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" " 6 months " " " " S months " SI 00 .; 60 . 80 THE BALANCE OF POWER. ; When-the leaders of the Reptib)i-; .can party emancipated the negroes who were held in slavery they did so not because they were particularly axious that they should; be set free, but because setting them free would cripple their masters who were then engaged in a great struggle forinde- pence; so when they enfranchised the emancipated slave they did so not because they were particularly imx- ious that he should have the right of. suffrage on his own account but be cause they thought that the negro vote, which they felt'suri they could; Control, would be a powerful factor in perpetuating the part and secur ing it a lease of power for many "years.: ' As there was no authority under the Constitution by which the slaves could be emancipated without the consent of their owners sj there was rio authority under the Constitution by which the emancipated, sls.ves? could be enfranchised. The more . i . . ... honest . of the Republican . leaders acknowledged this, admitting that it was not constitutional, but e tra 'constitutional, claiming that it was justified by necessity, as emancipa tion was. ' I I The scheme worked pretty well for awhile, but they felt too confi dent, felt too sure that th i party was safe from defeat, became bold and reckless, and by their excesses drove the white people of the South into al most solid column against them, and .the result was defeat and ajsudden col la pse of the scheme which prom sed so much and started oiutjso eneour-' agingly to them. They lpstthecon ttol of the .Southern States wl ich tljiey hoped to make secure through tlie colored vote, and although tiey litxve made several desperate atf' tempts to regain it they have never been able to do so. Bat they h ive iiot given up trying, for i hat is 3ne of the main objects of the Lolge i'orce bill, which has passed the House and is awaiting the action of the Senate. .' ' j ,:' ;'; .. .. l)ut if they failed in their calcula tions on the value of the Southern negro vote to them and met .with such serious disappointment I in' J i j i. that they achieved much ' in an other direction where thev had made but little calculation! and !i)on which they put but j little 'dependence. .The same j act which ; enfranchised the ex-slaves of the . outh at the same time enfranchi t ie negroes of the North who, though numerically bearing no Comparison tp the colored voters ot 'the South, have proved of inestimably more value to the Republican party. ; There aj-e in round figures' about 00,000 colored voters in the j North who vote the Republican j ticket al most to a man. These 200,000 hold -the balance of power between the Democratic and Republican parties and by voting solidly for the Rep lb Iican party, as they do, they" have enabled it to hold its grip upon piw- trx which would have beien broken long ago, had it not be4n for the powerful support of this compara tively small, but, under the circum stances, mighty factor. Id is in their distribution their potency lies, for they are so ' distributed that they hold the balance of power in several ptates, the carrying ot w pessary 10 jtepuDiican triumph in presidential elections. The- folliw- mg table, which we clip from the National Democratfihovis the stren jth of the colored vote in the States named, in 1880: Connecticdt.. Illinois . . . , . . , . Indiana. ..;., , Massachusetts Michigan ; . Maryland..... . Missouri:, .. 8 352 ..13 686 ..10 739 ,. 5 956 .. 6 130. ..48 584 .33 042 ..io mo New Jersey....... New York Ohio. Pennsylvania 'nofle Island -West Virginia.,., 1- J...20 039 j-... 21.706 ;...23 829 . . . . 1 886 .. . . 6 84 Maryland and Missouri ! are bbth .'democratic States but the colored Votc helps to elect Republicans to Congress, while West Virginia is a debateable State; and always made 80 by the colored vote. The others with the exception of Massachusetts (whichis not so certainly Republican and Pennsylvania, could ! be . dePended, upon ,as reliably Demo , crattc if this colored vote were eiim '"atedfrom the count. It was the colored vote which gavev New York, - I 4 " i . 'j, . t - ' ... i,. . ;-.' v i - . .. " ,. . . . , . - ... ......... v.. ........ .... 1 , . - I - i w v.- i.- ' . vua - .-.:.. : . 1 - I '"out. - -Y - .... r ... I t ' . -f v. - . - . - t . t . bmhhhkmhh - t m SB m . ... ',. ...... , I VOL. XXI. " M ' ' - ... I ' ' "'.Im, - ,WTT MTM'TATslt XT n TTPm A Vi OT?nfrmmn ,vLn .LM r I, ,. ... . Ohip and Indiana to the "Republi cans in 1888 and elected Harrison as it had the three Republican presi dents who preceded him. : 'j-' And, yet, although this force of colored Voters hold the destiny of the Republican party in their hands and save it from destruction when did the Republican managers ever have the candor to acknowledge this and recognize, their : negro allies as political, equals? They receive no recognition although without them. the party would go tp pieces in short order. They are its salvation, its life. To them it owes all It has and all the victories it has won since 1872, and yet it has neither the man ly candor nor thegratit-ude to ack nowledge it in any way. The re markable thing is that lithe colored voters on the other side; of the line do not f compel them jto acknowl edge it. i ' ! ; LV'.7' .v"-;. j It is admitted that the Weekly Star is a cheap paper at one dollar per year, but the impression that prevails with some of its' subscribers that it can be published,; and mailed free of postage,' for nothing