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CHAS. K. JONES, Editor and Proprietor "Prte frou tlie doting airujiteaUtat fetie. uut , 'v free-born reason.1? 1 -' 1 1 .11 1 1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 0, 1S78. THE REPRESSION OF CRIME.'. There is no subject of vmore practical i iterest to the people of the State, than T. thathichrelatotr?meas repression of crime, ;.Thesef measures may be embraced nnde'r'frfuf heads, namely: education and training i, re-, moving the incitements ahd temptations to wrongdoing; diminishing the power to transgress ; disabling and punishing. The first mode of repression falls chiefly within the province of the family to apply. But it is in the power of the State, and is its duty because it is its interest, to assist in the discipline, by all the methods which will dispel igno rance and inculcate the morality which has its foundation in enlightenment North Carolina has been very remiss in providing for public education. What ever may be the merits or the demerits of the system under which vce now purport to be operating, it stands well-nigh a dead-letter on the statute books, and if this one influence of which we have first spoken is to be applied for the repression of crime, the Legislature must take hold of it and make it more effective than it now is or ever has been. The second method of repression con sists principally in regulating the sale or intoxicating liquors, remaps no subject has exercised the legislative mind more than Ihe claim which has been asserted in many States to sup press this traffic as being the prolific source of disorder and degeneracy. There is a feeling that this evil cannot be remorselessly crushed without disre garding what are supposed to be the privileges of the people. Hence a mid dle course is sometimes adopted of leaving communities to decide for them selves whether they will prohibit the sale of liquors. This plan has been pur sued in some States and communities with marked satisfaction. Another ex pedient which may be proposed as a check upon lawlessness is an enactment prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons, and there is no subject what ever more difficult to legislate upon than this. It has been argued with great plausibility that such a prohibi tion cannot be laid upon the citizen for the reason that the national bill of rights throws its protecting segis around the citizen who may be' - accused of offending, and says that the .right to bear arms shall not be interfered with ; I i . 1, Aii.-AJ , 1. . miu eveu 11 u constitutional oojecuon were removed such a law as th& must be, in its very nature, difficult in the ex treme, of execution, So long as this is the case until such a law as that indi cated could be executed in such manner as to destroy the practice utterly- it would be manifestly wrong, inexpedient and unreasonable to pass a law width would bear only upon the law-abiding, those who observe the laws from con scientious motives, leaving them at the mercy of roughs who could and would evade the statute. It .is not to be de nied that many deadly encounters occur upon a momentary provocation, simply because the means of attack and de fense are at hand; but after all, the surest method for the attainment of the object which-we have in view lies in our last proposition that nothing can supply the place of a wise, thorough and always reliable system of criminal jurisprudence. All the other proposi tions are as only "side issues," as pom pared with this; and this system must exist as the all-pervading genius of law and justice and order, and must possess all the attributes of unfailing certainty. It must be felt as an omnipresent terror on the one hand, and as an omnipresent protection onjthe other 'Thegobd must be able to believe in it and .stand firm and secure: the bad must be compelled to believe in it and shrink and tremble. The great body of the good citizens of North Carolina need perfect assurance of the certain and regular enforcement of the laws, the certain and regular ex edition of justice over every foot of the State's territory, and they will hail with unqualified satisfaction the legislation that shall furnish practical guarantees of the maintenance of these conditions. A peaceable, orderly, law-abiding spirit prevails nowhere more than it prevails with the people of this State. What is wanted is a corresponding rqaebinery of civil government in which this spirit shall be reflected, organized and inf alii bly satisfied. MEETTNOOr -THE GENERAL ASSEM-i BLY.-Our special from Raleigh gives, the organization of the two houses of the General Assembly yesterday. Mr. Moring, of Chatham, who .was elected Speaker of the Ilouse, will make, a most excellent presiding officer. He is a well posted parliamentarian; is quick and decided. ,With him in the chair of the House, and jAeut. Governor Jar vis in that of the Senate, the two houses of Vie General Assembly-will be well pre The organization of the houses nav - ing been thus expeditiously effected, the introduction and reference of bills and memorials will commence tc-day and the work of legislation' will 'begin --with less than the usual amount of preliminaries. ' Cincinnati JouRNALi8M.