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I J 5 ' f --T ' ' - ; , t-if W'i't.'et.T?-'- 7 -'. ":' ' i INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Tos.-3jrt st 013.00 JF e r HiBrSB, NEW IJERXE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, OC'IOliEi; VOL. X. ) Is.s" NO. :30. i . 7r 1 s. OETTINGER HAVE OPENED AND OFFER DryGoo(ls,Boots,Shoes CLOTHING, cfco. e endeavor GOOD gOODS, and will at all times soil at reasonable' terms. We offer at h'?a. P. Lorillard Co Sin::-. Armour i Co.'s i'rovisions, Halr,Str Lye and Potash, Ziegler Bros. Fine Shoes, The Bay State Shoe and Leather Co.'s Sbc and B The Celebrated Pearl Shirt.-. Ilarvey's Old Tuckahoe Tobaoe. Hod. Thos. M. Hoh'j Alamance I'iai la. Avd a full line of General Merehandlse at Lowest Market Prices. GEORGE ASH ot Ha ma-de it his aim tLia season to Merit and and rewmmendj itself to the better trade. In the higher grade? of Mens, Youths, Bojt ani Children's Clothing we hive a complete line of neat and Dabby designs at POPULAR PRICES! Would drw the special attention of fine trad - to A T.'RTg'R.T SUITS, whicci in material.-trimming", make to tk finest custom made wjrk. OUT 8ILK-LTNED OVERCOATS m Uht. medium and heavy weights are Beauties, and will be sold at astonishing low prices. Out SATTN-LHTET) CHINCHILLA OVERCOAT "w " elegant jaxmat sad will be told as a BARGAIN LEADER! In SEN'S FINE FURNISHINGS wc line than ever, especially so in fine white, scarlet, colored and striped. In HATS we carry the LEADING STYLES, including the New Fedora in oft goods. Oar Stock of Goods this season is TOO LARGE TO ENUMERATE ALL THE ATTRACTIONS, but would like for our friends to bear in mind that we also carry a handsome and most complete stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, AND DRY GOODS, and are prepared to offer special drives in Ladies' Corsets, Undervests, "Walking Jackets, Cloaks and 8hawls, and fine all wool Blankets, Lap Robes and Horse Blankets. All our Goods will be sold low, therefore for good goods cheap call at George iLsli's, N'KXT TO L. H. CCTLI'K, MIPDLK STKKF.T. y Messrs. P. M. JONES of Carteret an ': IAVID CANAPV of Onslow wJl be pleased to show their friends through the stuck. ocldw : . .! Mt noi.-- -.-liMBlllltl ' fTi l - r . - - '- - " Full lilies of the above Shoes for sale by HOWABD & JONES, sole agents for New Berne. MAM mil m pastilles. Tun itV.)crilTIiinjiiiii i, mmmm$ iniiayM 4 u StVTVsi M0f emm have fata SHAKESPEARE Cannot ,ave Bacon, Neither eaa Bacon it Shikritvare, but TliF. V "-. LI may. and a. their pat rooJLC prOTte, will ute Jhtir monay by buying Dry Goods, Boots. Shoes and Notions At F. T. Pattersons Stores, On MIDDLE STREET, near H Kel Albert, where I Oooda are a far ahead cf ail eorr.ptitorn n th,. t Prepare for Cold Wdtn by 8?ouriDi; a pir rf W . -1 il.mkrtj. handsome Com forublea. Woolen Underwear for Men an 1 W ,men. Neat an i Nobby Tia for roniUC ano, line line of Brdered Hun dkerchieN for l.adif and (ientlemen. complete line of Hoeiery. Ooliam. CuiT.. Shiru. Meriro Tn i.rwear. Shawls. Tiankt, ValUe. Hand Satchels. Huts. Cdp. Piece l o!-m fact everythiDg in firet-class goods too nomeroua to ceiui n. EEADY-MADE CLOTHING SpeoiaUty, for Boys. Yomha and Men. at prices ao low that would cauie the KaJrfto grow on "Bill Nye's" head in astonishment. Delays are dangerous, so come while you have the opportunity and secure bargain. Tb oolj eolation of this paxxle may be obtained at F. T. Patterson's Store. pqtatnohtiwskooliig BROS. 3XT- 9 9 FOl SAI.E or THEIR to seep onl h i select a ?toc of goodi, which ha5 our PBINCE and fit are equal larger and handsomer AMI H MHlS l4 MIOH ur e JA-Mlilt H SHOK.l" n.':r::.T arjfWl l'ojt:v ij jrauiiif u. our iLi:..p appcon ?.inXj an Uie k.. JAMES MEANS 54 SHOE W HI cot w'ir ic rt; s 1.3 JAMES MEANS S3 SHOE- i e r James Means 41 L!nc-:'.i St.. Scstcri ni ln.4 mil Qnmttm, ol UmL to blMtWr tana- T StXB UIDT Ikat AJ J J trSri iiMiiiifi. Avmt dm lmri ! kl I wU&n tmmn. mmm liMIBII ft Irfk f (US tort. t. m nrialaad r ' - - v-- I f IU . rSIATHT. Cm Katt, C. rn !. A Tkm, fl HARRIS REMEDY CO., Bra Cxorxr SOOH If .Ttii8tr4.eT.LcrtTta. xu Trial of our AppUarvoo. Atk (or Ttrmil ' 1 '.V PRICES and Reli- - was ahead of ble the THE SAILING OK PARIS WILLIAM W ATT ERF I F LI1 In a dark and an evil day Were the sails of our ships outspread . In an evil and dolorous day, Though the skies were bright over head, And the green waves laughed t' thf sands of the bey. And the white cloud? seavard sped. And the fifty sons of the King Came down with shield and with srear. And the maidens fallow. A to ing. And the children to shout a n 1 cheer, And the earth was glad with the smile of the Spring And the strength of the wakening year. And with oxen and garlands fair The jticsts to the altars came Of the gds who are slow to spare. Whose anger is fierce aa a tlanie Of the gods who have hardened their hearts to our prayer. Who are deaf to the call on their name. For a woman in sable show t Cried. Woe for the broken faith; And her speech is ever of woe, Of terror and horror and scathe; And. Woe for the storm which begins to blow And thr brand which is killed, sho saith In a dark and evil day Were the sails of our ships outspread. Though the city shone golden and ta7 As a victim whose blood shall be shed The city whose homes are a waste to il ay. With none to bury her dead. From I to Youth 8 o.unt NKKAL TRO( ESSION IT .MOOT MITCHELL. V U On the :29th of .Iiuie, K:. Or. Khsha Mitchell, a professor in the University