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LOCAL iTfElirGEScE.11-
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1879.
IXUIUATIOHM.
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WAK T)KPATtTMENT.
Office Chief Signal Officer,
VViSUtvnTnv Jan 1(1 7 "30 P.
M. J
"For the. South Atlantic States. falling
barometer, easterly winds, warmer,
partly cloudy weather.
Local Keport f or ;Yet erdtty.
j7 M. 12 P.M. 19 PTM
Barometer
Thermometer
Relative Humidity,.
Vlnd Direction
" Velocity,.
Weather ,
30.205 30.45030.475
22 36 33
72 89 42
N. E. E. E.
SMIles.l 2 3
Clear. Fair. Fair.
Highest temperature 89 deg.; lowest 21 .
Inilri t IMftw At vvrtiM-iuenu.
Perry Big sale of cigars. '
Fayetteville (iazette lor sale.
Mrs. L. W. Sanders Bounlers wanted.
"Ah, yes, delightful weather," that it
was, yesterday.
Trade is In-ginning to leokup. The
, streets were lull of life yesterday,
The Charlotte Institute for Young
. Ladies now has 102 pupils, of whom 12
are boarders in the institution.
A few intrepid spirits skated on the
v upper parts of the ponds yesterday, but
it was too dangerous tt) be pleasant.
The dramatic club rehearsed "The
Hidden Hand" at the opera house last
night. They are going to make a good
tlung of it.
Street Commissioner Hunter is "sand
ing the track" to assist locomotion over
the sidewalks. It is a decided improve
ment The Metropolitan Hotel will be fixed
up as headquarters of for delegates to
the Northern men's convention, by the
m-oprietor of the Central, who is the
lessee.
Thr Fayetteville Gazette, the ablest
and most influential paper of the upper
Cape Fear country, has suspended and
is offered at private sale. See adver
tisement. A false alarm of fire was sounded last
night about 8 o'clock and all the com
panies responded promptly. It was
caused by the burning out of a foul
chimney.
The Pioneer fire company meets
Tuesday night to re-organize and re
vivify. Mr. F. A. McNinch has resign
ed the foremanship and Mr. H. J. Elam
been elected in his stead.
Committees of ladies of the Episco
pal church aid society made a tour of
the city yesterday and we are informed
found many people suffering for the
bare necessities, of life. It's noble work
they are engaged in.
There are a half dozen citizens in
Char'otte who pay between a half and
two-thirds as much State tax as the
whole of Polk county. The , sheriff of
Po k settled with the State treasurer
vesterdav through one of our banks, re
turning $1,100.
Sam Fullenwider and Alex. Rosboro,
two negroes, were commited to jail yes
terday, charged with the theft of the"
-rbale of cotton which was stolen from
Mr. J. W. Brigman, several miles south
of the city, a few days since. They
will be tried at the next term of the In
ferior Court.
In order that no misunderstanding
may arise we are authorized to say that
delegates coming on the Richmond &
Danville, the North Carolina, the Char
lotte, Columbia & Augusta and the At
lanta & Charlotte Air Line llailwaj's
will pav fare to Charlotte and be re
t urned free on certificate of N. Dumont.
Agents along the line of these roads
will please state this to applicants-for
delegates' tickets.
Thermometer Jtecord.
The following will show the state of
t lie thermometer, at the stations men
tioned, at 4.35 yesterday evening, Wash
ington mean time, as ascertained from
the daily bulletin issued from the sig
nal omce in mis city :
Atlanta 43
Augusta 45
Charleston -45
Charlotte 37
Coisicana 40
(ralveston .43
Havana 78
"Indianola 4(5
Jacksonville. . . .49
Key West... ...69
Mobile -46
Montgomery . ...45
New Orleans 43
Punta Rassa. . . .71
Savannah . . .46
St. Marks 53
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Meed Bebnlf ng in of Ibe Poor.
We are requested to ask the several
pastors of the various city churches to
meet in the parlor of the Central Hotel
to-day at 12 m, to confer with the com
mittee of ladies in regard to distribu
ting means of relief for the poor. There
was never more destitution in the city
than at present, and the demands for
the charities and the active endeavors
of our people for its alleviation, are of
the most urgent character. WerTiope
i lie meeting to-day will be well attend
ed and will result in something prac
t ieal in behalf of the suffering poor.
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-Sheriff's Settlement.
Yesterday, Sheriff Alexander settled
through the Commercial National Bank
the taxes of Mecklenburg county for the
vear 1878. The total amount of this
tax is $18,404.03: less the sheriffs com
i Missions ner centW&920.20 : making the
total amount paid into the State's treas-.
urv, $17,4S3.83. The educational iunu,
which has also been accounted for to
the county board of education is $10,
137.12. The settlement of the county
tax with the board of commissioners will
be made as soon as the sheriff can col
lect the balance of the tax, w hich he
hopes to do within the inext few weeks.
m i ii i'h
A Very Practical man.
Tom Evans' Reidsville Times says of
Mr. N. Dumont and the convention of
Northern men which is to meet here
next Wednesday, as follows: "Dumont,
of Charlotte, is a very practical man.
He has been South a number of years
on experiment and has neither, been
scalped nor snubbed, but has found the
-limate and people most genial, and
none of his people bom iiere have een
born witli horns nn their heads. He
now desires to call a convention, of
Northern men who are fellow explorers
i i x a. a. g- i i-i.
j ii me same cause, to meet at naoutie,
the 15th instant, to testify of the things
they have seen to their brethren at
home."
H tab bed to Death.
