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,7- .. - . , .. - C2 VOLUME XXXI. CHARLOTTK, N. C, THURSDAY MARCH 6, 18841 PRICE FIVE CENTS. III III ! laiorf i Swiss Embroideries We Have the Prettiest Hamburgs 'a FOR THE MONEY EVER OFFERED IN THIS MARKET. Look at them. Ws arc Just la rssetpt of a large stock of Beal and Machine T0RCH0N3 from 3a. per yard up. BLACK SILKS. We are how selling our $2.25 SILK at $2.00; our $1.75 for $1.50, and others In proportion. II you waut a Silk dress guaranteed to not cut, ome to see us, we guarantee all of our good Silks. PARASOLS! PARASOLS! ! Harg;e Stock and Xiow Prices Our "HERCULES Unlaundried Shirt at SMO, Is having a big run. Call and get one to try. An Auction Lot of the BEST 25c. TOWELS ever offered in this market. Look at them. Our remnant or Winter Clothing at sacrificing prices. B . CALL AND GET BARGAINS, WE HAVE 'EM. Very Respectfully, r HARGR AYES & .ALEXANDER. KHITII BUILDING. MR, SESIfiLE n the Northern Markets, and ARRIVING DAILY. Just opened a handsome line of Embroideries and Torchoa Laces Escurlal, Spanish and Spanish Glmpure Laces, SPANISH NFTS FOR OVER DRESSES. Ladles' and Children's Collars, Clerical. Black and White. Sailors' Collars, Plain and Em broidered Edges. PARASOLS. fcow Is the time to buy before they are picked over. CALL AND MAKE TOUR CHOICE. We Beat the City on Domestics. Respectfully. T. L. SKIOLE & CO. WE ARE OFFERING The Iars;est and Cheapest Lino of SPRING WRAPS EVER SOLD IN CHARLOTTE. ;j-ASK TO SEE THEM.S J3PASK TO SEE THEM.I ALEXANDER k HAR.KIS W. Kaufman & Co., CENTRAL HOTEL, CORNER, Take pleasure In Informing their customers and the public that the extraordinary Increase In their busi ness durliig the year 18H3; has compelled them to move into the large and elegant storeroom under Cen tral Hotel, and beg at the same time to assure their friends that the familiar motto of this popular house la offer only the fewest and Most Desirable Goods At prices at all times lower than any sther house, WibkrSUck of Ready-Made Ciolhin Will be sold absolutely regardless oncost. We will offer at the same time , J BARGAINS IN PANTALOONS FROM $1.25 UPWARD. BARGAINS IN BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S SUITS. BARGAINS IN GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. BARGAINS IN MEN'S AND BOYS' STIFF AND SOFT HATS BARGAINS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. And snough other bargains to fill two or three opportunity to supply weir wants in doming ai prices W. KAU FM AjNT & CO. CGTKALIIOTEL CORNER. L. F OSBOKNB, Ffctxal Snrre ur and QtI Inoneep. ' AH engagements promptly filled In dty or county, atapplag and platting a specialty. Office with . K. IP. 0brnev attorney, at court boose. . -- Befareace T. J. Orr, County Surrejer. , , , teWtf " i ' 1 , 1 ' ' " : "VUriPfcSbT the hundred for sale at ' BLACK SILtfS. SHOES- Shoes, Shoes. SIIOES--Latet Styles. SIIOES--Fit Perfect, SIIOESBest Makes. SIIOESLowest Prices. BOOTS AND SHOES, All Grades. Trunks, Mhts aud Hird-R gs. S CK ALWAYS COMPLETE. 4. Stk! & mm FOR SALE. Cotton Seed IVlel for feeding or fertilizing, in quantities to suit purchasers. The best feed for cattle ever sold, being worth twiee as much as corn meal. nov6dtf CHARLOTTE OIL CO. will be strictly adhered to. The balance of or columns. Strangers visiting the city will find this an never neara oi oeiore, DO YOU WISH TO BCLLD? 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Keniit by draft on New York or Charlotte, and by POstofflee Monev Ordr or VtMrlstitml Ijlttor at ran risk. If sent otherwise we will not be responsible for miscarriages. PROTESTING AGAINST IT. A number of the cotton mill men of Georgia have sent a petition to Con gress protesting against the passage of the Morrison tariff bill. Mr. Hugh F. Inman, of the Atlanta cotton mills. said: "We must have protection acainst the cheap labor of England. If we don't get it we must stop our mills or cut down wages to one-third of what we now pay. Of course we can't do that. Back of England is India, with its teeming millions, that may com pete with us in the manufacture of cotton. I should consider it verv un fortunate for the Southern mills if this reduction of duty on cotton goods