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evening. All bill are to be settled on the lpf
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who adrertlsa largely. The Tmra, baa a larger
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! i. SINGLE 'cbpjSs'TEfrCWTS;! 1
';.v.
VOL. 2.
HEW BERNE, N. C, SATURDAY, JANffARY. 26, j 1865;
' rid. d.
any, tr not aii.oiner popere oonoiaea, ana reach mi
every part of the District, U the atr method
advertising that could be desired.
I ' 1 . .; . , ' ... ....
BUSINESS CARDS.
Touna & co.,
Marat emel miliary Gaees 4c Bawlpaseia.
Watches, Jewelry,
. i DuUI IiiinHi
aa4 Striate all klaie.
OIEBICArV ABUTOCBAOr.
BY . tf .
XX B.
t
' AH !torthera eurreat bank notes taken atpar. at
w. qs pjook Street, nearly oppoeite the Poet
OfSce, New llerae, a. C--8ept.
. Mtf
' H ARMY AND NAVY TAILOR,
PolUck Street, Oppo Epipl CAarc.
UalterMe asade to measure with promptness
. 1 vr. w n.r. h i TkacBirTIONi For
W.L.Poal, CW.Wmt.
L POAtK Jb WKT.
, ?'f AUCTIONEERS,
nt SO ralleck Street.
ektf : " Ntw biaKi, x. c
Of all the Bdtibia things on eftrth, :
The' queerest one is pride of birth 1 1
Among fcur er.ce democraeji, '
A bridge across a hundred years, ;
Without a prop to save it from sneers,
Kot etjea a pouple of jotten peers, :
A thing for laughter, fleers and jeers,
Is American aristocracy.
, Wilson ; X not only directed her to the
door of his private den; hut on that spe
cial occasion got up to show her across!
the room. ; 1 he lady had a roll of man
uscript in her hand, and in that respect
looked like any of the five hundred &-
dy visitors. But while.themaidritv5 of
them looked decidedly pa&e "(don't let!
tie literary ladies suppose JL am slan
dering them ! literary talentj Whether
in man or woman, seldom ripens so as
Julie. The MS. bw been ezarainad. - The style
ot composition is admirable, and the story ezbibita
a.highiy refined taste whicft cannot fail to bring the
writer into ereotual ceierrityr j-ve save maae ar
rasgements for imneaiate pucjUcation."
This" was altogether, out of the com
thon order 6'our notices, arid especial
lydifferent fr
business like style of comujunicating
with corrospoindents through the paper.
jl saw at a giapce inai 1 myvprsi iaea
had been Jcorrecttliat IWilson had be-
to be available, until the first roses of "J. 7 tu uf
The sty it
1 .
tory eahibi
fail to brlntr
J.
WATTS,
Walckaabtr 4 Jewel I re. .
(Pollock St., a few doort wtU f IMMt 8trtrt.)
. w.ih. riacka aad Jewelry Seoaired in a
skillful manner.
Dec. 2, 1864. . ' 73tf.
ah and Irish, French and Spanish,
(Cermans, Italians, Dutch and Danish '
Crossing their veins until 'theyvanish
fl In one conglomeration !
. So subtle a tinge of blood, indeed, ,
No Heraldry Harvey will ever succeed
' Ia finding the circulation.' '"
' . . . . ' ; ' "
Depend upon it, my snobbish friend.
Tour family thread you can't aseend, '
, Without good reason to apprehend . -4.
You may find it waxed at the other end
By some plebeian vocation ; ". .,
Or, worse than that, yqg.'boasted line
May end in a leop of stronger twine.
That plagued some worthy relation,
youth have died from the cheek) -while
the majority of them' looked decidedly
Ypasst; t say, this woman as a jCleopa-
tra 01 . darK peauijr. x rememDser ner
'looks, and even her" dress (which, was
Qf light plaid, silk, robe and mantle, and
the mantle, heavily quilted,) to this day.
Heavy masses :6f curling black hair
rnanificent dark eyes, with, lashes that
swept her cl eek -a rose-bud tnouth and
cheeks of peachly bloom that had never
been bought at the perfumer s- a figure
of, queenly height and pr.oportion--all
these ! ,bougbt at a glance; and if 1 had
not been a poor devil of a. sub-editor,
without even a private roomer a license
I. should'
eves
iiowever, it was nio business of mine,
and I only rxrake this explanation i of
wh,at.l:understood from tbeiotice, be
wnat comes
after. ; ' i , ..' 1 .
