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IJ1 M 1 ri 1 II 1 WWU V 1- V-1 W IT Keductioii-of IWce! - The subscription price bf the Week-, ly Stak has been reduced as follows : Single Copy 1 year,:;.. " : 6 months. . . .f 1.50 ...1.00 . JO Clubs of 5 to 10 subscribers, one year, ft. 25 per copy, strictly in ad vance. ' ' . . "' Clubs of 10 or more subscribers, one year, $1.00 per copy, strictly in ad vance, t i - E No Club Rates for a period less than a year. Both old and new subscribers may be included in making up Clubs. At the above prices the "Weekly Star is, we think, the 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. - : JUDGE RCFFIPi'S bGFECTIOiV. ; . A card,, from Col. Tiionras llafBn announcing himself.a4 canditfate for J udge m bis Judicial, district detinhe : ly settles, the sst A93m man relations witn iiie vxnseryaiiye arty. Judge JluSin, from all the ; circumstances attending this declara tion of revolt from the organization with which hel has affiliated, has reached his conclusion, after mature ' deliberation. In his case, even the : most partial friend cannot hereafter allege the 'extenuation of haste and want ofjeflection as to what we con ceive to be a grievous political sin which we are sore will carry Col. "Piiflin intn I k a o r a rf T? a A loo lio m . that subtle Delilah who has so fcftn decoyed into her embrace ,ambitious 'Conservatives . who .cannot wait for promotion by their own party. We take it that Col. Ruffin cheer folly assumes all proper responsibility for the step he has taken, and: we are too well assured of his intelligence to doubt tha he fully understands its probable and logical ; consequences We are not concerned in the question of Col. Kuffiq's' future party associ ations. ' Between himself and the Con servative party the account is settled .and .the. books are. balanced.. The party pvpes him nothing no w, whatever its past appreciation of bis talents and public services; on" his part, he repu diates all obligation. to the party, and seeks the gratification of bis ambition outside 'its ''organization, and at the hands of those who are its declared -pes aided by such as he can persuade to follow Insexample of revolt from its authority. , : But what shall be the attitude of the Conservative party towards Col.. Kaffin and others who have taken, or are meditating, the course that he has adopted ? There can be but . one answer to this question: a political organization, when its integrity ' is assailed, must defend - itself with all the. energy and power it can com mand. Col. Rutin's feeble denial of a purpose to change bis party affilia tions signifies nothing. He has already crossed the Rubicon, and by every legitimate construction of his conduct, he is in the Radical camp, or ra co worker although in an independent capacity, upon its flanks. The ques tion of party fealty need not .be dis cussed: Col. Ruffin, and every other reading and thoughtful man, under stands the. insuperable and., inevitable necessity of party organization under popular goveriiraents.', ;'He is a rebel against the mandates of the party to which, even in the moment of his de- fection, he professes allegiance. - lhe set If iff-ISs VOL, 5. Executive Committee of the . Conser vative Party of KortbJ fCaroiina,' r; flectkig the will of the party, has for- taally enjoined upon its members dis-1 countenance and repudiation of inde pendent Can did acjv where the party has', jn the field its own candidates regqlarlyrBoioinated in accordance with' its: usages -t'The Fourth Resola tion of tbeJ Committee stigmatizes : CotfRuffinaii'd all othef independent, candidates "isorgajiizers. At least then, there can be no . quesiodi ,thai Cirflio jsaconsciou rebel agaipst. .the Imtbority of' the ." Conservative patty- as : enunciated : byi! its highesE trtSSnal. AThat is Idisdbedncei to tljlcoiistituted ; authorities o'jftbe ar tj biit insubordioatioh ?i .How .long i.t.flfowrrinnbordioatiofi leaus to milti- s -Jii ' . . t ny r VVhais mutiny but a euphem- ism ior ireaspn . uoi. itamu was a gallant sel'dier, -and' in the war for Confederate deliverance . led a gallant Tegimenc 01 iori,n varoiinians. vvnat Woald have been his judgment ot the deserts ' of: a (Jolonel - who; in the f atef ful moment at Chanceliorsville or Gettysburg, bad led his regiment fromj the scene of action, defying the' an thoriiy of his superiors, insulting the presence of Lee and Jackson, and protesting that he - would fight in an independent capacity? It must be remembered, too, that apostacy, like other sins is rarely the result of. a sin gle impulse. 