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Index to Now Advertisements.
I Boykix, Caumkk & Co. Pure Chem-
Joseph Watson-Bo t and Shoe
J 'AIjm! L. O. Ellis An-cra Coats for
I salt'.
1 ilrtlciglj nni ItouiiDUbout
" All quiet at the Capitol.
The new crop of tobacco, Virginia
and North Carolina, is . estiraatsd at
4.",(HX) hotheads.
We are indebted to the editors of
the Richmond Staie for a very hand-
i some illustrated Almanac.
i
A party of half a dozen Germans
are in Eastern N. C, prospecting for
i suitable location for a colony.
TLe young folks of the city have a
' Sociable 'coffee club," which meets
on Friday nights at private residences.
The ladies building committee of
j the church of the Good Shepherd gave
Jan enjoyable Festival on Tuesday
. ni-ht.
I Sheriff Alexander, of Mecklen
I burg, paid 17,483,83. the public taxes
of that county into the Treasury on
I Tuesday,
! Xew Berne is to have a Grand
j Tournament, with ball at night. Maj.
iMatt Manly will act as Chief Marshal,
fand there will ba lots of fun for flirla
tious folk.
i Mr. Turner's Investigation Com
mittee examined Gen. It. M. Henry
last week ; and rumor says will a tre
mendous "tale unfold'' when the re-
hort is ready.
We learn from Mr. Atkinson, of
Apex, that the farmers club theie is
iuuing rignc aiong new members
coming every week, and growing in
terest manifested.
Mr. M. F. Scarborough, of Wake j
county, a brother of the Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, tell n ha
is much pleased with the chufa; finds
jthe hogs fattening rapidly, and at a
-I. P 1 1 . n
osiiar oeiow mat ot corn.
An interesting fact: A medical
journal, on our table, says " profes
sional opinion among the most emi
nent physicians is against bridal tours."
;llowlong before public opinion will
breach the sime sensible point ?
j A strenous effort is being made
to remove the Railroad shops of the
Carolina Central R. R. to Charlotte
and will likely succeed. They will add
jtwo or three hundred population, and
large amount of business to that
;city.
-When "Mine Host" CaLb Osborn
announces his daily caucus on the
dinner question forty members of the
legislature and several clerks
..make mince meat of the mat
ttrs before the House; and when
ir . iilacknall says "walk in, Colonel"
pabout sixty or seventy members rise
u i es inn nf l
, ... vi imwtege una secona
he motion. In fact all the hot-1 keep-
ery cheerful over the liberal
provision' ,p i. . ..t . ,
iH"(s) siaiive
T"o men (one of whom there is
eason to believe innn
- telegraph boy with art prie-e
as hammering at. th ji 4-
nStoget in. ti ,, . .
lKlr,i . ' "avc ucsu
hJi me but for the shrieks of
Qovl cLildiea of the victims!
i-ere Hartranfc aricl the sheritf
r-loudI-v cursed by the specta-
til thP i aying hlS rePrieve
t,.. . moment : the otJier for
trj ' icuuuoa Dy an nour
f e'th;n was nffirr
:etate Library no 15 Tf .
Som3 terrilv'e bungling in execu
tions are reported. Hunter, hanged at
Camden, was hoisted by the jerk of
the rope only as high as his feet, so
that two men had to haul him up,
hand over fist. However, he was
nineteenths dead already from fright.
The Charlotte Observer states that
the projected branch of the C. C. It. It.
from Lincolnton to Hickory is a fixed
fat. Glad of it. It will put new life
into both the former towns, besides
adding to the business of the towns all
along the route from Hickory to
Wilmington. The latter port is the
nearest to Ashville of any on the coast
at present; and fifty miles of railway
trausportion is a great saving in
freight
The Goldsboro Messenger copies,
and editorially notices, the article
written for this paper by A. J. Heath,
Esq., but credits to the Richmond
Planter and Farmer. The latter, doubt
less, copied the article without credit;
hence the Messenqer's mis-credit. We
frequently notice articles from this
paper credited to some other paper, or
to the "Raleigh Farmer ," or "North
Carolina Farmer.'' which isn'c our
paper at all. We rarely notico these
inis-credfls or the more frequent non-
credit; but it is as well for our friends,
while they are about it, to credit the
right paper. Mr. Ennis publishes the
Raleigh, or N. C, Farmer, we believe,
though we do not see it.
