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T HE nOEimiG STAR. tU KLISI1KD DAILY EXCEPT MONDAYS. . . . !- 1 BAXBS or SOBSCBIPTIO M ADVAHCa : One year: ' (by mail) postage paid,. . . .... . ... s.xmontna H 1 1 35 Three months, " " ,, ? oo city. Fifteen Cento per week. ty Agenta re mt authorized to collect fer more than three month in advance. . MORNING EDITION. OUTLINES. Gambetta. it is thought, will not be im prisoned at once. Frost at Bucharest, Russians have been largely reinforced. Gortschakoff declines all mediation. ' Fifty ' ihbusancl' -Buasikns' are ' about entering Turkey through Sterna. ' An advance from the Lora Ijj Mehemet Ali is again expected.' --News from Russian headquarters on the 11 tu give, .account of the fight a Sunday and Monday; Plevna is not captured. The Russians buried 2,200 Turks killed at Lovatz; Russian, loss Ij00tt-:r Silvio won the 'St. Leger stakes. .', A terrible , disaster lias "oc curred in the English Channel; two British ships collided, and both. foundered; ninety- six persons were drowned; twelve-of -the rewa none-eacapea; - jvey bucis iu the, use of "erring brethren." A mob in Illinois hanged a man for assaulting a white . woman. Striking coal miners in Michigan have resumed work. Prohibition Convention met in Boston and declared they will not affiliate with either Democratic or Republican party. ' Hyde Park Hotel,, Chicago, burned; loss $35,000; guests lose from $8,000o $10,000. New Y0T& markets: Money easy at 3 per cent; gold dull nt 103; cotton firm at 1 IS eU? flour heayy, Soalbern $5 CO (fii&JiO; wheat less active and 11 Jc. lower; corn dull at 5058l cents; spirits turpen tine quiet at 36c; rosin quiet at $1 80 1 85. Latest By Mail. IVISCONMf N. Itcpubliran :onreniia-rhc Fresl deMt' Kouilteru Poller, &:?. Madison, Sept. 11. i The llejiwblican State Convention nominated forGoveruorv William E. Smith, of Milwaukee, ani! for Lieu-tenant-LuuHrnor J. M. Bingham, of Chippewa. ;; t H ' : , . : ; A Southern resolution; after a pre amble indicating that the Wisconsin Republicans consider the' people of that section in a state of pupilage, concludes: Wo shall rejoice if trie Southern policy of the President pro duces the hoped-for results of order and peace; but if; these results shall not follow .this experiment we de ru"SM trial other measures be adopted which shall necnre to all citizens, without' distinction of xaco or color, the fullest enjoyment of their consti tutional rights. They hold that the silver dollar should be returned to its .former placo as money, ami made a legal tender for the payment of debts except where otherwise distinctly provided by law, with the coinage so; regulated as to maintain equality of value, and the harmonious circulation of gold, silver, "and legal notes as money. While they earnestly coh-1 demn all violence, outlaw, and mob-; rule, yet this Republican party ex-; presses its heartfelt sympathy with' the condition of the workingmen who are willing to work hut are unable to find employment. Itlorioh Dm fat-poses and Condition Special Dispatch to Baltimore Sun. j Washington, Sept. 10. A friend of Senator Morton, whoj arrived here from Indiana to-day, says the Senator is determined that,' it oe 18 aiiva auu it is pvooium iui uuu, to BeaiTtlie journey to Washington, will be in his seat when. Congress meets in October. Despite this, it is not believed here that. Governor Mor-; ton can be present at the extra ses sion. In fact one of his most intimate; friend here says he does not believe he will ever be. in Washington again. His absence, and . the fact of antici-i paled -carpet-bag defections, leads some to the belief that the Democrats have a good show of obtaining con trol of the Senate at onoe. A Vile Slander. Special Dispatch to News and Courier.! NEWBERRY, Sept. 11. The statement published in the New. York Tame that CoL Keitt, of Newberry, has been arrested for; bigamy, is utterly false and without any foundation ' in fact. Col. Keitt is a gentleman above reproach.? Thomas Keitt, a colored member of. the' Legislature, is the party indicted: for bigamy, and his trial is now pend ing iu the Court of sessions in JScw uerry. JTIedlcal Aid Sought. -j .' Savannah, Sept. 11. The Mayor of Fernandina Has tel ! graphed I the Mayor of , this city for; medical aid and nurses, and Dr. Mc- Farland , leaves :bere to-morrow f or ; that city. A dispatch lrom the May or "or Brunswick to the Morning : News emphatically denies the j report of yellow fever, arid says there is no sickness of any kind in that place. -i me -p-Tlireo Boya Drowned. , : New York, Sept. 10. Three boys,1 named Oscar Tucker, Henry: Yorski and Samuel Schwartz, were drowned in the North river to day. Their boat was ran down by the ferry-boat Koslyn, of the Wee liawken line. . ;" ';t. 'v-r. . . n KarUtafce Staoek, ' Mount Hoi.lt, N. J., Sept.