WEEKLY ERA.
THURSP AYfMAY 14, 1874.
LOCAL ANI STATE.
lloow CorxTv Hkpcdlican 13x. Com.,
lUU inli; May Mil, lsri.
At .1 meet in? f th Republican xecutlv
ConimitU'O hrM thN day. the resignation
ofMivrs IattTrn, Kq..wi.s nwplml.nixl
Hon. J. II. Harris havititc H-n -howii t
Till th- alieriuioy left viu-ant ly t l-at li or
II. A. Hotlire. Ks.. the naiin- of Mr. Hnrrls
vv:i-i ntiuhirlv mMiil to th Commits'
p:ojHr, anl tin- S--r-tary io ordered to j)iib
livl! in the IUh ijfh Kka.
At tie same time. ;. W. IJrii Km..
hnirt notitiel the t'oiiimitte' verhallyof
hK inability t a-f. Hon. Stewart Ellison
was iioininatei! lor the vaenney occasioned
l.v Mr. Harris having Heii removed
rroin the ul! rnac-y to the Committee, and
ha ill het-u clin-. ll. Ills name was Uliulil
tuoiislv raises! to the Committee, and the
Secretary ordered to publish a a hove,
JO.
W. HOI-hKN.
Chairman.
j.No. rt.
Xkatiikry.
seret;try
Oraiipr County Convention.
There will ho a Convention of tht
Itemiblicam of Orange, in Hills-
Urot on Saturday, May iJd, 1571,
to nomfnntp oonntv candidates and
'irrnvmnnt tirifrt
ional. Judicial and
Senatorial im
ventions.
lset every Township be fully rcp
ri'sented.' Uy order of tho Executive Com.:
;ko. m. hakden,
td. ' Clrairman.
Notice.
The Township meeting
for Ha
leig
lt Township, called for Wednes-
day evening
13th inst., to senu
ilclemtf-s to the illeeral and void
( 'onvention of the loth inst., having
Ui-n convened in contradiction to
the letter and spirit of the platform
of the Republican party, I hereby
notify all true Republicans of the
fact and of my dissent from the
same. W. R. Richardson,
CVn Raleigh Twp. Rep. Com.
Swokx In. Hon. Jos. W. Hol
den was sworn in as Mayor of Ra
leigh on the 7th inst., and entered
at once upon the dischargo of his
duties.
A printer wanted at this office
immediately who can make up the
paper so that every man's adver
tisement will be at the top of the
column. No other kind of a printer
need apply.
Esca i'Ei). Solomon Buffaloe
made his escape from the Work
1 louse of Wake county on the 10th
of April last. See notice in another
column offering a reward of $20 for
his arrest.
Qitery. Are gentlemen to be
deprived of business and taunted
with insulting epithets for exercis
ing the rights of freemen? The
business community of Raleigh
want to know if this is to be the
programme. The JVews says so.
Do the proprietors of that paper en
dorse the fntimidntkm rtk?l of
the 4th inst? The freemen of Ral
eigh demand an answer.
Old Claims. Mr. J. H. Kirk
ham, of this city, has in his posses
sion an index to ..To, 000 estates in
England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland
Fniteil States, Canada, France,
Holland, Belgium and Germany,
which have been awaiting claim
ants for many years. Some of the
claims date back as far as the year
H'OO. We would advise all persons
who have relatives in the old coun
tries to call on Mr. Kirkham and
examine his books.
Injunction-. On the applica
tion of tho counsel for the liquor
dealers of this city, Judge Watts,
on the 7th inst., issued an injunc
tion forbidding Wesley Whitaker,
Chairman of the Board of Town
ship Trustees, from giving a certifi
cate of election, and the Register
of Deeds from recording the same,
in the case of the Prohibition elec
tion which took place on the 4th
inst., in Raleigh township. Judge
Watts has set the 15th inst. for
hearing arguments in regard to
the matter, pro and con.
FiiOHiniTioN. In response to a
.letter addressed to them by V.
Ballard, Chairman of Prohibition
Committee, Messrs. Battle &. Sons,
Smith Strong and W. H. Tace,
Ion that the act of Assembly ab
solutely forbids the sale of spirit
uous liquors by any person for one
year ; that none are protected by
licensees obtained since the election;
that the law should be enforced
like any other criminal law and
that even if an injunction be grant
ed it will not protect a seller from
prosecution and punishment.
City Election. The following
is the vote for Mayor and Commis
sioners at the election on the 1th
inst. :
von MAYOR.
Hon. J. W. Holdcn, Rep.,
858
5.-J3
P. F. Pescud, Dem.,
Holden's majority,
COM M ISS.ION K KS EASTERN
:J25
WARD.