United States Senator Vance-
For the third time, Zebulon B. Vanc
has received the nomination of the
majority of the people of Xor h Caro
lina to repreent them in the Federal
Senate. Thrice Governor, twice nomi
nated for the senate, but not seated
therein, he finds the "third tun
brings the charm." On the 4th of
March, prox. he will join Wade
Hampton, i,ar nobilefratrum. tost'nd
together, for Carolina, for Dixie, and
for the constitution.
We speak of his election as a fixed
fact, because, humanly speaking, it is
already settled. Senator Merrimon's
withdrawal we believe to have been in
good faith; wi dout design t" play dog
in the maDger by favoring a "dark
horse;" and so his friends understand
it. The Democrats hold two thirds of
the Legislature, and last night nearly
every Democrat participated in the
Caucus. The nomination was made
by Senator Dortch, of Wayne, second-
ded by Mr. Speaker Moring, of the
House, who as a leading supporter of
Judge Merrimon prior to the lattars
withdrawal, gave utterance to the gen
eral feeling that Gov. Vance's nomina
tion should be made unanimously and
by acclamation. This was done; and
wisely under the circumstances.
Gov. Vance was then escorted to the
Hall, introduced by speaker Morning,
and delivered a capital address, not in
our domain to report.
Newly Fledoed Justice Ashe be
ing detained at home, Chief Justice
Smith, and Justice Dillard. held the
Supreme Court Room to themselves
on Monday, and one of their lirst acts
was to turn loose the following young
lawyers: J T. Barron, W. Bar
ber. G. S. Bradshaw, G. W. Britt, W.
F.Carter, P. A. Cummings, J. A.Davis,
J. II. Dobson, T. B. Eldridge, S. M.
Empie, 8. J. Erwin, B. S. Gay, J. S.
Gibson, E. E. Gray, J. M. Gray, F. G.
James, R. H McKoy, T. H. McKoy,
J. B. Martin, Z. B. Newton, B. Posey,
A. G. Ricau, B- P. Ryan. F. A. Sond
ley, G. A. Shuford, J. P. Thomas, T. D.
Turner, D. M. Vance, G. II. White,
W. R. Whitson, R. C. Williamson.
Weddings. Mr. H. C. Ashcraft and
Miss Alice Bobbitt, at Monroe, Jan.
9th Mr. A. W. E. Cape1, of Rich
mond, and Misa Nannie S.nitherson, of
Montgomery.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY
The Senatorial Succession.
Within a brief period aft.r the assem
bling of the Legislature it was ascer
tained i hat a majority of the
Democratic members were in favor of
the nominati .n of Gov. Vance to be
United States Senator for the term
beginning March 4th prox. On Mon"
day last it was learned that Senator
Merrimon would address the Demo
cratic caucus the same evening. But
after consultation with a few friends,
he (to the surprise of many) declared
ne wouia no lonerrr continue tne con
test, and wrote the fol'owing letter,
which was presented to the caucus by
Senator Snow as an interruption of a
letter, then being read, requesting to
be heard.
Raleigh, Jan. 13, 1879.
To the Democratic Caucus: My
friend have ascertained that whatever
may be the popular desire for my re
election to the Senate of the United
States, causes and influences have
been brought to bear that will prevent
mv re-election.
I have no desire to disturb the quiet
of the Democra ic party by further
contest over the s-enatorship, and
hence beg my friends not to mention
my name fuither now in that connec
tion.
I bog to express my most grateful
thanks to friends in and out of the
Legislature who have so generously
and earnestly manifested interest in
mv behalf. I can never cease to re
member them with feelings of pleas
ure and deepest gratitude aud 1 ven
ture to trust that they wili not have
occasion to regret the confidence that
they have reposed in me.
A. S. Merrimon.
The withdrawal of Senator Merrimon
produced quite a sensation, but, so far
as we have heard, the popular com
ment is one of praise and gratification.
A possible wran ie must have wasted
much lime, for which the State Trens-
ury would pay at tne rate ot one or
two thousand doollars per day.
and assuredly anything which
at this period of our recupera
tion from the war tends to divide and
distract the better and more influen
tial classes, is to be deplored as a pub-
lie calamity, it is tneretore a com
mon remark that Senator Merrimon on
his return to Washington on Tuesday
carried with him a far larger share of
popular favor than was his when first
he went to the scene of his successful
labors for the State.