-10. A shock of earthquake was expe rienced here and in the vicinity at 10 o'clock this . morning. Houses were shaken and crockery broken, butoth-! erwise no damage was done. ; .: . . Thomas Jefferson' is a barber at Charlotte. - - VOL. XX.--NO; 149. A BHaVE Oltli lSAItt' He Cat Off a Rnrslar's Head with . - Hi! OwnAxoi t New York Times Special. : Cincinnati, .Ohio, SepU 9. ' ' ;The following interesting partica lars of the tragedy in Rush cbuntyi Indiana, are received: Tho robber was first met by Mrs. Bowling, who heard a noise in the kitchen and went down stairs to ascertain iw hat the cause w as. She rushed back to her sleeping room, followed closely by the man who was armed with an' axe arid a re volver. Here the thief made a de mand upon the aged couple for their money, struck the old lady with hia . 1 1 3 - J 1 ! -i pistoi ana Knocjteu ner qowu, uruising; her face terribly, where she, .to save her life, gave up all the money she had, but the old man stoutty" refused The thief then proceeded to search the house, and ordered them both up: stairs before him, still keeping the axe and revolver, ! which he dis charged three limes in the house, in his hands. . Altec rummaging through the rooms hp stairs Iiq ordered the old lady and gentleman down, still keeping them in front of him. He then look them into the parlor and began to; go through the bureau. One drawer :of this was hard to open and he had to use both hands, setting the axe down f for that pur-; pose. Mr. Howling, i who was watch ing for an opportunity picked up the axe, and with one well-aimed blow, nearly severed the burglar's head from his body. The bid man and woman then went quietly back to bed andslept until morning, leav ing the bloody corpse on the floor in f root of the bureau In the morning he went and told his son. i lie coro- tier was then sent for,i and when he arrived late in the day he found the' thief where the old man had killed! him, with his revolver still cocked and in his hand, now cold and stiff.' He had entered the house by knock-; ing the kitchen window in with an, axe, which luckily he kept with him mitil the unguarded' moment. The dead body of the robber was brought to Rushville last night and has been lying in the court house yard all dayj where it has been viewed by hun-j dreds of people. . Thus far it has not been identified. Mr. years old. . Bowling is 78 The Carolina Farrkert published! by Messrs. Wm. Hj Bernard and Hamilton McMillan, of Wilmington, is on our table. It is full of valuable information about farming and house-, bold affairs, aud should-be encouraged by all Carolinians. Jibidsville Neios. Spirits Turpentine. Cole's circus U making .for, Charlotte. - ' j ' .'. Granville sends four students toj the University. ' ,1 I Trinity College had 85 students' when last hoard front. ; j , . . , Orange Presbytery' meets at. Milton on the 12th inst. ; i j The "Honorable"r Legislators rer now and then heard from, . - - ' i . k-. Over" 1,000 sheepjwill be shippodj North this fall from Yancey and Macon, counties. jw il i . ' j Fifty-two person's have recently professed religion on Newton circuit, M. E. Conference. j ' , ; rMrs. Vaughan, fn Mecklenburg,' by mistake gave her child a dose of mor phine, from wbieh it'died. - " v' - - Buncombe ; and I Yancey had a Fruit Fair at Asheville on the 8th. Yancey exhi bi ted 38 varieties of Apples. William Robinson, Esq.', of , Goldsboro, died on the Cth inst. aged 62.' He was an old editor and a man of talents.' Concord Sun : fWe "are sorry to' hear that our old townsman, Alex. Patter son, now living in Bryant City, Texas, was bitten by a mad dog. ; -j v q . And now it turns out it ain't Scott Par tin after all. And Clay Crawford want Osman Pasha, Bor Bazaine want a Turk either for all that! -' ' Reidsville Netps : 3. W. Reid, of Went worth, was thrown from a wagon last week and very badly hurt, but no seri ous damage, and we arc glad to hear" lie is rapidly recovering. . , ; , The Hickory IPress has a big snake story. But hia snakeship was not "thirty feet long," if he did have a head "as huge as a gallon crock," and "could be "heard blowing nearlyja mile." Mr. II. S. Shafer, a Northern man, resident in Davidson county, ;has swapped homes with Judge llowk, of! Kansas, aTennesaeean by birth. , Shafer leaves to educate bis children, and because if he were to run. fori office he would be dubbed a ' 'Carpet-b4gger," so says the - Superintendent i Mills, -with a chapter,, of orphans, j will give entertain ments as fojlows: i aison, D nuay; sept. 14; Pink Hill, Saturday ; Sepb 15; Catharine Lake Monday. Sentl; 17: Onslow Court house, Tuesday, Sept 18; Trenton, Wed- j nesaay, isepu iy; lunsion, i nursaay, oepi. 20; Hookerton, Friday Sept. 21; Snow Hill, Saturday, bept. 22; lireenville, Mon day, Sept. 24; Falkland, Tuesday, Sept 25; Speight's Bridge, Wednesday Sept '26. Hickory Press : Farmers in McDowell