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THE IIOBHIITG GgAE. I : : i . i i -"-'-! i--.l. , U. 1 . P .i ... I! 1 ' . f slv i i.l. VA , rr ' J" - V . t:.iy.j; -ijv,. lairrSjl- -i.Vi 1.. m-.-.vJ 5 Qnetiare.oneday,;,. X 60 3 00 ..UBLISHBP DAILY JBXCSPT MONDAYS. - ' UTn o iimuimw n aWajroa : -, geyser (by maE) poms paU 00 Six months, IS Three Kmtii8,M - ?oo tySnsrttei, aeliveredln any part 'of the , . Ftf wen Oentt per wyek. Our City Agents are Jt authorised to collect far mare than three months m advance. ... . . . . .- . OUTLINES. . . Gttrj baa been re-elected President of the French Chamber of Deputies by a lrge Majority;; Pasquier was - re-elected Presl dent of the Senate. The armistice has not yet been arranged ; Russia says' that : negotiations most - be conducted on the -basi3 of erentaal peace conditions; the Porte has not yet decided. Suliemao Pasha has been reliered 1 of command and summoned to Constaatiaople. The Pope says be bad pardoned Victor EmmanJ uel. - More '.particulars of the victory; at Schipka Pass. r - Antivari has sur-; . rendered. unconditionally to tb Monteue grins! ' More failures and a new case? k of swindlinij reported in New York. ! New Orleans tobacco dealers 'are memori- alizing CJongress. . The ' House ia wrangling over the scop of the commit-j tees, r- There has been1 no abatement in the famine in China; Tast districts have been depopulated. ! i-- A convention ai Nashville, Teon.T.io which fifty 'couoties! ' were represented, adopted a resolution tq memorialize Congress to' reduce the whisf N key tax Id 50 cents perjfaonf-firei in Honolulu destroy $350,000 worth pi propertf.: : House passed resolution 16 investigate several departments of Govern ment by strict party totetfSchm i denies that he ever thought of fresigaiogj The President is going largely into tie pardoning business, j-ii - Kew Torkciga makers urge a , reductionr:ot tobacco tax ; Insurance "1 Commissioner asks that receiver be appointed for . Charter Oak Life Insurance Company. ;-Hevjf gale at Yineyard Haven, with disastrous results to shipping. John P. Henry; Curran & I Co.; patent medicine men; sus4 pended. ?i Pour schooners ashore near Portsmouth, N. H.?- New York cotton' exchange don't want any silver in "thero." Heaviest N. . gale ever known re ported - at Portland, Me. - -r " New . York markets : "Money easy at 6 per cent; gold 1(K; cottoa easy at llflli cents; rosi $1 701 75 for strained; spirits turpentine easier at 33 cents. The famine that has been -raging ho violently in China ' continues wilfj unabated violence. The 'suffering has been awful and the lose of IIT immense Entire distriols of country have been depopulated. The dis tressing news comes mat mere is no possible hope pf'reUef. during 1878 and possibly not-; during the '.next year. Such a story of human priva lion and suffering is sickening. r The peace f prospects appear to have advanced thus far. . .The Jforte asks for ad armietice; to ; this Russia replies, very well, but all negotiation must be conducted on abasislookiu to eventual , peace 'conditions. The Porte is considering thematterl Bus sia appears" to- be acting: prudently and considerately. - Ik -does not de - sire an aimistice, as it is not to its in lere8t, unless it shall lead ' to peaoei A six weeks armistice, .i without ' a J .prospect of peace, could bo of- bo ad vantage to the stronger power now driving its enemy from one defence to another, and thus shortening the war. The Porte ought to accept th demands of Rtrasia for a preliminai t basis of jeace ' before ' granting '.'ait armistice. ve suppose tms wui . o - done. . -:y:..--''-y- The financial condition of our vas , wuuuj is in a ucpiuiituio , cuuuiviyi'i As we said before, quackery, corrupt tiou and extravagance have well nig MS knocked the bottdm out,1 and recui peration ' seems' almost Impossible; The American Social Sciehoe Associa tion is in session -at .Boston. Mr. Robert P. Porter, of Chicago, read a paper on the 9th that contains Wery much food for reflection, and .altoge ther makes a roost startling and, yct we have reason to believe, true state went. He is treating of State an ( Municipal indebtedness. : The deb . of the cities of the United States is npwards of f644,O0O,OOO, arid 'has Jnj creased during the ten years at the rate of 42,000,000 TannuaHy. jiu Mri4 Porter says: f - '.'', y-f : ' "With these facts staring us io the face; it is not an exaggerated statement to say that the United States has to-day a debt or $1,000,000,000, an annual expenditure of $220,000,000, within $40,000,000 of the Na tional expenses. The liabilities are increas iDR at the rate of, $50,000,000 yearly, in volving an additional charge on tbetaxf Pajers of $3,000,000." ' , After this we can only say with the wondering Dutchman "Vot a coundry and vot a peebl es! ; ; The Carolina Farmer, published by Wm. H. Bernard, at WilmiDglonj stands iu the front rank of "agricul tnral journals. Subscribe at once. Tarboro Southerner. lf j Newbern Hut Shell: : We leara i Inat on Saturday morning; the 5th Inst, the schooner Geo., V7. Lewis, from Elizabeth N. q,, bound to Georgetown B. C, i wtD & cargo of eighteen hundred bushels ; f corn, was driven ashore near Cape Look out. All hands on board were fortunately aved, but the cargo, and perhaps the ves- ei also, will probably prove a total loss. I VOL: XXI.