North Carolina Newspapers

tit it. cbas. a, JOXES, Editor and Proiirietor Fre from Art &tng raithRt fen ow A. I THUBSDAV, MARCH 20, 1879. of fifti nl ore wfet Gen. J. M$fcW?l written an article for the -PhUadstphUt Times de tailing hi3 adventures during the war after he, as a prisoner, escaped from a train between Charleston and Columbia, and while he was making his way through South and North Carolina and Tennessee back to the Union lines. lie tells a wonderful and well prepared story of ' .;. ,f , nnst disastrous chances, Of moving accfdento, try Hood and field; Of halr-breadth-'scapes i"lhe lmroineut, deadly breach; , , Of being taken by the Insolent foe," and all that sort of thing. ft tillTorilj Cafainr, allSto ffloie fftlHS jamt tae ertfsectforf of trie stare e passed through our neighboring county Gaston, was melted by the loyalty of a memberof the Legislature, and was melted again when he got into the mountains to learn of what extraordi nary valor nan mpBti fce j ppssessed to nerve them to remain listlessly during four years in the Blue Ridge fastnesses, when the temptation wa$ held out be fore thqM "'i -1 i "Win the bubble reputation at the cannon's mouth." There may be those wli6 will entertain a sneaking suspicion that the general is speaking ironically when he comes to deal with the deserters and the "lyers out," but fe Aef jie Je tise are his ideas of 'loyalty and patriotism and that he is thoroughly in earnest ; and again it may be surmised that, he applies the term yelpHn fcusli wickers" to tile wrong crowd when he speaks thus of the Confederate soldiers who were hunt ing up the skulkers. We will share this opinion with the reader, preferring to believe that the term applies much more properly t the goneraFa friends, the de serters -and "iyers-out." The general gives altogether too much play to his florid fancy when he speaks of indis criminate slaughter of men, women and children by the Confederate forces who ranged the mountains but let that pass. f?ftyclewill offen4 jaapdy, ad rouuuu 114 5 i a MC. JEFFERSON DAVIS. The Senate's Officers. The Dem ocratic membsra of the Senate, at thar c iucus MoudayVdettoiBdlb pjfetpoTi the nomination of officers; of theiSenate until Thursday (to-day) and iHiight we will probably know the result! North Carolina feels a certain interest in the c'aoiceof these officers, since there a: o two North Carolinians who are work ing hard to secure vacancies. As bear teJffipnJUp . canjass for the .offices which oar fellow citizens are seeking, we append a 'quartette of paragraphs from the Washington Republican : Colonel Sloan, of North Carolina, con tinues a vigorous canvass for the office of jSergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. Senator Vance is his most active backer. Judge Watterson is certain that he will be elected Secretary of the Senate He says, very philosophically, that if any one else is elected it will be through his defeat. r There is a story that TVaddell, of North Carolina, is Willing to take the Chief Clerkship of the Senate under Stenger as Secretary. This combina tion would possibly bring Senators Ran som and Vance, of North Carolina, to the Support of Stenger. L. Q. Washington leads the race for Sergeant-at-Arins of the Senate. He has been in the field for several months, his rlaims mainlv upon a recognition which he certainly de servesof his newspaper services in behalf of the Democracy. Since the publication in the Republi can of the third of the above paragraphs, it is authoritatively stated that Col. Waddell will have nothing at all if he cannot get the Secretaryship of the Senate. Black Br UN's Motion to Make it Unanimous. When Mr. Blackburn learned, Monday night, the result of the House Democratic caucus, called to nominate a Speaker, he entered the hall and addressed the caucus in a ringing speech. These are the closing passages of his remarks: I am a party man I am a partisan not for the sake of party, but because I honestly and earnestly believe that the best interests of my country are to be subserved by the triumph of my party's principles. I have but this to say, the edict of this caucus is to be final and conclusive, and if there be one among the fifty-seven gentlemen whose partial friendship has given me their votes that hesitates or doubts, to him I now ap peal to