North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star. WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, - July 22, rwn wrlttaf? to change lyonr address, r! give former direction aa well asiuu P"i" where you wish your paper to, be ent hereafter.. Unless you do both cuaueeg oan not be mado. j . j wr-Not!ce of Marriage or Death, TribnteM ResDeot Resolutions of Thanks. &o.r arehareed KjKf advertisements, but only: half ntehe?wtd for strictly lni advance. Ad this St? W SlSte wUl pay for a simple announcement, of Marriatte or Death. - . . j MD.iu.niiu mn at hn made bv Check.Draft- Postal Money Order or Regis terea ir- tYT will register letter when desired. I . tar-Only such remittances will be at the risk pfj the publisher. - -,y I! "Specimen copies forwarded when desire, J. -REDUCTION IN PRICE Attention U invited to the follow-i ing redu6ed rates of subscription DAILY STAR, By Mall: One Year Six Months. . ...... Three Months.-. One Month. . .-. . . .$6.00 . p.oo . 1 Delivered to City Subscribers fir any period ai iuu vi wv.T Cents per week. WEEKLY STAR, By Mall: One Year ........ . . Six Months Three Months ..... . .$1.00 ! T . ?o The reduction in price will, we are : . 'I "I, confident, add materially to our al ready large circulation, thus making aluJle than ever lo bUU gs f a advertisers. Our telegraphic news service has and ronpntlv been larerelv increased, it nnr determination to keep the . ( Star up to the highest standard r i newspaper excellence, NOHTH CAROLINA VERSES STATE OF FR1NKLIN. We havo no space for miscellan e ous reading of much length or would like to reproduce a critica article in the Philadelphia America of the 9th inst., upori the "State Franklin," and in review of J. Gilmore's (Edmund Kirke) work en- titled "John Sevier as a Common wealth Builder." " The Stak called attention to Gilmore's misrepresenta tions of historic facts,! and the gross injustice he has done North Carolina. The reviewer, who siens himself P. L., takes a very different view the conduct of Sevier from that his eulogist, and shows what North Carolina did under much provoea tion. . I To go into a full history of struggle between Sevier and hp bis Secessionists or Revolutionists I would require more space we can well command. A outline must suffice. In I1 an rapt- d North Carolina ceded to ,he General Government,! but recju.ly established, 29,000,000 acres west of the Blue Ridge mountains. I The new District had been organized into counties and it had 25,000 inhabi tants. Troubles came and the peo pie, sought protection of North Caro lina. They were referred to Lhe Congress. They determined to set up for themselves and did sou A provisional government was formed with Sevier at the head. The Gen eral Government had not accepted the gift and North Carolina recalled its act of cession an regulations for the reviewer says: made better District. 'hi "A superior court w&s established at Jonesboro, the militia were formed into A brigade, and Sevier was appointed briga dier general, He was willing to accept this honor from' the State whose constitu tion be had helped to frame, Bnt the peo ple around him, still in the heat of their movement, refused to take a backward step, and Sevier, after counselling submis sion, acquiesced in their determination. He saw that an efficient government was needed on the spot. The Indians were threatening the border settlements; lawless whites were seeking an asylum in the j dis organized region. The people insisted on having him as the ruler of the new Com monwealth, and he took the responsi bility." ' j A government was established. They ad opted, with few amendments, the constitution of North Carolina. There were both internal and external disturbances. The reviewer says: "Sevier exerted himself to meet these va ried dangers. With bis brave followers he kept the Indians in awe. He tried to in duce the parent State to acquiesce In the separation, even offering at one time that Franklin should assume the entire Conti nental debt of North Carolina, exceeding $M00,000. He tried to secure the friendly ' intervention of Georgia, whose border set tlements were threatened by the same In dians. He appealed to the General Govern ment for recognition, but in vain, i The in ternal troubles were more serious and finally extinguished the State. The new govern ment could not secure the full consent of those whom it undertook to govern The venerable Franklin, who had accepted the honor of being eponym of the mountain Commonwealth, now wisely counseled re conciliation with the parent State. Sevier's sense of honor compelled him to maintain bis position till the close of the term for which he was elected. When he called the militia against the Indians those who re- sponded were tenfold those who obeyed the orders of North Carolina officers, bnt he refused to employ them against! their , brethren. He could not however prevent a siruggie neiween me county courts i different governments for possession of the of the records and other documents. Ha ; took part in these skirmishes." , 1 even It is not necessary to follow the history of the young State begun in rebellion and ending in cal in calamity. Its finances became disordere "coonskins" became monev. and But how did North Carolina bear herself in the midt of j tbese troubles brought about by the serious jrevolt of a portion of its people? Did North Carolina display the persecut ing, remorseless, vindictive j spirit Mr. Gilmore would, have you! believe? We. said in our first article jthat if such was the case then we had mis read all the historians of those! times. We are glad that the reviewer finds another and more grateful account to present11 as the : result of his own historic studies. He says: r "Throughout the disturbances due to an unruly people. Richard Uasweu. ne wot ernor of North Carolina, acted with con spicuous wisdom and moderation, and at last had the satisfaction of seeing the au thority he represented practically restored. He treated Sevier always with due courtesy ..j n.Uarminti hut the less patient legislature for two years made that leader the sole exception to its act of pardon and oblivion. Sevier ! was then overwhelmed with debts incurred on! public account and his enemies harrassed him with executions on his property. I f On the 1st of March, 1700, his term as Governor expired, and as no successor had been chosen the State of Franklin was silently dissolved. In the next year, when North Caroiina ratified the Pederal Constitution, she again ceded to the United the 'territory beyond the mountains. and in 1790 Tennessee! was there organized as a territorial government without dispute. When it