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Tk Weekly StarJ WM. H. BKBNAED,ditorandPrdp'r. WILMINGTON, N. C, J 1 . ' j Feidat, Jtoe 17, 1887. gtoeOrmtr dtreotlon as well as foil partioulara aa ...., ,n wiah mm miner to bo sent hereafter. unless you ao oom ouhko , ,. BS-Nottoes of Marriatrer Death, TrtDnwsw Respect, Resolutions oH'hanks. &o., are ohund for as ordinary adTertlMmonta, but only hall rates when paid for striotly In advance. At this late Molnt will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. , I rsr-T?mlttanoes must be made by Check Draft- Postal Money Order or Hewred ltwr. .r.atni will register letters when desired. nrnni. TAtnlttances will be at the risk of the publisher. 1 tSSpeclmen copies forwarded when del THE PUBLIC DEBT OF VIRGINIA. We have read with interest the calm, clear, conclusive editorial state ment in the Richmond Stale of the reasons why Virginia does hot j pay her publio debt. It is plain enough after you have read the State's pre sentation of the matter why it is that in 1887 the people of that honored and most distinguished Common wealth are opposed to settling jtheir indebtedness upon the basis proposed . . nra i- 3 : . - , f l.i nJt- by tneir jCingnsn creuiLurr. . icle m the State is so long we cannot republish it, and it is impossible i o condense tSe statement withoutj ro bing it of its force. If the papers ar id people who have misunderstood aid misrepresented the whites of .Virgi i ia would read this article they woul d change their opinion It is very clear as to two points: first that Mahone and his mongrjpl crew are solely responsible for the failure to settle the debt upon an eauitable and honorable basis: second that the white people of Virginia have been favorable to such a settl ment. j Twice the Democratic party made a square issue on the settlement of the debt upon a basis of $33,000,000, to be paid in forty years, at 3 per cent, annually for ten years; 4 j per cent, for twenty years: 5 per cent. I for ten years. Mahone and his crew I opposed this as too high. Riddle-1 bercer. a Kepublican. proposed a set-1 tlement upon a basis of $22,000,000, ... i V. annnol intnroat nf fAAn flnh I wtbuou uuuuu tuvivo vvvvvvvi This was vetoed by Gov. Hollidayja uemourat. mm wu tun ivenujusici I plan, as it is called. Twice was bat tle delivered on this plan and tbe Demnr-ratn were defeated. A few thousand whites and the 128,000 n , . J . groe votes gained a victory wice, The Democrats carried the State. mark you, every year upon national issues, but when the State poliiy came up they were twice very dis astrously defeated. The State sayB: "They bad done all they could for tbe creditor, they had sacrificed thej three branches of the Government in his behalf, and a knowledge of common Vratitude lead them to believe that those toi. whom they had honelesalv surrendered so much would not turn upon them, whilst the senso of right and Justice gave them the reasonable assurance that the civilised world ; would commend ineir cessation oi a useless war faro that could not help their creditors and wmim roanlt in rmn tew manv vpnra H.n the Commonwealth. They had before their minds, moreover, Mahone's schemes, which bad already taken the- form of legislative bills, placing all the railroads in the 'State under the control of a commission of bis own choosing; establishing a petty monopolist in every city and county in tbe btate, wno was to be Known as a commis sioner of Sales, an official whose ; annual fees, in Richmond alone it was estimated, would amount to at least thirty thousand dollars a year; and changing tbe charters of the cities so as to put them in the power of his legislative caucus, and rob them or tbe right of local sel government. Through the patriotism of live patriotic Senators three Democrats and two Republicans these measures had been defeated . Etad the Democratic party for a' third time invited defeat, every one of these measures, and perhaps worse, would kave been enacted by a Alahona .Legislature. Were the Detn- ccrats to be blamed for refusing longer ito submit to defeats that were to be followed by such disastrous consequences?'! The Republicans in the IT. Si Sen ate maae manone's cause ineir cause. . The Republican Administration gave this recreant son of a great State en tire control of all Federal patronage within its borders. He became the pet and pivot of Republican legisla tion. ' His native State was made to pass through great trials because iof his vicious and demoralizing course. Virginia has had . quite enough of Mahone and his crew.' The honest whites of the State are not willing to make another fight over a $3 000,000 payment because that issue invites defeat. The same negrq ele ment, unshorn of its strength, exists ready to follow the bad lead of II Ma- hone. Hence they refuse to accept me terms insisted upon Dy tne .ng- lish bondholders. For this they are nmnHTlv nnrairlir anBnrasi l .at tha blame and ignominy rest where it be longs upon the Republican paffry Virginia. The State says: 1 in "In tbe face of these facts tbe renresen. tatlves of tbe bondholders refuse a orooo- sition to pay them $703,552 interest every year on a capital of $34,277,700, and de mand tbat they shall be paid $934,583.50 every year on a capital of $32,384,455. f It - is impossible for. the State to agree to this demand, without Increasing taxes or crin. pling the publio schools and cutting off the pensions from disabled soldiers. In the I ! 1 9 1 !i! m . 1 i . r . luspurcribueu coouuioc oi me largo agri cultural population an increase in taxation would ISa oniAUv Tn ffiA nnhlin rKrvla on the otber band, there are enrolled now only 51 per cent, of the children In thn State, and in many counties the school term is limited, bv the lack of monev for their support, to three or four months a year. The sum of the matter is that the - Democrats cannot make the settle- ment proposed if they would. Thev are not disposed now to risk the safe- : - - ; i tyofthe State after its redemption from Radical rule, by another. cam paign that may prove a Bull! Run. The whites are disposed,as they hive enown, .to do wnav tuey can, but ' they are hot free to act as they . would be glad to act. They would -. do for their creditors the best tney ' are able to do, but they are not will- ing to remand Virginia to the dan gerous control ot the Mahone gang. They . have . had Jenoush of that blighting,emoralixiog corse. ; ; " . lit o. bonds. - f. Judge Bond's decision in - the United States Circuit Court at Ra leigh on the Speoial Tax Bonds . will give our people trouble. A suit was brought by A.' II. Temple, of Ra leigh, in the interest of certain North ern bond I holders. "The Judge de cides in favor of the plaintiff, which if it holds will force the people to pay the illegal, infamous bonds--bonda that were literally stolen from the people and that were bought op by foreign speculators knowing their character. Mr. Temple lends him self to the Northern men who wished to sue the State. -1 The bonds had been declared fraudulent by j.xhe highest State jadioatory and no men living beyond the State could bring suit. The Northern creditors have secured the service?, if we understand it, of a resident of the Stale to bring an action in their behalf. -A Raleigh special to the NewTork 2Tmsaya: "The object! of the: suit was to compel the State officials to levy the tax to pay the overdue coupons, which amount to nearly 100 per cent, of the total issue of tbe special Ux bonds. The difficulty in all previous suits on S ate obligations has been- that