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C2A2TDELET, 2 U Trc, Phaetons,-Buggies; 3, CIDDLE8 ic:;:c.:::::ili::ated worl ..- ' - - rooiuiousQisrocEj always on nd, nd 6r al f a r-k , '' : A- At M. IIAHX, ; -- r ''t Middle 15treet, Opposite Episcnparpharch and Odd Fellows IT? Junel5w-6m As. '.I TroSta al Qviek Sale.-..- i :: ! cnoTHER8, 'GROCERS V Corsar Sro4 asl ttaMtt Streets, V ' ;vKva aa.iT. iTOHNiDUNN, liimCTCIEa ' OF Aal Wbolewlw And Retail Deator in fitconi refined Confectionery. : CANDIES, l " JTRESH A CANNED FRUITS, - Crackers . sad. Cakes, : CIGARS, Al all Kiada of Children ' TOTS Ayrl S,ly w Kew Bene, V. 'Wai. LORCH, DSsin n GENERAL. MERCHANDISE - CaX7 SSTSk A0CC3QCSSlT!CSn " J)AIL BROS.. J' and' ' comassxo - wrwscse. thk DEitopii idvice. tw . ...... .w. labor.' 8M wxi day. fnriucr Smith to hi neighbor one Wbo pauad on the bliUlde both stony Mill tenie, Tochal with the deacon, hard-fisted and gray- ! The proapert aeemed cheerier where even . - wed.wuti, Aa4 oft would the hDnhandman growl anil tamest. . - 1 ( mil De wutkm on, who aean uncminuin, Vaxattun hla portion, inHtead of content. Hort dew and warm ralna on the hlllolde de ornrled. AeapMalrrop bleaacd the young fiirnier'8 1 ( , 0 tout Lhal 1 am." la the autumn he mur- - wared. "My auaMnr-tlma doobts I now deeply de auUal I m!ir hare spared alt of the fretting :ind ! worry; ! The deacon was rixlit. and my duty wnsi-lenr "llilak more of the harvest and k'sx 01 the 1 labor. . , nrHlnjf both laaprltig-tiia and autumn, in-xt ' Wsyear." -.- - : -Tfilnk mora of the harvest and less or the : labor." SbonM be the grand motto of all as they toll. Kor Uott wUl bleas those who act nobly nud wiaeFy, And flowers will nprtnrfim unpromising soil. Ukoko lixycHorr UBiFKrnt. FOET AND FLEET. T li tfderal AtUrk on For:"rT-igmfcr Tke Moot Tr rifle Pondlnff m Forli flcatloB Erer feeteirod (Jilmore's Aaaaolta, aa4 JIow Tbrjr were Ro- nalsd. - jieirai f re Press.) ,GUniore never. bdievwl that the ironclads would-"be nble td' tak(j Fort Sumter, and- for this imon he early aet about aeenring a . 4'ooUtpId on". Moms lsiano. wnen lie nai aecoraplishwdthw he hatl secured a solid foundation for - cannon which ecrald throw--isho6 1 mto Charleston and keep Fort Sumter under a con stant iionnding. It'-.has- ever seemed strange that' the - Confexler-1 Istss were iiot on tbejwateh for and fnHy prepared for such a move, but It was doubtless believed that Fort Wazner was the tey to the situa tion, and thai the. federals ould wiiuiD reai tt c iit . guus. . ju iiic other bfcwl, -Gflmore-'leoked upon Wagner as .work which might be taken iby Sa tUslii and ihe'tttirjJBon.'i imnressiou by-friend and foe re- . i a I I : ' - THE riSsT ATTACK. ' ' - j.);Thk first attack on Wagner Was made on the night of . the lOtlr "of of. thaSeventywX -Feaqsyiraola, -- o the Xinth Maine and two companies lof the Seventh Connecticut, Jad.; by a sudden auactt in uoau capcurea several detached batteries within easyixairgt l TWifrlfortt; 4 had won socb- an eaj victorx tbt Gen. Strong, who wxi in command, de termined to maka. a posh . for the fort itself, believing the Confeder ates to be disorganized and panic atrlctfTi' brwb"at VMT JctmfetCr"ln stead of being in this condition they Vert preparing toe nave. out at day-1 light v And-- attaefcj' ju. Strong looked upon Wagner as a sand-heap which could otret bHt reeoie Tesist ance to a rnsh while in truth it was one of the strongest forts around Ab boar before daylight the Fed eral troops moved out, the compan ies from the Seventh Connecticut leading, .Tie jnly .way jto take the fort was to go over the parapet,and Gen. Strong must have counted on the garrison being sound asleep to permit such a rush to be successful.! mU i i 1 1 1 1 w r n wrt-' a.If atvaL-a 1 ilia gUIUUU n H u w vuij anan: but nnder arms, and ' had - at least tea minutes'-warning. The redr- rals came with a gaUaat ynshjliand nneneckea py a vauey wmcn- Ktuea thirty men ontright. dashed through the moat aaa up ce parapet nnu dawnTiugf belsw.' its" crest.- Had there been a thousand men instead of 175 tbe force would Lave leaped the parapet and attacked the gar rison, cut sucn a smaii oony 01 men bad no alternative but to wait nntil the other troopa came up ,to- rein force them ' 'T .. TK A -TBAP. The two Federal regiments moved nr so slowly, that the Confederates bad, time to get exery.uian-in line and posted to the best ndnantage. The flebt waa .. abort. . DulruH and j uiooty..v auo u, -S4,uwu,s ,M,f more than they could do to hold the first position taken, saying no thing of going to the aid of the Connecticnt men on. five parapet, who" were bravely holding the line and popping away at the garison. At the end of fifteen minutes' fight ing; the two regiments began to waver. Theu a dozen voices crfed out, r "We are in a trap!" and a hundred more cried, "retreat!" Every soldier must have realized from the first that there was no show to carry the fort, and it was a wonder that the men held the posi tion as long as they did. When they started to retreat it was a helter-skelter, and no one seemed to remember the brave little com mand waiting on the parapet to be reinforced or rescued. A SLAUGHTEE . " The action of that small com mand from - the Seventh Connecti cut was one of the bravest things of war. To gain the parapet it dashed through a fire which wonld hv thrown a fnll nxrimpnt into confusion, nd as the men cronched ! aml deserted, and that its garrison on the sand each one began fight- J bad lieen- driven to take retuge b : u: ki, ti,w, hind the sand-heaps outside, l iom i i if tin inn lift ii inmA. x 1 1 1 1 ta ur eonfusiou until it was discovered that the regiments had been driven back. Then tbe Confederates de voted their whole attentiou to the handful of men clinging to the par apet, and in three or four minutes their position was made untenable. Ldghted shells were tossed over by hand, hand grenades nscd without stmt, and a flank fire opened with musketry, audit was either retreat or be slaughtered in line. Word was passed to retreat, and those wbo ran the gauntlet in safely looked upon their escape as mira culous. Afire of shot, shell, grape, canister and musketry followed them for half a mile, and the sandy beach offered no protection. The loss was frightful. Only a fraction over half the Connecticut