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One year (by mail) postage paid, $7 00
Six months, " " "
Three months, ' ?
one month " " M 1 00
To City Sabacriberi, delivered in any part of the
city. Fifteen Cents per week. Oar CV Agents are
not authorized to collect for mere than three months
in advance.
CITT DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Election Thursday. march 32.
FOR ALDERMEN.
SECOND WARD.
CHARLES D. MYERS,
HENRY Q. FLANNER.
THIRD WARD.
U H. BOWDEN.
H. VonGLAHN.
FOURTH WARD.
WILLIAM L. DRROS8ET,
OSCAR G. PARSLEY, Jr.
FIFTH WARD.
W. H. GOODMAN,
J. D. H. KLANDER.
OUTLINE
The Cabinet is considering tie South
Carolina and Louisiana matters, and there
is great interest outside to know the result.
Packard is preparing for an aggressive
movement and is enrolling negro militia;
the President does not like the news' from
Louisiana; he says there can be no with
drawal of troops as long as furious threats
fill the atmosphere. Mr. Lamar is
able to sit up. Nicholls' police have
arrested Packard's recruiting officers.
Russia will not now demobilise her troops.
There is a dead-lock between Turkey
arfff Servia. Another great crisis
seems imminent In Turkey. The forty-second
earthquake was felt at Troy, Ver
mont. A rumor from Rome author
izes the expectation of excitement over the
creating of a Roman question, and the
speedy re establishment of the temporal
power of the Pope; the Catholic societies
in Austria and Germany have pledged
themselves to co operate; the Pope favors
it; a list of volunteers has been furnished
him, and large sums of money have been
deposited in France and England.
Cameron elected to the Senate. New
York markets : Money easy at 23 per cent
gold dull at 104al04; cotton dull atllj
llf cents; spirits turpentine steady at 41
cents; -rosin firm at $3 052 10.
Latest By Mail.
UaililDK'OD Uuitlp.
Special to Richmond Dispatch.
Washington, March 19.
The prospect for an extra session
of Congress brings the question of
Speakership to the attention of poli
ticians much earlier than usual. Cox,
Sayler, Randall, and Morrison are
again in the field arranging their
plans for the contest. But for the
marked .division among Democrats
during the last few days of the Presi
dent -makiug, Randall would have
been quite certain to bear off the hon
ors again, although he had made a
few determined enemies in his own
party during his term as Speaker.
The extreme Democrats of the West,
who tried to defeat the count by fili
bustering, favor Sayler or Morrison,
while those from the North aud South
would prefer Morrison or Cox, and
these two are now Randall's most
formidable opponents. Among the
Conservatives the first inclination ap
pears to be to put Randall in the
chair, because, in spite of his own
strong sympathy with the obstruc
tionists, and the violent excitement
with which they sought to force him
to place it in their power to defeat
the count, he firmly and conscien
tiously adhered to the requirements
of the electoral law, and saved the
country from the dangers of a dual
Presidency, and perhaps civif war.
REFUSES TO ALLOW THE HOUSE ROLL
TO BE INSPECTED.
Thejclerk, Adams, refuses to al
low the roll of the new House' to be
inspected, and says he has not finally
arranged it as regards the mauy con
tested cases. Republicans are very
anxious about what he may do, the
rules governing his action being
meagre in the extreme, and Republi
can precedents being quite unfavor
able to their interests now that they
are the minority. Besides, the House
recently gave the clerk the power to
command the services of the sergeant
at arms to enforce order pending the
oro-nnizntion. and he may exclude
frsm the chamber every man claim
iug a seat whose right is contested
and whose name he does not choose
to enroll as plainly elected pursuant
to law.
APPLICANTS FOR OFFICE.
The stream of applications for
Federal offices, especially for poat
officea, continues to flow from the
South, and is not likely to be checked
until it shall be realized that the Ad
ministration m thoroughly Republi
can, and will in all cases give Re
publicans the preference, whether
thev be natives or not,' unless it be
thought the interest of t?he Republi
can Dartv demands a relaxation of
the rule. General Key has officially
informed Senator Merrhnon to that
effect, with the sentimental qualifica
tion that he will "seek tfte greatest
good of the greatest number."
The happy days haven't come yet,
as' supposed by General Toombs
when he advised the Democratic
"boys" to take all the offices they can
get and "have a good time.
ARRIVAL OF CHAMBERLAIN IH WASH
INGTON.
