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The Weekly Star. BfJBIJSBSD AT . ; tVILllIllGTON, M. C,, AT l.OO A VBAB IN ADVANCE. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS " . gssssssisssiissss " " 8SS8SS3SSSSSS8SSS 8888SS88888888888 8S88SSSSS8S888888 qiuoK i -ssasasstsssssss ' 888S888888S8888S8 SSSS88S8888S8S8g R S 33 88888888888883888 1 1 . as i s s s s s s s s : i s- Entered at the Post Offloe atTWUmtagton, N. C, as 8econd Class Matter. 1 . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, Tho subscription price of theWsaxxT Stab is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid,' $1.00 " 6 months ' i-" v .6fl " ;" 8 montht " " , ' .80 JEFFERSON, HAMILTON AND THE :CONSTITPTION. The Salisbury Truth is oorreot in what it says of Mr. Jefferson's infla enoe relative to the framing of the Constitution of the United States. It was not in the Stab's mind to in timate otherwise. As he was not a member of the Constitutional Con vention in the sense' we meant he could not be a founder, although he really inspired much of the work, and was the author or suggester, we think, of ''the peculiar form of Gov ernment that was adopted an Ex ecutive, a Legislative and a Judicial branoh. The Truth is perhaps oor reot in the following, although we have not taken the time to examine into the matter recently: "We have not time to look up documen tary evidence; but we hazard nothing in saying that no man of the Constitutional period had more to do with giving shape and character and liberality to our Consti tution than Mr. Jefferson. He was at Willramsburfr. he was in the first Congress, he wrote the Declaration Of Independence, he was on the committee that framed, if he did not write, the Articles of Confederation, which are substantially the basis of our present Constitution, and he was at all times and everywhere consulted on matters relative to our federative system. And the whole system bears the ear-marks and the impress of his Democratic spirit. It is true that he was absent as the American Minis ter to France when the Constitutional Con vention of '87 met, but he never lost inter est in what was transpiring in this country. He wrote to Mr. Madison from Pari", sug geetiog the division of the delegated pow ers into Legislative, Executive, and Judi ciaiy Departments. This suggestion re lieved the Convention of a troublesome question, and it is at once accepted and acted upon." In a discussion with an able editor some years ago, who js now dead, the late Mr. Hanes, we present ed the claims of Jefferson in connec tion with the Constitution. This was done after a fresh study. Mr. Jefferson was not pleased with much of the work that was done in the draft of the Constitution that was adopted. He was so much dissatis fied that he it was who was chiefly instrumental in causing the adoption of the Twelve Amendments. Mr. JefferBon regarded the Constitution as drawn in distrust of the people. The cunning hand of Hamilton was visible in the instrument. Hamilton had no confidence in the people. He oould not have adopted the sort of Constitution he preferred so he took the one that was finally agreed upon. Then when it seemed doubtful as to its adoption by the several States, he and Madison, aided now and then by John Jay, of New York, . wrote the series of papers the ablest of political pamphlets yet appearing in our country that have been since known and published as "The Fed eralist." Hamilton put up with the Consti tution because he could get no bet ter could not have one that em bodied his High Consolidation no tions. Jefferson put up with it be cause it was the nearest to his own views that he could obtain, although disapproving of some of its fea tures. Hamilton was not only a very able man a Monarchist at heart but an adroit politician. He accepted the work of the Convention and then made up his mind to stretch the in - strument to the utmost, point of its elasticity. This he did as soon as he entered Washington's Cabinet. Aided by the decisions of Chief Jus tice Marshall, whose opinions did more to fasten strong government ideas npon the country and to give vitality to the present Republican construction of the great indenture -than those of any other man who has lived in our country, Hamilton made the organic law stretch like it was made of gutta-peroha. . . Jefferson was also a very able and astute man, and has been greatly abused ami slandered by Northern writers and by disciples of Hamilton and friends of ft Strong Government. Jefferson also acoepted the instru ment as drawn, bat he resolved to have it amended. He saw that it leant in favor of Centralization and in distruBt of the people. He went to work and the end was the adoption of the Twelve Amendments, These are olearly on the side of the people and in distrust of the Government. that had been established. In the Convention there were Consolidation' ists and true friends of a democratic, republican Government. , In all the States there was this division. There VOL. XX. were who" men ;were in not North . Carolina entirely weaned from monarchical forms and ideas. . I There were staunoh Whigs, after the war of Independence who were not j willing to accept a strong Govern I ment after fighting-seven years toi I throw 'off the -best Government, but a Limited Monarchy, then on the planet. And so the war waged and at last in the South the Jeffersonian theory, on the aide of the people, triumphed. . ' ' ' "' ;,' , Upon the clearly defined and con stantly observed prinoiple of State . Rights of reserved rights under the Constitution of .: . Home Rule of local i self-government depends, the safety and perpetuity of an Union el States, "distinot as the billows, yet one as the sea." The great enemy now of the People is Monopoly. The' great enemy in the future of this free country . will be " Imperialism the ohild of Consolidation. - ; Bills for subscription . to . . the Weekly Stab heretofore sent have met with a generous response. .There, are still, however, some subscribers who have forgotten that they rer oeived the bills. We will be glad to hear from them. tf TrOMEN SVFFBA6B AND TBfllPEB- ANGK. .