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ffiSsVV ry'i;s i : ' - -V ' - m '- A, A . - , ,1 V s , , i. . INDEPENDENTlN jOIX, THINGS, -Vv ' y To rma B.OO Xr "V -. VOL. V. '':r:WSrM NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTYNj C, NOVEMBER 30, 1882. NO. -34. I iWWll Y w my asy w iii i i. ii i i r i i 1 1 i r i iii ' ? .. . AW 'UK; H II vsx , If i I f 1 f 1 sV lit .ill -sT 1 ri ' ' ' 4 J ' v. , - Professional Cards. v GEO. II. LEIDSAY, ; . Attornej' at I&w, imimu.i.c. , wt,: rrvlctwlmivtr professional mi i Iocs are re. j : ra. . f.-r-iwes: Hon. A. R. VUrrtmon., Jrank P. i.uilejr, KaJaia-b. if. C; A. Home. Clayton, Lie::::;: j.i.:oon,-v; t t on:mY at law. New Heme. N. C 1 ' wri pr.-;i1- In thCVontlee of Oreena, Ls n.nr. j i .!., I-HmUroaad Craven also Prwnp'l ilci u..n jiC to ta collection of elaima. . atwiwiy P. inJUPHY PEABSALL, - iTTOMBT IT UW, s; TEENTOy, JOES CO, C. WHl rnw-lce In the OMintlca of Onslow, I je-ni r, i 'iu n ii, Mm tffli mm j'"" -I.":vr zrne Advertissments. 1). W. HURTT, p ZANG'? old ZTTDUIS 3TEXST,' I.'ew Berne, If. C 31!, Ulrich,' 1 EALSH IX - ' ,'7 i::ie3diiy goods : : n sHoi:s, hats, j:; c Tv. ; . , l'uints Oil Can- . . und O.tkain. e to buy GRAIN SACKS i k:iu.ai: snuff, i .r by the tbL XCTS and SFINES.' toflluldle street. " . ' ' " XFAV BERNE.' X. C. ir. h I w - 5! I F. a KT THIKf, IflTW BEkJTE, K.C. A o swp cat baad foil 1 a of 1'i ; AM TVi'IXCS, HPIKC3, N A I LS, CANVASS, ASK ALL KTXTJS . ; zzi? cnAirDixiY, ? . ... . . I ; OILS and BEUSI. . ; a- is, ::ulis, poims ns,"Buggies, . w f X UUI ;::iF3, saddles,!? :le:.iated wcsx. k O C go YOUNG-STOCK 1 anI, aod ibr vale . . . FOE CSEt. I lov; a. r.i. iiaiix,, 4 f Middle S'reet,' Church: I q.!4 jur ; ' -C;i i . 0;. pal nl r .ales. .1 M.r.i U ET Al It rocers; road and Queen Str BERNE, N. C: cr- v JOHNDUN? itrTifrmiPB nv' I . And Wholesale and Retail Deal ..- -.. - . - .. " ' J . af Steam refilled Confectio; ery. CANDIES, FJIK.SH i CANNED FlvU utrs. Crackers and . Cakel, CIGARS, A aU Kind f Chndfen TOTS And WAGONS ir. A. .... . -.I i' - - I POIXOCX Bt, Aprl 8,1 yjw KnfBtrnt, . wji.- l6rch. . . ; peal, w , ( . GENERAL MEr.CIlAiyDISE CAST ACCs.aT?AagS. BV9Sk4 Ma SfflV 9SaMs Cb ( .fc dwM.r. v D AIL BROS, WUOLBSAE ' OROClERt . COaOOSSZOV - KXBC7AVTS, KKW imt ari,4wir t , -... -:,.'.. THE BEACTIPCL UW P !!. (Th foIlowlDC poem wu written by Miss Ella Wbaeler M lollaby toix for beaoUfnl Unit rwt-TMrokl nlccC7tl Wheeled tarlov aa lllnca of the rttUd s mother. It wu aftarwmnl published to Hrpera Yonng People, and baa been wkllT mpted by the Com, cuddle your head on jiy shoulder. Tow head like ffce goMen fcxi And we will p muIIrr away from here .To ttie bvautiral Unt of N'mi. Away irom Ule'a worry and hurry and Hurry, Away fruoi earth 'a ahadowa and Bloom. V will float off together to a world of fiiir weather, . Wht-o roaea are always In bloom. - Jnat ahrrt Bp yonr evea anil fold your hands -Your band like the leave of a rose Ami we will go sailing to those fair lands That never aa a LUa shows. On the north and weal they nre bounded l.y reat. On the sooth and east by dreams. Tl Uie ennntry Ideal wnm notbtnic real. Hut eeerytlilns; only Jmrt drop down theenrtalh of yourlenr-j-c t our eyes uke uie ongat And we will sail out under autr-ht skkw To the land where the tilrlea dwell. Down the river of sleep eur bark shall Kwp, Till It reachea that loaxUwl isle Which no man haa see u, but wberv all hnw been, , And there we will pause awhile. I will croon you asounrse we float along To 1 hat shore tlatt Is bteaaed of Uod. Then, hoi for that (atr buid, we're off for tbnt The beautiful land of ifod! ? ! F0ET AND FLEET. FVnaaas Coatftdenta Cralaera WkJoksBsll Had ta Cease Oowa VKk Cas - Haw Uscsls IM spaaed or the martdaw t t- f . -. t .' (Dettolt free Press.) ; . .v The first and: last fights of the Confederate crniser Alabama were fall of such incidents as will be . pre served in t naval records for long years to come. . xne manner m which she RtuiK the Uatteras on Galveston has placed thi affair second only to the quickest naval engagement oa record; and her fight with the Kearsarge has been called the squarest f ght ever made .be tween uien-ot-war moved by steam.. The Alabaiia began her career in Jone, 18C2, and it was closed in Angn--VlSoS.i Coantmg oat the time ' t in ports and for neces- san- -. ! n4 she did not see ovc raontnsoi active ser- vk . . time she sailed into evt sea ana , captorea nei... ?ovi.::tT Federal " vessels. Oat of this number a dozen or so were bbncled and- released, bnt the other " were v given to the flames.!;' ". . . .. ' It has erer seemed a curious in? terpretatipn of the laws of war that while the ' government itself recog nized the Confederacy as a'power, entitled to the rights of belligerents so far xis ahe land forcqs were con cerned, ijb called . the Confederate cruisers pirates.- -It' called them pirates, ti nd yet did not dare try thom onl he charge, paroling and Jand ' exilian ging them as other U lligerf nts. Again, Europe would i ; i ve ter to a Confederate pri iti i r, "d yet."Wonld not permit i r f herfprizes to enter ". a ; port. .r. d would bnild the privateers, : t! : grins and va share of the i ; toard, and still refuse to give :n shelter in any of her ports nn- as la uesire cusiress. , ; - , TH FIGHT OFF; CTCEKBOVRQ. Federal historian Aave not given Semwies the credit due him in that action. lie ran into Cherbourg to 1 re tic. and repairs, and the Alabama would have been in dock in twenty foiirt boors but for the . appearaace e Kearsarge. Frenchmen, tell - and Frenchmen too, who after tls fought on the Federal side. 1 rues says he was short-handed, I a French official who inspected powder six boars before the fight, I him that he -could not depend t : ! on it. - The balk of it had been on Igurd five or six months. Semmes knew- the Kearsarge as a stout, well fthned ship, commanded by a- man Who wonld fight to the last. .; He 'fas told that her crew numbered j!G2, while his wa3 only .149. The vearsarire could throw more metal Kt a broadside, and '.more than a lozen different people warned - the Confederate that the Kearsarge had been overhauled . with chains to protect her vulnerable