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, -. . i m, -r r . . iilti W6CKlV blcH. -. : - . i . . WM. H. BEEN ASS, Editor and Prop'r. 1 WILMINGTON N. G. Friday, ' July 8, 1887. t3T"In writing to change fyour Taddress, alwayi give former direction as well aa full particulars as where you wlsn your paper to D sem uereaiier. unless you ao ooin cnanges can nw oo uiauo. tWHnMniMi nf VArHura or Death. Tributes Of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, &o., are charted for as ordinary advertisements, but only rain when naid for strictly In advance. At vance. At this UUb U1UT JIOH rate BO cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. i ; Remittances must be made by CheckDraft- roxral jnoney uraer or negisiereu iKiier. uni, masters wilT register letters when desired. . ryonly such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. ; . fyspeclmen copies forwarded when desired. REDUCTION IN PRICE Attention is invited to the follow ing reduced rates of subscription DAILY STAR, By mailt One Year....... ...... I...... $6.00 Six Months.... I .... .. 3.00 Three Months L...... 1.50 One .Month... ........ 1 50 Delivered to City Subscribers for I ! any period at the rate of Twelve Cents per week. WEEKLY STAI1, By Mall! One Year Six Months Three Months. . ... .11.00 . 60 . 30 The reduction in price will, we are confident, add materially to our al 1 i " ready large circulatio p, thus makiag- the paper more valuable than ever to advertisers. Our telegraphic news service has . recently been largely increased, and it is our determination to keep the standard of .... I Stab up to the. highest newspaper excellence. . A GLANCE AT AN OLD SOCIETY. i i - The Philanthropic Society of the University has done a needed work. It has had printed in superior style a. "Register of Members from 1795 to 1887.-That "Register!' shows what a great work has been jdone by this venerable institution for the whole country, and especially for the State of North Carolina and for the South. Mark you, this is but one Society, and we have no doubt the Dialectic Society can show as good a record. The excellent edition before us is the ' it fourth edition, revised and enlarged, and is edited by Stephen B. Weeks, M. A., of the class I of 1886s The price is 50 cents for a single copy. In turning over the leaves of the "Register," (pages 72) we find among the members many distinguished names some of them of national reputation. In the class of 1797 there was the 'unfortunate and dis tinguished Johnston Blakeley, Cap-' tain U. S. Navy, who was lost at sea in 1814, on board his ship Wasp. It is supposed he was sunk in a sea the Reindeer, fight. He captured or -which Congress voted him a gold medal. In tho same year, 1814, he , captured the Atalanta. He was identified' with Wilmington in his boyhood but entered college I Chatham. f In the class of 1798 was John Branch, of Halifax, who was Gov- ernor eff North Carolina' U. S. Sena- . c . . ,T h , -, j n.ij,,uu,ciuui ui i Florida, &c. In the class of 1799 Was Thomas Haft Benton, U. S. senator for thirty years from xiiiBBuuri, aim juemDer 01 tne House. He- was a great man. t His "Thirty Xears in the Senate" is a book of rare value and interest.; In 1798, we find the ?name of W. H. Murfree, Hertford, Member of U. O IT ' t4 xiouse. in iHoi, judge Joseph J. L-aniel, Halifax, of Supreme Court and Superior Court, and William R. King, Sampson, Member of IT. S. House, Speaker TJ. S. Senate, Mm ister torfrance, Vice President U. S. In 1802, Gov. William toller, Wtr ren; 1803, John II. Eaton, Halifax, U. S. Senator from Tennessee, Secre tary of War, Governor Florida, TJ. S. Minister to Spain and author of "Life of Jackson ;":M T. Hawkins, tit tt I L ' narreu, u. o. House; 1805, Alfred Gatlin, U. S. House; 1808, James P. Taylor, Chatham, Attorney General: Ti, "w:u tJ ' I -wm . , John Witherspoon, New Bern, D. D. LL. D., President of Miami College, Ohio; Mark Alexander, Mecklen burg, Va., U. S. House from 1819 to 1833; 1801, W.E. Bailey, Charles ton, Prof, of Anoient Languages in College of Charleston. I This takes us through the first fif teen years of the University. As the number of students increases the names of prominent and distingushed persons increase also. We can only mention a few : A. V. Brown Va., Governor of Tenn., Postmaster Gen eral, &c; Judge Thomas J. Hay wood, Teno.; John Il Bryan, U. S. II.; Judge Edward Hall, Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks, author, jfec.,' John S. Mason, Judge, Secretary Navy, At torney General U. S.j Minister to France, &c.; ,R. D. Spaight, Gov. and U. S. H.; W. B. Shepard, U. S. H.; Chief Justice And of Fla.; Judge J. L. Bailev." Bishon w-wwa V f ain,Q v Otey, of Tenn.; Spier WhitakerJ Auorney, weneral State; J. R. J. Daniel, Attorney General and -TJ. S. H.; B. F. Moore, Attorney General; Hngh McQueen,;" Attorney General; R. B. Gilliam, U. S. H1., Judge Su perior Court, &c; Judge Broomfield Ridley, Tenn.; Prof. E. D. Sims; Judge John Bragg, Ala.; David "" i4' D' &c-i Jndfi Au- CTUStUS Moore: Thnm Rm . 3 - "WT, oenator, Auorney vtenerai Von - ferrate States, &o.j Charles B.J 1 nt. . . n - tt . . -. - rr - ttt ouepara, - u. : n..z - warren vvmsiow, u. o. a.; governor, sso; Professor John J. Wyche; William Eaton, Attorney General; Maj. Gen.' Richard Gatlin; Bishop Cicero S. Hawks; Jacob Thompson, IT. S: H., Secretary Interior. &c; Thomas S. Ashe, Supreme Court Judge, TJ.. S. H., Confederate S. Senator &c; J. C. Dobbin, TJ. S. H., Secretary of Navy &o. ;- J udge James Grant,' of Iowa; Prof. John L. Gay; W. B. Rodman, Colonel,' Ass. Jos. Supreme Co u rt &o. ; L. O'B. ' Branch, Brig. Gen., U.S. II.; Judge D. A. Barnes, Rev. Dr. Jarvis Buxtop; Montford McGehee, Commissioner . of Agricul ture &c; R. R. Bridgers, Confeder ate H. fcc; R. S. McDonnell, TJ. S. II.; Rev. Dr. J. C. Hnske; Francis P. Blair, U. S. II.; TJ. S. S.; Maj Gen. U. S. A.; Prof. A. G. Brown; Prof. J. .D. Lente; Judge W. S, Bryan; M. W. Ransom, TJ. S. S., Maj. Gen. &c; T.C. Manning, Brig, lliajt UCUi iWUi y V J.U.CUUauga LVl la Gen.. C. J. Supreme Court. Minister to Mexico &c. But we must stop, and we are onlv through with 