1 Judas meditated long and anxiously! before he consented to accept the thirty pieces i of . silverw Benedict Arnold's dalliance witb the tempter was maintained during weary months of solicitude, before he agreed to se.ll the liberties of his country Independent Candidacy is the twin brother to Radicalism. In such cases Facilis descensus A.venxi and there are few examples of those who having taken the "first false step Do not to Perdition Go." . 1 As we before remarked, we do not consider Col. IRuffiu's action save as it imposes a grave aud imperative duty upon the Conservatives, whom by Ms example he would lead into co-operation with the odious pa,vty wbse jti8ten(o so- "lisgrace " the politics of oifr State and "coun try. A Radical Convention call ed ' to nominate a candidate de clines td perform that duty, and the present Radical Judge, Tourgee, writes to Col. Ruffin and urges him to be an independent candidate, pledg ing him the- united Radical support In the sequel Col Ruffin accepts, and consents to oppose the regularly nomi nated candidate of the Conservative Party. Under such ; circumstances what are we permitted to consider Col. Ruffin but a Radical candidate ? How can he bo ' considered anything else than a rebel against the Conser vative organization? The flimsy pre. text urged by Col. Ruffin. that ; he seeks to make the Judicial office non partisan is the pitiable subterfuge of Rassell. - Radicalism made the J n dicial office elective, and Radicalism will make Cot Ruffin a Judge, if he shall ever again fill that position. We cannot believe " that any; por tion of the Cinseryatiyes of Ms' diS' trict will iollow Cbl.' Ruffin in - his defection.: ."They hayp something to hope fori from the preservation of the integrity ? the Conservative organi zation,jm3 too much to ftreadtf rom Radical successes, whether achieved; Independent candidates, who hope to be elected by Radical votes, to mis interpret the inevitable tendency of Col. Ruffing eoarse.- 3 1 : ' v John Kerr, of Caswell carries the Conservative standard and will bear it to glorious .victory, despite , the mutineer Ruffin and his Radical allies. T",-r - ATTENTION, DUPLIN! Is it true, as reported, that "one of the so-called " Independent" candi dates for the Senate, from the Dis trict composed of Duplin and Wayne, was in Wilmington last week ? Is it true, as reported, that he was consort iug and consulting with some of Judge Russell's friends here ? Is it true that they: organized a movement to secure Conservative votes for Judge Russell in Duplin on condition that the Radi cals pf that county support the so called "Independent?".'1 ; ; ; Is it true that this so-called ' " In dependent" candidate was here hob nobbing with Judge Russell's friend's for. any purpose f : If so, isn't it about time the Conservatives of Dup lin were making np their minds as to his proper classification, politically ?. under, the piraticapiag of .Radical-1 ism, or under the cieceptive guise of WILMINGTON N.. C FRID AY, JULY 10. 1871. It is quite natural that Judge Rus selVs friends should try to secure for: , k ..-, -- ... i . . . ,y. ' , . -. i . mm conservative votes, siuj; or otherwisefor ,he. will rwed.. many-j of tpem on the 6tl 4ytpf ;Vagst,l but what sort of ah " IndepjBrident -Conservative candidate is it that will Vacrifice bur candidate for" Judge in border to rnake-Radical votes for him-. ;: TjQt-our Duplin friends look intc - this matter. U If the reports that reach' tis' concferoir1 -the so-called. " IhSe pendeni' &i$ trne, let oar people be on;their. guard, ; Jf not true, , we shall take, pleasure in staling; thattjur in formant was in rror.f 4 Bat we .'don't think he was mistaken; ". He:lidtH talk AaUB:--' Let tis ' K point a raoral" if .we do not ." adorn a tale:" . Beware, of so called " Independent"; Conservative candidates.1 They won't " do to tie to" worth a cent! ' :i :i ' i BEH1EHBEH UUSSBLt'S POSITION : - ON CIVIL RIGHTS. i Judge Russell's memorable opinion in the Opera House case. "fixes his status. He said:. ' ' V , i lite Retention tJiat any person or dags may be prevented from resorting to a public place whose doors are open to all but thtm and denied to tfiem only on account of color or race, will not be tolerated by any Court honestly and sincerely desirous of 'expounding the C& stitution and laws