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OUTLINES.
The President does not think Chamber
lain's change ot purpose will retard seri
ously the work of pacification; his change
is the result of an intrigue. Import
ant appointments will be held as a reward
for sustaining the President in his Louisiana
doHcv. A uniform rate of 25 cents.
for telegraphic messages goes into effect
to-day. The indictments against Don
Piatt have been dismissed. American
Knife Factory at Northfleld, Mass., burned
on Sunday night; one hundred persons
thrown out of employment. General
Sam Cary, the temperance apostle from
Ohio, and candidate for President on the
nnnnpr ftreenback ticket lastJ'ear, has
lastear, has I
MM
been found guilty of fraud
28.000. Three hundre
i
delegates to the Locomotive
in session id Philadelphia. Business
flat on London Stock Exchange. The
Porte consents to disarm. Caleb
Cushing took his farewell of King of Spain
yesterday. Chamberlain, it is said, is
trying to force the President to recognize
Hampton, or, failing in this, to have the
question referred to Congress, Tho
President hereafter will refer office seekers
to heads of departments. Nine seats
in the House are held open for contest.
The Washington Star, organ of Hayes,
says Packard and Chamberlain have been
urged to stick by Northern extremists.
Newtork markets: Gold 105i105i; cot
ton 111H cents; spirits turpentine 37
37i cents; strained rosiu $2 002 07f
Latest By Mail.
Packard and Lonetreei.
Special to Baltimore Sun.l
New Orleans, April 6.
Packard's friends say that Stanley
Matthews and John Sherman came
down hero to secure the vote of
Louisiana for Hayes, and that had it
not been for their packing the return
ing board would not have dared to
go to the extreme neeessary to secure
that object. Packard and his friends
appear, however, to forget that all
this is "aliunde." The conservatives
here are in very fine spirits to night,
or they no longer entertain a doubt
that there will be no further federal
interference with their affairs. Gov.
Nicholls says that he dees not care,
if the President so desires it, to make
any attempt to turn Packard out of
the State House; that Packard's au
thority, does not extend beyond its
walls; that he is practically im
prisoned there, and if it is any pleas
ure for him to stay there he can do so.
Gen. Longstreet in conversation
with me to-night said that Packard
was a much worse man than Kellogg,
and-tirarihe crowd which surrounds
him is the most rotten of all the carpet-baggers.
Gen. Longstreet says
that in January last he wrote a long
letter to President Grant urging him
to change bis Southern policy, and
he thinks his letter bad considerable
effect. He says that in the event ot
the Federal troops not being with
drawn from protecting Packard he
would counsel sweeping them out of
the way along with the rest of Pack
ard's supporters. But he anticipates
no such contingency.
Prom Columbia.
Columbia, April 7.
Chamberlain arrived to-day and
proceeded at once to the State
House. A few partisan friends await
ed liia arrival at the depot. He is
heroically reticent, and declines to be
interviewed. In a general statement
he said that be could not go into de
tails for want of time. He does not
regard the withdrawal of the troops
as affecting his legal rights, whatev
er effect it may have on his practical
ability to maintain his executive au
thority.
He iutimated that he would prob
ably consider it his duty to maintain
his present position until removed by
force, and in the event that Gover
nor Hampton Convened the Legisla
ture immediately, be could not de
termine as to his course.
The State Fair.
Raleigh Observer,
A meeting of the Advisory com
mittee of the btate Agricultural bo
ciety, was
held
at tho Yarborough
House last evening,
comine State Fair
Flans for the
wen
and it was resolved that
ffyrability and pow
mand of the officerSj
and the committee emrma rjyun
stintingly applied to the work of
making the fair of 1877 a complete
success. We will state here that the
President of the Society, Col. T. M.
Holt, has loaned the society $11,000
to put the same on a good founda
tion. This looks like business, and
we know all hands connected with
the fair mean business. There is no
such word as fail, when pluck, energy
and capital is the motive power.
Therefore we are already assured of
the success of the next fair; not a
little success, but a great, grand anp
glorious success.