Tere were no serious errors in the
1 read.1 Cl. The nbticeV the' original of
which I have before given, read at that
l-inniftnrA fnllnwa
! "Jriir The MS. haa been examined.
of oompoattipn is abonainablo, and lb 9 stoi
a hijrhly depraved taste whiohxannot fa
the writer into eventual misery. We have mad e
artangements for immediate destruction' ; ; .
j' Some printer had dextrously changed
'admirable" to "abominable, " cultivar
ted1! to "depraved,"l"celebrityM'to "rais
ery,w and.publication'' to "destruction"
I making, it will be observed, rather a
marked diff erence in the tone of the ho-
tico. : .
; ' Perhaps Wilson did not wish to have
me for a; witness to any more of the
conversation, for he invited the .loud
man inside. I have ho doubt he made
proef.thaVl remembrt and if jany there any .quantity of explanations offered to
were, they were certainly corrected; for publish the matter next week, and teu-;
a revise was taken, and! that revise Mr,
Wilson Ater6oifayeryiortuhate
circumsiance lor me,'in ,conne.cuon wun
any luriner employment as prooi ieau
er in that othce. as it afterward appear
id.
uereu a inousana apoiogies" 10 me ag
grieved lady. I heard some of the
words, especially those of the husband,
though not enougn to give ma the chain
of his observations, j Whatever may
a'- a . a ' . - i ;
nave occurred, ; the loud man did
; mo iouu man am not
It is not to be siippbsed that having look much better humor when, he
nee read the proof, and examined the came but, and I noticed that ho took
revise, I should again have j seen the the roll of manuscript away vith him.
"39
CRAVES STREET.
BnOTN.
O-g.Ki S.T.iR';.
PAYING 'OFF A PARTNER.
toan leelem Tlrrchnat, atad WTeIeele
Kefail llrecar, - 1
J CiJAVBN STREET, NEW BERNE, N:C.
' febl. . ' 9tt.
BT H. MODJPOXD.
Cr. Looms, .
- . '
; (Srccmsba v C. B. Dibili )
i WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
d'a'.er ! 1 i
Dry 34; CIe(kig , aseeia
Xlatte Caipa, Seheel Beeke, '
Htatieaiery, eVc.
Seulb Tront Street, New Berne, North Caro.ina,
I mar 9 s 15tf-
KISTSI.t eV HBOTUBR,
Who'.ale and Retail Dealers ia
pry Oeeals, Clethiaia;, Jewelry, Faacy
GeeUa, fsiery, Beeta, Saiees,
IAats,Capa,eVe. ..
Comer of Pollock a d Middle eta.. New Berne.N.C.
.All the above na ed articles will be acid at a
assail advance abov coatr Come one, oome all
aad examiae the atock . 'tf
inar her
F.
If. SABTOBIOl",
nxALsa in ; v s 1
Oeld mm a Ilrcr ITatekee, , - '
' Cleeke aal Jewelry S'
ilUdlt Stmt, wt door 'f U corner. -Partiealar
attention paid to repairing ef Watches,
Clocks aad Jewelry.
New Berae. Aag. 1 6, 1S64. S9 tf
ygi.AitP, BicLoir Sc co.
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
And Wholesale dealers iu Fruits Groceries. Provis
ions, Foreizn, ato
Pollock Street,
Vew Bern, N. C.
1st do:r from Eaat Front Street,
48 tf.
! S
TAG HOTEL.
BY C. A. ETArrs,
t Street Beafeu t. If, C.
Wwm
-The Table ia cooatanUy supplied with Uia bes
the market affords. T
Beanfort.NCDee'.2l,1864. ttf.
F. LBnTIArY, t
a Ttorneyand counselled ia tlaw
- ' Wear Berate, IT. C.
, OSce ia Brick Buildrhg on Railroad Street, neat
Pollock atreet.
New Berne, Des.24. 1864. ' " Itf. ,
J.' SCUlLl.l.tGBK.Dealeria
lbreKai TJenaealie H laiee mm I,ia,aera,
Laser Bear, Cigars tad Tabacta.