according to their true intent and meaning. It may be that the manager of this theatre lias the right, to separate different classes of persons wJme close association is not agreeable to each other always remembering that he must not dzscrinunate against any; but iliat Vie accommodations giwn, the comfort, style, convenience and all other considerations' for which the parties pay their- money, shall be the same as to aU, or so nearly so a to furnish no sub stantial cause of complaint by any. ,; -; Let the white men of this District ponder these - words. They mean equality in places of amusement. After this and equality in the schools granted comes social equality as. a sequel. Boutwell, the Radical Sena tor from Massachusetts, adyocated.on the floor of the Senate of the United -States the abominable doctrine of social equality. Russell's Opera House decision his out of the' way, unju dicial and bitterly partisan decision: leads inevitably to the practices the delectable -Massachusetts Senator re commends' with sucbflbB.rish of dis- j dain for race prejudices; ' . WADDELL AND SICK AY. Col. Waddell is getting on finely with his canvass. McKay, but for his brassiness would, have retired in discomfiture -long ago. - Waddell is far more than a match for his oppo nent, or to put it more aptly, Neill McKay is no where on the stump in a contest with Alfred M. Waddell.; The tactics of McKay seem to be to make some Conservative speeches in the white counties and to steer clear of .the heavy negro constituen cies. N Col. Waddell challenged him to a discussion in j Wilmington, but he opened not his mouth. And he will not open his mouth here during this canvass. He . has made - anti Civil Rights speeches all through the canvass. ' He dare not make a speech; of this characterbefore his party friends in ibis city. He miserably endeavors to .; shirk responsibility. Will hiscolored supporters in New Hanover allow binr to do so ? Will they not make him face the music and show bis hand ? . MAJOR JOHN W. DCNHAn. - ) This talented and spirited gentle man, so; long ! and favorably known in North? Carolina as lawyer, editor and member of the Legislature, prints bis salutatory as editor ot the Raleigh Neics, ;in .Thursday's, issqe ; of that journal.'; The fact that he woukl-be-come its editor was announced some time ago, but Major Dunham has wisely employ ed the time since the adjournment of the Legislature in re covering, his health, which suffers from the effects of a wound received in the war.' The journalistic profes sion greet the. new editor of the News with pleasure, and heartily con gratnlate that paper on his accession. COLUISBUS. j This county will giveMcKoy and Waddell a very large majority. . We are permitted, to make the annexed extract from-a. private letter written by a Columbus gentleman: "I think that we are in full harness here, and that pur county will do its full duty. We have a few independent men, bnt they have no' influence . whatever. You can' rely upon us." . ' A correspondent, writing from Co-, lumbus county, says: "Russell will not get one Conservative vote in this county. Onr Conservatives will sup port A. A. McKoy to a man." This is more cold comfort to the " boy Judge." . , CaoVENO KBMFISB. . rThe'.V : of. Gov. Irapejtf yirglnia, whicb he has seen, proper to mate to, suence sian 0 h!8 pplfUpal gtatus is i loo. long,; even for epitome, or extract) in these columns, at present, v Governor Kemper insists chiefly that ; he' deiires ; and bas ; de sired to do no more toward j fay bring Mr rantctban Conservative fiarty 't&;declared that b desire's and desired lo.take np iUted:4cfiog bdt ;;bpiy6rgaDized aotion ea at party, apd lastly 'that be J opposes a third term, but wouiq pre fer the 'third v term witSoui Civil Rights to?thb st;ofab.y " candidate 'with Civil Rights!; : - ; ' The base of -his statement is the correspondence witb Mosby in Vhich the hope was expressed that Grant would hot assist the Radical faction. Tbpse letters harmless in themselves, were written for a specific purpose in the heat of a canvass. The posi tion taken in them was the same every where ad vocated by Kemper on the stump. r '-.;;; The letter leaves, or should leave, in the mind of no one a single doubt as to Governor Kemper's good faith to the Conservative party. It is a well written paper and is the produc tion, of a scholar and statesman as Well as of a iVarless man aud stain less gentleman. ... THE IjfPBB COUNTIES. The canvass in Cumberland and the upper counties'of. the District is grow ing lively. We have seen a letter from a prominent Cumberland Con servative, in which ; letter appears this paragraph: , . '-'Prospects bright in this and sur rounding counties. . Col. Waddell is making a splendid impression every where, and what little, feeling existed at one time on the subject of back pay has been dispelled by his explana tion of his action."