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' OUTLINES.
.V rail for a financial meeting of nil par
tics to take place in New York has been is
sued. The Cubans were again victo
rious at Neuvitas. - Bismarck's health
improves. Serrano confronts the Car
lists with a large force. In a gale 117
Egyptian pilgrims returning from Mecca
perished. On the arrival of Sumner's
remains at Doric'Hall, Boston, Senator
Anthony and Gov. Washburn made brief
;uUhesses. - McLean, one of the Cin
c inuati Enquirer proprietors, has been jailed
far refusing td answer the questions of a
.liuigo. New York markets : Cotton
g 1G : spirits turpentine, 48 ; rosin, $2-
;0 ; gold, 111 112. An autopsy of
Senator; Sumner ' was made yesterday at
IJoston. A body of Curlists were cap
tured Ui Gerona. At Cuiselhurst yes-
tjrday Prince Louis Napoleon said he would
accept the verdict of a plebi&cite. - Sir
Garnet Wolseley will conduct remains of
Livingstone to England. Mr. McLean,
editor oj the Cincinnati Enquirer, was re
leased on bail. Bill appropriating
$20,000 for mouth of Mississippi passed
House. Gen. Meigs and others were
examined j'esterday before the Howard
court of enquiry.
The Mountain Sensation.
Raleigh News.
The xsheville amd Charlotte papers
are discussing the probabilities of an
earthquake in McDowell county and
n threatened volcanic eruption from
Bald ".Mountain, located in the Fair
View end of McDowell eountyyitr the
Jenu or Lroau river opposite Chimney
liock. The people of that section are
becoming alarmed about a" rumbling
noise that has been heard daily for
some two months, proceeding from
this mountain, houses being jarred for
miles in every direction, lhe Ashe
ville depositor publishes letters from
reliable parties in the vicinity of the
disturbed mountain, who each give
the same report in substance, and the
inhabitants of the soction are prepar
ing to leave from fear.
We met a couple of days since the
editor of the Jjrpositor and he as
sured us,, upon the strength of the
assertion ot gentlemen from the vi
cinity of the disturbance, whose word
he could not doubt, that no doubt ex
hibited of the fact that the mountain
was in terrible throes from some
cause, the rumbling noise and the
attendant quaking of the earth
being anything but pleasant, while
there are positive indications that
the mountain is on fire. The recent
snows have melted as rapidly as it
fell upon the mountain. Would it
not be well for some scientist to lock
into this matter, as a correspondent
writing from there says: "The peo
ple are going to leave, 'if -it ii not
stopped.
The British Empire of to-day fur
nishes a notable example of the en
ergy and administrative ability of
the Anglo-Saxon race. According to
the census of 1871, which, although
taken in one day, has only recently
been collated and published, yueen
Victoria rules over 234,703,593 sub
jects. The United Kingdom con
tains only about 31,000,000 of these,
while India has 191,30i,070 inhabi
tants. Canada has nearly 4,000,000 in
habitantsAfrica and adjacent islands
i',000,000, T aud Australia and the
islands in the Atlantic ocean the re
mainder. The area of the British'
Empire is put down at 7,769,449
.square miles, more than twice the
area ot the United btates, and near
ly as larjre as that f Russia and her
possessions. In the United King
dom there are 260 persons to the
square mile, but only 38 to the square
mile throughout the JLmpire.
Spirits Turpentine.
Georcrfi Graham, colored, was
- 1
knocked senseless in a well by a piece or
lulling limner.
It is believed that Dr. Pressy's
.i . . i j i .1-
residence, in unanotte, ournea last wee.,
- was fired by incendiaries.
Cnl. J. P. Thomas is to deliver a
lecture before the Charlotte, Institute for
oung Ladies- on the 27 th.
It is said the Lexington ladies
have given the bar-room keepers notice to
vlose, or be prayed for until' they do stop
me ti ainc.
It. is nronosed. we learn, to hold
a Grand Gift Concert at some point in this
State, for the purpose of assisting to build a
Uraud i'ylliiau i empie in xucuuiuuu, v o.
J nd ore Thomas, the Representa
tive in Congress from the 2nd District, has
introduced a bill for the removal, by the
b. s. Government, ol tne ODsirucuous iu
N'euse river.
The Concord Sun is in favor of
tlf wtnt ieit' r,mnnsitinn heinsr referred to
the Editors in convention on the 12th ot
Jlay, on account of the known gravity, in
telhtrence and wealth of the quill-drivers.
