WEEKLY ERA.
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1874.
LOCAL AND STATE,
appointment. Hon. Kenneth"
' iiayncr, of Mississippi, has been
..nnninted bvthe President oneof!
the Commissioners on the part of
i his country to make awards under
the Geneva arbitration.
MaiiriD. Co!. Robert M. Doug
las, U. 8. Marshal for tho Western
District of North Carolina, was uni
ted In marnago on the evening of
tho 23d Inst., to Miss Jessie M.,
daughter of 'Judge Robt. P. Dick.
The ceremony took place at Dun-
Icath, tho residence of tho bride's
father, near Greensboro, and was
solemnized after the
Catholic Church, of
Douglas is a member.
Election of Pbesi dent. The
li urdof Directors of the Atactic
:iiid XoVth Carolina R. R., held a
ma ting at New-Berne on Friday,
Ik iXith Inst., and elected Col. I.
W. Humphrey, of Way no county,
I 'resident.
The Fair Geounds Celebra
tion. The celebration and dinner
on the2ih Inst., in aid of theOx-
A hen was killed in Edgecombe
counly cn the 221 ins., from which
live son ana nve hard exiis were
taken.
Miss Jane Lanier, of Brunswick
county, was struck and killed by
Jig'it!in g on Wednesday, the 24?li
mat. ;
The mill of Mr. Pleasant Ralcliff,
near the scene of the lato accident
ritual of the I on tne Cenlr.;! read, was burned on
ine iu:n inst. los $ i ,ouu or ?z,uuu.
J. M. Covington, of Caswell coun
ty, his fitted up a circus and will
give hi-, tlrst exhibition about the
1st of July, i
which Col.
The Stockholders of the A., T.fe
Ohio Railroad will meet m Cnar-
GKAND Mass Meeting. The
K. publicans of Nash county will
iifttd h crjiid mas meeting at Nash
ville, on Saturday, 4th day of July, from Fayetfevillo and the Salem
. -- t I Kon1 Af "Til o1y1- tli a 1 1 fiRmum
lion. J. JL lleauen, iiepuuucan
ford Orphan Asylum, was a great lotie on the 2d of July, and not the
sucves?, considering the extreme
heat and the lu.y time with our
country friend. In the morning
extra trains from different points
brought to the city a large number
of persons including, the military
r.mdidato for Congress, Mr. J. C. L.
Harris. Republican candidate for
: w a
Solicitor, and others will ai
iin-ss the Deopie. Let mere do a
full turn out. td
McAPK.-On 'luesday evening,
tin 2id inst., Benjamin Jones, a
colored prisoner, made his escape
i ruin the jail yard in this city, and
:i lul accounts was still at large.
1 1 - was in the jail yard cutting
uod, when, watchiug his chances,
lie dodged the keeper and took to
hi-; heels. Ben was confined for
scaling harness, but his trial h;id
not taken place.
Lxcei.en-
has
ar-
ful'owhig gentleman
A lTOlXTMEN'TS. i I3
Governor Caluweli,
pointed the
Directors on the part of the S'nte in
u Atlantic and North Carolina
Kailroad: L. W. Humphrey, R.
V. King, C. II. IL'rper, M. E.
Manly, L. J. iloore, .1. C. Rhodes,
s. L. Gihhle and Jacob Y. Soo't.
Anthony Davis, of Lenoir, is
s-ate's proxy.
band. At 10 o'clock the different
orders, soldiers and chizens assem
bled in the enpitol square and
marched to the ilanrrlt street sta
tion, accompanied by the Salem
Brass Band. Arriving at tho Fair
Grounds, the procession repaired to
the Grand Stand and listened to the
excellent speech of Rev. A. W.
Mangum, the orator of the occasion.
Dinner v:is served in F'oral Hall
and was nre-Ided over bv some of
our mot ikmu::..;: and arcoinpusiv
ed ladies. The crowd in at mid
ance m ei;mHttd to have been
about 1.500. and t-verythin parised
off WC?.
The F:yeteviUe military and
S;;Ijm B-uh Baud were highly
Ime'iied by our people, and
froniwha; ome of Vc ladle? said
about ' he g jod looks of the s mn-
gers, our R:Icigh hoys had better
spur up.
9tn, iw heretofore announced.
Dr. Hoge, of Richmond, a distin
guished Presbyterian minister, will
preach in Greensboro on the zsth
inst.
There is a white woman in Wil
mington who lus lately given birth
to a male child, the ieft half of
whose face is of a dark color.
A grand masquerade ban was
gi ven at the Atlantic Hotel, Beau
fort, oa Thursday night, the 25th
ins:.
Hon. W. A. Graham leaves for
Washington m a few days as arbi
trator in the Virginia and Maryland
boundary case.
For the week ending Saturday,
the 20th inst., there were slaughter
ed In the Wilmington market 8G
beeves, GSshcvp, Scalvcsand 4 hogs.
Rev. Joseph W. B'ythe, of Hen
derson county, died oa tho 11 inst.
He had been a Baptist minister for
1 he last 18 or 20 years.
S me scoundrel threw a rook info
an f xur-ion rram on mo vt eern
Nir!i Ca.o": :a Railroad lafe:y,
killing
g a
H.r.
aim.
A Ma- ulc 1-s
the 0.I:rd Orj
recemiy heid at
hoy xtnd nearly
rxe;r:s.
abo it (i
i vai f r i ho relief of
!iari Asylum, was
. ;v.ke!rboro. ine
asi ve ot expanses, wc-re
Tae
Pro-
nirthe
The "geritV-raau iib'.ack," who
the tutelar demon of dram-shops,
Hv-utnes hi9sour.t asprci when the
ni!id orores of Vh-egar Bitters is
re ported "down below."
