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1 ..i'lr'JDU jhlT. V- lta-prllra. INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, JULY 26, 1883. NO;' 17.' 'ff 0 NEW-BERNE ADVERTISEMENTS- tJii' : ;.;iHiVuigr taken; the r Ah :Engmei Ssfw and - .TI'ETAYLOIl UflHUFACTUmriG COUPMY, : 'h emhracinff a;linvof Engines of five different ; .styles, jrunning from 2 ::and.tSawA.Alills.01y&ndiflerent sizes, i am pre- Tpared td furnisn you ,.:al6tr;1Sres:"as;can - Firstr Class 'Work '; and before you buy - ould-espebially ask weights Jof shid-rilachinery with that of other manulacturers, ana araw yourrf own conciu- V.cirmcP jfcuiC-i ..T!r iMt.K . vJiuu. . .... I carry a - full line of and solicit a share: of Gins, Presses RiceTresners &c., as early as possible,' and ; thereby - y . "Kentackj" Cwe lltlla ' v: -Kentuckj' Shingle Machine, "Cooi's" ETtporUors, 1. .' ; V Box Board Machine, xclsiot Cider MnV?i t rAcni "Palveruing Harrow, nnsnr - jAJ3i" Corn ShelleW.j'L r": P1 lor putting in mil frain. Xoclawajaal Champion Grain Fans, 1 ""Go Easy" Feed Cutters, Steam Engines, ail anes, ' ( Eice and Wheat ; Threshers ! Sparaierr, Cirrei CoUoo Gins. - i . Carver Condenser!, ;.i-; . "". Carter CottcwClaaB g j j :! ' GaUettV"Magnoii' Gin, - : . T Iljdranlie Cotton Press,. " Power Cotton Press, - . : "Moore Co Grit Corn Mijis, f r I Drake's Pat. Shingle Machine, "r, f , Write L'for; teMahdprices, and remember liat" no S: weJT gulafed foinily can afford to Jbe without "-'a' Gilbert -Force". Pump. Respectfully, iy ours, muu H tyoirN C.' 4 ' CSA YES STREET. KSXT - a Coatai no CALOMEL or other MERCULIAL Ingredients, but are com , i . , i7l I .i posed of T- Jz:i tzl Urd'4!l:rat:d Vcgctebla; Ingredients "r ; '- JtAOKQ THEM THE Sorest, Safest and Best Liver Pill on the Market. G Try them and be oonrinc4 ot & All Druggist and Deeiers keep Li! Pollok Street, NcwJSerne, N. C, i T" fcsS II A - ' ttLW&&AEROWS ' In Great Variety and . , : Li C3(OWARD HAVE A FULL GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. MiXXJ rL&rhnA ami Vet VnfU'rslm cl v r,0Km'u nl F.lm fitv dk.Cn.i, Alnoa. Dran d'Kte anil tin Of Duaters. " See our 410 suits. Collars Cuff, Yhlte Tie wi.i While Smtr Ilato in great variety, from j ' S'AAtt I'carl Colored SUIT Hals. iImm nl Silk Sun Umbrellas. W ber Circulars, wfcich we willel.e i ut at Xatec lin of VailM and Trunks. If ye ad Straw WaU'mi: eall on iw lirfore yon buy. Ne are ennstantiy reiWur mmd ael'tio 'rt. ..... i W a nice line of Iw Slioc. titney Ail;in- A: ('.' latent Pump and Cleat's SUppera. "Genta Colored Half Hce. Ml line. Trr U FLrst, when you need Anything in our Line- HOWARD & JONbS, jaw Cf?X3rlfo Bplaoopal Olurol. Agency for the sale o Corn Mills made by to. 250 horse power, a Complete Outfit at -be Coffered for strictly you to compare the u . the following goods, your, patronage avoid delays and dis- - Tennessee Wagons, HtBCftcklnfipirators .Hognes Graded Injector, Cotton Seed Hallow, ' Saw "Mills,' CircnlSaws, Gammers, Side Files, Swages, Shafting, Pullejg, Belting, Roanoke Hand Press, Maid of the South Corn Mills, . - ... EU?., Etc.. Etc. WTIlTTY, mw-M their mffiU tbnk25 cents per box. aeplwly "Mm i-AW IrrlllS AlL-ILiEWV CO., i: Oftera " Truckers r. Seed Potatoes, Cotton Seed Peruvian Miid Bow Uuauo, - ; Good Iiick Guano, , Merryuunr'i Super-Phosphate Lister's l)Uolvel Bone, Wliann'8 Plow Brand, For Truckers and t'otton Planters. AND CULTIVATORS, at Very Low Prices. GEO. ALLEN & CO. & JOWES STOCK OF all im u po. Shirtf. 211a rant fed t. only Z 1.00, Sicilian t'nr.ts I' ir warm wrntlipr. A -sU. n - nts up. e have a U u iB.?en Mi: DOWN SOUTH. About the Moonshiner!) of South Carolina. Let any man, except a govern ment official, thoroughly investigate the moonshine business in South Carolina and Georgia and he can not help bnt find something in ex teuuation of the illicit distillers The district around Greenville, S, C, was at one timo a perfect nest of moonshiners, and last spring the county jail was crowded with pns oners awaiting trial on charge of making contraband whisky, and the number was being constantly added to. Illicit distilling in the Paris and Boston Mountains and other strongholds is more nearly broken up at this date than at any period since the war. THE MOONSHINER . It is rare to find a jnoonshiner who is not a farmer. In forty -nine cases out of filly he is also a poor man. He lives up in the valleys of the mountains where he is sure of nothing but a good corn crop, and lie lives in the most primitive style. lis home is a log cabin of the poorest description, ignorance sur rounds him, and he has to work hard for whatever crop his lands yield. It is not one out of six who owns a foot of land, each holds his home by paying rent: Take the toughest-looking moonshiner in a Southern jail and you will find the only charge against him is that of illicit distilling and its results You will be told that he is honest in his dealings wirn individuals, a hard working man and, in some instances, a prominent church member. HIS EXCUSES. There are two excuses which the moonshiner assigns for his course in defying the laws of the land Un to the war there was no gov ernment tax on whisky, and almost every Southern plantation was sup plied with a still. .Every planter made whisky and nearly every man drank it, and it was