Raleigh Crescent: We learn that
some ol the colored women oi me city
a note to a prominent bar of this city yes-
i . - ah:ami 4V. nlnao nn
icruay, inviung uie prwpiActuio f
or tuey would tne war pam uea.b i uco
day. To-dav.l vi;:-
Charlotte Observer: A few-
nights ago the house of a deaf-mute, named
Holt, a shoemaker wno lives near wis city,
W.'La ontororl hir a thip.f nr thieves, and TOU-
bfMl of all Holt's clothing excepting one
h.iii', which was in the room where he was
' Jileciiiii'r.
Ufiv. Messrs. Railev and Marsh
iiavi liMfn frnrlnftin(r n revival meeting ftt
tiiu H:iitiRf. f'linmh. Warrenton. About
fi'rlit(pn li ininpH the church. The
TM r. Roshamer.
- have also. had a successful meeting at
- tiKlgeway.
The Postmaster-General has es-
inlOiM,n !.. nonr rvnot.nfflCfiS in
1 Dare county, on Route No., from Jttan-
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toe to Hatteras, via : Rodanthe, at Chicha
macomcio, Sparrow M. Pugh, P. M. ; Ken-
ueKeet, at lenneKeet, D. fck Meekens, P.
M. ; The Cape, at Cape Hatteras, Pharoah
Scarburger, P. M.
The Board of Manaerers of the
North Carolina Agricultural Society will
uoiu an important meeting m Kaleigh on
y eanesaay evening. The President of the
Society, Col. Holt, will be present. The
Board consists of Messrs. W. J. Hawkins,
w. upcuurcii, 1. J. Young, J. F.Prarie,
W. J. Hicks and J. C. Blake.
Raleigh Neics: It costs 41 ceuts
per hundred to get hay from Baltimore to
mis marKet; it conies aoout lour Hundred'
miles and over three lines. It costs lust 41
cents per hundred to get hay from Salisbury
here, which comes over oue line and a dis
tance of about one hundred miles. Will
some brother Granger explain ?
Goldsbovo Messenqer : The only
case disposed of in Wayne Superior Court
so far is that of Willis Grant (col'd), forci
ble entrance. He- is to serve five years in
the State prison. The offense was commit
ted in baulston township, and consisted in
his bavins: entered a house occuDied bv
a Miss Smith arid her mother, with intent to
outrage the person of the younger.
'A correspondent of the Norfolk
Virginian, whose letters have attracted a
good deal of attention, in a private letter
TI..V..2 .1,1 1 , .
iioiu ouuiinore, says: nati you anaotners
seen as l am, on me tram irom JNew York
how good, well-to-do -farmers from New
York, Pennsylvania, &c, &c. on their way
to Virgia and North Carolina, you would
have exclaimed, 1 Surely the stream has
set in."'
Lincoln ton Proqress: Dr. A.
II. Davega. President of the . Chester &
Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, gave us a
call on his return from Lenoir. The Doctor
says that one-half the grading and all the
trestle-work between the Catawba river and
Lenoir is now under contract, and that
work will commence at both ends in a few
days. Also, that the Narrow Gauge will
consolidate with the Kings Mountain Rail
road on the 25th inst., when they will then
cnange tne gauge ot the latter road.
The Raleigh Crescent says the
Directors of the N. C. R. R. were in session
Friday. A dividend of six per cent, was
declared payable to the stockholders, in
equal instalments, April 1st and Oct. 1st,
next. All arrears of the lease money due
by the Richmond and Danville Railroad,
was paid up,-and after the transaction of
some minor business, the meeting adjourned.
The News says: A meeting of the stock
holders will probably be held in May or
June, when the amended charter in refer
ence to consolidation will be submitted for
acceptance or rejection. The stockholders
alone have power to deal with the matter.
and their action in the matter is looked
forward to with a good deal of interest.
THE CITY.
NKW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. C. Stevenson. Low Prices.
Preston Ctjmmtsg. Regular Meeting.
Croxi.y & Morris. Auction Sale.
Wright & Stedman. Sale Continued.
Norfolk Versa Wilmington.
Under the above caption, we find the fol
lowing rosy paragraph in the Norfolk Vir
ginian :
In our advertising columns this morning
appears the card of the Barry Brothers, com
mission merchants, Ko. 80 Water street.
Major Robert P. Barry, one of the members
of the firm, which has for years been doing
an immense business in cotton buying in
Wilmington, JN. C, lias been in the city for
some ten days, and finding that our city
furnished facilities which Wilmington does
not enjoy, has located here permanently.
The firm purchases for the largest houses in
Europe and the North, and the Wilmington
market was inadequate to supply the de
mand. They are perfectly 'satisfied that
Norfolk will afford all they ask, and we
cordially welcome them to our business
community. .
Our Norfolk friends certainly do possess
remarkable ' facilities" for counting through
cotton as receipts and exports; thus enabling
themselves to experience the delightful sen
sation of residing in the "second cotton
port" of the United States. The thousands
of bales of cotton received at Norfolk, con
signed to "T. H. Webb, Agent," and "V.
