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FEARLESSLY," TDK RIGHT DEFEND IMPARTIALLY THE WRONG CONDEMNV VOL. III. POLRTOX, ANSON" CO,, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECE3IJ3ER 2br 1876 NO. XXXYIII, . WEEKLY A JOURNAL OF The 43U N. C. KeglraciU Daring jiic.War. WhifTsfrca Ky Old Caxnp Pipe. It v.i5 a beautiful bright Sab bath morning, and our-.Division I was halted. Our -.Regiment being in front the skirmishers engaged were in full view. Grad ually the cracking of the rifles grew more rapid and occasion- . - . t - Zltbs; Joltties. 3TiUratnrt, gSricu'duir. ally lc enemy 's artillery would euimo in. uur regiment was I filed to the right along a ridge and naltcd. .Between us and bur sharp-shooters was a smooth, open valley about " a half mile in vidt! and as thev occupied the crest of the riJgc. bevond it was apparent to all, that if forced to fall back, Ihey would of neees'irv stiuer great ly in crossing tins valley, where T ' without great risk, SO constant, J SPECIAL COUBESPONDESCE. : They have Ion- hh.ee decided that KMtOSXD 1TXKY WXDXHDAT, AT POLIiTON, IN. O. BT L. L. POLK. heavv, and ac curate was UimY fire, yet our position was such that but few were struck during the-daw Rv the arduous la- bors. and heaw and constant fighting to' which we had been subjected, our. Regiment had lost! nearlv all of its officers and )y the wounding of Oapt. WhUakcr, it Was now placed in command" of Lieutenant Moms. The enemy on our front that day exhibited such coolness and bravery, that we were .somewhat cunou5? to know to what command they belong ed, and from prisoners, . taken, we learned that it was a por tion of 6th Armj' Corps. 1 was a singular fact That in almost every engagement,' of any importance, (luring the remainder of that campaign our thej cannot go beh'til I his broad, seal Washington, D. Q of the Governor 1 f a Sta'c and the - i De. IS, 1876. i Ors eon matter fctands thus. Three J A general feeing of deptosdob elector. were chosen jmd when they, apj eas to pervade the city, and tlio - applied to the CJovernor for c'erlifr atpgnatiou iu bi s ness of every kind j catis, ho know ttiat one of them vu$ ii really deptcr.itlv The meeting ! mel;iioIo by reasbp of holding the of Congress ii ;generalyi the signal i position of U. S. Post 11: aster. Iho for the Login nii'g. cf gayeties which j law direct. that tho lx jvsu r s shall is orry Uuxs the:r fn!l swing during j sue his certificate to the person, or and rfter tho Xinas holidays; but persons holdisig the highest- number of the e pre'ijaiu.iry fcativa's have as votcsj Watts the lt-t Master, had vet fii d lo'pnt in an appearance, been r peated!y earned that ho was 1 uood, toatst cJ,i went tier uassjtjn me. 11410. e, but, oe:r2 tuc only man oe coattt j who could beat Ciouin,- ho cletermiu co 10 run Ji got EDITOR and PROPRIETOR'. i Hiring a LARGE and INCREASING CIRCULATION .moxz the PEOTLE Irora the Smhon r ... - .. To tho Mouulains every foot of it coiiIcTbe raked I Division was f(ico t0 ficc WIth oy.iiiueceiiiyb lire. Jut we fcrnon5 nf tlhit nnmnifind. nnd we always found them vigilant ami brave, lne nnner was kept' un, incessantly, by both sides all (lay, and at niglit-fall, . m i a we were witnaiawn, ' nuncrv had onlv time to survey the situation, for a heavy ' line of the enemy advanced for the evident purpose of 'gaining the hill occupied by our boys and ll:... -- - !j A. V uius secure a great auvaniago. and tly exhausted, by the iiiiuieuiuicij UimjlUU f Ul 1 Aim our sagacious leauor, uen. labors, 'and excitement of the dayhaving for ten hours been exposed to the scorching ras of a hot July sivn. . To give the reader, who was 'tcl