make the verdict of this caucus effective when to-morrow's roll is call ed. I move you, sir, that the nomina tion of the gentleman from Pennsyl vania, Mr. Randall, for the Speakership of the House of Representatives of the r.orty-sixth Congress, be niade unani mous. Words hard for the defeated candi date to speak, but spoken like a man! It is not surprising to learn that Mr. Blackburn took his seat amid prolonged applause, and that his motion prevailed. CONGRESS'S EXTlSESQN TH R SEN ATE COMMITTEES ABttASGED Ttietr Composition The President's Message The Appropriation Bilh and Politics Hull, of Florida, Seated A Party Vote in the House and a Democrat ic Victory. House. ffhefljouse has I under con sideration md Idiscussion tfie disp it'd eleodoncasQ $ roa thesecoi d l btt i ex v f Florida: U U y ' - Frye moved tS aifiend the. resolution offereivesterdiT tlat ihe oath be now S iXLUKHAKlia WAGONS. STATE NEWS. So much is said that is untrue, un just, unnecessary, cruel and cowardly, of this distinguished man, by those who can give no reason for their hate, that those with whom he was never a polit ical or personal.. favorite jhjr the South, have often been fdremost in his de fence. Recent events have called forth the following from the Vieksbiirg Her ald : The talk of electing Mr. Jefferson Davis to the United States Senate to succeed Bruce is simply ridiculous. Mr. Davis woold prpjjably. npt.iaccept the position if tendered to him; will never have the opportunity to decline it, and would not be admitted to a seat in the United States Senate if elected. And this paragraph moves oiu 'abie and much esteemed contemporary, the Lynchburgi7e7,s, tothis straightfor ward, manly, and conclusive argument: ' "'lis is all tree" says 'the 'News; "ikit it is all, nevertheless, wrong. Mr. Davis is one of the few men, who is deprived of his rights without.authority of law. Mr. Davis was in custody, was indicted, a packed jury .-was offered, lie was dis charged, and by law stands acquitted. Mr. Davis' Mexican record shows that he was a soldier used to battle and blood, and yet there is no Northern blood on his hands. Who of us Confed erates can say the same? He was ele vated by our votes, not by his request. He obeyed our voice. Long before lie took prominent part, county meetings and State canventions had, everywhere in the South, made Mr. Davis and hun dreds of others, servants of the people. Mr. Davis, like Lee and Jackson, John , ston and Gordon, only obeyed his State and people,: and each obeyed in the sta tion to Which the' sovereign people call ed him. "Where is the country in which a man can, at this dav, denounce as trai- tors.aid.'cBrMiniil3 tire four names we4 ha,Y$ gJvRniJ ihd ! receiye applause? What" rnohe liath Mr. Davis, h brave old Christian man, done than they ?" The School Law. Lieutenant-Governor Robinson, president of the Senate, and Mr. Speaker Moringof the House, remained 'in Kaleigti c over Sunday and Monday for the,i)iu-p03e,of . consulting between themselves and with legal gen- , wtlenjen .as,to the .. prpnrij&ty, (i gning, even yet, the "bill to revise and consoli date the public school laws of the State," which bill failed in the closing hours of the sesskmv to, receive- the signatures of tiftVM Wejr, wisely deter fnked not to sign the bill Dut to let it go.It is tr trethat the aflLeiag of the mguatu res of the pre$dijj'afl$3OTi5 but a matter. of form, theseharipg'-yp-vete-powen , ... . .' :A 'J-Ji ..' ;T. is a very proper tiling and the precedent, had the .speakers signed this bill after the adjocniiveW9flld' have been ' very evil one indeed. Wm. Bovlan, Esq., of Wake, has appointed a director of the Insane Asy lum, vice S. (j. Ward, resigned. Mi". A. Cottrell, an industrious farmer living near Oxford, in handling an axe cut his hand off below the wrist. The Second Presbyterian church of Raleigh is near completion. It is of frame and a very sightly structure. ' Aninfant of Mr. C. Conklin, of Orange county, was left alone in its cradle when it fell out in the fire and was most dreadfully burned. Several students of the University who were guilty of ungentlemanly con duct at Ilillsboro, have been expelled by the faculty. Bishop Atkinson confirmed eleven persons at St. Mark's (colored) Episco- j pal church. Wilmington, Sundav even ing. The Wilmington Irishmen