should be made." While the South does and can com- petewith other sections and other countries at present in coarse goods, on which there is little or no protec tion, as she enters upoft the manufac ture of finer grades she will need pro- teetion, for with all her advantages she will not be able to compete with England, which has immense capital invested in manufactures and an un limited supply of cheap and skilled labor. The Georgia mill men realize all this and look with alarm upon the proposed reduction in the tariff. Mr. Morrison is from the State of Illinois, which has no interest in cotton mills, his most ardent backers are from States that have little or no interest in cotton mills, and in their desire to accomplish what they consider, and perhaps honestly consider, a neces sary reform, they do noj give due consideration to the influence their proposed action may have upon the industries involved. The cotton man ufacturing industry has made mar velous progress in the South, but as yet the lines of goods she makes are comparatively limited, and all the signs of the times point to the conclu sion that unless forced into unequal competition with the English manu facturers she will, before many de cades pass, become the great manu facturing section of the world, not only in the coarser, but in the finer grades of goods Had Southern man ufactories the capital at command which the long established English manufactories bjave, or could they borrow money at the low rates of in terest fhat prevail in England, and secure Ahe aburdant and skilled labor that English manufacturers have they could cope- with England, pro tection or no protection, - but they have not these resources now, and that is where the English manufac turer ht s the advantage. But in time these things will come, our industries will be placed upon a firm footing, our manufactories will be able so take care of themselves, and there will be no longer need for legislative protec tion. But premature cutting down of the tariff means disaster to this in dustry in the South, and disaster to that means disaster to kindred indus tries that would have grown up with it. Let Mr. Morrison and his friends go slow. Col. H. F. De Bardeleben, an Ala bama iron king, has entered into a contract with the Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company of Nash ville, Tenn., and Ely ton, Alabama, to furnish them with $2,000,000 worth of pig iron, at the rate of 100 ions a day. This is one of the largest con tracts ever entered inttrna the gouth, and shows that Nosth Alabama-is be-1 .iiiii f I coming a lurmiue t;yrupeijpgf the iron market. f jc'"V ' : The American hog has been rnst fearfully avenged on Bismarck. late writer says that in one towi io Germany 2,000 men, hitherto em ployed in the manufacture of mouth harps, are now idle, the American de mand for these instruments having ceased, as a retaliation for the exclu sion of American pork. Judgo James W. Lock, of the Fed eral Court of the Southern District of Florida, in addition to dispensing justice from the bench, is engaged as a retail dealer in leaf tobacco, and is charged with defrauding the govern ment out ot tne tax ami license re quired by law. There is talk of im peaching him. The Federal Court in session at Nashville, Tennessee, last week de cided that the railroad commission act of that State was a violation of the State constitution, and also of the 14th amendment of the constitution of the United States, and is therefore null and void The late cold spell has been one of intense severity throughout the North, West and Canada. The fall of snow in some sections was very : heavy. In Canada the railroad men say they have not seen such drifts in manyyears, Ic is said that there, is inarw over 80Cwoinewhotfn- a nvinby making artinctal flowers Wake county is awake on the In dustrial Exposition. With the two thousand dollars authorized to be ap propriated judiciously expended she can make a splendid exhibit. It is said that George Bliss has re ceived over $200,000 from the govern ment in the prosecution of the star route cases since the present adminis tration came into power, and it might be asked what was it all for. FROM WASHING 10N THE TARIFF