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?.' l i ' . " I ' I r $7.00 a Year. THE LEGISLATURE; A BRIEF OF PROCEEDIXJli. Fifteenth Day triuajv Jan. 25- Jialeigh Observer, Shortened.- SENATE. K.199 was to remit the privilegettax nf 35.00 where it had not been paid and to refund where it had been paid. Tabled. Mr Moye was opposod to the bill, and mo.ved to lay on the table, which motion prevailed. Mr. Everett moved to reconsider. V Mr. Graham, of Lincoln moved to lay j the motion to reconsider on the table, which was adopted. Yeas 22. nays20.: This. motion killed the bill, so it cannot be taken up again this session. H. B. 173, S. B. 184, to extend the time to-redeem land sold for taxes and purchas ed by the State. Tabled on second read ing. S. B. 105, directing the State to pay, mileage and per diem to the witnesses on the part of the. State in case of Swepson and Littlefield took a wide discussion which was participated in, by Xlessrs. Davidson, Scales, Everett, Caldwell, Robinson; and and Snow. Mr. Davidson making a verbal report for the, Judiciary Committee. Mr. Snow taking strong ground that the State ought to pay these coetp as this was a suit constituted by an act of the General (As sembly. . ,' Mr. Edwards fired into a hornets nest .when he charged the consummation of this act to prosecute Swepson and Littlefield as coming from the General Assembly. He also seemingly charged tji is whole thing upon the Democratic party. When asked to produce the resolution which the last General Assembly had passed to or -. der this prosecution, he completely failed to do so. Mr. Robinson, ever watching the inter ests of his party as well as his State, and especially when his party is-unjustly as sailed and the actions of the General As sembly misconstrued, answered Mr. Everett by showing that the Republican party was entirely responsible for this prosecution, and that the prosecution dated from reso lutions much farther back than the last Generally Assembly ; even back to the General Assembly when the Republicans were in the ascendency i lie also spoke against the bill. i " Mr. Scales in a stirring speech picked up Mr. Everett on his ; statements and showed that the Republican party was the father of this prosecution. He also op posed the bill. i Mr. Davidson again argued that , if this bill did not pass, it would be the means of estopping the prosecution of these men as much as if the General Assembly directly passed a resolution to that effect. j 1 Others made short remarks on the bill, principally opposing it. . - j On motion of Mr. Bledsoe to indefinitely postpone, there were 33 ayes and 11 hays. HOUSE. j By Mr. Newell, petition from citizens of French's Creek township in Bladen county. To the Committee on Propositions and Grievances. - 1 By Mr. Turner, resolution to sue and indict ring men. Placed on the calendar. By the same, resolution to mortify and shame the ring which runs newspapers, and lawyers. Piaced on the calendar. By Mr. Hewitt, bill to raise a finance committee . for Onslow county. To the committee on finance. "' :, By Mr. Osborne, bill to lay off and es tablish a new county to be called Rich lands. To the committee ou counties, fcc. By Mr. Bizzell, bill to incorporate the town of Newton Grove, in Sampson county. To the committee on corporations. : Mr." Jones wa added to the Committee on Judiciary. , Bill to: prevent the desecratiou of the Sabbath day amended to provide that it should apply only between sunrise: and sunset. ' Mr. Davis of Cotawba, from the com mittee to superintend the election of Trns .tees for the University, held on yesterday, reported that the gentlemen nominated by Mr. Lockhart, and reported yesterday, had received a majority of all the votes cast and were duly elected. Resolution to repeal the tax law on fer tilizers and investigate the agricultural de . partment. Laid on the table. Considera ble discussion was had on this resolution. The Committee on Agriculture is engaged 1 , in an examination into the subject, j Bill to amend the law in regard to the probate of deeds and fixing examination of married women. (MaKes seal 01 court un necessary.) Passed. Bill to proteet honest-trades and pro fessions v from impositions and frauds. (Newspapers not to advertise anything not known, nor "any patent medicine under penalty of $200.) Laid on the table. Bill providing for the holding of the 4 Superior Couf'ts successively by the judges of the same. Read and passed sec ond and third times. Mr. Yaugnan having stated that the bill was the only way m ht nstit.ntinnnL rfnniremnnts nn the subject could be complied with. Bill to rerulate interest was read the second time. Mr. Jones moved to make it the speeial order for next Friday at 12 o'clock. The motiqn prevailed. Bill to authorize the election of town ship constables; in 189, was read a second time and amended to put the election at . the same time as for other officers. Passed. Bill to