the Slate itself has been held to be a necessary party, and the courts! have held that the Stale could not be sued by citizens of other States. The plaintiff in this case, however, is a resident and citizen of North Carolina. Now, for th first time, the Fdderal courts have held that the States are amenable to bs sued by their own citizens where a Fed eral question is presented by the passage of laws impairing the obligation of contracts. Thn decision holds that the acta passed by North Carolina to stop the collection of taxes to pay this interest are null and void, and that tbe agents of tbe State must pro ceed to collect tbe taxes to pay tbe interest. North Carolina has funded all ber debt except this single issue of bonds, and it is expected that a special! session or. me jjegis- lature will be called to! consider tne situa tion produced by the decision." A. NOTEWOBTHI OCCA8IOS, Aa interesting celebration of I Me morial Day occurred at Staunton, Va., on the 9th insl . The orator was a .Federal cavalry General, Avenll, from one of the Northwestern States. He had fought the Confederates all around Staunton and elsewhere but he did not carry od war like a barba nan. as did Sheridan and other f el- lows of the baser 6ort. Gen. Ayerill was warmlv received and made a really very interesting and inipres -1J. T. tV.n myt auurt OS1.; i- i r aa tUllU up ly IUO j,e8t average cf such addresses not eloquent ana impassion.ea jik one Virginia'a Daniel would make or North Carolina's John S. Lone would be sure to deliver, but still touching, patriotic, kind, and even eloquent. We copy elsewhere some of his noble and striking utterances. We take leave here to say, by way of parenthetic, .that the Stab has never been j bitterj or unfriendly to any cla?s of Northern writers, speak ers or voters except those that made war upon tbe South like cruel In upon dians or like the. .Ostragotbsj and burning, plunder- Visigoths of) old, in 2, ravaging, ravishing as if the in fernal regions! had been emptied of its victims; or that class that under take to write history and fill their books full of misrepresentation and falsehood; or that slandering class the that is forever i "u . motives, opinion? , and people purposes fori vile of the Southern, political ends; or that class of editors who never write the truth about the South when! the truth is right be fore them and would secure a bet ter result than a cornucopia of lies; or that clas which believe that the - - . i I . ! most infamous, oppressive, nnconsti tutional, dragonadiog measures were the right measures1 for the South and who clapped their bands and cried havoc when Grant! let loose the dogs of destruction and sent his eol- dier strap intq the South ' to place biyoneta around ballots; to throttle Legislatures and arrest legis lators; to afflict and terrorize it over the wtite men. These are the fel lows th p Stab has denounced again and again; these are the miscreants and myrmidons of usurpation and violence and. wrong that the jSxAB has tried so of ten to lash with a whip made of twisted wire. : J But for the people of the North i . t - who respect the rights of others; who believe in a! constitutional Govern ment; who oppose oppression, and who treat the South fairly, justly, humanely the Stab has "only I kind and approving words. It has pever said a word against a ; man in the North through all the years who was not a meab, corrupt scoundrel: a brute in war; a low demagogue in peace; a hater of the South and its people; a political propagandist of the baser kind ; a slanderer and abuser of cur people; a misrepresenter of the plain facts of history, or a manu faoturer of lies and outrages in order that the Republican party might tri umph at the expense of the' white people of the Southern States. The Stab greatly desires to see good feeling prevailing between the sections. It greatly desires to see the North understanding the South and the two. great sections being at tracted . to 'each' other in genuine sympathy and being united in bonds of assured amity, delighted always The Stab will be o do what it can in this direction. I has only words j of genuine kindness for all honorable, merciful, just, considerate people, whether in the North or in the South, It has words of severity only for the vicious, the false, the mendacious, the bitter. It despises such vermin Gen. Avenll set an excellent ex ample to the mouthing, prating, heedless demagogues of John Sher man and I little Foraker sort in his patriotic and truly American speech at Stannton. He said to the call ant men around him -who fought on the Southern side: ,'.' Where once out-posts and pickets were set to guard my commands against a brave and persistent enemy, I now stand alone a welcomed guest. I thank God and you for the changed conditions. I bave expe rienced every vicissitude of war, including being killed,'- for I have been half killed twice, but of all tbe triumphs I have ever enjoy-d this victory of peace to day is the grandest and most satisfactory. Among the causes of this notable event 1 recog nize, first; a growing custom wbicb will satisfy the universal longiog of , all men to escape oblivion when their turn shall come to siana tne test rr rememorance. Becona . iy. I rcco.nize in ray own welcome tbe bigbet compliment tbat you coula pay to my command by remembering that when it was here in your country fighting for a re storation of the Union and the preservation of our nationality, it did not attack the do- feneelesilb&X it fought your soldiers with courage ana energy, out neta your nomes at far a pombU tacred from the touch of war". Ah, if the Sberidans, Shermanp, Hunters and other, burners and bum- mers bad conducted war arter tbat fashion there 'would,; be no heart burnings now and the. Stab would never hive occasion to denounce At- tilas and Alarici in the -nineteenth century, The London Academy, a -journal of high reputation, has been review ing Genj Long's Life of Gen. Lee, and is very warm in its praise of the greatestj American soldier quite as much as the .book received is warm. The world is learning the truth rap idly about the heroes of the war. . It also reviews Gen. McClellan'o book his "Own Story" and thinks that his ettera reveal a man with a great de sire for popularity, of restless ego tism and petulance, but withal, saga cious, generous and patriotic. . On the 13tb of August, 1747, the Rev. John Wesley was in Ireland. In an autograph letter recently , sold, written from Dublin, tbat wise ob server said: i - ' . -"For natural sweetness of temper, for courtesy and hospitality, I have never seen any people Use the Irish. indeed all icon verse with are only English transplanted into another soil. And they are mended by the removal, having left all their rough ness and surliness behind them. They re ceive the Word of God with all gladness and readiness of mind. Col. Snead's historical work, en titled The Fight for Missouri," is aid to be tbe fairest, most truthful book of the war thus far. BOARD OF ASSESSORS, Tbt WIlaalDcton, Colombia & Aagn ( IS. R. and tbe Wilmington Bridge Company. The Board of Appraisers and Assessors for tbe Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad met at tbe Court Houfe yesterday. New Hanover county was represented by II, A. Bagg. Esq , Brunswick by M. C Outbrie, Esq. and Columbus byD.P. High, E q., chairmen of tbe Boards of County Commissioners of their respective counties, j i. . The Board organized with H. A. Bagg, Esq , ia the cbair, and Mr. D. P. High as secretary..' -j Ilir. W. A Riach, auditor of tbe