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STATE NEWS.
Stab is 'a North Carolina
pipe
hrt and all the - time. It is
not
boil, provincial, or sectional, bat
t prtMejs to give attention to home
31i!
State news in preference to
vjprk or California news, and it
No-
sua
laJs K'vJy to defend this old Com
in tvfJikh from all nninst attacks
inon
L placing before the world the
whii
fact'
clnnactc'd with its history and
tho Llnirab!o advantages it offers
Lay of climate, soil; prodac-
in t
Id!
ml people. Tho latter is very
luipprUnt
T.iepTAtt above all North Caro
lini seiHrspapars that have ever been
jKiblw! pi h23 been tho most con
stan , jpatient gatherer of North
Ci.-' Kmi naws. The files of the
Stab will show what ha been done..
Si le i this writer begin work on
th;.' :;t.p. in Sopt. 1876 eleven years
3m --ii i greatly extended the State
ni!i?Imnns, and all through the
ye-ir since it has been a leading,
pOSilbi
y its most cor:8picuoti?,featnre.
A
!.:
i?ine-s man of Wilmington -
juged and intelligent said
of oar friends, recently, that
to pave
he rag trjod the State News depart
ment of the 'Star worth the sub
scription to the paper. Tho New
York aent of" the Clyde line of
l 1
steatoiera slid that, ha took the Stab
to iet iia State intelligence, and thit
h-i read it careCuiiy every d3y and
thereby wa i'-:it- as well pasted as'
to whit transpireJ in North Carolina
a 4 any of its citizins. Ha said ha
ffi' cirefui to rj.l iha Siate col-
urna j that, when too busy to do it1 at
his o.'Iice he pocketed the Stab and
reitlj it at ho;na by hi3 pwn fireiidt!
at mg'rt. flo said he knfew of all of
the tire, ppidomic, murders, rapes,
cornlka of crops, religioiu revivals,
etc., from year to yatr. This ts the
eitiiiuia of a live business man in
lork. Do all of jtfie reader of
the StjVr appreciate th State Nrws
department ?
... I
do get it up req-ure? patienc?, care
an 1 toil. Qaite half a much tima is
upeiit id SHing this one department
as ij i))ent upon editorials. la the
last eleven years the State nei alone
that; his appeared in the Stab would
fill srimewhers.' abou'J 25 volumes,
duoJeliimo size, of- 00 pages each.
' In daol
year, tbe reader now gets two
voludes. of fully 500 Danres each.
Ibisji but one feature' of the Stab
now furnished at 6 a vear.
Io one year the subscriber to the
Star U now receiving1 matter that
Will p
of 40(
It wii
volunj
int more tb la twenty volumes
pages each, duodecimo size.
not fall' below, we think, 22
e., and mar even reach 2o.
And ill ibis for $6 a Vear. ' We pro
pose lo keep up the admirable and
efy popular State feature. It is in-
deed
a pretty full record of what
.trsns
pires jo the State throughout
the
Sear.
Another distinctive
'1
feature of the
Stat.
-first introduced by it and for
mmdj
years no other papers adopted
gathering State opinions nnder
eading, "Oar State Contempo
tt I
the rary." This enables attentive read
era to learn something of what is
hem discussed by the editors of
North Carolina.
St ill another ' distinguishing and
valuable featdre is the reproduction
of dscas8ons beyond the State by
leading pipera This will be found
un,lr the headiog, "Current Com
nien." Of course the opinions gath
erediiunder these headings do not al;
Way reflect our own opinions. For
thes you must turn to the editorial
columns. We often print views that
antagonize our own. We find "Cur
entpomment" a most useful ad
jnct when we wish to either fight
or Btjpport a measure, or a public ut
terance thai is offensive, or public
"Jen who are under fire. x
Another permanent feature of the
StaI ia the caref ul gathering of brief,
lQgge8tive, caustio views, nnder the
leading "Political Points."
Oar "Outlines" of telegraphic news
13 another very popular and use
fl feature. These are some of the
characteristics of the Stab that have
Jpven u marked popular favor. We
,iave bctyi asked more than onco lat
, ery not to change tho "make up" of
nto Stab. Some of our contempora
ries have made special commendation
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VpL. XVIII. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1887., - " " NO. 47
of the plan and style of the Stab.
1 hey say "We can find at once what
we I want and boiled down.", The
genferal features of the Stab will no
doubt be long maintained.' They are
the results 'of. experience reflection
andj familiarity with pnblio journals.
WILITIINGTON AND NORFOLK.
We regret the error tnat attribu
ted the authorahip of the Fayette
ville Observer article to CoL Green.
We are often bo pressed J with labor
that we do not get an opportunity of
goiijg through the editorial depart
merits of half of our State exohanges.
Wej do this when time allows, but
there are more than a! hundred we
handle. We saw the article credited
in j6 eeDsboror Tatriot to Col.
Green, and not having noticed it in
the 'Observer we naturally supposed
that the article bore his signature.
Wo were surprised, but did not for
a moment doubt the fact. We knew
he had written about the railroads
centreing at Fayetteyille, and we
supposed that the article we com
mented upon was supplementary.
We hope Wilmingtonjwill bestir it
selfandsee to it that the views of
thejj Observer io "noi; become the
views of the public at jarge.;
We must make a correction lest
we be misunderstood. We said yes
terday that ships of 3,000 tons bur
dea come to our wharves. We
ought to have written, and there
would have been no chance for mis
apprehension,' that ships come to our
wharves easily carrying 5,000 or
6,000 tons of freight. The follow
ing from the shipping list of the
Stab shows what ia done:
"British steamship Nocosian, 875 tons,
Jones, Mayport, England, C. P. Mebane,
with 6.840 tons steel rails for C. P. & Y.
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f Here is a steamer of but 875 tons
transporting 6,840 tons of steel rails.
Th0 largest steamer that comes is
registered about 2,000 tons, but it
wilt take out 6,000 bales of cotton or
say 3,000 tons or more.