--The Rich; mmd Whig has sense enough to under- stand, the difference between enterprise, and sensationalism in journalism. The . two qualities1 are 'essentially 'different, and it knows as well as we do that that which The Observer condemned in a Cinclnuatl newspaper was not its ' eh- tornrise. but the total disregard of the ' truth which marks its ; manifestations of this qdalityan Ag?9i,-jway,, wa rare verr 1 little whether a Cincinnati 'paper is enterprising (o serisationa either, neither or DOtn, duc , wnen u makes abusiness of locating .JlCima inery crimes in North Carolina we feel called upon to speak out'c-.M.';.-:.';-' The News says that in Raleigh Mon day evening Turner Pulley white, while under the influence of liquor, fell on the sidewalk, cutting his head in a terrible manner. Officers found him and went, for a physician.' A doctor came and pronounced the wound dangerous, , The "Polygamy "Question Settled.' At last, Bays the Baltimore Sun, the legal status of the audacious polyga- mistsof Utahisdefimtely determined by. the TJhited States Supreme Court. which j&onday rendered a decision Involving the whole question of polygamy Tn the Territories, She decision of the Utah courts being: against the plaintiff, Rey nolds, charged with contracting a biga mous marriage, tie carried his case to the Supreme5 Court oh a wit of error bv Chief Justice Waite- and was to the effect that thcplea Iset tip by the plain tiff of religious conviction was not a valid defense thatltogress, in passing laws for thef suppression ci polygamy in Utah, exercised a power belonging to it and vested in it under the consti tution. But for the plea set up that such laws were an interference with religious belief, and therefore uncon stitutional, itr would seem strange that there should be any doubt of the power of Congress to legislate for the Terri tories, over which, as national proper ty, the goverment exercises the right of eminent domain. The Legislatures orr the South ern States. The Legislatures of Ten nessee and Louisiana met the 6th, the Legislature of Florida the 7th, that of North, Carolina the 8th, that of Arkan sas will meet the 18th, and that of Tex as the i4th. Those of Louisiana, IFlor-, ida, North Carolina, and Arkansas elect United States Senators. During this vftnter the Legislatures of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis souri, Colorado, Kansas, aud New York vfill also elect United States Senators. The Legislature of Alabama recon venes January 15th. The Tennessee Legislature, which met Monday, will be principally engag ed with the State debt, which amounts with accrued interest, to $24,000,000. It is believed that Governor Marks will recommend the proposed compromise at sixty cents on the dollar, four per cent, interest, or fifty cents on the dol lar at six per cent interest, the two propositions of the bondholders amount ing to the same thing in the end. There is some talk of adopting the Moffett bell-punch to increase the paving abili ty of the State. Speaking of a recent article in this, paper the Washington Republican says that in this instance The Observer has " apparently succeeded in confining itself to the truth." We have been wait ing, year after year, for an opportunity to say this same thing of the Republi can, but it seems determined never to allow us the pleasure. STATE SEWS. The young men of Asheville made many new year calls. It is represented that there is m uh destitution in Raleigh. Ninety students at the Shelby male and female academy. Newbern, an old and highly respect able town, is to have a tournament on the 23rd. A daughter of Mr. W. B. Gordon, of Orange, accidentally chopped off three or her toes. If there is any one thing that Ashe- ville is prouder of than another, it is her new hearse. Wilmington has an ice machine which is turning out an excellent quality of the frigid element The Shelby -vlwroja-wiiys there were more marriages in Cleaveland last year than jn any other count v in the State. Within the p;ist week two newspa pers the Salisbury News and the Ran dolph Sun have noijed out of this transitorv existence. 1 It is now certain that the tragedian. F. C. Banes.' will appear at the opera bouse in Wilmington, on Monday next, 13th mst. The Petersburg I ni -Appeal, catch ing the spirit of the times, rolls its sleeves up to the ellows and says it will lose fur and bloco both, for Vance. Wilmington Star: The mother of Dr. Henry, of Brunswick, lost her life. on Saturday morning, at her residence, in Pender county, by falling in the fire. At the Yarborough House, Raleigh, Monday, there were at one time three men whose combined height, according to the News, was 21 feet and whose combined avoirdupois amounted to 680 lbs. The Mooresville Gazette has been en larged and its general character greatly improved, its lengtuy and circumstan tial account of the recent Mooresville traofldv ' and huhsenuent lvnr.hincr i strikingly fW.eU written. " ' . ; . Wilmington Star: Reports prevailed on the street, yesterday morning, that a young lady, respectably Connected, at tempted suicide the previous evening. Her effort was discovered in time for a physician to prevent the consummation of her rash purpose. Susannah Stubbins, daughter, of Mr. Samuel Stubbins, of