WEEKLY EKA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1S71.
JjOCAI ani statk.
Half Faii, Persons attending
the Coinincntx'Dicnt exorcises at
Trinity College, on the 10th and 1 1 Hi
of June, will be passed over the N,
C. It. It. on half fare.
We wonld call' tho attention "nf
our renders to the advertisement of
Horace Waters fc Son, headed,
Waters' Concerto Parlor Organs,"
and for a description of them we
ran't do better than to copy the fol
lowing:: -
A 1kw Feature in ) khans
Waters Concerto Pauior Or
gan. Tho creat imritof the con
certo-stop Is, that ii approximates
ncuic-r than any other i the human
voice. If we Hvert the attention
Th6 pcfbmcoitaboafdTN'. C.7
has been discontinued'. ' ? v i i
Mr. John Porter, formerly of
Rockingham county, N. C, recent
ly died in Missouri at tho age of
ivz years, 3 months and 24 days.
An. excursion ibr colored people
win laso place over tho AlrLlne
Railroad to Atlanta on tho 3d of
July. Tho fare from Charlotte and
return is $5.
Dr. P. T. Shultz. of Forsvthe
nas passea
There vhs
I UsTIXG L'ISII EI IjA V VERS.
iliin. Keverdy Johnson, and Messrs.
Carrol, Urewster and Budd, all dis
tinguished lawyers from a distance,
will bo in attendance during the
i 'omiug term of the Circuit (tourt.
ilEiii if. " J ?LV5 Z county, has a terrapin, on the shell
icaie-addition is lelng operated, the I r,..iX,u :..-kL i .-nr ion
rcwion isinsUiutaneousthatltis wMMi Woi,i fn,i?L tVT
impresMi
to the human voice under exquis
ite culture that we listen. Of course
the origin of this improvement, and
the exact manner in which its ad
vantages have been made so prom
inent in this organ, are known to
the patentee alone ; but we doubtif
the inventor can make it plain xchy
the direct result has occurred. The
ft feet of the concerto attachment is
Pim atokiai. The various mill
lomIs creeks and branches around
the city have lecoine popular it- simply softening and voleanizing.
.sorts oflato foranglers. Hsl-ees,
iktcIi. catfish. Ac. are said lo le
abundant.
UEt'll'E. The fol-
inay le of service to
Valuaijlk
lowing recipe
some of our readers during the
Summer. It is wild to be a sure
cure for Dysentery : White of two
e-gs, half pint of new milk, three
table sioonfulM of flour, one do. su
gar. Mix and bring to a proper
cmistencv over a slow Arc. Use
oct-.Lsion-.illy."
It seems to catch a note that might
have been shrill or reedy, and at
once soothe it into something as
a human whisper. The writer was
informed by Mr. Waters that on ac
count of the popularity of the new
stop, the instruments were bought
up almost as rapidly a It was pos
sible to manufacture them. Brook
lyn Union.
STATE.
CiwriT Court. At the ap
proaching term of the Circuit Court,
the Chief Justice will hear only
equity wises, and will not arrive in
the eitv until the second week of
u
the term. Jury cases will be tried
the first week, when Judges Bond
and Hrooks will preside. During
the eouitv trials tho Chief Justice
A
will oroide, with Judire Bond as
Associate.
Oxford has six editors.
Enfield has a minstrel baud.
Franklin county is to have a jail.
Judge Mitchell is in feeble health.
Salisbury has a. very small debt.
Rock fish are abundant in Weldon.
Warrenton is improving fast.
Rockingham is not to be made a
money order office, as reported.
There are no prisoners in Rich
mond county jail.
which would indicate that it is at
least thirty years old.
Miles L. Eure, Esq., of Gates,
has been nominated by the Demo
crats as Judge of the 1st Judicial
District, and James P. Whcdbee,
for Solicitor. -
A man named Bill Edwards, of
burry county, eloped for parts un
known on the 18th ult., with a wo
man named Ruth douse. Edwards
left a wife and three and Ruth a
husband and a small child.
A den of thieves has been dis
covered in Northampton county,
and six of the members captured
and committed to jail. The den
was on or near the plantation' of
x rant t aison, Esq.
The weather In Surry county Is
tine on wheat, but death on tobac
co plants. ..Great complaint about
plants among the ; farmers, many
or whom have planted their tobac
co land in corn, as their plants have
all been destroyed by the fly.
