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It is unfair and junjust f because; directly and by indirection i it misrepresents Senator Vancje, and j ; holds' him and others who hae ven 1 1 tired to! dissent from the sub-treas-ury bill responsible for thejgriev- jlances pf which farmers complain, f and charges that they are therefore 'i; '. - . . . t . .1 ' ; enemies ot the ; farmers while pre- tending to-be their friends. V l he very first paragraph of this i attack contains a charge by lrhplica- lii.n of a . breach of faith; vyhen it say that "our people had been led :) believe that Senator Vance would support the bill even in its present liape." Led to believe by vjrhom ? By 'Senator Vance, or by sortie one else?.: Senator Vance, in his letter vhich is published on the same page in the Progressive Farmer which con tains the attack, in speaking iof the introduction of the bill at the re vest of Col. Tolk and Dr. Macune, says : ''On receiving it I told both Col. Tolk and Dr. Macune, the chair man of; the Legislative Committee; if the Alliance, that I was not pre pared to promise tfrferrrto support the iiill.'tliat it was great and radi cal departure from the accustomed ; jvrtiey of our legislation, and that j pete were, questions both l con- stitutionality and practicability ! which I wished to reserve."! ;Does I this look1 as if Senator Vance was I leading "our people" or anyone else '1 in Jip1uvp trinr Int wnc rrnri n or tri : i . . .i o i o ''readily support4 this bill?"", i Some others then must have done the 'leadingTand we submit that it is both Unfair and untruthful to accuse him of breaking a pledge which he says he distinctly declined tof make an'fl which the writer of this j attack must have been aware ofj when ne penned his assertion, for he is ; presumed not only toi have read tiori Senator Vance's . declara- as to that. but had his let ter at hand and, under his eye. .If Senator Vance did not decline to : make this promise, as he sayshe dfd, 'why didn't the writer of this attack who seems to know all about it, dis pute his statement and deny the re servation? Senator Vance either de clined, as he says he did, to commit himself to the bill, or he made a mis statement about it. If he declined ' to commit himself, there : was no breach of faith, and the writer of the editorial assailing him misrepre sents him. V If he made a misstate ment, the writer should have called attention to it in proof! of his charge ot breach of faith. This is assertion which amounts to a deliberate j per- version of facts, totally misrepre senting Senator Vancfi's positioh on on that bill and charging himi with the betrayal of a trust that ) he had "readily" assumed, f he'next 'para- . graph is equally unfair by implying v that Senator Vance who "admits that there has been much bad legislation," is responsible for it, when his assail- ant knows full well that by if air the greater part of that legislation was enacted before Senator V?ince saw the inside of the Senate, jknowSj tad, thatl Senator- Vance has -never been in sympathy with it,- but on the conn trary has by his speeches arid votes put himself squarely on record againsl rt, and done all that any man ii the minority could do to undo thi wrongs that a powerful andunscrup "lous majority inflicted urion' th ' People... Il ; . I - I i oenator vance m his letter snowei who was responsible !W this legislalj "on, and why it was that it ik on thi tatute bo.oks to-day! but it Was riol convenient for his aisailant ko refer; -- vyiicii nuiuiug ii im responsi . u'e tor it. The third paragraph misrepresents Sennt.. ir- ' . tji i. i i '. il Venice agaim wnen ii oy im Plication asserts thlt he believds a tariff which discriminates a'gainfi loani - in tiie inierest ot artothefl ng money by the Goverhmerit t0 railroads, Wall street speculators . is "constitutional ii when the "ulcr. should know that Senator Vance has never 0r vote endorsed by word, deed any j legisla- of that kind, and when 10 this ve letter, which appears on FT VOL. XXI, the same page with the denunciatory editorial, Senator Vance denounces this discriminating tariff j legislation, the cause of so much oppression to the farmer, as "legalized robbery," as he had done repeatedly before in his speeches in the Senate and upon the stump. . ! It wonrt do to charge him, even by implication, in the face 5f his pub lic record and his repeated declara tions, with believing in the constitu tionality of these measures and then charge him i with inconsistency in declining to support the sub-treasury bill on constitutional grounds. Paragraph four is unfair and there is a tinge of malice in it, which does not do the writer any credit, when he intimates , that possibly ! some im proper influence has been brought to bear upon Senator Vance and others who cannot see this bill in the same light as the delegates from' twenty three States, who met at St. Louis and thought jt constitutional. Sena tor Vance and others who Ido not en dorse it will; doubtless ! freely admit that it is i ust as constitutional as loaning money to railroads helping Wall street speculatorsj and taxing thousands of consumers j to enrich hundreds of manufacturers, all of which Senator Vance is j quite" as much opposed to as his arraigner. It is just as constitutional jas these and other pieces of objectionable leg islation which the! Republican party has imposed, or tried I tor' impose, upon the country, and no more. It is based, as jthey are, on that loosely construed and much abused "general welfare" clause of the jconstitution, under which so much outrageous legislation has beerr enacted. Two wrongs nor a dozen wrongs do not make a right. I ' . The fifth paragraph contains some misstatements and some bad morals. It holds that Senator