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And ttcn UVt-a strain of bqt& w; Caire Uniting Unjn?ge Hwtt, 'Ilecaretli for ou;" Lw LVssidt II f beautiful, hrm cumpiete L FfaIfirf wcr& si ifeeaing I Slake tk lutain light: Be wL-bbolds the spaxroTr Kevetk n ever in eight. . Tte 43d Regime t BariJts the War.'. ' hifs"frca HyOli Caxap- Pipe oe fixing between oar gut;s aotl - Fort was kept aj, ftt intarvala . --"fig tbV wkolo of Sunday nigH ad aday, Gen.Hoke and eorae f bis ofiicera, spent ito day in reeon- : .crirg tW poeittoo of the enemyj j4uns for tbo attack..' JuHt ,q sun dawa oi Monday, wo were red np and moved around on the . de of the tovrr ami about one y from it. Our left rested on Ibe , moke" River, and oar right ws , -ported' by . the Virginia Brigade a.-. I Capt. GrahamV. Battery. The ti per Fort. for the protection of the ti-.n was abod t 300 yards ontnido. of ih.ir Hue oH ear(h work p. and was , -i ironed by a Captain and 72 men i twa 32 pounders and eeveral oth- , -gun i. besides small arma. O-.i one ifrtLe Fort w.i protaicl;d for several unditJ"! janJs by an alnjsl i no passible wamp lcov;red with brusi "and lgs j it Jowa and tumbled in every m id. oct ibnt cottJd impedo oir a-lvanne. Our advance on fin ort, wa? throng h an open levd fidd ovt a lialf oM when We would ail two time be subject el to, an nnobtrioU-d 6rer from the poist of starting. Our line was formed in. the edgo f t swomp, where the mnd and water, w-w abiut. knee deep and under cover of tbo trees. Our sharp sKoo.cra were formed on tho ede of Lh? nnpTif and - 1 a - at the command, For ward-douWe-quick ft Our line burst from iU cov-r wiiL the Boddeness of an avalancho' ar simoltaneous with it, canK) tto gallnnt Graham with bis epJondid bat tery, thundering across the Geld. He advanced at a full gillop nnder a heavy artillery Gre until he reached the desired point which was about 400 yards from the Fart, wben ba halt ed.and immediately opened in gallant and effective sly'e. Our lfac pressed forward under a galling Gre until they leached the etockade.vrbich was now about dark, and immeJiadiely sur- rounded it, aa witb a cordon of fi.e Fifteen "of the sharpshooters made opening through the heavy ebtrpened cedars that bad beon fastened around the fort to prevent anCDtrane, -and under A murderous Gre from tbe f irt, and through aebowerof hand grenades they actually sealed it. The gallant and lion-hearted CapU Hal Macon, 111 at the door and many others were wounded. Tiro largo body of In'antry in the Korks around the town, hod to stand and witness the etinggle, wilhoul ren dering ny aid, as by com:ng to. tbe rescue, tbey would have expo ed th ir flank to Gen. M. W. Jfan?ora, who was 'o osted a? to strike them effectively. 17 midnigh'. JGon. Hoke had complete ly eurround,d the Fort and three Jnkre Gud Boats, steamed up the iver, and began to feel for ns. j i be swol c; enntion by tbe rocent 'liCaW rain j rl I t U, L rM' hundred of oiir line, and w.ur B'fiiacnt bejug bciwe -n the riv cr hnd fort.goiiho full benefit ef tlcir hnn lie I pound rs, but foitanate- mM - J 0 i"ru, they'.ou'd hot low r theii hot fi'sufftica ly ni.d their th II and canister parsed jwt above our line. , - " ' The Riim, Roanoke wbicb bad ben built to aid in thi work, was far up tho river, wi ha Urge foit two mile above us on the bank F the riv er, in whi- h was woun-ted a two bun dled poui.ier especially to pay it eouiplinienbi to the Ram whenever it attempted a passage, aridthft river was titudded with torpedoes, but it was high enough tj let Iter pass without disturbing them, althoujh tho eocmy httdmade tVvry preparation to pre vent the p singe of tho Ram, aad had the banks lined vxitb picket s jet by closing her port boles and obscuring all the lightsshe had passed the range of the big gun and was speeding her way to our relief.below the tort before she was 'discovered. And it being too late to communicate the danger to the guu boats tliat were playing upon us so furiously, before they ' were aware of it, she put on a strong head of steam and .t'irew open