The Northern Soldiers Conven
tion. As we go to press the Charlotte
Observer is at hand with full accounts
of the convention of Northern ex-
Union scldiers residing in North
Carolina. About 80 delegates were
present and a very enthusiastic session
was had ; the Opera House being dec
orated with Union and Confederate
flags, wreaths, etc. A committee,
with Rev. Dr. Mattoon, President of
Biddle (colored) University, as chair
man, macfe a lengthy report on the
advantages of the South as a home
for Northern Home Seekers, which
we may republish. A State Conven
tion in the interest of immigration
was called to meet in Charlotte. July
4th. The elToct of the convention
must b to give a great impetus to the
immigration movement, provided our
people ill.
Newspaper News. Mr. Geo. A.
Warliek leaves the Lincolnton New?,
(which will be continued by his broth
er) and will take charge of a new pa
per at Newton. He will make an ex
cellent paper. A will also, Col. E R.
Liles, who ha withdrawn from the
Wadesboro Herald to establish the
Crescent, anew luminary at Lilesville.
Success to both ! Taat excellent pa
per, the Fayt tteville Gasette, ia offered
for sa'e ...Monrce Enquirer has a rice
offior, nnd got out a handsome supple
ment with the Governor's M: sage
Mr. W. P. Bachelor has sold the WeU
don News to Messrs. L. M. Loner and
W. W. Hall The Asheville Repub
lican has suspended.
Casualties Nathan Adams of
Goldsboro committed suicide, with
laudanum, on Thursday morning. Fi
nancial troubles Will Cannon, pged
1G, was (killed in Burke by the tun
ning away of the team Miss Mollie
Huntley, of Burke, sapped on ice, and
is not expected to live At a show
in W ilson a darkey shot himself in the
bread basket with a pistol he had in his
pecket Geo. Sloan of Wilmington
shot at a snipe and hit his courades
leg W. W. Pegg, telegraph opera
tor, at Gieenville, S. C, loved a lass,
but alas she would'nt reciprocate, so
he went into the woods and pegged
out with a bottle of morphine Sid
ney, son of Mr. Geo. W. Williams,- of
Wilmington while on a gunning expe
dition lodged a load of shot in his
arm. Not dangerous Mrs Nancy
lUCUaiL a demented eld lady, was
found frozen to death, near her resi
dence in Wilkes county, on the 3d
instant A youth'named Souther, in
Wilkes county, put his toe on the
hammer of his gua ani attempted to
blow down the barrel to see if it was
loaded. He found out. And that is
the way he passed to higher hunting
grounds Robt. McLean, clerk in a
bar rooln at Lumber ton is supposed to
have met his death by a fall from the
window Bedford Brown, an em
ployee in a W inston factory, had an
arm biokea and his clothes torn off
in the machinery Emory Gray of
Winston, was fooling with a pistol on
Christmas night; bail in leg A little
white girl and negro boy were shot i n
the face by another darkey who aimed
at a sportives mink Thos.Bridgman
of Richmond lascerated his hand in a
cotton gi i
Deaths At Savannah, on Friday,
of congestion of the brain, James W.
Lippitt, of Wilmington, aed 46. He
was brought home, and his funeral
j-, ,
largely attended At Tuscalosa,
Ala , Rev. A. Flynn Dickson, well
known in Charlotte and Wilmington.
In Raleigh, Mrs. Patsey Jolley
Samuel Berry hill, aged U, in
Mecklenburg Co.. E. It. Fearing-
ton, of Chatl-am; fall in tha streets of
Durham, of anoolexv Geo. W.
-r 7 x x
Norwood of Person In Granville,
Lemuel Mitchell, aged 83 In Robe
on. Mrs Eflio McLean, aged 83
In Elizabeth Citv, Mrs. Emily Cooke,
aged
75
State Printing. The Legislature
has reduced the price of Public Print
ing from 75 to 40 cts. for plain work;
from 11,50 to 80 cte. for rule and fi-
gure ; irom j i 10 ov cis. ior umuuig,
and 45 to 25 for press work. At these
rates we should not be willing to give
bond for proper execution of the work.
Yet. as there are those who oner to
accept at this scale, the Legislature will
do rieht to vive it them. Later: The
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contract has been awarded to Messrs.
.Hale & Saunders, of the Observer, by
vote of two thirds the Democratic
caucus. iNow let uie oiaie irress ue-
mand that next time the job be given
the lowest responsible bidder regard
less of politico. If some member of
the Legislature will introduce a bill to
that effect, now before another simi
lar contest between papeis is begun,
he will do the btite and parties, and
newspapers, good service.
