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lEWf Here Shall tlie Press the People's Rights Maintain, Unawed b3 Influence, and Unbribed by Oain.". 2.00 a Year. Dt llfu-toii Enterprise, rl'l!LISHKI KVKHY SATURDAY, -liY 0l.;OHGE A. WAULJUK. TEHMS: On '''t, . 2.0(i 1.0 jijt m .inn. - Thr. "' "j. ,V, ,,,, , iL y .1 1) P I XCB. j-0 persons wno iimc y nuua v. .ru, mi vjk- f01,v will l-e free. 1 1- - .... . . ..... .. tr ii ADVERTISING RATES : I in. II 0.) 2 in. I 3 in. I J vol. J i-ul. lcol. $ (H) I $ 5 00 I (Mt f 10 1 1 3 00 I 4 00 j 8 () 13 I IN 3 50 I 5 00 I 9 (M) l(i 22 4 00 I 00 10 00 18 20 6 INI I 10 00 14 00 25 4 5 00 i 12 00 j IS 00 30 50 12 00 I Hi 1M 2f, 00 45 90 15 00 I 20 00 j 31 (K tiO 100 1 w.vk. 2 IH) 2 2 3 Oi) 1 (ii) ; ou lit (K) i.intlm 3 " V. " Vrly iJvfrtispuii'iiti cliangf.l quarterly if Uesir- 'l;rr,nifnt advertisements p:iyaMe in advance. Yr.r'v -i ivp rtia.mrnt si-mi-aiucilly in advance. V.lv.rtis. ni' nts .iiscontinuo.l bffure the time con-tri.-t--l f.-r h.KfXi'ir.!, charged transient rates foi th' nm- n. tu.illy j.uihsh.-d. Vivcri."-111 uiM-nvi nt .4 'luutu, v. -,v. tfftntv live ct-nU pt-r line, unless otberwi.-$e Con- . ;i lvTti-Tnnt considered less than a siitire. AjirrH U-tU-rs "Till: ENTERPRISE." NEWTON, X. C. A Foreboding. VIOLET FANE. I Jo not Jreail an altered heart, Or that long line of land or sea ShouM sejarate my love from me. I dreaJ that drifting slow apart All unresisted, unrestrained Which comes to some when they hare gained Th dear en Jeavor of the soul. As two light skiffs that sailed together, Through days and nights of tranquil weather, AJown some inland stream might be Prifted asunder, each from each ; When, floating with the tide, they reach. The hoped-for end, the promised goal, The sudden glory of the sea. The Price of Success. BY JOEL DENTON. Nothing comes from standing idle, If you have a task to do ; On your sloth adjust the bridle, And the fearless way pursue. He who seeks the luscious honey From the hive or lofty tree, Mnt he daunted not, nor run ; he Mut face the angry bee. If the diver in the ocean lid not perfect courage know, And desj.ise the sea's commotion, lie would reach no pearls below. Others stand where he is standing, II tit t-hrink back in quick dismay, Idle his purpose, stern, commanding Braws the wealth from shore and bay. X"n may gain the precious guerdon Which lights up the forward road, It he j-hiik.s the toilsome burden, Ur grows weary of his load. Whether wealth be sought, or station, W helher wisdom or renown, 'lis through toil and complication V e must battle for the crown. Salti.no Cows. 1st. Cows (am calves, too) know when they want Kilt, and just how much the3r want. -il l. If kept where they can obtain Has thej' want it, tl.03' will eat ju Hie amount ihvy require and not one particle more. 'id. Salt fed in this wa3' has as much influence on the milk and butter, and Hie animal ecoiiou)3' general, as food or ill ink. 4tli. Salt fed as above will effect tho time f churning equal to four degrees of temperature. A Youxo Lady's Heart Misplac- A curious case of malposition of tlie lieart was recent 13 discovered l3' i physician of this Qily in a patient who was consulting him for borne piiial trouble. Tle young woman is ii'iout tvent3 3 ears old, of good form, handsome face and pleasing disposi 10,i. A careful study of the precise ltcalit3' and form of the heart shows it to be transferred to the right sideof the chest, and, instead of the apex resting ji,sl ,e,MV tjie hreast, it strikes Upward against the right collar-bone, r its outer third. In this case there must be a double curve to the 1 urge vessels of the heart, and the.! asc of the heart is downward. In "ther words, mis heart is on the wrong side of the body, and is upside d'wn. This unnatural condition of things does not give rise to an3 seri ms inconvenience, except when mov iu too quickly or going up stairs the organ beats with painful violence I'pUist the collar-bone, where its 1110 tion