1U , i . .f: THE OXFORD FREE LANCE. 5 5 4 '. i. r -1 :1 VVt State has introduced 'a bill granting compensation to the State of Nortl Carolina for the use- oi grounds and Belief '? ; . Communicated for the People . JOHlfT. Proprietor. fcnrMrng8 occupied by tf. S. troops. To the zm , Ko Three. VILLIAH BIGGS, - Editor. IlIBlAsiIEI WEEKLY. I!: ,!'. . ' KSfWe shave expected much If any county of ourbeloyed State from Judge Mcrrimon; and j have has labored under a more withering only been disappointed in his haying curse of radical rule than the insul accomplished much more than we ted, cheated people- of. Granville had expected. .Long may he live to have,;! have 110 desire to lve in it. do honor to himself and render ser- Tig said that. when Bro widow, and vice to his country; Mail. j the devil got into a fight (as the fel- rcsrAt TiWvilio low drertmpt) for the mastery of the rtr v. "foAoe q;j I lower regions, lrownIow threw him tnl. .nnto TWft nJwi. majesty consoled himself with the a , - . - lthrfirrht i thdt ' "I DnnocQDA whoro were hred by each, and as they stood 6 . r"r , V only six feet apart Pitts was killed, j u, was juo . kii ; sirable a place as the one; he left. frnm whinh h will nrnfohl ir DOT, a SUSPICIOUS person imag- j: . . ! . ine some evidence of his footsteps in Tlift nnlv -Dfimflfarat- " T i i Granville Just look at the condi- t5,v1 of1 tho. C"Massachusetts wheels into tion of our county ever since t e in- 1C JOUOial published at tde nne with a bar room bell punch bill anouration of the. nndermlninff ol CoUntV; Oat pl UranVllle. before her Legislature, j Five other unconstitutional taxation, malfeas- FfifiVl PXtlonentV of true States-Louisiana, Jientucfcy, renn- ance and shaVmg that has well nigh i ' t' r . ' , - mi lJ --j r m . -""r i luiucuuci .jLreiUUcraui5p"u.wjfco. .xuc sey nave ine same supjec unaer There never was any Necessity UIUTUIIIIUU pwcixi y uiu.aiii-.- ,7", 7 -,.r rv . r, uor any qiscoucl on a ijrranyiue BMC and the S M " S ! !feSS SteaOiasr, aaVOCaie 01 lie- jx uoin loader ana consumer oi by the persistent and unscrupulous r Wtif Vttrl T?ntrenchmentlll Ilqoo etfbrts ot those having the control CfofnoTirt Kntinrml il Tine rension umce m vvash- oi our couniy iunas lorme purpose C'OTOty, Jtfat anu INdUOUdl .non ig gaid to , fourieen months of filling their pockets by ! cheating behind with its work. This is urifor- the people out ol them. Like An tunate, and ought to be remed Widows and children of men! who Adtahus.trations. O0 The Legislature of South Carol!-1 "feE W ADVEBTISgIEyTS. ' na Has passed a Din proniDitins CPfllinFlV IO rfCwITru v v V " tt a"' I l-UUIIUIill 10. llt.ML.in. members of the Legislature, Judges I . and other public officers from ac i,UU,' , Tf8" !'iHlUBFKr.nH cepting free passes over railroads. If ypp bave to buy Drugs, do it eco- This ought to be the law in every nomically by brymg ot btates. lhis pass system is noth ing more nor less than a. cheap-way of buying influence by placing re cipients under obligations. No' of ficer for whom such law is intend ed should accept such passes wheth er there be law against it or not. MJ.TGHELL & SOUS ALWAYS OJf HA1TD FUU?ASSORTCirrCF PURE DRUGS 0 . i " s CHEKJOLS. Glassjind Putty Hair Prep'aUona M "M Perfumery M M Washington. The bill sent the Ways and Means Committee by Commissioner Dye Staffs Kaum provides for the establish- ; ment of export warehouses in which Lamps; M manufactured tobacco may remain . ' M a year before paying the