observed St. Patrick's day as usual, and at a busi ness meeting elected officers for the en suing year, with Capt. John Barry as president. Wilmington Star: We learn that a young man fell asleep, hi a kneeling losture, during prayers in one of the churches in the southern part of the city, !unday morning, and never awoke until the sermon was half through. The remains of Judge Battle were carried from Chapel Hill to Raleigh and interred m Oakwood Cemetery. The funeral services took place at Christ church. A delegation of the Raleigh bar met the remains at Durham and escorted them to Raleigh. Mr. D. C. Dudlev, a teacher in the deaf dumb and blind asylum at Raleigh, goes to Kentucky, as has already been stated, and the onicers ot the .North Carolina institution, on the eve of his dejKitture, have presented him with a gold watch, as is learned from the Raleigh Observer. The trustees passed resolutions regret ting Mr. Dudley's departure. Wilmington Him. Tuesday: Miss Fannie Henderson, of Pender county, came to this city to attend the bedside of -her brother, Mr. John Henderson, who has been Jying sp extremely ill for some time past and yesterday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, she died very suddenly, of Jueait disease. The cir EwW&&$&&jrv sad, indeed. gftfy Waminffton Review ... says the WideuceirijfIJapiel D. Weils, of ligaoliatowBsiupiDupUn county, took firV fi5oi' a -defective - st;ove pipe last rTbursdajhand .wasY&ntirely consumed, withall; Its contents, including the fur niture and nearly every article of cloth ing belonging to the family. Insurance $2,J00.i ' ; CommendXtSotk6Si Abroad The Philadelphia Times commends the Lejpslature of North Carolina for hav fiig skt rctfsf weeVIthout iayj for the transaction of business which could otmje .ftfflWjM Aays term during which they were allowed to draw per dieify, Tire Times says: This is, on Itie whole, rather more commendable. tba.n.Jtb.e Pe rnisvlvania system of detibelately- pi'dlohging the session beyond the one hundred days to wriiih thfl nlain intent of the constitu- t iorTFesmm trfof the sake of drawing ten dollars a day several weeks longer. The new Senate has nineteen ex and four Union MMim -'rVMlfW Confedera1!e, . WgadiergVally going to cap txiv4 .Tff. Davis as iresiat5iii would seem to be their opportunity BLOODSHED IN MISSISSIPPI. A Deadly Affray Between Three Prom Inent Citizens of Vkksburg. , ViCKSBOtG, March 19. A shooting affair occurred last hicrht between Captain W. F. Fitzgerald, on one side, and W. L; Andrews, and Wl L. Greene on the,, otneiC "Andrews and Greene. were. ; killed ,. almost. , instantly ' and Fitzgerald dangerously.. wounded The difficulty oriarinated abont the 'Hihpr- niah meeting on Monday night, at Which jiuiucws wtts eiecteu presiaenc. F itz gerald claimed still-to be president- of theijmbernian society ana denounced the election of Andrews as n fraud. Greene ' .objected to Fitzgerald's re marks and threatened .to draw a weapon but Fitzgerald drew first and shot Greene through the heart. Andrews then shot Fitzgerald, who in turn shot Andrews, the ball piercing Andrews' skull at the top of the fore head. All were Well known citizens. Andrews was the head of the firm of Andrews & Bra, and was President of the Howard Association afteT Mr. Rockwpod's death last summer. Fitz gerald is a prominent lawyer and was once a Republican State district at torney. A Clergyman's Sudden Deatb. r ' j . . .... jHfCAio, March i9.--ftev.f James De- Koven, D. D., dean of Racine (Wis.) College, died suddenly of apploplexy .thisjtnorning. He was recently elected T-ector of St. Mark's church, Philadel phia.. : . ..-,' ; .,- bottles ot Dr. Bull's Coueh Sttud have been sold i by a single firm In Baltimore Messrs. William, H. Brown si wo. Washington, March 20. Senate. Hill, of Georgia, presented the creden tials of his colleague, Gordon. He said the latter was detained from the Senate by sickness. Numerous bills were introduced, one by Eaton to revive the court of commis sioners of Alabama claims; by Rurn side, to reorganize the army of the United States ; by Beck, to remove all political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth article of the - constitution; also a bill to repeal the act of July, 1862, requiring the test oath. The following was offered by Ed munds, in