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THE SOUTHERNER. Fublisaod eftry Thursday by L'IIARLEjS, HI3ARNE & BIGGS. -IAS. G.CHARLES. W)t. A. HSA&NK. Wjtl BIG3S. "Terms" of Uyeftlsi f Tit A SSltiXT RATES 4 4 One Spuare. (tin h iir.c.'. oe time,. pavh Subsequent; insertimi ' ". COXTHAC'T RATES!,'. TlBUs Of SUBSCRlPTIONt (ixVAEUilfeV I AbVANtB.) T)ne copy one yeftf-.i uunninui... $3 00 Utte copv mettiit . 2 00 One copy1 thre months 1 00 Twenty-Fire per cent. Is added to the above rates when paid at the end of the year. Oiii Mtitm' one year . ..... One-fotiriji .Cqluniii uiiyar., Que-Ilali; C'oliiinii " ' . . Pnc Column one year........ .. 1S0 p) i. ''MY COUT3ElYi ilGrHT Oil "WON: COUNTRY.' Business Cards occupying a square or less Inserted for Twenty Dollars a year, v Monthly changes allowed. - : VOL. XLIII. TARBORO', EpGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER U, 18G7. NO. 49. I ill 1 I I 1 zi in f5F : 1 PROFESSIONAL. t,. D. PENDER ATTORNEY AT IAW, TARBORO', N. 0. OFFICE, one door below Pest Office, . and one above the store of D Pender & Co. All business intrusted to my rcare will be promptly and Strictly attended f.o. Sept. 25, 1666. 12-tf GILBERT ELLIOT!,, ATTPNEY AT f,AW, Office No. 24 West Main Street, Norfolk, Va, REFERENCES : Messrs. Dancy, Hyinaa &c Co., Ngr Ycyfk Dr. P. P. Clements, Baltimore. Messrs. C. W Grandy & Sons, Norfolk, lion. V. A. Graham, Hitlsboro', N. C. Hon. V; . N. H. Smith, Murfreesboro', N. C. Aug. 29. 31)-tt ASA BICGS. J. EDWIit MOOBB BICCS & MOORE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Tarboro', N. Q., WILL attend tlie Courts in the Couu ties of Martin, Bertie, Pitt, Edge, ,combe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson and Wayne, and also the Federal, Bankrupt and Su preme Courts. Strict attention paid to .the collection and adjustment pf claims, and to cases in Bankruptcy. August 1, 1867. 33 tf Wilson Carolinian and Goldsboro' JStar iusert for one month and send bill to his office. DR. R. F. ROBERTSON, N $gg TI3T, TARBORO', N. C , Office at tlie Edgecombe House, where lie can be found on Monday and Tuesday pleach week. May 2, 1SG7. NOTICE. A E. RICKS, D. 1. L , would respect fully say to the Citizens of Tarboro' and its vicinity, that be is again in the practice vf his Iiofession and will in the future as in the past endeavor to discharge Ms duty faithfully for all those who wquire his service. Address, Rocky Mount, N. C. Feb. 3, ISGS 10 tf SEW YORK. DANCY, MM AN & CO., .Crnrral commission Merchants, No. 24 Exchange Place, NEW YORK. September 2("th 1S07. 32-ly H 31. BRACE & C., rnni'fW FACTORS. 29 Chambers amd 5 Reads Streets, SEW YORK. wrui. ATTENTION PAID TO Ji ti.-l. if Cotton in this Market, on which liberal advances will be made aim TX P WD on abdication to li. Chapman, .fept. 19. 4F-.'y Rich'd J. Conner. Chat. II. Rich,irJson J AS. II. JTcCLUEli, of N. C, WITH J. (BONNER & CO., Manufacturers and Dealers in Hals, Caps, Furs. Straw Goods. 234 & 2.-ti CANAL STREET, Nearly opposite Enrle's lotel, NElf 'ORK. July 23 35'tf J0UV K. H0IT? of "Washington, N. C, with CHICHESTER 4 CO., WHOLESALE KEALER8 IN 'Foreign and Dojnestic Hard ware; No 10, Barclay Street, near Aston Jouse, New York. JSSir All ords promptly attended to.ts3 . Feb. 10 ' ll-.tr O. r. IIAT(I, i.. kste-, Hew Xji'k. ivVilmington, N. C. ' V. F. HTCH, New York. iUTCII, ESTfiS & CO., fieneral Commission Merchants, ISTo. 13'2 Front Street, Corner ot Pine Now York. C1 0 N S I G N M EN T S1 0 F COTTON AND Naral Stores solicited. Usual advanees made and a!! orders nromplly executed. p Uct. 10. -tf Tannahill, Mcllwaine & tov Commission Merchants, 13 O Pearl Street, Sew York. Strict Personal Attention given to COTTO.Y. EST ROLL AND GUNNY BAG ging, Koie and Iron furnished at lowes market rates. Taxes on Cotton will be paid by our f.-iends Messrs. D. Pender & Co, Alathew Weddell. Eso., Mesvs'. Siiii'h i- U'llliatus, Tar!oro', N'.'p. J. E. Lindsey, Ro..ky M-junt, N- C. Messrs.'G. JI. Browu & Cl'., Waslington. N. f- A up. '.;). :c-tf A. T. BRUCE & CO., PPT-TON FApTOKS, ppneral Commission Merchants, For the Sale of Cotton and other Southern Produce. No. 1GC TEARL STREET, NEW YORK. ARTIES Shipping Cotton to us;an be accommodated with funds to nav iFax py calling on Messrs. Browu & Pippep or IU. JL D. Teel, Tarboro'. Property overed by Insurance as soon as ttarted. ct 13-46-tf LOJBER FOR JX' AM NOW PREPARED TO FURN isb LllLUber of all kinds who may wisii to purrliase. Brown, Daniel or Co.. are our authorized Agents at Tarboro', who have Lumber on hand at all times, and are ready to till orders !ej with iiiep. " ELBERT FELTON. Nsar Tarboro'. Oct. '24. 