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CITY
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jjdlik man butting stone.
What is the key to appetite t Turkey.
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The coining carpet bagger Santa Glaus.
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Have you subscribed for the Post Tor
t Stella Forrest Your poem will appear
p$t next. . .' . , r. -
Wise, wiaely adds to our . ad's. Oyster
jTcia, see liis adYertisement. ' I
Our Johnson, Jr.V advertises more liiucfor
.Johnson, thou art prolific !
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Remember reader that you can save money
jsubscwDint; before CHRISTMAS !
Why is the present weather like an infant
v,t! localise it is a little sonny (sunny.)
Wlty ii a Dutchman like two loads of
if Because he is a Teuton, (two ton).
Key. J Li Keen will preach at FHth street
iEChurch this evening at half past sev
5 o'clock. : . ,
Tue POST can be obtained for THREE
jOLLAHS PER ANNUM by paying in ad-
rj3C 1'cforc Christmas ! V ' '
Ml subscribers not getting their papers
yslarto will please complain promptly
ait we may correct uc eu.
(jar markets reports have been careful
:rised and will' hereafter be the best, and
it complete- in Wilmington !
iunsou Co.,,will keep away wiutry's
filly blasts by furnishing cheap clothing.
,t, you must not keep away from them .
(Ve have the sweetest and most gal orious
kinjr cards' for New Year's- calls, with
nimonfai twno for evcrvbodv. Call and
Kdlz to the van Ladies ! Katz has the
lectest, cheapest, neatest and most " beau-
ifdesV r dress goods, that ever aaornea
is shelves, k . .-
Tue delegates who attended the late-con-
tion'at Washinston city will, address tne
izens of Wittnington on Tuesday night
o'clock at the City Hall. .
The Stiir calls upon " the tinder of a black
Jink store book", to deliver t up to the
aef. u '-Black Uitnk store book ?
J ;si,r,n fi xr rlnn'h bodder nie !"
tverybody is a Santa Claus, and tjiat all
:ycar around.. For don't we fill our
ckings every morning '"To. be course"
Jo.. For we put our feet in them.
hjini) Waud. The meeting at the en-
house to re-ballot for Alderman, re
tcd in the nomination of Anthony Howe
're election to the place he now fiJls-
Joke on the Third Ward By stan der to
HuW" Is the meeting called to order,
Gruffly answered the u minion"
called to uts oracvi suouia iuiuk..
Some enthusiast has engaged father Ry-
w "speak
a piece" nere on cnnsimas
a""
rather forgive tlicui for they know not
V
TEKiori Court. The case ,of Dyren
It Ts Levy for -alleged breach of contract
-trpietj tlie exclusive attention of his hon
"adge Russell vesterdav. A. Einnio. for
Still ; Maj. London lor defendant.
Hf. ITirfTiPP. Kaa mnm f;;An..s lion onv
candidate cailini? at hU
The healthy. Higbee, cheers on the
to vote for himself, and at the , same
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buy some more of them sassers."-
v t4 fl.noHfrii. rf flia jRif lilrn n l-o
ot superfine flour ? ? Will wait one week
: answer. Standard; . --. . ; I
use there irnb cfoaP'm us, no cio'.
"H 'Slar iifi nailer anrl'nnr 7.v7ia
,lslMt?;
yxzib.-lit t eight' I'clock yesterday
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8i'. Sergeant Brpoks i arrested John
idaon the allefred author of ih at-
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i-OhlT T ' . i-r . - ...
- xjessman. lie was arrested at
(dence, near the Railroad depot, and
( iccostecl stoutly asseverate'd that the
r,Was committed in self defence. The
k ai flowed him" parole, under bond of
i loannoi. 4 i a .J
rrv mi mat lu-jxiui iun uiuiu
' Be just andcar not " for the Cape Fear
Building Company are gobbling up all our
land, and electing thereon
pretty little
wuciures, tnat beautify our sand hills. A
few more shares' still remain, " be just " in
time, and secure them. .
MASTTLLERT.---The "lecture'' adver
tised to be delivered by this young hopeful,
last evening at the theatre, proved to be
naught but recitations'. The audience, gen
erally speaking, were apparently, gratified.
Nothing more could be desired.
.There will be another ball at the City
Hall on Monday night 'Dec. 3d under the
d irjetion vqf Jas. T. Eagles, Z. P. Howard
Lewis Nixon, Yorlc tVnsd S Stewart
Tickets to be nad by enquiring of the com
mitfec or Geo. Arnold, and WnvfToonien "
iThpS Sto 'ays':'Io cdniequebce'' of family
affliction, together with. i pressing business
growing out of the North Carolina Map.
