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DAILY NEWBEENIAN. Skth M. Cabpektex, Editor. NEW BERNE, .-KrCL JUNE 14, 1874. For Superintendent of PcUio Instruction :J COL. STEPHEN D ' POOL, op CbaVen. NEW BERNE! WHAT SHE WAS! WHAT SHE IS I WHAT SHE MIGIIT BE! We do not mean to'ffo so' far back into the history of this old town, as the settlement by the Baron de Graffenried, but simply to show to our readers, her former prosperity; to what it was owing? then, her decline ! to what was its cause ! and lastly, to sum up her prospects in the future and to show, upon what her prosper ity depends ! If we shall succeed in kindling the latent energy of her people, to that struggle for success, upon which all success depends, and arouse them to that spirit of emulation, which seems to be the precursor of all thrift, all enter- prise and prosperity; if we shall cause them to ..." . I ponder and study the great questions; presented, and askthemselves cannot something be done to restore us to life, to activity, to power and wealth ? we shall feel that our tims and patience has not been entirely thrown away in the under- taking before us. j When we reflect, that in the early history of our State, old Newbern pre- Sentecl the greatest attractions to civilization; i - l that she was the very centre of the colony known as North Carolina, iind the most easy of ap- pr&aeh; and that her great rivals of the day the towns of Bath, on the Pamlico-, Halifax on the Roanoke, Edenton, on the Chowan, Brunswick, and afterwards Wilmington, on the.1 Cape Fear, were eclipsed by her superior locality; when we reflect what time has done, and where stand the competitors for hoiior in this long winded race, we find but two bn the course. Wilmington far in the lead, andj-our own'old town just within the disgraceful distance pole. Bath,--Brans-wick, and almost Halifax and Eden ton "dead beat, and taken from the course, and the two were giants in those days;" giants in a commer cial point of view, as well as in the military or the legal, medical or statesmen. We can not from liistory frttsr the amotit of Lex Commerce or the exact dat3 in which it was most flourishing, but we Iare the best of evidence that the firm of Tomer A Stanly lost a fleet of thirty sails at 4eI&landbrsrKtaiiaxn the war which shortly followed. ; We may gather from this, that the foreign-commerce was large and profitable, and learn something of the breeds of men of these days, when we state 1 that John Wright Stanly, of the firm alluded to, was the father of the John Stanly of historic mem- ory, whose superb features are indelibly im- i j " - ' - -' pressed upon our mind to this day. He was a man,, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again." We turn to her history after the war, to show in what estimation her people held education, and let the record speak for itself. We wish ; to i - make no invidious comparisons of the degen eracy of the present day. We do not say "Look here, upon this picture, and on this," but we do say, read the statute, and see to what men, our forefathers trusted "the education of their children. Read pause and inwardly digest: Chap, xlii, 1784, first session 'An Act to amend an Act passed at Newbern, the first day of December, 1766, entitled Aft Act for establishing a school-house in the town of Newbern: I. Whereas the school heretofore established under the before recited act, has answered very valuable purposes, but in the. course of the late war, by the deaths and removal of many of the trustees, and from other unavoidable accidents "It- 4 i - is much impaired, and' the education of youth neglected. , ' Be it therefore enacted' by the General menting: upon. We leave all such questions to those great minds who have made it their study, their speciality we might say, such as our own great AgassizJ Morton, And Nott and Gliddon, and of those of such cre-emment renown in th - , , ... j e old world. aa Humboldt. Baker. Darwin and others. Ours is a true history of the facts, and events concerning the town! of New Berne, ana whatever ,our. individual