of North Carolina, went np with his son from Asheville, ('., to the top of one of the peaks of the Black Mountains the peak known fcince that date as Mount Mitchell. The ohji-c; of this journey was to ascertain the exact bright of the various peaks, in order to settle a qaeition which ws a matter of controversy between him and Sena tor Clingman. concerning their altitude. It was some eight or nine miles from the top ot the mountain to the nearest house at the foot of the mountain on the western side the house of Tom Wilson, to which the professor proposed to go that after noon. He apprehended no difficul ty in finding the way. as he had been at Wil.on's more than oner tx?fore. Tom lived on Cane liiver, on the verge of the vast wilderness which stretched upward from the gate of his enclosure. Standing thas on the summit. Dr. Mitchell parted from his son, who was to return to Asheville, and started alone and on foot down the mountain side. He was never afterwards seen alive. Oq the 6th of July following, a party of young men from Wake Forest College, consisting of C. S. Ellis, J. M. Taylor, W. B. Watford, Anthony Khodes and A.J . Emerson, who were travelling for recieation, came into the village of Kinnville in the county of Vancev. only a few miles distant from lorn Wil son's. We were making the trip on loot, hunting and fishing, and leisurely enjoying the pleasures of tent life in that picturesque region. Our baggage and provisions were con veyed in a wagon drawn by two mules. Moses Dent, a wagoner by pro fession, an adept in all the arts ot camp life, was master of transpor tation : Henry Young, cook and factotum. This party, entering the little mountain village, attracted the at tention of a people not much used to seeing strangers. On reaching the post office we found our selves surrounded by a crowd, eye ing us and asking questions. They asked us if we had ever heard of Dr. Mitchell. 'Oh, yes," we replied. ,-we have seen him at Chapel Hill. 'Old Bull' the boys called him. not out of disrepect, but because he was an Euglisbman, or because he looked like a bluff Britisher." "Well, he got lost on Black Mountain about ten days ago, and there has been gre.it excitement through here about it. Parties of men have been hunting for him ever since. Yesterday he was found way up on one of the forks of Cane Kiver. drowned. They are getting up a company to go up tomorrow, and take the body to the top of the mountain. Should think oil fellows would like to go aiong. We said that we would like to go very much, and thru began to in quire the way. 'Taint sich a very easy way to find. It you could git some of these men that's gwme up thar, they could pilet ye without any difficulty." "Yes, yes, that's it," said several. "Who's agwine' boys, that they could git with T" "I am,"' said a big man, "if thev can put up with sich company as me, I'll go along with 'em. and furnish my sher of the grub." He was rather rough looking, but many of the mountaineers have an uncouth appearance; so we agreed to accept hiscompany. "My name is Kirksey, Bill Kirk sey ; everybody here know me. I'nat's my house down yonder. I'd go home and have some provisions c.X'ktd, and when you git ready ; on can drive by thar." After Mr. Kirksey wont aw.ty the. crowd dispersed, and we spent some time walking around town and buying such things as we needed, in the little stores. We observed that m-n did not seem disposed to talk so freely with us as at first, and here and there we could see Utile groups of three and four looking lurtively at us. and evidently talking about us. Going up on the mountain. I hear," said one gentleman ; "dan gerous country up there fa strangers." "Curious people in some of those caves," said another. "Be care ful who you tie to. 'Twon't do to trust every man you meet." These hints and innuendoes be gan to make me feel that something was wronp:, but the parties makiDg them would do nothing more than give ,i vague warning of some d..ngi-r ahead. The other boys of our aity took their gun, after dinner, and went forward in ad v.mi?f leaving Moses and myself to look up Mr. Kuksey, and follow on with t he t c i:n . Finally, a phi;::, rough looking one of the m:i;Tiio:i people, did US an ,iet of ki ndne-s which men of higher station- m lite lek th.r they ought r.i il.iie net. It was a l un-MiiUh deed. Taking il.it k room in uri" of t he a:d, almost in a hi-; Hex anybody told Ki; ksey 's i rue can-eker .' evidently do but r.r. e and me into a he -.-ores, uii Bill No." said I : Well." he sale no one. they are all v, a ul.t er ifraiil of .hi mi, bat tho him. 1 edviso you no: to go with him. lie is. the dainjnrest man in this whole country. I know I'm ruiinin' a ie--k in tcliin you, fur he'd kill me t .-' I; ke t not. it he kuowad uv it. I've never bed any fus u:h him, and I don't want any; but I thought it was my duty to tiy to keeji a stranger out of trouble. He's what they call "the bully." Il.e eh;imp;o!i tih'er ot e.-t'n North ('ailiner and East Tciiisy. He's got h; challenge out to light any man that'll come agin him any day. I reckon twenty men have tuck up his dare and font him, hut they all 'rot knocked out He tout ii fe not Ion; knocked ler over in Pensaco 'go, and thev y Cove, k i v he hck he ..in up him down I lii :ck. lu- struck, an and liung 1 t ;l-li;-e. An' l.r'.