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J JL v 6 rr rr.i T3 n i-n To 4. m m - m t i -i i vial; VOL 1 r( o:i v i t ;m :,tv,.(.. i ill :v, ii:ci:Mm:ii, i.itsi, N). 1 a .1 M A IM M(w i.TH f.in.i'v ik-wsj a- jMtlili hiil Lis ever an'. -i r iwoted to tV inti-ivM f- i.'ztti llu Washington ne v.-- ii ) ('.mi' t . f'lnte j -u-l Nation. I, PuUl..-d bwn Tla.r-d.n nt tool.... tr.-:l tW.dy. N. V. l. !:. !im i;iii:j;tv. kuithm :.(. IdVKUs. Pi iimmikk. Si i n i ii"i l Uatks. - ?1 1 ropy 1 year 1 " (' inortlis 1 " 3 months lc. AllVKIlTlSINO Kati:.-'. 1 in h 1 week, !" 1 lllolitil ' 3 '1 " ,. ' 1 . " 1 year 1 .'ilinnii 1 wii'k..,. 1 " 1 IllOlitll.. 1 " 3 " ... 1 " (i " .... 1 " 1 venr $7 ) ...1 :...',() ...$:J7..",(i ..",( II ASlIINtiTOX LETTIOR. From our Regular Correspondent. Tor tho Demochvt: Mr. Harri.MMi'H niossap;'i was toad in both Honsos oi Coiitoss to-day. It is too oarly to say what is thought of it, as fow nionibors pay c'oso onoufj-h attention to tho loading of a niossao in tho House or Senate to rare to ox press an opinion up m j it; they prei'or to read it over j carefully afterwards. Hut j it certainly was not received j with any enthusiasm by tho Republicans. That much could bo plainly hoon by any erson that attended the opening of Congress. Gen. Clark, tho clt rk of the last House, called tho new House to order at noon to day, and ho is probably the last Democrat who will have the honor of presiding-, oven temporarily, over tho House until tho first Monday in loc 1801, when n Democratic speaker is again ex period to be elected. Senator Quay, aided by tlie silent support of the ad ministration, succeeded- in making Reed speaker of tho House, just as your corres pondent from tho beginning '.predicted, but it may in the future prove to be a dearly bought victory for Mt. Quay as he has madesomeonemies that will not hesitate to get even if the chance ever pre sents itself, and it generally does in political as well as private life. One enemy that Mr. Quay has made, he may well beware of. It is J. M. Carson, Washington corres pondent of Hit? Philadelphia Ledger, who had the audac ity to become a candidate for .lerk of the House with ,"it, consulting Mr. Quay. Mr. Carson claims that a ma jority of the lYnnsylvnnian delegation Lad pledged hi ml seen there on the first Mon their support, which virtual-day in December for twelve ly meant his, election, ns the! years past. Attending the place was conceded to Penn sylvania, and that Mr. Quay by open threats ,-urceeded in compelling the most of them ; to support his candidate for the place, Edward McPh'er- son, Secretary of the Republj ! Mcpherson' of Pennsylvania, can Congressional Commit tee ! Clerk; Holmes, of Iowa,Sar McPherscngot the nomina-:geant-at-arm; . Adams, of tion, but Mr. Quay got the' Maryland, Door-keeper: enrnPy of Mr. ("arson, who; Wheat, of Wisconsin, post wields a great influence j master, and ilev. V. II. Rams among the newspaper men, 'dell. District of Columbia, who resent Mr. Quay's say-' Chaplain, ing that Mr. Carson only! Hon. Samuel J Randal was represented a lot of irrespon-1 in his seat at the opening of sible newspaper men. No Congress, but his looks ti ll paper in n vniioi: li.iyii: r yct v de.-n I for it. Ex-sp;: i ".Jf,.,. ' u-j! !,,.;; ,., . ;;t in t!'i nsMTtiuii as n!- Would i lit- l;l 1 1- S' hliyliT Coi f.ix if h'4 was ki1!' lyour eye on (iu.iy. j Mr. Reed 1i:ih hern mm!