Orange county, died very suddenly on the morn ing of the 27th ult. She had attended a gathering of her friends the night previous, in the full enjoyment of good health and high spirits and returning home, was struck almost immediately by the fatal shaft Wilmington Sun: A homicide occur red in Pender county on the second dav of the new year, iA'-colored youth nam ed Henry Moore shota colbfed girl with pistokTbfi. .ball entered abpye net lett eye and lodgedin her, neck. The shooting occurred in a house of a necrro named Frank Herring, in Columbia township. Moore is in jail to await the. result of the girl s wbund. We are sorry to see it announced that Mr. J. H. Muserwho has for so long a time and so acceptably filled the positions of local and commercial editor of the Wilmington Star, is confined to nis roam by a painful affection or the eyes, and is likely to be detained from business for several weeks. His place is temporarily filled by Capt H. E. Orr, wno nas long'Deen an-attache wtoe Star. . . The Mooresville Gazette says: "And no w they, say , .Jute Davidson escaped, from the officer in charge of him, and to escape the mob, climbed a tree, and losing his foothold, (the trees were cov ered with ice that night,) fell. The chain with which he was bound caught on a limb and his body suspended be tween earth and heayen where it was found next morning.- Accidents will happen. Next" The Gazette further sjfiys it's not ,so , about Davidson's hat and shoes having been stolen ' while he hung. It doesn't stand to reason, it says, that his hat should have remained on, and as for his shoes it. is litis -fied that he kicked them oft in his death struggles, they being large and clumsy. Leastways both shoes and hat were found near the tree, and were put into the coffin and buried with the murder er's body.1 fri ' fkjmthe state capital V THE. LECJSLATUBE'S 1 FIRST DAtt ' " t f U . f H ft t w Organizational BU Of .Elected Speaker iUm :tfaue TTa, nar Office were Distributed REMOVAL OF SWfiPSON'S CASE TO FkASIKLIW. Raleigh. January 8. The Legisla-1 ture met this rijOThg;c?A9Qrjum was present in both houses. John M. Mor ing, of Chatham, was electing Speaker of the House;! the final yote in the cau cus stood: Moring, 38; Cooke, of Franklin, 83. Richardson, of Columbus, and Jones, of Caldwell, were candidates, but were dropped before the final vote of the caucus. Both houses completed their organi zation before the adjournment at 2 p. m, as.follows: R. M Furman, of Buncombe, princi pal clerk of the Senate ; Piatt D. Cowan of New Hanover, reading clerk ; J. S. Tomlinson, of Catawba, engrossing clerk ; and Murrill, of Onslow, door keeper. In the House John D. Cameron, of Orange, was elected principal clerk ; R. W. Best, of Wake, reading clerk; W. A. Barrett, of Lenoir, engrossing clerk ; and Wm. Hill, of Randolph, doorkeeper. the swepson CASE. In the Swepson case the solicitor made affidavit that the State could not get justice in Wake on account of the wealth and local influence of the defen dant and the case was removed to Franklin county. H JACKSOMAN DEMOCRACY. AS YIKWKD BY A GREAT EXPONENT. Senator Thurman s Letter to the Co lumbus (Ohio) Banquet Committee. Washington, Jan. 8. Senator Thur man, in his letter to the committee of invitation to the Democratic banquet at (joiuniDus, umo, this evening, ex presses his regret that the severe weath er prevents his attendance, and offers some reflections upon the toast, "The Jacksonian Democracy, on which the Senator had been appointed to speak. lie writes: 1 wish to recall attention to some of the most raaiked character istics of the Democracy of the time of Andrew Jackson. I refer to the time when he was a candidate for the presi- ,1 J 1 1 1 1 .1 Sj ' ' utilit y ana wueiMus iuibu uiu ptesiutui tial chair. "First The Democracy were then eminently, if not pre-eminently, dis tinguished by their devotion to the union of the States. South and North, .bast and west that sentiment was cherished by every true Democrat Subsequeat events chilled and at length for a time suspended it in the South, but the happiest circumstance of our present condition (that is to the in fluence of Democratic principles,) is that love of the Union is everywhere restored and that its preservation is a fixed principle of the Democratic party 111 me souui. "Secondly The party was equally distinguished by its love of the consti tution. It sought to preserve it in all its vigor and beneficence by giving to it a national and rational interpreta tion, and it battled manfully and con stantly against those latitudinarian constructions that threatened to con vert the government into any unlimi ted centralized despotism: and on the other hand, against all vice that menac ed the existence of the Union; and per mit me to say that the principles of the Jacksonian Democracy, in this respect, are as important to-oay as they ever were at any period of our historv. "Thirdly The Jacksonian Democracy were the determined foes of monopoly; they could not be otherwise for the very foundation of the party was the doctrine of equal rights. By whatever names they have may been called there have been . and perhaps ever will be but two great parties in America tne democratic party, asking nothing but equal