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. I THE HOBimiG STAIL ; - -r-ri-ri - a' i " ; -v ...jht' ...... : ---v ; v 4fc. m. bs. I r M. V T Harm Ntiwwrn 1 ... .1 15 '. 3 50 .. 8 00 . if. A' l: i -v 1 v3 7 ' 1 . ! I f P I' BL1SU BDOAILY KICBPT MONDAYS. I , .. . , .r H h ! H - iW ' ' 1 Vt II ' VW M T kM IK J " '.V. 1 I J r- ' i - "-'I II "" Ml tv ' H .'111 J-.i.,- , , I -, , 1 ,! r 'i. ifii iiiY'vi --VV. Si- E W 11 II l.Ji-- V . II il .... -mree weeks. . iui- i 1ULTBB Or BCBBOBIFTIOM IK IDTlMOl . . ' 7 00 Six months, " , " . " 4 00 Three months, " " ' .... . "J25 Uue month " ' ' l 00 To City BahMrlber, aoliTered in any part of the city. Fifteen CnU per week. Oar City A genu are uot aathorised to collect for mere than three mntu lit ttavance. i Senate Commitiee on Election - Frauds metji George C. Grorbain was examined. - - A sab-commi tec of five Las been ap- Dointed to "tisit Philadelphia. - The if resident has (sent some, nominations 10 the Senate. Work at anthracite coa mines to be resumed. Senator Peo- dleton introduced! a bill to give beads or Departments seats I i Ion the floor of the Ben- ate and House. Representative "Cox introdaced a bill for the re-appointment of the special committees on Census. of Yel low Fever, Be form in the Civil Service,1 and Declaration of the Result of the Election for President The famine in the Nile valley is most distressing. Dr. Carver fairly astonished the Britons with bis shoot iog. -Representatives of Railroad Masters of the United States and Canada have formed an Association. - The I I William Balden, of the fira of Bal den, Connor & Co., New York . slock brokers, f arrested but bailed in ' 90,000. - Dissolution of present French Cabinet at an early day predicted. Judge J. M. Gilbert,; of Kentucky, assassinated at Frankfort in l- open daylight New York marketsr Money 4 per cent; cotton quiet at 10 3-lC10 5-16c; flour steady at $4 10G 75; wheat without decided change; cum moderately active at 4344 ctsspi- - rits turpentine quiet at 29J29c; "rosin dull at $1 351 40. I -r.:. r.:-j. tj. t. i . u.a.y i neuu8 yi o uuge xverr will be glad to learn that hiq condi tion is much improved. The Financial flurry is over: in New Orleans aud the suspended banks may resume at any time. I The South will be glad to learn that Senator Gordon is rapidly re covering from his protracted sickness. Secretary Sherman says that $58, was expended on deputy mar hsis iu 1878, half of which' was for New York. . ' . ! : The theaters of Philadelphia will give a benefit for the family of Mr. 15. C. ' Porter, who was so brutally murdered in Texas. The Greenbackers are now ma noeuvring. to get their financial views tacked on to the appropriation bills. This will bean up-hill business we take it. ' 1 1. Senator Harris's bill on Epidemic Diseases appropriates $300,000 for experiments with the Gangee patent refrigerator ; ship, to freeze out con tagtoua diseases from vessels at quar antine. i The two negroes who murdered !Mr. Jehu C. Lacey, of New Kent, Virginia, were hauged on Tuesday. "Phey madea. full confession of their crime,' and did not appear much con cerned as to their fate. I Zach Chandler . says Hayes will stand firm. Extreme men of both parties declare there shall be no com promise Bat it is said the conserva - live element is strongest. It is be lieved the caucus plan will be finally adopted. But we shall learn more tu a few days and see what! we shall . see. ",r The Washmeton correspondent of the Baltimore American, Republican, says in his letter of Monday that all ;is sereneand'hopefni among .the Stal warts, or words foHhat effect. He says : ' ' "There is no sign of a disposition to com promise among the Cabinet officers, and those who have the best opportunities of knowing are absolutely confident that the -President will never yield anything that destroys the force ol the supervisors' and k marshals' law." V ' . 'fThe're is great rejoicing in Virginia 'over the passage of the readjustment . State debt bill.' The Richmond Dia 'patch says : ' " 1 "As soon as the whole " debt is funded 'things will work as smoothly as desirable. ' Virginia wall be able to pay the interest on ; :all her debt without any . increase of taxa- ttion,, and -demagogues and . place-hunters. wfiu nave to mase capital out or something else. " Heaven speed the day.". ' - We congratulate heartily the Old Dominion ; on the : triumph of the party that held the honor of Virginia above all pricei ! There is a " big fight i going oh in NewTork between Tammany and the IT Hah ta. ..ThA int.A vont. Iior.,iV,i: can correspondent o.f the Philadelphia Ledger thus states the case:.!' "Outside of New York the ' importance of this faction fight, as heretofore " noted, consists in th allegation that JTilden is behind it,' and that tbe prime object of it 11 is lpj?able,tn Graraercy Park .sUtes man to obtain possession of 'the machine,' which IS bound to give him the Electoral vote ef, New .York in the next National Convention.: vj ? Toputit into a sin gl ientenc, then,' it; the .Kelly faction is upset, si the annual, election, Mr. Tilden's tar beyond peradventnre, will ' be r once more ; in ' the ' ascendant, ;with Governor Robinson and May or Cooper jas its satellites and supports." ; v - .i " 1 1 i - '"!: 1 . . .. -. . . - t.