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11 If X .A. e . fs. r . I, i . . r vrMT ft , Y V k ' Hi n. , r- J. vr. T- IISTJElPEISnDEISrT JIS3" ALL THINGS. Term $fl.OO Por 5To t- V )L. V. NEW -BERN CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, OCTOBER 12, 1882. NO. 27. '!-. r-Jrt I " :. : - . t i. ? : ; . 1 r 1 .:-3 Advertisements. D. W. IIURTTY . .:;ttailc.i - old j ,r-4 T A N 13, lfw Earn, V. C Uxr. JO. Jm w rc:II::niid TJlrich, ; tEALXBIK GOODS r.O'lT SIIOT!S, HATS, v ass. and Oakum. . "'it' CHAIN SACKS in ft.... j .; , ' ! lo aud snuff by the bbL --; ;ts an J SEINES. F1 of 1 '..:.:'.e f'.rt, .' - ' '' XIW EEEXE. X. C. '1 1 A o t--p am WaaJ fall I o ' r : s : : . nails, caxvass, ! i all snfix - v f Xiu.0li,i, , . .... j I - . nJj w .. k 1 kJ at ... :01) YCUIiG' STOCK alway o;i i ni.l, an J for sale .ovr FOR CASH. A. ILIXAXIN, MMJIe Street, C; Ki-lte 1"; -oj-nt Curch nJ OUJ '.;. Ha'.'.. Junel5w-6m c J ::c:ser i ; t.e K,"aes for Um lani :. VLJAllS.-" .U L STO CK Ai; 'AYS os iixsull: I c i-co : t. i xxx. k rTx-iml , Corner of Broad e. :. ! c'reets. T r i . KulrokJ) . ' ' I r..Uy ?ery Steamer. cT CcTee,' test r, 'bsst kettle . J T -m :-"- . , - n iR.rditrUM t .... t. - . i 1-3 IKS, f ' ILL LitDI. ' ' ' C - f r fr.en ls will find 1 to a to call and try oar prir . - . All gools sold at . : .'attomPrloMi. "' tl,u.i.d Tered.tany put f Oty tmrl , i f i.rM Kiwi aB4 w mm JCIIIv'DUNNi.; :AXmCTT2I3t CT - And Wholesale and Retail Dealer la - y - -, - 5 (!--i oiofir ,t, ...1 l wvX Uuuiuvuvuwi T CANDIES,-' FRESH & CANNED FRUITS. Crackers and Cake4 ; ,: CIGARS,-1' ind all Kind of CbOdien'a TOY3 ,WAGONS4e.&c( POIXOCX St, , : rl Z,lj w ' Sew Bene, V. C : H. MEADOWS & Co. ; - " - .-,:i:v-- V, ItUOS, 8EC1S and GUANOS, Z-.T TrneVer' Supplies a Specialty Nrw Bern. N. C .:-" A W I6HTWATCH. "I. It not morning yetT" Prom de to tide TlM lck girl tossed, hot-browed and heavv- And moaaed wltb feTerteh breath when I rr pUed, . - -III. not morniac yet." It not BiorntnK yet?" O leaden hour. How iluw they aiovei , The night more darkly lower. Cohl on the wan leaves utrike the sodden ahowera; - , - "It hi not tuornlne yet." " "Is It not morning yetT" The clock ticka on. The Bands bvU slow: not half the night Isgone; AjpUn I answer to that real leu nu-an, "it fa uot morning yet." I. tt not morning yet' Wltb tender cure 1 bathe her brow, aud smooth her damp fair hair. - And trr to soothe her with soft words of . prayer. . . ' . it is not morning yet. ' "Ts It not mornlns yetf If she eoald sleep, If those tired, lkla those burning .yen oould keeol - . God knows the thorns, ar sharp, the road la r steep i - ' - Tit Is not morning yet.", . r , "Is It not morning yet " Tl coming, dear." And, wnue 1 speak, the anauows press more near, - - - And all the room grows colder with my fear. , i u "It Is not luurnUig yet." "Is It not mornlna Ttr" How faint and low in piteoos aeeeniivl 1K not tremoie m. sty neart, nor nut ate, wniie i answer. -o; is um wunuoi ye . . "Is It not morning ret f" I bow my head: God answers, while the eastern sky grows red And smiles upon me stiu mee on the oea, : '"Yes. It Isaaoruiiig now!' i i. : New Berne Graded School. . . BadWs '. ' THE SCHOOL. "1. Tlitv Newbern Gratled and High School shall be free to all per manent white "residents 'of- this School District between the ages of 6 and 21 years; provided that chil dren of non-residents and persons over 21 and under 25 may ; also be admitted on payment to the Treas urer of the Board, semi-annually in advance, of such fee for tuition as the Board may prescribe. 2. The -word - resident shall be construed to mean children of all parents or. guardians who have lived in this school district at least six months, or who shall satisfy the Board of Trustees that they have permanently located here. ' ' 3. The 8choiastio year suau com mence on the first Monday in Oc tober and continue for ten months. inclusive of Christmas week. w, 4. There shall be one daily ses sion iu each of the schools, contin uing five hours; the time of opening and closing to be arranged by the Principal; said session to be divided equally, allowing two recesses of fifteen minntes each, during, which tune no one shall leave the school grounds without permission of the teacher in charge of the class at the time of the reeess, or . of the Principal. Other recesses may , be granted in the primary grades at the "option of the Principal. 5. The following days snail be holidays State Thanksgiving days, and from Christmas to the first day of January, both inclusive. 6. No paying pupils ? are vto be admitted in any of the schools for less than half a session, and no de duction is to be made for those who leave before the expiration, of the session, unless specially allowed by the Board. - v X'&i-i f 7. A prompt attendance at the opening of t he 'scholastic year is of the utmost importance to the pro gress of the pupils and to the proper , organization of the classes '--- - . & Promotion from . one division to a higher shall be made, annually npon . strict examination - by the Principal, under the direction. of the Board of Trustees. Special promotions may be made at any! time when the interest of the pupU and of the school require it. 9. The government of the school shall be mild but firm. The teach-j ers are urged to encourage pupils to learn diligently and. to obey the! rules from a sense of honor and doty rather than fear of .reproof. Pupils misbehaving or derelict in studies may be kept in after school hours, not exceeding one bonr, and in aggravated cases corporal pun- ishment may be resorted to." i- 10. Unruly pupils and. au guuty of gross misconduct shall be. sus pended from school, the time of! suspension to be fixed by the Prin cipal and approved by the .Tms- 11. Pupils. or parents having cause for complaint win seeK re dress first before the Principal and if not satisfied will lay the case be fore the Committee on Grievances. 