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. - - ADYERTISING: RATES : BY GEO.'MILLS JOY: tV.XORTH CAK0LINrA TIMES will bo pub 1 Souare. one insertion, . 1 everv succeeding insertion,.ti- .-f' j Ti!niY md FRIDAY evenings, on . . w One inch makes fit squaie, and all advertisements will be continued thtil forbid, unless otherwise ir dered, and charged accordingly, To secure in sertloa they should be-i handed in by Monday and Thura day .nights. All bills are to be settled on tbelstjof o very month. A liberal discount made to thciio who advertise. largely. The Times, has a larger r circulation in iho District of North Carolina than ; ant; if not all, other papers combined, and reaching Cfven Street, .New-Berne, r. U. TERMS OF THE PAPER. " g3,00 per year advance; 81, 33 for 3 niontuF; 50 ei per month. : SINGLE COPIES FOR SALE. Libsrty and' iTTnion Now and Forever , One-" and Inseparable . : - ! i 'NE W BERNE, N. 0, f RIDAYj "SEBTEMBER 2y 1864.; Na; 64. At the office cf publication and by the different k VOL.1. every Trt of the District, is -the BE8T;mhod hi advertising that could be de&Jjed.- Si . I ' f mews dealers m tne uiriw .. - - - iiMm mi n-fcir- r . rrrrniTiMmnMrniTiTMmwMiTflaiiairMMrahMTi n iinmin tt i wmii iiiiwh """"""""" ' -....-ri-iui -m liiiintMSjaaMMC-"-- 1 BUSINESS CARPS.. Auctioneers mad CnstttissIoa Merchants, denlerain j r Grorerlcsi I'rovlsion, etc. Eegnl&r aale of Groceries, etc. eveiy Wodnesday and Satarday nt 10 am. Pollock street, 2 doors west of the Post Office. SEWBEBSE.N.C. ;' jan 30 . . . - . 7tf , - jonrr a. xuo3JtPsoiv, WHOLESALE AND RE TA IL GROCER, Conmuealon Merchant, and sreneral dealer itT - SUTLfER'S STORES, CKOiCEKY, GLASS WARE, BOOTS, SHOES, AND v FANCY ARTICLES. 49 Broad Street, New Beiwe, N. C , OpposHt ike . ' Park. ap'l 6-23tf and Ciooil IA ring PERKINS BROTHERS., - KETA1LEKS Or ' , ilrcerloa, Proritiona, Sutler' Goedi, A.c, Cc. of Broad and Middle Sts.', New Beme.N. C. ; A-c-i :or K. Cai-ver Co.'a Celebrated Power nDJUnud Cotta (iu, and Pond &z Dunck fa.. iKiy Kasges aniT Mess Stoves. rc ?t ariuea paid for Cotton, 22tf 39 JRAVEN STREET. E. CJ BSOWJf, Cam ...isaion merchant, n nd Wholesale and lletail tHrocer ' ' , 33 CNAVEN STREET, NEW BERNE, N;C. H. c. joives Attorner and Couaielor at liair, : With an experience of fourteen years, tenders Ins professional service to the public; Q3i:e'ittthe brick house, opposite the Times oiSce, Nw Berce. 1 ; s ... 9tf G p. iootiis, - f .-. (SnCCESSQR TO C. B. Dibdlc ) . WHOLESALE AND RETA1L dealer in - Dry Oo'oda, Clolhing, Bota and Shoes, Halt uud Cap, School BoohsK Stationery, &c. South Front Street, 'ew Berne; North Carolina, xnar9 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS in DRV-CO'ODS, SUTLER'S STOlfES, and ' -' GROCEBIEif. South Front Street, New Berne.'N. C. dec 19 ' r ; ! ltf A ii c v s. v wc a rv. WAT C II7IA ItKSI. AWS) J E WH IER, N 20 PuIlockStreet, New Beme, N.C. ' Pan . ylar 'Attention pa id I o repairing , $c. ' .dec 10 l- - " . f ltf W Ensrrz.v Sc ItrtOTilEIt, ' - Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Cooils,1. Clothing, JTerrvIry, Fancy Hood, tosicry. Boots, Shoes, -Ilats,C'nis, Arc. . - . Cprner of Pollock a id Middle fetsl. New Bcrne,N.C. AU the above na red Articles jwill be sold at a mall advance abov cost Com one, come all!" an.d examine the stock 2tf 4 T. J. SCllILLINGliU. Dealer in Foreign nnd Domestic ines and Ijiqnors, Lager Brer, Cigars nd Tobacco. At the X. V. Cigar Siore, 3d Idle St., New Berne, orth Carolina. . 