htlng in every etscni PPER FOR TUE PEOPLE. It o2era uperior aJrantages aa aa -A.lvextisinr Medium ao the Imsaloeaa aaeo of Charlotte and other interior jxiuU; and . , , TILSnNOTON. -BALTIMORE, ' KORFOLK, rniLADELPHIA, Khodce: discovered the situation and their purpose, and ordered our .commander Capt. Whita- Kt-r. who was men u uiuug 01 ncVer sub;ectc(1 t0 tJ10 orcIeaI our iteeimcnr, 10 uenioy inc ' ki.. 1 niYi mniil oiifi rri 1 1 1 t lir liilll ... .. . T it -T- ' I itiu luiiiuvri cii'c, wiiii iiiuii MictntH i iinr irivlhiiir. lifMritniifif .1. . sprang Jorwam 10 u.e rei.et 01 gai.ded its dangers, excitement?, t,ur b iiar .biiuuii f wlu were and. pcrilSf we wiU mCntion the . ""V r . J-v case 01 a man oi.co A. ot our miug numbers, anawcre graa- ecilnont who was kiiIed late natty yiewing. . llio struggle :.. tllo nfrprnn' nf n.flt 1:1V byv both lines now, was for the 1Iavi exhausted the con possession ol the ndgejor each teuts of hs 0artridge box, and weiiiaiewuiaL wiiicneverga.nea bcil worn down witb lhahoatf ir, wouia '!iii;cl ucav uauiagv! nilfl ovp:tpninnt. ilf fptnlinrl on the other. f.;,iftH-'r r,;ii i.;eimnri mf. Jhe general direction ol their -MrY.n ili,itnfln.Sfl(.ic, nnd dmw- line was obliqiie to the -hill i," cap over his face, and with their leit advanced, and fni,iimP i.;, unds across his our right met iUaec tu face on breast ho was soon in a soumi an elevated, but comparatively -Wn' nntwitatfliidinff ihe con- level space waerc neither hue stant whizzing of bullets and sneas in aangerous proximity tiad ever tuc auvantairc or a rock, or stump, to protect it. Our line had gained all the advantage of position to the left of thif point, aud tlje en- to him. , - Little thought, did he fritrn til tlif nllrlfiPOC t.tlJlt llf was preparing to "sleep the wakius;. clnnn tliM L'llfkWC tin ..w,yi. anon a ban struck, wnat was ft will labor earneetlj ind constantly to build tip a HIGHER and rCHER POLITICAL SEN. TIMENT, to foster and fcuetaiu evtry agency that i3:deaig&ei to. adraoea Um uituu JSTEHEsra or NORTH- CAROLINA. It will aUnd ttrxlt by tho rEOITX, iu their atraggld agaiiiai . ' epinieq, ine juu tengiu uieiinc, thouht to be his knap-sack, but on the ground at our right, frQln tho pecuiial. S0Uud.: Not wnere uic two wings mec ixas a musce gtirrcdi0 was per severe for a few miiiutcs. .But fcct,y ,notioiilcas-aiid upon (hrec of ;our companies were raising the cap, his face wore engaged in this almost hand to the same cainit peaceful cxprcs hand;contest. Loth sides felt sionbut the bali had penetra that to yield the ground, and ed tbo i,Cad-and he ws nndertakc a retreat, across open dea(J; g0 accustoined, did men ground, rignt .unuer tne muzzies become to dangers, horrors and of guns that would pour upon them murderous' volumes of shot and ball, was too hazardous, and the struggle fof the mastery. coRunrnox, official villuxi, the DANGEROUS ASSUiJrTlOXS AXD ENCROACHMENTS OP MO NOPOLIES, AXD TUE DEGRADATION . OF C ..." ; - " . " Ncg:ro Equali try Against all this, it will bo ACT1TK, DOLD, mud AGGRESSIVE AXD nt ALL T U I N GS , j IT WCX , ' - : Fearleulr, the Kgbt defend ' Lopartixlly, thp vrons condems. carnage in all: forms, that .ihey could even sleep -soundly, on the-wet. ground, . in the wild -rnnro nnrl rnnr rf hnttlo. .with was terrible, butonly for a few, th acadand-dyinff all around minutes. As soon as tne ene-1 - . tllV.Mll. my realized t!if3 unexpected shock, another force was sent in on their left, which outfla'nk iug us and must hv.ve forced a re treat on our part, had not the timely arrival of the ' 21st Ga which burst from the woods on our right, swept them from that position. In this short but