vote split. Do not understand me I m oVm Va aaIa linn rnrvhfr. tsi naVA a7&w i &m simply stating the causes for our defeat as I understand tnem. Whether the color line ought to have been drawn another qiestion. "Freedom of election" is sadly I needed in North Carolina. ' But the bulldozing is all on the- side of the negroes and white Radicals. No Radical darkev is intimidated. The negroes always vote. Here is an il- I lnatratinn r f nmiahfld ns bv A friend in the country. A neighbor was very ougv on tbe jay 0f election, tie - . . - n i said to big employed "hand, you WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, work It will be an off set "Tint , ' Atwmoe an ott-set. -: ISut the ne?ro renhed.1 - "Oh: nor T mint "'" " -t - - I vote," and he did vote. He walked eieht miles to do it. which nnmnelled I the white man to quit work, saddle his horse and go to the ; polls also to kill off his workingman's vote. Yes, the negroes always -vote.- It is no trouble for their white leaders to "whoop up the crowd." On the other hand, it requires immense work to bring but a ' respectable ; Democratic vote. Strange, considering howmuoh- the Democrats have at stake honest governmentjMow taxes, the peace, or- I der and welfare of society, Frank Hard has issued a manifesto to the voters in his District. He is strong for Tariff "reform." He -says. there are "more earnest; determined Tariff reformers in his District than ever- bef dr&'JTjbereis Tariff re form association in Ohio and V it is well "organized. He says: r "Addresses will be delivered during the coming winter by speaker UarJisle, Uolonel Morrison. Prof. Sumner, Henry Qeorge, Henry Ward Beecher, Richard O'Qorman and others. Arrangements are nearly com pleted to begin the publication here of a weekly journal, which it is designed to make a national organ ol tarm reform. Senator Been has very ably and faithfully represented Kentucky in tbe Senate and House for twenty years. He ought to be reelected to the Senate, but the impression is that he will not be. Mr. Carlisle is spoken of as his successor. Indian Montr. A lady residing in East Saginaw, Michi gan, writes to the Stab as follows: "Every one now seems to have the 'spe cimen craze, myself included. XHot long ago 1 received from Washington Territory a nice box of real Indian money. The lady who sent it to me says that years ago her husband was an Indian trader, and while among the Alaska Indians he collected this queer currency; ana now. naving no use tor it. sent it to me. The Indian money, or 'wampum,' as the Indians call it. is a rare sea shell, an inch or more m length, twice the size around of a large knitting needle. tapering slightly, bent, and hollow. The value of each to them was four cents. I have quite a bit; more of this Indian money than 1 care for; and, the editor willing, I will say. any one wishing a specimen cf 'wampum' may have it and welcome by sending me a stamp to pay postage. Mrs jr. A. warmer. "East Saginaw, Mich. Builueii Improvement. The business of Wilmington shows steady improvement. With wholesale dealers, both in the dry goods and grocery lines, there has been so far this season a conside rable increase in tbe volume of trade, while the sales of retail merchants are repotted Upon the whole satisfactory. In receipts of cotton and naval stores there has been a marked improvement as compared with lat year, tbe increased receipts of cotton so far being 13,041 baits. Wilmington is in advance of the other ports in this partic ular, only one of tbem--Savannah show ing an increase in receipts. The percentage of increase, however, is largely in favor of Wilmington Tbe Creoaote Works. The Savannah & Tybee Railroad Com pany, of Georgia, bave contracted with the Carolina Oil & Creosote Company, of this city, for creosoted timbers, cross-ties, etc., for the railway which is to be constructed from Savannah to -Tybee, a distance of about eighteen miles. The business of the Creosoling Company is steadily increasing. and it has been found necessary to make constant and considerable ' additions to their plant and other facilities for doing the work required. Tho plant of the Company is located at the foot of Dawson street, and is one of the chief places of interest to strangers visiting the city. Cotton. The receipts of cotton at this port for the week ending yesterday were 7,066 bales, and as compared with receipts the corresponding week last j ear, showing j an increase of 2.541 bales The receipts for the crop year from September 1st to November 13th, were 67,405 bales, against 55,364 bales for the corresponding period last year; show ing an increase of 13.041 bales. The stock is 22,214 bales,: against 12,510 at the same time last year. Foreign Exports. The exports from this port yesterday were as follows To Liverpool, Eog.. 1,272 bales. 