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mTTV TTATTTTTTft flTAU I :rfav , rv, , . - " t f ' ; v:; ;r; - 7 . 7 -s?? One Square me day, thro days....... font days,.... -,. flye days........ One week....... Two weeks,. ... . Three weeks,.... Oho month, Two months,.... Three months,.. Six months, POBLISHKD DAILY BATB8 OV CBSOBXFTlOa IK ADTASOK ! ,)Beyearr(by mll)po.ueopid, J 00 VfHSrBiiWibcrm. aeliTwed to imy'pirt'of the One year........... . ....... 60 60 ffjsaasxw-saMssa vol.- x-xiii.-no.aii. WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY i. 1879. Contract Advertisement taken at propo - WHOLE NO: 3 582 III m I Tmi HflAB AaIM WAnnAMtl tmA ' r - ' ,-vrv,w I I Ai l J 1 1 " : 1 1 . rt. i. IA 7 I I ' jf ' '.A -r il TV' , VV , T . IT ,T T7 -f" .. ? . nl A TV w,f.. J.. . , ; . , . . 1 , ' .. ' XAI , .-.fl AA A W . Twomontlu ,.17 00 94 00 . .-.. . !.-.. I.i Senate committee on; Foreign Relations reported adversely on1 House ' resolution in relatiou to Paris Exposition expenditures. Physician to the Czar recommends that Russian towns be burnt to suppress the plague. Restrictions will be placed hereafter in England on the shipment of American cattle to that country. ' Further arrests in New Orleans for Violation of election laws. B. F.Jonas elected U. I S. Senator from Louisiana. r Charter of Louisiana Lottery Company repealed, - Potter committee has appointed a sub committee of five to take testimony in New York; Messrs. Marble, THden, Pelton and Weed will be examined. New York custom-house nominations considered.. in Executive session 01 the Senate, yesterday; I ' I President sent in additional message con- 4 . .7 I cerninfi same, -tiouse reiusea to con- - cur in Senate amendment to abolish volun teer, navy. - M. Gambetta elected Pre sident of French Chamber of Deputies; he received 814 votes out of 405. r New York markets; Money 34 per cent; cot ton dull at 9i9c; flour without decided change; wheat dull and ic lower; corn unchanged ; spirits turpentine steady at 29 291c; rosin firm at $1 42il 45.! ..' ' . Miss Louise Pomeroy is recovering from the injuries received ! by the railroad accident io Louisiana. Tennessee is on the "retrenchment and reform" line. Its Legislature has just razeed the Governor's salary just, razeed tne liovernor p salary from $4,000 to $3,000 a year; There has been a Congressional temperance society in existence for iorty-six years. Gen. Robt. B. Yanee ia one of the executive committee. : It ia called a reversal of the na tural channels of trade to advance the interests and develop the re sources of trade in North Carolina.' A correspondent informs us that the rumor is true that Yanderbilt bought the N. T. Herald. He paid 5 cents for his copy. The next smart est man go up head. . Old Zach Qhandler, who can drink more mean whiskey than any, man who has ever struck Washington, is to succeed Senator Christiancy. Old Zach belongs to the Grant gang of bulldozers. , V 1 The "law of trade," as far as it is proposed to apply said law to North Carolina, is to build only such rail roads as will promote toe growth and increase the wealth of foreign cities and communities. : j . The!vote of Texas in the recent Wiectiop shows , an increase of 14 per :ei. over that of 1876. It aggre gated 240,812 an increase of 39, 643. . Texas could be well cut up Into four States, so as to give the De mocrats eight U. S. Senators. The Radical members of the New York Legislature bave sent a peti tion to Congress asking lor the con firmation Of, President Hayes's ap pointments to the New York Custom House. This ought to secure their election over Cenkling's opposition. Lieut. L. R. Hare, Seventh Caval nry, proved a good witness for Maj. jReno. He believed if RenoV com mand bad gone, mounted 400 yards further down the bottom j not one would have got out alive.:The com-J mand would not have lasted five Qninutes. - Retreat was the only thing that saved them.. Reno's small force could not have created a sufficiently . strong -diversion to save Caster. After the retreat thev could not! A! L!:7JFS1 -iSS -1 move down the river from tue hill, for the whole country; was filled with Indians. ; ... . ', " ",; : ' ' The high-salaried officers i have one friend the Weldon News That pa per savs: "We think 'our State offi- :i ij.ti mWKAiii- 1 n in w mini tuu . uvw wMw.. j iv- . cutting down their pay." Tes, poor fellows, it is hard to get along-with- out starving.' Many of the! best men in the State and really of the highest , . J ,. , 1 learning, manage to li ve ion from HQO-to $1,500. ;; But Raleigh is a ' dreadful place, and it takes so maoh money to live there you know. A man in office 9 9 . will starve if he does not get from $3,000 to $10,000 a year.