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Xe.20 jpollock Street, 4 doom fom Craven street
adjoining Gov't B&ketr, Nenr Berne, N.C
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' Dry G !, Grccrif anil General
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M. TT. TTHIKtKR, XT. L. POALK.
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nEIiniFIOLD Sc to.(
Atlsieers
Camniinas
Xrrchnnta,
dealers in .
Orarcrie. Proviio
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RtuUr sale of Groceries, etc. ereiy .Wednesday
aad Satardaj at 10 am. .. r
Pollock street, 2 doors west of the Post Office.
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CRAVEN STREET,
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CiHBMiaisi JIrchant, niid Wlislennle and
" Retail ClracO, .
33 CRAVEN STREET, NEW BERNE, N.C
feb 17 : . 9tf
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Dry Qaads,
dealer in!!
Faser Grnmdrn, CSracrrif and
lTaliaa.) "
Near the wharf.
ROANOKE ISLAND.
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9tf
C. JONES,
i!
Attaraey
ad Connif Isr at Law,
With an experience of fourteen, years, trnders his
Srofessional services to the public. Office in the
rick bouse, opposite the? Tikis office, New
JWne. , : ji " tf
)pniIB APTD FABBj j .
?: DEALERSVLN DRY QOODS
CLOTiixara. boots, shoes.-
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YasUe SUtlmn; XXats, Cape, dke.
naaeock (S&Uxoa) flLreet
ew llerne,: N. C.
feb 24
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VH OLESA L R AMD RETAIL f
r , deajeria- . !
. Dry Oaad, ClailViajg, rtmrntm and Whoes
IXaJ and Caps, cksal Book,
' ". Hiaiiaweisy,ldfae.
Boath Front Street, Nek 'Berne, Ncrth Caro!ina.
mar9 , 15 tf
fQnrrw had trr d TV ntuBwI.'
NEW BILLIABD IBOTlYXiVCl
ua. ..!.- - .
by carver el-kins,
Opposite ibe Gaaiofc IXa.
SA-
NEW BERNE
N. C,
Connected with the above stablahmaat is
oik ciau
"
ItESTATJRANT,
where flXeale and Oyalere r ill be' served Aip at
hours of the day and evebiog, ad at rsasona-
i ratio. Flense give us a piai, and we will sat
isiy the most eestu3Al. : j 1 - ) ' .' ;
fsb !U. . I .. :Y . iltf
JiAt drop in aod examine tA most extensive and
il?Prior Mieetion of Patianl and Embroideries ,
w bronjht usto this placeat .
. www ; iov( a,
ppelite ihe Feei Office.
Liberty and
TbuXcrd nnd tde Saare.
Wemeetupn the Uevel and we part upon the
Square; -v . . .-.. v . . . ,
What wordof precious Cleaning th ese frora Ma
. j aoni.aro!- , :. ..j,
Come, let us contemplate them, tfiey are -worthy of
a thought, . . . , ' ' -
With the highest, and4be lowest, and the rarest,
they are fraught. '
We meet up&fc the Level, though -from every sta
tion come;' i '
The rich man from hU mansion and the poor man
For ihe on9 muet leave his wealth' aird state outside
- the Mason's door.
And the other find his true respect aponthe i check
erea nocr. ,r j
We part upon the ffquar?, for the world must have
us aue;
We mingle with 4he multitude, n cold, unfriendly
crew,
But the influence of our gatherings' ia memory is
irron . '
Aoof'we Took upjn (hi Level to renew . th H fcapy
There's a world where nil are eyualwe ft're hur
rying towards up fast ;
We shall meet upon the Level there, when the gates
of death are past ;
We shalTstand before the Orient, and our MAster
.will be, there, Y . ' ! , tt .
To try the blocks we offer by His' owa ucerring
'.: Square., "" ; ; .;.
We shall meet upon tne Ifevel; (here, but never
thence depart ; i t
There's a mansion, 'tis all ready for each trusting,
. fait hfi.1 heart; . . .
There's r Mansion, and a welcome and a multitude
.... 13 there, - -;. . , ; :i .-.
Who have met upon the Lovel and been tried upon
the Square f ; ' - " :- .
Let tfs njeet tfpon the Level (Ken while laboring
patient here; . .
Let us meet and let us labor, though the labor be
severe : , . '
Already in tlie-Western sky the signs bid us.pre
.... pate . : - . ....
To gatlier up our Working Tools atd part upon the
Csquarei ' . . ' . ; ;
Hands rouh 1 the faithful Masons, form the bright
' fraternal chain, . Y
We part upon the Square below, to meet in Eeaven
Again. . , -: j .
