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. CANS RESOLVE. j J
e glanced over the resolutions
of the Republican Convention of
itiiuojnauia wuu mac sort o en
tohaintnent we would derive from a
Dutiful i" xkuuiuoun vrusoe or
"King Solomon's Mines." These ex-
cejlf nt narratives of adventn.ro are
cviry wdu as veracious and trust
worthy as are the deliverances if the
Pit iron Politicians of Pennsylvania.
I A I Ml
a giance wiu reveal the correctness
tof this assertion. Please Himin
a few points :
rst, they have changed ground.
It dsed to be that thev
. .
ion until the "infant industries"
otato be old enough to stand alone.
on twenty-five yearn
the whole
ii vJ . . . I
- j
utsiry has been
crusnea bvr a cri
-gin
ic Tariff levied
for the support
eae "infante." They have flour-
lshe
wuuucriuny at me puonc ex-
pense.
V lew hundred ' Ihnnaar.H
nbab8 and monopolists are living
w th the splendor and comfort of
-Kngs and Emperors. Now theee
nabobs wish, the Tariff to be con
tinuejl until "every item of consump
tio n'i can be produced at home. That
if, the United Statefl; mnst nrndnra
all it
consumes, althoup-h to nroduro
ma
thiDgs, will cost two, three,
four or six times as much as they are
alriai
Jy produced abroadJ There
must
be no exchange of corarapdi-
tiei
A Great Chinese Wall I must
encircle the United States, keeping in
all products, and excluding all foreign
products however cheap or desirable,
And that is Radicalism.
Tlie
n, second, the Pennsv
Bosie
vama
while
must
1
laugh
- i
in their sleeves
the
declare
otected
that home labor
bop
against foreign labor
tha
is "a part of that protective
of which Pennsylvania has
- . ; 'I
po!ij
beoil
he parent, to protect American
wor
len irom ' unequal and nnjiist
compeiition of imported contract and
pantoef labor." This is said at k time
when there are tens of
thousands of
'palp
r laborers" in Pennsylvania
whd
bees!
imported" by the jSosses
URp they would keep up the 'sup-
ply
pricr
worknien and keen down the
f labor.
the Bosses saying:
lea:
flvors tbe creation of an American
man
hu Jiy a provision of bounties unon ex-
por!
port
1 discrimioatine duties unon im-
Araencan bottoms.
T
ey destroyed the commerce of
me
country to. a very great extent,
and
drove from the seas the merchant
mar nJ by their Hich Tariff, and now
the
t pjropose to go to work to Restore,
ifp
wie, uy giving oounues, saia
bou
hti
a in i act to be taken trom tbe
poc
4 ol farmers and laboring neo-
pie
- oi
nerally. Peonle must indeed
bo Jo
if they can be humbugged
Bosses any longer.
heko Bosses, pot content with
con :odting decoy-ducks and'rubbipg
nP tfresh their old traps, actually ar
JiH n the party of the people. Ij'or
'nstanbe, it accusethe Cleveland Ad
miiistration'of "imbecility.'jknd lliat
lo after eight years of Grrint, four
of yes, and four of A-!.ur. Can
4 ri iliht; accusation cm f Arthur ? I
1I Bosses actually complain jof
tijming out of Republicans who
blen sucking the public) te&t or
thd
ha
a Quaker of a century. nU. thev
acd
usip tlie President of violating law
m Bo;
eg this. What gross ingrati
At this hour there are thous-
tod
nJabf Republicans holding office
1 os) heads ought to be chopped ff
bo orjs the morrow's sun rises. Tbey
ar flowed to hold on, when not
Effected in the least hv th hiwil St.
vide
Paw, simply and only! because
th
yj efficient, thus keeping but
80
auy wormy, nonest, capable
raocrats. ':;.-!'
Ut the BoHrtfiS. aro nln-jonl in nn
fa
ther still. . Thev sav tl J .
T " J ' I'
in order tA nrpQeriM a ot;j jnt,:
h . r- . . w H owiiu jucuuauiu.
the Rraith m 1 Jt ...
fpi ea lo nu"ure sectionalism by pre
hr& to distinguished station of soldiers
Pfdmment in the effort to destroy; the kov-
'heek, brass, blatherskit !
This
. 1 -
i r"Kjr uiaue iu reDer
ngtreet a pet; gave foreign office
the guerilla" Mosby; put in the
td
met the "rebel soldier" Kev. and
( L , ) . . . '
wPK,to its bosom the traitor to Vi
Billy Mah one.
lastly, the Bosses crowned their
TV by indorsing Blaine, the
f". II TIFTT -! 7:l; ' - ' "V I Spirits Tuentine. ;
tattooed man," for the Presidency.
f : -s".. iuu can loase a
fnan by the company he keeps. An
'Old Saw and 1 ; .
parly that declares for a man of
b uegraaed type proclaims its
own ename and borraption. "A
low feeling makes ns wondrous
pnd. ; Bat j it is trae what th
Apocryphal EccUsiasticus declares
He that touoheth pitch shall b A,
nied therewith."; ' 3
A SENSIBLE SENATOR.
muBkuu special attention to
the speech of Senator Colquitt, of
Georgia, before the Interstate Farm
ers Convention, in session at Atlan
ta. It is very noticeable. The sen-
wuteai are inose of a statesman and
give us a better opinion of the Geor
gian than we had formed. They
snow that he. has not. forgotten the
past, or lost his head amid tho whirl-
ings of the political maelstrom that
threaten to
engulf every principle
that is sacred
and fundamental and
necessary for the conservation of free
institutions. The words of Senator
' i . ,
w,fu'" ttrw woraao1 wisaom. They,
ure m accoraance with known facts
and point out the awful dangers that
lie right in the path of rnnhlioan
L I
democratic Government.
The danger that threaten the safe
ty and perpetuity of free institutions
.spring from Centralizing tendencies.
The Government usurps and the peo
ple in their mad greed and unwisdom
are willing to
receive aid from the
jceuerai government in
the face of
Constitutional
imitations, and in the
teeth of the traditions of th"e Demo-
cratic party. jThere" is no doubt that
J .... . M - . .
yerygreai aangers threaten a Gov-
ernment of the people and by the peo.
pie and for the people. And for mnch
or these dangers the people them-
nelvpa ara fn h im. T1! .1 j.
the old landmarks because they fancy
tiiat there can be some temporary
gam. JTiis is like feeding the inebri
ate on whiskey.