12. Written examinations in all the grades above the primary will be held each school month. .The written examinations for grading shall take , place during the last week of the term.-; ' ? :' 13. Monthly reports will be furn ished to parents, giving the num ber of days attendance, behavior, progress in study, punctuality, etc. Beports to be returned promptly to the Principalproperly endorsed by the parent. , : 14. The names of all pupils who have obtained as high a record in attendance, deportment and schol arship, as 95 per cent, of the max imum in each case, shall "be placed upon the monthly Boll of Honor, to be filed bv the .Principal among tne records i of the school; and the names to be kept conspicuously n the school room until the ; succeed ing report. , . 15. The standard for admission to any grade, shall, be an average 70 on the annual written examina tions, and on the recitatioas of the previous year and 75 when the grade is to be fixed by written ex aminations, ' the standard of per fection being one hundred. -16. The school bell will ring for five minutes, every school day, at &30 o'clock, a. to notify pupils that the doors are open, and exer cises will begin promptly at 9 ex cepting from April, 1st, to the close of session, when the bell will ring at 8 a. m., and exercises begin at &30 o'clock. ,? 17. The following tuition will be charged t non-resident pupils, or those over 21 years old: Primary Department, $10 per scholastic year of ten months. Intermediate De partment, tl5; High School, $20, payable half in advance, other half at beginning of second half of session, j : - ; PUPILS. t 1, Pupils aie required to be punctual aud regular in attendance; to devote their time to the proper duties of the school room; to con form to the rules of the school; to obey promptly and faithfully all directions of teachers, and to be respectful to them. 2. Pupils are expected -to ab stain from everything that would dishonor themselves, tlieir parents or the school. 2 3. Excuses for absence or tardi ness, aud requests for dismissal be fore the close of the school must lie made in Avriting by the parent or gnardian. 4. Pupils on their way to and from school, are strictly required to conduct . themselves with proer decorum and to refrain from loiter ing by the way. 5. Any- jMipil in the Primary grades who shall be alisent or tar dyour ttmes in lour successive weeks, and any pupil above pTima rv tirades who shall be absent or tardy three times in the same length J or time, except m case oi siciniess, shall be suspended from attendance at school at the option of the Prin cipal, such susiiension to remain iu force until satisfactory assurance is given that attendance will lie punc tual iu the future. The Principal may reinstate a pupil who has for feiteil his seat, but in case of a sec ond forfeiture he can be readmitted only by special order of theBoard. Absences that occur when attend ance at school wonld endauger the health of the pupil shall be regard ed as absence occasioned by sick sees ' V. 6 si.-. 0,jAny pupil who shall leave school at recess, or at any time , be fore the regular hour for-'closing, without the consent of his teacher, shall not be iennitted to re-enter his class without written permis sion from-the Executive .f Commit tee. unless he can rentier an excuse or apology satisfactory to the Prin cipal. , - - "-' 7. Pupils must not turow , stones or missiles of any kind upon, the school grounds , or in the streets. They must go directly to, and from school witliout loitering by the way, and must not collect ou the streets or in the vicinity of the school build ing before t he ringing of the school belL ! 8. Pupils '.' must walk-- qmetly through the halls and up ami down stairs, and not remaiu in the halls or stairways at any time when tlieir school rooms are bpeni "They must refrain from all conversation m the halls or stairways, and not! go- into rooms belonging to oiner graues without permission from a teacher. - 9 Pupils who snau aeiaee or in- S. . 1 - A jure any -" oi tne bcuooi ; proien;y shall pay in .mil lor ' uamages. Failure to do this within two weeks shall subject them to suspension, and they shall e admitted only oy a vote ot tne uoaru. . i.-. ', ;. ; v 10. Pupils are strictly enjoined to avoid falsehood, proianity, ana au indecent language and to 'conduct themselves in an orderly and de cent manner both . m school - and out.: n ll.-TVhenever the - example of any scholar shall become injurious, from indolence: neglect of rules or any other cause, and reformation shall appear hopeless, his parent or guardian shall be required to with draw him. from the school. V i :ty 12. The High School is expected to Bet art example to the . other grades; and its pupils must unite with its instructors to secure that degree of eminence that shall make it excel iui point of Regularity of at tendance,; stndiousness, creditable recitations, good order, nd man nerly deportment - generally; " and any J pupil whose , negligence in study! or course of conduct is such as to impair the standing of this department may be. reported to his or her parents; after which, if there be no improvement, such pupil shall be dismissed from school. 1 13. Each pupil shall be assigned a seat for study, and it shall be his duty to keep it, together with his books and everything pertaining to his desk, neat and in . good - or der. He shall also be responsible for the appearance of thefloor m the vicinity of his desk. ' ; 14. Pupils are not allowed to as semble at or in the vicinity, of the school building ; before or after school hours. They shall start from home in the morning so as to ar rive at the school buildings between the first and second bells and shall go directly to their . seats . and, ob serve perfect order. ' " , lo.:Pnpils who bring to the school any paper, periodical, hovel, or other book having no connection with their studies, shall do it at the risk of forfeiting the same. -; " lu. These and other special rules that may bo annouateed from ; time to time by the Principal and teach ers, must be carefully obeyed; aud any pupil who repeatedly violates them or shows a disregard for the morals of good society, so that his conduct is injurious to his asso ciates, wilLnot be allowed the priv ilege of the school. 