North Carolina Newspapers

THE nORimiQ STAB. ay mi. n! DEnnAixnC p.iKUHHED DAILY XX . . ..i - -- iafrStfce EXCEPT MONDAYB. 1 &ATBS Or 8TTB3CBIPTIOX Of ADYA.HOB 5 oiieyc"' w i4 ; rr Throe months. .......... 9 96 1 00 WXJS!!8 I ' -I Cardinal Antonucci ia diog! Seven thousand English miners are IdleJ! are idle J Mount Zion Convent, iq- Wterford, Ire- i land, was burned by an incendiary. Judge Hughes made an interesting decl- sionin the. Arlington case, granting in structions asked for by the plaitlff, Senate committee reported in favor of reducing tobicco tax from 24 cents to 20, aod to admit, free of duty, all licorice paste and rolls. -Gen. Brady was before the Potter Committee and testified as tp how be disposed of the cipher dispatches1 given to him for safe-keeping; he gave some to W. E. Chandler, others to the New York lrtbune, and others to Hiscock. Sex rious trouble is feared among the striking miuers in Kentucky. 2 Great alarm prevails in Russia over the spread of the plague. President MacMahon threat ens to resign rather than' yield with regard ! to the military command. The re- crossing of the Canadian line by Sitting Bull is confirmed.. Twenty thousand . European operatives are expected to Arrive on our shores withiu the next few months. Ne:w York markets: Money 2g3 per centT cotton quiet at 9 7-169 9-16c flour in buyers' fayor; wheat ic lower and dull; 1 coru ifc lower, ungraded 48c; spirits turpentine firm at 29i29C; rosin firmer at , $l '40l 42J. ' t ... -j -,h - ! .Boston Ras just held a "Carnival of Authors," and New York is to hold one not long hence. j Police Commissioner Erhardt, of New York, has made some very seri ous charges against many prominent mtjinbfcrs of the Police Department, and he asks Mayor Cooper to investi gate. ' ; Pensioners will take notice1 that the act -forbids payment through claim agents or attorneys. Applica tions must be made direct through mail to the Commissioner of I Pen sions. Senator Blaine is , reported as de- J .Kf ). . n I seat Senator -Butler, "of ' Sooth Caro lina. Edmunds is credited with a similar utterance. Give the -devil his dues. Score one for B. and E. Before the campaign of 1880 it J will be wise in the Democrats to get . o ,,t u 1 uL. the Southern War Claims bugaboo removed from the field of political. contest. Do not allow ourselves to be handicapped with any such1 use- , ...... .ess we.goi m me nexi race. We may expect some rich develop- ments before the Davenport (Con- j gressional) Investigating Committee I that is soon to meet in New York. The Tammany Democrats are said to have several thousand affidavits ready to show up Radical bulldozing. Ex-Gov.' Pinchback, colored, will be appointed Commissioner of Inter- cal Revenue in Louisiana in place of I General Longstreet, resigned,! if be will accept. It " is thought hp will also be made chairman of the Radi cal State Committee of Louisiana. Next. It is announced in one of oar - Northern exchanges that Honl! Sam uel J. TMenwill deliver the literary address at the next commencement of Trinity -" College. It will . be re-1 merabered that Senator Thurman is to deliver the address at the Univerr I sity. These are strong selections. I vv e are not surprised to learn irom i . - . . r a Washington correspondent that j already both parties are casting r i sponsibmty of meeting the payment ot the many millions that they votea I awav in tha ; w.fc nenoiftn hilli nnW a I Tk':i. .J..n.- I weaver us rom uuuoumw 1 . . i- v6..auvu. v ..f . S: H9 SenorCastilarrthe most eloquent living Spaniard, and ex-President of . . it-' .. "ires Detore-;vxtord? university, England. He is a writer of very marked abilility and skUl, and his "Old Rome and New Italy" is one of the mo enticing volm w. h.v ever read. ,(H --J We are not surprised to learn that tbe Pension Bill excites criticism in New York. The correspondent of .v -r. r i,. i.u. rni aaeiphia JAOgv wmes tbe25tb inte vv "The vast drain anon the nubile Trea-! wry Whica tbe bill necessitates, at a time, when resumption is but just fairly tinder way, occasions some little anxiety fa floan- cal circles, and tb probabilities ota new .Irian . n ... 1 . u bid eiy WDTMiea. the Baldmis CtZSSUii?. Vtt.f . ! rn Chalmers are resolved to "go for-, the blatanf .Bra if it takes' all the I ;winter to do it. That paper is happv rit s. rJf I r ,l TS: . . ... i II.. i fliOJj .i-t',iil i J . . 7 1.- 7 71" Vr -". "' .. " " ' " " '" ' " y 1 i 8:"i!:' ; ,1,", r)r :' t, . . , - . . -.1 .