-: 'V- " ' ' "TV - M'. : ;. l! I XDEPEXDEXT IST ALL THIXCS. :orm $a.OO I7or "V K. H 1 H P EH, Pro prlelor. VOL. VI. NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, JANUARY 17, li. NO. 42. ; :s- - 1 : : - '. I - 1 jt -, 1 i 1 1 c3 O at bo 1- v u ill 1 I l In For the coming season I am o tiering the 'j;; following specialties in Plows, Harrows, Cul- tivators, etc. : The ORIOLE Chilled Plow, ' fChs Queen Haw-steel, the Chamaai and Granger Plows, . .wkiei I elcimto b the best tmtfCng plows in the market, and guarantee every ',-, s e of them to gire utatactioo or money will be returned. Don't buy any atil job hTeen them. The Climax Ootion Plow, ' f.V- 1' A bt CUoa Plow. I defy contradiction. SH The "Acme" Harrow. Tkriiet shig them pronoancc them the best clod crusher and pulverizer in use. ""vlVJ Try aaa in patting in your small gr&ic. ' ' The Two-Hcrss Buclieve Riding and Walking Cultivators. Jtr.-, ,'.- . 7. Dawson, Ridge Spring, Pitt county, says: '-Would not take $.0Q ' IW J8T Riding Cnltirmtor if f could not get another just like it.'' fttanel Qtinnerly, Johaston's Mill?, N. C, says; --The Riling Culti- ' tor doa perfect work." .-' . B rare and try one. Remember if it does not give perfect satisfaction " y it will b taken back. Afalllioeof Common Plow3, t Abo, MnsfMtarers' gent for Steam Engines, Saw and Grist J.MUli 8Wiffl Machines. Cotton Gins, Presses, Shaftings, Valley, Beltings, etc, r' JOHN C. WIIITPY. ' STREET. XEXT DOOR TO COTTOX BXCHA X(f K, Um. Pell Ballance & Co., : GROCERIES, JlpOBACCO, SNUFF, i pruit$,ConfctionQriQ I WHOLESALE. SOUTH FRONT STREET, NEWBERN, N. C. r? We are not members of the Board ot Trade, nor have we ever been, and we are !: carrying the Largest and Best Selected f Sfn(k of Panev and Staole Groceries ever i7-.l"Tww- J lspjayed in the city, 05 bbls. Bet in the World Flo 50 100 100 50 50 25 " South Lake Flour. " Tip Top Flour, Purity Fiour, Saratoga Family. " Saratoga Extra Flour. James River Super. Floar. 65 bbls. Pork, 5000 lbs. Fat Backs; MQ0 lbs. LoDg Clci.-., 000 lbs Smoked Shoulder,. 1250 gallons Molasses, Svrup.-. ' "0 bucketi Lard. JO T'rcea Lard. 85 Tla Cans Lajd, 4000 lbs. choioest Cream Ch -es'. 1WX) lbs. choicest Creamery Butt . 500 gallons Vinegar, 500 gallons Cider. 250 bags Salt, 15 bbls. Table Salt. J00 boxes Soar. ' iO bago CofteC, 0 grois Esstice CofteM 100 boxes Cakes and C ra'cki r. . 150 boxes French and American p5 b0Ie8 Soda, quarter, halfati i ft0saes Piotle 'P g la, 100 cajeu Baking Powder. 450 boxoa Plug and Twist T"b.ic 100.000 Medium and Fine Cigar-. "i 1200 lbs Lorillard and u. ..V A. S VZT) Boxes Raisins. 125 boxes French and Ane r I 10,000 Florida and Jamaica JQOQ Messina I-eiiiOi,. (300Ptirto Rice C.'Ci i u &00d lbs. Pecans, Filberts, VJ00 boxes'Scoteh Herri:: -Cjinned Peaches. S ir J.ie s. ' r., Ai: And everything in ilu 1 wc tlonery line, whit VERY lowest living prolit We carry a Full Line of Fn.nfv (irnccnV.-. on win- tiROCER'S PROFIT w T)re solicit only tin Castings, CleviS3S, etc.. eie.. on A . - consisting of the fi- a ro 1 I MM') " .ml ( 'ollfcc- 1 at the ) I i C 'Tit ctlolKTV -1 1:1 t'l: i NLY. - ca-ii t .KN. JACKSON YYOl N1I.1 T. .1. C ( hislorv ci 1 1 r i -written an l:i':lihcil in ;cr ami co;ioil Mcciianic. ut .l.iek-on from 'li lie a-(T'cil i v ; : : g- hi n r t ho TO .V-.- '.I wa '. I I 1 1 v the i;cv. pub- laic, xvh ami the v having a short I. ( rt lie 1 itioii taken by ('apps having reply to Mr. nut pu'niislieil. , in ni'iiei to Mr. ( ' ami Mi Ii xv e ti a e 1 'a : : . : w a oni m unler ut' I lie the -bunting-, ail- 0 (itii. .lames II. views ami received 1 v : : e ilia: da ixvmg t'c . ; an M v A 1 I i I ! : Hkai: Maji Jdiiu.- rx M iH Ai: .majok: in rcsiionso ill: In tu ymir letter askiug for in form n 1 1 1 1 1 ab-Mit the wounding of Gen. T. I. .Jackson, I would respectfully refer vou to my official report of j il 11. : 1 1 .1 .- 4. - .1 ! the battle of Chaneellorsville. dated May 11th. 1G,, and to a letter d.ited .Tanuary 1st. IS 73, written by me for the Riehmond Dixpatch, at the request of one of it.s editors. Both of these are to be found in. Vol. s of the Southern IJ.isAurical .-ociety rt'e'-i-i-rrTm them you lsVi 'learn that MeGowau's brigade ami ours were not in line in Jack- son'stlank attack on the atternoon of the nd of Ma v. but marched bv the tlank. along the plank road, in rear of the artillery ours being in front and that as soon a-s it was ascertained th.it the enemy were rapidly falling back before Khodes, we pushed forward with the artil lery beyond our second and third lines to within a short distance of the first. Here, Gen. A. P. Hill, in person, ordered me, at dark, to deploy one regiment as skirmishers across the road, in front of Rhodes, and to form line of battle in rearot it with the remainder ot my com mand, for the purpose of making a niijht attack and capturing the enemy's batteries if possible. While I was giving my orders to this effect, both sides opened a most terrific artillery lire along the plank road, in which our brigade had been halted. To save my men from this murderous enfilade fire, I, at once, ordered them to lie down, and my start and 1 dismounted on the left