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' The question has often been asked,
what nee is the Republican party in
the Sooth? About the best answer
that bas yet been given, was that by
the Philadelphia American, a Re
publican organ, the other day when
it said it seemed to be kept in exist
ence "for the sole purpose of furnish
ing candidates for offices and dele-
j-.v- v-
struck the nail squarely on the head,
and accounted in the briefest and
most satisfactory way in the world
for the existence of a Republican
party in the South. We sometimes
hear Republicans on the stamp down
here, or writers in the press, with the
cheek of an army male, talking
about principle, when they know
that principles are as scarce
ia that organization as icicles
are in hades. There may be
id the rank and file of the party
some honestly disposed bat deluded
men who believe they are actuated
by principle and that the party to
which they give their adhesion is,
but of the leader?, large and small,
we don't believe there is one who is
actuated by any other prinoiple than
to get the offices within reach and to
hold them as long as they can, and
make as much oat of them as tbey
Cjd while they are holding them. In
the language of the illastrioas Rad
ical ranger, from Texas, Mr. Flanni
gan, "that's what they are here for."
Run over the list of leaders as far
as you know them, and Bee if yon
can think of one who. was not a can
didate for some position when the
spoils were in sight, and then think
of the scramble, the gouging, the
"fly-blowing," among these distin
guished patronage seekers that char
acterize their multitudinous pilgrim
ages to Washington and have given
them national renown. Principle,
did they say ? Yesprinciple based
cn government pap.
That's one thing the organization
is kept up for. The other is to send
delegates to tbe national conven
tions. Here is where the fan comes
in, when the distinguished feel their
oats, when the grand opportunity of
life comes to show their importance,
and also to rake in some lucre on the
sly if they be thrifty and that way
inclined. Tbe Southern delegations
always attract attention - in national
conventions, if they don t create
sensations. They don't .occupy
as imposiner headauarters. have as
many parlor rooms in the nabob ho
tels, nor set up as much free wine as
some of the other delegations, but
tttAn I. n n n HM " n Ali mm M Wk ffaAA"
ui3j liavo as uiuuu l uu, . did dcou
by as many influential people, as any
of their colleagues. They don't make
- many speeches until the other fel
lows get through and the convention
thins out, but when it comes to
voting, they are there and their vote
counts as much as any for President
making, and that's where it hurts,and
that's what has blocked tho way to
fame of eaveral aspirants to the Pre
sideiicy. .
Here are ten States which do not
give and are not expected to give a
single 'electoral vote to a Re
publican . Presidential candidate,
and yet they have as much power
according to their numerical
strength in naming the candidates
as the States which do all the heavy
work and all the electing, besides
paying the bills, not only for their
own campaigns and tbe boodle nec
essary but also for the campaigns
and the boodle in the South. This
fact makes Republican conventions
very costly to the candidates who in
the combinations possible with each
elements sometimes makes the spend
ingot large sums of money neces
sary which might not otherwise be
necessary.
This fact enabled Conkhng with
tbe memorable 306, embracing the
solid Southern contingent, to hold
the convention at Chicago in 1880 at
dead-lock for four or five days for
Grant, and which was broken only
wnen it was found that It was
impossible to secure votes suf
ficient to nominate their man. Bat
the Southern contingent stood solid,
aunough they oould'nt control a
single vote, againt the other States,
wmch had all the electoral votes
VOL. XX.
which the Republican party could
give to its candidate. -
If the Republican organization in
the South wai dissolved it would
save tbe Republican party of the
oountry much trouble and greatly
simplify the work of their national
conventions and save candidates lots
of cash that they have to spend now.
John Sherman has had some praotioal
experience in this line, for he has
sunk a good deal of lucre in the South
which has never yet panned out pro
fitably. " "I '
sonETBiiie fob got. seat. -
Duelling is no longer recognized
as a Southern Institution, and there
is no State, as far as we know, in the
South where, duelling is not forbid
den and made an offense punishable
by imprisonment. The sending or
the carrying of a challenge to fight
a duel is also made an offense under
the law.. In the State of Georgia,
where the challenge passed. and the
arrangements were made for the re
cent duel between Calhoun and Wil
liamson, the penalty, for fighting. a
duel is imprisonment in the peniten
tiary, and if one man kills another
he is declared a murderer. And yet
we find two 'gentlemen, who stand
high in the community, seconded by
other gentlemen who stand equally
high, deliberately ignoring and defy
ing the laws of the state by en
gaging in a duel To avoid the
legal consequences of participa
ting in a duel upon Georgia soil,
they take the cars and cross the line
into a neighboring State where duel'
ling is also prohibited by law under
penalty of two years imprisonment
in the penitentiary. Gov. Gordon,
of Georgia, advised of the faot that
a duel was in contemplation and that
it was to be fought in Alabama, tele
graphed to Gov. Seay of that State
to prevent it. He telegraphed the
sheriffs whom he could reaoh in the
border counties, and at two points
the duelling party were met by offi
cers of the law and notice served
upon them that the duel mast not be
fought. They succeeded, however,
in the third attempt in finding a
secluded place where no officers con
fronted them and there the duel was
fought, when after burning some
powder and shooting some harmless
balls tbe two principals did what
they should have done without the
formality of shooting at each other,
that is retracted the offensive lang
uage which led to the duel, shook
hands and oame from the field good
friends.
To one at a distance this looks
somewhat ridiculous, not ridiculous
in that they should have recalled
the offensive language used, but in
that they so suddenly discovered that
both had been wroDg, that they said
what they didn't mean to say, and
that ope bad sent and the other ac
cepted a challenge for which there
Was no real foundation. It is better
that it should have terminated this
way, than that one or both of the
gentlemen should have been punc
tured with lead.
