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Star z .00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. $1 iqiooH 81 88888888888888888 SSa8SS353S283P8S qiuoH 8 88888888888888888 82888888282888888 taojv g qjoopi I fiSS: - 5 2 S 2 5 S8S5S8SS 828lS"8828888888SS Mn3foSs222SSSS3S 2 m . 5 m w VAV ft 88888888888888888 HAV I .woo-S:32S3! u , k- .. thet omc. flay, n. c. a. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The ubscnption price oi mo - Single Copy J year, pottage paid " " 6 roonthi " " " 8 month! " .1 00 . ao Have you received a bill for sub scription to the Weekly Star re-, cently ? II so, is it correct ? If cor rect, why not pay it ? Is there a man on earth who can print a newspaper for notliing and pay the postage be s .lfs ? Can a farmer give away his t-urti, at.'d cotton, and wheat, and chickens, and eggs, and keep out of tt.r poor-house? If so, let us have the recipe. It will be valuable to us just now. TOO MUCH CODDLING. There is no country on the earth where there has been such a radical change . in the people as there has been in the people of the United Siates will. in the past thirty five ye.trs.Tii that time we have made w.mlrrful strides in the development of our resources, in material pro gress, and in the increase of the ag gregate wealth, but it is a question w'letlv-r we have not paid dearly for all tlii.--. : Up to 18G0 the progress was nut so rapid; it was slower, more ste.idy, came in the natural course of t vents, and was not unduiy sttmu bted or forced as it has been since. Then men were- satisfied with rea sonable returns from investments, and were not pursuing each other in the mad rush for wealth.. With the war began the demoraliz ing change, and after that came the wild spirit of speculation which has enriched some and ruined thousands for the few that were enriched. Then there wete but few colossal in dustries Backed by unlimited wealth, but many industries each performing its part in the general development and prosperity and each content with rfasnnahl o-ninc nn th torvrlr tnrnpd B out by it. Then there was no concentration of capital as we see it now, no syndi cates buying up railroads and lands and mines and forests; no trusts buy ing up various industries, consolidat ing them and choking the smaller - out of existence until they had an ab solute monopoly of the field in such lines as the Trusts operated. Then an industrious man of good reputation could, if he desired to start in business, borrow money with out much trouble and enter business for himself without fear of being swallowed up by some gigantic con cern against which he would have to compete. As a result we had then few monarchs in the industrial world, but many thriving and well-to-do men who were managing industries of iheir own and employing work men who were paid reasonable wages, were treated as workmen and not as mere machines out of whom as much work was' to be gotten as possible and for as little pay as poS' sit.lc. I his is all changed now. The millionaire employers are kings and the workmen are looked upon as ma chines. Even the farmers are changed, and in the grasping effort to get rich are slaving themselves trying to raise all the cotton, all the wheat and corn, and all the tobacco' possible, to do which many of them have gone into debt, and wound up by sleeping under a mortgaged roof, under which they not unfrequently pass from the position of owner to that ot tenant. There is no thought- iui person who will survey thecondi -r nun ui una country as it is to day at the end of this thirty ftV Knit- rn- A I t i ... ;mi pcnuu auout wnicn we are writing who will say that with all its progress, with all its develop ment, with its extremes of great wealth and unmanning poverty this country is really in as enviable and prosperous condition as it was in I860 when there were few mil lionaires and lew paupers. That country is happiest, other things being equal, where there are the fewest extremes in the condition of the people, where there are few very rich and few very poor and where there is that distrihns t 'WHhlUU V. wealth which brings all nearly upon ihe same plane, at least enough so to prevent one from looking down upon or the other up to the other, where every man has that feeling of manly independence and self respect citizen should have in a Democracy-a "Government of the People, for the people and by the People," the kind of a Government - we had before selfishness and greed converted it Into a Government by VOL. XXV. classes, run upon the principle of paternalism, as foreign to the spirit in wnich the liovernment was founded as an absolute despotism would be, for paternalism means a concentrated Government, and logic ally, in its essence, a despotism, which assumes the right to take care of the citizen and manage his affairs for him. The principal de fect in this kind of paternalism is that it is not the inspiration of kind ness, nor impartial, but discriminates against some classes of citizens in favor of other classes, because it is manipulated and controlled by cer tain