- .. VOL.' - -XXIII.-NO.108i over the e x pec ted "Democratio fam- "f : M1li?fyaJB!ire- w repenno vareieneQ-a vacK, ana it u said that his next shot will pro4ce? greater 4aniage than the firtt." Bragg is a fool, i and should' be. left to' his folly. If he were a roaring lion he might be noticed, bat as he is wily ? a bray ing.aas ho shbnl d be left to his own music, i Ex-Secretary Hamilton Fish is publishing his "Recollections" in ihe: New' York Tribune. He has a high opiuion of Grant. He says: 'I reoeat that be is underestimated. I .have in my mind a range of nearly half a ceaiury or public men whom 1 knew; he has as much of my respect as any of them.' He says Grant is "innately a gentle man," and that if the Republican Na tional Convention were now in session he would be nominated j -J He tB not so certain as to how it will be in 1880.. The question is,does Fish know what qualities enter into the forming of "a gentleman?" Mi Jddge James D. Halyburton,wboso death in Richmond, Va., was an nounced by telegraph, was aq excel lent gentleman every way He was the8on of Dr. James Halyburton, of Sootlandj' and! Martha Washington Dandridge, nieoe of - Martha Wash ington, tbe famoas wife of the great Washington. Judge Halyburton was born in New Kent county, Virginia, lie was graduated at Harvard in the class of Edward Everett. The Rich mond Stat 4, in a neat biographical sketch of him, says: yf j ' ."'Judge Halyburton combined ia a meat lemarkable degree the wisdom of a sage with the simplicity of a child. Sweetness of temper characterized him in every rela tion of life, and a more than Roman virtue distinguished bis every performance of public duty. "We mhftll see few or none his eaaal.and the Commonweajib mourns the loss of a nouio bob. The Potter Committee. (Special to Richmond State. ' j Jim Anderson is to be recalled aod Dr. Green, president of the Western Union, and the attorney for the companv have arrived to testify n?w in? irioune omunea uw cipner dispatches. Probably William E. could tell mJre about that tnan any other person, and, as Mr. Hayes has failed to reward him alone all &oa who were most active in secunnir a proper count m the three HUnnl! 1 attl nerhtM ha wnld Chandler ohoo8eg he oan make the proceedings of the committee very hvely.4 i ' I f i 3 THE LEGISLATURE. Raleigh Observer's Report Condensed. 1 T. " I SENATE. Ralsiqh, N. C, Jan. 27, 1879. ' BXSOLTJTIOKS INTRODUCED. Mr. Dillard, instructing the Judi ciary Committee to inquire into the practicability of simplifying the statute law. to report by bill or otherwise. ; By Mr. Erwin, requesting the Commissioner of Agriculture to fur nish at once, to the senate an item ized statement of all moneys receiv ed, and to whom and how expended. 7 The above resolution was after wards taken up and adopted. , I Bv Mr. lung, a resolution in structing our Representatives and Senators in Congrew.- to; vote to repeal the ten per cenL lax on Otate . ; Jjmi, Senate bill 12.;to incorporate the TtannottavillA and Ha.mlet Railroad. rw ... -w ' which wag made a special .order for next Thursday, was on motion of Mr. I Machern taken up. After quite a I' J:i...$M' i : atinn'f' : tha mama aa made a Bpecial order for Friday next at 12 M. House bill 182 was amended: "Pro vided further, that the foreman of . , . - -flftn ..v. thft I wis ciuu J J I rh nftmea of witnesses sworn ana ariminail hftfrtPA the" IQrvJ The I dPB-tfl concurred in the amendment. I S. B7 50, an act to prohibit the re I moval of manses from one ounty to I anather. exoeDt7where the ends of 7 -- -j, - paa8ed it8 lbJrd I reading. ' ' S. R. 112, requiring the Secretary of State to lurnisn certain iniormn- SMSSSSiiSSi I kw'ahil than kdonted. v , a VI llT imnAavniflif itrAftmi that 1 maWK;noiw VmvlAnK. nnder certain restrictions, that where a stream during a freshet breaks from ita oricrinal channel, a person utili- I . w-VbeWw the break lliaa the richt of waT, tos repair the reak I and tnrn ' the 1 atreani , to iU former oarid passed its third reading k V .r . fir--ent tt.k n. 0f in. j ; .lrh2t toxicating ; Jiquora in, the apitoi a "1 5 ? . m K1n1 I .' I DUUaiDKl WW wuwu. I 8nR. 26 0S .or ' ,nf ormation eodcerhiiiinepropoaea Governor? n.n.tA2 TatfoV IfMiwating th:i Qo- ' bad been i i IqJJ; and what progress naa - oeenv Je di building the . mdnsiop; -t .v,.:.r-'-"r,A.. 1 1 S. B. 252, instructing the Finance WILMINGTON, Ni corhmittee to inquire, into the, practi cability ; oft.' taxing cigars one-half cent each, was adopted. - - - !