s plainly vi-,iblc, ian)oi THREE YEARS IN BATTLE AND THREE IN PRISON. BY RANDOLPH A. 8UOTWELL. CHAPTER EIGHTH. Personal Narrative continued School Boy politics, and a taslo of n.oh-law Prepar ing to cross the Rubicon Great Battle at Bull Run How North Carolina saved the day A Farewell to youth, and school daya Starting on foot to run the Block ade Visit to Thoums Bayard at Wil mington, Delaware. During the afternoon I reached Rockvillc and called on Mr. Bowie, a relative of Gov. Oden Bowie, and a friend of Senator Bayard. Though holding the position of county at torney, he was strongly southern in sentiment; and after "fencing," law-3'er-like, for some time, he called rue into his private office, and became more confidential. Yet his conversa tion was discouraging in the last de gree. Gen. Banks, he said, hat! stretched his division all the wav ilong the river from Chain Bridge to Harper's Ferry, the pickets being sta tioned between the canal and the riv er to protect the former from being cut off by tho Confederates, which would deprive Washington of one of its main sources of supply. To es cape, 1 should have to swim the canal, dodge between the pickets, and then swim the Potomac, nearly a mile wide. 'But I cannot swim at all!" "Then. my 3oung friend, I can only say, you will saveyourself much useless fatigue and disappointment by giving up the attempt, lhere is no use going far ther west, because you will be arrest ed before night. There are half a dozen troops of cavalry patrolling the region above here, and they will snap 3;ou lip on sight! Ttt.crjirv--!- counsel he called in a wealth. farmer named Mike W. , who lived near the river, and said there was no cartb- Iv chance of crossing at that time as so many 3-oung Mar Ianders had gone South Yankees were arresting all strangers on suspicion, when found upon the river roads. Too proud to admit to those men, (who seemed nervous and half-afraid of my deceiv ing their) that I had not a penny in 1113- pocket, and was neai-13 famished, I shook off their "cold Comfort", and bade adieu to Rockvillc, to continue 103- tramp. It was a "tiding time" to the 'sole' for n- fine parlor boots had become mere sandals, held to the foot b3- strips of handkerchief tied around them. Sand and gravel soon made evciy step a sting of pain. TRAVELLING ON SUNDAY. At early dawn, un rested and break fastless, 1 pursued 1113' weary way, af ter bast3 ablutions at a road-side rivu let. It was a lovely morning, Uh-,. whole face of Nature refreshed by the rain, birds chirping in the shrubbery, and little red squirrels frisking along the fences and stopping to look back as if to challenge the big biped for a race ; but, alas ! the biped way -farer was faring badl3r indeed. A Her sev eral 3ears of close student life, in rath er feeble health, this continual trudg ing da3 after day without food or rest, or even the sliniulous of hope, was a severe tax upon unstrained muscles, and unformed character. Yet to this laet is due, I presume, my escape thus far ; 1113 looks and actions being too boyish and 'verdant' to arouse suspi cion. Repeatedly during the morning I met cavalry patrols, and twice or oftcnerhad to pass directly through camps of one or more regiments, stretched along on both sides of the road, ft ith groups of curious gazers at -at . l llllilll W eveiy bivouac; 3 et escajicw, wnvui" even well known citizens of the vicini ty dare not go out of view of their homes for fear of arrest. My iuvaria. ble response to questions from the sol- dicrs was - Oh, I'm just up from Washington, coming home from "school. I thought 1 could foot il "for I suppose 3ou know they want "all the horses down there now to "haul artillety to defend the city. 'And l3' the w3 isn't there sone dan ger of the Rebs slipping over to gob "ble up a fellow between here and "Fredrick ?" Usually the reply was a laiighing"oiie ; "Oh ! you -need a t "ibuk so. scared ! We're guardm g th NEWTQN, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1880. 