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- - - iiiM-ir-v 1-- 1 -J 1 - - - CHAS. B. JOSESf " " Kail Editor and Propr ...... j Vtn; Kt. JrMt-itttni ramn xv. w Twcm SA1UBDAY, DgCEWa? Ijffi' .IVA-tVLLtt-. MeV- r r nested aw iom leweierana wok .bui fieflie jm&orzo answer to the qfiatge ei dfiimnmig -hl goods without a city license. The drummer held that he was not a tradesman and had not offered his wares for sale in the city. Meyers brought In a witness to prove tbat be bad done so, and also proved tbat be (Meyers) had tried to Induce the drummer to take out a license and avqld trouble. The detective met him coming out of a jewelry store, on Market street .and commanded him to bait He disregarded tnts notice, and a slight tus sle ensued between the two. However, the drum mer did sot mean to resist the law, and after a little resistance followed the detective .before the mayor. The evidence above related appearing correct Mayor Flshblate fined him $25 for drumming with out a city license, $20 for resisting and abusing the officer, and $3 for a city license. The drummer re fused to pay this and was committed to the city prison until be shall pay up. Wilmington Sun. Wilmington is a city governed by Rad icals. but.ilns,rerUil:V.Jve.the good KV -' - -- . - . . T. . fc - quality of showing a determination to protect and do justice to nome-aeaiers who pay taxes and. house rents. Will not something he done to protect our home merchants here in Charlotte who are heavily staked b Support the city government as well ;is the- State antl county ' 'governments ? Wilmington, Winston, and other places, impose a Yheavy city, tax on all sorts of drummers. Why don't Charlotte Y . . -The board of aldermen of this city have imposed a heavy tax on our own home people called . "street, 4ru ram ers ;" 'Wbydon 4s they txx -tlfe -f ellb?9: 'who . come here fr9mabrQadaijd..?top at the liotels ana 'who sell their goods and wares in rather a private, clandestine manner,.. without- a license or the pay ment o( a tax? We call , the attfcntipn trifiKe1mayortothft'matter. ... . Oar"otemporarjr, as usual, is'level iheftdedr and in this instance makes-St ,hoaf rust Something ought. i tori done. toT protect our home tax-najjig merchants from the hordes of drummers who scour the country from one end to the other. But what shall be done? The bpai$ of fcldermaw -we.imdetstand, say that owing to a casus omissus in the charier they are powerless, and if so ,wiH not the State Legislate!; wMcn .assembles next mrbiemgv.the. evil by'amending the charter .ljut, nothing will be done unless somebody takes the Vnatterin hand and starts the" ball "by arousing public sentiment to the extent of carrying around a petition to the 1 atrial of 11 m frti Qifmofuroa The chamber of-coinmerce is called to meet to-night. Suppose theul)ject..i discussed in all- its bearings i that body, then let the members' go to work to reftiedrtnVevir 6f matlectA8 wt 'trndei-staitd It.'the' j requiring iStitee io,ti; legeof selhi goods lin any, portwn.ot the State is not so much for the purpose I of bringing iax revenue as it istoprofecf those on wliOTOfthi lnHden of the State ! goyernment"naturaly iests. If "trils'Jje tljteproper view of the case, and it ci berroveh that the law fails in itscfl ject, then the same power which made the original law can alter, amend or abrogate it, and enact in its stead a statute based upon tlie wisdom gathered by experience, which will accomplish the object intended. ' u : u V t GIVE IS B1CK THE OLD SY8TE I. ; 1 T4lEOB.S!nvER'i,in f-iill accord with those of its contempprai'ies who are op- liosed to this returniriT board piitin operation by our last! , . 7rMb Legislature) ! jobbery ifcnd: ! r..M. ! Tlie very name- smacks of jobbery tlie system is wholly un-North ('aro j'.1 , """J " v It is dangerous from the fact ; time may comn when tlie ope- ' linian. tnac ine time may comn wnen tne ope- ; ration of it may fall 'into disoii(est lianas; 'and it is obnoxious from'the fact that it may m the meantime sub- j each player did his best. Time short ject honest men to suspicion. It passes ; est i(i,. recard-"t ufiv-j tlin-;went comprehension that such a system should have been inaugurated i.Jn this State at the very time when it wus in its worst oda throughout the country, on account of the manipulations of the -bodies which flourished undejr this name in Louisiana andJoida. No objection hadieyer been raised, so far as heard ofjtojthe bid systnHby which the sheriffs of the several counties of a j congressional district met at a given time and place to compare the returns of their several -counties.; and sign the certificate of Uiejelected candidate, and no good reasorilias ever been made to appear why this old method should have been set aside and replaced by one of the most odious relics of Radical rule in the South. ;;Te ieople doj n;pt like it and if it continues in operaLpji it is sure to bring trouble with it. We