1842. There is a roll of the members of the Philanthropic and Dialectic So cieties who are among the Confed erate dead. There were 135 of the Philanthropic Society and 137 of the Dialectic Society total 272. ) Many of these rose to distinction. Of them was Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, of the Dialectic Society, of the class 0f 182i. We have i thought that even this imperfect glance at a fine j record would bo interesting to most of our readers. It shows something of what the University of North Carolina has contributed to the brains,1 energy and glory of j our country. The prominent, men of the University constitute a very striking roll. We doubt if any Southern institution of learning, unless it be the University of Virginia, ' an present so distin guished a galaxy as our chiefeat lit" erary ornament can present. The University is now 92 years old. A good weekly paper sent postage free one year for One Dollar is something every family can afford to have. tf ; TRIAL Bl JURY. ! i ne i3osion fost admits mere is a certain force in the objections to the present jury system, but doubts if a better system can be secured. Very well. Bat if the "defects are cer tainly striking" in the present sys tem, as it admits, why not improve it ? No one ought ! to be satisfied with the law requiring entire agreement of the jury. As it is one man can prevent a verdict upon which th other eleven are agreed. Then i North Carolina it is fatal if a juror summoned has formed an opinion as to the merits of the case. In New York, where so much time was con-l sumea in obtaining a jury to try Sharp, there is a rule of common law and a clause in the criminal code that allow such an opinion. The Post says, referring to the criminal codej 'The previous eXDression or infrtrm&tinn t i -i of an opinion or impression in reference to ' me guilt or innocence of a defendant, or a yrcouui opinion or impression in reference mercio is not a sufficient ground of chal lenge if he the juror! declares on oat.b tha' he 'es that such an opinion or impression will not influence his verdict,' uun liic uouit ue aaiisnea mat sucn is l he fact. At common law th ruin la thA oo mo It is an entirely reasonable one. and ituhnwa now erroneous is tne prevailing impression that a man who has formed an oninion a to the guilt or innocence of the person ac cused is inereoy uisqualided as a Juror." Five of our Superior Court Judges would soon suggest other changes needed. If trial by jury is to be re tained henceforth, then it is. very necessary to Cause improvements to . be instituted so as to make it less ob iectionable and as near perfection as a human arrangement can be made. Let your neighbor know that he can now have the Weekly Stab sent him one year for One Dollar, tf ' SUGGESTION AND REPLY. Our friend;Maj. Graham Daves, in a letter of date of 30th uit. writes aa follows: t u'1""SKuuaBoui a. monument l "e.'B our 4U.000 Confederate dead admirable But a movement tn that. .i is .U.U11V,J Jk.JUIB mill irUBniV.IIAA lI An rAnnira. lna.l..M . - . to 8g?estthat the Stab itself will be 8D -xcellent medium throueh whinh w can effeot a purpose which prcbibly we all nave near at heart Can you not. after the manner Of the Star of TTpw vrb- ,L half of Grant, ennineer the matter, receive and give; proper direction to subscriptions, keeping the subject bafore the public until It 18 Successfully rnrrinH thrnti'rrl, T of no better method. i T Thati would probably require tnore time than we can well commandi We are very desirous to see a monument erected ; in memory of Maj. Peter- M. llale and we have offered to co operate. We are of course equally interested in1 seeing a monument erected to the North Carolina dead who perilled ail for country and print ciples and rights of freemen. 1 The Stab will very readily do thist It will receive all funds for the Con- federate monument to be erected at I Kaleigh and will report the same irom time to time. Lit will do what It can to make it a. an I he Stab will also UMWUOQ. Bam8 that may be sent for the nur pos of I encg a suitable monut ment at the grave of Peter M. Halei "i,iDgui8nea, able, thoroughly furnished' editor, who served his nai tive-North Carolina with so much oi sincere affection and The moneys sent will be deposited r iuwi in the Bank of New Hanover, in this city. The Weeklt SilBlsTvery cheap i very oneap ai wne collar per vear. tf . i. i "" v ". " south. - j r j - 1 ... H vorv n an nr ma n nnnv nmrr nva. j - denunciation, every bitter and men dacious newspaper assault upon the Southern people only cements the bonds of union the stronger and gives au additional guarantee that the Southern States will be intensely ' in the approaching contest of 1888.- This must be the result. The Southern people cannot afford to di vide on any issues of a nationals cba- racier so long as there is a powerful and aggressive element in the North ern States antagonizing, slandering, making war upon them. In a matter like this self-preservation is the first law of nature. The South is not bitter, malignant or unforgiving. No people in his tory have ever borne themselves with so much of dignity, . fortitude and self confltined will as the white people of the South have from the sad scenes of Appomattox through I IE " O the fearful and demoralizing and I outer aays ot reconstruction, re- pressive laws, constitutional viola- I pons, dragonading processes, stuffed ballots, colonizing negro voters, mis representations, falsehoods, manu factured outrages and Congressional denunciations. The South has al ways desired and sought for peace. lint tne ooutn nas bad no : sweet words or tender feelings for unprin cipled marplots, reckless dema gogues, and savage newspapers all aflame with falsehood and fury. The course of the Fairchilds, the Forakers, and the John Shermans is as certain to weld together tle whites in the Southern States as that water will flow or fire will burn. It can have no other possible effect. There will be no broken front in the Southern Democratic army when battle is to be delivered in 1888. The disagreements and complaints will be hushed in tho face of a com mon danger. The white men of the South will stand together as they did in 1876 and 1880 and 1884. Thev will do this because they are threat ened by an implacable adversary that is hot for reprisals twenty-two years after the last Confederate soldier had entered his impoverished, desolated home, and sat down to view the ruins, and form with a courageous, hopeful heart, new plans for the future that as yet gave out no light to him. We have concluded to allow all subscribers in arrears to pay all back dues at our reduced rate of One Dol lar per year provided they pay also for one year in advance. This is a very liberal concession, and we-trust all who are indebted to us will settle at once. ! tf It Pickett's men failed to capture the Gettysburg heights in war times they did not fail in peace times. But all surrendered this time to the hospitalities of its Northern enter tainers.