46-lm ACTION J AUCTION ! I ON luesday and Saturday of each week, I will have an Auction in Front of the Court J louse. Persons desiring property of any ind sold, will do well to call on me. As no effort will ba spared to obtain the highest prices. J. j. HYATT, pec. 2r-if ' Auctioneer. NORFOLK, NOTICE. JOHN WHITE, ESQ., FORMERLY of Warreaion, N. C, is thisydjpit ted a partner i our business, lb,? sp'yhj of ,te firm to be " FREER, & CO. FREER NEAL. " "' 44-tf October 9. GEO. H. FREER, X. C. JOUV B. NEAL, J.'. C. JXO. WHITE, K. C. FREER, XEAE & CQ.9 fJQTTON FACTORS, AND General Commission Merchants, ijTorfblk, Va. Hon Z B Va nee, Charlotte ; O G Parsley & Co, E Murray & Co, Wilmington ; General R W iavward, Raleigh ; General Wade Hainan, South Carolina; Colonel John W. Cunjjghain, Person c.unty ; Turner Battle, Es,o, Edgecombe; Exchange National Bonk q( Norfolk- George 11 Brown & Co, Wash, jiigton, oot. 9. 44-f RICKS, HILL 4 CO., COTTON AND Gen. Commission Merchants NORFOLK, VA. BAGGING and ROPE furnishpd-payr ablo in Ootton. Liberal advances niad. sen 1 40-tt JAMES GORDON & Cp., Comm ission Merchants, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. ROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION given to the sale of Produce of every kind, and to the purchase of all supplies for Farmers, Merchants, and others in the country. nov 29, lrtf C.W. Grandy, C.R. Grandy, CW.Gra-.d.jr C. H. GRAND7 & SONS, House Established 1815, FACTORS, ' FORiyARDTNG AND COM.MISSiqN ME It C II A XTS, aiclxito&h'g Tharf, AO li FOLK, VA. fTlftl TnE SALE OF COTTON, ' G:-:iin. Naval Stort's and Count' Pro duce ne rally, and ni'tutsers of deneral .Htrciianaise. Sept 15 42-tf C0WAND Si HARRISS, general CommUiidS Merchants QG Commeroo Strpet, NORFOLK, VX, WJILL attend promptly to sales of Cot- T f ton, drain, Lumber, jobacco, 4a- val Stores, &c, and purchss of Supplies, and forwarding Cotton and Tobacco t$ Eu rope if desired. D. G. Covr.ixn, Washington Co., C. R. J. Hahbiss, Granville, late of Iliax County, X. C. aug l-35-Cm Cgy Refers to T. E. Lewis, Tarboro'. J. D. REED. AGT.. PliiiOTIOAL HATTElt, Wholesale and lietail Dealer in H;?4y?, Capt, Straw Qopds, Umbrellas, UuDes, &e., No. 18 Main Street, NORFQRK, VA. ap. 18. 20rly I. fitrkUy. W. il. Millar J. W. Grandy, Formerly of N. C- BERKLEY, MILLAR k CO. Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods 8c Notions, 10 West Main Street, Next door to Exchange National Bank NOHFOLK, VA. mar. 28. 16 ly ESTABLISHED 1831. J. M. FREEMIN, "Watchmaker and Jeweler, NO. 29 MAIN STREET, Corner of Talbot Street. NORFOLK, YA. C CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL J flssortruent of Watches, Jewelry, Sil ver ware, &fi. Yaiccs fcarcfuily and properly Repair ed. ' apr. f 18-tf L. p. lirifkhoute. S. J." Thomas. fi L. BUK tIUl SE L 4 0., Wholesale and Retail dealers in BOOTS, SHOES, Tr. njts, Valises, Carpet Bags&c, No. 23 INfain. Street, Opposite Taylor, Martin & Co., Norfk, Va. Cgy Full stock constantly on hand at Lowest Market Prices. Jouji JI. Febeee, cf Morganton, N. C. may 28. 16-ly C F Greenwood. Fred Greenwood. ESTAI3LTBHED 1347. C. F. GREENWOOD & CO., Watchmakers an Jewelers, DEALERS IN aINE GOLD AND SILYEE WATCIT . es, Diamonds, Pearl and ' oilier rich Jewelry, Solid Siker and Plated TJTare, Spectacles, Olock AND Fancy &oods, No. 2T- Main fetreet, Norfpjk, Virginia. N. B. Watches and Jewelry repaired by the most skillful workmen and warranted. April 4. 1867. 18-ly ST FrSELDNER. 5PMAiir Strqpt, NORFOLK, VA. ESyJ-ISgED 854. WholeaQ 3, nd Retail Clotjhier ' nd JVchanf Taylor. f-EEPS CpNSTNTLY ON HAND jML' one of the largest and best selected stocks of Ready Made Clothing and gent furnishing goods, also a fine assort ment of piece goods, which he is prepared to make up to order in the latest and most fashionable styles, a call is very respect fully requested. S. W. SELDNER. April 4, 1367. " " J?-ff NORFOLK. JN;0. Blfi.fi ESS & CO., Wholesale Grocers, Commission Her- cnanis, aua jeaiers in Foreign and Domestic Liquors, Cor. Wide Water and Commerce Streets, Norfolk, Va. SPECIAL 4-TNTION GIVEN TO cojLsjgnrcehU and prompt returns made. Oct. 10. 41-Gra WM. H. PETERS. WASHINGTON BEEP, PETERS & REED, General Commission, Shipping1 and Forwarding Merchants, Town Point, Norfolk, Va., iXI) Water Street, Portsmouth. Oct. 10. 44-3m W. HORNER, (Successor to P. DIL WORTH,) No, I "Wide Water Street, NORFOLK, VA., WILL PAY TH3 HIGHEST MAR: kpt price for Conon and Woolen Rags, Rap?, Paper, Mgtals, Bones, &c. June 6, 1867. 27-ly 85rTH, ELLIOTT & CO., (jfocers and Commission Merchants, No. 12 lloanoke Square, Norfolk, Va. CONSIGNMENTS'' OF PRQDUCE and orders ior Goods will' receive prompt jjlteution. Bafrging and Roe furn- W. II. CHEEK. W. E. CAPEHART. C. CAfEHART. CHEEK, CAPEHART & CO.', Grocers and Commission Merchants, No. 35 Commerce Street, Norfolk, Va. SUPPLY OF PURE Peruvjn Guano and other Fertilizers, Rone, Bagging, Groceries and Liquors, kept con stantly on hand. Sept. 0. 