North Carolina Newspapers

April, 23 1376 STATE NEWS- A Republican paper is to open shop in Greenville in June. There is to be a grand concert at Salem for tbo benefit of the Univer sity of the Stato. Tnen. N. Eamsov and Col. Hick man are going to Louisiana together to lecture on lemperance. The Happy Home Club are giving a series of dramatic entertainments, in Newbern. A correspondent of the Albemarle Times proposes W. N. H. Smith Esq., for Governor. Con?ressman V anco has securea a daily line of mails through from Shel by to Asheville. There is an interestiae revival of religious feeling in the Eabtist Church at Asheville. A Perquimans fisherman gathered over 1GO,000 herrings at five hauls tho other day. Shad and rock are coming up to Weldon in email numbers and the fisherman are brightning up. Negro burgulara entered tho store of Mr. John Patterson ia Newbern on last Friday night. A seventy-foot whale was captured near Beaufort a few days eince. About ,000 gallons of oil will be re alized. They have no horses to draw their fire steamer in Newbern. The Nut Shell says seven or eight men have to do this work. Quantities of North Carolina gran ite are reaching Portsmouth from the llenderson quarry for building pur poses. Maj. B. F. Bynum, of Stokes coun ty, has a bullet that was fired in an Indian fight one hundred years ago. Tho Wilson Convention to appoint delegates to State and District Con ventions will meet Tuesday, the 9th of Hay. The Euthfordton Regime says : A gentleman, in this county, raised a sweet potato, last year, four feet two and one-half inches long. A young man by the name of Sam uel Davis, of Pineville, Mecklenburg county, was nccidently shot in the knee the other day. The wound is a severe one, and he may lose his leg. The Iiuthfordtjn Eegime says: Many of the peach and cherry trees have bloomed a second time, and our hopes are revived for a good crop of fruit. Apples are all O. K. They had a fire in Newbern on Monday by which a small dwelling house was burned. The fire was the work of an incendiary, who robbed the house before setting fire to it. Some of the stolen property has been recovered and identified. The Charlotte Observer says : Dr. W. W. Gaither, of Lenoir. Caldwell county, -n-as in the city yesterday, and said that when he left home Monday, the heaviest snow of the winter was lying upon "Grandfather Mountain." And this is the cause of "this thus ness." Tho Asheville Expositor says : Par ties in tho neighborhood of Sugar Hiil, Old Fort and Marion, report heavy and tremendous rumbling in the vicinity of Bald Mountain, a few days ago. Tho shocks are said to equal the most txciting of those a few months ago. The Asheville Expositor says : A correspondent from Spruce Pine, Mitchell county, writes us that two men, Thos. Davis, and Steel, were in stantly killed by an explosion at the Mica mine of Mr. Pressley, last week. Both men were thrown about thirty feet high. The explosion was caused by carelessness in tampering a blast It seems tbat the memory of this women, like that of her renowned husband, is likely to be kept alive to the end of time. She is said to have pose-ssed a very irritable tem per, and her name has tecoru3 a synonym of "Vixen," or scold." It is more than possi ble, however, that the judgment passed up on her by mankind has been too severe. A more charitable disposition would undoubt edly hare discovered in her, many good qualities, and have attributed her failing more to physical intirinities than to moral obliquity The party most intimately ac quainted with her, and therefore many do mestic virtues. It is now well known that many of the diseases to which women are subject, have a direct tendency to render them iritable, peevish, cross, morose, unrea sonable, so that they chafe and fret over all those little ills and annoyances that a person in health would bear with composure. It is fair to infer that most of the tantrums of Xantippe were due to these causes alone: and could Socrates, as he returned from the Senate, the Gymnasium, or the Atheneum, have btopped at Pestle & Mortar's Drug Sioie and carried home a bottle of Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription, now and then, no doubt he might have evaded many a "curtain lecture," allayed many a "domes tic broil," made it much pleasanter for the children, and more enjoyable for himself, and rescued his wife's name from the un eviable, world-wide, and eternal notoriety it has attained. Thousands of women bles3 the day on which Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was first made known to them. A single bottle often gives delicate and suf fering women more relief than months of treatment from their family phjsician. In all those derangements causing backache, drawing-down sensations, nervous and gen eral debility, it is a soverign remedy. Its toothing and healing properties render it of the utmost value to ladies suffering from internal