The most significant straw in the
South Carolina case is the arrival here
of Mrs. Chamberlain and child, with
seven or eight great trunks, indica
ting her intention to stay. Chamber
lain is expected to arrive at 2 o'clock
to-night. It certainly looks as thongh
VOL. XIX.N(X H9.
he did not intend to return to South
Carolina, and it is rumored that a
satisfactory proposition has been
made him, and he has come here to
sign terms on which he will abdicate,
leaving the State in the quiet posses
sion of Hampton.
Correspondence of Norfolk Landmark. 1
Washington, March 11.
The true account of the Peters
burg post mastership has at last come
to light. There were two cliques of
the Republicans, each striving for
the mastery. Jorgensen represented
the Kadical wing and wanted a man
named Young appointed, while the
moderates wanted somebody else.
It was a stubborn fight, and each dele
gation had an interview with Hayes
as often as they could obtain one,
Jorgensen especially being very offi
c'ioub and certain of success. The
rresiaeni Dorea beyond measure
with these rival claimants, neither of
of who he had any respect for, cut
the gordian knot and appointed a
Democrat to the office. It is needless
to remark that the Petersburg Radi
cals all wish now that Tilden had
been inaugurated.
The remains of the Washington
Chronicle were sold at auction to-day.
It was a most superb outfit, consist
ing of many steam presses, boilers,
type, library, files and furniture.
Ihere was a very poor attendance,
and the whole collection was disposed
of for $8,000, which was dirt cheap.
Chasseur.
Wathluston Item.
Washington, March 19.
Fred. Douglass qualified to-day
and appointed L. P. Williams, for
many years assistant clerk of the
office, his depnty. This appointment
seems generally satisfactory. Colum
bus Alexander and George Hill, Jr.,
are Douglass's bondsmen.
The President has as yet found no
plan adequate to avoid an extra ses
sion. In reply to a direct question put
by Patterson as to whether it was
true, as stated in the newspapers,
that the troops were to be removed
immediately from the State House at
Columbia, the President informed
the delegation that it was untrue.
The status quo would be observed
until a final decision shall be reached.
The delegation afterwards called on
the Secretary of State to pay their
respects and ventilate their griev-
ances.
LOUISIANA
rlt of Kjectment Sued Out Against
Packard At Co.
New Orleans. MAk
Attorney-General Ogden has filed
in the Fifth District Court a petition
for a writ of ejectment against S. B.
Packard, claiming to be Governor;
J. B. Johnson, claiming to be Super
intendent of Education, and others,
residing in the St. Louis building,
known as the State House. The pe
tition sets forth that those persons
are unlawfully in possession of the
State House, and in the name of the
State asks that the present occupants
be dispossessed therefrom and the
rightful claimants officers of the
Nicholls government be given pos
session. The court has not yet been
called upon to take action in the
premises, but it is likely such action
will be invoked very soon.
Disgraceful.
Lincolnton Progress.
One day this week a man by the
name of Gallespie, a revenue officer,
went to the residence of Mr. Cliue, a
distiller, and demanded $18.75, with
out showing any authority for col
lecting the same, whereupon Mr. C.
refused to pay the amount. The next
day the same Mr. (iailespie came
back, bringing with him two other
men and demanded $45.50. Mr. C.
still refused to pay the bill, and just
at this juncture a colored boy was
passing through the yard, when
Gallespie .told the boy to ;halt and
"not to make another step if he did
he would shoot, him." However the
boy did not obey his orders and was
consequently shot through the arm.
This same revenue man then went to
Mr. Cline's stable aud took out one
of his males, saying he would take it
for the amount, when Mr. Cline, in
order to save his mule, paid the
amount. It does seem to us that such
men should be checked in some way.
It is a disgrace to the American peo
ple for such men to so impose on
A
good, honest men.
Narrow Escape.
Charlotte Observer.
Yesterday afternoon, as the Hornet
Fire Engine was rushing up Trade
street in the directiou of the fire, a
little boy, the son of Mr. J. K. Puie
foy, was knocked down by some one
who was orossing the street, and fell
directly in front of the horses. The
man who knocked him down caught
the boy's cloak to put him out of the
way, but in the effort the cloak was
torn Off. When the bead s of the
horses were scarcely ten feet off, Mr.
D. or. Maxwell rushed out and res
cued the little fellow from what
would have been instant death but
for the coolness and celerity of Mr.
Maxwell. As it was, the boy only
received a slight bruise. The scene
is described by those who witnessed
it as being exciting in the extreme.
