yl - . . ... it iv 1 ..kj .... .. - --';" - a.;-' - f r h's ..inr!T.7t"Vi ,.T. I .-..' INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS, - t r r r in m ni rr ry t mrf .. f.i '.ill .. i ,.,.n. ftf() 1 i. ....... .ti . i . . a- it ).o7 . . ' NEW BERNE, CRAEIS? COUNTY, N. C, JUNE 28. 1883. ( 1 ' -. ,1. - ll H !.!... M.. , MfYU MI1UI hLH -AW H . ! i ' " - 'V. i : w t. NEW B 4 e . theEnMhes; and Corn Mills made by Ti:E TAYLOn tlflllUFACTORiriD COMPANY, C 'embracins a finfc of f Engines of five different sty Ies, running rbm2 . anu ibaw.JMius oi . o ainerent sizes, i am.pre , , pared Jtc ; urpial you apgmplete Outfit at : : as low ngures as can. , .First Class -Work and before you buy I would especially askyouto compare the weights of'said Macrynery withttaat of other ,v manufacturers. -and: dravtour own conclu- sions. it I carry a full line pi ;and; solicft i fbei ojAUr" patronage. 4' Send jm - your. ordpjjklfoL EngineSj, tCotton Gins, PrcsseRicei'iTeer aeaWyas possible, n3 theretuidjiy alid dis KenttickT, Cane Mil la. , -, ' . - "J.lArTUad"' Cora Shellers, " J ockawaj utd Ckampion Grain FaiAoasS" Su'im Engine, all tier,v V T.ice and. Wneat Threshers aijl Separator,. , , ; I'aryer Condensers, X1.V :.S-llill,j5fe-- Ci-rrer Cotton Cleancra. - .V ; iyj .'CirenlMSawg, Qwmifcn, ". Gallett'a M3iagnolia' Gin, -: i Side FlleaSwages, . IljJraalic Cotton Prev : I , Tower Cotton Press. ' " Drake's Pat. Shingle Machine, 7 . ; Write for Jennskand pricesiarTemember that no .vweir ,regukted ijnlTd'iS to be without a GilUert Force Pump. Respectfully . yaurst'i' ,10UN C. cirifir street. neXt jydAsf. WoiSd's,T0 exchange, CYTi:a La isno CAUQUTriir otlier MEE.CULIAL Ingredients, - tut are com- . - .. - -r i - V n -.r .. . i JLMfJNQ.THEM THE Surest. Safest and Best Liver PiU on the Mark'et J J-.--..,'--...-.. . , 4. - . ' i , Try Iham" an d be conTinced of their merit. ; tT AH Dragsists and Dealers kee tiVaal 2S 'cents' per box. seplwjy :rjQ:ffi go., PoiloKstTeftNek-Berne; N. C, 4 rLOWSHARROWS v. v . In Great Variety and 7 15 HAVE A FULL :;TS' FURtllSHIMG GOODS. --U fiauie. Lisle Thread and ?Tet fndersWrtaJ ail prices. Full Stock of Etgfamie and Elm City Hhirts, suaranteeil to tit. only si. oo " Xobby goita. Alpaca. Drap d'Ete and Sicilian Coats fur warm wcntlicr. . line of Dusters. See our 110 suits. Collars, Cuffs, White Ties and White Vests. ' Straw Data to great variety, from 5 cents up. - obtT earl colored stiff iiats. "''Alpaca H Silk Son Umbrellas. We ber CircnUra, which we will out at - I arg line of Valises and Trunks. If too mmrA m. Rtraw Mattiuir call on ns rereife)f and selling it. : We have a nice line of Low Shoes. Siacv Adams & ( o s I'aieiii 1'imi : Gent's Slippers. GenU Colored Half Hose, full line. Tnr Us First, when you need Anything in our Line JT0WAKD & JONtS, Er'AJOVXKTISEMENTS- Agency for the sale of "to . 250 horse power, oet)uereu ior sineuy ih the fUIowing goods, gfcfy5LPnik Micie, unror- if ten, Tennessee 'Wagane,-, ;, - tHfHock IiiWHratprs j . nM OfWj" "SlftiBgt Pulleys, BelUng, 'V .Koanoka Hand Press, t mlk Am s s&irn Et Etc., Etc WIU'lTY, i L "rruckeri IH) Seed Potatoes, Cotton Soetl Pernvlan mid Bone CSuano. - Good f.uck Ousiito, . 'Mcrrynian's Super-Phosphate ' l.tster'8 Iisunlvcd fioite, Wliann's Plow IS rand. J packcrH and ('otton Planters. AND CULTIVATORS, at Very Low Prices. GEO. ALLEN & CO. STOCK OP I. an have a few iWeu Mise (U 1.2.-. lef.re Ton Ihiv. We nn ii 1 1 i I. lib nslantiv ami Opposite Eplsoopal Oliiiroli. FIELD, FORT AND FLEET. The Fight Before Memphis How the Confederate Fleet Was Wiped Out. Detroit Kree Press. Aftr the evacuation of Fort Pil- nbvr by the Confederates there was nothing to prevent the Federal fleet 'Beaming down to the city. Then the only defense which Mem phis could make was with her fleet of eight gnn-boats and rams. . The total number 6f gens was eighteen. The Federal fleet consisted of five gun -boats, carrying over 1G0 guns, several mortaivisatH and a fleet of rams. The mortar boats took no part in the action, but remained at anchor above the city. i.W-O OTT ATT PTmiT ' Commodore Montgomery was in command of the Confederate fleet Jle knew exactly the .strength, ot the Federals, and lie could .not nave been censured had he taken bis ves sels off down the river without lii ing a gun. When it was known that the Federal fleet was . ap proaching it was generally supposed1 that Montgomery would get out ol the way, saving his boats to fight under more favorable circum stances. At a council of oificers called aboard of his flag-ship at dusk, captains who expected to re ceive instructions in regard to plac ing their vessels beyond the reach oi trie uigneet were astonisnea t,o hear the TJonrmodore say : w "lieutlemen, we shall remain apd ugDCtnem:7' ills reckless mess in exposing the fleet to certain destruction has been severely censured. Any two oi rue Federal iron-clads were a match for tfieeigntuonieaeraT.es. ., MIXING BEADY. 