i i i i ' . ! I' ; . i - TUl'ltSDAY, MARCH 27, 73. Working Men. T!ia nntilcst men! know on earth. Are mrn whose Lands are brown with toil ; Vh- harked br no ancestral eraves. Hew down the wood and tillthe soil, And thereby w in a prouder fame Than follow King's or warrior's name. The working men, whate'er their task To carve the atone or bear the hod The sweat upon their honest brows. The royal stamp and seal of God ! And brighter are their drops of sweat Than Diamonds in a coronet. God bless the noble workingr men! Who rear the cities of the plain Who dip the mines and build the ships. And drive the commerce of the main ; Co-l bless them for their swarthy hands Have wrought the glory of all lands ! Clipping. Woman's mission Submission. The inventors of matches Adam and Kve. liu Halo Rill has been dubbed ' Kison William" in Boston. " 'Seeinpr through a slass brightly" is what they call it in Utica. You can't do that again," said tl e pig if the boy who cut his tail off. ' "Beerburg" is what some of the sinful papers of the West call Milwaukee. The notes that compose favoiite tunes Bank notes; they makefor-tunes. Very rale crray paper, with cross linings oi gold, is the latest novelty for billets-iiotu:. The highest office- within the gift of tho people is the weather signal station on Pike's Peak. To keen warm on a cold day the women double the Cape, and tho men double the Horn. Prof. A gasslz having said that Niagara will run dry in nineteen centuries, me Niasrara hackmen have raised their fares. There is a pirate nt San J'ranciseo who has retired to private iiie. oeverai such have just retired at .Washington also. A wealthy Chicaeo man cot drunk in Cincinnati and bought two hundred clothes-bars, which all reached his wife at once. Stanley will soon start in search of his agent, who abscontiea, at Chicago, taking 500 belonging' to the "hrnr with hiin. A1 man died in Seneca Falls, X. Y. the other day, ami in his will left " that tola liar ami tattler, the widow J ones, two cents." The proposition of Mr. Henry R. Richards to establish a Cattle Exchange in Wall street is regarded as an attempt to bull the market. Which is the oldest. Miss Antiquity, old Aunty Diluvian. Miss Ann ierior, Miss Ancestor., MKs Ann T. Mondane, or. Miss Ann T. Cedent? "For one voko of stags to me deliv- livered," a Canada farmer dropped his brvaeh-or-nroinise suit acrainsi a man who agreed to marry his daughter. t. sailor boy sentenced to be Hogged, bt-ggetl tho captain to wait till be could sav his nravers. "Certainly." said the captaiu. "Then I'll say them on shore," said tho young tarpaulin. Francis the First could praise the vir tuo which he could not prize. "Her soul is as a rose without a thorn." he said of his wile Claude, whom ho killed by his brutal indifference. An exchange says: The jurors at court in Clarion iums in with loaded guns, and sit witli them in their hands during a trial. lcalh to the first lawyer who tells a lie ! Result No couit. A neero was put uin the stand as a witness, and the jiu.ge inquired if he nnerstiod the nature of uh oath. " For tiTtinj. Ikk" said the citizen: "if I Hwear to a lie I must stick to him." "Why, Fat, what are you doing, standing by the wall of tho public- house? I thought you were a teetotaler. Pat. 44 ies. ver honor. I m just lis tenin' to them impenitent boysdrinkin' inside!' There is a religious sect in -Vermont who wash each other's feet. A down liist exchange suggests that there is a sc-t in aslnngioii who wash each other's reputations, but it is not a very religious sect. "There is the horse," said a Kentucky teai her. " list an impressive name How much better thanif Adam had called it a rose or a stone! When we hear the word 'horse it brings the ani mal right lciore us! A widow lady sitting beside a cheer ful lire in a meditative mood, shortly after her husband's decease, sighed out. "lNsr fellow, how he did like a good lire ! I hope he has gone where they al ".ways keep good tires." There was a light ln twecn Dan bury ( and Nerwalk rsstcrs in this place on ; Friday. The pain every gxnl citizen ! must feel over such a brutal display is somewhat modified by the fact that our rooster licked. Danbury Nor. uuioi iwo nunurcu and iorty-nine ' patients in the inebriate asylum at Binghamton, N. Y., one hundred and twenty-two are children of drunkards, from which tho deduction is inferable that the habit is in some dcirrce hcredi tary." A kirk luminary recently asked his pot scholar why they took Stephen out side U. v of tl city to stone him to death. ll.e !:aie fellow was silent ; for a moment, us though absorbed with me problem, when, briirhtenincr un sud ; denly, he replied. "So they could get a ocuer cracK at Dim. A Scotch postmaster, puzzling out a very uncertain superscripuon to an Irish letter, jocosely remarked to an intelli gent son of Erin who stood by. that the jrisn orougnt a nam set or names to Scotland. 'That s a fact, yer honor." replied the Irishman, "but they get naruer ones alter they arrive hero. ' A little girl was sent to the pasture to driTehomo the cow. While thus en gaged she treated herself to climbing an unnecessary fence, from which she le!l, and was severely scratched and bruised. On returning homo she was asked' if he cried when she felL "Why no," she replied : "What would have been the use? There was nobody to hear me." A gentleman wailed upon Douglas Jerrold i.ne morning to enlist his sym pathies in Ix-hair of a mutual friend, who was constantly in want of money. "Well," said Jerrold, "how much does he want this time?' "Why, just a four-and-t wo-nou-hts will, I think, put him straight,"' his friend replied. 