of the road. During this artillery fight, Col. V. 11. l'almer, of Gen". Hill's staff, gallantly crossed the road and in the dark enquired for me. I called him. and on his coming up, were marked upon the severity of the fire, the low tight of the enemy's shell, etc., and when he informed me that Gen. Hill wished to know why I did not form my line as 1 hid been ordered, I requested 1 to tell Gen. Hill that I had not ini j nt- tempted it on account of the terrific and murderous aitillery tire, and that it he wished me to do so mic c .'ullij. he would have to order his artillery to vcase tiring, an I be lieved the enemy were Keeping up theirs only in response to ours. All (dd soldiers know hew- diflier.lt it is to maniieuvre t he bravest troops in the dark, under a murderous tire. t Ij-ough thickets enemy V l'alm'er. trving sci ii'o'. v o.iks and pine . .in 1 1 over 1 he aim 1 1 is ot t he aii.iinloiieil works. ( 'id. vxhoh.nl ii most viuieil nnd . encncc th.it inht. bus trequeiitl.x. Inhl uie that ho delivered my nies-sitgc to Cieti. Hill, ami that; lien. Hill. throiie;h him, ordered' M.i i. 1 rax tori, of his artillery, to cease t:;::ig. As souii a this wa done, the enemy, a 1 had expected, also ce.ised their ill nig'. J then deployed the -i-lrd reg-imeiit umiei Col. Avery .is skirmishers, and formed line of battle 1:1 its rear. The 7th ami .HTth regiments were on the right oi the plank read, and the lth and "'Sth, on the left t he left ot t he oi th " and 1 right oi the ISth rested on the road. heu 1 gave my orders to my regi mental commanders. I informed thein that we would occupy the iron; line for the purpose of making a nigh: attack, and as there would :C r ii i ii ' i.-t fore e.s lu:t the enemy, ;h y iiiiis 'lion; keep a sharp lookout to AIlci I had funned ill y let; to right. 1 rode back :k road to report to lien. iine in II: there, iu il dark. 1 met :o recognized I. .mo. whom " 1 replied, cd me to form Tack, which 1 x ;-h to kuoxv nice or aw a;t then added, v." where lien. acting under d save t Mite, a . .(ackso hi to; : i:o . e, , e a night a and I now must adv. h is." 1 1 don't km 1 as he : -. it wotl :i: i : cl e :.V. to tell me vx ha' to i,u. To tins, den . J .icksoii, l u an e.iiii-,-st tone iiii'l xx it'n a pushing" jestnre ut' the ri-ili! hand in the direction ot theetiemv. reil:eil, I'tisli rijjht .ihe.t.l. I an',-." ;im! rode t'.rw;nl. 'in,- ix Ilia i.i .- i time 1 ever saw mvolil V.M. I. Professor and Com m i. :i; 11 I.ieut. ('.ft:. 1 then rode to :j. r f o -1 1 1 to pat my line in mo : ;,,!;, aii'l loiliol I lia! a LicuL-Col-ft'i,;: i;. ot a 1'eiinsv ivania rcyi men t , in.il i-aiii' in wit ii a wliitu hauGUt-i - !. e! t led to a tick n n i t learn whether el r e ol I ' illoll llel's 'Ul- in. ,.1 iio. l cil pel -I ,1 nil callt d his i Ire xv inlantrx .,!! aloi:.; 'l.cll 1 ."v. , 1 ,1,1. lor tb.. in Mli:; 1. nee o'.l III, a w C sent to reconnoitie en inr light, and tlioy soon ic t urned w it h I.ieut. Col. Smith's lYnnsylvfuiia tegi inent, which had thrown down their arms and surrendered, en repie-cn tations made to thein l I.ieir. Kmack. While Lieut. Col. Si'nth u as ing me that he did not think we could honorably eaptme his regi ment, as he was in our lines -wit 1 1 niaj of triici." the enem 's ariil lery opened upon us again, and the Pennsylvania regiment broke to: our rear, tumbled over then own abandoned works, and lay hid and sheltered in the abattis until the tiring ceased. Lieut. -Col. Smith was then turned over to ("apt. Adams, ofCren. Hill's staff, and his regiment ordered to the rear under ('apt. Young our boy captain I and his company. On going to the plank-road. I there learned from Col. Harry t hen .Major' of the ISth regiment, that he knew nothing of Generals Jackson and Hill having gone to the front, that he could not tell friend Irom toe in the (lurk and in such a woods ( low scrubby oaks ). t hat when the skirmish line lired, he heard the clattering of approachiDg horsemen j and the cry of cavalry, and that he j ordered his men to lire. It was; genei ally understood that night bv " - ... . . " my command ttiat tiie lstn regi ment had not only wounded I'reii erals Jackson and Hill, '-at killed some of their couriers, and perhaps some tA their stall' officers, as some ot them were missing. Col. Pal mer rinding that the ISth regiment kept up its fire and seemed determ ined to kill tbem all, threw himself irom ins norse and seriousiv m- jured his shoulder. In conversations afterwards. Gen. Hill always told me that he thought he was wounded by the enemy, and Gen. Jackson by the ISth regiment: and Col. Palmer is of the same opinion. Iu all my intercourse with Gen. Hill, I never heard him. nor have 1 ever heard any one else censure the ISth regiment for tiring under the circumstances; and those who knew our talented young friend Harry, will always remember him as one of those fearless, dashing offi cers, who was especially cool under tire. After this unfortunate mistake, the whole of my command was moved to the right of the plank road, and about miduight we re pulsed two attacks made by Sickles, in which we captured the colors of the Third Maine regiment