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t v 5aMWMM3MaWMMaawWMMMBMBMWMMMM"Mll"1'1 i , . " V. If V I: tM;- ir--: t O as; IU JltNEN, Editor Prpirl(or lKflTKKKD AT THB P08T-OfTIC AT QuKWfJH . C. AB BMOOHP-CLAflB MATTM.1 " THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 1882. THE GRADED SCHOOL CASE. TUG LAW AS DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT. Public Schools a Necesnltr as Decided - bf the Superior a well as the Ap pellate Court The Tax to be Levied. Below we present the opinion of the Supreme Court on the appeal of W. S. Norment, et al., on the city graded school case: 1 North Carolina, Siipreme Court, Octo ber Term, 1881, No. 274, Mecklenburg County. W. S. Norment, et al., vs. The City of Charlotte. Judgment. This cause came on to be argued upon the transcript of the record from the Superior court of Mecklenburg county; upon consideration whereof, this court is of the opinion that there is no error in the record and proceedings of the said Superior court: It is, therefore, considered and ad judged by the court here, that the opin ion bf the court, as delivered by the honorable W. N. H. Smith, Chief J U3 tice, be certified to the said Superior court, to the intent that the judgment of the said Superior court be affirmed; and it is considered and adjudged fur ther, that the defendant, the said City of Charlotte, do recover from the plain tiffs, the said W. S. Norment, and his surety for the appeal, H. G. Springs, the costs of the appeal in this court in curred, to-wit: the sum of 12.80, and let execution issue therefor. A true copy. Test: Wm. H. Bagley, Clerk. North Carolina, Supreme Court, Octo ber Term, 1881, No. 274, Mecklenburg County. W. S. Norment, et al., vs. The Board of Aldermen of the City of. Charlotte. Opinion. Smith, 0. J. : By the act of March 22, 1875, the board of aldermen of Char lotte were authorized upon the applica tion of ten voters resident in each of the wards into which the city is divided to order an election and ascertain the sense of the qualified voters therein upon the submitted proposition to es tablish and maintain by taxation a sys tem of graded schools. An election was accordingly held under the direc tions of the act, on the first Monday in June, 1880, whereat were cast eight hundred and sixteen votes, all with a sin trie exceDtion in favor of the meas ure. There was no new or revised reg istration made in contemplation of the election and the books contain the names of one thousand six hundred and seventy-nine voters, of which those voting are not a numerical majority, and before declaring the result, upon a suggestion that the lists were inaccu rate and did not truly represent the number of resident voters at the time of the election, the board appointed a committee of their number to examine and revise the li3ts and make report thereof. The committee performed this duty and reported a correction by the erasure of one hundred and thirty-three names from the registry, and a majority of all the qualified voters of the city to have voted in favor of a graded school. The report was received and adopted and the result of the vote declared. Thereupon a tax of one-tenth of one pr cent, on the value of property and thirty cents on the poll was levied and the tax list placed in .he hands of the marshal for collection pursuant to the requirements of the law. The present suit instituted by the plaintiff on be half of himself and other taxpayers, seeks to restrain the collection of the tnx thus imposed, on the ground that a majority of the legal voters, as conclu sively determined by the register's books, and not open to disproof, have not sustained the proposition submit ted to them, and that consequently the tax is unauthorized and illegal. Upon the hearing of the application for a temporary restraining order, affidavits were offered by the defendants showing errors in the registry, and reducing the number of voters as therein contained, from deaths, removals and other causes, to an extent that leaves the votes cast for the schools in excess of a majority of the whole; and his Honor finds therefrom as a fact that a majority of the entire number of qualified voters in the city had voted in favor of the scnool. Tne restraining order was re fused and the plaintiff appeals. The appeal presents one, and, upon its con tingent solution, a second question for determination. 1. Is a majority of all the voters ne cessary under the act, or is a majority of those voting sufficient? 2. If a majority of all the qualified voters is required, is the registry con clusive of the number or may parol proof be heard in revision and correc tion? The answer to the first inquiry has not been consistent in the adjudica tions in this State nor in those made elsewhere as to the interpretation to be put upon language, similar to that used in our statute, requiring the sanction of the electors to be first given to a pro posed measure of legislation. In Iluger vs. Commissioners of Beau fort, 70 N. C, 319, in construing an en actment declaring that "it shall be law ful for the commissioners of the town of Beaufort to subscribe by their agent for such an amount of stock" in the Beaufort Steam Ferry Boat Company, Ereviously incorporated, "as they shall e authorized to subscribe by a majority of the voters of said town qualified to vote for