---' . Ahe ben ate concurred m a resola tioh of the House to print the ' usual nnmber of copies of the rebort of the Stite Board of Health; - 7; . u uiuiary vommmee io inquire lntoxne practicability of removin? the tax on iobaccb warehouses, was Adopted. 77 cenate Dill 265, it of instruction., to the Judiciary Committee to inquire ino the practicability of simplifying 4 me Attachment law. Adopted. : 8. R. 289, of instruction to the Jadioiary Committee to report bill to' repeal chapter 141, laws of 18Y6-'77, to- permit counties to elect their commissioners, justices of the peace and all county officers, was tabled. Ayes, 22; noes, 15. p. a. 139, to secure holders of poli cies in fare insurance companies in this State Passed its Becond reading. p. x5. 220, an act for the protection of deer; prevents the killing of deer. oetween the 1st day of JN ovember aqd tbe 15th day of August. , After amending so that this law should not be m force in several counties in the State, the bill passed its third read ing., . . . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ' " BESOLUTIONS. v 7 By Mr. Henderson, a resolution to investigate salaries of officers of the Penitentiary. Placed on the calen dar. "' 'By Mr.: Berry, bill to provide for.. the election of Commissioner of Ag rieulture. To the committee on Ag riculture. ' : Mr. Foard moved to reconsider the vote by which the House on Satur day concurred in the resolution rais ing a committee to nominate magis trates. , The question then recurring on the motion to reconsider, the yeas and nays were ordered on demand of Mr. Ellison, and the motion prevailed. Yeas 51, nays 31.' The question then recurring on the adoption of the re solution, it was amended so as to pro vide that the House should vote for the magistrates without debate, and the resolution was concurred in. CALENDAR. Bill to repeal chapter 29, laws of J 1876-77. Read and passed second and third times. I Bill to create a sinking fund, (Ap points Ruf us H. Jones, A. T. Mial, W. M. Boylan, J. W. B. Watson, Charles B. Root and Win. Grimes commissioners.) Read second time. ; Mr. Foard moved it be referred. Adopted. ! Bill to regulate tbe trial of causes in the Superior Court, failed to pass second time. . Bill declaratory of the meaning of the act concerning probate of deeds and for privy examinations. (Al lows clerks of Inferior Courts to probate deeds.) Read and passed. Spirits Turpentine, Salem is to have a steam distil- lary. Bad for Salem. j Winston has fifteen manufacto ries of plug and two of smoking tobacco. The last number of the Lenoir lopic showed considerable improvement. : Mrs. Paris, wife of Rev. John Paris, was badly injured by a iau recently. ; JL Newborn has caught the epi demic, and isnow preparing for a walking matcn I Monroe Enquirer : The Episco pal congregation in this place has secured the services oi ttev. J-i. uoimes aa paswr. i A Salem school girl lost her trunk last June, between. Lynchburg and Danville, and recently it has turned up ia Beaten, Mass. Christian ReidV "Christmas fti-eatlm?" was Dubliehed a few ;' years ago, We recently published it in ihe STAR and it nas ueeu ez.enaivei.jr vupicttoiuw. i The Rev. Richard Poihdexter, of Mount Nebo, Yadkin ceunty, has lost tareel children,, with dipntnenaiTecenwy, and one other is now at the point of death: - ' ' Died, on the 7th mst., near Madison. Rockineham county. N. C, Mrs, Mrs. Martha S. McGehee, aged 78 yearB. She was borned and reared in Prince Ed. ward county, Va., and was the daughter of Charles V enable. i Statesville American: It is ru mored that a worthy citizen who resided a faw miles south of this place, has been missing from his home since the forepart, . . . IT!. l . MM.A.AViMn oi las. wees, am ueuo ia uuwv.wuuwu for, and fears of foul play are entertained. 