fever, couiestion, inflamalion, or ulceration, and its strengthening effects tend to correct displacements of internal parts, the result of weakness of natural supports It is koid by all druggists. Mr. James Corrie, Dentist, in Baltimore, writes: "I have used Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup personally and in my family for two or three years, and am prepared to say that there is nothing to compare to it as a remedy iur Coughs, Colds, etc- "When you see a man that shuffles loose ly along, with his knees knocking togeth or and his toes pointing in whose eyes roll furtively and whose hand is ever sud deuly jerking itself above his head as if warding nff a blow, you can rely upon it that that man is haunted by a motner-in Iri'.v but when you see a party who lit.S h:s feet high, and lipids his nose in the air, and has one eye bhut in a knowing manner, a;id whose mouth is distended with a self-'-ompliioent grin, and who neems to feel 'rood ul I over; you can bet 3'our last cent he has just bought a new "Domestic" sew tL machine for his wife. Friday, RATES OF ADVERTISING : Advertisements will be inserted in the Taboo Southerner at the following rates. Ten lines of minion, or one inch lengthwise will constitute One square oae insertion. Each subsequent insertion, (1 00 50 1 mo. 2 mos. 3 mos. 0 mos. 12 mos 3 00 6 00 7 00 10 00 15 00 6 00 8 00 10 00 15 00 20 00 7 00 10 00 15 00 2000 2750 9 00 15 00 18 00 26 00 35 00 12 50 18 00 20 08 27 50 40 00 IS 00 25 00 30 SO 40 00 60 00 2250 S500 4500 6000 100 00 One square, Two " Three " Four " t column, lA " One column, -Marriage, Funeral and Obituary notices, not more than ten lines inserted free o cbaroe. Subscription 2.50. If paid caali at time of subscribing 2.00. LOCAL MATTERS. A cross mark on your paper indicates that your subscription has, or will expire in two weeks TT and, unless renew ed, the paper will . be discontinued. We hope all will renew at once. Lkoal Noticb. I will be at my office in Rocky Mount on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fri days, and Saturdays of each week, for the transaction of business, as usual. Clients can see mo at the Soutuerxek of fice, ia Tarboro, ou other days. Dossey Battle, Attorney at Law. Bkiefs . Send in your subscriptions. Many cotton planters finished planting. Something new Children's suits at one dollar each, at Whitlock'a. tf. Town people still agitating the tree ques tion .' , Cotton Planters and Openers, very low at the Hardware Store of W. G. Lewis. People knaw their bones closer now than they used to. Tobacco, Cigars and Suuff, at rranufac- turer's prices, at D. Lichtenstein & Co's. Black corsets are worn by some ladies when in mourning. Cotton Rone for Plow Lines, lower than ever otlered in this market, at the Hard ware Store of W. G. Liwis. In April there is either a new bonnet in the family or a row. Ginger Ale, best in market, direct from New York, a good Temperance drink, at Coker's. Extra cheap Children and Boys suits from one to five dollars, at Wbitlock's. Much fruit, apples and peaches, in Edgecombe and Nash not killed. Highest cash prices paid for Ilides and Beeswax, at D. Lichtenstein & Co's. The scent of guano is smelt in the land. Call at the Hardware Store, and purchase all your Hardware and save money. W .0. Lewi3. Apl-7-4t. If you want to build up tht South en courage home manufacturers. t Fine and well fitting clothing made to order at Wbitlock's for cash on delivery. Municipal Election Monday. Let every one entitled cast his vote for our candi dates. Don't forget. Buy Wbitlock's nou-fadiug Flannel and fine Dress Suits. The motive that moves Rocky Mountaa- ians Locomotive. Go at once to O. C. Farrar & Co's, Tar boro', N. C, and get half dozen of those Wamsutta Dress Shirts for $6. P. P. P. does not stand for pretty polite ly pickled, but Perennial Polka Party. Hardware of all kinds extremely low, at the Hardware Store of W. G. Lewis. We expect to be jingling the specie soon. Nothing like a lot of extra change. Weeding Hoes very low at the Hardware Store of W. G. Lewis. Epizootic upon the people Sneezing, wheezing, coughing and freezing. Edge combe folks have got it sure. Wamsutta Dress Shirts, No. 2100 linen bosoms, unlaundered, for $12 per dozen ; net cash at O. C. Farrar & Co's. The Base Ball fever is reviving in Tar boro. A match game was played Wednes day evening between two picked nines, the "Pamlico and "Rag Muflins. FarmiD" Implements of all kinds very low at the Harware Store of W. G. Lewis. The wearing of jewelry is now consider ed in bad taste by the fashion farmers. ADAM'S Hotel is still open for the ac commodation of the traveling public at the low rate of $2 per day. tf. Thanks to Gen. Lewis for the fine pisca-1 tory feline we mean cat fish. We tucked him under with "sage and inguns." A nice lot of Cooking Stoves at Northern prices, at the hardware Store of W. G. Lewis. at i Take the Southerner if you desire the news current