KI
WEEKLY.
Successor -to fhe
VOLUME 1.
J()TTIN;s.
Cij: klani) and Hi are be
coming very brother v. Fixing
up for ?JM, eh ;
Thk Brooklyn tnir. is about
over. A strike against im mi
gration at the proper time miht
1, .1.... ,..v ,..,! 1 -1
iwiv picvcmeu l II IS SlVlKe.
IlO-CLe-X-.
GREEXVILLE, .V- C FJiBnU.lltr'l. 18!).;, ,,,-
The President's Quilt-
Almost His Last Public Utter
ance as Chief Executive of
the Confederacy Was Made In
ha klottk.
It will he
J ....... I . .i '
I I''i'ic iu learn hat
Senator Sheiman savs the
Silirar I rust does nr r..rnn nn.
der the ant'i Trust law. Is the
Senator under the Sugar Trust?
Pkk'IDKnt Cleveland has put
almost all the office- under civil
service rules. That's the wav he
serves his party and keeps Re
publicans in
For the six days ending Jan
12, 181)5, 5;9 more steerage pas
sengers left New York for Eu
rope than arrived from Europe
We-tlon't need them.
The United States Senate by
a vote of; twenty-four to twenty
two rejected the Hawaiian an
nexation proposition. Expect
we'll need Hawaii yet.
Thk special deputy sheriffs
on duty in Brooklyn to preserve
order, went on a strike a few
(lays ago. That Was a mse
where somebody should have
.... i 1- . i
iue'ieu me .waicnman
PRESIDENT DAVIS' LAST to od that I haye had but up,',,,,,-.
SPEECH. r7T..tu ecrM out uusMon to
: xumii; the preservation of the true
principles ot constitutional freedom,! Taylor Kllv..n clnirm
thevCua:erSt,ear ,0 theK.hcVouu.duor, Z T
they were tour years uC'-l L iv. ' , . . 1 " n. M.
nothing abate or tAf A ,,Hs rcCt lv fohoji iug inler-
they were right then, rjlty rHit ' St,n ,trllt'1 fro' V. Jellcrsui Da
now and no misrortmiL .-ujus v,:
ran change right nuo Cfe"' ' wt Forty-fourth .t
l UMllK you: I "-r ... , " '
"-, c vr 1 orK.
"
i iniary 6, 18!)5.
ity this
retnarka-
ul quilt
suuk deep ,to hear,s audi can part-, of our war f, sT
never leel aain what I tl. fHt, 'ts and liherrj. Every We
when 1 he.rd ,ny noble chieftain bid made by a diligent ,Jrln
.b .iai i it'll, was ins last adieu. ! He embroidery wa mad;, with 1 iVr I T
Many ol a, could no longer restrain i odd piece, of s unmsilL- "
I. A. Alston. ; he found leit over our years ot ease
Charlotte Observer. ! am' plenty.
, mi i avi8 valued it so. much that
;"C, when ht wasileeping under it
j 'erecogn.zed the feet and asked i
ns
a scones throw of Hi i
- -"-j in inwi iii
tablet placed in Tmittn.i.w.
our city lathers have placed aiiolher
to mark the spot where, tour Sroie
and ten years Inter, were sounder
like the noits of a dying swan, the our sobs
' n nw uoio, uellani 1
utteranceeof the Confederacy's p,ve,. f
dent, who claimed, l.l ti. !
Lmburg patriot, tun .m,h purp.", ! General J. E- B- Stuart.
but one mis.on: "The preservatn In a recent issue of "Once V
InVn- 7 ,ri,,clP,ea r 'tu-:Week"tlu-,elsanart.cle by oi
tlonnl tivedom. ollH - 1
I tl.dose the s.h , ' .......... . m l g lh glabtl-
I . ,4 " ".oi, -L-.- .v avvuuiuui SOIIieu Ills tUlll'riiMKva
de ivered 11. v.n.......r .1. '.I.,..; i. . A 1 ' '"l-ea
, n r,""- "' me , u.iiiii- me war. in tm.s article
H Ja is Stood In fr.inf I I Here sim
bably,
war. I resident Davis stood in front
' me corner where the Souilurn
hxpress office now stands. The copy
of the speech, the notice of his .,
rival and Welcome, I extract from a
statement ot Col. U. A. AUton. ie
pnuted in ynl.-d, .a, nf The Land
V e I,ove, December, 18Gb', and wtiicli
reads as lollows:
mere appears the folb.wii.g adinira
me (Uvcription ol thegiea Coufcd
crate cavalry ticaeral J. E. Ii. Mtu
art: "Phe lime ot which the Col
onel is writing Was just before the
(ietri,burg campaign :
"During the day Stuart established
his headpiarters abount twelve
miles east ot the K.,e ividge. at Mid-
w-'irbvc'f Wm 'r ,MM he d'eU,r -en.ent pes, fior where
met b Col. m..J,nHto,., a I he could watch Hooker ana reoort
J '" ""'infill', a
case I prominent citiz-n of Charlotte, a.l
i:hv ni'uai.Liit r ii. in. i . ...