Oh ! what, yfors of precious meaning those words
lla"soin- aie
We meet upon the Level, and wo part, upon the
, square. . , i
The r 'hour haifd of Philip Acre's old
fashioned, silver watch was boiUUtiH to
the figure eightthe snug red curtains
shut out the ram and darkness oflhe
March night and the fire sned:and
c rack led heh'ihd the red hot baiV of th e
little grate in a most cosy and comfor
table sort of a way, casting a rosy shine
nito the thoughtlul brown eyes that
were f rating caslleS an'd coronets i in the
burning coals.
For rhilip Aero was, for one;, in:
cludfng h hh s el fin' the d ange ro uss faci-
nation ot a day-dream. Y
If I were only rich !' lie pondered to
himself. Ah; if.' Then good by to
all those musty old law, books ; good
bye to iho mended' hoots - and thrice
turned .c6ats. and all the ways arid
means that turn a man's life into wretch
ed bondage ! "AVdSldn'l I revel in new
books and delicious paintings andt high
stepping horses ? Wouldn't I buy a
set of jewels for Edith not pafe pea'rls
or sickly emef aids; but diamonds to
blaie like links of fire iipon her loyal
throat? "Wouldn't I what nonsense
I'm ialking though !' he cried suddenly
rousing himself. ' ' Phil A'ciie, hold your
confounded tongiie! I did suppose vou
were a fellow of iriore sfense ! Here
you are. neither: rich nor distinguished,
but a simple law student; while Edith
Wyllis' is as far above your moori struck
aspirations as the Queen of night her
Sf If ! She loves me though' he will
wait-and the time may one day 6ome !
If only Dr.. Wyllis vfefc not so distrust
ful.of a fellow I ;Howevef; I mu5t learn
to prove mysfelf worthy of the sweetest
prize that ever -Hallo 1 cortie in there
whoever you1 are.'1 1
. It was only the serving maid of the
establishment fcarrying a letter in the
corner of her apron between li'er . finger
and thumb. j "
Please sir, the p'osfman just left it,
- two cents to pay.' j - - '
; ' Here are your two coppers, then,
Katy a pretty fair equivalent for any
letter I may receive. 1 Now, then, said
he as the door closed behind Kdty's
jsubstai;tial back 'let'S Ae what my
unknown correspondent hai to say. . A
black seal, ohl Not having any rela
tions to lose, 2 am not alarmed ;at the
prognostic!' j jj
He broke the seal and glanced leis
urely over the short business like com
munication contained within, vvilK a
iace that, varied from incredulous sur
prise to sudden gladnessv
' Am I dreamine ?'? he murmurec! to
hirnself as if to insure complete posses-
sion of his
senses.
Wil l. 8 HEW BERNE, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1864. : ! NO. 16.
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No, l m xtiae
niinci ; it is h'o
wawakeand ia
rny
right
Union Now . and Forever One and
delu'sio'n, no part of my waking vision !
But who would ever suppose that old
Theron Mortimer, Whom I havn't seen
smce I was a boy of siiteeri, and picked
him oiit of the river half dead between
cramp and fright; would die and leave
me all his nVcfCey. Why, I'm not even
the shadow of a relation ; but, then, !
never heard that the old man had kith
or km, sff I can't imagine tifif harm in
taking, advantage of his odd freak '
g'am l really to be rich T Oh
Edith ! Edith ! i y : j 1
. He clasped bo'th hands over his eyes,
sick and giddy with the thought that the
loved, far-off star of his adoration, would
be brought near to him at least by . the
magnei or gold. Ail those years jot
heartless" waiting were to he bfiflged over
by the strange old miser's beqdesi ; he
might claim Edith now !
How full of heart sunshine were the
weeks that fitted over the head of the
accepted lover brightened by Edith
smiles made beautiful; by the soft ra
diance of Edith's , love ! There was
only one alloying shadow the most im
petceptible touch ol disgust and suspicJ
ion with which stern Dr. Wyl lis regarded
his future, son in jaw ! (Ah ! he feared
to trust h is only child to the keepinffiof
any man who h'as fipt.been proved in the
fiery ftfrnace of trial!