The colored people of Goldsboro '
are moving in regard to the normal scnooi,
and want it located at that place. They
held a meeting on the 2d in which they
passed resolutions thanking Gov. Vance
and the Legislature. They say in their
third resolution: "That we regard it a
step in advance of any other Governor in
the United States in calling upon the colored
people to suggest where they desire their
normal school located."
Major F. H. Cameron has ten
dered to the Governor his resignation as a
member of the board of directors of the
Insane Asylum, which was accepted.
The
VOL. XX. NO. 16.
Spirits Turpentine.
Weldon has a minstrel troupe.
Roller-skating is all the go in
Louisburg.
The Hayes jubilee at Louisburg
ended in a fizzle.
The old Mecklenburg Dragoons
will be re-organized.
A charity ball is to come off at
Charlotte on the 13th.
Pamlico sends up a white con
vict to the penitentiary.
The fruit crop prospect in Rich
mond was never better.
The Baptists of Louisburg will
build a new church edifice.
The Raleigh Memorial Associa-
on will hold a dime party.
Bishop Gibbons is in Raleigh,
the guest of William Grimes, Esq.
Governor Hampton, whilst at
Charlotte, made a speech to the cadets.
A man by the name of McRary
has been arrested at Hickory for forgery.
Quite an excitement was created
at Raleigh by a false alarm of "mad dog."
The prisoners in Rockingham
jail tried to break out last week but failed.
The merchants of Louisburg
place lamps on the street in front of their
stores.
Bladen Court begun yesterday,
Judge Seymour presiding; 173 cases on
docket.
Mr. J. M. Pool is to become
Auditor of R. & G. aud Raleigh & A. A.
Railroads.
There were a dozen representa
tives of the press at Charlotte with Gov.
Hampton. j
Miss Manly and Mr. Haywood
were the guests of W. H. Bailey, Esq., at
Charlotte.
The Morganton Blade says
Major Wilson will make an excellent rail
road President.
The postofhee at Huntley has
been discontinued, which ought not to
have been done.
Charlotte is disconsolate. It has
no prospect of seeing a circus, but then it
is to have Rignold.
The cotton gin ot Mr. T. K. Sal-
monds, of Mecklenburg, was burnt on the
6th. Incendiarv work.
The Charlotte Hornet's Nest
Riflemen accompanied Gov. Hampton to
Columbia as a special escort.
Mr. W. Wyche has eight horses
training at Weldon for th spring races.
Some of them will be taken North.
Weldon is to. have
and yet Wilmington must content itself
with one. ouch partiality is snameiui.
- Woodson goes it heavy for Ra
leigh. He says the population is between
4,000 and 10,000. Divide, Brother, aiviae.
P. B. Hawkins, W. D. Jones
and Leroy G. Bagley are applicants for the
position of pension agent, now held by A.
W. Tourgee.
Magnolia Record: Mr. J. B.
Quinn, of Wolfscrape township, killed re
cently in Goshen Swamp, four large wild
turkeys at two shots.
Dr. Richard M. Lewis, of Wake
Forest, calls upon all the surviving mem
bers of the University class of 1852, to meet
at the next commencement.
Messrs. Peter E. Smith, S. R.
Spruill, and Dr. W. R. Wood, of Scotland
Neck, have invented and patented a way of
lighting buoys by an electric Jiglit. Hurrah,
for tar heel I
A hogshead of molasses was
emptied accidently at Rockingham, and
there was great rejoicing among the dar
kies. It made a stream nearly a hundred
yards long.
Raleigh Observer : The Secre
tary of State has sent to clerks and registers
of deeds, the Machinery Act, Kevenue Law
and School Law. They were sent to every
county in the Slate.
Dr. James Davie, of Salisbury,
in a letter to the Raleigh Observer, claims
to be the inventor of tbe telephone, which
he more than ten years aero named the
"Phonetic Telegraph."
Morganton Blade: We regret to
learn that a son of ooiomon npiey was
killed by the falling of a limb of a tree on
bis bead, wbile chopping down a tree in a
"pew ground," the early part of this week.
The Louisburg Courier is stir
ring the subject of a narrow gauge railroad
between that place and Frankhnton, a dis
tance of ten miles. It estimates the cost
at forty thousand dollars. It should be
built.