7 Hodere Krider, from Rowan, whilst in liauor " attacked? Mr. Williim Estep. in Iredell, and cut him in four places And staDDea mm iwice. i ue mn w til an severed from the head. .Krider -es caned, as we learn from the Statesville American;; ' I Greenville (S. C.) New 8: There are thirty-six students from South Carolina t Davidson Colleee. North Carolina.' This is as it should be. Davidson College is at dur very doors, is pre-eminently a Beutbern institution, and offers educational capaci ties surpassed by none of the more distant ! - The business of thb Inferior Court; of k last weeK iooiea up as iwuuwb: prcscu ments; 23 indictments made; 13 convie tions; 3 acquittals, and balance continued. Six prisoners wore taken out of jail, clear ing the latter of cases over which the court had jurisdiction, saving four months board on each prisoner' which would . havo amounted to $216yi besides the collection of $55 ia fines that goes to the benefit of the School fund. .. , , . s ; j Citizen:. A friend iust from MitchM county says the ice in that section during the late cold spell MaMiari tha thinkneas .of twentv-twoin ehea, -tfeaiBt Ve&te jthat Major Wilson, President of the. Western! K. O. Railroad WiU in acouple 'of wcekal come to Asheville for tne purpose 01 estae lishing a route for his road from Gudgera Ford, on the Bwannanoa (nine miles from, Asheville) to this point. 7 (?:, WEDNESDAY. JANUt ilS) , 4- Charlotte ObservertlThQ Enme- nean Literary Society of. Davidson College has elected . the iouowine omcers to serve at me next annual commencement in June: itepresentatives-rJ. Zi. uuniap, kockuhi, B.! G.'i W i Bi'Jennin.Bennettsviile. 8. C. : J. S. BrocHagtoBi Siogstree S. C: .. Mar- -r- Morgantdn 'Mtctdei On Sunday T ! WillUmThompson, a iaa or tumeen, I son OI' Mr. uavid mompson, ' neai iowb, waikiCkaiifeetTawarandj seoselessbv I a horse, o- ms chia and moutn were, nadly cut! and the-bone of, his nose was broken. t- a Very large majority oi luepeopie oi isutae are eiaa mat uovemor vance nas lad that Governor Vance has been elected a Senator of the United States. It was- here that be. married his; wife, and in flits county, reside many of biaown kin- foiks,., : . . ; - ; Concord Register: The gin- house of J. A. Brantley, Esq., three miles east 'of ' Mooresville,', on "the Concord & I Salisbury Road, was burned on Wednesday laai -JLfPKe nitfaana i6t Pionefcr Mills haq the pleasure of seeing a nugget of gold 1 a few days ago, which was found on the I lnfla nt HI Tamos TSrvin. in Tnwnahitv I Noi 1. by Messrs. BriaatsA Muse. It t vnffi w - 1 ' I raJdlv attractini? the attention of Northern cariitalists. 4- Lenoir Topici Last Sunday af ternoon the dress, of a little five year old daughter of Mr:; Jefferson Poarch, of Lit tle i River TowSbWd. 4n thisc6unty. acci dentally caught fire, and the child was so ?aaiy ournea tnai sue uieu. stuiy mo next morning. Tbe motner s nanas were seri ously if not fatally burned in attempting to put our- the ';flames.: In travelling thrpigh the Yadkin valley we noticed a number of stacks of fodder of the crop of 1877, . and at the same place five or six cribs of corn, ' ' , Farmer B Mechanic. A well- known citizen of Raleigh, who rents his farm in Edgecombe' county, recently inquired amjong his tenants how many dogs they had. The total number on his farm was only forjty-sevenL -We have seen two can didates forjudges, in high passion, shaking their fists, on Iheery "Bench" in the Court House where tbe successful candidate must sit, and before an assemblage whose cases he must try I Let the pay be $1,000 and $500 for travelling expenses, or lei tbe Judge be chosen differently. I States ville American : Many railroads are being built in -the State on Saper. We fully agree . with the iakersville Republican, that Major James WlWiIson, President or. me western jm. C. Railroad, and other edlcieut officials un det him, should be continued m office Until the .road is completed. an. jonn HOrto.n, an elderly gentleman, who lived In the neighborhood of Amity Hill, this coun tyj was found dead in tbe read, his hone standing beside him, last Wednesday: Ap- Hsleaveaquiie a family to mourn his death I Salem Press : At a meeting of I the stockholders of the First National Bank ot Salem, held last week, Dr. Bev.' erhr Jones, J. C. Conrad a. A. Liemiy, l. BJLash and Wm. 1 A. Lash, were elected direotors. : At a meeting of the directors, a ? day . later. Wm- A. Lasa was elected President, and Wm. A. Lemly. Cashier. A Mr. Oscar; from the "J? aaenana," is the proprietor Of the latest, and carries orl at his residence, i just next door to Uncle BittVa" sun-smith shop, a weav ing establishment, and we have seensome esellent specimens of acarf,shawls and car pets turned out from there, mows oi au- feht ' kinds will also be woven by him. -4-nMnmpshava spread into neighboring cdunties, especially Yadkin, Surry, Stokes " ... " J mrtA IlflVMi 4 Charlotte, Observer: The Char-1 lolte Hotel