-. . . .. ... , I l,V 1 ! !i M'.iiiiirUll leaii-TS that lie eai: I.-' ivli.s! ill to get tin best of tli'1 minority t';:r rights in t!). IIou : II' i not o jii'ctri to !o this by his Mtpcrior knowl f(Ic of :tiiMn)Mit;iry tnc tifs. lint liy ti rbit nt r.y !' i ions. Tli'-n will b exc't'il inji'ly lively tiiiscs in tin IIoiismvIi"ii ho atlompt to ilr'j.rivo tho I)tinocrnts of; any of tlwir rights. 71io nowspapor con-ospon-donts arc lnai-tily iilad that tho spoakorsliip fat-coi oil. They nero rounro 1 by thoir tiapiTs to tcloraph jdaily accounts of tho ti.ht, when thoro was no ti-ht Thoro has boon no time with in the last throe months when tho fact w as not per- tectly plain to an impartial observer that Hood would be speaker. There were two reasons for the execrated newspi-por accounts of theal legvd contest. ()n.n was op position to Rood and .the hope that a real contest might be brought about by the sham publications, and the other was tho desii-o on the part of thocorrespondent to earn their salaries. The Democratic caucus toiiominate House officers was called for last Friday night, but owing to the ab sence of a quorum, was post poned until this morning at 10 o'clock when Mr. Car lisle received the nomination for speaker and all of the old House officials wore re nominated'. No other busi ness was transacted by the caucus. The question of who shall be chairman of the ways and means committee of the House is going tomakehard feelings on the part of some of the Republicans. Mr. V I). Kelley, of Pennsylvania, thinks he is entitled to it, but it is almost certain that Speaker Reed will give it to McKinloy, of Ohio. The usual hustling and bustling crowd of men and women attended the opening of Congress t.o-dny. It is an annual show that 'hundreds of Washington people nt tend regularly. I saw faces in the galleries to-day that I have opening- of Congress and shaking hands with even- President is a positivemania with lots oi folks here. The new House officials nra Reed of Maine, Speaker; !: i - ! . : i; i m !i: a '. .nib y .-.-v.. li. -it. '.). (i -orgia',. S-ond Iis;mt !': ::k;i wciv exli.r.'si e . ! .-i.ntii'H ., vi:;;!.(:!f . :'. I I a ."-.licit y nf !. I : v. ; J. r. :;inl v- i! KUttllill! i y li!.' '.tsrl'ss loir ui J Im) ::i;l!i!:i!i,!it. The !; '.lit- i n i.-; li.nl s'lr'n'tl mis v'ri'- I,' at parti d i"j'.!iiiti.i!i. (e,i !.!' tlii -.u I i:.' men ro;;!t: not i i v i ; wit :. exi-te:ii i was barely Joi.-rnl le. So per s'sfeiitly ha 1 the Federal. pushed their s.ip. that it al-mo.-t i-roAii-d th: collator scrap of Wagner. Such of ihe h'M vy gi!!is of that fori as were stil! H-rvicoable could not be depi cted isUili' ienl ly to bear upon the working parties, and tne shai j shoot ersoi'the en.-'iiy effect ually commanded a!) the embra-i ures. So violent wa.-. liieha riiane o!" l -ir: ; iug s':e!'--and impini'ig- .--olid shot sweeping; t hi' parade at all points, and searching oven t i i : gu n-ch am ! 'i s.