trust that its repeal may be one of tile first acts of the next Legislature. Tiie Alo-Afghan WAR.r-'England appears fdave made'pretty jgnfa't work of Afghanistan's forces in the only bat tle of any significance which has yet been fought. -Itltas been evident fro m the first'Jthat it wuld not be mutuTfef a shower.! t the case of a mastiff dach ing a terrier by the nape Of the neck and shaking it for amusement. The ulti matum is foreshadowed in a dispatch prinljed.in another place this morning!?! England and Russia are about to recon cile their differences by a partition tjf' Afghariistan.v Each will take whatever the other is willing to allow it and the Ameer will be left with the bag to hold. This Is about the extent of the deep in terest' w4hichiJl8iA'ljtMffl etHJl the while in the under dog in the distur bance. The reeult of the election which the grand lodge of Mason s of the State held ATednesdayfrtbe chcerand ncers ior ine ensuing. ip": a uouui less meet the entire approbation of 'the fraternity throughout the 5 jurisdiction; The mantle of the last. "grand master fell upon worthy shoulders, And Char lotte was complimented and one of her promjAftnfcxiitizens duly honored, in the election of Col. C.-W. Alexander to flie" m i . i nrill 4..VL second uillce iu-theuider. Kuril- . We were tofda last', fonaavhat Mr.4ames'lylewaivingonam one daylas'trwecknd . that deh-r' J;aark, vyas continually op the look-out Svired inimediat'ely fromatbefalLn U Mn Moudax-l -. MUCH CRYA.ND LITTLE WCoL i'Ckngresslqoraii-elect5.Eussell of "the notorietroutsids UftrSf ltd ant .creit an altogether rail Jecessl ryiUaif h onti " a 1 "-.i i . l i, K . part of ceiniialdi nspa: by a recent speech in Wilmington in which lie is alleged to have declared in favor of the payment of all Southern claims for "ptoperff "destroyed rduring the Jtjt&tyyfc wtytAjer -the, owners were "loval" nr "flislnvaT n and' fifr rpfisioning all the soldiers of the late war Con federate atf&TOECtfc IJ The judge doesn't mean any haraiJhijiffsi talk ; indfeedlfe doesn't mean anytliing at all except to get himself advertised. This he hasfiewtjdiehd. It was first announced that he would not go into Republican party; since then it has been announced (by papers outside of the State) that he"wold go into the Democratic caucus, and he is now be ing berated and blackguarded by the; Republican tess accotdirtglyl The mathamiticians who have been figuring on this question and changing Jiussell's nam atoundf fi'OKi'tae Green back column into the" Independent; thence into the KepubHefth'-aiKl finally into the DemocrEatie'tJohMnn, , had just as well keep their shirts on and not per mit themselves to become nnduly ex tedra)k)itb'uriiesa.UiueselL is a' Radtad' ith 'all ; that trf'flatae1 im plies.;, lie hasn't been able to fool any body in this tate except the Asheville Pioneer, and ltepubiican'journals out side the State, before they abuse him intotthe' Drtrfocratie ranks (MTher his services are. neither needed nor der; ! sired) woulcdq, well observe that there is not now nor Aas there ever been ,mii.ch .diyeiity-Kf -opinion hei-e as to H'hieh pflirtyi'hff-tHslfingsiitoiotAvith which he will act when his congress-.- 'fbmft' (sireef login's. .11' this hubbub about Russell falls' flat on Xorth Caroli na, ears. It is much like a case of shear ing sg0 (M?f y and verytiiae?x)l.u o s h rt u n:i a Genl; Sf.'DaVv, ofEd'geTaeia, took theflodr in the Seriate of the South Carolina Legislature, Thursday, and trehd hiirisejlf ; hejftyused G(Jf. Ratfipr torithe Ciartestoa; Jf:ews uAd Courier, fchie'f Justflfe' Wijihrrd and?; converted Radicals, looking daggers meanwhile at Judge Mackey who sat in the lobby. Gen. (iar' "rjtrght to tke samthhV." """' '"'' LRAMATIC iNHIALS. lained au iud.eiici'. Gold Hill (Nev.) News. the Indian service under the Interior i merA-asli fight' WfvertiSed to corne Department, and said, in this connect-off at the Alabama theatre Sunlav 1 f10H that no branch of tbeOepartment's i afternoon, betweeji a Eastern HchtinL' ! smessis so troublesome' and thank- bulldog named Turk and a forty-two i fFWM followed bv a gramf' olioon the stage, f It was an kmenMM 'iMrew. j rnK,uw -nmetrie-caT imroducm ' w iwiuhis, um uwi tuum rtfwm "tiie' stage nfr was ihittiJuW 1 ply he. tendered through the process of folfcw-ed 'tevl'tfrk'' but a Hietirt kiss ; civilization, education and kind tieat of the dog the, cat took to the-rf1MIWit?i mnt'.,.i hls he sa.1.,"1- h,18 judgment, and the olio, insteml of being performed I' Je military were not fitted to promote, bv the troupe, was done by -die specta- i rhe secretary quotes at considerable tors, tooth and toe-nail accompaniment. jligt! from the report of the Sioux The Qrst bound yf the cat took it upon i commission, signed by Generals Sher the piano" oflhe orchestra. , The povvefr'Ter aiid others, setting of ivory left the swelling strain nnflri- ! ort.h effect that if peace with the ished, And turned a back