The Air-Line passenger train which
came in yesterday morning brought the
corpse of Bill Carson, colored, one of
.the hands' employed on a material train
of the road. He was killed dav before
yesterday by one of, his fellow-laborers,
also a negro, while the train was stand
ing at Toccoa. The difficulty which ter
minated so tragically, only lasted a few
minutes. One or thej)ther of the par
ties came into the car just after the
hands had gotten uu to eo to work, and
tailed to shut the door behind him. His
companion called attention to the fact,
and a controversy soran ud between
litem. They only struck a few blows.
Aviien tne other combatant, whose name
could not be ascertained, nluncred a
knife into the neck of Carson, the blade
taking a downward direction and pene
trating the yitals. He died almost in
stantly. The slayer was arrested and
confined by the authorities at Toccoa.
Carson's body will be taken this morn
ing to statesville, where he once lived.
Citizens of "Smithville" were disturb
ed and alarmed by cries of "murder,"
"lire" and all manner of unearthly
sounds night before last, for the origin
of which nobody could account. It was
all brought out in the mayor's court
yesterday morning. A drunken crowd
of negroes coming home from a frolic,
got into a row, the parties to which
were Henry Fullenwider, Jim Brown,
Burt Wilson and a woman, whose sur
name is Brown. As the result of the
investigation by the mayor, Fullen
wider and Brown were committed to
jail under the charge of an assault with
a deadly weapon, and Wilson and (the
woman were each fined. None of the
combatants were seriously hurt the.
more's the pity.
Failure of Smith Sc Forbett.
An associated press telegram in an
other column announces the failure of
the firm of Smith & Forbes, Boston and
Charlotte. The house in this city has
Leen closed by legal process, but this has
created but little stir in business circles
here, as nearly, if not entirely all the
creditors are at the North. A deed of
trust has been filed in the office of the
register of deeds conveying all the pro
lerty of the firm in this city to J. M. B.
Reynolds. of Massachusetts. The assets
are put down in the telegram at $10,000.
This is a great mistake. The most re
liable information we can get is that the
firm has three or four times that amount
of goods in this city, though in the pres
ent state of the litigation it is difficult
to get any accurate information con
cerning its affairs.
Lunibcrion K.. of H. Installation
and Speaking-.
Col. Chas. R. Jones returned last
evening from Luinbertou whither he
went, as district deputy dictator of the
Knights of Honor, to install the officers
of Lumberton Lodge, No. 1114, K. of H.
and to deliver an address on the occa
sion. In the court house Thursday at 2
o'clock he delivered a public address up
on the character, objects and aims of
the order, in the presence of quite a
number of people, and subsequently
conducted the installation of theotlicers
in the same public manner. He was
most favorably impressed with the hos
pitality and courtesy of Lumberton and
is glad to have had an opportunity of
mingling with them and forming many
pleasant acquaintances.
"Concord's Excitement."
Among the attractions which North
Carolina possesses, and which until re
cently have not been fully recognized
among a certain class of Northern news
paper miscreants, is her admirable
adaptation as a State to locate lies in ;
that is, occurrences, generally of a char
acter to scandalize and injure a com
munity, which have no existence, in
fact, or if there is the slightest founda
tion, so distorted as scarcely to be re
cognized by those conversant with the
facts. These stories are generally told
in the police gazettes and are profusely
illustrated. It is absurd to attempt to
correct them all, but at the same time
there are some which cannot be passed
by unnoticed. Among these is a story
which appears in a late issue of the
Police Gazette, of three "respectable
young ladies," of Concord whose names
it pretends to give, eloping with three
negro men, the brothers Townsend who
it says had a store in-frlie town. This is
said to have occurred on the night of
the 28th of December, and it further
tells that they all went to Washington
city. (This last fact was probably put
in to give tlie color of truth to the story
as Washington is the place that would
mostly be sought by such a crowd).
Kaiiroad Notes.
There is to be an important meeting
of the Southern and South-western Rail
road and Steamship Association (the
pool) in Atlanta, next Monday, at which
the representatives of through lines run
ning into Charlotte will be present The
object of the meeting is not known.
We can t look for thebegmning ot
the work on the union depot till spring.
llie railroad boys m the city will thus
be allowed an opportunity of standing
around during the summer evenings
and superintending the work.
t ive cars ot a lreight train on the
Richmond and Danville Railroad were
thrown from the track between China
Grove and Concord by a broken rail.
Comparatively little damage was done,
as the train was moving slowly at the
time, and no one was hurt. 1 he pas
senger train was delayed by the acci
dent and missed one of its connections
here.
It is a subject of congratulation
among railroad men that they have
passed through the cold weather with
only one accident, from a broken rail.
This is a danger greatly dreaded and
one which is usually attended with se
rious results.
The Kemalm of Congressman Hart-
ridge Paimed Through.
The remains of Hon. Julian Hart-
ridge, member of Congress from the
first district of Georgia, Who died in
Washington City Wednesday morning,
passed through this city yesterday via
the Richmond and Danville and Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta railroads,
en route to the late home ot the deceased,
at Savannah, Ga. The remains were
accompanied by the congressional com
mittee appointed to escort them to
Georgia, to-wit: Messrs. Gordon, of
Georgia, Booth, or California, and Beck,
of Ky., of the Senate, and Repre3enti
tives Cook, or lia., Jb rye, or jviaine, ua
bell, of Virginia, Stone, of Iowa, David
son, of Florida, Hanna, of Indiana, and
others, making the party number eigh
teen in alU Mr, cox, ot jn ew l oik. or
the House Committee, was unavoidably
detained in Washington. The remains
were doubtless met last evening at Co
lumbia bv Mrs. Hartridge. She had
started to Washington via the Coast
Line upon learning of her husband's
dangerous illness, and was intercepted
as she passed tnrougn vvnmington
Wednesday by telegrams announcing
his death.