-1 1 . d so n n remitting was the lire fiom telescopic rift 's that tho Con fedcrates could no longer man their guns, or show their heads above tho para pet wit h out. incurring tho penalty of certain death. Wagner had boon praet ically si!en ed, and was sullenly sulToring inevita ble domolition." lint, the incident- I am go ing t o relate was known only to tin' members of the Twen eighth Georgia Regiment, and at th it time not ;dl of them wore present. This gal lant regiment wascoinmand ed by Co!. W;a. Cra wiord, now a resident of Augusta, and himself one of tho coolest, bravest, and most modest survivors of tho war. Among tho men then on duty were several who an; now citizens of Augusta. It was during the very hottest of the tight Crawford decided to send an order over to a detachment at his command, stationed m a different part of the fort. Nearly every gun had been disabled, and Col. Jones, in his description, declared that in the midst of the tempest of shot and shell, there were hours when a bird could not have flown with safey across the parade-ground of the fort. Old soldiers who were 1here will remember that this dis cription didbut justice to th" raking fire. "Wagner, indeed, was but little else than a vol en no." How to get this order exe cuted was a problem. Craw ford called for volunteers. There wore men there who did not care for adventure. For fifty days they had brav ed sVt and shell, and there were no places about the fort bomb-proof or safe ; but to walk out "on the parade ground so as to rerch anoth er point of Morris Island mo-int certain death and mu tilation. Men who every day were putting their lives iu u. on a hazard, naturaly shrank from ,-ray such esrapad0. Rut the order had to be o beyed. .Well, boys, shall I go myself?" said the popular commander, walking toward the open space. "'. ':!o i-i. 1 ill g.i." p in .an ! reiti. n.'d to as jmst littb oimm J.tt k for b.--i I, . Ai.i'l f. I! rw, with hi in !a- j!d, quiet .faithful way sIkm-k hum looks? Tu.ihi !!.::v ov! !.:i--fn. . com o;:t . .-Jars i r cpain ttes ever your tS"! is into coin r:i ! o d sjion S :h:t!:.g hi :;.;;; 4 his so'dierrloth. To- wheat, nn-l put thin evil fr- s- ! y.'.i . : r viiii the pi :-( day he li . t'apt. Sam May's yiui.and I will blwn ytHi.aicl iiaofa i i-'iMi'iilr.'s.-paiade. ,1 iee. in fohmd'i-i county. iiuse my fav to hhine ujioa !'iiv-!i". .!o'm Marti-i rei-eiv- ,SJ, v Ui woiked ever .votv. e ! th Colo" i's ord . and e th' war wi s o!-r. Th" Pod with one accord I : w.dk'-l ovr t!ie parade- ai :a v.!: '.vantx to know any a!! oxclaiiu-.d. We cam-it gi-'Ui'-d. (JnJ.'t s- me, to j J,;,. r aPuut le,; beroic con- cca.e from chev.'ing, pljflii.g , reign in the f tit. What few 'dj, . nt liittery Wague! a:id fir.ui!i,ig. We a re sla v : ig-na ha 1 b ea s-rv-'d from iiU.Nt hear ihe details of this and the Lord wiih sfre d:J tiai-to ti:::.Mi:i th- Co!!r" !-1 ;,A;dei,t. as I h;i v.'doiie fn-m pleased w i t It his jieop'e v,h i rate side '.. rest;"e I. for tic s()l!1 . , . C(;;7v;yv ;."-' raise 1 this phint. and crio I u-inr.:er v.'-io noting the U,n (.i:T u A,;.-:;t CAo.'.'o. fRep-ut. or I will -.me arl :t' ligure as it sta'ki'd across - - i curse you ur d with a wrr it'ao plain. (tse..:...l to his1 P i-.: '.v!n !c -l n life c.f 'x-'eurser' S. FlT.!a-:tUM. I . . 1 i l ii . pewin-' !!' Mi.Mivt to I'lleililia-. , -ompamonsthat .b.lrn Mar-, ,.,.,, j.J ,,,, UnnlmA t Jlll( i'in wassev.rfut tall. Avon-!.,,, I viil !in 1 ,. vliaMe rcmHvi Tl.eiv e.iv uuuiy .ic.-uh uts n Sidlii'aoi over- n-ur-1 ;: H. .M-'lTai's vol.anie Ol'd'i'hsea vvliieh cff . ...rk n..n i lie- m:; i 1111111:1:; 1..111' of Parrot tun- and :!'oe!u:n mortar.-'. i! 11 I. ! a . . t. 1 . 1 r i- . : U: l" ! Martin had gone on his. long i 'out '!)e'.- V'. Vi he had ever itlr'ught ofh is almost hope- Mi -.s errand liednJ iiorshow it. '.'.-(!. i- .. . . 