:v9
:U7
;J04
310
277
25S
H. M. Miller, Republican,
Stewart Ellison, 44
Chas. N. Hunter, 44
D. L. Rovster, Democrat,
N. V. Denton,
Alfred Unchurch, 44
MIDDLE WARD.
W. C. St-onach, Democrat,
J. C. R. Little,
J no. C. Palmer, 44
H. T. Clawson, Republican,
Virgil Ricks,
J. N. Bunting, 44
WESTERN WARD.
John C. Gorman, Republican,
J. R. O'Neil,
James II. Jones, 44
T. H. Briggs, Democrat,
ICS
131
134
72
72
33
400
385
375
30
STATE
More than an average crop of cot
ton is expected in Edgecombe.
The (ioldsboro Female College
property is to be leased or sold.
The Charlotte Opera Hon' will
be finished in a few weeks.
The whutit in Yancey county id
the lines t ever known.
Joseph Kearney, of Fraiiklinton,
aged N4, died on the 2)th ult.
Judge Tourget; refuses to be a
candidate for re-eUftion.
Miss Fannie Fisher's last novel,
" A Daughter of Bohemia,' is at
tracting considerable attention.
The North Carolina society for
the prevention of cruelty to ani
mals i flourishing in New-Berne.
The widow of Stonewall Jackson
wa- a guet of lion. W. A. Gra
ham a short time since.
The New-Berne Daily -limes has
.. t . i i . i hi '
j a t
I Tie
buace in lis commit ucaucu yrra
Mr. T. A. IlefifyaynSecTTtp?
pointed collector of the port of New
Berne, vice R. W. King, resigned.
The mines of Cherokee county
are attracting considerable atten
tion.
The Star minstrel troupe, a col
ored organization, is performing in
Y llmington.
Chas. Rvbenr has been arrested
on thecharere of burning his own
house in Wilmington.
A turtle weighing thirty-eight
t.ounds was exhibited in Ashoville
on the 4th inst.
Large quantities of green peas are
i . i r V n
oeincr sninneu iroui rew-ieme
to the north.
Victor C. Barringer, Esq., will
soon take ud his permanent resi
dence in Charlotte.
The Carolina Central Railroad
will be completed to Monroe, Union
county, by August.
J. I). Homey, a wagoner from
High Point, was robbed in Rock
ingham on Saturday night, the 29th
inst., of $300.
O. H. Perry, of Wake, has been
appointed Assistant Supervisor of
the North Carolina Home Fire In
surance Co.
Rev. N. Z. Graves, the able Prin
cipal of the Goldsboro Female Col
lege, expects to resign his position
at the close of the present term.
Abel Payne, one of the oldest and
most respectable of the colored cit
izens of Favetteville, died lately,
aged nearly 75 years.
The society of Friends are prepar
ing to erect a college near Trinity,
and about $200,000 is said to have
been already subscribed for the pur
pose.
The first breach of promise case
that ever occurred in North Caro
lina was brought to a happy termin
ation lately by marriage oi tne
parties.
Robert Cotton, a young colored
waiter at the -lOayetteville Hotel.
was accidentally killed by another
boy a few days ago at a target prac
tice. Prof. W. G. Richardson, Professor
of Latin and Modern Languages
in Davidson College, has been offer
ed and accepted a similar position
at Richmond, Ky.
Three coffins have recently been
discovered near Old Fort. The ev
idences were that they contained
the remains of tho British garri
son buried some ninety four years
ago. The planks composing the
coffins were in a remarkable state
of preservation.
Tho house of Nero White, an in
dustrious colored man residing on
the land of Mr. James W. Britt, in
WTayne county, was destroyed by
fire on Thursday, the 30th 6f April,
and with it a four months old child
which the mother had left in the
cradle.
We learn from the Greensboro
JVew Xorth State that Benbow's Hall
was thrown open on Friday, May
1st, for the first time. It is not en
tirely completed, but enough is
done to show that it will be magnifi
cent when finished. It is lighted
with gas, and will seat seven hun
dred and fifty people.
Speaking of the work on the
Carolina Central Railway, the
WTadesboro Herald says : " The
men who have this road in charge
seem to be of" the right kind of
stuff," and are determined to com
plete it at an early day. The ma
terial for building the bridges across
Gould's Fork was prepared several
weeks ago, and we learn that they
have commenced the erection of the
bridge, and are at work on the road
iiiuu v. mm uuji .
Edwara uranaiu, a coiurcu uiau,
died at Magnolia, Duplin county,
on the 29th of April last, aged 102
years. Uncle Ned was one of the
verv few surviving native born
Africans in this country. At the
age of 9 years he was taken from a
slaver and sold by the pound in the
city of Norfolk, Va., and was
bought by a Mr. Graham. For two
generations he served this family
well and faithfully, and then en
joyed the evening of his life in per
fect freedom.
A valuable mineral spring has
been discovered on the land of Mr.