1 The Federal fleet came down so near Memphis' that their anchor lights were in view all night long. Gen. Jeff Thompson, in -command of the ity, had less faith than Commodore Montgomery,' and': aU night long be was busy sending aw ay troops and stores, s If the Federals were driven back b' could return his forces; if tire Confederate e . -. - J t . . 1 l L' neet was anniniiarea ue vowa nave nothing to do bat ride away from Memphis to a place of safety. After the council DroKO up the officers retired to their respective vessels ana oegaa prepurauons iuu i . f i the coming Cgat. 'xne rattemnery and other points of the boats were given additional protection, -the sick sent ashore, number of ew men taken aboard, and then they waited for the morning. : The or-i der was to attack in any manner that promised success. It has been' asserted that a telegram from the Confederate r Secretary of the Navy t was received in the evening order' ing the Commodore to steam' down the river and save his- fleet, bat if so the dispatch ' was' poeketed and' and preparations continued ' ABOJLED Tlt'FEDEKAI-'' FLEET. ' Every vessel in' the Federal fleet was in perfect readiness, and there was nothing to do but to wait for daybreak.- The presence of the Confederate fleet at Memphis was known, but it was the- general im- Sression. that it would sail . away uring the night. At an early morning' hour, just as the crews were being piped to breakfast, the fleet began moving down. The levees were deserted and the city asleep - Not-4i battery could be sighted and net agin roar ed defiance. The foremost1 ves sel had;y?assed the center of the city before anyone caught sight of Montgomery's Jittle fleet over in the bend on the Arkansas shore. It was there and its presence meant fight. The leading Federal vessels, therefore, turned about and started back up stream, with the two-fold object of allowing che men to finish their meal and to draw the Confed erates out into the river, THE FIGHT OPENS. It has ?een written that the Con federates construed this move ment isjto a sign oi running away. Commodore Montgomery was not so simple as that. He gave the sig nal to advance, because so long as his fleet could fight bows on the current he would have an ad vantage. The first gan of the fight was fired by the Little Rebel. She was within fair range of the Cairo, but the shot flew far al6ve her, aud landed near the shore. The Cairo yawed and returned the compliment With four or five shot, none of which took effect. ,The Federal fleet now prepared for action,aud hundreds of citizens began crowdiug The river bank to witness what noue of them had ever seen before'. The5 .Little Rebel steamed ahead, firing rapid ly, and grazing the Cairo twice, but in the course of fifteen minutes she was struck four times, had three or four men killed and sever al wounded, and another shot so j disabled ber that she was deserted i by her crew. One of the shot she j received passed entirely through j her, cutting beams iu two, and making match-wood of heavy oak j planks. Not one of her shot struck a Federal vessel. HE LOVELL. The Confederate gun -boat Lovell moved up to engage the Carou delet, but had to sheer out of the course of a Federal ram and engagewith the Benton. The first few shots on both sides were wasted. Then the BeDton was hit three times running, but without damage, and she in return nut four shots in- ; to the Lovell, every one of which ' counted with terrible effect. The I Lovell had two guns the Benton 'twelve or fourteen, and the wonder j is that the former was not blown lout of the water in live minutes. Not only did the Benton open up ! on her, but two or three otlier Fed ' eral craft as well, but she kept hei" place and hung on until she was re ported to be sinking. A solid shot had bored a hole through her at ' t he water line large enough for a man to crawl in. and the water gushed in so fast that she was set tling down when the first cry was ! raised. Her last gun was tired while she was staggering from side to side, and the ball had hardly left the gun when the craft went to the ; bottom. About half her crew were j saved by their own efforts, but the t rest were ether carried down with the Vessel or were drowned with the roar of battle in their ears. . THE BAMS. The Confederates "had fitted the Beauregard out as a ram, but she "was no comparisou to others launched at a later day in the war. She pnshed her way to the front to rani at dne of the gurt-boats, but was met by the Federal ram Queen of the West. The Beauregard gave her two heavy shot hand-running, and though no great damage wasinflict ed the Queen sheered off. The Confederate ram- Price now ad vancedyand the Queen was now reinforced by the Monarch. For a few minutes the gun-boat firing was almost entirely suspended to witness the contest between the monsters. They churned the river to foam as they dashed and dodged under a" full head of steam, and their guns were .not idle a single moment. The