North Carolina Newspapers

AT THE CONCERT. Roaring above fortissimo, Drowning th painlssiiLe Was heard the infernal slsiimo Of the gal and her foolismo. And then the bully polielsslmo Joined la trio these fcoliaslrno -You'd better hold yonr JawUsslmo. Then they were still a mlcelssinao, But, oh, they were madisslmo, l bus 'tis all! 'tis everisslmo. Raleigh New?. AT THE STATE HOUSE. Democratic Economy v Republican Ixtrayasanc, Waat the Secretary ofState Sajs. News reporter waa ourteous'y and kindly reoeivei by the able Secre tary of State yesterday when he an nounced that the object of his visit was to orosc-examine him about mat ters and charges pertaining to his of fice. Major Eoglehard is the handsomest and most showy of onr State officials. He presides at his dt ek with the ease of an old journalist. A little impedi ment in his speech makes him an in teresting taiker. Before hi celebrated campaign in 187o he ws well-known in rbe State as the editor of the Wll minqton Journal vVith &n able and e aragou3 colleague, in the prtoa of C 1. Saunders, our late confrere of the Kiieigh Observer, he redeemed i be patriotic Cape Fear District in the election of the gallant and giited Waddeli to the 41st Congress. Ye reporter found bi office in nice trim. At a defrk opposite to the Secretary t-at his able, poplar and faithful chie' il rk, Capt Dudley. Sharpened by its coct8ot with the State Treasurer our promising blade began its work with avidity. The office holders are charged, Mr Secretary, with lobbying against re trenchment. How is i ? in know noting of the charge.and do not believe it. I have visited the House of the General Assembly very seldom, and have had no conversation with the members upon any questions before the Legislature, unless request ed so to do. I certainly am not op posed to all proper retrench ments. Unnecessary expenses should be cut oft There should be a wise discre tion, however, in this as in all other subjiots before the General Assembly. The Seoretary'y office is said to be a "fat" place. Can you enlighten the public mind on this ? The fees of this office are decreasing very rapidly. -This is owing to the holding of the sessions of the General Assembly biennially instead of yearly and being limited to only sixty days; the rapidly decreasing nnmber of in surance companies doing b isiness in this State; and the small number of grants now being issued. The fees paid by the State to this office will amount to lees than $1,500 per annum and the fees paid by insurance companies and individuals about i s much more. I suppose my predeoes! sors received much more, as they had annual sessions of three and four months. I am told that before the war frequently as many as three thousand grants a year were issued from this office. 1 have issued iu two years something over seven hundred. The fees are exaotly the same as were pai d before the war. The fees established by Battle's Bevisal are the same as these of the old Revised Code. If the receipts are larger it is because more bmsinessis done now than then. But I do not think they are larger if you will leave out of the count tno busi uess of the Insurance Bureau, which waa added to this Department by the Legislature of 1874-'75, in whieh were a nam bar of the leading men of the present General Assembly. While this bureau increases the emoluments pf this office it adds very largely to its labors and responsibilities. I pay some fifteen thousand dollars into the Treasury, "from this sources without cost to the State, and have never, as yet, lest one cent, in the collection, but have kept all oompanies pretty well up to their obligations to the State, Yonr predecessor in effije was charged with waste and extravagance in the purchase of stationary for the State. Have yon saved the State auy thing In that direction ? Yes sir: I have saved very large sums of money to the State, many times the amouat paid me for my ser vices in the prices paid for purchases, and the total amount purchased. I had felt some little pride in the con templation of a hearty "well done" by M S ; a TT my party menus at lest. lou may MLmS 