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A S.1EC1MEN OF NEW ENGLAND
:. STATESMANSHIP.
' Statesmanship is at heavy dis
count in the Republican party, both
Uortb' and South.. When igno
ramuses are pot on State tickets and
illiterates like Nichols and Brower
are sent to. the U. S. Congress; and
when fellows like many of the North'
trn Senators are sent to the most
ugust body in the country, it shows
kow low the standard . of offioial
qualification is jin the g. o. p. . We
are reminded of this unpleasant fact
jo reading the J plan of Gen. N. P.
Banks, before the war. a prominent
man in Massachusetts; in the war a
mosTusofal commissary for Gen.
Dick Taylor; and since the war only
notorious for foolish opinions .and
nnwisel plans. But he is big. and
vise enough tc suit the demands .of
MisaacuuBetts Radicals. .He has
been 'lotniuatcd for the Federal
IJouHo. Of course he has a scheme
fo.'.lhe countr r as all incapable and
qm'xo't c Radicals have in this year
of grace. With such a Don Quixote
for the Presidential chair as Harri-
non;3nd with such men in Congress
as Hafe, Chandler, Frye, -Dingley,
Blair and Ingalls, the country will
p down ( grade rapidly unless the
good secse or the people puts on the
trskefi
Jf there was anything lacking af
ter tbe. exhibitions of Hoar and
Die-, of Lc ng and Lodge, of Hale
od Chandler, of Edmunds and
' Dingley; of iklcKinney and Boutelle,
toshow the low grade of political
iPiadom and genuine statesmanship
among the Hew England . Repnbli
can politician?, the recent perfornvf
auces of Jingo Blaine a,nd Nathaniel
P. Banks, w )nld supply it. -j ft T
Banks has a plan, as, we have said.
And what is it? . He actually.! insists
thai the President of the United
States has the power to distribute
the surplus "to suit himself; and
second, that it would be a very pleas
i ant and useful thing if he would
give it to impecunious and necessi
tous persons. Hear, him, lest yon
fhoald think we exaggerate or mis
represent: ' i
"There is uodoubtedly some evil in a
large surplus of a hundred or a hundred,
sod fifty millions of dollars in the Treas
ury, and some danger from it; but it is not
a great dancer. None of us suffer much
from having f oo much money; not much;
not many of us. And if we had it and we
were satisfied: that it were too much for
. ourselves, wei might divide it; we mixht
Eire it away ; we might give it to those that
ere suffering. So might JLhe President of
.the United, States have done the tame
Kng" j . ,;:;V
In this he shows himself almost as
much of ' a, statesman aa Harrison
does when he talks tariff and finance.1
" lianka is like othei patriots of bis
section a I philanthropist when it is
other people's money that is to dis
posed of. He is of the tribe of Blair.
,ue too is a great patriot and philan
thropist, When it is the money of the
people that is to be expended.' He is
the author of the infamous Federal
School Teaching bill that is loaded to
the muzzle with death and dynamite.
Bat Banks has more ' than one
string to Ibis bow.' He -has another
t-lan. j It is to take away'all postage
coarges and make the mails free to
a'l. . He - asks very gravely,. ''Why
Wld wjb have any taxi upon letters?"
ihe answer that wonld occur to any
man of ordinary sense would be that
we should have the tax to secure the
delivery ht the letters. How . shall
hanks send his wonderful produc
tions through the mails unless Banks
hall pay "for their transmission.
Banks evidently thinks that the Gov
ernmentj can he carried on "just so,"
without cost to any one.. But let us
ot do the crank unaatice. He is for
using the surplus to carry tbe letters;
"the President will not give the
wplus to poor folks then let it be
. "aed in carrying the mails. Snob is
the latest outcome of Massachusetts
itatesmanship. ; ' '.
Banks has not only a plan but a
K'ievance. He lsmournini? thaPra.
dent's shortcomings and blindness
In not apendinff the surolus in boun
ces to ihipa to traverse the seas and
lakes.
He asks with pathetic in
terest:-
uJ?on' we wftnt American ships upon
'he sea " W want our fls uPon
That depends upon whom he
"ieans when he says "toe. If he
ansjthe Republican party we say
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VOL. XIX.
emphatically no. That party by
stealing and misapplying the hun
dreds of millions voted to the Navy
Department all through the Radical
snpremaoy destroyed a great navy;
while by their War Tariff system
a syBtem of. repression, - of prohibi
tion, of destruction they literally
drove from the ; high seas the once
splendid and . great Amerioan mer
chant marine. Do Radicals want a
navy ? y No I Do Radicals want a
great merchant marine ? No I Look
at their works t Judge them by
their action in the past.
We thus dwell at some" length
upon Banks's vagaries and absurdi
ties because he is a Representative
Republican in New England of the
present day. ' With such Republi
can poiiticuans as New England now
sends to the Congress it is evident
that statesmanship died with Web
ster and Everett and John Davis and
Sumner and Seymour of Connecticut
and a few others.: : ; ;
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A SinPLE OF jPROVTSOTIVK HOB
, BBBIEI IN XWBHTI TBARS. :
The eleotion is so near at hand we
must finish up as rapidly as .' we . can,
our diaouBsion of , the. great ! Tariff
guestion. Taxation is a necessity,
and yet the Stab is anxious to have
as little of that . article as possible,
Tbe object of tha Tariff is primarily
to raise revenue for the support of
the Government. But its certain
primary, effect is to increase the prioe
of all imported articles. The increase
is the - amount of the duty or tax;
TX - V Ttl . MM '
xiiven Jim uiame calls the Taritt a
tax, and so it is plain and simple. It
is a Jax and nothing else. We wish
to consider every, day some - points
connected with this tax. 'The Re
publicans are trying to make it high
er, and the Democrats are trying to
make it lower. A great difference! !
