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The subscription price of the Week ly Star has been reduced as follows Single Copy 1 year, ..." '.$1.50 " " 6 months ...... ..1.00 " 3 "1 ' ." .50 ..... I . . Clubs of 5 to lCj subscribers, one year, $1.25 per copy, strictly in ad vance. '";' Clubs of 10 or more subscribers, one year, $1.00 per copy, strictly in ad vance. ..... S: .( p No Club Rates f or a period less than a year. I - Both old and neyv subscribers may be- included in making up Clubs. ; At the above prices the Wbeklx Star is, we think, he cheapest paper in the State, and its circulation will be doubled in twelve months, if those who have worked for its success in the past will increase their efforts in the future. " I CUBAN BELMGEKKNCY. It is stated in wfell informed Wash ington circles lhatja proclamation re- uogi)izin Cubau--j.J)elIigercncy, pre pared and signed j: by the President luring th tfirginius complications, but withheld Tin Consequence of the stccaole solution" of that affair, is & . - .if.- ngniu a subject of i-onsideratien. The indifference of -ihje Spanish govern ment to its promises respecting affairs in Cuba, and the Continued successes of the revolutionary forces on the isl and, it is urged, now. call for'action. It is understood that it has been in contemplation to! issue the original proclamation, and a question lias arisen as to whether' it shoald take effect at the date of publication or of irnature. Who has given Mr. Fish a back bone at this late day ? The thingis wonderful. It- psisses oar compte liension.' What jlhe Administration onld have donp long ago it wilt proceed to do nclw. Hundreds and thousands of Cubjau lives might have been saved by a ttianlier course. The course, of Mr. Fish suggests Chester field's attemptcdl patronage of Dr. Johnson after that learned man had ntton through all his difficulties, was about to publish-his dictionary and did not need a patron. But the Cu bans. are not yet as independent ss was Johnson, i who is represented as having been As good a hater of fihams as he was1 distinguished as a lexicographer. The Cubans are bound to swallow any discontent at our tar diness they may feel, and profess to be very, gratefulj to, the Grant Ad- ministration generosity. for its eleventh hour A rONKUVATIVR I'APKK IN THE ' FIKST IMSfTKICT. : We see by an extra issued from the 'office of the Enlield Times that that paper has been sold by itseuitors and proprietors to' Messrs. P. II. Winston, Jr., and Moses Glillam, of Windsor, Bertie county. ! The next number will be issued from that place, as the Albemarle limes. Mr. Bond, the chief editor of the Enfield Times, We are sorry to see, will remove his resi dence to another State. We believe that Messrs. Winston and Gillam will publish a -good! paper. It will be quite a useful auxiliary to Major Yeates and thes party in the Con erressional canvass this summer. There is no Conservative paper in the First District at present. The general opinion of . Conser vatives on the new Republican picket is that it is composed; of better material than that of the Court (ouse Convention, on the whole; but that it. might have been made much better than it is. We don't charge a cent for this announcement. SS8SS8S. I ear sggSggg .' 88SlTli 6 Months oro,,omti- C4 CQ 93 IO CD - S8"8S88S 3 Months t.Mor.eb Months oscag- 1 Month oooMosb :wv Sb"8SS8.8 : a weeKS ef9)set9 . . o 2 Weeks 28SSSS ' ' ' '- , . . 888888-8 ' - -- - - "a , - " i : ., soso o-ST; H St (! 00 : ' r NEWS, t ' . from ail Go. Opr nev vati x.'y ws t:,' . progress i...ot. the . . Le, campaign. . ''jGood 1 1. - ' rogrcs t of the, Conser Jonres'sional canVass; " Good tio,, from the work that is; go- ic ua to elecit. by U considerable ma-' .iity., a .Wgh-toned, true-hearted, capalhe J udge in this.' District. --.We are in. Hie receipt within the past day or two of the most cheering intelligence" from Brnnswick, Dnplin Sampson,'? .Uobesbn, "Carteret and Colambna counties. We expect to hear like favorable newsr from the more remote counties of the Congress-, ion at Dist rict. -. - ' far " The ball is well in ' 'motion. ;-s It. must D9 Kepi goinsr. , -. . -.. j TAB ItnEPENDBKT PON-PARTI . " ' I SAN (!) CANDIDATE COR JUDGE. The Republican party of this Dis trict avow. that they have fo candi date for Judge. They held, however, a Solicitous Convention and decided that they would support a non-partisan for the position. ' They wish the general " public to , consider ' Judge Russell that man. Judge Russell pri vately is a Republican. He assisted at the