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nrsMUJunioH hates. '--i.,-
naiy 1 yaar, (postoald) In advance, ; $8 00
6 moB. vi " 4 00
Smos. " M 2(0
" 1 monT " " 7
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Weekly, iin the county) in advance, $2 00
out or me county, posjpaiu, & iu
6 months,' ; .1 1 05
ep- Liberal reductions for clubs.
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VOL. XIII.
CHARLOTTE, N. G, S 1TUR DAY, APRIL 29, 187G
NO. 2 214
jb&nPRirJTINCn f
ThtOimmM D.prfcmt a h
thoroughly anppltod with" ned
want, and with ttu latest atrial !.
every manner oX Job 'Worlc can now I don
with neatnfiM, diapatcu an caaapness
WaeanftixnlaaaianortnoUe 3
BLANKS, BILL HTC AIa. -
LETTER HI U, CARDS, ; ' " " '
TAGS.RECXITT8. F08TEtf,
FROGRAKUBa, HAND BILLS,
PAMPHLuSTa. CHECKS, JWu,
BOO T S A N D S U O E 8.
V7. SMITH.
W. S. FORBES.
ITS & 10
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Noon Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
ew izR-oiET zfirohstx; smith' sbuildikg;
TIRIDiEJ STREET.
. WA ivnv no t t n niifT.nJ ullnl? II lTThd I?.
rnHIS BEING Tnc UJNL.I itJLOL.U&I V ili nnuiiiiSAiiE. uuvi iiua..w.."
I in the State, and our facilities for buying liooas Deing equal to any, we leeiw.n.umiL
that we can sell BOOTS and SHOES AS CHEAP as any Baltimoreor New York Jobber.
iin nfthe firm is now North, r.urchasins' our SPRING STOCK, which, when com
plete, will ne the largest in tne state.
per All we ass is a can iroiu eyery juerennui iu huiuj mu " o
OHABLOTTB, K. C.
feb5
JUST
The Handsomest Line of
GKElsTTS7 GAITERS,
-AKD-
EVER OFFERED in this MARKET. CALL and EXAMINE.
NEW IRON FRONT " SMITH BUILDING," TRADE STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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FURNITURE DEALERS
FHflKSS MIHlt St CO.,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL,
DEALERS IN
ALL KINDS OF
FURAUTURB5
BEDDING, &C.
No. 5, WestTrsde'St.,
CHARLOTTE, N . C . ,
JUST RECEIVED
A
FUIiL LINE
-OF
nmmnriiP nmniinrn a
I. nil II nr Ian liDnnlUhr.i H
UlilLU IILIIU UII1IIIUIUL.UI8
BED ROOM AND PARLOR SETTS, AND A FULL LINE
iuar7
OF COFFINS OF ALL GRADES, ON HAND.
Sj 1 i : 5 ' 1 s
TBI PUBLIC lIBTi !
Eelow you will find full Price List of goods kept in
My Line!
IBE tFFAPM PLACE UN CHARLOTTE TO BUY GOODS !
Blaine's Sergeant-at-Arms to bs In
vestigated Congressional Procesd
ings The Charlotte Mint Appro
priation Reduced iulbourne De
iivered to the Court.
Washington, D. C, April 28. Gossip:
A resolution will be introduced in the
House in a few days to investigate Col.
Ordway, Sergeat-at-Arms under
Blaine. It is alleged that great dis
crepancies exist in his accounts, ag
gregating thousands of dollars.
Clapp refuses to appear before the
Committee on Printing.
House. The Sergeant-at-Arms pre
sented the facts in the Kilbourne case
to the House; referred to the Judiciary
Committee. The bill removing the
disabilities of Gen. Slaughter, of Ala
bama, passed. It had already passed
the Senate. The Legislative and Ex
ecutive Appropriation Bill was taken
up. The amendment giving $14,000
for the assay office in New Orleans,
upon which a separate vote was de"
m anded while the bill was in comm lttee,
was adopted, and is part of the bill.
