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memorial signed by some thirty odd mem
ben of the Kansas Legislature charging
Mr. Ingails and his agents " with acts of
work for the ronntrv in writing nn "rioery "a corruption was presented to me
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THE
T.Ult'S OPINIONS
- ' : .
YcsUruav we quoted at seme
;!h from Garfield's views relative
bo Tariff. We have before given
ti than once .the opinion of Presi
i Arthur. His views were in bar-
,1 v with Gen. Gajfield's, and with
.Cleveland's. Holding such decided
ior;n and reduction, he was elected
libc same ticket in 1880. with Pre
Garfield. The Kepubl
y thus showed itself to be a
action party eiernt years
it is retroactive and is" warm for
Whiskey and high necessaries
i t us again quote from President
ih sir,
1, he b
a . i - . . i" rrv nr
a as iu me necessity oi a arm
ican
tax
ago.
In his
id :
annual
in
It is !'. matter for congratulation that the
iocssfif the country has been so pros-
UiiXiuring the last year as to yield by
ion a large surplus of income to the
rcmoiit. If the revenue laws -remain
ruiDcreu..iu!a Burpius musi year Dy year
ie. ou account of the reduction of
public debt and its burden of
rest, and because of the rapid in
kso of our population. .-! - I It
tns to me that the time has- arrived
en the people may justly demand some
pef from thevr r resect onerous burden,
11 that by due economy in the various
kr.chcs of the public scr?ice this may
!,!y b! afforded l therefore concur
h the secretary in recommending the
blition of all internal revenue taxes,' ex
it those unou tobacco in its various forms
upon distilled spir.ta and fermented
km. aud except, also, the special tax
n tbe manufacturers ol and dealt rj in
n articles. " l no larin laws aiso
r.viiioa. but that a due regard may
mud to the conflicting ink rests of our"
z?n impc r ant changes should be made
li caution. ; 11
f his Republican President took
iriUtgent and commendable
that in reducing and readjust
ing larif tbe internal tax on
see;.' in its various forms and
t - . . r L m. Jl
u (iistiiica spirits 3na iermeniea
.
lorV'.nKould not be touched.
no believer in the latter day
He
Re-
iican demagognery oi iree wpis-
r and dear necessaries. He knew
f i ti c internal tax paid then every
. i
if of war pensions and every
it ol tne interest doe on the
ibt.
war
It
1882, in a, second message he
::rated his convictions as expressed
iiis first nieesasre to the Congress:
! heartliv approve the secretary's re-
IiLiijendaiicn of immediate and extensive
auctions ia tbe annual revenues of the
Ivemmfent. It will be remembered that 1
Wed upon the attention of Congress at its
i eer-sion the importance ol relieving me
.-try ucd enterprise of the country from
: pressure of unnecessary taxation. It is
: of the truest maxims of political econ-
that all taxes are burdensome, however
!y ar.d prudently imoosed. acd tuOugn
K have always been among our people
e tliilerences of sentiment as to tne Desi
hrjiia of raising the national revenues
indeed us to the principles upon wnicn
v.ioq sbouul be based, tbere nas peen
bstanti'al accord in the doctrine that only
h ttxes ought to be levied as are neces-
ifr a wise and economical ad minis tra-
of the covernment. I recom-'
ad an enlargement of the free list and a
peral revision of the tariff. "
low well . all this agrees with
at President Cleveland says in his
stae of December. 1887. Bat his
ssage
rats and Monopolists and
'sicliztd organs. j
Hie Milltt Tariff is a necessityJ
ds in 18885 the country saddled
Ui a huce affair that niles no over
(3 - , r - .a . I
e hundred million-dollars annually
surplus, thus robbing the people
dlesbly and .infamously, and that
ies a high tax upon the common,
r) a.iy necessities of the working
'ts. It finds the averaore of this
sttr to be 47.10 per cent.! It pro
pes not, to disturb the industries
trado of the country by heroio
tmmt. but onlv to reduce it 7 per
a mere trifle comparatively,
rf'l leave it at at 40.16, which
jvcry nearly what it was in 1866
hen it was 40.29. and actually
Mr than it was in 1874 (when
kut this will not suit tire Monopo
They howl for more yet
-'ir platform favors an increase of
.10. The Clay Tariff of 1833
m j)hted 20 per cent. The Mills
iff is really a very High Tariff,
'H be seen by comparing it with
ciates. No man has had better op
portunities for I knowing what is the
true character of Republican leaders
and has more gifts for portraying
them in living : eolors. We have al
ready given copious extracts from
his vivid sketch of Rosooe Conkling,
and a brief passage from his long
article in JBetford's Maqazine on
Senator Ingails. Ws read his dis
cussion of the record of this vituper
ative spit-fire with very genuine in
terest. It is something more than
mere description or satire. It deals
'With facts and leaves Ingails in a
humiliating position. It strips the
Kansas bird of much of his 'gay plu
mage and leaves him bare! indeed.
It is Baid that Ingails has steadfastly
refused to read what Piatt has writ
ten bf him. That is to be regretted.
He would have seen his own likeness,
drawn as never before with rare skill,
with perfection of detail and appro
priate coloring- John James ought
to change bis mind and give the Piatt
portraiture a ! close stndy. He
will see himself precisely as
others see him.' That will jbe great
gain. He will behold one of the most
repellant characters in the history of
American politics. Says the; artist:
'If the ' Almighty ever wrote a legible
hand upon a human countenance; and put
that countenance in keeping with the form.