accouchement of the great Re publican party. He is responsible for its injuries to the interests- of the State, for did he not encourage it in fthe outset when it was as bad as a bad thing could well be ? : Its crimes are chargeable on those who gave it moral and personal support. Judge Russell is" therefore responsible for the conduct and policy of his party as long as ho acknowledges allegiance to it. He is that far a partisan, whatever else may be said. But suppose we should grant what his friends claim, viz: that he is anon partisan candidate for Judge, in other words a no-party candidate, can he consistently ask his party friends to support him ? How do they know he is what' he profes&cs to be? As was said before, the Court does not judicially know i him as a candidate for Judge. Then he is not before the Court of his party suffrages, and they can not hear his cause. - " - THKCAMPAIUH IN T, un rrfn NTlKS 1 COUNTIES As Hr"aaflve have sS 1 knowledge of the facts, the Conserv atives have brought out excellent tickets for the ; Legislature in both houses. ' ; In some of the counties most admirable selections have been made. When the list is more nearly complete than it is now we may designate the counties that will be represented by able men and give the names of some of the more notable of these. From tbe published proceedings and othe sources we gather the "informa tion that nearly every one of the con ventions was distinguished, for a hearty unanimity and an enthusiastic and earnest feeling that augur well for the success of the Conservative party. Let this spirit prevail in every county in the State,: and our word for it the majority in the Legislature, for Superintendent of Public Instruction and f or " Judges and Congressmen will be overwhelming. " We hope that the difficulties that unfortunately ex ist in a few counties maybe obviated by the submission of all persons to the expressed will of the party repre sentative bodies. In this contest all good men and true must stand to gether. .1 , . : Floral College We are informed by a friend that tbe fi' nal examinations at this institution opened on the 17th inst. and were concluded on the evening of the 18th: The examination, which covered the entire day of Wednesday and a portion of Thursday, evinced a pro grcss on the part of the students which was not only highly gratifying, but. surprising, Compositions were read by the following young ladies: Misses Lilly, Blount, Alford, McNeill, Elliott, Graham and others. These essays "were Well read, and the topics dis cussed were admirably handled. The an nual address was delivered at 6 1'. XI. on Thursday by Maj. Robert Bingham, of the Bingham School. Maj. Bingham presented in a masterly and forcible style the claims of Christianity. Tbe entire address was a rare specimen of profound thought and sub lime conception. The exercises were con eluded by a musical entertainment at 1 P. M. on 1 hursday. The occasion . was one long to be remembered and the exercises reflected lasting credit on the entire faculty of Florai. The next session opens in Sep tember next. - Improving. ' - Mr. C. C. Lyon, of the firm of .Lyon & Lyon, Attorneys at Law, Elizabethtown, writing us under date of the 18th inst., says the young man Thos. McQee, who was ac cidentally shot at that place on Saturday last, is improving and is considered by his physicians, Drs. Bizzell and Robinson; out of danger. Mr. , Lyon informs us that there was really no difficulty between Mc Gee and Hancock,' as reported in' the Stab of the 16th.1 . . 5 !? . mn il-..il' irni!inn' nnti 8? -V, t!5 t. , . r -11- T' - r ' . 1 ' I tbousu me tmnk t Fo-rtlier rart jDlsaster . edr-Arvlvai Iterakliis- " " ' ' Cainae of i Tbe all absc: l yesterday wa ' Polkton excu Central Eall; and adJUijr.' 1 ; of the'disa;'. : quired a.fter ; and interest. . telegrani tqtlj I JSpgineer aod v nd dated at -l' 'reels j C . ... 0, - r. r- - s f. itL . J ' and ta .taj"p:.::tcr.j.icty '.3 follow! r.-r special oni Col. Fremoat, lent of the road, received and issued in ex. n f. : : " - .The wounded a.