- . i '. - - k j.., j .. . " . w i- : it . . jiitr f ii ti i i i u i .t . - j i . : . k . VOL. xxiv.-no. 3: TH Polndexter Trial Ml Kietamond. (Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. 1 Richmond, Va., March 24. The Ioindexter trial still continaes to at tract a great deal of . attention. The court room was crowded from the time of its opening this morning until lis adjournment to-night, and at times the sidewalks aqd passageways of the court were blocked up by per sons anxious to gain admittance, Nothing new - was elioited J from the testimony" of F. Mi MeGnire and. A. M. Lyon, the only .witnesses exam ined to-day not already familiar to the public The line of the prosecu tion thus far has been only in rela tion to what transpiced at vJbildreyfc tobacco factory at the time of the tragedy. The horsewhipping of Curtis bv the prisoner, , out of which resulted the death of Curtis, has not yet been elicited, except in- directlv in cross-examination of Mr. directlv in cross-examination Lvon by the Commonwealth's attor ney. The counsel for the prisoner Have filed five bills of exceptions to1 the rulings of the court up to this time. The iurv will examine the premises where the tragedy pecurre to-morrow. j Zeb. Vance. ; , ; Washington- Capitol. j i Zebnlon B. Vance, of North CawH Una, is the greatest man in that btate, except Matt. Ransom, his colleague. about whom the mothers teach the AhiMrnn in triA nor nnhiom AAn nan . a - arm .u v .. KD I ii tuu j TZTJ speech in North Carolina, and then he was the very best war Governor in all the South, having kept the North Carolina troops in better trim, than the quota of any other State, and inspired them to fight so well that it was thought their heels were covered with patriotic "tar just to make them stick on the battle-field longer than anybody else, lie is a iy else. n is a politician, whom shrewd and keen few van match in debate or intrigue, bat withal a man of hardy honesty, patriotic and true, whose electioneer ing habits are a mixture of vulgarity and good nature,' and somewhat a foil to his high education and power-: ful character. TIe Fits Porter Ca VVashingtox, March 25. The re port of the Board of Inquiry in the Case of Gen. Fitz Joh Porter has been received by the , Secretary of War, and sent to the President for action thereupon. It Is stated that the report is a partial, though not an en ure, vmaication or vsen. x orter, j Wilmington Evening Review. ! The Stab begins to-day its twenty fourth semi-annual volume. It has twinkled now, first as an evening and afterwards as a morning Stab, for twelve consecutive years. We wish the proprietor twelve, more as good years of pecuniary success. : Spirit TdieineJ The Charlotte District has 187 licensed wbiakev. stills. - Only one dis trict ia the Ueion, andjUiatin Eeatuekj, beat8it. v !: t Mr. D. L. Flowers, of Eleva tion.. Johnston county, lost his store and gin house on the 18th iost.. by fire. $3,600 gone up. . - : : ..: .,:. :'r 1 Statesville American: As was to be expected, the dog law failed In the Le- gislature. So the canines Will have another two yeare' of liberty in which to multiply ana Kill snecp. j - The tobacco crop on 26 acres' of 1 Madison county land realized last week 43.006 92 for Capt. W. A. White. Mr. G. W. Gahagan got $126 25 as the returns for one-third of an acre. Henry Shakespeare is on Irial at Halifax for murder. He is probably V jc- bred gentleman who merely assumed a big name, xao wu muusu,- mncin. iu uui tailing himself William. - ' " '- Newton Enterprise: J. A. Paul, white, of Person county, was arrested near Catawba, on Monday,: Dy ssnenn xonnt, charged witli larceny in his own county. Paul is now "rusticating" in the county jail. i Oxford 'Torchlight: Oxford has voted almost unanimously for a taxation of $30,000. There was, up to the time of go ing to press, only me vote polled against subscription that ol Barnes l. . Moore. Moore was the old Radical Sheriff. j -- Kalcign 'Jxetes: A runaway on Blount street yesterday morning, i A coun tryman was thrown from his buggy and se I riously injured The last message of Mr. Mayea reads like an extract from; the business department of a ladies' magazine. Greensboro Central Protestant; Mr. Calvin Kirkm an brought down from Yadkin county this week - six emigrants Who are bound "for Kansas."' During the last two