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t-j . -s.3.s1swli6,"i o7 .'7s, STY- : . ; . Sim.-. . 1 'ii ti i i II ii ni r r i if nil' i it i V -jCfffrjSKSL- I INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. ini.'oib WrV.Mr; - , . -. " ' - i -t 1, : ' ' i i i ... . it " VOlTvI. NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, APRIL 26, 1883. : ' .; . " " '-! 11 ' '" : ; " ' i ' i ' r ; - NEWBEBffE ADVERTISEMENTS. Wliittj's ITOht a, - w - " SPR-BWC emr -w ACME Pulverizing Harrow. Clod Crusher and Leveler. " r - - : n J Tennessee .WagonThe Farmer's Favorite. Th "BUCKETE." Two-Hone Ca!rt the HoI row uona timo. . The I1IPE0VED IEON CULTIVATORS (one hone) with attachments. The (kbrated "CLIMAX' Cotton Plow, the beat Cotton Plow in use. The GILBERT FORCE PUMP, to he without one. - : THE "MAID OP THE SOUTH Griat Mill. B. Bender ,Tonea Co., N C, aays : "I have groud oneboahel of GOOD meal in ten minute with the 16 h-h Mill bought of xou." A. Tolar aaTi uthat the 24 ineh Maid of the South 1121 war Li to perfection, grinds 12 bushels of good meal an hour with perfect Oneida Engines, Stationary, Portable" and Mounted; Kriebel'a Vibrating Valve, Stationary, Portable, Mounted and JBoat Engines. OaeiJa Saw II- M taw Gammers, Side Filei Swages. Novelty Belt Hooks better than lacing or rivets. . iillltoe Nut and Pipe Wrench es.J, You fare only to see them to appre ciate their advantages. - ' " "CQTT0I1 SEED. OIL; LljLLS. t No. 1 Mill, : capacity 2 tons a day, No.il JliU,' capacity 4 lens a day, Extending to all. a cordial invitation , I am, very respectfully, 1 4 J OIIN C. : i'avav's 1 r-t .1! " Contains no CALOMEL, or posed Tro cniUnddlsralcd J4AKETO THEM THE ; ; Surest, Safest' and Best Liver iPill on the Market C3 Try then and b eemvinced of their merit. O All Druggists and Dealers keep The pleasxcre of jtxrr company ria respectfollT selieitcd at LL2:z Cry G::dsnoli:1and Shoe Store '- fverv enort will be made to suit you in " W RumplM o aay kipd of Good cut. tjr Goods sent'oof IcTbe looked at. T T Money returned if Goods do not I respectfully invite the attention of the trade to mv jvery supenorstock o Dry Goods, fresh and desirable ; also my elegant stock of i , Ladies and Children's Hand-made Shoes, winch are warranted. I am prepared to ofier at the lowest prices, leeling as stircd that my facilities enable me to compete with any similar establishment in this city. . A call from yoa when you visit our city is solicited, and, in ths mean tlcae. your order will receive prompt and careful attention. Send 3 cent stamo for t asmon mw goods -AT- HOWARD - - Ws call especial attention to our large line of SHIRTS : The27isM Skirt, the bosom of which will not break or crease, only $ 1.00. - . The .2 City Skirt, manufactured for us; all the later improvements rein forced, and everlasting stsys which prevent tearing down the back or up the sleeve; only $ 1.00. Regular made British H. Hose ; only 25c. s pair ; a bargaiD. Full line of Gents Handkerchiefs, white and colored borders. We have jut received anew lot of White Silk Handkerchiefs at $100. Xew Tie and Scarfs just received. Linesi Buggy Robes, $1.25. .Our Spring taring Line of Clothing will oon groat variety- - Hats! Hats I! Hats!!! ClosiDg oat Give us a trial en Underwear. All Bovs Shirt Collars and -Cuff. To arrive bv next steamer New Straw Mattings and full line of Bovs' and i Children's Clothing. ' -' ' "Jtw Opposite Specialties THE OF 1883: Collators, with Sweep Attachmenta. 9 ' No well regulated family can afford ete., te. JlOO. 42,500 1 to give me s trial for anything in my ?T, fv , , WH1TTY, Liver Pilis. other MERCULLAL Ingredients, but are com of . - : Vcscfablo 1 Ingredients them. 25 cents per.box. eplwlj all lines of FancyDry Goods. suit. smeeu gep4-ajcwom JONES. be complete. Blue Flannel buits in to make room for Spring Stock wool goods at Cost. HOWARD & JONES, Bplaoopal Oliuroli. Alex. H. Stevens. Aa softly twilight to darkness yielded So gently death his dark mantle wielded O'er the tenderest. truest in our land. So gently as a child to his loved mother's hand Yielded calmly, this noble man. Thou art dead, but thy life will ever be, Freeh in our hearts as a loved memory Of how thy greatness beamed so hightly O'er our land, when the deepest dark ness dwelt. And the dead of wasted bravery she felt Thy life was given to all men's good From tenderest youth to noblest man hood; Like the summer ripening fruit tree, Which gave its products most willingly To all alike, and felt no conscious pride. Thy genius like a luminous star shone ever So clothed in grandeur, from this world afar Till its glory will gleam forever; And if we failed to grasp the greatness of thy mind Our love, our reverence was wholly thine; For every Southern heart that beats today. Will ever keep thy memory as a shrine. Immortalized where a hero lay. POET AND FLEET. One of the Boadg to Richmond And How It was Defended by Fort Darling The Last Fight of the Monitor. Detroit Free Press. There was no way to Richmond was not tried daring the war, and one of the earlier ways was np the James Biver. Afterwards, when the world looked on while 100,000 men battered at tbe gates m the Confederate : capital for months and months without gainiug an inch, the movement op the James was subject of mncb ridicule, and