DAIkY
NEW BERNE, N.C.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER '20, 1881
Significance of tlie or&town
Celebration.
New York Eierald. J
The real relative significance of
events in American history ifl rare-
C" -1 I il- it-
v impressed upon iua jummui
paind. It requires later years of
(fosp consideration jand actual fa
miliarity with the j theory of free
rovernioient to qualify the citizen to
read aright the annals of his coun
try. Hence it is that the taking of
vL-tnwnwith the Smilitarv otera-
tions immediately preceding it, oc
cupies a smaller space in the imag
ination of the. people the lens
jndged than almost any other
general encounter between the op
posing forces of the , KeVolution.
Heretofore the results which had
been gained had been mainly dne
to nativo valor and'self-sacrifico, but
in thislemergency, which presented
the one brilliant opportunity or the
war, euccess almost entirely de
pended on the co-operation of r,
distant ally. In reading of this
period, which was then closing, the
mind involuntarily sympathizes'
with th coldness arid apathy which
had crept over the hearts of so
many of the colonists. It was a
time of the greatest gloom, and
only the heroic resolution of a few
illustrious men like Washington,
Franklin and Morris prevented the
end from being ruin and submis
sion. The French; alliance had
lmmfl flR vp.f, hiif. liftta fruit, find it
had caused at least one disaster.
Thu3 far its greatest value had
been a moral one had produced
an impression on the mind of Eng-
i i ii j
land wmcu ner arpiy auu navy
worA nnahle to disdel. This helD.
alone considered, was invaluable.
Tyranny in fche ld. World was
outbalanced in force by the woes it
had created, and iFr&nce simply
interpreted the sympathy of the
majority of mankind in stretching
out ft sisterly hand across the
ocean the hand of the people and
not of the dynasiy.
In 1781 American credit was al
most dead. . J'he army Was desti
tute and Congress Was without re
sources. The colonists, who had
proven that they could not be con
quered bv the sword, were in the
It was like a despairing cry, that
last appeal to France, which was
k. I mm. m 1
voiced. by AVashington in words as
simple as they were noble. The an
swer turned the scale and decided
the acknowledgment of American
indeDendence. The cause misht
I . - .
long before have failed had not
Lafayette, the early representa
tive in action of thejpoiiticul teach
ings of .Rousseaii. arid Voltaire, set
the example of unselfish friendship.
.Wo should, not lavish, however, all
of. our wreaths and eulogies upon
this name. Though not so conspic
uous by brilliant deeds and associa
tiocs, those of Steuben, I)e Kalb
and Pulaski deserve an equal place.
. History, does not give a finer exam
ple of disinterested devotion to a
cau?e than that of jthe Great Fred
erick's aide-de-camp, who refused
the dazzling prospect of military
preferment nndef the Emperor
the precarious fortunes of the new
andJstruggling Republic. As drill
master of the Continental army he
made it equal to the best European
troops-jv service which can only
be measured by tho victories which
it won. In his whole life he never
sought to turn "his military
achievements to lis personal ag
grandizement,"and, as durfng the
var he had often placed His only
franc in the hand Of a soldier who
bad won his approbation, so to the
"tour of his death fiie divided the
&niall rewards which Congress voted
him arsons: the members of his mil
itary family. A (more ' generous
toart and a nobler spirit than
Steuben's never existed. Do
, Kalb and Pulaski . anointed the
: young Ropublic with their blood
a holier essence than' that
jhich ia poured on the heads of
. ingg. Nor must wo be obvious of
the individual sympathy and en
thusiam of the officers- and soldiers
who
Louis XVI- sent hither. To
the pet, 'sincerity and patience of
De Itochainbeau was almost entire
ly c ne bo effectiveness of the
Frer ch aid. And lastly, had not
the Ministers of Louis XTI., who
received Colonel Laurens ;on his
visit to Versailles, kept the promises
of t heir predecessors there t could
have been; no siege and no surr eo
der of Yorktown. It has been the
ung( nerous peculiarity of some His
torians to dwell only briefly on the
alliance cf Franco and to admit biit
grudgingly its value to the revo
lutionists The American public
event recently has failed to evince
an adequate sensej of its obligation
to to- French people. Way the oc
casion of jthe 19th of October, j as
glorious If or France, as ! for our
selvds, repair that forgetfulness and
apparent ingratitude to which re
publics are said to be prone, J
Tiie revival of Revolutionary
memories jshould also strengthen ihe
reconciliation of Isorth and South,
who how will meet oh sacred
groiipd, where the forefathers of
the men of both regions shed their
bloc
d for the same cause. York
town, too, has its grand significance
for the world. Deciding: our own
Revdlutioh, it hastened: that I of
rarJce ; and all the popular move
ments ; which havd since occurred.
tend
man
ng to increase the sum of hu
freedom, owe their inspiration,
in
qmb clsgree to the influence of
this event! It came like a thunder
clap
to England, and virtually ended
her (
liorts to whip back the colonies
1 o p i n i4 " t IE -
to tqeir forfeited aljegiancb,
Eo
in tlac Soutfi
One ! of rthe most recent of the
advance sjieets of the forthcoming
census vo
urnes throws a i new and
mosq
encouraging
light on the in
dus
pious
condition of the South.