17. Any cnild who shall be guil ty of falsely maligning his or her teacher by charges of cruel treat ment, without foundation, shall be suspended or expelled from school. 18. No member. of the graduating class shall be considered in the con test for class honors, unless he or she shall have stood eight monthly examinations during the year. 19. No pupil shall be admitted to the Primary grade alter the middle of the third month of each term, unless such pupil can be classilied with those already belonging to such grade. 20. Pupils over 21, admitted un der these rules may select their studies. 22. Diplomas will be issued to those who complete the prescribed course with credit. Certificate of Distinction w ill be awarded at the close" of each session for superior scholarship in the several depart ments. 22. Scholarship, as shown by the monthly examinations shall be the only test of merit in awarding hon ors. 2.'. As the normal feature obtains in the High School, pupils oi" the Senior class, who are preparing for the teacher's profession, will le re quired occasionally to assist as teachers in the lower schools. Op portunity also will lie allowed them for observing the application to practice of the theory of teaching and methods in said schools, by the regular teacher. 24. Graduates of the High Si-hool may return and pursue therein any study at pleasure; but they will not i be allowed to contest for the prises and honors, and the teachers will not be required to keep a record of their attendance, and scholarship; provided, hoiceveri that such pupils shall comply with all the regula tions of the school and be subject to its authorities. TEACHEES. 1. They must thoroughly pre pare themselves for every lesson; never attempt a recitation without previous study of the same, and must know before calling their classes what they expect to teach in that lesson, and holi the pupils to that point. ' 2. They shall be in their build ings thirty minutes before the time of opening the school each session, and at the ringing of the school bell shall at once take their respec tive parts of duty and when tardy, report their arrival to the Princi pal at his room. 3. They shall take immediate measures to ascertain the cause of all absence, and shall use their best efforts to become personally ac quainted with the parents and guardians of their respective pu pils. 4. Ne teacher will be permitted to promulgate part isan or sectarian news in the school. 5. It shall be the duty of any teacher who may chance to wituess miseoudncfc of pupils other than his owtf belonging to the New Berne Graded School, to call the same to order and insist on obedience to the. school rules, provided that the teacher of-such pupils is not at: hand- , i h 6. Teachers shall open and close scnool punctually, -with liberty to detain only those pupils delinquent in study or deportment. : '7.: They shall bo responsible for neat appearance of the school-room and pupils enjoining upon the lat ter, cleanliness of. person aud dress and shall prohibit the use of tobac co i n any i form on the school grounds and the "chewing of any thing within the rooms. ""8. They shall require and main tain thorough discipline, and adhere strictly to the prescribed course of study and text books, and devote themselves during the school hours exclusively to the duties of their profession. '9."At the opening' of the school each teacher shall prepare a pro gramme of daily recitations rnd ex ercises and place it in - a conspicu ous place. It must be approved by the Principal and strictly adhered to by the teacher in charge' of the room. ( Vl.v jv v "2 i . c ft? .. : 10. It shall be the dnty of every teacher in the school ; to keep sub ject to the inspection of the Board an alphabetical 'list of the name. wtrd and street of every pupil with name ot parent or guardian. : : 11. Every teacher shall keep in a register furnished for the purpose, a correct account jof. name, age, at tendance, deportment and; scholar ship of each pupil, and shall send monthly, a report of the three lat ter to the parent or guardian, to be returned to the teacher. ? i 12. When a teacher is detained from .school by -sickness or other necessary - causes, information of such-necessary detention shall be sent to the Principal as soon as pos sible, 13.. They shall be carefnl to pre vent any loud or boisterous talking or laughing in the halls or school rooms, and suffer no gathering , of pupils in the halls at any time: - .14. They shall read in their monthly reports to the Principal every case of punishment with the rou, ana resort to tnis penalty as. seldom as may be consistent with good discipline. 15. They shall make and deliver to the Principal on or before the first Monday in each school month, a report of the attendance, punc tuality, 'deportment, and scholar ship of the pupils under their charge and within two days alter the close tof the school year, they shall have prepared and shall return to the Principal an annual report such as he may prescribe. 1G. All teachers shall meet on the second and fourth Saturdays of each school month except the tenth for the purpose of conduct ing a systematic course of 'study prescribed by the Principal, and approved by the Board and contin ue the session from 9 a. m. until 12 m'.7 and a record of the attend ance and the grade of the teachers' work shall be kept by the person conducting the meeting. 17. They mall keep a list of all books furnished them for their own use or that of indigent pupils in their respective rooms and of the pupils to whom they are loaned; and shall see that they are returned at the close of the school year or soon er into the hands of the Principal. 