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i'lie Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT j I L M I WO T O N, .W. C at , . ' 11. o X Y E A 11, I W AIIVANO K, ISSSi ;OQOOOOOOOO0p0itO SSSSSSSSSSS8SSSSS sggssssgsssg'g'gg's SSSSSS! :SSSSSSSSSS g8S83S888S88S888 8888SSS88SS88888 ii1"K I SS8888S888S888 8SS ?i oo d 82.882288888888 SS88ooS8SSS83SS38! HecqvsOOfrQOOOflQDOQOe0) 3. to Kuti timI at tho Post Qfflee atrwilmington, N. C. as Second Class Matter J H UBSCRIPTION PRICE. Mil- subscription price of the Wkkxj.y tau is as follows Binrrlc Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 .60 ' .30 " o monuis, " 8 months TIliiTWO PARTIES IN TUB CON VENTION OP 1T87. Tlr.a being the centennial anniverj- gary of the vent ion in agsembling of the Con- Philadelphia on 17th SepUm'H'r 1787, tulion for the to frame a Consti thirteen sovereign State-, it is a suitable time to ex of the liberty. arai!i into the formation! Great Charter of American We can only glance not exhaust. Tlio treaty of peace signed Sep- temper ', 1783, recognized each of ree, sovereign an independent Statj is." I no articles of Confederation between the States" were to make it a "perpetual Union Hat it was nofi "perpetual " and a ne:r Union was made when the Con stitution wa framed and adopted. The last was not necessarily any more "perpetnalf ' than the first, and oiilv th war las given probable ... i . . permanency to it. Massachusetts and other New Englaud States were anxious in break it up early in this century, as all historical students well know. in January, 1 780, Mr. Madison in- dueed v lrgima, through its Legisla- ture, to invite all the States to Bend Commissioner time 3nl place to meet at a given for the purpose of corinlennr coirtam questions ot trade. Four States, besides Virginia, responded to the call. They dijd nothi;i but in ,'ito ail the Stated to . . ! meet Cur: vpption "to take into coniikra!iou tjie situation of the United Statef,"j and to make some needed chancrr-s "to render the Con!- Htit.utK'ii of tho Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union," Ont of this grew the Con yenuon ami the Constitution as we now have it. The olject was to re I: vise, but after the Convention met it was found that there wa a party in the body led by Hamilton, of New York, and Madison and Ed piur.d Randolph, of .Virginia, wh wuru in favor of an entirely new plan pf government. They were for doing ftw3y with the Federative feature were for abolii-hicg all States and separate sovereignities and making a grand National Kepnblic a strong centralized power of one incorporate Union. In other words, to wipe out States and do away forever with the old idea of a Federal Kepublic comH poeed of distinct Sovereignties or Stales. , . . Mr.' Jefferson was in France. In a lfitr-r to Mr. Madison in December. HSC, he developed the, novel and grand idea of a Government witn three Departments "Legislative, iExecutive and Judiciary." He showed how all the difficulties of the past coald be remedied by this wondroup plan -how the States could continue to be "one Nation as to all foreign countries, and yet remain distinct as to all domestic ones." By the time the Convention met Mr. Jefferson s general plan was much favored. But tho trvincr Question the difficult. diaUnbing question, was this : Shall ine Government be Xjational or Federal? Mark j that. Right herje begins the struggle that continues to this hour. Shall I the United States Government be National or Federal shall it be centralized or limited as to its powers. The Virginia plaji was lor a Strong Government,strange to say. Madisoni and Edmund Ban aoipli favored it. They were in fa vor of domg away completely with the Federal system. Randolph subH mitted such a plan, and Hamilton, coming from New York, submitted a similar plan. . Mr. Pinckney, of South Carolina, was for the 1 Federal plan, and intro duced one accordingly. Throughout H provided a Government oi delega ted powers. It ; was to retain the federal features (not National) as suggested by Jefferson, the great po litical genius. ? i The first vote was taken on the first resolution of the Virginia plan) to make the Government National. TP-. lT r... . ... .... I t'ja states ot tne thirteen were nly present. The resolution was adopted. Then tho other features of the Virginia plan were , adopted -- a'l lookinfj to a National Govern , "aent, or a single Republic. Not one of many, but one. ! ' . i Lut mark again. Was this the VOL. XVIII. end? vail? ther. via me national plan pre- . ... Z '. xou will see by reading far- u, m voie was on May 80, 1787. wu ouua zum eteven States were present. Then what occurred ? Before there had been only! eight. New Ham pshire and Rhode ! Island were not represented. ; On motion of Mr. Ellsworth, of Connecticut, the word National was stricken oat, and the words "government of the j Uni ted States" were substituted. ! In the Madison Paper we learn that Mr. Ellsworth, 'objected to the fterm National: Government, and it was rejected. We learn from the same invaluable reoord of the illustrious Madison;! VThe first resolution. 'that a ' . National Government ought to be established' being taken op. j "Mr. Ellsworth, se- conded bj Mr. Gorham, of Massa- I chusetts, moves to alter it, bo as to I run that the Government of the Uni ted States ought to consist, &o.' This alteration, he said, would drop the word National, and retain the proper title, 'the United States.' " He says this motion was unanimous ly adopted by the Convention. Both Story and Webster have mis represented what occurred. Yates' Minutes contain a similar account. The Northern consolidationists have done a great deal of extra misrepre sentation and glossing in their efforts to break j the force of ' the records. From the start, as soon as eleven States were in Convention, it j was clearly Been that a majority! of the States did not mean to have an v other Government than a Federal one. Mr. Alexauder Stephens, ! wri ting of this period, says: " It was now found that Mr. Pinckney's plan in