- In this time of "isms" and "oranks" thre is muoh reason to be careful in accepting new theories and adopting new plans and measures. This ap plies to -Church and State. There is' in the North , a sort of oraze to en large thesphere of woman's activity. and to inorease her power, r or a half century there have been wo men's rights shriekers and advocates of all kinds of what they oall reforms in the North. The South has escaped, but there is a tendency to yield to the Northern ideas in this as in many other things, and thus to swamp in the end our own distinctive oiviliza tion. v The Prohibition party is in favor of woman svffrttge. That is enough to damn it with all reflecting North Carolinians. ' It will be a sad day for North - Carolina t when the women Bhall go to the polls. It will be a disastrous day for our civilization when the negro women of the South are allowed to go up , with the negro men to unite to control political affairs among us. ; Who ever else' may favor- this -demoralize ing and dangerous policy the Stab will not. ... .' We are glad to see that there are Northern men of marked ability and influence who have no fancy for tho women suffrage movement. The ablest paper we ever read against it was by Rev. Dr. Robert L. Dabney, of Virginia, one. of the great intel lects of the country. But a North ern Presbyterian brother of his in the North has no favor for the movement. Rev. Dr. Theodore .Cuyler takes the proper view of the farreaohing effects of woman suf frage when he Bays: For female suffrage means infinitely more than merely dropping a vote into a ballot-box. It means a participation in all the responsibility of government; it means eligibility to nearly every legislative and executive office; it means that in addition to all the high ana onerous aaues wnicn God has laid on every wife and mother, there should also be imposed the sacred trust and burthens of civil government. The idea is so monstrous that Dr. Horace Bushnell. in his unanswerable volume against it, well styled it 'the reform against nature.' some aoie ana excellent women chleflv among the class who appear on public platforms do indeed favor the pro ject or loaamg weir own sex wiin oaraena of Dolitical citizenship and civil govern ment. But thev are a verv small minority. Horace Greeley once said to me. very wise ly: 'I will be more inclined to grant the ballot, and all Its attendant responsibilities to the female sex. when a large majority of the thoughtful, cultivated, ana conscien tious women of the land reaUy want the ballot. But I do not yet discover that they do want it.' He was right. Four-fifths of the most sensible women of America are utterly onoosed to the imposition of the burthens of political duties upon their shoulders. Woman's empire is broad enoueh already; her burdens heavy enough." The men in all ages have been the governors. The .Bible itseit author izes the supremacy of man in the gnat activities of the world's sphere, The sanctity of American homes de pends to' a ereat extent in the con duct of the women. Let them turn politicians aDd they at once deprive themselves of all those guards and sanctities that surround woman. Reverenoe and respect, and with it love and delioacy will disappear to a great extent when women become political faotors,'voters,electioneerers and candidates. 1 The value of four chickens or one turkey, or. a bushel and a half of oorn.otlen pounds of cotton, or a bushel and a half of potatoes, will pay for the Weekly Stab one year. Remember this, and when you re ceive a. bill for subscription give it immediate attention. - - tf Mr. T. B. Kingsbury has with drawn from the editorial staff of the Stab, where he has held the position of associate editor for : many years. The duties of this position he has discharged with marked ability, in- duBtryand fidelity; and the cordial good wishes of the Stab will follow him in any field he may enter.. . Admiral Porter has given old Ben a oouple of blaok eyes. ' ' Tee Jill i ihokt itmwtm.: Has -a ; t ; 77rhe'opmpliinent V$&im Vr. l$.JBtl Hni, of -North' Carolina; in' electing t.i V ' - ; ;o -iT him Moderator of the Southern Gen4 al Assembly of j,he Presbyterian 1 Churoh, is to.he 'n,oied.: c Dr.AHill. is I a preacher of dedded'aVjJit. ' The Woodrow heresy-cam sear disturb ing the very opening of the proceed-; ings,. but it ; : is.- announoed by .tele graph -that; the probability'is that It will not again be introduced. The Southern General Assembly is a very able body of men both divines and ltvmsn '- ........ ... j. , What effeot the sudden death of Mr.i Rioet owner of the flbrth Ame rican Review, will have upon the tuiuro oi mat puDiicauon, is w o seen.' It has been for some ' years the most truculent. and thorough Or- gan; of the Republican party and Plutocracy, and it is to be hoped that it will pass under b'e cotrol 'of those who: will . restore it to its lost position as an exponent of literal ture. kt -;; - ' ; ,We are .not' sufiioiently., informed to pronounce definitely upon the wis dom pf the aotibn of the, farmers' Alliance in session at Birminebam relative to cotton bagging, jThey jre- ject the proposition from jute bag ging .manufaotufers,, ..and decide.. to "tie to" bagging made of. ootton TheydOiWell of. course .to proteot .themselves as far as possible againBt monopoly, but if pine-fibre or other! bagsihir.' to be preferred, - ban - be secured at reasonable . - fiernresu . it' seems to us that it would be better to adopt it rather than to use a less! satisfactory banrmtr. But then the! members of the Convention have the facts, are farmers and : probably! know what is best to be done under! the circumstances. i AN The VSBI.BS8 aCBSTlONING. , Joneeboro Leader is edited' bv a Northern man. who in evident ly educated and intelligent, lie cannot be expected, therefore, to be in sympathy with our efforts to vin dicate the character of North Caro lina and defend the brave soldiers of the Stale from the false charges of Swinton and three or four Virginian writers of books, and from unfair newspaper correspondents. The Stab has sought to do this wthont ques tioning what . is true as to soldiers from other 8tates. The following from the Aaader shows the anxmus of the editor : v "Did North Carolina do 'most all the Dentin f And did it take all the 'blood and treasure,' so freely talked of in the campaign speeches, of the1 .whole North to whip North Carolina alone 