men came out alive, while the other regiments were terribly cut up without having inflicted the least loss on the enemy. The Confederate loss did not exceed twenty eight killed and a doen wounded. Hut for Strong's r.isli move at the time an, attack, three or four nights later, by a heavier force, might have been successful. This attack called for a large in crease of the garrison and other 1 steos trhifif contributeil,trtft still greater slancrhter when next talked. THK SECOND ATTACK. Betweeu the 11th and the 1 St of July the Confederates sti ength- i ened Fort Wagner as fax as was l in - j 1 - i. 1 .1 I uoMible and laxselv increased t lie srarnsOn, havinar discovered that GilniorijU'sired. to go to Clru les ton I.v way, of 1 orris L p to the llthUVgiier bad given no thought to the irou-ealds which had sent htr a shot now and theu as they i uuvd destruction into Sum- ter. Alter the light of the 11th, a Federal deserter gave the exact ! number of Qilmore's forces and in- formation tf what works he had : tinowu uj). ,IIe had male a er- iiia;iciit loilgnieut on the island, t was heavilv intrenching, and there 1 1 I IJ l 1 l IMTIll ,111(1 LUCl j eat-fMi to believe tliab theironn 11 1 . ' was i chwls would be called upon to .bear a baud iu: the next assault. Fully 500 men were employed during the next, hvtt (lays' in making Fort Wag ner reaily for boiulwirilmeofc as well as assault, ami it was perfectly pre pared when the tame came, . THE FORCES. At tliis titae the Federals -held a good siwae J' Morris - Island, ; and had put about fifty gnuavnd mor ttars iuto jMsitku, each one .Me to, hurl its missile. -into the forti These, guns.were baeked tiy inow ttiisaii a division of infantry, and Jthre :lay Admiral Dahlgren's '!iieet-'-of six iron-clals with their terrible- guns. The garrison of Fort Wagner con sisted ftf 1,400 mcji, with heavy guns, a battery! 'of i light f artillery and bomb-proofa enough to sbeltW Ltbe etu-e garrison r.u.. OPENING THE FIGHT. ! ' y Soon ler ioon ott ,tJift thyT the e Tieurg Bmooi ii aim ine nay iier- feet, the h-on-clads moved" forvrard, iHisition- about seven elghfs'of n mile from the lueacUand openexl -on -Wngnen It vrak be- Uievetl bv both Dahlgren-nd Qil more tliatj the iroiYcladpcoukf knpckigiettdli)iecesibefoiti snn- 1et lor tbefFextewtiriiiury accept ttjbtryithe fiaa.J. xar,w the Admiral's ilrst wrestle with a sand fort, lie was to gain some valua- tg J BtiRD Tlrtisa'LT.ss' Xiacu lron-claaventngnrtto ous iness as soon sis" getting jntfJ posi tion, using sheHxdone5 jVagner Was Vfe affwS-jrajJ.SW and beforvjn'eliet bM '1ieen engaged half an hour predictions were made that the fort would surrender within- two 4imrs. - The viiring was steady and regular, one great shell after another sereauiing over the water.ro bury jtself in thevparapet and fiHiberan5with cloitdH'"bf(lust. U ON THE ISLAND. L .i'J Gmorfe's fty.guus. tpusu.' fire as soon as the fleet - was stationed, and three of the four, faces. of - Wag ner were swept by a fiercer; fire than was bestowed upon any other fortuting the wan 'Eie screaiu-" ing and shrieking of in issiles were deafening, and ever5- foot of Morris Island kept up a constant tremble nnder the coucussions. It was" well "understoodirin the fArt-that the bombardment would be followed by an assault. : It wa3 a wise jiolicy, therefore, that senc all the n lautry, and most of tbe gunners iutothe bomb-proofs with in hve minutes aiter tue ngnt opened. Only three gnus were manned, ami, these were ordered to fire only at intervals of four or five minutes, more to prove that the fort was not deserted than from any, expectation (f inflicting' any harm on the enemy. Fort Wagner would not have been built of sand had other mate rial been at band. It was not sur veyed for anything more than a battery to mount three or four guns which should have the range of ves sels coming into the harbor. It re ceived half A dozen shots during the firstJi'eder.al b,omlar.dmeut, of .Sum ter, and the Confederates were qnite'pleased to find t ha t it was not.pMwea aojrtlijnn $a"-fevfHwith theislandf "WhOii it. was found tfiat Gilmore wanted to get nearer Sum ter aud Charleston by occupying Morris Island, Wagner had to be strengthened to oppose hi in, und again there was no material at hand save sand and a few timbers. These were used as a matter of dire - necessity, and without ;i thought that the events of the next fortnight would upset the theories of a thousand years of war. There is ii(i to-day a sea coast fort in the world, no matter how massive nor what its cost, which can stand a bombardment witli a sand fort thrown up in twenty-four hours by a regiment of soldiers. The American war tried forts as they had never been tried before, and while the big guns of the iron clads could pulverize brick and stone to powder, they could scarce ly deface the walls of sand. "When the bombardment had last ed four hours it was believed, both bv the fleet and laud forces, that r ort V aguer uau ueen uismaiiueu - the moment the lirst shell had struck the spot had been halt-hidden by a cloud of dust, and the on ly sign of life was the occasioned tir ing of a gun, which seemed more like a signal ofdistress than a- to ken of defiance. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, had the ironclads hauled on". Gilmore would have moved to the assault. THK (JAKIilSi'S. While men who w ere ;!inong i!n garrison of Fort Wagner thai day agree t hat it was t he mo-: lerriMe tire they ever epeneiiccil, human life inside the works was as safe as on board one of the monitors. The bomb-proots were crowded . but t here was no danger. The sand walls could have been leveled down and yet the men in the dark hole- un derground would have been per- tecilvsaie. ( i re.it shell s Irom the to It uud mortars descended insic with a lhud which jarr.-d for ards around, and with a sound which madi that the samU i-l.iiei riven, bu t i ' w as a u .1 I e 1 luring the w or.