18. Teachers will not be allowed to make any reply to complaints or inquiries addressed to them by pa trons iu relation to their school mat ters, but will refer all such commu nications to the Principal for ad justment. 19. Teachers shall report any neg lect by the Janitor to the Principal. 20. The advertising in school or announcing of public meetings or entertainments of any kind or of any outside enterprises whatever is strictly prohibited. PRINCIPAL. 1. The Principal shall, under the advice and direction of the Board of Trustees, ha ve the general super vision of the school. 2. He shall devote such time to teaching and supervising respec tively as may be determined by the Board. 3. He shall have charge of the buildings, furniture, and fixtures; and see that the buildings, grounds, fences, out-houses and ot her property of the school are kept in good order and condition and protected from unnecessary damage ; and that each department is properly wanned and ventilated and supplied with water. To perform these duties he shall employ, with the consent of the Committee on Supplies, a janitor at such salary as may be fixed by the Board of Trustees. 4. He shall visit and examine the different departments as often as his duties will permit to ascertain license system, aiding the govern their condition and progress. It meat and protecting dealers. Geo. shall be his duty to report promptly IT. Sfagg, of St. Ijouis, was chosen to the Board any nicomjieteucy, iu-1 President. attention to duty or insnrbordiua tion on the part of any teacher. 5. He shall hold teachersl meet ings at least every fourth Saturday during tht entire scholastic year; and at such other times as he may select. y N 6. He shall see that the rules and regulations of t he. Board of Trustees are uniformly observed and executed throughout the departments and that registers are properly kept and reports correctly made by the teachers. 7. He shall keep a record of the absence and tardiness, of teachers and report the same monthly to the Board, r It shall be his jduty to re port to the Board when in iis judg ment th connection of any teacher with the school shall cease to be beneficial. He shall also make report in writing to the Board an nually. - . 8. He shall be charged with the duty of examining and certifying the qualifications of all applicants tor positions as teachers. 9. He may, under the direction and with the assent of the Chair man of the Board, in case a vacan cy occures in the corps of teachers, employ a teacher to fill the same till action is had by the Board, and all such vacancies he shall report to the Board at its next regular meeting. . , N 10, He shall ; have charge of all text-books purchased for the use of teachers or otherwise and shall keep a correct list of the same and of the teachers"' to whom;' they are furnished.'"?- - ,; 11. He shall devise or adopt a system of Wanks for registers' and reports, 'see to their; distribution among .the teachers," fix rules for keeping them and see that they are properly kept and returned. r 12. At each regular meeting of the Board of Trustees he? shall sub' aiilTa monthly report ; containing an abstract of the inonthly .-'reports fiof the teaclieris, ri, record of the attend ance of the teachers, and such Other statistics aiid information in regard to the condition of the school as he may deem advisable. I 4 i 13. Any change in regard to the method pr manner of instruction he may desire' to introduce may be presented by him in writiue to the teachers, a copy of the same being Kepr oy nimseit, and such directions shall be obb'gatory on the teachers until mourned by the Board. 14. The Principal is vested with authority to carry into : effect the rules and orders of the Board of Trustees, and it is made his express dnty to enforce their observance. 15.. He shall keep a record of the at tendance of himself and teachers. noting the absence and tardiness of the delinquent ones at thirty min utes before the opening of the school and shall report the same monthly to t he JBoard. 1G. He shall see that the pupils are sent home immediately after school and that the neighborhood isiot disturbed by them either during school hours or in going to school or in returning therefrom. 17. He-shall see that the records of the school are neatly and accu rately kept by the several teachers. 18. For the purpose of having uniform time in all the moms the Principal shall daily adjust the clocks of the school with the regu lator. 19. During the first school month the Principal shall arrange a table showing the hour of study and recitation of eaeh class in the school, a neat copy of which table shall be .kept in his office. This programme shall lie approved by the Board. 20. He shall see that the prem ises are never left during school hours without the presence and charge of himself or some of the teachers. Population of the World. (New York Herald. ) A most carefully prepared report of the population 6f the various countries of the world is that issued from time to time by Drs. Behem and Warner. A new edition of this publication has just appeared, the previous one having been is sued two years. Within this in terval censuses have been taken in a large number of countries, and the results of these are embodied in this work- But in the case of some countries no official statistics are to be had, and for such coun tries the figures presented are nec essarily the result of computation or even conjecture. The report of the population of China, for in stance, is but an estimate, while that of Central Africa can be little better than a guess. The results given by Behem aud Wagner are, however, generally accepted as the most trustworthy pubUshed. The total population of the globe is now reported by them at 1,433, 800,000. According to the last re port it was 1,455,900,000. This dif ference would indicate a decrease ot 22,000,000, but as a matter of fact there has, according to these authorities, been an increase of more than 33,000,000- This is. ex plained by the fact that the popu lation of China has been