handspring j Indian was required the management over among the audience. ,HT nfe'treit u,f their affairs should be placed.under leap of the -varmint" was at a contra- i the--ivit Aiepartment of -the govern bass, and both. ilavn:atMnstrument j P'ent- 'V said he, "I agree with werttfi'do'ii rfttetarttei--' with" broken I these gentlemen on this . ix)int. There heads. Th'e-'VjiiVttrrgljrW IfevftAly a mo- ar a great many officers of the army ment among the strings as if to test ' wno ,,ave excellent ideas about Indian their quality, and then sprang onffiilih?' bnE il is' another thing to bring among tne ftumence vHytt Megau. ,ai olidude1fttrrfleSb pd verftsed arthOigti tlibfiPwiAVver It -consisted of ground and loftv tumb anions the audience. Tlien.lieiFa.ii. an ! ling, leap frog and, such dike feats of I dexterityriflravu'J',fh8lh-gfe object ! to amttse the' audience by a -clfmose i of sunlight out of doors and under the tree light of heaven-once more, It was on well, esiieciaUy(,,tie .audience. The cat was found a few moments later looking out of one of the boxes and O V. It R -H f '. .U t ' Piedmont Press. A gentleman cameto Catawba Station in this county last week and claimed to be a special agent of the English eov- ernment to buy horses to- be used in the AfrtefariiH" arid circulated the "riews through the community that he would buy every horse that was fifteen hands high irrespective" -its" condition or quality otherwise, and for said horse he would, pay the .sum of $100. Monday morning was the time for all to bring in their stock' and' 'iecve title" stated amount. At an early hour all the tall horses In the neighborhood were trotted into town, but the owners found on ar riving' tliat the gentleman with a big roll of "government, money" had dis appearedhe having crept out the win dow of his boarding .bouse that morn ing before day ' and left for parts un known. If any of ' dur readers have an old, rawboned horse that is "fifteen hands", high, and wM.taget JWXtf or ,it just watch out for this "gentleman f he will be recognized as wearing a white hat andtvereoat:dittOi HWvlearh that Messrs. John Livingston and Mark Bost-kaye been appointed ldoal agenti """J tCbarleston mVeM'jm .uoui iz ociock vveunesaay nignt;;!"511-31 Jey .vo-morrow win send a MriSamuel Manlinsohn, oVe.dO jrears old, who lives in the rear of Pearlstein's Row, 553 King street, south of Morris street, was awakened b-f Trearihg some body in his room. -iHe "inquired who it was, from where he was lying in bed, and was answered by. a negro, with a pistol or hatchet in his hand: Give me your mohev. or I will tin Mr. ManlinshoA, utterly surmised, had der before he was violeAtly struck over the left eye with the weapon . the bur glar held in his hand, and very serious-" ly hurt. The burelar immediatplv (a "u ,v inuii ,ni. .-i.ru lnrrii. I put of a side door, which, he, had taken I nrViinK YnA V , J"X 11. . i T which had been left in th lrv i As soon as Mr. Manlinsohn recovered himself sufficiently to give -the alarm he screamed at the top of his voice, which attracted the people sleeping on the premises, and they - at .once ran to his assistance.., . .Mr. Manlinsohn was found bleeding 11 'front the gash Over t.hft. lfift. fivn...whiAr,tfbii :?ciiirinaTO over the left eye,-whichv was -sw0llepO:f aim cioseu, ana snowea witn tne wouna above it that the blow must, have been a very powerful one. The wound is not, however, necessarily -rfataL- . . llil tlti N LLancatter (a C.) Bstlew. ; - ' Oar efficient policemaD, Mr.'.W. G. Evolution oa the taf-,ad Federal ConffllctThe jafDeb)tfTbe J ctiiQSD-, mtecVmber 6Ri the senate to-day G6i.fUrddleta!3olinston introduced preambles ana resolution setting forth in detail the facts con- -T J.1 A. ; 1 XI "T u ISf w"u wie iriiU "fJBi onrtDu- queni acj.royrv . uugisi , United States thefS&li that fitettP?aMow ne- croes to sit on the said prisoners "from the eust6dy; of te sheriff of said county. The ' resolution provides for the appointment of- a spe cial conMtteebC tiVe-8enatbr and sev- ana,c(Eiiaiuer the sub-ject- matter and &n qoii'e'how far sueh-xercise of ' juTisdie tion by said United States judge iar ranted by the constitutipn and laws of the United States, and if such action be uh'warrarited and contraiy to the rights reserved to this commoirweafte1 or the Hpople'tliereof i to report stfcM motle tfnd as may ibesnecefesary-and advisable. .'n taken itt the. nntttter except that the -gov-rflet'lt'foT rjcopi-ds;iiihfe be submitted to this committee. !