looked upon as a natural beverage. Begin a conversation with a moonshiner and be will at once advance the argument: "If my father could make whisky, why can't IT' There was no tax t hen.' "But why should there Le one nowt" Well, it is the law." "So thev sav. but if there whs no law twenty years ago why' should there be one now V Too may argue and discuss, but yon cannot convince him that it is a crime in him to follow in the loot- steps of those who were never dis turbed in doing as be does, hie may be ' good-hearted, bnt he is ignorant. He knows nothing of the world outside of the three or four connties around him, and he .looks upon the government as a tyrant imposing unjust duties and forcing their collection. The other excuse is his poverty. As I Raid before, bis main crop is corn, lie may raise a lew poraxoes to "sell, but very few, and -he never has any garden tiuck to dispose of. After his; land rent is paid for in corn' he must market the rest to supply h's family with what is needed. Greenville is a market for points in the mountains thirty miles away. If the moonshiner can bor row or hire a second mule or horse (he generally owns one), and hire a wagon ho must take three days over the late fall roads lo ge: a market. If each trip brought him $5 for bis load be would be elated. He is in fact shut oat from markets. He can raise corn, buc he cannot get it to market in any way to realize profit. He mast have clothes and provisions, and how shall he get them f SETTING UP A STILL. There tb corn, and here are creeks and ravines and biding places, and whisky can be carried away six gallons at a time and sold for ready cash to men calling them selves the respectable portion of th community. Some oue has a second-haud sfjjl for sale cheap, two or three neighbors are ready to form a copartnership, and it is by a natural turn of events and an arbitrary train of circumstances that the farmer turns moonshiner. Tha still is purchased, set to work in some spot supposed to be safe from tha resnjw ofllcprs, and the work of eaniing coarse clothes and humble provisions goes on, THE PROFITS. I talked with half a dozen differ ent moonshiners regarding the profits of illicit distilling. There are none. Jf the owner of the best forty-gallon still in tbp mountains was left at peace for nve ifonaecu tive years he conld not earn the money paid the average meehaDie. He must buy his corn, run ri.-Ks of accident, "tote" his whisky down to the towns, and the men who buy of him take advantage of his situation. He must sell his 'Moun tain Dew' for 1 a gallon, and he is the one who takes all the risks. Ko one can point to a moonshiner who has greatly bettered hjs pre vious circumstances. He may have paid off some old debts, reclothed his family and put by a few dollars to pay i'or medicines and a visit from the doctor, but he has not purchased land or live stock. CAPTURING MOONSHINERS. Eight or ten years ago one moon sliiuc r pjujd not bavtf li'e i) bribed with i,K)0 to gh- another away. They were a fraternity in which every man felt honor bound. All this has lieen changed. When a still v;is captured by some stroke of good luck it was given out that this one or that one had betrayed the locality. Thus suspicions were aroused of psmli oilier, and in order to get even actual liuormei's came to the front. Moonshiners who were arrested were promised iui munitv if they would Itctray others, and in this way the fraternity was demoralized and at this lime is npaiii- brpke i'- There is no! now in ojHTation' ou ttil' ffllt'i'f there used to be ten, mid e very third resident of the mountains is a spv upon his neighbors. Whenever a raid is made and a still captured, an informer leads the officers fo the spot. For prom ises or cash he leads t he rid against a neighbor whom he lias known all his life, and in some instances it is a man whom he encouraged to en ter into the business. The result is to create a thirst for vengeance, and when the moonshiner is again at liberty he will demand blood. It fs rarely that resistance is offered the revenue cfEcers when their identity is known, and the moon suine intormer who lias any pru dence will keep far away from the mountains. Many of them have been shot, and family feuds have covered many a dark rock with plashes of blood. While the moonshiner must obey the law, he has more excuses than any other criminal lor breaking it It is a question with him, be thinks, whether he shall live or starve. No man reasons with him, but one set betrays him and the officers cap ture him. He is flung into jail to be tried when convenient, the wit nesses are mainly men who are worse than himself, and the punish ment is in most cases far greater than a man in other circumstances would receive. M. Quad. ALL OVER THE SOUTH. The Arkansas side ot Texakana is to have gas works. A meerschaum deposit has been discovered in Saline, Ark. Matilda Goode, of Lynchburg, Va., is 108 years old and spry as a cricket. There is a sycamore tree in Campbell county, Ga., which meas ures a little over four feet in diam eter. The Batanbaoil mills of Chesta, S. G., turns ont six hundred gallons ot cotton seed oil per day. A handsome colege building, that will accomodate 600 stndents, is going up at Decatur, Texas. A 1,000 pound block of coal will be sent to thd Louisville