is errone ous. j The Democracy of South Carolina is to be congratulated jjon the wis dom it i showed in closing up the breach and standing in solid column as heretofore. At times during the heated primary meetings, when hot blood held sway and denunciation seemed to be the order! of the day the prospect for final harmony was very discouraging, but we never be lieved that the Democrats of South Carolina would be influenced so far by their opinions or resentments as to divide in the face of the ene my and jthus: jeopardize Demo cratic : supremacy. The action of the State convention held on the, 10th inst., ai Columbia has jus tified this opinion. Mr. lTillman and the ticket favored by the Farmers' Al liance are the nominees. The Anti- Tillmanites have gracef ally and pa triotically accepted the situation and will support the ticket with loyal de votion. The platform which is bold and unequivocal is broad enough for the Alliance Democrats and all other Democrats to J stand upon. There are no longer Tillmanites and Anti Tillmanites ; but South Carolina Democrats moving in sblid column to victory. How long have you been reading paying the Weekly Star without for "it? This question is not in- tended for those who advance. have paid : in The cotton crop of the South this year will be the largest; ever raised. This is conclusive evidence, that the white and black people of the South are not getting along at all, and that the white man spends most of his time hunting up the negroes with shot guns, and that the negroes spend most of their time keeping out ot the range of the shot gun. ; The cotton raises itself. If you owe for subscription to the Weekly Star why don't you pay it? Is it fair to subscribe to a paper, read it regularly for one or more r- i , , i i . -. i years,; and then pay no attention to a bill when received?! I The question ha been asked, "who- runs the Congressional JSec- ord? That interesting speech of Congressman Kennedy; on Boss Quay has not yet appeared, If that speech had been made on a Demo cratic Senator, Judas Iscariot would have; gotten a chance to figure con spicuously among Republican names and it wouldn't have been so much out of place either j i ! .j ; i !- A lady of wealth in Boston who had a tender feelin for the feline tribe, left a large sum of money to establish a home for decrepit, inva lid, homeless and friendless cats, and liue acre tract of ground, sur- sounded by a high fence, upon which is to be erected suitable buildings, has been purchased for this purpose. Boston benevolence takes queer shoots sometimes. The Washington Star wants to know "if the Republican party should make a bolt fdr free trade and drop protection,, what would become of the -Democratic party?"! Why the Democratic party would j just slack its. braces and bolt the (Republican party, hoof, horns and all. If there is any Swallowing to be done we pro pose to do it. Ah Iowa man who undertook to i i run a postoffice, a j store, a bank, . a livery stable, a wagon shop, a grain business, and a stock farm, got along pretty well until he added a fic kle sweet heart to his stock of cares. This proved too much for J a young man of twenty-four, and he shot himself to death. I ' Mr. Trotter, j a wealthy New, Yorker, while taking a bath at Bath, Me., was rescued from drowning by George Morse. . He presented Mr. Morse with a nice gold time-keeper as a grateful token off his timely action in prolonging his time on this mundane sphere. 1 k . j v . f f xjjiii m x x i i i ' - i i m ' Ki . n . w m w . mi m . w i u : i villi j .. : - - , i . : i ... ' i . ' ; ; j : .7 : ,. NO u Winslon D j . MINOR MENTION, Ever since last Tuesday the' ma jority in the House has been trying in ivain to hpid a quorum together and have not been; able to do it, even to approve , the journal of Tuesday.' The members answer roll call and then quietly retirej leaving the House without quorum. They can get members in but there is no way to keep them in after they get thfcm. Reed issued orders, once I to the door keeper some time ago to prevent members from leaving the Hall but this, led to a live al tercation between a ' member and the door keeper, and Reed concluded he had better not try i to enforce that order, j He then threat end to lock the doors but on reflec-: tion he decided that he had better not try that. . As the matter stands now, with so many absentees, the Democrats there seem to be masters of the situation, and can block pro ceedings until the Republican absen tees, are called in. j The object of this filibustering seems to be to stave ofFjthe Venabie-Langston contested case and prevent the unseating of; Vehable, which the majority propose to do when they succeed in getting 'the case before the House. The oijiy way they can succeed in doing this is to call m the absentees so that they can make a quorum of their own partisans. ; ' Mr. ingaus, of Kansas, seems to be Anxious to figure as a Force bill champion, . apparently not beipg willing to let Codfish Hoar, who had been running that thing in the Sen atej have all the glory; Perhaps he was inspired by the result in Reed's district to nlake this issue in Kansas in the coming Senatorial fight, hoping-to thus divert the attention of thejpeople from the tariff and other public questions in which they hajve been taking, for the comfort of Mr. Ingalls and other protective booii- ers, euureiy too niucn uueresi wiifliD past year. This' will give Mr. the Ingalls a chance to hoist the same old; shirt and give it 'some vigorous flirts, which he will find it mulch easier and