North Carolina Newspapers

A - v. r 71 'fll' .1 Vol. III. N. !. C, Thursday, January! 15th, 1874. No. 29. " I I ! !.) .i. V)iiV I I VI II VI I J AA- WEEKLY ERA. Wm. M. BROWN, -'-'Manager c Il&tes of Subscription Webklt One year, In aarance, . Sir months, '' Three months, " " , .," Rates of Advertising 2 00 1 00 60 1 m. 2 m's.13 m's. 6m's.12m'fl 1 Squ'a f 3 00 S 5 00 9 00 17 00 $10 00 16 00 26 00 2 do 3 do 4 do 5 do . 5 00 7 00 12 00 15 00 17 00 16 00 24 00 12 00 15 00 35 00 40 00 45 00 50 00 80 00 9 00 23 00 10 00 12 00 20 00 30 00 18 00 18 00 25 00 40 00 18 00 20 00 32 00 iCol'nJ 35 00 do;, 1 do SO OOi 50 00 50 00 80 001150 "00 S-TranslentJuiTertialnK onb dolulr per square ror tne nrst ana fif for each subsequent insertion. WANTED TO LEASE. For a term of three or five 1 1 a. Tears premises suitable for a printing office, 'situated on Fayettevillo Street. Apply to Th JEra. ' " 24 tf - Death. Xho . 4 grim - .monster whose 1 fatal' darts respect neither ag '.nor'. condition seems. to have paid our fair city a special visit. On. Friday evening last two of our fi rnf a ' f !t to which no Immediate'decisiOn' is were called hence! , Capt. A,. Tw- nsary and therefore 'can be dis' renco and Mr. William, J. Orifice, cussed at our meetinfri ; ; ' ' ' Capt. Lawrence was perhaps the! oldest of our prominent citizens, being In his1 81st year.' -In early life he followed the pccnpaUoB4)fa printer' and - was at ; one time the proprietoreftheRaleighar'which ,77 ''!VV Lawj0 t f'otr Mom W. A. Smith, i House of Men he afterwards sold to T. J. Lemay, .rettntatives : , i.d , X usq. 1 uur nrst recollection oi mm commenced in the month ofrDe- ?icm berrlSJJj:. Y n&a rtadi, night mine stag irora uuiuauuiu to Raleigh, and just about day we arrived at the old hotel that stood where the present post office now stands. The old gentleman was up and received us in the veranda. We shall never forget the hot coffee, and excellent breakfast our venera ble friend furnished on that occas ion. Capt. Lawrence was a good man. His integrity was beyond suspicion. He was honored and loved by all, Jnd has doubtless gone to reap the reward to which the just only are entitled. He leaves a widow and two chil dren, one son and one daughter. The son Capt. A. W. Lawrence is one of our most energetic and re- citizens, and the daughter one of our most estimable Ladies. We have frequently heard the de votion of these children to their "aged'father commented upon in the most favorable manner We deeply sympathize with them in their griefrbut hope and believe that their loss, is their aged father's eternal gain. Mr. William J. Grifice, was one r nnrhMt citizens. He was a native of Virginia, and come to this city rvmnv vears since. He for a long time engaged in the baking and r.iAnor business. He was a TOUiri.liui'-V devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, an honest man, kind husband, and warm friend. Disease had for a long period prior to his death, prevented him from pursuing active business. He died as he had lived, a pure christian and an upright man. He leaves a widow, but no chil dren. SSBBSSBSBSSBBSBSSBSBSSBBSSSSSSSBSV , '. Some HoG8.-r-Mr. Troy of Cum berland county, has lately killed some fmahogvfbur 'of which, one and a half yeartfMcT, : weighed 1210 pounds, and one, two and a half years oldgW;10 Ponn(&' measured seven feet ,foux inches long, five feet ten Inches arotirtd the jaw, and the fat around the kidney seven Inches thick. Th above is Federal Court House and Post Offkje. In . order that "our people may be posted in regard tho progress that is being made td - wards tho erection of the new Fed- eral Court House and Post Office in taieign, we puoiisn tne following letters upon the subject addressed to j of the day. Of late years however I York, and Rev. Dr. Cobleigh, Edi our distinguished member of Con- I no notice seems to be taken of it, I tor of the Methodist Advocate At- gress Hon. W. A. Smith. We can with confidence assure the Public that Maj. Smith, and Col. Carrow, are using every effort to have such uuuuius ereciea in our .m last as will bo a credit to the General (Gov ernment, and the pride of our peo ple: Treasury