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VOUJMK XII.
iN rroN post
T1J E PaSTOFFICK AT
jVyuTo'jr. C,, as Second Class
ilkTpS Or ADVERTISING.
i Tit'tv cents i
terjino for7 the first in-
.cfliia aul twe
bty-iivo cents per line
:or qacli a'-Mit.iq
nal loserwon. . '
i;i-!it-(S) Ha
sKonjareil type, con-
Tlicui)scri:ption price to The Wu
iA U 00 per year;
AIlcmimunicution3on busiacsb6iild
he :vl(?rcsHcd 1 (o Tub Wilmington
Tost, Wilmington, N. tV . r
All :iilvcr(H('uient3 will be charged a
Clio abofve rates, except 6u Bpeeial con
tract-!.
to tjii:
hKll"LICAXS
OF
2:211; Til
IICir-lITKlT.
The la pub
icins of the Tbir,d con?
1, i'rc!?sion:il 1)3
tricf, pill please write
- . ' '- '-t f - !
i,:h ;it Yi'.ii
n:"tn, i. vM t anu kw
fsic a i.ul
rcituui 01 ail "rrauua cwra-
; niitte'.l lv liic4
JJeajocrats - during the
ivin;; names 0 county,
: c.l' . poll holders, also
fhon prevented from
, : l::-vt election',
, j'C.!i?.nct' : 1:
. ' tt.iMH-.i Ol I
, itrlyijC t!i9 re:
J-rensvns lor iL
whether
A:ua were at their rofit
tint ulvction; in J ict I
tiry! of all 1'rauuV or
f every descnjttipn, that
iug tie tleetionouTucs-
u.-.ui a, in 1 ui
. . -place, cu
ilav iln-. iif el November lfcSO.
O. llIiLOCKKB,
CiiairuuMi DHtrict ltcpublican . Com-
liiUtcr, at Wiliningtou N. C. , :..
atest.
- ;
lMlIlOVIiMKM'S.
TlieTUVfCrr
bill .Tpul
'' frrmttlie" coyi
ml llitbor Appropriation
td to tb5vfeenale to-day
nil lie on Ccmmercc, con-
nil in e uti i 11 creasing the
titiin thy :-iu
tid by tlie "House bill as
, 'folly ws: Jmj!
r iving Cape rear river.
' i fcJiu tfia Oi eJp
t Wilmington, In. C,
'liver 15,000; I'amli-
cu and Tai ;ri verj;- 5,000; -Trent river,;.
t;,0;. " Ttitr' -.iUilowiug j new ameud
iuvniJ, ainu: iiUicra, were aildcd: Im
Vpvii: Cupt Tear river from Wilming
tuij t riyiltevijfe 300r; - Yadkin
rivvr, fl-w.t.'OO; ContcntnU creek, $10,-.
00; .licaufjrl. .'iarbir: If, C, f 30,000;
I A 11 1 11 g toil . r ijv e r ; N. : C, : $3,000; . Town
iiiti-k, N. C. 41,000- .The increase
" mad c1 by tllet cualQ: coijnudttce in the
t al amunal of;tlie bi'.l M3,6o6..
- jlrlcirtii'nUr'd Ufa Wa insured 'as
. loll.iw.-
1 if -the Mutual. Lile, ofrsew
York, it'L
- - 1
"iiV. in the. liuitable Mutual
of New Tor :20,000r and in the Con
iicoticut Mn tul Life, 3,000.;The quea
lioii o"C hi- sac'uc.ion.bcing agitated,
niid pwmiinrav ivoliticiiius. have gone
to "Madison, It i believed Milwaukie
Mr. AlpusUimeron WiiUuiicced, The
remarkab'cjriiiupr W t tloat that' the
latest cxnBcd wisii of the late Sena
tor wax lb: l h' remains should, be
cremated.; ' !'-: '. - '
' Oii Thurulay the dci'eusa introduced
utrom? evideucd loirove that- Whilti-
kvr did uti
, tie himself to the be post
i,his car.-
t.K .-foil:
dor Sargent is Uike4 01 as
ill i bt-st mill from 'the
r.icifie f J. the
'.y
decetidvnt of a
tJib n-t.;
lion. iUl.Cooi;a
I'li-riin w!n .faine tkvcr in the May
itviwer, a:il bniit t!ie Second house on
riymoutli i ck, who wa bom in 1825,
diod of 'the itnii idoiljcil unUUy
.Miitor Carpenter. j " ; i
. t I iitcryBt lug to ' produce, fiohcrm en,
oj caU rmcn, iuid truckmen of Wilmiirj
ton. Senai or Scatt has introduced a
bill dvjiud t i protect fish "dealer,
traikcrs&c.lor WilmtPglon.: It. .will
.:; iiterei UrScker. ,..:-' '
Hvnate bil4v3,for the better rttxHiin
of tarnus ud rhhertuen, amended bj
'tbc eawiuUUty applying theprovdtona
Ihe act nly to ibe.city of Viliaioc
xlfo Mr. Clarke, that the
viiy ot Kewbcra U Uc!udid; amended
l.v jir.,' i'iiUauioii j of FJgtcomb,
Vit J bfro be lncttfd'. Theattend
iteu'H cre adopted and It ascd lt
fecund iJdirj:. Amendtd by , Mr.