became a Stata six years later. John Sevier was the unani mous choice for its first Governor, and af terwards was re-elected as often as the RtatA institution or ihis own inclination would allow." I ' I The Stak can never allow North Carolina to be misrepresented or ma m without a protest. It must , defend its people in the other turies as well as in the present tury against all slanders and injus tices. We could -jnOt let Gilmore's book . go unchallenged, although as we mentioned, :we liad not seen it but had read Northern criticisms apon it. We are glad jo find so able a political and literacy weekly, journal as The American saying this: "In this sketch of the State of Franklin, we have taken a somewhat different view from that presented by Mr. Gilmore. There Is a reprehensible extravagance in his award of praise or blame, whether to individuals or communities. In treating nt TCnrih Carolina he is unduly severe upon a people not dissimilar from, those who are the subject of his eulogy. In spite of the boastful tone of the present and of his former volume, 'The Rear-guard of the Revolution," we think he has not thorougb.lv digested the authorities named in his preface." ! I " We have concluded to allow all subscribers in arrears to pay all back dues at onr reduced rate of OneDol- i 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 ua will settle at once." I " tf '. A VAI.SK ISSUE SUGGESTED. The Raleigh Signal, . Republican,! copies a paragraph from the Star relative ta the growth of Protection and adds: j, j - 'If the Star will influence the next Democratic State Convention to declare unequivocally for Free Trade as against Protection, and put the Democratic nomi nees on this platform there wgl be a iquare issue before the people In this event not a single Democratic nominee' will be elect ed in this State. 1 The Republicans desire a fight on this is&uc Shall we have it next year? . We are certain the Democrats will try to dodge this issue." The editor of the Signal is a man of sense, He knows that no such issue can be forced and he knows why. The issue is between a great i 18 I giant, oppressive, unconstitutional War Tariff that levies 45 per cent some three or i average tax on four thousand articles many of them the common, very day necessaries of life and a proposi tion to reduce this huge pieco if un scientific robbery j- for so the U,S. Republican Supreme Court calls it -andto bring it down to a constitu- tional basis, Wr rwe. That is the issue. Shall we still, after nearly a quarter of a century of peace, keep np a grinding War Tax on the necessaries of life or shall we cut dow the taxes to a constitu tional basis? j - s Henry Clay was the great expo nent and advocate of the Tariff sys tem. It was he who gave it he al" lurina: name of the "American sys tem.". And yet in bis Tariff of 1832 he made an average of twenty per cent, exactly, no more, no; less, the Republicans propose - Now, nearly twenty-five years after the monopo lists have enjoyed the nursing bottle to keep up the. War Tariff to forty - nveV per cent. more thz double what the great C for. I ay favored The Stab is ready for the true issue. It will gladly meet the Re publicans in open field. ! But. there can be no skulking behind bogus issues. Shall the War Tariff with 45 per cent, average be maintained or shall it be cnt down to 2ol or 25 percent? The Stab stands by the latter. The Stab . will meet the enemy at the right time n the economic issue, j And then let right and justice and sound principle pre vail. ' . j The Signal is on tbe wrong scent Call in your dogs. If you are in arrears, pay up in full and for one year in advance at One Dollar per year. Bear in mind that this is allowing you a discount of one-third on your indebtedness, tf EDWARD ORAHAn HAYWOOD, I - i i Since George E. Badger and Judge Pearson died it is very doubtful if North Carolina has had as able, as thoroughly j furnished, as scientific a lawyer as Col. Edward Graham Hay wood whose death was announced in yesterday's Stab. He died sudden ly Monday night in Raleigh where he was born, and where he had ret sided all of his life. He was ' prob ably in his 1 57th year. He was the son of the late. Senator William H. Haywood, the best time. Col who was considered equity - lawyerj of y his Haywood waSj prepared for college by the late J. M. Lovejoy, of j revered: memory, and educated at an Episcopal College in Maryland, if we are . not paistaken. He and the writer of this were class mates at Lovejoy's. The late David M. Carter, Gen. Junius Daniel, Louis E. Henry, a very bright and promis ing youth, and a half dozen others, were of the class. As far ks known to us, this writer alone survives.- Mr. Lovejoy said to us more than once that it was the best Glass the most intellectual be eyer taught. Of the class' Hay wood was the finest in intel lect unless Carter was abler. We ra ther think Carter had the most logical mind as be had the greatest talents for the acquisition of languages. He was the ablest man in our class at the University and there were some sixty four members. Ed Graham, as the boys called him, was an unusually handsome boy, and dressed with a fastidious neat' ness and costliness of attire that none rivalled. lie was unusually precocious and gave decided prom ise of his subsequent distinc tion. He delivered an address at one of j the Lovejoy commence ments that was so good that the boys, with the boys' 'injustice and envy, Baid either his father wrote it, or his friend v Col. D. K. McRae. We have but little doubt that it was. his own work for. be was intellectual- extremely ' clever, as we have said He married Miaa Mag" Henry, a most lo vely and beautiful woman, and a daughter of the late Hon. Louis D. Henry. She was sister of Louis E. mentioned above. Mrs. Haywood was one of the most charm ing and jmperb women we have ever known or seen. She died a few years ago. By her CoL II, had several sons and daughters. Col. Haywood in early life was a member of the Legislature. His seat was once contestea ana no matte a i speech in behalf of himself. He was then some twenty-eight years old. Judge was the iadger heard it and said it ablest effort of the mind for a man o his age to which he had He was a Presidential listened Elector frn I860, and canvassed ex His speeches were not tensively popular. . That is to say, . be did not in anecdote or illustration. indulge His speeches were philosophical elevated, eloquent and states They were too purely ab manlike struse and intellectual and subtile for the universal mind to grasp. Bat as manifestations of ability they were the finest speeches delivered in the the memorable year of many