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" ' -J' ,...-. course which the. members : of the Alliance should pursue in matters political, which we publish elsewhere and which we think will express the sentiments of- the r members of the Alliance as a body throughout the State, and will be found to govern their action". j We repeat it, North Carolina nothing to fear from ', the Alliance in this State, and if "danger threatened she would find within its ranks her truest and staunchest defenders. has Star is as .- . I on tiO ...... 30 VERY PROPER 'ji RESOLUTIONS -'Iip f.irmers Alhiince is one of the hit and povyerfijlpraniz itjions tplj lis country, j It.has made rmarkai jil-e'- progress in the South, where it riginated, and jn the West: where it w.-is introduaed only la 'couple of " T 1 li t I I We dplnoi, Uilnk there in the South or in the its hai not jt.4 Statq organizatioiis, ich the -years ago. is a' State 'West wliere i . -- i and county iot oii m an i ration is n Nor gor. in was introduced r br be tli C aarolina abolit two years ago i.i ?rrown raoiuil ana now nas ais !v of a hundred thousand ..oro. and' this ,i " . . )e-it,: oram ikizons of A1- citizens d.-ntiiie.l with her inte .Itod to htr, they naturally nterest inj public matters hiTnirs of state, and desire to r - 1 Stxt t -1 - 4 ir)li'na i ' country goVernei conducive to the i ' L neral prosperity of tl believe that this is al ic sentiment of ose the Alliance We. be! eve, further, that Si's.' re is nci organization ofi any kind imbitioix honest desire for the pub- rpm suqh an organization Xorlh Catolina hs nfttiHg -to fear. We may! differ and do differ from many of them as td the best' way of where there is less persona r a more ic good. ameliorating'.-' the farmer antl of re!; condition of the tving the; agricul tural "industry from the depression mi which' it' suffers, but we do not (ji'.QStion tneir integrity nur uicuyur esty of purpose in advocating the measures tliev do. They have as much right to the gov'erlnme as the manufacturer 1 1 .-lent embi perhaps acfis many of the est and no$t substantial the State who hak,'g chosen farm, who are irochtion of the to fill a 'ho are: the equals l''.-ijt men in ar n all re late of North and ' :iiost ng position and pects of ' A VICIOUS SYSTEM. There are Very few rich farmers in this country; considering the advan tages ' the farmers of this country have in many respects oyer the far mers of other countries there are few who are moderately vyell off. Where there is one farmer who makes money, there are ten who do -not, and where there4 is brie better off at the end; of the year after cancelled, there are not. . 1 nere his obligations are there are ten who are reasons for this, and good ones. without taking into account discrim- which imposes upon an indus- and work: ot or-j pushed' with here it; is one of the is hot only inatlng legislation, oppressive, burdens try which under the most favoring conditions but poorly requites those engaged in it. . I . There is no speculation in the. bus iness of the farmer. It few industries which governed strictly by; the law of sup t-lr on1 AamnnA hn ie omvprnpH nkn dstence in nearly jvety cbnty n - " & , . . sj I j - , ,.. , j by the laws of nature, and forces iii State and a me nbcjrship proba -, . , f i r 1 i against which he is powerless to con tend. The most carefully matured calculations and plans, the most pen etrating foresight and! untiring in dustry cannot guard against the de luge which -drowns1 aj crop or the drought which parches it. The provi- . MraOR MENTION. j "There is one department in this government that is worked, the Su preme Court. The close of the term this year shows an increase of thirty one cases over, the last term, not withstanding, the fact that the Court disposed of forty-three cases more than last term.There remain now on the docket 1,146 cases undisposed of. There are nine members of the Su preme Court and if they worked twenty-four hours a- day every work ing day in the year they could not catch up nor keep up with the busi ness' brought- before them. Their work involves a great deal of labor, It is necessarily, slow because great results sometimes hinge upon thede cisions, which require study, care and research. The cases, can't be run through like bills in Congress are af ter a vote in caucus arid a hasty de bate, but each must stand upon its own merits, be considered, argued and decided on its merits. A great part of the business of Congress these days seems to be making work for the Supreme Court by hasty, complicated ancj frequently ill-advised legislation, which Congressmen themselves do not understand and which it takes decisions of the courts to interpret. ONSLOW; RAILROAD. j Trustees Give Notice of their Readiness to Deliver Bonds to the Baxlroad Com- FIFTY -FIRST CONGRESS. party, " The following is from Senator Sh'er- profession in It is evident man's activity and loquacity on the tariff question since the House bill has gone t6 the Senate, that he is keeping a sharp eye on Senator Alii son and does not propose to let him take' the leadership in that matter if he can help it. Sherman has not yet abandoned his presidential aspira tiohs, and it is a pretty well known fact that Mr. Allison has a pretty large sized bee in his bonnet, and the fact that he is more in accord with dent and improvident farmer alike Lthe popular demand for tariff reform -.';- a copy of a notice served upon each member of the. Board of Aldermen a day or two ago, vizi I Wilmington. N. C. Mav 27, 1890. To t fie Honorable, the Mayor aud Board. of Aldermen of the Lity of Wilming ton: ;. i ' i . ;---. " Gentlemen: The undersigned, trus tees under the tripartite agreement be tween the City of ff llmington, the w u- mington, Onslow ana t-ast Carolina Railroad Company, and ourselves as trustees, in reference to the delivery pf the bonds vcted td the said railroad by the people of 'Wilmingtdn, respectfully inform you that, m accordance witn ine terms of said agreement, the said rail road company has presented to us tne certificate of a reputable engineer