i:.-4i-iK ij insTi ih town ol WashiDC
. mid Jxt!Atnd hi Mr. -Scott, f
New tUijovuK The l-ill Ai delgnJ
10 prvtw X u.tb-4 fwn bripg pro-
Juv and Ui.4i luto cilV UO CUB
na'nev. Tl bill $ed ita
tfudB 1 third rf44S-
'y TU new CoarfiMiwiil library,, to
aye, Sv ib jv In
A tfAivedeot pracaer loolt lor
iiuirii. Ybttd mr 1 am.", a o
i-iB tvji M tiii c&cncft pio www
wl-Ua hiibi Ml"ht ..' very great.
nit. but nu ilietd the bar -buh
la the tAct thaV Uue lamb cculdat
reach tt. Ulw4 antep citaer.'.
fL rkbt mine" U New Mexico,
now wma tart tuiUkn dolUra, WM
on sitt illy foil K-r thm dollai la ailrer
aUulVs4 dat, and an ol4 molvlrr.
liat they daa I ut turtt tut toiwetu i
If joa want tib wU adtiie I. tub
laibiforUfT.
H KN ATOK CAItrBKTEIt
Tlicflpmiufi nf Senator W. Carpenter
of Wiocoubin, took the country by efcf
prise. : lie was born at Moretown.V ier- j
mont, in IS24. At the age ot 17$e
entered Weat Point were be staid iwo
Lyeara, and then let nd finally fitted
himself for the practice of the lairjn
the oi5ce of "Rufus Choate, who n
making the motion for his admUsioi to
the bar, paid him aery high com wi
menL .v, ' j - 'v ' , ( . 1
He then removed to MUwaukie.Wu
conaio, and in 1848 bad become one of
the leaders of the profession, won high
laurels in the.BlcArdle case ib 168
went to the genaje in 1869, and a'gain
is n bin second term, whicb seat he
filled M'&Mi 1870, se that his term
iU eipir; 5Ufcb 3. 1885. ' ' ' , -;
; He -was one tit the rarebt iof;brins
and one Tbf the most thoroughly trained
lawyers at any bar. lie revelled in; the
mofct4ofty forum of the lahd.andsoared
into the highest regions of legal dialec
tics, and mastered legal principles jand
won the highest legal laurels, with f ju
dicial genius'which captivated high tri-
bunals. Tbat'coneummate brain w
hich
t
darted iU unerring !archery into
the
most abstruse principles is no longer
heard, and no longer glitters among
the circling monarch? of the ky
ibtming disc. J '
that
W.VSIllUTOM WOTF8
Jor-nseu and Deiendorf, two "Vir
ginia Republican members have visited
Mentor. '' V;
A dispatch frcm Rome to 'the Jo
in'i PqsI says: "The Pope has express
ed his indignation at Mr. Parnellj and
the principal members of the '..and
League, whom the Roman Cat lolic
lsia hops of Ireland have represent :d as
the only (sincere patriots, for hi ving
for having formed ; an alHance with
llcuri Rochefort an J other nnti :lcri
cals." Mr. Pamell- started to- light
for Ireland. Mr. Parn ell addressed fil
teen thousand pcoplo at Clara, Kings
county, to-day. He Vfas rcceiyefl by
crowds with great enthusiasm atjsfrve
ral railway stations on the rontp. . lie
advised the people, especially tenants,
to remain firm, and cottgrntula'cd him
self pn haviDg, by obitruction i Par
liameiit, preveutcd tbc buspenwoh of
the habeas corpus ict for seven'wecks.