It was precisely 4 a week before the
wedding, and the soft lights, veiled by
shades of jj'round glass wore just If shied
m Dr. Wyl I is drawing room, where
Edith sat among- . her white roses, and
heliotrope, working on a bit of cambric
rufiling, and singing to herself. J She
was a slender beautiful f girl, with violet
grey eyes, a blue-veined forehead, and
glossy abundant curls of i that kind old
painters love to portray; ; Yl
: I wonder if Mortimer Place is so
very lovely,' she said to a silver-haired
lady who .sat opposite, j ' Philiji Is going
tof ake tti e the re, wfren? We f e t uv n fro m
our wedding tour, aunty ; he ?a s it is
the sweetest spot a poet's fancj could
devise, with fountains and shrubberies
and green delicious corpses ! Oh ! shall
we not .be happy there
J She started up with'
blush, for, even while !
?'
a hi
the
ight suddeh
words were
trembling on hef lip, Philip Acre came
into the room, his handsome face look
ing a little troubled, yet cheerful with
al. Mr: W'yllis. with fan arch nrd'at
her neice, disappeared into the perfumed
perspective of the' conservatory, leaving
ine lorers io ineiiirseiyes. ' !
You are looking grave, Philip.' said
Gdith, as he - bent over and kissed her
cheek. ; '' . : . ! ,
' I am feeling so; darling have a
very unpleasant disclosure to mate to
night our marriage must be postponed
indefinitely.' . . i
Philip 1 for what reason?7 j j
To'efiabte me to labor diligently at
my profession to realize sufficient means
to support you, dearest, in a manner
satisfactory to your father's expectations
and my own wishes.' ! , ' - .1
i But, Philip, I thought' .
' You thought ( me heir to Theron
Mortimer's' wealth So I was, Edith, a
few hour! fiitbe, but I have relinquished
all claims to' ii now. When I accepted
the.beojaest, I was uner the impression
thai no living heif. existed. .1 learned
to-day ihai a distarii cousin, a woman,
is alive, although rriy lawyer tells me,
in ignorance of her relafioriship to The
ron MbMirner; Of course, I shall j im
med lately transfer all the property jo
her t , y
But, Philip the w 11. has made ii ;le
gally yours.' I ; - y C ! !
' Legally, it is ; , could I reconcile it to
my ideas of truth and honor to avail
mvself of old Mortimer's fanciful freak,
at this woman's expense, I might take
the hoarded .wealth, but I could never
respect myself again,; could I drearn of
legally defrauding the rightful heir.
Nay, dearest, I jmay lose name and
wealth, but I would rkthef die than suf
fer a single stain on my character as a
christian gentleman !' r
; You have done right, Philip,' said
Edith, with sparkling eyes. We will
wait and hop'e on,1 happy in loving one
another more dearly than ever. But
who is she? what is her name? y
That's Tusi what I didn't .stop to. in
quire. I will write again to my lawyer
arid ask these, questions and to direct
Inseparable .
lhat a deed of conveyance be instantly
made out, and then darling
His lips quivered a moment; yet he
manfully completed the hitter sentence
3 j outer sentence :
the battle of life
I Then Ivill beffin 1
Over affain.' . ;
And Edith's loviincr eyes told him what
' 1 V -
she thought of his poble -self-abnegation
a sweet testimonial ! -
"Hem .'!" said Dr. Wvllis. Dolishimr his
. - , - . i . mf 1W
eye-glass magistena
ly with a crimson silk
pocket iiankercniei ;
ul did'n t suppose th e
young fellow j had sbmuch stamina about
him- an honorable thins to do. Edith, I
have never felt exactly certain about Phil.
Acr'a being worthr of you before
"Papal" J.
. jf5ut my mind is
made up now, When
ia he cominer aain 1
rhif evening, sir," faltered Edilh, the
violet efes softly dropping. t !
'Tell him iEdithjj that he may have you
next Wednesday jnst the same as ever! -And
as for the law practising why there's
time for thiit aftej wards. Child, ; don't
strangle me with your kisses keep 'cm for
Phil." ; - )y y-': Y"
i He looked!! after :hi3 daughter rrilh eyes
that were strangely dim. y 1.
: "Tried and not found Wanting die mut
tered distinctly. t-i -:T:.V . j v -The
perfu me ofj l brane .blossoms I'.had'
dieda'way, tlio glirairrer of pearls and sa
tin were hidden in velvet caskets and tra
veling trunks and plr. and Mis. Acre, old
married people ofjfull a week's duration,
were drivihgifalong jhe shores of the Hud
son in t h e a in be r glo w ;'Jot a. glo i i0U3 s u
set. !Hi;"r ;
HriHo f wliifh .ay is 1 homas goijig T
said Philip leaning from the window, as the
carriage turned from5 the shore roa
I I told luni the rtad to take, Phili! said
F.lith. with bricrht. SDarklinireyes. Let me
have my own way. jjust for once
. J .. ; r i o j j.
going to our, new home.