-a- f.Tl well,'; r j re it rted to "me. -JT-- '.Icy anJ ClncIaL the u'. tst serl-msly , v.uu - of tbe TBurJving, . . I Leen done that could be done for ..the wounded. - The track will be cleared up to-daj, add trains will pass regularly to-morrow.. ' ; ' Cause of tbe accident: The most terrific rain storm ever known here. . ' " Six inches of rain is said to have fallen in about three or four hours. The culvert was in good order, and so far as I can see, is: so now. The rain fell in such 'tor rents that it choked the culvert and the water apparently rose so high that it soaked through the bank and finally broke it. All this work of construction was done in 1860 or 1867, and the bank is bard and solid all - about the culvert, and sfood perhaps a thousand rains ' be fore. As the rails were not carried away with the bank but remained suspend ed with cross-tics hanging in their place, and, the break in the bank not being long er than the engine and tender, the engineer, saw nothing wrong until he was upon it. Besides this it is at the end of a cut and curve that prevented it from being seen until within 200 feet Galvin's remains go lo tbe city to-day on a special train, and will arrive about 4 P. M. I hope the railroad men of all the roads, as well as citizens, will attend his fu neral. : They had no more worthy com rade or citizen, ' and for long and faith ful services, this company did not have his equal.: lie died af his post and in full har ness, s Peace to his; ashes 8. lu Fremont, J3hief Eng"r and Supt. u lowing additional par ticulars of the accident from different sources: The train left the vicinity of Polk ton at the appointed hour; passed Wades-' boro in good order and Lilesville a half T - - ... v . . . . ftikn a,nr4 mile3 this side of liilesvillc. The engine went down " right side up" about fifteep feet, the tender beins: overturned on thc.enginc, followed by the four cars al ready mentioned. The engineer and fireman, as before stated, went down with the en gine.? The colored fireman, Mingo, was on the engine oiling it at the " time the accident occurred, and was found about three feet from the engineer, completely buried in the rubbish and mud. His death must have been almost instantaneous; The woo4 from the tender lalling on Mr. Gal vin, hc engineer, pressed him against the boiler, besides which the hot steam escaped uporj and scalded him, rendering his suffer ings most borrible'and intense. Notwith standing this, after being extricated he had the nerve and presence of mind to give in structions to those about him as to what precautions to take to put out the fire in the engine and prevent the cars .from burning. He was horribly burned 'and scalded and ; remarked' himself that he felt when the hot steam was in haled, when he opened his mouth to shout for help, as if a gallon of boiling water had been poured down his throat . He was se'nsjble to the last moment and made fre quent allusions to the lack of the necessary precaution on tbe part of the section mas ter. j In stripping him to apply the neces sary remedies it is stated that nearly all the skin peeled from his body. - " , After the engine, tender and four cars went down, the other cars went dashing over the culvert and were hurled hi differ ent directions, three or four of them going down the embankment ' Only three cars remained on the track, and these, as good fortune would have it, were .crowded with ladies, numbering from one hundred iand fifty to two hundred. Soon after the acci dent these curs were hitched to' a spare en gine and ' taken back to the point' from whence tliey started. - ' ' 'r. ' The most of the badly wounded were on the cars that went down the embankment. Mr. 'George Huntley was on the platform of one of the cars and when tbe accident oc curred he became wedged in between thiat and the car next behind, from which peril ous position it took nearly a half hour to ex tricate him'. He had both legs broken just above the ankle and thigh badly mashed. lie is a merchant of Wadesboro. Mr. Threadgill was in the carwith'Mr. Sinclair, the Mail Agent, and received the most of his injuries' in jumping from a window, a piece of lumber falling on him,-' dislocating his hip and cutting his head badly.- THE WOUNDED. Y - Mr. Thomas Alderman,' Express Agent, we ; are glad to learn, is not hurt near, as badly as at first supposed and is not consid ered dangerous. His' wounds consist prin cipally of cuts and bruises. He was ex pected down on the relief train last, night Capt. Wooteh arrived on the regular train yesterday afternoon and, we were pleased to see, was able to be out on the streets. Mf. -Sinclair," who is at Wadesboro re ceiving every medical attention, was a little easier yesterday morning, but is"in a critl- pected -to recover, e are'"sKeht hopes His lower jaw is saidi j. have'beeii broken in U o places- v j ;r l' , - ' THIS W .sing. ' ' i " T!.a only warning t aid- to -have been re ceivcJ by the engineer before reaching the fatal culvert and wtjich was not under stock 1 Ly him, is said V.,have been given i , : Is w.;: A-crforej man discovered the cufld.l.u-i ; tiie 0ulye and, knowing that Hie trail ...