1 .i ,,1 ..o,,l,. ' . . I I i j ' V ' . I 1 111 I !::-;!' o:; pick" duly, ! itfin mea- (u-"d off : i ;. ice f : t f see.v;ed to : !"1 1l'(i:il (iirtli- !eV. the I in u'e.v huu'lrod yards were made! i". safety, but it seemed tothe ineu in the hirt that they Id ll'ver ! Th.eil cour.'.'.eucod the return o' ''t.o Hi! incsseii",' r i'o faced about from ,!. i;;ir. ! iid tiio earth, grew and be be.ie after delivering the oi-' a eat plant and dor that shifted or silen-.v! ! sl,:ra3 ,lH 1,,J,V0S "ik and theC mfederate tire in that i U th. bugs and vile part of the fort. Wou'd nothing arouse that stolid spirit, and make him!l':s o course oi nine walk faster in that race for ; th-e sons of men looked upon life? Onlv one thin-peihans,!'ri!1il! thought it beautiful and that happened just then, j to nlon, and much to Caxtimrhisevo toward thej l!1 h'i-ed to make lads look skv it was two o'clock in the afternoon -hihn Martin look ed up imme.i-iat'ely to tin hri'-htsnn which rtaaied be - vond the bunions frmged with fire. Possiblv hethotr-vlit of his home up ' in Ce.aiia and -om.:0, whether ' he ami i-.!.(ko w.KiHi i.( would ever return to his frien.l salive. .lust then a shot struckthetlag that fioatedj And the m)utl.s oi ail that serenelv above the battle, I lavo'd became foul, and tho radiant banting tint-! ""' they were seized with a tered half-wav down the ;-'.tarf';v,,,!(M,t putting, and they like a siuulowof ill-omen to ; did sj.it even m ladies' par Ratterv Wairuer. John Mar-iI()rs nn1 1:1 tl,e h()US of t!li tin had performed his mis-1 L,ml of ,u)sts' n!ui tht saints sion. He had no obligation 1' thl Most niSh W0l'e S't now, except to iret back to .v 'hsjileased thereby, the bomb-proof as fast ns And it came to pass in the possible. As if emboldened ;""'' "f time that others bvthia dismr.ntling of tlm ' li'l "UU it, and they ueiv ta flag, the Federal 'bnl tenesl k' suddenly with lits and nnd'shipsred.mWed th-ir fa-ll:e' sneeze, in so much t r ii -I i t li i f- "flwiii warn fill.iil siiaiio. im: .Martin s Dioou was up. Ee.r the first time during this dangerous out ing his soirit'seemed to Jhiiue. Personal danger had hiiled to arouse him. but the sight of thedissheveled flag fired Irs verv soul l-aoiv exceed mglv grave ami j xanga county m me ciie. oi .j. i,. With the spring of a panth , calf-like, and the smoke ofA,li,njr )Xtt:. Vh C. W. Long , ' 7 J,, . , x , A, and h. II. Dougheitv. I will or he rushed to the center of i their torment ascendeth up for tothe highest bid- t lie parade ground and climb i forever. And thecultivation tier at the courthouse door, in ed in raising the flag to its: ! defiant height again. Shells l now fell like rain, but some- how the stars and bars rode;b.y the commerce thereo,. the storm without a shred, j And it came to pass that the and private John Martin a-ot ! saints oi tho Most Hiirh de - Imck and reported to his filed themselves with it, oven cn mrnander. ' the poor who could not bnv The boys say there was a tii-moe Tol .'V.twtonl sniwi " . ................ - as no fsa ui; All right John. I will give you a i'uriougn if we ever -et out of iVoro " Vn l as for John Martin, he went back in the f.irt and lit his u'.)'!ii infiai'iiitii 11. Ai- von iMl.sat inirlit . nml l!iaii'.if''s:-:l !iv a lunl cun ili? t'se ji),.. .. ii. M.-tnn-.s Tr Wiae Lung Uuhn, it will s-riire yon 'sound slenp. and efl'eit u prompt a,:,i 1 It you saii.-r j.i i.