have begun cutting tobacco. Last, Wednesday a ;: gang of wild, turkeys was on the railroad six miles "above Hick ory as the East-bound train came along, and one jumped on4.be cow-catcher and rode to town. The camp-meeting held at Nebo, embracing last Sabbath, was very largely attended, j Excursion trains from Henry's and Hickory were ran on Sunday and an unusually large crowd was present Gov.. Yance making, one of the number. . . , Danbury . Reporter: In Saura- town, twenty-three rattlesnakes have been killed in a mile squace this season, and still the people are riot-happy.! We leain that a fight occurred at Lawsonyille, Jast Sunday, in which several parties participa ted.. Sundry cuts and bruises were the re sult Lee Bennett, living a few miles distant, lost his house, with most of con- WILMINGTON; N;. C.,' TIIURS DAY.!!SEPTEMBER 13. 1877. tents, by fire a: few night ago.i All of his grain, meat, etc., .were. consumed, v We have been informed of. the Itorrible death of Mrs, Astrop, which occurred last Wed nesday, at her residence, near. Pauick C. H, The unfortunate lady's clothing caughi fire and was literally burned from her body, resulting in fatal injury. v 7. Oxford JJnce; The colored people are becoming fully aroused op the subject of education ia tie county, and are naturally indignant mat me ocnooi i unq should be diverted from the nurnase for which it was intended. - The fast ses sion of the Primitive Baptist .Association was held at Lebanon Church last weekand was largely attended, as many as 5,000 peo- Ele bemg present on bunaay. , . vn&s. i Paschall was appointed by the County Commissioners representative ' student, to University of the State from, the county of Uranville, in pursuance , or an act el .tno Ueneral Assembly. Mr. Ja& Stegall, an old resident of Oxford, but for a hum ber of years living in Kentucky, returned W this place on Monday last, We understand ii is tue luieuuuu ui air, oiegau it do&ko Oxford his permanent home for the re- Monroe Enquirer y Mr. Josiah Wentz, found in the woods near Pleasant Benton's, on the 31st ult, the body of apina tree, about twenty-five feet high, the top having been broken ou many years ago, Although there is no sign of a limb or leaf,! the topless tree has continued to live -and grow as if it were ! whole.;' -; We leaxri that Mr; Wm. Love was severely cut with! an axe, at 2ion Camp Ground,- on last Wednesday, lie was at work on the arbor; near his father, who was driving a wooden pin into the framing with an axe, when the axe slipped from the bundle' and the edge struck him along side his nose, under the right eye. One corner of the axe cut into the eye-ball, near the corner, and through the lower eyelid; then, striking betweep the nose and check bone, laid open -a 'gasli about an inch deep, severing the bone en-r ureiy. i Monroe Express : .We learrj from Mr. C. N. Simpson, ' Register of Deeds, that recent investigation disclosed the fact that there is still due and "unpaid $43,800 of the original 160,000 of bonds issued by Union, county in ' favor of the' W., a & It it It - From the Re4 gister's statement wo learn that from lb$ .first Monday in September, 187 0 tlnl first Monday in September, 1877, claim were audited and allowed to the amount of $4,771 29, including i f 1,225 ' allowed the keeper of the county jail, and $420 10 al lowed the commissioners for services.1 We learn that a severe ball-storm passed over . a section of this county' about six miles of town on last Saturday evening doing considerable damage to the - fodder and cotton crops. It covered an area about! three-quarters of a mile wide and seven! miles in length - - ? . : Charlotte Observer: The fire men, in their practice, last Saturday after noon, burst $700 worth of hose. Mrj SchilT, secretary of tbe lodge of the Inde ' dependent Order of Bnai Brith of this city, has just paid over to Mrs. Heineman, widow; pf the late James Heineman, $1,000, which! falls to the heirs of each member of the order Tipon his-death. The accounts of tbe richness of tlieoro on the Blmcklandj published in Sunday's Observer, wero not exaggerated in the least, as an examination of the specimens will demonstrate. Mrj Ellington brought with him to the ' city, about a gallon of quartz, and gentleman, experienced in mining matters examined it and pronounced half of it pure gold. The pre is generally conceded to be the richest; that has ever been found in this county.1- For one piece of rock half the size of a man's fist, heavily streaked with gold, Mr. Elling-j ton was yesterday offered fifty dollars,; which ha refused' to take ' The earth hast not been penetrated in ' tbe search for thisj eold to a ereater denth than two eet'TheJ vein varies in width from Six inches .to a; foot' StateavUle correspondent : MThe( Iredell Blues at their last meeting, agreed to go the State ' Fair." ' One shipment of 250 head of cattle' was made from Hen ry's via this place.