- J s6on f iss,-' rushed to a mill ner"- y 'and infdrr'.tct - a white man of tLvM:""Jm8tance. ' The latter realizing In amwmeD the imit ent danger to the pproaclius train, sli'i edon hiscoatand ran towards the.raihu I at full 6peed, with the hope of stopping'f i train in time. He was a hundred yarc j 'or more from the track, however," when ihe . train came thun dering by. He shoe 3d "and waved his ha ;;.l:ef la the r ost" frantic1 manner and was see" Dy me ' tneTbut -the lat- sfated, supposed that the man eltner want ed to get on the train or was saluting the excursionists, and therefore paid no atten tion to his signal. If he had been?on hand a few moments sooner he might have car ried out his noble resolution and averted the catastrophe. MB. GALATK'S REM ATS 8. j ' - The remains of Mr, John W. Gal via ar rived hero yesterday"af lernoon and were taken to the residence of his father-in-law, Mr. John Craig, corner of Sixth and Ches nut streets, from whence his funeral will take place this morning at 9 o'clock. All railroad men and the public generally are invited to attend. V : !..; .. HI.inilTLY WOUNDED. ! ' - It is said tht.l aboutfifty of the excursion ists, w hose names have not been mentioned, received slight wounds of a more or less painful character, some twelve or fifteen of whom arrived in this city yesterday. The only wonder is, under the circumstances. that so few were killed or dangerously hurt. It was, reported on the streets yesterday that four men known to have been on the train have been missing since the accident and that nothing had been heard from them up to the timg, the train left for this place yesterday morning. A report also reaches us through a brief note from tbe scene of the disaster that two' more colored men are supposed to be under the ruins. j 1 r LOSS TO THE 'COMPANY. A gentleman who was on the grounds after the accident estimates the loss to the Eailroad Company in materials at $20,000. THE LITE RAILROAD DISASTER, 4 o( thej&'tftelr by an, Eye Wltneaa Scenes, Iuei dent &c. -: As the late terrible disaster on the Caro- ina Central Railway, on Wednesday morn ing last, still monopolizes a large share of interest and attention! we have concluded that a graphic description of the .scenes and incidents of the accident by an intelligent eye-witness of the affair would not prove un interesting. A friend writing us from Liles ville, under date of Wednesday, the 17th inst, the day on which the accident hap penedsays: j The scene of . to-day's disaster beggars description, and will be remembered as one of the saddest events in the history of An son. About four miles east of Lilesville, on the C. C. Railway, the excursion train, with its precious freight of three hundred living souls, plunged into a yawning abyss about twenty-two feet wideand! fifteen feet deep, utterly demolishing the engiae, ten der and four; coaches, killing jthren men, (Mingo, fireman, Arnold and McClendon, brakemen, all; colored,) and wounding fif teen to eighteen whites. Among the wound ed, Capt John W. Galvin,; engineer, was horribly scalded and bruised. He lingered in the most torturing pain for eight hours when death came, a welcome messenger, and relieved him of his sufferings. Tommy' Alderman received 'sever injuries in the head and breast; Mr. A. feinclair received a severe wound in the lower jaw, breaking the jaw-bone about IhecenWofithe chin, and horribly disfiguring the! face. I He is" not able to speak; his lower lh and chin being split open wkh a frightfufcashl iMr. George Huntley, of Wadesboro, lis both legs hor ribly crushed.; tie was eight between the cars and hung there for sonfc lime before he Could he extricated. .Capl F. M. Wooten waaoushterably bruised t not thought to be seriously injured. II velous,he having been throv, length'Of the engine on the escape is mar over the entire bpposile sideof the abyss. The .following named gentle- men were .slightly woundeh 1 Mr. James Caudle, sltoulder; J., M. Evi is,! head, face and arm; Mr. Samuel Burns head and right arm; Rev, John W. Davis, loth feet; Mr, John Birmingham, foot andfieft side: CoDt. W. K. Mehane, shoulder id" 'hips'; small boy (name unknown) cut itichm, and sev eral others' whose names are hot known.. The most remarkable feature of this sad calamity is, that while there were at least onehundred ladies on board the train, not one of them was at all injured. The three hindmost coaches ' were mostly occupied by