the main was the only one that could be adopted. By his plan all Federal Legislative power delegated was still to be vested in the Con gress of- the United States; but this Congress itself was to be diverted into two branches, an upper j and lower House: the concurrence of both of which was to be necessary to the passage of any law, or publio measure." I I . A great struggle followed between those who favored a National i and those who favored a Federal form of government. It was on the question of suffrage of the States. The Fed erals insisted that the vote of each House should 'bo by States! The Nationals insisted that this equality should not be retained in i either House, but that they should vote according to population and wealth. The Federals finally agreed to yield as to the House, but stood firm as to the Senate, j Mr. Stephens eays "they were determined to maintain ; an eaualitv of political power in the . i i States severally, in whatever form the Constitution might be amended." There was! a dead lock over the Senate. If any one doubts as to what the Federals meant, read the following announcement of their po sition. as given by Mr. Bedford, of Delaware, on July 2: "That all the States at present are equal ly sovereign sod independent. The small States can never agree to the Virginia plan (the National, i. e strong government. Star) ana wny, men. jh aim urgea. Liel us then ao wnai is in our power amend ana enlarge ine uonreaera- tion, but not alter the Federal system." In the end the Federals triumph ed. The new Constitution did not differ from, the old as to any law or measure being passed with out i a majority of the States. After this protracted straggle and triumph of the Federals, the opposi tion the Nationals led by Hamilton, Madison and others, yielded to the necessities j of the times, and then heartily cooperated "in perfecting a plan conforming to the outlines sub . ii mitted by Mr. rinckney." It is well known that all of the essential features of the bid Confederation were retained, and a few important changes' were made necessary "for the execution of the Federal powers." Stephens. j The Constitution as thus framed was finally adopted by twelve States North Carolina was the last to yield of the twelve States represented in the Convention, s The obiect! in framing a new Constitution was mainly to secure, as Mr. Stephens very correctly states it, tho inesti mable right of local self government by the people of the several States which was the controlling object in thair common s truer el e for, and achievement of, their independence. We maf show what followed upon the adjournment of the Convention. Let it be noted here that it is a gross misnomer to call Mr. Madison the "Father of the Constitution" in any other sense than that he was the first to move in the matter of calling ' a Convention, if such be the case,' as we think probable. He cannot be said in anv inat or nroner sense to be the "Father of1 the Constitution", when he favored a Great Nation and opposed an Union of Sovereign States EPlu rihu TTnitm one Federal (not Na tional, mind you) Government : by several constituent States. Mr. Jet ferson was much more "Father" of our present tion.1 He not only first the real ConstitU' suggested ft tho idea ofj three Departments, but he caused t.U t.adv Ammota to be adopted. I The original Consti tntinn a compromise, and was much in distrust of the was too strong with the framed too people and National idea. Thb Amendments were intended to protect the States against the I encroachments of the Federal Government. They were framed in the interests of the people and in distrust of the too strong Government 'that had been set up. - 4 GOOD LETTER. We publish ! a communication to day from Maj. Finger, Superinten dent of Puplio Instruction for North Carolina. While we have not agreed 'with him as to the advantages to be derived from ' such Federal instru- ments as Blair bills, we are glad to De Q harmony' with the views pre- sented in his letter of the 13th in stant. They j impress us as emi- nently judicious I and timely. He takes the right view of education no doubt. The 1 enlightened men of the S ,ate must . uphold his bends audi cooperate heartily in de- J 1 1 " 'i veloping a broader, more systematic, more thorough - common school ar rangement. North Carolina is abund antly able' to 'educate all of the chil dren and she will be untrue to her- self unless ,his i is done. She needs no Federal id or blightug interven- tion. A 61 mmon wealth of 1,700,000 people tha spends over . $8,000,000 yearly in whiskey drinking ought to expend $ 1, 000,000 in education. Do yo unot think so reader? James Barron Hope .was born on the 23d j of 1 March, 1829. He had done his day's work, eone home.taken a meal, laid down and slept. His pa per, the Norfolk Z,andmark, Bzya: "At that time, 6 o'clock, ho rose to get off the bed; and had put one foot to the floor, when he suddenly drew his hand to his heart, his face became deathlike in its pallor, he leaned back on the bed and bis spirit was in the presence of its God." The Juandmarh announces his & few touching death editorially in words. Then follow the last edito rials the gifted hand ever 'penned. IT .,LJ?J, n e 1 1 i now paiueuc i now inu or warn ing ! In the account of his death it is said: LI ! ! I - 1 J ! 1 I 'Of a lofty courage, which knew no fear, be was as gentle and winning in his manner as a woman, and to his friends as true B9 steel; of a serene and wise philoso phy, he clung with the strong tenacity of his nature to Ihe teachings or bis child hood, and he 'walked in the fear of his Creator and; his I faith was in the Christian religion." I ' - i . He leaves a widow aud two mar ried daughters. We are much grati fied at the announcement that he lived to complete his memorial poem. Ex President Davis is out in a letter in reply to Bishop Galloway, of the Methodist Church, and it is interesting! reading. The noble Southern statesman, honored and re vered, thoagh disfranchised and without a country, says: j "Disfranchised though I be. the love of my life for the Constitution and the liber ties it was formed to secure remains as ar dent in age as jit was in youth. 