that 10 miles of said railroad have been comple ted; and has demanded the delivery of bonds to the amount of $25,000. At the request of Mayor . Fowler,; we have not vet delivered thSiDonas, Dut tnintt u scarcely fair for us to continue to hold them unless furniished with good and substantial reasons, legal or otherwise, for adopting this course; and, unless such reasons can ! be supplied us at an early date, shall consider ourselves free trom any moral or legal oongauon io hold the bonds longer. ( ! And we hereby notity you tnat it is our intention to make delivery of $25,000 of the par value of said bonds on Satur day, the 7th day) of June, proximo, to the said Company, unless some-iegai steps are taken by you to prevent such delivery. I , ' - ISAAC KATES, ! Wm. A. French,! Geo. Chadbourn.) i At a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, Nov- ICth,' 1889, Mayor Fowler called Alderman Hicks to the j --) mo- or- Signed chair and taking the Wilmington, lina Railroad Co Carolina, rests!and de- take an arid in see the in that we! fare ie people. friost uni-. the men in North thfcv advocate has-to the! crovernment aid Which the wotern m cut extends to him . i ; ihieh nroitective suffer from these, - i Every dollar i that i the farmer makes he must get out of the soil he cultivates by the labor of his hands and in the sweat of his faCe. Every dollar that he becomes possessed of is the equivalent bt that much labor bestowed and that much of something which his labor, has produced put down in place of it, before the dol lar passes intoj his hands.; He gets so much a pound for his cotton, so much a pats, &c. tobacco, busliel for so much so much !--! wool, ; his -mutton his wheat, corn, a pound for his a pound for his his i beef, his brings him into a prominence not en tirely relished by Sherman and other aspirants. Mr. Allison is the chairman of the sub-committee which reported the last Senate tariff bill, wfiich was known as the Allison bill, and the movement of Sherman to have the question considered by the full com mittee instead of the sub-committee was for the especial purpose of pre venting Allison from getting top much of his work into the bill to be reported to the Senate. But the gentleman from Iowa has had his hatchet ground and when the hewing begins he will be heard from, Mr. Sherman to the contrary notwith standing. 1 .".,-! : - !- ' Congressman Morse, of Massa chusetts, was the orator of the day at the Soldiers' Home Cemetery, near Washington, on Decoration the floor, stated that Onslow & East Ca jo- had forfeited; their right to the subscription voted by the city by reason of the company's failure to commence work on the -road within the time specified in the charter, and offered the following resolution, i which was adopted without opposition: Resolved, That the Mayor be request-, ed to,notify Messrs. George Chadbourn, W. A. French and Isaac Bates not ; to deliver to the Wilmington, Onslow & .East Carolina Railroad Company the bonds of the city of Wilmington now in their hands under agreement of 14th day May, 188S, or any of said bonds'; that the right of said Company to said bonds will be contested, and in case of any such delivery they will be held person-, ally responsible. ; j Attorneys for the railroad company are Col. A. M. jVaddell and Maj. Chas. M. Stedman, and for the city, Mr. George Davis and Mr. DuB. Cutlar. I ! FIRST SESSION. Keaolution Offered in? Senate Favoring both Gold and Silver as Foil Iiegal Ten T der Bill j Passed Subjecting Imported . Liquors to the Provisions of the Laws of the Several States Up Quorum in the House and -No Business Done Both Houses Adjourn Until Monday. v " By Telegraph to the Moraine Star, j 73-V-tv!;;-' p SENATE. ' j Washington, . May 29. On tion of Mr. Spooner it was dered that, to-morrow "being Decbra- tion Day, adjournment to-day shall, be till Monday next. . ! ! ' "Mr. Teller introduced the following joint resolution, which was laid on the table and ordered printed r ' Thai it is the determined policy of the govern' ment to use both gold and silyer as full legal tender money under the ratio how existing inj the United States or which may hereafter be established by the United btates alone, or acting in accord with other nations. ; 'I I The Seriate bill subjecting imported liquors to the provisions of the laws of the several States, was again taken up; the question beiner on the substi tute offered by Mr. Gray to the sub stitute repbrted from the Judiciary Com mittee, i ;. i.- ;j- j Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, offered a sub stitute forjMr. Gray's amendment,! pro viding that liquors transported into any State or Territory for use, consumption, or sale, or! storage, shall, ori their; arri val, be subject to the operation and ef fect of the laws f socn State or Terri tory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, arid shall not be exempt there from by reason of their being intro duced in driginal packages. ' i Mr. Wilson's substitute was adopted yeas 23, nays 20, . jj The bill was then passed yeas 34, navs 10. It reads that all fermented, distilled or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any State! or Territory for use, consumption, sale or storage, snail on arrival in such State or Territory, or remaining therein, be sub ject to thfe operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of police powers, to the same extent. and in the same manner as though sujch liquors or liquids had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall Inot be exempt therefrom by reason o being introduced therein in original package or otherwise. The bill was jamended, on motion of I Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, so as to read:! "Bill to limit the effect pf regulations of com merce between the several States and with foreign countries in certain cases." The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was received from the House 1 and referred merce. After to the Committee on Com- o! a way whkiy.thej farmer pays a v owner him td tribute, or the ship sidy to encourage shins afloat 