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Dr'..1IOrRAT!C STANDARD REAR.
. ! KUS.
Tlu- greatest gathering of the rep
rt!iii!titivo 'won of a political party
r iisM Ribled in the history of the
naiinn was the Democratio Nationa
Convention at St. Louie, which has
co promptly and honorably performed
.it supremely important duty of
naming the standard bearers in the
en)jr coolest for tha highest elec
iWt offices ou earth. The importance
ot" ilu'wtion is enhanced by the al
,iu)st jtofitivo certainty that the
ticket put in nomination will be
triumphantly -elected in November,
ami tiins the political history of this
t.re.it nation for the next four years
das decreed. , :'
Four -years ago, when an almost
unknown man who had, in a day of
Kej iillican chaos, been raised from
tlio mayoralty of a provincial town
to the Governorship of the Empire
State, was called upon to stand as
ihelcstididate of his party for the
office of Chief Magistrate of the
FeJeral Government, there were
many among the wisest of our party
leaders who had grave doubts as to
lie wisdom of plaoing in so high a
position a man so slightly acquaint
ed with Executive duties as was
ir. vtr Cleveland. To-day those
ilvii u have been removed and no
iii7.il can be named in either party,
wuo can claim so fully the confidence
"i classes aad conditions of our
j tcple With no record but that of
& truly honest and courageous man,
Mrj .Cleveland" was raised by the
VHople to Uie Presidency four years
ilraa at this time assured that
Uij ir jadgmfent of the man was not
niihtaken, ibey have asked of their
repr. jrenlatives in Convention the
ptiv ilege of again seating him in
tii.tt exalted place. In winning this
gectral confidence is the real great
Dr.s If President Cleveland shown.
Iii our country, fortuitous circum
"..inceN may raise the most obscure
iiidiviiiual to exalted station, but
tint tulJen exaltation makes it the
more j diffcnlt to maintain the
propel' dignity and to discharge the
lew and arduous dnties of the
office. !j Io this ordeal Mr. Cleveland
has shown his greatness. Never has
official dignity been, better main
tained by a President of onr country,
nevtr ha any Chief Executive taken
more decisive, more comprehensive
views upon the great questions of
popular government or shows ja
more thorough nnderstapding of the
detail of Executive functions.;
ilr. Cleveland's is not a negative
character. He does not stand upon
the mistakes he has avoided, but his
administration is to be judged by it's
told, Loncst -statesmanlike acts and
atlerancea which have not been few.
Apparently careless of popular favor,
wvottd to duty, always conscien
V0Upi he has thrown himself upon
people trusting to their justice
andj love of the right to vindicate
him. A politician .would have
ivojded many positions which he has
pirpostlydionestly, and courageously
defended. His attitude toward the
prodigal expenditure of the people's
ttoney opon unworthy pensioners a
dcijiaogue could not have ventured
10 afiorae; and a man of less courage
wouldnot have taken' such a stand.
0n the tariff Mr.' .Cleveland has led
Lm party, striking out boldly for a
''enchant reform. Nowhere has he
beeh foUD tne servant ot another's
Ration. His - course and the
2r id result shown in his unani
motis f election as his own eucces
80' prove that with the people ster
ling honesty and conscientiousness
a'emoro valued than distinguished
abilities. Mr. Cleveland is to-day
'ar. stronger with the people after a
Wal of four years than when his ca-
reer Was a t.hinop nf t.lia f ntn on4
the
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party that has nominated him
made rapid progress toward a
Permanent Rupremaoy, and this has
aded to the assurances of victory1
6xt fall.
The nomination of Judge Thur
as candidate for the Vice Pre
Mency adds strength to the ticket!
l r'preHentative Democrat of the
J? 8nol has a j larger following in
"f" country than ' Allen G. Thur
mD His record as Senator is clean,
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luminous and pare. He was the au
thor of much of the legislation re
straining the encroachments of -monopolies
upon "the rights of the peo
ple, which has enabled the present
Administration" ta recover vaet
property of the people" from
the hands of corporations. The Old
Democracy, with all its glorious tra
ditions of the past, reaching back to
the declaration of our independence,
will come forward under Thurman's
leadership, and hand in hand with
the j young element looking onward
to a more glorious future, will march
to certain viotory at the polls. The
nomination of the "Old Roman'' adds
an element of enthusiasm, and the
waving of j the bandana will not be
without effect A portion of the
party heretofore feeling slighted and
neglected will take fresh encourage
ment from the shouting - of the old
name with all the saored memories it
will awaken. The Democratio party
has victory before it, but it must be
aohieved after a hard-fought battle
with a wary and unscrupulous foe.
The people of these sovereign States,
knowing their true and reliable ser
vants, may be trusted to call, to ser
vice honest and tried Grover Cleve
land and. the sturdy old Roman,
Allen G. Thurman.
LEGISLATION AND YOUNG MEN.
The young men of the country are
the hope of the country. They-must
take the places of the fathers. The
old are passing away. The young
are stepping in to assume the bur
dens and disoharge the duties of life
in church and State. In proportion
as they are sober, moral, honorable,
truthful, reliable, conscientious, in
tellectually furnished and disciplined
will be their1 success. Devious
methods and false pretence are short
lived and treacherous. The man
who gets position of anykind by
false methods and a sacrifice of prin
ciple will be sure to lose the good
opinion of the virtuous' and the pure
and in the end to have Ichabod writ-
i
ten upon his scroll. A watch some
times right is sure to deceive you at
a fatal moment. The great Earl
Shaftsbury of long ago said this, and
it is truth and wisdom combined :
"A right mind and generous affec
tion hath more-beauty and charms
than all other symmetries in the
world besides; and a grain of hones
ty and native worth is of more value
than all the adventitious ornaments
or preferments; for the sake of which
some of the better sort so oft turn
knaves."