The ' transfer of wealth from the
buyer to the seller, is one of the
strangest and strongest features of a
Protective Tariff. How much the
present, the great, grinding Republi
can War Tariff has transferred is not
positively, definitely known, but in
twenty years the transfer has been
enormous. Let us look into this
most important matter. 1
Mr. Charles S. Ashley, in the JPpp
vlar Science Monthly for November,
nas a very interesting ana suggestive-paper
shewing "The Effects of
: ; 'a ii
Protection." We draw' upon it for.
some statistics.' In' twenty-years the
United States hve; oosamedj 30,-
000,000 tons of steel railSi J The aver-
age cost lias been $15 a. ton more
than they would ; have cost in Eog
land. So. the excess is $300,000,000.
That is r what; the Government has
compelled the people to pay by the
high - . taxes . levied at tee custom
houses. Mr. Ashley says that is the
huge : sun "forcibly f transferred
from "one class of American citizens
to another class.! There are people
in the United States who wonld not
pick your pocket or rob yon on the
.the high way,"' who can see no wrong
in Jnch ?robbery" as that perpetrated
by the Government upoi? the unre
eisting and quiescent people. -'
' So much for the steel rail business.
Now turn to 'the. pig-iron : industry.
This is tbe strong point of old Judge
Kelley, of Philadelphia, who u large
ly interested in the product of pig
iron and stands up in-its defence al
ways ' He ia mighty - strong for a
hierh tax on this industry. He is for
pigiron all the i time, is this "Pig
iron" Kelley. . 'Now' for some figures.
Mr. Ashley sayst -f rv '
-' uPig-lroa satert into articles used in
house and In 'every business. It is turned
into plows, kettles, and stoves, as well as
into vast engines, rauway materials, duuu-
ine materials and are arms, jrour miuions
and a half tons of this material were made
in the United Status in 1883 and sold at an
average of $23 per too . ; In 1880 the mar
ket value reached $40. and in 1888 $17.
According W. JSrWllKeson. this material
ougnt to be maraetanie at a per ton easily,
and Mr. Vinton' does not think its actual
value much more. But making an allow
ance of t!2 ne ton as liberal, in fact very
liberal, we may say that people of the Unlu
ed States have pud an unnatural price ior
this product amounting in all to $45,000,-
000 in 1883 alone; and, assnming that to
have been an- average, year, we may place
the enhanced price of pIgiron to the Ame
rican people for tne past- twenty - years at
the enormous aggregate or fauu.uw.uw
I After reading that you are pre
pared to understand the true inward
ness of the support of a High Tariff
by the iron makers of Pennsylvania.
They are willing "to ?robn all who do
not make iron that they may grow
immensely rich.; . ; v',. :. .'
Let us mention that the Sootchman
Carnegie is Equally as: wiselfieh; as
Kelley and his crowd of pig-iron fel
lows. tJarnegie & Co.," in 1887, man--
ufactnred 192,998 tons of steel rails.
They cost $26.79 per ton and they sold
for $37.12 profit ' $1,158,000 r- on
that "one .item. -; Then: in the same
year they sold 30,000 tons of iron
apd steel beams cost '$28.02 per ton
prioe sold $66 total profit $1,150,
000, the modest' profit of 135 per
centor seven time more than the
sum paid for labor. This will do.
You can now understand why Came
gie coaches Blaine and toots , for &
High Tariff; , , . ' i
' Lumber is another artiole in whioh
the "robbery" is enormous. Mr.
Ashley says the estimate, is moderate
that $8,00,000 . annually have been
paid in the way of tax on lumber.
nP-n-TT-m
In 20 years the sums paid in taxes
on this one article would aggregate
$160,000,000." A snug sum to be
taken from the Dockets of the
i ..... IT
pie and to be : transferred to the
pookets of Monopolists. . t- ; ;
Mr. Ashley estimates the rob-
bery" - on clothing to amount in
twenty ydars to the stupendous sum
of $1,400,000,000. Half of this Bum
was giveu in bounty to the domestic
manufacturers. Thou Government
also got about a half in taxes.- - This
is indeed "robberyw on a grand soale.
Remember that the Supreme' Court
of the United States' declares that a
Tariff for Protection is unconstitu
tional and "robbery.? It uses that
word. There was but one of the
nine Judges making the decision, as
reported in Wallaoei, who was ; a
Democrat. - '; ,.. . . ' .'. .
The Tariff robs the people and.en
riches the few Nabobs, and Million
airs; The Republican party as now
organized ' is essentially the friend
and .. aervanV'.vthe'-abobs.' The
Democratic party, true to .its name
origin and history is the party of the
people and npholds and defends their
interests.. .; 7: v '.'!iv.i J-'
.; Before laying down our pencil for
this day let us give- an 'interesting
statement based upon very high4 au
thority. ,Mr. Ashley says: : . ;
"Mr. Mulhall estimates that the Ameri
can works forty-nine days in the year to
supply himself with clothing while the
Englishman accomplishes the same thing
in thirty-four. . This result has been
brought about by the wool tariff of 1867.
which impoaedla heavy dutyoa an article."
: As soon as the tax was placed ' on
foreign wools people, ceased to buy
woollen clothing to a great extent,
the demand felt greatly, and Ameri
can manufacturers were driven into
the use of "shoddy and cotton." But
the industry was greatly depressed
and continued so. You see "foreign
wools are needed to mix with Ameri
can wools to make good oloth."' The
high tax on foreign wools caused
wool-manufacturing and wool-growing
to tumble. Mow a great , many
intelligent manufacturers are favor
ing a repeal of the wool tax. . -
A Protective Tariff is. very bad
however viewed, always excepting to
the Monopolists. 2 hey Are enriched
and no one else is benefited. .' The
wage earner gets but a fraoti6n of
the tax. A Protective Tariff is un
constitutional, oppressive and immo
ral. It takes the bread-money from
one great class ; and; gives,, it vto a
small rich elass. . ; . .
". The-Charlotte papers contain warm
tributes to the worth of the late Wil
liam JJ Yates, who was held in high
esteem in that town. He was a man
of many excellent par tB, and was re
garded as a very honest, Jinn, com
mon-sense man whodespised shams.
The Charlotte Chronicle says of him:
"He never failed to criticise any measure
or movement that he considered wrong or
unwise. . His Judgment In business and pri
vate affairs, was often sought, even by those
who were by no means intimate with him.