- ; It took tbe Western N. C. Railroad several days to make the ship ment1' The prospects for the tobacco cropt are good; and the trade iri this article willi be largely increased. ' ' 1 ;' 1 -: UT JE3T Jj G3 X '-L' r5f-i5 1 ' NEW AIVKK'riSKfTIKN TS. Postponement of Excursion. 1 ' . ' ; Postponement German Pic nic. Fairbahks Safety money drawer, TnosH. McKov-r:FaraUy groceries. Harbison & Allen Reduced prices, -i Pholfs, Dobeutjs & Coiibett Card. , : Mtjhson & Co. Military suits to order. ' Clebk op Mauke Notice ' to grape. dealers. ' ' ",' , ' :' ."'' LOtll UOIt. , , ,i . r;': ! i There were no : cases for trial before the Mayor's ,Court yesterday mori ing.i ..;',' '.'...''' . 'i..-' .; -( ''- :. -s-t-i ; Young "Indications'' fell short of the mark when lie 'predicted ."partly: cloudy" weather for yesterday. 'J: ' ' ' Stationary or rising barometer,, warmer southeast winds, ' partly cloudy weather and local rains, are the indications for this section to-day. . ; ? - a . i ; ; The. first, monthly j parade and drill of the Hanover nLight infantry will take place on Monday af(erh6dn, (he 24th inst., and will be kept up regularly there' after. . , ., . ; , ,,, .t ' , , The Cape FeaV . (colored) JAgtit Infantry is'went ( . on 4 ;an . excursion ; yps-! teidayt on Xbv.Modoo, to SBiitbvilloj r and ! other points below' return ibg J;abottt'-8l o'clock lasUvening v..tl ,)t, . h, The German7 1 bio-nic, nnder the j auspices oi tiie ttpwara nei.. jsjomr- pany, which was to have taken place at the j Wilmington Oafaeas yesterday afternoon, was postponed 6u kdcount of the bad weather, ntil this afternoonf at4'oIcfcckt The excursio of ' tH Tonng Catholic FrieSdV Sppiety, ' whtchai (a4r vertised to take .place lo-day has been in definitely postponed, in consequence of the bad weather for he. past two days, which would interfere materially .with their pro posed picnic. Uetpraefl. Jyr:"i'-nt il-'nilh ; . Rev, Mr. Bernheim of St Paul's Luthd ran Church, arrived home 1 yesterday,' aftet an absence of about three months, in Eut rope. His flock, as well as bis numerous friends generally,-, were .glad ta; welcome him borne again.' Ilemvy Bsln Teiterdajr, Thia section: was again visited, iyester ' day, by a heavy, continuous and ' soaking rain, which flooded the streets and in many cases damaged them to a considerable ex tent, jpvi ng the street hands another big job to, get them' in proper brdcr again: We hear of several places where the streets and sidewalks were badly "washed, but more particularly was this the case at the inter- section of Ffont and Walnut streets, where, at. one -point, the entire pavement was washed - up, rendering it .'necessary for about a dozen of the street hands to .go' to work on ir at once in order to put it in a . .. . ; . ... . . , .( - - . passable condition. Market street, between Front and Second, was almost a complete sheet of' watcrj which, however. quickly run off upon the cessation of the storm; but in jSpme oyier. 4 places, .more parucu lar ly t on ,Cbesnu,belweu JSightb and Ninth streets, la good, portion pf the street, with sido walks o&tboth .sides, was , completely submerged; while some six or eight lots in the square bounded by Chesnut and Mulberry and Eighth -and Ninth streets are also, under water, rendering it impossible m many cases for the inmates of tbe houses to leave the same without wading above their knees in water, for which there is no drainage of any kind provided, and it is compelled to stay where it is until, by 'due process of nature, the earth gradually absorbs it This renders it very unpleasant to persons residing inthat particular neighborhood, to say nothing of the danger that the con tinued dampness may tend to breed sick ness among the people in the floodod dia trict It is true that such rains as we have this season do not come often; in fact, one of our "oldeet inhabitants" informed us yesterday that they only come at intervals of ten years, there being-Just such a seasoq of continued moisture in 1857, again in 1867, and now, in 1877, by which course of reasoning he arrives at the conclusion that we .will; not be visited by any more such rains until 1887; but, as we have no aasur-f ance of a ' positive character that such will be, the case, would it not, as we were going to remark, be advisable to provide, if pos-r sible, some suitable drainage for the im mense volume of water that collects in the vicinity alluded to upon the occurrence oi every such rain as that'bf yesterday? We hope, for the benefit of the people of the "flooded district," that the authorities may be nrcvailed unon to take the matter into consideration. THE STORM IN THE COUNTRY. We learn from a gentleman who started. to Masonboro Sound yesterday afternoon but who turned back inconsequence of the. difficulty he encountered in- making