parts. " J , THE FIGHT. - ; Under these circumstances he should have gone ahead with his work of refitting and treated the presence of the Kearsarge with silent contempt. All the advice received was to that effect, and yet e sent Winslow a challenge. He eonght no advantages bnt realized that all the disadvantages were with the Alabama. It has been written, in history that a spirit of braggado cio induced him to send , the chal lenge. .Braggarts dont challenge their equal match. If tbeydo, they don't gooutto fight., Semmes had been eharged , with', running away from Federal ernisers, and here was the,opportuBity to give the lie to the story. - "So far as the vessels going out to sail round and roand and fire into each other until each was sent to the bottom, it was a fair fight, in some things . the advantage was with the Kearsarge. Had not the English carried Semmes and others away in the yacht the real merits of the flrrht wonld not have been lost sight of in the desire to hurt some body's feelings. Semmes' friends say he drew the II at terns out to sea for a fight without knowing; her strength; and that lie chal lenged the Kearsarge knowing that the chances were against him. It U silly to deny that he had plenty of bravery, and the title of "pirate" belongs no more to him than to any privateer of the Revolution. On the other hand, Winslow de serves all praise for his conduct. When he started to crnise for the Alabama he meant to hud her. Only a week before entering Cher bourg he had been told that she had a crew of 180 men that she carried four more guns than the Kearsarge - that she had been partly armored and that she could sink him in a five-minute fight. When lie fol lowed her into Cherliourg lie was determined to bring on a fight. It came much sooner than he expected but he was ready. The erfect discipline on the Kearsarge was a great aid in the fight. The lirst two shot were lost in getting the the range. After that every gun wits so coolly aimed and tired that every missile struck. On lioard the Alabama the crew were excited, fired rapidly and wildly, and most of the shot passed clean ovt-r. Out side of the destruction of the llat- teres, which was a lass of 8500,000 much to his tliscrertif- us nn hoiuir.i to the government, the Alabama ble coinmniicler. He headed lor created damage to the amouut of I England, and the Shenandoah ran $7,000,000. into Liverpool with the Confedcr- THE FLORIDA. The Florida was likewise built of English oak iu an English ort and paid for with Confederate gold. She came out early in 1802 under the name of Oreto. The Federal Government made every effort to detain her, suspecting from her build that she was intended as a cruiser. The Oreto was detained for weeks at Nassau, even without a. musket or a marine on loard, and when 'released, left for a rendez vous where a sailing vessel was in waiting with crew and armament. The Florida had both steam and sail, and her first commander, a na val Lientenantj named Stribling, was a perfect . dare-devil. He left Havana with only two gnhs in po sition and a crew of eight or ten roustabouts, aud laid his coui-se for Mobile. ,.He had information that fonr or five Federal gunboats were on that station, but he steamed boldly on and reached the coast to find that his arrival had been ex lected. The entire fleet at once set upon her, but by crowding on all steam and holding her course with shells whistling all around her the privateer made the harbor. She was struck eight times in the hull, her masts were chipped by five dif ferent shots and twenty ropes were cut by as many different missiles. Unruig the excitement ot the es- cape twoof the crew Jumped over- i board and were , drowned. ESCAPiNS TO SEA. At Mobile the Florida was thor oughly equipped for the work ' in tended, and Stribbling having died she was given a new commander. Having missed her as she ran iu, the Federals were determined to nab her as she came out, and or ders were issued from Washington to strain every nerve to capture or destroy her. At least two expedi tions were planned to cut her out. "but for some reason they were not sent off. The fleet was increased, and at night the vessels stood in so close as to be within rifle shot of Fort Morgan. It did not seem as if a skiff could pass through the line of investment, and for two or three weeks after, the Florida was entirely ready she .did not dare at tempt the passage. The coming of winter brought a gale which obliged the blockaders to haul off and open their ranks, and one dark night the Florida stood out. Sparks from the smoke stack betrayed the privateer, but so rough was the sea and so dark the night, that she escaped the fire unharmed- Four vessels at once followed in pursuit and maintained it until morning. Two then re turned, and the others followed on until night, the storm not having abated in the least. After dark the Florida changed her course and thus threw the pursuers off the track. ' ' The Florida twice ran within thirty miles of New York, and her tender" made captures within can non shot of Sandy Hook. It was this tender, commanded -by Lieut. Rerd.which captured the revenue cutter .Gushing in Portland harbor, and was in.turn captured while get ting out to sea. The Florida de stroyed bont sixty Federal ves sels, worth $5,000,000, and bonded six or eight. Her capture was just sucju.an act as was played on an American man-of-war in 1813 by a British vessel an act which has never been excused or forgotten. The Confederates had run into Ba hia for repaiis and supplies, when the United States man-of-war Wa- ebnsetts entered the port. This craft had been on the track of the Florida for weeeks, and was now determined to capture tier at any cost.; Instead of waiting outside i or sending a challenge for the pri-; vateer to come out aud make a fight, the Wachusetts took advan tage of night and the absence of part of the crew of the Florida and ; ran her aboard right in the harbor. : It has been asserted in English, French and Brazilian newspapers that both commanders had given the Brazilian Government their sol emn pledge to respect the neutral ity of the harbor aud yet the Wa chusetts called to