. . .- . I
Congress ' has appropriated f BO.OOO
for the purchase, prppegation atld dis
tribution of aeedii. "j".-; .1
V ict-President . elect Arlhur.livas in
WahiDgtou last week.
There was a large attendance at the
obsequies of.Ffrnabdo Wood m Fif
teenth street on Saturday, and ll p pall
bearers were, Senators rhurman- and
liayard, Speaker Randall, Representa
tive Morton and '. Iioricg, Justice
gwayne, ex-Mayor' Ccrrcet and W. W.
Corcoran. vr-": I. .'
Secretary KvarU'ia" la'-kiug freely to
the effect that he knew nothinr of the
appointment of Mr. Foster till J he saw
it in the newspaper. J '
This Congress will be accounjed with
gross negligence it lory laii in adjust
the pendmg Pension claims. It cannot
plead Ignorance, etcn before th sorch-
ng exposure of iknUtor lilair of New
Hampshire. . : J
Ocn. Nosdes Qn Folly Island.
Noting the arrival of fGencral
Nogdca lately in this cUt, an incident
n his career on lolly Island, South
Carolioa, iu the spring ot 15tJ, in (be
advance to the aiege of Charleston. In
the Sherman expedition (oj Uilton
Head, the Fourth New Hampshire
Volunteer and the Fifth Connecticut
Volunteers, with the ether itgimcnts
were in General; Wright's brigade in
the advance on Charleston, the Nut
meg boys were in.tht advancJ several
weeks after the Fborja New Haap-
ahlre were ordered there, and ajdozen or
so of the men of the two rtgiaaeuta
were traveling along the siogbi narrow
road on that nxbtly named Follv Is
land, when they suddenly met General
Noedea in aloacbed bat and 1 inset
blouse,' all f innocent of rattk and
authority, th old Connecticut boys
gave him the regulation salnta and re
marked to the smen of New Hampshire,
taat m U.Mwrat .gie," "wtu, says
they, If b wants U be uIuvki let hm
put on bis straps." ine
Ganeral
hearine the' remarks, trce4
on his
charirMhat re jinient dd
yen be-
"ihe Fnrt
h .New
a dvt rvriiw
Uamphire. : ! .
Wlid b yonr regimental
detr ,
iommaa-
-Culonel 11LM was the rvr
- "Who is vour Crirade Commander
"General Vogea or pot, or seme
ouee uam name 1 aoa'i snow vnas. '
WelL what do Tea think of him?
"Ion1 know any thing aboat him
Vft "ooys say bes n nam iooi.j
The Ufweral execntcd a "ritht face'
In one motion, toqebed iheaah of
bis horn with his aUrboard spar, and
rlsdown the UUnd. 7
If yo want lo (tl tkii advtrUse ia
Ue rw.
WILMINGTON
TIIK OHEL1S1C. 1
Tula ancient preduction of Egyptian
art was, presented to the United States
by the Khedive, and brought over. un
der the charge of Commander Gorringe
of the Navy and at the expense of W
H. Vanderbilt, having tost him more
than. $100,000. ,v ; . . l v h '
This Obelisk was buih in the reign
of Rameses III, called ia the inscrip.
tiocs Thothmes III, and raised to his
own glory, This KiDg j existed about
1550 bcfjire Christ. lie seen the -age
ii which f the Iiraelites left Egypt,
when Moses was louud in (he bulrushes,
and when he himself had united two
empires into o'ae. The principal in
scription of the Amcricau part 13 on the
fAK AUU 13 M. iVUVW4 : ,
''Presented-to the V . t
UNITi:i STAT1-J ;
'''v'':''.byVr(': !....'
Ism ai lt" Khedive c'r Eg y v r,
1881. . -. ;
uarried at S5yea I I ;
And erected at Hcliopolis by
T11UT1IMES III. j-i '
Ileerecleu ut Alexandria
'JUSDEB ' AUG1J3T125.4
Removed, to New-York
I through the liberality ot'
W. II. VANlERCIIr. .
JW the skill of
Li.eut-Com. II. lI.(ionnifiGi:'U. S. N."
Applause. ) . v j
' expense of TiiANsronf atiox.