-t ol t in uient not more I han a 1 e the t he l: t ciilodcd one ! hillk w .1 I ici lig 1 .1 pow del'. bombard loxen men were left outside " the bomb-proofs, These sheltered themselves to at-iwateu and not proceedings, and ' they witnessed the full terrors of d ' concentrated fir from seventy-five it ' guns and mortars. , . THE BIG SHELLS. Gilui ore's land (artillery could not have inflicted a scar on the lort, and Ins fare would not have necessaxiiy - Idriven a single man to shelter, but the shells from the big , mceen-iocu guns on the irou-clads were tilled i with destruction. They were driven I with a force which .sent them into the parapet a distance of eight or I tetl feet, atid 'wrien they exploded :i it seemed as if the whole island lift J ed itself up' a' foot or two. One who has not Seen the awful work of these great shells can- form no idea of their power for destruction. In "in njmij n ll.l J I HO II1C fWCUJii MjJ b0cb!Kntrated for lialf -all hour, A. 1 . i . J. - A1 JJ 1-A - f 1 one snot, where the fire seemed to at le'ast 'a thousand tens of sand were moved a distance of fifty feet. The bursting of a single shell would lift three or four tons of sand and hurl the cloud all over the fort. There were-a lozen places where the moat was- filled . up nntii on a level the crest .of . the parapet. More or less timber had been used yjth t lie. sand. In one apot a shell penetrated five feet of, -sand aji(3 Cassed cUreetly , through j a- pine eaiii ' twelve' inches s'onare. - An. r, .f, -y . , . j , other shell cut feet" off, the end oii stui' larger peam and iiuxiea ,f he in issue spqgh: in t he air that n undreds of Federals saw it. . After the bojnbardment fa illy opened the for1 eijpflrti h'onran & Its t hVsiin W6nt i ii 'niM Kit t h ir i Liiiir;M- fb iiiiiiuii 'dbwft tW Fde'ra.ts'wereJristifled i..t i. Uiln i 4 telieviiig tlnft a body 'or infftntry eotrld 'decufpj" the ',worksi without i cmiivm, WAITING. As the boom of the last grin from fthei -fleet- diel --awayorOem were. iveik in "Fort -: Wagner Which brought ovei 1,200 trieHfroni ' tbeirj 'graves, 'as if? were. ""Cooped:' np for sse vender -ef gh t '1 hobrin 4ii ;i the fonl-smellingliomb-proofsithe'men were only toaglgd fx get out 4uid face the coaiDg3danger.ir. Only two of the gpnsjiad-Jbeenlismonntjed, and tli er others were J speedily manned, ;the garrison jwsted, and then . they waited, u That bombardment meant' an assault by infantry,, bnt Gilmore1 wr torrratrotrierpaittfrrl ertperi- enee . - THE ADVANCE. It was growing dark when the Federalfcolnmn'ol'aa'sanlt formed on the beach in plain sight of ..Wag ner, Sumter, anil, other Confederate works. It consisted oi the Ninth, Maine, Third New Hampshire, Sixth Connecticut, Seventy-sixth - Penn sylvania,, Forty-eighth' New York and Finy-fourth ." Massachusetts. This last was a colored, regiment,: led by Col; Shaw. It had heard- the whistle of bullets "only once.' In deed, there wsis not a single regi ment in the column which could be depended' ony as only a few men had been under nre. Why the colored troops should have led, when it might be fairly doubted if they would follow, is a question to be settled along .with Burnside's blunder at th8 Petersbnrg crater. Tlie moment the -column moved out it was under fire from Cummings' Point, Fort Sumter, Wagner and the Redan, -and before it had marched fifty yards it was known that Wagner was alive ' to tbe sit uation arid ' prepared to receive them. THE ASSAULT.- As soou -as within musket-range of Wagner the assaulting column made a rush which carried it nearly up to the works. Had there been no bombardment they would have stood a better show of success. They found themselves tumbling into deep pits, falling over sand ridges, and utterly confused by the work of the shells. The moat was full of water at one point and filled with sand at another, and the parapets were simply banks full of caverns. The lines ot formation were broken up. the darkness was confusing, anu in ten minutes j those able to withdraw made a hasty retreat. It was most fool- ! hardy assault of the war. There was no show whatever, no matter ; what braveiy was exhibited, and i the confusion was added to by the ; action of the colored troops. They no sooner saw what sort of trap they were in than dozens of them ' shouted out: "Hold on ! Don't shoot 1 surrender!" Twelve hundred Confederates, cool and fresh, aud safely protected, had only to fire away at a brigade of Federals ! broken, confused, and tumbling over each other. That brigade did not stand there "for nearly half an ' hour," an stated by Federal historians. It did not stay there twelve minutes. Ten minutes more of the murderous fire would not have left a man alive. A BLUNDER. Gilmore had excuses for his first assault, but in the face of the terri- j ble repulse and the statements of survivors that the Fort was intact and full of men, the second assault was a slaughtering blunder for which history should hold hini responsible. Tiic second column was composed of t lie Sixty-second Ohio, Seventh New Hampshire, Sixty-seventh Ohio and One Hundredth New York. This column "began to stum ble over the dead bodies of Federals before it had traversed half the distance to the fort, and was like wise subject to such a front, and enfilading fire as. to almost disor ganize it. Sheer pluck carried it through to the tort, and despera tion held it there twenty-five min utes to be decimated. It stood no more show to capture Wagner than one barge load of men would have stood to capture Sumter, but even though every man fully realized this every company stood square up to its work and every man died like a hero. At one moment, desperate and determined, over half of that brigade swept into the fort, but in five, minutes they were swept out ol it again and again they took up the fight from the par apet. When the retreat was sounded a third of the brigade was wounded, (iiimore's mistake wet the parapets of Wagner w ith blood. His blunder left t he dead and mang led in such heaps that the bravest veterans were .appalled, m. cjiad. IN THE An Address hv the Rev. Dr. J. H art ze 11 of New Orleans In Regard 10 IT. (New Tors: Snn.) The Rev. Dr. J. C. Harwell of Kew Orleans preached at the Wash in g ton Square Methodist Episcopal Church last evening. Dr. tlartzell represents the educational, work of the Methodist Church in tbe South ern States. This work should not be confused with that of the . Me thodist Church .South. . He said that the Methodists of the Xorth entered the Southern field im mediately after the war. Since lSCCthey have built in the South ern States 3,38j5 new churches, of wnicu i.pw were aor colored poo pie. The increase; in the value o cnurou property , uas oeeu more than $1,500 foiyeach twentv-four hours since Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The Methodists (they repudiate the term Methodist Church North) now number 410,000 in ine . ooutuern atates. mw is an increase of 313,000 in fourteen years. In 18GG the Mississippi Mission Conference was organized : at New Orleans., It embraced -Mississippi lioiusiapa, and Texas. ,lt contained fiyq. white preachers aud twenty colored, Jn lSSO JNew Orleans bad eighteen churches; with 3,000 . mem bers ; Louisiana, ,100 churches ..