Wilson Advance: Critics should
not be too hard on the "dear creatures'
for being so fond of "finery," &c. They
inherited it from "mother Eve," whose
very existence centered on a rib bone from
Adam.
itaieign jxews: me people or
Warren county are beginning to turn their
faces toward Kaleigh as a trading point
uonsideraoie cotton nas ueen received in
is city from that county during the pres
n.
ev. ba. w. lbompson, or iN
onference, died at Morganton on 4th
inst. His death had been prematurely an
nounced in some papers. He was a native
of South Carolina and a gentleman of pro
found piety.
Mrs. Jackson, widow of Gen
"Stonewall" Jackson, who resides at Char
lotte, is to contribute to the Philadelphia
limes some reminiscences of the private
life of her husband, for which she is to re
ceive $100 a column.
The Democrats in the 6th dis
trict are hungry. They are besieging Dr.
Molt for the place vacated by McAlpine.
which, is worth from $1,000 to $1,200 a year.
Ob, the loaves and fishes, bow they do wipe
out party prejudices and antagonisms.
Spirit of the South: We learn
through a private source that a whiskey
distillery, the property of a Mr. Haywood,
in Montgomery county, was destroyed by
fire on Friday night of last week. It is
charged as the work of an incendiary.
Salem JPress : The Moravian bu
rying ground at present contains 925 graves,
and taking into consideration that it has
been in existence over a century, the num
ber of deaths in our community is, com
paratively speaking, small, showing plainly
that.for a healthy location, Salem certainly
ranks among the first.
Raleigh News: Sheriff Waggon
er, of Rowan, arrived m the city yesterday,
bringing to tbe penitentiary John Berry,
colored, who was convicted last fall of be
mi
Morning
WILMINGTON,
ing an accomplice in the murder of Caleb
tsetzer, of Davidson. His sentence was
commuted to imprisonment for ten years,
and he began the service yesterday.
Editors who have been brag
ging over huge "hen fruit" will please read
and wonder at the following from tbe An-
soman; "We have been shown by Wm.
Bethel, Esq., who is working at the Hamil
ton gold mine, near here, two hen eggs
weighing over half a pound. The hen that
laid the eggs weighs nine pounds, and is of
the Buff Uochm breed."
Raleigh Observer : The little
town of Cameron, on the Raleigh & Au
gusta Air-Line Railroad, just about three
years old, not only continues to improve,
but is just now spreading herself. One day
ast weea thirty-one loaded cars were
shipped from there. This looks like busi
ness, and is much better than more preten
tious and older towns can do.
Wake Superior Court in session,
Judge Buxton presiding. The News says:
t here are on tbe civil issue docket dig
cases for disposal, but only 180 or 200 for
trial; there are So on tbe summons or ap
pearance docket; 130 on tbe criminal
docket, 86 of which are for misdemeanors.
There are 40 new warrants for the Grand
Jury, 30 of which are for bastardy.
Magnolia Record: A sailor tbe
same week escaped from a vessel in Wil
mington and came up near Rocky Point on
the North East river, was found drowned;
the verdict was "supposed to be drowned
from some unknown cause to the jurors."
The poor fellow had a reliable silver watch
and guard on his person, and a sum of
foreign money.
Magnolia Record: Mr. W. F.
Quinn, of Duplin, killed at two shots eight
wild turkeys, tbree at one shot and five at
another. The latter weighed 75 pounds.
Calvin Jernigan, of Wolfscrape township,
killed recently in (ioshen, at one shot, two
very large wild turkeys, which weighed
sixty-five pounds gross. Last fall Mr. Jer
negan killed four turkeys at one shot.
Magnolia Record : Last Sunday
morning a negro named bam Wright was
found dead near Moore's Creek bridge in
this county. He was stabbed in a brawl in
Brunswick county or as the jury have it,
be came to bis death by a wound inflicted
in the left shoulder by a knife in tbe hands
of one Thomas Fry;" it is supposed that he
was traveling and stopped to rest, when he
bled to death from the wound.
Carteret county correspondent
of Magnolia Record : Tbe continuance of
the rainy season is causing the farmers of
this county to look quite serious. The
swamp lands are inundated, and it is im
possible to break the ground while it con
tinues so wet. These swamp lands are tbe
chief dependence for corn in this section.