Department, : , Ofhce Supervising Architect, ; j Dec. l$th, 1873. Hon. IF. A. Smith, Home of Rep resentatives : Dear Sir: I have Just returned and found your letter of the 7th inst In reply I have to say that I shall be glad to have a personal confer ence with you on the subject at your own convenience. Meantime rest assured no action will be taken, It may perhaps' be proper for noie toadd that I do not wish to build a brick building, but would greatly prefer: to erect such a building as would! be eratifyine to your citizens and a matter of pride to myself." It is. however, impossible for me "to wrectanocu stone Dimcuncr wnn " A. ' ' J ' A ' ' J 4 . " . . mo present, appropriation, oi wmcn I can very readily convince you. iL. a. l : i ' i i i This is a matter, however, in regard Very respectfully( "yours, I.-" TS A.. A B Mullett SuperiBchltecii!.;! Treasury Department, 1 u F'J Sir:-1!'-have the honor ; to ac knowledge therecefptjfrom you of a maofntton nf the.Oeneral Apsombly of North Carolina in rtgarcrto the proposed i Government building at Raleigh, requesting and recom- 3! J At A : .C -w-mr- posed Government building in that city of stone, instead of brick and stone, as proposed by the Depart- ment. , I reply, I have to say that .the. General Assembly is mistaken in supposing that the Architect de sires to erect a brick and stone building. It is, however, impossi ble to comply with the request of the General Assembly with the present restrictions on the cost of the structure. Should Congress authorize the ex penditure of such a sum as the erec tion of a cut stone building would require, the Department would take great pleasure in complying with the request of the General Assembly. Very respectfully, F. A. Sawyer, Acting Sec'y. Wood's Magazine. We have reecived the January number of Woods' Household Magazine. It is now in its fourteenth Volume, and every year has increased its popu larity and added new friends to its list of admirers. Though retaining its old name, it has not the least connection with its former proprie tor, but has for many months been the exclusive property of Mr. S. E. Sheets, its present publisher. H. V. Osborne (Tenaroon) still con tinues as its Editor and is tho only person employed iq that capacity giving to the Magazine not a care less supervision, but a direct per sonal attention in every depart ment. The Magazine is improving constantly, and is splendidly adop ted to the members of the House hold. The present number con tains three engravings anei pother good things in propertioni Price of Magazine bnet:doUr Jfer year, with chromo YjOSEMlTE one dollar and a half. Address Wood's Household Alagaziaw? burgh, N. Y. ."triu j,'v John S. Leary,Esqf delivered the Emancipation address in Fayette? ville oij the 1st, liist. ! It Is 'sald'-td have been, 4an appropriate and elo I National. Celebration. On I the 8th dav 18l5,fifty- to I nine years aero. Gen. Jackson re- 1 pulsed the British at New Orleans: This event for many yearf after I was "celebrated throughout the I country n each succeeding return I and but for the reunion in some 1 sections of the few remaining yet - erans of 1812, the peopleSC'Ud al - a I together loose sight of that ps?arge sums of money are spent every awe Dauie. iven our gioua day of July; is not now celebrated as of old, and frequently v ash- ington's birthday, the 22nd of February, passes by i unnoticed' xnis snouia noi De. wbwuwuui that , the celebration by all , of our people of these grand events tends to' more closely bindour people together and recalls to memory the deeds of our ancestors. These days belong no section. They are the prop erty of the whole country. We re gret that the late civil war has had the effect to dampen the patriotic arder.of seme of the Southern peo pie, and apparently to lesson their zeal in doing homage to the mem ory and deeds of the earlier patriots' pf -the Republic. It is passing strange ; that the birthday of 4Washingtqn,j ; the jrgipiai should t pass almost unnoticed' in the South, while It is celebrated wjth pomp and parader4n the Nortlf. .' It is unaccountable that the. memorable declaration;- of lib erty; penned by