! We must reproduce a little of Sen
ator Colquitt's timely and judicious
talk, for it is needed very much.'
Senator Colquitt probably never ut
tered a profounder truth than when
he says : .
ruovernment. thev wouid hivamha.
neve, was a source lof rtower. a dinnnnsor
of I benefits, an almoner, sharing out its
gills as well as its teachings of wisdom
1 nia is the same old fraud of monarrhipa
ana tne despot that for a thousand years,
while lapping the very heart's blood of the
people, would have people magnify and
glorify the generous deed with all the as
sumption that the imperialist school of
politicians make for government.
Fojr all this, tt really seems that we are
losing all faith in Our own management
and are sliding back into a state of in-
iuiujh warworn anq aepenaence. we are
losing our faith Sn man and natural laws
auu naxpung ramer a society that is bol- I
stered upon official life and power. ' !
I am disposed to indorse Beecher for once,
at any rate, when he says that a 'paternal
government isan infernal government; put
a cj-own on it and it is a Czar.' Farmers of
the South, remember that while we fight
against poverty and restricted resources for
family, there is an evil greater even than
poverty. "
! 1
Beware
strong
government
ideas. That is clearly
the lesson.
Beware of Blair bills and enormous
raids upon the Federal -Treasury!
Beware of a Trojan Horso filled with
armed men. J Beware of a great!
grinding War Tariff in time of peace
an prosperity. Beware of Paternal
isni in all of its Protean shapes, for
in Ivhat ever fjrnj or guise it appears
it is as dangerons as dynamite and
will destroy
in the end all that it
favors. Senator Colquitt aBka:
.ii 1 -I
"Why dbould tbe man - who buys cotton
be a ward of tbe government, while the
man who raises it should be tbe govern
ment's orphan or outcast? We have the
right to demand a fair field and an even
chance at least. We ask no more. I take
pride in the independence of tbe farmer;
ouiwnue ne ooes nothing to better his own
burdens, we have the right, to denounce all
attempts to handicap him by weights he
jsnouiu not carry, r j- - .
A farmer favoring a High Protec-I
tive Tariff is as a fellow sitting on a
.limb and sawing (off the very prop
that supports 1 him. A farmer sus
taining a Tariff that imposes an ave
rage tax of 46 per cent, on theneces
saries of life is as' unwise as the rich
man who needs stimulants and rich
ill 1 1
food applying he lancet and draw
ing off whatever little blood remains.
Sas tbe Georgian Senator: j
"Some of this hard fortune results, in
my honest judgment not I will say from
neglect of government, but from downright
imposition. Could you be allowed to sell
where you could, get the best prices and
buy where you could buy cheapest, your
incomes let them be great or small would
be enhanced perhaps thirty-three and one-
HioK ta-eoa iriir'.nmn.i.1 tW t.fci
j-e,- u"-- "f -- 1
farmer produces, j The Tariff lays its
hand of oppression upon him and
crushes him that others may prosper
j . 1 . . a . , ,1
and become plutocrats and nabobs. I
a lie larmer is his own,worst enemy.
He will not conrbine ' with those in
the same boat and strike a common
enemy. '( ' -K; ...
It is said 8,000 Democrats in Ken
tucky voted with the. Republicans
These are the ! Protection wing and
: ii " i ' i
they prefer Radicalism to! Democ
racy. Very well. But ' there are
144,000 Democrats who did not pre
fer Protection; to a Low Tariff and
Reduction and stood by the party.
The Labor and Prohibition vote was
13,000 instead of 8,000, as announced.
But did not the; 8,000 go into the
new organizations? - But the majori
ty will govern.' There are more
votes in 144,000 than in 8,000.
u IMKKN OOTTOK IDILLIIIG.
In 1880, according to lirachtreefs
there were 164 cotton mills in the
South. These contained 561,360
epindles and consumed 188,748 bales
WliLUII. I VI I MM' nA k n n III
: J-
V, Ti i t! .uo"on consumea
VSl 11Q - XT ;n ......
i".; ow mius established in
seven years, 49; increase of capital,
8,980; -increase .of operatives,
6,992; increase1 of pounds of cotton
manufactured, 47,008,451. This
shows gratifying increase,; but
nothing like as much as Mr.. Grady
represented jnl his glowine speech at
Atlanta. Georgia leads; South Caro
lina comes nett, and North Carolina
stands third.
Here is tho number of
other facts connected
new mills and
with them:
Statej.
Ope- Lbs. o'ton
rat'es used an'ly
No.
,. .10
Alabama:'.
Arkansas .
Capital.
$221,000
75,000
2,182.60ft
400,000
858,000
1,340,480
2,78,90O
610,000
265,000
28
1,868.0)0
70
1.78S
285
' 30
1,443
1,916
703
560,000
10,835,306
1,701,381
1.418.CO0
7,472,858
16,540,436
6)057.931
1.EC5.0C0
Jientaoky j J
HijBlsalppl j a
N'th Carolina.. U
S'th Carolina... M
Tennessee j 5
Vlrglola..."..... 2
. ' i I
total... 4!
I7.6S8.98J 6992 47.C68.451
Ihese mills have made money for
the most nart. Thon An nnt v,
r j
nursing bottle but are able to stand
alnn
Many of the more intelligent
managers rejebt the idea that their
enterprises &fe ' infants", and need
Paternal coddhntr. Snm t.ha
Southern millJ ifiod a market in the
North and many export. The South
ern mills canj produce cotton goods
at a lower rate than the New Eng
land mills can produce, just as South
ern furnaces can produce iron much
lower than can Pennsylvania.
In the local
columns of the Stab
yesterday was'
a .! beautifully con-
ceived notice
i
tho death of Willie
Hardwicke, wh
licb, coming from the
hand of j affecjtibn, was entirely free
from all manner of tnlnrrinm ni
i I - .
which was confined specially to the
main incidents if his life and death.