-NO. 94. Latest By - Mail. niW HAJIPSHIRB UKPtBllCABi A Ufrmy Tim at tlie Rleeuaa vf the State Committee Tbe , Qaye file I Permlitabl CbanAler :ir.rie e as Political Tramp. : Concoed, N.H. JatL . ".) - .At a meeting .of " the Republican State Committee last night, prelimi nary to the State Convention to-day, there was manifestly: a very - formi dable pro-Hayes element in the Re publican party, arid the opinions ex pressed by the delegates in conversa tion at the hotels in the . evening showed that it would be impossible to pass resolutions1 condemnatory of the President or his policy, i - : In the early; part of the evening it seemed that both parties were dis posed to make concessions, and it was thought i the matter ; was " not i en-1 iireiy ignorea, tnat an indorsement in the resolutions, if an v. would be of a milder, ! non-committal char acters strong feeling against Chandler was freely expressed bv the delegates, ' and it was claimed by! vnanaier 8 tnenas that there bad been an organized effort to orush - him, secret meetings having been held for that purpose, and that various promi nent men had been drawn into it. cr The meeting was opened at ; 9 o'clock,'and during the; early part of j ft ka AVAminm . i Via . nuAnAAliniva " quiet' arid harmonious, though in many.of the speeches were incidental; and indirect attacks On . Mr. Uhan-! dler's recent letterv3 The first speech! was made' by ex-TJnited States Sena4 tor Patterson; "who. i thoush be en- l dorsed be. President doubted the ad-j visabihty of introducing the;' matter into the convention, as there-was a disagreement upon it. , -' ; ';:i'' Speeches advocating either a' con ciliatory policy or. a positive endorse ment of Hayes were made by Gen. Stevens, Major E. W. Fart, O, C. Moore and others. Messrs. A H. Tuck arid Mason W. Tappan severe ly attacked W E. Chandler, who is a delegate. : .' ". ', ' . ; . . .V5 '" .' ':' ' , Mr. Chandler spoke at length, criti cising the action of the President. He spoke of attacks , made upon him by two naval officers,' (Messrs. Harri man and Tuck,) and intimated certain irregularities on the part ofTuck while, in r office. Tuck retorted by calling! iMrl Chandler a political trampy and charged him with dishon orable conduct as a lobbyist. Messrs. Moore and : Tappao then spoke, the latter quite -severely on , Mr;- Chan- dler m ;is;.ri-,;rn; . Maj.Tarr made the closing speech, and in. speaking of thev Southern pol icy said he was willing tot 8hake bands with the man who Bhot a bul let through his arm. - - S The platform adopted hy; the Con vention," after reaffirming, the Cincin nati platform, contains the following resolution; . V Viid5 -J 'Resolved. That we recognixe the paramount duty of President Hay esj to render t uese high and solemn pr o4 fessions actual and liiring realitiesJ and while we admit an honest differ- eluselbr opimoh W acts'we" welcome . arid 'approve his patriotic aad sincere efforts to keep faith with the people arid secure to the whole country the blessings of a just, efficient and hottest Republican national administration. . x a rr' -: Fadflt'WASHiNOtpNt -. . ; ' : .!' .j" y' (.' : : ,.; .iSX 'Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Suri, ; : WASHrjTOpnuary-8. The move madfrb Mr. BUir, in the Maryland ' Tgislature, has at tracted soma attention here, but jloes not seem tohavs caasedmuch-of :-a sensatioq. In admihistration , circ(e the opinion was very copfidently ex pressed that the Maryland Legisla tare would; not adopt Judge Blair's memorial. : ', . . ,. ' " , A delegation of the : Society.: -fa Friends were at the Interior-Depart ment this afternoonand extended, to SecretarySchurz thejr -f congratula tions and appfoyat H oi his expressed determination to put ;& stop tostbo ' : m I frauds in; the Indian service., ;1 BLAlB'SIiAST. -r r.vr A Devlllala Plot of Bourbon Demo -'J erata. .; ;. h 1 Spectlf to Journal of Commerce. '. t " '. Nkw.Yobk, Jan. 9. The" JW Washington specia says: Information from AnnapolisL Md., is to the effect that the senti ment of a majority of the Democratid members of the Maryland Legisla-t ture is against Blair's manifesto, an the resolution will fail to pass. . It if believed in political circles that Blair's course is in pursuance of i plan agreed upon by' the Bourbon Democrats, and that the introduction of - the ' resoluj tion is simplT the precursor of a polif cy which will , be pursued in every State where : the Democrats control the Legislature, and will be agitated in Congress durios 'the Vnext few Weeks. :v!-rwn-iw.