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THAT BAltiBOAD MTENSIOS.
There may be some danger lurking
in the bill recently passed by the Leg
islature allowing the Piedmont Rail
road Company to extend aid to branch
roads in the State, which those who
voted for it neyer perhaps suspected.
It is no doubt true that the chief ob
ject of the advocates of the measure
was to extend such privileges as would
secure the completion of the Western
North Carolina Railroad, it having
been shown that this was now owned
by a set of individuals identified with
the Richmond & Danville Company,
which owns the Piedmont road. But
in the privilege which has been ex
tended to the Piedmont Company, the
Richmond & Danville line will find the
right to build a new line from Greens
Doro or Winston, and may exercise it.
Such a line is not an improbability,
from the standpoint of strict business
principles. At present the Richmond
& Danville Railroad owns the whole
line from Richmond to Winston. The
distance across to Mooresville or
Statesville is short, and the char
ters for a railroad line have already
been secured. The Atlantic, Ten
nessee & Ohio Railroad can
be bought or leased; so by building
the connection to Winston, they could
have a through-line which would be
entirely independent of the North
Carolina Railroad, the lease of which
they can any day surrender. The sum
which they pay for this lease, as is well
known, is $260,000 per annum. The
question, then, they may have asked
themselves, is, Can't we build this con
nection to Statesville or Mooresville
and lease or buy the Atlantic, Tennes
see & Ohio Railroad, for less money
than we are now paying interest on for
the lease of the North Carolina Rail
road V
Furthermore, it may have occurred
to them that by carrying out such a
scheme, they would at once cut oft the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad which had
in contemplation this very line which,
if constructed, would give the rival
corporation a powerful instrument of
competition.
We throw out these suggestions be
cause of a vague rumor that the Rich
mond & Danville people have renewed
their efforts to secure tha Air-Line
Railroad, and indeed it has been re
ported that certain representatives
of the former line are now in New
York for this purpose. With the con
trol of the Air-Line by them, which is
not an improbability, there would be
every inducement to carry out this
plan.
But even without the Air-Line, it is
apparently entirely feasible. So that it
may be that the Baltimore & Ohio
company and the Virginia Midland,
may awake to find that while they
were halting and hesitating, another
has come in to carry out a scheme
which they had gone to much trouble
in devising and providing for, and
which will exclude them from a valua
ble Southern connection.
According to the Washington corres
pondent of the New York Herald, the
national banks which recently with
drew their circulation, pending the pro
gress of the funding bill, are in a very
considerable trouble about it, now that
the funding bill did not psss. The
banks want to get back their circula
tion again, but the treasury officials
doubt their right to demand this. "The
national banking law," the correspon
dent says, "allows banking associations
on the deposit of bonds to receive a
certain proportion of circulating notes,
and this process requires about thirty
two days, the plates having to be en
graved and the notes printed. The law
also allows banks to withdraw their
bonds on depositing lawful money of
equal value, and the treasury then re
deems the bank notes with the lawful
money namely, the screen backs so de
posited. The question raised is wheth
er the banks which recently withdrew
their bonds in this manner by substitu
ting greenbacks may now again deposit
bonds and take all the greenbacks, and
thus come back to their original posi
tion. It is held in influential quarters
in the treasury that they cannot be al
lowed to do this, but they must come
in as new associations and await their
their turn to receive new notes for
their bonds, and the treasury must re
tain the greenbacks they recently de
posited with which to redeem and can
cel the outstanding notes. Otherwise
it is held the banks might play fast and
loose with their circulation at 'their
pleasure and thus would be provided
by such construction of the law an
easy method to lock up greenbacks and
disturb the money market at any time."
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Ex-President Hayes when asked at
Pittsburg, on his way from Washing
ton, 'whether he was not "glad to be
through; with the cares of office," rath
er hesitatingly responded: "I can't say
that 1 am particularly glad," and then
turned the subject. Of course he is not
particularly glad, but on the contrary,
if he were to speak frankly, he would
doubtless confess that he is particular
ly sorry. He reached the position by
accident, and with the characteristics
of weakness clung to the power and
prominence which it gave him. He
has left no stamp upon his time ex
cept that of fraud and no ex-President
has so quickly passed from public view
as will Mr. Hayes. He knows this and
hence these tears.
In the course of some comments cn
the proposed school bill, now before
the Legislature, the Wilmington Star,
incidentally remarks :
"The press ot the State should never
let this matter rest The editors should
unite. &c."
Lord, bless you! when did the editors
in North Carolina! ever "unite" on any
thing. We hama press Association-so-called
which ,, has become little
more tbarTan annual frolic, and by this
course it dwarfs the influence of the
fourth estate' in North Carolina be
low a first-class pigmy show. -! ; v
BGfjSBEXBE PEOPJbE.
The people, and not the Legislature,
are to be brought face to face with the
question of a prohibitory liquor law.
This was the. wisest disposition the
Legislature could have made ot;the
issue as it -was ''presented to 'themi
Though the agitation was not fairly be
gun until after its members were elect
ed, there was such a demand for action
as could not be resisted. They have
acted, and in doing so have simply re
ferred the change of a law so closely
affecting personal rights and striking
deep down into the roots of the social
fabric, to the people themselves thj
sovereign power-for a final decree.
