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C 1 THE WEEKLY SOUTHERNER. " , FtTBLIsnED EVERY THURSDAY BY 'CHARLES, IIEARNE 'AND BIGGS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION i t, . (IS ADVAUCB.) ;. One copy one year, - - $3 00 One copy ix months, 2 00 but Copy three months, - - 1 00 i . . r J" Twenty-Fire per cent. Is added to the Above rates when paid at the end of the TERMS OF ADVERTISING tbjlssiext rates ; One square, inch "Space 1 time,' Each subsequent insertion,' CONTRACT KATES. I One square on year, - -One-fourth column, - " " " Ouo-half column, One column, ; - $iooi; 60 $15 00 60 00 90OGV 150 00 ' " MY COUNTRY : RIGHT OR WRONG-: MY COUNTRY." Du.slne.ss Cards o trap j ing a square or Irss inserted for Twenty Dalian fear : TARBORO', EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1867. VOL. XLIII. NO. 12. ifioiuEjy cnangfg auovea. m ii i y$ i Baltimore Cards. 7Pianos ! Pianos! ! ,xu kzuirtcs Jfi. SteiflT, i' iw B MANUFACTURER OF lt.Pfcnjiuin,!Gran(i-iin(l Square Pianos, ri-vt FACTORIES, &4anJ BUT Camden St., and 45 yffnd 4,7 PerrySt., opposite the Baltimore $ Ohio JR. ?. VYarcrooms No. JN-liberty St. above ... - IjatimoreSt. r ' BALTIMORE, MP. nnnESE pianos have bees' be- JU.-rfor the Public for the . last Thirty yeafs, in competition with the best makers - of ihe'iBtryp new Scale Pianos with the agraffe bridge attachment, are pronounced by the best Ainatures and professors to be the best Piano now Manufactured, they are warranted for Five years with the privi ledge of exchanging within 12 months, if not intirely satisfactory to the purchasers. Second hand Pianos and Parlor Organs allways on hand from $50 to 300. Refference: Gen. R. E. Lee, Lexington; Messrs. D. B. Payne & Co., Linchburg ; Messrs. John W. Davis & Sons and J. R. Carrington, Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Va.; and Weeks B. Parker of Edgecombe, who have our Pianos in use. , Terms Liberal. A CALL IS SOLICI TED. " aug. 24 39-ly W. II. CHEEK, Late of Warren County, N. C, with GRIFFIN BRO. & CO., . GROCERS AND Commission Merchants, 105 i o in ha rl Street, Baltimore. H-7-EEP CONSTANTLY ON nAND JL. a large and well selected assortment of all kinds of Groceries. Strict attention paid to the sale of Cot ton, and other country produce. , Peruvian Guano, direct from the Gov ernment Agents, and all other kinds of Fetilizers at the Manufactures prices, fur nished, for Cash or on the consignment of Cotten. feb. 7, 1867. 10-2ni. ; CHAS. H. MYERS & BRO , IMPORTERS OF Brandy, Wine, Gin, Cigars, Olive Oil, Lon don Stout, &c. 72 Exchange place, . BALTIMORE, MD. Nov. 25 1-tf N. C. ROBERTSON,., WITH R. T. BANKS, Importers and Dealers in China, Glass & Qucensivare, And Manufacturer of No. 53 South Street, je23-30-tf. BALTIMORE, MD. JOHN C. MASON & CO., Monumental Steam Cake and Cracker Bakery, Nos.. 45 and 47 W. Pratt Street, 2d Door from Spear's Wharf BALTIMORE, MD. ' Not. 25. 1-tf J. L. DICKEN, of No. Ca., WITH HARTMAN & 6TRAUS, CLOTHIERS, Nos. 321 and 323, Baltimore Street, Aug U-37-tf. BALTIMORE. WARNER & BRO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS SHOES, No. 246 Baltimore St., up Stairs, BALTIMORE, MD. December 2. ' 2-tf DR. EDWARD WARREN, HAS RESUMED THE Practice of Medicine $ Surgery, IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, Office, 48 Courtland Street, 2d Door from Mulbery, Nov. 25. 1-tf Cht. Spilker. Chr. Royge , CHAS. SPILKER & CO., IMPORTERS OF Fancy Goods & Toys, Nos. 10 & 12 Hanover St., . BALTIMORE, MD. Nov. 24, l tf J F. Phillips. Burguine Maitland. PHILLIPS & MAITLAND, Qeneral Commission $? Forward ing Merchants BALTIMORE, MD. , Nov, 52. 1-tf WIESENFELD & CO., C L O THIERS, No. 25 Hanover Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Nov. 25. 