Vance must not presume to know rriorej than the delegates from the r twenty-three States, through whom this pill origi nated, and that therefore hej must not set up -his opinion in opposition to theirs; in other words, that being a servant of the people he has no business to: have lopin ionsl on con stitutional or other points, but that it is his business to; go right on and do what the "farmers pahim to do. The farmers of North Caro- ina, it says, "pay: Senator Vance. It is his business to w for them whether the measures are constitu- tional or not." Surely !. il ' - the man who upon it wrote this did not reflect when he wrote it, for it contains not only a misstatement of ; fact, but is grossly immoral. As i matter of fact the farmers of North Carolina I.J . :i ' I , - do not pay senator vance, iwno does not, by the way, receive 8,000 a year as stated by the writer, but $5,000, the pay of all Congressmen), any more than they pay Senator Ed munds, or Voorhees, or Coke, or any other Senator. The ! Senators ' are paid out of the Treasury of the United States, from taxes! paid by the people of the whole! country, and the farmers of North arolina pay Senator Vance only in tjhe same way that they pay other Senators, other I Representatives, other officers and employes iof the Government, by contributing " their .portion of the taxes which constitute the fund out i of which all persons in the various departments of the Government are paid. The merchant, laboring man and others; are all taxed, for this pur pose, so that it is not the farmer alone, as the Senator s assailant so flippantly savs, who "pay Senator Vance." i-f: ' ' ' !! . ; But suppose they ! did pay him, doesrit follow, as asserted. that it "is his business to work for them whether the measures are constitutional or not?" When a man is elected a Senator does that imply a con tract to become a mere opinionless hireling, to do anything and every thing: his .constituents , or any class of his constituents, might demand, regardless of his own I sense of right or wrong,,' and regardless of the oath he took when he entered upon the discharge of his duties as a Sena tor? The Representative or Senator I who swears to support the .constitu tion and 1 11611 deliberately violates nit knowingly and willingly is simply a perjurer, that's all: -The fact that heis'paidto be a Senator, neither relieves from the obligation of his. oath nor; lessens the joffence of its violation!, and yet this is what the writer of the article on which we are commenting insists Vance shall do. that Senator If this: idea prevailed and Senators ; and Representatives were governed by it the Congress ! of the United States instead of being a! Represen tative body, as it was intended to be, would simply be a body of paid hirelings, without principle, without conscience,- and ready to do anything they were required to do. This surely is not the idea of the thoughtful men of the Alliance, to whatever party they may belong. After Senator "Vance's record and devotion to the people of North! Car olina, he does not neeel any defence, but the Misrepresentations to . which we have referred in this article, not only do- htm but the l people whom he represents, and for whom he has honestly labored gross injustice. STATE TOPICS. The Spirit of the South is a Repub lican paper published at Rocking ham, Richmond , county. It is as radical as it knows how to be, radi cal enough to believ in the force bill, even in' the bayonet feature of it.! Sometimes it eets "proud." as ' r , , .: ' I w discover by the following which we clip trom this week s issue: !' We. were never prouder of anything in all our lives than we are to see the Farmers Alliance takine steps to down the political tricksters that have hereto fore been ruling this district. Our neigh bor the Rocket seems to think the only salvation for any man. be he black.white or any other color, is in the, Democratic party; but we are inclined to think dif ferent, and have an idea that the Farm ers' Alliance will show him they think the same way." v I The Spirit is not a very hefty or gan but doubtless in thus giving vent to its : great and irrepressible joy it expresses the sentiments of the Radical leaders in this S,tate, who arp also "proud" of the movement which they hope may create such divisions iri the Democratic party as will give them a chance to slip into power! IUt the Spirit man will not be so "proud" after awhile, nor the othej- fellows either when they discover how they slipped up and how too previous they were. The Demo cratic" Alliance men of North Caro Una are not as easily duped as some "proud" Radicals think they are. Fhe average denizen of Chicago is happy, and the reason is because of a war between ;the breweriesJ i ! which are controlled by the English! syndicate and those which are notj bringing the price bf beer downj from SG to So.oO a barrel with a Drosoect of tumbling to S2. Then I Chicago will tumble to beer fot the water of that town is not a de lightful beverajreJ There is too much animated nature in it. ! - Gen. Grant thought during Ins ad ministration that 2q,000,000 would be ample to meet all pension de- mands; Geh. Garfield 37,000,000 the largest sum that would ever be required. Wonder what they would think of their prognosticating pow ers if they could see the $1(57,824- 733, and all the reports not in yet, which have been piled up by the pension boomers since they . passed awaX- A number .of Republican primary elections were helaj in Columbus, Ohio, last Saturday to choose dele gates to the State Convention. The -I J 1 slim attendance discouraged the bosses so much that some of them say that if no more interest is shown in other portions of the State, Jt means that the Republicans intend to let; the contest