North Carolina Newspapers

WA8HtJSQTON. lii Weekly Star. WM. H BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r, WILMINGTON, N. C. where you wish your paper to w lJnleVsyo doboth chawres can be made, I MT-Kofloes or Marriage or Death, Tributes of hi Marriaee or Death. , I (' ' i-leilttancesmust Remade by CTeok,Wt PoSal Money Order or Regtstered Letter. 1 ost masters wLl register letters when desired, j I : py-Oniy such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. . I J j rag-Specimen copies forwarded when desired. ifivH former aireuuuu - r : - REDUCTION IN PRICE- erition is invited to the fo low At I! ing reduced rates of subscription: DAILY STAB, By Mailt One pfaar. Six Months . Thre 3 Months... One Mbnjth.... ....... ....... To rity Snbcrlbers Threle Months . . i .......... . .$G.OO . 3.00 . 1.50 . 50 .$1.56 . 52 . 12 One Month One Week WEEKLY STAR, By Mailt II! One Year. Six Months.. 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This question has never entered our mind and we have never alluded to it in our paper as regards oursalf.l We have never failed to aid in extinguishing the flames when the house was finlflre" ' WeT are glad j to know that our Democratic friend andcontemporary wiM flo his full duty in 18S8, and dp valiant service for Mr. Cleve land Cadt he is the choice of the riarty, Kitchin, the editor, says: Wd shall discharge our duty as we understand it to the party and country until the battle is. joined, and then our sabre Will perform its usual functions" i A true man as he is could not wel fain to do this. He has perfect right to prefer Gov. Hill to f resident Cleveland, and to do all he cab to L.I secure his nomination. An editor who would question this right would prove nimseir a siave to nero-wor- shib as " well as a persecutor for opin ion's sake. This is a iree coun It is in order for all trjH at present. honest, self-respecting men to think fori themselves. intolerance is a . k a 'It. is sham and must hide its bold,bad This is notjthe time for party head. lash or insolent dictation. Men. noble, true, conscientious men' will for themselves and act for thinkJ the1 mselvee, and blind worshinrjers pjower cannot prevent it. The of Scotland Neck Democrat is pnly dojnjr what all papers of any charac terj havo done all through, the past history! of our country. It has a our country, r preference and jit plainly states it. For reasons entirely satisfac tory to! itself it prefers Gov. Hill, of New Yjork. Is th it a crime ? Who dare Bay it? Whj.t neophyte in De mocracy will dare .to question the right! of choice the right to advo cate the cause of the preferred can didate ? We wo did be ashamed of Carolina if the charge can be I. sustained that us people are still so ignorant as to bel intolerant. What a stigma such it! , sustained. a charge would be if Is North Carolina prescriptive ? Whd says so ? Aro men forbidden to think, write selves ? Have and print for them we a court of Index Mtpurgatoriu f Who is to be most trusted the mun who is plain spoken; who has never deceived the people; who dares to tell them the unvarnished truth: wpo is candid and frank at all times; or! the man who natters; who accepts all that the President or other high ofhcial may do j as the essence of wisdom and propriety; and who nfevbr "turns on Ithe light" that the peoble may see things as they are and in their true proportions ? j The President is an honest, faith' Ijulj hard-working, able man. surrounded by flatterers and phants. .He" never hears the He is syco truth from them any more than an Eastern King hears the truth from his cour tiers and retainers. The incense of jBattery is all th&t he inhales. Clouds iaiyl darkness are around and about his pavillion. If the .newspapers of the country are not honest and plain ts poken, how can an American Presi jdejnt ever know that he is working on right lines and is meeting the de mands of the country? If his own j newspapers flatter and praise him all tne time, u wm nave no access to I . t . . i trutn save uniy as ne may get it through the distorted and preiudicnl rkedia of Republican party journals -J a and Mugwump exponents. A th Rochester . (New xork) 2xtlkprmK ft Democratic paper, stated it: j ' .j - T U th Inalienable risht of any citizen to dnounce the President for doing what he believes to be hli JofflolaUduty, if the .aid clUion doe not like it. To deny the right to censure would be to deny the right of praise aod assert the non responsibility of the Chief Magistrate. But we should never forget that botn praise ana ceasuro hould be decent, moaoraw us. j iuo fnrmnr thouffh at times eninuiiasuc. should never degenerate into flattery, and the latter, though at times severe, saouiu never descend to abuse.!' i ' t .1 I 1 J A t. - it. The Star has never aousea me President. It has treated him with decency, while sometimes ' Btiarpiy critiotsing his course! It believed he was doing wrong, injuring the-ooun- trr and dividing his Darty. and the Star .said so, and gave reasons for so sayiug. This did notl please thecour- titrpj the incense bearers or the sup pliants. The Stab Neither expected nor cared ! to pleaso them. It was aiming to be faithful to its own best convictions and, to the people. ; JJishop Wilmer, of AUbama, has just published a book entitled "The dbt Past frdm a Southern stana- J'.. r . J ;L .:n u ;inl point, Ji course iv wm wo on in the North by the intolerants and the haters of j the South. It is a manly book by; a Christian Bishop, who ; writes in I love, but tells the truth as he tinderstands it. tiis book at least is kindly treated in the Church Eeview for July. A North ern clergyman we take him to be, Rev, George II. Cushmao, devotes review. It It accords the right some: ten pages in is to of calmly, wisely ,done the Soathetn prelat indement. the; risht to be heard. . r We ; quote aentence or so that shows that intolerance is a very ugly thinrf. Mr. Cushman writes: "Audi alteram vartem is a wise maxim. .hoiiah of heathen oriein: it might well be a Ctiiistian motto. Iti may be too soon even for Christian bishops to put in any plea of abatement or to show the justice or their cuss. but wa are sure that posterity will liaitn to their plea before making up its verdict For reasons that we have given, we are not sanguine of the re ception of B shcp Wilmer'a work in this part Of the country; it treats of questions up nwhich difference of opinion is not tolrled; our uoxy is orthodoxy, every o.hrj tl.