On Sunday, 24th ult., Dr. Hen
derson, a dentist from Caswell coun
ty, had the misfortune to lose a very
fine horse on Flat River. He was
en route for New' York,
no demonstration.
Dispatches from Borne represent"
tho conditU7ir.ois ioiyatner
asseri,! I jfcg ff jlil M.
. - - - - - ' l M
or Stewart hasfntroctuced a
ioint resolution .propbslng thu fol
lowing as an amendment to tin
Constitution : - Article b 1C If any
State shall fail to, maintain ; a com
rq on school system under which ail
persons between the ages of fiveand
eighteen years not incapacitated for
It is, well -understood in well in
formed circles, in Washington, that
the civil rights bill is dead for this
season. ' jff. ' ";V-
The . Alabama -'and Chattanooga
Railroad lias been soiu Dy the Gov-
gress may prescribe. Congress
have the power to establish therein
such a system, and cause the same
to be maintained at the expense of
such state. . iteferred to the Judi
ciary Committee.
Motions to suspend the rules and
ernoi of Alabama under authority tek. "P the rijts and curren
river.
Harris, of Virginia, -has ' intro
duced a bill to restore to the pension
rolls the names of pensioners of the
Mexican war, who were stricken
off for disloyalty".
The lower nouse of the Arkan
sas Legislature has passed articles
at Miss Pattie Mangum's and had I of impeachment against nearly all
turned his horse out in the lot. He of Brooks' adherents in the late
was playing when he ran against a I struggle.
cy bills were defeated in the House
of Representatives on the 25th inst.
two-thirds not voting in the affir
mative. The vote was 153 to 84.
The following Republicans voted
with the Democrats: Brambunr.
Governor Hartranft, of Pennsyl- ?f Alabama, Butler, of Tennessee,
inia, has issued an order making J??df ,SPd 8ePfiT 01V,S&,?S
hnlirinxr """h" utoviu, xviuuici oiuilii,
Carolina. Thomas, of Virorinfa nnd
The select committee on the Ar- Thornhurtr. of Tflnnps ti riA.
kansas troubles consists of Pollard. I feat is not a finalitv.
of Vt., Ward, of Illinois, Wood. The Senate bill cannot be got at
ford, of N. Y., Taylor, of Ohio, and except under &' suspension of the
Sloss. ofAla. rales by a two-thirds vote, and
I .A a . A. a
Senator Alcorn has presented a tS31 " snown py me action or the
memorial from citizens of Missis- ope cannot oe secured ; but the
slppi asking Congress to take charge I f udiciary Committee, -under its
oi me levees on uie xuississippi I ' v:,;r . v , J
of the IegislatUTe.
Crosland, of Kentucky, has intro
duced a bill providing payment to
loyal owners for negroes mustered
into the service of the United States.
vania.
decoration day a legal
throughout that State.
XoquofationTbf New "Tbrk mar
kets received for the 30thr:Mayt"onj
account of decoration day. .
'Iri'j Liverpool, on!the 30tli ult.,
cotton was dull at 8 to 8. i t k
v. In Southern cities of the United
States, cotton 13 to 18. ? t J
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nALEICII BET AIL FniCES. .
OOBRECTED BY WATJTK ALLOOTT, FAM
ILY OROCKB, FAYKTTKVILLK BT
Sf rt day4 :vAhknTKi:i
tpdtJ umlag oiu(WUi AUtiUU
Jc DUiLL in good territory. Kn
doraed by Oorernort of IOWA. Alt
KANSAS and DAKOTA "s
Catalog! free.' - vi -
( W. VILES, 8U Louis, 319,
AKTICI.ES.
PKICKS.
port a bill which is a perfect copy
oi me csenaw 0111, ana this can be
passed by a simple majority and
sent over to the Senate and there be
acted on.
tree, inflicting a wound of which he
died that night. The horse was
worth $300 and trotted at the last
State Fair, making good time.
On Sunday night, 24th ulr., the
Hon. Y. A. Smith. This dis
tinguished gentleman, who is enjoy
ing a short respite from his arduous
Congressional duties, sjent the day
in our city on Monday, the 1st infet.
Xo member of Congress from
the South has more personal popu
larity in Washington than Maj.
Smith. His genial disposition and
candid learing gain him friends
in all parties. Every body knows
what he is at home.
Green peas are selling in New
Rerne at 40 cents per bushel.
A new lodge of Odd Fellows is to I false key and some 400
be established in .New-Berne.