GETS UP AN EXCITE MENT. A D.ir ol Alarm The Converse Pro position Defeated. A Narrow Es cape What Gen. Scales Say n Pros pects of the Morrison Bill Presiden tial Talk by a Friend of Mr. Randall. Correspondence of The Observer. Washington, March 3. Yesterday the air was full of rumors of what Randall and .fifty Democrats were going to do when the ways and means committee reported back Morrison's tariff bill. To day these are- all de nied by Mr. Randall and his friends, except the statement that these gen tlemen would oppose the measure. The report alluded to, along with the rumored intention of Converse to call up his bill to restore the duty on wool, which a Republican Con gress lowered, and get Congress to set a day for its consideration, diew an unusually large number of Repre sentatives to their seats at the open ing of the session In the galleries and on the floor everybody was agog for the first bar of the music. The routine business of the day, the call of States and Territories for the in troduction of bills and joint resolu tions, and of committees for reports, was borne with small patience. Then Dick Townshend, who has a school boy voice, which changes with every ..ttempt to be emphatic a hermaph roditic voice, to be sure pitched the Mexican veteran's pension proposi tion by neck and heels right into the seething cauldron It was a genuine surprise. The Republicans were dis concerted temporarily, but under Browne, of Indiana speedily rallied. Goldsmith Hewitt wanted the provis ion contained in the bill which was filibustered over the other night- for pensioning survivors of the Indian wars included, but would not offer the measure. This was left for the Republicans to do. Gen Browne made a spread-eagle speech in which he took pains to charge that Union soldiers of the late war were overlooked in order to pension men, some of whom fought against the Union afterward. This unmanly insinuation was repelled in patriotic language by S.muel Cox, who was loudly applauded by the Democrats. After all their heated opposition only 46 Republicans dared to vote against the measure. As the bill is sent in full or in full outline by the associ ated press, it is unnecessary to state its provisions here. It was introduc ed by Townshend on his own respon sibility, and was passed under a sus pension of the rules, which required two-thirds. It having been understood that the next move was to be a motion by Converse to suspend the rules and ap point a day for the consideration of his bill to restore the duty on wool, expectation was on tip-toe, the wiry Samuel Cox was too swift for the Ohio member. He surprised all except a very few persons who were in the lead by a motion to ad journ. It was just 3 o'clock, the usual hour is 5, he purpose not being tully understood, the motion was voted down. (Jn tne call tor tellers the motion to adjourn was carried. By that time the full import of the proceeding dawned upon everybody. the parties arraying on the respecg tive sides. The Democrats, except a very few, voted in favor of adjourn ment to avoid precipitating a vote on wool before the House c uld decide ti-e main body of the tariff question. The Republicans, hoping to put the Democrats in a fix, assumed the negative. The yeas and nays show ed 148 to 126 a decided majority. Randall voted with the majority, and Morrison with the minority, bull dog to the last. He wanted to try conclusions. Cox and the others, wiser, sought to stave off the wool issue until the general issue could be tried. It was a neat way out of a morass. Col. Green says that a can vass of the House made by himself and some friends, had demonstrated that if the wool question came up it would eive tne protection Democrats so nearly the advantage in votes that there would beio amusement in it for revenue reformers. Others are of a different opinion. But it is cer tain that the coup ol tne little New York reformer was brilliantly con ceived and executed. It is possible the Democrats have been saved by a shrewd device. More men would have voted for the wool business than will vote against the bill intro duced by Morrison. Hence there was good tactics in putting the last vote nrst. ' The Morrison bill will not