Lieutenant-Conirnandcr Gorrinse
famished a Tribune reiyrlor yesterday
with the following statement concern-
ng the expenses ot transportation:
Net cost and expenses of re
moving, transporting and
erecting the New-York ober
ISsk . : ! - . -;: $7384103
Net cost and .expense of re-
moving,.. transporting, plae- ,
ing and repairing the pedes.
tal,Stcp3 and base
1.28,732 00
To'ahiict cpst ; J . S102.57GO3
4'This sum ilaes uotiinilude the cost
and expenses-; of: thp etramur, which
must be recovered fnum her sale. -Tho
word "expenses" is: itsed to designate
arid include amount" that have been
paid for the use of ihc mo hey needed
to carry on the woYfc.l These amounts
aggregate $15,973 01. Deducting . this
sum from the total net cost, the actual
cost of lowing and removing and trans
porting 5,382 miles by water a 'd 11,
520 feet by land, and erecting the
Ncw-Yoik obelisk ankl its peuesluland
base, is ?8G,()03. After ibe arrival of
the obelisk in the' poit of New-York,
W.U. Arauderbilt advanced f 15,000 iu
thrco iustalineiiU toward defraying
the current expenses of "carrying 'ou
the work. On February 1 he paid
$18,732 more, ami February 7 $10,
000, making iu all il03J32 wluck he
uas auvanctu, .: .-; '
"The steamer Dcoag js the pro
perty of ihe gentleman who advanced
the money to purchalse and , repair her,
and who gave her up to me without re
serve lor tho cole purpose of traosport.
ing the obelisk,' pedestal and base. The
gentlemen "will rcceiive,- and they are
clearly entitled to, a31 the profit ihat
may be derived front bef sale, in return
for their pluck and ibeif faittt in my
abilKy to accomplish what I under
took. From their atandpoiut the risk
was enormons, and
nothing TjTut their
personal fritndship batild ever have in
duced them to take such a risk,"
-' t I - - " . "
Very lew of thesi o DeuskJ now re
main in Egypt. TUo first taken away
was taken, we .think to i Assyria, by
capture.anothcr was reared ia the palace
of the C;ezars at .ilcxandria, . others
went to Byzantium,
Napoleon look one
to Fans, one is in
London," cue. in
in Itaiy.
obelisk from .the
Venice, and severaf
The height Of the!
ground to the cap ii about S5 feet. It
has four sides, each, 'looking ' to, pre-
cisely to four quarters of tho earthy
exactly at the angles of the compass.
Tnere f aro four sides as they are
.written in hyeroclyph, recounting the
glories and hpnari jof tlje Kings. '-'
Thothmes IILs called the "Son of
tho Sun." - h,- :;
"The creature! i f the Gods,'"
."The Friend of the city of llie Sun."
AThe chosen oue of the Sun."
Catarrh of Eleven Year's Stsudluif
Cured la three Month. .
The President of the Wisconsin Stale
Normal School,
Mr. Wm D. Parker,
says, In a letter
to Prs. Starkey &
Paleu, under date
oi Spteaaber 4tb,
1S79: "After
cr.duriug; pot-na4al
catarih for eleven
v car at the time
greatly annoyed and ftJkcncd by the
abundance of th eccrrtico, in the
full belief that caUtrh U incurable,
procured your tVwjurfd Qxygenand
afitr thire ratU' tady application
the accretion wholly . c-Kd and has
not jtt tttufrntd, x months Laving
elapol since I have uol the Qxyftn.
therefore commend your pcciSc to
the thouMcds cf antTertrt -from catarrn
with it aumuaat UU. I ialt take
pleasure iaitaUfyiog l' r the bene G I of
any loinirtr. Oar Treatise en Com
pound CXTgen, whK'h roataina a Urge
number of tcaticnoaiaU to rrmarknble
curra, U coi Inc. th. Starkey &
Palen. im and llll Girarvl St,
PbiladelphU, ftj i ;:
Jennie llobru, mho dWd lattlj
atNaahtUle, ws known as Soldier
Charley, fcca she had rvt4 ae ve
ra! years in mate eiureta tae aimy
If yon waaito make a tsse real a
farm ol W. P. Canadav.
The cetierai :;Acr :mblv
Of- NpithCgrgnnai
: - 'SENATE.-i-
The Senate met aeeorjdiDer-Jto ad-
joumment,Lieatcnaat-GoTernwRobin-
son ia the cnair. ..-? t : - ,1 1 . - .
