THE ERA.
'
Tho Cross (X) Mark Is to remind
voii that your subscription Is about
expiring. Let all renew promptly.
Persons leaving orders for sub
scriptions or advertisements with
Messrs. B. H. Woodell,' Hargett
Street ; John W. Cole, South-side
Market Square; N. L. Brown, Fay
etteville Street, or W. TL Richard
gon. Keeper of the Capitol, will be
promptly attended to.
Local and State.
In making op the fourth page
two pieces accidentally got mixed
up together. They are placed on the
jn.-ideall right.
A horrible thing the breath of a
young man after taking a drink of
corn whisky and eating raw onions
and scotch herrings.
The epizootic still rages, and peo
ple cough and talk politic, and talk
laities and cough. No caso has as
vet prove I fatal.
(let your fifty cent uotes ready,
eentlemen. The honest men at the
d,K)r won't receive anything less
than this or make any
voii at the Centennial ?
change for
These are the days that Coleridge
tokl about
nUl w int r n-pt upon the snowy earth,
AU't ! Itiniillnj fuct- a dream of upring.
Oxk-Kvko Justice. Judge
Henry, who is now holding this
term of Wake Superior Court, comes
one-eye nearer representing blind
Ju'tire than any Judge we have
ever wn. And yet Jo. Turner
say the rings have bought out the
Judiciary of North Carolina.
The Centennial hen has caroled
her last lag, and gone where many
U tter, hut no more ajjed chickens
0. We purchased yf r of an igno
rant countryman Monday morning,
who lias not heard of the Centen
nial, and does not know the value
of relics of past nges, or he would
never have taken 30 cents for her.
She has sat on the fence and eyed
with suspicion many a Methodist
brother as they halted at the gate,
and then skulked away in the bushes
to escape. Peace to her bones !
Siperior Court. This court
met on Monday, Judge Henry pre
siding. A goML many farmers
present. No cases of importance
rame up Monday. Injunction
mandauiiis to day.
Judge Henry gives general fak
isfaction in his administration of
of justice, and can do more bus
iness in one day than some Judges
would do in a week. He keeps
the Solicitor, crier and members
of the bar busv.
Nkw Pater. Mr. Johnstone
Jones, of our city, who is well
known in North Carolina as a pub
lisher, will commence the publi
cation of a weekly pajer,to becalled
North (trotina Farmer's Jour
nal, alout the first of August. It is
to be purely a farmers' journal and
devoted to their interests, inde
jendent of all sects, parties, fuct
timis r rings. He promises to
make it as lan;e as any paper in
the State. Sulwcription $2.00 ix?r
year. For further information
address Mr. Jones, this city. The
Journal has no connection with the
late State A gricullural Journal.
How Now? We learn from one
sitle that the city authorities will
not regard the injunction issued by
Judge Watts last week, and from
the other that they will get into
trouble if they don't. To-day in
the Suierior Court counsel for the
plaintiffs moved that the defen
dants be required to answer thi
complaint by Wednesday at 10
o'clock, and that the case be set for
trial at 10 o'clock Thursday, which
motion wa, argu! one s.Oe by
iuurg auu xauKci, au
on the other by Messrs. Fowle,Bus-
bee and Fuller. Judge Henry took
the papers, saying he would give
his decision this evening. Well,
we'llsee what we do see.
Oir, the Times ! Everybody
is stealing money in some way or
other who has a chance, and those
who haven't are committing suicide
or starving hardly honest men
enough left to try the rogues ; there'
re Sundays In this year ; ana a
child born on the 29th of February
will never know when it's a year
old. We are having earthquakes
and tornados and showers of flesh ;
injunctions and mandamuses and
libel suits by the score ; and now it
that we don't even know when
Easter comes. Dr. Craven says It
was last Sunday, and the Episcopal
Prayer Book, which was adopt
ed by a council of wise men at Nice
years ago, says 1 1 is next. Old peo
ple, who know nothing about the
Prayer Book or the lenten season,
aay it occurs after the first full moon
in April.': One man read Turner's
Almanac and dug his worms to go
owning Monday, but a neighbor
came In with Ayer'a Almanac, and
he placed them again -under the
cild sod to wait further orders.
What a glorious Centennial year !
None of the fruit isinjured around
Personai. Col. W. H. Tucker,
with his brother's three daughters,
left our city yesterday morning for
a six months' European tour. Nice
thing, but how many of us can af
ford It?