-
Boykin, Carmer'& Co. The mem
bers of this well known Baltimore
firm, or most of them, are North Caro
linians, and disposed to build up a
large business ia our Stat?. This, in
fact, they have already done, and
there is not the least question of the
extension of their trade, now that our
people are awaking to the br st methods
of farm culture. fcie tneir auveiuse-
mejt.
Appointments It. S. Reinharr,
Magistrate, Lincoln county . j .
C.McCaulej, Constable, .Monro-
R. W. Colverr, County Commissioner,
Wdk js county.
10, 1S79.
The Legislature. As we foreshad
owed last week, II jn. John Moring.
of Chatham, a man of ability ami ex
p?rience. was chosen Speaker of the
House. He received votes in cau
cus to 33 for Ca;t. ;C. M. Cooke,
of Fianklin. Messrs. Ed. Jones, of
Caldwell and Van V. Richardson, of
Columbus, received flattering votes,
but withdrew after the first ba'lot.
Col. John D. Camerwn, of Orange,
was elected principal clerk; It. W.
Best, of Wake, reading clerk; W. A.
Bajrett, of Lenoir, engrossing clerk;
and William Hill, of Randolph, door
keeper; J. P. Norton, assistant.
The senate was called to order by
Lt. Governor Jarvis. Capt It. M.
Furman, of Buncombe was elected
principal clerk ; Piatt. D. Cowan, of
New Hanover ; Capt. J. S. Tomlinson,
of Catawba, engrossing clerk; Win.
Murril, of Onslow, door-keeper ; A.
D. Brooks, of Alamance, elected en
rolling clerk.
Thus ably officered the General As-
Kenibly took off its coat, and is doing
some good work, getting ready. A
more economical fever has never been
witnessed inside the "Granite Palace."
Investigation and Retrenchment, Cur
tail and Detail, are the topics of the
streets, the hotels, and wherever Leg
islators most do congregate. Well, if
they do not carry the thing too far
ard cripple, or hamper the efficiency,
of the Public Service, we shall all'say
"Well done ! Go ye home, and run
for Congress. We need a little ef that
same pole-piiMching in Washington'
Next week we shall summarize the
Legislative work from the beginning.
Resumption of the Wrong Kind
Mr. H. 3. He 1L, croer, of Goldsboro;
liabilities abjut $4,000 A. C. San
ders & Co , of Raleigh, commission
merchants; liabilities reported at $25,-
000; afsets $3.000 Smith & Forbes,
Charlotte aad Boston shoe dealers; lia
bilities about $130,000; assets about
$100,000 Zacharias & Co., Raleigh,
have made an assignment; G. Rosen
thal, assignee R. F. Jones & Co.,
Raleigh; Geo. H. Snow, assignee.
Raleigh. Rt. Rev. Bishop Atkin
son delivered a learned address on the
"Nature of Guilds," at Tucker Hall, on
Monday evening, for the benefit of kt.
John's Guild. On Sunday he confirm
ed five persons at Christ Church, and
spoke earnestly against the mcdern
style of dancing A bill to relieve
the disabilities of cx-nGov. Holden was
introduced by Mr. Norment, Republi
can. A Correction. We are requested
by Mr. E. T. Clark, of Halifax, to
state that the verses headed 4 Paddy's
Version of Excelsior," copied by this
paper and others, from the Daily News,
was not composed by him, but merely
copied at the request of friends, from
an obscure collection by "Paul
Reeves."
Personal. Senators W. A. Gra
ham, S. B Alexander, A. H. Merritt,
D. J. McCann ; and Representatives
John L. Brown. Edward Jones : and
Bros. Cameron and Tomlinson. of the
rourth Estate, paid pleasant visits
to this office.
Both Republicans and Democrats
Agree that it is eeded. The
newspapers of tha State are urging
npon the Legislature the passage of a
law requiring county officers to adver
se seles, ccc. in the public press.
The present method of advertising in
hieroglyphics at the courthouse door
is farcical and utterly useless. The
bill introduced by Mr. Shotwell in the
last Legislature ought to be adopted.
Asheville Pioneer.
We clip the following from the Far
mer and Mechanic aud heartily en
dorse the sentiments therein expressed
and we are glad to ba able to state
that the sherilf of this county has
already adopted the plan of advertia
iur all his sale notices in his county
paper, ana we oejievene is me umy
sheriff -in this State that has adopted
that rule as a general thing. S'telby
Aurora.