- We have no doubt of the election of Col. Waddell by a large majority. It would not surprise us if hCighould . - increase JiS trtie. IBU fCTaV OP - I872r1 From all the accounts we receive at tlw;,int. this office he is making a most spirited and able canvass, the best of his Iife4 The people are f uHy" aroused. There fore the result will be the utter" rout of the " no parlor and no kitchen" candidate. LANDSIARK. The -itatesville Landmark, pub lished by Mr." John B. Hussey, late of the Hickory Press, is a new paper that we receive. It is well gotten up and is cleverly edited. Mr Hussey has experience and wHl-ttrrn it to tbe ad vantage 'of the Conservative cause in Iredell and adjacent counties. . ; -. A Salt ror Slander. ':.f -.; :l tVm. P. Canaday, Esq., Mayor of this city, has commenced proceedings against ' Mi . J ames Heaton.Bepublican candidate for Superior Court 1 Clerk for ' New Hanover county on what is known as the Regular ticket, orielanderrayinsrris ainaZes at $10,000. i The action is baged on certain charges made against the Mayor by Heaton In speeches he has delivered here and else where during tbe present campaign. A J-ewlb.81ieket. .v ,1 ' -- ' We were1 shown yotterctay, by Mr.- A. :Wronski, of this city; a ' curiosity in tle shape of a silver Coin It is what ia known as a Jewish shekel, isiued about2,000years 4 ago, in the time of Kin Solomon, and is.; near the size of what was known here in the good old anteieUum times aa a. silver half dollar, though not so thick. . On ine sidefs a pot .of insensej with, Uincription in Hebrew, " Shekel of Israel," and on the re-, verse he facsimile ot "Aaron's Rod," which "budded, blossomed and bore fruit in & day.f and.the words, also in Hebrew. "The Holy Jerusalem.", Considering the period, even, far beyond' the recollection of " our oldest inhabitant," jwben this coin, which is now as bright as .h just issued from the mint, was passing through the hands of those who then peopled the world, it is cer tainly a great curiosity. ; '. '-'.';' -: vi 'i : . ... -Mr. Piper, 'M,ail Agent on the W-, C. & A. R R, handed us yesterday a specunen of his toniatdesT about as ,arSe as .a gpp4-sed, squash, together. ",wttb . several bunches of Isabella grapes, which were grown on his plantation in Columbus. His many friends here will be deeply pained to hear of the death of Mr. William V. Bates, which occurred in Aus tralia, February 13. ' He was well known to all the young' men of ijttjr rfcityi ahd. was as noble-hearted a boy as ever lived. He was a younger brother of Mr. Isaac Bates, Assistant Cashier of the Bank of New Han over. : " ' -'' -4 " . The meeting Of " the Board of County Commissioners for the purpose of appointing Judges and Inspectors of Elec tion, .which was to have been held this after noon at 3 o'clock, has been postponed until Monday evening next COl KOBCriT STRANGE IN COLUxTIBLS COUISTT. T A Great Speech-Tlie iaanea of the Cam Palgu Dlaenaaed In an Exhaustive ' Arsnmebt-Arralgoment f Bidl. eallsnt for )t Centralizing ana Cor rnptlncl TendneIea-The; ClvU ' RlSUta, Bill Sbown tje Unconatl tntlonal ky Dellna oCJState Conrta . and tbe Supreme Court of tn United Statea Col. : St range's Stlrrlns Ap-ala-coiambn will do IlerDntf . ISpecial ; Correoirdence'.of - the iMorning I . ' r: ; f Star. .', .. . . , WHiTEviti,C!olumbustouoty, ) -. - .... July 3rd, 1874. f- r CoU Robert Strange openTtHrvass, in Columbus county to-day in a speech' of nearly two hours' duration, in which he ;re-. viewed with a statesmanlike discussion the leading issues involved in this, momentous canvass. Col. Strange reached White ville in the midst of a heavy rain which con tinued dunng the delivery of his address, and which, extending over a large portionl of the county,, prevented the, large' attendance of voters who had prepared to be present to greet the eminent lawyer and orator whom Columbus has always de lighted to honor, The audience was, never theless, an average one in point of numbers, and embraced intelligent and representative men who will be