1 Be geherous, brother, and allow that other States than even this one had some little rut in the fleeting of the years ' between and TO. While wo would east not the slightest re flection on the fighting men of this State, we never yet saw a man who aia not some what have his equal, and we do not believe that North Carolina took aU the honors from ace to seven spot, in the great strug gle." , ... . .. All this is gratuitous. There is no occasion for it. North Carolina has been sedulously defamed for a full quarter of a century, and when we and other natives step forward to tne defence we are asked such needless, we might say. almost insulting ques tions as above quoted. The editor writes just as if we and other North Carolinians had sought to, make it appear that.North Carolina had done "all the fighting,'' ..and then he goes on to ask other unjust and far-fetched questions thatjlook spiteful and un. fair. We do not suppose, living in North Carolina, that he is aiming to ridicule the defence, of the State against false charges, gross perveM sions and - slanderous insinuations. But he writes as if that might be his aim. Ueing but recently identified with the State and his sympathies 'naturally leaning to the. people of other 8tates and their cause, we are not much surprised a( the tone of ridicule. The sons of North Carolina will stand by the defence of the dear old mother now and always.' The World, tells .of a new electric railway that has been planned be tween New York and. Boston that: will make four miles a minute. That is more than three miles faster than we desire to ride. John G Williams, of New York city, is the inventor. He proposes to transport -packages from city to city 230 miles in less than an hour.. He will also take, pas sengers if they will ride. Tae World says: '-'. "His machine consists of a magnetic car, hanging from a single rail, where it follows a streak oi electricity. With one horse power it is said that one ton can be thus transported at a distance ot : 1,440. miles a day at a cost of 80 cents. This,- in mail matter, would represent some 2,830,000 lev ters. and by this system packages of mail could be sent off. every, five minutes if ne cessary, thus preventing Jarge accumula tions. The single track is to be carried os . a. . uipoas some tusumoe a dots tne.groona, and the car win pass in rough coils oi in- suiateu wire at intervals." " ; Successful experiments have been made. ' - , BXperta Fenian." - H-iv':. Messrs. 6. & W. H, Northrop clear ed the brig Minnis Albis :. yesterday, for uajiilr W, i,4i . feet, lumber, 180,000 shingles r and bbls. tar, the cargo being valued at f3.847.84. " Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. cleared the Norwegian . barque Hol ding for Rotterdam, with 8,400 barrels rosin, valued at $4,69&4, i .. , v -. . . r . . ' f . . . - . . . . - ... , . ..... - . ... . WILMINGTON, N. 0.;; The Carolina oil and creosote case., , The following is an Interview are- rii imnl IrKussell vin regard to .the settlement ot the Mlebrated creosote ease. The A M A f 1 ' Ml. " V JM ' Judge in answer to questions by t&4 reporter, said that he bad been ab sent about two weeks on account of this case. - " , , ? Reporter How are the defendants satisfied with tbe result? " - ; ' Judge Russell About as well sat isfied as ' Gov Fowle was with the eleotion in North Carolina ' last No vember and some better satisfied than was Ben j. : Harrison V' wlththe result In the United States. , We have more cause to be satisfied than Har-? rison bad,' because we had a wide margin. ' Reporter Bat was not the case set- tied by oonsent? , ; r , Judge Russell Oh yes! Of coarse it was. We consented because we got all we wanted. The other fellows consented because they . could not help-it. ;.. -';' - C officers of the company now! ,7 Judge Russell Warner Miller, who is known all over the United States as a leader among business men, and whose name commands respect every where, and who never authorized the salt which Gen. Mahone brought, is president of the company; Mr. A. A, Thomas,' who resigned so that. Mr. Miller would be president, is general superintendent; Mr. P. C. Prlndle, one of the- most capable engineers of the country, has charge of the works in Wilmington.- ft , Reporter What about the charges against OoL Canadayf Judge Russell These charges were gotten up for the purpose of having the case tried in the ne wspapers. We declined to accommodate the aeon-; sera, and notified- them that we. would try it in the courts first and leave it to' the newspapers to ' record) the result. So CoLCanady made a full and complete answer to alt the alle- gations against him. The injunction was dissolved, the receiver- denied. and the Buit dismissed. The effect of the dismissal of e suit in equity is to decree all the issues in favor of the defendant. Bo, you see, the vindica tion of Mr. Canaday is complete. I FaretUTlUeJKaUna(r. ,. The following estimate of the abil ities of Mr. Pearson, taken from the Fayetteville Observer, is good Sun day reading for the Evangelist's hosts of friends in Wilmington: 'This writer has been . constant in his attendance upon the church of God from childhood days,but Is frank to admit that he never heard such an exposition of the teaohings of the Bi ble as we have been, taught by the sermons of Evangelist Pearson dur ing his series of meetings now. going) on in this city. - - - 'People who have hitherto attach-; ed no importance to the preaching of God's holy word have been brought to a sense of their spiritual condition and now Join in the sweet anthem' "Nearer my God to thee" through the magnatism of this wonderful di vine and the powerful though simple instrumentalities used by him for re generation. "We have 'drunk in' the burning eloquence of the immortal Talmage, the stirring pathos of the mighty Beeoher, and read with unfeigned in terest the logio and power of the great and only Spurgeon, bu never before have we heard such preaching as the sermons delivered by Evangel ist Pearson. Not for poetry, not for rhetorlo and gusto, not for pulpit oratory, for his sermons are barren of the above, but on the contrary are replete with the holy word of God." PlMMIt wri. ' Mr. Wade Harris, who spent several days here andjat our seaside resorts, last