'UOOTklYGi GALLEB1. BY CHARLES ERNr NWEIN, ' Craven Street. Neto Berne, N th Carolina., TnU eallery has been fitted for th. accommodation t the po'tc. It affords great fa ilities fotprac i.'ce, thereof nablins poor shots t become good uiarrsmfca. ina: atronaseoi mepu ucununcircu p'l 2 .. 22tf W yai. ia, I'oALii, AUCTIONEER and GENEK-L COMMISSION - MERCHANT, j Pollock Street, nearldiddle, 44tf yBlOAIVP, HIGLOW, Sc COn COMMISSION MERCHANTS, And Wholesale dealers in Fruits, Groceries, Frovi kiouj. Forage, &o, . t v Pollock Street, 1st dooor from East Front Sties. New Berne, N. C. 1 48tt P. XI. 8ABTOEIOI8, . - DEALER I If j t Gold-and Silver Wntenes, .. Clocks nud Jewelry, " Middle Street t next door to the corner: i ; Particnlar attention paid to repairing of Watch es, Clocks and Jewelry. ,! . TkewBene, Aug. 16,1854. . 59 tf rpnOMAS McCOBMICK, j , A - ARMY AXD SAVY TAILOR, Pollock Street, Opposite the Episcopal. Church, New Bsrse, N. C Uniforms made to measare with promptness Arsy ard Nxvt Goods of all Dlbceiptions Fur SHifl.' ' ; s lm 58 LEOPOLD BAER, j ' Middle street, between Pollock and Brood, one door 'onth of Lewis. Tin Shop, keeps constantly on hand, a choice assortment of j dry goods, , . . T MEK'S FURlYIsUING GOODS, . LAUIES WAKES, 'X BOOTS, and . f GBOCEBIES, hich he offers at wholesale and retail, very cheap. 3fcw Bcrnt. Jon. Utf A439I AND COLD BATHS,' The subscriber has fitted up a new first , c ftps Bathine House, on Crayen btreet jfiear So.' lb Front, where warm and cold Baths may be had'at all uoursot the day and evening. , ! w connected with, the above, is an ..excellent '''JFrom all other Darts of the Stte we reusing sal&ou. ' i i . A liberal patronage is solicited, and no pain y be spared to please New Berne, Dec. JOHN F. PHELPS 19. you cAiv nur pebfbjmkkv A HAIR lilt, at . t v i ; , L. MERRIFIELD & CO. S. 33tf : ' t 19 Pollock Street fr" , , r O - i' . '. i- i : tf extensiv stock of station y, Blank Books. Dmries, etc. at: ' .. PSON Sc HAYDEN S iddieist. 4 doors south : j . ii!JLl On the east rido . of M Broad, New Berne". r - Bought and sold by i 44tf i PERRTNS BROTHERS. CI.AUET, TV! WES," AJTO NCMEBOC9 other articles, euch as. Canned GoodB4 Pickles, and other suitable Sutler's, Goods, to close out the affairs of RADCLIFFE & COOfEE, for sale very cbeap'.- - f . . ; j:7 Also, TWO BILLIARD TABLES, Enquire of GARY MOULTON, at their former place of business on Craven st. - j 58if W. A3IES. t V SUCCESSOR TO C. B DIBBLfc, ! South Front Sticet near the Gaston House, HaVintr received a cOoriDlete addition to my stock in trade, I now offer to llie public of New Berne, one of the best and checpest stocks oi Groceries, '. !. Fancy Goods, : " Glass and Urockery TVnre, ' Snller's Goods, IVotioiiM, j Hardware, Boots and Shoes, - t Flonr, Batter, Checse, Ac, Arc, Arc, for sale in this ity. Sutlers, TraderB, and busi ness men in the different Sub-Districts jof-North Carolina are invited 1o examine my mercli'andiae. . Fresh shipments cf poods are regularly) received from Noithern'i'oits, ana, all orders executed vici celerity and dispatch. jrAlVGDON.& BIDWELIi. WHOLESALE D?A7.KR3 IN Bry Goods, Groceries, Suffers Goods. Ac. South Front Street, Naif Se.ne, N C Have constantly on band for the Jobbing Trade, Flour, Molasses, Fork, Hams, Smoked Beef, Pigs Feet, Tripe, Mackerel, Codfish, Sarciaes, Kerosino Oil, Pickles, Sugar, Coffee, : Tea, Boots & Shoes, Dry Good.