VThile on this subject let us refer
again to an absurd idea in the 05
server article,; to .which we called at
tention jin our' first comment. It
wishes to force Wilmington to ship
produce sent here all the way to Nor
folk Why this, when Wilmington
is really a better market for all
North Carolina products than Nor-
iouz isr j
Why ship j f ronl Sanford all Ihe
way to Morehead just to obtain the
privilege of shipping to Norfolk to
find a market, there being none or
but little at Morehead or New Bern.
when Wilmington itself offers a mar
ket? . r
But farther: if Norfolk is to be the
objective point for all North Carolina
products (which is the old, destruc
tive North Carolina idea of being
eternally tributary,) why go the
round about way by Morehead when
you can take the far quicker and
more direct way by the Augusta Air
Line and Raleigh & Gaston, fcc, to
Norfolk? I
Wilmington is the right terminus
for a North Carolina system and not
Norfolk, in the State of Virginia.
We hope the friends of. the Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad will
see1' this. Richmond, Petersburg and
Norfolk have been draining North
Carolina all i through this century.
Have. North Carolinians no State
pride?
THE STAR REPLIED TO.
We-publish to-day a communica
tion from a gentleman in reply to a
well intended editorial in the Stab.
Our nritin foVea Tant.!nn tn a nm a
- r .
.points we made. He thinks he hag
discovered a prodigious inconsistency
in the Stab. He thinks we have
gone back on our anti-Protection
theory in saying what he quotes
frjom us. We do not believe our,
logical bump is deficient, but we are
not able to see the force of his argu
ment. We see no parallel in the two
ci.ses. Washington is" filled with
by8 out of work. This suggested
to us that boys in a given place, other
tilings being equal, should be em
p oyed, and that those having places
to bestow should not ignore the home
b ys and go off in search of those at
a distance. We still think that
reasonable, neighborly and juat.
When there are more places ' than
bys then give them to others. But
we did not propose or remotely sug
gest that home boys should" be
paid more than other boys, . or
that a greaL tax should be
levied on I" the respective com-
3 unities for the profitable employ
ent and enrichment of the town
bloys. The Stab did not propose to
erect a BarbecT Wire Fence" around
tie town and say to worthy country
l ids on the outside, You cannot come
in unless you pay seventy-five or one
hundred per cent, more than you
have been receiving, and this tax is
X . - .i. J .- .t,nn.
O go W IUB HJW 11 UUJTB wnu wuum
ou propose to come iDto competi-
The Stab said nothing of this, and
bought nothing of this. So ; the
ases are not parallel, and by a vast
istance. The Protection theory-
would require just what it suggested
LJ U-1 WW J JM 7 : : ;r V A; H D
above. The Srm dU
employing labor, country-or other. It
merely says that ordinary feelings of
sympathy and humanity would sug
gest that moral, correct boys, sons of
neighbors, friends, and! even old cus
tomers, should be regarded with fa
vor by merchants andj others in be
stowing places, in preference to seek
ing labor " elsewhere: Why go
to Canada . ' or Europe j for
farm hands when they are
standing at your door asking for
employment to keep jthe wolf from
their door, and are willing to work
for ; fair wages? Why turn off a
bright, intelligent I bou' of a widowed
mother who lives next door to you,
arid whom you greatlyfrespeot, when
she anxiously solicits for her son a
place in your employmentand pre-!
fer a person of whom you know but
little and who is making a living at
a calling in which ihe has been
trained?. The Stab only proposed a
little bit of common sense and neigh
borly sympathy and good feeling. J
No doubt country boys do as well
as town boys in town after they have
been trained for j a few years. The
Stab raises n a question here. The
point with us was,j "Why. compel the
youth of a given community to leave
home, possibly for-ev6r, to seek em4
ployment in other fields perhaps on
farms and then move in as many
from the farms to take the places
th3t these expatriated boys might
have filled with credit?" Since we
have-been living; in jwilmington a
great many youths have had to leave
because of failure: to obtain employ
ment. We believe jthe unnatural
and unfriendly system we were re
probating enforced this exile. To
us it seemed unnecessary, and per
haps unmerciful.!
Let all come td Wilmington who
choose. They are heartily welcome;
If they wish to embar c in business,
tbe field is open, j Ii is true thal
many of our foremost men of busi
ness are from other States and other
lands. They are here, are prosper
ing, are aiding greatly in up-building
our growing and beautiful city
Others will come! ! But these very
persons who are successful are quite
apt to favor their! own friends and
countrymen, and it is very human
like to do it.
If
our corres-
pondentV boy Was to be
nored and set
aside for one
not more capable,
and yet a stran
ger, by some neighbor or friend, he
would be apt to regard the action
with high disfavor and positive cen
sure. The Stab proposes no exclu
sion no protective system in a mat
ter of business. 1 It believes that it is
kind and neighborly to aid those
around us that "chanty begins at
home." A father conies to us to re
ceive his boy to learn the printing
business. He lives 'here and was
born here. He has perhaps been a
patron of the Stab through the
years. We say no, we will send into
some county and get a boy : on the
farm. Why should we do this to the
exclusion of a 'meritorious and as
piring lad, the son of; a neighbor and
perhaps a friend? The Stab only
asks for a - fair amount of natural
feeling and the! question is settled.
We have replied at perhaps unneces
sary length, but we did not choose to
be misunderstood
The President baa arranged his
travels in the West and Sooth. He
will leave Washington on the 30th of
September and return oa the 22d of
October. The New York 2?wiesaya:
"He will go first to Bt. Louis, making
brief stops at Indianapolis and Terre Haute;
then to Chicago, and from there to St.