-nv .The1 seeqad; auditor1 submitted ' to the information in " relation to the Staters indebtedness, in which the total debt proper is summed rp.at $29,367,958, held as follows: By citizens and corpora tions in Virginia,' $8,O0O,(X)O ; 'in other Stat of he,,JJion $13,000,000; and the remainder in Europe. :i jiiii la the JIousea resolutions w as adopt ed-instructing the- finance oomniittee to State or Virginia is liable ler tne whole debt of the old State f -Virginia, which -Anecher esollltMauwaswlcea: in state from imposing a tax for the sur port of public free schools, and making the.duty Qf.the, qoupties a coxpo tioris to levy, collect and disburse taxes for itha purpose.' k-vj. -idt ai i . -u calli cbuvef4oa ofj titei soverQign peo ple of Virginia was referred to tlie corn ffli;6n;ffl We Thinks the Red Man lla Better be Left With the Interior Department. Washington, Dec. 6. The joint com niission having undercpnsWiRration the proposed, txaiisie'r of theilnaian Bureau f tout the civil 'to the military depart rAnjr.ih6afrVI,l flie '-fa1 ,rf .J Secretary Sclitir j'this.'"niorninig.' i.'In coinniencuigi his remarks the secretary-disclainred any personal desire to retain control of ess,:ii it wasnoiiuainecoBsiaerea it Ht e mSIn! dia affairs should remafn where it is he ;ould,'be the last png.to advocate. 16' 1 thought the, Indianftera! entitled i-SS? W -S?lted? of meho into praotioai epoot. rne military arm of the fio.yernmei he did not condftfe ' cif tetPwith5 KM Hiatient labor req4iired'to- place the hoe in the Indiaij's liaiid and teach him how to use W ' T0K EJtPKXSKS OP TUB AFGHAN WAR, TlwfWhole Qaestiott to be Opened "Mqh day in the KngUsh Parliament. LoNixiN, December- T5. Lord ! ClaM bniok, secretary of stale for India, in tlie House of Lords, 'and Hon. Edward Stanhoiie, undersecretary of state for India, in the House of Commons, will on Monday move an identical resolu tion as follows : f&Resolved .That 'her majesty haying directed a military expedition of her " i ' . .miinj v v v nues to ,be dispatched, against the Ameer of Afghanistan, this house con sents ittHdPthe revenues - of ; India shall be applied to defi'r.y the expenses of the military operations which may be car ried on beyond the external 'frontiers of her majesty's Indian possessions. This does not-imply that the. burden of the,war will ultimately fall -.wholly or pnruany on lmua, Tlie resolution does not raise that issue, It is framed in compliance with the act of '58. which provided that except for tfrevehtirri? or 1 reUine invasion or .under other sud? . f .... " .x den :and: urgrent necessity, the consent -i oteothhousesof ;Paiiiahient :tustl)e"! obtagilafdre Wiy partipf Jhe; finance . of,Indfa,cah.!be applied to defray the x- penses or any military oitfrntion beyond the froiitierof India:::-,; ; : ; . . , .Tbet foregoing concurrent resolution will raisethet whole question of the goy-H emmenp'iwiicy in both hotises 6f Pai- liament, the question of the distribu tion of the burdeiis Of the 'war being ieru ior iuture aecLSion. ; ' Kef Threatens a filscentiiHiance of the , Postal Car Service. .WASHINQTON. Dec. (L-Viim letter to the Sneaker of 1 the' TTo'rise nf Representatives forshado wing a discon tinuance of the postal car service in all parts'of the country bn the first day of January next, unless Congress shall; In the meantime, make -an appropriation to continue it. The total appropriation for the rijlway rraail transportation during the Current fiscal year will fall short of meeting the cost of the existing railroad service of all descriptions by about a half million dollars. The cost of the postal car 'ByStem1 is' about one million dollars per ahh unyand the entire witbdrawajpt.,the postal cars from the ls6ilJanil1'y ? w.'aoth of next. June if SMffwt a saying of. 5po,000 and bring the . ekpehdlturSfdr ttie rail way transporiatian within the total ap- pn-j.iiauuii iui me uscui year. - Ityr$i on tnelreturi inlb'ef 'K lr'dUno 'T," r ' the i fSaumSttSi: rQm says:The mhiisterial Crisis faT 1 Hiaiiuiiuuits-iiiu iitouiiueu a verv utiitr fT Tna a-ocTiiTTi nicT.rrnr t it v itoitiim in HWMru- i . . M --aA 1 . antfof wvwxxis. .cor prablrimpressian-ihere. ' iaierrddinf'D' Pasttatbeew-wsmd vizteT in vone'o Austria's bitterest"" adverwiriM -tt t uf ge4(theJ;Sultari t ton f oreibly tresist the ) Ausuiait wcupauuiisoi ' j. urmsn terrijt torV, Jftfrtii; jregarded nere' as an un- scMPOUS hemerapable' 'ot liastet ing Turkey, to- rum.M'A change of mir ble to the Bussian intrigues'-... ritswJACK8o,BEsrswEKT'yAi'i Baptistfevil at .Wake :Forest col-, High waters in aldwelj count lasfe KeeK Tlie- Kaieigir news saya Moore died w:orth $600,000. The five Sunday schools of Hickory will have-a union .Christmas festival. .. aWp t Alamance, few AUoft fend Subsequently Maior A. H. Oallowav. of Jteidsvuie, has secured a" clerkship m Washington at S6 per day. , ? Eld!err Ward, J). Turner's spiritual adviser in by-gone days, is now teach ing school in Caswell. Lagrange-1 had V tournament. The Knight of Vienna's Delight crowned the queen, 'of course; i: v. ' ' A niuie threwjMr. II. Cowan Gillean, of, , lid wian. the other day, and , broke twp of liis ribs.. : . . ,-, ;.r - t Mai. Veateis will' carrV lefbre Con- lgi-es1iis contest for a seat in that body from the first district or this t?tate. V'.' M'essrs.: McLaughlin & Ciark have sold the, iMoore'sville Gazette to.