--;-1. Yankee Notions,1 Hardware, Tin Ware., Dried Fruits, Preserved Fruits, Jellies, Canned Meats, Canned Tomatoes, Condensed Milk Butter, Cheese, Lerd. Fncy Soap , Perfumery, Stationery. And. a n-pneral. variety Of bUILlKb ?L3 GOODS, and assorted Merchandize, which they will sell t Dealers at the very lowest market prices may 21 ' , ip" , XA Would inform Ins friends and natrons, that he has ected a new store on Cravep street, opposite the niiard Hall oice stock snu r - 3 - provisions, 1 Awi;hv-foAd the nicest article of oneiess bacon to be found in North Carolina. We lau Keep consiauvy bu iiumu u uwu nrwuusui ' verv thin? m our line. Please call and eive us a rial, and we wi.l satisfy you with the ouality and rice. i KjULtULi a aug 9 57tf E X C HA IV G 32 ON NEW YOKK AND Boslon, in sums to suit, for sale by j , . " LKLASU, 11IULUW & UU Pollock Street, 1st door from East Front St. jy 9 ; 43 tf The Crops and Living at tlio : Soiitli. .'-'','-.-.'. Late rebel journals furnish some in teresting information in reference to the condition of Southern" crops, and the present cost of living in their principal towns. - tn RichmondJ the p?ices,of the Uecessanes ot Ine have fallen consider- ablv. buLare still exorbitant. Beef is now selling at from three to four dollars dollars a pair, and other , things i in pro- portion. All,vegetable3, although plen- ty rule hiffh ; tomatoes bncg from onefot to three dollars a -qurtii beans -. from three to four dollars, onions .three' dol- lars a quart, &c.i At Macon bacon sells at -three and Jour nound. flour at from eiffhtv to dred doilars ar hundred, butter jat four dollars a poupd, beqf- at one .aft'd two dollars a pound, all vegetables' being in o-ood demand at somewhat less than Richmond prices. In reference to the crops,the Richmond Examiner says : ! .which he ha filled with- large and tnat she could reflect still longer on the retreat," etc. forgettin his loss in the of 1 1 subject, and sen liier answer, by letter, fov oflthe momenti1 And then: toheri family GKOCEKiEs r i to cathersfisld. In a few weeks he some one is well enough to a'sk!fra a pound," potatoes , at three dollars a of the bullets and other noises incident battalions of conscripts scarcely cloth quart, biitter at from eight tb nine dol- to a battle. Another and a more touch1 ed,; and without cartridge boxes. The lars a riound. chickens from hve to teu id? incident ot a similar cnaraner, was national :uuards are pitnui. l nave v ;We have ,ii from farmers from tlie Shenandoah Valley, that there alone there is more wheat made this year than in the whole State of Virginia last year. I. '',. .... 'k -;- t - - r : ill J heal 01 Cod CTODS, but no whcfe 01 Very short iones. v t ; .- . ' A correspondent of the - Columbia Guardian says of the crops ih Jilissis ' The corn -crop in Missis$ippi, is as . I nrnnrf !) rmWn rsia tnr mi ac tho nnur . j by can see ricthinj but a boundless corn field, all of vvhich is. now in roasting ears, ana win mane goou caraii n uues , nnt Vinvp nnntViPP drhn nf ' rain Tho " "-"r .-"r f planters have not yet delivered their tax in kind com for want of room to store it : enough of j't now remains to feed General Johnston's army for some time yet; s ' ; : . -V;,-Vh.- .' r The whe'at crop is Very good, sustain ing but a slight loss from the heavy and frequent 'rains of some weeks ago. The fruit crop is very good. "I : r; xn GeorirfaJ there is said to be a very rrftn nr fPnoV hnt I hp o-min Jarge crop or cereals, out as uie gram growing region oi mat oiaie isfnow within the federal lines, the rebels will gather little benefit from the abundant yield. 1 ' ':' " i-- ; j;" . ;. - Iftatri snony In OIcJe;a Tiuacs. Rev.T. Cnyler, in a recent letter from, Greenfield, Connecticut, relates some interesting, incidents of history. : He savs . 