Qneeij ran for the Beau regard again, scraped her stern by a miss.' and continued on, -and struct'' 'the Price a death-blow 'wnlch' was'nearda mile away. The people on shore, neard the shivering and grinding and .spljptering of timbers, and knew that the Price musk have been terribly damaged. iThe Queen nofr'Orily tore away one oi her side wheels, Hbut crushed in everything beyond- it, and the Pricghad scarcely" time to reach the shore, 200 feet 'wny, when she became water-logged and useless One of her guna was upset by the shock of i the eollision, aud the other wa adder water as the craft touched (he bank, to that she was thereafter entirely out 6T the figiit,. -v; " Meaojwkile the Beauregard and itbnarch nad jbee.n battering away at eachi other and watching for a good opening to ram. " They sud denly started fer each other with full' heads of steam ! and about a quarter of a mila to sgo, and both wring, as tney , auyaaceu. At mis point the Queen returned, from her conflict .with, the Price, and the Beauregard altered E'er coarse and took'thenev, arri,vai. t .The attack was so sudden that it cpuld not be avoided, and the Queen received a blOrtf wh'ieli 'disabled her' and sent her adrift on the'searrentv Hardly bad ' the1 Beanregard backed off when the Monarch bore down npon ner at fall speed and went crashing intw ber 4wws" 'with 1 a force that almost sheared six1 feet .of 'the stem of the boat clean off. The Beaure gard was sinking before the ram had backed out, and in five minntes was at the bottom. ' QUICK WOEK. Tue.'v'anljorn, Sumter, Thomr seu and'(BEagg.wre yet left to the Confederates. '.All, of them had received yibre or. less damage from shot arid shell and thetfour would npt Jtave,'ee'n a niatch fox he poorr est gunDoat in, tne ieaerai neet. As soon as the rams were disposed of the entire fleet' moved down to crush the four Vessels, and they made quickfwor,k of it. TheVan Dorn, which was the Confederate flag-ship, and of good speed, turned taii and ran- away, and the-vother three were run" ashofe "and de serted. - ''''' Memphis had thus fallen, and a Confederate'fleet been blotted out. The loss in -men "aboard the latter was from-150-to'175, while the Fed erals had but ' three : or four men wounded. GeaV Thompson, as stated,- ;liad 'removed' his forces and the public stores,' and as the fight on the river ended the last? tram of cars pulled out of thS city and left it to be 'surrendered by the civil authorities.- The rivers had run bad Inek to"fhe Confederates. One alter another t Fort Henry, Fort DonelsOn Island Xo. 10, Shiloh, Fort' Itandofph- ant! Corinth had fallen, iand now Memphis was iu the handy -of the Federals and the river fleet arrtffhllated. 1 '" OV( THE BLUFFS. Among the' 'spectators on the" bluffs at Mem ihis' were scores of women. During most of the en- gagemenf the'erowd was as silent as death: Many of the huge mis siles thrown by friend or foe passed over their heads into the streets, and-iu, some' cases into the houses, but not a woman lelt the crowd, and not an eye was turned from the thrilling drianm being enacted on the 'bosom of the muddy river at their feet. When it was all over a groan of despair passed through the crowd, and in three minutes the bluffs were deserted. M. Quad. lie Would Be a (Jentleiitiin. Georgia Mnjor. Tlie other day Miggs came down town and jubilantly announced that there had arrived an heir to the "goods, chattels aud choscs an action" of the firm of Miggs and ; ius wife. "What is it?" inquired one of the sympathizing friends. "Girl, by gum!" joyfully remarked Miggs. "Aw!" said several of the crowd contemptuously, and then they berated Miggs, "as men will do," for not starting his family with a boy, who would tie tin cans to dogs' tails and grow up to be a pres ident. The rallying of his friends made Miggs feel like he had committed a crime. Just then old Major De Baligei thy drew Miggs aside and said: Mine (remit, ven dey meek zo mooch Inn id it you like dot, 1 dell yon vot you do. You dell dem dot ven your poy he do cooin! he w ill pe a shentlenians, vor lie hash stood aside and l t lr Italirx pans fust! ' Then Miggs rejoined the crowd, and drank beer at the expense of some other fellow all day. Over ."