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VOL. 1 NO 95,
CITY NOTICES
Gentlemen's Under xt e a r
Gents'Uodersbirts in all wool and merino
in bea stylesj at A. M. Baker's.
Cloaks &nd Ulsters. Fine Cloaks
of latest style. A beautiful Hue of beaver
and jur cloth for Cloak's and Ulsters, at
A. 31 Baker's.
The Agency for Wanamaker
& Brown'H Ciothing, now established at
J. F lves jn examination of samples
invited. A sure fit guaranteed i
Diress Goods Kowetv-Dress Goods !
. 1 . k I Kia C4i oshn IhuH f ma -- i
arc iuio rtowu iui iui inauj vertrs.
Bhick Cashmere, all wool, from 40c to
$1,004 A beautiful line of Verges clotb
or mourning, at A. M. Baker's. I
J. h iTes lias now on exhibi
tion samples of Cloths from the Popular
Clothiers, Wanamaker & Brown. The
public are invited to examine. A sure fit
guaranteed.
J ewelry -A beautiful and fc!egan
fpsortment of Jewelry just purchased in
New York, at Bell's, the jeweler. Any
article ever sold that is not as -was' repre
ieutd:can be returned and the -money
will be refunded.
Ladies' Furnishing and Dress
Goods. A beautiful line of Children's
Hose, in oil colors. Jadam Fov's and
Thompson's Corset. A full Hue of flan
nels, and an elegant line of Drefs Good
and Ladies and Children's Undei vests, at
A. M. Baker's. -
Ojsicr Saloon. David Fpeight,
jlarket Dock, next to the Farmer's Home,
desires to inform the. public' that he baa
opened his OyterS loon, and is now pre
pared to serve the very bfcst and freslust
oyh'ets t all hours and in every style.
Attentive, polite and hkllled waiters.
General meals at all hours.
Triminings.-Plaid8 and tripes in
6iik and Worsted for Trimmings, also
beautiful Fringe in Silk and I CJhenille
beaded in Steel, Jet and Irredefient. h.
Urge -assortment of Tassels and Cord.
Brass, Steel nd Metal Buttons bf. latest
itjle. at A. M. Baker's.
SPFUIAL XOTL ES.
fVRY Our Butter, it can't be beat. Alex.
1 Wilier. . 7.1
B
EST Brands Family Flour, a Alex.
Miller's. r : i "
(IjffOCEtflES, Hitrh in quality l,llt
.low in price, at Alex. Milk-rV:
GHOtCE Groceries aud Farmers Sup
p'i-s. We warrant all gouds as rep
resented, .'Alex Mi ler 7
f EXAMINE, New Crockery, China,
-J G'ass ware, Ifuod and Willow Ware.
Good tdiown withplc-jsure. Alex. Miller.
:C. E. SLQVER'S
Christmas Advertisement!
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THE FOLLOWING NAMED GOODS
just received and all fres-iW .
S MINCED MEAT,
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Btt'fToncues. Dried Beef, Spiced Pig;.'
Feet. Lambs' Tontiues (Ioi!ed hua
Souced), Corned Bt-ef, Breakfast
; Bacon, Sugar tured Shoul
ders, Small Hams,
Raisins, Currants, '. itron
PKUNES, JELLIES, CANDIES,
Pickles Oatmeal, Macaroni, Cheese,
BUCKWHEAT. RICE. WHITE
BEANS, GRITS, COD FJSH,
Irish Toiarofs, Smoked Ucrricg
BUTTER,!
Cooked Corned Beef, Yeast Powders,
ENGLISH WALN CTS, UK A
ZJJL A UTS, ALJHO.vDS.
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Cknrjcd Corn, Tomatoes, Pearhts, Pine
Apt.le, Lobster, Salmon, Peas.
Sardlnr s, Poltf d I!am, Ciite Oil,
LEA & PERRINS' SAU( F,
Essence JL mon, Ess. Vanilla,
CATSUP, CHOCOLATE, !
j Fit. MUSTARD, SPICES,
Essence CofTeej '
COASTED COFFEE.
Yeast Cakes, Fine Ti as, Cond. Milk,
fine Syrup. Molasses, Crackers,
Powdered Sugar, Granulated Sugar,
Crushed Sugar, White ExJ V
1 - Sugar. Yellow C Sugar. 1
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
FIR E CRACKERS !
Powder. Shot and Caps,
Ct.OCKERY, GLASS WARE,
NEW BEENS,
Tournament at Stonewall.
Letter to the Newt-! '
Enclosed, I wnd you a complimentary
ticket to the tournament and ball, which
takes! place on December 20th. Ho:
W. T. Caho has been selected
oaato
and will deliver the address to
the knights. Knights from a distance
are invited. Knights entrance fee 3.00,
which will entitle the knight and one
laoy to the ball. Single tickets to the'
ball j$1.50. Lances to be 7 J feet in
length and pointed if desired. Please
make
mention of this tournament
jour paper and come, or send a repre
sentative and we will take care of the
"Stirs, : a w p
tieneikii Kews. !