jet it was made in all seriousness and with great hopes of success. Nor folk had been evacuated by the Confederates, the dreaded Merri- mac had been blown tip, and it is said that the Federal Secretary of the Navy was the man who believ ed that three br four gunboats could make their way to the wharves at Bichmond withou encountering serious opposition. THJC GAX.ENA. This gunboat was sent on ahead to pilot the way, and after a few hours was followed by the Nauga- tucr, the Monitor, the Port Kojal and the Aroostook:. The sight of this single gunboat making her way up the stream filled the Confeder ates with alarmed indignation. and at every rod of her progress she was greeted with the fire of mus ketry. Field batteries were hastily ordered to points c from . . which she,-could be assailedj f'B'nd in some instances parts off infan try regiments took cover and kept up a hot fire as long as the .tyoat was within range. The Galena jvas struck by over 900 ballets within twelve hours, and yet so well was her crew sheltered that she had on ly one man slightly wounded by this fire; l "STOP THAT BOAT." Three miles below Williamsburg the. Galena found a . Confederate infantry company of about seventy men drawn np in line on the bank. A farmer on horseback had brought the news that the boat was coming up and the captain of the company realized that something must be done. Forming his men in two ranks, and placing himself at their bead with drawn sword, he await ed until the gunboat came within half a mile and the called out: "Stop that boat and surren der! Greatly to his surprise the Ga lenadid not stop, and he hailed her again with: . "Snrrender or I'll have to fire up on and sink you!" This was followed by a fulsilade of musketry, but a shell from the gun boat sent the whole cdmgany trav eling inland at the top of their speed. At Willamsburg he Ga lena was joined by the rest of the fleet, and all steamed forward with the expectation of going to Bich mond. FOBT DARLING. About seven miles and a half below the City of Bichmond, where the James takes a bold bend, one may today find Fort Darling almost as it appeared the day the adven turous Federal fleet appeared in sight. The walls have sunk, grass and bushes have grown up in plen ty, but one can see where every gun was placed aud note what a; ploughing fire was had from that elevation. That road to Bichmond had not been forgotten. In addition to the fort and its heavy ordnance, a line of piles had been driven across the river, leaving only an opening in the center for a single vessel to pass. There were rifle-pits along the banks, and perfect shelter for the garrison, and the Federal fleet appeared to find its coming provid ed for. TAKING POSITIONS. Up to this time the Federal gun boats had been victorious in almost every contest, and the appearance of the Monitor amongst the fleet in the James caused the Confeder ates no little anxiety. It was sup posed that she could take any posi tion and maintain despite any tire, but this engagement was to prove the contrary. Owing to tbe narrow channel the gun boats must tight at a disadvan tage. The Galena led the fleet to within a lew rods of'tlie obstruction and then swung her broadside to the fort, and dropjed her anchor. The Monitor came next closely fol lowed by the others and not a shot was fired uutil the fleet was in posi tion. The distance was not above 800 yards, when the tight began, and every movement aboard the boats could be plainly seen from the fort. At 8 o'clock of a- beautiful summer morning the Galena open ed a bombardment by hurling a ponderous shell plump against the fort. THE PLl'NGIN-GriRE. j That shell was answered from j every gun which would bear on the ! fleet, aud the fight was not ten! minutes old when the fleet real- ized its mistake in anchoring SO J be; near. "one of the guns could elevated sufficiently to damage the j fort, while the guns of the latter had a plunging fire terrific in ef fect. The first half dozen shots fell in to the river, sending showers clear over the targets aimed at, and then a solid shot crashed through the Galena and dropped into the water. A second ripped open the deck of the Aroostook, and the Confed erates cheered again and again and settled down for a steady fight. Had every iron-clad which the Federals built during the war been stationed in the James below Fort Darling that day the road to Bich mond could not have been opened. The stream was too narrow for the boats to keep in motion, and the elevation was too great to enable them to injure the fort. He who looks over the ground will find that most of the shot and shell entered the bluffs fifty feet below the fort. Such as struck higher inflicted no damage. THE GALENA. Never was greater pluck display ed than on the Galena. For an hour and forty minutes she was within long rifle-range of the fort and under the fire of twelve guns and the wonder was that she ever got out of tbe trap. The water aronnd her was kept white with the shot falling about her, and once every live minutes she was lairly hit. She carried five cannon balls out of the fight with her, and show ed scars to prove that she was hit twenty-three times. Five solid shot passed completely through her and three shells exploded in her hold. One solid shot toie through three