f THIS PAPER hiihi every afternoon, . Sundays ex 1 cepted by crBSCRlPTIONBOSTAOB PAID, year, $5 00 Sixinonths, $2 SO pTbrcc ""'months, f 1 25; One month, 60 cents, fbe pPr wiU1 be delivered by carriera, 0f charge, in any part of the city, at the derates, or 13 cent per week, irkertiainff rate low and liberal. Sabscrioer wui pieu repuri Mjy( uu to receive their papers regularly. jew Advertisements . grown & Roddick, 45 MARKET STREET. Vc have just .received a, full line of rr lVKELS- Having, anticipated the i w rite in tbe WOOLEN market, we are Sed to sell , at least FHEBN PEE ($ST. below what they can be purchas- f I A N ft-fcli'-S. "' , --": : ' it j ;!iv. frits and Scarjct Plain All Wools' i aeanet ami .viup. a uu?. ,, r , . , , i i-' 'i -j -. ftoeras in all tho w shades. -V ' ''M ' - ' were, selected from thembst popu, hi manufacturers iri the: .country.. Tntrarchase suclrGoodrf as;the above? at tbis time, will, ccrtamly pay those , have the money to spare as Uicywill certainly "be still iHcr as .the season advances. . ' nn ""S 4 AILI llllSf. . . , . ' 1 ' J - ' ' !."';'' -: , " VOL. 2. WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13; 1877. ko 226 LATEST NEWS. MM & RODDICK'S GLOVE-FITTING SRIRTS. Oar Own IHanufactnre I taijfrora Wamsutta CJottori, and Bosoms from 2100 Lmcn. . 75 Cents Each ! if cast 33j per cent, chcaj cr than any thing ever oflerecf in tils city. any sample Shirt and compare. We are only too happy to afford you an opportunity to judge for yourselves. Tho Balance of Our Summer Stock at Unprecedented Low' Prices. Ladies' and Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs just received, 50c and 75c. flew FaI Calicoes at Gc and 8c, best inality. White Cord Piquo 12JC. , Kentncky Jeans ' 121c, a good article.' owes Cotton Yarns. i - ; . M Like George Heavy Sheeting, 8c jw jard. 1-4 Rockingham " lo. , 8c per yari 4-4 Fine Sea Island Cotton 8i. H Bleached Cotton 8,:,100. ' I & P. Coat' Spool -Cotton 6c each. Bt Needlea gc jft ( p app. , Bed lickings in aU quaJi ties . Uiea'Qorcts 73c, very superior quality. a 'f . : : " :Bffitair& Roddick, octl 45 'Market Street. Millinery and Fancy Goods. Jps. l. fLanaOanwishes to an- Beet(theLadie thathQUha8 retnnied 'tomthNortherii Cities, where she has been RtaFaltparchaiea in MILLINERY description of FANCY ARTICLES v. " J prepared to bow her patrons a tMtiTe and CeautifuI Stock of all ?hV? STYLES in French Pattern X. J Velvets, Silks, Feathers, he?.T! heretofore, the Best Goods Ximb gna, the Lowest Prices, and the !iadd guaranteed or money re- Jftj Store, 42 MarketStreet. . lL!LL' MRS. L. FLAlfAGAW.;: Notice. Ttn.THAVING THE SfflS" ,eU. SEWING MA ttnfctured by v the SINGER CTUBING COI&LNy iS' the ?.w1tew. Htn0Teri begs to inform the ffivwl1,! "Prepared to. offer EXTRA &CH5i?.S ta th08e wishing to buy iSSBWlNO MACHINES. -uy, and Attachments, of all kinds, u . . a I , , WU.W0 k 4U "Elections and receipt for the tame JOiiN JU JOUDLr.Yt u ' Second Street, near Tost Ollice;, yDtmorcst's Fall and Winter Patterns tived. Send for Catalogue. ilOcontsi Hair Cttt, 25 cents. V55 ccnli." Hoi and cold Bath t Han towcls'and sharp razor la lli'vork done InLsllcnce "and XFDRMANSKi;r Cor. ft-ont.and Princtss. Hale's Svrtit); OAMIOUND AXTi TAR.l Bull's Cough P. Bother German Byrup. With; a fal Pttrnt Medicine, Ptare Drags and : A11ES C KtJNDS, : Fighting in Asia Minor. London, Oct; 11. A despatch from Kars says: "A battle was fought on Tues- uay near Aladja Daga, lasting from mid day until G o'clock in the evening. The losses wore heavy on both sides. Movements are discernible this morning in the Rus sian camp which seem to indicate a renew al of tfeffisrhtinc." r. The Constantinople War Office con firms the report of tho junction of Chefvet rasha with Osman Pasha, and the entry ofreinfor cements and supplies into Plev- nai . r ' A fpeci U despatch from Belgium says Ectasia has ' nndertaen to py