her, port holes in front and opened a terrible fire upon them. They steamed off with all possible speed Tor the Souud, bui the R anoke kept her speed and Gre, and overtook one jdst below the town and ran ker iron snout clear through ber Lull and drew back to lot her sink. Never in the history of. the. war were troops prouder to bear guns open, for we knew that our deliverer hud come, Gen. II .ko now demanded a surren der of the Fort, and after a parley of about fifteen minutes" the -fort and garrison was-sur rendered. Before "light the tines were re -arranged and disposed in such manner that wh lo a gn at portion of it was xpose l during iho day to a rakieg fe e from the Infantry behind tbo s'woiks und forts in the town, yet U aJio-wod no iijw disfM) iiion or chtnge w lbs part of the onenvy. Fl irly oft Wcdiies.!y-Bwoyning our Brigade was iot-ni.nl ok the West side of the towo whiVe reo.:Riinsom's wh en tbe Eujft side, a-cd the advance wa one of dasger and death from the mo. raeut" We started, being tfcroogb: air open level ground for nearly 3 iHe. Bui the Start and Stripes floated ded- antly from Fort VVHlianw and it must bo lowered and all felt that thpy must bo mertin tbo emergency; For eome reason they xraVe most of their alten- lion to tho line of Gen, Ransom, for it was found when be reached, the line that 3.15 of his noble Bcigado had fallen. As we near.d the works and rapidly concentrate ! our Gre, from j contFaictinif lines tho enemy broke for. tho fort and about 2600, were! hurdled and packed within its walls. In a moment it was . surrounded and j Gen. Hoke soot a flng of truce- and called for a parley with the command l dant, Gen. Weitzel, who son appear further informed that these speci ed outside. the fort and was conducted mens of onr errand and noble old poeedly and smilirg on hia 'crapped- eared Llaek.and sarrouded by his brave and excited folIowerSr ' Vs- (To be Continued. A NewDparture. Paring a l the years of the Grat century of . American Independence, which closed yesterday, the South w.s distinguished f r its dependence on tho North if we except the pe riod of tbe war. We bave relied on be New England States for our clothes; althougo we raise tba cot-( ton ont of wbicb they are woven. We bve looked to the W est lor our bread and bacon, wban we could ea ily pioluce both at home. The concequenci Las been . that tbe South has been growing poorer and poorer tajh decade of-years while the Njrth ba3 been increasing ann i- ally in wealth, "magnificence and power. - . vye hope the Sou h wil take a new departure witb the opening of this Fcond century of tbe Amerl- can uaion. uur otfou crao wouM no raire profit. bla to ns if m tnuf ic ruied i t o ir own cojiit y. We have all the water power needful. Tbe labor can beobtaiuel. Tin vvork is profiUble, as expe-ieraced teacfaers. lTbyJben should we not have more ooVon-factories? Why is no the good eximpBe of X1. Thomas A. Holt, sn4 olhfr leading roannfaptnr ersv folliwel by the capitalist? It is eaally important: that onr f irmers should produce their own grain and meat, and not depend on irchasing from northern marke's. For a farmer to rws& cottop, aisd buy bread, is ruinous. Tae hi.tjry uf the farming eljmsrit I? the p3?1 few years proves t'tis. If theSjuth ern people will ?igna':z3 the beia ui ig ot tVs century by taking a new departure in the direction of Mate, rial Independence, the most sangu ina bot)es of the Soul ia future pros perity will be more than realized. Ral. News. K&rtii Carolina at PuUldelphfcv The Legislature of 1874-75 w&re begged,, entreated, implored to ap proprial.e a sum of money to enable North Carolina fr make an exhibit at tha Centen-niali Tuey refused to . a m t.: .1 bgiTo a cent, l ie moiivta oi iue Geueral A.ssem'Iy were good ; thy recognized, the fact that thStafc'a is heavily in debt, and tb.t wo bad better pay our debts before spend ing money i jr sho v 'r and, besides p tbe-idea of inning m the .National Ce'ebration did nof. take very well at that time, nnilimv, with, oaauy of the members, .Noifri Carol iuiaais