Presidential tickets and impending war. Mr. Badger and Mr. Henry W. Miller Were both Electors on other -ticket. Havwood's speeches were the most thoughtful and attractive to the forte v. cultivated. Mr. Badger's ih not the stump. He was forty-five ) ears old before he made a political speech : It was delivered in the 1844 Court House at Oxford in We aid that was bis first ap- pearani e as a political speaker. The Senate and the bar were his proper arenas, t here he was unapproached by any man North Carolina ever had at thu Jar or ever sent to the Senate. Mr. Ganton might rival him in some particulars, but in eloquence, in the most exquisite English, in the most luminous and perspicacious thinking, in clearness of statement, in lucidity of arrangement, in readiness of retort, powers humor, of memory, sarcasm, in wit!, in in dramatic description, in superb acting jbe lias never been equalled by any North Carolinian. Mr. Benton, so long in the IT. S. Senate, from Missouri, was a very able man, al most of the first rank. He was able to hold bis owu in debate when the great debaters and orators and phil osophical statesmen of the country were in that august body. But we have been betrayed into an unanticipated parenthesis. Col. Haywood, like Mr. Badger, was at bis gre atest at the bar. He was es sentially a lawyer, although he was man of excellent reading in some other departments and was familiar with some of the masters in literature. Those who were best qualified to estimate bin legal acquisition and powers had the highest opinion of him. He probably ieceived larger fe?s than any lawyer ever identified with the North Carolina bar. He was strictly a scientific lawyer and his range of studies was wide and accurate. The only lawyer left who can fairly be said to be so scientific learned is Marcellus V. Lanier. of Oxford, of whom Chief Jus rfearson remarked about 1875. ! I that if there was any more learned lawyer in North Carolina than be was that he did , not appear before j the Supreme Court. Mr. Lanier is not only learned at law but be is fa miliar with five or six languages, can read German as English and reads his Greek Testament every day and possibly his Hebrew Old Testament. Col. nay wood was a man of large frame and grew stout with age. He was some five feet ten or eleven inches high, and had a big brain in a big head. He j had a system of mnemotechny of his own, and once thought of publishing it. He could recall any date at wilK He published gome of his more elaborate argu ments. The last production we read from him was his excellent . and original address upon the Life and Character of the late Bartholomew F. Moore, another great North Carolina lawyer. We believe that Col. Hay wood'B.last appearance as a publio speaker was at Wilson, some few years ago on a Tenth of May celebra tion if we are not mistaken. He was a man of superior abilities, and he de serves to be numbered amonp the great lawyers of our State. He served in the Confederate army as Tieut. voionei. v Tit C of I Jenta the - ondcmned Burglar. -; 1 v-'fg--t J" - A member' pf the jury which 'con victed John Jones, the colored man now under..;; sentence of death ' tor ' burglary, is circulating; a petition for the commutation of the sentence of the prisoner i,o imprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary. ' . " At yesterday morning's session of the Criminal jCourt, Mr. J. T. Elliott," xf counsel for . Jones, ' stated " to the Court that after consultation with his associate Mr. R. H.. McKoy, "they had agreed to ask that a motion be heard tbj oppose the sentence pro nounced. - Judge Meares said that he would consider the matter and give his decision to-day, as to whether he would hear the motion. It is held by Jones' counsel: 'First, That the Su preme Court have declared that the late legislative enactment authorizing the Governor to : designate the time and command the execution of sen tence in capital cases where the judg ment of the Court below is confirmed, jhas no- relation to cases brought ' up -before .the pas sage of the act;' and secondly, that the Legislature having expressly de prived ' by ' its enactment the Court from pronouncing sentence, 1 that power is divested, by implication of law, if not in express terms." Mr. Elliott asked ' for the opinion of the Supreme Court in the case from Union county purporting to control the case of Jones, but it could not be found. Weilbcr and ibe Crop,, - A correspondent of the Stab at Maxton writes on the 20th: We had a good shower of rain early Sunday morning, but with the in tense hot sun following the effect was not desirable to cotton or corn and it was . rather scalding. On Tuesday evening we had a rainfall of 1.47 inches, considerable wind, slight hail. No damage done of any consequence. Crops are doing well since the rains and our people are in better spirits. The rain was local in its character neighborhoods a few miles away had none scarcely. . A corresp ndent at Red Banks writes : , The farme -s in this section are de lighted with a good rain this p. in., it will do much good if it continues all night. A Marlvilhs correspondent says, un der date July 19: Thank goodness we are cool once more for the! first time in a week. This locality has liad an elegant rain this afternoon, and I think the rain has been general, reaching up as far as Whiteville.! This ram settles the most of the jcorn crop as a certainty. Cotton in this locality is fine and peo- Ele generally have good crops the est for several years. Burled at the Expense of Ibe ronntr, Caroline Albritton, a colored wo man' about forty years of age, died in a small house in the yard of a private residence onj Campbell between Front and Second streets Monday morning last. Yestei day afternoon a message was sent to Coroner Miller tbat the body of the woman was still lying in the house and that no steps had been taken to give it burial. The coroner viewed the body, which was in an ad vanced stag i of decomposition, and made the n( cessary arrangements for burial at once, ac the expense of the county. He ascertained that the woman died from natural causes, and tbat her reputed husband, Ben Blount, colored, had hpou furnished with a burial certificate by Dr. Pot ter, city physician, but had not been able to raise sufficient means for the interment qf the body. A NNd Occurrence t Laarlnbarg. A correspondent of the Star, wri ting from Maxton, N. C, gives the following account of a sad occurrence at Laurinburg on the 19th inst.: Our town was painfully shocked upon hearing of the very sudden death of a lady of Laurinburg, known quite well here Mrs. Minnie Phillips, wife of Mr. H. Phillips and