Servia a millioh. roubles monthly from the time theoerYian army is sent to the frontier. A", Russian official despatch says the lurks destroyed their bridge at Sihstria. The same despatch says that on the 9th inst. a- JLurkish three-masted monitor struck , a torpedo near Sulina and was blowu "up. : MukhUir . Pasha's official despatch ex plains that the battle fought on Tuesday near Aladja Daga was caused by an at tempt by the Russians to surprise a corps of observation which he had posted at voziKan io cover me concentration or nis forces at Aldja Daga. Mukhtar Pasha claims that ho repulsed the Russians with tho loss of 1,200 men. The Standard's Nikopolis 'special cor- 'respondent says he has trustworthy in formation that cold,rain and lack of winter Clothing arc causing great mortality in the Russo-Ronmainan army. The number of deaths within the last twenty days are, of thq army before Plevna, 5,000; of the Czarewitch's army, 4,700; in the Dobrud scha, 3jQ00j and at Tirnova and Shipka, 2,000. ' " ; The Standard's Frankfort correspon dent says he can state oatho; highest authority that the Russians i.n Bulgaria, including rc-enforcements, number only 230,000 combatants. , The Times' Belgrade despatch of yes terday -s date says: "The Cabinet has unanimously and definitively agreed to termsof agreement with : Russia. Note This probably refers to the agreement concerning the subsidy of a million roubles to be paid to Servia monthly from t he time her army is sent to the frontier . : . in ' 11.; 1 mm Fighting With Revenue Officers. Washington. Oct. 11 Collector Scott of the Sixth North Carolina District,sends to the Commissioner ot Revenue a report of raid in Burke county, in his district. Five revenue.officials started from Mor- gantoni on the evening of the 1st instant, o seize several illicit stills in the ooutn Mountains, about sixteen mtlea from Morgantown. Arriving early on the 2d.t they found three distilleries operating il licitly, all of which, with caps and worms complete, were captured and taken to Morganton. A sea-ch in thej vicinity discovered about sixty gallons of whiskey and two barrels of brandy, all unstamped, -Two persons, who were fqund in the still house, were arrested. v While searching the vicinity fare was opened upon the revenue officers by pcr- sons concealed in tne ousnes ana Demuu frees. The number of assailants is esti mated at t welve. They -were armed with rifles. The officers retreated with their prisoners and captured property down the mountain, being met at every turn of the rough road by the attacking party, who, put or signs ana range ui iub urn- era1 pistols, kept up a persistent nre. 11 the officers excepting one were u ith bullets, and deputy Collector Gilles pie, who was at the head of the party, was seriously wounded. A horse ridden by one Of the party was killed early in tne day, jjnd 5 another was severely wounded.; The region raided is notoriously a danger ous one. and tire inhabitants are unscru- pulous desperadoes, an mteresiea m uucis distilling. Iff a neighboring townsnip the same officers, while in the performance cif their duty about two weeks ago, were Shot at from behind shelter. . I I M. Hushes, Jr., Deputy United States Collector, telegraphs from Colum bia, Tenn . : 'I have received reliable in formation that Thomas J. Williams, who acted as guide for me on a recent raid against illicit distillersjin Lawrence county 4?as taken from his house last Monday aight by disguised men, and murdered. f. - - ; i Some Washington Topics. : WAsiiiKaTOr, Oct. 11. A serenade was iven this evening in honor of the Demo cratic victory of Ohio to Milton Sayler, John G.Thompson, and other Ohio Demo crats. Fire hundred persons gathered in front of WillaydV.notel. John G. Thomp son made the opening address, and put stress upon tho magnificent majority in Ohio as the practical answer of the people o the decision of