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The Weekly Star.7 "URLISHBD AT" ' WILSIINGTON, N.C., AT $1.00 A IBAB, IN ADVANCE. 8S38S8SS888888888 ' SSSSSS8SS8iissSS S88888888sii8S8i H w 8 SSa'SSggSS8888g'8'a58' 888S8888SS88S8SS3 8SS88SSS88S88838S' ir(a8WB 888888E8888888888 " Ag -""ggsssgagssa'ss 88SSP88388888S888 ..u, 8.s.88.s.S8888888gSS8 . Sf ' e . : J : . 'Y ; ' .:- '" ;;;';V,;:'sr-c. Entered at the Post Office atrWilmtajrton. N. C as Seoond Class Matter.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, The subscription price of ' the Wkkkxt Stab is as follows ; . v v , ; ? Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 , " " 6 months .' .a..60 " " 3 month s . .80 THE CONTEST IN YIttIIAvi Mahone has began , his campaign in Virginia and the battle is now on. It will be 'getting warmer and warmer until the . result is , decided at the ballot box in November. Never did a man enter a canvass with apparently more odds against mm, and yet he seems hopeful and is boldly defia&t. .'. He has staked his all on this issue, for victory to him means power and eelfVaggrandize ruent, defeat means ruin and obliv ion. Realizing this he will straggle desperately to the end. He has pluck, self-confidence and monu mental cheek, ability, canning and organizing? talent of a high order. - wuicd inaaes uim a oau man 10 nan die. and a dangerous competitor at all times. He knows what he has to count upon and what he has .to con tend against, and he has entered upon this contest with his eyes wide open and is fnliy conscious of the task he has undertaken. , V ; Y.'.- He has arrayed against him the re spectable, intelligent, patriotic white people of Virginia. ; He knows this. Among these are many who in former years stood - shoulder to t boulder with him' in political con tests, and recognized him as a lead er. They have become disgusted with liia domineering dictatorship and self-seeking' ambition, and have revolted against them and repudi ated him. He knows this. " Arrayed against him also . -ere many Northern men, who have be come citizens , of Virginia, who are Republicans, bat despise the man and his methods. He knows this. Arrayed against him are the Qaa kers of Loudoun and adjoining coun ties, who are nearly, all Republicans, the ballot to cast it for each a man. He knows this. . On the other hand he has to count upon -for support the moral and ma terial aid of the Washington admin isfrration, which is helping him with all the influence ana patronage at its command. He knows this. He has the co-operation and mate rial support of Boss Qaay and blocks-oi-hve JJudley, wno will see him through to the end. He knowB ' this. " " ' ' ' . He has the active co-operation of the federal office-holders in Virginia, many of whom hold their places at his gift, some now onjthe stamp, and all ready to. do his bidding. He . knows this. .. These are his allies. - - He must look for his voters among me negroes to wnose creuumy uu race prejudice he appeals and to the floating white vote of the State which be hopes to win by . dema- gogism and false pretence. - : The negroes, however, are not solid for him,-notwithstanding the fact that he baa succeeded in baying John Langston, who before the sale was loud in his opposition to and denunciation of him. With all the odds against bim he has one potent agency to count upon, "the full power of which he appre ciated, and that is money, with which t Mtill Via . 1.1ava!1.t anrknllAil ' U D Will . UUVldliJ " DUyUVUI Wheret votes can be bought . they will be bought, and where voters can be colonized, they ; will be colonized. It will take money to do 11 ria frtrtK- coming. Along the West Virginia border, along ! the North Carolina border, and from the other side of the Potomac the recrnits will come and will.get in their work if they are not watched and spotted. There is no election in North. Carolina or West Virginia this fall, so they pre sent a good field to import floaters from, while the recruiting agents in Washington can pick up a 'good many idle colored ' brothers who would not object to taking an excur sion into Virginia.for a few weeks if reasonably compensated for it. .But the Democrats of Virginia, who are - not ignorant of Mahone's methods, ought to be able to spot and pip this colonizing business in the start. - From the present outlook, with al the different elements of opposition combined against him, it does not seem possible that :- Mahone can be ected, and he can't be unless the Democrats regard ; bis defeat : as a V VOL. XX. f forgone conclusion and oast a lighter vote than they would if they thought there was an j danger of his election. He may, and doubtless ; will, find some voters ' whom his money can bay, bat they will be too few to tarn the scale of the Democrats do - their Jail duty. If they do Billy will be covered so deep ander ballots, that he will be politically buried for all time to come.' This is what they ought to resolve to do, not only to defeat him bat to bury him. . STATE TOPICS. " The editor of the New Berne Journal speaks of having seen some very , fine Irish , potatoes raised at Black Mountain, in this State, whioh are pronounced very much ; supe rior to any Northern potato that comes to that market. North Carot lina " can ; and "does produce' as flHe"HEndoir to-Jevelop Id extoair-Tropr- Irish potatoes as grow anywhere in the world, and it has--'always been a matter of surprise ' to ns that oar farmers have given so little atten tion to their cultivation. It is true that railroad rates are sojhigh that there is no profit . in shipping them, and this is not saying maeh for the railroads, bat this' is no reason. why enough should not be raised to sup ply oar home markets which ship' annually large quantities of Northern potatoes to meet the demands which oar farmers'fail to supply. There is not a town in North Carolina which could not be amply iapplied by the country tributary to it. The trial of Father Boyle, on a charge of rape, is set for next Wed nesday in the Superior Court at Raleigh. It is reported that the de tails of the trial will be written up and published in pamphlet form. The Christian Advocate