accordance with the unani mous agreement of the Republican cau cus. Its present consideration was ob jected to by Saulsbury, and it therefore went over until to-morrow : " WnEREAS, The necessity for the pres ent special session of Congress has been occasioned by the failure of the last Congress to make appropriations for the support oi tne army ana ior tne legislative, executive and judicial ex penses ot tne government ior tne next fiscal year; and, "Whereas, The business and other pub lic interests of the country will be best promoted by confining the legislation at this session to making provision for the objects aforesaid, and by an early adjournment; therefore, be it "Resolved, That all bills and joint res olutions, excepting those for aforesaid purposes, shall be referred to appro priate committees and not reported un til the next December session." Wallace submitted a list of . the stand ing committees which, under a suspen sion of the rules, was agreed to. THE SENATE COMMITTEES. The following is a list of the commit tees of the Senate of the Forty-Sixth Congress, as appointed to-day : Privileges and Elections Saulsbury, chairman; Hill; of Georgia; Kernan, Bailey, Houston, Vance, Cameron, of Wisconsin, Hoar and Ingalls. Foreign Relations Eaton, chairman ; Johnston, Morgan, Hill, of Georgia, Pendleton,Hamlin, Conkling, Kirk wood and Carpenter. Finance Bayard, chairman ; Kernan, Wallace, Voorhees, Beck, Morrill, Ferry, Jones, of Nevada, and Allison. Appropriations Davis, of West Vir ginia, chairman; Withers, Beck, Wal lace, Eaton, Windom, Allison, Blaine and Booth. Commerce Gordon, chairman ; Ran som, Randolph, Hereford, Coke, Conk ling, McMillan, Jones, of Nevada, and Chandler. Manufactures Grover, chairman ; lie Pheison, Williams, Rollins and Dawes. Agriculture Johnston, chairman ; Da vis, of West Virginia; Hampton, Slater, Paddock, Sharon and Hoar. Military Affairs McPherson, chair man ; Whyte, Jones, of Florida, Vance, Farley, Anthony, Blaine, Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and Chandler. Judiciary Thurman, chairman ; Mc Donald, Bayard, Garland, Lamas, Davis, of Illinois, Edmunds, Conkling and Car penter. Postoffices and Postroads Maxey, chairman ; Saulsbury, Bailey, Houston. Farley, Groome, Ferry, Hamlin and K iik wood. Public Lands McDonald, chairman ; Jones, of Florida, Grover, McPherson, Walker, Plumb, Paddock, Booth and Hill, of Colorado. Private Land Claims Edmunds, chair man ; Allison, Windom, Davis, of Illi nois, and Jonas. Indian Affairs Coke, chairman ; Pen dleton, Walker, Slater, Williams, Alli son, Ingalls, Saunders and Logan. Pensions Withers, chairman ; Mc Pherson, Groome, Call, Farley, Ingalls, Kellogg and Piatt. Revolutionary Claims-Anthony, chair man ; Dawes, McMillan, Jones, of Flori da, and Hill, of Georgia. Claims Cockrell, chairman ; Here ford, Harris, Groome, Houston, McMil lan, Cameron, of Wisconsin. Teller and Hoar. District of Columbia Harris, chair man; Whyte, Withers, Butler, Vance, Ingalls, Rollins, Dawes, McMillan. Patents Kernan, chairman ; Coke, Slater, Call, Booth, Hoar and Piatt. Public Buildings and Grounds Jones, of Florida, chairman ; Saulsbury, Vest, Dawes and Morrill. Territories Garland, chairman ; But ler, Vest, Slater, Saunders, Kellogg and Logan. Railroads Ransom, chairman; La mar, Eaton, Grover, Williams, Pendle ton, Jonas, Dawes, Teller, Saunders and Windom. Mines and Mining Hereford, chair man ; Gordon, McDonald, Farley, Cam eron, of Pennsylvania, Plumb and Hill, of Colorado. Revision of the Laws Wallace, chair man; Kerjian, Davis, of Illinois, Hoar and McMillan. Education and Labor Bailey, chair man ; Gordon, Maxey, Randolph, Burn side, Morrill, Bruce and Sharon. ( n il Service and Retrenchment Butler, chairman ; Whyte, Beck, Wal ker, Teller, Chandler and Rollins. To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Hill, of Geor gia, chairman; Dawes, of W. Va., and Jones, of Nevada. Printing Whyte, chairman; Ransom and Anthony. Libraries Voorhees, chairman; I'an soin and Edmunds. Rules Morgan, chairman; Cockrell and Blaine. Engrossed bills Conkling, chairman, Jones, of Nevada, and Withers. Enrolled bills Vance, chairman ; Call and Rollins. On the improvements of the Missis sippi river and its tributaries Lamar, chairman; Cockrell, Harris, Jonas, Bruce and Kellogg. Transportation