WEEKLY ERA.
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1S74.
KEPUBLICAN COUNTY
CONVENTION.
The regular Republican Wake
County Convention will be held at
--Metropolitan Hall, in Raleigh, on
Saturday, the 30th day of May,
1674, to nominate candidates for
Sheriff and other County officers,
, and to take into consideration the
condition of public affairs.
The delegates and people will
meet en masse,
JO. W. IIOLDEN, Ch'n.
J no. li. Neatueuv, Sec!.
Nominated. The Democrats
have nominated Bartholomew Ful
ler, of Cumberland, for Judge, and
Samuel Pemberton, of Union. for
Solicitor in the 5th Judicial District.
Hillsboro Recorder: the rules were
suspended to allow him to offer the
following: resolution : ,
Resolved, That this body when it
adjourns do proceed in its organized
form to call upon his Excellency,
A Cremation society has been
started in Charlotte, with a capital
stock of $50,000. , A charter will be
applied for at the next session of the
General Assembly.
Tho second attempt made a few
The Haw River Excursion.
The excursion of the Press Asso
ciation to Haw River, on the 14th
inst., was enjoyed finely by all
hands. Everything passed off in
the happiest manner, the crowd re
turning to the city about 7 o'clock
p. m., in the highest glee. They
report plenty to eat, drink and
smoke.
much
Daring Attempt. On Wed
nesday, the HUth inst, Mr. J. J.
llopgood, a mail carrier between
this city and Roxboro, wa9 attack
ed by a man, near Fish Dam P. O.
in Wake county, who pointed a
pistol at him and snapped it. Mr.
llopgood fired on tho rascal who
took to his heels. Had the pistol
gone off, Mr. H. thinks he would
certainly have been killed.
At the close of the war Durham
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was a mere waier-siaiion on mo
North Carolina Railroad, containing
not more than half a dozen houses.
A few enterprising men began the
manufacture of smoking tobacco
there, and to-day it is a good sized
town. The beautiful cottages and
handsome residences of its citizens,
and the air of thrift and enterprise
which pervades the whole town,
speak loudly to us of what may be
done in all our towns by the erec
tion of manufactories.
the Governor, in the Executive of: ST0 "theMmMve
o,ri noxr him thorprfa ,i nignw since io ourn uie Vr' " Y3
"m,;ri"Vor;; - Baptist church, at uocky Juounii
nant i succeeded. ; The people are
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adopted.
' The report of the Committee on
Business was again taken up. and
pendincr the discussion, Mr. Whlta
ker moved thatjhe matter be post
poned till 8 o'clock.
Mr. Fulgrhum offered the follow
ing substitute which was adopted:
That a committee, consisting of
the following gentlemen be appoin
ted to take the whole matter under
consideration and report at 8:30 this
p. m: aiaj. ingeinara, air. .uraKe,
Mr. Denson. Mr. Whi taker and
: Thet cotton exchange, of New
York.has suggested the 10th of June
as the day upon which the assem
bling of the cotton convention is to
take place at Augusta, Ga.
About one hundred members of
the Indiana Editorial Association
left New Orleans on the 14th, for an
excursion to Washington. Balti-
ple. i Brooks', friends here, agree States that the s United 13tltes shall
that if this course is pursued no bp protect every State In the Union on
pusiuuu vvii iwauo hj vim meet- j application oi ine legisiature or of
ing of ;tbe Assembly in the State
House as usual, and that he will
at once dismiss ; his forces if you
will do the same. I urgently re
quest that all armed, iorces on both
sides be disbanded, so that the Gen
a grain of corn having lodged in his
throat. The little reiiow was ouiy
two years old.
A new company has been formed
to run a tri-weeklv line on the
Chowan and its branches, connect
ing at Winton with the steamer on
the Blackwater river. i
The Commissioners of Granville
countv have been indicted by the
Mr. Stone. The motion was adopted. Grand Jury for failing to advertise
excited.
A Ifttlfi nn of John Dillard, of
Craven county, died recently from I vorabiy for the peaceful dispersing
ui moos at .untie itocK, ; r Kansas.
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more f New York nrtd ntW nninfq erai ssemuiy uiajr aw. ireu irom any
luore, xxew x one ana otner points. m:ijfOTO nnwenm nr n(orraranr
"XT ii.i : t i I rwit- -rT j. J : ni.i. r.-..- .Liif .
xeguuauons are progressing la- i ine uniteu oiaiea iwrcws win give
Baxter has issued a confrratulato
ry address to his adherents.