614,858 pounds of cotton, valued at $54,696, and shipped by Messrs A. H. Groyne Co., per German barque Lydia Pesenau. To Fortune Island, W. I , 103.164 feet of lumber, valued at $1,461 60; shipped by Messrd. J. H. Chadbourn & Co., per schooner Mary E. Douglass. Messrs. Williams & Murchison cleared the British steamship RoseviUe yes terday, for Liverpool, with a cargo of 4,680 bales of cotton, valued at $201,240, For the Star. B.OCK.Y MOUNT. Tbe Fair A Fine Exhibit A Large Crowd In Attendance. The Fair at this place opened favorably. Being a bright, clear day, a large crowd was in attendance. The crowd is estimat ed at . about 8,500 to 4 000. As usual the exhibit was fine. . . The agricultural display was exceedingly so. The mechanical ex hibit was better than ordinary; better than for several years. The stock exhibit was good, especially Mr. Norwood's fine sheep from Orange county. Floral Hall was well represented by tho handiwork of the ladies each trying to excel in various kinds of. needle work. The poultry exnimi oi game fowls cannot be excelled. It is tho finest display of game chickens ever exhibited In the United States so said by those who have attended Fairs at the .North, seven hundred chickens were entered; each party trying to obtain the $150 in gold as a pre miutn for the finest snecimens. - v I l The races were good and there was much excitement over some of them. The elegant cornet band from Whitakers -. . . a .a ; J .1 was engaged ior tne occasion ana uiu uicuk selves great credit. We were informed by the Secretary that the Fair was also a success nnanciaiiy. Bill Buffalo. Nov. lltb, 1886. mu,Ston fflarket and Ter-ttle coming in, although the demand for it is brisk and .t w. . UU!'a "aa u;ca B coouuenvie aavance in prices for all grades. The low staro of waterin the Cape Pear river for the oast to this condition of affairs in the timber trade, but low prices last season discour aged shippers, and this perhaps, is a more potent factor than low water in the river.' One of the leading dealers in this market says that timber is bringing better prices now than for two years past. All grades from inferior milling, to prime and extra "shipping have advanced jfrom $1.50 to $2.00 per thousand feet over last year's prices, and ha thinks that Aba present figures will be maintained throughout this season. There is considerable demand from mills, and the stock here has almost entirely run out. Revised quotations for prime and extra shipping are $9.50 'to $11 per thou sand feel, extra mill, go d heart, $7.50 to $8 .50: prime $7 to $7.50; goodcommau mill $4 to $6, and inferior to ordinary ,$3 'to $5. SoDthera Travel. Southern travel this season is expected to be greater than it was lest year ; but it has not set in .fairly yet, and there are some' who think that the earthquake disturbances in the South will have a tendency to check jt. An amusing incident ia this connection is mentioned of a party of Northern tourists who stopped in Columbia, 8. C , last week and who tx pressed themselves as being very anxious to experience an earthquake shock. The parly were at dinner at their hotel les; Friday when the last shake oc curred, and although it only made the glass and crockery rattle and the building tremble, -they were greatly alarmed, and took the first train that came along going north. But tbe dead head touriets tbe tramps are already mustering in strong force, in their annual emigration from the North, and the woods arc said to be full of them. The weather is not cold enough to drive them into tbe city to seek lodgings, but with the first heavy rain or freeze they may be confidently expected, and in increased numbere, as compared with lest jear. It will take something more than an earth quake 6hock to frighten his class of tourists. Did An Earlbqaalte Casae It f The janitor of the Court House, oa open ing the building Wednesday morning found that some of tha plastering in ihc grand jury room on tbe upper