1 1 5 1 - r-i . - . t mtgme my disappoint aien ana p to see some use ma le lot this the campaign of 1880. many sinecures in your office ? y that over and say it slew.' re- jaded the alia and ai'ible Se;re- mean, aaid oar man, can you sac. a oierk or two to he popular de- I lor retreachmt nt. without anv jus iccoLveaienod to the public :oa? State allows ate only one o'.erk, ten it is reooilacted that 1 nil operate and distinct offices, viz : ry cf Mate, Land Commis Insuranoe Commissioner and Juarter-master, requiring at all ie or two extra clerks and f re ly four or five, I really believe emcienov of the Department I be impaired by any material BOO. Some of the fees msv ifm but others again are ridiculous- u, ana while airreat dsal is said former, yon hear nothing about titer, for instance : I am anre he meeting of the General As- r now nearly three weeks, that u x 01 m7 personal em s ha been fnllv hif r.! r chine for nranta mnA -- Mafv for the members and county offi- wMiar received sixty for this work Pbavaxamiiwd the statutes of other States of about the same popula tion, especially Southern States, and I find that the minimum salaries and fees paid to the officials who fill the same positions I do In this State, amount to double what 1 receive some being more than three times rs much. " I suppose I pay into the Treasury of the State neariy or quite $ j,000 per annum, without Redaction from seven diffiirent source, which require as maav accqunts to bekept and monthly settlements to be made except in one case, A delicate q-vstioa, perhaps, but what is your opinion of the 'Reform Legislature?' I As I have siid.before, I have had very little time to visit the Hoases ef the General Assembly, and I have thought, while so mucliwis being said in rea-d to the several Departments, that it was more becoming to do so. I trust I have a goodly number of friends in that body, some of them dating back to our boyhood, and many of tbem wh j have been, and are still, very warm in their approval and com pliments of my canvass in 1876. I am sure that no one wishes more heartily than I that the r labors will redour d to the best interest of oar beloved State, and no one will render more cheerful official and personal assis tance to that end.' A Merry Christmas! IMPOSSIBLE TO SPAKE THE TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY BOOTS & "SHOES, The Crush and Rush since I opened speak suffi- cicntlv. Y ou Will hear f rom me after the Holidays. Veiy Respectfully, c. OSENTKAL, 32 Market St. dec 23. THE SUN FOR 1879. THE SUN will be printed every day during the year to come. Its purpose and meth od will be the same as in the past, lo pre sent all the news in a readable Shape, and to tell the truth though the heavens fall. The Sun has been, is, and will continue to be independent of everybody and everything save the Tiuth and its own convictions o duty. That ; the only policy which an hon est new?pap ii .dhave. That is the policy which has won for this newspaper the confi dence and friendship of a wider constituency than was ever enjoyed by any other Ameri can Journal. The Sum is the newspaper for the people. It is not for the rich man against the poor man, or for the poor man gainst the rich man, but it seeks to do equal jjastice to all in terests -in the community. Itis not the organ of any person, class, sect or party. There need be no mystery about its 'loves and hates. It is for the honest man against the rogues every time. It is for the honest Democrat as against the dishonest Republican, and for the honest Kepublican as against the dishonest Democrat. It does not take its cue from the utterances of any politician or political or ganization. It gives its support unreserved ly when men or measures are in agreement with the Constitution and with the principles upon which this Republic was tounded for the people. Whenever the Constitution and constitutional principles are violated as in the outrageous conspiracy of 1876, by whicL a man not elected was placed in the Presi dent's office, where he stills remains itspeaks out for the right. That is Thb Sns's ides of independence. In