-i ' &t)t charlotte bB?mfc SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Oaii'j, i year' (vottrvaul) in advance 88 00 Six MmUis 4 00 Three Months 2 00 crt, MwUb 75 WEEKLY EDITIOtr : Weekly, ( county) w advance J2 00 (nit of the county, pottpatd,.... 2 10 Six Month 1 00 Liberal Reductions jpr Club. . 00k and lfi J?rhrttti8. ' THE OBSEBYER JOB DEPABTMXNT Has been thoroughly supplied wlffi every needed want, and with the latest styles of Type, and every manner of Job Printing can now be done with neatness, dispatch and cheapness. - We can furn ish at short notice, BLANKS, BILL-HEADS, LETTER HEADS. CARDS, TAGS, RECEIPTS, POSTERS, PROGRAMMES, HANDBILLS. PAMPHLETS. CIRCULARS. CHECKS. AC vol: CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1880. NO. 3,452. " BATISTE D' ALSACE; VALENCINNNE WELTING; I ANGUEBOC, POINT D'ALMGON, BttETONNE, BIjACK, FRENCH AND BtTGLE FICHUE-'; LANOUl DOC AN') L'ALENC N J ABOTS; IJRCKED SASn, BROCADED AND FANCY NECK RIBBONS; IiED, GIUEEN A GOLD CHECKED TABLE DAMASK, (something rich), LACE LTSLE ii LOVES, EMBROIDERED TIDIES, BUNTINGS IN PLAIN A LACE EFFECTS, LL'NCn CLOTHS, &c Ac, Ac, ;it ALEXANDER & HARRIS'S. mar 1 4. IJcrats and ltacs. SPMNGSTO P LET ED ! OUR SPRING STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND TRUNKS Is now Complete. We are determined Ito sustain our former reputation for selling THE BEST BRANDS Of goods, which everyj sensible person knors Is the cheapest In the end. Please call and see us before buying. X3T" We will deal fairly and hon estly with you. PEGBAM A CO. March II, If 80. Democrat and Home copy. TTISlH7S Bool vSiioe. HAT AND TRUNK ESTABLISHMENT, TRYON. STREET, Xf-xt Door to Dr. J. II. McAden s. :o::- If shoes you wish to Luy, Call at Aslel's store and try Ills boots ari' shoes how well they fit; Also, hiits and trunks, so oheap for cash nis prices are exceedingly low; Cash sales, small profits his motto; Remember, when you Wish to trade. That money saved Is money made. By purcliaslne-t AiJeVs sforo You save lull ten per cent, or more. Prove the fact; you'll find In time More truth than roetry in my rhjme; gogp and ry-hjm Wlj.hQUt fjtfl : V, St. II ivlns onnneoted myself with the above liouse, I am sure that my tol.f Jniearts and custam ''in can be better suited and for less money than "t any other house in the city. . . . , i mar.8. S. FRANKENTHAL. Ml GEO. W. GRAHAM. VRAGTjei JliupED TQ THE, VA'Vj, EAR I THRO AT OFFICE WITTI DRa jOJJES A GRAHAM. Feb. a-dlwAw3m. HO. D. GRAHAM, N the State and United" States Courts. Colla- turna, Homand Jforeign; Mllclted. Ab stracts of Titles, Surveys, &o., furnished for com pensatlon. Omcg ,N R Comei Trade A. Tryon rtrtets Charlotte, N. C. .r -.-, ,.-4jan.3P. . SURGEON DENTIST, 'TENDERS his professional services 'to the citt-1 a zeosof CTharlottftaDdsuiTOundingcoantry, i Ian0!0! Trjron Btrtet opp' nm CSper? G M Sxnj (Sovtls, (McrtTtiug, Sec TUSTOPE The bar dsojnest line of DRESS 'GOODS AND T R I MM INGS ' . '. Ever exhibited In Charlkte, in all the new and attractive styles and shades. Silk Fringes In Black, Saa! Brown, Plum, Maroon, 1A ht and Medium Gray, E'cni, Gens d'Armea and Naw Blue, Black Jet "and Mourning Fringes, THE HANDSOMEST Tc BE HAD IN NEW YORK. I Eveht Lady Shodld Get Onb of 3 OUR PARASOLS, , The most beautiful ever brought to this market and ranging in prices from 25 cts. to $15. ! OUR LADIES' NECKWEAR A FANCY RIBBONS CANNOT BE lEXCELLLED. Call and see the Pers'an Pattern of Table Dam ask, the newest and prettle-t designs out. ' Respectfully, T. l. SEIGLE & CO. marlfi IlXieccljlatxecrits. NATURES OWN REMEDY A VEGETABLE MEDICINE FOR THE BlOOaUVER&KIDNEYS; GUBATINE, For Blood DUeaaoiJ GURATINE, For Liver Complaints. A medicinal com pound of known value combining in one prep aration the curative powers for the evila which produce all dis eases of the Blood, the Liver, the Kidneys. Harmless In action and thorough In its effect. It la unexcelled for the cure of all Blood Dis eases each as Scrof ula, Tumor n. Boils, Tetter.Salt Bheum, BHemnaHsm, JSer ottrial Poisoning, also Cm-nstipation, Dyspepsia, Indi gestion, Hour Stom acti. Bet ant ion of Vrin, etc. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT. THE EE01TH CHEMICAL CO . e, Md. For Kidney DUeaae. GURATINE, ; For BheunuttUm. GURATINE, For Scrotal DUae. GURATINE, 1 Tor Erysipelas, Fimplctr Blotchtl, tc. Nov. 15 d-w PzRRt. Houston County, Ga. We hsve known "Swift's Syphilitic Specific" tested In hundreds of obstinate cases of Syphilis, Mercurial RheumatlsnuScrofula, etc , and testi fy that it made the mos$ perfect and permanent cures in every case. Hubh L. Dknnakd, Gen. Eli Wabrqt, SAM. D. KlLIfcN, i J. W. WlMBEKLT, Judge Co. Conrt. !'Db J C. GilbektJ Drug't. J.L. Warren, of firm of i J W. Mann, J. W. Lathrop A Co., j County Treasurer, Savannah, Ga.. 1 Wm. D. Pierce, Sherift Ed. Jackson, C. C. Duncan, Dep't Cl'k. Sup'r Ct. ; Pat A Gordon, , Wm. Bbunson. We are personally acquainted wl h the gentle raon whose signatures appear to the above certifi cates. They are citizens of said county, of the highest respectability and character. A. S. GILES, Ordinary, Houston Coi, Ga. D. H. CULBER. . Clerk Superior Court, Houston County, Ga.' I am personally acquainted with the proprietor, and also with many of the gentlemen whose sig natures appear to the foregoing certificates. They are men of high character and standing. ' A. H. COLQUITT, Governor of Georgia. Prepared only by the &WIFT SPECIFIG COJ& PANY, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by T. C. SMITH and L. R. WRISTON A CO. tSW Call for a copy "Young Mens' Friend " leb. 26-dAw.lm. - The Bitters invariably remedy yellowness of the complexion and whites of th eyes, pains In, the right side and under the right shoulder blada.ur. red tongue, high colored urine, nausea, vertigo,, dyspepsia, constipation hewineas the head, menial despbudeber, and ewpty tbr manl,festa tjonor accompaniment of adlsordered condition of the liver. The stomach, bowels and kidneys also experience their regulating and tonic Influ ence. ' : ' , lor sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. rpHE WASHINGTON 0AETTE, : , PHWished at the National Capital erery Sarrfay Giving a full resume of the preceding week, news of all national topics and general intefgeiwe, be sides being tlwonlv ' 11 R&PnESENT4lirE SOUTHERN PAPER " the National Democratic Party. Edited by GEORGE C. WEDDERBURN. of Vlrgln , , la, formerly publisher of the Rlchmf naCVa) ! ... .otpOnr:,) .Vi 1 TEEMS 01 SUBSCRIPTION : Single eopiesr.: one year, postage paid.' .T' $"2 00 Five copies, to one address; postage paid. 7 50 Ten copies, to one address, postage paid, , 12 50 Twenty copies, to one address, postage pa, " 20 OQ (With a copy free to the person securing the, tfjubsfl JTor further information address - J i GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANTA j r Box 2122, Washington, D. C, or the Editor ' . .DeftSUl.'! :- ! air S STATE NEWS. Only three Wilmington-merchants went on the Cincinnati excursion. TheMoi-ganton Blade reports that salmon have been caught in the Cataw ba river near Marion. Raleigh papers report that Jo Turner spoke in Raleigh Friday night on the railroad question, but they fail to tell us what he said. The Ladies' Memorial Association of Wilmington have decided to adopt the 20th of May, the anniversary of John ston's surrender, as memorial day, in stead of the 10th of May, the anniver sary of Jackson's death. Tarboro Southerner : The Rev. Jos. E. Carter is expected to arrive in Tar boro on next Saturday and thereafter preach regularly in the Missionary Baptist church once a month, beginning next Sunday. He is the pastor of the Baptist church in Wilson. The construction of the turnpike road from Morganton to Marion is pro gressing