Fresh venison is offered for sale
n the xev-iierne market.
for
tobacco barn of Mr. Mangum, near and John II. Reagan, of Texas.
Knap of Reeds, was opened with a
lbs. of to
bacco stolen therefrom. Mr. Man-
gum, anticipating the rogues, went
to Durham and caught the thieves
with the tobacco offering it for sale
in Durham Warehouse. He arrest
ed the sale and took charge of his
goods, and will immediately have a
warrant issued for the arrest of the
guilty parties.
The Pee Dee Courier says : Wo
have been shown a specimen of
Greensboro is braireriner on straw- genuine velvet cork, taken from a
in circumference. I tree growing in the grounds of Col.
' Xortli Carolina Tobacco.
History asserts that Tobacco was
found growing indigenous upon the
soil of North Carolina, as far back
as the year 1584, when Sir Walter
Raleigh's expedition landed upon
JttoanoKe island.
It is also claimed, that by the
camp fires first lighted on the Eas
tern shore of Carolina, the Eng
lish pioneers of American civiliza
tion sat and smoked the calumet of I
peace from the prepared Ivinnicon-
The Convention of Baggage Mas- lck, in the true Indian style, and
ters and Breaksmen's .Life Insu- that there, the first native born Eng-
ranco Company, held in Philadel-1 lishmen contracted the habit of i
phia on the 28th ult., voted down smoking the newly discovered
COUNTRY riiODl'CE.
APPIES Green.
" ! Dried,
BUTTER Best country.
" j Good "
" i Goshen.
BACO-N. C. Sides.
. Ilams,
DUCKS-
EGGS
FLOUR-N. C. Family,
1 " Extra.
FODDER Per 100 !hs
llA Y Per 100 Bs.,
CORN
MEAL
PlTATOES-weet.
" i N.C.Irish.
OATSr-Bailed KM) tts..
PKOCEKIES:
DACON Rib Bulk Side,
it r u ' .
" Smok'd"
Shoulders.
Best Hugar-
eurea liams.
COFFEE Old gov'ment.
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The Ilouse has passed a bill re
moving the political disabilities of
Geo. E. Pickett and C. II. William
son, of Virginia ; Thos. Hardeman,
Jr., and James Jackson, of Georgia,
ToWNsmiiriEETiiQ.-Ata meet
ing of the citizens of Abbott's Creek
and Richfork neighborhood, at Clod- wanted quickly.
Fayettevillo continues to call
a telegraph line.
The Statesville Intelligencer is to
be remove! to Salisbury.
Counterfeit ten cent bills
circulation iu Wilmington.
are in
Saturate a niece or breau or
meat with gastric juice, and it
' trill dissolve. This is digestion.
Add to such a mixture a little al-
iih.l, and it w ill not dissolve. This
& is iiidiiestion. Hownre. then, of
! tinctures, or tonics, or decoctions
containing spirituous li(juors. Shun
nil r ii in " tonics," and rely solely
on Dr. Wa Lit mi's VixtxiAU Hit-
'i i:ns, the finest digestive invigor
:uit known, and free from the fiery
i-urseof Alcohol. V.) -hv
Kri'KiTir Spkincs. Thes ccU
bratcd Springs are leginning to at
tract great attention on account of
the wonderful properties of the wa
ter. They areUi::tt d in the north-
J- W I II A .1 A.
, ern pari oi lrctieii county, aooui
sixteen miles from Statesville, and
can be re:ichcl three times a week
y the Hack conveyance which
. connects with the railroad. Instead
of our people gwing to other States
'fin search of health, we would ad
vise a trial of our own section.
lloni'.EUY. We learn that the
..residence of Mr. Lock lea r, about
two miles from this city, on the
: 1 .ictievillc road, was entered on
Friday night, 2d inst., and over
I wo hundred dollars, worth of jew
elry and wearing apparel taken.
; Mr. Locklear is an industrious and
; ireiitlcmaulv Knir'ishman who has
hitely si'ttleil among us. Kvery ef
fort has been made by Mayor Hol
der! and liis police to capture the
t!:irves, but so far without success.
OakCity Mills. -Messrs. Up
church, Williams)n & Thomas
nre now having the large brick
storage house at the foot of Davie
street, near tho Central depot, con
verted into a grist mill, and it is
iexiHX'ted that in tiio course of a few
weeks everything will be ready for
business. The machinery is being
. received daily. Thus, step by step,
Iluleigh is growing in commercial
: importance, and judging of tho fu
ture by tho past, in the course of a
4 few years our population ought to
w doubled.