40-Gtn. TAILOR, MARTIN & CO., DEALERS IN Hardware, Cutlery, 'BAR IRON AND STEEL, WAGON MATERIAL, BELTING AND PACKING, House Furbishing Goods, q., Circular Front, corner of Main street and Market Square, Norfoljj:, Va. Nails at Factory Trices, Trace Chains, Weed, Hilling and fjrub Hoes, Horse Col lars and Hames, Axes, Saws, &c, &c. The trad supplied at Northern pripes. mar. 28. 16-ly p.VVI$ BROTHER, Wholesale dealers in G-ROCERES, LIQfJORS, and Agents Tor Carolina Belle Scutch Qnuff, and various grades of VIRGINIA MANUFACTURED Tobacco. f-EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND JlsL. a iujf stocK 01 Migar ana uollee, Flour, Lard, Bsicon, Candles, Family and Fancy Soaps, Cheese, Butt?, Fish, J?ork, Salt, Candy, Buckets, Brooms, Shot, Pow der, and many other articles, to pompleto the assort mp pt usually found in a JoI hing Gvocvvy Blouse. Any consignment will haye especial ac tion. No. 4 Rowland's Whjrf, Norfolk, Va. ap. 25, 1867. 21-ly Ed. r. Tubb. Ed. M. Moore. Ed. J. Giffith. EDWARD P. TABR & CO. WHOLESALE DEALERS 1N HARDWARE, CUTLERY AND FANCY GOODS. West Side Market Square, Norfolk, Va. $ign ot the Anvjl, AGENTS FOR Tllfe SALE OF OLD Ioniinion Nails, Erfc-ry's' Cottop Gin, poyle Gambles Circular, Pijt and cut Saws Warrenled. Gam pelt.ing, all sizes. A large stock always on hand of Axes, pajes, Shovels, Forks, Chain .Tjraces. Hollow Ware, Horse Collars, Rope. Agents for Fairbanks & Co's Standard SCALES, that will weigh a Gold Dollar or a Canal Boat Loaded. A Jarge stock of Queens Ware, China and Gl'33. Attention of the tade re spectfully solicited. mar. 28. 16-ly WASHINGTON. G. II. BROWN with T. M. ROBINSON & CO., General Commission and Shipping Mer chants. WASHINGTON", N.p. REFER TO Co!. D M Carter, Wash;ngto;. Judge E J Warren, ' Col. Will B Rodman, " Willie Walston, Eq., " Hon! George Howard, " Oct. 31. H-C,tn JOHN MYERS' SONS, pommigsion Merchants, Receiving and Forwarding 4.GENTS. WASI1INGTON, N. C. April 4th, 1867. 18-tf H. WIS WALL SON, Commission Mprchanjs, and Wholesale and Retail dealers in Groceries & General' Merchandise, MAIN STREET, WASHING-TON, N. C. Nov. 25. -r'' ' p -I'-ly pf F HAVENS, General Cpmmissign Merchant, Washington, V Strict personal attention will be given to the receiving and Lipp;ng of all kipds of produce. dec 6 Lumber I Lumber!! I WILL deliver all kinds of LJMBER to any convenient point from' my JjH, at the shortest notice, and on reasonable terms ELIAS CARR. ie 30-31-tf. near SpartW ''C THE SOUTHERNER. THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1867 From the Southern Opinion. The Fall of Fort Fisher, and Evacaatlon of Farts Caswell and Holmes, and Smlth TUle, X. C. At the time Porter's powerful 8,rrfla da, the heaviast in point of metal (he world had. ever seen, appeared the spp ond time off Fort Pisbfer, there was in that monument of W hitiqg a eagineer ing genius a mere ha'ndfu of men un tried in battle but under th command of the g.llaut Colonel Wil jam Lamb, of Virgiuia.' Lamb s regiment num bered, all told, about eigltt huudred ef fective men, which had been its aver age strength since its organization. In addition, there wa? Captain Adams' Light Battery, and at lfbrp Buchanan a few marines, under the ppnimand of Captain Van" Beuthuyspp, and Lieu tenants Doajc and Murdock with some sailors, gajlapt ars, from Commodore JMnckuey's fleet.' It was this handful of men that were destined for three days to withstand Sorter's guns, nnd .he immense force, ten to onp, aye, and more, brought against them. Their defence has made them iuimqrtal. When the enemy landed without opposition, ou the night of the 13th of January, 65, some three niiles above risher, the maguificeut division qf Hoke yas encamped a mi'e back of Wilmington, at least twenty-oue miles from the Fort. It was too late when the news arrived to retrieve the mis take that had been committed, by the commander of the department. When Kirkland got down there Friday morn ing with Hoke's command, he found them strongly eutrenched across the Peninsula (at the extremity of which the Fort stands,) and draw:; up in line or battle ready to receive him. ihe timber across the uarrow l'cnnisula Lad been felled from the oceau to' the Cape rear river, ana tne enemy s gunDoats were ranjred along shore so as to com pletely rake the belt of fallen trees the very moment our men should advance to attack the foe in his entrenchments. Gallant and daring as Kirkland was it would have been" niaduess and folly for him to have attempted it, and would have ensured the loss of his whole command, llcluctantly he fell back to Sugar Loaf, a Ijigh 'sandy ridge, about five miles from Fisher, a'ud mere eutreucuea nityseit. Aua I'isncr was left to its fate a handful of men, not more than a thousaud, to defend line of works at least a mile and a h'ull in length, against the attack of ten thousand men picked troops, and right nobly did that little band, "under Whiting aud Lamb, do their duty. Whiting: had at once hurried to the Fort, Bragg, who had superceded