Very Sad ah
A 1 tiy nam il Mwrjr Vaeut xh
Had trouMe in nshttnghr 1 h
j he wih3 beiog grcva,
(I'aue Then eni nu4 lemaly.)
Mie sas guue wUett! the furl is Jiryuh.
The Agricultural Miseim.
A ews it-porter ye&Urday i tnU this
museum a visit, and found Col. Polk,
as usual, bard at work. He, however
took time to exhibit a few or the treas
ures ot the depaj-trunut. 1 he dUplty
of the various ejuutien, in tbe com
partment cabinet, in certainly not
what it &houtd ba, though it show an
improvement over tho exhibit of a few
moulha past. The counties have been
often uigedti complete their display,
aud iu ume caseH paid to little atten
tion to tbo requests, that it would be
somewhat diaheartening to oe ie
used to overcome dilHcultie.n than the
cjuimissiouer. Public RpiriUd citizens
of ceitaiu counties have shown Kiioh
great energy iu procuring specimens
of their products or uiauutactures that
the space allowed these couuties is
almost always eutirely taken up. Yet
there are a lew couuties, rich iu ma
terial wtalth, that make no display
whatever. There is no doubt of the
fact that the museum is becoming ouo
of the features ot the brute, and it
certainly atfords the best known means
of plainly putting before the public the
treasures of the respective counties
of ISorth Carolina. The eugsjestiou is
made that the authorities of each coun
ty take this matter in baud and for
ward specimeus of the mineral, vege
table or manufactured wealth from
within their borders. If this be i rao
ticable it wuld put the museum on a
plane with the huest in the couutry,
aud it would embrace wiium iu wa'ls
a col.ectiou of what may bo termed the
mateiial rebources of tho State.
The aire dy fine collections of build
ing and ornamental marhl s from tho
west ri couuties yesterday received an
importaut a lditiou. Rev. A. C. Smith,
ofMacon county, eent more than twen
ty live specimens of the marbles of
the extreme western counties. Among
these are some exquisitely shaded,
while all are perfect in texture, and so
highly polished as to show to great
advantage. Among tho sjecimeiis are
some iu color, black, blue, slate, pearl,
seal brown, parian white, palo pink,
bright pink, a dozn shades of brown,
yellow, grey and white, blue and white,
brown aud white. Tho variegated
marbles are unequily beautiful. The
collection, composed of small, polished
L pieces, is perhaps one of the lintst ever
shown in the State.
Another new treasure is a hank of
native silk, hpuu by the bauds of Mrs.
J. V. Ci-ldwell, ol Irou Statiou, Lin
coln couuty. It is pure white and is
Sdid by cxparts to be unsurpassed iu
texture. The culture of the silk worm
is one of the things which the depart
ment will strive to foster, and they
greet this tirst specimen of the product
with particular pleasure.
And now North Carolina geuius
comes forward, this time in the person
of Mr. T. M. liurua, ol Martin comity.
Ho exhibits a cotton seed planter,
which, after careful examination a
farmer yesterday said was the best ho
had ever seen. It is uudoubtediy au
invention of ment, and should receive
attention. The farmers shou'd vUit
tha museum and see thri-e thing, ami
the members of the Legislature should
ktudy th exhibits'
Great Fire in New York
Xkw York, Jan. 17. A lire broke
out this evening in the wholesale chain
ing house of Van Yalkeuburg & Levett,
G2 Worth street, and rapidly euvelop-
ed the entire building.
The two ad'
joining buildings are da
fire, and the
the street.
to the South
is working
ffames have crossed
lue tire, aster crossiu
! r
side of V oi th street,
through the block southerly to Tnomas
strwet, and now appeals to be extend
ing on Worth street Wesf, toward
Church and Ka&t in the direction f
Broadway
Continuance of Strikes in Penn
sylvania. Pottsvili.e, Pa., Jan. 17. In addi
tion to the strike of miners at Couuer
and Hammond collieries at (iiradville,
the men at Preston mines, numtxr two
and three thousand. Girard colliery,
turned out this morning, claimiug two
months back piy, which was due them.
The colleiies now idle ompme tLe
entire Girardvil'e diMtiict, and are all
operated by th Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Tron Company, em
ploying about I,.f00 men and boys.