weeks about fifty persons from the surrounding counties have purchased tickets at this point lor tne west.. f Charlotte Observer: Mr N,. B. Howie, a respected citizen, committed suin jcide on Sunday at his home, twelve miles east of Monroe . Selecting a very low hmb, he placed a rope over it, then tied his hands behind bis back. When found he was in a kneeling attitude, "with foot and .knee rest ing upon the'ground conclusive evidence that he oolled his very life out by strangu lation. Unpleasant ' dreams, whjeh be has I recently bad, are believed to have1 Induced mm tu vuu-o uia - HMt t bim to take his life. Concord Register; We are often asked the question, did the Legislature make any pro vision, for the relief of those persons who arer Imperiled by reason of the unconstitutionality of the homestead law, as applying to old debts 1 The' law' passed fn regard to that matter exempts $500 worth of personal property, such as is most useful and necessary to a house holderer and his family.but doesjnot affect real State. That part will be settled under tbe hammer of the sheriff. : , ( -:y- Raleigh Biblical Kecblrder iTte Legislature made an appropriation off $3, 000 to the Oxford Orphan Asylum. Sena- tor Harris, , ox XTanklln county, and the .Wilmington otab, deserve the thantcs or the friends of orphan children of the State II LI 11 JJ 3 . . . JL V XI V X . JJ l ! .M . . 11 LA 'Ji 'IL'i'" 1 ... . iff?.!"? vioo .1 . i . - - . v , ri .r, oi vi t;i.oiii i.u;; - i;i, .J j r. i t f(ru'i vi'J k1 L.'i,-'! I v , "; ..' . I - 8ixmontha, w;.. WXLMINGTpN; fqr the ieal and interest taken in the bill. Bev. C. Durham reports a pleasant meeting at Thomasville. Sixteen persons have professed faith in Christr There will be a meeting of the' Domestic' Mission Board of the Cape Fear Association at Len- non s Cross lioads, on Wednesday, the Zia day of April. .. Rev. B. R. Moore,, of Greensboro; bas been compelled W rettrrn td Jf'lorida to recuperate his health ; ' ; iLumberton! Mobisonidn I Kot- witbstaofding the short' term of Court, and other disappointments, we will contribute lour hands . to the plate internal improve menta. i Col. D. K. McRae delivered his' lecture on "Laughter." in the court bouse, in this town; last Thursday night. We were fflad to ; note that : alihunrb therl larger- attendance on that, night than, on Monday . night. Col. McRae . is the finest orator we have ever' heard, and is a master or langaage. The receipts of guano atRedbanka up to this time amount to ,277 tons; .an excess of 75 tons when compared to last season's receipts to same perioa. ! , - . Goidsboro .Messenger ' ' Mrs. Moon, the lady-' revivalist- -whose coming we heralded last week, arrived here Satatf day grprelSffiocdb! jfenty?fourtJ liWenaty omeWilming tions at the Methodist Ghorah vested- j tdn'Liglit' Infa.ntry!,-lfay 20th, 1877, Col. her greeations at the Methodist Churchy ester day, both morning and night It sounds almost fabulous, yet It is bo, that tbe recent J a6t0I Congress, to go into effect on May 1st. reducing the tax on snuff from thirty-1 two cents per pound to sixteen cents, will - save the people or .North Carolina several djJ& instance, as near as can be approximated, about $45,000 worth of snuff is sold annual-; ly by the merchants of Goldsboro,which In- cludesthe wholesale trade to. other coun-j ties, nere is a saving or sio.uw on account of the tax reduction? ' . 4 xi.aieieu vuseroer: , mr. vnaries N. Vance is the Clerk to the Committee on Enrolled Bills in the U. S. Senate. -Iu a letter addressed to a friend of ours in the , city Senator Vance says, "There are 9,488 efflco seekers here," (Washington.) -N. Y. correspondent: North Carolina has the highest mountains east of, the Missis sippi, many reaching upwards of 6,000, 1 and some nearly 7,UU0 feet, 40U, feet higher than Mount Waabingtonm Xsew Jiampsjiite 'mere are seven large . rivers east of the slue Kidge, and seven west of it, the ior mer .navigable more than 1,000 miles; and 1 oieef the latter (the Tennesseet,00Q me j gable to within 115 miles, ina straight lineJ of the Blue Ridge. Some sixty years ago 1 the tributaries of the Yadkin and Catawba were navigated almost to the t foot of the Blue Ridge, Oxford lorcfdighU No paper was published iu Granville county ten years ago, and now we have four journals equal to any country papers in the land. The Oxford tobacco market continues unusually ac ive. Mr. B. F. Hester sold a load at the Granville warehouse last Friday at an average of $52 per cwt. Mr. Hester bas 6.000 bounds eauallv as eood. J The railruad canvassers were alive to their. duty last v eek. The county was scoured I in every direction, and we are glad te note mat mucn ; nnanciai encouracemeni was given them. ; The Border Railroad is an i impracticable , scheme, I as ,f 2o,ew In cash must be