THE WILMINGTON ; POST,
W. P. CAN AD AY,
Editor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON, N. C,
Friday Moe2tj2?gj AriaiL 19, 1878.
call of the Executive Committee.
Rooms Rep. State Ex, Committee,
Raleigh, N. C, March 221878,
A meeting of the Republican State
Executive Committee is hereby called
to assemble on the 25th day of April,
1878, at the Yarboro House, in the city
of Raleigb. Republicans are invited
to attend and consult with the commit'
tee as to the course to bo adopted by
the nartv in the coming campaign.
Tarties acting as proxies must be
residents of the Congressional Districts
repscsented by the principals; ; !
Thos. B. Keogh, Ch'm.
F. M. Soreel, Sec'y. . j I
We hope there will be a full at
tendence of our leading Republicans
of the State at the meeting of the Ex
ccutive Committee. ; I :
DES1J)CRAT1C CONGRESSIONAL
CANDIDATES. y ; .
We understand that Col. Alfred M.
Waddell is a, candidate for re-election
'to Congress. Maj. Charles M. Steadman
announced himself a candidate on
Monday last. As both of these gentle
men are from this city, both lawyers,
and as both of them have many friends
who are very energetic first-class "wire
pullers" and excellent campaigners, we
may expect a very lively time in the
next two months for the nomination.
It is a 8qiialile that we have no interest
in, and natlae countryman said about
the fight pet ween the bear and his wife
" we dont care which whips."
If the spicy controversy now going
on in regard to the 'candidates, for the
Supreme Court shall end in driving
from the Democratic ticket .such men
as Judge Schenck, and giving place to
nuchas Chief Justice Smith and Mr.
1 nomas b. Ashe, or Judge tohipp, a
... desirable end vwijl be' accomplished.
There would be serious criticism from
the. better thinking class of the people
if a Bench as high in its character as
has occupied that tribunal for the last
ten years were to "be succeeded .by one
cither . indifferent La character or of
doubtful legal training. If to such leg
inlaturcs and such legislation as have
brought odium upon the state were to
bp Added ai discreditable Supremo Court
our whole sta'e administration' would
assume the character of a permanent
calamity. - '
That waiaiicy debate in the House
on the bill making an appropriation
for the relief of WiHiam' and Mary
College Mr. Goode of Virginia open
ed the debate with an -able d:fence of
lue Dill. 2 JJr. Lionng, ot the. Lasex
District, Massachusetts, who must have
been Uom in Hawthorne's " llouso of
the Seven Gables," followed in an
hour's strain of somewhat ornate and
eooiuolent eloquence in favor of the
bill. Thcnldr.llecd. of Maine fired a
point blank shot' at the bill. Then
came .Mr. Townsend of - New York
ugaiust the bill. He kept the House in
u roar for an hour, deluging poor old
Virginia with ridicule, and pourtraying
her incontinent egotism and bombast.
He snowed that on the YOte for the
' Centennial appropriation Virginia gave
only one for it, and that was Howell
the carpet-bagger " as lhy call him
there. He charged Virginians with il
liberality and conceit and covered, her
all over with obloquay, amid great
laughter all over the House. After all
old William and Mary ought to have
the affections of all good Americans for
she is rich in historic memories of the
older and better days. ., j j
THE NEW "NATIONAL TAUTY."
; What are called the township land
charter elections occurred in Michigan
in the early part of this month. To the
surpriso of most people outside of ..the
, state, there appeared a new political
clement called the " National Party,"
so strong th4t it holds in that state the
balance of power between the two old
parties. This new and strange party
took its strength from both the .old
parties, demolishing sometimes Demo
; cr&Uc and1 sometime Republican ma
jorities. They cast more than 50,000
votes, and out of the TOO supervisors
voted for the " National's " elected
3M.. t :M'T.
The piiuciples of ihU novel organ! ra
tion, which is said to be a secret one,
aw nearly as follows : ; 1
1st The suppression of National
Hanks : 2nd. the unlimited coinage and
legal tender of silver : Si. the repeal of
the resumption act ; 4th. the payment
of the principal and interest of jlhe. U.
8. bonds in paper : 5th. the taxation of
bonds : 6th. the revival of the income
tax : 7th. the unlimited fcsu of aaUon
al currency, the law only to provide
against loo low a minimum per capita.