floor, bad falkn since he closed the place the night before. Continuing his rounde, it was ascertained that in the petit jury room also, consider able plastering bad been dislodged and fallen to tbe floor. The debrp was cleared away, and nothing was said of the matter until yesterday, when an investigation was made. It was found that in tbe grand jury room the plastering had fallen from the front wall, (whtch is of brick.) where it joined the ceiling overhead, showing that the building had been severely shaken by some agency. In the petit jury reom the plastering for a epaca of about three feet square near, the centre of the celling had been dislodged. There were no other evidences of damage about the building, except that down stairs in the office of the county register, at a place on the walll where the plastering had been cracked for some time, a portion of it bad been forced outwards and was hanging as if a touch would cause it to drop. It was reported Wednesday that there had been a sharp shack of earthquake about five o'clock that morning; but so few noticed it, that it could hardly have been severe enough to cause such damage, and besides, the court house is one of the most solidly built structures in the city. But the question arises, if an earthquake shock did not cause the damage, what did T Past Mall Train Nortn. The Atlantic Coast Line will begin the winter schedule . Sunday, with through Pullman Car service between Washington and Jacksonville and intermediate points. Arrangements have been made by the Postmaster General for a daily fast maij north over this line, corresponding in time with the fast mail south. Both trains will connect with a tri-weekly service to and from Havana and the West Indies by way of Tampa, Fla. The first fast mail north will leave Tampa . to day at 7 p. m arrive at Washington. D. C, Monday morning at 11 o'clock and New York at 5.80 p. m. Under the new arrangement the malls to the United States will be cade up at Ha vana and sent via Tampa direct to Jack sonville as a distributing poiot, and thence to their destination. The foreign mails will go via the West India fast mail train, which, after the change of schedule on Sunday, will make the same time going North as it does coming South, thence by the fast trans-Atlantic mail steamships. The time between Havana and Liverpool will be about eleven days, a saving of from five to seven days over the Havana direct lines, A letter mailed at Havana next Monday noon, under the new order of things, should be delivered in Washington and New York on Thursday County Affair. Acting under the direction of the Board of County Commissioners, Chairman Bagg. yesterday bought the vacant lot on Prin cess street adjoining tbe county jail. The price paid was $1,500. The purchase was made by the Board to prevent the erection of a wooden building on the lot, which, in case fire, of might cause the destruction of the jail building. J -W. : r A substantial wooden bridge has been built across Greenfield creek, about one bun dred yards below the site of the old bridge. The approach to the new bridge is through the swamp, and the new road that has been cut will be ditched and drained or a foot way built for the accommodation of persons travelling the road on foot. Twelfth Senatorial District. - The Returning Board for the Twelfth Senatorial District Sheriff ; Manning of New Hanover and Sheriff Ward of Pender county met in this city yestertl ay and canvassed the returns of votes cast at the recent election for State Senator from the counties of Pender and New Hanover, finding the result as follows: A .V . ; - Hoggins. New Hanover - 951 Pender....... 948 r Lockey. Hopkins. 1.593 Ull , 1,095 . 000 Total. 2,687 911 1886. Presidential Appointment PoatofDeea . Dlacontlnned-The President'. Mee- age Blaensaed at a Cabinet Meeting. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - -; Washington. Nov. Ill The President to-day appointed Frank Coleman, of Ala., to be Reenter of the Land Office at Hiinta- ville, Ala., vice Wiiliami U. Wells, sus pended. ' ' i i The Postmaster General to-dav ordered the discontinuance of ninety-two fourth- class postoffices, mainly for the reason that there were no candidates for postmaster ships. ; In a . large number of cases the business of tho offices did 'not jus ify their continuance. , Nearly every Suits and ter ritory ; is ' represented in t he list Daring eleven days of the prisent month there have been 139 offices discWioued and 24 established. -i Tbe President's messsce to Congress wa tbe principal topic of discussion at to-day's uaoiaet meeting Secretary Whitney was the only absentee. h f - l ho opinion of tha U. S Circuit Court- Cincinnati, O , in tba case of tbe Govern" bjbbi against toe uea leiepnoue uompany was delivered by JudgekgageV The bill was dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and without prejudice to instituting suit eke- where. ' .