has determined to keep up with tbe demand for low prices. The propriev tors advertise table board at f 15 a month pi It was mentioned in this psper some time ago that Dr. Chas. F. Brem, of this ciy, had invented a car coupler.and Would apply for a patent for iL He mads his ap plication in' regular form to the patent of fice; in December, and has just received bis letters patent, which were granted on me 2stinBt., rrrr The receipts of cotton here up to tbe first of December last were about 1300 bales ' in excess of receipts up to the same time last year, but during that month receipts dwindled to nothing, being only 4,000 bales against a13000for the same mbnth. 91 last. year. T Te Henderson vilo Sexo' Era couldn't stand the racket. Hjas flopped put. a NSV ADVKRTISEIHENTH. MuKSON-Cassimere suits. , Heiksberger NeW music. P'ATTERSQK & HlCKS Best goods. O. G. Pabslet, JB.Wood of all kinds. CbOmlt & Morris Buggies at auction. lio-Day Indication.: ' TJW ihi, HftWthi Atlnntifti Rtatea. warm r Atlant slightly sduthwest winds, slightly tocelder norths wpst or northeast, in the northern portion partly cloudy weather, and in the southern portion rising barometer and local rams. New Telephone Iilne. construction of the line-has been confided td Mr! A. Angel, the' Manager of the estern Union- Telegraph Office in this city,1 and the parties undertaking it are the nwnnoa fj.irnrt f .nmnonw tha WilminO't on. rt. - A1.' tf.' Carolina Central Rsilway7 7 The work is only being done by the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company. There will be five offices, each in communication with the oinar, as an instrument is 19 uv pmucu 01 the Bluff, at Hilton, at the office 01 the w., d. &IA. R.R.atthe depot ofthe C. C. BL-R,andlat.the Office; of the Navassa uuano ijompany in, jnm cuy. im, " Will inua oejnaae vsiinipwiantoDe, uaiug, ! ... 1 . . 1 j 7 . . . as It wilU Instruments' of : at large size. This i$ really an important matter, and when the line is in full operation it will, besides iU convenience ! to the tonstructing parties, contribute largely .towards the prevention of.accifteRis.DjjwinsiiOn., , coll ncRat'i Lecture. ! We;tr0fi;t bjir; peopirwill Thear in mind tz:::zb u wrr -rr wr rZ - rrTl 'ecure a large and interested audience. . , BhMs--T'.G; Hardie, New jQrteans, (chief); Ji JJ.j. Covington. Atlanta; J. D. Kisbet. Sxhaw. S. . C, ; T B. Ptaser, Sumter. 8. C. ;!L7 R; Hope: Lowrysville, 8.0. jThere is to be a- telephone line between pgarance 0f the accused at the.ineJerm j rwched here last night on a short leave of this city and the 'works .of the Navassa 0j Criminal Court, in default, of which atsencetrom his legislative duties, doubt Gbano Company, at; Meare's Bluff. The wm-Mnl to iaiL , ' 1 le8S".wiUi!a Lview of regaining his health JUocal Dou." r-y A krOTenelampPxplosion at the Empire House 4id nnJiaiBL.i( :o j n Myrtle'GrdVa ofttefsdown to f fifty CenwushiSTiityesterday.uii 1 - r. r - - r r . Cbuhterfett -"haTP SftaMekickttl dollars are said to be4a7ir(WlaUob ia this I 8tate; c ' V awv-oljpi. t uhti if l ParadeLintDeatioa wf Com I nanie. A j-d Bj'SHtflMfifituiflriird, hiJ - . itl . ored, thia afternoon ,3,,1f4 : 0- ,ua. The Ada Richmond Opera I Troupe were'nntt'61iereTOTrday for for, tnrn I their performances next eek. J '- - V r-" Mr. 'Jl l$! - Macks- f this1 Wtyy f was appointediin theWa4!eaajOdnveaton f of B'nai B'rith.at Phaadslphia;on the Com mittee on Credeijttals v ! The Revj iLdc'ma - HoUfles, .well v- s w;, ' " . . known -i-WamiagtobefB fcadto ne pastorate f, the Menroe , Episcopal Church. He is a useful minister. '. "' ' ; : f... i Mi r. i; n ' a ' xesterday, at o'clock, :in the 1 snaae, me mermomeier marsiea 70 aegrees I aD0Te zerov :TW 18 mountmS the mercury aiier a sijia luat iooks Bummery . - Sergeant !D.J C. Ralston,1 jusi re lieved from the Signal Service station here,' left last night by rail for his1 Yar Off field of duties io DakotahT"i'reKaTCnto" him. The Street Railway will ! soon be in apple pie order again. New cars, of the best and moBt modern make,' and equiries 1 of large polling capabilities, will be here in due course of steamer. t ) ? . Quoth the Raleigh Observer of yesterday: "Maj. John Duaham, the accomplianed editor and now: the eflT cient clerk of the New Hanprer Criminal i Court, is at the Yarborough," George, alias "WiUiam ;. Taylor,, was the solitary individual' -before Acting Mayor Bowden yesterday morning, every-' ooay