'The Methodist Church South has been to me the object of admiration and grate ful atiectioD, because ot its naemy to prin ciple, despite Ithe pressure of wealth and power, by the zeal oi its unaerpaia minis ters who hrtve gone along bye ways to pene trate unfrequented regions and there 'preach the gospel to the poor,' Often has my memory j recalled the prophetic viBion of Bishop Marvin. Will it be fulfilled by introducing politics into the organization of the church he nobly illustrated ?" The North American newspaper of Philadelphia is one of the oldest papers in the Union. In its issue of 15th SeptJ 1887, it published a fac simile of the first printed copy of the Constitution pf the United States. The exact dimensions, typrography and contents of the four pages of the Pennsylvania! Rocket and Daily Advertiser for Wednesday, 19th September 1787, are all reproduced. Even the color of the paper is given., It is a good specimen of enterprise and is a valuable Centennial offer- in 2, The INorth American is the limai success old paper of 1787, and as such is the oldest daily in this country. . ; H Cotton Facts. The receints of cotton yesterday were the liijgest for any onci day this season, amlounting to 2,125 bales, be sides 272 bales brought by the steam er Murchisoh, which are not counted inthe day;s receipts being too late to be posted at the Prdduce Ex change. . ,1 ; I The receipts for the week ended yesterday are 9,442 bales, against 744 received the; same week last year an increase of 8,707 bales, ReceiptsJ for the crop year up to and including yesterday, are 14,113 bales, against 979 bales received dur ing the corresponding p6riod last year an increase oi Dates in the first seventeen days of this year, The Btockj at this port yesterday, ashore and afloat, was 12,066 bales. The sales yesterday were 1,250 bales on a basis of 9 cents for middling a higher price than was paid at any other South' Atlantic" or Gulf port. Of yesterday's receipts 877 bales came over the! Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, 337 on the Wil mington & Weldon, 756 on the Carolina Central, 155 by the steamer Hurt and 272 (not counted) on the steamer Murchison. I Goldsboro Argus: We have watched with I oeculiar pleasure the quiet ease with which Judge Merrimon dilicently dispatches business, WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, Juror for the U. 8. District Coart. The following is a list of jurors drawn to attend and serve at the Fall term of j the TJ. , S. District Court, which will convene in this city on the first day of November next, viz: New Hanover County D. A." Smith, Clayton Giles, C. L. Graioin, Daniel Klein,.J. W. Jackson, James D. Dry, Samuel W. Skinner, Benj. Scott, J T. Mclver, Patrick Donlan, Wm. Gil christ, W. L. DeRosset, Owen Fen- nell, A. ; M. Waddell, Jr., John C. Chase, D. L. Gore, P.'H. Hayden. j ; T Columbus County J. it. High smith, S. A. Smith, M. M. Harrelson, Henry Coleman, A. F. Toon. j Duplin County J. C. McMillan, Holly Williams, D. M. Pearsall, Wal ter R. Bryant, L. M. Cooper. j - Pender County R. M. Croom, John A. Jones,! Stephen Fillyaw, Sterling Allen, T. J. Bradshaw, W. C. Keith, R. C. Johnson. , Bladen: County T. D. Love, :srs, Mathew Byrne, Enoch Estes, A.I J. Bryan. " ; v ,'. . .v.:1 j Sampson j County J. W. Wright, John Barden, Alvin Royal, Noah Mitchell. T. J. Lee. Robeson County-John Humphrey, E. F. McRae, Robt. T. Carlisle. Brunswick County S. J. Stanley, J. B. Mercer. Hymenal, 1 Mrs. Carrie L. Hudson, of Brook lyn, N. Y., was married to Mr. Daniel Ducilhvj of Galveston, Texas, yester day afternoon at 'Squire Millis' office on Princess street. The contracting parties are strangers in this city. Both registered at the Orton house. The lady was of petite figure, hand somely dressed in light summer silk trimmed with velvet, wore diamond ear-rings and a black Gainesborpugh hat. with black and white ostrich plumesj The gentleman was becom ingly attired in black. The venerable magistrate performed the ceremony with becoming dignity in the back room of his office, using the usual formula, "I pronounce yon man and wife, according to the laws of the State of North Carolina, and charge you one dollar,"' which was promptly paid by the groom. The subscribing witnesses were Captain Dossey Battle, Maior W; L. Young and Col. W. H. Shaw. j After the ceremony the bride re quested a copy of the marriage certi ficate, stating that her husband, had good deal of property and! that they had to travel a great way. She said that they had applied to a min ister to marry them, but; he had gone to attend a funeral. The groom had very little to say and, was quite deaf. The marriage certificate issued by County Register : Sampson, showed that the bride was a daughter of "Mr. and MrsJ W. R. Kyle, living at Phila delphia.'? i Her age was given as twenty-seven, and that of: the groom forty-four.! For tne Penitentiary Sheriff E.; W Taylor, of Brunswick county, reached this city yesterday afternoon, having in charge six pris oners, recently convicted by the j Su perior Court of Brunswick, and sen tenced to imprisonment in the peni tentiary. The following are the names of the convicted men: I John Chavis and Thomas Caison white, of Brunswick, larceny of a bag of coffee and a box of tobacco; five years' each, j John Young, a native of Ohio, and circus man. larceny of a pair of oxen; four years' imprisonment. : Henry Clay Bruce, colored, of Brunswick, larceny of sundry articles which were found in his house; five years' imprisonment. James Wrieht and James Williams, colored, belonging to Wilmington, larceny of corn from a field; two years' imprisonment each. j The Sheriff, with his birds, left last night,! on the 8 o'clock ; train of Carolina Central Railroad. the A Gold froapector. Mr. ;Fred Poisson, who left here some months ago on an adventurous trip to the wilds of Africa, writes to his brother, Mr. Louis J. Poisson, that (at the time, the letter was written) he was about one thousand miles north of the Cape of Good Hope, in com pany with a party of gold prospec tors, i He mentioned, also, that on his arrival in England he was suspected of being a dynamiter, on account -of the supply of arms and ammunition with which he was provided for his South African trip. Tm Oil and Creosote Work. The Carolina Oil and Creosote Company find it necessary to increase their already large plant, and are put ting in ; additional retorts for j the manufacture of wood creosote oil, at their works' in this city.