Senator In calls is a man ' men would sus
pect and women avoid. The, cold, aggres
sive, vulture like face above the slender,
snake-like body indicates the evil qualities
this very disagreeable person seems to pride
himself upon." j
Mr. Piatt takes up the record of
Ingails in Kansas during the war and
proves most clearly mat ne was a
"Copperhead" of the most pronounc
ed stamp and was in close alliance
with the enemies of Lincoln. So far
from being to the front to meet the
Southern armies in deadly conflict he
was at home conspiring with "trai
tors and plunderers." He appeared
hftfnra tha Ranuhlin&n fitntft Conven-F
tion in 1862 as a candidate for Lieutenant-Governor,
but the convention
"declined by an overwhelming ma
jority to put him in nomination." A
few days later the bolters met at
Lawrence. Ingails was there. Piatt
says:
'One rubs his eyes and wipes his glasses,
in doubt as to whether his senses deceive
him, to read in this record the startling fact
thatlnealls. John J. local's, friend of man
(colored), lofty patriot who goes into mad
dening convulsions at a uoppernead, not
only took an active part in tnis convention,-
but accepted a nomination ai lis nanus
This is the viperous fellow who
dares to stand up in the U. S. Senate
in 1888, and denounce two such able
patriots and distinguished Demo
cratic . soldiers as McClellan and
Hancock as in alliance with Con
federates. Piatt quotes at length
from the Leavenworth Conservative
of 1862, in which the Ingails ticket
is called the "peace ticket" and it de
nounced tbe Lawrence crowd as follows:
"In short, of all who can join in an
alliance of traitors, plunderers of the State
treasury, of The opponents oi tne war,
thoso who are willing to terminate
any coat to our free institutions.
It was also stigmatized as
Treason ticket." Of course it
badly beaten. On 16 th November,
1862, the same paper referred to the
Ingails crowd as "a vicious, loath
some and unholy alliance," and said:
was partial and incomplete, among other
things, 'because of repeated and corrupt
efforts on the part of the agents of Mr. In
gails to intimidate and suborn important
witnesses.' One of the members of that
legislature signed a written confession that
Mr. Ingails had agreed to pay him money
for his vote, and that the said Ingails re
ferred him to a friend who was assisting in
the conduct of his canvass, who paid him
part of the money."
The United. States Senate Com
mittee reported that bribery and
other corrupt means were employed
by the persons favoring the election
of Hon. John J. Ingails to the Sen
ate to obtain for him the votes , of
members of the Legislature of Kan
sas in the senatorial election in that
State. But out space is up. There
is more yet, but : we must leave it.
No corrupter j rascal has probably
ever disgraced the once august
body of the : United ' States Senate.
The Leavenworth Times of 29 th
December, 1872, a leading Republi
can paper of Kansas, thus referred to
Ingails and his candidacy for. the Sen
ate : I . I ' r '
An interesting and instructive ex
periment was made in legislation in
our country in the first decade of the
present century. It got into the
heads of the Solons of 1808 to erect
a Chinese Wall .that would have
pleased the heart of the Radioal
demagogue and Money Devil wor
shipper of 1888, that effectually and
completely shut out all foreign com
petition. There was an absolute
vrohibition of importations. What
followed ? If -the Monopolist is to
be believed, it mast have been most
beneficial. But so far from this it
brought on universal disaster. The
very next year the Solons hastened
to repeat prohibition, and with the
repeal there was at once a renewal of
vrosperity. ,1
derstand the
vindictive assailant
t
"John J. Ingails is also spoken of. He
is a brilliant writer and speaker, cold,
heartiest, unprincipled, who would tell a
lie and relish it, more than tn telling the
truth." j . j . -
The space we have devoted to the
hater of the South and to the slan-
" i i
derer of worthy . and eminent Demo
crats we believe to be well given
We wish tbe Southern whites to' un
real character of this
who. gives them
the bastinado with his tongue. When
you get to the bottom you find all of
the South haters and slanderers
corrupt varlets who ought to be un
dergoing j punishment for crime.
Blaine, Sherman, Ingails, Tuttle and
others of that: stripe. Then remem
ber the Stantons, Sewards, and the
'other deep-dyed scoundrels who were
the most impladable enemies of the
South and who were corrupt and
base from head to heel.
There is no town on the Atlantic
coast or in the interior north of
Florida, that offers a more delightful
wintering point than- Wilmington.
When the Northern people who rush
to Florida, or to Asheville, or to
Huntsville, or to any other point,
learn about our winter elimate, they
will jbe jsuraj to spend weeks if not
months in this citv. Persons from
i j "
Florida who have remained here a
few days haye invariably spoken in
delight of the climate, especially in
the fall and spring months. In De
cember and January delicate inva
lids might prefer Florida, but they
would find the climate here to ' be
bracing in the other months.
Senator Vance has written to Judge
Schenok, of J Greensboro, thanking
him for his excellent account of the
Battle of Guilford Court House. The
letter appears in the Patriot. We
copy a part: 1
"As a North Carolinian, I thank you for
taking the trouble to investigate the facts
and prepare the address. It is of real value
to the State and to the truth of history.
Tou have done the reputation of our an
cestors a very j great and inestimable ser
vice." I
Quick work. : - - .
- David .Herring alias James Mar
shall, a colored man, sentenced yes
terday morning in the Criminal Court
to five years imprisonment in the
State penitentiary, must have a real
izing sense of "speedy justice." Her
ring stole a steer which, he found tied
to a tree near the Macumber place
yesterday morning and brought itjto
town and offered it for sale. He was
arrested on suspicion, and it was then
found that the steer was the property
of R.lf. Summersill, a drover. Herrijng
was arraingned at 9 o'clock before the
Mayor, and was sent up to the Crimi
,nal Court. The case was sent before
the grand jury at once, a true bill was
found and the prisoner was arraign
ed.convicted and sentenced as stated,
before twelve o'clock noon.
examination before the Mayor, Her
ring admitted that he had been con
victed of larceny in Pender county a
short time ago. i -
Criminal Conn.