desperate struggle our Regi ment lost of thehrce; comrw-' nies eleven killed aud thirty four wounded, " among ihem some flf iHe bravest 3-and best officers and.men of the Reri inent. MiWorthd fallen bf both sides were but' a few feet from each other. ' Our lino- was' now1 established along tho crest of the -rrdge which gave us a decidedban tage, ibr laltliougU ' our men could not raise their beads ( To he Continued) Wake FoitEsr - Gulleos. T.he prospect before our College haa never hAn r.i bnVht since tho war as now. Bro. Taylor, after spending sis or, seven months ia tho general endow ment turned to his work for the Ka leigh cliair." Tho-, endowment of this chair W stead ily . approaching compIeUon and nny be considered an assured succes -Biblical fiecGrder. iu eaii e3t and fur taps iud gnni hIjc c are at ajajreaiiiru. Fho livfi i- one eihett of ico as far d vn bb M;inliid Poiut, tL'iriy five tiii.es below the cit v. Ver lue col-T "weather and lick cf jjofia! fttivities a'l we l al to coirp-i in of, onr cuuaecffi;riefJ would e l'g'j'; but f-tr grnvt r matters than t'iCe di :hand tie c jnsi leiation of evt ry ei iz'iC Ho who thiuki tLat the iii'titn'iou ot this country ;me not scrioasb threaterred sirup;y mis tikes the higtis oi the timet. No tv"!dcr attempt at tho subversion of the rights of any eop'e were ever mnda than are now being m ida by the. plotters who made .the false c mats in fht th-rec States and now espf ct to thrust that falsehood -down tho throats of the people. Tbcy l ave iriumphtd over tLe counts and cotnrnon decsucy aiid now th- y i 'tx pect to triatuph over Congress aud the pejj Whether they will snc- ed, lime a'oje can determine. ; T, if dQurKe, c.ju.olIj give you what are acc'ptjd hre a? Cxacf f ie's. It iscurient y stated that the Raciieul progrume has oil betii arranged and that it iuabrjicfts the conitfirg iu of Mr. Hoy.e uuiler any and a 1 tir cumyi.'u ce". It ia statt d that: the time-houcred. ccshom cf coULting tho votts in the hall of tbe' llonse, on this occasion, wii Lot. be followed, bnt that tha cerntnjMj' w i 1 Le p ir fo rm ed i u tha 8c i'i 1 1 b C h a m bo r. -The members of the House wid sim py be noticed, that the couutir.g is o take place and seats wils . l.e pro vided fr them i ;j the Sei:at3 C iitm- ber I5i;t no more attention will be j " ' ... -j piid to ihe; members than to the vis itora iu tht g.il'ery.. Graut is fu ly aware of i L t hit is in coutemp'atioa. He.-is: r'poite 1 to havo told Col. Mrsby that ha considert d Ilaj'es elec ted ; and that he should be imuurat cd if it took the whole army and navy to do it, and ho took occasion to inform Mosby tjia.t if any fetich mili tary extremity arose, l.o (jlosbjp) should have a larger c 'inmand than any h.o had 'had dnung-.tho war. I 3Io-by him-svlf is authority for this statement having repeated it to four gentiomcn in the lobby vf the Nation al Hotil. According to the latest advices, quiet reigns in Columbia notjixavitly the fame, but nearly fiiu elarlo that which rc'gtied in Warsaw. In VT'ars iw it wa J a quct bathed in blocd, but in C dumbia it is a q'liet wrapped in the mantlo jof A'a Jo more vote tbaa Cioiiiti, but they-were so many vote" thrown 'a '-ay. aud m:ght just as weh have bou given to a man -f. straw. Cronin thcit. being thj only iligiLK- dirm that thists a t'rje pioluro of her man wh received ai yvattfe iu that own lilV. to ' AvhMi' tho proaiattird District w;.. fjir'y electcdnnd- Gov and dm'r t ill, havo t be .j'd i. The result i. the end of the year ' him in dtd.t. Ih' sce- tio other way of getting titgs ftiaighi, o ho gos tatk to live vihh th? bld'fjlUs ut h.nne.