this respect there be no change in its programme for 1879. Ths Sun has fairly earned the neartv hatred of rascals, frauds, and humbugs of all sorts and sizes. It hopes to deserve that hatred not less in the year 1879, than in 1878, 1877, or any year gone by. The Sun will continue to shine on the wicked with unmiti gated brightness. While the lessons of the part should be con stantly kept before thepeople. The Sun does not propose to make itself in 1H79 a magazine of ancient history. It is printed for the men and women ot to-day, whose concern is chief ly with the aliairs oV to-day. It ha3 both the disposition and the ability to afford its read ers the promptest, fullest, and most accurate intelligence of whaetver in the wide world is worth attention. To this end the re?ources belonging to well-established prosperity will be liberally employed. The pre-ent disjointed condition of parties in this country, and the uncertainty of the future, lend an extraordinary significance to the events of the coming year. Tne discus sions of the press, the debates and acts of Con gress, and the movements of the leaders ia everv section of the Republic will have a di rect bearing on the Presidential election of 1SS0 an event which must be regarded with the most anxious interest bv every patriotic American whatever his political ideas or al legiance. To these elements of interest may be added the probabilities that the Democrats will control both houses of Congress, the in creasing feebleness of the fraudulent Admin istration, and the spread and strengthening everywhere of a healthy abhorence of fraud in any form- To present with accuracy and clearness the exaet situation in each of its va rying phases, and to expoumd, according to its well-known methods, the principles that should guide us through the labyrinth, will be an important part of The Sum's work fo" 1879. We have the means of making Thb Sen, as a political, a literary and a general newspa per, more entertaining' and more useful than ever before ; and w mean to apply them freely. Our rates of subscription remain unchang ed. For the Daily Sun, a four page sheet of twenty eight columns, 'the price by mail, postpaid, is 65 cants a month, or $5.50 a year; or, indue ing the Sunday paper, an eight-page sheet of fifty-six columns, the prce is 5 cents a month, or $7,70 a year, postage paid. The price of the Wkuklt Son, eight pages, fifty-six columas, is $1 a year, postage paid. For clubs of ten sending $10 we will send an extra copy free. Address L W. KXGL AND , Publisher of Tss Sss, Ntw Terk City. Miscellaneous. The GREATEST LIVIHG ATJ THORS, such as Prof. Max Mnller Rt Hon WE Gladstone, Jas A Fronde, Prof Huxley, B A Proctor, Edw A Freemaa, Prof Tyndall, Dr W B Car penter, Frances Power Cobbe, The Duke of Argyll, Wm Black, Misi Thackeray, Mi as Muloch, Geo Mc Donald, Mrs Oliphant Jean Ingelow, Mrs Alexander Thomas Lardy, Mat thew Arnold, Henry Kingsley W W Story, Turguenief, Carlyle, Buskin, Tennyson, Browning, and many others, are represented in the pages of Littell's Living Age. In 1870 the Living Age enters upon it thirty-sixth year, admittedly unrivalled an-J continuously successful. During the year it, will furnish to its readers the pro ductions of the most eminent authors above named and many other ; embracing the choicest .Serial and Short Stories by the Leading i Foreigti Novelist, and au amount Unapproached by any other Period ical in the world, of the most valuable Literary and Scientific matter of the day, from the pens of the foremost Essayists, Scients, Uritics, Discoverers and Editors,represent ing every department of Knowledge and Progress. The Living Age is a weekly magazine giving more than THREE AND A QUARTER THOU SAND double-column octavo pages of reading matter yearly. It presents in au inexpen sive form, considering itsgreat amount of matter wuh freshness, owing to its weekly issue, and with a satisfactory completeness attempted by no other publication, the best Essays, Reviews, Criticisms, Tales, Sketch es,Travel and Discovery, Poetry, S ientitic Biographical, Historical and Political In formation, Irom