tax to the LampsM Government. At the expiration, A Mi. however of that time, the tax must ' M ' -l be paid or the tobacco taken back M '1 MICTHELL & SONS. to the factory. At hrst it was pro-1 r i i poseJ that an export warehouse should ouly be located at New York, xr uuii uio prupuMtiuu was ULUtnuea FO as to include all seaports. The bill meets with very bitter opposition from tobacco manufacturers. THE SINKJVQ-FUND SUSPENSION. Sfimp tim O O Cm tVlO Tnm -- T-o t a rn the ! Ways anf Means Committee M Soaps M OUs. M M M M M M M M M tOX P O RDf N.C.I EBmATAFBIL S, 1878. M MITCHELL & SONS, ' , TT.ij PP Wp i determined to go for suspending ;M; V M uieu m iue miliary service oi ine uave BuiieicuL iuc peuauyu vueir quirfff the payment of about $37.- UM "M WIU..WJT, ;e puiiBiiug wfj W7B TT wuwjrt,IM,"e. 4 . U00.0UU annually into the sinking Trusses M M Brushes pensions wnicn are aue xnem unaer uuugu muuC W18 wiiecieu fund They did this because the re- " ! i ii . M M tuc .w, uut .wu cu iiiey j uaiuiui gcu "" port of the Secretary of the Treasu- Boolci And M TVT Fnnrv Rood. ;5 C fiT e RSMlSn f Africa i8 should bexorrected at once. I i I rv iiv wn iiic 1 1 1 1 w iivKr mil . of their cases. ,The t evil ot onlys was enough collected to nnn nation of their cases. ,Thet evi 11 fc ! v . . i 5 L a T Kcl Si D"ine law requires -should be set apart for debt made prior to 1868, had been Lmq rA u;, ,ti,or,fAfe. BTXirginia Women are forming As coming 'events begin W pro- reduced about 84,000 up o July, 000.000 a year, will allow the coun. ... .1 .1. .'i . i . mm- ' 1X74 Knnh Kmnn 4hn ...1 I " ' Stale : pay mg associations. i neci tneir suaaows m Massachusetts, r : "i" 'uo we. wuj ISouthern exchanges are re- Ue minds of the an of congress decided e M cori deaths tr lightning in Kentucky own licansaremorA .nd moredUqii.tec. Wrtld I'" W f dPUn f i i a nr. . i ..i. n. ,1. : .1 r . pian. they within them. A Massachusetts Re- serve the credit of the county, and Avftn?:t: Ttrirtw how Governor Henrv I fmblican ConD-reasman has iust bpen perform the honest, officials dutv of THE INCOME TAX. i Vattrerson would sound. j . nnseated, his chair has been given PayinS lX t0 tne parties entitled to Now, while the Ways and Means; ! iCTaVLif. ttLua tn am wi,U,0no u lt ' ' IK Committee will report an income StalWSnate should be nlacedi in Li .ki 4-:. Was the treasurer elected ta.x anajne House w prepared to 1 S 5c : r r " r , - Wines Liquors Confectioneries . Large Stock "Patent Medicines ; i ' always on hand. ' ALL GOODS AT J01T0M PRICKS Prescriptions Carefully compounded at all ' ' hours. AVERTlStilENTS. 1 TPDRESS . f "? . .. - . : ... , YOUR C'iOYRiKD7HEATi 1 -With. - I . ... .,.-.; j ? LEE'S At SICULTURAL IILIE i The b est . jrepsration on the mar- ket. Too ile by . M ' WI.&IAMS Ss BRYAN. Mar 29tl I -1 - s. j PLOWS, PLOWS. We are t Jing Kearney's Plowf, which wd Warrant to give satisfac tion. We retund your money if the plowed C3 not please. ' Ma. 29, tf. " T- -m, : , the hands' of a receiver. Butler, and this substitution has ) GSftTne Governor of Kentucky been effected by the General's! own m r-. . a ' . n ri b 'a-- l r i f reiHTCS U) -grant; a, .peuuons ior - fievGral Reki: members of the Massachusetts day m this State -J ... i ' I A.1 A'. A mm J I-1 m thirst dav -in August. r mey.uiuau luwmimug parjie - ectioh' UIIll I T ... It TTT 1 -I . aualified simolv to .noRlret hp.; : wopi u, iuessrs. vooa,oayier, ana onmmissinns nnt. nf. har Oo... others, who