7 its earlv ' "A mono- the amusing niihiscnce ci mree aays in ine lamous cou isnip 01 theRev.SteDhen Mix. of Weathersfield. He made a journey toaprthampton in 1696, in search of. a wif V-Hie arrived at the Kev bolo.non: btoddaFd s, in formed him of the obiect of his visit, and that the pressure of home duties re quired ithe utmost desatch'..$Ir Stod dard took him. into th0 roomrWhere his daughters were, and' introduced him to Mary, Esther, Christiana, .Sarah, Re bel: ah and Hannah, and then retired Mr. Mix, addressing Mary, the eldest daughter, said he had lately been set- tied at Weathersfield, and was desirous offering her his heart and hand. She blushingly replied th t so important - :T- . i . r t proposition requ.rea time lor ccnsiaer- ation. We rejoined that He was pleasea that slie asked for suitable time for re- liection, and that in order to. aitord her the needed opportunity to tlunk of his proposal; he would step into the. next room and smoke a pipe with her father, aud she could report o him. j Having smoked his pipe and sent a message to iUISS JUUJ y lUO.lt liv woa icavy lui ijui 1 nnstvpr. sbft citirift in and asked for fnr- V ""IV . " . - TT tfjer timeior .onsiaerauon ne repiiea . , , . , , . - i li I receiveaner repiy, wnicn rs prouauiy must laconic cpisiie ever, penned Heie is the model letter, whicn was SOOU IwllOWea DV a Weauillff i f . rr :.i ! ' UTVTnrthnmnlnn lfiQfi Rev. Stephen Mix - Yes, , : Mary Stoddard." .The! h'atrimonialjMixture took place on the 1st or Decerauer, ioyo, ana proved to be compounded ot most con- genial eiernenis, mix vv w-FdBior ui uiat pauad ipe ot onions tor lortyiour years, -7- ' ' Auc ru . ai,iV. The New Albany (Indiana) Ledger tells this story : 1 " We printed, a few days ago, from an Atlantapaper, an account of a mock- ing pira, wtnen, at tne oatue ui iwesaca, perched itself on the top of a tree,- and dur ng the fight imitated the whistling yesierday related to us.by Cant. George Babbit, of General Gresham s staff, aud wnich he was hi-nsen a witness. - Uunpgthe nerce cannonading at JNicii- ajacki a small bird -came and perctied charge afterUhe ammunition is put in tlie gun. Ihe piece was a Napoleon, which makes a very loud report. The bird, as we have stated, perched itself on the man's j shoulder, and could not be driven irom its position hy the vio- , Georgia, upon tbe shoulder oran ariuieryman expect togevmoney, out irom the pock- dpllars a the .an designated j we believe a- Jo. lets of the enemy. r i one bun- 1,? whose duty it is to ram down the You have ' no teams t Seize them! lent motions of the gunner. . When the piece was discharged, the . poor little thing wotfld run its back and head up under the man s hair at he back of the neck, and ;wher, -the report died away would resume its plac uipon his should er. - Captain 'Babbit 'took' the bird in his hand, but when he released his hold it immediately Iresiimed its place on the shoulder of thesrnofce begrimmed gun- ner. x ne scene was witnessjsu oy-a large number of officers andi men. it may. be subject of curious ? inquiry what instinct led this birdio thus place itself. Possibly frightened at the vio lent commotion caused by the battl, aud not1 knowinp; how io escape or where t'o go, (some instinct- led it to thrqw itself on jthis gunner a a protect- or iiin wnatever tne cause, ine inci dent was a n ost beautiful and pleasing one to all who, witnessed it. ! Coni2Iiiiicntary. An bid clergyman, i and a- rati er eq- centric, one, witnin w?nose Held vMabcr yas a town in the interior of New En-. land, one Sunday, at t le close of his i2 services, save notice to us co ion that in the course of the wjek, lie n tended to go on a mission on