- Gov. Vance is censured for
.,inir the law. He aDDointed Col. Mvers.
of Charlotte, who is a Republican, a direc
tor of the Western Insane Asylum. The
law requires the appointment of a Repub
lican.
WILMINGTON, N.
Spirits Turpentine.
-t The wheat crop in Stokes is
very poor.
A slight snow in Charlotte Sat
urday night. j j
And nowNewbera wants a ca
valry company.
- Danbury is elate; it is to have
a carriage factory.
it Greene county has sent three
convicts to the penitentiary.
-J Ethelbert Hubb, of Newbern,
has sued the Raleigh News for libel.
King's Moantain school, under
Capt. W. T. R. Bell, has sixty pupils.
The Executive Committee of the
State Grange recently met at Greensboro.
Col. W. R. Myers declines to
serve as a Director of the Western Insane
Asylum.
. f The Directors of the Western
58r?"t "
-4 Rev. M. H. Hoyle, of Anson
circuit, will be compelled to surrender his
work on account of bad health.
j- A horse thief from South Caro
lina, by the name of John P. Willis, has
been arrested in Cabarrus county.
L Mr. Thos. G. Curlee, of Union,
died! from the effects of a fall from his run
away horse. He was 70 years old.
Mr. James C. Johnston, of Ca
barrus, was thrown from his wagon and
had an arm crushed by being run over.
-j- The Sunny-Side, referring to
the raps given Gov. Vance by his special
friend, says: "So the anathema of the Bi
ble pronounced against the man of whom
everybody speaks well, is removed;"
Another weak-back insurance
concern, called the Southern Underwriters,
and located at Raleigh, "has gone into li
quidation." Its policies will be transferred
to another company. It looks like a "bust."
i- A white woman, the wife of
Levi Milton, near Charlotte, eloped with a
mulatto, taking away $700 and all the cloth
ing belonging to her husband. She was
from Goldsboro, and is evidently a very
vile witch.
p Morgan ton Blade'. Wm. Pow
ell's little son, while playing with a loaded
pistol, accidentally shot his younger sister
in the hand, inflicting a painful but not
dangerous wound. When will people learn
to keep such things out of the reach of
children ?
-4- There is not probably a negro
in North Carolina who is seventy-five years
of age who did not see Gen. Washington in
the Revolution. Nearly all of the two
thousand "body-servants" of the first Presi
dent are dead- Now and then you may
scare up one.
Danbury Reporter: The young
man who carried an umbrella, last Friday
I night, to prevent the wind from blowing all
the perfume out of his hair, bad his head
wrapped up in a coffee sack, last Tuesday,
while hauling Peruvian guano in an ox cart
against the wind.
TH1TOI
NEV A DVUIfriSEJIENTS,
Schutt & Ltjhrs Dissolution.
H. Hintze Fine stall-fed beef.
Munson & Co. Blue flannel suits.
JaJs. C. Stevenson Choice articles.
Oliver Ditson & Co. Music books.
Meeting Fifth Ward Democratic Club.
Annual meeting stockholders Wilming
ton Cotton Mills.
Local Dots.
-4 Don't fail to register to-day. It
is your last chance.
f- To-day is the anniversary of the
admission of Nevada into the Union, in
1864.
I- Only two insignificant cases dis
posed of by the Mayor's Court yesterday
morning.
I Among the exports by the steam
ship Pioneer for New York to day will be
twelve barrels of eggs.
We repeat tor the last time that
an entire new registration is necessary for
the election to-morrow.
The Baptist Festival, which was
to have taken place at the French building
last night, was unavoidably postponed.
i- Warmer southeast to southwest
winds, falling barometer, increasing cloudi
ness and areas of rain, are the indications
for this section to-day
j- The Inspectors of Election must
qualify to-day, if they have not already
done so. in order to enter upon the dis
charge of their duties to-morrow. ,
We are again urged to call at
lention to the needy condition of the Skip
per family, on Queen, between Fifth and
Sixth streets. Mrs. S. is represented to be
quite ill and the family are said to be ac
tually suffering for the necessaries of life
-4 We reDeat that no person, un-
der (any circumstances, can register and
vote (who has not been a resident of the
Ward in which he so proposes to register
and vote for ninety days prior to the elec
tion to he held to-morrow, unless he finds
himself in another than the Ward in which
he previously resided through a change in
the boundary lines of the same.
Turniue the Tables oh Them.