In this court yesterday Abraham
Carter was convicted of manslaughter
in causing the death by drowning of
Ben. Cronly, colored, ana was sen
tenced to ten years in the State peni
tentiary. Carter Is a young colored
man about twenty years of age. jOn
the 9th of June last he was bathing
in the river at Hilton in comnanv
with Ben Cronly and a numbeif of
other boys. Carter seized Ben
carried him out into deep water,
and, 'although the boy told Car
ter he could' not swim, turned
him loose and allowed him to drown.
Six or more of the boys testified that
Carter shoved Ben away from him
and made no effort to save him from
drowning:: that the boys all told the
prisoner that Ben-could not swim.
David Herring, alias Jas. Marshall,
for larceny. , was sentenced to five
years In the penitentiary.
The jurors were discharged and
the Court took a recess until 10 a. m.
ROCKINGHAM.
j . ;
DeatrnetlTe Flr vonrc Honar, Hotel,
Store tad Dwelling Unrned-Loii
940,000. j
The following telegram was receiv
ed at the Star office early yesterday
morning: j
Rockingham, July 19. A destruc
tive fire broke out at 3 o'clock this
morning. The court house, post of
fice, two hotels and twenty other.
buildings were burned, mostly stores,
bar rooms and dwellings. The county
records were j saved. The, estimated
loss is 'thirty thousand dallars; insu
rance thirteen thousand. 1
Later in the day the following was
received: j
In the j I ne court house, seven stores, a ho-
to-day, when the business
term will be concluded.
of
the
THE VOTE ON ITIR. FULLER.
Every one j but the extremest of
partisans without a proper sense of
propriety and j right will say well
done in the confirmation of Mr. M.
W. Fuller as Chief Justice of the
Tbe signs thus far are very en
couraging for a pretty clean sweep
in North Carolina this year. We
believe the Democrats will elect their
State ticket by a good healthy ma
jority. They will elect the Supreme
Court Judges and will probably elect
every member of the Federal House
but one. The Legislature will be
iJemocratic and that will sure a
U. S. Senator. Such are the signs
now as we jread them. But there
must bo a vast deal of work done to
make it certain.
United States. The postponing of
the vote was a contemptible piece of
Radical partisanship and injustice.
There wero no moral or personal
grounds for opposing - Mr. Fuller's
confirmation. He is-a man of educa
tion, and a good if not a great law
yer. He ; will compare in ability,
we suppose, with the other members
of the Court over which he will pre- I thus defines his position
side. He is a sound Democrat, and "I cannot support nor stand upon a plat
form wnicn advocates a protective or, wnat
is a better term, a high tariff. My candi-
Rlake It Permanent.
The members of the State Guard
are highly pleased with the location
and surroundings of Camp Pender,
and so general is this feeling in the
Third Regiment that a movement is
on foot to hold a meeting and pass
resolutions'strongly urging on Gov
ernor Scalesthe propriety of making
Camp Pender the permanent site for
the annual encampment of the State
Guard. Capt. S. H. Smith, Quarter
master of the Third, is enthusiastic
on the subject, and in an interview
with a Stab reporter yesterday ex
pressed the opinion that a large ma
jority of the troops preferred Wrights-
ville to any other point.
Permanent Encampment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Tipton,
of
Third Regiment, is another advocate
In Minnesota Albert Scheffer is a
prominent candidate for the Repub-
of Wrightsville as a permanent
the
tel and a dwelling house were burned,
The stocks in stores were very nearly
all saved, but a great deal was dam
aged and stolen. The loss and dam
age is estimated at $40,000, with only
$13,000 insurance.
The fire originated in the store of
J." W. Covington, consuming the fol
lowing: J. W. Covingtoi, store; W.
T. Covington & Co., store jand part of
stocky T. J. Steele, store occupied by
Ledbetter Bros., part of stock saved;
W. A. McDonald, bar, stock saved ;
old Southern Hotel, unoccupied; W.
A. Robbins & Co , part of stock saved ;
postoffice, all papers and mail saved;
C. E. Ashworth, store, part of stock
saved; J. W. Cole, store, unoccupied;
Court House, all documents saved' A.
T. Liong, hotel, store nouses ana an
out-houses; store unoccupied; furni
ture of hotel all saved; A. tstewart's
store, stock saved; S.T. Cooper, store,
torn down. Loss estimated at $40,
000. Insurance not over $13,000. j
CROSS ANI) "ifiiite.
Tbe Raleigh Bank Boodlera Convicted
and Sentenced to Imprisonment in
tiie Penitentiary.
Special Star Telegram
Raleigh, July 21. The jury in the case
of Cross and White, indicted for forging
Graves' note for $6,500, rendered a verdict
of guilty. A jury is now being empan
elled to try the other three cases of for
gery .agasnst the defendants. i
12 40 F. m Counsel for defense, In the
case of forgery of Graves' note, took an
appeal to the Supreme Court, October
term. The other three cases against the
defendants were carried over to the Sep
tember term of the Superior Court. iThe
witnesses and jurors in tbe pending cases
were discharged and ordered to a call Sep
tember 27th.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Raleigh, July 81. The trial of Croes
and White, bank officers, on the first in
dictment, ended to day in conviction. Cross
was sentenced - to seven years nard labor
and White to five years. An appeal was
taken, which the attorneys of the defen
dants say will be carried to the Supreme
Court of the United States as a federal
question is involved. Bail was fixed at
flU.UUU. it nas not been given, mo
other cases against the defendants were
continued. .
MICHIGAN.
Democratic State Convention A Fu
sion Probable wltn tbe Greenback-
em. . :i
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Detkoit. July 19. The Democratic
State Convention met at noon to day . Af
ter calling the roll to name the various com
mitteemen and electors chosen by district
caucusses this morning, Chairman Weston,
of the State Central Committeo, announced
that he had received a telegram from the
Green backers, who met in convention at
Grand Rapids this afternoon, asking that a
conference committee ba appointed to con
. fer with a similar committee from that
body. The announcement was received
with general favor, and a committee com
posed of one member from each congres
sional district was named, and a recess ta
ken until 2 o'clock. That a fusion will be
effected there seems to be no doubt, both
on the State ticket and on electors.