enters its solemn protest against this, and also appeals to Judge Armfield to exclude rom the court room all minors, in both of which the Stab heartily con curs with the Advocate. We would go farther than this and exclude not only minors, in trials of this charac ter, bat every one who had not a personal interest in the trial, or some good valid reason, aside from mere morbid cariosity) for being present, if the judge had ' discretionary powers in- , such cases. The publication - of such a pamphlet would simply be pandering to licen tiousness for the purpose of making a few dollars out of it. No one In spired by the instincts of deoenoy would engage in it, and every one who would protect the young people of the State from its demoralizing influ ence should protest against it. At the late Insane Asylum investigation the people of this State were deluged with scandal enough ; to last for one decade at least. Do not let us have another deluge so soon. It seems that the Secretary of War has written to Governor Fowle in reference to to the suggested remov al of the Geronimo band of Indians numbering we think about 160, from their present place of confinement in Alabama to the Cherokee reservation in this State. The Governor bas re plied strongly ' objecting to the loca tion of these captive scalpers within the limits of this State, as against the wishes of the. white people in that section of the State and of the Indi ans, also, now resident there. He of fers a suggestion for the benefit of the Secretary", that they be removed to some of the abandoned lands in Vermont. This little bit of humor on the part of the Governor,, will hardly strike the Secretary with con vincing force, nor, the Vermonters either, who will not be apt to tumble with much alacrity to such a Fowle proposition. With the Avow ed opposition to this scheme by the Governor and the - people of the Western portion of the State where it is proposed to locate " these , red skins, it is not likely that the Govern ment will pursue it any further. The Raleiab Hews and Observer says that a letter has been received bv the Governor stating that the headboards over the graves of North Carolina Confederate dead buried at Fredericksburg, Va., have almost rotted away, so that the inscriptions can hardly be recognized. There are 370 North Carolina - Confederates buried there from the following .re giments: 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6, 1, 12, 13, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30 33, 87, 38, 45, 48,' 58. ' There are . soldiers from other Southern States there interred, but thteo have taken steps to care for their cfead and perpetuate their mem ory. The State of North Carolina should either have the remains of her soldiers buried there Interred togeth er and a fitting - monument placed over them to mark the spot, or have them removed to - oar own : State, which would be. better, and whioh certainly could be done if an earnest effort were made. . . It is estimated that - it costs $75,- 000,000 a year to take care of the criminals in the prisons of the United States, and this does not ' include the Republican boodlers who are not in prison bat should be. 1- JdLLi IT EPFBT IN MBXIOO. - ' Mexico is naturally a muoh favor ed country; in mineral deposits it is a very rich country-. It has in it all the elements of wealth and greatness.: It is in muoh the same condition that some portionsj of our own South ern ooantry is, it needs capital and enterprise to develop its natural re sources and tarn them to profitable account. - This is" what American capital . and enterprise ought to be doing, bnt they are not.--The""dis oriminating ' policy of - ur Govern ment has given - Englishmen the ad vantage and . they have been quiok to take it. The Mexican Mnan cier - discussing . this subject, says - that. English oapital is now. clearly in preponderance in that Republic and that almost ever week new companies are organized in ties., English capital is backing the enterprise : to drain ' the': valley .of Mexioo, and is also building the en - tire-system ofrailways in the South ern part of the Republic, amounting in ail in round figures to, about $65,- 000,000. .English capital has a con trolling interest ia the Mexican Cen tral railway. Eugliah money is trans forming Tampioo into a safe and ac cessible port, and the .Financier-re marks that look on whatever side you will you will find English capital and energy at work in providing Mexioo with the means of develop ing and making the most of her marvelous resources. What does this mean? It means simply this, that at this rate English oapital and English " influences will eventually be supreme in that coun try and shape its trade and commer cial policies. When it controls the trafiio systems of the country, it practically controls its trade and its enterprises, and can make it to all in tents and purposes a commercial trib-. atary to Great Britain. With snoh vantage ' ground American capital and enterprise would be forever crowded out of that - ooaotry or driven to the wall if they ventured within the occupied territory. There is some American oapital there now, invested in railroads and mines, but it is haodioXpped by the discriminating policies of our own Government from whioh Eng lish oapital is exempt. There are no tariff bars between England and Mexico to discourage, or create pre judice against English enterprise and capital," while these ' do, confront the American who seeks that country as a field for the investment of capital or the expansion of trade. "" . Within the past few months the Treasury' Department, in the interest of the silver mining companies of the West,made a decision in reference to silver-lead ores imported from Mexi co whioh led to a retaliatory policy by Mexioo, which went into force on the 27th alt., imposing high duties on cattle, horses, mules, sheep, meat, etc., - all of whioh were on the free list, and in the shipment of . which Western peo ple were largely interested The dressed meat business was becoming one of so much importance that re frigerator cars had been put on the railways to send it through to the City