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VOL IV.
LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUG 1, 1890.
NO. 13
3111 uaf ! Sorrow.
I Lad a letter from Clara Upper
ien this morning. She writes that
iti uncle, Mr. Oldeuricb, is deul.
He leaves Clara his entire fortune."
"How perfectly Hplen very sad !
I raost write her a letter of congrat
'sympathy." Munsey's Weekly.
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ilie IVas EmbarrnftgeU.
Bobby (at the breakfast table)
"Clara, did Mr. Spooner take aoy
of tbe umbrellas or hats from the
ball last night V
Clara "Why, of course uot ; why
should he?"
Bobby "That's what I'd like to
know. I thought he did, just 'cos I
heard bim say wbeu he was going
out, I'm going to steal just one,'
and why, what's the matter, Qa
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Cha.rl.gtte, N. C ,Joly 24. Cleve
land Alliauce,of this county, unani
mously adopted the following res
olations :
That we heartily disapprove of
the article iu the Progressive Far
rner, reflecting upon Senator Vance.
That thia Alliance unanimously
endorses Senator Vance, and re
gards him as a tried and true friend
of the South, and especially of the
people of North Carolina.
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VV AGO NS fKLL STYLES.
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Ladies Chaise.
PATCNI CHAL5E BRAKE
FMBBSS-TOGSHGS-
RACLNEW1S
A IJoy'H Belief.
It isn't much fuo a-living
If graudpa .ays what's true,
That this is the jolliest time o' life
That I'm a yassing through
I'm 'fraid he can't remember,
It'a been so awful long,
I'm sure if he could recollect
Ile'd know that he was wrong;.
Did be ever have, I wonder,
A sister just like mine,
Who'd take his skates, or break his
kite,
Or tanjle up his twine f
Did he ever chop the kindling,
Or fetch in coal or wood.
Or offer to turn tbe wringer ?
If he did, he was awful good !
In summer, it's "weed the garden y1
In winter, it's "shovel the anow
For there isn't a single season
But has its work, you know.
And then, when a fellow's tired,
And hopes he may just eit Rtill,
It's "bring me a pail of water, son,
From the spring at the foot of the
hill."
How can grandpa remember
A fellow's grief or joy ?
'Tweeu you and me, 1 don't believe
He ever was a boy.
Is this the jolliest time o life ?
Believe it I never can ;
Nor that it's as nice to be a boy
As a really grown-up man.
Harper's Young People.
DEATH OF COr,, SOI.. WIL
LIAMS. The 3d , Cavalry at Bran
dy Station, Va., JimeO, 1803.
State Chronicle.
After the review of the Cavalry
Corps by General R. E. Lee, Mon
day, June 8th, 1863, on the plain
along the railroad between Brandy
Station and Culpepper Court House,
the 2d N. C. Cavalry returned to
its camp of the night before, about
one mile north of Hon. Johu Minor
Botts", near Gibson'., with or'e s to
go on picket the next moiii'. ig at
Fox's Spring, about 20 miles dis
tant on the Rappahannock River.
On the morning of the 9th at about
6 o'clock "boots and aaddless."
"Saddle up" was the Confedaerate
name for this signal, perhaps due to
tbe fact that the boots were gener
ally wanting. I went to headquar
ters and Col. Williams directed me
to leave the cooks and sore-back
horses in camp. Thirty minutes
afterward., "To horse lead out"
was sounded, and just at its close
Col. Williams' orderly came to me
with orders to mount every man I
had. He had received notice of the
Federals crossing the river in the
meantime, but the orderly said
nothing of it. The regiment was
quickly formed, my command being
the second squadron, companies C.
and K, threw me in the rear, as we
moved off in ;columu of fours." A
quarter of a mile distant we entered
a road leading towards Beverly
Ford, and forming platoons imme
diately took the 'gallop.' which we
maintained for most of the distance,
which must have been considerably
over a mile, to the battlefield. Up
to this time not one-third of the
regiment knew that the Federals
had crossed, or were attempting to
cross, at Thompson's or (Welford's).