empower, the foremen of grand juries to administer oaths passed. : : Bill to alter the Constitution so as to restore public .hipping as a punfshnient for crime was rad a second time. Mr. Clarke said that public whipping was degrading," barbarous, against the Constitution and was a fatal blow to the internal improvements of the State. Mr. Foard moved that the bill be made special order for Thursday next at 12. M. The motion prevailed. Mr. Dunn moved that the bill be print- ed, which motion prevailed. Mr. Richardson, of Columbus, by con sent, introduced a" bill to create two new townships in Bladen county, which was re ferred to the committee on counties, &c. Railroad Meeting. :j Pittsboro Jtecord. -At & mags meeting held at Pittsboro on luesday, 21st dav of January, 1879, J. Q. reix elected chairman and Edwin T? ws Reeled secretary. 1 ne obJect of the meeting was explained by lion. John Manning. "Whereupon, on motion, the following preamble and resolu tions were adopted : ' Whereas, It is of great interest to the State and of vital importance to this coun ty., that the coal, iron, and copper ores of the Deep River Valley should be develop ed and worked ; and. Whereas, The only cheap outlet for said coalj Iron and copper ores is down the Deep and Cape Faar rivers to Fayetteville and Wilmington by water transportation ; and. j : Whereas, The Gulf on Deep river, in Chatham county, is about half way be tween Wilmington and Ore Knob, in the county bf Ashe, and is the nearest naviga ble water that the copper of Ore Knob and the iron ore of the Cranberry Iron Works ican reach in aliy direction ; and, Whereas, The franchises and property of the Cape Fear and Dcej) River Navi gation Company are now iwned by the American Iron and Steel Works; and. Whereas, The said American Iron and Steel Company, by maintaining the open navigation of said rivers from Buckhorn, on the Cape Fear, to Tvson's Mills, in the county of Moore, for the last six years, has demonstrated that said rivers can be made navigable, at comparatively small cost, from Favetteville to Tyson's Mills; and Whereas, The. opening of said rivers to slack water navigation must form an im-, portant link in anyvsy.stem of internal im provement connecting the Piedmont and Northwestern sections of the State with the Seaboard ; -herefore, Resolved, 1. That our members in the General Assembly be instructed to further the building and completion of the West en Railroad from Fayetteville to Greens boro', and the building of a railroad from Winston to Ore Knob, in the county of Ashe, by convict labor 2. That our members in the General Assembly are instructed to endeavor to se cure the passage of an act through the Legislature to open communication with the American Iron and Steel Company for the purchase by the State of the fran chises and ptoperty of the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company, now owned by it, and for the opening of said rivers to slack water navigation by con vict labor. 3. Resolved, further, That, if the ob ject set forth in resolution 21 is attained, that the General Assembly, request our Senators and members of Congress to se cure an appropriation from Congress in aid of said work. , 4. That our members in the General, Assembly are, requested to, advocate the passage of an act consolidating the various navigation and railroad companies along said line from Wilmington to Ore Kaob, in the county of Ashe, into one company. 5. That a copy of these "resolutions be sent to our Senators and .members of the House of Representatives hi the General Assembly. Johx Q. A. Leach, President. Edwin Lono, Secretary. ..Hiotes Nor tli Carolinian. Johnston county is excited over the pro position to move the C. H. 1 Mr. Geo. D. Woodson has returned to Salisbury, satisfied with Texas. It was so cold week before last the Ashe boro Regulator could'nt be printed. The Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boseon will sing in Charlotte Feb. C. The Charlotte Democrat is "agin," the canvassing board. The Democrat is right. It is' proposed to open a , kindergarten department in Louiaburg Female College. The Cagle gold mine. Moore county, has been sold to Northern man who will work it. - Trinity College correspndent Raleigh Observer: Elsworth of Duplin is Chief Marshal. : Again the Advance puts in a strong woVd for the proposed Wilson & Greenville Railroad. A former Charlotte; Britton, is to publish a Charleston, to" be called lady. Mrs. M. E. literary weekly in the Home Circle' The 6th Annual Senate of the State Grange will be held at Raleigh com mencing on Tuesday 4th day of February. The -'local of the Goldsboro Mail jroes into flowers and poetry with a greater gusto than D B. ever went into puns. - Mr. C. H. Bruner turn's over the Daviu son Record, of Lexington, to Mr. I. H. Ferguson, who will publish and edit it in future. , There are fifty or sixty witnesses in the Swepson trial, which has been removed from Raleigh to Louisburg, and will take place in April. The Louisburg Tim es rises to remark that Franklin county is a" hundred years old in March, and asks if times are too hard for a Centennial. This week the Wilson Adcance enters ( upon its ninth volume, with prospects of another successful year, far exceeding most sanguine expectations. the Eddie, a little twelve-year old son of Capt. E. M. Ferris, of Gastonia, Gaston coanty, was handling a gun the other day, when the weapon exploded and blew hs left hand all to pieces. Danbury Reporter: 1 In the Westfield neighborhood of this county, one day last week, Alex. Uweus leli trom a .scanold while building a chimuey and broke his leg. The limb has since been amputated. 