North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star. ; r- PUBLISHED AT V I l M.I NOT M, N. C., AT ''-. I VKAU, IN ADVANCE. SSSSSSSS8SSS388S3: gggggggggSSSSS8S SS3SSSSSSSSSS33SS SS8SS3So33S 3S3S8 SS33SSS83S838S3S8 SSS3SSSS33S3S38S e oo m e- oo o ih eo e o o - o f 3SS3SS8SS3S3SSSSS! ; c to iw r" w o oo lo rrni. riMl nt the Post Office atWllmtogton, N. C.i 1 as Second Class Hatter. ; j IJiSCItirTION PRICE. Tlic Mibsrrintioa price of the Weezi; tah i a follows : - ; ft . Is Sialic Copy 1 year, postage paid, ' fl.00 "6 months, " " .CO " 3 months " p80 o.npitomisE virws. I Co!. IJreckenridge, of Kentnokyj has written a letter to the Louisville Courier-Journal in which he pro-!' gents bin views of the proper pro gntnine for the Democratic party to adopt. .'The able paper in which' it appears indorses the views, and JitJ may be well to glance at them. Th4 main point is the reduction of thd present War Tariff and how to re duce it. It is thought that the more conservative element in the Republij can jiarty would agree to an arrange ment. That there must be a reduc-I tion of the present taxation is agreed to by liberal menpf all sections and parties. The people .both in the Sooth and in the North- expect and demand this. . Even moderate Pro tectionists can not be content with les. Col. Breckenridge says: I "Practically to accomplish leg slationj the best way is for the Secretary of the Treasury, with . the open approval of the President, to submit to Congress a bill, carefully'' prepared and upon which Mr Cleveland is willing to stake his Adminis tration; this bill ought to be taken under adviseraeLt by the Democratic caucus, and that caucus onght to reach some agreement; ami the bill thus prepared, considered and agreed upon, should be made a party meas ure, nm cither pass 3d or made the issue in thePresideLtial canvass." I That seems judicious; We can see' no reason why a Democrat should object. This will get the Question before the Democrats with thej indorsement of the Administra tion. It is expected that Democrat i in the caucus will be ready to makl) some concessions if they be necessary in order to unite the party in the Copftress. Now comes the pith of Mrl Breckenbridse's letter. He Bays ': ' '; . ; 'It ought to be frankly understood thai the concessions are to be mutual, that the majority of the rjartv intend to reauire ai well as grant concessions, that they are in dead earnest in demanding . that modifica tions of the internal revenue rates must be momptimed simultaneously and as part of theeame bill be reductions, amendments and alterations in tariff rates, and that the reduction of taxation shall be in good faith towards the adoption of a system of taxat ion which has for its object the raising of rmnne, and not granting of subsidies and oj bounties." The Star has often through the years expressed its own views rela tive to the fairness and desirableness j .. . ii ot the liciuor and tobacco tax. But if the wise men of the-party shall deem' it essential as absolutely necessary in order to seenre a reduc tion of the" oppressive, unconstitu tional .and uDjust High War Tariff, then the Stab will stand by them in the effort to secure such reduction, wen if it should result in greatly rej dacinrr a tax on a luxnrv and keeoin? a tax on some necessaries. Ah an ab stract question the Stab favors the taxing of vices and luxuries,' and putting, whenever practicable, ail prune necessaries of life on the free list; an. 1 when this is not possible, to dicing the tax on them just as lilj- e as possible under the circum- tances. Bat it is impossible, it seems, for the Democrats in the House to set cure the passage of a reduced Tariff measure without concessions. But the gain should bo great and unmis sable and assured. The CourieJ- Naturally, the people distrust compror bik. The Tariff Commission was a Re publican "compromise" such as the Demo "alB will not repeat if they have any rd KMil tor political safety. This bill must wonc on which the party can well afford "goto the country; on which they are '""u!i. u necessary, to tight the next fre !Wtial campaign. It is probable that r. Itandall and a hhlf dozen others msjr unwilling to accept any bill that is not in "7 uciusion and a snare. They have pitted a11 along in sacrificing the party to IfJ'variia, and they may ineiat on H Hr.JJarlisle, in one of his recent beeches, foreshadowed the necessitir 1 compromise. He said at Louhl Vl"o tiiat ho was feady to surrender tax on tobacco if by doing so a Auction of Tariff taxes could be securea. Mr. Brecketiridge show Jatesmanship when he eays that 'Iegislation being inevitable and we ,e'ng in power, we must take the lnltiative; and if we ask for a con .'nuance of power we must show hat we have party cohesion sunt Clnt to govern." ; . : ' j. While the Stab, thinks that to- ao ia a verv nroDer artinln to h led (snuff, cigars, cigarettes in- U(ied), !t win DOt oppose anv com Jfomise that may be entered into at wiir bring down the present arbed Wire Fence arrangement to institutional and moral basis. VOL. XVIII. 1 AN AGRICDLTDBaL Boom We are gratified! to see that' the Baltimore Journal of Commerce 'and the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record, b last uisooverea that what; the South very particularly needs ii an "agricultural boom," This is pre cisely what the Stah has been insist ing upon all along. When these and other Protection organs were harp ing upon the great progress in South era manufactures they jumped at the conclusion that this in itself showed most wonderful we:ilth and that the whole South was really on a great and rapid ascent was growing jrich in a hnrry. The Stab was forced to meet this issue, because it was not really in accord with the known facts. There was great agricultural depres sion, and as the farmers "were the base of all genuine prosperity, there could not possibly be great substan tial progress under this unfavorable condition of things.' We have copied from time to time from our exchanges in this and other States to show there . was no sound progress, except here and there, and in a few manufacturing centres. It was not to lay "bare the nakedness of the land," but to vindicate truth, prove that the Stab knew what it was doing, and to point out an evil that it might be cured. j - What is needed in the South is a change of methods. There must be an abandoning of the mortgage sys tem, a multiplication of industries and a return to raising home supplies. That is the only way to secure Blowing "an will agricultural boom." not secure it. A suppression of the truth will not secure it. j Yes, let us have a regular boom among the farmers in the South,! but this will not be done until-the farm- era combine, change their methods, and look to their own interests. The Manufacturers' Record Bay b: "The influential journals of every South ern State have worked with persistent earnestness to arouse the spirit of progress among their agricultural readers, and in all tho South are abundant evidences that these manifold agencies have not labored in vain. The standard of farming has been advanced ; slowly but steadily j diversity of agriculture is replacing the one crop idea that has been for twenty years! the bane of the South, the value of labor-saving ma chinery is receiving recognition from those who formerly believed that negro brawn and muscle aided by mule power were the only possible forces that could be econo mically employed in Southern fields. 