'river ; every foot of it ; and no d d 'Rebel dare poke up bis bead wben " we're about" "Well, that's all "right : but you need to keep a sharp 'eye nowadays !" and thus we would j pass, About 11 a. m a. m., the little village of n (in mistake not) became Darncstow visible, and at the same moment the sweet mellow chimes of church bells came ecboingover the hills in the crisp morning air. The sound startled me like an electric shock ; I had forgotten that it was Sunday! Thus quickly doth war overfirn the settled habits and teachings of peace ! However, I was not as 3-et trained to pla3 the sol dier, since I could not muster courage to enter the village, and confront the citizens walking to church, knowing that 1I1C3- must wonder WI13 this gaunt 3-oungsler, barefooted, though in cost 13- dress, should be staggering through their streets with a rust3' carpet-bag over his shoulder, on the quiet Sabbath morning! Singularly enough, this bevyish timidit3 in causing me to turn aside from the House of Worship threw me into a train of circumstan- ! ces secmingty little less than Provi dential. SAM BO, SALVATOR. Taking a b3-road to skirt the vil lage, and finding it leading in the di rection of the Potomac, one or two miles distant, I determined in my des peration to follow it down within sight of the Yankee pickets, to see for ni3self how matters stood. Presents- 1 overtook an old darkey, loaded with liquor, literal, "inside and out." The trusted house-servant of a neigh boring planter, he had been to town after the weck.3T "supplies." to -vit : a three-gallon jug in a bag, an old tin canteen swung. around his neck, and se v er a I Ton g- n cc k cdTTiO I lie s r?i o r mnrster". in bis capacious nockets One or more additional quarts carried i intnrnnlU- mlht. b inferred from bis ! 1 4-1 t I gait, and exceeding loquacity. In re j ....... . . n i n A.afi.Al .i.ia.v. 1 "k . s. 1 . j" rjniiot- n i i .iuiii ii'tini n in in in lived, he launched into a verbal map 01 me enure locainv, inicrspersco , n -1 - 1 ? . . i wiin mucn ninny gossip 01 men ami , . .,. inings pouring il out, in mauoiin 11.1 i- c w Art At aia ! 1 lr a I Ii A rvii in v r r A n . . , ! mine, of which Mr. Stephens is chair-; ..vhich it ereeted into an article of be emptying ing. as be trotted along he- . . . !...,. , ....ii iM-iivi.li-4 IIimI. the li.-llt dollars ; l.C -ill nnl cnnn h r.rTrtton 1. , . 1 nnd me. At first annoyed. I soon saw the wisdom of encouraging the old slave's garrulity, since it. gave me considerable information relative to the Federals. The whole renion, he said, was filled with small camps; "jin-ul Stone's army" being at Seneca's Mills, and "jin-nl Bank's army" at Point o' Rocks, or thereabouts. His ideas of course were great I v exagger ated, but there could be no question as to the difficulty of the situation. The Federals had even taken the pre- cantion to break up all the small holonmn to the citiz-ns : so tbat not a skiff or canoe could be seen along the entire river line. PODGING THROUGH THE FOREST. As a last resort, and knowing the old slave must know if there were an y sccret ford, or boat, I displayed the j bis debtor. So long as his customer General coincided, and added I here j taj,,s during a recent trip, he sonn--variod contents of my valise, inclu- advertis.-d liberally and vigorously, be are fools all the world over." St. j tjmes stul!el the horses while climb din"' many .dittering trinkets such as school boys are apt to pick up, and .,nm;-0rt l.im tlin wlmln Int. when he ,. win, - should show me some means of escape It was eas3 to see his e3cs were daz zled bv the offer, but the gloating ex pression changed to despair, as he de- clu-ed 'f're dc 'ood God Mausta' " there was neither boat, skiff, dug-out. or raft, anywhere along the "river within a day's journey. There could be no doubt of his sincerity, and my discouragement was in due propor - tion. Yet at this moment a straw came b3. "7 tied hear;1 said old