1-tf " VVHEDBEE & DICK EIISON, Gen. Commission and For- warding Merchants, BALTIMORE, MD. Kot. 25. . t-tf Norfolk and Petersburg. New Wholesale Grocery House. SMITH, ELLIOTT & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, NO. 12 ROANOKE SQUARE, Norfolk, Va. TIIE UNDERSIGNED HAVE Es tablished at 12 Roanoke Square, Nor folk, Va., as Wholesale Dealers in GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS, Orders promptly and carefully attended to. Consignments of goods in the Grocery line Solicited,' and prcnpt i tf ifBS io'sftet WM. If. SMITH, ScotlanfNeck, 0. CnAS. G. ELLIOTT, Late of N. C. GILBERT ELLIOT rT, J jan. 17, 18G7. G-2m HILLIAM LAMB, COMMISSION MERCHANT, Norfolk, Virginia. TOSTILL ADVANCE TWO-THIRDS V'V CURRENT LIVERPOOL rillCE OF COTTON7, in gold or its equivalent, on all consignments to his friends in Liver pool, and forward free of commission, by Norfolk and Liverpool steamers. Refers to the Banks and Bankers of Wilmington, N. C, and Norfolk, Va. jan. 24, 18G7. 8-3m COTTON FACTORS AND G en. Co m m iss io n March ants "WILLS' W II Alt P. Nurfo Ik, Virg in ia. REFER TO W. G. Lnmb, jr., Esq., Messrs. Rhodes & Bro., Williamston ; Messrs. Cooier Bro., Jamesville ; Col. Y. F. Martin, Eliz abeth City; Henry Butler, Esq,, New Vork; Exchange Nat. Bank, Abrfolf, Va. Sept 15 42-Cm FREER & NEAL, Gen. Commission Merchants, NORFOLK, VJl. MBERAL ADVANCES OX CONSIGNMENTS Geo. II. Freer, John B. Xeal, of K. C. of X. C. II. II. Smith, Jr., Scotland Xeck, X. C. May 19, 18C6. ' 25 tf TilOS. R. OWEN, Jr., of N. C. with COTTON AND Gen. Commission Merchants NORFOLK, VA. jjrj AGGING and ROPE furnished pay able in Cotton. Liberal advances made. sip 1 40-tf JONES & PLOIMER, Successors to N. M. Martin, Plummer & Co GKNERAL Commission !Mercliants AND GROCERS. No. 114 Sycamore Street, EAST SIDE, " Petersburg, Va., SOLICITS CONbJ GNM ENTS OF Cotton, Tobacco, "Wheat, and all other kiuUs of Produce and Merchan dise. Liberal Advances made on Produce. Orders for Goods filled at Reasonable Rates. ROBERT H. JOXES, Late Inspector at Moore's Warehouse. HENRY L. PLUMMER, Late of the Firm of N. M. Martin, Plummer & Co., and W. K. Martin & Co. jan. 17, 1867.- 7 lm J. E. VEN ABLE, J. D. WILLIAMSON' J. E. VENABLE & CO., Com m ission Mcrchan tsf PETERSBURG, VA. ac ttt t. nn,i Knit am r,--tt.;rt rfn Tohneeo. SnnfF. Whf. Flour. rrn Provisions and General Merchandise. Bagging and Rope on hand and for sale. M. T. Sweeney, Traveling Agent. . REFER TO Thomas "Wallace, Pres. Exchange Bank, T. T. Iiroocks, President Virginia Bank, It. Kagland, President City Bank, John Kcvan, President Farmers Bank, Frick and Ball, Baltimore, Md. Sept. 1 40-tf KOBT. A. MARTIN. ROUT. TANX All ILL MARTIN & TANNAHILL G It O C E R S AND C OM MISSION ME R C HANTS 129 Sycamore Street, PETERSBURG, VA. Feb. 17 12-tf xM'ILWAINE & CO., Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants, 79, 81 and 83 Sycamore Street, PETERSBURG, VA. R. D. Mcllwiane. Frank PotU. S. S. Bridgets. Nov. 25. 1-tf R. C. Osborne J. R. Tatterson N. M. Osborne, jr. L. E. Stainback OSBORNE, PATTERSON & CO. GnOCERS A2iD Commission JIcr chants, 103 Sycamore Street, eept 14, 42 tf Petersburg, Va. Norfolk Cards. LIVERPOOL & NORFOLK, DIRECT TRADE. IT AMES GORDON & CO., GENERAL j? Commission and Forwarding Merch ants, Norfolk, Va., would announce to their frieuds in North Carolina, that a lino of first class Steamers, are now running between the port of Norfolk and Liver pool, thus affording an opportunity to those desirious of sustaining the enter prise of Slircci Southern 'J'Vjltll, seldom offered. In view of the need of a mass of South ern planters for an immediate realization on their crops, we would state that to such as vUh to chip their prodece to Liverpool through ns, we will advance on all con signments, two-thirds of the market value of such produce, taking the Liverpool quotations. Such advance to be made in Gold or Currency, as the parties moy de sire. JAMES GORDON & CO. Norfolk. Jan. 24, 18(57. 8 tf KADEtt KIGGS. J. J. BIGGS KADES BIGGS & CO., GENERAL Comm ission Merchants, AND COTTON FACTORS, McPhails "Wharf, NORFOLK, VA. Shipments made to Liverpool free of forwarding Commissions, and the usual advances made. Special attention paid to the sale of Cotton, and all kinds of Country Pro duce, june '2 27 ly C.W.G randy, C. 11. G randy, CW.G randy. Jr C. W. G RANDY & SONS, House Established 1845, FACTORS, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION ME R CllA NTS, Mclntosli's Wliarf, NORFOLK, VJ1. , .... FOR TIIE SALE OF COTTON, Oram, Naval Stores and Country Pro- mice generally, and purchasers of General Merchandise Sept 