raised before the' thin? can be started, and Person; Caswell and Rockr ingbam, three of the four counties through which it is to run. are sot anxious for a connection with the Raleigh & Gaston rail' read. - - Our Berea .correspondent tfur nishes us with the following: Horses are' very cheap around here. A common horse sells for $30, a blind one for $15, and a fat young horse is worth $50. TTJEgiJB CITY. MBW AUVKRTlSEnENTR. Found Bunch small keys. . ; Heessbeegeb New novels. : A. David Business 8uit8,5kc . ! Muhson Flannel for cadet suits. , Harrison & AiXEas Spring bats. ; Walter Conet Lost pointer pup. - Wn.irrer.wiw Utwnir K,RtftWiMiment. . Masonic Meeting St. John's ? Lodge.,, . J i Attention VV nmington ugni miant j Cronly & Morris Buggies at auction. KiAcal Dots. The Btorm flag was flying yes terday. ' "V Again we h)ave itulry-.nd dusty and cool and blastry v ;??s ! Mr. John W Gora6pfla8 been elected Captain of the WUftiBg.Rifles A parly': of- gen tlemeif ?went on a fishing expedition xiowh the river yester - 4ay morning: '. " ' The Maeisti ates were "resting h i .r VMiriaV , Mn . , r!ri f excitementbn -Frince'ss' street. ' i j - Balky -horses carried the day yesterday afternoon, one on . Water, street bnd the other on Second street,.'bpth atr tracting a considerable crowd j The body of Richard Crawford, the colored man who was drowned in the river opposite the loot of Market 'street, 'on Saturday. night last, has not yet. been re covered. t . i 1 We regret to see that the mill tary spirit is entirely' dyipgiout it( Wllp minirtnn vhilfl new pamiiniiipn nrn snrinvJ Ine into existence nearly 'every 'day else whei lell, where in the State. ' ' '! :,''.':' The house of Mr,. Barney Mnr- on Hewlett's ; Creek, in this county, was broken open and robbed of a quantity of clothing on Tuesday, while the family were absent from homtf. f V J E. Walker, a QOlofed man'j and, well known as a cooper on the wharf, died yesterday of pneumonia, Hewas sexton bf St. John's Episcopal ChuHand in that himself well. . a j u i aa i . i .m j. Foaerai or jar. juicnaei uras, , . ., 1 The funeral of that genial Irishman and esteemed -citizen. .Mr. Michael Horan. tended by bota Protestants ani Catholics, After the services at St. Thomas Church, at.. -. rtAmAfArl 'the i Hibernian l3eneyblent Society, of which be was a member,'esesrtisg them there as a body and fa full regalia. v N. . C.4 TH URSD AY, " For the South Atlantic. States, partly cloudy wealbej,cx80JaaL-jaja. areas, sdutbeily, winds. . verjn ( to .westerly, f sta- tionary or, higher temperature,, and falling, f bllowedby rising barometer ; - SThe jen 1 ' i 1 emains of Mrs. .uora ; uregory, wbbieiratitre'r&idenc'e olher liu'sbaria'; Mr! W. HI H. Gregory, in Charlotte, yes terday morn ibgr" will Arrive bare 2 on asps pial train this jnorningr at H o'clock Tbey, Will, P. . met. at .the .depot by. a detachment. -Of the Wilmington Lighr Infantry and fit ilr;Jj6biiE"Llppiit: T MelanchQly:as the pcc&sioB : may be,' it Is Interesting to' mention .that Mrs. : Gregory iwiaS a f rtgutarlyenrolled member of the miUtary organization which islq form part of bee escort,- when a young gid, and was known jas The Daughter of 3 the Regi- inenkl' UtV .u:'. -Ul.y.i i J. i- ill HiV-n-.-u I.- i! .If ."' In an oration on the occasion of the JSdward Cantwell - toucbingly .alluded to j4he blueved Dor a t Brown" (Mrs. Green W ..hj indiere: of , the. Company, 'as she appeared at the bead of the company some years before the war, in her gay cos nmd btgreen ind gold-hot yet entered on y . . . . .:, J . her teens graceful as an bouri; beaming -With the vivacity ot her age, and famUy; tie child of beauty and 'of sonei i,!glden i n , i , -r 'uiL., sunlight streaming in her hair and flashing from, i ber eyes; she .: marched with the swinging gait and cadence of a veteran and the grace of a sylph." ! The Steam .Yacbt BIlHbeth. Pant T? T !oin liaa -Inot rptiirnpff from Rich Inlet, and. informs us. that while there he purchased the-steam yacht Eliea- beth, which got aground 'on he iaside of the Islet a few weeks ago-and was sobsei quently partially destroyed by fire.while on her way from ' New York to "Charleston; wbere she? wis to have been used as ' a dis patebboaty Gen. Gnmorc,in cbafgeot the harbor improvemeBtsl Capf.' Paddison says the cabin . and . some of ; her upper works were burnt, andt . the machinery badly, damaged, but that the hull, boiler and engine are in pretty, good order. Her dimensions are fifty feet ia length, eleven feet width of beam, and four feet depth of hold. . She was gotten , up and towed to Fov's landine. where she remaics at pres ent, but sbe is to be brought here shortly to undergo the necessary repairs. She is said td have been a beautiful beak : ; i! Vlfhtlas Itoot DtroaS tb Line. ! Two colored individuals goV.ioto a dis