Phew ! The Iortlt tCarblina aMap dis
eased ! Why is it thusly?
44 Affliction sore, Ions: time" it uboreP.
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Paid for iTOfficerslSellars -arrested
Samuel Johnson yesterday for trying his
"mawlers" on the j)r.oboscis of an innocent
victim Price by name, justice McQuigg
compelled Sammy to pay for this little dK
version in the suui of $5 Jarid costs. 1
MEiicnAJiTS are notified that the Ciiiust-
mas s umber of the Post will be an extra
sheet filled with original' stbries,v and being
largely ordered in advance from all sections1
of the country ! Let advertisements be sent
in before the 24th day of the moi)tb, as the
paper will be irinted a day in advance.
Naught v Pete Our efficient 'deputy
constable, Capps arrested that ''pestdfferous
cuss" "Pete" Keenan yesterday. The usu
al complaint trying "to test I th e tenacious
fibre of a stick across the cranium ' of his
spouse. Pete will be boarded gratis by
jailor Nash, until to-morrow morning. Bye!
bye! Pete! ! i :
"He that smokes thinks like a philosopher,"
said Byron. This passage occurred , taus
while puffing the blursh .gray; clouds. gfin--cense
from our calumet. yesterday. -..Theto-4
bacco' therein was from Burkhimer's. And
its name is Bon Vimiitii Ah ! hon vivant we
sa?y to all who smoke it, and. to the agent
who dispenses such Van excSlenT arlichT.
Try it. Sold only at Burkhimers.
Pjrefark for Christmas !-r-The Post
gives notice to its numerous friends that our
columns aTe 'now ready to show forth all
the " glories of the , coming " Christmas !
Our merchants have a fine opportunity to
show their wares through ; the Post spicy
lo?3js, and in new TYPE ! Come one ; come
all ! Listen to the call of Father Christmas
as exhibited to his many jnerry friends in
the people's popular organ our "WILMING
TON POST." Advertisements at reduced
rates if sent in by December 25th.
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Tiirc Attempted Murder Condition
of the Wounded Man. Wc visited the
scene of the attempted murder yesterday,
and from information gleaned from an in
terview wit-the younger Lessman, we learn
that his father is doing remarkably well
considering the mangled state of the skull.
Dr. King has extracted several portions of
the shattered bone, and , thinks that it the
blood is prevented from congealing on the
brain, that the prospects arc favorable to a
recovery of his patient. All person j ar e de
nied seeing him under the stricture of the
surgeon. When we called Mr. Lessman
was sleeping, and every'caFe and attention
that can be desired are his.
.Our Manufacturing Interests.
No. 4.
A Visit to Rice and Strausz' Bar
rel Stave Manufactury How Staves
are Made Planing; Sawi no , a sd.
,u Drying." Since the days when jolly
Gambrinus, add rosy faced Bacchus first8
dwelt in great Olympus, barrels have been
considered an indispensable portion of art.
And during the massacre at Bartholomew ;
the French revolution! and many.; a hotly
contested field since the days of he of
Macedontbey have answered the dread
purposes of war, as Varrieddcs. Since then,
the barrel trade haa increased, but princi
pally now for that which "cheers, but not
inebriates.'? '
s ' ENGINE ROOM.
Thinking that a care,tul inspection of one
of the leading stave manufacturics ot this
jiity might be of. interest to the general
reader we " dropped in" to the 'above es
tablishment Monday last, and this is
. . '. .f WHAT WE SAW.
The engine room is a seperate and dis
tinct building from the manufactory, .made
entirely of brick; 48 x '60 feet square and
about 25 feet high. A strong, powerful; and
decidedly .safe looking engine, takes up
nearly the entire room.' ; J. C. Hoadley,
Lawrence, Massachusetts, are Ithe makers.
It; is of 30 horse power, .I8nchtslrbk and
12 inch' cylinder; The fly wheel is 7 feet in
diameter, and makes, with 60 pounds 'of
atpamJ 1 20 revolutions ner minute: "lr !
YARD.