eiso Deicg on ineir gooa oenavior. Billy was up for assault and battery, and was sent over to JusticeHafiT " V. s. Oamnalaaloner'a Coari. Before Hon. Edward' Cantwell, XJ'J & Commissioner, the following cased were de- cided yesterday, and as they contain the essence of the law on the subjects to which they refer, interested parties should pre- serve them. U. S. vs. Dugald Clark One who pur-1 chases tobacco as an' agent Is not liable as a dealer under the provisions of Sec. 3,244, par. 8, and requires no license. , U. S. vs. H. Barkhimer. Licensed re tailers cf tobacco are liable to tbe -penalty (Sec. 3,263) who sell or offer cigars and cigarettes from the showcase in packages not stamped. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has power by lawlTregalatelkla sale of to bacco. ; ' -; '-: J ' - - ' !i; ( An employer is liable for the acts of his clerkv . ; .- U. S. vs.F. Lander. -A licensed retailer. . .... cannoi assign his license, ana. cigars ana I snnff cannot be retailed from an Unstamped u. J 1 to n tn m. . . - retail must be ooated trb cbasofcnouaivl I (Sec 3039 ; ; , , :7; H jiilJ-V01-!04?01' theft8 igreat and small, as U. a vs. J. Killen.-No skippin article! are reauired to be siened and. posted bv masters of vessels in the .West India trade. OlaKtatrote'VCokrt. There was a geranium-scented ciae be- fore Justice Hall yesterday at noon, , George I xaylor, who is a shade darker than Erebus, was arrested for assault and battery at the instance or that chronic complainant and violator of law, Frank Hargrave, the Prin cess Royal of Paddy'a Hollow.! Frank ia an old offender, wJto appears tP Indulge n the most liberal ideas of social equality, but, in spite of this fearful record, she car ried her point (sometimes shelhas b a quart), and Qeorgejaras. flftntericedt expi- ate bit offence by thuty days in, jail and me payment 01 costs. . Mr. M. a. veni had a peace warrant served against George Hill; alias Snuccks, 6k the charge of attempting to 1 barn bJe complainant's house, .which, is situated on the corner of Thirteenth and Market I Btreeis. u isaiiegea iaai swo auempw 10 accomplish thOeineujLtajajre been maae, either in tne snape 01 inreais or om- erwisei but, however this maye, he pjfctl deuce in the case was of such ay character! as to induce Justice Hall to reqfliro a 1asti - I rled bond in the sum of S100 f or the ap4 - Iila.nor Dealer OonTntloni The latest proposition is for a conyenUoa. I of wholesale liquor dealers, and the move- I nan in xvhiti I Tina a horo hn r pncrmrpfl s.. .u-'i...'t:i.. iXJiA n Hartwil - pate, will 'doubtless navd the0 cordial I operation of the parties interested. The proposal originates in Newbern, and a ,cir- 1 cular from that.city thus explains - tbe pb-1 jecis or, uie.pcopoBeu uunruvuuu : v , uu the fourth . day 01 Jfearuary . next .we (Messrs. Windley Brothers propose . to j have a convention owhoheliq'ubfatl 1 era 01 me dvub, a ffw,- km I . . 1 . , . i ; tpere ouxseivea ivf . nnp puryuws ytjimf.u some action in regard to-the purcba8tUX on liquors. 'You will agree that the tax Is oppressive, and that we are ndt nnjan equal footing with dealers outaideof Ithe State, from the fact that they - only paytSO per annum for the same privilege itbit we en joy; yrS think tbAV:laaiebxol!Bif1: ! juiefgo,'and rimim - l wiw,ifiiww w. lf?K!SHst.tb m.un.,.toMlaattkt Address ' sented. , v H. a. Pauphfii, P.O. Box 692, New Origans,!; WHOLE NO. 3;579 Beeeptin ot 0 lent. R. . Colalsir. -! . . i .. i l iThiS geniteman wai honored ; last niglit. JiPptisiaTrivallwaBr Ralejgh, by a-yery ap-; F?pite and cordial reception ,at the WUT luitictuu aju v w ciuuii . n.aj truaii i iih sx wu.iii J7l2L IZu Ae'maukeemen't of thei General: the CafleiS of Ma p Burgess' Cape Fear Milita ry Acadeoay and number of citizens, re ,Paed. .iraUfoad station before the ar WjWid vera drawn up in Hine on the bridffe which crosses the track 3rfnW)J.rtf mJi'Ai.L -iiti ..lut.ij:-.