Gilbert Tennent, of Buncombe
county. It is said that one gill of
the water will go much further and
taster than Epsom salts. Two weeks
ago a man on his way to town with
a load of wood, stooped and took a
big draught of it. He camped there
for the rest of the day, and is now
so transparent that his friends hold
him up between them and the moon
while they make astronomical ob
servations through him.
A terrible gale, pursuing a track
about twenty yards wide, passed
over a section adjacent to Havelock,
on the A. & N. C. R. R., Wednesday
morning, the 29th ult., and pros
trated everything in its course.
Large pine trees were carried thirty
or forty feet from their stumps, and
'presented the appearance of being
wrenched or wrung off. Nothing
so destructive has visited this sec
tion for years. The appearance of
the scence as described by an eye
witness, was terrible, not a tree or
anything in the track of tho gale
I being left standing.
A few days ago, says the Greens
boro JVew 'jVorth State, Mr. Glass,
who resides a few miles south of
this place, was out on his plantation
burning off a sedge field. His wife
bein away from home he took two
small childen with him. He placed
them in what he considered a safe
place and set the sedge on fire.
While it was burning he went
around under the hill to set another
field on fire, and while at work, he
heard the cries of his children, and
on going to them, found one of them
on fire. The largest one ran away
and kept out of the reach of the fire ;
but the other one was unable to es
cape. He tried to get the burning
clothing off but could not succeed,
and there being a branch close by,
he put the little one in the water
and subdued the flames. Its inju
ries were so severe, however, that
it died in a few hours. Mr. Glass
says the wind changed after he left
his children and blew the fire to
ward them.
Latest News.
tmra
ted in New
York on the 4th inst.
Secretary Richardson has re
turned to Washington, improved in
health.
The Darien Canal Commission
ers have arrived at Key West. All
well.
Henry A. Thomas has been nom
inated Collector of Customs at Pam
lico, N. C.
The Queen of England expects to
visit Ireland in Juno with the Duke
and Duchess of Edinburgh.
Hon. Robt. Toombs is in Wash
ington. He has received the thirty
third Masonic Scottish degree.
Gov. Moses of South Carolina has
gone into bankruptcy. Liabilities
quarter of a million.
The Emperor of Russia was at
Stuttgard, on his way to England,
on the 9th inst.
Ten thousand persons witnessed
the hanging of Bill Kelly at Nash
ville on the 9th inst.
The cabinet held another meeting
on the 8th inst. Arkansas matters
discussed with no action.
The Jury in the case of Ex-Treas
urer Sprague, of Brooklyn, has ren
dered a verdict of not guilty.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania
has passed a joint resolution asking
the President to re-open the case ot
Fitzjohn Porter.
The lease of the Atlantic and
Great Western road by the Erie
company has been practicably com
pleted.
Much uneasiness was felt in New
York on the 8th inst., concerning
the steamer Ethiopia, twenty days
out from Glasgow.
The unfavorable action of Con
gress, regarding the Centennial ap-
nouticed in Philadelphia.
Mr. Morrill, Senator from Maine,
has reported a bill increasing the
appropriation for relief of the Mis
sissippi sufferer to $150,000. ,
The Supreme Court of Arkansas
has issued a mandamus ordering the
Treasurer to pay Brooks' requisi
tions. This is regarded as a full
recognition of Brooks.
Charles Kenniston, a well-known
inventive genius, was killed in
Boston, on the 8th instant, by ms
carriage being run into by a rail
road train. His son was consider
ably bruised.
C. A. Haynes, a colored mail
agent, charged with robbing tne
mail, plead guilty in the United
States District Court at Wilming
ton, N. C, on the 9th inst., and wa3
sentenced to the Penitentiary for
four years.
The opening of the Agricultural
Fair at Mobile, Ala., was grana
beyond expectation. Visitors from
all parts of the country were pres
ent.
Col. C. C. Langdon, President of
the Association delivered the ad
dress on the 7th inst. The weather
was beautiful.
Cantain John Christopher, com
mandant of the post at Ybrkville, S.
C, has committed suicide by shoot-
ing nimseii wan a piatui. mcjuy
of inquest rendered a verdict as
above. The remains are to be sent
to Philadelphia for interment.
Roman Catholic Bishops were ar-
rivincr in uincinnan on ine au lust.
from all parts of the country to at
tend the convocation . soon 10 oe
held in that city. The gathering is
supposed to be for the purpose of in-
. At nr A .kt.:lvnn
creasing me numoer ui zi-icuuiauupa.
Every State is represented -and
all the Bishops are in attendance
1
on the General CoDjereace of the
now in session ab xxuisyme. -tv
I n i i I T in, orami ; j 1 pai hi
Reports show a fraternal reeling
from the Church abroad, and the
favorable situation of the book con-'
cern. The foreign missions want
additional personal aid.