D. Groner, Agent," would be very profitable
to the commission merchants of that city if
it did not all pass through to the Northern
cities. And yet, our unsophisticated friends
in Norfolk are so wretchedly imposed on as
to religiously believe that all this cotton
should be counted as receipts and exports,
in order that Norfolk may be called the
" second cotton port!"
Perhaps. Mr. Barry goes to Norfolk to
catch cotton "on the fly,
Shipping Notes,
Capt. McDonald, of the steamer F. E.
McDonald, which arrived here yesterday
from Belfast, Me., reports as follows:
Left Belfast on March 5th, bound for this
port ; experienced moderately good weath
er until the 9th. At noon, on the 9th,
sighted Hatteras bearing Northwest 15
miles, wind W. N. W., blowing very hard.
"At 8 p. m. of the same day, while in lati
tude 34 degs. forty min., long. 75, mm. 45
degs., single reefed sales. At 9 p. m.,
spring stays, and the topmast were carried
away, unstepping mast and ripping up the
deck : cut away the mast to save mizzen
mast, vessel and cargo. On the 14th the
wind abated, after having ' blown a hurri
cane for five days, and came inside the
Cape Fear Bar on Sunday about 10 o'clock
a. m., and arrived in port yesterday about
12 o'clock. On the 12th spoke schooner
James Brown, from Jacksonville, Fla.,
bound North, in lat. 32 min. 23 deg., long.
76 deg. 20 min.
lhe Cotton Mill.
We are requested by the Committee on
Subscriptions to state that the subscriptions
to the capital stock of the proposed Cotton
Factory come ino slow and in such small
amounts that the corporators are compelled
to say, that unless the amount rquired is
subscribed very soon, the attempt to estab
lish this valuable and long desired branch
of industry in our city will be abandoned.
Ninety thousand dollars have been secured.
Sixty thousand dollars more are needed.
Now is the time. "Strike while the iron is
hot r :
WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY.
Local Dots.
: Only two voters have thus far
registered in the First Ward.
A colored minstrel troupe held
forth at the City Hall last night.
Mr. Platzek, of the Marion (S.
C.) Star, was in the city yesterday.
Regular meeting of Wilmington
Lodge No. 319 this eveniug at 7 o'clock.
Mr. Josh. T. James, of the
Journal, has returned from his Baltimore
trip.
The Brig John Pierce, Town-
send, arrived at Havana from this port on
the 5th inst.
The Mayor adjourned his Court
yesterday morning out of respect to the
Sumner obsequies.
J. C. Scott, colored, is among
the candidates in the field for Coroner at the
approaching election.
In advertisement of Sound
Places by Cronly & Morris, for "running
back 50 feet" read "running back 500 feet."
A continuous rainU day yester
day, with sloppy streets andi muddy cross
ings. The rain has not ceased as we eo to
V
press.
We learn that the residence of
Mr. C. P. Mebane was entered on Sunday
night last and robbed of a considerable
amount of money.
Registration books in the First
Ward will be open every day (Sundays ex
cepted), at the Brooklyn Engine House,
from 12 until 3 o'clock.
A called meeting of the Lee As
sociation this (Tuesday) evening, 1 o'clock,
at National Hotel. A full attendance is re
quested, as business of importance will
come before the Association.
We are constantly receiving
communications unaccompanied with real
names of authors. Of course, they are not
published. In fact, four-fifths of those writ
ten by parties who give their real names are
rejected, on account of length or want of
general interest; and, as for those of an
anonymous character, they stand no ehance
at all.
A Small Fire.
As Mr. John S. Barnes was passing the
house of a colored man on Castle, between
Eighth and Ninth streets, on Sunday, about
12 o'clock, he discovered smoke oozing
from crevices in the building. Upon ob
taining admission he found that the bed
ding in one of the rooms was in a light
blaze, while the man to whom the prop
erty belonged was asleep and knew nothing
of the danger with which he was enviioned.
Upon being aroused, he and Mr. Barnes
procured a few buckets of water, with which
the fire was soon extinguished. There was
no alarm.
Severe Accident.
Mr. Thomas Reynolds, a young man em
ployed in the blacksmith shop of the Wil
mington and Weldon Railroad, aged about
19 years, had his leg fractured below the
knee, yesterday afternoon, caused by a
truck frame falling upon it, the weight of
which is estimated at from 500 to 600
pounds. The injury is necessarily very
painful, but we are glad to learn that it is
not likely the unfortunate young man will
lose his leg.
Mr. Reynolds is the young man who runs
the steam-hammer for Mr. Wm. Toft in
the blacksmith shop.
The Election Next Monday.