- Mrs. Pickett and her son George, were present. She was cheered and presented with a beau tiful fldral piece. And yet North n 1: , i .1 iarouna uia as mucn, sunereu as much and deserves as much praise for that third day's fight as Pickett's men. But our bovs will not secure their dnts. Generals Trimble and t jc i i. Lane snd Scales, and the survivors of Gen., Peltigrew's command know the truth and have told it. General Long will correct in tho next edition of his Memoirs of Lee. n jou are m arrears, pay up in tf lull and for one year in advance at One Dollar per year.1 Bear in mind that this is allowing yon a discount of one third on your indebtedness. tf Gov. Lee, of Virginia, has again made a good imnression onon th ... c 7 North. In his speech at Tammnnv Hall, New York, on 4ih of July he succeeded in pleasing his auditors. the World says: "Gov. Lee is a judicious man and a rising man. I It i as goo ab an exenange of battle- A . . . .. -- ' nags to nave dim come JSorth occa- sionally." Perhaps in the jfars' to come when the bloodv-shirt. .i,ri0vOM have shrieked their last, on earth j . a I that is to say, he may bo nominated upon the national ticket. Remember, this paper is now mail ed to subscribers at One Dollar for one year, Sixty Cents for six months, .or Thirty Ceuts for three months, tf -Among the dead of the Univer- aitir Af V!(,ni. ,.. .u-' " ..li. I " ' ' year enamg witti the late commencement were: Ex-Governor and ex Senator John W. Stevenson, of Kentucky: Hon. Willjs S. Bocock, ex-Attorney Gen-, eral of Virginia; Rev. Dr. W. W. Bennett, ex President ot Randoloh Macon College, of Virginia, and Judge John W. Harris, ex-Attorney General of Texas. We think the Weekly IStab at One Dollar per year is the cheapest newspaper in the State. tf The Elizabeth City Falcon is not a very old paper, but it has had ex perience all the same. It save a direct and lively tap on the head -of the nail when it shaped the follow ing bit of wisdom: "It is said that the editor whose Daner pleased everybody was drowned in the flood some 6000 veoni an w i5 I didn,t fraciion of the "human nature" jub mouern eauors ao. who are "damned if they do, and damned if they don't." Tl.. t . - . I . D8lon Preacher that waltzes so charminelv with th that they are in exstacies. - I uen. Lora woisiey- ms written a Metter in which he considers the crit- . lcl3m8 qi jur. juavis ana ieD. Juee. . . if . t 1 it is aigninea ana laudatory or Sber- man He insists that European atu- dents of war are more apt to be cor t rect in discussing American soldiers than American 'soldiers themselves. He will make no formal reply to the attacks upon him. . Of Mr. Davis's scathing letter, he says: VI a sorry that a man who had the priv ilege of being a friend of that high-bred Virginian gentleman ana soldier should write as be baa done - of one who is a com plete stranger to him of one who bag com mitted what to Mr. Davis's eyes ia evident", ly the unpardonable fault of presuming to criticise tb policy and acts of the ex- Confederate President. Mr. Davis's self' appreciation causes him to think himself a greater man than those who deal with him historically are prepared to admit. ' He adheres to his estimate of Gen. Lee and ays "be achieved immortal renown. jHere is an extract, from a letter of a I Massachusetts school teacher who has been in the South for a year. She has had dvm l V Ahkr an --iWi I ' J : , 10 ooperve and sne wl-it wriies aner an extended observa- tion She Bays ; r One canaot know the South bv anv rabid tour through it: one must live in Its houses and bear wbat the people think and reel, ana understand why thev think and feel as they do . The South is haDDier than the North; people here are less restless; lets goaaea by competition and envy, and there ia a purer democracy, fewer social noes rounded upon merely external advan tages The spirit of brotherly love is more obvious here, and much is real love be tween themselves I do not even exempt the colored man. for I believe he gets as much sympathy here as be does at the North." - The unreconstructed Chicago later- Ocean comforts itself with the statement that "there is moro stalwartism amone Northern Re- publicans : since Mr.. Sherman's Springfield speech." For ''stalwart- I . - ism read concentrated hate and bitterness. That is what is meant. Same Jonoshas lost his attractions for Ballimoreans. He lectured to lees than 'one hundred persons at 50 cents a head. But he preached to crowded houses when there was no charge and got "big help" for his Georeia orphan asylum. The Baltimore Sun has discovered that Mr. Gladstone is "a cranky statesman." He turns the crank in uen an or lreiana witn great vigor apd assiduity. We hope he will keep On turning it until he grinds .ory oppressioa to pieces. The Georgia watermelons are caus ing much sickness among Northern purchasers. This is gratifying to the New Orleans States which thus in dulges itself: I "The South is gelling. e.en for all the anuse recently beaocd uoon it bv the fanatics of the Foraker. Fairchild and Tut- tie breed. Let tbe deadly Georgia water melon continue to invade the land of the Grand Army bowlers. Their groans will sweet music to our ears. J 'Tf can judge by the press dispatches the nourtb was more enthuaiRaaiinHvnhsorvoit in the South: yesterday than in ibe North, lathe matter of florid oratory the South ueara me paim. " jy. r. World. xes, and in genuine patriotism. But in Mow and blarney the' North takes the cake. Forakt r ind Fairchild must turn green with, venom when they read of Gov. Lee's reception in New York and the Gettysburg celebration. VOYAGE IX A CANOE. 