commissioners, whose sense of subscribing a particular amount shall be previously ascertained by opening a poll for that purpose," &c. Pearson, C. J- speaking for the court, says: "We incline to the opinion that the construction contended for, to-wit: there must be a majority of all the voters of said town, qualified to vote for commissioners is too narrow, for the act goes on to provide "whose sense of subscribing a proposed amount shall be previously ascertained by opening a poll for that 'purpose after advertise ment, &c. The meaning of which is that all of the voters of the town wh? do not choose to attend at the poll are to be taken as assenting to the result of the election according to the votes ac tually polled." In the subsequent caso Railroad Co. vs. Caldwell, 72 N. C, 48G, the constitu tional restriction imposed upon rauni- cipal corporations in contracting a debt or levying a tax. except for necessary expenses, "unless by a vote of a majori . . ty of the qualified voters therein," was held to require the concurrence of a majority of all the qualified voters, whether voting or not, to the validity of the county subscription to the stock of the plaintiff company and a dis . Unction is drawn between this and the - case referred to. Const. Art 7, Sec 7. At a contemporary session of the Supreme Court ot the United States a similar conclusion was reached and " announced by'that court in Harsbman va. Bates county; 92 U. S. 569. The constitution of Missouri prohibits the a General - Assembly from conferring v a authority upon - " "u ox 'town to become a stockholder in or to Joan Its credit to any company, associa- tion or corporation .unless two-thirds : of the qualified voters of such county. ltv or town, at a regular jr special " Section to Tbe held therein shall assent - thereU?' Const Art. 11. Sec U. The .&al Assembly passed .actby which on application of twentyfive tax-payers of a township, tthe county court might order an election to de termine whether any and what sub scription should be made to a railroad to be constructed in or near the town ship ; and providing that, "if two-thirds of the qualified voters of the township, voting at such election, are in favor of the subscription," it should be made with authority to issue bonds in pay ment therefor. These facts appearing in the complaint, on demurrer thereto, it was declared that the statute devi ated in terms from the constitution which was in operation, and that a ma jority of those voting, when less than a majority of the whole number of voters in the township, was insufficient to warrant the subscription and loan. The consistency of the same consti tutional and statutory provisions came again before the court m County of Cass vs. Johnston, 95 U. S. 360, where the former decision was overruled and it was held that the legislative enact ment was in harmony with the true and proper rendering of the constitu tion. The subject is reviewed with great care and the authorities fully exam ined by the Chief Justice, who adopts the opinion in Ruger's case, and thus declares the rule, in the absence of any statutory regulation to the contrary: "All qualified voters who absent them selves from an election duly called are presumed to assent to the expressed will of the majority of those voting, unless the law providing for the elec tion otherwise declares. Any other rule would be productive of the great est inconvenience and ougnt not to ue adopted, unless the legislative will to that effect is clearly expressed." Two of the Justices dissented, ad hering to the decision in the former case as a correct exposition or tne clause of the State constitution. In this unsettled state of judicial opinion upon the effect to be given to this and similar language wl.e eused in a law, we are not required to depart from the interpretation put upon the section of our own constitution inas much as it is affirmatively found that the proposition for a graded school to be maintained at public expense did re ceive a majority of all the voters resi dent in the city. While the registry of the voters is prima facie evidence of their number at any given time "so that," as Rodman J. says in the case cited, "practically the number of qualified voters and of voters so registered is the same." Tet, he adds, "the terms qualified voters and registered voters are not exactly co-extensive. The former is the most exten sive." The dissenting opinion of Jus tices Bradley and Miller recognizes the admissability of other modes of show ing the number of legal veters in a dis trict as well as by the production of the books of registration and declares that "the objection that some persons not entitled to vote may be registered, has no force," and adds, "if any one choose to raise that isue it might be open to him to do so; but the registry would certainly furnish prima facie evidence of the number of legal or qualified voters." If the fact be established upon full proofs that the contemplated school had the support of the greater number "of the qualified voters of the city," and those who are authorized and directed to determine the result of the election have so officially declared, it seems to us plain there has been a full com pliance with the provisions of the act upon any construction of its meaning, and the raising the means by taxation to sustain the schools