pute in the neighborhood of the market bouse n yesterday i ' morning, and finally agreed; in Order not' to lay themselves ha- able to arrest for any violation of: law, to go across the river and fight it ont beyond the line dividing the counties bf New Han over and Brunswick. :: They took their seconds ; with 'them, with ' a .few other I friends, and, upon arriving at the spot se lected, the two belligerents divested them- seives or their coats, and. went lor each other, ."fist and skull,", with an earnestness that soon, brought the conviction to the mind of one. of the combatants that he was ti ",badly whipped negro.'' when he . cried out "enoughs" j They then shook .hands and came heme, the wnari t me loot oi Market street being crowded to witness the return ex the: latest practical exemplifica tion, of J'the code.'; SmltbiVl If e Items. "Weare glad toj hblev an iindieation of irogressivenesa on the part of our seashore ieighbor-Smithvilie ' In tiie f act : that a jewelry store and tin,' shop have recently been xpened there, for,, the first time,' and that there is a prospect , that the sound of the anvil will soon, contribute lo the general signs of activity and thrift, e r;:f We also bear tbsMbeeJaave been more new i buildings; jsrectedi within; the past jwelve months than during the twenty tears preVio:f:',','!j.;;; d uge ; jni aiwK wnv uaf receatijr.i uwatou T . Tir . i - i - 1 at StaUhvilleand opened an--office in the 1 CouHHouseSial a'farmabotita 1 tb lowni ndk kUndf m understand, to esxaoHSH "nennry" at.eaTiy nay J-fjmM-M decision of the me Court in , the 'Brunswick County Election Cases. Mayor's Court. ,f, x, A colored, member , of the, police, force Was arraigned before MayoV Flshblate.yes- eday morning,, on .a charge greatly affect og his cbaractei;.as. ma. .ofiloer ;; : After the resecuting witness had been heard, how- fcverivthe policeman brought J forward etl- pcuue oi uitv p jayoraoia anu unuueu Character to his sUfudlngiSJ. an officer and a number of other - witnesses testified- that the woman makrngjTie charges (one junon. whereupon , the case was dismissed at the feost of ;tha; prosechlor, ivho was pocrcea up 'm'tudtu;;-;. so a. a-. ,1 fr irtsit Earvpy. i.i a .We allnded a few iuo to- the fact thst;qhftenumber oYtickefs batf -been1 bold ty Mf. -M & Wefeentragent of the u.,v.u. MBuuau juiwiu uisauuuiu- vvuiywii pore, to those whpexnec Per- and.gUierjiartaff Eopethis sea- agi'nextmoatb? we i bear- of Mr. Julius lahti; Mr. Irtkc eari8 Ifr? Henry Bush audi Airs iMv Yollecs and son. i6 La J j ( E. P. George, Esq., a former resident oi I IhiSitSybntftowia cjazfl8Cfjolbrado, I ir Jtv4(xforai; registered at the Empire HemS last night InSi.'-w Gil Aflfciaay. sViat'-4.iii J.; Whsk'hpst of'"!; her-1 who.1 m raUfied at .e)pnortnptjjree jhti ex Mm once more in the flesh. and family. Mr. Jehn Jerdts, Mr, ,Cbas. yparapen, Mrs'ftiahaiea and.ch MARGH ; jl879; t n m a?lie Cjb tlnaatletn, l be t;itj jHe ver -1 We Drint below two acts, cassed. at the at0 session of the Legislature, without com- nie'nCas their IrflpOrtartice etlsures that thef witfbearefulrreaing: Rfilftlincr to the f?itv of. Wilminfftnn llht General Amrimuqf. NorVi Carolina Oo 1 enact? x'10 a,.wU:ka&sis-a os iuit t Secj Iv .Tba) the persons who may, be in office as Mayor and Aldermen " of ' the city of Wilmington OA the i 26tb da? of JUarch, ! lH. D. 1879, shaircQntinue..in , ofllce , until 4pce of an act of the General Assembly,-' entitled "An act to organize a government for the city 6f WilmlnetoH.-" ratified bh the 6th day of March, A D. 187 a the; fourth Thursday p(fnlarcb, A. u. aool, SAd . until tfieir successors, men to ne eiecteasn&ii oe tluly quaUfledife&fesrKsil iiiali.ui biirij cvv. 1 ftmr O All tanra OAmiih in (innAiltl nifk the pfovisianS bf tbis;(act'C1are hereby tb- peaiecw;?i ui nu Sec. 3. This act. shall . be in. forcer from and afterfts ratification;' !91i'i!!"" " Ratified the 27th dat of February. A: D. inn, ."U;J aAS;A9Woii:!qi: wis i&uV.k to enanie tbe city ot. Yvunungton to pay i its present at bonded indebtedness, atid to' ! provide for its bonds, inaturine in the years.iS79 and 1880. y 1 4, jt the General Amwibijf qjNprm i Carolina da enaetf1- v- See, 1., That for , the, purpose of paying such bonds and coupons of the city of Wilmington as are) now due, and also such : as shall mature and become due during the years 1879 and 1880, the-Mayor and Board oi Aldermen ox tbe said city,' by and with tbe sanction and approval of the Board of Audit and Finance of the city of Wilming ton, are hereby authorised and empowered to issue coupon , bonds, , bearing interest, payable semi-annually, at 'a rate' not ex ceeding: six; pet ; ;cenu. per . annum, to, .. the amount of two hundred, thousand dollars, in denomination of not less than one hun dred dollars or: more: than, one thousand: dollars, to be made payable as , follows, to wn: Fifty thousand dollars on the 1st Jan nary, 1897;nrty thOTr8andaonarr:on the 1st January,! 