-bow-r kir.fi killed two then en 1-. i e.l.i V :.. and -. He the line sav lie's Tenisv. d blood. to say t when a low i w;:h h: e:i on this : ;;ue iey i n col that we kr; un done n us'n He won"; k;!l oi. ami ; t that over a man in I tr,u' tli.it i t tit .. g:r li -ry. oi stump "W I. h Mil tl ; i t ice .iich ;n h; favor: hi round anc :y .;qli"r . kl ep I'll i u'll be .' lie's a ,r :.- h:- oi rt ;n a igel . ot 1 1 K:ik ad lor ' .-aid Tlaiut g.'t none that ainbouy kt.ows ot. ( i : t s h:s hvin' by gam blin', I should j udge. Don't maSe much of it m ; his town, unless some stranger comes in: for the people all know him and don't fool with fire. But ef he can git holt of a green one, he never tails to clean him out dead certain. Tie don't play fur fun. it's iur money he plays, K:rhse does: and if it's thar. he gits ;;. Ef he wins. ' all right; ef he loes he plas bind, lie leads his victims en till they get big money piled up on the boards, ami tnen lie Hollers out . and then he hoi! T roun' a-, been c this table. at m goiu on tuck that . You h eVe. hi kyard out o' yo" -h eve. honey daln" he pard.'ier V "Pardner it ; it d.on'i wher he du cussin' and sweat s he saw him do make any d ufe re nee er not. They fall to liiarrelliii' er purpose. and then K i ksey n hips out his nd sticks her into the bowie knit table while he retch other hand, and ral, money. " T gue-s 1'il hoi i -.- over wit h his es in the pile of . the -takes tell this thing is set t led." "The only n ay to .-t-:;'e ;; i- to fight out or back out. ':nety-nine out of a hundred men w;il back out, and Kirksey gits ; he n.i i.i-y. That's his game. "He thinks yon young fellers have got plenty money, and he wants some of ir. You think thai's too many of you for one man to run over, but you see you don't know all it. Mo.-t of the people in these mountains are a good folks and honest tolks and kind folks, though they lock rough, as ou'il find any where, but the some bad ones, scattered aiound, a. light smart sprinkle ol 'em. up and down these coves, and them that's bad are mighty bad. Y. u want to keep outer tlier claws. "Knk.-oCs the leader of that gang. When you git up thar in the mouutams, you're out of the protec tion of law, and if Kirksey'sm your tent, some o' them will be not fur oil". They 'II drop into your camp, accidental like, and when he gits ready to go lur you. ther'll be enough of them to handie you and yo' crowd, cappen." He went to a side d or. and look ing out. said: "( onie he; e. cappen : I want you to look at tliis man." 1 saw a man ot striking appear ance just alighting from his horse : a -lender form, a pah- fare, rather martial appearance, pa-reing black eyes. .Now : n at man, ; t,ey .-a; only man in Yancey coin Kirksey is anywas al'eard name ; - Marion Hank-. ; ne that His 's a : v 11. gel We tiem.in ami tne orav t ol the Blue Bulge -' man He is rrries a He and armed, you see. always i little arsenal long with him. Kirksey had a hr'Ie omv law! n hat tight l n ' ! -He laid Kirks y ,; w : ! !i three or fo' bullets in him. and Kirksey chopped him with his bowie-knife till they had to haul him home. Kirksey don't let on, but I think he kinder dreads Hauks and keeps out of h:s way. "ow, it you go 'long with Kirksey, bo on yo' guard." I assured him that I should profit by hi- kind warning, and should most certainly decline Mr. Kirk sey's proposition to go with us and share our tent. 1 thanked him most heartily for telling us of our danger, and went to eon.-ult with Mose as to the be.-t method of get ting rid of Kirksey. I need not di-guise the fact that the necessity of facing tl dread, reiion n. to refuse ? . ) Tl " I O . . T- Till ll' '.'1 V ' I . ' l ' , T mall ot II- C"I11-ng-Jt, ap- I'-"'.' " ' r..... .. ... , eared to me u mat t line to i an extremely i disagreeable neces.- ..-lty. to say the least. What if he should say no man could so insult t iion" of the mount am - to ie that and to live! What it he should procetd with professional promptness to eaive me up with bowie knife? My eoin panionswere gone, and I had no one to rely on lor help but Mose. What if Mose were a coward? What if Kirksey had some of his gang about his hou.-e ready to over power us? If Mose were brave as a lion what could we do agaiust a 1 half dozen men with such a leader! 1 may as well say that I hud more sense than to choose eouipany without knowing of what sort it was: but this has been the lot of the inexperienced ever since the days of poor dog Tray. Found in bail company, through weakness or want of prudence, and sorry enough for it atterwards. However nervous I was. Moe did not seem to be ahu an d when I told him of Kirksey's reputation, but showed good, honest pluck. "Take the straightforred shoot, cap;. en." said he. "Le's drive down to his gate, and you 1 1 ii him perlitely as you can, that you don't want his company, and ef he gits mad. I'll stay in the wagon with this double barrel gun handy, and ef he gits obstrupolous, I'll down him in his tracks with a load of buckshot. Fll do it, cappen , I will, so help me Jerooshv !"' I felt sure, from the way he spoke this, that Mose was true and of good courage, and that he would spdl ins blood i m' defence. This braced me up. and made me far more secure. When we arrived at Kiik house. 1 told him as courteous I could, that we declined to him in our party. Mr. Ki: smiled. "Somebtldv'- been tellili' eel e S v as :ake ;m y u a passle of lies, haint they Trumped up a boogar to scire you, hex? And o.iii are afraid to go 'long wit li Kiik.