-Oneof the offices is-said to i bewnrtJh tflnno W kVa known Raleigh editni-a ' tn wrirkf - U dav aieign eaitors -to worlc: ail aay ' aud half the night the year round on a salary of $l,000;or $i,o00, and others at less. They had families' rw4 ii v mA and they were well born, well reared and-well educated. They 'ought to They 'ought; to .mr. n.Ml . mn. than the j - -- - officials In the7 capitol do in possibly some of them in a - t a month jear- Rleigh Observer's Report Condensed. i , l; Hi) -'SENATE. '.' Ralkiqh, N. C, Jan. 30, 1879. " ' BILLS INTRODUCED. By' Mf.Bf yan a bill irapbsing Cer tain duties on Superior Court Clerks. J3y Mr. Urahara, a bill conoeroiug imortgages issued by incorporated bompamesexempls from. operation of the mortgages, property andiude- meots obtained in courts of the State for labor, material furnished, or torts whereby any : person s killed, or any person or property is injured. . By Mr. King, a bill to prevent un- jost discrimination or extortion in TaHroad freights, &c. , - t . -nt.j -f , I i"j iaj1vii w repeat I low certain townships to determine I P- "o..wb -o. ana ai low nprtftin tnurnnriina In dotarm no I . - Zr::"r.Xt- tor themselves the question of prohi bition. ' ' : ' . ' i! 1 : 'i jBy Mr. Austin, a bill to amend an act to provide for the payment of Jurors. j'Uj ; ; CALENDAE. .1 i H. R. 63' ' S. ' R. 271, concerning the' free navigation of Cape Fear river, askiug our members in Con gress to use their influence to make Cape Fear river free and navigable and also to make Fayetteville a port of entry Passed ittMwnd I ?yi !!1 5!i i. ?i land ' to give i notice ' to adjoining & .u;-a Ai Bl vrucia. xamcu in wu.iu ICOUIUE. I S. R. 17-7. on salA of intoriefttW iiqu0rao!perB0n l0 M iilaor in Tone mile of any church 01 academy any cnurcn or academy m the State, outside of incorporated towns.1 This bill called Out a lengthy debater. The question on the original bill resulted, ayes 12, noes 32. Mr. Ormand then moved to recon sider and to lay the motion to recon sider on the table,' which was carried. (This effectually sits down on the bill) ! . - ' S. B. 253, to establish a new county rom oampson, j onnston ana VY ayne, to be called Vance county. Mr. Dortch moved to indefinitely postpone. Ayes 18, noes 22. Mr. Bryan, of Pender, offered an amendment that the question be sub mitted to: the votes of the people of the whole section to be affected by the new county. Adopted ayes 23, 1 noes 21. " I The question on the passage of the I original bill as amended, on its second reading, was lost. 7 REPORT OPJ5ECRETARY OP STATS. In accordance with a resolution of the Senate, Major Eogelhard made a report of the total .fees and emolu ments of his office for the years 1877 and 1878. They foot , up for 1877 $3,059.70, and for 1878 $2,902.00. The Secretary of State's salary is $1,000 per annum. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ; RESOLUTIONS. were introduced and disposed of as follows: ; r t . , i By Mr.5 Turner, a -resolution to raise a committee to enquire why ring men can't be indicted. Calendar. By Mr. Cary, a resolution concern ing convicts. To the committee on Penal Institutions. Mr. Brown introduced the follow ing resolution, which was placed on the calendar: - Resolved, That on and . after the passage of this resolution this House shall meet at 8 o'clock, A. M. and adjourp at 2 o'clock P. M., and that the first two hours, to-wit, from 8 to 10 o'clock,-shall be devoted exclu sively to buncombe speeches on re trenchment, reform, frauds, rings, fcc, of a like character alone; and there shall not be any legislation be fore 10 o'clook. Resolved, farther, That the officers of this House be not required to at tend its sessions before 10 o oiock a. m ' hnt trtA Rnastker ia ren nested to nhAlflt-ma mambV onAtinv. tbi chair from 8 to 10 o'clock; and that the rule in regard to not allowing members but fifteen minutes shall be suspended, and that daring the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock any member may I speak two hoars. , , v , I " ' 4 - 'I I ; juhl f ne Iollowl,nS n,amea ui8 werf In" traced, read and passed first time, and wera reterrea or otnerwise dis posed of as follows: By MjT. -Powers,' bill to empower the people of different sections to, vote on the stock law. To the com mittee on Agriculture. By Mr. Armstrong, bill to inoor- I riorate the town of Burgaw. To the t .