The Czar of Russia was received
on the 13th inst., at Gravesend, by
ranee or wales, Prince Arthur,
and Duke of Edinburgh, who con
ducted him to Windsor Castle.
all necessary protection to the Leg
islature; and prevent as iar as prac
ticable, all violence and distur
bance of the public peace. Answer;
U. S. Grant.
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Washington, jiay litn.
Hon. Joseph Brooks, Little Rock
Arkansas:
I have susrjrested to Mr. Baxter
the members or tne ueneral
Tlje following were confirmed on Assembly now in session in Little
Grand Outpouring of the
Peopi-k. On Friday, lolh inst.,
the Republicans of the coun
ty of Wake met in mass meeting at
Metropolitan Hall, for thepurioseof
listening to addresses from distin
guished men of the party. The meet
ing was addressed by His Excellen
cy Gov. Caldwell, Col. 1. J. Young,
Hon. S. W. Watts, R. W. Wynne,
Esq., Hon. Jas. H. Harris and
others. The greatest enthusiasm
prevail!.
Don't hb Discoubaokd. Suppose
you have "tried fifty remodiow" and re
ceived no benefit, i.s tlioro therefore " no
lcilm iu Uilcad?" Verily there is.
Your liver may be congested, your
stomach half paralyzed, your nerves
iuivcring, your 111 uncles knotttl with
torture, your bowels constricted, yoiir
lung disease!, your blood full of im
purities yet in one week after com
mencing a course of Dr. Walkeh's
Vinegar Biltersyou will feel like a new
creature, 4o 4w
I. O. O. F. At the meeting of
the Grand Lodge of Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, held at
Greensboro, on Friday, 15th inst.,
the following oflicers were elected :
M. W. G. Master. S. W. Cham
berlain, Wilson.
R. W. D. G. M.--W. R. Edwards,,
Lincoln ton.
R. W. G. Trcas. R. J. Jones,
Wilmington.
R. W.G. Sec'y- J. J. Litchford,
Raleigh.
R. W. G. Warden I. Ii. Pala
mountain, Tarboro.
R. W. G. Chaplain. Peter Thurs
ton, High Point.
R. V. G. Representatives to G.
L. U. S. Long term, Seaton Gales,
Raleigh ; short term, W. II. Bag
ley, Raleigh.
The following were appointed by
the Grand Master :
W. G. Marshal G. M. Altaffer,
Wilmington.
W. G. Conductor J. C. Young,
Ma you Holden's Banquet
Kpkkcii. We regret exceedingly
that the heavy pressure upon our
columns, prevents our laying before
the public the admirable speech
delivered by Hon. J. W. Iloldcn,
at the banquet given by the Board
of Trade, of this city, to the Press
Association, on the evening of Wed
nesday, the loth inst. It is suffi
cient to say, that It is pronounced
on all sides, to have been an admi
rable production.
W. G. Guardian. D. B. Brad
ford, Elizabeth City.
W. G. Herald H. Porter, Ra
leigh. The representatives from this city
returned on Saturday morning, the
ICth inst., and give glowing ac
counts of their visit.
Mr. Jones offered the following
resolution which was referred to the
Business Committee :
Trat this convention taKe some
definite action in regard to thees
tablishment of regular rates of ad'
vertising.
The convention then adjourned
until 8 o'clock, i m. At the even
ing session the following preamble
and resolutions were submitted and
adopted :
. Whereas. The members of the
Press of North Carolina in many
instances haye been defrauded by
traveling: acreticies and other parlies
Jiesolced 1st. That as a security
against fraud, false dealing and im
postors, each editor upon be
coming the subject of imposition,
shall notify the Secretary of the
Press Association, giving him all
the details of facts, and names of
offendintr parties, and it shall be
the duty of the Secretary to inform
all the editors of this State, and
members of the Association of such
fact by letter or otherwise.
Resolved 2d, That each editor who
shall be the victim of any such
fraud, false dealing or imposition,
is requested to communicate forth
with to the Secretary all the facts
and information bearing upon the
case.
During the afternoon tho mem
bers of the' Association visited the
Insane Asylum where they were
received and entertained by Dr.
Grissom and his attendants in a
handsome manner.
STATE
Press Convention. The Press
Association of North Carolina as
sembled in the Senate Chamber in
this city, on Tuesday morning, the
12th inst. Maj. Engelhard, editor
of the Wilmington Journal, called
the Convention to order, after which
it was regularly opened with prayer ingham county.
New-Berne has a tame eagle.
House rent is high in Statesville.
Cucumbers have appeared in Wil
mington. Fayettcvillc wants a new post-office.