of such shade of opinion rofc- beisg alone, but bavin j c mnany ia sevcr- lal Northern S-att s. 1 &-) wistJun oS tl 'ffg'sl itu e w will no' q, us iofi- B tL we think a l things Uavetnrnerl o.tit is t) be L region el . that soetbr.H? w(ii not I d-jue to placi North C-axJi ja boforo the world in. her tros liglif. VVhat a rjaagaiJfcent J-kiw r8pecimet s ol otr mineral wealth ialue wo-ild. have urtdel wotrld bavo-dazz-'edthe eyed of the g'tzus; revealet) the laildsn' riches f ow? Siate; aad attracted thous nls to o r fi )la?Kanl miues, and marble beds;, and coal-pits.. We would havj shtwn gold bright as. the gold of Qjhir; mar!je like that wbiih is tlug Ifrooi the beds of Carrara r and coal as good as eer came fio n the is'and t mines of Newport. I Wo had a thousand o titer things I to ex'iibir whijsh would have been of real beneGs to the State, had they been carried io the Centennial. As it is, we hear of nothing on er hibition thtr ) from? North Caro i la, excep1 a horpd negro and a five- legged ca'f. That, heivan kno'.vs, is bad enough; but when we are Commonwealth are not' allowed to go into the grounds, our misery is complete. That Gve-leged animal that horned African either, is a spectacle that must make North Carolinians weep. It iswrful. If you bave tears to shed prepare to shed them now." But we are inspired with the hope that the reputation of our State will be in part redeemed by the presence of the Fayettoville Light Infantry, accompaaed ,by the Governor. They may be'able to wipe awy the . , . J ine monstrosity itom ane woo as oi Warren, have brought upon North Carolina's fair famr. -Hal. News. . The rojf that covers the wortt tenant in t ie world is the roof i f tbe mQuth. Nothing iu vfickedues surpasses the human tongne. Two youijg m.'U out riding were passing a farm hoes 3 where a far- mtr-was trjipg to harness an obsti nate mule. "Won't he draw V said one of the men. Of conrsef said t'ie f trrne ; ''he'll draw the n ten tion: of over f .o! th it piste tbts wy ' Tue y aigvine i drova a. ' Mississippi ArUbinatl& List winter a negro in roy employ, says; a cnrresiiondeiit in Missouri, conclndid io go to Mississippi ;ind went. Oae dy thii wi tter I ea.v the ,same negro approaching, my house, tbe "fallowing ctlloqiy tjok placet . 1 rWe l, Hilliardrr Hiwdy, bossi?" So you have got back hive y u" "Y sysir.-" How do you like Mississippi ?" Well, boss, aii t tbe-' land ric ? Why its r.cb enough to sprout yoi rr I ? ue 'toes. "Thea what'a thi matter. DIda't you get rieirenough to eat T ""O yesbossv bit I to l yoa I didn't like tho Mississippi arithmo io, for the very day I got to Ab'jerdeen, a white man bifed me for ba'f the cot ton and -ob third the corn I could make. I vas to pay bi n cue third the cor.i 1 could make. I was to pny him for what he furnished ' at ?. Mo and Abner and John; mjtwt boys, got ph-ntyjio eat aeid thou $h. we wis doing bjally- for wa made 15 bales of cotton, and 500: bush.ils of cornanl oth.jr truck acc rding When we got th 3 crop all gathered, Miv Williams, tbe man we worked, witb called me up and said- "Well Hilliard, I have let you - bave. 200 pounds of m. at. -1 wdl charge you 23 cents a poun.1 foe that. X'let you havd so much meal 1 charge you two dollars a ba.heL for that. I 'let you. have so nxauy pings of tobacco.. I will charge you f rfy cents a plug for vitxt arid so on "And bless the XAjd that white inan sol iluw i ant pitied bot bis bok and pencil and .'coin.iue.uo't m kiig' Gggje.s.- heard' hkti liuiib'a t-K j it. hi and nine's t-r uiiih, Alulni tUe a l' i a:l;l CO- uu'h iuiue.' "That's tite reason, bos,.. l.'di.lu.V tike M ssissi.