- ' i '. . , . -.- . ' Washington. November 13: The War Department to day approved the allotment by tbe Mississippi Kiver Commission of $100,000 for tbe levees of tho Yazoo (Miss.) Delta district -This appropriation will be expended on tbe line of that levee between Memphis and the north line of Bolivar county, Mi s- This, with the work now being done in tbe district below, will com plete a continuous line of levee, from' Memphis to Vicksburg, a distance of about 320 miles. I ! ATLANTIC COAST JLINJR. New winter Sebednle A Faat Mall Train Nortn. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Washington. Nov. 12 Commencing Sunday, the 14ih inst , the Atlantic Coast Line will begin their winter schedule with through Pullman car service between Washington and Charleston. Savannah. Aiken and Jacksonville. The Postmaster General has perfected ar rangements for a daily fast mail north over this line; ice tmt fast mall train north over what is known as the "Plant and Atlantic Coast Line By stem" will leave Tampa, Fla., Saturday, November 13th, at 7 p. m., ar rive at Jacksonville Sunday morning at 7 o'clock, Washington Monday morning at 11 o'clock, and New York at 5 SO p m , making Eastern and Western connections from that point. This traiu will corres pond in lime with the fast mail train outb, and both 'trains will connect with a tri weekly service to and from Havana and the West Indies VIRGINIA, A Hotel Proprietor .Charged ' with retting Fire to His Ilonie-Death of Gen. It. D. Lilly, the Yonngeat Bri gadier In tbe Confederate Service (By Telegraph to tbe Mornlns Star. Lynchburg. November 12. A special to the Advance from Pocahontas, sajs: R. A. Miller, owner of Miller's Hotel, which was hurned November Srjd.i wht-n the busi- ness portion of the town was swept away, was arrested yesterday by detectives on tho charge of firing his own house and causing tbe coLtUgrnti'in. lie waived extminatiou and was baild iu $3,U0u Richmond, Nov. 12.-4-Gen. R D. Lilly. who was stricken with paralysis Tuesday night while addiessing tbe Presbyterian oynoa or v irgicia, aiea to-aay, agea about 45 years. Deceased bad been for a number of years financial aeent of Wash ington & Lee University at Lexington, Ya, lie served gallantly in ins Contederate army, and was the youngest brigadier gen eral in the service. i so utm Carolina:' Resolution Adopted by tbe Travellers' Protective Association. . Br Telegraph to the Horning Star. Columbia, November 12 The annual meeting of tho South Carolina Division of the Travellers' Protective Association was held at Stanly Hall last night, and the fol lowing resolution was passed: Uesolved. by the bouth (Jarolina Division of the Travellers' Protective Association, That President E. C. Green be instructed to correspond with the officers of the National Association and State Presidents, asking them to forward all funds collected for the benefit of our members who suffered by the! earthquake on the 31st of August, as there are many wno are in need, naving losttneir all. Remittances can be made to the Secre tary and Treasurer, R. r H. Simmons, Charleston, S. C. ; CALIFORNIA. Attempt Blade to Lynch a Slnrderer In San Francisco JallTbe mob Re pelled by tbe Police ' Br Telegraph to the Homing Star. San Fbancisco, November 13 An im mense audience assembled at Metropolitan Hall fast night to express their indignation over the murder of little Mamie Kelly, who was shot down in a cowardly way by Alex Goldenson, Wednesday last. Several fiery speeches were made, and when the meeting adlourned tbe excited crowd proceeded to the county jail, where , the prisoner is con fined, with the evident! intention of taking him out and lynching him. While passing through the streets the crowd was greatly increased and by the time its destination was reached numbered 10,000. Several at tempts wero made to storm the lail, but it was guarded so strongly that the police were enabled to repel tne moo at eacn at tack. At 1 o'clock the excitement had somewhat abated and no trouble was anti cipated. CONNECTICUT. official Keport of the Vote for Gover nor, Etc. . I By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l Hartford, November 13. Tbe official report of the ! rote canvassed to-day shows that Lowesberry, Rep., for Governor, re ceived 56.920 votes; Cleveland, Dem., 58,818; Forbes, Pro., 4,699; Baker, Labor, 2,792, and 14 scattering. Total vote 123, 243; necessary to elect. 