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OUTLINES. .
Gov. Hampton has reason to believe the
troops will be removed very soon; the Pre
sident is opposed to having garrisons of
Federal troops in the State House of any
gtate Gov. Hampton, Stanley Mat
thews and Judge Cartter had a consulta
tion on Sunday. A coalition by which
Foster, Garfield or Banks is to be Speaker
is gaining strength. Nothing new as
to Louisiana. At a Cabinet meeting
the Secretary of War was direeted to pre
pare an order transferring the troops from
the State House at Columbia, S. C, to
their camp. War in Europe is con
sidered inevitable; debates in Turkish Par
liament leave but little hope for peace.
80,690 volunteers have offered them
selves to the Pope. -30,000 persons
are charitably relieved in the Madras Presi
dency. - The feeling in Paris and Ber
lin is not more hopeful since the signing of
the protocol. - - It is stated positively
that papers have been prepared to institute
proceedings against President Hayes? title
to the Presidency; they are in the bands of
Hon. R. T. Merrick, of Washington; as
soon as troops are removed from South Car
olina proceedings will be begun. For
mal orders to Gen. Ruger are beiDg pre
pared to remove troops to tneir camp;
thev will not be sent until to-morrow or
rf . ; . -v; - .
made public; Chamberlain says that,ends
the struggle, and makes Hampton practi
cally Governor. New York markets:
Money easy and offered at 4 per cent;
gold steady at 104f104; cotton quiet at
cents; spirits turpentine a shade
firmer at 37ia38 cents: rosin quiet at
$2 052 10.
TUB PIVOTAL POINT.
There is much speculation just now
as to the future of parties in this
countr-y. There is even talk of
Republican bpeaker for the next
House of Representatives at Wash
ingtom
While we do not intend to engage
in any insane agitation of this ques
tion, we wish to say this: If lire
Democratic party, with a decided and
unquestioned majority in the next
House of Representatives, shall sell
out to either Foster, Garfield or
Banks, and thus make him Speaker,
that party will not only deserve, but
it will receive, the execrations of all
true, honest and conservative Demo
crats in this country.
And not only ,ti?is: It will result in
the utter dismemberment of the
Democratic party in the United States.
So far as The Morning Star is
concerned, we announce our position
now and it is this: If the base sur
render see our telegrams of this
morning now in preparation is con
summated, we shall no longer "pin
our faith" to the Democratic party,
but we will look to some new organ
ization that promises to stand by
principle; to stand by. North Caro
lina; to stand by the South.
We regard the organization of the
next House of Representatives the
pivotal point in the future of parties
in this country.
TSIE CITY.
NEW ADVKRTISGillBNTN.
"J." Board wanted.
Munson & Co. Clothing.
Annual meeting Compress Co.
Vice: & Mebane Ship notice.
Hall & Peabsall Hay and butter.
S. G. Northrop Bananas at auction.
" Wright & Stedman Mortgagee's sale.
Wright & Stedman Postponement sale
Local Dots,
Five persons were immersed at
the First Uapiist Church Sunday night,
three of whom were ladies and two gentle
men. The regular monthly meeting
of the Wilmington Hook and Ladder Co.
No. 1, has been postponed until next Mon
day evening.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Wilmington Cotton
Mills will be held at the Bank of New
Hanover on Tuesday next, the 10th inst., at
11 A. M.
Eva Harris and Susan Mary
Franks, both colored, were arrested yes
terday on the charge of keeping a disorder
ly house. They were locked up for a hear
ing this morning.
Local rains, partly cloudy and
cooler weather, winds shifting to northeast
and northwest and stationary or slowly
rising barometer, are tbe indications for
this section to-day.
The anniversary dinner of St
George and St. Andrew's Society will como
off this evening. It will no doubt, us usu
al, be a very interesting and enjoyable oc
casion to those present.
Messrs. Samuel Northrop and
T. C. DeRosset have associated themselves
together under the firm name of DeRosset
& Northrop for conducting the business of
General Insurance Agents.
The Ladies' Benevolent Associ
atiou will meet this afternoon, at 4 o'clock,
at the school house of Misses Kennedy and
Hart. All visitors are earnestly requested
to be present and to recollect the change of
place.-'
The
VOL. XX NO. 10.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Proceedings of tbe Board In Regular
Session.
The Board met in regular session yester
day evening, at 7 o'clock.
The first business in order was the draw
ing of the regular venire of jurors for the
April term of the Superior Court, which re
sulted as follows: Halifax Leonard, Moses
D. Mott, Samuel Davis, John E. Leggett,
William Bradley, B. S. Munford, J. A.