'j j What the South needs j first is an improved condition of farming. jThe farmers must cease to rely upon the North for food. They jmuBt cease to mortgage their crops, j When the farmers have become prosperous! as a class they will be much aided if small manufactories are ; multiplied throughout the lani. But the farm ers will not prosper well or long with a great Tariff to oppress them. Tli Steamer Delta Explosion. Sam Robinson, colored, who was engineer of the steamer Delta when the latter exploded her boiler j jlast April, was committed to jail yester day by U. S. Commissioner Gardner, in default of $300 bail for his appear ance at the next term of the V. a. District Court, which meets in! this city on the 31st of j October. Robin son is charged with, "weighting the safety valve of the boiler, thereby causingjan explosion and loss of life." The Delta was a small river steamer plying between j this city and Point Caswell. The fireman, Lloyd Spear man, was instantly killed and several others were injured; Kelly IJewkirk, one of the wounded!, died from his in- . ! I i juries. i One of the witnesses, Capt. Dolbow, of the steamer Susie, testified that the Delta was carrying more steam than allowed by her license. Anothe wit ness testified that the valve of the boiler of the boat was weighted down "Warrants have also been issued for the arrest of Capt. A. L. Hubbard for running a boat without a captain's license, and for Mr. John p. Ker, for allowing the boat to carry! passengers without having a license therefok TJ. S. District Attorney Busbee con ducted the examination before the Commissioner. I ' Sontbport Notea. jit The people of South port are ijuite active in fixing up the place and are still communicating with capitalists relative to i the ! late railroad boom which is expected to be soon revived. Renewed activity it, public and pri vate enterprises ifi everywhere ap parent. Three or four dwelling houses are now n earing completion and piore are spoken of for the near future, ' Since prohibition has gone into ef fect in this town some liquor dealers are turning ' their attention ti the county outside of the city limits. Mr. Pinner, in particular, is erecting quite a "palatial store," beyond the boundary line. .. . I A good many visitors are arriving daily. About twenty are sleeping in the Hotel Pavilion, and tne prospects are that all the hotels will soon be filled. A citizens1 meeting will bej held Monday night to take proper action in town improvements, ; . Mr. J. S. Williams, who is em- pioyea wim me nriu oi jurasre. r -brook & Co.. near Wriehtsville, has a precocious pullet, fit cross between the Plymouth . Kock ana jsranma vane- .1 u.h loth cha hps lies. xLawiicu inu, bv ' already laid five eggs, (but not "on our vauie 7, auu.u puu mo,jmmi - (rhilltr five DOunds was anion? the curiosities ' examined by I a Stab reporter yesterday. It pnmo from the CA.rden of Mr,' W;-B. Canady, of Scott's Hill.- ' ' - -I:.' r- aJ ' al nT i - V 11 ' ' 1 " H d.1 " - I f "V. X w ' ii VIJa - t can neat the world in fine tobacco. I TEKUIBL.K TRAGEDY. Deaperata Attempt at murder Fol I lowed br Suicide. - A terrible tragedy was enacted yes terday t morning about sunrise, ' at Capt. T. JT. Southerlond's plantation. four miles east of the city, in which Mr. William Mills, manager of the farm, was shot three times and se riously wounded, by a German em-r ploye named Alfred Soy ke, who af terwards committed suicide by shoot ing himself through the heart. Three weeks ago a difficulty oc curred between Mr. Mills and Soyke' about the latter neglecting to feed the stock on ithe farm. Last Wednesday night another dispute took place be tween them, in reference to the same matter, and . Soyke, who boarded with Mr. Mills, retired to his room very angry. Yesterday morning he got up and followed Mr.- Mill to the barn, a short distance from the dwel ling, and told him that he wanted to, settle his board bill and gave Mr. Mills three dollars, the amount due him. Immediately after paying Mr. Mills,' Soyke pulled out . his pis-; tol, ' a Colts . revolver of 44 cal ibre, and began firing. Four or five shots were fired, three of them striking Mr. Mills one in the left thigh, one in the right arm and th third in the . breast and left arm. Mrs. Mills got be tween her husband and Soyke, and one of the shots was fired over her shoulder After emptying his pistol, Soyke went to his room, reloaded the weapon, and shot himself through the heart. His dead body was found stretched across the bed, shortly afterwards. ' Coroner T. C. Miller held an inquest over the! body of Soyke, when the following testimony was elicited: Dr. Thbs. J. Burbank testified as to the nature of the wounds received by Mr. Mills, and the wound on Alfred Soyke's body. r Mrs. Maggie Mills testified: They were at the barn when I went out. Mrl Mills was standing on the steps; Alfred was in front of him. After I got to them I heard Alfred say, Yon have been talkin? ahont me to the darkies." My husband said, "Hold on, Alfred; let me reason with you." Alfred said, "I don't want any reason; you did jsay it; you did say it," and gritted his teeth and began shooting. At the first shot Mr. Mills ran into the barn. I Tan up to him and said, "Mr. Alfred don't shoot my husband; he is all I have in the world." Alfred then pointed his pistol at me, but did not shoot. He then kept on firing at Mr. Mills, running from one side of the steps to the other. Mr. Mills held an empty barrel between himself and Al fred. After, emptying his pistol Al f ped turned aad wont into the house. After he had gone Mr. Mills said, "Do let me get to bed." We came into the house, and Mr. Mills had laid down about a minute when we heard a dull sound up stairs, as if there had been a smothered shot, We sent for Mr. Her ring, who came, and we went up-stairs and found Alfred dead. Yesterday (Wednesday) evening Mr. Mills asked Alfred why he did not feed the horses, when I Alfred answered, "I will change my clothes." Mr. Mills said. If you can't help you I have no use me for when I need you." Alfred said, "I know you don't need