be re ported probably for several days. It will be supported by every Democrat belonging to the North Carolina dele gation, and by several of thejtan-iall men from other Southern Sta es. The claim put forth that fifty Democrats will vote against the bill with the Republicans-is preposterous. I have talked with membersand with those war have consulted other members, and have careful 'y watched the drift of things in the House : and 1 am now absolutely sure of the passage of the modified bill, which is essen tially Morrison's, by a respectable maiority over all opposition. But for the turn of things above alluded to. an effort to pass an inter nal revenue bill framed by General Dibrell, of Tennessee, would have been made this afternoon. It has been the desire of many to let this matte r precede action on the tariff, Mr. Morrison has always objected. tie is understood, nowever, to be in favor of a proposition which shall permit the manufacture, on the E remises, free of all tax, of fruit randies, and a modification of the system of collection. This is about what General Dibrell's measure pro poses. Gen. Scales still hopes to get sometmng more, ns meiy, tne exemp tion from taxation of all manufac tures of spirits from fruits. The Presidential talk is getting more aenmte, iorpreierencesarenow more plainly -avowed A strong movement for Bayard embraces men ot ail sections and factions. Said distinguished friend of Mr. Randall to me this afternoon: "A gentleman remarKoa m my neanng a day or two since that he . thought Randal was our most available candidate. 1 coia mm 710, uiaeea; 1 Knew - nany men ia the S&utb, who had, ; honestly opposed Mr. Randall's course for sev eral years, differing in that respect for myself. These Democrats could not now change their opinions, and especially not after their view of the matter had been endorsed by the House in the election of Speaker. It would be too much to ask it of them.'" This friend of the great .rennsylvanian also observed: "I do not think it would be politic for the Democratic party to nominate either Air. Kandall or Mr. .Payne. I am afraid neither could be iclected, at least, it is a hazardous experiment." "How about Mr. Morrison?" "Mr. Morrison," was the reply, " is an able man and incorruptible, but as he is so generally recognized as leading what some persons call the free trade movement, it might be best to nomi nate some other man." He did not give full credence to the report that McDonald was unpopular among the Catholics, and thought . he was a strong man and much to be preferred to Hendricks, whom he regarded as insincere and wishy washy. The death of Mr. Tilden, if the old ticket were re nominated, would place Hen dricks at the bead of the government, and to that he was opposed. "The country," remarked this gentleman, "seems now to be looking for a more than ordinarily pure and strong will ed man, a President of lofty aims, of intelligence, who will respond to the demand everywhere heard for re forms in the administration " "Then you mean Mr. Bayard?" "He would suit me and I think the whole coun try. He is moderate in his tariff views, in accoi d with what are term ed business interests, and whatever opinions he espouses they are un questionably his own and are always maintained with wisdom, courage and dignity. Yes, Bayard is one of our loftiest characters. If the Speak er lived beyond the border, say in New York or Indiana, he would be an ideal candidate. New York is the battle ground with Indiana. I hear much of Mr. Flower, but I do not know that he has the requisite ability and political experience. More than money is needed. If New York could present a candidate, she would have him endorsed by the conven tion." Three great grand nephews of Dr. Ephraim Brevard, author of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepen dence, sat in adjoining seats during the 46th Congress. These gentlemen were Mr. A. E. Stevenson, of Illinois, James A. McKenzie, of Kentucky, and R. H. M. Davidson, of Florida. Mr. Davidson is a member of the present Congress. Col. Paul B. Means is clerk of General Ransom s River Flats Committee. H. NEWS NOTES. Vessels arriving at London from transatlantic ports report that im