Bat we do not purpose drifting in
to a vein of moralizing. The young
men are to the front and must re
main at the front until they have
filled their destiny and in turn like
their fathers pass over to that "un
discovered country." They will dis
charge fittingly and faithfully obli
gation and duty according to the
standard, of rectitude and virtue by
which they work "and measure. That
is all.
The people will soon be called
upon to' select members to represent
them in the State Legislature and to
make laws. They should be very
careful whom they select. We are
satisfied that, personal ambition and
favoritism govern for the most part,
and the public weal is lost sight of.
This should not be so. With inca
pable, inexperienced, uneducated
legislators what kind of laws will you
have?
The legislation since the war in
North Carolina has not been all that
it should . have been or what was
needed. There is too much law
making. There is far too much
special legislation. The members are
expected to do too much. The con
sequence is too much is done and
done badly often. " -
The Louisville Courier-Journal
has been surveying the work of the
Kentucky Legislature, 'but very re
cently adjourned. It says, and it is
precisely, germane to what we are
saying:
"We ask them to do what Legislatures
cannot accomplish. We insist on the reg
ulation of everything In life from health to
trade. We cling to the superstition that
an act of the Legislature can cure every
evil of society, which belief is no .more
creditable to our intelligence than was the
idea of our forefathers that the king's touch
could heal disease. It is because we over
work our legislators . that we get so little
that ia of any good. We insist on each
member passing a number of personal and
local measures, and to do this he must ex
change votes, and we have "legislation by
courtesy," which is irreconcilable with any
theory of representative government. We
are trying to make plain to the people that
the failure of legislation is due not to the
legislators, but to the people themselves
who demand what is Impoasibte. Another
cause of failure is indiscriminate abuse or
praise. The Legislature is scarcely organ
ized before the people begin to complain of
delay. Then some obnoxious measure
comes into notice and the entire body is
subject to abuse."
These be wiae words. Ponder
them. Select the best men in the
county, . Select safe, honest, sober,
intelligent, faithful men if yon would
have good work done. Whenever a
bright, high-toned,earnest young man
can be found in a county send him
along with one or more discreet, in
telligent men of age and experience.
Work the young men in. God bless
the young men of our State! North
Carolina has many noble young men
who are worthy of confidence and
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esteem and advancement. The young
men have no past records of doubt
ful conduct to oover over or to keep
intact. They have all j before them.
They are progressive. Sometimes
they only see one side jof the shield.
Sometimes they may jump at a con
clusion, but they j are brave and pa
triotic and hopeful, and many of
them of high morale. The Louis
ville Courier-Journal well says:
"The old politicians learn little. They
will cling always to the idea that legislation
should be used for private benefit rather
than for public purposes. It is the young
men of the State to : whom wc must look
for educational advance; for prison reform;
for the proper definition of the rights and
duties ot legislation; for an improvement
In our jury system; for an advance in our
laws of evidence; for legislation which
will improve municipal governments, and
for taxation which is Just, adequate and not
oppressive.' r j
It would be an evil day if men of
ripe wisdom and large observation
and experience and wide culture were
to be set aside. That is not what is
needed.. It was a wisesaying of the
gifted Sir Philip j Sidney that "all is
but lip-wisdom which wants experi
ence." A writer of verse has said
that
"Experience joined with common sense
To mortals is a Providence."
Bring out the young men to help
the old men, and keep them more
abreast with the moving world. Re
tain the old and experienced because
they have already passed through
the sea of experience, and know its
depths, its shallows and its dangers.
The New York Tribune became a
prophet just before the platform was
adopted at St. Louis. It said: "The
tariff plank of the Democratic plat
form will be vague, non-committal,
and capable of containing almost any
meaning one may choose to put into
it." Well, what does; uncle White
law Reid think about it now ? Does
tho endorsement of the President's
message and the Mills bill present a
vague and non committal appearance
to the eye of the Tribune prophet?
The Chicago Inter- Ocean, red-hot
Republican is good enough to admit
that outside of his own State Thur
man will be very popular; and that
"the coal oil J ohnnies who control
the Democratic
machine of Ohio
dislike him to
the point of bitter
hatred." All right. The "coal oil
Johnnie's" and all their allies are the
boys we are fighting.! And in this
case we loye the "Oid Roman" for
i
"the enemies he has made."
AN ALLEGED MURDER.
A Colored ITI an Cbarged wltn Drown
lngaNetro Bor.
A colored boyj named Ben Conley
was drowned in $he river near Hilton
Ferry about 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and Abraham Carter, a young
colored man about twenty years of
age, is charged with having caused
Conley's death, j ' J
There were so many witnesses and
so many conflicting stories about
the affair that it is difficult to get at
the truth of the matter. The story
told by some of the boys is that
-Conley and Carter with a number of
other colored boys I were bathing
in the river; that Carter caught
Conley by the hand and dragged him
into deep water,1 against the protesta
tions of the boy who told Carter that
he could not swim; that when Carter
released the boy in deep water and
Conley attempted to seize Carter, to
save himself, the latter pushed the boy
away and allowed him to drown.
Carter then came out of the water
and putting on his clothes at
tempted to cross j the railroad
bridge with the intention, it
is supposed, of "taking to the
woods," but the companions of Con
ley who had witnessed his death
drove Carter back and would not al
low him to cross, and in the mean
time sent one of, their number ,Wm.
McNeill, to the City Hall to report
the matter to the police authorities.