more congenial to do than to answer the troublesome questions thai might be asked about the tariff. the;bursted surplus, and. other feat ures of the record which this Repub lican Congress has made.. It seems that the Democratic mi nor ty in the House has resolved to "use their power to filibuster to pre vent the majority from parrying put such purely partisan measures as they may have in view. A threat is made to interfere with the j redistricting of Ohio, as done by the late Demo cratic legislature, to pass an appor tionment bill on a basis to increase the Republican majority ; in the Hotlse, etc., which the Democrats canj defeat by a persistent filibuster, Unless the Republican absentees! are called in. With Reed's recent in dorsement by the Republicans of his district the majority in the House is even more aggressive than '. before, and Reed, inflated by his victory, is more imperious. It is possible un less the Republicans draw in their horns, that the final disposition of the tariff bill may be delayed some time, which would be bad for the import ers who have imported their big stocks of goods. i J j J : 'j " j ' The talk about an extra session of Congress in November seems to havji been dropped, the j President having announced his opposition to it. iThe only object of an extra ses sion was to 'take up the: Force bill, aud hence the advocatjes , of , the measure are: very much disappointed. It wjas expected that Congress would get through with its work and ad journ by October the 8th,. but this j . i - i . ; programme may be" ; interfered with it the Republicans in the House de cide to introduce more partisan measures and the Democratic mi nority persist in the filibusting, upon which they have entered , and which they have successfully carried put for several days of the past' week. STATE TOPICS. Asheville has a sensation, nothing less than some live volcanoei in the neighborhood of Bee Tree Creek, twtve miles east of the city. Smoke has been seen fori the third time sines the Charleston ' earthquake, emitting from seven peaks! of the Blu Ridge, which are! now called the 'Seven Smoking Mountains. ,r A reliable citizen has informed the Citizen that he has seen vast col umns of smoke rising to a height of three hundred feet ; from Watch Knob, Rocky Knob, and- five other peaks visible ' from Bee Tree creek, and what's more thisjsmoke has a strong sulphurous, oder. As the people in the; vicinity of these mountains have no particu lar!, hanking : for volcanoes ' which emit so much black smoke with sul phuric accompaniments they are naturally alarmed and are; thinking about pulling up stakes and striking outj j in an opposite direction, ; We have seen smoke curling up pretty hign in the mountain section, but the general impression was that it arose from moonshine industries l . . .-. l ; : - . - r. - - i .1 where the surplus crop of apples and gram was reduced to liquid to put it in more convenient shape for, ship ment and consumption., ;This smoke, however, emitted no sulphuric odor. At any time during the past few months have voui received a bill for subscription to the Weekly StAr? If so, and you have not already paid the amount, do so af once. It is wrong to read a paper without pay ing or it, ALL ABOUT RICE. Prospoota and Prieoe The Planters Ad' vised to Hold foY Higher Prioos.' The Savannah News says: ... Rice is coming in rather slowly. ' The rains of last week and the showers of the present week have j retarded the. 'rice harvest, j Sonic rice from the Altamaha ana tne savannan fiver rice plantations has come! to the mills and a little, has found its Way to market from the Ogee- cheei but planters are interested more in caring for their crops than rushing the grain: to the market, and especially so as the prices Of two1 weeks ago have not been maintained. evens is fair, good being firm at 5. The ATews and Courier of Thursday reports the : Charleston markets firm at 5 to n lot. good. The New Orleans Times-Democrat's report of Tuesday says: The receipts of rough rice were liberal, and as the demand was good, and millers took hold freely prices were fairly well maintained. Clean rice was also in fair demand and firm. - The turnout of the mpls is large, but the takings of the trade are 'also liberal. Good is quoted at 5). : The Louisiana Planter, an authority among rice men, in a review of the rice position, last Saturday, says: ; j Signal proof of the accuracy of the views' of jthe Planter . has ..beo , given during thd past twD weeks. With the first sis'ri !f a olutthe market tumbled precipitately, falling a dollar per barrel, and $3.90 was tbe; Jtop price. A few rainy! days intervening discovered an activ denband for clean rice and inade quate supply of rough, and the market jumped up again per barrel, and sales 'were made at $5 and above. There come now again signs of glut, and lorccd sales are made at low prices, notwith standing the fact that the rice markets of the world are bare of stock and the prices high. (There! i$ but one way for the rjee planter to resist all this and to eet a fair nnce for his nee. and that is ' : j i .... to stubbornly hold '6n to it until it brings a price that exhibits a proper par ity with the genelral markets of the world, all things considered. No good rough rice should be sold under $4. and if held long enough, say two, three or four months, it will; surely bring that prjee The 'best ri:e arriving is now bringing $4 and something above, but not much bf it brings this, and free re ceipts are! certain to further depress prices unless the