KING'S WEEKL1
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Successor -bo "tlxe Tn a.
TOL-1 N0 42.
GREEXVILLE, X- & NOVEMBER, h 1805
25 CIS- A TSAS
JOTTINGS.
AT FORTRESS MONROE.
A New York Republican pa
per has been kicking about h
x
some employes in the State De
partment at Washington not
keeping accounts in shape a.id
other things, and now tinds
that they are old republicans
retained. Republicans should
remember that the present ad
ministration is far from being
Democratic anyway.
A Raleigh Justice of the
Peace has given judgement for
200 asaiust the Register of
Deeds o,f Wake county, in fa
vor of the man, whose daughter
under eighteen, was married
with a license issued by the
said Register. The groom at
present any way, thinks he has
cheated the old man.
Extracts Frcn the Diary cf Lien
tenant Cravens-
FROM ROAX TO ROANOKE.
Lewis Conner, an escaped priion
er from Rertie county, went to
Northampton, and was at work ror
Mr. Bryant wfuu ConstabW Hag
gert went up to arrest him. Conner
ran into Mr Rr ant's houe, took
down his double-barielled gun, and
tired twice at the constable, one
load taking effect aUnit the head
l'AKT I. i and lace. 1 he constable was loicvd
Among the multitudinous docu- ! to " treat, and Conner then mad
meiits in the library at Fort Mon
roe there id not one ol more absorb-
President Jefferson Davis as a Prisoner
-Protested Against the Indignity of
Being Ironed-Talks on Slavery,
ins escape.
'Hie following is the nutnbt- ol
the 'Jon federate i.'u?ion.-rs in this
mg iMterest ihuu the diary of lire
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i.ieuuomi o graven. mnueon vr.4t ., ...,.i, nt ti l ...
, , nlUM btates oluntrt r&. who tt!,.:uv' in .
A Massachusetts man return
ed home after a short absence tended the 'resident of the Confet
p i I .. il .1 . 1 . rm- -ilri,.jt
oi twenty six veins iu miu uun i -.
- 'Mi. ii ii
his wife had remarried and. be
come a widow with him sthl
FilM-thinl.
me ptisieian in cnarge ui tue lort i ;s.Vv; foiirlh. UJT1: WMow,, TtW.
when Jefferson l.vi was a prisoner j Th- i,u.U;ts. oVer laM eai is
within its walls. The diary gives a ; iI;,r class ;4. seooii.i ;', third 4.
graphic account of the pron lile of , 4 f,,nith 171; widow. . The
Mr Davis and rontair.s many ini- ; tital nuuioer is .r.14:. The
dents that reflect his devotion to allowance tor the iesp.-clie clucs
the Lost Cause. Its pages are not' will be abour as follow: I'ir-t,
Oiored by sectional feeling, but, on -oond 4T: tuird, fourth
the contrary, they boar the uupteju- ; widows, f 1.
diced testimony uf a medical advist r
who was not blind to the character ' M,,V.n IvtV !l -h-know c.'
an attainments of Ins patient. it of Northampton, w.,, h.-ld up
,mvmx ;i nf.,i t '-ir H., ' v an unknown negro man whilr he
during whieii time Dr Craven at-
living. and to even up things
he was" remarried to her with
hands united over the grave of
the dead husband. He must
intend to stay h.me this time
A New Orleans councilman
who has been convicted of
bribe taking and has the peni
tentiary prospect for a term,
dosen't know what to think
about such a sentence for a
gentleman. What a pity he
didn't get enough to pull
through with.
l'he propeller William I Clyde. ;
having on boar I several important i
prisoners, dropped anchor in .'lamp-
ton Roidaon the ll)ih day of May, ;
l'SiJo. The prisoner were .Jetfe r.-ou
Davis. President of the ConftMUM'iicy,
Alexander II Stephens. Vice-Pi est
dent, John II Keagan, Postmater
General, Clement C ('lav, an J oth
ers of lesser note. Mrs Davis uid
her lour children were also on hoard
wa leiuiuing home tiom ealOird,
whero he Uad old and received liu
nioiiev lor nmi cotton. .Mr Ivey
put ?puis to his horre, wheieupon
the sould-be rl)ler tiled at him
four tiuu-fc with a pistol, but wj;h
onf. etleff.
S un -grave v irtl 1 1 i I ii'i- ! '!
to iii-.vi r ii" the gfavt 't . :i I i"
AllS D'MllllS IIIIHIHHIP. ol Wti'l.U'l-
ston, Maitui county, on Wonoay
niht last. It was probably done
with the idea that aluable jewelry
had teeii left on h r reuiiitiis ly her
BREVITIES.
Ten new babie and thrre moth
e.s is the record ol a wk in the
neighlKrluKxI near Kort IKpoeit, in
Lowndes ounty. Ala., Mra Hntt t
mer, the estimable wife of the Uad
ing merchant ol Fort Depuait
gave birth to three chihlten on last
Mondav, two toy and one girl. The
mother and babies are doing wr)l.
Mrn Hunter, whoe Imtoand i a
well to-do firmer and resides alout
thret mie frm tjlt. yort follod
the suit of Mrs Hattimer and on
Tuesday eVeiunz ve birth to three
wrll formed, ttil.y deTeloxd l-abien
and all ar Ion t::; ly. ?!r.' C! a:a
pion bfoke the rK-..rd on Wednesday
alut DO.)ii and ave hiith to four
children. Dr Tuukersly who at
tendil the mother ?at thev are alt
uoitiK wen
The Lake Shon A Michigan
Southern, emulating the example of
the New Yotk neutral and the Kn
Iish road, male a fat trial irip
from Chicago tn Itnffalo t,lM niorn
ini: and f tiri-dcd in breaking the
wrldg record, covering .'10 tnil.is
from One Humjjdth ftn-et, Chira
. o Hutralo, the outkirtof both
enie,, in S.oiMC. an aerae, inclu'
in stop of r,:s 10 milenaii hour, or
excluding top of j.is miles an
hour.