.While McNeill was telling his story to
Chief of Police Hall Carter walked in
and gave himself up. He claimed
that he was not to blame for the boy's
drowning and that jhe attempted
to save him. Carter yras locked np
in the guard house, however, and la
ter in the afternoon was sent to the
county jail, to await an examination
of the case before Mayor Fowler, as
committing magistrate, to-morrow
morning. j
Daring the afternoon attempts
were made by a number of colored
men and boys to recover the body of
the drowned boy, by diving and drag
ging the river at the place where Car
ter was seen to go down, but up to a
late hour they had not succeeding in
finding it. j ' 1
Abraham Carter, the accused, is a
stout young fellow. He gave his age
as twenty years and said he lived on
Fifth and Nixon street, and was em
ployed by Mr. C. C. Covington to
drive a dray. The drowned negro
Ben Conley is one oi the five boys
who were shot by a companion named
Best, near the Carolina Central de
pot nearly two j years ago; three of
the boys being killed, while Conley
escaped with slight wounds.
V. 8. Commissioner's Co arc -
Amos Boston " colored, arrested
some days ago on the eharge of steal
ing a registered letter containing
twenty dollars, the property of a col
ored man named Beayis, was arraign
ed before U. S. Commissioner Gard
ner yesterday morning. After an ex
amination the j accused was bound
over to the next term of the U, S. Dis
trict Court, the amount being fixed
at$200. Boston
gave the bend, with
John Holloway
ray as sureties.
and George H.Mur-
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 15 1888.
complimentary Serenade to Lienl.
Gov. Stedman and Col. Waddtll.
Quite a large number of citizens, ac
companied' by the Cornet band, re
paired to the residences of Major
Stedman and Col. Waddell last night
about 0 o'clock, and extended to them
both a serenade.
At the residence of Lieut. Governor
Stedman the'band .first halted and
there played several of their most
beautiful and patriotic pieces, when
loud and enthusiastic ' cheers were
then made for"Stedman 1"
Major Stedman appeared upon his
front porch, in response to the call,
and made one of those broad patriotic
and soul-stirring speeches that he is
so accustomed to deliver. He thanked
the audience for the compliment ex
tended him; that he was ever grate
ful for the attachment of his friends
in this city and county. He alluded
to the fact that about twenty years
ago, after .returning from the army,
he came here a comparative stranger.
and that the people of this county
had always given hima'-warm- sup
port, and he was particularly grate
ful and thankful for their unani
mous support in their vote in the
late" contest for Governor. He
alluded further to the fact that
the - great Democratio party .had
placed in the field to-day two of the
strongest men ever before the coun
try, and that in thejeoming election
the Democratio party would sweep
the country, and thus perpetuate
good government in the land.
At the mention of Thurman's name
each time loud cheers were given and
the waving of the characteristic red
bandana. In conclusion Major Sted
man said he hoped that every man
would unite with Zealand give our
State ticket, with Fowle and Holt as
our leaders, our enthusiastic support.
At the conclusion of his speech the
band played "Dixie," amidst great
enthusiasm, and then repaired to the
residence of Col. Waddell. Arriving
at .Col. ' Waddell's home the band
played several popular airs, and loud
calls were made for Waddell but
Col. Waddell being absent, the
crowd dispersed.
Every body Wants One.
When the news of the nomination
of Thurman for ' Vice President was
received" yesterday bandana hand
kerchiefs;were indemand, and the
stock in some of the drygoods stores
was soon exhausted. Many of the
"boys" sported them, while others
displayed red silk badges with the
names of the Democratic nominees in
gilt letters.
Webster's definition of a bandana is
"a species of sill or, cotton handker
chief having a uniformly dyed
ground, usually of red or blue, with
hite figures of a circular or lozenge
form." The "Old Man" always sport
ed a red bandana, and this is the kind
the "boys" are wearing.
Republican County Polities.
The last number of the Wilmington
Bulletin 'contains an article from
J. O. Nixon, (colored) saying that
Gen. Manning is "conspiring for re-
nomination (by the Republicans) for
sheriff of the county," and, should
not be selected. Nixon accuses the
General of being "always willing to
trade any office with the Democrats,"
and advises his colored friends as
follows:
"We should suDDortthe National,
State and Congressional tickets, but
wnen we come to tne county xie.is.ez
with Mr. S. H. Manning on it, we
should put it to the knife."
'The Ballot Box."
Editor MoRinira Star :
The Raleigh Christian Advocate
copies a paragraph from the Star in
regard to a paper once published by
me in North Carolina. Your infor
mant is right. Mine'was not a daily
paper, nor was it the first temperance
paper published in North Carolina
Mr. Gorman's Spirit of the Age was
earlier but 1 believe the Jiauot jsox.
published in Greensboro, N. C, was
the first prohibition temperance pa
per published on the planet; the first
that took the ground that the traffic
in ardent spirits as beverages should
be nrohibited bv law. I am very de
sirous of securing a copy of the Ballot
Box, if one survives, my last having
been lost by ajgentleman who borrow
ed it. as a curiosity, uan one ae
found ? I will pay for it;. .
Charles Jj'. Deems,
4 Winthrop Place, New York.
Naval Stores.
Stocks of spirits turpentine, rosin,
etc.. at this port, are light as com
pared with stocks at .the same time
last year. ' The stock f spirits tur
pentine ashore and afloat yesterday
was 1,134 casks, against 4,341 at the
some time last year; rosin, 49,846 bar
rels, against 91,891 last year; tar, 3,768
barrels, against 7,532, and crude tur
pentine 695 barrels, against 1,448.
Receipts for the crop year, beginning
April 1st, also show ajconsiderable de
crease, being 10,766 casks of spirits
turpentine, against receipts of 13,198
to the same date last season, rosin,
48,452 barrels, against 66,373; tar, 9,818
againsfc13,960 barrels, and crude tur-;
pentine 2,776, against 4,768 barrels last
year.
New Enterprise.
A cotton, seed roir mill is to be
nr Acted in this citv near Hilton, at
an early day. Land for the purpose
has been purchased-part of the
Grafflin property and arrangements
have been made it is said to put up
the necessary buildings. The parties
interested in this enterprise have
larere caDitaL and some of the lead
ing business men of Wilmington are
associated with them.