this year go by '.default. I 1" frier Secretary Rusk is ttuly trie riend of the farmer, regardless of locality, which he is believed to be, when he gets full charge of the weather department) and gets the hang oi it, he will turn his attention to the Dakotas. A; section which sends out all the blizzards in winter and swelters under 102 degrees in the shade in summer needs looking after. ) , 1 '; A mathematician announces that I i . ' person played; dominoes ten if a hours a day, making four moves a minute, ho couldn't, in 118,000,000 years exhaust all the combinations of the game. We'd! like, just as a matter of curiosity, to see somebody who had plenty of spare (time try this and report at the end of that time. A Chicago woman' wants a divorce from her husband because he asked a ladv acquaintance! the color of her stockings. This is drawing the color line pretty low, but jn view of the size of the Chicago woman's foot the question covered more ground than might at first appear. , Gov. Eattison will take the stump in Pennsylvania, and will also take Dalamater's scalp. - - i THE GULF STREAM THEORY. It is Not Believed That the Climate Coh- i ditions are Changing, j ' ! ( ' ' - Speaking of the mfld winter and the influences of the changes of the Gulf Stream upon the climate and the sea son, Prof. Thomas C. Mendenhall Chief of the United States Coast Geodetic Survey, says: There is no question that the Gulf Stream shifts its position m relation tcr the eastern coast ot j the country from time to time. Such changes are due to variation in other ocean currents in its vicinity, and are attributable largely to prevailing winds uvj that part of the Atlantic. That the Gulf Stream is now very much nearer the coast than usual I am unable to affirm; but even if that was trie- case, it; wouia not in my judgment, afford an explanation of the 'unusual climatic conditions which have prevailed for some time. It must be re membered that these unusual conditions are not .peculiar to the Atlantic coast and it is impossible to conceive that the influence ot the Guit stream would ex tend to and throughout the Mississippi valley and give rise to the uniform high temperature which has existed over this lartre area. x . The explanation 'lot this must be ; sought for elsewhere. Meteorological observations and study do not bear out I the popular notion that material changes are taking place in the climate. In the : nature of things some seasons will be ; mild and others severe. It Is quite pos sible that several mild winters may oc- ; cur in succession, and also several win ters of severity, but definite conclusions iwith regards to climate tan only-be safely drawn from a study of the obser vations ot many years. i ' . . . ". I - - - - ; -.. - " -- - -"" - - : -.:.-.- -...; WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1890J ; MORE ABOUT COTTON. -;.. Rapid Extension of the Georgia, Carolina and Norfolk Eailrdad Another Reminder to Wilmington's Merchants. The Star referred yesterday to the Georgia, Carolina and Northern . as one of the railroads that was opening a new and unexplored territory to the mer chants of Wilmington. It is a link, and big one, in the Seaboard Air Line system, of which Mr. John M. Robinson is the head, and its objective point is Atlanta, whieh will be reached probably within a year. The track has been laid to Whitmore, S. C 74 miles from Mon roe, Freight is now received for that point, and also for a new station called Ada, six miles this side of Whitmire. This road is being rapidly built in the direction of Atlanta, and by September will give Wilmington easy connection with several of the most productive cot ton counties of South Carolina, and enable her to increase her cotton re ceipts 15,000 bales from a section al most entirely new to Wilmington mer chants. . But ,in order to secure this in crease they must cultivate the new fields opened to them aud must pay as high prices as are paid in - Norfolk and Charleston. AN ALLEGED HIGHWAYMAN. His Name is Dennis Home Preliminary t Investigation, etc. ' - A colored man who gave his name as Dennis Home was brought' before Mayor Fowler yesterday morning for a preliminary investigation., being charged with highway robbery. He was arrested late Thursday afternoon at J. O. Nixon s store, on warrant and affidavit made by Mr. Alonzo Millis, who was robbed by negro foot-pad two or. three weeks ago as reported at the time in the Star. Mr. Millis testified before the Mayor yesterday that he was satisfied that Home was the man who robbed lain of fifteen dollars in money arid a bottle of whiskey, on the occasion referred to, but he was not willing to swear to it. The investigation of the case was continued until Monday, to se cure the attendance of other persons who saw the man who robbed Mr. Millis. SMr, ' Capps, who a lew days after Mr. Millis was robbed had an encounter on the road with a colored man, failed to identify Home as his assailant. The prisoner. Home, is said to be a stranger here. He had very little to say, except to deny that he is the man wanted; and also, that he can show his whereabouts on the day the rob bery occurred. Accident on the Seacoaat Railroad. J An accident occurred on the Seacoast railroad about half-past ten o'clock last night, at the crossing of the Wilming ton and Onslow railroad, three miles frbm the city, to the train coming from the Hammocks. The engine was thrown off the track and partly wrecked. but none of the cars was derailed. and the only person injured was Engi neer Wood, who sustained slight bruises. There were three coaches filled with passengers. . The cause of the accident is not definitely known; some persons say that an obstruction was placed on the track, but the general supposition is that the engine