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PLi8fi Notice. published every afternoon, Sundayi ex . , S1S.;-J- , We will be rlad to teef r MmmmtMtt cepted by JOSH. T. JAMES, EDITOR AND FBOPRIKTOR. from our friends oa and all ibjctiotX general Interest.bnt : i The name of the writer nost always b furnished to the Editor. 1 j; SUBSCRIPTIONS, TOSTAGE PAID.; 00 Six months. $2 50 : Three Communications must be written on 4 .1 onj? ly lie j v i -v months, $1 25 ; One month, 60 cents. one uae or the paper. 1 Personalities must be avoided. The paper will be delivered by carriers, ;reo of charge, in any part of the city, at the j ibove rates, or 13 centa per week. Advertising rates low and liberal Andit is especialkr and Mrtini.ti. JJL. VOL. 3. WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY; APRIL 16, 1878. NO. i 66 2!!? dM'Mt Wtai jST'Sabecribers will please report any and U failures to receiTe their papers regularly. New Advertisements. Wake Up y rown Sl Roddick, 45 JVIAB.XET ST. I'. DKSlllK TO ANNOUNCE THE arrival of bur isr O F Dky Goods. Every Department Replete with the Novelties of the Season, We lVel everv confidenca in stating that at VO TIME in the HIST ROY of DRY UUUUS have they EVER been offered at SI CII LOW PRICES. It i. morally impossible to enumerate or five even a fair idea of the Variety of ocb Stock through this medium. A visit to our otabli8hment only can cover that ground. We take great pleasure at ALU TIMES in showing our stock or comparing prices with ANY House in the country. We submit the following list of prices for . v I this week : uilc Silk for Trimmings and Linings, C5c ; . . peryara. Hlack Cacbmere Silk, $1.00, up. These Silks are. nertainlv worth 25 per cent more " Real Lyons Poplins, 50 cents. ' Dress Goods from 10 centa upwards. This Department contains and we can safely say that all that is new OUR PRICES ARE LOWER And the Variety Larger ! Than we have EVER SH0WM BEFORE! 'Printed Linen Lawfcs, 25 cents; beautiful . designs. Printed Union Lawns, froml2 to 20 cents. f 4 4 Foulards and Percales, 10 cents per yardi Sunshades and Parasols from 12Kc up. Hosiery, Underwear and Gloves ! Ulack Lace Mitts. 2-Button Kids 75 cents qualitj. th? regular $1 bargains in SHAWLS. We offer for this week a Of Strine Silk and Wool Shawls that cost s,5.50 for S2.00. A Great Bargain ! Black YAK LACE- '2 a to inches wide 15 cts per yard. The alx)ve requires no comment. y Hcoes 4 Same quality as sold all over the country for o'auil 6 cents. Beautiful Assortment of Ties, Bows tMWflar. 4-4 White Canton Matting 20 and 25 4-4 Co'id do do 25 and 30 ROWN & RODDICK SPRI 1 ER STOCK Cal apl 13 45 Market Street. LOCAL NEWS. New Advertisements. '!.'' A. Shribr Back Again. MDNiON & Co. Handsome Diagonals, Ac. DkCosset A Co Roe Herring. j W. J. Gordon, Sec'v Wil. Hook & Lad der Co. No. 1. S. Jewktt Look. We were pleased to receive a call to-day from Mr. Hobgood, of the Raleigh -A etc. lion. Edward Cantwell baa received an invitation to deliver the address ton Me- - l t l o a :n s 9 L The ladies of the Second Prespyterian Church will hold an ice cream and straw berry festival at the Little Oianti Engine r-m . . " . i . . I , L it Hall on inursday evening tne 18ih inst. Yesterday, April 15th, was tile anni versary ot one of the oiggest snotars ever seen in these parts. It fell in 1849, just 29 years ago yesterday, i . , Col. John L. Cantwell the present efficient Secretary - aid Treasurer of the Produce. Exchange, was this" morning by the new unanimously re-elected BoardTUf Managers to tha position, for thegghsuing year. A compliment ot un- worthily bestowed. - ,' Comuiencemeut Address. li ! Mr. John D. Bellamy has accepted an invitation to deliver the commencement address before the cadets of the Cape Fear Military Academy in this citv some time in June. Two Souls Miss Grade A. Brink, daughter of Col. E. It. Brink and " Mr. Jol. B. j Worth, formerly of this city, but now of New York, were united in marriage this morn- ing at Col. Brink's residence by the Rev ' .. .. - . - ! i ' ! m Mr. lates ot the Metnodist enurcn. The haDDV couple left for their new home 1 soon alter the ceremony. The Dead