mei" About three weeks ago Mr. Mills had occasion to speak to Alfred, and he has been ever since very sullen, scarcely speaking. Never heard of Alfred - being a drinking man; never saw the pistol before. Mr. Win. H. Mills testified that he and Alfred had been getting along very nicely until about three weeks ago,. when Mr. Mills put him on the market-cart, and he did not want to drive it. He drove the cart until Sat. urday, and on Monday, while digging potatoes. Alfred said it looked as if his honesty had been doubted, and wanted to know who told what he had sold his load of truck for. He said that all he had was his name, and if any man tried to slander him or talked about.him he would kill him if he hung the next day for it. Mr. Mills told him that he thought he had done well with his load. Af terwards, some words passed between them iri reference to feeding stock. In reference to the shooting, Mr. Mills testified : . This morning I got up about 4 a. m. and went out to feed, and found 1 left my keys at the house, so I came after them and met Alfred coming down stairs. Neither of us spoke. I went on and fed all up. Alfred was walking around the yard. After I erot-through, he as Red. me ii l was through feeding. I said yes. He then said, weiwill settle, i said, ail ngm;. He gave: me $3 and said you owe three days work $1.80. He would settle up his board. He said there was some thing else he wanted to settle. He said that x naa Deen taiKing to Capt.1 Southerland about him and trying to slander his name. I said. nola on ana let me explain, as l naa done nothing of the kind. He said, "You did sav it. you did say it;'1 and said that I had been talking to the niggers about his jerBang the horses. I began to back into the barn, and he began to shoot. The first shot he fired I was backing in the door, and it struck me on the leg. My wife rah out and got between him and me and begged jnim, for God's sake, not to shoot me, and she tried to shut the barn door, but he pushed It open and kept onj shooting. After the second shot I reached up over the barn door and picked up a natchet and threw it at him as hard as I could. He kept on shooting, and I picked up an empty barrel and held it up. One shot went through the barrel and went ini me. : He then came in the house and went upstairs. I went in also after he had gone up stairs. I went to bed. - After we had been in the house a couple of minutes I heard a pistolj shot up stairs. V . Soyke was a native of Germany, thirty years of age, and umarried. He came td Wilmington sCbout ten years ago, aj sailor, and went out West where he remained several years. He had been in Mr. Mills1 employ some six months. r, ; v - The jury of inquest returned a ver dict that Soyke came to his death by a pistol shot Tftred by his own hand, WILMINGTON, N. C, and the coroner gave instructions for the burial of the body. : ; ... The deceased had "about. $35 in money,: and two or three letters writ ten in German were found among his effects. I . . Mr. Mills was resting easy yesterday evening with every prospect of a speedy recovery from his wounds. He is a native of Onslow county, 35 year of age; r his family . consists of his wife and four - children, the oldest about eight years of age. : . Km OH Sfs" OF PYTHIAS. Poblte 1 Installation r or Officers Ad- ' ' dress by Mr. J. I. Blacks. " -. Stonewall and Germania Lodges of Knights of Pythias had a gala night at their public installation of officers last . evening! A large audience, a goodly portion of which was ladies, assembled at Germania Hall towit tfss tbe'1lIrpeB6iTW"lBecnonie inCi dent to thej installation: and well were they entertained by the ktwo lodges.1 The choir sang "My Country Tis'of Thee,"and then Mr. N. O.Berry of Goldsboroi N. C, Grand Chancel lor of Knights' of Pythias for North Carolina, assisted , by Messrs. Julius Bonitz, R. B.; Clowe, T. D. Meares, H. C. Prempert,! B; F. White and H. C. VonKampen installed in "ample form" the following officers for the ensuing term: ' , GERMANIA LODGE ISO. 1. C. C. II. HutaiT. ' V. C. J. A. Schrceder. P, J. W. puis. M. at A. A-Deumelandt. I. G. J. Hoar, Sr. 0. G. J. Sauls. . stokkwall lodge ko. 1. C. C D. F. Barnes. V. C C. H: Ganzer. P. E. B. King. M. at A. G. A. Peterson. 1. G.-C. N. Brewer. O. G. W. L, Jacobs, Jr. - The offices 'duly installed, Mr. J. I. Macks, orator of the occasion, deliv ered an interesting address. For twenty minutes he entertained his audience by a graphic account of Pythian Knighthood. In short, con cise and well rounded sentences he told of the daring deeds of brother Knights for brother Knights, and painted with an artist's brush the sacrifice jof life made by the devo tees of Pythias on two occasions. "Friendship. Charity and Benevo lence" is the motto imprinted on each banner,and these virtues each Knight is .expected land sworn to practice. Mr. Macks humorously asking the ladies to allow their husbands to at tend the meetings.of their lodges and extending an invitation to all the un initiated to join, closed his address. Mr. J. W. King, P. C, read the de claration of principles and then all present wereilasked to Join "the mem bers in some cooling refreshments which were thoughtfully prepared by the joint committee of arrangements. The Knights of Pythias have done a good work in our city and State, and now number among its members many of our best fellow citizens. May their order never die. ; ' PKNSfOSS " For Disabled Confederate Soldiers and J Soldier's Widows. A circular letter was received yes terday by Mr, S. Van Amringe, clerk of the Superior Court of this county,' from the State Auditor's Department, in relation to pensions for disabled Confederate soldiers and . widows of soldiers, The ters6ns named below have been allowed pensions under Chapter 214, Laws 1S?K: . SOLDIERS. J. J. Canady, late of Company E, 3d Resriment JX. U. State Troops, disa bled bv wounds. - Beni. S. Morgan, late of Company G, 61st Regiment N. C. State Troops, disabled bvwounds. William Solmans, late of Company H. 3d Regiment N. C. State Troops, disabled byjwounds. : f WIDOWS. Mrs. Mary E. Beasley, widow of W. J. lieasley, late of Company B, 51st Regiment. Mrs. Alice Craig, widow of Henry Craig, late -jof uompany aa negi- ment. ) , . Mrs. Jesse Everitt, Vil 8. Everitt. late widow of Shep- late of Company E, 1Rt.h Reciment. Mrs. Susan A, Jones.' widow of Ruel Jones, late! of Company C, 2d Regi ment- Mrs. Marv McNair. widow of Dun can E, McNair, late . of Company H, JW Heeriment. Mrs. Sarah. J. Stephens, widow of Matthew Stephens, late of Company TV 7th Regiment. Mrs. C. E.i Stevenson, widow of Jas. M. Stevenson, late Major 36th, Regi- mpnt,. I i . Mrs. Annie E. Williams, widow of Robt. Williams, late of Company E, 10th Regiment. The letter from the State Auditor says: ; ! "A number