Prayer by Rer. Boehamer r-s 5
Petitions were offered ju fellcTiiU sj
Newland From : certain . cit artof
Yancer county, asking the rroL iit on
of ardent spirits within z two i in' les ; of
Caney iiiver ctturca lot aaia ooa:.ty.---i
Blue Memorial frotali.; P: tat ton
and others, withe regard to: iGeliSinka
ef the town of FayetteTiUe, jrrz3 placed
uu ura wcuuif --.till Ln.11 1 .
A message: vvas received, 'from the
House of Representfttivea transraitUes
a commnnjcation itemc the GoTernor,
4 .L. . . 1 - SI
tocMisp wiw a vprvpowwoa troia vjren.
ntbeden reiatljre tothe Case Tear and
YadkU V,aJ3ey.ilrod,vaM.fyosi
tion'to print the 1 same: , vThek tropoai--lions
to print was concurred in by the
Senate. . , . . . .
The bill to revise and. consolidate
the public school , law, and to make
more ei&cient the system ot educations
in this State, was placed on its third
reading. Mr. Davidson stated! that
inasmucn as it seemed to be the settled!
view of the Senate to make: change tfq
this bill, he moved the Senate take a
recess of a few minutes for the sake of
hearing the Views of the Superinten
dent of Public Instruction upon the
subject.. . ... . . : ;-, !'
House of representatives;
Prohibition ad libitum: :'' . j
Foy-rTo allow John Oox to ' peddle
oodsand wares without license. Re
tired, r-- . y j
Sikes -To protect tho people in the
right of suffrage. Calendar. 4,
Foy To allow produce to be nolilin
all the streets of Wilmington lree of
tax. Referred. . ; ;
STATE NEWS.
The Gjirolinitin says that the locomo
tive "Win. Underwood," for tho Eliza-
rived at Elizabeth City, having been
towed from Norfolk on a flat. Dr. Joan
says that when eleven years ago he
broached the subject of a railroad, -peo-
peoplo thought he was "talking of such
stuff as dreams are made of."
It is said of Winship Stead mau of
ittsboro, that hVa' ways used to pay
for his Raleigh Keguter ssmi-annuaHy
iromptly. If all newspaper subscrip
tions were like these, we would be some
thousand" of dollars better off tiian.we
re, and other editors could donbllera
Kay aa much. The fact is that payment
iu advance is best for printer and sub
scriber, and is the only . system on which
a newspaper ought to be published. It
is universal here, we think. '
Tho FayeUevllle Examiner fires a
hot bhot at the "predatory .cur'' Which
destroys our sheep iqdustry, thus: '
"The condition of sheep husbandry 4
is a reproach to the state. A pro
gressive farmer who undertakes to im
prove the breed of his sheep, or in fact
to have sheep at all, does so at the risk
of losing his : investment.' The pre
datory cur stands ready to levy a tax
on .Ms floct which he cannot afford to
payi We undertook sheep husbandry
once in a small wsy. isut we were
compelled to hire a man to go with the
uock an aay togprotect ltirom prowung
dags, in is arrangement eat up ail the
profits, and we sold out and quit (the
ousiness. i : . . .. i
Mr. William R. Surles of Cumber-
and. has filed caveat for a patent for
newly invented cotton planter, wiiich
is said to be an' improvement on all
cotton planters. V . '
The Moore Gazdle says that fjrom
Tbsgard's mill-stone quarry in that
county is produced one of the finest
stoaeever seen The owners of this
iiuarry have alio an improved needle
gin, which gins more cotton iq a day
than any other. 1
The fire in Edcnton
was
very
iles-
truclivc.
Tho Charthage Gaxite taya : filr.
Wi P. Canaday, tbe Republican
can
didate for Congress against Joo.
W.
Shackelford, Congressman elect1
lor
this district, was ia?town eo Tuesday.
ue came in to latere si ot tae con
tested case which he propose to make
before Cuegreas, as to Mr. Shackelford's
riht to his aaL"
ere ITEMS
Chew Jackson a Rcl Sweei Navy
Tobacco. :- - ' v lr
B . i- 1 1 i
fUUhop AVeymaa will preach at the
4t. Stephens Canrch ta-4y.
Gol4ea Lyra Lodge; No. ltj$
U.U-.
iW O- wUl celebrate their acvmlh
aaivtmry to-morrow.- : V
I A farm for rent ear the city limit
ApvT to . P. Canaday.