61,622. Cleveland lacks 2,804 votes of an election.' His plu- rality is 1.SU8. Tne pluralities of other Democratic candidates are: Bradley for Lt. Governor, 1,698; Mahan, Secretary ' of State, 774; Skiddy. Treasurer, 1,485; Gris wold. Comptroller, 1,279. Pluralities for members of Congress: Yance, Dem., 446; French, Dem., 1,328; Kussell, Kep.. (518; Granger, Dem., S21 NEW YORK. Southern Hallway and Steamboat As sociation's Effort to Obtain a Con- cession of Hate on Dry Good to the South . By Telegraph to the Horning Star. New Yobjc, Nov. 13. The Rate Com mittee of tbe Southern Railway and Steam boat Association met hereto-day. A num ber of dry goods merchants were present and argued for a concession of rates on piece goods to the South, the same as has been conceded to tnem ny western roads. A large number of the committee do not seem inclined to make any reduction oi charges in the rates from New York. Mr. Haas, of the Richmond and Danville sys tem, is in favor of giving' the merchants cheaper rates. KANSAS. Sensational Shooting Affair nt a Hotel lnWlnneld. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. -. W enbteld, November 13. At 5 o'clock this morning at the Bretlun House, Lillian Quinn shot Frank . Lockwood and then herself; both through the head. - She is dead and it is believed he cannot live. It is understood to be a case of seduction. The coroner's jury will investigate. - NO. 3 , FOURMl Prince XValdemar Will Probably De cline the ' Bulgarian Throne Tbe Power Will Sustain Hit igarla'a lu : -. dependence. . , ; - IBv Cable to the Uonnn 8ta.i : ' TiRNOVA., Nuv. 11. PiiocK Waldetn tu bas sent a telegrata to the Regents t jt fret-sing bis grateful sense of the honor con--ferred upon him by Sobraojd ia tiectiog him Prince of Bulgaria. He states. ; how ever, -that a decision as to hi acceptance rests with his father, the King of Deumarb, and adds that o'her.(1utie8 may pievtoi his assuming the i ulersbip of BuUria Tte Prince's reply ia considered a presage o his refusal of the throne. pKBTri. Nov. 11 After the election of Prince Waldemar to ibe BuirfHrian throne, yesterday, the Austriau and Geim-io am bassadors at St. Petersburg wfie ios'ructfe:)' by their governments iu i&q-ure of Riis'a the name of the candidate abts fa.r. d s Prince , Alexander's suc-s V Rufraia refuses to accept th.i elec ion .f Pr r.ce Waldemar, or to nomtrmte another c-ic!i-date, it will be coDSiCtred that sbe euu-i-tains designs agaiost Bulgaria' indepen dence, snd in this tvtnt EngUn.i, Ger many, Austria and Italy will arrive nt an understanding similar to the one that ex isted among them at tbe period of the Ber lin Congress. MISSOURI. . Further Developments In tbe Express . Car Bobbery. ?Bv TeiecT&DQ to the Homing St - ' St. Louis. Nov. 1 1 Evidence in tbe express robbery case, so far as made public, goes to prove that Mestcoger David 8. Frothertogham was an accessory or at least a willing victim to the affair Discrep ancies in his statements to detective indi cate t iathe knows more of the manner hi which the robbery was planned and exe cuted than be would like to nave tbem know, and an expert penman who wb be fore the grand jury last Saturday, states that the three letieis signed ' Jim Com mings" were written by one sd1 the same man, and expresses his' belief that ibdt mm was Frotheringbam, and that he wrote them before the commission of the robbery. It now transpirts that the messenget's 'rank was searched soon after the robbery anil a number of sheets of paper were found covered with oaples of the "igint'ure of W. J. Barrett, Manager of toe Express Com pany. It is supposed that the mesM Dj. tr became able to forge this eiai!uie s:j ia tt he might affix it to orders which tbe robber presented which allowed him to enter tte car. Altogether it looks bad for the mes senger . FENNSYLVAXI