The remains were transferred from
one train to the other upon arrival here,
and passed on through without delay.
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Capture of Two Thieves in Lincoln
ton. -"
For several months past numerous
robberies on a small scale have been
perpetrated in Lincolnton, not only to
the loss but to the great annoyance of
the citizens. The last was the theft,
last Tuesday or Wednesday night, of
some ten bushels of peas from Mr. J. C.
Cobb, and it was by these peas that the
thieves came to grief. They were found
in the house of a negro named Anderson
Phifer. and it was subsequently ascer
tained, with a considerable degree of cer
tainty, that it was he, aided and abetted
by two Charlotte negroes, Henry John
ston and Calvin Man well alias Gibson
alias Greenlee, who had been operating
so extensively in the community. The
three men were associated as well-dig-
gens ana an uiaue uirii uuuic ai x unci o
house, in which were found, upon search,
numerous articles of jewelry, etc., all of
which had evidently been stolen, and
among other things a silver cake basket
which, PhilVis wife said, had been
brought from Charlotte y Johnston
and Man well.
Johnston and Phifer were arrested
Thursday, were tried before a magis
trate and jn default ot bail were com
mitted. Manwell escaped, though fired
iirwvn rr Vi a nfflioi onT liha nrT". 1 toon
I4vvii J ViUWii tfU, Utah? vv wvvii
captured. The following description of
him comes from Lincolnton: lie is" a
dark mulatto, 25 or 30 years old, 6 feet
high, weighs about: 160 lbs., has no beard
on his face, wears check pants and
stammers a little when first spoKen. to,
The following postal changes have re
cently been made in North Carolina: iifc
addition to those already noted? ' :
Office established. Red Oak, Nash
county.
Discontinued. Hopewell postolfice,
Mecklenburg county.
Service between Franklin, N. C, and
Walhalla, S. G, has been increased to
six times per week, greatly advancing
mails for Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Jack
son and Macon counties.
Relief Committee.
The special committee of the board
of county commissioners to provide for
urgent cases of suffering among the
poor will meet at the office of the regis
ter of deeus this morning. It would be
well for persons who know of any fami
ly specially needing assistancs to make
application to the committee, either by
letter or in person, stating fully the cir
cumstances of those for whom assist
ance is asked. The committee are of
course compiled to enquire into all
the facts to prevent imposition. It is
composed of T. L. Yail, R. M. White
and Win. Maxwell.
A Voice from the County Jail.
Clark Hall, the same old Clarkey, lias
addressed a letter to the editor, appar
ently quite a witty and sarcastic letter,
from the portion of it that can be de
ciphered. The sarcasm consists in his
begging that his compliments be pre
sented to his honor the mayor and to the
city marshal, and that they be inform
ed that he is greatly pleased with the
dull monotony of prison life, falsely so
called, which he occasionally varies by
drinking the best of whiskey and smok
ing the finest cigars - at the expense of
the county. He refers in touching
terms to the fact that he has,during his
J ears of debauchery, contributed the
andsome sum of $1,849.50 (in fines) to
maintain the city officers, at whose
hands he, poor Clark Hall, has never
received other than the roughest treat
ment. He closes by saying that it
would not go so hard with him if it
weren't for that the fact that the mayor
and the marshal disliked so much to
take $5 or $10 from him because he
simply takes one or two drinks of good
old brandy.
Verily, there is but one Clark Hall.
He is the Rip Van Winkle of Charlotte,
and will long be remembered as such.
A BREAK FOR THE PRAIRIE.
Hostile Cheyennes Escape from Prison
and Kill Two Guards Forty of
the Savages Slain.
Fort Robinson, Neb., January 10.
The hostile Cheyennes imprisoned here
since October, having been informed by
the commanding officer that they were
to be taken back to their agency in In
dian Territory, became very sullen and
expressed a determination to die before
consenting to such a movement. A
strong guard was placed over the prison
room last night. When nearly every
one was in bed the savages jumped
from the windows of the room and
made for the prairie, which is coated
with frozen snow, firing on the guard
with revolvers which they had conceal
ed since their capture, wounding four,
one of whom died, and another of whom
will not survive the day. The main
guard rushed out, opened fire, and shot
and killed over forty. A hundred and
sixty cavalry, mounted and dismount
ed, are pursuing the fleeing savages.
Terrific Snow Storm in Ohio and Ken
tucky. Cincinnati. Jan. in. A lieiiw snow
storm visited southern Ohio yesteichiv,
extending as far south in Kentucky as
mciiinonu, delaying the trains on all
roads in that recrion and in some in
stances stopping them entirely. At
Mavsville the snow was sixteen "inchps
deep, in places drifting to a depth of
n e xeei. it was me Heaviest storm tor
wentv vears. The farmers are annre-
hensive of loss of stock. At. T ronton
Ohio, no trains have been able to leave
tne city anu tne mills have been obliged
to stop because of a lack of coal. The
ice in the river remains firm.
Fire In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, January 10. A fire is in
progress on Main street below Fourth.
P. Wilson & Son's' extensive carriage
trimming and saddlerv establishment
has been entirely destroyed : also
Weeks' unoccupied building adjoining.
