North Carolina Newspapers

l)c flljarlotte Gbbstxvtx. CHAS. II. JONES, Editor 6c Proprietor IEntebxd at thk Poer-OmCB at Chabixhtb, N. C, as 8XCONO Class matisb. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1880. POWER OF MACHINE POLITICS. The action of the Republican State convention of Pennsylvania t Harris burg day before yesterday, in sending a solid delegation for Grant to ti.e Chica go nominating convention, is peculiar ly significant. It proves first if any man ever doubted it that Grant is bent upon the nomination, but in the second place and chiefly it illustrates the power of machine politics. Six weeks ago Don Cameron, the ardent supporter of Grant, and chairman of the national Republican executive committee, in the face of an avowed public sentiment for Blaine and of an universally recognized opposition to a third term, announced, with the bold dash which is character istic of his political movements and declarations, that Pennsylvania should go solidly for Grant in the nominating convention, and the result has shown that he did not speak without first knowing his own strength, or rather the capabilities of the machine which years ago was constructed by the elder Cameron, and which is now operated by the combined energies of father and son. The Cameron machine is the most perfect of all political machines. It is the result ef years of intelligent, patient and systematic work. For more than a quarter of a century Simon Cameron labored, in season and out of season, to build up a personal following in every county in the State, and by the influence of money and patronage hehas gath ered about him able and unscrupulous lieutenants. Don Cameron, though perhaps less shrewd, is tjold and aggres sive. Their latest triumph is perhaps their greatest. The plan to capture the State convention was not only fully ma tured but had been announced, and the Blaine faction were beaten after having known beforehand every step that the enemy would take. But the Republican party, especially here in the South, has long been accus tomed to such methods, and they here tofore worked successfully. In North Carolina the "Greensboro ring" has di rected the entire State for years past, and more recently a Sherman machine has been patched up by the office hold ers under the Secretary of the Treasury, which it is proposed shall convert pub lic sentiment among the Republicans to the support of their candidate. But the work has been clumsily done, and the masses, who were thought to be too ignorant to detect the fraud, have already begun to cry out against the proposition to foist upon them a candi date they do not want. In North Carolina as in Pennsylva nia, it is not likely -that the machine will fail finally to get its man, so far as the nomination is concerned. A way will be found to shut the mouths of those who cry the loudest, by ofhcial patronage or by some means more dis reputable, and although the Republican masses in North Carolina are unques tionably for Grant, and the party in Pennsylvania is no doubt equally solid against him, the North Carolina dele gation to Chicago will be as much of a unit as the Pennsylvania delegation must be, acting under instructions from the Harrisburg convention. But when it comes to the matter of voting, when each citizen can do as he pleases, the case will be very different, and this fact the Democratic party can view with complacency. If Grant is nominated, he cannot secure the undi vided vote ot the Republican party in Pennsylvania, even with all the power which the Ciimeron machine can bring to bear an the election. In proof of this we present below an extract from a me morial signed with the names of a Jarge number of the most considerable citi zens of Philadelphia, who are recogniz ed as true and tried Republicans. The memorial is addressed to the delegates who were to assemble at Harrisburg, and the memorialists say: " The number of Republicans is very large who cannot be relied upon to sup port on the one hand one whose can didacy would violate a tradition which has become part of the unwritten law of the nation; nor, on the other, one who regards the skillful use of patron age for personal ends as the highest function of a statesman ; nor one whose past inability to resist temptation would put his supporters on the defensive throughout the campaign; nor one whose personal ambition may lead him to regard the public service as a mere instrumentality for furthering his own ends, and whose convictions are but expressions of temporary political ex pediency. The platform on which we entered the presidential contest of 1876 national supremacy in national affairs, the avoidance of unconstitutional inter meddling with local self-government, honest money and a thorough reform of the civil service is the accepted declar ation of Republican principles, and it would be an insult