Exposition from Sebastian county, Ark. A couenmber five feet long and large in proportion is on exebition in Mew Orleans. It come from Grand Isle, La. There is a man, a Mr Smith, who has an even dozen children attend ing school at Excelsior, Bnllock county, Ga. ' Thirteen per cent ot the sheep in West Tennessee were killed by dogs during the month of June. This was also the average of the whole State. The dredging of South Carolina rivers for phosphates is a new in dustry of considerable importance to the territory surrounding Charleston. Some of the crude rock is shipped to Europe, but most of it is ground at home before it goes to , market. At the present time the demand is great, . and all the companies are working on full time. The Fifty-fourth Virginia Regi ment, Confederate, has accepted an -invitation to a reunion of the Second Ohio Regiment, Federal, at Columbus, July 25. The Second Ohio was captured at the battle of Chicamanga- in 18C3 by the Fifty fonrth Virginia, and the invitation is in recognition of the kind treat ment they received at the hands of the Virginians. In 1875 there were but twenty- four cotton seed oil mills in the country. Duriug the past season about juo.ooo tons ot seed were crushed, the product of all being estimated at over 350,000 ban-els. As the product of seed lor the year was 3,500,000 tons, it may readily be conjectured that the stock of raw material will allow a consider able expansion ol oil production. About $10,000,000 is already in vested in the mills, which now form one ol the important industries of the South. Six thousand baby alligators are sold in Florida every year. The hunter seljs young " 'gators" at $25 per hundred, and the dealer at from seventy-live cents to $1 each. Live alligators two years old repre sent to the captor fifty cents each, and to the dealer from $2 to $5, as the season of travel is at its heighth, or far advanced. A ten foot alligator is worth 10, am ne fourteen leet long $25 'to the hun ter, while the dealer charges twice or three times that price. The eggs are worth to the hunter fifty cents per dozen, and to the dealer twenty live cents apiece. How I lie Courts KnpiUi'4g(, Criminal. A couple of cattle thieves at San Jose were convicted iu 1879 and sentenced to live years' imprison ment in San Quentin. In writing out the verdict a juryman improp erly spelled the word defendants. Thp document read: "We find the defendances guiity," On tip's quib ble the case of one of the thieves was appealed to the Supreme Court. After long ponderingou the weighty subject, that august tribunal de cided in the thief's favor. The case is not one of striking importance, save that it illustrates what is con stantly occurring in our courts. The law no longer inquires: "Is this jnan u thief? Is he a swindler? Is he a murderer? Did he actually commit the crime lie is charged?" On the contrary, it turns its large magnifying glass on the case and practically says: "Is there any possible technicality by means of i which this worthless scoundrel cau be shielded from punishment? If ' there is, we want lo find it." The j law seeks to eiicliidi? from '.he jury i box men who read the daily papers j ; and who are wide awake and intel-' ligent, and, in the ease under dis-j cussion, nullifies a verdict because,: I naturally enough, a juryman is too! j ignorant to spell correclly. A thief i is tinned loose, not because lie is j innocent, but because a juryman proves to be ignorant. The juryman j was really on trial, a! groat expense 1 to the public, instead of the thief, j The investigation was one concern ; ing orthography and not cattle stealing, as was erroneously sup posed. And this is what t bey call aw in California au aiticle that i vast ourts save sums ol'inoney annually, i )nr have become arenas in which nical est belt's asemlle lo hairs, strain al leiral unats am Ihe iruilty from Francisco Call. punishment. .vh YAD Traversing the State from Southeast to Northwest. Agricultural Resources and Mineral Wealth. Editor Journal: The topog raphy of North Carolina may be best conceived by picturing to the mind's eye the surface of the State as vast declivity, sloping down from the Smoky Mountains, an alti tude of 7,000 feet, to the level of the Atlantic Ocean. This slope is made up of three wide, extended terraces; the first a high mountain plateau, called the Mountain or Western Section; the second, a sub montane plateau, is called the Middle Sec tion, the western half of which is known as the Piedmont (footot the mountain) region; the third is the Atlantic plain the Low Country, or eastern section. The boundary between the East ern and Middle or Piedmont sec tions may be roughly defined bv a line extending from the western part of Warren, through Franklin, wate, unatnam, Moore, Mont gomery and Anson. The Blue Ridge is properly the boundary line between the Middle or Piedmont, and the mountain sections of the State. SOUTH-EAST AND NORTH-WEST ACROSS THE STATE. Beginning at Beaufort Harbor, the extreme South-eastern limit of the State, it will be seen- that the proposed Atlantic, Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway System crosses the three great divisions of North Carolina from South-east to North-west, and by a ""spur" of the system from Fayetteville to the South Carolina line