him, remaining in Wilmingtoq. All was of course nurry ana exciten;wDP ln tba pleasant little North Carolina town, a? every one knew that on the fate of Fisher depended the possession of tj.e town. The citizens actually forgot to eat their dinners, when the town bell rang at one o'clock, and the owners of blo'iade runners ceased to count their gains and went ft church and pray ed. ' " 'The flnjv available troops that Gen eral Lee could spae were Hoke's dU vision, "consisting of Kirkland's and Clingman's North Carolina, Hagood's South Carolina, and (Jolquit's Georgia (under the command' of Colonel Zach arie,) brigades. Tey were veterans, and could, in a fair held, easily have driven Terry's command' unfortunate ly they were misplaced at the time when most needed. The division numbered about l,000 nien. Friday, the 14th, some one or two companies that had been doing duty at Wilming ton, were thrown into the fort by steamers on the river, and Saturday about four hundred of Hagood's bri gade succeeded in getting into Fisher, just in time to be captured ! That Jmday and Saturday were two rrcmor able days in the history of Wilming ton. Incessant was the thunder of the mmense guns of the fleet playing on the Fort, and its heroic little band of defenders. Shot and shell plowed in to the great 6and traverses at Fisher, tearing' great, ragged gaps, and dis mounng the guns. When the ene my made their final assault nearly eve ry gun was dismounted save the two heavy ones placed on tte mound to guard the sea entrance and approach. Whiting and Lamb sceuled ubiquitous they 4ew from point to point encoar aginghe men, and recklessly exposing their parsons to danger. Nothing could paye exceeded th'cir gallantry. The enemy's fleet fired wth great pre cisian!' Their monitors stood very close jn, but alter air it was these large, wooden-endcrs'with their heavy guns tnat did the business. Their fire was very effective, but the bng, Jamp poet like missiles that came, with" such a peculiar whiz, from the monitors, the men 3ia not mind they coul'd see them coming and get out of their way. Besides, the monitors only fired at long intervals about one every fifteen min utes. At last, when the little garrison was worn ouj. hy incessant toil and fight ing, on Sunday morning, the LCth, the final assault of the enemy came. On the left 01 the Jbcrt the fortificatiens extended 'to the read to Wilmington.- Between the roa( and the fiver was a marsh, and along that marsh was a 6trong pci and pjeket fence, extend ing down 0 low water mark. On the sea side an immenso sand mound ter minated at the mouth of the New In leiV The defence, Fojt BucKaoan, manned jby sailors, ct the poino 'where the New' Inlet' and ihe pape Fearriver meet, commanded" the river an'fhe Re verse ot'' Ithe' Fork ' 'Between j?ort liuchanan and ,the' mound there was only a stockade fence, running ' across the marsh which, at that 'rlntnt'11 was It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the heavens in striking contrast with the war of passions going on beneath them for men were being murdered in defence of their country. On came the enemy, the fleet standing in ctp'se and firing over their heads to the last moment, to cover the assart and dis tract the garrison. The iqain assault was made op our left, by the Wilming ton road and marsh, up which Ames column crept. But Whiting mistook Porter's attack, with his two thousand sailors and mariners, on our right com ing around the mound for the chief one, and there he gathered the near en tire, strength of the garrison. This attac ne fepuisea witn slaughter. Ames had 'orders from Terry, if he c.ould not make a lodgmeut by a cer- iin hour, to withdraw. Jlad Ames obeyed those aiders of Terry's, the rort would not fheu have rallen : and reinforcements might have been thrown in sumcienc to uave neia 1 against tne world. General Ames did not make the lodgment at the hour' named by Terry, but he disobeyed Terry's or ders, pushing an, and finally got in. Cfenpral Ames is in truth 'he hero of the capture ct Fort Fisher, and not the amiable icrr'. By 1 o'clock on Sunday, Ames' troops were in the Fort, aud then com menced ou .he plain of the Fort, and from traverse to traverse a desperate fight for every inch of grouud, which continued till dark, when, overpowered by the immense disparity of forces, with Whiting and Lamb terribly wounded, the 'Confederates succumbed. To the last moment the brave tars at Fort Buchanan played their guns upon the enemy, and it was fully "J P. M. when the lasl naval officer, Lieuten ant Pembroke Jones, left Buchanan, the Yauke having already enter ed. In the rLjrkness and confusion, the sailors an(j their officers, haviug boats and steam tugs at hand, got away and were not captured. Oply two army of ficers escaped one of them (Lieuten ant Colonel Gordon, r,n Englishman, on Bragg 's staff) left Fisher after