Mint
I'.it'J 1 L J
ESTABLISHED, 1851.
WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1877.
PRICE $6 00.
THE TELEGRAHS.
THE PARCE ENDED !
8 to7 !
oregoh counted
iiFOE HAYES!
PLAY THE ROGUE'S
LURCH.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
SLIM VOTE MAJORITY
OF, 20 FOR COUNT
ING THE ELEC-
TORALVOTE
MONDAY.
Upon Reports.
WASSI56T05.
WiaraoToir, Feb. 22. A disagresj
abls reeling perradss politic this morn
log. Then is doubt u to the action of
Justices Strong and Bradley.
The lrreconcilablei of the Democrat
ic party find they cannot secure the liz j
Democratic Senators necessary to read
objection sufficiently long to defeat a
result before, the, 4th of March, and
Mr. Randall's rulings make ordinary
parliamentary tactics of calling the
ayes and nays ineffectual.
There is apprehension that should
the commission decide to count Ore
gon two for Hayes and one for Tilden,
the six Senators and some to spare can
be foand among the Republicans to
sign the necessary protest to consume
the time. : . ' ' "
Senator J ohn Sherman is with Hayes
at Columbus., A , , r.
The resignation of Sherman to be
followed by Hayes' election to the Sen
ate and hit subsequent eleration to the
Presidency, and thence to the Chief
Magistracy are discussed here if not at
Columbus by Hayes and Sherman.
It is determined beyond doubt to
hamper the army appropriation bill
with prorisiona that can only be re
mored by the resignation of Hampton
and NickoU. -; j -j ; i 'i ' V : t '
The day is big with stents, but af
kin hare so shaped themselves that
the bast interests of the South cannot
be seriously affected, -
. Before-t the- privilege and powers
committeeKennedy testified under cross
examination that he acted a week with
the Packard Legislature and then went
ore to the Nicholls "Legislature. He
did not solicit from Packard, Kellogg,
or any one else, support for the United
States Senate. Offered money to no
one. Ma have said to some of Pack
ard's Legislature that they , would get
mileage from Nicholls, because Nich
oils had money and Packard had none,
Judge Ray of Louisiana, is on the
stand. .
Not a scintilla has shone through
the crfricc? fljl the, elfced doors of the
commission. . The anxiety is intense.
The Senate this moruing passed bills
to remove the political disabilities, of
Henrys R Kelly of Louisiana, C. A. P.
R. Jones of Alabama, S. B. Moore, W.
P. Covington and Samuel D. Turner,
of 71., 0. Oatlen of Arkansas,
, Win. Butler and Wade H. Gibbs of
South Carolina, Wm. R. Jones and R.
8. Kenny -of Texas.: v:i "
At an informal meeting at Speaker
Randall's house it was agreed that the
army should consislj of v 17,000 men
with a proviso that the troops should
not be used in the support of either
party to the dual governments of Lou
isiana or Bouth Carolina. " "''
KEW TOM.
Nsw Yon, Feb. 23. Mourso k
Brojbi X 'cotton commissi iaercbasts,
have failed. Liabilities upwards of
$100,000. They dealt principally in
spot cotton, ( A; member" of the firm
has wi J the failure will only bo temp
orary, and that ; arrangements are in
progress for satisfactory settlement
.,, . K5SSIIT1SIL
Philadilthu, Feb. 23. A Lancas
ter disyatch reports the funeral of Rev.
Bernard Keenan, aged ninety-eight
.years, the eldest Catholic priest In the
world arl frr fifty-four years pastor of
Aery's Church of that city took
.place yesterday, '
cmoi-
Qckk.vstowx, Feb. 23. On the ar
rival here of the steamer Dakota at 4
o'clock this morning, with the remains
of John O'Mahoney, a local committee
appointed for the purpose, proceeded
out in a tender and received the re-
mams, and presented an address to the
American deputation accompanying
them. The coffin was conveyed to the
pro. Cathedrals whore mass for the
dead was celebrated at 8 o'clock.