the entire body of For eign Periodical Literature. The importance of the Living Ag to every Amreican reader, as the only satis factorily fresh and COMPLETE compila tion of an indispensable current literature, indispensable because it embraces tha productions of the Ablest Living Writers, i is sufficiently indicated by the following OPINIONS. "In it we find the beat productions of the bast writers upon all subjects ready to our hand." Philadelphia Enquirer. "It is simply indispensable to any one who desires to keep abreast of the thought of the age in any department of science or litera ture." Boston Journal, "The prince among magazines." New York Observer. "It affords the best, the cheapest and most convenient meats of keeping abreast with the progress of thought in all its phases." Philadelphia North American. "A monthly that comes every week." The Advance, Chicago. 'It is incomparable in the richness, va riety, and sterling worth of its articles." The Standard, Chicago. tfA pure and perpetual reservoir and foun tain of entertainment and instruction." Hon. Robert C. Wmthrop. "With it alone a reader may fairiy keep up with all-that is important in the literature, history, politics, and science cf the day." The Methodist, New York. "The ablest essays, the most entertaining stories, the finest poetry of tbe English language, are here gathered together." Illinois State Journal. "The choicest of the day." New York Tribune. "It is indispensable to ererv one who de sires a thorough compendium of all that is admirable and noteworthy in the literary world." Boston Pest. It has no equal in any country." Phila delphia Press. "Ought to find a place in every American home." New York Times. Published weekly at $8.00 a iyear, free of postage. B.EXTPvA OFFER FOR 18T9.a To all new subscribers for 1879, will be sent gratis the six nu mers of 1878, containing, with other valuable matters, the first part of "Sir Gibbie," a new serial story of much interest by George MacDonald, now appear ing in the Living Age from the authors', advance sheets. Other .choice new serials by distinguished authors are engaged snd will speedily appear. Club-Prices for the best Home and Foreign Literature. ' Possessed of the Living Age and one or other of our vivacious American monthlies, a subscriber will find himself in command of the wholo situation" Paila. Even'g Bulle tin. Por $10.50 tbe Living Age and either one of the American $4 Monthlies (or Harper's Weekly or Bazar) will be sent for a year, both postpaid; or, for $9,50 the Living Age and the St. Nicholas, or Appleton's Journal. Address LITTELL A GAY, Boston. j an 8 CHAS. KLEIN, Mertate ani Catinet Maker. Io. 24 South Front Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. A fine assortment of Coffins and Cast kets constantly on hand. Furniture Repaired, Cleaned and Tarnished. Orders by tele graph or mail promptly Cllcd. jan 13 Beer for All. AT H-BXARCUS &. SOWS No. 5 p arket Street. J UST RECE1 TED per Steamer, SO: Kegs of that Celebrated Fileaer XiagerBeer. Whieh w will sll at tha low Cash (price o $2.bU per Keg, for this week only. Hi MABCCS A 80N, dee;i3 Market Street Miscellaneous. TCAOUCDO Uf AaJ-rrn I $50 to HOC J V?,":" I CM or 200 m. u, uunug oprirg ana cummer. For full particulars address, J. C. McCCRDY A CO., Philadelphia, Pa. jn 29-4 w Johnson's Anodyne Liniment will positively prevent this terrible disease, and will positively cure nine cases in ten. Infor mation that will save many lives sent free by mail. Don't delay a moment. Prevention is better than cure. So d everywhere. 