routes to the Seaboard Beck, chairman : Johnston. Voorhees. Hampton, Cameron, of Wisconsin, Cam eron, of Pennsylvania and Windom. To examine the several branches of the civil service Vest, chairman; Eat on, uoruon-, ixgan and Hamlin. lne oenate at a ouarter to 1 took an hour's recess until the message could be received from the President. The vice-president laid before the Senate the memorial from several members of the Kansas Legislature, charging corruption in the election of Ingalls and asking for an opportunity to prove their assertions. Referred to the committee on privileges and elec tions. A -resolution was offered by Wallace, asking tor a detailed statement of the accounts of marshals. in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts and Maryland, regarding the employment of deputies for services relating to the conduct of the last November elections. Conkling objecting the resolution went over. Bruce, at his own request, was ex cused from the committee on Mississip pi levees and pensions. Senators Gordon and Hampton not having arrived, their names were for the present withdrawn from the com mittees to which they are assigned and the places left vacant. . Saulsbury presented a resolution ask ing for information regarding the treas ury negotiations with the syndicate. Morrill objected and it went over. A resolution was adopted respecting a complete index of the congressional debates from the commencement of the government to the present time. Adjourned. the vrima facie as well as ultimate right of each contestant be referred to the committee on elections, when ap pointed, and that in the meantime neither be sworn ,in. The amendment was . rejected yeas 137, nays 140. As between the Republicans and Demo crats it was a strict party vote ; as to the Greenbackers, Barlow, DeLa Matyr, Ford, Forsythe, Gillette, Jones, Kelly, Lowe, March, Russell, of North Caro lina, Stevenson, Weaver, Wright and Y okum (14) voted with the Republicans, and Ladd with the Democrats. The original resolution was then adopted and the oath was administered to Hull. I am now in receipt of a laiss lot oi the l-celetira- l- administer-ed fo.Huir, tjy providingthaK! ted studebaxkb wauons, all size vUdi SCBIBNEB'9 nXSTblTEIJt4UAZrNK l- yt Ml. ff. -4 will be sold on reasonable terms. . CALL EARLY, and supply yoursell with the best wagon out T. H. GAITHKR Jan. 8 tf. AS IDEAL CHILD KKN'B UAOAZIKX. 10 CASES HUNYADI JANOS , Mineral Water; 10 baskets (50 jugs each) Apol llnarls, just received. WILSON & BUR WELL. an30 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Mecklenburg County. I Superior Court, r-Clerk's Office. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The message was subsequently re ceived, and read, as follows : Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: The failure of the last Congress to make the requi site appropriation for legislative and judicial purposes for the expenses of the several executive departments of the government and for the support of the army, has made it necessary to call a special session of the Forty-Sixth Con gress. The estimates of trie appropria tions needed, which were, sent to Con gress by the secretary of the treasury at the opening of the last session, are re newed andare herewith transmitted to both the Senate and the House of Rep resentatives. Regretting the existence of the emergency which requires a spe cial session of Congress at a time when it is the general judgment of the coun try that the public welfare will be best promoted by permanency in our legis lation and by peace and rest, I commend these few necessarv measures to vour considerate attention. (Signed) Rutherford B. Haves. Washington, March 19, 1870. THE ESTIMATES. Accompanying the message are esti mates from the secretary of the trea sury of money needed for the army and the legislative, executive and judicial branches- of the government. The esti mates are the same as those submitted. at the opening of the last session with the exception ot items provided tor at that session. The last Congress made provision for the military academy at West Point and for the fortifications and armament. This leaves, according to the estimates, 2,340,."0(J yet to be appropriated for the support and main tainance of that branch. None of the legislative, executive and