The loss on the former is $40,000, al
most entirely covered by insurance; on
the latter, estimated at $40,000. Wayne
& Son's stock of cutlery, next above,
was badly damaged by" water. The
thermometer is at zero and there is
freat difficulty in handling the hose,
t is thought the fire is under control.
Assault aud Outrage in Illinois.
Cincinnati, Jton. 10. An Illinois dis
patch says Tuesday night three men
named McLarland, Patterson and
Mahony entered the house of an old
man named Nevil, near Pecatone.
dragged him to a tree, tied him and
then pounded him until he was stunned
and bleeding. They then assaulted
and outraged Mrs. Nevil, aged 70, and
her daughter, aged 20. They were all
arrested.
English Victories Over the Ameer.
London, January 10. The Viceroy of
India telegraphs confirming the news
of Gen. Roberts' victory over the hostile
tribes, but says that owing to rumors of
a threatened attack by the Mongols,
Gen. Roberts intends to return to Koo
rum, concentrating his forces, which
are now much scattered. Friendly let
ters have . been received from several
prominent men of Cabul. The general
feeling in Cabul is very strong against
the Ameer and Russia.
Fatal Railroad Accident Ice Checking
Railroad Business.
Little Rock. Jan. 10. A passenger
train on the Iron Mountain Railroad,
bound South, was ditched near Kensett
last night. Baggage Master Crawford
was killed, Expressman Brown mortal
ly injured and several wounded.
All through trains on the Memphis
Railroad have been stopped in conse
quence of ice in the river at Memphis.
Coroner's Verdict Against an Editor.
Cincinnati, January 10. The inquest
of the coroner's jury over the body of
James H. Rogers, of Bloomington, In
diana, who died from wounds received
on new year's evening, returned a ver
dict of 'murdered by Henry Felters,
proprietor of the Bloomington Courier,
and Julian Wentworth, his employe."
The parties were all drunk at the time
the deed was committed.
Sparks from the Wires.
. Madame Auderson, the Brooklyn
tiedestrienne, has but three days more
o walk. She is in good condition.
The work of hatching codfish pro
gresses favorably at the headquarters
of the Massachusetts fish commission.
About a million young cod fish were
put into the ocean, last week.
The investigation at New Orleans was
continued yesterday, the testimony- re
ferring to the outrage upon blacks, with
statements of . violent; interruptions of
Republican; speakers at meeting char
acterized hf forced divisions of time, "
7J
COMESS:
THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG.
More Committee than Congressional
r Proceedmgg-r-The -Houses' Doings
Uninteresting The Ciphers to j
be Investigated Sugar, To
bacco, Territories, Ships
' and the 'Mississippi
Be fore the Com
- ; - .. mittees.
Washington, Jan. 10. Senate.
Messrs. Conkling and Keman, of New
York, presented a resolution of the
Net York State Senate, remonstrating
against the passage of the bill to re-organize
the army or at least that portion
of it prohibiting the manufacture of
arms at the United States arsenals.
Laid on the table, the bill having been
reported to the Senate.
Mr. Anthony submitted a resolution
directing the committee on naval af
fairs to inquire into the expediency of
providing by law that the selection of
chiefs of the bureaus of steam engineer
ing, provisions and clothing and medi
cine and surgery at the Navy Depart
ment be made from officers not be
low the rank of captain. Agreed to.
The Senate passed the Indian appro
priation bill.
House. The House was in commit
tee of the whole on the private calendar.
There was an animated debate on the
William and Mary College bill, which
was finally rejected.
committee proceedings.
The Potter committee to-day adopted
the resolution offered by McMahon pro
viding for an investigation of the
cipher telegrams and embodying the
request that the House grant an addi
tional appropriation to defray the ex
penses. The hearing of the sugar representa
tives was resumed before the committee
of ways and means this morning. Have
meyer, of New York, argued that the
duty on sugar should be collected on the
ad valorem principle, and that no dis
crimination should be made against
any class of citizens. Legislation
should encourage labor and capital to
afford the people sugar at the lowest
price. The consumer would be best
protected by a tariff which approxi
mates to free trade and leaves undis
turbed the relative value of sugar, as
when purchased at the places of pro
duction. He opposed one rate duty as
it would annihilate the refining inter
ests. The allegations of fraud against
the refiners, circulated by those in favor,
of one rate of duty, have been disprov-'
ed. Win. T. Booth, of New York, com
menced his remarks by declaring his
belief that the sugar refiner should be
protected. He then spoke of the polar
iscope, saying its value depends on the
accuracy of the reports of the samplers,
and that the sugars are not sold owing
to the results of the polariscope, but on
the basis of color.
At the meeting of the Senate com
mittee on territories this morning, the
recommendations of the sub-committee
who have been investigating the
question of the advisability of provid
ing a territorial form of government
for the Indian Territory or otherwise
opening it to general settlement, were
laid before the committee, but it was
decided that before taking ,any action
on the subject a hearing shall be given
by the full committee next week to the
representatives of the various Indian
nations affected.
The House committee of commerce
this morning considered the bill which
proposes to authorize the purchase and
registry ot loreign built ships by citi
zens of the United States, and made an
order to continue its consideration by
the full committee on Friday, 17th, at
which time an opportunity will be af
forded the friends and opponents of the
measiure to be heard.
Capt. Cowden was also briefly heard
to-day in favor of his proposed plan for
the improvement of the Mississippi
river.