daughter, of A. J. O'lf anion, Esq., of Fayette ville. Shet had been suffering in tensely with neuralgia for several days and sought relief from pain by taking laudanum. After taking one dose, it is supposed that not expe riencing relief she repeated the dose and took jtoo much. She aroused her husbanp, who was asleep at her bedside in a chair, and told him what she had done. He hastily summoned a puysician, but she was beyond human aidj and died at 5 o'clock in the morning. The stricken husband and 8orely bereft parents have the heart-felt sympathy of every one. Farmer' Institute Pair. Sheriff Manning, by request, has appointed the following delegates to attend the .'Grange Encampment and Farmer's Institute Fair, to be held at Mount HolW, Gaston county, N. C., on tbe 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of August, 1887: Wilmington George Z. French. Cape Fear C. C. Bordeaux. Harnett-l-S. W. Nobles. Masonbc ro W. S. Warrock. Federal Point R. B. Freeman, Sr. Abont Peaebea. Notwithstanding its proximity to South Carolina and Georgia, we doubt if there is a city of its size in the United States that is so poorly supplied "With peaches throughout the season as is Wilmington. North Car olina has not made very much prog ress in peach culture, but even from the crop produced in our own State our market might be much better supplied than it is. Our pears come from Florida and California, our apples from New York, and our peaches from well, from nowhere. We hope to see some enterprising house like that of Mrs. E. Warren & Son take hold of this matter next season ai d see that we have a more intimate i icquaintance with the lus cious peash. Stolen row Recovered. A cow was stolen last Sunday night from J.hS. Williams, of Phoenix, Brunswick county. The owner traced the cow i o : this city where it , was found yesterday on the opposite side of the river, concealed in some bushes. j The alleged thief, one Damon Bristow, had left it where it, was found. It is supposed that Bris tow intended to bring the cow across the river at night and sell it. A war rant was tissued for his arrest but he could not be found. ' ! Ladies jjwill find relief from headache costiveness, swimming in the head, colic, sour Btomach, restlessness, indigestion, con stant or periodical sick headaches, weak ness in the back or kidney, pain la the shoulders and different parts of the body, a feeling ofj lassitnde and despondency, by taking Simmone Liver Regulator. - It is not unpleasant is purely vegetable, and is not injurious to the most delicate constitution. f Criminal court. "" -. XV - -i The Criminal Court for this county,: Judge O. P. Meares presiding and So licitor B. R. Moore , representing j the State, convened t th e "Court 'House yesterday 10 a. m.' The ; following comprise the grand jury selected, for the term" J E. P. Bailey, foreman; T. H. Rand, D. W. Chadwick, Jr C. Davis. M. F. Crooin, B. F. Swannj Jr., Benj. Scott, R. J. George, J. T. Mc Iver, Geo. B. Myers, W. S. Walker, Jno. W. Owen ..-(-. ; Tbe : following cases were heard during the day : ,- Tolly Mack, assault and battery. Case submitted.-- Judgment, , one penny and costs. ' j ' - Hattie Chadbourn, assault and bat tery. Case submitted. . Judgment, one penny and costs. , Mary Williamson, assault and tery (two cases).- Judgment, penny and costs. ; ; W. H. - Loftin; unlicensed dog ap peal from Mayor's Court.. Appeal withdrawn and papers returned. , Kate Grady; larceny. Nol.. pros. Henry King; larceny. Guilty, j udg nient not pronounced.' j ; : W. E. Davis, Enoch Griffin, affray. Case as to Davis submitted. Verdict of not guilty as to Griffin. . ( J -; The Court took a recess about half past 5 o'clock in the evening until 9 o'clock this morning. '- Colored Kxenralonlata A Death on tb.e Train- , ... -A. great crowd, of colored people went on the excursion yesterday to Wilson. It is estimated that there were over twelve hundred. Fifteen passenger coaches and two baggage cars were crowded with them, and a large number of persons were unable to get on the train. The farei was only one dollar. - - They returned last night about 11 o'clock, and report having experi enced a terrible time, resulting! frOm the excessive heat and the crowded cars. One of their number, a mar ried woman named Betsey Green, died on the train, near Goldsboro, when returning. Henry Brewington, and two other colored excursionists were prostrated by the heat, tlpon the arrival of th train, the body of Betsey Green was placed in an ambu lance and taken to the home of her husband, Ed Green, on Red Cross treet. , A great number of colored people assembled at the depot last night awaiting the arrival of the train, and considerable excitement ensued jwhen the fatality attending the excursion was made known. ; It is reported that some of the ex cursionists got left at points along the road where the train stopped. Crop Proapeeta. . . - Thus far the crop prospects: from the section of country tributary to Wilmington have been, almostjwith out an exception of a highly favor able character. As usual, the time for a reaction seems to have arrived, and it is likely we shall have to take some of the bad with the good here after Advices from Columbus coun ty are rather less encouraging, ;and a a subscriber to the Star at Maxton writes as follows : ' 'You have been,, no doubt, receiv ing good reports from the crops in tbia section, but If tbe present dry spell continues for many more days, the effect will be appalling. Rains have been very" local. Corn is very small, and the crop will be short. Cotton is falling back every dajy." We regret exceedingly to receive so discouraging a report from Max ton, and trust refreshing rains may come in time to revive the suffering crops. It has been some time since the farmers along the line of the Car olina Central ' Railroad have had an abundant harvest and they would be seriously affected by even a partial failure of the corn and cotton crops this season. j We may add that the report from Maxton is the first we have received of a really unfavorable character,and we nope our corresponaent at mat point may have the pleasure jbf wri ting us at an early day that there is a marked change for the better. At tba ( oort Hoaae. It was a hot day at the Court House yesterday. Tbe heat was overpowering'in the court room. Bench, bar, juty and spectators seemed to have all they could do to stand it. Fans were go ing rapidly in all parts of thej room, and handkerchiefs were in constant use. . J Solicitor Moore thought sejriously of trying only the prisoners in jail and continuing all other . cases to the next term. There are only eight jail ca-es, as follows: Thomas Brown, larceny; John Jones, burglary, (for sentence); Henry King, larceny; Sam King, assault and battery rwith a deadly weapon: Hiram Myers and Al bert Dumby, larceny; Ann Eliza Rich ardson and Eliza Richardson, nui sance; Sam Spruill, assault and bat tery with a deadly weapon. Tbnrber & Gore. Mr. Albert Gore leaves for Chicago tcnight, where he goes to engage in business. A new commission house is to be established there under the firm name of Thurber & Gore, the partners being Messrs. W. t. Gore, Sun & Co., and B. G. Empieiof this city, and Mr. George S.' Thiirber, of Chicago. ' Backed by ample capital, enersrv and capacity, the new firm will commend itself to the hearty support of the people of this section. The Stab feels a peculiar jinterest in the success of Thurber & jGrore, as the partners, one and all, are among its warmest friends. And sincerely as we regret to see Albert and Brooke leave us, we must admit that viewed from a business standpoint, they are taking a step that will bring them fortune, if not iame. ;,. ;;. J ; It is not yet definitely determined when Mr. Em pie will leave us; but he will probably spend the month of August in Chicago, return! to- Wil mington, where he will remain seve ral months, and then go to the city of short ribs and cereals to - locate per manently, j - The old and well established house of W. I. Gore, . Son. & Co., will con tinue business here as usual. J Oeatb or BIr. Tbomaa jr. Mulford. : - Mr. Thomas. J.' Mulford, an old and good citizen, died i yesterday at bis home in this city; after an-illness of several months.' His funeral Will take I place this evening at 6 o'clock from the First Baptist Church. :, DT.mitin of ' Accoonte ; la tne -1 Traaaarr Department Advleee jrom Hawaii The . Mercury ? Beata -The Record. '. - 1 f - f. . WASHDtdTok, July 17. Assistant Sec ; retary Thompson has directed the j Assis--tant Treasurers of the United States. who" have accounts with Messrs. Bartlett and Hobbs. disbursing officers of the ; Treasury to state the condition of their accounts at the close of business Friday last.; The ex-tj aminntinnnf accounts of disbursine offisj cers of the Second . Auditor's and Sixth; Auditor's offices will be virtually complet-: ed and though no formal reports have yet been made, the Secretary has been informed that the result was entirely satisfactory. Washington, July 18. No additional information in regard to the condition of affairs in Hawaii has been received at the; Slate or Navy Department since; the tele-? mmnf Jnlv Kth. savine that affairs were thpn nulet. The U. S. Steamer Adams is at Honolulu Bhe waa ordered there long Je- forethe present outbreak oecured. lne U. S. Steamers Vandalia and Juniata are now on their way to the same port. The former is expected there in about two weeks and the latter in. about sis! weeks. Instructions for the guidance of the com manding officers will be mailed to Honolulu oy too iracinc man oucuiuci, wuiuu bb.uo from 8an Francisco to-morrowJ The Rm steamer will also carry instructions to the United States Minister at Honolulu. It is said ht the State Department that all possible arrangements have been made -for the better protection of American interests in Hawaii. : i ' Washington. July 18 The thermom eter to-day beat all previous records for the moDth of July since the establishment of the Signal Service," by climbing ;up to a maximum of 102 degrees, ana tno only aay in any month since the Weather Bureau's establishment in which higher temperature than to-day was recorded, was tne atn oi September, 1881, when the mercury reach ed 104 degrees. There were fifteen or more cases of prostration and five of these are known to have resulted fatally. - A shower of rain in the afternoon cooled the atmos phere considerably. One noticeable fea ture of the heat for tbe past few days has been the hot parching winds liko a sirocco througn tbe city in tno miauie oi tne aay. ' Washington. July 19. The Secretary of Slate has received through tbe German minister at Washington from the Emperor of Germany a check for $1,000 and two handsome cold watches, embellished with the likeness and monogram of the Empe ror, with the request that tbe money be di vided equally among the families of five members of tbe Life-Saving crew at Dam nfck Mill Station. Virginia, who lost their lives in attempting to rescue thoj crew of the German schooner Elizabeth on the 18th of January test, and - tbat the watches be presented to Prank Tedford and Joseph E. Ethericge, tbe only survivors of the Life- Saving crew. The money and watches have been turned over to General Huperm. tenuent Kimball for distribution. Mr. Lipscomb, who was Assistant Secre tary of Slate or outu Carolina wncn Mr. Thompson, now Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was Governor, will be appointed Chief Clerk of the Patent Office, in place of Dunger, resigned. The salary is $2,S- 250. Washington, July 20. The President and Mrs. "Cleveland, Secretary and Mrs Faircbild. and Col. Lamont arrived in Washington at 9 :30 o'clock this morning. The President and Mrs. Cleveland pro ceeded directly to the White House and other members of the party went i to their respective homes. They are all in good health, and speak enthusiastically: of their tour iu New York. Though somewhat tired, the President went to work soon after reaching the Wbite House ! Most of the day was devoted to considering -the mail which accumulated during j his ab sence. He was assisted in this duty by Col. Limont. - Secretary Fairchild spent the day at the White House and, will re sume his duties at the Treasury Depart ment to-morrow Assistant Secretary Maynard lo day'gave a bearing lo a representative or. tbe . im porters of Sumatra tobacco and of growers of domestic leaf tobaeco. in regard to the general question of the proper method of determining the dutiable value of I Sumatra tobacco Mr. Shroeder. of New York, represent ing importers, asked that the present regu lations of the department requiring a close inspection of all bales be assorted so mat all packages wnicb do not contain & Per cent, of wrappers be admitted at! the rate of 35 cents per pound. Mr. Lachenbach, - of New York, repressnling the Leaf To bacco Board of Trade, urged that the de partment insist on its former ruling, that Sumatra tobacco wrappers, no matter how packed, shall be assorted and made lo pay duly at the rate of 75 cents per pound. I Mr W. V. Hensel, of Lancaster, Pa., representing domestic growers, Contended that Congress intended to impose a tax of 75 cents per ponnd on all Sumatra wrap pers, and that Sumatra tobacco is never imported for other use than wrappers ex cept lo