in your county. For a real fine article in Clothing, go to Wbitlock's and have them made to fit you. Buy your heavy 4-4 Brown Sheeting your Cotton Yarns and your Plow Lines, of Battle & Son s Kocky Mount mills, t Positively so, a suit of clothes for man or boy for three dollars and upwards, at Wbitlock's. tf. The item of cotton rope for plow lines seems a small matter. In the aggregate it is worth keeping at home. Order from Battle & Son s Rocky Mount Mills, Rocky Mount, N. C. t The cheapest thing on record. O. C. Farrar & Co., are selling Unlaundered Dres3 Shirts of Wamsutta muslin, with No. 2100 linen bosoms, for $12 per dozen net cash. People in Edgecombe and adjoining counties will find it to their interest to try Whitlock before ordering Clothing from the North. Centesmal Histoey of the United States. J. G. Charles is Agent for Edge combe county for the sale of this work. Only sold by subscription. No well in formed man should be without a copy. Apply at this office, or to II. S. Spragins at the Post Office who is authorized to receive subscriptions. Spring Styles. E. B. Blaniire & Co, 182 Main St., Norfolk, Va., are receiving their Spring Styles of E. Butterick & Co's paper patterns for Ladies and Children's garments. Catalogues of patterns and samples of all kinds of Dry Goods mailed on application. Address E. B. Blamire & Co, 182 Main St., Norfolk, Va. Card to tbe Public. I herewith tender Bay thanks to the citi zens of the town of Tarboro for their promptnees and indomitable energy in as sisting in the saving of my dwelling house from the flames on the 22nd inst. Also, I will embrace this opportunity to publicly thank the two Fire Companies for their services, which were invaluable to me, Hoping that you may never have another such occasion to be caliei out m this town, T remain yours, &c, B. J. Ksson. Tic Nio. The Methodist Sunday School are making great preparations, in the way of beautifying a place at Black Pond for their pic-nic which is to come off on Friday the 12th of May. ACouNTr Medical Society Was form ed in this place on last Saturday by elect ing officers, &c. We hope much good will result from it. To be Hanged. We learn that Burwell Newsom, colored, is to be hanged at Wind sor, Bertie county, on Tuesday, May 23rd, for rape upon Ellen Otitiand, a white girl. Religous. By Divine permission, El der C. B. Hassal, will preach in the Primi tive Baptist Church in Tarboro, the first Saturday and Sunday in May. Rocky Mount Thespians. By a special telegram received on yesterday, we are in form by the manager, Dr. R. C. Til'.ery, that the above corps will play in Teel Hall in this place, on Thursday evening, the 4th of May. As Lent is now over, we hope to see the the Hall crowded on that occa sion. As Ekkok. We inadvertently stated in our last that Miss Mollie Bell the N. C. Artist, Sculptor, Portrait painter, &c, had obtained first prize at the Academy ef Mu sic, N. Y. We should have said "Acade my of Design." Nominees fok Commissioners in Nash ville Are D. L. Lencaster, R. B. Griffin, S. H. Griffin and John N. Vick. As there is no opposition it is not a violent assump tion to say that calculating on humaR ptob abilities the ticket will perhaps be elected. Singular Coiscidesce That's what the Advance calls the hint in the Mail and Southerner of last week regarding the originator of the "Overland Route." Yes, quite a "singular coincidence" that the Mail and Southerner should issue on Friday. Otiier Ricn jionds in TnE Field .Rocky Mount, we understand, will have two con servative tickets in the field for municipal honors. We have published the first. .The second is Col. G. W. Hammond for Mayor, W W Parker, D Abrams, John R Dupree, Dr. T C Powell and A J Garvey for Com missioners . Election Poetry. As the time ap proaches for the openhig of the summer campaign, and as betting is already rife in the community, we beg leave to offer the advice poetized below : Bet brother, bet with care, When you go to bet on an Electionare, A five dollar bill on a Legislatare, A couple of fives ou a Scnltare, A hundred dollar bill on the Governaro. Bel brother, bet with care, When you go to bet on an Electionare. Postal. The only change of importance made in the pastal law is that which takes transient newspapers and magazines out of the third class and permits them to be sent any distance at the rate of one cent, for every three ounces or fractional part there of, and one cent, for each additional two ounces or fractional part thereof. State Medical Society. The Twenty Third Annual meeting of the Medical So ciety of the State of North Carolina will be held in the town of Fayetteville, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of May, at 10 o'clock A. M. The subject for discussion is Puerperal Convulsions, and will be opened by an Es say on that subject by W. A. B. Norcom, M. D., of Edenton. Render unto Cicsar Tuings that are Cccsar's. Under this caption the Wilson