The Senate committee on finance to
day heard Gen. Raum, commissioner of
internal revenue, in opposition to the
pending House bill for the reduction of
the tobacco tax. He asserted that the
enactment of the bill would.be the
cause of an annual loss to the revenues
of not less than nine million dollars in
the receipts from the taxation of tobac
co, and ot at least two millions in the
revenue from cigars. He argued that
the proposed reduction would not bene
fit the consumer of tobacco, it being re
tailed in very small parcels, the cost of
one of which to the manufacturer
would be reduced thereby only to the
extent of a certain fraction of one cent,
and the consumer would be charged the
same price as now so far as the rate of
4 41 A.
uia uxes 1L.
Senator Withers, who was present to
look after the interests of the Virginia
tobacco producers&uggested-that this
fractional difficulty ''might be obviated
by increasing the size of the plug."
Laughter. Raum resuming stated
that in order to yield as much revenue
under the reduced tax as the govern
ment obtains now, the annual consump
tion of tobacco would have to be in
creased from the present amount of
105,000,000 pounds to 160,000,000, which
he does not consider at all probable to
occur. The committee will consider
the bill at another meeting to-morrow.
personal.
The condition of Representative
Schleicher changed ' slightly for the
worse during the night and he is exceed
ingly low this morning. His physicians
can offer but slight hope of his recov
ery. -
THE LEGISLATURE.
Raleigh News' Report Condensed.
SENATE.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 8, 1879.
At 12 o'clock the Senate was called to
order by the President, Lieut. Gov. Jar
vis. In a few words he expressed to
the body Jiis gratification at their as
sembly, and stated his determination to
conduct the business of the Senate, with
their assistance, with dispatch and in
harmony of action.
The roll was then called, which show
ed that the following Senators were in
their seats;
Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Austin,
Bfower, Bryan of Duplin, Bryan of
Pender, Byn urn, Caldwell, Dancy, David
son, Djllard, Dortch, Eaves, Eppes, Er
win, EVerett, Graham of Lincoln, Har
riss, Hlenderson, Hoyle, King, Leach,
Lyon, Matheson, McEarchairn, Merritt,
Moye, 'Nicholson, Ormand, Redwine,
Robinson, Respass, Scales, jjhackleford,
Snow, Stewart, Taylor, Waddell, Waldo,
Ward, Williamson. 1
The Senators, as their districts were
called, came forward and were sworn in
by Judge A. C. Avery.
The election of officers was then held.
The result has already teen given.
No other business was transacted, and
at 1 p. m, the Senate adjourned until
to-morrow at 11 o'cloek: -
HOUSE OFiBEPKESENTATIVES.
At 12 o'clock Mr. John D, Cameron,
clerk of the last House, called the House
to order. - The roll of counties was then
called, and as each was named the dele
gates advanced hkI presented their cer
tificates of election, Each was sworn br
Justice C, B. Root. When Brunswick
county was riiaehed a protest was pre
sented as Mr. Meares stepped to the
desk. It was stated that the question
was in controversy in the courts, to be
decided next week, each candidate hav
ing a certificate. Meares was sworn,
r The clerk announced that the follow
ing members were present :
Messrs."1 Amis, ' Anderson, Angiar,
Ardrey, Armstrong, Atkinson, Barr
r.nger, Battle, Bernard, Berry,1; Bing
ham, Bird, Bizzell, Blaisdell, Blalock,
Bost, Brown, of Mecklenburg, Bruee,
Bryson, Buchali, Burroughs, Cale, Car
ter, f Bun com be. Carter, of Warren,
Carter, of Yancey, Carroll, Carson, Gary,
Chad wick, Christmas, Click, Cobb, Cof
field, Col well, CookerCifcncil. Covington,
Davis, of Catawba. Davis, of Haywood,
Davis, of Madison, Deans, Dimsdale,
Dixon, Dunn, Ellison, English, Eth
eridge, Fen ell, Foard, Forbes, Fos
ter, Gatling, Goldston, Grant,, Har
rell, Harrison, Henderson, Hew
ett, Horton, Huffstetler. Jones, John
son, of Davie, Lamb, Leach, Leather
wood, Lewis, Lindsay, Lockhart, Low
rie, Meares, Mebane, Moore, Moring,
McCorkle, McLean, Newell, Norment,
Oliver, Orchard, Osborne, Paxton, Pow
ers, Rawley, Reid, of Macon, lieid, of
McDowell, Reynolds, Richardson, of
Columbus, Richardson, of Wake, Rilch
ey, Scott, Smith, Taylor, Turner, Vaugh
an, Venable, Waddell, Wheeler, White,
Wimberly, Woodhouse, Wynne, York,
Young. 104.
Nominations for the position of
speaker were then announced as being
next in order.
Mr. Cooke, of Franklin, nominated
John M. Moring, of Chatham.
Mr. Scott, of New Hanover, nomina
ted R. M. Norment, of Robeson.
The roll was then called, when: it was
found that Mr. Moring had received 68
votes and Mr. Norment 27.
Mr. Moring said: " Gentlemen of the
House of Representatives I extend to
you my heartfelt thanks for the compli
ment you have paid me in calling me to
E reside over the deliberations of your
ody. In return for the confidence you
have placed in me, I promise you that
whatever of ability or experience I pos
sess shall be expended in the impartial
discharge of the duties devolving upon
me. Gentlemen, with your assistance,
which 1 reasonably may expect, I in
dulge the hope that the public business
which we have assembled to transact
may be harmoniously and speedily dis
posed of."
He then declared the House ready for
business.
On motion of Mr. Jones, of Caldwell,
the House, at 1 :15 p. m.. adjournesd until
10 o'clock to-morrow.
Fire on Shipboard.
Boston, Jan. 10. A special dispatch
from Galveston states that a fire broke
out this morning on board the bark
Charles W. Cochrane, of Boston, Capt.