-and JljOOQ, membei-Rj Mississippi, 200 cjuirenes and Z4,ouu members: TexAs, 250 churches and 60,000 jaem bers. The, church property in this Conference is valued at $590, : inlopQ,; The-Conference controls three 7 11 :.. rr' it: : : 5 ouiitrcn 111 a casus, fcwu 1U iUISolintippi, and one in Louisiana. About 1,000 pupils attend these schools. The work js among; whites and negroes alike. ', In the pldvrslave temtpry. 4-i.A:i-J- i"Ls.i.- i- e. mno mo emuwjeii scuooid 101 waitesy with nearly 3,-OOT pupils, and twenty-five colored : schools. with more than 3,000 pupila..: The pupns are grannatea as.,reacners and preachers for that part , of the conntfy. "' "' ' . ;i . . . a a a Figures from the- census returns, were given, snowing the : Uliteraie condition, of the people in the Sonth as a whole. The speaker favored the bill before Congress appro priating '$10,000,000- for educational work ih the South. The 'Northern Methodists! have spent $4,000,000. in tnis work since tne war, and other, denominations alont f 6,000, 000 more. ' It has been demonstrated tliat the Uegi'oes are ! anxious for education, and are capable of re ceiving it. As a whole the colored people are making rapid , progress mentally and morally. The South ern cnurcnes are negmning to see the good effect of Northern phil anthropy, and now welcome the workers. Southern churches are adopting the plans introduced -by Northern preachers with success. One effect of this is to. unite the people of the two sections. These results were given to show that a good beginning only has been made in the work among the Souther people. Dou'ta For Men. Don't judge a man by the clothes he wears, for God made one, the tailor the other. Don't judge him by the house the lives in, for the lizard and rat some times inhabit the grandest struc tures. Don't judge him by his speech, for the parrot talks and the tongue is put an instrument to make sound. Don't judge him by his family connections, for Cain belonged to a very respectable family. Don't judge him by his success in life, for that is much oftener the result of a combination of circum stances with which he had nothing to do, than ol his own merit., Don't judge him by his failure in life, for many a man fails because he is too honest to succeed. Don't judge him by the show he makes, for an average turkey-cock in a barnyard can strut all around him and not half try. Don't judge him for his lack of display, for the long eared beast is the humblest of animals, but when aroused is terrible to behold. Don't judge him by his activity in church affairs, for that is not un freqnently inspired by hypocritical and selfish motives. Don't take it for granted because he carries the contribution box, he is liberal. He often pays the Lord by services in that way and keeps his currency. Don't imagine the Creator is un der any obligation to you for the quarter yon give to convert the heathen; that is only a small frac tion you owe for turning your an cestors away from their wooden gods. Don't imagine heaven was espe cially created for people who be lieve just as you were taught to, and you don't know whether they who "taught you were right or not. Don't carry your hymn book in your hand when you go to the house of worship and your ledger in your head. The Lord can see through your head. The Lord can see through your skull. Don't when in church chew to- ! bacco and spit over the floor. You I would not do that in your own ! house, and should not do so in the I house you ought to respect even j more. 1 Sleep. "Blesssngs," exclaimed Sancho. "on him that first invented sleep. It wraps a man all round like a cloak.'' It is a delicious moment certainly that of being well nestled in bed, and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep. The good is I to come, not past; the limbs have been just tired enough to render the remaining in one posture de lightful; tho labor of the day is done. A gentle failure of the per ceptions come creeping over one the spirit of consciousness disen gages itself more and more, with slow ami iiusiiing degre.s, like a mother detaching her hand from that other sleeping child; the mind seems to have a balmy lid closing over it like the eye; 'ti.s closing 'tis more closing 'tis closed. The mysterious spiiit has gone to make its airy rounds. Leigh Hunt. METH0PIST TEACHING SOUTH. l ow tlTaetheTes. (PhtlajIelpItt Reoora.) 1 here is no other Sensd to which people trust so mm h as to sight, yet there are few who have ever taken any special pains to improve the faculty of ob.u r . ation. lu all cases of exciting evi nts, witliessed by many persons, it is astonishing to note the wide variations in the stories of the iucideuts told bv those present. This is due principally to tne sjectator.s. Details are coif (used in their eyes properly. It is true that some persons have creat natn ral gifts of observation, while. others seem unable to fix matters lipon rneir meuiories in theu; n;n relation to each other. 'Tims. 'for example. aimost any one passing a group ot animals in a field, can distingush three, four olfive without count ing them. Evenwhen wlurleduastJ j.. l : . ' :in "if i ui raitroay car most persons can glance at a very suialt nuuiUer , of object and beihstijie'tivelv able td telrjustbow .iimiiy piere, are. ,&ut a s , tne nn ui oer l ucreases J he atten-i tion must be 'mp re a nil . iuoi . fixed and the niiri'd .strained ld'"ta& In" the exact number , at a gJ4iy,utiT beyond a certain point "lW, .pbsef7 vera cjln lie iiccural; in jieifr appre- ciauouui ine, oi.iecrs . ruey,i,nave menjiy nasm,Mji. .meix, eyei.,pviv -. .. . .... T . ! 