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jsp tJJ Ip EMTEMFMKE 11 - mil SluT Lrt-Md Here Shall tlie Preaa the Peopled Rights Maintain, Unawed by Influence, and Unbribed by Grain 99 $2.00 a Year. 5 he "gcivton ftnttrimsr, rrr.LISIIED EVEKY SATURDAY, HY OKORaH A. WARLICK. TERMS; One vo ir, - P:x in ntlm, ------- luree mont h S , 7 r -J . , " , . " " 2.00 1.0J 75 To jutm'iis who make up clubs of ten, an cx Ira opj" sent frtu' ADVERT tSI NO RATES : tl in. 2 in. i 3 in. J col. J col. lcol. fl 00 $2 00 I $3 00 I $6 00 f 10 $U 1 50 3 00 I 4 00 j 8 00 13 I IS 2 00 3 SO I 5 00 9 00 10 22 2 2 4 00 6 00 10 00 1 2fi 3 00 6 )0 10 00 I U 00 2i 45 4 00 8 00 j 12 00 J IS 00 30 50 7 00 12 00 10 00 26 00 45 80 10 00 15 00 20 00 33 00 60 100 1 -k, 3 " 4 " 3 months 3 6 12 Yearly advertisements changed quarterly if desir r 1. Transient advertisements payable in advance. Yc.ir'.v advertisements semi-anuall y in advance. Ad''erti'"ments discontinued before the time con-trs.-t'1 Hr hi expired, charged transient rates for the timi- actually published. Advertisements inserted in local column, charged t-entv-five cents per line, unless otherwise Cun-tr-ie'.i'd. y, ,v ivertisement considered less than a square. A iiress all letters, THE ENTERPRISE." NEWTON', X. C. The Poetry of Sanml. The jiwlcnss pouring forth his lay Unto the litninij mnon ; Th- music of the s-harjenin saw, The wieri scream of the loon, The big bu'.l-frog croakicg in a pond, In krious, leafy Ma- The.-e sounds are sweet but sweeter far Is Gtii. Logan's bray. Swert are the sounds of straining swine, Whf-n stiuggling after corn ; And swtft the sonorous roar that floats From Mr- Conger's horn ; And sweet the hymns of rural choirs Uut none can this gainsay. That sweeter than all these sweets Is Gen. Logan's biaj'. Nothing in modern history, except Mark Twain weeping over the tomb of Adam, has presented more elements of pathos than the scene described by General Brisbin,of that good little bpyvjpfobably to the General' private of Ulysses S. G ran t, I li reslnng 'Lrs'TTaiia-l ficc. r" " diau cousin for speaking disrespectfully of his poor dear old uncle, George Washington PhiladelJtut Times. Only one hundred and fifty years a:jo Methodism was founded by John Wcidcy, who drew up the simple rules HiCk-ing for the government of the United Societies. White-field gave to tiif stem its first propagandist im pulse, and in the comparatively brief interval that has elapsed since then Methodism has grown to colossal di mensions, embracing now the largest membership of any religious denorni nation in the United States. Sunday m irked the 90th anniversary of the second church edifice erected by Methodists on American soil, and sin gularly enough the commemorative services were conducted by a woman preacher. Knocking the Black Out of Smoke. Pittsburg is one of the blackest of cities, by reason of the smoke from its manufactories ; but a plan is being tested that promises to make it clean. 1 he plan proposed is to wash tho smoke. And the way of doing it is thus described : The washing is done by passing the smoke through the spray caused by paddle wheels re volving in a tank of water holding soda ash in solution. The tank and wheels are placed in the flue, between the furnace and the chimney, and the wheels being made to revolve in direc tion of the chimney, the draft is in creased. The smoke after being thus treated will not soil a white hand kerchief. The Grave of Calhoun. The statements made to tho city council, n Tuesday night, show conclusively Hat the remains of Mr. Calhoun were interred in Charleston with tho con sent and approval of his family, and tliat his family, far from desiring the removal of the remains, wish that they shall be retained here, unless tho Niate shall decide to havo ihem inter red in Columbia, as was originally intended to be done. There was no alternative but to rescind the action l"'eviously taken, and leave the re mains where they are, and where Charleston earnestly hopes they will always remain. A cheerful account given the city council of the condi 1 10 1 1 f tbe Calhoun monument fund. Evidently a largo sum of money is available, and tho association, we J!lgc, have no reason to encourage delay. Charleston News and Courier. THREE YEARS IN BATTLE I AND THREE IN PRISON, BY RANDOLPH A. SHOT WELL. C II A PTE 11 EIGHTH. Personal ,arrative continued School Boy politics, and a taste of mob-law Prepar ing to cross the Rubicon Great Battle at Bull Bun How North Carolina saved the day A Farewell to youth, and school days Starting on foot to run the Block ade Visit, to Thomas Bayard at Wil mington, Delaware. My own turn at length arrived, and I was ushered into the office. What is your business ? askei