of Mexico, from Kansas City, Missouri. " . " Here are several industries, all of which would eventually attain large proportions crippled, it not destroy ed, by discriminating restrictions about some lead ore, which will ben efit no one in the world "except the few Silver Kings who own and ope rate the silver mines of Nevada and Montana. This is not done out of hostility to this country,' for which Mexico has rather a friendly feeling, but simply to show that when dis crimination against ;. Mexioo ia exer cised for the protection of certain favored - interests, Mexioo can also discriminate to protect her own in terests. . Aa. the Mnancier puts it, "sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." She has '. given - as more sauce than we expected, and she will give us a double dose if we persist in the short-sighted policy of invit ing it. Hon. James E. Campbell, Demo cratic candidate for Governor : of Ohio, has Bet an example to able-bodied Republican pension drawers, which, however, they .will not be apt to follow, After the war he drew a pecsion, on account of ill health, for some time. ' Bat when his health was restored be relinquished the pension. How different from millionaire Sena tor Manderson, who draws his pen sion regularly, and in addition to this $4,000 back pay by a relating of Commissioner Tanner. . - , A colored citizen and merohant of Georgia, says what the sable citizen wants is "fewer conventions and more hog and hominy." He has evidently" travelled around.;, with both eyes open." It will be a good day for the colored denizens generally when they come to the -same conclusion-. Maj. Warner has finally and posi tively deolined to pick up Tanner's Pension Bareau poroapme. " ' WILMINGTON,-. N. ., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1889. . ;niNOtt BIENTIONt' - This country onoe had a merchant marine of her own, that would com pare with that of any country 7, Now her ooean -trafiio is mainly done i European bottoms. The tribate paiol to foreign ship-owners for ocean freightage . last year amounted to $171,000,000. Our people cannot oompete with foreign ship-builders because the high tariff taxes on ship building material makes this impossi ble, and . the consequence is that as the old ships have disappeared from' the seas their places have not been filled with new ones, our merohant marine has practically disappeared, and oar carrying trade has passed into the hands of foreign ship-owners and even oar foreign-, mails are -carried ander the British flag, i If it were not for the suicidal policy which has dir' stroyed - oar merehaAt-martne-: aof-L prevents - its re-establishment ; our ships would still float the seas and - . . . - r bear our flag into the ports o the world as . theyonce did before, the stranglingprooefs .was inaugurated, and instead of paying tribate to other nations for freightage, other nations would be paying'tribute to us. Ia an interview with General Lee, of Virginia, a few days ago with a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun he expressed his regrets that tho white and colored races were drifting further apart every year iu Virginia,, which, he says, is the fault of the colored people who persist in array ing themselves,: under malign influ ences, against the best interests of Virginia and her t tax-payers. The negroes do not seem to realize what the people of that State have done or them and the friendly disposition shown to helpthem along by a peo ple who ependafor- the education of colored children j$340,000 a year,' less than ten per cent, of which is payed by colored people. Io addition to this there is a colored insane asylum at Petersburg supported - at a cost of $140,000. And yet when it comes to political action a few unprincipled' self-seeking bummers can lead these people and 'wield them in solid mass against their best friends. But Vir ginia is not an exoeption in this re spect. It is so throughout the south. The Republicans of New York held a Slate convention a few days ago. . Mr. Depew; w . temporary chairman.. In his speech he was out spoken in favor of tariff reform, and paid especial attention to the duty of the Government to reduce the sur plus. -The large surplus, he said, "represents - unnecessary taxation." Mr." Cleveland said some time ago that "unnecessary taxation was un just taxation," which is the position the Democratic patty holds. It ,is an encouraging sign of the times when men like Depew mount the Democratic platform and talk Dem ocratic doctrine in a Republican State convention. This is an evU dence of progress, and a proof that they are learning something. 8A.TM0 JTHoai THIS SBJl. A I.oa Flabarnaaa Rue from , Watery Grave. .The Clyde steamer Benefactor, CapK Ingram, which arrived here yesterday morning from New York, rescued and brought to this port an nnfortnnate seaman who was found adrift in an open boat at sea on the afternoon of Thursday last," about twenty-five miles southeast of Fen wick's Island. ' The man was seen at the steamship wharf yesterday. He gave . his name as B. F. Lane, of Newark, N. J., and says he was em ployed on the fishing: smaek (ftneral Grant, of Summers Point, a. J. The smack had ten .men aboard, includ ing the captain and crew, and was engaged . catching bluefisn for Ful ton market, New York. Wednesday the 2th, at 8 p. m.; about thirty-five miles off Cape May, Lane was fishing a short ' distance . from the ' smack. He had nothing with bim in the boat but a jug of water, his fishing tackle and a single pair - of . oars. About twenty minutes after ; he bad commenced fishing he caught a small shark, some - two feet in length, and seeing ' several - other- sharks around the boat, he went forward to pull up his anchor, knowing that his chances for catching blue fish with" sharks around were rather sUin. , Be found. however, that- the cable at tached to the anchor had pirted and that his beat was adrift. The weather at this time had grown : foggy and he lost sight of the smajck, and although he rowed about and halloaed, he heard no answering . sound from the smack and soon realized that he was lost. During' that night and the next day.be