opinion may be upon I 'r ! i ij. thisor other subjects, it would be -out of plae and impertinent to state them here. We can only deal with the subject as presented to us, and we have" fairly arrived at the conclusion, that according to that section of the act the re quirements had to be great, to be a trustee! of the of of New Berne Academy ; tne issuing certificates of scholarship, to be corns from l a any weight must - 6J II. former, a study for the youthful antiquary as to their locality and former grandeur. We present these sad reflections to our readers, and' ask in the same ratio of progress, may not the end of the next century find the explorers! after hid den knowledge, with pick-axe in hand searching after the ruins of Tryon's Palace and the New . . . t : Berne Acatlemy, i with 'the same zeal that is now made after the ruins of Ninevah ! To return to our text, and with moii ness, to give in their true oi-dei, our researches for the cause of lier former and ju-osperity, we find as far back as the -year 1766, when the. immense sum for t 3 serious laborious greatness dav- of fifteen thousand pounds were voted for the Assembly of the State of North Carolina, aud it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act the sad, School shall be distinguished and known !3 the name of the New Berne Academy ; and that the honorable Richard Caswell, Abner Xash, John Wright. Stanly, William Blount, John Sitgraves, Spyers Singleton, William Mc- Clure, William Bryan and Richard Dobbs Sjeight, Esquires, be, and they are hereby aj? pointed trustees and directors Of the said xlcad- emy, and shall be,- -here follows the full Act of incorporation III. Endows upon the Academy all the lots in the former Act. IV. Endows lots 243, 219, 250, 251, upon the Academy .with a reservation of the jail lot. . i . V. . Of no importance to this history. VL" Obsolete. ' ' . 1 ' i : . i , ! ; TIL And be it further enacted, i bv the au thority aforesaid, That the Trustees ! shall ap- faculty, capable of judging the merits of the scholar; otherwise, it would be absurd, ridicu lous, and the hight ot tolly to issue tnem, we take this position to be self-evident and incon trovertible, ; and so it was held . in our youthful days, when we were examined in that same ih- stitution in our English, Latin and Mathematical studies by such men as the great William Gas ton, Charies Shepherd, Rev. John R. Goodman and others of like stamp, the then trustees :of the academy. These men had a national repu tation for profound learning, and a certificate : .-. - ' - . . . V , . from them of scholai-ship, was almost, or quite - - ' i -r hi - equal to a diploma from most of the colleges, and would have . had its weight throughout the length and breadth of the land. ! How is it now, ? great men ' i-1 white men, l Bv whom are the places of. thesd filled ? We are told, by negrdes and who are scarcely out of their horn-bpok. . What a fall is here ? My countrymen ! and see that the spirit and letter 6 Look to it, the act s carried out, or your children: will heap curses upon your heads for the neglected, benighted, - " . . ' ' ' i ! " ; fi ignorant manner of their raising. Look to iC ! i I J ' fi' and , with all the force and vigor of mind and i 1 j - - j ; . jti I means, save this venerable institution so richly II. - . - r? endowed by your fathers, from the vile I pollu tion of ignorance and corruption; and let it bt) the means in the, future, as. it has been in tho usefulnes, If I past, -of educating your children to and they will rise up and call (To be continued?) yoii b piek it up. Mason, who had put m for the occasion a pair of miner's boots, th soles of which were filled with nails, could walk with-difficulty, and happening-to step up on j porti-n of the , flocf nor dually mag. netic he found himself sudU inly affixed thereto, and; unable to move, lie was com -pelled to withdraw his feet from his boots and leave them therertearingr up4 hisxoat and wrap ping the pieces around his feet to protect them from being cut by the rocks. We had remained in this" chamber about ' ten ' minutes, when sud denly the chilling-sensation began to increase, the feeling being as if a cold -and riercing wind was blowing upon us, and becoming each mo ment mgre intensely cold. We hastily retreated and soon reached, feeling more dead than alive, the large chamber containing the hot springs. We then retraced our steps along the twine, and in a couple of hours emerged from the cave."j NEW ABVlBTtSlKlEOTS. Building and Loan Association. ' : new berime; n . c. GEO. ALLEN, . . . . . J. A.' GUION, . . G. Ht ROBERTS,.. . C.