()() dwelling houses, by actual count, have been built in Montgomery. Ala., since the first day of last October, and a great many are now in process fit erec tion. Ifeal estate has advanced twenty-live per cent dining the same time. A lady countrv advertises pancr, one for sale in a balloon, t lu ce tabby cats and states that havinj. no further use for a parrot. She mai l icd .she has them. THE UaiE-KlLV CMJB. Detroit Free Press.: "Am Purveyor Hopewell iu :ide hall dis eavenini" asked Brother Gardener as th meeting was called to order. , j. "l"es, sah,",teplied a voice from the bacK row, 04 seat. ,: "Den please step dis way." Brother Hopewell shoaled for ward with, a , mixed look of hope and doubt on his iace. He couldn't make out whetbtr he was to. be re warded for ; palling a stranger out of the river the other day, or court niartialed for having a wheeLbar row in his possession which three different. men claimed to have been stolen from them lBrudderHopewell," continued the President as si great silence, fell npon the ' meeting,' 4de 1 odder day-1 met yonf down street aa',4 sholdn't have known who yen was if Pickles Smith hadn't identified you. You had on a suit of togs, dot mus' have cOfitfiO.'' "Yas, sah." ' .', "You had ha'r ile On yer ha'r. you smelt or perlumerf, an' you card a cane." " "Yes. sab.'' ' ; ' "When yoo walked yon aetecilike a man who owned lialf de town, anj when you stopped yoBtrnck a pose, to show off yer flgger. ' Brudder Hopewell, how much money does you aim a week f " "Bontf9, sah." - i "An'- how much am yott -behjfd on board? ' 'I I I spects Ize aboot eben, sah. "Brudder Hopewell, -yon am i debt fur boards tbr cloze mt bates, 3 tur cigars, an you has--barrowe money which yon canbot pay.: I has had my eye on yea for depw three months an' I knows all about u. Now den who am yoat'i "Purveyor Hopewell,8ah.', . "'Zactly-'zactly. Yon am , a single man-25-years old, a second- class bar her .not worf f2in' .Qixt. ot tie 52,000000 people mdiskentry not ober 100 has eber heard of you, Now, den, you dress up; . you swftti around; yo'a flifig on scolfopsj ton try to deceive people into takin.? yon fur a pnsson of riches. ' ;Yha am vonr obiic'kt,, !! , .1 tJ "l I doati' know," sah, stam mered tne Victim. "Brndder Hone well, let ifi'e .ten ba 4snnthln 1 When von Batter yerself dat de people of "dis kenr. try doan7 know de difference pe-, tweerr de bfaVof de male an de Toar of de lion' you ' am dreffdUy mistaken. Yon have bm fouerip' de lead of sartin white people, f I knows heaps of 'entwhd goes. hnQ gry an' dodge creditors far de) sae of blindin' people's eyes.' A'oman whose husband aims $2D per week,, has no bizness'wid silkk 1 an dia-, moijids, a 815 hatof a $7 1 par pf shoes, but she arn d pnsson who'll have 'em' fur fear dat -sbmebodv will think she isn't rich; Half de kentrv am in debt fur clote which only de odder half kin afford. Dei woman who wars de best cloze on de street has de nioas'' holes in her parlor ca'pec at home. De inan who swells the biggest owes the moas' to his tailor -an' boot maker. You am a poo' man.' You'll nebber have a hundred dollars in bank as long as yon livev ; Youl nebber aim mo' dan 'naff to run a small cabin m a small way, an' yet you am swellin' aronn' as it a 20,-, 000 mortgage wouldn't bodder you half art hour. What's yonr obiickl' "I I doah'kuow, ab." "Boy! take off dat swalkw-tailed coat! Jump outer dem fright pants! Drap dat silk necktie! Den yon go to work an' fin' aeheap boardin'. house an' begin to pay yonr 1 debts. Let your cloze match your salary. Let your board match' your cloze, Be what yon am a common sort o' pusson whose assets will kiver his liabilities by hard puilin'. Yon can't deceive any body, an' de less you try to de better people will like you." Brother Hopewell retired to liis corner all broken up, and his first move was to offer to trade a hand kerchief with a Ted border to Shin dig Watkins- for a white handled knife with all the blades 1 broken. AHOVEE THE SOT7TH. There is a chestnut tree-in Bed ford county, Va., that measures twenty-seven feet around. One day last week there was sold on the trash wharf at Key West, Fla., $9,319 worth of sponges. A fruit-handliug firm in Memphis compels its boy employes to whistle while at work, for obvious rea sons. It is estimated that lauds iu the piny woods in Mississippi have ap preciated 200 to 500 per cent, iu value since the building of the Xew Orleans and Meridian Rad road. In Cartersville,Ga., the other day, a Justice of the peace married a couple, aud the groom asked him his terms after the knot was tied. 'Well," said the Justice, "the Code allows me two dollars." '-Then,'' said the young man, "here is one dollar, that will make you three." At the South Tredegar Iron-works of Chattanooga a difficulty oecured between two employes, Lafayette Browder and William Thomas. ! Browder, who is a powerful man, raised Thomas like a child and laid j him on his back 011 a red-hot slab i- i.ii:.. 