Owing to the early hour of landing
there was no demonstration. -
FOBIIGX
Paris, Feb. 21 The Figaro names
a distinguished prima donna whom it
charges with having eloped from St.
Petersburg with Senor Nicolini.
It States further that the Marquis of
Caux followed them and that judicial
proceedings for a separation have beeu
commenced.
London, Feb. 23. Cardinal Cullen
in a letter to the funeral committee of
O'Mahony says: "I aril unaware that
O'Mahony contributed any signal scr
vice for his country, but I believe that
he provoked hostile legislation against
us. I have been unable to learn that
he was a great benefactor of the
Church. On the contrary he is said
to have written in a spirit hostile to it.
He was the head-centre of the Fenians,
and collected large sums of money to
promote their absurd movements even
after Fenianism had been condemned
by the Church. If I were to allow his
remains to lie in . the Cathedral I
should seem to approve his religions
and public conduct and his projects
relative to Ireland. A responsibility
which I am not at all incliued to as
sume.
A dispatch from Constantinople
says: The Russian consulate here warns
shipping that torpedoes are being
placed on the Black Sea coast between
Sookgoom Kate and Fort St Nicholas.
Guardships are stationed at Porte, and
at Sookgoom Kate roadsteads indicate
the course. Balakelava must not be
entered without communicating.'
A statement has been published here
to the effect that a league has been
formed by the Ritualists for the pur
pose of agitating in favor of the dises
tablishment of the English Church. '
mMBUo, reb. a J. A telegram re
ceived here from St. Thomas says the
steamer Francecina, reported wrecked
at Cape San Bias, got off and is safe at
AspinwaL
Night Reports,
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Feb. 23. The commis
sion adopted a resolution that the bal.
lota cast by Odell, Cartwright and
Watts were the lawful electoral votes
of the State of Oregon, and should be
counted for Hayes and Wheeler. The
vote stood 8 yeas, 7 nays.
The House was occupied all day in
eommittee of the whole in considera
tion of the. sundry appropriation bill.
When the paragraph was reached rel
ative to the mail contractors in certain
of the Southern States a point of order
was raised that it changes the existing
laws. Pending a decision on the point
the committee rose.
The House took a recess to 10
o'clock to-morrow,
A; Democratic caueni was an
nounced to take place immediately.
The Alabama witnesses have been
discharged. Those from Mississippi
will be discharged to-morrow.
Sxsajiv Cashier Jourdan has becu
discharged. ;
The naval appropriations bill passod.
The Senate then took a recess.
The Louisiana committee of the
House resolved to report a bill recog
nizing Nicholls as Governor of that
state. r;,;T;;T,VT;
Before the committee on privileges
and elections Wm. Stuart and W. T.
Holland, deputy sheriffs of Hinds
connty, Mississippi, testified concern
ing the' alleged use of duplicate keys
at the late election. They denied that
J. T. Lester gave them double keys,'
and disowned any knowledge wTialever
of them. Holland sw ire that Lester
has informed witness that he was mis
taken in saying that ho delivered wit
ness aad Steward double keys, and that
he did not remember to whom he gave
'them. ;, ., ' ,
Thi afternoon when information
reached the House that the electoral
commission had decided upon counting
the vote or Oregon for Hayes and
Wheeler, a motion was mado and car
ried to take a recess till to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock; the purpose of
the majority being to hold a caucus
before the official announcement of
such decision should be received. The
motion was agreeed to, the vote being
130 yeas to 109 naya.
All who voted in the affirmative
were Democrats, and those who voted
in the negative were ' Republicans,
with the addition of nineteen Demo,
crats, viz: Beet of New York, Bell
of New - Hampshire, Campbell of Illir
nios, Cutlarof New Jersey, Gordon of
Kansas, Hardenberg of New Jersey,
Haymoud and Holman of Ipdiana,
Kehr of Missouri. Lauders of Connect
icut, Lemyne of Illinois, Morgan of
Missouri, New of Indiana, Powell and
llobbins of Pennsylvania, Stevenson of
Illinois, Warcn of Connecticut, Wells
of Missouri, and Whitehouse of New
York. -! -
Directly after the recess a notice was
read from the clerk, inviting the Dem
ocrats to remain for the purpose of
holding a caucus. .