Here is a platform of principles cer
tainly of the wildest sort. And yet in
A state which casts about iiS.OOO vote,
and in which the majority ia nearly
0,000, in a Toting embracing only a
fraction of the state thU wild fvXj bat
shown thai it holds the balance of pow
r between the two old parties. Michi
gan baa for sometime bees a little er
ratic on financial questions and perhapa
ouht not to be taken as a type of ta
rest of the states la the northwest Bat
U this Indication: U to be accepted as a
freclacaof the temper of the north
west, there willjbe a bad shaking up of
parties. V-
If this neV party is, as is suggested
by some Detroit correspondent, organiz
ed after the fashion of the Know-Notli-ings
of some twenty years agoj and is a
secret organization, it may have, as that
did, a brilliant but evanescent success.
No party can survive lpng or become
permanent which hasbut one idea.
The Know-Nothing never had the
semblance of a permanent existence,
but its machinery was used, sometimes
by ene party and sometimes by another,
in different states. In some states the
Whigs jumped astride of the hobby
and in others the Democrats. Most
people who had anything to do with it
cared nothing for its pretended princi
ples but went into it for the purpose of
carrying out principles wnich they al
ready entertained, by the use of its ma
chinery and its clap-trap. It was one
of those political fungi which springs
up of a night and disappears the next
day. It assumed to give the cold
shoulder to 'all regular politicians, and
to be the "party ot the; people," but it
was managed by old and experienced
politicians. .' The same may be. true' of
I this wonderful, new, western party.
it is not well to be diverted from
correct purposes, or too much scared by
such toad-stools as have sprung up in
Michigan. There never was an im
portant party not evolved from
profound i thinking, and there
never was one Of importance which
was not managed by experienced poli
ticians. . If a politician- may not al
ways be a statesman he yet does the
handy-work of the statesman. We may
as well expect a hack-driver to sail pro
perly a Cunard Steamer, or a shoemaker
to make a horse shoe, or a blacksmith
to make a Waltham watch, as to antici
pate any successful party management
by that mythical, spontaneity -called
" the people." There must be exper
ienced political managers of some sort
at the head of this Michigan prodigy,
if it is to amount to anything, and we
may expect soon to see it yoked to the
team and pulling . inside the traces of
one or the other of the great parties of
the country with as much common
place docility as if it had never created
this spasmodic Sensation.
Congressman Vance, of Ohio, was
one of the leading reformers in the no
torious Forty-foUrth Congress ; one. of
the leaders in investigations; &c. lit
turns out while he, was carrying on the
investigations against Republicans he
was stealing such small things as books,
statements," &c. But then that is the
reform Democrats enjoy.
The Supreme Court Chief Justice
Raleigh, N. C, March 18, 1878.
For the first time in several months.
there is no court in session in this city.
The Supreme Court, which has just ad
journed, seems still to be the subject of
engrossing thought and constant recnm
ination. Every lawyer who has just
lost a case at this term seems ' to have
taken out his spite by writing an article
on the Driver case. At hrst this seemed
to be just a convenient safely valve for
the. chagrin of the disappointed, but
the more recent developments show that
it has been seized - upon by the anti
gubernatorial faction of the Democra
cy, as a convenient pretext for unseat
ing the present Chief Justice the only
appointment of any importance which
the Governor has made, outside of the
public institutions. It suits the pur
poses also of that restless plotter. Judcre
Schenck. who regards it as opening his
way to the Chief Justiceship, and is by
no means disagreeable to the score or
two of self-sacrificing Democrats who
are anxious to redeem the bench from
the disrepute into which it has fallen.
Accordingly the decree has gone forth
that Chief Justice Smith must be
slaughtered, and theikilling process has
begun. Thus far it has been very shrewd
ly managed. All the latent hate of the
Democratic leaders against the Supreme
Court has been stirred np and the full
stream of its wrath poured upon Chief
j usuce smith. strange enough, though
he has been in Dablic life for so manv
years, and though it has been over and
again asserted that his life was blamej
leas and his reputation of the highest
ana purest, it realty seems as if in truth
there were "none so poor1 as to do him
reverence." Though he has been most
cruelly, falstly and unjustly assailed,
not a single one of his party or person
al friends has had the boldness to come
out with a fair and manly defence of
his conduct. Une or two parties, under
assumed names have attempted to show
the injustice of theVenseless clamor and
in a sort of apologetic way have de
nounced ths action of the court. Even
these seem to bare repented their ad
vocacv of an unpopular view, supported
as it it, by an organized ring ot blood
thirsty demagogue, who are bent on a
new slaughter ot the innocents.