-xy is heterodoxy The man who d is it'it speak not only our language but our ilinlect his no claim to fellowship; he mut sty ur Shibboleth or be rejected as a heretic Our shield has but one side, and he who dors not admit! it must make ready for battle." j I We have no doubt that both the South and tbeiNorth may still learn much in dealing with each other, and tho graee of tolerance needs to be well cultivated and 'enlarged in i hoke ARRAIGNS . CRAT.. the demo The files of, the Stab show that it f I ' has , never had any sympathy with Mahone. aod that it has never coun tenanced in the least his disgraceful desertion of the white people of Vir ginia and his malignant and partisan coujsein thej United States Senate. It has always condemned Mahone anc ' see nothing good or commend able in him. Mahone is a very ' "smart" party leader or he could jiever have weilded theiicflatnee he has weilded in Vir- .1 . i .1 ginia. tie is not scrupulous ana oe evidently has much cunning and in dustry. , He sees the absurdities of the recent Republican platform issued by j the Democrats in the Roanoke Convention. In the address he causes to be issued he points out some of the; funny ances of lie has and the given inconsistent utter- said t Convention. the men who got up and and absurd i indorsed that piebald, ulatform something to think about for sometime. - If the white people; of Virginia are pre pared to' accept it then for harmony's ke they might nine the Radikils" at an early day, for the main fea j tares of the platform are identical till the pronounced principles of the Republican party in the NorthJ We believe this to be so. Some of the inconsistences punc tured by Mahone's goose quill," are ! I ' t'irst, indorsing Cleveland and then advocating ihe infamous Blair bill anJifreej drinks, free apple-jack free smokes, free dips' free 'chaws.'f Mr. Cleveland is hot known to favor either of these political se political monstrosi- ties, Mahone is not far from an exact statement when he declares that the "Roanoke utterances UDon these sub'- i opposition to the geni eral policy of the Democratic party." pf coarse they are. When did the Damocratic party of the Union ever favor federal invasion of the States as a grand school teacher and general educational boss ? ;j When did tbu Democratic party ever deolarej in favor of a great an nual tax to be levied upon the whole people that the Federal Government might run State pchools ? J When did th j Democratic .party eVer declarator a violation of the Qonstitution of , the' United. States that Paternal Pedagogy might be established 'as the policy of the Go vernment, and khat taxation for its perpetuity should ever hereafter be resorted to ?. i '",;.; .'.- .'..' All this i involved in the support Of the dangerous, impolitic, uncon stitutional,! undemocratic Blair bill. The author of 'the bill has admittd hat his main idea in introducing it Was" to: strengthen the Republican party, believing that the Democrats jrould oppose it. And so they do all over the North, while in the South the J doctrine of "the seven loaves and two1 fishes" seems to be in the ascendant. ; . : .. ' . j The Democratic party of the Un- I; ion does not falvbr taxing the neces- ii iuu uiinit ill 11. I earies of life and allowing vicious 1 luxuries to go untaxed. , Virginians may advocate such a measure and stamp it Democratic!, but the 'stamp will not stick. Wq. have no doubt that 80 pe cent of the Democrats of the Union are opposed j to " popular education by Federal taxation and Federal dling in that the domination and intermed in certain the States, Stab is opposed to such doctrine as that enunciated- in Vir- ginia and will always be opposed to Tiit! Mahone address we believe I . ! I -' asst rts a- known truth! when it de clares that "the record of the Demo cratic party of this country consist ently and unwaveringly j shows that the reverse is Democratic doctrine." The Democratic party, is not a Pro tection party. The Democratic par ty holds that the necessaries of life are to be always favored and the luxuries arc to bear the chief bur dens of taxation. ijThia is common sense, common .. fairness, ; common justice. '" " ; j There is one charge brought by Mahone that concerns the Demo cratic party at large, It is that the party made a great to-do over the huge surplus in 1884, and that it is greater now than it was then. The explanation is not hard to get at. lu the first place, Mahone and his1 Re- publicans held the j IT, S. Sotiate, and it was impossible to tion with such men secure a reduo controlling that body as Sherman,1 Edmunds, Blair, Mahone and company. In the second plate, the Democrats were tied hand and foot in the House by the same i i Republican party ened, aided and that was strength j abetted by the treacherous Randall: and his band of Protection follower. : So if there is no reduction of a i great surplus and no change in a viry bad system of taxi tion the fault mast be laid at the i i i i i i i door of the Republican, consolidation, Rob Roy party. j j J If we were in Virginia we would not stand on the twisted and distort ed Roanoke trap but 1 would plant ourselves squarely1 on the platform of the Democrats of the Union. Believing that Mahone ls a denia gogue and traitor and unworthy of support or countenance by any hon est, high minded, patrioUe Virginian, if one of them we woulc fight him to the bitter end. His declarations are not sincere, however cunning his his hand' and however blows. He ought to be defeated be- i caa9e he 8 not to i,e trusted and is in no sense a representative of the principles, practices, traditions and interests of the and statesmen." ! mot tn er of States i '- I Hon. A. S. Willis, lof Kentucky, says that neither the J Administration nor the Tariff was a factor in the re- I cent fight. He says Mr. Cleveland is J very popular in his the main causes of State.! He thinks the great falling off of the Democra tic majority was a failure to have a thorough canvass, local rings and the popularity of the Blair bill in the mountains among the more ignorant, He says the is overwhelm- Democratic sentiment ing for Tariff reform j The New York Socialists repudiate George and put'onl war paint. That should help Georgi?, would be indeed I :i Their support very heavy bur- den. i Pender County Farmers. ' On Saturday, the 13th inst., a num ber of the farmers ofj Pender county, met in the court huuse in Burgaw. j. Mr. R. W. Collins was requested to act as chairman. J j L The chairman stated that the object of the meeting wan for the purpose of considering the necessity of organiz ing an agricultural society of the county. ' jj J '' j After consideration and delibera tion, Mr. K M. Moore offered the fol lowing resolution: . j t Resolved, That the farmers of Pen der county be requested to meet in the court house in the town of Bur gaw, on the 22d of September, for the purpose of organizing an Agricultural aociety. i . On motion of Sheriff Johnson,' it was resolved that J. Patrick, State Emigration Agent, be invited