'Well,' said Jerrold, "put me down for one of the noughts this time." A Troy, New York, dentist, while plying his avocation around the mouth of a lady customer recently, was seized with emotional insanity, and kissed her. She was not so far under the influence of ether but that the shock revived her, and the tooth carpenter loaned her hus band V0 on long time the next day, be side making no charge lor his two and a half hours' work. OFFICIAL T AWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Passed at the third Session of the fnrf-rmnrl Cbnm-rs. j rrt . w . nfi 1 iut..tAu unt. -"-j in art to authorize the construction of 1rht steam vessels of war. and for ! fkAvn,irrwwa other purposes. Jte it enaciea oy me renai anu n ousts of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be authorized to construct eight steam vessels of war, with auxiliary sail-power, and of such class or classes, as, in his judgment, will best subserve the demands of the ser vice, each carrying six or more guns of Iarce caliber : the huus 10 oe duui oi iron or wood, as the Secretary may de termine : Provided. That the aggregate tonnage of the whole number shall not exceed eight thousand tons, and that the cost of building the same shall not ex- cerd three million two hundred thou sand dollars: And provided. That four of said vessels shall be built, in whole or in part, in private yards, upon con tract with the lowest responsible bidder therefor, upon public competition ana nronosals. due notice thereof being given by advertisement, upon models, specifications, and drawings furnished by the Navy Department, and under its direction and supervision, if. upon full examination and consideration, the same shall bo deemed practicable, by the Secretary of the Navy : or tho hulls of any portion of said vessels may be built upon privato contract in me gov ernment yards upon line proposals, models, snecitications. drawings, and supervision, and upon like examina tion and consideration, the government in either case furnishing such materials as may be deemed practicable by the An-etarv or the ravy. ' Sec 2. That neither of said vessels shall be commenced until full and com pile models, specifications, and draw irtvs shall be made for its construction in all its parts. And after such models and drawings are approved by the pro per authority, they shall not be changed in any respect when the cost will exceed one hundred dollars, except upon the recommendation of a board of survey composed of not less than five officers of the navy, and approved by the.Sec retary of the Navy ; and if changes are thus made, the actual cost of and dam agd caused by such change shall be esti mated by such board of survey ; and the terms of the contract shall provide that the contractors shall be bound by the ' estimate of said board as to the amount of increased or diminished com pensation they are to receive, if any, in consequence of any such changes. I Approved, February 10, IS73. Resolution of General Natvkk. No. 2. Joint Resolution to enable the people of the United States to participate in the advantages of the international expo j shion to bo held at Vienna in eighteen hundred, and seventy-three. ! Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to enable the people of the Uni ted States to participate in the advantages of the international exhibition of the products of agriculture, manufactures, and the line arts, to beheld at Vienna in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose herein specified, which sum shall be expended under the direc tion or the Secretary of Stale : Pi ovided. That the President be authorized to ap point a.number of practical artisans, not exceeding eight, and of scientiu men not exceeding seven, who shall attend said exhibition and report their doings and observations to him, and whoso actual and reasonable expenses, not to exceed ono thousand dollars each, shall be paid from such fund ; and that the President be fm ther authorized to ap point a number ot honorary omniis- loners, not to exceed one huiuireti, wno shall receive no pay for their expenses or otherwise: Aim provuieu iiirmer, That no person so appointed shall be in terested, directly or indirectly, in any article exhibited fcr competition : And provided, That not more than htty thou sand dollars shall le expended for sala ries and expenses of all persons receiv ing appointments to places authorized in' this resolution, and not more than live thousand dollars shall be paid lor salary and expenses to any one person. ' Sec. 'Z. that the governors ot the sev eral States be, and they are hereby, re quested to invite the patriotic people of their respective States to assist in the proiier representation of the handiwork of our artisans, and the prolific sources of material wealth with which our land is blessed; aud to take such author measures as may be necessary to d illume a know ledge of tlse proposed exhibition, and to secure to their respective States tho advantages which it promises. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Con gress a detailed statement of the expen ditures which may have been incurred Under the provisions of this resolution. Approved, rebruary 14, is:. rOSTAJ, CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NEW FOUNDLAND. The undersigned, being then unto duly authorized by their respective gov ernments, have agreed upon the follow ing articles, establishing and regulating theexchangeof correspondence between the united Mates of America and New foundland : Article 1. There shall be an exchange of mails between the United Suites of America and Newfoundland by such means oj' transportation as are now, or shall be, established with the approval of the re spective Post Departments of tho two countries, comprising letters, newspa pers, books, printed matter of every kind, and patterns or samples of mer chandise originating in either euntry and addressed to and deliverable in the other country. Article 2. The post-offices of Roston and New York shall be the exchange offices on the side of the United States, and the post-office of Saint John's shall be the sole office of exchange on the side of Newfoundland, for all mails transmitted between the two couutries under this arrangement ; and all mail-mxtter transmitted in either direction, between the respective offices of exchange, shall be forwarded in closed bags or pouches under seal, addressed to the correspond ing exchange office. Each mail shall be accom pained by a letter or post-bill. showing in separate columns the num ber or letters, newspapers, and other articles embraced therein, and the post ages therein, and the postages thereon. Article 3. No aox)unts shall be kept between the Post Departments of the two countries upon the international correspondence, written or printed exchanged between them, but each Department shall retain to its own use all the postages which it oiiects mereon. The single rate of international letter- postage, in full, to destination, shall be six cents on each letter weighing half an ounce (15 grams) or less, and an ad ditional rate of six cents for each addi tional weight of half an ounce (15 drains) or fraction thereof, the prepayment of which shall bo compulsory at the office of mailing in either country. wa v . .... a no unueu Mates post-efflce shall evy and collect to its own use a postage- unrguoi iwo cents on each newspaper mailed in the United States and ad dressed to Newfoundland ; and a postage-charge of two cents for each two ounces, or fraction thereef, on pamph- . lets, periodicals, books, other articles of printed matter, and patterns of samples of merchandise addressed to or received from 2? ewloundland. The post-office of Newfound lana snail levy andcoUectrtoitsownuseaposUge- cr& or two oenis on eacu 'l-t i mailed in Newrounaiana anu wiureracu tn th TTnited states, and the established I w w . . , . I te of domestic nostacre cnargeaDie in VowfmmdlandJon namDhlets. periodi- cals. books, other articles oi pnuiea mailer, ana paiiems or Miupiyo"- ohahdiU sddreased to or received from TTniiwri Krt- I Everv international letter or newspa 8nall pi4jnly stamped with the woruS "Paid all," in red ink, by the j dinatehlnjr-office I of L exchange, and shall be delivered free of any charge whatever in the country of destination Newspapers, j;and all other kinds of printed mattery snail oesuuject io iu laws aud regulati ms or each country, respectively, in? tegarx) to their liability to be rated with letter-postage when eontaininir written matter, or ior any other cause sniecifietl in said laws and regulations, asj well regard to their liahilitv to customs UUiy unuer me revenue laws, j . , Article 4. The two Post-Departments shall establish bv agreement and in conformi ty with arranf&mentsj in force at the time, the conditions upon which the two omces may reciprocally exenange in open mails the correspondence originat ing in or destined to other foreign coun tres to which Hhey niay respectively serve as intermediaries. Either country forwarding or recc-iv- insr such Correspondence through the open mails of the other, shall account to such other country for such postage rates as are chargeable thereon, for ex terior service, by its laws and regula tions, or the reauirements of its foreign postal arrangements, j Articlk 5. The two Post Departments may, by mutual agreement, profide for the trans mission of registered letters in the mails exchanged between the two countries, and may settle by agreement between them all measures of detail and arrange ments required to carry this convention into execution, and may modify the same in like manner, from time to time, as tho exigencies of the service may require. ! ALTICLE 0. Dead letters which cannot be deliver ed, from whatever , pause, shall be mutually, returned ' without charge, monthly, or more frequently, as the regulations of the respective offices will permit. j ARTICLE j i . This convention shall come into op eration the first day of December, 1872, and shall bo terminable at any time on a notice, by either party, of six months. . . i 1 I , ... 1 1. uone in uupucaits anu signeu at v usn ineton the twentieth day of November,- and at Saint John's the thirteenth day of November, ono thousand eight nun t d anrl tovonttr . trft SEAL. SEAL. J. W. MARSHALL, Acting Postmaster-General. . JOJIN DELANY, nLl . , - 1 uiuiasier-vjciiei !. I hereby approver1 aforegoing con vention, and, in rpstjmony thereof, l have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed, t' , U. S ..GRANT. SEAL. By tho President: Hamilton fisir. Secretary of estate. Washshington, November L0, 1872. General Natu :ik No. 28. AN ACT to amend ai act entitled "An "norm system of out the United act to establish a n bankruptcy throng States," approved Mfirch second, eigh teen hundred ai:d silt ty-toven Ue it enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives of he United States of America in Conuiesk assembled, That whenever a corjoration creaiea ny me laws of any State, whose business is car ried on wholly withinjtl.w .-state creating tho same, and also ant insurance com pany so created, whefljor all its business shall be carried on in ssm.