Gen. Gates On the Retreat Prom
Camden-
r i I . . i -, I I i .
v v..v.., noua, men reach
ed the Shenandoah Valley.
A short while after "at it h, t
rode into the village with mv men.
iinn n iMKeil nil nt i
'.(Jer. ,, oldfashioned manner of
saying, -with great eare."
If you lind it an addition to your
mueum I shall only be too
Yours faitnrully,
A RIKA JEFJEUSON DaVIS.
.Mrs KUy&m has received the
P'tlr, and it is a most beautiful
pi-ce of work. There may be many
worJiVMg WS hada htt,,J iDtI
a orK or ove for the ho iored Pri-
K;i.r ol the Confederacy .-Uicbmeml
r l nn??.
Flag. Gnn and Safchit
A side show
The following description ofr Ceu.
Cafes and Col Davie on the retreat
from Camden, August, 17S0, will be
interesting. r It is taken Irom the
application of Daniel Alexander, of
Mecklenburg county, a Revolution
ary soUicr. lor a pension, which was
tilled long years ago anu is among
the papers copied in Washington for
.Judge 'Walter Clark, who is compil
ing the "Records of North Carolina
in t lie Revolution" lor the Stale
Saws the memorial : .
"I volunteered under Capt. Mar
tiii Filer at the Moravian town over
Vadkin river, and also m Guilford
county under Capt Alexander. In
this duty ve were 4 months employ
ed in 17S0. W M W'PTM i.tlil r,i-
and went under the command 0fj lrom tl,e capital of the com
Major W R Day ie, an attorney, t0 ";nio,,sti"ation of your love
loin v.en uates near Camden. Ma
jor Davie was a tall, sallow cdmplex
loned man with blue eyes. On get
ting, a far as Gaston's which is
near the South Carolina l:ne, we
met the American army retreatu.fj.
Cen Gates and Major Davie lad
-omc conversation. We advanced
me distance when, cu meeting
o,ne French officers flying, we also
,imed in the retreat. Gen Gates
1'ud on a pale blue coat with epau
s, with velvet breeches, and was
ruling a hay horse. We retreated as
tar as t .'harlotte, very much fatigued
and worn down'
Doubtless tue applicant, Daniel
Alexander, hasdescen lants in Mecklenburg.
riuiki lot.t i. . . .11 . . . .1 i -1 . . i
r i . e V,U1 mv 1 r , O,uce,)ow contiectod with the
He hahed a lew minutes in front of I &nt at Run was Seret II)
.v, "..v.v uiuan iiki bioppeu. " im me color bearer nf
-u'iiiig lauies m tne i)lace ""p-" u ?o regiment. S (! V
VVi'IV';irlu imiI I i.:... .. . for it mna I .
ne -r- - w wnie in mind ihnt ut.
i nor m - . i . w -w
to..v, u.e a : "aimiew arounu him, for he iUI ,L musi oorne in mind ihnt ut
, nearly coverea with! w:W their ideal of chivalry the liaylt,,at t,m there were eleven Arm
w and gracefully, j ara of the South-nhe knight a,on e front of the regiment 1 and
so: -I inank you, without feui and without reproach.' j ten company flags. A little while
&a irouL-auor singing to his la
president, ol the Chariot te Col nm
I ii p.. ; i i ... i.