to the intelligence of the party to present for its support any one whose record would show that his canvass on sueh a platform would be but a trap to catch the unwary. The Distress in Ireland. The ca ble dispatch to the New York Herald from Dublin, which we publish this morning and to which reference has already been made in our telegraphic columns, reveals a degree of distress in Ireland, of which the people on this side of the water have hitherto had no adequate idea, It is no false alarm; the tabular statement which follows the telegram published occupies a full page of the Herald and establishes the fact beyond question that the wolf is at the door of thousands of the brave and generous people. If Ireland ever needed succor from America, it needs it at this moment, and in this connec tion, The Observer reiterates its pro position to act as a custodian of funds intended for the relief of her suffering people, and to see that such funds are placed in bands that will best apply menu An illustration of the wonderful in ventive genius of the American people is afforded'" hi the fact that during the year 1879, 20,059 applications for patents were maae, oi wmcn were grant ed. - There is not so much" hews from Maine just now as deluged the country a week or ten days ago. Quiet appears to prevail in that recently agitated commonwealth. The sudden and com plete void of intelligence from that quarter is relieved to some extent by a dispatch from Augusta, which states that the Republican House (which is the only kind they have there now) has instructed the committee on the alleged bribery of members to proceed to an immediate investigation of the charges, and report as soon as practicable. This refers to the allegations of Messrs. Swan and Harriman that they were of fered $1,000 each to influence their ac tion as representatives. Tilden has again found it necessary to defend himself. This time it is from a charge of a very grave nature that he was about to tie himself to a pstti coat. He says he unfortunately did not know of the existence of Miss Ranck, and adds: "The author of the rumor has apparently acted upon the maxim of equity jurisprudence that what ought to have been has in fact been done." HOME TltADE ASM PVTRONAGE. How It is to be Increased Tlic Diffi culties That Must be Overcome. To the Editor of The Observer: Next to commercial integrity and promptitude, a spirit of mutual support and co-operation, is all important m buildiner up a community. Without such a feeling there can be no real pro gress and prosperity. It is the rapid interchange of products and the free and constant circulation of capital that mparts life and enterprise in business. The want of this in the past has been the great drawback to Southern devel opment. With slavery there was some reason in this policy of isolation and a purely agricultural growth. Xow.with- the loss ot slavery, an is cnangeu ; anu yet we cling to the ideas of ante-bellum times, and send North or abroad for almost every article needed amongst us or known to commerce, with the single exception of our two or three eading staples in their raw state, me vast profits of shipping, handling, and converting these into the thousands of articles of trade and commerce are nearly all lost to us and go to swell the wealth and powers ot others otten to our hurt. 1 know tliere are those who held the opposite doctrine; and main tain tlrat the South do"es better to con tine its labors and efforts to its great staples and buy its goods elsewhere. -T I 1 t t jNotiung can te more visionary anu ue lusive. Any people raising or" making only a few bulky raw products and shipping these thousands of miles to be converted into articles of trade and commerce, and then shipped back and bought and re-bought by themselves, are obliged to remain poor. The South may be doing well, compared with oth er days. But the truth is, that -with the great staples of cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar and turpentine, we should be the richest people in the world. Could we save only the tentli part of the trans portation, insurance, commissions, ex change and profits made in handling and converting these staples, we would grow like Jonah's gourd. I admit the difficulties in the way of changing our policy. Miut a beginning must be made: and why not right here in Charlotte ? It is proposed to start at least one cot ton factory. I hope all will encourage the enterprise; but talk and good wish es will not help these public-spirited gentlemen along, unless something more is done. Nor will the cotton fac tory do Charlotte any substantial good unless its manutactured products are handled, bought, sold, shipped, insured, and stored by and among ourselves. If the great bulk of all these goods are simply made and then shipped North to be distributed there, then half of the actual profits are