takes in Robe son county, which, next to Bruns wick, Colnmbus and New Hanover, is tbe most extreme Southern por tion of the State. Tbe counties through which this system of rail way would run are Carteret, Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Wayne, Sampson, Cumberland, (Robeson), Harnett, Moore, Chatham, Randolph, Guil- iord, i orsyth, Stokes, Surry, Yad kin, Wilkes, Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga, Alleghany and Ashe, 22 counties, exclusive of Robeson, not on the main line, and the group comprises more than one fourth of the territory of the State, one fourth the population, and is cred ited with over oue fourth of tbe general field products of the State. The counties of the Atlantic Divi sion are Sampson, Wayne, Lenoir, Jones, Craven and Carteret, and all bnt Sampson have a completed system of railway connection. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Vally Divi sion embraces tbe other seventeen counties enumerated above. PRODUCTS OF THE CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY COUNTIES, The seventeen counties of this division are credited by the 3tate Commissioner of Agriculture with general field products as follows: Corn 5,60o,530 bushels, the whole product of the State being 27,899,- 830 bushels. Oats 954,701 bushels, the State product beiug 3,340,459 bushels. Jiye 141,150 bushels, the State producing 285,149 bushels. Wheat 824,838 bushels, the State producing 3,427,393 bushels. Of Tobacco these counties are credited with 4,561,127 of the total State product of 26,380,472 pounds. This gives them more than one fifth the corn; one fourth of the oats; one half of the rye; one fourth of the wheat, and more than one sixth of the tobacco. The Cotton product of the State is 389,498 bales; and of that these counties produce but 20,727 bales, ony flve of them, Robeson, Cumberland, Mopre, Chat ham and Harnett reported as grow ing cotton for market or exporta tion. PRODUCTS OF THE COUNTIES OF ATLANTIC DIVISION. This division includes Sampson, Waype? Lenoir, Jones, Craven and Carteret, and their combined pro ducts are reported as follows: Corn 1,673,878 bushels; Oats 48,088 bushels; Rice 1,206,696 pounds; Rye 9,789 bushels; Wheat 84,176 bushels; Tobacco 1,341,110 pounds; Cotton 40)6q baes. pip the ag gregate products of flie 23 counties of this proposed Atlantic, Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley System are considerably more than one fourth the total field products of North Carolina. MINERAL RESOURCES MICA, IRON, 4f0, The mineral wealth of the coun ties penetrated by and adjacent to the line of the Cape Fear and Yad kin Valley Road cannot be esti mated. The State Geologist in his survey and report says: "Mica is abundant in Michell and Yancey, and thesa counties yield a large part of the world's suppby. The largest and finest sheets seen at the World's Fair in Vienna were from the Ray mine in Yancey. This section is rich in iron ores of the best grade. That of Cranberry possesses such excellence for mak ing iron for specific purposes steani boilers for example, andstee of the fiuest quality, such as is adapted to makiug surgical instru ments and the like that a railroad has been constructed through one of the most rugged parts of the mountain territory to reach it. Copper is also prominent among the metals of this region. The most noted mine is that of Ore Knob, in Ashe," Jronoresin abund ance are found in Chatham, the Lmckhoru Mine, Evans Vein, and Ore Hill, beiug among the most prominent. Randolph furnished Hie Southern Confederacy the strongest and most highly prized iron obtained during tlie war. One of the most remarkable ranges of iron ore in the Htate crosses the county of Uuilfuid. The Commis sioner of Agriaulture says of this: 'In a run of eight hundred yards there are. apparently tiro hundred thousand tons above water level in the one six foot bed." In Stokes new development in mining and1 'iljnds" of the richest pre-s aje re- j ported. One section, according toj the Salem J'ress, is able to load "one hundred and lifty cars with i ii on ore daily for years to come.' The Valley of the Yadkin is under laid with rich iron ores iuexhaust ATLANTIC;, CAPE FEAR AND KIN VALLEY SYSTEM. lblem quantity and of the finest quality. Watauga has rich and extensive beds of it. In Mitchell are many beds of magnetic ore The Cranberry Ore Bank is one of the most remarkable in North America. The blooms from the Cranberry forges have been exten sively used in Baltimore for boilef iron, and on account of its superior tensile strength commanded fifteen aoaars per ton above the market price for iron ores. In quality it is unsurpassed by any iron in the world, aiid in regard to quantity, tne oed much exceeds the great de posits of Missouri and Michigan. bo that it has not probably an equal in this country. In Ashe there are several important iron ore deposit. There is, awaiting laeuities ot transportation, a mag nitiiuc oi iron and coal mining in the connties of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley System, and the products of these mines, in greater part would -bow out through Ueau fort Harbor and the port of New Berne. COAL. The area of Coalfield, lying im mediately along and contiguous to the Cape hear -and Yadkin Valley Road is given by Pro fessor