classes, which it coddles at the expense of others. It was an un happy day for this country when the Government entered upon ihe policy of coddling. Have you received a bill for sub scription to the Weekly Star re cently ? If so, is it correct ? If cor rect, why not pay it ? Is there a man on earth who can print a newspaper for nothing and pay the postage be sides? Can a farmer give away his corn, and cotton, and wheat, and chickens, and eggs, and keep out of the poor-house ? If so, let us have the recipe. It will be valuable to us just now. KENTIOIT. The A. P. A., which stands for the American Protective Association, has been incidentally the subject of some discussion in Congress. It is a secret order, substantially the same as the Know Nothing order which sprang up and died shortly before the war, and has become a political factor of some strength in many of the Northern and Western States. Attempts have been made to intro duce it in the South, by getting for it the endorsement of some of the church denominations, but where this was attempted it failed, be cause there was too . mucn Christian spirit and liberality in the denominations approached to endorse an anti-Catholic crusade. This order is to all intents and purposes an annex to the Republican party, and has invariably o far fought in secret against the Demo cratic party and cast its votes for the candidates of the opposition, which will account for the ''reaction" in public sentiment in some of the Northern and Western cities where the Republicans have recently been victorious. It was an active force in the politics of the "North and West before its existence as a political factor was recognized, as at first the men who we're managing it worked with more caution and secrecy than they are now doing. It is a spoke in the Republican wheel, and is doing all it can for the success ot the Republican party, which is pretty conclusively shown by the fact that while Democratic Conventions have denouced it as an Un-American and a dangerous organization, and Demo crats in Congress have done likewise, not a single Repulican Convention has yet mentioned it nor a single Republican in Congress ut tered a word of disapproval. The party recognizes its own progeny and while it is ashamed to acknowledge it, does not dare disown it. The Democrats in the Senate who insisted on making the tariff bill a protective measure, and thereby put themselves on Republican ground,1 have frequently had to stand twit-! ting by the Republican Senators and could make no reply, save that the duties imposed by the bill under con sideration are lower than those in the. McKinley bill. Senator Mills is about the only one whose tongue! is free and can reply to them, for he declared his disapproval of the com promise which recognized protection as an essential feature of the bill, but at the same time announced his willingness to vote for the measure, as a whole, because it had been agreed upon by his Democratic col leagues. In the debate on the agri cultural schedule Friday, after Sena tors Allison, Hale and other Repub licans had made the most of throw ing charges of inconsistency in the face of the Democratic majority, and of discriminating against the North ern farmer in favor of the Southern farmer, Mr. Mills showed their hypoc risy and brought them up standing by asking why they had not indulged in some of this kind ot talk when they were voting for a I hi eh tariff on Sumatra tobacco to protect the tobacco growers of Connecticut and - Pennsylvania That inquiry, to which they could not reply, showed their trickery and that the interest they showed in the Northern farmer was prompted by politics and not by any desire to protect him. But still, un fortunately, the protection feature injected into the bill now before the Senate has given these Senatorial tricksters an opportunity to play the demagogue game more extensively and effectually than they could have done if that feature had not been in troduced. ! As the striking miners in the coal district of Ohio were not content with closing the mines, but declared war upon the railroads and seized and held trains in transit with coal, Governor McKinley found it neces sary at last to call out troops to protect the railroads. ' When the troops arrived on the ground where the strikers were gathered to control the passing of trains, they were sur rounded by strikers, who consider ately didn't shoot any of them, but contented themselves with "cursing" them. The dispatch which describes the situation concludes with the statement that "Governor McKinley s very anxious about the safety of he troops, as the region contains a large unemployed element, mostly fo reign." That's a nice announcement to come from one of the most power ful States in the Union, where the authorities have been fooling, dally ing and temporizing with these law less bands of strikers for months, un til, encouraged by the lack of nerve, they have shown their contempt for the authority that feared to act, took possession of coal trains and put a stop to numerous industries which