-i' iTIlo' Carolina Farmer . a' . v ' jNewbernian. The January number, fot;1878, o the Carolina" Farmer 'comes to . us with moVe thkh Us usual fund of ini t.rafttivenea for - the agricultural public, besides .able and forcible edi torials on "The Future of Cotton in the CarolinasTind "How Farmers Should Educate ;their Sons.'"- Our farmers should .hear in mihd that it Hsential for them to read and keep posted in their line of business, WILMINGTONif, as it is for the editors, lawyers, . doo- torerTnecnaTiics: " ' Btatesmerr- or any other class ofttaas apd that it is as necessary for Iheai'iro invest in fertilizing matter-for the brain, as well -as v-tbeTfarm. The Carolina Fdrnier i-isL f krnishd,ostpaidCa $1- 50 per year, or $1 for six months. Published by J Wm.H. Bernard, at Spirits Torpentine. The Postome'lD'epartriient has ordered a daily oaaiiea he line frorn Yfv sion to ah. Airy. A "careless ;riegrb allo wed ; his horses to run 1 away at : Charlotte and a ruined carriage was thajresulL,.-.,..,,.;;.: ...... .y ... . . Iredell, did, a , brisk business , in the marrying line during " December 22 white couples and seven colored. -'" ' ie.j-i Mr John 'Hodges,' of .Beaufort county accidentally, shot ..hlmseU, in, the nana, and tne bail nas not oeen extracteu. county, killed seven hogs of one Titter, foui1 teen months old, that averaged 235, pounds each. - - . " boro, has recently lost two of his dear little children by diphtheria. One died Dec. 80, the other Jan. 6. ' " . -; 1 The Iredell Blues; bavr adorned Tittle Sde; -daughter of W.-K Hrisset, as "theDaueiter oi: the qmpany,' with an allowance el -flp-iiigi The Davidson Record . is the name of a small weekly paper (patent out jside) priblislalugtoii.jF.G. H. Brtv 'near, at $1 Vyear. t" It has our best wishes. The Washington City Sunday rHerald publishes Jos. W. Holden's poeraon ;! not long ago as being a good production. and adapted l6 the tinid as the Huron had ' just uecu vrrcv&eu. - The following "gentlemen were elected Presidents of the various Banks of ! Charlotte: First National Bank, R,. Y. Mc- Aden; Commercial Bank, O. Dowd; Mer chants' and jb'armers' jxsuonai jsauK, J. a. ; McAden: Trader' National Bankii. P. j BmUlvii30iU .."IO 'iiCs.1 'OOG ti Raleigh Newk ; Gov. Vance will! appoint a Chief Justice,1 and be will take! his seat; and we shau be; surprised u tue. Associate Justices make opposition thereto,! notwithstanding the prevalent rumors. And Gov. Vance's appointee will draw the sala ry and no one else. ' Alamance G-leaner: R. W. Hamlet dL this town was seriouslv hurt, on IasrFddayt by a fall" he gottrom the roof! of r the. 8bed of -the-Basop store. - - - Aj young man at tne aew iactery oy me name of Taylor shot rbimself jn:.,tbe hand, by carelessly handling a pistol J n Christmas! eve. f . I . . ( f . ' r . , -. Tarooroc k Southerner- VaudeH mere - is a small village In .the county of! Pamlico, situated on a, point at the cobflu - ence of Vandemere creek with Bay river,! within -full view of' Pamlico1 isound, and promises; in the near future, to become the metropolis of the county:, Itia-an in fant village, Its. first - house . having Jtcen erected i ars agp.nd sifted if jthe midst of one of the most fertile sections of the Slated with- the, river: navigable far above it for the largest vessels that can cross, the, swash, it bids fair tQ rival the most flourishing placev ia.the. county 'at no distant day. i ' , ' Hillsbor63Jf(rSJr V Oo the day after Christmas the bou8eOlr; Oso. Walker, about six milea west of Hili&boro, was accidentally burned during the tempo rary abseeeeof the family. Which had gone Lto dine with Mr. Calvin E. 8mith, the fa-4 ther, of Mrs. Walker. w JKverything in the house, clothing, 1 -bedding' and furniture, was totally destroyed, nothing surviving thej flames except the clothing worn bv the familv. -Sbme parties from PenssVl-l vania were here last weeV looking at lands with a view 5of purchase. Theyaeemedi much pieasea, nut nave as yet not racne a conclusion.;,? r-' Wr Jvelrecstved. , communication making sundry sugestioo In regard WS'Svi'aSt- who. during the life time of Jim Fist, w the body servant-of that notorious individ ual, is now a porter of one of the sleepiot cars on the Piedmont Air Line. Dr, KapF.NewYork cnMhpasbeen Ihu HsfaeOtor three'mODUis past onoasim connected, with mining and immigration, is: one oi iqose wnvnfij rj ifcwpu ion of the unnerat weatthi of is sectioii Alter a thorough tovesqgW.foh enhe titloe. ht California ha isi saiaed ,lhat ihoae o North Carolina are the mer'jprodoctitd nt 4r mnrn Wrtrkftif -'UL-- t i learned that Xfo 'TxUiiW & A University of North Caroliaa have invlled Judge Scheackrt deliver? the? atrriual ' ad-4 dress before themMjW.aa ment in June next. I ' . . t !Goidshjrr0 mmsnmrsliLt urday a negro man named Simon Pate was lodged in jail'on a charge of rape preferred against 'fiiai by'" Winnie y Dlnkini; hitei the wife of Elijah Dinklhs.' ; The, Cas4 came upon a hearing before Justice