Coast jine sys em, was present and submitted be statement a? required by law, for the railroad coraDioy, showing 65 miles of road In this State oa the main line, and 7 miles of side truck, distributed as follows: Ne Hanover, If mile? main 1 ne and 2 80-100 mnes Eiue tracK; isrunswics, lif miles mam line and 89 100 mile side track; Columbus, 51J miles main line and 3 56-100 miles side track, j . . I It was ordered by the Board that the val uation of the railroad track, including side tracks, be1 $390,000 for that part of the rail road which lies in tbe State of Nortb Caro lina, and th&t tbe rolling .stock, depots, etc.. be valued at the sum of $12 1,000 for such part of that property cs is in the State. The property, including main line, side tracks, depot buildings, warehouses, rolling sock. tie, was valued at $8,000 per mile. It was further ordered tbat the secretary furnimh a copy of the valuation to the chair men of tbe Boards of Tommiasioners of New Hanover. Brunswick and Columbus counties, land also the mayor of the city of Wilmington and the towns of Wbiteville, Pair Bluff. Chadbourn and fVrm OnriW and it was further ordered tbat a copy of all reports and proceedings, together with papers, be forwarded to the Auditor of the 8tate. . j ' Z j " ' At 2 o'clock in tbe afternoon the Board of Appraisers and Assessors for the Wil mington Railway Bridge Company met. Chairman H. A. Bagg and Mr. M. C- Gutb ne. of Brcnawick cjunty, constituted the Board Mr, w;W- Sbaw was elected sec retsry. - The Board proceeded to assess tbe property of the Bridge Company, which consists of two bridges over the Cape Fear river and two and five tenths miles of track between the two bridges 67 yards lying in Brunswick and 4,600 yards in New Han over county. The Board assessed the value of the property at $60,000, of which New Hanover's proportion is $59,139 and Bruns wick's $861. ; : Froat In' Hobeaoa The Crops. ! A correspondent of the Etab, writing from Red Banks, Robeson county, June 13-b, sass: I The thermometer at this place registered this morning at sunrise 46 degrees . Early risers report considerable , frost, which cut aow young peas that were lust comine uo. i ne crops in mis vicinity, are looking splendid They are dean, with an unu9U ally good stand. BBUXSW1CK. Too SIneU Bain The Crop, &e. j Winhabow. June 14 Farmers are hav ing too much rain; grass ia giving a great aeai or iron Die. tjropsare improving, and tbe outlook is better than for several vears. j , The surveying instruments and camp equipage of tba South Atlantic and North western Railroad Co., were sold under ex ecution by tbe Sheriff of Brunswick countv -on Saturday, at Shallotte, to satisfy claims lor supplies larnisnea to tne engineers and surveyors oy parties in Brunswick county, while surveying. We suppose this ends tne rauroaa enterprise . lor tbe present. Many in our county regret it; while not a few rejoice at the failure. ; Farmers are working in dead earnest, not many are running under - mortgage; they are euouuiuiaiait anu uring close, i Malaria. - - ! Darbys Prophylactic Fluid, is held in wide esteem as a specific and preventive. In it we have the means of rendering the air and water wholesome. "Darbys Fluid is a good defecator and destroyer . of miasmatic . matter. J. . Q Booth, Chemist, U. 8. Mint, Phila.!'. -'It should be used everywhere where impure gases are generated from decom posing matter." Holmes Btexl, 14. D. Savannah, Ga. t CAROLINA CEXTJKA L. , irieeuog of tbe Board of .Appraisers and Assessors to Determins tne Valnatlon and - Apportionment of tb Railroad Property. .- The Board of Appraisers and Assessors for tbe Carolina Central Railroad met yes terday at 12 o'clock: noon iff the county Court Bouse, for the purpose of appraising and assessing the property of the railroad company, under recent enactment at the State Legislature The road extends from Wilmington to Rutherfordton adis-: tance of 264 miles, and the . following named gentlemen.representing the counties through which the road runs, constituted the board:' H. A. Bagg, New Hanover county, M. C. Guthrie, Brunswick; W. J. Parker, Bladen ; D. B. High, Columbus; J. L. McLean, Robeson; Peter McRae, Rich mond; H. W. ; Ladbetter. Ahson; W, -A Austin, Union T. L. Vail, Mecklenburg; Caleb Motz, Lincoln ; Jacob KUer, Gaston ; T, Bostick, Cleveland; A. L. Rucker, Rutherford The railroad was represented by Ms, J. C. Winder, General Manager of the Sea board system, and Col. L C. Jones. Su perintecdent of the Carolina Central Rail road, and by Hon, C. M. Stedman and Mr. John D. Sbaw of Richmond county as at torneys. : The legal interests of Robeson county were watched by Mr. T. A McNeill, of Lumberton, and Mr. J. A. Lockharl, of Wadesboro, attended to the interests of tbe Board of Anson, while Hon. D. L Russell appeared as counsel for New Hanover. county j i " P 2 ' r: ;'. "k? ' r Mr H. A. Bagg, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of New Hanover, pre sided over tbe deliberations of tbe meeting, and Mr T. L. Vail. Chairman of Mecklen burg's Board of Commissioners, was elected secretary. . ; Msj. j Winder submitted a sworn state ment of the Superintendent of the Carolina Central Rail way. Tbe statement was made out on a blank form furnished by the Btate Auditor, and did not enumerate the miles of side track and the warehouses. , Mr. Sbaw, in explanation, said tbat all the property outside of the right of way was reauired bv law to be listed as other property was listed by tax-payers, and had been given in. The chairman said the charter of the railroad company granted one hundred feet each way from the centre of the roadway. When a building or side track eklrnded beyond that right of way the property beyond the limit was subject to lax, to bs given in separately. Mr. Sbaw gave his construction of tbe act of the Legislature; that tbe company should give in to tbe Board the number of miles of roadway, etc. He had. made a list of property, as attorney, all along the line of tbe road, and bad given In to the tax assessors in each county all tbe proper ty cutside of the right of way. Tbe only thing that is cot specified is tbe number of miles of side track within tbe two hundred feet right of way. It was argued by members of the Board that the number of miles of side-track within the right of way should be given, to make the statement complete, and also the number of . warehouses and offices. It was argued on behalf of the railroad com- pauy thst the; blink statement bad been filled out as furoLhed, and if any mistake had been made it was not tha fault of the officers of tbe road On motion, a recess of one hour was taken, so tbat an amended statement could be furnished. At the afternoon session the chairman asked for information as to the side-track on Nutt street, connecting with the Wil tniogion & We'.don Railroad Tbe superintendent, in reply, said that this track did not belong to the Carolina Central; it was laid by the Wilmingtoa & WeM on Company, and was entirely in their con'roL Tbe amended statement of the superin tendent was submitted, showing 264 miles of main track; 15 miles and 2,740 feet of side-trick, thirty-four warehouses and four offices inside tie right of way. After further consideration of the matter tbe Board adopted the following " "O.dend.b the Board of Appraisers and AEsefs-sra lor tbe Carolina Ueatral Uaiiroad that the value of said railroad track, as de fined in section 46 of the Act to provide for the Bssesttni ntj of property and collection of taxes, pe aseeed at $1,000,000, and that the value of rolling stock as defined in see lions 46, 47 and 48 of said Act, be assessed at $300,000 The Board find that the ag gregate value of capital stock is nothing. and tbat there is nothioe to be deducted from tbe above valuation. Tbe Board for th r find that tbe entire length of tbe rail road is .264 miles atd 2.905 feet; of which there arc in New Hanover one mile and 528 feel; in Br'unswick 11 miles, 506 feet; Columbus, 9 miles, 428 feet; Bladen. 