became an im perative duty. We nave refrained from expressing an opinion upon the legal effect of the decision of the Com missioners upon whom is devolved the duty of passing upon the returned vote and its sufficiency in numbers to give force to the act, and only suggest the serious inconveniences that may flow from a concession to the tax-payer to the unqualified right to call in ques tion the ruling of those who are charged by law with the duty of col lecting and ascertaining the popular will, upon which the efficacy of the act depends, and to arrest the proceedings for the enforcement of an imposed tax to give it effect. It is of the highest importance that the underlying condition should be definitely and conclusively settled, and net remain open to contest by any dis satisfied person who may be required to contribute his share to the public bur den. The rule is very forcibly and clearly laid down in the opinion of Mr. Justice Strong in the case of Black vs. Com missioners, 99 U. S. 686, when the de clared vote was sought to be invali dated by returns subsequently sent in from an omitted district, which if counted jwould reverse the result, in these terms: "For all legal purposes, the result of an election is what it is declared to be by the authorized board of canvassers, empowered to make the canvass, at the time when the returns should be made, until their decision has been.reversed by a superior power, and a reversal has no effect upon acts lawfully done prior to it." And so this Court, in construing a statute which required the Commis sioners to examine and declare the, re sult of an election directed to be held, said "their decision upon the returns of an election regularly and properly held, is final and conclusive of the question." Simpson vs. Commissioners, 84 N. C. 158. But it is unnecessary to consider and determine the point since, in our opin ion, the finding of the Court, following the action of the Commissioners, con clusively settles the preliminary fact that a majority of all the qualified vo ters of Charlotte have given their ap proval to the graded school. There is no error and the judgment is affirmed. This will be certified to the court below. A true copy teste: W. II. Bagley, Clerk. Talking up Sorghum St. Louis, Jan. 4. At the afternoon session of the Cane Grower's conven tion yesterday, President Hodges deliv ered an address in which he gave a sketch of sorghum growing in the North, the increased f aciiities for pror ducing sugar, the multiplication of su gar mills, operations in various parts in the North and the identity of inter ests between the North and the South in the cultivation of sugar. The Sec retary of the Louisiana cane grower's association made some remarks about the growing of Northern cane in the South, and said the result had been satisfactory: J. Nicsal of the Louisiana delegation read a paper giving the re sul of the same, experiments be had made with orange sorghum cane, which were quite satisfactory. Prof. Mag riss Swinson, of the Wisconsin univer sity, and Prof. Scoville, of the Indus trial university of Illinois, read papers giving accounts of their experiments with cans and the production of sugar. Mr. Headges and Col. N. J.Coleman, of St. Louis, were appointed a committee to represent the association of the Ag ricultural convention to be held in "Washington. ... Death of a Prominent Connecticut Democrat; : y " ' - Hartfobd; January 4.' Hon. George' N. Pest; of Canton; Cons., is dead He was a prominent Democratic politician and State Senator. In 1880 he was a candidate for the National Congress. Struck a Itoclt and JSpruntr a Leak London, January 4. A telegram from Montevideo states that the bark Frank Marion- front; Brunswick, Ga, struck a rock while in charge of the pilot which caused her to leak. She is discharging for repairs. a ? GTJITEATJ, JTuudre Cax Permit.' the Defence t latraduee new evidence The Prie oner Approresthe Judge' Decision, Expresses hie oplnlen ef Expert Evidence and Inf orms Sceville that he is a Jackass - Counsel for the Prosecution , put In that Point in Law and the Court Adjenrasnatil Saturday. .. . Washington Jan. 4. At the Gui teau trial this morning before the pro ceedings commenced, Guiteau said "this is a good time to make a speech but I promised the Marshal i wouia keep quite to-day, and! will try to do so." Mr. Scoville read an affidavit, setting forth that the aflidant is sole counsel for the prisoner; that the prison has been in such a state of mind that he has been unable to render any assistance or suggest the names of any witness, and that the affiant has, since closing the case, learned the names of certain wit nesses who can testify to the material facts for the defence. After giving the names of witnesses and briefly stating what he exDected to prove by each, Scoville moved he be allowed to intro duce this evidence. Judge Cox enquired if the counsel de sired to be heara upon the motion. Col. Corkhill said: "I hardly think anythingneed.be said. . Col. Keed addressed the court m favor of the motion He was aware that the matter was entirely within the discretion of the court. It was not, however, without precedent and that, too, in the United State court. He then cited cases in support of his argu ment, and said in this country it was the boast of our free institutions that a poor man