his WaV. tlintHit 1nrrnSlr mn f,it " many places. The bridge at the first Mason boro turnout was found floating in the road. while the pond just this side of tbe second Masonboro bridge was barely passable, the water being above the hubs of tho wheels.; The bridge over the Toomer Mill branch, on ; the Masonboro turnpike, was washed! away: ; Several fords on the other road were rendered impassable. Several parties made Uie . attempt to reach - the , Sounds during the af ternoon, but how many suc-j cecded we are unable at this writing to say.' The roads were flooded to such an, extent that it was a dangerous experiment i, - i. we learn mat tne unuge over uurntjuui, - . . . a .1 T. If .11 Creek;' nearly abreast of tho National Ceme tery, was swept away, and no doubt many, of tbe bridges on tne otner roaas suareu me same fate. " " ' ; I A gentlemen who arrived here yesterday. ovening, as wet as a "drowned rat," in-: forms us that iu the Hood's Creek section,' m ' Brunswick A county, through- which he. passed; 'the whole country is flooded, no.' eucit rains aa mat oi yesterday ana tuo uay neiore paving lauea mere ior many years, ! - .- . Preparations for tbe Aeeomnodtilou thO jMUUary VmuiiiK alio state . Fair. , . . .. learn from the Raleigh : Observer that Camp Russell has been secured for the use and 'occupancy of the visiting military du ring Fair week.' Our contemporary adds: 'Camp Russell is the garrison recently QC-; pupved by the Federal troops, and the bar racks are in superb order, neat and clean, ; beautiful parade grounds, elegant kitchens, dining halls, a convenient distance from the heart of the city, ia fact just the place best suited for the citizeu soldiery that will bV present .at .the" Fair, . There are good wells of water, cisterns, sinks, shaded groves flower., gardens in short every at traction and convenience that the Govern ment of the United States ' could ; possibly bestow 'upon' ' it for. the past twelve years. We. learn thati twenly-fouc voluuteer com- panies aie expected at the Fair, and at Camp Russell there is ample room for all, :a1 the buildmgs and grounds odcuriy 'feve- rai acres." .- . Tb Culpeper (Ta; limes: of Tuesday, speaW' qbe presence in''that' town ''of RevV jJiTaylor, Pastor i of , the First aptist, ; church, of , this city,: spending a f g w day s .with his numerous: friends," and adUs, in another pai agraph : 4Rev. 1 Jas. B. Taylor preached in the Baptist church iporntng and night Iq: large :congregattQt)9. Mr. Taylor was pastor of -the Baptist church here for some 'leq years after tbe war. He has a warm place in the hearts pf hia old congregation, aa is plainly shown by, the general. expression of: friendship very time be can spare the ; time' to yisit ns." m lmm- ' r ' ' Poatponed. ' 1 The usual weekly open air conceri by tho Cornet Concert Club,' which was: to bare come off at the pity Hall - park , last night, wappstponed, jln.consequenqe ;of the la clemency of the weather, nnlil this (Thurs day) evening.' ' ' 1 mm CITY FINANCES AND TAXATION. " . Wilmikqton, N.' C, Sept 12, 1877. . Editob Stab: Referring to the action of the Board of Aldermen on the 10th inst we deem it proper to explain oujr reasons for the position taken by us in reference to the liquor license tax. To do this clearly will necessitate a few figures. i The tax-payers, after reading the official report of ex-Mayor Canaday, are left with the impression that only a very small taxa-' tion is required to carry On the citygovernr ment : comfortably. Unfortunately for us; such is not the case. There ' are serious omissions in : that document which whea considered place the city finances in a criti cal state. 'The amount for the current year is as fol lows: .(jal-io-s- For FloaU'ng Debt...$15,00fJ.00 Estimated Coupons past due prior to ' July 1, "77... ..... 85,000.00 Interest on same 5 " about, . w . 5,000.00 Coupons "due July, '77, and Jan'y, 78 88.112.20 Bond past due (not . .. presented)..... . . .: -1,000.00: Bonds past due (ma-1 ? ? 5 tured Jan'y 1, 76. 85,800.00 Interest on same to Jan'y 1 next. .... 5,012.00? Current Expenses. . . 50,000.00 ; Bonds maturing Feb ruary next. ....... 40,000.00 ' f -$244,924.20 5 Wliat are the resources and assets of the city with which to meet above 1 Tax Book for 1877 (being all revenue r m x- a ts . . irom jteatj&siaie, - t Personal Property and Incomes). .'. .1100.000.00 license Taxes (eau- mated same aslaat year)...., 89,909.02 27,600.00 12,425.20 7.M7.00 Back Taxes on Real Estate due '72, '73, ,74, '75. and '76. . Back Taxes on Per- . sonal Property for samev ears. . . Poll Taxes , (same yeira). . . . . . , t ! Street Improve ment assessment 16,65a 31 $204,537.53 Deficit.. $40,386.67 Tne above liabilities are certaintiea. ; Are the assets certain or, available ? All will agree that they are not, Is there . a , busi4 neas man in the community who would purchase the Poll Taxes and Personal Properly Tax past due at anything like; their estimated value t The Back Taxes' on Real Estate is a better asset, but is not worth its face. - - I Some Real Estate is listed by "squatters,'! wuu . tancy uiafc uie mere listing oi uit M . I . . I . I". . 