the attack of Porter on the right had been repulsed, with dispatches from Whi ting to Bragg. At daylight, and even before dawn, the remains of the navv began to arrive at Wilmington to tell the tale of the sad disaster dispirited and worn out. Heavy indeed were the hearts of the people in Wilmington that Monday, aud terribje their auxie ty for the fate of the garrison, many of whom belonged in Wilmington', or had friends and relatives there. Mrs. Lamb' went down p her hustaud a few days afterward;,' but Mrs. ""Whi ting's health prevented absolutely her goinu she, a lag a few weeks after ward, wa$ doomed to hear cf his 'death atlionsr strangers. t- The fall of Fisher necess :ny ren dcred imperative the withdrawal of the few troops that composed the gar risons at Baldhead, and Fort Caswell ; at the mouth of the Old Iulet. nine niiles below, and from the little fishing village of Smithvil'e. It was sad, indeed, to see these de lightful and neat quarters at Baldhead given to the flames. From there doors L watched the terrible Tallahassee, un der the brave little Ward, run the blockade, and seen the flashes of the guns of the Federal cruisers, vainly endeavoring to catch her, until they became so distant 1 could not hear the report. Time and again there had I en joyed he hospitalities of the gallant Colonel Iledrick's mess table, and im bibed the most delicious rum punches ever made. Ploasant old Srajthville, the king dom of pilots and fishermen, where Mother Stewart, the undisputed queen of the domain used to feed us f.o Well ancj express herself about the Yan kee? in the most emphatic Coufpderate vernacular. Woe to the offiosr and bjccksde runner who offended her. How "well I recall now the pleasaut saving parties I had there with1' North Carolina's fair daughters. How well I remember the wliiskcy I stole, iiiu'ch to od Ggueral Hebert's iudignation, and the beehives I robbed in companv with a chaplajn, God bless hiiu. I "was a perfect bear after honey though I never did like soryhum. In evacuating Caswell we had one or two eventful incidents. The troops left Monday, and it was solitary enough wandering about there with only some thirteen or fourteen officers aud men all tpld'in the Fort. We burnt the birracks and everything combustible Monday night ; destroyed the elegant carriage of the splendid Armstrong gun, ud turning up the gun at an an gle of forty-five degrees, poured into the muzzle, having first spiked the gun at the'Vent, about two gallons of sul phuric' acid. We do '"not thiuk' the Yankees ever got much use outbf.iaf yun. They could not evcu recast the metal. ' Before we commenced to de stroy things, however, a blockade run ner ran right in after dark aud anchor ed oft ths wharf. We thought at first she was a Fe'deral cruiser. Ciiptain Booker Jone?,' however, told Colonel Simonton he would board her, and that if he whs not back in fifteen min utes, it was a Federal, and our party had better leave as quickly as possible. Away went ttie adveuturous Booker. On getting aboard he saw a number of men dressed in blue, and he thought he was caught like a mouse iu a trap. He asked them who their captain was. They replied '-Malht.." Sure enough, it was the redoubtable Captain John N. Maffit, and the steamer was the Owl. He had run right into the jaws of the enemy, not knewing of the fall of Fisher. Captain Jones walked down into the cabin and told "'him the news. At first Maffit would "riot be lieve' it, but when reassured of truth, "h? rau is'jianjj into 'i;V great t))ii& locks" of black hair and screwed hi face up into one f the most horrj- ble grimaces that ever was seen. ' "Well'," said he, ""hat shall I do ; W come, Jones, let's take a driak." At first Maffit thought of running up to Wilmington, but Captain J. told fcim the river was full oftlie enemy's boats. Maffit then immediately turned around, rau'out to sea and back to Nassau, wh'era ha brought the first news of the fall ol Fisher and saved several bloc kade runners that were about starting for Wilmington. This thorough and accomplished sailor then took the Owf into Galvestqn ' and delivered her cargo. Before the d,awn pf Tuesday paswell was a mass of smoking ruins.' A ras cally ordnance sergeaut, who after wards deserted to the enemy, came near killing the whole of us by prema turely firing a pile of shell. The way they went hissing about our cars was a cautiou. lie evidently intended to kill the whoe party, but fortunately none of ug received a scratch. ' Lieu tenant Margin, the engineer officer, then blew up the large magazine, con taining some 0,000 pounds of powder. It was a magnificent sight. The large traverse, under'whieh it was', seemed to be lifted ip r.n masse uout fifty feet, and then scattered in millions of pcintillations. Wc then left for Fort Anderson, about ten miles aboy'eSmith ville, and commanding the channel at that point. Dear