Capt Lundgren, of the Swedish brig
Iduna, was arraigned before Justice Van
Amringe, yesterday on the complaint of
AugJ Muller and Carl A. Cudjohn, charged
with! assault and battery upon them. After
hearing the evidence the case was dismissed
at the cost of the prosecutors, who, being
unable to " foot the bill," were committed
to jail.
HoclCholera.
We regret to learn that the hog cholera
is prevailing to some extent in this section.
Mr. Is F. Garrell has lost about thirty head
within the last few weeks from this distem
per, and those of the finest breeds, and we
hear that Mr. T. P. Sykes and others have
lost nearly or quite their entire stocks in
the same manner.
" ' .
C, WEDNESDAY,
The Sound Railroad Steam vs. Horse
Power.
As the question of a railroad to the
Sounds has again been brought to the front,
with some prospect that the scheme may
be successfully carried out at no distant
day, and as it is a matter in which every
citizen of Wilmington, as well as our friends
along the proposed line, should feel a deep
interest, it may now be considered in order
to bring forward and discuss plans by
which the road may be constructed, man
aged and conducted with a view to secure
the greatest possible advantages at the least
practicable expense to the stockholders, in
order that the line may in the end prove a
profitable as well as useful investment.
Steam has hitherto, we believe, been con
sidered by all interested in the enterprise as
an essential requisite as a motive power,
but we find upon reference to the proceed
ings or the recent annual meeting of the
w;
power has been brought into requisition on
that road in the place of steam and with very
beneficial results. The Treasurer and Gen
eral Agent, in referring to this matter in his
report, says: "The suburban line is now
properly embanked and bridged for the use
of horse cars, making the expense of oper
ating this line only one-fifth (1-5) of the ex
pense heretofore attending the steam en
gine, by which reduction there will be a
save to the company of at least $3,000, and
with no corresponding decrease in receipts,
as some supposed, as for instance, the earn
ings of the suburban line for January and
February, 18761 when steam was used, were
no more than (he earnings for January and
February, 1877, with only horse cars, while
the operating expenses have been decreased
four-flftbs (4y
We notice that in New Orleans, also,
where all inventions of steam motors have
been thoroughly tested, the principal street
lines are endeavoring to sell out and use
horses.
Another Horrible Accident A Wo
man Hub Over by the Cars.
Yesterday afternoon, between 5 and 6
o'clock, a colored woman, a well known
Tender of peanuts, by the name of Sallie
Love, was on the track of the W., C. & A.
R R, near the line of Seventh street, when
she observed a shifting engine approach
ing, upon which she hurriedly jumped
from the track she was on to that of the
Wilmington & Weldon road. It happened
that an engine was also approaching on this
road, a fact which had not been noticed by
the woman, who was struck and knocked
prostrate upon the track, the wheels of the
heavy engine passing over and crushing
both of her legs in a horrid manner, and
also breaking one of her arms and cutting
ana urtutuug u m v
The unfortunate woman was taken from
the track and carried to a neighboring
house, where a physician was called to ex
amine her injuries, the extent of which will
in all probability preclude any hope of re
covery. She is said to be between 50 and
60 years of age.
The frequent Jaccidents happening on
these loads should serve as a warning to
people to be very careful in crossing the
tracks when trains are passing and repass
ing, and should also tend to make engineers
and others exercise a proper amount of
precaution in order to prevent, if possible,
a recurrence of such terrible accidents as
the two which have happened within the
past week.
Wilmington Coast Railway Co.
At a meeting of the stockholders and
persons interested in the above company,
held at the Court House last evening, Mr
Geo. R. French, Sr., President of the com
pany, stateu the ooject or the meeting, ana
called upon a committee, previously ap
pointed by the directors, to report as to the
probably cost of completing the road from
Wilmington to the sound.
The committee reported that it would
cost about $32,000 to complete and equip a
narrow gajige road, with iron track, over
the route contemplated, suitable for steam
ocomotives; while a road with wooden
rails, and propelled by horse power, could
be completed and equipped for about
$10,000.
On motion, it was resolved, that the di
rectors be authorized to complete the road
at once, in the cheapest manner posssible
consistent with the public accommodation
A Shooting Scrape
Last night, during the progress of the
Republican meeting at Brooklyn market, a
difficulty arose between two colored indi
viduals named Edward Thomas and Wash
Green, representing the rival factions, dur
ing which' the former drew a pistol and
fired upon the latter, .the ball from the
weapon striking Green's head and glancing
off, inflicting, it is supposed, only a scalp
wound. The injured man was taken to a
drug store in the neighborhood, where his
wound was dressed.