15 42-tf JAMES G011D0N & CO., Con t m ission Mcrchan is, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. ROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION given to the sale of Produce of every kind, and to the purchase of all supplies for Farmers, Merchants, and others in the country. nov '2.0, 1-tf T. W. DAVIS, K. JONES, Franklin County. Wake County. avis J ones, Wholesale Grocers and H:LE1Gh, N. C. A TTEXDS PERSONALLY AND xSa. tromi)tlv to the sale of all kinds of Produce, Cotton, Corn, Tobacco, heat, Baccn, &c. aug 4-oG-tf Geo- II. Brown. Thos. M. Robinson. G. II. Brown Co. " General Commission and Forwarding Merchants. WASHINGTON, N. C. N.B. The United States Government , , .,, tax, and all other expenses, paid by us, on prouuee lorivaueu, win uc coiieuieu iiuui J 1 ronsirrnee at destination, unless otherwise instructed. NOTICE. rrt ; . .1. i. T 11113 19 IU tCl lllJ' lUill J illUCa M. Spragins of Tarboro', N. C, is em- i Powered h U9' t0 reCf!lve and "lt fr any money paid to him in favor of Geo. II. Brown & Co., Washington, N. C. G. II. BROWN & CO. H. WISWALL & SON, Commission Merchants, and Wholesale and Retail do.lers in Groceries & General Merchandise, MAIN STREET, WASHINGTON, N. C Nov. 2-5. 1-ly B. F. HATERS, General Commission Merchant, lesIiiipton, V C Strict personal attention will be given to the receiving and shipping of all kinds of produce. dec 6 2-tf an j. ,i. b-i:qv.i, DEN TIST, TARBORO', N. C. Office Opposite the Edgecombe Bouse May 12, 1806. 24 tf WM F. BEASLEY, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, Tarboro', 1ST. C. PARTICULAR ATTENTION GIV en to the collection of claims, bath at home and abroad. Office for the present at the Eege combe House. jan. 24. 8-tf 1 WSS FOR SALE a very ia. superior article. Apply to ecpl 40-tf- GEO. C. SUGG. THE WEEKLY SOUfnEitNER. THURSDAY, - - - FEBRUARY 21? 1887 From the Farrfltr. Labor fer iht Sostfel Sinco the downfiill ot our Confederacy and the abolition of Slavery, perhaps no subject hns engaged seriously the at" tention of Southern Agriculturists, as the procurement and niananreiaentj of the rcq usite amount, and the ught kind, of labor. That it should be so, W perfectly natu ral, since, to the practical business man, the abolition of slavery aVd ita im mediate coi sequences, constitute th mos glaring and pppreciable effect of tliVar ; com ing home as it does at onfietghisvery day? life, and oqcurriBg ssi4i d:df x,t lb'" close of an exhausting war, when a regu lated labr system was emha:ically the necessity of the times. Many of the d.ili cuhies which environ the subject, as is apparent to the causual observer, are in herent ia the nature of thins ; a few, per haps, are adventitious and ittrihuUble to a pardonable spit it of itnpauence on the pnrt of a pcoj-de who wer? forced to re linquish an ins itution and a style of civilization to which they were oounu by the very strongest ties of hereditary admira ion and fjer. onal inercst. I presume few have been farming this yer who hive not experijneed an or-pre-eive sense cf help'esnessat d depend ence; they have felt as though th y were operating with a lever and cauld gat no s ab e fa.crum ; or were drivti a retive team wiilsout ti her whip ' o? li e?, or were at temping to ruu a fjrtyhorse loc -motive witli hkimgen gas. lufchort. there has been -a lack ot atcam, the hoiive pow er, in our opera'ios-s this year. No man has felt that he had his basiniss fairly in hand, that he might drive it and control it as had Wen his custom, lie reason of tl.is is manifest it 13, that tin great mo live powrr f the blavery syttem, fear of ui ci linc, had ceased, a:id ttii great mo tive power of the hirtliiijr sys'jm, the nio ney inHuence, had not been dvelp-d, or ! was wholly inoperative. '1 hegre.it lever and motive power urion which we have to depend honcef-T h loc prcs-int our hu-i-necs, is the love ui money an J the fe'.r of d scharg1 oa the part of our operatives. It wi 1 rea i!y be seen that bdh of these considciatio s, so lar, have bal but little it(it fri.edm A tQ mon ! jr Vt U threaten to dock his wag.s. he ! wo'!d st U be makinj; much v,re than he hid been accustomed to : andiia to a di.s- cr.ar-e, when