As every ft hewer of woo4"y?iorce j of
circumstances is compelled to have .a yard
for the storage of lumber, uncut and cut ;
we gazed around and found the " lumber
ing" scene, made up of 10,000 staves;
thereby making altogether, 580,000 eet of
lumber! 'One can easilv imagine the
" grand, but awf uP sight of "these ; felled
cypress kings clacking and blazing in thtf
still midnight air. x But . wo 'don't i propoto
to see it, and thereore We kindly take your;
hand and lead you to . . .., ,r V:
THE STAVE DRESSING ROOtf. ; , ,
In this room are two machines : ! technic
cally and. respectively ' i termed, u Stare;
Bucker," and f Dresse.' Ther readerwilf
bear in mind,1 that the wood' is 6entTt6" thT
yard as it is cut from the c trees roughly
fashioned into " stave size." The piece of
cypress is thrust in at one end, : and being
pressed by indentation, .the trough,"-is
taken from it. ; It ia then placed in the
" Dresser,' and formed uinto , the cancave
and convex. The first , machine revplvea.
so rapidly -that I, it ilrplane4,5b6jtaves per
minute ; "ncl the latter 5,000 - in ; the" same
lime.. - ; .. . V t .'
Immediately on the right of the planer
is an ingenius contrivance,' the sole inven
tion of Mr. Perry M. Rice, and which can-
I not be inaptly called a
" STAVIN " ELEVATOR.;
This remarkably noyeV mechanical con-
struction is in thejorm of a tread mill ; and
is fifty feet in ..length. iThere are fifty-eight
stays, each of these maintaining, a stave and
propelled upward. On a halt asceUt, the ex
tremes of the stave comes in contact with
two ' small circular saws, performing the
owiv wmo ui ,quu ievuiunyu per minuze:
The refuse .matter falls on an incline, which
communicates, with the engine room, and is
mere used lor luel. The stave; after
sawed is passed forward on the circuit and
falls off on the second turn of the elevator,
where they are; taken up, and transferred to
the Jointers" By this elevator which,
by4he-way,J saves the i labor of at least three
men, 48 staves can be trimmed, on. both
sides in one minute. The jointeri,-arff
nothing ciore than tables isrrooved. and con
caved witlf-circular saw ; the stave - being
placed Inftbte' groove, is pushed aldnglf by
hand, and is then trimmed off, on the sides.
I here are three of these machines on this
floor and each one is capable of; planing
2,000 staves, per day. ' - ' - -
From the manufacturyV uidou j)i the
iwhin' and buzz, and woodert hail of Stifling
Biw-uusw auu uuaaio? snavin&rs: ve wem
escorted to the drying . room. Yon. reader,
have prohabfy .not visited a stave dry ing
roora. Well ; if you can imagine an oblong
building, of 62 feet, 12 feet wide, and 10
feet' in height. Mounted on mlnature rail
road cars, piled neatly, so as, to nigh touch
the ceiling, are 28,000 staves. . Immediately
running underneath is a long flue, the re
ceptacle of an immense fire, and. thereby
making a perfect Hades of it, the ther
mometer marking 200 degrees. This build
ing is fronting the mill and is finely built,
skillfully constructed, and neatly arranged.
The packing room is to the left on enter
ing, and is used principally for packing the
staves for shipment. These staves are
packed up, 100 in a bundle, hooped, and
placed in barrel fashion.' The packages
looked very neat and solid, and reflect great
credit on the deft hands who banded them.
conclusion.
(flic whole building is superintended by
i . O 1 T-""
Mr. Perry M. Rice, - our Fire Department .
Chief; and the manufactory employs 18
hands, tf which 7 are men and C are boys.
Noti
ce to Subscrirers. All receiv
ing subscriptions or sending in new names
before January 1st will be entitled to the
Post for 1870 at the exceeding low price of
THREE DOLL AitS PER ANNUM 1 Let
,all who claim to believe Republican ideas,
and desire to show allegiance to the Nation
al Government assist the only true American
organ in this section. To ! quote a dis
tinguished writer : " It is the shame of any
citizen Owning allegiance to i the flag that
he subscribes for- or assists he organs of
treason and does not stand by the only
National paper worthy of the name in North
Carolina;" The Post has been improved at
much cost and is worthy the aid of all good
citizens.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Wilmington, Dec. 17, 1869.
Editor of the Post :
Sir : I wish to. call the attention of the
Republicans to the fact that at the Repub
lican primary meetings held last week Dem
ocrats participated in at least j two of the
Wards (the First and Third). Now sir,
these meetings are held for the . purpose of
nominating candidates for office to be sup
ported by the Republican party and no man
has a right to speak or vote in any such
meeting, unless he is a Republican and votes
the Republican ticket. If Democrats are to
be allowed to crowd themselves into Repub
lican meetings for the purpose
of!
forcing
candidates "upon us, let ns
that is. a game two can play
know it
at. We
Re-
publicans will m future attend Democratic
meetings in force, and after we have turned
the tables on them a few times they will see
the propriety of staying away.!