Decoration Day in Raleigh.
A large concourse of citizens as
sembled at tho Union Cemetery on
Saturday, at 4 p. m. Tho cere
monies were opened with prayer
by the I lev. Mr. Mertz, and follow
by Prof. C. B. Fairchild, the
orator of tho day, who acquitted
himstdf in a highly creditable man
ner. His discourse, replete with pa
triotic utterances and wholesome
advice, was well received by the
large assemblage. He was followed
by Chpt. Albert Magnin, who read
a poem appropriate to the occasion,
entitled "Tho Nation's Dead." The
firing of a saluto of 37 guns by Bat
tery I, 2d U. S.- Artillery, under
command of Capt. Hamilton, con
cluded the ceremonies, during which
time tho graves were decorated
,;jwith flowers. The presence of tho
lofticcrs and soldiers at present on
Jduty at this post, with their wives,
5 together with a goodly number of
i ladies, and sweet strains of music
from the Raleigh Brass Band, lent
grace and cnlivenmcnt to the occasion.
berries four inches
Mocking birds are selling at fifty
cent each in .New-Berne.
Warren county has paid out the
past year $250,000 for fertilizers.
Bald Mountain has again assumed
a threatening attitude.
Greensboro is to have a market
house ;0xS0 feet, with twenty stalls.
Hog cholera prevails to a great
extent in Rutherford county.
The cotton prospect in the Golds
bo ro section is bad.
The Monroe Enquirer has com
menced its second volume and is
meeting with much success.
A line specinien oflron 6rc has
been discovered on the farm of Mr.
I). T. Boney, in Duplin.
The work on the new Court
House at Asheville will commence
next week.
Wm. Sharpe, a citizen of Guil
ford, residing near Greensboro,
broke his leg a few days since
Freight on corn between Char
lotte and Goldsboro is thirty cents
per hundred.
Cumberland county has a Fleahill
township, of which Flcahillville is
the principal village.
The young man who killed Steve
Lowrey, offers for sale the banjo of
the aforesaid outlaw.
The Carolina Central Railroad
will soon build a large depot at
their wharf in Y ilmington.
The next session of the Episcopal
Convention will be held in New-Berne.
Marble playing is being practised
in Milton to the detriment of corn
fields.
The late Superior Court of Rock
ingham county lasted only a day
and a half.
Col. A. H. Belo, (editor of the
Galveston, Texas, Afetc,) and fam
ily, are to spend the Summer in
Asheville.
Maj. Robt. Bingham is lecturing
in various parts of the State for the
John V. Leak, of this place. It is
known as tne uuercus iSuuer. or
Cork Oak ; was grown from an
acorn sent out from the Patent Of
fice fifteen years ago, and has now
attained a height of about twenty
feet, and a diameter of ten to twelve
inches. The bark is now thick
enough for bottle corks.
The Charlotte Observer says:
There still stands near the A., T.
&, O. Railroad, about 13 miles above
Charlotte, the house where the
Mecklenburg Declaration was first
drafted by John McKnitt Alexan
der. There the neighbors assem
bled and drew up this declaration
on the 19th of May, 1775, and on
the 20th hmuarbt it to Charlotte,
where a meeting was held and these
resolutions promulgated. The old
house is now much over an hundred
years old ; it has stood the Summer
and Winter storms well, and is
still right well preserved.
The Newbern Times says : A
young man of this city received
from the post office on Friday night
a letter that had been nearly four
years to find him. The letter was
written from this city, by his moth
er, on the 6th of July. 1870, and ad
dressed to Valparaiso, Chili, South
America. It missed him there, and
it is presumed followed him, in the
ship in which he was on, but never
overtook him ; it was returned to
this country, and sent to the dead
letter post oflice, where upon being
opened it was returned to JNew
Berne after an extensive travel
around the world for four years.
the resolution admitting colored
people to benefits.
The three county commissioners
of Barnwell county, South Caroli
na, who were recently tried and
convicted of corruption, have been
sentenced to nine years in the Pen
itentiary.
On the 2Gth ult., a young man
and two women were crossing the
river at A I ban v.- isew lorK, in a
American narcotic, which has at
this time become almost universal.
When we consider that tobacco
is indigenous on the soil of North
Carolina, we are satisfied this is the
best proof we can offer, that the
climate and soil of the State are
naturally adapted to its growth
and culture ; but were we deprived
of this element of proof, the history
of its culture, growth and manufac
ture would be ample evidence that
boat, when the man on attempting the cultivation of the plant is pecu-
Latest News.