M Idle St.. four doors South .of Pollock. New
Serae, ortb Carolina.
Stf.
EDWINWEST,
1
DIALIX ut
1 .
Seeks, Statleaery,
I ; Itewapaaere, flagaalaea,
v - t mm Faary Gaeii.
Kb. SO.Pollock Stbxit, adjoining the Government
Bakery, New Bene. N. C.
Beptx. m tf
'c
QABLXS A?. 91AAO,
eacceaaer la
i AVOV8C XI. SIAAO,
! DXALXR ut
: DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
ImporUi and Domcttic Cigar $, Clearing Tihocco,
Pij: GenU Fritkig Goods, Per.'
: fnmeriet. Pocket Cutlery, l'
Garden Seedt,eic. .
LA 'leeale aael Retail.
Opposite he Union Photograph Gallery, Pollock
Street, above Middle, New Berne.
New Berne, Jan. 7, 1 865. ' 3tf
LAOGB tk SOPBb; !
CONMISSlbx MERCHANTS,
i 3 lad la Street, Bee tea, Slaas
prodaoers of .
STORES,
and solicit eonsignmenU of the same. LIBERAL
ADVANCES will be made, and speedy sales.
Boston, dec 31, 1864 Btf2
Invite the atteatioa of
COTTON ' AIfi ' fTATAX,
It is no matter of any consequence on
which one of the great newspaper
streets of iVew York the following in
cidents occurred what was really the
name of the newspaper in the office of
which they took place or how many
years have elapsed since that period.
It is enough to say that the did occur,
under my own immediate observation,
and so long ago that a good many of
those who laughed most heartily at the
time have probably forgotten all about
them. '
I was at.thattime sub-editor, proof
reader, writer of puffs and moral essays,
and general man of all work for "a pa
per of wide circulation and extensive
influence," ; which I may designate as
the Weekly Balloon from the simple
fact that I might some day find my nose
pulled if I gave the real name. .!
.rheJJaUoon w.as the joint property
ot two proprietors, who . at
time both officiated as respons
tors Ihe One, Wilson, most
business affairs, the reading of the long
er .manuscripts, and the column of
"Answes to. Correspondents ;" and
the other, Unrke, passing judgment up
on the poetry and short sketches receiv
ed, making selections, writing short
stories occasional but very rare indul
gences in longer ones, and having the
literary and belles lettres charge of the
paper generally.; Both had been .prac
tical printers in early life apd entered
the editorial profession; through the le
gitimate(channel. ! . .:,
No two nie.i could be moredissiini
lar, either in person or character, than
Wilson and Burke though they agreed
capuany pernaps lor mat very rea
son. Wilson was a tall man of gravely
classic face, though with a merry twin
kle in hist. blUe eye, tha,t showed how
capable he was ofappreciating a joke.
linrke was the very antipodes of Wil
son. He was' short and stout, .' with a
head of curly, black hair, and a face
showing unmistakable marks of Ilibern-
iari blood from which he was only: a
couple of generations removed. He
was a jolly, rolicking, story telling fel
low, fund of a joke, and with no pro
pensity to conceal the fact. Practical
pxaiks were entirely in his line, though
he aid not find occasion to indulge in
them very often within the precincts of
the iBalloon office. 1
Thfe editorial room of the Sal loon
was at that time arranged in three di
visions, In the, outer, which ran the
whole length of the room, I . had my
desk, while two or three others tor the
mail clerk and for chance contributors
were distributed about' the wails and
Dartilions The other half of the rnnm
was again ;srro-aiviaea, ana in one ol "'r'
these ha'Ives Wilson had his desk, while
Burke. -had his, in the other. All the
room was open at the top, so that voices
could be ,heard when persons were in
loud conversation ; but no one could
either see witbtathe room of the other,
or.jU.ear what was said in a tone of voice
pitched at a low conversational key.