Given, which was loading at that port,
for Havre, and had on board 3,000 bales
of cotton. The steamers were pump
ing water into her to extinguish the
fire.
New Trans-Atlantic Cables.
London, January 10. A telegram
from Paris, published in London to-day,
states that a new French cable com
pany has been constituted. Its pros
pectus was issued yesterday. The com
pany propose to lay two cables, orte
from Brent to Cape Cod, and the other
from Lands End to Nova Scotia, both
by the way of St. Pierre.
Failure of a Boston and Charlotte House
Boston, Jan. 10. Smith & Forbes,
boots and shoes, of Charlotte, N. C,
and Boston, have made an assignment.
Nothing definite is known in regard to
the condition of the firm, but the re
ported liabilities are $125,000 or $150,000.
The assets are nominally $10,000. Most
of the indebtedness is to houses in Bos
ton and vicinity.
Ease Attainable by tbe Rheumatic.
Yes, although they may despair of relief, it Is
attainable by rheumatic sufferers, for there is a
remedy which carries off, by means ot increased,
activity of the kidneys Important channels for
blood purification the acrid element to which
pathologists the most eminent attribute the painful
symptoms a theory completely borne out by urin
ary analysis. The name of this grand depurent Is
Hostetters, a preparation likewise celebrated as a
remedy for constipation, which causer contamina
tion of the blood with the bile and ii certain
means of relief In dyspepsia, fever and ague, and
nervous aliments. It is, perhaps, the Hneft tonic
extant, and Is highly recommended as a medicinal
stimulant by distinguished physicians and analysts
who pronounce it to be eminently pure and very
beneficial. The press also endorses it .
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET REPOTS.
JANUABT 10, 1877
PRODUCE.
Cincinnati Flour strong and higher; family
4.35a5.25. Wheat dull; red and white 90a98.
Corn tending upward at 32a33i. Oats 25a7.
Pork held at 8 25a50, Lard in good demand;
steaji 5.t2J2fi70. Bulk meats strong and higher
shoulders 2.7 5a0, clear ribs 3.80ay5, clear sides
4.00; bacon quiet but firm : shoulders 38, clear
ribs 4Ss, clear sides 4 Whiskey In good demand
at 1.03. Butter firm and unchanged; prime to
choice Central Ohio lHal7. Sugar firmer; hards
yialO, A white 8ai), New Orleans 7. Hogs active,
firm and higher; packing 2.90a3.10.
Baltimore Oats firmer and active; Southern
28a33, Western white 31a32. do mixed 28i&a30,
Pennsylvania 28aa33. Hay dull and steady; prime
Pennsylvania and Maryland lOall. Provisions a
shade firmer and quiet; mess pork, old 7.75, new
8-50; bulk meats loose shoulders,new 24. clear
rib sides, new 3?$a4. per pear load, packed, new
3l2a4i; bacon shoulders, old 3aty. clear sides,
new 5, hams, sugar-cured. 9ai,2. Lard'-refined
tierces 6 Butter In good inquiry; choice West
ern packed 16al8, rolls 15al6. Coffee quiet and
nominal; Bio cargoes lltfcaltj. Whiskey firm at
1.0912110. Sugar firm and steady; A soft 8Haa9.
New York tlour steady; No. 2, 2.30a3.00,
superfine Western and State 3.20a3.50. common to
good extra Western and State 3.H0a 4.00, good to
choice do 4.05a50; Southern flour unchanged and
quiet; common to fair extra 3.85a4.65; good to
choice do 4.75atf.25. Wheat opened afyk bet
ter and closed qntet and scarcely so firm; angraded
spring 85a98 No. 3 spring 8SV2a90.' Corn a
shade firmer; ungraded 46a47V2. No. 3, i4438a
Oats firm and quiet; No. 2, 31 Coffee dull and
unchanged; in cargoes 1 11M1B1&, in joblots lli&a
nVi. Sugar quiet and unchanged; Cuban 6ta8,
fair to good refining B&atfj' prime 7; refined
moderately active; standard A 8ga. granulated
8&j, powdered 9VsaiA, crushed do. Molasses dull
and entirely nominal; New Orleans 25a38, Porto
Rico25a35. Rice fairly active and firm. Pork
mess on spot 7.50a75. Lard prime steam on spot
ti.0oal2fe. Whiskey firmer. Freights dull.
COTTON. '
! Norfolk Steady; middling 87rc; net receipts
1,154; gross ; stock 27,966; exports Coastwise
; salt : ; exports to ureal untain .
Weekly net receipts 1 1 ,563; gross ; sales 3.430;
exports coastwise 5,400; to Great Britain 7,860;
to France . j
, Baltimore Dull; middling Qc; low middling
8c; good ordinary 81,2c; net receipts 3D0; gross
; sales 200; stock 1 1,217; exports coastwise
; spinners ; exports to Great Britain ;
to Continent .
Weekly net rec'ts 1.047;gross2 884;salfes 1,050;
spinners 500: exports to Gr"t Britain 4,849; coast
wise 200; to Continent ; to France .
Boston yuicts middling 9.; low hilddling
9o; good ordinary 8Vfcc; net receipts- 203; gross
; sales ; stock 2,700; exports to Great Brit
aio .
Weekly net receipts 2,365; gross 6,408; sales
exports to Great Britain 1,267.
Wilmington Dull; middlings 8a; tow mid
dling 8tec; good ordinary net receipts 132;
gross ; sales ; stock 7,828; spinners ; ex
ports coastwise : to Great Britain ; toCon
nent ; to channel .
