North Carolina Newspapers

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Pnngle, of Georgia, before the Southern Fores try Cougress that met id its second session at De Fa nick Springs,' Flori da, on the lGth of Februar lasL The Stab is glad that therej arc gen tlemen of intelligence .and ability in the South who are awake to the im portance of preserving the jsouthera j forests and of tree planting j in boo- lions stripped of the original trees and left bare, barren and unprofita ble. :: .- - The Stab has many times discuss ed this forestry question, j. Years ago it considered it at length elaborate editorials. It did ia several this when i . the Southern press jwas (silent -and politicians were j indifferent. But there Is an awakening, w are glad to know, and after awhile ho Sooth ern farmers will , understand the lm portanco of restoring and preserving the forests. Health, fertility, com i fort and wealth all are. more or less involved in this matter. j In the North there is Ian associa tion known as the American Forestry! Congress, and in tha Sonth there is the Southern Forestry Congress. Thi latter 4)ody passed! a resolution je questing the Governors ojf the South ern States to appoint an "lAibor Day? in their respective States. jThe Stab took leave to urge oar nost worthy Chief Executive who deserves to be respected, esteemed and held in honor n L i .J uj i gwu luii.ous u appuiDbDUCU a day. For reasons satisfactory t r-l ci-T .1.. - uov. ooaies tnis was not done. Many of the States have such day, and in the North is has been found highly beneficial 6n 'such a day tree-planting is carried on in the towns and thousands ofj young trees are set out, all the people being inj terested in the work. On the farms trees aro planted where there are de nuded or naked spots. , la' California the day was first celebrated on 27th November last. . The Saa Francisco Examiner taid the next day: iu.i world nas never Known a wiser or mon bjautifu! custom than that which yes lerdiy had its bagiooiag within our State, and certainly it could not have been inaug urate'! unJsr mora delightful or auspicious circumstanoes." j ! 1 The President of the United States was asked by tho Southern Congress in 1835 to invite the -jGoveroors of the South to send delegates to the Congress in 1880. Mtl Cleveland complied but the S-iuthernGovernors failed to comply. There were other resoliitioni adopted tqat have aIo been disregarded. But the Southern Governors will become interested af ter awhile, for this movement .will grow and the tsrae wilj como when all enlightened farmer will unite in askinjj for an "Arbor bay." Why should there pel 'an "Arbor Day ?" Or rather, in Uew of facts, of careful statistics, why should" not every civilized country have such a day?. Mr. Pringle copies from the ninth edition of the Celebrated En cyclopaedia Britannioi to show the actual per cent, of wooded .lands in the leading countries, his address: We copy from "Great Britain, in 1877,1 had four per cent. ; Ireland, in 1877. had one and a half per cent ; United Kingdom.! including Isle of Man and Channel Islands, in 1877, had wree and onefourth per) cent ; Russia in Europe had. in 1872. forty rtwo per cent. ; oweden had, in 1875, forty per cent; Norway-had. in 1870, twentyTtwo per cent ; Denmark had. in 1876, four per cent ; Prus sia had. ia 1876, twenty three per cent; w nhadin 1878 thirty-six percent.: Wertemberg had, in 1876. thirty-one per nt. ; Holland had, in 1875, six per cent.; Belgium had. in 1866, Jflfteen per cent; France had. in 1874. sixteen percent ; Italy uau. in 1874, twelve perl cent; Austria -Proper, had, ia 1875. thirty-one per centi Hungary had. in 1875 twenty-eight per ctnt.; Switzerland had, id 1877, nineteen Percent. ; . J- - -, "Nw. from the bestj information at -"and, the proportion ofj woodlands in the united States, while greater than in some 'n the foreign countrieslnamed. it is smaller man in many others." j . , In former editorials we showed . how salubrity of climate, fertihty of soil and productiveness depended on the forests, and W showed how. krgosections once hojied for richness had become barren jand worthless under the savage slaughtering of the Wee8. The South bis been a great sufferer in this direction. Mr, Prin gle also refers to .the rapidity with which Southern wooded lands are . being "gobbled np" by greedy and VOL.XVilI. remorseleaa syndicates, manafactnr- era and speculatora. He says : . . " . TMl'Ln.oUcd wxy n account ' from a K.paper of a twt of nearly nine l.nT0"!"68 o( heavily timbered lands in tfeat Florida having ben bought up by syndicate of Dutch bf nkers in Am sterdam for speculation, and not many days f5A"w account of large tracts being bought up in Georgia expressly for the tim S!I;-?d ? work of BPeculation and destruction is going on, and if tho govern ment does not protect its forests in some m; ?d th.at .T,ery B00n the time will S!JS1i l"1,1,e8tlie necessity of it tJmbB latto accomplish the de ! wf.ult8- To toke the necessary action alluded to we must not only ask the ques tion. HOW Shall thi. lut nAnat tint tU f XTn8 and the ?eneral government as well mu Dwer .inia question 4n a tangible manner." ..; ; ;.k. .ur, , v, tThe people mast be instracted in this matter.' It is the duty of the press , to educate them'. The Stab is trying to do what it can in this as in other important"; questions. The people need light. The politi cians need stirring up. ; This forest ry question is practical, and one day it wiH-bi$ris;aii gle has the right view! He says: , -X f- ; "Everything must have i beginning. Educate the people of a county to the ne cetsity of conserving their forests, and try to control public sentiment enough to elect members of the State Lezialatura to mnko your laws what they should be and what they must be, to benefit the cause of Fores try, and then pass resolutions reaaestin? your members in the National Legislature to pass such laws as will protect the forests now owned by the Government; and let it be known everywhere that you, cannot pro Uet your forest without protecting (he people. " It is the duty of Governors and legislators to understand this ques tion, and to see to it that no detri ment befal the State by this sweeping destruction of forests this unwise enmity against one of the beauties of God's handiwork the. noble- trees that are. ever singing the