week, has this to say in his pa per, the Charlotte News: "There is a good time in store this summer, not only for the soldiers who are to go into encampment at Wrightsville, but for all who act sen sibly and go down to Wilmington to spend a few days or Weeks during the hot weather. There are places about Wilmington that never know what hot weather is; places where a man has to lam his hat down on his head to keep the sea breeze from- blowing it back towards Uhariotte. and where he has to button nn his ooat to keep It from following suit; places wnere one can snooze delightfully under blankets while at points further In land, Florenoe, for instance, . the home-becalmed inhabitants are shouging sonehily, as Amelia wOuld say, for a lodge in some vast wilder ness.n aiaaleal Entertainment at . Rocky Jdonnt. A correspondent writing from Rooky Mount to the Stab, says that a class from Oxford Orphan Asylum whose singing and recitations cannot be excelled, gave an entertainment In the Baptist Church at : that place Thursday night. The entertainment was largely attended and a handsome sum realized to aid In the. support of tne mv orpnans at tne asylum. Tne proficiency of the class ' Bhowed the fine training of their teacher Miss Hudgins, asJt was an evening, of rare enjoyment to ail. xne class is on the way to Wilmington and should be liberally ' patronized when they come. Export Porolcn. Messrs. Paterson, Downing & . Co. cleared the Norwegian barque Amal yesterday, for Stettin,' with 4,418 bar rels of rosin, valued at $4,743.67. Messrs. S. &W..H. Northrop cleared the schooner SL Croix, for Santa Cruz, Canary Islands, with 188,556 feet of lumber, valued at $2,693.80 Mr.' Edward Kidder's Son cleared the brig Sdith t oi Port-ah-Prfnoe, Hayti, with 113,187 feet of rough lum ber, 68,187 feet Of dressed lumber, and 80,000 Bhingles, valued at $8,678.43. -, Judge JVR,tFarrar, , of Vir ginia, well , known? as Johnny Reb, favored the . Stab office: with a visit yesterday. His humorous lectures and modest demeanor ; have given him a warm place in- the - hearts of thousands both In and beyond his own State. . s FRIDAY MAY 24, 1889. Tae storm atmagnoUa.' - Mr. H. E. Newbury writes the Star that Magnolia and vicinity were -vis- ted by a fearful storm of rain,' wind and; ball 'last Thursday 'afternoon. He says: - ': v-' 1- ' iv' ,? Right here we didnotsriffer ' mnish. only in our fruit: being knocked off, and what, remaining on trees being badly damaged by the' hail; but one uiu east ana from there lor three or four milesv athe destruction is com plete. The crops of cotton 'and corn, and all gardens,' are ruined. Not a leaf left' on-aabbami - nnl lards, bnanfl. !&cM &c. Trees as large as One's body were, completely stripped of - their leaves. Even the barb on nltiA and nanaafran bushes was knocked off, and old fields were completely stripped oi all vege tation -and. look like a harrow had been ran ftvr - tbem. . nblekens an large' as partridges were killed, and a gooa many oi . them, too. - Trees and fences were blown in all directions. and some report the complete destruc tion oi ail tneir iruit trees oy Demg blown down. Reliable persons report ed plenty of hail twenty-lour hours afterwards in corners of fences. Hail covered the ground" here. -and four miles east it fell two or three inches, and drifted in some places twelve or fifteen inches deep. It is a sad calam ity on oar farmers. Corn and cotton will have to be replanted. : The cloud rose in the west and was fearful. The wind seemed to Jump over the town and fell again .one mile east. The strawberry farms oi uroom Bros, and W. R. Newbury, : one - mile east surxered: berries from the size of a pea to the ripe ones were beaten off and the few left bruised. No loss of life is reported and no houses blown down, but some- windows were broken. Most of the sufferers are cheerful and express themselves that they are glad it was no worse. . ... : ; Bonnionnf vaterana." The Association of Veterans of the Third N. C, Infantry held its annual reunion yesterday at the residence of Capt W. H. Northrop on Greenville Sound. There were some twenty or twenty-five members of the old regi ment present, including, for the first time, representatives of Company A, from Green county. Several ladies of this city were also present. . The meeting was very pleasant and the dinner greatly enjoyed. The President of . the Association,1 Col. DeRosset, informed the members present of a gift from the; Oakdale Cemetery Company of a plat' of ground in the cemetery, to which it is proposed to transfer the remains of all the dead of the regiment inter red in other parts of the cemetery and in the country near the city. Letters were read from Gen. D. H. Hill, Hon. 'Jeff. Davis, and Gen. R. E. Colston. The latter, in his letter, says: 'I am especially glad of the change in the constitution allowing our bro ther soldiers or au ranas to enter tne Association. I have always said that the rank and file of the C. S. A. were in the main the true heroes of the war. 'I wish that my health permitted me to join you one more on your JtweatythiidLanniy;::: My iQCQi motion is so impaired that it is with the greatest pain and difficulty that I can walk a square even with the help of a crutch and cane. I never expect to leave Washington during the short time I have yet to live. My desire is that when I die I may be laid to rest at Wilmington near my old comrades. X am not able to be with you in per son, but I shall be with you in spirit with all the best and warmest wishes of my heart." Pin Tiro ye Academy. A correspondent sends the stab a brief notice of the closing exercises at Pine Grove Academy which took place last Friday. Mr. S. Wallace Corbett has charge of the school, and under his training the pupils acquit ted themselves handsomely both in examinations upon their studies and in the declamations, giving fresh con firmation of Mr. Corbett's ability as a aoher, After the close of the school exercises a' table was ; spread in the grove adjoining, and every one present -was invited to a savory feast. This part of' the entertainment was also hearti ly enjoyed, and reflected great credit upon those who prepared the dinner, especially Mr. J. W. West Every body was delighted with the pleas ures afforded, and only words