Explosion In a Cigar Box Factory Eleven Person Badiy Injured. Philadelphia. Nov 11 An explosion occurred in tbe cigar bnx nuiuufactory of Henry H Sheep & Co.. Nos. 1704 and 1708 Randolph street, thisafttruoon, which blew out the rear of the factory, setting the building on Sre uod bady injuring a cumber of young msn. women and girl.', besides imperilling the lives of v..r one hundred more Sawdust is used for fuel and tin bin is close to tee fur-iact-s fue engineer had just filled up the fire from the bin and stepped out of tbe tiro room when tbe explosion occurred The entire tit;!!. ing was in flames in n few minu ta ni'l tbe inmates escaped with greanlifflcuhy. Oue young girl is missing and it s suj.-p fittl it burned to death,' and eleven persons u:e Daaly burned and bruited RALEIGH. A Public Address by Ssuator Blair. of New 'Hampshire -The Hlcbmond &. Dauvllle Ask a Renewal of tbe Lease of the V. C. Railroad. Raleioh, November 11 Senator Blair of New Hampshire, spoke at the colored State Industrial Fair for to-day. and deliv ered a publicddress on education to nicht. Tne Richmond & Danviilo Railroad Com pany has made proposals to tbe North Caro una Uanroad Company for a renewal nf the lease of the latter road, fifteen years iu advance- of the expiration of the existing lease. . f TEXAS. Slnrderer aptured Lynching Threat ened. Chicago, Nov. 11. A special from Courtney, Texas, says: The mulatto Polk Hill, who fired the shot election night which killed Dewee Bolton, a weal'.bv planter at Llewelleo precinct, was captured yesterday morning by Sheriff Dvai while asleep in a cabin seven miles from Breu- ham. . Hill had eluded tbe bloodhounds by rubbing his boots with tobacco He was carried to Brenbam and pla-ced ia ji.il. As soon as the prisoner's presence n known at Brenbam, the friends of Bol oo began lo make arrangements to' hold a lynching car nival last night. The sheriff bearing of. the danger, hastened the murderer by a back street to the noon train and carried him ' to Cameron, he county seat of Milan county. - ,. ROCKY MO Ij NT, N. C A Bar Room Tragedy William Sharp Killed by Dr. Powell. ' By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. Raleigh, November 13. Dr. T. C. Powell, a physician of bigh social and pro fessional standing, shot and killed Wil iam Sharp, a young white man, son of State Representative-elecr John J. Sharp, in a bar room in Kocky Mount last evening. The shooting was done in a delirium of. drink. Dr. Powell was given into the hands of a deputy to he committed to Tar- boro jail, when half way between Kocky Mount and Tarboro, at 11 d. m., five of Powell's friends met and took his prisoner from the deputy. HIS BRAINS DASHED OUT. Chief Officer of a Charleston Steamer Killed by a Peculiar 'Accident. New York, November 13. The steamer Yemassee, of tbe Charleston line, came into port this morning with its chief - offirer, tieorge w. alius, aaa on board, tie - w&3 killed yesterday by a very pecu'iar acci dent. Standing in the pilot bouse, directing the course or tbe vessel, be put bis head out of the window to give an order to the crew on deck, when a swinging ib-sail DlocK struck him and dashed out bis brains. He dropped dead on the spot where he stood. Chief officer Mills was 44 years old and long in the Company's servica. TOTAL LY DESTROYED. Catbolle Pro-Cathedral at Alleghany City, Pa. Los $100,000. By Telegraph to the Horning 8tar.: PrrrsBUBG, Pa., November 13 Shortly after midnight last night afire broke out in St Peter's Roman Catholic Pro Cathe dral, in Alleghany City. The fire had gained such headway when the firemen ap peared on the scene that all efforts to ex tinguish it proved futile. The entire edi flee was totally destroyed. The loss is estimated at $100,000; fully covered by in surance, lt is said the nre originated from the natural gas register. ELECTRIC SPABKS. The trial of John B. Whitehead, Presi dent of the insolvent Exchange National Bank, of Norfolk, Va for misapplying the funds of the bank with intent to deiraud closed yesterday, and the caee was given to the jury. Being unable to reacn a verdict the court gave the jury until Monday at 1 o clock to decide. t The weekly statement of the Associated Banks shows tne following changes: tte serve increase $2,258,450; loans increase J 951,900 -specie increase $935,200; legal ten era increase $2,573,400; deposits increase tl.000.600: circulation