very much over-estimated heretofore. In the last issue of this work it was given at 434,000,000; it is now put at 379,000,000. In fact, in those coun tries alone in which censuses have been taken the official returns show an aggregate increase of 32,000,000 during the proceeding interval ot ten years. The number of people inhabiting the larger divisions of the globe, as given by Bchm and Wagner, are as follows: Europe, 337,743,000; Asia, 795,591,000; Af rica, 205,823,000; America 100,415, 000; Australia and Polynesia, 4,232,000; liusia is Polar regions, 82,000. credited with 03,000,000 ; inhabitants; China, 379,000; Japan 30,000.000, and British India 352, 000,000. The national convention of dis tillers and liquor dealers, held at Cinciunat i, issued a declaration that, while they have olieyed the most oppressive laws, they believe the sale of spirits should lie placed ou the same footing as other merchan dise; that they favor a judicious FORT AND FI.i: The Blockade Runners of tile War i The Perils, Profits and Advantages How the English Helped the South Through. (Detroit Free Press.) The great majority of Northern people treated the blockade-running business during the war as a mat ter affecting only private : individu als, and had no idea of its perilous risks and immense losses and gains. As a matter of fact the Southern Confederacy could not have existed two years but for -its blockade runners. While "'private enterprise kept these ships afloat, the Con federate Government was the backer, inasmuch as it stood ready to purchase whatever it could use, and that at juices which could hardly be credited were they not matters of historical record. THE HEADQUARTERS. The headquarters of the blockade running business was at Charleston. During the war ten vessels ran in and out of Charleston to one enter ing any other port. A score of rich firms in that city entered into the business simultaneously, at tracted by the large profits aud encouraged by the government, and it was at Charleston that Maj. E. Willis was stationed as purchasing agent ot tne uontederate Govern ment. The war began iu April. By September every southern mer chant had sold out his old stock and must henceforth deiiend on Euroiie. It was then that prices leaped to such figures as astonished everybody, ana were quoceu ar, tne jNortn as evidence that the Confederacy was staggering. And yet Lee was in his glory as a successful General when those prices had advanced from 500 to a 1,000 times. The woman who bought a paper of pins in the tall of islio, remembers that they cost from $100 to $125 in Con federate mouey. THE PROFITS. The profits vere enormous. A suitable craft could be purchased in ifiuropefor from f 00,000 to 120,000, and as a rule, one successful trip would clear her cost. To show what the profits were, Maj. Willis once sent out a bale of cotton worth $400yr in Confederate money. At Nassau it was exchanged for a barrel of borax, which he sold in Charleston for $4,000 in same cur rency. Again he sent out a bale of Sea Island worth $000, and received a bale of women's veils which brought him $13,000. "Mer chants who bought ELglish cloth at fifty cents per yard had no trouble iu disposing of it at home for $7 and $8. A pair of boots costing $2 brought $10 and $12 in Charleston. Tea which could lie had in Nassau for forty cents per pound brought Worn $14 to $20 in the South. II the owners made well the men who assumed "the perils were Jtiy no means neglected. The wages of the common sailors were doubled and more and paid in gold. Many captains bargained by the trip. If successful in makinpfthe round trip they received from $3,500 to $5,000 in good English gold. Outside of this sum each captain was permit ted to cary one bale of cotton each trip ou his own account. As noth ing was said about weight, they had two and three ordinary bales compressed into one, ami often made $lo,000 out ot their specula tion. . Whatever the Confederate Gov ernment needed had to come this way, and it paid the same price as iu cannon, muskets, ammunition, boots and shoes," cloth, uniforms, equipment!, tents and sabres, medicines, etc.,"and it was only in this way that the Confederate ar mies were kept iu the field. The same number of States, geographi cally situated like Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, would not have held out so long. Stringent is was the blockade, it was never close enough to entirely stop the business. With twenty-four Feder al vessels off the bar at Charleston a Confederate steamer made that port without receiving a shot. A pilot to be deluded on, aud a night such as t he runnel's prayed for, would take a vessel out or in, no matter how alert the blocka ders. THE PERILS. Neccessity and avarice were the mam inducements to carry on the the trade, butmaking up the crew of the vessel manvman volunteered his services more for the love of idventure than any other reason. It was a business in which every man took his life iu his hand, and he so understood. An ordinarily brave man had no business on a blockade runner. He who made a success of it must have the cunning of a lox, the patience of Job, and the bravery of an Indian warrior. Uncle Sam wanted at first to treat j them as pirates, and was never satisfied to consider them contra bandists. The runners must not be armed and must not resist. The only privilege accorded them when discovered was to out run pur nit if they could, and scores of them were remarkably successful in making the most of this privilege. In a stay of ten days in Charleston I had the good fortune to meet a round dozen ex captains of blockade runuers, and was thus put in possession of many particulars never given the public in print. The history of the business, written alone aud detailing the adventures, perils escapes and mishaps of the 500 vessels engaged from first to last, wonld be the most interesting volume of the war. A CLOSE CALL. Just before leaving Nassau, one evening in 1803, the captain of the