jumped the frog at the crossing. Conductor Phillips, in charge of the train, hastened to, the city and sent car riages out to bring the passengers to town. A gentleman who went to the scene of the wreck says that the accident was caused by a piece of iron placed in the frog at the crossing, evidently with the purpose of wrecking the train. It is to be hoped that the miscreants will be caught and severe punishment meted out to them. To Keep Ico from Melting. A,housekeeper gives a few hints that may be valuable to those who find it an object to econom ize in the use of ice. There are three or four things, she says, that will help tp keep the precious nug get of ice from melting away if the housekeeper will only remember them. One is : to keep ice warm is the way to keep it cold. A piece of ice in a pitcher with a pail over the pitcher ana a rag over the pail will keep all night. But the greatest trick of all is newspapers.! With plenty Of newspapers above, below; and on every side, the way a piece of ice! will keep is a joke. All that is neces sary is to wrap it closely in newspapers so as to exclude the air. Crops on the Carolina Central. , Fine rains are reported along the line of the Carolina Central railroad front Maxton to Wilmington Wednesday night, ihey came in good time, as fcrops were beginningto suffer. In some localities on this road corn is in need of rain, but the general crop prospect is said to be magnificent. A Sea Turtle. A big turtle, six feet long and three feet six inches broad, was caught last Thursday night on Wrightsville beacH by some colored men, who brought it to the city for sale. It was bought by Messrs. E. L & J. H. Hinton, of the Purcell House, and will be served t6 guests of that house in soup and steaks. Its weight is said to be 300 pounds. Fatal Accident. ! J. A. Register. Esq., of Bladen county, writes the Star that W. T. Robeson ac cidentally shot and killed himself on Friday last, near Register's Postofficein Bladen, and that on affidavit that de ceased had been criminally dealt with, an inquest was held. The writer says: "I proceeded at once with six jurors to investigate tne cause ot Kobeson s aeatn, !and after hearing the testimony the jury ireturned a verdict that the deceased, W. ;T. Robeson came to his death by the discharge of a double-barrel shot-gun, which he held in his own hands. Crops in Robeson. A correspondent of the Star, writing from Branch ville, Robeson county, N. C, savs that cotton and corn in that sec tion are in splendid condition and the farmers are hopeful of making good , crops. AN APPRECIATIVE EDITOR. Editor Roscower Mashes his Headlight on Wilmington and-Carolina Beach. Editor Roscower, of the Goldsbdro Headlight, recently visited Wilmington, and was so well pleased that when he reached home he unbosomed himself, as follows: Few of our people: perhaps, are acquainted with the advantages and conveniences offered by Carolina Beach as a summer resort. 'In our estimation its advantages exceed any resort of renown in this State. Carolina Beach being located in close proximity to the metropolis ot our Mate, has therefore unusually favorable railway and steam boat connections. Those who have travelled over that model of railway, the Wilmington & Weldon R. R., will un hesitatingly agree with us that for speed, safety, comfort, equipment, track and efficient service it has no eaual either North or South. We left Goldsboro Thursday mornine- on the "Shoo Fly" train, and after a little more than two hours of comfortable ride" we arrived in hustling and busy vv (lmington. it makes a most beautiful appearance as you come to it, and in many respects a rnagnincentone. In splendor of buildings and commerce it tar surpasses all we evef saw in a bouth- em town of its size we believe it claims now 23,000 inhabitants. The commercial traveller is generally considered a good judge of a hotel, and; we must concede with him that ' the Purcell is the best two-dollar house in' the State. It is well constructed for comfort and convenience. The rooms,! of which there are forty, are clean, airy and pleasant, and the table is supplied with the best the Wilmington market af- fords, and that is saying a good deal. Thd servants are all very obliging and ones receives there: a hrst class meal without the usual "tip'' to the waiter. There are so many poor hotels all around us that! when we rind one like the furcell we feel disposed ;o emphasize its good fea4 tures. 1 After dinner we boarded the palatial steamer "Sylvan Grove, under com-j mand of that 'ever obliging and whole-r souled gentleman, Capt. Harper. He has always a ready smile tor you and with him "on the wheel" there is no such word as danger. After a delightful sail of a bttlei over an hour (a distance o.f 15 miles), we were met at the wharf by a train of airy summer cars which! conveyed us after a pflSisant ride of about 12 minutes to the place of our de-f sires Carolina Beach. This "Coney Island of North Carolina" is becoming moire popular every day, judging from the large amount of visitors there. The surf-bathing there is just splendid. The citizens of Wilmington deserve great credit for the enterprise they have shown in building up their home resorts and establishing so many conveniences, and attractions STATE GUARD ENCAMPMENT ' ' I ' The Y. M. C. A. to Have a Tent on the Grounds. Arrangements have been completed for the erection of a handsome tent for members of the Young Men's Christian Association at the encampment grounds of the ville. N. C. State Guard at Wrights- The committee, after conference with Col. Olds, has chosen a most desirably location for the tent, at a convenient distance outside the guard lines. Ar rangements have been made to have papers on file from every town from which a