praises of Jehovah and lifting their heads and arms Heavenward. Save the trees. ' Woodman, spare that; tree," sang George P. Morris forty years ago. SHERMAN AND lOOM." Gen. Sherman has been caught in his fabrications often. Gen. Hamn- - - . J a ton exposed him. Gen. j Fry, we be lieve it was, pushed him to the wall in a controversy in the North Amer- J .in--. tcan liemew. It is no cri ven out that Gen. Logan's forthcoming book will corner the old falsifier and will at least put him in a very disagreea ble if not embarrassing position from which be cannot extricate himself by any dodging or varnishing to which he may resort. Of course . with the great mass in the North this will not affect the standing of old Cum p. The frequent exposures of his false statements and. tergiversations ap pear to have endeared him the more to the Northern heart just as the vi olations of law and the usurpations of authority and the! exposures of confidential friends made Grant still more a popular idol in that section where men of low morale are tho chosen heroes and demigods. It seems that Sherman was in friendly correspondence with Logan while the former was 'writing his so called "Memoirs," a tissue of fables. In his many letters he. is said to have been warm in his praise of Logan. But alas, when the volumeajappear ed he found himself j slighted, scur vily treated, and he did not forget it. The Savannah News says of this treatment: "Sherman, it is claimed, after the publi cation of his book, noticing the unfavor able comments on bis unjust treatment of Gen. Logan, and knowing that in hit cor respondence, with the latter he had ex pressed an entirely different opinirfu, and fearing that the correspondence between them would be published, he begged Gen . Logan to keep the correspondence a secret He even wanted the letters. Gen. Logan promised not to publish the letters during hia lifetime, but he refused to permit tbem to paw out of his keeping. . - "Mrs. Logan, it seems, concluded to publish llu-m, and the sad specticle, it is alleged, will be presented of Geo. Sher man's convection of 'wilful fabrication and duplicity.' An effort has been made to keep these letters out of print within the last few days, but without success. Gen. Sherman will have to face the music, and it promises not to be very pleasant music either." j . SORGHUM VARIETIES AND IIW- - PORTANCE. - ... It is surprising that the farmers do not cultivate sorghum. The Chinese and African sugar canes can certain ly be' cultivated successfully in the South and be made a source of profit and comfort. Sorghum is one of the oldest plants known to history. It is said to have been cultivated in China nearly or quite 4,000 years ago. '- It has been grown in both Asia and Africa, f There are two kinds of cane the Sorgho - (Chinese) and the Imphee (African.) Sorghum was introduced into:' France in 1851. About 1855 it was first tried in the United States. v It is good for forage, for syrup and sugar. It is grown in every section of onr vast country, with ' possibly the exception of T New England. There are thousands who now pro duce it annually. . : Some of the ope rators in syrup-making have plants that cost as high as 3,000. Some of the syrups now ; made, from the sorghum equal the best refined ey-. rups in market, j Sugar can be made also, and money, with it. The' North appreciates the value of the sorghum crop and great quantities are now : produced. I Dr. Collier has published a book on sor ghum, in which he asserts that it is destined to famish all the sugar that - - - -- - . -? v' 0- our. country will need, and much that foreign countries will consume. This may be an extravagant prediction. ' The varieties of ' Sorgho and Im pbee. are numerous. There, are the Regular r Sorgho Early . Amber, Oomsuna, Liberiah, Link's Hybrid, White -Mammoth, White African, Neeazana and a hair dozen or more others. - Early Amber 1b more gene rally cultivated'in the North. For Southern latitudes the" Liberian or Early Orange i better. A Of coarse those who' would cultivate it intelli gently and with ibe best profi t must Jiavel, information. ot others is .worth muoh to any one embarking .in ; any: .'enterprise : The neceBsaryginstructions are easily ac cessible. ; An useful pamphlet called "The Sorghum Hand Book" is pub lished y by the Blymer ; Iron Work Company: ; of Cincinnati, Ohio. . RE0PCE THE ACREAGE. The Stab used" lo urge upon the cotton planters to cut down the acre age. It was aooustomed to ssy that if for three or five years they would reduce their acreage one-third that cotton would advance to 15 cents or more aooordtng to "the" number! of years this course wan pursued, until it had reached the maximum price. We notice that the Louisville Cou rier-Journal and Richmond State are urging that the tobacco growers shall reduce their production 40 per cent. There is now a great surplm on hand in this country and in Eu rope. Oar Louisville contemporary says that 40 per. ! cent, would be about 80,000,000 pounds. It says: J "There is, therefore, nothing to require a long siege or years to rectify the blunders of previous overproduction; but one year oi wisaom ana uiscretion will uo it all. It will be. of courae. necasaarv to avoid overproduction thereafter, as that mistake in any year would create anew the ruinous condition under which the market has been latterly suffering. The markets are like a man in this too much feedinz. however wholesome the food, will produce indigestion, v j But will the tobacco growers be wiser than the cotten planters? The latter have kept up as far as bad sea sons would allow their production of the great staple. The result has been immense loss in the diminution of re ceipts. .The prices have ruled low and thousands of planters are in financial distress with farms all plas tered over with mortgages. ' High interest .for supplies has reduced a vast army to a condition of servi tude or of great embarrassment. We have no idea that the tobacco men will be wiser. In some sections not really well adapted to the growing of that crop it will be partially or entirely abandoned, but the great pro ducing sections will grow all they can, we have no doubt,andtake the chances as to prices. Of course this is not prudent or wise. If there were not more than 3,500,000 bales of cotton produced in the South for the next ten years,' the price of the Southern staple would never fall below 12 cents, and we believe it would ave rage 14 or 15 cents. Tobacco would of course rule higher with less pro duction. J i . TWO noNVHSNTS NEEDED. Pickett's Division have determined to erect a monument "to mark the point where they made the most gal lant charge of any Confederate com raand during the war." Such is the announcement as telegraphed from Richmond. It is to be of Virginia granite. It will be placed at the point where Pickett is supposed to have - pierced the Federal line. It will have four sides and four inscrip tions. Here is one: ry:'y:. VALOR. -'' ;;'! The brigades of Garnett and Armstead. of Pickett's division, pierced tho Federal lines and reached this point on their charge of July 3. 