Hewlett, F. M. Wooten, J. M. Hender
son, James it. Tucker, wm. n. rrice,
James Walker, Hiram Hankins, James D.
Munds, Edward Howard, A. H. Morris,
G. Prigge, Joshua G. Wright, Thomas
Evaqs, John Hewlett, Joseph Sternberger,
Elvin Artis, A. C. H. Fincken, Johnson
Hooper.
On motion, At was ordered that the
Chairman and Commissioner I. B. Grain
ger be a committee to make suitable ar
rangements for an office for the use of tbe
Clerk of the Criminal Court.
The bid for attending to the County Poor
was, on motion, awarded to Dr. A. E.
Wright, until the 1st of January, 1878.
It was resolved that a committeo of two
be appointed by the Chairman to wait on
the Committee of Audit and arrange with
them as to the mode of issuing audited cer
tificates for warrants, and to have the
necessary blanks printed.
It was ordered that the Clerk of the
Criminal Court be authorized to purchase
the necessary furniture and stationery for
the use of his office, subject to the approval
of the Judge of said Court, and present a
bill of the same to this Board.
It was ordered that the applications of
R. A. Price and A. B. Cook, for licenses to
retail spirituous liquors, be granted, on the
condition that the same be approved by the
Mayor.
The aunual reports of the various jus
tices of the peace were received and or
dered spread on the records of official re
ports.
It was ordered that A. R. Black, late Tax
Collector, be instructed to turn over to J.
J. Hewlett, Treasurer for Masonboro'
township, all township taxes collected by
him for said township for the vear 1875,
and take proper receipts for the same.
The Easter Elections
The annual election for Wardens and
Vestrymen of the var jrpfBcppai
churches took place Yesterday and last
evening and resulted as follows:
St. James' Church. Wardens Dr. A,
J. DeRosset, James Anderson. Vestrymen,
Alfred Martin, Dr. W. G. Thomas, Col
G. Burr, A. H. VanBokkelen, Col. W.
L. DeRosset, J. L. Boatwright, R. E. Cal
der, Clayton Giles, Z. Laltimer, James
Dawson.
St. John's S. L. Fremont, Senior War
den; Jas. A. Willard, Junior Warden
Vestrymen J. L. Holmes, T. C. De
Rosset, Jno. C. James, C. D. Myers,
W. H. Green, J. E. Lippitt, I. B. Grain
ger, At. A. (Jurtis. Dei gates S. L. Fre
mont, James A. Willard, C. D. My
ers, W. H. Green. AUernatzs T. C. De
Rosset, Jas. W. Lippitt, J. C. Munds, M.
A. Curtis.
St. Paul's. Wardevs Col. John W,
Atkinson, DuBrutz Cutlar. Vestrymen R.
E. Heide, R. G. Rankin, F. H. Mitchell.
Wm. B. Giles, W. H. Bernard
St. Mark's (Colored) Wardms Al
fred Howe, Wm. Phinney. Vestrymen
Jno. D. Nixon, Treasurer; C. W. Avant,
Secretary; A. Morgan, S. Capps, Jno. G.
Geyer, George Jackson, M. C. Hill. Dele
gates J no. G. Norwood, George Jackson,
Henry D. Sampson, Washington Howe.
Alternates Richard L. Hutchins, Jno. G.
Geyer, Valentine Howe, Sylvester Capps,
t
New Klver Canal.
There will be a meeting held to-night at
the Court House to take into consideration
very important matters in connection with
the construction of the proposed canal, or,
in other words, to define and ascertain the
wish and line of action that the people of
Wilmington will adopt in the matter. We
learn that it will be at least twelve months
before any financial aid will be required of
the citizens. At the same time it is of the
utmost importance that such action be
taken as will secure to Wilmington local
rates over the canal when constructed. As
the enterprise originated in Wilmington, it
is very necessary that it receive from the
community the attention it merits. In the
counties along the route of the proposed
canal, meetings have been held, land and
money subscribed, and the time has now
come when the people of Wilmington must
define their action, as auy further delay on
their part might, in the end, militate
against their interests in the proposed
scheme.
Mayof's Court.
The following cases were disposed of
by the Mayor yesterday morning:
Hannah Brown, charged with making a
disturbance on tbe streets about 12 o'clock
Saturday night, was ordered to pay a fine
of $20 and costs or work for thirty days on
the streets.
John Smith, charged with the larceny of
a raft rope, the property of Judge Merrick,
was ordered to give a justified bond in the
sum of $100 for his appearance at the pres
ent term of the Criminal Court, in default
of which he was committed to jail.