4899 fifty, Uiousand dollars on the 1st January, 1901; fifty thousand dollars ori the 1st January; 1904, with a provision that the same, may be called in and paid at any time after the expiration of ten years from the date of issue: said bonds shall be made payable at such places as the said Board may 'determine,'' and shall not be valid unless signed by the Mayor : and countersigned by the Chairman of said Board of Audit and Finance of the city of Wilmington. - . rr jv ; : ;! sec.. 2. The said bonds shall be sold and exchanged at par, and at bo Jess a ' rate ; they shall not be taxable by lbe' said city tor any purpose whatsoever, and tbe cou pons shall be ' receivable : from' and , after maturity in payment of .any and all taxes or other indebtedness due the said city. Sec. 3. The said bonds shall be regis tered at the option of their holder by rtbe Treasurer of said city, and after such regis tration shall be transferable ; only by en dorsement. tl h,-:t ' Sec. 4. All executors, administrators. guardians, trustees and other persons act ing in a fiduciary capacity, who now hold, or may hereafter hold, or become pos sessed of any of tbe bonds or coupons of said city which are now due, or may be come due during the years 1879 and 1880, are hereby authorized 'and : empowered to exchange tbe same' for bonds issued under thisAct. "" - '' ' 1 r'"'"1 '' Sec. 5. Any officer loct employe of ; the said city who shall apply .the proceeds of any bond or bonds issued under this Act, or exchange any such in any other manner or for any other purpose than is hereby pro vided, shall be. deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction shall, be fined not less than one hundred dollars, or more than five hundred dollars, ;br be Imprisoned not less than one month or more, than ' six months, or both," at tbe discretion of the Court:' '""-' :; 1 ..; ; "T",i:":" I Ratified' the '14th day of' iMftrch; A.'.D: T be Brunswick Gases. Oonnty election j We have heretofore referred to the . fact that the decision, of Judge Buxton in . the Brunswick county election cases had been affirmed by the Supreme Court. "We an-1 bend the full decision of the latter tribunal, n order to furnish a' more explicit State tnent nf . the points in :isaue : u - J I Swain, vs. McRaeu from, Brunswick; Judgment affirmed. ,. ' " This! was an aetion' brought ' against the Board of : Canvassers to; C9mpei them to reassemble and' make a recount of tbe vote Cast for Superior Court Clerk in Brunswick county, including the reported return from Town Creek Township His Honor refused the wrixs of injunction and mandamus, and declined to. inquire into, the .merits of the case' on the ground that the writ bf manda mas is not the proper- remedy, and for the further reason. that, in the. opinion oi tne Court, the Board of County Canvassers, Created by law for a single specifia purpose. which has been accomplished, has ceased to exist as an organic body; and its mem bers are no longer competent to dq aa offi cial act. -, j - i i7eW. .The ofilce'of the writ of manda tnus is simply to impose upon, an official the I execution of a neglected duty affecting the interest or rights of the person applying if or it It cannot be extended to reach con flicting claims to an office, and thus usurp the place: of that special and ample remedy quo taarranw which the law prescribes lor adiustinff and 'determrairie them ' The Court thinlu it uhiiecessaty "to decide the other , point, as". H is not material to. the. 10 ;tiUO ,TliTBaeaaeter Utor t 'tti .... ! The following will show the state of ; the thermometer, . at the stations menUpned, . at 4.31 yesterday ( evening, Washington mean time, as ascertained from the daily bulletin Issued f ;rbm th6 Signal'bfficW In' thiM city i Key West,.;... 1.79 MobUew.w,,;. Augusta Charleston, . . . ,69. Charlotte !.V.'-..3iSS Coraicana. . . w . c 8Z Montgomery . . w77 New Orleans, .!f'.-.78f Kunwassajii.tt Galyestbn,.....76. oavannan;. vi St.-5Mrk,fii.g;.;,73 Hatand9.jL.'.tm.kW Indianpla, .80 W;ilngtqn.i3jv.i!? Jacksonville,. . ...751 1 Jttaireai k' eeilb'R.' ' dOO&M -series of , ratereattng relixioas meetgs Wye been in progies.4urjogabwfeaU fche:Fif th Street M.EV CkmjWffi Ve to A kbelaltkfi 'arid some pofesV .aYefbuna I ' Sta pearl of great price ;;fi -stl .:ffw insst WHOLE NO. 3,627 v- j ti niVKtt AND IOIAKINE. v , Npth ing fresh from below last evening. The steamship Regulator, Doane, from this port, arrived at New York, yesterday j vwra ju.erp-CK, xreian, ciearea froih Philadelphia' fo this5 port on the 24th Schb&ner Salph : Howes' Getcheli; aN rivsd iat Laguayri frein this' port 'on the -aCapt. Gnrrasoo, of , the steamer urL- &isoTLtfep6xi& a slight' rise; .in the rive? at ayeueviue. , Jtehookei Hmry u loler, from Rap pahannock", for this port, loaded with corn, 4as at Norfolk on the 24th ' The steamer; Wave will make her firist regular up-river trip next Friday, leaving here si her usual hour of departure. IAnVoneBt indifference to ma g complaints is the - result, of many prevail- ft naintr Ylr 1 Bull's Baltimore ; Pills.