The copartnership of ! Elias; Cohex &
Roessler was dissolved byi mutual consent
on January ,1st, . 1878, Captain J, Roessler
withdrawing. Elias & Colien are authorized
to collect all debts due the late firm and pay
all liabilities: , . 1 ELIAS& C6EEN ,
U c J. ROESSLER.
HIoticG.
All debts due the late firm must be settled at once, as longer
indulgence cannot be granted. We will continue the business
at the old stand.-
BURGE S S
WHOLESALE
jan3
UNDER THE NEW MANAGEMENT OF
H
A3 been Refurnished and Refitted in firstclasa style, and offers inducements to
Travellers and Residents in its excellent table, supplied with the best the market affords
1 prices to suit the times. An active corps of waiters in attendance at meals, and no
pains or expense spared to render guests comfortable.
Moderate Terms fdr Monthly Boarders.
OUR MOTTO IS TO PLEASE.
aprl
DO NOT
until you have seen the
now in my warerooms.
largest and most complete
TO INSPECT IT AND
t
RCSpCCtfully, '
; FURNITURE DEALER,
W-r .rr
Removed next door to Post Office,
Jan 5
J"
Now offers to the trade a full
Colognes, English Select Spices,
'ooap; English, French and American Hair ; and lootn JSrusnes,
PRESCRIPTIONS
Carefully prepared at all ; hours, both 4 night and day, at
New Stetk.
I have removed mv stock of
to the NEW ANn Viva ANT
REMOVAL
lately occupied ' by J ; Mc. Alexander as a Boot and Shoe Store.
My Fall StocK of.: HARDWARE,': in all ife varieties;
stoves, Tin-ware, Hollo w-ware
to tae inspection of the public, at prices which are unprece
dented in the Charlotte market1?! "':y' t r V ":
Papular ZEB VANCE
EtlASCOHEtl;
NICHO L S ,
& RETAIL
DKiXXB IH
ALL KINDS OF
FURNITURE,
BEDDING, &C.
-A
FULL LINE
CHEAP BEDSTEADS, LOUNGES,
PARLOR & CHAMBER SUITS.
COFFINS of all KINDS on HAND.
No. 5, West Trade St.,
OHABLOTTE, N. 0.
elegant stock of goods
- The assortment is the
ever offered in Charlotte,
GET MY PRICES.
?8 i iVif -
stock of Lubirts Extracts and
Colgate Honey and Glycerine
New. Goods,
Hardware. Stoves and tTinware
RTOTIK on TRADE STREET,
W p now open
'STOVE a specialty; : . r - n
lew.
... ... s
llr t. butler:
TELEGRAPHIC- NF?WS.
WASHINGTON. -
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
The Departments to be Investigated Th Fe
male Ballot-S w - a Hearing
Schurz will not Resign The Tobacco Tax.
General News and Gossip.
Washington, J&n 11. The commit
tee of the House agreed to report the
steamboat bill in acc rdace with the
views of the national board of steam
navigation, recently in session here.
The House ia wrangling over the
scope of the investigation which its
coumitteea may have.
The Senate ct-mrmttee on Privlleees
ano! Elections are hearing the female
ballot seekera.
NIGHT DISPATCHES. ;
Washington, Jan 11. House. The
proceedings opened with voting on the
resolution reported from the commit
tee of Ways and Means, directing the
committees to investigate the several
departments of the government. The
original resolution was carried by the
Democrats by a strict party vote. The
rest of the day was taken up with pri
vate bills, none of which, however.
were passed. Adjourned till Monday.
Secretary Schurz says he has never
written a letter of resignation, nor
thought about it.
.Lieut Bums, after testifying before
the committee, left for the Texas bor
der. Col Shatter was before the com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, today,
when the consideration of the diplo
matic situation between the two coun
tries was resumed.
The President has pardoned two
mail robbers and commuted the sen
tences of two murderers and One raper
from death to imprisonment for life.
A delegation of cigar makers from
New York are here urging a reduction
of the tobacco tax to 16 cents They,
however, do not antagonize Cabell's
bill reducing the tax to 12 cents, and
allowing a drawback of the tax for
stock in the bands of manufacturers.
The cabinet proceedings to-day were
unimportant.
In contradiction of the impression
that W illard's Hotel is about being clos
ed, it is stated that the assignees have
assigned the lease and personal prop
erty of the hotel to Mitchell C McDon
ald, who will run it without interrup
tion. Senator Oglesby, of Illinois, is an
nounced as a greenback and silver
man.
SPARES FROM THE WIRES.
Gleanings from the Old anflNew Worlds News in
a Nutshell.