Jefferson, the Vir ginian, should pass almost unno ticed among our people,1 While the fcobmtn g !. of 'cannon and ''general rejoicings proclaim its return ' in thoNdrtn. ; We hope this, will not be the ( case in the ifuture. The birthday,' of Washington, is fast J2S?h,f s Rnd we hop9'thatar eigh to celebrate itetUrnIn proper manner. Such celebrations do good in binding together in friendship the different sections of the country, "and by inspiring in the minds of the young a proper love of our country and its institutions. I radley's Patent Enamel. Paint. it is but a little over a quarter of a century since the art of mixing paint was confined al most exclusively to a fetir, compar atively speaking. .Now, however, through the ingenuity of Bradley a tratical. painter, as well as a Chemist, we are not only enabled to apply the Paint, if. we desire, but can see the shades in advance, beautiful sample cards, being furnished gratis, with the differ ent shades, or tints numbered. Not having used the Enamel Paint, we can't 'of course speak from expe rience, but we have not a doubt, it is all that is claimed for it, and must evidently supercede the old style paint." As an evidence of the great worth of the Enamel Paint, we most respectively request all of our readers, to carefully read the excellent testimonials of Mr. C. P. Knight, on the 6th page of our pa per. 29-6t. Awful Death. About 2 o'clock on Friday evening last, Richard Moss, son of the late Jack Mos3 of this city,: went into tne barroom Of James Baker badly under the in fluence of liquors After staggering about for awhile, he laid down upon the floor and fell asleep. The pro prietor, Baker, moved -him to a rear room and left him. About dark the room was again visited, to see how he was getting on, when it was found that Moss was dead. Moss was about SO years of age and was at bhe time a policeman of this city. The coroner's jury decided that the deceasecl came to nis'death from the use of intoxicating stim ulants. -r The North Carolina Conference the Methodist Episcopal Church last the 13th inst, the new Hall of met in Lexington North Carolina, the Hickman Lodge I. 6. G. Tem pi Wednesday January, 7th,!Bish- piars of this city was appropriately bp Hanen presiding.; Among the dedicated. Although the night was A'xiuiDiwa xvv. ur. uasnien, i JMissionary Secretary from New I ianta. Ga. ThH Chiirrh rioinr 1 throughout the-South an PTtAnsivA 1 work amono- the mlorpd npnnl. i vear in thft ni A ifo.Q training of this race; iBishop Ha- venisa native of 3ilassacchusetts, Drtvhftju t. of RnntTirn J Maryland, understands the colored - - ,! ia nr inMttMi in i their welfare. He is visiting the prominent cities of ..the South en- quiring into the conditions of Mis sionaries and ascertaining the needs of the thousands who are under the care of the church. Bishop IJaven and Dr.Dasheill, are the guests of j Col. W. IV Henderson; Academy op Medicine. This Institution situated in Raleigh has been in operation since 1869, All the regular physicians of Raleigh are members of it, and monthly meeting "are held at tbeir rooms I on Hargett street on the first Wed- nesday night in each month. The oojecc oi me associauuu i 4u pru-1 .v'.-i -ii- : ? x.r a. mote medical science. Jbivery mem ber is required to participate in the discussions. The following officers were chosen at the last election: Dr. E. Burke. Hay wood, Presi dent.' Dr. Jas. McKee, Secretary. Dr. Wm. Jones, Treasuier. Raleigh Grange. The follow ing officers4 of this order were install ed on r the, 3rf inst: , - r blaster. . -M,, A.,lJxedsoef q vertee. John Gatling, Lecturer. C. B. Harrison, Chaplain. R. B. Saunders, Secretary. Paul F. Faison, Treasurer. R. G. Dunn, Steward. Geo. C. Taylor, Asst. Steward. L. S. Doub, Gate Keeper. Mrs. R. T. Fulghum, Ceres Mrs. V. Mial, Pomona. Mrs. M. D. Green, Flora. Mrs. V. C. Williams, L. A. Stew ard. Orphan Asylum. A concert for the benefit of the Orphan Asy lum at Oxford was given a short time since at Little River Acade my, at which the sum of one hun dred dollars was netted for the Asylum. Fayetteville Eagle. We hope theabove will have the effect of stirring up our people to aid the Orphans. We have an abundant of musical talent in Ral eigh of both sexes who might make arrangements for a concert for the benefit of the helpless children. We havo no doubt such an enter tainment would meet with marked succesat the hands of our citizens. We invite attention to the ad ,5comftnt of Rev. AldertSmedes, Rector of St. Mary Jd Female Insti- tute and also to the announcement of the re-opening oti.i-"vHj - lrt .Ml1pmv Both are excellent sphnols and deserve . viQonrl deserve the liberal pat- ronage of our people. INSURANCE- C6MPANIES.