As I occupied the outer room, and
was there almost all the time during
business hours, I. necessarily saw all
to' fall in lovjei, I.; should have become
. I ' II v . . t .1
fnnrniinn tf iTirnriiaTon ivna npr in ino
KnrV f; tkot cKo rer,,,5r tliattcr before it went tot press; nor was It never came back to the Balloon of-
cross from the outside door to that of ? ttrer person wou.u nee y
Mr. Wilson's sanctum. ' . f - : :?" 111 'UUW
i. : .. r-ii -. : i- prooi, unui n aDDearea m me paper.
as to be able to describe her at this to H'" TeW V?ll iu?. uou"ujr Uia
buufe iiiajr nave ucviij iiiu wn ..wtc v.i
and the Balloon was I publishedall
fair, smoolhv and satisfactory.! K,
jA -I was sitting' affain: at imy desk, the
"day after publication, whMa rather
iouci-voicea
. i i -
m
sons room, and' very j soon a low mur
mur of conversation sprung up in that
quarter. Thonirh I " could not distin
guish the words, I could easily recog-
the dinerence between the
may as well say here.) nor -did
the lady of the dark eyes ever "again
cross the threshold while I remained in
that employment. .
1 he visitor had scarcely pone, that
day when Wilson came out of his room
again,, came up to my desk,: and sbid :
Do you know anything about this
trick, sir!? u Yes or nry upo n .the honor
ofarnani"
office. Neither one of the parthers were thing about it," was the answer I made'
at the time in their rooms: fllie visi- and I do not believe that hs re aUy sus'
tni-aWi ATi- vVHoAr.' i'n F.nrrHan' pected me. 1 he next moment 1 heard
IJIXaO (UC U1AAC 4 wllvw UCeVTCCH UC iVTU vF t A J a I V i: VUU J
- - . j. it i iiiia V7 r a nnfv "arifi n rv 1 1 i m r ear rvi -j vi n a. u . i
voices. Very soft and sweet was that J jt r t'- - -T- J ' Upoa -my honor' IJid not know anv-rk-
i.i w;i- ...;u4 decidedly foreign aspfcckrenlered. the inJ. nouor. w noi,Know any
uii nio ibuii nitiio ! i iouu 9 icciucu iu I - . . . ;..' irfimiro rr
and tremulous, indicating that he was
somewhat ''knocked off his perpendicu
lar," as Burke used to say of him. This
probably lasted half an hour, and then
I heard the moving of chairs, as if the
visitor was about to take her departure.
Directly the door opened, and as Wil
son was about to'show her the extraor
dinary "courtesy (forhirn) of accompany-
tvyA aOKGU iUl . XU I I! AiOVAJe . AAA 1 AiAAAjAAa
only a little broken, arjd I answered
him, of course, that he was oujt.. Hoy
soon would he be in ? 1 I did not know.
Be in to-day ? I suppose so might not
begone for any length of time. Would
the visitor wait ? He said hk would,
across mv room to the outer and did -wait, slamming himself down
door, that of Burke s room opened, and in a spare chair with force enough near
be came out, with his pen in his mouth, lyt to knock through thej cane bottom.
ostensibly looking for his scissors, or
the paste dish (there was no mucilage
poi reaav at nand in i tnose days, ) or
some other very important trine.
and slapping a big switch against his
boot, with van air that indicated that he
his long legs going up the stairs that
led to the composing room two steps at
a time, j For what happened there I had
afterwards $he word cf tHe foreman,and
was only what might have been expoct-
eda ntimber of angry inquiries on the
par df Wilson as to who had meddled
with the 'matter on the gallcy-r-derials
on the part of jhe pointers that i&qy of
them had done sb thb end of all which
was that ! the mystery i was not cleared
' -1 1 . a J 4 ' x .a - i
1 T. i nan an idea thftn. nnd I havA npvpr I faKTirr tniv an Haa f hof t hori n vAMnnn
the samejAV .if tV,oV Tf., a:a ..a ji u ..'. - - i . J-ti x
llle want anvthino-. hnt'. lhat hA hart h'arH I - il J v i !
after., the tZ r: :;:i'"Z. " n..u",c"v-" . i i ? 1 J ,
imt icmoic iuivc iu ins uauuci s luuui, i .Attflrha t an hnnr nt- TOflirino. i nnn
knew when they were coming out,' and
had determined to see what manner of
woman itw&s that could keep Wilson's
attention so long. It that was his ob-
when
found
Mr. Wilson's deliberate -step coming up
u "". w (ha ttaiM iinri ha namn Infn. tha rnnm
jrvv, o uUlurS1Cu .urue caugnt tfae moment after Y ? A& he !did0 I
a mir view OI me aay, as .rusoa nana- fnpn . trt Tu mnnXmfln ? tWpU;,
mi I ivr V4AV V aA vtv iti vatt ; . . eyeaw WMaa
ed her oul of the door, and I heard him
give vento an emphatic "phewl" as he
f e a -
recognized ner neauiy, .