Our young townsman, Marx
Schloss, who has been in New York
for some months under medical
I treatment,has returned, greatly im
I proved in health.
Major W. A. Hearne is again
down with remittent fever and ha
been ordered by Dr. K. B. Hay
wood, as soon as able, to go imme
diately to the Hot Springs.
Mr. Bohemme, the French gen
tleman who proposes to introduce
the silk culture In this State, reach
ed this city yesterday.
Col. P. Donah is in the city.
Mr. John H. Baker has returned
from Franklin where he has been
on a visit to relatives.
Mr. Parham, of Rogers A Par
ham, is visiting relatives in Gran
ville. Rev. Mr. Taylor, of this city,
leaves this week for Ridge way,
where he will engage in agricultu
ral pursuits.
Axotiieu Baptizing. Rev.Mr.
Epps, pastor of the A. M. E. Church,
assisted by Rev. Alexander Turner,
on Sunday, baptized 93 new con
verts in Mordecai's pond. It was
witnessed by an immense crowd of
people estimated at between three
and four thousand of all colors,
sexes, sizes, sects and classes. There
was the white man and the black
man, the christian and the infidel,
the merchant and the mendicant.
the city belle and the country dam
sel, married folks and courting
characters, boys and girls, the me-
chanic and the kid-gloved gentry,
all mingled together In this vast
throng. Up in the trees, under the
bridge, in the edge of the water,
an on the hillside, in vehicles and
on horseback, sitting and standinj
did this eajrer multitude witness
the event. There was some sing
ing and some praying, some laugh
ing and some crying, a good deal
of shouting and splashing water,
considerable "ducking," and all
was over. Some went away happy,
some rude and boisterous, some
calm and thoughtful.
The Churches. Rev. Mr. Nor
man, assisted by Rev. F. L. Reid,
at Person Street Methodist Church,
still continues his meeting with in
creased interest. Last night Mr. R
preached an excecellent sermon to
to a large congregation. He wil
preach again to-night.
At Swain street Baptist church,
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, six
persons were baptized. At night
Mr. Dixon preached his closing
sermon from 1 Cor. n : 2G. It was
a remarkably able and lucid pre
senlation of the views of the Bap
tists on the vexed subject of com
munion. While the preacher was
very bold and candid in giving his
own views he was courteous towards
those who differed with him. At
the the close of the sermon a num
ber of persons rose for prayer, show
ing that the religious interest
among the unconverted portion of
the congregation naa not aoatea.
Several persons received the right
hand of fellowship, and the Lord's
Htinner was administered to the
Church. Mr. Dixon left this morn
inerfor Wake Forest College, where
he will rest for a few days and go
thence to Durham, where he has
agreed to conduct a meeting:. He
has crreatly endeared himself to the
eonirreffation of the Swain street
church. Hejustly takes rank among
the first preacnera oi ins age in inw
State.
At Christ Church (Episcopal) the
services of Lent are still continued,
notwithstanding the opinion of Dr.
Craven.
At tho African M. E. Church the
meeting still continues with una
bated interest. This meeting is do
ing; an immense amount of good.
Two hundred and sixty-five have
nWptf0mWmK
amJ 35 by Sprinkling.
Cure for CoNSUiirriox.-Mr.
John Sattcrwhite, of Granville
county, aged 64 years, cured him-
self effectually of consumption,-
after the doctors gave him up to
die, by using the following re
cipe. He had lost many of his
relatives by consumption, and
came near "pegging
out" hiui-
self. He is now hale and hearty,
and says the recipe has cured sev
eral other consumptives in that
county who stood upon the very
brink of the grave:.
THE REMEDY : , . '
One pint of liquor and four ta-
blespoonfuls of old fat light wood
knot
sawdust. Dose, one ta-
blespoonful three times a day.
Cut mullen leaves in July or Au
gust, dry them, and make a tea,
not too strong, and use night and
morning In place of coffee. Mix
with sugar and milk to suit taste.
Drink one cup full. It is not well
to take too much.
Mr. Batterwhite still continues
the use of the mullen tea, and has
great faith in it.
A man named Bill Ingram was
shot in Wadesboro on the 4th Inst.,
while trying to get away with a
piece of cloth slyly from Mr. S. J.