1863. Number , engaged. 4.700. Losses, 8.893. "Charging an army while all the world wondered." : North Carolina should, cause to be erected a monument of North Caro lina marble or granite at the point, as indicated in Batphelder's map of the Battlefield ot Gettysburg, where the ambulance corps of the Federals found dead North Carolinians farthest in farther in than the dead - of any other command. In addition, the surviving members of Heth's Divis ion, of Soales's and Lanes' s brigades, commanded by . Gen. Trimble, of Maryland, should have a meeting and determine upon a monument to be erected, on the battlefield to tell exactly the truth of that great fight on the third day, and to show that they displayed valor and made sac rifices equal to, thoae pf Pickett's men. This ought to .be done to vin dicate the truth of history and to do justice to the memory of the gallant men' who fought at Gettysburg. Gov. Scales and Gen. Lane might unite in working up this, matter to a successful issue. - ' Great demonstrations have been made in Brooklyn and Washington in protest, against .Tory oppression of 'Ireland.- The r Sonth ' ought to move f also. Has Wilmington no voice of sympathy? - ' ' : ; It is said to be a fact .that Queen Victoria hates 'London and that the Londoners are not much in love with her. , ;'" WILMINGTON, N.-O., vriimlnctoa Cotton Mliu. At the meeting of stockholders'" of the Wilmington Cotton Mills, held at the office of the President, the following were elected directors: Messrs. Jas. . H. . Chadbourn wm.- A. French, Geo. W. Kidder. F.r W. Kerchner, John W. Atkinson, B.G.Worth, Norwood Giles, r . - The new . Board elected the following officers for! the ensuing year: . . President W A. French. . Vice President Jas. ll. Chadbourn. . i ... . . . . Secretary and Treasurer Edward 8. TenneoL i, ? The mills are represented to be in fine running tdert new; improvements having neen maae recenuy a the plant, and with fair prices for . products of the looms and spindles, the future looks brighter The ciloton Celebration. - The celebration at Clinton on'.thS 27th inat., of the completion of the railroad from Warsaw to thkt place, promistS to be popular and pleading affair. A great many people from the surrounding country and aiong me uoe oi tue railroads . will, attend and ample arrangements will be made for their - entertainment , A military parade. addr;9, a big dinner and a grand ball are among the aUractioas mentioned. The Cornet Concert Club of this T city have "de ciuea w acompiiy taa ight larantry on the occasion, and the fine '' music that the band will furnish will be another attractive feature The New Savlusa Bank. -The corporators of the Btnk of Claren don Messrs. J. W. Atkinson, W. H. Chad bourn, Clayton Gileai Gibriel Holmes, R. j..Jone8. .S. Martin, Jis. C Stevenson, G. H. Smith, Wm.' Latimer, Peub roke Jones, ; W. L Gore. A. J. , DeRos9et and Wm. Caldcr met in the Directors' room of the First National Bank yesterday, when Messrs. A. J. DaHosjet, R. J. Jones and Wm. Calder were appointed commissioners to open books of subscription to the capi tal stock. . Dangerous Experiment . A subscriber, writing from Farmer's Turn out, Brunswick county, says thai oh Tues day last ! Alexander hie, living nesr that place, dug-up a bomb-shell from the rail road pitch and threw it into a log heap fire. The Shell exploded with great violence, and came near killing Lee and his daughter. It had been buried more thin twenty-two years, probably, but whether it was Federal or Confederate missile, no one can A Lunatic at arce. A; young man who registered at the Pur- cell House Friday evening as T. F. Boykih. of Virginia, was placed in confinement at the City Hall yesterday afternoon, by Cpt. Brock, puief of Police, and his friends at Ivoi, Southampton countv, Va., were tele graphed to in regard to his condition. The man is evidently insane. Yesterday mom ing he visited the store of a merchant on Front street and demanded $3,000 one half in bash and the balance in a check on a Virginia bank. He was induced to leave the store and go to the City Hall, where he was introduced to Capt. Brock. In con versation with the captain he said that some one was pursuing bim ' and finally be came so excitea tnat it was deemed neces sary to place bim in confinement; but this was not accomplished until after a hard straggle, and with the united efforts of five or six men Naval Store. A comparative statement of receipts of naval stores at this port from April let Ine beginning of the crop year to April loth is as follows: Spirits turpentine 1,221 casks; last year, 1,144 casks. Rosin 12,041 barrels; last year, 28,127 barrels. ' - ' " Tar 3,171 barrels; last year 11.865 bar rels. - f; ! Crude turpentine 534 barrels; last year, 1,852 barrels. Cotton movement. The weekly statement of receipts and ex ports of cotton at this port, shows the fol lowing: . .- " Receipts for the week ending yesterday 103 bales; for the same week last year 984.- Decreasa 791 bales. jReceipts for the crop jear to April 16ib, 133,836 baler; to same date last year 97,973. Increase, 84,863 balis. . i Stock in port 2,235 bales; same time last year, 4,288 bales. V FROM RAIjKIGU r j Insabordlnatlon at tbe State Peniten tiary Military Called Out to Aid tbe Antnorltlea. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star . Raleigh, IN. 0.. April 16 A consid erable emev.lt occurred at the. State Peni tentiary here about 5 o'clock this evening. It began by the insubordination of one prisoner who drew a knife and refused to obey orders. He was knocked down bv the guards and taken to the hospital. Most of the convicts then refused to go into their cells. The city police force and Governor's uuard went to the aid of tbe Penitentiarv authorities. At 9 o'clock tbe disturbance had not been quelled, some thirty or forty convicts still remaining in the corridors. The management is firm and wise, howev er, and wul doubtless secure order without loss of life. - ! ;- j. MISSOURI. ' A Newspaper Sned for label Incen- ! diary Fire In St. onla. - j i - By Telegraph to the Horning Star. i St. Lotjis. . April 16. State Senator J.i C. McOinnis, of at. Louis. Ho., has filed a suit for libel in Buchanan Circuit Court against the Gazette Publishing Company. The damages claimed are $25,000. A let ter of J. Stortsr of St. Louis, furnished ground lor the suit. i . . , . ; ; St. Louis. April. 16. Fire was discov4 ered in Rudolph Btucclur's-cooperage this morning L at 2 30 o'clock. ; It destroyed buildings valued at f 17.000; machinery, $40,000; material tlO.000., The insurance is $20,000. The fire is supposed to have been incendiary, as the building appeared to be fired in several places, and there had been ho fire used by the firm or employes in the burned building. The proprietor has had much trouble with some of his employes on account of the recent intro duction of labor-saving machinery. ! TENNESSEE A Notorious Desperado Killed ay OffU . k eore of tbe Law. , Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. ! St. Lotns. April 16. A special from Chattanooga. Tenn., savs: Jim Bate, a no torious deeperado.said to have been a slayer of two men, was Ikilled last night in Polk county. ' He was serving a life sentence in the Georgia penitentiary, but escaped a few years ago and during his temporary free dom he has murdered two men in cold blood. ; Four officers from Chattanooga found " him in a den in the Chichowie mountains. . He tried to shoot the officers but they filled him full of buck-shot, f FRIDAY, APRIL" 22, 1887. bub rniaer Atlanta iniatuatlon of - Note Ment'to :tbe .Treaanry for Ue- demptlon-TbeTavy Tardat Penaa- eola. - . - --. -i- . , IBr Telegraph to the Morning Star.) Washikqtoh, April 14 The last trial trip of the cruiser Atlanta seems to have proven a complete success; at least so far as me speed attained is concerned. A tele gram received at the Javy Department this uiuruiug Biates mat aa. average! speed of uiuxu nu a nan Knots an hour was main tainea ror six consecutive hoursj; while at times me vessers speed exceeded sixteen knoto an hour. : Uo reports of indicator icbuj ior aorse power made yesterday have yet been received at the department, but computations made by the engineering omcers snow that ( to attain fifteen knots speea tne engines must have made seventy nve revolutions oer minute: whfoh nniH indica'e a development of tbe 3,500 horse power required - by the contract.' On yea- ciuaj s inai -iuq Tessei was not down to her full load line, lacking about 4,000 tons of weight of her full equipment, but it is regarded by naval officers as beyond doubt that v tho Atlanta ;will be ablet with .full equipment and stores to make a sea speed . L. : . 1 . r .... - " " iu kbow,: tor wnicn she was de signed. '. -),':'' - - WA8B3NQT0N, ' April 14 The Comp- ironer oi tne uurrency ; to -a ay authorized tne Aiercnanu National Jianki; of Rome, ua., to oegin business with a i capital of kd A rt AAA - l here was received at the United States treasury to-day ror redemption a package of perfectly new U. S. notes of small de- nommauons to the amount-, of $1,000, which : were mutilated by having a hole punched through them, through which uuru us' i ueeu paasea ana men sealed on the oiitBide of the wrapper. The package was sent to wasmngion by express by National bank in Texas. ;. The mutilation was evidently intended as an additional safeguard in the transportation of notes. This is said to be the practice of many of the Southern Express Co.'s in the trans portation of money to the Treasury for re demption, but the present is the first in stance wnere new uninjured notes have been treated in this way. It is not known whether these particular notes were muli lated by the bank or by tho Express Com pany, but it is thought at the denartmint that it was done by the banc to secure ex change oa New York at the expense of the Government. - Acting Treasurer Whelpley refused to receive the notes and directed tneir return to tbe bank at its expense, with a bmiemeoi ioai sucu mutilation is con sidered a violation of law and will not be permuted oy the Department, fl Washington, April 14. Commodore Harmon, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and docks, who has returned from an inspec tlon of the IVnsacola navy yard, u ; ready to report tnat the present location of the yard does not warrant the expenditure of any money on the rapidly decaying struc tures h is prooaoie mat the location of tne yard will be chanced to a more defenai. ble and at the same "time more accessible point. : - t ; SAD SUICIDE. A Brilliant Yonne Virginian Takes blsOwniafeto ttfd Himself or Im Ktnary Xtemons. j; NowroLi?. April 15. When the state room of the steamer Virginia, from Balti more to Norfolk, occupied last night by Kobert w. . Gate wood, was opened at 9 o'clock this i morning, his body was found. In bed with a pistol ball in his brain. ! Evi dence before the coroner showed that he committed suicide after leaving Old Point this morning. Young , Gate wood was a son of Kev. Kobert Gate wood, of this city, and 25 years of age. He j was graduated from Annapolis with verv high honors as cadet engineer, made one cruise and resign- eu. ue Biuuieo ano taught physics and electricity at me Johns Hopkins Univer sity. At the lime of hiff death he was lourih assistant examiner in the division of steamengineering off the Patent Office at wasmngton. uis mind, which was uncommonly brilliant, had become unbal anced by intense study, and the writings he left show that he imagined himself pur sued by demons, and chose death as the only means of escape from them. ' .