When the Hall had been cleared of
all others Representative Lamar called
the meetiug to order. ' He said that he
had been requested to suggest that the
caucus adjourn till 7:30 o'clock to
night; whereupon a member proposed
Saturday night,' but the voice of the
majority being in favor of continuing
the caucus without an adjournment,
Rcpeeseutative McMahon, of Ohio,
moved that to-morrow a . motion be
made in the House inviting the Senate
to meet the House in joint convention
at 1 o'clock on Monday.
Representative Kehr, of Missouri.of-:
fcred a resolution, namely, that a mo
tion be made in the House inviting the
Senate to meet the House in joint ses
sion to-morrow at 1 o'clock for the pur
pose ot proceeding with the count of
the electoral vote.
To this Representative Neal.of Ohio,
offered an amendment, which Kehr ac
cepted, to the effect that after the two
houses shall have met in joint session
to receive the decisfon of the electoral
commission on the Oregon question,
and shall have separated thereon, the
House will then proceed to discuss the
decision. . . ,
An earnest and excited discussioa
ensued, in which Representatives
Vance, of Ohio, Knott, of Kentucky,
Sparks, of Illinois, and Lane, of Ore
gon, participated, favoring delay till
Monday, :
Representatives Hill, of Georgia,
Brown, of Kentucky, Wiltshire of Ar
kansas, Harrison, of Illinois, and
House, of Tennessee, were .in favor of
inviting the Senate to meet the House
to-morrow for the purpose of continu
ing the counting of the electoral vote.
Speaker Randall made a few remarks
counselling calm deliberation in view of
the importance of the questions pre
sented. , , '-''",. "V;
Representative Field, of New York,
also spoke briefly, stating that he had
prepared two bills, one providing for
the election of President and Vico
Pn-sident on the first Tuesday in May.
the President of the Senate 1o act as
f resident in the interval between the
4th of March and that time; the other
bill providing for quo warranto pro
ceedings so that the contestants for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency could
go before the Supreme Court and there
present their claims to the office,
Under the previous question the
substitute and amendment to McMa-
hon's motion was rejected ayes 44,
nays 66
The resolution of McMahon inviting
the Senate to meet the House at 1
o'clock Monday was then adopted by
twenty majority. ,
The reasons given by several gentle
men who were present at the cancas
for this delay were, that the House
wanted time for reflection and to pre
pare objections to the South Carolina
und other cases,
- A number of Democrats who did not
sanction delay left the hall from time
to time before the close of the proceed
ings, and others- privately said after
the adjournment that they would not be
bound by the caucus as many Demo
crats had purposely absented them
selves. Representative Willis of New
York, will, under all circumstances, op
pose the postponement contemplated
by3IcMuhon's resolution,
No action was taken On Fields' two
bills, which Willis regarded., sj nncon
stitutioual, and besides tquo warran
to before the Supreme Court, some of
whose members have decided against
Tilden, would be ineffectual.
- The Democrats of the caucus who
favored the immediate resumption of
the counting of the electoral vote ex
press their surprise that those who ad
vocate mustered in such strong force,
aria say that many Dcmqcrats who wil
act differently were not aware that
there would be a caucus to-night, as be
sides the sixty-six who voted for delay
numocr more than one-tnird or the
Democrats of the House.
LOCAL NEWS.
Our City Delivery k '
Is in the hands of Capt John .
Leggctt, so well and favorably known.
He wilt solicit for the Jocbnal and
superintend and be responsible for the
delivery of the paper. All shortcom
ings should be reported to him imme
diately. -
, ,- . A Bold Coat Thief.
Thursday evening about daik. Mr.
Geo. F. Tilley atopped his buggy in
ront of a stira wiittre he had some
business to transact, but bofore be
had fairly left the boggy, a negro
stepped up and orTored to hold the
horse, Mr. Tilley told bim the
horse required no holdiDg, and think
ing the nee.ro would go on his way,
stepped into the store, and after a
Very short time oame out to his bug
gy, to find his overooat, which be
had left on the buggy seat, gone.