finely. The enterprise is a very important one to the people of that section of the State, and they pro pose to celebrate its completion by a grand barbecue on the 4th of July. Monroe Enguirer: Thomas Rollins, champion gourmand of the world, has taken Monroe in his grand foraging rounds. After putting into his capa cious receptacle 12 biscuits, 36 hard-boiled eggs and 13 cups coffee at a single meal, the beholders were astonished, and at his cry for more, the man who promised to "foot the bill," slid out at a side door, and has not since been seen. Wilmington Star: There was unusu al activity in the harbor yesterday. In some places one could almost walk across the "raging Cape Fear" on tim ber and turpentine rafts. The river was so stocked with rafts that large vessels found it difficult to move about. The steamship Regulator wanted to go across the river, but found it almost impossible in consequence of the scarci ty of room. METHODIST CONFERENCES. Mectiug' of the Church Bodies iu the Country Thin Year In all, ninety-three Conferences will be held this spring in various parts of the United States, By far the greatest interest is taken in the General Confer ence which assembles in Cincinnati on May l. The session is held only once in four years, and there are three, and per haps six, bishops to be elected. This point will be decided by the Conference after taking into consideration the needs of the Church. Three bishops have died since the last Conference was held.and so great is the interest taken in the matter that wire-pxilling is already going on, and several European dele gates have already arrived to be on hand early and look over the battle field. Two men who are certain of elec tion, so it is said in inside circles, are Dr. J. F. Hunt, president of Drew The ological Seminary, and Dr. Cyrus D. Foss, president of the Wesleyan Uni versity. Other prominent candidates are Rev. Dr. Warren, of Philadelphia; Dr. Stratton, of San Francisco; Dr. Wolden, of Cincinnati ; Dr. Fowler, of New York; Dr. Kynett, of Philadel phia; Dr. Fuller, of Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. Hoven, of Syracuse. There will be a biter contest over the election, and new candidates with small backing are springing up on alhsides. A number of secretaryships and other small favors within the gift of the Con ference will be well contested. The meaning' of "Boom." Toronto Globe. Everybody, it seems, has been misin formed as to the origin of the "boom" of the term, we mean, not of the "boom" itself, which everybody knows owes its origin, along with the "hum," to the N. P. "Boom" has commonly been sup posed to be derived, not from the 'booming of the bitten," but from the booming noise made by a river in flood. It seems that there is . a much more plausible explanation than this. Miners irrthe far West have a "practice of con ducting explorations by means which they call "booming." It consists in damning up some gorge on a moantiain side and allowing the water from melt ing: snow to accumulate till an Immense i.reservoir has been formed.; i When the pond is foil, an outlet is made, and the water rushes down with irresistible force, overwhelming everything- in its path. Rocks, trees and boulders are hustled Rlong, the top soil is carried away, and huge ravines are cut in the mountain side. Sometimes gullies of seventy-five and a hundred feet wide are formed, extending to the foot of the mountain. Richveins and deposits of ore are often uncovered by tbis processj and the word "booming" describing it is seen to have some real significance,, It is singular that the word "boomer" is used among the native Australians to signu fy anything great or wonderful. 