an attache. "I wish to see Mr. Secretary." "Write your business on a card." "I desire to obtain a permit to cross the river." "Report yourself to Gen. Mansfield ! (ahem !) Usher, the door !" Thus I was shown in, and shown out, in three minutes, with three curt an swers, after three or four hours of wearisome waiting. And 1 also bless ed Red Tape ! AN EPA ULETTED UPSTART. It was now near 3 p. m., the day flying, and nothing as yet accomplish ed! Another dime's worth of cheese and crackers left me only 15 cents in cash, less than would pay for a night's lodging, and as there was almost ab solute certainty of being arrested as a suspicious character, if seen prowl ing around the streets after night, I realized that I must act promptly. Gen. Mansfield's headquarter' s were easily found ; he proved to be Provost Marshal. The office, a small room, had one side railed otf, with an high counter, and a wire netting, with a square aperture, or window, as in Banks. A sentry, with fixed-bayonet, stood near an inner door-way, leading A dozen or more persons were wailing when I arrived, and others came in until there was a throng around the railing. Xo one was visi ble behind it, but on the walls were several placards, such as "Attend to your business, and fjo J" "No time for politeness here !" "Come at offi.e hours !" etc., etc. I did not at first compre hend their meaning so well, as when, an hour later, 1 saw the crowd push ing and jostling to get at the window, where a spruce young officer, in new uniform, curled hair, and dandyish whiskers, had made his appearance just as the clock chimed the hour five. The rush was owing to the fact that there was but one boat to Alexandria during the afternoon, and as it would start in half an hour only thoso who got permits at once, could reach the wharf in lime. Disgusted with the scuffling crowd, I stood back, and by chance was thrown near a- lady in mourning dress whose agitation was perceptible even through her heavy veil, in a few moments she touched me on the arm, and in tremulous ac cents begged me to hand in her appli cation for a pass, saying she was from Rhode Island, and had a father, or brother, or some relative, somewhere over the river, and she had been trav elling night and day, and must! must ! must ! go that night. Of course I lost no time in elbowing my way up to the window, and present ing her card. The brass-buttoned dandy (who was said by a bystander to be Lieut. Drake De Kay, aide-decamp to Gen. Mansfield. He became a colonel, and was, in 187G, Secretary of one of the Republican .National Executive Committees, or possibly of the Union League Committee) on glancing at the pencilled application, tossed it back with the remark "This calls for a woman 'Yes, sir,' said I "it is for that lady, in black, near the door. She cannot shove through this crowd." "Let her wait, then, till it thins out !" "Hut she is in trouble, and wants to catch the boatio see her relative who is wou nded. 1 believe." "Well, she can go over in the morning. Everybody takes his turn here. 'No time for po liteness here !' "and he pointed to the placard on the wall. "You don't knnvwhut noliteness is ! ' was my cnlv vexed at his supercilious tone and air, "you're no gentleman here or any where else or vou wouldn't treat a lady in this way ! i" ITnuscd to such retorts, the Popin- NEWTON, N. 0., SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1880. jay stood glaring at me unlil 1 had handed the lady her card, and was al most at the door when Lc roared out "Who in the devil are vou ! Come back! Come here, sir! Guard, stop that man ! Stop him ! Arrest him !" V hatever else he may have said I did not hear. I impolitely stepped out. There was no use of remaining, and much good reason forgoing. Be fore the sentry, who was on the oppo site side of tho room, could push through the throng. I bad turned a corner, and was gone. His duties as sentinel probably did not permit of prolonged pursuit, and as soon as 1 could reach the salcton where I had left my satchel, I made haste through by-streets and alleys to reach the Capitol grounds, where I found a se cluded seat amid the shrubbery. Out of breath, out of heart, out of monej-, and out of shoe leather, I felt pretty nearly out of hope, also ! It was ap proaching nightfall, and the question of ways and means for a supper and bed was simply distressing. To make the matter worse, the slow spattering drops of a general rain began to rat tle upon the dry leaves as I crouched among them. This, however, helped i me to a decision. By many detours the Georgetown road was regained, and I turned my footsteps Westward, resolved to go over one river or, the other. fraternizing with the foe. It was a