When that decree goes forth, especially
if it commands a cessation of the liquor
traffic, the question will be settled, and
no subsequent legislative body will at
tempt to change it. Had the present
Assembly mounted the wave of popu
lar sentiment that swept over many
portions of the State a few weeks
since, and passed an absolute prohibi
tory law, there is every reason to be
lieve that they in turn would have been
swept from their positions by another
wave from the opposite direction,
which would have borne in their suc
cessors who might have re
pealed the law. Should this have oc
curred, the last state of the cause, as
we have heretofore maintained, would
be worse than the first. This is the
case from the prohibitionists' stand
point. Such a course would, have tend
ed only to tear away the limbs and
branches, and not to strike at the root.
Now the question is before the people
stripped of side issues, open for a full
and fair discussion. It will have able
advocates; learning, wealth and intel
ligence will be found among them, and
it is a reflection on the people of the
State to say that the question will be lost
when submitted to them. Let all such
weak-kneed be sent to the rear, and the
cause be placed in the hands of those
who believe in the virtue and intelli
gence of the people of North Carolina.
PUTTS FAREWELL.
Dun Piatt, a man of more than ordi
nary genius, and for some years editor
of the Washington Capital, has just re
tired from that paper. In his "fare
well" he thus pays his respects to. the
Federal Government as administered
by successive Republican administra
tions: "It is my boast that I have done more
to fetch this government into contempt
than all the subsidized pens and presses
over the land engaged in its support
This is saying much, but not more than
I deserve. For these ten years, at the
very threshold of the Executive Man
sion, that shelters a despotism more
dreary in its coarse aggressions than
any in Europe, and under the shadow
of a dome that covers a den of thieves,
I have punctured shams, exposed vil
lains and held imbecility up to ridicule,
regardless of the threats, assaults,
slanders and abuse of the sufferers. I
do not assert that our government is
the worst in the world. That of Da
homey is on a somewhat lower level.
But I do say, without fear of contia
diction from the thoughtful and dispas
sionate, that it is the meanest. The
beautiful structure fabricated by the
fathers lies like a stranded whale rot
ting in the sun, wolves and buzzards
fattening on one end, while sharks feed
in upon the other."
THE "BESI" Mi!V.
Just listen at the "Wilmington Star
when it talks about the "Best" man
who was to build the Western North
Carolina Railroad to Paint Rock and
Ducktown, and bathe the fetlocks of
the iron horse in Pigeon River, in an
incredibly short time. Says the Star:
"But we hear no more of Best. He
has literally "played." He has "gone
up the spout." He is non est. He has
so to speak, "ascended the flume" has
departed "gone where the woodbine
twineth," or words of a similar import
made tracks, sold out. shut up shop
erupsit, evasit, etc., etc.
That was a very handsome and tell
ing little speech which Speaker Randall
made on the last night of the Forty
Sixth Congress. It is true, as the Lou
isville Courier-Journal remarks, that
"every prospect has brightened since a
Democratic majority entered the House
after the election of 1874. That elec
tion was a stern rebuke of Republican
corruption and extravagance and imbe
cility, and the country has been put on
the highway of prosperity by the
change. The Democrats will be called
on to take charge of the House again
after the Republicans have bungled for
the next two years."
The new president may find some
difficulty in reconciling his member
ship in the Cobden Club, with his more
recently expressed views on the tariff
question, and Windom, the hard-money
Secretary of the Treasury, may be
equally puzzled when he attempts to
explain the vote given by him on the
6th day of April, 1874, when he was
recorded as yoting for the bill "to pro
vide for the redemption and re-issue
"of United States notes, and for free
banking," and which Conkling declared
was "Inflation utter and hurtful."
Democratic Senators spiked Mr.David
Davis's independent gun by recommend
ing him as chairman of the judiciary
committee, and we are reminded of the
days when the vote of Edward Ran
som became an important factor in a
constitutional convention not many
years ago. "Tempores tnutantur et nos
mutamur in illis.n
James G. Blaine and Thos. L. James,
of the new cabinet, were both newspa
per men, and the scribes from one end
of the country to the other may take
courage. The end of a lead pencil has
made, as well as unmade, many a man.
The snow blockage in the Northwest
is about over, the first Chicago train in
forty days having at last reached Pierce
on the 8th inst Duluth has not how
ever been heard frpm.
The Maine Legislature will elect Mr.
Blaine's successor to the United States
Senate on the 15th inst. Mr. Frye is
said to have the Inside track.
Shipwreck Heard From.
Charleston, S. C, March loth, The
Norwegian consul at this port has re
ceived a dispatch from the master,, of
the Norwegian bark Kong Osoar in
which it is stated that - the vessel was
abandoned at sea and the crew are now
at Fernandina, Fla., and need assist
The Legislature gn tlie Llqur
Special to The Observer!
RAi-KiGn, i March House
passed the prohibition bill last night at
half -past 12 o'clock, and it Is now a law.
The Republicans filibustered, just a
quorum voting on the second reading.
There was some disorder on the last
vote. When announced a boy danced
in the lobby and sang "Old Liquor's
Dead."
THE COIX ON EXPOSITION.
Hew Atlanta Regards ibe Scheme.