to meet with the farmers on that day. First Rale of North Carolina Cotton. The town of Wilson! N. C, has the honor of receiv the 1 first bale of cotton of the new crop raised in the 7 State. A special dispatch to the Stab from that place, says that one bale of new cotton' was received there yester day. It graded strict low middling, and was bought, by M. Rountree & Co., the price paid being 9 cents per pound. . A second bale is reported from Toisnot. Messrs Butts Bros. cotton buyers of that place, write the Stab as follows: "11 ' We shipped one bale of cotton to- day (Aug. 24th)j this years crop, it was raised by J. I L xsatts, graded middling, and -ivtighed 455 pounds. Some ITlelona. J ; " The finest"! watermelons seen in Wilmington this season were brought from Fayetteville ori the steamer J). Murchison. They were sold to deal ers and others;! yesterday from the steamer's wharf, at wenty-eight dol lars per nundred. j There was scarce ly a small melon in hundred and 1 fifty j the lot, of two most of them weighing from jf orty to fifty pounds each. They were raised on the farm of Henry Collins, colored, near. Fay etteville, and wire all of the "Ameri can Champion") yariety. Vs The Skin Can be kept sort, White, and free from taint of perspiration by add. ing Darbyg Prophylactic Fluid to the wa ter used in bathing. It removes all offen sive smell from the feet or any part of the body. Used as a iooth-wash it will harden the gu ms, preserve the teeth, cure tooth ache, and make the breath pure and sweet. Cures chafing jand inflammation, Piles, ocaia reel, uorna, etc. . : Outlook for tlio Ree Crop. The rice plantations on the North and . South Santee rivers, in South Carolina were flooded. by a .freshet last week, which caused great dam age, particularly; to small v farmers whose fields were poorly protected by weak embankments. v " The rice-growers of -Georgia are great sufferers. - The Savannah News says:. : .' : "The loss will be a heavy blow to many of the planters, - . especially where money was borrowed to plant with. Several have already declared that they will not plant any more as the crop is so uncertain, j Every year the acreage is decreasing and the up riyerplanters are nearly discourag ed. Parties on the Altamaha will also lose a good part of their crops. Reliable information from Darien yesterday was to the effect that only about one-third ol tne crop would oe saved. This means a heavy loss to the planters in that Section. . "A serious question is now staring the planters ; in t tne iace, namely, what is to become of the negroes on the plantations:: s There will be no way for them to earn a living until January, when preparations begin for the next crop. In the meanwhile they will have to be supported. Many of the planters have been ruined by the freshet and ; have no means of feeding their hands, and it will be necessary for ihe people at large to coninouie no ineir Buuuoru , laborers spend, directly or indirectly, all their earnings in-this city, and it is here they must : look for ' relief. There are four months to bridge over, and if aothiner is done for these people, they twill starve or wander away to other sections of the country. The loss of I the rice-field laborers means tho loss of the rice crop and the abandonment of the plantations on the Savannah liver and the de struction of hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of property." A Railroad Conductor Bobbed. Capt. Frank Welch, conductor of the through freight train on the Wil mington, Columbia & Augusta" Rail road, was robbed by a sneak thief Sunday night, while seated with his family at the supper table at his resi dence in Florence. S. C. The thief carried off an open-faced gold watch, with gold fob-chain and charm. The initials F. W. were ensrraved on the back of the wiatch. Besides the above, sixty dollars in money, a certificate of deposit for $255 in the Bank of New Hanover, a good suit of clothing and two satchels containing articles be longing to Mrs. Welch were taken. A mulatto boy, a messenger at the tele graph offlcej in Florence, who was seen to enter the house about the time the. robbery was committed, was arrested yesterday morning on sus picion, after Capt. Welch had left with his train for Wilmington. Association of Undertakers. The following named" gentlemen met in Odd Fellows Hall, Goldsboro, last i Tuesday, to.i consider the question of organizing an association of Funeral Directors for the State of North Caro lina: J. W Woolvin, Wilmington; John W. Brown, Raleigh; L. C. Bag well, Raleigh; G. W. Webb, Kinston; Wooten'' & Stevens, Wilson; C. W. Joyner, La Grange; i D. P. Haskett & Son, Goldsboro; Moore & Robinson, Goldsboro. . j ! On motion, MH J. W. Woolvin was elected temporary president, and Mr. J. J. Robinson temporary secretary. Messrs. Brown. Haskett and Ste- vens were appointed a committee to draw up a letter of invitation to all funeral directors in the State, to meet in the city of Raleigh'on Wednesday, October 19th, to perfect the organiza tion. J Messrs. Jas. F. Woolvin, John W. Brown and J. J. Robinson were ap pointed a committee on Constitution and . By-Laws, was transacted journed. j No and other business the meeting ad- That Florida Cyclone. The cyclone j reported passing off the South Atlantic coast for the past two days was apparently central east on the parallel of Wilmington at p. m. yesterday! The centre was evi dently some distance off the coast. as no serious effects of its passage have been felt iere or at any point south on the coast, and if it contin ues to follow the course incidental to cyclones it will not strike the coast at any point with any damaging re sults. "I j j I The storm will, however, no doubt cause considerable alarm to vessels at sea that may accidently me et with it The lowest observed reading of the barometer in this city was 29.50 in ches at 3 p. m. - After this time the pressure slowly increased and by 10 p. m. 1 it had risen to 29. CO inches, which substantiates the fact that the cyclone had passed north of this sec tion. Norfolk Va.,atl0 o'clock re ported 29.60 inches, which indicates that the storm is central between this city and Norfolk, j All danger of the storm striking here is thus passed. The only apprehension yesterday was of the wind shifting to the west or southwest and blowing with consider! able energy, owing to the high pres sure prevailing in that locality. The gradual rise of the baromater up to midnight;, however, removes nearly all danger of any severe gale from that quarter, j The maximum velocity of the wind in this pity yesterday was twenty miles an hour! at 3.15 p. m. South port reported! twenty-two j miles an hour as the highest for the day. j The total rainfall here during yes