4. large animal of any kind is called a "boomer, ' tnougn more irequenuy me word is used by the settlers to indicate the male kangaroo, The term is seen again in the ''boomerang" and many other native words. The Florida Kailroad Case Special to the Baltimore Sun. Washington, March 19. In the Uni ted States Supreme Court to-day Sena tor Vance, of North Carolina, as attor ney for the Western North Carolina Raliroaa company, matie a motion tu vacate and set asidathe order faa'de by Mr. Justice BrHeyV on the gd day o'f February last, approving: the bond exe cuted by the Western Division of 'the Western Worth Carolina ttaiiroaa uom Danv and other parties. The bond un der the order of the court was required to be in the sum of $100,000 and to oper ate as a supersedeas m tne jnonaa rail road cases. The grounds of the motion are substantially that the approval o the bond was based by Mr, Justloe Bradley on the consent given fay Sena tor Vaqce, as counsel for the Western North Carolina Railroad Company, without any judicial examination as to the sufficiency of the aeeurity required to be given, and that the parties who signed 'the bon as suteties were not worth the sums ot money mat tney made affidavit they , were worth, and that the approval of the bond was nro: cured by f alge and fraudulent ?epyesen- A CandldajewUU lUe. MeaIe, Philadelphia Times. A leadlmz JDemocralic candidate for the nomination for Governor ot Mis sourk ifi dowr with; th measles. He kissed' a Kansas Gity glri baby whose father expects to be a delegate to the. convention, it ponwoKm masvep up this old-f ashiohefl ftf&eUcexrf kissing girl babies ih'ey had much better wait until they have grown beyondJW mea- so much nicer to Kiss after theydaave. got'to'oe'BiSaeen or seventeen, 4 YOtlHFlL VAQCEROS. : Daring Feats Performed on Hone back by a Boy and Girl Stockton (CaL) MalL , A gentleman who lives on the Stan islaus river, close to its junction with the San Joaquin, told a Mall reporter what he never would have believed had he not known his informant to be en tirely trustworthy. He said that near his place are a boy and a girl, the form er about twelve and the other fourteen years of age, who frequently jump into the saddle in the morning and ride all day among droves of wild cattle, which would surely gore them to death should they become unseated. Both carry lar iats, and if they see a calf in thje drove that has escaped being marked, they run on to it, the boy throwing his rope and catching it by the head, and the girl bythe feet, after which the ears and brisket are duly cut. But this is not all. On the ranch is a large bottom of un dergrowth, in which roam hundreds of wild hogs. Of these the boars are per fectly ferocious and will fight when pressed the least bit The children, mounted on their well-trained horses and carrying in their hands the lasso which they so skilfully handle, dash headlong after these hogs over all sorts of ground, up and down steep banks, catching one out of nearly every drove they scare up. Last summer they caught over thirty in this manner. When the lasso is thrown around the head and feet of the hog and he is stretched out so that he can do no harm, the boy gets down from his horse and ties the hog's feet with pieces of rope carried along for the purpose. His horse stands as firmly without as with a rider, being trained to that work and never having done any other. A wagon is sent for the hog, which is placed in a strong pen and soon tamed so that he can be fat tened for market. A few days ago the boy was riding in the undergrowth, when he started up a deer. Putting spurs to his horse he got near enough to the deer to throw his lasso on to his horns, but he did not have time to fas ten the other end of the lasso to his sad dle before the fleet-footed animal was off with rope and all. These children have been riding constantly ever since they were big enough to sit on a horse. The Depa'y ITIarvbals TVhat Demo crats and Republicans Say, Wash. Cor. Biehmond Dispatch. The Democrats feel happy, because on the subject of the appointment