As we cleared a piece of woods the
column headed to the left and came
in view of the euemy's artillery
placed between the Dr. Green res-
idence and the river on the Cun"
uiogham farm. Just as tbe rear
(2d) squadron turned into the field
u shell cut of the top or a tree over
our heads, aud this was the first
intimation we had of the presfnee
of the enemy. We could see a por
lion of the 10th Yirgiuia engaged
in the direction of the battery. The
2d N. C. passed Dr. Green's house,
crossed RuffcVs Run and took a
position behind a knoll on which
two guns of Breathed's battery,
"horse artillery," under Lieutenant
Johnson were placed. This soon
became engaged with tbe enemy.
Col. Williams formed all the men
in the regiment with "long-rauge
guus" on foot and went to tbe front,
where he was soon hotly engaged
with the enemy, who had dismoun
ted and taken position behind a
stone wall three hundred yards in
advance of his battery. Atter for
a short time exchanging ehotp, he
ordered a charge and captured the
wall taking eighteen prisoners, be
sides the killed and wounded. In
the charge Capt. S. Jay Andrews,
Co. B, Iredell County, lost a foot
and Lieut. J. G. Blazengame, Co
lumbia, S. 0., temporarily in com
mand of Co. F, was mortally woun
ded. The 2d held this position with
little change, although engaged
part of the time with Ames' brigade
of infantry, until 2 p. m. During
the engagement Gen. W. H. F. Lee,
with several of his staff, were stands
ing in a few feet of a large hickory
tree a few steps to the right of one
of Lieutenant Johnston's guns,
when a shell struck the tree and
threw pieces of it over them. A fair
representation of "Co. Q," (Quar
termaster and his cubs) had assem.
bled on the high ground about half
a mile in our rear to see the fight
ing. A well directed shot in
their direction caused them to seek
less conspicuous places for obser
vation. About 2 p. m. Gen'J. Lee
withdrew his brigade to the right,
to form connection with Jones and
Hampton. The 2d North Carolina
being on the right was placed on
the plain which extends to the raili
road and iu full view of Fleetwood,
Gen'l. Stuart's headquarters. The
10th Virginia was next to us and at
foot of the hills, the 9th and 13th
Virginia were next to the enemy.
About 3 or 3 o'clock the shouts
on the left told us that a brisk en
gagement was proceeding. Shortly
afterwards Col. Williams came at
full speed towards the regiment,
passing the 10th Virginia! I sup
pose he gave the command as they
immediately formed by squadron
and started at a gallop. As soon
as be was near enough to the 2d,
he gave command, "Form column
by squadron,'', and placing second
sqadronin front, gave the command
"Gallop ; march." As we rose the
hill we paw tbe enemy driving the
0th and 13th V rginia in consider
able confusion hi-fore them, in our
direction. The 10th Virginia, when
it reached a position that it could
tire on the enemy without firing
into the 9th and 13th, halted and
opened fire. Col. Williams gave the
command to 2d North Caroltna,
"Right oblique," and as soon as we
had cleared the 10th Virginia,
turniug in his saddle shouted: "For
ward ; draw sabre; charge.'7 The
regiment raised the yell as it weut
by our stationary and retiring com.
panions aud the scene was imme
diately changed. The Federals
were the fleers aDd the Confederates
the pursuers. The 2d North Car
olina drove the enemy about half a
mile back opon their reserves of
cavalry and infantry, who were pos
ted ou a hill, while our advance
had reached au angle where two
stone walls came together on an
opposite hill, about two hundred
yards distant. This, with a volley
from the reserve, checked the ad
vance. The leading four were Col.
Williams, Sergeant Jordan, Com
pany C ; private Asbell, Company
K, and the writer.