Bat this is not tbe point. Very
few people are hart in duels these
days. Both of these gentlemen
knew when one sent the challenge
and the other accepted it that they
were violating a law of the State of
Georgia, with which they were sap-
posed as intelligent citizens to be fa
miliar and which, as good citizens,
they were bound to respect. They
and the respectable gentlemen who
acted as their masters of ceremonies
in arranging the preliminaries and
perfecting the arrangements, one of
whom was a distinguished attorney,
also knew that they were violating
the law. None of them can plead
ignorance of the law. They violated
it deliberately with a full knowledge
of what tbey were doing and of the
penalties attached. They then went
across the line into another State and
in tbe (ace of two official warnings
proceeded to violate the laws of that
State. " These were not two ignorant,
roughly-raised, small-brained prize
fighters like Sullivan and Kilrain;
but well raised, well edaoated, high-
toned gentlemen.
When Sullivan and Kilrain viola
ted the law of Mississippi by fighting
a prize-fight after having been warned
against it there was a clamorous de
mand throughout tbe country for
their arrest and punishment, and for
the arrest and punishment of their
aiders and abettors. Governor Low
ry followed them up, one into the
Sute'of New , York, brought him
back to the State and turned him
over to the courts, and followed the
other into Maryland and qot posses
sion of bim. Sullivan is. standing his
trial and Kilrain will. Governor
Lowry stands honored to-day for his
vindication of the outraged laws of
his State, where It is safe to say there
will be no more prize-fighting.
- If it was right to follow these two
ignorant bruisers through a dozen
States and bold them to aooount for
violating law by pummelling each
other with their fists, will it be right
to let gentlemen who should set an
example of obedience to law to oth
ers go with impunity when they vio
HIE
late the law by engaging in the more
serious business of deliberately stand
ing up and shooting at each other?
In contemptuously disregarding the
warnings of Alabama's peace officers
they placed thomBelves exactly in the
same position that these two prize
fighters and iheir abettors did in
Mississippi, and if Governor Seay is
as sensitive of the outraged honor of
Alabama as Governor Lowrv was of
that of Mississippi he will never rest
until be has these pnnoipals and their
accomplices before the courts of bis
State or drives them where the hand
of the law cannot reaoh them.
An anti-silver' coinage man,
ting to the N. Y. Sun, says "silver
should not be coined in unlimited
quantities; for no one will take it in
unlimited quantities." Ssnd it down
here and try us.
"The general outlook of the country is
improving; The new administration is re
storing confidence and business activity
will follow." Elitabttk City Carolinian,'
Rep.
This ought to be shipped to some
museum and put on exhibition as a
sample of gigantic cheek.
Fatal saw Hill Accident.
Mr. J. Davenport, a sawyer em
ployed at Messrs. Parsley & Wiggins'
mill at Hilton, was fatally injured
yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock,
while trying to adjust a belt that had
slipped from a pulley. The unfortu
nate man's right arm was . caught in
the belt, which, dragged' him over
and under the pulley, some two or
three feet above the floor of the mill.
Several of the mill hands witnessed
the accident and the machinery was
stopped at once; but Mr. Da
venport . was so badly hurt his
right arm being torn from its socket
and his head and neck injured that
he died in a bort time afterwards,
breathing his last a few minutes sub
sequent to the arrival of Dr. S. P.
Wright, who had been' summoned to
attend him.
Mr. Davenport was about 85 years
of age. He came to Wilmington
some two weeks ago, J from Suffolk,
Va, to take a position in the mill.
and his employers were already very
much attached to him. - His fellow
boarders, at Mrs. Moseley's, on Fourth
street near Hanover, also spoke of
him very highly.
Messrs. Parsley & Wiggins took
charge of the remains of the unfortu
nate man, and had his body prepared
for burial by Mr. Woolvin, the under
taker, and in the meantime tele
graphed his friends at Suffolk, ask
ing their wishes in regard to the dis
posal of the body, j
Coroner Jacobs was notified of the
sad occurrence and Went out to the
mill and viewed the body, but an in
quest Was not deemed necessary.
nor About Wiggs, I
Capt. R. M. Capps, of the police
force,reeeived a letter yesterday from
Fremont, N. C, which throws a little
more ngnt on tine mystical past oi
the Wayne county burglar David
Wiggs, who placidly sucks his thumbs
in a steel cage at the jail in this city.
The writer of the letter is Mr. B. F.
Ay cock, who says that a reward of
$50 was offered by the town of Fre
mont, and $50 by Mr. W. B. Fort, for
tho arrest and delivery of David
Wiggs to the sheriff of Wayne coun
ty. Wiggs, he says, is wanted at Fre
mont for - burglary. He broke into
several houses in that place, and "we
can hang him without doubt." He
adds: "There was a true bill found
against him by the grand jury of
Wayne county some two years ago,
I, with the policeman of this place,
caught Wiggs the last time he was
seen here, while he was breaking
into the dwelling of Mr. John Gard
ner, but he got away from ns by
whirling around the corner of the
building as we shot at him. We think
that he has a brother, Joe Wiggs, and
a negro named Harris Avery as con
federates, somewhere in the State.
His brother is a larger and a taller
man than David, and is also blacker."
Wiggs is doubtless well known, By
sight at least, to many people in this
city, as a peripatetic vendor of conn
try, made chairs, which he peddled
around town in an ox cart.
Ia Cotton Late ' ,
Unless cotton is unusually late this
season it is aoonc time ior tne nrst
bale of the new crop to put in an ap
pearance. Charleston received its
first bale last Friday, and Augusta,
Ga., the same day, received thirteen
bales of tbe new crop. Last year the
first bale was received in Wilmington
August 18th, by Messrs. Worth &
Worth, from Mr D. McLendon, of
Timmonsville, S. C. The first bale
in 1887 was received on the 17th of
August by the same firm and was also
from Mr. McLendon, of Timmons
ville. The first bale of North Caro
lina raised cotton, in 1888, was re
ceived by Messrs. Williams & Mur-
chison August 21st, from Mr. J. D.
Home of Wadesboro.
Burglars In Tarboro. -. "
A correspondent writing from Tar
boro reports several burglaries com
mitted in that place recently. The
last were on Monday night when at
tempts were made to enter six differ
ent houses. At one of the houses the
burglar was recognized, the police
were put on his track and the burglar
and an accomplice were arrested and
committed to jail to await trial at
the Superior Court which meets at
Tarboro in October.