should have the same rights in a court of jufticeas denizens of pa lotial mansions, and he felt assured the American people would not begrudge one extra day's trial, as is now asked in behalf of this prisoner, in the name of justice and a fair trial. Mr. Davidge replied at some length and decided that if any precedent ex isted for reopening this case, simply to introduce cumulative evidence, particularly in the case of Dr. McFar land. He believed it would be scande- lous to admit the testimoyn of a man so reckless as to form an opinion and be willing to swear to it merely from rpndin? newsnaDers. After considerable discussion by Counsel, which was interrupted by Guiteau, Judge Cox said, the counsel for the defence came here a stranger to the courts of the district and even to the prisoner himself, and found himself en vironed with difficulties from the first. The most serious difficulty was that the odium attaching to the assasssna tion made witnesses unwilling to even allow their names to be known to the defence. Appreciating all these diffi culties, which embarrassed the defence, he, Judge Cox, had felt disposed to as sist them with an equal latitude and more than ordinary facilities in the preparation of their case, .hvidence of insanity could not be offerea in sur rebuttal. In his opinion proof of insan ity shouia e umitea to eviaence in chief of defence and rebutting evidence of the prosecution. He, therefore, must exclude the evidence of Dr. Mc Farland. The testimony, however, of these witnesses by which the defence expected to prove that the prisoner as serted on the day of the assassination and upon the day after the motive for his act, the court held should be ad mitted as evidence in sur-rebuttal. J. J. Brooks, chief of the treas ury secret-service was called. The witness visited the prisoner at the jail the night after the shooting; Guiteau was in bed at the time. He arose in great anger and excitement, said the witness, and wanted to know what I meant by disturbing his rest and quiet at that hour of the night. I said it ill became him, a murderer, to speak in tbat manner; that he had disturbed the rest and quiet of the whole nation. He came back at me that he was no mur derer, but a christian and a gentleman, that his mind was made up, tbat he had been moved to do the act, as a political necessity and that it was for the good of the country. The witness con tinued,"! told him I was a republican and a stalwart, and he replied, you can appreciate why I did it." The witness detailed at some length his conversation at that time. He, the witness, said to the prisoner: "If you had taken the Deity into con sideration you could not have done such an act." The prisoner replied that he had thought over the matter and prayed over it for six weeks and the more he thought and the more he prayed the more he became concerned that the President must go, and that it was his duty to remove him. Notwithstanding his promise in the morning, Guiteau continued to inter rupt and became involved in an alter cation with one of the bailiffs who tried to silence him. "I'll slap you in the mouth," he fre quently snarled at him, but made no demonstration of carrying his threat into execution. At another time he said to him you are nothing but a miserable underling, while I speak to fifty thousand people when X t&llc- When Judge Cox bad finished his re marks upon Scoville's motion, Guiteau insisted upon expressing his opinion. "That's a first class decision, Judge; that's all I want to get before the jury. What I said at that time relative to the causes that impelled me, upon the president, as for the rest I don't care o snap. I would not give 50 cents a bushel for this expert testimony. If I had money enough I could get. fifty of the best experts in the country to swear that I am as crazy as a loon. That's just how much that kind of evidence is worth." Scoville-introduced a letter witten by the prisontr's father, In which he spoke of the prisoner and expressed an opin ion that he was insane. Guiteau cried sneeringly : Was the object of reading that letter is to show that my father is a crank or that I am ? Yon are the biggest Jackass, Scoville, I ever saw. If you can't learn any sense, I shall have to rebuke you in public. ' The prosecution then' submitted a statement of the law points on which they would rely as follows: First: The legal test of responsibility wh re insanity is set up as a defence f r an alleged crime is whether the ac cused at the time of committing the act alleged knew the difference between right and wrong in respect of such an act. Hence in the present case if the accused at the time of committing the act charged knew the difference be tween right and wrong in respept of such an act, that is if be knew what he was doing was contrary to the law of the land, he is responsible. . ' Guiteau: I didn't, because my free agency was destroyed. . , Second: If the. accused knew what he was doing and that what he was doing was contrary to the law of the land It constitutes no def erice even if it wera true that when tie committed the act he really believed that he was there by producing a public benefit ior carry ing out an inspiration of Divine origin or approval. Such, belief would pot afford any exeuse,DorfWiOldauch ex cuse be afforded by the fact tbattn the commission of the act he was impelled by a depraved moral sense, whether in nate or acquired, or (by will, passion, or In deference to moral obligation. , . ,. Guiteau : All of which is false, i .