-h State or not, has had proceedings fluly commenced against such corporation or company before tho A-ourts of sich Slate lor the purpose of winding -up the affairs of such rporation tr company and di viding us assets' rhtabjy amongits cred itors and lawfully anieng thos, entitled thereto pi ior U proodfngs having been commenced aain-.C buili corporation or company under, the bankrupt 'laws of the L'niud states, any order made, or that shall bu made, "by such court agrteably to the Staloj law for the rata ble distribution or jaj inent of any div idend of assets to tho creditors of such corporation or company while such State court shall remain actually or con structively in ios-Nsion or control of the assets of uch corporation- or com pany shall le deemed valid notwith standing proceedings in bankruptcy may have been coiomenied and be pending against such corporation or company. j Approved, February 13, IS73. Genrral nature. No 29. AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a commission to complete the boun dary line between tfie territory of the United States and he possessions f Great Britain not completed under the act of August eleventh, eighteen hun dred aud fifty-six t to carry into effect the iirst article of thj treaty of fifteenth June, ighteen hundred and forty-six. Be it enacted by the'Senaieand llause of Representatives of "jthe United States of America in Congress assembled, That tho Presideut of. tho United States be, aud he is hc'ieby, authorized to appoint the Secretary of Mali', or either of the assistant Secretaries. or the United States minister at Lrondon, or in his dis cretion, by and with tho ad v ire and onsent of the Senate to appoint a com missioner to act jointly with such officer or commissioner as iiiay be named bo iler Britannic Majesty, for tho purpose of completing the determination of so much oi the boundary line between the territory of tho United States and the jxssesiiious of Great Britain as was left uncompleted by the dommusioners ap pointed under the aict of Congress of August eleventh, eighteen hundod and hrty-six. to carry iutj efiect the first ar tide of the treaty of die filteenth Juue, eigl.te.in hundred nadj!orty-six, between the United States andj Great Britain. Sec, 2. That the suih of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, oe, and me( sanio is hereoy, appropriated, out of any moneys in tho treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into enect the provisions of this o.-f I App:oveJ, February 14, 1S73. General nature No. 20. AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to refund the differential duty on articles actually on ship-board in French vessels! destined for tho United States on the fifth of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Be it enacted by the'Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That goods, wares, and nerchand'se im ported in Freucb vessels from countries other than France, arid which were on ship-board and bound to the United States on the fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, are hereby relieved froin liability to dis criminating duty under the seventeenth section of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, reviv ed on such goods by the proclamation of the President ot the United Stat&s dated October thirtieth, eighteen hun d red and seventy-two ; and the Secretary or the Treasury is hereby authorized, in i any such case, to refund such discrim- i lnating duty which may have been naid ! on such goods, wares, and merchandise, ' out of any money in the treasury not oiuerwise appropriatea. Approved, February 14, 1873. 1UBLIC ACT. An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in Certain Localities. Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, to. sell or give away any intoxicating liquors in any way or manner, or in any quantity, so as to receive any compen sation for the same whatever, either directly or indirectly within four miles OI AUllOCa Cliun-U, " nucguauj uuuu- tv : Bluff' Presbvteri.'n church in Cum berland county ; Asjuole Missionary Baptist church, m Robeson county, or Yopp's Meting House, in Onslow county. Oi- within three miles of the following places, . to-wit : Mount Pleasant Academy, rh Cherokee coun ty; Cumberland Union church, near walker town, in tumDenanu county ; Blockers store in Cedar Creek Village. in Cumberland county; Judson Female College, in Henderson county; 1'onocks ville in Jones couuty ; Laurel Hill church in Richmond county; Big Branch Baptist church. Beauty Spot church, Ashepole Presbyterian church, Zion's Tabernacle Baptist church, Asbury church. Horeb Methodist church, or Mount Mariah Baptist church, in Robe son county : or within two and one-half miles of Rocky Nole church, in Cabarrus county ; or within two miles oi the ioi lowing places, to-wit: Piney Grove church, Luneville church, or Red Hill church or School house, in Anson coun ty: Christian Delicrht church, or Con cord church, in Beaufort co'ty; French's Creek Baptist church. Brown Marsh Presbyterian church, in Bladen county ; Endor Furnace, or Flouring mills in Eockville, in Chatham c unty; Metho dist church. Presbyteriau church, or Baptist church near fort liemnri, or Hick's High School, Barnard's camp eround. in Clay county; Pleasant Plains church or Peacock's store, in Columbus county ; Blockville Academy or Cokesberry church, in Cumberland county;, New Bridge church, in Duplin county; Mountain Island factory, in Gaston county; Corinth Baptist church, in Granville county; Flat Rock, in Guilford county: Johnston's chapel, in Johnston county : Shiloh church, col ored, School House No. 1, in Federal Precinct Township, in New Hanover county: Zion church, in Richmond county; Lumber Bridge Presbyterian church or. Providence Baptist church, in Robeson county ; Ellerbees Springs, in Richmond county; Little River, church, in Transylvania county ; Goshen church, Sampson county: the Paper Mills at the falls ofNeuse river, in Wake County : tho Court House in Wilkes boro. in Wilkes county, or within the corporate limits of the town