lost to us. So of every other manufactured article. Rut why taiK or a cotion iactory when we have so many other manufacturing interests and enterprises already in operation. and y.et languishing for the want of home patronage r We have tobacco factories, planing mills, spoke and han dle machines, flouring mills, foundries, and many other smaller enterprises, and yet the very articles turned out by these establishments are ignored at home, and sent to the four quarters of the globe for sale and distribution of ten coming back to be disposed of both by retail and wholesale at the very spot they were made and manufactured, after traveling to and fro thousands of miles otten crossing and re-crossing the Atlantic! Can any one doubt the ruinous effects of such a course of busi ness? ,The Messrs. Oates may erect their iactory; and they may even make money for themselves. Rut unless the business men of Charlotte and the peo ple of Charlotte participate in the handlkis of these eroods. there will hp no great benefit to us. How can this be brought about? Here is the trouble. I put aside the cotton factory and wait till it has been built. Hut as to the other enterprises already in operation, I say Unhesitat ingly, let our merchants and other deal ers make an honest, earnest effort to put these home produced articles on the market ; and then let all classes of citizens resolve to give the preference, if any, to such goods. 1 take a single example: Why do not dealers in and consumers of tobacco at once patronize the infant tobacco and cigar manufactories already in opera tion amongst us? No one doubts the quality of the- articles already turned out by these pioneers in the trade. But what an impulse it would give to their efforts if they only saw and felt that a home patronage was assured them, and now soon tney would double their pro ducts both in quantity and quality. But I select tobacco factories for an other reason: Valuable as cotton mills might prove to be, they are not so much needed as tobacco factories. Our business now is founded almost entirely in cotton, and that trade lasts only some four months in the year. Cotton mills and their products would only enlarge and extend this same bus iness. But what we need now is some fixed and permanent enterprise to fill up the eight idle or dull months of the year. Tobacco does this. It comes in from the farms and towns during spring and summer; it is easily handled and would give employment and better pay to a larger number of laborers than any other pursuit. And with tobacco warehouses here established, immense amounts of trade would flow in from the northern and western counties, now almost untouched by our narrow reach. The development of this one industry would be sure to stimulate others; and in a short time we would find our proud little city a busy hive the year round; cotton and cotton mills imparting life to fall and winter, and tobacco, in all its varied forms, filling up the present dull days of spring and summer; und both together uniting in quickening trade and doubling the flow of labor and capital. Business. Lorillard'a Horses In Enrlaud. . London, Feb. -8. The acceptances for j nriV 6 itvces art? announc ed. They include Mr. P. Lorillard's horses, as follows: The brown gelding Parole, aged; the four-y&r-old bay colt Falsetto, and the following three-year-olds: Chestnut colts, Mfstake and Wal lenstein ; chesnut fillies. Sly Dance and Pappoose; bay fillies, :Geraldine and Nereid, and bay colt Boreas. MITY-S1XTII CJNGRESS. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Unimportant Business JVumeretis Bills and Resolutions Considered. Washington, February 5. House. J The House passed the beruue bill tor the conversion of national gold banks. The following bills were introduced by O'Conner, of South Carolina, and re ferred : Bill making silver certificates receiv able at the United States Treasury in redemption of circulating notes of the issue of national banks. Bill requiring the secretary of the treasury to pay the current- interest on all registered United States bonds with out respect to date of assignment or transfer. The House then resumed considera tion of the bill regulating the removal of causes from State to Federal courts. The mourning hour, however, expired without action on the bill. Dunn, of Arkansas, from the com mittee on iublic lands, reported the bill for the establishment of;titlesin Hot Springs. Printed and re-icomm.it-ted. The Senate amendments to House bill for the erection of a public building at Danville, Va., were concurred in. Began, of Kansas, presented a peti tion in favor of granting railroads the rights of way through the Indian Terri tory, lteferred. The House then resumed the debate on the revision of the rules. j Cabell, of Virginia, offered an amend ment to the 16th clause of rule 11, pro viding that the committee