Gris-f wold MorjdawOT)Tning?)aadf developed 4 most sickenidg depravity. The woman was made iCadmiro triaimt tincehi alleged assault (?) had been committed shS bad led a voluntary life of shame with th same negro, extending, thrdogh a period of several months.'' r- The" store house on corner of East Center and Chestnut streets, in this town,- owned $y Mrp Wm. t Bonitzi and lately occupied byUiini as a restaurant! was destroyed by fire Jionday nighL r Mr. James P. Robinson, of Greene county; has placed on our table quite a curiosity in the shape of a freak of nature. -It is a pair of pigs feet well developed every way, bu each is a douMe fooL' Theyarej the fore feef f the hind feet were all right . Washington State:- "We were sorry to learn, of the toss of the dwelling house and furniture; by-fire, of Ut. Joha A. Hodges, a few nights agoij Supposed te tave been accideutalias-' MrHedgeS was away at the time; WTm.Pfl.fow(iMthui a tenant working on the plantation of Mr; W. A. Blount, on Blount's Cree(sVaised last year, with one mule and by th .help of his wife, 8 bags of cotton, 147 barrels of corn, besides peas, &c. t- The Bey . "Mr. Hard ing, Rector of the - Episcopal Church, re ceived from the members of. his church, a few dsys ago, a good potindiagiiitbe shape of sugar coffeejfcCvr - ATbald eagle, measuring six and a half feet Jfrom Up to tip, was killed a few days ago bya woman, neLeachvUVe'witha stick. The eagle, seeing a goooo and thiftkUig to have ft good meaL pounced down upon him, bat, after fastenfog htt, talottB (which were .m and half inches lohg)nto the-OseV'fduwi it most too heavy lead and could not : loose a mortgage of a lien on your crop, a If you himself, and was killed oy a womnw owner of the oose-with a stick. ; r'; ' , J- Wadesboro iTera: lon?t give Ni C.?! SATURDAY JANUARY :;12v-878.: do,' you will pay at least one hundred per cent. on What TOO DQrchase. .' -.Mr: George C. Ratliff, of - this; county, killed a hog. which Weighed 535 pounds, net. The nog was two years oia. uapt. moma i. Gulled pa dressed the hotf in one minute. We iearu that -Mo; -last Friday night four colored cbildteB were 1 burned to death, on theTrhratation of Mr. Alexander Bturdivant.- The parucuiarsv as far as we eould learn, are as follows: The parents of the children left them to go to a dance with no grown person to care for them. . Our informant tells us that when, the 'father of the children was leaving his house he disr covered tee chimney to be on fire, and only threw a bucket of water ou it, and left without : further i "precautida, 'After - the house was so anyone could go near enough to see after the children, tbey were found Is a heap, burned so badly that their bodies Could not be separated, and their remains Were all put io one box and buried. & W j Pitt, a tenant, on the Nash place of Maj. J, M. Mayott had . his hand badly ; cut in a stearU gin on Monday last ! -i The farm ers of -Edgecombe county wiH pay their laborers this' year $8, 9 and $10 per month, according 4o quality. At these figures ah aftundanco of labor can be ob tained; of eourse a ration is furnished each haifdV -i-i- Capt' Myers, 'of - the- Cotton Tiantt informs us that the dwelling o the plsntatfoo of Mr. Wm. Grimes (of Raleigh) at Avon, in Pitt county,' Was destroyed by an accidental fire on the night of the 7th inst Major -JoSaaoders-occupied the premises. Dr; 8. i Westray Battle, AssisUnt Surgeon. U. 8. N., formerly with the U. & Receiving Ship New Hamp shire,, at Port Royal, but who has been spending some time, on leave, wuu nis father's family in Tarboro, has been order- ed to die U&: Flfg Ship Marion, in the i Mediterranean.- Whitaker correspond ent: Sometime since a gentleman of this nlacesaw ameero sboot, kill and;"shoul- der one of hU bogs in Swift Creek Islands. : -When ho told turn not to carry tne nog on, ; as it was not his, the negro said, "The b 1 1 you say," and walked off. . The gentleman : wasot? armed.' -5 --'Miv --- ;'NW aOVKBTISBMBNfR. 5". Al Schtjttk Furniture. ' ; N HTkunt Kid gloves. 4. D.:Dui.witz Notice to consignees. I v Report condition First National Bank. . HARBISON &.AXUCH Fashion able styles, i toeal Ooto.'- s U) c' A; -i;1-v:nbr : .- -nNo session of the Mayor's Conrt yesterday morningji:; -j -' ; i Tj. "JX Brooks; dt the5tates- vilie Ldndjnarh. is on -a brief Visit- to this; citv, '- '": ;7r':- ;'': ;, 'S-- 'C '"' ' it'.i.vo,.-'-. --v.-.i.-a - nx,f r-n ;. - - Maria Hall, colored, prosecutor fn a case before Justice Wagner, yesterday morning, was committed to, jail for, non payment ofc coats .' iilDinilriishiug.narthwest touorth- uighUy 'coojer an4 partly cloudy weather, are the indications for this section to-day.1 - .