Mr. A. S. Wishart, of Lumber-
ton, N. C has quite a curiosity in
the money line an old continental
fifty-cent bill. It bears on its face
the . following: "N. C. Currency, No
1836. Half a Dollar. By Authority
of Congress at Halifax, April 2d, 1776.
J. Webb." In the lower left hand
corner is a representation of acock
fight - ' -
WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1889;
Here are some facts coneerning
swordfish, "which are " frequently
caught at the month of the Cape
Fear driver.' The item is copied from
the Hartford Courant :
; Swordfish meat is firm and its flavor
superior to that of the halibut, and it
is entirely fresh and above reproach.
It is a mystery that New York should
so fail to appreciate a good thing.
The coming of the swordfish is al
ways an interesting fact, with no lit
tle mystery about it, too. They are
not here and -then they are. here. No
body knows where they come from
and no one ever saw a young one on
the American coast. They are raised
in tbe Mediterranean, sea, and the
old folks, leaving the little ones be
hind, spend their summers along our
shore, and chiefly about Block Island.
It takes a pretty smart fish to lay his
course from Gibraltar to Block Island
every- year without fail, and the
movements and migrations of the
swordfish are a noteworthy illustra
tion of the strange and clever ways .
of fishes ' -
' A list of the marine disasters re
ported during the month of June,
"concerning all flags in all parts pf
the world, is as follows: Sailing ye
"sels lost 13 American, 18 British, 8
Chilian, 1 Danish, 6 French, 9 Qer
man, 3 Italian, 8 Norwegian, 1 Portu
guese, 1 Spanish, 2 Russian. Total
59. In this number are included 8
vessels reported missing. Steamers
lost 2 American, 6 British, 1 Norwe
gian, 1 Portuguese. Total 10. Of
these 85 stranded, 8 collided. 5 . were
burned, 4 foundered, 8 abandoned
and 1 condemned.
Wasboat on tbe W. v. St A, Hoad.
A cloud-burst Thursday night
about 7 o'clock caused considerable
damage to the road-bed of the Wil
mington, Columbia & Augusta rail
road near Eastover and Wedgefleld
in South Carolina. A material train
ran into the break near Wedgefleld,
wrecking the cars and injuring five
colored workmen on the train, but
none of them was badly hurt. The
accident " caused a stoppage of all
trains yesterday between Sumter and
Columbia but is thought that tbe
breaks will be repaired and traffic re
sumed by this afternoon.
The storm covered an area of about
twenty miles between Sumter and Co
lumbia. It caused heavy washouts
on the South Carolina railroad also,
cutting off all communication be
tween Charleston and Camden. It is
feared great damage has been done
to crops in tbe section of country vis
ited by the storm.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Charleston, says: Later reports con
firm the story of a oloud burst In the
interior. The area affected is not
more than about five miles wide and
fifty or sixty miles long. There was
no thunder or lightning, but a steady
tremendous down-pour of rain. It is
estimated that twelve inches fell in
two hours. Seven miles of the Cam
den branch of the South Carolina
railway are washed away. Cotton
fields about Gadsden have been wash
ed clean. Cattle have been drowned
by hundreds, and great damage has
been done. The railroads have ex
perienced a heavy loss, and travel in
the immediate vicinity of the cloud
burst is interrupted.
Natal stores.
Receipts of naval stores at this port
for the crop year to August 16th, as
compared with receipts to same time
last year are as follows: Spirits tur
pentine, 80,724 casks; last;iyear,S0.-
758. Roain, 84,627 barrels;, last year,
87,074. Tar, 19,063 barrels; last year,
16,918. Crude turpentine, 8,218 barrels;
last year, 7,995.
Stocks at this port are as follows:
Spirits turpentine, 4,495 casks; rosin,
37,528 barrels; tar, 1,778 barrels; crude
turpentine, 701 barrels. Last year-
Spirits turpentine, 4,681 casks; rosin,
67,948 barrels; tar, 2,602 barrels; crude
turpentine, 740 barrels.
Tna Barglar Wlsca.
Hugh Murphy, a well-known col
ored carpenter of this city, visited
the jail yesterday and , identified
Wiggs as a burglar who had entered
his (Murphy's) house on two occasions
several months ago. Murphy says
Wiggs was in his bedroom on the
first occasion and was getting into
the room through a window the
second time. Murphy had a good
view of the man's face and is confi
dent that his midnight visitor was
David Wiggs.
Bdceeombe Veterans,
A correspondent, writing from-
Rooky Mount to the ST4B, says that
yesterday was veteran's day with the
old soldiers of Edgecombe county and
a large crowd was in attendance. The
procession formed in front of the
Edgecombe armory, headed by
brass band, and marched to the Fair
grounds to partake of a barbecue din
ner prepared for them. Speeches were
made by General W. R. Cox, Donnell
Gilliam and others. Dinner being
announced about 4 p. m. the old vet
erans with others gathered around
the heavily ladened table and dis
cussed the "hog question" to their
hearts' content. After the dinner a
heavy rain came up, which marred
the pleasure of the occasion, but
notwithstanding the rain it was an
enjoyable affair. At one of the
armory windows could be seen an old
relic of the Mexican war, a beautiful
blue silk flag, an eagle in centre
worked in white silk, with motto un
derneath "Go t our hearts are with
you." This flag was presented to the
volunteers in the Mexican war by
the ladies of - Tarboro, - through.
Miss Sarah Howard, sister of Judge
Howard. There was present at the din
ner several of the Mexican veterans
who marched under the flag at that
time.
Tnrpsntlns.
A Savannah, Ga., dispatch ot the
14th says: "There is a report on Bay
street that a trust has been formed to
corner the spirits turpentine market
Manufacturers and- factors will lie
low, and the chances are' that the cor
ner, If one exists, will be corned. The
market is certainly in an interesting
condition for this time of the month
and year.?
BKHHIDEUT HARRISON,
Arrival ' Rccspt on at Concord
CohcoKD. August 15. The President
and prty left Manchester this morning in
the rain and arrived here, and were driven
to, the Capitol' in a drizzling rain The
rresiaent was escorted - to the Council
Chamber and cordially rceted by Gover
nor Goodell and others. : He afterwards
went to a 1olnt mcetinir in the Honse of
-Represeatatives. He was escorted to the
platform by the President of the Senate and
8peaker of the House. The President then
delivered a short addrees to the Legislature.