certain to carry to their neighbors the salient-features of the great argument in which CoL Strange expounded to the people of Columbus their duty td their race, their State, and their country. ' At half past twelve o'clock the meeting assembled in the Court House and; was. called to order by Col. George, Chairman of the County Committee, who introduced Col. Strange in a brief and appropriate ad dress. Col. Strange began his speech with an acknowledgment of ' the confidence al ways extended him by Columbus a confi dence recently expressed in a most compli mentary manner at the Magnolia Conven tion, where Columbus .bad given him. ner vote for the Congressional nomination. He congratulated the jfarty that its choice of CoL .Waddell had been both judicious and suitable, ajjd he did not: for a moment doubt that CoirWaddell's triumphant elec tion would demonstrate the wisdoin of his selection. Col. Strange gave a forcible presentation of, the : patriotic duty which should influence the good citizen to an ac tive interest in grave political questions. He said: "He who loves jiot his countty loves nothing, and the-, flimsy ; pretext,' I taqwioJrtiM,aHesedas an excuse for poutTBtaCB, alleged as an excuse lor abstinenrroni-DolIties. is not thAlanminan a good citizen." Everybody has ioflu- ence, and everybody should now feel im pelled to take bis stand in the "imminent, deadly breach," to stay the deluge of Radi calism, a Even before a Radical jury and a Rsdical . judge . (even . though he were a judge ashamed to accept his party's nomi nation), he could convict Radicalism of an unbroken record of criminal unwortbiness during its thirteen years of undisputed possession of power. It was the party of The Higher Law, the party of the Irrepres sible Conflict, the party of Centralization, the foe to State liberty and to Community independence. Between Radicalism and genuine Republicanism there is an irrepres sible conflict which must end in the des truction of one or the other. This portion of CoL Strange's speech was a close and searching argument in demonstration of the antagonism of Radicalism to civil lip-' erty. In no Southern State had Radicalism in its worst features been more conspicu ously illustrated than in North Carolina, $0 far as its power would permit the consum mation of its nefarious designs What a difference between tbe antebellum North. Carolina and the poor old State when she had fallen into the embraces of Radicalism, .the marks of whose polluting touch are still upon her. A graphic view of Holden's sys tem of despotism and bis wicked purposes enabled the audience to realize the value of the great; Conservative . victory of 1870, which ' 'gave- us the Legislature aad thus E laced a check upon Radical outrages, tol. Strange read from the New York Times, high Radical authority, sketches of the condition of affairs, in South Carolina, in which the Legislature of that State is denounced as a'eanff of thieves" and the Governor as a thief, the entire "government beinsf a 'perfected system of brigandage, " ooutu uaraiwa alone? furnished, targument sufficient to condemn to eternal iofamvtbis wicked party, even though its record other wise were unsuluetLj -Frools of pronjeacy in the administration of the Federal govern ment were adduced ny vol. : strange m fig ures startling in their story of plunder and extravagance. VYashinston s Adam s and 'Jefferson's administrations did not together cost the country as much .as the mere steal ings incidental to Grant's five years of power;VJ J ; ! j , The Civil Rights, iniquity ; "begotte hate and malice," claimed a large por en in portion of CoL Straugc's address; la all its aspects, - legal, constitutional and moral, this crown ing infamy of Radicalism was ' examined and exposed.'- Col. Strange declared it as his firm conviction that this measure, if passed, as he believed it would be, at the next session of. Congress, unless too whole country, led by .North, Carolina next month, expressed its resentment at the contemplated outrage, would ! drive the ! white people from the Southern States. , - :- ' CoL Strange's discussion of Judgo Rus sell's voluntary tribute to the Civil Rights tneunes of his party, cannot be excelled in the 1 power of its argumentation, . . and its . excoriating ' denunciation of that bid for the negro vote. ' 1 Had Judge Russell read hia law-books more and his partisan newspapers less; if, instead of courting negro sympathy, he had sought