and a good many prisoners, including a number of field and company offi cers, and two staff officers, one of which was an Aid to General Williams. Next morniug, about sunrise, our brigade, under orders from Gen. Heth, made a direct front attack upon the enemy's breastworks and carried them; but, as our support ing brigade broke in our tear, we were driven back before Uamseur's brigade of North Carolinians could come to our assistance. Hamseur went forward and was aNo repulsed, after reaching the works, with a similar terrible loss. There were twenty eight pieces ut' artillery bearing upon us troni tho Chaneel lorsville lull. The enemv were ! finally and successfully diiveu by Gen. Stuart in : flank movement of infantry and artillery on our right. My entire loss at Chaneellorsville was 71! officers and Sd7 men, mak ing an aggregate of :!, a little more than one-third of the force carried in. We well" in with eleven tield ofliet rs ami came out with oli'x otic -iiairx; for duly. Col. l'urdie and' I.'.eit'. Col. Hi'l were killei and the othi Were wounded. I have not seen the article of Mr. Capps to which you refer. I can say, however, that the statement that he. as ambulance driver, at Chancellorsx ille on t he lsikl, took lleneral 1 Jackson, irn undid, to about three quarters i nd of May. Stonewall" the rear. of a:; ii.iur reinarkalile to hefare xitn-s( ', ! mi , iws the statement ot a Virginia officer, published in l7l!. tliat no niyht attack was ordered by lien, .lacksonon the l!nd May. 1 ."!.". and that the immortal StonewaJl" v.as wounded while rid.tng iihuig the ski rui ish line look af: ci l lie coin fort of his in t ii, A a cadet and an A-isiai.t I'rolesSiU', I was at the Virginia Military Institute for live eai-- Wltlllielicr.il T. .'. .laeksea, whole he alw.n.' addi CsseU Mi. .il- Line, vv a s ' t hone llio-t ill I Iv fit I! it XX . Lane:" and the M 1 ) I. in-W. the r 1 leli Il k" of aorti.l II idle! . IK V. M. olle'.v.dl lame. i Jackson" ot I' x ho. on t he '; May. W.;. w hll ',! ot the L'n the tnoi.runi of tl in v ic x hlppooi xx ill w.i-s 1 lligll cats tli "III c'cl di'.ei U del ci 1 inc lies: ti ;.a-li lilv. .1 As 11. , .N i; 1 h. I.arge-t ( ra i n .rial n 1 Kn The lar-e.-t e-sel km i- to hax e i-lti".! ! liiiG-li :-toani-lnii Xexx castle on Y y n i Wei Kht mini, now son's x liarf. l''d!' i.'a feet lad v cell thirty nine lect - ami tx Clil,X'-sl lee ol liolil. ami lia- a 1 . 1 ', i ; i I I ill Mi uiks. . Ca Wil x 1 1 ij. at : l,.i,i. pel pen, IIU'I.C six 1 1 , e i i a 1 1 x 1 1 1 g si a in as c ,a,l im:i Hat-. ' I ', I ! I ! . ,,f M, (.-(Hi tons mi k-eat mi ciliated tl ollll ll .11" ,1'Olil cam i whei head ,,il 1'. lit e.X- ol I sh M.it.i: i c-t c 11 -' -J. 1.1 . A - !;I.I. Alt!' Practices Domestic Tin? Mrs. Arii had in uncommon good breakfast this morning. There wa. a di 'i of baked eggs at my place, which she knows I am fond of. While the house was being cleaned up I noticed that the beds were not touched, and so I told her 1 would help t she said no she wanted them taken out on the piazo to sun. and so 1 took 'em out, and then she asked me to take out tin? bedsteads and the bureau and the chairs and the sewing machine and all, as she wanted to clean up a little. Cleairng up a little is the old, old story at my house. When I got through I sat down on the front piazzo with my pine to rumi nate a little and rest from my aidu ous labors. Pretty soon she brought me a broom and a lake and a twine string, and asked me to tie the broom-handle onto the lake for she wanted to sweep down the cop webs Irom the walls. 1 under stand all that, and so I tied it on and swept 'em all dow n myself and retired to the piazzo as usual. About the time I had my feet stuck un 'vn the banisters, she brou-s'nt out a hammer and a paper of carpet tacks and laid 'em down on the table beside me and smiled. These movements reminded me of the carpet that she had been threaten ing to ait down in the lug family room for a month, and if there is any household work that 1 do de spise to do it is putting down a carpet. I can't double up and twist around like I used to. I gave an involuntary groan and a grunt or two and went to work. A little darkey had already brought up a passel of hay from the barn, and so we picked if all over and got out all the little weeds anil coarser pieces and spread it nicely upon the floor, and then I unrolled the carpet from the middle each way and went to work on one side nail ing it. It had to be stretched and fitted all around and the edge on the hearth was the hardest all, for Mrs. Arp watched every tack and if if w as a fraction of an inch out of line she saw it and I had to keep pulling and turning under the edges, and when I was on it I couldn't pull it and I couldn't get off it for the wall, and so it was get-up and get-dow n and work side-ways and cross-ways, and all sorts of ways, and I mashed my fingers and cramped my knetis and twisted off my suspender buttons, but finally the work was done to her satisfac tion sorVr, and I managed to get i up and stand up and uethanbtul to the Lord lor his mercies. By the time we got all the furniture set back again and the beds