1 . to people in aii the affairs oi.life. and oftf n jnatters of , he" jgravest iiiipurv vieiiruu wuoov upon i no, im pressions that have been left on casiiflfi spectaois . by , a" Ue;'-ips ' of eVeuts. :.It .. is manifested that;, au mind-iraiiied fo.uo'te, . all, that :" the. eA'e mecbanicailvlsees has ' a .sxeat ituvjiiiLaKO yypr yue, twjuyju .gamers V"y ,vS"j -ww oijifVH -Wkcn, jey-en when all the; features are . nresent. caflse, ah'T effec' arp 'iriexfrjcly coniuseu. .-.r It is an bid. sforv" "that Kobtrt lloudin used to, cnltivajw bis pajvers'i of obaervp'n jrapidi iy,aioi;g jue, smvrp.m jrang py selecting, a. snop window ana noting' n his inind tbe objects, dlsDlaved tber.ein,, CJpnstaitt pct;e' enabled. nun xemen fjvervoDjec.m the mbstarietl disBlavs after one rapid glance as ie jassedPitl16 riii,n jrroMHuj ,.i t. is . ppi, every , f,pne !, V-fttt .HWW.UW n xvoiHjrL, A1UUU1U, b,ut affy.pjpie j:aie ,povr-, er.ofsevJioftfor .Won.teir uiigiwii ,VajmVn.i,i;ii,ifs, r$faa wan was, sent to Watch, .certain bridge ,lyond which the Austrian spies wpnld Mye been tqmftch,., en dangered, to go. On bis return at nlsnt he was uuestionedas to every thing he bad seen, but nothing ap parently bad happened, havjug any special significance. ; '.'.oa are sure you hay tolrt eyexytninyon saw?" .asked. , the : Austrian general Everything," replied; tbe 'man. ,'ex cent that an old beircrar with a flail crossed the br ujge; put ke as.pf no consequence- ue, must .nave , ueen crazy.?', 'Why . so!" asked ,tke general, Becanse he, only,, walked to, the water and hit it three times with bux flail." "Sof .'((WeM,, that will do,'f said the general, wbo had thereby leaned that;, Hafner woq)d cause tbe Tyrol to rise in three days. Had the man failed to observe . -wis old beggar and his crazy antics ,the future of tbe Tyrol might have been different. , Undoubtedly childhood, .. is , the time for cultivating the observing faculty. As with memory, ,on which it somewhat depends, prac tice is of the utmost importance to its' proper development. Gradual ly it becomes a second nature to ob serve accurately anil no effort is re quired. It has futhermore a very strong and valuable influence on character. The man. who is , exact in his observation of events is posi tive in his knowledge and thorough in other matters, , Accustomed to being right in one thing, it stiffens up his whole mental structure and emphasizes his charatexistics in other things. If is true , that the faults are aggravated, also, but at any rate decision ia given to the character, and a sturdy strength, even if it produces some evil, is pre ferable to a flabby weakness winch is detrimental equally -to its posses sor and his friends. In the kinder gartens some attention is paid to training the eye and mind to work together, bnt it might well be in troduced as a practical course in the higher grades of schools. In stead of becoming a wearisome task a study in observation would be a genuine relaxation to most minds, and a skillfull teacher might even turn it into a real recreation. A Tough Bear Story. On Tuesday evening George Trevors, while going through the woods to his home in Douglasfield, N. B., was attacked by a very large bear. Having no other weapon than a bottle of parafnne oil he struck the bear and broke the bot tle of oil over him. The bear then sprang on him, and commenced hugging him, when George had the presence of mind to light a match and set tire to him. lu an instant old Bruin was all in a blaze and let go of him, and in less than five minutes was all consumed but the head and shoulders George then commenced to carry water in his hat to quench the fire to save the snout, so as to get the county. If Mr. Trevors had never before had any notable adventures with: bears his friends might feel inclined j to doubt the accuracy of this recital; i but when they remember that it was j he who recently rode home with two dead cubs and a live bear, a paw clasped in each hand, they will see that there is nothing to be sur prised at in this, his latest achieve ment. Muleclde. i Klcltiiioml KeylKtfr.) Near the town oflrvine, in Estill county, the other day, a mule be longing to Mr. W. F. Park de liberately committed suicide. He put his head through a crack in a post-and-rail fence, slipped his neck down to a narrow place, pulled back and choked himself. The cause of the suicide is not known. He had not been drinking, ami there was no trouble with his fami ly. It is thought by some to have been the result of religious excitement. wiafc, wmcii tff wms, wprej .anxu for, newf of .an ..ip jejade(i;Qlfi, tne xyxoi ,agaiasc tne., Jfiencu a Lightning' Freaks. In Norwich ' Conn., lightning Mime au ice nouse m wmch were five men,andj all werestuned. w ; 1 a . . a xiigntning entered an open win dow! of Thos. Wi. Troy's residence in Macon, Ga., and shattered into splinters tbi bedstead upon which lie was, but did no other damage In the course of a recent thunder storm in Baltimore,lightniug struck ousio (loiies, a girt oi 18, and burned her, nightdress completely off us site lay la bed. - Slie- escatied wnn severe onrns. A man oil horseback ; sought shelter under a faree oak tree dur rag a neavy tnntroer -snower - nf nr Mound City, Kan. Lightning1 struck the tree ami killed : the borse:' but .left , (be rider lUninj used., . u i The'eotrgrecattod'e'f anof tH'A at Tucson, Arizona," frightened: bv tbe noise of a lieafy tbupderbo(,! made arasn tor, we floor. uAseiheritlasb cam a udkiUwt five person at the tnresnoidi'' b-i-. u . ., yfixiU i DanieJ,McCoflk' .fit Irwin couuty .Ga was pickine av buach f grapes ithtiBiretrack arid kit. led Win; aWd-BPeirtaIned fir1 thfl aLLtLuuc.iu wnicu ue was .Eiiiea Tin i. . . j.. ' ,i7 F.!.j-.