The Convention reassembled at 2.40
o'clock. The temporary organization was
made permanent.
Judge Baldwin submitted the report of
thej committee on resolution?, reaffirm
ing adhesion ; to the established prin
ciples of the Democratic party j in
national politics and hearty endorsement
of President Cleveland's administration.
The resolutions also declared opposition to
the position of the Republican party and
indorse the President's message and the St.
Louis platform. The course of the Demo
cratic Congressmen of Michigan .is also
approved. j-
WES TTrG INIA.
site
for the encampment of the State
Guard. If all the regiments will
and
it at
"the
was
"These factionists have the brazen auda
city to call themselves Kepuoiicans. A
large number of these men era either dis
charged or disappointed office-seekers.
They comoinea wtw jjemocrau, copper
heads, and traitors to get into power.
They failed in their effort, and are already
trying to come back under the sheltering
wings of tne Kepuoiican party
Donn Piatt thus comments npon
this disgraceful revelation of disap-
gives great offence to Pin- pointed ambition and base treachery:
their I "What would have happened to this
fiend of a phraseeater had Senator Voor
hees know n when oar Ingails denounced
McClellan and Hancock as 'allies of. the
Confederacy," that, in the very hour when
McClellen was leading our forces to the
battle-field of Antietam, to retht and arrest
with all arms of his brave, followers the
further invasion of Lee's army, this fiery
piece of eloquence on end, this wrathful
patriot, this lofty revealer of dead treason,
was stealing, with dark-lantern and in
India-rubber shoes, to the midnight camp
of the Copperheads, to plot treason against
the great Republic then being shaken to its
foundations by the victorious assaults of
the enemy ia arms."
But this is not the only foul stain
on the record of Ingails. In 1879,
Ingails ran for the U. S. Senate and
there was a contest. Piatt says:
"The Senate was yet a political body,
and not a social club for millionaires to
occupy because of their wealth. The cor
ruption attending IngallB election was so
barefaced mat ine seat miguv uo iu v
havo been sold in open market"
A white-washing report was made.
Tbe vote was 60 to 44. The House,
by way of contrast, passed a resolu
tion declaring squarely that "in some
instances," "oertain members of the
House" did "place themselves in
position to be offered money to in
fluence their votes" m the Kansas
Senatorial election. But it was
added, not from the "Senatorial can-!
didates." Piatt of course' sees clearly
through whitewash and varnish to
the corruption underneath. He says:
"These two resolutions reveal a very
clear glimpse of the ethics of the men who
elected Ingails. It is clearly evidenced
that, according to their morality, the mem
ber who receives a bribe is not deemed nt
for expulsion; but he is to be reprehended
if caught at it It is further shown that a
Senatorial candidate in Kansas may resort
to bribery provided he acts by agent and
not inpropria persona.
that was the real Radical objection.
There are j now three Democrats on
the Supreme Court Bench Fuller,
Field and Lamar. The effort to
prevent the complexion of the vote
being known signally failed.' The
newspaper men are particularly
smart. How tbe vote was ascertain
ed passes our guessing.
It will not do to suspect that Sen
ators blabtedjor were bribed. There
was a leak somewnere. i ne vote
was strong for confirmation more
than two to one. The Republicans
voting for! confirmation were Came
ron, Farwell, Frye, Hale, John P.
Jones, Mitchell, Quay, Riddleberger
8. It is pleasant to know that
Blair, Chandler, Dawes, Edmunds,
Evarts, lioar1, Ingails and Sherman
all voted against Chief Justice Ful
ler. For an honest, capable Demo
crat to have such opposition is a pos
itive compliment.
Iican nomination for Governor. He take suitable action it is believed the
movement in that direction will suc
ceed . It is the testimony of hundreds
of the soldiers that no place in. the
State has the advantages possessed
by Wrightsville for the purpose indi
cated. It is hoped that those who are
so favorably impressed with the site
of Camp Pender will bring the mat
ter before the State authorities in
such shape as to make it a succes 3.
Bar saw and Onslow Railroad.
The meeting of corporators of the
"Burgaw and Onslow Railroad," held
at Burgaw Wednesday, the proceed-
sent
very
dacy is backed by the farming element of
Minnesota. I am pledged to them to work
for a tariff reform that not Only revises but
reduces taxation. The system of taxation
which maintains the government economi
cally and at the same time takes from the
people, directly or indirectly, the least
amount of money compatible with mana
ging a good covernment, is mine "
Mr. Arthur T. Lyman, Treasurer
of the Hadley Company and of the
Lowell (Mass.) Manufacturing Com
pany, declines to subscribe to the
Republican campaign corruption
fund and writes a long letter. . He
concludes as follows: -
hThe position that the Republican party
has taken makes it well for the country, as
it seems to me; that it should not have the
control of the Government for the next
four years." .
The N. it. Press is an organ of
Monopoly and Plutocracy. To
make
quotes
capital cheap at that it
the N. Y. Times and
from
brackets (printed on British presses)
The Civil Service Commission has
published its report for the fourth
year. There were examined 13 965
men and 1,857 women. Of these,
9,210 men passed and 1,536 women.
Tbe women beat the men. The total
number of j persons -examined from
July 16, 1883, to June 30, 1887, was
33,343 for ; all branches "of the ser
vice. Of these 11,378 failed to pass
and 21,965; passed. Of these 8,612,
or 30.2 per cent., received appoint-
The Times
J. Raymond
was founded by Henry
, and has been a staunch
supporter of the Republican party
up to 1884. It could not stand
Blaine. It is the best edited paper
in tbe country, we think.
ments. Whyj
tions made to
well as the
Republican Tariffs of 1866
and
But tbe Monopolists want the
Wht'n (inrrfe TV Wise, of Vir-
r. ' -. .