rice is . ordered into store PINE STRAW BAGGING. Its Manufacture May Become a Groat Industry in North, j Carolina A Com plaint that May tie Easily Bemedied. Thousands of landholders in North Carolina-are interested in every thing per taining to the manufacture of pine straw bagging, and the following, from the Savannah News, is reproduced for their benefit; : : j It is hardly probable that there is ny defecjt in pine straw bagging that cannot be easily jiemcdiedj The slight stains observed in some instances on the cot ton covered with this bagging are prob ably due td imperfect methods employed in its manufacture. If this is the case the manufacturers will be able, doubt less to find a remedy for the defect without much trouble! Last year a good deal of cotton was covered with pine straw bag- ging and . there were no complaints, that it stained complaints this as far as known, the I cotton. The year are not such as to justify the con clusion that it will be found to be un suitable as a wrapping for cotton. They are only such as are calculated to put the manufacturers of it on notice that it possesses a defect that they should set about correcting at once. 1 ! "-if' There is no doubt that both cotton factors and cotton exporters would be glad to sec pine straw bagging, or any Othcf bagging that would call into life another southern industry, come into general use. If pine straw could be made available for the manufacture of a wholly satisfactory wrapping for cotton hundreds and thousands of dollars that now go to the North I for iute bagging would be kept at home. The forests of the South contain an unlimited supply of pine straw, 'and if a cloth, could be made out of it that could be sold as cheaply .as jute bagging many . pine Straw cow lactones would be erected at once. hey wouldemploy thousands of people. and other thousands would find profitable employment in gathering the straw. Indeed, the benefit to the South would be about as great as if a cheap process should jbe discovered for making a covering for cotton out of the fiber of the cotton stalk. a . It Ss surprising how much has been accomplished with pine straw in-the short time; it has been utilized for the manufacture of various articles which have come into general use. It has onlyj been1 a year or jtwo since it was suggested as a suitable material for making a wrapping for cotton, and now pine straw bagging is furnished almost as cheaply3 as jute bagging, and. with the exception ot the one fault complain ed of, gives about as much satisfaction. That fault,! it is pretty, safe to say, is not one that cannot be remedied. Indeed, it is probable that it will be remedied as soon as the attention of the manufac turers is called to it. The Peanut Crop. j ' - TAQnilta Lar tllrrViA. nrnir ttQrl have been before in years, and the pros- pectj is that" prices will be well main tained. Reports from ! Virginia, which produces the great bulk of the crop, are that while! vines look has i apparently beeri thrifty and' there no drawback for few nuts on the the growers, there are vines and the yield will be small. ' ' IN THE RAILROAD WORLD. The Georgia. Carolina and North m The ' trestle of the bridge at Long Cane, on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad, js being pushed to completion, and ' will be ready for the tracK by the 1st of October. The cross ties have been laid on the roarthrrl fmm Long Cane to Abbeville, and the "rails wui be put down in a few days. Abbe ville expects to have a kind of irala week when the first train comes in over this road. ' - - The Florence Kailroad. The Florence Railroad will soon be completed from Rowland,. N. C, to Fayetteville, a distance of a little over forty miles. - The company is now buy- lug up the various rights of way neces sary, and construction-will begin very soon. ;''..;.- ''..,;; ' . The Carolina, Sumter and Northern. The contractor on the Bennettsville extension of the Carolina, Sumter and Northern, Railroad has a very large force of hands at work, and the road will be completed in a few months. There has been but little trouble in regard to the right of way through th counties, and no delay has been experienced in the work of construction. - The Santee and Little Hirer Hoad. The affairs of the Mount Plensant. San tee aria Little River railroad seem to be in statu quo just at present. The of ficers of the company are still working ior ngnts oi way, which work is of ne cessity slow. j . The A. C. li. Augusta Extension. The oeonle of Graniteville and virin- ity are looking- forward to the comple tion oi tne Augusta extension ot the Atlantic Coast Line from Sumter, bene fiting them greatly in various ways. Among other advantages they expect to derive is the utilization of their kaolin fields. It is well known that, the best be found on the line of this proposed roaq.- wjany years ago a Kim was oper ated veiv successfully, but was finallv abandoned for various reasons. A road through this country will revive the in terest and make the lands of the greatest value. RIVER AND MARINE. 