This writer dec ires j to bear witness
to the good jWinciples, the obliging
disposition, the fidelity to duty, and
i.ue amiaoie social qualities of our
young friend WBlie Hardwicke. We
knew hira well; ind highly esteemed
him. It was with real sorrow that
we watched th
i
steady inroad of a
fatal disease that
minate a useful a
was so soon to ter
nd gentle life. We
trust his end was
eace, and that he
! il
is now at rest in
the home of the re-
deemed and the sanctified
':- WELL
OONR.
The
Stab
is
gratified
at every
evidence of economical, honest, just
government
thai
18
given by the
Cleveland Administration. In poli-
L
t cs nothinff wil
wii
pleaBe it better than
Department strict'
w "oe in ever
frugality, prompt action is curing
evils and correcting errors, thorough
management, and an exhibition of
justice, integrity and efficiency. We
believe that the Interior Department
under Senator Lima has been ex
cellently managed. lie has recently
restored 20,000,000 acres of land to
rightlul owners
iSecretary Whitney,
learn, is making an
so far as wo can
efficient, honest officer, and is iutro.
ducing much needed and important
reforms. ' ! I I ' . :
We do not know that the efficiency
and general improvement are in any
particular' attributable to the British
system of life tenure. Republicans
have been retained, and, in some in
stances, to the rajl j detriment of the
service. Tho maiy capable and hon
est Democrats that have been put in,
places vacated by Republican parti -
Bans have brought to bear a zeal, in
tegrity and capacity that were
much needed, audi have . thus infused
new life and efficiknejf in the public
offices. . J - j I
, But we are disposed to attribute
the main efficiency and economy to
lua men at. vne neaa Cleveland is
known to be honest, reliable, a hard
worker. Hie lieutenants are men of
character and some of them of mark
ed ability and energy. They have
introduced newj ideas, have cut off
many sources of corruption, and have
stopped many leaks. !
The improvement is conspicuous
ly manifest. In the; Navy Depart
ment this is specially the case. The
New York Times is an Independent
Republican paper of' the first rank.
It says of the Navy Department:
'For years the management of that de-
l!anme ?a8J? ?r98? scandal upon the Na-
uon. Under Kobeson and Chandler mil-
lions of dollars were sauandered thrnnirh
official jobbery and favored contractors in
patching up old and; comparatively worth
less vessels. Reoaira unon rnaira hb
uauc nribu nio muii iuub me uavv con-
8tantly dwindled until it was a subject of
general derision. Navy yards were falling
into chaos and decay and were used largly
as reuiren ui puiiucaii corruption. Bureau
methods were so bound ud with red tnnn
that the Government was constantly pur
chasing new supplies for one bureau with
which another was overloaded, because
there was no system of ; transfer through
which they could be trot at. Under San.
retary Whitney the old system of ineffi
ciency, extravagance and jobbery has been
oroKen up Dy tne mere application of busi
ness methods and energy."
" au.uiua us reai; pleasure xo neip
spread this intelligence. When the
Administration does right, let us say
bo plainly. Tf it etrs let it be pointed
out promptly.
A great storm passed over London
on the 17th. Three persons were
killed and many churches and bonses
were struck by lightning
-- - i: . . . - - . - . ' - I j . .. I v. - I ml m - m
' : ; 3 . . - . t-z,
borne of onr state contemDoraries
are diecussing the importance of
having a State history. Col. Saun-
x Tut a " ,,"
10ra Ann Mrs Snunnaii oo una. .ln
referred to as possessing in a peculiar
1 : -
uegres me qaaiities ot an historian.
The Stau has before
expressed a
desire to see the work undertaken by
one of these. Either ' would do it.'
well not perfectly, but so thorough
ly as to make it a desideratum. We
shall at another time have something
to say and more at length. The
man who looks for a perfect work
is not evidently well read in histojjr-j
ical composition v A honest, lucid
book, indicating thrdrough research
and judicial fairness, is : what the
public has a right to ask for. i i-
According to the World the name
vi vumrcf is voioraao. tie is I1 a
CoraanchB, bTilLwaajdopJMia!child
hood by the Utes.
Narrow Kacape from Death on ibe
Kali. I
As the west-bound passenger train
on theCarolina Central was bowling;
along at the rate of twenty-five miles
an hour, some three miles this side of
Shelby, with, conductor Shannon-
house and Engineer Pollard, they
struck a colored man, aged some 60
years. The old man, whose head was
as frosted jas the driven snow, was
walking along by the side of the track
in the same direction, with the train,
and as it turned out afterwards was
very deaf, j The engineer, of course,
saw him, and as is generally the cas
expected every second to see him stet
to one. side out of danger's way;
but to his horror, when he reached
within a few yards of. the old
man, he saw him step upon
the middle of the track with
his back to him, not : having
heard the roar of thetrain, or seen
the flash of the headlight. Quick
a flash the locomotive picked him upj
and sent him whirling skyward, but!
he struck the smoke-stack, rebound
ed, and was caught on top of the!
cow-catcher just under the headlight,';
aiiu reuiainea mere until the engin
eer, who had reversed or "plugged !
her," (as they term it,) could stop his
tram. It was found that the
qeai white-headed old man of
many winters ' was uninjured,
snug as a bug," with the exception
of alew bruises. The first thing he
said tojthe conductor and train men
was, "whar ami and where ar the
foot adze I had on me shoulder?" The
latte r was lying just back of him,
and he seemed happy to get it. His
nephew, a young colored lad, who was;
with him though a little distance be
hind, came up about this time and
ejaculatedj "Uncle Ned, I told you
dese kars -would catch you yet, you
old deaf gump. Now see what you
got." - I i
Tbe Onilow Railroad,
From conversations with persons
interested n the construction of the
Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina
Railroad, it is learned that the com
L OnW 15W num,:
pany purpose; to locate their line
through this 1 county, Pender and
Onslow, to New River very soon. In
deed, if certain arrangements can be
made which are ! in enntrnnnktimi
the road may be isaid to be already
'"ciiieu inineen miles irom town.