authorities -upon this subject-that obiter dic tum, so unbecoming in all respects, and so Eromising of mischief, would never have een delivered. . .J ;...' . After thoroughly disposing of Russell's case, Col. Stranare addressed himself to a dispassionate discussion of the Constitution al aspect of the Civil Rights issue. It would be impossible to do justice to this portion of CoLStrange's address. Iwishthat every Con servative lawyer in the district could have been present to be informed of " the over whelming testimony in the shape of decis ions by the Supreme Courts of Pennsylva nia and Indiana, and finally by the Federal Supreme Court in condemnation of . the odious theories of Civil Rights. . ; . - , The peroration of this admirable ad dress was ; a r glowing, appeal for tufity and organization, and an eloquent rebuke of that spirit of revolt from partydiscipline revealed in independent candidacy. Co lumbus should give six hundred Conserva NO. 37. tive majority, and the speaker knew the people of Columbus too well to doubt that they would do their whole duty. '. ; ? . ? At the close of Col. ' Strange's address, CoL ; W. . Foster. French; .candidate, for State Senate from Robeson and Columbus delivered an eloquent and telling speech of .three-quarters of an hour, andwas f ol lowed by "Capt. rNbrmeht, candidate for Solicitor, who gave great satisfaction to his party friends. ; ... - , v... ,.- - I find a very satisfactory state of, feeling in Columbus. Here as in Bladen, a search warrant cannot find a Conservative who will vote for Russell sn F. H. A. " ' : " ' 1 Darlns Robbery mc briayeavllle S. c'. Desperate Anaa TJpon a Store Keeper, .:yx: .-'( i' . A friend informs us that the hitherto quiet and orderly community of MayfesvUle," S. Of., was startled and shocked hy n out rage perpetrated the night -of the ,9th of T- a-. jma upou one ox & flte"ou thehome rule bill is con lain yet unkiu -Thi hfght e;heing very warms Me? W.i'J Pigfofd placed a mattress across the back door of his shop," and, leav ing the door open for ventilation,, Jay down upon the mattress for, his night's rest,, pre suming that no one could enter the store, across his body without disturbing him, and also trusting somewhat to the watchfulness of a faithful dog: ; But hewas mistakca in his conclusions, as, the .subsequent events proved. Some time after xuidnight he was awakened by some noiae in the store,' and springing up quickly, -fotind himself face to' face with a burly. negro, whom he could hot exactly recognize by moonlight add in the store where the light was less than on the outside. -The negro ordered him i to keep his hands off,T. hut not obeying Mr Pigford was struck across the head by some blunt instrument with sufficient force to knock him down, and also to cut a gash several inches in length down the skull bone.'- Recovering and rising to 'his1 feet," he was again struck down, and more stun nqd than before. ; The negro then made his escape, taking , with him , Mr. t Pigf prd's watch and the clothing which he had worn the day before. -.The money drawer had been taken out and left upon the counter,' but no money had been left in it the night before when closing the - store. Nothing else was missing, and it .is evident that money was the only object of the - robber, and that if, Mr. Pigford - had - not been awakened, the probability is thai he would have received no bodily injury. ; The cir cumstances indicate that the negro was some one well" acquainted with the store and with Mr. Pigford's arrangements. Ef forts are making to get a clue to the robber, and we trust they will meet with success. Tbe clothing was picked up next morning about 150 yards from the store, and the rob ber and assailant has got off with only tbe watch and a pocket-knife, having failed to get any money. "The wateh has Mr. W. J. Pigford's name engraved upon it. ; Deatblfrom Paralysis. Mr. Henry Bremer, who was , suddenly seized with paralysis while -in attendance upon a pic-nic at Wilmington .Garden on Wednesday evening last, brief mentionlof which was made in this paper, died yester day afternoon, about half past 4 o'clock. Deceased was a native of Schiffdorf, Han-; over, Germany, was nearly 34 years of age and had beenlh this city for the past six teen or seventeen years, , We learn . that he was insensible and speechless from the mo ment that he was attacked with the disease which ierminated in; his death. ., Mr. Bre mer had many warm friends in tbe com munity, who sincerely sympathise with' his family ini their irreparrable loss." ; His funeral will take place on Sunday morning, at 9. o'clock,, and his remains will be at tended to their last resting place by his brother Knights of Pythias and firemen i ' KnlXbto of JPytblas. 