Weekly net receipts 1,599; gross do; Sales ;
exports coastwise 4; to Great Britain ; to
Continent ; to France ; spinners ; to
channel ; shipments . j
Philadelphia Quiet; middling 9lc; low
middling 9Vkc; good ordinary 8c; net receipts
325; gross 1,025; sales ; spinners 4-; stock
; exports to Great Britain . j
Weekly net receipts 958; gross ;; sales
2,558; spinners 2,370; exports to Grt Britain 803;
stock 9,184. J
Augusta Steady; middling 81sc.; low mid
dling 8c; good ordinary 7t4c; receipts 856;
shipments ; sales 981 ; stock . ;
Weekly net receipts 3.353; shipment 6,297;
sales 3,911; spinners ; stock 22,869, j
Charleston Oulet ; middling 8tijc.; low mid
dling 9&s gootf ordinary 8c;net receipts 1,
516; gross; sales 1,000; stock 57,886; exports
coastwise ; to Great Britain ; France ;
Continent : to channel . j . -
Weekly net receipts 10.223; gross ;: sales 9,
600; exports coastwise 2,590; to Continent 13,543;
to Great Britain ; to France 6,199; jto chart'
nel . i
New York Quiet; sales 885: middling uplands
914c, middling Orleans map. : consolidated net re
ceipts -, exports to Great Britain . ,
Weekly pet receipts 6.508; gross 28,068; exports
to Great Britain 1,559; to Continent 450; to
France 796; sales 4,907; stock 1 1 6,115. f
' ;Xrri!BPOOi Nooh Moderate toqulry. which was
freely supplied. Middling uplands 5 5-1$ Orleans
5 9-16, low middling uplands good "ordinary
uplands , ordinary uplands -.. sales 8.000,
peculation and export 1,000, receipts: 31,000,
ail American, Futures partially 1-32 better. Up
lands low middling clause 1 January delivery h
January and February do, February andMarch do.
March and April 55-16, April and May 5 11-31 a
HB, May and June , June and July 5 1&&2, July
and August , New crop shipped December ptr
sail 5 5-16.
Sales for the week . .
American
Speculation
Export
Actual exports
Imports.
American.
Stock
American
Afloat
American
U.O0O :
42,000 j
4.000 i'
5,000 ;
13,000 !
70,000 !
59.000 ;
407,000 1
285,000
245,000
199.000
FUTURES.
Nsw York Futures closed steady. Sales 82,
000 bales.
January. 9 -20a.22
February 9.43
March 9 .63
April fl .77a 78
May 9 .92a.93
June 10. 03a. 04
July 10.lla.13
August 10.21a.23
CITY COTTON MARKET.
Office or thb Observer, t
Chablottx, January 11. 1879. i
The market yesterday closed quiet and unchang
ed, as follows:
Good middling 84
Middling.
Strict low middling. . 7
Low middling. 7:
Tinges 7:
Lower grades 5al
A FEW gentlemen can obtain day board, on rea
sonable terms, by applying to the undersign
ed, corner Tryon and Second streets.
MRS. L. W. SANDERS.
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NOW IS YOUR TIME.
TpOR SALE !
THE NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTE,
Published at Fayetteville, N. C, is offered for
sale. It has a good supply of newspaper, adver
tising and display type, press in fine order, ample
printing material of all kinds, and, In short, every
thing needed for the publication of a good seven
column newspaper.
THE GAZETTE-
is the only paper published in Fayetteville a city
of 5,000 inhabitants; it has long been the recogni
zed organ of the Democratic party in the upper Cape
Fear section; and it has a large subscription list
and good advertising patronage. Circulation from
1,000 to 1 ,200. For terms, &c, address
PROPRIETORS GAZETTE,
Jan 1 2 3t Fayetteville, N. C.
CALDWELL HOUSE, CALDWELL HOUSI?
ALL) WELL HOUSfcl, CALDWELL HOUSH
Corner Tryon and Sixth Streets.
Comer Tryon and Sixth Streets.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
S. P. CALDWELL Proprietor.
This house is permanently established and offers
all the conveniences and comforts of a first class
boarding house. Persons visiting the city will find
it a pleasant home. Permanent boarders wanted.
Can be furnished with rooms.
RATES Per day, $1.25; per week, $6.00; per
month, $20.00; table board, $15.00 per month.
janlO
pROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES
FOR THE POOR OF THE COUNTY.
Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the
Register of Deeds, in the city of Charlotte, until
Friday, the 17th Inst., at 12 o'cloek M., tor tie fol
lowing supplies (more or, less,) one-sixth of said
supplies to be delivered to the overseer of the poor
in the ciy on the first Monday in each and every
month, for the next six months, to-wlt:
260 Bushels of Corn Meal,
26 Dounds of eood Coffee.
2,000 pounds of Clear Side Bacon,
65 pounds of whole Rice,
26 sacks Family Flour,
52 pounds of good Brown Sugar.
52 gaUons of fair Molasses,
2 sacks of L. P. Salt
4
1
1
Said articles must be sound and In good order. I
The commissioners of the county reserve the right i
to reject any ana an mas.
By order of the board of county commissioners,
. tins 8tn January, 1879.
i WM. MAXWELL.
Register and Clerk of the Board of County Com.
JanlO
s
TOP AT THE
BOYDEN HOUSE.
Salisbury, N. C.
C S. Brown, Proprietor,
i,Late of the National Hotel, Raleigh.
C. S. Brown, Jr., Chief Clerk; W. O. Shelburn As
islstant.
dec 30
2 rtiflltt ms.