A Philadelphia dispatch says the
Chatham Mill, occupied by John F
Loge, Harpers & Montague and B & F
Gledhill, all manufacturers of carpets.
yarns and hosiery, has been destroyed
by fire ; the total loss is $65,000.
A screw steamer, name unknown, of
about 1,200 tons burthen, is ashore on
Sow and Figs Island, says a New Bed
ford (Mass) dispatch.
The ballots yesterday in the Ken
tucky Legislature each resulted : Wil
liams, 54 ; Lindsay, 50 ; McCreery, 20 ;
Boyd, 13. Adjourned.
the heaviest north-east gale ever
known at Rockland, Maine, prevailed
there Thursday night, doing great
damage.
A meeting, held in Nashville, Tenn.
Thursday, with fifty counties repre
sented, adopted a petition to memo
rialize Congress to reduce the whiskey
tax to fifty cents.
A San Francisco dispatch says that
the report of the Secretary of the Vir
ginia mining company shows cash on
band, at the beginning of the year,
$35,012.79; receipts from all sources,
$13,864,644 76 ; disbursements. $12,879,
211 43, includ'g $8,640,000.00 dividends.
The tobacco dealers of New Orleans
held a meeting Wednesday and adopt
ed a memorial to Congress ' asking a
reduction of the tobacco tax and
drawback on the tax already paid.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange
paid, yesterday, a dividend of eight
dollars per share to the stockholders.
' Monsieur E Boneau D'est Marcel, an
aged Polish refugee, was found dead in
his room in ' Norfolk, Va, yesterday
morning. He is said; to haye been
Count Edward Jablohisky.
BUSINESS FAILURES.
The Daily List of the Sufferers From the Pressure
of the Times.
New Yoek, Jan 11.' Francis P Win
throp, dealer in varnishes, has failed ;
liabilities, over a quarter of a million ;
assets, email.-5 ' ' 5
John F Henry, Curran & Co, dealers
in d rues and tatent medicines, have
suspended. The cause, suspension of
JJJ J Dunning, jr. xne concern was
one of the? largest, if not the largest,
patent medicine firm in the country,
and in the mercantile agency books it
is marked ss having a capital of $500.
000 to $760,000. There has been no
settlement as yet of the affairs of E J
Dunning, Jr, and the Post adds:
" From all we can learn tbey ar not
in as good condition in several re
spects as they were thought and repre
sented to be when his suspension was
first announced." John F Henrv was
the Republican candidate for mayor of
.Brooklyn at tne xsovemoer eiecuon.
.. 1 .. :
CHINA.
The Famine Still . PrevailmgThe Late vF. .S,
fice Consul Still in Jail.
-.s' A-
t San Feancisco, Jan 11. The steamer
"Belgic' has arrived here , with advices
from Hong Kong, to December 14h,
and from Shanghai, to December 15th.
There is no abatement of the ravages
of the famine in the Northern pro
vinces. Vast districts are being com
pletely depopulated.. .There is no pos
sible hope of relief this year or per
haps next. !
The United States minister had re
turned from Shanghai to Peking.
; ' Mr Bradford, late Vice-Consul Gen
eral at Shanghai, was still in jail.'
THE GREAT WAR.
Contradictory Reports About the Armistice It
Certainly has not Been Arranged Russia Will
4 Hardly Agree to an Armistice Unless Upon the
, Basis of Peace The Result of the' Russian
Success in the Schipka Pass.
London, Jan 11. Tne Agence Rime
deuies the truth of the tatt.meut that
the Port has already accepted a pre
litninary base of peace, and sys : The
Porte, however, is aware that the ac
ceptance of these bases must be ore
ceded by a conclusion of the arm is
lice." . .. .....
t The , Bucharest correspondent of
the 7nesays: "The battalions cap
tured in Schipka p ifis probably num
ber from 300 to 40CT men. The victory
was the result of combined move
ment by Gens Radeizky and Skobeloff,
through Schipkaand Trcjan paseses,
respectively.'
Vienna, Jan 11 V The Political Cor
respondence's epeei from Constanti
nople states that Suleiman Patha has
been relieved of command and sum
moned to Constantinople.
Gettinje, Jan 11 Autivan surren
dered unconditional iy to the Montene
grins yesterday.
Constantinople, 8.30 a. m., Jan 11
The armistice has iiot yet been arrang
ed. The Porte has received the Bus
sian answer to Turkey's communica
tion proposing an armistice, intimat
ing that negotiations must be conduct
ed on the basis of eventual peace con
ditions. The Porte has not yet replied
to this.