32 miles, 4,173 feet; , Robeson, 80 " miles, 3,494 feet: Richmond. 83 miles, 3,592 feet; Anson' 27 ' miles, 2.545 feet Union 25 jmiles. 2,770 feet; Meek lenburg, 23 miles, 484 feet; Gaston, 17 miles, 3.520 feet; Lincoln, 15 miles, 3.106 feet; Cleveland, 21 miles; 1,460 feet; Ruth erford, 16 miles, 124 feet; and that tbe pio portion of tbe aforesaid assessments per mile is $4,636. ' It is further ordered that the Secretary of tho Board f or ward a copy of this order to the chairmen of the Countv Commission ers of the abojre named counties, and to the mayor of each city or Incorporated town through, which said railroad runs, and a like certificate, together with all the reports of the railroad officers and other papers and evidence which form the basis of the above valuation, to the Auditor of the State."- - j . - The Board (hen adjourned Bine die, State Normal School at Wilson. The session of the State Normal School at Wilson, N.j C, begins June 21st and ends July 12th. p. p. Clixton Is superin tendent. . Thej faculty consists of the fol lowing: E P. MoseB, superintendent Qra ded Schools, Raleigh. N. C ; Henry E Shepherd president City College, Charles ton, 8 C; A Alderman, superinten dent Graded j School, Goldsboro, N. C, E . O: Branson, - superintendent schools, Athens, Ga. ; Alexander. Graham, superin lenaeni u-raoea ocnooi. r njeiieviue, a. u Robert Houston, special instructor in elo cution, new-iors uity Allege, jn. i.; Mrs. E W. Adams, Wilson Graded School, wnson. a. u.: uus jnary ti. uobinson Goldsboro Graded School, Goldsboro, N, V. ; Miss Lily Way, music teacher, Wilson ' ' During the term there will be a number of public evening lectures by members of the faculty and prominent speakers of the state, tton: z. a vance, tton. , B. M Finger, Rev. J. M. McManaway, Rev. Dr J. Henry Smith, Prof. Geo. T. Winston and others have been invited. JL IHammotn Turnip, -; Capt. H. M. Driver, of Point Caswell an old steamboat man but now a farmer came to town yesterday with the biggest of big turnips ever seen in these parte. It ia of the "Southern Prize" variety, symetrb al in shape; and weighs seven pounds and I three-quarters. WASHINGTON. : l1 1- ; Appointment A Delegation from Nortb Carolina Walts on tne Presi dent. r . tlJT Teieerapn to tne Morula Star. if WASHrROTOS. June 18. The President to-dav-aDDointed John O. Luning postmas ter at Leesburg, Fla. The office recently became a residential one; v ? f - V1 A delegation from North Carolina, Head ed, by Seoators Ransom and Vance and Representative Henderson, waited on the President to-day and asked a. modification of the executive order consolidating inter nal revenue districts, so that tbe districts in that State will not be changed. 1 -. t .... WASHilrOTOs: i June 15. The President to day Issued an order modifying bis recent order consolidating internal revenue ais- tricts so far as it affects collectors of dis tricts in North Carolina. The resignation of Andrew J. Boyd as collector of the consolidated Fifth District, of North Caro lina is revoked, and Kerr Craige. of Salis bury, is appointed to be collector ot that district from July 1st ' next. : No changes whatever bave been made in the boundaries of the districts as fixed by the original or der, and it is understood the President has decided tbat there shall be none. . , . In reference to the above subject, the Star this evening has the following: ' Tbe internal revenue trouble in Worm Carolina has been settled by the action of the President in appointing Kerr uraige,oi BaiisDury, a. v.. collector ror tne new Fifth District. The three .collection dis tricts in North Carolina, known as the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth," were recently consolidated, and two new districts: crea ted, named Fourth . and Fifth. The new Fifth District included' the whole ter ritory of tbe old Sixth, with the addition of six counties taken from the old Fifth.! The effect of the consolidation was to leave Dowd, collector of the old Sixth District, the only resident collector in the;; new Fifth, and to make collectors Tar borough and Boyd residents of the new Fourth Dis trict. "The recent order of consolidation designated Collector Boyd, resident of the Fourth District, to bit collector or the new Fifth District, in which Mai. Dowd re sided.. Senators Vance and Ransom and Representative Henderson 1 recently called upon the President and laid the whole case before him. . Tne f resident considered tne matter very carefully, and finally concluded that the only way out of the difficulty was to select a new man. It was conceded that Collectors Boyd and Dowd had been faith- . .a. . i . . j : : . rui omcers, out it was icareu a uecuuou iu favor of either would necessarily wound the feelings of the otber. Craige was therefore selected, upon tbe recommendation of oena tors Vance and Ransom, who both heartily endorsed him. He stands vere high in North Carolina and is a lawyer of ability. He enters upon tbe dutios of bis office July 1st. He is a son of tbe late Burton Craige, a member of Congress for several successive terms. Kerr Uraige has served in tne Btate Legislature and was nominated for Con gress, but declined. Tne same convention nominated John 8. Henderson, who now holds the seat. FOREIGN. Tne Cotton spinners ' and operatives Cooperate to Break tbe Ring Empe ror William's Health Improving?-" Amendments to tbe lrlsb Coercion Bill. - nr Cable to the Horning star. Lokdoh. June'13 A majority of the cotton spinners of Lancashire and York shire approve tbe short time project to counteract the "coiner." A number of mills are closing. Apart from the move ment of the Spinners' Association, the Op eratives' Associations have passed resolu tions - expressing sympathy with tbe em ployers, and announcing their readiness to cooperate for the purpose of breaking the ring. : . - - : -; ii Berlin, June 13 This morning's offi cial bulletin states tbat Emperor William continues to make very good progress towards recovery, lie slept well last night. Crown ranee ifrederick. William lert Uer lin for London to-day, to take part in tbe Queen s Jubilee celebration. Before de parting he called at the Emperor's palace and took leave of his Majesty. Lohdon, June 13. The House of Com moos ibis evening resumed debate on the Coercion bill, taking up the fifth clause which deals with the proclaiming of dis tricts. Henry Fowler, liberal, proposed as an amendment that proclamations be made -by order of tbe Privy Council, instead of by the Viceroy. He urged that a change of such importance as proclaiming of dis tricts should be made by the Imperial in stead of by tbe Irish Executive uairour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, declined to ac cept tbe amendment. . He . reminded the House that the Government collectively was responsible for every act of tbei Irish Executive. Healy, McNeilL Claucy and Dillon. Nationalists, successively supported the amendment. Mr. Gladstone suggested that members should not spend any; more of the abort time at their command in futile discueaion. It would be better, he said, to employ tbe remaining time in discussing