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THE IIOBITEIG STAB. . UBLISHED DAILY BXCIFT MONDAYS. Ufu or Buxatnarnoa nc advaho : oae year. (by mail) postage paid... $7 i rtaeemonis, " " ' M' ' ' ""."."".'! ' ' An a month . 1 1 00 00 25 one month ....... 1 00. To City Subaeribers, delivered in any part of the city Fifteen Cents per week. Oar City Agents are aot authorised to collect for mere than three meaths m advance. .-. " -T OUT LINKS. .Mil Prince Frederick. : William reported fired at, - London Post says a distinct under standing is being brought about witb Rus sia. - - Lord Salisbury will be the Eng lish and Count iBcbouTalofl ibe Russian Plenipotentiary to the Congresa.',. -Aus ' tria has notified the Powers that if Adaka leh ceases to be Turkish ' it can only be come Austrian. i The entire Indian ex , pedition, save one small craf t,- is at Alex andria.' - A .disturbance occurred in Belgrade; a crowd pelted .Prince : Milan's palace. ' New Laredo, Mexico, ;is threatened by six hundred Lerdo revolu tion ist3; three American merchants are in confinement. Sa ' ex-Governors of Louisiana are in Washington. 'An nual Convention of American Board of Israelites held Monday nigbt in New York. National Baptist anniversaries to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, this week. : f President and other officers of Peoples' Savings Institution, of Newark, indicted for fraud. President and Cabinet go 4 to Gettysburg, where Gen. Butler delivers an oration on decoration day. - The army bill passed the House; it fixes the strength at20,6bo men. - New York markets: Money easy at 34per c t ; gold strong at 101i; cotton firm atll 3-16ll 5-16 cts; flour dull and heavy at 510 cents lower;' wheat a shade easier; . corn ilc lower; spirits turpentine quiet at 2930c; rosin quiet at I45152i.- ' 'v - i The fine Stewart Woman's Hotel is to be converted into a regular com mercial hotel. : It was a magnificent failore. The idea was very fine and very absurd. , : : . - " k . Thirty-four Americans have; been selected as a part of the International Jury at the Paris Exhibition. It-is said that there are more American so called commissioners than from all 4he other countries exhibiting. Great is humbug. ; The State devotes a full column to an obitual of John A. Worsham, Rich mond's most famous gambler. His gambling ; place, Corinthian Hall ; it wasnamed, was a very sumptuous and 'lavish; place of enticement. Rev. Dr. Curry conducted the funeral service. - - i Who will say we are not bridging gloriously "the bloody chasm and forgetting the bitterness of the past ? At St. Louis the graves of the gray and the blue were decorated, alrke, whilst at Portsmouth, Va., on me . mortal day, the Army steamer Mon roe was I offered to the Hampton volunteers, whilst flowers were sent from Brooklyn and New York. The Chicago Board of Trade j is scared almost into a "canipscian fit." -Communists are in every street and every closet. It passed, on the 24th, a resolution calling on - Congress earnestly to provide an army of ;at least 106,000 men, "to the end that all parts of oar country may feel that it has something like adequate protec tion against the ' emergency liable j to rise if complications from 'without "or if demonstrations of violence from within menace . our country." Who will dare aav that 'this is not a orreat : and "gajlo-rious kedentry?" r Ah, ha ! Secretary Sherman is a nice fellow. He invited Anderson, the Louisiana eleciion supervisor,' to visit Washington and have an inter view with him. A Washington spe cial; to : that highly delectable and humorous sheet, the Philadelphia Press, tells this story: - 1 "Mr. Anderson, having stated in a letter " recently published- that he had not been engaged in a conspiracy to promote an ille gal return of the vote of Louisiana, and who was invited here by Secretary Sher man to corroborate said .statements,' is -highly indignant "to-night over what -he calls an attempt to entrap him by forestall ing his testimony before the committee.' In other words, Sherman got '? him into a private room where there was , a lawyer -and a short-band reporter. Anderson saw the trap set for him and would not "bite.n He told Sher- ' man if he wanted ; to hear what ho knew he"could come before the in vestigating committee and listen John is & cunning fellow.1 " , '- . There are tens of thousands of people who; will be glad to learn that Jefferson Davis has at last gained his suit for the recovery of his planta- . lion. The Court of Appeals of;, Mis sissippi has rendered a final judgment, vafter a rehearing ' of s the : canse re storing to5 bim, in fall title and inv terest, his magnificent farm knowq as Bnersfield, in Warren' county in that State. ' Mr. Davis, had paid his brother Joseph for it, but the formal title remained with the latter when ' the war .began. ; .While the er-Presi-dent was a prisoner at Fortress Mon- . roe, Jos. Davis, then a very old man,: VOL. XXII.