Republican meetings Last Night.
The James Heaton and Duncan Holmes
faction of the Republican party of the First
Ward, as in opposition toF. W. Foster and
J. A. Lowrey, had meetings in thevarious
wards last night, commencing with "Pad
dy's Hollow," and ending with Brooklyn
Market, Giblem Lodge and "The Oaks."
They had quite a lively time at Brooklyn
Market.
Weighing Beef Cattle.
It may not be generally understood that
all dealers in beef cattle are required by an
act which passed the General Assembly at
its recent session to have the same weighed
under the supervision of the Market Clerk
before being sold in this market, and . that
the act of refusing or neglecting to attend
to this requirement of the law is made a
misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment.
MARCH 21, 1877.
The North Carolina State Guard.
The act for the establishment of the
North Carolina State Guard, which passed
the General Assembly at 'its late session,
provides for the division of the State into
three Military Districts. The First District
is to consist of the territory embraced with
in the first, second and fourth Congressional
Districts, and the Second District of the
territory embraced within the third and
sixth Congressional Districts.
In the First District the Raleigh Light
nfantry, Newbern Greys, Elm City Rifle
men, Goldsboro' Rifles and Orange Guards
will constitute the First Battalion N. C. S.
G., and each of the above named com
panies will be designated by letter as fol
lows : Company A, Raleigh Light In fan try ;
Company B, Newbern Greys; Company C,
Elm City Riflemen; Company D, Golds
boro Rifles; Company E, Orange Guards.
In the Second District the Fayetteville
Independent Light Infantry, La Fayette
Light Infantry, WilmiDgtoh Light In
fantry, Whiting Rifles, Hornets' Nest Rifle
men and Charlotte Greys will constitute
the Second Battalion N. C. S. G., and
each of the above named companies will be
designated by letter, as follows: Company
A, Fayetteville Independent Light Infan
try ; Company B, La Fayette Light Infantry ;
Company C, Wilmington Light Infantry;
Company D, Whiting Rifles; Company E,
Hornets' Nest Riflemen; Company F, Char-
otta GreySf
In pursuance of section six of the "Act
to establish the North Carolina State Guard,'
the company officers of the First Battalion
N. C. S. G. are warned by General Orders
No. 4, issued from the office of Adjutant
General Johnstone Jones, to appear at
Newbern on 'Tuesday, the 10th day of
April, 1877, for the election of a Lieutenant
Colonel and Major of said Battalion.
The company officers of the Second Bat
talion N. C. 8. G. are warned to appear at
Wilmington on Tuesday, the 10th day of
April, 1877, for the election of a Lieutenant
Colonel and Major for said Battalion.
Each commissioned officer in the respect
ive Battalions will be entitled to one vote,
and may be represented by proxy in the
election above ordered.
The Fire Yesteraay Mornlos
The alarm of fire yesterday morning, at
half past one o'clock, was caused by the
burning of two two-story frame dwelling
houses in the vicinitv of Kidder's mill.
The fire originated on the upper floor of an
unoccupied bouse belonging to James
Bland, colored, the tenants having removed
the day previous, and is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary
The wind was blowing very hard and the
flames soon soread to the arinin- hnild
in sr. ownea ana occupied hy a colored wo
man y the name of Jane Malone. Both
houses were entirely consumed, Jane Ma
lone losing all of her furniture, being un
able to remove it in consequence of the
rapidity with which the flames spread
Bland had an insurance of $300 on his
property, in the Pboinix of Hartford, rep re
sented in this city by Messrs. Taylor &
Giles. The house was valued at about $500.
The dwelling of Jane Malone was not in
sured.
The fire department was promptly on
hand, as usual, but owing to the high wind
and the difficulties in the way of getting
water, the engines were not able to be of
much service
Registrations
In the lower division of the First Ward,
yesterday, 14 whites, 61 colored; total to
date, 62 whites, 374 colored.
In the Second Ward, yesterday, 33
whites, 13 colored ; total to date, 238 whites,
67 colored.
In the Fourth Ward, yesterday, 19 whites,
11 colored; total to date, 231 whites, 137
colored.
In the Fifth Ward the total registration
to date foots up 147 whiles, 333 colored,
UIVEK AND n A RISK ITEBS,
The German Brig R. Von Benningien
was reported in below yesterday.