lonesome, dreary walk, relieved only by continual meeting with parties of Blue Coats, coming into town from the picket stations up the river. Knowing nothing of the country, and not daring to inquire, I had taken the most dangerous road, to wit, the one called the 'River Road,' which crosses into Virginia, over the "Chain Bridge," 5$ miles above Wash ington. Of this fact 1 was made aware by suddenly walking around a curve into view of the bridge, and also a battalion of soldiers, bivouacing on both sides of the road. As a squad of mounted officers were riding up be hind me I could not turn back, while it seemed equally impossible to go ahead because here was virtually the end of the road! The bridge was still standing, but a portion of the planking had been taken up, and a strong guard was posted with -two brass howitzers behind a barricade to sweep the bed of the bridge, if the Rebels should dare to venture across. On the right of the road, the land arose into steep bluffs, tbirlj or forty feet high, like palisades ; and upon the summit were other pieces of artillery. The soldiers were crowded under small shelters at the foot of these cliffs. It was not surprising they marvelled to see a tall youngster, in a fine suit, (I had worn my best, knowing it would be lost if left at school) but al most barefooted, and wearily lugging a carpet-bag, plodding into their midst, in the drenching rain. I saw 1 de hear ment McCall's division of Pennsylvania mi- litia, known as "the Reserves," had marched the previous day io iaue posi at Tennallytown somewhere up the . . t . . I i river. Accordingly on being stopped by the squad of pickets, in front of the Commanding Officer's quarters. 1 en- deavored to look self-possessed, as I ll, quired "Is this the camp of the Pennsylvania Reserves?" "No, this is the" (giving the name of some Ohio battery, I think.) "Well, do you know where McCall's men are camped?" "Over ut Tennallytown, they say." "How far is that (" "Nigh on to six miles, they say." "Good Heavens! 1 ought to have gotten a horse and buggy. But I must .ret there to-night somehow And after receiving many directions how to pro- eeed, I climbed the steep bluffs, and turned off through the fields in the designated direction. Looking far ,,(.ml (0 the Virginia nd of the bridge, I could see two men sitting on horseback, with oil cloths over their shoulders, and carbines across their I . .. . . . . - . knees, who were, of course, Confeder- j ale pickets; and my soul ached to ! think that I must go dismally on into i .,ii ..... Minn- fit fibrils win e nisL over Uii ii j - - yonder, a thousand yards distant nau waiKt-u mio a ui.emmu, h u , jh-uui gave nis awu.i.-uiai j aiso salme singing by the quire." teresting fact, and . i f i . - t . .sac, as it wen ; but happily 1 had j Southern i-apitai lr.mi Juehmond to , , , . an ex j generally known, th d an officer at the War Depart- i Montgomery must be burned to the; . .it- twin np, to h-ive ' a j t.yiai,,re: "For my part, I prefer an twins useu to nave t.tiitn. n r'miwin iri'ii ithii i ..i.iiiwI r ' .iiwi i 111 iriviiirin fivfi 111 . . lining vwin uvju .um ... j jj iii iiu i were safet-, and friends and country ! But I did not have long to brood over these matters, for presently a soldier yelled after me "Hello, mister, hold on !" The shout made every nerve tingle, and as he came running for ward my impulse was to take to my heels, leaving my baggage as his spoil. Luckily, I "held on," and as he came up he said "The major sent me over to Tennalry, and I'll keep you com pany." This was better than I feared, 3'et it did not altogether relieve my alarm, because now 1 should have to go to the village ; and how could I tell whether or no this man were not sent as a guard to make sure that I reached Gen. McCall'scamp? Or what if he had been misled by my fine dress, and meant to rob me, as soon as we were in the gloom' woods! he was a big strapping feilow, with shaggy beard, and enormous boots, wearing a blouse, which did not cover tbe muz zle of a big pistol swinging in his belt. To my boyish eyes these things were ruffianly in the last degree, equal to the pictures in dime novels. However be wasn't much of a cut-throat. On the contrary, a we were plodding through the gloom and rain, he confessed he was very glad of my company; "for" said he "these Maryianders, since the big fight are getting sassier and sassier, an' 1 des say they'd just as 'lief pop over a fel low if they ketch't him out here alone in the fields at night." TALKING WITH A YANKEE GENERAL, j It was nearly eight o'clock before we stumbled upon tbe little hamlet of a dozen houses, surrounding a tumble down frame hotel, called Tennally- town. The rain was pouring down, and