Vegetable Ton; rsp'ay
'mischief with his bit:, rs fired with
rum. All diseases which those de
motiiac nostrums aggnva-e, un
1. v pretense of relieving, such as
n.digestion, sick headache, cot fil
iation, rheumatism, gout, and in
termittent fevers are cured by it.
A i;uKiTEi.-On Weo,r.e.?day s ?g
Jlte L'lth inst., a party of while u
rolored men succeeded in caj ' ulng
iho man, John Alien B'.nke, w?o
.ommiitetl the outr.-ge upoi Miss
Ariianglments fou Laying
THE LoRSEU bT )NK. 1119 IOjiOW-
ing programme will be observed by
th? Masiiidc fraieniitv on the oc-
various L-ev ent societies
propose
tne j- ir
Oxford
to unse upon
poe or" ra'sing
Orphan Asy-
C. -1 1! 'i .
the ti'.-w
t:ie eornvr stone ff
to r.
Po-!t-fli(V, oa
? CiJiirt House and
.Sdurd t, the 4th
Haley, near Moriisvl 'o, on the 22d
He was fo'ind at the he-use of
inst.
Win.
ia Wake county, and bro-jgh'. o
Wheeler, nearllo !y SprhMgs,
this city, where he
is row
o t.ie pe:
crime.
awaiting trial.
Make has con tossed
t ration of the h.e'Hsh
U aliout twenty-iwo years o
very black, and is po -essed
brutal appearance.
pp.
He
1 ,Tf
cf a
High Compliment. I:i the
Jolniatoii County Democratic Con
vention, which met lately, the coin-
nuiiee on nominations, we icarn,
refused to entertain the claims of
any man as a member of the Legis
lature who declined to pledge him-M-Ifin
favor of the repeal of the
clause in the consolidation hill, in
trnded to ban Hon. W.A.Smith
as a director. This action shows
that the masses of t.v-e people havo
no sympathy with those who at
tempted to perpetrate this malicious
wrong upon the rights of a citizen,
and it further demonstrates the
strong hold Maj. Smith has vpon
the aflri'tions tu .ho people of ail
Ha-ts in his u.:ive cem'y.
Thieves. On
i:g"r, ine-i n inst., a ut
fun; eat1 ages, pr ions, Ac, 'cv h
erifn)!!! .he garden of Dr. K.
(iAKI)KN
d..y night.
Satur-
of
At
thh
Havwood, in this lily.
asonofthe year garden robberies
are common. r-. A!bf rt Joh-jscn,
f i his city, is the inventor o;"an
alarm un
which won id yrove of
J: rent atl vantage in keeping off de
predators. It is so r.rrand that
if persons enter the gar ien nt a:;y
point they am a!:noiA sure to touch
a spring fixed for the purpose, when
the guri will immediately explode.
It shoots in fourdifTe-ent l:rect;os
at the same time. T.'oy hj'e hen
tried with perfect success. Too
priit we believe, is only $2.50.
John Allen Ketciiey. This
notorious individual paid the jk :i
alty (if his crimes by hanc:ng at
Salisbury on Friday, he So-.!, ii.s".
Although he denied thecomiirhm
oi ine fecial act lor wiiiCi ne was
tried and convicted,- yet he ac
knowledged the perpetration of
everal ouirages ujon the person
and property of sundry citizens.
He was a man of fine physique, and
judgiug from his remarkable ex
ploits was iossersed of a bold and
daring disposition. Efforts were
made to havo his sentence com
muted to imprisonment for life,
but His Kxcellency, Gov. CaUlwell,
could find no mitigitlrg circum
stances connected with t.'ie casa
sufficient to justify him in interfer
ing with Its execution.
Ju!y.
Ti e (i .and Lo I-e will cssemble
at Masonic II all promptly at 9
o'clock, a. in. Tho procession will
be formed ou Dawson street, near
Iliiis'ooro, in the following order :
3fufie.
Ci i -Hid Tiler, wi!i l):awii Sword.
Urard Stewads, wi h Whie Itods.
IMr.sier Mason?, Dor hie Rank.
Principal Architect, with Square,
IjOWi ;im! luinb.
Grand Secretary and Grand Treas
urer. Elblo, Square aul Compasses, car
ried by an Ac'ig orl'ast Master
or a L.'xlge.
Grind Chapir.in.
P-'.st Grand blasters.
Pas; vu'y Grand Wi idens.
Junicr Grand Warden, eairyiug the
silver ve.401 witn ou.
Senior Grand Warden, carrying the
silver vessel w :ta w:ne.
Di puty G'-and blaster, carrying the
cro.cien v-.sei m .na orn.
raster o' f heoUPst Lo.Ige, carrying
the liook oi t;onst::u!:OiJs.
Grand Mas'er supported hy two
J ea co n s w 1 : a rod s.
Grand Sword le:.rer, with Drawn
Sword.
His Exct!?oicy, the - Governor,
MajTor Ilnhlen, and otiier State and
city ofik-.rs will be assigned proper
places and will march with the
order to the s;.te of tho new build
iug where the ceremonies will bo
conduct ed by Hon. E. G. Reade,
Past Grand Master.
STATE.
of Stokes
Ti e b'eckberry crop
county Is very large.
The po-st office at Moi ver. has been
temporarily dift:i tinted.