-i-.:-rr.7r;-f-- HiUOdyaaL-WKen ayj-, , .a.lt uikiiihhib straflK conoocTrr "on nab' tt the MbxIcaB rattroads if ecen t- j. shQiWg'a'brOtlfl .eirfpe down ine ireu,o. nis, Q0)tfiii ing the rist from bi jWidMburn- hatt.withont doiag hi any injary, :l'l rl ' ' 'f$ned IJorop'.mer of Tygrat- s.Creek, Kytook'. shelter naaer a rrreei -Oarmgatlrander stonni and bis-boyab1 nnder"the a inunaer uoic, out tne ooy was un injureifc,',J ''0i ' Miss Matttel Wharrort- ii vim near ip, ..uj ytM3i jMi u, Hfvuanoj nas neen trfi,fttefl'.rj; bhtninerrionce about a year ago. .and . reeentlv. When thelidft'pararyzetr her entire body and set her'iiiWs'fts flidtiirb' in death- .i..;im t!fcI. ri .i-r' jWhenliirhtnTBe-.Btruk "Andrew Boot',,, hpusej.,,ini WhitnevviUe Cpun., a,Arm pfiMri Bntkje, a next door neighbor, dropped po wer less at her side as she sat by au open window; 'an d Jsbe h as not re co vered -ttp8eCtt;t-'! -i'i;. iaiti . .t. it Lightning . sfibckf4be"barh Jof ,Wesley .Spragne, neae .Baldwin's, L. 1 cntthe,ba,y in, the mpw tinto twojpa'rts as evenly lis ''though , cut niui a au lie, uuo uagwu 1111U UIM stables,-killing his 'horsei1 It then followed the ground for iottr feet. striking a hog pentad killing i two m' - m mt m. . Tk. D . n . , , rxev said tne noy,wiui ,a va cant look, "I take no interest in the pleasure of (be chase anymore,' tnongu x tki nave a little qniet fun this morning atrthe breakfast'' -ta-ble , .You sec pa-ia tbe contrariefet mail ever: was. , If L complain, that anythinjg at the, table dptf t, taste good, pa says it is ail, rigiit. This morning I 'took 'tne ' syrap pttcher and emptied oat the white syrnp and pnt insome cod-liver oil- that that, ma is taking fpr.berj.cough. . I rsTi f"' Ariin aa n tnity nantulrAD on-t -twa tenjfedto taste of ft, 'and I told pa the syrnp was sour; and 'n6t' fit to eat. Pa was mad in a second, 'nd bepoured,oat sone on,. bis pan cakes and sakl, I was,, getting too confounded' particular. He said the syrnp was'gbod enongb for him, and he sopped' his pancakes in 'it and fired some down his neck. He is, a gaid darned byppcrite-r-that's what he is. I could see by his face that the cod-liver oil was near kill ing him, but be said the syrup was all right, and ii I didn't ' eat mine he'd break my peck; and by gosh I lad to eat it, and pa he guessed - he ladh't got much appetite and he Would'ju8t drink a enp of coffee and eat a donut. I like to dide, and that I think makes this disapjioint- ment in love harder to boar. But I felt sorry for ma. Ma ain't got a very strong "stummic, and when she got some of that cod liver oil in bermoutb-ahe went np stairs, sick- ern averse,' and pa had to help her, and sba bad nooralgia all the morn ing. I eat pickles to take the taste out of my mouth, aud then I laid for the hired girls. They eat too much-syrnp, anyway, and when they got on to that cod liver oil and swallowed a lot of it, one of the an Irish girl, she got up from the ta ble and put her hand on her corset and said 'howly Moses !' and went out into the kitchen looking as pale as ma does when she has powder on her face, and the other girl, who is Dutch, she swallowed a pancake and said, 'Mine Gott, vas le mat ter from me,' and she went out and leaned on the coal bin. Then they talked Irish and Dutch, aud got , clubs and started to look for me, and I thought 1 would come over here. The whole family is sick, but , it is not from love, like my illness, j and they will get over it, while I ; shall fill an early grave; but not till j I have made that girl aud the tele graph messenger wish they was dead. Pa and I are going to Chi cago next week, and I'll bet we'll have some fun. Pa says I need aj change of air, and I think he is ; going to try to lose me. It's a x)ld 1 day when I get left anvwhere that I can't find my way hack, wen, old potatoes." 1'eck'n good Sun. bye, Keep the Boilers Heated. iKxrhilllge.'i A reporter dropped into our largest retail establishment recent ly. "You have a great rush of busi ness,'' remarked the reporter. "Yes," replied the proprietor, "partly because it is holiday sea sou, but mainly on account of ad vertising." "How can you tell whether ad vertising paysf" "I can tell that advertising pays by stopping it. I've tried it. Trade drops; the tide of purchasers flows some other way." "Suppose you should give up ad vertising!" "I should save a big pile of mon ey, bnt should lose a bigger pile. You must keep the lioilers heated if you want steam. If yon bank your fires too long, it takes time to start up. Advertising is the ste.nii which keeps business moving ; I've studied the matter." Jarvls for the Seaate. Editors Journal; Th Question wbo shall be tbe fortunate man that tbe Democratic port will aele :t to repre sent North Carolina in the United States Senate U no w up; and with your permission i iu submit a few erode idea to the Democratic member of the aDDroachinir LeeiahUura witb the majority Uiry will have on joint ballot, it id -entirely a oneatiou among tnemseivee, anil to be decided by them,, without the aid or comfort of the opposite party. .Theierore, any mistake they may make will be charge able directly to the Demos ratie turtr. and no excuse will be aooepted by the rank and tile, wbo have furniahod the vote to make the majority what It I Noeucb wrangle a i wa, engaged in oy tne party in tne vanoe aud Merri mon aqaabble will tneet with approua won irom any Quarter. Hi, teelingi ana view ot tne member elect, nnea the question, are unknown to rue. ' liut i think I do know eomeihing ol the Xel- mg among the maaie upon ttn Im portant iabject. t It ha been the ueace of the paKv for ?. long time to promote tne Uovernor or be State, to the position of Senator whenever an opportunity "presentad it elf, and 'the plain people are not aware oi any reason tor departing ironi tnat usage in toe approacnnii election. ' . .(That the present -Senator n able., em ctent and wortbv. no true eon tf the State I thfnk wll deWf. ' ilhai Am votes hve :been, In: aoor4 with sound jndament and au exalted statesmanship, none cfcn dispute.' ' . t ' The , urant - retirement vote, ( tMnk eminently proper, especially wben H was known that it .was a reward for hi sncceesfal - contest - with a cbivalroi and brave soldiery of which-the Sena tor had himself been one, and one Of the biwreat too, ' ' f ' Uad . Qeseral Urant ,won a victory over a neaaiess moo or miscreants and cowards, no civilised nation would have wtehed to , honor ntm by any . such dis tinction: but be had met foemen werthv of' bis- steel,''' and' unprejudiced 'minds every where aokaowiedgsd tnat It waa a victory to be proud of, when that, army which had straggled With suoh heroism ii half-olad, : haJf-fed,- poorly anne and, deficient, in almost every, thine that 'make an armr but an la- vteoible oouraire, stern determkiation. and love for their chief ,, had , fired he last Run, ana surrenuerua. - . ; When the people of the United Stales honor , Oen H , Grant,, . they also , . honor Uen 1 lee and tola companion tn arms, and m that lirht I view the vote of Sea- ator ansdm a nttin&r