He never made a promise that was broken,1
and his honesty was proverbial, Mr. Yates
wielded a great influence in the county and
State. , Official honors were, 7 during the
earlier days of his life, repeatedly offered
him; but he so persistently refused toac-j
cept omce tnat nnauy nts irienas con
siderately ceased their efforts to honor him
in that way. ' The only offices that he con
sented to fill, were of a non-partisan char
acter, and were such that by filling tnem,
he felt that ha could do his State a service.
His patriotism and love of State were' of a
rare character, and were of unchallenged
sincerity.? : , '. .-, .' : .'
He died suddenly of apoplexy. ! I
' Fred 'Douglass is b&ck from his
canvass and he throws up the sponge.
He says it is hopeless for Harrison in
New. York and Indiana. He .has
been all over the ground and his boo
olusion is that the Republicans oan
not carry either State He says the
labor, question has knocked Chinese
HalliBon high. That is. the only
good thing . we ever saw coming
from old Fred. ' - ; i ',
Cornell 'Univetsity, Harvard ' Uni
versity, Yale University and Roches
ter University were, once filled, with
Republican ; Professors.' Now they
are mostly for Cleveland.' , The New
York limes finds of 45 in the regu
lar : faculty of - Cornell 35. will vote
for Cleveland. -: " "' '"" ' i r
The Democrats claim that Vir
ginia will go for Cleveland by 10,000
majority. In 1884 his majority was
but 6,141. ... T;;vi4'.V i '
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rbo Wall B Btterterf . ,r : - .
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee will nominate a full county
ticket with the exception1, of Sheriff,
for which office there are already two
candidates in, thelfleld S. H. Man
ning, the regular Republicans candi
date, and Harding Joanson, thenom
inee of the independent Republicans
Some of Manning's friends have start
ed a report that the Democrats will
support Johnson with the hope of de
feating Manning and thus; Tweaking
the latter's hold on the : negroes. 7 On
the other hand, it is - asserted 'that
Manning can and will', poll more
Democratic ' votes than Johnson.
Another report in circulation is that
Manning has disposed' of all his pro-:
perty here, shipped his lousehold
furniture North and -intends to- re
move from the State and' go back to
Maine "for good", after the election,
whether it results: in, his favor or
not; that in the event he is "elected
he will turn, the office, over to his
chief deputy and let the latterrun it
nntil Manning's term expires. ' 1 1
WEI
WILMmGTQN, N;J C.; FRIDAY,; NOVEMBER ;2
THE
CAMPAIGN,
, s larm iemeraae .ttaumt 5 2. f
There - will be a grand Demeeratie
rally at the following places Ja New
Hanover county at the dates named
Deiow: . .
At .Capt. Manning's place (A1
View),jon Friday evening, N01
2nd, at 7 o'clocfc ; 5 a
1. At Ai J. Johnson's 'store, on ;
Grovel Sound, on Saturday, Nc
ber 3rd, ai!2 o'clock in a , , !
At Macumber'a; store,' in Harnett
ownship, on Monday, November 5th,
at '13 'o?cloCk.;-vt isr-l.'v
At Capt Manning's place and Hr.
Johnson's store there will be a grand
free oyster rd'astM;, m.
Let all good citizens interested1 in
good governmentcome out and hear
the' issues' discussed.-u HonI -C. W.
McClammyand Hon. Alfred xtolahd,
members of Congress, are' expected
to be present. The meetings will also
he addressed by W. B. McKby. Coh
E. D. Hall, T. W. strange, R.:H.
McKoyjl and Jho. D. Bellamy, Jr.
I , i,. ,- .. ...
By1 order of the - Executive
Cc
.- jaw jj. raiiXiAJu.Y, jr., unmu '
Democratic pennty 0nvnUoa
; The :i Democratic Convention of
New Hanover county met in adjourn
ed session at the Court Blouse in thief
city shortly before noon yesterday.
In the -absence of Mr. Ricaud, the
chairmari, Mr. , jJohn D.' Bellamy,
chairman; of the . County Executive
Committee, called - the meeting to or
der, and nominated Mr. Samuel Bear,
Jr., as temporary chairman. ,
On motion of Mr. W.B, MoKoy, Mr.
Bear wasjnade permanent chairman,
and on motion of Mr. HMeL. Green
Capt. J. M. MoGowan was made see
retary., 1 ; ..
Mr. MoKoy stated that the Execu
tive Committee thought . it was best
for a call lot the t Convention to be
made to take into consideration the
matter of nominating a county ticket
and moye . that the matter be left to
the Executive Committee with power
to act. . ih: ;,:'." ..
Mr. J. C. Stevenson offered as. an
amendment that, the committee have
power to hominate a ticket with the
exception of sheriff ; The amendment
was ; accepted ; and the motion as
amended Was adopted;
Mr. Bellamy appealed to all good
citizens . to t aid! the Executive Com
mittee inj. procuring funds, after
which the Convention adjourned.
Tuitora from tb VTpConntry.
YesterdaV morning's train on the
Carolina Central brought down eight
coaches filled with excursionists from
Mt. Airy and other places' in Western
North Carolina. The party altogether
numbered 275, including over a hun
dred ladiea. r Most of them went down,
to Wrightsyille andthe HanunfvKB'
via the Seaepast railroad,andretafnfid
to the cifyl ln-the afternoon iraach
pleased, with their visit to the
seashore. "They visited the cotton
compresses and the shipping in port,
and seemed 'greatly Interested in all
that they saw. . The. - visitors will re
turn home tc day. their train leaving
at 10 o'clock, this morning. They have
had rainy, disagreeable weather " for
their trip, bat the Star hopes that
the 'enjoyment - was .not much les
sened on this account. : v ' -
CoKoa Beealpts.
The . receipts of ' cotton yesterday
were.' 1,624 bales, ', and the sales 1,
600 on a basis of 9 7-16 "cents for xaid
dllng. .'Receipts for the, week ended
yesterday were 10,897, against . 11,175
bales' the; I corresponding week last
"year',', ' For the crop' year-fronvSep-
. tember st ioj'"; October. 26th the re
ceipts are 46,389, . against 80,373 'bales
for the same time last year, showing a
decrease of 33,984 bales.
a Pelnter.