of un stinted praise were heard. A telegram from Lewes, DeL, says Mrs. Rachel Eskridge, of Bethel the wife of Captain William J, Eskridge. !of the ill-fated schooner Mary B. Bacon, last from this port has received a letter from her hus band, dated Gibraltar, Spain, April 27. The Captain tells the story of the loss of his vesseL The schooner eommenoed filling with water on the 15th of March, and on the 16th he and his crew were taken off by an Italian .barque. They were on this baraue for forty-two days, and land ed at Gibraltar on the 27th of April. The crew lost everything they had except what clothes they wore. The, American Consul at Gibraltar, fur nished the crew with suitable clothes and arranged to ship them all home. The Captain tells his wife that if they have preached his funeral ser mon, and it don't suit him. he will have it preached over again when he reaches home. Mr. J. N. McDaffie. of South Carolina, a travelling salesman for Mr. SoL Bear, died yesterday morning at the Sutton House, in this city. after an illness of a few days of pneu monia. His remains were taken to his home in South Carolina yesterday evening for interment. Boeelvia of Naval Stona ; 'Receipts of naval stores at this port 'since the beginning of the crop year April 1st as compared with re ceipts to same date last Tear are as follows: ; Spirits . : turpentine, .14,815 casks; ;last year 5.845. Rosin, 29,767 barrels; last year', 89,259. Tar, .10,163 hnrrelfl: last vaar 6.983. Grade tur pentine, 1,441 barrels; last year, 1,294 Bargtw an onalow BaJlroa t. cThe surveyors running a line from Burgaw for this road Were expected to reach Swansboro yesterday. From the latter place r they will run a line back bv way of Tar Landing. As soon as the road is - located the work of construction' will at-onee heirin.H Mr. H. McBee has oharge -of the eorps of surveyors. Washington. - Appointment Arreat of a Poat OJnee Tatar. : r;': Wabhibotoh. May 16 The President made the following appointments this af ternoon: Bolomon Hireh. of Oreeon. to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Ple nipotentiary of the United 8tates to Tar key; Clarke E. Carr, of Illinois, to be Min- later resident and Consul General of Abe United States at Denmark Henry W. -Sev erance, of California, to be Consul General of tne United states to Honolulu John Jarrett. of Pennsylvania, to be Consul of the United States at Birmingham: Thomas H. Sherman, of the District of ColumMa, to oe uonsui ot tne united States at .Liver pool, John W. Douglas and L. G. Hint, botn of Washington, to be Commissioners ot the District of Columbia. The Postal authorities have been notified of the arrest of G. Q. Dorsey, on the Greenwood and Jackson (Ills.) R. R. Post umoe tine, lor ruling a test 'registered let ter of ten dollars. The evidence against Dorsey is said to be complete. Wabhthgtoh, May 17. The President to-day appointed Charles Scrayne, of Flo- riua, to oe u.q. district judge rer the NorlherngDistrict of Florida. . Becretary Tracy has turned his attention to the, matter of purchasing supplies for tne wavy, ana nas aireaar made an order inaugurating oontiderabla: eeoapmie re form. : it appears that the practice of -the Department has been to purchase supplies for toe Navy by advertisement at the. be ginning of each fiscal year, making a list of purchases extensive enough to cover the need or the different bureaus during the year. Upon inquiry the Becretary learned that in making these purchases regard was not had for the amount of stores on hand. This led to an accumulation of stores. which in many cases rapidly deteriorated and caused a loss to the government. To satisfy h mself upon this point Secretary Tracy has just procured a statement of the amount of stores now on band, as the ad vertisements for supplies for the next fiscal year will soon bo usued. This statement shows that there are now on hand stores valued at $2,600,808, and the Sjcreiary in tends that they shall bo deducted from the value of the stock to be purchased next month. Washington May 17. The President to-day appointed John Lynch, of Mississippi, to be Fourth - Auditor of the Treasury; L W. Habarenrn. of the Dis trict of Columbia to be Fifth Auditor of the Treasury. r ; Washington. May 17. This evening a handsome cab, containing two ladies, was coming down, the steep hill on Thirteenth street, beyond, the boundary, when the horse ran awaynd the cab collided with a tree on the street and was overturned and was wrecked. One of tho ladies. Mrs. A. E. Horton, of California, was instantly killed, and her companion, Mrs. . Haighr, qf this city, injured, but not seriously. juts, oaran ja. Alien nas oeen a pumio school teacher in Washington for many years, and during the -last twelve or thir teen years has supported from her earnings her worthless and vicious husband, Os wald C. Allen. Recently the husband has become so intolerable that she was obliged to separate from him,' a ad Allen spent a large part of his time in correctional insti tutions. This afternoon, just as the pupils in Jefferson public school were being dis missed. Alien went to the school house, and in the presence of his Wife's pupils shot her in the bead, and then shot himself in the bead also. He had caught her about the neck to hold her as he shot, and they fell together, his arm still encircling her neck. Allen died in a few minutes, but his wife lingered for two or three hours, and died on a cot in the cloak room of ber school. Mrs. Allen was a native of Wash ington. Allen came from Charlottesville, Va. He had no regular business or trade. His -wtfe- mame4him-against veTy hody's. advice, and has led an unhappy life from the beginning of her marriage. Allen's conduct has caused a public scandal many times, but his wife's personal worth and value as a teacher has Kept her m the em ploy of the school department notwith standing. Allen nearly lost his Jife in the work house recently, it is customary there to apply coal . oil to vermin-infected va grants when they arrive. Allen was sub jected to this process, and a practical joker among his companions touched a lighted match to his flesh before the oil had evapo rated, and be was seriously scorched before the names were extinguished. To-day's tragedy caused a panic la the other