1 Mail: A gentleman from Dudley re cently lost his buggy in Neuse river by his horse becoming .frightened and plunging into deep water near Amsgton s bridge. The horse was with difficulty cut from the harness. ' Mr. M. Gillett Gil . of Baltimore, in terested in the tea trade, is visitinsr Char lotte amonsr other points in the South with the view to introducing the production o the tea plant and the manufacture, of tea in this section. m : The Newbern Nuit-Shdl infornis us that Mr. John H. Wise saw a ball of fire 22 inches ;in diameter ascend for forty feet ana career arouna until a meteor pierced it, wnen meteor ana nre-Daii disappeared. As Mr. Wise 8 daughter died a few days afterward' and there were -several other deaths about that time, Mr. Wise and his neighbors believe that theall of fire was an evu auguij., , , WILMINGTON, N SUN TELEGRAMS. EARLY AND MIDNIGHT REPORTS. ,-' THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL. Congress The Potter Committee, Ac,, &c. Washington, Jan. 26. House The House went into committee of the whole on the post-office appropriation bill. The House bill reported, last night, from the committee on the judiciary, for the better organization of the United States district courts in Louisiana, by 'dividing the State into two judicial districts, was passed. ' Mr. Blount, of Georgia, moved to go into the committee of itie whole on the post office appropriation bill. Mr. Mills, of Texas, inquired if the re gular order was not the morning hour. The Speaker replied that it was not, but that gentleman coald could reach his object' by voting down the motion to go into the committee ; but this House re fused to do by a vote of 99 to 63, and ac cordingly, at 12:50, went into the commit- teetfMr. Cox, of New York, in the chair, on the post office appropriation bill. Af ter adopting several amendments, at 4:40 the committee arose, and the House ad journed. OTHER MATTERS. " St. Martin was further examined by the Potter Committee this morning. In reply to Cox with reference to the indictments pending against him, he said he was not arrestetL.for his ofiences, and added that if there was any doubt as to his good charac ter, any gentleman present might learn in an hour the exact opinion of many eminent gentlemen in Louisiana, in - regard to his social standing. He mentioned Governor Nicholl's, the District Attorney General, and Sheriff, as persons to whom the com mittee might telegraph for information. He said with regard to the first indictment against him, that no action 'was taken, and on the second he gave himself"-; up to the the sheriff and was released on bond, but the grand jury found nothing -against him. The letter mentioned in his testimony, yesterday, as having been received by MrJ Weber from Mrs. Jenks, was with refer ence to Mr. Sherman's letters. Mr. Cox then asked the witness various questions , in reference to the statements j made in his affidavit, among which were answers to the effect that Mr. Weber had told him there was no such document in existence as "Sherman letter." Mr. Weber also said in conversation with the witness that if he found he could make nothing by testifying to the non existence of the- Sherman letter, he would go over to the other side and swear he witnessed its destruction. Mr. Weber endeavored toi persuade the witness to testify to the destruction of the document, but he would nt do so.' He wished it distinctly under stood by all concerned that he had no fear of telling the truthi W ltness testified that Weber told him that he received one thousand dollars from Carter and Maddox -while in Washington; could have found witnesses returned as "not found," had he tried to do so. St. Mar tin said every witness who appeared on the stand in Louisiana was watched closely by himself and Weber, and agreements made with them before the issue of their sub- pceas were in this wise'earried out. Every man who testified: had been previously posted ias to the ground upon which he was to base hi3 testimony. rotter exhibited a series of telegrams purporting to have passed between St, Martin, in iew urieans, ana liiDson, in Washington.' St. Martin identified them all as having been signed by him, but de nied havipg written them. The telegiams eq nested Gibson to settle Weber s school board case without delay. Upon Gibson refusiner and teleerrarjhine' St. Martin that he was oply wasting money m telegraph . 