A merchant of Wilmington says: !
"Many of our farmers, residing in "the
country, from crop failures and fer
tilizers' bills,' -are -heatlly ladened
with debt. If Dockery is elected and
North-' Carolina has to pay 'those
fraudulent Special Tax bonds; taxa
tion must j be largely increased,' and
what will become' bf the property of
the farmers?- Surely, many of them
; will not be able to pay or leaf up all
these encumbrances and their" prop
erty xnuit be'aerificed at pablie sale.' '
Havai 8tore.i,; j " . , ? , , . ,e j
, The movement in naval stores at
this port shows receipts, for. the crop
year Iroin April 1st to October 26 th
as, compared with, receipts, for the
same time last year as follows: Spirits
turpentine, 45,802 cask, against ,50,203
last year; rosin,U7,498 barrels, against
186,683; tar, j 27,713 barrels, against
29,132; crude turpentine, 13,780 barrels,
against .17,365. . . . . , '
( " . Mr. Thos. W. Strange who .was
one of the invited speakers at the re
cent grand Democratic demonstration
at Clinton, made a fine; impression.
He was appointed to speak.at night,
but the thousands of . Dexnocrats as
sembled . were so j eager to hear ; Mm
that he was ' jBompelled to speak both
In the af ternooa and at night. ": The
Caucasian says1 his spec ehes - were
quently eliciting rbands Of applause.?
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BelraUe.'hf'! - r-ri. r r.'; jn;. .
Registrars and poll-hold ers are re
quired by lawj to attend at : their vo
ting places . : on the . Satur day . before
the election-: ijfrom 9 a. m. . to 5 p. m.,
when and where: the.: i registration
books .shall be open, to the inspection
of anybody - who-, wishes . to examine
them. --' !; I '-m 'u- i ' - '-' '': ':
. .'A passenger from Mis'icnolia last
night reporta; that two : Irunken ne
groes got- into! a row on 1 die train be
tween Gjoldsboro and MlV. Olive, and
one was severely cut wif ih a knife by
th e. other. : The conducto rof the train
separated the belllgerei its and dis
armed the negrowho'didL the, cutting.
The wounded
man left- the train at
Mt. Olive
9v i'-:
lantie
rember
x -
UTTttie
keni-
a ereat Iedaatry. :j -
: The Board of J)ireetora ofjtbe
Creosote, Lumber, and Construction
Company met here yesterday. r The
Board consists of Gen: Wm, Mahone,
of PetersbU.rgya,iMr, A.X Thomas,
of Washington D., C.J Col. H. B
Duvat oi New-York; Senator-M. C.
Butler.' of South Carolina; Capt. Jno
F:Divlne; Mr J N SebreiL Mr. Geo.
W. Kidder,' Mfc R: G. Rosa, and Col.
W. P. Canadayybf Wilmington N. C.
Col E. R. Brink, of Florida, is Secre-
tary ana xreasarer, - ana vatu .
P. Canaday, President of the coni-
v The report of the , Executive Com
mittee, of which Capt. J.'F. Divine is
chairman, shows ! that the affairs of
the company are prosperous - and its
finances in splendid condition. -:
The plant of this company is . lo
cated at Feraaadiaar-Fla.," and has
a ... capacity, of .f 5,000 feet per
day, . ,Tlje . company is : an out"
growth of the Carolina Oil and Creo
sote Company of this city, .'Alto
gether they are' doing an1 immense
business, and have the largest and.
best equipped works in the world for
the' uslness jn twhlch. they are en
gaged. Besides these works the com
pany have Commenced ' the construc
tion of an ' extensive' plant on the
.Pacific Coast at Seattle, Washington
Territory, known as the Paget Sound
Creosote Company. ;
Florida Oranse In market.
Florida oranges have made their
appearanee" in this and other mar
kets. : They have a decided yellow
tinge, but there is nothing wrong
about them, for they come
from see
epidemic, .lions, not infected by the
and are sweeter and juicier than ever.
The arrangements made by the
Atlantic Coast Line for the purpose
of handling the Florida orange crop
this season are a great relief to the
growers, who have "been unable : on
account of the .quarantine to get
steamship transportation. J The new
service was arranged at a conference
held at Savannah, Ga., last Saturday
by Messrs. R. M. Patterson, through
freight' agent of the Pennsylvania
railroad, T. M. Emerson,! general
freight and ' passenger agent of the
Atlantic Coast Line, and ' Mr. J. R.
keenly, master of transportation of
the latter road, with the officials bf
the Charleston and Savannah
and the. Savannah, Florida and
Western ' railways, and the through
fast freight train to New York was
put on lastiTuesday. It is understood
that this train will be kept running
right, along until the close of the
strawberry and ' vegetable season,
which follows very closely upon the
orange snipping season. . "
StMnun at Balelcb. '
The following is - the conclusion of
a long article in the Terns and Obser
ver'ot Major Stedman's speech : j in
Raleigh Tuesday night: ? i ;
He took his ' seat - amid a perfect
storm of applause, above which loud
l httti mm Jwmw1m w heM'd. - 4-
A beautiful bouauet was sent no
and presented as the tribute of some
of the ladies present. Many came np
to congratulate mm, among wnom
were numerous ladies. . . j
The speech was pronounced one of
the finest ever heard in Raleigh. It
was ornate, beautiful and polished; it
abounded in profuse and nappy illus
trations, with wit, humor, poetry and
eloquence most beautifully blended.
It was at once the i production of a
scholar, a statesman and a high toned
gentleman of the noblest, manliest
type. ' - " "i ' i-
-The frequent and -hearty outbursts
of applause throughout attested the
high, appreciation of the audience
and their hearty esteem and respect
for the speaker.' - - S - 1
- Major: Stedman may always be sure
oi an overflowing nouse and a warm
welcome
whenever he speaks in
Raleigh.
Suddon ' iJj;."sv ';''.'