rights. and an . opposing party whose leaders have ever sought and ever will seek special privileges created by law. Who can forget the great battle fought by the Democracy under the lead of Jackson against the bank of the United states, and who can fail to see that uesperate struggle against a lar more powerful combination of capital and privilege than was presented by that institution is now impending? Will the Democracy of to-day follow the ex ample set by their fathers of inflexible opposition to special privilege or wil they prove errant to these principles, Hie Lustory aim traditions or their par ty t l his is a question that must ere long be answered. My own belief is that it will be answered as it ought to pe and that the Democrats of to-day win prove themselves to Be what their rathers were true men. They will be earnest, but not rash : determined but not unreasonable ; destructive of wrongs aim auusra iuune ana conservative 01 autnat should exist in a free republic, "Fourth The Jacksonian Democra- cv were a oartv of eeonomv tim nrHin. ary annual expenses of Jackson's ad ministration, that is the expenses of the s" vein men t exclusive or payments 111 uiscnarge or ine public debt, were out nrteen millions or thereahoiifa Now our ordinary annual expenses are nearly tenj-imes . that sunuVYhat. a contrast! - While our, population has increased but Mttle mote tkahttvfefefoid. our expenses have increased nearly ten- wiu. 1a mi iiul iiigu ume mac we should return to the economical princi ples and practices of the Jacksonian De mocracy r . -Inese points, few in', nnmher hn uausvTuwuv, jh importance, 1 have wiougnc it proper to note for the con sideration of bur friends. rOfWo nUn-Kf be stated but these must, suffice for to- t "Gentlemen. I know that tbr hnnhno trUl be enjoyed by those whottend iU l trust that it will ; proved beneficial to uiners as wen. 1 trust its influence will be felt in revivinc the iTnVaA Democracy and in combining the oppo- ucuu) ui tuo xxtjpuuiiuan party m a grsuiu enon wr ireei we'ountry from 111 mi tun anri nirniTmon ' c . - Spodneri& Collins, car. wheel and pig IUU UCiUClfl Uldb JUU1S. IIIHXIR UTT' C, l 3ignment, Jiuesday. ,i,)rtVtj rne liegistature m Connecticut" as sembled yesterday motnrrg,,rtThe, elec-l to-day.-'i tok ,u J,. v(.-.,-,,. 'Further testimony was submitted be iore ine reiier suo-committee at,New Orleans, yesterday, of acts and Outrages upyu ucgiucs'iu xeusiuj puriiMI. TJ ! Washington. January SRenrefln- r- uiue .m uuw;oririugB-orHliueorgia ! died this morning of pneumonia KepreBeniauve Stephens, ot; Georfeiai Representative Schlleeheiv M3Vb I is confined to his bed with erysipelas in FORTY Will CONGRESS.; .t: SHORT JISSIUjbsJs :.iiV:Voo;'-4 vniaJNew' lear w-vV--ji'fr - s-ST'V 1 i ! j Wre takenio enlly ill; some miscreant A Provtsiinfvr Joint RuleCpnklina 0W- TTAa fTte Commit- ..... fee arc Doing. . , Washington. Jan. 8.-:-Senate. Mr. a concurrent resolution declaring that on the last threedayaof this session no bill passed by either -House shall be sent to the other, for iits concurrence, and on the last: Mf?jQtf the? session no bill snail pe .sent xa. lue- irresmeuii iox his approvL-IIe said he: hoped the re? solution would beipassed-iarid Congress, devote the last three davs of the sessfon to the eonsideratiQjt.ot puis pending oe-' tween the two nouses.,, itexerreo. w uie committee on rules.irj s r .-,. ? " Mr. Thurman Bubimtted a resolution to admit to the privileges of .the floor of the Senate chamber,! George Bancroft, the historian, who was secretary of the na vy under President Polk, - Agreed tow Mr. nkling, from the committee on the judiciary, reported adversely ; sn sundry-bills touching the compensation of clerks of the district and circuit courts of the United; States anctrjDney were indefinitely postponed. " He also reported fromtthe same committee ad versely on the House.bill i providing :for the judicial ascertainment ex ine ciaims against the United States, and it was mdenniteiy postponea., . . , Mr. Grover arising to a personal exr planation, i read telegram recently pub lished in the New York Herald. . in ; re gard to Oregon State funds, amounting to about Wi,uuo, being , expenueu ana not accounted ior aunng me aAiiiuiiis- tration of Grover as Governor. - He re plied to the charges seriatim, denying their truthfulness and quoting from the laws and State records to show that all money had been properly expended. At tne expiration 71 iuo wuiiwi hour the Senate resumed the considera . A. A, ; : ' A.: .. . .1. V V . M tion of the bill -to amend the patent laws, and Wadleigh, of New Hampshire, in charge of the bill, took the floor, but soon alter ne commencea ma remains a message was received from the House announcing tneaeatn 01 ion, junan .. .. .. j. - . Hartndge. or tieorgia. jsiessrs. uoraon, Booth and Beck were appointed a com mittee on the part or the senate to ar range for the tuneral and accompany- rng the remains to Georgia. The Senate then, at 1.10 p. mM on mo tion of Edmunds, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, adjourned until to-morrow. House. In his opening prayer the chaplain alluded in a feeling and solemn manner 10 tne aeain tins moruiug ui Mr. Hartndge. of Georgia, and lmmi- diatelv