Paul and Minneapolis, with a halt at Mil
waukee and a visit to Postmaster General
Vilas's borne at Madieoni. From Minneap
olis be will go to; Kansas City, with brief
stops at Omaha and St. Joseph, thence to
Memphis, Louisville, Nashville, Atlanta,
and Montgomery, Whence he will return
directly to Washington. The President
will travel with a private party of his own
selection and by a special train, for which
he will pay like any other citizen." j
Our Democratic President, unlike
all Republican Presidents and offi
cials, is no dead-head. V
There is said to be! great prejudice
in Kansas against mixed schools,
quite as much as there is ia the
South. - At Fort Scott a Republican
School Board J fought vigorously
against mixed school. There is said
to be a great deal of feeling. It seems
that human nature is very much the
same in the North as ia the- South.
No decent white man can possibly
desire or prefer mixed schools. I
We regret to see it announced
that Hon. E. B. Waihb urne is dymsr.
f 1 i .
He is an able man and made an ex-
cellent Minister to France. His
papers on the Commune- in Paris
and its capture by the Germans, pub
lished in Scribn&r's
Magazine, were
of great interest.
.Mrs. Langtry's new play is said to
5 1
be decidedly vicious. She likes it.
Foreicn Export.
Messrs. Paterson,
Downing & Co.
cleared the Norwegian barque Spes
yesterday, for Antwerp, with cargo of
4,190 barrels of rosin. i
Messrs. JasJ H. Chadbourn & Co.
cleared the schooner George W. Hoi
den, for Cape Haytf, with 127,000 feet
or lumber ana ouo,uw smngies, vaiuea
at fa.auo.
Tfee C F. Sc V. V. R. R. One more, i
Shall Wilmington have direct con
nection with the West by way of the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Bail-'
road? i. .';; -p: ,v--U
We learn, on good authority, that a
meeting of the directors of the rail
road company will be held on the
ninth day of October at which meet
ing the question of the road's eastern
terminus will be definitely decided,;
The meeting will probably be held at
Mount Airy. ' : . J -; . , - ' f . ,
It is stated, also, that a syndicate
representing 'the city of Charleston
will be present at this meeting, for
the purpose 'of offering inducements
to the company to make that city its
seaboard terminus; the road to be ex
tended to Charleston from Bennetts
ville byway of Camden. . '
Wilmington ought to be represent
ed at this meeting, and the matter
ought to be brought to the attention
of " the j people ! in such shape
that they may be able to take
hold and act upon it at once. We
believe that a large majority of the
tax payers are in .favor of a lihera1
subscription by the city to secuiJfce
extension of the road to Wilmington..
It is true that some of the more con
servative of our citizens were at one
time opposed to a subscription, but
'the most influential of these now fa
vor it. They were largely influenced
by the fact that the city was upon
the eve of funding bonds that were
due;J)ut these have since been dis
posed of, and are no longer in the
way. . ..
The time fs ripe for action, and un
less it is now taken, the opportunity
may be forever lost. ' . 1
The Onalow Railroad.,
The Wilmington, Onslow & East
Carolina Railroad Company are
ready to begin business. At the next
meeting of the Board of Aldermen
on the first Monday in October it is
understood that they will ask that
the subscription voted by the Jcity be
issued in bonds, to be placed in the
hands of trustees, as stated in their
proposition to the Board, and paid to
the company in instalments as each
mile of ; road is completed, as per
agreement, at the rate Of $2,500 a mile.
Bepresentatives of the company say
that as regards any threatened in
junction against the issue of bonds by
the city, it will be welcomed, for the
reason that the company want the
validity of the bonds established by
the courts so that nobody can .ever
afterwards question them, j
The first eight miles of the road, it
is said, will soon be put nnder con
tract, with a branch rOad from a
point near Wrightsville running to
the Sound and across to the beach.
a
Cotton movement.
The cotton business is boomiug.
So far this season, the receipts at this
port aggregate 26,600 bales, as against
4,687 bales received during the same
time last year an increase of 21,913
bales. The receipts for the week
ended i yesterday were 12,487,
against 3,708 bales, received the same
week last year. The receipts yester
day were 2,335 bales, j
Exports for the past week are 208
bales to domestic ports and 5,100 bales
foreign. ! The total exports since Sep
tember 1st are 8,010 bales. '
The stock at this port is 19,265 bales;
last year at same time it was 4,391
bales. l I " .
Pender Agricultural Society.
The farmers of Pender met at Bur
gawlast Thursday and organized a
County Agricultural Society. Thos.
J. Armstrong, Esq., was elected Presi
dent of the Society; Mr. R. T. Wil
liams, Vice-President; Mr. Bobert J.
Durham, Secretary; Mr. B. W. Col
lins, Assistant Secretary, and Mr. B.
H. Murphy, Treasurer. An executive
committee of nine was also elected.
Col. John Robinson, Commissioner
of Agriculture, and Capt Jno. T.
Patrick, State Immigration Agent,
were present and addressed the meet
ing. Mr. Nicholson, editor of the
Clinton Caucasian, was also one of
tbe speakers.
The Society adjourned to meet
again on the 2d of October.
MORE STEAMERS WANTED
t Editor Star: There has been a
good deal said recently in our papers
about a "boom" in our good old city,
and really it does look pretty good,
and the "committee on booms" re
port favorably; but we ask the atten
tion of J the committee to one thing
quite needful, ; and that is, more
steamer room to New York. We be
lieve it is the "general opinion that
for a monopoly, the management of
Clyde's j line has been reasonably fair
to shippers, and the agent here Mr.
Smallbones is accommodating and
does all he can to help us all out; but
the fact remains, that j one small
steamer weekly cannot do the busi
ness of j this port, especially during
the cotton season, and the business
of this ' city with New York is cur
tailed at least one-half, j
It is a hmely old adage, "that you
cannot make more of a cafc than her
skin." ; We admit the premises. We
might pause here to.say something
about admitting cats to oar premises,
but that would be J furrin to
our subject. We cannot make the
two New York steamers carry any
more than they can carry, and they
carry all they can. It is claimed by
the owners of this line, that there is
not freight enough coming from New
York to warrant the use of another
steamer, which means simply this-
two steamers can make Jmore money,
proportionately, than three; and no
one will blame Mr. Clyde for mana
ging his business on business princi
ples. But the fact remains: two
steamers cannot doolie business of this
port to New York, and we want more
and could double our business with
more. 1 - I ! 1 .'