-iMessrs. IA. Leazerind 11. L-Xioodman. - ,.- n Mr. Henry' Wilfong lias resigned the depot agency ' at Hickory, and Mr. A. Y'dder ;has been appointed temporarily in his Rtad.r ;: iytfxfitii'trwehlight: Willie Satter-white,-a native .of .Granville and now a wealthy nirlroad i. man :of Nashville, .Tennl; Sadn 5arisit to relatives in this county. !-." ' i : ' - ' Miv)VGeffroy,.wo was the mem ber ,6f th'fe .1 HDpse , Of ltepresenta tives 'ilrqnli'Carteetconnty, died of pa ralysis' at his honie' In Beaufort on the 22nd. ;..'.':." , ' i The Governor has pardoned the color ed boy Lawrence Reid, sentenced to the penitentiaxjMior two years from Wayne county 'last spring, for manslaughter. The pardon was granted upon applica tion! and petitions of sheading citizens. - A- correspondent 'of theKaleigli Ob- 'Aotolnates att.' Atkinson, of BiUi0ombe, , fbr Speaker of the next Hoitser of the Legislature. 'Give that correspondent an apple and send him but to, play. .'. The Piedmont Pfess says Mrs. Peggy MeKoy; of western Iredell, fell from a porch last week and broke one of her legs. She is an old lady and sustained injuries, in the fall from which she is not likely to recover. . ' Tarboro Sou thernefs Rock Mount correspondence : A colored boy, about 1(3 years of age, was killed last week while driving, the gin -for Mr. G. C. Bat tle, near this 'place. A tramp, in at tempting to get on the cars near Toisnot, last Saturday night, fell through and was instantly killed. . . ( Macon, county torrespondence Ashe ville Citizen: jCo. Hutchinson, of Hutcbinsou'City, Kansas, has arrived at the Highlands with his family, and is -building a splendid residence. lie takes h half-interest in the property with S. T. Kelsey. Tltey have just pub lished .a splendid : circular that cost them some 200.0U ri:iUfam fatten - tour families of SwsS , ehiigrantjs' have , recently pur chased 400 acres' of land in Buncombe lOO 'each, and located. , This is the most sensible tubve Sve hayieard of among emigrants. The gi-eat trouble with people seeking ( homes, as well as our land owr.ers generally, is attempting to get, or possessing, large plantations. One hundred acres, of land, is enough. Salisbury Watchman: On last Mon day, evening a trj-nken man in passing a woman'on the street threw his arms around her in a familiar way, when the woman ierked loose and dealt him a blow on the Jack. ; of the neck with a large,.black kerosene bottle, breaking it to pieces. The, man who was a stran ger here fell, after about ten feet of promiscuous stumbling. Thursday night,1 officers in Wilming ton, according' to 'the 8tar. got after a negro "whom they supposed was an . outlaw, one Tom J olinson. They called to him to stop, under danger of being shot at but he only replied, "shoot! shoot !" and ran the harder. An officer fired and brought down his man but it proved to be a case of mistaken iden tity. Geo. Kelly is the name of the man. He was shot in the leg and the wound is not serious. The Asheville Citizen says? 1 ' Several cities,: in ancient times, quarreled over the birth-place of some distinguished men, and now our friend Cowardin, of the Richmond Dispatch, has innocently raised a row over.the birth-place of our townsman, Gen; Clingman. The gen eral was born in Surry county,about the time of the last war with Great Britain, but exactly at' what time is uncertain. Old Surry glories-in Gen, Clingman and the Siamese Twins, and she shall not be robbed .of: her ! glory. The Citizen will please make affidavit to this Surry county ; business. We have ; always heard' that Gen. Clingman was born in Yadkin. Ed. OBSEnvER. Greensboro New 'North State : The baggage-wagon of the McAdoo House, on Tuesday night last, drew up in front of Odell's alongside the omnibus, which I had . stopped for the purpose of quieting i a 1 i norse inai naa.iauen ana w as trying to extricate himself from his harness , .j.: with his heels. The horse in the wagon took fright from a sudden burst of steam from an engine at the depot, The wagon ran over a -passenger who had gotten out of the omnibus, knock- ing him down in. the mud, one wheel running oyer his breast and face, and anotheri across . his forehead. It was thought at first that he was badly hurt, "at he soon got up,. and .found nothing the matter except a gi'eat.deal Of mud antta loose tooth..: BRIEF FOREIGN ITEMS. LosfpON, December 0 The London correspondent of the Edinburgh Scots man says: "In influential quarters it is believed that an arrangement with Rus sia for' the settlement of the. Central Asian question is on tapis, and it is like lv' that it will assume the form of a par tition of Afghanistan." r: . '. , , The i correspondent further, says .j.The nffenf-K of tbft nnnsprva.rivtt nartv. navn 1SH1 nirniiTa.!' nlviainnr tliA Hirv uuuitiHt?! ill toe country 10 ue pi eiuw tru for.the eyentuality of . a general elec tion.,.:,; . It is venorted on the stock exch ange this afternoon tliat the west of Eng land