-ey, then? Thez no harm in me. stranger. I'm a pious feller, I am: Sunday school man. I've shot a man or two. but that was accident. Pistol went oil' and they was standiu' in the way. I've cut up some few men, but they rushed upon my knife when I xvas slingiif it round. If they hadn't a been thar in the way, it would never a happened. Them little thiDgs oughtener make ag'in a peaceable chap like me. But if 1 ain't wuthy to go 'long with gentlemen, guess you'll pay me fuh the vittles I've had cooked, won't you. poduer ?" I said 1 could not pay lor the vittles." Then this gentle, eay natured man deemed it a point of honor to compel me to pay for them. He blustered, threatened, "cussed" and swore till he seemed to work himself into a towering passion. The "bully" xvas nearly ready for the attack. 1 was in a perilous situation. I was unarmed: and when he brought out a huge knife, I turned to look for Mose. He had put up the wagon cover to get a fair view of Kirksey. and was just bringing his gun to bear on him, when Kirksey had laid his hand on the gate. "Hold!" said Mose. "If you take our step to'des the cappen, vou're a dead man. I've got the drop on you, and twenty buckshot , in her. I put 'em in thar fur a bear, but you can have 'em. That's right, put up your knife, and be reasonable. You never came nearer goiu' up the spout than you did jes' then, mister. 2soxv take my advice, and be friendly xvith my cappen." Mr. Kirksey had the quality ascribed by Mr. Parton to "Old Hickory," of being able to mode rate his anger when it was piudent to do so. lie therefore said : T should not uvgone with you. anyway, even ef you had wanted me ever so bad. I have just hynrd news which calls me over in Tenisy. I can tell you one tfiing, you fellers better not linger too long in these mountains; it mayn't be healthy for you." ' To Mose : "1 never expected to find a down country wagoner with as much grit as you've got. old boss." We drove on that afternoon, up Cane Kiver as far as there was a road xvide enough for the wagon. We had abundant reason , after wards, to be glad that we had not taken Kirksey with us. For in our intercourse with the people, xve found that the account given us by our unknown friend was entirely true, and that he wus the terror of that region. We stopped at the Louse of Mr. 2Sisam Allen, two miles from Tom Wilson's. There was only a bridle path lrom Allen's to Wilson's. Early next morning, we started for the rendezvous at Tom Wilson's. As we would be in the wilderness from the time we left his doorway, xve took provisions for two days. About thirty men were gathered for the ascent under the leadership of Tom Wilson. Te in was a fine specimen of the mountaineer: a man of wood cralt. a follower o!" the chase, a slayer of deer anil bear on the mountain side; a strong, fair face resisting sun burn : Saxon looking, with flaxen hair of the Scandinavian curling on his brow a man jou could follow with con fidence. The little brook called Cane River was our guide to the place where the body of Dr. Mitchell lay. Sometimes we went in the bed of the stream, leaping from one to another of the boulders, through the midst of which the stream gur gled and pushed its way. At other times we found this too rough, and were forced to climb along the steep and rugged side of the mountain, picking our xvay among the rocks, fallen timber and underbush; in many places walking along fire-blackened logs, bridging fearful chasms; often in such peril ous situations that a misstep might have hurled us down to death. After some miles of this sort of climbing, we came to the fatal pool. Booking down into its pellucid depths, we clearly saw the figure of a man Ixmg dead on the bot tom . Many of the men who were there had been engaged for several days in the search for Dr. Mitchell. Thev xvero anxious to hear the story ot Tom Wilson's adventures in finding the body. As xve sat around the little circular basin, Tom gave the narration in the sim ple, graphic language of a hunter. He had followed the doctor's foot steps after findmg his trail, with the patience of an Indian, and with a skill whichrivalleil the exploits of the famous Natty Bumpo. Tom had prepared a long pole with a hook at the end. With this hook fastened in the coat collar, flin 1iw1t- ttt cic tlnirl tt Ira tt- ii In tl. a the body was slowly drawn to the'tious. rz'-r ia-ie;. vi-.t... surface. When the white forehead, with the thin hair ih.iting in dis order, touched the upper air. a sort of shudder vibraNd through the circle of mountaineer- surrou.:diug the pool. 1 Here was the coroner, money in ir. w wa no-inn- t 1 tV w it'll Feck. :ch in ind ieat X.i k'.ce: there muidr-r (ir loath" was setlt. 1 at twenty ck he wa- a robbery. -'A' c ilen; a the eone!u;- : a'i p His watch . minutes pa.-t .,. .t o As well as I i ecollee". large man- - weight over died pounds. A mount. two hun neer with a narrow-brimmed hat, xvho -aid he knew, declared that it was an im possibility for t hat company to car ry the body ro the top of the moun tain. But Tom Wi'.-on and at Allen affirmed tli.it they could do it. and wiiuh!, and the no n follow, d the more le.-olu'.e. and h-it the faint heat ted man in Mir m n o: j-y-of one. It was a most difficult undertak ing to cany this heavyweight no. np, up. four miles of the steep and rough mountain acclivity: but these men of Yancey did ii. I never witnes-rd human toil .-n herculean. A stretcher xv.i- made of strong, nva- el fastened on f.vo strong poles, ii recti ; went x r d- -ecurei d' tiii- on i n i it. ie ir length, and th Four men i shouhleis. Bel. man :. XV.tld. el XV. 1 1-1 ers. si .SIM ea tra-i.ed The-'C Th -rt h of t In .' the pole to ill!' U.