The many friends of Rev. W,
S. Black, D. D.. in this "city, will re
gret to learn that his excellent wife,
"Aunt Mary" as she is known to the
leaders of the Raleigh Christian Ad
vocate, and to the missionary organ
ization of children, the "Bright
Jewels," is lying almost at the door of
death at her residence in Raleigh,
;n. c. m
Receipts of" cotton at this port
ssince Sept. 1st, 1887, 167,576 bales;
-against 182,532 for the corresponding
;time last year, f Increase, 34,044 bales.
FIFTIETH CONGRESS. - - j
i t FIRST SESSION.'.
TOTr.. morgan Forees n Speech on the j
Senate on tne Subject of tbe Fishery
Treaty Tne Tariff BUI Considered In
Houset Sandwlcbed with Telegrams
and Bulletins from St. Louis.
I , SENATE. '
Washing roN. Julv 7. Mr. Morean
asked leave to offer a lone preamble and a
series ot resolutions on the subject of the
pending fishery treaty, and Mr. Yance
moved to refer them to the Committee on
-Foreign Relations.
ine preamble recites that the re
port of the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions virtually raises the question whether
the President had authority to negotiate
such treaty or to appoint plenipotentiaries
witnout the previous consent of the Senate.
and the resolutions declare that the treaty
has been duly negotiated and is lawful and
valid.
Mr. Morgan insisted that he had a right
to speak, on tbe motion to refer, and in
spite of the objections of Mr. Sherman and
tbe ruling of the Chair that he (Morgan)
was out of order, Mr. Morgan proceeded,
announcing that he "intended to make this
morning tbe speech which he made in ex
ecutive session ; or if the Senate would give
leave to have it prinfta, ha would do so
without delivering; it in the Senate. The
presiding officer, while ruling-Mr. Morgan
out of order, said that he had no means of
enforcing his ruling. That was for the
Senate, not the chair.
Mr. Morgan, with apparent indifference
to the ruling, proceeded with the reading
of printed slips of his speech ib secret ses
sion. One of hi9 sentences wap, "Jhe Se
nate may make war necessary, as I am very
much afraid we are doing here to-day."
In an allusion to the Republican Senators
Mr. Morgan said that the only preparation
which they were making for war was an
attempt to enlist the sympathies of disaf
fects of her Majesty. Their action, he
said, was doubtless with the view of exci
ting the antagonism ot Irish voters to tbe
President, because or ma auegea suDservii
ency to iSruisn innuence. mat charge
rankled with injustice. Congresp, he said,
had given to the iresiaent the power which
all the Presidents had possessed since 1850,
to I wage a paper war on British com
merce, and had then stood by to see whe
ther the President would push that paper
war into the category of real war. if he
bad done so the country would have cried
out for his impeachment; but having
failed to do so he was charged, in the re-
m J - M a. 1 y
port or me majority oi tne uomDuuee on
Foreign Relations, with usurpation, and
with the abuse of constitutional power,
because he had sought to find a peaceable
way to get the rights claimed by the United
States.
Mr. Morgan finished reading at 1.60 p.
m , and the resolutions went over without
action. "
After some routine business, the. Senate
at 2 p. m. adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After a few reports from committees the
House went into Committee of the Whole
on the Tariff bill.
Mr. DiDgley, of Maine, opened the bat
tie by speaking in opposition to Mr.
Breckinridge's amendment of yesterday to
the proviso attached to the lumber
schedules of the free list, which proposes
to admit Canadian fish free of duty, upon
the allowance by that country of com
mercial rights to our vessels, and also for
reciprocity in the exchange of products be
tween the United States and Canada. A
long debate followed, in which a good deal
of heat was developed, principally on the
Republican side.
Mr. Anderson, of lows, won applause
from the Democratic side by declaring his
belief that American industries were now
full crown, and that we should throw
open the gates and challenge the world to
competition, lie denounced trusts, and
maintained that the Mills bill was the best
measure that had yet been presented.
Constant interruptions were made by
Republicans, but Mr. Anderson was ready
in repartee, and delighted the Democrats
by telling the Republicans that they Had
drifted into bad way?, not because they
were willing but because they were led by
bad masters and sophists.
Politics got the upper hand after this,
and several telegrams and bulletins were
read as parts of speeches.
Mr. Cox read the announcement of Thur
man's nomination, and a scene of wild con
fusion followed, Nearly every able-bodied
Democrat was on his leet, shouting and
cheering; and bandanas, which had not
been so prominent this morning, mysteri
ously appeared in every hand. One enthu
siast tied one to the stick of an umbrella
and waved it vigorously. An enterprising
reporter in the gallery dexterously dropped
one of the flaming symbols on each wing
of the handsome golden eagle perched
above the Speaker's -bead, while reading
clerk Neil Brown, and Mr. Outhwaite, of
Ohio, displayed upon the desk a large pic
ture of Thurman, surmounted ny an ag
gressive rooster.
Mr. Biggs,' of California, added to the
excitement by calling out in a voice broken
with emotion: "I have worked thirty years
in California to see Thurman nominated.
Thank God he is now in the second
place."
Finally, oy mr. jbliiis euoria. iuo uouse
was brought back to the consideration of;
the pending amendments. Mr. Did g ley s
amendment of yesterday was first amend
ed and . then rejected entirely. Several
other amendments were offered and reject
ed. .
This concluded consideration or tbe provi
so attached to the lumber sections, and after
the clerk had read the next article on the
free list "salt in baes, sacks, barrels or
other packages, or in bulk when imported
from any country which does not charge
an import duty upon salt exported from
the United - States," tho committee
roBO.
Mr. Holman, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported a substitute for the
Senate land grant forfeiture bill. The
House at 5 o'clock adjourned.