represent moneyed dis taxes of the people for ignqnu- nig tnct8' lhe 8inking ?Mnd 18 official dutv. and tacit v aftnn;ul!;n """r""1" "v,"'v' - - r J vj-n Olilfc in thp l'nrmitmns traftio iri I xl .. ... J ... nr Iip lnow W U9 " ocr.oi iue commiuee see tue iorce egation wno oeginto suspect that "YV. er T,. otit. To your correspondent it 1 J 7 J J a il i 1 I v " Giy;e us a call, before you buy ' your go ds. Soap Palm J&g?Spoon Butler, is talked of as an inaepenueni j canuiaaie.jor gov ernor of Massachusetts next fall iCTAh $800,000 fire occurred in Philadelphia a few nights since; and a $500 000 one in JNew Y6rk. they applauded the removal o mons. The General's arm when L.v.. o w fniti,.n.. L. .. looks as if this view of the case will Lilts uuut;8 in i lie uu ui' in rproivu - - - wr5. V 1 i all moneys belonging to thef county long as his memory is retentive; it ana lo P1 tnem and render ac- reaches into every Congressional u i4 , V district in Massachusetts. The in simpl" sitff quietlv doLn an deficiency, to meet which a chances are trond for" a nnmfe'M Llromihn.mmic,... incomes wui nave to oe reso ' v . . . vi uiun lug a t v jr wiuuimoiuuo lur ell ,The records show that fifteen interesting political casualties i in tenng in his book the bought up Mollie:M"aguires have been Ji'ung for that State next fall. i orders that are brought to him? the alleged killing of only 6 persons. " f ' ' j What is a treasurer? Is hp not a BlThe committee on Ways and h rMr? m.aBU. ll"V"?-r- Means considering the Internal Rev- Tf ever there was a timp. rjv knr x..j u L - t . t l ! jo . ,i - i . j i luuuH kiiuuiu lie ynissinor nr no tviiq looks as lt this view of the case will rt 1 j. t n. prevail, and it will relieve the to- OraHiptOIl iJrOtlierS bacco question of a weighty diffi-l culty for the anti-income tax men i-ontend that to reduce the tobacco tax to sixteen cents will occasion a tax on resorted to. I repeat what I have before stated LAUXpKY, vif Vo Tint 4VkT t Vi Can-w f n r I ?i V l VIIUV UV X J I V II V aVAl. KJX 411 111 I . i come tax there would be no oppo sition to a reduction of the tax on tobacco in the Ways and Means Committee. PALM SOAP, Recommended for the THE KITCIIEX. ESTABLISHED JULY 1822, GRErt REDUCTION III ! Prices! !l? the manufacturers of First F Inr Branded I,amily j'lb America! J. B.! ! 1CKLIN 6 EOKS UnijiM Favorite ACAIfi T THE WORLD. With the aJi htAca derired from over Fifty Years Experience in tlw Milling' buMness ati4 lh raot complete Mill In thU county fi(tel otit with the NEW EST and I7 VEST Machiuery known, 4wi are maf.iiactunn'r and suDnlvimr all lovers oii Good Baeai. Avrxii our Unexcelled BlUDGEV TEK FaMILT FLOUR, which, is S. perior Jo Any hereto l . 1 V . TT 1 in Wliit nessand Strength of Bodyj'j thereby yielding . inor Bread than any t I ther brand. SATISFACTION ) GJ1RJLNTEED WITH EYERT BARREL, 1R- B3SET . REFUSDEO. sk our trocer for Bridijewater laniiltnd Iit-lmont fclx tra" b ours, and taVe no : ihef brands. BELMC BEST XXXX FEXTRA, Superfine F? jo, Graliam. Buckwheat. 4tye Flouri F fad 'Cracked Wheat, all of which wcw.it smt isurxTior to any simi lar r.ulos otli .vd in this market.- Alo, ' Choce WIH r Corn Meal. (frehlr ground.) Sfai-ttifT. Brrtwnstnfl". Bran. ("hop and Scj tiling, for sale Cheip at qur Warchmii ) and Mills. ' J. I fFICKTJX & SONS. AND FOR GENERAL THE FIGURES OF THE CASE. The Treasury now demands $230,- last year Mr. Wood, he has al- enue.adopted 16 cents on Tobacco, esteemed contemporary, the park applied ? j If he receive! no ?countv ariOonffrefisman yance, of Ky, Blade, when popular elections of nor pauper money and pays none has mysteriously disappeared under juoves might be made tj work; well out WDat 8 ne more tlian a meie 000,000. 