-and many j'lans may pi b- ore hiH'W'ifj can pos3-thnt whih . l" is the roatesfe'ave .vrVmati 1.' art a home of her own. Her family croa-e. fcho ilocs nil her homo w ?tk' at;d mnrr i burden. ' She 'scrub) at -tha wash tub or kneadi her Liul " w hdo hr b.;tb3,9i clings to her fk!r fretting to bj takon on her lap And when night conic, h-artiiek fnnd weary, i;l ad ly would seek Ifar couch, but tho cricv of her teething chdd kovj hcrbuyf liatf Ihd night walking ani trcitting him, Man n u cjreworn mother will tileutly nt crnor Urtvo's iction in g"vi g him a ceriiSc ite is sustalne i by overwhelm io authorities and well Oatablilio i' prcscdeuls' without i-uaibtr. D M SKNSIIlLK TALK- A Chat with the Girls about Mar-rjlns-t-Peei) lirhlna the ilat rimoulul Curtain. J 'wrinkles iu her face bear .testimony. I.pres.'i.'t facts without coloiiu. I, have givvMi yon a peep iuto tho mat .ron's home, youn l iiio. Of couwe; t'jero arc exceptions ; tho woman of, we&UU has no ucccssity to toil lika her less fortunate sUter, though licr cares aro1auoJt as numerous. For, all womtn iio have chi'dren have , t . , a cares. Sunny I now ask a place in" your columns to tahV awhile with the young ladies South.- Children, especially labics, are t rout L'd with miny- de.tses, and what mother can hear her child cry ing with pail:?, and remain ur.movcd Ghe sj'ends many a sleepless night vatdii!vg over the IKtlo sufTcrert and Marriage is tho topio of all topic- only a mother hmnvB how bor hoart most dhtcresting to them, and 'tis U,ent a Korn by anxiety. about this selhsama su!jjct I wish to ppeak. ; I know hoiv girls are, for it months Morj than wcra filled has not b .-en very many since I was ono myteif. half the time, my brains with m'irry ing -jast such thoughts as these; w'hom I shouli marrj. what t would do and --where.. I would live after marrying. O, I had q?ite a nice littlo 'castle 16fiily Vuilt in my i.iidi naiion and peopled wi'.h my king and me, who would uhvJrs Iovj eachoth er to distraction, nnd 'never;. -ncvr-fuss. This would bj unalloyed hap piness I decided. You scs L'ir!d wa:" like the rest of my sex; and like me, you will ( no dny fiiidi marriage the most responsible, matter-of-fact- ex i-stenco in '-.tha world. So 'don't .build castles in the :.ir abut it, but IvJ'vy y.ur youth, "3Mung girln. Get all the fun you cau out ofevcry hour. Your troubles uro or.ly iinagi nary. Ue an merryl fnnd happy a -lurks.;. and if 3011 grow weary of your lot luurmcr btc iusc ou see no way , of cl.acgiiig it, think t.f iho thousands to rest miuds 'of. married, women who.sih and from tho wear and tear Of, their lium drum existence. ' '" The Inauzqrallou. joy your own. wj 301 may, cn for when you givj; tip 3ur mai Te ihooJ romance is gone and reality begins. When vcu hao cood homes arfd parents, stay j with; them as long r kind as 310U can. ay siying as long as vow can, I mean util your t'day f grace" in the mati imoniil maikct has ncsrlj waned, liut I advipc no woman to live' ac o!d maid. For at &ome time she mig.hi be left all alone, dependent on herse'f for support, and there is no end to , the jeers and scoff a i oman has tOxjenduio when- left aldno in thi world. Yes girls, marry all of you, but don't bo iu a hurr3; abj)ut it. C onsidir the slcp long and well before you take it. It is no child's play; remember you aro 1 re signing freedom, girlhood and a heart free f torn caye, f 41 the trials and bur-' dens of a double lire. The rei-ponsi- Hampten's great good sense andFeT bi,it7 of a f.imi;y A auenjed with . Wo learn that an., installment of Aolonists fronv Westeru, Massachusetts, jiumberiag tweWe families; will; .eoon be on their vay to Burke county,.. C. where they will settle some