the ladies, and j, they were not tnrown from the - track. One of of them, however, came to the; very brink of the abyss,- the two for,e wheels ; of the front truck going off. It is indeed fearful to contemplate how narrow was their es cape, and how frightfully increased might have been the scene of havoc! and death. had the last named coaches been thrown from the track and hurled in broken "ruins down the steep embankment on which they were left A merciful providence alone could have shielded so many souls in this fright- wuuumanmind can cohcieve how:any one onthe front coaches-escaped rw . ' & t . a., ". it. t present ueain. - iae Dreaii in tue emuanK. rri'ent is literally filled, first with the engine in the bottom, then the tender immediately resting on top of the engine, and stiltanother car on top of the tender, then to right and left down an embankment of at least 15 feet on either side of the road in the swamp be low are the three remaining cars of the wreck, all of which had many passengers in them. The break in the road was caused by the washing out of a culvert in the east ern end of a sharp curve (near Morton's cut), and was not discovered by the engineer until the engine was within thirty feet of the awful precipice.' The track and cross-ties over the break remained in position, t wenty- two feet of the embankment underneath being washed away. Thus no sign of dan ger, or cause of alarm, was discovered by the heroic Galvin until his noble engine was in the act of making the fatal leap into the chasm below. It pesseem.iBat neglect of duty fif chargehbTBoiiiSSwte rJT " ) to Capt. Galvin,' "Engineer;"-andap Wooten, Conductor, to state that no blame can possibly attach to them, these officials having exhibited a heroic devotion to duty, and an anxious interest in the welfare of all concerned, rarely; if ever, seen in times lot such frightful disaster. The noble, self sacrificing John Galvin may truly be said to have died at his, post. Bruised and mangled, and horribly scalded from his head to his feet, he lay in the most tortur ing, excruciating pain, calmnly directing the work of extinguishing the flames, from the engine and tender, expressing fears ) of further damage to the wounded passengers and property of the company if the fire was not put out - His mind was vigorous and active to the last moment, and like a true hero he suffered and died without a murmur or word of complaint faithfully serving with his last moments the interests of the company in whose employ he was. j , s . Physicians and citizens from Anson and .Richmond counties hurried! to the scene of disaster, and everything that could be, was done to relieve the sufferings : of the injured. : At 6 o'clock P. M. theup passen ger train arrived on the spot and took: on board the dead bodies, four in number, r As night approaches and darkness closes over this tragic scene, a fjeeling of gloom and despair naturally pervades the counten ances of the entire community. Truly may it be said, "In the midst of life we are in death." . .- , .j It will be observed that in the above de scription of the fearful occurrence several names are mentioned among the wounded which have not heretofore; appeared; j . CONDITION OB THE WOUNDED. t We are glad to state that the condition of Messrs. Wooten and , Alderman were: re ported yesterday to be as favorable as could be expected, and that both appeared to be more easy and. comfortable. J , 'i . ) THE TRACK j . ' . i at the scene of the disaster was notpas- ae-Jveater&ay coji)cm&tly the"- trahY Which left here yesterdaymonringdhinnot' gothrough. It seems that the engine had been hoisted up some distance when a block gave way and the ponderous mass again went down into the yawning culvert The track will probably be in readiness to-day. 'i I . , -I - - - . ji Fnneral of Mr. Galvin. I The funeral of Mr. John W. Galvini the unfortunate engineer who was killed by the accident to the excursion train on the Car olina Central Railway on Wednesday last, which took place from the residence of j Mr. John Craig, yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, was largely attended by his numerous friends and acquaintances in this place. His afflicted family, which includes four small children, the eldest only about . 