Minister Kilpatrick died-at Santiago
cv' 1 t .
y ounuav last.
Vm. Sclator was murdered by a negro
at Newport News, Va.
Secretary Folger's report ia very.high
ly complimented by Congressmen, i
The President's Message was received
with favorable comments on all sides.
Gapt. Howgate's counsel will move to
dissolve the attachment on his property.
Ex-President Davis is aj passenger on
an European sieamsr overdue at New
York. ! . 1
The reading of the President's message
in Co igress occupied two hours and a
half.
Oldham cotton manufacturers are8 mov
ing for the encouragement of the growth
of cotton in India..
The Utah Delegate question came up
in the House, and a lively debate follow
ed. The natter went over without final
action. j
The French Minister of Commerce de '
Clares his readiness to withdraw his de
cree against American pork if America
would instisute a trustworthy system of
inspection. .
.Senator David : Davis "voted with the
republicans on the question of continuing
the committees as : they were constituted
last session. He made a lon speech in
explanation.
The evidence for Guitean's defence
is
all in
tlnir.
except as to t bat' of President Ar
Much timer was devoted to read-
ings
Cue prisoner from his book on
theology. Congressman Farweil, whom
he aked to lend him $2 OO.OO to start a
newspaper, thought him insane, but be-
lievec
he knew right from wrong.
Poultry and game are high, j
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Ducks and wild geece are making their
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appearnce in ?hnf"ke places.
Eggs are eggs,
per dozen, also.
and twenty-rive cents
Cuthbert's new
nearijig com pletion.
machine whop is
StiIeet venders nd patent inedieine
men
. !
Cltv.
aie driving thriving trade in the
Suburban farmers aie preparing their
trucking lands for i.liintitig neas and
early
vegetable?.
Makwell Ciabtree were yesterday
giying the finishing touches to ths" uir.
chiheri of thenew Steamer Trent.
jtpuE Green id having his office in
fron'.
floor
of the Gaston Hoa.e repaired, the
lowered and generally remodeled.
j he ship joiner work on the new
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steamer Trent 1 it progreswtng- Quite
rapid
and is a credit to the workmen
employe! upon it.
LaJsg quantities of oysters are being
shipped North by steamer lines.- One
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Urm jshipped twenty barrels by the last
Baltimore steamer.
Pol dr. Paid. The Order of Choeen
Friends, holding a policy 01: the life of
the late . M. Carpenter, for three thou-
sand
dollars. , nas
promptly paid the
1
same
at maturity.
Mr
W. E. Clarke goes down to the
Harlbwe Creek CaR-ftthworbthtS' faotmng.
N. a, FRIDAY, , DSC
I f f."v '"fi" lUB-Biwoirr quiCK speed. 1
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EXTRAORDINARY FACILITIES OF
OUR ISLAND WATER tfAYS.
rTRENT RIVER TRANSPORTA
TION COMPANY AND OTHER
STEAMER LINES. 1
As we shall be urgiug before the pres
jent session of Congress increased appro-
priauons lor . more extended improve
ments in our rivers and harbors aod in-
Uaad water wars, it is not too effrfy to
begin upon a , etattraent of some of the
reasons why this portion of Eastern
Carolina deserves, to a sui erior degree,
the fostering aid of the general govern
ment in what we may term the marine
branch of internal improvements. And
we may enter upon our work by illua
trating. fir.-t, the j
TRENT RIVER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
In the fall of 1876, Capt. W. T. Taylor
and Mr. Chauncey Gray, of jKinston,
conceived the purpose of placing; a steam
flat, moved by S screw propeller, on the
Contentnea creek and Neuse river. They
made their contracts for lumber, but not
I being supplied in time, they were in
duced to examine an old flat, belonging
to Mr. Cicero M. A. Griffin irF H.ll..
Ferry up or 'rebottoming anI repairs
generally, which thev finally concluded
to take, and Mr. Griffin joining them.
the partnership entered! upon the work of
fitting up a steam flat for our, river navi
gation. Capt. Taylor,' a practical ma
chinist nnd engineer, manufactured and
got together the machinery at Kinston,
and placing it in the flat, towed her to
New Berne, where Mr. Edwards had
prepared the boiler.
Here the "Con
tentnea" wa9 fitted tin and completed,
and in March, 1877; as a steam flat
entered upon her traffic in our waters.
She cost some two thousand dollars, and
was regarded by many
ment. But she was a
aa a wild e.xperU
success from the
start, and soon began to attract the atten
tion of those of our people interested in
the eteam navigation
waters.
In December, 1878,
of our smaller
Messrs.