There are no prisoners
erford county jail.
Burglars continue their
tions in Wilmington.
Chicken cholera prevails in Rock
in Ruth-
opera-
Tkinitv Colleok. Wo ac
knowledge tho receipt of a ticket
to the commencement party to be
given in honor of the graduating
class of Trinity College on the 11th
of June, 1ST 1. The following is the
list of Managers: A. D. Brooks,
N. C, Chief; B. J. Reynolds, N.
C; J. P. Everheart, Texas; II.
Smith, N. C ; G. W. Wright, S. C;
S. T. Hall, Ga.; D. T. Dicks, N. C;
E. C. Hackney, N. C; C. W. Laney,
N. C. ; J. J. Desmond, N. C, Chief
Marshal.
a toad with
short in the
A hotel is to be established at
Portsmouth, N. C.
Ashe county has
paws.
The fruit crop is
mountain counties.
Nash county now boasts of a gos
ling with three legs. What next?
The telegraph office at Hillsboro
has been closed.
New-Berne is bragging about new
Irish potatoes.
A lodgre of Knights of Pythias
IIaukktt Street Free School.
The school committee have suc
ceeded in securing the services of
Mr. E. IS. Thomas and Mis Loader,
of Chapel Hill, to take charge of this
school, and the male department
was opened on Monday, the 18th
inst. The committee has deter-
by Rev. T. H. Pritchard, of the
Baptist church. On a call of the
roll, the following members were
found present:
W S G Andrews, Wilmington
Journal; S M Carpenter, Neicber
nian; J S Manix, Newbern Times;
G W Nason, Jr, Newbern Republic
Courier; E R Stamps, Tarboro
Southerner-Enquirer ; J A Williams,
Ullson Advance; H E T Manning,
U'eldon News; W Wallace McDiar
mid, Lumberton Robesonian; D
Bond, Enfield Times; Geo S Baker,
Louisburer Courier; Col L L Polk,
Polktown Ansonian; Mr. Knight, has been organized at Charlotte.
a VV TTX 1 I
wauesooro Argus; w jv uavis anu
J A Robinson, Oxford Torch-Light;
U'illiam Pitt Drake, Statesville
American; Abner K Murchison,
Statesville Intelligencer; Maj J A
Engelhard, IHlmington Journal;
S J Skinner, Henderson Register;
S D Pool, Newbern Our Living and
Our Dead; J D Cameron, Hillsboro
Recorder ; James O
Cherokee Herald; Chas R Jones,
Charlotte Daily Observer; John
Bragg, Raleigh Sentinel; Jordan
Stone and E C Woodson, Raleigh
Xews ; J S Hampton, Evening Cres
cent; M V'B. Gilbert, Raleigh Era;
a statement or county nnancta as
required by law. f
A man named Ingram, was
drowned a few days ago while
crossing long shoals, on the French
Broad Kiver, about seven mues
south of Asheville.
At a late meeting of the Directors
of the North Carolina R. R. Com
pany, it was decided to issue the
bonds providl for in the amend-
ed charter. This is the first prac-i
tical step towards carrying out the
consolidation scheme. i
Times will be lively inCbarlotte
about the 20th Inst. On the 13th
the Medical Examiners of the State
will meet; on the 20th , the Congress
ional Convention, . and on the 21st
the Medical Convention proper
will assemble.
A young girl, daughter of Ed
ward Hull, whoresides near Mount
Airy, met a terrible death on Mon
day night, the 11th inst. It ap
pears that the fire from a new-
ground had blown and caught in
a tree. The girls, three in number,
commenced cutting the tree down,
thinking that by so doing they
could prevent the fire from spread
ing and doing runner damage, but
before they succeeded in felling the
tree the fire broke out in another
place, and two of the girls ceased
chopping the tree and went to put
it out, while the other continuea to
chop upon the tree, which sudden
ly fell with a tern Die crash strik
ing one of the girls and crushing
her to the earth, literally grind
ing her head into a perfect jelly.
The other two girls escaped un
hurt, and were, in an instant, by
the side of their mangled, bleeding
and dead sister. This is an-ex
tremely horrible aflair, ana espe
cially so when we take intoconsid-
the 14th inst. : Abbott, Collector of
Customs at Wilmington, N. C;
Clayton, of Georgia, Consul to Cal
lao; Sharp, Collector of the 3rd
Tennessee District.