terday was .29 of an inch. ' Southern Barer in New rork. The N4w York Commercial Bulletin, of the 18th inst., says: "The down town hotels ap srowded with South ern business men, who are here for the purpose of purchasing their fall stock of goods. As a result, most of the wholesale grocery and dry goods houses are overrun with business. Southern trad e starts in much earlier than usual this season, and the wholesale merchants feel j convinced that it is at cheering sign of an in creased fall trade. j i The Rlee crop. It is estimated that the losses cans; ed by; the recent floods in Georgia and South Carolina will amount to at least 500,000 barrels Thia is fully one-quarter of the crop for the whole country; which was estimated to be about the same as produced last year. Planters and dealers at New Orleans are asking six cents a pound for new rice. :'' Sadden Death at Laarlnbnra;. . The wife of Mr. Peter Mcintosh, a prominent farmer of Richmond coun ty, dropped dead at her 'home near Laurinburg last Saturday morning. It is supposed that her death resulted from heart disease. i ' Death of John I. Bacon, a a-r- nent citizen of Richmond aaareu of the Republican state Committee Tjuirn-iirv AiumAt 22. John li. Bacon. who has been President of the State Bank of Virginia since 1871. and who for more than thirty years previous to that time was engaged in mercantile misim as m mm mj, diet! to-night, aged 76 yeais. He was also President of tne Virginia dibmj uu Company and of the Marshall. Paper Man ufacturing Company. ;; firoirRTTua Anffut 22 The address of the Republican State Committee of VIr- giait to tne people oi turn ouw, uiu public lo aay. it w iomjuucu ! hlast against the Roanoke platform, which ii C4ll8 in reslity a series of apologies for broken pledges. It says inai n nas noi osu the! custom of the Republican party to as semble in State Convention nv omer limes than when neceatary to nominate a State licKet oraenu delegates to a jNauonai con wnrinn This nartv has uo account of any Btewardbhlp to render, since for four yean it has nad no control over me aaajiniir tion of State affaire. Meanwhile, Re publican principles have not changed Bluce tbey were , formally announced by th state Convention lo 1885. Tho princi ples of Virginia Republicans are tne same as those of the Northern Republican party. Hiving neither done nor omitted anytniDtf in the dUcbarge of any duty or trutt which needs explaoauon or apoiogy, tne reaiooe nPAPJiaitatinir the Roanoke Convention do not txitt as to tne uepuoiictn pariy oi mis Htatfi. . Nevertheless, the commuue re solved to present this address, lotting forth cohtradicllDg the statement, of tbu Hoan oke nlatform. and to aiic virgioiaDi 10 ponder them well before tbey again exer cise ibe rixbt or sunrage It then Droceeds to give the statements of that plittform in the order in which Ibey arc mide The Roanoke endorsement of Cleveland's administration it uoios to oe insincere and iocoonsistent with the an- munda for the reooal of the internal re venue system, and the passage of ibe Blair educational bill, because tha opposition of Cleveland to the first and bis lacK or en dorsemeul of the second are known of all men; and, further, the Roanoke utterances upon these subjects are in opposition to the general policy of Ihe Democratic party. On the other hand this address declares tbbt tuo Republican party is now practical If un.ted in favor oi the repeal oi tne tax on loutcco and fruit distillations, and that if rtstoreil to power it will remove the burden which these domestic products have so long endured As to the i n II plalioim oi tne iioaoo&e Convention, it is held to be at variance with tbe.rtcord of Uiu National Democratic nartv. It traverses tbe national platform of the Darty. ibe recommendat ons of its President, and propositions or its con iron - inff faction in Congress. The Roanoke Dlaiforu declares in invor or revenue ae nved from a tariff on import-, and in favor of the rental of the internal revenue sys Um: while the record of the Democratic party of this coifhtry consistently and un waveiiaely shows that tbe revel S3 is Dam outic doctrine. In regard to the Slate debt, the address srtvs tbat all that has ever been done to wards its settlement mat has ueeu oi prac tical value, was done while the Republicans controlled the State, and all efforts of tbe Democracy since tbey have been in power have tended to unsettle and undo what was accomplished by the Republicans, and the result is that the finances of the State are in a hopeless muddle. It also charges Uemocracy with extrav agance and mismanagement in the admin istration in general auairs. ii mrows com water upon asking Federal aid in the debt settlement.. As to the promised aid for dis abled soldiers and their widows, it says : The Republican party will cheerfully unite in every such effort m tbe future, as it has iuj ihe past, but it warns the people of Vir ginia that if the patty now in power is al io! wed lo remain in control, its incompe tency and mismanagement will leave no revenues to be appropriated for the relief of soldiers and iheir widows. Touching lite denunciation of the surplus in the trea sury, ihe people or Virginia are reminnea that the accumulation oi this surplus was a lending count in tbe Democratic indictment of Republicans in the campaign of 1884. atd "some further apologies and ex- platihtioDS, it says, will doubtless be called for from the Democratic leaders as to why this surplus is so much larger now, under Democratic administration, than it was three years ago. Saicasuc enumeration is made or tbe '"blessings eoueu under Democratic rule; reference is made to the rifcuUsnf lnht ear'Co gretsional election?, and to the recent Kentucky election, and the address closes as follows: "Undis mayed by these evidences of the popularity of Democratic rule, and trusting tbat we may be forgiven if we disturb tbe unal loyed happiness of tbe only class of people kuoAU to us who are in the enjoyment of Ibete blessings, to wit , tbe Democratic office holders, we respectfully submit this ad'lrets to the people of Virginia, in the hope and belief thai before they resolve to vo'e again with the Democratic managers f this State, they will ponder their state meets, and, recurring to the past, contrast Our present condition with the prosperity and conlent which pervaded cur land un der ibe administration of the Republican jparty ' MAttiL.ASJ RKFUBLiCAKS, TTb state onventlon Nomination s perch by a Itenegade Democrat. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Baltimore. August 24. The State Re publican Convention met at noon to-day in this city and was the largest and most en thUMis ic gathering of Republicans held m MunUnd for many years. Congress nun HcComns presided. The nominations were as follows: For Governor Walter B-Brooks, Baliimore; Comptroller R. B. Dixon Baltimore county; Attorney Gen eralFrancis Miller, of Montgomery county. After the business of the convention was concluded, a sensation was caused by tbe appearance on tbe floor of John K. Cower, a prominent lawyer and leader of the re-- form movement in the uemocratic party lie was introduced and in one of. the strongest speeches ever listened to in this city pledged to the Republican ticket the full sunoort of independent Democrats. He arraigned tbu regular Democracy for : urosa frauds in the Late primary election. and aaid that decent Democrats were sick ami tired of beinz deluded bv promises of reform wiibin ibe party, and had finally i concluded to try and get it from their old enemies, the Republicans, i The reform movement has gained con Lflidcrable strength and the endorsement of the straight Republican ticket has caused considerable excitement. ... CA KDTNAL GIBBONH. acceptance of an Invitation to Take Part in tbe Conetltntlonal Centen- nlal. n .TBibirrapb to the HornlneStar.) i Philadelphia . August 24. Ham pton ll Carson. Secretary of the Constitutional Centennial Commission, to-day received the foUowios letter from Cardinal Gibbons: ! "I bee u acknowledge the receipt of your fHV-rf the 8th inst.. informing me that Mm invited to offer tbe closing prayer and l invoke the benediction, on ihe 17th day of September next. I gratefully accept the invitation and shall cheerfully comply with th n ouest of the committee, by perform itr tbe sacred duty assigned to me. In common with my fellow-citizens, I heartily rejoice in tbe forthcoming commemorative celebration . The Constitution of the United States is worthy of being written in letters of gold. ,It is the charter by wnich tne liberties of sixty millions of people are secured, and by which, under Providence, the temporary happiness of countless mil lions yet unborn will be perpetuated. Don't Experiment. J 1 You cannot afford; to waste time in experimenting when your lungs are indnn?nr. ConsumDtion always seems at first only a cold. Do not permit any dealer to impose upon you with anv cheap imitation of Dr.. King s "Nat - Discoverv for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but be sure you get the . genuine. Because : he can make more profit he may tell you he has something just as good, or just the same. Don't be deceived, but in- oiat nTinn cfittinar Dr. King's JNew'Uis- co very, which is guaranteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung and Chest .affections. Trial bottles iree at W. H. Green & Co. 's Drug Store. ? t ! Among our visitors yesterday was Mr. J. J. -tsaraen, qi oampson. Tbe raebler of be Snmter Nation- I of Bank Disappear wUk Fonda tbe BsnkLatr Aceonnls Fo tbe Lou at Between -rniriT ana Forty Tboneand Dollar A Brave Woman Defend Herself . Front a Nesro ' ' Chaklkston. Aug. 22-. A special to the Nem and Courier reports that C. E. Bart- lett, cashier of tne sumter national junK at Sumter, disappeared this morning, and it was subsequently ascertained mat ne bad absconded, with about, fifty-five hun dred dollars in gold. Be is a defaulter to the i amount of twenty thousand dollars. Bartlett U said to Lave taken the northern train Saturday night, and at Florence bought a ticket ror New xorK, probably as a blind. Tho bank has suspended - tem porarily, but can stand tne loss. , : Columbia, Aug. 22 A special to the Daily Register, from Sumter, in this State, elves full particulars of the defalcation wnicn causeu me jaauuuai iut ia iuai . . j . i. T.T I 1 It 1 1 . - - . place to close its doors and suspend pay inenl to oav. unanes a. oariieii, casnier, who has held tbat position since the bank organized in November, 1883, had been speculating unsuccessfully in cotton fu lures ror tne past two years, it nas oeen known for sometime tbat nis nooks were Incorrect, as he was unable to make a state meet of the accounts between ma bank and its New York correspondent, tbe Mercan tile! National Bank. The directors gave him until Monday to -straighten out mat ters or resign. Saturday night be was noticed In tbe bank, and later was recog nized at Florence, where he purchased a ticket by the Atlautic Coast Line for New York An investigation mis morning aia doled tbe loss of a bag containing fifty five hundred dollars in gold. . The direc tori have been in session all day, but thus far they are unable to ascertain the extent of tbe loss, which, however, is sup posed to be between thirty ana forty thou sand dollars. Bartlett's bond is for twenty thousand dollars. The bank is expected to meet all demands in full by an assessment of fifty .per cent- and to resume business shortly. Bartlett is about 85 years old, tall and slim. lie was regarded as above suspi cion. Columbia. Aug. 22. A special to the Daily Register from Anderson, in this State, says tbat Mose Lynch, negro, called at tbe house of Mrs. Miles Werner, in the . ' . . . i i . . j aoence oi ocr nusoaDu, anu presenieu a note purporting to have been written by Joe Bummers, a white man with whom Werner bad been in litigation, instructing him to get certain papers. Upon Mrs, Werner's refusal to produce them. Lynch said he would have them or "cut her damned throat." She said, "Well. I will get them for you then, rather than be killed;" getting what proved fo be a double-barrelled shot gun, at sight of which Lynch broke and ran, but had not gone far when he got a load from one bar ret, and about the time he recovered the contents of the second were poured into him. The negro managed to escape but is thought to have been mortally hurt. Charleston. Aug. 23. Heporls re ceived this morning from the inundated rice fields of the South Santee, indicate that the damage is not general. High tides have prevented the freshet from covering large plantations of tbe southern district along tbe river, and tbe greater part of the crop is considered sate. On the North Santee colored planters on small farms have suf fered disastrously, their crops being report ed as totally destroyed. Charleston, Aug. 23. At Beaufort to day William Still, a mulatto teacher from Philadelphia, was arrested upon the charge of assaulting a young colored girl, a pupil in the public school of which he had charge. VALE ON THE VOAST. Destructive Storm at Hatterae and Kilty Hawk Serlona Sblitplne Ca- naltlee. Norfolk, Aug 22. The Signal Ser vice sea coast telegraph line was repaired yesterday, and information has been ob tained showing that the storm which pre vailed along tbe riorth Carolina coast Sa turday last was one of the most destructive that has visited that section for years. At Kitty Hawk the force of the wind blew away the apparatus for measuring