ATLANTA,Mrch 7.-The plans for the
buildings for the Cotton Exposition
have been accepted and the location
decided on. The building will repre
sent a model cotton factory, and will
be placed in the centre of the race-track
at Oglethorpe Park. After the exposi
tion the building will be bought by a cot
ton factory company. Over $20,000 has
been subscribed in Atlanta, and the
$35,000 allotted to her in the subscrip
tion scheme will be forthcoming. The
election of Mr. H. I. Kimball as chair
man of the executive committee puts
the ablest possible organizer in charge
of affairs, and he will command confi
dence North and South. General Sher
man will head the Northern subscrip
tion lists with $2,000, he having a weak
spot in his heart for Atlanta since he
visited it in 18G4. One of the schemes
of Mr. Kimball is to have President
Brown, of the exposition, appear in
a suit of clothes on the second
night of the exposition, the cotton
in which was growing in the field the
day before, the picking, ginning, spin
ning and weaving to be done before a
committee. A cotton field, illustrating
the various methods of cotton culture,
will be part of the exposition scheme.
Mr. Kimball is astonished at the scope
and variety of inventions for the im
provement of cotton culture and man
ufacture already guaranteed for the
exposition. One of the most important
of these, and one that is new, is a ma
chine for picking cotton. It has been
considered impossible to f urnislva sub
stitute for human labor in picking cot
ton, but the new machine is endorsed
as practicable by leading authorities in
the Mississippi Valley. The cotton
stalks are pulled up, bunched, and fed
into the machine. It is claimed that
pulling the stalk before the bolls are
picked improves the quality f the cot
ton. It is clear that the Cotton Expo
sition will be a most notable exhibition
of new inventions for the culture and
handling of our great staple. The con
tracts for the buildings will be award
ed shortly, the plans adopted having
been drawn under the personal super
vision of Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Bos
ton. Houline Bukinein in lite Senate.
Washington, March 10. Imme
diately upon the re-assembling of the
Senate, a message from the President
of the United States was received.
Pendleton, of Ohio, offered a resolu
tion providing for the organization of
standinor committees of the Kemitp
The resolution was read, subject to an
objection raised by Anthony, of Rhode
After the readinc of. th resolution
Anthony moved that it be printed and
lie upon the table, subject to being
called up to-morrow. Agreed to.
Pendleton then offered a resolution
providing for the organization of select
committees, which was dis nosed of in
a similar manner, and at 12:15 p. m., on
motion of Garland, of Arkansas, the
Senate went into executive session.
When the doors were re-nnftnpd th
Senate, at 12:43, adjourned until to-mor
row.
The Senate in exe-onti v spssinn tliia
afternoon confirmed the nomination of
liobert b. laylor, or Indiana, to be a
member of the Mississinni River im
provement commission.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
It is just reported from Fortune Bay
that an American schooner, heavy
laden, has been lost with all hands.
Name unascertained.
Senator Angus Cameron was nomi
nated for United States Senator on the
4Sth ballot in the Republican caucus at
Madison, Wis., yesterday.
Queen Caroline, the widow of King
Christian, is dead in Copenhagen.
The Governor of Tennessee has re
spited Jehn Williams, colored, senten
ced to be hanged next Friday for wife
murder, until April 8th.
A News special from Dallas, Texas,
says.a gang of seven counterfeiters are
working in Northern Texas. The coun
terfeits are on the First and Fourth
National banks of Boston, of the de
nominations of fifty and one hundred
dollars. Detectives are looking after
them.
A Bryan dispatch to the Galveston
News reports a Col. Thomas Evans, a
prominent citizen of Bar, Barlson
county, was shot and killed at Brazos
Bottom in a dispute, by Mr G. Rice.
James W. Simonton, general agent of
the New York Associated Press, was
married yesterday, to Miss Mary E.
Bronson, daughter of Mrs. Rev. Dr.
Henry B. Walbridge, of Brooklyn. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr.
Walbridge at Emanuel church, Brook
lyn. -m i i i
A Highwayman Captured.
Raleigh News and Observer.
We learn that Chesley Bass, alias
Henry Johnston, alias Henry Aiken,
the negro who assaulted Mr. Calvin
Yates, of Cary, about two weeks ago,
who was caught in Favetteville on Sat
urday last, was carried to Cary yester
day and underwent a preliminary ex
amination on the charge of assault
with a deadly weapon and with intent
to kill. He was brought here in the af
ternoon, and in default of $5,000 bend
was lodged in jail, where he will pro
bably remain until his trial. We under
stand that there is sufficient evidence
to conclusively fix his guilt. When last
heard from, his victim, Mr. Yates, was
improving. The charge first preferred
against Bass was highway robbery, but
it was found that this could not be sus
tained, as the assault took place in a
foot-path through the woods on Mr
Yates' land.
Statement of the National Cotton Ex
change. New Orleans, March 10. The Na
tional Cotton Exchange statement is
sued to-day shows the fallowing move
ment for the six months ending the
close of February : Total rail , move
ment overland, 707,961 bales, a decrease
from last year of 122,671 bales; over
land shipments direct to the mills, 374,
626 bales, a falling off of 98,305 bales ;
total Northern spinners' takings, from
all sources, 1,294,509; total of this year's
crop handled at ports and overland
points of crossing during the six
months, s,976,831 bales, an increase over
last year of 311,721 bales.