Emmons, former Stat Geologist,, as embracing about 300 square miles, the best and most important of which are found about Egypt in Chatham county, and these mines are believed to be well nigh inexhaustible. Admiral Wilkes in his report to the. .United States Government respecting the Chat ham coal mines says: "The three upper seams ol the bituminous coal are well adapted for fuel, cook ing, gas and oil. It is a shining and clear coal, resembling the best specimens of Cumberland." Dr. Emmons estimated the thickness of the oil bearing strata at 70 feet, and pronounced them capable of yielding 30 per cent, of their weight in Kerosene oil. So that here is an inexnaustiDie resource lor luel, over and above that furnished bv the coal seams. Coal shows itself in abundant quantities in Stores coun ty. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley System would also tap the coal and iron districts of East Ten- nessee, making Morehead City one of the South Atlantic Coaling Sta tions, and a general depot, for the exportation of iron and other ores. This is important when we reflect that English and European steam ships bound across the Atlantic from New Orleans now touch at Newport's News and Norfolk to coal, OTHER USEFUL MINERALS. Mica mining has been most ex tensively carried on in Mitchell and Yancey. One mine in Mitchell yields a ton of marketable mica per month. Chromic Iron, small quantities of chrome are found as sociated with the iron ores of the lead which crosses Guilford. It is also found as chromic iron in con siderable quantities, one of the largest deposits of which is near Burnsville, iu Yancey county. Manganese is found in Stokes. Kaolins is found ! abundantly in Robeson, Guilford and Mitchell, one of the largest beds being near Greensboro. Agalmataliteis found in Chatham; this is a large de posit. Milhtones, grindstones, &c, are found in Moore and have be come great articles of exportation and home manufacture, two large factories being in operation there, whose anutiai product each is given at $ 60,000 a year. Talc is found in Mitchell, Yancey and Surry, ter pentine occurs in Yancey and Mitchell. Jlaryte'ix fou:;d in Wilkes. Asbestos is found in Ashe and Yaucy, but one of the best known localities in the State is that near Bakersville in Mitchell. Soapstone is found in Forsyth. Pyrites is found in Chatham and Guilford. It is practically impossible to enumer ate the wealth of mineral resources in that section of the State which the Cape Fear aud Yadkin Valley Railway is designed to penetrate, build up and develop; and a con nection with such a system, con trolling such stores of wealth, dis. covered and still hidden, developed and undeveloped, would seem to be a matt or of the very fist import ance ti a iuo of railroad situated as is the A. & N. C. Railroad; of still greater importance to such a section as this portion of Eastern Carolina; aud of no less importance aud magnitude to the State at large. Tide-Water. New Berne, July 0tb, 1.SS3. Letter from Morekrqd. Morehead City, July 19th. Editor Journal: Our town is teem ing with strangers from all parts of the country. The Atlantic Hotel is full, "The New Berne House'" is crowded, the private boarding houses are well nigh full. There are stopping at W. L. Areudell'ssix Georgians, two Tenuesse ans, one Virginian, the family of Adolphus Mitchell, from Kinston. and Mrs. Churchill's family, from New Berne. TiV S;areeze 1Iouse ,orn,71"';u" i by Mr. Hall is now occupied by Mrs. Chas. Slover and thirteen of New Berne's fair young ladies and they make it look cheerful, Mr. and Mrs, Hollister are exported to be -ivitji them i soon On night befoie last at about 10:30 o'clock a Mr. Jenkins, from Raleigh, shot one of the Gate City Guards, hitting him in the thick part of the leg. The wound is very slight and the young soldier will be out iu a few davs, savs I the doctor. Mr. Jenkins left on jester day morning's train, destination uu known. Yesterday the fiharpip Euulj B., of'., Beaufort, capsUed about live miles from ' the bar and two miles from the beach i in nine fathoms of water. , l ih re weiu ci-iiu i-n im-immis, on . her. fourteen of them Georgia soldiers. Thev were at the mercy ol tho vn and rain for four hours, when they were pk-ke 1 up by ('apt. Win. Bell, of the Julia, of Morcheail. hot at all hurl, but i I Mippose thoroughly scared, or at least I should have been. ('apt. Henry Jajt- j son, of he GuarJ.s, j.iv.-(:ated Oapt. Bell last nljclit.. with an appropriate speech, lifty dollars. The presentation was made in the ball room of the Atlantic, in the presence of Ihe linctur, live hun dred ipiests ami a crowd of visitors from Ihe other places of resort. We are certainly having gay times down here this summer-the bleeps , Uo justsptand id a i.i.iupany di ill every night for the past three nights in the Atlantic ball room, after which a Ger man, I believe they call it, when the large room is literally crowded with waltzers. Mr. Editor, Ibis is no ''balloon" or "wild man" yarn, but the truth. Come, down and see for yourself. i An Old Peppr. Charleston, S. C, July 16, 1883. Editor Journal: I send for publica tion a paper which can hardly fail to' interest Newbernlans. It will probably appear in print for the first time in your columns, though it was executed nearly two