It is vaguely stated that the offi
cer in charge of the Supreme State
Court Judges of Arkansas, refusing
to obey orders to assassinate them,
connived at their escape. They
reached Little Rock under a feder
al escoat. The measles and small
pox pester Brooks' troops but feder
al support comforts them. The
Brooksiter are confident that no
quorum of the Legislature will con
vene under Baxter's proclamation.
There is no abatement of the flood
in the Mississippi. Edgar Frazier,
Manager of Bell's river plantation
in Assumption Parish, on the 5th
inst., says: 44In this section of the
Parish there is a population of
about one thousand white and
black destitute of the first necessi
ties of life, living on rafts and house
tops with no transportation of any
kind and the nearest land twenty
miles distant. All their cattle and
horses are drowned, and the water
is stHl rising about six inches in
twenty-four hours."
Mrs. S. A. Briggs, writing from
Hespena plantation, Madison Par
ish, says: Permit me to call your
attention to the sufferings of freed -men
on my plantation, 110 in num
ber. We are submerged. 'Merchants
are not extending credit. Provis
ions are exhausted, and stock de
stroyed. Women and chrildren
come, to me and I am without the
means to help them cr myself."
Hall has been confirmed as Post
Master at Galveston, Texas.
Two brothers named Walker
were shot at Owenton, Owen coun
ty.Ky., on the 4th inst., by William
Sraoaty, who charged them with
securing an indictment against him
in the Federal court for some mis
demeanor. One died instantly and
the other was dangerously wounded.
At 9:05 on the morning of the 9th
instant, Little Itock wires went
down, and it was impossible at last
accounts to communicate with that
city either direct or by way of i
Louis or New Orleans. Fightii
St.
ng
was going on, and the supposition
is that the lines all have been cut
or telegraph office seized. Captain
Sam Houston, who was killed on
the 8th instant above Little Rock,
was formerly Supervising Inspector
of Steamboats at this port.
A special dispatch from Little
Rock, of the 8th inst., says that a
colored man belonging to Savage's
command, at New Gasony,stated on
the 7th instant that Whitehead de-
Hnrpd h would' take' no more of
slaughter them wherever he found
them assembling. General Edger
ton, special agent of the Postoffice
Department, was arrested while
driving -out- by, Blocker, Baxter's
militarv Governor. He jwas con
fined in the guard house for a short
time. A Baxter man, stationea on
the bank of a river, about 9 o'clock,
on the 8th inst.. fired at one of
Brooks' pickets standing opposite,
npar the State House. The ball
lodged just above his head in a tree
Subseauentlv the Baxter men com
menced firincr on Brooks? pickets,
who were posted on the river side,
continuing all day. The former
would rush out from an old stable
on Baxter's side of the river, fire
and run back to the road. Brooks'
pickets are not allowed to return
the fire, as the regulars are station
ed between the contending forces
at the State House. Earthworks
sire, beinsr thrown uo so as to
strengthen the barricades. Fortifi
cations are under way across the
street from the State House in va
cant lots, and picketd are posted on
the opposite side of the walks. The
men are beinsr drilled in defence of
barricades, loading and firing. All
the windows in the State House are
barricaded and loop-holed.
The following is the latest account
of the arrest of the Arkansas
Judges. After the arrest of Judges
Bennett and Searle by the Baxter
ites they were taken across the
river in a skiff and then to St.
John's College, at the outskirts of
the city. They spent the night
there, and next morning were put
on horses, and in charge of a band
of cavalry were taken into the coun
try, and will probably be kept in
the woods. On the heels of this
event, at 5 o'clock, 4th inst., State
Auditor Wheeler was awakened by
a knocking at the door of his resi
dence. He jumped out of bed and
went down stairs where he saw a
hack at the door. The driver said
that General McCanany , wanted to
see him. WheeIer,Kot thinking
of capture, saidt "Ask him to
come in." McCanan& answered
back"" - lor him" ' to lesme j. out. 4
He went out and somr men, who
had been stationed (Xh guns on
the other three sidesXt he house,
rushed up and put him by force
into the carriage. He was driven
down to the Anthony. House.
They there took him to Baxter's
room, woke Baxter up and McCan
any said, I beg pardon for act
ing without orders, but I thought
it my duty to capture Wheeler,
bring him to you and make him
acknowledge vou as Governor, and
will do the same with State Treas
urer Page and Brooks, if you say
so." Baxter gave orders to re
lease him, much to McCanany's
discomfiture. There is some talk
of moving his government to Ark
adelphia, and making that his cap
ital. Gov. Baxter denies that he au
thorized the arrest of the Judges,
but when St. John's College was
searched on the 5th inst. by a squad
of regulars, acting as police, an un
finished report of their arrest ad
dressed to Baxter, was found on a
table where it had been left in the
haste incident to departure, which
effectually refutes the statement.