London, Jan 11. The St Petersburg
Golos prints a special from Vienna
which contradicts the St Petersburg
dispatch to the London Times of the
7th inst., stating that it was rumored
that Austria and Germany had vetoed
the idea of opening the Dardanelles to
Russian vessels only, and that Russia
had consequently determined not to
raiae the question at all. The Golos'
telegram says Austria has not discuss
ed this question with Germany and
Russia.
A special dispatch from Berlin to
to the Pall Mall Gazette, says Russia is
"negotiating with other Baltic powers
for the purpose of prohibiting war ves
sels of nonBaltic powers from enter
ing that sea
A Reuter's announces that Hanni
Pasha has been appointed Grand Viz
ier, in the place of Edhem Pasha, re
signed. Constantinople Jan 11 The reply
of Grand Duke Nicholas to the Turkish
commander-in-chief, is that he would
refer the latter's overture for an armis
tice to St Petersburg. He states that
negotiations could only be conducted
with himse f direct, and there could be
no question at present of an armistice
without the bases for peace.
London, Jan 11. A Reuter's from St
Petersburg says the Russian journals,
commenting on the capture of the
Turkish army at Schipka pass, point
out that this is a new evidence that
the Turkish power of resistance is ut
terly broken, and remarks that the
cabinets at both Constantinople and
London must understand the necessi
ty of recognizing in the approaching
negotiations, the decisive military
situation created by the Russian army.
FOREIGN MISCELLANY. '
Madrid, Jan 11. Debar zanallano
and Herrea were re-elected presidents
of the Senate and Deputies respective
ly. The London Daily News' correspond
ent at Rome says the Pope, on receiv
ing the news of the death of the King,
said : "I expected it, and I had par
doned him. .Let us now pray for the
repose of his soul."- '
Athens, Jan 11. It is asserted here
that an insurrection in Macedonia is
imminent. . Dem,etreua Bulgans, the
well known Greek politician who died
of apoplexy, was a prominent provis
ional governor of Athens in 162. later
the president of the council and min
ister of the interior. At the time of
bis death he was the chief of the Greek
revolutionary committee.
AN INCREDIBLE RUMOR.
The North Carolina Supreme Court Vacancy
What is Said About the Appointment in Wash
ington.
Washington, D. C, Jan 11. The
most reliable gossip regarding North
Carolina, is that Governor Vance will
tender the Supreme Court Judgeship of
the State to Senator Merrimon, and ap
point Hon J M Leach for Merrimon's
unexpired term , in consideration of his
services in the campaign of 1876. Hon
W T Dortch is a,ls prpminently men
tioned as Merrimon's successor. .
A $250,000 Fire in San Francisco.
San Feancisco, Jan 11. The fire of
the Honolulu devastated the esplan
ade portion of the teity, ; destroying the
government warehouse, opposite the
custom house, tbe wharves and sheds
devoted to the use of the, ocean mail
steamers, the lumber- yards and a
number f private buildings, including
storehouses, manufacturing establish
ments, etc ; loss, about $250,000. The
government loses $60,000 ; the Pacific
Mail Steamship ; Company, $26 000 ; T
8 Davis, $26,000 ; Alien & Robinson,
$25,000, and W G Irwin & Co, $20,000.
; A Sew York Swindler,
i New Yoek, Jan 11. Superintendent
Walling was notified, last evening that
Henry 4 M Cutter, ; cotton broker, had
swindled John Collins," of Brooklyn,
out of $25,000 worth of cotton by buy
ingit under the pretence of sending it
to North "Adams, Mass, then putting it
in a bonded warehouse, drawing $8,000
on it, and running away' Cutter owed
Collins $5,000 before this, and $1,000
to carmen for cartage. Cutter's Office
was at 131 Pearl street.
; - ;a ; The Western Standard. ; ;
Toe receipts of hogs arftne, Un1onT8tJck
Yards on tbe 12th and 13h : Of thin month
were the largest ever .received daring the
same time in any- marc-t, and were as fol
lows : : On the 12to, 61.54 and on tbe 13th
56,828. weighing in tbe aggregate 32,572,300
pounda, -ana L all we'gned on e .Fairbanks
8cales,-Chicago Evening Journal, Dec. 24,
1877. , --.- '
BLAND'S SILVER BILL,
The New York Cotton Exchange Condemns It. ;
New Yoek, Jn 11. There was' a
Itraeiy attended meeting of the Cotton
Exchange held this afternoon, James
F Wenman, President, in the chair.