Attne conclusion ot tne address tne con
vention was dissolved, and the House ad-
ournea. From the Lierfslalure the Presi
dent was esoerted to a stage in front of the
uapuoi, ana was warmly welcomed by the
thousands assembled.
Fall Rtveb. Mass.. Aueust 15 From
Concord to Fall River the trip was a series
of ovations, the number being -limited only
Dy the stops that wire made, and each hav
ing peculiar characteristics of its own.
Nashua wag tbe only city where, after
Concoid, the President left the train.
There, accompanied by Gov. Goodeil and
staff, as well as by other prominent mear;
he was driven through the city from one
depot to the other under the escort ot Grand J
army posis ana minim, sou amm ue usual
demonstrations. , f -
i. friuLCweu a positively immense wrong 01
people crowded tbe depot, tracks, build
ings, biidges and walls adjoining. After a
brief stop the train proceeded over the Fra
mingham division of the Old Colony road.
a aiqp beins mada at Meqford, South Fra
mingham, Foxborb, Mansfield and Taun
ton, at each of which places crowds greeted
the President .
At Fail River, which was reached at 7:10.
President Choate, of the Old Colony Rail
road, eecorttd the President through the
lines of spectator j to room 29, on the
steamer Pilgrim. The boat had a long list
of passengers, who chiered the President.
To-morrow afternoon tbe President will
reach Washington, and On the- following
day will go to Deer Park.
VIRGINIA.
Democratic Nominations for Slats Of
ficers Dsain of a Prominent Oltl-
aen. j '. j
Richmond. August 15. The State De
mocratic Convention met at 10 o'clock and
proceeded to take a second ballot for Gov
ernor, lielore tne roll call was completed
Capt. Phil. W. McKinney was nominated
by acclamation.
J. Hoge Tyler, of Pulaski, was nomina
ted for Lieutenant Governor by acclama
tion. Tbe Convention next proceeded to make
nominations for Attorney Gsneral. Tbe
names of R. Taylor Scott, of Fauquier,
George Perkins, of Charlottesville, and R,
&.. roliara, oi lung and tjueen, were pre
sented, when a recess was taken until four
o'clock.
Harbison burg. August 15. Hon. Wm.
Milnes, Jr., died last night, at 7 o'clock, at
Milnes, Va He was born in England, and
was sixty-one years of age. He was elect
ed to Congress in 1880 from this district,
and served one term. He was proprietor
of the Milnes Iron Work?, and was one of
the most prominent men of the place.
Richmond, August 15. Upon reassem
bling the convention proceeded to make a
nomination for Attorney General, which
resulted in the selection of R. T. Scott, of
Fauquier.
Bisil is. Gordon, or KappanannocR
county, was then elected chairman of the
(state Central Committee, vice Senator John
8. Barbour, declined.
Tbe platform was then unanimously
adopted, after which the convention ad-
ourned mm ate.
FOREIGN.
Olrs. may brick's case Interesting Bi-
pertinent with Smokeless Powsler
The French Convictions
Ltvkbpool, August 15 Mr. Steaker,
an analytical chemist or Glasgow, wno
was prepared to testify at the trial of Mrs.
May brick, recently sentenced to be hanged
for poisoning ner - busoand, ana wnose
evidence tbe condemned woman said was
kept bick, has written a letter In which he
says that Mr. May brick died through his
own secret habit of taking - a desideratum,
that is, arsenic drinking.
The Jjonaon lancet, a noted medical
journal, publishes a five column review of
tne trial, ana comes to tne conclusion mat
the evidence warranted the verdict.
Paris. August 15. The sentence im
posed on General Boulanger, Count Dillon
and Henri Roeheforl, by the Senate Court
yesterday, occasioned no excitement in this
city. Thus far the utmost quietness has
prevailed. The Republican journals are
convioced that public opinion will ratify
the decree of the Court The Conservative
and Boulangist papers are sanguine that
tbe general elections for members of the
Chamber of Deputies will show that the
people do not approve of the verdict. It is
alleged that M. Waddington. French Am
bassador to England, has been instructed
to sound tbe English government on the
question of extraditing General Boulanger,
Count Dillon and Henri Rochefort, '
Bbblin, August 15. A.11 accounts of ex
periments with smokeless powder at the
Boandau sham-fight concur in saying that
no smoke was visible at a distance of three
hundred yards and that no sound was heard
beyond a slight tapping. A strange effect
was produced by the spectacle of a large
macs of troops in firing positions, seemingly
inactive, bnt really pouring forth a deadly
Ore.
COTTON
GROWERS.
SaUa.'actory Report
the Bas'lns;
- Question.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Mohtooiubt. Ala . Aug. 15 Tbe Com
mittee of Commissioners of Agriculture of
the cotton growing States, consisting of
Hons. A. P. Butler, of South Carolina. J,
T. Henderson, of Georgia, Bill Hord, of
Tennessee, and J. C. Cbeny. of Alabama,
made public their report to day. l hey re-
rrort very satisfactory results in their con
ference witn tne new xors uonon ex
change in regard to the use of cotton bag
ging and allowance of tare on cotton wrap
ped in cotton bagging, and think that
through the influence of New .York and
New Orleans Exchanges, that the matter
will soon be adjusted to the entire satisfac
tion of cotton growers or tne aoutn
CALIFORNIA.
The Inquest Over ths Body of Jadge
Xerry No New Facts Elicited The
.Verdict.
By Telegrapb to the Horning Star.
Stockton. August 15 At the inquest.
last night, over the body of Judge Terry,
no new facts were developed. A number
of witnesses were examined, among them
beine the proprietors of the hotel at
Latbrop. The coroner's jury returned
verdict that the deceased came to his
death from the effects ot gun-shot wounds
inflicted by David Nagle, at Jjatbrop.