1 j .y i u1 j -;. !(The folio wing .officers of .CalantheLodge No. .7, K. of P., were installed last eyening at their halL by D.' D. Gl (X, W. '.W. toppV; ; ; Aaron Loute, S. P. C. : ' ',' ' ; Jacob L Macks, C. C. ; u: M. P. Taylor, V. C. s.,,.A. G.TffcGhtjP.; -.. .' ;,v i.'.. .. , J. ,N. Van Souleb, M. at , 4 . ? ( i 11. Frank, t G. ' ' .. " ' i ' J J. W. RobWns, 6. G. " ; , ' j Tbe Exearslon of Knlffbt and X ; aie. '' "i ;" ;-: " ? ' . .The excursion, of Germania Lodged K. of P. j with their invited guestsdn Tbuiss--day. night, on the. Barge Experimeni,). pro-, nounced by those who participated in it io, have beep k very pleasant affair, arid great-' ly enjoyed. 'They proceeded to a point op posite Fort Fisher, when 'the prowf tlie boat was turned homeward, reaching tbe wharf about 3 o'clock yesterday morning! Quite a large nnmber of ladies and gentle men participated, and dancing was kept up with 'slight intermissions during the excur sion. ; 1 ' ; - ! The BalnfaliTeaterday. We learn from the Signal Officer at this port- that at the 4:30 report yesterday, after , noon tbe rainfall, in this city was two inches and eighty-five hundretbs, being more than the' es tire amount that fell during the month of June. The same amount fell during the same period at Savannah, Gar. Al Lake City; Fla., the rainfall was thirty-nine hun dreths of an inch. . . v . : ". - - joined In Wedlue?. ' 1 ' A colored couple from Brunswick, ans wering to the names of Dorus Robinson and Mary Green, were joined- together in the bands of wedlock at the office of the Register of Deeds, yesterday, S. , yanAm ringe, J.' P.,' Trforrning the ceremony in the presence of a number 'of interested spectators. .' y.-'-A ' WUiiam Hufham, colored, of Rocky Pointy in this county, can boast of 1 the first cotton bloom of the season, In that .section, having had some on, the 80th nit. We have a sample of the blooms now be fore us The Bill to Pay Hoathern .BXall Car . rleva for . Ante-War Serrieeo Tbe : New DIairlct of Columbia fief , - ' -' ' , ; --V'- ; - . v 1 Washington, July's. -' Gen,' Nitchd&VWbo, arrived-.; here this morningJ called 6a 'the President at noon and formally accepted the appointment as oriclof.ajispislrfcvot 3olurab"U Commis sioners. He was selected after the Presi dent had hacLa consultation with Dennison and Blow, the- other Coiaynissioners, who said the appointment: Would bakery agree- able to thenv: -. They: wilt take the oath of office to-day, and expect: to be : organized for business by Honday. . There is . much anxiety among a large class of citizens; for " that event, as they will have the disburse ment of about a million of 'dollars' among the unpaid employees under the ''late' dis trict government - - ta 1? :: ' Dr.. Borzano has been appointed Super-, intendent of theMint at New Orleans. T . The bill to make 'an appropriation to pay me mail contractors South for service- per formed prior to the 82st of May, 1891, failed to 'become a law, but it will come up again at the next session.. ' ENGLAND. ir. t rrtr.) ConeiuMon oir'tbo? Debate on Ibe ono B)a iBtfl. j ' -7. ' -wf w. eluded. Disraeli was unabletoagree that Ire- land has a right to a greater amount of self- government than Scotland or England. Ho demonstrated the 'groundlessness of the complaint that Irishmen were not appoint ed to high offices of government, .and de nied that Ireland was treated as a conquered country.' V He said two separate parliaments would be constantly in collision a minority in each parliament would be always op posed to an , imperial parliament . He. op posed the motion because it was injurious to both countries at the great crisis of the world; which: was- nearer than1 some sup posed. He wished the people to be united. To accept this mption w.ould produce dis integration jn , England and result in the destruction of the empire. McCarthy, Mitchell, Nolan, Theo! Conor, and Polan-spoke in support of the motion. At a late hour the House divided and Dr. Butt's resolution was .rejected yeas 61. nays 458. ,. :. . H IV! fefcECTHIC SPARKS. - Two Cleaveland ; girls were Burned to death while lighting a fire with gasoline. s The final and very severe test of the