Advance says we do it injustice in saying the Advance was not the originator cf the over land route. We admit the Advance is an enemy of the railroad, that is the W & W Railroad (it dearly loveth the coast line), and contained an editorial against it six months ago. If we did it injustice it was unintentional. If the Advance will say it is the father, grand-father or great-grandfather ef the "Overland Route," ia goes our checks. Eh, Woodson ? Another Inventor to the Front. Mr. Thomas A. Closs, the handsome, jo vial telegraph operator at Rocky Mount, has invented a cute contrivance fr r propel ling cances and small boats. We would describe it but for two reasons, viz : First we cant ; secondly if we did somebody might infringe his patent. Judiciously manipulated there is a large fortune in it for ingenious inventor. The last statement we make for the ben efit of several marriageable ladies we wot of. Verb : sap : New Lodge Formed. A new Lodge of Good Templars was instituted at War ren's Store in this County on Saturday the 15th inst., with the following officers: W. C. T. J. L. Cobb, W. V. T. Miss Annio Jones, VV. T. Miss Sue Hill, W. F. S. Miss Rhoda Jenkins, W. C. J. W. Dozier, W. R. S. Wm.A . Warren, W. M. Miss Mollie Moore, W. D. M. Miss Ckra Jones, W. O. G. W. R. Dozier, W. I. S. Miss Maranda Thigpen, W. R. H. Mrs. Virginia Jones, W. L. H. Miss Lutha Jenkins, P. W. C. T. Mrs. Bettie Whitley, D. W. A. Warren. Destructive Firf. A most destructive fire broke out in the kitchen on the lot of Mr. B. J. Keech, in this place on last Saturday morning about 2 o'clock, and communicated to three other out-houses which were all consumed. For an hour or more the two fire companies of this place with the assistant of citizens feuglit the flames with desperation and save the dwelling house, which at times thought must go. The cause of the fire was care lessness of the cook leaving hot ashes in a box sitting on the floor. Mr. Kcech's loss is estimated at $800. No insurance. New Adv's. Notice Court advertise ment of Levi W. Reasons, adm'r of John Robertson, Jr., against James Robertson and others. Special proceeding for the sale of land. 3. S. Nash & Co., offers increased facil ities for handling cotton, grain and other country produce. Special car load of Plant's St. Louis Flour, just received. Pender & Jenkins are now offering their goods at prices remarkably low to close out their stock for the new firm. Fred Philips advertises lost Certificate of Stock W. & W. R. Ii., issued in name of Kenneth Thigpen, No. 1600. Notice advertisement of New Book whic h in thrilling interest, startling merit, ele gance and cheapness, has absolutely no equal. It is "The Thing" for the centen nial period takes on sight. Address, J, B. Ford & Co., Park Row, New York. Waed Nominations. Meetings were held in the different Wards of the town on last Tuesday night for the purpose of nom inating Town Commissioners for the elec tion to be held on next Monday, May 1st, with the following result : first ward. For Commissioners : George Howard, Samuel S. Nash. SliCOSD WARD. For Commissioner! : Frederick Philips, Joel H. Brown. third ward. For Commissioners . Wm. G. Lewis, David Pender. For Magistrate Third Ward: Joseph B. Coffield. These are most excellent nominations and will no doubt be supported by the full strengih of the party. Good Advice. The advice given in the communication below, we think is good, and if carried out would encourage citizens of moral character to settle in that locality. We give it as we receive it. Taibery town N C Mistur Batle Plese put this in yore paper, the lese on Grab All runs out this ear so I am tole the perlice otto git the Guveuer to sell the laud and by a Engin which goes by steam to squrt waiter on fires, when thur is fiies in the town, a mighty cite of wat ter cood be squrtcd this way, the ballance of the money scuzein what is spent for the engin rnout be spent for hoses to pull it about as I has sene um pull thern in Nor fold Verginny. Respectacle Harry Gimmer. Elopement Extraordinary. The Mes senger contain a long account of a very fruitless elopement which Goldsboro figur ed in. Mr. D. and Miss Ella J. arrived in that town on Saturday from Tarboro, and after procuring rooms at the hotel the couple repaired to the Court House for the purpose of procuring marrying papers. Learning that the maiden was under age, the Reg-'ster refused to issue the license. Notwithstanding the terrible disappoint ment, the bouyant couple took heart and proceeded to Raleigh, and failing to pro cure papers in that city repared to Durham where another failure mt the now thor oughly disheartened lovers. They return ed to Goldsboro Sunday evening and on counting up his cash the young man found he had invested $f7 on the trip, w. ch was about the bottom of his pile, and now remembering that his income as a drummer for a Baltimore house would not justify his taking a wife along with him, he