2STw, the tariff circumstances which point to suicide. ;f4V;0 i rri, . r figure head an entry clerk t raised $128,000,000, and :k;vL1 tw, I i There a grasp s of he tax payers of our conntv can- in the able .peech which .Tn IP?rnn TrZntrr181011 SOmetimeS VOUcflsafed! the not afford i to furnish the "brder ready prepared, will how that the wilUhold their btate Convention in la r.i..:ju.L! ' sJol : m . nr. 'j.: fin ..... ahaaaa . i. : . : I (-fill -m J 1 1 I I III1lft.ll I UI'UI I ' U7 I It'll V U A W m a 1 II U V I Tl fT t 1 W T 1 T O 1 M a m I Illll I TT III I I I Vn IDn kllll I Littleilock on the 4th of July next. -rr.w ? "B . " a expen- " "111ia,.'5 v"vvvy tli KrA4io pensive entrv clerk. A miinhvhpnrpr OUU. rom internal revenue sub- I .. c- t V'V AJJ Vf V4A1V U V V V UU T T IQU UJiUUD I A . mJ v W'VI correspondent of the N. unfenowff to the men oCthe spools. OI? d T ant jects last year $119,000,000 was re There is the' instinctive shon-lde touch which runs through; the" Jarge wheel in the running gearfof the only $110,000000 is nowr realized, r f i" i a . I . XT ! rii . . u I .1 in i Anc rv a Art iAA the home of masses. OI men as ine snaaow pi nej uoun. nouse ouavmg anop,, men we win nave $zuu,uuo,ouu 10 went Democratic birds of prey I falls athwart their In August next the magistrates of mfl a. remand ot dO,UUO,U0U. ih fi.cf mk rru i-u: '.-i ' nnr conntv will meet, to pIpi This calculation is made upon the v ou muiv mu I uatiici. iucic is iuc ii auiuuuai ca- i j i . . -i . . i. . i perience of other generations $37,000 to the Gar rf fill SftPfl. HOUSEHOLD TURPOSES. Me, X. flimessays ijyir. Jiayes "enjoys being Kresi dent. It would be hard loii hirn if he didn't. Augusta, enator lllainei he other day for en tears. I Heavy;, friow; Canada and Ncw JCtigland last week. In Vermont Bhpw: fell to a depth of 15 inches. ' : t .' .-' MANUFACTURED BY CRAPTON BROTHERS, i 1 - : Corner 2anroe and Jefferson itieets, ' NEW YORK, For Sale by R. J. Mitchells & Sons at Nolesale or Retail. mchloOm storms 1 in USgTThe compromise debt of 1 6. i Carolina is now'l , about $5,000,000, omift.g -nearly:r$3,000,000 which jWilUo. before the courts. . 1 ?? Cttr. Blaine's sympathy with theliorny handed railroad corpora--tions yhich stealjthe cord-wood,can Be ecqunted for by his - partiality r SSThe .troops should be or- dere4 to? h Republican State of Jowa wit boat de ay. 'lhe lawsthere dd- u6p'ei-mitJ colored men to hold v:1 KJ'.Several'lots of land in Jeffer son (Wu'ntv. Mo. I owned bv Useless 'sGranij, who is now dead-heading atiruad.re advertised, for sale ior deliiuent taxes. jlIJaclcard has accepted thepo itron'asHegister of Deeds, etc, for tb!$Mrict ot Columbia a Federal appnintmetit at a salary of from ' $12,00Q.to $15,000 a year. . j S Mrs? John II. Morgan, wife ofHh. celebrated Gen. John 11 Morgan J is said tf have been killed by Ue. recent Kentucky tornado. bCTMr. William Savage, a citi xenj of Surry - county,. Va,. while? ploughing in his; held last week, pj9?S)j!B?.vuorJy.tlqnsaii4-doliars. .jinav is,1-veruy, ncnaana. -a; .