'on the seas. things AvtJ differ ".because think that any industry or of men is in the tariff, to pry heavy to a sub- rr j protection ment, - Which, pul'posc entitled ti any so from if of creation ceep hif5 in such we do not any class leciat care ioV:lass' as separate j.Iass. - B ecause the thi benefioiary Pf a l robbery enact! pliant alnd subservient'' Gongress- .men it does not follow that the sys tem, should ' be carried still this true , shou from governi to its d know y otner manufajcturer is .t- system of legal- a into iaw oy b)' : estabbshing issuing produce the issuing, of further War eh o u ses ' ; -and certificates! millions of le or by gal ten der notes to be loaned farmers ori mortgage security. ' Two wrongs do not make a right, and" it never was right that the manufacture should bf singled out and protected at the cost of other people, that het , rhight get richlat their expense. . j l j iWhilej the Alliance may fwtve its 'desires and its aims, and certain poli cies which it would like to see estab lished iii the. national administration, it pork; These prices are; governed by the law of supply" and demand, and by speculation, -which buys on contingencies and takes chances on these contingencies being-verified. When - the farmer comes to buy, however, he does riot pay the price which is fixed by the purchaser (him- day. He -permitted himself to be self), but by the seller, so as a seller lie sells to the man 'whose interest it is to make the price as low as possi ble, and as a buyer he buys from the man whose interest it is to make the price as high as possible, and thus he encounters contending interests in whichever position he stands. While agriculture enriches the world it does not enrich the men who fol low it. ' . , j Within the past thirty years thou sands of colossal -fortunes have been arnassed in this country,'; some of which exceed the fortunes; of: some of (the richest crowned heads in Europe, the owners of some of which have daily incomes that ex ceed . the j incomes ; of the richest crowned heads in Europe. Several of our large cities have millionaires by the hundred, some of them men who are many times millionaires. These fortunes have- been! "made in railroads, in speculating in grain and stocks, in syndicates, handling the products of the farm, in manufactures, and in monopolies made possible by the peculiar legislation of this pe riod. : When all this wealth has been .accumulated by the men who own it withfn this brief period, it must have come out of some one else, and that some one else, when we get down to the bottom of it, is the farmer, who' is to-day as correspondingly poor after thirty years of toil as they are rich after thirty " years of favor- Wiclation. Count the farm Exports Foreign. ; j . German barque Charlotte and Anna, Kruger, cleared! yesterday for Fleet wood, Eng., with! 2,200 casks spirits and 822 barrels rosing valued at $39,307, and shipped by Messrs. Williams & i Mur chison, ' : ''.;' -! British barquentine Beatrice, He$se, Cleared for Port-au-Prince, Hayti, with 175,000 feet lumber, valued at $2,192, and shipped bv Messrs." Jas. H. Chad- 1 A : 1 , bourn & Co. brief executive session! the Senate adiourned till Monday. i ; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Rowell gave notice that he would on Thursday next ask the House to consider the McDuffie-Turpin contested election case. ; ; - j. The House then went into Committee of the Whole (Mr. Burrows in the Chair), on the Public Building bills, j Mr. Tiirpie raised the point ofj nt quorum, and without action the House at 5.10adjourned until Monday. FARMERS' WAREHOUSES U. S. SUPREME COURT. CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT VER SUS PATERNAL DESPOTISM worked uo into a fearful state of excitement when he thought of the tribute of respect paid to the mem ory of Gen. Lee in Richmond the day before, which he characterized as "glorifying treason and traitors." One would think from his outburst of indignation that he 'wouldn't sell any of his '-stove polish,' of which he is a manufacturer, to "traitors." The time has passed by to notice seriously the ravings of such idiots as Morse and Shepard, of the New York Mail and Express, whose va- porings only excite the ridicule and contempt of sensible people of all sections, and of none more than of the men who wore the Blue and met the men who' wore the Gray in battle. The Morses and Shepards are back numbers. ing This Congress will settle, if it has not already settled, . the surplus question, so that it will "cease to be a vexing problem to the statesmen of the future. Estimates of , the Treasury Department make the revenue of the Government for the current year $450,400,000, while the regular appropriations call tor an expenditure of $455,000,000. In ad dition to this come in pension bills and miscellaneous appropriations, which it is estimated will leave a de ficiency of about $97,000000. And still the cry is on to the Treasury, the bottom of which the raiders seem to think can never be reached. is not going to array itself-in an- mortgages and their wealth, and you taironism to other, good citizens pi tn the farmers monev has gone to, and one of the reasons why he is poor and growing poor. It is a vicious and a wicked system which builds' up these vast fortunes and at the same time reduces to comparative penury the; men who make the wealth of the world. This is what protection, so-called, stu pendous plunder in fact, has been do- North Carolina who,' also des re the Welfare and DrPsoerity of thi State aid are working together for that c i'!. While there may be sortie im petuous, restive dispositions in the order w ho would: take abrupt depar ture and an aggressive attitude, who would i-un the risk of ruining where they could nqt rule, it will be foun d that Ui'csc are'northe spirits who in spire the Alliance in North Carolina, or- control its action, but that it h'm tjie keeping of better, cooler and wiser heads. It is a'cpnserva bavc organization and will be found f'j he governed by conservative coun sel, under the leadership Pf men who