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VOL. XXI. AVE LI) ON, X. C, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1890. NO. 19. A ROMANCE. fHY EDWARD COOPER WAS EOT Nil GCILTV OK DESERTION, HUT PARDON ED MY GENERAL LEE. , There was buried at Greenwood to day J a man with a curious history, says the New York correspondent of tlio Haiti more Snn. He had heen a Confederate soldier, as brave as any of his comrades, bat ho deserted his army during the war and was tried by court-marshal for doing 80. Edward Cooper was his name. For the past year he has been living at No. 335 Fourth avenue. One bleak December morning in 1803 ha Was before a court-marshal of the Army of Northern Virginia. The priso ner Was told to introduce his witnesses. lie replied. "I have no witnesses." As tonished at the calmness with which he seemed to be submitting to his inevita ble fate, Gen. Battle said to him: "Have you no defense? Is it possible that you ; abandoned your comrades and deserted yout colors in the presence of the enemy Without reason?" "There was a reason," replied Cooper, but' it will not avail me before a military tribunal." "Fcrhaps you are mistaken," said the general; you are charged with the high est crime known to military law, and it is your duty to make known the cause . that influenced your actions." i.! l- : 1 .... ,.e court Cooper presented a letter, saying as hi did so: "There, general, is what did it!" i . The letter was offered as the prisoner's defense. It was in these words: "Dear Edward: Since your eoiinec f tion with the Confederate army I have nccn prouuer 01 you man ever oeiore. i would not have you do anything wrong for this world, but before (iod. Kdward. 7 7 7 uniess you come nouie we muse uie: .base r 1 1- I T uigub x was aiousra uy uiiiu iuuie cry !!. t ...i i... rvi.i:. ing., l called turn anas.uu: What is tho matter, Eddie? He replied: Oh, '-, mamma, I am so hungry. And Lucy, your darling Lucy. She never com plains. But she grows thinner and thin ner every day. Before God, Edward, unless you come home we must die. Your Mary. Turning to the prisoner, General Bat tle-uskcd: "What did you do when you received that letter?" ;. Cooper replied: "I made application Jor a forlorn;!). It was rejected. Again L. . .. . . . .4 made application anu it was rejected That night as i wandered about our camp thinking of my home, the wild eyes of Lucy looking up to me and the burn irg words of Mary sinking in my brain I was no longer the Confederate Boldicr but I was the father of Lucy and the - husband of Mary. sit every gun in the battery had been ded upon me I would have passed those , When I reached home Mary flung . r arms around my neck and sobbeo' my Edward! I am so glad you got . jour furlough.' Sho must have felt me Liiiidder, for she turned as pale as death r z?,i catching her breath at every word tba said, 'Have you come without your furlough? Go back ! Edward, go back I Let we and the children go down to the iJ&we hut, lor Heaven's sake, save the ' honor of our namel" JM. AMI IV. r- l iutio wua uol hu uwecr ou that court- martial who did not feel the force of the prisoner's words, but each in turn pro f jounced the verdict guilty. Tho pro i ifiedings of the court were,, reviewed by general Lee, and upon tho record was "ritten: "Headquarters A. N. V. The finding j the court approved. The prisoner is urdoncd and will report to his company, j "It. E. Lee, General." iit!ii it n - in you suner wuu dyspepsia is j.iver Conplaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer and . tarantecd to cure you. For sale by W. , .i Cohen. if Croup, Whooping Cough and Bron ; Vilis immediately relieved by Shiloh's lire. For sale by W. M. Cohen. .For lame back, tdde or ch"st, use Shi- 's Porous 1'iacter. Price 25 cents. I jr lei)y W. M. Cohen. SIMMONS WITHDRAWS. HE COMES OIT OK THE CONIIREKSIONAL RACE IN THIS DISTRICT AND (JIVES 111S REASONS. Hon. F. M. Sminons withdiaws his name as a Congressional candidate in this District. He gives his reasons fur doing so in the New Bern Journal and says: "In the first plate there is an evident feeling among the fanners in certain parts of the district in favor of one of their owu number for Congress a feeling which, under the circumstances, I do not regard as at all unnatural. True, it is unfortunate that such questions should be raised in the selection of candidates fur pubie positions, yet a large majority of the Democratic voters in the district are tanners, and if they insist upon being represented in Congress by a farmer, I am unwilling to oppose their wishes in this respect. Added to this I have felt compelled to refuse to sign the Alliance demauds as embodied in what is known as "the de mands of the National Farmers' Alliance," not because I am opposed to the princi ples therein declared, (for on the contra ry, I believe, tho publie welfare would be subscived by nearly if not all of tho leg islation demanded), but for reasons of propriety which I do not deem it neces sary to state here and which aie fully set forth in a letter