KING'S WEEKLY
Successor i:o -blxe Index
VOL 1. NO. 22-
GREEXVILLE, X. C .JIWET. 7.W.7.
JOTTINGS.
A brakeman, who lost both
p'irs by the railway, lias just
been awarded 4,ooo by a Utah
jury. The railroad may con
gratuJate itself that the brake
111:111 was not a quadruped.
KERSHAW AT GETTYSBURG.
Missouri Democrats are indig
iKiiit because the State Commit
tee refused to call a convention
for the discussiou of the mone
tary (uestion. Yerily, the peo
ple are crazy over silver.
The Pope has deposed Peter
Richard Kenrich from the
Aivhhishric of St. Louis, on ac
count of "mental iniirmitv.''
And who shall escaj)e if that
plan is enforced i
Secretary Carlisle has return
to Washington and imme
liately had a long conference
with the President. The ser
vain is getting instructions
fnm the master.
New York, with less than
half the population of London,
uiisunie's daily nearly the same
ipuuitity of water. Of course
the New Yorkers take water
in theirs.
The Decisive Battle Of "The War
Between The States."
A Simple But Thrilling Stnru of the
drmt Strugijh ? fim. Joseph J!.
Kcrshav:
PAUT I.
.(iettysburg is now generally con
ceded to have been the decisive bat
tle ot "The War ''-etween the States.
The causes of the disaster in which
it resulted to the. Conk-derate armies
have been the subject of th'. most
anxious scrutiny and exhaustive
discussion. An examination of the
detail of the operations on that
fateful fit Id alone can determine the
inquiry, why the South lost CettVs
.burg? The operat oi.s of even one
brigade, constituting a porlion ol" th
column of attack of .Inly may
therefore not be wholly without in
terestnsa factor in some degree,
however remotely, contributing to
the result.
Kershaw's brigade, composed of
South Carolinians, constituted with
Semmes's, Wotibrd's and Ilurksdale
brigades the division of .Major Cien
Lafayt tte MoLuvs, and that, vi h
tlie divisions ot Pickett and Hood,
formed the 1st Corps of th" Army ot
Northern Virginia, known as Long
street's Corps.
On the 10th .Tune, l0:i. we mov
ed from Ci.Ipeper, Va, to Sperrwille
and thence on the 17th to Mini Kun
in Fauquier County, marching
under a burning sun, heneath whose
.tierce rays many fell from sunstioke.
On the lSth the march was contin
ued to Piedmont , 1 he F.Uh to Ash
lev's Cap, the Uth we crossed the
Shenandoah at Per;v's Ford. On
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ltOl HO AN TO U' K i:
The Fluted States circuit r
uhirh JudL'e A. S. Nmimuh ot
Ncrwlninc lias Urn hold.ng in i;.!
eigh closed Saturday, Judge N- -niwiir
bavin- been ' u-l.--nti.hed to
by .lude Siuiouiou To come to
Piehinoud, so a? to make a .p.orwui
in the Circuit Court of AppeaK t..
sit in that city tor the tml ..J manv
east s. among them being tie- Sutn
Carolina registration matter.
Tne fusion magistrates of ak
county tried to have a joint im e' n -
rnn (lie 1 ount'- ( .m:ni--:i.?-..-! i '
court riot, a there wa- no law
it, and lacking a ouomm
?eles, no township tax l or
could oe ani'oii.tfd a- i.ion.-
by the last I.-g idat u re.
A true hill a f-Mind b f-.r
grand jury at t he 'ire-nt Court
Kareigh against C L Mutphv up-n
t he charge of tampering witu i,--,..
tered 111 ul mi the W a - j 11. g :.n
Branch railroad.
There ifl a eonfliet i.f Srate am!
municipal authorities in Kaleijh.
(.a used by teleprioiie poles hfjng put
up on the sidewalk on th- Kv.-
t:w mansion senate.
The bod.es of thlee Fed r.il -o!
diers who were killed at the 0.1? r
of llentoriN ilh wei found a hw
da s ago and will h t.nken to p 11--i'li
for bunal it. tin Nation J
cetne'vry.
There Her. sixtv four applicants
tortict i.se to pi.ct:ce uxdicine i
lore the State P... ud ot Medical
ainineia at Cddsboro, ai: l oul
thirteen faded.
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talk-v al.d Pdw.i,! La !.:.,
"!' tt..- :i ip lr m Ai '.! - to
i' lij-: t n an mijrnr wj"i.
: .iving -farted on th tth M.i-di
and arm in- at .uthp.. rt Mav .'
I i v are pro.j-c ti:.k .
lhirin'.i tr.a1 b.-f. .e a , -:i e a'.
.,no!. r p: lit.-., T. a-, ti,. -1 . : .
p il iari and .nd hn k-on tl
iu a -?i.-ot;iig l.t- 11. w irh I e k 1.
w a killed. of h;- 4..f !ie iv
wounb-d and two witn..--e
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The ;raud jury of the Cirem
as gMuune.
money to prove it
The meetings of the coal
The big New York merchants
1 1 ...tit-.'. . . I wl iff .
p.-au iiul guiiiN iu tne I the '-ilst we recrossrd and took posi- Court at Kaleign lound a trueh.il
liients for selling spurious goods ' t,on near Paris to receive a threat : again-t V K Pdack, e.po.tm.i-!-r
Thev made enough pium; attack of the Federal cavalry.
On the 'I'lA we rerrossed the Shenan
doah and proceeded to Summit
Point on the J4:h. to Martinsburg
on t he ."th. and crossed the Poto-
niine strikers at rocahuntas, nlac at Williamsport on the L'Oth.