Four cases were continued over for a
future hearing.
Unitary.
At a meeting of Company A, Wilming
ton Rifle Guards, colored, to re organize
under the new law, the following officers
were elected: J. S. W. Eagles, Captain;
Peter Durand, 1st Lieutenant; J. J. Hill,
2d Lieutenant; J. A. Ashe, Ensign.
Morning
WILMINGTON,
EASTER MJNOAY.
Easier Services and Decorations.
Easter Sunday opened bright and beauti
ful, and the attendance at the various
churches was large. At
ST. JAMES' CHURCH
the day was ushered in by the singing of
Eastfer carols by the children of the Parish
from the top of the church tower. The
decorations, though not elaborate, were
very: tasty and beautiful, being connned
mostly to the chancel. Over the chancer
was a most exquisite cross, tbe basis of
which was composed of living plants in
full bloom, while suspended above was a
handsome crown, composed entirely of
flowers. The arches over the chancel were
also beautifully trimmed with vines, ever
greens, csc., Ualla lilies entering; largely
into the composition of the decorations.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
was hot elaborately, but it was most beauti
fully and neatly decorated "for the Easter
services. The recess of the chancel was
one mass of flowers and evergreens. The
bamboo-vine hung gracefully from its
walls, while the altar, prayer desks, choir
stalls, lectern, pulpit and fold stool were
beautifully decorated with flowers and
crystallized moss. There is always a su
perior taste displayed in the decorations of
this holy sanctuary, and upon this great
Easter tide, commemorative of the resur
rection of our Saviour, there was that same
neatness and originality which has been ob
served for years. We noticed over the
altar the words "Abide with Me," and near
to the body of the church, and under the
beautiful corona, was suspended upon ah
invisible cord or wire, the words "Christ is
Risen" the letters being formed of card
board covered with bright flowers. This
last, we learned, was the -"floral offering"
made by the Sunday School children at
their choral services in the afternoon
Many of the windows in the body of the
church were decorated with texts and
flowers, by individual members of the con
gregation, "in mcmoriam" of deceased rela
tives and friends.
The services at this church, morning and
night, were well attended and the charac
ter of the music was in keeping with the
joyful occasion, and well rendered. The
Sunday School services in the afternoon
were well attended and the children
quitted themselves very creditably.
ST. PATL'B BVANG. LUTHERAN CHURCH,
This edifice was again the recipient of
the most careful attention from the ladies
and the committee appointed to assist them
We have on former occasions alluded to its
beautiful decorations, but it is freely ad
mitted that on this occasion it surpassed in
this respect all previous Easter Sundays.
We can give only an imperfect outline of
the many handsome decorations: Upon
going into the church it was noticed that
the chandalier at the entrance was twined
and wreathed with flowers and evergreens.
In the vestibule the sentence " The Lord is
Risen Indeed" was suspended on each side
of the centre door and the walls hung with
garlands, while in the building on each
column was twined agarlandof evergreens
and over each of the large stained windows
a wreath of cedar and flowers. On tbe
right of the altar was suspended the words
"Mighty Victor" and on the left "Live
Forever," while both pulpits were hand
somely decorated with garlands and the
most beautiful wreaths and boquets of
flowers. In the rear of the elevated pulpit
a beautiful cross and crown made of cedar
and flowers rested on a bed of roses, and
suspended overhead was another cross and
crown. The large columns on the side, as
well as the small gallery columns, were
hung with garlands and wreaths; also the
organ gallery, while the organ and gas fix
tures were festooned in a similar way. The
gas fixtures on the sides, as well as the large
centre light, were draped with garlands and
wreaths of evergreens and flowers. A most
impressive sermon was preached by the
Pastor, Rev. G. D. Bernheim, from Romans
1st chapter, 3d and 4th verses, after which
the sacrament was administered to sixty-one
communicants.
On Good Friday the decorations were as
usual, consisting of drooping moss and
crape. On one side of the pulpit, in black
letters, were the wards "Esist Vallbracht,"
and on tbe other "It is Finished."
ST. THOMAS' CHURCH.
The interior of this edifice appeared re
splendent, the feature of decoration being
the main altar that bore several gas jets
and innumerable candles, which, contrast
ing with the immaculate whiteness of
the beautiful marble structure, with just
a sufficient number of flowers upon it
to render tbe entire thing pleasing and
attractive, formed a picture at once beau
tiful and solemn. On either side of tbe
main altar were the small altars of the
Virgin and of the Sacred Heart, which
were also attractively arrayed in lights and
flowers. The entire scene was one highly
befitting the solemn grandeur of the occa
sion. ! .