Now sir, I do not7 wish it to :be underr
stood that wcrdo not want converts to . our
cause. We invite all men to join the Re-
publican party, believing tha1
he neoDle. JBut iwe do
t is the par
insist that
have never
y, and who
j w. 4- - f. ..''""
known Democrats ; men who
acted with the Republican par
do not intend to act with us,
shall not be
allowed to vote or speak at our meetings
with. the poject'of !; forcing upon, us l-candidate
who reflect their views, and as I , have
said, if they persvit in.doici; eo wo will re
ciprocate,- -- ; ?-i . ".
)'' Very - respectfully :
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iWe would inform oat Radical friend
jthat thai conservatives whoT;voted in 'a the
Third Ward, did so as Republicans and are
sodown iri the books." Hereaiter they will
be expected to toe- the mark, and. sing onlr,
Editor oPxTnKposT :
Sm At this time when we ifc about to
t - , v .... - k I , I -
elect several fxaportant 1 'ofUcers -tf' the 'city
government, it is desirable thatr the candi
dates should define their position and the
policy to be procured to reduce city ex
perises and replenish the treasury: The
working man's candidate believes in reduc
ing the Mayor's salary, to say one hundred
dollars, and ail the other light geoteel la
bor t in proportion. He don't ' belje ve in
working exactly for nothing.
rne worKing man's candidate tens you
he believes in economy, reduction of saja
ries, taxes, and expenses. Come out, gentle
men, and tell us what your views are on
economy. Come out, Joseph, you can tell
us many things,, and somethiogabout city
finances! Come out, Silas, you can give us
some good ideas. Come out, George, you
have slept too long ; you can tell the value
ot a pine log and what kind of a saw. is nec
essary to cut down the city debt The
people want to hear what you think on this
important subject. The working man's
candidate will addrc33 the people at the
City Hall on next Tuesday night -S
J. S. Higbee.
MkI Editor : :Would it ba well for. the
citizens of Wilmington ; especially the im
mediate party friends oL Senator Abbott
and Congressman Deckery to subscribe to
and- give these worthy representatives a
public. Christmas Dinner ? For One, I will
send to the editor of the Post ten dollars
for this purpose, and in order to show I am
a Sotjnd Republican.
' !:;: What B Likei'
Black River Chafel, Dec. 115, 1869.
Editor Wilmington Post :
! Dear. Sir: -Please send to Black River
Chapel jour "semi-weekly for twelve months.
I have1 not the money to inclose to' you, but
I will be down, as soon as water, Will come,
so I can get some turpentine off. ; Comply
and greatly oblige, (Yours.
The above is one of many we jare con
stantly receiving from all parts of the coun
try. The highest praise, and most accepta
ble flattery is the appreciative orders of our
friends. Come on then new subscribers!
" Come as the waves come, when navies are
stranded."
Notice to all my Christian Friends
and Others. It has been rumored ; in
this city that I would notaallow ; persons
to join the church where I preach with
out letters from their pastors this is a mis
take. I know that the Christian church
does not belong to the pastors, nor arc they
his slaves. Any person wishing to join the
church where I preach can, do so by a letter
of dismission from their church, if they can
not obtain it, then they can join on relating
their Christian experience. I am not a man
working for money alone I am for the sav
ing of men's souls. Now I can only say,
come one, come all, God's grace is abound
ing for all, and as Moses said to Hobab
" come and go . with us and we will try to
do thee good." . i
Respectfully.
M. B. J.
S'jATE.
Greensboro has been earthquaked. )
Goidsboro will D. Q. J., Christmas
Emigrants are leaving Hillsboro for'AIa-
bama.
Pike of the Raleigh Standard is ab
out
to
marry. '
Northernmen are purchasing Greensboro-
lands.
Mecklenburg's county tax for 1869 was
$27,000.
Jn Gaston, oue Shehorn was fatally shot
in a melee.
Seven K.
!
K's. have been arrested, in
Greensboro.
The Salisbury Old North State has become
Republican, ,
The New Berne Times
calls a t woman
carpet bag."
Hillsboro Recorder will be bigger
than
" it used to was."
The New Berne Baptists will hold" a fes
tival Christmas eve.
Ned McBrayer killed Bush Pitman, last
week, in Cleaveland.