Asbell was felled from his horse
with a wound through the head,
almost immediately. Col. Williams
gathered his horse to leap the wall,
shouting: "Second North Carolina,
follow me." The writer called to
him : "Colonel, we had better get a
line, they are too strong to take this
way." He replied, "That will be
best ; where is tbe flag " and as we
turned, it was not fifty yards to onr
rear. He rode to meet it ; halted it
and was shouting to tbe men to fall
iu, when he was shot through tbe
bead, and died immediately, his
body being carried from tbe field
by his adjutant, John C. Pegram.
Abont this time the enemy enfi
laded us with a piece of artillery,
placed half a mile or more to our
right, towards the river, and down
the gorge, at whose bead we had
formed. This caused the regiment
to give back a hundred yards or fo,
keeping its formation. The Feder
als charged uh, we fired into them,
and they retired and made no fur
ther demonstration. In the charge,
we relieved a great many of our
dismounted men, who had fallen in
to the hands of the enemy, and also
a gun of the horse artillery, which
went rapidly to the rear, as we re
lieved it of its danger of capture.
Any information Gen. Pieasanton
got of Gen. Lee's movements, must
have been given him by Gen. Gregg,
for Buford never pierced W. H. F.
Lee's line without being immediatei
ly repulsed, and the brunt of this
work, both on foot and inouuto 1,
was done by the 2d North Carolina,
and so acknowledged at the time.
Lieat. Tat urn, Company F, (Greens
boro, N. C.) who had a disagrees
ment with Lieut. Col. W. H. Payne,
4th Virginia Cavalry, who was
temporarily in command of the reg
iment a short time before, and had
been placed under arrest, went into
the charge without arras or spurs,
and most gallantly led his men.
Col. Williams had been manied
but two weeks before to Miss Jens
nie, daughter of Capt. Pegram of
the Confederate Navy, and had re
turned to camp on Saturday. He
was beloved by his men ; as brave
and true a man as was in that &rs
my, yet with a gentle, affectionate
disposition, almost equal to a worn
an's. Indulgent to his men in camp
almost to a fault, yet, when duty
called and occasion required, he
proved himself a leader worthy of
their admiration. I have, Mr. Edi
tor, given this account of the bat
tle of tbe 9th of June, 1863, that
Col. Williams and his regiment
might receive some of the credit to
which they are entitled.
Capt. Strange, Company D, Fay
etteville, N. C, who was in com
mand after Col. Williams' death, I
know prepared a report of the part
taken by the regiment and submit
ted it to the officers before forward
ing it to headquarters. The official
records of the Rebellion have now
passed that period, and the 2d
North Carolina are hardly menT
tioued. Gen. Stuart says iu his
report of Col. Williams, "He was
brave a3 he was efficient." The
reports for tbe 2d North Carolina
Cavalry are nearly all wanting, aud
a loss of only five is reported, when
the loss in my own command was
three times that. The brigade ord
nance officer, Capt. B. B. Turner
(Rebellion Records, Vol. 17, part II,
page 720) says of captured arms
that "Reports are all iu, except 2d
North Carolina, which is ou picket;
uone ot the other regiments capt
ured any." Consequently whatever
prisoners, whether wounded or not,
that fell into the hands ot W. H. F.
Lee's Brigade must have come to
the 2d North Caroliua and been its
work.
Major H. B. McCIellan has pub
lished a book entitled "The Cam
paign of Stuart's Cavalry." Iu thit
he is very unfair to the 2d North
Carolina at Brandy Station. H-
dismisses it with a statement that
Col Williams requested permission
to go into the charge went in on
the light of the 9th, was shot
through the head and inatautly
killed. In making up his narrative,
hejsaj's he got Col. Meale, of the 9th
Virginia, to give him an account of !
the fi?ht, who informs him when he i
re-formed his regiment, ami iode
forward to leconnoiter, to his sur
prise he, found the enemy moving
back to the river. Not one word
about the 2d North Carolina, or how
he got an opportunity to re-form
his regiment. Major McCIellan
does not seem to have considered
it necessary to consult any member
of the 2d Sorth Caroliua as to the
action. I have met Mr. Bigg-, now
a resident of Charlotte, N. C, who
who was Stuart's "bugler," twice
during the pat-t twelve mouths: He
was with Major McCIellan v-t head
quarters on Fleetwood Hill, and
they witnessed the charge I have
mentioned, lie mentioned it tome
the first time we met, and sajs it
was talked about frequently at
headquarters.