John t W nite,' colored fireman on
engine No. . 128, pulling a freight train
on the Wilmington & Weldon rail
toad, dropped - dead- on -the engine
Wednesday 'afternoon last between
Whi taker's and Enfield. As , White
fell he was caught by the conductor
of the train, Capt. Thos. Lawther, in
whose arms he died.: His death was
caused by hemorrhage. The body
of deceased was . brought to Wil
mington and interred yesterday.
; fteoeipts of cotton yeBterday
1,219 bales. ' Sales of 1,200 bales Were
reported iSOO - at 9 7-16 and 600 at 9f
cents for middling.
-.-i ... pr thn RtAt.
A ConvoMatlea Biwni Two Colored
;;.!..?-rTi"J ,.:.',.; Bloaii.':"-r' -.--V" "'v
Editor Star t A conversation be
tween two colored men occurred . last
night which ought to be a good lesson
to any person who claims to be of the
Caucasian race. One said to the other,
"I hear a nigger is gwine to vote the
dimocrat ticket , kase he says he gets
all his work from them." The other
made answer, "He's a fool, and so's
any other nigger who votes agin his
race, and I think he ought to nave a
thousand lashes; just think of a nig
ger voting tne wmte man's tioKeti"
And the two were I very indignant,
saying; f You can buy white folks for
a. drink, bat thank God, you can't buy
many niggers dey ain't like de poor
white aan,and de nigger dats gwine to
vote tbe -dhnocrat ticket is worse nor
a dog.4 Now Mr. Editor, during that
conversation the names of several
white menwhoit was charged had
been bought were called, and it made
My blood boil to think that some of
the white'-' race should - be spoken of
by taaose two naife arunnen . negroes
as below "a darkey in principle that
wnue a negro coma not De Dougnt;
a white man was so low as to sell his
raee : out, to De put unaer :-mgger"
rule, and I appeal to the white men
of North , Carolina and especially of
this city not to be put ih that -category,
lor if North Carolina goes Repub
lican why this city will be turned
over to the negroes, and then good bye
to law and order: Negro superinten
dents of -'white 1 schools, - perhaps
negro teachers 'and mixed schools;
and the little money - they get for sel
ling out would not last long, for there
are too many niggers to fill office for
white- renetraaes to set any or tne
spoils (see Custom House under Rad
ical rule). -, jm egro uayor, negro umei,
negro Treasurer and negro policemen
will be the result, and those who are
so low as to become Benedict Arnolds
will be looked upon by the very-nig-gers
who bought them as too low to
associate with.- I cannot believe the
workingmen who are white are pre
pared for these results to secure a few
paltry dollars, while a few -drunken
whelps, soaking drunk - half the
time, are trying to sell out the white
race. A Whitb WoRKiweMAjr i
; of 5th Ward.
t
1888.
; PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD, ;
: ' . , --' '
A. Fatrtv, Good ' Atendnc Bite iloa
of Ofleiri-Com
klitoto-A4ra,
Me.
7 GoiJSBORO,SOct. 25. The eeventy
flf th'meetfngjof Synod convened last,
night with a fairly good attendance.
A sermon was preached by the retir
ing Moderator, Rev. R. Z. Johnston,
- from the text, Acts 5:19 and 20; a good
sermon full of practical zeal earnest
ly ' presented, j After servi ce. Synod
was organized by the election of Rul
ing Elder Alfred M. Scales, of the
Greensboro Chnrch, as Moderator. -1
- Rev. C. W.' Robinson and Ruling
Elder J. G. Bynum were elected tem
porary clerks.
Thursday. Synod received Rev4
Dr. J. B. Shearer as. corresponding-
member. : . . r ':, ...
Committees were announced
L O vertnre from the Evanselical Al
liance of Wilmington was .referred to
Committee on Bills and Overtures.
i A memorial from Orange Presby
tery about Home Missions was dock
eted to oe eonsiaerea wnen . anoiuer
rid similar report comes in.'
Trustees of Synod report was re
ferred, as was the report of Direstors
Of union seminary.
: union (Seminary. . - t . j
Report of -Agents of iJBvangeliatib. I
Labor and Sustentatlon will be made
first order for Friday. , ,
Rev W. S.P. Bryan was appointed
agent of Foreign Missions to fill va ,
canoy caused by removal to Virginia
bf Rev. W.S. Lacy. L V
Pnblieation was made second order
for Friday. . .
(Friday night j was made time for
Education, with address .from Dr.
Shearer. -
Editor of N. C. Presbyterian was
heard in behalf of his paper.
i A committee of live was appointed
to report at this meeting some plan
for increasing tne circulation oi ims
paper. .' -
i Dr. J. B. Mack was invited to sit as
corresponding member. -
1 Committees were appointed to
bring in memorial papers on deceased
brethren.
(Rev. Dr. Robey was Introduced as.
visiting brother. . ' ,
Memorial from Chapel Hill Church
was referred to a special committee
of five to report as soon as possible.
Synod will meet , in the U'lrst
Church, Charlotte, next fall. A com
mittee was appointed to fix the date.
jRev. H. G. Hill was continued as
representative of Synod before Assem
bly in the case of Rev, D. P. Robin
son, i I ' .
First order for Friday afternoon is
Foreign Missions.! -
'After recess the committee appoint
ed by the Convention to memorialize
Synod about Home Missions report
ed, recommending the docketing of
certain resolutions, which was done.
The matter of employing an evan
gelist for Synod was referred to a spe
cial committee. - !
Report of the Committee on Records
of Fayetteville was adopted.
Report of special committee on the
question of licensure before ordina
tion was not adopted, though it elici
ted much discussion.
Recess till 7.30 p. m.
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: I GOLDSBORO, Oct; 25th, 1888,
Thursday Night. After recess
Synod met at 7.80 p. m. Divine ser
vice I was held, during which the
Lord's Supper was held.
r.Watklns, of Raleigh, preached
a most excellent sermon from lsa. 64:7.
The service -was' traly delightfol-i
communion with Christ and one an
other, sweet and sanctifying.
Adjourned to 9.30 Friday.
Friday. A M. Synod met.
A paper strongly endorsing the NY.