weightier - points. Smith . said ' he was anxious to allow sufficient time for discus sion of substantial questions, and hoped the opposition would assist the Government in this direction. i Fowler offered to withdraw his amend ment. Dillon protested. He declined to take advice from the government as to what amendments should be discussed :in tbe miserable period left to contest the measure. Morley said be was sure Gladstone bad not meant to suggest that the opposition assist iu limiting debate in! accordance with the government's ideas. The opinions of the Parnellites upon the relative importance of tbe amendments de erved more attention than the opinions nf English member!. The amendment was to put division and was re lected 285 to 167. - I Mr. Doherty moved an amendment tbat proclamations be issued only on report of the Judge of the High Court, after local inquiry. Holmes, Irish Attorney uenerai opposed the amendment on the ground tbat it was not advisable to remove any respon sibility from the executive. A local in quiry, he said, would be valueless because tbe Judge would have no power to take evidence on oath. McClauoy said that tbe government would have been more candid if they had given as a reason for their op position to the amendment their, desire to retain for political purposes the power of proclaiming a district. The amendment was rejected bv a vote of 202 to 126. London. June 14. The Time icorre- spondent at Reme says that the Pope has no sympathy with Parnelrs Irish campaign. but that no official opinion to show how the Church regards the movement has yet been given, because tbe energetic pressure brought to bear by the majority of the Irish Bishops holds nominally the conservative tendencies of the Vatican in check! The correspondent adds that nothing more is definitely known regarding the question of reconciliation between Italy and the Vati - can, or of the establishment by England and the Vatican of diplomatic relations. - Constantinople, June 14 Sir Harry Drummond Wolff, British Ambassador in connection with Egyptian affaira, has notified the Porte that Queen Victoria has appended ber signature to tbe Anglo Turk ish convention concerning Egypt, and that her Majesty awaits the issue of the Sultan's lrade. announcing the convention in torce. -London, June 14. The Jubilee (jacht race around Great Britain and Ireland was begun today. Tbe yachts were started by the Prince of Wales at South End,! at the mouth of the, Thames. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Genesta was leading the otber yachts . The starters were tbe Aline, Sleuthhouad. Down, Dauntless, Genesta, Anemone, Mabel, Valauvert, - Atlantis, Gwendolin, Bridesmaid and Helene. " - a 1 r THE SOCIALISTS jj making Preparations to Enter ! Poll- tics on National Issues, t ... I By Telegraph to the Morning Star.. Chicago, June 13. It is stated that the Socialistic Labor party is making prepare tlons to enter politics on National issues. A call has been issued by- the National Ex ecutive Board for a convention to be held some time in September, at which all indi vidual "sections" are to be represented, .The call is at present being submitted ; to vote of tbe several sections. The German section of this city had a meeting last Thursday, atd voted In favor of holding a convention. Tne Jiiogiisn speaking section held a private meeting yesterday and the matter was discussed fit length The final vote was favorable to the holding or a con vention. Now Bern Journal: r We are requested to announce that a paper will be started In Goldsboro on or aoout tne 1st oi July. It is to represent the colored people or North Carolina,. J CaiCAQO ZIABILET, A Whirlwind or Kieiienieii.eB Board of Trade Tbe Bottom Drops Ont of Wheat-Corn and Provisions Visibly i Affected. " - - . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ; Chicago. June 14. The calm of yester day on the Chicago Board of 'lrade was followed ty a wninwinu oi whcuicuiuh morning. Traders had just nicely caught their breath and steadied their nerves after the break or Saturday; when a second cyfr clonocdine It was the . wheat-pit scare or Saturday enlarged and intensified. ' Libef ral takings or July wneat yesieraay oy ino clique mndu tbut "future "steady " at ror about 84 cents per bushol.- Outside traders talked themselves into the belief 'that the combination permitted a sharp decline on Saturday for the purpose, and that they were about to buy up July as toei nave already kmo May and. June. Many be came latiers. - -. 1 no scaipora-otcamw tlve, and it looked as if tbe worst were past and tbat tbe lowest point ior jniy nao oeen reached when the three cent drop of Satur day occurred; but outside- forces were at work for tho bears- , inousands oi cars standing on side . tracks, elevators all filled to bursting, tremendous receipts reported and ever thing - pointing to -more wheat, and millions more in tbe near future. Such were the conditions when traders went on 'Change this morning. For the first offerings of July wheat there was no takers. , It was , . . . j i . .'ii . onerea unuer me suppuoeu aisi&eisiiu uu takers. Fears that took bold upon tbe bulls at tbe close of last week again madetbem quake . The uproar - grew Intense in wild efforts to Ee.il. wneat; Juiy aroppea irom 83J cents to 83 cents, while men were thinking what to do Everyone wanted wheat. In less time than it takes to tell the story July was offered at , 801, or 3 cents lees than the closing price yesterday. It was a short storm. b,ut terrible in its effects on the crowd. . Traders crawled out of tho pit dripping with perspiration and weak from excitement There was talk of failure, but none were announced to add to the; feverish condition of things. U Then, for ao bour, there was a slight rally, and July sold up to 81 J cents. ' .This was but a lull in tbe storm. At 11 &. in. tbe indica tor for July showed tbat it was again selling down, and in fifteen minutes it was offered at 79 cents 4 cents below the opening. an hour before. Then came a third tum ble, at tbe noon hour, and July sold down to 76 cents or 7i cents below the open ing price. The entire board was r a little less than pandemonium, and the bears declared it a Just retribution on the bullish wbeat manipulators. Humors reached here tbat there was a run on a bank in Cincin nati, where the headquarters of the "longs' are tupposed to be situated. Margins were freelv called and heavy deposits demanded. Tbe Chicago banks, it was said, refused to advance any more money on wheat, and late in the session it was stated that the checks of some of tbe parties interested in tbe lone side had- been refused. At 12.30 came tbe startling announcement tbat all persons hav ing trade with Rosen f eld & Co., one of the cliaue houses, should close them at once. The uproar had not subsided when July wheal took tbe fourth and worst turn of the day, and dropped for tbe moment to 74 cents, and closed the morning session at74i cents. Trouble was expected on margins at Kershaw's and tbe crowd was ready for anything short of an earthquake. Throngs of people pushed in from tbe street, and tbe gallery was thronged with excited men and women. It was a morning session to be remembered, as long as wbeat crows. The intermission at 1 o'clock gave members a chance to catch their breath, and when the afternoon session was called the excite ment had somewhat abated. t -. - At 2 20 o'clock it was officially announced that E. W. Bailey & Co and Hamill & Brine requested all parties having trades with them to close them out at once. Tbe instant