Writs of habeas corpus have been is
sued for the missing Judges, and
Baxter, Newton Churchill and
Bldeher and Williams are reported
to have left town to avoid service.
The Committee on .Ways and
Means expect to make & report in
what is called the Sanborn case. So
far as can be verbally ascertained,;
they recite the law and give a nar
rative of the transactions under it
no dprived from the testimony.
The Kelsey contract being the first
that was made is given at length as
a cnimpn nfn.il the contracts witn
of all of them being similar. They
discuss the order given under the
signature of Secretary Boutwell,
addressed to Assessors and Collec
tors of Internal Revenues, directing
them to assist the several contrac
tors in such a way as they may ask
in the examination of their books.
It will be recollected that Secretary
Boutwell. in his recent testimony
before the committee, stood by this
order as right and proper, saying
that it merely allowed them to see
the records with reference to per
sons who withheld taxes due the
government, so as to avoid going
after those who had paid their
taxes. But without alluding to this
testimony the committee condemn
the order, on the ground that in
stead of the internal revenue officers
assisting Sanborn and others, the
latter should have assisted the offi
cers. The committee find some
fault with the unsatisfactory char
acter of the evidence of officers of
the Treasury Department, some of
them having endeavored to evade
the responsibility connected with
the preparation and making of the
contracts. The first contract of the
kind was made under Secretary
Boutwell, and the present Secretary
of the Treasury and subordinate
officers merely carried out the pol
icy. The committee do not find
that any of these officers were, in
what they did, influenced by any
corrupt or personal motives, and in
conclusion of their report the com
mittee recommend a repeal of the
law under which the contracts were
made, and that the contracts be
annulled.
"Representatives of the Arkansas
factions were in consultation with
the Attorney General oh the 9th
inst. If they fail to come to an
agreement the Attorney General is
authorized to issue orders. There
are intimations that Williams leans
to Baxter.
There are seven million railroad
bonds involved, in which it is said
Arkansas officials have a slice. The
source of trouble seems that Baxter
was refractory about issuing them.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided the confiscation
case relating to the Slideli proper
ty and several other similar cases,
holding that the proceedings in the
District Court, in pursuance of
which the property was sold,
were regular, and passed a full and
indefeasible title to the purchasers,
and notwithstanding the subsequent
repeal of the law under which the
proceedings took place, the decree
of the Circuit Court, which revers
ed the decree of the District Court,
was therefore reversed. Mr. Jus
tice Strong delivered the opinion,
and Mr. Justice Clifford dissented,
hnlrlituT that, tho nrocpfHlfncrg wprfl
wnim)ir"iavrrwi,
should have been tried by juries,
and not being so tried they were
insufficient to pass valid title, but
that if they were in admiralty, as
maintained by the Court, then they
were insufficient to pass title, be
cause in such ' proceedings the de
fault of the nartv charged is not a
confession of the charge, but im
poses upon the government, the
necessity of provinsr its truth, the
same as if the nartv were pres
ent. which was not done in these
cases. The 20 per ct. cases were also
decided, the Court holding that the
act increasing compensation in the
civil service applied alike to an
in that service in the city of Wash
ington, but not outside of it, who
were employed by an officer of the
government authorized to contract
for their services and to fix the com
pensation. One case, that of a
plate printer in the bureau of en
graving and printing, was held not
to be within the act because he did
piece work and employed another
party to do his work. One case
was also thrown out because em
ployed in a government cemetery
outside of the city. Mr. Justice
Svvayne read a dissenting opinion
which was concurred in by the
Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Davis,
holding that none of the parties
were entitled to the extra pay voted
because the year for which it was
allowed was nearly expired when
the act passed, and it was for that
reason a gratuity instead of a'com
pensation. Homckeeping versus House
keeping'. 44 The truest homes are often in
houses not especially well kept,
where the comfort and happiness
of the inmates, rather than the pre
servation of the furniture, is first
consulted. The object of home is
to be the centre, the point of ten-
derest interest, the pivot on whicii
family life turns. The first requis
ite is to make it attractive, so at
tractive thatnoneof its inmates shall
care to linger long outside its lim-
itStf-r-All legitimate jueans snouia
be employed to this end, and no
effort spared that can contribute to
the purpose. : Many nouses caneu
homes, kept with waxy neatness
by painstaking, anxious women,
are so oppressvie in tneir nicuy as
to exclude all home-ieenng irom
their spotless precincts. The very
name of home is synonymous with
personal freedom and relaxation
from care, iiut neitner oi inese
can be felt where such a mania for
external cleanliness pervades the
household as to render everything
else subservient thereto. Many
housewives, if they see a speck on
floor or wall, or even a scrap of
thread or bit of paper on the floor,
rush at it, as if it were the seed oi
pestilence, which must be removed
on the instant. Their temper de
pends upon their maintenance of
perfect purity and order. If there
be any failure on their part, or any
combination of circumstances
against them, they fall into a pa-
meuc uespair nuu. iron
lifted out. They do not see that
cheerfulness is more needful to
home than all the spotlessness that
m m i i 4-
ever snone. j.neir uisposiuuu iu
wage war upon maculateness oi
any sort increases until they De
come slaves of the broom and dust-
pan
Neatness is one thing, ana
a
state of perpetual house-cleaning
quite another.