Sam. "dey wisjixin a lmi-'vt up tit IIu. P fu a,I,r ihot" -'What is a stun' boat?" "WI13. you know, it's a flat ; one o' dem boats built ler haul rocks j an' sand.' Then he explained that "Hoss' Pen" was a stream, 1. e. Horse Pen Creekwhich ran into the Potomac about ten miles above, and that the flat-bottomed scow was used in hauling material to repair the ca mil, when it leaked. Instantly 1 caught at the utraw, and ordered bim i.wt thin wav to "Hoss Pen." It ... I know nothin - of the locality, and might be led di rectly into the bunds of the cnemy He well knew the Yankees would give bim mv baggage as a reward for be- traying me. lie bad become quite intoxicated, and gave a great deal-of trouble in keeping bim from drinking himself "past travelling." Several lime b. halted and refuse,! ,o pro- ceed, as the day was intensely hot. j ....,1 ... I 1 1 and the marchan ardious one. owing to the necessofjlimbing fences, scrambling thr(ajtlrickets, and often retracing our steps. I was 1113'self nearly "past travelling," though rot irom uuuor. 1 uau uau no ioou ior j two days, was very foot-sore, and nvs erably tired. But danger began to act as stimulus. A NARROW' ESCATE. About 2 p. m. we came upon the brow of the bluffs overlooking the val lej of the river, which, however, was more than a mile distant ; the inter vening "Bottoms" being filled with broad fieUs of standing corn, far as the e3-e could reach. An old l3-road ran along the ridge, but as it bad no sign of travel I 3'ielded to the negro's panting plea for us to take a "noon rest." A mammoth oak threw dense shade over an inviting plat of grass ; ami both of us stretched out upon it. B3' a Inck3 chance, I drew off 1x13' coat, and spread it over the satchel, as a back-rest. Bv another piece of good fortune, the old darkc3' over- p,eeu ..vat u..u u.c-y , u.,,- i i... i i .i ped instar.tl3 asleep. 1 bad m3slilt fallen into an half-doze, when sudden I3 there came a sound which set ev- ery nerve ajar, like the crahin:? of a buzz-saw ii non a splinter of iron! It was the clatter of horse-hoofs gallop ing up within stone's throw, and a loud voice sa3ing. " lie re, General ; hee ix the rJucc I told mm u'x)ut !" An other moment, and Brig.-Gen. Stone - V.tll A .ixrtr, n ij ,;- j....- ent. bo'.dinir high office under the Kbedive of Kgypt) with two staff offi- Ctrrs, and an Orderly, had drawn rem under the shade of the same tree with " 11 1 US ! to be cost, x it En. . ... The New Half Dollar. The bill 1 j for the re recoinageofthe half dollar, re- from the House Coinage Com- ! Por ' I ted I III II , a. a. a... - . . . , , , . , now in me 1 reasury. a no which ini j be hereafter paid into it, of the present coinage of 192 grains, shall he recoin- ed into half dollars of 20G1 grains, Until a sufficient quantity of the new halves arc coined, however, it is to be lawful to pay out any half dollars in the Treasury as demand mav be made. ' nil 1 ip 1 ii : 1 1 ... ii : . 1 lie nan uoiiarcoiiuu uj.io-. im-ai 1 ,0 be a leSal lender for all debts and dues, public and privale. except when nt iioptriio ovnrpssli st innl.-it id to the w"v -r j - contraiy. Something For Advertisers A a heroic 3-oung man drew near unt sjloe (.0vers his feet. His hat meas Shrewd View. A wholesale grocer carriage and shouteil, ' Hurrah for uri.s 7 inches. He cannot sleep in an in this cit . who became rich in busi- j..ft Davis.'' Col. Tracy, who sat be- ; niinary etl. and requires two chairn ncss, says his rule has always been, ! 