'3, made a talk in the - House ur-
g the repeal of , tbe internal rather
Jn .the reduction of the' Tariff
xes, he was enthusiastically ap
aaedby the Republicans. They
p that sort of talk from the Dem
otic side. Frpo Whiakew is their
"UK,
are not the examina-
embrace the high as
ow offices? If to get
faithful service it is necessary to ex
amine men why not extend the bless
ing? It is a British life-time system
that is utterly repugnant to Demo
cratic ideas j,nd genuine republican
institutions. !
The report claims immense results.
We are much inclined to regard the
whole thing a: huge humbug. It has
kept 5,000 Republicans in office in
Washington, according to President
Cleveland's own statement.
Gen. Grant, when President in
1875, favored a change in the Tariff.
In his annual message of that year
he said this:
"T would mention those articles which
enter into manufactures of all sorts. All
duty paid on such articles goes direct to the
cost of the article when manufactured here
and must be paid for by the consumer.
These duties not only come from the con
sumers at home but act as a protection to
foreign manufacturers in our own distant
maraets. ' r-
The Indianapolis Sentinel is eight
page and furnished at two cents. It
is a capital paper and is doing ex.
cellent work for the Democracy in
Indiana and tne great West.
The longest, the greatest debate
that ever occurred in the Congress
has just closed. It will be historical.
Was It an Elopement?
A lady and gentleman, seated in a
carriage, drove up to the Court House
yesterday afternoon and made appli
cation for a marriage license. The
county register issued "the papers'
after closelyjquestioning the prospec
tive bridegroom, and the couple left
immediately! afterward in search of a
minister. The gentleman gave his
residence as Rockingham, and that of
the lady
county.
Tbe V. in. c. A.
A member;
as Hoberdell, Richmond
of the Association says:
"At a Very late date it was proposed
by the Y. M. C. A. of this city to erect
a tent or building on the Encamp
ment grounds, where all the visiting
members of other Associations (as
well as any other of the troops who
felt disposed to avail themselves of
the opportunity; would find maga
zines, newspapers and other reading
matter for j their use, as well as
writing material, free to all, It was
designed to i furnish the , room with,
chairs, tables, &o., to make it a pleas
ant resort during the day and a con
venient place for prayer meetings or
other religious services when de
sired. But I as the . scheme has
been interpreted by some as
an effort to assume tbe spiritual
oversight of the soldier, and there
fore a reflection on the efficient
chaplains on the ground; and for the
further reason that the plan was pro
posed too late to provide suitable
quarters for the purpose, it has been
determined jto withdraw from the
grounds.
This is to be regretted, as it might
have proved a pleasant feature of
the Encampment ana possibly a pro-
ings of which should have been
to the Stab, as ordered, was a
interesting one. Six of the corpora
tors. Drs. E. Porter and S. S. Satch-
well, and Messrs. J. H. Moore, 3. H
Mashburn, A. H.,Paddison and W .T.
Bannerman were present. Mr. Ban
nerman was called to the chair, and
Mr. Paddison acted as secretary.
The object of the meeting was for
the purpose of opening the subscrip
tion books to subscribers to the capi-
tal stock. The following persons sub
scribed for the number of shares
stated, the shares being fifty dollars
each:
Geo. A. Ramsey, 2,000 shares, $100,-
000.
J. P. Divine 200 shares, $10,000.
B. R. Dunn 100 shares, $5,000.
R. D. Cronly 100 she res, $5,000.
T. P. Post 20 shares, $1,000.
J. H. Mashburn 20 shares, $1,000.
T. L. Moore 10 shares, $500.
Dr. E. Porter 100 shares, $5,000.
Makinsr a total of 2.550 shares, re
presenting $127,500.
It was ordered that the books be
keDt onen for thirty days, and that
there be a meeting of stockholders on
the 25th of August, at 10 o'clock a, m.,
at Burgaw, to organize the company,
by the election of a president and di
rectors in accordance with the terms
of the charter.
Ordered that the proceedings be
sent to the Wilmington papers with a
request for publication.
Criminal Conn.
The business of the term was eon
eluded yesterday and the Court ad
journed about noon, having disposed
of a large number of cases since the
opening of the term on Monday last.
Ten prisoners, all colored, were sen-
tenced to imDrisonment in the State
penitentiary, as follows:
James Outlaw, two years; Dan
iel King, two years; Kit Huggins,
three years; Abraham Price alias
Abraham Carter, ten years: Dover
Johnson, two years; Wm. Higgins,
SHELBY, Ni C.
Deatb of a Promlslns Tonns man
Pronlbltlonlsts Democratic Cam
palgn Clnb.
Special .Star Telegrams.
Shelby, July 21. Selah H. Byers, one
of Cleveland's most promising young men,
and a son of ex-sheriff J C. Byers, died
this morning about sunrise, aged twenty
one. One month ago Mr. Byers graduated
with the highest honors from Shelby Mili
tary Institute, winning two medais. He
had accepted the position of associate prin
cipal of Fremont High School. Wayne
county, and was to leave for that place
shortly. His funeral will take place to
morrow from Patterson Springs Church.
Walker, Prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor, did not arrive here yesterday, hav
ing missed connection. Radicals were out
in full force to hear him and but few Dem
ocrats. Shelby Democratic Campaign Club will
send delegates to the Convention of Clubs
at Morehead City, August 15th.
WASHINGION.
fitable
Boys."
one
to some of
two years; David Herring, alias Jas
Marshall, five years; 'Henry Bdwie,
one year. All the aboye, with the
exception of Carter, were convicted of
larceny.
Prisoners sentenced to the county
ttonrkhonse -were : Henrv Holmes,
twelve months; Levi lu Perkins, three
months.
The prisoners for the penitentiary
-will leave here Monday m charge of
Deputy Sheriff Elder.