'Wilson, who thedeuee have yougot
there f he asked, as the latter was re-
crossing the room to his ; own i door-
u.She is as pretty as a picture !" he add
,'Is she? well, I did not notice," was
the reply of Wilson, though ,his voice
and manner betrayed that he was agita
ed. ' , .
f'HumDh. vou old rat I 1 know het-
wodld like to have slapped something P in the least degree, 'except that the
els with it.. 1 wrote! on, buiuncomfor, prinjeravwerexoneraiea., . .
perpetrator of the frand, however, I
fancy, from the first." .1 am very, sure
that did, from the moment of reading
my hew friend -had apparently the ltred paragraph. . Some night du
l himself a little cooled, ii Heanl nng the week, when all the printers had
to the composing room made the al
terations, in the midst of diabolical
chuckles over the scrape into which he
was getting Wilson, and got away again,
i r ii . i i
'ThriMr. Wiln-.v0nrWflntefl as xne newspapers say oi ine piCKets
M t,:. ' il l U 1 ; 1 f who burn buildings in the occupancy of
CLU AA A AAA . .. tj - it ... A, t . v I - 1.
i riu -.t,ii:-r,!;r the hostile army "without being d
1 lin IllIll 111 111C3 liLIUll OUtaii ULf 11 - . . ; - - . . w
' i i i ?if I i i i i covfirwl." ! Tfc was not Wilson
and said ;
to
dis-
to say a
even if h-
'Never rhiod,", be - said to the foreman,
"Wait (ill to-morrow morninr, and then we
will try to find something to fill up the spaoa.'
The foreman accordingly went up stairs again.
A lew miotftes after, I saw Wilson . come-'
out Into the outerfoorh and get the barging
file of the current volume of the Balloon,
which he took in with him. From that time L
did not see anything of him daring' the entire
afternoon, except once' or tried when . I had
occasion to go into the'room for a moment, In
which instances he was scribblrng awiy at the"
desk with rail road speed, paying no attention
to anybody or anything. Toward night I saar
him send -up;fd the printers a large roll of
matter, and supposed, of. course, that' be had
been supplyirg. the vacant space of flurke'aV
story with sonie lucubrations of his own. '
W hen the story proofs came-down to me,'
lsto the next day, I altered ray opinion as to
what Wilson had been doing. With m full re
collection of the prank played by bis partriev .
in the "Notices to Correspondents," Wilson
bad not been supplying' the place of .Burke's
story, but supplying Buiktitiory itself. And
such a supply.- .Burke had intended the story'
to run at least two or throo months longer,
but it had no occasion to run, or do anything
else, after that it was finished. ' . .
It is impossible to particularise, at this diif-.
tance of time, as I have no copy, the conteoU
of that wonderful three or (our columns. But
I distinctly remember that he brought all the
characters over to this country, took thsm to
the West, introduced an Italian bandit, two"
or. three Arabs,' d anvelophant, and in the- .
concluding chapter kilted ft no fless .than
eleven of the brotninent ocrsonsicft bv rarlcAra
cruelties, from duels and taking poison, to ther
blowing up Of a powder mill, and the running
off a whole (rain of cars into the Wississippi.
It was certainly a most stupendous per for.
mance ; and there, at tho head of that fearful
mass of droll impossibility and absurdity, 'I
stood the name of Borko as author. L
Exactly in that shape the conclusion J the;
story went out to tho readers of the Vallooii.