Horse. We are told by the gentleman j of whom we spoke yesterday as having killed his horse on Saturday with a dray iron that bur informant was mistaken. He states that the horse was affected with the blind i; staggers, and bad been bled tfjat morn ing and subsequently died from the effects of the stasrgers. i Caught One of Tliem. One of those miserable little vagabonds who afflict this community, now, a ored girl about 12 years jof ae, was caught to-day and lodged ini thq Guard House. She is one of the gabg jwho go around begging and when food j is not given them they rock the houses, and when they find a white child with'a cake or a cracker in its hands they take t from them per force. This is what one of them did to-day. She threw down a little white child, snatched the cake and departed. But the father of the child was not far off. He saw the girl, pursued her, over took her and carried her- to the Guard . L House, when she was' recognized as having but just been j disci arced from thence, a few days previously n the! same complaint. 1j In fact, she is averitable little devil and has been detected in several offenses of a similar nature within the past few months. Mayor Fishblate will have her before him to-morrow morning, and will probably take steps to rid the comnounity of her. The offense she committed to-day is noth ing more nor less than! highway jobber, one of.the most serious on' the calendar. City Court: Lavinia Williams, colored arraigned srr.isscdl on for disorderly conduct, was d re payment of costs..; ! i darkey Thos. Brown, a foolish sort; of a form Fair Bluff, on the W. C. & A. R. R., who came down here'l'to go la shinfr," was arrested, on suspicion J by (bfticer Goodman, last night, owing ..to his suspi cious movements on the officer's ' beau .: ; i i . j The Mayor told him he must 'fgif' before sundown. The defendant agreed and thie case was dismissed. . Indignant, The members of thcProduccExchange, Chamber of Commerce and Board of a Trade are talking seriously of call lid2 meeting at au early day to express their indiguatiun at the conduct of the era Union Telegraph Company, in West- rais- ing their charges twenty-five cents on each and every message received and sent from this place. There was much indig tation expressed tn Change this morning which may culminate in some determined action in a day or two. Our Rher and Bar. We are indebted to Mr. Nutt, Chair mahi of the Chamber of Commerce Com "I I s mittee on the.River and Bar Improvemen Works, for the fallowing interesting doc' ument. .As will be seen it is a copy o a communication from Capt. C. B PnilliDS relative to the condition of the works at the mouth of the river as they stood on the 28th of last month, Us than three weeks aso. We publish also the correspondence which accompanies Capt Phillips'report:. . . - Wau Department, Washington City, April 3, 1878. The Secretary of War has the honor to transmit to the United States Senate letter of the Chief of Knsmeers. and a copy of a report from Capt. Charles B Phillips, Corps of Engineers, upon ! the improvement of the Cape Fear Harbor, ini North Carolina, since the last report thereupon, in compliance with Senate res oliition of March 22, 1S78, calling for the information. Geo. W.. McCiiAitYj Secretary of War, . The President of the U. S. Senate. Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. CM April 1. 1878 Sib : I beg leave to return herewith the resolution of the Senate of the united States of the 22d March, directing the Secretary of War ito transmit to the &en ate any information he may have in ins department m relation to the improvement of the Cape Fear Harbor, in North Caro lina, since the last report upon that im provement," and in compliance with its re quirement to submit the inclosed report rom Capt. Charles li. Philips, Corps ot Engineers, which will afford full informa tion respecting the improvement in ques tion. ! Very respectfully, your ob't. servt., A. A. Humphreys, Brig.