old Caswell, I even recollect the bites of the fleas there; they were so large we caught tb-cra in steel-traps. -". Unman Mature at Summer ttesorts. I finS'n uman nature pretty much the same at the different places of sum mer resort. There is your invalid, to whom no topic is interesting that docs 'not treat of the coudition of his tbague and gtomach, sitting on the sunny side cf the piazza, buttoned i-'p to his chin, in a chair that resls, like his constitution, ou its hind legs. He pounces on unhappy listeners, "whose strength of appetite and backbone are his daily and hourly disgust. ' There is your' country clergyman, who came to be jolly, aud would fain be so; but, before he can make up his mind to it, must settle the important questions whether rolling ten-pins would b.e con sidered a sacerdotal act by Deacon Grim of his parish, in the village cf Pumpkinville; and whether he ought to countenance, by his presence in''e ladies' parlor, any song but "Hark from the tombs a doleful sound." There is your bachelor, who knows the pirtatiou-ropes; and though he has no objection to carry a young lady's shawl, Or parasol, also carries a rhinoceros hide over h'is heart, from which glance her little arrows harmless, though ever so skilfully aimed, from nibbou, slip per, or cur J. There is your widow cultivated, refined, intelligent, self-respecting; yet fettered in'bvery word and actiou by the knowledge that every person in the house coarsely imagi nes that her earilest and latest thoughts are employed in the construction of adroit man traps. There is grandma, who in her best cap and gown, sits hour after hour on the same rocking chair in the ladies' parlor, watching the tide of life as it ebbs and flows past her, well pleased to be spured lhe pet ty strife for place and power, and smil ing benignly' on young and old, as if to sip. '-Soijjc day, you, like iAe, will be glad to rest; meantime, my dears, get all you can out of it!" There is your belle lloude or brunette it mat ters not with lier wondrous changes of rainbow raimeut, (uo pun inteuded,) languishing, or lively, as best suits her style, angliug for admiration, with hook and line skilfully concealed, but uone the less effective; beautiful as a dream, arid, like a dien'iu, very unsatis factory to the wide-awake; pumberiug her victims by the thousand, and knowing not;iiig more, earnest iu life than a perfect toilete and an iutoxica ted adorer. From the tip of her wicked little slipper to her pearl of a'u ear, she is but a mockery and a snare. For one, I never give her quite over till her first baby is laid in her arms. If thul docs not regenerate hor, depend upon it notliiuy will. Then there' i your authoress. Heaven pity fi'crt !s that hair her own ? Whatcau she be saying jo that man, who is ?ic her hus band? What an affection in her always to wear black. For pity's sake, wheu docs s7,ic,yho 'is forever flying about, fiud time "to write? Don't you suppose that 'her husband dees it for her? Her children are no brighter than other people's, as f;:r as I cau see. I wonder how her house looks? I admire the way she sits d'lwn and tolls other peoolc how to behave, while she is such a lawless creature herself? They say that an ox-team couldn't draw her out it' the rut 6f 'an opinion. ' Then, as to her looks, did you ever see one of "these scribbling women who wasn't a fright? Where there are brains, my clear, nev er c!o you look fcr grace, cr beauty, or taste in dress; put. that in your note book. Hark! there's the dinner-be!!; nay we'll see whether she ' cats with Iicr knife, like the rest of the strong minded." ' Then tiiere is the severed wife, like the ; unrivetted half of a pair of sciss ors, who has waited weary weeks for the arrival of her husband, and now he's coming! She is a plain little wo man, judgiug her artistically; and yet to night her face is quite beautiful with'the illumination of love. She has, I see, a natural flower in her hair, and her little girl has on her best dress; and we all feel a personal interest in that stranger husband's arrival, and listen anxiously, like herself, for the coming or tne train, as sne paces up aju uunu tuc jiiatiu, LUJ restless sit still. Nov 'if, he after 'all! Would in r the station, but we heard that Bm-, and we ai' sro'our separate1 way' Satisfied, now justK? has een 'done. v Uli f hu man love, imperfect it is, is a beauti ful thing. These J'es, rfter all, Ore '''Life." Husband! V.;fo! child! God pity" "those who, looking pn sr'ch ' a scene, go sobbing away iu the aJrku?ssj while memory mocks them with the warm touch of lips long since dust, and the music of a voice whose loving tones are forever silenced. FANNY FERN. m Comical Fashion Report. A Npw York fashion correspondent of the Pjltsburg Gazette gets off the following. Eyes' continue to be worn, p.nc on each sie of the nose, and immediately under "the