C. Presbyterian, urging its wider cir
culation, was adopted. j
The order of the day, being to con
sider the cause of Home Missions, was
taken up. i The- special committee
reported through Rev. J". W. Prim
rose, recommending that Synod elect
an : Evangelist. This - proposition
brought out much discussion. Elder
Scales made a splendid speech after
recess. r . ' .
Synod meets Tuesday, Oct. 8th,
1889. - ,1 ' I'
Rev. Mr. I Dill, of the Missionary
Baptist Church, was introduced as a
visiting brother. - - -
Unfinished business was taken up,
and discussion on the movement; to
employ an evangelist was continued.
It was unanimously resolved to em
ploy one evangelist. It was resolved
to appoint a committee to employ the
evangelist, and due respect was had
to tbe authority of Presbyteries the
committee consisting of Synod's agent
for evangelistic labor, the agents of
Home Missions from each Presbytery,
with the following ruling elders; A.
M. Scales, of Greensboro; 3. W. Mc
Neill, of Fayetteville: R. Barringer, of
Charlotte: M. W. Hill, of Statesville,
and B. F. Hall of Wilmington. I
A special committee, consisting of
the above men, was appointed to con
sider the question of redistrioting
Synod's territory among the Presby
teries, the report to be published at
least two months before next Synod.
Special committee to consider the
memorial from Chapel Hill church
reported, recommending that the
session of this church be allowed to
raise funds for its church from every
other church in Synod, and urging
ministers to accept the invitation to
preach there. The report was almost
unanimously adopted. ,1
Agent of publication reported. His
report was received and resolutions
adopted.- I ' r '
. A synodical committee on colport
age was appointed. '
Report of Committee on Union
Seminary was adopted.
Synod approved the effort to secure
an I amendment to the State liquor
laws. - - t
Recess till 7.30 p. m. 1
Goldsboro, Oct. 27. Friday night,
after recess, the Committee on Ad
dress to Churches on the State of
Religion made its report. I
Dr , Rumple, from a committee,
made a report on a plan for parochial
Instruction. Tne report was aoo&ereo.
After singing part of the 137th
Psalm, and prayer, Synod took up the
order of the day consideration of
the cause of Education.: -
RevDr J I B Shearer, President lot
Davidson College, addressed " .the
Synod in the interests of Bible in
struction at the college. This address
was most attentively heard, most im
pressively delivered, and most pow
erful in awakening interest a truly
noble effort nobly done. - i ; i ; f
Synod passed a unanimous vote of
appreciation and thanks. ' '
Dr Rumple read a memorial of Dr
Rockwell; Rev u i airiey, oi aev j a.
Coble: Rev R Z Johnston, of Rev
A M Watson, and Rev Dr R H Chap
man; Rev D D McBryde, of Rev
Martin McQueen Remark's appreci
ative of these ministers were made
by various ministers. , : j
Saturday, a m Synod met; Rev
R Z Johnston presiding, in the ab
sence of Elder Scales. .
The republication of the map of
Synod was i referred to the special
committee on evangelistic labor.
The agent of Foreign Missions made
his report, which was received and
approved. ! , !,
On motion of Dr Shearer the
stated clerk was appointed to express
the svmpathv of Synod with Dr.
McKInnon 1
jninnis
i long affliction.
1
NO . 52
! The Statistical, Report was received
and approved, j' v . . . r .:
The report of the agent of educa
tion was taken from the docket and
the agent eloquently urged the found
ing of an orphan asylum by the Syn
od. This question was referred with,
a most generous offer by Dr McKoy,
of land and house! for the orphanage,
toa special Commission with power to
act - ( : V
The thanks of the Synod were ten
dered 'DrMcKoy! for his generous
offer by a rising vote.
The Synodical report of the agent
of Sunday schools (Dr Vass) was re
ceived and approved.
The report of the committee on the
treasurer's book wis received and ap
proved; i.v i -'.-:-:. "v,. t '
From the Committee oh Overtures
an ; overture was presented - for the
General Assemblvi as to whether li
censure of a candidate before ordina-
t i A. ' . f
lion is a necessary prereqaisne. un
mortlon it was. ; ordered to be sent np
for answer. : ;v V . '"'V '"I
. The report of Committee on Min-.
utes of Geheral Assembly was receiv
ed and approved. J.- . ,' ,
The report of Committee on Pa
rochial Schools., was on motion re
ceived and docketed for considera
tion at the next meeting of Synod. :
Committee on Endowment Fund of
Union Theological Seminary, not be-,
ing ready to report, was allowed un-
xfl next meeting to report. ,
in.ueiueeuuKwiinii. j
:?tt Jnotion,, eleven Jhandred copies
of the minutes were! ordered to be
printed. , . ; ; I . " ' - ,
The mihtttes of Wilmington Pres
bytery were approved. 1 ,
; The Statistical Report to the Gen
eral Assembly; was read and I ap
proved. . ... ! .
, Committee on Leaves of Absence
made a report which was- received,
and adopted a resolution to the effect
that hereafter, no minister or dele
gate shall be granted leave of ab
sence from: the meetings of Synod,
without some extraordinary unfor-
een reason. . i j j
Committees on Presbyterian.; Or
phanage were appointed as follows:
Concord Presbytery J Rumple, D
D-jA Leazor, J H Foost. 1
Fayetteville Presbytery Rev D D
McBryde, Wm Black, G P McNeill.
Wilmington Presbytery Rev B F
Marable, T B Hyman, Geo Chad
bourn.'. -'. I - J : -i .
Orange Presbytery Rev J H Smith,
Rev J SWatkins, AIM Scales, Geo
Allen. !- - ' i
Mecklenburg Presbytery Rev W E
Mcllwain, Geo WUson, Rev J Y Fair.
I A rising vote of thanks was tender
ed the people of Goldsboro for their
kind hospitality, and to the different
railroads giving reduced fare to dele
. gates. i' ' J ' i
The final roll call was had the
minutes read and approved, and the
Synod adjourned with singing, prayer
and the apostolic benediction.
There will be preaching to-night
and there will be religious services in
most of the churches here to-morrow
and to-morrow night .by the Presby
terian ministers remaining over. :
THB, CAMPAIGN.
