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VOL. XX.
WILMINGTON, N C, FRIDAY, AUGUST &?1889:
NO. 4
.unable to win if the ground be pro
perly contested." "In union is
strength," sad with a united, har
monious, wide-awake Democracy,
there is no danger of Radical ascen
dency in any Southern State.
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. - TUB IMPORTANT ISSUE
which met in Riohmond was one of
the largest and most representative
bodies of that kind ever assembled
in that State. It was characterized
by a broad,' liberal, patriotic spirit
which sank all minor considerations,
all individual opinions or preferences
for the public good. It was for Vir-
nio fivaf laaf ami all f Via itia
There is in Virginia, as there is in
all the States, a difference of opinion
among Democrats oil certain matters
of policy. There is a difference of
opinion on financial policies, on the
protective tariff, on the internal rev-
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on other questions, but these differ
ences were not allowed to disturb the
harmony of the party nor to weaken
its lines in the coming contest with
the common foe. The following ex
tract from the platform adopted
shows that they stand shoulder to
shoulder under their chosen leader:
"While earnestly in favor of reforming
the tariff upon juBt, conservative and eco
notnic principles, we recognize that the is
sues and conditions which confront ns in
Virginia in the impending contest are of
immeasurably more importance than tariff
, reform or the reduction of Federal, taxa
tion, important as those questions are.
E?ery business interest of the Stale, every
social interest, every political interest, de
mands that the Democratic party the par
ty of the people, the party of peace, good
order and good governments which has
sa?ely and wisely conducted the govern
ment of the State through the trying and
troublous times of the past, shall be con
tinued in power."-
Here the situation is stated briefly
and fully, and the purpose defined
to keep Virginia in the hands of her
friends, who have proved true to her,
and save her from the clutches of
. . STATE TOPICS.
The indications are that the next
State fair will be an unusually good
one, the managers making Btrenuous
efforts to that end. We are glad of
this because every citizens of North
Carolina ia more or less interested in
its success, and should feel an inter
est in it. - It is not a local but a State
affair, in which one section or looali
' ty of the State is as much interested
as another, and hence every section
ought to be well represented in it.
It ought to be a complete exposition
of ' the agricultural and industrial
progress ot the state in au., tneir
several branches, and' of her mineral
and other resources, and should be
lerotf-will reflect .credit n
North Carolina and show what her
people are doing and can do, not so
much as a mere matter of commend"
able pride as of 'profit, and as a, stim
ulus Jto greater exertion. We un
derstand that a large number of
people from other States will visit
the fair, and the exhibits there pre
sented will have no small influence
in forming favorable or unfavorable
opinions among them, so that simply
as a business matter it is important
that the fair be such a one as will re
flect credit upon the State.
niNOB MENTION. rj '.-p.'
: Mr. Clarkson, the champion guil
lotine operator under this adminis
tration, slaughters the. truth with as
much dexterity and as little remorse
of conscience as he lops off the, heads
of fourth-class postmasters. - Up to
date the postoffice guillotine has
lopped off about 15,000 Democratic
heads, in such utter disregard of the
civil service rules and of civil service
pretensions that Mr. Clarkson bas
deemed it necessary to .make some
explanations, whioh'explanations put
Mr. Clarkson in the front rank not
.only as a headchopper but aa one of
the ch amnion prevaricators of the
Administration, He says one-third
of these changes were brought about
by resignations, but he is careful not
to state how many of these resigna
tions were asked for, and the balance
for oause shown upon investigation,
when every intelligent reader of the
reaper knows there ia "not a word of
truth in this statement. Soorea. of
removals have been made in North
Carolina of men who stood in the
head ranks of the service, against
whom not a word of oomplaint had
ever been made, simply to make
place for partisans, some of whom
could not read, some of whom got
into the penitentiary before their
commissions reached them. Let Mr.
Clarkson ply his head-chopper, this
the public is not surprised at, but his
brazen falsehood is scandalous and
outrageous.
ber pretended friends, who have been
false to her.
In this Virginia is not alone. Every
other Southern State stands jast
where she does. While interested in
tariff and other reforms, and taking
a patriotic interest in these, as all
good citizens should, it is of more
"vital importance that we should
guard .bur own gates, and guard
against any dissensions that would
enable tbe enemy to enter those
gates. 5 . .
The Radical leaders are not lack
ing in ability nor cunning. They are
wily and unscrupulous. Backed by
the moral and material support of
tbe Administration, which is anxious
to break if it can tbe "solid South,"
and will leave no suggestion or plan
, untried that offers a hope of that,
they will resort to every stratagem
known, to the politician to accom
plish that end. They know that a
united Democracy means defeat, and
that their only hope of success lies in
the dissensions which they may find
or create, or in the power of money
which they know so weil how to ubo
and to put where "it will do the most
good."
In Virginia they will play upon
the tariff as an aid to the develop
ment of industrial enterprises in that
State, with the hope of winning sup
port from Democrats. They will
play the same card in North Caro
lina, while they will run the, tariff
racket pretty strong in Georgia, Ala
bama and Tennessee.
This the Democrats in convention
at Richmond foresaw, anticipated
and were prepared for when they in
serted in their platform the plank
from which we have made the above
extract, which expresses the senti
ments of every thinking Democrat
in the South. :.
Tariff reform is essential to the
" prosperity of the . country at large,
but Democratic supremacy with or
without tariff reform, is essential to
the prosperity, peace, happiness, the
life even of the Southern States. A
return of Radical rule in any of them,
a contingency which we do not ap
prehend, would be, if not death in
fact, death to their hopes and pros
pects. One year of Radical rule
would throw the most prosperous and
progressive of them back a decade,
and undermine the foundations of
the grand structures which they have
been laboring so hard and bo faith
fully to rear.