big bridge at St. Louis Thursday proved- satis factory .Henry Hath's manufactury of - sewing machine cases at Philadelphia was- burned Thursday. Loss $60,000. During a quarrel last night George Stone once wealthy New York builder, beat his wife fatally with a soda bottle, j A Halifax dispatch is as. follows: - " The Faraday is delayed by heavy weather. She will reach Portsmouth in a few days. Mayor Havemayer, of NewTork, has re appointed as Police Commissioners Char lick and Gardiner, who had been convicted of malfeasance. " The New York bank statement shows a loan increase of 5f million; specie increase 2 million; deposits increase 8i million; reserve increase i of a million. ' . The grand jury have indicted Badger, Chief, and Flannagan, Captain of Police, for highway robbery: in seizing the New. Orleans Bulletin's forms. , ' The Wew Orleans, pottonj Exchange crop' report Bhows a big decrease inacxeage, plantrng Talebut growing Snelyand fields clean.- No complaint about labor. - Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, yesterday pardoned the three County Commissioners of Marion Cnnntv. latelv convir.teil of mnl. feasance in office and sentenced to imprison ment. s ;J-l. ':, - i-:-r ; During a heavy thunder storm at New Castle, .DeL, Thursday evening an unknown vessel was struck by lightning below Wil mington creek and burnt to the water's edge. No particulars have been received about the fate of the crew or name of the' vessel. ' .. -. I : WASHINGTON. Arrest ;of Prominent Colored Men on .tbe Charge of . Forgery Tbe New Five Per Cent Koan J eweU, of Con necticut, Accepts the Poitmaiier L Generalablp. .-.-' , ' jX Washington, July 8. Mention was heretofore, made of dis ' coveries of forgeries of orders f Or foremen's andjpolicemenr8 certificates on the office of the Comptroller for the District of Colum bia. To-day Albert Underwood ' and Thomas .B.. Warrick, both colored, were arrested oninformatian .charged with the forgery. -Several other - parties connected with it will also be arrested. . Underwood has been messenger i in tbe ti Comptroller's office for some months, was a member of the late District Legislature and- is a well known local politician. TWarrick graduated from Howard University as a lawyer and has since acted as a clerk in the collector's office. ; . ''. ; t . .. . . - -. ; It is reported that some of . the depositors in the Freedman's Bank are selling their Pass Books for less than their value, either from necessity br ignorance of the fact that Bank Examiner Meigts, after a thorough examination of the; affairs , f the- bank, placed the assets, deducting bad and doubt- luioeots, at nmety-wirea cents oa.meaoi lar The officers of the company say that with proper care on the part of the manage ment the books .-will be worth. more than that sum and that a large dividend will be made iat as early a day as practicable. i 1 fbe Circular letter; of theScretary of the Treasury to prominent bankers, prepared yesterday, invites them to- make proposals for: the remainder;of the new five per cent, loan, to-day. ";The proposals previously of fered Were therefore considemrlnformally; The President has gone to Long Branch, Fish leaves this evening, and Bristow has gone to Kentucky to attend the funeral of a member of his family. Avery has assumed the functions of Chief jClerk of the Treasury, . ' . Marshal Jewell, of Connecticut, has ac cepted the Postmaster Generalship. The First Assistant will act until he arrives from Europe. PENNSYLVANIA. Jay Cooke Jk Co. Receives a Dividend -How tbe Fonrth of Jnly will be j Celebrated. ; . ( ; .' ' PinT.ADKi.PHiA, July 3. lue Ai usice ui oay VAKiae w. una re ceived a check from the President .of the Oregon Steam Navigation Cdnipany - for $37,500 In gold as dividend on ,$1,600,000 stock. Other dividends will, follow as the eomDanv Davs a surplus to stockholders; monthly. . - ' DELAWARE. ', ". " - " severe Tbnnder storm. ; ' : Wilmington, J uly 3. ' During a severe thunder storm last night James Riddle, Son & Co. 's cotton mills were struck - by lightning. The flre was quickly suppressed, with but little damage. The storm was more severe south. At Newcastle many trees in the college cam pus were blown down, three buildings struck by lightning and several unroofed. No person was hurt. At Elkton a hotel was unroofed and considerable damage done. -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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