made up the day was half goue and the chil dren came home from school and forgot to wipe their feet at the door and the dogs followed them into the house and they all began to track around with their muddy feet, but they didn't track long. They are in the cautious state right now and s i am I I think I will get -ome old bagging and put it down over the carpet so as to save conse quences. I wish that we men were as neat and careful as the women no 1 don't either, for then we ! wouldn t be much account out ot doors and would degenerate into dudes as they call 'cm, but I wish we had more regard for neatness than we have. Mrs. Arp says she don't believe that I would wash the w indow glass until I couldn't see out tor the dust and tiy specks and the dogs would sleep under the bed and the spiders and Hazards would live m the closet. But mean t hat I know, and i she don't just talk- ing after the manner of nice re spectable women. But I don't see any use m cleaning up so much why it takes an hour every morning to clean iin the family room lor she x ill take everything off of the mantel-piece anil the books oil' ol the shelves, and wip.e of, all the little '-'.can dust that has settled 'aiound. and the ashes must be taken up every morning and the hearth has to have a fresh coat ot ml) Drown aoout ixxiceaweeiv and t! seoiirei to tat. she C.ll leaves water buckets must be and every few days 1 have down the pictures so that wipe oil' the frames, and the have to be swept out of the as f.,sf as they fall. She had va her httle tlower garden all raked and -wept mighty nice yesterday, and I come running in her room ex cited and told her another leaf had xx n xv u. ill d I uist did i;ive v the scissors she I told her one day : in ,i . ,ti ,, n. e. -crip: !iuvs said man was iiii t. ami sue sam mai 1 he was but that wollKUi ii-.'a i v. as i ieh 1 wish Ir t. i ; t. t her sake, l wouiu .11 ide palace -.'.lid fence Li:,I, oi;! and tl! ;inler and tly, ul with lnarhle coxvi'e'l with ol ever-rceiis. if it 1 knoxv in voi!,'. -ell 1'itlt t; i a ul oUl il n ty not made to t lie t Line uur irom oonivd-T. new tlillie- n Vol ha x e . . I e at e walk M'llllll !1, iwe'.s ai tiled i tlati 1 a un mt ii ami liacl, io I tie nlks XVCIC , things all -inc.- come iln'-t ctio" njox ti W t uhl .Hid taileil. iii ct t if com lot ; i ti icxv thing: occasional!;, lis, n iicxc cirpct. ii tiexv v 1 1 1 g' clot lies, iiexv cliall's. machiiie. or n n on- v'uu'l id i,,o long. We ; 'X e "et til oil of s : ii inn let ! , 1 1 .ill . X' .. i I , I ! . 1 -Hill Tii. alio ll I'M' XV : I N the O H' t ii. it ex'cil T lie iiiiii ollullt to not m. in III ile-i X es t hill es t Ji.Hl lie ti'i'tie'.'. and hoi; Iron die has more it it to live am . and can is her ai i-hf not to he lierpr.si. ma.de as pieasai; hcl' as p ssi ii)) es ought to adoi hi t. vit in IJeautiful the walls the wimlo' to strike v. for she ha long. Tin a Welcolm tlowers a I piazzo ; i jessam in. provide all mv creed Mrs. Arp best 1 can u handsome curtai-; and t he clock o :gh a sweet silverv to:. o i;( a! nit vai lade ; eWl g I an OI1U I 11. to ! t.tv did an green s. be add the lei with d will hat is :. and I o the : a ' 1CM id hlls f he can y nmbitu reckiiis I A ( ; The tlu from oils' nig deca '1') iilliiii Fev it the em fonl drains getable m s pro voea 1 1 ippears to and theref v til fed t vi : 1 i . '. 1 1 o 1 : s eonvcy itter or ve of ty-accumu-ore fha t human exei ei a' phoid diseases, late test i n ion v; these drains should always be keje free and occasionally washed i i "fillslied '.lui:',.'. 'M'l'Il. to follow. The sanitary superintendent to w-. Board of Health of New York city has recently reported that an in crease of typhoid cases might be expected, one of the reasons for the report being the restiicted supply of the Croton water for cleansing pur poses. The gist of the report on this subject is the requirement of an abundance of clean w ater for flush ing all water closet., soil pipes, and drains. )r. .John C. Peters says that typhoid fever is caused largely by broken, overfilled, or otherwise detective drains, the latter of which are common in the country, and there typhoid fever is more common, in proportion to the number ofin- habitants ln small towns and villa ges, and even isolated farm houses, than iti large, well sewered cities with an abundant water supply. Typhoid fever is largely imported into New- York and other cities every fall by visitors returning from so-cailed health resorts and summer boarding houses, but it generally dies out in the city. This year, however, partly because of the drought, we have not had sufficient water to flush our drains, soil pipes, and sewers. Scientific American. Wounding of Stonewall Jackson. Gen. James II. Lune's letter in the Nexx7 Berne Journal of 10th Januury. 