con cluded it best to advise his affianced to re turn home. She refused to be separated at first but after much persuasion agreed to go back home if her swain would go with her, and they left for Tarboro on the next train a better if not a wiser coupl3. Rocky Mount Dramatic Association. Trevathan Hall at Rocky Mount was filled from gallery to parquette and pit on Friday night by a most appreciative audience, in which beauteous women and ugly men mingled in ravishing contrast. The amatuer histrionic corps on that occa sion rendered "Jenny Foster or the Sailor's Child." The prolonged applause that greeted the actors evinced the delight and appreciation of the assemblage. Where all acted so well, in the 6tei eotyped lan guage of our correspondents, it would be invidious to distinguish. It was our fortune to secure a seat near a most intelligent and accomplished lady, whose discerning and cultivated taste ena bled her to po'nt out to us the finer passa ges of emotion and pathos. The farce enacted by Messrs Jordan, Snyder, Tillery, Pennington and Williford was side-splitting in its effects. Many vest battons were lost and round corded strings burst asunder, not to speak of the hard ware in the way of nails excavated from coffins. Mr. Jordan was peculiarly felici tous with his banjo and made a happy hit in his speech, which brought down the house. The oratorical effort of the occasion was fathered by Manager Tillery. His ready speech flowed fast and free, In phrase of gentlest courtesy." From the same author and the same poem, we detected a beauf ul lady quoting by way of soliloquy : "Not his the form, nor his the eye, That youthful maids are wont to fly." All will hail with joy the next exhibition. May it be soon. MEETIJfGl OF THE DOCTORS TO OhGASIZE a Medical Society. Drs. Speight, Baker, Knight, Eagles, Staton, Bullock, Bass, James and Jones, met at the office of Dr. Jones at 11 o'clock on Saturday the 22nd day of April, to make arrangements to or ganize a County Medical Society for the el evation and advancement of the medical science. Dr. Speight was elected President and Dr. Jones Secretary of the meeting. The President was requested, by motion, to appoint a committee of three to draft a Constitution and By-Laws for the regulation of the Society, and to report to a meeting to be held at Dr. Jones' office at 11 o'clock on the 9th day of May next. The President appointed Drs. Bullock, Baker and Knight. After a free interchange of views as to the best method of doing good to our profession and to our fellows, the meetiug adjourned to meet again at Dr. Jones' office at 11 o'clock on the 9th of May next. Every medical ma inn this whole section near enough to atteBd and eligible to mem bership in the State Medical Society, is re quested and urged to be present at our next meeting. J. W. Jones, Sec'v. Edgecombe Cases m the Supreme Cocbt. We copy the following extracts of Supreme Court decisions from Raleigh New?. John R. Mercer vs. James Wiggins,!Adm'r from .Ldgecombe. Evidence, tbat tbe witness, from two notes written and tested by himself, had an indis tinct recollections that at the time tbe notes were given, he, the witness, wrote a deed. alleged to be lost.from the defendant's intes tate to the plaintiff for a tract of land, and tbe notes v ere tee consideration therefor : that the deed contained the usual clause of warranty or covenant of quiet enjoyment, me witness Demg oi opinion tnatii any spec- ial instructor had been given, or if the deed had varied from an ordinary deed, or had there arisen any question as to the title, he would have recollected it : that said intes tate was a prudent man in bis business trans action, and would not have executed a pa per that he did not understand ; that from a conversation with the plaintiff, he saw said intestate several years after the execution of tbe deed, and asked if he had any idea what had become of the same, and the wit ness thinks the intestate said be knew noth ing about it after the execution and deliv ery, is competent to be considered by a ref eree, 09 tending to prove the existence of a deed from the defendent's intestate to the plaintiff and all its convenents and its loss. A payment in Confederate money, tender ed ana accepted Dy tne parties as a pay ment, amounts to a discharge ef the debt. J. C. Bellamy, vs. W. M. Pippin. Upon a motion by tho defendant for a new trial, in an action for damages, it it not error for the Court to refuse to hear the evidence of a juror, for the purpose of showing that in ascertaining the amount of damages the jury did not consider that some of the prop erty was probably damaged before the cause of action arose, there being no evi dence to that effect. Whether a sale of trees for saw-logs car ries anything more than the body of the tree, in the absence of a special agreement to the contrary. Quere ? Horner & Graves vs. Joseph H. Baker. In an action brought by the keepers of a public