-, r i - J. .' - . ' .1--. . New River oysters are; scarce and high; the retail price yesterday being $1 SO per gallon. Stormy weather and high, tides ixi said to be the csnse of the scarcity; ' f Accordirigi tolatest . accounts the railroad bridge , at Weldon Js again. thaterid;with!destruction At nopnyes- terday the river at . that point was risucg at the rate of six toeignt feet aa hour. ? - :- Twn rtf nnr (rtw'Nlmrnriii wfere hnntineini the Ticinitv of Mcllhennv's mill pond, near what was formerly known as the Blossom; plantation, on Thursday last, when one of, theW dogs became: excited and commenced scratching in the ground, the result ofj which was the unearthing of th head arid, feet, from the knee joints "down, 'of what appeared to be the remains of a red heifer about twoi or threes years old which had been buried1 abou!! .sPfbbt and' a half be nealh the surface. " The martr 'was Vs'w'si low ork 'and underbit Wihe" righrear. ey dW,pqt notice ihf- ear '.The ani- mat was no doubt stolen and . butchered bj some of the cattle thieves who : have been commlttnig-' depredalion some time rpighbdr d1meti0BAW ic-H tu nnel lid.noo I vwo'rti . '.i 1 a-o"i 1 .1 l.'.'ir.rc? I Bobblaa Ex.Urr. - . -uui ! a JTaeJ premises 3 of i Ex-Mayor i t?anadayj were raised upon by thievek on Thursday nVght laslirid ifffied off hnl?rE? arid thuty bead oj(. poultry!J ' As a Vmattei of precaution they had been removed from the place jtbere they had usually been kep aud 'put Jla the basement of the chouse, where it was thought they would be safe 1 torn the depredations of. the phicken Yitj ert, On the Bight mentioned tne miei nr thieves drew ..the staple attached to th basement door arid appropriated the cbickj ens and ducks; but left a-f ew turkeys, pro bably having" as much as they could carry away con vonientfy. i anspleloaa Cfcaractera. t; Two strangers, 'apparently tramps, went ,1 v to a residence in the neighborhood of Sef venth and Dock streets,1 a! night or two since, and demanded admittance, acting ia such a manner as to badly frighten the lady inmates ef tbs house, no gentlemen -"being present at the time. One of the aeigbbors having been apprised of the state of affairs took it upon himself .to go down the street to hunt up a policeriian,1 but when the offlj cergot tothe house -in questioa the intru ders had taken their departure. All un known' arid susplcipus characters' should be made to giv an acchnt of themselves. J inUiluryEloetiona.;:' I' The election of ofilcers for the Second Regiment, Nerth Carolina State Guarc, which took place at Wa3esboro on ThurS aay, re'eulted as foUowS:'' :4 L ' 'A ..''CU9aLIent.a,'W?. Alexanderi of the Charlotte firays: , ;f ; "V'i ' For Lieut. boHonOO&pL Jno. ! W. Gor dori, ot the . Whiting RiflesVlWllmirigton. ? I'i fTapt J. Gy Branch, of the Anson Guards. - Al fhi OPEBA IIOTJSK. i rtf JaaaaMhk - Oaa of the finest audiencea that ever as sembled ia Wilmington, greeted 1 Madame Jacanschek hist evenings The play per formed was "Catherine 1 of RussI," ; and it was an exquUite ipreseutaUon thrdugh?- out - The audience was charmed from the opening scene to the closing event of the drama - The Queen of Tragedy ahone with matchless splendor, and proved herself an incomparable artiste. ; IWp.had see her fat Mary .ShaHtixsdeetiia Dedlock and rfej,.(heT two great dual assump tions.) and m'Ladg :i&t($.Jbtit we have scarcely see her genius give a jnore magic touch than in her rendering of the passion' ale, impulsive and wicked Empress.' ' She is singularly endowed with realistic power. and her Interpretations' are always hfe-4ike and harmonious.". She wa so eiceDeat J la every scene it is almost Impossible to par? ticularize. . It waf noble d impressive acting throughout but. in the 'fifthact'sbe was so superb and thrilling aa to positively beggardescripion -: " i '" ' li'-:l"' '-.The aWng;fbt Mft1 Jasl'HrTIoirtwas very satisfactoryi ':fle 'has a good reputsA tion, and hesustaloed it , well ia-Jiis por trayal of Chtpalipr VonSmMJjYM aupport was fair, although at times some of the per formers were not quite equal' to their tasks. iu-uijui, luo Kro wruyoutcimo win ap pear in One of her1 greatest ' impersonations jjaay Macoeui. i .ti;j TVS-- Rai on Door-BlataV vf 7 :.- ;a'T The light-fingered ;geatry have cerii meqoed.a tyauematici raid apoa door mats. We bear of . at. j least a dozen persons, that have been robbed of i these I useful articles within " the past, weak. ij Tbose who1 have not aheady suffered from these "smair-fry I depredators,, as Well: as . those who have, should lake warning and 'put their-door mats In a safe place after night ! The stolen mats are nq doubt sold as fast as they are purloined, and word of 'caution may riot be amiss to those who may';be in the habit of purchasing such articlea. , Let a sharp look-out be kept -for-thegentlemen of the door-mat brigade. 7 v j"r Tkermoi iotor SSoeovsu tl' f .. '.. . r The following will show the state of the; thermometer, at the staUoMjoaeatioped, at 4.85 yesterday evening; Washingtbri mean j time, as ascertained from th daily oalletin issued from the tilgnal Office! in this city t, A.Ui:Usta. ...i55 Charleston, . M'...55 Corsicanav . V iv. 54 Mobile...-. lioBtgomery .. ..55! NoW- Orleans, .v. ;69 Galveston,. 