testimonial , of the ihivalrv that actuated him in tbe Held Tbe retirement of Oenl Grant was au acknowledgment tbatf ha .was a sreut military chief tan and also an acknowl edement that the prowess and valor of BxMitbern ariht bad made him great., t i That the coninetitOT of Senator Kan com. the lion. w. x. uortcn, u an able. gentleman and well qttalified totrprs-j aen .the. State in the capacity of Senater, j no one witn due reeara lor onr uoniea- eratereoord ban deny. When the war waa raging at the higbest pitch and each State in the South felt as, it is hoped they will never feel again, the ucccity of having wise counsellors and prudept legislators, at. .tne seat oi . tne genera government, he was selected to repre aent North Carolina in the Confederate Senate at Richmond and nobly- dis charged his duties through that trying period. But ' that these .are the otil suitable persons in the State, for the di tinguisbed position, no one, I presume! wiU believe. ' There are many ' others who, could fill the position with equal credit to themselves and honor to their constituents. . -. , , The Senator . represent the State, it her relations to tbe general .government and is expected to be familiar with all the wants of the Statt in that con- nection. . , " - i The more oom-pietely he understand the affairs of the State tbe more ser viceable he can be as a Senator. - -, Then to whom should we turn for the possession of this knowledge sooner than to our present Governor? From the darkest day of Reconstruct tlon to the presont time Governor Jarvi has been intimately connected with the affairs of the State. His familiarity with the Legislative, Judicial and Ex. ecutive departments, must be admitted. His knowledge of her wants in educa tional matters, mining interests, manu facturing and agricultural development commercial relations to other StaWw, internal improvement, is undoubtedly greater to-day than any man in the State. Bis administration has been of marked ability and exhibit a devotion to the interest of the State unsurpassed by any predeoessor. No man has ever devoted himself more earnestly and laboriously to the duties of his office than has Thomas J. Jarvis. Then why not cairy out tbe usages of the party and elect him as the successor of Senator Ransom ' . By the election of Gov. Jarvi to the Senate vou place the worthy Lieut. Governor in the Gubernatorial chair; and in doing the former you gratify all the friends of tbe Governor and by the latter you also gratify all the friend of the Lieut. Governor, and thus cement the east and the west in a manner that nothing else can. This will consolidate the Democratic forces for the trying campaign of 1S84 and I think insure tbe State to the Democratic column in that election. Senator Ransom has served two terms and while I never saw the horrible con sequences attending a third term for even a President, yet the Democratic party and many Republicans did, and bo expressed themselves in the not very remote past, and it will be unwise to experiment with even a thmt term Senator. If Governor Jarvis is sent tc the Senate the Democratic star will ascend in North Carolina, but if not, I greatly fear it will set in the dreaded gloom of defeat at the next general election. A Voter. From Harlowe. JDeab Journal: In answer to your many requests to bear occasionally from Harlowe, after being disappointed many times, I attempt a short sketch from this place, which task I admit some what embarasses me, not being a "Knight of the Quill," and owing to the fact that your columns are so universal ly read. But seeing that no one writes of Harlowe and its advantages, this be ing my first. 1 think it best to locate Harlowe as it is not sufficiently known to all of your readers. It is that locality known in the coun ty as the "garden spot"' of county pla ces. Its name comes from Harlowe Creek, but the main section is located on Harlowe and Clubfoot canal, which is now being excavated by the New Berne and Beaufort Canal Company, whose intention it is to make a regular ship canal, when we shall feel ourselves very near the furthent markets, though our present shipping facilities are very superior to most county places, having generally half dozen sail vessels or schooners plying from us to New Berne weekly. The belt of country support ing this neighborhood is very fine, pro ducing very largely cotton, corn, rice, in fact everything usually grown iu the couutry. A large business Iirh been ami is be ing done in ginning by H. W. Hell nt Iiis steam gin unit nt his lior-e )xwer gin. Mr. D. N. Morton takes 11 very permanent part in the ginning business with his watei power gm. while their new competitor, Mr. Kyrmau Tayloi, falls in line with his new horsepower gin and is ginning considerably this M!;1M)I1. It is not a rare thing to -ce two and three lxat loads of cotton leave our wharves a u eek going to your city to be marketed . as oui people are selling in youi in irket intensely this shiihoii. and in this connection we are glud to say that our people are not like those of many place, inclined to rail out against ihei'olton Kxi hange. but are sullicielit- Hy Vuiitlileiied to perceive IU Unrf.u, of , lb ad vantage of which we think are many over many other insrkrts; as for your correspondent we have tiotl.b.'g aainntanr member of the fiditnra, but wear especially fvori.Ma n ,r. U. F. M. Daii. of the firm of Dail Itr., esid feel him of Immense rains to cot- -h lenelleraof the ooontrv. and as a mat. " appreciation lor iiis iii.cminr In biiding and fair way of buylnir our cot ton that we should give bun our rrefr-, eiice when we have goods in his m xa buy, and should patronise bis well sn! extensively kepteteck;! asy louir bv Mr.DaiL.' . ' Wben we began this we Intended to have written of other matters, but sea a and time will not admit it now, so uh the promise that you shall bear strain, we are your, ' CaE. T. kaT. Walka aa Talks (be Vera. .The time is at hand for farmers who expect to engage in tracking to prrjiare their land, and to do this it would pr haps be profitable to compare notos and see wbat plan, what mtnurn, and whatciopi have paid tbe Wat and bn uniformly enoeeasful. Tbare are av eral truck farms near tbe rlty and we expect to visit these from time t" lima aadrepoittbe actual expeiien e f i truckers during the past yeur. tn Thursday w visited the farm of ' ' Ks, WILLIAM vvun. U,lle northwest of the rity oa the banks of the Nease. extending souDi t the Atlantic and N. O liallr...,!. n,- niliaaaaady loam with bills or no sub soil, and i trotter suited for inn li- Ing than for anvtbimr i, ' Mr. Inn is a very suocemful -(rocker, nj r form in a few years will km mirmLvn. A road Is made throtiiih the vnir u tbe buildi ig and on each side ia planu-d a row of pear trees, some of which are already in benring. These will !. profitable a well a ornamental. At the west end of the farm m i t to the river is a pond which is hvmM I t water daring high lifa. Her t ,d thousands of loads of muck U-mir Hia- out and- hauled to the conoxwt I .