'There is something ludicrous about
this process of making Supreme Cm
Judges, Of which llr rai l np hi y nutt
is only a part. .... it is h ru twy a; p in m
now, why uemocrau used tu t
desperately opposed to an elective ju
dkiarv. With i the number of dema
rogues they bare in the party it may
well be considered dangerous. Two
candidate for the ermine build their
hope upon their adrocacv of state
right as contra-dliiingultLol from,
and paramount to those of the nation;
the one havinr armed, and the other
fulminated from the beach ia style
that would do credit to a Justice of the
peace. In a Colorado gulch, acalnrt the
transfer of cansea to the United State
courts. The "Uoakina case J and the
aueaUoa involved therein, is the chari
ot in which HctuMfjfc: expect to be
borne to the CUef JasU ewaip, waile
Fowl lookasxpoei U as big eaoornto
carry double, and lays claim to a back
eat4f he cant re the Croat ec.
Jadge Cox, who took the contrary view,
which was sustained by the court, aad
which there is no question always will
be sjBsUiMti bthe Federal cowrta,
axes hardly to Utboas&i of now. He
Buytara p aad prove a Irosblfscae
black horse yet. It is a rather peculiar
and significant fact that the two cham
pions of state rights, who expect to ob
tain . judicial honors for renewing the
war, are both men whose hides are un
punctured by hostile shot and who were
always to be found fighting valliantly
at a safe distance in the rear, while the
war was going on in the field, and only ;
loomed into prominence after peace was
declared and treason was made safe and
profitable. The Democratic Judge who
was in favor of acknowledging the
power of the nation, however,, is one
whose career as a soldier was excep
tionally creditable. While lead was
flying he was always' in the neighbor
hood where' danger abounded, and has
rather more than a fair quota of Yan
kea "sinkers" in his corpus now. It is
true he has Dot showed such magnifi
cen t courage as either Fowle or Schenck,
since the affiir at Appomattox. He
has not busied himself with fighting
the war over at College Commence
ments. He has not tried to steal the
laurels of any gallant cotemporary, nor
endeavored to make himself the hero
of a struggle whose heat and danger he
had shirked. I remember a speech made
in the Convention of 18tjd, in which
the orator dwelt with peculiar compla
cency on the fact that he was "an
eleventh hour man." Since I have ob
served Judge Fowle bidding for popu
larity and preferment, by recounting in
glowing periods, . with abundant illus
trations from rlutarch s Lives, the he
roic deeds of North Carolina's sonsiin
the war for separation. 1 have oftjen
thought that he had much, better reason
to Congratulate himself I on being a
thirteenth hour confederate. If he had
shown a like zeal In the day of battle,
who knows if the Yankees would have
taken New Berne even yet. However,
it serves his purpose, it is a heap cheap
er and safer to do one's fighting in the
piping times Of peace, instead of look
ing lor glory in the smoky purlieus of
the cannon's mouth. It is rumored
that he will have his celebrated oration
published just before the convention
meets. It has been suggested that the
Eamphlet Bhould be entitled "What 1
now about war," irith a paraphrase on
.tineas magniucent egotistic epigram
for a motto: "
"Quoram pars viissimissima fui,"
In fact, however, Fowle stands not a
ghost ot a chance, unless Schenck finds
it necessary to blow his own trumpet
so hard that the blast wafts Fowle into
good fortune along with . him. He is
one ofhose men who are, politically,
born to bad luck. 11 is prospects are
always good and he is forever on the
very ragged edge" of success. He has
been second in more big races than any
other nag in the state, lie is always
well up, pushes his man very close and
sometimes only lacks a half a bead of
winning the race. It is really blood
curdling td hear him recount his nar
row escape from, political victorv. He
always ha3 escaped, however, and the
reputation of a marvelous capacity for
riding behind does not improve his
chances for the ermine, even with
Schenck for a yoke-fellow. Besides, it
is very doubtful if these two worthies
could work well together. Schenck is
of much more robust nature than his
heavier quartered mate, and of a more
E radical and vigorous turn of mind,
e is not troubled with scruples, real
.or imaginary, bo long as he is certain
that there is no danger. He is utterly
jndmerent to what is thought of him,
if he can succeed in accomplishing his
ends. He was no more given to rash
exposure of liia" precious person during
the four years of usele struggle than
was his compeer, the Judge of the Fro
visional era, but he made good use of
his time and his taleuts, as soon as the
danger was entirely over. Not. only
did he join the ku klux, but he made
haste to abase himself before a concrres
sional committee . and to crawl on his
belly, in the dust, through many pages
of the kuklux reports, as scon as he
realized how dangerous a contrary
course might.be. It was rumored that
he was duly and tru'y prepared for ju-
Of course this irires him a great advan
tage over his competitors. Fowle does
not seem to have fancied shooting, cvrn
in times of peace, and is credited with
a deeply rooted belief that the X. K
K. were, as a body, quite to too reck
less to be entrusted with his life liberty
and sacred, honor. As for Smith,!