Judge Lawrence, Chairman of the
Co mm it tee on War Claims has de-
the Executive when the LcffLsIa-
ture cannot be convened against do
mestic violence; . andi whereas, said
Elisha Baxter, under section four
of article four of tjie Constitution, of
tne unitea siatcs.ana me laws pass
ed in pursuance thereof has heretofore
made application to mo to protect
said State and the dtiitns thereof
asrainst domestic violence and
whereas the General Assembly of
the State convened in extra session
at the Capitol thereof,- on, the 17th
instant, pursuant to a call made bv
said Elisha Baxter, and both houses
thereof have I passed a joint resolu
tion also applying to me to protect
the State against doinesticViolence:
and whereas; it is: provided in the
laws of the united States that In all
cases of insurrection in Any State It
shall be lawful for the President of
the United States! on application of
the Executive when the Legislature
cannot be convened, to employ suchx;
RockJadiourh for a reasonable timet
say ten ofays, to give you an oppor
tunity to call in those members
who may not respond to his call, so
mat, inere may oe a iuu ljegisia
ture. The United States will ffiv
all necessary nroteetion to the Lee I part of the land iand naval forces as
cided that the government had no islature in meeting aud transacting shall be judged necessary i for the
nf rphpiiimi state after Ana-, so House, and nrevent!as far as practi- rection, or causing the laws to be
came, an violence ana uisiuroance cjwtuieu; mm whwww.ii w
of the public peace. I urgently required that whenever it may be
request that the militaryof both par- necessary in .tne judgment or the
lies De at once aiSDanaea, wnicn is iwiucih iu use me military i-jrvvw
the first step towards a peaceable
settlement. Answer.
U. S. Grant.
1866, without compensation, on the
grounds that the war had closed.
A number of Southern Represen
tatives, held a meeting in the room
of the House Committee on Agri
culture on the 14th inst., to fix upon
some measure for the reimbursement
i. of the cotton tax levied by the gov
ernment some years since, antf sub
sequently pronounced unconstitu
tional by the U. S. Supreme Court.
The amount of taxes Was sixty
million dollars. Thirteen Southern
States were represented, and the
members were generally agreed that
some measure of relief should be
passed by Congress.
An adjourned meeting of the
friends of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, was held at Washington city,
on the 13: h inst., to further the pro
posed caiml from Cumberland to the
Ohio river. It. was stated, that the
one hundred and twenty miles of
canal required to complete its con
struction from Cumberland toCon
nelsville, would cost in round num
bers twenty million dollars. A
committee was appointed to present
a memorial to Congress asking for
an appropriation, in order that fur
ther surveys and estimates may be
made by Col. Sedgwick.
A reply was received by the
President from Brooks,of Arkansas,
for the purpose aforesaid, he shall
forthwith by -, proclamation com
mand such insurgent? to disperse
and retire peaceably to their pmiv
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live nomes witnin a it nil leu iiur
Nowtherefore, I, Ulysses B. Grant,
Among tht)S8 drowned at Wil
liamsburg,. Mass.. was the wife of
TV T 1 A. A A. T I A. i
Vaughn and Mrs. H. F. QugeyVr
buuu,,u6vv.i v ."X-- commanrt a l ttirhu Mit ; , anil
wmcn waa bwtpt uwuy, mm ui disorderly persons to. disperse
ulu " v ' . tint rofirit nmatih ir In f hi. rnaruui.
tive abodes within ten days from
this date, and hereafter to submit
themselves to the lawful authority
of said executive, and the other
constituted authorities of said State.
I invoke the aid and co-operation
of all crood citizens to : uphold the
law and preserve the public peace.
in witness whereof, 1 have hereun
to set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
ing in of a far greater loss of life at
Florence. The JNonotueK biiK uom
Danv's works and the Florence
Manufacturing Co.'s works are dam
aged to the extent of $28,000. Con
ductor E. M. Chandler passed over
the road early on the lGth with
his train from Williamsburg for
New Haven just a head of the flood
that swept away his wife ana child.
Just below Williamsburg the flood
swept; awav Skinner's factory with
several women operatives who had
J A. Il 1 A t. ITnxrlnniTilln '
just ueguu worii. Aniajucuviuc,
Samuel Hayden, Gere & Co.'s facto
ry, including their office ana iiay
Market Summary. In New
YGrk on the 16th inst,, 'money
was ' easyat '2a3. Exchamre ,488
denville Savings bank, with a large Gold 12al2j. Governments steady.
amount of funds, and also Loomiv States quiet. 4 Rosin $2.65a ,$2.70.
hotel Iwas sweot awav at Leeds.
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Mr. Warner's button factory was
sweot entirely awav. taking: the
canal railroad bridge in its course.