quarters without noise, slipped upon her prey in the darkness, and the moment she was sighted she discharged three guns into the privateer. During the ex citement which followed the priva teer was run to sea in conipauy with her captor. - The affair created a great row in othcial circles, and was settled in a curious manner. The American Consul at Bahia was dismissed on the grounds that he advised the disgraceful act, although upon his return to the United States he as serted that he advised against the movement. The Florida was -fixed" to sink at her anchorage so that she could not be returned, and the command er of the Wachusetts was tried by court-martial and recommended for promotiou. Had Brazil been a lower like England or France Un cle Sam would not have thought of playing such a trick. THE SHENANDOAH. The craft was another purchase from .lolin Bull, and it being well known that she was destined for a Confederate privateer, every effort was made to prevent such a con summation. She got away from England, at last, under the guise a merchantman, and having been ntted out at an appointed rendez vous, she began a cruise in search of whalers. Her cruising was con fined to the cold seas, where the Confederate flag had never ap peared before, and every capture was an important one. Inside of three hours she one day captured five whalers, lour of which were i burned and the fifth bonded that she might be loaded with the pris i oners. Her captures footed up about $7,000,000, and several of I them were made long after the war ! closed. W Idle the war closed in j April, the Shenandoah received no tidings of it until midsummer. Her commander should have then laid her course for the nearest 1'nited States navy yard and surrendered everything, but he 'did? not do so Hie liay 11 il'H Sill" BIII1CUMMVU the Enirlish authorities. M course the craft was at once transferred to the Federal Government. The Shenandoah was twice disa bled at sea and in great peril, anil on one occasion some captured whalers set tire to her in two places at once and came near causing her destruction. The was chased over 4,000 miles by different Federal cruisers, but alwavs had luck with her. TOK TALLAHASSEE. This craft was a double-screw propeller which had run the block ade, and was one of the last priv.i tcers out. She was fitted out at Wilmington in ISO t, and the Con federate Secretary of the Navy was ridiculed on all sides for his pur chase. When altered over to a privateer and provided with guns she was compared to an old woman carrying a musket. One broadside from the smallest Federal gunboat would have sent her to the bottom, and there was fear that if she fired all her guns at once she would be shaken to pieces. In tlis instance the race was to the swift. It was known that the Tallahassee was in Wilmiugton and making ready to come out, and the blockaders were, on tlie watch to capture her. When ready to go out she headed lor sea and showed such a rate of speed as to astonish everybody. She jrot out under a heavy fire and a close shave, and within twelve hours made her first capture. As .she had only steam-power, and must depend on the coal she could carry, her career was a dash of a few weeks. She destroyed twenty-four Federal craft during the crnise. THE CHICHAMATJGA. This craft was the twin of the Tallahassee, and was also fitted out at Wilmington. She was of Eng lish build, aud ran the blockade from Nassau with a crew of eleven meu. When she approached Wil mington she found seven block aders on that station. It was jnst at daylight, and the propeller put back to sea to wait for night or a change of weather. She ran back nntil out of sight of the blockaders, and up to noon nothing occurred to give her anxiety. Then a brisk gale aud a stiff sea set in, and ow ing to the carelessness of the look outs two Federal guu-boats, on their way to join the blockaders, were allowed to approach within three miles of the runner and to cut off' her escape to sea. In this emergency she headed for Wilming ton, and though the alarm was given and she found herself almost surrounded, her speed and the recklessness of her captain carried her into port, though she was hit five times. One Federal shell struck her amidships, crashed through the planks, scattered a box of muskets, passed through the other side and exploded a hun dred feet away. Out of the lifry muskets in the box forty-two were rendered useless beyond repair by the shell. When the Chickamauga was ready to run out, having been fitted as a privateer, there were eight or nine Federal vessels on the station. They naturally" reasoned that the Confederates would wait for a dark and stormy night to run out, but instead of this tjie privateer selected u still night, with the stars shiniugj aud the water as quiet as a mill poud, aud she, ran to sea without a rocket being fired. In two cases she ran within 500 feet of gunboats which could have sunk her with one broadside. , Her cruise was the briefest of all, but she destroyed seven Federal vessels and added new flame to the excitement amon- ship-owners. OTlIKi: CHl'ISEKX. The Georgia was the only vessel which the. French nation sold to the Confederate Government dur ing the war, and this was a bad bargain. She was slow, weak and entirely uutit for the work laid out, and was sold after a brief cruise, in which she destroyed eight or nine Federal craft. The Nashville, which was no more than a passenger steamer, was the first craft to show the Confederate flag in England. She made one voyage to Liverpool as a privateer and blockade runner combined, destroying three or four vessels and bringing home a cargo of arms and munitions. ?.r. in ad. Thej are Fast Disappearing i Atlanta Constluuion. i "Have you noticed,'' said lien. Hoke, of North Carolina, the other day, "the rapid disappearance of one-armed anil one-legged men At the close of the war, in the South as almost every Southerner was in the army, men without an arm or leg wen;, to be seen every where and on all occasions. Witli in the last few veais thev have been growing scarcer a few more years it wi apidlv. be a ra thing to see one." 