of Carth age in Moore county, or Lumberton in Robeson county, or Rutherfordton in Rutherford couuty, or within two miles of the corporate limits of Carthage or Lumberton, provided this shall enect the power oi the commissioners ot Lium- berton to grant license within its cor porate limits : or within one and a half miles of Cherry Grove Baptist church in Columbus county; Bell Farm Pres byterian church, (colored) Harris depot; Methodist church at Cold Spring camp ground, or Methodist church at Bethel Camp Ground, in Cabarrus county; or Murchison Factory, in Manchester Cum berland county, or within one mile of Gooso Creek ; Island church, in Beauiort couuty; the Baptist church in Abbotts- burg, in iiladen county; Newton Acade my, or Fair View school house, in which J. s. Shulord taught school, in Bun combe county; Pioneer Mills PostOlIice, in Cabarrus county; Cypress Creek church, or the Baptist or Methodist church in llallville, Duplin county; Vino Hill Academy, ia Halifax county; Bethel church, in Pittcounty ; the Court House in Ash boro, m Randolph countj; Turnersbury church, in Iredell county; or Union Chapel Methodist chuch, in Rolesoii county. Sec. 2. Any person or persons violat ing any ot the provisions 01 this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean or and upon conviction thereof before any acting Justiedtof the Peace, for each and every offence, shall pay a line of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars or be imprisoned, in the discre tion of the Court not to exceed thirty days. Sec. 3. Tho Secretary of State shall furnish a certified copy of this act, im mediately alter its rathicutiou to the Era, Sentinel and Xctr.s for publication. Sec. 4. This act shall be in force from and alter the first day of May, A. D., 1S73. In General Assembly- read three times and ratitied this the 3rd dav of March, A. 1)., JS7;5. J. L. ROBINSON, Speaker of the" House. C. II. BROGDEN, President of the Senate. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, : CAROLINA, ) ry ok State, j arch 7, 1873. J Office Skcketary Raleigh, Mt I. llliaui II. llowcrtoti. Secretary of State, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original act on 1W in this olfiee. WM II. IIOWERTON, Secretary of State. Marcli 8, 1873. 172 d24tw4v MAYOR'S OFFICE, Raleigh, AT. C, March 8, 1873. 1WILL ATTEND at the Mayor's office in the City of Raleigh, on 'Tues day, the 1st day 'of April, 1873, to take the tax list for the present year. Per sons failing to list their property will be subjected to double tax. 172 td W. WHITAKER, Mayoi. -pou RENT. Tho Exchange Ilotel. on IIiilboi-. street, is for rent. Apply to WILLIAM GRIMES, l;y 10d Raleigh, N. C, N OTICE IN BANKRUPTCY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES, Uiat a Petition has Wen filed in said Court In' Ambrose Upehurch, in said District, duly declared a Bankrupt under the act 01 Congress of March 2d. 1807. for a discharge and certificate there of from all his debts and other claims provable under saiil act, and that the 3rd day ot April, 183, at l' o'clock, A. M., at the office of A. W. Shaffer, uegistor 111 Bankruptcy, in Knleigh, N C. is assigned for the hearing of the same when and where all creditors, who have proved their debts, and other persons in interest may attend and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. And that the second and third meetings will be held at the same time and place. Dated at New Berne, N. C, on the 3th dav of March, A. D., 1S73. CHARLES II IB BAR I), Clerk. 39 3w. . OST. Certificate of Stock No. (18t37) in tho North Carolina Rail Road Company. for five shares, standing in my name on tne doors or the Company has be-n lost. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to the office of said Company, for a new certificate. W P. HENDERSON. Feb 18 149 lm WW 1 Sept. 13, 1872. 14 w6m Sapt. 19, 1872. 1115 COURT ADVERTISE3IEXTS. TOHNSTON COUNTY-In the Su J perior Court. N. L. Whitley, Adm'r of James H. Raiford, dec., against Ballard Raiford, Nancy Whitley, and others. Action to sell real es tate for as sets. The State of North Carolina, To the Sheriff of Johnston county j reeling: Yon are hereby commanded to sum mon Ballard Raiford, Wm Raiford, Marshal Raiford. Mary E Ballance. Sally Oliver, Dixon Phillips and wife iMancy, Mary smith. James Oliver. Doctor Oliver, Gaston Little and wife, Nancy Whitley, Pattie E Oliver, Easter Jane Oliver, Lucretia A Oliver.. Nettie Oliver, Thos Oliver, Richard V Oliver. James u wiggs, Chas 1 wiggs, John Wiggs, Nathan G Wiggs, Alexander Wiggs, Thos H Wiggs, James I Wiggs, Neslus Wiggs, Benj Raiford, James Wiggs, Samuel Ir'otter and wile Mary, Sarah Holland, David i Carrington, Pauline Carrington, , Arthur Wiggs, Delia Stoval. Phillip Pearson. Appv J Dixson, Ursula E Phillips and Sugars A oasser, the defendants above named. if they be found within your county, to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court Ior the county of John ston, within twenty-fivedays, after the service or this summons on them, ex elusive of the day of such service, and answer the complaint, a copy of which is served with this summons, and let them take notice, that if they fail to answer the said complaint within that time, the planum will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Hereof fail not, and of this summons make due return, Given under m v band and seal of said vuuu, litis uiu utjf ui jc eui uary , 1010. P. T. MASSE Y. Clerk Superior Court, Johnston county. 