-h ' 1. u ( ight men beg, in to xvas no path, hut up C. over ir U" bould- ;ppt : u e:i. j agged. some- times far apart trunks of trees lv ing across, often bieast high, carpet of moss with water under it. x ield ing and treacherous thick. tangTed undergrowth of brier, laurel, ihod odendron climbing, sprawling. over ban ging, interwoven up, up, four miles np a stt denies.-. Advance thirty or ie: t y.-.i then give place to eight ot!.' so on by rt lays of eight. I tried it once for thirt and came out breathless, was enough. I concluded -aixvays e p xv ; ! ds, and -is. nnd V V. ill's 'That that a owlandei had sufficient ta-k to the top of black Mountain in one day-; so I k-ft the w. i k to the moun tain heroes. They were at the m Mountain befjie nigh they arrived there, they :. .d. t !ic.-e meD1 a pa: :y o! ladi in. read x- to con ev D; . 2 imiiiit oi Black :. Now. xvhen what should f Yancey, but in Buncombe, iC i J01 to A-hex rile! "2o, sir." said these men cf Yancey County. "We brought this body up here to bury it on the top of this mountain, and we are going to do it. We did not do all this ' work for Buncombe. 2so. sir. why didn't you Buncombe felloxvs come down and find the body? .rul xvliy didn't you bring it up? "After wa have foam! it ..ml worked hard to biiiig it up. you want to carry it oil' to Asheville. 2So, sir. It can't be done, unless you are better men than we are." They were fighting mad in i few minutes, and I began to think I should witness a pitched battle, for the men of Yancey swore they would die before the would let the Buncombe fellows take the body from them. Fortunately, there was a black haired young man of persuasive tongue, standing there a man whose hair is now gray, and who may be seen sitting in the Senate of the' Cnited States, as Senator Yance. of .North Carolina. He made a speech to the angry inountaineers saying to them that lie himself would prefer that Dr. Mitchell should bo buried there; it would be most fitting and appropri ate, that the great mountain might be his monument. But it xvas the wish of Dr. Mitchell's family, that the body be carried to Asheville for interment, and he felt surethey wouhl agree that it ought to be so. They were appeased. Of course they would make no further objec tion, if it xvas the wish of the family, they said: but they wished it dis tinctly understood that they xvould see the buncombe fellows many miles farther off, before they xvould give the body up to them. It was cold that July night, en the top of Mt. Mitchell. There xvas a small hut built of logs of bal sam pine, and covered with bark, which furnished the only sleeping accomodation. ( n the floor of this hut, thirty men, crowded together found the space too small and the bed too hard lor comfo-.t. and we wished for day." About three o'clock I arose, ami going out, found that faithful Mose was wiser than I. lie was snugly shelteied from the cold wind be hind a large rock, and basking in the heat ol a routing fire. I joined him. Next morning the clouds were far below us, hiding the earth from sight, and the peak on which we stood appeared like an i-land in mid-ocean. After tins sun rose we seemed transferred to the Artie Ocean, and the clouds transformed into a wilderness of frozen sea and icebergs. Presently there came a rent in the polar pack; this enlarging, we saw the green earth through the rift. Then, gradually, the whole sea of clouds rose and tloated away like the phantasms of a dream. The sublimity of the scene was in describable. We walked down the mountain in two hours and a half. There xvas a plain loot-path all the way to Turn Wilson's. Had Prof. 'Mitchell found this path, he xvould have reached Tom Wilson's in safety. He failed to remember that a circuit must be made to the left on leaving the top, befoie starting in the way that led to Tom's house. Many noble men have risked and some have lost their lives, to extend the boundaries of human knowl edge. Among the martyrs to science the name of Elisha Mitehe'o should have a place of honor. 1 have Iieai d t hat his body has been removed to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, win-re the Yancey men desired to bury it. A noble resting place for him whose name the highest oeak of the Blacks will hand down to coming genera- hi.-itic ,.;--' :. ,.v. I e...... lrom my the tune. ! : K -' e t . VCl" i 1 1 i ll a pot t ienlars of a ':. 1 which our oart lid at Mr. N'is .an Allen's, r This w as metul-el : !.. i , , takiiiLi' o the ir.j. depn A .: qtlal C()i 'k oi iion, fig a h.o i 'n am ; -1 v. Igmg lor k 1 i , i so: ho me gaoons v i -1 . i n ; saoi t '.: thing ; : tied.:" ; a i l.il WoUid kiiO.'iv o ..-ere ::o; en:::e' .3 V . liij ia JL: ;.-.-. n-t. or ' ::.-ri'i : i ..:;.., r;- a larger acreage i f wh.-nt -.via I.:., ed thi? y..-:,r t!i3'i u . A ' : . ' elu-l. 11 ( tie- '.j:.-..., ... tri L. .-a;., t'r:- - i W. ,:...). Mi .; r,:.r - ,. to ru'-ftt in N'i'w lurr- i: : . : ? or lirt of July. 1---. Tilrnicgtoc Star: t'iw.i-1 s.a;, tu-.. at wurk yesterday olt.iinir.g facta ;. taiuiiij; to the Oneloxv r.olro.i.i b-: . tie n vot'.-d oy the city, v.lih a L- -.-uiakiCt: a r-fci a-rrv..'. i i ha,.:. - : s;.;nv sub::: 1U1 a io ) , . .,, : . ; at li:r rr. sir.: :-::. The ; : : , y that the matter will ! ; r. :: - :. in a fcxv ,.ay .-. A'.. - ::; ,:! li ..... : ". .. . . ; uio authority ci :.:: miir.i ani j.-ditieal fri-.r. 1 f Thomas J. Jarvi. that th not con-cm to the u-e .