Will the Board of Managers of the
Produce Exchange consider this mat
ter, and will the merchants of Wil
mington submit to have their busi
ness so limited ? What will the com
mittee on "booms" dot What will
Mr. Clyde do? fit is natural for man
to indulge in the illusions of hope."
So we. will hope. j Shipper. '
Thirty counties -in Missouri
have declared for Prohibition, but the area
of moisture in that State is stiJfl very large.
jy,r. wvrta. 1
The BJrowneeUmurderer.
Coroner David Jacobs held an in
quest yesterday over the body of the
colored man found in the river near
the works of the Nayassa Guano Co.,
about five miles up the river, Wed
nesday last and towed down to this
city. Several witnesses identified the
body as that of James Wilbert,- the
col&red man who murdered his wife
near Castle; Hayne last "Sunday.
County Physician " Dr. Potter care
fully examined the head, cutting into
the skull, and found no trace of a
bullet wound. ' There was a bruise on
the forehead and the theory most
generally agreed upon seems to be to
the effect that in running " from the
posse who intercepted him on Sun
day night he slipped or missed" his
footing on the bridge and fell be
tween the cross-ties, striking his
forehead as he fell, and so went into
the river, where he was. drowned. '
The testimony before the Coroner
was as follows: . .
Mike Harper, colored, testified: -.
iKnow James Wilbert; the drowned
man is- he. Found his body in the
fiver, at the guano works, j Don't
know the cause of death.
Dan Edwards, colored, testified:
Know the man found drowned.
He is James Wilbert. Found his
body at the guano factory. Don't
know the cause of his death.
L.. L. Boon, foreman of the Navassa
Guano Works, testified:
Know James Wilbert; he was under
my employment as a laborer. Am
foreman 01 tne guano iactory. Jim
ployed him up to Sept.' 7, from since
the middle of August. Discovered
his body in the river and called to
Dan Hid wards ana MiKe Jiemper to
secure, the body. Don't know the
cause of his death.
Thos. Herrell, testified:
The body of the drowned man is
James "Wilbert. Don't know the
cause of death. ,
Peter Wilbert, testified: , :
Know James Wilbert. Am his
step-father. Recognize the body as
that of James Wilbert.' Especially
do I recognize the coat on the body,
as my own. Don't know the cause of
his death.
The jury found that the deceased
(James Wilbert) came to his death
by drowning.
Dr. F. W. Potter, Superintendent
of Health, made the following report
to Col. B. R. Moore, Solicitor of the
Criminal Court:
Being notified by acting coroner
David Jacobs to repair to the wharf
of Messrs. Worth & Worth for the
purpose of examining the body of
James Wilbert or Wilborn being the
same who killed hiswifeSunday last
on inspection -1 found considerable
swelling of the face and head with
some bruises of the face, which I have
no doubt were made when he fell or
jumped into the river. "His head was
examined very closely on which I
found no bruises or marks of any
kind no indication of a ball from
pistol or gun having struck any part
of his head, face or body. My opin
ion is he came to his death by drown
ing. Good forJHaneombe.
The Asheville idea is for more rail
roads, and plenty of them. A corres
pondent writing from that place.says
that the city and county are aroused
as they never have been before on the
subject of railroads. "Steps," he says,
"are being taken to bring about the
completion of four new roads to this
city, namely, the Carolina Central,
the Carolina, Knoxville and Western,
the ' Atlanta, Asheville and Balti
more, and the Asheville and Tennes
see roads. A petition will be pre
sented to the board of commissioners
of this county, at their next meeting,
asking for an election on the ques
tion of an appropriation of one hun
dred thousand dollars each to these
four roads. On the 24th instant a
railroad barbecue will be given here,
and the committee appointed as the
management of that affair is a guar
antee that the occasion will be one
of no ordinary interest. Distinguished
orators from other places, as well as
local speakers of prominence, will ad
dress the meeting. Extensive pre
parations are being made for the en
tertainment of an immense crowd of
citizens f rem the country."
A little' of the Buncombe spirit in
New Hanover would boom Wilming
ton. A Queer Craft.
The big barge that has been lying
on the west side of the river opposite
the Custom House for the past few
days, is viewed with curiosity by a
great many people. In appearance it
is a barque of about five hundred
tons, robbed of sails, spars, masts and
rigging. The name on her quarter,
painted over and faintly discernible,
is " Visus Velox." She is said to have
been formerly a Spanish vessel, to
have been wrecked and abandoned,
and taken into Charleston, S. C,
Where she was convertedfinto a barge
and used for lightering purposes
about the harbor. Recently she ar
rived at this port with a cargo of
phosphate rock, in tow of the tug
Monarch, and is detained by Collector
Robinson until her status is deter
mined, the Collector holding that if a
foreign craft she had no right to en
gage in the coastwise carrying trade,
and if an American vessel, she should
be documented.
STEAJpER HAY GREEN
Editor Star: Dear Sir: We are
informed that a report has reached
New Tork that the British steamship
Hay Green sustained serious damages
on her way from. Wilmington to
Smithville. We beg to, say that the
steamer sustained no damage what
ever, and proceeded safely to sea yes
terday morning, about o ciock.
veryKesPeciliaiiy
Hbidk & Co., Agts.
Wiemingtos, Sept. 22d.
: OH, tbe mall!
I A valued correspondent and sub
scriber at Maxtbn, N. C, writes: j
i "Twice within a month has the
MoRimra Star for alt subscribers at
Maxton been carried up the road and
only delivered by the return train in
the late afternoon. The Star is re
garded here as necessity by all our
business men, a"nd bitter is the disap
pointment when we fail to get it."