a mis sion to the heathen. The, mernbers. of his church was struck with alarm arid sorrow at the sudden and unexpected announcement of the loss of their belov- e pastor, and; one of the deacons iii art reat agitation exclaimed-r' Why, my dear sir,, you havo rjeyer told us a word 1 wi uciuici; v i.mu auan we, uu j brother V(U said 'the fmrsori wjth the greatest sang . froid, lI don't expectjto gp out of town !' V !. iTIeiriaac'ss in llospiial Mr. George Dawson, of Albany, whfc has been visitink is ron,s who is in hos pital at Washington, says : ;p.? Although there is tso much' suffering and so I little io make one merry in these .depots Ot maimed men, ithere is never theless sometimes sofrithing amusiu 1 ' ' - . T . . 1 if""-': . r . . t happe ling; Ttis ari 6ra, for instance, wh n some' of the one-legged fellows spontaneous- congratulations from the a recumbenticrowd Mlow him wherever it.!..-., . i it-. . . . .1 jhe makes, his appearance J jivith an od casional 'Uo it, ye cripple !" Double quick!" '-Ddn'tkick me !" etc.: causing- universal hilarity,. andc bringin?: a smi'e to! the ! lips of the worst casesM. The happy convalescent take all this iriirood part, and sometimes replies, "It will be vtjur turn next, mv bov'.'.'e'natie'ntL Cari : when, you; sret your cork-leg on it vvlll De ail':rignt. ' O''."'''"-.:. i .Tin;c ;G ilir ! Kti cirtmr r.r ii; H . . . . . J . V.V . Y f - ' . to i are better than; three and a'half on a , . . r . . : .v- f turjough to go florae a It is the theme oi con versation ithrorighout the ivard and the poor fellows hobbled from; one cot to another to communicate the1 good news. . 1 here are a great many sources or happiness in this world alter all." Napoleon's Idcn of laUiisp- War. Th"' fnllnwincr lottnr vn -writtpn hu nl f . nn tl -oiict nf February 1814; What ! Six hours after receivinpr the first-troops from Spain you are not in lthe n eld I Six l3our& oi rest is fquite enouch for them. 1 conquered at Fan gis with the brigade of drago; ns coming from bpam, who from Bayonne hadnot drawn rein. ! Do yU 6ay that the six battalions, from Nimes want clothes anu equipage, ana are unmstruciea if Augereau, what miserable excuses! I have destroyed 80,000 enemies with here 4000 fr.m Angers and Aretagne in 'round hats, and w&hput cartridge noxes but with good weapons, and 1 have made them telh Ihere is no mo npy, dJ.you say? 4 But where d yoi You have ko magazines ! Tut, tutthat is too ridiculous.; I order you to put yourself in the field twelve 'hours after you receive this letter. If you are still the Augereau ofCastigliorte, keep your command, it your sixty years are too much for you, relinquish it to the oldest of your general officers. The . country is menaced and in dabgerr It1 can only be saved r by daring .'and alacrity, and - rnot by vain Relays. vYou must have a nucleus of six thousand picked troops : I have destroyed three armies, paptured forty thouT3a'nd ririsoners,taken two hun dred pieces of artillery, and thrice saved the capita. The enemy aro in full flight uponcTroyes !;;;- Be b e for e them; f A 1 1 no longer .as of late. -Resume tho me thod an t spirit of '93-V jTVhQii French men; see V.our plume vaving in the van; ana you urst oj an, eiposea 10 me en my's fire, you will do with thorn what ever you will. t- Geticral Thomas am on 2 the Qa .'' In the severe fight before Atlanta'oti the 23d tilt., in vvhich the rebels suffered great slaughter,' tuc rebs came over th6 k crest of a hili to attack, about half a milo inifrrnf. fnrmfrl in Innhlo nnlum and or! the double quick. They soo drd v in our skirmish .lne, and