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XEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER iy, L889.
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TTIWCEfS BROS.
BLinston, INT. O.,
Hatq for sale at Lowest Prices Possible:
l.BQH tift- Cou' 3p5i ( o;:. .
1VO box Tk,
IM I at TH n. M H . 1a in.
10U i)4iM o Nul S.-r. -- ;
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t'30 o o Arai a i H:-a-r 1 -c :
SOO ftkU. y Um l'ork,
A FVLL LIN K K
Drf Goodj, Raady Uade Clothing & Furniture,
AT RKTAH. AND W I O I.I S ALT.
OETTINGER BEOS.
Si go f Cl4r V')rJt4.l lVr'. Sh:r'.
1 .
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i tjj Trust.
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I he fr.;T
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J. M. HOWARD,
5C(VEikSOli TO UOWARD JOSK-
How Goods constantly arriving.
Hew lot ol Hats, 8hoes and Suits.
Still Agent for Stacy
Adams & Co.'s and James
tftaiu & Co.'s Shoes.
Tnlllin of 8tacy Adams
& Co.'t $3.00 Cong. Shoe
and $3.50 Wankenphast.
TlM DIAMOND SHIIU". a:!
Hoj' rolonilriel Sa:r:.. '
Tbj Uonoi Sh:r'., wrrr.'.el
ut:, 6iV.
New 1 1 n of K,.cr. S.. r
MIS ( ABINET
Thr I' i- Hnl (TinrArter ot .lelFer
son Iivin li m Ix-eii the tbeme of
orn'ors and eilitors ever since ".e
n:fmorl!.' morn i n 2 of Hie t". h of
Derem'ier when !.e h1io..W off tin
rlv t. iienient thst liml iHUintt lum
a 1 1 . i in riin of iinmort.il le.iut
etitercl the P.irrnl .-e of (iml.
We c,4 ii mill li o' h i n k' to the
me.iMire t hi ;lor. nor can vre
in jiiv w h( : en j;t hen the cords ol peron.i
love t)lir ,inci i,,m r t h 4- hearts of Pi t ion
his wiiiitrTmf ii. Hut there are one
or two . :;:ilentP ia h:s n 1 .c I , fe
to which we with to refer.
It w:! b remfmVh'J Mr.
I).v wn the Ur Soirhern Sena
tor to retire from the SariHte.
About the oth of .lannarv. lCl,
the 8 rond Regiment of Alabama
Volauter ('orps1 was onli red to
Montgomery tor the purpo.-e of
celebrating the battle of New Or
le.HD on the 'tiof .l.-innnry. Tiie
aay was ct-leDrateil. rind tue rt-gi-meot,
ritH)iit l.'JMO tront:, w,is re
viewed by 'he (lovernor. Hi
mediiitely nfter ' he review five d.iys
r.itions were inMied to the nieo,
and the colonel ordered to proceed
to I'ensacoU aud report to General
W. H. C'iiase, commanding the
Florida troops. Three or fonr days
afterwards the Warrington navv
yard, and the fort o H.irancAs
and MrKee Mirrendered to the
State ef Florida, the larger part of
their garrison and nnhlarv stores
having been transferred to Fort
W ASA- Pickens, on Santa K.ua island.
1 rerta;ii Sunday school p,,!.,,,,.,, i,.i, ,ir,i,
rision of Genera! I'hise when he
wag an cflloer of engineers u the
L'nited States urmv, and he be
h3vd that it was impregnable.
Nevertheless a council of war w.vs
held and it was dcided that Tick
scramble ha begun ni most be- captured. A night
legion ot niling the attck wa determines;! nixin :ind
an ofiioer selected to command the
An unfortunate personal difficulty
existed between Mr. Davis and Mr.
Toombs which it was feared would
militate against t he general welfare.
Tin
i in:
M
I. IM sa l j UnilTf.
mori.,1 1 xercises in Honor of Baid
J ' n-r Mat!-.