blockade-running steamer Southern Cross received information that two ; Federal cruisers where lying in i wait for him about twenty miles off the coast, in consequence oi this news he ran to the right of the usual track about ten miles to avoid them. The Federal commanders suspected that their presence would be known in Nassau, and therefore ran to the left of the track. The runner was lU'teein miles sea when night fell. Every li at rht was put out, the speed was slowed down, and every man altourd wtis coutioned to be absolutely quite, no matter what occurred. The i fire men opened barrels of tar to be prepared for a sudden call . for in creased speed, and the steamer ere it for wart I into the darkness. Ow ing to her color she could not be set quarter of a. mile away on that night, and there was euoutrh wiud-atid sea to drown the noise of her paddles. .All of a sudden, as the runner crept forward, the look outs sighted one of the cruisers dead ahead and advancing. The si earner sheered to port, but. hi five minutes the other ? cruiser was sighted anil she found herself be tween rue iwo. iier engines were stopiied and tho vessel floated quietly before the wind. ,The chances were that she. would not lie discovered, when an Irish deck- .1 4 -a ... uauu, wuo uaa . been without ( a smoke a long as he could stand it, uueu uis pipe ana straek-ai- inatcb. The flame, tiny as it; was, betrayed the steamer. The cruisers signalled J eaen otner ana at once opened fire. .uie snooting was guess-work under the circumstances, but it was good guessing. The very first J cannon ball carried away the orn.imeut on top of the pilot-house; and the second smashed ten feet of deck railing. The blockade runner at out started ahead at full speed, all iue time unuer nre, ana as she ran away she passed within , a hundred feet of one of the Federal ships. A solid shot, fired frpm ? this.. is tance, passed through Hie , runner just above the main deck, - and another grazed her bow. and the Federal commander hailed:. fCome to or I'll sink you ! Tliere- was every show that he had it .. in his power to' do so, but the runner steamed ahead and after an hour's chase, accompanied by, a-, constant fire from, the big guns, she gave .the cruisers the slip. ' ' i '-' : ; A BOLD GAME? j" , One of the most valuable cargoes ever reaching a Southern port., was that of the steamer Sumter. :, She was well known to the Federal block aders at Charleston, , and', upon re ceiving this cargo she , made direct ior w limingtou. ; There was,,, j a. blockading fleet of five of.six .yjis sels there, and 'the Sumter came in sight of it iu the morning., Paying uoi ine least attention, jto. their signals or movements, the ' steamer hoisted the American flag and .ran steadily in. The boldness of the movement so astonished , the fleet that not a gun was' fired until" the runner was out of range. , It ! was the first and only time that such a bold trick was put in practice, i but the blockaders felt sore over it for years. - '. ; . ; ,; ' .V?: The cargo consisted ; of arms, ammunition, clothing, cloths , and medicines, and not the least impor tant articles were ' two. monster Blakely guns. These eruns were so large and "unwieldy that ,they , were loaded with their muzzles sticking up through the hatchways.; The great blockade-running house of John Frazer & Co. purchased the cannon in .England and presented them to the Confederate Govern ment. The work of unloading: them at Wilmington and conveying the monsters to Charleston" by - rail and placing them in battery at the esplanade, was accomplished by Major Willis, then Beauregard's quartermaster. Had the fleet cap-. tured the Sumter, 'and nothing would have been easier had her true character been suspected, the South would have been the loser of at least $8,000,000, and a whole army , corps would have lost the guns, tents, batteries and ammunition in tended for-it. As to the encouragement . given by the Confederate Government, it will lie made plain by the statement that it purchased, from first to last, perhaps $200,000,000 worth of goods, ( Maj. Willis made one purchase in 1803 amounthig to $7,500,000, anil it was no uncommon transaction to buy a bill footing up from $2,000, 000 to $5,000,000. M. QUAD. Why tlit: Game Was not Played . . A scene took place in Bush & Allsop's billiard saloon in Winston Friday night hat was not down on the bills. A billiard tourney was in progress, and one of the players was in the act .of chanlking the end of his cue, when in walked bis wife. Thunderstruck, he dropped his cue and chalk, ' gathered his coat aud hat aud saying, "come dear this is noplace for you," he strode towards the door, his wife clinging to him as though she had rescued him from a great peril. Reaching the threshold of the place that was robbing her of her do mestic happiness, she paused, and the brave little woman, with the impassioned eloquence of an injured and aggrieved wife said, "now gentlemen if any of you have wives go home to them and save them the agony this night has cost me." The lights were speedily extin guished and the game was not finished. Greensboro Patriot. Practical Prohibition. Some days ago we published an article relative to the fine apples raised in the western part of this State, and yesterday a shipment of these apples was received here via the Spartanburg & Asheville B. It. There were 18 crates of them, hold- i mg less than one bushel each, ana the freight was only $10.50! Just think of it ! And besides this high freight the apples were just twelve days in making the trip from Ilen dersonville to Wilmington, as long a period as would be required to make the journey from Liverpool to Wilmington. Such freights aud such delays are simply iu the nature of a prohibition of trade intercourse i between the seacoast and the nioun ! tains. The same firm to whom the ! apples were consigned tell us that : they can ship oranges to. New York at .u cents a barrel. l. Kcrieir Wealthiest Negro in Ocoryriii. Henry