school to recover the amount due for the board and tuition of a student: it was held, That the fact that the plaintiffs were conductors of a public school, and had ad vertised extensively the terms and regula tions thereof, taken in connection with the fact tbat the defendant had sent his son to this school for one session, and also sent him a second session wad competent evidence for the consideration of the iurv. as tending to show that the defendant had notice of the terms and regulations, and had assented thereto. Of II CHAPEL HILL LETTJEB. Commencement "Week The Session- Addresses Ball A President Ac commodations Tne Village-Build, ings and Campus Dancing School iTinnuais-Ball managers, &c. Chapel . Hill, N. C, ril 2-ith, 1S7G. April Dear Southerner Tn order that, the University loving people of our State may know what to exrtent -when thp.v rrrniA here in June, I will give a brief outline of the way oa which commencement week ui ue spent. The examinations will close on ih last. Saturday in May and although there will be no College duties during the succeeding week, yet the University does not close its ession until Thursday, the first day of June. THE SERMON. The usual sermon before the students will be preached either on the last Sunday, or Tuesday night in May. I think Tues day will be selected as the day. The Rev. T. H. Pritchard, D. D., of Raleigh will deliver the sermon. As T fel mvsplf in competent to speak of the merits of this wen Known cuvine, l will not say more of him. ADDRESSE3. On the morning of Wednesday, May 31st, the anniversary address will be de livered before the two literary societies, Dialectic and Philanthropic, by Hon. Alfred M. Waddell, of Wilmington. Col. Waddell has for several years represented the Wilmington district in Congress, where he has gained for himself by his eloquence a reputation second to none in the State. Only those who heard Col. Waddell will be prepared for the rich literary feast he has in store for us. In the afternoon of the same day, our State Geologist, Prof. W. C. Kerr will de liver an address before the students of the Agricultural department. Wednesday night will be one of the great est interest, as it is then that the represent atives from the two societies Dialectic and Philanthropic will deliver their rations. In connection with the "reps" it may be well to say how they were chosen. Six men were elected by each society as com petitors, who handed in their speeches to the faculty, After reading the faculty se lected the six best three from each Socie ty. In this way the Societies are repre sented by their best men. This year the representatives are, John H. Dobson, of Surry county, R. L. Payne of Davidson county, and W. B. Philips of Chapel Hill, from the Dialectic Society. Arthur Arrington of Louisburg, John B. Lewis, of Rocky Mount, and W. J, Peele of Jack.fon, from the Philanthropic so ciety. As a more extendsd criticism upon these gentlemen would be out of place I will leave that for you to report at commence ment. TnCRSDAT, JCNE 1ST. On Thursday morning Ex-Gov. Yance will deliver an address upon Gov. David L. Swain. The mere fact that Gov. Vance will speak is sufficient to draw many of the friends of this Institution to come to their Alma Mater and hear from the lips of North Carolina's most gifted orator a dis course upou the one who devoted a great portion of his life to the educational inter est of this State, and who was for a long time President of this College . In the afternoon Judge R. P. Dick will speak. I have not been able to find out Judge Dick's subject and must therefore desist from further comment. The speeches at our commencement will he equal to any in this country. COMMENCEMENT BALL. Ou Thursday night the Ball will come off, what shallj say about it ? The Mar shals have left nothing undone to make the commencement pass off well. The Ball managers have been very energetic and will have all in icadiness. lhe ball room will be beautifully decorated and lit up, and when rilled with the "beauty and chivalry of our State will present a beau tiful appearance. Young ladies of Edge combe and of North Carolina it is your du ty to grace this the first commencement f our University, since its resuscitation, with your beautious smtles. North Carolinians it is your duty to encourage those who are working to build up our once beloved in stitution by your presence at the com mencement. a president. Much is being said of electiong a Presi dent. Some think that the Trustees will elect him at their meeting here in June. There are many men in the South who in a short time will build up our college. Some mention has been made of President Davis. While the Southern people can not confer too much honor upon the hero who so nobly upheld their cause in that dark hour and who has ever been a true inend to tne South, yet it would not do to elect Jeffer son Davis as President. Among the names mentioned, I find