At East Hampton the flood is
The Goshen reservoir
subsiding.
on the 12th inst., declining: to ac-
rode to the terms nronosed bv the
Prfisidpnt through the Attornevl covered one hundred and fifty acres
General. The telegram was to be a of ground at an average depth of
subiect of cabinet consultation on 30 feet. It was drawn upon in dry
praMnn that it has been onlv a verv I tho 13th inst.. and it is vnrv nrohi- times for the supply of the mills at
short time since her mother com- I ble that the general government Williamsburg.
mitted suicide bvcuttimr her throat, after havinc exerted its best influ- Haydensville and Florence reser-
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ences ior tne preservation or peace vuir waa wiianuuv auwuu j. c.xo
and restoration of political harmony ago in order to afford reliable sup
at Little Rock, will now decide defi- ply of water for the various facto-
nitely on the case, and that means
will be taken to have its decision
enforced against any opposition.
Turpentine quiet at 30. No quota
tions ior cotton. '
In Southern cities of the United
States, cotton ranged from 14 to 17i,
according to grades.
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Latest News.
Congressional news on the 16th
inst., unimportant.
I A quorum of the Arkansas Legis
lature is in session at Little Rock.
Oakes Ames, of Credit Mobilier
notoriety, has becnf declared insol
vent, -v
The Czar of Russia visited the
Empress Eugenie: at Chiselhurst,
Mr. Hoyt, cf the firm, of Hoy t,
Sprague & Co., died on the I5th in
stant, of pneumonia.
Senator Davis has introduced a
bill to re-imburse West Virginia
for losses during the war.
The so-called Liberal Republi
cans of New York, have issued a
call for a State Convention.
It is understood that Grant has
mined to use all efforts to make the
school a success, and parents should Harper Whitaker, Friend of Tem-
Kond their children as earlv in the perance ; C 13 Denson, State Agricuc
session as possible. We hope a sub
scription will be started at once for
the puriKxse of purchasing books,
htationery, Ac., for those who are
unable to buy.
Worthy Object. At the late
meeting of our celored fellow citi
zens, held for the purpose of devis
ing plans for the erection of a suita
ble monument in Hope (colored)
Cemetery, Messrs C. II. Dunston, J.
II. Jones, Mrs. J. II. Hood, and
Mrs. O. M. Roane were appointed
as a committee to solicit subscrip
tions. Wo hope our people of all
Hawses will respond liberally to this
call for so laudable a purpose. Hon.
J. H. Harris is President and Handi
son liranch, Secretary of the organ
ization, and we presume these gen
tlemen will at all times give such
information as may be desired in
regard to the movement.
Salem Female Institute. We
have received the catalogue of this
institution for the scholastic year
ending May, 1S74. The number of
pupils in attendance was two hun
dred and thirty-six, of which, forty
eight are from Salem, eighty-six
from North Carolina at; large,
thirty-seven from Georgia, twenty
from South Carolina, 'and the re
mainder from the different South
ern States.
The Institution was founded in
1801, and is believed to be the oldest
existing boarding school for young
ladies in the Southern States. Trains
run daily (Sundays excepted) con
necting with the North Carolina
Riilro.id at Greensboro. The Sem
inary is under the control of Rev.
M. E. Grunert and an efficient
corps of assistants.
tural Journal; T II Pritchard, Bib
lical Recorder ; Mr. Lockyear,StiY
of the Age; Jno R Morris, Charlotte
Tobacco Leaf and Planters' Journal.
A committee was appointed to
prepare business for the Association,
after whichl a recess was taken.
On rc-asseinbling, the following
resolutions .swere introduced by
the committee:
Resolved lif, That this convention
does still adhere to the determina
tion expressed at the past meeting
of the association, to procure the
passage of an Act requiring the
publication of all legal advertise
ments in the newspapers of the
State, and that a committee of five
be appointeu uy tne cnairman oi
this convention to renew the effort
made by the last committee to pro
cure the passage of the bill for that
purpose, and that the committee be
instructed to prepare a new bill if
necessary, and to present the bill in
person by some member or mem
bers, ana ure itupon the members
of the Legislature, after the bill
shall have been approved by the
executive committee of the Associa
tion. Resolved 2d, That the custom of
gratuitous advertising in the shape
of local notices is detrimental to the
interests of the profession, and in
jurious to its character, and that
this convention deprecates and dis
countenances the same.
Snow is reported three feet deep
in Watauga county.
Very little cotton or corn has
been planted in Union county.
Blackberries have appeared in
Wilmington.