-NO. 58. sold his entire estate to one of his former slaves, Montgomery, who had long been his overseer, for: $300,000, payable on long time at six per cent interest. He left the children of his younger brother $80,000. to be col lected when they became of age. He gave tiie rest to his illegitimate chil dren. .'1 be ex-President finally a sued with great reluctance for the . recov ery of his property, with the result as stated above. We rejoice in his sue cess. :r Latest by Mail; : From Washington. . , Special to Richmond Dispatch, Washington, May 27. ' THE INDIAN JbUBBATT GOES TO THE ' - i WAR DEPARTMENT. . ! The House to-day passed the amendment to the army bill trans ferring the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the War Department. It provides 'that an officer .as high in rank as a colonel must be placed in charge d of the Bureau, and that no officer of lower grade, than first lien tenant shall be an Indian agent. These officers are uot required to give bond, but are to be tried by a court martial for an improper discharge of the dnties of their offices. This amendment was offered by Mr. Scales, of North Carolina who has given it zealous arid efficient support. It was opposed earnestly ly Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, to-day. T ; i PINNSYLVANIA WILL GO DEiTOCEATIC. ' Senator Wallace has returned and was in his seat to-day. - He says the Democratic platform and nominees are . both highly ; acceptable to the people of Pennsylvania, and will win in the fall. Hereafter he predicts that the accessions 'to the national party in Pennsylvania will consist of eighty per cent, of Republicans and twenty per cent, of Democrats. Traffic Deed of a Desperate Iiover. , Mendota; 111., May 27.1 News has reached here of an atro cious, murder committed at Arling ton, a small town near this place, on Sunday. " Sam Carney, a yonng man who had been refused permission to visit Miss Cullenbine, a young lady of bis acquaintance, went to her room last evening, cut her throat with a razor, and shot her with a revolver. Being met by Mr. and Mrs.: Cullen bine on his way down stairs, he shot the father in the hip and cut Mrs. Cullenbine severely with a butcher kjjif e. Then, rushing oat into the yard, he drew the razor across his own throat several times and expired almost instantly. The young lady lived but a few minutes, but the pa rents, though severely, are not fatally hurt. i; '-'. '..'.' r n . . Tot aie or Blihap ffleCroiker. ! - . ' Detroit, May 27. ' Bishop r McCroskey, " wbb "arrived here four . days. ago and has since been stopping at the ; Michigan Ex change Hotel, .left for New York this morning. This action surprises every one, inasmuch as it was supposed he had returned to face his accusers. .' It is reported that he renewed his resig nation on the 18th of this month in a letter to the presiding Bishop, Smith, and that a special meeting of the House of Bishops to consider his resig nation will be held in New York on the 18th of August. - Spirits Tarpentinej j . Wo regret to learn that Col. W. Thomas is again' insane, and has re turned to the asylum. ; " - . -; .; i A little . child of Mr. Lynch, ;of Asheville, fell to the floor, striking its head against a jar. It has since died. ; - Judge Strong fined E.. G. Hay wood, Jr., $100, ' and Louis Haywood $50 for their assault upon Mr. Gulick. , j : They ' are still "bobbing around" in the newspapers those incorrigible "Ho-, norablei" Blesa" Us, how easy those h.nors are. 'y. "T- T'-rr; . " ' ! v; ti. The notorious Bishop Gil Ha ven is to deliver the annual-address before the Phileloquentian Society of Chandler College, Buncombe. , The wife pf Rev. 11.1. Devjn, a Baptist minister of. Granville, will receive $35,000 from the death of Hon. Israel G. Lash, of Salem. Mrs. D. is his niece.: 1 - y-.-Hendersonville Courier - Col. R. M. Douglas hasappointed Mr, Thomas J. Rjckman Messenger in Bankruptcy for this Congressional. District. This is ;an excellent appointment, , " S'i' 4 Monroe Enquirer '. The valuable grist mill belonging to Mrs. Norwood, Wm. Crow and John . K. Davis, on .Waxhaw creek; in Jackson township, was ' burnt on Saturday last. Loss $2,500..;.. , : UrtiisJ'SAAn Lenoir; Topici Vlf sheep are of more service to this generation and country than dogs, -let us have more sheep and fewer dogs. : The sheep are pro ducers and the dogs areconsumers which 8haJftjrehaTeit0a ja.arrX -e. . Raleigh News correspondent : A flock or drove of foxes, which has suddenly appeared in Swift Creek township, Wake county, bant nightly together, and has thus far made - game of between -eighteen ( and twenty lambs, pigs and poultry. ;, j ;j The RaleighJVwa learns that one of the best. Informed pisciculturists' in the State has furnished the Department of Agriculture witb a list of the fish caught in Neuse river. There are in all sixty-four varieties! all distinctly different. Of