1.: 1, ,:i 11 nun, .iuu. 8 mm mere mini; unrneu nearij 10 ueatn. Ellison Capers, Jr., son of Kev. E. Capers, of Greenville, S. C, is thirteen years old, jet he has planted and cnlrivated so far this season 11 large ior 01 ground 111 corn lie has done it all with a plow of his own invention, to winch he drives two goats. He made most of the harness and the plow, except j a few bolts. An industrious buzz saw in Xew Orleans ran against an obstruction in a log through which it was pass ing the otlier day, but kept its temper and cut its enemy in two. When the plank droppe.l off the workman found that the saw had bisected an eight-inch spherical shell, doubtless a rellie of the war. The exterior wound had healed entirely, leaving no trace of the passage of the shell to its resting place, . The Riaublicaii Party Mast Go. The Stair rorrto flefendatits were RennbTieans. '-Tbev" wei-fe 1 nrose- ented by a ReprrfrticarrAdiniiiistra, tlon;'tried'by a 'Eeptrblican Judge, and a'cqnitted by aRepriblican jury.' Bnpfhe country has seen 'greater crtmesTTot only coTM0ne;d bnt ap proved ln; the party w'hich has. held couiiuueu possessipu 01 tne ijov emment for twentr-two vears. Tlie scandals of'Crrantisni did Jiot wealceii the hold' of the P"residerit on Ms lai;t'y. The treasury Eing, the ffav'ywKing,' tlie" Post Office iking, 1 lie 11 1M liiug, ,LIMJ lUUlilH Kins' 'till! Lanlrr Tifns-. tru Pflnainn Ring, the Printing King, tne Ayiiis kejr Riijg'; ; tlie Washington, Riag,"" ah uourisiieu unuer urant. ann Liaeeu Whate f. ' Tsabeock , was in dicted, wlieli private, secretary of 4.1. a rkU ..iiiu'A- n ' i- !.': 1".. me riwiufui, iuf coiiiniicuy 111 ine Wfjisfteylting: tjen.' Grant saved him from the penitentiary by direct Execrttie interference. ' Black IjriflayiAsas.one of the iuci denptRenblican.niisrvile. jDredit Mqbilier w-is an . illustration of it. Jpie FjidHiaa's, Bank.ws jobbed SPdtfiutted, J!ji.P.ublioai philan fjtiropis .who.jshe.d (eajrs , over ''the sufferisgs of. .'the polpred brother and stole the savings, of, lji wife and children, , The, .San..Domineo jpb was hiteyvaslied,ihy jconspjcuj lootjed tXayj-, Tha Ewwa Mine exposure,' .tije, cprijiipt .yeaezueian ijpmuiiou, ppe,,ifau'4un?piijnexi -' i il.. . . I ,1 ! TI 1! partmeiits with .,PHtatde thieves swelLthe Republican record- -' 1 M .m '(.mi i'- J .a - 1 t- 1 .iYbfip atoJtepuhtiean-.'iGoneress passed tlie salary grab aud the back jpayjsteaj, they only, kept time to rjie jqicitstep otroiberyj wUhSecor Kopesttu'a. mwinhaurt furnishing the. mwsic. Aiuli'-aftec-indignant pnbliq.opiqipn compelled a- retreat from - tu at. , . .baraced , scheme of sppilatiooi, the .1 donhled -salarv of m tjtsidenib, was, preserved as a specif cnBjplunentAtf GrairtV 4 The jobbers,:, the- riasstefs. the InndeFttrtithe ailventarers, and CMittaievos who infested the-Wlute Honse.denanded.iathird terni for Grant. rie thiixl term- leonspiracy failed only because! the patty feared a crashing defeat lithe expOTiinent1 wastritMLi -.i- -,)' 'Great? eorborsitrrfVnrf fliW hn'w in. trollin g legklatirjir on many inat. terein which: they are interested. They have -eorriipted and'Jlacked coarts, and they" keep Republican sentiatels posted" along the avennes leading'to'all'the deirartments. . ' EeneJffed' liivektigafiqns have shbwh ih'at! the great ledWs'of the Tre:asuVy,ibave btfeii mutiTated, that balances invoicing many niillioss of'dqlfcrs' have been 'jfbrbedi that erasures and interpolated ,'figures exist by tho'dsahds, and tnai books of account have "disappeared.' The . I residency was, .stolen in I816, ahd some, of the. beneficiaries of that ccime are .niosj; conspicuous in preteuding.to deplore the failure1 9sf justice m'tbe' Star,' route, oases. ... The party that applauded the Great Frauj, which carried Hayes ( into the White House andSherman intp the Treasury, xicl ajpjpjjriated t all fue' proceeds. ,p.tberneii diJ not scruple,, four, years llafcer, to support a, candidate whose w hole paolic career was stained, with job-. oery. ., , Tne men who committed the crimes iu i,kh long, catalogue, or, their creatnres.and representatives,, are still in .office. They hold the Icat, audreastaU-intrnsioB. They know now to turn uside dangerous invefttigatsoy. They sound the alarm at the first approach of the enemy. They mount guard by day aud by , night, oyer the recoids. They know, how the Navy Depart ment was. fired Jour times within a lew weeks. There is no possibility of reform, or of ,pu ification of the public ser vice, while. this conditiou of things exists,,, AU the essays and rules of Eaton,i .Gregory, aud Thomas are, worth no more lor, that purpose than the chattering of so many monkeys in a menagerie. AM other issues $ink into insignificance when compared with the magnitude of this question.' First of all, the, country ''must hhve'ii change, of parry, the iufttsion of new b!iod into the management of public affairs, and clean bauds in every branch of the public service. Xttic York Kun. Too Honest to be Trusted. ArUansuw Travt'lU'i-. A gentleiuaji stopped his horse at a tollgate, and not seeing the gatekeeper went into the house. Finding no one he began to search, and finally discovered the gatekeep er out, iu the field at work. Al though the old man was quite a distance away, the gentleman went into the field, approached the old man aud said: "You are the tollgate keeper, I believe!" ''Yes, sir," the old man replied, turning and leaning upon his hoe handle. "Well, I want to go through the gate." "Aiu't the gate opcuf "Yes." ''Willi avIii- lrii"- tall trr 1 1 1 1-( in o-l t V : it' 1V busillOMS to bo t hew 1 . :.wa f.. ,11 t mr, ' ; .,Becaaae I want to pav vou.'' "And vou came all the wav out , here to jlav me five cents?" ; -Yes, sir," said the gentleman, , proudlv looking the old man in the eye. "Couldn't you have ft tl money on the table?" "Yes, but 1 wanted oil t' know that I paid you." "You are an honest man." "Yes, sir," re while a pleased lied he gentleman expression spread over his face. "You would have walked three times as far to have paid me that fiv e cents, would kyou?" "Y'es, sir, I would .'' 