Va , are now opened with prav ()n 'h Tth we asst-l Hageis
"is and songs. Collections town, Nl id llehnrg and (;,v.;n Catle
j and camped o miles trom ( hambeis--iiould
also be taken up. bllr the vSt h man-hed through
j that city and camped a mile beyond.
A. Y. Wright, of St. Louis j On thenth we were en-aged in le
has disappeared, and svoo.ooo. stroymg t he railroad. greMtU to the
11 '-otiable bonds can't be found mV 1 V4l.lnu" 1 rmfrvul"
sail I the road h.-ul rniiiei! hi r-n-tn
Ferhapc he's gone to Europe to t 4,v (,urting n uno two triangular i
buy a princess.
There has been lots of sp.-cu
latiun as to the succsor of the
late- Secretary (iiesham. The
man who doesn't want the
ldaee hasn't been heard from.
Mr Choate got a s-Ju.ooO fee
f'r busting th income tax.
lb also saved himself a nice
utn on that fee.
sections.
On the 30 ih we marched to Fa
eHevilie and camped for the night.
On the 1st day of .Inly Andeison's
and Johnson's divisions and the
trains of the td 1 Fwell's Cot p oceu
pied the road until 4 oYloc. P. M..
when w- movti', in the direction of
(ittyburg via Cliaileston. About
Ui.st-t wc reaohd ihe top of the
raime of hills overlooking (ietts-
P
at Carthage for emtHZzhug goiin
nient funds.
Dr 11 S Weeks U to prepare a
complete index to ttie Colonial and
Revolutionary lUcords for winch he
will get jU'oo.
Win Ca.ihurv. rd.. lor murder
ing his sister-in law, has Ih-cu smi
t-nced to hang in Yaiikm county mi
July .Vh.
Several members of the Asheulle
iioatd of Htalth iiae re-;gn.d on
aecoiint of some acts of the Ix-gida
tore.
The hottest weather for Mav. in
Mate "p" ( oiistah'.i- P'.r 4lt
an-! WorUinao. an -vv i a t u
-n-t:iig m r.njw m i uuA ia v
on the l"t atol Ihr re-ult i U.-rk
man 1 s tieiil and unMii !,a a mu
ple ot datlgeron bulb-t Wt.und.
Fditor Maiiail (ih i.nan. . f ti.-
;r!iii.n . ;n,ii Major HumpU: .
proiuin.nt eit.z.n of .Nur!..,,
a p-rsonal tbtlicult on th 1 :.
I hey i re vp iratd ln-iure mi. -nous
damage w.idon--.
At a m.t t ing of th- 'it v nr. !
in Atlanta, (.a., two of th- m.-mt r
Howe', and ' . I in. indulge d .!; a
Illee tree first tight, but Wrle M'j'r
a!el b.-fore u.u h d unage w aa i l:e.
The assistant Ntma.-ter hi
Williamsburg Miss., and the jt
mastT at P.reck.nndge. 'l'-x,
hive lfc-eii ariested for s-teabng mon
ey fiom t he mails.
A tn-ear old iier.i 1(: w h
S out promati.n, liorrihh ou! ;,.rd
J a nine months old white b.hy at
; Marion M.itun, Maryland, ori n.r
th.
lly the eploion of the lv,l.r of a
aw mill in Caldwell coiuifv tlim
tate last wo k three nu n r- k:ll
d and ihr.t thrs -rn)Ulv hurt
While te IvWltig a parade ill New
Yor k, io i-rtior Morton oer
cume with heat atu' ua taken io hi
j Hie IIIMO. y 01 t lie vr,iuin oiii-.m, hotel
I rjMrtel fiom all over the State.
i .. . . .. Halt imore has a VeP.ow fvf r rar .
1 Pamlico countv Ills an artesian 11. . r .
1 , . - . caus-il by two tartie from ontli
well that runs a three men stream , . . , ,
i .. . . ' . , Amer.ea, with it. one whom !:! in
ol sulphur or other mineral water.
' Burglars rohU-d the sale of the I
Southern Telephone Compani of I
! alxuit J0O at Fa etteville. '
The State Press AsociaLion meet-j I fall.
Conce-eions have Un mad" for
an ostrich farm and a lintv show
at tho Atlanta Kiisition next
burg, from which could br seen and at (ireensboro, July 1,7th and lih. j putihnrg. Va., 11 making an fl-
Marriage license tax has
raised si.tn. Another blow at
an infant industrv.
'Where ignorance is bliss,
'tis folly !o be wise." Irft
argiH with th rustic n silver. 1
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iie.iru uie moKeauu un 01 oanie 1
; then raging in tne distance. We ;
encamped about midnight, two ,
bell m'''s I'eni (i.-tt ysburg. on the leu
of tn- 'h unberstur' nike. We ,
were up and readv to nmveat 4 a. m.
in obedience to orders, but owing, as
understid at tlir time, to the occu
pancy of the roa ! o trains ol the
J.l Corps, did io; moe until about
sunr:-e.
The eastern pr)tato crop has Nen
badly damaged, and will short.
Favette'. ille want? t build a
( 'onfeleratc monument.
The crops on the iinitentiary
farms ae very jKor.
Snator liansom is on his way
Ik-tne fiom Mexico.
A iKtofliee has been established
a tloouibroon.
fort to rn! ttx-lf of fake P.ml ling
an 1 Ian Af-ciationf .
The S. C. State Pre? Association
i making a toar north.
The itnkr at nineill-. li I.,
are returning to work.
A new cotton l-st haj apr. ared in
Alabama.
The cotton crop m
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