- - - . ,-k ... : committee on Corporations.. - ' B Mf Blook bill t0 protect ?aftg m the Cap6 Fear river. To the committee on Propositions and Grie- vances. . ... ' , .. , a By the same,; bill to abolish the officJ of coany commissioner in countieS where Inferior Courts are established. I'o the ; committee on tne juaiciary. Bv Mr. Tnrner. bill to in diet at torneys . who misuse their office. To ka nnmmittoa no "Prnnns? tinns and vuw vrs kuuiiv nvw v . a "r' I Grievances. :.r .'By the I. samoMbill-tO proyido ifor the working of pnbho roads by taxa- . , r By Mr. ScotU bill to amend chap, i62wa of 18767.1 To the comi mittee on, Educatiqu. . , 'i By Mr. English, bill to-establish Y g . Collese. nCuk AmrWtfiirorlEdneation .' . Toe cOmmitterbrldacation.- I I : T llf- ViUIhill rt TtnM ItllTl. -t -,T rp on roads and servicer on Junes. ;ao the committee on Propositions . and Qrteyanoea;? ' :V loj mrmeares, bill-to allow the I county seat of Brunswick conntv to I be changed bv a vntn of t.Wi oXla Placed on th r.alAndr V 4 !Mr. Vauehan. from the nommittp v . - i on Subordinate EmnlovAH. rAnort.Ad ni fdsolution fixing the employes of the Wfijteim, cuipiujre . ji ou a uay ana tnree i pge,8 at fl day and the House one employe at frso, two at $1, and On motion the rules were susDend- ed and the resolution was adopted. ' CALENDAR. tu repeat uuapier iou, laws oi I 1873-,74f Read the second time. TWo lo ili" u -JtiZZ .u lan.tsusoiau la tuo UUB OUIUUI- I lzmg the Governor to employ counsel to assist in the prosecution of little-1 nela.l Kererred ta tha rnrnmittflfl on "ftff Finance " iPUce. Bill to amend the constitution in relation to punishments (puts up whipping post) was read a second time. Mr. Blaisdell moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed. The yeas and nays were ordered on de mand of Mr. Dunn, and the motion prevailed. Teas 54, nays 45. 'Bill to amend she charter of Da vidson College. Read and passed second and third time. Bill to charter the Lonisburg & NaBhv,Ue braneh of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. Read and Pag? f oond ad ird mf ' . Bill to amend the charter of the TIT. At "1 J J A. Air lwuru8U ff"eau u uuru tome and discussed briefly by Messrs. Vaghan, Ford, Carter of Buncombe and Norment, and passed third time. I On motion, the House adjourned. .Spirits Turpentine. Amateur Theatrical Company of Beaufort county has sent Oxford Orphan Asylum $9.05. ' Samuel Lisberger, who use to merchandize at Chapel Hill, is dead, a wprtby and benevolent man. ! The Legislature will elect mag istrates on the 18th of February. Why not get through and go home by the 10th. An old colored woman in Ber tie had her funeral sermon preached in advance. The eulogy was satisfactory. ! Johnston county is greatly ex ercised over the question of a removal of the Court House from Smithville to Clayton A canvass is progressing, The New York Sun thinks G. Washington Childs, of Philadelphia, the gwatest obituary poet in America but the greatest "matrimonial poet" is Dossey Bat tle, of the Tarboro SoniAerner, says the Lie noir lopic. Tarboro Southerner: A long pull, aVrong pull and a pull altogether for a no-fence law. Let the names of no other save good men go up to the Legis lature for magisterial appointments. Thai's the way to have the party respected. Raleigh Observer: "The 8th of February, 1836, was the coldeBt day ever known in North Carolina. The thermometer stood at one degree below zero in Raleigh, at zero in Newbern and Fayetteville." We have seen it below zero within twenty years and in Greenville. otab. Philadelphia Fress'. Mr. Ezra G. Perkins, a well-known railroad eon- tractor, is in a dyingcendition in North Carolina, where he went a few weeks since. Mr. Perkins married for a second wife Mrs. Hardy, the spiritualist, and litigation con cerning her will is now pending before the Supreme Court. -Wo find in Saturday's Newbern- a favorable report from the Northern tan men who have settled there since the war. The report was forwarded to the Charlotte Convention. It is signed by such sterling citizens as S. M. Carpenter. S. Kadciur. JS. Hubbs, J. 8. Mannix, L. Ives, E. P.Lorch, D. Stimson and K. H. Hilton. The Milton Chronicle, estab lished in 1841 by its present worthy, honest. independent editor, C. N. B. Evans, still lives, and is as fresh and virile as it was a Quarter of a century ago. Long may it roniele the news and "shoot folly as it flies" with its same old editor at the bow string, and may we be there to see. Wadesboro Merala: A negro man was brought to this place last Sunday and lodged in jail, on the charge of mur- I deriog another negro in Richmond county, I the two men were cutting wood together, and, negro fashion, soon commenced Quarrelling, when the one buried his axej in the other's head, killing him instanuy t- Weldon Hews: Mr. McLean