There is no danger of this! in any
Southern State where the Democrats
, stand together, and where they are
not red by indifference or over con-
- fidence to fail in their duty and thus
give the enemy a victory which he ia
It has been a matter of Bome sur
prise that Dr. Fuller, first assistant
superintendent of the Raleigh In
sane Asylum, who has been connected
with that institution since its founda
tion, was not brought before the
committee on the investigation. Soine
time ago Webster's Weekly published
a statement to the effect that Dr.
Fuller was among those who con
gratulated Dr. Grissom upon his ac
quittal . ; This elicited a card from
Dr. Fuller, which was published in
the Raleigh papers, denying th e
statements of the Weekly. This
called for a card from Dr. Grissom,
in which he -asserts that the state
ments of the Weekly were oofrect
and attributes (the denial by Dr.
Fnller to the fact that he has been
for some time suffering from mental
impairment, especially loss of mem
ory, so much as to incapacitate him
for the duties devolving upon him in
the position he occupies, and that he
has- "performed no duty for eleven
months out of the past year." On
its recurrence this summer he was
retired by disability on July 22d.
Dr. . Grissom makes these statements
with regret, and the people who know
Dr. Fuller - will read them with re
gret. - .
The growth of the Farmers' Alli
ance in this State is remarkable, es
pecially when we consider the fact
that the farmers of North Carolina
are, as a clasp, slow to become en
thused over new organizations. The
Alliance in .this State is about two
and a half years old, the organizer
a ' native . North Carolinian who
moved to Texas about thirty years
, ago. He made Raleigh his head-
nnartftrH. and started toe worK oi
n -
organization in Wake county. From
the address of President S. Bs Alex
ander, delivered the third annual
meeting at Fayetteville last week,
we learn that at the first annual
meeting, held before the organization
was six months old, it had 8 county
Alliances and -132 sub-Alliances. At
the second annual meeting it had 52
county Alliances and 1,018 sub-Alliances,
and at the third 89 county
Alliances and 1,816 sub-Alliances,
with a membership of about ?2,000.
An organization in 89 counties out of
96, with an aggregate membership of
72 000, shows with what industry,
zeal and effectiveness the work has
been pushed. It embraces within its
membership the very best, most in
telligent and progressive farmers in
the State, who have not only the
good of the farmers but of North
. Carolina at heart. .
The captain of the cutter RuBh,on
the look out for English sealers, in
Behring sea, . is putting up some
work for Secretary Blaine. Accord
ing to the latest advices from Victo
ria, B. C, after seizing the Black
Diamond (which, afterwards got
away and made the port of Victoria)
he boarded the schooner Minnie,
where he found 843 seal skins, and
the Pathfinder, where he found 800.
He put an officer in charge of each of
these and ordered them to Sitka. He
afterwards boarded three others, on
one of which he found no skins, al
though the captain of the searched ves
sel intimates that a closer search might
have been more successful. The
other two having "a few skins which
had been too long caught, were re
leased but ordered out of the sea.
This makes six vessels in all boarded
by the captain of the Rush, for
which the British Government will
put in a pretty, big bill of damages
when the matter comes up for consideration.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean has dis
covered that "in tbe two Virginias,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
-tucky a citizen who happens to have
been born in a Northern State can
vote the Republican ticket without
looking into the muzzle of a shot
gun." There is nothing remarkable
about this, but it is somewhat re
markable that an organ which finds
its most agreeable occupation in
miarenresentioer the South should
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be candid enough to admit it. But
we live in an age of remarkable developments.
THa Bles Birds tDi lb Rice Crop.,
-.; The Cape Pear river rice planters
say that their crops Tare about , ten
davs ' later than usual, and none of
them expect to begin cutting before
the first ot nexf month. But though
the crop may be late, the rice bird is
on time as usual, and has already
made his appearance at some ot the
plantations below the city. On ac
count of the lateness of the .". crop
planters fear that the depredations of
these Jbirds will be greater this year
than usual. NVone unfamiliar with
the subject can have any idea of the
immense amount of rice consumed
by the birds, and when they begin
their attacks, with the grain" just
formed, and continue them through
the subsequent stages of growth, it is
quite common to lose as much as ten
per cent, of the crop from this cause
alone. . - '. '
The- bird-minders, who are em
ployed to keep the birds away, usual
ly fail in their duty. . The sun is hot,
and the water of the rice-fields is hot,
ana the bird -minder, who is pre-
sumed to ben duty,' to avoid these1
disagreeable conditions usually seeks
the shade, while the confiding em
ployer, sitting at home, simply trusts
to luck and hopes the birds, wont
get the whole crop . , - J
A story is told that a few years ago
a 'gentleman planting rice on the
lower coast, and realizing The de
struetion of the crop by, birds! con
cluded to set apart a field of thirty
acres about ten per cent, of the
crop for their exclusive use. His
hope was that tbey would concentrate
their attention upon this special field
and would not attack the rest. And
now comes the result. They con
sumed this entire thirty acres, and it
required as much vigilance as ever to
keep them off the rest. . j
Tons npon tons of powder and shot
are consumed yearly to keep off the
rice birds, and probably twice as much
should be used, for this work should
be well done, for it is "penny wise
and pound foolish" to economize in
bird-minding, and then have "them
carry off the whole crop, as they are
sure to do if not preyented by.a vigor-
OU8 fight.
industrial manufacturing! Company.
A few days ago the Stab preferred
to the fact that the Industrial Manu
facturing Company recently organ
ized here had purchased the Claren
I don Iron Works property on Queen
I street near the river. It is learned
that the company will soon put in
machinery and expect to be in readi
ness to put their products in market
for the fall trade. At the outset, the
company will manufacture baskets,
butter dishes, crates, orange ;boxe3
and veneers. The officers of the; com
pany are I .