Stedi
at Wilson A Great
Demo
: cratle Gathering. .
j . ; Special Star Telegram;
I Wilson, N. CL, Oct. 25. Oyer one hun
dred men on horseback, a band of music,
and a large crowd of enthusiastic Demo
crats met Lieut-Gov: Stedman at the depot
to-day. He was escorted to the stand -and
addressed several thousand people - for two
hours.. . He made one of the biggest and
best speeches ever delivered here. i. The
town was fairly awake with enthutiastic
Democrats. Stedman gains a stronger
hold on our teople. Wilson county will
give Judge Fowls a large majority. - -
I HANDSOME GIFT.
A. Wealthy Nortberner Give 81.000,
I OOO for tne Education of Colored
People In the Sontn.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. Oct, 25. A New Haven,
Conn., special says: Daniel Hand, a prom
inent and wealthy resident of Quilford.near
this city, has given to the American Mis
sionary Association of New York City the
sum'.of one million . dollars to be held in
trust by the Association, and interest tojbe
devoted to.the education of colored people
in the old slavo States of the South . . The
Association .is to have -unrestricted charge
of expenditure of the interest, except that
it must be devoted to the education of such
colored people as are needy and indigent,
and such as by their health, strength and
vigor of body and mind give indications of
efficiency and usefulness in after life.
Daniel Hand, the donor of this noble gift,
was a grocer in Charleston. 8. C, before
the war. and being of northern sentiments
was forced to fly to the North when tbe
war broke out, leaving all his property,
about' $180,000, in charge of George W,
Williams, his confidential clerk, and a
Southerner. Williams used tbe property
profitably during the war, and by invest"
ment in Southern pine lands became very
rich. ' 8ix years ago Judge Lucian B.
Morris, of New Haven, counsel for Hand,
advised the latter to seek a settlement with
Williams. Williams came to New Haven
and ' honorably paid up the original turn
and interest, amounting to $648,000, send
ing on' the last payment two years ago.
This amount, with accrued interest, forms
the great hulk of the turn now returned to
the' South by Mr. Hand. Under the terms
of the trust not . more than one hundred
dollars is to be expended for the education
of any singie colored person.
MAIL ROBBERY.
All First Ciaaa matter Taken from Boa-
ton Pouch for Chicago.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning star. '
IChicago, Oct. ' 25 The mail .poach
which left Boston Tuesday and arrived in
Chicago last evening, over the Michigan
Southern Railroad, was robbed of all of the
first class mail matter it contained. The
stolen package consisted of registered let
ters, and the supposition is that a large
amount of money was secured by the thief.
The bag when opened at Chicago was found
to have been cut open, the thief taking the
package containing the first class matter
only, not molesting the fourth class mat
ter. This leads to the belief that the per
petrator of the robbery was some one con
nected with the postal service. The rob
bery is supposed to have been committed
some time after leaving Boston, and before
reaching Cleveland.
, HAYT1. ...
An Aneevlcan Steamer Captored.
By TelecraptCto the. Moralwr.Star. ,
Wabhxnston. October 27. Stephen
Preston, Haytion Minister, has received a
cable from his government, announcing the
capture by tbe Haytien man-or-war uessa
lines of the American steamerHaytien Re
public, while attempting to force the block
ade of the insurgent port of St. Mare, with
rebel troops, arms and ammunition on
board. The vessel has been brought to
Port an Prince, and her -case referred to a
prize court. Prisoners, owners and crew
are well treated by the authorities at Port
au Prince. . -- ' . .
. ; THE CHINES &
more ComnlieaUona Growing; ' mt of
the Exclusion Act
; By Telegraph to the Komlag Btar '
' ! Sak . Fbahcisco. October 27. The
steamer Arabic, that arrived from China
yesterday brought one hundred and forty
Chinese. The Arabic was the steamer
whioh left China with passengers who
were not aware of the passage of the ex
clusion law. The custom officers will en
deavor to keep them ignorant of - that fact
until after statements have been . secured
from each In regard to their place of birth
and occupation, so as to prevent subsequent
attempts to secure a landing under the
citizenship plea or the merchants' plea.
Spirits Turpentine.
No Raligh News-Observer. -Plsare
look after your mailing deik, 1
-i- Mrt Olive Telegram; Rev.'j.T.
Abernethy closed the protracted meeting at '
Proyidence and received eight aecrssmr.s u
tho Church. - ; . ' ; -
Whiteville Record'. Misa Mag
gie Browning died last Friday night, ! after '
she had been sick for more than two weeks .
Bbe was a noble Christian lady and die d iii
full hope of a blest immortality. : , j
Goldsboro ru& . The Color A
Fair is now going on fcere under most f - " :r
vorable auspices as to exhibits, uirce1 oaa
and large attendance, altboughihe ae-iiut-r -has
been somewhat nopropitiou. - . , .
' ': ; Laurinburg Exchange: At the '
meeting of tho Pee Dee Association kat '
week the Baptist churches of Richmond '
county atked for and were granted a letter
of withdrawal to form a new Association
St Rockingham tbe Saturday before ih Cib -.
Sunday in November nxt. , . i : j .
. Ralfeigh Visitor: We regivt 10
announce that the residence of Col John .
Robinson, the Commissioner at Agr-cul- '
lure, located five miles north of the liiy,
was entirely destroyed by fife between tun
and eleven o'clock last night. , We nu1d
not learn the extent of the damaf e. -
' Greensboro Patriot: A hni- -nt
s$ house in FayeUeille which baa for
many years been shipping lart qua n-ire
of green hides to Northero dealers, bavitif,
in fact, almost the monopoly of the trle
in that section has recently-betn placing
every hide bought on . the market with a
tannery and shoe manufactory in Randolph
county and receiving shoes, in payment.