1 I Drooertv eives color of title. The tax is paid, by tue owner, ano; the unpaid tax oc "squatter" ia counted an. asset under tne. head of Back Taxes, - . , ri The assessment for Street Imorovement is not absolutely sure, it Is probable that Uie bulk oi it win nave to be collected by It ntmiatm mi mt wmro imn ttftr per cent of the Back Tax and Street Im provement accounts will.be collected this. year. . Then the deficiency would amount to the sum of $72,700 93. and that after allowing the impossible feat of collecting every dollar of this year's, tax, both Real Estate and License. Another fact to, be kept in view is that the amount of Coupons due and outstand ing prior to July 1st, 1877, is only "an esti mate," no Coupon account ever having been kept ; 'After a thorough digestion of the fore going it will not appear strange that there has been no reduction of taxes this year. 1 By reference to the Tax Ordinance, re- centiy passed by tne .Hoard of Aldermen, it will be seen that the whole amount to be collected from Real Estate, Personal Prop-? erty ana incomes is appropriated to Uie payment of interest and past due Bonds. This renders it necessary to run the city; government on the License Taxes, Market Rents, &c Thus far these sources have, not paid the current expenses by about one thousand dollars per month, i ; ; ! mere is much stress laid upon the avail ability of the back taxes On Real Estate to make good the deficiency, but it comes in but slowly, only $575 80 having been col lected during tbe past two months; besides the Floating Debt of $15,0Q0 will also have to be provided for from this fund. , 1 V In the face, of these facts, would it be prudent or honest to reduce the License Taxes? By tbe proposed reduction of the Retail Liquor' License, the city would lose $1,860 per annum. The Board of Alder men are of' opinion that by the reduction tbe city, would receive a larger revenue from this source than heretofore more dealers saying for the privilege. This might be so, but it is experimental; Upon the same principal every trade, business and occupation . might, and doubtless would, demand a reduction of the License Tax. Iter e has been no increase of the tfetau Liquor License, it is tbe same formerly paiu. - There has been no decrease tn license lax in any other branch of business. ; very respectfully, ' - Norwood Giles,. ,, Chairman Board Audit and' Finance. flelaed v it b. an Apoplectic Fit. Billy Merrick,' an old and well known colored man, who has been in the employ ment of Mayor Dawson for the past twenty seven years as a drayman, was seized yes terday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, I With an apoplectic fit, while engaged in his. vocation. IJe was at the New Torklsteam- d ship wharf,' at the foog of Chesnut street, wailing for a load for hia dray when the fit a came upon him, and he was placed under the shed until a physician arrived and. ar rangements could be made to take him to his home. At last accounts he was still in a critical condition. ... -u -rr. All grape carts r will hereafter -i .V foe required to take up tUeir . atationa oo Sepond, between Pock and Market streets, while retailing oat their fruit. : l . Qaarterlr Jneellnss. , , , . Fourth round of anDointmenta. as made by Rev.kW. 9. Black, presiding Elder for the Wilmington District Hethodist li. Church South j ; L...i?t,-:i (ttji 8inton,. ... . , . . . . ...Sept.. 15-16 okesbury. . . .... .;. ., .. . . .; Sept 89-80 Wilmington, at Front Street. Oct. ' 6-7 BmiUtviUe, at Concord Oct. 1S-14 Onslow, at Queen's Creek Oct. ir 30-31 ElizabetlvatEliabethtown.,- Oct. 87-23 Bladen, at Windsor.,. ...... Not. ' 3-4 Topsail.at Wealeyan Chapel . . Nov. 1011 Keaafisr?illa, Wealey Chapel. . Nov. 17-18 WHOLE NO. 3,152 XII BiTl AILS The mails close and arrive' at the City foss umcc as oiiows: -,m " ' , CLosa. 1 Northern through mails.. . . . Northern .through, and' way , mails. ... .............. Mails for the N.' C." Railroad, and routes, supplied there from, at...... ......... . Southern mails for .; all ; points South, daily ........ Western mails (C. C. R'y) daily -' (except Sunday). .......... Mail for Cheraw & Darlington 4:45 P. M. 6:15 A. M. 6:15 A. M. ; ... - , t 5.-00P. M. 6:30 P. M. 1 Kauroad n :30 A Mails for points between Flo 1 - ' ' ML rence and Charleston . . 11 30 A. M. Fayetteville.andofflcesonCape i : Fear River, Tuesdays and j Fridays ; ........ WOP It Fayette ville by Warsaw, daily ' ' i v(erjept Sundays). e;15A. i. xjasiow j. a.t ana mterme- t diate offices every Fridar. .' 