- L- - - The Bank of End and1 was .Y established in 1694 in the reign o SVdhamaud Alary. Win. Patter Itfion, a merchant cil London waar the originator, xis capiiai siock is n' W -about ?95,000,00 jX ! . i V Whilst old t Howe was waiv- , iag the bloo.ly-siirt in the Sena e . Conkling fed liim with Browt 's iro'fcH'es, arid Hamlin and Ednioi.ds isvent to sleep: Ben Hill wanted to go for his scalp, but was held i back pering that all the rights which hu- it8 duty a Board that will feel un- 8inkinS tund is t0 De suspended for. manitv has wruncr from tvran'nv 1prRnmn nWitratmn t r.,t Q five years. The reduction ot the rt ; o - i " r o " " r t f"i i - a a i t may in numbers be noted on tbe fence against the soul hardened venue aerivea irora wn.SKy, to- fineers of one hand and that those characters who are committing the uaw- ua.uiv, uuwever, uu nngers oi one nana ana inai xnose , j IL . las much as i. estimated m the abovi because Mr. Tucker has shown that with a 19c. tax the i almnof mnnlnrnno AnnA C .1 ' I ilS JUlll nave cost years oi sime ana di lions oor. hnnrv pau.mrs hht oflhp lif. calculation, of treasure, that'.tbeir grant has an tie pittance! the county allows them 4 Garden Seed, Fresh and in endless variety at half the usual price for BaJc by 'rS .MITCHELL & SONS. county allows them B,,u -tu - l" u KV' implied condition that they will be to keep soul and body tojretfjer. nue lrom. tona(,co cannot at far- taken back, whenever, the people Une important duty will j be Xo cease to be watchful or the misters Jnse witb the presence of thej 1"- rh .RSW Rtrpnhj Tn eTr'aM l?rn- mmout;ot the MEKTI-Q OP TIIE SXAXE rr-' -13 --Jouri House wnere ne can snend r.v.rlrmn'n .... guaru muse nguva nob iuua iai tllS days thmlcmg Ot the. past, fiO trampiea upon and to restore to an- locfferto lauen on we nam earn- t..i- i 0-7.1. -r u ot. s i ; j . . t ; . - 1 xt ' L if j " .1 AViiiciiru uu iiiii iiiuiuu i i li, was ciem usage omers saaiy negiectea, v f-t-v "ull,JiMJ'ul.u harmonhms in every respect. It is the duty of all good people and ''. ell J a,sHens!nS was decided to call the Convention r.;t. helmbolfs HUOHU! March "29, I T. Fredericksburg, Va. PliOWS!:' Hobgood Plows, Morgan j & StovalUs plows The Virs liija plow. We call) attention to the aboro Plows. lNr&ons who have not seen the o -;elmted Virginia plow are invucti to can fl.ua see it. as it has peculiatmeril. C0O?EIt & -WILLIAMS. Mar. 29,;. : . 0 -THE GREAT i of newspaper men especially. with the treasurerand saving the fees of his oflBce for requiring the! 8herin to collect and pay over the The Comlntr GlectionJ i "tax money" tor crusning out t he The Newbern Newbernian makes r"1 -u.u,uuuTls .lua' have well liifrhdiKOTaoed and -riiinerl some timely remarks about the elec- onr t.0unty, and of restoring her tions m this btate this bummer. 1 credit bv ah honest People who think the Republican management of our count' finances on Thursday, the 13th of June. Ral eigh was selected as the place of meeting owinar to its accessibility to j every tart of the State. The Cen- tial Committee was directed to pre pare and publish an address to thej TONIC DIURETIC For . Oranges, Apples, and Fre sli Cfijdics made, or Loaf SngaT just re vived and for sale by . . . MlTClIELTjfc SONS, OXFORD. tf.C. : -i THE OI PHANS FRIEND, a Hf and lively weekly " Organ f Oiplian W'orkr EntrtaiQi4f and instructive to the vneni?. A it ins friend and advocate of Education. hblibhed every Wednesday i, uuonyvuir m. wui? wm OCic in the C tpban Haijding, Oxfor . FOE' SALE CHEAP. A Good sec ad bnd JCoTelty Job 'Pre sire iij wde or tare 10 br 14 1-2 ; good at ew does good wor j md trdl