Notioing two persons standing on
the opposite corner, he inquired of
them if they had seen a negro pas
sing with an overooat ? One of the
parties answered that he had, and
described the negro and; the coat.
Mr. Tilley succeeded yesterday in
finding the negro, who acknowledg
ed the theft, and agreed to inform
blm of the wheralouts of the coat,
provided he would not have bim
arrested. The coat was found, (with
several inches of the skirts cut off,)
at a house on Castle between Tenth
and Eleventh streets, where it had
been left to be altered. . .
Schooner Wrecked and 250 Tons of
. Coal Lort.
! Wednesday noon, the Etta May,
from Philadelphia, for Wilmington,
ith 250 tons of coal for Mr. J. A
Springer, went aBbore on New Inlet
Bar. Thursday the steam tug Doug
las, Capt. Jacobs, went to her ssiib
tanoe and stripped her of all her rig
giuge, Jco. - h t officers and ere w
were brought to the city Thursday
night'"- :
The Etta May was 152 tons burs
den and is a total wreck.
The ooal was insured with Messrs.
Atkinson k Manning for $1,000. The
schooner loaded and left Philadel
phia about the 2d of December, and
went down the Delaware, She was
compelled to put in at NewoaUle,
40 mile (trom Philadelphia, on so
oount of we, and did not leave nntil
the ice broke up.
Concert Last Nigtit.
The concert given by the Brooklyn
Mission Sunday School last evening
was quite a success. Each little boy
and girl knew his part and spoke as if
they had appeared before tho foot
lights many times previous. Messrs.
Johnson & Bros. Ehrlich, VanOrsdell,
Mitchell and Willson kindly tendered
their services and wer encored after
rendering a beautiful piece.
The entire school sang five pieces.
Mr. F. W. Foster loaned the Hall
for the occasion and gives them the
use of the Hall every Suuday.
Wilmington the Place.
Says the Rocky Mount Afin'i, tho
editor of which wis recently in our
city: "For the importation of mo
lasses, salt, iron, Peruvian Guano, Ac.
Wilmington probably has vantage
ground over other places in reach of
our people. Vessels of heavy tonage
find easy access to her ports and the
flags of almost all the nationalities can
be seen on the bosom of her waters.
" Her foreign trade has greatly in
creased, and as many as 40 foreign
vessels have anchored in her port at
one time awaiting cargoes." '
, Those Lamp Lighters., , s
; Can't the city find a man who can
light tha Ltmps regularly. Tour
day night when the moon went down
no lamps were lighted One of our
eatrier, relating his experience in
the dark, said that it took Lira
half hour to find a box in which to
pat a gentleman's paper and then he
feuod It "Ey waiting up and down
the fence until his hand struck
sgsinst it ; , T ;.',. ,
; i ,.) - 11 ' '
; Thermometries!.
The state of the thermometer at the
various Btatioiu named below was ob
served at the signal office in this city
yesterday at 4:30 p. m.i
Augusta, 56; Charleston. 61: Galres
ton, 63 ; Jacksonville, 66; Mobile, 63;
JVew urieans, 65; Norfolk, 52; Savar
ah, 53; Wilmington, 63.
1:'" Th B. 4f A. A. L.' : 1:-
The Raleigh and Augusta Au Line
road will be completed as far as
Hamlet, on the C O. R, by the 12th
i or April.
Accident to Mr. O. II. Kelley.
Yesterday morning as Mr. Oliver n.
Kelley was passing the old W. & W.
R. R. depot something attracted bis
attention and ho stopped on the track.
The yard engine had just gone down
to the river, and while Mr.. Kelley was
standing on the track, was slowly
backing out from under the shed. Mr.
Kelley was struck by the tender and
knocked down betwean the rails, but
he had the presence of mind to get his
feet out of the way of the wheels and
clutch the brake. Several gentlemen
standing near called to the engineer to
stop, which he did as quickly as possi-'
ble, when Mr. K's face and arm were
found to havo been cut, though he had
received no serious injuries. No blame
attaches to the engineer, as the engine
bell was being rung at tho time.