"In the Mexican Church choir
do woman is allowed to sing." There are
a great many church choirs in America in
which women don't sing, but unfortunate
ly l&ey try. NorrisUnon Herald.
Sale of Bona Rcsalt of tbe Govern-
u rireniar-
Washington, Sept. 23 The lesult of
the circular issued to-day by the Treasui v.
offering to buy four and a half and four per
cent, bonds at 108 4.10 and 125 respective
ly, was awaited with apprehension by the
department Throughout the day propo
sals to sell came ib at intervals, but they
were for small amount, and it was with
evident disappoictoitut that ihe announce
ment was made after three o'clock that the
aggregate of offers at prices fixed by the
Department - was but $847,700 : That the
proposition to purchase four . per cent,
bonds at 125 was not generally regarded ks
an inducement was inferred from the
small offerings of $480,000. of these bonds,
but it appears that the temper of tbe sellers
had been miscalcuiated.f or later in ihejday,
and after tbe first announcement, addition
al tenders were received to the amount of
$3,820,000 of which, $500,000 were four
and hairs, and $3 320.000 fours. This
raised tbe total of the dav' purchases to
$3,494,700. including $694,700 four and
half and $3,800,000 fours. Taking into
consideration cbe fact that the circular was
issued to-day and that the pubHc bad not
fully had time to become acquainted with
Its terms, tbe financial officers of the trea
sury are pleased -with the result.; It was
deemed best not to make public to day the
names of persons and firms who sold
bonds to the government, and it is probable
that this information Will not be furnished
hereafter - --4 1 , ;
i t During the day many telegrams were re
ceived at the department asking whether
bond3 can be offered to the Assistant Treas
urer at New Tork and be paid for as pro- '
vided in the circular. This afternoon act
ing Secretary Thompson authorized the
statement that offers must be made to the
Treasury Department at Washington, and
the Assistant Treasurers will pay for the
bocd-i purcbai-ed
! j Washington, Sept. 23 Treasury offi
cials cote with satisfaction the reception by
the financial world of yesterdsy's circular.
It is especially gratifying to them to learn
that the public is wiiliog to part with four
per cent, bonds at the price offered by tte
Department. Before noon to-day acting
Secretary Thompson received offers to sell
bonds a majority of them four per cents,
to the amount of one million dollars. In
addition to this, offers made by local banks
on their own account, and acting as agents
for out of town firms, have been received
at the public moneys division of the De
partment to an amount not at present as
certainable. Altogether, the outlook is' re
garded at the Department as much brighter,
and the belief is freely expressed that tbe
danger of a money panic has been averted,
at least for the present, by the last . action
of acting Secretary Thompson.
Other encouraging features, they say,
are found in the daily statement of govei n
ment . receipts and expenditures They
show that since the middle of tbe month
about two and a-balf of millions have been
disbursed on account of pensions. The
apparent surplus for the month is thus left
at fourteen and a-half million dollars But
none of tbe bond purchases are taken into
account in this daily statement, and if de
ductions are made on this accouut and for
prepayments of interest, the real surplus
receipts for so much of the month Ipf i
September as has expired will ! be i
reduced to something like five mil
lion dollars. Tbe aggregate amount of
bonds purchased by the Treasury Depart
ment to-day, under tbe terms of ths circu
lar of yesterday, was $1,835,650, of wbich
$1,044,000 were four per cent, and t791.
650 four and half per cent, bonds. Of the
total amount $322,700 was offered and pur
Chased after 3 o'clock. Applications for
prepayment of interest on $250,000 regis
tered bonds were received at the Treasury
to-day, making tbe total to date $95,812,
150. j
I , Washihgtoii, Sept. 23. Acting Secre
tary Muldrow to-day denied the applica
tion of the Alabama Land Company, suc
cessor to the Alabama & Chattanooga Rail
road, asking permission to use tbe name of
the United States in the proposed suit for
trespass against the Alabama Lumber Com
pany The act of trespass for which dam
ages are claimed, consisted, it is alleged,
in the latter company's going upon certain
lands which had been selected by the State
of Alabama under grant for the benefit of
the Railroad Company, and unlawfully cut
ting and removing therefrom large quanti
ties of valuable timber. The application is
denied upon the grounds that the govern
ment has no interest in the issue.
J Washington. 8ept. 24. Gold coin and
bullion in the Treasury September 20th
was $289,677,835. which is an increase in
the totai for ten days of $3,540,638.- '
j The aggregate amount of bonds pur
chased by the Treasury to-day was $1,900,
850, including $522,650 fours and $1,377,
700 four and a half per cents New -Tork
bold $662,850: Philadelphia, $15,450;
Washington, $39,150: Boston, $922,000;
jWilliamsoort, Pa.,. $100,000; Pittsburg,
$30,000; Portland, Ie.. $90,000; Topeka,
Kansas, $140,000. , Offers from other cities
were of small amounts.
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THE ANARCHISTS.
Order to tbe Sheriff of Coon County
Ilia., for tbe Execution of tbe Chi
cago Bomb-Throwen.
" 1 dv Te'etrapn to uielf.ornlna' Star.)
. Chicago, Sept. 24. The death order to
the sheriff of Cook county in tbe Anarchist
cases was handed down by the Supreme
Court this morning, and reached Sheriff
Malstm later inthe day. The following is
tbe order: i
"At the term of the Supreme Court be
gun and held at Ottowa on Tussday, the
sixth day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven; within and for the northern
grand division of tbe State of Illinois.
Present: Benj. R. Sheldon. Chief Justice;
John M. Heath, Justice; John H. Mulkey,
Justice; John Schofield, Justice; . Simon
Shape. Justice; Alfred M. Craig, Justice;
Benj. D. Magruder, Justice; George Hunt,
Attorney General; L Moriissey, Sheriff;
Alfred H. Taylor, Clerk. Wednesday,'
September 14, present, tbe full bench, ex
cept Mr. Justice Scott.