Prior to the late war the landed
estates of
the Southern portion of
the
vepujbue were the largest m
the world. In the
British empire
and
on thp continent of Europe
wero some few nobles and
there
princes
who owned more acres
than
my
Southern ; planter : but
taken as a class, the planters of the
South wre the most j powerful
landecl aristocracy the world ever
saw. And they give the evidence
of their 'power in waging; for four
yeajn one of the greatest wars his
tory has recorded. At the closej of
the rebellion Mr. Thaddeus Stevens
had ii conception more or less clear
of the danger to the country aris
ing out Of this vast landed monbp
olv, find he sought to change it by
legislation. It was hia favorite
thee y when emancipation-had been
effected that every freedman should
have forty acres. Havinsr con-
qucrpd the South in battle he was
in 5 pvpr
Southern
treme a
; of confiscation of all
anded property.: i So ex-
measure could not, of
courjje, succeed. The end he aimed
at, h 3weyer, is in a fair way of Be
ing accomplished in another way
and by purely natural agencies.
According to the tigures of the
census ) th va?t estates are being
broken up at a rate that in the
cour;e of jten years! will givo the
Sout 1 as largo a number of landed
proprietors as any other portion ! of
the country. In
Georeria, for
inshih.ee, there were
at tlie begin-
1 1 t - -
ninrr rv? if ' wnr
Oniy ssixty-two
thousand landed proprietors. To
day here are more than twice that
number. The same is true of Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida and Vir
ginia. . Pinter rule in the I South is
passibg aWay, in fact has passed
awayt and jwhat may be called that
of peasant proprietorships has be-"
gun.j-Nev York Herald. ; :
Butciier's
Meat !
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THOMAS,
the BUTCHER,
el d
psires tjo inform the public that! he
keeps constantly on hand the best
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11 Fed Beef
in market.
jPork Saussges of the purest
make All orders promptly attended to
and'dielivereu at your door free of charge.
Call Und see me at btall lia 4, uiy
1,009 Laborers Wanted.
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THOUSAND LABORERS ARE
wanted jto work on; th North Caro
lina Blid'and Railroad at Goldsboro"
Apply to J. J Robinson, at the work
Gokldboro. ! J. 13. YATES, !
General Manager.
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Agricultural Implernentsj
8 TE A 31 JEN G I JST E &,
Gins, Presses, , Rice Threshers, Pows,
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Harrows, Cultivators, Axes, Hoes,
8hovels, Tools, Carriage Ma
terial, Saddlery, Bag
ging, Ties, &c.
LIME, BRICK, CEMENT, PLASTER,
Paints, Oils and Glass Goods
of all kinds very low for cash.
C. B. HART & CO.
Vvould inform their friends and the
public generally, that they have opened
an entire j
NEW STOCK OF GOODS
n the stoi on Middle Street, adjoi
L. Wemstein
comprising
HARDWARE, STOVES,
And
Hous Furnishing Articles
Kerosene Oils, Lamps in 'Great Vari
ety. Alsd manufact urers of TIN 4 AND
SHEET IRON WARE. I
Special attention given to repairing
Goods sold low for Cash,
aug 13-3m
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shooting Breech loading double SHOT
GUNS in the world for the mO'ney. My
$20.00 side lever English Gun (12 gauge,
71 to 8 J lbs. ; 10 gauge. 8 to 9 lbs. ; if 10
lbs. $1 extra), has genuine, fine, English,
real twist barrels. Every birrel bear the
proof-master's lamp showing that it has
been tested with two or three times the
usual charge. They are choke-bored,
and will shoot as well as anordinafy $100
gun. Sent C. O. D subject to examina
tion: every 500 miles away $1 must come
with order, and over 1,000 miles $2 is
required. If withy. pistol grip and re
bounding lOCKS price is $22, ,
CHARLES FOLSOM,
- 106 Chamber St., N. Y. City.
aug 30-0 mo.
MAN! ELL & CRABTREE,
CRAVEN ST., NEW BERNE,
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all kinds made and. repaired.
of
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ONE 30 n. P. PORTABLE ENGINE
and Boiler, in good order.
One set Saw Jill Irons, with saws and
trucks.
One 4-ply 10 inch Rubber Bjlt, fifty
feet Jong, new.
Above will be sold for $750 cash or
$850 negotiable note, six and twelve
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