this announcement was made July wbeat dropped to 72 cents but soon re covered and went back to 74 cents. - Five minutes later Secretary Stone rapped the tumultuous crowd to order and read the following from the leading clique honse or v. j. ixersnaw s io. ; We have assurance that margins land ample funds will be forthcoming by to morrow morning, and we. request that no trades t-e closed out." j The announcement ws received with cheers and in a few minutes July wheat was selling at ?5t cents. Tbe lowest figure toucaDyjuiy wneat during tbe day; was ivt cents under yesterday s close, i Although the chief excitement of the day was in July, yet June wheat sold with wuaest nuctuaiioos irom aa pown to w, up to ui and then by jumps down to 70, when a slight reaction occurred. The lowest fiz ure touched by June was about twenty cents under yesterday s closing price, June closed at 74Jc Deferred futures de clined less sharply, but during the morn ing dropped about 21c for August and Sep tember. . .. ; . ;t jj Corn was active and weak, and fluctua tions showed a wider range than for some days. Several lines of long corn on tbe market, which with the heavy decline in wheat hed a depressing effect on values. ruled weak. The market opened at about the closing figures of yesterday, declined with slight fluctuations of one cent, and closed c lower than yesterday. July opened at sac and closed at attc - Oats, owing to the excitement in wheat. received but little attention. . i Considerable business was transacted in tbe provision market and tbe feeling was greatly unseiiiea. Tne tailing on in re ceipts or bogs and tbe advance in prices caused a stronger feeling early, and sales or products were made at bieher prices. The rreak in prices of grain, however. cause.;l considerable nervousness, and offci- ing ere vere liberal and caused a marked reduction in prices. - ; r i i July lard opened at $0 67 and sold down to $3 60; July ribs opened at $7.72 and sold up to f 7 75 and closed at $7:55. ' j Chicago, June 15 An extra edition of an evening paper says: "The indications now are that Kershaw & Co will pull through, and tbat dozens of big failures tbat were imminent will be averted. Joe Wiltshire, of Cincinnati, head and front of tbe whole clique, with a number of friends. is in town with a pot of money to back up Herebaw. it is said tbe Cincinnati crowd will insist, before putting up. that Ker- Bbam's trades be reinstated." This, Eggle ston, Kershaw's partner, is able to do him self if bs choose. Kershaw said lust be fore the opening of tbe Board this morning, T win pay any omerences to day on mar gins to market." Wiltshire said. "Ker shaw has money and will go through to day all right " .i ; - v : ; ; uhicago, june io. i cere were manv anxious commission men in the vicinity of tnetfoaraoi rraaeiast mgut. Their or ifices were lighted, and they and their clerks worked at their books until long after mid night. - 'the sight presented in tbe neigh borbood was an unusual one.'as everv of fice building there was lighted from top to bottom. Even a casual observer' would; bave suspected something . wrong. There was no trouble in finding the commission men who had been ; caught in the great break of a few hours before, and less trouble in prevailing upon them to talk, The universal opinion was that evervthinc- hinged upon Kershaw's ability to meet tbe dnmaod for margins,and unless he did so his failure would carry down from thirty to fifty houses.- -. There . were some few who thought tbat if Armour & Hutchinson , and two or three of the other "big ones' would come forward this morning andheln to sua tain the market tbat the inevitable panic could be averted, but even they claimed that a great deal depended on Mr. Kershaw, What fortunes were lost and won during tbe day no one can accurately estimate. ' It is estimated that not less than one hundred million bushels were traded in dnrins? the day, representing an average loss or gain of Beven or eiant cents per Dusneif 7,000.000 to $8,000,000. There was a loss of over 11,600.000 in cash wheat alone, besides the shrinkage on futures. One bear, who sold largely in the dav and boueht at the clnsn is credited with clearing$250,000 on tbe day's operations. - A crowd of big bear scalpers made not less than $1,000,000 alto gether curing tne nay. , t .j a- President Wright, of the Board of Trade. said to a reporter: '"The effect of the break wilt-be" to clear the atmosphere, So that commerce can go on in its accustomed grooves. The tendency is to equalize this with the other markets of the world, and put stocks in their legitimate channels. ' The actual result of tbe course is a rather seri ous one, nut 1 hope, in fact have no reason to apprehend, anything further." f . i : A prominent broker said: "The market is.nsav back in its normal condition and is not suDiect to abnormal influence.- I don't tbink ; we will have any more, cliaues jw a wuue; yes, as tne one lust ' col lapsed, has 'bitten OS more than it could chaw,' and the lesson won't be forgotten buuu, uie matter, ox coarse, is a serious one: out it will soon be all right again,; The deal was undoubtedly ILC largest one ever run ia Chicago, ana there was more wneat bouEbt Iban ever before. vI do not appre hend any serious break from present prices. as the market is now aown to a level wun other markets." ' - I - P. D. Armour, when -asked what enect thn nanio would have on financial affairs, said: -"None whatever. ' In a- week from now you j won't, know ; there was a wbeat deal or coffee deal either. .The atmosphere will be all cle&r in less than a week from now; all losses -were made some time ago.. Wheat was margined up to nearly or quite its value; and the banks, were alt amply se cured. I don't look upon this break as any great; calamity At all. i Whatever wheat there is ia wanted lor export ana it win bring as good if not better prices than be fore the break.- Wheat at 75 cents a bushel is better than gold dollars at 60. You see tbe people abroad want thrstuff and they are going to nave n. it is a gooa in ing that this break occurred when it did Most everybody had expected it, and as soon as the flnrry is over 1 Deiieve mat k win maae money easier." . : . -v-: 1 Chicago, June lo. mere was an enor-. moos crowd ca. the floor and in the gal leries of the Board of Trade long before the oDemnsr hour tuts morning, wnen tne bell sounded at 9.30 a roar went up and the day s session began. ; The : firet sales j of wheat were at 7oc . ior June, and ?oc ior July, which was an advance of ic and ic respectively.' . Soon after the opening Pres ident Wright announced tho suspension! of three small firms; viz: J. H. Youstv & Co.. B. J. McCleary. and 8. C. Orr. The suspension of these firms did not cause any excitement, as they were in no way identi fied with the clique. At 10 o'clock the price was 774c for June and 751c for July. The suspension of Pickering & Co., another small firm, was announced shortly after 10 o'clock, j - ' . - I . There j was a sensational and dramatic council at the American, Exchange Na tional Bank this morning. It began at 7 o'clock and settled tbe fat of to-day's mar ket. 