after the reading of the journal, the official announcement 01 tne aeatn was made by Mr. Cook, of Georgia, who offered a resolution expressing the re gret of the House and providing lor a special joint committee of seven mem bers and three Senators to take order for superintending the funeral and to escort the remains ' 01 the deceased to his late residence in Georgia. The Speaker appointed as such committee on the part of the House, Messrs. Cook, of Georgia, Fryeyof Maine, Cox, of New lorK. Cabell, or Virginia, stone, 01 low a, Davidson, of Florida, and Han na, of Indiana. The House then ad journed. . . COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS The House naval committee this mommer examined a number of experts called at the instance of Mr. Wood,? ex chief of the bureau of steam engineer ing, united States navy, to refute the charges of having used an obsolete form of boiler in naval vessels, viz: Those known as the water-leg boilers. Messrs, Farran, consulting engineer for Jno, Roach and the Morgan Iron Works, Erastus W. Smith, superintendent for the Providence & Stonington Steam boat Company, David Smith, chief en gineer of the United States' navy, en gaged for many years in designing naval machinery, and B. E, Garrin, chief en- S'neer of the Kittery navy yard, and iring the war chief engineer of the North Atlantic squadron, all testified to their preference for water-leg boilers i- .c a 1 . .3 r 1 r j 1 1 - uu accuum ui uieir uurauimy anu lacin ty for repair. The difference between the cost of the water bottom and water legged boilers was not material. The Georgia delegation in Congress will this evening meet with the com mittee appointed by Speaker Randall to make arrangements for the conveyance of the remains of Representative Hart ndge to ueorgia ana also to take ap propriate sympathetic action concern ing nis death. RepresentatiVeClarksonTbtter ar rived in Washington this morning and has called a meeting of his committee for to-morrow. A meeting of the House committee on banking and currency has been called forFnday. ' --.! The committee on ways and means commenced this morning the series of meetings at which 1 it proposes to hear the representatives of the sugar import ing, sugar producing and sugar refining interests 01 the country in regard to the modification of the sugar tariff. The first hearing to-day was given to the deputation from Baltimore. A petition signed by the leading sugar firms of New York and Baltimore was present ed, asking that : a competent . expert in the manufacture of sugar: be sent td Demerara to examine personally the manufacture of sugar in that island and see whether tM'igark&fcaiieg the government, artificially; colored; . STOCKS ASD INDUSTRY 1$ ENGLAND Di8qntetude on . 'Change Progress of Ine Coal Mlners' Strlke. : . LcWfDON. Jan: ' 8.A feeling 5f"tfi,' -quietude regaiding! credit continued to 101m a feature or business in the stock m arket vesterdar. DiseUfLsinnft" ' of a dpubtf ul character were heardjrespect- nng two or three estapusJxments, which oie wciicrcu iu ub tLieu.a goou aeai oy the pressure of the times'. The specu lative movement'' in Erie Lhas;'made further progress. Other United States railways were dull. Canadian railways show some; ' recovery ;i onH recent prices oh; renewal of the amalgamation rumors regarding the Grand Trunk & Great Western lines. The Tfms, in its financial article savs : These rumors' ate , only..- traceablev to speculative sources;'; w a .i-w:;-.: BAENSLEYiJittfiThr ftf fcrfriftof XrWuetioof:whTVlrer If 11. Ill UIII1IIIII III up tne price of coal and -in the-event of the strike it is . expected that prices, vyill iiao rapiaiy because, stocks are verv Jow - Wsf eherally beTieye4; that. thV uKtsusre, ate iUBsir meeting on miirsday will offer a compromise on the question -of wages, y ;J , . 1 Jst tttie 8am? as Mellcan Hati f wiJjOndon: , Jinuary u 8sA.pa telegram; from Moscow states' th- tthe 4 Khar itatt vetennary School has1 been bro ken upandthejaeXU"Qiye:s indefinitely, inoctnsequence otlf , ha riot Qnsrations of jthQ students, ( 1,4 fito'SOf eJ FreQeh ElecUojRA.ji't' l,; sBELahuarV:8uex German; press, showsfeenerally; withdut'distmci tion ofpartv4gieatTfiatis&ictioawith! rOhe1 elections Mji Ttmi The.,oinr?e1?erintimatea that the republic can reckonoh the sym pathy of Germany so long as its policy reflects the moderate , and' , reasonable vifits of Gambeita." 'icr4 i. W i Brief;Aew8 Itfrn. At an entertainmen'C'ki Haines, i He, f Year's AtehCrMM -persons 1, having mixed crotoripil .with the f wkl. rwotnun suffrage Convention j-m Washuigton'4sto-day:"and to-morrov: Thursdayana nuay. niipinor iSpeember 3.317 immigr arrrived at New York. Total lor tne year 8105, against 60282 in isxi &I&lj3$U$&M-tti$. Titish pre- mier, is suffering from a severe of goutrand is confined to hi rotrtn: t ' fr Alexander Murdock bf Alexander Murdock & Co, the Oldest; dry, goods C0ninil581OU llOUSO 1U JM1U1UU1C,uivu vi. heart disease4 in ;hiscouh;;Mti Tuesday. :s 3 : A nfiW8bov"nam';Shb.,T0Uhd'! frozen to Heath; With a bundle ot papers under his asrm.fipoi the ..'stetop'-of. a residence bnl Jersey Heights,iN. J, last Saturday morning. f The First-National Bank of Nash ville, Teun has ;4aken in m ore com