T!;e Rowan Rifle Guard has been
ro:va:r!zed in Salishury.
Drt was broken on the Wilming
ton Coast Railway on the 20th ins:.
All through the Western part of
tha ta.e the whe;.t c.op is good.
Charlotte is trying to organize a
new fire company.
Ripe peaches are becoming plen
tifu! in New-Berne.
iiip3 ArMMr-r ll.O oiliest
i to.- i'ate, died at Mor-
1
p; li'te.- i
gar. r
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;ist.
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l'.a v
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' M'tem;.'ed tocom
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re! 11
Iv. e'.v't h;;s L eea
or 0.1 t:ie Caroii-
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.
i .
on
Roc:
;t was drowned
ie L'ith its., 111
a ru-county.
( 'arrow ha declined tho
in : r Senator from tiie -d
't!:i' -sduv. 1
R.vcr, t'a
lo.ed man Sied in Wilming-
bleeding
at the
A
tonmer.ily from
nose.
Gold badge are preheated by the
Wiimuigton fire cvi:rjanies to the
inoL efficient members.
The Charlotte excursionists are
having a goo I time in and around
WilmiJgtoii.
There are wen fy-lour candidates
for eond;ctor3' places on the A.& N.
G. Rai'road.
" An invoice 012,000 broom handles
has lately beea ieceived in New
Br.e. Eighty miles of the Wilmington
and We; d on Railroad have lutely
been relaid wiih new iron.
The colored man near New-Berne
who was first saH to havo a frog in
his stomach, has died of dropsy.
Rev. Frank Sandford ha3 retired
from the editorship of the Rocking
ham Courier.
R. Ii. Perry, late of iho Baltimore
and New-Berne Steamship Com
pany, has retired, and is succeeded
by 5r. S. Easton.
doubtiu;.
liis righf
of Charlo1
some ian 101
t urn is for t!ie
lum.
The AsheviiJe CUh? says: Cant.
W. M. Manchester has succeeded in
cap.unng John Li. Crane, a coun-
iciieiter, whom lie ioilowed to
Louisvil'e, Kv.
Tliere is a man in Wilmington
tliiriv vears olil who was born
and raised there, hut never was in
the Court House until ved net-day,
17lh in
Capt. J. C. Mi:ls, of Brindletown,
Burke couu'v, struck some rich
grave about two weeks ago wh-eh
leidttl GUV pennyweights 01 gOiU
io ihe hand per day.
The lii'.Io lovs and crirls of Mor-
canton have formed themselves
into an onti-tobacco society, in
viileh t":ey pleilgo to at)stain from
t he weed d u rl ng i i fe.
Col. D vls, of Warren county,has
cut S4 j worth of c over from two
acrrs, ard lias enough left to pas-
tare several horse for two months
before it is tnizad down. In that
t mo the clover will do to cut a
second time.
Capt. F. M. Wooton, who wa3
injured hy tbi lato accident on the
; 'entralRa'-road, is up again. Mr.
Sinclair is st.l M in a very dangerous
condition, ana n:s recovery is very
aL: Huntey, wno naa
eg broken, has been re
moved to h"s home in Wadesboro,
and although suffering intensely,
is in no immediate danger.
The Wilmington Journal says
the Chairman of Committee on
River and Bir Improvements has
received a dispatch from Hon. T.
S. Ashe, Washington City, which
announces that the Conference
Commit 'ee reported $150,000 for the
Capo Fear Works, and that the re
port had been agreed to.
The Elizabeth City and Norfolk
Railroad Company was organized
on the 12th, with D. G. Bash, Pres
ident; W. H. Taylor, Vice-Presi-den;
W. A. Green leaf, Secretary;
R. F. Overman, Treasurer; W. F.
Martin, Counsel ; II. T. Greecleaf,
Engineer. A contract to build the
road was at once entered into with
Sydney G. Miller, of New York.
Says the Monroe Enquirer: Mr.
Geo. W. Huntly, of Wadesboro,
who was dangerously injured hy
having hoth legs crushed by the
terribie accident on the C. C. Rail-
-W -V 1 1 1 !
wav, irtst weanesuay, lsamemoer
of the firm of Kenn ill, Huntly &
Co.. merchants of Vadesboro. He
is about 123 years of age, and is one
of the cleverest gentlemen we ever
knew, and ii. was w:h deep regret
we heard of this ierrible ace. dent.
Cherry Mountain is situated
twenty mi.es from Shelby, Cieave-
md couaty. It derived its name
i-i he following manner :
Eighty years ago a man named
Meiion brought from Virginia and
planted a dozen cherry trees on this
moun.a:u. S.nca then, birds and
man havo scattered tho seeds for
mi:cs. isow tiiLS mouuiain is ia
mousfor i's gigantic and prolific
cherry trees, numbering about 500,
which produce Juscious blr.ckand
red cherries; the.e trees rival in
size and height tho huge oaks of
the forest.
One day last week, we paid a visit
to No. G gold mine, which :s situa
ted one mile from Murphy, and
found it all hfe and activity out
there. This mine has had a varied
and exciting history running back
fbr twenty years. Recently it was
purchased by tho Messrs. lenoirs,
of Tennessee, who are now erecting
a splendid set ot worxs, under the
superiniendency of Capt. F. F.