President John D. Bellamy, Jr.
Vice President J no. L. Boatwright
Secretary and Treasurer E. F.
Johnson. ' ' . 1
Directors-H. P. West, Thomas J.
Southerland, W. R. Barksdale, O. M.
Fillyaw, S.W. Nobles, Joseph H. Han
by, W. H. Howell, Leopold Taylor, W.
Win.
The friends of Dr. Fuller are in
dignant at the publication of Dr.
Grissom's oard, in which he asserts
that Dr. Fuller is and has been for
some time suffering from mental ail
ment. Tbey say it is nothing more
nor less than a deliberate purpose to
weaken the testimony of one who
has been silent, but who may here
after be called upon to speak and
add an important chapter or two to
the story which has already been
told". The Chronicle says that Dr.
Fnller has been confined to his houBe
for some time by sickness, but with
no trouble of a mental character, that
his mind is as clear as a bell, and that
be will be heard from in due time in
answer to the card of Dr. Grissom.
Rev. Dr. Striokler, pastor of a
Presbyterian church in Atlanta, has
surprised his congregation by de
clining an increase of salary from
$3,000 to $4,000,- hia reason being
that the congregation could find bet
ter use for the additional $1,000
which they proposed to give to him.
Looking (or a Bis Trade.
Merchants and business men gen
erally are impatiently awaiting the
opening of the business season,which
promises to be unusually active this
fall and winter. A prominent mer
chant says that while crops have been
good and better prices obtained for
naval stores and other products mar
keted in Wilmington, farmers have
been enabled to purchase supplies at
lower rates, and are consequently in
"better shape" than they were last
year. Cotton is late this season, and
for the next thirty days the move
ment of the crop will be slow, but
from all indications it is the biggest
crop ever made, and will put lots of
money in circulation.
In the city, the summer has been a
busy one, and all labor obtainable has
found employment,either on the rail
roads in course of construction or the
many buildings erected. Quite re
cently there was an actual scarcity of
labor and difficulty was found in ob
taining hands at $1.25 per day.
All these things are signs of the
times, and indicate that the ap
proachinglall will be as lively a one
in business circles as the city has seen
in many years. The farmers expert
to make a big crop, and in a few
weeks money will be plentiful and
every body-happy.
a Good Parebne.
The Industrial Manufacturing Com
pany were very fortunate in their pur
chase of the property known as the
old Clarendon Iron Works, where
their factory is to be located. Besides
the extensive brick buildings, there is
a large area of unoccupied ground
and sufficient wharf : front for ship
ping and receiving.. The location Is
excellent in all respects, having the
advantages of river navigation and
connection with -Onslow county by
the Wilmington, Onslow and East
Carolina road ; now building. The
price paid for the property, $7,100,
was very low, good judges estimating
it to be worth at least $20,000 for man
uf acturing purposes.
F. Williams, James D. Smith
Struthers, A. S Winstead.
It will be seen by advertisement
that they propose to increase their
capital stock by .two hundred shares
of a par value of twenty-five dollars
eaeh. ' j .
This is an institution calculated to
build up tbe community and furnish
employment to labor, and from the
character of the men in control! of it,
we predict eminent success to tbe en
terprise.
From Harnett Township.
A deputy sheriff and posse
down to the Sound yesterday
rest John Brock, the man alleged to
have terrorized his family and neigh
bors a few-days ago, but theyjwere
unsuccessful in the search. Persons
who have seen Brock, say thai the
man Is deranged, beyond doubt.
James Brock, a brother of John.was
arrested yesterday in Harnett town
for anassault on Mr. Ennett. Brock
was arraigned before Mayor Fowler,
acting magistrate, and fined ten aoi-
lars.
Jy. C. INSANE JLHYL.UJH.
RIetlac ot tbe New Board of Directors
E Dr. Grissom' Beslxnatloa Ten
dered and Aeecpted.
Special to the Morning Star '
- RalkighJ August 22 The new Board
of Directors of the Insane Asylum organ
ized to-day, with Richard H. Smith, of
Halifax, chairman. ; ?
. The resignation of Dr. Grissom was ac
cepted, to take eflect on the election of his
successor. The following is his resignation
in full:- 7
To the Board of Director! of the N. 0. Insane
Asylum:
Gentlemen Under the circumstances I
feel it my duty to tender my resignation of
the office of Superintendent of the N. O.
Insane Asylum. Owing to the inability
and consequent absence from duty of the
assistant physician, my immediate depar
ture would leave the institution without'
any medical care, and being unwilling to
prejudice, in the least degree, the interests
of the asylum, it is agreeable to me, it.lt is
the wish of the Board, to remain until my
successor is appointed and installed, to
whom it will afford me great, pleasure to
give full information respecting every de
tail of management, and "In 'regard to every
case in the asylum, and to aid him in every
way to enter upon the successful discharge
of his duties. Verrospctfully,
Eugbhb Gbissoic.
The Beard will meet Wednesday, Sep
tember 11th, to fill the vacancy. Dr. Bahn
son, of Salem, is prominently spoken of as
Dr. Grissom's successor, but nothing is cer
tain.
A resolution request, to Dr. Murphy,
of the Western Asylum, to detail a physi
cian to act temporarily as second assistant,
was adopted.
' Mr. Octavius Coke's resolution to accept
Dr. Grissom's resignation immediately, was
voted down. Mr. Womack offered the
substitute that it go into effect upon the
qualification of his successor,' which was
adopted. ;
GREEN Vital e, N. C.
Great Btjolclng over tbe upenlnc of
tbe Branch of the W. & W. Ball
road. Special to the Morning Star.