-. For sale ,bv all druggists. . Price 25 cents. 1 The 'mails ' Close and arrive 1 s't! : the " Cit v ost Office as follows:, n . m. 1. CLOSE. Itorthern 'through' mails. . :". . . 7:45 P. M. 'lortnern through and way ;? . mails..,w 5:30 A.M. Mails for the N.' C," Railroad, , ana routes supplied there- . from; including A. &' N, C." 1 Railroad.1, at. . . . . 1 . 5:30 A. M. Sbuthera litails for all points ' nSouth, daily. . . .. .. .... . 7:30 A. if. Western mails (U.CVK'y) daily r. i ffexeent SuridavV, n-(V A M at - y v w v -a- Mail for Cheraw & Darlington i xra,uw. ........ I loJ XX. JSX. Mails for ; points between Flo- .. rence and Charleston . . . .. . 7:30 A. M. Payetteyille.aud offices on Cape . " ' , ; ', I Fear . Kiver, , Tuesdays and . . . . . iFridavsn....:. ltbOP M Fayettevine,J via Lumber ton. , , J daily, , except .Sundays. . . . . 5:00 A. M. Unslow O. u... and interme diate offices every Friday. . 6 :00 A, M. Smithville mails, . by steam- . boat, daily (except Sundays! 9:00 A. M. Mails for;.Easy Hill, . Town ureeK.anq Bhauotte,. every . ) Friday' at:..... .......... . 6:00 A. M. Wilmington and Lisbon, Mon days and JJ ndays et 6:00 A. M ysU V t .' OPEN FOR DELIVERY. ' Northern hroRgh mails , 9:00 A, M- xiormern turougn ana way 'mails..Uv..,;...v4i. .... IMA; M. Southern mails. .. . ........ . 7:00 A. M. Carolina Central Railroad .... 6 :00 A. M. i Stamp Office open from 8 A. M. to 12 M.. andfrom 2 to 5:30 P.M. Money order and Register Department open same as stamp OffiCC': ..; . General! delivery open from 6:30 A. M. to 6:30 P. M., and bh Sundays from 8:30 to 9 :30 A.M. ; - ; : Stamps lor sale at-eeueral delivery when stamp office is closed. Mails collected from street boxes every day at 4.00 P.M. Key Boxes accessible at all hours, dav and night. ' - DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA. - . - ; i BIsbop Atkinson's Appointments. Wednesday; tMarch 26. P. M. . . ... . ..... .Enfield . ciuiuji 1 Juarca 3. ............. ...KingwCKKl. Suaiay, 'March 30, 5th Sunday in J , ; - int.... Scotland Neck. Tuesday. I j April 1.... ............. ...Hamilton. Wednesday. April 8. ...... . : . Williamiton. Thnrsday, April 3 . . Jameuvil'e. irriaay, Apni 4 Plymoath. Saturday, , April 5. . St. Lake's, Washington c. Sunday, . April 6, Palm Sunday.. ..8t. David's. iueeday, April 8..... -. Hertford. w eanesaay,; April s. . . woodvllle, Perquimans ce. OSmrsday, April 10, A.M.. Camden C. H. i vo. , ao. - p.m. Davis' Chap. Paequ'tk. Good Friday. Alnl ll Elizabeth Citv Baster Day,s April 13.-. .Eden ton. x-uesaay, Apru is, st. Peter's Chapel. Gates co. Wednesday; April 16. . . . , GatesvUle. Thursday, s April 17.... Wlnton. tmaji Apm 18 Marfreeeboro. Sunday, " April 201 st Sunday after J i : Easter. . Woodrille. Bertie co. Tuesday, ' 1 April 28 Windsor. Thursday, j April 24.......... .J;.,-.. .Jackson. Saturday, rApril 2$, A.M.. Halifax. Sunday, 1 April 27, 2d 8un.after Easter.. Weldoh. . uouecuons made at each place for Diocesan His- Quarterly JTleetlnes Second Round jfor tbe' Wilmington District, M. E. lunorcn, sBin. Clinton, at Johnson's Chapel Oohaiie, at Avery sboro .March 29, SO .April . 3 Ookeabory, at Ckeebnry.....i........ April B, 8 maaen, at j&cDonaid's Schoolr-fiouse.. April 19, 21 Elizabeth, at Bmgletary's April 26, 21 Waccamaw, at Cypress Creek. April 30 Wbiteville.at Wayman.w. ....May 3, 4 SmithvilleStation....i.:i...i.. .....May 7 Smithville Circuit, at Zion ..,..May 16.11 wumington, nrth street.... ....May .17,18 Wilmington Front Street:....... .Mav 24.25 TopsaiU...i u ; ....May 28, 29 unsjow... ...,,... .......May 31, Je. 1 1 ' ' L. S. BURKHBAD, presiding Elder... v .-1. CITY ITEMS. . .i r. (Chew. Jxcesoh's Beit Sweet Navy.Tobacco. I THE MORNING STAR can always be had at the following places , in the city :. The Purcell House, Harris' News' Stand, and the Stau Office. FOS UPWARDS : OF THIRTY YEARS if as WlWBliOW's BoOTHUfo Syshp has been nseil for children.: K corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves want oeido, regiuazes tne Dowels, cores dtbxhtsbt and JWARRHntA, whether arising from, teething or other causes. An old -and well-tried remedy, 25 OXHTS ABOTTtS.. j-"--.'