the electoral policy. Milton Saylgr delivered a speech whose ost emphatic utterances were given to the . declaration that the Democratic masses could neither suffer inor condone tho wrong by which a man neither elected iy the people nor chosen by the Electoral College was seated in a chair to which he had no rightful title, and in Ohio the popular verdict had been made up in a Democratic majority such as no man had before seen. I Failed for Nearly Four Millioni. i London, Oct. 11. The prifate Hit ft lirhn Rank of Stettin. Pomeranu, has failed. It did a large business m ad vances on land and agricultural produce, Its liabilities are about $3,75O,W0. MacMahon's New Manifesto and a Counter-Manifesto. Paris, Oct. 11 A second manifesto has been issued by President MacMcon In it he denies that the Republican Constitution is in danger, or that the Government is under clerical influence, or is inclined to a nolicr which might ed danger the peace. He appeals to the electors not to plunde the country into an unknown future of crises and conflicts bo returning opposition candidates. The manifesto lays great stress on the fact that duty fbrbid8 the Marshal to forsake his post, and concludes as follows : "1 answer for order and peace. The bureaus of the Senatorial Left have issued a counter-manifesto, asking the people to disbelieve those who declare re publican institutions to be not in penl and that the Government docs not obey clerical influences. The counter-manifesto declares that the official candidates arc enemies of the republic. An Octjan steamship Stove In. Queenstown. Oct. 11. The steam ship Consett, from An twerp for New York, has arrived here with her bows stove and and forward compartment filled water, with the result of a collision with the ship Jessorc,from Liverpool, with passengers for Melbourne, at 4 o clock Wednesday morn iug, one hundred miles west of Fastnct. The Jessore sank. The Consett rescued everybody. i.i. .. i. m m Life Lost in a Colliery. London, Oct. 11. An explosion took place to-dav in a collierv at Femberton, near Wigan, Lancaster. Of over forty miners who were in the pit, only five, so far, have been rescued. Three of tho re scuers were suffocated. ' ' " " Local news.. New Advertisements. W. H. Nash Fashionable Hair Cutting and Shaving Saloon. Geo. Mtes Club House. S. Jkwett Not for the Rich Only. W. S. Habdwikce, Act'gJO. S. Attention Whiting Rifles. A. Shrihb Complete Stock. The best thing to fall over now is a fall overcoat. Disappeared the lemonade venders. Moss-green is the color of the season. Day's length 11 hours and 18 minutes. Felt mats arc the novelty for the toilet table. A few peaches were in market this morning. Plush bonnets aud round hats have su-. perscded felt ones. Twentieth Sunday alter Trinity to-mor row in the Church calendar. An express train is faster than a day laborer, but it can't stop as suden. Silk jcwelcry, made bright with hand painting, is shown in novel designs. Earrings and bracelets; entirely of orange buds, are a novelty for brides. Man glories in his strength; woman glories In her hair; butter glories in both. A man who goes to tho mountains now for rheumatism stands a good chance of getting it. If you do not want to be robbed of your good name do nothavo it painted on your umbrella. Col. E. D. Hall, J. P., has removed his office to Lawyer's Row, opposite the Court House. . A suitable opening for many choirs should be, "Lord, have mercy ou us, mis erable singers." Although a girl may be as proud as Lucifer, it doesn't always follow that she makes a good match. Ncw York oysters were offered yester day as low as $1 a gallon and they were unusually fine for the season. A Spanish proverb saya. "The man who on his wedding day starts as a lieu tenant in the family will never get pro moted." If all Russia and all Turkey should come to engage in the strife, there would be 87,000,000 Russians