were dependent: upon these trains for the Coal supplies to continue in operation. A little nerve shown at the proper time, at -the first sign of lawlessness, .would have reminded the strikers that there was law to which they were amenable, and that the State was stronger than they, and there would be no occasion for "Governor McKinley being anxious about the safety of the troops." Some of the New York police cap tains, under the search-light of an investigation now going on, are achieving some notoriety. If one half what has been testified about them be true, the proper place for some of them is in the penitentiary. ; They had a regular system of levy ing tribute or hush-money on houses of disreputable character. The sal ary of a police captain is $2,750, but. some of them carried their blackmail ing game on successfully enough to build $50,000 residences. The House Committee on Com merce is now considering a bill for the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. Lieut. Menocal, ot the Navy, who has been figuring on the cost, appeared the other day before the committee and stated that the work could be done within six years at a cost of $60,000,000, which is $40,000,000 less than the estU mates of the J Canal Company. The Suez Canal clears $8,000,000 a year, and it doesn't seem there would be much to risk in the Nicaragua, at a cost of $60,000,000. The Savannah News says "Senator Gordon has concluded that duty to the Democratic party and the State demands that he refrain from active participation iu the Gubernatorial campaign in Georgia," which was a very proper 'conclusion for him to come to. The proper place for Dem ocratic Senators, while Congress is in session, is in Washington. There are Democrats enough to attend to nom inating Governors without the assis tance of Senators. Butterine, oleomargarine, etc., will be cheap after awhile. Some Chicago men have , patented a process for making them out of kerosene oil and vegetable oils, the principal of which is kerosene. I I The county auditors of Lancaster county, Pa., have sat down on a cigar bill included in. a bill of expenses handed in by the Poor Directors. If the poor directors puff they must pay tor their own smoke. A STRONG TESTIMONIAL. What a Leading JSduoator Think of the American Enorolopeodio Dictionary. The high standing ot Capt. Washing' ton Catlett, Principal of the Cape Fear Academy, both as a scholar and an edu cator, gives a real value to the annexed testimonial: Wilmington, April 11, 1894. Mr. W. H. Bernard : Dear Sir; I have examined very carefully the 1st Part of the American Encyclopaedic Dictionary. I am really surprised at the excellence of the work. both for itsintrinsic merit and its price, I have made a Parallel comparison with Webster's Unabridged; and with the Centurv, published also in parts, costing me S3 50 per volume: or. complete, sou. I find tbe American Encyclopaedic Dictionary superior in many respects to Webster s unabridged, and lor genera purposes equal to the Century. The type is distinct and full, the illus trations numerous, the derivation o words scholarly and accurate, the defini tions exceedingly complete and verified bv many extracts from leading modern authors, the encyclopaedic information very lull, ! the diacritical marks plain with prominent equivalents at bottom o! each Daee. I i I unhesitatingly endorse the First Part of this Dictionary as meeting the require ments of the scholar and filling the wants of the general reader and man of busi ness needincr eeneral information in compact and reliable presentation. No one need fear 1 that his money will be misspent, who invests in this work. Yours truly, I Washington Catlett. The Hew Bank-Officers Bleated. , The Board of Directors of the Na tional .Bank of Wilmington, (recently organized) met at The Orton last night and elected the following officers : President J. S. Armstrong. Vice Presidents Tas. H. Chadbourn, Jr., Wm. Calder. -Cashier L. L. Jenkins. The Bank has purchased $25,000 in 4 per cent, bonds from the United States Treasury as a basis of circulation, and all papers necessary for the organization have been forwarded to the Comptroller of the Currency at Washington. They expect to be ready for business in a week or two. WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1894. FOR YOUR SCRAP, BOOK, y ' Delicious Ioe Cream Beeipea for Cooking Soft Shell Crabs. -Here are some seasonable recipes for making ice cream 'and preparing soft shell crabs for the tooth of tbe epicure. CHOCOLATE CREAM. Place on the stove one pint of new milk, and let it come to a gentle boil. Take six level tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate, and dissolve With four table- spoonfuls of new milk. Then add the yolks of three eggs and one teacupful of sugar. Beat until smootn, and gradu ally stir into the boiling milk until it thickens. Set aside to cool, afterwards freezing until almost firm, when a quart of cream, well whipped, and a teaspoon- ful of vanilla must be added. Then con tinue to freeze until quite hard. This will mould nicely, if