'Are wq f said I Phi!.
with a
grimace.
Wait un
nursincr un labr little rosebud of a moutb.l
Aud Philip waited (lutiously. ;
. Where ai-c; we V he asked in - astonish
ment when ihe cari-iage drove up in front
of a stately pillared portico,-4 which seemed
not entirely! unfamiliar to him.' Surely
this is Mortimer Place.' ; . ; ty
1 shoutdn't be surprised if it was, said
Dr. Wyllis 'emerging from "the doorway.
'Walk, in my bojfomerEditli I Well;
how do you1; like ihe look of your new
house V '.j. r'ti'';$-''i' ;
'Our nexy house ' repeated Philip.' I do
not understand you, sir.': ; Y
'Why, I -mean that your little wife yon
rter is the sole su r vi vi ng relat ive of Theron
Mortimer, although she never knew' of it
until this "morning. 11 er mother was' old
Mortimer's! cotisin, but eonie absurd quar
rel iiad caused a ;total cessation, of inter
course between the tWo branches of the
family.' I was awajroof the facts all along,
but I wasn't sorry to ; avail myself of the
opportunity jof seeing what kind of : stuff
you were matte or, imi. Acre; Ana now
as the deed 'of coiiveyanco isn't made out
jret, I don'j, suppose your lawyer will trou
ble himself jabout, ;it; ,
quarrel-with ypu,.j'll be bound." .
" Philip Acre's cjieek flushed and then
grew I pale with stipng, hidden emotion, as"
he looked at his fijir wife, standing beside
him, the sunset turning her bright hair to
coils of s
lining
and ' thought how
unerringly
ihe hand of Providence had
straigbteiie'dhout the tangled web of his
destiny.
arkriess'ii
Out of dd
lad come light.
The Cnow a Pine Planter. J. Thom
son
of .teeds, says, in ; the Gardeners'
Chronicle,! that "in one of the pine-clad
straths of. ihe Highlands of Scotland I have
frequently seen grieat Inuriibers of crows
ass ovef my head carrying in their bills
to a neighboring hill something resembling
a potato, j I first thought that they did ac
tually carrypotatoes there) for .convenience
of eating them, but on closer observation I
saw therii! dig- a hole, iti the ground; with
their beaki, and' then deposit what appear
ed to be a; potato, but which, on examina
tion, proved; to be cones from fir trees.-p
For what purpose they -plan ted therii' there
I am unable! jtojiayj but the result was that
in fa few years young firs began to spring
rip in; all directions. A begin n!ng thus be
ing Triade, the hill was plarifed- and enclos
ed, arid it is bow covered wiih a beautiful
arid thriving plaritatiori of fir$."
A printer; riairijed Winn, ; who died at
Rochester, England, was recently heard to
mutter -to himselfV afew . moments before
his deat h : jl km Jen my last stick! ull -r 1 1
am criming to a paragraph, and I sbppose
I'll hare
o wait for did Death to put in a
period."
4
j-: vearo
comical
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ADVERTISING RATES:
I Sqtwrei one iusertioiL L.fit-Oft-
1 .jevery succee4ing Insertion,. 3i
One innpL makes a square' and all adTeriemeaU
will be continue Until forbid, unless otherwUe- Or-'
deredjnd cbarjjedaccordiijgly. To securd insertion
they sbould be handd in by Monday :atii? Tbars-
day nights. All bills are to be settled on the 1st of
every montb A liberal -discount made to those
who adrertise. largely. JTht, Tvitn, basj a- larger
circulation in the District, 'of North Carolina than
any, if not all, other papers 'combined, apdj reaching
every )art of tbe District; is the bist method ol
advertising "that could be desired. C. i . -
ytIr. Cobb's CoNFijssioir, Mi. f How .
elf Cobb has availed himself of a brief
furlough to address the citizens of -his
native State on the condition vof1 the iTe-l
)oU
which Jefferson Dais recently (admin-:,
istered to his soldiers; failed, 1 6 takft.
effect oh him. He had ; the frankness
to declare all the grfm j truth he knew
without attempting to be agreeable, ot
one man in the confederacy, he said '
who could decide who should go into.
the army, and who pot and they mbft,
suomit. i nere was out one man wna
couiu aecide on wnai sxerras mo plan
ters and farmers should give up' their, .
produce forihe support j of tmi armr
and they must 1 submjt to him. j There
was no r northern pe$fce party now to
sive . them a faint none of helD. and
"the sympathy of theij world was against
them." Some two fears to Mr. Cobb '
went home- on a similar missibn;' arid
beguiled the farmers1 arid cotton jrrow-
ers with magnificent .views 6 future
profit, provided they hypothecated their
cotton for the benefit of the confeder-'
acy, and tOrned oyeFjtO it the products
of .the-fafns'; y J3ut times are; changed;
and the demand novvij is'-your! money
or your life." It will be well (for tho
victims ifV the highvyayriieh ! at Rioh
mond,do riot end with takiriglbpth.