7 years of age, have the sympathies of the entire community in their sad bereavement, which we hope will, ere long, find expression in some substantial form. j Wilmington Retail market. ; The following prices ruled during yester day afternoon : Strawberries 2025c a quart ; whortleberries, 1520 cents a quart"; blackberries, 1520' cents a y quart; radishes, 5 cts a bunch; salad, 1520 cts a peck; lettuce, 5. cents a bunch; asparagas, 25 cents a bunch ; green peas, 25 cents per peck; apples, (dried) 10 12 cts. per lb ; dried peaches 25p per pound; walnuts; 50c per peck; pickles, 20 cents per dozen; lard, 15 cents per pound; butter,: 4050 cents per pound ; cheese, 25 cents per pound ; grown fowls 80$1 a pair; spring chickens 50 cents per pair; geese $2 per pair;'beef 1016f cents per pound; beef, (corned) 12J15 cts. per pound; veal, 12i16 cts, perpound; mutton, 12i161 cts. per pound; ham, 1618 cts. per pound; shoulders, (10 12 i Gents per pound ; tripe, 20 cts. per bunch ; clams, 25 cents a peck; open clams, 2025 cents a quart; soup bunch, 5 cents. ; eggs, 20 cents, adoz; sturgeon, 25 cts. a chunk (5 lbs); potatoes, Trish, 40 cts. a peck; sweet, 30 cts. ; fish trout 2550 cts. per bunch, mullets, 1025 cts. per bunch; shrimps, 25 cents a quart; turnips, 10 cents a bunch, onions, 10 cents a bunch; snap beans, 40 cents a peck; cucumbers, 30 cents a dozen; squashes, 25 cents a dozen; spring cabbage 1015 cents per head ; tomafoes,.25 cents a quart; green apples, 2550 cents a peck; peaches, 2540 cents a dozen. f 'the Pious Brothers. The Disinfected Republican Convention was 'opened with prayer yesterdays ' and Brother Pennypacker and Brother Gerken were deeply affected. - Their sobs and ejac ulations produced a profound sensation so much so that it was thought the original object of the Convention would have; to be abandoned for a genuine, old-fashioned camp meeting! ' As for Brother Rice and Brother Sandy Campbell, the former shed three horse-buck ets of tears, by actual measurement,' and the latter pould only find rest for his per turbed spirit in a deep sleep from which the Rosebud Band could no more wake him than it could play M Yankee" without the "Doodle." - . v. j. . j ' Will Brother Canaday please pass 'round the hat ? . i i NO. 35. THE DISINFECTED. -Tbe Convention of the Insurerents Great Ontponrlne of Disgruntled Delegates A HarmonloDf Seaalon Full Ticket Nominated. This Convention met in the City Hall yes terday morning. We elbowed -our way through the immense throng of patriotic citizens of color and their white allies, which crowded the portico, and pressing up to the steps encountered a platoon of policemen, which the Disinfected had placed there to forbid all objectionable persons, i. e., sup porters of the Manning and Heaton wing, from entering; and after whispering the magic word "Press" several times, we found oursclf seated at the reporter's table: A glance around Ahe hall convinced us that the Disinfected had taken every means, to fascinate their country supporters with the shxm and grandeur of jnany-colored flhgf-J V reLlla2'4a "'l&dastic' ehaties, .wTiihT ;XrV""i of music, situated in the background tried 'to soothe the savage "feelings of ye dele gates. , The majority of the Convention -seemed to be from the country, too many now, alas, the repentant bread and meat supporters of Manning and Heaton, The stage was gaily festooned 3rith ban ners and over the top were placed flags bearing the names of ."Russell," " Sutton" and " McKay,'? the shrmng lights of the present Radical campaign. James A. Lowrey arose, when it was evi dent that the show was about to commence and tfiat Lowrey was the temporary Chair man, no one knew how. s After some few remarks by brother Jim, a motion was made by J. J. Cassidey to ap. point a committee of five on permanent or ganization. This motion was, 'however, withheld until G. W. Price, Jr.; Jiad made a few pious remarks, closing with a motion that this solemn assembly be opened with prayer. : The peculiar unction Iwith which this motion was carried showed" that the Disinfected were tired of their evUlways. The prayer was offered by Rev. Geo. W. Price, Sr., and closed with. a solemn amen from all the white and black 3Rads, while they raised their tearful, mourning counle nances -from, the ground and resumed their smiles "so childlike and bland." " The motion of J. J. Cassidey was amend ed to stand one from each ward in the city, one forethe city at targe, and one from each township in the county. This motion was carried. The committee was appointed and re tired, and during its absence J. C. Mann was called for and addressed the assem blage at some length; giving an accodnt of his giant - labors ki tbei COtrntryr He went for - the Convention--of June 6th aa. jeal Mann-ly style; said there was only one de cent man on the ticket nominated