'Here, John,'' the old man called to a boy that lay in the shade, "call the dog and go along and watch this feller till he gets away. Bet a hundred dollars he steals some tiling 'fore he leaves the place," sou ui ui i.ncir. viuaiu ics were .Quit Vo the .'door "ot file" HOtise: it'sSel loans, and the qqllision in the de- ( STATE NEWS, (jilfaned from our Exchanges. Greensboro Patriot: The convict force from Walnut Cove, about one hundred strong, under command ol vol. Jones, wdl reach this place to morrow en route to the Gulf, where the laying of iron on the Carie Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad will begin at once. Llizabeth City Economist: We iliave heard the name of Iiev. Dr. A. vatson, ot Wilmington, and also the name of Rev. Win. E. Snowdeir, of Orange county; "N. Spoken of for Bishop of the Eastern Diocese of North Carolina. " Both once , belonged to tlie Albemarle Convocation, and either would he 'a -Very 'acceptable" selection to this part of the diocese.1 rTormed by a gentleman from InH eram's Townshin. that a destruc tive storm passed over a part of that township on Sunday evening in the neiebbornood ot Robert Massengill's, destroying much tim ber, eoiirpletefy demolrehing fenees. orops, etc: Satd storm commene'ed on.f he south side; of , Hannah's Creek, crossing over on. the north side. ii Greensboro Patriot : GreensborpjNorthwesteirii'wqrth CahtUM flun'Jur. turns' np 'with'1 the first 1 roastyagjTs earer'tbta year. ----J ridge Schenck shot a,ehicken hawk yesterday that measured .three ieetlrm tip, to tip. - r-jA petition is being circulated for'a'stock law, enibracinsr the ter ritory between the town limits and South Bffalo. fGurlfdrd-!T7ill soon bp a stock law. eountryj. devolu tions never tgq backwards. A pro gressive people never look behind. Irt ten years' Gailford will be one of the wealthiest comities in the State. The aiud-sills are laid and cement ed in oar schools. )nrha.m. Tobaoco Plant i We are now in the midst ol wheat harvest. The wheat crop is much better than it was thought a lew weefcs Since v cohkI poswbly be. It is well head ed. -A heavy stornT of wind and Jain struck the section of couptry a ew miles north of Durham Sunday veniHg. We hear considerable dafmage' -was done. --Mr, S...K. Oarrington-showed 418 !few days since a, lemon that for size excels anything we ;ever saw. It was raised by Buttqn Davis, two miles above Durham; Durham' la ahead on lemons as well as smoking to bacco. i.i Ealeigh Kens mnd Observer; Capt. B. F. Williamson says that the cotton crop is in the worst con dition on account of grass he ever saw it this season." It is phenome nal and there are1 few farms. not overrun with grassi- The force bf convicts; numbering twenty-five, has done rapid work1 to tlie excava tion' for the basement of the Gov ernor's mansion. The position of the bouse will be southeast 01 the lft s'chool house, and very near it. Alr-the old buildings in the square wftl be cleared Tiway after a while. For t Mi present 1 they will be used by the workmen as toolhouses, workshdps-etc: Koanoke News; About noon on Mon'dav last, the plantation of Mr.' W.H.Gray,in the nedk,Nortliampton county, was' thrown into a state1 of cpnfusjon" and lamentation rarely witnesseg, Dy aunouncemeiu luax K young, girl was burning to death'' ' The shrieks of the unlor tanate siifferer being plainly andl- ile for soine distance, tHe yard and ouse was soon, filled to its' tit most Capacity by sympathizing friends, but too late to rendeT any assist ance, for the flam'6 had done its WOrk well and 'specdjly, leaving nothing but a' living mass of raw flesh to writhe in the agonies qf death. A physician was summoned atWnce, and, gave snch attention and relief as the profession offered. At niost be could only ease the pangs of death. The poor victim lived bHt a ffew hours. It seems that the mother sent her daughter (aged 16) to thchonse to prepare dinner, and to hasten the kindling of the fire; she resorted to the oil can, which exploded -with a terrific force, throwing the burning oil over her entire person. Charlotte Journal-Observer : Mr. Chas. Adams, the junior clerk of the Central Hotel, whose scientific turn of mind recently led him to in Vput a patent toothpick distributor, has turned his mind to a railroad invention, and has modeled a first rate thing. It is a danger signal to place at road' crossings, and which throws but a placard with the warning word "stop" on the ap proach of a train at a road crossing. The invention is remarkable for its simplicity. It can be