- f connecti'-a v. th- ; ncminiit; .u n. yo::. ' deelin- s a ;- i- x ii .0 : hi- fl : - to c . Tubojj i';.;;a: Ti. .... . :. a.... appears on the .-ti e t.? a . a... v . old-tiia 3 iQ-r T. (Jihcr t.ld... : . . .- . against the "Army." hu ivt - i has done much uoi! in Duikim. 'f a cilicers that have from time to ::.;; been in chargy of th:- ; h:'.v i, earnest aiij. ;.s i.o- -.. :. . :. . correct in tin. ir 1 i a r. Boar.i.ke New: : Y. , :i. General Fitzhugh Lev w ::t . i- fair on Friday with Genera; :, A letter c 1" invitatioa h.r.r : : . :. f .. .-. ..: '. to him and he intimated t live.--! y t. . ne wouia oe nrro. an anj-.-.a.;-yet been received. iJampt-.::i at the ol i soldiers' re-union ! old soldier ought to see the--? rr. I, K-.f in and shoulJ brirjK tht-ir thhdrt-rs tj their old ehieftaicb, Kiizabeth City Ecccomi.-t: Tii r. i o,. ter -hells. One held an oyfU-r "! y., old when it was takc-u fr.- 1:1 tho heil i'i Far erect, and the other tw- era: from tho bottom of the ocf-.v.. ai : v. - : years old when they v.; r-. wa-ha.-i alive on Body "s Bland beach. Ai?" :. Mexican quiert whip froai Y.. ;!-. Texas, are on r ccr.tril t::!'" - : : .h . : i a: the Fair, th: : wa eh. W :a . . -: . : in Jj. K:hcri.ij. - c. ;:;: . r : T.. ?. more marl. Daihfai.i U-.-c-r-Ji i : J ,,: !; :! at this tern: of the aur; raa .ie uu 'iTijer for tho count' corurmfsioner v v.-.-it all the prisoners convicted ir. th:ri -o;;r.;v on the public roads. A 3 a !r.r-o num ber are font every court to tla- p.tnit.n tiary this will now give the eruttv ih. 1 rihi t, work them up. .a tho public road?. S-.iree will have to wctk as hi;h as live or six years or perhaps lonRer. With the larje cumber envb-ted i: will put a strong force cn th r-a-.d. With a ;,-ood overseer tiie r ):u!s : hcui d be put in c;dtndid conditica. Greenville Rciloctor: ' !-sr e nuty came oil with the honor? a: H-.:-.l r?c n'.-- big tobacco break li.ft Ihi l-iy. Mr. (t, F. Evan?, of this towns-iip. hai hL crop there and it. wa the Ii::e-. tbac i, on the door, hie took the first prize which was a i:ic wae.-n. Ill- or ;. from two acres brought -iv . Mr. Fred Cox tcils us eome co:a a w - car ried to his gin hi-u wet-!:. an I u, n . - amination the lint was f..a'.-i t- . quantities cf -mail . black xv. xv.: - abr-u: an inch in length. 1 hey arj : .:e.I t; be eatinfr the lint. Wac .:. h --a r ::v wormy cotton before'.' Goldsbcro Argusi There u. more propitious outlook !'. r ;. f'..ir :'....n there is for ours at this d ate. Only two persons were ecnt to ll-.j j.nlt!!-.-tiary at this term of the e a:;t. I :. of Sampson ceuntx-. pas--.i tiaca-ii lb. city yesterday cn his way to ii -.'..-i,i, with five prisoner, one who- ar.-i four blacks, all coavieteJ for larceny a: tir recent term of said court, and .a ntenct -1 for tern;- rangitss fr.mi o:.e : i t.n years. M:ij. II. L. Cro.r.t. x ).: is a manufacturer and farmer both on ut an extensive scale, is quite an e::ti:u siast on the subject of tile dr.-.ina.;". so much so that he procured some eue to show forth the beauties and ! on. h:s i this manner of drainage in rhyrr. -. r.:. 1 has had published a little tr-et. v. hh'h he will distribute at our I ,ir in :i." hope of inducing our farmers t a i. ; more generally this mode of dr..:;.;;..-. From the reading of which cireu'ar and poem we are about to fad in ! v ith th.e svstem ourselves. DhSTitl ( iiVh FJiil!. i;ui'lii:iur of the .'liile -; v It'u;! hitor ami Caia:-. Fire broke out las: ni ;:.: a'-.- a: 1. o'clock on the Clyde steamer B 't-ula: ;r. lying at the wharves cf the Champion Compress Company. As -..:;! ;.s i'.is covered an alarm was sen: oat fri.m box No. 0'. and the enj-ir-i:.- and ot:u-r apparatus of the fire dep-irtmcnt rahi-d to the scene of the comiagration. and in a short time had the tire under can trch Tiie tlames broke out amidships and spread fore and aft. until the whole ship was envelop ?d. In: th ' a':.r;s a: the firemen pre-ente-.l tlu r.i from spreading to the xvhaives ;:: 1 v -::.-. -h adjacent. No ore coal: t -.: :. t'a n re criminate-": . The Regulator was ha . - '. r cargo and would i:av. ci. .ia 1 : r York this morn;::.-. Ih aihs h r u : d freight of spiriis turianiinc. r . in.tir and lumber, she had abn:n !;. ii. a sand bales of cotton heard. Finding thtit it was in) r-s -i b h ta i x ticguish tho fire, th.e tag alirie t .ck tho burning steamer in tow an 1 cirri, d her up the river, away from the wharves and shipping. When the e iiiim.s .. ...si d to play upon iur the i'-sims bur.-t not with renewed energy, sivwing ti. ti e vessel was a mass cf lire from the .;. :a. and likely to prove an entire i a Tho Regu'.at -i xx as an ir. n . a ai - B tons. :: a' r. :'...' x h.-f. - n im port and -"-v. Y ak. ,n ! v. c .--manded hv . C .pr I- :r ia W.' : 0 teu Sear. S ii:. ; .aa e Ce a ; t Ii. , i-t-:: . Rai.: : ..-:. C.. i - Ti e :- -preuie Court this afti r:a. r: :.;.-.-! : an ions in the f ol ia .vie.e c a - -: Gardntr a; .i:.-: the i . - D-.rne: error. Kilburn again-L Ih.i.ei - :: n .. :: :. Halm .a,:.-.:n-t .i:.-.-: . r, i r Hodges again-: !.: : a-. . :a . new trial grant-a . Hancock against H;;i k- : n - ; r Ode-n aciainst Lai es ; re. i : : ; r. S;:ito against J ;n : s f : a: ' a country; no crrcr. rrefrv? ynm- 5 a -imp! v v on b a f u ' . th-' it Is Haw kef,' Spectacles ana have attained tiirougli at States: thev a--e known fr sic ta the R -ck: a arel :h a is bail: upon real ;;e -ri:. from the nivfi. cmin. r.r : country are giv, n. wit h a sight improveil by their u -All eyes fitted aif! the tit at the drug tt.a-e ,,f la S. Berne. KUtii ta:: -'-BuiTy. N sen 5 1m V, M . -e at; item i 7Y AND VICINITY 71. A art I'. J a:'T w in " a t;e- murder of , . , ,. ,r M: i'de '. ' lav j ..t. Jle was i: -i 1 a--ined by i i y 1 t' . i da r. W. Y. ;:..! : .. ' :-,; an a m .:: :.l I : . a ca-. f '.he ea r i . jj-r e or man Ihs 1! ai r. .lade .hinp. .' .r- taal fioni the evidence aiir ,r n-ediin'." Counsel :!:: i .rt 1 ai the charge r a :.