those of Gen. Wade HamptoD, of South Carolina, Hon. J. l. Lamar cf Mississippi, Gen. Matt W. Ran som, North Carolina's true patriot, Wm. S. Johnson, of Charlotte, and K. P. Battle of Raleigh. As this is entirely with the Trustees, I am certain that they will select the best men to fill the place. RAIL ROADS. The railroads of the State will all make reductions and some only charge half rates. ACCOMMODATIONS. Where can the visitors be accommoda ted? why everywhere in town. All the citizens will be glad to accommodate visi tors. Besides there are boarding houses in the town. The hotel will be well fitted up where visitors will receive every com fort No one will lack accommodation. Everybody in Chapel Hill is well aware of tne importance or a large crowd at com mencement and will make all the necessary arrangements. THE VILLAGE is still improving. Mr. Smith the house mover is here and is moving Mr. S. M. Barbee's newly fixed drug store to his stand on Mam Street. In my previous letters 1 have taken occasion to mention the improvements in the town. THE BUILDINGS AND CAMPUS. Mr. Cameron has sent on a lot ef pain ters from Hillshoro, who are busily enga ged in painting roofs of the building. They will also paint the house eccupied by Dr. James Philips. The trees and stumps ia the campus are beginning to bud out and when our visitors arrive we can Bhow them as pretty a campus as there is in America. Workmen are busy cleaning up around the buildings and sweeping the campus. DANCING SCHOOL. Manv of our students are nerfectin themselves in the Terpsichorean art under the instruction of. Jrroi. slater. MARSHALS AND BALL MANAGERS. Much credit is due these gentlemen for tneir energy in "fixing up" for the com mencement. They will preserve the best order during commencement week, and I can assure the readers of the Southerner and people of our State that these gentlemen have dene and will do everything to make the final exercises of our college a complete success. 1 hey have secured tbe services of one of the best bands in the State. Let all the friends of the college come. What a glorious time they will have, old college and class mates will meet and talk of the days that they have spent here. Let everybody come. It is for the people to aid us with their presence. Don. FROM WIWTOX. Hertford Superior Court To be Hang ed Lawyers Teates' Election Sure- Committed to Jail, Ax. WlNTON, N. C, ) April 21th, 1876. J Editor Southerner : Hertford County superior uouit lias been in session here since Tuesday, 18th inst,, Judge Moore de livered aa oft-hand charge to the Grand Jury, having left his notes and books be hind, which did not arrive till next day. He was especially severe upon fornication and adultery. He said he should require all parties charged with illicit co-habitation to live at least ten miles apart. Elijah Thomas, (eol) was arraigned and tried on Thursday for the murder of his half-sister, Clara Jane Hampton, by beat ing, on March 4th, last. The prisoner was defended by two young lawyers, E. L. C. Ward and B. B, Winborne. Solicitor J. J. Martha, appeared for the State. The jury was one of unusual intelligence, being composed of ten white men and but two negroes. It was in evidence that Skinner beat the poor child, who was only 10 years old, mest barbarously for nearly half an hour, and, until she lay dead ou the floor before him. The Jury were out about 20 minutes, when they returned with a verdict of guilty cf murder. Skiuner will be sente ced to death, but his counsel will appeal to the Supreme Court. There are no other criminal cases of importance on the docket. Seventeen lawyers were present at this term of Court ; among whom were Hon. W. N. H. Smith, Hon. D. A. Barnes, Ex Judge Albertson, Maj. II A Gilliam, Gapt. O. Cake and Col. W, W. Peebles. The irrepressible Duncan McDonald Lindsey was here last week pulling wires for the radical nomination for Congress, Solicitor Martin, Judge Albertson and J. L. Chamberlain are his competitors for the candidacy. Hon. Jesse J. Yeates. however. will be unquestionably re-elected, and if anything by a larger majority than he re ceived two years ago. I am informed that he will have no opposition in the con servative convention. I hear it whispered that W W Peebles is a claimant for the radical candidacy for Congress in the second district, Gov. Brog den, however, is on the State. Hyman will probably be shelved this time. A little white boy named Henry Barnes was brought here on Saturday night and committed to jail for attempting to burn the dwelling house of Mr. Willie Deans at Murfresboro in the afternoon of that day. The boy had entered an unoccupied room of the house and made a fire on the straw, Kerosene oil and other combustibles. He then ran to the woods, whither he was pursued by a crowd of young men and boys. He was caught after an txciting chase, brought to town, and examined be fore Justice G. D. Parker. The affair caused great