Washington', June 8. Senate not in
session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The tariff bill wasltaken up in Commit
tee of the Whole, the salt paragraph being
under consideration.
A drearv debate followed, not always
confined to tho salt paragraph, but wander
ing off to prunes, plums ana gram seea.
Finally a vote was taken on a motion
mad? by Mr. Burrows, to strike out the
paragraph, and it was rejected.
1 An amendment offered by Mr.Grosvenor,
of Ohio, to exclude bulk salt from the free
list, admitting only dairy and table salt,
met with a similar sate. This concluded
consideration of the salt paragraph.
Mr. Boyne. offered an amendment to in
sert rice, cleaned and uncleaned, in tbe
free list. Rejected. .
(The four lines relating to flax were read,
and Mr. - Browne, of Indiana, moved to
strike them out of the free list, .
Pending debate the committee rose, ana
the House then at 5 o'clock took a recess
until 8 o'clock, to be for the consideration
of private pension bills. !
I Washington, January 9. Senate not in
session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ;
Mr. Johnston, of Indiana, offered a reso
lution setting apart Wednesday, June ldtn,
for the consideration of the bill granting
arrears of pensions. Referred to the Com
miltee on Rules.
) The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the Tariff bill, the pending
lines relating to flax.
I Mr. Buchanan, of New Jersey, threaten
ed that the laborers of this country would
be heard from in no uncertain tone if the
bill became a law. , . i
! Mr. Mills defended the bill, and depre
cated the efforts made by the other Bide to
distort everv attempt at revision into an
ahnae nf the nonr.
f Mr. Lind, of Minnesota, a Republican
nrhn hnn heretofore BUDDOrted the bill.
made a strong plea for the protection of the
linseed oil industry, which WOUld .be, he
said, injuriously affected by the removal
of the existing duty on linseed. He told
the Missouri Democrats that the suc-
ce as of their. lead works depended in a
great measure on the success of the flax in
dustry. -,. . -
I The motion to strike out tbe clause Pla
cing flax straw on the j free list was defeat
ed 62 to 74.
The debate went on at length, occasion
ally touching upon flax, but taking in lum
ber, salt. Bias?, and thu general DrmciDles
of the bill. I
i Mr. Hemphill, of South Carolina; refer
ring to his recent speech during the general
debate, said that bis i remarks as to free
trade in labor had been misconstrued. If
he desired to hire men to perform
work for him, he would hire them as cheap
as he could, if he wanted to make money,
but when it came to the introduction of
Coolie and Italian labor and Hungarian la
bor, there were other things to be consid
ered besides the Question of cheap labor. It
would be very unwise to advocate the in-v
traduction of any set of people who had not
and would not have proper appreciation of
the institutions under which we lived, or
who would not be likely to assimilate with
tbe people. But as to all others who chose
to come in and become good citizens, he
could see no objection to them if thev sim
ply chose to work more cheaply than some
one else. i
j Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, asked If the
gentleman (Hemphill) had been forced into
repudiation oi his former statements by the
result of the election in Oregon There
was no disguising the fact that the Mills
bill leaned towards free trade, and tbe gen
tleman s whole argument had led up to
that. j
! Mr. Hemphill replied that he had had no
proper opportunity before to reply to Mr.
Hopkins' criticisms; moreover, be did not
pretend to be a leader, and did not believe
that his utterances had the weight at
tributed to them. To Mr. Hermann he
said that he did not favor Chinese immi
gration, i
i Trusts also came in for a good share of
attention from Messrs. Raynor, Cameron,
neiiy, ueed, uocxery ana nutter worth.
fending debate tbe committee rose and
the House at 4.45 adjourned.
THE CAMPAIGN.
A. Great Demonstration luHaieigh
In Honor of the . Democratic Nomi
nees.
kaleiqh, a. u., June a. There was a
great demonstration here to-night in honor
of the Democratic nomioees-State and Na
tional under the auspices of the Young
Men's Democratic Club, which paraded
the streets, ' the members wearing white
hats and carrying canes and red bandanas,
Bonfires were blazing everywhere, and
houses on tbe line of march were ilium ina
ted. The enthusiasm was great. Addresses
were made by distinguished men, among
them being Hon. D. G. Fowle, the Demo
cratic nominee for (Governor.
GEN. SHERIDAN'S MOTHER.
Seriously III and Not Expected to Re
cover. Chicago, June 8. A dispatch from
Somersett, Ohio, says Mrs. John Sheridan.
mother of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, who has been
ill for some time, bad another relapse yes
terday afternoon, and is in a critical condi
tion. The doctors fear she cannot live.
The serious illness of her son Phil, has never
yet been made known to her, for fear of
serious results. Constant communication,
both by telegraph and telephone, is kept
up with Gen7 Sheridan's bouse in Wash
ington i
FOREIGN.
The American Exchange In Europe to
be Wound TJp Scheme for Ike Re
vision of the French Constitution
The Prussian ministerial Crlsl
Emperor Frederick,
London. June 9. The court has ordered
the winding up of the American Exchange
in .Europe (limited) which recently bus
pended. Counsel for the Exchange stated
that nothing had been done for the credi
tors since tbe last bearing, and the com
pany, therefore, petitioned for the winding
up of its affairs. The capital of the com
pany was 1,000,000, divided into 500,-
uou shares. Tbe concern was insolvent
and the petitioners desired to protect its
assets. Counsel said that his clients had
had the capital ready to reconstruct the
company, but at tbe last moment they had
discovered that the lease of the Exchange,
which was a valuable asset, had been
secretly mortgaged. This transaction
counsel described as a fraud. Mr. Robin
son, representing creditors to the extent of
$2,000, ana Mr. Mapleson, who is himself
a creditor to the amount of 300, both ap
plied to be appointed to conduct the liqui
dation. Mr. Mapleson, who was the first
petitioner, was appointed.