evade the law. I Arguments were made "by other repre sentatives of both interests. The importers asked that the department instruct ap- praisera to make their appraisements in such manner that the package iu stead of a leaf, shall practically be the unit of ap- j praisement; that if a package contains less than 85 per cent, of wrappers the whole bulk shall pay a lower rate of duty. I The hearing lasted several hours. As sistant Secretary Maynard took the question I under advisement, and promised to give it careful and thorough consideration. I James N. Lipscomb, of S. C, was to day appointed Chief Clerk of the Patent Office, vice Schuyler Durgee, resigned, j The acting Secretary of the Treasury to day received a telegram from Captain Shep bard, commanding the revenue steamer Rush, dated Ounalaska, July 5th, confirm ing the press dispatches in regard to the seizure of the British steam schooner An nie Beck and the American schooner Chal lenge, for illegal sealing. j Washington, July 20. Oscar J. Har- nev. the Treasury Department forger, was arraigned in the District Criminal Court this afternoon and pleaded guilty to the charge set forth in the indictment. He was sentenced by Judge Montgomery i to twelve years imprisonment at bard labor in theAlbaay penitentiary. In passing sen tence Judge Montgomery said ; that while the situation of the prisoner's family ap pealed to him, the protection of, society was ta be considered and an example made. There was but one way to stop crime, and that was to punish it, . The prisoner had robbed the government, not through a sudden impulse, but through a scheme pursued for months. The reasons urged for lenient sentence were matters for consideration of the Executive. He, himself, could do no less than sentence the accused to twelve years imprisonment three years on each count of the indict ment, i The prisoner received the sentence with composure. j i Washinoton, D. C, July 20. The Inter-state Commerce Commission to day ren dered a decision covering three cases of the Chicago and Alton 14. R against the Pennsylvania Co. and tb3 Pennsylvania R R. Co., two cases, and the Rock Island Road against the N. Y. Central, growing out of the refusal of the defendant com panies to sell through tickets , and check through baggage over complainant's lines, because complainants refused to join in an agreement to abolish ticket commissions. The complaint is dismissed. Commissioner Mormon filed a dissenting opinion. BALTIMORE. Heavy Uainfall many Honeea Struck by LlKbtnlne Harlem Park a Scene of tleaolatlOB. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Baltimore. July 19. The storm of yes terday afternoon was followed by another of almost equal force about 3 o'clock this morning Meveral bouses on Cumberland street and Gilmore were struck by light ning ana unrooiea. ana meir contents al most entirely destroyed by rain. Harlem Park, the most beautiful resort within! the city, this morning presents the appearance of desolation. Nearly all of the trees are damaged and many entirely destroyed Unroofed houses are seen all over the city and tbe aggregate damaee is heavv. though the individual losses are compara tively light. V ... At the City Marine Hospital,' down the ratapsco river, tne nan of yesterday after noon brofce all tbe windows on the south side . The entire building was flooded. The rainfall for the twelve hours ending at 4 o clock this morning Was one and three- etgmjis or an inciK . j - - ' . . - - T ... 1 . v ittiuesnaKea are reported in mini exchanges. . Some killed measured as much. aaa reet m lengtn. p - WEATHER AND CROPS. Bulletin of the Signal Office for Week. " "Washington. July . 17 -The following is the weather and crop bulletin of the Signal Office oi tne war uepartmeov ijor the week ending July 16th ' ,. Temperature. Dunne tne weea enaipg July 16. 1887, the weather has been warmer than usual, , except in-tne uu li oiaies, Northern New England ana on tne racmo coast The average daily excess ranging from 3 to 8 degrees from the miuaie At lantic States westward to the Rocky Moun tains: Is has been siigntiy cooier man usual in the cotton region, andpn the Pa cific coast the daily average was irom a jio 5 degrees below the normal, me average daily temperature ; for the season from January ill to Juiy 10, iooi, ajutsrn wu slightly from the normal, in the . agricul tural districts, there being a daily excess of . . . . . . , about one uegree in iue msBiiutipiii, v and Missouri valleys. The season has been slightly cooler than usual on the South A- lantic coast, ana rrom lako ouperior west ward to the Pacific coast,; ;: : ) Rainfall, During the week, there uaa been a. deficiency jn . rainfall generally throughout all th agricultural districts east of-the Rocky Nountains, except in Minne sota, northern , Wisconsin,. Colorado and eastern Dakota, where slight excesses are reported The rainfall has also been slightly in excess at stations on me jxew jngiaau coast. In the cotton region more than one- half the usual amount of rainfall occurred, while iri the; corn and tobacco regions slightly less than one-half the usual amount is reported. The large seasonal deficiency of f ainfall previously reported in the cotton region and in the States of the upper. Mis sissippi land lower Missouri valleys, has been buu f urtner increased during tne past week, and it now ranges from ten to seven teen inches in the cotton regions, and from five to ten inches in Illinois and Iowa. K General Remarks. Reports received du ring the i week indicate that the weather has been favorable for tbe cotton crop in the eastern and central portions oi.mo couon region, but in sections of the lower Mis sissippi valley the -conditions are varied, some sections reporting that more ram is needed, While others report mat excessive rains and low temperatures have affected crops injuriously. There has been an excess of temperature- and more than the usual amount pi sunsmne in tne corn regions anu loose conditions, combined wun ine aen ciency of rainfall for the week, have prob ably resulted in some iniury to tnis crop. Local showers have fallen in sections of the corn belt, but not over the entire area, and rain was not in a sufficient quantity. The weather ;has been favorable for the harvest ing of j heat, which has been generally completed, except in Minnesota and Da kota, where it is now in progress and where all growing crops were improved. In New England and the Middle Atlantic States the weather'has affected favorably all growing crops. The indications at 7 o'clock this morning, July 17th, are that showers will occur in the next twenty-rour hours in tne western portions of the