says,he hailed several passing vessels, but could not make himself beard, and it was not until i o'clock Thursday the 26th, that he was seen from the Benefactor, and himself and boat were picked up by Captain Ingram and' kindly oared for, after he had been adrift twenty, four hours, without, food and with a small sup ply of water. ' '' :- ; '; ', "J Lane congratulates himself upon his. fortunate escape from the peril he was ' in; but says that ' he has had ' enough :of fishing. He has been engaged in the business for some eight years, bat thinks his luok in this line has about run out.' : Da ring the severe gale On the North At lantic about two weeks afiro. Lane was On the fishing smack Gertrude JSiifunerg which was wreckediofl Dela ware. Breakwater, and he with the other men on board narrowly escaped witn tneir ayes. Fr the Part villa Ontcnalal Arrangements are on' foot but have not yet . been completed, - -to run a special train, between ' Wilmington and Fayetteville . every; day during the centennial celebration which will be held at the latter place in Novem ber next..! The train will be run over the Carolina Central and Cape - Fear & Yadkin Valley railroads, leaving Wilmington' at 4 6.30 o'clock in the morning,' connecting with the Cape Fear & Tadkin Valley road at Maxton at 9 a. m., and, arriving at Fayette ville about 10.80;a. m, Returning, train will leave Fayetteville at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and reach Wilmington about half-past 8 o'clock, the same evening! 'Thus, giving Wilmington people an opportunity to spend six o seven hours in ; Fayetteville,' see all the sights and return in the . evening in time for a good night's rest at their homes. . The idea is a .capital one and will qndoubtedlyxnefet with -popular favor, . 4;?:. The"Carortn(L.: Central' proposes'' a similar ' arrangement for Charlotte, the special train to leave that city at Bix o'clock in the mornio g .. and. make connection at Maxton at nine o'clock with,, the train that . leaves' Wilming ton' for-Fayetteville. r ' Tbe St. JTobna Dynamite KxplaaloB, j Capt. Moore, who was blown up in the dynamite explosion . on' the St. John's river, Florida, on the 5th in stant, has returned to Wilmington. He gives a graphic account of the dis aster, through which his - son and a colored boy lost their lives. Captain Moore says ; their bodies were not blown to pieces as reported in tele grams at the time,' but that both? fell in the water., and sank before assis tance could reach 2 them.- i The re mains of the unfortunate i- men were not recovered. The colored boy Bwani a short distance before he sank, but young Moore was probably killed in stantly. ' Fire in BranawieK, - ; A store occupied by Carter & Mor rill, at Brinkley's, in Brunswick coun ty, seventeen miles from the city on the W., C. & A. R. R., was destroyed by fire about - 1 o'clock yesterday morning, together with all of the con tents! The building was owned by Mr. David S. Cowan, and was insured with Messrs. Smith & Boatwright in the Fire and Marine Co. of Virginia for $300. Messrs. Carter & Murrill had some insurance on their stock but the amount is not known. It is supposed the fire was the work of an inoen- diary. - - : - .. - - ."- ' ' The Rica crop. " '":'' Messrs. Dan Talmage's Sons in their report of the rice crop say that it will not exceed that of last year and many predict a falling away of from 25 to 30 -iqiw.- , yuMM. a. ' prospects of the crop in North and South Carolina are as follows: .. - North Carolina Acreage about the same as last year; yield 15 per cent, larger, but not up to the average of the past decade; quality fine; harvest ing on tide-water crop fairly under way; upland not ripe; planters in good financial condition and will not part with crops at muoh if any below pre sent prices.- : " South Carolina Acreage slightly under last year; yield slightly larger, but below the average of the past de cade; quality prime; harvesting of early plantings progressing under fa vorable conditions, but not over twenty-five per cent, absolutely safe, balance still in fields; June and up land scarcely ready; planters in good position to hold, but disposed to meet fair price. - Cap Fear Biver ImprTemet. Capt. Flowers, who is in charge of the working force, engaged in the im provement of the Cape Fear river be tween Wilmington and Fayetteville, arrived here late yesterday afternoon with the steam-launch . W. G. Wright and the steam-hoister CyclopSy used for ; pulling snags and jtree-stumps from the bed of the river. .: Capt. Flowers will go up the river, to day with the steam launch, aod next week the working force will begin the construction of stone jetties which are to be put in at Elizabeth ton, Mpreb,ead and Melvin Shoals. - The funds appropriated by the Government for the improvement of the upper Cape Fear are nearly ex hausted, and as most of the obstruc tions in the river have been removed, the money available wil be expended in building the . Jetties mentioned. Capt. Chas. Humphreys is .the resi dent engineer in charge of the work at Fayetteville, under direction of Capt. W. H. Bixby, U. S. engineer. A. correspondent writes the Star: "The merchants and business men of Rocky Mount held a meeting last Fri day; evenih g to take into considera tion the building of one or more to bacco prize houses. After the object of the meeting being explained by Hon. B, H. : Bunn, setting forth the necessity and advantages of erecting such a house, very - soon enough stock' was - subscribed, 'not only for one, but for two prlze.houses. Such houses are not only an actual neces sity, but greatly promote the interest of the town. The merchants- mani fested a lively interest in -the enter priseand sustained the project most liberally. This wa a stroke of poli cy made in the right direction, and soon the saw. and hammer will be heard- in the ereotion of these houses." Tbe fill of Blalleta. The nsnermen on tne sounds are reaping a harvest. Mr. James A. Hew lett caught 20,000 mullets on Mason- boro last Friday, and on the same day, at Wrightsville, Mr. W. B. Davis' seine 'landed: about' 3,000, ; while at Carolina Beach Arohie