soven miles from Mofganton. Tho colonists have tho 1 refusal of -21,000 -acres xf laud. Wii'Star. :- "',' : . Wake is tho largest tax paying county in the State; .Mecklenburg second, atjd ew Uanpvcr third, abnoalion. A m .'vement is on loot .0 . .. V here to s ibicrib a fund as a teslimo nial cf the high ctectn.iu which ho m held by the people. Hon. George Bancrofi, the historian, started tho project, some days since, by subscrib ing S 100. ' Mr. W ; W. Corcoran fol- veTiations and trouble which the car esses cf a kind husband may lighten but not remove. 4 Marry for love, but be turo tolove an iudustrior.s, temperate man. And when you aro - preparing to marry, nrenaro vourse'ves also; for work. lowed with $1000, and Mr. folumbus ; -ls yQX1 escape, unless your Alexander added another; hundred. I r jter happens to be wealthy, vyhich have no doubt uen. iiamptou will ' israrely the caso thes-j critical times. feel deeply grat-eful tor their kind ap- por lne last eleven yeai , Sotithern preciation of liis.coureejbut it is doubt- f wornn havo been fircedv to fal if he wi 1 accept ,anythiu in iko j Many a dainty creature . who shape of-a gifr. He begged tho ladies ? raised in afiluencs and luxury. Jiua to desist i' their recent attempt to ! gauk into a mcre-hou?ehold drudg?, raise the nessary funds to purchase j wth scarcely an idea, beyond, the toil, was or build him a house. Mr. Zancroft, though a Itepublican-iu politic?, com mends in the highest terras the -con-ductof Ocn: Wads Hampton daring the recent canvass in South .Carolina. The ReDublieans creavea, over tho wash tub and cookiDg stove. .'- A young min marries on a salary cf seventy five dollars.pcr month; with no other inccrae. JIa payi forty cir fifty dollars per month bosrd for hi m eelf and wife. Out of the balance of Grand preparationi aro being mado fur ttc iiiangur:ttifn of Governor Vunce on tbo 1st of January. In .publicity and in imposing surround-, ing, it wi l surpass anythi-g known in our.Stato hiitory.j O'.ving to thu immor.Kc crowd to b'3 pront, this ceremonieH will t'akejplao in th-s oh i :'ir,' within tho C-jpiliol qJaro on tlm South sid.j of tlio Capital. X pli "form large enough to seat tiirce hun dred people will be erected cncloniug , the iStatue of Waihijigtou and cover ing tho railing, so thkt tho c-ffiy. of the father of his country, suge'tir of patriotism and devotion to tb? constitution, will fnirrfi a part tf ih" august group which jt.ikes its part ii ' this happ3' inaugurattbu 'f-a nef cm for North Carolina, IIUliboro Rcjor, dtr. - One Way 6 iOct Itleb. Nothing 13 mordi easy thau to grow rich. It is prdy to r:ist no body, to bfcfiiend liotip, to get ercry thing and tao all ypu can get; to stint ourselves and! everybody b judging to ue; to bo .the friend of m mau and havo no tnsn for yotir friend; to heap interest upon iolerv est, ceut npou ccuij; t0 be mean, misetabl?, and dep;ed for sem j twenty or thirty yearn, ,and riebfc will cojqo as Burn i disc as 3 and disappointment. Atid wlou irctty nearly enough wealth is collected lry a disrt L'ard of ail thfc-t.h uitics of (La bnman jhcait, and at the expense of every cf j tymnt sarp t h i t of wallo , iog in fil hy meanceisj," death come to fiuith tho wok; ith(j body is bu lled ia a hole, tho hcira.danco tv r it, aud the spirit goes where ? aT Rf.-.tfM eonetitution cr ia ucrs. Ore 'on Eleclor arc Ipad ar.d deep, bis f alary tho Trasher-woroa; c.iothiiig I rfnQli Times. Mrs. Henry ays that if her Join stays out night another week, waiti.rf. tho returns from Florida, there trTKTTii fchanifc ei'.hcr ia tbo Unl 1 W w : , Id V r i ( . 1 ' i
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