The new post-office in Wilraing-
Robertson, ton is rapidly progressing.
The memorial celebration in Wil
mington was an imposing affair.
Asheville is to have another
hotel on the first day of June, to
be called the Central House.
E. P. Lorch. Esq., of New-Berne,
drew $125 in the late Norfolk lot
tery. ,
Jno. L. Moore, a leading citizen
of Shelby, died in that town a few
days ago.
Small pox has appeared in the
vicinity of Reidsville, Rockingham
county.
A sow belonging to Mr. John
Fenner, of Halifax, gave birth to
fourteen pigs on the 7th inst.
A large drove of wild pigeons
passed over Charlotte on the 11th
inst.
Charlotte has a Swiss, who claims
to be one of the survivors of the
lost steamer Atlantic.
Corn is sellinsr in New-Berne at
eighty-five cents per bushel, by the
cargo.
One and three-quarter million of
shad have been caught at the Albe
marle fisheries this season.
The Fifth Quintennial Convoca
tion of the Sisters of Charity of
North America was inaugurated at
St Joseph's Convent, near Emmetts
burg, in Frederick county, Ma
ryland, on the tenth instant.
About 350 Sisters including supe
rioriasses of Asvlums. hosDitals
and other, institutions at San Fran
cisco, Boston, isunaio, jiewurieans
and other cities, and representing,
with but few exceptions, every
American diocese were present. At
the inaugural ceremonies, mass was
celebrated by the very Rev. Father
Guerdery, Superior in the commu
nity in the United States. The
Convocation will continue until
Tuesday, May 19th.
ries or mills on the river, which is
One of the most fickle and uncer
tian of streams, liable alike to floods
and almost utter drought. It was
built by a company of capitalists
who were interested n in the various
manufacturing enterprises on the
stream and caused them appre
hensions of disaster several times
last year. It was repaired at a heavy
expense, and since then been sup
posed to be untiLnow tolerably
secure, although it was known to
be leaky.
The new Senate currency bill
passed on the 14th inst. provides
for free banking, releases the re-
iMMitma in mrnn laf inn ovcont fi rti
" r. v . V V. Y" "' COFFEE Old cov'ment,
per cent, which is to be deposited iSim,'
in the treasury ior purposes oi " -rime,
redemption in United States notes, FisH-Mackf?ei No.
and requires reserves on deposit to
. 1 I 1 A
De Kept uy eacn oanit in lis own
COUNTRY PKODUCE.
APPLES Green,
uriea.
BUTTER Best country.
" Goshen.
BACON N. U. Sides.
Uams,
" Sh'uldrs.
DUCKS-EGGS
FLOUU-N. C.Fftmily,
FODDER Per 100 lbs..
HAY Per 100 lbs.,
CORN
MEAL
POTATO ES Sweet.
N. O. Irish.
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0 ....w.a. 9 propnation Din. me ionowing are
The Cabinet talked two hours on the most important items :
the 14th inst.. on Arkansas matters. Improvement of the Mississippi,
The Legislature will be supported. Missouri and Arkansas rivers, $100,-
UUU ; vvniie river, Arkansas, auove
Jackson port, $50,000 ; Mississippi
river, between the mouth of the
Ohio and Missouri rivers, $200,000 ;
mouth of the Mississippi river,
$130,000 ; removing raft in Red riv
er. La., $50,000 ; Mobile harbor, Ala.,
$100,000 : Savannah harbor, $50,000 ;
mouth of St. John's river, Fla.,
$10,000 ; mouth of Namoni Creek,
Va., $7,000; Rappahannock river,
Va., $7,000: James river and Ap-
The Press Convention
bama met on the 12th
Birmingham.
The FreedmanV bank bill has
been passed as heretofore tele
graphed. It has been proposed in the Sen
ate to send a committee to Arkansas
to investigate matters.
A bill referring: the claim of the
heirs of Stephen A. Douglas to the pomattox river, Va., each $30,000 ;
The prisoners in the Alamance
jail made an unsuccessful attempt
to escape recently.
The Charlotte Fair Grounds have
been sold to Dr. Jos. Graham, for
$11,700. The original cost was $20.
000. Burglars raided on the house of
Mr. A. David, in Wilmington on
Friday morning 8th inst., but were
frightened away and got nothing.
W. T. Blackwell & Co. have com
menced the manufacture of brick at
Durham. They expect to make
On motion of Mr. Stone the report
of the committee was received.