set so that the signal will be throw n out "00, 300 or 500 yards before the a) proaching train. Mr. Adams has shown the invention to several prac tical railroad men, who say that it is one of the best and most perfect 1 acfng danger signals they have I ever seen. The wheels of the en gine spring the signal, and also throw it down alter the train has passed. The clever inventor has applied for a patent, anil says that none of his poor friends shall be forgotten when he retires from ac tive hotel service, and has a private palace car of his own. A gentle 1 man of this city lastnight deposited 100 with the Journal-Ohxvi ver as a challenge for any bicyclist in' Char lotte or in North Carolina to run a race with Mr. Will 1 hair, one 01 the members of the Charlotte bicy cle club. The race is to be run any time within the next t wci.ks, and the hundred dollars deposited with this otlicc may be covered an time within the next seven days. The challenge is open to any and all competitors who may be resi dents of North Carolina. In otlier words, Mr. IMiarr's friends ba:-k him against any bicvclist 111 North ; Carolina and put up 00 as a chal lenge. 1 he race will he run on the Providence road to Air. Dick Hun ter's, a distance of five tn i !-. and return, making the whole distance ten miles. The road is a good one and a tlbrds a fine spin. There is im crawfishing about this challenge, and if it is accepted, t he champion ship of the State will no doubt le settled by this race. Here's a chance for some other bicyclist to show his spunk. Cape Fear and VadbiaValUt Kallroad. PHOPosEi) le ask of a.'a'n'!. a. Editor JorflVAt'A' rrnrkMllioa.pCi Cape Fear and YadkiuIV alley Kutlroad Coropany to Jeane the -Atlantic Jioaif, It made, should receive sjiouii rouuUtTI atioa. and nil other things balnrf equal, su ;h lease should bo .pBomptlr MTected, The Cape KVar aiid YadkiiT ValleT Road rutin north wf from favBlteih through the count is if Cumlmrlani Moore, Chatliam, Randolph, OullLirdv J ibrayth, "Yadkin. - Hurry. AUglUtriTVr Ague, etc., ni)4 u b4M. oiBtetl " iH constitute the dhortest link unltliJK 4.li (rreat North wtV and"tr6MrWIUlpnl Valley with tha AtUotio waUtartl. As a route conriooLino- Hiuiifnrt llsr. bor, Wilmlnlrtori.'etc.. MrttlT CHA!ial. and Ute great Northwest it Mfar.pwt- able, shorter, and Ijan all tbfl kivan fags and facilitW bvcr'th mWMnoMth' weKwriy-routto of tha AVftnra- North unrouuit iv,iiiroal. ' The Tadtln Vallev 'Voufi UaoBt rfertiM and natuMltV 'tK utfMt wealtliy Bpction of , the JStf. Jn rnin. eral resourceB it outstrips oil other fx' ttoan ot our trwrjRfnrtTrtan vntxtllri, H thenrodugtuin of, popper aloim.,, Juiron J is the rnft abundant and richest of anl Him nroa if lh liri" r 'UkJ7kAi.i ... . , v 1 - ii ni guiiA KmmJ silver, and , the hie( naira mitten of the world. The Cape I'ear nd Yadkin Valley RoaH' penHtrafc niifr Will tap, through iu Vrtqnad Zeantmco ?on- nectioflg, the fioest and most pro4c IroYi ore and etftf Befli In the World 1. (It e nnew gsaini; praruotbg, alock raising ana tobacco ju-o g aectiodii the conttaamr; hlfA the" 1 Iimateofh pDOBiiq iiij uap?Trari ana "Yadkin Fayfettevftl,, tv be(rl- -IUi"V tSotinec-.l u. T . , , , tionwe should nlway hh AnVTlXVO, hjjrWCO; . V region fr7rn Wh' ,m0nt ,2?&R!?hLlYi Pf connection at Goldrfcr6 haVefaV4 cut u off. I The "icuucuiu.lKIUI. XX1S JtLOZPtUMll Intitraot i largely repreeented in the Cane laf ana ki kf. Valley,'- tHmtfh J41in4 Ai ,.v. aaifceujoiua. Taldent one of the first, men of North-CaroMnil'f in ererrnreeniineoce.' J , . ..J . ue mmeneaa ado JdilauMltKjte com bined, would belmoet if jbo quite 111 cient to effect the lease Win a Cat Hlt rri w . w n ,1 V- 1 1 : ,r.n . ... . . r T nection which Qo-rernor , Ji. a.!a'1 Blitt&0''ft WL.. . . brobtrtit abou'i after the rtistnV?.!rnaihf i,ne jumuna tease.i' . -i ji cverjr lniverest or oiir. uaLifui n 9L PV, Hw.um n con nerltnn with' th. Fear and Yadkin ValleyyMjefn-.I Tha extension of it Kaaain valley Road south, f yn,ttl,t yj, mJ.ntl l,jj j yond, which work ta.7o; rr3& DK &. KZZW will nrutn " I - . ' " " VrU UU Ml UN U H WTW rinWi conQcon,tbMQur1)t.i7tB44ranirrtH.' tion lnteresta-cannot afford to pvrrWak. "If Our people "who are' en Joavorinn. orgamre ByjndioataAx leuwr'. th4 JT M .ii.uK uenyit upqnytbeiraevtjp4 tit- ' 1iK-WATEH. ' .. Iirii'ii i ,- ... Croatan Ittfdari " i i''t 'rJ? fnl !!' Hard timei still exmt.. ' CJotCo'n cVoo fare' iroWl 'SAlk'tl Truokin.ii8 keen ai-erWaifletJIHinii .Misu tktlia; VHiH$, itf.lCaterat..lM been visiting her frjeud. Mis. ILutie Dllliard, tor tHe-tea'Bt'Weil?. 