fighting 43,000, 000 Turks. There is nee in a while a woman in this country who thinks that "hou43-hold management" stops at the making of a worsted dog. A voung man who has deposited all his valuables at the sign of the "three balls," meditates writing a book entitled "That Uncle,' of Mine." Dime SaYings. Housekeeper! who study economy in final! things should use Doo ley's Ykast Powder, the best, because perfectly pure; the cheapest, as every package is full Wtigbt. a very important - meeting ,of the Whiting Rifles is called for to-night. ? See rdvcrtisement elsewhere. Dr. A. E. Wright, City Physician, lias removed his office to the Southeast corner of Front and Princess streets, un-stair&i When a clergyman remarked they Were to have a nave in the new church f an old lady whispered thaUbV'knew th party to whom he referred.' , T The Visitors of the Ladies' Benevolent Society are requested to meet at;Hook, & Ladder Hall on Tuesday afternoon, -Octo ber 16th, at 4J o'clock. f It is a question worthy' of careful in vestigation, whether ak person " Vho& voice is broken is not all the betted com petent to sing "pieces." 1 ne one thousand dollar greenback notes of 1869 are all right! There fare no counterfeits, as reported, and it will bo safe to take them in change. ,'. - ! A book agent the other day talked half an hour to induce a lady to buy a book. She handed him a slip of paper on which was written : "Ime deaf and dum." i It is all very well for skeptics to say that spirits cannot return from tho next world, but most every politician is aware that they do. Everybody knows' that lots of dead men vote at every election. New Hanover SuDeriOr Court was ad journed an hour to see Cole's Circus street parade. Raleigh News. M Very correct except in one or two par ticulars ; we have'nt had any Court here this week and we have'nt had any circus. Did tho News do that on purpose5 or did it really write "Wake" instead of "New Hanover" ? s Ae you gbhig to the Fair? Coots 40 cents per bunch, iso ihicTm'cfrts tii in WU.M f W. Cemetery. : in Bellevue ASP, many drum arc being 'brought P;maff yr Tbe fis?ing is said to be good KatetEaxton has cancelled her engage ment here .for the 22d on account of the railroad -schedule. : PLEASE irOTlCK. We will be glad to receive; eeaarcsitsdeTi from oar friends on any and tit riijD I general interest bmt : sf WU The name of the writer s4 riwt j a, furnished to the Editor. Communications must bt ' wtitfei 'faj n one .side of the paper. V Personalities matt be avoided. ; There have been three adults and1 three pnimren Interred this week in Tine Forest ffemetcry. jtiit i!: :. ; ' .. ' . nTh6 mtenncnts in Oaidale Cemetcr thaweek fiiof np -three adults and three children. " , The'Hcgistcr of Deeds one colored couple. I .-. . . I : - 1 issued marriage licenses for one white and The October term of (Superior Court for this county will conveno here next Mon day, with Judge Moore on the Bench. Madame Duclos, has engaged the Onera House, for the 18th and 19th insts. She lias a fine troop aud they give satisfation wherever they show. One poor unfortunate, a white man. charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was jugged to-day, and will have a hearing before tho Mavor on Mondar ., , , : .. .' " J ' A gentleman who sowed a field in the Southwestern , portion of the city with corn in the , Spring, is now. gathering his crop in -boats..; The water in the field is said to bo fully two feet deep.