Oram, one of tno most experienced
miners in the United btates. 'lhe
mice yields gold and argentiferous
galena, and when properly opened
and worked under good manage
ment will, no doub pay largely for
.. a a. . mi -7 ;n 1
me investment, idb mine wiu 00
worked by a 35 feet water wheel
which is being put up near the
mine, and which will crush the ore
and run all the machinery used at
the mine. Tne machinery is all of
the best quality, and is being put up
in workmanlike style, and reflects
great craditon Capt. Oram'sskill asa
mining engineer, we snail speaK
of it again as the work progresses.
Cherokee Herald.
General News.
mmmm urn 4
Congress adjourned at 4 o'clock,
p. m., on the Zia inst. I
Samuel Meyers, the theatrical
manager of Chicago, is dead.
The bill removing the disabilities
of Robt. Tansill and Marcellus
Christian, of Virginia, has passed. .
Tho appropriation for the flood
sufferers of the Southwest has been
reduced to $400,000. .. "
A bill lias passed to improve the
Octanoula river in Georgia. It ap
propriates $10,000. I
The President ha9 signed the cur
rency bill and tho bill ( for the gov
ernment of the District of Columbia.
The President, at last accounts,
was at the White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va.
The President, accompanied by
Mrs. Grant, left for a brief visit to
West Virginia o:i the 2tinsr.
Queen Victoria wiil arrive in
Russia on a visit to the; Czar, about
tho loth tf September, f
Theie was another iunsucceful
ballot for Senator fsom Rhode
Is'and on the 25?h inst. Burnside
received 13 votes. j
Five thousand doliail? were sent
from San Francisco o i the 25th inst.
to ihe ilood suiferei of the South
West. !
The statue of Ex-Pre&ident Fier-
son, or Yale College, was unveiled
on tht 25! h inst. Chief Justice
Waite was among the speakers. i
Eigene Hale has been appoint td
Paymaster General, vi'e Cresweli,
resigned. It is rejorteci that Cres
wel! goes as Minister to Austria.
!
The last legislative ?ct of iheses-
s.o.i was the bin removing the dis
abilities of James L,. Ffacrh. of Ala
bama. ;
io:,aer ineffectual t ballot
mi fi.eSU inst. for U. S.
a tor
was
Sen-
Vo!n Rhode Island. Burnside
roco.
A "a
ed 11 votes.
number
has been satisfactory to me, and I
know it will so prove to the country
at large.; ; .
Yours very truly,
- - U. S. Grant.
To Hon. J. A. J. Creswell,
. v Post master General.
The following valuable informa
tion has been telegraphed for the
benefit of capitalists throughout
the country: The Comptroller of
the Currency is prepared to receive
applications for the organization of
national banks in all the Western and
Southern States. Applications may
be made by letter, eivingthe names
of not less than tf ve shareholders
of the proposed organization, which
should bo accompanied with the
endorsement of tho Senator or Rep
resentative of the District where
the bank is to Ins located, giving
satisfactory information in refer
ence to the character and means of
the applicants. Applications will
be considered immediately upon
their receipt, and if-approved the
necessary forms for organization of
the new banks be at once trans
mitted under the new apportion
ment. All Western and Southern i
States, with the exception of Colo
rado, Montano and Wyoming, will
be entitled to an additional circula
tion. The State of Indiana wiu bv3
entitled to $2:800,000; Ohio, to
about $G,000,000; Minnesota, to
about $(500,000 : Nebraska, to about
$200,000. The other Western and
Southern States will be entitled to
much larger amounts. The follow
ing banks have been authorized to
commence business : ue r'eopie s
National Bank of Rock Island, III.,
with a capital of $100,000; First
National Bank of Belleville, I:!.,
$125,000 ; "Citizen's National Bank
of Winchester, Ky., $126,500 ; Na
tional Southern Bank of Bowling
Green, Ky., $50,000; Maricon Na
tional Bant of Lebanon, Ky.,
$G3,000. National bank notes of
denominations of ten dollars ae
now being issued to National Banks
as heretofore.
THE CAMPAIGN.
Juno
.1 ii ! v
Congressional CANVAss.-IIon.
James jtl. Ileaden, Republican can
didate or Congress, will add ress
the people on the political issues of
the day, on tho days and at the
places .mentioned below. Ail are
invitel:(to hear him.
Easlo HSk. Wake,
Hoc'xy Mdnnt, Nsh,
OastalUf
Ixuislij4, Franklin,
Ihiea :tare. "
Hrndei on. lpnvilk
Oxford. ? -Brassfield's
F ran k 1 i ti t o a . 1 i a n k 1 i u .
Wilsou Mill, r.l.nstuii,
Elpvatk n,
HmHhflcld,
Princeton,
CIyton. "
R .esvii?e, Wake,
Apex,
Lashicy's X Roc .In, Wiu .
Chupei Hw!, Oraas-,
Mcs-nsru-ii's Sto e. Orantrc.
Iickville. Ch'Iirri.
Jo-ansm'scitorvi. I'hat ham.
Williams'.
Pace's " '
PATENT BIEUICINES.
Mt. W-ruon in?, Chatham,
Harper's X RouJs,
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shooting and
:aum2r
of
cases ocurrm m iNew
YorI:aT,d Brooklyn Saturday
night, the 20th inst.,1 caused by
drunkenness.
Tho c.'oeal:e-r of the House has ap
posite' E. It. Hear, ahd Mitchel!,
ot n ifc'onsm, to frame : j ermanent
rni - f government for (he Dis-j-iet
of Columbia. '
A su'lden rse fn -o7U took uhice
in New York on the Sid inst. M.
T. Pj xtt and M. Caldweijl announced
to the Board that they could not
meet their engagements.
Franlc
McI)oiia!