6:00 A. ML Smithville mails, by. . steam- . vT boat, daily (except Sundays) 8:00 A. M Mails for Easy Hill, Town ureet, every Friday at.. . , :! . ' ARBIVB. Northern' through mails. ..... Northern; through and way mails. .:. .a i , .... Southern mails....:.... 3K)0P. Mj. 12:15 k 5:50 P. M. 7:00 A. M. Carolina Central Railroad. . . . 6:15 A. M Mails delivered from 6.00 A. M. to 70 f. M. , and on Sundays from 8 .30 to 9 :30 Ai. otauip uuiub open rrom a iv. m. to lz M., and .from 2 tn ft P M Mnniw nrrloF an1 Register Department open same as stamb office. ' Stamps for sale at general deliverv when arotnn nfflAA its iliaA t KeyUoxes accessible at all hours, dav andnieht '. :' Mails collected from street boxes everv aay ai 0.40 i . m. a a a r r -mar -v ? Mothers will crow , wearv and sich over uiu resuonsiDiuiv inat xtaov maces noon them, but they have the high privilege of auapinga cnaracier ior usefulness, ; The exercise of patience and the preservation of Baby's health by tW nrorjer use of Dr. juuii a uuuj ujl up niMfp.VC LUCU1 VHl pre-f sent comfort and proanective hanniness J TliilPa nK Q... . i . . tiff l..4l . .. ,., - I F ciif vcuu per uuvue. , j T 1 r,r-; : items ' . LADIBS SUMMER1 TOILETS rerive their Dollar. For Bale by J. C. Hands. It is a mneular fact about Dwsn'a Yat Pnw- naa, which la always pot up in quarter, half, one pound and fir pound cans, that it can't be shaken In public estimation. People know when they use it that ther save money and at the same time (ret ywHiuw 1VIH1U.. ATCIJ Cfttt IV IUI1 -. : , - - I ChroBic,. palnol and prostratiag diseases cared without medicine. Falyermacher's Electric Belts tbe grand desideratum, v Avoid imiUUons. r Boost and Journal, with fall particulars, mailed free. Adt dress Pulvkrmachir Galvanio Co.k 292 Vhe Sti vincniaui, unto. -v DA BE NOT TO TRIFLE WITH a noTinn ! It ia inrlting death; - when 'safety Is -within reach; own Luts MUiik. aeiu inc. iqti?h. nminn All irntii oa rroK'tbe wiadpipc-, relieve the fllfflcnlty oF OIBMBlugwlUl JIAUr l ilOKIT OT liOBKHOUND AND tab. jl rew a oses wiu eaect a perfect care. . Pike's Toothache Drops care in one minate. BOOK BlKDKUT. THE MORKINO HTAU Book BlaS ery docs all kinds of Binding andf Ruling in a work-; manlike manner, and at reasonable wiees. Mer! ehaats and others needing Receipt Books, or other wotk, may reiy on promptness in the execution of ineir oruers. o to. rail TnAjisrcR Pbimtino-Inks. invaluable road companies, steamship companies, banks,' mer' chants, 1 manufacturers and others. ' They are en- aoruiK ana changeless, and will copy sharp and Clear for an indefinite period of time. Having jnet received a fresh supply of those inkn. we are nre-l pared to exeenteorders -promptly and at moderate, prices. i I -THE JULES' ALARM MONEY TJRA WKR la an! article almost indispensable to merchants. Being! Vuio ui a variety ui comomation fit TiH aifnrt14mi I its construction, it recommends itself to merchants! as an important Dart of their store ftxtnren Tiil- fixtures. TilW I tappinf has become so prevalent that an ingenious! geni Drawer', ATlH thA I hardware trade general !t Tna Tnrh Jfrrrvretr - M THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.-No neonle in tXoi wuu Buuer tut mucn wun uyspepsia as Americans. Aiutougn years or experience in medicine hart fntinri to accomplish a certain and sure remedy for this uiacaac ana us euecis, sucn as Jsour-atomach, Heart burn. Water-branh. Mn)r ITculuth. rhaHm.... Liver Complaint, yet since the introduction ofi OBKBH'S AUOUHT FlWaa we hollOVO tha.ro la r. ease of Dyspepsia that cannot be immediately m- A lieved. Two doses will relieve you. ; Regular size I 15 cents. ' - . ; SCHENCK'S PULMflNrn m?TTP w,D uu w VAJHBUraUJ(, ViOVOHS ADS COLDS. TUG I great virtue of this medicine is that it ripens the i I tmnu. luniwi ii yui ui lae system, purines tne uiutu auu kaua euects a cure. SCHBHCK'S Ska. Wain ToHto.' vent i-mt nmv null a healthy action of the stomach, creatine an anne-: lite, forming chyle, and caring the most obstinate j SCHXHCK'a MAHIlBAEa Prr.U. Will Ttrm fHraw n I Livxb Complaint, &0. These Pills are alterative.;! uurtuuiiui n- HCBiLuy kuih ui me nver witnont the least danger, as they are free from calomel, and yet more enfcacioas in restoring a h&aithy action of the liver. ' These remedies are a certain mm fnV (ion tion, as the Pulmonic Syrup ripens the matter and purines the blood. The Mandrake Pills tt nrum t1i '. liver, create a healthy bile, and remove all diseases ; oc me liver, oiien a caas of Consumption; The . Sea Weed Tonic eives tone and strength tn thA .f joach, makes a good digestion, and enables the pr- giuui u lurm guua oiooa. xne combined action of i these medicines, as thns explained, will core every vnmui wauuuiBtniu.u laKen m iime.anni.ne nu- mum oKiuvuMiH peraeverea isu Dr. Schenck is prefessionallv at his nrinclrtal n- flce, corner of Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, every