mense fields of ice and enormous ice bergs were encountered near lat. 42 degress north and 49 degrees west. At Chester. Pa.. Mondav. Joprh Wheeler, an old man who keens k candy shop, shot into a crowd of boys who had been teasing him, fa tally woundinsr JoseDh Tavlor. need . i j - o fourteen years. Hon. Geo. F. Pierce, Jr., solicitor- general of tre Sparta (Ga) circuit, and a son of Bishop Geo. F. Pierce, of the M. E. Church South, died Mon day last. He was one of the most promising men in Georgia. Gen. Grant has ahanrlonerl his crutches and now goes about with a cane, ihe rheumatism has left him, but his leg is still slightly sore. He has been out driving- several tit hps during the pleasant weather. He is uuuikaug ul n. 111 g a trip 10 rtorioiK, Va., not for his health, but for relax ation. A bill providing for the weekly payments of wages is now pending before the Massachusetts Legisla ture. It is being strenuously pushed by the friends of the workinemen, but it meets with the united and powerful opposition of the corpora tions, and its defeat seems probable. A letter from Shanghai savs that advices have been received there of a reat financial panic at Pekin, in which many native merchants and banks failed ; the bank rates for sil - ver were rapidly declining; mer -chants in the interior have stopped all trading ventures. The populace throughout the country was greatly excited. Ex Congressman George West, the millionaire paper maker, of Baldston Springs. N. Y., agrees with Congress man Hewitt that protection has overstimulated American manufact ures, but the result has been simply to lower prices of products, so that paper and other things are now sold more cheaply in the United States than in England. He favors the ex isting tariff and disapproves of changes. Ex-Congressman J. Hyatt Smith formerly pastor of a Baptist church in Brooklyn, N. Y., who for a month has been acting pastor of the Congre gational church of Tompkins ave nue. Brooklyn, announced on Satur day that he would unite with the church Sunday morning. H preach ed on the "Lords BuDper." as ne commented on it he interjected in his remarks the words. "That suits, I think, those who hear me. That is my belief." Digest of Supreme Court Decisions. Balelgh News and Observer. Norris vs. Edwards. Where evidence was received of t.Vio nrovailincr belief in one's family and of the general reputation in the 1 MiriiWhnnH from his Drotracted and continuous absence, that he was hAd that the declara tions of his deceased wife as to the fact of her receiving a letter irom him since he left, are admissible to negative the force of the reputation ot the aeain. . SuiterVs. Brittle, wwa rvuinoA anneal specially. the entry should state the special purpese; but a failure to state it from inadvertence cannot be onnatmftd to be a waiver of the right of bis client. Whitehurst vs Dey. 1 a lumnfa admission by an ex ecutor of the correctness of a claim against the testator's estate and a verbal promise to pay . the same out of the assets, will not arrest the run ning of the statute of limitations, where there is no proof that the cred- itnr rafrairieA from Suing at thfl rO quest Of the executor, or that there was any agreement - for indulgence. 2. The act of the Assemby . in refr tn. filinc claims against a-de- VI CUW W O w . - scendant's estate and their admis sion by the personal lepresentativa and making it unneccessary to sue nrfiVflnt the b&r. 4WV plies only to those that were filed at . . .1 . nU. a! tWrtA .Mil $V8 T-,nrla Ol vue lUUKV&o mo ya pun were not then barred. Code, section 164. 9 TltA fiimelofncA .A.ItA t.hft t.irViA inwnuh' emit. mnvKa Wnn-hf against a aeotor oejore the claim is VamhJ A. - A. I . i IS. 1 i utureu, uuii iu raunui expose mm to suit by an act passed after the bar becomes a full defence. a rsvs .veressBi, Havtne passed several steeDless nights, disturb ed bj tbe mcoules and cries of a suilerlne cnlld. and becoming convinced that Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup was Just the article neeUl, pro cured a supply for the child On reaching home ana acquainting ms wue wiui wnai m ana done, she refused to have It administered to the child, as she was strongly In favor of