Fifteen firms were burnt out iri
Elwood, 111., on the 29th ult.
The Prohibitory law has passed
the Rhode Island Legislature.
The illness of the
been confirmed.
Pope of Rome has
Butler championed civil rights in
the House.
The stage drivers of New York
city arc still on a strike.
Admiral Shubrick, of the U. S.
benefit of the Orphan Asylum at Navy, is dead. Aged 84.
Oxford.
Salisbury is said to be the best
hay market in the State. Several
thousand bales have beeu shipped
from that place since spring.
The Charlotte Home says the
Medical Convention was composed
of the finest looking men that ever
assembled in that city.
Wm. Caw thorn, a member of the
Legislature in 1SGS, has gone on a
lecturing tour to the North. His
subject is the "Union."
W. H. Perkins, of Ashe county,
recently caught in Ohio creek, at
one sitting, 188 trout averaging nine
inches in length. .
Rev. J. Rumple and lady, while
on their way recently to Davidson
College, were thrown from a car
riage and considerably bruised.
R. L. Steele has been elected
President of the Pee Dee Manufac
turing Company of Rockingham,
Richmond county.
A horse in Pasquotank county
was at the point of death with blind
staggers, when he vomited up a
snake and recovered.
Jos. C. Hill (colored,) Register of
Deeds for New Hanover county,
has painted a scene on the Mediter
ranean sea, which evinces skill of
no ordinary kind.
Money order offices have been
established at the following places:
Beaufort, Magnolia, Wadesboro.
Lumberton, Kllzabethtown and
Marion. . i
At the late term of the Federal
Court, In Asheville, there were one5
nunared and thirty convictions.
Forgery, counterfeiting and embez
zlement were the principal causes.
Lauder has been confirmed post
master at Fayetteville, JN. C.
The title of Duke has been con
ferred on
land.
Prince Arthur, of Eng
Walter II. Johnson has been
nominated os postmaster at Colum
bus, Georgia.
. John Edgar Thompson, Presi
dent of tho Pennsylvania Railroad,
is dead.
The Senate has rejected tho bill
to establish tho Territory of Pem
bina by a vote of 29 nays to 19 yea3.
It is doubtful about tho passage
of the bill for payment of South
ern claimants this session.
The Ilouse of Representatives has
passed a bill removing the political
disabilities of Raphael Semmes.
A bill has been introduced into
the House of Representatives to re
fund the cotton tax.
A four hundred thousand dollar
firo has occurred at Independence,
Iowa. Three persons killed.
, Jas. F. Green ha3 been nomina
ted as appraiser of merchandise at'
Charleston.
j The New York editors havo been
received throughout tho State' of
Alabama in a handsome manner.
An entire business square ' Was
burnt in Defiance, Ohio,' on the 29th
(1 1 1""- ' - ' ' ' . .. . . - - r - -:
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Tho House of Representatives on
the 20th ult., was considering the
pill for the reduction of the army.
The building - of the ; Southern
Bagging Company,' f of; NewYork,'
hast been I destroyeil by firb f loss
to pull a dog into the boat, fell in.
One of the women in trying to aid
the man, fell in and was drowned.
In a quarrel over a game of baso
ball at Atlanta, Ga., on the 29th
ult., Pink Price struck Luther
Thrasher on the head with a bat,
killing him instantly. Price fled.
Both young men are under 20 years
of age.
A duel was fought in New Orleans on
the 30th nit., between two Creoles,
Guillotte and Pezeros. The weapons
used were pistols. The distance was
ton paces, and to llro at will and ad
vance, timiiotto urea at tne worn oi
command. &haptin Yvzetty. fchrojish
tho side near tho heart. V
Drawings for white militia cavalry in
Havana will take place on the 5th ult.
Tho total quota for tho island is 758
cavalry and 4,800 infantry. A decree
has been issued authorizing railroad
coin oanies to ciiartte douoie rates ior
passengers and freight when paid in
paper. An encounter has taken place
in the outskirts of Bair, in which the
Spaniards lost three killed and five
wounded.
liarly adapted to the soil of North
Carolina.
In all the large cities of this coun
try and Europe, we find the cele
brated brand of North Carolina and
Virginia tobacco are sold, and the
trade constantly increasing. No
matter what is said against the so-
called pernicious habit, the smoker
smokes on, or the chewer rolls his
quid, while each perhaps sanctions
and even joins the abusti of the
filthy habit.