centuries ago. It is a warrant from the Lord's Proprietors of the then Province of Carolina to Christopher Gale, then Receiver General, to supply the Baron De Graff enried and his "Poor Palatines" with provisions etc., and from its date it must have been issued about the time they were setting out to make the settlement of Newborn. . The original warrant hi in the posses sion of the South Carolina Historical Society, having been presented to the Society by Judge W. N. Pringle in 1879. Ihe paper is yellow with age, but the writing, in a bold round hand, is clear and distinct and the seals are well pre served. The names of Lords Craven anu uarieret are etui familiar in your State as names of counties, as thev were I r , . . . . " J uiHu iur a long time in tne same connec tion in this State, and the names of Ashley and Sir John Colleton are with us here still. The name of the Duke of Beaufort is common to both States. Their Charter was not surrendered to the Crown by the Lords Proprietors until 1729. When the Province came under the rule of the King in that year it was divided into North and Knnth Carolina, previously to which the whole naa oeen Known as Carolina, but it is noteworthy that in this warrant the term north Carolina is used at a date twenty years before the seDaration A copy of the order of Council direct ing tne division of the. Province has never Deen found, so far as can be learned. Lake many others of the ear ly Colonial records it was not Dreserved in any of the public archives, and thA fact of the issue even of such an order nas Deen questioned by some, G. D, Warrant to Christopher Gale. RnyiiKr general to supply Huron Oraffenried kjhii sa jrrwHitons as ne snau nave in his Hands towards the maintenance of sveh poor palatines as shall Arrive mere. William Lord Craven Palatine, The most No ble Henry Duke of Beaufort, and the Rest of the True and Abso lute Lords Proprietors of the Province of Car olina." To Christopher ' Gale Esqr., Receiv er General of that part of Our Prov ince of, Carolina that lies North and . East of Cape Feare. Whereas Landgrave Christonher De Graff enried, intending to Trans port several Families of Poor Pala tines into North Carolina has made application to Us that We should give Direction to Our Receiver Gen eral to supply y sd Palatines with such Provisions and Effects upon their Arrival there as We shall have in your hands towards the Support and Maintenance of the Poor Pala tines aforesaid. We do therefore hereby require and Command you do from Time to Time supply the said Christopher De Graffenried, or 6uch other Person or Persons as he shall Impower by Writing under his own hand, with such Neces saries and Provisions as you shall from Time to Time have received of Ours 1709. Anno Ours in Your hands and at such Rates and Prizes as You re ceived them,. taking his or their re ceipt what the Value of them shall amount to wch Receipt and Exact Account or what they have received from You, You are to Send Us by the first opportunity, as also a Du plicate of the Same by some other Ships and for so Doing this shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given at Craven House under Our Hands this 22d Day of September Anno Dom. lioa. Craven Palatine. Craven for the Lord Carteret. M. Ashley. J. Colleton. J. Dawson. seal. seal. seal. seal. seal. Recorded in ye Council Book this 81st of March 1712. N, Cheyn, Secrev. Note. These seals are in red wax in a good state of preservation, with armo rial bearings distinct. Core Creek Items. The new church at Asberry will soon be completed. Mr. Reuben WhttPi ftt the Core Creek depot, haa the nicest cotton I have seen this year. Messrs. J. W. Stewart's and Stephen Arnold's wives are visiting relatives at Kinston. Our postoffice at the depot is open again, so we can correspond with our friends and get eur papers. A Sunday School has been organized at Asberry Chapel, and, M,r- Alonzo French Vas appointed Superintendent. They have a large school. Your correspondent passed Mr. Joel Kinsey's farm the other day and viwed it as he passed ; he bas the finest field pea crop I have seen this year. That looks like business. Sunday the eighth inst. was the time for Rev. Alpheus JcCullen to preach at Asbery Chapel, but he failed to at tend. There was a large congregation and D. Lane, from Beach Grove, made a splendid Sunday School address. Beulaville Items. Brown's cotton uav waist Lem high. Miss Mary Brown is visiting relatives 1 at Warsaw. Calvin Thomas has an elegant crop of tobacco, corn and cotton. crop that'l have heard of this season. J. D. Wiikins has an elegant crop of I corn. He says it's only bean planted I six weeks, and it now will hide a man i and horse. I Mrs. Barbra Grisham, an aged widow j near here, has some of the finest collards in the vicinity. Some of them are three ( feet across the top. Mr. C. Q. Grisham is now building a comfortable dining-room for John W. Grisham, his brother, aad he will soon have it comploieo, as I think he under stands the business. Brantly Kennedy has some cotton that was planted the 21st of May and the 7th day of July, and there is blossoms all over the patch. It lay in the ground three weeks netore it come up. Died, ; In Pollokaville, on July 18, 1SS-S, Mrs. j Ida M., wife of Charlja Whitly, in the ' 2:!d year ft V,er age. Hhe