55 Indianola.. v.M56,lBaiaonaht. . . . . .581 j acason viiie, v. ,w Key West,. ,V..V63 St Jklaxks,f......55 Wilmington, . . . , 01 Steamboat Rial tiara. . At a meeting of the Cape, Fear and Fep-I pie a Steamboat Company beldf yesterday, the following offlpers were,' elected for. thej eosuing year : , v,v vi ol li n !nn Dtmr, U4f Volkra, tF- W.(KerchaerJ Bl Q. Worthy Da QL WcrthAAjfUc Kethan Jl- ii-nitf ism lc4 irrr-r.jlin Qaartoriy Rloouac v .The first, Quarterly Meeting for the pres ent conference yeaxj.will'jbe held at: the Fifth -Street Metbodi9 Church to-day ahq to-morrow. Preaching this-' (Saturday mpruing, IJ ; o'clock. ?tf ,f ;;;') - J' j .. r sjiOWSBasnfcJ t S j" if!-' ' f'-ioijof )i 'in T.'fFah' tti zitina , 1 i.TM& steamer J?. 7( yFciejf, Price arrived at Baltimere f rora, tbi, port on ihe 9th fast - -J-The British barOue Geonto Booth JCnes cleared from av4h nan1 for httf port Oti 4ae ih instJ 8l' Joa Js'-Q.at St S.Mf IrJl r : Ane.eieamer t&a&or, jones, ciearea .-..' ine rtorwcarjanLjong liiwn, uiaoo vwsm av f w o m a srw arrived at' Genoa from this port ea the tHhj iritaati yu aan3.x: li-jus xii -oi'uii The CapeJraijMPpifly the steasaera Wmmi aad Worth leflFayette-j ville TharstJinornlbg. a nujfif J y The, Norwegian brig Azha, fronL thii port pritvefploot inltj&W$fi M iiayana wt aacnor j,!were( collision in ni MerseyVoU AhV99tb ult. MiJ.botlt 'Vessel auaUinedjiaraage; jnHfu,:,..j Lij -44 The sceyacatf Imrist beioogiDg to the satneiparty as the steam jnphx Paupeiti whieh issmi ld port, was leported In helavi yesterday.' Also 'three-masted sehoooer. name unknown', bywrnfofmanJJ5-rI,) i TheSwedishbara beini towea aown tne river, yeswruay mornuig, when she became temporarily unmanage4 able, swung arouqd with the current, an4 was heading full-lilt for the wharf opposite the Custom House, al which several vesself Were lying, the fear of a damaging colh Blon creating a great deal of exdtemeni f or a few mbteeuts? J 'Fdrtuhaielytff' jprofript action, the threafenea 'Catastrophe wal averted j$?r" lled dow to their accastpme4 calmness and quiet se- renity. lolvs -') . ; , .. .; ' ; ; t .-1 7-tt-,,JSSMSsw , , f. qaartorlr Meou.' . - ' '.fjeoiiiail .llev. Ii S. JBurkhead, Dbr I. sPresiding lader,. has made ; the following appoint menta for his first round during the present Conference year,' for the' Wilmington tricv.-oijTI . K,oi;U v tiZi ,( van. n .Ji.Tw.u'.W.t.W Urilmlilfffnit Tito 'V- i WIlmidrtfMi; at Fifth &reet ViJaav; 13 IS iDupUn; at Kenansvijle, vy,? XJQ :Wbiteville. and .,WaccamaW-nw .Mission, at Whitevllle - fT Jan. ll. 27 SmithvlUejatBhalotte,4 'Febv;.; 8 Cokeshurfind Coharlellhwlon; ,irt at Bethany-T vcm .1.4 r'oFsb. -w lO Oaslow, at Alt. Xebanoo,- Feb. 16 17 Elizabeth, ,atIiz.tbethtown," , TeJ. 23, 34 Bladen, at Soule'i Chapel, CHaf.'y Z Topsail, at Prospect, -'" 10 Clinton, atClratoti, jr .-iiv'r Mar.. 1. 17. DUUict r3jtewards'; meeting at the Front Street parsonage at 11 o'elock, A. U.on Tuesday, February 5th. ' " : i 1 WHOLE NO; 3,254 All babies are : diminutive Cajsart, since iney come, tncy see, they conquer, some times by their eentle stillness, but oftener by continued uproarioaa crying induced by Colic, Teething, Flatulence, etc-. Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup by its gentle yer specific influ ence quiets the little ones Without ever pro- qucing ie least injurious effect. rT-ice 25 cents a bottle.' f 1 1 f t THB WK8TKRN STANDARD. The receipts o, uuga ( mo union bmck zaras on tne 12ta and 13th of tail month vera the largest ever recelred daring U Mae Ume In nj market, and were aa follow : Oatae 81,5 and on the 13th. 56,823. weieh faii' in Uie agjrrate 8i,57S,30O pounds, and all weighed oa Tairbanka' Scales.-- Chicago Evening journal, uee. au 16TZ rj -WIY18 K3TOW THAT THJE BROW OP CARS m often soothed by m deUdona sapper, to which perreet breads rolla, biscuit, etc . are so Important. To hre these deHcate prodncta of baking always reliable, the ase of DooLir' Ykasz Powdkr is Te ry Inrportaati 3 Tina article is among the moet va!n- oivar hswiu in oearmeon aeaun.. it la nnt ap 1 eana always fail In weight. MANX BEATJTTTJf. WoMHK am WAhtwi tnr 4ao taaia, portion of their, charms to Gooraod's Olympian Cream. . To the faolty complexion it kodo a- delicacy the. iver counterpart pf nature. Price in laree bottler red a ta On: liniim- v,vr atoby.nndai sjji'jiih ,QO';iy. 0 NOTHINO UK IT H IT-OT ANDS' ' ALONB J i-Snch is the rerdict of the medical world and the , oa'-tiAU't uoxxt or uoBBBomro ahd Coneha.. Colds. Inflaesza. all imtationa rt the oreaas of speech and respiration, 'Vanish under Its iBftaenee, like fogs before the sunlight. t iu rootnache.lrpps care la one lainute. ' v ' TMJfsaB F&DJTiKe-lNxs. Invaluable to rail road eompanies, steanuhip companies, hanks, mer- cbimimi, Bumuactarers ana omers. 