McDonald, son
the Baltimore
aire, has been arrested
charge of murdering; a
named Berry Amos. !
of Wm.
mi
on
llion
the
gambler
The new law fixes the postage on
papers ut iwo cents ! per pound :
&Ly three; cents, and
ten cents a vol
magiziies,
public iiocumeuts
ume.
Telei.r.nph'c commuincation has
been established between this coun
try and Brazil. The President has
sent a congratulatory letter to tho
Emperor.
T!ie Sevate on Saturday night,
20th, agreed to an amendment to
tlie apptopnation billi increasing
the amount for improvement of the
mouth of Cape Fear liiver to $200,-
000.
A street fight took i laee on the
24th inst., at 'Richmond, Va., he
tween Hon. J. Ambler JSmithand
And?rson Washburaej a pension
agent. The parties were separated
without any damage being done.
The President on the 23d inst.,
nominated Ex-Gov. Alex. Shep
herd, Ex-Postmaster Dennisqn and
Henry T. Blow, Provisional Com
missioners to govern iho District of
Columbia. Blow and Denr.ison were
confirmed and She herd was reject
ed hy 33 to 0. ! The President suh
stituted A. G. Cattel, of N. J. who
was confirmed
A bill has passed the Senate re
moving the disabilities of E. E.
Winder, L. E. Eomax and Geo. E.
Pickett, of Virginia: Richard T.
Alpon, J. W. Bennett, A. S. Taylor
and Geo. V. Hollins, df Maryland;
Sardin G. Stone and Jos. Wheeler,
of Alabama. i
Tiie Senate has confirmed the
following appointments: Lyman
R. Bass, of New York, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury; Bluford
Wilson, Solicitor of tiie Treasury ;
Robert M. Douglas, Marshal of
Western North Carolina, and Benj.
J. Morey, Appraiser of Merchandise
at New Orleans.
The following is "a description of
the closing scenes of the House of
Representatives on Saturday mglr,
the 20th inst:
" Copious supplies of "emonade
and i?ed tea were furnished in th9
ante rooms with the closing hours
of Congress. The determination
and energy of the Lrbby grows
stronger. Old and famihar faces
are seen at the doors hi earnest re
newals ot appeals to Con gressmen
to make final efforts in behalf of
their claims for the last time. The
lady lobbyists are not in great num
bers, but they are the most impor
tunate. Many of the CoEgressmen
have already made arrangements
to eave Washington in the earliest
trains after the adjournment.
Postmaster General Cf swell i:i a
letter to the President of date the
24th icrt., resigned hu place in the
Cabinet. The following is tiie re
ply of 'he President accepting the
resignation :
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, June 24.
Jlj Dear Sir: As I expressed to
you verbally this morning when
you tendered your resignation of
the onice of Postmaster General, it
is witn ine aeepess regret to me
that you should have felt such a
course necessary. You are tho last
of tkfe original members of the Cab
inet named by mo as I was enter
ing upon my present duties, and it
makes me feel as if old associations
were being broken upr that I had
hoped might be continued through
my official life. In separating offi
cially, I have but two hopes to ex
press. First, I may get a successor
who wii! be as fiiitiif tf and efficient
in the performance of the duties of
the office you resign ; second, a per
sonal friend that I can have the
same attachment for. : Your record
latest News.
Thos. C. Wrimer?, actor and
manager, commuted suicide in
New York on the 27th inst.
Mr. Hale, the new Post Master
General, enters upon his duties on
the 1st of July.
The Czar of Rus ia has bar.ished
his nephew, the Grand Duke Nich
olas, for life, on account of stealing
his mothers diamonds.
Wm. McCormkk, a bu'che-,
died in New York on the 20th inst.,
of hydrophobia. He. was bitten hy
a dojr about a month ago.
At Barn urn's Hippodrome, in
New York, on the Loth in 4t.f a h'-rsa
Wii s i ti stan t !y kill 1 1 d u ri n g a h n r
dle nv.iQ and the female rider prob
ably fatally injured.
The President and Mrs. Grant
arrived in Ch.irlosi.own, West Va.,
on tiie zih insr. a lar crnva
met him at the depot, lie is quar
tered with his cousin, Co.. Swaun.
Tiie following is the New York
bank statement as published on tho
27ih inst. : Eoans decreased two
and three quarters of a million
specie decreased quarter ot a mil
lion : legal tenders increased one
million ; deposits increased fiveand
three-eighths of a million : reserves
decreased nearly half a million.
Bids for supplying official envel
opes to post mas'ers throughout
the United States, were opened in
Washington on the 2bth inst., with
the iollowmg result: Geo. F.
Nesbit & Co., New York, 254.910 ;
Morgan Envelope Co., Springfield,
Mass., 24,545 : Geo. H. itay, New
York, 23,G95. The nunibtr of en
velopes is eleven million nine hun
dred thousand.
The following is the New York
comparative cot too statement:
For week ending June, ilbdi, 112,-
42G ; same week iust year, 18,888 ;
total to date, 3,702,494 ; same date
last year, 3,481,803. ' Exports for
the week, 15,441 ; same week last
year, 24,995; totalio date, 1,814,737;
to same date last year, 2,448,058.
Stock at all United States ports,
244,440; last year, 205,415. At all
the interior towns, 41,003 ; last year,
39,G13. At Liverpool, 9G0,C00 ; last
year, 882,000. The American afloat
tor Great Bntian, 12o,000; last year,
160,000.