Paris, June 9. The Revision Commit.
tee of the Chamber of Deputies to-day
adopted tbe motion submitted by Kevulon,
in which the conviction is expressed that
the government will produce before the
close of the session a scheme for the re
vision of the constitution. The committee
therefore adjourned until October 25.
jjEBUN, June v. The JSmperor has
passed a fair day. He drove out in an
open carriage.
(Copyright by the N. T. Associated Press.)
Berlin. June 9. The fall of Herrvon
Puttkamer, Vice President of the Prussian
Ministerial Council and Prussian Minister
of tbe Interior, has caused great jubilation
in the Radical camp. Herr Kichster
ascribes his downfall directly to his speech
in the Landtag, and closes an exultant
article he publishes with the exclamation,
"Liong live the Kaiser; may uod preserve
his strength; if he does so many other
things in Prussia will improve also." The
satisfaction which the Government party
derived from the Kaiser's yielding to Count
Bismarck's representation that it would
never do. -by vetoing the Quinquennial
Parliament btll, to furnish the Radical op
position a pretext to boast that the Kaiser
had sided with it against his own Cabinet
and the Conservative majority, is dampened
by tbe prospect oi an lmpenai rescript
The Cologne Gazette and other Government
organs daily urge the Emperor against do
ing anything likely to cause further resig
nations.
Herr Puttkamer never had the full sym
pathy of the Jfimperor, and the latter s de
cision to part with him betokens his deter
ruination to impart to his reign the stamp
of his own independent convictions. Herr
von Puttkamer's letter of justification treat
ed the matter as a personal one. It was not
submitted to the Cabinet The Kaisei's
reply intimated that Von Puttkamer had
failed to convince him.
Count Bismarck visited Von Puttkamer
to-dav. but not the Emoeror. so nothing
is yet decided regardiog Herr von Puttka
mer s successor. The national .Liberals
want Miquel, mayor of Frankfort, or Herr
von Benmngsen probably tne iormer to
succeed him. Tbe Kadicais desire win
ter, mayor of Dantzig. Neither party is
hopeful that the Emperor will go so far
to the Left In his choice, and it is doubt
ful whether any leader would accept the
position in the present uncertain state of
affairs.
The Emperor's journey to Potsdam was
idealized bv the loyalty of the people, and
has been treated by the Berlin press iu the
spirit of the Arthuran legend. The fine
weather of the past two days has enabled
him to spend much time out-doors, to nis
great benefit; and it is certain his removal
to Potsdam caused a slight relapse. His
appetite is still enfeebled by the heat and
his lassitude, and the doctors are trying to
augment it. j
SMUGGLED OPIUM.
A Large Seizure in Indianapolis.
Chicago, June 9. A consignment of
ten thousand pounds of opium, smuggled
through Canada by a devious route, was
seized in Indianapolis yesterday and the
consignee captured. His name is Charles
Labeile, of Sarvia, Ontario. One of the
principal aeents of the 'smugglers is a
small . irrocerv keener near Port Huron.
Michigan, named Saunders. He also, was
caueht. The opium had been brought
across the river from Canada in small boats
and landed at Saunders place and dis
tributed throughout the country from
there. :
CHAPJSL. HILL.
Ninety-Third rear The Annual om-
meneement Exercises.
News and Observer Report.
At 11 o'clock the college bell rang
tor tbe opening of j the exercises, and
the trustees and alumni formed in
column at the new East buildiner
and marched, to Memorial Hall,
where a large number of the very
best people of the State had assem
bled and; were admiring the beauti
ful proportions of ! the finest hafl in
the South and the appropriateness of
tne great number of tablets on the
walls to the memory of tbe distin
guished dead who went out into the
world from the walls of the Univer
sity.
I be marshals of the day, of the
commencement mdaed, Mr. T. E.
Ransom,! chief, and Messrs. Brad-
ham, Green, Bras well, Batchelor, Phi.
subs., and Messrs; Williams, Chat
ham, Hammond and Tilley, Df. subs.,
wore tne handsomest regalia we ever
saw, and seated j all comers with
grace and promptitude. The trus
tees and alumni, with President Bat
tle, of the University, at their head,
took their places on the rostrum and
as they were seated we noticed many
distinguished citizens of the State
among them or invited to. be. with
them for tbe nonce. Gov. Scales, for
instance; "Governor" Fowle, J. D.
Cameron, Esq., T. B. Kingsbury,
Esq., G. M. Rose; Esq., Col. Broad-
foot, Mr. JiiUgene Morehead (looking
himself again much to the gratifica
tion of a legion of friends), Judge
JJavis, Mr. W. J. xates, John A
Bryan, Esq., R. H. Battle, Esq., the
venerable Paul C Cameron, Judge
snipp, Mai. jj inger, Supt. Jfublio In
structioh: James L. Webb, Esq., of
the class of '57, who attracted gener
al attention by his long and full hair
and beard, giving him tbe appear
ance or a patriarch. There were
also on j the rostrum, we observed,
Rev. Mr. Harding, of Graham'; Rev.
Dr. Man gum, of I this city; Rev. A.
D. Mayo, the well-known education
ist of Boston; Rev. Dr. Wavland
lioyt, the preacher of the baccalau
reat sermon, to be heard in the after
noon; Prof. Hume, Prof. Manning,
Jf rof .- W inston and others.
President Battle announced that
Mr. Hayne Davis, of the Di. Society,
would introduce! the orator of the
day, Hon. Walter Clark, and Mr.
Davis advanced and performed bis
pleasant duty in appropriate terms
and in a manner most creditable.