8. KOKlneera Exploring Caliwbt j Blver. Capt. W.I H. Bixby and Lieut H. Tjaylor, of the U, S. Engineer Corps, stationed in this city, recently re turned from an expedition on the Ca tawba river; something similar to the one made by them a few weeks since on the Yadkin and Great Pee Dee and recounted in the Stail They started in a canoe from Ca tawba station, on the Western North Carolina Railroad, about fifty miles I beyond Charlotte, and terminated their voyage at Camden,. C, about one hundred and forty miles front the starting point. " The trip was a pleasant and agree able one. the vovas-e bninc fuimm. piished without serious accident, yet it Was fnll of ' -rifno- oifrintinnQ They found that the Catawba river 7 -w vs.vaVa.M JHiMs V WCTS has a more! uniform slope than the aasin-tne average fall being about I lil rr,, - . .1 T 8ae. xneypassea a number of I T. pW8' some of these being I T1"" aescena. xneir ex-I tup ri Anno in V VVi .j--A. V. -mwr sT; - -u -CVUA1U 11VC1. ever, stood them in good stead and enabled them to surmount all diffi culties without even a ducking. They were nearly five days in making the The crop prospect along the river is excellent: farmers with whom they conversed all along the route saying that they had no such promise for. magnificent cropB of all kinds for vears nasi 'I'hov iusm i J ""l"0" witn tne contented air and the ener gy and industry displayed by the farming community of the section of I country they passed through. The scenery is superior, if anvthimr ', if a U that on the Yadkin. At GnvW At Guyden's Ijalls the river contracts, so that it is not more than eighty feet in width and rushes through the narrow srorere "h great velocity. The hills rise abruptly on each side, their rugged outlines adding to the picturesque- ness of the scene. - . Careful notes were taken of the trio ana aiagrams made from which maps win oe prepared to accompany Cant. Bixby's report and recommendation to the Department at Washington, relative to the improvement of the river for navigation. :. I An End to Bone Scranin tEdward Shepherd, of Harrisbure j IU., says: brnefitfrOm Electric Bitters, I feel it dl? : let suffering humanity know it. Have had a running sa ld me 1 ,would have to-lave the oone scrapea or leg amputated. I used, instead, three bottles of Electric Jsitters and seven boxen TinOrioni., a . nieft Nnlvo TiilYiiir.1aiit.. : and li ' mTV""0 atnto7entsThSrv,s0' wwa.a.w Muvcia urn - Mllf 1 I Arnica Salve at 25 cents a box, by W. t CO VNTY : COMMISSIONERS. Reenter monthly meeting Reports -Tax . matter Reslcnatlom : of Mr, . 8haw-A new Clerk BleeteatV The Board of Commissioners met in regular monthly session on Monday last. All the members of the Board were present; H. A."Bagg, Esq., Chair- man, presided The Treasurer's monthly report was submitted, showing a balanee of $6, 099.79 to - the credit of 'the general fond, and $8,551.79 to the credit of the educational-fund making a total of fl5,531.97. - The chairman reported delinquent taxes collected amounting to $57.83. ' The chairman reported - the assess ment of the Carolina Central Railroad to be $4,536 per mile,' of which one mile and 176 yards are in New Han over county, making the Ijptal as sessed value for taxation in J the county $4,888.56. ; Alsothe W., C. & A. Kailroad ' at $6,000 . per mile, of which one and five-eighths, miles are in New Hanover. , Also, the property I fit tVta- W;i.'t Ti1' J i-rj j 0 3 "". " I" I miia rf ti.ftir ooeaco j aaa I -' wmum, uiDODOU. nu w,uw, . IS J. which Bew Hanover, gets $59,130 and Brunswick county $861. The Ne w Hanover Transit Company was assessed at the rate of $3,700 per mile one and three-quarter miles, including rolling stock, $6,475. . Licenses to retail were granted to sixty-four dealers in spirituous and malt liquors. . ' ! A communication ' was received from P: D Koonce, Esq. of Onslow, in reference to the construction of a. railroad from, the ity of Wilmington to some, point on the LA. &N. C. R. R. It was laid aside for future reference. Mr. W. W. Shaw, clerk of the Au diting Committee and Warden of the Poor, tendered his resignation, to take 'effect the 15th inst., as follows: To the Chairman and Board of Com mtsstoners of jsew Hanover County. Gentlemen I resbectfnllv tender this my resignation as "clerk to the Auditing Committee and Warden of tne .Poor," to take effect the 15th inst. In this connection I ask the nrivi lege of trespassing, upon vour time ior a iew remarKs. un tne. lotn or April, 1883, you elected me to the above named positions, and as to whether they have been filled to your BauBiaciiiuu is ior you to say. - i nave tried to do my duty and to serve you f aithf ully. I leave you for the purpose of ensrasinsr in busi- uwa iu a liiBLaiit town in cms state,. lul wiu carry witn me pleasant recol lections of the friendly relations that have existed for the past four years between us. S Allow me, gentlemen, to thank you as a .Board, for the kind treatment received, and to assure von individ- uanjr ui wy mgu. respect ana esteem. nll .. . v ery respectfully, Wxii. W. Shaw. After remarks by I members of the Board expressing their regret in com plimentary terms to Mr. Shaw.the re signation was accepted, and it was thereupon ordered that the Board go into an election to fill the vacancy. There were nine applications, and on the second ballot Mr. S. W. Vick having received a majority of the votes was declared elected. The Board then adjourned, to meet Wednesday at 2.30 pi m. to meet the tax-listers and assessors. Fast Time. ' ' li Mr. John Neimyer, "engineer on the Atlantic Coast Line, has.the credit of making the fastest time yet recorded on that road; making the run from Weldon to Wilmington in threetoure, eighteen minutes and thirty seconds. Actual running time, three hours, four minutes and fifteen seconds- something- over fifty-two miles an hour. I! It wu Iarormatlon lie So acne. 