- C. CLARK, . ....... ....... President. . Vice President. . . Sect'y and Treas. . . . . .... .Attorney, essed. Chamber " in iii A Remarkable "Magnetic ! California Cave. The author of " Sinbad the1 Sailor's Adven tures" must resign his lauifels. Que W. it-, point public visitations of the Academy once in six months, when they shall examine what progress is made by the several students, and ; grant certificates to such as shall leave the erection of Tryons palace; , but as thq occasion ! Acafdemy, certifying their literary merit and the for this great outlay was one of reioicih",-which 1 progress tliey shall have made in useful knqw is ar applicable to the present time, then, we quote the entire passage historian: ' ' The repeal of the stamp a as l t was l'oml cur Stokes has been exploring a recently discovered cave near Pine: Grove, Amador county, Califor nia and writes to the Sutter j Creek Independent an account of his investigations, ilr. Stokes vouches for the exact truth of his narrative ili every particular, and we doubt not the readejr will readily credit from the following specimei description of one o the chambers entered. After journeving fdr a mile led, whether it be in learned languages, arts quarter through the underground or sciences, or all of them : Provided always, thai j they, shall not on any mretenee grant de- passagesl Stokes and his party found themselves: in a "long, but rather narrow chamber, . thewalfe cif the phrt and a DIRECTORS : Geo. Allen, J. A. Guion, W. H. Hoixisteb, S. H. Gray, M. Pattekson J. J. Wolfexden, Geo. Bishop, J. W. Walkee, Jno. L. Watkiks. Kegular meeting, 1st Friday evening in each month! 1 The'safety of the securities, the constantly increas ing capital of the Association, and the character of the management, unite in making this the ! Safest ani. Best-pyiiig Saving Scheie r ; ever offered to the community, The patronage of Everybody is Solicited. I AXMAL STATEMENT OP Citizens Building and Loan ' Association." First annual report of the business and condition of " Citizens Building and Loan Association of Xew Berne, N. C..." for the jear ending May, 1874. , Total amount of Loan on Real Estate. ... Cash in National Bank of New Berne. . . . . $13,800 00 501 Total Assets......... Whole number of shares subscribed.... . " . " " redeemed..... Leaving " unredeemed... Ctish received on account of Dues.... .. " " " Interest... " : Fines.... 'f " " Initiation Fee3. 'f " . Stock Premium, Total amount DIS3UESEMEXT.S. To members who redeemed shares.... To expense account. ... . J . ... .-. . ...... Ul ..$16,301 91 .1 : 700 . . 7!) .. Gil ,.$ 8-100 00 382 00 81 20 u oq 53 30 .$ 8,080 50 To cash on hand. . ; Total amount Arrears due by members Net Profits Amount of dues paid on each share of stock. . Total gain in each share .". .......... ttlimisecl j gre or titles, suclias the degrees of batclielor-1 'ich are not limestone, but i yellowish-bxowfl rmiversal joy through' the colonies; aild the Ak- ov master of arts or doctor in any faculty. sernbly of Isortli Carolina, under tl impressions of gratitude, voted five e recent ifnl llinlr irnti niw " rP ! 1 1 i rlin,i'i-iTcf' l.Dnfc '&JiK- The other sections of this Act Ave find of no j bad's magnetic mountain whch drew all tha j nails from hisj ship, and thus c pieces, all . liollow. Listen i "Udou entering this chamber ervincr a i5assin? comment, and cannot i -.