One of the most important meas
ures passed by Congress, was a bill
the President to ap
point a commission ot engineers,
composed of three army and two
civil engineers, to report at tho
next session of Congress, through
tho President, a plan for tiie per
manent reclamation and redemp
tion of the alluvial ba.in of the
The board will prob
of the following of-
an
f.h
j! Appointment:.
Cut. W. F. Henderson, Republ
nominee for Congress ,i the Y
District, will ddre.-w"h:s fellow-citizens
at the following times and
places ;
S: one's Store.
Profit on J Sick,
D:tnburjp,-
Wn Lnut- Oov?, tokes.
o R.R.R.
RADWAY'S READY BELIEF
CURES THE WORST PAIUS
In from One to Twenty Minutes.
NOT ONE HOUR
after rea tins this mAmrt1immnt imJ an
stroma wrra paiic. l
KDWAT3 HEAD T RELIEF 13 A CU1B F01
ETKHY PAIN.
It wuUte first and la
THo Only 3?aln Homody
P' 'wunttygtopsthe most cxeraeUtln vahML J1tc
iiiUtmmatinna, and care ComreaUAaa, kUwr tb
o"e .ppWj Ik,WeU r OUl,r or wr.
is niosi one to tTTESTTircrcwat.
RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF
IXFL.MATION Of THE KIDnYt
INFLAMMATION or TITR BT innB
I.NrLAMMATIO.N OK TUB BOWELS
CONOE8TION OV TTTE f mrnn
SORS THROAT, DIFFICULT FRKATHIV Lvxas-
PALPITATION OF THE RKltT
HTSTERICS, CROUP, WPTHER1A. AT.
nEADACnE. TOOTIlACHKCATX,mir- VTyzx.
KRCRALGIA, SnZTlCATISlC.
COLD CniLLS, AGUE CHILLS.
The application of tha Rdy Reltcfto tha part or
r aru where ttie pain or dUUcalt exiata will aXTord taa
and Comfort
Twenty dropa In half a tumbler of water wftl In a few
moment cure CRAMPS. 8PA8M3L BOl'R STOMACH.
! MCK IIKAUACHB, diarrhoka.
Tue? la ,-.
Fri'lJiy.
Sal ut-lay,
June
I'VSENTKRY. COLIC WIND
a-M ail INTERNAL PATXa
i ravo'.er nhrvuhl tltriri i
IN TUB AoWELtC
Ieul!icaii .Speai!ir.
irfou. John A. Hvmiin. J. C. Y.
Hairls, Kwj., V. P. I :.-on, Iq.,
J. E.fOHara. Eq., T. M. Av-n.
others, wi.l the
liie fo'i:oviiijr in'esnnd
E-q., sxr.d
p pop 1 4 t
place:
J act? so.
Rulu.'da;.. Ju'v J.
Wei-Ion, Tue.lay, J : y
NEW AIVERTISE:ili3XTS.
a day (iuaiiati.i:d
iikiiig- our W iZI.L. AUCillS
A: ia foud lerrilory, lln
dorsed by Gorcrnors of A1S
KASAS aitl D.IIa.O'l'A
uta:ograo f.eo.
C;3I:2S,.St. Loi:i ;, 32 1.
Coughs,
For
Colds, IIoo
ilississippi.
ably consist
Ccers :
Gen. G.
. and a:i T 'jro t Miscast-?,
j USK
Wells' CaAolio TaTAets,
l'ui. D? oljrin LLCU luxes
A TIlIEi & sui:e remedy.
Soldi by Druggists. - 2 4w
LIVINGSTONE IS DEAdT
For; 30 ye:i".s mi": i.;us h.?.ve hu'itily
wa Celled, his perilous yet iiPr.lc nig
gles, and gr-n:d achiov?iien:s, :n-l now
eagerly desire the complete si'-' h tory
ol' this wor -' '-renowned iieroanJ bene
factor,' which uui'ulus a":si the curiosities
aud wealih f a wlIJ aul voti-.!cri'ul
country. It i t just rendy. () agei'Js
wanted qxr.e'i.y. Oim aent sole 184,
anot her li.Jope week. I''r . : s,
address UiiBAKD Ul?OSM either
Piiilade'pliia, Boston, or CiiKiu:in:i, O.
24.W.
2 PIANOS AND OUCIAKS
new and second-hand, of lirst
class makers, will be sold at lower
prices for cash, or on installments, or
for rent, in city or country, dnriny; this
month, by Horace Waters fc Son, No.
481 Broadway, than ever before oliered
in New-York Speciality: Pianos and
Organs to lot until the rent money pays
the price of the instrument. Illustra
ted cata'ogues mailed. A large discount
to ministers, churches, schools, lodges,
fec, fec. 2 4w
FOREWARNED, FGiEEAKHIED.
To be forearmed now when you are
threatened with all the ailments caused
by debilitating Spring and Summer
weather is to make free use of
JUKIJBEBA.
which will make the Liver active, as
sist Digestion, Purify the blood,
strengthen the Uterine and Urinary or
gans, invigorate the system, and make
you enjoy life as you ought. Price $1
a bottle. John Q. Kellogg, New
York. 2 4r
!?r hrmiil alw.ra carry a bottla tf Tim A.
wr Ktady IXeller with tham. A faw dropa In
wnifr will prevent icanaa or pain from rhang f
warr. It U better than Frciictk Uraod or Slttcra as
FEVER AND AGUE
rEVHil AXD AOtB cnrM for flftr canta. TJMra a
not a remedial apnt In thu i world that will ear Tarar
end atnie and all other Mala rtooa, Bllonaj SearUt.