-ye call-attention i in his issue to he statement of the condition of the Aetna Insurance .Company to the 31st December, 1873; We are in formed that the time is drawing to a close in which these companies are required ia make? their i reports to the Secretaryof fetate, and would remind officers, of the different com panies of the;facj,',? , ,t) ' Mr! irbhn .Bdstaln, oedell comity V has 3 pair of shoes he wore 36 yJara . ago, f a!Pocket knife, his nhecarrieJuOO years ago, Sdanother knife his father-in-law used 60 years i since. A born anti uarlan! -i,;.' - of i Dedication. On Tuesday ni&fht i eictjeuiugiy inciemenc a very re spectable crowd was present to wit ness the .ceremonies. j After ( the Dedication services a handsome banner was presented to the Lodge as a gift from Mrs. Mary Little and Miss Mary Conn. It is made of white silk and bears the mottoes of th nrrter ToitK and Charity. Rev. A. W, Mangum, presented the banner in a few and aDDroDriate remarks whioh responded to by T. N. Ramsa v. Esa. Sentenced. AJlen McPherson and Henry Williams, both colored, convicted of Burglary, at the pres ent Term of the Superior Court. - , were sentenced on Tuesday last by Judge Watts, to be hung on Friday the 13th day of February. Consolidation. The Tarboro Enquirer and Southerner have been consolidated under the name of Enquirer: Southerner and under the editorial control of Mr. E. R. I Stamps nf pflvAffpv:nA ' llia 4r:f f AW Dlav foi3nded on thn nrPRpnt r,lha:n Revolution. i r The drama is entitled the of the Antilles," and is said to pre sent a graphic description! of Cuban affairs. We hop0 friend Robinson will make a decided hit. i ' Allen Jordan, Esq., of Mont gomery county, arrived in the city on Saturday last, and is stopping sit the Exchange Hotel; Mr. Jordan has some important business in the Suprenia .Court ,Ha .is a- faithful onrt fhb roriT To rr Trn i-rn rT."-i1" """" ' cause to bo proud of him. , The snow in Graham county, N v-. i .1 Jl ' . i "A ' ,was ten inenos aeep.uuring Christmas week. John Davis, who drives the stae from Old FOrt to Asheville, fe)ll under the wheels and was severely injured. Mr. C. H. Smith's store, iuAsne county, and stock of goods, all valued at $4,000, was burned Christ mas Eve. Convicted. The Superior Court was engaged during the day on Saturday last in trying the case of the prisoners who broke into .Mr. Murray's house a short time since. They were convictedi The-prisoners were defended by Messrs. J. 0. L. Harris and T. R. Purnell. e have heard the efforts of those gentlemen in behalf of the prison ers spoken of in the highest terms. The Solicitor appeared for the State. We hope the fate of these men will have a good "effect towards break- ing up crime in our midst. Superior Court Crime, fec.; The Superior Court for this county lis now iu ie dxuuu I session, and we learn that the crim- iuai docket is far from being cleared. The increase of cri mo of late has een fearful. Scarcely a day passes that we do not hear of cases of rob bery or murder, and when the cases are traced back whLskey is found to be at tne bottom of nearly all of them. Is there no remedy for this State of things? If liquor is torbe soldjcannot our law makers tfrrb'w soch restrictions around the &1fes sis 'to 'prevent I them from allowi ng 'men to make ' beasts of themselves in their houses ?Three fourths of Ihe drunken men weietf or'liear of 6n the streets or else where become so at the shops of the retail liquor-dealers as they are , called, and many rof these venders will not7 scruple5 to t sell if even' Troy weight. quent speech. T . See proclamation of Governor.