-; : FINE ENGLISH GTTSS. Th ftttunHrtn nf tnnrta &ien U invited to the advertisement Mesera. J. at W, Tolley, manufacturers of fine breech-loading to order according to speciflcations and measure eni8 lurnianeo, taoa easuriag the right crook, length of stock. &c . . ,. , : . , , v T 4 WHAT IS LIFE WORTH I Is-' it worth the rice Of aott!eof "Bui's Honxt or Hobxbodud Akb Txa 1" If it is, let tke BUfferers from Cold. Cough of j Influenza bear in mind that these com plaints lead, directlv to lncnnhl Phthisis art tJist this ' pleasant remedy is' an absolute specific for Y.iML'.sJ .v--(ua mnj-uvvt. i rixe s Aoomacne urops cure Toothache in one I While ia New 'York this winter or spring, yom ueeu not pay i,wic lor meais mat you only get once. In other words, as the Grand. Central Hotel, on Broadway, - Is now conducted on both plans, the American $3.60 ok $3.00, and the European $1.00, ana upwaras. per aay, wmcn auows you m unto your meals at, the elegant Restaurant, attached-to the Hotel, at moderate prices, or to take a room on ly, aqd pay I orjwhat meals yon get . j . DIKDi '1 '"S ' ' GREGORYS At Charlotte, N. C.i on the 26th in stant, at 6.15 o'clock, A. M. DORA COLUMBIA' BROWN. wle of William H. H. regory, aged 35 J years. f : r ' .. , The fnheral will take place from 'St. James' ranrch..in this city, at 4 s'clock. P. V . nn Wridv the128tn.f Th? friends" and acquaintances are invi- bateatlsad.t'U -r-1- oievleweeirii': NWADR Hew and Stylish Vi JJjAT THE 'LOWEST PRICES I ' ns s'r.o h .vlT mhSttflto i- m:hi -iu tfHatlcrav 4 00 ; . ,6 60 -... 8 60 '.'.10 00 i'. J It so ...84 00 .. i 40 00 m oo iV" Contract Advertisements taken at prepof -Hoaately low rates. " - .' Tea Hnes Mlid Nonpareil type make ne square. ; NEW ADVERTT8EMKNTS. M. CROX1.Y.' Auctioneer.' BY CRONLY & MORRIS. " . ; , Buggies at Auction. OnW V1 S8TH INST , AT 4 10 2,$, A M we wUl sell at Exchanee ?mh871t KEW TOP BUGGIKST ST. JOHN'S SAIL, , , WliJaiNaTOH,:N. C.,Mm THE REGULAR MONTHLY x MEETING OS" ST. JOHN'S LODGE, No. 1. Af :A. M wmbrheld This ffHUBjjDAYj'BTenlt I mh.27-lt ' JAMES CL MTJNDS, Sec','; Attention fittilon Uilit Infaitry. . MEMBERS :-YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to meet at your Armory, TH18 MORNING at lOJjr o'clock, In full umform, tor theSwrWof receiving the remains f Mrs. W. H. H.Oregorr. ; By command of Capt. Walter Coney jmh271t ;. T. F. BAGLKY, Q. 8. : lost. -T ROM MY HOUSlC ABOUT 1 O'CLOCK, WED- POraER-pnPl8 ? Colored firIr5ifIJ ,Lln2,,t old; answers to the leaving him with nm 27 it WALTER CONEY. Pound, V. -LARGE BUNCH OF SMALL KEYS, WITH a Shoe Buttoner and Corkscrew attached. Owner can have same by calling at the 6TAH Office and paying for this advertisement. . mh 27 it I A Fact. v OUR PEOPLE NEVER FULLY APPRECIATED the benefits of "RECONSTRUCTION," until Uieyja'T it applied te an Old Suit of Clothing, as S"SeAJS.eaneand Repaired at the WILMINGTON pyEING ESTABLISHMENT. Market Street, be tween 2d and 3d. Ladies' Dresses Dyed In all the New Shades of Blue, Brown and Plum. Kid Gloves cleaned at 15c a pair. i mh2Ttf. ' - - t - ;Elegant Blue Flannel, "POR CADET SUITS, ; t . . ! ' GILT IV&CK, CORD, , : ' I . ' BUTTONS," Ac,, at imh27 1t ' MUN80N'8. New Novels. JJUMORS OF FALCONBRIDGB," , BOUNS-MASIB, i : ; i; : THE OKPHAJT'S TRIALS, : i THE LOVER'S TRIALS. J ''"' ; Phyllis!,' ;" : ! .' ' CASTLE HOHENWALD, . i THE GREEN GATE, j PAUL FABER, SURGEON. - : Just In at . ! HEINSBBBGER'B h.27 tf . Live Book and Music Store. business and; Dress Suits ! HAND8GMB PATTERNS I j DESIRABLE STYLES t ' REASONABLE PRICES I At A. DAVID'S, Merchant Tailor and Clothier, jmh 27 tf Corner of Front and Princess sts. , , A New DepaHu P, K Bridsrers & Co. Following the example of , Park & Tilford,' Ackler,' Merrill A- Cendict, and v j t other large Grocera of NYorkhave., j commenced keeping v j';. BURNETT'S j COLOGNES ! Which are acknowledged by all to be ' THE FINEST IN AMERICA ! WE HAVE ; JUST , ..RECEIVED A LIKE OF THAT:. OldHorth G arolina Corn! Which created sueh k sensation amoag ike lovers of PURE OLD CORN. : . m . It is made by a Farmer near Charlotte, and we are the only parties in the Bute who can sell it i.:n j u I iQnsnnteeA t. be roar.Tearsbld.. f h'j P. L. Bridgers & i Co. Lffjiat.? TIib CAPE FEAR Still lales llf Lean OUR ROTESRroGB CDUNTY ' ' STKWARt RYE ik TBS BEST FOUR jJOLLAR ' "'WHISKSYlN' TH WORLDS y'.' THE LIAMOND STAR CIGAR, three lor 10 cents' " I " ' is guaranleed Caear Havana Flfler." 5 ' ' ..' ;T-:- ;i 'ui". l ', ' j ". l-uii-i-'' ' Jiai noi i.-.ri!jyi5j A DON'T FOR GETI Even if .we are :0 .1j-, THE LARGEST RETAIL JGAB AND LIQUOR .. ..DEALERS IN WIJJMUN0TON, "THAT WE ARE ALSO THJ I CHEAPEST J Uf'l-'JU i-.' Bi.tvi- .-ilAJi.IOljfci. P. L. ;Bridgersr cfc Co; mhStf 'won '. ' ' iiv-0Ji't.- Butter and Of? -i?H Cheese, H3 fi i: Bul! Fpr salis low by mk2JWa H i', i 'HAW PEAHSALL. o! vi 5000 J4-111 wm. ,i si4 '..'.'-. ; .-Fors8Jeby-:;-r- .. mh SS tf r KERCHNEK CALDEX BROS. '
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 27, 1879, edition 1
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