ST. PAUL'S (EPISCOPAL) CHURCH
was also handsomely decorated, the main
feature being a beautiful cross erected in
the font, and composed entirely of Calla
lilies, which had a very pleasing effect.
ST. mark's.
The decorations of this church, we hear,
were also very handsome and tastefully ar
ranged, suited to the interesting occasion.
RIVER AND JTIAKINE ITEMS.
The Steamship Pioneer, Wakely, ar
rived at Philadelphia from this port on the
30th tilt..
The Schooner James O'Donohue, War
ren, sailed from Belfast for this port on the
24lh ult. .
N.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 3 1877.
THE CRIMINAL COURT.
The First Session of the New Crimi
nal Court for New Hanover County.
The first session of the new Criminal
Court for this county opened yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock, Hia Honor, Judge
Meares, presiding.
His Honor thereupon administered the
oath of office to Maj. John W. Dunham,
the Clerk, and Col. B. R. Moore, the So
licitor. The organization of the Court being thus
complete, the Grand Jury were duly drawn
as follows: M. M. Hankins, Foreman; T.
J. Southerland, Sylvester Petteway, John
Pleasant, Watson McNeill, John C. Smith,
Seth W. Davis, Dan. O'Connor, Nicholas
Morris, Geo. N. Harriss, Abraham Mosely,
Isaac W. Kine, John Waddell, Jas. K. Cut
lar, Geo. W. Hewlett, W. H. Cotton, Sam'l
Howland and John D. Hancock. The
usual oath was administered to the members
of the Grand Jury, and Judge Meares
then delivered a lengthy and exhaustive
charge to that body. We are enabled
to publish only a brief and imperfect
synopsis of it. He charged the Grand
Jury that they stood as the representatives
of the moral sense of society. They were
a wall or barrier between virtue on the one
side or vice on the other. It is a remark
able fact, he said, that crime has been on
the increase in tbe county of New Hanover.
Even the casual observer must have come
to that conclusion. There are reasons for
such a state of thipgs. It must either arise
from a defective criminal code or from the
want of concurrence between tfePe judicial
and executive officers of the county, which
is necessary. There may have been too
much sickly sympathy, and if so it is a
source of mortification, to see sympathy for
convicted -felons and rogues. Where is
there a county that bad suffered more from
criminal offences in the past decade than
the county of New Hanover? It had suf
fered more than ninety counties (with
three or four exceptions and they even
doubtful) in the whole State. The over
burdened tax-payers, tbe honest sons of
toil, the intelligent of all classes of society,
self interest itself, appeal in unmistakable
language to the Grand Jury to perform
their duty. Tbey had an additional incen
tive in being bound by one of the most
solemn and comprehensive oaths that could
De framed to suit their positions. He said
that coming to the position of Judge of the
Criminal Court now for the first time in
many years, he felt it to be his duty to
make known to them his sentiments and
his rule of action. He wished the bystan
dersto understand (for it has been re
marked, he said, by greater lights of the
law than he need ever expect to be, that
the bystanders come up to learn and to re
ceive instruction) that he had no sympathy
for those convicted of infamous crimes, in
due form of law. He who does sympa
thize with such is acting the part of a had
citizen. The object of the criminal code
is to protect the citizen in his life and prop
erty. It is not only that the criminal should
be reformed, but that the law should strike
terror to the hearts of evil doers. What
benefit is derived, if the defendant in due
course or law is convicted ana tnen
the Judge listens to appeals in his behalf ?
When before him a murderer is convict
ed his sympathies will be with the cold vie
tim in the crave, with public interest. The
laws of God say that the man who commits
murder should die. His opinion is that he
ought to die, and he would not prevent it
Take the larcener; he was one whose busi
ness it was to despoil the energetic and
thriftv in the community. That is his oc
cupation. When such a one is convicted,
do not tell him, he said, of the punishment
of the larcener. His sympathies would be
with the despoiled, not with the convicted
We have tbe criminal code created for a
purpose, and we must take men as we find
them. The corruption of all mankind
rendered communities corrupt, and this
community was no exception, and it is
therefore required that the law should be
carried out by the Grand Jury, by sheriffs,
their deputies and the police.
Some men are opposed to capital punish
ment. They had read the Bible and come
to a different conclusion from what he did.