Erwan, ot the Vindicator has and its a
girl. ' Subscribers pay up 1
v;.r i-- , '"'i"wmJw'wu " - J1 '"
The Sheriffs of the State met at Temper
ance hall, Raleigh, on Monday lasi m h-
Messenger (Goidsboro) wants a " gander
pulling." Ah 1 but it would hurt the editor !
The remains of ex-Governor Swain and
daughter have been Teinterred in Raleigb,
The New .. Berncrs.are a to.haveV-aaother
"boatracc'V The last one was a'perfect sr.c-
cess;
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John -Hasting; housed at Vln3ton, ws
destroyed y fire -last-t Thursday; - Loss,
ThQschedule . of' the N 0. .'rajilroad ?;wiU
Q changed on' thVOtb' as" to V arrive
at Uoldsboro at 5 A. M.
The Raleigh "totincZcompnmenfs!
jPosTi pn the valuable service rendered tlie
toublio in exposing Parson Sinclair ;
The Old North State declares that IL L.
Pike of the Raleigh Standard " cherishes a
penaer ieenng," and tnat he. is a " happier "
man.; -
Col Tom Powers addresses a card to the
New Berne Times denying that Mr. Cohen
pas been appointed assessor at Goidsboro in
the place ot Mr. Estes.
ThGlSeiUuieZ calls the Ashcville Pimiccr
I'this little, ripple of hebdeominal journal
ism" and says it Ogives us the out-cropping
Scintillations of its phosphorescent brain."
The Boat race in New Berne harbor came
off with much enthusiasm. The Black beat
1 he White boat by forty-five seconds. A
toat club is to be started in New Berne and
much fun is anticipated.
The high (7 feet) sheriff of Wake county
arrested one Pike a queer kind of a fish
'or perpetrating tfie following on the Stan
dard, r
A Wabash avenue belle in Chicago has
had her little toes cut off, so she can get
Shoes large enough to fit hr. Exchange.
She must be a regular toe martyr. In
this isentence a joke is carefully concealed.
POSTLINGS.
; After Hoar Who ? M v
Below zero in Maine. I
The misers are dying.
Shell jewelry is suifty.
Utica has the typhoid..
Fenton is home again.
Broadbrims favor Cuba.
Brooklyn has the smallpox.
Russia will Cultivate cotton.
Berlin has wined Burlingaine.
Gen. Sherman is in New York.
The Smi still shines" for Cuba.
Gov. Scott wants to be a Senator.
Senator Carpenter is anti-Spanish.
Judge Gner has tloffed the ermine.
Embroidered petti s are sew nice
Washington has a ladies gymnasium.
Sculptor Powers has finished " Eve."
New York has two " Cardiff " giants.
George Sand has "limpid, black eyes."
Maggie Mitchell Barefoots " the Hub.
Lotta is "Under the Gaslight" at Niblo's.
Swindle is the editor of a TCxas paper.
Lotta shakes her festive leg in
Gotham.
Cleveland
will have a foundling hospi-
tal. ,
Eckel had an ante-matrimonial. It's a
boy.
Hyacinthc saw Boston,1 and then went
home.
RichardSon'u . braiu weighed fifty-six
ounces
Inclined heels to ladies boots,, are on the
decline. r .
, A dish of eyelids, was Eugenie's meal in
Turkey. j
Brougham is "i'layiug with Fin; " iu St
"Lewcy."
Hoar has been nominated for the Su
preme Court.
"Chang" the giant stretches his long
legs over Chicago.
A company in Conn., makes sixty thous
and pins annually.
Koopmanschoop's Coolies will work the
Vicksburg railroad.
The Monarch with Peabodj's remains, will
arrive at New York. "
"Garrulous" Davis
woman's movement,"
is u fayor of " the
The Eiitish museum has a twenty foot
thigh bone! "Goak?" '
. Crews have left Spain for the' Spanish
gunboats at New York.
it
The St. Nicholas hotel laundry, New
York, has been burned down. ;
GRAND SPORT,
Ioir Clxristmas Day,
A T TUE FAIR GROUND THESE WILL BE
I TWO TROTS,
and a "main", of --'.,
FIGHTING - COCKS
ft
, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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, H -'.,''.!- h F00T RACE "
during the day. Ten Dollar Purse ! For the first
out Five Dollars; Second out Three Dollars;
Third Two Dollars.
Cars will run during the day,
, Fare 25 cts round trip, .
I n Admission 25 cents.
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