' Interments in the pity Ceme
teries the past were-s follows: jOak-
dale, two adults; Belle vne, one child.
Tbe Xarlfl Bill and otber matter
Agreement on tbe River and Harbor
Bill.
Washington, July 19. The engrossing
clerks of the House of Representatives
have been following closely the progress or
the Tariff bill in the House, and now have
the bill in such shape that its engrossment
will be complete and the bill ready for
transmission to the Senate as soon as a final
vote is taken upon its passage.
The Marine Hospital Bureau is informed
that Asiatic cholera is epidemic in Hong
Kong.
The conferees on the River and Harbor
bill have reached an agreement, but have
pledged themselves to secrecy in regard to
details. There is reason to believe that the
purchase of the Green and Barren improve-
menis remains in mo 0111, out iuat us iwt
proposition relating to the Portage Lake
Canal is stricken out. Both were Senate
amendments.
The Senate Tariff sub-Committee has fin
ished its hearing, and will have the Bubsti'
tute for the House Tariff bill finished and
ready to submit to the full Finance Com
mittee on Saturday.
WxairraGTOiT. Julv 20. Melville W.
Fuller was to-day confirmed to be Chief
Justice. The speaking on the case was
by Messrs. Edmunds, J&varts and Stewart
in opposition, and by Messrs. Farwell and
Cullum in defence of Fuller. The Demo
crats did not speak. The vote remains un
der injunction or secrecy, out is under
stood to be as follows, in detail:
Yeas Messrs. Bate. Beck, Berry, Black
burn, Blodgett, Brown, Butler, Cameron,
Cockrell, Coke, Cullom, Daniel, Davis,
Farwell, Faulkner, Frye, George, Gibson,
Gorman, Gray, Mate, uampion, iiearsi,
Jones, of Arkansas, Jones, or Nevada,
Mcrherson, jnncneii, morgan, jrasco,
Payne, Pugh, Quay, Ransom. Reagan,
Riddleberger, rur pie, vance, vest, v ow
es,! Walthall, ana wnson, or mary-
land 41.
Navs Messrs. Blair, uowen. unanaier,
Dawes. Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Hawley,
Hoar, Ingails, Manderson, Palmer, Piatt,
Sabin, Sawyer, Sherman, Stewart, Stock
bridge. Teller, and Wilson, of Iowa 20.
Paired in vne amrmsuve jucbbib. iwi,
Colquitt, Eusus, Harris, Kenna, numb,
Saulsbury 7. .
Paired in tne negative messrs. aioncB,
Allison, Chace, Hiscock, Morrill, Paddock,
Stanford 7.
Absent and not paired air. opooner.
The conference report on the River and
B dor bill was presented to the House, as
rvNed upon in conference. The bill ap
propriates $22,277,116. The House agreed
to the conference report
Surgrai General Hamilton says mat
active assures will be taaento prevent
the spa of yellow iever m jjionaa oy
the Maiv Hospital Bureau, xjt. wau
president - 'he Hillsboro County Board of
Health, wigaave charge of arrangements
at Tampa ana riant mty, anu ui. i. vr.
Porter, U. & A., wm proDSDiy do piacea
in charge aSManatee.
Terrible Flood Twenty-five Lives
j IiOt-innney Loe $150,000.
! I By Telegraph to the Mornlha Star.)
PitTSBUKS, July 20. A special to the
Chronicle from Wheeling, at noon, sijs
the loss of life from the Hood last night is
at least twenty-five. About fifteen bodies
have been found so far. The money loss
is about $150,000. The greatest loss of
life (was along Wheeling creek and at
Triadelphia. A search this morniDg re
sulted in the discovery of a number of
bodies near the latter place Most of them
were found among the drift which col
lected at Elm Grove. The body of William
Gaston, aged sixty years, a prominent and
wealthy person, was found near Elm
Grove; his wife's remains were found two
miles below Elm Grove, hanging on a
barbed wira fence; Chas. Caulbell, of the
Wheeling Newt Letter, aged fifty, was
found among the drift wood; Mrs. Jane
Fay, and her two grown-up daughter?,
Alice and Mary, were discovered a short
distance below Tiiadelphii; and the bodies
of two. brothers, named Gorman, were
found in a meadow, where they had been
hurled by tha furious waters.
Wheeling, July 20. Later and authen
tic details from Triadelphia show that the
dest raction was more appalling there than
anywhere else. Fifteen fami!i3s are pow
erless and saved nothing but what they had
on. Half of tbia village of 600 inhabitants
was swept away, but all those before named
escaped to the hill.
The storm extended sixteen miles east of
West Alexander. Pa., and the scene all
alone the way is one of desolation and he r
r jr. Where the Triadelphia school house, a
large buildiagof six rooms, stood, the creek
is now a raging flood, and not a vestige of
even the foundations remain. The whole
sduth half of the town has disappeared as
clean as if it never existed.
The Wheeling relief committee, which
recently raised funds for tbe Rowlesburg
sufferer?, expended the balance for provi
siOns and sent them to Tiiadelphii.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Pitts
burg division, ia practically destroyed for
fifteen miles. The Western Union Tele
graph Company lost forty miles of wire
and most of the poles.
Reports are coming in from all parts of
Ohio county this morning, indicating that
the storm was more disastrous to life and
property in the country than in this city.
It cannot be stated at this hour how many
lives have been lost. The loss in this' city
is known to be ten, with a number reported
missing. Caldwell's Run, which passes
through the Eighth ward of this city, was
the scene of; the greatest havoc. Three
houses were swept away and all the in
mates drowned. They were Mrs. Barbara
SteDsel and sod, Herman Stensel, Alice and
Annie Wingert, of Miltonsburg, Ohio,
nieces of Mrs. Stensel ; John Horn an and
Mrs Thomas Hawley and four children.
Her husband was in the yard and was
swept one hundred yards down the stream,
but managed to reach the bank in safety.