If there is any rule inculcated in Holy
Writ it is that the murderer should
die. The laws of Nprth Carolina inflict
the death penalty for such a crime. The
opposition to this seeming severity of the
law, he said, was not indigenous to the
soil, but was of foreign importation. The
common law of England and the law of
this country favors the death penalty for
certain crimes. The county of New Han
over has a right to complain of tbe abuse
of tbe pardoning power in numerous in
stances. He had known the Chief Execu
tive of the State, wuo has lately va
cated tbe gubernatorial chair, to pardon a
man who, in his opinion, was guilty of a
most cold-blooded murder; with no other
excuse for so doing than that a petition, nu
merously signed, had been sent to him for
that purpose. If he had it in his power he
would abolish the pardoning power. It
had been introduced in many other States
It makes a bad impression upon the evil
doers of the community. He had known
Gov. Vance for many years, and entertain
ed the hope that criminals who. may here
after commit crimes and have tbe hope of
being pardoned will be mistaken. The
day of the undue use of the pardoning
power is at an end. It is a dangerous power,
He then told the Grand Jury that many
of them, at least, had been frequent visit
ors to the Court Room, and had heard
many charges, and it was therefore not ne
cessary to go into a minute explanation of
their duties. Almost any act that violates
the moral sense of tbe community was in
dictable. Crimes were like plants; they
Stai
seemed to grow out of the soil. They
resulted in a great measure from the man
ners and customs of the people. There
was a very small portion' of them that
seemed to exist in any one community. In
the chapter on crimes in Battle's Revisal
there were 150 violations of the law enu
merated, and they were not all. He said
it was not necessary for jurors to be learn
ed in the criminal law ; they were not ex
pected to be. At the same time thsy could
call on the Court for instructions. The
Judge then went on to explain the four
capital crimes known to the laws of North
Carolina: Murder, arson, burglary and
rape. The Judge explained the different
species of homicide, and instructed the
Grand Jury in regard to their duty in
presenting a case of homicide.
He regretted that burglary and house
breaking were of such frequent occurrence
in this community. It denoted a want of
efficiency on the part of county officers and
the police.
He touched at some length on larceny,
libel, forgery, and counterfeiting bank bills
and coin, bigamy, fornification and adul
tery, disorderly houses, neglect of duty on
the part of public officers, bribery at elec
tions and with jurors, gambling and lot
teries. The Judge then closed his lengthy charge
with an injunction to the jury to be diligent
in the discharge of their duty.
The court room was thronged during the
delivery of the charge, which was uni
ver8ally considered a very strong, able and
comprehensive one.
Five true bills were found by the Grand
Jury during the day, and one case was set
for trial this morning.
The Fire yesterday Afternoon Nar
row Escapes &c.
The alarm of fire yesterday afternoon,
befween 5 and 6 o'clock, was caused by the
burning or a two-story dwelling house on
Second, between Church and Castle
streets, the property of Mr. Wm. L. Beery.
The first alarm was given by some small
children on the street, which happened to
attract the attention of three young colored
men, '.Lewis Davis, Thomas Furlong and
Anthony Howe, Jr., who, after being con
vinced that it was not intended in sport.
hastened to the spot and found the house
in flames. The building was occupied by
Mr. Sol. Hunt, who is ernjalaji4 TOr,s'
Northrop & Cumming's mill, and who
was absent from home at the time
When the three men alluded to endeavored
to enter by one of tbe doors on the lower
floor thev encountered fire and smoke in
such profusion thai they were driven back.
Having been informed that there was some
body in tbe house, and being unable to
effect an entrance on the lower floor, two
of the men, Lewis Davis and Thomas Fur
long, managed to climb the pillars support
ing the shed to the piazza, getting on the
roof of which they went to a window and
peeped in, when they discovered two ladies
in the room, apparently almost suffocated
with smoke and holding their aprons
to their faces. The two men, Howe
having in tbe meantime been sent for
a ladder, could find nothing with which
to force the window and finally had to
break the sash and glass with their clenched
fists, cutting their hands pretty severely in
doing so. The two ladies were then re
moved from the room, which was filled
with smoke, and placed on the roof of the
piazza. The man with the ladder had not
yet arrived and the condition of the ladies
and their rescuers was getting extremely
critical, when Lewis Davis, who had no
ticed two double-barreled guns in the room
from which the ladies bad been removed,
and within reach from the outside, thrust
his hand through the window and secured
one, both barrels of which he discharged
in tbe air in rapid succession, at
the same time shouting "murder," &c, so
as to attract attention, there being no male
persons in that vicinity at the time. Wait
ing a few moments and no one appearing
to render any assistance, Davis seized the
other gun and fired it off in a similar man
ner, and soon had the satisfaction of seeing
a crowd gathering, and, among the rest,
young Howe with the much coveted ladder,
The ladies were then assisted to descend
and reached the ground in safety. Much
credit is due the colored men alluded to for
their noble efforts in rescuing the ladies,
who must have perished but for their assis
tance. They also managed to save a good
portion of the furniture on the second floor
The fire originated from a stove-pipe, the
two ladies, who were the only inmates of
the house at the time, being in the upstairs
and thus cut off from escape by the stair
way by the smoke and flames below.