Its use is confined to no race or
country, and all vie with each other
in its consumption, and it is this
v?st demand which has given im
pulse to its growth and culture,
and which, in a great degree, has
dictated policy to the fiscal world.
The fine chewing tobacco for the
merchantable world is raised in
abouc twenty counties bordering
upon the Slate line, between Vir
ginia and North Carolina, and in
other counties very little else is cul
tivated. Other sections of the State
raise tobacco, but not in such quan
tities and of as good quality as the
fetter's? school house, it was
Jlesolved, '1 hat we have the right to
express our opinion as to wrho should
be our next candidate for SuDerior
Coiirt Glerk; and that while he have im
plicit cbntidence in L. E. Johnson, onr
present clerk, we say he has tilled the
othce, $o far as wo know, with ability
fur thefpast six years ; but we think a
term of six years to hold the best oftlce
in the ounty should satisfy any of our
citizens, especially when the fees of said
office since the sxirrender have been so
remunerative, enough so, in fact, to
make one man comfortable and well
to do. ,
Resolved, That we desire that John
F. Adams, who is one of our "farmer
boys," fwhom we have known from in
fancy to be a gentleman of the first or
der, bo the candidate for the said office.
and we; pledge him our hearty support
and hope other townships will express
tneir opinion on mis supject. we also
suggest the names of Jacob A. Sowers.
for Sheriff, II. C. Thomas, for Register
of Deeds, and John W. McRarv. for
Treasurer.
Resolved, also. That the proceedings
of this meetinir be published in the
New North State, and Era, Raleigh.
f Iv. JM. MORRISON, Uh'n.
G Joo.tKiNNEY, Sec'y. 31 3t
X ciiAJtittiNc;.Ilow either
sex may fascinate and pain tha Iova m
affections of any person they choose in
suuiuy. xnis simple, mental acquire
ment au can possess, lree by mail, for
25c, together, with a inarnaflre eulde.
Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Ilints to La-
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French China and Stone ware given
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everything else same way. Call or sond
foicatalogues.
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factor, which unfolds also the curlosiths
and wealth of a wild and wonderfi l
country. It is just ready. 2,000 agents
One agent sold 1S4,
another IDG one week. For particuhtrr.
address HUBBARD BROS., eithfr
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The LiOng-contested iSu.il of the
EICTIT I'OIl SALE.
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit
Court of the United States for the Wes
tern District of North Carolina, at the
April Term, 1874, at Greensboro, in a
proceeding then and there pending in
Equity, to foreclose a mortgage men
tioned in the pleadings between
Henry( Clews, Hiram Sibley and others,
riainuns, .
Jtgauisl
The Western North Carolina Railroad
Co. E. D. Tod R. Caldwell, Rufus
Y. McAden, The First National Bank
of Charlotte, John Rutherford, Hiram
Kelley, Thomas G. Greenlee, James
Greenlee, Mary Carson, A. II. Erwin,
N. H. D. Wilson, Assignee, R. M.
Walker and others, Defendants.
The undersigned, Commissioners ap
pointed by the Court at the said April
Term thereof, .will sell at the Court
House door in the city of
CO., against the Singer, Wheeler
I Wilson, and Groverand Baker Com-?
jpanies, involving over $250,000, is il-r-
i nail v decided bv the Supreme uourt
5of the United Statos in favor of tho?
FLORENCE, which alone has broken
tho monopoly of high prices. .
I I
6 THE NEW FLOUEXCE J
lis the only machine that sews back-
$ward and forward, or to right and Icft.f
Simplest Cheapest Best. ?
Sold for casq only. Special terms to
Clubs and Dealers.
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April, 1874. 49 Av,
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0
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AGEXXS WANTED FOIl THE
It now appears that the Russian
Nicholas, gave diamonds belonging uru ."
fhia fhPr to Tn Fpnniv of ceeded fifty millions of pounds,
which, at an average price of ten
sections aiiuded to. The tobacco "" vjl oentenniai uazeueer ot tne
to his mother to Miss Fennix, of
Phoenix, a beautiful American.