'There were present Joo Wiltshire, of Cincinnati, a middle-sized, swarthy man, and Eggleston, Kershaw's special partner, ! whose fortune, is at stake now, be cause It b claimed he has been active1 in business! . Kershaw's face showed the lines made - by the terrible forty-eight hours strain. President D. W. Irwin, of jtbe bank and of the firm of Irwin, " Green & Co.. was the most determined looking man of tbe lot. Cashier DeWar, of the bank and several of tbe directors were present. This consultation began - just as . soon as Wiltshire gotfoff the Cincinnati train; at the foot !of Lake street, and hurried to the bank, i Be .was accompanied by a good looking,; Bmooth faced young fellow, whose sack-coat bulged as clerks' coat sometimes do whed they are hurrying to a bank; to make a deposit.? Tbe pair at once entered the bank and the directors' room,' where the others were to meet them. , The scene presented will not soon be - forgotten: Ker shaw was busy writing, his face was h&g- gard; but tbe man looked brave. iSgglea ton'a face was - a- study, too. -As he sat in this interview the perspiration dropped from his brow, and his great red beard was all awry. Wiltshire, at 8 o'clock, left the bask and walked to the corner of Dear born and Monroe streets, where he met the young fellow who had accompanied him on the train, and who had before this left the bank for tbe Richelieu Hotel. The young fellow's pockets bulged again. The two entered the bank, and in thirty minutes more the council was over. Kershaw had money to pay his differences and to margin tbe market. ; : 1 j Immediately after the opening of the Board of Trade the secretary rapped for silence. It was a difficult thing to obtain; but when he finally prevailed be red the following: - I "Gentlemen We are prepared to pay all our clearing-house differences and to mar gin below tbe market. - Signed O. J. Kkbshaw& Co. ' A yell of delight broke out at this, and the ealleries Which were crowded to suffoca tion by ladies, responded by the waving of handkerchiefs. A few announcements of several small failures that followed did hot count. I - ' . . ' J -1 ice Board ot Trade directors held a special session before the opening j of 'Change to-day, for the purpose of deciding whether or not to take anv action. It vas thought when the meeting was called that it would te best to adjourn the Board for iue uay in oruer 10 auow me excitemew to cool off j but it was finally decided that no action was necessary. , , I UHICAGO, June 15. up to ? halt-past eleven O'clock eight failures had been an nounced. The excitement in the pit in creased fast, and the bears were savagely raiding the market. At .11.30 a. n. July was sent down to 72; from there it drop ped to 721: then f ; then J; then 72; then 711; then in one jump to 71. Another drop to 70s was' recorded at two minutes past noon. From this point it declined to 70, then: recovered in jumps of 4 to 704 and 71; then! back-to 70, and at 12.11 p. jm. was 71 for July and 711 for June. . : . A few minutes after noon Kershaw & Co. were officially posted as having failed to go through the clearing house. This meant their collapse. The immediate cause of the failure was Rosenfield & Co., who garnisheed Kershaw's accountin the Amer ican Exchange National Bank. ,- i 1 ,P. M. The closing half hour Jon 'Change! witnessed an almost complete subsidence of the intense excitement which prevailed when wheat broke to 70c Short ly after noon announcement that Kershaw had failed to meet his clearing house dif ference was postedbut it seemed to have little or bo effeet on prices. Kershaw says he could have met all claims against his firm. if Rovenfeld had net garnisheed money which be checked against, thereby tieing up one million dollars which rumor says he had to his credit - The following firms also failed to go through the Clearing House: 8. D. Eldridge, R. M. B. Crafts fc Co , K. H. Matthews. Youst & Briesly. B. J. Mc Cleary, H - J. Youst & Co., - Rlbbard & Co., -and Pickering & Co. . Just bsfore tbe close of tbe session, T. E. Belding & Co. announced that they were even on market and requested that their trades should not be closed out. - . . The morning session closed with a firmer feeling. 1 During the last hour July wheat fluctuated . between 71472c, the latter ngure being tbe highest of the hour. INTERSTATE COMMERCE. Tbe Commissioner's Decision on jbe Fonrtb Clause Railroads must Fix Tbelr Tariffs TJponTbelr Own Judg ment and Risk. , . .- ' . . . - Washihqton, June 15 The Inter-State Commerce Commission rendered to-night its. long expected decision upon the fourth section of tbe Inter-State Commerce Act, which prohibits greater charges for trans portation of passengers and property over the shorter than over the longer distance in tho Bame direction under substantially similar circumstances and conditions. The decision is madeupon petition of the Louis ville & Nashville and other railroad com-, panies which were among the first to apply, for relief from operations of the fourth sec tion of the law. The decision is very long, comprising more than 15,000 words, but; its most important feature is the announce ment that the Commission after mature consideration is satisfied that the statute' does not require it to prescribe In every in stance for an exceptional case and grant its order for relief before the carrier is at lib erty in its tariffs to depart from the general rule. The carrier must -Judge for itself what are substantially similar cir cumstances and conditions which preclude the special rate, rebate, or drawback,wbich is made! unlawful by the second section, since no tribunal is empowered to judge for it until jafter the carrier has acted, and then only for the purpose of determining whether its action constitutes a violation of the law. The carrier ludges on peril of consequences; but the special rate, rebate or drawback which it grants, is not Ille gal when it turns out that the circum-. stances and conditions were not such as to ; forbid it, and as -Congress clear ly. Intended this, it must also r when using the same words in .the fourth eectiou havointended that the carrier whose privi lege was in the same way limited by them, should in the same way-act upon its judg ment of limiting circumstances and condi tions. The Commission," therefore, will not undertake to decide in advance what constitutes or what does not constitute dis crimination nnder substantially similar circumstances i and conditions;", but will leave the railroad companies in fixing their tariff to act noon their own judgment and at their own risk, subject to accountability berore tbe Commission-- and the' courts in cases where complaint is made by interest ed parties of violation of the law. --- - They bave already grass thirty feet high in Texas. The only way they can cut it down is to fire scythes at it ont of a cannon. WasK Pott. ; .-;s , Spirits rpetttS" " --'Raleisrh-Vio.nx... is amovsment on foot which J,;" . rber in this State for holding iJniu! tion;on or about the 15th of r C.nve-- she ville, June 13.--Mr TCPbef. Washington, died this aftercnn J.oh, C Mountain. Station. He wM " Blk to-morrow in Riverside ceme?erJUtle(1 4-. Maxton Union: We V hably informed that there is a te' mau, living not three miles dku e' Maxton, who is but 81 yea s of t m fr grand children cjol j fAgCi?n,115 toni of Fayetteville, captured tobW distilleries in - Bladen last'. weVt - nCko stroyed about 1,000 gallons of be erBet Colonelis a terror to tooonsbincrl Th struction on the fluid. 