0 . o l a ing, that he ixibson wanted no statement from YYebee and that no blackmailers could affect his action, a final telgram was received from St. Martin accusing: Gibton of being a liar,' thief and scoundrel, and stating that his (Gibson's) friends, Maddox and Carter, were as bad as he was. and hat he (St. Martin) proposed putting them in the penitentiary, where they belonged. In reply to Mr. need, the witness said Mr. Maddox, on arriving at New Orleans rom Washington, told him he knew he St. Martin) am not send the telegrams referred to, but that they were sent by Mr. Webetl The joint committee on the advisability of transferring the management of the In dian service to. the var department met this mornmEf, all present. Ihe vote re suited, 4 in favor ef and 4 transfer. : ' ' against the There will, therefore, be two reports submitted to Congress; one will almost complete the transfer, and the other will oppase any change m the present system of the Indian management, except possibly dv an enactment 01 the law, which shall grant the President the discretionary pow- er to place tne wna ana hostile inaians under the control of the War Department. I he finance committee took no action on the tobacco question to-day, on account of no quorum being present. Gen. Butler questioned, the witness as to how the name of Keyer came to appear in the affidavit instead of that of Maddox, and asked him why he did not correct the lie before the " affidavit wa3 published. Witness replied that it was not a lie, but a mistake, and Gen. Butler would not dare say such a thing outside the committee room. . , Telegrams from Gibson were produced and alsofrom Acklen, recommending the settlement of Weber's school board case, and suggesting the payment of one thou sand dollars to Weber, and Gibson's re ply was that he had nothing to do with it, and that Acklen was beinsr imposed uion. Hiscock offered a resolution asking that Anderson be recalled, he having publish- ea an amaavit avowing that he had sup- pressea material testimony for a pecuniary consideration, and that Weber's testimony was false. He offered this resolution be cause Anderson was the only evidence upon which chareres atrainst Sherman could be predicated., , r-r'? - '-;,J r' ' , The resolution was tabled until Monday The inspection of the cipher dispatches will commence Tuesday. ..v . ll U half the stories 'afloat are true the last days of the. Potter Committee promise C, SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1879. to be busy ones, and developments are said to be in store which will rehabilitate, the committee with something of its old time importance. In its issue to-day it is re ported that one of the New Orleans papers charges pretty directly that the Packard government was induced to disband and go over to the Nicholls Legislature by the Louisiana Lottery Company, and that this change was due to money dis bursed by this;- company. Acting on this declaration it is asserted that promi nent Republicans in Louisiana have called on one of the members of the Potter com mittee to bring before that committee a number of the persons who, from one cause and another, are supposed to be full of in formation, affecting the real modus oper andi by which the legislative imbroglio was settled. It is further stated that the member referred to is disposed to adopt suggestions, end that he will improve an opportunity te bring a question bofore the committee for decision. Among the names furnished by these pulative cor respoidents are . those of Lient. Got. Wiltz, Senator Stevons, Duncan F. Kenaa, Ex-Senator Robertson, John Phelps, J,jD. Hill, Senator Texada, Ex-Speaker Bush, J. H. Morris, Chas. T. Howard, Governor Pinchback, Senator Demas, .Wayne Mc Veigh and Judge Harlan. On the other hand, it is stated, with equal positiveness, that the committee has been in conference recently, and has informally agreed to close out inquiry with St. Martin's testi mony, ana that 01 such persons as may naturally be wanted to confront his evi dence. It is added, moreover, that the commit tee's report on the orignal question at is sue is already under way and will be com pleted without the introduction of any more perplexing problems, , and that the remaining sitting of the committee will be devoted exclusively to the investi gation of the cipher telegrams. Uommissioner Kaum received a dispatch rom Collector Young, at Raleigh, N. C, stating that revenue officers, returned from Chatham, have captured Shaffner, illicit distiller. Thirteen beer stands, one thou sand gallons of beer and twenty gallons of singlings, &c.,! were destroyed. The still was saved. Also a teleorani from Agent Atkinson, at Lynchburg, A"a., that Deputy Collector Austin, in a raid along the V irgmia and West V lrginia line, cap tured five distilleries and made several ar rests. The West Virginia party captured two distilleries. I11 McDonald county the party was fired on,; and two narrowlv .es caped. lhe President signed the arrears of pen sion bill. The Fire Chronicle. Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 25. The Locust Gap mines, between Mt. Cafmel and bhamokin; were discovered, to be on fire last night at a depth of one thousand feet. 1 he hre is gaming this morning, and it is difficult to get at it, A dense volume of smoke is coming up the slope. There are no miners below, as they came out during the niarht. If filled with water, it will re quire six months to pump it out. Warwick, N.V., Jan, 25. A fire start ed in Eager's block and extended to other buildings, and. is now bevond control. As sistance was sent ; for to Newburirh Lager s block and six other buildings were destroyed. Loss about $50.000 ; in surance $40,000. Later The fire is now under control without outside assistance. mond & Co.'s warehouse, at the Union Stock Yards, burned early this morning. Is o provisions were ; destroyed.' The loss will probably not exceed 510,000. Bloody Result of a Quarrel. Meridian, Miss., Jan. 25. t-A fatal shooting occurred yesterday in Wayne county, Miss., growing out of a misunder standing between three negroes, Riley, 1 nomas ana uenms Alexander, and three whitegnen, Presley, Thomas and Walter Gambling brothers, about the possession of some land. Both parties were armed. Yesterday, near Red Bluff, the Gamblin brothers were ambuscaded by the negroes, who fired upon them, wounding Presley Lramblm and fatally miunng Thomas Gamblin, who has since died. The Gamb- lins returned the fire, killing Thomas Alex ander on the spot Dennis escaped. Virginia and the Tobacco Tax. Richmond, Jan. 25. The senate, to-day adopted the lollowing: Resolved, ' That while we deem the 1 whole system of tobacco taxation unjust j and oppressive upon producers of good i staple of one section of the country, we I heartily endorse the efforts of our Senators and Representatives in Congress to pro cure a reduction of the tax to sixteen cents per pound, and that, in view of the lact that business has been sorely depressed by the long delay of Congress in reaching general action on'the question, we invoke them to insist upon a speedy disposition of it, and to employ every legitimate means to consummate the partial relief desired. a Wholesale Imprisoniuff of Countv Offi cials. Belvidere, N. J., Jan. 25. Chief Jus tice Beasley imposed the following sen tences on the convicted county officials to day : Ex-Clerk Matteson, four years in the State prison ; ex Director btrader, two years ; ex-County Collector Cummins, two years; ex-County Collector Teel, two years ; ex-Freeholder Bulgin, eighteen months; cx-r reeholder Cox, eighteen months; Freeholder King, one year; ex- Attorney Giyens, eighteen months ; Coun cilman McDermott. oue year all at hard labor; contractor oiiKer, six monxus in county jail and $5t)0 fine. The Teller Smellers Again. Charleston, Jan. 25. The Teller Conv mittee took additional Republican testi- monv, showing that voting tissue tickets were wrapped in large tickets in Richland county. Gen. Johnson Hagood, State Comptroller, described the meetings at Sumter on October , 12. , He , testified that both races l were i. very 1 excited. The whites were expected to be attacked bv nesrroes. The streets were blocked- by negroes, which caused .the alarm bell to be run?, but order was re stored with little trnnhlf" - r " - : ! t White and colored Democrats " and Ee- trablic&ns testified as to intimidation on each side. The Georgia Races. Savaxxah, Jan. 25. The spring meet ing of the Savannah Jockey Club closed to-day. The .attendance was large. The racing was unusually fine. First race, Lamar Stake, for three-year olds, mile heats, Mary Walton, Ben Hill and Alpha were entered. Ben Hill, the favorite, was beaten easily by Mary Walton: Alpha second. Time 1:47. The second heat was very exciting : it was nearly dead be tween Mary Walton and Ben Hill. It was decided in favor of Ben Hill on ac count of foul riding: on the Dart of the jockey of Mary Walton. Time 1:501. A Chance Tor Zach. Chandler. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 2 5. Advices from Lansing state that it is rumored, and be lieved by prominent members ef the Lesr- islature.that Senator Christiancy will surely resign his seat in the United States Senate and accept the mission to Peru. In such contingency there is hardly a doubt of the election t ex45enator Chandler to fill tke vacancy. Ben Douglass' Successor. RicnMOKn, Jan. 26. The returns from the election in the First Congressional District, heM. Thursday, to fill the vacancy caused by th 5 death of Hon. B B. Doug lass, indicate the election of R. T, T Beale, Conservative member' elect to the Forty-sixth Congress from that district. The returns show a very small vote, and but insi gnificant opposition to Mr. Beale. Business Disasters. CixcixxATr, Jan. 25. The house of Williams & Lawson, wholesale liquor deal ers of this city, was closed by the sheriff last nigUt under an attachment by a num ber 01 creditors. Assets thirty to forty thousand dollars; liabilities about the same. CnATTAxooGA, Jan. 25. J. B. Ussefel- der, dry goods and notion dealei", has made an assignmet.' Liabilities ten thousand dollars; assets five thousand. j Shorter Telegrams. The Arlington case was continued te- day at Alexandria. The steamship United States sailed from Boston for Havana this afternoon with a full cargo of United States mail. This is an experimental trip, and if srecessful, ?a permanent "line will be established. The third public meeting and address in aid of the Hampton (Va.) Institute Indian school building will be held in New York to-morrow night. Gen. S. C. Armstrong aud Capt. Pratt, on behalf of that institute, have been favorably re ceived by the merchants and business men ofthatbity. ir"' OUR FOREIGN ADVICES. Yesterday in the Old World. Loxdon, Jan. 25. A special dispatch from Natal and Mantzbury, dated January od, states that City wago, the Znlu King, has assembled 8,000 warriors on the border 'and refused all the British demands. Gen eral Chelmford, to whom the management of Zulu affairs have been committed, left on the 3d for the front. The British reen- forcements have arrived and preparations for warfare complete and the troops are about to advance. Citywago has been given until the 11th Januarytomakeafull ana unconaitionai suDmission. According to the British Medical Jour nal, great alarm prevails in Eastern Europe over the rapid spread, up the Vol ga river in Southeastern Russia, of an ex tremely fatal . disease, believed to be" the plague.! The rigid quarantine was en forced against Astraghan, where it origi nated, but the panic-stricken inhabitants of that (city fled in all directions, and scat tered the germs ot infection, which appear ed in Nizhni Novgorod, only a fewhours distant from Moscow. . The Virginia Creditors j Baleiqh Observer. t That proposition is to fund, in part, the old debt ot the State, exclusive of the.con structidn bonds of the North Carolina Railroad, about $2,275,000, in new bonds bearing six per cent., at the rate of seven ty-five' cents for old interest, and twenty- five cents tor bonds issued under funding acts 01 lobb- oy. in other words, it 13 gravely proposed that the State shall issue .U00,;UUU ot now bonds bearing six per cent, interest; the interest to be payable semi-anually. and the coupons therefor to be upon .their face made receivable for all taxes, demands and dues to the State 0 any nature and kind whatsoever both bonds and coupons to be exempt trom all taxa tion, direct or indirect, general or special, and to be made by statute lawful invest ment by executors ane other personal re presentatives and fiduciaries generally The payment of the interest to be provided for bv adequate taxation, together with additional taxation after 1885 to create sinking fund. The sum and substance of it all is that if the proposition be accepted it will re quire $480,000 to be raised by taxation in addition to-the amount now raised to meet the current expenses of the State. Can the Legislature see its way clear to such an increas in its tax levy, that is to say. to double it almost, in the present impover ished condition of our people: We thinfe not. In the first place, the amount fixed for the principal of the new bonds! IS larger than we can afiord to pay, and is en tirely too high. So long as the Uunited States meets such ready sales for its bonds bearing only four per cent, interests, it is surely asking too much to call upon North Carolina to compromise with her creditor by giving them 6 per cent, bonds rendered perfectly safe by making their coupons re ceivable for all taxes and all dues to the State. It is to be ncded further that the propo- sitionof the "several residents of irgin ia" nrfrrides for the funding of only $15, iLiR333 nf the ' "recognized debt," while Ka vlinlft amount of that debt runs over $27,000,000, and this brings us to another objection to the Virginia proposition. "Whatever may be the ; proposition the Legislature will accept,, we think if safe td sy will not agree now or here after to one that does not provide for it settlement of the ontire recognized debt of the State. fTHS Strx regards thisVirginiaf prosition as a' "leetle" too steep, for. our circam We favor an equitable and speedy adjustment B'XAI BER1TII, TO-DAY. Third National Convention or a Jewish Benevolent Order. By Telegraph to the Herald. PHiLADKLPmA, Jan. 23,. 