NEW OOTIOKi-
Charleston and Angasta Receive Bales
of tbia Tear' Crep.
By Telegraph to the Homing Star
' - AueubTA, August 16. Two bales of the
new crop oi cotton were received in Au-
gu8ta.yesterday, and thirteen to-day. . The
first two classed middling and strict mid
dling, and were sold to the King mill in
this city.
Chablbstoh, August 16. The first bale
of South Carolina cotton was received here
to dav. It was raised by CoL Mike Brown,
of Barnwell, .who sold the first bale last
year.
The one hundred and third anniversary
of the birth of Davy Crockett was cele
brated yesterday, at his birth-place.
Strong's Springs, in Greene county, Tenn.
There was a military and civio display.
Hnmwhnii were made bv Gov. Tavlor. Con
gressman Alf Taylor; E. L. Wells of Ohio,
and Ool. R. H. Crockett.
TAR.
; WASHINGTON.
Telegraph Bate Sanation Caehanged
Z Internal Revenue Uegalatlon Af
fecting Dl.tlllerlca.
.-V By Telegraph to tho Homing Star.
vWASHWeroK. August 15 The telegraph
rate situation remains unchanged. PoeU
master General Wanamaker has entire
charge of tho whole matter, and is in con
ference with President Norvin Green, of
the Western Union, in regard to it. While
it is expected that an agreement will be
reached, .none has yet been arrived at,
so far as is known at the Department
here. Assistant Postmteter General Clark
son said this evening that it ehou Id be un
derstood that there had never been an offi
cial promulgation of the proposed rate of a
mill a word, and that, therefore, no such
rate had ever gone into effect. The old rate
of a cent a word remained in operation
until the new rate ia fixed ti poo, but govern
ment messages are beicg'te&rtipoa the un
derstanding that they, will be charged for
and paid hereafter upon the basis which
may be finally decided upon."
Washington, August 15. The Com
missioner of Internal Revenue has issued a
circular prohibiting refitting at distilleries
ef casks or packages previously used at the
same distillery. : He-says that tbe practice
of many distillers to use and reuse
constantly the same package for conveying
8pints from distilleries to rectifying
houses, has been-- permitted for the
reason that it is alleged that it is a saving to
distillers in cooperate; but from full inves
tigation shows that it results in great loss
of revenue to the government, by reason of
the tax on part of tho contents being evaded
each time that the package is so removed,
and the loss increases with each rense.
CALIFORNIA.
Mrs. Terry Srenres a - Warrant for
Judge Field's : Arrest Funeral of
Judge Terry.
Sax Fbanci'CO August 16. Sheriff
Cunningham, of San Joaauin countv. ar
rived here late last nieht.from Stockton.
with a warrant sworn to bv 8 ira Allhea
Terry for the arrest of Justice Stephen J.
Field, on tbe charge of being accessory to
the killing of her husband. Judge Terry. It
is understood that the warrant, will be
served on Justice Field at 1 o'clock to-day.
San Francisco, Aug 16 A warrant
of arrest was served upon Justice Field this
afternoon at the lattei'd chamber. A writ
of habeas corpus was at once sworn out be
fore Judge Sawyer of the Circuit Court.
and heard by him in Chambers.
San Francisco, August 16. Applica
tion was made by attorney Crittenden to
tbe Supreme Court to adjourn to-day as a
mark of respect to the memory of Judge
Terry. Chiff Justice Beatty declined to
entertain the motion. After remarking
that be was sorry the motion had been
urged, he s&id: 4 It is a very unpleasant
affair, but the court has fully considered
the same, and deems it the wisest course to
treat the subject in silence. Tbe sudden
death of David S. Terry ie notorious, and
it is the decision of this court that it take
no further action in tbe matter."
Stockton, Cala., Aueust 16 The
funeral of David 8. Terry was held here
to-day. The body was removed from the
morgue at noon and taken to the Episcopal
Church, where it lay in state for two hours
and was reviewed by a great number of
people. Mrs, Terry occupied a pew neir
the casket and watched the face of the dead
all the while. Several times she left her
seat and threw herself upon tbe casket.
The services was read by one of the vestry
men ot tbe church.
San Francisco. August 17. U. 8. At
torney Carey received a telegram yesterday
from the Department of Justice at Wash
ington, instructing bim to assume, on be
half of the U. 8. Government, the defence
of deputy TJ 8. Marshal David Nagle, who
shot Judge Terry Wednesday morning.
Lathbop. August 17. Deputy u. .
Marshal Nagle. who shot and killed David
S. Terry, was released from jdil at Stockton
at 5 o'clock this morning, on a writ of ha
beas corpus issued by J udge Sawyer, of tbe
U. 8. Circuit Court. He paesed through
here on a special train for San Francisco,
accompanied by Marshal Franks.
Ban jtbabcisco, Aueust 17. la July the
Supreme Court of California reversed tbe
decision of the .Superior Court in the Sharon-Hill-Terry
divorce cee, and remanded
the case for a new trial. Mrs. Terry applied
for a rehearing before the Supreme Court,
to have tbe order for a new trial set aside.
The Supreme Court yesterday refused to
grant her application.
FLORIDA.
Facta Coneerning tbe Killing of Depu
ty collector Weller.
By Telegraph to tbe Homing Star.
Jacksonville. August 16. TJ. S. Mar
shal Misall received a dispatch to-day from
the acting Attorney General at Washing
ton, stating that tbe Department of Justice
would . use' every effort to capture and
punish Brownell, tbe murderer of Deputy
Collector Weller, and authorizing the offer
of a reward for tbe apprehension of tbe
fugitve. This was unnecessary, however.
for Brownell surrendered last night to sberin:
Brown, of Holmes county. Accounts of the
affair as told by the officers who were pre
sent are very conflicting, unesays: "We
aroused Brownell, told him he was wanted
outside. Brownell . arose and walked out
on the gallery, .where he observed the pre
sence of other men. He dashed back into
the houce and made a break out of another
door. There he was confronted by Weller,
who fired his pistol, wounding Brownell in
the shoulder. The latter then returned the
fire, his bullet taking effect in Weller's
head.