- KENTUCKY. Postal Robbery at ; LonlavUle-Tbe I Sontbern Bivonae i in agajclne. I Louisvtxle, April 15 The closed pouch which left the Louisville : poatofflca at 6 40 p. m. last evening, was robbed at the Jeffer sonville, Madison and Indianapolis depot last night. The pouch was found upon the platform cut open, I and rifled .of its contents. The extent of the loss is not yet known. ' f - i ( The Southern Bivouac msgaxine, month ly, has been purchased, bv the Centum Company of New York, land commencing with tbe May number the periodical will be issued from that house. The Century Company becomes possessor of the cuts. etc., belonging to the Bivouac, and will fill unexpired subscriptions under the former owners t '. TUB RAILROAD, ROBBERS. Confessions Made by a Number of tbe j ' Prisoners. j -By Telegraph to tha Morning Star. Pittsburg, Pa.; April 18 It is auite probable that no hearings wilt be held in the cases of the Pan Handle robberies Monday. More than half of the prisoners have already waived a preliminary hearing for the court trial, and lit is believed the otbcis will take the same1 action. This will enable the defendants to get their cases be fore the grand Jury in time for the present term of court. Within the past twenty four hours a number of prisoners have made voluntary confessions to attorneys ot the railroad company, but the nature of the disclosures- has not been given to the pub lic. It is claimed, however, that they tally almost exactly with the facts as learned bv the detectives in their researches. Another and very important arrest was made to day.,; EL C. Busby, who escaped from the officers at Denniaon. Ohio, on Monday, by jumping from a train, was recaptured this morning . and . lodged in iail. i He- ia re garded by the detectives as one of the ring-leaders. Conductor Black, who has been since his release on bail, returned to the city this morning and is ready tp stand trial f i ' r WASHINGTON. - Appointments by tbe President Tbe ' - National Drill. 1 . By Telegraph to the Morning star. -r ' , : .WABTnHOTON. April !'16 The President to-day appointed Alexander R iLawton, of Ga., to be Envoy Extraordinary, and Min ister Plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary, and Newman W.l McConnell, 6f Tennes see, . to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana Territory, i , . '. Washington. April 16. Telegrams were to-day received at tbe National Drill head quarters from two ef th&companies report ed as having withdrawn on account of col--ored entries to the camp, as follows: -A ntry or v lckssurg Southrons and band remains good. Respectfully, ? x (signed) t. w - Zbablb, Captain." - -IRaleigTi. N. O.. April 16. The Gov ernor's Guard will enter. - f - (Signed) -E, B. Ehgelhabd, Captain. The schedule of companies entered will be completed in time to give to the press Monday. t . t MASSACHUSETTS, f v v Two Mill Storehouses at -Snrancfleld Burned. . . By Telegraph to the Homing Star.! . . Spkinqjtkld. Aoril 16. Two old mills belonging to the Ludlow Manufacturing Gompany were burned this morning. They were buih .oi stone ana. were about mty years old. J They were used as storehouses for Jute, gunny and raw ; materials for the main mills. The loss is heavy, but not stated in figures. The insurance is un known. ' . "..;! t( ' .-- - J ..- ... . " 'MWMa1 i - - FOREIGN. Farther Particulars of ibe Loss of tbe r, Steamer Victoria-A Number of Per. mvum wrowneei-ireiand on Coercion BIIl-Cbamberlalns Speech In Scot- - V By Cable to tho Momlns star. LoirpoN April 14. Further particulars of the loss near Dieppe, of the Now Haven and Dieppe Packet Victoria, show that tbe vessel struck the rocks amidships. The passengers immediately rushed to thesterri which, through the down ward j list bf the dow, was Duoyed up by deep water on tbat Side of the rocks i A terrible scene ensued then; while endeavors were being made to float the life-boats which were seriouslv id trA :w w as.- . . . J .Ciou wnu ojr me ei r-mg swell or thesea At last when a boat was teadyj to be ipw. ered. and fifteen men and ' ed in it, a lady's shawl became entanghd in .the pulleys of the stern davit'and caused 't to aescena to the eea' bow fore mnat - Th A . . t 'v in , iue occupants were thrown out and ' drowned Two ladies jumped from the deck of the . steamer into the boat, after it reached, the water and overturned it Other toM were then safe V - launched and succeeded -in reaching Fecamp, rescuing on the way with biat hooks two persons who had been swept out to e f Mrs. Bram Stoker was saved J VuT.be Prl8 "says a terribW respon--aibihty resU upon the keepers of Cape Ailly lighthouse, who only j sounded the iuS-uuru aiter nearmg me crash made by the steamer as she-struck tbe rocks. j Tha captain of the Victoria mftintainpft great coolness and guaranteed: the safety of fill An Kssn mA i 9 1 , I a , . . J v tury would vu ooey uis or dere- :S J Dubldi, April 14 United Ireland savs that if Irishmen had one chance in ten thousand they would transfer? the coercion debate from Parliament to barricades But as mat cnance aoes not exist,! Irishmen cad uuijr oki. lucir leeia ana noia their tongues; UD , ti-r uus is suggested to simuluneously summon the1 whole adult population oi ireiana to make one grand uidwiu, yiuKBi, aguui tne i coercion bill, but even the imDresaivenesa Ur thi nni - s j-r- Han- rwuau be destroyed by the misrepiiesenting of the irOHDOjr, April l The language used by Mr. Chamberlain in . speaking ; at the meetings in Ayr has inflamed the Irish against him. and he has received numerous tetters warning him that he will not leavo Scotland alive. Speaking to an assemblage of 2.500 persons.-Mr. Chamberlain said: "Opponents of the crimes bill have made an outcry against the repression of liberty liberty to ao : what? to j commit theft; to ruin industrious men; to outrage women " Hisses mingled with cheers. "What are you hissing, the crime or the punishment?" Here a man, rising and menacing Chamber lain, cried. "It is not a jcharactsristic of the Irish to outrage women." - An attempt -oa uiauo iu ura me man out, out Mr. Chamberlain cried out: "Leave him alone ' xucu o tumuiuKu: ip you want in stances of insults being offered to wbrnen?" Cries of "outragel you Blander thelrishl" "I did not mean ,the grossest outrages or ij. out personal violence and ; insults L tiisses ana cneers.j l referred i to cases lite mat or a certain family where tbe lives or a wiaow and sisters of a murdered man were made intolerable; like that of the widow ox another murdered man (Byera) m wuue accompanying xne dead body of ner ausoana was jeered and hooted aionir mo sticcb acre ine Bpeaser waa inier rupted by cries of "Watch yourself! hisses and general disorder. 