company! comes, so that the 'news from home" will be conveniently at hand. Writing material will be furnished and hammocks swung in shady nooks about the tent. A large 20x35 tent has been ordered and is expected in a few days. Every possible attraction and conven ience is proposed to be added for the pleasure of the soldier boys while off duty: THE FLEECY STAPLE. The Outlook for Wilmington Probable Receipts New Territory Opened. Present prospects indicate that the receipts of cojtton at this port for the next crop yeat will be not less than 175,000 bales.) This estimate is based oh the presumption that our merchants will show a proper degree of energy in canvassing !the new territory which ought to be made tributary to Wilmine- ton by the extension of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley; the Georgia, Caro lina and Northern and the Wilmington, Onslow and East Carolina Railroad. ! With her present railroad connec tions, magnificent compresses ana superior shipping facilities Wilmington should forgej rapidly to the front as a cotton market, and it will be the fault of her business men if she fail to do so But they must make up their minds to' pay as high; prices lor cotton or equal grades as is paid by Norfolk and Charleston. False Statement Written by S. W. Noble and Published Under the Head bf Wrong Impressions in Yesterday's Messenger. When Mr. ' Noble - charged that the Democratic County Executive Commit tee was selfnconstituted, he made a false statement knowingly. He states that the demands made bv the Alliance were consistent yith Democratic principles. If what he made to its Executive Com mittee weifef Alliance principles, then he makes another false statement. I His proposition to them was not to vote for men who would carry out uemocratic principles, but to vote only for those who would subscribe to the Alliance's demands, whether he be Democrat or Republican. When Mr. Noble asserts that he is now and. always has been a Democrat, he makes another false state ment, becausehe was at one time a lead er in the Greenback party. We the Executive Committee do not wish to do Mr. J. W. Mdlis.an injustice by associating him with Mr. Noble, As an Alliance man he does not; en dorse the course of Mr. Noble, but says he will not vote for a Republican under any circumstances. W. f. OLDHAM, L. S. Belden, Wm. Ulrich, Jr. J. M. McGowan, W. H. Strauss; Geo. L. Morton, j Martin T. Davis, ; J. A. Montgomery, Executive Committee; Stocks of Naval Stores The stocks of naval stores at this port as compared with stocks at this time last vear. are as follows : Soirits i tur pentine, 4,810 casks; last year, 4,771 J Rosin. 24,465 barrels; last year, 29,318 Tar, 7,190 barrels; last year, 1,667. Crude turpentine, 1,364 barrels; last year, 332 TAR ! I t 'I- ! WASHINGTON NEWS. Advices that Trouble is Imminent Between Salvador and Guatemala Admiral Bel knap and the Troubles at Corea-A Resolu tion for the Final Adjournment of Con gress The North Carolina Farmers' Al liance. . ; f ' ( j By Telegraph to the Morning btar. WASHINGTON, July lO.-flnformation has been received at the Navy Depart ment that trouble is imminent between Salvador and Guatemala, arising out of the recent change in the government of the former country. It " bejing thought advisable to have some American war vessels near at hand, orders! were to-day issued for the steamers i Ranger and jThetis, now at San Francisco, to pro- S iceea at once to the west coast ot Central ; (America. These vessels will not be ex-! pected to interfere in the (troubles be tween the two countries except in sojfarj as may bejnecessary for the jprotection of American interests and to afford a place of refuge to American subjects in? case it snouia be required. - j I No information has beeii received at the Navy Department regarding the rer port that Kear Admiral Belknap, comf manaing, u. S, vessels or the Asiatic station has .undertaken tp protect the King of Corea. Admiral Belknap's orders were to take Mr. Hufoi, the newly appointed U. S. Minister toi Corea, in his flagship (the bwatara),'and loco-operat? with him in that country in upholding the rights and . interests iof Americari subjects. It is not believed at the Del partment that, he has interfered in the troubles between England and Russia further than to establish his forces ii the neighborhood of the American conJ sulate at Seoul for its protection in case of necessity. " j j Representative Williamsl of Ohio, in troduced a concurrent resdlution in the House to-day, which was referred to the Committee on Rules, providing that the resident ot the benate and the boeaker of the House be authorized to close the present session of the Fjfty-first Con gress, by adjourning their respective Houses on the thirty-first! day of July, 1890, at 2 p. m. ' 1 j Washington, July 10.--Representa- tive Henderson, of North Carolina, has received a letter from E. C. Beddihg field. Secretary of the 'North Carolina b armers btate Alliance, asking whether it be true; that Southern Representatives in Congress had held a private consul tation about the Agricultural Subi-trea- sury bill and had agreed by a majority vote to go against the measure and! to give as a reason' for their action the Un constitutionality of the bill. ; Mr. Henderson will reply that there has been no such consultation, caucus or conference, public or 'private, j and that no such action has been taken by any Senators or Representatives in Con gress in relation to the measure.; and that there is no foundation for such re port. ! I Republican Senators were in caucus for three hours to-night, discussing the order ot business. The outcome was a decision to conclude consideration of the pending Shipping bills, and then to take up the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. There