. i " ' K,.:- ,
Ice Fori DiPTHERfA.-pA . c6rres)ifn
derit of thelProvidence Journa"! vouches
for the efficacy of icelasja cure for dip
theria, croup, and all prdiriary inflanTa
tion of the throat. The riianrier of ap-l
plication is as follows : Break up a
small lump of i'ce in a towel, and pui;
the pieces in et bowl. i Take aositiori
slightly inclined backw;ards eitner in a;
chair or on a sofa, f Proceed I to feed! .
you rsplf with small famps of ice, let
ting them disjsolve slovvly in j t'he back
fiart of the throat. A single applica-i
iion1 will otten break up a common sore
tproat, which otberwfse would
course of two or three days.
ofa bad sore.lhroafi Use the
harerf
In case4
ice ire-
queritly arid freely;, In' case b ulceira!
tion W diptheria, Keep a small
Inmp of
ice constanuy in ine mouth.
- -
The
ouisville Jbilrnal tells an
anecdote
of an officec which Is vorth. preserving. rrr
The gentiVman is a violent HeDublican. and
both befomand since coiner into !the armr
has opposedUvith all the zeal arid ability ,
of which h is possessed, the , Crittenden
Compromise. -At thoj6attie of Cliickamau,
ga, when our routed wing, was fa Jung bacfe
in great disorder, and the mass of tho ene
my pushing forward with a shower of shell.
grape, canister arid musketry, this gentle-
mnn ...1 n.na ? . U A LZAl P 1L- J J 1
uioii, !Htiu new in 4HU imusi ul mo ueaoiy
torrent, and who sttitters jsomewnat in his
speech, turned to a fellow soldier and aid : ,
iif ' l ic r . L Y J n
vr--g-guujjjNii vjr-gj-g-goyernor -onuen r
den were to r-r-rlse ip now f-f-from his
g-K-g-gravc, and offer mo the C-c-c-critten- '
den com-com-comprom
by
,i r
would take it." ; r i jj
TrE Anfr Appropriation BiLUpThef bill
reported by Mr. Stephens, Jor the support of
the armv for the year ending with juneBb&l
appropriate $529,500,000, of this ' ,000,000
for advance bounties to volunteers f3l000,0oO,
for raising and .organizingyolunteers ; jiearl
$100,000,000 for the pay jof the anay ; $177.- !
500,000 for the payof volunteers ; $91,600v-,
000 forf the subsistencef.of volunteers; $60,
000,000 for quartermaster's supplies, and itSy
000,000 incidentals ; $21,000,000 for oavalr ;
knd artillery horses ; $4, pop, 000 for transpor
tation ; $5,000,000 for1 commissary quarter
for ofilcers ; . $58,000,000 -for. clothifig W
equipments,: &c. ; $9,00q000 for ediwl 'land
hospital departments $2,000, 660 fot arma
ment of forificalions ; $2,000, 00Q for1' ord
nance and stores ; Sf2,60Q,000 for. jthe.maria-
facture of arms : $2,000,'600 for tbd purdnaf
of gun-powder ana lead,' ana uoo.opa for
the repairs of arsenals; 1 h'. Y i Vr , u
k. i.rf
Advice to' Tire GfnJLs;-Don't be afraid
- ii.
tew get married, tnre ma. won't! be afraid."
Larn how tu knit pudding bags fu put yuro
nair in. ie vanuous anu pretty, lai
plait
pencils j thai will makes a good smeL .
Let
and
yote pettycoats drag ori the sidewalks
if any man steps on them Wrid'tcars up
any man steps
upfthe
nth slap his chops at 6hsLr" Remember
one
thing, there afrit nothing mirth lfving .Sor
but a rich htrsband; if you dod'd DfiUeiro
me ask '.jyour mar. y Don't rhiv toph&g.to
du .wilh the boys, unless they mean tissi-
"esi; ',yv :
"Molasses; with fine salt stirred in JlJ ;
said to be excellent for 'a burn or cald.Jt
is presumed that JNew Orleans moras-es
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