44 Out of this grows by degrees
the feeling that certain things and
apartments are too good for daily
use. Hence, chairs and sofa are
covered, and rooms shut up, save
for special occasions, when tney are
permitted to reveal their violated
sacredness in a manner that mars
every pretense of hospitality. JNotn-
shouici pe pougni wmcn is w-
mestic appropriation. . . Far i better
is the plainest furniture, on which
the children can climb, than satin
and damask which must be viewed
with reverence. Where anything
is reserved or secluded, to disguise
the fact is extremely difficult. A
chillv air wraps it round, and the
repulsion of strangeness is experi
enced by the most insensible.
44 There are few persons who
have not visited houses where
they have been introduced to what
is known as the company parlor.
They must remember how uncom
fortable they were while sitting in
it; how they found it almost im
possible to be at ease, and mainly
for the reason that their host and
hostess were not themselves at ease.
The children were watched with
lynx eyes, lest they should dis
place or soil something; so that the
entertainment of friends became
vpry much like a social discipline.
The v must recall, too, how sweet
the fresh air seemed out of doors,
and how they inwardly vowed, in
leaving that temple of form and
fidgetness, that something more
than politeness would be required
to incite them to return.
44 Home is not a name, nor a form ,
nora routine. It is a spirit, a pres
ence, a principle. Material and
method will not and cannot make
it. It must get its light and sweet
ness from those who inhabit, from
flowers and sunshine, from the sym
pathetic natures whicn, in tneir
exercise of sympathy, can lay aside
the tyranny of the broom and the
awful duty of endless scrubbing."
Scribner1 Monthly.
I
A man (went into a butcher's shop
and, finding the owner's wife in at
tendance! in the absence of her hus
band, thought he would have a joke
at her expense, and said : "Madam.
can you gupply me with a yard of
porfcvy X Yes, sir," said she. And
then, turning to a boy, she added :
"James, jjive thatgentleman three
pig's feet"
First ruffian 44Wot was I hup
for, and fwot 'ave I got ? Well, I
floor'd a jwoman and took her watch,
and I've- got two years and a flog
ging." (Second ruffian 44Ah, I
flung ff woman out o' the top floor
window!; an'-I've only got three
months.!'- First ruffian i4Ah, but
then she; was your wife."
There are two reasons why some
people'don't mind their own busi
ness : One is that they haven't any
business:, and the other is that they
haven't any mind.
A chap given to statistics, esti
mates ttjat over 2,000 toes were fro
zen dunng the past winter, by
young laaies Keeping tneir beaux
lingering at the gate, instead of ask-
man poy inicw"iiavcnTnaae7ram acaiidldateTor lhbUorainatloiXlbr
a sensation lor a short time by
quietly transferring a card bearing
the words 44Take one," from a lot of
handbills in front of a store to a
basket of oranges. .... . ,
S.S.Smith, of Womatasa, Wis.,
an old bachelor, fell in love three
times, Tas three times jilted, cut his
throat ejach time, and the third time
succeeded splendidly.
One "San Francisco paper in the
morning reported the sad death of
a deaf and dumb girl. Its evening
rival, not to be outdone, gave also
her last words.
A Western editor apoligizes for
the deficiency of the first edition of
his paper by saying he was detained
at home by a second edition in his
family.'
Eli Love, of Wayne county, Ohio,
climbed a tree to shake out a coon.
The dogs heard something drop and
went for it, but it was not the coon.
It was Eli.
Instead of saying 4 'It's a long
time between drinks," Western
men now remark, 44It'sa long time
since I signed my last pledge."
A Canadian matron, one hundred
and eight years old, is still able to
devote much energy to bringing up
her little boy, aged ninety-three.
A Kentucky gentleman didn't
get mad until he had been calleda
44liar" eighty-one times. The mo
notony of the thing 44riled" him.
Anything Midas touched was
turned to gold. In these days, touch
a man with gold, and he'll turn into
anything.
It is true that one swallow doesn't
make a Summer, but it comes sum
mers near it.
Any candidate for office in Omaha
who wears a shirt collar is consid
ered a bloated aristocrat.
What was Joan of Arc made of?
She vvas Maid of Orleans.