If the neglect of Major McCIellan
to do justice to the 2d North Caro.
Una was not intentional, it certainly
is inexcusable, for he saw the charge,
and by request of Gen. Roberts, or
other members of the regiment,
could have gotten an account if he
desired it. I would be glad if Gen.
Roberts, Capt. Andrews, or some
other member of tho regimeut,
would give an account of the action
of the dismounted men- Also if
Jndge F.nre, Capt. Reese, or some
other member who participated iu
the Hanover (Penn.) right on Jnne
30th, would give an account of it.
The OrhVial Records almost ignore
us. The writer was in charge of
the "impressing squad" that day,
and was not at Uanover. Gen.
Stuart statKs:Chamblisf.' leading
regiment charged into the town,
driving Farnnworth and Kilpatrick
before them." McCIellan says the
2d North Carolina did this. The
2d was not the leading regiment
when I passed out through the bii-
gade that morning, now did it gi
to be, aud why was there no suppoit
from the brigade I do not desirn
to stir up any bad feelings, but the
brave men who gave their lives on
this occasion deserve that their
comrades see they get the honor to
which they are entitled. I hare
notes of the campaign from Brandy
Station to Gettysburg, except natN
over, and if I find leisure will give
you an article on it during the sum
mer. On the i h of June W. IT. F. Lee's
Brigade received no assistance, als
though Robertson's cavalry ami a
portion of Iverson's (U. D. Johns
stou's) infantry brigade afterwards
came upon the field ; they fired no
gun, and saw no enemy. After
sunset we rode to a clover field near
by, dismounted, and held our horses
"to graze" until halt-paRt nine
o'clock when we marched to Fox's
Spring, and as the hud rose next
morning the writer dismounted,
haviug planed pickets on the river.
The regiment thought this very un
just, as it had borne the burden of
the fight during the day, but Col.
Chamblis-, of the 13th Virginia Cav-.
airy was in command of the brigade,
and continued tbroush the cam
paign, and I do not suppose there
is a member of the 2d North Caro
lina Cavalry that has a single
pleasant recollection of his treat
ment of it during his command. He
was promoted to Brigadier, and fell
at the heed of his Brigade in 18H4
His bravery was never questioned,
and was displayed on many occa
sions. Ir, is to be regretted he did
not add to this, impartiality of
treatment to the regiments under
his commaud in the Gettysburg
campaign. Au the regiment formed
"platoons" on reaching the Beverly
Ford road, on the morning of the
9th, my negro tervanr, Edmund
formed the officer ' servants and
colored cooks in line immediately
iu the rear of the regiment, and
flourishing an old subre over his
head, took command of them. As
we galloped down the road ha was
touting to them : "I want no run
ning. Lsvery man must do his duty,
and stand up to the rack,"
Whun the shell cut off the tree, a
we cama in view of the enemy, he
and his sable warriors disappeared
in every directiod, except the front,
and we did not see thea for three
days. W. A. Graham.
Horn With Teeth.
Recently Mrs. Carl Kimble, of
No. 41 Kindle avenue gave brith to
twins; The doctors who were in at.
tendance at the birth of the babes
noticed that they were exceptionally
large and well developed. Greatly
to their surprise upon examining
one of the twins it was discovered
that it possessed two large lower
front teeth, which ate at least au
eighth of au inch iu length and
perfectly formed. The teeth aie of
a pearly whiteness and look as
natural as those of a child six or
eight years old. This is a rare oc
currence, and a himilar one has
never been recorded before. There
have been caups where there wum
one tooth when a single child whs
born but never before when there
were twius Cincinnati Enquirer.
HAPPY ilOOSIEH.S.