judicial ap propriations were provided for, even in part. The estimate for these expenses is $16,520,601.91. To these appropria tions are also to be added the item for court expenses, which is generally placed in the sundry civil bill, but which was left out of that bill last session. The estimates for these expenses is S:J,000,000. REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAUCUS. At a caucus of the Republican Sena tors this morning, the personnel of the minority representation on the Senate committees was arranged and the list returned to the chairman of the Demo cratic caucus by whom it was offered to the Senate for adoption. The three chairmanships of standing committees accorded to the Republicans, viz: Rev olutionary claims, private land claims and engrossed bills, wre assigned by the caucus to Senators Anthony, Ed munds and Conkling respectively." The caucus, after a general interchange of views, agreed unanimously that the legislation of the present session ought to be confined to the passage of the two appropriation bills tree trom all politi cal legislations, and Edmunds was au thorized to offer in the Senate the reso lution to that effect ijbove given. NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT. Jas. Riley Weaver, of West Virginia, to be consul-general at Vienna; David H. Bailey, of Ohio, consul-general at Shanghai; Ewd. M. Neill, of Rhode Island, secretary of the legation at Mexico; E. B. Turner, United States district judge for the northern district of Texas; Alexander White, L'nrted States attorney for the same district ; A. B. Norton, United States marshal for the same; Alfred C.Bell, postmas ter at Americus, Ga. A plan to Incorporate the Simpson Gold and Sli ver Mining Company, having been this day filed In my office by Benjamin F. Larrabee, Charles A. Fairbanks and Arthur D. McLelland, and a per mit having been given by me to Open books Ior subscription, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the proposed corporator and- subscribers shall be held in the city of Charlotte, county and State aforesaid at the Central Hotel In said city on the 2nd day of April next, and complete the organiza tion of said corporation as proposed In said plan in conformity to law. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at office in Charlotte, this 10th day of March, 1879. J R. ERWIN merll dlt w3t Clerk Superior Court. (groceries. rjMIE LATEST ARRIVAL. 1 hbl. Saur Krout. at fitk cents Der lb.: fresh Eggs at 10 cents per doz. ; Kerosene Oil, 20 cents by the gallon; choice Dried Peaches, 5 cents; New Orleans Molasses; finest Sweet Potatoes in the city; choice Mackerel, Rice. Grits, Hominy, Pickles, loose by the dozen; Ball -Butter, 10 to 1 5 cents; tun supply or an kinds oi iresn Garden seeds, Onion Setts, large Potatoes, Onions. &c. Call and examine our goods at the store on Trade street or branch store corner 7th and C street, near Baptist church. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. a. N. SMITH feb27 SEED OATS, &C. 600 Bushels Seed Oats. 50 Bushels N. C. Irish Potatoes. Corn, Flour and Wheat Bran. Baled Hay, Shucks and Fodder. HEAVY GROCERIES. &C. Just received and for sale by WILLIAMS & FINGER. Feb. 20, 1879. Messrs. Scribner & Co., In 1873, began the publi cation of St. Nicholas, an Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys, with Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodee as editor. Five years have passed since the first num ber was issued, and the taagttzlne has ffoqr the highest position. It has taonthly circulation of OVXB 00,000 OOPEK8. It is published sifealtanepCisfc In" ,Lodot New York; and the transaUantlc recognition is al most as general and hearty as the American. 