The appropriation for the assay office
at Charlotte, N C, was reduced from
$4,000 to $2,700, and is part of the bill.
The committee investigating Gen.
Boughton, reports that he had been
indicted but the indictment had been
dismissed. They report that affairs in
Texas were in an unsettled condition,
and without recommending action,
asked that he be discharged. Gen.
Boughton, who had been waiting this
result to embark in other business, re
signed his place as clerk.
The military investigation of the
vessel Mary Merrett, is progressing
favorably to Bristow.
The Senate suspended legislative
business at 1230, and the impeach
ment trial was resumed.
Chief Justice Carlton to-day render
ed his decision in the Kilbourne habeas
corpus case. After reviewing the causes
tending to the issuance of the writ, the
return thereof and the claims of the
respective counsel, he decided that sec
tions 104 of the revised statues, rela
ting to recusant witnesses, and approv
ed January 22d, 1874, is explanatory of
section 102 of previous acts in relation
to such witnesses. Tho last legislation
on the subject and the present law, the
2 sections, are as follows :
Sec. 102. Every person who, haying
been summoned as a witness by the
authority of either House of Congress,
to give testimony or proauce papers
upon any matter under inquiry before
either House of Congress, wilfully
makes default, or who, having appear
ed, refuses to answer any question
pertinent to the question under in
quiry, shall be deemed guilty of mis
demeanor, punishable by a fine of not
more than one hundred dollars, and
imprisonment in the common jail for
not less than one month nor more
than 12 months.
Sec. 104. Whenever a witness sum
moned as mentioned in section 102,
fails to testify, and the facts are re
ported to either House, the President
ot the Senate or the .speaker ot tne
House, as the case may be, shall certi
fy the facts under the seal of the Sen
ate or the House to the District Attor
ney for the District of Columbia, whose
duty it shall be to bring the matter be
fore the grand jury for their action."
Mr. Kilbourne is ready to give bail
and is waiting in the Marshal's office
until the necessary papers are prepared.
Mid-Night Dispatehes.
EATBIR PROBABILITIES.
Washington, April 28.
For the South Atlantic States,
cooler, northwest winds, rising barom
eter, partly cloudy or clear weather
will prevail.
WASHINGTON.
FOREIGN.
QOATl!rO01C OHON.4 SPCOl Sfor SSceiitt; ladieb'Silk dtlcru Lace Scarfs,
ti.ly i5 cents, worth 50 ; Immense Stock of Kid Git ye, all ne w shtdes, splendid quality
1 $1 15 a pair, wcith $200 ; 20.CC0 yards Embroideiies, 5, G, 7. 8. 10 cents and upwards,
noitb dculle the nccey; 500 Silk Parasols at $2.00 each, which is the greatest bargain
mr tffei.d bt fore to the jublic, tbce Partes never will be boaght again for the money ;
tlgut Etcck cf JartBeFans, 15 cents each ; very fine Silk Fans, only 0 cents, worth
double the mcr.ey ; Black Grcntdicc s ! Black Grenadir.es! Black Grenadines! at 20
fct a yard, a preat bargain, call soon before they are sold ; one of the choicest
ifleitioMof French Fionas, at 75 cents. Sprey worth $2 00 ; 5.CC0 Ladies Trimmed and
Uiilrin nud Hats, which cannot be denied is the best and cheapest Stock in this town ;
Mottoes ! Mott. eB! Mottoes ! 3 for 25 cent; White Split Zephyr, at 124 cents an ounce;
Beautiful 6tc(k of ladies' Embroidered Cuffs and Collars, at 40 cents a sett; the best one
dollar Oonet in to ; large Stock of Dres Goods, at 25 ce.ts a yard ; very fine assort
mnit ofElsck and Colored Silks, $1 15. $1 10, $1.75 cents a jard, worth double the m ney ;
I'iqnei! Piquu! Piquet! enly 15 cents yard; Ecru Laces! Ecru Laces! 15, 25 and 50
eentfayaid; 5(0 jards Ssih Ribbons, only 25 cents a yard; the largest assortment of
Lustles, only 0 cents each; Linen Lawn, Victoria and Bishop Lawns, Bard Muslins,
Ewhs Mutiiu. Bnind Kainrockr, Organdies, Mulls, Soft Finished Cambrics in endless
vaihty, 6t prices bicb di corrjeticn.' all Linen Htminedstitched Hankercbiefs, at 25
cents eteb; every r.tw Elade of Gros Grain Ribbons, only 25 cents a yard ; has Oma
mints at 25 cents caeb ; Silk Bottonsall colois at 10 cents a dceen ; Real Hair Switches,
only 11.56 each ; Pique Eonnefc for children, 75 cents each ; 560 Towels warranted all
1 inen, only teteac. a great bargain ; the largest Stock of Ladies' gcarfc, don't fail
to call for vcur Scarfs, as I claim to Lave the largest assortment in town. (
Consideration of the Conflicts Be
tween the Church and State.