'It is impossible for me to ize."' said an old soldier sitting bv, "that it has been more real near than seventeen years since j.ee surren dered. When I think of that day it seems to me that ii was only vesterday. And yet nearly a gen elation has passed federate ilag was since the Cou- oated for tin last time." "Von will appreciate t more." aid - General Iloke notice I lie next assemblage Ills -if still Voll ol diers at a reunion or in procession on some occasion. It is pitiful to see how old and grizzled they look. The youngest of .them are middle aged men. Why tlie day J sur rendered could place my hand on my saddle horn and vault over my horse's back. Now about all I care to do i -s to climb io one aide of him." Gov. S:cvcns is wit h t he laws of Gen already pardoned twi laying havoc igia. He has nty -the crimi nals. 1 lie courts would do we to Th. close up. What's the use with such a willing one man power stiir. AitP X SBMMEU LIGIOX. ICE Which is Probably the Kind the Kev. .-9am Jones Talked About. Ju Uie Henderson, Ucorqitfs Able Com mixxi oner of Agriculture and htfi IntereHttnq Reports Street Fa tii toes and How to Keep them Sound Emintian Wheat and the Good Bread it Makes Valve of Cotton Seed Bill says erery Fai mer should Read tlie Southern Cul tivator.- Jlev. Sam. Jones says the farmers ought all to get religion this year and a heap of it, for they have made such bountiful crops religion would come easy, and he said something about scratching a fat hog to make hint' lay down; 'Well, 1 don't know that the scratclnu business proves anythiug,but 1 reckeu is easier,to get religion in prosperity than adversity but it is not the kind that sticks to a man the longest. My idea has always been that it takes trial and suffering to purify a man, and make him humble before his Maker. A state of prosperity ena bles a man to get along with his church mighty smooth, and he can sit up square in his pew and look calm and serene, but it don't test Jiis religion. "Blessed are the meekjjblessed are the poor inspirit." True reiigon is to "visit the widow and the fatherless in their afflic tions," and to "humble thyself un der the mighty hand of God," and a man is not apt to do this with a pocket full of cotton money, and bis crib running'-over with corn. Cloudis is a character; he lives in Chattanooga, and is a curiosity. It is right hard to tell whether he is a fool for the want of sense, or for the overabundance of it, but 1 re member that one day he came audi sat down by Mr. Hamp Smith, a dignified old gentleman, who was talking to me, and says he "stran ger what inout your name be, ''and the stranger told him. "Aud where do you keep house!" and he told him. "Aud you ain't a poor man, are you?" and he said "no l'm not poor." "Plenty of money to do youf" yes said he. "Belonging to the church. I reckon f" said Cloudis. ',Yes, sir," said the old gentleman. "No debts?'' "No sir," said he. "No law suits!" "No sir." . "No crippled child?" "No sir. "Chil- dren all doin well?" "Yes sir. "And you've got no enemies?" "I hope not." "Give me your hand stranger," said Cloudis, rising up, "we are both iu the some fix, for we have both got a sort of summer re ligion," and he lett us as abruptly he came. . But of one thing I'm certain, and that is that the farmers ought to be grateful, whether they are or not. The fields are white with cotton;the corn hangs heavy on the stock; the barns are full of hay; the cattle are fat, and the horses feel their oats; sweet otatoes have spew'd up and cracked the ground, and Cobe says he can set on the fence of a moon light and hear his taters talkin' to one another, sayin' "git furder, iuake ioom and quit a scrougin of me." Cobe says that roasted taters and ripe persimmons are the best vittels to raise poor children on in the world, aud hisen are fat enough to kill right now. I'm goiu' to put up my potatoes iu dry dust from the road a layer of potatoes and then fill in allthe spaces with dust and then put on more potatoes and so on, and have a good shelter and cover deep enough to protect against freezing weather. I never tried that,but have read about it and believe it will do. Some farmers always keep potatoes through the winter, but most of 'em fail, aud it is high time that a plan was found out that everybody can follow and succeed, for it is a val uable era) and a universal favorite on die table. I've been trying to clean the Egyptian wheat that Judge Henderson sent me the seed of, but it is troublesome work to do it by hand, and I don't know of any machine that would thrash it clean and get all the red caps out, except a clover luiller. The children got 'em all out of about a quart aud ground it on the coffee mill very line and sifted it, aud then made it into bread and batter cakes, and we all liked it very much. It makes meal and not flour, and looks something like buckwheat, and tastes like a mixture of corn meal and buckwheat flour. It yields about thirty bushels per acre and is no trouble to cultivate. If it was crushed by mill rocks and run through the bolting cloth, may be it would make flour. I'm going to try it and see, just out of curiosity, for I am already satisfied ir will never be a substitute for either our corn or our wheat. Judge Hender son thought that may be it would mature in the early summer, before the usual drought came on, but it didn't, i danted it in April and it matured in October. The maize he sent me was planted the same time and hasn't matured yet, and I'm afraid Jack Frost will get it. It is a very vigorous growth and makes a splendid show. Loth of these cereals grow like sorghum, and have similar tops, and I sup pose, belong to the large family that includes broom corn and chick en corn and imphee. There is one great thing about the Egyptian wheat stocKs alter uiey are! stripped of their seed the top makes a splendid broom. The fibres are; tough and wear well. I made a ' broom myself and we are using its it is a home-made broom and I have! seen brooms more stylish, and 1 ! make, no profession of being an ex- i pert, but this broom is not. for sale; and .Mrs. Arp keeps it to brush un-; der t he table in the dining room.' I've a notion of making another; one lor Judge Henderson to take