1 "I Am rn lating facts to which even my opponents might listen in the silenipeiof horror and aname. wnen l refer to assassination a man nere says, "Take ijcare of yourself I Has the lime come when, we dare not. dis cuss political matters in this country with out being threatened with assassination? Great cheering J This is the spirit of parties in convention ia Chicago I am sony to Know that they f have any repre sentauves in boot land.! Cries 1 of they are not Scotchmen. 1 That convention h- sidea being attended by delegates honestly in oympmay wim ireiana. nad delegates of a. different stamp; apostles of outrage and murder, who have paid the outrage man agers of England. Redmond, a delegate of me Ansa x-aniamentary party,; explicitly declared before the Convention that it was the aim of that party to effect entire separa uuo oi ireiana - irom Qgiana, and that their policy was to make tbe Gov ernment of Ireland by. England impos sible. This tbey seek! to effect by the most immoral conspiracy ever devised in a civilized land by contending for liberty to violate every law, human and divine. Do you think it infamous to re strain these men? 1 Cheers 1 Parnell threat ened in the House of Commons, under the specious guise of warning, that if the Coer cion bill were passed there would be a re newal of outrages, dynamite explosions and attempts to assassinate our statesmen. This grim suggestion may prove the death war rant of some of us. rCrimes of "No!" and 'Shame. Ml Well, wnat hannena to indi viduals is not of much consequence. The danger is to the Commonwealth. For the first time in English history our foes have, sympathizers within our ancient fortresses.! Their plan of attack rinds encouragement from those who .ought to be the strongest defenders of our citadel. This makes our! task more arduous, but we will not sbriuk;' we will not abate one jot; we will not yield to threats from whatever quaiter they come, but we will endeavor t hand down unimpaired to our children the unity ,j! strength and honor of the mithtv emnire our forefathers bequeathed us ",. II Chamberlain's speech excitej all parties." The Unionists consider jit a declaration of war to the knife with the Separatists. The Gladstonians charge Chamberlain Vith slandering and vilhfyirig his former coll leagues, by the insinuation that they sym pathite with the perpetrators of outrages in Ireland. It ia asserted that during his tour through Scotland Chamberlain will be s tended by a private guard, a ; m ,w ' THE FREIGHT THIEVES. mere Developments in tbe Pan-Han. . die Railroad Robberies. . . j Pittsburg, April 14. More news trans pired in the wholesale1 Pan-Handle Rail road robbery to-dav. I A leading tailor nni tided the railroad men of his suspicion that no was auuDg up sioiea gooas ror train men. His suspicions proved correct, and men not heretofore suspected are implicated. The officers who left here yesterday cap tured Joseph Stephenson and John Smith at Beaver Falls, Pa. ;They were aboard a Lake Erie freight train as brakemen. As soon as they saw the Officers they left the train and ran to the woods, but were pur sued and, captured. Two others escaoed from the same train. ' The: two arrested uau irora loungstown, unio.v !) - .. l. l 1 n . . ' 'f - a uero w uiuro ur jess connaenoe exoreaa ed among friends of the imprisoned nien that not enough evidence can be produced to secure conviction, but there will be an abundance of witnesses at any rate. De tective Gilkinson says that fully six hun dred witnesses would be subpeeaed, com ing from all parte ofj the country. It is said that the railroad company will only press suits against those of its imnrisoned employes who have more than one charge against mem, navmg decided to use as wit nesses many who are now in Jail. The de fense will rely largely on the matter of doubtful identity, holdine that in the dark-. ness it is impossible to ' clearly identify the faces of people, especially when those faces are covered vith the grim- and grease of weir trains, v - 1 ILLINOIS: Termination ot the Carpenter's strike ; In Chicago. J ByTelegitotheXorningStar. Chicago, April 16. The strike of the carpenters was practically declared off this morning. The executive: board of the Central Council met at an earlv hour and discussed the outlook. The result was that an order was issued to the men to re sume work on Monday for , all bosses who wui pay oo cents an nour ana maKeihe working day eight hours. Strikers are being notified of this decision through walking delegates, and -by all other means which (heir officers have at their disposal. - NO. 25 TEXAN'S READY FI8TOL. Seven within poe fi : RIontb. , r- " j; - New York Times. ''-7 .- ibxabkana, T, April 13.4-lt is very seldom that the killing of 6ne, two, or even three men by an expert pistol practitioner creates more than a passing comment m the land where the long and Bhort haul of the revol ver is so strikingly illustrated. . But when a man kills seven in a month. l . . - . I ana mai man is the wealthiest jand muni prominent man in tbe county, Kuoup u attracts attention, pnob a man Is Walter Ridgely. On the! 3rd . l asT - " - i ui iuarcn ne uied two men. two weeks later be .killed two morej and last iFrlday he completed the exter mination of a family by killing three ihe Kidcely farm is situated 28 miles northwest of here, on Ihel Red raver, in; lexas, just opposite the Indian Territory. On tbe 3rdof March Mr. Kidgely entered Raksey- j Dwio, aii iuu nea , mver erry, auu louuu two oroinera named Jilnr phy quarrelling with a ,j St Louis drummer, whose baggage they bad appropriated because be would not pay them $5 for carrying him across the river when the leeal fee wis but 50 cents. Ridgely interfered, felling mem -mey ougnt to De ashamed ottrymerto impose unon a friend less stranger, and , that if they were really serious about . the matter they had better take his advice as already given, or they would run the jrisk of answering to the Grand Jury. At this both men .: sprang at Ridgely, and the latter, who is a fine specimen of, physical manhood,, knocked the xoremost down. The other ' halted and reached for his DistoLbut Ridro ly, who saw his intention, succeeded in getting his revolver out first, and fired, shooting bis assailant through the heart and dropping him dead in his tracks. . The other, Murby, by this time had regained his . feet, and, seeing what