and, South . Wales district bank, . having its heacl. office at iBrjsV. -is in j difficulty. ' A Problem'lung Sitce Solved How to remedy those prollflft causes of disease, an Impoverished circulation and an impaired di gestion, was a problem the solution of which had often hatued medical skill, but which was' solved over a quartet of a century ago by th introduction of Jlostetter's Stomach Bitters to public and pro-' ,e8aIoUal notice. since that time, hlch may well to toiOated a faev epoch In the history 0I xcme,0ie remedy and iHevenovereferred ---wwwiiibhmwuui)uww urn. ly served to strengthen. - It is recognized through- VUmWkttMi'at flite lint ampiC a fcmtMtr 't to ; means of preventing fever and sgue, t i m. uie stomacn ana bowels; as a re- i reforming a disordered state of thi JTe? ffltoracttiigji tendency to rheuma- .UsTO- out. 'urinary and uterine disorders,- . t , j MivW,:T;"Peltori?. ex-Go v. Tihlen's neDhew.'is in New York, but refused to bp mtemewedbv arepiesentative of the The comifierciavention, in session at New Orleans, recommends Congress to pasthe Texas Pacific railroad bill.'' M. Boynton, Democrat, will contest . the election of Dr. Loring, Republican, ! in ttij&-sixth district lOi, Massachusetts, ! afid x4Got, Curtin,i will contest the i plpofinn nf """ifiim fJ-rMnhali-fr in ! - . !,' (,. IS-,. ! The California constitutional conven tion yesterday tabled a resolution re questing the California Senators and Representatives to support Congress man Stevens' bill, granting a subsidy to the Texas Pacific road. ' John O'Connor, ex-member of the Ohio Legislature, was convicted in Cin cinnati .-Wednesday, in the United States court; of - perjury, in swearing to false affidavits- for the puipose of procuring a pension from the government. A dispatch from Towanda, Pa., says that Nelson Vanderpool, a half-breed Indian, residing in that vicinity, claims to have Charlie Ross in his possession. Christian K. Ross arrived in Towanda, from Philadelphia, Tuesday night, and left Wednesday -morning, in company with Vanderpool, for a place nine miles distant, to investigate the matter. At the Vershire copper mines, near Ely, Vt, Wednesday, a rock weighing several tons, which, through neglect or confidence in the firmness of its posi tion, had not been shared up, fell several hundred feet into the mine among the workmen. An Englishman, name un known, wras instantly killed. John Bit ters was perhaps fatally crushed about the head, and another man, named Ford, had his foot crushed and was otherwise injured. Marine Intelligence. Bremen, December 6. The steamer Lena, from Savannah, is aground in the Weiser. The tugs gave her assist ance. QONDENSED TIME. NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. TRAINS GOING EAST. I No. 8 Dally I ex.Sun. Date, Nov. 10, '78. No. 2 Dally No. 4 Dally Leave Charlotte. Greensboro, " Raleigh, Arrive Golds boro, 3.45 a m 6.55 p m n.au am 3 00 pm 5.30 a in 5.25pm 9.30 am 4.10pm No. 2 Connects at Salisbury with W.N.C.R.R. for all points In Western North Carolina, daily except Sundays At Greensboro with R. & D. R. R. for all points North, East and West At Goldsboro with W. & W. R. R. for Wilmington. No. 4- Connects at Greensboro with R. fc JJ. R. R. for all points North, East and West. TRAINS GOING WEST. No. 7. Dally,, ex. Sun Date. Nov. 10, 78. No. 1 Daily. No. 3 Dally. Leave (ioldsboro, Raleigh, " Greensboro Arrive Charlotte, 9.50 a m j 5.35 p ni I 3.50 pm i 5.30a m 8.28 pm I (5.47 am ; 12.25 am 10.50 am j No. l -Connects at Greensboro with Salem i Merchants and the Retail Trade generally will Branch. At Charlotte with C, C.4A.R.R, for all I flnd lt greatly to their advantage to call and ex points South and South-west; at Air-Line Junction ! amine our with A. & C. A. L. Railroad for all points South and South-east - ! No. 3 Connects at Salisbury with W. N. C. R. R. ; dally except Sunday. At Air-Line Junction with A. A C. A. L. for all points South and South-west At Charlotte with C.. C. A A. Railroad for all points South and South-west SALEM BRANCH. Leave Greensboro, dally except Sundav. 8.50 p m Arrive Salem, " " ' 1 0.50 p in Leave Salem, " 5.45 am Arrive Greensboro, " " " 7.45 a m Connecting at Greensboro with trains on the R. & D. and N. C. Railroads. SLEEPING CARS VTTHOCT CHANGE Run both ways on Trains Nos. 1 and 2, between New York and Atlanta via Richmond, Greensboro and Charlotte, and both ways on Trains Nos. 3 and 4 between New York and Savannah via Richmond, Charlotte and Augusta. Through Tickets on sale at Greensboro, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Salisbury and Charlotte, and at all principal points South, South-west, West North and East. For Emigrant rates to points hi Arkan sas and Texas, address .T. R. MACHURDO. Gen. Passenger Agent. nov20 Richmond Va. CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. r., Columbia. S. C, Nov. 10, 1878 The following Passenger Schedule will be opera ted on and after this date : . DAY PASSENGER. ' Going South, No. 3. lieave Charlotte 11 00' a. m. Arrive Columbia 3 49 p.m. Leave Columbia 3 59 p.m. Arrive Augusta 8 30 p. m Going North, No. 4. Leave Augusta. , P 00 a.x Arrive Columbia 1 20 r. m Leave Columbia 1 30 p. M Arrive Charlotte 6 45 P. M FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION. Going South, No. 7. Leave Charlotte, 1 20 p. m. Arrive Columbia 11 55 p. m Leave Columbia . 