suffered for 1 several months, and some time before her death she was watching for the messenger. To her friends hhe ex pressed a readiness and willingness to go, aud an entire resignation to her Master's will. For about six tears sl;e . was a member of the M. l. Cl,ui'ch at Lees Chapel iu Jio.w- i.ouuly. In her death hp church sustains the loss of a j consistent member, the husband a lov- j ing and devoted wife, aud the neighbor- hood a benefactor. She leaves a hus band, mother and sister, together with ! a circle of friends and acquaintances, to mourn her loss. Yet again we hope to meet thee When the day of life is fled. When in Heaven with, joy to greet thee When no farewell tear is shed. B. Seven Springs Items. Rev. J. M. Sprunt. P H.. of Kenans ville, will preach at the It-esbyletian (Jhurch at this place on the rth Hun day The Noiim River fleet of drJK bwU under command of dipt. Gama. ha passed down the river and is doing good service. Our friend ted for the W. O. Whitn1d lias loci prnrtioe of - physic at the residence of N. B. Outlaw, of county. 8ucow to him. Dop. in La Grange lias a Jeff Davis. eOt own town boasts of a Robert JjL Lee. Who can produce a Beauregard a Joe Johnston or a Stonewall Jack sob ,i A gay party of excursionist rsme UD on the steamer Kinntim on Monday'lasiuj unaer cnarge or i :apt. (Jlxon. Nome of the pleasure seekers remained, at' the (springs oecsusn u was nrirr i ne water, others came to town because tt was'ttear the beer. That sea monster that almotd demoi ished Henry Spence's lishery some time ago, bas made another, raid with neio forcements. , The trap with sit the ao pnrtenances disappeared, and wbera it is gone no one knows, but we have gust heard that it wan found six miles below Kinston, and had in it three crocodile, two alligators, a sea lion and fourteen sturgeons. vjur terry, tne only means for cros. ing the river since the bridge has bean aown, was ODstructed the other day b an order to the ferryman not to touel the sacred soil of tbe opposite shore, the soil upon wnicn oar forefathers "fit, bled and died" for the Con f Jersey, which died too. A couple of Klnttoa i&ns bound for Seven Springs came tsar postponing their visit, and only taking a view of the promise land. We heard one gentleman ask another of the cause of this restraining order, and he an s we red that it was "pure Cu Med new1 be supposed. However, some benbrn influence sought to calm the devfliah instincts of human nature and Sam again accommodates the public. We have a regular Dandv Jim ia our town. Said Dandr Jim drasaad him self from "tin to toe." He ttoured a Dome or castor on on hie head, added lard and cinnament till you couldn't begin to rest and then that Wtn' mous tache! it was waxed and : com bed and curled and waxed, and pulled nd stretched and twisted till there was no rest ref the wicked: final I r. betas act up fop tbe occasion, and with a nir At uog-neaa suppers on bis feet, he voted himself a perfect woman stunner. To the Whitfield kotel he.wnt,i. : (i wnere teauty, wit and grace Always adorn the nlace. ' ' and then and there demanded an intro duction to one of the fair ftnesU , but this fair one. ' with brains as well ai beauty, aaid she had heerd enough of, him already. Moral Dog-head slippers win carry a auae into society. It Is the inherent right of every citi zen to review the sot of our public men; be it known, therefore, that our town commissioners have held another meeting. Ther are known as out cltV fathers, and this time, report . full meeting. One of the aforesaid fathtrs resolved himself into a committee of on on junk houses, aud fish ponds and unanimously resolved thntjf the Nense River was dried up that it' would be an excellent place for dried herriiigm' It was iurtner oraered that no bomb sht-n or torpedo shall be exploded more thaa onoe in any store where croukery ware is kept, and that damages thus accruing shall be known by the damaged mercfe. ant's eye and the jug'fcnadlerf-'oir'his arms. - It woa resolved that no menu man snail live in this burs.' If snv man is found in towntOAlHean Id allow a turtle dove to fly..oper bis field, a tame pigeon to light an Jiia barn, tut shall forthwith be exponged'Oblftirn ted, exterminated, killed or, wiped out. Stonewall Items . t Mr. Bonnef Hopkins, or Goose ' Creek Island, reports crops very poei Mad bugs plentiful with them. , ,. , Mr. Charles Flowers, of Chapel Creek, lost a valuable farm horse a few days ago. Blind stagers the oause. Prof. A- II- Hamlin, with his fsiuily, left us for South Creek ou the Ittih. He takes charge of the school at Aurora. We wish him success. . ..i Dr. Attmore was called to Smith's creek on the lCth to attend Mr. Charles Mumford w ho had been painfully hurt,' but the Doctor reports that the danaga will soon be O. K. 1 Vl mrs. i nomas l ampin, or vandemcre died on the 14th inst. of pneumoniae. She leaves a husband, two children and many friends behaud who have the sympathies of all who knew her. Mr. Lawrence Miller's family, with others, leave in a day or so for Ports mouth to spend the ballance of the summer there, and I learn that a good' many from South Creek w ill also sum mer it there. Mr. Benj. Brinson, of Build's Creek, was 'ith us on the 14th. nnd while here purchased a tine grade Cotswold buck lamb. He is one of