Sanford Express: On Thursday
morning, while Mr. Ed Fowler, employed
at Mr. Hornaday's livery stable, was driv
ing across the railroads between the depots.
his horse became Trigbtentu at a box car
and dashed off. The! reins broke rd Mr
Fowler and a small child of Mr, Hornada .
who was in the buggy, weie at the mercy
ftihe frightened animal -Mr. Fuwler threw
tbe child out of the buggy and it fortunately
escaped with only a slight bruise, but in
getting out himself he Was painfully bruised '
on the legs. ;
Greensboro Workman: In the ' ,
year 1887 Mr. H. T. Hurley, who li s near
Worthville, inRandolph county, found a -terrapin,
and upon examining his under
shell he found engraved thereon ibis writ
ing: "D. T. 1822"! In this same year. "
1887, Mr. Hurley's name was added, with .
the date. Then in 1888 he found the same
terrapin again, and put on him his initials .
and the date. Upon inquiry in 1887, Mr.
Daniel Trogdon was found to be the man
who marked the .terrapin in 1822 with the
date and his initials. ; i
Clinton Caucasian: James T.
Benton, an old citizen of this county, was
in town on Monday night and unfortunate
ly imbibed too freely in strong drink.
About 9 o'clock while in front of Mr. T.
C. Pope's store, a number of negro boys be
gan teasing him, and one of them in some
way, tripped the old man up, and be re
ceived a severe fall. Since then he has not
spoken. Concussion of the brain has en
sued, and it is probable that he will not re
cover. Two of the boys have been placed
under arrest. . ' I
Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. Camp
bell, the youne man from Hopewell, who,
recently submitted to a trepanning opera
tion at the Presbyterian Home in this city,
is now improving and will soon be entirely '
recovered. Something of a commotion
was occasioned on Fifth street yesterday
afternoon by a runaway horse attached to
a wagon. The horse and wagon belonged
to a countryman.- The horse took fright
on Graham street, where a little negro who
was on the wagon fell off and was run
over, the wheels passing over his head.
The countryman held to tho lines until the
horse turned into Fifth street, when he
was thrown out and knocked insensible.
Raleigh Visitor: A complete
history of the gallant Sixth N. C. Regiment
is being prepared by Major R. W. York,
of Chatham county. It will be well printed
and handsomely illustrated. On Sun
day,' Oct. 14th, a colored woman by the
nameoflola Hicks stabbed a white man
by the name of Wm. Strickland, at the
Falls of Neuse. Barton's Creek township,
this county. The woman was arrested and
put in jail in this-city to await the result of
the injuries inflicted. Strickland died on
Sunday last, the 22d inst, from tbe effects .
of the wound, and was buried yesterday.
The woman will therefore be tried at t he
next term of Wake Superior Court for
murder. And yet crime is decreasing.
Star.
Durham Record: For several
days an ordinary looking man, calling him
self William Perry, baa been seen upon our
street, conversing witn crowds or negroes.
He represented himself as being sent here
by a Kentucky stock farmer to employ la
borers. Me beguiled into his trap about
fifteen or sixteen darkies and three white
men, the latter, he said, to go as bosses.
From those who gave their names he re- .
quired one dollar as a guarantee that they
would go, which would be refunded when
they boarded the train. Last night the
crowd spent most of the night under the
water tank, waiting for the train. One of
the white men went so far as to purchase
new outfit of clothing. The train came but
the crowd did not go to Kentucky. They
are to-day a badly swindled crowd. Perry
skipped out.
Durham Plant: Major Yates
was horn in Fayetteville, N. C, August 21,
1827, and was therefore in his sixty-second
year. With the exception of two or three,
he was perhaps the oldest active journalist
in the State. Some years prior to tbe war
he became the editor of the North Carolin
ian. Under his management and control
it was a marvel of success for a newspaper
in that day. In 1856 he sold ont to R. K.
Bryan and moved to Charlotte; N. C , and
purchased the Charlotte Democrat.Kna't torn
that time to bis death was its editor and
proprietor. .North. Carolina must now
mourn tne loss or one or ner wisest anu
best citizens, one who was wise in council,
clear-headed. He has long stood a leader
among men.- His judgment of men and
measures touching the. best interests of the
people of North Carolina was not regarded
with suspicion, hence his words were
words of wisdom, and men would listen
when he spoke. He was a man of great
oommon sense.
Raleigh News-Observer: The
opening up of the new line to Richmond
via Durham nd Oxford, places the Oxford
& Henderson and Oxford & Clarksville
lines and Oxford, Henderson and inter
mediate stations under the jurisdiction of
CoL Wm. A. Turk. Division Passenger
Agent. Mr W. H. Page, now of
New York, but formerly a well known
journalist of this State, is visiting his
father's family at Aberdeen. Rich
mond, Vs., Oct. 24 J. M. Currin, of Gran
ville, took the highest premium on new .
wrappers at the Exposition to-day; J. D.
Cooper, of Vance, the first premium on
new cutters., Our Granville conuty golden
belt against tbe world! Durham,
N. C. Oct. 23 There are no bounds to the
interest manifested in the great Sam Jones
meeting here. Three times every day
thousands rush into Parrish's warehouse
and listen to tbe words of the evangelist as
they fall from his lips. .Never berore was
-any preacher heard to talk in Durham as
does Sam Jones. He can tell more naked
truths faster and rub them in deeper than
any man who ever preached to a Durham
audience. ' .
Charlotte Chronicle : There
was V nasty fight on passenger train No.
53, which left this city Tuesday evening
for Washington City, between a colored
man and a white man. The white man
didn't care to give his name, and the col
ored man felt too badly to talk. The fight
occurred in the second class car, after the
train passed Salisbury. The darkey was
drunk and the white man was sitting in a
seat behind him trying to enjoy a cigar.
The darkey's conduct at length became ob
jectionable to all in the car, and the stran
ger addressing him, said in a gentlemanly
way: "Sit down and behave yourself." The
negro thereupon turned upon the stranger,
with a - vollev of profanity and started to
hit him, but the stranger's fist flew out like
a flash and the darkey went to the floor.
The darkev cot ud and renewed the attack.
but was again knocked down. This lime
tbe stranger got on top of him and stamp
ed him into subjection. : The car was full
of colored people, but none of them offer
ed any interference, and a white man
separated the combatants. The negro was
badly used up, and a doctor who was on
board attended to his injuries. ' He was
put off the train at Lexington, and . the
stranger went on North. - - J - v