these, nineteen kinds are fresh water and forty five salt water fishes. . All come from the waters ofthis one stream;. r.1 RalergVYfThe Secretary of State is now distributing: the 78th vol ume N. C' Supreme Court Reports, pre pared ; by the Hon. : Thomas.: 8, - Kenan, Attorney General, reporter. Governor WILMINGTON; Vance informs us that, owine to the ill health of Mrs. Vance,' he will be unable to accept the invitation of the peeple of Pitt county to deliver an agricultural address at vrreeuvnie ! The Be&ufdrt'Atlantic tells of a narrow escape Mr. - John Davia had. -; He was ploughing when a rattlesnake struck at him just as he jumped. The fangs of his snaKesnip were fastened in his pants, whilst the body was coiled around his legs, until ne was Kiuea Dy Mr. Davis' companion. The snake was five feet in length and had about a dozen rattles and a button. 1 i Newbern Nut Shell: Mr. John; Matthews, who seriously wounded Mr. Henry Caravan in Washington a fwiight8 since, was tried be Tore a magisir tie in tuat town on' Friday last, and, as all the evi dence showed that Mr. Matthews used bis knife in self defence, he was released, giving bond for' his appearance at the August term of Beaufort County Superior Court. .. - -, "v . ': jvi 04 Asheville x CUizeftz'tfMr 'J'i. J. Culbertson and family, of this place, intend m a week or two removing to Oregon. 'r-. The telegraph poles between this place and Hendersonville are expected to be up in a few day 8. ' We regret to learn of the death, on Sunday nighty of Mrs. Spragne,' wife of Capt.W. D. Sprague, of, the St. Bernard Hotel, at Henry. Mrs.. 8. has been an invalid for some time. " ' ' . . Granville beats the world in! its fine tobacco. Read some of the latest sales: A. G. Clement, $55, $60, $71; S. G. Hob good, $50; R,iL Newton, $59; W. H. Daniel, $650- Lewis Will iford, $47, $68; Willis Mitchell, $50, $66 50. $85; Claiborne Bobbitt, $45, $70; W. B. Royster, $52 50; A. J. Wright, $50, -$60, $90; Hillman Barnes, $54, $90; S. W. Wilkerson, $49, $65; A. G. Mangum, $50; W. H. Wade, $73, $90. ?iV '4 -. - i ... ! : Asheville Pioneer'. Maj. J. W. Wilson, President of the Western North Carolina Railroad, by request of the State authorities, has ordered conductors to pass free of charge all persons going to attend the Normal School at the University. Prof, C. S. Long, A. B., the able and effi cient President .of Candler College, has been invited to address the students and Alumni of the. East Tennessee and Wesley an University, at the commencement of that institution in Jane. ".;;'" ' ' .. i Oxford JFreeZance: The biggest break of tobacco ever Been in Oxford was witnessed on Tuesday last.' The Granville and Brick ' warehouses were both full to overflowing and the prices . obtained were high up in the pictures. ; . Mr. Banister. Royster, a worthy citizen of Granville and' a soldier of the war of 1812, died at bis home, near Sassafras Fork, at the extreme age of 93 years. Mr. Jackson Brad ford, of Granville, is the owner of a yew, which, giving birth to a lamb one day, was the mother of another in a week's time. Next - i-i-";;;.,i--;,,.vrj j ! Charlotte Observer: A gentle man who has just returned ' from, a visit to Wilkes county reports that a large and very enthusiastic meeting' of the ' citizens of the county was held at . the court bouse in Wilkesboro, last Wednesday,, in the inter est of a railroad. The people are very much interested in the subject of an outlet, r and the' sense of the meeting was that the old plaster banks and salt works charter should Be revived, and a harrow gauge road be built from Statesville to Wilkesboro by this route. Two prisoners, Ed Jenkins and Bill Watkins. waltzed out of Concord jail last Sunday night on blankets. Caldwell is noted lor its modest anrt unam bilious men. There are no candidates there.; ' Warrenton Gazette : ; Mr. H. Palmer. Jr.. had his flock of sheep badly injured some time since by dogs, but luckily he killed them. ' Mr. J. J. Kodwell nad nis flock treated in the same manner. We hope the next Legislature will pass an act to tax every dog at two dollars per head; . A shocking accident occurred yesterday even ing at Mr. Sam Davis'. A negro woman left her three children in the house, and on her return found one of the girls, aged about ten years, t burnt to death. ; Before dying, the girl said one of the other children set her a fire. - The Colorado beetle, or potato bug, has made its appearance in our gardens and is destroying the Irish potatoes. We are glad to know that Mr. Nor wood will begin the rebuilding of the hotel this summer. The revival at the Bap list church closes ' to-night There have been fifty-three conversions. . ri ? ! 