1SS4, will certainly convince any doubt ful ones, that (ien. T. J. Jackson was wounded alter nightfall, on May 2nd. "-"en. Cane s ivs he was ordered to the 1IOL11, tVllil J'lJL 111 Li in nue ,I(C1 I dark. Then in the dark he was ordered by Cien. Jackson himself ""Push right ahead. Lane." After this, in sudden tiring. Gen. Jackson was wounded by the ISth regiment uf Lane's brigade. All thin ican at ni'jht. I have a letter from Rev. James P. Smith, now pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Fredericksburg. Ya.. about the wounding of Gen. Jack-on. Mr. Smith was then a Lieutenant, an 1 one of Gen. Jacks )a's ai ls, and actively en gaged in executing his chief's orders. He says, under date of Dec. 10th. 1SS3; "Tlit'sui had go'i'1 'iuiru ertajs an hour iciCi Jackxuii cas iv iti uitJ . oil the '2nd of May. Siit unlit, al'vxt s . w. As I rode forward and just about the mo ment when lie was wounded, and an eiehth of a mile in the rear, it was ;-o dusky that I could not recognize an officer so well known to me as Gen. 1; E. Rodes. about tweemy feet from me I have no recollection of any Capt. Wil liams." !.. t . the man said to have been sent with an order from Gen. Jackson for an ambulance. ; The man sent for au ambulance wa our of ovr xfjwi! corjs. 'The ambulance used did not c onie to where Gen . Jackson was lying, fat xve bore him on a stretcher some di tance mi the road, and found an i ambulance, tiirual ai'oi.f. with Col. Crutchtield. of our staif. and (."ol. ivogers ul me aiiaoeix. uota in u wounded. At my request Col. II -gi -rs most cheerfullv consented to be re moved, and Gen. Jackson was jdaci i beside Col. Crutchtield. I rode L-si-',e the driver until xve came to he Icme where wounded ri -n were coll ctci. and where c.a:ii:ig a man with a c , a ' -. 1 found him to I..- yourself. ' Just then Dr. McGuire rode up in the dark, and took mv .---at in the ambu lance. I riding his horse. It um-t have been before p.i o'clock, or about that hour when we arrive l at the ti-ld u. firmary. Tie-arm wui amputateU ;'ut or before midnight." Mr. tjmith has a right to speak-, and knows t Ii e facts. Hp ami Lieut. Morri son. Gen. Jackson's brotiier-in-law and Maj. L -igh. with Gen. A. P. Hiil. arresteu the o.rm u rhage ot the wouuds. and arranged a sling for the mangled arm. Leaning up"n the shoulders of Leigh and Smith, (ien. Jackson walked slowly into the highw ay and towards his tro H'S. until he m-t a Liter, on which he was p.aced and 1. rr.e l,-,-soMiero. nd Lieut. Smith and M son. Just then, after - p. m.. a- :-t; in Uabney's Life of Jack.-on. ein began to sweep the road wi;h i .o.i and one ,,f the Inter bearers -v. - -i-o down. Gen. Jack soil v, t.,:.j ..a earth- il tied thj hurra; ,1 jextl!x.s. except i.elgii. i-::'.:t,'i rison. iJ.ibney : ': e i-.v Ad j. Gen.; sax s' the -a:fer,. r a"- ' lay 1-1 !' a - n ihr road. v u!i hi- lot t xx ; expos. .-1 to aii it.- fury. : , his three fMthful att-ndimt.- 1',,-ioe1 ti leiity. xv In ! i:e-.-l V down xv u h tie- l :ii ii,, at , 1 r. J.eks ,11 to I'll .lire ,,g'--. i lirj , sax,- tlei r ! v.-s .y ,!- nil g ill tllw-V i IV d"X.-!i !..--; e h.lii O, ir'l- v;ty. anil -oUiitt t '.' " t In i a.- p. i-s ib ie x r. 1 1 t 1 . . i; i. -Me whs M j. i - -: 1 . a. ! ...i (I Lieut. :n ii i; ' .'.g :;. aiel t -I'll v again x ,ith x , 1 HUH" ,,1 t'e- irih ii'i'iin I tii car, ver th ii rai-e ,f th l khn t: ,.-i . 1 1 i W , ntiv r lier.i I J.e 'k - ,n ri -..-d vio' i- ! ro id. but xv t pi: 1 1 il xx a- xx- an. I ! el. a.ik. tastes in the away place a ir on; and ii A Whack at the Weather i: Journal: Others have had v.iKick lit the weathf-r and now have oar. An Irishman, on a Km let u Uon i'oM day. after a thermometer. in of a door, obst iiazinK intei.tlv hanging on the rvfij : " ' Did vou i-vi-r tie- 1 ;i!ces o! ;ikes of the little thinly lakes the weather?'' We im' who tjot the mercury re( ter in front of Mr. ! .' co '. lil i L i r.ui.'-j- l-nii!; tl t: therm' ' lex. y.Iilit-r's Btore. in New lieri.e. ill 1 u-v:i 4 ilegrees below zero, arc in erior: we doubt whether it has been so old lu re in a century. Hut if there :s any proof on the subject let us have .t recorded for future reference. It is true the i-nap in the winter of fs.VT was intensely cold. The Neuso was frozen over and two men. Mr. John Jnnes and C'.ipt. Day. crossed the Neupe on the ice. starting from and returnine to Mr. A. T. Jerkins' wharf, now- Mr. Wil liams' shingle yard. It had not been done before since 1TS0. and lias not. of e an -fp. since. The winter of ITSOwas continuously cold for some weeks, ami the Neuse was frozen as far as Wilkin-s.-n. p'lint. At and above New I'erne I 'crsi 'ii ; crossed and recrossed on the ice at pleasure, both ni'alil and day. Dancing parties were given on the opposite or north side of the Xeuse and ladles and gentlemen from the town went over in large numbers. That was the coldest winter experienced in the history of Xew Berne, beyond question. In ISjT tl i e heavy fall of snow chilled the water th" Xeuse and Trent, which was fol loweci by perfectly calm nights, hence the hafteeze an(j thick ice. But we repeat diorrhe mert-s.y 0 below 7 or 8 above zero? or was it the. cm ow as it was last Sunday morning? brrne nac it 4 and some 6 above zero, thereto,, . we wii 1 say 5 last Sunday morning. Now read what follows respecting the cohi snaps iu New Berne about a half century i ago: At that time some persons were still i sojourning in our city for several days. . living here who crossed the river on the He tilled the