be told at a birg&kx Dill f : AaartHUUIOQM. i i.onnla nl' I Ii a fil ota mninrr non'ocaitv ludio.ions -. . P & .i J 7 v ot narmnny ana enioinincupoii tnem promptande fficient organization. On party dead and buried will find vv fiat . reliei ij oe to motic;n it wa3 K mistaK pr Siw3t Cinl l ate The Newbernian, in aome pnreri atmosphere, and 'a bfighter SnSldicSl Oxford. ocla- Executive rees request hstricts from which Superior Court Judges are to be chosen to hold District Conven tions and recommend to the State Convention candidates for the offic of Judge from their respective dis tricts. Words of counsel to -Democrats, re- day shall dawn upon ns. martcs "Wo V.avo ? ! nrinaiv enomv Wprtli Carolina. Press "with whif.h In p.ctrp. nn'raw militia vr:r " "" I r . , i i but battle-scarred veterans, whose J The Charlotte Democrat j,whose ever .-'watchful sent inels are pasted I editori is chairman of the executive yviy consummate skill and whose committee j of 'the North Carolina picket fires are ever burning bright- Press j A&sociation, announce that Choice Seed lrishPotatoes jaatreceived ly. JLhe coming campaign, is not Dossey liattle, JbLsq., of Tarboro, at Mitchell bona. one oi trivial moment uutjs preg- ana eaiior oi me oouinerner,; win itant with mighty events for weal or deliver the, annual ad dress before for woe. 'A Legislature is tb be the next c0nyentiofi, to be leld at ohosen, which in its turn w 11 se- the Sparkling ' Catawba Springs lecta'United StatesSei.ator. Three some timt in June or July i he ex- Railroad Schedule. Sunn me Court Judnesr and- thie- art time to be designated bereaMer: I superior vjourij juages ate lo De The JJemocrat says : "ine associa- pieuien-ior rue ierjn ot eigm ears, tion, meets it ine oparKimgAaiaw- ih-se ' certain! v isie motivses- of jpreme in portanre, suflGEcieuttoiiner- it our most serious aueatiow ann call forth herenh an efforts- to attain success. QHANGE OF SCHEDULE, . BAUElGH 0A8T0N RAlUiOAD, 1 bcPEunrrEyDEjrr'B Om i, V Kaleieh, N. C, Koreraber 11 . 1877. hprinus at the special invitation trin on the niei?h Gatcn iuilrod wm Of Lrr.l IMlsott, tn proprietor, na ne run daily, Kandsft exceptf n, as ro os: :.. Ll MAIL TRAINS MOVING &OBTH. cuuc9t u t..Su a, "6't'J Leaj.ieigi, at ....10;S0am edator, isr ihe Stae to attend, and ArriTeat Weldon -.3.00pm Kp !invP iho od toria! i hrPt h. M AIL TRAINS MOVlTiu bUU ill. BRIGHT'S DISEASE, Apd' all diseases of kidneys and I urinary organs. i ViS ,- ' Female Complaints, LucOrrboea or Whites, Irregularity or Painiul iuenstratiou, liearmg Dowp, Chlorosis, Sterility, etc SPERMATORRHOEA SC. ii r '13 " I r . (Send for a Circular.), UAUiiwjN. none is genuine without "Henry T. Helmbold Uu chn Hfg Co.," printed in Carmine SKeartkwMCatdu yr'tic4&ororo- across ine laDei. leoiOly. iwun cnaa UKnuf h ACC R G00IL a or wKwt- jortaLU Hot Water Raarwir aadCkML rat tsj; ife!i-ciiU eim, tti pt u With alj latest improTcmcnts.. Urgttt Ores J fkies.' Longest fH Box for bvool Yntflated'OttjBadcaAfFVt Box Eco. rtw a Q t, Sweet tad Erea Bi aatf Kout. ren of adjoining States to b6! TiiA Wi-Mnn at... 12:40 ft m pres- ArriTe at Baleiah. 5;15p m BtnstwtCttWn. ' Hat Kct r Soti trta FrveL JUST RECEIVED,. lwJfc-fcwscn, ; riow lines. Lathmpr Ground aa Ui rwed tim d hatchets, Drawing knives, ory.' Be to rcir. jy? erect Satvs,; baw handles, Strap r- jro usris. hinges(nd Wagon boxes. by ihurman and Lamar. gubscribo to the Lance. 'j Looper& Williams. I John C. Winder, Superintendent.