of applications from other widows who claim under the amended law are held in this office by direction of the State Board for proofs which the claimants have been asked hv ftimiilari to furnish, and I have taken the liberty to send these circu lars to youri care,; hoping that by so doing tne required proois . may w more promptly forwarded, so that the claimants mav share in this year's ap- nronriationl nrovided their claims should be approved.". Teath of a Prominent Citizen of Wll- son. : !!'"' Moses Rountree, Esq., a prominent citizen of "Vilson and its oldest mer chant, die4 suddenly at that place Thursday afternoon of heart disease. Mr. Rountree had ' for years been inra-elv identified with every enter prise started in that- community and was widely known - and highly es teemed throughout the State. A town meeting of merchants and citizens was held at .the court house vesterdav ! afternoon and passed appropriate resolutions concerning the sad event. During the meeting all the business houses in the place were closed. . Cotton Movement. Receipts of cotton the past week were 118 bales, against 13 ,bales re- o.oivAd the I same week last vear. . Re- ceiDts for the cro year to date fare 133,761 bales; to same date last year 101 412 increase 32.349 bales. Stock at this port is 1,052 bales; 1 same date last year, 705 bales. FRIDAY, .JULY: 15, 1887. . . WA. SHIN G TOUT. Cnolera Reports Irom Palermo Pres- dent Cleveland's Plana for the Snm mer and Autumn Alleged Crooked ness of n Whiskey Distiller In N.C Abandonment of tber Experimental Tea Farm. " I Wasutnoton. Julv 7. The U. 8. Con- sul at Palermo has telegraphed the Depart ment or mate that two deaths occurred their yesterday, bslieved to have been caused by cholera. It is practically settled that the President will cot vuit the West at all during the present year The abandonment of his proposed trip to Stt Louis has resulted in wholly changing all the other plans he had made for visiting .Western cities It is stated at the White House this afternoon that the only plans the President has made for leaving Washington during the sum mer and autumn are those for his visit to Clinton. N. Y., on the 12th. inat., which will probably- not consume ; more than a week s time, and for his visit to Atlanta an October next, on the occasion of the Georgia State Fair. WASHINGTON. JUT 7. A oisiiiier in vftorth Carolina recently made application, 10 me invernar .revenue uureau to nave i 'distillery warehouse surveyed so that he . might engage in business. A storekeeper was sent to examine the building, and in so doing, accidentally discovered a most in genious arrangement or . the lock of the mats door by which the premises after be ing secured by the government officers with the regulation seal lock, could easily be opened without breaking the. seal and the goods removed from the warehouse with out payment of tax. ilia registration pa pers have been withheld, pending future investigation. f . Washington. July -7. The" Commis sioner of Agriculture has given formal no tice to owners of the abandonment - by the Government of land at Summer ville, S C. recently occupied as an experimental tea farm. The permanent improvements made by the Government revert to owners of the property, in giving lu 8 notice, the Uom missioner writes "On behalf of the Gov ernment I desire to express its appreciation of the public spirit of the late Mr. Middle- ton in so generously cooperating in impor tant experiments which have been made at Summerville experiments which have been none the less valuable because they proved futile. - : Washington, July 8 Something; of a sensation was created' at the Treasury De partment this afternoon by tbe discovery that a trusted ofilcul in the Department bad been guilty of a systematic attempt to defraud the government. The officer was arrested at Wilkeabarre, Penn., Yesterday afternoon, as he was about to take tbe train for . Washington, and his dismissal from service was ordered by Secretary Fairciild this afternoon. His name is Os car J. Harvey, and be has been employed in the Department since June. 1885, when he was appointed chief of tbe horse claims division of the Third Auditor s office. It was while be held Ibis position that he Deroelrated the frauds - with which he is now charged. aeiireKalinK SdU.uuu. llarvey left Wasblngttn about tne urst nut., ou a short vacation, and was arrested as he was about to return. He asked to see the Sv-cretary. an.! Mr. Fairchild'consented to see him District Attorney worintng- ton was sent for and Harvey saw the: Sec retary ia hm presence, tie was very much depressed in spirits and seemed penitent. Wnm he was informed or tne , eviuence aeainst him be broke down completely and made a full and free confesssiun of his guilt. He admitted not only that the DaDers on which tho ciaim3 were pafcea were fraud a leu t ana the signatures rergea. ... ... . .1 ., but that the stamps were counterfeit! and had been procured and used by him. j He further auud that he had iiq accomplice in any Of the transactions, and that the whole scheme : had been concocted by himself. He had been driven to it, he said, by pe cuniary necessities brought upon him by the man with whom he had been in part nership, and who ever since be received bis appointment in tbe Treasury,!! had eoaded him on to make the most of his opportunities. This man, he said, I; pre tended to have a criminal hold on him, but he did not really have any. It was this, he said, that had led him into trouble and brought him face to face with the peuilen tiarv "M nartnpr " rnnr.iunen the : nrlH- . : , . oner. "tola me 1 naa a good omce ana -mat I could raise the money he would, i I did it. and now see what has become of It." Harvey was taken before tho Police Court tbia afternoon. He waived exami nation and was committed to Jail for action of the grand jury, bail being j fixed at $12,000. He is described as a man t of unusual intellectual attainment?, and - as having secured the unlimited confidence of his superior officers. . . " CANADA. An Aiarmlne Fire In tbe Citadel at Quebec Loss. 1 60,000. p Quebec. July 7. Fire in this city last night broke out in stables attached to the barracks at tbe Citadel. The stable picket is said to have been asleep. The stables and shed on tbe ram pal ti are built entirely of wood, and it is the general belief that wooden buildings in such an important fortress as the Citadel and in a place where laree Quantities of powder are stored, should not have been tolerated. An inves tigation will be held. .The excitea cuizens uia not sees meir houses until 3 o clock this morning, and the most intense alarm prevailed through out the city until the fire was thoroughly under control. At one time mere were fully 5,000 men, women and children walk ing