1NG-B WE
Successor to -fclxeXirxa.
VOLUME 1.
GREEX VTLLE, X. a .MARCH -7, 1805.
7T7H3Z2 .10
, JOTTINGS.
Mr Dana, editor, and Mr Laf
j'an, publisher of the New York
Sun, have been indicted in
Washing-tan City for criminal
libel on Xoyes, of the Wash
ington Star. They evidently
T:ike little stock in "if you see
it in the Sun, it is so."
Chief .Justice Fuller's daugh
ter who ran away :md married
a lew years ago, is now dissatis
fied with her bargain and is
Hieing for a divorce. Many of
'hose who mary and run away,
live to run another day.
Thos. Dixon Jr., hasresignel
his New York pastorate and
will organize a hew undenom
inational sect to reach all.
The Rev. gentleman mav be
launching out on another iStaten
Island hunt.
There is a race war oil be
tween rhe longshoremen of New
Orleans and the militia has been
called out. It is ho,;ed they
will soon declare the race ofr.
Indiana's Local Option law
is void because not presented to
the Governor at the proper time
for his signature. And this is a
preventative of other voids.
So Buck Kitctien likes light
ing so well that he is to be pit
ted against Leazar for the peni
tentiary. Pop characteristic,
light for yourself.
Mexican banks don't want
United States exchange unless
it is payable in gold only. Poor
old Uncle Sam seems to be los
ing his credit.
A Methodist Oonferen ?e, col
ored, actually refused memorial
honors to Fred Douglas. That
vas not in North Carolina-
The negroes farther South
seem to have the Liberia fever.
And soire sharper will have
t heir money.
The oldest wauian in Connec
ticut recently died at the age of
1 '-; years North Carolina must
lyok to its laurels.
The price of whiskey has
r"!ie up. But whiskey coii
t in aes to go down.
1 I N
HOW V7Z WSOT TO WAE.
North Carolina and Secession-
A North Carolina Officer
Tells the Stoky of the Seced
ing OF THE LaM' bOL'TII EliX
State to Declare for War,
'i-'T THE KrKST TO BEAU THE
Brunt of It.
f'-'iitiiu. .! fr- in last w.-ek.
It had been, arranges thai a hand
kerchief should ue waved from a
window of the convention hall w lien
the hist signature was place to the
ordrnanoe of secession, as a signal
to the artillery. Captain Uamseur
and his officers and men stood -by.
their guns ready, and when the bit
of embroidered cambric, in the
hands of a fair daughter of the
State, waved the signal, the -tins
thundered their salute as rapidly
as they could be loaded and fired bv
the well-drilled artillerymen. Anu
let me tell you they were good ones.
If You have never" listened to the
music of a lii i 1 battery well served,
you can form but little idea ot the
racket it makes. At the moment the
salute commenced every bell in the
city rang out, and the hand struck
iorth Carolina's inspiring anthem
'The Old North State:"
Carolina, (ihtJ na.
Heaven's bit's- n's attend her; '
While weli-c.' ue will t Jjtrjli
Protect ami leteiil her.
Hurrah iltirrali '. '.
For theOM N. rt h State forever
Hurrah! Hurrah::
For the pnxl (. M X..rth StUe.
This martial hymn was composed
by the great CJaston, one of North
Carolina's most distinguished 1Unl
beloved sons' and the music is most
inspiring. It was, and is to-day, the
Marseillaise of the state, and has
a power to arouse to the highest
pitch ot enthusiasm the heart ol
every true so.i of the "Old North
bta;e," whenever and whet ever
he hears its inspiring strains. It
is related that. on one occasion m
Virginia at night, after a oloody
conflict when the armies' were
resting on their arms, preparatory
to renewing the bat tie next morn
ing, a band of one of the North
Carolina regiments struck up this
anthem of the State. There were
a large number of North Carolina
regiments that had participated in
the battle biyouckmg along the
line, and as tar as the strains of
music could reach them cheers went
up that made the welkin ring.
When that, memorable event in
the history of North Carolina which
I have attempted to describe took
plav, amidst the thunder of the
cannon, the ringing of belis and the
inspiring music, the assembled mul
titude went wild. Old men rushed
iuto each other's arms; young men
soldiers and civilians, yelled ther.i
selves hoarse, and all sorts of ex
travagancies were indulged in.
And so the momentou3 deed was
accomplished. Then c.me the se
rious duties and sad realties of the
great conflict. The First iiegnnent
of volunteers left us for Virginia,
with band playing, colors flying and
handkerchiefs from lair hands wav
ing adieu. The regiment left m the
early morning aboui ? o'clock, and
notwithstanding the early hour, all
Kaleig'h was on the jui vivo to give
a grand seud-ofr to the first solJiers
to leave the State for the seat of
war in Virginia. At the head of
the regiment loue I). IJ. Hill l4s its
colonel. Charles C. Lee was the
lieutenant co'onel. afWu-.ir.u
one of the Thirty-seventh North
Carolina Infantry. He was kdhnl
the day before the battle of .Mal
vern Hill, in the .even day's battles
of Richmond. .lames H. "Lan was
major of the regiment. The Major
was afterward colonel of theTwenty
eigiuh North Carolina Infant-y,
and after that one of the most gal
lant and distinguished brigadier
generals in Lee's army. He is now
professor of civil "engineering at
the Agricultural and .Mechanical
College at Auburn, Ala.