'Boss," said a darkey yesterday to the commercial .reporter of the M r, "whar does this yer Pe ruvian bark come from ?" 'When did she arrive ?" T don't mean a wessel, boss; I mean dis Peruvian bark folks take for chills." . "Peruvian bark? Oh, yes ! Peru . ' ! vian bark is made from the hide of a black and tan dog, iii the same man ner in which quinine is extracted from Peruvian guanoji" 'Well, dat must be the reason it tastes so bitter and snappy like. Thank you for the informashun, boss. I knew you newspaper gentlemen could tell me." Soatbport Items. !i The. Pharos, Capt. Anderson, of Charleston, arrived at Southport yes terday and provisioned the Frying Fan Shoals light-ship. The Pharos is a two-masted schooner, and is em ployed in the Light-house service. StlO IS DTnalffll tn coll fA. OYia-mAAat-nn 1 todav. The Cutter Colfax ia exnect- . " iT edto tow the lightrshipto hersta- tion to-day. The New York, steamer due Mon- day had not passed over the bar at sunset yesterday. The cutter Colfax cruised off the coast expecting to meet with her or some other vessel bound hence and inform them of the accident to the light-ship at Frying .Pan shoals. The steamer was not sighted, and it is likely that she con tinued south, in absence of the light- snip. From all reports, it is ", not probable that she encountered the severe storm of the 3d and 4th. . The Pllota. ;.' ;h The folio wing 'named, pilots, from Southport, were in the city yesterday, IOr Ine Ppose or renewing tneir Donas ana rancnes: Messrs. J. W. urissonv w. t. ueorge, a. is . Dan iels, J. F. Arnold, J, K. Newton, W. J. Newton, Cal. Newton. J. N. Bur nss, J. li. dinner, 5r, T. G, lith, J. Burriss, S. F. J. Adkins, J. Craier. C. Q-. Smith. W. Craig, T. M. Morse, m. x. Uraie, L. J. Pepper J. W. Williams. Walker XNewton. Brnnawlek Crop. -,1 ',--: A correspondent writing from Shal- lotte, Brunswick county, says heavy rains on the 23d and 25th of June in jured crops to some extent the low lands were overflowed, and corn, po tatoes ana cotton wasnea up. Up land cotton is very good, but on low lands it will be almost a failure. Other crops average very well, Biliousness. We have tested . its virtues, personally. and we know that for Dyspepsia, Bilious ness and Throbbing Headache, it is the best medicine the world ever &aw. We tried four other remedies before, Simmons Liver Regulator, but none of them gave us more than temoorary reBef: the: Reiulator not only relieved but cured us. H. H. Jones, Ed. Telegraph and Messenger, Macon, Ga - -'. ' , rh-'v-rr v. i - .-Mr -'.' :.-' t ': - ' JFJSIGHTSVILLjE. Ttao Recatta-A. Balay Day Boat En tered for tb Race Several of tu .- Taebta CapeUe Te OUdelWIna tH " Baee- A Pleasant Presentation of : . Prizes, See. - r , - i s j .The morning which broke on the 4th of July was a fit representative of the . night .that had ; preceded it r gloomy, dark, rainy and inhospitable. Atpa early-hour the Sound, though rough, ' was filled with small boats, sailing hither and thither. with pocket-handkerchiefs for sails,", to enable them to keep their I keels, and many an ardent and enthusiastic sailor boy received his baptismal rite in the place where he had anticipated his 'greatest sport. - !-.' 1' The event of the day and one which all look forward to jwith interest was the yacht race of the .Onrolina Club. The weather was of such a character that for hours this but by now the clouds began to break and people on all kinds - of erafts I J - ( could be seen going to - the gentlemen, busy and sails, were . and . the wiiueir rigging preparing for the contest. ' On account of the sickness and ab sence of some of the captains of the boats of the first class; none of them were entered, , butj the boats of the second class were Out in .force, man ned by their' captains and filled with crews tastefully' and appropriately uniformed.; After some little delay. Mr. W. GK Smallbones and Mr. Wil liam Calder were selected as judges and the 'following boats entered f6r the race and in the order named:: H M Bubble,..,.;.... Sprite............ Hermit, ........ . Glide, .... ...... Lilian Florence. 3 36 I 3 36 j 3 86 10 3 87 15 3 3842 3 39 21 Phantom, , . . . . , The Sprite brokej her block just ias she started and being unable to hold up on the wind, went off in a crab- lil T a w t like fashion across the channel where she struck and "filled. j The other boats rounded the inlet buoy and came back in grand style, with the Glide leading handsomely, followed closely by the Bubble, and the Phantom and! . Lilian Florence- I near to each other and in the order named. The Bubble was1 well man aged and made a gibe at the turning point, which was so cleverly done the crowd applauded, but the little craft soon after was seen to . fill and sink, ana an nopes oi tne cup for her van ished with this mishap.. Not long after this the Lilian Florence shared the fate of her sisters, and her jaunti ly dressed crew were seen -climbing the sides of their boat to watch the contest between the Glide and bier only competitor the Phantom. Again the inlet buoy was rounded, and the Glide, maintaining her lead, came like a bird down the' channel. The Phantom had completed two- thirds of the race but had not de creased the distance between hersjslf and the Glide, when, thinking she had done duty enough for one day, over she went, leiving the Qlideto sail the course alone, which she did in the quick time of one hour, thirty- three minutes and fifty seconds, win ning the champioik flag, the cup and the race, and a third interest id a prize presented by Mr. Latimer to the club, to' be given to the boat winning three races in succession, tr.. . . , ! jut. strange, in a nappy manner and pleasant veinj presented the cup to Mr. Cowan. . MrL Lord, in behalf of Mr. Cowan and hisl crew, accepted the cup and gracefully tendered it to Mrs. Sadie Jones. Mr. Pembroke Jones presented the Glide to Mr. Cowan for the admirable way in which he managed her. A large, crowd was on! the Sound, wnere tney were entertained by Messrs. : Stokeley true Sound stvle. and Manning, , which ; means t pleasant time and a plenty of all ihat goes to make a day spent there enjoy able. A party of gentlemen from Ra leigh and Durham were there, consist-' ing oi yoi. vv. Jtu. Anaersoii,; uapt. wm. Smith, Messrs. Pulaski ; Co wper, Jf. W. West, D. B. Avera, E. C. Smith, T. D. Jones, J. S. Manning and "VV. W. h uller. . These gentlemen are here for a short holiday and we hope they will so enjoy themselves that they will give us the pleasure of an early visit and make their stay more protracted. .j Saaday NiKlit'eXtorm. . r The storm that prevailed in this section during Sukday night wa'j a remarkable one. No part of the country, either in the. interior or ion the coast, showed hny indications of bad weather. At Hatteras and Charleston, the nearest points north or south from whch reports were re ceived, the weather was compara tively quiet and clear, while at Wjil mington, barely more than a hundred miles from either, a storm .the most violent forfseveral years was prevail ing. The disturbance was evidently due to cyclonic origin, and must have been - occasioned bv a sevr trrrv that was passing off the coast. ? I No damage was occasioned . in the city, or on the coast so far as - heard, . iew irees mown ttown "at Southport, the breaking of telesrraoh lines, and the breaking loose of the lightship at Fryini-Pan shoals from its moorings. T ' ?-- " 11'-" The velocity of the wind at South- port was nfty-f our inUes an hour; iin tms city it was only thirty-four. The total rain-fall here was 3.30 inches; at i, 1.90i at Goldsboro, 3.10; at Newbern Weldon, 1.50; at Eajeigh, .80. Commissioners of Navigation and W ' lotage. The new Board of. Commissioners of Navigation and Pilotage met ys teraay and; organized by electing j.nos. u. .Evans, Esq., chairman! aiid Capt. Joseph Price clerk and harbor master. The usual committees were appointed. The Board as now co n stituted is. as follows: - i Thomas Evans, chairman; Messrs. R. E. Heid'e, Geo. Harriss, Jas. Sprunt,! and D. 4. Worth, of this eityjand Wm. Grissaim and E. Daniels, of Southport. " If we had the. fixing of the weather now, since ithe crops are fair ing so well and thej farmers satisfieid, we would ask , old Probabilities io make a dryer report for, this, secticra. We know of nothing dry how' except the labor of ye reporter tTvf" i ye reporter trviner n I giean a iew items aurine: such a. timer-in f act it is. welL calculated to 1 mrow a aamper on all efforts. r-'.. I - ; - - - WASHINGTON. ; ffanliarr measure a Key Went Affairs iB tbe Treasury Department. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .-. vv Washington! D. C. July 5 Sanitary Inspector S. Heber Smith, of the Marine Hospital Service, has arrived at Egmont Key, Fla. Disinfectants have been order ed from - New Orleans to .Egmont ;Key. P. A. Surgeon Gulteres has arrived at Key West and assumed charge. Surgeon Glenman left Key West on July 2nd for Egmont Key, to join the U. 8. .Revenue Steamer Crawford. I , Comptroller TrenhoInT id-day received statements from Examiner Snyder in re gard to affairs of the Fidelity National Bank on June 80th, the date of its suspen sion. He declined to make it public to-day as he desired to have it carefully consider ed before doing so. It was subsequently stated that the books of the bank were kept so loosely that it was likely the exam ination now being made would show them to be nearly $500,000 out of the way. The 149th call for -$19.16.000 of three per cent, bonds matured on-the 1st inst. Since then $15,512,600 of the bonds have been redeemed by the Treasury Depart ment, leaving $5,204, 900 of that call out' standing. Of the bonds redeemed $11, 000,000 bad been deposited, with the U. S. Treasurer to secure national circulation. The three per cent loan amounted to $302, 259,000 all of which has been called and the amount redeemed to date is $294, 019.950: so that there is still outstanding $8,239,500. .ir--- ; j . '" j payments of the Treasury on account of pensions since the 1st inst are nearly two millions. " - ' - ' . '- ' (Expenditures so far this month exceed receipts by over nine millions, and there is every indication that this j excess will be maintained if not increased throughout the month. i ... . .. ! - It is maintained at the Treasury Depart ment that large expenditures to be made between ; now and September 1st will reduce the Treasury surplus to about $36,- 000.000 by the last named date.-,- : J .:' . "-' MAINE)' : : 4 Disastrous Balloon Aseenslon from ' Portland. ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. " Pobtland. Me. : July 5.1 Prof. Charles H. Geineldi, accompanied by a newspaper reporter, made a balloon ascension from Lincoln Park yesterday. At the height of 3,000 feet the balloon sttuck a westerly current and was carried swiftly out to sea. An attempt was made to land on one of the Islands in the harbor, but without avail, and the balloon descended three, miles from shore in Gashie Bay. The men were dragged through the water at a rapid rate for two miles, when they were rescued in an exhausted condition J by the crew of tne vacnt mermaia. CHICAGO MARKET REVIEW. I : . V. j . . : v Weals Fsellns In Wheat and Otber " :Graln Provisions Lower, - IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Chicago. July S. Newi winter wheat la inspecting remarkably well. Of eighteen cars received thia morning all grade No. 2 or better. A. weaker feeling prevailed in the wheat market at the opening. August started at 71fc and advanced to 71fc, but quickly reacted under f tee offerings land sold down to flic Wheat was heavy of itself, but it is doubtful if it would have fallen so low without the influence of corn. The pit was poorly filled and a majority of the operators in it bat wheat to sell. Around 71 ic the scalping element began picking it up in small quantities for a few points, thereby causing August to recover to 71 fc again, at which it closed. I The breaking of the drought caught; the corn crowd long, and this morning they could not sell fast enough. There were a few buyers at the market, but thev took little, as the price went, down. August Opened at 36f36c and dropped during