Lost.
A fine nap cloth overooat was left
in the Marshal's office the night of
the Fireman Ball. It is thought to
belong to some ssa captain, as there
were several there the oloth is not
much used in this country.
THE COURTS.
Mayor's Court.
H. Banks, larceny of a plank ;
bound over to the Superior Oonrt
under a bond of $500.
Sallie Walker, drank an 1 disorder--derly
; fined $25 and cost or 30 days
days on the streets.
Annis Johnson and Soorin Agunt,
two seamen, resisting police officer ;
dismissed on payment of costs.
Two parties, disorderly conduct ;
judgment suspended on payment of
costs.
Magistrate's Court.
Orilla Giles and Primus Hill, f. and
a; dismissed. ' . " ' 1 V
Primus Hill, : bastardly J bound
over to the Superior Court under a
bond of $25.
CITY CURRENCY.
Bishop Atkinson has returned to
the city. -
The street hands were engaged in
scouring the City Hall yesterday.
The Journal Extra for several
days has been early on the streets
and eagerly read. ?
Rev. Jos. L. Keen will attend the
regular meeting of Cross Creek
Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., ut Fayetteville,
on Monday.
In the score of the Rifle Matoh in
in yesterday's paper Mr. E. Lilley's
last shot should huvo been a three
instead of a five.
Three seamen were arrested by a
police officer last night for calling for
some goods at Mr. Geo. L. Schutt's
store and not paying for them. '
Now, that the disgusting farce is
over, we trust that our people will
go earnestly to work and hope for
better things in the future.
Rev. S. Mendelshon being abseut,
in attendance upon the session cf the
Grand Lodge, at Philadelphia, no
services will be held at the Temple
to-day.
Appointments by Bishop Atkuison lor
Ills Bpriug Visitation.
Clinton, (Good Friday). - March 30
Goldsboro, (Easter Day), - April 1
Windsor, - " 4
Woodville, Bertie county, ' 6
Murfreesboro, (1st Sunday af
ter Ulster), - ;- " 8
Winton, - - . - " 9
Gate8ville, - " 10
St. Peter's, Gates county, " 11
Hertford, Perquimans county, " 13
Woodville, " " y
Elizabeth City, (2d Sunday
after Easter), - - " 15
Camden Mission, - - "17
Edenton, - - " 19
St Luke's, Washington Co., , " 21
St David's, "
(3d Sunday after Easter), " 22
Plymouth, - - - " 24
St James' Beaufort county, .,,,;, 26
St. George's i Hyde county, , , i
(4th Sunday after Easter), " 29
Fairfield, Hyde county, - " 30
Slodcsville, - - ' - May
Bath, - - - ; . 4
Zion Church, Beaufort county, " 5
Washington, ; ! - " 6
James ville, - - -. " '
Williamston, ( Ascensiou-day) " 10
Hamilton, -, - k - - "11
Trinity Church, Scotland Neck,
(Sunday of Ascension), " 13
Collections' in behalf of diocesan
missions will be mado at each place.
y ; Quarterly Meetings.
Rev. W. 8. Blaok, Presiding El
der for this District of the M. 1 E.
Charou, announce bis first round of
appointments as follows : '
Topsail, at Uniou J" eb. 24, 25
Ookesburya:d Cobarie - r,,
Mission, at Hall's - Alar. 8, 4
Kenansville, at Konans-
ville Mar. 10, 11
Index to New Advertisements.
' Geo. R. 'French k Son In the
front ' ': , : " '
P. Heinsberger Just reoeived.
Qiloi k Muichison Swedos iron.
Oregton for Ilayei.
Spteial to thi Journal.
Washington, Feb. 23. Oregon is
counted for Hayes by 8 to 7.
Waddku.
NEW 1DYEBTISEMEXTS.
IN THE FRONT !
Geo. R. French &Son,
' DBALIBS IX
BOOTS & SHOES,
Lead in
QUALITY AND STYLE
Or GOODS, giving more
Durable Sc Comfortable
Wcaring Shoes,
At LESS Price than any Ilouse in the
CITY OR STATE !