the soldier himself suggested that I had better go to the hotel, and posl- 1 jone until next day my inquiries for the troops. He said Gen. McCall had his headquarters there, and I could learn all I wished to know from him. So, we at once stamped into the big room, which served as office, silling, and smoking room, and din ing room of the establishment. The General and staff with one or two col onels, and several traveller, chanced in hr :it. tea. and the rheumatic old i ii i e, . i ; .. ... i rtii:..., l; hind ord. after Jeisurelv nlling his i corn-cob pipe, inquired if I didn't want ter set up ter supper. There- was nothing under the sun 1 did want "ter set up to" more excrucia tingly than the big platters of ham and eggs, and hot biscuit and coffee, ranged so liberally on the board ; but as I had but 15 cents which would barely pa' for half a bed, I could only pretend to bo busy drying myself. My coming in so familiarly with tho soldier had prevented the least thought as to m' identity, so after supper we all sat around the huge fire-place smoking and talking quite ... r mi . ri hkeapaiiy ot village topers, i he j frey,8 t.ordjiairutt.8 SJlssage and oth only thing worthy of mention was a j m " dcn luek B. bawl on fri- remark by an officer, to which Gen. ! , , . , ie colonel. "And every , jstroyed, so that there J ' j salt! said one ! Rebel port des 1 . .. .1 1 j fliia:i ne no egress io me accurst re- j j.j0 T.-aid another. The conversa- ., iw iwit".w.l I v liMiift 111 111V in i' m l : nun jo I ,y k i i 1 ... - ... -- . ....... ' ry ; am d when just twelve months la- j ter, 1 had the pleasure of seeing Ma jor-Ger.eral McCall a prisoner, captur j ttd by the Division to which I belong- J ed, on the ridge of Frazier's Farm, near Richmond, I could have remind- ed him of his sneers at the chivalry, and his talk of laying our capitals in j ashes, that night in the old hotel to be continued. The Carolina Central Railway to be Sold. We understand that a ! decree was made b- Judge Avery, in i Chambers, on Monday last, for the sale of the Carolina Central Railway. The sale is to be made under foreclosure of j first mortgage, and will take place in ! this city some time between this and the June term of the Superior Court, I i i i i . c at ; prooamy aooui me taiier part oi jiay. j The commissioners named for tbe sale are Messrs. Junius Davis and N. A. j Stedman, Jr., and advertisement is to i be made in Wilmington, Charleston, . j i liicnmonu. ra mm ore ana uw xoik. Wilmington Recieic. SWEET MASH. Facts are stubborn things, arc facts. Mules Cremation will end all terrors of"the i cold, cold grave." Text in little boy's copy-book: It is a ferrule that works both ways. W. II. H. II. II. Murray has gone to England to get rid of his superfluous IPs. Leadville disdains mere colonels. The usual remark is, ' Senator, shove the bacon." It certainly shows public spirit in the man who contracts a disease that is spreading. When the farmer puts a porcelain egg u nder the hen, is he setting a good egg sample ? The reason that Darwin's "missing link" is so hard to find is because dead j 11 - c . -i men lc.i ui no cans. Patrick Gilmore is almost convinced that the last verse of his National ! Hymn came out 13 15 14. If the monopolists are given a long enough rope they will make pulp of tbe whole protective system. "What is heaven's best gift to man?" she asked, smiling sweetly on him. "A boss," he replied, with prudence. It will be noticed in railroad ac cidents that generally speaking the fireman is burnt up and the brakeman hjw bis lim5s brokcn "Pa the bare wnn hund dolls," is the way a balf-millionnaire of Chester, Pa., wrote it, but they don't go back on the check on that account. A Michigan Congressman told a friend that he was filled with amaze ment, and tho friend went down to tbe bar and called for amazement. The late Mrs. Mary Chapman, an actress well known on the Pacific coast, was the mother of twenty children , g, . fiIied the stage, but she crowded the omnibus. Theodore Tilton was asked by a New Hampshire woman if he really thought Beecher was guilty, and he evaded the question in a wav that made her hair stand up. A son of the Emerald Isle, meeting a countryman whoso lace was not perfectly remembered, after saluting him most cordially, inquired his name. "Walsh," said the gentleman. j "Walsh Walsh," responded Paddy ; "are you from Dublin ? I knew two j expended fbr gloves and silk scarfs at old maids of that name. Was either! $9 each for the delegation. The cost of them your mother ?" of the Hon. A. S. Williams was . . . . '$9.449 60; of the Hon. T.J. Quinn, A Towanda, (Penn.) sign reaN j n . f . , 3 ., !