1 STATE POLITICS. i- Some seventeen counties are re-r ported as having declared for Schenck. v S Concord JSuni - Judge Sohenck's chances for Associate Justice are brighten ibg every dayri'iJ'"-'i'-s-;:' ' -'!; j:1- ; Candidates in Cabarrus are modest. "Their ; many friends". ; do the -"announcing" for them. . ; :.. ' 1 - Harnett indorses Waddell -' foJ. Congress N. S. -Stewart fort the Senate, and a Hi Coffleld for the House, i j A Chowan county goes for Octa viiis Coke for Congress, bmith f or C. J., and H. A, . Gilham for Associate. : i 1 Beaufort and " Pamlico 'nomi nate Dr. Frank Latham for House, indorse Wm.1T. Cah0 for8enate Smith for C. J., and Teates for Congress. j 1 Concord 'Register: Jndge Smith will, without doubt; receive the nomina tion for Chief Justice. : He. is a central mam The . Hon. George Howard will doubtless receive the solid Biipport of the Convention, as the choice of the- East. ! .THE CITY. i NK W AbVjfBTISElIIENTS. . Caution notice crew Alaska. I -.; Caution notice crew Lorain e. " "; ; -i . City Notice Dog ordinance.. ; ; Box: 212 Cotton gin for sale. : Cronly & Mobbis Fruit at auction. ; JEJ Saulsbuby &J0o. Fresh fruits. X prii'o Crs of St." Joliln'aV -". ". j ; r This evening, at , the Opera House, the Cadets of the Cape Fear Military Academy will again appear in the beautiful drama of "The Cross n of uSt, John's," concluding with the amusing farce of "The Limerick Boy," presenting Jan entertainment well worthy the patronage of the amusement1'' loving public. r Let all . who wish to pass a pleasant evening 'and witness a really en- L joyable entertainment make it convenient to attend at the Opera House to-night, j C; Rlllitarv. i At a meeting of the Whiting Rifles, held last evening, - the following officers4 were' elected: - . i--1 i -? i " ' 1st Lieutenant John H. Daniel, s i g (i2nd LieutVnanti-W. S fllardwickfe' t Junior 2nd Lieutenant L. & F. Brown. . Cl,: WEDNESDAY. Itoeal Dots. : !j -iwvi v vi J The colored military .were drill ing-on the streets last ' night.? w; ; The pio-nic. of the Misses ;iBarr and James school,' which' was postponed yesterday, will take place at Hilton to day. -sWe are informed that the Grand Chapter 4f Royal Arch Masons of North Carolina will commence its session in Win- ton oh Tuesday,' June ilbioilmoy l - The net .-proceeds of. the 1 excur corsion given on last Friday.under the aus pices 6f the Dorcas Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church,' amounted to $124.16. '; r . Higher ' pressure, -nearly - sta tion&ry temperature, north to east winds, clear or partly cloudy weather, with .occa sional rains, are the indications for this sec tion tof day.;,;;; ;; V'Jf ; i . . i . . ve learn that the Charlotte ex cursionists, who are to arrive here Thurs - day morning, expect to remain three days, making excursions in 'the meantime ' tor Smithville. vVaccamaw Lake and ' the Sound . . . . .. c . , ( : ) ' j i City Clerk; and Treasurer Sav age iives notice that the dog ordinance will go into effect on the first of June. . The or dinance imposes a . tax of one dollar on every male and three dollars on every fe male of the canine, persuasion, and the pe nalty for neglect or failure to procure the necessary badge is twenty dollars. ; -' - 1 Tbe merchant Excnrilon 10 WII- ;mlns;(9D, smltnvlll, &e.r; j Sunday's Charlotte Observer says: '. In ac cordance with an invitation from the l au thorities of ; the Carolina Central Railroad, the merchants and . other patrons Vof this road in Charlotte, met at the rooms of - the Chamber of Commerce, last night,- - to - fix the time for an excursion to Wilmington, Waccamaw Lake and Smithville, tendered them by the officers of s the - Carolina Cen tral. The meeting was large.. 'After' some discussion, Wednesday, the 29th of May, was agreed upon as the time. ' A resolu tion was adopted thanking Capt V. ' Q. Johnson, Capt. T. T. Smith and other officials of the road for the kind" tender of the excursion. - It promises to be a . large and exceedingly pleasant one. An . invita tion will be extended to .the merchants along the line of the Carolioa Central and Western North Carolina Railroads." Ruaa war. - ' Two horses attached to a carriage, ; the property of Scott, the Livery Stable man. were standing in the street ' in the vicinity of the market house last night, about half past 10 o'clock, when they became ' fright ened at something and ran . frantically up Market street to Third and up Third street to the neighborhood of the City Hall, When the vehicle came in collision with a tree, and one of the horses was thrown violently upon the stone pavement. ' The vehicle was damaged . considerably, : and it is thought that the horse that fell-upon the pavement was also injured pretty badly. Both horses became detached from the carriage,1 how ever, and continued their . course up the street. Nobody hurt. -: ' ' A; Dear InTest-ment. s E'V Henry Brown alias Wm. Henry Davis, a colored youths had a hearing before Justice Wagner, yesterday morning, on the charge of larceny. The evidence went to show that defendant had been in the employment of Mr W. M. Collins, of the Office Saloon, and that he embraced the opportunity to try on a vest belonging, to Mr. ColliDS, which he neglected to return to that gen tleman's . wardrobe. . He was, required to give a justined bond in the: sum of fllty dollars, for his appearance at the approach- ing term of the Criminal Court,, in default of which he! was sent' to board with Dan Howard. ' ) Cotton stealing;. , -,:t-y,i-.