Tennessee's State Debt.
Nashville, March 10. The Ameri
can has information that the Governor
has received a proposition from bond
holders to settle the State debt at par
and three per cent, interest, the bonds
to run 99 years and the coupons to be
made receivable for taxes. The propo
sition will probably be sent to the Leg
islature within a day or two. -
The honest tmhlta MmHtriAiSt nf tfen rMnrilft of
the United States la unanimously in favor of Dr.
uuirauouKbBjnip. The druggists pronounce It
to be the only standard cough remedy. : .
" "Woes' of the Reporter.
Leaf from his Diary.
Well, another week has gone by in
about the usual way. I've been won
dering lately why some people don't
know any more than they do ; why they
will persist in talking .?hop"to one of
us fellows every time they meet us" in
society. Now, I am not ashamed of
my business, which, I think, requires a
considerable amount of brains. The
other night I went out for a little while
to a sort of social gathering, and hadn't
got into the parlor before a young lady
simpered, 0bt,Mr , you ain't
going to put us in the paper are you V"
I had a big notion to say something bad
but I didn't. Then 1 go to some public
exhibition, and every acquaintance I
I meet says, "Wellj are you getting all
down T sir, "got something to write up,
haven't you ?" "Is'pose you fellows get
into all shows for nothing," or some
other equally flat remark. Everywhere
it is the same way. Go to church
which Some reporters do because they
enjoy it and you are met with the
facetious remark, "Well, you have to be
pious once in a while, don't you?"
Meet a man on the street car and he
asks you if there's any sensation afloat.
People don't seem to think that we fel
lows know anything but "shop." Why
don't they ask a lawyer out in society if
he is looking for a case, or a doctor
whether he expects somebody will be
sick before he leaves or a bank cashier
what the hignest per cent, is upon first
mortgage loans." I can't understand
it. We are just like other folks, and
there are times, rare, it is sadly true,
when we are not on duty and feel that
we would be glad to enjoy social life
just as other people do. But I suppose
it always was so, and I am too tired and
sleepy to try and understand why.
Complimenting- a Speaker.
Raleigh News and Obserrer.
The members of the House of Rep
resentatives will present Mr. Speaker
C. M. Cooke with a handsome watch,
in recognition of his merits as their
presiding officer during the present ses
sion. This is a well-merited compli
ment, as Mr. Cooke is not only an ex
cellent parliamentarian, but an exceed
ingly fair and liberal presiding officer.
This is attested by the fact that no de
cision of his has been appealed from
during the whole session. The presen
tation ceremonies will take place in the
hall of the House of Representatives
to-night, at 9 o'clock. It is expected
that the public, especially the ladies,
will be out in full force.
The Methodist Conference Organized.
Harrisonburg, Va., March 10. The
Baltimore annual conference of the M.
E. Church South, met yesterday and
was organized in the absence of Bishop
McTyiere by the election of A. W. Wil
son,!). D., as temporary president. The
election of Dr. AVilson has the signifi
cance of his nomination by his confer
ence for the bishopric of the Southern
Methodist general conference.
Increase of II ail road Stock.
Cincinnati, March 10. The Cincin
nati Southern Railway Company has
made an increase of stock to the
amount of 10 per cent, of its present
stock.
Many a baby Is unknowingly hurried out of the
world by the uowerful opiates so frequently given
to them. Motors, use Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup, the
safest, cheapest, and best baby medicine In the
world.
Don't Forget It !
That the 30th Grand Drawing of the Common
wealth Distribution Co comes off March Hist.
Whole tickets. S2; halves SI. Remit by mail or
express to H. M. Bo.vkdman, Courier-Journal
Building, Louisville, Ky.
ATewT. fiweruam Jlro. : It Is with real pleas
ure that I add my testimony to the great virtues of
your "Neuralgine" as a specific for neura gla and
sick headache. Such a remedy Is a blessing, and
all sufferers should keep It on hand.
J. B, Ridgelt,
136 Cathedral Street, Baltimore.
Sold by L. R. WRISTON & CO.
Mothers! Mothers!! Mothers!!!
Are you disturbed at night and broken of your
rest by a sick child suffering and crying with the
excruciating pain of cutting teeth ? If so. go at
once and get a bottle of MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor little
sufferer Immediately depend upon It : there is no
mistake about it There Is not a mother on earth
who has ever used It. who will not tell you at once
that It will regulate the bowels, and give rest to the
mother, and relief and health to the child, operat
ing like magic. It is perfectly safe to use In all
cases, and pleasant to the taste, and is the pre
scription of one of the oldest and best physicians
and nurses in the United States. Sold everywhere.
25 cents a bottle.
marB
MAINE NEWS.
Hop Bitters, which are advertised in our col
umns, are a sure cure for ague, btlliousnes and
kindney complaints. Those who use them say
they cannot be too highly recommended. Those
afflicted should give them a fair trial, and will be
come thereby enthusiastic In the praise of their
curative qualities. Portland Argus.
"Malt Bitters" are a brain, nerve and blood
food, peculiarly adapted to, and warmly recom
mended by, our druggists and physicians for gen
eral debility, mental and physical exhaustion, hys
teria, nervousness, sleeplessness, emaciation and
dropsy,
IN A BAD WAY.