The Cape Fear Agricultural Association
yesterday paid to the City Treasurer the
amount necessary to meet the requirements
of the Board of Aldermen for the proposed
election to be held on the 23rd inst The
friends of the Sound Road had already paid
in their quota, and therefore the election
will be held, as provided, on Monday .next,
the 23rd inst., to ascertain the will of the
people in regard to the proposed subscrip
tion to the special stock of the Wilmington
and Sea Side Railway and loan or donation
to the Cape Fear Agricultural Association
Sound Road Meeting To-Nlght.
The friends of the proposed Railway to
the Sounds are reminded that an adjourned
meeting of the subscribers to the special
stock of the same will be held at the Court
House this evening, at 8 o'clock, to consider
matters of importance that will be laid be
fore the meeting. We hope to see a large
attendance on the occasion and an increased
determination on the part of the friends of
this important scheme for the benefit of
Wilmington and the people generally to
push it forward to a successful completion
St. Patrick's Day.
This being St. Patrick's Day, our friends
of the Hioernian Benevolent Association
will celebrate it with the public parade
usual to the occasion, the festivities to close
with a grand ball at New Hanover Hall this
vening. They will meet at their Hall this
morning at 8$ e'clock, where the procession
will be formed under the command of Mr
J. H. Allen, Chief Marshal.
City Railway JHeetlns To-Nlelit.
The real estate owners and others interest
ed are requested to be at the Court House
by 71 o'clock this evening, in order to attend
to the matter of the proposed extension of
the street railway South of Market street
before the meeting of the subscribers to the
Sound Road. Now" is the time to decide
the question of the city road south of Mar
ket street.
Destroying: Shade Xrees.
A colored man by the name of Nick
Laboo was arrested yesterday on the charge
of destroying a valuable shade tree. He
was released on bis own recognizance to ap
pear before the Mayor's Court this morning.
CHARLES SUMNER.
Memorial Meetlns Yesterday The
Procession Eulogies Delivered
Uesolntlons &c.
Iu accordance with' previous notice, a
arge number of the colored people of the
city met at the City Hall yesterday morning,
and at 11 o'clock a procession was formed
and marched to St. Stephen's A. M. E.
Church, corner of Fifth and Red Cross
streets, where the ceremonies were to take
place. The procession was headed by the
Rose Bud Brass Band, under the leader
ship of Allen Evans, followed bj' the ora-
ors of the day, (he Chaplin, OwenBurney,
Chairman of the Committee of Arrange
ments, and otheis, in carriages, after which
came the Wilmington Rifle Guards under
command of Capt. Eagles, followed by citi
zens on foot. The procession was under
command of Jos. E. Sampson, Chief Mar
shal, with Henry Brewington and others as
Assistants.
Arrived at the church the exercises were
opened by music by the choir of St. Mark's
(colored) Episcopal church, followed by
prayer by Rev. Jos. Nichols, Chaplain.
Music succeeded the prayer, after which J.
H. Smythe, Cashier of the Freedmeh's
Savings' Bank, delivered the eulogy on the
illustrious deceased, followed by Geo. L.
Mabson and Rev. C. O. Brady, chosen
orators for the occasion. They were fol
lowed by Maj. J. C. Mann and James
Heaton, Esq., who were called upon and
responuc l in an appropriate manner.
Jos. Jones, Sr., presided over the
meetiug and Jos. C. Hill acted as Secre
tary. The church was crowded almost to
its utmost capacity and all seemed to be
duly impressed with the solemnity of the
occasion.
Among the white citizens on the platform
were noticed Rev. H. B. Blake, James Hea
ton, Esq., Maj. J. C. Mann, Denard Rum-
ley, Esq., Sheriff A. R. Black, George R.
French, Esq., and Col. E. R. Brink.
Jos. C. Hill read the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Providence,' the sum of all wisdom, jus
tice and mercy; older than the Angels, even
before the earth was, before the mountains
were brought forth, even from everlasting
to everlasting, has seen fit to whelm a race in
grief, and create in the councils of nations
a void and take from a free people a bul
wark in the person of a great statesman and
philanthropist; therefore
Uewlved, That in the death or the lion.
Chas. Sumner, the nation has lost one of its
first and purest, most learned and patriotic
statesman ; the poor and oppressed of all
lands and nationalities a friend, and the
negro race, especially, a devoted friend and
an indefatigable advocate, and of the right,
an uncompromising, firm defender.
liesolved. That with a sorrow that cannot
be adequately expressed, we receive the sad
intelligence of the death ot our friend.