-, i-o:. I James .Williamson, a colored boy, was arraigned- before the Mayor's. Court, yes terday morning, on 'the charge, of stealing, cotton from Mr. Owen Fennell,' Jr. It seems that Mr. F., upon going into his cot ton shed, unexpectedly on Monday afters noon, discovered the boy in there, '-with some of the hales xut open and the cotton scattered about. Defendant was' ordered to give bond in the sum of $50 for his ap pearance af the next term' Of the Criminal Court. ; He Was then turned over to the Sheriff, and upon failure to give bond was lodged, in jaiL'1 "J It has been suggested .' that the' repre sentatives of the old Third Regiment take the ' initiatory steps r towards ' holding a grand social reunion Jn.our city at an, early date of the boys , who were the grey from this sectionV' devoting a1- certain portion of time to relating army incidents &c. and Winding up with an excursion to the forti fications and ' points - of rinilitary interest. generally ' in the ; neighborhood of Smith ville.5'"' " ,',f':'i'' i-"? ,.tai ' Bolters to kit Front, - ;-: : i:i ;u We hear that i . number of 'the Repdblh cans of this, city, who are dissatisfied with; the action of . the nominating convention at the Courthouse on Saturday lkst, intend having a big mass meeting and barbecue! at Hilton on ; Saturday after next; when they propose to nominate .a' new ticket'with some few exceptions! t The principal seat of discontent appears to be in the First Ward. 1 . !m3 ptis.:. a- Oemoeratie State f!onventlon.i v Capt. S. A. Ashe; Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, ' gives notice that the railroad companies and he steamboat lines on the Cpe Fear, will issue tickets for the Democratic State Con ventiononJune 13th, 1878j at'opefare for the roundtrip. i Tickets most .be counter-, signed by the Secretary of the Convention;1 MAY 29. 1878. NATIONAL UEHIOBiaL 8BRVICB. The 'following is t the programme ? for Thursday next, the National Memorial Day All, the Blue and the Grey, are. respect fully invited to assemble at the National Cemetery- at 4 o'clock P. M.!, on the 80th 'inst. to participate in, or witness the cere mony attending the decoration of the graves of the' nation's' -dead. a The military, under command of Lt. CoL G. Li. Mabson, and all organizations, will' assemble at their usual place of meeting at 3 o'clock and march to the Cemetery by such route and manner as they may choose; : The Excelsior Rose Bud and Cape Fear Bands will discourse appropriate music on route to the cemetery. - i; BXEBCISE AT THE CSKBTBBY. - A 1. Dirge -Excelsior Rose Bad Band. 2. By the Choir "Rest Soldier Rest" t 3. Prayer W. A Green Chaplain? 5th Battalion.' '-.-I .-.'. 4. ;By the Choir "Honor to the braves." H 6. Oration Geo. Zs French, Esq. -i ; 6V Dirge Excelsior Rose Bud Band. . ! : - 7. 'By the Choir-"Cover them over with beautiful flowers." ' t " - 8. .Doxology-By the people. ; 9. Benediction. 10. Decoration of graves" " 11. 'Firing a salute by the military. The grounds will be in charge of the Marshals,, who will assign each organization to a proper position; and .preserve order j : The Superintendent of . the cemetery re quests that no carriages will enter the en closure. ; Respectfully, i . ; . ; ; E. H. McQuiGG, Sec'y of ComJ Tom Jobnaon Saard From Again.' It is now reported that the notorious Tom Johnson, colored, the escaped convict from the Penitentiary, is making his headquar ters in Brunswick,' in the neighborhood of Easy Hill: It appears that several robberies have been attempted in that vicinity lately In one instance a colored man by the name of Jim Mallett, having been absent from' home,! returned and heard some one in his house. - He cautiously; opened a -window and looked in, when he discovered a colored individual with a large trunk in the middle of the floor, engaged in making an inven tory of the contents, and with a double- barrel gun at "his side. Mallett,' who did not feel inclined to attempt to capture the f ellow single-handed,: hurriedly .closed the wioqdw BDuwr sna snouiea tor, ueip, ana in the meantime, the thjef beat a retreat through the back door and escaped. A few nights ; afterwards ; another attempt, was made in the- same neighborhood, -and the belief has become very general in that sec tion that the thief is none other than Tom Johnson r - Excaralon of tne . Caibolle Sandar Senool. ' Yesterday the Sunday School scholars. with . their teachers, connected with, St. Thomas' Catholic Church in this city, had their s usual annual. , excursion. , They as sembled at the church, at about B o'clock, and marched in procession