The Steamship Pioneer will sail for
New York this morning at 9 o'clock.
The Martha, Lang, arrived at Falmouth
from this port on the 7th inst.
The steamer Benefactor, Jones, arrived
at New York from this port on the 18th inst.
The British brig Joshua King.' Hamil
ton, arrived at Falmouth from this port on
the 6th inst.
The Norwegian barque Medelpad,
Olsen, from this port for Rotterdam, which
put into Dover, England, March 7th , after
collision with loss of spars, &c. , received no
damage to her hull.
Ei 1ST OF LKTTEKS
Remaining in the City Post-Offi ce, March
31, 1877:
A J Morris Aiken, Orson Adams, Annie
Adams. Henry Adams, Julia Andrews.
B Nettie M Beasley, Susan Burnett,
Sarah Bryant, Joseph Brown, Jas Bunch
Samuel Barney. Maggie P Brooks, George
W Branch, Frank Beasley, Elie Brown, S
B Bradley.
C Nancy Chadwick, Rosa J Cambell, A
J Castine, William Cromwell, AD Canady,
Boston Cooper, Eliza Colman, Lizzie Cana
day, Michael Carroll, Joseph Carroll.
E Mary Edgington, William Eaton.
F Walter Ford, Rev J B Ford.
G Clara Green, Emer Gibs.
H David Hines, H D Hamner, Johnson
Hooper, J L Howe, Lucy Jane Highsmith,
Silvy Haulsey. tit
J Henry Jackson, Lewis James, W M
Johnson, Mandy Jones.
K Allen Kelly.
M Sarah D Montford, Rose Mack, Joe
McKell, Josie M Matthes, Henry McKoy,
Ever Moore, Austin Mid die ton.
P Jerry Patterson, Daisy Palmer.
R H Daniel Russell, Harriet Robert,
Magga Richson.
S J W Smith, Isabel Savage.
W Alexander Williams, Amos Wash
ington, Dinah Washington, E J Williams,
John W Whitfield, John D Williams, Mary
Wright.
JH. it. JdBINX, V. M.
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WHOLE NO. 3,002
FOURTH WARD CLUB.
A meeting of the Fourth Ward Demo
cratic Club was held at the Court House,
on Tuesday evening. The President stated
the object of the meeting to be the recon
sideration of the action of a previous meet
ing, held at the same place on the 7th inst.
The following resolution of the Execu
tive Committee was read:
Whereas, There was insufficient no
tice given of the last meeting in the
Fourth Ward, at which the present can
didates for Aldermen were nominated; and
whereas great dissatisfaction exists in con
sequence thereof, threatening to militate
against the interests of our party; and
whereas we desire to conciliate all conflict
ing elements
We, the members of the Executive Com
mittee, request and earnestly urge the can
didates to withdraw, thus allowing a new
nomination to be made at a meeting to be
cauea luesaay evening, the 2Uth Inst., at 8
o'clock f. M., in the Court House.
W. P. Oldham,
Thos. H. McKoy,
F. A. L.. Cassidey,
, J. - JBfaiM - .
Jas. C. Steyison.
A. L. DeRosset
dissents to withdrawing
of candidates.
The following letters were read : i
WnmGTON. N. O, March 20, 1877.
W. P. Oldham, Esq., President:
Dear Bib: As I do not propose being
present at the Fourth Ward meetine- this
evening, I deem it proper to state my reasons
for declining to withdraw my name as a
candidate for Alderman, at- the request of
the Executive Committee, as follows;
1st. I deny that the meetine which nomi
nated was not fully attended, because of
being irregularly called, as stated in the
resolution of the committee.
2nd. 1 deny that there is anv consider
able division in the sentiments of the Demo
cratic voters of the ward.
3rd. For the reason that in several in
stances the so catted Independents nave been
assed the question, in case Of a renomina
tion would they abide the decision of the
meeting, and their answer has been always
no, unless our faction in represented in the
nominations.
4th. I do not recognize the right of the
Executive Committee to ask my withdrawal,
tne nomination having been made by a
Ward meeting and not by the Committee.
I bee to say now, however, Mr. Chair
man, that I shall be very glad tt -withdraw
if desired by the voters of the ward.
Before concluding I desire to state a few
facts according to my views of the feeling
in the Ward. I assert that the nominating
meeting was a full one, stated by several
of the now disaffected to be one of the largest
meetings ever held in the Wards.