"Wra. Timnim, Po?trnastr of Idaville,
Ind., writes: "Electric Bitters has d..ne
more for me than all other medicines cora
hined, for that bad feeling arisinnr from
Kidney and Liver trouble." J.-Ln Leslie,
farmer and stockman, ot Fame plae, siys:
"Find Electric titters to be the he.-t Kid
ney and Liver medicine, mad? me fel like
a new man." J W Gardner, hardware
merchant, same towD, says : Electric Bit
ters is jut the thing tor a man who a all
run down and don't care whether he lives
or dies ; he found new ttrenrth, nod ap
petite and felt just like he had a new lease
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La wing's Drug Store.
The Alliance In Politics.
From the momeut Alliances were
formed the Journal has been their
steadfast friend. Agricultnre is at
the foundation of business success,
and whatever advance agricultural
interests make is a blessing to the
country.'
Tbe idea that has been advanced,
if indeed it has been, that farmers
! KbouM Uke nol,a,t iQ locals
abusrd. This being a government
of the people, by and for the people,
it cannot meet the purpose of its
creation unless all classes of citi
zens unito aud have part in iu &di
ministration.
In the pst history of this coue
try farmers have been ( onservative.
Whenever ambitious leaders have
attempted to subvert the order of
society aud turn government from
its legitimate object, the farmers
havo stood by the old landmarks
and demanded obedience to the
Constitution and laws.
It cannot be denied that agricuN
(mal interest are depressed, and
that the farmers is compelled to
hear wrongs too grievous to be
borne. It was legitimate aud pro
per for the fanners to orgauize for
self defence and conceit of action,
and no man can be so blind as not
to see beni fir-en t results attesting
tho wisdom of their cause. WhJe
reform is always beneficial revolu
tion is always dangerous.
Is it true that Alliances aie be
coming revolutionary i We do not
know; We have never pass d iuto
their lodges and know nothiug of
the secret workings of their order,
but we do know that whatever
interferes with the personal liberty
of the citizen in this country is rev
olutionary. It has been reported that "woid
has been sent Horn the 'He.d Cen
tre' of the older, commanding tbe
members of the Alliance to vote for
certain men." We cannot belivi
that this is tiue. We do uot believe
that -lf-!espeeting citizens v ut
submit to .uch dictation. No earth
ly portentate has gone eo far in the
exeicise of aibitrary power; no
people have no stooped to kiss the.
rod of the oppiessor.
We repear, we do uot believe that
the Alliance has become eo a'bi
trary and despotic. It smacks 'oo
much of the olden times when coe
man ould say to another, ,takc off
uur co.it, rdi." No white man in
this conuti y ever submitted to such
1 1 eat ment.
That some Alliance men have
gone to ex i. mes is acknowledged.
The demote ition of Wade Hamp
ton aud Z ! Vance for not support
ing a meaM.rt which they brlieved
to be uuco:ituiional, is regarded
by conservative 9 a danger signal,
but the great mass ot farmers aud
Alliance men mu.-t not be judged
by the action of loaders who are
under the influence of an ambition
as vaulting as that which first
raised war in heaven. The North
Carolinian who cannot trust Zeb
Vance proclaims himself the dis
ciple of a philosophy inimical to
free institutions and at war with
national harmony, material pro
gress and personal liberty.
We hold that men wh would
i ike down such champioi.s of tie
people as Vanco and Hampton are
not proper representatives cf tbe
patriotic farmers of the couutrv.
They aro the oracles of fale god,
and sooner or later, they will bear
the withering scorn of the houtst
men the3' are attempting to mis
lead. Ne icier n Journal.
Silvi.
The Silver Bill passed both
branches of Congre-s, has been
signed by the President aud is now
a iaw. The Secretary ot tbe Trea
nrv is author ized to purchase 4,500,
000 ounces of silver monthly and to
have it coined into dollars, issuing
certificates for the same. The cer
t'ficates will be a legal tender for
all debts except special contracts to
the contrary. With more money
in circulation ic may be expected
that times will become better. It
should, however, be kept in mind
that the money is not intended for
free distribution and consequently
will not be divided among the peo
ple except for a consideration.
J Concord Times.