Females whose nervous energies are exhausted,
who suffer from Indigestion, CosOveness, Head
aches, Irregularities, Suppression and Miseries,
caused by Degrangementa of the Liver and other
organs caDnot be cured by medicines, but Dr.
Flagg's Improved Liver and Stomach Pad never
falls to restore to perfect health.
No head-ache or back-ache for ladies
who drink "WINE OF CARDUI."
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For sale by Dr. T. C. Smith.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
MARCH 10. 1881.
PBODUCK.
Baltmobi Oats steady; Southern , Wes
tern white 44a46, do mixed 42a43, Pennsyl
vania . Provisions firm; mess pork 15.25
bulk meats loose shoulders , 'clear rib
sides , ditto packed 6a834; bacon shoulders
6, clear sides 9A, hams llal2. Lard re
fined tierces 10 Coffee steady: Rio cargoes
10V&H21&. Sugar firm: A soft 9. Whiskey
quiet at 1.12a. 13. Freights firm.
Chicago Flour steady. Wheat quiet; No. 2 red
winter , No. 2 Chicago spring 99i cash,
March. 99a99tt April, 1.03a May. Corn
steady at 89J4 cash, March, 88 April, 42J4
May, June. Oats steady at 8 U4 cash, March,
29Uja April, - May. Pork stroDg at 15.37tea.40
Lard higher at 10.37tea.40. Bulk meats active;
shoulders 5.00, short ribs 8.10, short clear 8 35.
Whiskey lower at 1.08.
CincnrKA.n Flour firm: family 4.80a5.10;
fancy 5.25a5.75. Wheat steady; No. 2 red winter
1.06, No. 2 amber . Corn steady; No 2 mixed
44, new . Oats firm; No. 2 mixed 37a88.
Pork firmer at $15.25. Lard higher at 10 40. Bulk
meats strong; shoulders 5; ribs 7.90; bacon
firm; shoulders 5, ribs 8.70, clear 9.
Whiskey steady at 1.06. Sugar firm; hards 9a
10,New Orleans 7a8. Hogs firmer ;common 4.50a
5.35, light 5.40a5.85, packing 5.45a5.90, butch
ers 5.75a6.15.
Nw Yoke Southern flour dull; common to
fair extra 4.75a5.20, good to choice 5.25a7.0O.
Wheat closed strong, moderate export; ungra
ded red $l.Ioal.2B. Corn closed active: ungrad
ed 66a58te- Oats closed easier at 43 tor No 3
Hops quiet. Coffee quiet; Rio cargoes 10al8.
Sugar firm; molasses sugar 6te. fair to good
refining 7Vfea5-16, prime 7aVfc; refined strong,
standard A 84a. Molasses quiet; Porto Rico
, New Orleans 30a55. Bice firm; Carolina and
Louisiana 6a7ty, Rangoon . Rosin at 1.75a
1.80. Turpentine strong at 462te- . Wool steady;
domestic fleece 88a50, pulled 2la45, unwashed
14a36, Texas 14a35. Pork firm; old mess on
15.25, new 16.25; middles higher; Jong clear 8.55
short clear 8.95, long and short 8.75. Lard closed
higher at 10.75.a80. Freights easier.
COTTON.
G AIVE3TOH Nominal ; mldd'g lOte; Jo mlddl'g
9c; good ordinary 8c; net rec'ts 2,777; gross
sales 1,850; stock 106,166; exp'ts coastwise
234; to Great Britain ; continent.
Norfolk Nom'l; middling 10c; net reoBlpU
2,274; gross : stock 28,009; exports coastwise
1,189; sales 257; exports to Great Britain.
Bauxkorj Quiet; rnlddllng Hi .low "l?
1034c; good ordin'jr 9te; net recelpte -i POM
523; sales 20; 8tock 9.734; exports ooastwlse
25; spinners -; exports to Great Britain ;
to Continent .
BoerroH Dull; middling lUAe; lowmlddllng;
lOJftc; good ord'y 9c; net receipts 734; frost
1,305; sales ; stock 8,555; exports to Great
Britain ; to France.
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th rthniwat wiivitinna nf heaiittfni ani aAaanrmhia i " s""3 "4 l.u? Desl maKes. ail or
Fine Band-sewed Button Boots, which for beauty
n . 1 .. ... .
be surpassed. Gents' Machine and Hand-sewed
GOOD GOODS AND LOW PRICES. Boys, Misses
lines ol the best grades. . m Please give us a
marfl
Wilmjh 9TON Dull ; middling 10tec;low mid
dling 9 15-16c; good ordinary 8c; receipt? 273
gross . sales ; stock 4.874: exports ooast
wlse ; to Great Britain ; channel .
Philadelphia Dull; middling lltyc; low
middling lOSc: good ordinary 9c: net receipts
384 cross 414; sales .. ; spinners 267; stock
14,496: exports to Great Britain ; coast.
Satahhah Easy; middling 10c:low mlddllne
9c; good ordinary 8c; net receipts 2,707;
gross : sales 1,900; stock 78,1 87; exp. coast
wise 3,395; to Great Britain ; continent 400.