Tlipv nPA vprv rinli rmrliifincr from tn to
j j i r" - m
fifteen barrels of corn per acre, and somef
of them go even beyond that.
The Raleigh Observer says that
ieraayetakuig depositions at the instance of
the defendants in the case of W. T. Black-
well & Co. vs. W. E. Dibrel & Co., of
Richmond. Va. This action is brought by
the plaintiffs to recover damages sustained
by tbe infringement of their trade raaru,
the Durham Bull. This firm paid $50,000
for that bull, and we do not blame them
for being jealous of those that are endeav
oring to entice him from his pasture.
jFJEEE JED OITrT.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Howe's Circus and Menagerie.
Meeting of Compress Company.
H. J. MwtpOBD For sale cheap.
Notice Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1.
Munson & Co Worsteds and cassimeres
Local Dot.
The storm-signal was displayed
in this city and at Smithville yesterday.
Cautionary signals are ordered
continued for Wilmington and Smithville
to-day.
There was only one case tried
in the Criminal Court yesterday, which is
alluded to elsewhere.
Quite a fleet of corn vessels ar
rived here yesterday from Hyde and the
north counties, their cargoes aggregating
11,192 bushels.
The flags of the public offices,
shipping, &c, were at half-mast yesterday
as a token of respect to the memory of the
late Capt. Whitehead.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society
will have their monthly meeting this after
noon, at 4 o'clock, at the school house of
Misses Kennedy and Hart.
The St. George and St. An
drew's Society and the Howard Relief F,
E. Company, No. 1, had their regular
monthly meetings last night.
Mr. Jos. L. Barlow has re
ceived the appointment of Deputy Clerk of
the Market, and will perform the duty of
weighing and inspecting beef, &c.
Rain, followed by clearing and
slightly warmer weather, northerly to west
erly winds, and low but rising barometer,
are the indications for this section to-day.
The sale of reserved seats for
the grand Rignold entertainment at the
Opera House, on Saturday evening next,
will commence at Heinsberger's book store
this morning.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Wilmington Cotton
Mills will be held to-day. Every stock-
bolder should be present as business of im
portance is to be considered.
At tbe Christian Chapel (col
ored M. E. Church) on Sunday nigbt, the
announcement was made that a camp meet
ins would open at Piney Bluff, about 12
miles above this city, on the 10th of May
In the case of Washington Nois,
who was convicted in the Criminal Court
on Saturday of the crime of larceny, de
fendant was discharged on the payment of
$50 and costs, in consideration of the pre
vious good character he had sustained.
The weather programme on
Sunday was strictly in accordance with
the "indications" as foreshadowed in the
Stab of that morning. It was very stormy,
accompanied by thunder and lightning and
a soaking rain, both Sunday and Sunday
night. It was a bad day for church goers
N. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1877.
The military Meeting To-Day.
The meeting of officers of the battalion
Composed of the two Wilmington companies
two Fayetteville companies, two Charlotte
companies and one Anson company.f or the
selection of field officers of the same, con
sisting of a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major,
will take place at the Armory of the Wil
mington Light Infantry Company this
morning, commencing at 8 o'clock. The
Charlotte Grays will be represented by
Lieut. D. H. Alexander, who will also re
present by proxy the Hornet's Nest Rifles,
Capt. Brenizer, of the latter company, be
ing unable to attend, and his lieutenants
having been accidentally left when the
train departed from Charlotte yesterday
morning. Capt. J. G. Branch, who arrived
last night, represents the Anson Guards.
The Independent Light Infantry and the
Lafayette. Light Infantry companies, of
Fayetteville, will be represented by Captain
C. H. Haige of tbe former and Captain
A. B. Williams, of the latter Company,
with their officers, eight in number. The
Wilmington Light Infantry Company and
the Whiting Rifles will be-represented by
Capt. M. P. Taylor of the former and Capt.
Jno. W. Gordon of the latter Company,
with their respective officers.
About 10 o'clock, at the close of the
meeting, the weather permitting, the vari
ous officers of the battalion, at the invita
tion of the Wilmington Companies, will in
dulge in a pleasant pic-nic to the sounds.
Mayor's Court.