Todd, who lives in Darien, is the wealthiest colored man in Georgia. When a youth his master died and left him freedom. When the Confederacy fell he lost twenty sla e j and some Confederate bonds. Alter t he war he continued farming operations and engaged m tl:e lumber business. He is now (. years old, and is worth $100, 000 iu gootl investment. Savannah Xeic. "Salary No Object." rTo the thoughtful citizen hardly any danger threatening the luteg rity of onr free institutions upix-ais greater than that springing from the lavish use of money at elections. No corrupting influence iiikiu the ballot has grown so rapidly as this, esiieciaily of late years: mid many of our wisest nieu begin to fearthut the 'great. Bepnblic, which was founded as a Govern went of the people by the people and for the people, will soon become in fact Plutocracy a government of ' the people by mouey and for money. .Prominent statesmen are givjng some attention to, .this, untiortaiit subject among other,' Senator John Sherman, who, like the pract ical man that he Is, suggests a rem edy tor the evil.,. Jn conversation with a news paier correspondent at his. bomerin Mansfield - the ' Ohio Senator said ho used to bo elected as the liepresejitatl v( tit t Congress from that District without Incurring any expense worth menuonins No one seemed' to" expect ' It." He nsed to hitch up his team i find ro from town to town where - he - had appoint ments.; , 'The, , , commit tee would meet him and most always insist on' paying bis horse ami ho tel fare- Once or twice only was he eallcd npon for money even to pay for the printing of the tickets. But, continued the solid Senator. "thou the Congressman got $8.00 a day. '-'The increase of salary is what . i . . . ....... : uruigs u:e money into politics, and this is to be deplored It will be A sad day for the country when none DntTbench can lie elected to if- floe This state of affairs would be art effectual bar to the jioor deserv ing boy whose future depends niion bis individual efforts. It would al so deprive the emilrypf the , vlu: tllalal -aaVPXlsvJ j4' t a4s t IrKsilf tktilM who would have to stand back j Ikv cause they were' not rich.' ' ! ", ' ' !Mr. ttberuiRH lias had a long x perience in public. JM'e! I ,Jiepror sentatire and Senator in Congress, and" as Secretary of ' the Treasury-, and -.ew 'men should know lietter tnan he what would lie. , tins' proper pay or- the people's servants at ' Washington'.wrt' Jrobably , V uoue make A closer estimate of the aver age Cost of getting into , Congress. If raising-the salary fromv $8 per day to $5,000 a ,.yeax tbe preseut figure is' what caused the expen diture ofso much money In elec tions then it onghtlO bcredoet'd to the old figure at once.: ' ,s "But obsct yatioii does not eon (inn Mr; Sherman's theory. ' It was 'no consideration for the kilary 4 that eaused the larce expenditure ol money hi the-cdutest between A tot and Flower in New lork City last fall. -Indeed very few congress men will admit that the aaiary ol $5,000 a year will auy more thnn pay the bare necessary expenses of election and enable the Congress man to live in the most nnpreten tious wnyV ' - . jw " ' v Farther evidence that5 it is vnot the salary which causes the expen diture is found in the fact, th.it iu England, where Members of Par liament are uot- paid ; any .salary, the expenditures for election aver age greater than, in .this country. Instead of the present salary keep ing poor men out of Congress-' it Is probable that were it reduced,, to the figure of earlier days, when all prices were much lOwer, many poor men who are now, sent to Washing-; ton could not afford to go. , - Some other" remedy .jmnst' be found. 'Mr. Sherman mid other leaders in Congress should think it over. More stringent rules for ad mission to membership should ' lie adopted. Let a lew investigations as to the extienditures in notorious cases lie ordered,' and where ' It , i clear that mouey has been used cor ruptly let the ambitious '. Plutocrat be sent back iu disgrace to his pur chased constitneucy 'TThe'" men who buy their way -into Congress are not those who want the salary. Generally siieaking they are men who have grown rich without, gain ing the respect and social consider ation which they crave, and they waut to go to Congress in order to secure the cheap (however costly) adornment of an "Hon." handle to their u ames. The salary is literal ly no object to such men. It is but as a drop in the bucket of their in comes, ami a mere bagatelle in comparison with what they are wil ling to exjiend in getting elected. Congress tdiould devise mtutsnres to protect the honor . of tlie two Houses and the liberties of the peo ple from au irruption of vulgar Plu tocrats who believe that money is and should bo the only source ol power and sign of distinction. A U Over the South. , , Alabama'! applo crop ia immense thia year.. Jackson, Mies., ban thirty marriage associations. Texas has 137,000 square rules desti tute of inhabitants. ' Mississippi has one insane person to every 800 of her population. ' ; ; i A "boss'" carpenter at Jacksonville, Fla. , is one of the gentler sex. v ' Bee-keeping is becoming a largo and I rofitable industry in Mississippi. . .' Huckelberry wine is extensively man ufactured in Levy county, Florida. Tbe trade in cotton in Montgomery, Ala., last year footed np (6,000,000. Tennessee. North Carolina and Vir ginia will all maka good peanut .crops. Florida hns shipped, during the sea son just closed , 25,000 head of cattle to Cuba. The Sehna, Ala., cotton mills have just shipped five car loads of cotton goods to Chinn. Hale county. Ala., is looking out for her moss induntry anil is gathering thousands of tons. Both the corn and cotton crops of TexaH are a few days late, but the yield is unprecedented. El 1'iiKO. Tex., has iriereasrsl its popu 1 lation from 4(10 to Jt.TiOO In the pat ' eighteen months. The largest vote ever polled in Arkan sas 147, K'.it) was polled at the Into elec tion