about the streets. Many made their way to tbe surrounding country in carriag es: carts ana on loot, rearing mat an ez Dloaion of the powder in the magazine would occur, l nis leeung was pernapa most manifested along Cbamplaln street, rifht under the main fortiess. as it was known that a great quantity or powaer was stowed there. When several explosions nraurred at midnieht people held: their breath and souebt the best shelter availa hla. The crowd on the elacis and on tbe hill leading to the citadel made a terrible rush down the hill till they got where they simnosed themselves out of range Of the danirerous missiles. This alarm somewhat subsided when it was found that no dam age .was caused, and subsequent explosions caused little tear. ' i The Gov. General s and officers quarters, stables of the. artillery hospital and the Provincial Armory which contains 555,000 stand of arms, were uninjured. The; loss is estimated at $ lsOiKK). ... JMo insurance. y. C. SPECIAL TAX BONDS Tbe Arrangement RIade by tbe u. , Trust Co. wttb REorton buss co. By Telegraph to the Morning Star, j New York, July 8 The arrangement between the United States Trust Com- Danv and Morton. Bliss & (Jo., on tb North Carolina Special Tax bond, em bodies the following plan.' The bonds to be pooled and tnnst certificates issued,- all expenses to be advanced by Morton," Bliss & Co. ; a settlement with the State to; be ob tained on the basis of new four per cent, bonds in exchange for' the present bonds, and the distribution to be as fbllowssi Forty ner cent, of the Drincipal of the present bonds to go first to certificate holders; other receipts from the State to be equally divided between certificate homers ana motion. Bliss & Co. GEORGIA. Gov. Gordon Huns In Effigr " Palton. Attotthta. Sa "' Julv fl. Gov. Gordon was hung in effie-v vesterdav. at Dalton, from the gallows erected to nang uoiman, who was sentenced to death for murdering a voung woman in Whitefield 'County last vear. because he commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life. The 4,000 people who had nocKea to uaiton to witness iue hanging of Holman became so indignant at Gov. Gordon's action that they heaped upon his emgy every indignity. The Alexandria' and Washington rail road was sold at auction to the Pennsylva nia railroad for $100,000 v 7 BFFERSQN DA VIS. Charge that tbe Federal Government Conspired Daring tbe War to Have Him Assassinated -His Opinion or Prominent Officers in the Confede rate and Federal Service. - iMt Taimrrapli to th Moraine Bturji ' Baltimore, Mb.. July 9 The Morn ing Herald will publish to-morrow k conv tribution giving an account of recent im portant interviews with Jefferson Davis In these interviews Mr. Davis, amorc other .thing's charges that the Federal Gov ernment conspired during the late war to have him assassinated. On - this subject Mr. Davis said: "While the Confederate Government was at Montgomery. Ala . in 1861, I received an anonymous letter: from Philadelphia, the substance of which was that the Governor of Pennsylvania bad re leased a notea aesperado from-the peniten tiary upon condition that he would go to ALontgouaety and. asasfrinate me, with the promise of a reward of $100 000 if he suc ceeded ; that after release, the man that he could not probably succee j jstated alone. and gave the name of another convict, of character like his nwn, with whose Mfeiet ance he felt sure of success: and that the second ". convict was released lo ac company the first. About thai lime when- this letter was received. In - going from my office to! mv residence, I observed a man squatting down on tbe brick wall which was about three feet high. Walking rapidly, I bad gone a few Htt-ps before tho position of the man so impressed me that it induced me to go and look after him. Then walking back towards the corner of the fence behind which he was crouching, I siw himi look ing over tbe wail towards a gate through which I was expected to enter, but as I reached the corner, he lumped up and ran toward tbe rear of the lot upon which my residence htood, where there was anj alley. I followed bim rapidly, but when 1 1 had reached ihe alley hs had disappeared. The alleyway iu which he could have es caped appeared to be through the gale which led into my stable. Thitber I went, and found my servant in the loft throwing down hay, who, upon inquiry, denied that any one had ! een there. He was a servant I had reared, in whom, as I afterwards learned, I bad misplaced confidence. Accepting bis statement as true, and mult -ing fruitless search elsewhere tbe hunt was abandoned. But the warning received was not forgotten. Commisbary General Col. Northrop, my friend and old arniy com rade, soon thereafter went with me by rail to Richm nd. and was on the alert during the whole trip for the reappearance of tho assassin. I sent the anonymous letter re ferred to to Hon Wm B Reed, ofj Phila delphia, asking him to make such inquiry as would verify or disprove Us allegations. If be ever replied I don't know, a9 com - munications were closed soon after l bat. "While in Richmond it was my habit to ride out often in the afternoon to visit tbe defensive WGrks we were constructing around the capital. On one occasion, ac companied by my aide. Col Wm Preston Johnston, I had lidden across Uiilisl creek and was going up bill, when a rifle bali whizzed lust behind me and in front of Col. Johnston who was riding by my side a little in the rear Warning him u seem as if ' nothing tad occurred, we rode rapidly around an unoccupied j house from which it was thought that the shot must have been fired, and from which we could ste distinctly the ground over which any one must have fled, if after firing be had thken to night, sio one was visible. After returning ko tbe city in the evening, 1 Col. Johnston went to the provost marshal. who sent out some men more skilled than we had been to make further search in the house. They found in tho uppsr' s'ory some planks cut out of the floor, so that they could be moved, and undernt ath that .found a man with a rifle, who gave a lame account of himself as biding there to void conscription. His story of being employed at a bakery in the city was found to be, upon inquiry, unfounded. Next morning I was notified that the man with a libeial re tainer in gold had employed a lawjer to sue out a writ of habeas corpus. I r Aware that thcuzh circumstantial evidence might produce moral conviction tbat be would probably be discharged in compli ance with the writ, and that as the man was of of proper age and physical vigor for a soldier, I directed him to be sent to General Lee at Petersburg, with an explan tory note and the hope that ho would be put in the front to stop a ball intended for a better man. What became of him I never leurnc-d. Matters