don't suppose be has shot at anything,
since be threw a L pin dart in his boy
hood, some time before bows and ar
rows were invented. As long as there
is no danger, Schenck h one tf the
most reckless mortals ever known to
history. He is utterly insensible to
any danger, which be cannot appreci
ate. The carnal weapons of actual
were unsuited to his hands in the days
of conflict, but it is generally believed
that no man on the globe "could more
fearlessly or gladly do a man to death
under the forou of law,1 if occasion
should ever offer and the person accused
was obnoxious to bim, to him or some
etlat might poesibly be derived from
his extermination. This opinion, it
must be conioised, is greatly strength
ened by the peculiar fierceness of his
ante-war .zeal, the mildne s and brevity
of his record of his service in ther war,
the alacrity with which he eutered the
kuklux con.piracy and the anxious
haste with which he rushed before the
inrestisratinr committee to excuse him
self, lie is said to be quite unrivalled
in the uoble rUe of bully ir a convict
ed criminal and "a master band" at
bullying an attorney whose hands are
ccurelr bound by the law in regard to
r ttiuji nd lh iulfrmt of his cliei.t.
it u wu ha ercr ex
hiliitoi wur. i r addrrt, unless
it be the Itvra ot U.c 0 net case, who
U likely to be thrust lao u&cipccta
frominrnce by the line of attack so
ecttd in order to break down Mr. Chief
Justice Jmiili. It is saKl that he does
not de:rc to te a candidate for Su
preme Court honor. Indeed, it is ru
mored that Sccnck at once, upna the
puhhet joo of his card, addrewed him
an impcratiye nojc Remanding whether
he intended in any manner to iOrfrre
with ass ct for the honors of (hat
Uibanal Jo this letter, it t asert(d
that the Utot enineot jaJicUl martyr
meekly r?fottdcd tJitiU apoo
sidered himself t UMKMlf
ifprrciited man in the eut, ytt
at hU aa i under all the circao
takers M dkl tU r called npoa to
jtecVe biumlf cfttdIatr ?
prtme Iknch. and t U liberty to
say that he lroaUl esspbaUcally and
posUireij. sWii a aosaiaatioa as
Cif Je(ke,
There b, hoaetcr, a strou r-rola&l-ity.
that the claaaot ever iMrrr's case
may over do iu work aad r beyond
the'control of thejparties who set it on
foot it was designed to kill Chief Jus
tice Smith f. and not to make Judge
Kerr. Unless it is soon repressed,
however, it will have the effect to make
this ancient veteran of a many-sided
political life, now happily shelved on
ine (superior uourt uencn, tne manyrea
hero of the hour, around ..whom will
crystalize the sympathy aijd admira
tion of the yeomanry of the party to
an extent that will make it impossible
for the managers to prevent his nomi
nation. In that case there will be only
the ianate love for retirement on the
very few who believe that it would en
able him to resist a veiy pressing invi
tation to occupy one of the wide seated
chairs of the Supreme Court. Howev
er, we shall see. "C."
Letter From KaleUrk.
Correspondence of the North State.
Raleigh, March 20, 1878.