Gbbbhvillb. N. C, Aug. 22 Green
ville, rejoices over the opening of the
Scotland Neck and Greenville branch of
the W. & W. railroad. Ctlizena turned
out to greet the first train, and the con
ductor, Capt. Southerland, was presented
with a pair of bronzed deer botns, with
flowers, which now decorate tbe front of
the engine. This new road will develop a
fine section of "country, and do much for
Greenville. M
80VTU CAROLINA.
Threatened. Negro Violence in Bra
ley County and Troops Called Oat.
Bj Telegraph to the Moraine Star.
Chablsston.Auk.23 At Mount Pleas
ant, Berkley county, this morning, a white
lad, seventeen years old, named Shaffer,
shot and killed a negro woman named
Holmes. The shooting was accidental,
but it has much excited the negroes, who
threaten violence. The boy was lodged
in jail, and the jail is guarded by fifteen or
twenty white men. Application has been
made to the Governor for troops to preserve
tbe peace. Gen. Huguenier has ordered
the German FuBileera under arms, and they
will proceed to Mount Pleasant by the first
boat. The negroes threaten to storm the
tail, and take out Shaffer and lynch htm.
t is probable, however, that tbe affair
'will pass off without Berious trouble.
CHABLBbTOH, August 23. Frederick
Schaaf, the white boy who killed Mollie
Holmes, colored, at Mount Pleasant this
morning, was brought to this city this
evening by a detachment of soldiers and
lodged in tne station nouse ror gaiety .
After the military reached Mount Pleasant
th& sheriff of Berkley county arrested
seven of the ringleaders of the negro mob
and lodged them in jil. Negro women
were particularly violent in their throats,
but no serious trouble is anticipated.
Troops .have been quartered in the town
hall at Mount Pleasant, but will probably
return to the city to-night.
WASHINGTON.
for . the International
Concrese frocraniBae,
VIRGINIA.
TENNESSEE.
went
to ar
son th Carolina Blea.
A Georgetown (S. C.)
says
Major Roger P. Atkinson, Chief
Engineer of the Cape and Yadkin
Valley Railway, is dangerously sick
at his home in Greensboro, with drop
" A r A XI ltna
sy of tne nearc .major Ainunsuu u
many friends in-. Wilmington who
sympathize with him deeply in his
affliction.
special
that the recent freshets in tne Jfee
Dee river have done great deal of
damage to the crops. The entire rice
crop on the upper part of the! river
will be a total loss, the' plantations
having been submerged for eight or
ten days. Tbe June rice on the upper
part of the Waocamaw river will also
be a total loss, and some of the May
rice is badly damaged. The Icrops
along the middle and lower sections
of these rivers and the Black river are
safe, so far, and if they escape the
rice birds and the annual equinoctial
gales, there will be a good average
crop harvested, notwithstanding the
unpropitious spring. The April rice
is fully ten days behind in maturing,
and tbe June rice, owing to constant
rains,is advanced two or three weeks,
consequently it is feared that the
birds will destroy a great deal of it.
The News and Courier says that the
crop on the South Santee river ;is un
der water to a great extent and is
badly damaged.
Naval Stores.
Receipts of naval stores at this port
forth crop year to August 23d, as
compared with receipts to same time
last year are as follows: Spirits tur
pentine, 32,643 casks; last; year, 32.-
862. Rosin, 89,144 barrels; last year,
91,863. Tar, 19,984 barrels; last) year,
18,491. Crude turpentine, 8,892 barrels;
last year, 8,025.
Stocks yesterday as compared with
same date last year were as follows:
Spirits turpentine, 6,107 casks; rosin,
41,650 barrels; tar, 1,689 barrels;: crude
turpentine, 990 barrels. Last year
Spirits turpentine, 4,848 casks; rosin,
71,825 barrels; tar, 2,685 barrels; crude
turpentine, 676 barrels.
The illustrated ; Hand-book of
the Cape Pear & Yadkin Valley Rail
road, recently issued, and whloh has
been received with so much favorable
comment by press and people j is the
work of Mr. J. H. Myrover, of Fay
etteville. . i
coroner's Inquest on tbe Dead of the
Railroad Disaster near. &.noxvllle.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Khoxvillb, August 23. The coroner's
inquest to-day returned a verdict com
pletely exonerating the Enoxville, Cumber
land Gap & Louisville railroad from all
responsibility for yesterday's accident at
Big Flat creek. The cause of the accident
remains unknown, as experts are totally
unable to explain it.
Enoxville has a fever of unrest to-day,
and business and work at newspaper
offices is practically suspended. Large
crowds are on the streets, quietly but
earnestly discussing the accident. Scarce
ly a man iniured but was a prominent and
popular citizen. All public associations
met to-day to take action, and fittingly
commemorate the sad occasion. There
have been nn additional deaths, but the
Chairman of Public Works, Mr. Young, is
now dying, and Alderman Barry cannot
live County Judge Maloney's condition
has taken a turn for the worse, and his
friends are very anxious. .
WEST VIRGINIA.'
Preparations
American
Klc , '
Br Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Washinton, Autrust 22 The Interna
tional American Congress will meet at
Washington at noon, upon the 2d of Octo
ber next, and will be attended by from fifty
to sixty delegates, including some of the
most distinguished men of Central and
South America. It is not expected that the
Congrese will do more than perfect its or
ganization at the first sitting, and it is
probable that a reception will be tendered
the delegates by the President that evening.
Upon the following morning the party will
start upon an excursion tendered the
foreign deleeaies by the Government of
the United States. This seems the most
opportune time, as the Grand Conclave of
Knights Templar is to be held at Wash'
ingtoo during the following week and all
hotel accemmodations were en gaged months
ago?" Arrangements have been made with
,the Pennsylvania Railway Company to
take charge of the excursion, which will
be under the direction of George W. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
and William B. Curtis, representative of
the State Department. A special train of
Pullman cars of the most improved pattern,
similar to those used upon the New York
& Chicago line, with aining cars, oatn
rooms, barber shop, and other novel con
veniences, will be provided such a tram as
cannot be seen anywhere else in the world.