Only two bodies have been recovered. Alice
Wingert and Mrs. Stensel. Mrs. Johnson,
a widow, aged sixty, residing at Clinton,
this county, died from, fright. .
! Pittsbuhq, July 20. A later dispatch
from Wheeling says 23 persons are known
to be drowned. Among the number was
the sheriff of Marshall county, Cemete
ries were washed out, and coffins with
bodies floated down the river.
i FOREIGN.
Emperor William at St. Peterebnrs
Political Results of His Visit to tbe
jCzar.
(Copyright by tbe N. T. Associated Press )
j Berlin, July 21. Emperor William
banquets tc-ight at the General Embassy,
St. Petersburg. Only his staff, the mem
bers of the ! Embassy, and a few German
residents will be present.
i To-morrow the Czar and Czarina, the
Russian Grand Dukes, and other members
of the Imperial family will lunch on board
of Emperor William's yacht, the Hohen
zollern. The Emperor and his visitors will
afterwards review the Russian and German
squadrons before Cronstadt, and then re
turn to Peterhoff for tbe grand parting
banquet. On Monday the German Equad
ron sails for Stockholm.
IThe political results of the Emperor's
visit to the Czar remain absolutely un
known. The representations of official cir
cles tend toward disbelief that the interviews
have determined anything. Tbe immediate
effect has been to lessen the ttruin of the
relations between the Berlin and St. Peters
burg foreign offices, but it is noteworthy
that while DeGiers and Count Herbert Bis
marck exchange confidences at, Peterhoff
the North German Gazette and other in
spired organs renew their attacks against
the "Russian spirit of aggression." An ar
ticle in the North German Gazette on Thurs
day morning denouncing Pauslavism as a
menace to the peace of Europe was worthy
of the warmest period of tbe anti-Russian
press campaign. It -checked operations on
the bourse, and caused a slight fall in rou
bles. The obvious aim was to show that
thepohcy of Prince Bismarck ia not changed
by the courtesy of the visit of Emperor
William to the Czar.
j The Cologne Gazette, also treats the in
terview as Bimply a friendly manifestation
toward the Czar, implying no deviation
from German projects or sacrifice of Ger
man interests.
The Oom Gazette explicitly denies that
any special question had been resolved at
Peterhof, or that anything had been done
affecting existing treaties. Diplomatic cir
cles are convinced to the same effect and
regard the interview with indifference.
j Emperor William's tour of the 1 (tiling
Courts of Europe is certainly in the inter
est of peace for the time being, prolong-
ine. as it does, the period of truce; but it is
. ., . . :
now recognized as a purely social mucuuu,
the new monarch paying his first visit to
the heads of States with whom he desires
to cultivate amity.
THE GALLOWS.
Will Houston Hang-ed for murder at
I Winston, N. C.
Raleigh, N- C, July 19. Will Hous
ton, who shot and killed a negro woman
in a disreputable house last May. was
hanged at Winston this afternoon. The
execution, which was public, was witness
ed by several thousand people. Houston
slept well last night and this morning ate a
hpjLrtv breakfast. He met death coolv. Ar
rangements for the execution were perfect,
and everything was oone. aeeentiy ana in
order. Houston was captured shortly after
the murder, and as the Court was in ses
sion he was promptly arraigned, tried and
convicted.
Spirits Turpentine.
Goldsboro Headlight'. From
what we can learn there is very little sick
ness in town. The health of Goldsboro is
remarkable. Farmers complain thot
crops, especially corn, are suffering for
rain, i Crop prospects are not encouraptnj'
Raleigh Christian Sun: On-llnn
4th of July, 1887, under prohibition, with
a big crowd and a celebration, there wi i a
only two arrests for drunkenness. On Did '
4th of July, 1888, under license there wi t
at least fourteen arrests for drunkenne: j
and we had no celebration and. not a lare
crowd. i .
I Ashevilie Sun: The death f
Josephine, the little daughter of Maj. J (i
and Mrs. Martin, occurred yesterday. Ti e
circumstances of Major Martin's absenc.
make the case double distressing. He U
cruising on the coast with Capt. Winelow
and all attempts to get news to l im have
thus far failed. . ;
i- Durham Recorder: Dr. A. G
CarrJ one of the most poptilsr physicittii iii
the State, has donated for the Di;rha;ij
Medical Hospital a beautiful plot of latd in
East Durham, containing nearly two eud a
half acres. The Medical Society Ims alsj
given $100 for this purpose. Now h t '..
hospital be erected at once.
! I mi n-jT-.j ni r .
vireeavine j.irjiect,ur: luiiny i pri
mers of the county speak dwparihgiy
, their crops saying they arc the poorest f . -
several years. At the lust qu.irNf..
conference of the M. E. Cbtircb, held 4
this place, our highly t-sicemtd and worth;'
citizen Mr. E. C. Glenn, stood au c x are in a-
nuu nuu noa ginuicu iiijuuw; iu jnvotu. i
-tj Tarboro Sotitherner: The cottnii
prospect is much better, but scarcely aboU:
the average for the la9t ten yeais. 1
Rumor has it that tbere will be a profit or
four thousand dollars in tbe jail contrai -j
j The Oil Mills building at Sbilob ti
that place an utban appearance. Tbe seed
house building of wood, 80x50, is comi
pleted or nearly eo. Tbe walls of the
building for the mill proper are up to the
second story, and are massive,! being 1$
inches thick. , The superintendent's office
is also nearly ' completed. The Hamilton
railroad has put down a track to the placcj
4-Rockingham Rocket: In this
immediate section rains have been abuuj
dant j and crops are very fine; but in iha
upper part of the county it continues dry
and the ontlook is gloomy. Mr. Ji
Albert Smith brought a load of thiity
watermelons into town latt Saturday lta(
aggregate weight of which was 950 pounds;
Mr. James T. LeGrand will not have
to buy any hay soon. Recently ho got
seventy tons of clover and timothy bay
off forty acres of land at one mowing, atd
of course he can cut it once or twice mord
during the summer. !