Methodist pulpit for two ice in 1TS0 and participated in t.hedano- j Sundays with characteristic ability. His ing before referred to. and many were j sermon on '"Home"' was pathetic and then living that heard others, who were i comprehensive. Mr. Jurney analyzes then dead, speak of the balls given by I thoroughly every subject be takes up SheriiT Williams at the Core Point and he has that familiar gift of present Ferry House, where is now Pettifer's ' ing ideas in such an attractrive style, landing, to commemorate the unheard j that no one fails to understand and give of event the freezing of the Neuse suf- undivided atteution. It is not in our ficiently strong to bear the weight of memory when any man has solhoi cattle and horses as well as persons, oughly captivated and impressed the Recently this has been alluded to in the "Bits of the History of Xexv Berne" in giving the history of the birth of Stephen B. Forbes, the father of the Rev. E. M. Forbes, now of beaufort. In 1780 the intensely cold weather continued much longer, but persons who experienced it stated that it was as cold in 13."). We copy frcm the New Berne Spectator. printed Friday. February 13th. lt:J"5. as follows: "Thk Wkatiiki:. In our last we re corded what we believed to be the clos ing scene of winter a second snow but we were sadly premature, since that time we have not only had a third one. but a regular series of arctic weather, on the nights of the 7th and Sth iust.. the mercury in Fahrenheit's thermometer fell to zero, and did not rise higher than twelve degrees above it either of the succeeding days. It is now ilOtli. at noon) two degrees below the freezing point. Our rivers have been frozen from side to side for two or three days, and while we write, some of our fellow-citizens are enjoying themselves on the Trent in skating, sliding and sleighing. The oldest in habitants of the town say we have not had so severe a winter since that of 17S0." It will be recollected by some of our citizens that during this freeze Mr. Green had a negro to break through the ice on the Trent and was drowned. Again we quote from the tame paper of February oth. ItSGG : "The weather has been as thoroughly cold the last week as even a Laplander could desire. Fahrenheit's thermometer has not. to our knowledge, been more than once as high as the freezing point 'luring the time, even withinin doors. It has ranged in the entries of our dwel lings and in rooms without fire, from L") to 20. and out of doors the mercury fell yesterday morning, which was not the coldest we have had. to within 10 degrees of zero. The Neuse is com pletely frozen over, and skates, cloaks and tires are the order of the day." Once more from the Spectator . Cth January. ls;37; "The weather here has been exceed ingly col 1 during the greater part of the week. Fahrenheit's thermometer rang ing from 20 to 24 within doors. On M mday. Tuesday and Wednesday the earth was bound by the wintry cement, hard frost and ornamented with a slight spr ink ling of snow, "' D. Fatal Accident. Mr. Wuliani J. Gordon, a well-known insurance agent at Wilmington, met with a sudden and untimelv death ves- ter jay. w hile gunning at his farm in the eastern limits of the city. j The particulars of thu tad affair, as far as they could be gathered, are as follows. Mr. G rd- procured a double-barrel faeech-li '.ad mg shot gun from Mr. Geo. .V. Peck's hardxvare store, about eight o'clock in the morning, and between nine and ten o'clock left his house for a few hours' -port in the lields surround ing his home. A colored man employed on the farm heard and saw him shoot at a bird m the tield near the dwelling, and watched him afterwards as he crossed towards a hue fence, separating the in-clo-nre. Shortly afterwards the colored man heard a second shot, but did not again see Mr. Gordon. About half-past 4 in the afternoon, however. Fuller if! tin a colore., man. passing '.he preill l.-es. discovered the Mr. Gordon lying at the draw-,.- fence tint separated the two -. II- a l trt ! iti-: .;,.a p, i It XV e gave information of very ami the body was ( lord, ai '- resp 1 -nee. ii ot th-- ,,ly when iieiit thai Mr. ( i. t don -. t:iiig through the 1 .a r .in 1 i j.e tx ... lower tier., with the body of man resting upon the 11 -O Mr. 1 1 u n - ii wards. lie tli 11 t ! teet. aid Ite barr. I.st th . t he lii-t b. lie gun ' .a' i iig a m ; upper p. o w tlie iralll in, i t the ,k, ice is a great ; of Mr. Cord, t iii y friend- H me a x", u man ,f ad m trab'n. ,,ual it les a-.i exceedingly pop a prosperous and and en j v ing the hap rehiti, ais. 11',. S!-ir. !. amiable c .r. U., iing r 't.U-lIles t l-lll-li,' t, I' tl, Ssji pi', P f i get a xx a y . Hit ii'-ll 11 xv i ii. pan- 1 du.'