-unii juuiikoii ... j t a i ; i'iovniii i :i!' eves, or -:;imi)i ik-iii I:i idn hgiit. a : I e.u! onr hIu 'il'i:v,..,,k tllid t.-iiit: .veil sliould prom-.-.th-i!;.' nr .1 II "!(!;! u'h St rengtlleniiig eye se.lve twehty ,., fii x'e c uts a box. -v I:1!;' i-'wwoJ i'amiik Then sh.a'.l t he kingdom of ' L 1 1 11 lA , i oi touaccoseou, w nicn niougn oxcce(iin j:lv small, being cast :' ...... worms toiind a lialntation thereon. And it came to ii e a. ? .... . l'W a,1(l liini' co they put forth their hands and did chew thereof 1 it; i('k' i"1 t() voni;t: n!,)st "Hiiil.v. I 11 inrtner enmo to iassjll(ii?in(1 wi).s p.hliriutta, dated 1 '"',L tli,,s0 vvho b(--tU S- ! 'eak and uamanly, ! fi of the , (if Deeds, in rook "L p gen, j :n' : " cannot ease I - a lt p nth of Nov. 188'J I fn,!U ''hewing it. .- with tears, and they did look exeeedingly silly. And yi't others cunningly wrought the leaves thereof into rolls, and did set fire to ! thereof, and they did 1 1 f I t hereof ler-iime n o i-P:it n ii.l mighty business in the euth. Merchantmen waxed rich .bread nor shoes nor books1 .. ..i. , iur i iii'iriH ii.'ouessjii'iu i ueir money for it. And the Loi d 'as greatly displeased then : witli and said, Wherrfore, tinswasteandwiiydoethe.se s.H it lie fiuiae-- 111 las work. ; wlm ti iiiiivIh- uiatkly ivniedied 1 h.V tlie n:v of nr. J. U. MeNnnV t Vclcmii oi! l.hiinieid Utf d, Speaki r of Tbe Houwi Hon.Thos. P,. Reed, of amine, is. the Speaker of the House. To our people it makes no difference who; so j iar as we are concerned one oi them is the same as anoth or. lie is an able man, a bit' tor partisan and a devout worshiper at the shrine of Plutocracy. So also are Mc Kinloy, CniiotMi anil tho rest. The Democrats voted for Mr. Carlisle for Speaker a!! of them excepting Mr. Cowles of North Carolina, who voted for Mr. Cumnungs, of New York. Mr. Cowles remem bers the indecent treatment he received in the latt Con gress at the hands ol Speak er Carlisle. He was not, we assume, in the caucus which nominated Carlisle, a nd if not his vote against him was a perfectly defensible one. Landmark. NOTICE! I v virtue of a mortgnge deeti (X'fr.ted to us bv M. A. I'res- One tract of land containing tit ty acres more or less, adjoining tho lands of .I.e. Ilenson. Church and Ilarniairs heirs in Shawnee haw township, ia Watauga Co,, We will expase for sale the ahove described lands toth-higU est bidder for cash, at the court house door, in the town of Jlooi.e on the Gth. day of January 8.), for the recovering of amount et forth in said mort gages. This Dec. Hrd.'SO, E. l (h-eer and Jacob Younce, Mortgagw-s. NOTICE! J. L. Adams, Aumaiietiator of Klvira, Adaras, s 0. W. Long& K. II. Dougherty. Venditioni Ekpowis, Execu tion. Ity virtre of a VenX Execution plaed in my hands by the ( 'lerk of the Siierior eourt ot Wa 1.J A . ' - A . T1 X lie TOW 11 OI JiOOllO, Oil Tllfi 1st monday in January 1800 it be ing t he (it h day, a tract or par- el of laud, known as the Elvira i Adams land, lying in Blue lodge ilip;two'iunu1red ncrG;: vi,:1 Urn by me the 3rd, uay of Dec, jl to satisfy'a jndgniciit ot ! ( rued and exoended, fc. rid fnads i levied on as the probity ol :eo. l-o:ir. I his the rd ot Dec no om oi I'tc J. L. I laves Shif. CuA KLGS CARTER, M. D. Phjsiein.i and Surg-eon, Blowing Rock, N. C.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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