excitement in the town. Phiz. FltO.II KINS a OX. Town More Lively Municipal Elec tionAlmost a fire A Gentleman from Greene badly Tarred, Ac. Kisstjx, N. C. ) April 26th, 1876. J Dear Southerner: Our little Town has been more lively for the last few days; It is quite close between the two paities here in the town election and there is no little excitement and interest taken in it. I think tho Democratic part' will elect their ticket for the first time in several years. We almost had a fire here yesterda', I thought we were going to have some fun when I heard the fire bell and saw the fire Engine and Hook & Lauder Truck going with such speed up Main Street toward the three story residence of Walter Dunn, which was said to have been on fire, but the Engine and Truck had to return before reaching there, as the fire was reported to be extinguished without their assistance. I will give you a brief sketch of some thing amusing : On Monday last, au old man arrived here from Greene county by the name of Burges3, on his way to the U. S. Court at New Berne, to inform against some fanners for selling tobacco to their hands without license. He said that he was employed by Mr. Kehoe to attend to such cases, and for every case reported he (Burgess) was to have $100 for his part. But here the fun comes in. He first struck Stroud, the prince of little "grab all" bar keepers. There he found some new corn whiskey, and after taking on a fair load the old man concluded not to go down on the 8 o'clock train, hut as he had walk ed 16 miles and was tired, he would turn in, so he hung himself up on the floor for the night to take his rest. When he awoke in the morning he was stuck so tight to the floor with tar, that he could not turn over. His head had been tarred and bis old hat pulled on, and he could not get - his hat off. His ears was corked with tar and cotton, and he could not hear the train blow. He said he was ffoinjr down on the 8 o'clock train last night, but from what 1 could learn late m the evenins: he had concluded to go to the seine beach with 6ome young fellows to have some more fun. Respectfully yours. M. COMMERCIAL. Tarboro' Market. CORRECTED WEBKLT BT R. B. ALSOP, Grocer, MAIN STREET, TARBORO' IN". C. Home production are quotei at the buvius price, and all others at the selling price from stores. Bacoh 8. C. Hams.in canvass.per lb. ? S319c Shoulders " 1212 Sales, back bone and rib,. -15c Bulk Meats. Shoulders, per lb- lll'Jc Hides, clear, t4c Beef. Fresh, per lb. G&Sc Spiced Family per ib Vic Bagging,. per yard, 1516 Beeswax lb. 25c Butter " 4050c Cotton, per pound, 7ai0ic Cotton Tabs, per bunch, $1 25ia5 Cokn, per bushel, ...-.50cGOc Cheese, B 2025c Chickens, 25c35c Eggs, er dozen 1012c Flouu Patapsco family $bbl 1050$11 "Other brauds iWjtm Hides Dry $ lb. 58c Green, 2. 3c Iron Ties, $ ft. 66Xc Lard, $ !b. 17lsc Meal, per bsihel 80c Molasses Sugar House f? gallon,-2S50 Cuba " ....4575 Onions, per bushel,- f 1 502 00 Pork Mesa per bbl. f25 5026 50 Rump, " $23 50J23 00 Potatoes, sweet, per bushel, 6Tc75 Irish, per bushel .51 50(2$1 75 Peas, per bushel, 6080c Salt, G. A. per sack, $1 50$1 75 Liverpool, per sack, f 2 002 50 Sausage, per lb, .20c Tea, per lb, .11 50?2 00 Taxlow, per ft. 68c Cotton Markets. New York, April 26 Cotton steady sales of 1,473 bales at 12 7-8al3 1-16. Baltimore, April 26 Cotton dull mid dlings 121. Norfolk, April 26 Cotton quiet mid Ii0g9 12 NEW ADVERTISMENTS. Mi GRAND OPENING, SPLENDID DISPLAY, IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS, At the Popular Establishment of H. MORRIS & BEOS -:0 GOODS lI.lIZIi JEjD n O IF VT at Fill- CES TO SUIT EVER JTItOjDW :o We offer to our friends and patrons the great est inducements ever offered in this or any oth er section of country to purchase their Dry floods, Rcadj -Hade Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Notions, Furnishing Goods, Hats & Caps, Trunks, Umbrellas, Furniture, ilc., &c, ilc. V We have purchased our entire stock for at the declining prices, and will guarantee to all customers goods at from 25 TO 30 PER CENT CHEAPER than any other house can sell them. Call early and get your bargains. H. MORRIS & BROS. Tarboro, April Id, 1876. tf. 1776. Centennial ! 1876. A. WHITLOCK, Merchant Tailor, AM) DEALER IX FIXE Corner Main and Pitt Sts., opposite Hotel, TARBORO', N. C. -:o:- si Siniiia mil jJJ0 WHITLOCK'S, everybody is invited to call and examine them before purchasing. Ml, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, AT VERY MODERATE FIGURES, At Whitlock's. Stylish Hats, Shoes, Shirts, Tics, Col lars, White Vests, FOPw MEN AND BOYS, At Whitlock's. An immense assortment of Whit lock's Celebrated Non-Fading Flannel and Yacht Cloth Suits, for Centennial exhibition wear, At WHITLOCK'S. Fine Clothing a Specialty. All who wish to be well dressed can be ac commodated in everything appertaining to Gents' and Boys wear, at CLOTHING, Slier Ms, Tartwro' N C. 1 ApxU Htb, 1876.