had happened, made a motion as if to draw his pistol, when ue, ioo, wasr mortally wounded by Ridgely, and died the next da v. i Ridgely immediately gavei himself . .1 oi -. ... up to mo ouerin, ana upon prelimi nary examination was discharged on the ground of self-defense. John Hurphy, a brother of the men killed, and an Uncle jThomas soon after came into the ! neighborhood, and made loud and repeated threats that they would kill Ridgely at the first (Opportunity. For two weeks nothing occurred, out tne two Murphys, uncle and brother to thejdeceased lerrjmeD, were irequeniiy seen near fhe Ridgely farm, heavily armed, jand : it was plain that the matter ; would not end without further blood shed. (I On March 22 Ridgely found it ne cessary to-go to a farm of fa neigh bor's about two miles distant. He left home about 3 o'clock P. M., but when he had completed his business it was after sundown and fast grow ing dusk. He then mounted his horse and started for home, riding a me dium gait. When a little more than half way home, and while passing through a strip of woods suddenly there sounded the report of two guns irom behind trees, and at the reports Ridgely's horse fell dead under him. Ridgely, as the sequel proved, was himself unhurt, falling upon the op posite side of his. horse J from tbat whence the firing occurred. He did not move of make any noise, and the would-be assassins, evidently think ing that they had killed j him, left oover, and started, presumably, to take a view , of . the corpse. The Corpse, however, proved an ex ceedingly lively one, and when the two men, who . broved to be the two Murphys. were within eight or ten feet of it,the Corpse sud denly sprang to its feet With a six shooter in either hand 'and! began fir ing upon them. They were taken so completely by surprise that Ridge ly thinks tbe made noj effort, nor even thought of, returning his fire, and quicker than it takes to tell it they had both bitten the dust, and Loeir spines departed tor tne happy hunting grounds to join the two fer rymen who f had previously "taken passage" at Ridgeley's hands. it was hoped by tbe people of the community that this ' would be the last of the unfortunate affair, and none so desired more, thi in Ridgely, who has always expressed horror at the shedding of human blood. But it was not to be. Within the next week the only two surviving brothers of the two dead ferrymen and the only remaining uncle had made their appearance in the neighborhood, coming from their home in the terri tory, and without making any "bones" about it, proclaimed their intention - to either kill; Ridgely or depart this life by the same route as that taken by their four kinsmen. Ridgely kept himself confined close ly to his own premises,' not going off his farm . on any occasion, i and it is but fair to presume that the Murphy party, growing impatient and worn out perhaps with the siege, thought to execute their purpose by strata gem. With this object in view, at 2 o'clock-Friday morning,' they went to 'Ridgely's barn and created a dis turbance,well knowing that Ridgely's great care for his horses would, in all probability, cause him to come out in person to ascertain what was wrong. The ruse operated exactly as the Murphys intended it should act. Mr. Kidgely was aroused from his slum bers by the noise in the stable yard and did just as any other sensible farmer would do under like circum stances. He got into jhis boots and trousers as quickly as(H possible, and taking a pair of revolvers, the same 44calibre weapons which he had used on previous occasions, and which, obeying the dictates of com mon sense, he bad kept .within: con venient reach ever since his trouble with the Murphys began, he started for the barn. He passed the door of a room in which a conple of his hired men were sleeping, and scarcely had he taken 10 steps in the yard ; when he was fired npon from ambush. He was shot through the body and fell. but got up again, and, returning the fire with both revolvers, dropped two of his assailants dead, and the other ran about a hundred yards, when he was -captured by a hired man and taken Into the houso.il He died m an'- ' hour. - i ::.j-y:.. .vi-Vn :.: i Rldgelv was shot in thrnn nl and is now confined td bed, but his physicians think he will recover! 11. is 34 years old, and was formerly . scout with Custer's cavalry. He was promoted to be a Colonel, married - 11.--' ' t wen, ana is now worth $200,000. John H. Ridgely, the father oi Wal ler, came irom Toms Kiver, N." J, and Walter was educated at Prince wu ? oiieg, irom - wnicn ; ne wa-i graduated early in the-'70's. j J ''.X ", .... Spirits Turpentine Asheville : Citizen Ori WaA nesday while Mr. Q. B. Munroe, tf New 1 au&, BuuBume ineDas wno are stopping ntvunor. ur. rease, were out practicing wnu Mwiois, ana auring metr pastime Mr Munroe had the minfm-lnn tn k... hi. tol explode prematurely, sod the hall i uLci.-iio rmuv ice, . i " Asheville: Country Homes: Iu T taJ L.i . . L. . I u DutiBu iuai a weauny rarmcr or Cabarriv-!H county lends money at 6 per centl to othM- farmers wno affrea tn hnv nn nKn.i tllizers and to plant only one fifthf of their puurv crop 111 cOHOn. - JTlIt . Wagon loads Of NflTt.h Onrnlino K..1 cently shipped in one week from Johnson 6uuickd. a large quaniuy ( the tobacco plants of Weetera North Caro uua were up ana looKiog noelv, but wer bu.cu u . mo recent bdow ana cola snao JTour years ago Mr. T. J. Donoho. ..f Weaverville. realized fmm in bacco $4,000. Average, $50 peri hnndrni juHu uiauu in tv esiern norui uaroima. -- Raleigh Recorder; H on. M. W Ransom will deliver thn literal rlrtvio K. fore the two societies at Wake Forest Col - jege next commencement - 4. Rev. Fr M. SalterthwAite. nf Mirlnn H n h. .1 cepted the call to the pastorate of the chnrcjt in P..lotOM A :ll . r t . . "".u ui cuier upon ma worn there the first of May: t The First Baj . tist church of Wilmi niTtnn VSoa ialrnn in. - to build 8 lecture -room, thus completing us uiiium piua ui luo COUrCQJ. W are hemtilv irlarl In aiwtViia nnn '.iTa.i higher education in North Carolina. WW. ' -ci.a lriuny uouege neips 'Wake ForeM College. North Carolina now has three r the best dennminnttnnal nnllaoDD In V.a fnnL.i in tbe South. Boys in need of educatik i may find it at home. ; Favetteville OAsmwet Mr. Ar. thur EL. Lovejoy, of Pennsylvania, uciu mail ween looKing ior a location for block and shnttln fnnt.ni. i w. to learn that Mr. John ri Broadfoot. wl una iuuucbubu uimseii particularly in rais intr Ann atrvnlr inat flftn thr... t sheep on Friday night last by j dogs. 4 We learn that propositions fiSOm a North ern firm to parties here are nbw pending. ftnd thfttit ia mnrA than. nrAKkhl. ik.i... other cotton factory will be built on littl'i xMver. me per cent, or loss in fruit, is: Peaches flfi. npn.ro flK nlnmb k Ah;... 