by that Convention. The people must send de cent men to the Legislative halls to keep from being laughed at The Major went on to make a rather lame excuse for the gen eral weakness of the Rads in scrambling for office, and after very timidly thanking the. Convention for their attention, closed his remarks. ... . The Committee on Permanent Organiza tion made the following report, which was confirmed : W. P. Canaday, President ; WV A. Green, A. Gamberg . and Deleware Nixon, Secretaries, and the following Vice Presidents: A. Kellogg, A. E. Dudley, J C. Scott, W. H. -Banks,, John Moore, ; Sol Reaves,' John Otaway, Edward McCabe, Columbus Shriver, Wm. Moore, Jesse Hill, Thos. Lewis, B. Williams, Samuel Bell, W. J. Bivens, James Wooster, EphramHawes, B. G. Bates, and John BelL , . On motion, a committee of five was ap pointed to wait on W. , P.' Canaday and con duct him to the Chair,.'.. i- Mr. Canaday, on taking the Chair, thank ed the Convention for the honor and, as had grown quite the custom, " went for" the Convention of June 6th. He said that the deliberations of that body were carried on in a disgraceful wire-working style. The delegates sold out for bacon and molasses. The delegates generally were, very poor, hence they went for the bacon and molasses. The provisions tickled them, &c. ; Amotion was then made by G. P. Rourk that a committee, consisting of one from eac"wara " cuy, one from the Town- 01 Wilmington, and one from each of the other Townships in the county, be 'ap pointed a Committee on Nominations. The motion was subsequently amended, to stand two from each Ward in the city, two from each Township in the county and two from the Township of Wilmington. William Thomas Cutlar was opposed to the motion. He said there must be no un derground working of the committee, or " H 1 would be to pay." The Colonel was ordered to be seated, by the Chair. The motion was further amended, allow ing the delegations to select the members of their bodies to represent them on the Com mittee. The motion, with the amendments, prevailed, and the following were elected a Committee on Nominations: 1st Ward4-G. P, Rourk, D. M. Smith. 2nd Ward W. H. Gerken, Thos. Connor. - 3rd Ward L; H Rice, Henry Clay. ; 4th Ward RC. Myers, W. H. Spicer. 5th Ward Geo. D. Flack, G. T. Litlle- on. City- at Large John Whiteman, : A. Maultsby. . . Rocky Point W. T. Morton, Jesse Hili, Holly George Paine, Valentine Larkins. Masonboro W. H. Waddell, John Ota way, Federal Point Nelson Hanks, Solomon Reeves. Harnet Edward McCabe, Louis Nixon. Grant L. Grady, J. L. Alexander. " Cape Fear H. E. Scott, Thos. Harold. Columbia Wm. Murphy, J. Wooster.. oln-rW. J. .sBivens, Ml Armstrong. Town of Lillington John Bell, Samuel Larkins. . - ITnioir-sI. D; Sellars, D. Williams. Point Caswell-. S. W. Eagles, E. Hawes.-' ..--.", " Holden John Kinny, John Penny. At Large F. W.Foster. , The committee returned and some con fusion ensued 'among " the" young Cicero's , from the county to' get 'possession of the or. . , . ; .-, . -fl , . Dudly delivered a short speech, praising the . " American Eagle"4 and the "Stars and Stripes." - : I ' '. Bill Myers begged leave to speak and followed the example of his illustrious pre decessors in going for the Convention of June 6th. Duncan Holmes followed in a strong argumeUt in advocacy of the Civil Rights . Bill. He said he did' not see why Dutch men, Irishmen and Swedes, should be al lowed to come to the county of his fore ; fathers, and extinguish him from their pnr- . lors. Yes, said he:. weoughttoeattogethtr and sit together and be together. lie further said there was one thing he could not un derstand the poor negroes did all the Voting and the white Radicals got all the offices. They got the bones after they were picked. He did not eco negroes filling money offices in the Uity liali, Court House - W; H. Banks was' called'" uponnmd re- " sponded in a sermon of considerable length. The-committee on nominations bad then tjfeetfoufcibout two hours and It was re- ? ported among the Disinfected who were still in the body of the convention that the selves at the Court House, where they were holding their meeting, and it was evi dent that the delegates were tiring of the monotony. j G. W. Price, Jr., moved for a recess of an hour. The motion was op posed by several and ft was evident by the" winka of the Chairman that it would not do. J. C. Hill opposed the motion because, " v he .said, Manning, Heaton - & Co. were waiting in ambush down stairs to grasp be tween their bloodvclaws the innocent del egates from