-,' r ' Third : Insanitywould, however, eon stitute a defence if by reason of disease: the accused at the time of committing the act Charged did not know what he was doing, or if he did know it, tbat what he was doing was contrary to law.- . . . . r r . Guiteau: I had no choice idt.be mat ter, v. . ' A t ff:: '?:, Ible impulse, to. commit a homicide is tne claim or tne accused tnat nis iree i agency was destroyed by his alleged conviction that the death of the Presi dent was required for the good of ihe American people, and was divinely in spired; that such, conviction, even if it really existed v could not afford any excuse when the party knew what he was doing and that it was Contrary to law. No mere delusion or error of judgment, not even a fixed belief that what is prohibited by law is commanded or approved by divine authority Gui teau: God's law is higher than man's law. can exempt the aceused from res ponsibility for breaking . the law. To have such an effect the commission of an act charged must have been the result of an insane delusion which was the product of disease and of such force as to deprive the accused of the degree of reason necessary to distinguish be tween right and wrong in respect of the act, so that at the time of commit ting the act he either did not know what he was doing, or if he did, tbat the act was wrong or contrary to the law of the land. At Scoville's suggestion the court was then adjourned till Saturday morn ing to give time for the defence to pre pare their points of law. Vessels Blown A there Wo Opposition to Lamar A Louisiana Tragedy. New Orleans, Jan. 4.-APensacola special says the sohooners Smith and Stoop Wanderer were recently blown ashore en Sata Rosa Island and three men were drowned, T A Jackson, Mississippi, special says the Democratic caucus will be held to morrow night on the senatorial ques tion. ol. Lamar is in the city and will remain until after the caucus, when he will return to Washington. He will have no opposition for re-election. A Minden Louisian special says, a ternoie tragedy tccurrea on me 30th of December, on a plantation four miles above here. Robert Lewis, son of the late judge Langdon Lewis and brother of Will S. Lewis, shot Mrs. Will. S. Lewis and her sister, Mrs. Thompson, both seriously, but not necssarily fatal, then killed himself. Cause of the trageiy unknown. New York Stock Market. New York, Jan. 311 a. m. The stock market opened to 1 per cent. lower than vesterdars closing quota tions, the latter for Richmond and Danville. In earlv dealings' the mar ket declined y to 4 Pr cent, Louis ville and Nashville and Denver and Rio Grande leading the decline. Sub sequently an advance of to 1 per cent, took mace. Louisville and N asii ville. Richmond and Danville, Denver and Rio Grande, NorthernFacific pre ferred. Metropolitan elevated and Lake Shore being most prominent tnerein. Liabilities and. Assets, Jekseyviixe, III., Jan. 4 The lia bilities of Enoch Littlefield, banker, whose suspension was announced yes terday are $50,000; assets $90,000. A committee has been appointed to wind up his affairs. Creditors are to be paid id full. Tickling Induces l&ngtoter. except tickling In the tnron, wnicn causes cougmng. at removed dj ui. Bull s cough syrup. 26c a t-ottle. Killed while ICeslstlngr Arrest. Galveston, January 4. A News Austin special says a your) 2 man named McPbail, an escaped convict for horse theft, was killed last night in a house of ill-fame by Special Police officer McLund, while resisting arrest In October, when the woods are glorious In their scarlet ana goiaen arapery, is tne time to seex tne Autumn leaves and ferns. A severe cold Is often the result of such pleasure tripe. 7r Bull's congo syrup always cures coughs and colds. Pi Ice 25c. Coffee drinkers should read the advertisement in another column headed "Good Coffee." TADKD OB GRAY HAIR gradually recovers its youthful color and lustre by the use ot Parker's Hair Balsam, an elegant dressing, admired for Its purity and rich perfume. Coffee drinkers should read the advertisement In another column headed "Good Coffee." NATURE'S SLUICE WAY. The kidneys are nature's sluice way to wash out the debris of our constantly changing bodies. If they do not work properly the trouble is felt every1 where. Then b wide and as soon as 10a see signs of disorder ret a package of Kidney-Wort and take It falthfally. It will clean the sluice-way of sand, gravel or slime and purify the whole sys tem. Druggists sen n. ootn nqum ana ary, ana n Is equally efficient In either form. Independent. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH JlNUAhY 4. 1882 PRODUCE. WrrKTKfiTnw. N. C Spirits tureen tin a autetat 52c Rosin firm; strained $2.05, good strained- ft-Ji in Tat tf-dT at fil.MiL Crude tumenttne steady, at 82.25 bard; $8 50 for yellow dip; $2 80 for vtrein interior, corn steady; prime wnue 81 82; mixed 78079. BiXTTKoBX Noon Flour steady, with more lnautry andunchaneed; Howard street and West ern super $437ft$5.00; extra 8o.25SSfl.87; TamllT S6.fi0ttX7.25: City mil s. SUDer 84.50' 85.25; extra 85 50aa50L family $7.60S7.75; Klo brands S7.25S87.S7: Patapsco family 88.25. Wheat Southern higher; Western ruled higher and elosins at a altght reaction; 8outhern rsd si HKftiSi.An: amber Sl.42aSl.45: No. 1 Mary land 81.45; No. 2 Western winter red spot i.sUAASi.fiQtt: January sl.9UEesi.8Ui: February S1.42iS8 1.421: March $1.44- si.