Upon surrendering himself to the sheriff
last night Brownell said he did not know
what he was doing when he fired the fatal
shot. He said he bad been suddenly
roused from bis slumbers at night by a
mob of men who did not explain their busi
ness with him. He thoughtf they intended
to murder him, and he ran to save his life.
Then he was shot and so badly scared that
he did not grasp the situation, so he fired in
return, if he had known they wets officers
be would not have resisted. I .
Officers McLeod and Turvin say they are
confident that Brownell resisted j under a
misapprehension as to the realcoundition of
affairs. He was not told the nature of
their mission to his house. Brownell is
looked upon at his home as a peaceable
law-abiding citizen. Public sentiment is
against tbe officers for bungling, which re
sulted in the death of ore good man and
probably the ruin of two happy families.
The Treasury Department baa ordered
special agent Chipman from Atlanta to
make a full investigation of the case. He
eft here for Westville to-night.
THE CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY
What Attorney General miller haa to
Say about tbe Killing of Jadge Terry
By Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Indianapolis. Ind . August 16. Attor
ney General Miller was seen yesterday and
.... . 1 I. i M . t. ...
B6 sea ll ne naa anyiaing mriutr 10 say
about the shooting of Judge Terry by
deputy Naele. He replied, 4 1 eee from
the papers that the action of the deputy is
pretty generally indorsed. . It appears to
be considered that Nagle's protection was
necessary, and his action lustlflable. I do
not care to speak of the legal aspects of the
case. I do not know any case anaiagous
to it in our history, and I do not recall that
it has ever been necessary before to
provide - protection for - United States
Judges. If the case ever comes to
trial I suppose I will be called to testify.
but I question whether there will everx be a
trial. The grand jury may refuse toAct or
the coroner's jury may find it a case of
lustlflable homicide. I have not examined
the legal side of thecase,however. I thought
the protection of the officer of the law might
be necessary, ana 1 Knew sometning snout
thedespeiate character of the man with
whom Justice Fields had to deal I thought
of trouble when the trial began, but of
course I did not look for it at a way-station
or noon a train. If the Justice's life was
in danger though, he was as much entitled
to the protection of the officer at the eating
house as in the ceort room or upon the
bench."
NO. 42
FOREIGN.
manifesto from Gen. Bonlanger Tbe
,War in ths Soudan Tbe Raropean
Situation A aotner Triumph for Bis
marek War KumorsJ
" By Cable o the Horning Star.
Pabis. August 17. Gea. Bouianger has
issued another maaifeuo. His latest effort
is addressed to ' The Honest Paople," and
declares that it was the Senate Chamber
that procured his conviction.
Cairo, August 17. Dispatches from the
scene tol operations in the 'Soudan state
that the friendly tribei have ctpiured Bfcv
gat. ;';;r
Copyright 1889 by the H. Y. Associated Press.
Berlin. Aug. 17. While" the Emperors
have been holding receptions.reviewing the
troops, banqueting and generally perform
ing decorative roles associated with impe
rialism, Bbme momentous practical work
has been done" by the diDioma1Ir-and irrrit
tary chiefs of -the alliance. Prince Bis
marck's prolonged conferences with Count
Ealnoky and Count i,fczecbenyi, embraced
questions relating to Servia and Bulgaria,
tne Cretan rising and tbe threatened distur
bance of amity between Austria and Italy
over the position of the Papacy. Emperor
Francis Joseph's friendship for the Pope
and his recent personal pledges to prevent
the Italian government encroaching upon
the Vatican, combined with Signor Crispi'a
openly expressed resentment at Austria's
interference, .appeared to make Prince Biss
marck'a efforts towards restoring the entente
difficult. With his usual tact and good
luck tbe Chancellor has arranged the quar.
rel at the cost of the Vatican.
Emperor Francis Joseph, whose individ
uality, never strong, ha been evidently
weakened by his recent afflictions, has sub
mitted to Count Ealnoky'a representations,
and abandoned the independent support
of the Pope.
As soon as Kalnoky secured a full hand
to renew the entente with Italy, he threw
the weight of Austria's influence on the
side of Cnspi's policy in. order to stop tbe
Pope's advances looking to his leaving
the Vatican.
Count -iDubsky, Austrian Minister to
Madrid, was instructed to advise tbe Queen
Regent and the government against encour
aging the Pope to seek an asylum in Spain.
The Austrian Minister to the Vatican, at
the same time, was ordered to recommend
the Pope to rely on the friendly intentions
of King Humbert.
Count Dubsky's communications have
not been well received in Germany, bu; in
the face of Austria's desertion the Pope's
departure from Rome is impossible. 8ignor
Crispi, encouraged from Berlin, has sent
officials of tbe Vatican a private hint that
the Italian government would not permit
the Papal treasure or Vatican objects to
leave Rome. It could not prevent the
Pope's personal departure, but the contents
of the Vatican must remain. Prince Bis
marck must have counted the cost of his
unfriendly diplomacy towards tbe Vati
can, balancing tbe increased Centrist
hostility against the weakening of the
triple-alliance. He preferred an intensified
feud in the Centre party to tbe risk of los
ing Italian co-operation Gen. . Beck's in
terview with Gen. Van Wadersee and War
Minister Du Vemois, resulted in a military
convention, which, associated with the
Italian convention, completes plans for a
naval and military combination in tbe
event of wai.
Although do official warrant is civen for
the reported absorption of England into
the alliance the language of the semi-official
press justifies the inference that tbe
British Government has agreed that their
naval and military forces will co-operate
with those of tbe alliance in repressing any
wanton disturbance or European peace.
Tne Question now becomes prominent
how the league will use its tremendous
strength. Russian papers, recognizing the
formidable character ot the league, predict
that Bismarck, having formed the mightiest
coalition ever seen, will hasten to settle
scores with Russia and Franc. But leading
official organs of Berlin and Vienna breathe
the language of general good-will The
North German Gazette rejoices over the
strength of the alliance and its ability to
meet any eventualities from the East or
West.