The following cases were disposed of
by the Mayor yesterday morning:
Isaac Foster, charged with disorderly
conduct, was ordered to pay a fine of $5
and costs.
Frank Clarke, charged with being drunk.
Judgment suspended on the payment of
costs. ,
Sallie Walker and Rose Tyler, charged
with drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
in two cases, were ordered to pay a fine of
$10 each and costs or work for thirty days
on tbe streets, the judgment being the same
in both cases.
Alex. Atkinson, charged with being on
the premises of Sol. Nixon, when the latter
returned from church on Sunday night,
and being unable to give a satisfactory rea
son for his presence there, was ordered to
pay a fine of $25 and the costs, or work for
thirty days on the streets. It seems that
Nixon found Atkinson on his premises, and
jumped tbe fence, whereupon the prosecu
tor drew a revolver and ordered defendant
to halt or he would fire upon him. He
then questioned him as to his business there,
and bis answers not being satisfactory be
(Nixon) marched the offender to the guard
house and delivered him to the officers on
duty, who locked him up.
One or two cases were continued over
for a future hearing.
lie Deaib of Col. Wm. Med. McKay.
Mr. A. W. Fuller, of Lumber ton, wri
ting us under date of April 7th, gives the
following particulars of the death of this
gentleman, brief mention of which was
made in tbe Stab of Sunday morning:
"On Thursday last, about 2 o'clock, while
engaged in conducting a suit in the Court
House, Col. Wm. McL. McKay was strick
en with paralysis, and lingered uncon
scious, to all appearances, until last night,
at 10 o'clock, when he breathed his last
Col. McKay has been a regular practition
er at the bar for twenty-nve years, and was
much respected for his zeal and fidelity to
his clients. His remains were carried to
Fayetteville to-day for interment, followed
by a number of his family and friends."
The circumstances connected with the
death of Col. McKay were very similar to
to those of Col. Strange, and both have
left behind them a record pure and spot
less. i
Accident on the G. C. R. K.
The Charlotte Observer says: "The pas
senger train on the Carolina Central Rail
road, which leaves here at 6:30 in the morn
ing for Wilmington, met with an accident
at McAlpine's station on Thursday morn
ing. The passenger car mounted the 'frog'
and was thrown from the track and turned
over on its side. Fortunately tbe train was
running slowly. The conductor and one
passenger the only persons in the car-
were tossed about a little but received no
iniurv. It is said that the only injury to
the car was a broken window glass, caused
by the conductor and the passenger both
trving to get out of the same window at
the same time. The car was left on the
side of the road till a freight train came up
and 'righted' it."
Tbe Late Captain Whitehead.
Capt William B. Whitehead, who died
in this city early Sunday morning, was a
native of Norfolk, Va., where be was born
in 1801. He held the position of Captai n
in the U. S. R. M. service for many years
prior to the war, and was in both the Mex
ican and Florida wars. He had beec
resident of this city about 25 years. At
the commencement of the late war he ten
dered his resignation as Captain in the TJ.
S. R. M. service and tendered his services
to the Confederate Government. Since the
war he has held the position of Port War
den. Capt Whitehead was very generally
esteemed by all who knew him.
Thermometer Record.
The following will show tbe state of the
thermometer, at the stations mentioned, at
4.35 yesterday evening, Washington mean
time, as ascertained from the daily bulletin
issued from the Signal Office in this city:
Augusta, 52
Charleston 54
Coroicana, 71
Galveston, 73
Indianola, 72
Jacksonville, 68
Key West 81
Mobile 71
Montgomery ... .57
New Orleans,. . . .74
Norfolk... 41
PuntaRassa, 73
Savannah, 67
St. Marks, 73
Wilmington,.... 51
Star
r
THE "BLOODY" FIRST.
An Election Difficulty A "Return
ing Board" on Trial.
Quite an interesting trial came off before
the Criminal Couit yesterday, and the
Court House was crowded during its pro
gress, which continued during the entire
afternoon and a portion of the night. The
defendants, Jas. A. Lowrey, Geo. W.
Price, Jr., Nathan G. Sampson and W. H.