1.8. JOHNSON A CO., jn 4 Bangor, Maine. jQoai sumption! AND ALL DlSURDJfilS OF THE "hroat and Lungs PERMANENTLY CUUED OR. T. A. SIOCUM'S Great (Bemedj "PSYCHINE" taken in cor junction with his CcMPQUHD EMULSION OF PURE COD LIVER OILE ;.r.d Hvp )t hosphit.s of L1&IE 'andfSODA. A FREE BOTTLE of each nrpnamfior, S3nt by express to each suturing applicant .lenmu-; xaeir na-jie, r . u., ana lixuress ad dress to Dr. T. a. Sciocum, 181 Pearl St. New l ' rk. jan 29 4w UN'S GflPCINEi - - w - - I hrtU I S.8I FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Females sunering from pain and weak-1 ness will derive great comfort and strength trom tne use ot nenscn s Uapcine r'orus Plaster. Vk here children are affected witc whoopinr coueh, ordinarv coughs or colds or weak lung-, it is the ore treatment they sheul i receive. This article contains new medicinal e'ements such as is founa in no other remedy in the tame form. It i3 far superior to common porous piasters, lini- nents, electrical appliances and other ex ternal reiredies. It relieves pain at once, rtrengthens wheTe other plasters will not even relieve. For Lame and Weak Back. heumatiem, Kidney disease and all locai iches and pains it is also the best known res edy. Ask for Becson's Capeine Plas- ter and take no other, bold by au Drug ists. Price 25 cents. jan 29-4w The tremendous rush to GE0EGE MYERS.' 11-, 13 and 16 South Front Street. Is fully explained ! Standard Goods at the astonishing ly low prices causes the At Cecre Myers ll.!ll(l II Hr i- . ...V. 200 Bbls Choice Eed Apples. SOO Boxes Fire Crackers. 3,0b Torpedoes. 1,000 Lbs. Assorted Nuts, 2.00O Lbs. Choice Candies. SOO Boxes Raisins, lOO Boxes New Figs. 0 Cases Citron. Lowest prices in the State. OUR FANCY GOODS DEPARTMENT French and German Goods AT HALF PRICE. Don't forget the little ones 15 to 25 cts. will buy a token long to be remembered, at GEORGE,!! OUR WISE A&D LIQUOR DEPART MENT. We are selling Wines and Cham pagne Wines at half price. Ele gant pure Imported and Domestic Wines at $1,25 and si, 50 per gal. Our Whiskeys are unequaled in the State in excellence of qualitv and cheapness. Try our Old Baker at $2 per gallon. Sweet Mash the best in the World at S3 per gal. . Save one hundred per cent at ... GEOSGEIMYERS'.j; Our Goods are bought from hrst hands "NO MIDDLE MAN S PROFITS , henco W2 can SAVE MONEY FOR YOU. We have the largest, choicest and cheapest stock of goods in QUR THREE STORES to be found in the State. GEORGE HYEKS, ;ll, 13 and 1G Front Street P. S.- Poetry again : A box of Cigars for your frier; J, hamper of Wise for your brother, A gallon of Sweet Maih yon'll id; Preciiely thjs t&ag 'or each other. Jj dee 17 O. M. RECUYKD THIS MOK5ISQ a rpleodid line of white and colored Cards and Bristol board. Can giro a nice job and the hea Dtct iob in the eitv. . DAILY BBTMSW JOB OF VICE D1 I diphtheSo e"3S3S3QBBiBSSBSSSBSBHM3 lTvft BEN D Steamship Lines, &c. CLYDE'S; New York AND Wilmington. N. Steamship Line, REGULATOR, CAPT. DOAXE, WILL' SAIL FROM NEW YORK O WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5. Shippers can rely upon the prompt Sailing of Steamers as adrertised. &, For Freight Engsgements apply to A. D CAZAUZ. Agent Wilming-tOD, W. C. L. i. BELDEN, Soliciting Agent. WM. P. CLYDE A CO., General agents, Bowling Green, or Pier 13, H. R., New Yrok. , fob 5 Baltimore AND Wilmin&ton. N. C. STEAMSHIP LINE. CAPT. OLIVER. WILL SAIL FROM BALTIMORE ON Saturday, Feb. 8. Steamers Sail from Wilmington every Saturday promptly at 12 M. jS3J- Shippers can rely upon the prompt ailing1 of steamers as advertised. "8 Through Bills of fading given to and from Philadelphia, and Prompt IDispatch guaranteed. I f For Freight Engagement apply to A. P. Agree t, Wilmington, ST. C. L. S. BELDEN, Soliciting Agent. REUBEN FOSTER, General Agen Corner Lee and Light Streets, Baltimore; lork. feb 3 ccidents WILL THEREFORE INSURE AGAINST THEM By taking out a Yearly Policy in the LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF MOBILE, ALA. MAURICE MCCARTHY. President, H. M. FRIEND, Secretary. 