$4o21a; of the Hon. Rush Clark, thus : "John Smith, leaeher of cowln-i ' j $2 o04.4o ; of the Hon. B. B. Douglas, Ions and other dances gammer: . n , ,V laugni in me neaie.si manner iresn i i salt herrin of draft likewise Good- i day nite prayer meeting cheusday evening passed at home with a pica- inc. ; o l , ! ant book to attending balls, parties!111 a j j , f ' tKn.ilr,. " fill Wl-l-llIlK- hl'II i IK- IO ! till' l i i . .-. w ....-.....-.. . - i j voijnir h.isut a beau nor a Iiew - " ' ' UUIIKCI., ......... .0 ; ... . i ol... ..nnav.ll f I. i-: lii roiri'iin nt liiimp , - . tn read. j A comical story is told of two well- known Southern clergymen, one whom undertook to rebuke the other ionising . ecu. "Brother G ,"he exclaimed, without stopping to ask any other questions, "is it possible that you chew tobacco ?" "I must confess I do," the other - . 1. ' quietly replied. "Then I would quit it sir," the old gentleman energetically continued, ( ' It is a very unclerical practice and ; very uncleanly one. Tobacco ! Why, sir, even a bog won't chew it." j "Father C. do you chew tobacco ? responded the amused listener. j "1 ? No, sir !" he answered gruffiy, ' . t i - . i ; wnn mucu inuignauen. : "Then, pray, which is the most like the hog, you or I ?" ; The old doctor's fat sides shook with laughter as he said : j f . -h cii.i nave oocn eauum mis i time. 5 Cents a Copy. There are in London 102 preaching places for the Wesleyan Methodist, as published in the Watchman, weekly- I was the bedtellow first of a Bish op and then of a United States Sena tor. One grunted and the other snored likj other folks. Sec. J. J. Latterly. During the year 1S79 twelve per sons in Europe and the United States gave an aggregate of $3,000,000 for the support of foreign mission work. The salary of the Hey. Dr. John Hall, of the Fifth Avenue Presbj'teri an Church, New York, has been in creased from $10,000 to 515,000 a year. An Indiana preacher made use of tho expression, "Tho iconoclastic segre gate of sin,"' one Sunday and the next week he received a call to a Con- gregational church in Boston The JletJiodist says that out of 14, 000 preachers in the M. E. Church, only eleven names have had blots on tliem, and that two or three did not deserve the black marks. Another important old mannscript has been found in a famous Greek monastery on Mount Athos, which, it is believed, mav throw some light on difficult passages in the Epistles of St. Paul. Bishop Keener preached on Sunday. The sermon needed rhetoric Fifty Methodists were loaded to the muzzle with a shout, but there was no pow der in the pan. The Bishop piled in too much ore for the fire and the bel lows. Wind is a great element of a successful blast. The lumps of metal choked the kindling. Richmond Ciiriiisan Adcucule. Statesvilhi Landmark : But speak ing of calves, we learn that a Mr. Richardson, of Davie county, is the owner of a real curiosity in that line. It has no legs and no places for theo useful appendages. Its ribs go all around its body like hoops around a barrel, and yet it is a healthy beast and promises to live the full term ofa natural life. What it Costs to Bury Congress men. It costs the government to bury Congressmen who die in harness. ' The expense for the last fiscal year was $13,366.97. The funeral of the Hon. Gustave Schleicher, of Texas. cost $0,102 92, of which SJld.oO was , ! fci,iMi.t.: : or tne lion, juuan nan- ridge, of Georgia. $2.686 22. Besides this the printing of eulogies cost $20,- ; ooo. The Siamese Twins. It is an in- one perhaps not at the Siamese frequent fights. fhey were indicted for one of these, term of Surry court 6ome time "ore they died, submitted for an i affray and judgement was suspended j ulJOI,"Iaymi..nt of cost. This is a mat- , . " j ter of record. fore the war the i twins were great secessionists, but at- j terwards, being much embittered by j the loss of their slaves, they took j in no!il;C:i anj d;,i not ofl fa lhou.,h they di(J com I out anJ vole for Maj. Tobbin8 tLtf second time he ran for Congress. ; Stal,sciie jr,,. j . ... . j A New Bankrupt Law Wanted. j Petitions from merchants of tho large Northern and Western cities continue to be sent to Congress, lit which they urge the speedy enactment a j of a bankrupt law. Senator Davis, of j Illinois, in presenting one from tho 1 merchants of Chicago, said bethought j it absolutely necessary that a proper bankrupt law should be passed. Sena- j tor Stanley Matthews, when the prop- i osilioii to repeal the last bankrupt law was under discussion in tho Senate, contended that the trade of this country demanded a permanent bank rupt law, with proper restrictions. By the way, his speech was the ablest mudo io the debate referred to.
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