- . . i i . o peculiar aistui oance oi tne m; pass it by in silence. We have seen the foster- ; constantlv viu'ratins from side -ill' exuen- ing;nanu oi our iore-iatners, selecting tiie verv (juenuy wnirimg rouna lor a.n material importance to our historv, and there- I i " - ... fore omit them. We think, however, the last is de: tuis mci- with a velocity which rendered it We also experienced a singular sensation sort of chill appearing of. the neck and extending to tursed it to fall tq to My. StokeSi vve noticed a iaos;ii guet, the heedl to - side, and; fref linute Sat a tim6t invisible a pounds towards building a govermn en t house in Newbern, to which they added ten thousand pounds the next' year." We; mention dent to show by inference, the vast .sui: i ! -. i ciea ov tnis- most aristocratic tTOvernbr oi all oest iuen oi tueir aay to entrust tne -education ! - ,! -' - ; !"',-!.. '! ! : ' the Colonies. His court was said to jivsemble 1 of their children ; and endowing an institution ! . j '-!,!- - ;;.. rovaltv in magiiificence and splendor. The ! with town lots of the value of several thousand r - : , 1 j j i ; ladies were said to be bearditul, aecomplisbed ! dollars to insure their success. We have seen and refined, and stood irnri vailed ia all the be- them confer such power upon this institution chamber-we found these singular sensations toll -'. - M - i . . ! , i -ri With such attractions added as would make it only secondary to the univer- ; -cieaae m intensity until it, became aimosc i unbearable. We ventured on still father, howl we could place. I coming graces, to the sessions o our finders and toe; to commence at the backl - 1 -:i the verv tins of' As we advanced in thi . .$ 8,120 00 . . . ; 358 5'J ; . . : 501 01! . . $ 8,080 50 .. 39 00 .. 7,911 91 12 00 -11 30 -.Present value of each share. ............ j 23 30 , , I G. H. EoEziiTS, Scc'y and Treas. I aj:uel E, GEORGE PHILIP T.' GEORGE, P. T GEORGE & CO. the Assemblv, v.-e mav well ; sityj. imagine the concentration of all the wealthy, to the ambitious, the refined and the educated, to- ' ductions from them. wards this glaring and conspicuous centre; and, of such, who lets hi3 prejudice, or politics or also, the great snins of monev required to keep religion, swerve him from this truel path of up this roval display, which left its large profits , duty. We have nothing to do with the Civil among: the merchants,! the mechanics and the Eights Bill, ia treating upon this subject : 'ever, tnougn it became evident that lone remain m this mvstenous Now, the duty of an historian is only state . facts, and to draw fair, unbiased de- noi jOI Me is unworthy the name j omitted to mention that the walls anci rlopr o il t. l ... t. . n i -i I - .'. tnis cnamoer, especially particu therein contained, were highly! became more so the father we aj the ; north. One of the party hatchet had it suddenly wrested rocics i i- i magnetic,1 and dvanced tb,ward; carried a) him bv sti farmers, and no donM at that day, the profes- nothing to do with the great scientific Question j magnetic rock near which .he passed' and .thi sional men secured a fair proportion This, however, was not all that 'gave the old town her importance, her renown, or her wealth of whether or not the negro is an inferior spe cies' of our genus, and incapable of coining up "There to e requirements of the section we are cohi- cdmbmed strength of four of us was insufricien to detach it. A pocket-knife, which! accident! ally dropped to the floor, had :o reniain there who from HAMS; SIDES, SHOULDERS 1 - ' . V -l BEEF, PORK AND, LARD. J'. i i yf a ci u'ver.s . tf Ref ned Lard and Lard Oil. llemovetl to NO. 94 L0MBASD STREET, ( 3ihI Door from South, :H3 . - Bahiincre, MdJ none of the jxirty having ; sufnG ient strength to MILLS & WALKER, Tobacco Manufacturers, . CEAVEN ST., NSW 3ES2TS, - " XTOULD EESPECTFTJIxk- ASK THE ATTENTION j of Eiercliants to our stock of manufactured to bacco; whiih we are now ofie riDg at the Xiowest Market Price! ' -- .i - - - - - i We have manufactured our stock with the knowledge and according to the necessities of the Eastern Carolina trade, and therefore we guarantee satisfaction. a i
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