Resolved, That we tender to Massachusetts
our condolence for her great loss; to the
Senate and the country the sympathies of a
class the struggle of whom for freedom has
received more lasting benefits from Charles
Sumner's labors as a legislator than any
other American statesman.
liesolved, That we alone console ourselves
under this severe stroke of Providence by
the hope that the truly humane and manly
principles which he sought to incorporate
into the organic law, will be advocated with
like zeal by the representatives of Republi
canism, thereby bringing citizens' rights to
a race of loyal defenders of the nation and
make pure the escuteheon of our country,
and thereby rear a monument to the great
commoner more enduring than the 1 yra
mids of Egypt, perpetual love in the hearts
of free men of all lands.
Be tt further resolved, That his memory
will be held in grateful and affectionate re
membrance for his vigorous intellect, for his
pure and honest statesmanship, for his care
ful and exact acquirements, for his inde
pendence and firmness, which nothing could
shake, for the integrity which nothing could
corrupt, and underlying all, the high intel
lectual and moral rectitude upon which, as
upon a basis of enduring granite, rose the
Deautilul superstructure of his character,
one which posterity through ages to come,
mieht well feel croud to emulate.
Resolved further, That the Secretaries be
and are hereby instructed to have copies of
the foregoing resolutions published in the
newspapers of the city.
Respectfully submitted.
J. C. Hill,
Chas. E. Cleapob,
Isham Sweat,
Committee.
The turn-out was immense, notwithstand
ing the rain, and everything passed off satis
factorily. Many of the private residences f
the colored people were draped in mourning.
At 6 o'clock in the morning the bells of the
various colored churches commenced toll
ing, which was kept up for a short time, and
at 10 o'clock, when the procession was
formed, the tolling again commenced and
continued until 11 o'clock, when the exer
cises at the church were commenced.
Railroad Accident.
The passenger train on the W., C. and A
Railroad, due here at 7:15 a. m., run off
the track between Fair Bluff and Nichol's
depot, on Sunday morning last, about 3
o'clock, badly injuring the first class pas
senger and sleeping cars, and tumbling
them down an embankment about ten feet
high into a creek. One of the colored
brakesmen had a leg broken, which was
about the extent of the damage to life and
limb, with the exception that a few f the
passengers were slightly bruised. The ac
cident is said to have been caused by a
broken rail. The track was cleared and
the train reached here about two hours be
hind the schedule time.
Opening South Water Street.
The jury appointed to open and establish
the boundary lines of South Water street,
from Market to Ann street, and to assess
"the damages and benefits to arise from the
same, had a meeting yesterday and adjourn
ed to meet again this afternoon, at 2J
o'clock, at the Court House. Property own
ers interested are requested to be present
Import Entries for sale at the office
of The MoKNiNa Star. 3t.
Star.
MARCH 17, 1874.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Synopsis of the Proceedings.
The Board met last night; present, S. N.
Martin, Esq., Chairman, and Commissioners
Chadbourn, Rice, Morris and Nixon.
The Finance Committee, to whom had
been submitted the matter of taxation for
the County expenses and the payment of
the county debt, presented the following re
port: The valuation of the real and personal
property in New Hanover county, as "as
sessed for 1873, may be set down in round
numbers at $7, 000, 000. The amount re
quired for ordinary expenses may be put
down at $40,000; amount for payment of
debt and extraordinary expenses, $20,000;
a total of $60,000. The resources are: For
schedule B and C taxes, $15,000; for income
tax, $1,000; for claims against other coun
ties and the state and the sureties of J. W.
Schenk, $2,000; a total of $18,000; making
the amount to be raised $42,000.
lhis amount, together with the Atril and
July quarters of schedule B, 1875, should
meet all the county expenditures until July
ISl, lOYO.
The enormous expenses of five terms of
the Superior Court, held in 1873 and 1874,
together with the care of the paupers, made
a large increase in expenses over past vears.
The estimates now made are based upon the
most rigid economy.
it is recomended that the lew of taxes
for 1874, be as f oltows :
r or county purposes, on the real and per
sonal property, $100 in value, 35 cents.
Jor payment ot debt and interest on debt
incurred for necessary expense, on the $100
valuation, 25 cents.
On each poll, $1,05.
For State levies, 95 cents on the oll and
Slf cents and the $100 valuation of proper
ty. h or school tax 2o cents on the poll and
Si cents on the $100 valuation of property.
.Making a total tax of $2 25 on the pole
and $1 00 on the $100 valuation of property.
The report was received and ordered re
corded.
The bond jof J. C. Mann, as Superior
Court Clerk, for $10,000, with Thomas H.
Johnson and S. H. Manning as sureties, was
received and ordered approved.
The Auditing Committee reported that
they had received from the County Treasu
rer for cancellation seven coupons for $15
each, gold, for which warrant No. 693 has
been drawn in favor of said Treasurer, and
nineteen coupons of $15 each, gold, for
which warrant No. 692 has been drawn in
same manner. The coupons were present
ed and burned in the presence of the Baard.