If it did not quite satisfy the readers' who had
been Interested In' the original story, I. fancy. It
furnished as much amusement as could well '
have been extracted from tho same space in T
any human .. language. The? general impres j
sion was, I believe, that Burke must bate i
written theso concluding chapters while suf-
fering under a ni or dclirum tremens, and that
the stuff had crept into the paper without
Wilson's seeing ft. ' That is about as near, by
the way, as human calculations generally com
to the reality. . j :
It Wfi two days.aflcr the publication whoa
Burke t cached the city.. Somebody had shdvrn
him the paper, and his condition of helpless
rage may bo imagined, but if it Is to bo. de
scribed,' somebody else beside myself miprt
make tho attempt. When ha reached Ihe
office,' Wilson was sitting in his room, writing,
probably, and . very quiet Burke strode
across the outer room, bis face stormy as a
thundercloudj flung open the door of Wilson's
'room, strode in,- and tiroka out
"Who in thunder" i
, He did not gel any further with the ques
tion at that moment, ane? I think be never did
afterwards. I . beard Wilson "interrupt hixra,
and I coulJ fancy him lying coolly back in hia
chair as he did so. " 5 , '
'The samo fellow; I suppose, who altered
my answer to a correspondent, not long ego.
Do you know who that was 1"
Burke's rpply was a laugh. He was con
quered. They went out together a few min -utes
afterwards, and I have an idea that the
might have been found moistening their clay ..
somewhere ' in the ! neighborhood. At all
events, they were both quite as good friends
as usual, afterwards, and no quarrel had
grown, as I was afraid might be the case, out
of Paying Off a Partner. ; '
He natur
his pocket, at the same time opened the any preierrea todissemo e ms cnagnu
papr, slappedit withhb swfearid and.t'pay him off" when the proper time
4- U dn,nI.AWnnimh KrnL-fln 'UU1 "t'C.
to rieed reproducing itam that particular:
"Are vou; Mr. W Isbn? What do
ter than that!" commented Burke.- you mean by abusing wife ?'r' H
"Catch you letting a handsome face go "Abusing your wife, my dear sir ?
without noticing it
r 1 ..
But who is she?"
I dont knoAr" said Wilson. -A'li
know that she bothered me a long time
about a rpll of manuscript that she
brought with her, and that she made
who ia voiirwife ? I Idd not know, what
you are talking about iT'Jexclaimed Wil
son slightly starting back. ; ;
"Then look here !'' said the lond man,
slaDDin? his hand ion thetaper this time,
me promise to read it this week and say instead of the switch1. I "You Icall my
whether it will be used, , in our ,'Ans-
vvers to (Torrespondents I promised
her that to. get clear of her."
"And dont you know Her name?"
again asked Burke.
. fNo," said Wilson, though I think he
was telling a very : permission fib. ; "I
only know the name she left on the roll
of manuscript to be answered by."
.Well,, what is that ?" persisted
ijurke.
VYau seem to Jake
interest in hei," answered Wilson; "for
a stranger. The name on the manus
wife! 'depraved' and abqminable !' My
wife! never was depraved or abomina-
''Who is your wife.?"broke out Wi.
son, now aUout as angry as nis , visitor,
"Afy wife has beeni writing jlor you
under the name of 'Julie, " said the
loud man. " Yoii promised to look over
her Story, and she sard you were a gen
tleman.; But I see you are a big black-
rt AooV nf guard.". ...r; 'WI1S';: If ::, .
ft'.f. '(tTab-A r.flrA I" saidil Wi son. switn a
motion that looked ominiouslv like an
intention to strike. and twhich'lhe
i1;
evi
dently reconsidered: " Your t wife, my
dear sir-Julie I did not say- SO about
any-such woman I ' Where is what you
mean
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JpBErTCXX VlVArTrTSI SUIBTS,
' EXTRA SIZeS, and lanth,
also '., ;
A f eod aasortmeat at '
,'Humph ! -sounds French,"? said
BUhke. "Pretty wo.nan, any how you
can fix it !" and he went into his room,
closed ihe door, and I snnnnsA went r
V. .V I I.TT 17 J II I J iu . l.fl ' MMATC
woris. uut 1 caught a glance of his eye xiere i muuuwou iua tuu iau,
am ho want thrnnoh' tho Annra I lonA I handinfTl .the DaDfir to -VVilsoh . With tB-
directed nht of the corner of VVilsnn sinrl other slaD of the hand. M I saw that it
I saw there was mischief in it. t&ouffh I was a copy of the last! Balloon newspa
I had-no idea.' hs the 1Wi?stfirners isavl I ner.- Wilson took' the I: paper read
where the lightning was going to strike, rubbed his eyes read rfgain then He
For that day in the details of my bu- burst out with one single word tliat told
who passed into the rooms 0 either of siness, that occurrence passed out i of several volumes, t " , ! i
the proprietors,. anrl I sometimes acted J my" mind, and I do not remember.- that I ; i haye seldom eeh a tnan feo langrys
as a sort ;of zzf usher (keeping ray j l tbou.gh,t of it again until two -days af- tje jhed to the desk1 where I was yet
..A 11 al I '1 X a If. - . - 1 A l ." iL f . aL . : A. I ' .-.?'- 1 -
seat an me wnue j 10 direct; uuaccus-1 ter, wnen , toe proois . oegan : 10 come
tomed. visitors to proper . apartjnents. down stairs for my reading. -! Ihey came
Ihe Balloon had a large corps of lady lin a huge, bundle, as.usual,1 fifteen'
coninbutors, nearly all of whom brought twentj: at onct, , Running 'down the
their own manuscripts to the office and I galley that contained the "Answers to
sittingthrew down j the paper! on '; it
l 3 r t-A u
"What 'does' all this mean ?