bulk-heads and wounded fourmen, and one shell .exploded on deck, kil led two men and wounded five others. The carpenter reported six leaks before the fight was half over, and once she was on fire on two places, but she was held right there until it , was realized that further fighting was simplv throw ing human life away. When she dropped out of the fight she did not have 200 pounds of powder left, and thirty of her crew had been killed or wounded. THE MONITOR,. This was the only time the Monitor was ever Engaged at such short range against a fort and it was also her last fight. She took position close to t he Galena, but as soon as struck on the turret bv a solid shot she dropped down the stream. During the fight she was struck four times. When jhe re turned to Norfolk the greatest care was taken to prevent - the public from learning the extent of her in juries, and reports were circulated that the shot did not even dent her plates. This was intended lor the benefit of the Confederates. As a matter of fact, vouched for by the men aboard of her in that fight, the first shot so jarred her turret, that a second one would have drifted her out of the fight. The other shot did not penetrate, none of them striking Bquarely, but they cracked and bulged her plates in a manner to'prove that if she came under the fire of an eleveuinch gun she would oe riddled like a sieve. She fired at intervals during the two hours' contest, but might as well have saved her ammunition. While the Galena, entirely unarmored, re mained stationary for almost two hours and took the fire as it came, the Monitor was constantly shifting about to destroy .aim. This saved her from going to the bottom. She had been the subject of so much boasting that her commander did not want the mortification of seeing her go to the bottom of the James Biver. Stories were set afloat about the Confederate gunners fleeing from their posts when they caught sight of her, and of the lit tle iron-clad boldly replying to the concentrated fire of seven or eight guns, but they were canards. The position she occupied is marked on a tree, aud the fact that she was badly hurt by the missiles which struck her waprjoven by her future idleness until she finally went, to the bottom of the Atlantic in a storm. THE NAUGATUCK. This vessel was armed with only one gun a 100 pounder, and at the fourth or fifth round it burst and wounded five or six of the crew. Not one of the shells from this gun struck within fifty feet of the fort, but all were hurried in the bluffs. A company of riflemen were on their way to open fire upon her from the river bank when she drifted out of the fight, having been struck twice, but receiving no particular damage. THE PORT ROYAL. The fire of this vessel was accur ate aud steady, eliciting the praise of the Confederate gunners, and some of them wonder to this day why she was not sent to the bottom. She was a fair target, but was only hit three or four times and only had two or three men wounded by splin ters. The shot falling about her kept her decks wet with water, and as many as twenty missiles passed by or over her so close that their wind was felt. One solid shot which howled over her blew the caps from the heads of three men aud blinded a gunner so that he could distinguish nothing for hours. THE AROOSTOOK. The Aroostook fired about forty shots and was hit four or five times but had only two or three men slightly wounded. Having a posi tion below the rest of the fleet she had a better chance to elevate her guns, aud yet every shot was wast ed. In the heat of the fight, both fort and fleet being hidden by the smoke, a Confederate. soldier started to swim out to the Aroos took and disable her hy cutting her rudder chains, but lie was killed before reaching the vessel by a shot from the fort. THE PORT. The location of the fort gave it an advantage in long range and a pluugiug fire, but without the ob structions in the river the gun boats would have swept past without checking speed. Over 200shot and shell were fired at it during the bombardment, and yet only two or ihree men were wounded, and those tn the rirle-pits- The damage to the fort was too trifling to be noticed in official reports. It was one of the first instances where obstructions were used to hold fleet under fire, and the advantage was so clearly apparent in this in stance that channel obstructions were at once made a part of the Coii "ederate war programme. M. Quad. North Carolina at Boston. News and Observer. Yesterday the executive com mi tee of the State Board of Agricul ture continued in session, consider ing the special matter before it our State's exhibit at the grand lair at the Mechanics' and Manu facturers' Institute, at Boston, next autumn. At a recent meeting: of the Board of Agriculture Com mis sioner McGehee submitted a volu miuous and excellent report, which contained several suggestions, b irst ol these was one that an ex ploratiou for phosphates be made in the southern part of the State, The second was to make borings with the diamond drill in the coal beds and in places where coal beds are supposed to exist, for the pur pose ol ascertaining the depth and tmcKDessol the beds and seams The third was to have an examina tiori made of the iron pyrites in the State, as,,a. sonrce of sulphuric