decrease $57,100. The banks now hold $7,891,450 in excess of tbe 25 ner cent. rule. Greensboro Workman: The to bacco interest is looking up . here. As an evidence of the fact new -and substantial buildings are bein? -erected for tha mnro extensive handling of the weed. 1 . .Laurinburg Exchange : I. Qar congratulations, brother McD , on your re election, and hence tbe endorsement of your administration as treasurer of your county." We are sorry to learn of ih serious wounds of Mr. T. J Cowan, at Hamlet. He fell fifteen feet from the water ; tank.lhere and broke two; ribs and seri ously in jureil another one; day last week. ' air. u. u. uioson, at uidsoo Btation, has made an assignment to Mr R ii Kirk wood. His liabilities are $75,000 and inx . asseU $25.000. A fire here about 4 4 o'clock last .Saturday morning destroyed a whiskey distillery belonging to MrJ j. T.' Pobl. . ., " Asheville Citizen: The report was current on Monday that Mr, McRey nolds bad died of injuries received in an affray with a man named Brown, on Haw Creek on Sunday. Mr. Reynolds is not dead, though badly shot. We learn that the difficulty originated in the charge made by Mr. Reynolds, that Brown was a party to the stoning in the night.of the house of Kev. G. U. Bell. Hon. Robert L.Tav- lor, the " Governor-elect of Tennessee. reached the city Sunday, to spend a few days with his wife. Asheville and North" Carolinians have a double interest' id this distinguished "child of destiny" as Governor-elect of the daughter-of our State, and, as husband of one of our own most charming daughters. Gov. Taylor has been quite indisposed since his late brilliant can vass. Condensed from Bill Arp in Sunny South: Hickory (N- C.) is not much of a name for a town. Nobody would choose such a name now. but r lnntp timn ago there was an old-fashioned cross-roads tavern there with a sign swinsing on a post and it said "Hickory Tavern . Entertain- ment for man and beast." There was a little grove of hickory trees around it, and hence the name. It is not a county seat and is only fourteen years old. In fact, it : is only about fire years old, for during the first nine years it was a little orphan, being raised on the bottle, and was puny. But it seems tnat two or three enterprising men saw something good in the child and adopt ed it, and now Hickory has an enterprising population of twenty-five hundred, three" lourt&B oi whom are white. Raleigh News- Observer: We entertain no doubt about the organization of both houses of the General Assembly by the Democrats, who have ten majority in the Senate and six or eight majority in tho House perhaps more. The annual meetings of the stockholdersjof the Raleigh & Gaston and Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line railroads were held in their omces in this city yesterday. A very large majority of the stock oi both companies was represent ed. The reports of the president, and other officers of the companies were very satisfactory and showed the financial con dition of the roads to be sound, and the roadways and equipments to be in first class condition. John M. Robinson, .Esq., was unanimously reelected president of both roads, and the same board of directors for both roads was also reelected. Raleigh News- Observer: Mr. R. L. Williamson, of Wake county, dis plaj ed a nice lot of brights, which brought f 10.25, S20. S30.50, 41. $42. 75. $79. $98 and $125. making the handsome aver age of $48 78 per hundred for the lot. Rowland's majorities: Anson 1,111, Cabai rus 428, Columbus 1,025, Mecklenburg 211, rew Hanover 743, Kichmond 817. Maj. McClammy had four competitors in bampson, but he laid them out to the tune f 1,893 majority overall. Maj. Mc Clammy 'a majorities are: Onslow 644, Du plin 1,102. Sampson 1,745, Harnett 702, Cumberland 869, Bladen 71, Pender 237. Moore (estimated) 450: total 5.020. Koonce carried Wayne by 19. McClammy's major- it p In the district is 5,801. A promi nent gentleman of this city, we.l versed in matters appertaining to bonds and stocks. said yesterday that during the time when the results of the State election were uncer tain, the 4 per cent. State consols were ad versely effected ; and that the result of the county election had caused a considerable decline in county bonds. J. Wilmot Leach Esq., of Davidson county, N. C, died in Washington, D. C:, Nov. 9th, at 11 a. m. - Charlotte Chronicle: From the