uc saiit: ., r. rresi-
dent, m behalf of the citizms oi
Charlotte. gjVH you a cordial wel
come to the hospitalities of our
town.' Mr. Dans, who was dressed
... r.u... m giav,auc wore a
low-eiowneu Hat,
crape, bowed lo
saying as he did so: -I tliaIlk Vm, without feu, and without r X'
sir. 1 ie ai-jre orw.l ' a .... tune wnilO
tlmosr .Mit.rMiJ V 1' "w,,oiau i V 6 11 "' or singing to his a I ullcr.Kul"g mto the tight Jim can
e irfu eUan.fn1 rt80l,-le Wll' ! lllove "'" could notW shown j to. ,the nclin,ion that i Vw
Sid v-th d i ovl'rtlowg hearts, ; u more careless ease. He combined "g"'.v poor policy to be carryTn a
sa d, u th deep earnes. uess: 'Speak i his character incongruous ele- ! ring shot at and not ThU f
m ifi l , ' ' "'K"4"1. i Ul,,1' of him, seeing only the su-
S ".h; rl Tk, lofl :e ai,d d,d0notyknowof
-U) inei.ds, 1 thank you lor this the great qualities under them
evidence of your appreciation. If I , He loved the praises of -fai'r wo
SlriT. "r iid-; .r".br t ne had
o - v.w,..c c announce , aoiern i sense oi a soldier s dutv ha
odcces at thehead ofa triumphant I any Ironside that charged under
army-this is nothing more than I Fairfax oi. Cromwell. As pruc ical
.. , ,1 7 .? i cojnng. o'.ouevvan Jackson, or Huvelok in ! 1
ZJJttV1 h.is r, iu the storm of baT- I 1
To iV n i ff ' I teU -V0U 10 0O' h,.m80lf with al1 th That ht Graham was fonnd
tt at our national affairs have reach- tique grace of Ivauhoe in the lists of ,n ca,nP.with flag, gun and Ahhir
r .Y -i v J? ' ugee "wuiu niivo rauKeu as the Deer ol
from the capital of the country, this the greatest marshals of France in
uemonstiation of your love tills in ! a less prosaic hjt h mi.ri, i
. - , o- -"--. "un.
! DeHIl Mill nf U I I f
W th feelinvrs 4I r. . " ; K.. u. " . & . ua"
ftii- , " "'M' 1U "Liernnce. I utro 01 tne leeuds of Ari
... t W1 tuw people wsto.
for the people, and I have been aim ! 1 recently stood by his grave in
ply their executive, and if diey de- Hollywood, and recalled him as he
sire to continue the fitrni f I look-il -h., r i.... ' im A8 .nw
;n - . i .... -ts"- aiu j " x mat saw mm in nis
still ready and willing to devote mv- tent, a few wppI; f tL f.-Vi.
still ready and willing to devote my-
v v.. v.. vauae. iriie. Uener.i
Lees army has surrendered, but the
mpn arp fifill alini u
VMTW UIUI 1 I UIJJ
tent, a few weeks before the fatal
hour when he fell, like Sidney, lead
ing a squadron on the field of hon-
nr
men are still alive, the cause h- or
surrendered, but the men are st.ll hen to what Col Mosby ha so
alive, the cause is not yet dead; and wll said is added that Stuart was a
only show by your determination devout Christ,an. thf th i
and fortitude that you ara wilUg to he ever Usted was after K hi
suffer yet longer, and we may, still
bon lor Slirrfea "Tn
administration of the past four years
I am cousciou&of having committed
errors, and very grave ones; but in
all that I have tried to do, 1 can lay
my hand upon my heart and appeal
Ut UttU
received hm mortal wound, that he
cer loucneu tobacco, that his
character was as spotless as a lily
e can understand the unique charm
and mfluence of this Southern chevalier.
return the fire. o tha. D " "
..i.i . . " c.n a-- no
uu ou, anu mat was not lone
he possessed himself of the ?un and
accoutrements of a dead Yank and
took an occasional shot. In a little
gillie the wy. in line captured a
raobit. It was turced over to our
brave color bearer, and as occasion
required h stood the colors- up
the ground, held the rabbit between
ml-!keh8 fired a shot at the ene
mv . 1 nat nirht. liruiio..,
Jbit.
, , T iuc war was
enoeti dim Camp n fim a an 41.. f l
nnoi u 00 -ue col
onel of the reg, men t.Xew8 and
Courier, Charleston, S. C
lUnf"!16 KT,i GenHutlKr
Banks and Canby, commanding he
department ol the Gulf in the Srder
named confiscated gold deposited iu.
the .New Orleans banksVto tut
?nmrH,Ut f! and now SeS
tor BJanchard has brought k bill In"
to the United Statee SefaLf pro
Tide for the return of this money
he banks, together with simple
terest ou the same for thirtyVno
jears, making a total refcnd of
about $5,000,000 demanded. The
Chattanooga Times says- tor
?SFtrtm lLch?' moremenl
will fail The Confederacy left
neither heirs nor aligns. 7There
"7, Pretence that ad"
gj.t.M by a ba0k . owned