down, to the foot of Dock street, where the ; steamer North East was in readiness for them. Then they embarked and were taken ts a beautiful grove abont ten miles np the river, where they spent the pleasant day that set in after the incessant rains of the one previous, ; in rambling - through the; shady groves, ; or .' tripping the light fantastic toe,? or, better yet, in attacking the well filled gaskets that had been provided for the occasion. ; " j Captain Paddison, . of the North East,' Mr. E.'Hamme, the owner of the place: at which the picnic , took place, and .Mr. Stevenson and lady, the occupants of the premisesj contributed - considerably to the pleasure of the'excursionists "by their many efforts to render the occasion enjoyable.! leiion Blank. . ::, 'J .. :; ' " ; n I The Raleigh Register- reminds. Registers of Deeds that in making -requisitions upon the Secretary of State ' for books, &c., for the approaching elections in August and November, they should order as many each of registration and poll books and returns from precinct judges to boards of canvass ers, as there are voting places in their re spective counties; one election book for clerk and one for register of deeds j enough copies of election law to supply all judges and inspectors' of 'elector! pounty commis sioners, 'register -and sheriff; certificates of removal from one township to another; judges and; solicitor, abstract, six; legisla tive abstract, two; county abstract, : two; Congressional abstract,; six. ; .They should state the number of polling places in their counties. ! This is important, and the press of the State should all. attention to it.- . Saceeatlon to -Farmers anol Utber. Our! farmers and citizens generally should bear in mind that a spacels left hi the Ag ricultural; Department, at . Rdleigh for. the display of the products of each and every county in the State! ' k We should like to see New Hanover well represented and hope samples of bur productions will be sent up to Cdl: L.- L. Polk, Superintendent of the Department and ; especially specimens of rice and peanuts, in which bur county can make a good showing. We learn front a gentleman f ronx this, city who recently went through, the department that New Hanover is. making a very poor -display considering Jier ability t..;.' rti :nl-sx ip-i -.Awuti'-j- - Tboratomeier Beeor4 .'. The foUowihg will show ihe state of the thermometer,' at the stations mentioned, : at 4.85 yesterday' evening, Washington mean timeas ascertained from the daily bulletin issued from the signal UQce in una city: , Augusta.'. ;.:.p.8T Mobile, i 87 Charleston....... S3 Corsicana,7."r.''.89 Galveston, .f. .f.v.';88 Indianola, .85 Jacksonville;;'.' .' .85 Key West,.. jw.-:8& Monteomery . .... 85 New Orleans,.... 86 PdntaRassa,.....81 Savannah,;.;'. . ."1 .84 St.-Marka,. 92 Wilmington,. ; . ; 81 WHOLE NO. 3,372 a Serloo Cbtree. .i. ' Frank Mills, colored, was brought to thjs city yesterday, by Officer A. V; Horrell, under a commitment from J. D.'. powers, Esq., of Union Township, Pender, county. on the charge of rape,' the alleged 1 vicUm being a white woman. He was committed to the county prison without benefit of bail.' Mills was committed to jail here last week. on another charge,' but' was subsequently released on bail, and it was then stated in the Stab that there was a charge of rape pending against him. 1 ' . : . KIVEK AND in AH INK ITKK1N. ; A barque, name l and nationality un known, was reported ofi the Bar yesterday. ; The Success, Heberg, cleared - f rom Dublin for this port on the: 11th irst. . ; ; The Mary Fi-ost, Husband, sailed from Liverpool for this port on the 11th inst. : ; The schooner Henrietta Billl Hil, arrived at Baltimore from- this port on the 24th inst. , j " ' '' The schooner Aberord Talbot, sailed from Baltimore, for this portion the 22d instant. .' ' i r . . ! The Spanish brig Mannela, Mendigu- sen, arrived at Gateshead from this port On the 23d inst. I Y ' ! 1 1 -. The barque Vigilant, Ne w Bed ford, Capt. Gifford, 1,850 bblsoil, ! was spoken in lat. 23.30 .north, long. 76.30 west, on the 18th of May, by the British barque Zoraine, Capt. Bennett, which arrived here from St. Thomas yesterday. - .a,;. -j ;; hoteiT AuuiVAiiS. ?' Pdbceli. House Cobb JBros., Fbop'bsI Mav 2S W J Parker!: Bladen'Vtnnht.v; V. V Hutchinson, Charlotte; Wm Burr, St Louis; G A Whitehead; Augusta, Ga; Jas C Shaw, Savannah; Geo Z French,JKocky Point: Samuel : Albertson. 1 Kenanavillff- R T Miller, Cincinnati; J L Lumsden, South uarouna; a Miller, Baltimore;' L C Hals tor Washington, DC. --.