Mr. Editor: Your correspondent
has been highly honored by the inter
est which has been manifested here
as to the authorship of his letter in your
last, issue. Not being accustomed to
writing for the press, he had no idea
that a little plain truth would cause
such a flatter among the political cele
brities of the metropolis. It seemed to
be vastly enjoyed, except by a lew
whose approval seemed to be somewhat
dubiously expressed and whose attempt
ed smiles partook of the nature of cer
tain facial contortions, familiarly known
as dry grins.'
it was amusing to observe what a di
versity of opinion there was as to who
might be the author,- (for I hav heard
no one express any confident opinion.)
A few bad Radicals, like lioiden,
Tourgee and Badger, were first accused,
but they were each generally acquitted
on various sufficient grounds. It is
amazing how keen the critical faculty
grows with a little use and what excel
lent reasons can be drawn from one
short article, for applying tae abscissa
mfinita to a list of the suspected. : In
this case, the cx-Goyernor was soon ex
cused on the ground that politics had
ceased to be a joking matter with liiui.
The ex-Judge was held guiltless because
it had to much truth in it whether it
was intended to imply that he could
not hold so much truth or would be
disinclined to tell it, I know not. The
ex-District Attorney was suspected,
both because he has a C " as one of
his initials, and from his well known
propensity for .'sloshing arouud " on
political questions. It was general I v
admitted, however, that his constitu
tional disinclination to. exertion was a
suffioient defence against such a charge
Ex-Judge Russell, of Wilmington, was
also strongly thought of, and no little
profanity was. wasted in the endeavor
to trace analogies between your corres
pondent's letter and a certain pamphlet
addressed by the ex-Judge to the ven
erable judicial martyr of the Driver
case, some years ago.
After canvassing these, the better
opinion seemed to be that " C " was a
Confederate who had seen service out
side of a bomb-proof; that he was no
" spring-chicken ;v that he was a " Con
servative," if not a Democrat, and one
who did not intend to have his friends
washed into the ocean of oblivion by a
river of gush, more turgid and sloppy
than the White Nile at its highest, if a
littlo wholesome truth could prevent.
Upon this hypothesis speculation
took a wide range. 1 It was amazing
what diverse authors it was attributed
to'and for what variant reasons. It
seemed to be admitted by all, that it
was a most commendable thing for any
reasonable, patriotic and self-respecting
man to do. 1. H. Win.ton, Jr., late of
the Folding Room of the House of
Representatives at Washington, was in
the city about the time the letter pur
ported to have been written, and was
for a time an object of suspicion on ac
count of his known predilection for
his own opinions. ! It was admitted on
all bands, however, that if Tat had
writtsa it he would have been certain
to take half the city iato bis confidence
before publishing it. Judge John Kerr
was also in town " resting at the Yar-
I boro House," havind been utterly ex-
nausteu oy tne intellectual cuort re
quired to concoct his remarkable phil
lippic against the Supreme Court. - He
was not guspectcd of having indicted
your correspondent's letter for reason
which need not be specified, but it was
believed that he would have been glad
to have indicted the author and sen
tenced hm to five years in a common
jail, for speaking lightly of the Driver
case. As to the identity of! the writer,,
he replied, with one ot those elegaut
snorts so characteristic of his Honor
and which have done so much to se
cure him the loving regard of all whom
he has met in the course of a long and
useless life, that " be didn't know and
didn't care." The first part of the re
ply is regarded as strictly accurate, but
the latter portion is generally thought
to be, as the Supreme Court seem to
have regarded his statement iu the
Driver case rone (.hat would be none
the worse for being vouched for.
' It was ur?dly cuesed. by .uio.
that the lion. The mas J. Jarvis, if not"
cognuint of the preparation of the ar
ticle, was at least like.niioded with the
author in sundry particular. and
would, no doubt, offer devout upp!ica
tioua for his continuance iu good
health.