-;' . . ' " i . . . .. .. thrpagh? iand: receive, their i. greeting, jad the command of Mai. Bureess. numbering fa sixty. an presenting a, fine, soldierly ppearance, preseniea arms. ..There was no' sDeechificatioh? nb effort at osleitaiohi'biit a reaf. soul-like, earnest endeavor to show respect to a gentleman who was and it highly esteemed here. ' ' After .brief interchanges of congratula- uops, the General was escorted to a car riage, and driven off to h is quarters 'amidst me c&eers of bOthose whd Hrete1 present Dyiarrangemeni ana oy seir-eiecHon.. Gen. Colston looked to be in remarkably gbd health, though we understand, he is no iQ, as robust a physical, condition as, be fore his. venture into the service of! the iwdive orjEgypt! ' ;7"; :"l:'J me ex-caaeis, iorty or nny in numoer, wej-e ' i officered ' by Capt. Geo . D. Parsley and John D. Bellamys Esq., while Maj. Bui-gess very appropriately, considering the occasion, was personally in command 'of the . gallant little corps of the present Acfad ,ParMed bf Uu Governor. , t will be ' remembered that at the De cember term of. Pender Criminal Court. held by Judge , McEoy, an old pegro, james Moseiy, was iriea ana conyictea oi raping a negro" woman, and sentenced to belhung on fhe 14th of March next. Soon' after conviction, however, a' petition was put in circulation for the. - jpadogjef: the aged reprobatefad we . learn that even the Judge who tried the .case gave his signa- I tufe to the application, in connection with many other prominent ihen.J The fact is, it fras demonstrated beyond dispute that the prosecutor in the case was a worthless, unreliah,le corrupt creature, and the papers were, forwarded ; . to , Raleigh. Yesterday the v were le turned to this citv. having been signed by thellGbvernor oh ' Saturday j last, and the aforesaid -veteran that evening walked forth in triumph from our county jajl, and js now in no immediate danger of a hempen cravat y . . Ia Anotmer SenOol Home. Monday bight some of the light-fingered gentry.entered the schoolroom next east to SH Japes .Church, and took off a rubber pihno coVer and two, rugs. The college proclivities of. these midnight prowlers is 4 i t : -- - ( ! . . ..I. f . something i remarkable. ' This : makes the fourth br fifth institution of iearnioe from which thsy have enriched themselves with in, a few months. The? need education of a moral kind, but are sadly proficient in that culture which nts men lor tbe peniten No clue, of course, and this will be iP 118 in Puce rorce 18 80 aequate I 1 Off ana Ob. (The German bark iftin, which has been undergoing ah overhauling at the shipyard l 0f Messrs.! Ross"& Cassider. came off the ways yesterday, looking as trim as a patent 1 HJ;atriinK rod. : This morning the Norwe- J gK barque Concordia will be taken on and undergo repairs. Two or three other ves- sqls are awaiting similar treatment We regret the misfortunes that compel this kind of brk, but sre greatly gritifled1 to note this activity as an evidence that the prejudice against this port as a station 1 for repairs is giving way Jo a better order of things.., There is no good reason why it I should be btherwisei if I snDreiue court Declvtona. Opinions were filed 1 fey the Justices on lJUonday in.the following cases: onday in.the following cases : i n v Stae ys. Lewis James, from New Han- I overc reversed ") - i . . - 1 jaifafr . A. Tew vs Rebecca A. Tew, from Sampson;' affirmed FvWiTKetchher vs.' Henry Fairleyet a1. front Richmendf jadgaient affirmed ; r. i Senator Irvan. 1 i We understand that Senator R. K. Bryan whic has been somewhat feeble for a few weeks past. IIIVKK AND KIARIttB ITBHS V i r e JLtnanuei, .Knudsen, arrived at : -WOfik pn the l&ninst, T j ffTher;ltMtt :ay4reannetteelkbt f ifom uus porrt arrived at Liverpool on the 1 j . xne Anma.uerDer, irommis port lor I Hamburg, was at Dover, England, on the oh iast. ; . I JTcfTL -thorn this"nbit.oseaehad. PMlndolnUa last 1 - ' " Saturday. The! British ; barque CZara, Brooks, from Qarthaena, saUed for Wilmington on e Slst nlu ,. j , r i - m7 -The JiMnaA, McKenzie,. from this rt fqr Liverpool, put into Queenstown on ei2(h ihrough stress of weather. KisKwnraaTA ! l ' f - . -1 J .11 RATES OV lUVKUrismu. - fW0ai...... i io tbiwdajt,.... 8 50 8 00 -91 BU 4 OU d 60" - 8 60 10 00 17 00 84 00 40 00 (10 00 jytuuja,.... five aaya,... unt wtefc, . ... ....... . .... Two weokt,.... . . ...... Three weeks........ One month...... ........ Two monthi, Three monthi,... Six months, One year,.... CIV Con tract Advertisement taken at profw llomately low rates. 4 Tea lines Mild SonpereU type nuke one square. TBermonaeter Reeoro. The following will show the state of lie the'rmometer, at the stations mentioned, at 4.31 yesterday evening, Washington mean time, as ascertained from the daily bulletin "it .. issued from the Signal Office in tbi city : Atlanta.......... C9 Key West... ....?? Mobile .....69' Montgomerj' .... .75 New Orleans,... .78 Punta Rassa, . . . . .77 Savannah......... 