Freeman hauled in over , wo. a large num ber of hands ' are employed at the fisheries,' salting and packing the fish. : .. Durham Globe: The teaohers' institute, which waa advertised to be held in Durham under , the supervision of Prof. Mclver. beeinning tbe slat or October, baa been postponed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to the first or second week in iiecemoer. qp, a id .' : -OUL A CoBfldeatlal Xettrr mad Peatlc Sa Telia ail tknt ku Huittmit Oflieej Catiaa ot hia Ba , . ByTelejcrapb to the Konifaia' Star. : Bt Louts. Sentemher 28. A mwni&i tn the Bepubliean from CaJd well, Ohio, gives the following letter, which explains itself. Its authenticity is fully vouched for. " - , , XIBFABTKENT OF THK 1NTKRIOK. " - - Bureau of Pensions, ) ' . Office of the Commissioner, f Wabhusoton. D. C. 8ert. 19th. 188U. - Confidential - ; r To the Hon. J. M. DalzeJL Caldwell: My Dear Dalzeli I have yours . nf Ihn 16th. . I think I have read all that has bten printed aa coming from your lips or pen. xror lour reat warmth of aood feeling T thank you from the bottom of my heart, and now, oace for all, about the : deputy ship, I want to say to you . that the Preti (lent never saVd ona.woiiiuae Imav yg? I cannot come out and eav that- cuhliclv. and you mmt not quote - it, hut ii is God 's irata. - . - The one snnointed first denutv was from Noble's State, and bad lost two limbs.. Of course I couldn't kick. I imagine -that your keen eye has caused you to discern, and that you are contemplating the effect in Ohio . of two thinjra tecectlv done in the Pension Office. . 'W hen I Bay receotly, 1 BieiD I practically went out,; for while! am (Jommissioner. and will be until my successor ia appointed nd qualifies, I am taking ' no ' part -r in ' the duties-of : the onlc8k holdins mvself on leaver.: . While Commissioner I issued two orders,- which I thought aod stilt think were mighty sood ones: First, that tha 83.00Omen on the p6nsion roll, at less than $1 a month, should all. unless they had had medical examination within a vear. be ordered for examination before their home board, with b view to nnttine them no" at least to the $1 per month pension, or droo them off the roll?, for it : was and U my opinion, that for a man who is worthy of any pension at all, a dollar a- week ia small enough to consider a Deneion. Mv second order was that thereafter, in the settlement or a pension claim, tne word or a private, if he wag a man of good character and standing, should amount to aa much in the settlement ot a claim as the word of a man who had perhaps worn the shoulder atrana oi a eecona lieutenant.-- The actine Commissioner revoked both of these orders, according to the Wash ington Pott and other papers, but as be is a man who dare not say hia soul is his own, he did it under the instruction of Noble or Bussey. v.-, .. ' -:.'-..-- I am told this afternoon that the order revoking my deciaion in small pension cases has been rescinded, but you can see what the spirit is. How under heaven's name are they gcing to make the boys believe that there is to be no change in tha policy t Smith also is.ued an order stopping all re ratings. He did not object to it until after bad rerated him and. nut him ud to 72 for the loss of his arm and leg, thereby put tine 6.035 in his pocket, I held, and still hold, that be was clearly entitled .to it, but is it not contemptible that a man who has had that done for him, and who had acqui esced cordially In hlsoWncae, should now be so pronounced against the rurattng of the poor deviia who. uerhattf. from the effects of malarial poisoning, chronic diar rhoea or some disease ot that kind, suffer twice as much as a man does from ampu tation t . - - -.'--. I want to say to you that I did not resign until the President and SocreUry had both Said to me : in the same minute, that the completed report of the investigating com mittee, which lay before them, eontmed no word which could impeach the bout-sty of my action in the slightest degree Then l haa to consider whether I - was man enoueh to decline to continue in a position. 1 riors did not desire me, even conceding that I could stay against their wishes, which is not true. I have not the slightest doubt but that I would have been removed it I had cot re signed ; in fact I know it. Noble had cer tainly pronounced his ultimatum to be my head orfiia resignation, and of comae a break in hia Cabinet would have embar rassed Harrison greatly, -. Now that I have completed my report. and bave done so carefully and thoroughly, leaf to you, aa one whose good opinion I value, mat art unaer neaven . tney can charge me with is too much liberality and too much speed in the granting of pen Bions. I think you wili agree with me that we have had impecuniosity and . procrasti nation enough, ao that it would take more than six montba of my time to bring it up to a decent average. - -. Of the future I know nobing. if the boys, and particularly those in Ohio, ac quiesce, why it is safe to say that Tanner will be lelt where be is in the soup. Among the promotions announced in the Pension OfflceZnight before last ia that of Harrison T. Bruoa, of Colorado, to be a member of the Board of Pensiona Appeals in the Secretary 'a office, at $2,000 a year. tie bad been detailed ror duty in tne sec retary a - office . for some months, and was appointed by the 8ecietary, one of the Commision which in vestigated the ' Pension Office, Don't you think it would have looked a little bet ter if they had waited at least until after I nao passed out or omciai me oerore tney promoted" him T Some will be cynical enough to reflect upon csubc and effect, service and reward. With all my heart, very trnly.yours, Jakbs Tahhkb. P. 8. I have written you with great free dom. Don't give me any cause to regret it by saying anything about thia letter. It la to you solely. COLORED EPISCOPALIAN 8. Proeeelna;a ot tha Convention Held In . New Vora. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nbw Yobk, Septembei 27 At the Episcopal Colored Clergyman's Convention to-day. a motion to make the ensuing con ference triennial was lost . A committee, consisting of Revs. W. V. Turnell, of Brooklyn, George P. Braggert, of Norfolk, Paulus Moore, of Liberia, C. Ulahop, of new xork, ana rnomas .w. Cain, of Galveston, was appointed to pre sent to the General Conference of the Uni ted States next week a memorial which. after setting forth certain facts relative to church doctrine, says; In view of the foregoing facts, we ask what is the position of colored men in the Church ? Is it - in accord with the race doctrines taught by the Church, that when' men bave once been admitted into the aa cred ministry of the Communion of the Church, newjestnctions should be maoe in the spiritual and religious rights of the col ored man which: should not be made in those : of the white man f We' ask the -General Conference to give ns an emphatic and unequivocal answer to this one earnest ana almost oepairtng question, ' At the evening session an address was delivered by the Rev.-Dr. McDuff, of Raleigh, N. C, on the condition of the Church in the South. : GOP. f OWLB.; Hia Bxealleney Disapproves of the PropoalUon to colonise Indiana in North Carolina. ; -'- By Telegraph to the Mora tar Star. Raleigh. N. C September 27. Gov. Fowle. in reply to the letter of the Secreta ry of War, suggesting the removal of . the Indians at Mount Vernon (Ala.) barracks to the mountain section of North Carolina; expresses disapproval ot the , pro position. as that region is in process of . rapid settle ment by whites, and suggests that the Indians be located on the abandoned lands ot Vermont. cx ; Shelby. Aurora'. l Mr. Guilford Wall, in Rutherford county, has a huge pumpkin, weighing 180 pounds. This la the correct weight by Dr. Thos. Carpenter and Tennessee Tate, who are witnesses oi its accuracy. r-Mra. Rebecca Green, at Boiling Soring, in this county, has peculiar calf, one month old. ; It haa pecu liar motion In its hind legs, leaping like rabbit, with both hind feet together. W NO; 48 v V MEW CRUISERS Ordered . to be Balls at tha : Navy Tarda. Jr':. v': By Telegraph to tha Morning istar. Washihgtoh;. , September 26. Chief constructor Wilson to-day, by. direction of Secretary Tracy, seat a letter to Commo dore Ramsay,' commanding the New York Navy Yard, in which he aays: ' rbe de partment having directed that one of the 8,000 ton ateel cruisers be built at the yard under your command, the Bureai forwards by mail the plans, and twelve copies of the specifications, ten copies of which please turn over with the plana to the . to aval con structor. The ; work of laying Idown this Vessel will, be commenced, aa soon as the mold, floor and appliances can) be gotten ready, and will be pushed to completion with a much dispatch aa possible. ; The vessel will be built on the site where the Tennessee and Java were built, and the work of putting down the foundation -oa-bodr -blockings erring . kaeltBr6cklng and cribbing, can be immediately proceeded - with. Until the vessel 1 is named, she will be knownxf and. designated - as : cruiser No. 7. l he ttureau expects that every effort will be made by master mechanics and those employed under them on this vessel to ex pedite the work for their own credit and that of tbe yard, and that the Secretary of the Navy may not be. disappointed in being able to build a vessel as cheaolv as sha could have been contracted for, and of this J A similar letter was sent td Commodore Brown, - commanding the Norfolk Navy Yard, the only clange being in the order that the cruiser should be known as No. 8, and to be built on the slip north of the Texas site. - v; : z - , MOLTON METAL, - A Nnnaner or men Horribly Barned. r ' - By Telegraph to tee Morning Star. . Pittsbubo, September 26. At Carne gie's Edgar Thomson Steel Works, at Braddock. to-night, Capt. W. R. Jones, general manager of the immense works, and a number of workmen, were horribly and perhaps fatally burned. One of the largest of the blast .furnaces gave way at tbe bottom, -and tons of molton metal like water escaping from a reservoir ran out. The furnace had not been working pro perly during the .day, and Capt. Jones called thia evening to see if he could not ascertain the cause. He was workiug with a number of men near the base of the fur nace wheu the break occurred. In an in stant flames ot fire shot forth, and the hot metal exploded and fell like sheets of water , Tons of the molten metal poured out of the furnace, and that any peison near the fur nace escaped instant death is regarded as almost miraculous. ' v A , v About six car loads of molten . metal poured out of the break. The terrible rush of liquid steel knocked Jones down into tbe pit .Fortunately he fell between two trucks, or he would have bean burned to death Instantly. When removed from the pit his clothes had been entirely burned from his body. Superintendent James Gav- lorand hisassutant Michael Killen were standing near Superintendent Jones at the time, but both made their .escape in safety. The loss to - the company will be quite neavy. - LOUISIANA. Bx-State Treasurer Barks and tbe ... Bond Steal. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. : . ! Naw Oblkabb, Sept. 2b The state- meat of the cashier of the State. Treasurer during Major Burke's term, that he had called Burke's attention in 1886 to tbe fact that coupona had been presented of bonds supposed to have been destroyed, was ca- explanation respecting the publications ot this character, of which he is Ignorant touching matters of years ago. He then ahowa how apparent discrecanciea might exist in the payment of coupons which are not always presented when due. Iu con clusion he says: "If I abandon" my : busi ness here. I will lose the results of a six months' struggle. The day papers are sign ed releasing me from the trusts of others, I will sail for .Louisiana. 