A general discussion ensued upon 1,500,000 this season.
ine rupuri ui me wmumiue, in
which Messrs. Spelman, Stone,
Drake, Jones, Whitaker aud Wood
son participated. The question of
advertising in the local column of
newspapers was the principal theme
of the aiscussion. To obviate the
During a recent freshet in the
Roanoke, a log was seen floating
down the river with thirteen white
pigeons on it.
E. B. Holden, Esq., of Pea
difficulty. Mr Fu!Shum:offered the Friday .tto Sta ;totTTKlSi an
oia anu respecteu citizen. v; ;j
following resolution :
Resolved, That the members of
this Convention will noU hereafter
place in the local columns of their
papers any notice of an advertise
ment except a simple index of the
same.
Qn motion of Mr, Cameron, of the I flying squirrel,
; Warren has a remarkable chick
en. It has four legs and two tails,
and is living.. One of the tails is
very short and ;the other is about
. . m m m ....
the length ana a nape - or that of a
Court of Claims, has passed the Sen
ate.
The Mayor of Cincinnati has is
sued orders to the Captain of Police
to prevent women from praying in
the streets hereafter.
An iron steamer of twenty-five
hundred tons was launched in Wil
mington, Delaware, on the 14th
inst. 4
John A. Hyman, of Warrenton,
Warren county, has been nominated
for Congress from the 2nd Congress
ional District of North Carolina.
The currency bill has passed. It
provides for free banking until
greenbacks are reduced to three
hundred million.
Secretaries Robeson, Belknap and
Gen. Sherman, have gone to liarns
ceived by it as interest on the bonds
held as security by the unitea
States Treasury. To prepare for
specie payments the bill requires
the retirement of greenbacks equa
in amount to 25 per cent, of the
new National bank currency issued
the retirement to begin within
thirty days after the amount of $1,
000,000 oi the JNationai Dank cur
rency, has been issued. The max!
mum amount of the United States
notes is fixed at $382,000,000, and
the retirement shall be in reduction
of that amount until it be reduced
to $300,000,000. The redemption
section of the bill provides that on
and after July, 1878, the greenbacks
whenever presented in sums of $100
or any multiple thereof, may be
redeemed in coin or bonds, bearing
4 per cent, interest in coin at tho
oDtion of the government, and it
Elizabeth river and Nansemond
river, Va., each $10,000 ; Roanoke
river, N. C, $5,000; Cape Fear riv
er, N. C, $10,000 ; Galveston har
bor, Texas, $60,000 ; Tennessee riv
er, above Chattanooga, $100,000.
au wrv late hour nn t.hfi niVht, shall be compulsory on tho Secreta
f fhf orh int... a rlnn nf arJinst- of the Treasury to re-issue the notes
motif, for thp tronhlps in Arkansas, exchanged for bonds. The , best
tPiPrranhl fmm Washino-tnn I features of tliis bill are those which
City to both of the contesting Gov- require the reserves on deposit to
ornnra nf that. Rtntf T'hpir RpnrA- be keDt by the banks of different
fipntntivpa and sLttnrnnvs had hfiPn parts of the country in their own
in session during the entire day, vaults instead of sendingt them off
and were also with the Attorney to iew iont iu uu wauyu .iur pyw
General.at his private residence, up
to a late hour at night discussing
some method which would receive
the approval of the general govern
ment. It has now been agreecl, that
both parties call a session of the
Legislature to meet at Little Rock,
ulative purposes in Wall Street,
and which provides that a part of
these resources shall he constitutea
of one fourth part of the coin re
ceived as interest on the bonds
held by the government as securi
ty. These provisions may serve to
burg to attend a meeting of re-union on the 4th Monday in May, each to strengthen the banks at hornet and
make a special call, no opposition to pernaps lenu wj kp up a utucr
of army of the Potomac.
The Emperor of Russia has had
his brother, the Grand Duke Nich
olas arrested. The charge against
him Is not known.
Harris, of Virginia, has intro
duced a bitt ' changing the revenue
laws so that the change or a nrm
may not require a new license.
The following nominations have
been made: Philip Clayton, of
Georgia, Consul to Callao; Jos. C.
Abbott, Collector of Castoras for
Wilmington, N. C.
Cochrane's distillery and Wil
liams and Green's malt house, at
Typhecanee, Ohio, were burned on
the 12th inst. Loss sixty thousand
dollars.
A disastrous flood has occurred
in Williamsburg, Massachusetts,
caused by breaking away of the
reservoir. Large loss of life is re
ported, and up to the 16th inst.
twenty-six bodies had been found
drowned.