'Messrs. Funch, Edye & Co., in their freight report, September 5th say: "Our advices from all the cotton ports state that there has been very little demand of late for freight room, a fact. attrib uted to the disinclination on the part of Europe to make purchases, in conse quence of the declining and unsettled condition of the totton markets. Since the collapse in Liverpool the sales of cotton have already increased at that olace; spinners here, as well as abroad, are said to have only light stocks on hand, and it is therefore expected that our market, under an increased demand, will shortly settle down to a firm basis at prices which will bring us lots of orders, and a good inquiry for steam tonnage to load ' at the Southern ports. As to the crop .itself, the prospects are as bright as they ever were, whilst the movement of cotton continues to be exceptionally free. We are offered from the Atlantic coast 5-16d'and 5 per cent, to the U. K. or Continent with $1.20 for stevedoring and compressing October and November loading. Own ers show no inclination to charter at this rate, whilst transactions reported below demonstrate their readiness to accept from the Gulf ports ;;21-64d. arid 6 per cent., with stevedoring and compressing fixed at $1 per bale." . The British steamship Ethelburga is reported as having sailed from Bue nos Byres, August 30th for. Wilmington. Also, the British steamships Leonfieid, from Hull, Eng. September 3rd.; Brit ish steamship Thurston, from Ibrail August 16th (was at Malta August 29th), and the Spanish steamship Julio from "Hull, Eng., September 3d. WILSON EXCITED. A Woman Found Bead on the Hallroad Supposed to Have Been Murdered. It' was reported yesterday that a young white woman, neatly dressed, was killed On the W. & W. railroad near Wilson by the north-bound fast mail train which left Wilmington Wednesday night. It was said that the woman was asleep on the track. Later information is to the effect that the woman's name is Driver, that she was in company with white man named Jonathan Rountree, and they were eloping from Black Creek, where Rountree's wife and family live. . The couple left Black Creek Monday evening together, walk ing, passing through Wilson early in the night en route for Toisnot to take the train, . and, becoming tired, they lay down to rest and fell asleep. The train struck tire woman, Rountree said, and broke her neck, he escaping without a scratch, .., '" The people do not believe the story and there was much excitement. The body of the. woman, which had been buried by Rountree, was to have been exhumed yesterday and an inquest held. i. . , - ;. ; Sampson County Convention. The Democrats of. Sampson county at the Convention in Clinton on Thursday last, nominated Messrs. W. K. Pigford and R. R. Bell "for members of the State Legislature. The old county ; ticket was renomU nated as follows: For Clerk of Superior Court, J'. S. Bizzell; Register of Deeds, O. F. Herring; Sheriff, Jas. M. Spell; Treasurer, J. Ry Beaman; Coroner, Dr. R. H, Hollody; Surveyor, Arthur Lee, of Newton Grove. Vance was unanimously endorsed. For Coffee Drinkers. ' : A Wilmington ! merchant ' advises housekeepersto be particular in buying coffee, and before using itjtphave it well washed.' He mentions seeing a sample bf a lot offered for sale recently in this city the grain appearing very green and pretty. After washing and rubbing the sample, however, many of the grains were black and it was found that the coffee was hardly fit for use at all. Barnum & Baileys circus is on its way South. . , '. CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY. A Tour of Inspection Over the Boad.' : Major A. ; M. Campbell, Col. J, B starr, Col. I no. A. Pemberton,; and Capt. N. W. Ray, of . Fayetteville: Mai J. M. Vaugh, of Madison, and Mr.W. E. BeviL of Greensboro, were appointed , a committee at the Jast meeting of the stockholders of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad jto make a tour of inspec tion over the road from .Mt. Alrv to Wilmington, and also' to take in the. branches on the uppei; division. In ac cordance with this resolution the above named gentlemen- arrived in this city last night on the president's private car accompanied by Col. L A. Gray and Mr. R. P. Gray. The committee report the road in first class! condition, arid are well pleased withi their- trip. " They will remain here until this afternoon and will then return home. . t- ' " FIRST DF THE FLEET. The Steamship Picton With 7,450 Bales of : Cotton for ; "Liverpool. . The British steamship Picton, ' 1,561 tons, cleared yesterday for Liverpool, Eng.. with a cargo of 7,459 bales of cot ton,: weighing j 8,794,094- pounds and valued at $385;000.' Vessel and cargo by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son. The Picton was the first , of the cotton fleet j this season. She arrived here September 2nd, and went into berth at the Champion Com press, Her cargo nearly five bales of 500 pounds weight each to the registered ton shows the good work : accom plished by Wilmington compresses and Wilmington stevedores. , The first steamship last vear was i the Bourguen (Spanish) which arrived Sep tember 12th and cleared September 21st with 2.470 bales cotton and 1,200 barrels rosin. ,; , i . The Charleston, S. C. papers, speak ing of the largest steamship now in that port the thordisa, 1,539 tons register say that last season the Thordisa sailed from Charleston with 6.604 bales of cotton about four and one-third bales to the registered ton. f Fender Superior Court. ! Capt. Herbert Ward, of the steamer Delta, who shot and wounded Calvin Loftin, a colored man who attacked hfm with brickbats at Point Caswell some time since (as published at the time in the Star), was tried in the Superior Court jfor Pender county at Burgaw last Wed nesday. The judgment of the court was jaiine of 25 each against Capt. Ward and Loftin. . i - . - . j A suit for recovery of land, instituted by Mr. J. Corbett against Mr. Bi F. Keith, Jr., which has"been- in litigation for some years, j was settled in favor