RUhoo was ia tasra this mjrmiaxasxi
' mi" mt . " -
proce2a to asauafusa ia va per-
fCuac of his rorieaiait ical Jtka.
e . : e - 'h .
1 Far tevttal 4Ji st wetk there tn
sa kie la this city. A resatl LsaJj
wUhkafor Mr. J. C UrplU has
aiica inivtd
T
i; Mr. B-'Jn." Ahrens says .he wrill
have his new ice house finished , in a
shorCUmeJandwilhin a month have it
filled with ice. ; I
Dr. U. S. Norcum was called to the
'a" " " - -
bedside of his brother, Dr, W. f A. H.
Ndicom of.Edenton, who is now ex
termely low in Baltimore. Dr. Norcum
left Tneidty morning. f f-' y
, Do you pay your honest debts f , If
so, send in your 8Ub97iption to the
; One .adult and no Jchildreu' .were
interred in Pine' Forest during t the
week. ': ? . ,' . ; t r lr f:'7
I Duncan Wright, auT old and; well
known colored man in this ' ci'.y, ' who
waa'almost.a cenCena'rian, died in - Ibis
city Tuesday aflirooon ofdropsy,1 at
his residence at the corner of of Fron t ,
and Queen streets, at the advanced'
age of 9Iyeari a ' : -h :y 'i"':-''
y : f,..,.. -.: . . :r i t y'
That splendid farm just adjoinning
the city on the "Rank Road is for rent.
Apply to W. P. Canaday. , -r lj i
A colored man, whose name we' did
not understand, jumped from a timber
train near Abbottsburg a few days ago
and was instantly killed. It is -said
that the-man thought that tho train
would run through the trussle ,and he
jumped to save his life. .;' ''.'
There . were one interment in Del-
ievue Cemetery this week. -. -: . . '
The yery best truck farm in the coun.
fy far . rent. Located adjoinning . the
city limits-i Apply to W. P. Canaday.
New Tobacco Wouks. The work
of demolishing the Cape Tobacco fac
tory on Chjestnut street has been com
pleted, and workmen aro engaged in
erecting the new factory on the old
Camp Lamb ground.: The building is
to be three stories high and 45 x 115
feet long. The machinery will be
worked by steam, and more than one
hundred hands' will be em ployed in the
actory. The capacity of the factory
will be more than doubled. , j
) Runaways. -The horses of the
steam- fire ergine "A. Adrian" got
away from the driver at the corner of
Sixth and Church streets, Wednesday
morning about 2 o'clock. . After .the
fire was gotten under control tho "Cape
Fear's horses pulled the "Adrian" back
to her house. The-horses' were found
at the . old Gallord place, about two
miles from the city, on the Mason bofo
road. ,
Ft ue Alarm. Tho alarm1 of fire;
was souuded Tuesday night about 1 0
o'clock," caused by" the - burning of a
shanty near the corner of Market and
Thirteenth streets. The fire depart
ment turned out promptly, buttheir
services were xlot calico: into jj requisi
tion. The steamers "Little Giant" and
Cape Fear" took their stands at the
cistern on the corner of Eighth and
Dock streets, but as the hose, cold not
reach the scene'of conflagration, neither
played ' v;- :- i" i;. :
Um-rxcedesteu. The schooner
John A. Griffin . arrived in this city on
Saturday with three feet of ice in her
water .tanks between decks. .CapL
Foster says that he has never heard of
a case like it. Ho says a vessel seldom
if eyer rounds Cape Hatteras with ice
in her casks that are on deck, exposed
to the wind and : weather. The hold
of a vessel is generally considered com
paratively a warm place, as it is as near
air-tigh as it is possible to get iu It
is very evident that 'it was coat and
cold iu the hold of the GriCio. :
The Fire. The of fire Wednesday
morning, about 2 o'clock, was caused
by the buxnisg of a ; couple of am
frame houses next to the comer of
Sixth and Church streets. The fire
originated ia a house owned by Sylve
Cappa, colored, and sooV spread to the
houae adjoining, occupied by a colored
family ao'l owned by George Wj Price.
By hard work the ; Second Rsptiat
Churtb, of whicb tbe Rev. Jos. i'
King la patr, was saved from the
devouring elemen:. The origin of the
fire is aupposed to be bcendiaxy.