Howe, were a portion of what is knownjas
the Returning Board in the recent prelim
inary election by the Republican leaders of
the First. Ward to select the candidates
from that Ward for Aldermen, and were
indicted on the charge of a conspiracy to
assault James Heaton. A considerable
number of witnesses were examined, in
cluding Duncan Holmes, James Heaton,
tbe prosecuting witness, John Statcher, A.
B. Lyn, F. W. Foster and others, sad
judging from the evidence, there was any
quantity of bull-dozing, ballot-stuffing,
&c. The witness Holmes, in the course of
his examination, telling what occurred in
the room where the Returning Board was
in session, after the polls had been
closed in tbe evening, said, among
other things, that after himself, Hea
ton and one or two others had been ad
mitted into the chamber, tbe members of
the Returning Board demanded as prelimi
nary to tbe counting of the vote, first, their
supper, which was ordered by Heaton,
next a "bate" of oysters all around, which
was forthcoming, then a gallon of whiskey,
which was also sent for, and finally that,
in accordance with some pre-arranged un
derstanding, they sioukl be paid $5 each
for their services, which they also received ;
that during this time one of the defendants
repeatedly shook the ballot-box over his
head, &c. ; that after tbe Board bad suffi
ciently indulged their appetites with "crea
ture comforts" the box was opened and the
counting commenced, the candidates in
the meantime, except Mr. Foster, who was
not in the room, being engaged in keeping
tally; that soon after the counting had be
gun it was discovered that there were seve
ral packages of tickets, numbering from ten
to twenty, sticking together, whereupon
there was some talk of fraud having been
practiced ; or, in other words, that tbe ballot-box
had been stuffed, upon which
Sampson, one of the defendants, insisted
very strongly that there should be no
"going behind the returns" in
Mwany-grrHeaion, seeming to enter
tain tbe notion that he had been the victim
of fraud on the part of a portion of the Re
turning Board, suddenly arose from his
seat, whereupon every member of the
Board, including others in the room, also
rose to their feet, one seizing a stick, an
other a hatchet, another a chair, another
drawing his pistol, &c. ; that Heaton pro
nounced them all a set of thieves, an
nounced his intention of retiring, and
started for tbe door; that in passing Lyn he
kicked at him (Lyn himself testified tt he
kicked him in the chest and struck frnn a
blow in the face), and that by this time Price
came up with Heaton with his stick in his
band and the two clenched falling over some
benches that were in the room; that Price
was seized and got out of the way, when
tbe witness, Holmes, seized Heaton round
the waist, pinioning bis arms, and forced
him into a corner of the room, where he was
held until he could be taken from tbe
chamber; that during this time the club,
pistol, chair, hatchet, &c, were being
brandished, and there were frequent cries
of "kill him," "let him go," "shoot him,"
&c, but nobody was hurt except Lyn.
Heaton, the prosecuting witness, corrob
orated Holmes' testimony, and the evidence
of both was introduced by the State to
show that there had been a conspiraey
from the first, tho result of which was to
be an assault upon Mr. Heaton, and the
latter himself stated that, though he had
never in his life been scared, he really
thought then that his "time had come."
The witnesses for the defence, however,
made things appear in quite a different
light, and it was shown in the course of
the examination that Price, being Marshal
of the city, was present fh the capacity of
a peace officer. At least that was the evi
dence. It was also denied that any pistol
was used by either of the defendants; that
they expected Mr. Heaton would want to
get up a row, and they were only prepared
to resist any attempt at bull-dozing, &c.
Lyn's testimony was very elaborate and de
livered very much in the form of a speech.
Mr. Solicitor Moore anneared for the
prosecution, and Hon. D. L. Russell for the
defence.
The jury, after a short absence, returned
a verdict or not guilty as to all the parties.
Personal.
We regret to learn that Mr. and. Mrs. C.
H. Robinson were called from this city
yesterday evening by an announcement by
telegraph of the sudden death, at Hoo&ick
Falls, New York, of the mother of Mrs.
Robinson. This lady has been peculiarly
unfortunate lately, having lost a brother
by death in November last, and another in
the month of March just past, she being
the only remaining member of her immedi
ate family now left. She has the sympathy
of the community in her sad bereavement
Low Barometer.