made .the necessary arrangements forJCorresnondents;
" O " 1 , . -
1 meir puDiication. j on the name
anar.9
I
ATCAAKS I
Watclaee t
WATCHES Jl
(
W
r, - ; . li " tu ioia or buyer 4t the
TOMLlXSpjra. Craren itreet,
' befow Ton Offlee, Kew Berse.
iSidn't
ytiui. read that proof ? rthat protf-i-
ems. . a srrucK aireciiy uprl -v .--g .f...
X was scribbling awav at mv-little recollected it as the;sarne that bad been M0S couirsoltread, it, Mr. Wilson, I
desk one day, engaged in V the ; melan-lffiven br the toretty womati. I -find a fsaidV'and jo did yoo, ;fbr 1 eawA yon f
uuuiy uccpfiuu ui writing up me "hu,- jcopy pi mis notice - in my rcrap-oooK,
uiuiuusueuuuiDBnt , 01 me paper, will- imaue irom recoueciion a iew uaya uner.
lrf
uua apaiucie 01 uuawi euner in mysen 1 under circumstances wnicu wm - soon
j or my matenel when a lady came in I explain themselves, tt reads precisely
a the office 'door and inquired Tor Mfi as foUonsfs XbJ-ih ' ;' ' r 1
What is the matter?5i
ilYes.T3id read it myself said Wil
son, "but there was no fluobj stuff there
then 8e whatsit isi: t
" He "syb me txmW;B6, fo'iead nq
That time arrived, not very months after.
thouRh long'enouKh for Burke to have relax
ed the strictness ot . his watch for a "hck back."
Burke was really a very spirited sketch-
writer, and he wrote longer Stories, when he
would enter upon the labor, that won and de
served popularity. He won that success, too,
when he did strive for it, without plunging at
all w to the deeply sensational or "blood-and-
thunder" stylo of literature. For anything of
the latter class-be hsd a most unmitigated con)
tempt, and would about as soon have taken a
dose of strychnine as willingly allowed his
nameto.be sppeiided to anything that has fur.
nished ;us the "Fiery Fiend or t iddleladdle,"
snd ihe "Last of the Blood Tubs." .
Burke finally commenced a story of Enelish
life, one week, after gathering an immense
amount of material for a tale which should run
through fifteen or twenty numbers. 'What
the name was is now a matter of no conse
quence. "' He' had ah ''tihlimited number of
characters involved, and managed theta, in
the opening- chapters, with extraordinary
skill. Sharp, keen, character-sketching, with
trenchant wit, graphiaaescrlptions or scenery,
criticisms on art and literature, and,. all the
pleasanter and more refined characteristics of
the noVele'tte," were the staple of what Isurke
evidently designed to make bis master-work,
to which be of course -put his full name. As
many other story-writers do when editorially
connected with the papers to whicn tncj are
eontributiner.-Burke wrote his numbers from
week to week as they were, wanted, instead of
. . . .. . i' J f. I. iV .f.1 tjj.
msbing up tne wnoie story oeiore iue cora-
. . The tale bad been running, for some seven
or eight weeks,' and the interest was just be'
einnine to be fairly evolved. wben ilurlce was
suddenly called to go Bast, by some property
business there. - He went away, expecting to
be back again in two or three days, but was
detained much longer than no . expected. 1 1-
nally a letter came from, -kim Mying 'that he
had been very busy that he could not fur
nish the namber ot the 6tory for that week
and that it would be- necestary to make an
apology to the reeUers, and protnise it for the
number Jollowiott - .-. 1 1 . .