the velo city of the wind at the signal station, and tbe observer reports that tbe fury of the storm was almost indescribable He esti mates the velocity of the wind at bis sta tion at about one hundred and twenty-five miles an - hour, and says the damage to shipping in that vicinity must be unusually heavy. Tbe telegraph line south of Kitty Hawk is entirely wrecked: the poles were torn but of tbe earth, broken into match-wood, and carried out to sea or blown no one knows wbitber. i Among the vessels known to have been amaged by the storm are tbe following : The American barquentine Walter S. Mas- sey sprang aleak off Chicacomico, N. C. anchored in comparative shelter, and sig nalled to the signal station at that point for assistance. The Baker Salvage Com pany has been notified and a steamer has been dispatched to tbe relief of the vessel. Tbe steamer Eaglet, of the North Carolina Dispatch Company. is reported ashore m Cove Sound, hMrh and dry; and the tug Wm. r. Taylor, of Norfolk, and the steamer Annie, of the North Carolina Dis patch Company, aro reported ashore near Cherry Point, Neuse river, eighteen miles beiow JNew Hern. JN. U. j The Baker Salvage Co. 'a steamer Victo ria J. Peed was sighted yesterday morning with a wrecking schooner in tow. bound south, and about eight miles south of Kitty Hawk, N. C The Peed has undoubtedly met with and rendered the necessary assist ance to the disabled barquentine by this time. j It is thought thatother and perhaps more serious shipping casualties will be reported When telegraphic ! communication with Hattrras shall have been restored, MISSOURI. Tbe Christian County Regulator on Trial Before tbe Court at Oxark Ex citing Scene at tbe Jail Some of tbe Accused Plead Guilty. i By Telegraph to the Morning star. St. Louis, Aug. 23. A special to! the QlobeDemoerat from Ozark, Missouri, savs: I The Bald Knobers are again in Ozark: and the first day of the trial found the Court room crowded with anxious specta tors- The sheriff stole a march on the populace by announcing that the prisoners would not be brought from Springfield un til Monday, and early Sunday morning he stepped with the captive regulators : from the train at Ozark. Word soon flew to the families and friends, and the jail was soon crowded with women and children, who pressed their troubled faces against j the bars of tbe jail in their efforts to get nearer, .. .... 1 the results or their ponnnement in narrow cells. Bronzed faces had assumed pale' ness, and their manners were less careless. Judge Hubbard opened court at 1 o'clock Monday He gave .instructions to the grand jury that they had a better opportu nity to investigate the acts oi the Christian county regulators man tne iormeri in quiring tribunal possessed, as the backbone of tbe organization has been broken. Sev eral motions to quash the minor indict ments were niea, as some or the prisoners signified their willingness to testify for the State - ):'. i . While the Court was in session a wild. weird scene occurred at the jail. Tbe wife of Wm. Stanley rushed in a frenzy from a sick bed. and the frantic : shrieks of I the poor woman disturbed the sombre town, as sne ran towara ihe jail with arms stretched, praying heaven to protect 4 the innocent and save her imprisoned husband. xier cries were tasen . up oy other women and children, and the excited crowd cath ered around the jail gazing awe-strickeh at the tragic spectacle. The crazed woman exhorted the crowd fcr several minutes in a most fervid manner, and was led away exhausted. j Just before the Court adjourned John Wilson threw himself upon the mercy of the Court, pleading guilty to the whipping of Green Walker. As this is the first piea or guuiy ior i tne tsaia Knob assault and there are about ninety-five Bimilar cnarges penamg, tne decision of the Court is looaea upon witn the deepest anxiety vy liaoii ia a napiiBt preacner, Dan Valley Echo : Our towns f man, Mr. A. J-. Kay, had the misfortune to lose nis store, nouse and Btock of goods at Waddill's by fire on Tuesday night j It was set on fire it is thought by a negro' who iuu btiiabcuou mi latum lfc. - Tbe President' , Action Relative to Examination of tbe Pacific Railroads-Mr. Cleveland' Arrival- Secretary Falreblld Vacation Government' Purcba of Bond application for Prepayment of Interest. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washington, Aug. 24. The President's attention was called to day to a matter lately appearing in the New York World, to tne eneci maw uo was not property sup porting the Commissioners appointed, to examine the affairs of the Pacific railroads, and giving as proof of the charge what was alleged to be the contents of the Presi dent's answer to Chairman Patterson's dis natch. Droposing assistant counsel in the . C . - . . . . . . . mi. proceedings against Leiana Dianiora. ine President said : "I have no time to . read or reolv to the misrepresentations of oppo sition newspapers, and am not at all afraid (hey: will succeed in deceiving tne people as to tbe policy or course of the Adminis tration touching the matter in question; but if there is a man, woman or child who would feel easier after reading the dispatch which X really did send to ttov. r atterson, tbey shall have it." i The following is the dispatch : j "Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, August !18th. 1887. Robt. . Patterson, Chairman of the Pacific Railway Commis sion j Ban Francisco. Cal. Upon your statement that, in your judgment,, counsel should be employed, l authorise ana ap prove of such employment, J (SMgneOJ UBOVBB WLBVKLAND. Washington. Aug. 24. Secretary Fair- child will leave Washington to-morrow for a month's vacation. Daring his absence Assistant Secretary Thompson will act as Secretary of the Treasury. I Offers of bonds to tbe Treasury to-day aggregate $7,148,900, of which $344,900 were coupon and the remainder of regis tered bonds. Prices ranged from $106.88 and interest to September 1, for one lot of $200,000, and 110 for $3,000,000 registered bonds. 1 Of the proposals received to-day $4 024,400 are the same bonds offered last week, thus making the new offerings of the (week; $2,524,400. Tbe total amount accepted was $3,138,400. at prices from 109 fiat down to 107. -. A statement prepared at the Treasury Department shows a prom to tbe j Government of $323,802 by to-day's purchase of bonds, or, mother words, in terest charges on the purchased bonds would amount to $823,302 more than the sum paid to day, if the bonds had been al lowed to run to the date of maturity. Ap plications were received at the Treasury Department to day for tbe prepayment of interest on registered bonds amounting to $1,382,350; making the total to date $72.