the first hour to 354c substantially one cent then steadying a while around 35ic it reacted to 36ic -The corn crowd seemed to have made up their minds to see a big crop, and figure that in the face of the prospects present prices are, if anything, too high. Thus the disposition of 1 the longs to-day was to get out while they could do so at a good i figure. August ciosea steady atsoic, The activity which has been noticeable for the week past m oau was noticeably aosem .io-uay. a aecnne set in shortly alter tne opening ana oats went down sev eral points in sympathy with other erains. When the reaction came in wheat and corn it failed to have so good an effect on the oats market., which regained partly, but closed if c under the closing prices : of yestcraay.. August opened at 25jc. i I Provisions were weak and ranered lower. The general feeling was bearish and ope rators were more inclined to sell d urine the early part of the session, owine to the con tinued decline in corn, and Drices of lard .declined 10 and short ribs 15 points. About noon tne snorts began to cover, offerings decreased and a fair rally occurred, the last sales being only 71(al0 noints lower than yesterday. August I lard opened at o.ou, aecune to $e.ou. and closed at SO. 0206. 55. Short ribs for Aumiat onen ed at $7.70, sold to $7.55, and closed at A FUNERAL FEAST. Strange: Proceeding Uninvited uneiu xaaKe tne Occasion One of Revelry j By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Chicago. July 6. A soecialto the Now iromxtacine, wis., says: borne days ago Aid. Salbreiter issued invitations for a feast to the friends of his dead wife, who i. a i i . . . ... were ninu o ner aunng ner last sickness. Last night a large number of uninvited petsons took advantage of the hospitality extended, and made the gathering one of revelry. Liquid refreshments were jthe order. The host used his utmost endeav ors to elect tne disorderlv nartiea. hut fail. ed.! On the streets outsfde'of the lawn. oyer three thousand people congregated to witness the festivities, t The fact that physicians had been appointed to inquire u.w uaiujiyiici o iusuuu vuuuiuoD cuoanceu the; interest in the event, j j INTERS TA TE COMMISSION. vpeiisa complain of Biacrlmlna- tlona by the CoIubdis Se Weatern Railroad A Colored I ffllana com plaint. , j ' . . . I By Telegraph to the Morning star. Vt ASHINQTON. June 6. W. O , TTararoll H. B. T. Montgomery, and J. W. Pendfir. transportation committee of the Opelika, Ala., Board of Trade, complain to the! Inter-State Commerce Commission that the Columbus & Western Railroad practice such discrimination in freight rates against Opelika and in favor of Montgomery and Columbus, that merchants of the two last named towns can retail goods in Opelika I nH ...hnrhon m- i I Opelika merchants can oive. and that th. I imere818 r upeiika are (being ruined in consequence. Hcneauies upon 1 various classes of freights are given in proof of the complainant's allegations.! i W. H. Heard, a colored man. nt PhorW ton, ,8. C, whocomplained to the Inter- Diaie commerce commission of. discrimi nation against him on account nf nw h I the Georgia Railroad, has reduced his coma 5laintto 'orm of an laffldavit. which wUU.u. uwuicwim ujr kueuommis sioni It Bets forth that complainant, having purchased a first-clasa ticket from Cincin nati to Charleston, was, when in company with Dr. Westry, J. Gaines and Mrs. Josie Gunsaeeer. comDelled hv omnimui the Georgia Railroad at Atlanta to enter wuai is snown on said road as the "Jim Crow car." This he avers was inferior to the first class cars, wu rlirtv nA oki Ollt was the smokme- car. Hn t that said Georgia Railroad be compelled to fur nish equal accommodations to persons hold ing first-lass tickets "irrespective of race or color, according to the act of Congress .u uui us mauls ana proviaea. Sood Results In Every Case. DJ A. Bradford ' . wTiUlaooi ' dealer of Chattanooga, Tenn., writes that he was seriouslv n.ffli..ei severe cold that settled; on his lungs ? had tried manv -potticUoo mttu.,J veKr Bei?S induced" to try Dr. King's New-Discovery for Consump tion, did so and was entirely cured by w iew Dotties4 Hince which - im5,ne 1186(1 ,n Ws family for "1?: 9sj with 'besU- snltj. Thi iT r ' I, " ' c Wonderful Discovery:; Trial bot- atZJ? " yvfs wree a urug CharloUa m. I ' the sad intellirpnX? Vi ?. c co J? igence l th -' "rE uiuiuur, jvranfc l. Butt t . ;iq 0 r? that place last Satufday. Whlch Danbury Reporter- I butions to the fund for IL J he Pontri Episcopal church -a? oLnof ' amounts to $348.09. M ss M?ant6 no ter the treasurer of the ij "y ?0i5 hcita contributions from H t K !H i ly to this worthy cau" te0Drii ready contributed. j hav not Greensboro Wari Dr. W. J. SUley, of Libert To debted for a disVatch, Xg t this morning, announcing the ) 'cl(S yesterday, at 4 o'clock ri m . (I in Randolph county, of i Dr" T J1SrNf an excellent citizen, al imei ' V and useful man aged, ' t pft of Mr. Jenkins, father in-Wi hed Hampton, the editor of ! the ot ? flee on the morning1 of July 2d T atl Charlotte; Observer T , ed by some of its; friends in ' this feat the revenue stamp office at this 12 died from inanition, o somethift h j H. F. Hover, the man Wo hL0'8 ly made a very unenviable reffitceilt some pans of this State, Sootil T10n ' and Georgia, and who flnallv fJf?1 campaign at Warranto, Ga., tISe Kirn hv hpiniT i tu. , 'alWwl. dressing a meeting of rived iahe city" day before f&' evening with . his wifei. and thp . etd quartered at Mrs. Hamilim,vi JWo. UUUXB. : New i i Bern Journal- a . of sadness was cast vesterdav evenimr hv th .u runit. Watersdaughter-of CapC "bT' The very picture of health and beam, bloomine into womiiniinn u .7'ioit claimed her. Miss Wdffi- turned from New Yprk yesterday t has been attending Grammar SchL 5 14 for the last six months and her ? show that she has received the miS? number of credit marks every month 7 ring the session. Every lesson ,m It attendance perfect never abaU or S1 and her deportment ranged from "esiC to "superior." exce,lei1'" 1 Asheville .