Nkw Oblkahs-Steady; mldd'g lOtec; low mid
dllng 9: good ord'y 8c; net receipts 6,587;
gross 7,103; sales 10,500; stock 322.749; exports
to Great Britain 3,263: France 3,589.
Mobile Quiet; middling lOVfec; low middling
9c; good ordinary 8tec; net receipts 851: gross
; sales 1.000: stock 52,016; exp. coast 726;
Great Britain ; France .
Mmphis Weak; middling lOtec; receipts
2,516; shipments l,895;saleg550; stock 85,886
AU8D3TA Dull ; middling 1014c; low mid
dling 9c good ordinary 8te; receipts 807;
shipments ; sales 786.
Charleston Quiet ; middling 1 1 1 16; low mid
dling 10c; good ordinary lOlAc; net receipts
1,285; gross ; sales 1000: stock 58,203; exports
coastwise 557; Great Britain .
Nkw York Cotton dull; sales 415; mldd'g
uplands 11c; middling Orleans lH4c: net receipts
1139; gross 4,540; consolidated net rec'ts 19,01 1 ;
exports to Great Britain 3,717; continent 400;
France 8,589; channel .
Livkkpool Noon cotton market now steadier;
middling uplands 6 8-16d: mid. Orleans 6Vii;
sales 10,000, speculation and export 1,000; re
ceipts 9,200, American 8,350. Uplands low mid
dling clause: March delivery 6 5 32a3-16d, March
and April 6 5 32a3-16d, April and May 6 7-32ai4,
May and June 614, 9-32a5-16d, June and July 6 5
13al l-32d, July and August 6d, August and Sep
tember 6 13 32d, September and October, Octo
ber aad N vember 6Vfed, November and December
6d. Futures firm.
Liverpool. 5. 1 5 Sales of American cotton
bales. Upland low middling clause- March
delivery 6 5-32d. March and April 6 5-82d, April
and May 6 3-1 fid, May and June 6Vid, June and
July 6 9-32d, July and August 6 5-1 6d. Futures
closed weak.
FUTURES.
Nkw York Futures closed steady. Sales 153,
000. March 10.65a.67
April 10.66
May 10.76a.67
June 10.87a.88
July 10. 96a. 97
August n.Ol
September 10 58
October 10.28a 30
November 10.18a.20
December 10. 19a. 21
FINANCIAL.
Nkw York Money I.03a6. Exchange 4.79.
Governments irregular: new 5's 1.00ft. Four and a
hHlfpercentsl.il. Four per cents 1.1 27&- State
binds dull; Arkansas funded 6's sold at 29 and
Virginia consolidated ex. matured coupons at 83;
Louisiana consols rose to 61?s: Tennessees were
lower, and sold at 60 for all the issues.
New York 1 1 a. m. The stock market opened
weak and a shade lower, and In early dealings
piloes declined a fraction. At the first board a
firmer tone prevailed and generally advanced 14 to
MM per cent. Later D., L. and W. and Chicato,
St, Louis and New Orleans sold up 2Vi oer cent,
to B8te- Other changes were slight.
Later. Stocks closed weak.
New York Central 1.4514
Erie 47
Lake Shore 79te
Illinois Central 1.32
Nashville and Chattanooga 89
Louisville and Nashville 91
Pittsburg 1.28
Chicago and Northwestern l .22
preferred 1.33te
Wabash, St. Louis 4 Pacific 45
Do preferred 874
Memphis and Charleston 42
Bock Island 1.34
Western Union 1.1 614
Alabama Class A, 2 to 5 72A
Class A, small 73
Class B, 5's 96
Class C, 2 to 5 86
Sub-treasury balances Gold $89,649,934
" " Currency 3,800,295
CITY COTTON MARKET.
Office of the Obskbvkr. I
Charlotte. March 11. 1881. 1
The market yesterday closed quiet; unchanged.
GoodMiddllne lOte
Strictly middling 1098
Middling lUi
Strict low middling.
Low middling y
Tinges 8a8te
Lower grades 4a7te
Receipts yesterday, 176 bales.
Charlotte Produce ITIarket.
MARCH 10. 1881.
BUYING PRICES.
Corn, per bush'l 65a70
Meal. " 65a70
Wheat, " 1.10al.25
Beans white, per bushel 1.25a.50
Peas, Clay, per bnsh 70a85
Lady, " 1.50
White, " 1.00
Flour
Family 3.25
Extra. 3.00
Super 2.75
Oats, shelled 50a55
Dried Fruit
Apples, per lb 3te&5
Peaches, peeled 15a20
Unpeeled 7al0
Blackberries 3 an
Cabbage, per tt 8a4
Potatoes
Sweet 60a70
Irish. 75al.00
North Carolina. 1 8a20
Egos, per dozen. 10al2te
Poultry
Chickens 18a20
Spring 15al8
Ducks 20a22
Turkeys, per lb 7a8
Geese 40a45
Beef, per lb., net . . 4a6
Mutton, per lb., net. 6
Pork, " " 8
WHOLESALE.