thp.ii uro sn mnv rvthor I places ready and waiting, thattvoul 1 have li : tie 1 fleet upon him. Be ids, his liles ..r.i.. 1UM 4 O Ul 1.11 aUjU HKikl liLllUVt 1 11 iii'n iiiiuiti au 1111 iici iiiii.i'i wtcii come his constitutional niAlLrcnce or cliaracteri't c improvidence. Bewildered by the novelty if tha situa tion, the formers taxed tneir ,'ijgeniiity to frame t-ueh lihor contracts as (fi-y thought m-.st p omising to meet all Uie points of ! the case Many entered into'raoney con tr c s, the money to be retaif d until the 1 end tif the commit. Otht rsi.rtfeirod to try the sha:e principle, vry naturally ' tupp sing that the inurest o ihe laborer I .... .1 .1 'ImnUtn trv t f tri Vftii r IV. :wt But, hfter i; q'lry and pcrsoAl observa tioa in many sections, I havebeard of few 1 citions where either plan Us operated J .k i 1 j .... q : fiiiii nil ;.'r;i ! wiiai is if.T-uii n' (Mint r t- 0 - - . . As far as th pi mting distrfcts ol this1 p:0vince are concerned, it h vry c ear that the principle depeiicle:.e lor Tears must be tip upon ih- black man The sim- ! I pie foct thar. they are so numrous i n .u- 1 irr, . 1 ' will have the effect to keep cjffo-eigT la i . . I .1 1 U population ; anl where thej both occu-. -v UJC""" 7. ; 'L , 1 ! thus the evil would .cem U be, to some : i ..ir . , tvi , extent, self-perpe uating. The negroes , t-w-. j ,-...0 . l.i . 1. . J . . ..L.J . 3 . , llier3 ",ey u' uyt ,I,cet the case themselves, and their presence operates as insuperable t-inrripp tci the ftdmi sidli nf ithr kinda of 1 " f : JjQj. In the next place, the must be a higher style of system, ord and regulari ty introduced upon our faijns nov. than was ever known in the ild plantation management. There mut i be every ap pliance of mechanical ingiiuhy and la bfrsBvin machinery, to enhance, to the last degree, the efficiency of labor. The t:me for brute force has passed. One man by means of his mastery overinan'mato matter, must do tho work of three Bones of iron,- and fcinews of leather and cord, do not require to be replenished from the larder : nor do they present monthly drafts upon a collped exche quer. By the use of the b supplements, most of the tillage can be done by horse or mul; power. We have to acquaint ours selves with the wh ite seien-e o? economy economy of supplies economy of labor economy of time. And, as to the man agement, of free labor, we have much to learn. We may gun some useful points by looking to tho:e countries where free labor has been used fcerttofore, and win re the most acute minds of the most pracucal business men have hven engaged for years in ngu'ating and systematizing it to the last d gre of efii iency. Per haps ic would b well to adopt tha rule of their mecmical establishments, snd s;ip ulate ia the contract for a given number of hours diil'g nt labor per diem ; thej must b? ruh d tip to it strictly, or doc-ed nrcportionably fix every hour lost. The desire to accumulate money must be v couraged and foatt-redin. our hands. The time hus come when the love cf raone-. must be ranked among the positive vir hies ; fx, henceforth, it is only by the -kiiful handling of that consideration, ihat we will be able to exert a comma' d ing influence over our operatives ; to en gage them to retaia them to 8timu, 1 T 1 Aa.i4a 4 r..nf... .... .A n tu t u , ii, ,i: ,. this waj'. And muck has done and wil rvmverse with the Irish uooulhe surict. . , J i t i .i . t :i, ,i, " L .:i,. ' . yet no as gre r. wonders. Many a lar: and I find that while they ate wiling to v, , , P ... , , .... , i j c i it .u his a bed of this, and whoever has it, hi .! u ,i i t i a mine of wealth. Get it out every leisur nev. ihev are very much ontfseu to bewir , ... .. , , . , -1.' .;,i m.,.i7 oay, ana auer it nas drained, stacK it u late them to greater effort, &c. The plan now pujvued of hiring laborers and boar ding them, will soon give place to another and more economical one, by which, dur ing all spells of lost time, the hard will not mly miss his pay, but will be board ing himself. We will have to change our mannar of address, to some exient par ticularly those who hire white hands " We can't live in the imperative mood now. I guess the tone of command must be softened and tempered a iittle. Wc must cease to saj hands and learn to fay helps We must eschew black eyed peas and take to bea' s and punkin pics. But to come back to the practical if any persons wonld try white labor, let one man in each neighborhood try them exclusir el jr.