Potter died at his residence in this place on lhe 25th inst. Ossian Miles, a colored man shn mo fxittinor vnnd t inn icmrv House, received a painful wound last Thursday. He laid one. end of the wood 0B loand tried to break it with an . axe. when the stick flew up and struek him in the face, cutting one eye entirely out. 4- Goldsboro Mail: An unfor tunate colored man, who had just been dis charged from the penitentiary, was found aick in the streets bv the police at a late hour on Wednesday night of last week. He was removed to the house of Maria Thompson, a colored woman living near the; toaket, but almost immediately on reaching there the unknown and friendless man expired. He was ounea oy me town. - Clinton Chronicle : Mr. Robt. B&H. a soldier of the war of 1812, died at his residence in this vicinity on Saturday last: after, a protracted illness. He was about eiffhtv vears of age. Mr. Thos. Vernon, who lives on Sandy Creek, near Ringold depot, while walking on the track of the Richmond & Danville Railroad a favr riava ago. sliDoed and fell, which so stunned him that two trains ran over his head while he was down, and, strange to say, he was not killed. 4 Chatham Record: .We regret to lAArn that, u last Saturday night, the store of Mr. E. D. Patterson, of this county, had nig store broken into and-robbed of i Ui no ! worth of goods. We aoout are pleased to , learn that Btrong. hopes areen- ggSyeSltt- which recenUy suspended publication. Such an acquisition to the journalism of Sbum wSild be welcomed with peculiar gratification. " r gratification 1 KftlBlff O 5 JXeWK JS KBUWBiUBU , persons were ueatroyiDK Kreciv uuuiuub w . the eXploBloni,,f charges of dyna- mltQ fn tne rlTe-tv ; The committee of three, appointed by the Jiegislature-to: in- vestigate the W. N. C. R. R., leaves to-1 morrow evening.. They stop at Salisbury Btatesville, Hickory. Morganton and the I "!u lD.e TOa.a'.. ?e . ""owing 1 niniHi mpm nnra nr.. inn nnirn nnvn nann annointd n TCxntiva committA nf the TJniversitv: The Governor, ex-offlcio Chairman of the committee; Hon. -P. C. iliTAJat!:i a L. Lewis. J Raleigh 0Jrr: Wake pays more than . twenty-five times as much tax as some of her sister counties. She paid this vear S6.196 41 for the support Of the Deaf and Dumb and" Blind and Insane Asylums, and $4,180 94 for the erection of thn TwtnitAntiirv and finnnort of ftonvicta. f J X ane lovai lax paiu, uuui buwu sou yuo- i C $25,88a09. -.The real black minstrels eavo a creditable performance at un tt-ii i . mt.iu witnessed by a large crowd, among them many legislators. A Martin i street runaway. yesterday aiternoon, came near slavine a brace of legislators, and their friends near by thought there would be two vacant chairs in the;House to-day. j Winston ' Sentinel-. On Town Fork, about fourteen miles north of Win ston, the robins-have estabiisned an im mense roost in the reed brakes along that j stream, and every night thousands of these birds gather there, and the neighbors go with bags and gather them in with their hands In such quantities as they desire. Joshua Rights, the oldest citizen of Winston, died at MB residence on last un dav nieht. Mr. Rights was . born in Salem on the 20th of April, 1798, in a house that stood on the corner where the Salem Bank is now located. The growth of the business in Winston may be gathered from the fact that five years ago the salary of tne Postmaster at tbia place naraiy reacnea $300. Now the office is a third rate office with a salary of $1,800. to Charlotte Observer: It is known ) most of the readers of the Obtener that the horse upon which Stonewall Jackson was riding when he received the wounds which resulted in his death is now in the possesn sion of his brother-in-law, Mr. Joseph Morrison, who lived at the old Morrison Homestead in Lincoln county, nrteen or twenty miles from this city. . Mr. Morrison rode him .".down yesterday, and Mr. Van Ness, the enterprising photographer, got a first rate picture or mm. ine ganantoia sorrell shows the effect of age, but ia still able to travel and do enough service to pay for the expense of keeping him. It is . . . . , . . i . . i o r ........ siaieu on gooa aumauvy uiat iuo ouuyiuu gold mine, situated about ten miles east of the city, has been purchased by a Northern company-, who propose to operate it. Tarboro Southerner: A little colored boy. son of Jim Armstrong, of Rocky Mount, was killed by having a large limb cut down on him on baturaay. un the dav before a little son of Ned Parker, colored, fell from a stringer of the bridge across Tar river at the Falls and came near being drowned. He floated to a raft and was rescued. The colored cook on the premises of J. H. Chapman, near Rockv Mount, left her crawling child, in the cabin alone with the fire. The clothing of the child ignited and burned it to death. Another victim to criminal negligence. The Trustee of J. B. Coffleld offered his large eight room residence in Tarboro for sale on Monday and did not get a bid on it There is a mortgage of $2,600 on it. S6.000 was offered for the place a tew years ago . That's shrinkage lor you i -Taxes are bound to be reduced. The ealline bands must now be loosed. Or th' people's heads by the sheriffl! be noosed In execution they making the duced- i&st cry for retrenchment. Rockv Mount items: We were shewn a few days since by Mr. T. J. Reamya model of an improvement on tne street car. Air. n. wui taxe u to Baltimore in a short time to have it tested. A negro boy was killed near this place on last Jm- dav bv the falling of a tree. Whita ker waifs : The dwelling bouse and kitchen of Virgil - Walter, a worthy colored man. were entirely consumed uy nre one mgut last week. A tinsmith could find j steady employment liere, as could also a I good shoemaker. Farm hands are commanding from $6.25 to per month; demanding f 10. NBVr ADVBRTlSBinBNTi, MuNSON-Collars and cuffs. Geo. My. bks Wines, flour, &c. Opera House Adah Richmond- Hkxhsbebger Pictures, music, &c. DrrsoN & Co. Method for pianoforte. Q, R French & Soir Boots and shoes. Ijoeal Dots. Cotton, yesterday, 9c. Shad in market yesterday, with jumping, rollicking, 'living trout for their companions. The barque Shanghai, which arrived here Thursday night, brought a cargo of kanite for the Navassa : Guano Company. j Donations toward building a Presbyterian Church at Lumberton for the colored people were sought and obtained. in this city yesterday. Capt. John Cowan, who has been absent from his official duties at the City, Hair en account of sickness, was much improved yesterday, and hopes to be at his desk again in a day or two. t Missionary services will be held in St. John's Episcopal Church (Rev. Dr. Patterson's) next Sunday, when it is ex pected that Rev. Wm. J.Boone, Missionary to China, will address the congregation. -News received here represents Gael Oliver, of the steamshio Raleigh, as I T99aw improving in health so' much so, . ... . thllt lUUQjCUa i0 aV iWUW av IUO VALVUa v he will soon be in command of that vesseb To-Day'av InaUesuions. Tor the. South Atlantic Slates, areas of rain; winds shifting to northwest and northeast, slight change in temperature, and during Saturday rising barometer, are the indications for this section to-day. Bis!. sifce Up. .. j Bristow Broadhurst, charged with em bezzlement, and required to give bond in the sum of $100 for his appearance at the next Criminal Court, found the required security and is enjoying his freedom until that tribunal meets. He assures us that he L has no fear of the result of tbe investiga tion and will surely be present, . thb opbbi house. ; ., "Oiaias a.d Taleai. . Although the . weather was inclement a ... i' ' - j 1 . ; - .- S001 aaence was present at tte? Opera Duncan K. McRae, under the auspices of waAffwk- McRae was introduced by Mr. Charles French, who happily - said that the . distin guished lecturer ' himself illustrated the theme 'he bad selected ! for" 'discussion Thirty years ago or - more another "sibgu" larly gifted North Carblintan once ad- .w.. . . 1. . .WV. .1 V M W. W1IUIU Pa ..! .ti1inn Ho H.f.ni. r .p- . 7i -i h s character against the eritidsmsand assaults of those who were, strong in inlu ence and authority, 'and well eauipped with culture and' ability. But the great orator rose to the height of the great argu ment and made an impression equal .to any ever made on this continent. He swept the heart-strings . of his audience as the Scottish bards of eld were, wont to sweep their harps when in halls ' and courts they sang of Scotia's glory. So great and over powering was the effect that one of the court that was sitting in judgment moved an adjournment until passion and sympa- thy should subside and reason regain its throne. That great orator was Francis Ii. Hawks one of the grand men that North Carolina has given to the world. With the effects of the exquisite lecture still full upon us, mastering and leading us captive at will, we are inclined to move an adjournment until another night before we undertake to render an opinion, so that reason may sit where imagination hold its court, and our decision may be pronounced with that severe and balanced judgment that shall not seem erratic or wild to those who read and have not feU the enchant ment. But the tribunal of the morrow be fore