The branch line to the hammock and
beach will leave the main line nearly
five miles from the city, on the New
Bern road.! Subscriptions will be
asked from Onslow county and Grant,
township, in Pender, and should
elections in these two municipalities
be favorable, the work will at once be
placed under contract and pushed to
completion, both i on the main line
and the branch. The nature of the
country through which the road will
pass is such that work can be rapidly
carried on. A ! mile a day is ordinary
speed in construction of railroads
which present greater difficulties
than the Onslow line, and so it may
be stated that if there is no unex
pected arrest of the work, it will
reach New River by January, and be
built to the hammock in time for next
further work in a northerly direc
tion, through Onslow and other coun
ties beyondi depend.on contingencies
of which we are not advised at pre-
"Let Her Go Gallasner."
The following is said to be the ori
gin of the above expression:
The Gallagher who gave rise to it
was Thomas J. Gallagher, formerly
sporting editor of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. He is well known all over
tne west. Jiet is one of the best horse
reporters in the countrv. At nm
time he was a first-class printer, and
is a nne Diiiiard player.
Tom Gallagher used to play a good
many billiard f matches in Mussey's
uiu ruuuis tiu j? ourtn ana 1'ine streets.
bt. .Louis. When he was. practicing
a. uiuwu wouia aiways De on hand.
They all knew him and liked him. l
J-iow, rom naa a deliberative way of
: 3 1 . . .... . - . -
wa""ug arouuu ine oiuiara table and
viewing a hard shot from various
points, and hddling with his' cue re-
uccuveij ueiore ne snot; not ner-
vous-iike, but it is his way. So when
the crowd got tired waiting some one
would call out, as Tom sawed with
nis cue, -uhi let her gp, Gallagher I"
.Finally it got to be a common phrase
around St. Louis. Then it got into
mo puui-roums ana on the race
course. Afterward the billiard play
ers with whom Tom had matches
carried it away with them Maggioli
w ew neans, uarter to Cleveland,
Lou Morris to the Coast, and so on,
until it worked its way East two years
ago this summer. That's all there is
to "Let her go, Gallagher !"
LNavml Stores Receipts. . .
Receipts of j naval stores at this
port for the crop year, as bulletined
at the . Produce Exchange and com
pared with receipts to the same date
last year, are as follows:
Spirits turpentine 36,75a casks; last
year, 30,840 casks. -
Rosin 132,670 "barrels; last year,
143,186 barrels. ' -
Tar 18,022 barrels; last year, 28,253
barrels.
Crude turpentine -13,443 barrels;
last year, 1,101 barrels.
I In nI Fix.
A geuuemap living m tne southern
placed mmseI'm a
fimny Predicament last Wednesday
I . . .
summer and he was quietly sleeninff
all alone in . his mansion when the
violent squall of wind and rain that
frightened so many that night, rudely
aroused him from his slumbers. Half
asleep he ran downstairs in his night
clothes, opened the Jroh,t; door and
went out on the' piazza. Just then
another gust of wind? came, and the
door behind him closed with a bang
mat nearly threw him off his feet.
iiere was a nx The night latch was
sprang and the door . was fast 1 - Our
friend was in a preity: plight. - The
whistling wind, i tore- rthrousrh . the
piazza and played all sorts of pranks
with, the single garment he wore. "He
tried the windows but found them all
securely fastened. .' He didn't know
what to doi'-' ;The storm . was' f raging
in all.its.f ary and by this time.be was
"soaking wet, Btaudlug- wHh.tare
ieet and bare head in the pelting
rain. It wouldn't do to arouse the
neighbors modesty f orbade and the
thought struck him that some wan
dering, blundering, A misdirected po
liceman might come along and shoot
him for a burglar yes, shoot him on
his own doorstep! - Maddened, by the
thought, he desperately went to work
on one of the window blinds, and
with mighty efforts tore open and at
last managed to get into the house. I
He says that he is determined not
to be caught in such a fix again; but
how he will manage it he refuses to
tell. '. i
A Pleasant Sail from nrnrhuviii. In
Carolina Beaeb.
A party of nineteen, consisting of
ladies and gentlemen, under the care
of CapL K W. Manning, of Pine
Grove, left Wrightsville" Wednesday
morning, about seven o'clock, in the
sharpie Maty Anne, to enjoy a few
hours at Carolina Beach. There was
very little wind in going over to Caro
lina Beach, so that it was necessary to
pole the sharpie for awhile until a
breeze sprang up.
After leaving Masonboro the sound
widens considerably, and a magnifi
cent sheet of water was seen by the
excursionists, and this, together with
the farmhouses dotting the shore and
the green fields formed a beautiful
sight which was enjoyed by all.
The excursionists landed within
few yards of the hotel on the beach
(the trip consuming five hours) and
spent some time there most pleas
antly.
cape. Manning left the beach at
four o'clock in the afternoon and ar
rived at Wrightsville at nine o'clock
and all united in thanking him for a
day that will always be remembered
with pleasant memories.
A. Drunken Irian's fbxt.
Obadiab. Jenkins, r known as.Jilthe
irrepressible Obadiah," has been
quietly quiescent since his encounter
with the alligator at Greenfield pond,
a month or more ago, (as told in the
o " " T M
1Ai ai ine ume Dut yesterday
morning he got on a rampage that
ended in his being locked up in the
city guard house, after a desperate
encounter with two police officers
; who wanted to run him in.
xiie crouDie Degan about nine
o'clock in a saloon on South Water
street, where a difficulty took place
between Jenkins and a colored man.
Police officer Gordon arrested Jenkins
j and was taking him to the City Hall
With the assistance of officer Wiggs,
when Jenkins caught officer Gor
don's left hand with his teeth, mutil
ating one of he fingers in a horrible
manner. Both the officers had to
jnse their clubs on the prisoner before
ithey could get him to relinquish his
jhold. Jenkins was finally placed on
a dray and hauled to the guard house
and locked up.
r -
Tbe Flrat New Bale of Cotton Bought
bjr (Heaara. Alex. Spront A Son.
j. ne nrst uaie oi cotton or the sea
son, which was shipped by Mr. D.
McLendon, of South Carolina, and
consigned to Messrs. Worth & Worth,
was flold yesterday at the Produce
Exchange.