of deputy marshals the Democratic mem bers ot the House have accepted the decisions of the Supreme Court and passed a section to the deficiency bill which does not give Mr. Hayes the slightest pretext for vetoing it. Never theless, it contains substantially what the Democrats want, and possesses the great merit of having originated with General Garfield. One of the "stal warts'Mr. Cowgill, of Indiana says he had rather have no deputy marshals at all than have them appointed in ac cordance with the action of the House yesterday. Other stalwarts are very bitter on Mr. Garfield, who, they say, made a terrible slip-up. I hear that Mr. Blaine, when the bill reaches the Senate, will make a ferocious attack on the deputy-marshal feature of it, and that other Radical Senators will follow suit, with a yiew of inducing the Presi dent to veto it. I asked an Illinois Democratic member of the House to day what Northern Democrats think of it, and he replied, "The President can not frame a plausible excuse for a veto." "We have acted wisely," said he, "and have completely taken the wind out of the sails of the Republi cans. Hence Conger & Co. feel it keen ly." Homicide in Onslow. Wilmington Review A few days since, in Onslow county, a white man, evidently laboring under mental aberration, called at the house of another white man and requested assistance to go and get his wife who, he claimed, was at the house of a neigh bor near by. Theoccupant-Of the house declined to go to his assistsnce, upon which the insane man seized one of the children who was in the room at the time, and threw it out of doors. Upon this the mother of the child and wife of the man who occupied the housfe screamed for help, when a colored "man, employed updn the premi ses, came into me house with a pitch fork in his hand and attempted to drive the insane visitor out of doors, but the latter seized the Weapon and wrenched it from the hands of the colored man. After getting possession of the pitch fork he attacked the occupant of the house, and inflicted quite a severe wound upon his face and nose. He then attacked the wife with the same weap on, but before he could strike a Wow the husband drew a revolve? and shot the insane man, killing him instants ly. . The Negro in Georgia. Dr. Tupker; rh thChti&iai Advocate, shows bevo'nd question ' that the finan cial status of the negro in Georgia is something remarkable. The "man and brother" is demonstrated to have "set out in life fifteen years ago, without capital and without experience ; lie has liyed until this, time, from; which, we may infer that he has had "something to eat and something to wear; he lost a large part of his earnings by the patri ots of tfce'Erfeed man's Bank. Who trans- f erred the funds to a htgfier latitude; and since then haa accumulated more than ftvP millions of dollars worth of property, txs the tables show perjuries and blunders omitted. It appears, also, that land enough is owned by the ne groes in Georgia to give an average of six. and pne-tentl uteres to fiachjyoter intlre State. The increase in the num ber of acres returned in 879 over )the return of 1S78, is thirty-nine thousand three hundred and nine." Te $al:&tio.n Army a Work, The officers of the salvation army have fairly opened the campaign in New York, and propose to stay there and "keep hup" the fight. Mayor Cooper, however, has decided that they cannot be permitted to pf eacn in the streets pf the ?ity, as they are not ministers of any denomination. Teir provincial dialect ?indj f we wse of the letter "b," coupled with their evident :want of education, - are-beinjr made the subject of goodjbaioredfraiyeryj in the New York iotobjJlLlMclu otlhe.army says tpafc they do not gp:iu for .elegant discourses, wcause they1 talk to ' people who do not understand or care for such things. . Beauregftd D.eftie a sieeess. When iba case' oi