Monday., where all letters for advice nmt h addressed. Kehenck's medicines for sale hv r11 t . .. iffi.ijii;;': LORD. September 12. at & A. M JOHN R Onlv 1 1 bob of William C. and Nina R. Lord, aged one yearl jrunerai semcea mis (Xhorsday) morning, at the I WSIdeace, on South Front Street, at 9 o'clock. . vr HEW a ADVERTISEMENTS, w , CITY OF WILMINGTON, N. C OFFICE CLERK OF MARKET, Sept. 1, 1877. ' A LL GRAPE CARTS. AND DEALERS IN A QKAPES, are hereby ordered to take up. their station, hereafter on Second, between Market aad jjock a tree la, wnue retaking out their fruit., , ,'! By order of tfee Mayor. " . u urrt t r a if 4 TT XI.IIM n ITXC, Clerk.' llotice. X HE EXCURSION ADVERTISED TO TAKE place ta-day, under the auspices ef the Young Ca- s . ..... thplic Friends" Society, is Indefinitely postponed oa itf.u: i 'i' '. - - ' "' 'J " -l ' account of the weather. septl3-ltT 'ii' iiii' . i Protect yonr cash receipts from THIEVES by using BIII.ES ALABia TILL C0.4 ; a i Patent Safety Honey Drawerl . i. SOLD. AT - . ,. ,.,;.. FAIRBAITKS SCALE WAREHOUSES 311 Ursaawtr, New York T : : - . 2 rTIIlIc 8t., Boat aav septl-ow3t auu wj xjcnuujg aoruwara yaiyr -.ry - .RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square one day,... . " - two day.... .1.1711 VV " " three dayi.." - " . One week........... " " Two weeks,. ... ...... " " Three weeks, " . :'" One month,.. ' V"v " - Twomontba, " " " Three month,... ....... II T. Six months, ........"';; Contract AdTerMammt tionately low rates. '' Ten lines mlid Nonpareil type make one square. f NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. German Pic-lTic. THK GERMAN PIC NIC, UNDER THB AW pices of Howard Belief Fire Kb cine Company. Na. 1, postponed until 4 o'clock this (Thareday) af Urnoon, on acconnt of the bad weather, v Im. r. NEWMAN, JOHN Q. OLDKNBUTTLE, .,.. HAKTIN RATUGKN,.., BcPtia-U Committee. Suits to Order JjV)U THB BURGESS MILITARY SCHOOL. MCNSON A CO. Merchant Tailors. eept 13 -It Closing Out OUR ENTIRE STOCK OJf STRAW HATH. - AT THE MOST REDUCED TRIt'ES. ALL THK LATEST STYLES v IN SOFT AND 8TIFF HATS, H ARRISON & ALLEN, CITY HAT STORE. sept 13-tf Phelps, Doremus & Oorbett, 5so4 aoo uanai street, NEW YOBKi . .. Offer their very large tock of CABINET : FURNITURE . . At greatly rednced prices, sept 13-lm '. I H K. A TlOTT A "R. PTT "D C! f I w j., i f IrrOfifirlfiS atlfl .innnrfl I Fine . Family G-rooeries ! ! AND Choice5,; - ; - Imported ' Domestic Liquors! AT TllOS. II. MKOY'S. sept 13-tf ; For Bent, BNICK 8TOHE, on North Water Street, now occupied by Murray A Co.. , Apply to' r eeptl2-5t .nac or K. LONDON. , ' 1T : . . '.; : : Dress Making. -fali Styles. THE STJBSCRIBEB BEGS LEAVE TO INFORM her friends, and patrons, both in the City and Coantrv. that she will continue th TRICSSSM Atr INU BUSINESS, at her residence on Market Street. between 8th and 9th. Where she will pninnitM Wirat: Class Work at Moderate Prices. Thankful for past patronage, she very respectfully solicits a conuna- iuice ui uie same. , : : sept!3-3t MRS. JOSEPH McLAURIN. Blank Books. JNVOICE BOOKS, ORDER BOOKS, Draft and Note Books, Receipt Books, Scrap Broke, Memorandum Books, - Letter Books, Paper and Envelopes. S. c For sale at 8ept.I2-tf ' HETNSB&RQER'S. Slates ! Slates ! JUST RECEIVED, TEN CASES OF SLATES. All sizes, at - UEINSBERGER'S sept 18 tf : Live Book and Music Store. At Close Prices. OKA Boxes Dry Salted and Smoked iOJ SIDES AND SHOULDERS. 6 000 BuBh Prlme WHITK COBN, - gQQ Barrels FLOUB. ' ; . 500Q Sacks SALT,i . - -l II I "iw rtirio xooo and caoa . jyyf MOLASSES, .QQ Bbls SUGAR, all grades, Sacks COFFEE, : ,; - v i , , 500 K9 NJULS 't 1 New and Second-Haad - . c h " WWT BARRELS. OUU KOIIS AU11. i ijf Tons TIES, i ' " ; 200 80X68 CANDLBa c- ' i ALSO Lake George and Lebanon SHEETING, ... For sale low by . sept 12-tr . WILLIAMS 4 MURCfllSON. A Change, X TAKE PLEASURE IN CALLING THE AT- tentioa of my friends and the public generally, to the fact that I have, moved to that large and elegant STORK. mRNEIt nv Fsnnv ivn nnnmna STREETS, (next door to Aaron "& RheinBtein), 1,oftiT'0fBa'e wCK; or uloth- bV aiy in the city " ' " nnelniu,ea CALL IS EERPRPTWIT r i.V Hni TniTtfn FROM BVERYBQD.y. , . "T. . .4. , A- ' - .A. DAVID.. septJJ-tf - , Corner Front and Princess Sts. ' Steamer J. SUndfirhilL After - this datje. wilt, lrave wxr- mington aadBmlthville at 3 P. M.. Instead of 4 P M., as heretofore. - i O. G. PARS LET A CO. : sept-tf . , , . THE HDMTI-DDMTI .-. T - - and . KEY WSST , . C I a A R s By - D. PIGOTT; .nae v Tobacconist. aug 16-if Crackers and Cakes. K( Boxes and Bbls all kinds CAKES , aad CRACKERS. For sale h ' sept 2-DAWtf HALL A PEARS ALL. Hams and Lard. A SMALL LOT VERY FINE DUPLIN OaTJNTY HAMS. Two Bbls N C. LARD, ' - i For sale bv ' - ' sept S-DAWtf HALL & PEARS ALL."" JSljl l
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