At 4 o'clock in the. afternoon the
services in the Hall were begun by
the reading of the 1st Psalm and by
prayer by the Rev. Dr. Harding of
Graham. The 130th hymn, "Guide
me, u inou west Jebovan," was
sung with spirit and feeling by the
audience, led by the graduating class,
and Dr. Wayland Hoyt, the dis
tinguished Baptist divine of Phila
delphia, began the delivery of the
Bacealaureate sermon. His text was
Mark ix:50 "Salt is good, but if the
salt have lost his saltness, wherewith
will ye season it? Have salt m your
selves."
The sermon was a very remarkable
effort; it was admirable in concep
tion, in elaboration and in delivery;
it was really great and as perfectly
adapted to the occasion as it is pos
sible to imagine a sermon could be.
In the evening the addresses by
representatives of the literary socie
ties were made in accordance with
the following programme: 1. Grido
di Dolore, George S. Wills, Greens
boro, Philanthropic Society. 2. Poe
try and Progress, John S. Hill, Fai
son. Dialectic Society. 3. Truth in
History, W. T. Whitsett, Gibson
ville, Dialectic I Society. 4. North
Carolina's Need of History, S. M.
Bloujpt, Washington, Philanthropic
Society. 5. Art in the Relation to
Character, Hunter Li. Harris, Raleigh,
Philanthropic Society. 6..The Status
of Southern Women, T. A. Cox,
Hertford, Philanthropic Society. 7.
Life out of Death, M. W. Eererton,
Henderson ville, i Dialectic Society:
Heroism, D. J. Currie. Stuart's Sta
tion, Dialectic Society
WHEAT AND COTTON.
Report of the Department or Agrlcui-
i ture.
Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star,
Washington, June 9. The following is
the crop report of the -Department of Ag
riculture:
There is a slight local change in the con
dition of winter wheat; some improvement
in new i or& ana rennsyivama, ana a
marked decline in Missouri, and minor
changes of status elsewhere, making the
average 73.3 against 73.1 in May. The
loss by the overflow of the Mississippi in
Illinois affects in part the improvement in
other counties. In Ohio, Indiana, Micbi
gan and Kansas the average condition is
nearly the same as m JUay.
Tbe area or cotton appears to nave in
creased in every State except Florida. The
increment is largest west or the Mississippi.
As usual this preliminary survey of acreage
makes an increase of 2.2 per cent., and
brings the aggregate breadth close to nine
teen million acres. I The State averages are:
Virginia, 105; North Carolina, 100.5; South
Carolina, 101.5; Georgia,- 101; Florida, 99;
Alabama, 101-5; Mississippi, 101.7; Louisi
ana, 102; Texas, 105; Arkansas, 102; Ten
nessee, Wo. There has been an excess oi
rain in the Atlantic cotton belt, with low
night temperature,', and in some districts
in Texas complaint of too much rain is
made. On the Eastern Gulf coast the tem
perature has been nearly normal part of
the time. West of the Mississippi cool
and moist weather has retarded the growth,
and the averages of condition are: Virginia,
84; North Carolina. 86; South Carolina,
88; Georgia, 92; Florida, 94; Alabama, 92;
Mississippi, 90; Louisiana, 88; Texas, 80;
Arkansas, 94'; Tennessee, 92. General av
erage, 88.2. 1
TRAIN RORBERS.
BaKKase Blaster Killed In au At
tempt to Capture an Express Car In
jOhlo. " -j
j (By Telegrana to tae Mornla Sur-
I Cincinnati. June 9. Baggage master
Ketcham, who was shot by train robbers in
an attempt to capture the express car near
Delhi last night, died to-day. Ketcham a
pockets were cleaned out by the robbers
after he was shot, and what they got from
Ketcham is all the: booty they obtained.
Four market-men coming to. the city last
night report mac tney were met oy iour
highwaymen not far from the scene of at
tempt on the traui, and were robbed. One
of the victims was bold enougn to go oacs
after the robbers, and thought he saw them
take a skiff and row across the river. An
out-going train on the same road was shot
at in the vicinity! of where the in-coming
train was attacked . A special to the Times-
Star from Aurora, Ind., says the marshal of
Aurora this morning arrested four men who
were rowing down .the river-in a skiff.
They were not able to give a satisfactory
account of themselves, and are thought to
be the train robbars.
WinBton Twin
Lightning struck a tree on thepremises of
Mr. McClamrock, Cans, Davie county, joe
uay tne past wees, snaitering tne tree and
killing three sheep standing near it.
Laurinburg Mechange: Deputy
Sheriff D. D. Livingston, with Mr. Z. L.
Gibson, arrested and brought here Silas
Mana, charged with " forgery, who was
taken to jail by sheriff 8mith last Saturday,
night. . .
Goldsboro Argus: Edenton St.
Methodist Sunday school of Raleigh will
run an excursion to this city on the 15th
instant. We presume our Methodist fik-nds
of this city! will arrange to welcome and
entertain the visitors.
Raleigh News Observer: Ham
ilton, N. C, June 5. Mr. C. Savage,
the gentleman whose daughter was so hor
ribly burned to death a few months ago, at
tempted suicide this morning by beating
himself over the head with a flat iron The .
wounds inflicted are considered dangerous.
, Lenoir Topic: We are sorry
to hear of the severe loss Major James
Brown, of j Tennessee, has sustained, who :
is wen Known in Caldwell and Wblauga
counties. Ho had his barn burned last
week and with it 6 horses, 1 mule and 10 '
cattle,, supposed to have been the work of
an incendiary.
Dunn Signboard: One day last
week Mr. Alfred Blackwell. of near Bar-
clayville, Sampson county, was found dead
at his saw mill and most fearfully mutila
ted .1 He had been trying to run bis circular
saw mill alone, and it is supposed he acci
dentally fell on the saw, when he suffered
a most shocking death.
Graham Gleaner; There was :
a terrific rain and thunder storm here last
Wednesday evening. A tree in Dr. Wil
liamson's yard and one in the rear of the
Presbyterian Church were struck by light
ning. 'There is considerable sickness
in the community. - Much or it results
from tho excessive wet weather that we
have had lately.