Homoeopathy. That night the child pa' ;eri In suffering, and the parents without sleep, rtf'urnlng home the dy following, the father fcmrl the baby still worse; and while contemplating another sleepless night, the mother stepped from 'be room to attend to some domestic duties, and left the father with the child. During her absence he administered a Dor- Hon of the Soothing Syrup to the baby, and said nothing. That night all bands slept well, and the Uttle fellow awoke In the morning bright and hap py. Tbe mother was delighted with the sudden and wonderful chanite. and although at first offend ed at the deception practiced upon her, has con tinued to use the Syrup.and suffering crying babies and restless nights have disappeared. A single trial of the Syrup never yet failed to relieve tne baby, and overcome the prejudices of the mother. Id bv all Dnuudsts in cents a bottle. Durham is historic. It wag neutral ground durinir the armistice between Sherman and Johnson. Soldiers of both armies filled their pouches with the tobacco stored there, and, after the surrender, marched home, ward. Soon orders came from East, West, North and South, for " more of that eleirant tobacco.' Then, ten men ran an unknown factory. Now it employs 800 men, uses the pink and pick of the Golden Belt, and the Durham Bull is the trade-mark of this, the best tobacco in tbe world. Blackwell's Bull Durham Smoking; Tobacco has the largest sale of any smoking- tobacco in the world. Why? Simply because it is the bat. All dealers have it- Trade-mark of the Bull. LOOK OUT I DURHAM BULL aire of Blackwell's Bull uurnam Brooking- To bacco, as be was told, he wouldn't have been cornered by the buU. 11. H. JORDAV d CO.. HATE JUST RECEIVED Dr. ScottV Electric Tooth Brushes, Dr. Cutter's Improved Shoul der Braces. Flesh Gloves and Towels, Genuine Carls Yad Salts, Lundborg'-s. Marechal, Niel, Rose and P. & L's Extracts Sweet Gum and Mullein, AND A FOX STOCK OF Fresh Flower Seeds R. H. JORDAN & CO. SPRINGS' COnXER. ' 300 BARRELS FINE SEED IRISH POTATOES. FOB SPECTACLES Of ILL KINDS, AST THX PATENT 8PRIXQ ETE GLASS, . m mbstih m HAwcrr, m IIal Mew Stand, ' 0 Trade street above Wilson's Drm 8Mb. . A.1IILES. W Bssnl I fksill aMTiltW arW LUrlS muiwi. VV OTTCSjH WIVsib H toprotwnents wis. WWUn awmlwHBB Mhik mmt isn ft Ml hi rota Siriiifc. I ITTKOWSKY H HAVE Surprise for PREVIOUS TO REMODELLING AND ENLARGING?. 01 MIL1IS WE WILL COMMENCE, ON Greatest Sale of Straw Goods, MILLINERY, BIHIS, UK EASTS, HI.GS, TIPS, Ribbons, in all Widths and Shades. l:-0 HATS at 17c, worth 50c. 109 FINE BRAID HATS at 27c, worth from 75c. to $2.00. 500 Bunches Fine FRENCH FLOWERS at 10c, worth from $1.00 to $3.25. 150 Fine TIPS at 19c, worth from 50. to $1.00. 150 WINGS at 3c each, worth 25c. 132 BIRDS and BREASTS at 19c. worth from 60c. to $1.00 each. 169 Pieces 2 Tone SATIN RIBBON from 7c to 16c, worth 15c to 50c per yard. WASH BLONDE 3c per yard, worth 20c ; All shades. 50 Pieces Plain, Fancy and Plaid Sash RIBBON from 9c. upwards. 127 Pieces Ottoman and Sash RIBBON 12c. per yard. SCRAPS FOR SILK QUILTS m great variety. THE ABOVE STOCK ESust be Closed Out Before the End of the Week So that our lady friends, desirous of taking advantage of the bargains offered will call as early as possible and make their fcelectiuns before the choicest things are gone. WHTsiOWSKY & BARUCB CFIARLOTTE. N. C. L. BERWAN&ER k 10., Til? HoibuI Dota Worth ot CLOTHING AT PRICES THAT MUST TELL. Every purchaser ot CLOTHING will be roll; facts. It will pay each customer to purchase a suit and keep It until next season, as our reduction 1s lullr Twenty-Five PerCent- WE HAVE TOO MANY GOODS ON HAND, AND IF LOW PRICES. Is any'inducement, we ask you to Ysry Respectfully, L..BEfiWMGEEl & BR0T1ER, I.EIDQ CLOTIUenS AXO TAILOM. N. B. Agents for the Celebrated Pearl Shirt. E. M. ANDREWS HIS A L1RGG STOCK MP fli it oey Baby Carriages, WIUCII IS ADMITTED ALSO THE LARGEST STOCK OF WWW. VI T1TE STATE AT LOW PRICES. Bert Yt kttm -r CsBt an See' tmx . ANOTHER - the Ladies! MONDAY, MARCH Sbd, THE rewarded kj saBing on us. So mterepreasptnftao bat call on us. JIT AXX. TO BE TP HE BEST. Vmrrm. iy-:- ;, Wf&sM$S' SC- pi . .. -.. a ffi DEPAKTMENT r I 1 4 it A ' A - -5 ... yf" - J,"