which the tired editor must appear will not abide the delay, and so we must essay the difficult task of saying a few words concerning the most extraordinary effort to which we have ever listened, and we nave neard the famous men of our times from Boston to the fair places of the South. We have written extraordinary. It is a fitting word, as all will bear wit ness who sat within the charmed circle and heard the words of wit and wisdom, of troth and eloquence, of satire and invec tive, of passion and philosophy, of pathos and poetry. The theme was handled with a mastery that was consummate. The range was wide, but the coursers were held firmly in hand, and although they sometimes went careering through the heavens of invention the dextrous driver somehow managed to bring them safely back to earth again. The lecturer in his discussion of his rich and fruitful theme drew from the world's great men many illustrations. Homer and De mosthenes, Dante and Shakespeare, Scipio Af ricancus and Hannibal, Fred erick and Napoleon, Wellington and Washington, Lee and Grant, and scores of others, were referred to with singular felicity of description. Fox and Bhendan, Pitt and Burke, Webster and Clay, Calhoun and others were all more or less dwelt upon as illustrative of what genius on the one hand had achieved or failed to achieve, and what well-directed, persistent, dogged, pertinacious, earnest talent had won where even genius had in the end been overborne I Qr Tanqui8hed. quished. Tne lecture abounded in many splendid descriptive passages. The imagination but imagination with taste, as Goethe said performed a delightful part m the ad mirable entertainment, whilst frolic fancy and sportive wit and corrosive irony and penetrating sarcasm were mingled with solid judgment and enunciations of pro found and impressivo thought There was nothing, however, in the whole lecture, which occupied nearly two hours in its delivery, that was . more pleasing or imposing than his masterly delinea tion of character. It has been a long time since we have read any analy sis of genius that was finer than some of the penportrait8 that were presented last night. He seized with great skill upon the salient points of men, and with language of exquisite propriety and force made them stand before us as living embodi ments of principles and passion. We ven ture to say that the features of Grant's character, and the achievements that have made him the very expression and exem plar of force, of energy, of ppsitiveism, as the speaker said, have never before been portrayed with euch acute ness of insight, felicity of description and fairness of judg ment. It was a great triumph of literary skill and judicial criticism. We presume that no one who has ever heard Col. McRae at his best will either doubt the brilliancy of his intellect, the variety of his gifts, the aptitude of his lan guage, the copiousness of his diction, the incisiveness of his logic, the beauty and splendor of his description, or the real elo- I quence of the man. Last night be seemed tn f-5ri-; nonr but noon the enrsntured I 1 K audience his stories of 'wit and eloquence and pathos and ' learning as from an exhaustless cornucopia. His dramatic powers are exceptionally fine, and when that shrill, piercing voice rose to a higher key tbe thrill created was as electrical as spontaneous. ' All felt the enchanter's power and sat responsive and . I deiigntea as ne wavea nis wsna. - 1 But we must put an end to all this. We I have said nothing we have not felt, and J nothing that we do not believe, We have to write literally currents cabmio, giving out j sheet by sheet to the printer as it is finished. I We can not even "-revise or condense. - M'What is writ is writ,- would it? were ' worthier." We have ' attempted to give no train of thought and - no illustration of the lecturer's admirable art. The simpleton of the Greek books car ried in his pocket a brick to show what sort Of a house he offered for sale. . We have not attempted to copy the folly of, the simpleton. ' We have offered no sample- not e.ven a brick of the magnificent edi fice that Stood out in all its 'grand propor tions last night before the ladies and gen tlemen who sat before the stage in the Opera House.. nii-y ' Mayor' Court. '-'' The case of David Mallett, who was ar rested Wednesday afternoon for disorderly conduct, was not adjusted yesterday. The day janitor' is a kind man and did hot even trot him oat, but, calling him to the door of the cell, whispered, - 'The Mayor fears the little mice Last night disturbed good Davy Mallett, And for thy small but lawless vice, Still leaves thee to. thy