Mr. John R. Turrentine was the
auctioneer, and he auctioneered in a
manner which made Mr. Gil. McGirt
turn green with envy. At first Mr.
Turrentine showed considerable trep
idation, not being used to talking,
but after a severe effort, he conquered
his feelings and went to work in a
most business-like manner, knocking
the bale down. to Messrs. Alex Sprunt
& Spn at the handsome price of thir
teen cents per pound. The bale
weighed four hundred and eighty
four pounds, and was graded mid
dling.
It was announced on 'Change that
the Clyde steamer Benefactor, which
sails to-morrow will carry this first
bale to New York free of charge.
foreign Export.
The British brig Electric Light was -
cleared yesterday for St. Pierre, Mar
tinque, with a cargo of 86,961 feet of
lumber and 170 wooden piles, shipped
by Messrs. S. & W. ;H. Northrop and
valued at $1,675.78.
The Spanish brig Esperanza cleared
for Ponce, P. K, with a cargo of 191,-
209 feet of lumber, 40 barrels of tar,
and 20 barrels of pitch, shipped by
Edward Kidder's Son and valued at
$2,857.04.
Beats tbe Mountain.
One of the mail agents on the Caro
lina Central we would call his name
if we did not know how modest he is
says that the most pleasant night's
rests that he getsare those enjoyed in
Wilmington, especially "when -the
tide rises early in the morning. '
He : says that "Wilmington beats
the mountains all hollow." He ought
to know as he was born and reared at
the foot of the mountains.
Cotton Receipt.
The receipts of cotton at this port
for the crop year, up to yesterday,
were 133,916 bales, against receipts to
the same date last year of 101,494 bales.'
An increase of 32,422 bales.
I " - -i w i iht. , . . li
A Cabinet Meeting- A Board or Naval
Officers -Appointed A ncnata'a Invl-r
tallon to tbe President to VUlt tbat
: ntjr.
' , Br Telegraph to the Moraine Star
Washington. Aug 18 The Fresidc-Dt
came into tne city ihm moruiu from ik-
view ana spent the d at the While House
a. meeting oi me Uabinet was held at the
usual nour. nut the only members piefeo
were Secretaiies Biyartt and Faircuild
ine yanadian fisheries acd the flnaocial
-ltualion wro the principal questions con
sidered. 4 In i he present Naval Appropria
tion bill is-a clause appropriating $1 000 -
uw iur uoau.ig i uieries tr rams or other
naval structures to be used 4or coast de
ioDce, who a quaiincation provision to the
effect that tbe final cost of the 'structures
shall not exceed $2,000,000. exclusive jof
armament . io give effect lo the cliuse,
the Secretary of the Navy has appointed
the following board of naval officers which
is to meet at tbe Navy Department on the
can or tne rresiueni or the Board, not later
man September otb next. Capt Pythian
Constructor uichborn, Lieut Commander
convene, rased Assistant Engineer Mai
tice. Assistant Constructor Bowles, and As
sistant Constructor Nixon as Recorder j
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. The invitation
cr the city of Augusta, Ga.. to President
Cleveland to visit that city on ais journey
to Atlanta, was received at the While House
tOfday. Out of deference to the frequently
upreitaea wisn ot ice resident that such
invitations be conveyed in some other mair
ner man Dy a personal visit of delegations.
the Augusta invitation reached tbe Presi
dent by express. It is an eleeant nneii-
uico oi ornamental manuscript. The fol
lowing is its text:
August. Qa . Auc. 13. 1887 To
urover Cleveland, President of tbe United
Btates. Waehineton: D. C Mr Priest-
dknt: The pleasot duty, as the committee
appointed under resolution of the Council
or Augiuta, Ga , a copy of which we have
the honor herewith to enclose, has been as
signed us of inviting jou. jour wife and
Buon omciais as may accompany you. to
make Augusta a visit durioff vour nron.wpd
Southern tour. While attending- the
Piedmont fair in Atlanta, a few hour' rirfe
would bring you to the c ty of Augusts,
the sscooii oldest city in thu State. It in a
proud fact in the historv of this old t own
that it had the honor of entertaining Prmi
dent Washington, when, as Chief Magis
trate oftbe Republic, he visited this section
of the Union We give expression to our
honesty convictions when we say that uo
Administration in our history, not even
tbat of Washington, haa tx.ea marked with
greater fidelity to the sacred trusla of the
exalted -station, by mora couscieotious d it
charge of public duty, anl by a more
enlightened and patiiolic devotion to tbe
general welfare of the whole country, than
tbat of which you are the honored head.
We.the sons, are desirous. Mr President it
extending to you the same cordial welcome
which our fathers gave the father of bis
country.
As repreFentatives of ibis olJ lommii
nity, trusting tbat we may receive in its be-
nair a tavorable response to this invitation,
we are, very respectfully, your fell w citi
zens !
Committee Robt fl Maw. May or Oha
T. Barnes. O J. Roouev. Eane P.i-tPr
U James L Robertson, Joniah Miller, John
J. Cohen, J. Ii. Breedenburg, C. 11.
Phiniz?. Uuh Dempsey. John Aruistroo,
Jamm Barrett, Win Muliieioi. W. JI.
Caaffee. Charles 8 B.ihler. J. P. Smith'
H. K. Lowry. P. J O'Connor, J. C.
Black. P. Huosherger, G. W. f!rane !a
Mullerby. T P. Fleming. W. H Moore,
;J. A. Laflin, W. I. Delpb. Patrick Walsh.
In behalf of Augusta Exchange James
Tobin, Prebident; Wm H Crane, Wmj C.
jSibley, Z W. Coreville. W. P. Alexander.
Washikotost, Aug 19 Counsel con
cluded arguments before Judge Harper,
in the Police Court to-day, in the case of
Passed Assistant Surgeon Crawford, U. 8.
Navy, who is accused upon two informa
tions of having had illicit relations in this
district, with a young girl named Eva
White, in violation of the provisioLS of the
statute known as the ''Utah law." Judge
Harper, in disposing of the case, said that
he had fully reviewed the evidence; that be
could not accept defendant's explanation
of tbe circumstances and facts set forth in
tbe testimony ; that be should hold the ac
cused guilty on both informations and that
sentence would be six months in ia.il in
each case. An appeal was noted, the bond
neing nxea at fl.OOU J . Ii. Bryan, a well
Known grocer oi this city, became security
ior me amount .