Market Summary. In New
York, on the 9th inst., loans had
decreased a trifle. Specie, had de
creased 2 millions. Legal tender
decrease trifling. Deposites in
creased 1 millions. .Reserve in
crease 2 J million. Cotton was firm
at 181al8J. Rosin steady at $2.70a
2.75. Turpentine dull at 40. Mon
ey easy at 3a4. Exchange firm at
488a488. Gold closed at 12fal2J.
Governments steady. States quiet.
CONVENTIONS.
First Congressional District
Convention.
AjRepublican Convention for the
First Congressional District of North
Carolina will be held at Plymouth,
N. C, on Thursday, 21st day of
May, 1874, and be convened at 12
o'clock of that day, for the purpose
of placing in nomination a Repub
lican candidate to represent the Dis
trict in the 44th Congress of the
United States, and for the transac
tion of such other business as may
be deemed proper.
Delegates entitled to a seat ana
vote in the Convention must be
regularly delegated by a County
Convention called by their several
County Committees through their
regular chairmen. Each County
in the District is entitled, under
the plan of organization, to as many
votes as it has members in tne
House branch of the . Legislature.
County Committees of the counties
composing the District are request
ed to call their County Conventions
early, so as to insure their counties
representation in the District Con
vention. S. T. CARROW,
Chairman Dist. Ex. Com.
April 23d, 1874.
RALEIGH RETAIL PRICES.
jgOBRECySILJlYyAYNE ALLCOTT. FAM-
AKTICLES.
PRICES.
COL'.N'TKY I'JIODUCK.
APPLES Green,
Dried,
BUTTER Best country,
" Uood "
" Goshen,
BACON N. C. .Sides,
Ham,
" " .Shuldrs,
CHICKENS
DUCKS EGGH-
FLOUR-N. C. Family,
" " Extra,
FODDER Per 100 lbs.,
II AY Per 100 Rs.,
COItN
MEAL
POTATOES Sweet.
N. C. Irish.
OATS Bailed , loo As.,
: " Seed V bushel,
CiilOCEKIES.
j
1 25 (ft 2 00
o iw a, 10
u :a) ;.
o 25 m :w
0 00 (a, 50
0 00 (g 11
o oo h -yt
o oo (a, Yiy
25. 30 (q o5
0 00 (t .T
0 15 (ai l4
0 00 (a 9 .jO
0 00 69 9 00
0 00 6$ 2 00
1 15 Co 1 Z
1 00 (j 1 00
0 00 6y 1 oo
0 7 5 6i K5
0 75 69 1 00
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0 00 t, SO .
69 w;
69 00
(9 00
0 OO 69 10
0 00 69 10J4
0 00 (at 11
0 00 iH
0 00 fc
0 00 6$ l
0 00 " 40
0 00 69 i
0 00 Op 3i
o oo j,
0 00 (, 13 5o
0 00 (aj 8 2-5
0 00 1 (s 12 00
BACON Rib Balk Side,!
! " '" Smok'd"
l " Shoulders,
i " Best Sugar
cured Hams,
COFFEE Old g'Dv iuent,
' " Lauira,
j " Rio Prime,
S ' Good,
KIS II Mackerel, No. 3.
; " N. C. Her'ngs.cut
i " " Roe
i " i orn Shad, hbl
FLOUR Patapsco, "
i " a. Familv.
i " Extra;
? " Superfine,
MOLASSES Cuba, new
j i run, y bbl
! hhd
WOE
SUGAR Stand'd A ? bbl
i " Extra C,
! " 'J Yellow,
SYRUP Bbl.. I
0 00
0 00
0 uo
8 .50
0 50
0 00
OJUO
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 10
0 00
10 oo
69 13 (JO
(0 12
Qj, 10 00
9 S 00
4
, 43
6S 45
(. 10
3
9
('$
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11
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A NEW PIANO AT LESS THAN
AN
few York cost, at
NAT. L.
Raleigh, April 21, 1S74.
BROWN'S.
1-Gin
CAXDIOATES.
TO THE KEIllI.ICANS OF
wake county. I take, this
method of announcing thyself as a can
didate for the office of Coroner, subject
to the action of the Republican County
Convention.
As to my competency, I inform the
public that I have held this oflico for
two years. Respectfully,
J. Q. B ROM ELL.
Raleigh, April 9th, 1874. 8 St
A c A
R
D
To the Citizens of Wake Canntyt
The undersigned ' respectfully an- .
nounces himselfa candidate for the office
of Clerk of the Superior Court, subject s
to the endorsement of the Republican
County Convention. I am thus early 1
in making this announcement in order
that the public may have full and fair
opportunity to scrutinize my past
record, aud I offer the same as a pledge
for my future conduct. As to my com
petency to perform the duties of tho
oliice, I respectfully refer to the mem
bers of the bar, the Hon. S. W. WatU
and the Hon. A. W. Tourgee." .