exercise with in the agricultural rooms. I'm afraid he sits too much for his health. The reports from his office are very interesting and very gratifying. I am glad he has brought up the cotton seed to their true value. It will be worth thou sands nl' dollars to the farmers, no matter whether they sell 'em to the oil mills or compost them at home. His reports have put up the price ."id per cent, already hi this region. Good fanners are bidding up for their tenant's cotton seed, and they are hard to get now at less than 13 cents a bushel. Our agri IJII.L cultural department is well organ ized and doing a world of good to the farming interest. Now, it we could only induce every farmer to take your pnper and study it, what a wonderful change would take place in the mode and science of farming in the next five years. The State couldn't make a better investment than to send it free to every man who don't take it because he don't feel able. I would rather see the State's money go that way than to give it to colleges, for it would do more good. Bill Aep. HUNDREDS OF OF MILLIONS LOOS. The Close of a Most Prominent Rafting tnm la Mtekltaa. East Saginaw, Nov. 20. The last log of the season of 1882 was rafted by the Tittabawassee Boom Company yesterday. The season has been unusually favorable for handling logs, and the results are the largest on record. The Tatta bawassee Company has handled about 619,000,000 feet. At the commencement of operations last spring there were 800,000,OPO feet of old logs in the streams; now there is not to exceed 50,000,000 feet back. The Rifle Boom Company has rafted out of ltifle ltiver and tribu taries the present season 100,000,000 teet ot logs, and there were back last spring 18,500,000 feet. The Saginaw Kiver Saw mills are all iu operation, aud will not shut down until Dec. 1. The product of the year is 1,000,000,000 feet. The price ot lumber is steady and rm for good stock. Sales are light, and made to hold on dock uutil next season. Good lumber is in de mand, but there is not much call for coarse stock. In the neighbor hood of 300,000,000 feet will be held on dock uutil next season. The year has been a prosperous one to manufacturers, as lumber has sold readily at good prices, and in consequence lumbermen are in good humor aud carry fat purses. A full stock of logs will be put in for next year's cut of the mills. -The lumber shipments ibr tbe season by water alone will be considerably in excess of 800,000 feet. Shingle mills are shutting down. The season opened with prices firm and active and a good demand. During the last sixty days there has been a decline iu prices, the demand has fallen off', and the mills -are holding large stocks over. The season's product will aggregate about .'25,000,000 feet. Sliinylos ot Glass. A manufacturing firm in Pitts burg, says the Brick, Tile and Met Review, has made a new depart ment iu the use of glass-, a patent having recently been granted to them for the manufacture of glass shingles. It is claimed for this ma terial that it .is more durable, stronger, aud more impervious to raiu thau slate or any other sub stance now used. The manufac ture of these shingles will also be comparatively inexpensive, and they can be placed in position byr any ordinary workman. They can be used for weather boarding hous es and will be found especially ser viceable for conservatories or hot houses, as they can bo made of transparent as well as of opaque or translucent glass. These shin gles have the advantage of slate in several particular.:.. Iu consequence of their shape they lie solid ou the roof, aud so can lie used ou com paratively flat roots, and they will admit of persons walkiug on them without danger of fracture, a quali ty which slate does not possess. They are interlocked so as to leave interstices between them, and one; rivet holds each pair of shingles, so that they cannot be forced from their places by wind or atmospher ic disturbances. They are also made so as to have very little waste material. It takes 300 slates, each 8x12 inches to cover what is tech nically known as a "square" of roof (a space measuring ten feet each way), but 130 of these shin gles will suffice for the same space. Slates lap on the ends in the root ing, but the shingles lap on the sides. It has been proved by ex periment upon two adjacent houses, one covered with slate and the oth er with translucent glass that the ! heat of a room near the roof in the I Joriuer building will exceed that ot one similarly situated in the latter j during the summer, by thirteen dc-1 grees, glass being a nonconductor j of heat. Houses with glass roofs! are also warmer jn winter. Glass! b; likewise a nou-condiictor of dec-1 tricity, and houses with these roofs will need no lightning conductors. Although the kiud of glass intend ed to be used in these shingles is non-transparent, yet space for sky- j lights may be filled with transpa-: rent glass. The exjiosed part of j the hinges are corrugated to iii- crease the strength and carry ott'i the water. The Arm will construct ' the shingles in handsome diamond! shapes, and they can be supplied in any color required or of no color if preferred. A roof with colored bor der and opalescent body is said to be very handsome. Tin: Dying Hendricks. ( Payton .Journal..! There is a quiet laugh at the ex pense of big doctors iu Indianapo lis. Ex-Seuator Hendricks was re cently reported critically ill of ery sipelas, with gangrenous symptoms, certain, the great doctors of Indian apolis and Louisville said, to carry him to a speedy death. The Sena tor prepared lor his fate calmly, and resignedly waited for the grim messenger. But he did not proceed to die. The day to which the sci entitic doctors limited his life, a blunt old Democratic friend, who w as a country praenuonor, came to ; pay his distinguished friend a fare well visit. He looked at the cry-; sipclas of tlie dying statesman, aud ! suddenly said, with an expressive grunt, ''Nothing but a bile, by (j tl !" The next day the states man was at the olls, voting the Democratic ticket. The distin guished scieutitic physicians are very quiet on the subject. We have the documents for this story. A Geography ot North Carolina (N. C. Educational Journal.) I. Position. North Carolina, sometimes called the "Old North Stat," is situated in the southeas tern part of the United States. It is bounded on the north bv Vriririnia; on the east, hv th AM:mti fWan; on the south bv South Carolina aud Georgia; on the West by Tennes see. IL Extent. Its area is 50,704 miles, which is a little greater than that of New York, and almost ex actly that of England. Its greatest length from east to west is 500 miles; its greastest breadth from north to south is about 300 miles. It has 315 miles of sea coast. There are 96 counties in the State. Its population is 1,400,000. --- III. Contour. (a). Indentations. Its eastern boundary is indented by three large sounds, Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico. The.