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Terms, Per Day j 00 Great lnducnmenta nfToiwri era; for terms see the proprietor. table bourd- Omnlbus and Carriages at every traln.. FIELD BROTHERS Mr. H. 8. Wilson , Lay, . . Henry Witrojuii --. . . j . . feb9 ...... ProprletorH. bupermteiiiiem,H ...Clerk. $2.00 L?OR FINE WINES, Calcutta, March " 19. The origin of the trouble between the Burmese and British residents at Alandalay is that the latter protect and refuse to deliv er up to slaughter two royal princes and their families, who have taken re fuge at the residency. The King of Burmah, who is said to be mad with drink, and urged by fanatics and the re actionary party, threatens to force the residency. Such a hostile measure on the part of the government, it is believ ed, would be the signal for a general massacre of Europeans. New Orleans, February 20th, 1879. The undersigned certifies that he held for collec tion for account of R. H. C. MitcheU, Mitchells burgh. Ky., through I. W. Proctor, cashier Central National Bank, Danville. Ky., whole ticket No. 47,018, single number, ''Class B," In the Louis iana State Lottery, which drew the First Capital Prize oi Thirty Thousand dollars, on Tuesday, February 11th, 1879; said ticket having cost the sum ot Two Dollars at the office of the company at New Orleans, being sent through correspondence addressed to M. A. Dauphin, P. O. Box 692, New Orleans, La., and that the amount was promptly paid by a check on the Louisiana National Bank, on presentation of the ticket at the office of the company. E. B. SHOSTE, Exchange and Discount Clerk, Louisiana National Bank of New Orleans, La. iiiar2K lv We are astonished at the endeavors of parties to Introduce new remedies for coughs and kindred complaints when they should know that the people will have Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup and nothing else. People will not be so very foolish that they will allow themselves to be deceived with a new cough syrup when they have experienced the value of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup for many years! Price 25c. $00 Us autX iaticrtmnj. NEW BOOKS AT TIDDY'S CITY BOOK STORE. Mayne Reed's Novels, (5 vols., Travels In Central Asia, by Vambery, Treasure of Wit and Wisdom, Short History of English People, Green, Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, Social Etiquette of New York, 1 vol.. cloth. 57.50 4.50 250 1.75 7.50 1.00 If you want to get a cheap Feather Duster go to TIDDY & BRO'S. You will always find something nice In the way of Stationery at TIDDY & BRO'S. The latest styles of Wall Paper can alway3 be found at TIDDY'S BOOK STORE. Mable, Todd & Co's. Gold Pens always on hand St TIDDY'S BOOK STORE. And Pure Liquors, Three Years Old. go COCHRANE'S, Central Hotel Saloon. SWEET POTATOES, Jut received from Eastern North Carolina. THI EASTERN YAM POTATO 1879 1879 T HE FOUR REVIEWS AND At March 18. S. M. HOWELL'S. F. B. ALEXANDER & CO., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, College Street, Charlotte, N. C, We handle more general country produce than any house in the city, and still solicit further con consignments from all parties who are willing to be satisfied with the best job we can put up on this market. All those who cannot be pleased with our best efforts, are respectfully requested to send their goods to somebody else. rpHE best and cheapast Fertilizers are ACID PHOSPHATE & COTTON FOOD. Having accepted the agency for the Maryland Fertilizing & Manufacturing Company, I am now prepared to offer special terms and favorable in ducements to planters desiring a good and reliable Fertilizer. Call early, exiunlne the goods, hear prices and terms.- mchl THOMAS H. GAITHER. JpOR SALE. A beautiful Rlfie Jamestown, N. C. to mart! d&w tf Gun. made by Lamb &Son. For particulars and price, apply CHA3. B. JONES, UDserver Office. MORTGAGEE'S SALE! XTNDER and by virtue of a deed of trust exeeut J ed to the undersigned by Chambers & Stegall, recorded in book 19, pages 212, 213, 214 and 215, register's office of Mecklenburg county, I will sell by public auction at the court house door in the city of Charlotte, at 12 o'elock E,' on 'the 7 th day of April, 1879, the following vehicles, horses, and other artieies of personal property: One depot wagon (new), one clarence vehicle, three phaetons, one double buggy, two single bug gies, one spring wagon, one carryall, one straw cutter, two saddles and bridles, four sets of lead bars, many sets of single and double harness, one clock, twelve horses all trained and broken. Terms: Cash. BERRYMAN GREEN, By JONES & JOHNSTON, Attorneys. mai'8 oaw tds QQQ FEE SIMPLE DEEDS, MOST APPROVED FORM. Just Printed and For Sale at the OBSERVER OFFICE. JLOCKADE TOBACCO, FOR SALE. Having purchased a nice line of Tobacco, at the Government sale, I am prepared to offer extra inducements to buy ers. 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