-Gen-'l. and Chief of Eng'rs. Hon. Geo. W. McCrary, . Secretary of War. IMPROVEMENT OF THE MOUTH OF THE CAPE FEAR BIVEB, NORTH CAROLINA United States Engineer Office. Baltimore, March 27, 1878. General, :! have the honor to ac- knowledgethe receipt of your comuunication of the 26th instant - (addressed to Major Craighill), transmitting, for information and for report thereon, a copy of aresolu- ion oi me un.tea states senate, uatea 22d instant, calling upon the Secretary of War for . Any information he may have in his department in relation to the improve ment of the Cape Foar Harbor m North Carolina, since the last report upon that improvement. As Major Cra'ghill s successor (tempor arily ),it devolves upon me to report as fol lows: At the date of the last annual report of the Chief of Engineers, operations were being principally confined to filling in with stone upon the structure, for closing the space between Federal Point and Zeke's Island, and known as the "New Inlet." About 20,000 cubic yards of stone had then been delivered upon the work under the then existing contract. The contract time for this delivery expired on the 31st of December, 1877. The contractors at that time had, by pushing their work vigorously, delivered very' nearly 60,000 cubic yards of stone in all, which amount was somewhat more than was required of them. . ! . " At this time (December 31 last) a bal ance of about $20,000 remained on hand available for the continued delivery of stone. Previous to this time U had become manifested that it was particularly de sirable that there should be no suspension in the delivery of stone, as will be ex plained hereafter in this report, and bids were invited for continuing the work to the extent of available funds. These bids were opened November 15 1877, and a contract was executed for the delivery of 12,000 yards, of stone for the sum specified above,, or at-, the rate of $1.66 per yard. Work under this contract was commenc ed early in January last, and at the pres ent date nearly 10,000 yards have already been delivered. It is expected that the contract will be entirely fulfilled on the 10th proximo, when all further work for the closure of the New Inlet must necessa rily be suspended for the want of funds, j : In the last annual report it is stated : j "The closing work is. as high as low water for about two-fifih3 its length, but! the full width has not yet been given it." - I The 10,000 cubic yard? i of stone which have since -been putou the work, have brought the structure up to low-water mark over nearly its entire length, but it must still be said the "full width has not yet beeDliven it." ' The structure at low-water mark is not over aboutjsix feet in width, with ridges at points projecting above this level- The jfilling which had been done just before the date of the last annual report, and which constituted the two-fifths of length referred to in the report, was mostly in deep water, varying from 10 to 18 feet in depth. The glling in this deep water was stauding well; but very little, if any, settling has been ob served,which was very encouraging at the time (1st of July last); and it may be re marked here that this deep filling has con tinued to stand with but little settling. But when the shoal er water was reached particularly on the second section of the work (1,5S8 feet in length), a very serious settling was almost immediately detected as the tilling advanced It has been quite fully explained in previous reports that the first step for the closure of the inlet con siswu lupumugan apron, composeu mattresses oi round timber and Drush. luauw wiiu awne, entu-eiy across tne space in question inis apron varied m width from 4d to 70 feet, according to the depth of water at any particular point. The width of the apron on the second section was uniformly 45 feet, and its Hoe of direction was on what was known as the "six-feet shoal." . As the filling has continued over the entire work ably over the the second . - I hvthn nmirinnf th,. wans vwi we siruuiure iuu uy any - ... . .1 i J r C current along the side. Asia result of this, the entire work is left resting upon a ridge and at the shoaler places the work has gradually settled as the water j has found its way between the timbers form ing the base of the structure,! 