37 w6w STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Wake County. J Probate Court. W. H. Gulley, Adm'r. of W. II. IIollo- way, Plaintiff, vs. J. II. Gradv and others, Defendants. It appearing to tho satisfaction of the Court that the defendants, Thomas Brasfield and wife Caroline, are non residents ot the State : It is ordered that publication be made in the Carolina Era, a newspaper published in the city of Raleigh, for six weeks, weekly, sum moning the said Thomas Brasfield and wife Caroline, defendants, to appear at the olhceot the Judge 01 Jfrobate lor said county, at the Court House in Raleigh, on or before the loth dav of April next, then and there to plead, answer or demur to tho complaint of the Plaintiff in the above named action, or ludgment win be taken against them according to the complaint. Witness, John j. Bunting, Clerk su perior Court and Judge of Probate, at othce in the city oi Kaleigh, this oth day of March, lSii. J. N. BUNTING, C. S. C. and Probate Judge Wake county. D. G. Fowle, Plaintiff's Attorney, mar 7 33 wbw. "VTORTII CAROLINA, n the Pro JLi Johnston County bate Court. William Hastings and wife Fannie E., and others, c red i tors. Plaintiffs, Against Advertise..; .ut. Mary M. Secor, adm'r or lj. M. secor, dec, Defendant. All creditors of E. M. Secor, deceased, late of Johnston county. North Carolina, are hereby notified to appear before the undersigned, at his office in Smithtield, on or before the 24th day of April next, and file the evidences ot their claims. This March 1st. 1873. P. T. MASSE Y, C. S. C, mar 5 3S w6w Johnston county, JOHNSTON COUNTY: In the Su perior Court. William Williams) against Summons for Re- Mary Williams. J lief, The State of North Carolina, To the Sheriff 0 Johnston Co. Greeting : You are hereby commanded to sum mon Alary Williams, the deiendant above named, if she be found within 3011 r county, to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the county of Johnston, within twenty days alter the service ot this sum mons on her, exclusive of tho day of such service, and answer the complaint, a copy of which is deposited in the office of tho Clerk of j said Court, and let her take notice, that if -she fails to answer the said complaint within that time, the plaintiff will apply to the Court tor the reliet demanded 111 the complaint. llereot tail not, and oi this summons maite due return. Given under my hand and seal of said . i miiii i, 111 1 1 111 ua v 01 X" cui lull v. L" 1S73. . P. T. MASSEY, , Clerk Superior Court, 35 wGw Johnston county. -VTORTH CAROLINA, I ) JJN Granville County, j Superior Court, February 5, 1S73. tl,;,, I . . I . . . . I l.'l-..... James M. Evans and wife Joanna and others, agiinst Duncan. Special proceedings to divide land. It appearing to tho satisfaction of the Court that Duncan, who is the son- ami onlv heir at law ot Samuel S. Dim can, late of the State of Kentucky, dee'd, is not a resident of this State: It is thereupon, on motion of John. W. Havs. Attorney, ordered that publication be made for hiin in the Carolina Era, a newspaper published in the City ofi Raleigh, for six weeks, each week, noti fying him to be and appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court, at the Clerk's office in Oxford, on Friday, the 28th day of March uext, then and there to plead, answer or demur to the said petition, otherwise it will be taken pro confesso, and heard ex parte as to him, and a guardian ad litem appointed for said Duncan. Witness, Calvin Bktts, Clerk of said Court, at Oxford, the 5th February, A. D ,1873. CALVIN BETTS, 43 w6w. Clerk Superior Court. Impqrtant Sale of Lots in the Town of 'Lexington, David sou countj, Ni C. TN OBEDIENCE OF AN ORDER of JL the Board of County Commissioners made on the first Monday in Alaren instant, I shall proceed to sell for cash. at the Court House door in the Town of Lexington, on Tuesday of our next Superior Court, it being the 29th day of April, o, me lonownig uesmueu iuis situate in the Town of Lexington, near the Court House, belonging to the countj', to wit: Three lots northeast of the Court House, ine said lots are ad jacent the lot of II. Adams and R. A. King. Three other lots opposite the re sidence of Gen. J. M. Leach, and the Store House of Earnheardt & JSove. Also, four lots opposite the Court House, adjoining the lot of C. F. Lowe, known as the public well lots All of the above named lots are trom twenty to mty yards of the Court House. maTch5. wtd. Commissioner. Blackseek cfc McCorcle and J. T. Brown Attorneys for Commissioners. II. c. ECCL.ES, Proprietor, CENTRAL HOTEL, CHARMOTTE,' N. C. March 7, 1873. 171 tf JOB PRINTING, &c. C B. Edwards. N. B. Bkocghtos. EDWARDS & BROUGHTON PRACTICAL Book and Job Printers, Fayettevllle Street, (Old Standard Huilding,) RALEIGH, JV. C, Are now prepared to execute every description of Flain and Fancy from the smallest Card to the largest Poster, on as reasonable terms as the same work can bo done at any estab lishment in the State. We will keep constantly on hand, 01 print to order, Solicitor, Superior Court Clerk , Sher iff and Magistrate's Blanks of the latest improved form, on most rea sonable terms. COMPETE IN PRICE AND EXECUTION with the best and cheapest houses in the State. Special attention paid to School Catalogues, j CIRCULARS AND BRONZED TOBACCO LABELS. Orders by mail promptly attended to, and work shipped by Mail or Express to any portion of the State. Agents for S. COLLINS & CO'S News, Book and Job Inks at manufacturers prices, freight added. Orders solicited. . EDWARDS A BROUGHTON, Box 178, Raleigh, N. C. 