Resolutions were pssed condemnatory
of the B'ai d silver bill, as its passage
would be injurious to the whole cotton
producing interest of the country,
which is closely allied with the mar
kets of the world. It was the interest
abke of the merchant, planter and
laborer that our standard f values
should barmoize with those of the
principal commercial nations of the
world. They hailed with satisfaction
the action of the New Orleans clear
ing house and chamber of commerce ;
also the Savannah cotton exchange on
this mbject, deeming their interests
identical. -- - --v.-.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Veesaillks, Jan 11. M Grevy was
re-elected Presid- nt of the Deputies by
335 votes out of a total of 346. to any
of t he Deputies of the Right abstained.
M M Bethmont, Brisson and Rameau,
RepubiicanH, and Count Durfort de
Ciuric, Legitimis were elected vice
presidents. M Danfenreit. Pasquiner
was re elected president of the Senate,
by 172 votes, against 61. The former
vice presidents were re-elected.
The Weldon Bridge in Great Danger The Roan
oke Rising,
Richmond, Va, Jan 11. The Roan
oke river at Weldon, N C, is very high.
The Whter at noon to-day was rising at
the rate of six to eight inches per hour.
The railroad bridges at that point are
threatened. Nothing has yet been
heard from other points in the State.
Application for a Receiver.
Haetford, Conn, Jan 11. Insurance
Commissioner Steadm an this morning
made an application before Judge Par
dee for the appointment of a receiver
for the Charter Oak Life Insurance
Company. Also for a temporary in
junction. The judge granted the in
junction, and ordered the officials into
court Monday next to show cause why
the application should not be granted.
The healthy growth of the baby is depend
ent upon its freedom from the pernicious
effects of opium. Dr Bail's Baby 8yrap is
the best remedy known for the diseases of
early childhood.
Married happy, and yet unhappy. How
many a home has been roobed of sunshine
and happiness and rendered sad and deso
late by the loss of some dear and petted
child. This is a dangerous season for child
reo and parents ehonld keep Dr Bull's
Cough Syrup handy. Price 25 cents a bot
tle. -- .......
Now and Then.
It is only now and then that ; uch men as
Hon Alex H Stephens, Ex-Gov Smith and
Ex-Gov Brown, of Ga., endorse a medicinj
for the throat and lungs, and when they do
it is pretty good evidence that tbe remedy
must be good for the care of coughs, colds
and lung affections. They recommend the
Globe Fxowxb Co gh Syrup, and their
testimonials are to be be seen round the ten
cent sample bottles of the Globe Flower
Syrup, for sale by all druggists in Charlotte.
A sample bottle relieves tbe worst cough and
will cure sore throat. Begular size bottles,
fifty doses, $1.
OFFICE OF THE SINGER MANU
FACTURING COMPANY.
No. 821 Mais Street, Richmond, Decem
ber 18. 1877. .,
Jab Miller, Manages at Charlotte, N. 0.
Dear Sib : You will please inform-the
citizens of your territory that there are
now some begus machines, purporting to
be tbe Singer thrown upon the market,
and in many places they are being palmed
off on the unsophisticated public for the
genuine Singer, when in fact they bear
no comparison except in general appear
ance. In order that they may guard them
selves against these unmitigated frauds,
advise them to buy so machine for. the
Singer unless it has plainly printed on
top of the arm the name of the "Singer
Manufacturing Company," and has our
trade mark on the base of arm next to the
operator Our machines are sold only
through our authorized agents. . If it
comes to your knowledge that any per
son in your territory sells these imperfect
machines, by representing them to be our
make, you will oblige us by reporting
tbe same to this office at once. Yours very
truly,
. The Singer Manufacturing Company,
jan 7 J S Fine eh bin eb, Agent.
D
R. A. W. ALEXANDER,
DENTIST,
Office over 8carr
. ! !' rirnp atom.
I am working at -5
prices to suit the
times, for casa.
Will give you a
No. 1 set of teeth
for $19 00. Gold
and Tin Filling
inserted for $1.00
and upwards.
With 25 years' experience I guarantee en
tire satisfaction. . .,
janll
Ten Geiit Column.
Sale of Fine Arts in the store next to DM
Rigler's. closing out sale thisf a'ternoon at
21 o'clock and this evening 7 o'clock. Sale
positive. Ladies especially invited. ' '
CP HA2KK0N,
jar 12 J '-Auctioneer.
1 For Rent, a good house with 6 room; or
will exchange for farming land near Char
lotte. Ap ly to - A P. NE WHEARr.
I ianI22i , - . - - r ..,
1 WANTED ' o employ at once :8 o 10
experienced cotton spinners at our factory.
Address O Grier & Son, MatthewB' N.C.
- 3aa12 lw " ' ' -
;. .... . . ... '.. . i '
f DO you owe John T Butler . anything ?