- 459,600. Washington. Aug. 24 Mrs; Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom, accompanied by Gen. Greely and his wife, arnved here about 2 o'clock this afternoon. The President was at the depot awaiting the tram and upon arrival the party went immediately to the White House. VIRGINIA. A ToDDeLadrla m Perlloaa Situation Deserted by Ber Escort Tne Demo eratlc State Committee. Preparing for m visoroua Campaign. I Lynchburg, August 23. An Abingdon SDeCial to tbe Advance says that while a. Scott and Mies Broils, of Lynahburg. visi tors at Monnles Swings, were out driving. the; horse became frightened and ran over an embankment twenty feet high and into the Holston river. Scott swam to the nearest shore, but the young lady staid in the buggy and. forced tbe horse to swim to the opposite side of the river'where she was rescued by mends. ! KiCHifOND, Aug. 23. ihe JJemocrauc State Committee is in session here to-night, with closed doors. There is quite a large attendance of members. Reports of the condition of the party in various sections of the state win be submitted, the situation will be fully discussed, and every prepara tion made for a vigorous fight in the com ing" fall campaign. I CHICAGO MARKET REVIEW. 4 Decline : In Prices for Wheat and Corn Provisions Weaker and lower. 1 By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Chicago, Aug. 24. Fair weather with no; signs of frost any wherelhad an inspirit ing effect on the bears this morning, and both wheat and corn were sold freely at the opening.! September wheat started c lower at 69 Jc, and sold down to 68J69c within fifteen minutes. After the first flurry was over the pit became very dull and remained so up to half an hour before the close. There was absolutely no outside business and the local crowd did little more- than scalp for i or 1 of a cent. A break of 8 cents per cental in wheat at San Francisco caused a similar break here, and September closed at68t68ic, the lowest figure of the day. ,jorn was quite active, but the business came largely from the local crowd, and consisted in either the selling out of long stuff or shorting the market, j There was no distinctive buying for investment, as there has been at times in the past few weeks. September corn which opened at 4ic, sold down to 40fc before 11 o'clock, bat for the balance of the day it kept steady around 40c and 4GJ, closing at 40fic May was the favorite option and declined in about the same proportion as September. f . j Oats were easier and a slight decline in values occurred ; trading was quiet and the market dull. September opened at 242c and declined to 24c. j Provisions were weaker and lower.' and the volume of business only moderate and chiefly local. Receipts of hogs were fair and prices lower . Offerings of the product Were large, and as no suDDortinar order Were in the market, prices ) declined and closed 2Jc lower on pork, $5.67 on short ribs and 2rC on January lard. A local operator sold about 5,000 barrels of Jan uary at $12.25 to $12.-32. the last sales being at f 12.557. .Lard sold at $6.42i6.45 for September and $6.57 (&6.60 i for January. Short ribs sold at $7.90(7.97 for September and closed at $7.95; January sold at $6.806.85, closing at $6.30. 2,000,000 pounds cash shld at $7.907.95. j RAILROAD DISASTERS. Two Persons Killed and a. Number In jured In i Collision on! tna B. & O. R. St. An Express Train Wrecked. By Telegraph to the Morning star, Whbelihg. W. Va. , Aug. 24. Emi grant train No. 83, coming West on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad this morning at 8 o'clock, ran into a freight train at Easton siding, twenty miles east of this city. Al. Smith, engineer of the emigrant tram, and Isaac Arbuthnot, fireman, were instantly killed. The engineer and fireman of thn ' freight train are only sliehtlv iniured. Fif, I tnon n .. . T . jtsu yi ciuijjuuu are seriously out none Jere fatally hurt. They have been taken i Cameron for surgical attention. Smith and Arbuthnot lived in Wheeling, where they have families. The accident was the result of misapprehension of orders on the part of the engineer of the' freight train wno thought he had the right of way and juucu uun ui me siuing U8t as the emigrant rain came up.; f tTTTSBUKG, Pa , Aug. 24. A Connells ille, Pa., special says : The Baltimore & nio express tram which left Pittsburg at o'clock last niirht InmiWl th i.k Hermitage station, six miles east of Con nellsville, at 1 o'clock this morning, badly Wrecking the engine and baggage cars, Which: went over an embankmeut. One passenger coach was derailed, but none of the passengers injured. The train men escaped by jumping, th only person hurt iwciug lue ureman. wno nrotn hia . . .1 . '.. 6- THE CYCLONE. Moving Slowly Northsast-Daneerons aies on-tne North Carolina Coast. , By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Washington. An mi at oi rk. oi i Offlca reports that the cyclone previously noted is apparently central off the Sohth Atlantic Coast, moving slowly northeast. .. , " SC1UUB uormeast gales off the North Carolina coast. h ' . i obiittIby. J : peatn of Mrs. Andrew Jak son. J . ' former Mlsiress or tne White Boose. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. I Nashtixm;, Aug; 24. Mr. Sarah Jack son, wife of Andrew Jackson, Jr., and mistress of the White House during Presi dent Jackson's second term, died at the Hermitage yesterday, aged 81. - Presbyterian ro,.... vivals at Little Brittain chutcb p H sixteen accei0 ..u. 11 ford, with Other denominalir.no. t n ureo Old Mt. Carmel- 21 i r, m?od' : 10 Carmel;21 at Culdee. N. Jrresoyierian-. On T. day before the second Sunday iu fif. , B" ms service will m.., "l;pi;in- ber, religious Maple Hill in Pender county an continue hntil over Sunday a p T1" terian church will be organized cd a j" caslon, if the way be clear, bv IW T 0c G. W; McMillan. Colin Shaw i T!!' Stanford, with ' Ruling Elders j ij D nerman and J. H. Moore m Jt., liaD- for that purpose. "?wone.l Shelby New Era: Tho a- tors and president of the Southern & w em Air-Line Railroad held a mpoti . Morganton! last Wednesdav with . L?5 " perfecting plans for the early comriZ 1(1 of the road from Shelbv in n61'0" We learn the contract has been o... signed between tho company and a ? cate who are fully abte to pusu aml s?; iue ruau uy iue time specintd in the tract, which s two years; the road in ?" completed; and in running order hv ik time. : - ' lftst Mr. ' J osephus Daniels wnt . as follows; "You publish from th w.j boro Messenger a statement thai, t ... !: s" the graded schools must-go. I neve.f .'l auyuiing oi mo aiua. un tne contrarv i hope to see in the course of a few veJa grauea scnooi in every town and school a, trict in the State. The error ar.T: suppose) of my writing that the norm