-The party will leave Washington at 10
o'clock Thursday morning, October 3rd,
and take a Fall River boat at New York
that evening. The next ten days will be
spent visiting commercial and manufactur
ing centres of New England and Northern
New York, with a day " at West Point
Military Academy, and the party will reach
Niagara Falls to remain over Sunday,
October 13.
On Monday the journey will be resumed
and continued to Chicago, with stops at
Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit - and other
cities. It is proposed to visit Harvard,
Yale, Michigan University and several
benevolent and reformatory institutions en
route. i
Tbe next Sunday. October 20. and the
two following days will be spent at Chi
cago, after which the large cities of the
Northwest will be visited. From Minne
apolis a special train will run down, via
Sioux City and Omaha, to Fort Leaven
worth, and return to St. Louis via Kansas
City. The capitals of Illinois and Indians
and the natural gas region will be visited
en route to Cincinnati, where, on Novem
ber 5th, the delegates from Central and
8outh America will have opportunity to see
how an election is conducted in this great
North American republic. From Cincin
nati the party will be taken to the Mam
moth Cave, and then either go through the
Southern titates or journey eastward, stop
ping at Pittsburg and other cities en route.
From Harrisburg the train will run to
Menlo Park, where the party will inspect
the laboratories of Edison, and return to
Philadelphia. Here three days will be
spent, and Wilmington, Del., and the ship
yard at Chester, Pa., will be visited on the
way to Washington, where the party will
arrive on the 14th inst.
The original plan was to take tbe party
through the Southern States from Cincm -nati
and Louisville to New Orleans by way
of Nashville, Memphis and Vicksburg and
to return to Washington by way of Bir
mingham, Atlanta, Charleston and Rich
mond, and it may yet be decided to do so;
but in order that more time may be de
voted to the Soutb, it has been suggested
by leading Southern men that the excur
sion through that section be deftned until
later in the season, when tbe winter hotels
will be open and famous resorts can be seen
at their best. This, it is argued, will be to
the advantage of both foreign guests and
places .to be visited. If the trip should be
made up in the return from the West, as
originally planned, the party would be
fatigued and satiated with sight seeing,
whereas, if it is postponed for a couple of
months, they will be fresh and in better
condition to enloy it.
Whatever the final decision may be the
journey through the South will include
visits to Enoxville, Nashville, Memphis,
Chattanooga, Vicksburg, New Orleans,
Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Atlan
ta Macon, Augusta, St. Augustine, Jack
sonville, Sivannah, Charleston, Columbia,
Wilmington, Richmond and Norfolk, with
other places en route.
It is expected that the citizens of the va'
rious places visited throughout the United
States will receive the foreign delegtes aa
their guests and show them as much atten
tion as possible during the limited time al
lowed for the excursion, and the Depart
ment of State is in correspondence with the
municipal officials and officers of commer
cial organizations for tbe purpose.
Wabhihgton, Aug. 24. Acting Secre
tary of State Wharton to-day said that no
communication from Minister Lincoln up
on the subject of the Behring. Sea seizures
has been received at the Department. He
had beard nothing beyond what he had
seen in the newspapers from tbe British
Government, as to intentions on its part to
request arbitration, and in tact tne uepari
ment has had no communication from the
British Government upon the subject since
Secretary Bayard quilted office.
Hepakiiean State convention General
Rlahono and General Campbell C
Slemp, of Lee, Nominated Respec
tively for Governo and iaenlenant
Governor by Acclamation A. Bur
glar Killed In Richmond. -
Bv Telegraph to tho Horning Star. ; , ;
Nobfolk, August 23. When Chairman
Mahone called the State Republican Con
vention to order at 12 30 'this afternoon
the Academy of Music was filled to over
flowing with delegates alternates and. visi
tors. The air was intensely hot and close.
At 12.25 the band struck uo "Dixie," and
amid uproarious applause Gen. Mahone ap
peared upon the stage.
. Chairman Mahone introduced Rev. Ver
non r Anson, who, Opened the Convention
with prayer. . ' : " "
. The chairman then addressed the Con
vention. He held his address, which was
in proof slips, in his hands, referring to It
occasionally to refresh his memory. He
aid ha returned to the Convention the
chairmanship which he had held since the
Mozart Hall Convention, ten years ago. He
reviewed the history of the party
since that time, and made a sharp at
tack upon what be termed the unfair meth
ods ot the Democratic party at the polls.
He contended that neither men nor capital
would seek the State bo long as this condi
tion of things lasted. He charged that the
Democratic party had wasted tbe public
money iu foolish and vexatious litigation
Lin the matter of the public debt. He be
lieved tne tnougntrui ana nest people or tne
State demanded that the State debt should
be honorably settled. The people of the
State were not disposed to bear the burden
of the present taxation when over twenty
five per cent, of the expenses of the gov
ernment were unnecessary.
At 12. 50 o'clock the chairman introduced
H. C Wood, of Scott county, as temporary
chairman. After the introduction and
adoption of resolutions, the appointment of
the various committees and call of the roll,
the Convention took a recess until three
o'clock.
- Nobfolk, August 22. The Convention
reassembled at 8:30 o'clock and after re
ceiving reports of various districts as to
membership of different committees took
a recess till 7 o'clock for permanent ' or
ganization. The Convention was called to order to
night by temporary chairman Wood. The
committee on Permanent Organization re
ported for permanent chairman Congress
man Geo. E. Bowden, of Norfolk, and
Asa Rogers, of Petersburg, Secretary. Mr.