of larger import ance engrossed the attention of Gen. Lee as well as of myself. i On another occasion, returning from an afternoon ride with my aide. Col. Joseph R Davis, just as we entered .tbe suburbs of Richmond a shot was fired from; behind a high garden wall at very close range, but without effect. We rede up to the wall, and by rising in our uirrups looked over inter the garden, but no person Could be seen. It was twilight, and shrubbery af forded some means of concealment: and es- vapc. i - i There were more reasons before the Dahlgreen raid for believing that efforts in-: consistent with tbe rules of war as practiced by civilized nations were made to secure assassination, especially of the President, and to acquire information by spies resi-t dent and transitory, and that large rewards were offered for such services, including arson and murder. i On one occasion, when I was known to be travelling on the railroad to the army,; information was brought by a lady, who had overheard a conversation in a barn that obstructions were to be placed on the track,; and the information was verified by a de tachment sent, who found tbe obstructions and some soldiers secreted in a barn near: to the place where the train was expected to be wrecked. t - Davis gives his motives and political status in 1801, and claims that he never was a disunionist, but that Northern Senators repelled at that time every proposi tion that promised pacification. He refers to B F. Butler voting for him 57 times at Charleston, B. C, in 18(50, as the candidate of the Democratic pirty for President to prevent disunion, and declares thatbe did not desire to be. President of the uonieaer- acv. but took prompt and as he thought adequate means to prevent it. After his election and inauguration at Montgomery. all his effoits were directed toward secur ing ,fc-Kie seceding States peaceful sepa ration, tnougn ne never mougm. or going back to the Union to escape tbe lat resort to arbitrament of arms. : Mr. Davis is eloquent in his praise of Generals Albert Bidney Johnston, Lee,: Jackson and A P. Hill. He says A S, Johnston had no peer on either side during the war. if be ever had in American histo-i rv.and his loss to the Confederacy was irre naranie. use was nis associate anit meoa at West Point, with Leonidas Polk and James B Magruder. and there never was nuffht but harmony between them. Speaking of the seven day's flght around Richmond. Mr. Davis says Lee conceived and executed the desperate plan to turn the flank and rear of McUlellan's army, ana added tbat failure to annihilate thej Federal armv was aue cmeny to tne iaci mat uen eral Lee had no map of tbe country below, Richmond, and tbat his. army moved in ignorance of the country and with guide! who for the most part proved themselves utterlv inefficient. He eavs that Lee's " object in the! . retreat from Petersburg in the last days of the war was to reach Danville and there unite with Johnston and crush Sherman before Grant could loin him. He declares that Mc Clcllan and Meade were tbe two best Fed eral Generals, and if the former had been permitted to carry out his campaign against Richmond as he had planned it. and bad received the hearty support of the Federal War Department it would have resulted disastrously to tbe Confederates. Sneaking of Stonewall Jackson, he said nobody expected that this quiet professor would have an opportunity to show the irreat Qualities he nossessed and become the great hero of the war; Had he not fallen at Chance;lorsvllle, Mr. Davis says, the Federal Armv of the Potomac would have rliaanoeared into history under circumstan ces far different from those which marked iu dissolution two years later. ' He says of. A. P. Hill that no more devoted. - sell-sac riflclng soldier ever lived. Mr. Davis and NO. 37 his family are warm in ther praise of the late John W.i Garrett, and confirmed Mr. Garrett's statement made before his death, of how he secured Mr. Davis' relet sa from imprisonment at Fortress Monroe. Mr. Davis says he has no wish to enter public life,1 but is deeply solicitous for the welfare and prosperity of the whole coun try, and says the only disturbing element to bediscernedjnow are efforts of extremists Of the North to keep alive for political purposes, the animosities and hatred of tbe past. He says he thinks the time has come when reason should be substituted for passion: and when men who have fought in support of their convictions shall he able and willing to do lustice to each other. foreign: Grand Snecess of tbe imperial Loan of Germany Trials for Treason at Lelp sle Honors to Rlr.Blalne In England Election of a Prince by tbe Bulga rlan Sobranjo Gladstone's Speecb on Tbe Crimes Blll-A Famine in Den mark Tbe Frencb Army to be Mob ilized. : j . . By Cable to tne Horning Star. Lkipsic.! July 7. Erhardt. one of the men who has been on trial here for treason : during the past few days, was yesterday liberated by the Court, the charge against him not being sustained. Counsel for Klein, for whom the Procurator had asked a nine year' sentence at hard labor, urged extenuating circumstances, and declared that there Was an absence, of proof that Klein had tried to seduce others from their allegiance.! He had simply acted from! motives of patriotism. The "prisoners.! Klein and Grebert, were asked whether: they desired to make any statement. In re-l ply Klein excitedly protested against the: punishment which was demanded for him. It was too great; be had committed no base crime; his chief offence consisted in being1 caught. '.Punish me," he claimed, "as a French spy. I was born a Frenchman and; am no German traitor." Grebert was very1 greatly dejected, and almost sobbed while! protesting jhis innocence. - J London! Julv 7. Mr. James G. Blaine left London tonlay for Edinburg. He was accompanied by tbe Lord Mayor of London! and Senator Hale, of Maine. The rtartv which was decorated with flags and the: Maine coat of arms. Mr. Blaine will be the guest while at Edinburg of Mr. An -I drew Carnegie, and he is expected to sneak at the reception organized by tbe people cf jbainmirg to snow their recognition of Hr- Carnegie's generosity to the city. Tihnova, July 7. Prince Ferdinand, of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, was today elected! Prince of Bulgaria by the Sobranje. The announcement was received with great en-j thnsiasm.i Berlin July 7. The iasue of the first! 