Sensational rumors of a general disarma
ment pervade diplomatic circles. The Em
peror a visit to Strasbnrg, it is expected,
will be signalized by some declaration rela
ting to peace or war. It is said that the Em
peror will announce a project for tbe limi
tation of European armaments, threaten
ing as an alternative a general war. The
facts, however, do not accord with this ex
pectation. The spirit of 'militarism was
never stronger in the Km per or or imperial
circle. It is more likely that the Emperor's
speeches at Strasburg and Metz will be out
spoken warnings to France to cease nourish
ing dreams of revanche. No note of peace
was heard in his brief utterance yesterday
at the banquet of tbe First Dragoon
Guards in the celebration of the anniversary
of the battle of Mars-La-Tour, in which
the regiment distinguished itself by a bril
liant charge.
TEXAS.
Bloody WorK Between Political Fac
tions In Richmond A Sheriff and
Deputy Klllsd rroops ordered to
the scene. -
By Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Chicago, August 17 A special from
Austin, Texas, says: Yesterday evening
Gov. Ross received a dispatch from J. M
Weston, of Richmond, saying that a figbt
had occurred between the "Jaybirds" and
"Woodpeckers, rival political factions, in
which sheriff Garvey and deputy Blackeney
were killed and- several others wounded.
The dispatch said that tbe fighting was still
in progress and troops were needed.
A dispatch from Capt. Keichardt, of the
Houston Light Guards, said Richmond
was in the hands ot a mob and several per
sons had been killed. At 9 p. m. there
was great excitement
Gov. Ross ordered the Light Guards, of
Houston, under Capt Reichardt. to go to
Richmond at once, and also telegraphed
orders to tbe Barham Grays to be ready to
leave at a moment s notice.
- "Jaybirds" ia tba name given the white
Democrats of Fort Bend, numbering about
four hundred. The " Wood peckers" in-.
cludeHhe negroes and a few whites. Tbe
negroes are vastly in the ascendant. It is a
renewal of the race quarrel.
A Houston. Texrs. special says: Cipt.
ReiCbardt left here tot Richmond at 12 10
last night with thirty four men. Two gen
tlemen who arrived heie by the 11.35 train
reported that tho Woodpecker crowd (ne
groes) were in tbe court bouse surrounded
by the other faction, but that no more
fighting had occurred. They coDflrmed the
news ot the killing of sheriff Jicc Garvey
and ex-sheriff Jake Blackeney. Tbe town
is crazy with excitement, tbe women and
cbildrm being at home, while tbo men are
down town. There is but one lit hi burn
ing in the whole town, and that is at tbe
hotel. The riot was precipitated by a "Jay
bird" walking through town with his
Winchester. He was arrested and put in
i iil, when the fighting soon began. Tbe
dead sheriff and ex sheriff were ''Jaybirds.
A vouoa mulatto girl was killed by acci
dent. All was quiet at midnight. Gov.
Ross is expected this morning.
CROP BULLETIN.
- , .. senunuBB
The Wsatber Favorable for Cotton Not
withstanding Heavy Rains.
By Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Washthotoh, August 17. The weekly
crop bulletin, uaoed by tbe Signal Office,
shows that the past week has been cooler
and marked by more rain than usual
throughout tbe Northern States.
, In Virginia. North Carolina and Tennes
see it has been sngnuy warmer tnan the av
erage temperature in the Gulf States.
In the cotton region, extending from
Georgia to Texas, the weather was favora
ble and tbe cotton crop improved, although
cotton worms are on the increase from
Alabama westward to Arkansas, and have
caused some damage id tbe crop.
. Mississippi reports caterpillars in thir
teen counties. In the east portion of the
cotton region the crop has been somewhat
damaged by rain, but farmers are yet hope
ful,
Spirits Turpentiiie,-
Washington' Progress: We are ;
informed that the Farmers' Alliance has
passed resolutions not to buy any jute cot
ton bagging during the coming fail.
The early corn crop with the exception of
a small amount in our county is said to be
good and is now made. Tbe later corn and
cotton crops are not so. Hardly two-thirds
of a crop will be made in our county, v
V Sootland Neck Democrat: Mr.
Jesse Powers, car inspector at Weldon. can
tell you all you want to know about Wel
don. He has been there, acting in the ca
pacity of car inspector for thirty-five years,
and he says that during the thirty five years
there have not fallen thirty-five showers of
rain, day or night, a part of which be was -not
in. ,;
TwinCity Daily. There were
ten gamblers trotted into tbe mayor's court
of this city last evening to answer the
oharge, ot which most of them were found
guilty. The gentlemen who have an
option on the street railway privileges of
Winston-Salem will commence tLe survey
of the route some time this week. - We
are informed that Mr. Nathan Brown, who
carries the mail from Winston to German
ton, took a heavy dose' of laudanum last
Saturday night on account of a misunder
standing in a love affair. The dose was not
quite sufficient to prove fatal and at last,
accounts he was improving: '
' Rocky Mount Flaindcaler : We
learn tbaf Mr. George W. Robbins will
7ecLalanngjnill near the tobacco ware-
nouse. we haa a-eawtwiA jwn but.
jaaverson uumD, one ql tne most promi
nent farmers in this section, a few days ago
on tne suojeci oi tne conaiuon or tne crops.
He said that tbe cotton generally was very
poor, but with good seasons from now out.
he thought it would come out some.
One of the finest and most successful fruit :
farms in the county,, is that of Mr. John N.
Taylor,, teir this place. He has a great
variety of trees and tbey are just loaded
down with fruit. Mr.Taylor pays more at
tention to his apple, crop than anything
else. He has two large cider presses and
makes large quantities of it, which he dis
til into brandy, which he sells at a good
profit.
Wilson Mirror: Gapt. Calvin
Barnes' fine tobacco crop is the talk of all
Eastern North Carolina. He has success
fully cured seventeen barns of line tobacco.
We very deeply regret to announce "
that Mrs. J. ti. Pendergrass nee Nellie Eg
erton, niece of Mrs. G. W. Blount, and in
whose family she so long resided, died at
her home in Jefferson, Ga., on last Mon
day. Van B, Winborne, who was for
a long time a brave and a fearless police
man, and whose grit, in the most trying or
deals, was never known to give way, drop
ped dead in his porch on Tuesday last.