We have the
Largest and
Most Varied
Assortment.
And you can always find the thing you
want at a bbasonabli pnics,at .
FRENCH'S.
feb 6-tf
mSCILLAXEOlS.
NOTICE!
rpnE CREDITORS OF JAMES W.
Rum deceased, are hereby notified to ap
pear before me on or before the 12th of
Mareh, 1877. and file the evidences of their
claims. This January 22d, 1877.
- tVAMJKKBI.NULKTAKX,
Clerk Superior Court, Bladen county.
Jan 25 lawSw ,
DENTISTRY!
1 RESPECTFULLY CALL f v
attention to my OpemlivcfVf . v
and Mechanical Dentistry uXIXSJ
being equal to the best, and all work war.
ranted. Call at my Office, No. 82 8outh
side Market Street, Wilmington.
ja. a. KEA.
Jan 87 Ira Surgeon Dentist.
ALEX. SPRUJiT & SON,
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.
WILMINGTON, N C.;
oct!5-U .
EXTRAORDINARY.
JNDUCEMENNTS ARE NOW OF
FERED IN
CLOTHING!
As the season is far advanced I am de
termlned to close out all my
STOCK OF OVERCOATS
At a Very Small Margin oa the Cost.
My stock of Clothing embraces all the
LATEST STYLES
and I am determined to inake U to the in
terest of all to buy of me.
Purchasers will And greatbargains in both
CLOTIIING AND FURNISHING GOODS.
, Our ALL MADE SUIRTS Uiatl scUat
90 e'euts are stUl all the go. These shirU
are really worth 92 86. Purchasers will
do well to examim before purchasing else
where. ,t ; ( I : , ; A, BIIRIER,
, Jau20 -tf
30 Market street.
swedes iron: 51
; swedes ikon.
A FULL 8UPPLY OF GENUINE
A Hammered SWEDES IKON, all
sizes, from yi to 8 wide. As complete an
assortment as. 4r . . - ;
Any in tho City,
and for sale at better figures, by
Jj CELE3 & MURCnir)N,:' ,
feb 18 New Hardware Storo.
HAIR BRUSnE3i
mOOTII BRUSHES,
X COMBS, EXTRACTS
! and TOILET ARTICLES,
in great raricty.
For sale by
fcblO-tf GREEN k, FLANNEIt.
MlSlELLAXICrS.
EMBRQIDEEIIES
j AT
PJRICES TO
SUIT EVERYEODY,
NEWEST STYLES
OF
neckwear;
At
WM. FIFE'S,.
t EXCHANCE C03NER.
! feblltf ' ' ," .. f
PROF. CHITTENDEN,
of Yale College, says he has ex-'
; amined the different substftn
ces from which it is mail'.
nfactured, and can .-. .
'iarT1 -V swj 'a. V
that it is only of such material
as are known to
REACT FAVORABLY;
on the system,'
"FINEST TONIC OR STROMA BHERS
In the ,
Old or New World."
. D. Dyers k Co;. '.
S and T North Front St. ' 1
BAKER'S CHO0OLATE.
' IMPORTED CURRY POWDER. :
GORDON & DnWORTH'S J
TAIVIARIMDO
FRESH GOODS,
Domestic and
Imported.
. D. lljers & Co.,
Ski North Front Street.
feb 18
SIDES
-' AND '
7 SHOULDERS
MOUNTAIN BUTTER !;
Put up in nice Rolls, at 25c. per lb.
WI1ITE BEANS 4ND UDY; PEAS. ;
; 7- new chop ' v .' y
CUBA MOLASSES!
And several grades of ; . i ,
S Y R U P, S .
- : -XII 13- r-.'T .! '
PATAPSCO,
FAMILY FLOUR !
Iu barrels and half barrels, continues to
attract attention by it superb quality.
EXTRA QUALITY ' ) : T
BAM APPLES.
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR ;
w , , SALE LOW! , ,t
JAME3 a STEVKNSOJT. i
feb 83
I'- I -