100,000,000 marks of the new Imperial! loan has been subscribed for seven timeS over. The bulk of. those desiring to invest in the loan are private capitalists. Tbe applications of Berlin parties alone amount to 400, 000 ;000 marks. The North German Uatette, Prince Bismarck a organ, is over-i joyed at such a brilliant result, which it re gards as remarkable, m view of the low interest offered. Cofknhagkn, July 7. Reports' have been received here that a terrible famine prevails atj Skagefjored, Yelkdon, and that many peasants and thousands of cattle have died from want of food. The distress of the people is increasing. Paeis. July 7. The Cabinet have de cided that I Rouvier, Piime Minister, an yen. nerron, Minister or war, shall in form the Budget committee of the Cham ber of Deputies that the Government wil carry out its proposed experiment of mo buizing the army. It was also decided t dismiss from office all French mayors wh were in any way concerned in royalls manifestations in honor of the Count of Paris, during his visit to the Isle a Jersey London, July 7. When a motion was made in the House of Commons this eve ning for ai third reading of the Crimes bill, Gladstone amid prolonged cheers made a counter motion that tbe bill be read a third time this day three months. He then made a powerful speech, attacking tho bill and the government, and at the conclusion moved a rejection of the bill, amid cheers from liberal and parneii benches. There was great excitement in the House during Gladstone's speech. Bombay, July 8. The Ameer of Af- ghanistan has nailed to the Candahar gate. underneath the Koran, a proclamation of fering a free pardon and the remission of two years! taxes to all rebels who surrender. London. July 8. The police inquiry into the arrest of Miss Cass as an improper character j has been opened. Both Miss Cass and Mrs. Bowman, her. employer, whose testimony to Miss Cass' good char acter magistrate Newton-refused to receive, are represented by counsel. The inquiry after being opened was postponed. J LiepsiC, July 8. Klein and Grebert,1 two of the men who have been on trial here on the charge of treason, were to day convicted; ; Klein was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary and Grebert to five years. j j TntNOVA, July 8. Prince Ferdinand, of SaxeCobourg. replying to the Sobranje dispatch informing him of hia election as Prince of, Bulgaria, said he was proud of the honor conferred on him and grateful for it.; ' -I hope," he added, "to prove my self worthy of the confidence of the Bui garian people. I am ready to respond to the call and to devote myself to the service of Bulgaria, as soon as the people accept tbe election and the Powers recognize it. The Prince's answer was received with satisfaction by the Sobranje. St. Petersburg, July 8. The Novoe Vremai says the election of Prince Ferdi nand, of Saxe-Coburg, to the Bulgarian throne, exhausts Russia's patience. "Aus tria will not succeed, adds the paper. "Rus sian action may inconvenience Austria." i : Berlin, 1 July 8. The Coburg Zeilung, semi-official, in an article on the election of Prince Ferdinand says: In view of at tempts of the Bulgarian party or inde pendence1 to draw Prince Ferdinand into its confused! affairs, we must point out the fact that a German Prince, such as Prince Ferdinand, cannot accept the Crown with out permission of the head of the bouse to which he! belongs nor without the consent of Emperor William and until their con-; sent is obtained, nothing can be settled. Vienna. July 8. The attitude of the Government of Austria is one of entire in difference concerning tbe election of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg as Prince of Bulgaria Count Kalnoky, Austrio-Hun garian, Prime ' Mimister, while returning from his visit to Moravia, will meet Ferdi nand at j Bucharest. The press is a unit in congratulating the people of Bulgaria on Ferdinand's election. ; J Liverpool, July 8. The leading, week ly grain circular says the market continues dull without special feature; demand limit ed. , Buyers prefer waiting and sellers are less pressing. The tone was steadier than during the previous few weeks. In the coast trade nothing was done, offers being tOO lOW. I" -.' Paris July 9. The demonstration made last evening on the occasion of the depart ure of M. Boulanger to his . new post at Clermont-Ferrand baa made a sensation here and! is regarded as the forerunner of further manifestations during the coming July national fete and review. Govern ment organs censure Boulanger for permit ting the demonstration. Monarchical news papers warn the Republicans of France to beware bf such a dictator as Boulanger would be. Le Paw says: "Such a mam- ! testation of popular regard had not been witnessed in Paris for many years. The crowd which surrounded the railway sta tion whence Boulanger departed numbered not less than 30.000 people. When Bou langer Reached Clermont-Ferrand he was welcomed at the railway station by hun dreds of Deonle with prolonged shouts of ! 'Vive Boulanger. ' " Alexandria. July 9. Egyptian cotton renorta show that the plant is generally strong and in good condition. .-' Water has been abundant except in Behra. In lower Egypt worms Infest tbe plant. , Spirits Turpentine: Tobacco now fetches ' bish prices in the best markets. . It ranges from $20 to $100 per hundred and averages as nign as f r4 are obtained, north Carolina can neat the world in fine tobacco. , j Goldsboro Advancer Mr. C. IL Wyche, a gifted son of the lamented liev : Ira T. Wyche, took the A. L. P. Greene medal, at Vanderbilt. ... A note from Rev. W. W. Rose informs us that the re vival which followed the District CanferC ence at liaUrange is still in progress, Durham Recorder: Mr. J. J. Bernard passed Durham on the noon train carrying to the penitentiary a negro icon- -vict named Sam Hasken. - Hasken is a hardened criminal. He was sentenced for life to the penitentiary fbr burglarizing tho house of Mr. Peter Upley. McDowell coun ty. He had served ten years when he es caped from the stockade on W. N. Cj U. R. seven months ago. I i V'-. "The cultivation of the griipe has proved very profitable in North Caro lina, and Mr. 8. Olho Wilson has given special attention to this branch of horticul ture. The managers have selected bim to deliver an address on "The Grape and I' Cultivation in North Carolina," at Mount Holly. . Van Lindley, the practical fruit raiser and nurseryman, is to ' deliver a tec ture on "Fruit Growing in the South'f - Charlotte Democrat: The Oar son Bros, will soon have their SpokQ land Rim factory under way. The Johu Robinson tract of land, near this cityj was sold at auction Monday. . It was bought by -Mr. Charles M.. Burns, of Wadesborb, at $17.57 per acre. Tho tract contains 1178 acres, The Recorder is one of the best ' papers of tho Baptist denomination ever published in the South, and Bro.Bailcy is one of the cleverest editors. ' Raleigh Visitor: Rev. AI vin Bells, living at the .corner of Harwell and . Blood worth .streets, has tbe sympathy of our citizens in tbe affliction that has fallen upon hi3 family. His sons, Andrew and Furman, and daughter, Miss