- tri i!. v. 1. i'h heaig i : .1 v. as taken t the Su- ' I a . -1 si: th. r" I i J ani an : " - :;. a e.a; I k:a- . i.tjr. li.iiaaicr ah. g II. tin re far Mile heat- ; r-.y.ag ,-o laud and st i ong only shorill w;,s c anpclled liini t j let up fi r a ' earaii in c:h rs i ..i::d t hk. Jomsap '' b-i!! w.-ll ci red fordur- a. a;-:,: ..-h, i- more ile.-hy ' :i "ill. i e joi- r mv.-i :-::.i. n-ma le aiiy:.- '- 'n- ' ' ! '' pti-'nu-s 'i i .::!. -h a. e r r.f the - i ak. k k i-'iiut it:, n of r. 1 ' ' ard . f the ''- tk; ! . :aa ' 'art in his ' that lie I'd: that Mr. :kn ! ' him about it. I :::; a-an . ; etiti ;:. :ni he I f'.r Lim." that your time is x' mur dot s e.iuc- her S101 'JO: V. Wad.-worth, wood for h i:'; I.;: -,v ;.r.xth.ing poor hou -c S-l s. 00 : M . T. Bryan, coffins e.vir ken ir. such a and burial? SI.00:U.G. Mosh-y, bouse a; befir" and hope my rent S i ",i ; S. W. Latham, commissioner ra : cut. per diem and mileage S4 30: V. G. .: r nas ao y uu ask y our Brinson. commissioner per diem and a; a p.- tin n to get yeu superintendent of bri Jgr s S10.00; T. II. Mallison, commissioner per diem ::;r cunipukt nd this and mileage $5.00; W. M. fa r i xelanatien by his Watson. commissioner per diem i a change in the word- and ruperintendent of poor $9.00; a : by t he rep.-rter he Orlando Hubbs, Register of Deeds per dieiu, frrs. etc. S10.24: ceur.ty of Wake : . .m'.dty at w hat tin y clerk Adams $24 10; U. Stimson I a ah: ihirk tliey ought eherilT Jsoard ing prigoneis for Septem ;.'. th.-y ay they are her $112 to; n pairing jiil, gate, etc. s's'.Se. turnkey fees S3 'JO; John Greer, i t :. .:d,i any s! i- mint refi.iiring couit house $4.75 . Ih W. Car v ke ." killed !-" penter, C. S. C., stationery 810 53, New I ain't gai'ty (.f what Bern" JoiiiNai., advertising-, etc., k- SI 2. 50: W. 1! Lane, assessing taxables -. r H v with !Ir. Me .v- S'ca.O: R. N. ButTy, legal cap paper un.'y .- $ 25: N. S liichardfon & .Son, two order ,-xv borne :.n.l M-. Jit-iuih' banks S2 oo; ,). p. St. inly, constable, ik. 1 t'i" pk-.aur. serving r -.-. J orders SG CO. R 'capitulation : Support of poorS343.- f tho L v i.v.d n j tin r, my mother. ' ' .her living yet ': ' tt k;o can't come down : a-. ' r -in.-e I'vi been :vorsation r. marks - his prisiju mate. :tcl ,s. ho explained that Jones was thai he did n t undciatand lit; tru--t to I- frien ls to gl i : . m f r him. xv."' s lid thf j liter's wife v hftt'nc room. "I hope xxall ;rdon hira. He has u who bad more sense I an I h! .i ir.e jad as 1 1 ii , la- : ar.j Uitijfe t j s.y ub-.ut t a -. ,- . " r.ske 1 th" r-p.rter. a I c i i r i i d h i u i his dinner.' ' 1 a ked him hoxv ho was. be was hurt, and turned ell ana soil k xvi t.t e la hi trying, con versa;; -n n with tiie reporter he hard'v .kti .3. !! that sets f r i n k t ) part, r w a l. ::: l .' kn t i :.-:i I etiK .i t. r.-:i!i;:..',l hi- con i i . xaikntiy i f th'- opinion .nig em be ,h,r.e by his save b.itn. When the re ab nit t- l.-itve he called to iv if he would i:et up a pe rn. Ik nas informed th.it x aa a a its rtd I i that. ' A.ILP.0AD EXTENSION. . V :-ieo !'. o::i tl;e West. :;eie bi.io v is from the A:te .z.. If our frien ls cd tiieC'iii iaen reading the J'HT.nai. for fix months thev would have too t know !; it their friemkof the East are dy in fav...r of li " pr :p.j-;ti"ii v submit. e e.dkd unou this - j , ! v s w ; i ; xve. k by :; ..'onimitlie for the purpose of a.ci t j oang lis views in regard to a i r. a connection of the Atlantic and North C o-kina R iilroad witli the Capo i,ar ami Yadkin Vailey Road. The .aero, .New iH-rne, an- -on t.isl Beakort have held meetings an i r.j pointnl strong delegations to cata'or v. ith the Governor and point out the ;. 1 v.'-.ntages of such connection. S; x e learn from the Raleigh News Obrvrv. r. Tiie State owns, nominally, thr.. e K crlhs of tiie stock of this road. Vk- -av :: rniually. because the property a- mm nas uet-n. aim win continue to : e ti- it i.o'-v itu.ds. ucpix'itaLio to the -,..te a a stockholder. The counties thi juit v. ' ac'a the r a 1 .a-ses own the ... a t of the -;ock and sutler a like com- i.lr.ir.t. knater the present mtthod of I.ktval management, for the road to r. ;a:iin ai it is. with no further connec- Ii r.-'OT iuduence. it must continue to r att.ai unpri "litable to all concerned. in.- , e ''Ie imau'C lately concerned in this io. i.t.s stockhkdra, and other- r.g il- 1 me are anxious an 1 a r.v s i tor an exa nsion ot the road (r.r ir and independent connections . a... proposition k oa aiditional ae to be piaced up ai the present u would re a iny bear, an 1 :-a u.'ia.-t. 'io t-. . uilora i' e n vcr.b tt t p";n t . w here a ail bt m 'i ! e . ! with the d Ytk !. ia kh. y and Sea Let, r ana V, kin Yalky ivc ,' i n n- e; ; ai with I .. Ill a, r t b" k .v r. ai 1 . eaai . i. tt. it th- city of Wil li! k a a 1 -U b- ript ion :mt e;i n tie- S:;..te uoght. j "... a :n : ; g t c e in lla ; tbe C. L an Y ' . Road 1 ai I li ..i i at l ; .Lisbon.. -u:n given by Wilmington i- a.neet ion with that city . a ais could t ii us be ace an - i k i h N-.rth Carolina se i s .