-j.a: Anrit Si. 47. Corn Southern hither; Western higher and inactive; Southern whits 72 978; 00. yellow os. EtAiflWOBi-NIght Oats quiet; Southern 45O50; Western white 48I2B1 ; muea oail rennsyi vaniM Aflftiftf). Provisions firm and a shade htgh- r- Trmui nork Si 7.75. ttulk meats -sbsulders and dear rib sides, packed 709V Bacon - shoulders RV: clear rib sides lOVh: hams 121Affi- 1814. Lard refined 12 1A- Ooffts firm; Rio ear- goM-ordinary to lair 9O104 Bwrar-auii: a soft 916. Wbiskey-steady, at 81 .17V. Freights dull. . ; CrHonntATi Floui active and firm ; family 86 10- Aftft An. wheat seal ce and nrm: no. a red winter 81.8HS8I 4d. Corn firmer, at 70. Oats firm, at 48. Pork-firmer, at S7.25aS7.60. Lard stronger, at 8l0.92VtS8l0.96. Bulk meats quiet; shoulders 86.253Srt.50; clar ribs 88.65 OS8 76. Bacon scarce and firm; shoulders 87.50: ribs 810.00; clear 810.50. Whiskey nrm. at Si. 15: combination sales of finished goods 1.140 barrels on a baslsof 8115. Sugar quiet and unchanged; bard Wittium; new means 708. Bogs-quiet; common and light S5.00CP 86.80; packing and butchers CB.au Btfo.ou. Hrw York. Southern flour steady and quiet; common to fair extra 85.65086.70; good to choice do $6.75088 00. Wheat-closed at a slight advance; ungraded winter ; ungraded red 81-29081.44; ungraded white -: No. a red and January 81 42KS1.42Ai February Sl.4481.45. Corn opened Vic lower, closing quiet anl weak; southern jeilew 89VM& 71i: do white 77. Oats Mic lower and closing dull and weak; tto. 8 49Vfc Hops quiet and steady; yearling 12022. Coffee-unchanged and dull i Rio 9U0 U Vs- Sugar -steady and moder. ately active; fair to good refining quoted at 70 7V; refined steady and in geod demand Standard A8. Molasses foreign unchanged and dull; New Orleans - RJoer-flteady. Boln-flrm, at f 2.85082 45. Turpentine higher' and firm, at 0. Wool quiet and very firm; domestic fleece 86O50? Texas 14031. Pork-firm and moder ately active; middles dull and nominal ; long dear 94409 Lard rather more active and dosing a shade higher, at 1121. freights to Liverpool market firmer. COTTON. Galtxstoh E&f y; middling lUfec: low mln'ng 11c; good ordinary lOfce: net receipts 2,764: gross 4,163; sales 1.1 5 J; stock 109J)34; exports eoastwtM ; to Greet Britain 1,819; to conti nent 1 808: to France . . .. Nortolx-Komi, middling 1 1 7-1 So: net rev'pts 2,489: gross : stock 69,841; exports eoast- wi 2.102; sales 878: exports to Great Britain to continent , , . BALiW)Bs-fiulet: middling 11 low mid dling 11 good ordinary 10; net rec'is - ; gross 1,848; sales : stock 5431; exports coastwise ; spinners 150: exports to Gret Britain 1,004! so continent V BOBjwiv Quiets mlddlmg 12c; low- mlddrmt 1 Hc; good ordinary iQc; net receipts 1 ,206; noes 8.161; sales ; stock 5,105: exports to Orset Britain -t to Trance v:-; Wnacra GTOM-Nothmg doing, miu'g.ltow mid dling good ordinary .... -rreip s 870t gross : sales -: stock 15,737; exports nastwlM 1,190: to Great Britain ; to continent - ' Ladles Gentleirjen-M . -r-V r Cirnr "I'T, III i-c, ui i IV FOR THE WX guarantee tbat even pair of SHOES w sell - , money. Our nocx nas oeen eareiuur seiecwa wim goods; of (ft vcifbest aiiUlly tad aB gndsfl, fiom rait you and at the lowest possible pdoes, you cannot PHiLADDjmi- Quiet; middling 12o. tow mtdaunc llfea; crooa ordinary 10c: net receipts 927 : gross 1,740: sales ; spmners 290 tnit' 10,451: exports ureal Britain vuu; tocunuueu. 's 8 ATiinf AH Dull : middling llttffi low mid dling !0o; good ordinary IOVim net teceipw 4,008; gross 4.44?; sues z.iuu; now lai.oou, exports eowtwise 1,116; to Great Britain ; to France ; to continent . , . Nsvr Oblbahs -Quiet; middling Uftc; low miduLng He; gooa ordinary lOvsc; net receipt 481: gross l,4rtl: sates 4.000; stock 402.969: exports to Great Britain r to France ; ooastwlae 6,667: to continent . Mohtlx -Easier : middling lltftc; low mlddllns 10e; good ordinary WVto: net receipts 895; gross : sales I.OOU; stocx nu,uu; sxyuna coast 61 9; France ; to Great Britain . . Mxkfhq Quiet: middling 1H4: receipts 727; KblpmeuU 1,151; sales 950; stocx 100,021. Augusta Doll; middling 1G; mtd- dling lOi&e; good ordinary 10c; receipts 230; shipments ; sales 820. Chabuestov Dull; middling 1114c; low mldsilng 11c; good ordinary not PSxr 1.018: gross - sales 500: stock 95,704; exports ooastwlM 457: to Great Britain ; to continent ; to jrrance , cuuuoi 956. Kiv Towt-Oulet: sales 296: middling up land 11 13-l6c; middling Orleans 12tec: consoli dated net receipts 18, zoo; exports io uiw dtiuuu 6.OH8: to rransa ; to conancn i,uo. u channel 956. Lrnatrooir Noon Easier: middling uplands ejfed; middling Orleans 6ttd; sales 8,ouu; speculation and export 1,000; receipts 12,100; American 7.500. Uplands low middling clause: January delivery ; January and February 6 l l-UAa: JTeDruary ana n&rcn n irosuuo b-iwj, March and April 6d6 19-32d; April and My 0 tl-lgd&BZl-Sza; nay ana juh o vo-otiv- f26 ll-16d: June and jmyeia; juiy sua au.usi 6 20-32d; August sad September . Futures quiet FUTURES. Nbw Tobi -Futures closed at' ong. Sales. 246,- 000. January lAgSg.gS ireDmar iuui.vo Marc7. 12.26 Aprtl..... 