brows. There lias been some talk of substituting a single orb, of increased size aud brilliancy, in the centre of the brow ; b,ut after alj oiir achievements iu lightening speed, the world moves slowly, and the idea ol' a change iu the number of eyes to be worn has not been favorably received, notwithstanding its many advantages ; but the color is varied to suit the oc casion, and just now the prevailing tint is green a fiue sea green. This shad ca"u be best acquired iu Baden Baden.' by continued contemplation of the delicious toilettes of the ilemi morale, but may be obtained in Paris, Saratoga, or on Broadway"; 'black, blue and gray, arc still worn -in the home circle, and are found very becoming in the nursery, at the laniilv' tea-table. aud ;oeial everiihr: gatherings. ' 1 Aoses maintajif their position on the centre ut the face. The Grecian or acquilioe is generally preferred, but the snubs have' held their' places ou very pretty faces, in defiance of a most determined opposition, aud at potent writing are lookipg up. A very pret ty article of the "Grecian type is now f'uriiishnd by Gcodyear, and it is 'not improbable that, iu time, all other va rieties may disappear. Lips are midway between the nose and point of the chin, and ara'a pah piuk. The coral variety is no longer tolerated, except iu girb not yet come out. 1 ' ' Teeti will be somewhat larger, and of blueish tint, to correspond with tlie compleiioti, which " must be a dead white and magenta red. Ears' are worn, one on each side of the head, with the hair all carried up r tress of the Gran Duke of D has a pet rabbit which is very much ad mired in Euiopean Court circles. A Hint to the Ladies. There is one little fact that our ladies seem to overlook in the effect of the recent fashions. In other days wheu trailing skirts were the modoj the habit of twen ty vears led the wEole generation of wcnien, whether tliey had experienced the whole twenty years or accepted the results from eidersj'to use their feet in a very careless manner. Walking, standing or sitj.::ig, the awk way wardness of feminiue feet must have developed to an extent un-t bought of because unseen.' But since the short walking dress has come into style, these infelicities of 'movement and of pose are revealed, and many a lady, under the secure consciousness of the former habit, will walk the street or sit in the parlor with her feet in such positions as would, iu her own eyes mstantly siamp any man ind-algiug in them as a candidate for the "awkward squad." We' know it is supposed to be highly improper t6 observe a lady's feet, but 'when, by roason of gr?,ce or clumsiness, they at tract attention, they will be observed, aud the present walking d.-ess affords ample opportunity for tio display cf either of those qualities. A X O T f 1 E R S EX S A T J ON . " O ccas i o n -al," who is 'always discovering Guy Fawkes plots ari'd Bye House plots, and plots'6'f al! sorts' and sizes, writes from Washington to the Philadelphia I'rths of a plot of Jeff. Davis, Jacob Thomp son, Tconibs anil Breckinridge, to es tablish'" southern independence." The basis of the discovery is the well known and innocuous lact that llie u"h for tutate' characters just named al'C in Canada. " Toombs and Thompson are at Toron to," am are " keeping watch on the frontier' for any outbreak or 'disturb ance in the United 'States' that shall give them a chance to break Vip the government." After this dreadful dis closure ll Occasional'' impressively adds, " I do not write as an alarmist.' We should think not. Nfit even the " weak est sister " could be t! alarmed " at' the apparitltinn cf Voomtft, and Thomp oon at Toronto." In aIurry. A hoy with post office pantaloons 'and ventilated fiat rushed into a drug store in Bellows Falls, 'the other day, "with a dipper in his hand, and exclaimed:' ''' "Doctor, mother sent n:c down to the shotecary pop quiek'e'r'n blazes, coz bub's sicker" ri the dicknens with the pippen chox, and she wants a thim ble" full of pollygollic in this dipper, coz we hadn't hot' a gottie handy, and the iin pup's got the bine witters in it: Gct'any?" ' Fashions for Gentlemen. 'it,-. Amon gentlemen it is noticed - that boxtoerj shoes, flesh-colored gloves and blue broadcloth suits predominate. Pantaloons have now "approached that degree of tightness which may t3 calj- hoit,- obl so as to give phem a peculiar appearance of alertness. There is some prospect of having them ' pointed, as the mis Tim Xigfins iftcr bis KoneymOCu. Seems to me things- WV changed somewhat ! Seems to me so bust m up if 1 don't! I've been married, near six months now, ami he fob l Susan fchowed the least ddti more tem per th:in I-thonght she had ; iu i'act,.' t9:speab the rijjht down 'truth, she's tnoc?ke& things about generally for th hrst two months:' : Shes's elung.t)io cat ti."ough the window the- tail, and wouiJ have thrown liie out by ,he-U by fhe heds if' I hadn't walkiid out in a fast run. - ' "''" ''"''' She's "got cross as four sticki!, and says she'll use fca.'f xldten sticks oumjf back if I don't qujt smoking in thjc house. And she threatened to throV , 'he booC-jack 0n mj ffhrpt- last niglife' l b'c'catfse I spit in the (irfL-'-W 64 -: done that, 1 suppose I d have had fbp;:; colic or boot-jack cramp .