I further assert that there is no consider
able division in the Ward proper, that is,
among the Democrats that the dissension
has been caused by less than a baker's dozen
Democratic voters of the Ward, most of
whom were present at the meeting and
voted for the unanimous nomination of
Col. DeRosset and myself.
These few have been urged on and as
sisted by parties who do not reside or vote
in the Ward, but who presume to think
they have a fee simple right to dictate
BeS'fEeir 'drums' 1 ahdfl&w'n tfifef
held closet consultations with the Radicals
and sent out their strikers to foment dis
sension in the Ward, and they boast that
they are guaranteed the Radicals will put
no ucKet in tne neid. i hey omit to state,
however, what guarantee they have given
in return.
Very Respectfully,
Oscar G. Parsley.
Wilmington, N. C, March 20, 1877:
lo the Democratic Voters of he Fourth Ward:
Gentlemen: On yesterday I was called
on by the Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of your Ward, with a request from
the majority of his committee to withdraw
as a candidate for Alderman. As I was
placed in that position by a regular meeting
of the voters, I felt it my duty to decline
any such proposition coming from any
other source.
If it is your wish that I should withdraw,
it will give me pleasure to do so, never hav
ing sought, and even now, not- desiring the
position.
Any of my friends have my authority to
deny, in the most emphatic manner, that I
have in any way, shape or manner pledged
myself to any particular or general course of
action in the event of an election. Most
particularly do I deny even ever having
thought of assisting in placing the present
City Marshal in the position of Chief of Po
lice under the new Board.
I mention these matters as having gained
general circulation in the city, doubtless
started by some enemy to the party.
Jam, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
W. L. DeRosset.
The meeeting then took a vote on the
motion to ratify the nominations of the pre
vious meeting, resulting as follows:
In favor of ratification, - - 53.
Against ratification, - - - 9.
Meeting then adjourned.
W. P. Oldham, President.
W. N. Holt, Secretary.
Methodist Festival.
Theadies of the Front Street M. . Par
sonage Aid Society will have a festival to
morrow ( Thursday) night, at the store under
the Manning House (next to West & Co.),
where they will serve you with the best of
oysters, ice cream, cakes, lemonade, and
good things generally.
An old Baltimore negro who had emigra
ted to Liberia years ago, ordered a quantity
of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup a short time
ago, stating that although coughs and colds
were not frequent in Africa, he would not
like to be without it in his family. f
CITY ITEM!.
i NOTHING IS MORE ATTRACTIVE ON THE
breakfast table than light, nutritious biscuit, and
they can always he had if Kxixoaa's bkikg Pow
r is used. Test it.
BHesJth, economy and gastronomic pleasure are
Jewels in the crown of the housewife's skill. Make
mem certain By using only uoolby'b yeast Fqw
Absolute full weisht.STeat strensth and nnritv
of material, and soreness of result constitute this
the choice of the domestic circle for baking pur-
P0-e"
TBAVsmut PBXHTIH8-INK8. invaiuab.e to rail
road fjompsnlfa, steamship companies, banks, mer
chants, manaf actarers and others. They are en
during aad changeless, and will copy sharp and
clear for an indefinite period of time. Having Jnst
received a fresh supply of these inks, we are pre
pared to execute orders promptly and at moderate
prices. ,
Orxn 2,400,000 Saxflb Bottles or BoschSks
Gsbkan St but have been distribstedrwof charge
in this country to those afflicted with Consumption,
severe Coughs, Pneumonia, and pother Throat and
Lung diseases, as a proof of its wonderful quality
In curing these dreaded diseases. The demand for
this medicine Is Immense. Regular size 75 cents.
Thiee doses will relieve any case.
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Five Squares estimated ss a quarter-column, -'
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MITCHELL. In this city, on the 20 h instant,
GEORGE LINWOOD, youngest son of Benjamin
F. ana Sarah 8. Mitchell, aged 17 Mars 8 sassU
and 10 days.
The funeral will take place this afternoon, at &X
o'clock, at the First Baptist- Church, thence to Oak
dale Cemetery. The friends of the family are re
epectf ully invited to attend.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Fifth Ward.
JL HE MEMBERS OF THE FIFTH WARD DE
MOCRATIC CLUB are requested to meet TO
NIGHT, at HINTON SCHOOL HOUSE, at 1
o'clock. A fall attendance is requested,
ran 21 -It B. W. BERRY, President.
Notice.