Capp bad ao insuraatcr; r iVice'a was
insured foe $150. . X
LAt,MJ-tCti. Ex-Gov. lloldta
has writtea a biography ef the late
Gen. Alfred IXxkevy, w kich a? pears la
tha IXVrprMr. It la a pracefal trihata
to ttai "aohlctt Coasaa of UacaalL-
The freiht aceal lalUms the
jritt thai darias this year , Laaribbarg
basakirred H.WS hakeef oAUa,
ibJieaurprtrtag waa n oag r
awiU asoatly cf Hkh, aAcr the -terrf-
Ua Era which devaaUl it Uuly.
Tha fee-pit of that wwm think that
they mill save half the awy ahkh
they ret t thcie cvvfw ll W will
hXd i cot tea aU a4 maaafsctara
CATuoualiicrciJlTfoys: toe Lest.
r-Archbishop v43ibbon htSt issued the
regulations for. lint, whiA 'heglns.bn
Aah:Wednesday(Mch 2 All CatK;
olics in UiuarchoUoce21ytar3.ors"ge
and, upwaxdtTJunlemj ijpmwedW
bound , to akj nryne m calX W.
excepting; &un4ajs)4 not: io De'laeff
before noon; Fish andiijacat are not
aluawed , kp10! M.s.?S!W rA small
collation is allowed L e eyeniog, not
to weed the' u part of inl ordina
ry meal. , It i permitted to oset bread,
butter, cheese, eggs., milk.ajliadl of
frxutj. salads, vegetables, and; fisht
collatibn, i Isia jairfhiio take in
the morning: tea, coffee, wsh chpep-;
late, made with water, aM'90ithCnl
ot , tread,; -.iHogt laid lean M $
Udacecf butter in prepariss permitted.
jooo -an-4owawn.' perspSfrftrjstex--einpted:
Persons under 21 yeara of age,
the sick, the nursing women,-those who
are obliged to do . hard labor,' all who
through weakness cannot fst without
great prejudice to their health. By dis
pensation the use of fresh meat will be
allowed, at all meals on Sundays,- and
once a day on 1 Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, with the ex
ception of Holy Thursdays, and the sec
ond and last Saturdays in Lent.
Fibe Fiend! RECOKD.--Tho semi
annual report of the Local - Board t of
under writers, which has recently been
compiled by the Secretary. Mr. Wt J.'
Qorden.for.tho six months ending Dec.
31, 1880, is M follows: I ; f ;
The estimated value of property des
troyed $3,729.97, on which , insurance
money was paid to the ' amount of 13,
203.4C The showing is remarkable
ecially: when compared' with the
corresponding period for 1879; when
the amount paid out was $74,184.4 L
Tho number ot fires recorded was
23j on four of which there was no in
surancejlossof the others, In one the
insurance paid amounted to $1;39C.S3
and on the remaining eighteen it was
but $1,S07.18.
The losses to the agencies here were
as follows: Atkinson & Manning $239.
78; DeRosset. & Northrop ' $361.75;
Norwood GilesJ $801 22; W. !. Smith
& Co., $10.15; Wilmington Mutual $.1-
1S8.S0; Jno. W. Gordon &1 Bn;, $592.-
70. : ' , 1
The causes of tho fires were - as fol
ows: From sparks on roof, 5; sparks
from locomotive in cotton, 1; sparks
from stove pipe in cotton,lparks from
cigar in cloth, 1; defective- flues and
stove pipes, 2; furnace ot mill, 1; gas
jet, 2; lamp, 1; lighter in? cigar; store, 1;
ignition of broom ! while - sweeping
hearth, 1 lightning, J; incendiary,' 2;
unknown, 4. 1 here Wa but on false
alarm during the period. tt -.
The estimated value of property de
stroyed by fire duriog the year 1SS0
was ,f 10,020:1, on , which liasurance
money was paid to the amount of $SSP-
60C.0G. - 1 "
Do Aid of Aldeumex -The Board
of Aldermen met in called aeion Wed
nesday afternoon. A .
The Mayor stated that he had called
the meeting for the purpose of appoint-
ag Registrars and Inspectors of the
city election to be held on the fourth
Thursday inMarchnextf and presented
a letter from the city attorney rtlaliye
thereto. . ' . " ; i-, 'f .-.
Alderman Bowden offered the follow
ing resolution, wl.kh was adopted: ; -
Ji'!ccJ," That the appointment of
Rrt i-.rara a;id Inspectors of the muni
cipal election on Thursday, the 21th of
March be made by tha alayor. wbo
ahall consult with tbe members of this
Board from the several wards.