McLendon'd store. Ho refused to
halt. His leg was broken and nau
what Each Wants. The cry
in unaneston is "water! water I
w a Ler. juccnange. : j . ; : ; 1 1
The ereat crv in Columbia is.
"whisky !, whisky I whisky
union Jleraia. "
The cry in Winnsboro is. "whis
ky and water 1 whisky and water 1
whisky and water." -News.
The ereat cry in-Charlotte "is"
whisky and water and sugar and a
spoon !" Observer,
The cry in Danville is "whisky
straight and I'll take the same!"
Neics. ,
The cry in Milton is "whisky,
any way I can get it !" Chronicle.
The cry in Raleigh is "gib me
gubthig anythig to. help by epi
zootic!"
Sold. He was a dark, swarthy
faced man with a heavy, black
moustache. Saturday evening he
rode past the market, on WilmingT8yum
iwn succi, v-aii jrnig l llcXo Willi
some stransre device inscribed
thereon. When at the corner of
Exchange Place he wheeled and
rode up Wilmington nearly to liar
gett street, when he screamed at the
top of his voice :
" Sixty-two dollars! sixty-two
dollars! sixty-two dollars V
J list then a lame man hobbled out
of Jim Forrbsls' to get the money,
and T. T. tumbled from Tim Lee's
when he heard money mentioned.
" Sixty-two dollars! sixty-two
dollars !" said the man.
By that time quite a crowd had
congregated, but the man,' still
waving his flag aloft, continued to
cry out :
"Sixty-two dollars !"
'Crazv !" said one man. "
"Seize him ! he's mad !" said an
other to a policeman, standing by.'
"Do you think it's Scott Parton,
or little Charlie Ross," ' or Boss
Tweed ?" asked the policeman.
"No, it's some victim of financial
embarrassment who is raving mad !
Seizehim before he hurts some one!?'
said T.T., from Tim's.
"Sixty-two dollars is all I am of
fered for this horse!" said the man.
and then the policeman; arrested a
small boy who was standing by
The crowd skulked off. one by
one, ana looked as if they had been
standing in a srale with their
mouths open to satisfy their hun
ger, and Watts, the auctioneer,
"knocked off"- the horse on the
lame man, who couldn't get out of
the way.
North Carolina NeiVS.
An old soothsayer of Statesville
predicts snow on the fourth of
July.
5rown, tne minu reader, " as
tonished the natives" of Charlotte
Saturday night.
Senator Morton, of Indiana will
deliver the oration on May 10th,
decoration day, at Wilmington.
The Oxford Torchlight is still
hopeful of the peach crop. in that
section.
The two- million claim or a
Wilmingtonian in the city of
Philadelphia turns out to be worth
about $200.
Washington McAlistcr, a' highly
respected citizen of Pender county,
was killed by his horse' running
away with him last week. i J
The commissioners of Craven
county have been indicted for ob-
structing the highway and failing
to repair bridge.
The Concord bar rooms were all
closed on Saturday last, tltat .being
- . ... jt ; .... ,.'.' '
the day on which their licenses ex
A telegraph omcehas oeen es
tablished at Matthews' Station,- ten
miles from Charlotte, on the Car
olina Central Railroad.
Miss Sudie Hall, of Charlotte, has
received a letter from Louisville,
Ky., informing fieH that aj-elatjve
of her's has iust died, leaving her
$25,000.
An old colored man 75 yerrs old,
from Pender county, was fell upon
and forcibly robbed in' Wilmington,
last Thursday night, by four wo
men. '
The Asheville Citizen says the
peach crop of that section ' Is un-
quesuuimuiy iu . iw
cold spell, but there is still -hbpes
for the annles.
auestionably killed by the late
The River and Harbor bHl which
passed in Congress on the - 10th
inst.. eives one. million dollars, of
which one hundred and forty-six
goes to Norh. Carol! na Including
fifteen r thousand for the;" Krench
Broad. ' .
It is rumored that the Democrat
ic State Executive Committee will,
about the first of May, commence
the publication of a daily paper in
Raleigh, to support.; the nominees
of the Democratic State Convention,
and try to'? hormonize the warfare
between the News and Sentinel.
. I 'fir' .'! . f . i
Cabarrus county has just finished
the erection of a new Court House
and jail, Faid to be .the best In the
State. Cabarrus has no debt, ana
her citizens are generaly Vwell off,"
and she can afford .fine things.