12 40 a. m. Arrive Augusta 9 30 a. m. Going North, No. 8. Leave Augusta 3 00 p. m. Arrive Columbia 11 30 p. m. Leave Columbia, 12 05 a. m. Arrive Charlotte, 10 10 a. m. Pullman Sleeper on Nos. 3 and 4 runs through from Augusta to New York, leaving New York at 8.15 a. m., and Augusta at 9.00 a. m. Train No. 7 will lay over at Columbia from 1 1.55 p. m., Saturday till 12.40 a. m., Monday. Train No. 8 will lay over at Columbia from 1 1.30 p. m., Saturday to 12.05 a. m., Monday. T. D. KLINE, Superintendent Jno. R. MacMurdo, G. P. Agent. nov24 QXiscMmxcoxxs. rpHE gWEET BUY AND gUY ) And always go to PERRY'S for It He ) has the finest assortment of FRENCH CANDIES i In the city, and has beautiful orna f mented boxes to put up ts, 1 , 2 or 5 lbs. nov28 REAT If therefore you can't afford a box of Perry's Panetelas (the superb 5c cigar of the day,) get a pack age of Operas, 20 for 50 cents. j -youR i JL i "DREACHEfiS TELL NEW CORSET ! something comfortable, neat and cheap; call and see it Also, n new lot of BOULEVARD 8SSS K K K K . KK K K K K II II n H 11 BggS r r t bss8 -aud- : DRESS GOODS, - At killing prices, at t'.l r ; ' BARRrNQEa dc TEOTTER'S. nov20" -1 yi TT1 tUxr,, THE CENTRA!. HOTEL SALOON coenranekew the( best Ieye Ay basket, stand rd Pure. T.tf Year, pid. T " - - - j Q 70 CENTRAL HOTEL SALOON For Standard Pure Liquors, ; Guaranteed to be - -. TWENTY YEARS OLD, AT CENTRAL HOTEL SALOON.) F OR Ills' E WINES. And Pure Liquors. Three Years Old, go to COCHRANE'S, Central Hotel Saloon. L AW'S CROCKERY AND SILVER STORE, IN 1 The highest awards at ali State NEW YORK. CHARLOTTE, j AND- RALEIGH. J County Fairs for the best display of CHINA. (JLAS, CUTLERY and SILVERWARE THE LARGEST STOCK OF CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Ever brought to Charlotte, comprising Vases, Toilet Sets, Japanese Goods, Decorated China, Etc. ALL AT NEW YORE PRICES. J. H. LAW. AeenL New Insurance Building, Charlotte, N. C nov29 MPORTANT, BOTH TO TBK WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE. Having unrivalled facilities I have just opened the largest and.best selected stock of CHINA, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE AND LAMP GOODS, EVFJt OFFERED. IN NORTH CAROLINA. We keep a full line of all goods usually kept In a FIRST-CLASS UUU H H II NN N A O G H - 11 II NN N AA C HHH n N N N A A OC HH II NNN AAA OOC H H II, . N NN A A TTTT OO R.RR F.EK T O O R R E T O O RRR EE T O O R R E T OO BR EEK sss8 SggS Toilet Sets. Tea Sets, Cups and Saucers, Plates. Ewers and Basins, Goblets, Glass Sets, Lamp Goods, and In fact everything In that line. We buy for cash and do a strict y cash business through out, therefore we are enabled to fill orders at a very small profit. i ! ' HUGE STOCK ! All orders from Merchants, whether small or large, will be carefully and piompuy attended to. JOHN BROOK-FIELD, Trade st., under Democrat Office, Charlotte, N. C, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in CHINA, W. G. and C. C. WARE. ROCKINGHAM and YELLOW WARE, GLASSWARE and LAMP GOODS. novlP otds. jMELD BROS., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS and DEALERS in COUNTRY PRODUCE ALSO. PROPRIETORS OF THE CHARLOTTE HOTEL, CHARLOTTE. N. C. This house has been newly furnished and Is kept In first-class style. Terms, Per Day 2 00 ti 00 Table Board. Per Month. tSOmnibus and Carriages at every train. FIELD BROTHERS, Proprietors. BEN KIMBALL, Clerk. deel CTOP AT THE BOYDEN HOUSE, Salisbury, N. C. a a Brown, Proprietor, Late of the National Hotel, Raleigh. C. S. Brown, Jr., Chief Clerk; W. O. Shelbum As- slstant dec 30 .--M-v.- ,:. . - r $xx&xxvnxxtc. qeISGTinsurIScTag LIVERPOOL AND jQONDON AND G LOBE (FIRE) INS. CO., AND OTHERS. THE OLD NEW YORK MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. assets, $85,000,000. Life policies 80 per' cent below usual rate. FRED. NASH, Agent. pace Next to Court House, Charlotte, N. C. i VV Ter.itoryUiTe J u",,- n"r" a.., I C 1 or address La BeHe.a" Jl . . " . WANTED A good agent t , Viiss I'TJ ''iiHr'.i):; jGENTS, READ THIS. ' We will pay Agents a Salary of skioo , ... and expenses, or allow L, T .i ; our new and wonderful " u : toe say. Address, withm : f Intnl. . t ifTrSHERMAN A CO. Mlcnlgnn JIPHTHERIAt f , Johnson's Anodyne Liniment win .v.. i vent this terrible dlseai a "U " J .ly , nine cases In ten. lufotimui ,. n?, Ive, v ; many lives sent free by im, 1 . '" ! 