information we have now Col. Rowland's majority in this district dver Jones, the In dependent, will be about five thousand. perhaps, son ewhat larger. There seems to be trouble among the colored Knights of Labor. Rumors were whisper ed around on th - streets yesterday that in their meeting Monday night there was a - warm discussion, it is said.c concerning: political matters, which lead to a personal altercation between Lee Davidson and Prince Brown. : Monday night Char ley Clay was seen on College street, near pier No. 36, talking to three negro men. A passer-by amrms that he heard something sound "like a bale of cotton being struck by a base ball bat," and then he heard a mournful groan. He ran to the place from whence it proceeded and found Clay badly wounded, and his assailants gone. The State Board of Canvassers, consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State, At torney General and two members of the State Senate, one of each political party, will meet on tbe day appointed by law Thursday following the third Monday af ter the day of election and canvaes the vote for Judges, 'Solicitors and Congress men. As the day falls on the 25th, and that is Thanksgiving day and a legal holi day, the Board will probably adjourn to the day following. - Charlotte Observer: The' Mc- Aden mills, at Lowell, are being enlarged. workmen being now engaged in digginc: the foundation for the addition, which will be 125 feet deep. . 8t.Mary's College. in Gaston county, which was recently ded icated as a monastery, is now crowded with students and a contractor is at work enlarging the main building. . The people of Asheville are using every endea vor to secure the Southern extension of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to that place and it looks like Charlotte's chances for . the road are in jeopardy. A meeting of citizens was held in Asheville last Tues day, at which steps were taken to in duce the managers of the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad to adopt the Asheville route South,- and a committee was ap pointed to visit Baltimore in furtherance of AsbevUle's interest in the matter, and this committee is to hold an interview with the President, Robert Garret. The darkey who assaulted policeman Joe Orr, Monday night, as noted in yesterday's Observer, was sent to jail by the mayor, ia default of $80 bond, to await trial before Judge Meares. He says that he has been working on the railroads near Shelby. As an instance of the severity of the struggle between the officer and the negro, it was found yester day morning that the negro's right arm was broken near the shoulder. The-colored man who went to Officer Orr's assistance received a gash on his leg that cut through the flesh to the bone. '.. - Wilson Advance: The defeat of Capt, W. A. Darden in the Seventh Senatorial District, composed of Greene and Lenoir counties, is to be regretted. Ho would have done valiant service for the people in the Senate and he will be sadly needed. Died, near Wilson, Tuesday night, Mr. B. J. Forbes, a highly respected and prosperous farmer. Mrs. Sarah B. Waters, relict of the late Ekward Waters, departed this life at her residence in this place, yesterday morning,- after a lingering illness of several months. Mrs. Waters was an earnest, consistent member of the Episcopal Church. While Wilson RobbinB was seated on a barrel in bis wagon on his way home from Wilson on last Thursday his horses became feightened; he was - thrown under their heels - and . kicked ;so severely that he died the following evening from : his ' injuries. He was to have been married yester day and had bought his wedding clothes. - Stephen and Vann Hunt, two colored men, were arrested Tuesday for the killing of Billie Williams,1 who, our readers will remember, was killed last December wai a year ago in a barroom over the railroad. They are how lodged in jail. Mr. Geo. " W. Morgan, of ; Stanhope. Nash county, called in to see us and to make us feel glad on Monday last. He says he raised and housed 825 bushels of sweet potatoes on one acre of land. How do you Dem ocrats who staid at home feel no w T Mr. W. J. Bowded, of Speight's Bridge township. Greene county, brought us the largest radish that we have seen. It mea . sured two feet and four inches from the last branch to the bottom of tbe root-
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