1 bold myself sole ly and Individually- responsible for every act of office, and no person should for an instant be permitted to bear a shadow of criticiam on its account." . -4. . , Attorney General Kagles. being inter viewed, said be did not think Major Burke was surprised by the disclosures. When the affairs of hia office were examined by the Legislative committee, and - his books reported to be correct. Burke naturally felt relieved. He must have known, how ever, that the matter wonld not end there, but that the defalcation in his office must eventually become known. He farther stated that the State warrant which had been paid long ago, was recently presented for payment . again, and it waa found that Burke bad himselfgiveu the warrant to Brull as collateral for a loan. WA8HLNOTOJS. ... A Lady Bnrned to Deatb. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. W ASHTN6TON, , September ' 26. Mrs. Emma A. Wood, wife of George M. Wood, clerk in the Geological Survey Office, was burned to death this morning at ber residence, 1,431 8 street, north west. - She dropped a match upon a pile of kindling wood which had accidentally be come saturated with coal oil, and the flames Hashed up in her face, rendering her unconscious and preventing an outcry. Mr. Wood noticing the smell of smoke, went down stairs to make an examination, and found his wife lying dead on the floor, with the upper portion of her body burned to a crisp. WAshikgtou, Sept. 27. Advertisements were issued to-day from the Navy . De partment for proposals for steel for ose in tbe construction of two new . cruisers of 3.000 tons eachi known as numbers 7 and 8, which the government will build at the New .York and Norfolk navy yards. Bids will be opened October 31. delivery. of Bteel to commence within 80 day a from --date of contract, and to be completed within six months. -..- - The Secretary of the Navy this afternoon revoked the order assigning tbe Ostipee to convey tbe Minister Douglass from Nor folk to myti, it having been represented that the Ossipee s boilers are not in acocdi tion to make a sea trip. He then ordered the commandant of tbe Kearsage, now at New York, to prepare bis ship toiperform this tervice. She is about ready, and will probably sail from New York, where Douglass will go by mail Mondayr : Wabhihgton, Sept 28. The President baa appointed tbe following named post masters: Chas. P. Sheats. at Decatur. Ala., vice L. H. Gruhbe, commission expired ; Felix G. Lambreth. at Florence;. Ala., vice Bessie- McAllister, resigned; Columbus Browning, at Dalton, Ga., vice Jefferson T. Whitman, romoved; Joseph r. Brith. at Thomas ville, Ga, vice H. M Tapp, re signed: Thos. w. Jtiicks, at Henderson. N. C.vice R B. Henderson, removed; Mrs. Ada Hunter, at Kinston, N 0.. vice N J. Barrett, removed; Samuel H. Vick, at Wilson. . U:. vice W. M. ttay. te moved; D. J.Taylor, at Pocahontas, Va , vice J. L. Deaton. removed: John H. Blunt, at Ashland, Va.. the office having become presidential; Ambrose H. Lindsey, at Portsmouth, va, vice A. jffske, re moved. -'Y.--' - m aster General Wanamaker has issued an order abolishing tbe post office at Luverne, Ala. - Air. .pones, a colored mas, was re cently appointed postmaster, and 'the citi ens, it is said, showed their appreciation of bim by boycotting him la every way. and finally in ournmg down the old build ing which he had succeeded with great aimcuity in securing ror a post omce. in view of these tacts Mr. Wanamaker de cided that the five hundred- inhabitants of the place could go three miles for their mail and do without post office facilities lor a time. - - Consul Allen, of Kingston, telegraphs to the Department of State that an English warship haa returned from Navaaaa, bring ing nine survivors 01 tne riots, and reports ail in contusion on tne laiana. . Spirits Ticlttiiie. , . . Winston Hepublican: Several " of the tobacco factories are putting in extra time at night to get up and ahead of their orders before the cold weather arrives. A . number of firms speak of continuing opei , ations the year round. 5 - Mr. W. H. ' Hall, ot Salem, is the boss apairist of this 1 section. As a result of this . season's- work he has gathered a surplus from his hives of " some 2,500 pounds of honey, aa pretty and toothsome as the most fastidious could ' desire. , j iv t .: :- - '. . . W adesboro ' Intelligencer : Good ' crowds have been attending the sessionsojf -be Teacher's Institute.. -Those of our cltit- -zens who have failed to attend have mifaed an excellent opportunity for instruction and entertainment. - Sheriff McGregor has received Information - from Bennetts- -' villa, 8. 0. that Geerge Edwards, colored, who escaped from Wadesboro jail with the -' notorious Henry. . D unlap, about thirteen months ago, ia In custody at that place. Rooky'. Mount ..PlainiDealer; One of the most-complete and valuable in-" ventions that we have seen in some time ia a tobacco orderer, invented and patented by Mr. Carter-Pope, of Battleboro, N. O. , Mr; Pope had bis machine at work and on -exhibition here last Monday, and the noW elty of the thing attracted quite a crowd to " witness the working of it. While it ia a very simple machine it will prove a valua- . ble thing for tobacco farmers, v v . .'.Monroe JEhiqwirer-Express: The universal verdict ia that the corn crop ia the best for yeara ' The cotton crop is late in materializing this year, but we hear '" encouraging reports :'f torn it ' Picking is. now going on in all secUons. The 7. vear nlrl son nf Mrs nin.i. 1 r tin... h - -w. .iULJ,. v. ,vwcv : Creek township, fell in the spring jester' ' ay and was drowned. Arthur Cox the negro man whose arm was recently am- ' poiawu on account or a one mulcted by one of his brethren, and who has since been ah inmate of the poor house," has begun to improver t Washington Gazette: We learn; that Mr. F. R. Swindell's barn was burned on the night of the 23d Inst. He barely saved hia house by the help of the railroad' -hands. Incendiarism, it is thought. , A representative ot Northern capitalists Is -talking of a bonded warehouse to be built ' here, - where cotton and other products cuuld. be stored and held until a rise in prices. At the same time an advance ofS . or 80 per cent would be made to the' pro ducer when the stuff Is turned over to the warehouse. . :. '' . flharlntha f!hrrm.ijr .Timu TT Porter, son of J. Z, Porter, of Pineville, . aged 15 years, stood a very creditable ex amination the other day for entrance into the Agricultural and Mechanical College at, ' Raleigh, before the committee of