Gates,
Foy & Co., acquired a fourth interest in
the "Contentnea" and the fblldwinc
year her owners built a
house and upper
works upon her as at present, transform
ing the steam flat into a'stenmboat, with
saloon and paseenger accommodations.
At this junctute the Trent River Trans-
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portation Company was formed, dating
from
November 4th. 1879. '.The Com
consisted of C. M. A. Griffin, of
pany
Bell'- Ferry; ChaunCey Gray, of Kinston ;
J. C. Whitty, of Polloksvilie; vV. T.
Taylor, C. E. Fov, Thoa. Gates a'rM F.
M. Simmons, of New Berne;! Capital
stock $3.00f. - , j j . .'
The success of .the Rtpamer continue !
the most gratifying, and it wa? last spring
determined to increase the capital stock
of the Compauy, and with the learnings
of tne Contentnea, supplemented by the.
additional" 'paid up capital, build a new
and a-better .boat. The et ck was in
created to one hundred and forty shares,
of $50.00 par value, being $7,000, and
the Company in ftti new organization Ws
limited to S25,000 capital stock. The
new or additional flharebolders werp, Sim
mons and Manly, S. jll. Gray j and D.
Styron, of fCew Berne ; Frankrin Foy,
and Samuel Hudson.! of Folrokftvill.
Bynum and Jenkins, o
Banks', of Trenton.
Work begifrr on the
-
Jones, and J. Bl
new eteamer in
Skptelnbef, andoti November 10, she was
launched, arid christened the Trent.
The Trent is a screw Aeamer of the
trharpie model, one hundred feet long,
seventeen feet breadth of beam, with five
feet depth of hold. She is bein housed
a- a river freight and passenger steamer,
and will have ample first clas passenger
accommodations. Her draught of water
will be from two and" a half to three feet,
loaded, atf'f he? freighting capacity
Cpuvalent to three hundred ; bales of
cotton. The machinery Was j built in
Baltiraore,- is first chrss-, asnl f auiple'
EMBER 9, 1 881
tghl dranght, ppei aha capadtT
combined, it is believed that the Trent
has riot been equalled by anything in our
watew. She is the first xteamer ever
built at New Berne' will com $7,000 and
estimate 1 to be worth ten thousand.
Than we see what has been accom
pi is Led from the most insignificant be
ginning, by one partnership or company,
in the matter of establishing team navw
gat ion on our local waters. Ii, the
Trent, New Berne owns a fine river
both beautifc'l Hfnd ufu
model as a pattern for further steamboat
building. The Contentnea has not near
run her race, and wjll donbiless live to
build another and still better boat, while
affording the public those transportation
facilities so essential to their progress and
prosperity. 71
The example here
noted must stimu
late enterprise and
the investment of
capital in steamboat building, until our
rivers and pounds are alive lib local
steamers concentrating their trade
at
New Berne.
How far the Tren i Ri ver Trai sport a
tion Comnanv has
contributed to the
here, we do not
We only know
r .
increase of business
pretehd to estimated
that when it began
to navigate the
Trent, the receipts of cotton from that
direction Were 'wo hundred bales per
m,nth, or about eight hundred for the
season. Now the j cotton ieceipta by
the Trent navigation are more than
eight hundred bales per month and about
four thousand for the season.
By putting Trent
steam navigation, the
River to the use of
general government
readily coneentedg o improve it, and in
18i9 appropriated 7,000, in 85l$10,
000 and in 1881 85,000- A further ap
propriation of $-20,000 is necessary to
co'nplete good navigation to Trenton,
and we must all feYthat the monjy is
obtained of the prtsent Congreas. 'J'he
wisdom of the pact appropriations is de
monstrated by the iuerease of traffic,
which ia the unmistakable indication that
increased and cheap water transportation
facilities have multiplied productions in
the Trent River country. The verv
marked prosperity of the people of that
section would supply any evidence
wanting. j
OTHER TRANSPORTATION.
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Nor is the Trent River Transportation
Company alone in this line of New Berne
enterprise. We hats steamer the Neuse of
the JNeub'e River- Line, plying between
New Berne and Kini-ton, whose owners,
for pluck and energy are not one whit be:
hind the others, and liunng good stages
of water has served tle public with cluap
and efficient transportation, and comfits
uted its full share to the business and
prosperity of this port. The General
government is also engaged in improving
the navigation of the
Neuse, and public
interest muj-t not relax the effort of (-(ill
furlhcr improvement
The Content tiea Creek h undergoing
iuiprovemetr!, and cac be made a valua
ble contnbutioW to commerce; and when
opened will afford Water for steamers ot
the class of the Cofrtentne.
Swift Creek, having a general depth of
water greater than jauy of the streams
above referred to, with a little effort on
the part ot the General Government
would be open to navigation by larger
boats than the classwe have teen deal
ing with, and upon the bosom of that
stream could be succored a valuable
commerce; and through transportation
factlities th3 should; be afforded, a nat
urally rich and productive agricultural
section be brought under tribute.