theleffort to better the condition "f tl: industry which they represent "Ui not jeopardize the; well uemg, Caro- and past was Wake It is not expected that every far mer will-be dressing' in silk the first year, but; when the cocoon bounty gets fully under way and the worms discover that we mean business they will make, things hum. Striking Features of the Work Ended. Xiast Friday. L By Teleeraph to the Moraine Star. . Washington May 30. The most strikinsr feature of the work of the Su preme Court of the United States dur ing the term ended last Friday, was the large number and Variety of cases in volving the construction of the inter State commerce clause of the Federal Constitution. Another feature was the laree and increasing number of habeas corpus cases before the Court. Indeed, this latter class ot cases came Deiore me Court with such frequency that Justice Miller, in an opinion on one, tne last day of the termj was moved to remark with dry sarcasm that the case was an other of the frequent instances of late in which it was sought on all sorts of pre texts to make the Supreme Court pass uoon every motion for a writ ot . habeas corpus that could be devised by counsel. The work of the Court during the term shows an increase in the number ol cases disposed of, as compared with pre vious terms, though the Court, still leaves the docket a little more in arrears than it was the term before. Opinions delivered during the' term have been of more than usual general importance, and many of tlhem will hereafter be weighty authorities in future litigation. The appellate docket of the Court at the close of the term exhibits an in crease of thirty-one cases in the num ber left undisposed of, as compared with the docke at the close of the pre vious term. At the close, of .the Octo ber term, 1888J there remained undis posed of on the appellate docket 1,146 cases. There were docketed during the 1889. term 489 cases, making the total number of cases before the Court 1,635, of which 460 were disposed of, or forty three more than the previous term. In addition to this number there were eleven cases on the original docket dis posed of, or five more than at tne 1089 term. Eighteen cases, wmcn nave Deen argued or submitted to the Court by counsel go oyer until the next term withont decision. ; Not more than a dozen opinions,! sary to dispose pf all these cases under advisement, as however, will be neces- in several instances two The June Pilot Chart. 0 In issuing the Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic for ' June, 1890,' the Hydro graphic Office gives a review of this month's ocean storms and a general ing for a generation and is doing to- forecast of meteorological conditions at day. Is it any wonder that the sea during the coming month. There farmer who is the principal victim of 41 ave been but two violent cyclones on tfci mnnctrous svstem is poor and the North Atlantic since April, but these or more cases jwill be decided by one important cases decided during the term, are as follows: Iowa, original package j suit; Granger R. P. commission cases from Minnesota; dressed beef cases from the same State; Senator Carlisle's Views on the Question of Establishing Government Depots for Storage of Farm Products. By. Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington. Mav 31. To B. Howard. I of Tuskeegee, Ala,. Senator Carlisle has written a lengthy letter, in response jto Mr. Howard's request for the" Senator's views on the agricultural sub-treasury proposition as contained in the bill before Congress to provide for a system of warehouses for farm produce thronghotit the country, to be operated by the government, which is to issue! its notes upon products stored therein.! ) Senators Carlisle says that Mr. How ard's statement that he and those asso ciated with him are in favor ot equal justice to all and special favors to none, embodies j sound Democratic doctrine, and if it had been strictly adhered tp in Congress ?n the past twenty-five years, the evils of which farmers and others justly complain would have been avert ed, and the whole country would no be prosperous ' and contented- But, i skys the Senator, the farmers have be.n taied so long for the Benefit of other classes, and have seen, seen much legislation .for the,aggrandisement of corporations and syndicates that their patience is ex hausted, and finding it impossible, for the time being at least, to abolish a system which has oppressed and de spoiled the I greatest industrial interest of the country, they are now'demarid ing that the very policy which they have heretorore denounced as unjust and ruinous, shall be applied to them, or rather a part of them, for no scheme has yet been suggested that would ope rate alike upon all farmers. But 1)0 evil can be corrected, no wrong can be righted, byHincreasing its magnitude arid extending acts for its benefit. There jls but one effectual -remedy for the evil which undoubtedly exists, and that is to reverse the policy which produced it; Tne Senator, after rehearsing the fea tures of the i proposed sub-treasury plan, and noting the fact that the farm ers themselves will pay more than their fair share of the cost of operating the warehouses, and that the officers con nected with them will be partisans of the administration in power, says;: "There are more, than 2,400 counties in the United j Stages, but not more, than one-third pf them, if that many produce and sell annually more than $500,000 worth I of wheat, corn, oats, cotton and tobacco, and, therefore, not! returning the money and interest and paying warehouse charges? - In a great majority of cases he will never , be able to redeem them, but will be forced to lose the' remaining 20 per cent, of the Value of his products, or sell his ware house receipt for whatever he can get for it, and which will be very little; for it must be remembered that after he gets his warehouse receipts he has a re maining interest of only 20: per .cent., jess the charges for interest, storage, etc.. and this is all he can dispose of. tie will hnd the time rapidly approach