V-" w 7
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We learn that onlast Thoiay
mnrhlne an infant, child about four
.i trrua tntinn nMr rswrKS i
At.t ,nnrif
linage, in u.ia w; tlfy
of clothing was also found (lying
near. : No clue to the mother.--. Ox-1
j. itindel Brown,-the mind -read-
er, ' failed 'totiraw a 1 house on
Thursday and Saturday evenings;
but performed for those present
some , Interesting 1 experiments.
Greensboro Patriot "1 ' ? T
.Martin, Arm field, an .old man,
living if'.t'Bend':Mka
cou n ty,.. dropped f dead last .' Week
while attemptingto-get down his
gun tot(8hoolift.colored. man who
had offended him. ,
Owing to the physical disability
of the-pastor, tMr; Brown, the re
vival at the Baptist church at Fay-
etteville has .been discontinued.
Fifteen new converts joined the
church. ; ,.
Mr. Mills realized $75.10 from a
collection at his 'en tertaln ment in
Durham last week4 for the Orphan
The house was overflow
ing with, spectators, - ana . many
turned away for want of room.
Eloped on! the ; night of the 6th
inst.j Dr. J. A.:Crisp and Miss
Amanda Dean, of Stecoah Town
ship, Graham, county,- N. C. Dr.
Crisp leaves a .wife and seven chil
dren and Miss Amanda leaves five
illegitimate children on the charity
of the community. Murphy Her
ald. r-!t:'T f.'t ' " j:
C. T. Harden, of Wi ndsor . has
on hand a lot of walking canes,
made from the wreck of the illus-
trous Iron' clad ste&mer Merrimac,
which he Will dispose ot as relics.
Each cane; contains a written cer
tificate on its side, on silver, of re
spectable gentlemen, as to its being
genuine and no humbug. v
A number of oiir young men are
organizing a Centennial Walking
Club.. ThejObject of this organiza
tion, is tq.s visit the Centennial at
Philadelphia during the Summer,
and make thetripj on foot. They
will , start during the month, of
May, and calculate ; that the .trip
can. be. made in the space of six
weeks. Durham Tobacco Jlant.
On i Monday afternoon about 2
o'clock, a nortion of the shaft of
the King's Mountian Gold
Mine
caved, in while a number
of la
borers were at work in the shaft.
Two of - the men Herndon and
Froneberger were - killed.
and
three others were wounded.
The
killed and wounded are all
col
ored. Charlotte Observer.
The revival at the Methodist
Church in this city still continues.
The nastor. Rev. Mr. Caraway, has
been assisted principally by Rev.
W. W. Duncan, President of Wof
ford College, of Spartanburg, S. u.f
and also by Rev. Wm.?H. Bobbitt,
Presiding Elder of this District.
The congregations are large, and
much interest seems to be manifested
by the people of this community
generally;--Charlotte Democrat.
We regret to learn that the of
fice of the'Danbury Reporter to
gether with the large brick resi
dence; of the proprietors wa3 to
tally destroyed by fire on last Fri
day morninjr. The cause of the
firef unknown.'7 It will be seen from
a card of the proprietors of the Re
porter 1 that the publication of the
paper will he resumed as soon as
new material can be received.
Winston Sentinel. " '
The famous Colt's pistol is a
North Carolina invention. The
Gatlih gun, so famous in Europe as
bllna invention. The Edwards
battery, patented during1 the war
bv a resident and a native of Or
ange couri ty ,' is a 1 North Carol i na
Invention! One of the latest useful
inventions' is a sewing machine,
made in Cleavelantl county, which
comes in coiiiptJimuii wmi me
famous machines of Howe, Singer
and others.VJ4 rgus.
Dr. Howerton has sent us a two
or three column eauoriai laiten
Urom . the Erah with a request that
twe publish it. Can't do it too in
fernal long. Doctor! We've al
ready published your denial of
overcharging, and the fact that you
show the New York stationers
made the charges, and not you.
We have never intimated that you
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and the stationers "went halves"
In these overcharge antT we're hot
going to do it. Milton Chronicle.