65, apples 40. strawberries 29, bunch grape- 10. Scuppernong grapes, raspberries i an . blackberries are not injured. Th' Washincton Ri that city on . Friday evening I last, of Mrs reuecca j. waraner, wiaow or the! iti Charles T. Gardner, who with her husban-t removed to WftRhinctnn )n tmm TT. Raleish News- OhsAtiipr iThn Governor's Guard have been invited to ai - wnu me rauroaa celebration in Fittsboiti on the 20th of May. The hew an t magnificent IMethnriint. f!hnrih in 11.:. will be dedicated on the fourth Sunday ii. -.ay. -rtiaaop w. w. uuncan, or Bout: Carolina, ia expected to preach the dedicn tory sermon. Col. McRae is one f f me most highly accomplished men in th " State. The loss of his brilliant talon 1 Would ba 4 serionn nnn inrlpprl tn Knrt.. Carolina. Mr. Thomas? P. Clarke, or New Bern, passed through Raleigh jester -day on his way to Little Rock. Aik.,wher he has been engaged to make a collection the vertebrates of that State for the : .Statu museum. An appropriation,! of $25,000 ba been made ior the next two years. 1 WiKSTON. N. C, April 14.4-The subscrip tion for the railroad " was carried here to -dav bv a mainritv nf 100 i (Zreat Anthtiot asm prevails, and Winston and Salem ar nappy. - i Goldsboro Messenaer: Ono nf the iargest audiences that we have ever :u Hi. s pay leciure, in our city, assem - hlfwl at th. On... TTai... 1 n ... w 1 v.wm w. .uv wc.a uuusg laab iiiuuuay even ing to hear Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr.. tin til .t . . . JL jruuDg, auie ana popular pastor oi tne mp tietchurcb, upon "TLo Raven and U - - w auw iULviijiuivu una I'cv. t invited to address our citizens in the inter -est of the graded school. Mr. A. Slaughter, of Lenoir connv. nhn unt i.i Kansas a few weeks ago on a prospecting tour, uas reiurneu conieniea to remain in the Old North State. 4- The Colorerl nPnnlfl ftnl1 mDAlinn 'TnnailnM . t r.V. fr . . consider the Graded School question. Thero was some opposition, out i a majority fa vored tho finhnnl ttnA rionlrlorl tn wa.I. ...I . mwvw. u V. v V. VA .J n A am. vote for it. Rev. Mtj. McMullen, oi Chester, 8. C has, we learn, accepted th t call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian chnrr.h nf thin oitv nnrl' la itiu-m i.. arrive in time to conduct services next Sun- uav. . Charleston News k (Innrier Much excitement has been caused at t! o town of Hickory by a letter received from Ashpvillp nlilrpasarl tn .T I V Mnill n,l. . tor of the Carolinian, Written by Hen r irYilfong, of Elickory, saying that tho wri ter within twenty-four hours would com mit suicide by drowning, j In the letter h made confession tbat he had done sever-, i things in a business way that were n . fttraiffht ftHmittino- fnr&ttrir nf nntui Wil fong is fifty years old and belongs to one n" . 1. n 1 .J A ... . 1 . ,A vuo uiuoai laiuuies id v;aiaw oa couniy. no has brothers and n:otpra ivintr nnor TTiob . ory. who are well-to-do and highly i BnoAfal. .!(!... ITa .Ua 1 . : r . BiivviouiG AAibiAVGuo. ai9u utuf a who a several small nhildmn Ha ho a hn n,l prominent citizen for years, and occupied positions of trust. Immediately upon re -ceipt of the letter, telegrams were sent t- Asheville to look after Wilfong and p-.i that be did not carry out his threats. U A . 1 . A A, .' .A AA . . ui inia iime nninini? r.nn npnparn rrntn inn. His trunk arrived at Hickory yesterday by- express. Kaleigh Netpsir- Observer: Sam uel, the eleven-year-old ton of Mr. A. M. McPheeters, was thrown from a movio p; train at the North Carolina depot yesterday afternoon and seriously injured. I He made a very narrow escape from being killed. - work on the Agricultural College nt this place, it is thoueht. will begin imme- diately after the meeting' ring which plans for the! 1 of the Board, du- bandings will bit me main object considered in connection with the institution. The cash assets for the school amount to about 20.000. be sides the large tract of land given the Stato ior uio inauiuuon oy air., k. p. ruMen. With these it is thought tbat a good com mencement can be made. VVinston. April 13. There is ereat excitement hero over the railway election. Thousands of people are on tbe street, and a erandoro- cession headed by bands of music and wi h banners is parading throueh the citv. Th election assured, a new era dawns upon tb- xwin-uiiy. .ine question is on a propo sition to extend the N. ff. N. C. Railroad from Winston to Wilkesboro. Winston t take stock in the roadi to the amount f $60,000. ..' Charlotte Chronicle : Captain John Woodhouse, editor of tbe Concord Begister, died at his home in that place, as " 1.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, from tbtt effects of a stroke of appoplexy, which li" received at 2 o'clock, yesterday -morflinx-Captain Woodhouse was a native of New Jersey and came South at the close of th . war. In 18876 he took chareo of the Coo - cord Begister, and conducted that paper successfully until the time of his death. Ihr was well advanced in years and was an ' earnest Christian, a member of the Presby terian Church. IThe store of Mr."J. W. Austin, in Monroe, . was broken into and robbed last Friday night by some un known parties, i The thieves ! carried off irnnds amonntinff fn fvalna tn 191 - The members and friends of j St. Peter' Episcopal Church, in this city,! are making an effort to secure funds for the erection or a new and handsome church building, and we are glad to know tbey are meeting wilh success. At a church meeting held last Monday night, the sum of I $2,000 wv raised and other liberal contributions hvrr been made. ' Oni pavements we wiU hear off the palm in North Carolina.. It ih the best paved town in the 8tate, and wo make no boast in saying it. -mi .. ; : . r:- .-'.'Cv-;-. i ,'r ft'- mm 1 i ...T S ; 11 ' -lii&iy -Mm jxm' l ' , - ... ; .Jr ,. : ! . - t il - xxn .. - -'V- . ..- iff. A .. .... - ..is . ' t 'r,V. I .1 ? -t i 4 i -: I t --