"Be it remembered, to-wit, on the four
teenth day of September,- A. D. 1887, the
same being one of the regular days of said
term of court, the following proceedings
were by said Court had and entered of
record, to-wit: 1 August Spies, Michael
Schwab, Samuel Fielden, Albert . R.
Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Enge!,
Louis Lingg and Oscar W. Nebe
vs. the people of the State of Illinois,
Error to the Criminal Court of Cook coun
ty, on this day come again said parties.
The court having diligently examined and
inspected well the record and proceedings
aforesaid, and things therein assigned for
error, and being now sufficiently advised of
and concerning the premises, for that it ap
pears lo the Court now here that neither in
the record and proceedings aforesaid, nor
in the rendition of judgment aforesaid, is
there anything erroneous, vicious or de
fective, and that i the record is no error.
Therefore, it is considered by the Court
that the judgment aforesaid be amrmed in
all things as to each and every one of said
plaintiffs in error, and stand in full force
and eflect,notwithstanding 3a;d matters and
things therein assigned for error. And it
is further ordered . by the. Court, that the
11th day of November, A. D. 1887, be and
the same is Hereby nxea as tne time wnen
sentence of death pronounced unon plain
tiffs in error. AneuBt Spies. Michael
Schwab, Samhel Fielden, Albert B. Par
sons. AdolDhlFischer. George . Engel and
Louis Lingg, by the Criminal Court of
Cook county. Ills-, shall be executed; and
it ia further ordered bo the Court that the
sheriff of Cook countv. Bis., be and ia
hereby ordered and . directed to carry into
execution the sentence by the Criminal
Court of Cook county, Illinois, of the de
fendants, i 1
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! Raleigh Chronicle: North Caro
lina bova to the front. Prof. H. E. Thomp
son, of Moore county, has been elected
Princinalof a flourishing high school in
Tennessee. Mr. Thompson graduated at
the University in 1883. He is a man of
abditv and fine promise, and tbe Chronicle
regrets to see him leave North Carolina.
ict of Secretary Ihompioi'i Circu
lar Offering to Rut Four Fer Cents -SIK
Hundred Bales Cotton Burned
' Reoreanlaatlon of tbe Republican
State Committee Colored in en Seek
ing Recognition.
Nuw York, Sept. 22. The government
circular offering to buy 4 per cent bonds
at a fixed price, and to pay interest with-'
out rebate, caused a sharp turn in the sen -timent
of operators in the stock market,
and the opening this morning was excited
at an advance ranging from J to 1 per
centj. .The buyers were so eager that they
actually climbed over each other for the
first few minutes after the opening, and the
crowds dealing io Western Union, Reading
and JNew England numbered over one buo
dreq brokers each. During the first few
minutes a further gain of about ws
made but a reaction has now set in and tbe
market seems to be resuming its normal
tone. London was a heavy buyer of stock,,
the I heaviest orders for that account
being in Louisville & Nashville, Read
ing.) St. Paul and tbe Union Pacific
Over 92,000 shares of stock were sold du
ring the firtt fifteen mmutts iu the Sleek.
Exchange this morning. -
New York. Sept. 23. The publication
of Acting Secretary Thompson's circular
in the daily papers had a good effect among
the men of money in Wall Street, and an
air Of confidence hung around the busy
market. QLater on our exports ions of
cotton and cereals will turn the flow of the
money towards us; however, it is rather
early. to ventare-an opinion on the effect of .
the circular. One of the junior partners of
Harvey, Fisk & Sons said, "I've just come
iu from the room, and Tmust say that tho
circular has had a good effect already
theie. Fourteen million of dollars is a
good deal of money, if we get it here by the
8th of October. A good deal depends on
how much of tbe bonds spoken of the go
vernment will get at these figures. Some
of them are quoted higher in the 'room'
this morning than the Secretary's offer.
The- four per cents for which the govern
ment offers 125 are selling in the street at
1254, and at this very hour the market is
better,"
" New York, Sept. 22. Fire broke out
on a lighter at the foot of John street this
afternoon, and 600 bales of cotton, which
she had just received from tbe tteamship
Carondalet of the New York and Texas
Steamship Co., were totally destroyed
The cargo belonged to C. H. Mai lory &
Col, and was consigned to Liverpool. Loss
$18,000. i
The Republican State committee met at
noon to-day at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, for
reorganization. A delegation of colored
Republicans was present, looking for re
cognition. W. H. Johnson, of Al&aoy, a
colored man, was elected a. member of the
committee. There were two other colored
candidates, but Johnson received 23 votes
out of 84. The organization Was comple
ted by the formal election of Cornelius N.
Bliss as chairman ; John M Koopp, of
Cayuga county, chairman of tbe executive
committee; T. V. White, of Brooklyn,
treasurer; Smith (no initials), of Alleghany
coiinty, secretary.
ASIATIC -UHOLERA.
A sSteamshlp Arrives
at
New York
with the Terrible
Scoarge on
Board.
I fBv Telegraph to the Horning Stax.i
New York, Sept. 23 The steaoiship
Alesia, which arrived belomr last night
from Marseilles and Naples, with six hun
dred passengers, has Asiatic cholera
aboard. Eight of her passenger j died on
the passage, and on her arrival at qmr in
line the health officer found four cases
aboard. He has tent the Alesia and bcr
passengers to West Bank in tbe lower bay.
The Alesia left Marseilles August 30. and
Naples September 8. She is consigned to
James W. El well & Co.
On September 12th, Luigi Maria, steer
age passenger, was taken tick and died on
the 15th. Another steerage, passenger,
aged 38, wes taken : eiok and died on the
same date, the 15th. A sailor, aged 40,
died the following day in less than twenty
four hours from the lime he was taken
down. On the 17th a sailor, aged 30. was
taken sick. He died on the 19th. A steer
age passenger, aged 21, died on the 20th; a
steerage passenger, aged 47, died on the
21st; another, aged 41, was taken sick be
fore coming on board, and died on the
22nd, probably of bronchitis. Another,
aged 59, was also sick at tbe time of com
ing on board, and died on the 23nd,
though without any symptoms of cholera.