Ida, are all quite sick, while his wife has for a long while been an invalid. - The many friends here and elsewhere of Dr. J. W." McGee will regret to hear tbat his aged . father passed quietly away at bis borne in Duplin county, after a long and painfu ill- ness or paralysis. The Wadesboro ' InteUiaencer publishes the information that Mr. Will Pepper is in jail. That paper says: "Our old time friend Will Pepper, son of Rev. C. M. Pepper, at one time stationed at Al bemarle, is in jail at Danbury. His brother Charlie and another man were engaged in a flght, the other fellow getting the better of Charlie, when Will drew his pistol land 'shot his brother's antagonist. . We fear it will go hard with poor Will, but he did what many another man would have done under the circumstances, whether justifia ble or not." II Raleigh News- Observer: . irhe President shook hands with 253 North Carolina teachers on Saturday. Bishop Lyman held an ordination in Christ church, this city, last Sunday, and admitted tol the Holy Order of Deacons, John Ravenscroft Harding, A. B. of Union College, and late ly graduated from the General Theological Seminary in New York. Modest North Carolina pays the penalty ofj her want of due appreciation of such things. Her troops fought quite as nobly as did . Virginias in that charge, suffered more and achieved as much. They marched further, and staid longer on the battlefield. But the name of North Carolina fsl not once mentioned in connection with the af fair. il Henderson Gold Leaf : "Vfance county is named in honor of one United . States Senator and is the mother of another. ' Hon. Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee) jjnee Governor of the State and now Tlnited States Senator, ia a native of this coiicty, having been born' and raised about 1 six miles east . of Henderson. Mr. D. Y. Cooper received a marble brick for hits new warehouse a few days ago from Mrj J. 8. Carr, of Durham. Accompanying it was , a very complimentary letter, saying that' such a man as Dave Cooper, who had done bo much for Henderson and the tobacco interests of North Carolina, deserved not only a j marble brick but a gold one.l Mr. Carr's name in fac simile is inscribed upon Ka 1.1 T . .ill i the block. It will place on the front corner of the build! ng. fox Goldsboro . Argus: The hunting sport of Morehead is developing into immense proportions. Every morning large parties go forth from the Atlantic Hotel to join in the hilarious sport, j If Cleveland does come to the State Fair the people of North Carolina will be there by acres f Irrespective of party our people would he delighted to see their great head and to give to him a genuine old-fashioned North Carolina reception. Some of , our citizens are much exercised over tho drummer's tax. Resting on the U. $.1 Su preme Court decision they refused to take out license, and resting nn North Carolina law our efficient and energetic sheriff has arrested several of them. Tbe arrest of. these has stirred up others, and the sheriff promises to take in a few more ofj them. This thing ought to be settled some way. I Raleigh Recorder: Dr. Yates reports all well and hopeful in Shanghai, China. The new room of the Baptist - Tabernacle, on Hargett street, in this city, was dedicated on Sunday afternoon. J The pastor, Rev. Thos. Dixon, read an original dedicatory hymn, and speeches were made byJDr. J. M. Atkinson, Rev. W. CJ Nor man, Rev. R. B. Johns, Rev. J. F.I Butt and Rev. C. A. G. Thomas. The audience room now is one of the prettiest in tbe State. The trustees of Murfreesboro Baptist College have caught the spirit of Wake Forest. "Brains, books and brick' now interest' the Chowan Baptists; Institute must have a new building.! The It is to cost $17,000. New dormitories, recita tion rooms and a large chapel will be the contents of the building. The chapel, we ' understand, will be quite as large: as tho Win gate Memorial, at Wake Forest, The building, we are confident, will be erected. No institution in the State has such an alumnte as Chowan Institute. They of themselves are fully able to put up this building, and will doubtless have a large share in doing so. We congratulate not only the Chowan Baptists but tbe whole State, on this admirable institution . 1 Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. I Downs, who lives in Charlotte township, has a vest in one of the pockets of which a house wrentmilt a nest, laid four: eggs and hatched, and is now rearing four; young wrens. It is a very pretty story pf bird life. Some weeks ago; on his return from church he hung the vest on the nail, and the next Sunday he found the pocket filled with straw, and the mystery was explained when he saw a tiny egg in the straw.- A house wren had built her nest in the pocket and had gone to work laying eggs. --r- Mr. Matthew Moyle, who was so badly hurt in the accident at Point Mine, last Monday night, as noted in yesterday's Clifonicle, was yesterday somewhat improved and will very probably recover. No bones were broken, his most serious injuries being the woundsonhis head. Many jof our. citizens speak favorably of a museum; such as tbe Chronicle suggested last Saturday. But mere talk will not cany out the idea or secure the museum. Some action must' be taken. Dr. Havs has offered to take Charge of the room and preserve the relics. not only tbat but will make valuable con tributions. Others say they they win con tribute many old and interesting relics. - I Charlotte , Chronicle: Our : neighbor, the Home-Democrat, 'this! week, enters its thirty-sixth volume, and no anni versary ever found it in a more healthy condition. Its editor announces the: event in tbia manner: "With this number tbe Charlotte Democrat enters on its thirty sixth volume as good as ever and free and , independent as ever the .Lord bless us ana still continue to have mercy on us in busi ness transactions as in the past. J-f The contract has been signed for a new railroad in Cleveland county, to run from Shelby to the Cranberry mines. Col. 8.1 iMcD. Tate, Judge A C. Avery and Maj. Wilson,. are the leaders in tne enterprise.: kjoi. Tate and Judge Avery signed tbe contract ' at Shelby last Monday, . with tbe com mis sionors of Cleveland county, to build the road on or before January 1st, 18894 Tbe -Aurora saya: "Maj. Wilson, one j of - the best surveyors in the United States, U now surveying near Cumberland Gap, Tennes see, and will begin at Shelby on the Buryey through the centre or Maj. ScbenckV' route first, in three weeks from to-day. He will ! survey the three routes, Teport costs and estimates, and then locate the f route." , The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar in this Bute will bold its annual Conclave at ureensDoro, Aug. zprox. , I : '-f'.Z. -i - " 4 V.- ' .if " -