on railways and canals should have jurisdiction over the improvement of rivers. Frost, of Missiouri, moved to ex clude the Mississippi and its tribularies. A debate ensued between Frost and Cox, of New York, upon a charge made by the former that the latter and other Eastern Representatives were prodigal in voting appropriations for the im provement of Eastern rivers, but par simonious when Western rivers were concerned. Cox denied that New York had ever been niggardly in its treatment of the Mississippi valley. He had voted for the levee system and for Eads, Jetties. After some f urther discussion between Cox and White, of Pennsylvania, Frost withdrew his motion and Cabell's amendment was lost. Shallenbanger, of Pennsylvania, of fered an amendment to the 19th cladse of rule 11, giving the commission on public buildings and grounds jurisdic tion over appropriations ''for public buildings. After a long debate the amendment was adopted 100 to SI. Chalmers, of Mississippi, offered an amendment to the 21st section, giving the commission on the improvement of the Mississippi river jurisdiction over the appropriation for the improvement of that river and its tributaries. After considerable debate the com mittee rose without action and the House adjourned. Senate. A motion by Davis, of West Virginia, that when the Senate adjourn to-day it be to meet Monday next, was opposed bv Hoar and Pad dock, and advocated by Allison and others, the former urging the backward state of business before the Senate, and the latter claiming that business can be better facilitated by work in commit tees than in the Senate at this stage of the session. The motion was defeated yeas 17, nays C2. Beck gave notice that he would ob ject to any bill being taken up out of its regular order on the calendar. After some discussion the Senate adopted the resolution submitted yes terday by Anthony, that the Senate shall each day proceed to the considera tion of the calendar of general orders, debate to be limited to five minutes on objection to carry any bill over. The Senate thereupon proceeded to consider the calendar. The first bill on the calendar was the bill to prohibit military interference at elections. Allison. "I object to that." (Laugh ter.) Blaine. "Why object to that?" Cockrell. "There can be no objection to that." (Laughter.) Ihe bill was laid aside. A number of other bills were objected to or re ferred to committees. Among the bills taken from the calendar in regular order was one re ported from the committee on military affairs, in December, to donate a quan tity of granite to aid in the completion of the soldiers' and sailors' monument at Chalmeth National Cemetery, Louis iana. On objection of Teller, of Colorado.it was laid aside. The bill to amend the census act of 1879 was then taken up. On motion of Pendleton, a substitute reported by the census committee was considered in stead, and passed. Harris, by request, introduced a bill for the erection of a public building at Oxford, Mississippi. Referred. At 1:40 the Senate went into executive session and when the doors were open ed adjourned until Monday. The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination of Benj. Conly as postmas ter at Atlanta, Ga., and rejected by a vote of 42 to 10 the nomination of John M. Morton as collector of internal revenue for the first district of Califor nia. KO.lSTD ALIVE. An Avf ul Calamity Near Columbia, S. C Nine Pervontt Burned to Death in One. IDousc. Columbia Register, 5th. Information was received in Colum bia yesterday that a house on the plan tation of Capt. Stack, or that of Mr. George Swygert, about eight or nine miles above" Columbia, caught fire night before last, about half-past 10 o'clock, and was consumed, and that nine col ored persons, three grown and six chil dren, who were inside, were bwrned to death. A messenger came for Coroner Lowndes, who immediately hastened to the scene of the calamity to hold the necessary inquests. Hie people who were burned were two men, brothers, Ijy the name of Lo rick, the wife of one of them, five chil dren of the other brother and another child named Suber, a little son of a de ceased sister of the men. The mother of the other five children was also dead. The fire is said to have been discovered by a colored woman who lived about a quarter of a mile away. She ran to the burning house and pulled off a board, but could do no more to relieve the in mates. She says that she heard one of the children call to its father, but he could not get to it. The woman finding she could do no more, ran to a neigh bor's house and brought assistance, but by the time it reached the burning house it had fallen in on its occupants. When the burned woman was found she was wrapped in her covering appa rently just as she hadJain down to rest It is supposed that the unfortunate peo ple were stifled and