the country, many of whom they had sworn in at the Rocky Point Con vention to vote for their nominees. The motion to adjourn was, however, kept in deb ate until the committee appeared, after being three hours absent, during which time Sandy Campbell occupied the attention of the chair by rising to number less pints of order,, and was as often put down. i . On the return of the committee they re ported the following ticket as the unani mous choice of the body: . For Sheriff OwenBurney. For Clerk Superior Court J. C. Mann. For Register of Deeds J. C. Hill. For State Senator S. N. Martin. For House of Representatives W. II. Banks, Alfred Loyd, W H. Gerkin. For CoUnty Commissioners L. E. Rice, Delaware Nixon,.'J. D. Sellars, A. H. Mor- -riss,"H.E.' Scott. County Treasurer R. C. Myers. -' y Coroner W. J. Bivins. " The5 above nominations were; confirmed ' .by acclamation and cheers, and after music by the band the sow was out and the dek egates took their departure. Spirits Turpentine. The Crescent learns that Judge Tourgee wants the. ermine again and will declare himself a candidate in the 7th Ju-' dicial District - Hickory Press: The little boys and girls of Morganton between the ages of 6 and 12 have formed themselves into an anti-tobaccp society, in Which they pledge themselves to abstain, forever from the use of the weed. The girls", of course, join just as the ladies the Good Templars, for the example. .. Raleigh News :- We learn that the execntive committee of the Patrons of " Husbandry, in session to-day in this city, approved of the action of the Worthy Mas ter in removing E; CV Davidson, of Meck lenburg, from all offices that he -has held. Mr. Davidson, it will he remembered, an nounced himself as an independent Grange candidate for Congress, hence his removal. At the Peace Institute the fol-. lowing ladies graduated last Wednesday ! . Miss Mary Dewey, of Charlotte?- Miss Sal lie J. Polk, of Anson county;-Miss Florida' C. Rich, pi Winn8boroi S. C; Miss Pattie Lawrence, of Raleigh; Miss Lidie J. Her ring, of Newbern; Miss Sallie B. Towles, of Raleigh ; Miss Jennie Faison,. of Clinton. ' There were several prominent gentlemen from this city, Newbern,- Fayetteville, &c. Gen. Prince's address was about an hour and a quarter in length, chaste, eloquent and fuU Of rich extracts. . Raleigh Era :. We learn that it , has been: decided to dispense with the Lite rary entertainment for the benefit of the sufferers; of the Southwest, owing to the fact that Congress has passed an appropriation sufficient to meet all requirements. As the matter had gone so tar as to invite gentle men to deliver addresses, we think it would be a good plan to carry out the programme, ana turn over the proceeds to the urpnau Asylum, or to the many sufferers in our midst. ', The Greeks are at our doors." This is a sensible suggestion. 1 - In the Supreme Court Wednes day appeals from the 2d district were called and argued as follows: Lewis Outley and wife et al. vs. John Farmer et al., from Wayne; Smith tfc Strong for plaintiff. Fair cloth &? Granger for defendant; Jesse W. . Broadway vs: M. Rhem, from Lenoir, Smith & Strong for plaintiff, no counsel for de fendant; C. S. Wooten. adm'r, vs. W. B. Fort, adm'r, from Wayne, Faircloth & Grangef for plaintiff,-Smith Strong for defendant; John R. Smith.et ah vs. Wiley B. FortJ from Wayne Smith & Strong for plaintiff, S: W.; Isler for defendant; Alex ander Mitchell vs. Jesse Sawyer, adm'r, tt al., from Crauen, M. DeW. Stevenson for. plaintiff, no counsel for defendant In the U. S. Circuit Court Wed nesday, says the Mm, Chief Justice Waite delivered the following orifl opinions: Henry W. Howell vs.. Western North Caro lina Railroad, dismissing bill of complaint. An appeal to the Supreme Court was prayed and granted. In the case of Charles Dewey et al. vs. Trustees of the University of North Carolina, the Chief Justice decided that all the property for carrying on the University cannot be sold. Thecase of Fleichmanvs. the Nrth Carolina Railroad Company, for damages sustained by the . accidental run ning off Of the sleeping car, was calledand heard before Judge Bond in Commons Hall. Messrs. Smithy Strong &Smedes appeared for the Company and Gov. Vance and Bat tle & Son for the plaintiff. - The amount of damages sued for was $25,000, but the jury rendered a verdict for $4,000 in favor of plaintiff. A motion was made to set aside the verdict, which wasbcontinued till the next term.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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