The Chairman of the Board was author
ized to provide for listing the County taxes,
and to employ such clerical labor as may
be required to do the same.
Report of the Chairman of the Board re
lative to the condition of the County Work
House, as turned over by S. VanAmringe,
late Superintendent, wa3 adopted.
Commissioners Morris and Rice, with the
Chairman of the Board, were appointed a
Committee to report on the new prison at
the Work House and to receive the same if
completed in accordance with the contract.
S. F. Potts and B. A. Bardin were
granted licenses to retail spirituous liquors.
The bridge across Rock Fish Creek, be
tween New Hanover and Duplin counties,
having been reported as about complete,
Commissioner Nixon was appointed to visit
said bridge and to report as early as prac
ticable.
Application of S. F. Walcott for a license
to retail spirituous liquors was laid over for
a recommendation from the Board of
Township Trustees for some one to be ap
pointed.
Application from the 'Board of Trustees
of Wilmington Township, for the levy of a
tax of 3 cents on the $100 valuation of real
and personal property for the purpose of
liquidating the debt and for the current ex
penses of said Township during the ensuing
year, was laid over for further information.
The Board then took a recess until 10
o'clock this morning.
i
Interesting Services.
The services in the First Presbyterian
church on Sunday were of an unusually in
teresting character, and were largely at
tended. The morning services were con
ducted unitedly by the congregations of the
First and Second churches, the Rev. Dr,
Plumer preaching and administering the
Lord's Supper. A joint SabbatB School
celebration by the teachers and pupils of
the two churches was had during the after
noon, an address suited to the occasion be
ing delivered by Dr. Plumer. At night
this venerable minister (now in his 76th
year) preached again, taking for his text
the words "Finally brethren, farewell,
being among the last words of Paul to
the Corinthians. During his discourse,
which is alluded to in the highest
terms by all who heard it, Dr. P. inti
mated that, as a regular minister had been
called to preside over them, that would
probably be his last regular sermon in this
place, and remarked that during the past
few months he had preached for the Pres
byterian congregations of this city more
than sixty times, and to meet his appoint
ments he had traveled a distance of about
nine or ten thousand miles. The sacra
ment of baptism was administered to four
teen children during the day.
The congregations of the two churches
will part with Dr. Plumer with regret.
Arrested for Fighting.
English Owens, Jim Toomer and Jake
Walker, all colored, were arrested yesterday
afternoon, by officers Davis and Miller, of
the police force, on the charge of fighting
at a saloon on North Water street, kept by
a man of their own color. They were lodg
ed in the Guard House to await a hearing
before the Mayor's Court this morning.
Appointments for Services by Bishop
Atkinson
Tarboro, Easter Sunday, April
Marlboro. Pitt countv "
SnowhUl....... " 8
St. Johns, Pitt county, " 10
Eanston, " 12
Holv Innocents. Lenoir Co.... ' 14
WHOLE NO. 2,017.
city Items.
Draft Books foe Bale at the Stab Je.b Printing
Hons a.
Wkddino Cars,'&c. The most elegant stock of
Wedding Cards, fcc, may be found at the Star Job
Printing House. All the latest and most fashionable
styles just received.
Peixtinq Papxb. We now have in stock over
300 reams of news paper, elze 24x36, weight 30 tts
per ream. It is goed, rag paper. and will be sold, in
lots to suit, for cash, or sent by express C. O. I.
Book Bindkkt. Th Mobniwg. Stab Book Bind
ery does all kinds of Binding and Baling in a work
manlike manner, and at reasonable prices. Mer
chants and others needing Receipt Books, or other
work, may rely on promptness in the execution of
their orders.
Transfer Printihg-Inks. Invaluable to rail
road companies, steamship companies, banks, mer
chants, manufacturers and others. They art en-,
during and changeless, and will copy sharp and
clear for an indefinite period of time. Having just
received a fresh supply of these- inks, we are pre
pared to execute orders promptly and at moderate
prices.
Fairbanks' 8c ale a. Our larze Freight Railroads
are proving the great prefit of the use of Track Scales,
by the discovery of the frequent, if not general,
over-loading of cars of merchandise, especially those
contracted for " by car-loads." On one of the New
England Railioads, the first car-load weighed showed
sucn an excess or weignt as to add seventy-fieven
dollars to the freight bill. On another New England
Railroad, a suspected car was found to have twenty
ton of manure on' to stead of ten as billed.
The New York Tribune says: " western grain
shippers have a trick of loading cars beyond the
amount mentioned in the invoices, and, as the rail
roads have not weighed the trains, considerable pro
duce has been got through free. The Boston and Al
bany Company are making an outcry about it" The
Fairbanks' Patent Iron Frame Track Scales which are
almost universally used by our railroads, have thus
proved themselves a source of income instead of ex
pense. The fact Is that no investment pays better in
any department or trade than one of Fairbanks'
Standard Scales, and the increasing demand even In
these dull times la a proof of their superiority over
all others.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Purcell House, J. R. Davis. Proprietor.