confused by the smoke, and before they could get out of the house it fell in and crushed them. The above are the accounts given by persons who brought the news of the occurrence to the city. The Caatalia: New York, Feb. 5. The brig Cas talia, from Galveston, ashore at High lands, is well up on the beach. The wreckers were at work on her yester day and expected, to float here at high water. "Do you know," remarked a prominent gentle man to us a few days ago, "Dr. Bull's Cough a rup Is really a good thing. My daughter would have me use H for a bad cough and It old cure ma." OPENING PABLliMEST. S peecb of the Queen -"2nlaad's dela tions with the Powers. London, February 5. The weather is fine; and the procession preliminary to the opening of Parliament took place in accordance with the programme. The Queen arrived at the House of Lords ten minutes past 2 o'clock this afternoon. Upon receiving a copy cf her speech from Lord Cairns, Lord High Chancellor, Her Majesty banded it back to him, and, as usual, Lord Cairns read the speech. The ceremony lasted fifteen minutes. The following is the Queen's speech : My Lords and Gentlemen : It is with much satisfaction that I again re stort to advice and assistance of my Parliament. My relations with all pow ers continue friendly, and the course of events since the prorogatory of Par liament has tended to furnish addition al security to the maintainance of our open peace on the principles laid down by the treaty of Berlin. Much, how ever, still remains to be done to repair the disorder with which the late war has affected many parts of the Turkish Empire. The convention for the sup pression of the slave trade has been concluded between my government and that of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. At the close of your last ses sion, I expressed the hope that the treaty of Gundarnak had happily term inated the war on Afghanistan. In conformity with its provisions my envoy, with his retinue, was honorably received and entertained by the Ameer of Cabul. While engaged, however, in the exercise there of his duty he and those connected with the embassy were treacherously attacked by overwhelm ing numbers, and after a heroic defence they were almost all massacred. An outrage so intolerable called for con dign chastisement, and my troops, which pursuant to stipulations either had withdrawn or were withdrawing from the territory, governed by . the Ameer, were ordered to retrace their steps. The skill exhibited in the rapid march upon Cabul, and in advances upon other lines of action, reflect the highest credit upon the officers and men ot my British and native torces, whose bravery has been shown with wonted lustre in every engagement with the enemv. The abdication of the Ameer and the unsettled condition of the country rendered the recall of my troops impossible forthe present, but the principle on which my government has hitherto acted remains unchanged, and while determined to make the frontiers of my Indian empire strong, I desire to be in friendly relations alike with those who may rule in Afghanis tan, and with the people of that country. My anticipations as to an early estab lishment of peace in south Africa have been fulfilled. Capturing the position of the Zulu king and the breaking up of the military organization on which his dynasty was based, have relieved my possessions in that part of the world from the anger which seriously impeded their advancement and consideration. CABLE FLASHES London, February 5. The I'imes has the following from Berlin : "The National Zeitung's Vienna letter as serts that Austria has firmly resolved to increase the defences of that empire. The military authorities consider it ad visable that Buda and Pesth be forti fied, and the necessity for immediate construction of new fortifications is unanimously recognized." The Times Berlin dispatch says it can not be denied that the Conservative ma jority no longer exists. The govern ment will have to rely upon the sup port of the National Liberals, which fact will certainly have some influence on the development of the church ques tion. A number of the morning journals in their leaders agree in the opinion that Irish and Afghan affairs will receive a large amount of atten tion during the coming session of Par liament. At a meeting .of the Dublin Mansion House committee yesterday, Lord Mayor Gray stated that at the rate they had expended the fund on Jiand, it would not last more than four weeks. Home, February 5. A dispatch states that the College of Propaganda will give 7.000 lire to the relief of the Irish distress. Carolina Fair Association. To the Citizens of 'Mecklenburg County : The Carolina Fair Association meets on the second Saturday of February, 14th, at the court house in Charlotte, at 11 o'clock, sharp. The meeting is called to complete its organization by the elec tion of