- The daily out-put of oil is enormous now, j but the rapidly increasing demand for timber treated by the Company pro' cess necessitates further enlargement. Foreign Exports. - ! The British steamship Ray Qreen was. cleared yesterday evening by Messrs. Heide & Co; for Liverpool, Eng., with a cargo of 5,100 bales of cotton, weighing 2,448,744 pounds, shipped by Messrs Alex Sprunt & Son, and valued at $225,000. The German brig Max was cleared for Newcastle-on-Tyne, . Eng., .by Messrs. E. Peschau & Westermann, with 3,691 barrels of rosin, valued at $2,600 and shipped by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son. . mm First Cargo for Iilvorpool. The steamship Hay Green finished loading at the Champion Compress and cleared yesterday for Liverpool, with a cargo of 5,100 bales of cotton. It is the first of the season and consid erably in advance of the earliest ship ment last year. : The first cargo j last year was by the Cafbis Bay, -on the 5th of October, which was followed by the Wylo, October 9th. The largest cargo last season was taken out by the Jessmore, 5,200 bales. : ' - ? ' - KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, i. Proceeding of tbe Special Session o tbe Grand Lodge at doldsboro. : :,' V ',, ' Speolal to the Star. I - GbliDSBORO, September 15. Accord ing to announcement, the speeial ses sion of the Grand Lodge K. of, P, took plaee in this city yesterday, and there was a goodly attendance of delegates and members of the order. v ! V : There were nine Lodges represent ed: Nos. 1, 3T 4, 5, 6, 8, 22, 30 and 314 , The object of this , special session was to elect a committee whose duty it shall be to revise the constitution I and by-laws of the State Grand Lodge and the general laws of subordinate Lodges,' and file a report thereof at the next regular session of the Grand Lodge for its action. This plan was adopted so as to expedite the matter; since final action can be taken on it at the next regular meeting; whereas. 'otherwise, according to the customs of the7 order, ifwouia be aeiayeairom the next regular meeting till the an nual meeting ioiiowing. Tee committee for this purpose ap pointed at yesterday's meeting con sists of Messrs. T. D. Meares and J no. L. Dudley, of Wilmington: Jno. M. Sherwood and C. W. Lambert, of Raleigh, and W. T. Hollowell, ' of Goldsboro. - i i The officers of the State Grand Lodge in attendance were: P. G. C, S. G. White, of Raleigh: G. C. N. O'Berry. of Goldsboro: G. V.I C, Thos. D. Meares, of Wilmington; G.r P. pro tern, W. T. Hollowell, of Goldsboro; G. M. of Ex., W. T. Scanlin. of Fayetteville: G. K. of R. and s. vrotem.. Jno. Ij. uudiey, oi Wilmington; G. M. at A., JS. M. I'avie, of Newbern: G. I. G. pro tern., 1. C Prempert, of Wilmington: G. O. G., L. M. Dunlap. of Durham; Supreme Representative, J. A. Bonitz, of Wil mington. The session appointed a memorial committee on the death of Supreme Secretary, Robert IS. Cowan, or St. Louis, consisting- of Messrs. J. A. Bonitz. S. G. White, and our towns man Jno. H. Hill, who will report ap propriate resolutions at the next regular meeting, which will be ! held in Greensboro on the 2nd Tuesday in February. There being no lurther business tne session adjourned. A grand banquet was given at night by the Lodge of this city, at the New Arlington. The Black Stiver Boats. The steamboat Enterprise was de layed on her trip down' by an acci dent to her machinery. The cylinder head was blown off, when the boat was near Stell's Bluff, about thirty- five miles above Wilmington Wed nesday night. She arrived here yes terday, and will repair and be ready to make her upward trip by this even ing. Capt. D. J. Black is bnilding a new boat at Sherman's Landing, to take the place of the Lisbon. It will be finished in about thirty days, will be eighty-five feet in length and eigh teen feet beam, equipped with j new machinery, and of light draft. iWill have good accommodations for; pas sengers, and a freighting capacity of about 250 barrels. Car-Conpllng Accident. Richard Smith, a colored man ! em ployed at the depots of the W., C. & A. Railroad in this city, to assist in making up trains, was seriously if not fatally injured last night at the depot on Nutt street while coupling cars. The accident occurred about 8 o'clock, while Smith was engaged in making up a freight train. As soon as dis covered the injured man was taken up and carried into the office of! the company. He was in great agony. It was . found that the left side of his chest was badly crushed, the upper part of his body being very much swollen. Dr. Burbank was at once summoned, and an ambulance was procured and the sufferer removed to the City Hospital. Dealb of a Somewbat Noted Perion- age. The Hew lork papers contain a notice of the death of Mr. Edward Matthews, who at one time, as bond holder, had control of the Wilming ton & Rutherford Railroad, now! the Carolina Central. He died at New port, R. I., last Tuesday. It is stated that "Mr. Matthews had been in poor health for some time, but he was able to be out nearly every day. He rwas prominent in real estate matters in New York and elsewhere. He was a brother of Mr. Nathan Matthews, of Boston, who built and occupied the villa occupied by Mr. James R. Keene at Newport. "Takes tbe Cake," Wilmingt6n still leads the South Atlantic and Gulf ports in prices paid for cotton. Twelve hundred bales were Jsold here yesterday on a basis of 9 cents per pound for middling, and the