The circumstance of the theft, to
gether with the fact that he had
deposited large sums of money with
his bankers to make provisions, as
he says, ajrainst the necessities of
old age, leads to the belief that he is
insane. 4
Thesteamship Faraday, with new
Atlantic telegraph cable on toard,
which sailed from England on the
17th, is lying off the Halifaxr N. S., pen(jenCe.
mo at Tn a four laxra fho ihlft will I . .
be landed at Berry Head, Parr Bay,
in Guisboro county, distant from
Halifax ono hundred miles. After
landing the cable at Parr Bay the
Faraday will proceed to Bye Beach,
N. H. One of the members of the
new cable company has arrived in
Halifax.
dollars per nundrea pounds, gives
us five millions of dollars.
This vast sum of money went
into the hands of the planter, and
by him was turned over to the mef
chant, etc. It went into the actual
wealth of the State, and aided in
building up its material prosperity.
It gave an impetus to every diver
sity of industry and placed the
State on the way to material inde-
All who have been encased in
the manufacture of tobacco in North
Carolina have done very much to
Dromote the development of the
latent resources of the State, they
have infused a spirit of energy and
enterprise into farmers and plant
ers, dispelled the gloom and de
spondency which had settled upon
flTnhn M. Fleming. State SuDer- certain communities, and convinced
intPnrlpnt. of Pnhlhv Schools for very many that North Carolina is
Tpnnpsspp. has issnprl a circular the garden spot of the Republic and
wherein, after reciting that the that in a proper development of the
Civil Bights bill now pending in resources of the State, prosperity
Congress, in its provisions concern- and happiness are sure to follow,
ing public schools, is in direct con- Madison Enterprise.
met with the law of Tennessee, ne
suggests that no new contracts for
teachers for either white or colored
schools be entered into by the. Di
rectors, and if the bill becomes a
law further instructions will be
giyen. v
The annual session of th Board
of Delegates of the A merfcah Israel
ites, commenced in New iork,.on
the evening of the 27th ult? Dele
gates were present
foar congregations, representing the
States of New York, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennes
see and the District or Columbian
Ttie Treasurer reported the receipts
of the Trust Fund for the past year
to! be $4,920; the expenses $3,013;
leaving a balance of $1,909. The
next meeting will be held in Phila
delphia In 187G.
Circular.
Office of the Coms. of Claims,
Washington, D. C, May 25, '74.
1. It is ordered by the Commis
sioners that every deposition given
after June 15, 1874, in support" of
any claim pending before this Com
mission, be taken down in presence
of the witness at the time- ot the
orominatinn nn1 tliaf ouorw C!1ftl
from twenty-1 rV
handwriting of the special comrai:
sioner authorized to take the same.
2. Depositions taken for use be
fore this Commission previous to
June 15, 1874, andpn which the fees
have been paid, shall be forwarded
to this office on or before that date,
or they will not be received or con
sidered as evidence. .
3. Depositions taken before June
There is no doubt that Secretary 1 15. 1874. and which may be retained
Richardson will soon retire from for non-Davment of fees, must also.
office, out some 01 nis inerios say be forwarded on oroeiore mat date,
ho will hot do so ' until definite ac
tion shall have been taken on the
subject of the Sanborn . contracts.
The President leaves to Richard
son the fixing of the time of retir
ing and will- nominate him tofill
the vacancy on me Dencn 01 me
In order that they may be stamped,
or otherwise verified, for future use
as evidence After they are so ver
ified, they will be retained in behalf
of the special commissioners, and
not subject to inspection or use by
claimants or attorneys, till the fees
Court of Claims, which he is now are paid : or , they will be returned
prepareu 10 accepu uu view 01, 11 is to tne special, commissioners, as me
intended resignation as Secretary, latter may elect. All such deposi
the Committee of Ways and Means tions may bo forwarded, and will
will not, according to the present be returned, at the expi use of this
nWrlOKtan flints 1 inlrYKltlCA IhAlf nffina: .1
- j J XlKs
resolution of censure of the Secre
tary. Assistant Secretary and the
Solicitor of the Treasury. , Ail im
pression pervades in Senatorial and
offlcialcircles that Secretary Delano
.,, 4. Tho actual fees charged or re
ceived on each deposition, or set of
depositions, ; taken after June 15,
18f 4, must be noted thereon by the
special commissioner taking the
will be. appointed as Richardson's same.
, t ? 1 "111 i 1 I I . - - . . . t-. -t t A r -r.-A-
successor, aiwiougu mere is no pos- , UIIAS. r . AiiviJAiiijN,
itive authority for tno statement. Clerk of Commissioners of Claims.