acid The fourth was in regard to the exhibit of North Carolina's resoHr ces, crude products, etc., at the great Boston fair. These suggestions were adopted oy tne board. The executive com mittee has now spent two davs in making arrangements for carrying out tne ideas ol tne board with re gard to the exhibition at Boston It was yesterday decided to place it in charge of Commissioner Mc Gehee, and to make the display a complete and commanding one, of an tne vaneo ana great resources of North Carolina. The scope of the exhibit will embraee textile materials; all agricultural products; ores and minerals, precious rind useful; coal; woods and timbers: naval stores; medicinal plants; fruits, green, dried and evaporated; wines, etc. so.t. mcu-enee was au thorized to employ capable assist ants to aid him in his important wort of collection, classification and arrangement, so as to be able to fully carry out the intentions of the board in all respects, and make the display not only of actual value, but to insure attractiveness in its presentation to the hundreds of thousands who will see it at Boston. The initial measures have already been taken; the officers of the va rious railways have been corre sponded with in regard to rates for freight ami passengers, the replies being highly satisfactory, and much special interest manifested in the matter, every facility being prom ised. Immediately after the ad journment of the board Commis sioner McGehee wrote the secretary of the fair at Boston, and in re sponse he proffered all the space desired in choice parts of the build ings. The material which will so to make up thibest of all our exhibits win be new, the specimens being chosen with a view to both size and merit. It will be distinctively a display of crude products, with just enough of other kinds to show the processes of and progress in manu factures here. There is now in the museum here a handsome exhibit. This will not be touched, only new material being used, as above stated. It will be an honor to the State, and doubtless, like the for mer display at Atlanta, will aston ish New Englanders and gratify North Carolinians. An Ancient Anetion. The account which follows is taken from a historian of Babylon, who wrote of the fifth century before Christ; and it may undoubtedly be relied upon as a correct picture of the time. Those old Babylonians believed in marriage; and if the woman, old enough to marry, did not find a husband ol her own good fortune, then she must be provided by the public. And, to this end, ana auction of unmarried women took annually. The most beautiful of the girls were first put up, and the man of good character who bid the highest sum took his choice. And so they went on until thrf really desirable wi es were all disposed of. In some instances, where young ladies ol rare beauty were presented, large sums were paid such sums, in fact as only a man of means could af ford. And now, what was done with he money accruing from these sales? We will tell you: After all the pretty and good-looking women had been disposed of there were sure to be some for whom no one would make an offer; and some there were whom no man would take except he were paid for it. And now came bidding in the other direction. In stead of the man saying how much he would give for the wife, he said for what sum, cash in hand, he would accept her. The woman un fortunate enough to be homely, but healthy aud strong, was put up and bid off to the man who would take her for the least money. Naturally, there would be a few really homely ones, whom no one would take, ex cept he was paid a large sum. And thus it might happen that the large sum paid by oue man for the most beautiful of the young girls would be paid to another man for eccept ing the plainest and homeliest of the lot. In this way, we see, the sums paid for the desirable wives became marriage portions to the unfortu netely undesirable ones. So in the end the sale was completed and the docket successfully cleared. j There is one other thought that I forces its way upon us: How often j do you suppose it happened that one of those men who had been paid to take a homely-faced wife found j himself, in the end, possessed of a treasure And, on the other hand, Was a worse fraud than the plas how many of those who had been : ter. attracted by a beautiful face, and! had paid a large sum of money fori lt is said that fifty years ago fhad their choice would before the year i were BO Plentlful ln the Savannah river tncir cnoice, u ouui, oeiorc cue . ear that fishermen exchanged them forcorn was out, have gladly exchanged for at the rate of one shad for one ear of one of the plainer-faced? 'corn. BATTLE OF CIIICAMAUGA. An Hirer's Promise Unavoidably Broken 1 he Crash of War So Se vere 1hat YonConld Hear the B(!ncg Crash. i met tien. jviorton c Jdunter in Indiarfapolis the other day, and after talking over political cam paigns, remarked: "General, yon have forgotten the war, I suppose!'' "Oh, no, no. No. sir, never! I think of it often, in fact, every day, and some days every hour. I am too bid. and you, Howard, arc not yourtgenough to hope or fear that we 8fiTtll look upon its like again. I tell yon it was the greatest crash that ever came on any government, and none but ours Could stand it." "General, in your experience was there any battle that for hard fighting and dead men beat all the rest!" 