Bowden was introduced and acknowledged
the honor conferred upon him in a brief
and vigorous speech . '
Col. William C. E am, of Louisa, chair
man of tbe committee on Resolutions, re
ported tbe platform, which was unani
mously adopted.
Gen. Mahone and Col.- Campbell C.
Slemp, of Lee, were nominated for Gov
ernor and Lieut. Governor respectively by
acclamation. Gen. Mahone accepted the
nomination.
. Richmond, August 22. Ex-City Ser
geant James C. Smith, whose junk
shop has been robbed several times recently,
secreted himself in the building last night
with a double-barrel shot-gun, About 2
o'clock this morning he observed a negro,
coming down the steps inside the building,"
when he fired, wounding the robber
who ran off and hid himself. Smith called
the negro to come out, which he did.
Smith alleges that he thought the negro
had a weapon in his hand and he fired the
second barrel of tbe gun into him with fa
tal effect. The wounded man was taken to
the alms bouse where he died in a few
hours. Sncitb surrendered to the authori
ties, and a coroner's jury met and returned
a verdict of justifiable homicide.- -
CALIFORNIA
HASH.
Contest A Report
Democratic Con-
The Gubernatorial
in Favor of the
te slant. ,
By Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Whbbubo, August 23, The legislative
committee on the gubernatorial contest has
commenced to read the depositions from
Mercer and McDowell counties. These are
the two counties that the- Democratic con
testant alleges were colonized by Re
publicans. The plea is on the general ground
that the miners employed there are negroes;
that they were uot citizens of the State,
and that tbey voted the Republican ticket;
that they uddoubtedly voted the Republican
ticket, because, being negroes, it was natu
ral for them to do so. It is now evident
that the committee will report in favor of
Fleming, the Democratic contestant.
Enough Goff votes have already been
thrown out to setile that point. No frauds
on either side have been found, all of the
votes thrown out being upon technicalities.
In no case has intentional fraud been
shown.. - '-.
MRS. JUAIBR1CK
Officially Informed of commutation of
Sentence Prostrated from Revulsion
of Feelinc It is Tfeoucfet She will
Not Live Lone,
. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Liverpool, August 23. The official
messenger, bearing the - announcement of
the commutation of Mrs. Maybrick's sen
tence, did not reach the jail until 2 o'clock
this morning. " The news was at once com
municated to the prisoner, who betrayed
some emotion, but not to-the extent that
was anticipated. The chaplain visited her
at breakfast time. The revulsion of feeling
had then prostrated her, and she seemed
weaker than at any time since her arrest. It
is feared that she will not live long. Brier
ly, her alleged paramour, sailed for Boston
on the sseamer Bcythia, which left Liver
pool yesterday.
Theodore Corant, the uistinguisneu vio
linist, dropped -dead yesterday in New Or
leans as be arose and put on his Lat to visit
some pupils. He studied at the Conserva
tory at Vienna, ana was a pupu oi we ia
mous Strauss.
Abdication of Leltlm Hyppollte's
Forces Occupy the capital admiral
Gberaldl Master of the Situation
Washington Officials Unesrtlan
About the Status of A flairs The
Galena Ordered to the Island.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
TUt.ttmork. August ' 24. A special
cablegram to the Sun, from Port-au-Prince
via Mole, Hayti. says: Legitime abdicated
Thursday, and embarked on a French gun
boat. A temporary government has been
formed. The Northern or Hyppolite's
army was to enter Port-au-Prince yester
day (Friday). Peace is probable.
The United States steamer Eearsage has
moved nearer the City. Admiral Gheraldi
ia master cf the situation.
Washihgtoh, August 24 Acting- Sec
retary Walker to-day received the follow
ing cablegram from Rev Admiral Gheraldi,
commanding the naval fotce on tbe North
Atlantic station, dated at St. Nicholas Mole
to-day;
"Legitime accepted the termB offered
and embarked Thursday afternoon on
board the French corvette. It is not known
where he will eo. Hf DDolite's forces occu
pied the town Friday morning. We fear a
riot. I have notified the diplomatic corps
that I will do all I can to prevent a riot.
French and English, captains will act un
der my orders. It is very important that a
new minister should be sent immediately.!
Washington, Aug. 24. The United
States steamer Galena has been ordered to
sail from New York to-morrow morning
for Hayti. 8he will take at leaBt a week on
the passage, providing shedoea not run into
the hurricane which is supposed to be com
ing up the Gulf Stream in the opposite di
rection. . :
Acting Secretary Walker gays that it ap
pears from Admiral QbeTardi's telegram
that tbe worst of tbe trouble is now over.
Still H will be prudent and necessary per
haps to keep a United States manof-war
in Haytien waters for some time to come,
to provide against the contingencies of
riot or lawlessness which may endanger
American interests.
Th a Denartment of State has not yet com
municated with Minister Douglass on the
subject of his , immediate departure
for Hayti. aa suggested by . Ad.
mini OherardL It is believed that
the request for his presence is caused
by the belief that relations between
the present United States representatives
and other foreign representatives have be
come somewhat strained. Meanwhile it is
stated as a reason tor delay in sending
Minister Douglass to his post, that this
government is in grave doubt as to the pro
per authority to whom be should be ac
credited, and while this was something of
a problem in Legitimes administration, it
has become even more complicated since
his departure, as the State Department is
in en the official ignorance of the terms of
the - capitulation and tenure by which
Hyppolitagoverns,
The Case of Magle for Killing Judge
Terry Doubts as to the Right of the
Federal Authorities to Interfere
Judge Field Denonnees Porter Ashe's
Statement as a Lie, etc.