school rooms in the building. The children thinking a fire had broken out in the building, rushed down-stairs pell-mell and several were knocked down but no one was badly hurt. A fire-alarm brought the firemen and police, who removed Allen's body to the Morgue. Washington. May 18. The accounts of John I. Davenport, chief supervisor of elections in JNew xork, for "extraordiuary expenses" incurred at the last Presidential election, was approved and officially an nounced to-day, together wim the opinion oi First Uomptroller nattbewaon the sub ject. It was the disapproval of this ac count by tJomprolier uennarn that hasten ed the departure of that gentleman from office. In his opinion, Comptroller Mat thews, after deciding that he has no juris diction in the matter, ssys in conclusion. that "if it came within the jurisdictions oi this office to disallow any of the items of this account I could see no good grounds for so doing, GEORGIA. nra nartna BleGee an Two negro Children Fatally Barnca-Conviction for Embtaslement. ' By Telegraph to the Homing Star. Atlabta, May 18. Mrs. Martha Mo Gee, residing in Screven county, was in her yard burning traan, wnen ner ctotning tooa are. and before tne names coma oe extin gnished she was so badly burned that she died. She was the mother of H. J. Mc-i Gee. a' prominent lawyer in Reidville A negro cabin on the premises of Capf. R. E. Wishart, in Wilcox county, was to tally destroyed by fire and two children consumed in the flames. The mother left them to go off to work, and returned to find their charred remains. - Columbus, May 18. In Mnecogee 8u perior Court to-day. Charles Randall, late manager oi tne souinern jsxpress uom- pany, in this city, was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. Randall is a young man of talent, and stood well in the city. but dissipation led him into, bad naoitt. and about a year ago ho was found to be short nearlv S3. 000. The Guarantee Trust Company of North America, which was his bondsman, prosecuted the caso. ' . TEXAS. Tbe northern Portion o f the Stata Swept hr a Cyclone A Number of ' Bnlldlnca Oeatroyat Snveral lilvsa Lost, and Grant Dcatmeuon to Crapa, : By Telegraph to the Morning star. St. Lours, May 18. A storm of cyclonio character swept across northern Texas yes terday afternoon. . The dwelling house of T. J. Anterbury, south of lion ham, was demolished and his wife seriously injured. At Forest.City.in Montague county.a school house was destroyed; two children were killed, many seriously hurt, and three are missing. Anotner school house at Stephen' ville was blown down a few minutes after the school had been : dismissed, and two children were somewhat injured. Great destruction of crops occurred. Telegraph communication was broken, and it is fear ed that whan the news -comes la many more lives wui oe reported lost s - ' VIRGINIA. . Bev. 8am Jones at Danvllla- si xeiesrapn to cue nonmw atar. r. t : Dahtillb. May 18. Rev. Sam Jones. the great Georgia preacher, is holding a re markable revival meeting here,, and has shaken the whole city. -.Thousands of poo pla flock to the . Tabernacle daily to hear him, ana hxee . hundred - people , nave promised to change their Uvea,t among whom are some of , the ; most prominent citizens. NO. 29 ' FARMERS ALLIANCE - Th Bimlatfeaai Convention Keleets n Proposition rronsnanaraeinreraor Jala Bacclns and Baaelve to Cover COUOn With COttOn. ' By Telegraph to the homing Star. i Bibmctohak. May 18 The Nations Convention of the Alliance and Wheel, to consider the bagging question, continued in secret session . to-day. A proposition was made by representatives of lule bangins manufacturers present, as follows: To sell for present delivery jute bagging at these prices: l pound DaKKins at bf cents ner yard; If pound bagging at 8 cents; 2 pound bagging, at Vf, cents; 2i pound bag ging at 10f cents, or at )tss than 5 cents per poena. : Also, that tr farmers were not prepared to take and pay for bagging now, that they would hold bagging for them until it was needed, adding of a cent per yard for each month. Tbe jute bagging men claim that at the price asked for oagglng made or cotton wT cents for cloth weigh ing three-fourths of a pound, or 16 cents per pound that jute bagging at present prices (five; cents per. pound), is less than one-third the price of bagging made or cotton, ana its use win save the nlanter at least a dollar per bale.. This estimate of the amount saved per bale is based on the supposition that the Cotton Exchanges will not reduce the existing tare reduction for jute bagging. - " rhe-OoBTOrtton declined this- nroeeei-i TheJolIowInz is the full text of the reso lution reported by the committee and adopt- ea on tnis saoiect: . - ttesoitea. That we. from all the liebts before us, recommend to this body the per manent use(of cotton bagging as covering for cotton. We further recommend the appointment of a committee of three, their actual expenses to be naid pro portionately by tbe various State Alliances,! Wheels and Unions, whose dutv sball be to secure from purchasers and manufacturers ot cotton covered in cotton bagging, an al lowance oi at least eight pounds on each bale at the market price of cotton when sold. We still further recommend that In the event of any cotton buyer refusing to grant the allowance above asked for, then we advise members of Alliances. Wheels and Unions not to sell until such conces sions are allowed." it ' was developed that there wag some opposition to the above reso lution, but it went through with prac tical - unanimity. Delegates contend that there is no such saving in tho use of jute bagging as manufacturers allege, and they further have no guarantee that tbe price will not be put up again at 'will in future years. The price offered by cotton bagging manufacturers it 121 cents per yard, weighing three-quarters of a pound. The Alliance has strong hopes of getting the allowance of tare on cotton bagging which is soucht. Letters are on hand from strong New York and Liverpool exchanges. Southern cotton manufacturers have agreed to allow them ten cents per hundred pounds on cotton wrapped ia cotton bag ging. . KNIGHTS OE HONOR. Election or omeera of tba Saprcma Lodge- '. Indianapolis. May 15 The third day's session of the 8upreme Lodge Knights of