1 he limit of scour seems to have been attained at the' present time, and the depth to which it has reached is about eighteen or twenty feet below ordinary low water. This depth, however, is found only at quite a distance f;om the mattresses, and no settling has been observed at points where the mattresses were placed at a depth of 14 fee or more below ordinary low water. As the entire base of the structure is, at the shoalest point, about 12 feet below low water at nn iW tha soifiina hoc sanuA 1 - - f especially if the theory be correct that the limit of scour, due to the overfa of water, has been attained. It will he seen at a glance trom the above that the settling (unexpected in extent) has caused the original estimates for the quantity of stone required to comp'ete the work to fall below the amount absolutely required. On the completion of the apron.it was estimated that j 75,000 cubic yards of stone would f be required to bring the closing work! to high-water mark. This was in June, 1870. .Since that date about 62,000 yards have been put in, eaving a balance of 23,000 yards yet due o fill the estimate. It is now estimated that nearly 60.000 cubic yards of stone will vet be reauired to comnlete the work to high water. It is no more than just and proper to add. however, that this discrenancv wou d . a . . i not have been so large had it been possible ously. 1 :. ; 1 quote trom a report made on the 11th of the present month, by Mr. Henry Ba con, the assistant in immediate charge of this work. He says: iAs the work of stone-filling at the New Inlet dam has proceeded, the scour ing on each side and adjacent to it has ncreased, and all those portions of the work which were placed in shoal water, embracing nearly all the second section 1,588 feet in length) and portions of the first and third sections, have been grad ually settled by the water finding its way between and under the logs of the mat- resses, so that the base of the work is nearly everywhere at least 12 feet below mean low water. "This subsidence and scouring are un doubtedly favorable for security and per manence, but necessarily involve a larger expenditure of riprap than was expected. xpenence has shown the necessity of giving a liberal top-width to the dam at high-water, and of large stone carefully placed on the top and sea-side surface of he dam. ! "In completing the work to high-water mark, the slopes must be filled with stone to j the limit of.the scouring in depth. This already .seems to have reached its limit. No increase has occurred for sever al months. ! "The forces to be contented with in the closure of the New Inlet are well illustra ted by the fact that in the present imper fect state of the dam the water on the river-side, toward the last of the ebb tide, is; sometimes two feet higher that on the sea-side. "When the water shall be completely shut pff by the dam, the difference will at certain times probably amount to 3 feet. ,- : .. In the light of all our experience, I would. now estimate the amount of stone required to complete the dam to high water mark at 80,000 cubic yards. : '-'The good effect of the partial closure of the New Inlet is already apparent at the mount of the river by the general increase of depth both at the "Rip" and the Bald-Head channels. "No words are needed to show the pro priety and necessity of granting the comparatively small amounts needed for the completion of this important work." I concur with, Mr. Bacon in all that I have quoted above. His estimate of amount of stone required to complete the closing work to high water mark appears high, and I trust that it may prove higher than necessary; but he is daily at the point of operations, and has been during the past two years and more, and he has learned that due allowance should be made for the, treacherous movements of the tides and sand on this particularly exposed shore. Three important steps for the improv ment of the Lower Cape Fear Itiver, at and below New Inlet, . have constantly been kept in mind by the officer who has been in charge of the work ; for the past seven years (and who is now but tem porarily relieved from the charge of same) , viz, the closing of