Sah Fkahcibco, August 22 It has been
arranged between the lawyers on both
sides that when deputy marshal Nagle's
case comes up a continuance will be asked
for till Wednesday next, to give counsel
for the defense an opportunity to investi
gate the law. The lawyers are beginning
to fear Nagle cannot be held by tbe U. 8.
authorities. Judge Sawyer is reported to
be doubtful of their right to interfere in
Nagle's case, as he claims that Nagle
cannot claim to be an officer ot the
Circuit Court, as Judge Field can. If
he refuses to recognize tbe Federal right to
interfere Nagle will be promptly returned
to Stockton jail, and will be tried there.
The sentiment here in regard to hie ac
tion is still divided, but in the country,
judging from the editorial opinions, three
fourths of the people believe he showed
great eagerness to kill Terry.
There is no way of proving or disprov
ing Porter Ashe's statement that Judge
Heydenfeldt. of San Francisco, received a
letter from Judge Field, offering his sup
port to Terry if Terry would agree, to sup
port him for the Presidency. Judge Field
denounces Ashe's statement as a malignant
lie. but Heydenfeldt refuses to say a word.
Mrs. Terry reached here last night and is
expected to be present in court to-day,
when Nagle's case comes up.
The State Supreme Couit yesterday de
nied a rehearing in the Sharon-Terry cse
of its last decision, in which Judge Sulli
van's judgment was reversed.
Spirits Turpentine.
New Berne " Journal;. Joseph
Taylor from near Polloksville, who was
bitten on the finger a few days ag5 by a
whiteoake snake, is getting along all right .- .
since he had the finger amputated, From
the Batne neighborhood a little five year son
of Mr. N. M. White had a finger bitten off .
by ahorse. . '
Charlotte Chronicle: G. M. ,
Stinson, of Crab Orchard, was in Charlotte
yesterday, and he had with him a lump of "
virgin gold weighing eight pennyweights ,
and six grains, which he had found on his
farm just after the heavy washing rains
two weeks ago. The gold was almost en
tirely free. On this same farm, just before
the war, Mr. Stinson's father found a lump
of free gold that weighed nine ounces.
This is said to be the second largest lump
ot free gold ever found in North Carolina..
Mr. Stinson says there have been some few
washings for gold on his farm, but there
has been no mining.
. Asheville Citizen: John Mur
phy, George Goodlake, Dock McBrayer,
James Clark and H. W. Williams, who
were sentenced to work the streets in the
police court, yesterday morning made their
eocape from guard James Johnson, on
Woodfln street. None of the parties ,havo
been recaptured. - Cbief of detectives
Deaver returned from Chattanooga last
night, bringing with him David and Mary
Ballew, the alleged child murderers, whom
he arrested in Rhea county, Tenn , August
7. The Ballews were at once taken to the
jail and "locked in tbe same cell, where
they will remain until the assembling ot tho ...
October term efthe Criminal Court. ' ,'
Washington Progress: David ,
Fisher, colored, was tried yesterday upon
the charge of murdering his wife. There
seemed to be some doubt as to the facts but
the court committed him to jail upon tailure
to give bond. Evidently he is guilty of
heating his wife if not of murder. We"
made a trip to Aurora last week and found
the crops good and the farmers and mer
chants hopeful. The town and surround
ing country is making marked improve
ments all the while; new lands are benig
taken in and put in a state of cultivation ;
new houses are being built, and improve
ments in general are visible. This is one
of the most prosperous sections in Eastern .
North Carolina.
Wilson Advance: More corn
and wheat will be harvested in Wilson
county this year than has been in several
yearSj we are informed by an observant
farmer. Everybody praises the qual
ity of the tobacco raised in Wilson county.
The receipts from the sale of tobacco will
be materially felt in wnson county mis
year. -A colored Presbyterian Church
has been organized in Wilson. ;A number
of our best and most highly respected col
ored people are members. For seve
ral days a protracted meeting has been in
progress in the Methodist Church at Stan
tonsburg. Considerable interest has been
manifested and much good has been done.
Morganton Star: Died at his
residence, near Hickory, on Monday, Aug.
12th, Mr. John Deal, in his 77th year.
Mr. W. E. Brittain, of the South Moun
tains, left a beet in our office this week
which measured 24 inches in circumference.
Died at her home at Mull Grove, Ca
tawba county, Friday, August Otb, of ty- '
pboid fever. Miss Laura Williams, daugh
ter of Ambrose Williams, in her 22d year.
On last Tuesday morning, as Green
Moore, colored, of Glen Alpine, was eross- -ing
the Catawba river on horseback at
Avery ford, the river being up about three
feet, be was washed from his horse and car
ried into what is known as the "suck holo,'
about one hundred yards below the ford,
and drowned.
Charlotte News: Mrs. Laura C.
McGinnie, wife of Mr. E. D. McGinnis,.
died suddenly at her home, on Graham st
in this city, at noon to-dayr A letter
received in this city yesterday announced
the death at Jonesville, N. C, on Bun day,
18th inst., of Mrs. Davey Dougherty, at -
the age of 81 years. The disputed
county line between Union and Mecklen
burg counties has been fixed by law, and
Mecklenburg gains some tax-payers who
have formerly been paving tribute to the
tax collector of Union county. At a
meeting of the board of aldermen yester
day afternoon, a resolution to issue bonds
to the amount of $90,000 for street im
provements, passed its first reading by a
unanimous vote of the aldermen.
Salisbury Truth: Henry Win
ford. Col., tried for burglary this week,
was convicted and sentenced to be hanged
on the' 2Bith of October next. j. Mr.
Kluttz, the President of the Yadkin road,
is in receipt Of letters from various point
along the prospective line, asking for tbe
extention of the road and offering assistance
and encouraging words. Bob Brown
says he stood in Mr. ' bottom the
other day and touched with a three-foot
- THE COTTON CROP.
Circular from a Montgomery House
This Tear's the Largest Sver Pro
duced High "Friees Expected from
How Until 1st of October.