When the first volunteers mat di
ed difwn h'avettevill..
principal avenue, of Kaleigh, on
iheir war to the ears, to the lively
strains of "The (iir! I Left Behind
Me" and "Dixie" amid the waving
ot handkerchiefs by the ladies and
the cheers of the men who lined
the sidewalks, the scene can be
more readily imagined than des
ctibed, if. I may use tie trite saving
in recording -hat was indeed a
most inspiring sight.
But it was not long Wfore the
irlumoiir and novelty of first mili
tary experiences passed awuv, and
the stern realities of the great trag
edy laced the Confederacy. North
Carolina's legions were poured lap
idly yito Virginia. Several camps
of instruction were established, and
froin these went forth ivguuut af
ter regimen:, well drilled and en lim
ped. Excellent seryice was render
ed in these camps by West Point
cadets, who had rerdgned and come
home and by the cadets of the Vir
ginia Military Institute, which was
looked upon us the leading South
ern military acaaemv. The.e
young oil leers drilled The raw re
cruits ami did their work well. Ma
nyof them reached high rank in
tne army afterward. It was found
that their services could be dis
pensed with as mere drill masters,
lor Hardee's Tactics" soon became
as Webster's spelling book m every
branch of the service.
Nearly all of North Carolina's
troops were sent to Virginia; and
formed part of I-e's army. From
liethel to Appomattox t hey partici
pated in every important battle,
and their losses Were enormous.
Take, for instance, those of Branch's
brigaue of A. 1'. Hill's -The Light
Division." in the seven day's battles
around Kichmond, as shown by the
official records. This bricade was
commanded by (Jen. L. O'B Branch,
who was afterward killed at Sharps
hurg (Antietam), ana it was com
ptsed of North Carolina regiments,
wsth ('apt. Marmaduke Johnson's
Virginia battery attached, for at
jhis time the artillery had not been
placed in a separate corps, but each
brigade carried its own battery.
The Seventh Kegiment, in which
the writer was serving as a Lieu
tenant in its ofllcial returns, shows
that out of 450 officers ani men car
ried into action, 253 were killed and
wounded. (See Government Ke
cords, Vol. XL, page SlK) )
TO BE CONTINUED.
1-KOM ICO AN TO ROANOKE.
The Senate before adjourning pre
sented Lieutenant i: lU'uftinr UfMl.
, v'wtV4 lim
j lo a handsome silver senrice in to-
Ken oi the respect and esteem in
which he was held by it
Then will le a shooting match
between two nicked teams of the
I Diversity and tbe Greensboro Gun
Club at Greensboro on Apul 13th.
The loss by the first Kinston fire
was about s2l5,000 ; insurance $90,
by second fire 30,000, insurance
0,000.
Citizens of Whitakers have held a
meeting and denounced the action
of the Legislature in its Douglas
lsm. It is claimed that Edwards &
Lroughtou .vere tbe lowest bidders
for the public printing by nearl?
00. - '
Miss Lula Francis Moore, after
etnoracmg Judaism was married at
Kaleigh lastStlLday to A. I. Kaplon
a Jew.
T,ie legislature appropriated $10,
000 for the completion of the Con
federate Monument at Kaleigh.
On account of losing the public
printing, Edwards & liroughton
nave discharged many employees.
K K Kiusej has been made the
Stat-s prosy of the Atlautio and
m.I I. I' ! .
-wiiii v-aroiina raiiroau.
The appropriation for the StAte
Guard has been reduced from $250
to ?150 for eaidi company.
Ex Congressman Alexander has
gotten home, and sav.s he will look
after his fruit crop.
Uaxter Shemwell who killed Dr
Payne at Lexington, has been in
dicted for murder.
The President is skooting on our
coast. He was at Washington last
bunday.
Active work preparatory to re
building, is steadily going on at
Kinston.
The Carolina Military Institute
was interpolated oy the Legisla
ture. &
The school tax has been increased
to eighteen cents on the $100.
The Code Commission was not ts
tablished.
Tl,e I)ail' Caucasian hassuspcud
The Kinston fires were incendiary.
"You may say for me" said a Pop.
ulist legislator last night "that most
of the Populists are utterly disgust
ed with the doings of tbii Legisla
ture. The Populists made a fatal
mistake by holding joint caocuses.
lhe kepubheans were shrewder
parliamentarians and quicker than
we, and committed us to most of
the deviltry that ha disgraced fD
sion. We ought to have "kept in
the middle of the road," and given
noopiKjrtunity to the Kepublicans
to outgeneral us. I feel that we
haTe made a blander that will bnn'
dium to the Populist partv, and
give it a black eye." News and Ob
serur.