-m.. Here we find Mr. Dunn, and after be bangs a war a time or two at a rovtv f duck and misses them, w start a ros the farm. ' - ' "What are vou M-enarina- this lot for Mr. Dunnr" Irish potatoes. ' There are ., I.t acre in the lot.i , I had it in tmi,um-. forth first time, last snrine. It very poor land and foil of cui.e ) broke 3t nnt. narrowed it. and in laany plaoe had so fork it over in order to get the grass roots out. I dnlM m fifty load of compost muds of sulou manure, muck and ootton to t)i acre', having furrow laid oif three feet apart, and on this applied One tliousHi.d pound or rocomoke guano, miiel in Die furrow with barrow tooth, siI planted the potatoes twelve inches apart." - liO'v deep do you usually cover i toesr". - ' f ' ' "They ebould he covered shallow on light land. .On stiff land, rover dei. Just a they are coming up I runal,;,r row over the ridge wbiuh loosens the earth around theiu and cives them a good send off. They should be pUriind about the 1st of February. ' I ut tl.o potto. leaving two eyes to the piece." . What were tha returns Irom tha eight ecresr" . ' Is made four hundred barrels of shipping potatoes which brought me, ttet. $2,000. The potato crop was fol lowed with corn which yielded twenty four bushels to the acre.1-. 'Do you expect to give this Jot the same treatment you did last yearr" . Yea, only i expect to use 1200 in stead of 1.0U0 pound of focomoke. I experimented with tins manure it year audi am Inclined to think it would pay better ta se S.oou pounds to the acre than 1,000. ' I selected two rows last spring and applied at the rate of ,U00 pounds per acre, two at the rates of l,fK0, end two at tbe rate of 2.0 UI,. The.reult was tbe one tbounand pounds row yielded at the rate of fifty barrels per acre, the fifteen hundred pound rows, at the rate of sixty-ilve barrels per sere, and the two thousands pounds row one hundred and ten barrels to the . acre.' ' - OsRDES TK.. planted eighteen acres la peas IhhI seasou which yielded one thousand and fifty boxes. From the 1st to the 15th of anuary lathe: time to plant. 1 broke. the laud fiat, laid oif rows three feet apart And drilled in one half ton of oot ton aettd and two" hundred . iioands of Rocomoke guano to tlie acre. This was mixed by running a folding harrow over ite.fter .it hed been drilled. It would not do to plant your peas directly among tbe ootton seed a tbe beat from the latter might kill them. 1'eaa do not .require much manure: they want a quick manure, but too much of it w ill make them go to vine. Two and a hn If bushels to the acre la the right, quantity to plant, and they should be covered bout four-tnebee deep- ' " What followed your pa crop - "Cotton. It was aided by two hun dred pound of Pocomoke. I am now having the eleventh hale picked out; they will average, five hundred pound tothebale." . '. ,' .- , 'OABBAOJt. ..'.. u : , , "Here is a lot that I expect to put in cabbage; it 1 a little Ulfr land than the bmlaoee of my farm, and 1 think It ' will suit cabbage better,)' "How do you prepare 'land for cab bag y" . v. . i, i , . "Flat break, lay off furrow three and one half feet apart and drill in the ma nure. I am going to put fifty loads of that compoat-Ubl manure,-hog pen manure and cotton seed to tbe acre and fifteen hundred pounds of cabbag manure. I have never-tried . the cab bage before, but it I highly reootn- mended, and I think it a good manure. When the manure I drilled in H should . be covered by a heavy furrow on the. north aid of the row and a light one on . the south side, and the plant should be set on the south side eo that the ridge will protect it from ootd." - "When ia the proper time to trans- -plant." . "I think it rather early yet. Last-; year I set out eome in November,' De cember and the last of' Janna- ' ry. Those that I set out -in January did the beat. When plaLted out so early they will likely go to seed as was the case with my early setting last fall. My January setting headed -up round and nicely and were by far the finest cabbage I made. " "Perhaps this is due to the fact that your land is light and quick. Wouldn't early planting be 'necessary on. tiff ' soil." "No, sir. All the cabbages, nearly all grown near the city last spring were inferior and I attr'bute it to too early ' setting out. " BKANB. "I planted eight acres in bean last spring which yielded 400 bore.- But they didn't pay very well. The prion was very low this year. Expect to -plant about the same quantity again. I regard Peruvian guano as the beat ma. nure for beans. They require a great deal of ammonia, which is found in Peruvian, and next to this I would reo ommend Fish guano." "isn't truck farming a pretty risky business taken as a wl.ole, Mr. Dunn r' "No sir. It is as safe as any business. But it requires a great deal of attention and labor. The man who will give it the proicr attention can make it pay -any season. Of course there are sea sons thnt will fnil to make him much money, but he will rarely find O le that wjll not pay expense. I think, howev- er. there is a limit to tbe business in this vicinity, ve ha v n't got the me- . nure. Commercial manure cannot be made to take Ibe plaoe entirely of Stable manure and cotton seed com poet; and ' limeys no use trying to truck farm It' without these. - The Coinmercihl manures Can be relied on as an adjunct to our farm manure. ' 1 hut we can not successfully substitute them entirely, and where the manure titoi right there we should stop planting. ,
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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