Bulk Meats
Gear Bib Sides 914
Co F K K K
Prime Bio 14al6te
Good. 12teal5
Syrup
Sugar-house. 80
Molasses
Cuba : 82a85
Sugar Syrup 85a50
Choice New Orleans 50a60
Common 40a45
Salt
Liverpool fine 1.00al25
Coarse 1.10al.25
Sugar
White. lOallte
Yellow 8al0
WHISKEY---
Corn, per gallon $1.35a.50
Bye, " $1.25a3.00
Brandt
Apple, per gallon. $2.00a2.25
Piaeh, " $2.50
Wine, Scuppernong, per gallon. $1.00
RETAIL.
Cheese 20
Lard, per lb 12te
Tallow, per lb 8al0
Bacon ,
N. fi. hfw? round 10al 1
Hams,N.C 15
Hams, canvassed. 14al5
Bice 8al0
Fnrrrr
Apples, Northern, per bbl 3.25a.50
Mountain, " 3.00
Fish
Mackerel No. 1 1.25
No. 2 1.00
" No. 3 75
Codfish 15
Notice of Dissolution.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the firm hereto
fore existing under the title of Sample ft Wet
more is this day dissolved by mutual consent
SAMPLE & W1TMORE.
Thomasvllle, N. C.Feb 15th, 1881.
WETMORE & HUSKE.
TXTX have formed a eoDartnenhlD under the
YY above form and style for the purpose of
manufacturing Shoes at this place, with five
year's experience, we feel confident we can please
alt. Tne mercnanis omorsn uarouna wooia ao
well to try our hand-made Shoes. Send us a trial
IioMl-lttUetftETMOBB HUSKE,
OUR STOCK OF
(SI AND
AND
SPRING AND SUMMER TRADE
and elegance of style.
. " - - Kiaucs. sit ics jinn 1 1 r 1 1 11 xnw
g()c5s. BT Button l nW'tM' J1 5 Qaa,ity of nwrta U
and Children's Shoes fn ro SLriSte aS the Jjnlulf ltrao Prl,,c
cau. K YanetJ aua 01 tne luallty. and "t Heayy Goods a full ZTQ A
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FOR SALE.
5,000 BUSHELS 5,000
Prime White Corn,
JOHN VAN LANDINGHAM,
Cotton and General Commission Merchant, office
Sanders ft Blackwood's Building.
marlO 3t
THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE
DURHAM LONG CUT
HAS UO EQTJAL.
This, together with
Sitting Bull, Durham, k Durham Twist
13 MANCFACTUBKD BY
E . H. POdUE,
DURHAM, N. C.
For sale by all dealers In Charlotte.
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Carolina Central Railroad Company
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT.
Wilmington, N. C. Dec. 12, 1880.
Change of Schedule.
ON and after December 12. 1880. the following
Schedule will be operated on this railroad:
PA3SKNGEB AND EXFBSSS TRAIN DAILY EXCEPT
SUNDAYS.
v.. i I Leave Wilmington at 9 10 a m
aQ' A" 1 Arrive at Charlotte at 6 10 p m
m o L Leave Charlotte at 6 20 a m
JN0-'J- J Arrive at Wilmington at 3 20pm
Trains Nos. 1 and 2 stop at regular stations on
ly, and points designated in the company's time
table.
PASSENGER, H AIL AND FREIGHT.
) Leave Wilmington at 5 30 p m
No. 5. Arrive at Hamlet at 126am
) Arrive at Charlotte at 8 15 am
j Leave Charlotte at 7 30 p m
No. 6. Arrive at Hamlet at 1 26 a m
J Arrive at Wilmington 9 45 a m
No. 5 Train is daily, except Sunday, but no con
nections to Raleigh on Saturday.
No. 6 Train is dally, except Saturday.
BHKLBY DIVISION, PASSENGER, MAIL, EXPRESS AND
FREIHT.
xt o 1 Leave Charlotte 8 35 a m
- f Arrive at Shelby 12 35 p m
. I Leave Shelby 1 35 p m
f Arrive at Charlotte 5 35 p m
Trains Nos. 5 and 6 make close connection at
Hamlet to and from Raleigh, except as above, and
at Charlotte with trains 3 and 4 on Shelby Division
Through Sleeping Cars between Raleigh and
Charlotte. V. Q. JOHNSON.
dec23 Gen'L Sup't
Atlantic, Tennessee k Ohio Railroad
Superintend rut's Office, I
Charlotte, N. C, Nov. eth, 1880. 1
On and after Monday, Nov. 8th., 1880, the
following schedule will be run over this road:
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Statesville. 6 30 a. m.
" . Davidson College, 8 15 a m.
Arrive at Charlotte, 10 00 a. m.
. GOING NORTH,
Leave Charlotte, v..., , 8 80 p. nt
" Davidson College 6 18 p. m.
Arrive atStatesville 1 00 p. m.
J." J. GOBMLET,
TOV7 " Sup't,
111 Q -? "' e 'V -V
H3I O 3ES
whiv. .
wnich we warrant.
Fcr
Ladles'
a I urunf in KnU.
called
Wear u- .
to our
RANKIN & BRO.,
Central Hotel B,o. TM, f
SURGESS NICHOIS
ALL KINDf Of
FURNITURE,
BEDDING, &c.
A FULL LIKE Of
Cheap Bedsteads,
AND LOUNGES.
Parlor & Chamber auit.
UU JFINB 01 ALL I1ND8 f im
Ha 5 WIST TSAS1 SlftO?