At 10:30 o'clock Wc-d C( til mnrnint? j .1
Mr I), vi in thA nnh.litv ,,f hia ,i..u..L t , , . ' r . . "Pea we
.... ii, LUUIIQ lllH ttj
ty ball bell Never inadt
He was a cavalier at heart.
Ljng then epoke of Mr. Davis'
in sink
ing "Nearer My God to Thee. "
lienediction by Hev. II. W. Hattlo
... WUD war, ot dii retirement;, Abe meeting was pronounced bv
log.
win eh make Trout
io Herald,
i ' ; k. . ed . t - r of the
. ..1 r. w a-, .it the
1 . ;. .-' i. jiim, elected
:ir N i " : on 1 1 Farmers '
.1. an orga 1. ' at ion
iijan'. States and a
rs ti p : 1 m 1 Dg
ereat leaders. Ha had been criticiied Battle's brief speech wa a beautiful
by cross-roads politician., but Mr. Long, tribute to the memory of JefTers. n
he had yet to hear of any criticism ; Davis. th ttPRmn ,h. .i.iir v,
by a successful gobern General, oatriot th nhl si,,n
Mr. Davis was nhilnuthrnnii- Ho . r j j
, vtvu oiauucu ouu II-
exchange of soldiers, ceived many deserved compliments.
. . - vi maun w m r 11 rtnn vr r m An An.- ' I ' l l " t .. ..
natnrr. determined that this should of No w Brne j .;ile.i ,th ,hminH. r,t u:. a uaince joinea the choir
v, lUlJUItJIl
S-en.iTor ( l.iv. ol Alabama, he -sent n lunr. gueMi tie i our
Of thf AAAAnihlinir tnabthar .kn . , .1 ,. '
to .Mr. looaxi a conciliatory mes o,,.. uvea quietly at home in the society of many tobfl.h..r1H.ti,,i,
ui ...uivio ULieuubtbe people Of his own familv .hnn. ' ,u " '
thrnnh j . , vutj cvn aueoaea in .ew Berne.
tlirouKh appro- and public office. Wh.l R.0 t,,,...., . .
l-.x mm. re I i , ' -0". iud nuuiuuui) was very Bpprccialivc.
:z:Tlt l :;:hti t"n the buternr tow"d8 w r others t.t the
admiration and l.ve for the South's ' ; own sunny aouth. By i music was unusually fine. The choir
creates: a.HW 8 ' "l0a h "e"ed to the , was Urge and composed of the best
a I ,,. , I . . . , . 8l-ory of Abraham and Isaac. When voices of the city.
A t K.uulrrs Hky. a pleasant, sunny Isaac was about to be sacrificed a lamb
71 ;r'ery n6 wholjv"djthe w" Provided as a substitute. Mr. Davis LATEST SEWS.
memory of J. tiers,,, D.vistn attend the. ha. been the substituted victim for the r , ,
memorial Se,vic,.s At 11 o jlock the South in the great sacrifice. Culled from the Vrvts Dispatches
c.iurt liOUft- wbb fillri to its utmost rr .i a .. '. . .
-j" mu noiea tnree considerations:
capacity. O. J ( onfderate veterans. First, Mr. Davi.' lofty and pure charac
u.u uu,tr, m..u,er.. the ter as a ruler and as a private citizen. A. Britt. one of the most prominent
jountf. me you'h au.l beamy of our S-nnH ,.-. J: farmers nf R
oUy, arid ihechlldrtn nieciSed bv thir .. . . . . . committed suicide bv hmoino hiaoir t i i st i r . t : r i
It Ims longbeen the castom presence their rippect hdJ love for the ' est of all M. ,wi ' i " ' gre"t"fro,n .mall tree on the edge of the only rein, .;
, uicotBjpB iub j uuui DacK or nis residence. The de unceil, , ! ;,
v-onrt aerate Uourrea. i ceaaea was sixty three years old, a
appropriately Mr. Lone concladintr nrH. ! graduate of the University of North
follows: "Thfl l-.r. .ai -i; .u .u. Carolina and delivered an able address
i .1 i. : . i .
aKe. a;oi i n v o eu uuu , u a fiiace 111 ,he c,,,,,., in t ,
bin cabinet. The great Georgian priate ceremuii..
but t-oou rising above ferson D im.. n ,
l:'ierenceH, accepfnl the
ind secured harmony to
the councils of the infant ltepublic.