12.4SO.46 May.. 12.59 80 June. 12.72 73 July?. 12.84.85 August 12.95 September IRlMt October 1 1.56.68 November n.4ua 4a FINANCIAL. 1VKW lOKB. Kxchflnro 4.70 Governments steady and unchang ed, xcept extenued 0 s, wnicn were don lie New 5's 1.02 Four and a n&fi per cent Four per cents, 1.14 1.175 6 plus 1-16 Money, Stats bonds - rather dull Sub-treasury balances Gold. $80,635,000 4.011,600 currency... -Etccxs Opened active and higher: Alabama Class A, 2 to 5 80Ml Alabama Class A. small 81 1.03 82 Alabama Class B, 5's Alabama-Claw C, 4's. Chicago and Northwestern 1.251 Chicago and Nona western preferred, 1.37A sne Bast Tennessee Georgia. Illinois Central. Lake Shore Louisville and Nashville Memphis and Charleston ... 40 18 1.03 1.1214 98 70 Nasnine 'a unattanooga New York Central Pittsburg. Richmond and Allegheny Richmond and Danville 85i 1.80ft 1.35 38 1.81 1 31 Bock Island Wabash, St Lords Parlftc, Wabash, 8t Louis & Pacific preferr'd 3m 79 western Union. CITY COTTON MARKET. ' Ctficb or Thb Obskbvek. 1 Chaklottx, January 6, 1882. t The market yesterday closed weak at the follow ing quotations : Good Middling. 118 Strletlv middllns 11 MlddUnc iu8 Strict low middling. 1 Wfe Ttw mlddllns. 1WR Tinges &Vim storm cotton otv Sales yesterday 1 1 bales. Charlotte Pro4nee asvrket. JANUARY 8. I8f 2 BUYING PRICKS. Cons, per bush'l Msau " Wttkat. " 85 90 Bxaim, white, per bushel 1.25a.50 Pias, Clay, per bnah. 90al.OO Laoy, " i-ou White, " 76a80 Family 4.zoa4.fiu Extra. 400 Super 3.7 K Oats, shelled 55a65 nTwn ithtttt . Annies, ner lb. 4a Peaches, peeled 15a20 TJnpeeled 7al0 Blackberries 8a6 PrrriTrvtA Sweet 75 Irish 1-00 Rnmra North Carolina. 1 5a20 lose, per dozen. 25 Pnm.TRT Chickens 12J&al5 8prlng , 10al2M Ducks 15 Turkeys, per lb. Heese 8 25aS0 5a6 8a9 Bur, per lb., net Mutton, per w net POKK. " " SELLING PRICKS -WHOLESALE. PlTT.W ViTH Clear rlo sides lOVt COFFEB Prime Rlo 4alfi Good 12al6 RTJG.R White lOaiiu Yellow 7ay Molasses Cuba Sugar Syrup Choice New Orleans Common Salt 82a35 35a6 50art0 40a45 Liverpool fine l.roal.2R coarse 85al.00 WEOSKXT Com, per gallon Sl.7Ra2.00 Rye, " 82 00a3.00 UHANDT Apple, per gallon. S2.00a3.no Peach. 82.50 81-50 Wots, Scuppernong, per gallon.. RETAIL. Chkxsx. ... Lard, per Th. Tallow, per lb Bacon N. C. hog round Hams.N.C. 20 15 8al0 lOall 18 Hams, canvassed., 1518 Rick ., .. .. 8al0 JTKUIT Apples, Northern, per bbl 8.25a,R0 " -Mountain, " 8.00 Fish Mackerel-Na 1.. 1.25 " -No. 2. 1.00 " -No. 8 7 Codfish IR Cabbaos. perTh... 4a6 Chew only the brand of tobacco known as The Old Oaken Bucket TBS old Oaken Bucket, The Iron-bound bucket ' The moss covered bucket. That hung In the weU. CHA8. B. JONRL Charlotte. N. C. Sols Aswnf Liberal terms to dealers, . . i THE HEW DRUG STORE, Cpmef ot College and Trade streets, IS NOW OPEN. I Partle t des'riDg fresh and Reliable Press"; ' will do well to give us a call , J.HiHf CDONOGRUE, HND 40a CANNOT FXIL TO BE SUITED IN f T? T) Ci Cl 'V J J? JJ V.V L k7 FALL AND WINTER; sbaU be found Just as represemeo, ana au nn.o f oit oiaaaoa nt Anstnmara. And a ticw w "'T'.'tt thefliiestliftj aBo! Boot to tte Heavtort do better than at our store. uire us a can. A. E. W. T. BLASKWELL & GO. Durham, N. C. MAan&ctorert of tbs. Origin! nd Only Geaoins IRAOE MARK, TOBACCO Mar 22 ly Wtstzllauzons. Cures SYPHILIS in any stage. CATABRH, ECZEMA, OLD SORES, PM- PLE3, BOILS, or SKIN cures when all, other remedies fail::: If you doubt, come te see us. sad w via CURC TOTJ. or charge nothing!!! Wnte for particular, and a copy of tiie little book 'Message to the Unfortunate Suffering." Ask any prominent Druggist as to our Standing. $1000 UK WARD will be paid to any chemist who will find on analysis ef luO bottles of S. 8. 8. one particle of Mercury, Iodide of Potassium, or any Mineral substance. bWli'T SPECIFIC CO.. Props , Atlanta, Ga. (FEB BOTTLE.) Price of Sma:i Biza, $1.00 Large Slzs, 1.75 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. decSl GOOD COFFEE. Everybody wants It, but very few get It, because most people do not know how to select coffee, or It is spoiled in the roasting or making. To obviate these difficulties has been our study. Thurber's package Coffees are selected by an expert who un derstands the art of blending various fla vors. They are roasted In the most perfect manner (it is impossible to roast well in small quantities), then put in pound pack ages (in the bean, not ground,) bearing our signature as a guarantee of genuineness, and each package contains the Thurber recipe for making good Coffee. We pack two kinds, Thurber's "No. 84," strong and pungent, Thurber's "No. 41," mild and rich.' One or the. other will Buit every taste. They have the three great points,, good quality, honest gixn tity, reasonable price. Ask your Grocer for Thurber's roasted Coffee in pound pack ages, "No. 34" or "No. 41.n Do not be put off with any other kind your own palate Will tell yon what is best. Where persons desire it we also . furnish the "JdeaV Coffee-pot, the simplest, best and cheapest coffee-pot in existence. Grocers who sell our Coffee keep them. Ask for descriptive circular. Respectfully, &o., H. K. fc F. B. THURBER & CO- Importers, Wholesale Grocers and Coffee Boasters, New York. P. 8. As the largest dealers In food pro ducts in the world, we consider It our in terest to manufacture only pure and whole same goods and pack them