of the defendant, Mr. Keith; the costs-, amounting to jseveral hundred dollars falling on the plaintiff. - There were no other cases of import- jance, and the Court. adjourned for the 'term yesterday, I j REV. SAM JONE.Sr MEETINGS, j .The Tabernacle Finished Arrangements with Bailroada for Beduced Bates. The tabernacle! for the Rev. Sam Jones' meetings is finished, except that electric lights aire yet to be placed, in it. The committee of arrangements had. an interview with' railroad officials yes terday in regard jto obtaining reduced rates on all the roads for persons at other places who may desire to attend the meetings, j ! The Carolina Central offers reduced rates for round trip tickets from places named to Wilniirigton during the meet- ngs as follows, viz: From Hamlet, $5 m; Laurinburg,! M 80; Maxton, $4 55; .Lumberton, $3 60; Clarkton, $2 45 ; iCouncil, $1 90; jCronly, 95 cents. And proportionate rates from intermediate jpoints.'. , I j . Sudden Death of Mr. B. F. Piatt. 1 Mr. Benj. F. platt, son of Mr, John tlY Piatt, died of a congestive chill yes terday morning kt his father's residence pn Mulberry street. The deceased was employed at Messrs. Burr & Bailey's machine shops and was at; work there "riday, seemingly in good health, but drank copiously of icewater in the after noon, while overheated, and this it is Supposed, caused the fatal sickness. Those who knew him say that he was a young man; of excellent character and was held in highest esteem by his em ployers and his! associates..! - The funeral will take place this morn ing at half-past nine o'clock from the First Baptist Church. Rev. Bain Jonea Meetings. Advices frorri Rev. Sam P. Jones are phat he will be assisted in the meetings here by the Rev. Mr. Stuart, who was With him and who was so well liked in both Richmond and Norfolk. . !j Services will ;be held here at 0 o'clock and 10.30 ' o'clock a. m., and at 3 o clock! and 7.30 o clock P at m. Mr. Jpnes will preach 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m., while Mr. Stuart will conduct the 6 a. m. and 3 p. m. services; . ; ; Prof. E. O; Excell will also be with Mr. Jones in the meetings here. Those who have herd Prof. Excell sing will know what a treat is in store for the people. The Weekly Star, each issue containing nearly thirty columns of reading matter, is mailed, postage paid, for less than two cents a copy. And still some people seem to think it entirely honest to read it without baying for it. The voters' of Pender county tare reminded that there will be an en tirely new registration for the coming election. r- . .. . - . ' ! ' ! .. 1 11V T 11V tUWlllO UUb give is like the Dead Sea. I All the fresh floods of Jordon j cannot sweeten fits dead, salt depths. So all the streams of God's bounty j cannot sweeten : a heart that has no outlet;, is ever receiving, yet never mil ana overnowing. -josian THE MONETARY PRESSURE. j.ne Treeident and Secretary Windom . - Seeking to Avert a Panic. y : - By Teleeraph to the Morning Star! Washington, September 13.--There was a long consultation to-day by wire between the President, at Cressbri, and acting Secretary Batchelor and Assistant Secretary Nettletori, at the Treasury department, concerning the stringency in the moneyl market, during which the whole situation was . thoroughly gone wvcr. - me, rresiaentr. it is understood. akatcu iaai it is nis aesire to arrest a panic in .the money market and that none shall be permitted to occur if the Treasury .Department can prevent ; it. The views of the President were tele graphed to Secretary Windom, at New York, who at noon sent the following message to the President: "Have had a conference with leading . 'financiers. There appears to be considerable -stringency, but no reason to apprehend serious consequences. T am fully ad vised, and will take such action as I think the situation requires." j , The President has also been in con sultation by wire with Mr. McKinley, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means,-and others, in regard to the propriety of extending the date fixed by the Senate for the new Tariff bill to go into effect. The matter, it is under stood, is to be the subject of further conference, j . u. . The director of the mint announced to-day his willingness to buy largely of silver Monday if offers are favorable, in order to assist in relieving the stringency in money. j' : . j.. ' . j I Washington, September 13.4-As a result of the 'series of conferences be tween the Treasury! officials, chairman McKinley, of the Ways and Means Committee, and Senators Allison, Al dnch and Hiscock, of , the Senate Finance Committee, and with the con currence of the President, it haS been decided to fix the date in the pending Tariff bill for the withdrawal of bonded merchandize under the existing sched ules at February 1st, 1891, instead of No vember 1st, 1890. An official statement is given.out to this effect to-night by Assistant Secretary Nettleton. Of course if remains for Congress to carry this agreement into effect, but of that the Treasury Department feel assured; I; A caucus of Republican members of the House to-night agreed to thft pro cedure outlined in I Mr. McKf nlev's resolution in j regard to the Tariff bill, published elsewhere. There was strong opposition, led by Mr. Payson. of Illinois, but the opposition was1 out voted. ' ! i j New York; Sept. 13. Secretary Win dom arrived at the Sub-Treasurv at 11:30 to-day, arid notices were ai once sent to a number of bankers to attend a conference and exchange views with him. Among the first to