CMAlWrrri, k r.
(Srocertcs.
1881
Springs k Bum
THANKING our friends and customers for th
generous patronage In the past, we r I
Wholesale and Retail Buyers
to our stock. Our facilities for handling Goorw
are unsurpassed, and we will fill orders nroniht
ly and at reasonable prices. We have now lu t
and to arrive in a few days e
400 Bags Coffee.
Pkg- N. O. Molasses,
CJFjBbls. Cub. .
Bbls. Syrup,
50 Bbls,Sugar'a,&ra,,
1 00 Boxes Bacon'
7 Pkg. Lnrd,
1 0 Tic. Hams,
5Q Boxes Cheese,
g00 Bush. Oats,
00 Bush Corn.
400Buh M,;U
500 Bbls. Honest Flour,
200 Bbls. Welcome Flour,
-00 Bbls. Our Best Pat Process.
-J 00 Pkgs. Mackerel, all grades
200 Boxes Tebacco, all grades,
30 OOO01' 1)681 assr t 1,1 lhe cUy'
' 200 BolIa Bagging'
500 Bunches Ties,
rjr Boxes Crack
I Oers.allnr-ides
We also have a full stock of Pepper. Spice. Teas.
Snuff, Rifle Powaer, Shot. Soap, Starch, Can
dies, Lye, Soda, Axle Grease. Matches.
Candy, Oysters. Sardines. Tomatoes,
Com, Peaches, Pineapplss, Grass
Seeds of all kinds. Sheeting,
Yarns, 4c, Ac,
111 We Ask is a Trial.
SPRINGS & BURWELL,
an!3
potteries.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A KOR
TUNE FOURTH GRAND DISTRIBUTION.
CLASS D, AT NEW ORLEANS.
Tuesday, April 12th, 1881 131st Monthly
Drawing
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY.
This Institution was regularly lncoriwated by
the Legislature of the State for Educational and
Charitable purposes In 1868, fob thb tkrm or
TWKMTT-Frvs YEARS, to which eontract the Inviola
ble faith of the State is pledged, which pledge
has been renewed by an overwhelming popular
vote, securing its franchise In the new constitution
adopted December 2d, A. D., 1879, with a capital
of $1,000,000. to which It has since added a Re
serve Fund of over 8350,000.
Its GRAND SINGLE NUMBER Distribution will
take place monthly on the second Tuesday.
It never scales or postpones. Look at the follow
ing distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE, $30,000.
100,000 Tickets at Two Dollars each. Half-Tick
ets, one Dollar.
LIST OF PRIZES :
1 Capital Prize
1 Capital Prize
1 Capital Prize
2 Prizes of $2,500-
.$30,000
. 10,000
. .".000
5.000
5.000
6 razes oi l.uoo.
SO Prizes of Kfin 10.000
100 Prizes of 100 l1,0,tl
200 Prizes of 50 lO.oOj
600 Prizes of 20 10,000
1,000 Prizes of 10 i.U00
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Approximation Prizes of $300 $2,700
fl ADDroximatlon Prizes of 200 1."
9 Approximation Prizes of 100..
100
1867 Prizes, amounting to $1 10 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted at an
points, to whom a liberal compensation will oe
paid.
For further information, write clearly, giving
full address. Send orders by express or Kegw
tered Letter, or Money Order by malL Address-
ed0Tl7tO M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, Louisiana,
or M. A. DAUPHIN, at T
No. 819 Broadway, New York.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are under
the supervision and management of General 9
T. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early.
mar8-dkw5w
30th
POPTJLAB MONTHLY DRAWING OF THE
CommoDwealth
Distribution Company,
AT MACAULETS THEATRE,
In the Cltv of Louisville, on
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 18S1
These drawings occur monthly (Sundays except
ed) under provisions of an Act of tne enemi ;
sembly of Kentucky, incorporating the Newpo
Printing and Newspaper Co., approved Aprn
18er-Thls Is a special act, and has never been re-
Ttaf United States Circuit Court on March 31.
rendered the following dec181008: , m-
1st That the Commonwealth Distribution
pany is legal.
2d Its drawings are fair. reserve
The Company has now on hand a large reser
fund. Read the list of prizes for the
MARCH DRAWING.
1 Prize
1 Prize,
1 Prize
. 10 Prizes, $1,000 each
20 Prizes, 600 each,
tnn Prizes. 100 each
$30,000
10.000
3,000
10,000
10,000
mooo
200 Prizes, 50 each iooO
600 Prizes, 20 each ifiooo
1000 Prizes. 10, each. . . 4-2,700
9 Prizes, $300 each, Approximation Prizes -
9 Prizes, 200 " . .. ''poo
9 Prizes, 100 "
$112,400
10,000
OW: do iww'fi'i'Ttt.r. or sena
$5
pense.
Address all orders to
R. M. BOARDMAN, Courfer-JOT- 2l2
Tn1Tlll. Kv.. or T. J. COMMElUVJw. ,
, TftillfllllK,
Broadway. Mew York.
Remit Money or Bans wnum riiaTEBKD
by Express. TON SEW BY REIre of
LETTER OB POSTOFFICE ORDER, M.
and upward, by Express, cau i -