Belo w we have the Bay and the Sound,
constituting present outlets to our coin
merce ovei-:axing the capacity of five
large steamers per week, and concerning
which Mr. BesV President of theStidlaad
Railway,- has recently informed hig Bos
ton Directory that he- ha kept from one
to two thottsnd bahk of inland cotton
lying at hfs Nev? I&rnc pier for the want
of outward water transportation, and had
it bean adequate for the guarantee of
prompt rexHovaV hej coiridr hav& abaut
doubled Ihe Urge business af his riilwir
liner.4
0 Bach mpect, therefore: we invito the
Wew of .Congress to the po'rt "of Netr
Berne; aud its tribUry"waterwYS :and
we Put our enterprisb abd the resu t of
rcent efforts forward afi the plea and
justification for the aid and assistance we
shdl ask at tbV hands of thi Geiientt
Government. !
Personal, j
Dr. C LJ. Mattocks, of Pollokville'i
Mr.W N.Dennis, leading merchant
of Swansbop, was in town; !
Mr. J.
of Jones,
N. Foscue; a nrntnlnAfif form'
wa3 ih town yesterday. -
Auj.cpnuiuef xiuuson. a leadmg mer
chahl of Pollokville; was in '(own yes
terdav. I h
Mr.
Ged. X. 'Smith, hie reliant nf
Webb's Creek, Cfnslow
county, wms ia
nhe city on business
Rev. Dr; Bufkheitd, new pai tor of
Neuse Stfett Methodist Church; arrived
in" thKrtiy vesterJay, abd is the gliVst 61
Rev. ilr. Wood.
! Rev. F. H. Wood, retiring pastor cl'
th Me'hoc ist church, wfio goes to ttig
Wilmington station, returned from a
visit to the Atlanta Exposition yesterday4
Mr. Wood does n know at what time
precisely, le will leave for die new field f
of his iabo s.
Judge Gilmer adjournal crurt and left
for home
ended his
yesterday morning. He has
fall circuit and now has a rest
until thS first Monday in January, when
the quarterly term of Wake Superior'
Court begins. It is the expression of'
sorrre of our members of the bar thai
Judge Gilmer is on of the best judicial
officers in !the State.
Grand 'Tournament at" Sto n ev a ltj'.
A grand' tournament, coronation and
ball, comes off" at Stonewall Ion Tuetda
the 20th nstant. D. Gen.!
S. Atmore;
Chief Marshal. The Assist a nt Marshal '
are J. F. Sawyer, II. If . Duwdy and ih
D. LewiJudges, C. M. Babbitt, W. Hj
Sawyer and J. W. Brabble; Honorary
Managers, C. H. Fowler, WjT. Caho, B.;
F. Myhew, L. Miller and J. B. Qdick;
Managres S. W- Ferebee, Frank -Mti-
otter, J. T. Cooper and A;'S. Hudsonr
Floor Mai acrers rfnd Committee on' Ovu
lation, J.
Ferebee. E. L. Dawsori;' A;
W. W. Hooker ttrtd11 C.flfi
J. Flowers,
Brinson.
Scndav iMail; A r ra Kfc e JI E NTS" PEfer
fected 'Creneral Manager Vates. of the
Midland Road, received ii disnatcli" fr'om"
J 1 i i
the Post 'Jffice Department at f a'ShTngi
ton, ysterdav, stating that every'nece.
saiy arrangement for the Sun'day mails
over the road had heerr perfected, atd
that hereujier the"' mails' would be ' re
ceived an.; delivered at all post'ofrtces'on
the line on.uiiifays the satire J as otlfer
days. J
Col. Yates states that tbis arranged
ment is entirfly due to the eflbrts and
attention jof Hon. Orland6' Htibbs; our
member of .OorigreK, who already gives
an earnest, in the most signal manner,
of becoming ti niost usefnl and ef&uent
represenfatiye of tile p'eopTe of this por
tion of the Slate. j
We are vefy ihankf?J fof the perfec
tion of thejSnnda mail arrangement.
At best we are twenty-rout hoifrs be
hind Goldsboro, and from jthjrty six to
forty-eigh jhours fr'orri the National Capi
tal and ew York, and the intervening
loss of a Unday mail would throw New
Berne, and all this portion' of Eastfn
Carolina, jalout seventy-two Sours nhree
days and joften m 01 e behind' die balttnce
of the world. j
We trust that' our Congressman wift
now look jafter. the matter of the doable
dailv mail which we placed in his
hands from' the Ns? Berne Board of
Trade, alik also the, restorat of . the
daih mail' service between thHf poinff
and Wa6hjngtot;, our next door nei'gh-f
Bo r, and husiess rival. j
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