was a prolonged debate' re specting places to be assigned to; the Tariff bill and the River and Harbor bill as well as the expediency of considering the National Election;! bill this session, but no decision was reafched as it was believed that befpre the matters above referred to the Shipping land Sundry Civil bills are ! disposed of, Democratic policy will pe sufficiently revealed to guide the Kepublicans in formulating measures at a subsequent caucus to meet the necessities of the situation.. ! Washington July 11.4-Carrying out the instructions of the' Republican Sen atorial caucus, held last night. Chair man Edmunds has appointed Senators Hoar, Spooner, Frye and Moody, to gether with Messrs. Aldrich, Sherman and Ingalls, Republican members qf the Kule Committee, to report as caucus committee upon the question of chang ing the rules ot the benate so as to pro vide tor the closure of debate at the will of the majority, and to ascertain and report how that result can be obtained if deemed necessary to the conduct of business. ' Washington, July 12. Representa tive Anderson, of Kansas, in the House to-day offered for reference a resolution revoking all leaves of absence, ekcept such as were granted on account of sickness, from and after Tuesday next, Washington, July 12. The Senate caucus committee met at half-past 10 o'clock this morning and spent the time up till noon in trying to devise a plan to carry out the absolute instruction bl the caucus to report a rule, a modification of existing rules, or a practicable method of procedure by which the majority of the benate may reach a vote upon the M.tln.nl 'E'lAsX.Inn Kill n nnr Uthor pending measure, withijn a reasonable space of time. Different propositions advanced in the caucus! were critically discussed, and there was jmuch specula tion as to the feasibility of securing the continuous attendance of a Republican majority if it should be found necessary to secure the desired end through ssheer endurance. This procedure, it was ap prehended, might have to be resorted to. The committee did notTeach a conclu sion to-day, but hopes to be able tp re port to the caucus early next week; The letter published this morning under date of Carlisle, Pa., purporting to give the views ol President Harrison concerning free trade and protection, is not cenuine. lhe president was in vited to attend the National Progress Exhibition at Carlisle, and sent a letter to the secretary of the .. Association, thanking him for the courtesy extended, and expressing his regret that the pres sure of urgent public business would prevent his acceptance of the invitation. The letter contained j nothing, what- ever of apolitical nature. LATE FOREIGN NEWS, Marriage of Henry M. Stanley and Miss Tennant irr Westminster Abbey The Postmen Regularly Attending to their Duties. ; ;'! ' I By Cable to the Morning Star. London, July 12. The marriage of I Henry M. Stanley and Miss Dorothy Tennant took place to-day in West minster Abbev. , Mr. i btanley showed. the effects of the illness by which he was attacked yesterday, and he was" compelled to use a sticK to assist mm in walking to and from the altar. The Abbey was crowded with the friends of the bride and groom, j . London, July 12. Affairs this morn ine among the postmen have resumed their normal conditibn, and the de liveries of thp mails, are proceeding without interruption.! four hundred and thirty-five men have been dismiss ed from the service for the part they took in the recent troubles, and; fost- master General Raikes declines to reinstate them. : s; . .' i . The habitually profane man is the precurser of everything unpleasant. hlmtra Gazette. r NO. 36 THE COTTON CROP. Statistical Report for July from the De- I partment of Agriculture, r By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, May 10. The Statisti cal Report for July of the Department pf Agriculture shows an improvement Sn the status of cotton, the average; of -v-miuiliuu Having auvciiicu uuiu oo.o lu was generally an j excess of moisture until about the 10th of June, witff i fine weather since, giving an opportunity for the destruction of crass ) and for thorough cultivation. On I the Atlantic coast the Crop - is generally well advanced, while it is -late; in the southwest, where planting wasj de layed by overflows ;and by heavy rains. That which was planted early began to bloom from the 10th to the 15th; and in the southwest some bolls are reported as early as the 20th; While lhe plant is in-various stages of advancement from the wide range of seeding, it is now al most invariably in full vigor of growth. of good color and! high promise, very free from rust and free from wormsl ex cept weak invasions of first broods in the more southern belt. i The present average of the July con dition has been exceeded only -t once in the last four years. It is stated as ; fol- lows, by States : Virginia,; 92; North Carolina, 95; South: Carolina, 95; Geor gia, 95; Florida, 91: Alabama, 95; Mis sissippi, 9; Louisiana, 86; lexas, 89; Ar kansas, 89; Tennessee, 93. ' j " Throughout the j cotton area two or three weeks of dry jweather is reported, but scarcely any injury trom drought. bince the hrst ot J uly heavy rains have been reported on the Atlantic coast.; LOUISIANA LOTTERY. Both Houses , of the General Assembly Deny the Right of the Governor to Veto the Bill. - . f ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j Baton Rouge, j La., July 10. At a late hour last night the House received a message from the Senate returning the lottery bill and the veto thereon; in accordance with the report of the Sen ate . Judiciary Committee, which was likewise transmitted. . Mr. Shields, of New Orleans, offered the following; "The Senate having 're fused