ing when he must have money to re deem his products, or tell his small re maining interest in them, or allow them Ito be sold at public auction, by the gov jernment. and this will be the golden op portunity of the ; speculators, whose jagents will swarm all over the country jready to take werehouse receipts frpm the embarrassed owners for merely a nominal sum. The receipt is simply a privilege of redemption; like a pawn broker s; ticket and. the.. larmer being himself unable to redeem, will be forced ultimately to dispose of it at any price offered. I do ; not think that any considerable 5 number of intelligent people in this country will unite in ask ing the government to establish a sys tem which will compel them, in a large number of cases, to sacrifice the pro ducts of their labor. j Senator Carliisle argues at some length to show that the annual expan . sion and contraction of currency pro-' vided for 1n the bfll, would result in ab solutely destroying j the market upon which the farmer must depend for the sale of his crop, and that cotton farmers, who are supporting the sub-treasury plan, would be especial sufferers, be cause the plan in the writer's estimate, would'close every cotton factory, in the country ."No such facilities as this scheme will afford for controlling the markets, for purely speculative purposes, have ever existed in this or any other coun try, and no more perfect system for op pression of the poor could be devised. The great quantities of the product on deposit in several public warehouses will be known to every commercial and financial centre, "and combinations jto purchase and hold receipts could jbe easily made, especially when they can be procured by tne payment ot a small per cent, of the value of deposit." j In conclusion Senator Carlisle says: "I have thus given you, as briefly as the nature of the subject would permit, sotne of the reasons why I think the proposed plan for the relief of the farmer would be injurious instead of beneficial, iot only to them but to1 all other people of the country. But it would be oncandid not to say distinctly, before closing this communication, that even if it could be conclusively shown that this or any other similar scheme would be peculiarly ben eficial to any particular class of our peo ple, I would still be unalterably opposed to its adoption, because, in my opinion; it would be another wide and dan gerous departure from the principles upon which our political institutions Jare founded. It would be, in fact, the long est step taken in time of peace towards the consolidation of power in the hands of the Federal Government. and jthe subjection of the private affairs of jthe people to the supervision and control of a central and irresponsive authority. You and I are Democrats, and as such we believe that the Government should scrupulously abstain from all unnecessary interference with i the personal and .do mestic concerns of its citizens, and pon fme itself strictly to the administration of purely- public affairs. I - It is a cardinal principle of our politi cal faith that people are -best: governed when they are least governed, and that they are most prosperous arid contented when left to the free exercise of their own judgment in the management of their own business, subject only to sueh reasonable regulations as may be neces sary to preserve the peace and good or der of the community. These propo sitions are fundamental, and we caimot abandon them without repudiating! all the traditions of our party and all dis tinctions between constitutional gov ernment and paternal despotism. THE LEE STATUE. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF MERCIE'S great; work of art. SPIRITS TUKPENTJMp Rutherford Banner: The stock holders of the Rutherfordton canning factory mef one day thisi week and the . members increased .their shares and are preparing to carry on the business on a much larger scale than they did during . last season. r . . 1 I I Lincoln Courier: Major J. C. Cobb owns a spring in this town near the C. C. railroad which contains a large per centage of iron. : The mineral wa ters around about Lincolnton are unsur passed by any in North Carolina. Mr. fed Chads has found an arsenic spring on his place near town. The spring also contains sulphur and iron. He has had the water analyzed and these minerals are found to be in large quan tities. - Richmond, Va., May 29. The Lee monument; makes Richmond, Va., noted as having two of the largest equestrian the world, the other being that of Washington, Situated on the Allen plant in thewestend, in the direct line of the (most fashionable residential section, the monument is placed; at the intersection of two 140 feet avenues on the summit of ascending grades.; It is enclosed in ; a circle of 200- feet in diameter, with a street 65 feet in width on each side, so that the d istance through the area frpm building line to building line is 330! teet. lhe pedestal ot the monumen consists of two parts, which may be termed the base and the pedes tal proper. .lhe base is tormed by a rectangle With the surface, inclined ; up ward 10 a parapet, ; arouna wmcn six foundations are located, upon which Lee's Generals may hereafter be placed In the interior of the grouping another inclined surface leads upwards to the pedestal proper. Here the transition from the straight lines of the rectangle to the graCeful.'curves of a cylindrical form have been very skilfully harmon ized by the artist. 