i It was aU t intiinated that Senator
lvanson had not been particularly
gratified with the spontaneous ontiou
which Jfcde Fuwic received at every
Cr3 rwds hkh he paaaed during his
recent progress tbrwau the Ktst, the
rrpurt4 vf which, Uj a ttrjnge cv-iaci-(Uncgy
pound iu hpoo us ucre.-with
singuiar i 3 u llAt eu nrs ia.medul?!j
apoa the rrtarn of that unxKuming
statrt man. The Senator was, bowevrr,
folly eiooeratAd frvm all reponibiiity
for ywr currewpondeat's article, by the
foct that it coouiocd no alluoo to the
crowning effort of the ex TrovUioital
Judge's Ufa, in the recent Brantiy cae,
hih i) aarJ t kave caosed a jaiy to
hesitate for fall fire suaiite bc,re af
qaittisg sou wboa bo was prowul
fnf for mnroVr! It was acknowledred
U aU that flhe Senator had been
pr7 to 'lheavaUcr e would censialy
have called sosm aUeatkw to th senr
maarkabie ntnlon rirea U tha speech
of facie Toby" rtnOoity, when inform
ed, thai Lfirrtr snnsidk, in whkh kcw
rrrthM - Corporal Trin was ua
fonDed Into a r Doctor," aad a tear was
ctruil te kare faUcw " tirom the eye
ifcf the JLlmif btt ' '-.-V-- .:.
- fthericV of the Ca!Osor Czr
wae sharply tarptcted aad by (cacral
part of Judge Kerr to prevent his be
ing in somebody's way as a candidate.
Wnile this is very strong, yet there are
consent, after' repeated perusals, was
declared not to be entirely free . from
suspicion,- Indeed he was voted to be
one of the tew who should be kept un
der public surveillance to the matter.
Several lesser: Iichts of literature
have' been mentioned: in -connection
with the matter and it is rumored that
two or three parties have blushingly ac
knowledged their willingness to tie ac
counted guilty of the authorship of the
letter. Your readers have the list be
fore them and are at liberty to pay:
their money and take their choice.
The Driver case docs not seem to be
as popular a subject as it was for a time.
The Kacs has an article on two cases
which the Supreme Court did not de
cide very greatly, as it seems, to the
disgust of that organ. The manage
ment is understood . to have paid a
round sum to a very competent j attor
ney for writing a e view of the decisions
they expected would be made, which
they . have kept in type for several
weeks, so as to be ready to fire a big
gun on the subject before their nimb
ler wilted neighbor, the Obterver,
should get ahead of them. They have
been as much behind hand as the lame
at the pool of IJelhesda, or Judge Fowle
in politic?, or a pig's tail, in ordinary
parlance, so long that they are not to
be blamed for showing a little malice
when their exceptional enterprise is
rendered nugatory by an adcisari. As
the Court has Lue i sa much belabored
for '. what-lluy have done of late, it
must be reiYv'shing to them to bs cussed
a little for what they have not done.
It is srtatedou undeniable authority,
that the Observer received a communi
cation a lew days siuce from a very in
iluential Democrat recommending the
-.following ticket for ihc,. Supreme; Court
which they refused td publish ::
Fwr Chief Justice Josiah Turner, of
Uranjre : r or Associate Justices David
Schenck, of Lincoln; John Kerr, of
Those who have the best opportunity
lor -. h-flowing, seem to tnint this is a
verv fairly matched team. As a lawyer.
itsuid that Mr. Turner is somewhat out
of practice, but even with 'that disad
vantage he is thought to be on a par
wiia ins proposed associates, and in
fairness, impartiality and courage he is
said to be vasny their superior! As a
candidate he is said to lack some es
sentiai rcquireuicms. unlike the as
sociates ho was a prominent Union
man nt the beginning of the war and
most bitterly denounced 1 the pocket
convention nt ultra-secessionists which
met at CJold.boro, under the lead and
inspiration otj Msw, of couth Carolina,
of sainted memory, to urge North Caro
lina to secede, at which convention
Jude fci'.-hei'ick first aired his irrepressi
ble desire: for disunion and war. Turner
never claimed to have au insatiable ap
petite lor a fightj but when he found
that one was inevitable he weut in like
a little man, and stiil extiibts with com
mendable pride, a knot just at the su
perior angle of his staboard parietal, as
the result of au accidental collision with
an erraut piece of pot-metal during the
co n tin u a nee of hostilities. He has kept
u: 'the. war since the surrender and is
'credited w:th having known quite as
much aiioitt the ku klux as either of
the otlitvs, but he has never been ac
cused of blabbing ou theni to save his
own bacon, not of shooting a "nigger"
because he would not vote for him. He
is a kindly mun, iu the prime of life
and of uui'upaiTcd digestion, and fond
of buttcruii'.t, who would never make
up a ease so that it would no more re
semble the one tried below "than "a
horse-chestnut dias a chestnut-horse ;"
nor consent that' the law should be so
strained as to permit a man to be im
prisoned for sev :u years in the peniten
tiary for stealing a bundle' of shucks, or
live sticks of tobacco, iu open day three
years for a "pair of fifty cent gloves, or
live years for mi afitault in which no
body was hurt. He has not yet de
clared himself on the question of : State
Rights as prescutcd by the Hotkics and
Ray cases, but if he has an opinion,
would not ; be likely to back down as
soon as it became dangerous to persist in
it. It is believed that he has too high
au'appreeialiou f the judicial ermine
to peddle out his opinion beforehand,
for the sake of an election. i Indeed he
has been known to animadvert with
great severity upon a recent member of
the court for having done, so,
even
when no -election was pending.