(7ii3e?i: I on j t Robinson, though very weak. show8'e,i dent signs of improvement, wh ch i 71 pleasing to all his friends. Br" a"? Jones, of Haywood, galled oqrr attmi!: yesterday to; several Car-loads bf theS poplar logs we ever saw, gotteifnearBuk era Creek, Jackson county, which ho ui sold to the Scottish! Lumberj Com J,? They were shipped direct to LiveZi There were sixty logsjin. all, one of S measured 1,936 feet of lumbeij, was forw eight Inches in diameter and sixteen tL long. We are pleased to learn that h A. Garrett has determined upon the iiW diate erection of a large and elegant hotel, on the beautiful eminence and in the inviu ing grove this side of his own residence i. South Asheville we hen. nsmg and ambitious town of Victoria. Thii this city of magnificent locations. j Lumberton Sobesonkan: Mr John McRae an old and hiehlv eateemwi citizen of Quewhiffle township, Cumber land countv. died t hio ------rf iwuyuw: uu (Qi 16tb inst., about sunsqt, and wis buried it iuo jucvasKiu gravel yard. 4 At tha writing at least, the croDS are the finpst f a number of years. jSome say five yean and some say twenty years. -The drought, which was about to become i success was broken iin, last Snn.io,, .. freshing showers which continued durint iuo mgui ana louowing aay. jThey came just in time; as early corn would have bcei ininrart sariMiclir in a b... f -i Mrs. J. G. Scull, of Cumberland county uieu oi uropsey or me cnesc, aged about 60, also Mrs. Alex. McDaugable, Jr., and aoout 40; also Mrs. Alex. Sessoms on the th day of June. j- The last legislature imposed a fearful burden on the tax-pawn ui me Dime in me mauer oi me assessment of the property. Thiee men jout of each townsiiip in ail me counties of the State. me cosi in mis coumy aione will be g( leastj we think, $800: It will cost the State no less than $500,000 j ... j Goldsboro Argus: Already oar exchanges are beginning to say who oucht to be the next Governor of our State. The Kinston Free JVessiis for Jarvis, while others are for Btedmin, Clark, Gilmer or Holt. Brethren, possess youri souls in pa tience: Take a rest from political warfare. It is a year before our nominating conven tion will meet. jOur regular Fremont correspondent informs us that onSunda; morning b young coiorea man was found lying on the line of the W. & W. Railroad about half a mile south of that: place in an unconscious and very critical condition, from an ugly wound j on the ;back of the head, supposed to have been received from a passing train ; probably the 3 o'clock pas-' Benger train Sunday imorningj We lean from Dr. J. D. Spicer, who is coneultin; physician in the case, that the. -negro is fa- j tally injured. The reporj conies to ui : from Raleigh that they are having an epi demic of typhoid fever there, j Mrs. Barbee is said -to have died of it, and there are twenty or more cases yet in the city, and this scourge is said I to be attributable to the digging up of the 'streets in the summer time for the purpose of laying the pipes of the water works. We do" not know how true the report is, but have it from what would seem to be good authority. Greensboro patriot: j The E. & D. Railroad, running between this place And Dan vi 11a Vo koo Knon aacooecotti v vaata UUO UssH nuakonvu fraction over ten thousand 'dollars per mile, ine Dusmess transactions or tne uigo Point National Bank for the six months oast have been hiehlv satisfactory to all concerned. The wheat is about har vested, and the universal verdict is that the '87 crOD ia fnllv SRI- her renti better than any previous year since the war. -Van Lindley has a bonanza in fruit this year. Within the past week or ten dayshe of peaches, netting him $2.00 each. Be re . t .... . L . II, A porta ma orcnara last year io nave him about ten dollars per acre; this year it Will nnf VM aUa.. A 9i. nn Of1 TP The Centenary M. E. Church, is South vriccuauuro, was ueuicaieu iasi puuuij, PreBidinir Slder nnnniniririm nreachincthe ucuivaituijr acriuua. ixuo services tended by a large concourse of people. The A7.n.An m I : nr. r, mora fit uuuuihk is . now iree irom aeoi, auu about two thnnannrf iHnllora I This Church was first organized hardly a year ago with oeveuueea memDers, ana to-aay us mew". ship is 116, while the Sabbath echool roll uumoers bdoui iou scnoiars. i Mr. JO- ca. 4S b bg sri V t ills ins 86 Dh C3 RflM. nnn nf I t hp. oldest and mt hiehlv resnected r.itfzens of Mecklenburg county, died at his home in Providence township, on July 3rd. He was sevemj years of age. The Fourth in this city was entirelv elven nnl to the colored popu lation, who turned out in full force, spend ing me day simply in walking about. iuo nigni in iesuvais. a. large cruu m from the country and there j were prow- my o.uuu coiorea people on i uie The Neptune flrtmeni turned out in tbe 'i- usrnoon ana maae a creanauiu uif-' The movement started io Cbarlow against the circulation of indecent phw-: 1 . . . fl. BOlA 01 grapns, is gaining grouna. i" . the picture-laden cigarette packsges nw been stopped in Charleston, and in ltt':" also. The new fchapel of the Sewa streets will be dedicated nextTbursW afternoon, with appropriate cfrcr Dies. Dr. A. Wj Miller wUl liver the dedicatorv address. It is hinted that' Charles M. NtM and Theodore P. Davidson would maw strong ticket for Governor and Governor on the Democratic side. Walter Clark is also spoken of in connec tion with the Democratic nomination Governor, and ("JnnorejKimnn John Mcn for the Republican nomination. Buu are current that CoL L. L. Polk, so pron( Bent in the Bgriculturallworld.iwill v" the farmers' candidate for Governor. Richard Caldwell, . colored, was .mstanuj killed, and Matthew Moyle. white was sen ously and probably fatally injured, w n: i .v.- ni. last Dluk The Point mine, the scene of the accident isllocated just beyond the western term" of Trade street, and the accident occur' at about 11 o'clock, Moyle sod Oil ttw were working on the night shitt mine bucket, loaded yith rock, was ku UU1BU3U, BUU WUOU UCBl lira -"f . 1 the hoist and shot back into the mine, i ing a distance of over flfty feet before ing the men. The heavily iobucu descended with frightful velocity. . i.. .' . s ....-
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