attend were James B. Colgate, President Krtox, of the Bank of ! the Renublic: President Coe, of the American Exchange Bank: President Vermillye, of the United Na tional Bank: President Perkins. !nf th. Importers and Traders Bank; President Simmons, of the Fourth National! Bank; President Cannon, of the Chase Nation, al Bank; President Barker, and Vice President of j the First National; Bank, Isaac Sagman; and others very promi nent in financial circles. I .. r . . j DECEIVING THE FARMER. l - i Senator Vance Exposes the Humbuggery in the. Tariff. j Extract from Speech in Senate, It is useless to deceive him or try to deceive him any longer with protective duties on eggs and split beans and cabbage heads and dried apples'. It is .useless to bait him any longer with free fiddlestringsJ skele tons, acorns, salted guts, nutmegs and Zante currants. Tempting as this bait is, the farmer prefers to have cheap ties for his cotton and twine for the sheaves of : plenty which he reaps from the earth, cheap trace chains to pull his plow and fence wire to inclose his fields, cheap blankets, cheap bagging for his cot ton, cheap tinware for his household and cheap window glass for his house. i Look over that free list, Mr.. Pres ident, and no impartial mind can see a single solitary article which is largely imported of any particular benefit to the farmer in his business. He will see every one of them either for the benefit of the rich or forj the benefit of the manufacturer. That is not right, sir; it is not just, sir; it is almost, I was going to sayj-im- piety itself to thus oppress men who, as the instruments of the Almighty, answer for us the prayer He taught us to utter: "Give us this day our daily bread.' . , TWINKLINGS. A true word is often spoken in jest; but we always like it to be about some other fellow. Puck. An old maid asks: "If what ever is is right, how. does it happen that J. m leitf Litng Hampton Leader. "Can vou tell me. sir. whether that instrument is a flute or a clarionet?" I don't know, ma'am, I'm a stranerer heTc '-Couriir des Etats-Unis. Johnnie (looking unkindly on the new twins) -Say, mamma, why didn't you tell God we wasn't runnin' a orphan asylum at our house? N. Y. World. : j - ' ! There is a strange resemblance between the friend who pats you on the back in a quarrel and the man who says Tiick em to a dog in a heht.Atcfit- son Globe. ' f : The man who howls - loudest about the "equality of man" is invariably the man who is most firmly convinced that the world contains no one equal to nimseit. ruck. i "I trust," said the love-lorn young man, "that the poem I sent you touched you, even it only a very little. it aid, it: did, she murmured. . "1 made curl papers with it." Washington Post. . i - Newport Belle O, those naval officers are too sweet for anything. Did you ever lunch on a man of war? Marragansett lielle No, but I saw a young lieutenant to-day who looked good enough to eat. IV. Y, Weekly: When the House of Repre sentatives adjourns it is customary to move a vote of thanks to the Speak er the motion . coming from the leader of the opposition. Specula tion is rife as to which Democrat will move the yote in honor of Mr. Reed. We would respectfully sug gest that the duty be waived by the Democrats and devolve . upon Mr. Cannon, of Illinois. . No member has better reasons' for thanking ...the Speaker. TV. Y. Herald, Ind. SPlRriS THHPFNTIN HillsboroOfrmw-: The tobac co crop in this county is said to be the uue&t in many years; line curesare being . .Koanoke Beacon) While fhere hBS been quite a number of houses built during the past few months, yet the crv Winston Daily smith, one of the oldest citizens of the county, died at his home in. Abbott's Creek township, yesterday. He was 70 years of age and was (once a commis sioner of Forsyth county, j j " Beaufort Seaside: Morehead City is to have a large ! shucking1 house. 1 he oysters are to be shipped in bar rels and canned in Baltimore. ' One of our most prosperous farmers said Saturday that Cartaretj county would produce over twice as much cotton this year ago produced last year. Roxboro Cou.ier- From what we can learn the farmers generally are getting good curings Of tobacco this year, and the crop is. a fine one. -Mr. Logan met with quite a painful ac- -iuem at tne Dianinc mil s la His sleeve caught in thp machinery and uroice n is arm before loose. he could get it Chatham Record-. Rev O T Edwards baptized thirteen persons at Mount Olive, last Sunday and the same number at Love's Crceji.on the Sunday previous. - The six-year old son of . Mr. Asa Guntcr, of Oakland township, accidentally broke his left thigh on last Sunday, He was opening a gate, which fell on .him. - Yellow jackets have ' been more troublesome this season than ever before before knowrt in this county. Many farmers, while plowing up their land to sow oats, have been run out of their fields by the swarms of yellow jackets and tfieir teams have been se verely stung by them. Wilson Advance: Fruit has never been scarcer in Wilson than has been the case this year. : We have not tasted a peach this vear. While the annl crop is by no means tempting, so little and knotty are those that reach maturity- s- We never saw a brighter pros pect for an abundant yield of cotton as presents itself now. jThe fields are white with the fleerv staAlp anH vat ho heve the biggest crop of years will be harvested. There were over three hun dred bales sold here last Saturday. The amount of money that the peanut crop will turn loose in Wilson county will astonish some people.