for (iovernor. Palestine, Tex., raises apples eighteen inches in circumference and weighing twenty-two ounces. t ... e 1. .. I .. t onnn 800 have ,H.e made in Uttle rtocjt. ' Ark., during the present year. I-argo and very rich deposits of iron ore have recently leen discovered in Marshall county Ala. Dying Words oft lie Orr ' ' ' !Dr. Johnson, pausing away . a tumult of iineaMiuesH hii-I ( , a lid lo one who stood close l i lift bed: 4tGod bleHN.vou my deat:" The celebrated Dr. Adams, rector of lite High School of Edinburgh, in some lnoint-ntH of dilirum ' ceding his death, whlsen-d, "It is growing dark, hoy;" atretchbii: forth his - hand, "you itiwy cor, Queen Elizabeth of England, l. itg on her royal couch, was heard to moan out the heartrending words, as ehe closed her eyes forever, "All luy poKsessiona for one moment t lime!" I'.ut the noble k1 ply exclaimed, In calmness ol . t : "The best of all i. God M.Mi nrt." . Poor Itoliert Hums, out f i his Head when he drew ). 1 bixuth, cried: "Oh, don't 1 t t awkward squad flreover iu .'" U curious, indeed, that Iord I l.tnli si khi Id have cried out, aa he p ayt - "I'm shot if I don't U !., I'm dying!" "Aul mes enfana,' vou rutin l TV asmnch forme aa I lune yon laugh in my time!" .)r 1 i: brilliant wit ol Trance, f . he lay dying that hour v .:!. , i i of weeping friend around him. It was a Chrintiju i l. ; 1 r like John Locke who i: ; .r. Willi hi latest breath that !, nm day. "Oh, tlie depth of the ri. In s of the goodness and know-i Ide of God!" .How strange to think that tho great MinilK'an, alter a lif oi such wild discord, tdioull l.ae cried out frantically, us ) I v waiting for the last han; e, , : Lot me die to the houti.! ot (' . . . music!77 tiHlnii't(iit v hi ilo of aa i nt, looked up i. . lace ol his weeping wile for the I t tiijie us he bent over him nt :. Vi iiou that dismal dav, and i t noil that . uid,ltiM, lie crossed I, i i m almve hi noble heart, "It A lid the last word of I I'liond, Mehihctlioti, are w on ! i striking, it sems to inc. The luer naked him that hour if he Kinul anything. "No, Luther. Nothing, nothing but Iimu u!" answered, nd died w ith a hi Upon his face. The ruling p is maybe said to have l-n strong with ChoxtcihcM whi n piissed awny. for the last vm ' ! utUred were, "(live Davt..: a chair!" Did ixior Cowia r anything la-fore he died he hail always dreaded even w I... the thought of dyingf Why, it he sank to rest as pea fully if t Iu child. Ah, but what ,1 llahhcri the deist sayjiHt 1 !. ic he gasK-d his last hn.:..f "1 ;uii taking A fearful leap ia the hiiL," hut the sweet Herbert said, "Now, Lord receive my soul!' DcawCohl smith's physiciau asked bim a h w tuniiieuts before he ceased to hivathe if his mind w as tit e;ie. II mournful answer w as, "No, it is not!" And yet was not Gold Mil) ith really as lovely a cliaracter, at heart, as any man who r IWvtW The deaf Beethoven, whone whole sou) had Ix-en lull of gloi ions harmony tbroughlout his lite, tried out at last, "Now 1 diall liextr'' May we not cherish th h-e that By idii's thoughts were ol God and heaven when lie said at last, so woaribv, "I must sleep now!" Thesuii was e hiuing very briphtly lu the room whcio the pent limn Ulldt lay dyiiig,Hhd he said, h he watched the beautiful ravs, "How gwhd the sunlight! It seem to beckon earth' to heaven! ' John Adam and Thomas Jefferson !,. 1 the toanie day, but one said with his last breath, "Indcicudchcc foi- everl ami I he other4 "I resign my noul to my Gol tml my iUh; ht, r to my country." Sir Thomas More said to an nttodant., as he HHeemled tle sea Hold ou the day of Ins ex ecution, "I pray you c' ine up, and for my coming down 1 t roe shift for myself." lU-autllul Anne Bolet n, just Udorc she km li. down to lay Jier head on t Jm 1 I n k. clasped her neck with hcrl. u I mid said, '"It1 ia small, Very m..'!, indiMwlI" What tiouhl have xmwK sod Franklin to may u low friemls. on his deathbed. "A dving mail dues, nothing wcllf W K.i r strange question for Cnrdiiml Beaufort (or any other unui) to n k at the hist moment ol" his bio, "Whatli there no iMibing deathl" Scott said, even when death ciwping very near, "I feel an if 1 were to bo myself again." And Hood cried out, wliisH'rel only the words, "Dying dying!" - AP.ylnf Industry. ; "'Mr. Henry Bilteu, fruit grower, ofltidgeway made f750.(M alaive all exenms on a three and a lot If acre viueyard, this season. He is new enlarging his vinfyard, and w ill soon - finish planting 40,ooo vines, mostly early shipping varie ties. He and his brother, Harry, , have . ltrge fruit interest , near Kigeway. and Manson, "uu. the H & G B, It and are tncreardng their are every year. The above exhibit beats cotton badly. iaf. Visitor. '' """",...,, 'JUDGE KKLIr, of Philadelphia, has serred nearly tf enty-tro years in Congress, and has just been re nominated fur A twelfth term, and he has accepted the nomination. He announces as , his policy the complete-abolition of all internal revenue taxes, well know in g that m property regulated tariff will raise ample revenue fof all projer ex penses of the government, and pay off the public debt as rapidly as will be consistent with tlie Hiblio interest.'.";. 4 '- . , HrTa. "wrwltta, J. : .,. Oreenstaoro Patriot. la tha records of tltn So par lor oourt of Dovsa county, 1700, appaani tha following judgments: , STaTI ) i rs. - Laroeny ,.'', Defendant being convicted of stealing a home, it ia orderad by Uie Ciourt that he receive thirty-nina lashes wall laid on, that ha stand in the public pillory one hour, that he be branded on tlie right cheek with tbe letter II, and on the left with tha letter T. and that both of his ears be cropped off. Ordered that this sentence be immediately executed. Stats tw. nil Murder Defendant being Convicted tof mur dering a negro it is ordered by Ilia Court that be be imprisoned iwrelva months la the county Jail. . , ..... .
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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