since 1 esumpttoniaj tnantnas pam out. Other baBMiMe fcm tate report similar resuTijir Clara'Tbtts, a domestic servant, was burned to death in Philadelphia ' Tues day: She returned home during the night mtoxicatea, ana .wunsi sujokij in bed set hr clothing: on. fire and was bunied tb' a ctfsp,C;;V , : Gov. Holliday, of Vii-ginia, has issued a writ oraenng an election to ue iiem in the first congressional district on the 23d Of January, to nil tne vacancy caused by the death 01 Hon. Bey. li. Douglas. , ! At Carton, Wyoming, Sunday night, a party of masked men broke into a baggage car, took out and hung to a teleirranh pole Dutch Charley, a notori ous character and one of the murderersJ of the widow Fields. He was being taken to Rawlins for trial. Governor Bishop, of Ohio, in his message, calls attention to the pre valence of grave robbing, and asks the Legislature to pass a law by which an adequate number of recognized sources of supply for , anatomatical subjects shaU be supplied, and.. thus do away with the odious traffic of body-snatching. J. Major Seeley, a wealthy American, who has spent the past year at the Huffman House, in Dorchester, near London, Ontario, with his wife and family, has been arrested for ruining the daughter of the proprietor, Miss Addie Huffman, who was a short time ago confined. At the time of his arrest the maior was preparing to start for Colorado. Near Paris, Tenn!, morning, a broken rail last Saturday on the Louis ville ana Great Southern railroad over turned a sleeping car on-a northward- bound passenger train, uNo cue . was killed, although - the passengers, include ing Dr. Dixon, of New Albany, and Senators Dorsev. of Arkansas, and Harris, of Tennessee, were badly shaken up. ' Dr. A. W. Sinithe, a prominent physi cian, testified before the yellow feyer commission at New Orleans last Satur day that he believed yellow fever, wherever it existed, originated there. He thought it originated in Grenada and HqI1V Springs, and" 'would have originated if all outside communication had been cut off. He believed that heat was a main factor of vellow fever. He did not believe in the genu theory, nor that yellow fever was transmitted from one' person to another, nor was there any evidence that it could be transmitted in goods or clothing. Dr Austin, of the New Orleans board of health, expressed the opinion that fever was imported. The Virginia Senate Monday passed a resolution authorizing the Governor to request the president of the council of foreign bondholders of London, Baring; Brothers & Co., U G. & G. C Vvard, the Rothschilds,!: August Bel mont Brown Bros. .& Co., Richard Irwin & Co., Chas. H. McFry, and Hugh McCulloch, or their authorized representatives, and all such creditors or their representatives as wish to participate, to meet the General Assem bly, January 22, ior conference about a plan ot settlement of the State debt A similar resolution was introduced in the House. ' 1The dramatic company advertised by Mr. rord to appear in Norfolk last Monday evening expected to go on the steamer Florida Staturday evening or Sunday morning. The ice embargo preventing, they were sent via Rich mond and Petersburg, and a special tram was telegraphed for, so as to reach Norfolk in time for the perform ance. When they reached Petersburg a freight train had been delayed, o which a passenger car was added, arid the party reached their destination at 4:30 p. m. Monday after traveling! twenty-five hours, and were able to appear the ' same evening with Mr. Bangs in "Julius Csesar." .-, Governor UainpiouV lotidiWon. SieclJU to the Cbarlebton News and Courier. . Columbia, Tuesday Night January 7. The daily reports of the. Governor's condition have been discontinued for the past ten days for the reason that there has been no change or incident of consequence to report He has been steadily,) if slowly, improving during the interim, however, and his prospects ror speedy and' complete recovery are as good as could be desired. It may be added that the case of the distinguished patient nas reached so satisfactory stage that only his regular physician, Dr. Taylor, is now in attendance, and his visits are limited to one a day. Crutches have been ordered by tele graph from New York, whence it is in- ten'ed that the Governor will be about at an early day. Rev; T. M: Ambler, df Wilmington, read an original paper, Tuesday night weiuie tue Historical society of that city, on "modern spintualism." 1. tun 'Acolored girl employed with Tfev. O Ji Brent, of Wadesboro, had her clothes to catch nre; while she lay -asleep on the hearth .and , was so badly burned that she died. ; , A-'inrr'arid;woiuian, with three bare footed little children, tramoed through I 4 .. j - . & ' , . , v .. J""J!mf''. - c'1 iimiTtcTOn iSiin: ot vesterrlav: The CJape'Eear .was. frozen across from shore1! xo snore, J5ig isiana nair ,way De tween this city and Smithville, yester day mortiing. The river is a mile wide Et that point, and yet we are informed y passengers on the river boats that the ice was fully apHTch",and a' half thick. Once, only 1 before has the present generatiqn .seen the big Cape. Fear frozen, 'clear over, and 'then. 9 1857, at a place' where the stream is not so broad as 'at'Rig Island. The' ice broke, up a little after 10 o'clock. - ' 1 ; J'fii ; .