market wasrra at these figures. Charleston was quiet at 9 1-10; Sa vannah, steady at 815-16; New Or leans, steady at 9 1-16; .Mobile, quiet at 9; Galveston, steady at 9 1-16; Mem- phis, steady at 9; and Augusta, nrm at 81 per pound. Direct Importation. The British steamer Nieosian, whose arrival here is daily exnected, nas a cargo of fifteen hundred tons of steel rails for the Cape Pear & Yadkin Valley Railroad Company. The duty on this importation, at $17 a ton,! will amount to $25,500. The Nicosian sailed from Maryport, England, on the 30th of August. The last imnortation of steel rails was in 1881. A New Rice mill. Mr. Wm. Larkins and 'Mr. Andrew Flanner, who have . recently pur chased the Point Peter plantation, have had the rice mill on the place, built by the late S. R. Potter, put in thorough repair It will be equipped with new and improved machinery for milling rough rice and will soon be ready for operation. ; . Capt. Mills, of the British steam ship Phoenix, at Charleston, S. C. from New York, reports that on j Sat- nrdav Hast, when thirteen miles southwest by west from Body. Island, ran very close to , a bell buoy which was adrift. A: lie-lit wind from: the northeast was blowing at the time. ! I. TAR. 1887. WASHINGTON. ATcCarlgle not to be Extradited' Tb President's - Departure for ; Fblta-i delpbla-Interest saved , ' tbe fiol vernment by. Purebaee ofi Bonds' n Invitation to the lreelden to Visit' Jacksonville. By Telegraph to the Morntug Stat Washington. Sept 15 The Stcretar or Biaie naas do proper grounds upon, which to demand ibe extradition of Mc-j Garigle, of Chicago.' The fact that Mc Oarigle was aided to ft cape by British tut? jects and was carried away from i Chicago in a British vessel, his no lelt-vaoce in i bis matter. These people will be answerable to the laws of Illinois should they again come within their jurisdiction. As to the suggestion that tbe request for extradition might be made on the ground of country; the Secretary say 8 that it is not the practice of thi? government in any case to ask for the surrender of a fugitive criminal on this grouDd, btcause it has Beuera) Iv and alpost uniformly. been held that the United States would be unable to comply with a recipro cal, request. : j. Washtkgton. Sent 15 The Presklen tial party left here for Philadelphia at 4 p1. m in a private car on the Pennsylvania Railroad. . ' ' I Since the issue of the circular of August 3rd last, inviting proposals to Sill 4 per cent, bunds to the government, proposals have aggregated $32,244,700. and of this amount (10.500.000 bonds have been pur chased by the Treasury. From computa tions made in tbe Treasury Department, it is estimated that by these purchases the government has saved over one million dollars in interest on 4 per cent, bonds. Washington, Sept. 15. A committee appointed by the Board pf Trade and citi zens of Jacksonville, Fla , accompenied by Senator Call, called upon President Cleve land by appointment this morning, 'to pre sent an invitation to the President and Mrs. Cleveland to visit Florida. Tbe chairman f the committee expressed the hope that the President might make the visit during his coming southern trip, or, if that should riot be possible, on February 22d. when the Sub-.Tropical Exposition would be in pro gress, lue President ex pressed doubt of his being able to visit Florida on bis south ern tour, as now mapped out. but said ;he would give the matter serious attention, and hoped to be able to accept at a Inter day. THE AN Aft VHIS TS. Attempt to Secure tbe Services-! of Roger A. Pryor for tbe Bomb Throwers Petition for Executive Clemency Tbe Knlsbis of Labor.: By Telegraph to the Horning Star, (j New York, Sept. 17. George A. ocmiiing, ueiegaDea vy ine umcago; Anarchist Relief Committee to secure-' . 1 . Ml "1 1 i 1 1 ft . . the services of Roger A. Pryor for the condemned bomb throwers, was to- aay in consultation wicn rypr. JNeitner .Pryor nor Schilling would state the result of the conference. ? uhicagc, jsept. 17. Printed forms of a petition to Gov. Oglesby, ap pealing lor a commutation oi sen tence for the condemned Anarchists, have been gotten out and are now being forwarded to all parts of the country, x ne petition was drawn up by Capt. Black, it reads as follows: To iis jsxceiiency rucnara ; j . Ogl Illii rlesby, Governor of the State jof linois: Tne undersigned, believing that any cases involving life, humani ty and the State are better served by mercy than by the rigorous execution of a sentence, the justice of which is questioned by many of our people, respectfully but urgently bespeak the exercise or executive clemency in oe- half of August Spies, Michael Swab. Oscar JNeibe, Albert K. Parsons, Sam uel Fielden, Adolph Fischer, Louis Since: and George Ensrel: being: pur- suaded tiaat sucn action on your part will conduce to the peace of the State. The Times to-day says, editorially: The decision of the Illinois- Supreme Court in the Anarchists' case will ex ercise a powerful influence on i the annual general assembly of ! the Knights of Labor, which will meet at Minneapolis on October third, and thereby indirectly on the . labor movement, and perhaps the very existence or tne order of tne Knierhts of Labor. It is intended to bring the matter before the assem bly at the outset, and pass a resolu tion denouncing the decision1 and demanding the interference of the Supreme Court of tne U. S. Tins move -will proceed from the radical wing and thus will be an event in the right on Grand Master workman Powderly. The. radicals had j some difficulty in passing their Anarchist resolution at Kicnmona. Tneir nanas have been very materially strength ened during tne past year, and tney now claim tnat tney will nave a ma jority in the eoming Convention, Reports received by those prominent among the radical Knights in this citv. assure tnem tnat ine radicals have elected their delegates in nearly all the big cities, and in many places outside of tne centres oi inaustry. They are very hopeful, not only pf carrying tne resolution in ravorpi the Anarchists, but also of ousting the present conservative administra tion. Tbe Anarcnists' resolution wjii be used as an entering wedge to sepa rate the two factions more definitely than has hitherto been possible. If the General Assembly is not disposed to allow the radicals to rule, the lat ter will withdraw from the Order and attempt to break it up. THE YACHTS. Betting Elgbt to Five In Favor of tbe Volunteer. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. September 17. The result of tbe contest yesterday between the yacuis Volunteer and Mayflower, has made the betting jump from even money to 8 to 5 in favor of the Volunteer winning the Inter national race for the American cup. A bet of $5,000 to $8,000 in favor of the Volun teer was made to-day at tne rrouuee ex change. The betting last night at theaNew York (Jlub House, was 7. 8 ana v to Oi in favor of tbe Volunteer. It is rather hard to find Thistle supporters with money ready tnnntiin nn reasonable odds. Yachtsmen pooh the allegation that Bell has wagered 750.000 on tbe Thistle, it the ucotenman will steD forward they can find lots of takers. FOREIGN. Tbe London Times on tbe American Centennial Celebration.' j By Cable to the Morning Star.j London. Sent 17. The Times ' speak ing of the centennial celebration of the signing of tbe American uonsuiuuon : at PhilaUelobia. savs: " ine iesuvai . cele brates no ordinary kind of birthday. : The United States have already won the way to the foremost place among tbe nations; of the world, and to their future development of strength and wealth ho limit can be as- oiirnorl Tim Pntiatttiitifin has been a com promise throughout, and in no way more clearly or usefully in the reconcilement! it has effected between national anu ioca claims." , J . London. SeDt. 17. The latest reports place the number of dead by yesterday a radroad accident at iweniy-inree ana in jured sixty. COTTON. A Summary of tbe Crop to Date. By Telegraph to tne Morning Star. : Nkw York. Sent. 17. Receipts of cot-r ton for all interior towns. 77.524 bales; re ceipts from plantations, 143,799 bales; total 1.229.353 bales, of which 643.153 bales vlHiniH Nil T)I)1 V til IXJLbUll 1U1 U1V TT UllU, are American, against 1.025.527 and 662,- 827 bales respectively last year: crop in sight bales. j NO. 46 j obit u a nr. James Barron Hope, Editor and Poe, f or Norfolk, Vs. ! Bv Teieeiaph to tae Morning Huts, i - Norfolk. Sentember 15. James Barron Hope, editor and founder of the Norfolk Landmark, and a distinguished poet, died suddenly this evening of heart disease;, at his home in this city. He was born on tbe 23rd of March, 1829, and was. a grandson of the late Commodore James Barron, of the ' U. 8. Navy, and for three years before the war was secretary to his uncle. Commo dore Samuel Barron, of the U. S Navy. Educated to the profession of the law; he practiced a few years, and when the war broke out enlisted in the Confedetate aimv and obtained the rank of captain. ' After the; war Mr. Hope - became a newspaper editor, and successively edited tbe Day Book and Norfolk Virginian, and in 1873 founded the Norfolk Landmark, of which journal he was the head when he died. He has published a number of prose and poet ical writings of marked merit, and he won an enviable 1 reputation as poet land journalist. His mind was ' remarkable! f qr its analytical and logical powers. He will be best remembered by his .oxtn delivered upon the occasion or the xorktown Cen tennial, in 1881. Mr. Hope delivered an ode upon the unveiling of the Equestrian statue of George Washington in the year 1858. at Kichmond, and a few weeks i ago he received an invitation from Gov. Lee, ofj Virginia, i representing the committee upon the laying of the corner stone or j the liee Monument in Kichmond, on the 27th of jOctooer next, to deliver ; a dedicatory poem. This invitation he accepted, and yeBterday finished his poem . j Mr. Hope was at his office as usual this afternoon, and appeared to be in unusually good spirits. For two years he had occu pied the position of superintendent of schools for this city, and had labored zeal ously for tbe advancement and improve ment of all classes, both white and colored. THE BLUEANiTtHE QUA Y. Reunion at Mexico, Mo. Forty Thou sand Visitors Feasting, Speaking and Paradlnc tbe Order of tbe Day. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ) St. Louis, Sept. 15 The Ex-Confede rate Reunion at Mexico, Mo ; was attended by a large number of soldiers, yesterday. who represented either side or iuu caunict. About 40,000 people gathered in tbe little city of 7,000, overflowed its corporate lim its, but accepted of its bountiful hospi tality. - A grand parade, with the veterans of the successful side on the rigbt of the line, so cieties and militia following, and the army of "Johnnies" bringing up the rear, opened the exercises of tho day. Banners of the President were flaunted to tbe breeze on the side streets, but on the line of march these were conspicuously absent. In a grave at the north of the city one hundred cattle bad been barbecued, and when the procession broke ranks mett was served to the visitors at a large table, con venient to the meat pits. j In the afternoon orations were delivered by prominent politicians, who found 'words of praise for both Bides and a cause to fight lor worthy of either. . The reunion win close to uay. j HORRIBLE FATE. An Entire Family of Six Persons iBarned to Deatb In New Orleans i Tbe Fire Caused by tbe Explo sion of -Powder! I By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Ohleans, Sept. 16 At 112.30 o'clock this morning an explosion occurred in the grocery store o: Dominica M, Messina, at tbe corner "f Enghieh and DauDhine streets, and a moment later the entire building was on fire, and all escape from the upper stories, where Messina's family resided, was cut oft Tbe fire must have been burning some t'.ms tjefore tne explosion, which was doubtless caused by the ignition of powder which Messina kept tor sale. When the nremen reacnen tne scene tho voices of the Messina lamiiy conld be heard, mingled with the roaring and cracking of the flames, crying for help. Every effort of the firemen to rescue the unfortunate inmates oi the burning building failed, anu tbe entire family, con sisting of Messina, his wife and four little children, were burned to death. NEW YORK. Imports of Gold and Jtlercbandlse tbe Past Week. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, Sept. 17. Imports of gold this week amounted to 4,855, 641. of which $4,797,941 came from : Europe and $55,700 from South Ame rica. Exports of specie for the week amounted to $214,172, of which $5,100 was in gold, consigned to Europe, and $209,072 in silver. ; Of the silver $186,072 went to Europe and $23,000 to South America. Imports of Sncr chandise for the week amounted to $9,395,604, goods. . including $2,972,347 dry . Charlotte Democrat : As the Chronicle savs. it is beautiful, though it is very hard to polish, in the vicinity ot Charlotte is the only place in the United States where the leopardite stone orj rock nas ever neen seen, iv una uevor ue.-u uuu- sidered available for practical purposes. On Wednesday last Mr. K. Y. Mo Aden and Mr. T. L. Lomax left the city in a buggy for a trip to McAdecsvills, On reaching Sifford's Ferry, on the Catawba river, and while waiting for the ferryman, who was on the opposite side, tne noree became restive and plunged into the river, drawing Mr. McAden with him. The horse swam across the stream, leaving Mr. McAdan in the quicksana, from which he was rescued. Some colored laborers near by jumped into the river and cut the; har ness, freeing the horse, which swam ashore. It was a narrow escape. Pittsboro Some': We regret to hear of the death of Mr. Kis Holloman. of Cary. He was a worthy gentleman and a member of the mptist (jhurcu. we re gret to hear also that diphtheria prevails in Wake. Irene Young, a very interesting little girl, died of this dreadful disease near Carv last week. The series of meet ings held in the Jttethoaist cnurcn in our town last week did not result in any ex tensive revival, but we confidently believe they resulted in great good. Mr. James H. Headen.and Mr. James O. Forrester ioined the Church and , were baptized. -i we regret to Deimormea mat tne cotton crop does not promise to be as good as it promised a few months ago. but the corn crop will be abundant. The failure of the fruit crop was a great loss to unav ham. Winston Sentinel: Monday morning the train brought up three negro women committed to jail by J. a. Kay, J. P., of Kernersville, for committing an as sault on a white boy of that place named Avery White. Concerning the next Congressman from the Fifth District, we hear men speculate every day. Now they sav it will be Scales, then Morehead is men tioned and presently Watson's name is ureed. There were 28 cases; tried at the Mavcr'fl court during tbe past week. Nearly all of them were for nuisance, with one for illicit retailing. The amount of fines (not including costs) amounted to $132.50. Rev. Mr. Batchelorof the M. P. Church, is conducting a protracted maettng at Richmond Hill. Many converts are reDorted and a large crowd in attend ance. Raleieh Chronicle: The Y. M. G, A. is growing in Its good worn anu mem hprahin " It has now 211 members. I Messrs B. H. Bunn, George CL Battle and Jesse Brake were appointed an advisory or directing committee of tbe Rocky Mount Fair. Mr. John R. Underwood was elected Secretary and Treasurer Tbe following were elected Vice Presidents for the 8tate nt-Tju-ce: Colonel L. L. Polk. Elias Carr, Colonel Wharton J. Green and Willis R. Williams. Spirits Turpentine. Reid8ville Democrat: There is horse in Reidsville aged fifty years -4 Weldon News': The Ring wood vineyard is the largest in the State. The farm contains 65 acres in scuppernong grapes an.d 20 in other varieties. Most ex cellent wines are made, the nroduct lata year being 38.000 gallons. A large quanti ty ww ne made this season " Raleigh Netcs Observer: Mai. R. S. Tucker has a field of 117 acres in. cotton near the city from which sccetdin to the opinion of competent judges, be will get 150 bales. The State Fair Ex ecutive Committne have .determined ! hve a grand trades parade l on one day of the fair week. We take it for eranted that Justice Davis will be the nominee for tbe place be now holds by appointment of the Governor. The State has no more de- . voted son than he, nor purer patriot, no more faithful jurist -4- Asheville Citizen:1 There were quite a number of conversions and acces sions to the church at the camp meeting recently held a Flat Creek and Turkey -Creek, both of this CJunty.; Prof. P. ". Claxton leaves to-dav to ssiist Pror Aldeiman in the Goldsboro Graded School for a few months. 'Mr. John E. Hampton is erecting a ttore on North Main street in an alley 6x30 feet, and has al ready had 200 applicants for it. And yet it is paid Asheville is not progressing. -V Wadesboro Intelliaencer: No doubt the wells have very much to do with the sickness in Wadesboro at the present time. Nothing is more productive of sick ness than foul water. Sam Brown, the horse and mule thief, wrote a letter n the grand jury, in which he told them that Mr. .Robert Iiowery, the constable of Whito Store township, put a rope around bis neck and swung him up to a tree, to make hint confess. ; We do not know what action tb grand jury took, . whether any or not, but we understand that the Judge instructed the Solicitor to issue a I capias for Mr. Lowery and fetched in. Court adjourned before got there. - Charlotte Hornet: Information has reached the city of an all round fight at Kings Mountain yesterday, between tins crew of a freight train and five tramps. The tramps were overpowered and fur nished with lodgings at tbe expense of tho corporation. Parties from Cedar Creek. township bring tidings of a regular tornado that visited that section yesterday after noon. ; Hailstones fell which were as largo as a hen's egg. AH this time the wind blew furiously. In Crab Orchard town ship the same thing occurred. The