directors, and to determine whether or not a fair shall be held this fall. Will not the merchants, manufactur ers and mechanics of Mecklenburg meet with her agriculturists to de termine the question V It is equally as important to the former as to the latter. If you will come and give the associa tion your united support we can have a fair worthy of the name, "The Fair of the Carolinas," and our sister counties of this State and of South Carolina, seeing your worthy efforts will assist you. As the meeting which elected me president was not largely attended, I am willing to resign and pledge a cor dial support to whoever you may elect. Come and give us your support, for our annual re-unions are not only pleasant but profitable. S. B. Alexander, President C. F. A. . Fire Record. San Francisco, Feb. 5. A Chinese wash house on Pine street, near Taylor, was destroyed by fire this morning. The nnmber of its occupants is not known, but the bodies of ten China men have been recovered from the ruins. Dallas, Texas, Feb. 5. The Dallas county court house was burned yester day together with many valuable pa pers. The building cost $100,000, and the loss is about half that amount. It is believed the fire was of incendiary or igin. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup. Rev. Sylvanus Cobb thus writes In the Boston Christian Freeman: We would by no means re commend any kind of medicine which we did not know to be good particularly for Infants. But of Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup we can speak from knowledge; In our own family It has proved a blessing Indeed, by giving an Infant troubled with colic pains, quiet sleep, and its parents unknown rest at night. Most parents can appreciate these blessings. Here is an article which works to per fection, and which is harmless; for the sleep which it affords the infant is perfectly natural, and the little cherub awakes as '"bright as a button." And during the process of teething, its value is incalculable. We have frequently heard mothers say they would not be without it from the birth of the child ttU it had finished with the teething siege, on any consideration whatever. Sold by all druggists. 25 cents a bottle. decll d&w ly Wturc Contentment is Impossible. Contentment produces, in some measure, .all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone, and If it does not bring riches it does the same thing by banishing the desire for them. But the induce ments for a fortune at the cost of only two dollars Is sufficient to cause any one to read carefully the announcement made by the Louisiana State Lot tery Company of the next monthly drawing (the 117th) at New Orleans, February 10th. For fur ther Information apply to M. A. Dauphin, New Or leans. La., or same person at No. 319 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. A Care. To all who are suffering from the errors and in discretions of youth, nervous weakness, early de cay, loss of manhood, &c, I will send a recipe that wUl cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope o the REV. JOSEPH T. IN MAN, station D, New York City, jan 25 Boots and Shoes tojj be Fgund in the City of Chjsibtt?. AND AT PRICES AS LOW AS THEY CAN BE MADE by . close buying by one who is thoroughly posted in the business. We, hive an elegant assortment ,f LA9ISS, MISSES and CHILDRE. S' Fine shoes cf tho Best M3kes, BESTS HANQ-SEWEO BOOTS AfiG SHOES ABE OUR SPECIALTY AND WITH A-FULL LINE OF THESE, WE CAN SUIT AN if FIT ANYBODY. Yery respectfully, : ; A. E. UANK1N & BRo., jan. 3. Trade Street, under Central I i'otH MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.- FFBRUARY 5, 1880. PRODUCE. Baltimore Oats lower; Southern 47a48, Wes tern white 46a47, do mixed 45a4ti. Pennsyl vania 46a47. Provisions quiet; mess pork 18.50; bulk meats loose shoulders 4. clear rib sides 7,' do packed 54a7; bacon shoulders 6, clear sides 8, hams lOiall. Lard refined tierces 8 Coffee quiet; Rio cargoes 13al6; Sugar quiet; A soft Whiskey dull at l.lOVfea 1.12. Freights to Liverpool dull. Chicago -Flour dull and nominal; extras 5.25a 6.00, double extras 5.75a7.00, patents 6.00a H. OO. superfine 4.25a450. Wheat generally lower; No. 2 red winter 1.2U&a22. No. 2 Chicago spring I. 19, March, No. 3 do 1.04. rejected 90 Corn lower at 36. Oats lower at 3312- Pork weak at ll.75a.80. Lard lower at 7.05a. 10 Bulk meats lower; shoulders 4.10, short ribs 6.40, short clear 6.50. Whiskey steady at 1.07. Cincinnati Flour heavy: family 5.80a8.10, fancy 5.25a5.75. Wheat firm at 1 .28. Corn dull at 40. Oats quiet at 39. Pork lower at 12.25. Lard dull at 7. Bulk meats lower; shoulders 4, clear ribs 6.40, clear sides 6; bacon lower; shoulders 5ife, ribs 714, sides 7l&: green meat dull; shoulders 4, clear sides 6, hams 7. Whiskey firm at 105. Sugar firmer; hards 9a10l&. New Orleans 7a8l&. Hogs dull; common 3.50a4.2o, light 4.30a 50, packing 4.40a4.55, butchers 4.65. New York Southern flour quiet; common to fair extra 5.75a6. 