The Pensions Committee, of the
Senate, has reported unfavorably
upon applications for pensions for
the war of of 1812. The committee
favors the House bill erivinsr eight
dollars per month to each, and, no
questions asked,
be made byeither party .and receive
the claims of Brooks in opposition
to Baxter. Both parties to have a
full hearing, and the Legislature
to determine who received a major
ity in 1872. Both Governors are to
disarm with - the exception of a
bodyguard, and to abstain from all
Warlike movements and from all
interference jvith each other or
their adhearents. The Attorney
General dispatched to both parties,
the telegram of which the above
is the substance saying, it was sub
mitted for the approval of the con
testants, and expressing the hope
that it would settle the questions
at issue.
The following are the letters of
the President to the contestants for
Governor of Arkansas, in relation
to a peaceable settlement of exist
ing difficulties.
Washington, May, llth, 1874.
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distribution of currency .the volume
of which, however, it seems inevi
table must be increased if the bill
becomes a law. Thus there j is to
be more or les3 of inflation under
it, and the much talked of 44 elastic
ity " perhaps. The provision re
leasing the banks from the main
tenance of a reserve on their depos
its except o per cent, deposited in
the Treasury for purposes of re
demption is a liberal one forjthose
institutions.
The President has issued the foi
lowiner proclamation : II
Whereas, certain turbulent; and
disorderly persons pretending that
Lliha Baxter, the present Execu
tive of Arkansas, was not elected,
and have combined together with
force and arms to resist his author
ity as such Executive and oth0r au-
said Elisha Baxter has been declared
Hon. Elijah Baxter, Little Rock, duly elected by the General Assera
Ark:
I recommend that the members
of the General Assembly, now at
Little Rock, adjourn for a reasona
ble time, say ten days, to enable
Brooks to call to the body his sup-
blv nf said State, as provided in tha
Constitution thereof, and hasjfora
long period been exercising the
functions of said office, into which
he was inducted according to the
Constitution and laws of said State,
be a full Legislature. Any hasty sidered as the lawful Executive
action by a part of the Assembly thereof; and whereas, it Is provided
will not be satisfactory tothepeo- fn tife Constitution of- the United
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Orange County Convention.
There will bo a Convention of tho
Republicans of Orange, in Hills
boro, on Saturday, May '23d, 1871.
to nominate county candidates and
to appoint delegates to the Congress
ional, Judicial and Senatorial Con
ventions. :
Let every Township bo fully rep
resented. t . i
By order of the Executive Com.: 1
GEO. M. HARDEN,!
td. 1 Chairman.
$5,000
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE, j
.Statu op Nobtu Carolina, ;
Raleigh, May 7th, 187f.
In reply to numerous enquirers I havo
to state there Is an outstanding- reward
of ' ' I
FIVE THOUSAND EfOLliAllS
offered by the State of North Carolina
fortbedeliveryof MILTON 8. UTTIjB
FIELD to the Sheriff of Buncombe
county. North Carolina, at tho Jail in tho
town of Asheville. t ' 4 I
Said Littletield is indicted in the Su
perior Court of Buncombe for coopi
racy and embezzlement, and has ab
sconded to evade prosecution. Ho for
merly lived in North Carolina; but now
resides at Jacksonville, Florida. i ,'
The reward will be promptly paid fa
United States currency by the Public
Treasurer of North Carolina upon
presentation of a receipt from the Sberr
iff certifying that said lugitive has been
delivered to him, ? - . . . , j ,
TOD R, CALDWELL, ;
. Governor. ,
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The Floridian, at Tallahassee, Flor
ida, will publish once a week for six
weeks, and the Savannah News, at Sa
vannah. Georgia, once a week for four
weeks, and send bill to Executive office
at Raleigh, N. C. . . 1 21.1m.
MATTBES8-nAKIlfOA!0
CAN8EATINU THE3K
branches being taught in the North Car
olina Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
and the Blind, we are prepared to fur
nish Mattresses of the very best make
and material, and at cheap ratea. Also;
to cane-seat chairs, settees, fcc, tc 1
imooMs. We also have on hand a
large lot of excellent Brooms. , which
will be sold cheap. . , , . , .
Aauress institution ior tne xcai ana
Dumb and Blind, Raleigh. N. C. ; ' r
Raleigh,' March 20, 1874; ' V 3 3m
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C BACKERS.. -CAKES, , CANNED
Goods, Jollies, Picklen. Sardines.
Candies and Nuts, at BROWN'S. '
Raleigh, April 7, 1874. 1 ,
F YOU WAITC A : PAULO IS , OXt
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NAT. L. IJRQWN'S.
Raleigh April 7, . t