'Chicamauga; Marshal Jjannes said at Marengo that at some volleys he could hear the bones crash in, the division. Mv brigade at one time held the keystone of tbe'arch wbere Thomas took the last crahd; rush of Longstreet. There was one sheet of name blazed but -at short range. That was wben 'the bones crashed. After that you could see' the cannon bum through the moke, but conld near oniy a roar .that seemed like judgement day had come, "An aid came to me from Gen. Thomas: He "wanted to know how long we would Stay ' there. I told him I thought a little while longer, if we could get cartridges. . . The staff officer was ' killed. . My men took the a in unit ion from their dead comrades, and ''by some lucky chance were brought a fresh supply soon alter, so we held the place till ordered to retire. But . in a few minutes' I had lost 117 men and had to leave thiem there. My adjutant in the morning was handsomely dressed in anew1 uniforin. "After the battle he was rasreed. and that from lead. My clothes were cut m eight 'places. Of the brigade I tobk there, only a handful were eft to fall back the rest were down dead, dying and wounded. It was terrible. I don't think Gettys burg, Antietam or Franklin can show a half hour redder to both blue and gray. By the way there was a thing happened there that struck me hard at the time. The day before the fight I was walking round in the woods and I saw a sol dier sitting"on, a log all alone, and he was crying,' I walked over to him and I says:' "Here, what's the matter with you?' He went down in hia pocket and brought out one of those old fashiond gems: a picture .poor enough, taken in some country town, a woman and five children.' 'Well,' says I, 'thats a pretty good looking group, boj s; don't see anything to cry over there. . I've got exactly the sain6 crowd at home, and I wished I had their pictures here now, I am sure it wouldent make me feel a bit bad.r "Yes, but general you're an of ficer, and you are getting a heavy pay; you have property at home; you conld resign if you wanted to; and it you got killed there would be something leftfor your wife and children; I haye'nothing at home or here, and if I was gone there would be nobody te look after Maggie and the children. I told him to shut up, laughed at him scolded him and tried to make ieel better, and I be lieve I did. "Says I, 'I'll tell you, comrade, I've not got so much at home as as you think, and I don't save anything here; we are both ia the same boat- I stand just as good a chance to get killed as you do ; I am not going to resign and leave you, we'll fight through , this war together, come out as poor,as ,we went in, and go come to our people together.' We shook hands and I walked on. "Well, sir, the next day as we fell back, I looked down in a . dead man's face; it was the soldier I promised to go home with when the war was over, and that he should see his wife and children. His old blue blouse was red over the pocket where he carried the rnntnro 7' Here the general's voice got hus ky and he looked at me out of eyes a little damp. I said: "Good-by, old soldier; I am glad to have met you," and walked away, thinking how many ot those meetings prom ised, "when the war was over" had been destined for a shore beyond The Chicamauga." Drng-Store Drolleries. Peek's Sun. The fun furnished to apothecaries by their customers does not all come in the shape of bad spelling and pronouncing. Iuocent greeuess in second-hand values and the rules of trade, as well as of natural pro priety, makes no little of the spo,rt that enlivens the quiet .shop-days of the average pharmacist. "You would be astonished at the fun that crops out among the cus tomers that visit a drug store," said a druggist tho other day in Milwaukee, after he had got through trying to convince a 3'oung man that it would be impossible to take back a tooth-brush, after it had been used three or four days, and give him another one a size smal-! ler. "So you strike all classes of customers, eh?" said the newspaper ' man. "Well, I should think so," said , the druggist, "A woman came in this morning and handed ine an ohl back-number plaster, one that ; looked as though it had ben taken j off an Egyptiau mummy, aud want-; ed me to give her another one. She ; said the old one was no good. She j said the old man had worn it on his back for two weeks, aud it never, drew a blister. It was of no more account than so much paper. Ij tried to tell her that a plaster was not intended to blister, but simply to retain the back in its proper' place, and let the pain crawl out ; through the holes. She said I With the Mexicans. Iirocklehurst's "Mexico To-Day The city of Mexico is what Paris is to France, being the seat of gov eminent, the center of a rapidly growing railroad pystem, the mart of commerce and the abode of near ly all the wealthy land owners of the republic. Life and property are perfectly safe, though I one day saw a large knife taken from underthe cloak of a countryman when he was searched at the city gates. Police are stationed about 100 yards apart, Jail over, the city. They are well-dressed, and paid fl der day. There are several things wnicn strike a stranger favorably in the streets of the city. The peo ple move about politely .without crushing or crowding. Ladies and children can return from the thea tera, cafes, or the Zocalo, at late hours of the night without molesta tion or such offenses a$ might cross their path in London, and what has been accomplished in a city of 300. 