corn belt, where they are greatly needed. VIRGINIA. mterenrrlOO at Staanton Rerresbins Ralnj-Tbe Lunatic Aeylum Struck by Xlgbtnlne Deatb of Hon. R. in. X. II timer After a Long arid Hint- triona Career. Staunton, July 19. At 12 o'clock day the thermometer registered 100 grees. Shortly after a thunder storm and refreshing rain came up. During tbe storm lightning struck the cnpola of the Lunatic! Asylum. Several officers and at tendants were stunned. Considerable con fusion resulted, but no serious damage was done. -Richmond. July 19 Hon. R. M. T, Hunter died at his home in .Essex .county yesterday. Mr. Hunter was one of Vir ginia's most eminent citizens for many years before and during the late war. I He was born in 1809. He served several terms in the National House of Representa lives, being elected Speaker of that body in 1839. Subseauently he was elected Li S, Senator, and made chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in 1849. which position he held till the opening of the war. He gave Douglas - a close run for the Presi dential nomination at the Democratic! Na tional Convention at Charleston in I860. During the war he served as Confederate Secretary of State and Confederate Sena tor. He was also a member of the reace Commission, which met Abraham Lincoln in Hampton Roads. After the war he Was elected jTreasurer of Virginia, holding hat office for several terms. After wbien be retired to private life. THE TURF. A Racing Incident at Chicago Ed. Corrlsan Debarred from Race Traeka. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago, July lo. A local paper says: At a meeting of. Washington Park Club last night, charges preferred against Ed. Corrigan, a noted horse owner, on account of his conduct at the race course during the mile-heats selling race on Thursday last, were considered and the result of the action taken by the club expells Corrigan from all race tracks of the American Racing Asso-' ciationl of which the Washington Park Club isj a member. Cor rigan's offence was a flagrant violation ef the rules of the association. Tbe horses entered for the race were Sour Mash, Paragon, Irra Bride, and Irish Pat; the latter belonging to Cor rigan. 1 Irish Pat was ridden by Blaylock, who clearly lost the first heat to Sour Marsh by failing to urge his mount to the finish. When the horses came out for the bext heat, one of the judges called down from the stand and told Blaylock that the judges were not satisfied with his riding, and j that he must ride the next heat to win. Corri gan here interrupted, saying, "The boy is riding fo my orders; and then turning to Blavlock said. "You ride as I instructed you." ( Corrigan then used language to the judges which is said to have been off en sive. fine jndges decided to have an apol ogy, at least, from Corrigan, under penalty of his being ruled off. The second heat was then run in much the same manner as the first i - GEORGIA. Two jDeatba from Sanatroke at An- snat-Sappoaed . Sllgbt to Colored Teacbers. , fey Telegraph to Uie Horning Star, j Augusta. July 19. The sultrv weather and excessive heat of the past six i dava wound I nr at dusk with a heavv wind storm j. During the heated term the mercu ry siooa anywnere Detween iuu ana 104. Horses have been stricken down and seve ral deaths of persons from heat were re corded. Two negroes, Hattie Martin and NoahiBondon, died of sunstrokes to-day. xne temperature is cooler now. with in dications of rain, without which soon the cotton crop hereabouts will be materially injured. ; - 1 i - Atlanta, July 19. Some agitation ex ists amone the colored people over the sup posed slight to colored teachers by the management of the Peabody Institute All tbe colored teachers failed to attend to aay, aitbougn uov.. tiordon was present to deliver the open ine address. The col ored people fancied that they had been in- suited Dy ecnooi uommiesioner Orr, but now realize their mistake and all will go on Bmnoiniy as ever. . SOUTH CAROLINA. inarieaton'a DUtreaafal Cry -Five Deatba from Heat. vu-a.KL,KHTOH. jaiy iv. -rne weatner is oppressively hot, the thermometer ranging from;92to. 100 at different points in tha city. Five persons four white and one colored have died from the effects of the neat, (directly or indirectly. The city is again full of excursionists irom tne interior or tbe State. Hot weath er extends throughout the State. Crops in some: sections are suffering for rain. There are indications or rain to-night. . MEW MEXICO. Arreat of a Party Cbarced with Rob- bine a Safe In Arizona. AlJBUQTJEKOtrE. July 19 Tn T)MUmlwr 188Si the safe of the Apache county (Ariz.) treasurer was robbed of $12,000. Dinnico Baco, treasurer, and his brother Francisco, had a number of arrests made, but could convict no one. Tne testimony, however, accumulated, and recently suspicion point ed toward Francisco Baco as the culprit. and he was arrested vesterdav. Hia origi nal story of being compelled" to open the safe at the point of a pistol by masked robbers was shown to be a fabrication, and ue was neia in aeiauit oi f ouu bail. Lumberton Robe.on. L .present crop has been produce f gU.uu, jcbs worn ana less rain t " .ever been the case before- ,nL.? wbat people sav. r..i t .lr't i ally improving. -1 w . anf ' 6 h dav of An, .h !eat! that will be made to reviv t t an effort Independent Company, eaid to hnn rid ond oldest in the Stt J i ?.he isc An the Union. iam oldest Raleigh Visitor- ni iJ. W. Cunningham died at his residenW -Caswell, county, at 4 oVWb r. n m afcernoon last. He was ono ,,t 1r( prominent and best known citben, m owiic, nuu ui ueam will be univi-rsiii c eretted. (He was not far froil '; age, -. ii Star.) About r an J.a 5 of yesterday afternoon, Dr. L C Manly pin stricken with paralysis at m v-k tit . a. tl,, j. "US T.