It is
supposed that- the Ubscrcer refused to
publish this ticket lecause the manage
ment considered it an unfair attempt to
defeat Judge Fowle. J .
It is rumore that Schenck and Fowle
arc to " go snacks " with each Other in
the purchase, of one of the largest size of
Prof. Kdisou s phonographs, which is
to be loaded up with the oration show
ing how the war ought to have been
fought, the opini on ia the Ray case,
and choice exiracu from the traveling
reporters notes, and fired off at the
Convention., when it meets at long
rant. This is an idea worthy bt the
great minds that conceived it, and will
probably settle the question of the nom
ination. We fchall eec.
. '.'" uC.n 1
t . . Chirf JuMiec Stuith has cx
plaintd ;o several of Judge Strong's law
slulc ius that le wa. never, even in bis
-cariit Javs, addicted to the pernicious
practice of throwing pin dart", but con-
nJcnog how Lc has beea treated of
late, he wuan h had b.tn and bad
krpt it up uali' the vrcstf.it time, j .
a tiuAt. t acnT - ' i .
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tstSlr XattoAafiITjtere,
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NEW AD vniTrsErsziTS.
yOTIOB.
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE
SPECIAL TAXES,
MAY 1, 1878 TO APRIL 30, 1879.
Under the Bevia! BUtntes of the U. S
Sections 1232. S237, 8338, and 8339, every per
son engaged In any business, avocation, or
employment whlen render him liable to a
SPECIAL. TAX. is required to PROCURK.
AND PLiACKAND KEEP CONSPICUOUS
LY IN HIS ESTABUSHMKNTOR PLACE
OF BUSINESa. A STAMP denoting Urn
payment of said 8PSCIAI TAX for the
Special tax Year beginning May I. 1S78, be
fore commencing or ooatlnlng business af
ter April ,l!SX. Arefnrn.aapreaoribed on
Form 11, Is also reqnlred by law of every
person liable to Special Tax as above.
The Taxes embraced within the
Provisions of the Law above quo
ted are 1 be folio wing, vlr.
RecUflers. 09
Dealer, retail Ikjoot
De&lerm. wnoleaale lloaor.
25 00
109 V0
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale, ,
not selling wines or spirits.
60 W
Dealers in malt bqoora, retail, not sel
ling wines or spirits ,. .'
Dealers In leaf tobaeno ,
Retail dealers la leaf tobaeeo .
20 00
25 99
500 00
And on sales orover fl.uuu, nny cent
for every doUar in exeessoaLOJU.
Dealers la manufactured tobacco .
Manufacturers of stills.,
And for each still manafartiired
And lor each worm manufactured..
Manufacturers of tehsom . -
Manufacturers of clgara.......,,
Peddlers of tobacco, first elan more
than two horses or other animaU...
Peddlers of tobacco, second class two
horses or othrjiiJ .- ,
Peddlers of tobacco, third class one
horse or other
Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class on
foot or nubile oonTe-ranca
500
SO 09
M 00
) 00
10 00
MOD
WOO
25 00
13 00
10 00
MOO
Krewers of less than fiUO barrels.
llrewers of 500 barrels or more ' luo oo
Any person, so liable, who shall fall to
comply with the toregolng requlremenU
will be subject to severe penalties.