000 inhabitants is being extended to the neighbormg cities and conn try districts, with every prospect 01 soon rendering ail parts of the country as safe to travel m by day pr.nignt as in tne City of Mexico itself'., Tbe Mexican world keeps eany nonrs. unocoiate about 7 a. m. a heavy "souare meal." railed almferzo, it niay be breakfast, lun- cneon or dinner, between 11 and 2; iri'the evening, chocolate, ices, or sorhe'Iigiit refreshment, followed by the opera, theatres, or, what to me was far more preferable, an excel lent .band of music ia thegardens of the Plaza. The hotel and board ing "house accommodation of the city is barely sufficient for the present influx ol American visitors; and, should a gentleman .desire to visit the" city with his wife and family it would be well to secure rooms beforehand by . telegram or letter. t The Mexican hotels are for lodging only, and your meals, must be eaten at the resturant attached or elsewhere, a9 fancy may dictate. The street called San Francisco street, prolonged by Los Plateros, nearly a mile in length, and running from the Plaza Mayor to the beau tiful gardens of the Alameda is, from its position and excellent shops, the most attractive and fashionable street in the city. The new street of the Cinco de Mayo, from the Teatro Nachional to the cathedral, isi partly under construc tion.' It will be a nolle , street when completed and the avenue :of trees continued its whole length; but unless it is lined with shops, it will not compete, from a business point ef view; with San Francisco street which is the great thorough fare of the city. The shops have a perky, Parisian appearance, not that of tbe 'palatial establishments on the boulevards, but rather that of the third-class, streets of Paris. The city swarms with soldiers, and the sound of the trumpet call start les the ear at all hours of the day and in this most unexpected places. The soldiers ' are' generally seen walking about loosely in large eroups. under the charge of an of ficer of the sergeant this for fear of their absconding. They are sol dierly little men and fairly weli dressed. But the rural guard car nes off the palm. These men are fine smart fellows, and wear a most picturesque ' uniform of soft buff leather, scarlet silk necktie and sash, gray felt 'sonibrero, richly laced with -silver; gauntlet gloyes and high buff boots, with spur the rowels as large as cheese plates carbine, revolvers and sword. Their horses are highly bred, and so exquisitely trained that they obey he pressure of the knee, the rein being seldom, if ever used. If a country or goverhment may gain credit for the excellence of its philanthropic institutions. I would rank Mexico, under its new regime as high as any country I visited; education is ' compulsory between the ages of 5 and 14 ; waifs, Strays and neglected children are swept into the reformatories, and the es tablishment for teaching the deaf and dumb, enables its inmates to talk a language of their own. The Tebaeeo Rebate. The following from Mr. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, largely interested in the tobacco business, sets np right on an important matter alluded to in Sunday 'a Star, in which he states we were lod into error: Please pardon me, but your issue of the loth contains a statement that I beg to correct. Under the caption, "The Rebate-Queries Answered," you state upon the authority of your resident U. S. Commissioner that merchants will be paid rebate for stamped stock on hand, May 1st, in either currency or tobacco stamps. In this latter clause you are in error, as the law provides for paying the rebate to merchants and other dealers in to bacco not manufacturer's in money only. Every person is entitled to a re bate whose claim amounts to as much asten&lO) dollars, provided that "the goods upon which the manufacturer or dealer is entitled to rebate must be care fully inventoried on the first day of May, 1883, in presence of two disinterested witnesses, who must be persons of good repute in the community for truth and j veracity, and must not have an interest i in any claim for rebate of tax on tobac co, 6nutt, cigars or cigarettes unaer me 4th section of the act of March 3, 1883, and must not be clerks or employes of any claimant under said act." The interest that I feel in my brethren in the tobacco trade has prompted me to make the above correction, thinking that it might prove of service to parties interested in the matter. Yours, truly, Tl't'Z. Star. Julian S. Carr. Kind of II iiu. It was at Wilkes court, when a prominent citizen of that county was foreman of the jury. The judge had gone through the remarks which usually precede his calling attention to special laws, and had commenced that part, when the foreman, in a very distinct voice, remarked. 