Our industrious and energetic townsman,
David D. Nolly, is an inventive genius, as
is evidenced from the fact that he has in
vented and patented a back-hand hook,
which is destined to have a tremendous
sale and fill his pocket with the "kelter'r
Lenoir Topic: A Granite corre
spondent calls to our attention the heroic
conduct of Mr. Sid Berry, one of the rail
road section bosses, during the late wash
outs. He waded through mud .and water
and over trestles that seemed suspended in
air, and when he reached the trestle near
Hickory, that was washed away, he heard
the train coming and bad just time to
warn the engineer. Some time ago a
lot of women who wero keeping a bawdy
house near Petra Mills were arrested and
put in jail in default of bond. Some of
tbe persons implicated were not caught
among them one- Pressley, husband of onew
or the women. Last Saturday jailer Tom
Shell saw Pressley skulking in his garden
and making signs to his wife who stood at
tbe window grating of the jail. Tom asked
Pressley if be would not like to go in and
see bis wife. He -believed he would.
When he g6t him in the cell Shell shut the
door and locked it and Pressley was caught
nicely. . ;
Kinston Free Press: Mr. T. C.
Joyner, 84 years of age, died last Thurs
day at 8. 53 p. m., of consumption. -Mr.
T. B. Ashford has invented a dry kiln,
which he claims wiil do as good work at
less cost than any other kiln in use. -
A correspondent writing from Gold ttocfc,
Nash county, says the crops there will not
average half a one because of so much
rain, except tobacco, which is very fine.
The (salvation Army have again com
menced their meetings here. Mr. and Mrs.
Disosway, of New Berne, are in charge.
Air. JJ. ja. Btanton nas been appoint-
ed postmaster at LaGrange, and Miss
Fannie Wooten at Fort Barnwell. An
election will be held in tbe town of Kinston
on September 23d, 1889, to vote $4,000 for
the purpose of improving and draining tbe
streets. The bonds it is proposed to issue
will not cause any increase of taxes as it is
proposed to pay them off so much each
year for six years. . !
Statesville Landmark: A. C.
Sharpe, Esq., deputy collector for Iredell
county, was suspended from office last
week. The suspension grew out ot his re
port upon the tobacco of W. L.Kelly, of
Davie, which was seized some weeks ago;
Tn iha inmtnliftfjn avaminonAii ar.
Salisbury last Friday for Hon. John Si
Henderson's cadetship in the Naval Acad
emy, Mr. Harlee MacCall of this place
was the winner. He will leave in a day or
two for Annapolis to stand the entrance
examination. He is an uncommonly bright
JLU II AAV VUWOVMUIV VAIiUltuniilVU KSV
and well educated boy and will doubtless
go.through. The jury in the case of
the State vs. J. B. Connelly, late clerk of
the Superior Court, for embezzlement of
the funds of the estate of Henry Bumrow,
which was out when the Landmark went
to press last week, came in about 6 p. m.
Tuesday with a verdict of guilty, having
had the Tase about twenty-four hours.
Mr. J. V. VanTelt- has a pear wee
which is in bloom for the second tima
this year, but this isn't hindering it
from producing pears of extraordi-
nary size and flavor. All bis fruit iB
large enough and good enough, but he
has plucked from it one pear which
weighed 14 ounces, two which weighed
14, and one which was brought with a
number of smaller ones to the Landmark
office Tuesday morning weighed 13 ounces.
Fayetteville Observer . Mr.
George R. McNeill has been elected to and
has accepted the Presidency of LaFayette
College, LaFayette, Ala. Mr. McNeill is
a native of this place son of tbe late Rev.
Geo. McNeill, who established the North
Carolina Pretbvterian and edited it in its
palmiest days, and who died in 1861, a lit
tle over 30 years of age. The last of
the great, commodious Campbellton ware
houses was destroyed by ore last Tuesday
night, st about 9.30 o'clock; it was owned
by the Steamboat Company, and is the
third nr fnnrth thnt hua hpn hnrned in the
past six or eight months. Gone now are
all the reminders of the vast tobacco and
TTT . T J : ft A n k.H ... .n A
TV cut JLUUW viuuu ui unit a wuiui j &u.
On Sunday, the 4th inst., Rev. Dr.
H. G. Hill and Revs. Chalmers Moore and
A. N. Ferguson ordained and installed
Licentiate K. A. McLeod, of Fayetteville
Presbytery, as pastor of Peo Dee and
Sharon Presbyterian Churches. Capt. .
D. G, McDuffle, civil engineer in charge
of the survey of the Fayetteville & Aber
deen Railroad, began operations in earnest
last Thursday, and is making fine progress
in the direction of Aberdeen. Mr.
Leighton Huske, of this city, has accepted
a position with Messrs. Mallett Bros, in
Georgia. Ex-Sheriff Oates, of Sampi
son, who is attending the meetings
of the Farmers' Alliance, informed
an Observer reporter on Tuesday that
his county . would make the largest
corn crop grown there since the late war.
The Fayetteville Canning Factory is
making fine progress for tbe beginning,
with new men at the wheel. Ten thousand
cans of peaches and tomatoes have already
been put up, and ten thousand additional
cans have just arrived and will be filled in
the short period of a few days, when ten
thousand more will be put up if tbe fruit
can be had. In fact, it is the intention of
the company to put up at least fifty thou
sand cans this season. Last night, at
about 1 o'clock, Capt. W, E. Kyle, resid
ing on Green street, was awakened by the
suffocating effects of smoke, which was
found to have completely filled the build
ingalready in flames. So pressing was
the peril that Capt. Kyle and one of his
sons were able to save themselves- only by
jumping from the window; the other man
aged tomake bis exit, at great risk, by the
stairway. We learn that there was an in
surance of $1,500, but only tbe furniture of
the two lower front rooms was partially
saved; all the clothing, bedding, books end
other household effects were consumed.
One of the young Messrs. Kyle lost his
watch, and tbe other $25 in cash, which be
bad laid on the mantel-piece the night be
fore.. ,