There was an insurance of $1,400 on the
house and $100 on the kitchen, in the Con
tinental of New York, represented by
Messrs. Atkinson & Manning. There was
a small insurance on the furniture also, in
a company represented by Messrs. Nor
throp& Cumming. .i
weather Conditions tor march, 1877.
From Sergeant Robert Seyboth, in charge
of the Signal Station at this port, we have
the following statement of the weather con
ditions during the month just closed :
Mean temperature, 53.4 degrees about
0.7 (7-10) degrees below average. Highest
thermometer, 78 degrees; lowest do., 28
degrees. Monthly range of temperature, 50
degrees; mean daily range of temperature,
20.5 degrees; greatest daily range of tem
perature, 32 degrees; mean monthly hu
midity, 61.9 per centum; mean monthly
barometer, 30.036 inches; highest barome
ter, 30.59 inches; lowest barometer, 29.40
inches;. number of rainy days, 12; clear
days, 13; total amount of rain fall, 4.52
inches; prevailing wind, southwest; high
est velocity, 52 miles per hour; total num
ber of miles traveled, 8,732.
Special Announcement
ONSUMERS OF DRY GOOD
L I TJ S
SUC CBS SOU
W JOLI-g ASED TQ gEE HIg
Rev. Dr, John A. Bil,A VM &4-nA AO TUT 01 A-
This eminent Baptist W VIU OlttllU, TO JUiUJiCt OLieCL,
pulpit of the First Bap WHERE
morning and evening on Su.
preached to large and attenti of GOSt, a Large LiOt Of Dl'efes
A " - T .
lions, ut. rsroaaus is an aut
works have been favorably noticedYotiOIlS, TrimmilLgS, &C,
of the British Quarterlies. He is a g.
man of real learning, and has ut fewV.
periors as a Greek scholar in this country. .
His style of preaching is simple, thought
ful and lucid, sometimes rising into the
picturesque and earnest. He preaches
without notes. The late Dr. McGuffie, of
the University of Virginia, a distinguished
Presbyterian scholar, was wont to refer
his scholars to Dr. Broadus as " the model
preacher of America."
Arrested for Stealing An Ox.
John Davis, colored, was arrested yester
day on the charge of stealing an ox from
George Watson, colored, of Wrightsville
Sound, which he Drought to this, city and
endeavored to sell. Justice Gardner, who
issued the warrant, ordered defendant to
enter into a justified bond in the sum of
$200 for bis appearance before his Court
to-day at 12 o'clock, in default of which he
was committed to jail. After his incarce
ration some of the friends of the accused
informed the magistrate that he had got the
wrong man, but the 'Squire refused to re
lease him until he could have an oppor
tunity of showing that he was not the John
Davis concerned in the robbery.
Larceny on shipboard.
Peter Anderson, one of the crew of the
British barqentine Elizabeth laylor, which
arrived here a few days since and now lies
at the wharf of the Cotton Compress Com
pany, was arrested yesterday on the charge
of stealing a silver desert spoon, a meer
schaum pipe, belonging to one of.the crew,
some articles of clothing belonging to
another of the crew, and a coil of rope, the
property of the vessel. When it was dis
covered that the articles had been stolen
Detective Carr was put on the track and
soon recovered the spoon at a house where
Anderson had previously disposed of it.
He was ordered to give bond in the sum of
$100 for his appearance before Justice
Gardner's Court this morning at 10 o'clock,
in default of which be, was lodged in jail.
mutual Insurance Company. .
The annual mnMj the policy hold-
t era of tbe Wilmington Mutual (fire) Insu
rance Company was held last evening,
when tbe President and Secretary submit
ted their annual reports, showing a very
flattering and satisfactory condition of the
company.
The following gentlemen were elected as
directors of the company for the ensuing
year, viz: W. A. French, J. Kent Brown,
R. J. Jones, R. E. Heide, F. W. Foster,
Wm. Larkins, Dr. W. E. Freeman, B. F.
Mitchell, John London, R. S. Radcliff, H.
VonGlahn, R. E. Calder.