-' .'' ." ' -c ' y "Iimothy 1'. Wiggins," savs I to myself, says I, "you've gone'and. doq , it, and you have 'got to put. up. wiUi. .. .....r 1 r tne i-iiiisi'uuuuuva, you nave, wnai win, you cau t g:t out o 1 c;::i 1. v t 4 " 1 1 a gin loses her beauty , -mi quick after she "gets to be a' Mrs.' sau aunnowcr was as preity as at nus, but Test as soon us 1 marriiHli her skin turned yellow, her eyes. their beauty, her hair got thin, 1 she got to be just the shap cask, she has by jingo ! ' Allfl oh'; what, h tpmrAr 'dir. hxa Never 'knowed her mad Before' 1 'ml ried'her; novpr kuowed"!ier to afj to throw the s.tovo or a chair dpv anybody s thruat ; no, never until fill was Mrs. Niggins ! Aunt' says she come ailright after awhil tuit'I dbii see' why she can't he allnht' now, don't. ' If she dqu't improve 306n, the iOi c; he p me I .. "Ju-t jou spit in that fiio ayain," -says she t; nie yeslerd iy; "jist" Jo' it. agin, and 'I'll throw" lliis stick of woot down your throat !' 'What did' I mar ry' you for ? To run around" after' you aud make up the fire a'lter you spit itout ?" You torm'eiitiilg beast!' Did t marry you to sja've iind wort' for you while 'von smoke and chaw and cha'v; andsmokeend spit in there ? T.here"H them chickens I' had to fee', toi ; anc there's 'eu Dykp's hog got in the gar den aud dug up'iny seed beet", and you never saw it ; there's that' blamerl old rooster scratched up my 'onion heel and you'never saw it 1 Au'd yoii never see noning you ought to' see, and sen everything you oughtn'tWsee ! 'tHiere'x Ann Br-stcr who was over here yester- day ! t'saw you wink at her ' I'saW you Tim Niggins! pon'f's"ay you ; didn't, I saw you I naw you f"'-I " y Tup Largest City in thk world. A' very erroneous' idea is indulged in oy many peopie u relation to tne iar- gesi city iu tne voria; many connaently asserling that London, or as it is fre quently termed the Great Metropolis, is far superior both in size arid thtr number of its inhabitantc. iut suef:' is not the case. Jeddo. j,ho capitoToi Japan, is without exception, the larg! est and most populous oity'iu thh, vorhi." It contains tlie Vast nu'm&cr" of f;50C' 000 dwellings, and' SjOOO'JOOOO ' U' human souls. Many'of the streets are twenty-two' English miles in leugth. The commerce of Jeddo far exceeds that of any other city in the world -an;j the sea along the coast is contiuu' ally white with the sails qf ships. Their vessels sail to to southern' por-" tion of the Empire, where they are I4 den with ripe, tea, riea'-crial,1' tobacco, silk, cot toil and tropical 'frJits, all ol which een find ready "market" in the North, at'd'thed" rcfhnf freighted with' corn, salt, is ingless, anj various other nroductinp.i of 1 hr nnb '7!h Vi- market in tho south. All, GaBHIALWAM PiI.SO'ERh, Onr5:ftEi' to be Sndi? pt ue Pa pal -AtTnofeiTras.-LiThd feeling o: both parties to ?le struggle hcems to1 bec6mc moYe chibttered as it proceed? The 'LiLerfe rt'ports that the Pontifical Go'vernmsu't Was shot several pris'onei s.' afid amongst them' (V'TiigTiacci, of. Vit'erbo, ' who ' was mide 'pHsoneJ- f Bagnorea. M. PagliascfTras- condemn ed to death (.hrCe yea'fs 4gb (6r politi-' cal offences. "Th Italian corYe'spond ence says that the ltomhn ri6s urC full of priscnlcYs, and ittat' Coui.t" D'Argy, the ciramandcr df theAuti bes legion, hard"irected his officers tc; shoot all the'aribaldian" pfisoners," which, if carrkcl into effect, "will lead to terrible tepFisals." Thb'Lt'fiferte iu quires whether'the example tjf'Quere" tarsi has been ' forgotten. f ' ' L'jnduh Daily News. Bcjf.s Gold" Mine iu V'ep.mont. A jf:antie Swindle1 lias "Yrfcorftly beet: discivered in' Bfcririiogton," Vermont' involving; it' is iiaid,1 tHc ' amount! S35Q,000. "man hanied Vandercook''. in' June, 18Gp, appearetT'in thilt' plaft afid offered for sale'sh'it'rbs in a'pretSnd' ed gold mine near bV.:' By jddlei6uis' i'tibeddtng" a hlge ttliliount of- Valajfbff apecimerrs, Vliicli lie' kfter wards "disie : tcired'i'u' tho preien'ce of a noted geoM gi.t and cheinistVbjT whom they 'werV analyzed aud found'to be excetsiV!.'' rich, he succeeded in ' forming 'a coin' puny and disposing 01 shares to a verj jarge ambunt, after which he prudnt decamped- ' The Grand ScnTe ' of ' "the raoj n;v;-i,.n"f.f the Sons of TfchiPe'raDcl ia Penusyvanta, in his'anc'Ual rcF' states tKaf th6 'Oils iji'a p ff&m condTtlott: Divlii 1 1
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 14, 1867, edition 1
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