desired. Tbe boiled part can be prepared while cooking breakfast. I PEACH CREAM. Put through a sieve enough soft peaches to make one quart of pulp. Put into a freezer one quart, of cream and onn coffecupful of sugar. When about two-thirds frozen add tbe peaches and continue to freeze until firm. The amount of sugar for this cream should be increased or diminished according to tbe acidity of the peaches, w. - FRIED SOFT SHELL CRABS. Wash tbe crabs, remove the lungs from both sides and dip into milk; then roll in flour and fry in plenty of very hot frying fat. When of a fine color dram and dress on a folded napkin, and on top arrange a bunch ;ol lresh parsley. SOFT SHELL CRABS IN BUTTER. After the crabs have been well washed remove the lungs from each side, roll them in flour and saute them in very hot purified butter; when done and of a fine color dress, and to the butter in which tbey were cooked add some lemon juice; strain this butter through a strainer over the crabs and strew chopped parsley over them. BICYCLE RIDING. Injurious TiflVxwa of Hiding in tbe Bent Po sition Wnatj Doctors Say. There are some bicycle riders in Wil mington who sit erect in their seats (one of our leading dentists being' conspicu ous in that regard); but a majority o! them demot, and to these the following, from high medical : authority, is com mended : I ; Doctors seem to agree that there is such a thing as bicycle disease, and no one who sees a rider bent in two over his machine, going along as if a- prairie fire or band of wild Indians were after him, will wonder at it. The bent posi tion which is assumed by bicyclists, in order to secure the greatest amount of power over their machines and to attain the highest degree of speed while run ning them, is attended with an unna tural flexion of the spine, which appears in the region of the back and causes not only unsightllness in form, but in boys of u years and under is lraugbt with seri ous and possibly fatal consequences. In those over that age the result of the stoop is to produce permanent curvature of the spine and consequent deformity. it has also malign effects on the heart, lungs and other vital organs, the free and natural working of which is interfered with by the unnatural form acquired. THE KITCHEN MARKET Well Supplied With Vegetables, Fruits In Beaton, Fowls, Fresh Keats and Fish. : ' , Roasting-ears were in market yester day, at 25 cents per dozen. Strawberries still hold on, and good ripe berries sold at 8 cents per quart. Blackberries were scarce, only a tew: were offered and sold at 10 cents per quart. There. was an abundant supply of cabbage, at 5 to 10 cents per head; beets, 5 cents per bunch; squash, 15 cents per dozen; new potatoes. 5 cents per quart; : onions, two bunches for 5 cents; cucumbers. 15 cents per dozen; beans, 8 cents per quart; peas. 10 cents per quart. The fish market was crowded with carts filled with fish from the Sounds; flounders at 15 cents per string; trout, 10 and 15 cents; perch, 10 cents; pig-fish, 10 cents; blackfish, 1 10 cents; sturgeon. 5 cents per pound. , Channel crabs sold at 10 cents, and rock crabs at 20 cents per dozen. Shrimp, 20 cents per quart. The supply of poultry was fairly good, yet prices ruled high. Grown fowls sold at SO to 35 cents, apiece, and Spring chickens at 15 to 25 cents each. Eggs retailed at izk cents per dozen. The butcher's stalls were well patron izea. i ne oesi oi nnc ueei, veai ana y t i r . . mutton was on sale at reasonable rates. They Must Ba Established. There is a knitting mill in Newbern, and it is reported doing well. Its pro ducts are sold to advantage in direct competition with those of Northern mills. This is j another small industry that should be established in Wilming ton. The cotton can be had right at our doors; labor is cheap; and we have every facility needed for the profitable manufacture of hosiery. Why not start a knitting mill ? But never do it with incompetent help. A few thor oughly skilled workers are indispensable for the instruction of inexperienced hands. A towel factory is another institution that would pay in Wilmington. These small manufacturing enterprises must be established here if we intend to add to our population and prosperity. The Mount Airy Excursion. The great excursion from Wilmington to Mt. Airy and Intermediate points will leave here June 26th at 9.45 a. m. Re turning, will leave Mil Airy June 29th at 7.80 a. m. The entire trip each way will be made by daylight, giving the best facilities for viewing the wonderful scenery. Specially low rates for railroad tare and board have been made. Company K's Beunlon. The reunion ot Company K. Third N. C. regiment, at Six Forks, near Bur- gaw, yesterday, was attended by about twelve hundred people. Many ladles were present, j Mr. L. H. McClammy made an eloquent address to the Veter ans, after which dinner was served in the grove. t . Think of novels by Hawthorne, Dickens, Thackeray, Walter Scott, Mar- ryat, and other noted authors, at four to five cents each. Read the announce ment in the Star and make your selec