-- ti ...t. t. i p- ,A RemgrhableBcsult. : ,; It makes no difference how many physicians or 55T,1?uSh.n?e1i.cl?S,you have trieA' lt W now an es lished fact that German Syrup is the only reme dy whleh has given complete satisfaction in severe eaes of Lung Diseases. : It Is true there axff ret thousands ' of persons who are ' predisposed to Throat and Lung AOecUcn&' Cousumptlom Iteni- y.'""6"i nn.MMia.-orcre aulas' sewjefl- on the were sold last year without one eannffii Om? fmv that RA nrwv bhiuu-bs uj just one Doma. '; Regular size -75l eents. Sold by all. druggjsts U America. ' Ben Cmar f;Cotige" n.A K'val anEuhVitai . u ' ; . statof r4pi.a i Tim Hour. 0;r.;nr ltf t'oSiger', : fliember of Congress; froai wchigar4 yirnved here by rail Tuesdayyof amss: arid ai ier 11 onei stay Mi.ine cuy,TtLvtnuMicu. ji";ti limber of nrominent business men d4"in which there was no recognition of eCllUll lllttU.e.i IWiuunu vixm , the revenue cutter Crawford, Capt. Glover. Among others, errecognizet were Mayor S. li. FishraWA;hil.Jl.ya Tiokkelen. Esa president chamber or !comlin1reTHf3T!a teeonnyer M.m&&WZSl&in CL HMebisottwawnsciractf virr- i change r- Postmaster E. R Brink, Gen. J. Q Abbott, Dr. A. J. DeRossetand Messrsv-Jams ll. Chadbouni, ueorge Chadboura, Edward Kidder and L. E. TTT. . . . . J A-U, iwjn ntnn -1 Itice. we unaeiTstanume ni of unmixed pleasure in a social sense, and that the visiting. Congressman was not only gratified' bywhat he heard and QUTxr'tiiit wsL snema iv lmnressea witn the judicioiishnejf r vhich.nati4p' appropriations uaveueeiw expeiuueu-iwi, bor. We are glad to' note this result, because the Jjetter. our necessities aro understood at vWashingion the sooner will juslicebei'xroile ljlnthe measure ot governmental aid. w-" ;- ! Horrors ot the Frei B Detroit. January l.-A-dispatch says that a washerwoman was found sitting in the snow frozen, to death on 3un.4i:iy With a bottle'of whiskey beside her. .Her home was; only .fifty: yards from where she was found.t : : A widow in 2anesville, named Sarah Clark, gave birth to a chili Sunday, and being without fire and alone, the babe was frozen to death before aid reached her. - D n't You Foigel It. Mooresville Gazette. Verily, The Charlotte ; Observer is the newsiest daily in the State. A Card. - To all who are suffering from the errors and inj discretions of youth, nervous weakness, early de cay, loss of manhood, &c, I will send a receipt that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH T INMAN, Station D, Bible House, New York City. may30 dw tf glexu Jjttxisrtisjemcttts gTUDEBAKER WAGONS. I am now in receipt of a large lot of the celebra ted' STUOEBAKEB WAviONS, all sizes, which wilj behold on reasonable terms. i ' CALL EARLY. and supply yourself with the be$l wagon out T. H. GAITHER. Jan. 8-tf. (Svotzvics. C O T T O N -ORDERS AND CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED- l-B'." THOMAS H. OAIT1IER. C'oiTON Commission Mek chant. oct!2 w ILLIAMS & FINGER, Have Just received a lot of Turkeys and Chickens which we offer at low prices. Come to Williams fc Finger and buy the best Family Flour from the best mills. Wheat, Bran, Oats, Corn and Meal, Honey, Country Lard, Butter and Eggs. The best Timothy and North Carolina Hay, cow and horse feed of the best quality, Sugar, Coffee, tc Con signments solicited for ail kinds of country produce, will make prompt returns of sales. dec5 ' ' JSUtilvjoaxls. QONDENSED TIME. NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. TRAINS GOING EAST. No. 8 Dally ex.Sun. Date, Nov. 10, '78. No. 2 Dally No. 4 Daily Leave Charlotte, " Greensboro, " Raleigh, Arrive Golds borov 13.45 a m rT.5o p m 4.10pm 3 00 pm 5.30a ml 5.25 pm I 9.30 a m No. 2 Connects at Salisbury with W.N.C.R.R. for all points in Western North Carolina, dally except Sundays At Greensboro with R. & D. R, R. for all points North, East and West At Goldsboro with W. fe W. R. R. for Wilmington. . . No. 4- Connects at Greensboro with R. & D. R. R. lor all points North, East and West TRAINS GOING WEST. No. 7. Dally ex. Sun Date, Nov. 10, '78. Leave Goldsboro, " Ralelghr " GKensbdro No. 1 Dally. No. 3 Dally. 9.50 am 8.50 pm 5.35 p m 5.30 am s.zs p m 6.47 am Arrive Charlotte, 1 '2.25 am 10.50 am No. 1 Connects at Greensboro with Salem Branch. At Charlotte with C, C. k A. R. R. for all points South and South-west; at AlrtLine Junction with A.&C. A. L3ailroad for all points South and South-east ' ' ' ' i No. 3 Connects at Salisbury wltn'W. N: C. R. R. dally except Sunday. At Air-Lino Junction with A..&C. A. L. for ajl points South and South-west. At Charlotte wiJh C., C. &A Railroad for all points South and South-west ; SALEM BRANCH. Leave Greensboro, dally except Sunday, 8.50 p m Arrive Salem, " " 1 0.50 p m Leave Salem, " " " 5.45 am Arrive Greensboro, " " " 7.45 am Connecting at Greensboro with trains on the R. & , Dj aud N. C. Railroads. j SLEETING CARS VITHOUT CHANGE Run both ways on Trains Nos. 1 and 2, between New York and Atlanta via Richmond, Greensboro wid Charlotte, aud both ways on Trains Nos. 3 and 4 between New York mid Savannah, via Richmond, Charlotte and Augastav't " ' " ' : 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 In Arkan sas and Texas, address J. R. MACMURDO. Gen. Passenger Agent, QHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA RAILROAD. AND AUGUSTA 5 Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R., , Columbia. 