written by uie on the 22nd lost., t) Mr. Daly, Secretary of the Farmers' Alliance of Lenoir county in answer to his letter to me upon this sub ject. In the second place the Democratic nominee for Judge of this judicial dis tiict lives in Craven couuty, and I feel that not only myself, but the people of this county would justly incur the charge of being greedy if, after given the judge ship, we should claim the Congressional nomination also. I am carucst'y solicitous that thero shall be no cauvj for complaint or dissat isfaction, because I Grmly believe, with unity, energy, harmony and zeal, there is a chance to ci.rry the district and re deem it from its present disgraceful and humilitating representation. Confronted by such an is-U' it is the patriotic duty of every Democrat in the district to sub ordinate all pcsonal considerations to the success of the party, the good name and honor of tlu district. To the Dem icratic party of this dis trict I owe a lasting debt of gratitude, and in withdrawing my candidature I desire in advance to teuder it my servi ces to canvass the district in behalf of whomsoever it may nominate for the honorable position in question " F. M. Simmons. WHAT A LEADING DOCTOR SAYS: Dr. R. S. Gordon, a leading physician of Mt. Carnal, 111., writes the following under date of March 10, 1890; "I cheerfully recommend Swift's Spe cific ( S. S. S ) as a tonic and general health restorer, also in case of Blood Pois on it always gives satisfaction." YKAIH OF SUFFERING. 'For years I havo be -n troubled with a blood taint that has bullied the skill of the best physiuans of Ohio and Indiana the disease finally effected uiy eyes to such an extent that 1 was almost blind. 1 was then induce! to take a course of Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) and am thankful to say that alter taking a few bottles 1 was entirely cured. My eyesight is entirely restored, and my general health is better man it lias been tor years, and thero is no trace of the disease left. I consider S. S. S. the best blood purifier and gen eral health tonic to day on the market." Gscar Wiles, Iluntingburg, Ind. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cu is sold by us on a guarauteo; it cures Consumption. Eor salo by V, M. Cohen. PROGRESSING. LATE I) E V ELOP M ENTS IN STATE WEALTH. Mr. J. J. Thaxton, of Person coun ty, who a few weeks ago discovered, ex tensive slate deposits on his land, has sent specimens of it to State Chemist Battle, in Raleigh, who reports that it is of very fine quality and that its development will pay well. The deposits are located near tho line of the Oxford and Clarksvillo railroad. :;: The Blue Wing Copper Mine, at liokerCity, in Granville county, oilers a most flattering outlook. Professor Woods, of Missouri, an experienced mineralogist, has put in the concentrat ing machinery, and the mine is in first class condition. A large force of laborers are at woik sinking the maiu shaft 5500 feet deeper. An important veiu of iron ore has been found of the very best qiial- . mi i uy. l no assay snows sixty-seven per cent. It was decided last week, at a meeting of the new cotton factory, at Raleigh, to issue $50,000 of bonds for the purpose of increasing the capitul stock. The bonds will bear G per cent, interest, and will be placed upon tho market at once. Up to the present $84,000 of stock has been paid in, but it is estimated that $120,000 will be needed to start the work. I don't think there has ever been any period since I can remember when the prospect for material progress, the in creasing value of lauds, 'ho opening of our towns and railroads, the development of our resources generally and the devel opment of our railroad systems, not for getting the unparalleled increase in our population, was so great as it is right uow. Senator Vance. A most important movement which will undoubtedly be of much benefit to Easten North Carolina, has recently been inaugurated at Morehead City. A mammoth land and improvement com pany has been organized, controlled by northern and western capitalists, having for its object the purchase and develop nient of large bodies of land in the vicin ity of Carteret and Craven counties. A part of the programme will be improve water fronts and and establish other priv ileges of a similar kind. The scheme will include the deepening ot the bar at Morehead fur the largest vessel and tho establishment of one of the greatest shipping ports between Norfolk and New Orleans. Mr. W. B. Phillips, of Birmingham Ala., a distinguished mining engineer, has beeu employed by the North Carolina Bessemer Company, of which Julian S. Carr is President and a number of wealthy North Carolinians, including A. B. Au- drews and S. II. Wiley, stockholders to open up their iron beds on the North Fork of tho Catawba River, in McDow ell county, the said property lying along the line of the Three C's railroad. Catarrh cured, health and sweet breath secured, by Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy Price 50 cents. Nasal Injector free. At If. M. Coheus