tions. INDEPENDENT LIGHT INFANTRY. Omoera and ', Members of Company H, First (Bethel) BeRlmenr. H". ' O. Vol- 1 unteeri. - The following, taken from the Fayette- ville Observer of yesterday, will be read with interest by many of the Star's sub scribers, relatives and friends of the boys who "went to the wars'" in 1861. ; From the Observer of May g, iSfa The Independent Company of this town was mustered on l uesday morn ing, according to previous orders, with Knapsacks on backs and all other equip ments, ready for starting to Raleigh, when orders came to remain here for the present. They immediately went into camp about two miles from town. This morning's mail brought a renewal of the former order, and theywill leave here j to-day at 2d. m., on the steamer Hurt, for Wilmington, thence by rail road to Kaleigb to-morrow. It is said that this Company and the Lafayette Company, of this town, are to be incorporated in the First Regiment, recently organized. The following is a list ot the omcers and men as mustered for departure : OFFICERS. Major Wright Huskh. Sere't T H Robinson. uk senjamw k .nasice wu lames. " ChasBCook. Coro'l I H Anderson. " Hector McKethao, Wrt J WemTM. " nenry o fnzeu, - -: Doar d Murphy, " - JaiCMcRae. Serg't CtciS Kennedy, wm i. jsatuey. PRIVATES. Alexander Araett, William T Atkinson. James McNeill, John A McKay, William K McKethan, Thomas H McLean, Arch'd N McLaochlin, Evander N McPhail, Eben Morton, James H Nance, Oliver W Pearce, Edward P Powers, Benjamin R Russell, David H Ray. Alexander Ray, William H Barnard, Gna W Buhmann, ipso xi Blake, Henrv R Bvrd. W R Barringer, wuiiam K Boon, William F Campbell, J W Carroll, 8 amuel Carmon, Thomas Campbell, William J Clark, Isaac N Clark, John M Davis, John H Dobbin. David Evans, George W Gee, King J Rhodes, Bteonen K Km U. Charles E Robinson, Aren a it kuskU, Cesi: uainey. iel McL Graham. . John X Smith, josepn smitn. 'alter J Smith. George H Haigh. James W Hnske, Henry R Home, John D Hnske, Henry D Hnske, Charles Haigh, rrencn Estrange, Henry O Sed berry, -Enoch P Sykes, John A Sykes, Bodd E Sedberrr. Robert H Sanford, WUliam B Stanton, Henry H Smith, Henry E Smith, Farq'd R Smith, David Scott, John Sundy, Chnrles M S ted man, Walter Sherwood, George A Thomson, John A Thompson, Emanuel C Thomson, Albett H Worth, William J Woodward, . Nathan Williamson, William M Waterbmy, Isaac T Williamson, J Marshall Williams, tffiliiam Widdifield, Tames Wemyss, Williamson Whitehead. Henry w Home, Jeptha Hall. Ed wan dward I Hale. Jr. KodolDh Peter M Hale, KOdoipn e. Heiae James H Jones, Robert James, Joseph T James, James L Jones, William T Jones, Jesse K Kyle. . William E Kyle, James Kendnck, Haywood A Lnmsden, Jarvis B Lntterloh, John A McLean, John P McLean, lobnw Mattnews, Neill McRae. Neill McNeill, Hugh A McDonald, Alex'r D McNeill. Edmnnd Jones Williams. Total, officers, non-commissioned offi cers and privates, 108. - 1 Have you received a bill for sub scription to the Weekly Star re cently? If so, is it correct? If cor rect, why not pay it? Is there a man on earth who can print a newspaper for nothing, and pay the postage be sides? Can a farmer give away his corn, and cotton, and wheat, and chickens, and eggs, and keep out of the poor-house? If so, let us have the recipe. It will be valuable to us just now. A Prosperous B. and It. Association. A correspondent of the Star writes from Maxton : "The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Maxton Building and Loan Association was held last Tuesday afternoon. The report of the auditing committee showed the net annual earn ings on the six series of stock in force to have been lOifi percent., 13 38-100 per cent 15 per cent., 19 per cent., 13 per cent, and 29 per cent. b. McKac, . D. Croom. E. F. McKae, frank McNeill, J. S. McRae. G. B. Patterson and G. B. Sellers were unanimously elected di rectors. The directors elected Dr. J. D. Croom. president; I. S McKae. vice president; W. B. Harker, secretary and treasurer, and U. a. f atterson, attorney. Holding "Court" In Max ton. A Maxton subscriber, who is a Justice of the Peace, and at whose house a handsome young lady and an equally handsome young widow, both ot Wil mington, are soiourning. writes tbe Star as follows : "Miss and Mrs. are visiting us. I hold court in the day and turn my 'den' over to them for the same purpose at night. Tbe night ses sions are long. The boys are wild. HOMICIDE IN BENNETTSVILLE. J. .Douxlas Moore Mortally Wounded by HI T. Breeden A special from Bennettsville, S. C, to the News arid Courier of the 7th, says; Bennettsville is to-day discussing one of the saddest tragedies that ever occur red in this county. Last night about 9.30 o'clock the stillness of the night was broken , bv the firing of a gun, which told the sad story that Mr. T. Douglas -Moore had been shot and was mortally wounded by Mr. H.T. Breeden, at the latter s residence, and by morning tne report had received general circulation The best medical talent was summo jea. Dr. Kollock. of Cheraw. arriving about 5 o clock this moraine. Mr. Moore s con dition was