uWtnietferenee of the Postr ofEcaSepartment with toe Registered Letter and Postal Order mail addressed to The Louisiana State Lottery Company, or to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La., r the samBperson atUa 819 Broad way New York City, N. earn up, Gen.;G. T. ttoniimiranL one of the Commissioners on behalf nf thAfitAta of Louisiana, so ablr defended the I pet Institution of the Crescent City that the Post- I ry nnnanl hoo MkCMtfnHAst ' Vita amIav tt InrAiL niaMwrnTOUUiat una vomuuv& viuv v ference; in time for he nejft drawing, iyprll $th,i W TO MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING STOCK. 400 Fine all Wool Cass. Pants Reduced from $7.50,5, 6& 7 TO ONE UNIFORM PRICE, $3.50. Other lines in heavy fabrics, also, February 2S. jpirnnn Look for BETWEEN WE ARE AGAIN BEFORE THE PUBLIC WITH AN Entire New Stock of Goods for Spring and Summer, And we are ready to exhibit, without a shadow of doubt, the most complete and finest collection of DRY GOODS, OLOTHING, HATS, ETC., ETC., THAT 353 "V IE IK EElir BBOT7Q-HT TO THIS S TAT Jal. SEE OUR DRESS GOODS, SEE OUR WHITE GOODS, SEE OUR SUMMER SILKS, FRINGES & TRIMMINGS, SEE OUR BROCADED SILKS, SEE OUR MILLINERY, MILLINERY, MILLINERY. In this Department we excel our own efforts of former seasons. 100 Pieces of Nttolngham Curtain Laces and Cottage Drapery, New Carpet3. New Oil Cloths, New Rugs. New Mats, New Matting a bewildering stoclc of everything. Our Clothing and Hat Departments are replete with all the Novelties for the Season, and contain the very finest Goods manufactured. Gent's Furnishing Goods ot every description. ' Our Grand Spring and Summer Opening Begins on Monday, the 22d., and everybody, most especially the Ladles, are cordially invited to convince themselves whether or not we say too much of our stock Bear In mind, that all or our DOMESTIC GOODtJ were purchased last November, and FANCY GOODS, although bought lately, were bought exceedlogly cheap, hence we are In a condition to compete iu price with any first class establishment In the United States. Anticipating an early call, we are, March 19. 1851. TO Twenty-Nine ILalLJ TO PURCHASE THIS SPRING THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF Dry Goods, Notions, feo. Ever offered to their customers. Nearly all bought before the recent advance in prices. Don't bny 1 an(1 learn our prices. Iteapectfully, JiL.iAb & cuiikin ; mar.3. ' -' Clothing and And to make room for them, we will sell our present'stock without regard to. cost. DONT BUY UNTIL YOU SEE THE REAL BARGAINS THAT WE ARE OFFERING OUR CUSTOMERS. mar.3. SCHIFF fe GRIER, , GROCERS- AM COBEillSSION MERC1MTS. ONE OF THE LAKGBST AND BEST ASSORTED STOCK OF ' STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES IN THE STATE. Close and Prompt Trade Specially Invited. AGENTS 18l?ll PLANTER'S FAVORITE igg THONGS' SSiSS Chemical Fertilizers, too well Snown to need further comment' . Call for tte book with testimonials from all section?. Also Agents In iTMMHa B 1WJW WjjgJ!MM of t tne nurest and best Chemists ! national reputation recommend u, as rroi. uoreiKu, or iw.? i j k, f Attention of physician called to it For sale by all leading erooesvi GREAT CLOSING SALE NTER CLOTHING, will be sold at a SACRIFICE. invite prompt attention. Very respectfully, nn -A-InTID TIN" UASSST1T1 oar dni and Opening ay THIS & APRIL FIRST. Respectfully, SEE OUR SATINS, SEE OUR FRENCH NOVELTIES. ! SEE OUR FANCY GOODS, SEE OUR HOUSE FUR NISHING DEPARTMENT, very respecuuuy, THE TRADE. Years Experience has Enabled the Old House of C5 O 3HI 2ES 3T WE INTEND TO LAY IN X SPLENDID STOClJ OF Gentlemen's Furnishing W. OF The opportunity is rare, and we E. D. LATTA & BRO. Fine Clothiers and Tailors. SEE OUR LACES, SEE OUR HOSIERY & GLOVES, SEE OUR HANDKERCHIEFS, 8EE OUR EMBROIDERIES, SEE OUR PARASOLS, WITTKOWSKY & BARTJCH. (Roads KAUFMAN & CO. ana wmra. buo ---