Trphold, Yellow, and othr Tr (aMad br HAD
WAY S PILLS) ao quick aa RADWAT h Kg Iffj
LIKF. FUty cenu par botua. ..
HEALTH! BEAUTY!!
mwimi am i i ivK Kirn BiAnm iJrrRKARH
OF FLKSH ANI WEIGHT ,LKAR 8KIM ANIa
BEAUl lKt'L COMl'LKXION ECUSSI TO A I T
DR. RADWAYfS
Sarsaparilliaii Resolvent
VHE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
HAS MAPE THE MOST ARTONTSniXfl vTRBg: SO '
QL'HK. SO RAPII ARK THE CHANOEti. Til K
liODY UNOEKOOKd, UNDER THE INFLUENCK
K THIS 1'HULY WONnfiarUI XI1C1S.
THAT , -
Every Day an Increase in Flesh
aufl Hw is Seen an! Felt.
Ercry r,i (f hc RARSArARTttlAV RKSOL
VKN'T ctniiT!ii!lc!ii'M tlirotiRh th Blood, Hweat, lrrlnt
an. I other I'luil.4 end juk-eaof the arttam tha Iff or of
life, for it re;-ars the wastes of tha body with naw and
ouud material. 8 c rot u la. Pyphllta, Conaaraatlon.
Glandnlnr lln'ase, L'lcera in the throat. Month. Ta
mers. No lcsin thoGlandnandother paruof thefrtm,
Soro Eyes. Strnmorous diachartcea rrorn the Barf, and
tha worst form of Skin diaea.iea, Eraptlona, rarer
Sores, Scald Head, Ring Worm, Salt Rheam, Erraipalaa,
Acne, Black Spots, Worma in the Fleab, Tnmora, Can.
ccrs in the Womb, and all weakening and painful (Un
charges, Nitf ht Swcata, Losa of Sperm and ail waatei of
the lite prlnclpie, are within the curative range of thif
wonder of Modern CheinUtrv, and a few day tun w lit
Srovo to any person usiug it for either of thcaa furnu of
iease iti potent power to cure them.
If the patient, daily becoming reduced by the wastee
and decomposition that Is continually progresalng, euc
creJu in arresting these waste, and repalra the aam
with norv natrrlal mado from healthy blood and thia
the SAR.-UI'AIULLIAN will and does aeenre curja
is certain; for xvlijn o:ico this remedy commence It)
work of purification, mid auccecda In dlminishlag tha
Ids of vvaKtt-R, its repairs will bo rapfd. and every day
t!: patient will feel himself growing better and atroneer.
the mod di'esiin better, appetite improving, aud ties
and weight incrcuning.
Not only does the Sarsaparjllh! Rmoitutt excel
all known remedial genHin thecure of Chronic, 8crf
l ulcus. Constitutional, nud bkin Uiaeaaes; but U Is tha
c.uly poEitivc cure for
Kidney t Bladder Complaints,' '
I'rinary nn;l Womb d:eas, Gravel, Diabetes, Dr
Sii.ppagi-of Water. Incontinence of Urine, Brlght'i
I'rinary nn;l Womb d:eas,Oravel, Diabetes, Dropay.
oi ater, lncoimucnce or l rine. Bright' iila
cft.se, Aiiu!ninuria, ana in all casea where there are
brick dust dopoKits, or the water Is thick, cloudy, mixed
with subr&i-c l:ko the white of an egg, or thread like
w!ii,o s:lk, or there is a morbid, dark, bllloua appear
ance, nn l v. iilic t one dut deposit, and when there la
a rick nu. biiriific'Dt fisatlou when passing water, and
pain iti Uic ;uaii 1 1 the Hack undj along the Lola.
Tumor of IV Years9 Growth
Cared by liadway's lie solvent.
K.
Warren. United
States Engineers ; Gen. If. L. Ab
Iiott, Unitei States Major ; W. H.
II. Benyuard, U. S. Kng utei-s.
Tiie Civil Engineers are Gov.
Paul O. Heberr, of Aia'iama, and
John Syckle, of Ar kansas.
The requirements of the military
service may require a change of I lie
army engineers, but tha ajipoim
inont of the civil engineers is fixed.
The Board will probably meet
at Newport for organization.
Important changes have lale.y
taken place in the Indian Terri
tory. All the agents of civilized
Ijpdfans have been relieved except
ing B. Jones, asentof the Chero-
ageney has been
ites;
established
and a centra'
it Fjti Gil)son. Ti.-e
Cherokees. Chocia'.vs, Creeks, Seuii
nf lesf Chicasaws and other c' vii ed
Irdians, will be isnder aeut Jenes.
Trds is regar led r.s an experiment
on a small scale o lam ;ii:ia In
dians with Stlf goeniment under
future tenitoriul organ iztUion. A
number of prominent Indians wiil
take strong ground in coming an
nual election in tavor of seeiionizing
their country territorial govern
ment and citizei-sliip in the United
States. The Oakhthoma Sart pub
lished at Caddo, in the Choctaw
nation, openly advocates this doctrine.
Market SuioiARY. In New
York, on the 27th inst., cotton was
easy at 17. Rosin dull at $2.15.
Turpentine 36. Money easv, at
2Ja3. Gold lUallf. Exchange
dull at 48SJ. Governments strong.
States quiet.
In Southern cities of the United
States, cotton ranged from 15J to 18.
AGEMTS WANTED FOIl THE
Centennial Gazetteer of the
United States.