'Judge, you can abbreviate that part of your charge; I have heard it so often that 1 am perfectly familiar with it." Terrible Accident on the Richmond and Danville Koad. Danville, Va.. April 18. The freight train on the North Carolina division oi Dw.K.l fir rir,-illa T?uilrr,nH run o r,OJr Hiah Pnint. N. c this morning. The engine and tender and eighteen cars were oiled up in a cut. V.ntrinper John Gavle was killed in stantly. Wm. Wilson, fireman, and a brakeman, name not known, were se riously injured. STATE NEWS ' Glcsned from our Exchanges.4 Raleigh Visitor: There k a lady llv-' mg tn warren county. 09 years old cutting her second growth of teeth She has already cut nine new ones, and tier gums are very sore, and ah M x pectmg to cut others soon. Western Sentinel: A postal infoftns us that Mr. James Lawaon, of Stokes county, while loading : his ,wagon with tobacco, preparatory to starting Winston, a abort time since,' was acci dentally kicked by a mule, Inst below the knee, the result being a Woken and badly shattered leg. jive candidates were received for membership, at . the Baptist Church last Sun lay.. Three, for Baptism and two with certificates from other ehurohes A series ef meetings win oegin in tbe Baptist unuton' nest Sunday. Rev. Mr. Baldwin, of Greens boro, will assist the Pastor, fiey. H... A Brown. Winston Republican: Last week Dr J. H. Wolff, of Tadkinville, whose ooa. dition we noted tn these -columns a few weeks since, submitted to the) amputa tion of his left arm. Tbe operation was successfully performed by prs. Siewsr ana ttannson, urs. , uauser and Wolff, assisting. The natient is doinr well and hopes to be able to go to his brother V in law, JUr. uauser, in the coarse Ot another week. Oa Friday 'morning last, near tbe stable of Mr. W. Il IlsiC in Salem, a torch was found., evidently prepared and intended for use iu firing some establishment hi one tor- tbe other of the towns. We inspected -It Tuesday at the drug store of .LfrW- F; fibaffner, Mayor ol uaiem, and a more tborpngbly innammapie torcn we never saw., , Raleich New and Obitroen . Tnaadav Simon Mltchener,, a very clever and uiet old negro, was at the polls at An burn, in ot. Mary's precinct, atnd voted He was not drinking and behaved ia aa orderly manner, say persoaswh0l saw him. About 4 o'clock in tbe afternoon he left tbe polling place to go to his home, a mile away. He never reached there, and his family gave tbe alarm. A .large party, of peopley--white aad black, at once began search,, for. .Aim. inalir the body was found concealed behind the wheel of an old mill belong ing to Johnson dr. Barbour,- on White Oek Creek, near Auburn. Mitohener a throat was cut . from ear to ear, the jugular vein being entirely, severed, He had evidently been murdered and thrown behind the wheel. Mr. Johns, accompanied bra son of ths murdered saan, came to the city yesterday morn ing with tbe news of the .murder, and Coroner Ellis went back with them to hold an inquest. Charlotte Journcd-Obterver: Mr. E. C Edge worth who was accidently shot, ia Monroe, last Monday, as reported in this paper yesterday, was in a very critical condition at last . accounts : : yesterday evening ana was not expected to live. No reaction had as ' yet set- in and tbe doctors were afraid to probe for toe ball. Lost night about dark a colored woman named Kate Fisher was passing the house of Adaline Alexander, also a woman of color, living near Rob) Trot ter's,4n the neighborhood of the poor house, when she received a heavy load of buck shot in the back of her bead and neck, from a shot-gun discharged by Adaline through a crack of her house. Kate is a single, woman,' Adaline is married. There bad, been some difficulty between them, origina ting in jealously ot tne latter husband, and was only .brought to a culmination by the shooting affair of yesterday, Chas. White, a colored man diving at Fort Mill, is lying in a critical condUUon, having been the subject for a little carv log practice by another colored -man named Boss wnite . The . fuss was about a woman, aa usual. Soss evi dently wanted Charles out of the way and went at him with the intention, to kill. He cut his opponent over ths head, arms and body,' and gave him a serious stab in, he abdomen. . The wounded negro ia in a critical condition aid will probably die. ' Wilmington ' Star: A gentleman ' of this city who has tried it, says a glass of warm water, or as hot aa you can bear it, taken a half bour ' before each meal. is a good remedy for dyspepsisu. Tbe quantity should be from a gill to a half pint. we are glad to learn from Mr. Q. Z. French, that the fruit and vege tables at his Excelsior Plantation, at Rocky Point, are very promising. He says be noticed a few days ago -between five and six hundred apple trees in) bloom, and aays they presented a pretty sight. The venerable Mrs. John Brown got quite a serious fall on the stone pavement at the corner of Front and Market streets yesterday"' afternoon!. She was placed in a carriage Md .seat home, and it is hoped that she sustained no serious in jury. A meeting- of ths Directors of the Clinton and Point Cas well Railroad waa held at tbe. PuxoalJ House in this city yesterday. ' No bid was accepted for the building of .tbe road, we understand, but it was decided to commence grading the road at onoe, operating at both ends. WhsaeVsr the Democratic party becomes infat uated enough to attempt to get rid of the gray-heads it will be like a vessel at sea without chart or compass. The. energy of youth as well as ths wisdom and prudence of age are needed in this day to save tho State to. the only party that has made it prosperous and bi brought contentment to the people. Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic : In on der to accommodate holders of "Old Bonds" of the State which ceased to bear interest Jan. 1 , who may wish to exchange for the new "e per oent Bonds," without the trouble and ex pense of sending them to Raleigh, Treas urer John M. Worth, with his nephew,, is spending a month in New York City. About 89,000,000 of the "Old bonda" have been put in the new paper; and the Doctor hopes to bring back the bulk of the residue some $2,000,000. The New York World ssys some of the "old bonders" kick and threathen litigation. Col. Ike Young seems bom for good luck. Many shots have been tired his direction, but all glanced. Giteaus bang at Garfield was believed to have brought down the Colonel's official head, but when the smoke cleared away "that same old coon" still held the persimmon. Last week at Hender son, in the thunder storm, a bolt of lightning came down, and tore up a tree along side of the hotel, and hunted all around for Isaac, but he had just stepped out. It was a "close call, "but this is a free country. Providence seems to favor bald-headed people any how. You recollect the awful scrape which befell those three bad boys who were torn up by wild bears because they followed the prophet Elisha. shouting "Hold up! old Baldhead ! try St. Jacob's Oil !" E. City Economixt: Sweet pota toes is a paying crop. Bill Hnell, in Tyrrell, made nearly $500 to an acre of them a few yoars ago in Tyrrell. Our lands aud climate are admirably suited to them. Yellow barks sell best but the old fashion yam beats the world. A good yam potato is better than a hot cake. liieieM iiu in latent- ninut ii. Old Betsy's all right. We've rode There's no mistake about it. around the town this morning, j thanks to the courtesy of Mayor Commander, and she is nil right. I New buildings going up in every , .1 i fnif mi .Tj,w crti.uta now im. nrnVp,nnta n(lv. siaV horn. V are saisfied the old town is worth 1 livniff in. In 10 years 10,00j in habitants. Mark what we say. We have received a Hani pie of new !otatoe from Tho. Baxter, of Currituck, that were its large as walnuts. 'u Frbfc'sclbrial Card.5 a. w. nixes. ' - rVNtuwa , f j. owassx aasxy, , ).. , Kixoiir8i::::;3 r.:::iY ATTOllSKYS AT LAWV" ''ftti pfiut'lS; tifVmrof n. 1 OMlow, tnifvt, fan I tnn n4 - i he federal Omui at f 1m ru. ..-..... rf, W, . .,, I i !.p..jnniriTT rEAXdLL, ArroiiisT tr-aiw, - ,TJiE5TgO:3 tXX, Vt C. Will ra41aa In Ilia rvmniiaa w.i mnrAt, Iwpila, Hma J... A.i t o r n ya t . I u v CLATTO, sVekaMal Cear. t C Falter, Ii&lelKtt, H. C; A. i.m. . , , , ,r '. Visas sre sculBltMl. .onilaeuenaa., MUIVU mmnxuj::::X" -ATTORNEY. AT LAV, uOslee aiNa ts ., , .Jf)W Her. K. .C. . ; ; Will tmctln la tha rnntta of . i ! Ihall iL lMalrlMIV.,H alsai ma . . . . i i i i if HI' i,p.-n.'jrLtrnr7, Win tmrtloa In Ih Court f(uUv,- .: - ' i t u - -. ' - HpMtal attention rtvvn to tha .n.-i klna,a aoua. aa aatutas SMai dm,i tut KI.LTIni HItt.a iBaarlwtr; t'K.teaasrrs a. . DR.-j;-r.-rCliAiu;, ..1 trmwmrm. Ofllos en bravaa atract, aad Bread. ' . Hurfireoit I tut I - . ' WIU be la Kaw Barns froaa U.a , , ltiOtb 1 6th 6f each r.Tcr.: , I Baaafbrt Areas lath to tha th. - ' tomes' r Kaw Barrta.'eW jr.. ' w. "Li k "v toaUweeers, spras Benin rrentan traata. . Teeth Sktraetad frlUiout pain I ) t,..- aiUvaa-eafcle .' '. ' v. nai'. , . t JJew Bern a Advcrtkr m - I v A. 11. POTTER.-u f CONFECTION!, K:, ' U i J , I ! '.' ill , MAjfOTACTURICR or . ,, CVivrii:r-;. ' And deaTora hi Yrttvn r4 I- I foUocJf sfreef., aar fo7sa AZm t Y., t tdr. '.lu in "' ""' 1 -: Whan maoki tat Kaaraijtrtia t T,,n. tUre be anra to caUJ st . ,t i "', T- ' 1 joJa& SUTEIt 4V"fo!rlttbijti ttirr.irr. "V BwOn4 door W K. K. Jotx-a'. H, knar OS band rwr.m frwrio HftM, Walllut HmlaUNXt. Hurmn,, v . - -.. Mol.fr I i ltrti, laiaufaa, Hula, tmmm i bloa, ate, uraataat l santwtr'.i v-sr... . ' 'mr1 tANE.y; M 111 rx.U .t t .--I n f'.kBBB..y !' ' oenerXl 'liXhD v,?ai. n.' Cart aua1 Waron,, Material.. JIant oauuiea, ijriujca. iiuuur eat . "'.-"fiealii.g Stoves. ' VJooia Sols' tor 'CAfill 'ONLY, and n,f,. aMwpnaeSin J.JI tJ -t. :.) ovajjrxr'Jiiax-sm. "-J " Commission Merchants 4omnt Slid rWional attention will ha m all eonalsnmanu mi pottoa Uraia aaat a.'! Farm Produrttona. Tbaataasuopai. those samaaisa to a Block of 1 . , Rust Ptocf. pits iilwk I rfttab ara handling on eoouataalaHi, at a . offer CJUEAP-Jer 4IAMAT. noTS-wtr ; GEORGE' Dl"!: 1 Keepa oouatantly on hand tbe flKS. T ' ItUALiITY ef ' . , i Matallle Baraal CaaiaMs weed mm Wtlaat Cm 4. In all alsea, hasfeomeljr moaaeoV Poplar Cealaa ef all Maae. Ordira by 4lfm r Say or Bight pfmnW ' shipped h drat train ataT oraef Iepeielre4 ,i t F. 1 frta HAftYHK XsJaVn.OZlJBlT . or . HTOCTI, 1 T " "SATTrTYT Ya "l T U KJN 1 1 Ultl' .41 t. 1 S In tho City of Nw Horns. Mora He baa always I Parlor 8uit. Bedroom'Seti, 1 Mttreea, Chairs of v erery decrllrtitfa, 'J is In ftwt rvrrythlns aevalr kant tn a"' rlaaa Furniture rUura, and win. be Bold Very Low. - v Corner of Brod mnd Miditt Street jua4wly - " '
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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