-D. Watson, corner of Marti nana By streets and remained unconscious imri ?l m. wuen ne quieny passea away m a son of the late Gov . Manl v ' J Was Durham Recorder: c,U suffering severely for want of rain I Thermometer 108 in the shade. -puT""" candidates presented themselves Tor berahip a Can's Church Sunday Mrs. Hartshorn, a Jewess X Durham from Oreonshnrn let i c 10 Rnnos ninht in KI.ll. . . a0d ounaay mgnt gave birth to triplets -Lii bovs and one rl. Thfw arc nil ' lWo doing well. Theedftor ofir ton Republican, Mr. J. W. Goslin and th president of the Tobocco Company1 vr t W. Reid. hadafight last Friday CCa,,r of some statements published, Tteedit came out on top, flat side up, handful of beard in his potscssioa." I & Goldsboro Argm: We rUet to know that Dr. W. .T.. Jones ca-id verv near suffering a sunstroke on SumliW The Reid8ville Light Infantry, loTstron" went down to Morehead yestcrdnyj Thpv seemed a light brigade EUW l n Gold preached a very able sermon k' tu Primitive Baptist Church Sunday I -L. We are told that Mr. J. R. Ovente has made as much as $300 off one acre plamcd in watermelons. The Argvk Ls fortunate in securing the services of ar John 8. Bassett to canvass for thi Anm and the Argus Publishing Compan &n its branches. Mr. Bassett is a mac of ster ling qualities, of high character, and a graduate of Trinity. Died in New Orleans on 2ith June, Joseph Littlcjohn, Esq., igcd 73 years. He was a brother of Maj. James t Littlejohn who died in the same month at Oxford. Mr. Littlejohn was a latiteof Oxford but had been a resident of New Orleans for nearly a half century. He was all that time identified with its business in terests. He was a gentleman in the high est sense, a member of the Episcopal Church, of remarkable personal beauty, and as gentle and lovable as any woman! He married Miss Mary Manson, nf Rich mond, Va., sister of Dr. Otia F. Mannou. She was the most beautiful bride we ever saw, and is as sweet and engaging in elm acter as she was beautiful. ! New Bern Journal : jS ow we would to get the assistance of the Argus in urging another project which, wl lie bene fiting New Berne and Morehead C ty more, will certainly not injure Goldsbdro. We mean the connection of ttreA. &1. C. 11. with the C. F. & Y. V. With certain re served ngnts lor tbe JM. V. it. at tbe expi ration of the present lease, we wait a lease or sale of the State's interest in the A. & N. C. R. to the C. F. & Y. V. This would settle the question of a competing . line for Goldsboro and would at once give New Bern and Morehead City a boom iih ship ping points. It is said that the C i . & 1. V. is a distinctive North Carolina inslitu tion. Why not make it more so by con solidating it with the other North Caro lina roads ? Raleigh Chronicle: Collier Cobb, author of School Map of North Car olina, and now teacher in the Winston Normal school, has recently won a univer sity scholarship in geology and palacDDto- logy in Harvard University, UambrKiee, Mass., in a competitive examination with thirteen. A Chronicle reporter was last week favored with an opportunity to inspect the crops along tbe line of the (;ar- olina Central road, between Charlotte and Wilmington, a distance of 192 milts. Not a poor field of cotton or corn to he seen alone the entire route. The Crops arc good along the whole line, the cmii row Ine with unwonted luxuriousntss. Mr. John T. Cramer, of Thomasville, dot not look like a very muscular man; it!, he yesterday lueged 1,500 ounces of J gold to the Mint building in this city. Tbe gold came from the Genesee Mine, nt El Do rado, Montgomery county, and represented one month s run (23 days) at tne Genesee. Tbe gold was brought in little lump shaped like a pineapple, and when Prof. Banna had completed the assay, six jhars were turned out. the aggregate value ot w&'.cu , was $22,500. , This was the largest sin git consignment of gold eyer received at the assay office here. j Raleigh News-1 Observer: There is a very fine oil painting of the late Kn dolph A. Shotwell on exhibition r.t Fred A. Watson's art store. It was executed by Mr. P. C. Enniss, and shows, great ability and natural genius in portrait painting. Capt. Wm. Smith reports! that tbe crops along the line of the R. & G. railroad are looking splendid. So far the continued hot weather has not affected them for the worse. A colored man whi e at work on Rocky branch yesterday became so op pressed with the heat that he eouia dm breathe easily, and for relief he ! plunged into a hole of water. The plinge came very near being fatal to him. r 1 tlie death of Col. Ed. Graham Haywood, which occurred suddenly at his residence in this city last night, there paised away one of the finest intellects the gtute of North Carolina has ever produjecd. The mental prasp, the power of analysis, the profundity of the learning of Col. Uaj wood were remarkable. 1 ne siuny 01 ra ws to him a pastime, and hia iscstery ot that science, which he chose for his pro fession, in all its intricacies, all ts aeiaiu, all its deepest principles, was little tea that the marvellous. Before the failure ot his health Col. Haywood was recocnized as the ablest lawyer in the Statcj. lie nan no peer. His mind was one of the grand est and most brilliant ever produced W North Carolina. The professioi delighted to do him honor and did .homage to ba massive and powerful intellect. At last, like all earthly things, there is an end. Col. Haywood Was in his 56th year, during the last sixor seven of which he has been a great sufferer. Raleigh News-Observer : Mr. i H. Benningfield was the man wbo uefl suddenly at Mr. Beine's residence J)riu afternoon. His death is suppdsed to have resulted from overheat. He Vaa an ow Confederate soldier, 'and yesterday lie w buried in the Confederate cemetery. was aged about fifty years, h ported here yesterday that a man had aw ped dead from sunstroke on a plantation iw Mr. Jordan Womble near the c ty. -v this occasion Mr. J. W. Manguk of Gran ville county, carried away the liTgestcneca. for one load of tobacco. to5t: 5oj followed by Mr. L. V. Peace With a checs for $420 25 and Mr. H. D. Mangum one for $402 82; Mr. J..T. Cozart $&74'. Mr. J. C. Flemmmg $250 41. I Anf several things lying on the clerk's twe " the office of the Superior Court yeste'; was noticed the dimensions of tbe & House which had just been taken. ami as follows: Length 160 feet, j breadth w feet, height to top of dome Mi'feet. ne 2 to top of pediment 65 feet. Tne in h tr. j 1 . resutneo in thi WoVa Hiinprinr Court vesttrflW;, in the Wake Superior It will be remembered thst in Duncan Haywood was foreerv in several instances indictea " rind broug"; before tbe conrt. . He nleaded hsamty"" waa uiea oeiore a court 01 lu"''f. which a verdict of insanity wis rclarnt". and Haywood was sent to th 3 insaneasj lum. On the following day Judge u set the verdict of the jury asid c and tWj wood was brought from the tsylnm, for fergery and received a sen ;ence to penitentiary for a term of years. tion was made for a new trial, wbicn . tion was refused. c Haywood then app . to the Supreme Court. This Itribunai aside the ruling ofthe - lowci cJur;" Dd technicality It being that one of tc f ' a, jury which found the bill oi illd,ic' had not paid his taxes, and orders trial. This was continued f-om time nntil the present. J Grecnso" KCJulylG.- Mr. Bain. Ma)-ro t mtnfnn -rtraa Viar-a loaf, fll oht to i: for the capture of the negro W'l";T" int Franir Trmrdi .nk Trogdcn . at GermantoH, Tw( The matter will be pushed, IS with su- colored wemen were a stroke here to-day.