Some excitement was created in
the neighboorhood of McRae, between
Green and Fanning streets, yesterday, by
the fact that a little colored child, ouly five
months old, distinctly articulated a word,
repeating it several times, very much to
the surprise and alarm of its mother.
"A friend in need is a .friend indeed."
Such a friend is Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup,
which should be in every family; it costs
only 25 cents a bottle, and may save many
a doctor bill. f
C1TJ liKMs.
The supreme importance of Dooley's Yeast
Powder can be established by logic. For instance:
Bread is the staff of life; Doolbt's Teas Powder
is indispensable to gooa bread. Therefore this ba
king powder is of great value to life. If yon don't
like the logic see if thejpractice don't remedy the
defect.
No danger need be apprehended from an attack
of Pneumonia, severe Coughs, Consumption, and'
various other Throat and Lung diseases, or even
Croup and Wnooping Cough among your children
when Boschee's Gerxak Strup can be obtained
of any Druggist in the United States. One 75 cent
bottle will cure any case. It is a great blessing for
our people to know that they can Tray this prepara
tion in Wilmington. Sample bottle 10 cts.
KEEP'S SHIRTS.
ays
old
the Cheapest 1 An elegant set of Genuine Go
Plate Collar and Sleeve Buttons given with each
half dozen of Keep's Shirts. Keep's Patent Parti)
Made Dress Shirts, six for $7.00. Keep's Custom
Shirts, made to measure, six for $9.00. No express
charges to pay delivered free on receipt of price.
Keep's Shirts are only made in one quality, the
very best ! We invite every reader of this paper to
send his address and receive samples and full di
rections fer self-measurement.
KEEP MANUFACTURING CO.,
165 and 167 Mercer street,
New York.
Dr. Schekok'b Standard Remedies. -The stan
dard remedies for all diseases of the lungs are
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonle, and Schenck's Mandrake Pills, and if taken
before the lungs are destroyed a speedy cure is ef
fected. To these three medicines Dr. J. H. Schenck, of
Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment of pulmonary diseases.
The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter in
the lungs; nature throws it off by an easy expecto
ration, for when the phlegm or matter is ripe a
slight cough will throw it off, the patient has rest
and the lungs begin to heal.
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this Schenck's
Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic
must be freely used to cleanse the stomach and li
ver. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act en the liver, re
moving all obstructions, relax the gall bladder, the
bile starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved.
Schenck's-Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulant
and alterative; the alkali of which it is composed
mixes with the food and prevents souring. It as
sists the digestion by toning up the stomach to a
healthy condition, so that the food and Pulmonic
Syrup will make good blood ; then the lungs heal,
and the patient will surely get well if carets taken
to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck, either per
sonally or by letter, can do so at his principal office,
corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, every
Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the country.
DIED,
TAYLOR In this city, at 6 o'clock P. M., on the
2nd instant, CATHERINE M., relict of the late
John A. Taylor.
The funeral will take place from the First Presby
terian Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Friends
aad acquaintances of the family are respectfully
Invited.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Wilmington Compress & Warehouse Co.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THIS COMPA
ny will be held at It A. M., on WEDNESDAY,
the 4th instant, at the Bank of New Hanover.
The new Charter will be submitted for approval.
WM. L. DeROSSET,
ap 3 at Sec. Wd Ties.
S .A. HVC S O 351,
TO J. & H. SAMS OF,
0LD FRIENDS AND pxjbLiC GENERALLY,
HE WILL OFFER,
at ruujus JLUWJUK THAN EVJCli
. . . w.,
when it vb fi . MOSt SlSfohert bid
der. at the CW thefiARR
HORSES, MULES, ., , ..rs, HARNESS
and all PERSONAL PROPERTY, at Kables, Red
Cross and 7th Street, on same day, at 13 o'clock, M .
mnau-ias .
Mortgagee's. Sale.
B
Y VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF A
certain deed ef mortgage made by "The Wilming
ton and Seaboard Railway Company" to John W.
Leak, R. S. Ledbetter, and "The Bank of New Ha
nover," dated 3d day of August, 1875, and duly re
gistered m tue proper office, in Book L.L.L., at page
cause to be sold by public auction, far cash, all and
singular THE VARIOUS LINES OF RAILWAY,
including the Rails, Sills and Superstructure of eve
ry Kina connected tnerewitn, lying in the City of
Wilmington, owned by or belonetns to said Wil
mington and Seaboard Railway Company, together
wuii me leasenoiu interest ana estate or said com
pany on the Lot at the southeastern intersection of
Seventh and Red Cross streets, on which its stables
are standing; and also all and singular the Rights,
Privileges, Easements and Franchises f said Com
pany in any way connected with the use and enjoy
ment of, said lines of Railway, and the receipt of
the issues i and profits of the same. And at 13
o'clock, M., of said day, will cause to be sold as
aforesaid, at the Stables referred to. all and singu
lar the Horses, Mules. Cars, Wagons, Carts, sets of
Harness, and other Personal Property of said mort
gagor, "The Wilmington and Seaboard Railway
Company."