-pji a itbirj)tic. a .d tnai's t te re.iaou' I cauio oaci t j old Art; bam." Campaign Tracts. Says ibe Baltimore Gazette : In . presenting one of the appr priatiou bills to the House a few days ago, the Hon. Fernando Wood ui ide a strong an 1 able si.eeoh upon the re sources aud expenses of the Govern ment, and tho necessity for retrench m-eut. lu one of the interesting. ta bles which were emboided in ii, there we.e p e ented a stute nent of ibe number of employes bjrne upon the civil li t of th j United St ites from 185Ut 1875, inclusive, como pil dftom the b:cniial offiejal regis ters. It shjws' tbe enormous growth of the federal, patronage and utter hollownoss of the republican I professions of rtrenohnunt an I ecoiomy, Tue following is a sum-' f mary oi tne tab e, aita we ass lor it the careful consideration of onr realerss . J J Total number of civil employes in 1850....... ....44,527. Total number of civil employes I in 1861. ...... 46,049. Total nnmber of civil employes I in 18td..... ............. .47.375. 1 Total number of civil empioyts iu 1865.............. ........ 53,167 Tot it number oi civu erao oves iu 18U7.......... .56,113 Total number of civil employes iu 18e0......... ..54 207. Total number of civu e upiojes : in 1871 ............57,903 Tota. nuuibjr ol civil employes iu 18731.. .85,650 Total nunibjr of civil employes ia 1875............... ....91,110 Tbese are omeiai ngtlies prin.tsd. at the government priuting office, in Washington. Tuey ttll their pwa story. I a 1869, when Gonir d Grant came into ofiS, e, . be found 51,207 civil employes ia the pay rolls. In 1871 that number, nnder his admia istratioD, was increa-eI to 57.505. In 1873 he sti 1 fur b?r inc. e sed the py r ill to MiMQ. And in 1875 he a i it np ty tae eaorcioas Ggird of 94.U9. : , : . ; M order by Nejcro PoHHciaits- J 4 , The river eountios of Louisiana are, Fon-rscI wkli a dense population of the moht ignorant and. brutal negroes t .be found in any portion of t lie South' Just sucb material as Cart bo mmip i- lafe-d to falaJ'adir3rrfr' Lv'the incen diary class who have represdrteih liepublican politics i thee Stata, is there fouit 1 in aboadanee. . Froirr t.iit to tiine: an4l invital'v in advanevi of elections' outbreaks and violence occur among this population, wh'ch ae regu.- larlv hruldod bv the 'Knriihlican. nenss j -. -j ; v 0 . aj p?notiC3 of relelKiMij-rnirrree'.roD and the work of white K i Klux. In every in'stanco thesot diturbances when instigated, h aye. been, proved to. 6e the results of thoj ins'igation of carpet-bag ! politician or of .negro leader L - TEe disturbanci reported as a riot, which occuVed at Mount Pleasant, near. Port G i bson, on last Saturday , ensued in consequence of the murder of aIeraocatic- negro-by an organized bxnd!of negro politicians. Avowedly for the reason only thab he claim-ed tbe rBghfc oentertainUtg Democratic sentiments, he was ordee 1 to leave bis home, and refusing to do to be was killed.. , Incidents of a like nature with thin havo; not been uncommon in Xioaisi tna and in btfttrr portions of the South where tbe negro popfation is thickest.. Tlie ignorance and blind pnsewHis of the race "readily worked upon by men -whose only advantage is derived from keeping the two races antagonized.' Wo may look to hear i this story many limes repeated be fore the fall elections. M-Mle liegii ter. . ' ( ' Son. 'M ssiv .TTj yu ber :n lub?V X . t .r. I can't sav tba'. I ever Well I used to be in bib.' Iiow did .you act when y,6u- went to see t'ho- yomtg liwry V I didi'lknow bow to do nor what to say'till I axed riiy m id ler. And how didRhe tell you to act?' 'Well, she' told me dat when liwent to de gal's house dat I mast sot down and look kind o' lovin' to her, and say sometag soft.: J 'And did you say something soft as you terra it?V yess, sir.' ; 'What was it?' 4a8bed pertaters Let Virginia Start too. Wo rejoice .at"; the political pros pect in Nrth Carolina, We recog nize unmistakable omens of success in the z'-al with which her Derooeracy hivo launched out into tlta canvass They have buckle ion their armor at the nrat woro oi commanu, anu uavo dashed into.the G'ht 1'ke men deter- (to win a briiliaut victory. While wb admire tho promptness and energy of our friends in North , Carolina, we deiire t ) conwnend their example to the imitation of our own people. Let us profiit by, it. Is it nnt-. timn t.hAt. too werft jnovinc ? Have we not a great work to do? and is it not time that we were 'p and I doing?' .:''': I Lut us sound tho tocsin. Let us have a grand ra' ificalioii mctmg to endoraj our : national ticket; a id lot us gird our armor, and march on to . victory side by side with our brethren of North Carol na and tbe other De.o. ocratic gta' ea. Norfolk yxTQUiian. - -. . . . . . 