met,th 7:d iljinois, 24th Wisconsoti, iarid Ttl Missouri .regiments, on tha picket line These regiments gave them one voiles and fell back to temporary 'works or the crest of the hill, when they showe them a bold front, and in the open field' poured into the double rebel ranks yon ley after volley of musketry. ! Thought mowed down by hundreds, they closed up and ; rushed on.. . Ihe case looke hopefess,one division opposing five time their number. XJie capture oi the wliol division was imminent. A ? lei ter says . v At'this moment I espied Maior Gen4 era! Thomas standiuc- in the road a calm a a summer's morning, waikin up and down the road as deliberately a mouriiinere was no iuss on nana, .n was giving, some, orders to the fatter that was, then passing up the hill,, Tm4 rneqiareiy ineyi upnmoera ineir guna and in half the time it takes me to penl tnese lines tne wuoie pattery was.pourn ing a flanking fire of grape and canister into the . already wavering column or advancittjr rebels. It was an awful sixrhc knocking them down in rows,'' andu scmo or .tneir guns nying twenty or inirty ieev.in ine air. it maaea penect human slaughter-pen of it and. turned trie, tide; of battle in that part of tlid field, and the 2d division with. t be help of. tho latter- came out with flying colors, and , ilfc' J:' ii i 'i' i j - " i j ) opiy a smaii iuss in Kineu ana wounaeu. It is probably the first time Major Gen. Thomas- has commanded a battery, in person during 'this campaign. .1 sup pose 'he happened to be passing -along the lines when the attack was xnade, nut as ttsual He knew exactly what to ao. take Ont Xiils Goose i ; ' A bashful gentleman of Holly i Springs, Mississippi, took a "hankering" after a fair seamstress of the town, and after & goo creai ot iieuation, nnaiiy brought tiis cour age up to tho sticking poinr, and. made an evening call on tbe lady. He 'found her ousny engaged at worK,v pressing on a, gar ment will) "a tailors goose, She, hoyrever, received him very courteously, and contin ued her work. A bevy of the seamstress's iemaie inenas qroppeain a iety minutes al ter our nei'oic friend had subsfdedl inteyei- lence, for lie found it absdlu tely impos3iblo. ro maintain a conversation wan. tne i&uy. The sudden entrance of the visitors instead nf relieving, Only added to his embarrass ment, and he sat in silence until his situa tion became painful to all, but to none more than himself. All efforts to draw! him into conversation proved abortive, and H becamo a matter of serious : concern to the ladies how to relieye the gentleman of bis embar rassment without a castronhe. for he was ------ ( . , i known to all of them as a gentleman of great worth, bash fulness being his onlr frailty. ; , . ':!; r . .-i The seamstress finally got through with her work, and called out to the negro man in tlie kitcken. , "Job." ' , .' The door opened and a stout, burly negro stuck his head, through the doorway," and' saidr ; . ' j ; ' ''t is here Missus." ,.", '!': jr"' ciohn will you take this goose f':Yi. f . Our bashful mend snransr to his test la an instant, and exclaimed : . j ; ' "1 beg your pardon, madfm, pot intra on you. but Til a o myself" . ax j And before the lady could explain ner meaning to him, he Jiad gathered up his hai . and mad his e3dt, which was followed bjjL'A the frantic -jells of the girls, I am 6orry.W. , ...... sav that that little mistmderstanpiaj? maa an cd bachelor and an old xaaid. , ; i 1 t 1 4 1 ; ii ; .-. : .r; i ' : ': . ' ' I ' ' ' ' ' . ) 1 . f '' ' ! : 'I - - f - I f : f i "T i
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