! The case has attracted unusual attention,
both on account of the novelty of the pro
ceedings under tbe Utah law and of the
solid standing of the defendant, who is an
omcer in the wavy or tmhertc good repu
tation. r Washington. August 19. The Presi
dent has signed an order transferring the
names of pensioners residing in Virginia
and West Virginia, from the rolls of the
pension agency located at Knoxville.Tenn
to the agency in this cit. The order will
take effect November 1st next.
4 Washington.. Aug. 20. Tbe President
has appointed Wm. M. Nixon U. S Mar
shal for the .Eastern District of Tennessee:
i Washington. August 20 ADoHcationa
were received at tbe Treasury to-day for
me pre-paymeni oi interest on registered
bonds, amounting to $1,490,600, making
the total to date f 08.318.350. '
VIRGINIA.
Tbe Rlddlebercer Case Inspector Re
port on tbe Sinking or tbe Steamer
George Law.
Winchester. Aug. 20. Yesterday the
grana jury iouna indictments against sev
eral participants in tbe delivery from iail
of Senator Riddleberger. Among them
is one against Deputy Sheriff Hattell. for
misaemeanor. , Tne Uourt to-day overruled
the motion lo quash the indictment, and
each oi the parties indicted . was relensed
on their own recognizance. All the cases
were then : postponed until the next term
and the Court adjourned. j
Washington. Aug. 20. The Secretary
of the Treasury has received a report from
the local board of steamboat inspectors at
Norfolk, in -regard to the sinking of the
steamer George Law in the Annomattox rii
ver on the 2nd. It appears tbat tbe steam
er bad been chartered by a colored society
for an excursion, and had about 300 per
sons on board, and 'that the excursion com
mittee forced all the passengers off in order
to count them This had tbe effect of sub
merging tbe air-ports abaft, causing the
steamer to fill with, water and sink. It was
shown that the air-ports, were open when
they should have been shut. W. W. Pres
son, master of the steamer, testified that
Bauer, the owner of the steamer, was on
board at the time, and exercised . general
supervision over the vessel, and that he
I the master) trusted to him to see that every
-a s l mi
mwg was au rignt. ine ooaru reported
that it is tbe master's duty to see personally
to the seaworthiness of his vessel before
she leaves her wharf, which in this case the
master railed to do. relying upon others, to
do what he should have done himself; but
as no lives were lost by the accident and as
there were mitigating circumstances, the
board had merely suspended Presson'a li
cense lor tnirty days. " ' j
STARLET.
Letter from tbe Great Explorer Tbe
Progress of bis Expedition up io
jraael. -;
London, Aug. 20. In a letter of Hen
ry M. Stanley, written atGambuya, near
the rapidsof Arnwimi, June 19. the ex
plorer says : The natives evacuated the
place upon the arrival of the expedition,
owing to the fright produced by the vigo
rous blowing of the steamboat's whistles:
They returned afterward, evincing a very
amicable disposition, and promised to sup
ply tne expedition with provisions. They
informed Stanley that there were other ra
pids higher up and more difficult of navi
gation, ana that further progress by the
river was impossible.
Sir JTrancis DeWinton. President of the
Emin Bey Relief Committee, commenting
on the letter, says be calculates that by
una tune Blarney ana ismm ney nave met.
THE ACCIDENT.
Coroner' Verdict in tbe Cauae or tbe
Ulaaater on tbe B. & O.K.R. at Waab.
Marlon, D C.: . -,t .
By Telegraph lo the Morning S-ar.
Washington. August 18. Coroner Pat
itrson neia an inquest to-day into the
cause of the engineer killed yesterday
morning on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road.) The testimony shows thaUhe engi
neer did all in his power to stop the train.
When .he found tbat the sir brakes had
failed, he signaled for the ordinary brakes
and applied the extra steam brake on the
engine which is used in every engine. The
locomotive wheels were sliding when the
train approached the J'T," and tbe brakes
on the, coaches were set solid against tbe
wheels; All the train hands, innliiriino ih
porters of the sleepers, were on the plat
forms tryimr to stop the train, but the lime
was top affbrt for hand brakes to act effect
ually. -
The jury in their verdict expresses the
opinion that this accident and others that
have occurred at this point are due to the
very great rapidity with which trains ha
bitually enter the city,, and especially in
rounding this curve, which the Company
must know to be a dangerous point.
. The injured are probably on the road to
recovery.. Fireman James W. Smith, who
lies at Providence Hospital, badly injured,
has made the following statement in regard
to the accident: "The train reached
Queenstown. a mile and a half from waoh
ington, all right; the air brakes were tested
and worked without any apparent trouble.
e ie queenstown about ten minutes
late, and I think the endnppr tr
make up lost time. Aa soon aa wp ant un
der headway I noticed the train taking turf.
den jumps and then began to make fast
timed The engineer called to me that
tbe. I air brakes would not work
and I could tell by his face that be was
troubled about it. He again told me that
he could not stoo the train or even Blow
up, and I told him I would try and work
ice nana DraKes. l succeeded i in getting
one brake to work and started to tru an
other, but the rate of speed of the train
kept me from walking over the out Tho
iorce oi the tram made a regular hurricane
on top of the cars. I could not hold my
feet. I was compelled to almost hug the
brake to keen mv nosition on thn train t
could not even jump off, so fast the train
went! The engineer stood at his post, do
ing his best to slacken the train. I saw the
track beoreTwatro
It seemed that the train
T sixty miles an hour. It
engine leave tbe
to the ground.
was going nearly sixty miles an hour. It
was a runaway train. 1 never went so fast
in my life." ,
THB CJ3A. TS WORTH
niSAS-
TEB.
Verdlet of tbe Coroner Jory A Rail
road Section master Held Respon
sible. IBv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago. Aug. 18. A
News from Chatsworth says'; "The coro
ner's jury agreed on a verdict this morn
ing, which holds Timothy Coughlin. fore
man of Section Seven, to the errand ihm;
and negatively exonerates the company.