1 It was a.Cieyeun sin ill boy win was being talked to by a Sunday ' school teacher on the nk and tri . . . , i ties of the body, a id w.s ask el : . "Well, my son, what hive you be- sides this sit f il bedy ?' Qui ik as tboughv the'urchin reptndel. 'A claaa shirt aa 1 a niiapiir of branch- j Krk .Post Master. Krk Jen k Ibe Jost M iatir at Char ot te. faniul note uiidt r bi plutts nt bo laidi ig boiiw, siyiit i th tt he Otl I ? IsavM In 1kv t'tf h inse, or they i xp'xdd. Tlmt I'hf'y ' f the hoardt r) a ; kvi dn)t eat t h.w sarae UIo vfHU my mrin wl'.o rjh - n 8 in op'-hl? vrAaiw d hi o'wii' infamy, j ; C ivillhc rer4vrri7?r d that at t.iw IZ ijhr It fre lw hp : Charl tte, a, few slated publicly, t Aui ks CU!h-oats daa agi S mbfM tat h belonged ijf and rubbers aud h 1 wiw not aihaiuol of it Eh wss repwved by' a colorfld' brother vtiaS hnck, vlivr iiiark ed, thatMbei (Jiilkin) I wan Che- oul' roan be bal ever own inftimyj ; heard boast cf ltn ! Jcitl:l8 pllM I up r6.t's and- sought anot ier place. Served bvu) r'flrht. Co nr.ord Sun. T O . . . - ' Toe DeiiioevtiMu cMuuiei-!i.of tbe Ibmse1 havj reducbd the appropriation.' forty million of dollars, which, tf jaasfdr W the S naU-I wil havo the en ct ot lending GTty thousand of these offn holders to earn ltv'n iiv some othei way, and will Jeal? e Gon. Gf aut about- the; same-number of employee be Wad whn he'camej into office in "1809, naniej- ly 54,207, or 10,000' more tluuv wan fcuml to be wecessbry in Clf, under Iem-' ocratic rule, j Ho and tho Rpnhl(can Senate are Gghtine to keep those tif-.y thousand leeches tautened upon the treasury. That is the meaning of th,e so-called dead loik between, tho Housi and. Senate; j Does any one doubt which party is right?.' Now is t is "titue when the it tec. up fool,, who wants to run for oihue liimse-i, goes arbu-id ta'king alontk this man or thai man, this family, or that f i mlyr wanting to, "ruow the count y." As for we," wt snd onr wo want fo make an honest lit iiig by work, and we do not propose to go loafing round town, friendly to a man's face and back biting, bin onL of bis 8ighr. A.l ddoenC ' pojl :Vj whether rich or n-or. haw a con-i terant for such a chiracterv-r-. R Blade. ' f llrl O'Klartrb-uudoriook Co laW I how many were at the party : "The two Croans was one,- myself wat . two, M'ke Finn) was tfirw,. an-d.--.. andwho was fo-ir? L t a- (counting on his Gtger). "The twS" Crogans was one. Mike Finn watt, two, myself was three, and bedad (; there was four of ns, but I conldn't- tell the name of (ibe oih ir.' Now. it'n mesc'f th it h :s it. Mike Finn was one, the two Crogans wai two, my self was three- and by my sonl. I think there was bat three of ns af er al." :- DtATU OF" .fjB.NL GK")KOie A. ClTSTfR'- Th'oiiHandg Ihrjoagboiit the Uni rk will rend with deep sorrow the m ln- c loly f tto of this gdlant yoa tlli. er. who' was. killed iiW a battle w'th t'i Sioux Indians onfthe 2oih ult. Ho was a brave soldier, a true patriot. and an accomplislped gentleniub. He fell where he -would hav hnMn tn. pSeld .op I r9 lie t the bead of bis-' column, in the di htrgc of LU duty. How sad that such a 'Ida as hi oouIdT havo be-n a:r iS;od j Tho memclrj of the ; urgp-fron trea'iwont he rrerrcrf from PidenU Grant, o,n the ertf of his- d 'parture-, Jrpnt Wasniofoo toirr hin command,. will deepen the general pympnthy. - i L. (Tincinatti gave the natToo a ,cnodU o a p fat form w ith ,. wit ho of a porj03p out meaning. St. jLwn renpt nda witb j tandidate whose name, is the eyiubol tot rtl ,rm ul'on caeana a peaceful . i; .:; ! eondoct of the York World. I ja platform.- wkWlh revoluiioo in U3 govoumoiit Nne Gun. Butmile having teen takon id en. Har'p IIhJ h conimand ctAl Coalenuitl Le -i'v at PLila-iavhia. 1 t 1
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