A gentleman accidentally drop
pediiis umbrella overboard at the
harft fobt' of Princess "street,
; ' . 'si
Wednesday morning, when it sank
to the bottom. A colored man vol
unteered to recover it for a quarter
of a dollar and his offer was accept
ed. Upon coming to the surface it
was found that he 'tiad not only
succeeded in getting the umbrella,
but had also brought up a bag,
which', upon being unfastened, was
found to contain a journal, ledger
and blotter. At last accounts we
learned that one off the books had
been left at the First National
Bank. They were recognized as
belonging to a firm In business
here some years age. Wilmington
A friend at Henry's, the Western
terminus of the Western North
Carolina Railroad, writes us under
date of the 2d, that ' on Friday
evening late, 1 when the convict
cooks were being turned into f their
I Ceil UIlCO VI lUO WllfltW LUC
lh 'knnd oassinsr the truard.
1 1 X & . n W il. n A.n If lilr. win
made a
es
caned. . After at least, two dozen
f'theshot toassins'throujch' hts heart
snoH. ants ui ine uariv waa uicu.
prodqeinfffiustant death.- .The
ftth T two arG vet at lanre. : with
prospects good for their early a p-
eavy st inn of rain, wind and
lightning. - C prevailed ,- i Monday
morning, at. Iron Station, on the
W'.'steni ltvision of the Carolina
Central Railroad. During this
storm, Mr. Alberi DjI Singer was
standing under, a shed, aUout 125
yards from the railroad depot,
holding a horse. Under the shed
was a cow, and between Mr. Del
linger and the horse which he held
and the cow, was a buggy. Present
ly there was a loud clap of thunder
and then a vivid lightning flash,
and the horse and cow fell dead.
Mr. Dellinger was knocked down
and stunned, but soon recovered.
The buegy which stood between
the horse and cow which were
killed, was not touched anywhere.
Passengers report that at Lincoln
ton, also, a heavy storm, accom
panied by thunder and lightning,
prevailed on the same morning.
Charloite Observer.
General News.
Thirty-four Governments will he
represented at Philadelphia. 1
Yellow fever is piling up saffron
colored corpse at Rio Janeiro.
The witnesses in the Spencer in
vestigation will cost over $10,000.
A bill has passed Congress pro
viding for the redemption of un
used stamps.
George W. Hews, a prominent
broker of Philadelphia, hung him
self on the 8th.
A. T. Stewart, tho merchant
prince of New York, died of infia
mation of the bowels on Saturday
evening.
' It is stated that Clapp supposed
there were $50,000 in the safe of tho
public printer, but count showed
but $10,000.
Christopher Ward, of Torrento,
Canada, burned his own house,
with his wife shut up in a roorn, on
the 10th inst.
Mrs. B. F. Butler died on April
8th, in the Massachusetts General
Hospital, where she was taken for
an operation on cancer of the throat.
She was 55 years old.
The Senate passed a bill on the
10th, appropriating $10,000 to de
fray the expenses of the special
committee appointed to investi
gate the election in Mississippi.
The city editor of the Philadel
phia Star had an overcoat stolen
from him six years ago, and iden
tified it on the street the other day.
He recognized it by the patches on
the tails.
A Cuban lady left $:i 1,000 in her
will to be invested in lottery tick
ets. The prizes were to go to build
a big; church, but there wasn
enough in amount to build one side
of a pine pulpit.
Mrs. Morgan, sister of Gen. John
Morgan, of Tenn., niece of 1. T
Barnum, took laudanum while at
a card party and died from its
effects. Grief at the death of her
daughter was the cause.
David J. Van Meter, city editor
of the Rock Island Argus, killed
John Starnback with a pocket knife
on the 10th inst., about an offensive
article which Van Meter publish
ed. Van Meters in jail.
-F our thousand men at work on
the canal basin, in New York, hav
ing struck on the 4th inst., for $1
a day, the contractors paid them
off. A dollar a day from the first
of May was offered those who would
continue to work in the meantime.
The suit against James Watson
Webb, late Minister to Brazil, to
recover $4o,uuM, has commenced.
The defendants claim that money
was paid by him to influential
Brazilians to secure payment of a
claim for an American citizen.
A local wit of Lafayette, Ark.,
undertook to fool Dr. Westbrook
one dusky evening last week into
the belief that a ping of twist to
bacco that he pointed at the doc
tor's head was a pistol. He suc
ceeded admirably, and was shot
dead before he cold explain that it
was all a joke. .
The war in Mexico still rages. A
dispatch from Brownville, Texas,
April 10th, says Diaz has possession
of the entire border. Only a few
Federal troops are nearer than
Monterey. Diaz maintains strict
order. He had three soldiers shot
for insubordination. He is strength
ening his position and accumu
lating arms and ammunition.