If so, cal and settle, as he wants' his money.
You will find your account all ready to be
receipted-
v '
t janu .
FOR RENT The store, now occupied hy
J Myer, ext to Alexander, Seigle A Co.
Poesexsionl given at once Apply , tot J C
Burroughs or R A Springs.' - ....j.
dec30 2w
-
(Greatest lednction bHm geasoo
OliUSDAL BARGAINS
EI TIRE EST ABLISH1EIT
i(.-t,.. - v.,.- ,-. -, . .. .... ....
MBeingdesirous of reducing the quantity
b stock on hand, we have decided to mark
down our Goods while our patrons are in
want of them.
Such an opportunity to secure Bargains
in the choicest goods is unheard of, and ean
never be repeated.
WE NEVER HAKE LUSREPRESENTATIOnS.
A Visit of Examination will Amply Repay.
IE. DP. LMIA i M,,
Clothiers of the PEOPLE.
Clothing, Boots,
Heavy purchases in addition to our immense stock, enable
us to display during the ensuing month the largest and finest
assortment of-i LOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES and HATS, ever
offered at retail in this city.
Good Suits of Clothing, worth $10, for $6.50,
The best kinol of whole stock Kip and Calf Boots, $2.75 to $3.00.
Prices rmuced in all grades from 15 to 25 per cent.
Give us a call before purchasing. KAUFMAN & BRO.
CORNER OF TRADE AND TRYON STREETS
nov3 8prings' Corner. Charlotte, N. C. .,
LADIES'
LiDIES'
JUST KKCJEIVED
Fifty Ladies'
the last instalment of the season.
A..T.& O. R. R.
F SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, I " .
: Charlotte,; N. C. Nov 13, 1877. J J
QN and after Thursday; November 15, the
following Schedule will be run over this
road : " . , . - , .. ,.
, . . GOING NORTH.? -"-. '"; "'
Leave Charlotte, .. . ,, . . 8 15 a. m.
' ' D College, ' - " J 1005 -'
- Mooresville,ii-:" n- - v 10.40 .
Arrive Stateaville, n yt x .; ' i lL45p. m.
mat tzt GX3INQ SOUTH.- ;fj. ts '
Leave Statesville. -S.25p. m.
' Moores villa, b :r vs 4.33
' X. CoUege, ,v C:J i3...-': , 5.08- '
Arrive Charlotte, 5. f,;i:hs .s.'i t.?-9 . -
i a.... . ..: ....t. ft ,. . .. . ..... .
1 Close connection made at Statesville with
trains over the WVNC.:R R -i '-- -,.
: All charges must be pre paid on Frelght
offered for shipment to Section House, Hen
dereon'e, Alexandriana . nd .Caldwell't.
These being "Flag Stations," the Company
is 'not liable for loss,' or damage to freight
after it la unloaded ' at either, of the 'Above
named "Flag Stations 1 'Ulr;- 1 -;
No freight will be received by Agents for
shipmtnt unless the name: of consignee and
destinatipQ is .distLactly marked thereon, ?
' J-J GORM.LBYr--.fct
5 novli " 8nperinteadent,
THBOMODT ODE
Shoes and Mats,
Bargains,
4 . r. '
SprlajlDrf & is We RailrM'j
following schedule will be operated
' 1 on the Spartanburg ftAsheville Kailroad,
in connection with the hartotte Air-Line
Railroad, and the Stages at the bead of the,
road, to Hendersonyille, Asbeville and sthe.
Warm Springs, on and after this date : -7 " '-,
Leave Chariotte via Air-Line R R, 7:10 p. m
arrive at Hpartanburg at..MMM.. 10:40 p.m.
Leave partanburg for Mt Tryon, 5.-00 a.m
Arrive at Mt.-Tryon MM..Mn.' 6jSO- .iy...
Arrive a(.Hendersonville.M'M .12:30 pm
Arrive at Asbeville, 6:00 " .
; - - FA1UC ; ' 'V
Round Trip Ticketsto go and return any
time within three months, 1 " s ,
Uharlotte to Warm Springs and return,'$21 .80
- Asheville" v 10:
', " "Flat Rock" -n V iHS
s "f , Hendersonyille 4 T! 10JJO,
i
9-Tickets fprsale at jthe Air-Line Vipov;
iu uuwiuvw. j . v ,
i ru...lAtti ' .
I Tbe Pt-Offlce Department at Wasbiag
ton has drdered daily mails to be carried ns
this route. - D. BvUNCAN7
aug7 , Prest. 8. & A. Eailrcal
ifiitii
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