Rome, April 28. The representa
tives of some of the great powers were
recently in conference with several in
fluential cardinals with the yiew of
ascertaining the best means of bringing
to an end the conflicts between the
various States and the Church. The
cardinals unanimously declare that
peace was impossible unless the spirit
ual indifference of the Church was
acknowledged. The alliance and
agreement between the Church and
Stale was regulated by concord, and
without either party being made sub
ordinate. Madrid, April 28. Two thousand
soldiers have sailed for Cuba; more
follow soon.
PENNSYLVANA.
Talk of Abandoning the Union
League.
Philadelphia, April 28. The
National Executive Committee of the
Union League is in session. The Sec
retary's report states that there is a
united movement-to abandon the
Society and claims that a new depart
ure meets universal approval Jib the
South and West.
FLASHES.
BosTosApriV5 28. -Oov. Rice - has
Vetoed .the bill 1 Jegajiaing; Paxton's
ith Fanny Fern's dauehter.
L I CJXCsiju April 28Th3ouri
Hbrjse at Shoal, Mor,ton county,; Ind.y
has been burned". The records were
I nearly all saved. Loss $30,000.
Legal Tenders Retired Another
Planet Ames Lying to a Commit
tee Bristow Mad at ""right Kil
bourne Discharged Tr.e Judicial
Appropriation Bill Pfausad Oppo
sition to Morrison's Tariff Bill
The Impeachment Taken Up and
Postponed, &e.
Washington, D. C, April 28. Wal
ter H. French, of Boston, has been
appointed Journal Clerk of the House.
A quarter of a million of legal ten
ders have been retired. The outstand
ing legal tenders are now three hun
dred and seventy and a half million.
Prof Purottin Toulouse has discov
ered another planet of the 12th mag
nitude. Six and a half millions will be dis
bursed Monday on Alabama claims.
The briefs in Senator Spencer's case
have been submitted. They will be
argued at the next meeting.
Ames before the Mississippi Com
mittee testified to the existence of a
general sys tern of intimidation, fraud
and violence, by which voters in Re
publican counties were prevented from
voting. He found it impossible, with
out bloody collisions between the
races, as he was not supported by
Uoops, to secure the negroes their
rights. In the recent election there
were riota, shooting and threats. The
peace officers in some instances were
overawed; in others exiled. He claim
ed that the pretext of robbing the
State by excessive taxation, wa whol
ly ungrounded, that taxation in Miss
issippi is only seventy cents per head
against sixteen dollars in New York.
It is proposed to have him continue
bis testimony several days.
Bristow lost his temper in the com
mittee room to-day, and intimated
that Bright, of Tennesse, had gone
even outside the committee room to
get at evidence in the case prejudicial
to him, and refused to shake hands
with Bright. The two finally explain
ed themselves in good nature.
I Kilbourne gave $5,000 bail and was
discharged.
Senate. The Judicial Appropria
tion Bill then passed, 20S to 17, and
goes to the Senate. The bill appro
priating $50,000 for the Apache In
dians, passed. The House went into
Committee of the Whole on the pri
vate calendar. Adjourned.