blast varying the monotony by' unroofing seve ral dwellings. Tho damage done by the rain and hail is very great, especially, to the crops.. Corn and, cotton on tbe uplands ' have been laid flat, and ; on tbe bottoms badly washed. ' Bridges that have hereto fore withstood the ravages of previous floods were demolished in an incredible short space of time. Shelby Aurora : Rev. J. M. McManaway, of Wilson, preached two powerful sermons on Sunday to the Bap tist congregation. It is thought Rev. Mr. McManaway will be induced to become tbe permanent supply of the Shelby Church. f Our community on Thursday morning were shocked by the sad intelligence that Miis Ray 8. Frick, a sweet young lady of Shelby, bad died that morning. Mr J. W. Lewis came home from the army ai the close of the war, suffering badly from a. wound in his arm. He went to work mak ing and selling sorghum molasses and soon got a start. He now owns two or three' flouting ' mills. - The Methodists of Gilboah have built one of the nicest Churches in the county, on the Mariou - road, four and a half miles from Ruther fordton. During last week Mr. Deva- ney Putman, who lives on tbe land of Phil ip Martin, made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. The people of ltu- therford county are rejoicing over the fuel that the 3 C's road is certainly to be con- ' tinned on to Marion, and the 2 C's built on to Chimney Rock. Greensboro Patriot: Steps are to' be taken to secure a re-unio.n of the Bethel regiment, which lost the first soldier on the Confederate side, during the war at the battle of Bethel, in Virginia About 8,000 pounds of gold ore from Richs ardson gold mine, in Moore county, was shipped from Ore Hill last week to New York. Providence has certainly trailed on the people of our land this year ana especially old jNortn Uaroiina. The oldest citizens cannot recall a single year of their lives when a more abundant crop of every kind of vegetation has been gath ered from the ground. Mr. W. P. McLean from Eastern Guilford was in our office yesterday , and reports the present crop of tobacco in Guilford to bo the heaviest within his recollection not, how - ever, m quantity, hut in quality, The N. C. Tile and Brick Company was formed at Pomona, in this county, about a year ago with J. Van Lindley as President loti tbe purpose oi manufacturing tiling, piping and fire proof brick and terra cotta flues from a Kaohne clay deposit aUaut four miles west of Greensboro. The suc cess of this plant has been somewhat pbe- nominal and to day they are unable to fill their orders. j I Clinton Caucasian: Mr. Mil ton Powell, one of the leading farmers of Taylor's Bridge township reports a cotton stalk seven feet high, with 287 bolls ami squares. Mr. Major Strickland, a leading citizen of Magnolia township. Duplin county, died suddenly, at bis home Wednesday morning, the 17th inst. John R. Bishop, white, horse-stealing, and was years in the penitentiary. plead guilty to sentenced to 15 He begged for mercy, and His rionor gave him 5 years under the limit. Mr. J. F. Shine has upon his farm, near aison, a mineral spring which he thinks possesses valuable medicinal virtues, lie will soon have the water analyzed. Mr. Abner Robin son, a native of Sampson, but for many years a highly respected citizen cf Magno lia township, recently had tbe sad misfor tune of losing his wife and a grown daugh ter by typhoid fever. We are pained to chronicle the death of Mrs. H. L. Ste phens, which occurred at the home of her mother, at Warsaw, yesterday morning. J. D. Chesnutt. a white man indicted for stealing cattle, Tailed to make his ap penrance at Duplin court last week. He is supposed to be in Georgia. The meet ing at the Baptist cnurcn continues, mere have been several conversions. Tho preach ing of Dr. Hufham has been greatly en joyed by our people. His sermon last Fri day night is pronounced Dy many an extra ordinary effort. Raleigh News-Observer: The Governor of North Carolina will . meet the Governor of South Carolina at Greensboro on the way to Philadelphia. What remark will be made we will, in deference to the views of our prohibition friends, decline to guess. - We notice in the New Orleans Times-Democrat a communication irom Mr. John W. Albertton, jr., of Elizabeth City, calling attention to the fact that Jpage Martin, who went from New Bern to Louisiana as Judge of that Territory, after its purchese by the United States, carried with him many valuable records and papers of historical interest, from which he wrote his history of North Caro lina, and asking for information touching the whereabouts of -those papers. . Mr. Frank Dixon, a brother of Rev. Thos. Dixon, jr., of this city, has decided to en ter the ministry. He was a student of both Wake Forest College and tbe State University, and was known and acknowl edged by his associates and professors as a young gentleman of unusually brilliant ahd powerful intellect He has recently "been teaching in Washington Territory, Vt Vn vnnlnno Ivifl nnfif ' thnf A ttflfl All VIA UC0 ICDlfUvu uia pvoi muh tered the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, at Louisville, Eentucky. -ij Spier Whitaker, Esq., one of the commissioners, left for Burgaw, Pem'er county, yesterday to appear before Judge Phillips at chambers, to request a confirma tion of the recent sale of the Atlantic Hotel property in Morehead City. Two evenings ago some miscreants rocked the train going west, between Mebane's and Haw River. A large rock crashed through a window and narrowly missed Mrs. N. H. D, Wilson's head. There are now about 190 students at Wake Forest College. That institution is anticipating the receipt ofi something big within the next few weeks. Chapel Hill Dot: The Shakespeare club begins the second year of its existence under promising circum stances Dr., Thos. Hume, Jr.. was re elected chairman; St Clair Hester, secre tary; Hayne Davis, treasurer. These with Messrs. Little, Howell and Prof. Toy Com pose the executive commitlee. TitusJAnd ronicus is the next play to be discussed. "