drugstore. Sleepless nights, made miserable by that ten Me cough. Shiloh's Cure is the remedy for you. For sale at W. M. Co hen's drugstore. That Hacking Cough can be so quick ly cured by Shiloh's t 'ure. We guaran tie it. For sale by W. M. Cohen. bhiloh s itaiizer is what you need for Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Diz- zinchg and all symptoms ot Dyspepsia Price 10 and 75 cents per bottle. For sale by W. M. Cohen. A young man has been arrested bt Bar Harbor, one of the fashionable sum mer resorts of Maine, for the gravi offense of wearing false whiskers. The deflini'ig power" of old age may be Wonderfully reeuneratid and sustained by tho daily use of Hood's Sarsaparilla. BOSS QUAY. V1I AT PEN NSYLVAN IA PAPERS THINK OK REITHLICAN HIM. Tho Jji'iiihf, and of the most influ ential and largely circulated Republican newspapers of Pittsburg, in its issue of Tuesday, July Stli, makes the following terrible arraignment of the Republican Boss of the State. To thinking and decent Republicans we commend its care ful perusal and thoughtful consideration. Bellel'onte, ( Pa.) Wttlcluwiii ' 'It is curious how fate deals with men. The telegraphic dispatches announce that Stephenson Archer, late treasurer of the State of Maryland and cx-Chairman of the Democratic State Coiniuittte,who em bezzled one hundred and thirty-odd thousand dollars from the funds under his control, has been convicted and sen tenced to five years in the penitentiary. With the embezzling treasurer of her sister State and nearest neighbor in a felon's cell, how must Pennsylvania blush when she reflects that one of her cx trcasurers is accused, without denial, of stealing from her funds double the amount, and, instead of being in the peu- itentiary, or having proved the charges unfounded, is at the head of the Ilepub- ican party of the nation and has the ef frontery to say to her, "Here is my can didate for the highest executive office in your gift. Make Delamater Governor or suffer my displeasure." 'He is a trusted and loved adviser of our pious nonentity, Benjamin Harrison, and of our still more pious millionaire Postmaster-General who cakes care to fill his own pockets and grip-sack with both hands, while his mouth drops prec ious pearls about the blessings of poverty and submission to the will of heaven un der its trials. "Maryland is a Southern Democratic State, but she honors herself by calling a thief a thief, while Pennsylvania, Northern State and wheel horse of the G. O P. elevates her accused ex-State Treasurer to the position of slave-driver, puts a whip in his hand and crouches at his feet to be submissive to his will." AFRICA'S DWARF BELLES. Explorer Stanley's new book contains the following description of a belle among the African dwarfs: At this settlement Egarrowwa's station, I saw the first specimen of the tribe of dwarfs who were said to be thickly scattered north of the Ituri, from the Ngatyu eastward. She measured 33 inches in height, and was a part of a perfectly formed young women of about seventeen years of a glistening and smooth sleekness of body. Her fig ure was that of a miniature colored lady, not wanting in a certain grace, and her face was very prepossessing. Her com plexion was that of a quadroou, or of the color of yellow ivory. Her eyes were maguifieent, but absurdly large for such u small creature almost as large as that of a young-gazelle; full, protruding, and ex tremely lustrous. Absolutely nude, the little demoiselle was quite possessed, as though she were accustomed to be ad mired, and really enjoyed inspection. Merit n Ins. Wc desire to say to our citizens, thi t for veais we have been sellinj' Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr, King's New Life PilD, Iiucklen's Ami ca Salve and Electric Bitters, and hav never handled remedies that sell as well or that having giveu sueh universal sa' islaetioii. w e do not Hesitate to guar antee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits. W. M. Cohen, druggist. This little story is from a New Orleans journal : "Little Floribel Deitch,7 ycais old died Suddenly at Morgan City and her pet pigeon flew into the room where the corpse lay surrounded by weeping relatives and friends. The deep grief of the mourners so impressed the bird that it dropped its head and died. It was placed in the coffiu and buried the next I day with its little mistress." APPOMATTOX. NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS LEE SURREN DERED. The following table showsin detail the names and strcngih of tho various North Carolina commands surrendered at Appo mattox April !), 18G5. The figures give the aggregates of the known present and abseut of the respective troops at the time, the effective strength prcseut being about four-ninths of the whole. In cases of regiments without a field officer the senior captain has been named as com mander. There arc some minor errors though the exhibit is substantially cor rect. In the figures placed opposite "Brigades" there is included the entire field and staff of the command, the