All of the above were buried at sea.
-The Alesia is now in the lower bav. Rer
sick passengers will beransferred to Swiu -burne
Island Hospital. All the remaining
passengers will be transferred to Hoffman
Island for observation. The ship will re
main in the lower bay - until she has been
thoroughly fumigated and cleansed
i Washington. Sept. 23. Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, has received a dispatch from New
York . confirming tbe Press report of tbe
arrival there of the steamship Alesia with
cholera- on board. Tbe telegram merely
announced the facts in the case as publish
ed, without making a request for govern
ment assistance, and it is thought tbe quar
antine authorities of New York feel confi-
dent of their ability to stamp out the dis-
se without asking the help of the United
States health officers. Dr. Stoner, of the
Marine Hospital Service, says that no au
thority is vested iu the bureau to interfere
in state quarantine affairs unless tbe re
quest comes from the health officers of the
State for assistance. New York, he says,
has a very large and efficient quarantine
board, fully able in his opinion, to grapple
successfully with the exigencies of tbe oc
ossion.j
GEORGIA.
iThe. nfacon Telegraph Chaoses
Pro
I prletors.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Macon. Sept. 24. Tbe Macon Telegraph
o-day changed hands. J. a.. Campbell
purchasing the entire stock 'of the publish
ing company from J. F. Hanson. Hanson
Sold for purely private reasons. The Tele
graph h&a been a pronounced protective
tariff paper. The new management will
Conduct it as a low tariff paper. Mr.
Campbell (is a relation of J. H. Blount,
member of Congress from this district. The
price paid is not named, but it is known
to be large, as tbe Telegraph is regarded as
one of the finest pieces of newspaper prop
erty in tbe oouin.
1 ' -j ' VIRGINIA.
Judge Bond Reserves His Declslon'ln
! tbe Coupon Cases-.
Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Richmond, - Sept. 24 Argument in
coupon cases in the United States Circuit
Court was concluded to-day and Judge
Bond took all the papers, reserving his de-
Before the Court adjourned Judge Bond
issued an order restraining the clerk of
Fauquier county from levying upon, any
property of parties who have tendered
.coupons in payment of taxes until further
order of this Court.
j ARKANSAS.
Rnslness Portion of n Small Town
. r Nearly Destroyed by Fire.
Memphis. Sent. 24. A fire last nicht at
.'Wynne, Ark., destroyed nearly the whole
business portion of tbe town. The loss is
fully $25,000; partially insured. Wynne
is seventeen miles north of Forest City.
Ark., at the junction of the Bald Knob
and tne Helena brancn or tne iron noun
tain Railroad. .
r - INDIANA.
Incendiary Fire at Evansvllle Lose
j . S75,000.
Evansvtlle. Sept. 24 L. Puster &
Co.'s large furniture factory was destroyed
by fire last night and the neighboring
buildings were saved with great dimculty .
Loss on bunding and stock 70,ouu; in
surance $40,000. The fire .was doubtless
incendiary.
Bar
Washington Gazette: We met
a colored woman in the slreetj walking
rapidly, steadily and as unconcernedly ts .
if she had upon her head a flaV board in
stead of a large watermelon, end upward. ,
. Raleigh Visitor: While tfy
ing to pass; by some sacks of corn in ihe
rear of Messrs. J. R. Farralt & Co.'s sh.ih
about noon lo-day. Mr John Pugh Hy
wood got bis foot hitched hf-tttepn a .mull
brace and an empty box causing him to
fall, and in the fall he broke hi. riirht tnkla
just above the shoe top. ..
Scotland "Neck Democrat : We '
areOruly glad that the Governor has ac
cepted the Palmyra Home Guards and the
Scotland Neck Mounted Rifles. These two
companies are composed of the best mate
rial in the countv. One of nnr mer
chants bought a cake of tallow a few days
since which had a plpw heel in the centre;
another merchant boueht two efco nf
beeswax each containing in tha
plow point, j This is a fast age li U a
progressive age.;
f Raleigh Recorder: The home
for aged and indigent miniate thai
talked of by some of our leading brethren
a year ago is now an apparent necessity,
and will therefore naturally grow up among
us. ' During a recent visit to Clinton it
was pleasant to meet deacon Ishnm ttnvuii
After many years of useful labor as a
teacher he is now Superintendent of schools
lor aamrjson countv. J. w Pnwt.11
of Clinton, goes to the 3eminary in Louis
ville at the opening of the fall term, lie
has been putting in some good work at
Ftrison, Ebenezsr and other places.
r The trustees of Davidson Col
lege,! as we learn from ' the Charloito
Chronicle, recommend, among other things.
that "in view of the centennial of Preshy-
terianism in the United States occurring in
tbe year 1888 the churchei and people con
nected with Davidson College endeavor to
raise $100,000 for tbe increased endowment
of Davidson College, at a thank offering to
uoa: ana ' tnat contributions and sub
scriptions be taken up in all our churcbea
in tne montbs of April and October. 1888. .
tbe proceeds to be appropriated to tbe en
dowment of the chair of- ' Bible Study and
rresoyienan mstory.
Pittsboro Some : We hear
that an illllcit distillery in the Mt. Olive
neighborhood was discovered ia full blast
by officers Taylor and Milliken. on Tues.
day last,. No one was captured, but the
still was destroyed. The Thompson
school now has 104 students, and still thev
come on almost every train. It bids fair
to he one of the best schools in the State ia
the near future. Dr. R. K. Smith
died suddenly at his home near Moncuro,
in mis county, ou Saturday last, Septem
ber 17, 1887, in the eighty-second vear of
his age. He was sitting in his piazza
quietly reading a newspaper. The messen
ger of death touched him.