- We invite attention to the advertise ment of W. II. Nash, fashionable barber and hair cutter, as it appears in ; this is sue. lie has located m the buildinf? next North of the Dawson Bank building, .and as he is a good workman he will ' doubt ess receive a fair share ,of the public pat ronagc. na Kemoved. , , . Mr. A. Shricr has just removed, his elegant stock of gents' and youths' cloth-; ing and furnishing goods' into the store three doors East of his old stand on Mar- et street, which has been prepared for him and where will be found one of the most complete and most desirable stocks to be found anywhere.; The change 1s a great improvement. . ' " V ' Correction. In a report of the cases disposed of by the Criminal, Court, we stated ; that Win, Marstellar was found guilty of an assault. The case being trivial it was' ; submit ted by the defendant rather than go into a tedious trial. We make this correction as tho person alluded to seems to be a hard working and law abiding cltlKen and at the request of parties interested. sr. . The Whitinff Itillcs. . The Whiting Riflcsjappcarcd on parade yesterday afternoon in full dress uniform There were not many in hue, . but thpir drill was splendid; and the few- volleys I they fired at, the close of tho parade would hare been creditable to veterans, so even avhuihi it vi v t 1 1 vtk&J jLiit f av.aww the small number of men out on the pa rade. The Thermometer. , From the United States Signal OfSce at this place we obtain the following reporl of the thermometer, as taken this morn ing at 7:31 o'clock : . . Augusta, 58; Cairo, 58) Charleston', 57 Cincinnati, 54; Corsicana, 65; Fort Gibson, 66; Galveston, 76 Indianoja, 77; Jacksonville, 64 ; Key West; 77T Knb ville, 44; Lynchburg, 50 , Memfiis t J Mobile, 67 ; Montgomery, 63 js Kiinvl 49; New Orleans, 67 ; New York, 52; Pittsburgh, 43 ; Punta Rassa, 73 ; Savan nah, 58; Shreveport, 62; St. Louis, 63 ; St.' Marks, 62 ; Vicksburg, 57 Washington 44; Wilmington, 55. ' s 1 The Resinationof MaJ. Harris. We regret to learn of the resignation of Maj. Harris, of the Second Battalion, N. C. S. G. The Charlotte Observer saya ' of it; The officers of the second battalion of North Carolina State Guards will regret to learn that Maj. J. G. Harris has sent in his resignation to Adjutant-Generai Jones through i Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, as Major of the battalion, to which position he was recently elected from the first lieu-' tenancty of his company. He is forced to take this step by pressing business engage mcnt$ which will not permit of his giving the attention to the battalion which his position demands. Maj. HairU was exceed ingly popular and efficient both tu 1an f of- i ficer of the battalion and of s the t Uqxn&t Nest Riflemen. Raleigh News; Daniel Howard, Deputy SheriS of New Hanover, brought up seven convicts yesterday for the penitentiary one white, Elijah Keeter. for manslaugh- . - ter, 6 years, six cslofsd, li fcf stealing, sentenced for term varying from one taaxJ years. The battery of tho Capo Fear Artillery leave here Monday morning for I Raleigh, over the C. C. R. W. v la Hamlet. The guns wiiljbe in charge of Lieut. Reilly, (. M. Sgt. Allen and Guidon Gcrknn. Andit Is especially and psrtleiUri etood that Go editor does nat aivrars the Tiews of correspond en tj, mnlea m ttStH in the editorial columns. For theltoYtov. ' The old Lefentf. Mn. Editor : In your columns of jesterday'a RirnrW, you made a mistake in locating its dary Rock Spring. The old tad cri&al locality was near the foot of Chestnut ttrttt about twenty yards due south of the pre-" ent Bo-call! T?(vV Qn.. , , .7 .V klIllUg, J l Fifty years ago this spring was aa tsv failing stream and rushed ferU rea beneath a large shelvinx rock 3 wklcb partly protected It from tte ! raV rays; it is tree that there was tbaa, and is now, a delightful., .xpriaj. of water as stated near the prescst Clta tf the Cotton Press, and the walk along tW river bank was much fieqifaitgdiy afforded a delightful promenade, .,Te road for a quarter of a milt in JeMth. formed a complete alcoyo by the' Inter twining of tho branches of tress whlcli'1 grew on either side, and it was ccrUhlt most delightful retreat where rret? the wild rose and-the honey suckle and when, love-sick swains breathed into willing cars the story of their Iotc. X. Hotel Arrlrals. Pcrcell House, Cobb Broe. ProprU- tors Oct. 12-Jno M Whitted, W Wiljii, , "'"u wuutjrj j aicuDDin; liaiunioTv. Md ; A II VanBokkelen, City : J fl HH mond, S P Waller. New York s Cbtk 1mm 2 ew Orleans : E C Hovbtm. PPfin., G J Boney. N C: P B J L .Mast, U S A ; I T Northrop, PaHa delphia ; G Z French, Rocky Point.' 