officers not again being counted in the respective commands. NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS SURRENDER ED. 10th reg. artillery, Co. D, J. F. Woodward, lieut. commading, 24 Miscellaneous commands, S. D. Has- lett, captain, 58 Lewis brigade, Jno Beard, captain, commanding, 25 teg. Gth N. C. J H Dickey, capt. 175 " 21st " J II Miller, captain, 117 54th " " " " 57th " " " " 54 7G 30 82 139 R. D. Johnston s brigade J. W. Lea, colonel, officers, Reg. 22d A. D. Pearce, captain, " 12th P. Durham, captain, " 5th J. M. Taylor, captain, " 20th A L.Lauhon,lieutenant, 76 71 Battaliou 1st R. W. Woodruff, colonel, 65 18 34 Grimes division Ben. Grimes, brig adier general-officers, Grimes brigade D. G. Coward,capt. Reg.'45th John N. Winston, capt. 81 43d W. J. Cobb, captain, 32d P. C. Shuford, captain, 1G4 110 49 Battalion 2d J. B. Tucker, lieut. Lane's brigade J. II. Lane, briga dier-general, commanding, with officers Willeox's division, 68 Reg. 7th A. K. Smcdcsdieutenant 13 " 18th Thos. J. Wootcn, major, " 23th E. F. Lovell, captain, " 33d R. V. Cowau, colonel, " 37th T. L. Best, major, Scales' brigade J. H. Hyinan, col- nel, commanding; officers. Regiment 13th E. 15. Withers,lieu- tenant colonel. Regiment 1 Gth W. A. Stone, col onel, Regiment 22d T. S. Calloway, col onel, Regiment 31th G. M. Norment, lieutenant-colonel, Regiment 38th Jno. Ashford, col onel, Ransom's brigade M. W. Ransom, major-general; officers, 81 213 108 98 193 S: 97 145 110 40 Regiment 24th C. A. Tripp, assis tant surgeon, 54 Regiment 25th M. N. Love, lieu teuantcolouel, G9 Regiment 4ih C. G. Petty,major, 95 " 35th R. E. Petty, major, 111 " 5Gth P. F. Feison,colonel 02 Cox's brigade W. R. Cox, briga dier-general; officers, Regiment 2d J T. Scales, major, " 4th T. G. Lec, captain, " 14th W. A. Johnston lieutenant-colonel, 51 48 101 107 147 Gl 53 9 Regiment 30th I). C. Allen, cap tain, Regiment 1st L. E. Latham, major, " 3d Vui.T.Eiiiuiitt,iuiijur, Teamsters iu 3d corps, Cooks's divUion J. 11. Cook, brig adier general, with officers of Helh's division, Regiment 15th W.II.Yarborough, colonel, Regiment 27th J. C. Webb, lieu tenant colonel, 85 122 10 Regiment 4Gth W. L. Saunders, colonel, Reg. 48t h S. II. Walkup, colonel " 55ih W. A. Whitted, capt., McRae's brigade William McRae, brigadier-general; officers, Regiment 11th W. .1, Marttin, Regiment 2Jih J. j.'. Adams, lieutenant-colonel, 102 8 120 Regiment 44th C. major M. Stedman, 74 Regiment 47th- - J. M. Thorp, cap- tain, Regiment 52d E. Erson, ant-colonel, licuten- GO Total 43 regiments, 2 battalions, 1 company artillery, 1,875 Following is a statement of the entire forces surrendered. These compilations are made from official records in posses sion of the Southern Historical Society. There is a discrepancy of about a thou, sand between this and the muster rolls at Washington, the latter probably em. bracing detachments surrendered subse quently to April ytii. s? i !P 3 S 7" States or Commands Represented. Alabama, 20 2 3,103 130 955 Arkansas, 1 Artillery miscella. Engineer and ord 25 nance corps, 438 319 5,028 509 490 5 19G 2 GG0 1,040 4,875 2 3,800 419 491 29 4,814 Field & staft",misc. Georgia, 37 2 G Honda, 6 Louisiana, 10 Maryland, Missisissippi, 10 1 M isc. troops, North Carolina, 43 2 South Carolina, 1G 1 Tennessee, 9 Texas, 3 Virginia, 49 8 204 2 20 64 27,277 PRETTY TALL COTTON. Col. Anie Gatcwood, of Ameiicus, was telling a number of friends the other day about his magniGcent cotton crop, and during the conversation related the following startling story. His cotton is so thick and tall that the sun's rays can not penetrate between the rows, and con sequently it is very dark in the field even at midday. Last week a 12-year-old boy, a son of one of his tenants, went to the field to carry his father's breakfast, and missed his way in the dense cotton. The tenant, becoming alarmed at the non appearance of the boy at the regular time, went to the house and secured help to institute a search, as he well knew that the boy would never find his way out of the cotton field unaided. Mcu mounted on mules, in order that they could sec about them, rode for hours through the dense, dark field of cotton, firing guns and calling loudly to attract the atteution of the lost boy, while skyrockets and Roman candlosere fired at intervals into the cotton in tho hope that he might see the light and make his presence known. Finally, after many weary hours had been spent in searching for the boy, he was found fast asleep in the forks of a cotton stalk some five fect above the grouud. The hunters carried him homo in triumj h, and to prevent a recurrence of the n flair Mr. Gatcwood is having tall signal poles with red flags at tached nut up in his fields. Auicrious (Ga ) Ti'mrs. Georgia should have the ' Key" by all means. St. Helena, Napa Co , Cal., May 1, '89. Tu the citizens and afflicted of ti e Valley I deem it my duty to give this recommendation without any solicitation ou the part of tho dealers in said medi cine. 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