Revivals reported in Raleigh .
Recorder and condensed for the Star:
Bear Swamp, 20 additions; Ashpole, 7 ad
ditions; State Line, 30 professions; Kerr's
unapei, v additions; cool Spring, 4 bap
tisms; Friendship, 17 baptisms; Ziou. 0
baptisms; Whiteville, 2 additions; Fair
Bluff, 7 additions; Spring Branch. 1 addic
tion; Brice's Creek, 6 baptisms;" Piney
Grove, 11 additions; Neil's Creek, 7 addi
tions; Mt. Olive, 65 additions; Beulah, 18
additions: ronlar Grovo. 17: Pmev GroVe
No 2, 6 baptisms; Glen Alpin, 9 baptisms;
ot. jonns, as baptisms; .Lawrence s Urots
Roads, 17 baptisms; Enon, 18 additions;
Kamoth Uilead, 21 additions; Sbilob. 44
additions; Creswell's, 10 additions; Ctdsr "
Kock, 8 baptisms.
laurinburg Mcchanqe: Here
after this mission of the Calboiic Church
will be attended by Father Cross or Father
Hill instead of Father Walter, who has
been called to Richmond. Va. The
colored population are building two nice
churches at John Station. In denomina
tion they are the African Zion Methodist
and the Methodist Episcopal. Mrs.
Mary Mcintosh, who lives about five miles
from here; lost her smokehouse and kitchen
by an accidental fire last Friday night.
The contents of both bouses, except a little
meat, were consumed. Loss $50 and
buildings.j No insurance -On Fri
day evening, Sept. 9th. at John Station,
the dry kiln of Lester & Hughes, with
15.000 feet of i lumber, was burned. The
degree of heat was too great. On the
nignt 01 the same day the woods near
Stewart Station was fired by a torch in the
hands of some drunken negroes, and
burned nearly two days before it was en -tirely
outed. All the turpentine boxes of
Mr. Make Stewart and from 10 to 15 acres
of the McRae estate were burned.
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f TarborO Southerner'. The far
mers, though, those who have brought cot
ton to the cotton yard, are almost unani
mous that the crop is twenty percent, short.
Last week a storm of limited dimen
sions raged in the vicinity of Mr. j. M.
uoweii s, blowing down trees and breaking
out some window glass. The only accident
reported was the killing of a mule belong
ing to Mr. L. D. Knight by a tree falling
upon it. - Tuesday night of last week
Mr. John W. Philips, of Battleboro Town
ship, discovered his barn on fire and tho
flames well under way. All efforts at ex
tinguishment were unavailing; loss about
three hundred dollars, two-thirds of which
was corn and fodder. Tbe road from
Hamilton to this place has not been making
as rapid progress as it did last month. More
track-laying has been done, but not so
much grading. The track is now laid to
Goose Nest in Martin county, and grading
has been done to and through the land of
Jur. J. unerry, about eight miles rrom this
place. The surveying party from Scotland
Neck to Greenville has returned to the
former place. It was sent out by the W . &
W. road. It is not believed in either. Green
ville or Scotland Neck that the building of
a road is at all probable in the near future.
Raleigh News Observer: Since
the announcement that tbe railroad fates to
the State Fair had been made one cent per
mile renewed interest is being manifested,
and many responses are being received
from citizens of other States (natives of
North Carolina), expressing their intention
of being present. A meeting was held
at Durham Monday afternodn for the pur
pose of organizing tbe Durham Savings
Bank with a capital of $25,000. The stock
was all readily taken, and the following
directors were elected: J. 8. Carr, G. W.
Watts, EJ J. Parrish, W. W. Fuller, T. L.
Peay, A. G. Carr. 8. F. Tomlinson. M. AV
Angier and W. H. Rogers. On j es-
terday an order was issued from tbe ex
ecutive department for the payment of a
reward of $200 which had been offeredby
tbe Governor for the capture of John M.
Cardwell, of Wilkes county. Cardwell
was in Wilkesboro jail under sentence of
death for criminal assault. After-being
confined some time he was rescued by a
mob. -4 The Governor yesterday par
doned Calvin Thompson out of the peni
tentiary. I Thompson was tried and con
victed of larceny at the spring term of
Johnston County Superior Court, 1886, and
sentenced for three years. The pardon
was granted on the recommendation of the
Judge and several prominent citizens. . -
I i Raleigh News-Observer: The'
Governor yesterday appointed Dr. Hubert
11 ay wood, 01 in is city, burgeon-oenerai of
the North Carolina State Guard .vice Dr.
Eugene I Grissom; resigned. 1 It it
thought that Dr. J. M. Baker, a young and
prominent physician of Tarboro, will be
asked to Accept the appointment of First
Assistant Surgeon-General. In the
case that' has been pending in Guilford
county arising from the refusal of the clerk
to swear in as magistrates the men appoint
ed by the Governor of the State to fill va
cancies caused by gthe failure of those
elected by the General Assembly to qualify.
Judge Shepherd has .filed his judgment
commanding the clerk to administer the
oath to the appointees and from
this judgment the clerk has appealed
Mr. B. S. Skinner, of Hertford, who
was recently elected superintendent of tho
Agricultural College farm, has arrived and
taken charge and is now engaged in clear
ing up tbe umbered portion. Last night
Deputy Sheriff Bullock, of Franklin coun
ty, brought two negro men to the city who
were destined, tb the Penitentiary, buttbey
made a bold break just before reaching the
iron-bound gates, and' the berths intended
for them were lonely and silent last night
without them. The Governor yester
day appointed. J. A. McLauchlin. J. M.
Goddard, W. C. Dodson and W. II. Pern
berton as special railroad policemen for the
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad.
These appointments are made under section
1988 of the Code, which provides that tbe
Governor may appoint such persons for
this purpose as any railroad corporation
may designate. -
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