25 Ce&tS will insure "again ts Accident for one day in the sum ot 33,000ain the Eventrof Death OR, $15.00 Per sWeek5:indemnity Jfor Disabling Injuries. RATES 1 Day 25 cents ; 2 Dayi 50 cents, 5 Days $1.25 ; 10 Days f 2.50; 30 Days $5.00. Yearly policies issued at from $5 to $20 per $1,000, according to occupation, and written at short notice. june 25 N Each, and all styles, including Grand Square and Upright, all strictly rrasT-CLAss, sold at the lowest sst cash wholesale factost prices, direct to the ruaciiAsxa. These Pianos made one of the finest displays at the Cen tennial Exhibition, and were unanimously re commended for the Highest Hosoas over 12,000 in use. Regularly incorporated Man ufacturing Co. Factory established over 3 years. The Square Grands eon tain Mathu sbek's new patent Duplex Overstrung Scale, tbe greatest improvement ia tne history mt Piano making. The Uprights are the finest n America. Pianos sent est trial. Don't ail to write for Illustrated and Descriptive fatsiogue of 4S pages mailed free. VM f ri A i piano oa i he Steamer 1 J The Steamer EW PU0S Rail Road Linos, Ac. WILMINGTON & WELDOK RAILROAD COMPANY, Or? ich cf Gkh'l SrriEiHTSRDKWT Wilmington, N. a, Nor S3, 18TK -CHANGE OF SCHEDULF, On and after Sunday, Not. lath, 1878 , Passenger trains on the Wilmington A Yol -don Railroad will run as follows : DAY MAIL AND EXPRESS TRAIN, dan.r. Leave Wilmington, Front St. Depot t 6 A k Arrive at Weldoa at. 1 OOP M Leave Weldon 2 S3 P II Arrive at Wilmington, Front St. Depot at. 9 55PM NIGHT If AIL AND EXPRESS TBI lA . DAILY. Leave Wilmington, Front St. . 8 48 P B S 80 A B . 2 IS A B 8 IC : V Road )- Arrive at Wilmington, Front St Depot at Rockv Monntfor Tarboro at t.00 P B dsih, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturc ay at f :t . A M. Returiiing, leave Tarboro at H .vt A M daily, and Monday, Wednefldav' Friday at 8:30 P M. Tbe Day Train makes close conrertio Weldon for all points North vis Say til daily, (except Sunday) and daily, via hicl tnond and all rail routes. Night train makes close connections at Weldon for all points north via Richmond. Sleeping Cars attached to all Night Tn ! . JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sunt. nov 24 w w i , mJ& ij Cen'l Suo'ts Office. j WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA' AD k I GUSTA RAILROAD Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 13, 1878 CHANGE OF SCHEDULE , On and after Sunday, Nov. 24, the follet mg scneauie wul be run on this road: DAY EXPRESS AND MAIL TRAIN, daily. Leave Wilmington 8 88 A 1 Leave Florence 1 03 P M Arrive at Columbia 4 1 P M Leave Columbia ...12 bb V M Leave Florence 4 47 P B Arrive at Wilmington 9 00 P W NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN (Daily) Leave Wilmington i0 58 F B Arrive Florence 2 30 A B Leave Florence 2 00 A M Arrive at Wilmington 8 18 A M This Train will only stop at Flemington, White ville, Fair Bluff, Marion, and Flor ence, and all stations between Florence and Columbia. Passengers for Augusta and beyond should take Night Express Trail from Wli. mington. Through Sleep m e Cars on nlsrht train j for Charleston and Augusta. JOHN F. DIVINE, General SiptT nov 9 KmiiihliTt CAROLINA CENTRAL RAIL WAV COMPANY. Office Gkn ek a l S cpibi ntks best, t WUmington, N. 0.Nov.:2f,;i8T8. ) . Change of Schedule, ON AND AFTER THIS date, tne follcw ing Schedule will be operated oo tbi Railway : PASSEJfOER, if JUL JLND JCXPJCAii' TRAIX. Leave Wilmington at.... 6:10 A M Arrive at Hamlet at 2:0f P M " at Charlotte at.... 7:17 P H Leave Charlotte at. :C0 A M Arrive at Hamlet at. 11:40 A M " at WUmington at I'M P M SHELBY DIVISION, MAIL, tRElQIil 4i PASSENGER AND EXPRESb. v, o ) Leave Charlotte esssessseeess 7:00 A M ot V'S Arrive at 8helby 11:16A M Kn ia I Leave Shelby .........12:45 P II J Antvo at Charlotte- :00 F M The above Trains have Passenger acoora modations, and are the only ones pcrmsfttvi to carry Passengers. T. Q. JOHNSON, nov 29 General 8 ujoer in tendent E.&H.T. ANTHONY & CO., 501Broadway, V ew York (Opp.iMetropolitan Hotel.) Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers ia Velvet Frames, Albumi, Grapboscopes, Stereoscope and Views, Engravings, Chromos, lliotograpLs, and kindred goods, Celebrities, Actresses, tie. Photographic Materials. We are Headquarters for everything in the way of Sterecpticons and Magic Lanterns, Being Manufacturers of the Micro-Scientific Lantern, fc Stereo-Panopticon, University Stereoptlcan, Advertiser's Stereopticon, . A rtop ti con, School Lantern, Family Lantern, People's Lac tern. Each style being the beat of Mi dans in the market. Beautiful Photographic Traneparsjacles of Statuary and Engravincs for the window. X LTlUi. lmmruum cm V tor Mmlatnr and Coorex for