15, good to choice do 6.25a7.75. Wheat closed firm; ungraded winter red 1.20a 1.40, No. 3 do , No. 2 do . No. 1 do , mix ed winter. Corn heavy; ungraded 59a60& Oats closed heavy at 47 for No. 3. Coffee steady; Rio in cargoes 18&al5j. In job lots 14al7& Sugar steady; Centrifugal 814. Muscovado 7 1-1 6a fair to good refining 7fea; refined In fair demand; standard A 9ai&. granulated 94a, crushed 9Vfca powdered do. Molasses New Orleans 40a52. Rue firm; Carolina 7a. Wool firm; domestic fleece 43a58, pulled 30a58, unwashed 18a40. Texas 21a 40. Pork dull at 12.12al2.25; middles lowej; long clear 7, short clear 7 long and short 7.25 Lard closed lower at 7.60a.7O. Whiskey nomioal at 1. 1 la. 12. Freights to Liverpool dull. COTTON. Galveston-Quiet; middling I2l&c; low mid 1214c; good ordinary 1 1; net receipts 1225;gross ; sales 800; stock 71.459; exports coastwise 1 ,170; Channel ; Continent . Nokfoi.k-Quiet; middling 12rfec; net receipts 1,H25: gross ; stock 34.534; exports coastwise 1,534; sales 235; exports to Great Britain 4,201. Baltimokk Firm; middling 13; low middling 12Vac. : good ordln'y 2ty-c.: net receipts ; gross 2t4; sales 200: stock 21.392; exports coastwise 60; spinners 179; exports lo (ireat Britain ; to Continent Boston Dull; middling 13lc; low middling 12: good ordinary 12i; net receipts 584; gross 2,167; sales ; stock 14,900; exports to Great Britain 122. Wilmington- Quiet; middlin? 12c; low mid dling 12ic; goou ordinary llc; receipts 178; gross ; sales; stock H,440; spinners ; ex ports coastwise : to Great Britain ; to Con nent ; to channel . Philadelphia-Firm; middling 13iAc.; low middling 13c: good ordinary 12'4c; net receipts 66 gross 76; sales ; spinners 434: stock 20,008; exports to Great Britain . New Orleans - Firmer; middling 12; low ni'.d dllng 128C;good ord'y 11; net receipts 7,435; gross 7.453; sales 7,000; stock 345,796; exports Great Britain : coastwise - . Augusta Quiet; middling 12c; low mid dling 12c, good ordinary lUfcc; receipts 313; shipments ; sales 481: stock . Charleston Qnlet; middling 12c; low mid dling 12Vc; good ordinary 1214c; net receipts 829; gross : sales ,000: stock 4 1, 854; exports coastwise 1.514; Great Britain ; France ; Continent 890: to chancel . New York Cotton quiet; sales 603; Middling Uplands 13c; Middling Orleans 131fec; consolidate net receipts 15,582; exports Great Britain 5,718; continent 3,416; France 59. Liverpool Noon Cotton easier. Middling Uplands, 7Ad; Middling Orleans. 7ifed; sales 8.000. speculation and export l.OOU, receipts 17,800, Ameiican 14,500. Futures dull. Uplands low middling clause: February delivery, Febru ary and March 7 5-32, March and April 7-3-16, April and May 7 7-32, May and June 714, June and July 7 5-16, July and August , August and September , October and November. FINANCIAL. New Yoke Money l.OOaO. Exchange 4.82. governments strong. New 5's 1.031&. Four and a half per cents 1.08ife. Four per cents 1.05 State bonds dull. FUTURES. New York Futures closed Aim. Sales 143,-000- February '. 13 07a.08 March 13 .2a.29 April 13.55 May 13.74a.75 June I3.93a.94 July 14.04a.5 August 14. 13a. 15 September 13 .50a 55 October.. 12 .65a.70 November CITY COTTON MARKET. Office of the Observer, i Charlotte. February 6, 1880. The market yesterday closed steady. Good Middling 1 21A Middling 12 Strict low middling 1214 Low middling. 12 Tinges '. Lower grades Receipts 238 bales. JXiscMmxtoxxs. NORTHERN (Baldwin) APPLES JUST RECEIVED. Feb. 5- CHAS. R. JONE3. WANTED, At the Charlotte City Mills, 3,000 bushels Corn, 1,000 bushels Wheat, Bye, Oats, Peas, Ac., for which cash, or meal In exchange, will be paid. Constantly on hand, Flour, Meal, Mill feed, Sec. for sale. These mills have been thoroughly refitted, and a l grain sent will be promptly ground, or exchanged If desired. F. J. IRWIN & CO. Janl5-tf STEAM DRILL FOR SALE. AN INGERSOLL STEAM DRILL, VERY LIT TLE used, wiUj Steam Hose, Drill Pointf, Tools, &c. Will be sold cheap. Address, v GEO. Z. FRENCH, Jan. 231 m.d. Rocky Point, N. C. The Charlotte Hotel. M. SCHLOSS Proe'r. THIS old and well established Hotel, under the present proprietor, has recently been refitted and refurnished and Is now open for the accom modation of the traveling public. The proprietor has had years of experience In the business, an-i knows how to keep a hotel. He Invites his friends to ca'l and see him. The omnibus meets every train. M. SCHLOSS, Jan. 18. Proprietor. REMOVAL. MLICHTENSTEIN, MERCAHNT TAILOR. - has removed over John T; Butler's Jewelry Store, where, he will be pleased to serve bis Custo mers and Friends as In the past. Southern Home copy. Jan. 27. mCIAJu ANNOXTKCEMNT. WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO OFFER T - THE TRADE ONE OF THE BEST LIKES OF Burgess PARLOR AND CHAMBER SUITS. COFFINS