1879. The National Convention of the Independent Order B'nai Berith, the great Jewish society, will assemble, on Sundav mnrmW next, at St. George's Hall, and will con tinue its sessions tor about a week. The convention will be called to order by Mr. Julius Bien, of New York president of the Executive Committee of the Constitution Grand Lode, at eleven o'clock. About two hundred' and fifty delegates, tram all sections of the country are expected to be present, and great preparations are being made by the committee of arrangements of the District Grand Lodge for their entertainment. A grand banquet will be given on Tuesday evening, January 28, at St. George's Hall, in which delegates and other guests will participate. On Tuesday afternoon a visit win oe made by the delegates to the Jew- isa Hospital and Fairmount Park. The headquarters of the delegate will be at the Continental Hotel. This will be the third national convention since the estab lishment of the order, one having been held every five years. The B'nai Berith "' 11 1 . - is a purely Denevoient order lor assisting 11.3 uiemDers aunng me ana their families alter death. Among the questions to come before this convention will be the revision of the constitution, the admission of non-Isrealites (which will probablv be decided in the negative), and the question of making the endowment plan national. 1 his latter question.it is said, arises by reason of the many deaths of the members in the South by the yellow fever which drained the treasuries of the Southern odges. while many of the Northern socie ties are rich and prosperous. The national plan would equalize the assessments. Kaleigh Observer: It is now settled that the Judge of tht 1st District will ride the 2nd, and so in regular order to the Judge of the 6th District who rides the first. One J udge can only ride the same District once in four years. Spscial Terms will be provided for by Governor subiect to tne constitutional provision. Jl . .. v Charlotte Democrat : We spoke last. week in favor. of mercy for "Jim Heaton," who is in the Wilmington jail, because we know that his lather did the decent people of this State a noble service just about the close of the war in opposing violent schemes suggested by violent and villainous ,Jladi cals. We did not allude to the matter on account of peculiar "tender-heartedness" as the W ilmington bux suggests, but because of the remembrance of a patriotic act on he part of Hea ton's father at a critical period. Salisbury Watchman : We predict that the Governor will be one of the most quiet members in the Senate for at least one year, perhaps longer. If. any One sup poses he will be up making speeches of cracking jokes every ten minutes from the time he enters the Senate, their disap- pointifient will amount to mortification and remorse. I hat the Governor will be "on hand" when needed we have no doubt; and that he will prove equal to the occa sion, is also sure. But don't suppose for a moment that he will forget the dignity of his position. Charlotte Observer photograph of Mrs. Moon, the Indian Quaker revivalist, who is now preaching in Calvary Mission church : She is a woman above the aver age in size, perhaps 38 years of age, and a blonde rather than a brunette. She has a round face and features strongly marked ; while speaking she is rather handsome than otherwise, and her manner is easy and natural. She dresses with rigid plainness, and almost her only gesture is a wave of each hand alternatelyi Her discourse is delivered in the sing-song manner of her faith, and she speaks with remarkable fluency. She articulates well and her choice of language is excellent. She is animated at all times and never hes itates nor pauses. Occasionally she drops her voice, and in her natural tone relates an incident, the application of which is always timely. Her language is as simple a3 her dress, and occasionally there are flashes nf a rnr?ed eloauence which are otD x very striking. The Malls. The mails close and arrive at the City Office as follows : Post CLOSE. Northern through mails, daily. . . . Northern through and way mails, dailv 7:45 P. M. 5:30 A. M Mails for the N. C. Railroad, and routes supplied therefrom, in cludinff A. & N. C. Railroad, at 5:30 A. M Southern mails for all points South, daily Western mails (C. C. R'y) daily f ivrpptvt. Sundav 1 - 7 SO P. M 5:00 A.M. Mail for Cheraw & Darlington R. R. 7:30 Mails for point between irlorence and Charleston Fayetteville, and offices on Cape Fear River, Tuesdays and Fri-daj-s. FayettevUle,via Lumberton, daily, except Sundays Onslow C. H. and Intermediate offices every Friday. Smithville mails, by steamboat, dailv ( except Sunday Y :30 1 m P. M 5.J0 A. M. 6:00 " '.:00 " Mails foi Easy Hill, Town Creek and Shallottc, every Friday at. . Wilmington and Lisbon route, Mondays and Fridays at .... ARRIVE. Northern through mails open for deliverv at cm 6:00 9:00 Northern through and way mails. open for delivery at - Southern mails, open for delivery at - 7:00 Carolina Central Railway 6 00 A .M. Stamp Office open from o A. m. w rwi from 2 to 5:30 P. M- Money order M. and Rp.HKt.er Denartment open same as stamp O r General delivery open from 630 A. M. to 6:30 P. M., and on Sundays from 830 to Stamp for sale at general delivery when stamp office iaelosed. Mail collected from street boxes every oay at 4.