In the Cabinet, Mexican affairs were
discussed. The Secretary had no late
reports of outrages on the American
citizens on the Rio Grande. The latest
advices to the War Department repre
sent matters in better condition. Re
presentatives of cigar manufactures
are here in opposition to Morrison's
tariff, which increases the duty on Ha
vana and other imported leaf. They
say it will make a difference of five
dollars per thousand on cigars manu
factured in this country from Havana
tobacco.
The resolution in the impeachment
question was upon the motion of the
managers to hear evidence before ar
guing the question of jurisdiction.
Carpenter argued that the managers
were attempting to manage the case
on both sides. It was not the inten
tion of counsel for the accused to cause
anjr unnecessary delay in the case, but
I they had prior professional engage
ments, and had not yet had time to
prepare themselves for argument on
the question of jurisdiction. He ask
ed that the matter be delayed for two
weeks from to-day. They would then
ask no further postponement. Their
only object was to present the ques
tion of jurisdiction as its importance
demanded. Lord, on the part of the
managers, opposed the request of
counsel for accused for postponement,
and asked the Senate to hear the evi
dence in regard to jurisdiction. He
had the witnesses ready this morning,
and asked that they be heard. Conk-
ling: submitted an order that the Sen
ate proceed first to hear and deter
mine the question of whether Bel
knap is amenable to trial by impeach
ment for acts done as Secretary of
War notwithstanding his resignation.
Further discussion by counsel fol
lowed. Carpenter said they would
contend that an officer of the govern
ment had a right to resign, and the
motives which govern the resignation
cannot affect the matter. Manager
Lord said the evidence as to jurisdic
tion was mostly of a docum entary char
acter, and it would not take over an
hour to hear it. Edmunds submitted
an addition to Conkling'a order that
the managers and counsel in their ar
gument of whether the issues of facts
are material.:
The Senate then retired, and after
the conference of Senators, the' follow
ing ,)rder was ' announced as having
been agreed upon.-i . .-.'
Ordered ;Tbafr;the Senate proceed
first to 1 hear and ' determine ; the ques
tion whether W W Belknap, the re
spondent, is amenable to trial by im
peachment for acts done as Secretary
of War. notwithstanding his resigna
tion of said office, and that the mana
gers and counsel in such argument
discuss the question whether the
issues of facts are material and wheth
er the matters in support of the juris
diction alleged by the House of Rep-1
resentatives in the pleading subsequent
to articles of impeachment, can be
those alleged, if the same are not
avowed in said article. Second, .Or
dered that the hearing proceed on the
4th day of May, 1876, at 12:30 o'clock ;
that the opening and close of the ar
gument be given to the respondent ;
that three counsel and three managers
may be heard in such order as may be
agreed on between themselves, and
that such time be allowed for argu
ment as the managers and counsel
may desire.
The managers on the part of the
House opposed that portion of the or
der in regard to respondent being al
lowed to open and close the argument.
A lengthy discussion followed, and
finally it was moved that the order be
set aside. Pending discussion the
Senate setting as a court adjourned
till Monday.
GOODS !
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JUST EECBIVED jT J. BOTHSCILD'S.
JN addition to my weU selected Stock of FAMILY GROCERIES, I haye jost received
the following articles: Extra Quality Green Peas, Choice Yellow Peaches in S lb, can.
Pine Apples in choice Loaf Sugar Syrup, Bell Brand Pears in 2 lb. cans. 8agarCorn, Im
ported Sardines in half and quarter boxes. Patapsco Baking Powder, French and Turkish
Prunes, Foreign and Domestic Pickles, Dried Pears, Tomatoes, Fine Family Flour, Meal.
Bacon, the celebrated Four Ace 8 ugar Cured Hams, New Orleans" Molasses, beat Cider
Vinegar, another lot of Imported Krout, Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, and in facr avery-
thing kept in a FIRST-CLASS GROCERY STORE, all of which will b sold cheap for
Cash. Parties buyiug by the quantity for TIC NIC3, 40. will have the benefit of a
liberal discount in the prices of my goods. Respectfully,
3T.