OF ALL KINDS ON HAND. t3S Ladies' and Gentlemen's Burial Robes -h hp s-.piv. NO. 5 WEST TRADE STREET. CHARLOTTE, N. C. BENSON'S 1pcine nmm plaster A WORD TO THOSE WHO USE POROUS PLASTERS. It is a universally acknowledged fact that Benson's Capcine Porous Plasters are Superior to all Others. The great demand for them has caused a number of unscrupulous parties to make and sell worth less imitations under similar sounding names. As the market is flooded with inferior plasters sel lug n any price, it is important for the consumer to know wnich is the best. It is well known tht some or the cheap plasters have been examined and found to contain injurious Ingredients, which make them dangerous to use, causing paralysis and other diseases. CAUTION See that the word Capcine on each plaster is correctly spelled. SEABURY & JOHNSON. Pharmaceutical Chemists, New York. PRICE 25 Cts. Jan. 27 4w. WITH CHAS. R. JONES AND DEALER IN Grain, FLOUR, MEAL, GROCERIES, Cigars, Tobacco, AND ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, Observer Bixilding, Trade Street, CHARLOTTE, TsT- O. TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS : I desire to inform you, through this advertisement that I am now with CHAS. E. JOXES, who has established a Grocery and Commission use on Trade Street, and would be pleased to have your further CALLS, ORDERS and CONSIGNMENTS. WE WILL STILL MAKE THE COMMISSION BUSINESS A SPECIALTY, which will be under my management, AND WE GUARANTEE THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICKS. WITH PROMPT RETURNS. Orders for Grain, Flour, Meal, Groceries and Cocxtkv Produce, filled at the lowest market prices. Thanking you for past Favors, and hoping to hear from you often, I remain Yours respectfully, 1. m&Bmw. Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 19th, 1880. lOOO MORTGAGE DEEDS AND lOOO FEE SIMPLE DEEDS JUST PRINTED AND FOR SALE AT The Observer Office Jan. 25 dAwtf. MAGNIFICENT BANANAS, FRESH FRENCH CANDIES. Walnut and other ' TAFFIES, CARAMELS, CARAMELS, THE DELIGHT OT EVERY ONE, '', . ' 4 . AND THX - elobrated BOUQUET CIGAR, THE BEST 8 CINTEBS IN AMERICA AT PERRY'S. Jan. 27. Rlicliols, H )LE3LE AND RETAIL DEALER tK ALL KINDS OK nm. BEDDING, &v A TOLL LINE OK Cheap Bcdstcai AND LOUNGES. M o fa CARD TO THE AFFLICTED. DR. ROBERTSON, It) SOUTH EUTAW STREET, BALTIMORE, MS., From fifteen years experience In hospital ami pri vate practice, guarantees a permanent cure In all diseases of the Urinary Organs and of the Nervous System viz: Organic and Seminal Weakness. Impotency (loss of sexual power), Nervous Debili ty and Trembling, Palpitation of the Heart. Dim ness of Sight or (iiddiness. Pains in the Back and Nocturnal Emissions, etc., all resulting from abuses in youth or excesses in manhood. Diseases recently contracted cured in live to ten days. ;ind the poUon entirely eradicated from the system. Also all skin and blood diseases quickly cured. Dr Robertson, a graduate of the University of Maryland, refers to any of the leading physicians of Baltimore. Special attention given to all fe male complaints and irregularties. All consultations strictly confidential, and medi cines sent to any address. Call or write, enclosing stamp for reply. septlOlT ' Painting Contract TO BE AWARDED. Winnsboko, S. C, Jan. 31 . 1 K0. SE4LED BIDS, for painting the Town Hali and Steeple will be received by the undersigned un til the 1 (Kb of February. Plans and speciiica; ions furnished upon application to ' E. S. CHANDLER. Feb. 3 d3r. Clerk of Council- rjHE WASHINGTON GAZETTE, Published at the National Capital every S rid Giving a full resume of the preceding week, ne ,s of all national topics and general intell gentv. b sides being the only REPRESENTATIVE SOUTHERN PaPKU There supportlngJhe National Democratic Put?- Edited by GEORGE C. WEDDERBURN, of Viral la, formerly publisher of tne Richmond (Va.) Enquirer. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Sirmle copies, one year, postage paid. S 'Jl Five copies, to one address, postage paid. ' Tea copies, to one address, postage paid, VI ' ' Twenty copies, t one address, postage pd, U" . ,,,r (With a copy free to the person securing i he cluu ) For further information address GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMFAM, Box 322, Washington. D. C, or the Editor Dec. 23. 2 nr Jialjc. DWELLING FOB SALE. t nrreo tnr cola tti v Rftslilence. con taining 8 Room, situated on west Tryon 8ireei, wnnin a iew nuuute a Public Square. It nap an ine - ,!, h.nnnl inn the Dreill' ises, a Kitchen with 4 Rooms, gooa B'amo -Barn, and everything In nice order and good Re pair. The lot ru . s from Tryon to Church stret . and on the back of the lot, on Church . stree ; there Is a nice tenement house, which rents ie.uu ly. Also, for sale, a pair of fine horses and a phaeton. Terms accommodating. Apply any. Jan. 9. W. 8. FORBUh. iiiii .