-' From a strictly cotton county Wilson has grown into a county of diversified crops, sur passed by few counties in the State. Laurinburg xchdne . There There were seventy conversions at a re cent revival in the colored Baptist church here. No intoxicating drink is al lowed to be sold here now, but parties are seen drunk just the same. Some of our moneyed men talk of a rotton factory for our town. t In attempt ing to cross a ditch last Saturday eve ning Mrs. J. R. Britt fell and hrnl hot- left leg just above the ankle. She reset it herself before the doctc-r could get to her, and is getting along all right. jvirs. ancy lark -died last Saturday." She was 87 years old. U John Camrw bell and George Davisj both colored, why were arrested here last March were tried in Wadesboro for forcibly opening ! and stealing - eroods Trorh the stnr M Mr. I. H. Horton there and eiven two years each in the penitentiary last week. Mt. Holly News-S We are ! in formed that rock is beine auarried tot the foundation of an addition ! to St Mary's College buildinir.i Several kilns of brick have already been burned for it. Whec.the new addition is completed ot, jmu y a rwa dc a . most imposing structure It is recoiled that while MkH. B MstottoLot. Lbwesvilte nirh. borhood, was away from home, attend ing the Congressional Convention, at LenoTif, u number 6f disguised men went to. -the house and took Sarah Watt, white, and gave , her a severe beatinc. Uo cause is assigned for this action. Catarrhal fever is Prevalent and : fatal among the children In this section ' three small colored bhildren have died in one family since Wednesday of last week.' t Also, three white children , have died in the same period of -that fearful disease. F. -rGoldsboro Mercurv: The Golds- boro Fair win" will open T October 21st. from present prospects it will be the best ever held. Cotton is opening very fast on account of j the warm ana dry weather. There were 150 bales brought to this market! Saturday. rom our Princeton correspondent; we learn that while Mr. D. N. Hinton and a young: lady were out driving Sunday evening, they accidentally ran over an old lady named Mrs. Gavll She received severe injuries which may prove fatal on account oi ner. auvancea age, , w n- lis Jordan and Scofieldj Brown,' both colored, who on the night of April 23, burglarized the store of Mr. lames R. Hatch, at Mt. Olive, were tried in court , yesterday, and sentenced to ten years each in the penitentiary.: Ehja Williams, colored, who stole a hat at the Racket Store Saturday, was "sent up" for one year- i i -, Greenville Reflector: Rev. T. T. . Phillips, closed a successful meeting at May's Chapel, Beaver Dam township, on. Sunday. He baptized twenty-four con verts on Saturday and one on Sunday. A young man named W. B. Wag- staff, who came to this ! (county to cure tobacco this season, died near rarm ville week before last of!! typhoid fever. fever. He was from up near Milton, we believe. . Mr. S. P. I Erwin has left us a peanut curiosity that is quite a cu riosity indeed. It is one pod formed in side another,, both having separate stems. The large pod Contained one pea beside the small pod, and the small pod also contained one pea. The stem of the small ;pod" penetrated the side of the large pod and was attached to. the vine in regular order. The small pod grew to such size that it split open the larger one. MrJ M. C. S. Cher ry told us a good one. not long since. He says that on Cherry s Lane, near his place, lives a colored man by the name of Isaac Staton. This colored man has three children.the name of the first being Get All, of the second Will Have It, and of the third Save All. There is a kind of warfare between Get All and Will . Have It for the possession of whatever Comes along, and while they are scram bling Save All makes away with it. t r Rockingham Rocket: Richmond Superior Court convenes next Monday. The oldest citizen of our town, ... Mai. Richmond T. Long, passed away On Tuesday last, aged, we think, about 82. His death was not unexpected, for he had for months past j been a sufferer from dropsy. On the farm of Al exander Mclntyre, Esq., i near the Mor rison hill in this countyp his son John found recently five gold coins, evidently Of value and bearing the coat ot arms or Portugal, four oi me pieces are oi me j same size and value, while the fifth one? is smaller. We have seen one of thelarrf. gest of these coins. On 'one side is the likeness ot the yueen.jj below wnicn: is the letter R. and the date of 1750;! on the reverse side is the lettering: "Joan- . nes V., D. G. Port, et Alg., Kex, which we translate. "Tohn the T Fifth, bv the- grace of God King of Pojrtugal and Al- garve." The larger coins are of the size ' of our silver half dollar but not so thick. The one we saw is very bright and the inscription on it distinct and weiimarK- ed. The other large coins bear the dates, respectively, 1730; H734, and 1746. The smaller one is dated 1763. All of the pieces were found at pie same spot. l ne question is, wnere aa tnc precious deposit come from and what the history of its loss? There is no doubt about the genuineness of the metab ' r : ! .::-.":-X-T-r - -; i ' - V'r' :' 1 ;M ;; f v M-j 1 1 ;"--;t:'V l-.--" 1 v .'l..:Vr -: M ' '.vr,';vw; ;f-.o i ' .mm- ' :,!. a-:U. miwb . ;:. ' I.".- : km I. x... i ' : i -: f.1 .'..v.. ' ;.'.V' is ; ":f-"' ; .. -'r.M--: t l . .-.'.'!- Jt-.'-i-B mm, ': i )' H ':'7M,; :.vi. rr mil m mm f:. -"'If m-h mm i ;
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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