The management is not censured for Tun
ing a double-header, for lax avstem of
track inepection, or for anything else. The
verdict simply says that failure to patrol
the track for six hours before the traiii
came, and the habit of burning grass close
to the track is a- subject for criticism.
Three or four friends of the road on ihn
ary had better staving Qualities than t wn
oj three of those who wanted to fix a por
tibn of the blame on the management.
i nmotny uoughlan. section foreman, war
promptly arrested and will be taken lo
routine, county seat of Livingstone coun-
atonce. He savs he cannot irnr hail
aid will have to go to jail. He iusists that
e veraict is uniuBt; that he went over his
entire section aa ordered, and lhat no. fires
were built near the bridge.
JThe jury made out seDarate verdicts for
eajh of the victims. Another victim of the
wreck died this morning at Fanbury. His
name was Elton Waters, of Cattarangus,
N. Y. Until within a few dava of thn .
cident, he was employed in watch-folding
ou xcuiia. luui maites ine toiai numoeror
verified deaths seventy-nine.
FOREIGN.
Bulgaria Orders 200,000 Repeating
. Rifles Tbe Brltlsb House or Com
monsPrince Ferdinand' Reception
at Pblllpopolla Tbe Cboiera.
: Pt Cable to the Xorninz Star.
JParis, Aug. 20 A dispatch from
Vienna says tbe Bulgarian Government haa
ordered 200.000 repeating rifles from an
Austrian firm. j
London, August 20. Mr. W. H Smith,
Government leader in the House of Com
mons, has issued an urgent circular to the
Conservative members of the House. . He
tells them it is imperatively necessary tbat
the government be strongly supported in
the House during the remainder of the ses
sion, jind he entreats' them to ! remain at
their posts, and to decline to pair. This
whip is the strongest tbat has been issued
fo many years. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain
has not yet announced his withdrawal from
the Liberal Union party. He is to make
a speech at Birmingham this evening and
it Is expected that he will take advantage
of the occasion to declare his policy.
Sofia, August 20. Prince Ferdinand
arrived atPhilipoplis. the capital of Eastern
Roumelia yesterday eveniug. He formally
received the offering of bread and salt
from the municipality and numerous ad
diesses from the clergy. The city was
gaily decorated and was brilliantly illumi
nated after dark. The people received Fer
dinand with much enthusiasm.! None of
the foreign consuls here have Vet visited
Prince Ferdinand. Germany has Instructed
her consul here not to consider himself at
tached to the Bulgarian government. The
German flag has been lowered from over
the consulate. j
London, Aug. 20. Six cases of cboiera
and no deaths in Malta during
tbe past
iweuiy-iour nours
INDIANA.
Tbe Financial condition ot tbe State
Represented to be Crowing Mora
4nd More Serious. j
Chicago, Aug. 20. A News special
from Indianapolis, says: The financial
embarrassments of Indiana are growing
more and more serious. The last dollar in
the general fund in the State Treasury was
paid out to-day and there are no ( resources
that can be drawn unon before next De
cember. j In the meantime $200,000 will be
needed to pay the current expenses of ' the
State government and public institutions.
Treasurer Lemike announces that he will
call upon the counties to advance funds,
but if tbey do so it will be voluntary, as the
law does not require them to respond to
such calls when they owe the State nothing.
One effect of the exhaustion of the Treasu
ry will be the suspension of work done
upon all State institutions. f
THE INDIANS.
Sberlfl Kendall, ot Vender, with
!Pose of irienl, baa a Fight with the
Renegades Regular Troop Gone to
the Front. . . j
Denver. Aug. 20. Sheriff TTpnrUii
started .from Meeker Wednesday, with a
body of men to locate the Indians, whom
he found in camp near the old Thorburg
battlefield. They were two smart for him,
however, and got in his rear after a stub
born fight, in which four of Kendall's men
were wounded and three horses killed. The
partysucceeded in escaping and bringing
tne wounaea u meeker. This was the
first white blood drawn in the conflict.
Couriers were hastily sent to Glenwood,
who met a company of fifty well armed
volunteers from Asper, on the road, and
the latter party hastened forward. Infor
mation was conveyed to Gen. West, at
Glenwood Springs, where the troops from
Denver I and other points are encamped.
This morning the mounted men left Glen
wood for the front, with the possibility
that they may encounter the Indians on the
road.
Payetteville News: We are in
formed by an eye-witness tbat last night
about 9.30 o'clock a ball ,of flre. or some
thing resembling flre. was seen in the front
yard of Judge R P. Buxton, oir Hay mount,
floating around in the air and throuoh the
trees n This strange visitor lasted ome u-u
minutes, when it went out. It has been
8een BT1T. nithu at al,out ,l same place.
" Wilson Advance: A necro
man aAyl L..a. t
"K auoui io years, was caught in
the act of assaulting tho daughter of G .R.
HodgeB. near Dnnn. last Thursday, by the
futberjof thegirk The father -told some
or the; citizens what had happened, and
"ey. immediately took the negro off to
k im r and bftiled a fish hole with
5,m; lTJie ner0 has 8,nce teen found
dead in Black river. ,l
" iPittsboro Record; Some nove
cases are to be tried at the next term of our
Superior Court. A deposition was taken
here on last Saturday to be used at court in
the trial of a suit brought by a young man
against a young woman to declare null and
void an alleged mariiage between them.