-e sounds are broad aud shallow aud abound in fish. (b). Projections. Skirting the seacoast are many long, narrow sand-bars. The projections from these bars form dangerous capes,as Cape Hatteras, tjaiie lear and Cape Lookout. IV. Belief. According to height of the surface above the sea-level, (ne ocaie is uiviuea into tnree sec tions, the Eastern, Middle and Western sections. The Eastern section lies along the sea-coast and extends inland from 120 to 150 miles, and is generally low and level. The Middle section is about 200 miles wide and extends from the Eastern section to the foot of the mountains in the West. Its surface is undulating and hilly, varying in height from 150 feet to 1,500 feet. The Western section is about 100 miles wide and extends from the Blue Bidge to the Smoky Mountains. It is a high plateau of 2,000 feet elevation, containing several very high peaks. Its high est peak is Mouut Mitchell, 6,700 feet high. It is the highest peak in the Appalachian Mountains. Other high peaks are Clingman's Peak, Boan Mountain, Bald Mountain and Grand Father Mountain. V. Bocks. (a). Soils. The soil of the Eastern section is generally sandy and ot moderate fertility. But along the streams and extend ing inland bays and sounds the soil is exceedingly fertile. Iu the Mid dle and Western sections the soils are of every variety of coinM)sitiou and of every degree of fertility. It is a remarkable fact that the moun tains are covered with rich soil, and and magnificent forests crown their very summits, (b). Miuerals. The following min erals are found iu workable quanti ties; marl iu 25 counties; iron in ,'!0 counties gold iu 29 conn ties;cop per in 12 couutiesjlimestoue in 20 counties; coal in 3 counties. Mica is extensi vely and profitably mined in the mountains. Graphite, silver, lead, zinc, manganese, corundum and many precious stones are found. Beautiful and valuable building stones exist in great abundance. There is a larger number of species of minerals found in the State than in auy other State of the Union. VI. Kivers. There are two river systems represented in the State, (a), the Atlantic systein,East of the Blue Bidge, and (b). the Mississip pi system, West of the Blue Bidge. "a), Atlantic System. There are seven large rivers which flow iu a Sountli-eastern direction through the middle and Eastern sections, and empty into the Atlantic Ocean. The Boauoke empties iuto Albe marle sound and is navigable to Weldon, nearly 100 miles from its mouth. The Tar empties into Pam lico sound and is navigable to Tar borOjlOO miles from its mout h. The Neuse empties into Pamlico sonud and is navigable to Goldsboro, 100 miles from its mouth. The Cape Fear empties into the Atlantic Ocean and is navigable to Fayettc ville, 140 miles from its mouth. The Yadkiu, Catawaha and Broad rivers take their rise in the Blue Bidge and flow Southeast throiign South Carolinaund empty into the Atlantic Ocean; they are navigable for certain parts only of their courses. (b). Mississippi System. West of the Blue Bidge are scvei other lariro rivers which flow west into the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Tin- Tenneessee river is tile largest ol these Water Power. The value of these rivers can scarcely be esti mated. The force produced by their fall from their sources to the sea exceeds the force of all steam engines in Great Britain or the United States. The Yadkin river alone has power to turn 10,0i 0,0((l spindles. VII. Climate. Every variety of climate from very warm to very cold exist iu the State. There is no healthier climate anywhere than that which the Middle and W estern sections afford. The mountains are fast becoming resort a for iu valids. VIII. Vegetables. .alie Growth. In the Eastern section are found the pine, cypress,. juni per and live-oak. The long leafed piue, which covers a large part of this section, is of great value in producing turpentine. The live oak is extensively used for ship building. The Middle section abounds in oaks, hickory, walnut, persimmon, dog-wood, and sas safras, all of which an- valuable to commerce. Ju the Western sect ion occur walnut, cedar, while pine and chestnut. Four fifths of the entire area of the State arc still covered with forests. Cultivated Growth. Cotton is the staple product of the Slate. In the Eastern section are produced cotton, corn, potatoes, ihe sin. ill "rains, peanuts and a groat variet ! of garden vegetables ; in the ilildle section, cotton, coin, the small grains, and tobacco ; in the Western section, the small grains and tobac co. The Western section is em incut ly adapted to grazing. Fruit grows in great variety and perfection in every part ot the State. IX. Animals. All the domestic animals common to the North temperate zone are found in the State. Of the w ild animals, bears and deer are found in the Eastt ru and Western sections. .Small game is abundant everywhere. ', X.