New Inlet, the deepen ing of water on thq bar at the old mouth of lhe river, and the restoration of the old channel behind the "Horseshoe," opposite generally, but more notice- me! ai.sPsai they passed to hl w xxrl V shoaler portions, of which wort havecaused ft section is an example, thelPTr "tP18 w wmpar-aiiveiy . jaw uoages the inlet, and known as tfce Snow's K& sh oijcnanng ur these operations, the first and tne i u:pj Q , ... . , " ' ;, 'J . v . , ry to t accomplishment of the improvement of the bar. from time to time, work to a limited extent has been attempted, both at the bar to assist nature in restoriner the old to restore the old location of the I hiiimr.4 1 n .1 ,,.1. & ml . the the "lcury wulc" prompted tnem. ror 1 i ' : . i . - I nnof 4- il.. 11 ... . r C .1 i uaob uvu.vijars liib sma amn ni nr innns - , - r 1 ri'i . - . 1 w w muva fciAftJir?. r rnm wawi riwuie: uut me resuiis nave demonstrated 1 wniug,uim Dai v. 1 to . r 1 . ?D10 ana ine particulary exposed; 1 ""use dui a warrant , was ntcitlnx .-T TV" Tl-i 1 t- uiuiaceu tue necessity ot devoting everv available dollar to the work at the inlet. J- l .1 . ' - . - wuotnuu oi new luiei, nave lmDerativeiv in order to secure that which had already been attained at so great an expense. wniic l am called upon merely to eive .iiioiuiaiiun in reiauon to tne improve- ment of the CaDe Fear Iiiver ' and am not specially invited to exnres.s anv , r i i . C J opinion 'on the subject, 1 will venture to say the following, and trust that I will not be considerd presmuptuousin sodoincr lhe omcer in charge of the worki in his annual report in July last, stated: "Amount that'ean be profitably expen ded in fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, $160,000." j This amount at that time was consid- i 1 1 , , 1 . vrtu aobo.uieiy necessary to maKe com Pete tl?e work l.he mlet Wlth the Proba- V"7 . 0 ,i,,UUJUCUl uaiauue wouiu re- ?"om tu KU?.u.ie bUIUO stepsio oe tasen ior the accompbshment of the subsidiary op uiabiozjs reierreti to auove. s Circumstances which have arisen since the date of said report have certainly not diminished the amount which can be used to advantage during the year in question. On the contrary, the unlooked-for in crease; in the amount of stone required at the closing work at the inlet has propor- tionally increased the amount which can be used to advantage ; and I greatly fear that the amount in question, if appro- priated, will do no more than close the hwand secure properly the beach in its vicimty, while the minor operations re- " v"wv " fcU yyj Lii f in mi iiiipii in iiriuir Tti u 1 1 T"i iirnmiM i 17 eo on at once, in order to secure nav-1ga to navigation the ! full fru ts resulting - - - i ' . - .- - ! O mam operation, viz, the clceur ol Isew Inlet. ( 1 am, General, very rcspecttullv. your obedient servant. Charles B. Phillips, Captain of Engineers. Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of. Engineers, U. S. A. Produce Exchange. At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Wilmington Produce Exchange, held at noon to-day, the following named gentlemen were appointed and elected to the different positions and committees named below for the ensuing year : Arbitration Committee Donald Mac Rae, Chairman, G. J. Boney, B. G. Worth, Alfred Martin, B. F. Mitchell. C. H. Robinson, President, made the following appointments which were sev erally approved by the Board. Jno. Ij. Cantwell, Secretary and Treasr urer. ! Finance Committee Geo. W. Wil liams, Chairman, John T. Rankin, J. L. Cantwell. Law Commilt e D. G. Worth, Chair man, Jas. Sprunt. Information and Statistics Committee E. Peschau, Chairman, A. L. DeRosset, C. H. King, j Marine Committee D. R. Murchison, Chairman, R. E. Ileide, A. J. Howell. Inspeetiou, Weighing- and Gauging Committee B. F. Hall, Chairman, Jas A. Willard, Roger Moore. Classification of Cotton Committee E. Lilly, Chairman, WTm. Calder, C. P. Mebane. Cotton Statistics Committee Wm. L. DeRosset, Chairman, A. Pope, E. G. Barker. j Cotton Quotations Committee D". R. S. Murchison, Chairman, D. G R. Birdsey. Worth, Naval Stores Quotations Jno. D. Woody, Chairman, Rosset, B. F. Hall. i