schools were not doing the good thatwnnM justify their continuance. I said- "rl normal schools must go, their location 1 changed, or longer terms held.' Please ho good enough to make the correction T . ior puDiic.scnoois aoove everything Lnmberton72oiesonia?i: If R0bP. son county will ever form a fair as si certainly pught to do, we can tow State in one thing and that is fine horses Wm, Williamson's house wn ,u..j last week 6f a shot-gun suit of clothes also Ivey's on the night of the same dav of a suit of clothes. The thief waB pursued to the South Carolina line, but made his escape. - Mazton dot: The deacons R. M. McNair, Murphy McNair. J s y7 uae and &.. t. uurrie elected some weeks ago by the Maxton Presbyterin Church were ordained and installed on Suridsv last, after 'the regular service. Wilson Mirror : On Saturday evening at his home near the town of Wii, son, Mr. Calvin Woodard breathed his last Mr. Woodard was one of ' our best and truest and most highly respected citizens It is with sincere regret that we an nounce that the very popular Mr. McMao- away, the able and scholarly pastor of the Baptist Church in this place, has notified his people that he will soon tender his re. signationj and leave for another field of duty. ! Our former Business Manager Mr. J. Howard isrown, having gone back to New York, we deem it necessary to an nounce that he is ne longer connected niih- tne Mirror, ana that . VV. mount has as sumed control of its business management Raleigh News-Observer -. Tiw building boom has opened in earnest. About forty new houses are now under way and more to be commenced. It must be remembered that about one hundred new houses were built during'the twelve months ending JUly 31st. Mary Gill, a color, ed woman of this city, who has been a ser vant at the Atlantic Hotel during the sea son, was brought home yesterday in r. crit ical condition. It seems that on S&. turday morning just after the storm at , Morehead, Mary fell out of a second-story window Of the hotel. No one knowa bow and whythe accident occurred. One lady saw the woman as she fell, but ''id not know any cause. Charlotte Chronicle: Total school census white males 728, white fe males 762. Colored males 678, colored fe males 776. Whites 1,490, colored 1,454. Grand total 2,944. This is an increase of about 400 over the last school census. George Springs, the colored man who was arrested in this City last Thursday morning upon the charge of attempting to poison s colored family, was yesterday ariaigDcii be fore Esquire' D. G. MaxWell, for a pre liminary) hearing. The evidence was Strong against bim, and he wa9 uwsnded to 1ail. in default of a bond of $200 for his appearance for trial before Judge Meares. LlKCOIrON.N. C, August 18 Eeary rains again have swollen all the streams and more bridges gone and crops damaged. Messrs Bernhardt and Morrison, who built the iron bridge across the South Fork sesr town, are hard at work removing the wreck with the view of replacing the structure again, but the high waters retard them in their jwork very much. , Charlotte Chronicle: William Shinn, a well known citizen of this city, died early yesterday morning after a brief attack of sickness. the establish ment of (the Carolina .spoke and handie factory pas opened a market for ibe fiwst woods around this section and the farmers are turning the opportunity to advantage, Mij. C. A. Hege, proprietor of the Salem Iron Works, is endeavoring to locate a company of Northern capitalists is the quarrying business in this State. Hickory, N. C, August 20. AbemetLy Bros., of Hickory, have a rattlesnake con fined in a glass case with nine rattles. His snakeship has been in captivity about thiee months, and as yet has eaten nothing. Soon after being captured his teeth were extracted and he was freely handled bj butchei in their employ, but the snake one day at being roughly handled and tried to bite the! charmer. Upon close inspection it was found his teeth had grown out to nearly their original length; it is needless to state that the handling of the snake was abandoned at once. A live mouse was put in the Case and was killed at once, but not eaten. A frog was put in and after s visit of one evening seemed to have made so agreeable companion to the snake and perched upon his head, and assumed m much dignity as one of our learner! wi of the Supreme bench. Raleigh News- Observer: The Local Ministers' Conference is now in ses sionatSRutherford College and is to con tinue until August 80th, twelve daysman Rev. W. P. Williams, of Davidson College, is in the chair. In the State museum there is a bunch of rice just brought n from the farm of Mr. H. F. Norris, in BuckhOrn township, this county. NOrris has quite a large field near one o his mill ponds. It is .more than six i hiffh . if VABfprrfnv Mr. Thos. C nr' ris, curator of the State museum, was en- salt ana iresh water nsniounu iu--Carolina waters. The exhibit i-ver. prehensive and when completed wiup bably show one hundred and fifty differ1 kinds. I The specimens arc mounted wj best manner and are arranged on the of the museum room. While putting P magnificent specimen of the dfumi.j Mr. Harris told how one drowned a at Wrightsville, near Wilmington, years ago. The man was fishing for 01 t with several others, and had wadi into the water about waist deep. uc bis line tied around his body to VJL, getting lost. In the excitement of catcu -, the big fish, it was not noticed ry that Qie man disappeared, and ne not -missed until all came out oi water and began to count up tne t Tnquiries were made for two twy. nothing could be learned about uin-. the end of that time his bod;r w?nToUnd upon the beach, having his line it, and on the other end of the line sew hooked was a drum fish that wj. eighty pounds. Reports are cm in of Considerable damage to such crop were Tin the course of the whicb passed over this sccnou ihe night. Corn-fields to the sou iitv warn the grou mod. and several cotton fields have been co erablVhurt by being broken and" down! . An oil DOrtrait of Vt. nf of GrisHom. Dainted bv Mr. P. C. Enniss. the this city, who deseryes to rans '"""- first of oil portrait painters, can , isS' Fred A.; Watson's art store. r- & at. ability in this line is not artificial, ural. j He never attended an mj but his natural genius and talent ?.'unlSn power over the expression of tne face that no system or rule of an cu stow. j Aconespondent 'V.p'reditl day we stood by the grave of l 8, 0f Balloii, among the first, if not the ' thosefwho, within a few years eja Revolution, made iron in the nortu Be9r part Of the State. He sleeps on a n the north bank of the north forK u W riverj within a few hundred J Thompson B. & A. Spring, the ri poetofflce ie Ashe, county. N. (7.