1 The change is not noticed; arid upon the front and rear are seen an oval space upon which bas-reliefs are placed surrounded by a tracery in granite of the laurel, the ivy and the oak. Above is a lion's heads, as if ready for battle, jwith a pose, of courage inbred by conscious power. On the side are four columns appearing to support the great load, between which a bronze tab let appears with the name of Lee gilded beneath a laurel wreath. The pedestal and base are of white granite, the col umns dark blue. The height of the pedes' tral is 40 feet and a few inches, and that of the statue slip-htlv more than 20 feet making thlelal height about 61 feet above the ground. L ; The sculptor, M. Mercie, of Paris, who has immortalized Lee in bronze, is Frenchmari, who in early life gave evi dence of great ability. He was scarcely 20 years of age when he was decorated at Rome, ' His famous works adorn the streets of Paris, the lofty summit of the Trocadero and.the halls ot the Luxem burg Palace. He has given to the world the picture of Lee as. he appeared upon the battle held 01 Gettysburg. His lace is calm and majestic, but full of power. The horse which he bestrides has all four feet ' on i the ground, yet he appears as ifJTm the act of walk ing. A fore ' ! foot ' is planted in advance, while the htnd foot of the same side, seems about to follow. The head is slightly bent to one side, while .the tail falls gracefully clear of the flanks. Gen. Lee's dress is : characteristically plain. He is girt with a sash which presuma bly hides a belt from which swings the sword of a commander of cavalrv. He is without epaulets, but upon the fore arm of the coat sleeve is an ornament of broad braid. His hat is crushed in his right hand, while he holds the reins in his left. The feet are well tipped in the stirrups, the right foot being .slightly in advance of theJeft. The engineei? selected to execute the work of I the Association, which has been accomplished to their entirsatis faction, was Mr. C. P. E. Burgwin, a comparatively jyoung man, who was chosen because he had completed at small cost some works of considerable magnitude. He is also an author. At fourteen years of age he constructed a model of Caesars bridge across the Rhine. At seventeen he received a first Enzelor -!an original poem written in atin, in lthe" Sapphic and Doric metre. He is principal of the: Mechanics' Insti tute and assistant chief engineer ot the James River Improvement Company. Mr. Burgwin, j it ; will be remembered, went to Paris as cqnimissioner, to view the statue prior to shipment Rev. D. J. Concord : Times: Koontz, pastor of the colored Lutheran church and president of the colored Lu- ' theran Synod of the State, died very sud denly last Tuesday evening. He was as well as usual about noon but after eating " dinner complained of terrible pains and sickness. Suspicion of poisoning was entertained and quite an excitenient was created. A jury was' summoned and a Bst mortemj examination was nade .by rs. Archeyt L. M. Henderson! and T. F. Pharr. This examination j showed, that the brain was slightly congested and that the stomach rad received some very violent jand irritant caused death. . . Asheville Citizen! Witt died at his home inj Leicester yes terday at 5 p. m." He was Presiding El der of the Methodist Church of jthis dis trict, and leaves a wife! and children. Mr. J. A. Porter returned yesterday poisoh which Rev. R M. from Greensboro, where he has been for a week on business. While there he purchased 200 acres of land in the su burbs of town for $40,000. Of n is plans he will at present say nothing. ) A. Wormwag was arrested by Secretary Jacobs, of the North I Carolina 1 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals yesterday, for inhuman treatment to a calf. . He was taken before 'Squire Israel and bound over to court in bond for $100, which he gave, j -I Chatham- Record : The bugs have almost destroyed the Irish potatb vines in many of the gardens in this sec tion. --Mr. M. D. Williams, 'of Wil liams township, recently killed in his dwelling, wither it had oursuit of a chicken. Mr, a hawk flown in Joseph Tuesday Pettv. of this county, died on 61 last week. He was the drummer of the "Chatham Rifles," the first tompany from this county to enlist in the Con federate army. Mr. A. 1. tsynum, of this olace. has a relic of the war that ought to be j valued very highly by him, because it cost him a i great deal to get it. It is an ounce miniej ball ijhat was shot into his leg at the battle of Gettys burg, and was afterwards cut out. t r j Elizabeth City Economist: Miss Williams, a young lady;of feeble mind and memory, we hear from good authority, was raped, by a negro named Isaac Moore, in the "upper part of this county, on Sunday, j The negro was ar rested and, committed to jail in this town yesterday. He is 30 years old and married; The i dead is alive. James Dillon, of Tyrrell county, myste--riously disappeared in j the Alligator river some Six months ago. and the body of a drowned man was found in the said river some (three weeks ago and. identi fied as that; of Dillon. He made his ap pearance again in Tyrrell County last week, and j took his' acquaintances by surprise. K ' . . J Concord ' Standard'. Hon. Don ald Bain, State Treasurer, informed Mr. W. R. Odell a few diys ago that Cabar rus county paid mord taxes m proportion to population than any courity in the State, and that Gaston cpunty comes in second. j Another convict has gone. Eli Miller was sent; to cut a ti-ee down. Instead of I cutting the tree he cut his shackles off and fled for parts Unknown. We had an article ! in. Thursday's issue concerning D. H. Rlidenhpur's cut ting wheat; We interviewed jhim. He cut eight aeres on which eight bushels of wheat were sown, j 100 bushels of cot ton seed and two saeks j of guano. He realized fifty-six shocks of ten bundles each. He thinks it will probably make two bushels to the .hundred lor about eleven bushels in all J - ; . Greensboro Patriot .' The case Edwards ALABAMA DEMOCRATS. of the State against Jennie chare-ed with murdering her infant; was c auiLuc uiiut w aiiiuitiiib. . 1 . , , -v 1 .1 . General Robert E. Lee died October brought to trial to-aay. umy mree 12th, 1870. The 25th of October fol- Q. The State Convention Col. Thos. Jones Finally Nominated for Governor. By Telegraph.to the Morning Star. j - . Montgomery, May ! 