'ule the great man. remarked that in for a seat ns m,lsl.Cjl arc l,ar(l and when he sold goods on credit, to at ; a city of 25,000 inhabitants 1 here was ; Jc pjys immense strength. While once subscribe to the local paper of likfl3 lobe one damned fool. T he j lr;,vcling over the Alleghany Moun- j rested, but as soon as he began to con ; tract his advertising space, he took) 1 1 he fact as evidence that there was; trouble ahead, and he invariabh went tor his debtor, ban. he, me man wno feels too porr to make his business known, is too poor to do business. j The A ithdrawing of an advertisement j is evidence of weakness that business ! nicn are not slow to act upon. Xcw j York Times. j j Frightened to Death by Fire On last Sunday morning, about 9 I o'clock, in Lane's Creek township, the residence of Mrs. Rebecca Stack was I destroyed by fire. Mrs. Stack and Mrs. Jennie Dees, both old ladies, were the 011I3- persons on the premises at the lime, and nothing was saved from the house. The origin of the fire is not known, but is supposed to have been accidental. Loss bet ween 1.000 and SI 200. Mrs. Dees, who was about 80 3ear old, was frightened to death l3 the fire. She lived in a house in the same yard an(f after the fire was found dead with an armfull of clothing, r I which she was trying to remove out reach of the devouring clemeut. Mm true Express. RELIGIOUS XEWS. More than 5.000 conversions were j reported in the North Mississippi Con- ference the past 3'ear. j rpi. t:.. , -ri- m 1 - i i "A' l" r""1?? feW 5l"'C "n- j ii&eu ai. Lias egas, January oisu 0 I Prayer is the pulse of the renewed j soul; the constancy of its beat is the ' test and measure of tho spiritual life, j Bishop Pirrce's general health J 1 . - . . . rnL s 1 ii" ' ' , b - " W If V L I.Cl.l 11. Chmh hQ to note his im- ' prove men t. The ' Year Book" of the B:infit churches reports: Baptisms, 73 924. mU. KJ l IV- ' tlllll I l Ilia I WIT 1 ."rtl . , ' i total nnmberof members, 2.133 044. a j gain of 31.010, against a gain of 78,810 last 3ear. The chapel to be erected at the ! in the nitrogen-yielding products. Theological Seminarv. near Alexan- j Hence the difference is primari.3 11 dria, Vra.. will be one oft he handsomest soil and climate, and not in color. At churches in that section of the eountrv. I the north 3-ellow corn meal is prefer Tbe estimated cost of the erection will j red because yellow corn is raised at tho be 10,000. j south, but in Ma-land, where they A Wisconsin clergvman preached j Kri,,d tLeir own corn 1,,eJ preft-r on the sin of transacting monev mat- i broaI of white corn mea, aset ters on Sunday, and when the deacon j wl,ile il u cqa"y natritious, it is es passed the contribution plate not a j tcemeJ more Palatable, being less person would put a rent in it. And ! ' tas- I" ground alike, yel- somehow the preacher didn't feel flat- ! tcml ftt tho cffocl h;H 3ermon haiL Canon Farrar. the distinguished anthor and clergvman. is a man nnder - frirt fiif rpfirs nf 9( oP fli.i-It nm f pb-xion and sanguine temperament. He is compaetty built, and under the medium height. He has a good voice, but reads like an untrained school-boy. As a preacher the Canon is somewhat verbose, but full of fascinating imair- - - . The famous "Yatiean Council xvhich closed its sessions in 1870 in the j midst of the tread of great armies mov ing to battle, will probably never meet again. The Pope has given orders that the apartments in which it assem bled shall be restored to their former uses, indicating that its reassembling is j not thought of in the councils of the . nrch. The tremendous error ,.a- ..V-W .. .... ---- ; Asheville ( itize : -Mr. W m. .1. Best. " "our next president ot the Western j North Carolina Railroad Company, j will reach Aheville probably between j the 20th inst. and the 1st of May. to ! take possession of and go to work in ! his unusually goahradative style to! (.nmnluti tlw ri?ii. I(isf:iniilv nccoin- . v j , pany h.m. 111. fry - On .o ! PW-on nrer .n.1 Pamt Rock by Jan- : uarv 1st, lobl. j - - s General (.rant was riding 1 through the streets of Houston, Texas. j Lout Posl-DisjAitth. It is slated that Mr. George P. Marsh, who has just completed nine- leen consecutive 3 cars 0. -u. ......w.e service," whatever that may mean, in Italy, has never visited America du- ring all that time. Inasmuch as lb. country wo ild have been just as much benefited if the entire Italian lega- lion had been quartered in their r.