.l. e- r. 1 iv I -. xx h e.t t r a -li i.n Iii-- .he-tune-real tire di marriage. ,1 -i ng mmi-n"e until aftc Washingtoifltems. Several bids for the Star Rsutes have been sent up to Washington City. Miss Sallie Arthur, one of Craven's fair daughters, has been visiting friends in town the last week. Why is that mail post-marked iu New Iierne for Washington. D. C comes to our town and goes no further ? Wonder if Senator Vance ever gets a Daily Journal. The Rev. -Vug. Latham has been trans ferred to Hyde county, where he will preach this yeai. Mr. Latham is a scholarly gentleman of fine pulpit enter tainments. The Emancipation celebration passed off very quietly. Our colored citizens deserve much praise for the orderly manner in which they conducted the exercises ; aie day. It is thought that Mr. Lafaette Wright was drowned on the night of January 1st. He suddenly disappeared and in the morning his hat was found in the dock. Search is now being made for him. Maj. W. A. Ilearne. of the Inland Coasting Company was in town Monday viewing the situation. The Maior thinks Hancock will be nor the Democrats for the Vresi Arthur by the Republicans, a prophet, however. The Wizard Oil ompany delighting our people with op certs this wetk. The singing are really chai-mine. The i mao d bv and not He ha 1 - 'il all ' a and in le : troupe composed of fiv respectable gentl who kuow how 'to make friends where ever they go. They will visit your city n. f.., woe li and vou mav prepaie I' -r a i . f n ti.,.. . Tie-k. v. X M. .lurney. fa-vw nt the i M. K. Church, at Beaufort, has been- people of this place ur he has with his sermons, especially the one on the "Prodigal Son." delivered Sunday night to as large a congregation as evpr assembled in the Method i6t church. He is one of the most gifted and talented young ministers of the Stite. There is in him a spirit which is satisfied only when progressing, even in advance of the age, and in the near future his name will sound second to none in the North Carolina Conference. He is ev; r a wel come visitor here. Seven Springs Items. "The snow, the beautiful snow!" The ; earth is clothed in a bright garb of Heaven "s manufacture. i The family of J. W. Moody lias left' town and moved into the country. A , good move for the txvxs. A temperance society has been organ- ; ized at Piney (irove, near this place. I The members propose to make a fearful , raid on king alcohol. Success to tho i project. J. W. Mc. has determined to increase his business, and for that purpose has engaged the long store on the corner for the ensuing year, and will move in February 1st. The year 1SS4 is now upon us. pros pective candidates are beginning to hold up their heads and look around much; after the fashion of the wild hog w hen the hounds begin to yelp. Mr. A. W. Sutton reports millions of black birds in his fields and bird killing has been the order of the day during the snow find "24 black birds baked in a pie"' was the song to sing. i The splendid side-wheeler Rough and Ready, from Goldsboro, was at our wharf on last Thursday. She is owned, j we learn, by Needham Kennedy, a col- I ored man. and will make regular trips to this place. Mr. Fields, our clever mail carrier, I reports that w hiskey in La Grange was ; sold by the pound on Monday, the . weather having occasioned a kind of congealment hard to account for. There is no accounting for these whis key and weather freaks. Christmas is gone and but few cas ualties to report. Marshall Joyner struck Hill Ritch three good pops over the head with a stick and then fell: dow n, when Bill broke and rsuu. One gent, somewhat under the influence of ypintnf: Irini ijaJIici . charged on another i with a manure fork. A fearful thing to tight with. No damages, how ever. Hev. William Henry Slilhnrii. !.I).. ' Tlie Ulind Man Kloquent.' I r . Milburn is known w herever the Fnglish language is spoken as the "blind man eltupicnt " He was born m Philadelphia on the 19th dav of Septem ber. is-j:i. In early childhood he lost the sight of one eye entirely, and the other partially. He as determine,. however, to obtain a thorough educa- tion life: md lit himself for usefulness in nd his career affords a remark able example of the trium h of a -tropg will over apparently insuperable ..I. -tildes. "Time was.' he said in sui ad dress delivered in ls.Vi. "when . after a fashion. I could read, but never with that tl:i.-hiug glance which instantly transfers a word, a line, a sentetn i . from the page to the mind. It was a perpetuation of the child's proce--. a letter at a time, al ways spelling, nexer really reading. Thus far mole limn txventy years, with shade upon tin brow, the hand upui t ie cheek . I'n linger be neat ) i the eye. 1 1 make a 11 a: '. i licial pin-ll. with the beaded -.w.-a' ing xvith the hoi tears trickling fi oi tie- wi-ak and painful orgm. wa-e.x reading studying lone. Hy gr. at leisure momi clerk in a -t. ,re lellege lltld P': e.i I. ' coll r-e w il let 1, Is he II! il rt I ,1; IltS x hlle elll in Illinois. In- --. 1 thl'elieh i, honor, but ploy, tltte, tlie f it tl, At in III the i in ih ntered 1 1 us,', 'pal I e til I Ii l -I r v hii reh. an i i 1 1 mei are xerv part Me: dl-t 1 , if t xx lields X e X'e.ir ; a I lie .st I " this 1 i m i I 111 1 i II g this time he t rax' i m 1 11.