0DSumera and-Qe. Charlotte Chronicle- Twn "PffltflW enterP.ri8C8 e soon to Vm" tabUshed here a tile, brick and EeL manufactory, and a larse corn US'l mills. - The friends' of ReVa fe EiETrJ r?i?? Eave Placed B to his memory in the commm,.l! .lb - It was evident from the vPr from tlu c .U. the Charlottes were in the hJ. tne vn?rioiies were in the hands 7f ,i Philistines, the Charlestons plavin9 pretty much after the style of a cat r,!01 " " ju last I huraiW .s ternoon Mrs. S. H. McCall " feaL' Creek townshiD." Dre8Pntnrt L. vMal4 with the third pair of twins sin tT-4 marriage. This hsa hpPn . ::c.lneir prolific family, thirteen cb:ldren h " been born to them within the oast fn,, s years.:; They now have eleven & living. '. u"a Raleigh Chronicle: Mr. juiian S. Carr has presented to tbe UmWt. Museum tbe specimens of sand taken fm the artesian well sunk a few veara . the grounds of the Blackwell Durham """-v wuuinuj. m. ne vmuiiuie well tf, sunk through sandstone rock a den'h over 1,500 feet, and the specimens collet represent tho charracter of the rock at n tervals of ten feet from the surfarc tn the bottom. It is with pleasure -.1,4. '""W we nolo the fact that Mr. Henrv Tn,l thai of Greensboropne of the most promisim? i young men of ITorth Carolina, won thejso medal at the University of Virginia forora ' tory. Work is progressing on the new Methodist Church at Chapel Hill, which when completed, will be "a thing of beau' ty." - Rev. J. K. Grifllth is working ener getically to secure the necessary money to complete it by December. One gentleman Mr. Julian 8. Carr, has given him $1,2$ , Goldsboro Argus : The Arm regrets to chronicle the fact that under the pressure of the times ex-Sheriff D. i Grantham has found it necessary to make an assignment of all his property to Messrs I. F. Dortch and W. R. Allen, for the benefit of his creditors. The slajin. of Linke by young Potts at Aurora dn the -9th of June has created quite a sensation. A friend In this city has received a letter from a relative in Washington which slated that young Potts shot Linke while his back was to. him and while he had his little daughter in his arms. The pistol web placed so near tbe victim tbat it singed his hair; The bomicidawas carried to Wash ington in irons. Judge Rodman and Mr. Geo. H. Brown have been retained to de fend him; his defence will be insanity. Our friend, H. A. Latham, of the Washington Gasefte, writes: "Send me the Daily Argus at Panacea Springs. I go there to recuperate after four month typhoid." Midshipman Thos. Wash ington who has just completed his course tt U. S. Naval Academy is in the city on a visit to his home prior to his entering upon active service; he is cow awaiting orders which will designate his service. Charlotte Chronicle: There is are mailed at this office and never reach their destination. Mrs. J. R Eddine, the book seller and stationer, yesterday made an assignment for the benefit of bis creditors, to Mr. Edward P. Cansler, as as signee, j Mr. Eddins's liabilities are about $6,000, but the amount of assets are as vet unknown. Deputy Collector George W. Means, made a big haul of illicit Vsperita" and blockade tobacco ic Concord last Saturday evening. " He captured a wagon which contained sixteen boxes of tobacco and twelve gallons of unstamped whiskey. (The cargo was worth about $500 and was entered to the credit of Vndt Samuel, Sergeant Jetton killed eight collarless dogs yesterday ; morning and Scotty McKenzie killed two or three. The; dog that goes with ont a tax paid collar bad belter steer clear cf tbe police. Last Saturday we mentined the fact that Da vidson College was to have a cotton fac tory, but wq bave since learned that there are to be two new factories instead of one, at that place. On tbe 1st of July the Charlotte baseball club will leave for a three weeks tour through North and South Caro lina and Georgia, - The club during this tour will play in - Wilmington, Columbia, Augusta, Bumter, Atlanta and other points. Tho Wilmington baseball club will ar rive here to-morrow morning and will cross bats with the Charlottes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. - The. Seasides are said to have an excellent battery and a good team and will doubtless give the Charlottes . a good rub Charlotte was yesterday presented with another goose egg by tbe sluggers from Charleston, though tbe latter had to do some hard work to accomplish this result. - The game was witnessed by a thousand people. (Charleaton shut out Charlotte on both days. Star.) : Italeigh News-Observer: Rep resentative'Long, of Cabarrus county, hs the thanks of the Dental 'Association for valuable services rendered in havingpassed the law of January last relative to tbe prac tice of dentistry In North Carolina Drs. Hunter and Hillianl invited the members of the Stato Association to meet with the Eastern Carolina Dental Society at its nexi session at JEnUeld, on August 21, nest. Dr. Woodley invited each and every mem- , ber of the Association to attend the Vir ginia Association on the occasion of its joint meeting- with the Southern Denial 'Association at Portress Monroe oa August 80th. - The following sieatlemen were then .elected delegates: Drs. Scell, Shields. Hun ter of Enfield, Matte wa. Hunter of Salem, Hilllard, Herring and Durham. The exuberance and high spirit of those who had for the past two days been enjoying the benefits (?) of the licensed beer saloon vere yesterday considerably damped by the town suddenly becoming dry aaasn. Tbe saloon was . suddenly and summarily closed,;! to the discomfiture and disap pointment of those who went early to resume the unloading of schooners. Tho closing of the saloon brought about fresh excitement and inquiries as to the cause ot closing were earnest and numerous. Inves tigation revealed the fact that during the ? morning Richard Giersch, tbe manager of the licensed saloon, had again been arrested on a warrant taken out by Chief of Police Heartt, for violating the local option law in selling wine and beer. Gicrsch appeared before Mayor. Thompson and asked that the hearing be postponed util next Tuesday, declining, however, to enter into a bond for appearance at that time. Tbe postpone ment was granted and Gierach was placed In the custody of the chief of police. I"' mediately upon the detention of Gierscb. his - counsel went .before Chief Justice Smith, at chambers, and sued out a writ of habeas corpus which is made returnable be fore the full bench of the "Supreme Court on Monday evening at 3 o'clock. Reaching home about dark, Mr. Lincke learned that during his absence one of c mules had been hitched with a long rope, got entangled and broke its neck. He and W. A. Potts, Jr., had some words about it, and he and Lincke went out to tne barn to feed his stock. ' Potts took his pis tol and left the bouse to go aficr him. say ing he would kill him, but Mrs. Lincke and Paul Lincke, Jr., stopped him. Liocse came in and retired for the night in the parlor. .Potts told Moore, a white em ploye on the place, that- there would be s coroner's inquest there next day. On Tues day night he lay asleep in bis bed at Guu ford plantation, Aurora. Between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock the assassin en tered the room, placed a pistol close to tbe head of the sleeper and fired. The ball en tered just above the left ear burning b' hair. Lincke lived about four hours, but W88 wholly unconscious. Potts is a young attorney of one : of the old fsmilies m Beaufort county. Jailing as an attorney through dissipation In the western partoi the State, he returned east about a year ago and undertook to reform .his evil habiw. and established himself at Aurora. Uccie found him and , made his acquaintance there; ? Out of sympathy for his discom fort and a desire to aid nis good resolution he took him to his home on Guilford po tation one and a half miles from Aurora, about a year ago, whero he has been ever since. . , - .K ). ; -
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