1 noy are en- daring jtnd chaogeieBaw . and will -copy- sharp and Clear for an indefinite period of time. Having jnst received a fresh sapyjyof these ink, we are pre pared' to ezecateorders1 itromptly and at moderate Reliable heln for weak : and nerrrma snfreinrs Chronic, painful and prostrating diseases cared : wtthoU naedicise. 'PnlTermacher's Klectrio BelU - laa grana aesideratnm. Avoid imlUtions. Book aad Joarnal, -with foil particulars, mailed free. Ad ores ruLTuiucHn ualtahio co.. xa vise St.. .yjinriiyatl. Ohio.; A8TONISHIK0 8UCCKa8.Jtia the dat of ev ery person who has used Boscbxb's Uxbxan Syrup to let its wonderful qoalltiee ba known to their friends In carine ConsnmDtien. serere Concha. JQronp AHthaSi. fncsjnonia and ta fact all threat ana long diseases, no person can use it without Immediate relief. Three doses will relieve any ease. Such a medicine as the Quuux Stbttp cannot be fao widely known., ; Aakjyoar: Drnraiat. about it. fiegular siie 75 cents. . GKR MAN "SYRUP." No other medicine in the World wa ever given such a teat of its curative qualities as Bosghcc's Qxbmas Hybvt. Two mil boa' four hundred thousand small bottles of this medicine were distribated a omj- - sssiisnsa iaimiob vt uus e&fre of charge by druggists ! i afflicted withConsumptiOB, ; in this country to theee Asthma, Groan, .severe, Coughs. Pneumonia . and others diseases of- the throatandiungs. Draggists m every town and, village la the United States are ' reeommwidlngit to thefip customers Regutersize' 75ceats., . r - , -. 'I 8CHENCK'8 PULMONIC SYRUP, SB A WEED TONIC and MaNDRAKB PILLS.-JTheae deser vedly celebrated and poonlar medicines have effect ed -a revelation la gie healing art.'and proved-the fallacy, of several maxims which have for many years obatracted the progress of medical science. : The false sapposltion that " Consumption is incurs-' ble" deterred physiclano from attempttng to find remedies for that disease, and patients afflicted with IS rocoaciled themselves to death without making; an effort to escape- from a' doom which they sup-1 posed to be naavoldabiev It to now proved, how-; ever, that Cotmanption ca6e cured, and that it has Am cored ta a very great nember or eases (some of them apparently desperate ones) by Schenck's Pul-i moaicSjrirpi alone; and in other'oasee by the same medicine in connection with Schenck's Sea Weed! Tonic and Mandrake Plus, one or bothj according to the requirements of the case. . - . i -1 utd BcneacK nimseic wno enjoyea uniaterrapteo , good health for more than forty years, was sup-; posed at one time to be at the very gate of death,! bis physicians having pronounced his case, hope-; less and abandoned him 'to bis fate ' Ha was cared, by the aforesaid medicines, and, since his recovery,: many thousand similarly affected have aeed Dr. Schenck's preparations with, the same remarkable; illff ISH i-i -,f: Lii i if Hi ' A Oi j Full directions accompany each, making it not: absolutely Beceisary to personally see Dr, bcheack.i unless patients wish then: tangs examined, and fori this purpose ho la professionallT at his principal! office, Corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters fos advice muit be; addressed. -' ' i i u achenck'i medicines are told by an druggists, i - j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Import of the Condition X HE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WIL-i KIN(TON, at Wilmington, in the Bute of North Carolina,at the close of busine (December 28, 1877J OTerdraftSrreyrrrgrtv y.-rr. 4,377 80 U. 8. Bonds to secure circulation,:... .. 80.000 OOj Other StorbBnas sad inortgagei.i.ii 8.24J S3 Due from approved reserve agents,, . 14,823 9a Oae from otbNadcBanks.ll.iri.'. i f 6,096 6t Bue from State Banks and bankers,. ..c - 8,970 49 Real estate, furniture and axtaree, . : . J. ' ; 81,785 19. Current expenses and taxes paid,.....,. 7,560 C3 TremiHnis paid, ..t.-i.Kl... ' '11,675 OOt Bills of other Banks.... w...-.. .91 QOj Specie (Incladlng gold Treasury eertifl- ' ' j Leeal caies..,. . ....ij..v... i , o,oi. a -tetKler notes, i.-n-;..: ...t .v.'. .-.'.;. ss.ww vu Bedemptipa fund withr U. S. Treasurer, . r r , J V (5pere6&tof clrciilationKiiiiii'' , 600 09 III .ftK'-3l,.4.,'.UU.:.Cii $701,886 8 Capital stock paid fa i : $160,000 CQ DUrplUS IUBd,. .............. . , 14,203 41 UadrVlded pvolta;l'.;.4iw;;uu..i.U'i 61,730 4j National Bank notes outstanding, ..., 71,990 00 Mvldeista ttniMdiK' .1 . .i-.-M....v4i iu 845 09 Individual deposits subject to check,.. ... 144,309 11 Demand eertifloates of deposit,. : . ...... -150,141 S3 Due to other National Banks 10.419 85 Das to State Banks andBankers..;. ... - -1,803 VI Motes ana ouis reaiseonncea,.,i . . 2 .........,.$70186 81 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. I, A, K. WALKER, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the 'above statement Is trae to tne non or my anowieoga ana ueuei. - , K.. WALKER, Cashier. , Sabscribedand sworn to before me this 11th day of Jannaryj 1878 1 - - ,. , iiJ tO-fsH.i.it. BOWBEN, Notary Public. ComB-tor Attest JAMES BPRUNT, J-Directors. sVBrBURRUSS, ) - - J - r- ' t :-i ' ' --.;":; M. O. WORTH. - - Jan 11 -It -Coisiiiee Please TaieMce, I ..That the; German Brig "G.,c. Mi-r CHBLS" has been Wafting for orders ai&m&hviUe since the 8th day of Janr WUminrtom. N. CU U pt January, 1S7S. r : Janl8-8t h ' ... - : FaohidTiable Styles. 