- If -the--laborers like, they will not be slow in writing to their friends, and in that way it can be gradually in troduced. The decis'on of myjudguent and the result of my observation is decidedly against the plan of farming on shares with laborers, white or black. It mav have answered well in isolated cases, but the final effect upon the laburing clas-es n-ill be detrimental to the best interest of agriculture. It has a demoral z'ng of f. ct upsa the hireling. It fills his head with extravagani ideas of fanciful profits, which are never realized. It produces diEsatisfacMon among those who hire for mney wages. Their imerest in tli 3 crop being an element in the bargain, they will presume upon it, to absent theraselve, when they fancy that t; e state of the crop will allow it. Under such an arrange ment, they are al ways discipl;ned to other things which have no connection with the crop, but p.rtain to the general improve nient of the farm. SuMi a barg-iin 13 de ficient in the ela-nents f compactness and distincf.iics. which is necessary to give a farmer perfect control over his business. 9im Bringing cp Wera-cat Lands. It is ever and anon asserted that the only systematic a- d intelligent way to DUn" UP I;inG "rave. tne snl Psnal arr biin up lane that lias been run down, is careh.l y analysed by a ricaltural chemist to as certain the lacking min ral ingredient. and ih 11 to pnrchise and apply the same. Theoretical y, this is all very well. But let us remember two c.r three thing3 It wi 1 be neoessarv to analvsc nearly ever? 01 a .arm i v of lke same fifcld. f more or ltS3 Un,lk. fi eld of a farm, if not different portions because the soils will be e. Thn, too, thes? an 1 Ts are expensive. And lastly, they cnuia, Prof. S. W. Johnson writes: " I do not doubt that in many cases a car. ful investigation of a soil ehemica', physic', and historic 1 . . . . c-.u oy a genuine sctcurift': .farmer, one . ... - s v f irailiar with scitnc and practice, would alfljrd safe and nearly accurate data for it3 proper tr.-a'cient- l?ut this would be alwjys expensive, and in nine cases oat of j tc wou d not i)3v. So. 1 analysis, at th I tc , wou'd not pay. Soil analysis, at th be-t, is a chance game; and where one wins, ahui.dred may lose " Instead, then, of looking abroad for fome special process of reconstruction, let the farmer turn to the form itself and his owns brains, and see what they can do. It our farm is exhausted, it is because it has been abused, and to restore it, it, must receive kind treatment. Let us so:'. om3 V?rt ot.lV fay need deeper p.ow- nure ana cleaner nilasre. Ihe owners of such farms rreneral'v - -""J."""" '" 7" I " r. ' . 7, . 1 , u LU y '"ore. xnea tec uiem try yivw nig unuur green manure, sue a as 11 .i peas, ouck weal, ana, Dest ot ai:, ciover. Marvelous results have been achieved in 1 m us e P ii-iA ttiictuuiu wycia ui lime ui ci&ucs Hi f e mcnlh s: . npap. fla pR?tta. f-3 as so much barnyard dun-. Dr. 11 lt wMi,auye, i vaiue. Now, these two sources cf fertility are cnou h whh de .owJ anJ ft thf demands of toset a"7 " woni.out" farm on a iatUesametim- j career of improvement. But, as "every : ' OTOiiril1,tt,e l-elps," the farmer should save the droppings of his poultry -house, the slops aid waste from kitchen and cnamber, the contents of the privy, all bones and chips' aud sods and leaves : in short, whatso ever will dec y, and so become a fertilizer. These s veral items amount in the aggre gate to a gjod d al in a year's time And the farmer who neglects to save them shou'd bd ashamed to complain of his wornsout land. It is by economy of this sort that some ;f the poorest farms of the country have be- n reclaimed and made profitable. And there are many more waiting to be reclaimed by ju-t such sim. pie means. There are farms, however, which this wil! not regenerate, and these ia D9 cases in 100, need bone dust. G;ccn manu:e