- ;'- I ? r CIST OK XETTE1CS Remaimne in the Crtv Post-Office Mav 28, 1878: . : !' - ;'.:;-.: ' B John Berry, care Dock Holt.' J !W Barnes, Alfred Benton J Annie Bond. :; j U W JJ' Clark. mrsBT Cornish. Hannah J Cumber, A C Crammer, E J Coleman, Fannie Chavers, care Shepard Payne, Ed A. lynaries. . . ! , .... - 5 D Morrice Denning, care L Wallace, " E H C Everett. . i . kv.,- ; j , F Miss Emma Frederick. Edie Faison. mrs L G Floyd. ,.,;! . . -', ; -,-, JbL Sarah Hill, care Maria Mart n.. Poll v Henderson, miss Amelia Hooper Zacbariah Huaaey, Johnnie Holmes, care W Holmes. J niss lerenab Johnson, jr -. ; I, M Maurice Macks. Johnnie "Miller, care Jane Chapman, mrs C B Mallett, miss Kate Manning, mrs Mealameet, mrs Cora Morri son, miss Mary Moore,! care Millie Oldham, Violet Moore, Lena McCall, ' Jane Merrett, care iiamei Merrett. N Antonia Nardi. P-Capt R fl Price. R Catherine Rowe.l J M Rhodes. S Robert Smith. F A Smith. Daniel T Scull, Louisa Singletary. . i T Kev W Tucker, j Martha" Thornstdn. Charlotte Carranck. - - ' ! ,. V Geo O VanAmringeJ - :i i ! u W Miss W F Wallace. Curtis Wrieht. Mary J Winslow; A Wood. David Wins- low,' Wyatt G Woods, Martha Washington. Persons calling for letters in the above list will please say "advertised." If not called for within thirty days they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. : - r 3i -- llt Ed. R Bbhtk. P; M. t Wilmington, NewHanqyer Co., N- ' . A, m m m -. . ; j. r.; innriorlrOTeertrisv''l i . Rev. L. Sj Barkhead. D. D' Presiding Elder of the Wilmington District, Metho dist E. Church, South, has made the follow ing appointments'torcompiete Jiis second round of quarterly meetings: ri j Elizabeth, at Purdie's, June 1-2 Bladen, at Deems' ChSpel, 1 " " 8-9 Cokesbury and Ooharie Mission,-- - "i 4 - at Hopewell. "15416 Clinton; at Gosheh.f vi 4 2223 Onslow,: at Queen's Creek. - & j -.: ;. 29-30 Topsail, at Rocky Point, r July 6-7 No one .can long abuse health without suffering generally , with blood diseases: Keep the blood pure ,by using Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture. r ; l A? - . ;iii;c .v'l t ! CITY lTEias. fii MOTHERS. MOTHERS.' MOTHERS, don't, fan to procure Mrs. Wikslow's BooTHiNa Stktjp for all diseases of tee thine In ctttldren. - It relierea the child from pain, cures wiurd colic, regulates the bow els, and, by giving' relief and health to the child. gives rest v tne mower, n . i. -3 Book 3nfOXBT. THxnoiuriKs Stab Book Bind? ery does all kinds of Binding and Ruling in a work manlike manner, and at reasonable Dricea.' Mer chants and ethers needing Receipt Books, or other work, may rely on promptness In the execution of their orders. t . IF THERE IS ANY VICTIM of aa emotive m- lady who ce.-pairs of relief, let him abandon his despondency. 80 lone as it is possible for him to obtain Qlsnn'b Sulfhub Soap he need entertain no doubts respecting the "possibility of his being, cured. . :... '.. . Rejuvenate Yourself with Hill's IirsTAXTAnorra HaibDtb. . . . . ; . . 1 ; . Reliable helD for weak and nervous softer-era. Chronic, painful and prostrating diseases cured wtthoat medicine. - Pulverraaeher'a Klectric Belts the grand desideratum. Avoid imitations. Book and Journal, with full Darticulara. mailed free. Ad dress PtjLvxRKAOHiB Oaltahio Co., 292 Viae St.. CtncinnaU. Ohia . ;,(,: . Tbaksrb ' PBnrrnrs-UTKa. Invaluable to' rail road companlea, ateamship companies, banks, meij chants, manafactarers and others. They are en during and xaangeleas,-and -will -copy sharp and clear for an indefinite period of time. Having just received a fresh supply of these Inks, we are pre pared to executeordera promptly and at moderate prices. f Vii.-i i f-.f .i;i-ii f j . LIVER IS KING. The Liver is the 'imnerial or gan of the whole human aystem. When it is dis turbed in its proper action all kinds of ailments are the natural result. It has been BuccessfnIlT n roved that Green's August Flower la unequalled in curing all persons afflicted with Dyspepsia or Liver Com plaint, and all the numerous symptoms that result i rom an nnneaitny condition 01 tne uver ana sto mach. Three dosea will prove that It is Inst what you wiat--'---''-"'""- . j IfaDDeara that Generals G:Pt Beanrenril md 7ubal A. Early will personally supervise the Semi annual - Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery Company, to take place on the llta of June, at the City of New Orleans. This, of course, assures per fect fairness to all the ticket holders, among whom, aa will be teen from the advertisement of the Com' pany. m another column, an enormous' sum or mo ney is to be distributed is the form of urixem ' The Company was chartered in 188 by Act of the Le- Ltbchbdbo, Va., May 10th, r . . 11 -L. .. DearFriend InresDonae to yaar laqulry as to the time I shall arrive in New Or leans to ssaist yoa w Bapemuenoma; ana arawmg the Grand Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery, to take place on Tuesday, June llth, I would: reply that I shall leave here so as to arrive in vonr eirv hv the Slst inst., which will give us ample time to fulfil the dutjea required of na. ji : f ; CAXr3 Off AtlVKttTISING. ' Square on day,.,....,........,:...' ... fl 00 two oay ............... 1 10 " threadaya,;... ' 3 W i . four daya,.... .... 8 00 - i.v a a. daya,-.,.-. . : 8 60 "is una week, ....... ... ........ 