'T, i Tlios. H. Vnliktul-t . ... i growing. oorMtiea rrTUTffiStateVar PMre:eVl? 1)IlUt. ...j., irpi.rui'uinm. '"'"," - uo tttiwu .WM ,if)rraiKliru lirit year won t mine fir) uria ihi. 1 1 A trreat effort is h WuL'L KkA the new PuesbyUrtan cWirch'Wrnpl''t vv. .u ii.uo iiii- uie.i unKir HfWUJinr,tnt- ' Ifenm. rtart A Bffjd ' JrenAwViiM paved to-do nnr)i.iqa,1itrJil,-lrrinaiiJB and will I guarantee, fatifiiiiu ,u cases. Carry youf corn and try a grist from Hie nbw ni ill.1 u l-iiii.t4i . One of our moet.gullaat ifowa men was onehour, and a kalf tu.liti1iMkl "i vuiuo miies; courtine Wlal their sweetbarj is, so fliajaikutfU Wesars. Tolson & WiHianii crnt1Ml grerft seTisatibn' rtt WuttnKy 'Sofiool lart, savpaui, Ijy ,;tkniiiB: iut .tMk- Hide w neeiers berore leaving, tleir boaie If thbre ti-as ttrry' roKSrtr'rfir Ifi.ptftfe .ivtiiiaiinjuauiwu) inerriacks Deer are geUiua to bd rminn.X'r!. in this section of countrv: so raurtiu. raiat tney ave trt be srteff'Vhlkitffe'in ill ... . i . : ' fields wlier? tli(;,irreal amlMr vrVi 1 during the day. There was large bbc dm inV. A.TolsiiTi's yaxd on TueaJay but, walfc.d'-iwrtie fcitciieri and then made his way tjo .the utattWr nnharmed. tis'heigYit was alx)utli feet. Hard lpts imift bute brought iiiiu iife ClCR VfJi' J x. SnoNW Hill Iteir.3. i)ur crops arc lookiog(irje.j w lieat and o,it are a fai T'l. . . .-. .. i. i U twice i iie enmcr .-now Hill visi a week now. .rui The i ww ulaucture, im.JtirUid Bfllalent Capt. Webb, i iipsiwijyig theappuaraiice of a naw Rteanir. ' The Psrsonage of 'tlie M. E: Crinrcli In this piace. y us cuunied iby. ilre bu week. We have an lie liouse'.'a uew" lawyer and a new doctor. i.tii n Our County Superintonddntli'holilliijif a Tcacliern' lnMtituU,iu .Snqwjli. ., , ..' We will noon be joined to! I .lilHl.or., by a telegraph wire. KoKirf Tlest in the contractor and, is Tigorouslj a -work. Picnics aasvaeuiK. OuH i.t)r. ville Maturdny lait; one at Col. It. O. V n -oar treneraH County I'iobic i:ornMi T t ha At h f T.,ln Palo Alto' Itsrns. Not many snakes in (.lua xaimnnity, but a few nllitators t mnnni Um.loM Jvf ' so many hnakps boin- puj to deatl at.. Catherine Lak-o. Mr. A. is now . iy fat nnd almost as eunning as n very oiil rat. II" drinks tho milk from four lino cows. Tlitoi milk bciiis so very rich will) cream, he! shaved the beard lion. (,ir his cl.m to ' ;ivc tin Then butter a wav in. , was a party of fi men went ' out rabbit hunting on the marsh a few weeks t;i aod siii.ei.tfd in killing thirty grown rabbits. One man killed eleven of that number. .So you see there is meat in l'alo Altos if hog meat and mutton fail, there are plenty of rabbits yet . Crops ai e i;... I e..n-.i iei iii' meh v e. .Id. rainy spi in. ( i.iod stand ol cot ton; corn stand is it little inferior and the great masse waving tlie tassel of science over the Keleh.-tm farm when' tho corn. r.t.t.on and peanuts are in then bloom, and In r. -one l.ul -young htdy could be made happy in love, if they e.iuld but him .-.nsiiin, Other side ol t be reck I ben by the name ol IV - iie,i i n tbe is a man v ing ttio ' i ass as same .-.- a , i i a i. il t ri to lllly cents p I (t.l lltllll the pl'lCBi gl ass llli'l 'rl . Mr. '. 1 . M . : '.i. .,; V, Ine ( l.tk. ( in low coiin' . .led .1 1 1 n . the l!li. Ills funeral v.,!, ple.tehed by l!e . loseph Dixon an i v. ,,s bulled S.iiuidnv the Kith, leavmi- a ite and six chil dren, all grown bet on". I., inoui n tl.e loss ol a e lie i.m . , 1 1 ... 1 1 . dpi us I iaud and father. Mis age u.s sj years, being alHictcd for scleral years with cancer wails, but don't 1 1 1 1 1 k they were the can-e ol bis death. I'aIi ALTn. pfflMionaJ.rCars. K.ttf.1 KA-i,t peen ey va t 1 a. 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DGLrARK, t1' -J I ICTV Vl rI Utututl i.iri"n -Hit .( ' i.HW M.. ivui mtv tMtWrtwi oii' xK II ! , JLifcP-urTEtlVD'.'ca., 'C'OSfpTO'k-Klts, - i lit ,WAnrQk.tvl. Antl delra In Korvitti nd livimftw r i ,fr fy .a 0 HWi Btaiaja.iv.i'vi .i Q a m1 r .tstM niirtitwv 'lMki ftm iOHkt-M H'lfc-rhV VT Fumi. yRfl,?.,rin"iia,u uu ON MIDDLE CTKKKT "t a,aoIiUrf.'1J'.,,1 ' ' 'Krf,'U fnSi(Tillt. .lli, hiirpwt.. Wur.li..l , - -,norrn6rtrRL,,r:4. ..i .ijMntmifuM .uw jti..T.4 t.4. ! ' T- -- T 1 kW BKiiaiL l.,i.,.r ' i, i mid riMC rr OPAUTV nl f . .... 9 4 .i - .. - - -1 .Tz7l ,ftmr Vtna f all s , . . MlnlAMhvllnib.lMlHlwktl tlkMil ' liipliy tlrllriijilfi.r yrtlsr l)lvd. ' Guano and Kaimf. , ' ... i,. ... .a .i l ,MXI Hacks I I'iiio Inland piiiino.,,, ' imIi, I lone and I pUJi, - ..AIM M, k . I H!u k ""' J,ono 1 Ru1,l l.OtVl sm'ks 1 ,.lMHI sacks Kairrlt. at HS.Wrll lm. .r'HJ n;u'k. l'ai;ilic CHnr,. I, i- .,41' (0 sacks Uoysu t's lllgli Urada Ac'd li.,,,i,ni., ' ' roosauks Norfotti Kcrtlllltefatllr'at I. Peruvian (iuatiw. , , , , j ri.j E II. MEADQW3 k CO., oi ner PoUim k and Middle sU U iiuhimsc- 'otum .xulmn(3 llaca, NKW HI KNE. ('. FARMERS AM) mi'TBV IEKfnTS,7 fr a ii r. :v rjp'i tc 12 z i. re CMf'tlti u4 .III.. W.l.i.v .Mir 4U un, ta Mir NEW l H ft. II lllll' . Grocories, Dry Goods, Boots and Snoos," .,11 .,: witli ii w.- nr.- ofVeriiiu vcrv ,r itt wii.il.'s:.! iiiiU ri.iuil. enil Mini lk .ii4; . .11 m k.h.iIs i. n. I vi ..iir low riiti, I .l. rs x.ll. .lol. sulii.'liirmranUwl. , .l.iw llohKKTn A k:K. 1 ) A I L BROS., ' HO l. K SALE QROVXRb -AND-. ,' ,- , COMMISSION KEBCBAVTr, NKW o , ,.'..' April r. d W ' 'GEOnOE v