1 HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK -holders
of THE WILMINGTON COTTON MILLS
will be held in the Bank of New Hanover, at 11
o'clock A. M., TUESDAY, April W, 1ST7.
WALTUlt U. JuACKAE,
rah 31-3t mh 21 A ap 1, 10
Secretary.
Lp. Worth Eatinjf.
I THE FINEST STALL-FED BBEF EVER OF-
A lered m Market, can be had THIS DAY. and
the BALANCE OF THE WEEK, at STALL No. 1,
Market House
Those fond of choice Cuts will i
amine, and receive the l
mn 2i-2t
Blue Flannel Suits.
-rAST COLORS, FRESH GOODS,
OPENED YESTERDAY
ONLY 11 GO PER SHIT.
mhSl-lt MUNSON Co.
Dissolution of Co-Partnerstp.
The COPARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE Ex
isting under tho name sad Arm of SCHUTT 6
LTJHRS, is this day disaohred by mutual c
All i ergons having claims against the i
will present them to F. LTJHRS, who will continue
the GROCERY BUSINESS at the same place, cor
ner of Miller and M cRae Streets.
GEO. L. SCHUTT,
F. LTJHRS.
Wilmington, March SO, 1877. ' ma Sl-lt
LOOIEC E3I!t!.
BARRELS RUTA-BAGA
TURNIPS AND APPLES,
JUST RECEIVED.
STEAM COOKED dnd DESICCATED CEREALS.
BARLEY,
OATMKAL,
and
WHITE WHEAT.
l DO YOU REALLY WANT A BARREL OF THE
BEST FLOUR !
MADE IN THE UNITED STATES f BUT A
BARREL OF THE
Old Patapsco, of Baltimore.
Sold only by,
Jas. C.Stevenson
mh 21-tf
usic Books.
VOCAL.
World of Song.
Wreath of Gems.
8hower of Pearls.
Operatic Pearls.
Silver Wrtath.
Gems of English Song
Gems of Scottish Song.
Gems of German Song
Gems of Sacred Song.
Moore's Irish Melodies.
Quite unequalled Books of Bound Music, each
with 800 to 260 pages. Sheet Music size. Best col -
lections of Songs, Duets; Piano or Organ accom
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Gems of Strauss. Gems of the Dance.
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Home Circle, Vol L Home Circle, Vol. 2.
Organ at Home. Piano at Home.
(Ueed Organ Music.) (Piano Duets.)
Quite unequalled bound volnmes of Sheet Mu
sic for Piano (or Organ) with 200 to 250 pages,
filled with exceptionally good pieces.
Price of the above Books,
$3 00 in Cloth ;
School Music Books.
each $2 60, in Boards
$4 OOGilt.
S. 8. Song Books.
The RewanToac)
Shining Rivor. (3fc)
Good News, (65c)
High School Choir, ($1)
Whipooorwill, (50c)
Cheerful Voices, (50c)
Either book mailed, post-free, for Retail price.
Oliver Ditson & Co.,
BOSTON.
CHAS.H. DITSON 4 CO I
711 Broadway, N. V.
mh21-dw2w Wed & Sat
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Successors to Lee
Walker, Philadelphia.
THE LATEST
Fashions in Millinery !
EXCHANGE CORNER.
Mi
RS. A. D. BROWN HAS RETURNED FROM
the North with a COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of
all the NEWEST STYLES in MILLINERY AND
STRAW GOODS.
Having bought for Cash, I'can Offer EXTRA IN
DUCEMENTS to the Ladies of Wilmington and
Vicinity.
Please call early and be convinced.
Respectful lv:
mh 19-lw
nac Mrs. A D. BROWN.
To the Voters of the
Fourth Ward.
All CITIZENS OF THE FOURTH ward
wbo favor economy and an honest administration
of the city government, are requested to vote for
John Dawson,
Hanke Vollers,
For Aldermen for the Fourth Ward, on Thursday
next. Neither of these gentlemen is a candidate,
yet both will serve if elected. They are men of
unblemished character, are well known to all our
people, aad for over thirty years have been closely
identified with the interests of oar city, aad have
contributed largely to its prosperity.
mh'SO-St . nac MANY CITIZENS.
Review copy.
TUe Little mi Around the Corner,
JS THE PLACE TO GET
' SADDLES, HARNESS,
WHIPS and COLLARS fc
Made or Repaired, Cheap for Cash. T Kl
Next to Southerland's Stables. M ft
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mh 18 -if Wilmington, N. C.
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