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EVERY SUB SCRIBER is presented with this Chromo at the time of subscribing, (w waiting,) and also receives a NUM151 R- El) CEJlTIc 1CATE ENTITLING THE HOLDER TO A SHARE in the distribution of $25,000 in cash and other premiums. THE DISTRIBUTION TAKES PLACE on the second Tuesday in June next. The Chromo and Certificate sent on receipt ot price. srEClMEN COPIES, PREMIUM LIST. Etc., GIVING FULL PARTICULARS sent free to any address. A(iFWTA Either local or canvassing rtULIi IO in every" town. Large oil n-xratt j-1 4 J. s 7. M - . WAN I LUft- Send at oiK:e for terms. Address OUR FIRESIDE FRIEND, Chicago, HI. 37 wr.m And Baltimore, Md. FOOD! Corn, Kyc, Sheafs of Oats, 3Ieal, Peas, Fodder, Hay, Oats, Fine Feed, Shucks, Always kept on band at USUOICJN'S Grain and Feed Store, Prarie Building, Wilmington street. W. A. GATTIS, Superiuteiidei t. Raleigh, X. C, Feb. 7, 1873. dlawly if PROCLAMATIONS. A PROCLAMATION ! By the Governor of Xortli Carolina EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Raleigh, Feb. 11, 1873. Whereas official information has been received at this Department that one George Hill, late of Randolph county, stands charged with the murder of Jesse Gallimore, and that the saic. George Hill has fled or so conceals himself that the ordinary process of law cannot be served on him. Now, therefore, I TodR. Ca ldwkll, Governor of the State of North Carolina, by virtue of authority in me vested by law, do issue this my proclamation, offering a reward of Two Hundred Dollars for the arrest and delivery of aid George Hill, to the Sherifl'of Ran dolph county, and I do enjoin all offi cers of the law and all good citizens, to aid in bringing said Hill to justice. Don at our City of Raleigh, tho 11th Tl. si rtav February, A.' I)., 1873, "-1 and in the y7th year of American Independence. . TOD R. CALDWELL. By tho Governor : J. B. Neatuery,. . Private Secretary. DESCRIPTION: Georgo Hill is about twenty-eight years of age, will weigh IGo pounds, is about six feet in height, dark coniplex ion, and light hair. "lie is supposed to be lurking near the line dividing the counties of Randolph and Davidson.. 35 w4w. A PROCLAMATION ! By the Governor of North Carolina. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ilALEiGii, Feb. 13, 1S73. Whereas, Official information has Iwen received nt this Department that one John Allen .Ketchy, connned. in tlie jail of Howan County on a charge of; Rape, did escape tlierefrom on the night of tlie 10th inst., and is now at larye ; ' i . Now, therefore, I, Ton Tl. Caldwell, Govaruor of the Htateof North Carolina, by virtue of the autliority in me vestel iy law, do issue this mv Proclamation ottering u reward of TWO HUNIdtEl) DOLbAltS lor tho apprehension and delivery of the said John Allen Ketchy to the Sherifl'of Rowan county, and I do further enjoin alloflicorsof the law, and all pood citizens toassist in ap prehending and lovlging said o.lfemlcr to justice. . Done at the City of Raleigh, tho Uthday of February, A. I., iT.?, and in the !7th year of American Indepen dence. TOI) It. CALDWELL, Governor. By the Governor: .L B. Neath ery, Private Secretary. DKSC'RIl'TION : John Allen Ketchy is .about five feet ten inches hi-'h, spare made, lare nose, dark blue eyes, sallow complexion, thin beard, dark hair, and has a scar on his riylit shin. No Person can take these Bitters ac cording to directions, and remain lonf? unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mine ral poison or ottier means, and vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Ileadaclie, Pain in tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations or the Sto mach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Eeart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the off springs of Dyspepsia. One bottle will prove a better guarantee of it3 merits than a lengthy advertisement. For PeiualcComplalnts, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic iiitters display so decided tui influence that -improvement u soon perceptible. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism and Gout, Ktlious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Wood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood.. i They nre a gentle Purgative ns well as a Tonic, possessing the merit, of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or In flammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious Diseases. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, 1'imples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, ltiug-wornis, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discoloru tions of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are liter ally dug up and carried out of. the sys tem in a short time by the use of these Bitters. Orntrfnl Thousands proclaim VlNKGAit Bitteks iho most wonderful Inv(gorant that ever sustained thelsinkinff system, t it. if. nicnoALD co. Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, Cal., & cor. of Washington and Charlton t"ts., K.Y. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS, May 18, 1872. 1! 12m DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR.' Ten years of a nn lie test has proved Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar to have more merit than any similar preparation ever offered to the pub lic. It Is rich in the medicinal qualities of Tar. and uneaualed for diseases of the Throat and Lungs, performing the MOST REMARKABLE rninw. It EFFECTUAIilT ks cures all Conshs and Colds. It has cured so many cases of Asthma and Uronchltis, that It has been pronounced a specific for these com plaints. For Pains In the Breast,! Side or Back, tiravel or Kid ney Disease. Diseases of the Urinary Orgrans, Jaundice, or any Liver Complaint it has no equal. It is also n superior Tonie, ltestores the Appetite. Strengthen the System. Restores the Weak and Debilitated, Causes the Food to Digest, Removes Dyspepsia and Indigestion, rreventi juaiarious severs, Gives tone to your System. , Tha'i Pale, .Yellow, SicHy-Lookhff Skin is changed to one of freshness and health. Those