-00 P. M. J -- SM1TEYIIAE PEOPffiir WASTED. HOUSE AM) LOT IN SMTTHVILLE wanted te exchange for a GOOD FARM on the W., C. & R. R., sixteen mile from town Apply to " EDWARD CANTWELL. V JjalUf, - . ' 5 Cents a Copy P. L. BRIDGERS & CO. Thre who'll read oar. rhyme and vWtonr , store Will appreciate more than ever beftfr, That our muse does not vaialy a pi re To climb Olympus and ingloriously erplre I11 the attempt, but keeps an even pace -r With the time., and always point to the place where they "blow" about onftiiTMc!&l thlmr. ; ' r Which ha, withoutdouU, the true business ring, ; " '.'...V''..' And this thing we wm briefly explain, With the hope that it will1 causa no pain To brother grocers; who, in, year gone by, Learned to get ptxxla at prices that were high 1 unfortunately we see some of them inclined " To follow the customs of "Auld Lang; Syne, V But we con sider it a matter of congratulation That we've no fogy notions in our educ&Uou 1 In old times "big profit" had a wide range, And old habits are hard, hard to change. ". Of Wilmington Grocers we take the leml . Now to prove this assertion we only need To remind the public that our clan new store Made others be painted and swept a little more! Like all business men who are truly wise, We at once began extensively to advertise. When our friends catching the ide, thoughtlt well To increase their tell ! spaceas the printers will At first we put some poetry in our 'ad," But when they saw this plan was not bad, They followed our lead, and when we tried prose ' They followed as iiicely as if lead by the nose 1 We next thought 'twould be well to try rbie, When lo 1 they grasped the idea as sublime ! Though they have followed in all that we've done, When this batUe is well fought and won, Some will see "that extra per cent." Isn't "nonsense," ' O But with old stock and heavy expense, They will find that the prices of P. L. Brldgers &co. v . -V " ' If followed will surely bring them woe ! To prove that we mean what we say, We announce that we sell for a week from to day, leven pounds of "A Sugar" for only one dollar, ' Which lead we invite all grocers to follow. The muse here caught sight of that one- horse grinding machine of Uerr Von Kris Kringle, and was so thoroughly disgusted at the cheap way of grinding out poetry that neither love nor money could induce him to finish 2ur rhyme, so It had to come to an abrupt ' ending.- " Respectfully and truly, jan 29-tf , P. L. BRIDGERS & CO The January Number ? OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, WHICH WILL BE ISSUED ON OR about the 15th Last., will contains paper, tn Episode in tne iimtory or tne cape . Fear," - . ' '. By the Hon. GpoROE Davis, of wnmiugton. On r local readers will recoirnize the lecture delivered ou the evening of : January 3rd for the benefit of the widow and children of Lieut. Benner. Onr general readers trrougnout tne South Atlantic States and many Northern and Western States will learn new and Important fact connected with our colonial history, pre sented to a style as chaste and elegant m Ma caulay's . , . ;. ..;..... .., In order thai tne ex-Aixorucy uenera ui the Confederate States may be enabled to as sist the fitouly of the Northern soldier as much as possible, a liberal per t Milage oi every buo scription 'to THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, sent. on account oi me appearance ui " urnvic, will be handed by the editor to the Rt. Rev Thomas Atkinson, Bishop of North Carolina. to be forwarded by him to Mrs. Benner and her fath.erlcss children. : " In the same number win appear a renew oi , Mrs. Preston's , . . "OL.I SOSG AIM) NEW," . bv Col. Paul II. Hayne of Georgia ; a portion of a powerfully written tragedy, by Eapy H. Milliamsva weu anown iumwui Orleans; . , : TRAVELS IN THE IIOIVY L.AXD by W. C. Johnstone, EsqM of South Carolina; with i. Continued Stories, Sketches and Poems, by writers of acknowledged ability. This urangement wiH hold good until the January number (a very large edition wui oe issued) are aola. ' . Annnal subscription $3 ; single copies m cents. Address. : ; f MRS. CICERO W. HARRIS, jan5-tf s . Wilmington, X. Klutz Chill Cure. . tk .nta.ner PURE DRUGS :Sci MERT, TOILET AD FANCI ' ARTICLES, Ac. , ..mn. compounded .at allbu,aay or night. j80 3d Street pp Tin WEIL COBB. C. D. M. COBBf PUBCELL HOUSE, , WIUIINGTON, N. C. -i-k ECENTLT THOROUGHLY OVER H, hauled and renovated- FIRST-CLASS G" every respect. 'Location desirable, being situated near all bu&mes houses Postoffice, Cuatom House, City Hall and Court House. , RATES. and per Iay. Our motto is . . TO'PXEASE!:'., , : COBB BROS. ... oct23-tf . ! Proprietors CnA Liver Oil DOtUejA" . ' i " ife-
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