Thomas A'.Pearce, CH Scott Philadelphia;
J S Anderson, Richmond; G W P Atkin
son, Cincinnati; G G Lynch & wife, Wel
don, NC;OC Hosmer, E F Beddall, H B
Titus, AC Fox &wife, NY;GW Thomas,
SC;E A Potter, Providence; G A Pfelts,
Norfolk, Ya;WH Burnett, wife & 2 chil
dren, Newark, N J; I R Armigen, Charles
Kathe, Baltimore; D R Dunn; Maj. Mann
& wife, City; E G Sheldon, N Y; Capt T L
Fleming, Miss A E J Fleming, Boston; G
VY Katcltff, Sampson, JN C; T M West, Co
lumbia, S C; E F Anderson, Baltimore; O
P Phillips, USA;Us Hayes, Robeson co.,
NC;IMEvans, Wadesboro; W A Hen
shaw, Clio, S.C;WH Kirby, Head Level;
A R Braden, Frog Level; A Ames, A Tan
ner, J Uollis, C C K K; w H Lindsay, C C
R; M T Kendall, C C R R.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. CRONLT, Auctioneer.
By CRONLT & MORRIS.
THIS MORNING, AT 10 O'CLOCK, WE WILL
sell, in front of our office, South Water street,
38 Bales Eastern II ay,
slightly damaged.
March 17, 1874. marl7-lt
Sale Continued.
THE SALE OF McRAK & T JRRENTINE'S
Stock will be continued at 11 o'clock a. ni. to
day, at the Store
No. 45 Market Street.
WRIGHT & STEDMAN, Attorneys.
mar!7-lt
Wilmington Lodge No. 319.
JEGULAR MEETING THIS 17th INSTANT,
(Tuesday), at 7 1-2 O'clock.
PRESTON CUMMING,
Secretary.
marl7-lt
Low Prices. Good Trade.
T AM SELLING SUGARS, FLOUR AND COFFEE
jl at tne lowest living prices.
Fresh Ground Coffee 86 cents per pound, which
tne puouc endorse Dy During it iiDerany.
marl7-tf jXmES O. STEVENSON.
Excelsior Rock Lime.
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE !
TOR SALE AT
Twenty - Five Per Cent. Less
THAN OTHER LIME.
By WORTH & WORTH,
KERCHNER & C AIDER BROS,
mar 11-nac 1m
Bridles,
S
ADDLES, HARNESS. TRUNKS, VALISES,
Travelins Bass. Plantation Goods. Feather Dusters,
Whips, Spurs, Axle Grease, Saddlery. Hardware,
second-hand Saddles, and all kinds of Saddlery
uooae. very cneap lor casn at
J. S. Xopbam Sc Co.', .
Harness Factory, Wilmington, N C.
febl3tfnac
MISCELLANEOUS.
Attention. Hibernians.
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO
meet at your Hall on Tues
day next, 17th inst, at 8X o'clock
A. M., punctually, for the pur-
Bose of celebrating St. Patrick's
ay.
JOHN H. ALLEN,
Chief Marshal.
march 14-td
GRAND BALL.
THERE WILL BE A GRAND BALL GIVEN ON
the 17th. iu the Hall of the Bank of New Han
over, under the auspices of the
HIBERNIAN ASSOCIATION.
TICKETS can be procured, of tbe
Committee.
J. H. ALLEN,
J. McCORMICK,
T. DONLON, .
J. McBNTEE,
J. J. KING,
JAS. REILLY.
mar 14-td
NEW STYLES.
WE HAVE JUST RE-
eelved several pretty
styles oi
LADIES' SLIPPERS,
LADIES'
BUTTON BOOTS,
AND
CHILDREN'S TIES.
Call and see them.
GEO. R. FRENCH A SONS,
mar 15-tf
39 North Front street.
flATKI OF ABWIT41MWi-r
gquarVoaedty, . ,;,e.?.;.;..$l W
ooaya, 1 "
One
H
to-days,..., S
XWO WHUIm. ........ V VJ
" " Threweeks.........M...'....4. 6
" " One month ,..;..... .. . .
41 Two months... ........... . 0
" " Three months... ....23 08
" Six months.. ...36 00
" " One year 60 00
E3?-Contract Advertisement taken at nropor
tlonately low rates. ' '
Five Squares estimated as quarter-col ami) , and
ten square as a balf-columa. ? 1 ,
MISCELLANEOUS.
III. CRONLY, Auctioneer.
- .
BY CRONLY & MORRIS.
Sound Places for Sale.