Diseases of the Skin, Pimples, Pustules, Blotches and Kruptlons are removed. Serofiila,ScrofuIous Diseases of the Eyes, White Swelling-, Ulcers, Old Sores or any kind of Humor rapidly dwindle and disappear under its Influence. In fact it will do you more good, and cure you more speedily than miv and all other preparations combined. VThat is It t It is na ture's own restorer ! A soluble ox yd of iron combined with the medicinal oropertlesof Poke Root divested of all disagreeable qui 1 ities It will cure any Chronic or 7Longr Standing? Disease whose real or direct cause is had blood. Rhenmatlsm.Palns in I.lmhsor Bones,t'onntitntions bro. ken down by Mercurial or other poisons, are all cured by It. For Syphilis, or Syph ilitie taint, there is nothinc eo.nal to it. A trial will prove It. ASK FOR DR. CROOK'S COM POUS D SYRCP OF POKE IIOOI'. j March 13, 1873. pS 3m A. S. MEEEIMOX. THOS. C. FULLER. -S. A. ASIIE. MERRI3I0N, FULLER ASHE, Attorneys ."and CcniiseHors at law. RALiEIGII, X. li, .TTILL PRACTICE in tlie Stat ite and v T a ederal Courts when their services may be required. I Office former office of Phillips fc Merrimon. f0l 28 3m -szZ CSC SCIIEDULIX I & 1AN-ILU: Carolina Divts,,';- K KICHMON North ASD SALEM IBIC -,f l: CONDENSED 1IME-TAU: In effectj on and After Mm i lv 2d, lbiii. I ; OrlXO NORTH. Stations. Mail., Leave Cjharlottc, ' IJoncord, Salisbury," " lliexiugton - i High Point ll.(",,s Ar. at Greensboro 12..i a lA-ave Greensl(oro il.4." ll.l. Co. S!irp.s, 3..ii 4.."3 ' 4 I ill.-Inno, 1 at t ahlgh, ldsboro. Ar. ii.o. a.-u OOINO SOU Til. Stations. Mad. Leave Gioldslxmv ! 4.00 p. Raleigh, jl7.4.- ' 4 iHillsWo. bUM " j Cf. Shops, jl2.0," Ar. at:Gh?ensloro i.:;o a. t: Leave G reensboro " j High Point " I Iexingtiiii, 44 j Salisbury, .... 1 1 1.0,! l.l; 2.i: 3.U4 4.0J 4.,"7 IV. 10 I ttoncord, Charlotte, Ar. at t -7.-J0 l. !!. Passenger train leaving U. 7.45, p. lii., connects at GrcciLu,, " V .1. I. 1 I . xoiiiicti i'oii-ui irain; i ... .m "v .... ijuin.c.-'i i tin. -i ., un .tii'di 'I'll CI',. A A ivaj vf j . ni-b-. -Willi l il.- , i;i UUlcf 11 lp Mail trains daily, both it , entiro length of road. Evpu'vs'.i , ' oeiween company Shops aiiil Cli ,i ; ftunda excepted.) All ! I!.tssenupr trains olll.r, illl'i all Iti, h Greensboro with trains ;. Richmoiid Pullman l'alace Cars 411 trains betw ein tiarlottc an (withoui change.) On and after Marcli l!d, a iiLX, , Passengt-r aud Freight train win i i daily, (Sundays excepted,; un Mjp v N. C. Rj R.. as follows: ' ' Ieave Gre'iislKro, Arrivd at Keinersvillc Leave ;Kerneisville, Arrivd at Greensboro, lo.:;,i Close connection niailo.nt (ir,,,sj, , "with trains to and from iiie N, j : li ! , S. i:. AL1.,., W. II. Green, Gen'l Ticket A-n.: Al aster lransportati--n. 4 ICIIMOND tc DAN VH.I.i; l;. !;: coNi):xsi:i) tim i:-'iai;ij:. In eliect on and al'ler Smnfciy, Hi-t. is;: ooino nohi ii. Slaiions. ; Mtii. I i:.' Leave Greensboro 44 Danville, "v. Burkvillc, Ar. at Richmond, I ..(mi a. 4.40 41 i. i 1 4 I.-l " p. it. ii III. ! OOIN( KjSOf 1 II. i X Stations. Mail. I.. if.i- -t- Leave Richmond, 44 : ISurkville, Dam l ie, l.'A) p. III. ."i.lu .(. itAJ. " po.on :.'.:. Ar. at Gi'censboro' 1 a. in. '',: i Trains.' leaving Kirlmiond at l.. c, and at 5.10 a in, conticct at I in i :ii . i ( with traiins on JS'ohh t'lirolimi Iivi..i for all points South. Passengers, leaving Hit Lihoim! a . p in, connect ut (.Jieeiisliorn wi:fi tr. ii for all points l'ast of (JicciisIm.p.. Passenger train leaving KaN-igfi ; ; p in, 'connects nt ( reonxLoiu ujtli N r therni ' luml Mail train, nrri ina in Kicliiiiiouci ut l.'i.". i in. ! JNO. H. MACMUIil'", Genieral l- rt ijiht V Tu Let A- n:. T. M. lt. Talcoti J Engineer it (jcnvi'al Supci inii ti'l' ; '. OFFICK I'KI KKM.l UH 11. Ii. i AIiii h i:7ili, 1 7j. ON AND AFTllt M A U 11 :,I -:, trains will rm as follows: lkavi; :u i:lim).. 1 Express Train, Mail Train, i i. Ii: AKUIVK AT Pi:n:i; lilKC Express, Mail, , LEAVE V Mail, j Express, n;.,il h l i 7: : j i ;teksi:i'i:-, t)i in a t.i All HIVE AT U'i: LI 'o.N Mail, ! '.' Express, j "FltEIGIIT Tll.IN.. I j ; ii. Leave Petersburg,' Leave Weldon, j Arrive fit Weldon, :j:ih'Ii i'1 Jj;(rli 1 1. II, Arrive at Peleisburg, l-.- ,.' ! C'AHTojs.' T 1IA1N. Lcavo Petcrsl.urg, ''' ! Leave I laston, !: ! Arrive! at (iaston, 1 A rrivo at Petersburg. !' i ' Freights for (Santon I Jr.i i i'-L !'.'. received I ut the l'etcrslun U- 1 " on MUNHAYS imil TJ 1 l'KlA The depot will im-1.i- o gHxls win io riMt-ivii i hour. i J . '. 1 ' I r:i tr. i i-:n-r. inn i.iii. M.tiw IIANtJE OE HCIIEDIM. Ealkioii A: ArorsTA Aiji Super ulewlrut Kaloigh, T i' ov.::r On and after Siturd;iy, - - Nov. : A. K 1872, trains on the It. X A. will run follows : daily, (Sunday ; --l Mail train leaves RalQigh, 'J1- Arrives at San lord, Mail train leaves;Sanfor(!, Arrives at Italdigh, Mail train makes close -..niiv' ': 1 Raleiiili ivith tho Kal i-h '"' ' Railroad; to and fnwn all p"1--", ,rs".", And at Sauforu ith the -Wi- w Railroad to and friin Eayet:e points on Western ro:tl. . I A dec:4 tf. RICHMOND tt pANVJM.'"- I. North Cakqlina Imvi " Freight Trains Ls.-ilwccii (ii----T I? trV 1 1 1 run Iti'f'iri 1:,I1CC k'1 20th, 1872. Arrive. Leav. Stail'jnx. Arriv 1 9 6.50 5-7.2o S $7.4J 8.15 8.40 -f 9..-J0 g ..'') si fA ii burn, .otr ciayton, S.ll.1 rt.,05 'Selnja, ." "' j-c s.i8 Fine! Lev, ; 8.50 iiiooii iini, ' iGoIdsboro: - ' ' v. ii. ; i: i :!-' Master Transjiortatn'i'- JOHN ARMSTRONG, NO. 1 i FAYETTiviLXK STiU-i.r. RALEIGH X. C, BOOK It 1 T 1 1-n' v And Blank Hook MiMi'M1"" Newsp:icis, Mai7.inesv H"( Books, of j every dcsicriptioii, '"'''':,.... the very best style, and at lowot V11., . Old numbers of f-jupreme uI,rr ports taken in exrbane f r bin i" 7.10 p. mi.' ; t'.r.o " . 10.51 " i .,