examine tion, composed of Capt W. W. Robinson, xaminer, W. E. Ardrey and 8. W. Reid. The county is entitled to two morestu-' dents and the committee will apply to the Tiusteesof the College for another exami nation soon. Mr. Porter was the only ap- plicant for entrance at the recent examina tion. ,. . ' j V i . . Henderson Gold Leaf: The Al-" liance smoking tobacco factory at Dabney is moving right along, and is proving to be . a paying enterprise we are glad to learn. Samples of their product have already been placed on the market Messrs. v- Young 8s Daingerfield have- filled their . silos at their dairy farm near town. They . used a horse power cutting machine to cut -the green corn with. It was put in fine " eondiiion. and future results are awaited with interest by those who have not yet adopted this method of preparing and say- H ing feed for stock. - r - ' . . Statesville Landmark: The ena - giacers ot the Richmond and Danville, hav-Y ing completed their survey from Mocksville to Third Creek, have also run a line to Elm " wood from the direction of Mocksville and f report an eligible route. It Is understood that a line ia now to be run from Mocks ville to Statesville. - - People keep com- . ing here to get revenue offices, being sum moned by letter, which the collector repu- " diates when the patriots apply. Some folks are verv indignant that Onllp.f.tnr TCavna should write men to come to bim and get offices and then go back on them when they come, but we do not believe he writes these , letters. That policy would not be In keeo- inn tmtk W .....t Y our opinion tueae lenera are joub puk up on the unwary lor the iun there is m the ouai- . ne6B. ... Goldeboro Headlight: . Cotton picking Is now the order of the day. In conversation with some of our best farmers . Monday, we gathered that this crop is go ing to be better than was expected. : The - dry weather for the past three weeks has . been very favorable to it. A colored v individual, bailing from Wilmington, was up before the Mayor yesterday morning, charged with snatching a watch out ot Mr. Gilbert Alphin's vest pocket, who came . here from Clinton to take in the circus. . He is now in jail awaiting trial at the next v term of Court . - We are glad to know that the Goldsboro pottery, started several . monthB ago by Mr. w. u. miburn, is . meeting with success. Mr. Milburn com- ciicigjr uo. uuui u i a gwu uwjd.. iad . ships his ware to several States already, ' and is steadily increased his territory,. Greenville .Reflector: Dr. Rich- ' ard Williams is now the oldest white per- son in Greenville, He is 78 years old and . -enjoys comparatively good health. we regret to near 01 the death 01 Jtttss Mattie Congleton. daughter of J. R. Con- . gleton. ma . of Carolina township, wbicb occurred on Thursday of last week. She ' had been sick for several weeks with a se- - vera case of typhoid fever. One day - last week Mr. YY. JS. Cox, of UoxviUe, ; t brought us some specimens of iron ore , which he told us were found while cutting r a ditch through his father's plantation.. He .' also told ub some had been found on aa- other farm about two miles away.- The name ot a colored witness was called out in court the other day. He answered, -.- went forward and took a seat on the bench beside Judge McRae. "Well sir, what will you haver inquired hia Honor, turning v upon the darkey, "xer ealled me, said the darkey, "an' l tho't yer wanted to know my name." "But nobody told you to come and get in my lap," replied the Judge, and a titter went around the room. ylcts were received at the penitentiary this -morning three from Warren county, one ' from Kowan, ana : one from . Randolph. The examination of applicants for li cense to practice law will be begun in the Supreme Court room next Friday. 80 far , there are sixteen applicants registered. The jsxecuuve Department this morning ttnnrvmrl vomiiaitlsiti fim dw - 1?!nhffi son, of South Carolina, for the delivery of . Joe Foster, who is wanted In that State for - laiVVUJt A-AV AB aJV W AAA UaOUVUl1 ItaAAa 1 -' lavnaav Ua la viaht In lHa ntMii a Ati Wake Superior Court met this morning. ' . The first, proceeding was the arraignment Y of Father Boyle, who waa brought from . jail into court to hear the bill of indict ment against him read. - Tbe prisoner pre sented a good appearance. He was healthy looking, had a good color, and was as calm - and.sereneas a typical June day. After the reading of the indictment, -the court pro ceeded to summon a Special venire of one hundred and fifty citizens of the county. from which to empanel a special jury. The names were drawn and put into the bands of the sheriff,, who was instructed to sum-: mon tham to appear in court on Wednes day of next week, at which time the trial . of Boyle will be begun. ; . . " Elizabeth City Economist: Geo. Williams, a colored boy of some 18 years, who waa indicted for entering tbe house of Mrs. Franklin, m this town, waa convicted -of attempted burglary " last week and sen tenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary at hard labor. There is mnch complaint of the destruction of cattle by bears in tbe . section lying upon the large swamps. Bear clubs should be formed and war waged -upon them.; It is said to be tbe great ob stacle to profitable cattle raising which was once a source of much profit to small f ar--mera near the reedy swamps. A death watch haa been Disced on guard at the ceil - of Matthew Hanks, who was sentenced last week to be hanged on the 25th day of Octo ber, in this town, between the hours nf 10 . a. m. and 8 p. m. The county cammis -sionera appoint the place of execution, which will probably be within the jail en- ' closure. We learn from counsel in . the case that Conrad N. Jordan and Henry W. Ford, of New York, tmstees under the -first mortgage of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, filed a bill on Tuesday in the Circuit Court ot the-TJnited States at . Norfolk which will also be filed in the Or-,' fuit Court at Raleigh, for -the foreclosure Of, said first mortgage.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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