-- spective homes and regularly drawing their salaries during those nineteen years, the protracted expat ria'.ion of Mr. Marsh seems unnecessarily cruel. It is absurd to applaud any of our f..r- eign ministers for pertinacity in stick- ing to their osts. Having nothing to do, they candoit quiteasably in Annr- ica as in 3113-other country. Unless the ridiculous and preposterous sys, tern is abolished we should offer spe- cial inducements to the entire corps of foreign ministers to slay at home. and thus keep the amount of their salaries from going out of the United States. Mr. Marnh has shown too little regard for our finances in spend, of ing all his emoluments in the land macaroni ana uunu-organs. hush. 5 Cents a Copy. White and Yellow Corn. "An Old Subscriber'' wants to know- the difference, if ai, in nutriment between white and 3eIlow corn for man or beast." There is no specific difference as far as color is concerned. Yellow corn is belter fld for Mock, - easier to masticate, and conscquently to digest. It is often noticed in tho spring that horses will leave white corn, while taking j-ellow corn freely, Yellow corn is richer, perhaps, in the eenti-il ru anrV n Tusil nil etc. 1 ne ,4,oa uowever, mat yetiow corn- in ? 1 . 11 meal is more nutritious than white proceeds from the fact that 3-elIow corn is nsualby grown on richer anil more southern soils ; white corn moro , - . . T . . exclusively at the north. Northern i i i iui ii i-s iiiiny unu ii.ia a linger juhjhji- tion of the carbon-making products, starch, &.C. Southern corn is richer ,ow m:,, P"baMy as digestible a white, but, -elIow corn being softer, it makes a finer meal with the same set of burrs than white corn. and. eonse- 1 . , , - . , i oueutlv iives a heavier breud in Lak- ing. A His Iloosier. Cincinnati Times. Jcdin 11. Craig, known as the "Hendricks county giant, is in In dianapolis, on his way to join a circus out- ibe following facts: He was born in Kentnck3I near Frankfort, and ban lived near Danville most of his life, where he owns a fine farm. Mr. Craig was at the centennial exposition, and while there was presented with a fine badge costing S125 by the Knights of P3tliias, of which he is a member. Ia lhf iiisf-riiilinn lh 1rnt.ro nf I?.fl ftr j of. . ; . .. ., ... .. i Order of Odd Fellows all credit him with being the largest member of I hose orders in the United States. Mr. Craig is G feet 4 inches in height, weighs 720 pounds, measures 64 inches around tho chest; around the waist, 87 inches; hip. S6 inches ; thigh, 56 inches ; calf, 2S inches ; arm 20 inches. There in considerable trouble sometimes in measuring bim for a suit of clothes. U hue being measured for a coat vc- , . . . . t.-,rt, ,iQ l i,i fll , Um fc ' m , i 1 wentv-onc varas are rcouireti ior SIlit Hi h:ld is very small. 01.I3- , Xo g ,ove j, usej an, a v. 9 ing up the steep hills. Mr. Craig is ver3 jovial, wealthy and takes thing cas3. is kind-hearted ami noted for his benevolence. His wife is very large. 5 wcii,hinir 307 pounds, is only five feet ; iieIlcS in iciht and" measurcH , Ilincly.0-g j lit inches around the waist. i Examining Ocr Forest Trees. : We harn from the Wilmington papers ' that Prof. C. S. Sargent, of Harvard University, i now on a visit to tho eastern portion of our State, and is ! examining our forest trees. He is sent ? out by the census department. Since j in the State Prof. Sargent has devot- , td his time to examining the forests of the neighborhood, to become ac- quainted with the trees, plants mi l I also gathering slatislics in relation to ! the trade in timber, lumber and naval stores for the use of the census de- ; part ment. It is expected that before . his labors shall have concluded ha will visit and inspect tho forests of I the entire country, and will probably j come to this city. Here will bo found. ! in the Department of Agriculture, a of j complete collection of woods from ; our iores una oiucr iiw-s.-ii'iyn
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