Wilmington, February 80th. 1877.
WRIGHT & STEDMAN,
feb 80-td Attorneys.
POSTPONEMENT.
The above sale is postponed until TUESDAY
April 3d, 1877, at same time and place.
WRIGHT & STEDMAN,
ap3-lt Attorneys,
Mortgagee's Sale.
B
Y VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF A
certain indenture of Mortgage, made by John Mc
Coy and his wife Mary Ann McCoy, to William F.
Potter, dated the 11th day of May, 1876, and duly
registered in the office of the Register of the County
of New Hanover, in Book M.M.M., at page 64 and
following, the undersigned, as Attorneys of said
Mortgagee, will, on SATURDAY, the 5TH DAY OF
MAY NEXT, at 11 o'clock, AM., at the door of the
Court House, in the City of Wilmington, cause to
be sold, by Public Auction, for cash, the following
described PIECE or PARCEL OF LAND, situate in
the City of Wilmington, In the County of New Ha
norer, viz: Beginning in the Eastern line of Fifth
Street, at a point thirty feet Southwardly from its
iuterfcecUou with the Southern line of Nixon Street,
thence runnrrg Southwardly with said line of Fifth
lei with Nixon St seventy-five feet; thence
wardly in a line Darallei with Fifth St. thv
oireui, miriy usei; tnence Kastwardly m a line paral-
North-
and thence Westwardlyin a line parallel with
8treet seventy-five feet to the Beginning the same
being part of the Western portion of Lot number
"1," on the Block numbered ''324," as designated
on the plan of said city.
, Wilmington, April 3d, 1877.
WRIGHT A-STEDMAN,
ap 3-tds Attorneys.
OROSLY, Auctioneer.
BY CRONLY & MORRIS.
Administratrix' Sale.
QN TUESDAY, MAY 1st, 1877,
commencing at 10 o'clock. A.M..
I will sell, at the late residence of Silas N. Martin,
deceased, all of the
HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE
therein contained, belonging to the estate of Silas
N. Martin.
ELIZABETH J. MARTIN.
Administratrix.
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Bananas at Auction.
FOURTEEN BUNCHES
CHOICE RED BANANAS ,
Just received from Savannah, will be sold at AUC
TION TO-DAY, at 10 o'clock, by CRONLY ft
MORRIS, at their Sales Room, South Water St.
B. G. NORTHROP,
P3 It Consignee.
j
Ship Notice.
ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY
cautioned against harboring or trust
ing any of the Crew of the British
Barquentine "ELIZABETH TAY
LOR," as no debt of their contracting
: , i 1 i A. i ;
wm uc piuu uy (jnuuus or onsiguees.
aD 3-lt VICK & MEBANE.
Board Wanted. .
A. GENTLEMAN WANTS BOARD WITH USE
of Piano. In private family preferred
Address "T."
ap 3-lt star Office.
Our Stock
QF CLOTHING WILL BE OPENED
1HIS WEEK.
UIUNSON Sc Co.
ap 3-lt Clothiers and Merchant Tailors.
Eastern Hay.
BALES PRIME
EASTERN HAY,
For sale low by
ap 3-D&Wtf HALL & PEARSALL.
Western Butter.
FINE LOT OF
WESTERN BUTTER,
For sale low by
ap3-D&Wtf HALL & PEARSALL.
A Card.
By MUTUAL "AGREEMENT THE UNDER
SIGNED has this day assumed control of the In
surance Business of NORTHROP A CUMMING,
and has associated himself with Mr. T, C, De
ROSSET, for the purpose of the transaction of a
GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS, and re
spectfully solicits the patronage of the public.
SAMUEL NORTHROP.
apl-St nac Review copy.
Casks, Glue, Hoop Iron, &c.
200 SPIRIT CASKs'
00 Bbls A Ho. 1 GLUE.
OA Tons HOOP IRON, 1 inch,
L U ik Inch and 1 inch,
200 Paper9R1VETS'
1 HA Ke2a NAILS,
AW
1?nr Qdio Kir
ap 1-tf
KERCHNER & CALDER BROS.
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