and bone-dust will cure 9 lOths of '.h i ills that well drained and plowed land U heir to. Lime U ofton a great help, and as'ies still better. The.e facts are easier learned by experiment than by experiment than hy chemical analys s. American Agriculturalist. Leigh, Bros. & Ptlps, Friday, sold the cargo of the schooner Sullie Mears at auction. Tho sale was very well attended, and the prices obtained were as follows; Five hogsheads Molasses brought 45 cents per gallon; thirty hogsheads of molasses at 50 cents pef gallon; 3.500 bushels Turk's Island salt at 57 cents. After the cargo sale 50 barrels of La brador herrings were sold, bringing 32.75 per burrel Norfolk Virginian. A sensitive lady from the country, looking for a coach "Pray. sir, are you engaged ?" Cabman -'Ocb, bless been have ytr purty soul, ma'am, I have married this seven year?,- and cine children, A Field ofElood. The Foil of B'adensburg, Maryland, has a bloody record. It has been the scene of many refined murders in days passed. One who visits the place now will find the field green with verdure, and her and there, flowers spring from the sod which a few years sincj was trampled by the feet of men arrayed in deadly hoss tility. Here, on a beautiful grass plat, surrounded by trees, forms made after the image of God came to insult, mture and defy heaven. Here are recitals of some of the. duels that have taken place at Bla densburg: In 1814, Edward Hopkins was killed here ia a duel. This seems to have been the first of these fashionable murders on this duelling ground. fln 1S10, A. T Mason, a United States Senator, from Virginia, fought with his sister's husband, John McCarty, hero. McCarty was averse to fighting, and thought there was no necessity for it ; but Mason would fight. McCarty named muskets loaded with buck shot, and so near together that they would hit hcad3 if they tell on their faces. This was change ed by the seconds to loading with bullets, and taking twelve feet as the distance. Mason wa3 killed instantly, and McCarty who had bis co lar bone broken, s'ill lives with hi-; sist. r in Georgetown. Hi3 hair turned white so soon after the fight as to cause much comment. lie has since been so'icitcd to act as second in a duel, but refused in accordance with a pledg made ta 1113 wife soon .ifter ki ling her brother. I-i 1820, Commodore Decatur was kiN led in a duel by Commodore Barron. At the first lire both fell forward and lay within tm feet of each other, and each supposed himself mortally wounded each fully and freely forgave the other, still King on the ground. Decatur expir d in a few days, but Barroa eventually re covered. In 1821, two strangers named Lega and Sega appeared here, fought, an 1 Sega was instantly killed. The neighbors only learned this much of the:r names fr m the marks cn their gloves left oa the ground. Legi was not hurt. In 1822, Midshipman Locke was killed here in a duel with a clerk cf the Treasu ry Department, named -Gibson. The laU ter was not hurt. In 1820, Henry Clay fought his sec end duel with John Randolph preferred to die, if at all, on Virginia soil ; the lat ter received Clay's shot and then fired his pistol in the air. This was in accordance with a declaration made to Mr. Benton, who fpoke to Randolph of a call the eve ning b-fore on Mrs. Clay, and alluded to the quiet sleep of her child and repose of the mother. General Jessup was Clay's second. When Randolph fired, he re marked: " I do not shoot at you, Mr. Clay "and extending his hand, advanced towards Clay, who rushed to meot hi in R.Hldrtiph shoved Clay wliere his bali 0(ri.