No book l.as ever been published of
snch'univerKd interest toliie Auitrican
people. It aj-peals to no pailicuiar
class alone, but to p.ll classes; to men
and women of all professions, creeds,
occupations and poii.ical opinions to
Farmers, Lawyers, Business Men, Me
chanics, Physicians, 1'olr iciaus, 'leach
ers, Students, Alaim 'ac;urers, Sa'eitnen,
men of learning and men who can only
read, to old anu youn. Ail want it as
book of constant relerence, aud to
preserve lor tue.r ciiiiuren ana ci;;i-
dren's chi-dren as the only complete
and reliable work, t-howin tha gigan
tic results oi tha Urst one hundred
year or tne greater itepuD.ic ae
world ever saw. l; is nor a luxury out
a necessity to eve wU Inclined
American citizen; Aent- make to
$J0J per month. Sen-t far ciren'str.
2 4w Pi::ade ;hif Pa.
"jp0SXl03rE31E.VT OJ? SALE OF
BAILEOAD PirOPEBTY.
In (he Circuit Court of the United
Slates-For the Western DUtrict of
North CirHna.
Henry Clews, Hiram Sibley and others.
Plaintiffs,
Against
The Western North Carolina Uailroad
Co., E. D. Tod It. Caldwell, Kufus
Y. McAden, The First National Bank
of Charlotte, John Rutherford, Hiram
Kelley, Thomas G. Greenlee, James
Greenlee, Mary Carson, A. H. Erwin
N. H. D. WiUon, Assignee, It. M.
Walker and others, Defendants.
The sale of the We.Jem Xorth Caro
lina KaUroaJ, ii!. D.J he.f-to:'ji e o.der
ed by the Court, aau Uverti-ed ;ake
place at the Coutt uouae door in ihe city
of Salisbury, X. C, on the iS:h day of
June, 1S74, has beeupot;oned by asub
Beqnent; order of the Court, uutil the
17th day of August, A. D.1374,
at which time it will-take place at the
said Court-house door in Salisbury, and
upon the terms aud conditions hereto
fore published.
B. S. GAITHER,
Mornnton, K. C.
MARCUS EHWIN,
Asheville. Ii. C.
THOMAS RUFFIN,
; Hillsboro, X. C.
THOMAS B. KEOGH,
Greensboro, N. C.
June 24, 1874. . v 1 tds
DR. RADWAY'S
PerfectPTOtiveepIatingPills
per' v:y tasfclca. lciranlly coated with tweet film,
pur . . i-.-uiate. nurlfjr, clano and atrenathen. Had
w.-r I'i'is, tor tin cure of all disorder of tho HUomach.
LiM.. H.iwls, Kidneys, ltUddcr. Nerrooa Dlaaaaca.
lii .iJ.i -l o. (lonstiprttion, Ctlv ii', IndlfeatioD. Dr.
ptTsia, Biliousiie8f, Biiloa Kt-ver. Inflammation of in
l..w i-i, Piles, and all Iraiii:einenu of tha Internal
Viscera. Vurrnnd to effect 'n ponitlre cnre.; furalr
iv.-uiWe, conuimiij; uo uicrcury, iuiuvraloraclatrl
ourt drug '
A tew dose of KADWAVS PILLS will frea th y.
te n) fruni all the alxve named dixrUera. I'rtcc.U ceuta'
per Box. HOLU HY DKUOlISTS.
HE.Ut "FAl-SE AND TRUE " Rend ona UtUr
tail! : KA1WAT A CO. No. S3 Warren Mt. Maw
Sort uiriitdtkii worth thotuanda will basant yua.
ANS !
PIANOH I
Striugs and Trimmings, go to
BKOWKS.
Raleigh April 7, 1874.
QUO
AND j
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES
AT :
BKOWX'S VARIETY STOKE,
No. 10, Fayetteville Street,
KALEiair, n. c.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
touch as :
Guitars,
lianjoes,
Concertinas,
Piccolos,
Flageolets,
1' lutes,
Rones, Drums,
Violli h,
Accoideons,
Flutinas,
Clarionets,
Fifes,
Triangles,
Albums,
Castinets, Tamborines.
liarmouicas, Tu
ning Forks,
TFbrk Boxes, Jews-harps,
Irish Harps, Jluntincr Horns.
ir i i t rx l : t r i
' Strings and Trimmings.
Dulcimer Wire,Drum and Uajik
Snares ana Cord. Jlirds a
Caces, Beads and FancW
Toys, Soaps, JJJ'
Croquet set? '
" .Balls ar
large asso(
cy andpiair
. Hair, Clothes
Fish Hooks S
eries, Canned
Nuts, ;
Cake
amine
bily.-
AgenU
ebi'ated Cv
Organs aiy
ted cata!ogaN
l im wm
. ... 0
lebl-w2m,
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE. That I
have been appointed Assignee of
tLe es' ito and etfects of Thomas H.
B.ackn ill, of Kittrells, Granville coun
ty, N. C, wlio was adjudged a bankrupt
by tae District Court of the United
Siatos lor tho Eastern District of North
Cvolin i upon the petition of one of his
creditors. ;
L. D. HEARTT, Assignee.
Raleigh, Juno 5, 1874. - 51 2t
ANEW PIANO AT LESS TIIAN
New York cost, at
NAT. U BROWN'S.
Raleigh, April 21, 1874. 1 Jrn
AFiAUGU VA IK I LTV OF
Goodsr Toys, Ac., at
Raleigb, April 7, 1871.
FANCV.
BROWN'S.