He complains that ha was forced into the
marriage by threats, and demands that the
marriage be annulled on tbe RroundJ that
the law will not enforce a contract made
under duress. There will be two cases on
the State docket against two magistrates
of thip county, they having, been bound
over to court, after a preliminary hearine
last Thursday, upon the charge of practis
"6 vw M afcfeuiueyo, -
Durham Recorder: The house
Rilev. near the Woolen m;ii
of Mr!
uuck oy iignunng. tne bolt tearing awav
the shingles and finding its way to tho
ground without fatal results. Mrs Riley
wasltunned, and, to-day. is suffering from
nervous prostration. Quite a number of
trees were riven open from aprx to foot
and many lightning rods flashed as if
clothed with fire. At the electric light
bousej the damage was greatest. Dynamo '
No. I will be useless until it has been re
paired by experts. 'The repairing will cost
fl.OOO or more. Persons in the house at
the time of the shook say it dimmed tho
electric light with its brilliancy, and pep
ped like tbe firing of rifles on the battle
field. "
fGoldsboro Argus: General
Manager King, of the Norfolk Southern
Railroad and Mr. Washington Bryan, n.e
siden of the A. & N. C. It R , were in the .
city ybsterday. Both of these gentlemen
stopped at the New Arlington hotel, and
were ip close consultation the greater part
of ihe day.v Iu the afternoon-they left to
gether on the New Bern Irain, and specula
tions ire running sn observant quarters as
to their intentions. It is evident that these
gentlemen, who are both officers of the
Eastern Dispatch Line, mean to push their
line with vigor, and we would not be sur
prised! any day to hear of new develop
ments which will place the Atlantic road
Btill more prominently before the commer
cial world as a factor in railroad circles
.B. !
t, . . , '
Kaleigh JVews- Observer: Par-
ties arriving here from Wilson last night,
port a fatal accident which occurred there
Sunday. Two negro boya were handling
a pistol when it suddenly went off. The
ball passed through the body of one of the
boys na,med Tom Moody, and killed him
instantly. A party of gentlemen from
Carlylej Pennsylvania, have just purchased
one thousand acres of land near Littleton
and have gone into the business of stock
raising.;! Oxford dots : The City Com
missioners have ordered an election Sep
tember 12th on the proposition to expend
ten thousand dollars on the erection of a
market house and town hall. Oxford
at present has twenty brick stores in course
of construction and five more will be start
ed in a few days. All these houses are in
the "burnt district." Our town is "Pboe
nixing" in good style. Work on the
uxrora e Ularksville Railroad is progress- -ing
finely, and we are assured that the first
train on this new road will reach here be
fore next Christmas- Oxford then will be
the nearest tobacco town of North Caroli
na to the. Richmond market and the great
distributing points of the North. This
road will not stay here but will be extend
ed eitherjto Durham or Raleigh.
Raleigh News-Observer: Five
new convicts were received yesterday at
the Penitentiary; two from Mecklenburg
and three from Orange county. A
prominent official of the Suffolk & Carolina
Railroad,! which is now pushing its line to
completion in Eastern North Carolina, was
in the city yesterday. A reporter, in an
interview, with him, learned that this new
road had completed its line from 8uffolk,
Va., southward through Gates county, in
this State, and to Woodley's on the Chowan
river in Chowan county. This line will
make connection with lines for Western
North Carolina, by the steamer Olive, which
will run from Woodley's down tbe Chowan
river, thence across the head of Albemarle
sound and up the Roanoke river to James
ville, connecting with the Roanoke Rail
road, which wvs formerly known as the
Albemarle & Raleigh road. Connection
will also be made with tbe Jamesville fc
Williamston road. The ultimate purpose
of this company is to extend a line of road
from Washington to New Bern, using as a
connection the Jamesville & Williamston
road, and then further extend its line
from New I Bern, to Wilmington.
The N. C State Tobacco Convention
at Morehead City, August 18, agreed to
meet at Morehead City annually on the
fourth Tuesday in August, and bold two
sessions daily during the meeting. A
complimentary excursion to the surf was
given to the convention by Mr. J. 8. Carr,
president.:
Charlotte Chronicle : Piedmont
North Carolina has yet fifty-eight days to
prepare a display of its resources at the
Atlanta Exposition. What effort will our
people make to show their progress?
The term just closed resulted in one pris
oner for the penitentiary and seven for tbe
chain gang.' Judge Meares yesterday
sentenced Elam Howie, to a three years'
term in the State penitentiary, for stealing
rings from Butler's jewelry store. An
attempt was yesterday made between tbe
flre committee of the Board of Aldermen
and the several old volunteer fire compa
nies of the oity, to divide tho property of
tbe different companies, the city having
given the volunteer companies notice to
vacate the halls. Mr. James Wilson
Martin, one of the oldest citizens of Meck
lenburg, died on the 16th inst., in the 78th
year of his age, Twenty-nine years
ago to-day, the corner-stone of the Tryon
street Methodist church in this city waa
laid, and the occasion is still remembered
by many bf our older citizens. The stone
was laid, with Masonic ceremonies, and
Col. Daniel Coleman, of Concord, officio
ated as Grand Master. The address was
delivered! by Rev. Dr. Wightman, of
Charleston, S. O. The congregation
of St. Peter's Episcopal church, in this
city. . has decided upon the erection of a
new and; exceedingly handsome building
on the present Bite, corner of Seventh and
Tryon streets. The old church building
will be torn away to give place to tbe new
one. The new building will cost bbout
$10,000. -
Charlotte Hornet : George
Springs, ihe alleged poisoned of Bessie
Alexander, a colored woman, in Ward 3,
was caught on North Church street this
morning. Master Edgar M. Purefoy,
who performs the general-utility act at
Liddell'sJ foundary, . had one of his feet
painfully, though' not seriously, injured
yesterday. The liberal gentleman
who offers to be one of ten to give $5,000
to a Mecklenburg county fair put the
grapes too high for any one lo reach.
Come down to a solid $1,000, and give it
without any condition other than its use
for the specific purpose. During the
storm at Salisbury tbe other evening -while
a gentleman was stabling his two-horse
team lightning entered the barn, killing
one of tbe horses. The gentleman was
standing! within three feet of the ani
mal when the bolt came through the roof.
He was stunned by the shock, but has since
recovered. No other damage was done. .
Last Monday night, during the storm,
Mr. W. H. Austin, lineman of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, had a very '
narrow escape from death by lightning.
Mr. Austin was in Morgan ton at the time,
and was working on the battery in the tele
graph office, which had been damaged by
a previous stroke ot lightning, when the
wires" were again struck, and he waa ren
dered insensible by tbe shock, in which
condition he remained for about an hour
and a half. The Wilmington Star
aays that "Mr. J. T. Bagwell is the editor
of The Hornet." Mr. Bagwell is now
actively engaged in the life insurance busU
ness, and the above item is therefore incor
rect. Tbe Stab saw tbe announcement
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