- u;, or,,i f.,;rtc.t . struck his cost, and said facetiously : "Mr. Clay, you owe me a coat." Clay re plied: ' Thank God, the debt is no great er " They were friends ever after. In 1832, Martin wa3 killed here by Carr. The'i first names are not remem bered. They were from the South. In 1S33. Mr. Key (son of Frank Key and brotlicr of B.irton Key, of Sickles no toriety) met Mr. bherborn, and Sherborn said : ' Mr. Key, I have no desire to kill yon." "No matter," Key said, "I came to kill you " " Very well, then," said Sherborn "I will kill you," and he did. In 1838, Win. J. Graves of Kentucky, resuming tho quarrel of James Watson Vcbh and Jonathan Ciliey, of Maine, se h cted this place for Cilley's murder, but the parties learned that Webb, with two friends, Jackson and Morrell, were armed and in pursuit, and for the purpose of assas sinating Ciliey, moved' towards the liver, and nearer the city. Their pursuers also moved towards the river, but missed the parties and then returned to the city, to which they were soon followed by Graves and the corpse of Ciliey. In 1815 a lawyer named Jones, fought with and killed Dr. Johnson. In 1851, R. A. House and A.J. Da lis had a hos tile meeting and Dallis was shot in the shoulder, but recovered. In 1852, Daniel and Johnson, two Richmond editors, held a harmless seNto here, which terminated in coffee. In 1853, Davis and Ridgeway fought here ; Ridgeway allowed his anta gonist to fire without returning the shot. Since the publication of the above ar ticle, which appeand originally in Har pers Magazine, several other duels have been fought on the same ground. Do NOT CULTIVATB ORDINARY LAND With ut Manure. Recollect, says the Cultivator, it costs you on our average soils, ten dollars or more, to make an acre of corn with hired labor, and fifteen or mora to make ani gather an acre of cotton. If you do not look closIy after your hand-", it will cost you a good ded mre than that. Now, every acre cultivated, that will not yield crops worth at least the above amounts will not only bs no profit, but run you into debt. Large crop3 still, are required, to obtain a profit on hired labor. Lands, then, which will yield such crop.5?, we mu?t let them rest, or manure them sufficiently or we lose money. At lea-t half of our poor', est soil., hitherto devoted to corn and cot ton, should be thrown out to rest, and the balhince enriched. How long will it take U9 to exhaust what little capital we have left, if for every acre on which we can make a net profit of ten dollars, we continue to cultivate five, which lack from three to ten doll r3 each of meeting the actual cost of cuUivation. There are few lai.ds which will not yield a profit, if com mercial manures are judiciously applied. The Etaiement, which has been extensively circulated, that Gen. Robert 1 E. Lee 13 now engaged in preparmg a history of the Army of Northern Virginia durirg the late war is now known to be wholly unfounded. General Lee is not writing any work of this character,- Society In Washington, t One of our Paris correspondents, a few i day ago, mentioned the fact that it is fash- . louable to extend invitations for- the Em-.' peror's balls to twice as many guests as can manage to get into either tha Tuile- ries or St. Clout. To anyone who was present at the Executive Mansion last er-; ening it must nave been apparent that ir , this lespect the republican conrt,of As 4 merica lar exceeds bat of, the Emperor,, for there were at Last five times as manylf persons in attendance at the Presidential " levee as could by any possibility be crows ded into the parlors, reception rooms, and , coxridors of the mansion. The throng ' was unprecedented. The fashion, .'tha; culture, the dignity, and elegance ; of tha., whole country" appeared to be represen " ted. Distinguished men and women from ;.. nearly every Stale were mingled -with tha great surging crowd that, pressed like an irresistible flood into the audience room,.! and poured onward into the great East; . Room, and out again by whatever moda of egress could be found.. The East Room and the parlors, sparkling with the fresh- ness and brilianey of new and tasteful de corations, were unceasingly crowded with' the eycr restless throng of splendid mans hood, of which any nation might be proud,' and surpassing female loveliness and,-! grace that no other people on earth can' produce. The toile.tes of the ladies wero -generally usually magnificent. A des' ' scriptioa of them would seem to tho rea-. der like some fairy tale. The wonder was how so much costly splendor of " dress and ornaments were safely borne through the rude throng that' pushed and crowded and jammed." ; with a total lack of gallantry,' for admis sion to the Blue Roem, in which the Pres- ident and the lidies of the household