Persona or firms liable to pay any of the
Special Taxes named above must apply to
Isaac J. Young, Collector ot Internal Reve
nue at Raleigh, N. C. and pay for and pro
cure the Special Tax Htamp or Bumps they
need, prior to May 1, 1878, and
WITHOUT FURTHER HOTICE.
8peclal Tax Stamp will be transmitted
by mall only on receipt, from the person or
Arm ordering the same, of speclfle direc
tions so to do, together with the NECESSA
RY POSTAUE STAMPS, or the amount re
quired to pay postage. Tne postage on one
stamp is three cents and on two sianipa six
cents iritis desired that they be Trans
mitted by registered mall ten cents raddi
tional should aooompany the application.
" . uREEN B. KAUM.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Ok kick or Iktbuhai. Rkvenu.
Washington, D. U, Feb. 21, 1ST.
- march 21 it.
CITY GROCERS ADD OTHERS
RE INVITED TO EXAMINE GOODS
received by us on conslgtiment :
CHESE, CRACKERS, FLOUR, CANDLES,
SOAPS, FISH, dV. .
TOBACCO, CIGARS, 4c;
SAUSAGE, EGQ3. POULTRY, Ai'..
APPLES, FLOUR, c.
We encourage none but best quality, and
sell at the very lowest market prices to close.
We are instructed not to hold goods, but sell.
FETTEWA. SCUULKEN,
Brokers sj3 Commission Merchants.
Next north Princess and .Water streets.
Jan IK U
NOTIGE.
H
AVING THIS DAY QUALIFIED AS
Executrix of the estate of Samuel Nixon,
deceased, notice Is hereby given to all parties
Indebted to said estate to make immediate
payment to the onderstgnedi and all parties
-. . i ' - .. -
saving claims against the same to present
-
on or before the 8lh day of December,
A. D.1I78, or this nolle will be plead In bar
f their recovery.
MAGGIE NIXON, ExeeuUlx.
Wilmington, N. C Dee. 8, 1877 Jan ls-w
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GOMEP
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To Where the Banners Han t8
The Oulward Wall,
AND BUY THE CUEi Et"
DRY GOODS
Ever offered in Wilmiujt.
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Note the Following Retail Prices;
4 Brown Col too.
4 4 Brawn Cotton
S-l Heavy Brown O-tton
4-4 Bleached Cotton
4-4 BlearheJ Cotton
4-4 Bleached Cotton (8Ctxl)
4-4 Bleanhed Cotton tbest).
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i.aiiooep, gooo.
Calicoes very good
75 cent Worsted Drcsa Uood t.M ei!
GO cent Worsted lrealoo.l ai rr- -LT:
(auicoes, dokv.
40 cent Worsted Dress Goods al : J!
3D cent Worsted Drew Goods ai i."' vjj!
23 cent Worsted Dtcm Good . al U
'JO cent Worsted Dress Good al...l t
Needles 5 rvuts a paper. twtc ijo,i
Cotton Scents. Pius Sceuu. ll(cry ylj
A Lnre Stock of every kin I tf
DRY GOODS
AT GREATLY REDUCED 1'KlbtH
CrF'Our greatlj increasins Micsta.
courage us to make new U Jitious u
our stock by every stcutuer.
I 1IEDRICK! , .
li. W. cor. Frout aavl Market t-,
fob 23 Viimington,y.C.
n. D. G I LB KKT'S D A KE H Y,
II ERE YOU WILL ALWAYS H!fP
good freh BRE.VIV CAKEH of n'l kinat.
and of best materUI. Alw frVkU huiuc ma.lt
CANDY. It D. GILBERT. lrprllar,
dec 81 ly il uuih Knni strrrU
"THE"PURCELL HOUSE "
J A8 PASSED JNlti THE IIAN1W tK
the unJeriUcd, ha.l.ii ncwljr fur,
nUnedtbtoahout,andt aa 1 e'rtotire, will
ba run sfrlrtlv aa a .' ..
lirt-ClUs Ilotol I
Board reduced as follows : i SO and kl pvr
Ay With Rooms.. pr month, r,; Tabl
Board, per month, tH. . ;
Best of Wines, Liquors and tigar
ALWAYS ON HAND AT ;
Regular City Vritt.
We hope to see all the old itruut it the
houW and A LL THEIR FIUK N I M, t.txn. t.
g them that no pAlns tltoll he parl tt
please al!. .
Jan It.
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