4 00 Two weeka,. 6 60 , Tar6week8,........,.v.....i... 8 50 Oaa month... 10 00 . Twomontha,....V.w 17 00 " .. - Three montna,... 84 00 Slxmontha, ..1 40 00 fin a wlr R1 Drt - Precontract AdTortlaemenU taken at proper tionately low rates. ' , Tea lines talld Nonpareil type make one square. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. IM. CROXLV, Auctioneer. ' j BY CEONLY A MORRIS. Henry Von QIahn,' ) Brunswick Superior Court, A. . DeRosset at als. ) February Term, 1878. " IN PURSUANCE OP A DECREE OF SAID Cpart, in the above entitled cause, I will sell at Public Auction, on WEDNESDAY, MAY 29th,lfr)8, I. Exchanee Corner, in the City 2,V.UmlDtOD' hi lota to Buit, all the ASSETS OF THE COMMERCIAL HANKvia .""T 0 " fSS2 N.;C-Stat nAt (WU., Char. A Ruth. R.H.) iS22 2 percent. . 500 " tMrcsiit S5,600 .6 per cent. r- $133,80000 Confedrate Bonds, " otee Currency, ' $3,797 25 ' $5,646 67 $8S5 CO N. C. Treasury Notes (small) currency. $4,030 00 ...-,. . . . . ". $189 00 Notes Bat k or Wachinirton. - $304 00 - Ysncyville, $10 00 Cape Fear, $5 00 M - - ' Commerce, $64,739 60 Bills Receivable, Notes Discounted. " ' ' ' JOHN D.TAYLOR, my8-4t 8.1B, 21,29 - Receiver. Fruit at Auction. WE SHALL CLOSE OUT ALL FRUIT 80 Doa. PINE APPLES, ' Onboard British Schooner Pioneer. THIS DAY. '(WEDNESDAY), at 9 A.M. - ' - " ' CtfUNLz A MORRIS, It V Auctioneers. OFFICE CLERK A TREAbURER, CITY- OF WILMINGTON, N, C, v j May 88th. 1878. - Ordinance. Dog 1 HE BOARD OF ALDERMEN HAVE RE-EN- acted the Dog .Ordinance of 1877, imposing a Li cense of ONE DOLLAR on every Male Dog, and THREE DOLLARS on every- Female Dog within the Corporate Limits, to take effect on and after the FIRST-DAY OF JUNE, 1878. - . Failure to procure a License and Badge tnbject every owner or keeper of a Dog to a fine of TWEN TY DOLLARS. . . C HENRY SAVAGE, ' Clerk and Treasurer. my 39 It: Cotton Gin for Sale. For sale. at less than MANtrFAnrn. RER'S PRICE, A FIFTY-SAW Brown Cotton Gin. With Self-Feeding Attachment and Condenser. Boxed ready for 'shipment, and has never betn need. ' Address, ' ' BOX 218. j - my291wD&W nac . Wilmington, N. C. Ship Notice. ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY cautioned asainst barboriaa- or trust ing any of the Crew of the British Bngantine "ALASKA", as no debts of their contracting will be naid bv . me jB.osi.er or consignees, my 29 St , L. A. HALCRO W, Master. Ship Notice. . ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY . forewarned not to trust or harbor any - of the Crew of the British Barque "LORAINE," as neither the Master or Consignees will pay any debts of , . . , . uieir contracong - , my 29t , . ROB'T. R. BENNETT, Master. Just Eeceived, THIS DAY; PER STEAMER, THE LARGEST AND FINEST LOT OF ; BANANAS, ORANGES, ' and other kinds of FRUIT ever 'offered to Wil mington consumers. J. E, SAULSBURY 4 CO , myS9-lt . ''--:"8ecBd Bt. Fruit Store. :";FestivalI'; . HE YOUNG LADIES OF THE CHILDREN'S Memorial Association will hold a FESTIVAL on next Friday Tenlnsr Slat lnac. In the vacant' store In Evans' Block, on Princess street. The worthy and humane object for which the Fes tival will be held, lt is hoped, win attract a large and liberal attendance on the entertainment. my6-St - - Su WeFr - COMMITTEE. T::::: Wanted,- HAND PRESS. ' Addresa, giving size, condition and price, C. T., Box 99, : Hillsboro; N. C. my 28-8t . .. .i ' Spring & Sunimer Millinery. T WOULD INVITE THE ATTENTION OF THE OJ Ladies to my large and Elegant Stock of ' "'Millinery aud Fancy Articles, Now opening-, comprialhgjjl the Latest Novelties In HATS AND BONNETS, ! " "'' ' : " FLOWERS', RIBBONS SILKS iJ J : OA y ; r. FEATHER8, ORNAMENTS, : '"FANCY GOODS, Ac., Ao. "An Endless assortment of Ruching, Eld and Berlin Gloves, Paris Silk Mitts, Linen and Lace Collara and Cuffs, Corsets, Bustles, Fans, Paraeols. Zephyr Wonted and Neck Ties a specialty. In. fanta Robes, Bonnets and Caps, and a Beautiful Line of Ladies' Undergarments. -The most Fashionable and Latest Designs con stantly receiving during the seasons. . LOWEST PRICES warranted. ' t - ' VARIETY STORE, ' ,7 . ' ' r 42 Market Street. Vl4tf: oae , ''i FJLANAGAN. r - Notice ! Scarborough jbquse, ' . Between Market and Dock. Tbree Rleala for $1.00 1 myS6-lm '' R. J. SCARBOROUGH, Prop'r. 1 0 Country Butter. ; JN TUBS, PAILS AND KITS, : o V i mi s lL v ; 10 to 13 Cent per pound, ' , . CHAS. D. MYBKS, i ; S8 and 40 North Water street. Tftree Xota - .. . GOSHEN BUTTER on eontnmit, ' with ORDERS TO SELL AT ONCX. i-l v- .. ' ' OHAS. D. MYERS, . 38 and 40 North Water street. ir ; IIo3t People WANT CK)OD' FLOUB, AND CAN FIND IT in my stock. Barrels and Half Barrels, at very lowpricea.-'- - - CHAS. D. MYERS, . , v,.-. S8 and 4p North Water street. ILW.-'i, ..b'!:.. . hi tt . . i. .--wv-... rpn& Best new may butter. ; - r : ' ; A. . . In Lane and Small Packages, ft.- J- v. . ..CJAS. D. MYERS, myS8DAWtf - 28 and 4C North Water street.