Alderman Myers offered the follow
ing, which was .adopted:
JlttottrJ. That registration books be
opened in tbe several Ward of tbe city
at such place as may be hereafter da
s irnated, on Monday, the 7th of March,
at 9 a. m- and to oe open dairy, Sun
day excepted, until C p. m, to March
23d, inclaatve. j
Alderman Foster ogVrrd the follow
iag which was adopted: .
lit U vrdnimei l the JLTiw um Board
That no ordinaace , heretofore paoed,
has bemoior oc sbau bertaJUr be
construed to prevent tbe owners or dri
vers of carts or wagoae coauiaiag
cotiatry pwJoe, (uh ocoyvtcr brwafbt
If the cty fwv ul, going iroa boae
to house tn any pari of tbe city at aay
hours ef the dy 1 tha purpose of
seUingor dcivensg use same, Tue
ofdlaaaca ahall tale eJt at oace.
Mr. Norwood GUes, chairman af tha
Board of Aadlt and flnxccr, cxsa.ba
fore the Dud to cs4cavdt to make
same arrasmcat aJboat tha
of bend It wosdd be ntcrmiry for &e
Umrdto i in ta mm thssa tawjrg
dna la 1551. AUcrmaa VmU
the foSiiwiag, whkhi was ilrzUl:
Ecmtm,' That - the cacualUea
Flaaaee coafir witb tae tkaard af Aad4
a4 kaaaca. aaal agraa wpesi a feiil
atixAf bf tha ...Lexalausra pcrms
jawaaaaafiaii tawatat ef hamtt lai
sarttawaeajdeaaeitaaya
ISthasaAttaha cxxA-Td ai aos
lrsaUfeJW..;. yp-jy;-
An e&laai r aelcrrd Lr Ilacua-
bcrl2y.
Tha taaM tha ai-srs
Sheriffs Man Jng , lt$,'n Wed nesday
morerngor Raleigh, haying in charge
thVpliapners ho?werJcbhyicted and
stenced torthea pnitrauary . at the
irterm,Cf the CWminaf Court. t Tho
fonoTrtiTg uatnef nam 'es ad
terras of.
,;Hvanff-robbcry; -lobars. $
JuS ft'erronlrobDery 10 years. 1
yVWfljS years.
aftlelarcenyj C jjears. j
ii J ,Davis, Lire coy,: 2 years. ; )
u Wm Shawglareenya years. i
V? Wm LeOtUrcenyglye ;
fj& Bakef and" Jame1 'Baker, the
twla'amea!,1 Kgana who were
sentenced ib the County llouse of Cbr
jfecfjpVit the' lasl fermoflhe Criminal
.Court, irere fcirriwi io'theVr place 5 of
'A-GmxtxTcnox.-Ti'a call tha
attention of our readers to the adver-
psement ot Charles. A. .Wood & Co.;
No. "l7 North .Tenth' Etrcct, Philadel
phia PW, who manufacture the Phil
adelphia Singer Sewing Machine, which '
tiey offer forr twenty dollars.. They;
warrant it to be an exact duplicate, and .
as good in every respect, as tho ones
manufactured by tbe old Singer Com
pany, which they sell for fifty dollars
on installments, tor forty dollars cash.
The fact that Charlw A. ; Wood i!t Co.
offer to send, their machine to bo ex
amined before being paid for, ought to
be full guarauleo th at they are all they
claim.
:f Cuattebjjook rou CuiLVitOi It
ia a monthly for children,' twenty-four
pages,' all full of funny things for chil
dren in terse, prose, and illustraUons,
and only one dollar per. year, j$L).
Eestes & Lauriat, publishers, Boston.
Any kind, of postage stamps received
for pay. Ten cents fof r single num
ber. Among the picture aro "Gilbert
Sewing a Frill on Dora's Frock' Mel
ly and Nora Frightened , by a Dog,"
"The Old Coast Gnardsman; aud a lot
more, and and a great amout of enter
taining reading, all for 10 cents for one
number for one month, or $1 for one
year. Tins number that our Johnny
Auguslulu baa got U for February, r - '
Mr: Mundftj, of'Pasquotank conuty.
was in'the city on Saturday lasL jThis
gentleman has represented, for uaany
years the people of his county. Theru
is no Representative more faithful to
his duties than Mr. Mupdcu, and they
will be fortunato io he able to retain
him in the Legislature. " '
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