-j Greensboro Workman : Col.
Thomas M. Holt, we are sorry to learn, is
confined to his bed at home with acuto
rheumatism. We hear to-day with
much pleasure that Hebry Hunter, who to
miraculously escaped death in the Nancey'a
trestle railroad disaster last Thursday, has
steadily improved since he reached home,
KNews was received ihcre this morning
that Mr. Yancey Andrews, who was thrown
out of bis wagon, run over and eeriously
injured from his mule taking fright and
running away near Judge Dick's last week,
was in a dying condition.
j Goldsboro Argus: It is with
real regret that we chronicle the departure
of pur young friend and townsman, Mr.
Wi E. Borden, who left yesterday for Gal
veston, Texas, to join his uncle, Capt. J.
Wi Edmundson, who is in the cotton busi
ne88. Mrs. L. D. Giddens are sum
moned on Monday afternoon to the death
bed of her venerable father Mr. 8. R. Ire
land, at his home in Sampson county, near
Faison's depot. He was 86 years old
While engaged in doing some brick work
forMessrs. Slaughter &-Kellcy yesterday
Mr. Joshua Johnson sustained some pain
ful bruises by a part of the brick wall fall
ing upon him, but we are glad to know
that his wounds are not of a serious nature.
j Smithfield Herald: Crops are
lookiDg very fine in this section , and our
encouraging prospect. While riding
in the country last Satdrday, Mr. W. T.
Peacock was quite badly hurt by his mule
rnnning away and throwing him from tbe
buggy. We are informed that Mr. J.
W. A. Avera, one of Johnston's most
prosperous and well-known citizens, pur
chased a cow four years ago, from which
he has raised a drove of cattle numbering
fourteen. Two colored boys, Richard
Ennis and Albert Hill, who stand charged
with assaulting and robbing Mr. Lovitt
Ennis while he was under the influence of .
intoxicating liquor at this place a few days
ago, were lodged in jail last week.
j Fayetteville Observer: We
want small industries of all kinds. Among
them, a tannery, a bucket factory, a fur
niture, spoke and rim, canning and other
factories. A paper mill would not hurt.
Any or all of these would help our town.
We received last week a letter from
Dr. John McCormick containing a few
leaves and tbe Bilk of a new variety of
cotton, which he wished us to place in the
hands of a botanist for examination. The
leaves sent are entirely different from -either
cotton or okra, and the Doctor
thinks that it is a cross between the Trav
eller's silk weed and cotton. The
number of steam saw mills along the C. F.
& Y. V. is steadily on the increase, quite a
number south of Fayetteville are being
built, and Mr. C. W. Huske has just com
pleted and has in full operation one near
Manchester complete with all the latest im
provements.
j Weldon News: The ordinance
of baptism was administered to sit persons
at the Baptist church last Sunday after
noon. jNortnampion ouings: uropa
are generally clean, though small, they are
growing however, and with favorable sea
sons will yield a good harvest. A
very fatal disease has attacked the horses in
the vicinity of Garysburg, N.C. The symp
toms are inflamed eyes, blind staggers, and
lockjaw. Several havo died and others
have the disease. We regret to learn
of the death of Mr. Spier Whitaker Wood,
of this county, which sad event occurred
several days ago. Mr. Wood was a lieu
tenant in Company A (Captain Stancill's
old company) Fifteenth formerly Fifth
Regiment of N. C. volunteers during the
late unpleasantness, and was about 45 years
old. Enfield dot: Crops in this neigh
borhood are good and in nice condition.
Somewhat in need of rain but the farmers
are complaining but little.
l Charlotte Chronicle: We re-
gret to announce the death of Mrs. John
ston, wife of Dr. Johnston, president of
Biddle Institute, which occurred at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and which was
the result of the accident that befell her last
Sunday. News reached the city yes
terday of a very serious cutting affray in
Union county, near the South Carolina line,
between a Mr. Owens and a man named
Haywood Miller, in which Owens was ter
ribly hacked. Mr. Owens's baby was cry
ing and Miller, wno was in vne nouse, pro
fessed to be annoyed by, ife . Miller finally
made some insulting remarks and a fight
ensued between himself and Owens, during
the progress of which Miller drew a knife
and attacked Owens most ferociously. Ow
ens was stabbed and gashed in fourteen pla
ces, some of the cuts penetrating the ab
dominal cavity. It is said that Miller re
turned a short time afterwards, and finding
Owens still living, tried to get at mm a
second time for the purpose of finishing
him up, but was prevented by parties who
had gathered. Miller made his escape. :
I Bakersville Democrat: Tbe
two surveying corps of the three C's rail
road will meet at the mouth of Cane Creek
in a few days, when it will take them per
haps a couple of weeks to complete pro
files of their work, after which Captain
Butler will review the old survey into Ba-
kersville, preparatory to profiling it.
Gen. Wilder and party have returned from
London, bringing three million dollars of .
railroad money. On Sunday evening
July 8th, at about 1 o'clock, Jesse Peter
son, wholly without cause or provocation,
stabbed Frank Bennett in the left side be
tween the hip bone and tbe lower rib. The
wound was about three inches in length.
Dr. Smith was sent for and recognizing at
a glance the almost certainly fatal nature
of the wound, immediately sent for Dis
Whittington, or xancey, ana unaroonne
and Crump, of Mitchell. When Dr. Smith
arrived he found the unfortunate man euf-
fannir anil ainkinir from shnr.lc n.nft inter -
nal hemorrhage, and informed the wounded
man and hisfrieau-lbAt-Jie-rust dip.
Bennett was abou 23 years of sge, and
Peterson, who was a son of ex-County
Commissioner Peterson, was about 22 years
Of age.
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