31. The Demo cratic Convention this morning met J at 10 o'clock. It was evident that the hour had come for the nomination, and everybody was on tiptoe of expectation. Balloting commenced with all the can didates, but there' had been an arrange ment made that all the anti-Kolb forces would support Col. Thos. G. Jones, , for Governor, at the proper, moment. J The roll of counties 'commenced, and every vote not for Kolb was cast , for Jones, i The result was that Jones had about twenty-four majority. The ballot was not announced, as Kolb's friends withdrew his name-and moved Jones' nomination by acclamation. j Great enthusiasm ! prevailed, arid speeches were made bv all the candi dates; Kolb, specially stirring the hearts of the convention and pledging his fol lowers to the support of the ticket and to canvass the State for the nominee. The utmost harmony now prevails, and the Democracy present an united front. The town is perfectly wild with enthup siasm, as this is the hpme of Col. Jones:. Brass bands are out, and people cheery ing. Such a scene as jtook place in the Capitol and on the streets has never beet 1 witnessed here before The Convention adjourned to 2 o'clock, as it was impossible to procee in regular order. ! Other candidates will be speedily nominated. lowing General Jubal A. Early issued a call addressed to the surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia, to meet in Richmond on the 3d of November, to take action to per petuate his memory. The meeting was held pursuant to call, was presided oyer by the late Hon. Jefferson Davis, who, with other distinguished Southerners, made addresses; and the Lee Monument Association was organized, with General Early as Presiqent. A Ladies Auxiliary Association was also formed, and the two proceeded tP collect funds for the ouiDOse of erecting a monument. Money flowed in quitcf reely for a time, but finally interest in the cause seemed to flag, and it was not revived again un til General Fitzhugh Lee was elected Governor some four years ago -The various organizations collecting funds were then consolidated under one name and he became, as Governor, the Presi dent of the Lee Monument Association ex officio, ft is largely due to the efforts of Governor Lee that the monument has been built so soon. " NOT POLITICAL. CONFEDERATE! MEMORIAL, Organization of an Association in Bich. mond to Preserve Mementoes of the War.' 1 . . I ;;';; : - , ..; 1 . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j Richmond, May j 31. The Circuit Court to-day granted a charter to the Confederate Memorial LiteraryjSociety. The purposes for which it is formed is to establish in the Capital of the late Confederate States of America, a Con- ; peace or happiness of North una of which they are as true "loyal sons as any. Within the I -week U'i "scries f resolutions Passed by' the Alliance of that his acres are-passing into the hands pfi those who have fattened and grown rich upon him? Can he ever better his condition while this system lasts. If he can we confess that we can't see how. There must be a revolution in the vicious system which has brought the farmer down before he can get up. ynmtjy, oncof the largest and most Alliances 1 in the State, Intelligent eprctssive Six hundred dollars is the price of a Chinese girl in New York, at least that is the amount of cash one China man handed over to another for the possession of Suen Yee, for whom he were accompanied by gales of almost hurricane force. The Hydrographer gives the. following forecast: "Generally fair weather will prevail. Occasional gales may occur along the. transatlantic route and off the Atlantic coast of the United States. West Indian hurricanes that occur as early as Tune originate, generally speaking, in lower latitudes than later-in the season, re curving before they leave the tropics; that is, they are most liable, to recurv in the belt between latitude w -iu north. Considerable fog will be encoun tered off the Grand Banks and the coast tn t.h westward as far south as ; Hatte rs, and also in the vicinity of the British Isles." : more than one-third of them could pos4 Mormon Church suit; Virginia coupon I sibly avail themselves of this plan if it raw Morrn i .am ina ana lajuisvuic i wcro odnntpn. ir wm ne seen, tuercrs K-nH'fatp5 invnlvimrtherififhtof acitizen I fr at trip verv outset, that it is DlamM federate I memorial . . 1 j ' - . ,i 1 . - . 1 crt his rvom; State: Kenn. case invoi-. 1 tn rnmnp thp ommrnment to issue ana- I lO conet-i. :. uiu ving the right of property owners to distribute money f or the benefit ot peo-l consequential damages; several other pie living in rich arid productive coun-i suits involving the question of the va- tres, at the expense of people living in; poorer and less productive ones, xaore-i over, it is a plan ,to enable unscrupulous! speculators to take advantage of thei farmers' pecuniary necessities and ex-j tort exorbitant prices tor fpod frompecM pie who reside in cities, towns and vil lages, and from Jpeople who reside; in the eountry, but do not own, these particular agricultural pro-' ducts. ItCislevident that no farmer will subject himself to the labor and ex pense of transporting his products to public warehouses, and to all the other charges which he must pay for storage, for. handling, and for taking care j of them while there, when he has barns and granaries at home, unless he is in debt and absolutely needs the money which the Government is to advance, and if that is his unfortunate condi tion, from what source is he then to ac quire means to redeem his products by lidity of the State licenses and tax laws in which the principal question was as to whetner or not tnere were lntcrxci ences with inter-State Commerce and the Neagle, Medley and Kemmler habeas corpus cases. i . The most important Cases which go undecided until the next term are suits over the Pennsylvania and Kansas laws, taxing the Pullman Falace car o.; over a Kentucfcy statute taxing r.xpre&: Companies; and three important mining suits from Colorado. A Fort Worth, Texas dispatch says the papers publish a list of the casualties at the Soririff Palace fire last night, from which it appears that' two lives were lost and thirteen persons injured. Inquiries for the "missing are made, but the au thorities assert that there are no bodies in the ruins, i f ', i . ,: . . by purchase, or otherwise, all books and otner ; literary prouue