Committee A. L. l)e- Strcet Improvements. Chief of Police Brock and. his corps of assistants are certainly making some very decided improvements in our streets hereabouts The formwr times hired as to do the administrations some- mgt n as fifteen carts i . i - hauling. now Capt. Brock informs us there are only lour, and yet we see that these four carts under the proper management can haul enough ballast; in the short time that they have been at work to improve the most promi nent thoroughfares, besides hauling gravel enough to complete 'a good many side walks. There is a general that is always on duty, and that is general nuisance. ; Serious Affray Xcar Burgair. I We have just learnod of a 'serious cutL tiDg affray whichpecurred near Burgaw one day Iast week between ! Messrs. George Walker and Thomas Hodges, who bad married sisters. The difficult oe. curred at Mr. Hodges' house, about three miles from Burgaw, and is said to have received two rivn 1 gashes in the right side and a terrible cut HI the noht arm WTW- Ji . -' -o ....... noiwr maue nis! i rrnrn ii i , - i i I iomo.! e 1 ' . I MMU IU l ueu iur ins arrest and ha ch.ire bv Oftir.r Ttr,,r. u . ' i . . I. , . ' BowdV wh Parted . " " Iur "fgaw. hen near that pIacc however, the Ofticer stopped at a oranch for water for himir,? Ws- and Wa ter tnnt n,?f e u L ... .. . ..b0 v. mc oppur umuy and made a dash for th wn1 He was fired at but. ranp,) I - wwvvt. j llmlgea, the wounded man, is still jn a very precarious condition although ho was reported as somewhat better on Sunday last, lie is attended by Drs. Knnett and Sanders. j A Waif. HKlL' tfk.tft.I.wa 1 A A 1 1 Auioiuuiumj;, ueiween i and oociockLa newly born colored infant was placed on the piazza to the dwelling of Mrs. Elizk- beth Hopkin on Dock, between Sixth! and Seventh streets. The attention of the inmates of the house was drawu to the fact that something unusual was going on by the presistent barking of the yard dog. Some minutes after the. child was placed on the porch, Mrs. Hopkins opened the door to sec what was the cause : 0f the disturbance when she heard the crv nfn . , , . A. . ... J ofa by and saw that the child, was layinS at er feet. It was taken up and earned in the house, and the police sent for in order.tlmt the city authorities could make some disposition of it a colors - I - A. 1 t '1, ... , woiuau in me ueignoornood, who nasi a I young baby, consented to take it until it I . . - could bo turned over to the authorities. The infant was wrapped in a coffee bag and when found could not have been more than two hours oM.. Full moon to-night a little before 1 o'clock and who cares ? By the exercise of the most judicious management, the Grant Central Hotel, New York, has very cleverly turned the tide ot trade in its direction, not less ?by the sweeping reduction of its rates than through its excellent management. MARRIED. In this city, at the residence of the bride'f father, on Tuesday morninjr, the 16th inst., by Rev. E. A. Yates, Mr. JOS. O.WORTH; son of B. G. Worth, Esq., and Miss GRACIE, daughter of Col. E. R. Urink. NewAdvortisemets. Handsome QIAGOXALS, COATS AND VESTS Beautiful White Veats.BaJbriggan Half Hoee, Under Wear, at . I munaorr co d-, apl 16 Clothiers and Merchant Tailori. Wiliingtoii Hoot & ladder Co. Ho. Li jyEMBERS ARE "HEREBY NOTIFIED to attend called meeting at their .Hall thlf (Tuesday) evening, at 8 o'clock. . They are requested to come, prepared to pay their subscriptions to. Anniversary Cele bration. By order of the Foreman, apl 16 W. J. GORDON, Bect'y. ROE HERRI A FEW KEGS FOIT FAMILY USE. FOR SALE LOW. DcROSSET Ac CO. apl 16 2t Back Again pROM THE NORTHERN MARKETS; with the biggest and cheapest stock of Cloth ing and Furnishing Goods ever offered la Wilmington. i ' I bought at the very lowest ebb of the market and got my goods for 25 percent less than they sold for a month ago, and I cad j - - i - sow outsell the man that made them. . ' " ' ' . r Come gentlemen, come boys, come every bod r, and examine stock, style and prices. . ' a onnxan, ; apl 16 : ; 'tUrket rt.'CU0&iC : a v . a mm i i i it a i
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