3 i JtSD-BTOTHATS! , ! ! &n WiUe-A ill At' T Uuq Ja EABRISON & ALLEN'S,: Jan4f City Hatters -ECX-P V .'tif isVt'Ii gll&anjje Cprner; f ust BJccKmtb k jnr le line' ' " , i - f.-d J t U iir ik KIO.GLOVPS :l fiiu ope&Lni sase: SOABZf c;.!.t -Can for your iFANC' 6dOl)d i fiATSVEON ' RETS 'and' other "MILLINEBY GOdDS.' 'Prices . f .j f I r.' j-' 1 iij o-' j . aaan be ao object. u " ;, !' f ia. -i ' -f NL H. SPRUNTJ a so 'isjiu wtxk. . v. ........ Twoweeka Three weeks, . , One month,....,...,. ... c... 4(0 ... 76 60 '.. 8 60 .17 Oo .. 84 CO , , . 40 00 I.:60 0 Two montns,, .... Three months;. J. Six months....... " one year,....:.;., taruon tract' Advertisements taken at propor UonatelT low rates. v . - ' " J ; . " , '- Tea Qnea solid Nonpareil type make one square NEW.. ADVERTISEMENT ' O P E R A: HOUSE. Friday Evening, -Saturday ETenlngr, . Jan, III li -.Jan.' 12th JANAUSCHEK, -4 ' ' - . Snpported by ! Ilr. James H7 (Taylor, TIIS EMINENT TRAQEOIAN; ;-r . AND A STAR COMPANY. FRIDAY EVENING.. JANUARV 11TH, the New i ana rowenui riay i c. . Catherine of Russia. ! Cathxbikx IL Empress of Russia, JANAUSCHKK SATURDAY EVUNINq.; JANUAttY 12TIl, ' LADY MACBETH...,........ i.vJANAUSCHK GENERAL ADMISSION ..ONE DOLLAR. SBATa SECURED WITHOUT CHARGE. ! trrhe sale of Seats will comraencd en TUES DAY Morning, January 8-h, at .HEINSBSRGER'S Bookstore. , ... , . jan 4 t,f . OPERA house: ISonday EVse -.' 'i Engagement of v. u- ; RICE'S KXTRAVAGANZ A JDOMBATION, 4 Comprising jifty Artists, di rect irom their recent remar kable eBgagement of- eight weeks at Daly'a Fifth Ave nue Theatre," New Xork.se ven weeks-at Boston Mnse-. um, and two weetsat Acade my of Music,- New Orleans r- Ja.::I4,jl Toesday Kt'o'sc -st!v t. COIfR.D. the Corsair. MONDAY; EVENING. JANUARY 14,jfh deiight- ... . , ful ancat AxtravagaBEaj, . - " i v E VA'N GEL I NE! Grand Chorus, and Singing Ballet, Sparklirig and Original Music, Splendid Costumes, Lone Fisher men, Dancing Heifer, Balloon Trip to Arizona, the Lively Whales. TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 15 the . Great fT-- , , , . jaueicai oensauon, . ; . Conrad, the Gprsair, and his BloonilNfeVBrlde. Popular Prices. -General Admission SI 00. No extra obarge ler Reserved Seats. .'Gallery 60 cents. sale or seats commence Friday Morning, January 11, at Heinaberger's Book Store, , . , . fan 10-5 1 F; A. SCHTJTTE, ; 17 and 19 SOUTH PB0NT STREET, T,.WKl OFFER;,, : COMING ' SEASON,'" AT PRICES FOR THAT-DEFY OOMPfitlTIONr d;:aCi:9i!BEDSTEADS, SlliEBpA&DS, u&Sit CE1TTEE tables, 'y 'til 'tTikfi mnvvctol 8.tl3..'t i . : . . . "WORK TABLES,' i r WASH-STANDS, ?vi, tis...ynsiwr.n.n., ov axo,,(j?;.? With all the different kinds of MATTRASSES. CHAMBER SUITS.. BED SPRINGS, HAIR, and every thing usually lounaiaatrn-stuiassFurnuaretiouse. , Orders promptly executed at Bottom Prices. janl3tf . r. f :.r . . ' . i : Special Annonncement tit iO ejc2 cio j.'. fXrj.'W BLACK SILKS Antelnc Guynet & Co., Lyons, France, , , , BEG TO INFORM .THE CITIZENS OF WIL mington and vicinify tbat I. have purchased FOR CASH, at the late. (3RBAT AUCTION 8 ALE in , A.PLENDfcD ASSORTMENT: of, this most ex 1. ' J eelient mannf acHare of ; ': f! '.. Lyons 5 Black Silks, AT -PRICES 'LOWER THAN THESE GOODS HAVE P3" SOLD FOR TriE LAST FIFTEEN YKABS. , f"A visit to my establishment is most respect folly solicited. TTTT TTTCl Q 4 TBAM ! Successor to J. H. SAMSON, -j V 4? Market Street. jan8tf Axes and B OXING AXES. BUILDING HARDWARE, ; HARDWARE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, For the BST GOODS and LOWEST PRICES goto ii'" JH. JAOOBI'8 Hardware Depot, jans-tf No. 10 Booth Front street. In Store, ET A A Boxes C. R. Smoked and i OUU , Dry Baited SIDES 3000 StCk HTerpeo1 md 150,1 SALT, "500 8DAa' srrade I -' -' BegaBio. Lagayra and Java COFFEE 10 0 0 KiAILS, ?o,"ted ,izc8 r i ' 250 BkIs 8ugarHon9e ud K " 8 BUP jqq Hhdi Porto Rico MOLASSES. TO 0 Bbls rLOCH 411 krae 'h k ;-: on A Boxes Adamantine CANDLES, .. ' 200 Boxe,80APr '-V-' - s jQQi Boxes and Bbls CRACKERS, : n,j '3 v -j QQ Boxes TOBACCO,u J r 'v. TAA Kewan Eeeoni-Hand'' ! i UU - bpIrit casks, jgQ BbU Distillers' GLUE. Bagging, .ties, hoop iron, snuff, &c "w.i,-,. For sals at low prices by,. , j t l! jan 8 If JSrWILLiAlIS A MURCHISQN. t i 1 " . i . 1 " " 7agona Wheels, : Cart, buggy and sulky wheels of all kinds. Spokes, Hubs, Bims, Axles, Tire Iron, Springs. Baggy Bodies, Setts, bbats. Bands, Bolts. Also. Irge assortment of TRIMMINGS of all kinds. If yoa want to make your selections from a large stock come to the Old Established Hardware House of r , - - . JOHN DAWSON. JanStf "' " ' ' . - i -X ! I? h : f '' ' a- t ' - 4 t J. ' f t j i' ;"'V' : S: 4