stony pallet; To-morrow he will call thy name,, Till then sleep well, thine eyes are red ; And in the future ask your dame To put you in your little bed." The: cbroaic Scipio Hill, who had barely shaken off the odors of the base menthe even looked dismal resumed his scientific experiment as to how much of the crooked, administered internally, it would require before leakage would appear through the pores of the flesh. Ho was ac cordingly arrested for failure in reaching a satisfactory result and sent down, the case being left for future adjustment. . s ' -av Tne Railroad Excitement. Under ;this caption : the Raleigh Observer of yesterday says: "The Treasurer's pri vate office was filled yesterday evening until there was scarce standing room by the crowd of interested parties and lookers on in the railroad war. The committee on Internal Improvements sat patiently and listened to the arguments of Major Winder, Major R. S. Tucker and E. R. Stamps Esq., in favor of the extension of the R. & A. A.L. R. R. to Charlotte, and of Major CM. Stedman and D. R. Murchison in opposition to granting a charter for such extension. The speeches were interesting, and those of Mr. Stamps and Major Sted man (the only ones that we heard) of a high, order of ability. Major Stedman speaks with peculiar force and earnestness." Tlie Flrat Invoice. The way of the transgressor is bard in deed. Under . legislation of the County Commissioners, at their last meeting, the Work House was christened "House of Correction," and for good and sufficient reasons two persons were yesterday made acquainted with its comforts. Henry Da vis, who was in jail for failure to pay costs in a case of assault and battery, and Mel- vina Baker, in the same institution for like delinquency on a charge of assault, were sent out with a view ef making them pro vide their own subsistence. They may not find the; idleness of the jail and so much sight-seeing in their pastoral abode, but they can enjoy the honor of being the first to be initiated under the new order of things, j Thermometer Record. The following will show the state of the thermometer, at the stations mentioned, at 1 431 yesterday evening, Washington mean I time, as Jascertained from the daily bulletin issued from the Signal Office Jin this city: Atlanta.; ...55 Augusta. ........54 Key West, 70 Mobile .73 Montgomery .... .59 New Orleans,.... 76 PuntaRassa, 66 Charleston...... 56 Charlotte .47 Corsicana, . . . .. ..92 Galveston, ........ 69 Havana. ........ .76 Indianola, 68 Jacksonville,. . . . .69 Savannah,... ... .60 St. Marks, .70 Wilmington,.... 49 A New Bnslneti. A large quantity of dressed poultry was shipped by rail from this city, yesterday, airect lor new xork. we are not aware that any effort has ever been made to open a regular business with distant cities In this branch of traffic, but the experiment will be attempted, and we see no good reason why our; people should not put money in their purses by feeding Baltimore, Phila delphia land even Gotham, on chicken "fixens'Vin the raw. Bronebt Up. Our invincible Teutonic townsman, Dev tective 'Mayers, drummed up another drummer late yesterday evening. This time his. name was lost to us, but he was from Boston and engaged in the sale of hardware and cutlery. He was escorted to the City,-Hall, where Acting Mayor, Bowden imposed on him a fine of only $2, as he was then ready to take out the neces sary license. Tbe Sunken steamer. Now jthat the weather has changed from the f rigid to the melting mood, arrange ments are being pushed forward for raising the steamer North East,&ni this time Captain Paddisqn Is determined to bring up every remaining vestige of the lost boat BiyBR AND flARINB ITEms. The Belie Waiters, Hendon, from this port, was at Greenock on the 17th ult. Steamer D. J. Foley. Bennett, arrived at Baltimore on the 29th inst. - Barque Hibernian, Kilgallon, from this port for 'Antwerp, which put into Fayal leaky, is also dismantled. She will be condemned ."i ' : , The schooner Sndieott, reported out side the bar Wednesday and in tow of the Revenue CvLtitt'Cravford, is announced by telegraph Ss arrived at Charleston, S. C, partialry dismantled. v:-: I Chew Jacxsoh's Bebt Sweet NavyTobacco. :iTl J X ii hi. -.. CARBOLINK.a deodorized extract of Petrolenm.tB " now presented to the public as the best Restorative and Beautifler of the hair the world has ever pro duced. It performs what otherj oh!t claim for their preparations. FOR UPWARDS OP THIRTY TRAHS Mi9 WlBBLOW'S SOOTHIHO 8TRUP has "been used for children. It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind oouo, regulates tne bowels, cores sybbntbby and diarhhcka. whether arlsinff from teething nr other causes. An old and well-tried remedy. 