1 fcai'Kor. M;ii,',P GREAT OFFER FOR IICLIDAYsTm We will during the HOLIDAYS dlsnosp Pianos and Onrans. nn, -i ... .T..u'h.' 0se 'f Ion ciass makers Including Watids1 , . ,; '''m . , " utiu ,-ri i ii ' ri. i i . i . c ior casn, man ever before t ldwt CHIME ORGANS are the best n arte iV'f .' six years. Asrenta wi.irt ii?; w.,lUll''tU f,, VtKAl SOIJARE and HHilu mailed. Music at half price. HoIucf u1"1-! Sl ' ft?NNY'. Manufacture" IhVK, AMK BACK. WFAK BACK. BENSON'S CAPC'INE PORtH s n. This article Is one which really i ordinary ment. By consulting . : . . ' Ml' In your own locality, on n-tn tiiwi th, ' : " '"'i"- true It is far snrprinp t . j,. ..." i ter. all thA s,wu 11,. ,".J;....V,""',', Hion Hi! ,i -xwu cicciucai nMiiiann s m il k vujcuic.-i wnaiever. it contains i-iicij uoiry ciruit-ins wnicn csiuse It t to relieve rsm, Sii cure- where other nlaMe,. p.'y toe beSt. rernedy ever , iM,s- is m druggists. Price 25 cents tvl fa- nM b dec3 ilitvaxuavc. C ALL AT II . T . 1) r I l, k u Stove and Hardware Houpe for CHEAP HARDWARE OF ALL KIN lis. Buy your COOK STOVES from nie, us I hate good reasons why they will do your work yuick ai .1 Easy, Cheap and Clean : BECAUSE They are cheapest to buy. BECAUSE They are best to use. BECAUSE They bake evenly and quickly, BECAUSE Their operation Is perfect. BECAUSE They always have a good dm ft." BECAUSE They are made of the best material. BECAUSE They roast perfectly. BECAUSE They require but little fuel. BECAUSE They are very low priced. BECAUSE They are easily managed. BECAUSE They aw suited to all localities, BECAUSE Every Stove is guaranteed to give satisfaction Ruction alcs. ; NOTHER CAR LOAD Of One open and top Buggies and Spring Wagons for sale by MAXWELL & HARRISON. Auction .i.a Commission Merchants. dectUf I - ' ' j JSLE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. ' By virtue of a deed of mortgage executed by Dr. j T. K. Cureton and wife, M. M. Cureton, duly regis ; tered In the Register's office ot Mecklenburg coun ; ty, N. c, book 19, page 121, 1 will sell at public j auction, at the court house door, on Saturday, Jan j uary 4 1879, at 12 o'clock M that valuable house I and lot situated on the comer of 7th and Church atrecw, kiiuwii as iae Lr. uureton residence. Terms cash. J. H. McADEN, dec3 tda Trustee. jyORTGAGEES' SALE. - By virtue of a power of attorney contained in a certain deed of mortgage executed to us by Jonas Rudlslll and Mary A. Rudislll, his wife, dated Jan uary the 3rd, 1874, and registered in book 9, on page 443, we will sell at public auction, at the court house door In Charlotte, at 12 o'clock m., on Monday, 2nd day of December, 1878, the following described property, to-wlt: That piece or parcel of land lying in the city of Charlotte, and known In the plat of said city as parts of lots Nos. 380 and 381, In square No. 54, bounded on the North by th street, East by the street that runs along the North Carolina Railroad, on the South by the prop erty of J. V. Wads worth, and on the West by the property of :M. L. Rudlslll, being the lot on which is situated the machine shop now operated by the said Jonas Rudlslll. Also, one twenty-five horse power steam engine and boiler now uprn the Premises. Also all tha m3ihlniiT nf man IHiwI I now on the premises. Terms rash. ; By agreement the sale above referred to is post- , poned until Dec 9th, at 12 o'clock M. W. R. MYERS, . , S. P. SMITH, novl 4 sue. Sundays Mortgagees. rpHE "RISING SUN." According to the command of Joshua of old, al though repudiated by the "Jasper Philosophy " of the new, is now standing still, at the Old Place, on Trade Street, opposite the Market House, plus Hornet Fire Engine Hall, where the light of reason lluminates the surrounding atmosphere, which In vests all things with the glow of inspiration. sini the world no longer seems "A fleeting show. To man's Illusion given While we honor the name of a Gallileo, Newton. Fulton and Morse, whose discoveries have done so much for the natural world, in the aid afforded man in his material 'labors,' what should be the reward of him who fearlessly announces to the world and asserts his ability to demonstrate the fact that be has In store a large fresh stock of Con fectioneries of every description. Also, Toys in variety, Including Toy Guns loaded wkh love and charity for the "little ones," Wagons, Baskets and Dolls with their hearts, with fine Apples in kind re membrance of CiM' Mother Eve's,''' speculation. Pipes and other Fancy Articles from Amsterdam ! and Rotterdam, Buckets and Baskets from Pots , dam, Sardines from Fish' Dam, Wooden Monks j from Beaver Dam, and Goobers from Yuba Dam. j For housekeepers, all kinds of Groceries, includ ! hig Fresh Bread, Cokes and lies dally. Buckwheat 7 Flour, Spices, Sugars, Coffee, Mince Meat, &e. t Thankful for past patronage, I hope for a con nation of the same. . Rsspectfuily, i , deel " -"-.-- - c. S. HOLTON. and the ibikiinii tn... "N ' aarv-,. household articled lu w 7, '-ZJt -1 r Je at once to N. y. M,,.r!rillt,1, X. : l'laoe. New Yort K - ' nut..,,
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