-- in th. d ise'narg ,f cl. II les. a re i - , he and everywheri bv the mode-tv mi pressi ind ami his 1 1 1 1 1 v , 1 1 na i" manner, and bis t 'Hence a- a preacher In I--!"), when Milburn was chosen i ', uigress of tht I'nite m 1 s'l.i. ai.d xva- t h u s extiaordu ier a ie 1 i irat i vears of ' ( diaplai 1 States . ; . broiigh t iniat puiili re-late ins xv it h the ml i I di men of t it-'d Kurone ,iid the ,1 I. i plea, bed l n Ki; do ind t- n 1 d. Mr Mi an y. I. if "iirx .1,1- : I - -lavs lo ut the mount tiger 111,'. : blieey. at.d s the -tet.s through the g!a: until out at.d drives away. KING'S EVIL TTn tii" name formerly given to Scrotal !.' an-.' of a superstition that It could b i an d by a king's touch. The world la wi t r inAv, ami knows that SCROFULA can onlv be cured by a thorough purMc i ion of Die blood. If this la nqrlected,' the disense perpetuate Its taint throujoV generation after feneration. Among Iu" earlier symptomatic development anr. lav.eina,' Cutaneous Eruptions, Ta mers, Jioils, Carbuncles, KryalpelaaV Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Phy sical C ollapse, etc. If allowed to eolfr- i iiiue. Rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca tarrh, Kidney and LJver Ptseas Tubercular Consumption, and vari ous other dangerous or fatal niaJadies, arc product d by it. fc Ayers Sarsaparilla Is thr onbi pnxrerful and alwayi reliable !,! , d-jiu rifyi ny medicine. It iHSOeffccle ii 1 an alterative that It eradicate from t lie system Hereditary Scrofula, atwl 1 ' ie Kindred poisons of contagion diN'nr and inrnairv. At the name time It rn rn In s ami italics the blood. rextorllMT Ip-iltlitul action to the vital ortrmiM ana ri jin riKiiing the entire system. Thlajfrral Regenerative Medicine is reiiiposeil f,f the genuine HnnAttrur Siirsii itrilla, with eUoiv Dock. Mil liu(ii, the Iixlidcs of Potanium abd lrt.it. and other ingredients of (m-at pa tency, carefully and scientifically ront 1 pounded. Its formula is generally known to the medical profession, and Ilia- nlivicians constantly Drescriba ATBHt u.:" Sausaparilla as an " ' '- - i Absolute Cure ' For all diseases caused by ha TktlatioR at ' ' ' J ' . ' rf -. i ""Tlood. It is concentrated to UioLJt V' ' ' "sJOcable degree; far beyoad f::.i''". :. - 1 o: !ier"TirePJi,r. -m. which ilka affiants ,'.-' ; r.vc claimed, ami is tberelM the chsapeat, '', as well as the bent biXd PVrUrnsrnieII. -" cine, in the world. j-c Ayer's Sarsaparj! partita TIIEPARED BT Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.fLow!!, Mm. Analytical Chemists. SuM by all Druggists: price f 1; tx buttles for $5. Professional Cards. LEONIDAS J. MOORE. ATTORNEY AT "LAW," rOOire oppoxlU Gaston NV lvd'HO, N. C- Wlll (.rar-Tlfo In the ('ountlf of OrtMM noli , .Ioiick, ( hihIow, l'untllcoaiid Cr?MBia in tin' 1. s. IMKtriri t'ourt. - Prompt itiTcntion 'ft iti to the oolletleft4 1 rlaiins. P. H. PELLETIEB," .Attomev-nt-Ijavr, POLLOCKSVILiiaC, Janrl Ctuity 4JC , Will practice In Hie CeurtH ef Cartvrat. Oiikii.whtiiI Criivru. fjp ( special attention divert to the eolleetlM mk clalniH, a:ul settling CKtMto of deoeM4 BK.lltt suns. mTlw 1 . - DR. G. K. BAGBY, SURGEON: ; I)ENTIS! I Im 1 1 iu locateil ill New Heme, olTrn st i i i i s in New Heine and u: -oniMllBfl 1- .oi.ati-.v. ,,v7 little streets. il SihuIi Kront and Cimvi OKoliOIC '. STIIUNU, KlIolKh. N. O. danikl k. run, ' Uln.tn M 4 - - STE0ETG & PERRY, KINSTON. N. C, atti:r;:vs an, phkelloiis at lit. Having t.iiiieii h eopart nenshlp 9n th0 , I'rarlicf of I in- liiw In .tunes county, will ' ' lariy ntteiel lie- eien ls ul tlie ttUIUO. Prompt at 1 i ll 1 '.i il: pa 111 ti i re ' ierl iimik. mav !-..vwtt SI'KIIMJ rfiKKT, ru ii.. ie ii.i-a N n, J i. own B. avion- HOLLAND & GUION, Attorn(vs sit ijaw (, (Iice uric door west uf Gaston JEoom praoitcc In the Co nutlet of. CWrt. Joiu-s, ntislow, i at it-vet, Tam Men nnfrljmt)tt 1'rt'iiipt attention paid to rollecllons. V riiXON, SiMfSONS & MANLl ATTOKNKYS AT LAW. 1.1" . ..hihI W-niilr, od l I', nip ff-b&IAwl C;i. G. L SHACKELFORD, S u r i ii In,tii't: NEWBERN, N. C. H . . ' i j Tin nen 1 1 y in Ntwber. I i- i in itteHKlouiit wrrkM i ., j. 'ilwr oi. M hlUe tttrvet, Itt Pt- !; - . : - -sili HnptlHl (ft Brail. IV ii w t I i i r 1 I Ki rlnff. ). .1. I). CLARK, i rv r risT, KWBKUH. H. C. . " . . .i sii.,1. Iirlwwll PDllMk I,.: - prl7-dvly S. Vvr. SELDNER, .Vho'.or.i!'.' Liquor Dealer, n. '! Iniiiilir Suar, I,. hikI afetla Bt-pldAwto Klialu'th Iron Workir ( si - v im:ttit, irp,, r l nnd 2m Water strMt,' Xllll l (U.K. VA ' XI IM IX ( "1 t'KKK OF KM. INKS, BOILERS, Sr. v.- and Grist Mills, s ! : A IT I NS, Iiill. Ilrtucrenai. '".'. c (U,v ,t.V) casting! ' . i i 1 le-crijition. o.- :i,- lor ALL WORKI aul?-l4wly - r x e i i - 1 1 k 1 1 lK7,r C.-RR & PATT0N, '. V.':. !;a!c Commission Mardubu: ,. ,i.; 1,1 Mi STftKIT, "t" I I m'-iigton. 'JOmlLm i i- x to the aala .fTvw r- ..t:ie. . Klfch, EmM, "' Ml . I It" I II I II. IlkHtl. ii ,rx, x ,v Hlaler. Wt . i ..im. I'm Vinton UMklmft . 'x i : 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 n. i n-i. (.!(). V. . I.I I ARVSYy lll( I1MSND ST.. PHIUDILPHI I - 1 AI Li.-llkll lX.r)B. Z I lr,:.t ,.t (.t ill It-mrn's KI n Csi H.,.1 .x, sh... . of tlir latrat Stvl.. UL .1 1 1 1 IIL'v - i i xi. ix. ii. i. BrjuL M II- II R..i.ertH. ;w, a.QUtW I ;. , . : : .. i s, ;, 1 1 , a , w iierne. - Onlrra !)' Mall Bollcltrd. i . xSIawIj GEO. W. J. HAH VI V V '-:-- e, r m J Come and sec 11 r 1'l'uUl til. J1L f