in a tidy and satisfactory manner. Ail goods bearing our name are guaranteed to be of superior quality, pure and wholesome, and dealers are authored to refund the purchase price in any case where customers have cause for dissatisfaction. It is therefore to the interest of both dealers and con humors to use Thurber's brands. FOR RENT. A dwelling house containing 5 rooms, kltrhpn with 9 mnm. nn1 n. wail nf gooa water m tne yarn; wunin nre tnln- BtM Bmlk of milMlit annum Alan - ani tags containing 4 rooms, with a well of kvuu mnw iu ujc jaru ana a gooa gar- uen., roesesuon given immeaiateiy. - " 14 Jf. W. WADSWORTH. FOR REM T. A neat cottage on -B street. . n. M. RTOI HT iau air FOR. RENT.. CENTRAL HOTIL. Oreens-' boro,-N. a, first-class in e?enr : tespeev end the best located ' house m the city. Terms that will insure success. ' Apply Boon. ' to . n. H. TATE, Greensboro, JN. C decSOlw glSg er sSst I8EASI .llSife f A 1ST H TT O R Si xx xi kj jl-m. TRADE. - oomurlses a full Une of beautiful and seasonable Brogan. If you wish to get jour boots and shoes to RANKIN & BRO., Central Hotel Block . Tra de Street . BUEGESS NICHOLS, WbesessJe iM BetsC ALL KINS! er FURNITURE, BEDDING, &C. A FULL LHC8 097 Cheap Bedstesds, AKOLOTJNQKa, Parlor ft Chamber Suits. oorwvnct AJULKoaotamkn.. M. f WZ8T TBUB1 1 Our claim for merit is base. npon the Cact tlwx. n diemicalfea arxalysbj prorcg that the tobacco J grown ! oor ucc'lo:. ia better M adapted to nuifce a GOOD.FTKE, R 'i in the world ; end. br1r .-1 1 anted inH f -.c icbacco ri the HTIVHT cCi. thi CI?:''. ,;. H:' l...)Y.S Op-p. pif?-v''i- ' t;.!? : 'r-'zT.'-f. ct.t sales EXC'MK tbe r.wkcL. ef Alii. tJi-s hyzAlizi;; rr..uu factories corn- ; ttzri 0.'. --.r'- r r'r. Bt. i"i Xcrtlctrics. Pariicular Hctice. lV eratyaags wC! hereaner be undor the f x cm jjw ifynn an1 ontroi of GKKKKAL3 Ci r. tifALrGAKD aad JU3AL A. KiRLY. DIESD OPPOBTUIiTTY TO W IV A FOTTXX PTRST GRAXD DI.-TRI-BCTTJX, CUAaS A. IT XHvy ORLEANS, TCE-DAY, JANUARY 10, 18S2. I40ia KONTrLY LRAWI.VG. Lsdsiam State Lottery Company. toeorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legis lator tor Educational and Charitable purposes lta a eapitai of $1,000,000- to which a reserve fund of S.S50.000 has aUiee been added. Et an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitution adopted December 2d. A. D. 1879. Us GRAND SLNGLX NUMBER Drawings will boce piece monthly. It never scales or postpones. Look at the roilow Isg distribution: CAPITAL PRIZE, $30,000. : 00,000 Tickets at Two Dollars Each. Tickets, One Dollar. LIST OF PHIZES: Half P.fe f 30,000 1 1 apital Prize in 000 1 Capital Prize Tobo iS22!2J?'MO Biooo 5 Prizes of 1.000 6.000 500 10.000 100... 10,000 60 10,000 ?0 10,000 10 , 10,000 20 Prizes of 100 Prizes of 200 Prizes of 500 Prizes of i;000 Prizes of APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 2 55555?? S288 l 8?0 $2,700 9 " FWJkuuou rrizei w ZOU 1 800 Approximation Prizes of 100 900 1857 Prizes, amounting to... $j io,400 Responsihie corresponding ag nts wanted at all points, to whom liberal compensation will be paid. or further Information, write clearly, giving full address. Send orders by express or Registered Letter, or Money Order by mail, addressed only to M. A. 1A(JPHIM or M. A. DAUPHIN, at L0UlalalJ8' w t No. 212 Broadway. New York. M. B. Orders addreased to N rtriuna om celve prompt attenUon. The particular attention ef the Public is called to the fact tha the entire number ot the Tickets for each Monthly Drawln la sold, and conse quently all the prizes in each drawing are sold and drawn and paid. 6 feciu 4,0 th POPTJtJLR MONTHLY DRAWINO OF THE tn the City of LoulsvOle. on TUESDAY, JANUARY 31st. 3S82. Jhese drawings occur monthly (Sundays except urer provisions of an Act of the General As sembly of Kentucky. The United states Circuit Court on March 81 , rendered the following decisions: Isv That the Commonwealth Distribution Com pany is legal. 2d Its drawinga are fair. The Company has nowyon hand a large reserve fund. Read the list of prizes for the JANUARY DRAWING. Pm ao,ooo l Prize,... 10.000 1 Prize, .. 5,000 10 Prizes, $1 ,000 each, 1 0.000 20 Prizes, 600 each 10.000 100 Prizes, 100 each 10,000 200 Prizes, 60 each I0,0(0 600 Prizes, 20 each 12,00tf 1000 Prizes, 10 each 10.00(1 9 Prizes, $800 each, Approximation Prizes $2,70t 9 Prizes, 200 " " " i,80fl 9 Prizes. U)0 " ' " 900 1,960 Prize $112,400 Whole Ticket. $2; Half Tickets. Si ; 27 Tickets ;50: 55 Tickets, Si 00. Remit Money or Bank Draft in Letter, or send by Express. DON'T SEND BY REGISTERED LETTER OR POSTOFFICE ORDER. Orders of $5 and upward, by Express, can be sent at oor ex pense. Address all orders to R. M. BOARDMAN, Courier-Journal Bmid Louisville, Ky., or 809 Broadway New York janS -." grotcsstotiai: z. a vahol w. h BAiuit. VANCE & BAILEY, Attorneys and OonnseUors CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice in Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court of North Carolina. Federal Courts, and counties of Mecklen burg, Cabarrus, Union, Gas ton, Rowan and Ds vtdson. laPJ" Office, two doors east of Independence Square. , . . v, . maj2V tf KO. DGRAHAM, IN tte' State and tJnJted 'States CourU. Colle Uous, Borne and Foreign, eolicited. At streets of TlUes, Surveys, &c, furnU-sd for coin pensatJon. :.. Ownc s N. X. Corner Tr Tryon streett" Charlotte, N.C JJan. . j n