A. I). 1874,
at Public Auction, to the highest bid
der, all the franchises, road, road-beds,
rolling-stock and property ot every
kind, nature and description belong
ing to the said Tub Western "North
Carolina Kail Road Company, men
tioned and described in the said Decree.
The purchaser or purchasers will be
required to pay to the Commissioners
Ten Thousand Dollars in Cash on
the day of sale, and will be given cred
it for the balance ot the purchase mo-
ny until Monday, the 6th day of July,
1874, the lirst rule day of said Court, at
Greensboro, X. C, next ensuing alter
the day of sale.
Those who purchase at said sale, pro
vided they bo holders of bonds secured
D3' tne mortgage mentioned in the said
Decree, may retain their shares of the
purchase money, except as to the said
sum of 10,000.00, by surrendering to
the Com mission ers an equal amount
of said bonds.
The said Commissioners are author
ized, so soon as the sraid sale shall be
conlirmed by tjie Court, to give imme
diate possession of the said Railroad, its
property and ell'ects of every kind and
description ; and all persons who ' may
be in possession of the said Railroad or
any of its property are commanded to
surrender the same to the purchasers
upon the production of the Commis
sioners' deed to them.
This Road, when its connections
shall be completed, will form one of
the most IMPORTANT THOROUGHFARES
in the entire South. Its length is 142
miles, of which 115 miles is complete;
that is from Salisbury to Old Fort, in
McDowell county, at the Eastern-base
of tho Blue Ridge ; and the greater part
of the remainder of the road is graded,
or nearjy so.
There has already been expended
upon this Road, about $0,000,000.00. It
is now: sold to satisfy a debt of about
$1,400,000.00 which constitutes the first
lien upon the property. The Commis-
sioners believehat the title ofthe pur-
cnaser-wiii De good.
For anr further information, address
; B. S. OAITIIER,
Morgan ton, N. (J :
MARCUS ERWIN,
Asheville, N. C.
THOMAS RUFFIN,
Hillsboro, N. C.
, THOMAS B. KKOGH,
I Greensboro, N. C.
United States.
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ZIEGL.ER A McCURDY,
49 4 w Philadelphia, Ta.
April 22, 1874.
44 w8t
MAT TRESS -IW A KING APTO
CANE-SE ATI NO. THESE
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 Dest make
and material, and at cheap rates. Also,
to cane-seat chairs, settees, etc, Ac.
Ritooms. YV e also have on hand a
large lot of excellent Brooms, which
will be sold cheap "
i Address Institution ior the Dear ana
Dumb and Blind, Raleigh. N. C.
Raleigh, March 26, 1874. 3 3m
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Organ. It is produced by an extra set
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while its imitation of tho human
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Waters' Philharmonic, Vesper and
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cases, are among the best made, and
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Waters' new Scale Pianos have great
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Pianos matte. These organs and Pianos .
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balance in monthly r quarterly pay
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VroBTH CAROLINA, )Probate
JJN Wake County, j Court,
April 18th, 1874. "
Geo. P. Thomas A Co., vs. A., N. Up
church, adm'rof Parker Overby, de
ceased. . "
In the above entitled cause, proceed
ings have been instituted . by the plain
till in behalf of himself and all .other .
creditors of Parker Overby, deceased,
against A. N. Upchurch, administrator.
All creditors of Parker Overby, do?
ceased, are hereby notitied to file their
claims with me on or before the 8d day
of June, 1874. - J. N. BUNTING,
.Clerk, ;i
. D. G. Fiiwlk, Plaintiff's Attorney. .
April 18th, 1874. 44 wCt
N
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P
l R ACKERS,
uooas,
An occu nation as teacher, bear in cr at
least a second grade certificate. If in
formation be required address Wilson
G. Lamb, John G. Watts, D. W. Uagley
and John Watts (whites) residing at
Williamston. where I have been labor
ing as teacher for the last la 'months.
J. II. RFJUSTERS, (colored,)
feb 3-tf Williamston, N, C.
CAKES, CANNED
Jellies. Pickles, Sardines,
Candies and Nuts, at BROWN'S
Raleigh, April 7, 1874. , , , lt4.
on
rv vhr wwr a PARLOR
L Church Organ go to 4 ' .
u.) i i NAT. 1 BROWN'S, v
Raleigh April 7, 1874. .""i f
171 NE CIGARS
JD Tobacco, at
Raleigh April 7, 174.
AND SJIOKI.MJ
BROWN'S.