" By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Montgomkbt, Awl., August 22. Leh
man, Durr & Co , cotton factors, have
issued a circular, in which they say :
"The general cotton crop of tbe country
for the present year, 1839. promises to be
tbe largeat ever produced in the United
States, but on account of there being of tbe
stocks now carried by spinners so much
poor cotton, thty (the spionerO will
be compelled to buy of the first picking
this year in order to get a better grade
with which to work off their old
stock, so that for a time at least there will
be a good demand for the new crop, and at
high prices. It looks reasonable to us that
cotton will bring higher prices from now
until the 1st of October than at any time
during the next season, and if this be true
then it behooves the producers to pick and
get to market every bale they can between
this and the 1st of October, in order to avail
themselves of the high prices likely to pre'
vail"
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Tbs mount Pleasant Attalr Troops
Still Under Arms.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Charleston, August 24. One company
Of soldiers remained at Mount Pleasant last
night to preserve the peace in the event
that the negroes should attempt to incite a
riot. Fred. Scharfer, the boy who killed
the negro woman, was lodged last night
in Charleston jail, but fears have been en
tertained that the negroes would make a
demonstration to-day. The Governor,
in response to the request of the local
authorities, to-day issued an oraer to tne
Montgomery Guards and Irish Volunteers
to hold themselves ready tr proceed
to Mount Pleasant to-night, upon the
first intimation oi . irouoie. ine
Carolina Rifles and the Gatling gun detach
tent were also oraerea to oe reaay tor ser
vice if needed. - .
Ronorts were receivea to-aay tnai tne ne
groes in Christ Church parish were arming,
but the situation is evidently not serious,
and the rumors are greatly exaggerated.
Large numbers of negroes go to Mount
Pleasant every Saturday to trade at stores,
and when full of whiskey are very boister
ous, but no trouble is anticipated by cool
heads. The village barr,ooms were closed
today, and the excitement will pass away
In a rlav or tWO. . ' 1
- The ringleaders in the attempted riot yes
terday have been committed to lail for trial
at the next term of court, in default of bail.
stick 45 ears of growing corn without get
ting out of his tracks; and we all know it
has been a bad year for bottom corn at that.
We have in our office an Irish potato
vine measuring 8 feet in length, : and said
to have yielded a water-bucket full of po
tatoes as large as your double fist. This
vine was grown in Davidson county by
Mr. A. A. Young. He has an eighth of
an acre of the same and expects to gather 50
bushels
Raleigh News-Observer : The
laying of sewer pipes, on Wilmington,
North Market and Martin streets was com
pleted yesterday, and the putting down of
the Belgian block street was resumed.
Gov.vFowle received yesterday the letters
of acceptance from John D. Briggs, Esq.,
as Director of the North Carolina Insane
Asylum, and Dr. Charles Duffy. Jr., of
Newbern, as a member of the Board of
Public Charities. Almost evert side
track at the two depots are filled up with
freight cars. There is evidently a gi eat ln
crease in the receipt of freight here.
There will be a special meeting of ' the -Board
of Directors of the North Carolina
Insane Asylum Thursday. The Ex
ecutive Committee of the Agricultural Col
lege will hold an adjourned meeting in this
city on Friday next at 10 o'clock a.m., for
the purpose of issuing a prospectus of the
College. This committee also has charge
of the duty of selecting a proper person for
President of tbe institution, and when they
shall have settled upon such a man, to call
a full meeting of the trustees.
Fayetteville Observer: On tbo
19th inst the handsome and commodious
residence ot Mr. M. E. Dye, on Ramsey
street, was destroyed by fire. Col.
W. J. Green left on Saturday for an ex
tended trip through the Southern States,
during which time he will spend several
days with ex-President Davis at Beauvoir,
Miss. Rev. 8. R. Trawick, who has
been residing here for some time past, has
gone to Walnut Cove to take charge of the
Walnut Cove high school. CoL W.
J. Green narrowly escaped a fatal accideut
on his return home from the city a few
evenings since. His horse took fright and
despite the driver's efforts ran away, break
ing the carriage into flinders and throw
ing tbe Colonel out. Fortunately he bus
tained only slight injuries. The Plain
View protracted meeting, in which Rev.
Mr. Evans was assisted by Rev. T. P. Bar
clay, of the Presbyterian church of this
city, during last week, has been attended
by the most beneficent results. On Mon
day afternoon Mr. Barclay received a tele
gram from Mr. Evans to the effect that
the interest was increasing and requesting
him to return. We learn that wit bit the
past few weeks there have been 1,500
conversions in Robeson county.
' Concord Standard : Mrs. K.
B. White, the mother of Mr. Ed. F. White,
of the Farmers' Store, died at her home
Wednesday evening, just after the death
of her little grand-daughter. . Died, ..
Tuesday night, at his home in this county,
Mr. D. Jenkins Fink, of typhoid fever.
Mr. Fink was about thirty-five years of
age, and leaves a wife and six small chil
dren. 1 We were sorry to learn of the
death of Miss Mollie Barringer, which oc
curred at the house of her father, Capt.
Caleb Barringer,- of Poplar Tent, last Mon
day evening, Tbe cause of her death was
typhoid fever, from which she suffered for
several weeks. Mr. D. M. Howard,
a carpenter living near the depot, went to
Charlotte on the midnight train Saturday
night, and while under the influence of
whiskey lay down on tbe railroad track
under some box cars. Some one made
him move from that place, then he lay
down on the track again. Just at this
time the north bound morning train on the
Richmond & Danville railroad was getting
ready to start, and, ia shifting, came up to
Howard, and, just as it was slacking up.
the cow-catcher struck him and crushed
his arm, cut the flesh from one leg and in
jured him internally. He was brought on
to Concord, where he was attended by Dr.
Archey until bis death at 10 o'clock Wede
nesday morning,