tions nertaining to the late war . be- - , tween the States, ana 01 mosc engageu therein, all works- of art, and all battle flags, relics and other emblems of that struggle, and to preserve and keep the same for the use of the Society and the public eye.: The Secretary is authorized to receive from the city of Richmond and hold, occupy and enjoy, buildings and grounds at the corner of . Clay and Twelfth streets, used and occupied by Jefferson Davis, late President of the Confederate States of America during the late war. i r The officers are Mrs. Joseph Bryan, President; Vice Presidents Mrs. Lewis N. Webb, Mrs, John Purcell, Mrs. James Thomas, Mrs. W. W. Henry, Mrs. Jas. H.Branch, Mrs. James B. PaceMrs. P. W. McKinney, Mrs. Maxwell T. Clarke, Mrs. Mary G. Crenshaw Mrs. Ann R. Grant, Mrs. I Charles G. I Barney, Mrs. Lizzie Carey,; and Mrs. Raleigh Colston. Resolutions by "Wake County Alliance on i the Twentieth. Raleigh News and Observer. Whereas, The Farmers' Alliance is not a political organization, and its mission Jis not to act in partisan politics; and j Whereas. Its membership is com posed of individuals from all political parties;-and ; Whereas Its members and its friends are opposed to all class feel ing as well as to all class legislation; therefore, be it j ' Resolved, By the Wake County Far mers' Alliance in reguRr session as sembled, that we will not attempt, inside the Alliance, to nominate any candidate for any; political office in the gift of the people of this county, but that every true Alliance man, who loves his country and his own best interests, will attend the primary conventions of the party of which he is a member and use his influence to nominate such men only as we can I i L 1 - A- literary society 1 aepena upon to carry out ine mws- receive by gut, I ures growing out pi inose prmuipica, and be it turther. Resolved, That we will not use our influence for or against any candi date for the nomination because of the class or the profession to which he may belong. And be it further Resolved, That We have confidence in the intelligence and honesty of the members of our order, and be lieve that they may. be safely trusted to control its actions for the best in terests of the people. Therefore, we do recommend that all such - of the partisan newspapers as are con tinnally offering their unasked ad vice, and by their; insinuations and inueridos are stirring up class feeling to exercise in future sufficient discre tion as to prove themselves capable of attending to their own business. A. C. Green,, President. J. J. Dunn, Secretary. witnesses were introduced. several members of her family and numerous friends were present to cheer her in her lonely hour. The State relied upon the expert testimony of Dr. Alford, which was to the effect that the Child was . born alive, The Judge's charge to the , jury was short but full and explicit. The j case was given to the jury at J 4.40 this j afternoon, and after remaining out but a ; few minutes they returned to. the room, j and after the usual preliminaries, ren dered a verdit of "not guilty," jand Jen nie Edwards is a free woman orice mpre. J Salisbury Truth: The reVeriuer's thought they had a big thing when they swooped down on J. B. Laniers distil lery a day or two ago; But they didn't make a ; riffle and the matters were sqared and he will be running jere this is issued - A Company has been formed under the name and style of the Salisbury Land and Improvement Com pany. Kerr Craig, R. J.JiHolmes, W. Smithdealr Lee S. Overman, W. C. Coughenour, F. B. Arendell, N. B. Mc Canless. and T.C Linn, are th incor porators. : ; Mr. H. A. Freeze, has iust returned from a visit toTexas, New J- . . ... - . . . i i Mexico ano otner ppinis, ooum aim West, but he thinks North Carolina is about as good a ' place to live irt as any that he saw. The land was much better in many places, but the -advantages of water, schools, churches, &c, here, out weighed all that. ; I Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer: Mr. W. D. Barclay died at his home near Morven'last Sunday morning, after a long illness, aged about 68 years. Mr. Barclay was not a native of this county, having lived here only about fifteen years. He was a soldier in the Mexican war and has drawn a pension from the national government for some time. Some time ago Mr. E. M. Spencer, of Lilesville township, purchased a ton of guano and placed it in a small and dilapidated outhouse on his place, at; Bluett's Falls on the Pee Dee j river, until he Ishould be ready to use it. In that neighborhood there are a great many buzzards, attracted by the fish traps, and it was noticed that they ap peared to be very fond of congregating in the house where the guano was stored, but nothing was thought of it until Mr. Spencer got ready to use it, when it was found thai the sacks had been torn to pieces and about two hundred pounds of the guano had been eaten by the buz zards, j i : I Raleigh Chronicle: The students of the University are making efforts to raise subscriptions to the amount of $15,000 to construct a I Young Men's Christian Association building there. . Two colored boys were before His Honor the Mayor yesterday for stealing bottles from Lees junk shop. They were too small to imprison or to put on the roads, so the Mayor disposed of the matter by instituting the whipping post. He ordered the parents i of each boy to administer a sound thrashing, and this was done in the station house. On Wednesday a little colored boy named Connie Smith, eight years old,; was missed by his mother, and a thorough search failed to show where he was. He was last seen playing in a box; car. The matter was put in the hands of the Raleigh police and yesterday they located I him in Chatham county. The little scamp took a notion to go to see his brother in that county, and walked the entire distance. , j . i ;r T t 1 - i : J . 1 1 . ii 1-i 1 '. : 1' i i - t .1 j -a Pf their views on the I hankered. ! 1 r I,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 7, 1890, edition 1
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