pronounced hopeless. It is not believed that he will live through the day. The facts are the proper subiect ot a judicial investigation, therefore a de tailed statement is omitted. Expressions of sympathy for the two young men are heard on aU sides, and the sad event is universally deplored. Both men have extensive and influential lamiiy connec tions. Low Water, The steamboat Cafe Fear, Capt. Rob inson, from Fayetteville, due here early: yesterday morning, arrived late last evening, with a good freight of naval stores, She was delayed on her trip by low water in the river; had to pull over, the shoals. When she came in. her wharf was piled with freight for up-river points. She will leave lor f ayettevuie to-day at 8 o'clock p. m. Bummer Besorts. Connelly Springs, one of the best known resorts in Western North Caro lina, is now open for the season. It is situated on the Western North Caro lina railroad, with convenient schedules. This mountain home has many advant ages, as is shown every year by the large number of guests. Alleghany Springs, one' of tbe most popular Summer resorts in Virginia, opened for the season June 1st, and will close November 1st. Under the pro prietorship of Mr. C. A. Colhoun these snrinora haw orQinrl a tine rennratlon. I B- IS " I -The best dictionary in the Eng lish language is the American Encyclo paedic You can get it dirt cheap through the Star. BATTLE OF BETHEL. VouKht Thirty-Three Tears Ago A Jjetterf Written Two Dsjs After the right By! a Participant. To-day is the anniversary of the battle of "Bethel,-fought June 10th, 1851, be tween a small number of Confederates and nearly lour times their number of Federals. In the light oi subsequent events it was a battle of small propor tions; but being the first real engage ment of tbe war. it attracted marked at tention, especially in North Carolina, which furnished about four-fifths of the troops engaged on the Southern side. . The following extract from a letter, written two days after the battle by a member of the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry (then Co. H) to his wife, has been handed to the Star, and will be interesting to many of its readers. Though written so soon after the battle, it is a correct general account, the writer not having time to go much into details. - Camp, Yorktown, Va.. Tone 12. 1861. Last Sunday night (June 9th) we received informal notification that we would move on the following day. Ac cordingly, at dawn on the morning of the ever-to be-remembered 10th of June, we were aroused by tbe blast of the war-bugle, the signal for every man to fall into line, and in ten minutes we were on the march towards Hampton. We had proceeded but 2 miles when the order was given to "Halt." We suspected nothing, however, until, a moment afterwards, "About face" sped along the lines, accompanied with Double-quick, march." We then learned that a large force of Yankees were but a short distance away, and were moving rapidly towards us. The .important information was brought by a lady, oh hotseback. whose husband had been taken prisoner, and who I bravely left her home alone to advise us of the situation. j i We. of course, retired in good order to our little earthworks at Bethel! Church, and went immediately to world strengthening our defences for the fight that we knew would soon begin. Yoq may well imagine the excitement prot duced by tbe arrival every five or tea minutes of a scout reporting tbe distance of the Yanks from our position. "Th enemy are within a mile of us," ref ported one. "They are only three quarters of a mile away," said the next; and nearer and nearer they came until tbe last Confederate picket rode furi ously into our lines and cried out : "Tbe Yankees are only 400 yards off." Every man stood by his gun in tee trenches and calmly awaited the shock. But one minute elapsed, and the battle began. "Boom" went one of our litte brass howitzers as a missile of death was hurled into the ranks of the invading fqe. Boom went another, quickly lollowf d by the tbunderings of the Yankee artil lery, under command ot the ill fated Grie ble, and the action became general. Fbr some time it was exclusively an artillery duel. Soon, however, a detachment jof our skirmishers (of the Edgecombe Guards) outside tbe entrenchments, bn an adjacent wood, began a rapid fire of rifles on the Yankee . sharp shooters who were attempting to flapk us on our left. "Fop," "pop," "poi." went the rifles on both , sides for sosae minutes, when our skirmishers fell back and tbe fight with small arms became general on our left. The Yankees, with a heavy force under command ot Uol. Winthrop, endeavored to approach us under cover oi ' tbe woods, intending to charge our works. Reacbine the edee ot the woods, not more than forty yards from our position, the gallant Winthrop mounted a log aid, waving his sword over his head, bid his men follow him. He stood there but a moment, tor a conical ball from one! of our rifled muskets pierced his breast and he fell dead. A gallant corporal tell by his side at almost the same moment, I The