QAROLLNA CENTRAL
VIA WILMINGTON,
THROUGH FREIGHT ROUTE
This Line being fully equipped for business,
Freight from
Wilmington and all Northern and Eastern Cities to
Greenville, Spartanburg, all Stations
Atlantic, Tennessee tt Ohio,
As well as points In Georgia
Insurance and Rates guaranteed as Low as
Information famished
F.W.CLARK.
Gen. Freight Agent, Wilmington, N. C
sept30
PEGRAM ft CO.,
rttULKRS IS
BOOT 8, SHOES
AKD
H H A TTTT
H U , AA T
HHH AA T
MH AAA T
H A A T
1st National Bank Building, Charlotte, N. C
Our stock of Boots, Shoes, Ac, Is acknowledged
to be the best In the State, and we would be pleas
ed to have you call and examine for yourself before
buying. PEGRAM & CO.
dec!
A GREAT OFFER FOR
HOLIDAYS 1 1 !
We will during the HOL1DAY8 dispose of 100
PIANOS and ORGANS, at EXTRAORDINARY
LOW prices for cash, SPLENDID ORGANS 2 8-5
sets of reeds $65, 8 sets with Sub Bass and Coupler
$80, 2 seta $50, 1 set $40, 1 set $85. 7 Octave all
ROSEWOOD PIANOS $180, 7 18 do. $140, war
ranted for six years. AGENTS WANTED. Illus
trated catalogues mailed. Music at half price.
HORACE WATERS & SONS, Manufrs and Deal-
ere,40E.14thst,N. Y. -
TMINENT DR. H. R. WALTON
ANNAPOLIS, MD., WRITES:
Colden's LIEBIG'S LIQUID EXTRACT of BEEF
Is a most excellent preparation. It is par excel
lence. Superior to Cod Liver Oil or anything I
have ever used In washed or Impaired constitutions,
and an excellent preventive of Malarial diseases.
Sold by all druggists and grocers.
o
ILS SASSAFRAS
AND PENNYROYAL
Of prime quality, bought In any quanfty, for cash
on delivery, free of brokerage, commissions,
or storage expenses, by
DODGE 4 OLCOTT,-
Im porters and Exporters of
DRUGS, ESSENTIAL OILS, Ac.
88 William St New York.
QEO. C. WARE,
Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer In
PURE APPLE CIDER
AND
CIDER VINEGAR.
Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of
- E. R. GONDII'S TABLE SAUCE.
287 to 295 W. Third St, CINCINNATI, 0,
JACKSON'S BEST
SWEET NAVY CHEWING TOBACCO.
Awarded highest prize at Centennial Exposition for
fine chewing Dualities and excellence and lasting
character of sweetening and flavoring. The best
Tobacco made. As our blue strip trade-mark is
closely imitated on inferior goods, see that M Jack
son's Best " Is on every plug. Sold by all dealers.
Send for sample free, to C. A. Jackson A Co., Man
ufacturers, Petersburg, Va,
A DAY to Agents canvassing for the " Fim
sidb Visitor." Terms and outfit free.- Ad-
dress-P. o. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine;
AGENTS WANTED For the best and fastest
selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices re
duced 33 per cent Address NAT. PCS. CO.,
Phila., Pa. . ;. : ,
C Chromo Cards, Ac, Cupids, Mottoes, Flowers, ,
Lf no two alike, with' name, 10c NASSAU
CARD CO., Nassau, N, Y.
on Mixed Cards. Snowflake, Damask, Ac ho two
OU alike, with name, 10c. J, Mlnkler A Co.,,
Nassau, N. Y.
A A MIXED CARDS, with name 10c Agents'
-U outfit 10c L. JONES A CO., Nassau, . Y.
decSJ.
N
EW LIVERY STABLE.
II you want first-class Carriages, Phaetons, Bug
gies or Saddle Horses, go to the New Livery
Stable.
If you want a Carriage and Baggage Wagon to
meet arriving or departing trains, go to the New
Livery Stable.
If you want your horses well fed and well groomed
go to the New Livery Stable.
Careful drivers, promptness and reasonable price
are our motto. . L
may28 R. CHAMBERS A CO.
OTO
CENTRAL HOTEL SALOON
For Standard Pure Liquors
-yiLSON A BLRWELL, DRUGGISTS,
Have Just received,
Gelatine,
Cornstarch,
Sherry Wine,
Flavoring Extracts,
All of the best quality for retail trade
declS
JEWELLING HOUSE WANTED.
A tret-class tenant who Is willing to pay a libera 1
! rent wants a good dwelling house with 6 to 8 rooms
! Trade or Tryon street and as near as possible to
j the public square, is preferred.
i Apply to 8.WITTK0WSKY.
I JanlO
j gEWTNG MACHINES.
15 or 20 fine Sewing Machines on consignment
will be sold cheaper than they can be bought else
where In the State. Call early as they must be
sold. MAXWELL A HARRISON,
Auction A Commission Merchants, Charlotte, N. C.
JanlO lw
DISPATCH LDil
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NORTH CAROLINA
TO ALL POINTS SOUTH.
offere unequalled facilities for the Transportkm of
:
Charlotte, Statesville, Asheville, ButherferdtOB.
on the Atlanta A Richmond Air-Line,
and Western N. C Railroads,
Alabama and MlSSlSSlppL
t
I competing Line, and Time as Quick.,
upon application to
' WM. A. MOODY,
Southwestern Freight Agent, Charlotte, N. C
v i.TsMrra-i'
Agent C. & Hallway, Charlotte.
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