the few who try to improve anil mine sheep, dogs or no dogs. Mrs. Skinner had her school exhibi bition on the evening of the 17th at Bayboro. All who I have heard speak of the exhibition praise the maauei la which tbe pupils acquitted themselves. A large crowd was in attendance. There was one of the biggest law suits begun here on the 17th that has taken place before a J. P. since we have been a county: a suit for damages brought' by Mr. Wm. Potter, against Mr. George Dees and many others for flooding his land. There was a severe rain and wind storm in the vicinity of Grants bo ro and above there on the 17th inst., doing con? 6iderable damage. Mr. John B. Keel's dwelling house was carriod off the blocks and his cook house and stables were blown to pieces. No injury to any one that have heard of. Mr. C. E. Jacobs, of Maryland, who owns a large farm on Goose craek Island, was in our village on the 17th. He informed informed me that he has succeeded in getting a bountiful supply1 of good water on his farm at a depth of 78 feet and that it cost him, purrtp, pipe and all complete, about 75 dollars. I see in the JufKNAl. a report ot the curlew bug conversation at Mr. K. R. Jones' store and I will here let you know how the bug business stands here and who are the ones to apply to if you wish to know whether it iu true or not. Jt ia reliably reported that Mr. Shade lted ding said that in his corn if one gets tired of walking, all he has to do is to get a piece of board large enough to stand on, lay it down and stop on and off ho (foes without any farther locomo tion on his part, aud Mr. Bradford Oat lin says thst be is confident that a bushel basket could be Ulhxl in a very short time in Mr. Jas. II. Giu-kins' field. I assure you that they are and have been playing sad havoc with our corn. Grantsboro Items. We are. nil nearly done billing our c'w;i uiid they are looking very well considering the reason. We had a bad w ind and rain Morm yesterday. We h ive an account of the wind blowing Mr. J. B. Keel's house, barn and kitchen all down. .A terrible disaster, liamages have not been esti- mated yet We h.n lone; faimer farm inir on I the New liiteb i.iiin. Ho says he has got la acres of rice looking well. It is about two feet Utfih ou an averago, nnd ' as clea,n aa.ynrd. I think he is look-I iflg fv i wif e the cause of this. I Professional. Cards. , n. Ot HIU, Or..M V..,r, rj. ,fcr.,,,?, "r 1 W1mn.'ll'm. T. ton N 7? KMgh,fc,64 A. Bw, 1,. '1 y. P oeii or rrh. aolr, J'inw mo n. .,.( n. IBS will reovlv prompt MUmUon vi m 11 aTTOBKET 'AT I.AT7, -nil Bw..Ilert N..1U, Will prsrtkw In tt ivnini mt In lk.II u 1 . V . . - ' rnmpx auoouoa pud to th W.llwH talma. aprtwir p.'tt'PELLtTirn: ' FOLLMKlril t a! ' i. WW HMM I In ttUuwrts t fprUr-t, Jm, muni. III. I . .- luwltil . W. KHON. ' r - Ot.BKSVT MaVLT. KixpiSiUr.:::::;3 d ::::ix Will Bftuttla ia ltirnM.wlw.. i Onalow, ISarK-rwt, -muv ! .i,.,it ( tkPdaralU(mrtsNwli)'4B.. ...,. i i , , Ij. ITTOBIIT AT UW, TKENTON. JOJfJa CO, N. V. Will nMtn In Mta nn.i . ..... LatHr, IManiim. haiiaa ! OollMUnaaHwcialir. , a. .-law osouaa ,y. f iTHfrwo. ;AJUr 9. kll.. II Ili. N. i v i: ' '"""it fftrroa, . f ' iTMsi.r'm fcmiiLf.u'.r uv Hwln MrtaM i prattlr iA thlaw In 1m tomtit,, ih ,., ,,. MTIIiHMMIMWanaM .m aan.a. I r attmntion nald to eull'ti'i. 1 n 1 i 1 1 . run. bolxabu. Ja. iwm n. in ,'H'6iXAiD & 'guio;:, (OnVM on onar waat uf (taaUia II. . .) Will tirartlna In tha fntt rl i ...... Jowaa, 0lt, (lufUivl, 1h. t .. ltonptaUrullon iml.l WrllM-un.a ..,li.i... apr-wir. Hafjjeon Intlt, Will ball Nw Borna froai it 1 St to tho 15th of etch Month. Iu b Mbit rro1 Ufa U) th ith. ' - r ' ' i ' I i txna ta KaW licrtia, ovor K W A K v. SlTWWil' riw MOaflk Vrw.1 ao (iwi traata. HHtl MtaacUd wMtaoat pala Wy ' nmr ! nitron oslda, t) t ,ur44ir n. r. ODta 66 Crtrrn mrwt, IxIwm-d r...u riawly " pll- NswB4rn Ad vxrtlsc . fit-Til iirfi aj tT-imi - ui in yrjpofjsfutjt uVfTt Kir DO'NFEOTIONEIUn lpgH&,AMERICAlI A.ad dealers m FnlKti and) pumMiM Waif HutM. Ako Clgara, Tutakoaa, !, tc. Putiock street, net to Geo.' All Jt C.. wvr'.'.'SmTWMKitlal .. C Mr J -m-ii-t I,,-- a 7 iWttfe At4 aoWi Maw Blviu ft rurnk. JOHN SUTEITS. t)N MIDDLE. 8TUEET. . .. ...... ,i . i . n. t 1 . Bemad )ntie abova-lCiK. Jonas', , H kwitt on hnml Tirtor fcafla CTiamfc PWtta, Walnut thxtplMula. Muraaua. Wadr. MaUri'na, THial m. I XMuigea, Iftutaa, Centra 1 a blca,eU5. rutstOaaa .., fc m., t ().u ) IWWIN. UU 4,Vfl riVllCJ l i .it' tfttil J . ' lll.'ot ' For us to anWino ths fad ahat 1 i , . . i t m l ...a 0UII SPRING - STOCK i l t IS COMPLETE. CXlMUaTIHCCf! FABT Or GROCERIES PRO VI2I0ITS .,! . i ..! A V- ''" DRY OOOD8, - " n" . , J'n i i ' . ii K .1 NOTIONS, , Hrt fl w'.' l ... BboTa'Jt, rsiiqiSt" , .'.. i.i. i PLOWS JJOIS. i .. ; i ( : THE GEM COTTON TL0V7 A RPISCIILTT v" 't ' ' . ! ,U:A," ' I . (ill I ahil v i r. f.,,,- ur wrlla fur aaaipiaa aa4 i 1 f. t TH Tlios. aprltiAaly lea A Walter T. Btotis;& Co; CdMMlSSIOtf MSReiUNTS, AMD DK4LXM l u . GRAIN OF AliLNDS. (Oora a Special tyj ; 1 X'J'AT'VVSVamaaa X4Ta 0 a- Orders i CQoalgBaaM raapawtfi.ny anlleltad ' Jao-aai; DAIL BROS., WHO LX SALE QR0CEL AND OOKKiaSIOS.; XZBCHAVTf, irrw BKSVE. w aprll r.a .. - .
The Semi-Weekly Sun-Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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