3HLQ'ac:o:sc:o::oL-E3
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GOODS DELIVERED FREE TO ANY PART OF THF. CITY.
THE CITY CLUB
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
10 TIERCES
OF THE
Celelralei Atlas Brand of S. C.
CANVASSED HAMS,
FOB SALB LOW BT
R. M. KILLER & SONS.
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Notice.
ALL contracts or agreements made by W
H H Gregory, for the sale or delivery
of Ice for the present season, will be fulfilled
by me to the letter. F H DEWEY,
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COPYBOOKS,
INK, Pens. Pencils, Slates, Blank Notes,
Drafts and Receipts. Crayons, tc. Re
ceived this day, at P UREFOY'S,
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Dissolution.
THE Co-partnership heretofore existing
under the firm name and style of Crowell
& Austin, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. The business will be carried on in
the future by T. H. Austin, indiyidually,
hnia nlrma nnt.hnrizprl to settle the indebt
edness of the late firm, and receipt for mon
ies due the same- Thankful for past favors
I respectfully solicit a continuance of the
business extended to the late firm.
apr21 Ira T H AUSTIN.
Breakfast, -25 Cents
Dinner, 50 Cents
Supper,. 25 Cents
Table Board, $4.50 per week
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' Gaiters and Boots t
New Stock
LADIES ! MISSES SHOES S SLIPPERS.!
THE LATEST STYLE OF
JtU Sf RECEIVED, CHFP.
Ice ! Ice ! Ice !
HAVING purchased the interest of W. H.
H. Gregory, in the Ice business, I am
prepared to furnish Ice to the citizens of
Charlotte and parties living along the lines
of Railroads running into this city, at as
low figures as it can be purchased elsewhere
Retail house in the cellar under the store of
Loynes & Co., opposite J T Baiter's Jewelry
Store.
House open daily from G o'clock A. M., to
9 o'clock P. M. Sundays from 6 A. M., to
10 A. M. F H DEWEY.
apr25 lw 3t per week lm
Greenville Daily News.Spartanburg Herald
copy 3 times.
Fresh Imported
AND Key West Cigars.
W K 3DRWELL & CO.
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5 Cases
MALT HOP TONIC.
W R BTJRWELL & CO.
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WOOD AND METAL
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OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
WE
THE BEST STOCK DRESS GOODS,
IN THE CITY.
ALO.LadiesGents Misses' and Boys' Plain and Fancy Hose, a great variety colors and
prices. Aflarge Stock of Ready-Made Clothing.
AN ELEGANT STOCK OF GENTS AND BOYS HATS. OUR 8TOCK IS COMPLETE
AND VERY CHEAP. VERY TRULY,
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JUST RECEIVED,
COFFINS and CASKETS.
FULL STOCK, ALL SIES.
ALWAYS ON HAND.
D. A. SMITH & CO.,
EAST TRADE STREET.
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"FURNITURE !"
PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS,
Bedsteads, Bureaus,
TABLES, TIN SAFES,
BABY CARRIAGES, Ac.
WE ARE OFFERING BARGAINS TO
CASH BUYERS.
D. A. SMITH & CO..
EAST TRADE STREET.
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Flower Pots.
( ALLONS, Half Gallons and Quarts, for
VJT sale cheap, at C. u, A. it.
rjiiUAAJU OL n AAV.
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SWEET POTATOES!
lAA BUSHELS FINE EASLEM C
1UU TATOES at Simper bushel for
this day only. Also W lbs. Extra Fine
:.' I STITT, WALSH & CO
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IDNv4I3-vfl:E35rSEDSTOOK:
OF-
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JTHIRD SUPPLY OFJ
HUGH B ABC K TUCK COMBS,'
Xi AD I E S?flB B XrfF S
(NEW AND ELEGANT.) . :
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