Capt Hill, of the Schr. Henrietta Hill,
which arrived here yesterday, states that
his barometer descended to a lower point
on Sunday than he has ever known it in his
experience, with one exception, which was
many years ago, and up to yesterday after
noon it had not changed its position.
RItten by a Dos.
A little son of Mr. Wellington Banks
while passing in the vicinity of the post
office, yesterday afternoon, was attacked
aad severely bitten on tbe arm by a viscious
dog. At last accounts a policeman was
trying to find out the owner of the danger
ous animal.
WHOLE NO. 3,019
Colored Normal school.
This is the day for the meeting of the
Board of Education at Raleigh to take ac
tion, among other things, as to the location
of the proposed Normal School for the
education of teachers for the colored race.
The delegates from this place are Revs. D.
J. Saunders and Jas. W. Telfair.
Festival tills Evening.
The ladies of the Second Presbyterian
Church will have a festival at Meginney's
Hall this evening. The music will be fur
nished by the Euterpean Band. A very
pleasant time is expected, and it is to be
hoped that there will be a large turn out on
the occasion.
RIVER AND "1ARINE 1TEJIS.
The steamship Raleigh, Oliver, cleared
from Baltimore for this port on the 7th inst.
The schooner C. JJ. Lewis, Mclntire,
sailed from Rockland for this port on the
2d inst.
The schooner John Schuette, Brooks,
arrived at Hamburg from this port on the
6th inst.
A brig and a barque, names and na
tionality unknown, were reported in below
yesterday.
The schooner Mattie Holmes, Richard
son, sailed from Bucksport for this port on
tbe 4th inst.
The steamship Regulator, Doane,
cleared from New York for this port on
the 7th inst.
The schooner Ida jL Allen, arrived at
Windsor, N. S., from East port on tbe 2d
inst., and cleared for this port.
Stop that coughing; if you do not it will
kill you. A bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup only costs you 25 cents, and its time
ly use may save your life. f
CITY ITEMS.
AN AGE OF COMPETITION. In this day or
the world competition is active in the extreme. But
in the long run it's the best which wins the prize
of public preference in spite ef all the deceits used
to bolster up weak articles. For this reason Doo
lbt's Yeast Powdkb is recognized as the highest
possible achievement in baking powder.
No DAxera 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
wncn boschees iissjUN sraur can De ootamea
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 mat tney can duv
tion in wumington. B;
KBEP'S SHIRTS. Always the Beet ! Always
the Cheapest ! An elegant set of Genuine Gold
Plate Collar and Sleeve Buttons given with each
hair 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'i Shirts are only made in one quality, the
very best t We invite every reader of this paper to
send his address and receive samples aad full di
rections fer self-measurement.
KKBP MANUFACTURING CO. ,
- 186 and 167 Mercer street,
New York.
Da. Schknck's Standard Remedies. -The stan
dard remedies for all diseases of the lungs are
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Schenck's Sea Weed
Tenie, and Schenck's Mandrake Pills, and if taken
before the lungs are destroyed a speedy cure is ef
fected, v
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
ana 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 nd 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
aad alterative; the alkali of which it is composed
mixes with the food and prevents soaring. 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 dmce,
corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, every
Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the country.
DIED,
MAWM Af tha MMlifaMftn nf a r t.au4
Sampson county, on the 7th instant, EDDIE, infant
ovu ui iugcmo mm. nww&ru aiann, age a eignteen
months.
' Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade.
Death came with friendly care,
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there.
new advertisements!
Wilmington Hoot & Ladder Co,, No. 1.
ATTENTION I
The Truck having been teturned
te tbe Truck-House, on Dock Street, members will,
in case of Fire alarm, assemble there.
By order of the Foreman.
W. J. GORDON,
P 10-lt Sec'y.
i
Wilmington Compress & Warehouse Co.
WILMINGTON, N. C. April 10, 1877.
A meeting of the Stockholders of the
above Company will be held at the Hall of tne Bank
of New Hanover, at 11 A.M. TO-DAY, to act upon
report of Committee on By-Laws.
WM. L. DEBOS8ET,
ap 10-lt v Sec. and Treae.
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 10, 1877.