25 GSHT8 BOTTLt. ..-,.,.'.'-,... w. ' FINK ENGLISH GUNS The attention at nnnrU men is invited to tne advertisement ef Messrs. J. & W. Tolley, manufacturers of fine breech-loading gune, Birmingham, England.- Their guns are made to order according to specifications and measure -menta furnished, thus ensuring tne right crook, length of stock &c THE BATTLE IS RAOTNO RTSTWCTTM win. TER and all the organs through which we draw the breath of life. Which hall conaner I strnrfhi -eootbe, and heal the Irritated lungs and throat with -cLtx.it a uohbt or UOBKHOUND and TAa," and the rapid cure of Cough, Cold or Influenza, ia abso lutely certain. Pike's Toothache- Drons cure Toothache in o minute. ENJOY LIFE. What a trnlr beantHnl vnrM live in I We can desire no better when in perfect health; but how often do the majority of people feel like giving up disheartened, when there is no occasion for this feeling, as every sufferer can easilv wvuBiwa v hum WlUlj M CTWJ DUXLCIW VCUl COOllj obtain satisfactory proof that Green's August Flow er will make them as free from disease as when Dorn. Three aoses or August Flower will prove its wonderful effect. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Great Musical Event ! OPERA HO USE. Monday and Tuesday, Feurnary 3is 4tL THE WORLD '.RENOWNED Adah Richmond ENGLISH OPERA TROUPE, FULL CHORUS. REPERTOIRE : inoNpY. fiTDnrT TJfiTDnrT i February S. U1UU1UD UiaUIiiili TUKSDA1T. T nflTJ 1 1TT1TJ TmnTTTiCICI February 4. LQUHnilJJIj 1JU Ofllitil). Seats for sale now at Heinsberger's. f eb 1 St We Are Adding . JARQELY TO OUR COLLAR AND CUPP DEPARTMENT. Shall opan NEW STYLES next week. febllt 11UNEON. Annual Meeting. rpHB ANNUAL MEETING OP THE STOCK- holdera of the BANK OF NEW HANOVER will beheld at their Banking House, in this city, on THURSDAY, February 13. at 11 o'clock, A. M. janai ram b,v. yv AULiAUJS, uashier. Boots for Hen and Boys BOOTS for LADIES 1 All kinds of SHOES, at all kinds of Prices, at FRENCH'S. We can fit your Foot and fit ytmr Pocket. Call and examine. GEO. R. FRENCH & SON'S, f eb 1 tf 39 N. Front st . . Wilminerton. A Fine Lot OF PICTURES, PICTURE CORD, WIRE CORD, FRAMES, Ac, on hand at the LIVE BOOK STORE. NEW MUSIC arriv Ins dailv. The finest and beat let of SONGS ever brought to the city. PIANOS from Z12S ud. and everv Instrument guaranteed. 10? cash ' I ORGANS in large variety, and at low prices, for or on ine.inst?iment plan, at HEINSUERQBR'S Live Book and Music Store. feb 1-tf GEORGKE MYERS, 11 & 13 So. Front St WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE, No. 3 Granite Row. . We are authorized to offer the CELEBRATED CALIFORNIA CHAMPAGNE WINES, the BEST in the United States, at $6.60 per Basket NETT CASH. gQQ Bbls Choice FAMILY FLOUR, Bags COFFEE. 500 Bbls Table and Planting POTATOES, g Q Boxes SUGARS, Q A A BblB Boxes Fresh CAKES OUU and CRACKERS, 200 Packases Ex. No. 1 LARD, Firkins Choice GOSHEN BUTTER, Fulton Market Beef, Pig Hams, Pig Shoulders, Pig Pork, Mess Pork. We win sell Goods at the Lowest Possible Prices. Our WINES and LIQUORS Department the most complete in the State, from $1.00 per gallon and up wards. febltf GEORGE MYERS. Hew Maul Consemtory MetM for tie Pianoforte. ' This verv oooular and eood Method haa ha) tfcn. ' rouKn En&i ai we ixmservaiory, ana nas Been large ly used in other places. It differs from other Methods in beincr of Three Parts or Books. P1BT I. for the First Grade nf Tmraom hn 72 pagea,the Elements, Five-finger and other Exer cises, easy Studies and Tunes,and is in Itself a good. , tut mo oewraa wnae, na BO pages, more: difficult Exercises, Scales, and Studies, and a n a mm mm mm m a . - , j number of Pieces from the work of great Masters. PART III, for the Third Grade, has 116 de.hasll6pagi a few good St es, urana scales and Arpeggios, with a few gi tn- oie aim a lew aimcait jneces. . Price of each part, $1.60. Complete, $3.25. The Musical Record, Dexter Smith, Editor, mailed i or o ecu us vircui&ies zu,uuu per MOhtn. MUSIC, News, Ac $2 per year. Oliver Bitson & Co., ; BOSTON. CHAS. H. DIT80N as CO. I J. E. DITSON A CO. 845 Broadway, N. Y. I Chestnut St., rnua. feb 1-da.wSw Wed A Bat Sliip Notice. ALL PERSONS ARB HEREBY cautioned against trusting or harbor ing any.of the crews of the British Barqnentine -NANCY HOLT" and -KVTo. Torriwu." as no duib con- uitracted by them will be paid by the Masters or Consignees, aliul. arai; jmt a bujm. Jan303t Consignee a. - - mW :mW
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 1, 1879, edition 1
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