to consider the veto message! ot the Governor on IHouse bill No; 214, which bill is an amendment j to the constitution passed by ithe requi site two-thirds maiority ot all mem- "oers elected to both Houses, and as the action of the Senate denying the nghr or authority) of the Governor to veto a constitutional amendment is in entire accordance with the views of this House; that we heartily agree and concur in the action pf the Senate, adopt their reasons as ours, and that the clerkj of the Honse be instructed to deliver to the Secretary; of State for promulgation enrolled House bill No. 214, with; a certified copy of the proceedings of the House on said bill, and to take receipt of the Secretary of btate for the same. After nllibustenng bv the antis until 12.30 a. m. the above was finally adopted by a vote of 61 to 27, this disposes ot the lottery question, as far as the Legislature is concerned The Picayune this morning editorially says: . f "lhe right oi the Governor to veto a proposed amendment to the constitu tion has been formally denied by the General Assembly of Louisiana. We believe that this decision is solidly based upon the constitution, BRUNSWICK DEMOCRATS. Proceedings of the I County Convention List of Delegates Harmony Between Democrats and the Alliance. The Democrats pi Brunswick County met in convention at George . M. Me Keithan's on Saturday, July 12th, A. D. 1890 for the purpose of appointing delegates to the I State, Congressional and Judicial Conventions. On motion George H. Bellamy. Esq., was made permanent chairman- and John H. Mints secretary. The chairman appointed a committee on Credentials consisting of j. D. McRae, Ji D, Robbins, B. E Hewett, C. A. Drew and Lorenzo Sellers, After examination! it was found that the credentials of all the delegates were cor rect. On motion of D. B. McNeill, B F. Williams' was added to the list of delegates from Smithville Township. On motion of J. D. Robbins the chair man was empowered to appoint; dele gates to each convention. On motion of Major Reilly jthe convention ad journed till o'clock. ! At 1 o clock tne convention was called to order. The list of delegates was read as follows: To the State Convention James Holmes, Mi C. Guthrie, F. M. Moore, D. I. Watson, A. M. Williams, Isaac Milliken, I. T. Hawes, C. C. Morse, Ti J Heckman, A. T. Hewett, R. L. Chihnis, Peyton White, Rufus Galloway, i John H. Mints, Matthew Long. j. H. Bella my, J. c. fjnmes, jonn in. Bennett, Memory Beck. A. W. Reiger, Nixon Ottaway, W,. W. Drew, D. B. Stanaland, bam. Bell. 1 K. W. McKeithan. Jesse Lancaster. Jr., D. B. McNeill, W. G Curtis, Thomas Lewis. . , Judicial. S. K. Mints, A. T. Hew et Rufus Galloway. Washington Holden. W. A. Rourk. D. o. McNeill, Wm Frink, Isaac lennett; Jr., Joel Long, Thomas Lewis. fHenrv Addix. C G Smith, C B Drew, labez Frink, A C Meares. John H, Mints, G. W. Kirby, Geo. H. Bellamy; Jesse Lancaster, Wes ley Skipper, Jas. j. Reilly, Wm. Devane, W. A. Alderman, J. D. McRae, J. ! B. Evans, J. D. Robbins, Thomas M. Wil- nams, Jonn xseiison, wm. uainey. i. m, McKoy, Lorenzo Sellers, B. F. lones, B, F. Gore, Henry Galloway, F. P. White, S. W. Maultsby,; A. A. Willson, Jas Gainey, T. R. Gainey, Joe Sellers, Wm Skipper, A. M. Wilhatas, Reuben Mints, T. J. Pigott, R, i W. McKeithan, Tom Harrell. David Ward, loseph Gav, LJ D Gainey, S, R. Chinnis. Congressional W. A. Bland, I. Hewett, Sam D. Swindell, E. Hickman, Lorenzo Sellers, I. W. Harrelson, J. j D. McRae. J. D. Robbins, O. N. Durant, Benj. E. Hewett, J. J. Harris, W. S, Milliken, Elisha Sellers, S. J. Stanley, C. B. Drew, S. S. Drew, M. M. Pridgen, John A. McNeill, R. L, Chinnis, L. M. Todd, Isaac Jenerett, Jr, John C. Mints, A. C. Willard, Wm. Weeks, Jno. West cott, G. M. McKeithan, Joseph: Gay, John H. Mints, Geo. H. Bellamy. On motipn of O. A. Durant the Chair man and Secretary were added to the list of delegates.' On motion of Dr. D. I. Watson the Convention adiourned. "The utmost harmony prevailed between the Dem ocracyjof old Brunswickjand the "Farm ers' Alliance." I i i Geo. H. Bellamy, i Chairman, John H. Mints. Secretary, SPIRITS TURPENTINE Red Springs Farmer & Scottish Chief: . As the season advances, the crop prospects throughout this entire . section continue to grow better. Farmers from all parts I of the country give the most favorable reports relative o every variety ot crops. Charlotte ChronideK Holstein calf belonging to C Gresham fell into a well at the Air Line depot lot yesterday. the well was over thirty feet deep and the water ten feet high. The calf was was recovered unhurt, j A meeting of the Carolina Bee-keepers' Association will be held at the hall of the Chamber of Commerce' on the 17th and 18th bf J uly to discuss questions peculiar to the modern apiculture. ! A1J who are in any way interested are invited to attend. Raleigh News and Observer'. The State funding act expired by limitation on the 1st inst. The recognized debt of the State which the act provided for amounted to sia.637,000. Treasurer Bain informs us that all the bonds have been retired except about $1,600,000. which are still in. the hands of the holders. The four per cent, bonds issued in lieu of the old debt are now worth about par. This speaks well for the credit of the-State and the manage ment of the debt. " i Elizabeth City JEconomist: New houses grow apace and our population is growing with them. It is an unmistak able sign of increase, say what the enu merators may. It is whispered that the Rads will run Judge Pool for solici- . tor in this Judicial District. If they do, he'll find it hotter'n Brazil.. . There is some complaint of inaccuracy in the census enumeration. Elizabeth City does not reach the population that was anti cipated. We also hear that the enumer ation of Camden county