"YE HAVE FOR SALE THREE (3) LOTS ON
Greenville Sound,
South and adjoining the laads of Mr. C. C. Morse
each having a front of 800 feet. Tanning back 600 feet.
If not disposed of privately, will be sold at Exchange
Corner, at Public Auction, on TUESDAY next, 17ih
inst., at 12 o'clock, M.
Terms One half Cash, balance six months Credit
with 8 per cent, interest.
march 15-2t
JTI. CRONLY, Auctioneer.
BY CRONLY & MORRIS.
Sundries at Auction.
ON TUESDAY NEXT, 17th INST., AT 10
o'clock, A. M., we will eell an assortment of
Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods, Clothing,
Hardware, Harness, Saddles,
Cutlery, Glassware,
Mackerel, Salt, &c.
mar IS 2t
Corn, Flour, Bacon, Pork,
10 000 Bu8hel8 Prime wute corn,
1 000 Bbls Flour' (aU Erade8)'
yjft Hhds & Boxes Smoked ADS Sides,
Hhds Smoked Shoulders,
Bbls C M Pork,
JPJQ Bbls S H Syrup,
"YJt Hhds St Bbls New Crop Cuba Molasses.
-Q Sacks Prime Rio Coffee,
J i7 ?j Bbls Sugars, (all grades),
6.000 SackB Mt?.
5Q0 Bales Hay,
rn8 nanaPe
1 000 NCW 2nd'hand Spirit Barrels,
J50 Bbls Glue,
1 500 Bundle8lIoop Iron
Jfj0 Gross Matches,
100 BoxeB Tol)cco'
50 Kegs Nails,
2g Half-BMs Snuff,
100 Case8 SDnff
-QQ Boxes Candy,
150 BoxesSoap'
50 Cases Concentrated Lye,
0 Cases Concentrated Potash.
For sale low by -
mar 15-tf WILLIAMS A MURCHISON.
Our Spring Purchases
ARE NOW DAILY ARRIVING, IN VIEW OF
which we will be pleased to offer to the trade a
arre opportunity in exhibiting one of the most select
STOGKS of
Fancy and Staple Dry Booii,
NOTIONS & FANCY ARTICLES
Ever introduced into this market.
OUR SENIOR, MR. BOSKOWITZ,
long known in this community as to bis ability and
taste, is now in Northern Markets, catering for our
SPRING and SUMMER Supply.
We invite attention to our Neat Styles of PRINTS
which we now have in store. '
A SPECIALTY in
Jaconet and Sainsook.
Edgings and Insertings
IN GREAT VARIETY.
Also a full line of ALPACAS, at remarkably low
prices.
tW Stop in and look at our GoodB.
Very respectfully,
mar 15-tf BOSKOWITZ & LIEBER.
Turpentine Wagons.
J5 1, S and 4-Horse
TURPENTINE WAGONS.
For sale by
KERCHNER & C ALDER BROS.,
marl54f . 37, 28 A 29 North? Water St.
. a
Cast Steel Oast Steel
FULL LINE OF
BEST BRANDS
IN ALL SIZES,
At
mar 15-tf
GILES A MURCHISON'S,
38 North Front St
FOR CASH
WILL BE 80LD FOR CASH AT THE COURT
House door in Goldsboro, at 1SV P. M. on
SATURDAY, 11th of April, 1MV
Sixty-Four Shares Capital Stock
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company. -mar
11 lw GEO. L. KIRBY, Guardian
Garden Seed.
QNION SETS, MINERAL WATERS,
Toilet Articles, Sponge, Alcohol,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Ac.
For sale by GREEN A PLANNER,
mar 1-tf Druggist..
For Smithville.
gTEAMER " DIXIE " WILL MAKE TWO TRIPS
per week until further notice.
Leave here Thursday and Saturdays atStf O'clock
P. M.; leave Smithville Fridays and Mondays at 7
o'clock A. M
mar 14-tf ' O. G. PARSLEY A CO.
Osborn's Celebrated
-pREPARED JAVA COFFEE.
Warranted Superior to any In Market.
Put up in one-pound Packages,
Boxes of sixty (00) pound each.
Wholesale and Retail.
CHAS. D. MYERS A CO.,
5 and 7 North Front St,
mar 15-tf Sole Agents for North Carolina.
Sugar House Molasses
-t OK Bbls S H Molasse. ' '"' ''
For sale by
KERGHNKB A CALDER BROS..
S7, & A 29 North Water St.
mar 15-tf
: JH :" ' "" " iM
new uuuus x ur uasn.
T1
rs INVITE THE ATTENTION OF THE
TV Public to our
STOCK OF GROCERIES
which we will sell unusually close to CASH BUY
ERS. EDWARDS A HALL,
nov. 18-tf