.Congressional printer Clapp
states that on account of printing
-mm-
the uongressionai itecord tne ap
propriation is insufficient. He had
availed himself of the legal priv
ilege to draw from the treasury to
the amount of two-thirds of bond,
and' following the practice of his
prrdeceasoiy, had used the ' pro
ceeds of the sales to supply the de
ficiency as the only means to pre
vent a stoppage. It is said that
great looseness is manifest in the
management of the government
printing office.
A meeting of the Boston Light
Infantry was held on the night
ofthe 8th Inst., to perfect arrange
ments for attending the Fort Moul
trie Centeto
The1 plan is for the comnirind to
lea ve Boston1 With j thl rty gn its for
KeW' YdrtjWliere they will join the
Old Guard with thirty gun-; and
proceed to Charleston by stoamer.
After the celebration, thee tym
panies, with twi companies from
Charleston, will return fo New York
and rendezvous at Uippdronif.
There the Boston LlUi Ii:f:iutry
will be joined by thirty mure guns
and with full ranks the svimi com
panies, including tho two South
Carolina companies, will on the
third day of July take a special
train to join the Centenni . Le
gion. The New England Division
of the Legion will be under. .the
command of Gen. Burnside. It is
calculated that it will take 13 days
to carry out the programme.
The Silver Bill was rutrned in
Congress on the 10th inst., and
iur. onerman, ny unanimous con
sent, withdrew the third and fourth
sections of the bill. It was then
passed. It provides that there be
and hereby i appropriated out of
Any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated the sum of
103,000 to provide for engraving,
printing and other expenses of
making and issuing Uaked States
notes, and the further sum of $H,
000 to provide for engraving and
printing National Bank notes, to be
disbursed under the Secretary of
the Treasury. The second section
provides that the Secretary of,the
Treasury is hereby directed to
issue silver coin of the United
States of the denominations of ten,
twenty, twenty-five and fifty cents,
of standard value, in redemption
of an equal amount of fractional
currency, whether the samelu:iv
in the Treasury awaiting r d-nip-tion
or whenever it may be j relent
ed for redemption, and the Secre
tary of the Treasury may, under
tne regulations or tne ireasury
Department, provide for such re
demption arid issue by substitution
at the regular sub-treasuries ami
public depositories of the Unitt 1
States until the whole amount ol'
fractional currency outstanding
shall be redeemed, and the frac
tional currency redeemed under
this act shall be held to be a part
of the sinking fund provided t' v Iy
existing law, the, interest !o le
computed thereon as in the en. of
bonds redeemed under the nets re
lating to the sinking-fund.
S200 REWARD.
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTM F, n i",
State of J)rth CcwnJuHi ,
Ralei ir, Man
2()ib, 1S7(.
TT7IIEEAS, OETICIA!
VV niation lias been n reived at this
Department that one William IjOCKE,
late of Itowan county, stands charged
with the murder of P. R. liarrinejer in
said county, and whereas, it further
appears that the said William Locke
has fled the State, or so conceals him
self that the ordinary process of law
cannot be served upon him. v
Now, therefore, I, Curtis II. Broaden,
Governor of the State of North Caro
lina, by virtue oi authority in me vest
ed by Taw, do issue this my Proclama
tion offering a reward of TWO HUN
DRED DOLLARS for the apprehen
sion and delivery of the said William
Locke to the Sheriff of Rowan county,
at the Court House, in the town; of
Salisbury, a,nd I do enjoin all officers
of the law and all pood citizens to aid in
bringing said accused to justice.
Done at our citv of Raleigh, the 20th
day of March, AD., 1876, and in 100th
year of American Independence.
C. II. mtOGDKX.
JJy the Governor :
J. li. Neathkry,
Private Secretary.
DKSCtllPTION.
William Locke is a dark mulatto,.
about '20 years old, about six feet high,
blind in right eye, and turns his toes
in when talking being what is com
monly called " pigeon -toed."
March 20th, 17(3. 40-4t
Statesville American and Asheville
Pioneer copy four weeks and send bills
to Executive office.
PROPOSALS lor FUEL FOK
AGE AND STRAW.
Office Chief Quartermastkr,
Department of the South,
Louisville, March 28, 1876.