falls off 600 from the enumeration of 1880. Can this be possible? " ! i Greensboro" Workman: At a meeting of the Board : pf Directors of Greensboro Female College, held at 9 o'clock last night, we learn Dr. B. F. Dixon, Supt. of the ; Oxford Orphan Asylum, was unanimously elected Presi dent of the College. Dr. Dixon is. we judge, about 43 years of age, and has tor the last seven or eight years been in charge of the Orphan Asylum at Ox ford. Large numbers of hands are engaged making streets across the Steel and Iron' Company's property on the north side of this city, and some beauti ful properties will thus be opened up. Salisbury Watchman : Steel township asserts a title to a woman who at the age of thirty has borne, at single births, sixteen children to one husband, all of whom are livings lusty specimens of ebony humanity, while the old pair are left in an unbattered and hopeful condition. :The ; cotton factory company has declared !a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent., and is about to issue $17,000 ot new stock, at 8105 per share, which has been; assigned to the old stockholders. The mill will be fill ed with machinery this ! fall. The en tire plant will then consist of 300 looms and 8,500 spindles. ill Nashville Argonaut: The crops in the Red Oak section are simply mag nificent. Nothing like it was ever seen in that locality before. - 1 hey have some fine tobacco in the Gold Rock section. Mack Moore has a field of tobacco which will average six feet, and some of it is seven feet high. The leaf broad, the texture fine; and it is yellow ing up beautifully. J J AL Whitaker, in the same neighborhood,! has a lot of to bacco seven feet high, broad growth and fine. They say you nave to get on a stump to see over the field. Boddie Hilliard has a lot averaging six feet high. Sheriff Ricks also has tobacco as high as his head, and he stands six feet in his stockings. ! Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen cer: Mr. oe l nomas, jOi Burnsvuie township, whose insanity was noted in our columns some time ago, has return- j ed from Mprganton restored to health. ! - Aunt Heny May is; 82 years old. and lives near MorvenJ this county. ' There are other ladies in Anson county ! R2 vears. nlrl. hut the rfirriarkable thinir about Aunt Heny is that she can work ; button holes as neatly as anybody with- ; out the use of glasses, -i A private letter received by a citizen ot wades boro from Jno. T. Cramer, Esq., Presi dent of the Thomasville,! Silver Valley & Pee Dee railroad, states that the enT gineer who is surveying; j the road has been instructed to run; a I line into the town of Wadesboro, ajnd that he will reach this place in a fewf days. - New Berne Tournal: Whisper ings of a ereat scheme for development and improvement at Morehead City reach us now and then, but definite de tails have not been given out. As far as unfolded it appears to be the project oi . some great Western railway interests seeking a good ocean outlet on the bouth Atlantic tor invited lines of North western traffic. The first 'step, it is said, is the organization of a mammoth land and improvement company at More- nead, in which large western capitalists , will enlist to purchase and control large bodies of land about Carolina and More- head cities, and develop and improve the water fronts and privileges there. The scheme will involve the deepening of the. bar at Morehead for the largest class of foreign ships and the establish ment of the greatest shipping port be tween Nortoik and New uneans. Chatham Recoifd- One night last week the gin house of Mr. E. D. Nail, near Gulf, was struck by lightning and burned up. Chatham now comes to the front with a dog that 'worms tobacco." Mr. N. W. Beck- with, of Williams towhship, has a dog that goes with him to his tobacco patch, and catches and eats every worm tnat it , can find. A strange sight was seen ; in our town last Monday. It was one: negro leading another tied with a rope About two years ago a colored youth, named William Hall, was convicted in this county and sentenced to the peni tentiary for two years for stealing from : Mr. Isaac A. Murchison, at bilcr City.' While at work, last winter, on the rail- joad to Columbia Factory he escaped. On last lhursday he stole $35 trom Jeff county, who pursued him and caught him near Mt. Pleasant church, in this county, and brought him here Monday, and carried him back to the peniten tiary, i I I Monroe Register i Mr. Ellison Davis, pf Lane's Creek! township, in forms us that' he has a chicken which was hatched July 2nd, and has three well developed legs. The third leg is just back of the right leg, and is turned backward. The chicken, when Mr. Da vis was here, was doing well. Dr. J. C. Brown will run a select excursion from Monroe to Wilmington, Carolina Beach and the Hammocks and return, to leave Monroe on the 22nd of July. A movement is on foot amongst some of our enterprising young men to establish a furniture factory. We un derstand there is a prospect of the un dertaking" proving a success, as only a few minutes canvassing nas been done and about $1,100 in ' subscription has been obtained. Last Friday Messrs. G. M. and G. D. Stinson brought some line specimens ol gold to Monroe, which were found on the land of their father, Mr. Cyrus btinson, five miles north of Matthews, in Mecklenburg county. , In the lot there were four nuggets, the largest of which weighed four penny weight. There was also a fine quartz specimen. A mining expert to whom tne specimens were shown, pronounced them the finest he had seen in this sec- V. n Waam J a 4w . QtinaAn'e (arm from time to time, and there are strong indications of a very rich mine. The specimens shown in Monroe were picked up where the rain had washed off the dirt.