-.ire ad iiiki:".! connee- la- great i ',: of tin ir -c i I' a - S tate a re e nnectior.s uld readily : ; ut ii ii and Nor:'. a tbia' I as li e prix- .t.. sto.'k of the :'..! ai-o b laartgaged. on the i, Wilmington on the other .He 11 -tuaht assume a like burdeu to unite ith the State in securing both connec- rl r ? i t aim. As cit:7."mi of the State we feel an interest in seeing these connections made, and after these are made we -hall live in h.ipca of Be(dn the Cape hear nnd Yah kin Vallev extended through Ashe. Mitchell and Yancey to Asheville. Such a connection can be n,a,ip- an'' we believe in time will be made, and xve wi-h the time of the matj-jg (,f ni ,,f tilf.nl iiaptened. What pay our f.-iend- in the K ist to the prop- osition Ailowa ic -o Made by the County Com-missioncrs-ci Crave-- County at the 2cj:ular I-I-a-t no- II-Id in October, 1887. On accoant f p i a Win. Cieve for support of "I. Harris, ?-joo, for B. Kite S1...0. S irah Ihaita 1 r M. 1 '. Hall, - '. '' e A manda sa.oc Ii.r.r- y.a A. T.dei fir Dm Keee W't sh-y (iray j' 00; Mary Wa h. i pivi y for VV. Bon- .V: airs G .t . . : si " n. r .M i a. . -. ,a 1 1. rrington Si U'O; D. B. -,i.;i; j,,r ,p y; ( -. x s.uiil: Ilaar 1 ;! ai n t f , r C e di i aa-r .-i "O. Betlie Nek .n .fl ,Vi A. . I.ieyd -,'l.eO: It. G. ; Mostey for .idney Brown Si 50; Betsey Westbrook SI. 00: W . li. Griffin for Si- nua: Ithem SI. 00: Thomas Harris $1.00; v. 1 iahn far Ban JlcCray SI. 00: Matilda liui.m r? :ul.i.;i. J. Wiley nnd family v JeUerr.n. l . Unas for Jacob and . H. Bums .con Caesar Bccton for E. B. ,-; n : ! (mi. Ituv A. Wilh tt S1.25; N.in.an Ip-..; f, r li I .it h iiiKhouse .-I i tl. Miri. l.hana Wright SI 25; kiaai id; It. Jj u nn Si. i a w. ti. Ikarce for 1!. C. Wi -t .-a (a). The k How ing claims uaae allowed t!ie amount allowed bein the name as claimed unle.-s .U.-rvi-tt. stated: Rv chael Irelan.l. laeper of Willis' bridge ' ' ok Ih k'uidiey. j mi tor court house :. 10a 0: Jno. T. Lincoln, keeper of Cler t i-et ni"at bri.lge SI0 (;(); J. J. Tolson, agent, ' said rations for p. .or house S'J2 Ir-; A. Sears, keep, r f p.K.r hause $10 00: Margaiet J.i iman. r-...k tit p .or houne S3. 00; Dr. Jan. I". Long, profese and fervices for May. June. July, August and Septem- Mr.Thad tk: department of justice. S75.l l; mis cellaiie.'us department :'ss 01 eherilT and 'j.iil f.e-i s;23 15. Total for the montli S'U!0 30 NEWS NOTE 3. Cb..iiis k.k:,:i has arrive 1 ;:i Ne. Tite W. sit r:i ! I --! - s.i n ' : h-t-degrrpli is : R 'V. Ch..-iih s .' hampton. Ihigkn ie n i f the novelist, '. dan full and Ohio f '.Volvei O'd for Mr. B Beccla r's una e-i-or Hc-ury G ia'ge j ,-. d .els th.it either ho or Frederick lb Gr..:tt will he the next sn"rii:irv of .aat" far N xv York. A s -ho A buil !i:ig in c lira' of erec t txui in New "S' . i i c o .:!.:;. . I aial buried twenty wciatnan in the rums. John F. I b ury iV '',)., wholesale 1 riiggi.-ts. Ne.v i .rk, mile an asjign raciii Tueeday. Ti:e assignee stated th:. t lie b-li. xa d the lino, would pay in full if gi veil t i tne. The fourth annual i u t eiTia t ional con vention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen o.' the knited States and Canada -i . d :n Binghamj'ton . N. Y., Tuesday. The large e. to n and ooh-n mill of the r.irkruotin.t Munufacturin Com pany, at Lenin i. hdiwari' county. Pa., was destroyed by fire Tu sday: loss $50 000; insurance Sk OeO. Fire at Stevens, Lancaster county, Tuesday morning destroyed Me- Kee's cigar factory with a large quan tity of caatd tobacco, hu!;:, iV. Heizer'n implement st"re ion! a barber shop. Loss $10 ik irtitiUy insured . ,. steamshiii FuLle. which arrixed at New York Tuesday, brought Andrew Carnegie, and a deputation of members ,,,i, l.r,,,, of l'arliamunt.. who have been apiointed by the Beace Associa tion of (ireat Britain to wait upon the Bros id en t. A rough statemi nl of the allnira of H. Vx'ebstcr iK; Co.. wholesale dealers in liuuors, ;it Nos. 7s and 'u Broad street. Now York, shows li d. ihties $735,000, .,0 ,. , , AA. te net surplus t.s.000. They have $3'J3.0oii m merohand isse and $j'j0.0"0 in book accounts, , , , . mt et.ng i clergy no n of d.lTerent denominations, to the number of 100, was held in New York Tuesday, to de- vi,(, m.,anH ,.v w hieh tho trafllo in ,. .,.,,., , l:!""r t!:" Si,'bath nnht be pre- vtiitid. A. conimntee was appointed to call a public ira ttng to take nctian on the subj.-. t. Henry S. Little of Trenton N. J., j.ubh.-ln .. a tiff, en fi.lumi; reiteration of hts ehargi s against Senator Mcl'herson of bargaining to t-ecure thu i lection of (i;n. S-xxalltis s-ii'iti.r in return for 1 an ine-s faxa i . Mr. Little dec lares tt.ai itor Mel 'hi i 11,' if I . . e : r io in. 1 1 'II I 11 p h t t I hhlH 't chare a are l i t A ti 1 ' m !t i a 1 1 ta' no i . t table p.eaing in- at i 1 A nt- ,V . ' s tbass works a-', erg. 'iur.-- lav a f I er n o.-n . Tho gk-s v. I k- phiiit . a row '( i I e t xx o lick .kxe!iiii-' I hree small and ti p.-rti.-n of Ja kn.n "s lirery stables xx i re eoiiritne-d A number of i iher d ix ( l.:ng xx i a e d, imaged. lOfl estinta'o d at :. M' . ,n i list 1 Mii-.d p..--. nger train on the x. . . . I . xx : tli a 1 ai ge ii u rn her of pa-; : a- : aboard, had a ii'irnixv escape f r. n: 0. a ; j .n. Sunday iiiM. Just b- f. : th' L. ng I i idge. i ear North M acn. a Mi h . xvas re n hi d. the engi ne r made the d.r every that the struc- , ture was on lire, and t-U'-eed.d in sto!- ping his train. k- ,ftk". a'-a-:.,. . ,..-Cs .i r . -' It " 'ri ' " X S V v ' ' "