8. C, Dec 27, 1878 X)n and after Sunday, Dec. 29th, 1878, the fol lowing passenger schedule will be run over this road, (Washington time,): -. NIGHT EXPRESS. ; Going South, No. 1. Leave Charlotte, -. . . . 1 00 a. it Arrive Columbia, 6 00 A. m 'Leave Columbia ., 6 05 am tJmM,ic -v. v:i'tTr-r&KQ0t -tm h ; 0:1: :;i iGO-NdBrttNriaJ'ldit uAlAJ. Leave Augusta. 5 55 p. M. 10 OOP.. 10 10 p.m. 3 10 a.m. V.fflr 11 27 A.M. 4 10 p.m. . 4 15 P.M. . 8 30 P.M. Arrive Columbia Leave Columbia .-...' Arrive Charlotte j ... mfi$SF8qxpK l GolNftSquNa-iaci Ieave Charlotte.... . Arrive Columbia. Leave Columbia . ... Arrive Augusta " Going Nobth, No. 4. Leave" lutu.iKlviiW. '"iVlktf Arrive Jofumbla' WMlZXk mMMtm Leave Columbia.... 1 so t J AriveC5wlolte,..,;y.v,.;..:.::; 6 30p:S iThese train stop only at Fort Mill, Book HflL & WJnB!2boro',BJdseway' Leesvllle, Bates SJS8, E1.?prl?.gsA 3 ohstn. Trenton and Granite vlHe. AU other stations wlU be Jeoognlzed as flag -xJf PaW and drawing-room cars SiSMW: Greensboro i Augusta; also on Nos, 3 and 4, New York to Savannah, via Rich mond & Georgia Central Railroad.' " "-. 't' -KLINE, Superintendent. Jm. B MacMdbdo, q, Ageat, , T. n 1 r 1. k . s Stove and Hardwtut: llou-e U Of Oo CHE A P HARDWARE j j 1 j j OF AIJ. K INDS. Buy your COOK STOVES from nte, as r have g0 Teasona why win do wik ymck ,. Easy, Cheap and Clean : K ' - BECAUSE , , , , They are cheapest to buy. BECAUSE They are best to use. BECAUSE They bake evenly and qu!ckiy. BECAUSE- , -.. Their operation la perfect. BECAUSE They always have a good draft; BECAUSE They are made of the best material. BECAUSE They roast perfectly. BECAUSE .... They require but little fuel. BECAUSE They are veiy low priced. ' BECAUSE They are easily managed. BECAUSE , They a-e suited to all localities. BECAUSE Evei7 Stove Is guaranteed to give satisfactloi JgLOCKADE TOBACCO. FOR SALE. Having purchased a nice line of Tobacco, at the Government sale, I am prepared to offer extra inducements to buv- rnov7a ""ly' TH0S (iA1THEK-' WK ELL IMPROVED CITY PROPERTY TOR SALE. Any person desirtoTgfo'purchuse a well improved Uty Lot. House with Illne nvimi anH mAr.. ...... I eijlences. fine well of water, brick kitchen, within urn umiura hik 01 me pudiic square, can be ;u commodated by applying at decl8 THIS OFFICE. 1 000 FEE SIMPLE DEE1)S. MOST APPROVED FORM. ; Just Printed and For Sale at the OBSERVER OFFICE.. ' TOCK FOR SALE. One pair Mules (matches, Two Ayreshire Bulls, 3 years old. SoOaiidtr One South Down Buck (sired by Imported Fitiw Arthur, cost 60 guineas in England. 1 .v-JO. Berkshire Pigs, $10 per pair. Thorough bred Horses, &c. This stock will be sold on ttoe to responsible parties. Thtss ock can be seen at any time at Enderly Stock Farm, two miles west of Charlotte. For particulars, address Dr. W. J. Hayes. Char lotte, N. C. . S. B. ALEXANDER. Ianl d&w4w Democrat and Home please copy. JjX)R RENT, LEASE or SALE, At Davidson College, N. C. -t"" Some dwelling houses, large and small. Also, some farming lands. Apply to janl H. P. HELPER. F OR SALE. The Bourgeoise and Minion type on which this paper was lately printed. It was made by the old Johnson type foundry, of Philadelphia, and wa., not discarded because no longer fit for use, but on ly because lt became necessary to use a different style of type. It will do good service for several years to come. It will be sold in lots to sui pur chasers, and In fonts of 50to l.OOOItis, with or Without cases. Address OBSERVER. .,pct5 Charlotte. J. C. 3&alc?xcs and ciu civil. JUST IN TIME. We have just received a fine selection of such Goods as you want for f A- CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, Such as fine Lockets and Chains, fine Sets, Seal Rings, Initial Cuff Buttons, Scarf i Pins and anything in the line you may want.. CALL AND SEE THEM. W HALES dec20 & KARRIOK. F? J LASNE, From Paris, France, WATCH and CLOCK MAKER, GILDER and SIL VER PLATER, Trade Street, opposite First Presbyterian CkaicJ,v '''j NatGray store, Every tond repjilrs made at once'aif fcait! price and warranted one rear. Kverv kini of I Bronze GUding, Coloring. Sllver-PlaBng and Gal- viuuzmg mane at snort notice and equally as good as new. Work done for the trade at low prices. Apprentice wanted, with premium and good references. 6 septl6 PHOTOGRAPHS. f. . In consequence of the reduction to the price of the original cost of materials, and In order to give my patrons the benefit of (he reduction from and after this date Photographs will be taken at my Gallery at REDUCED RATES. : J '--t sept22 J. IL VAN NESS jyj LICHTENSTEIN, MERCHANT TAILOR, yon iss-ifiUi t 1 .'h'.u'i y - : Next door to Wilson & Burwell's drugstore, CHARLOTTE, N. C. declS JAMES MURPHY, PRACTKJAlTAILOB, : Holton's Building, Trade Street, Up Stairs. Owing to the stringency of the times I will m fu ture; work very cheap. Will make fine suits for $10, Cassimere suits for $8. Pants of suits same rates.. I guarantee aQ my work 31 fit, no charge. Give me a call and be cmnvinmd. H.
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