-Industries. Iu the Eastern section of the State the rivers, lakes and sounds furnish a great abund anceof fish aud oysters, the natch i ,nS ot which w rapidly becoming o" tlie principal industries Tbe cultivation of cotton engages u large part of the people of this sec tion, iu the Middle section inann factories are fonud along, the streams. Iron and gold mines are being profitably worked. ' . Many ex tensive tobacco factories;, nre in operation in this 'section. In the Western part t he people are mainly engaged iu agriculture, mining, cot ton raising. - ; XI. Cities. Raleigh, situated in Wake County, is tbe capital of the State, and was named after Sir Walter Baleigh, Wilmington is the largest city and sea-port Other cities and towns of import ance are Fayetteville, New Berne, Goldsboro, Elizabeth City, Wilson, Diirnam, ureeusooro, - Winston, Salisbury, Charlotte, Statesvllle aud Asheville. , XII. ' History .The first in-r- manent settlement in the State was made ih 165:1. North Carolina was one of the original Thirteen States of the Union, and wus the first to declare herself free of the rule of England. . This set took place at Charlotte in i Mecklenburg ' county in May, 17J5. The Staff Universi ty, whose corner-stone was. laid in 1793, is at Chapel Hill, in Orange comity, .The chief College in the State are Trinity, W'ake Forest and Davidson. ' We learn front; Prof.! Phillips that the above is tho outline of a book to be called "A Geography of iNortn Carolina." it Is intended for use in the common and primary schools of the State. This is an other great need in our educational work, about to be supplied.. The first geography taught to our child ren should be that of our own State, but this has never been doue lo calise we have no text-book on Ihe subject. Prof. Phillips in undoubt edly well qualified to give us Ihis book, and we hoe he will hasten its publication. ' . ... , .--,;' At H e O pliitn VavIuiii. ( -rlian k Friuiid.) Just 500 yards from the main building is the new palace lor xyn, presided over by- tho' KNitnnf, Prof. J. S. Midyette and his excel lent lady, whom we knew in former days at Kitiston, the place never to lie forgotten. The building con tains nine rooms, three, of which are dormitories capable of sleeping 25 boys each. We . noticed r that some of the. boys were barefooted, (don't know that they were without shoes.) Some of the girls could lie made more comfortable by the thought fulness of the good ladies all over the State. Wo venture to suggest, that every family have a trunk or lx., and call it the or phan's trunk, in their houses. Put therein dresses, shoes, etc., when they arc outgrown by the children, or are a little loo rusty for street wear. Collect and send, at . least twice a year, o the SiiK'l iuteud ent. This will cost but little and lie of great service to the, orphans. Then Uncle Mills' will know he is not forgotten in - this great, and grand cause in which lieissM iidiiig and devoting the best of his lift. How much moretwe could write, but as we are using the editorial ire, this must suffice for the. pres ent week. , , :'l We subscribe our own, 1 " J. K. Favlkneb. The Lady, the. Dog and the Drummer. (Atlanta Conntltutton.) Among the persons who pur chased tickets at the Union ticket office yesterday was an elderly lady whose destination was St, Psol. Minn. Save the presence of a small dog, which she declared she wus going to take with her, the lady was alone. After securing a check for baggage, the lady and her dog en tered the lady's coach, where the former took a seat, while the latter crouched down at her feet. Soon after she had assumed a 'aceful attitude the train hand entered the coach, and, noticing the dog, start- cd to drive it out. The old lady objected, but the train hand would not y ield, although he saw the dog's mistress in 'tears. A commercial tourist w ho had Wen a silent wit ness to the entire conversation, stepped up and asked the train hand to let the dog remain until he could return. The tiain hand com plied, and the tourist left the coach in a hurry. He returned, hearing tl cheap valise in his hand, which he opened. After cutting a large hole iu the side, he placed the dog in the valise, and pulling his head through the hole, closed the valise. With a smile he deposited the valise on the seat by the old lady, and quietly laughed when the train hand came back to kick the dog out. .Imiilio on his Muscle. i Hi iil't pori I'Hi iurr.i .1 iiiiiIm) took it into his capricious -ad last night that he would like little more lilieilv, ami so he h a braced himself, and, placing Ids enormous head against the side of the building, walked through ap parently as easily as if il were pa per. Previous to his return with the I ravelling show the corner de-! signed for him in the elephant ipiarleis w as ov erlaid with plank, crosrd and recrosscd, spiked and , lioltcd, until a wall nearly a toot I lurk had bel li 'ormcd, and it was thought that nothing on this earth could tear it dow u. lul Ik pried Il (In- boa i d.s with his tasks anil made UM'- a hole in that way . I Then he vvnl through what was let! with the greatest ease. lie wasn't a bit ugly about it; it was only one ol his play ful freaks. Al lei he reached I he open air he wus as ijiiict and gentle as a lamb, and walked all around the glonuils nil conce: ueillv , in char ol Mr. Scott. t lie English I raiiiel 1 1 is pi odigiiiu , sticiigili can hardly Ut realised. ile w ill sn. poff' a beam six inches square with g. -cat ease, and perform other i 1 -a ant tricks of like nature. DrJilNRTTK. Ttoa Wte4 Mar4erer Mat mt tka laaaaa " 1 - ,' Aaylwaa. News and Olwrrrr. , Tim facts of lbs mur1-r f l.t. si.-. Millie, by Utm young man, Thon.aa J, peJamvlta. in a bousa of 111 fame at UxuTille, Virginia, are doubtless fresh iu the public mind, the crime having treated an almost uo.ara!l-ll t.a ttuii in all parts of tlie country. I. Jar i tl. who was at the tuna an e-" i vi of Lbs Richmond and Lauvi.ie i -.J (JvrtJipany, and wIioh Inane i n in ttockingham county, K. C, t,vt,i 1 sinter ia the house and shot .r a pistol, killing her sbnt ii.'