RespecU'ullv,
38 tf AtllERT MAGXIX.
Olt SHERIFF. TO THE ICE-
PUBLICANS , DP, WAKE IX). u
- - A . 11.1
Sheriff of Wake County, subject to the
decision of the Wake County Republi- -can
Convention, to be held on tho 13th
of May next, for the purpose of nomi
nating County onlcerK.
I make no especial claim for your,
preferment. lam simply a Republican.'
standing firmly upon the platforms of
the party State and National, i I have
served the people and my. party, in the
positions heretofore conferred upon me,
diligently and earnestly, and with au .
eye single to the honor of those I have
represented, and for the best Interests
of tho people at large. These places
have been merely places of trust, with
out profit, but I have none the less en-
J 1 A. . i I 1 .
ueavureu iu uo my wuote amy, ana
have received the approval and hearty
endorsement of those who have thus
uuiiuicu aim ta uauu uio. x Wliljr
promise that if nominated for Shorllf,
and elected, to strive to be an efllcient
officer, and a faithful servant of the peo
ple. No stigma shall ever be cast upon
those who elect me ou my account. I
Eromise to faithfully turn over to the
tate, to the County, and to the School "
Fund, according to law, every dollar of
taxes which it will be. my duty to col
lect, as well as otherwise to perform the
duties of the office with credit to my
self, with honor to the party, and accej
tably to tho people of Wake County.
w-" JOHN C. GORMAN.
! Rafeigh, N. C, April 21, 1874. td
OFFICIAL
PROPOSALS FOR FURtf ISIIIXfa
AND ERECTING ' A GRANITE
MONUMENT AT THE SALISBURY
NATIONAL CEMETERY. ,
Quartermaster Generais Oefice,
Washington, D. C, May 6,1874.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, 'with a
copy of this advertisement attached to
each, will be received at this office until
noon on WEDNESDAY, June 10, 1874,
for furnishing and erecting at the Na
tional Cemetery at Salisbury, N. O., a
5 ranite monument in accordance with
esign adopted by the Secretary of War,
and now in tnis omce, wnere it can be
examined.
A specimen of the material proposed
to be used should accompany each bid.
The following is a copy of the law of
March 3, 1873, providing for the eroction
of this monument: ,.
Be ' it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
" ted States of America in Congress as
" sembled, That the Secretary of War
" is hereby authorized and directed to
" have erected in the national cemetery
" at Salisbury, Norths Carolina.. auita
' ble granite monument to the memory
44 of the twelve thousand Union soldiers
44 who died in the prison-pen '. at that
44 place,' and whose remains are buried -41
in trenches in that cemetery ; and tho
" sura of ten thousand dollars, or so
4 much thereof a3 may h& necessary, is
44 hereby appropriated for this purpose
44 out of any money In the Treasury not
44 otherwise appropriated.'
The monument is to consist of an obe
lisk resting upon a pedestal and steps
of granite, to be enriched with sculp?
ture, the total height from the top. of.
foundation to apex of obelisk being
thirty -eight feet six Inches.
The law limits the total cost of the
monument furnished and set up in
Elace to ten thousand dollars, and no
id exceeding that am on nt can be en
tertained. Engraved elevations and plans of the
design will be prepared for use of bid-,
ders. f
Proposals should be indorsed Pro-
Eosals for Granite Monument at Salis
ury (N. C.) National Cemetery," and
addressed to the undersigned. ,
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster General, Brevet Major
General United States Army. .
40 4w. '
S
FHINU TRADE,
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL.
J.
M. ROSENBAUM,
(Successor to Ar Klinf)
Corner Fayettevillcgxnd Ifargctt Street,
I am pow receiving my Spring and
Summer stock of
recently purchased In person at North
ern Manufactories, and being from firht
hands, I am prepared to orTer advanta
ges to the Trade seldom ollered in. the.
city of Raleigh.
My stock of
Ready-made Clothing
is full and complete, bought principally
at auction sales from li rut-class 1iousm
I think I can ofl'er inducements, both
to the wholesale and retail trade, that
cannot be surpassed south of the New
York market.
'STAPLE DDItY GOODS
of every grade and style, and marked
at prices that will sell them.
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS & CAPS
in every variety, embracing every stye
quality aud novelty of fashion.
The China, Crockery and Glass
Ware Department
is a specialty of my trade, and I can
furnish goods in this line to iny whole
sale trade at factory prices. Csll early
to secure bargains. Especial attention
paid to the retail department.
Attentive and experienced salesmen
in every department, and I can awuuro
the ladies it is not a trouble, but a pleas
ure, to show goods.
.T. ,M. HOSENUAUM.
April 23, 1874. 14 3m.
Bailey & McCorkle,
Attorneys and Counselors at
Law,
HALIUJBURY,
c.
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