74 St. Marks, . 71 Wilmington,. 71 AUusta...... ...70 Charleston...... 70 unariotte 60 Coraicana,. 74 Galveston,. : 65 Havana ...79 ndianola. 67 Jacksonville,.. . . .76 LIST OF iBTTEUS Remaining m the Citv Post-Offi .th 29, 1879, unclaimed: A Mrs Caroline Artea, James Achrens. B Mrs W. F Berry, mrs Henriptia deh, Chas Butler Samuel M Burney, miss Henrietta Banswell. C Rheubin Coleman. J D Chamberlain mrs F W Craig, miss Lusie Crow. 1. D J R Dudley, Jack Davis, Lawrence Daversoo. mrs Daniel Davis. F Mrs Lucv Finncv. Jos F Farrow Alfcx Fennell. ' - G Hamilton Gray, Jas Green. H Miss Juslina Home. JoseDhine Hall. schr Hochheimer, Jane Weizer'Hill. J Wm Jackson, Henry Jackson, Chat ham Johnson, Celester Jackson. K Frank Keith, mrs Thomas Knowles. L Georgia Ann Lane. MJane McNeil. Alex McNeil. Archie Marine, Ferdinand McDaniel, Jesse J Mer cer, miss Minnie McKear, mrs Mattie Mur ray. li West Nicholson. 0 'Mrs Elizabeth Ofiiey. P James Pieolt. John 8 Piver. mrs Mary Eliza Potter. K Miss Clara Rand. S Ezekiah SkioDer. Jas Shackelford. Jti Mary E Stan Ian, miss Mary Ann Sterges. i;T-JM W Taylor, Martha Thornton, WiF Tyson, Florence Ticoy. WRichard Willams. Rev W H Wat- kir)s, miss M A Weaver, care C A Fore man, a u w right. Persons calling for letters in the above list will please say advertised." If not cafledf or within thirty days they will be sent to jtne ieaa Xieuer umce. ; i Ed. R. Brikk, P. M. ' Wilmington, New Hanover Co., N. C. Qdorterlr Jneetlns First Konnd for the WilmlneUn District. Elizabeth, at Elizabeth town, Feb. 1-2. Whiteville, at Whiteville, February 8-9. Waccamaw Mission, February 11. Smithville, at Concord, February 15-16. Wilmington, at Fifth Street, Feb. 22-23. Wilmington, at Front Street, March 1-2. Topsail, at Union, March 8-9. Onslow, at Tabernacle, March 15-16. t&T The District Stewards will Dlease meet at the Parsonage of Front St. Church, in Wilmington, February 25th, 1879, at 10 o'clock A. tr".' A full attendance is de sired, i 4 t , ' L - L. a Burkhbad. P. E. NEW 'ADVERTISEMENTS. n. CRONJLIT Auctioneer. BY CRONLY & MORRIS. Buggies at Auction. rjrHIS" DAY (WEDNESDAY), AT 10 O'CLOCK, A.jM., we win sell at Exchange Corner 5 TOP BUGGIES, ' S OPEN do. Are Instracted to rell or ship. The LAST SALE of the season. - janS91t Lecture by Ool. D. K. MeEae, J , . iFOK BEMEFlTiOB1 THE lilmlngton Lilbrary Association. t ' -1 .. 1 ' GOL. McRAE WILL DELIVER HIS CELEBRA ted Lecture on "GENIUS AND TALENT." under the auspices ef the Library Aesoclation.at the OPEBA BOUSE, on , ., FBIDAY.NIGHT, JANUAEY 31t. . Tickets, S5 cents each, wiil be sold at the Book and Drug Stores; also by members of the Commit tee of Arrangements. Ne reserved sests except private boxes, which can be secured at Helnsber ger's Book Store. jsaS84t But Very Few QF THOSE ELEGANT CASSIMEEE j SUITS ON HAND, which we offer at VEBV LOW PRICES ia rder to CLOSE OUT. Jan If MUNSON. t Wood of All Kinds. X7E ASK BELLING TO CASH BUYERS AT it Greatly Reduced Prices. Those wantlnf to hnv Ik onnnHtv ran lnvfn mn. piv lruiu our waan as cneap as 11 can oe naa ai where. O. o. PARSLEY, Jr.. 1 cheap as it can be had any- janS9tf Cor. Orange & S. Water Streets. Rew Music at the Live j Book Store. rHE LARGEST AND FINEST ASSORTMENT JL or VOCAL MUSIC ever brought to this city, hew on hand at the f ! ( XIVE BOOK STORE. The list eomprises the Late6t and Best Sosgs by the ntost popular Composers. - lAlso, just received a large assertment of Guitars, Banjos. Violins, Aceordeons, Ac., which will be sold lower than ever. 1 Come early and make your choice of PIANOS or -r- UKUAna at JanWtf HEINSBBRGKR'S. Best Goods and Lowest I ; Prices. jQ 8. SIDES, MESS POEK, ! ; ,; 8MOKED BHOULDERS, ' SMOKED SIDES, HAMS, FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, LYE, POTASH, ' t ' 8TARCH. CANDY, CANDLES, SOAP. SPICE. GINGER. f , PEPPER, CASE GOODS, &C. , &c. PATT ARSON A HICKS, Janpp DAWtf Si N. Water Street. j Hew Crop Cuba. 100 HbdaKew 0100 CUBA MOLASSES, i ' Forsaleby- ' jjan 86 tf KERCHNKH C ALDER BROS M. -T m A TKTTKTfc O TTTT T Factory and Office foot of Walnut St ' ' WILMINGTON, N. C. S i. ash, Doors, Blinds, & ornamental Woodwork. 1 frio AH orders filled nromothr. and Workmanship and 'rices guaranteed to please. - . : . 1 Lumber orders sent to our Mr. W .S. HILL, Ah Bottasure.wul receive prompt attention; ALT AFFSR HILL, Wilmington, N.C. jan 86-tf