.r 'r. This was in the autumn ot i-v-j. la Pt-braary. IBM, be was tried, and so. qafued on the ground of Insanity, Vr. Eugene Urissom being caUed as an ei port to prore his oownindDess of mind. luJune, IBU1, DeJaroetta was brought to the laana Asylum at Kaleich. iia application of the - commissioners of ICocktnghani county. There were at the time confliotintr opinions as to Ins stinity. Since bis confinement in the asylum he has conduct! rum-lf well. It ts said, and was allowed t nrtsin 1 iv ilegea accorded to those hoaa iik i .ul improvement is plain. it appears that an aii-U' i , is made few days sinre tor bis r ! from tbe eeylum. This. Dr. ;ri ( aays. the board of directors did not :- ixNte, bat Trefrred on aocount of v e character of the case and its roi.iy Unit the matter should be dechlcd by n court of law. Ho a writ of Ji.Va ,,r. pii Was sued out, returniihle before Chief Justice Kniilh. lit 'I,uIm-;. yes terday. The prisoner was l.rni). l,i bo- fore his Honor. (VtunM-l npjx'hir.l fr hitn.laud. Ura, K. lO i-wmi. J .! McKce. AiW. Knoi an. I J. A. s, iinred and ttitied to th- , ie-.i t sanity of the primmer. After the hear ing thti ditef - Justice diec-harKed U.e prisoner and be atepiied out a ln- inau ' again. ' LMJurnelLe waa interview ed by a re porter the moment tlie tiiul et. ,!.(. l'e i tuhe a haurirome yotou: Uw. m. looks in much belter health than whin brought here in 1hh. ll aays that be waa 22 years old luot Auiriikt. mikI ha does not look a dsy older, with roy clteeka and a youthful couno-nutx e. lie SMjil that bis pliyxiciU heshii ae way in 17I, and lollow ing came men tal troubles. His family w hs i-. .!.'-, . ing tlie idea, be stains, of i 1... 1 -m in tbe asylum months befoie be I.; .1 his sister. The railway oonipnr y i s pended him for thirty days on s . t of his mental trouble, be fut tht-r . As to the slaying of his Hi.u r. I , , r - tiott aays at the time he w un. . n- suioaa that he was ooinnou.r i?y offense for which anybody in ihe wi J would blame bun, and thonl t t! - l 1 was doing right, lie waadi-Md toei,- r moral linHilao. He was in tln u f mind for several nionlhs allot be hi the asylum, but then lx-rn to !- bis Clime and to look nt it as r pvople dial. DeJunii'tie iiui Ir s statement In a matter of Ih t y I without any hmiUit ion. II. i.oti.er tlmt for months before ha k i:;.-d bin .in ter he alept but little, ate l-i i ie. v a wreck;thatbe often eonuti I m. oids, and once had nuarly .i. .. n-d C reparations for taking his own life. uring the trial he was very iiiet . and at its conclusion went dow n H m re t. In the afternoon he left for his home, which i at May held, lux ii..Iiu county. . -. , ,,..,, . f Death )a4er Ike Wheels. Tlioxe old' truj. Die two oovered bridges at Salisbury, ovwr Ihe -v -uh Cuioliua Hull road, barn oohoi.im another murder, the victim Ixn-r. km usual, a brakvinan. Aaav lin; ' t t ., n going North wus entering Si.hliiry J'uenday morning. Mam liamlin. a l-oir-d brakemnn who was on t--p f t he cars, wn mindful to duck I . I m be imtwd under the first ol tlx- 1 ! . but Ate forgot tlm socond .h wi.i- h all tick lilrn on Uie back of the !...!, fntotured bis tdtull and ilimi; him be tween tbe ears and beneath the w I.e. in. Whetl tlie MMr negro wax pi ke.l up I is legs were lound to be ao boinhly i ...i. gled that both of them hud b be mmij ii- tated eJluont iniinedmtely ; but ti i. ration waa in Tain. Tim tierrodied in a lew. hour, alter terril.li M.iicruii.-. ' . remains were sent to Ins - ' in KeidHMtltf yiiiterday. lnn't u i. 'tit lime that tbe bridges were take u aw ay ; death can be found in much e..-r Wiij s.-CioWol Jon null. J KallSoslag a- via real IWsaeeret. Policeman Orr yesterday rooming arrested and placed in the slii(i.n I e a negro niau named Murphy tt . . , on the street. Tbe case ,. , i i ii.r. eat, aa Murphy very insolent. y ml rudely fell to abusing, in front of the Court House, an old and well ki -vn gruy-haired negro named T. .in K. .-.1, who ia m Democrat ami was ei proving Democratic sentiments to a 'y f gentlemen. These Sustain- of coi ned people atteniiling to bulldonn colored Deutouraut . are far more freinent, m this community, at leant, n,.ui the mucb-bowled-over bulldozing of publicans by whits Democrat. ( 7iar lot fs Journal. , LatUianl Is beaten by Pool, sortie w here Into tbe two or three or four hundreds. It, was unerpw-ted to ns. The rnuae of his defeat is not fully cloar to tin now. His most devoted friend am. u red us that his triumphant vintory waa aa sure as the upward tendency of the epiuka that fly Upward. Put there 1m some comfort. Pool, tho' a pepnblii u, Is a gentleman, a man of ability, kind and amiable, unselfish and attractive in pri vate life, and we believe will serve bis constituents to Die beet of his ability without reference t) psrty designation. A. ( '. Economist . , , ,,, .. - . ,ie1t,, ' ' 1 ' .-.'...-. . all Si Wklafcl. Ihe announcement af the Invention of solid whinky, which cuu be earned h round in the pocket like a plog of to bacoo. suggests imnicnsH poesibilitle. It is only com intra ble to t la substitution of giant powder, -dry, jw lid and porta ble, for the fluid -hilro -l v.-erine, and is much mora important on ' nl of the larger nae of the loohoin- ; t.wlve. It- completely i knocks tall h i. -r laws oold aa .a wedge, and km uu every man - his own barroom. frrr ooro ' Tate ReaalamsTerat Contest. ' Intelligence from Slatesville c i, firms the statement of the Jociinal a few dsys ago Uiat XaJ. Robblnn would on tot the Con grees a ma I result iu the 7t District before tbe Htate canvas. no the ground -of . irrerularitiiw in vte county. .It is now claimed tlmt a hirge number of the York ballots in I ntie were on blue paper and that eniouah of these will br thrown out to deot Kob bimt. (luuiotti Journal, - , ' 11 1 , ..- . steal!) stir r-h-r stalest.- . We reluctantly chronicle the death of Dr. Marrs, of I'amlioo county, lie has been a practicing physician Kir severs! years, and enjoyed the -confidence and usteem of tlie l toot tie Crenerall v. Ha had "rocuntly opt-nod an office at Uraatnlioro, and Iiih practice was constantly widvn- ug. lie was taken wait )4ieuniooia only a few weeks ago, and after the must excruciating fmiu lie yielded up Ihh spirit on butt Muuilay evening. A-oi-rn .lftte Jivim. A Stalwart ('tsUssrhs Mr. J no,. (HI key. of RullwrCwadU wast in the oily ytmterday. . lie ia US years ot age uid is still usrigbt nasi strong aa a youth, lie reads iusd writee wtthowt. .pociHclus, la noA deaf and stona of his ; enne-i or faculties sx Impaired in th KliKlileot, He was bora hi the bouse 1st lUdwrfordkciu la which be still lives and has lived without interruption (" . oentwiy minus four 7sxsrs.CkBiott.