Kr the arreM of fl'
U:l Ie;,r, wi. i eat.
e
tne Clyde, which lay in the lloads ! relaitvvs, who were yerv wealthy.
several days befoie any move was
made to transfer the prisoners. On
May ilst Mr btephens and Mr Kea
were removed to the gunboat
Tuscarora, which immediately start
with ihem for Fort Delaware.
Cen Nelson A iles ainyed at
Fort Monroe from Ha'.tiinore on the
alternooi: of May ld. He relieved
A nero convict attacked Sujht
in.endent Pernliardt at Concord,
with a Ntick of woo.l and was in the
act of striking a fatal blow when
Mr Barohardt's brother, Sid, jn-p-ered
the r.eio with a load of lurd
shot.
The police broke up some
races at Morris Park, New
York by arresting nearly every
body there for gambling on the
races. Stopping the races was
the only way to stop the gam
bling. Walter Henry is said to be
greatly. pleased at the idea of
going to Kentucky to make
populist speeches. He's pre
paring for footprints on the
tails of that Prince Albert.
tin I
! ir. A '.a: . ', .., in th- ! a , - i i :
! week, and has mi miici- l-t-ii i. ud
from, rewards areatmg -J-1 ." HI
an off. red. Mews ha aa t tr-rtu-ali
di.ipteari d a if gwalloaed up
by earth.
K Se tator (Mures II. Var
H. VanWyrk, of Nebraskn. die. at
4:3(1 Friday at a hotel m WhI -toii'ity.
He was Mrieken with
turalvsi on Mnndav ufule Mt-
! tin in In? room talking with his
wile, and mk gradually until htt
death. This was hs .e-ond attajk.
Senator AUdl. of Johnson conn- t The nc-ipt of the Postotlb D
Col Roberts of ommanu of the fort, ; ty, known us one of the titfbtm- j p artun ut the pat fiscal var were
and at once made preparations for j Democrats of the last legislature. $?r,..S;.l -Jsf aiH the extn-n.litun
tiie transfer of Mr Davis to h,s pris- I biis gone into tie Populist eamp. f ,TlM. ?J. As compared with
house. Rows of guards were sta and L R Wadtiell, his law paitnei, the pnn..n year, the-e fi,;:iirs
tinned on the either side of the has withdrawn from the tirm. j mow an exrw.ol fi.Mn! f.i'j u,
route from the engineer's landing, yr Ellisn Kroom, of ("loose
where the prisoners were to be put ! vLei.. tnwnshiM. Union cotn.tv, has
ashore, to the water battery postern, :usl .rtliered his 'Mil crop" made
with a mule I at has liveu to the
ripe old age of 41 vars.
Oliver II Dockery, a- nounces
himself as a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Governor,
ceipt and .2,4;."iT ?.T. in xienii-tureg.
That was done to keep back the
crowd that had gathered to catch
a glimpse of the distinguished pris- ,
ouer. !
The landing of Mr Davis was un
der th immediate insiiectit)n of
Major General Halleck and the Hon. l? " h,s fiends to
Charles A Dana, who was at that j support nun.
time Assistant Secretary of War. i Governor Carr has paid $100 re
Col Pritchard, of the Michigan ward for the recapture of .lames
iliately effected Staunton, one of six murd
Cavalrv, who imine
It is so dry in some parts of the arrest of Mr Davis, was in com- ' tgcaivd fiom jail at Marshall
Ohio, that water is being sold 1 "fthe guard from tne vessel n one lljourtanJ piU at
... j- ofrt 4ix to the forL First came Gen Mile?, . uK;t 1. rJi ,.r
anu urings irom ci lu wm hidiline the arm of Mr Davis. Fol ""r. Iv'T'
per ban el. 1 ne rventucKian is pwing them came Gen Pritchard
always provided against such
d;sasters.
The. faculty of Wake Forest
college have forbidden any ' placed in casement No 2 and Sir
more football playing by the Clay in No 4. In Nos 1, 3 and 5
students. But they are kick- 1 gards of 8oIllier8 were stationed,
worse than ever. Continued on Third Paqe,
lieu FCnwIft 111 iuphmi. v.- u
and Mr Clav, with a squad of o-
diers in the rear. Mr Davis wore a , The Ada cotton mills in Char-
plain suit of Confederate gray and a l&tte hive found it necessary to en
graj slouched bat. Ho locked much i Urge their plant at once to meet
worn and very haggard. lie was the uemanua oi iu.ne.v.
The Clerk of Catawba Superior
Court refuse? to quality a Jutio of
the Peace appointed by Governor
Carr.
Thf S'iglr brth"r, murdcrt-ri of
the sheriff of Screven countv. Geor
gia, have tnrned their hou into a
fortress ami. aided by reUtivt-. de
fy arrest. They are Pop'ilitts and
live in a Popnlint district.
YhPM Children of (Jranville
Lancaster, colored, were buml to
death near Ufingeton. AU !at
week. The mother had locked
them in the boue and gone aft.r
some wnter.
Zeke and Di:k Crittenden wer
shot lead in the mnin trtt fif
Wagoner. I T. Thurvdar br VA
Reed. All mere depat Inid
States tnarshahaud got lu'a drunk
en row.
John Kyer ogel seventy urn and
Sallie Ann Reblea agri Hxty taof
loth of Stroudstarg. Va, wire mar
ried last week.
In mat.? parta of Virginia it is m
dry, and has ntvn w long, that
prajer are being olTrrrd for raiu.