fall of Winthrop created a panic among the Yankees, and they could iot be rallied. Our brave boys,well protected at this point by their breastworks, poured in such a deadly fire that utjer confusion ensued in the ranks of the enemy, and tbey fled in dismay to their main body. The artillery on both sifles kept op a continuous I usilade, ours doing terrible execution (especially the twelve- pound "Parrotry, while nearly all :he shells from the Federal cannon w :nt high oyer our heads. I, with thirty others of our Company, was stationed at the centre to support a two-gun battery of the Richmond How itzers, so I could view tbe battle in all its grandeur. We occupied a very danger ous position during tbe attack on 6ur left, for the Minnie balls whistled oyer and struck all around us, while we were unable to return the fire, as the enemy were out of range of our muskets. I stood by tbe twelve-pound rifled Parrott gun t and watched every shell fired from it, being able to see exactly where they struck. The gun had been -sighted" by Col. George W Randolph, and it was handled with splendid sac- riirarv. the shells fallinsr right amene the Yankees and inflicting terrible loises in killed and wounded. i - The battle lasted four hours, and throughout the engagement, as all rjon cede, our regiment - covered itself With imperishable glory. The men were com' plimented by every officer on the ground, including Col. Magruder, commander in-chief. I The number of men brought fnto action by the enemy is variously isti mated at from 3,500 to 5,000, and ere under command of General Pierce, though Col. Winthrop and Lieut, Grkble (both killed) were the heroes of thefday on their side. Deserters from their ranks say they numbered at least 4JD00. SMI 1 . t . 9 iney were completely routea, ana? re tired from the field in great disorder. We had only 1,200 men of all arms, frith no cavairy: ana, exnaustea as tne men were after a fight of four hours under a hot June sun, it was not deemed pru dent to follow the Yankees. 1 We lost one man, killed, and had ffive or six wounded, none fatally. Hfnry Wvatt. the North Carolinian who was killed, volunteered with three others, to burn a farm house which obstructed! the fire of one of our batteries, and went in dose range of the Yankee rifles. The enemy lost from 350 to 400 in killed and wounded. I assisted in burying their dead, of which we found only 15. Yes terday about 50 more ot their dead were found in the woods. -They carried off nearly all their dead and all their wounded but one, the farmers along their route reporting all their wagons Dressed into service for this ouroose. t Taken altogether we won a brilliant victory. It is the first decisive battle of the war and will add fame and honor to the "Old North State." j I must close this hurried letter as have many duties to perform this mom ing. We are now at Yorktown, to which point we marched the night after the battle, and where we are making great preparations to receive the enemy. NO. 32 CONFEDERATE VETERANS Propose to Make Ample Pronslcn for Mrs. Jefferson Davis from Their Private By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, June 7. During the recent Confederate reunion at Birming ham, Ala., a dispatch was sent to some of the newspapers representing, in effect, that the Confederate Veterans had abandoned all efforts to aid Mrs. Jeffer son Davis on the ground of her tempo rary residence in New York. Senator Gordon, of Georgia, who is Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and who presided over that meeting, has had his attention called to that telegram and is greatly annoyed at its misrepresentation of the facts con nected with Mrs. Davis. A correction was made immediately upon its first pub lication, but this correction does not seem tto have been generally published. Gen. fGordon said to-day: "The dispatch was ot only a gross perversion ol the facts. lculated to deeply wound Mrs. Davis, ut is an outrage on the spirit and man ood of tbe Confederate Association. The facts briefly stated are these: The committee appointed at a previous re funion to memorialize the Southern States in reference to a pension for Mrs. Davis, reported at Birmingham that the States could not grant such a pension on account of certain clauses in the States' Constitutions." General Gordon added that lie greatly regretted the necessity of referring to the matter in this way, because it was most trying to Mrs. Davis' sensibilites; "but." he added, :"inasmuch as this erro neous dispatch has found circulation, I Ithink it due the, Confederate Veterans Ito say that they regard it not as a sacred duty, but a privilege, to make from their I private means ample provision for her, fin spite of her protest against it; and a movement for this purpose is already on loot. i AN AGED PRISONER. Ex-President Hsughey of tho Wrecked Indianspotis Bank Bent to the Peniten tiary for Six Tears. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. t Indianapolis. Ind.. June 7. Theo dore P. Haughey, the aged ex-President of the wrecked Indianapolis National Bank, was given six years' in tbe peni tentiafy this morning. A few months ago he pleaded guilty to misapplying the funds of the bank and thereby avoided a public trial. In passing sen tence Judge Baker broke down and cried like a child, rle said that it was the most painful duty ot his life. The prisoner was taken to the Northern pen itentiary at nodn to-day. He will be as signed to the hospital department and will be granted every freedom possible under the prison rules. Haughey was a member of one of tbe prominent churches of this city and a well-known Mason. His beautiful suburban home at Mapleton is all that has been saved. His mother, nearly! 90 years of age, knows nothing of her soa's downfall. SPIRIT TURPENTINE. ! . Red Springs Scotch Scion : Mr. R. F. De vane,' of this town, has received a large order for cross-ties to be shipped to Cuba, so we learn. The number that leaves North Carolina daily is immense. Sanford Express: The brown stone and lumber men of banford are genuine bustlers. They are doing a tre mendous business bere and hereabouts, and despite ithe general depression. everything about them seems to be flourishing. They scatter lots of clean cash in this community. Raleigh ' News and Observer: A white girl about 16 years old, and quite small tor tbat age, was placed in the penitentiary from Henderson county upon conviction for manslaughter, abe killed a young man by stabbing him to death, and is under a 15 years sentence. She was in chains when brought to this city as though she was the most desper ate character on' record. Monroe Journal : In this county, a few: days ago, there was a novel dog killing and finding. A dog belong ing to Mr. A went on the premises of Mr. b. Mr. a did not like the dog and killed him, thinking Mr. A. would never know it. But Mr. A was hid in the woods and saw it all. At night Mr. A took the body and plunged it into Mr. B's well. Imagine his surprise when he went to draw water next day. Salisbury Truth: The wheat crop in this part of the State is repre sented as very sorry, it is badly in the rust and isl falling down. M. P. Klyne, of China Grove, was arrested and brought here last Saturday charged with have made a bestial assault on a niece of his wife's; also of administering poison or offering to do so on finding her likely to become a mother. He waived an ex amination. and was bound to court in the sum of $750. Smithfield Herald: At 9 o'clock Sundav mormncr the saw-and planing mills of Walter Rand & Brother were burned. The fire originated in the dry kiln house where there had been no fire for a week. There had been no fire about the engines since 13 o'clock, so it must have been the work of an incendiary. Very few of the tools around tbe mills were saved.l The planing machinery was ruined and tbe engine ana boners oaoiy damaged. About 150,000 feet of lumber was burned, Charlotte News: Last night, Mr. S. J. Hooks, postmaster at Mat thews, went into the office "after hours' and was surprised to find a negro ran- Backine the cash drawer. He captured the "intruder, who proved to be James Moore. He had broken into the post- office building and bad iust commenced lavincr hands on the cash and stamps. The diamond drill used by Mr. Fred Oliver shows that a solid rock bed underlies the soil ot . all this section. Charlotte is literally built upon a rock foundation. The drill has penetrated to a depth of 503 feet, and is not yet through the trap rock. At sixty feet below the surface the drill struck solid rock, and is still going through it. The drill brings up cores of stone like mini ture marble columns. The rock shows traces of gold. MURDEROUS ASSAULT On a White Woman by a XTegro, Near Suffolk, Virginia. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Norfolk, Va June 9. Mrs. Thomas Holland, I living near Suffolk, was awakened early yesterday morning by a neero in her room, supposed to have entered for the purpose of committing a criminal assault. She screamed and the negro escaped through a window. Soon after, she heard a noise in the yard, and eoing out was terribly assaulted by the negro with a club, and left her for dead. There is no clue to the perpetrator, she being unable at this time to identity either of the three men who have been arrested. Cyrus W. Field died in New York yes terday. He was born in 1857; was Con sul nnder Harrison to Brunswick, Ger many. Washington, June 9. The returns of the correspondents of the statistical division of the Department of Agricul ture on June 1st, show that over the greater part of the cotton belt the weather conditions of the planting - sea son have been only moderately favor able to seeding, germination and growth. The cold snap oi the latter part of May, with continuous coolness since, has dis couraged the growth of the plant in the States of Georgia, Alabama, the Caro linas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ten- ' nessee. In addition to cold weather. drought in some sections has been a retarding influence on both germination and growth. 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