I banded the letter to Wilson, wno was ar
the time in his room, and asked him what was
to be done abbot it. He i raved a bttle; over
the fact that all 'the Ififluence 0 the story on
tho circulation f the'paper was killed by thw
break, and wished every maa who commenced
publishing a story before be bd don writing
it was in some annieasant subterranean locali-
tr. "Just theal the foreman, wha rknew. of
Burked Absence, bat had toot befd anything
of the ibstalment of- the 1 stoHv camw 1 down
stairs to look- after It. ' This set Wftsoh tnW a
renewed rage), Mcbr bower, broke-liraoUy
into a ebuekle, for whkh I eauld act see any
especial reaarn.' - , -, i- , '.
J The Dallle.Flel4 ef oTraaklla.
The Nashville correspondent of ihe Cincin
nati Commercial writes: "I lately passed over
and examined the field wbere was fought,
November 80, one of tho fiercest and bloodiest
battles, for the numbers engaged, of the whole'
war. Tho carnage ! amongt the rebtla rntist '
have been fearful. All along in front of the
breastworks on which they charged; for see '
ral rods deep, the graves ate clustcrrd thick
as in the most populous Potter's field of the
old world.' As the rebels occupied tho 'field
after the. fight they bad abundant leisure la
bury their dead decently, hence there aro
none of those disgusting and revolting exhibi
tions that sometimes shock the beholder, but
be can not repress a feeling of unfeigned sad
nes at the thought that in the short space of ;,
four hours all. theso multitudes were slaugh
tered in a vain struggle to accomplish the com
mand of a. madman. . ; , ;
"The breastwoks cross the Frsnklitf PiV'
at a right angle, and it was right down Viia
road-and co either side of it that the rebels '
charged in a solid phalanx five miles 'tteep. J
Behind the w,orks lay the Tweaty-thjrd ccrp.
the third division to the left the. second to the '
right. In froht of them the destructien was
far more terrible thn elsewhere. They oc-, '
cupied a sort of salient ri' the works, which
projected forth and met tho brunt of toe at
tack: like a great rock in the edge of the sea.
The country level and perfectly open, and the
balls took full effect: Our men were crowded
so densely behind the works that those in the
front did nothing but fire the pieces. wblclt
were loaded by their comrsdes in the rear. It
needs only that ono Should look St tho abatis
of brush which lay in front o tbem to learn
what a deadly tonent of lead filled all the air.'
To use the homely comparison ' of one who
helped in that day's work : 'It looks just as
though ft had been ran through a threshing '
machine,' and to lit does. A grove of small ,
locusts just ia the rear of oar works wears '
such an appearance as it tright ifa visitation
of hail bad been ( followed by one of locusts, ' -and
after that each severs! and particular re
maining shred of bark and limb picked otr.
"Toe rebels buried their dead by regiments.
in rows parallel to the road. They made lbs
graves about, eighteen inches deep, and sepev- ..
rated by a thin wall of earth. Some regioiants
number as many as fifty killed outright. Tha
whale nrimber of dead, according to their own
confession, is about one thousaod seven hun
dred and fifty. iTba working party detailed .
for the purpose were occupied in their ghastlr i
work five days and ; nights. Each grve is ....
marked bv a little board, with the name, com-'
pany and regiment carefully cut in it.. . -
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, Meorge vavia, 01 ew -w
sirot of both bis eyes a singolay manner a 1 j
0 .... a 'ii A V -1 - l
tew days oinca. Ale- naa cnnea m oeie ma j '.
stonf sill,) t reeeif so iron staple, and poured JT
fa tha; molten lead witboot," first cJearin? tb . f
jrater (romlb. bpla.;; Jbs coosequnca was,' "
it flew back with the force cf steamy into cm . ..
face, burning him
erribly..
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