wera " receiving. For the first time this season , Mrs. Johnson was able to be present at a public reception. Assisted by her daugh ters, Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Stover, and with peculiar grace and dignity she re, ceived the thousands of visitors who hacV first paid their respects to the Chief Mag , istrate. We were pleased to observe how admirably, for one in her feeble health," she bore the fatigue of the occasion, throughout the evening. Conspicuous among the visitors were General and Mrs. Grant, and Gen. Sher. idan. Nearly all the members of tho Cabinet, and the prominent military and. naval officers now at the capitol, wera present, and amidst the crowd, sparkling here and there, were ob-erved the decor ations of most of the Foreign Ministers and attaches of Lega' ions. Notwithstans. ding that both houses of Congress were holding night sessions, a large number of the most prominent Senators and Repre sentatives, without distinction of party, were in attendance. There was noticeas ' ble a very unusual crowd of strangers, ( among whom were conspicuously noticed. Mr. George Peab. dy, Governor Aiken, of South Carolina ; Governor R. R. Wins throp, of Massachusetts ; and Hon. J. F." Maguire, member of Parliment. It was decidedly the most brilliant and crowded", levee ever witnessed at the Executive Mansion, and notwithstanding the labor, and in many instances positive pain, of gaining admission, every one seemed de lighted with this most splendid popular- reunion. National Intelligencer Advice to Marriageable Yousa Girls. Punch's Poet Book contains the following from the pen of ausingle woman of the world," which we print for the ben efit of such young ladies as desire to en- ter upon the perilous sea of natrimony, as a guide for them in the choice of a part-, ner to share its sunshines and ita storms with them : ,lIf a man wipes his feet on, the door before coming into the room, you, may be sure he will make a good domes-, tic husband. If a man in snuffing tho . candles, snuffs them out, you may be sure he will make a stupid husband. If a man puts his hankerchief on his knees, while taking his tea, you may be sure he.' will make a prudent husband.. In the, same way, always mistrust the man who. wi l not take the last piece of toast, or, Sally Lunn, but. prefers waiting' for tha, next warm batch. It is not unlikely he t will make a greedy, Eelfish husband, with whom you will enjoy no 'brown' at dm ner, no crust at tea, no peace at home. " The man, my dears, who wears goloshen,", and is careful about wrapping himself 'up well before venturing into the night air.j' not unfrequently makes a good invalid, husband, that mostly stops at home, and, is easily comforted with slops. The man who watches tho kettle, and prevents it, boilirg over, will not faiL my dears, in. his married state, in exercising the same , care in aways keeping the pot boiling. The man who dosen't take tea, ill-trtats the cat, takes snuff and-Sands-with,-hLar back to the fire, is a Vrate whom I would ' not advise vou, my dears, to marry upon, any consideration, either for love or mo ney, but most decidedly not lor love. But tho man who, when tea js over, U discovered to have had none, is sure tQ make the best busDana. l aticnce lme . his deserves to be rewarded with the best ' of wives and the best of mothers in-law. My dears, when you meet with such a man do your utmost to marry him. la the severest, winter he would not mi-dgo ing to bed first." We print elsewhere a letter from Mr.". George Peabcdy giving one million of I dollars in money and one million of dollars in Mississippi bonds to certain' trustees to be devoted to educational puroosea in tho States south of tho ' Potomac. This noble act, ao thorght- fully conceived and now so generously executed, is entirely worthy of the exalted reputation for philanthropy which Mr. Peabody has so, justly ( acquired, and is destined, we Irust, to i bless alike the giver and the receiver. ' ; - DariDg the last forty-five yeMJ Jlexico has had thirty-four tuUti: i ;
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 21, 1867, edition 1
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