Honor was devoted to the fae&rtcg ot-reports from committees and the election of officers. The election resulted as follows: Supreme Dictator A. R. Savage. Lew iston. Me. ? ? Supreme Vice Dictator-r-Samuel Keatz.' .Newark., n. J. Supreme Assistant Dictator Hon. Mars- den Bellamy, Wilmington, N. O Supreme Reporter D. F. Nelson.: Bt Louis, Mo. Supreme Treasurer J. W. Branch. St. Louis. Mo. Supreme TrUsteefr-JT. A. renningtiQji,. Philadelphia; Judge O'ftee"j0tVESon,?7e8t Virginia; Edmund R, Bacon, Easton, 8. C. la the afternoon the contested seat of Jacob Hough, of Jacksonville, Fla , was taken up and finally disposed of by Hough being admitted. It was c! timed by some of tbe Supreme officers that Hough's . election was illegal. FO UNDERED A T SEA. A steamer nanntns Between Port land, Oregon, and San Fi anelaeo Five Xflvea Loat. PAvmr inn Ynniticr 'V.w 10 ftA steamship Columbia, which has just arrived at Astoria, bound from Ban Francisco to roruana, reports me toss or tne uregon Railway and Navigation Company's mag nificent side-wheel iron- steamer Alasken, which foundered at sea- off Cape Blanco, Monday, May 18th, while on her way from Portland to San Francisco. The steamer fortunately carried no pas sengers,, having only her officers and the crew on board when she went down. Cape Blanco is 400 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia river. The steam ship Columbia, which was coming up the coast, picked up the captain and male and eleven of tbe crew and brought them to Astoria Five men are reported drowned. Two boats containing the remainder of the crew have not yet been heard from. ' MONTANA. Tho Repnaiieana Concede to the Democrats a majority in tho Conatl . tntional Convention By Cable to the Morning Star. St. Paul, Minn., May 16. A Helena special says the Republicans concedo the control of the Montana Constitutional Con vention to the Democrats by from three to five majority. The Herald, Rep., figures the Convention at ,83 Democrats. 85 Re publicans, 1 Labor and 1 Independent, but this is partly estimated. One district at Missoula is so close that tbe official count will be needed to decide the election. The vote was light, to which fact the Republi cans ascribe their defeat. A HElfSNhW Heported all Over Northern Wiaeonaln nnd niehican Ashland, Wis ," May '16. Passengei s on the trains arriving in this city last night report from three to five inches of snow all over northern Wisconsin and Michigan. Four tncbea fell at- Pratt, Wis,, and from three to five are reported all along tbe Go gebio range. , St. Ighacb, Mich , May 16. A heavy snow storm occurred here yesterday. The fall seems to be general over northern Michigan. ' - f , OBITUARY Sndden Death of Allen Thorn dyke Blee, the Rawly Appointed Minister . to Raaela Nbw Tobx, May 16. Allen Thorndy ke Rice, the newly appointed Minister to Rus sia, died suddenly this morning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he was a guest. Mr. Rice had been suffering from a throat af fection for a few days past, but was not supposed to be in any danger. He intended io sail for Europe yesterday, in the Iaman he steamer City of Paris, but . was coma pelled to delay bis departure owing to his alckneBS.. PHILADELPHIA. Am Kk tensive nannfaetnrlna Estah- llahmant HUM an Asalgnment. J-'l. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. PirxLADEiiF&iA, '" May 18. The Almy Manufacturing Company manufacturers of ladier fine ciotnes. nas maoe a general fignment. The Company's, mills an among the largest in the Kensington district, and 'employ about four hundred hands. It is expected that . the : embarrassment will be only temporary. . - The indebtedness of the Company is es timated to be upward of (200,000, , of which $100,000 is . for borrowed .mosey, The nominal assets r include $160,000 in goods in stock and in process of manufac ture and the mill properly, Which is ap praised at $200,000, and against which there is a mortgage of $80,000. . Spirit riiroentiiie. (Greenville Reflector'. The bridge across Tranter's . creek, near Sheppard's mill was kerosened and fired on Saturday night, the 4th inst. The fire was stopped before much damage was done. We hear . that a similar attempt was made to burn the bridge across the same creek between ractoiua and Washington at the. same time. Asheville Journali'The pros pects for a good wheat crop in Buncombe and all tbe counties west is said to be quite promising. -' Mr. Robert Sutton, a pro minent farmer sear Webster,- Jackson county, committed suicide by shooting himself in the bead with a 'pistol Friday. An interview with twenty) persons yesterday as to Asheville's population, the guesses ranged from 10.000 to 18.000. It is fair to say that twelve out of the twenty -would not compromise on less than 13,000, New Bern Journal: The hall Stones were as large as hickory nuts and did considerable damage to cotton and fruit- On the same evening lightning struck Mr. Wm. Humphrey's house on D. Fs Wooten's place and unroofed a portion of it. His wife and little daughter were knocked down but soon recovered. -' , We have it from the very 'best authority, that Dr. R. H. Lewis has' resigned the position as Principal of Einston College to take effect June 1st. Dr. Lewis came to Einston to teach in September, 1877, Raleigh News-Observer : The " annual show of the Wake County Cattle Club took place yesterday at' the Capital Alliance Warehouse, and was in all re spects such a success as to sustain fully the reputation ot this Wake county institution which has done so much in the past five years to make her famous. The exhibit was fully up to the record and in many respects surpassed it. Bishop Haid stated emphatically that the church would take no steps to defend Boyle. He says that the only Instances in which the church. f deals with offenders are in cases of little moment. In a case of a serious nature the church turns the Offender over to the.Jaws of the land, and exercises no farther func- tion in the matter. . . Durham Plant: We regret to have to chronicle tbe burning of the Dur ham Ice Factory, which occurred this -morning. The factory building was in sured for $1,600 in the .Hibernian Insur ance Compance, represented by Messrs. J. Southgate '& Son. The machinery and insured -for $9,200. Raleigh dots: The exodus has about stopped. Quite a party of negroes had made their arrange ments to leave day before yesterday for Arkansas, but the agent did not made his appearance, so none of them got away. . Secretary Woodell spoke very enthu- slatlcally about the growth and present condition of the order of Odd Fellows ia North Carolina. He said that his report would show that there are now 44 working lodges with 1.600 members, a gain of six lodges and 600 members. Fayetteville Observer: CaptA. B. Smith, of High Point, made a pleasant call at this office yesterday, and reports the wheat and fruit crops throughout the Pied mont section as being better than at any time since the war. Col A. H.Worth is here from Bladen and -reports the crop outlook from that section as being better than at any time during tbe past three years. We note with pride, that the crops are in fact more forward than in ave rage years. Mr. Alex. Bolton, of Carver's Creek township, has just comple ted and turned over to the proper authori ties a new church for the Seven Days Bap-' tist denomination, at the old Bloomfield Baptist Church grounds, nine miles from Fayetteville. This is a new field for the Seven Days Baptist, and ' Mr. Bolton tells us this Is the first and only church this de nomination has in the State. Wilson Advance : At Mr. J no. T. Moore's there was hail but it did no harm. In Taylor's a considerable quantity fell but did no damage. We bear that Mr. Wiley Farmer's crop was completely destroyed, and that he began ploughing up and planting over yesterday morning. The Concord Standard says : North Caro lina's first cpnstitutional Governor Rich ard Caswell lies in an unmarfcedgrave.'" You are wrong brother s handsome monument of white m&jftie to commemo rate his patriotism .sad noble deeds stands in the town jjtKioston erected in 1881. il&St Friday night the barn on Mr. C. A. Young's plantation, about four miles from town was burned. It contained about twenty barrels of corn and two thousand pounds of fodder, all of which was des troyed. The fire was thought to be the work of an incendiary and suspicion pointed to Wiley Boddie as the guilty party. He was arrested Tuesday evening and brought before Justice J. W. Lancaster yesterday morning for trial. The evidence was euf- . flcient to bind him over to Court and in de fault of bail he was committed to jail. This is the second case of barn burning in the last two months. Charlotte News: Concord had quite a chapter of accidents yesterday even ing. While riding through Main street Dr. Herring was thrown from his bicycle and received a severe injury to his left arm. .Besides being dislocated it was Broken and crushed at the elbow so badly that amputa tion seemed - inevitable. About the same time in the evening, little Ralph, son of Mr. Will Ode!', made a narrow i scape from instant death in the factory. It seems the little fellow had gone to the picker room to speak to the operator, and in some way his hand was caught and beforeithe ' motion of the machinery could be stopped his arm was Beverly hurt. No bones broken. A most lamentable state of affairs ex ists at River Bend, near Rozzel's Ferry, in the family of a farmer named Goodson. On Wednesday of last week his wife made up some salad from the young shoots of the pokeberry weed for dinner, and in this fact lies a tale of woe indeed.- There were six children in the family and all partook of the salad very freely. On Thursday night one of the children was suddenly taken with sickness and died before day light.. Friday another died, and a third one breathed its last Sunday. All three are under the age of 13 years. Now the remaining three are sick in bed with pre cisely the same symptoms, and they, too, will die. Our informant could not state whether Mr. and Mrs. Goodson ate any of the salad, but if they did no bad effects are visible. Raleigh News-Observer'. The cattle show on Wednesday illustrated the fact that Wake cotton possesses stock as fine as is to be found anywhere in the country. Father Gross will remain in this city as pastor for some time. Father Gross says that Father Boyle is not can onioally excommunicated from .the church -but that he is temporarily suspended from the priesthood till bis guilt or innocence is established Father Gross says that it is in rare cases that a Catholic is excommuni-, cated, and then only for offences against the church, and not for offences against the . civil laws of the land for which they are tried and dealt with by such laws. The Atlntic Hotel, Morehead, opens Jane 1st under the management of Mr. R. B. Raney. Gov. Fowle left yester day for Bingham's school to attend the an nual athletic exercises. The Grand Lodge of odd b ellows of North Carolina, in session at Fayetteville, has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Grand Master, Joseph G. Brown, Raleigh; Deputy Grand Master, J. H. Pool, Eliza beth City; Grand Warden, J. F. Benton, Wilson; Grand Representative to Sovereign Grand Lodge, Rev. J. H. Cordon,- Ra leigh; Grand Representative to Grand En campment, R. B. Eerner, Winston. Over two thousand dollars was raised for an orphan asylum in this Stata Next year the Grand Lodge meets at Wilmington on the second Tuesday in May. ' The Governor yesterday pardoned Ephraim Davis, sentenced to the penitentiary for life for murder in Alexander eight years ago. He has been in the penitentiary eight years. The following fourth-class post masters have been appointed in North Car olina: Presley O. Ferrel), Apex; Hattie H. Lowe, Banner's Elk; Edward J. D. Boy kin, Benson; Margaret C. Eillian, Clyde; Robert H. Taylor, Custer; Moses Paterson, Day Book; Israel E. Buckner, Democrat; James E. A. Wallop, Dike; Thomas James, Everett's; ? , vge L. Gid dens, Faison; Alfred G. Rodndtree, Gates vllle; Nonius F. Barber, Goldston;Wm. H. Deans, Greenleaf; Unicy H. Bridges, Grover; Thomas Lawson, Hot Springs; Lemuel H. Nowell, Janes ville; John1 W. My rick. Manly; Christian Moretz, Moretz Mills; Moses L. Buchanan, Mount Pleas ant: Elbridge O. Harris, Otter Creek; Reuben S. Orewsr'Salem Chapel; Jane. Harton, Scottville; George W. Bobbins, Shull's Mills; Minerva M. Greer, . Spear; Calvin G. Frazer, : Staley; Isaac J. F. Jones, Walkertown; John L. Outland, Woodland; Joseph B. Farlner, Nashville, r L