Shelby Aurora: Mrs. D. A. F.
Hamrick, in exchanging her shoes for an
other pair which she had worn two hours
before, met with a startling surprise. As
she lifted one shoe she found it too heavy,
and her hand came in contact with a huge
snake coiled in the shoe. She screamed
and yelled for her husband, who came to
her rescue. Armed with an iron fire-poker
Mr. Hamrick began the battle and soon
slew the snake, which measuied four feet
and a half.
New Berne Journal: A rumor
has been current in this community for'
sometime that parties bringing a raft of
timber down Trent river several weeks ago
discovered the dead body of a man. It was
first thought that the parties were mistaken,
that it was the carcass of a dead sheep or
hog instead of a man. But the report
comes again that it is the body of a man,
and Mr. J. T. Heath, the mail carrier be
tween this city and Trenton, informs us .
that be has been near enough to examine
and knows that it is the body ot a man.
Chatham Record: The heaviest
hail-storm almost ever known in this county
swept through a portion of it on last Sat
urday afternoon. It extended, so far as we
have been able to hear, from near the Ran
dolph line in an easterly direction nearly to
the Wake line, passing about a mile and a
half north of this place, and being about a
mile a half in width. At Mr. John W.
Perry's it was very destructive, almost an
nihilating his fruit crop, and at Mr. George
Knight's, near this place, it nearly destroyed
his crop of wheat. The stones were almost
as large as guinea eggs, and lay in heaps on
the ground.
Goldsboro Argus: The river
in! this vicinity began to rise yesterday
morning about 4 o'clock, and at noon yes-'
terday it was rising at ihe rate of an inch
and a half per hour. It is already over
flowing its banks in many places, and the
farmers contiguous thereto are Indeed un
der great alarm. Some fields in the imme
diate vicinity of the overflows, in the
neighborhood of W. R. Hollowell's planta
tion, are beginning to fill with water to the
entire destruction of all the crops therein.
It ia feared that the water will continue to
rise for several days yet, which means
great damage to riverland crops.
Raleigh News- Observer: Sena
tor Zebulon B. Vance will deliver the an
nual literary address at Wake Forest com
mencement on Wednesday next at 11
o'clock a. m. Commissioner Robin
son has received a letter from Dr. W. R.
Capehart containing intelligence of a ter
ribly destructive .wind, hail and rain storm
at Avoca, Bertie county, on the 8rd Inst.
Mr. Capehart says immense oaks were torn
up by the roots and 600 acres of corn and
cotton in the centre of his farm were to
tally destroyed. Ditches were quickly
filled and the crops for miles around were
washed up and drifted away. Irish pota
toes were washed up and piled in heaps
resembling stones. Tbe damage done in
the county of Bertie was very great and
amounted to thousands of dollars.
From a private letter to a gentleman in the
city we learn of extensive operations at the
Mann-Arrington gold mine in Nash county.
The new and improved machinery is in place
and the business is rushing with over 200
hands. It is stated that the tailings are
worked over by persons in tbe neighbor
hood who pay a share for the privilege, and
one man has in this way realized as much
as $24 in one day. The Supreme
Court of this State has decided in Lord vs..
Hardie, that 'where the pastor of the Col
ored First Baptist church of Fayettevillo
recovered judgment against the trustees of
the church for the amount of his salary and
caused execution to be levied upon the
communion service, that the same was not
liable to seizure and sale under execution."
- Sanford, June 7. At a meeting of
tbe Democrats of Sanford township on
Tuesday a Young Men's Democratio Club
was organized with a large membership.
Fowle is the man, and Fowle we will have.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Sam Randall is said to be
the plainest dressed woman in Washing
ton, but when she goes into a drawing-room
she puts all the gorgeously dressed crea
tions behind the door.
The last and concluding page
of the manuscript of Gen. Sheridan's me
moirs was completed last month, so that
the book, when it is published, will be ex- .
actly as it came from his hand. - :
Gen. Sheridan's persona) me
moirs, which are shortly to be published, will
comprise a work of two volumes of 500 to
600 pages each. It deals scantily with sta
tistics, but has much to say of fighting.
Gen. Clinton B. Fiske, the pro
hibition leader, is popnlar among the Meth
odists of New Jersey. His good lady ta
also particularly conspicuous in the affairs
of that church. The General is rich and
liberal. -
1 It is stated that 15,000 large
pictures of Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, will be
shipped to Chicago for the Convention. It
is not easy to say what the Convention will
think about it, but to most minds Foraker
is a better looking man than Sherman.
I Sir Edward Baines is Baid to be
the oldest active journalist in Europe. He
is 88 years old and his paper is the Leeds
Mercury. He began his career aa journal
ist three years after the battle of Waterloo,
but was present as a reporter foi the Mer
cury at the battle of Peterloo in 1819, and
has been continuously in newspaper life
ever since.
Margaret Andrews Oldham, the
new Southern poet, is an attractive little
woman, whose years are not much beyond
a score and a quarter. She has a pretty,
intelligent face, with a shapely nose, large
blue eyes, expressive mouth and a shell
pink complexion. Her husband is a jour
nalist and writer, and her brother is a lawyer-editor.
1 The Rev. W. J. Gaines, one of
the newly elected Bishops of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, is a tall, fine
looking man, one of the most intellectual
members of his race. Id slave days he was
Owned by a brother of General Robert
bombs. The only negro college In Geor-
ia that is self-supporting is a monument to
is executive ability- x
A! Philadelphia drummer as-
nished the people of Omaha the other
day by wearing - a live chameleon as a
watch charm. The curious little lizard
was attacked to a chain by a thin band of
'gold, wound about its neck, and nestled in
the creases oi tne drummer s waiBicoat
with every indication oi contentment. , -
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