WALTER G. MacRAE,
mh 21-3t nac mh 21 A ap 1, 10 Secretary.
OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
NEW HANOVER CO., April 7, 1877.
On and after the 9th instant the Warrants of this
County oa the County Treasurer, for debts contract
ed since January 1st, of this year, will be cashed at
par, as soon as issued each month, either at the
First National Bank or the Bank of New Hanover,
at the option of the holder.
ap8-3t nac
Look At
QUR WORSTEDS AND CASSIMERES,
TO MAKE TO ORDER.
ENGLISH and AMERICAN MAKE,
ap 10-lt MUNSON & CO.
For Sale Cheap,
fX& WILL EXCHANGE FOR LUMBER, THE
J Machinery of a Steam Saw-Mill, sold for want
of use. 1 Steam Engine, 20 inch cylinder, 86 inch
stroke, 80 horse power, 4 Plain Cylinder Boilers, 38
feet long, 40 in. diameter, with steam aad mad dram
and connecting pipes. 1 Riadea's Saw Mill, 60 ft.
carriage, complete. Turning Lathes, Slitting and
Cross-Cut Saws and Tables, Hangers, Pulleys, etc.
H. J. MULFORD,
ap 10-D6t&W4t Bridgeton, N. J.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
One Square one day, $i 00
" ' two days, 1 SO
" " three days, 3 00
" " four days, a 50
- " " five days, 8 00
" One week, s 60
" Two weeks 6 00
" " Three weeks, 50
" " One month, 8 00
" Two months, 15 00
" " Three months, ,. 22 00
Six months, , as 00
"-'- One year ..J SO 00
,wContract Advertisements taken at propor
tionately low rates.
Five Squares estimated as a quarter-column, an?
ten squares as a half column.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WILMINGTON.
Monday, April 16.
TWO
Grand Performances !
At 2 and 7.30 P. M.
Doors Open One Hour Previous.
EC O W IE 9
GREAT
LONDON CIRCUS !
AND
Sanger's
ENGLISH MENAGERIE!
OF
TRAINED ANIMALS!
WITH
DocirilTs G-mft Circus Aggregation !
A ltoo of Natural History!
Sanger's English Menagerie !
Conceded by all
To contain more TRAINED WILD BEASTS, aad
the most choice and rare collection of LIV
ING WILD ANIMALS of any Ex
hibition IN THE WORLD.
The Best Group of Five Wonderful PERFORMING
ELEPHANTS in the World.
The only Den of Five Ferocious ROYAL BENGAL
TIGERS in the World.
And the only Den of SIX GRAVE-ROBBING HY
ENAS ever entered by man.
Also.
THIRTY CAGES AND DENS OF ANIMALS 1
The most choice and rare Zoological collection
ever seen under canvas, including many species of
the Brute Creation never before upon exhibition.
PROF. ELLINGHAM, Zoological Lecturer.
Sanger's British Menagerie !
OF
Living Trained Animals !
Is known to be the
MOST VALUABLE COLLECTION in the WORLD
And to contain the
RAREST AND FINEST SPECIMENS OF ANI
MATED NATURE.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DESERT I
DWELLERS OF THE POLAR REGIONS I
TERRORS OF THE FOREST I , .
DENIZENS OF THE JUNGLE 1
MONSTERS OF THE DEEP 1
0
IT HAS THE
Host AccoulisM Riders. Gymnasts
aM Acrobats !
THE GREAT LAUGHING PHILOSOPHERS OF
THE AGS ARE THE
Four G-reat Clowns !
THIS IS THE
LARGEST CIRCUS !
In America.
Filly Lady aM Gentlemen Performers
Among them
MLLE DOfKRILL,
The Paragon Bare Back Rider.
FRANK. MELVILLE,
The Australian Horseman.
MARDI GRAS CARNIVAL I
IN CHARACTERS,
WITH OTHER ATTRACTIONS I
H . BARMiH. General Manager.
R. H. DOCK. HILL Equestrian Dlrestor.
3?-EXCURSION TRAINS will run on all 1
AT HALF FARE, is order to accommodate these
who desire to attend this COLOSSAL ENTER
TAINMENT, ap 10-DStAWlt
wIr1 mEiEsi llliSii3 llHis I
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