SEAL
uiuh
EA LED PBOPOSALS, in triplicate,
er the usual conditions, will be
received at this office,- and also at the
offices of the U. S. Quartermasters at
the several Post named below, until 12
o'clock, m., on Wednesday, the 10th
day of May, 1870, at which time and
place they will be opened in presence
of bidders, for the delivery of Military
Supdlies during the fiscal year, begin-
nmg July I, iso, ana cnuing J une 3U,
J 8 7, as follows :
Wood, Coal, Corn, Oats, Hay and
Straw, at the following named posts
Louisville, Lebanon, Lancaster and
Frankfort. Kv.; Nashville, Humboldt
Chattanooira. Tenn.: Iluutsville, Liv
ingston,'- Mount ernon and Mobile,
Ala.: Atlanta and Savannan, ua.
Charleston. Columbia. Yorkville and
Greenville, S. C; Fort Johnston, Fort
Macon. Morgan ton, auu Kaieign, Si. U.;
and St. Aueustine. - loriua.
Bids for any portion ot the supplies
will be entertained. The Government
reserves tne riguc 10 reject any or an
bids.
A nrefeience will be given to arlicles
of domestic production.
Blank proposals ana printed circulars
showing the estimated quanties requir
ed at each post, and giving full instruc
tions as to the manner of bidding, and
tiie4erms of contract and payment, can
ha obtained lv nersonal or written ap
plication to the quartermasters at the
viiriiiin nosts. or to this otlice.
Lt. Col., D. Q. M. GenJ
41 4t
C! ENI 25c.
to G. R ROW ELL & CO.. NeV
O Yt
ork, fur pamphlet of lWpnges,contain-
insr lists of 3CW newspapers, una estimates
showing cost of advertising.
Sp j. " OA per day at f home. Samples
O 10 oU worth tl free. Stison &
Co., Portland, Maine. 3S-ly
Tii Bankruptcy.
"XJ-OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
J3l that a general meeting ofthe cred
itors or the Bank of N.-C, bankrupt,
will be held at the Register's office in
Raleigh, N. C, before A. VV. Shaffer,4
Esq, Register in Bankruptcy, on the
19th day of April,' 4870, at 10 o'clock,
A. M. for the purposes named in the
27th and 28th sections of the Bankrupt,
Act ot March 2, 1867. . : ;
By order of the court.
A. W. SHAFFER, .....
Register in Bankruptcy, i
l Raleigh, March 23d, 1876.- nil-rK
Is tii i: itiATTjm of moxinAft
intttX, Ilaakrnpt. -This
is to give notice, that on the
10th day tf April, A. D. 1870, a war
rant iu Bankruptcy wan Issued out of
the District Court of the United States
Tor l!, I.astcrn District of North Car
olina, against the estate of-Loonldas M.'
"recti, of Italeigh, In the County of
Wake, and State of North Carolina.
Ins own Petitiou: That the payment
of any debta, and tho delivery of any
property belonRing t such bankrupt,
to him, or for his use, and the transfer
any property, by him, are forbidden bv
law ; That a meeting of the creditors uf
said bankrupt, to prove their debts, and
to choose one or more assignees of bis
estate, will be held at a Court of Bank
ruptey, to be holdcn at Italeigh, N.
C, before A. V. Shaffer, Register, on
the liOth day of April, A. D. 1870, at
10 o'clock, A. M.
JOSHUA B. HILL,
Marshal as Messenger.
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live with assorted Jewelry for
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found as represented worth the money.
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Correspondence invited. Price list and
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Ac, sent FREE to any address.
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Agt. I. C. R. R. Chicago, or to I. V.
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LAUREL VALLEY
-AND
CENTENNIAL OLD
RYE & WHEAT WHISKEY.
t
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A large lot now on hand from two to
four years old. The finest whiskey
made in the South. 1
I have in connection with my distil
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RECTIFYING 1IOUSES
in Western North Carolina.
Parties wishing a Pure Old Whiskey
for medical and other purposes, can get
any size packages from 3 to 40 gallons.
Also, manufacturer anu proprietor oi
TOM COOPER'S
Celebrated
BALD MOUNTAIN CORN WHISKEY.
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
APPLE AND PEACH BRANDY.
Address all orders to
T. N. COOPER,
Eagle Mills, Iredell county, N. C.
OR TO
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FayettevUla. N. c somnon.
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