11 - Now Advertisements. NOT FOE THE RICH OIJLY. TJXAimiDOED EDITION8-"llyt1tT.' nut I. UnH Tl . L t. . m i Verne. 10 cents. ,.; ' , "The Law nd tbe Lady," by Wilkie CM- lins act 13 8. JEWETTB f front Street Book Store First Regiment. From a letter to Lieut-Col. M, P. Taylor, of tho Second Battalion, Wc learn that the Anson Veterans liave reorganized. There has been, an election of officers and the certificate of election forwarded to the Adjutant-General. The reorganization of this company- completes the regiment in this section and what is now know as the Second Battalion may hereafter bo known as the First Regiment, N. C. S. G. j.': f The Post Libel Case. I The ,' casc against Messrs. Canaday and Cassidey of the Wilmington Post, for flibelling the Commissioners of Robeson it'-' county, which' has hung fire for a long time, was brought to a termination this .Week at Bladen Court. In tho case of Mr. Canaday, a verdict of not guilty was ! agreed uon And MVrCassidey ' submitted pa was iouna guilty ana lined one petihy and costs. Mr. Cassidcy came here from' fllinpfs to attend this trial, and will rfefrtrn lo that State at once, leaving here aj morrow. r. L - j , Bladen County nlurdep Case. cmrged with the murder of a neighbor cjfi ibia , by the name of Murphy, last Rummer,, has -been transferred to the Su perior Court of this county for trial. The mdicatioua i now are that it will prove a eryxstrongly , contested case a3 there is talk ,of employing gome very able counsel in this; cjty, both for the prosecution and the defense. , ; Murphy, the murdered man, 8eenis,ta. have been the unci o of Smith's wife,. although his birth was illegitimate. ' Spades Were. Trumps. A' difficulty c ecu rred this morninc on Isd, opposite the foot of Princess irtrcet,betwecn'twb colered laborera'nami knMIiiii is and Henry Wilkes, in. which ft fo.rr?er received a pretty severe blow )ri "the lead from a spade wielded by Wilkes. Minnis was brought over to the rityand recei' ' tho necesaaTy care and 4tteht!oA ii ;"the hands of Dr WriV'U T-. D' P.1.- - Cowan sent a 6liccman over to Eagle Island anil can- turea . iikes, who is now m the gu?rd house.1 Minnis has an ugly wound on the fiPi- Dot think that the skull s brok'D. , itabeth (ty Economist: We learn m itahJe sources that the corn crop of Mnn(ir it fi i" tli.i rt t y'ijTt J f TVi v - u aerage. W. H. NASH, TASHIONABLE ITATR CTTTTTNfl k Mtv i X Shaving Saloon. -All work done ia the best style. Shaving 10 cent. Hair Cattltff Sharing tickets 12 for f 1. No. 23 North Front Street oct 13 Attention Whiting Eiflci1 A TTEND THE FINAL MEETINO OA tJJr ctPanJ to-night, (SaUrdayT, at ' taam&ioMhrsiteratroii bre'brvpwa intf w uic oluiu r air. nestly desired. A fall attendaaee is ear- oct 13 By order of Capt. J. W. Gordon, W. S. 1IAKDWICKE, ; Aeting Ov8. CLUB H0USE.'r AT GEO. PJYERO WE HAVE SECURED CONTROL OF TUB j CELEBRATED . . .. , DELMONICO CLUB IIQ3SE ' We invite attention to this Choice Pare J&jt, . WhUkej at " S4.QO per Gallon. ! Wines, Teas, Liquors, ttltut, Sugar. e Largest, Bcci, and Cheapest STOCK OF . FAMILY GROCEBirn oct ia. IN THE STATE; . mi t. Complete Stocftl OF CHILDREN'S raOTHlltG; j la Great Variety and " CHEAPDn? PnSODD la tho State. s ' 1 r Can fit anybody from a baby to a'joo: j giant. , , m.f j Call and examine stock. V'a? -' " : t ... - octl " ' 1 i'Mtt i to Market it. ... REMOVAL, , . JOHN WERXER bWwyed:WBi; Shop on Sonth Front 8trtet oa 4oof jfo' y of his old stand. HU aaay patai ci friendi he wiU now be pleased to' tee a) Vdt 7, South front street, (aeaoidV oct 10 : "fl ' 'f"