Kvery bcxly was satisfied, and the
nhip ol the South set sail on a tran-
ju:l .sea.
, e :u
-x : tt:- ., .rc;ty ot money
rri-i.ii that men should
; i! r ,it s m prom tl v aA
'. ti i; t keep; ti g up the cir
ind pieventmg a panic.
loi.ar ti;l. pay many
i',h gi'.i. . NN'arrenton
( OXiRESSIO.N ML
The Fiftvlirst Congreps has
moved off wp!!, bat very little real
work will be done for weks to
come
to employ the weeks before the dead chieftain
i 'hriitm , is holidays in skirmishing
for positi, :i and bringing ammn
n 1 1 ion to the IVon r .
Senator Vance has fired a big
gun on the right Hank of the Re
publican party by introducing a
bill to repeal the Civil Service
la and after awhile he will
charge tto'ir l:r;es in his own gal
I mt stvle.
The h!i t.een
raped and decorated under tae direc-
A PROMINENT FARMER'S SCH IIE
x UKr OLK , Vs., Dec. 10. CaDt. (ieo.
Botll liie ti: .,) :;;., ,-,..!,. wl)(ir,
-v'ui' ' ' I - - ; : .... i! ..plea-sant
a'"1 ,v!'-' ' li.- lasle, ii,hI acta
f ntI.v Ih- Kidneys
Liver :t:, I. . . .,, . , . H"ys.
t, '111 - - o .b. .m
avh : ;- I,:,ll,,l
v ' ii - k iiel cut nro-
r
: "The laat fading .nnli.hr ,4,. 'u,lu: BDU. aenTerea ".bl
tionof the L.dieH' Memorial Associa- i fei llnnn tUa tnlAaA u . u - 1 1 . A . . ". J? D or that institution
arche.l wall bac6 of the 'l"".::' - "e despondent
ouoc, mni cause, in my "mo uu account or snort
Hon. On th
npeakers e-taud hung a portrait of Jef'
fere on Divig.
CCptabl.
its acli'i
(fleets,
liculthv
crops
f
main- c,
judgment, the highest claim upon the 8nd fncied poverty. to all .;:
admiration Of notfiritir. RnKarr V i JEFF. DAVIS ' RUNAWAY SERVANT. Ilul.nl:,,- i
On the opeakera' s:and sat Hon. C. C. Lee, instead of using his great fame to Chicago, Deo. 10,-Andrew Johnson, Svr:ii.
ciarg.tr.e pre.iJio, officer, Hon. John amend his fallen fortunes chose rather i , f- n' OD lha DaV18 plan 'and j? 1 b:;!,
. ' I, . 1 1 .iatile, Mayor people than to enjoy the pleasures of ' BrkJewell working out a S50 fine. ma 11 ''' u
K r. Williar-H and James A. Bryan. nh for . ooan tu j Johnson ran awav lout .Inns m . cure ii no., b
la.-'d' :ind ac
" li. pionipt in
" iii-hi i ; 1 1 m its
I r in I he niOHt
1 -1 h-t a in -r.s, iK
ii. in. lei it
' '! III.- mopt
lor
a .
n-in fibe
" d'Ug-
wotld would have
The commercial
cuuwumgiii lor some lault and rioally i wishes t
came to Chicago with some race horses euhstitut
a ataoie-DOy. tie was cauaht in bad
company and sent to t,bo Bridewell.
He say. as soon as he is released he will
return to Davis Bend and stay therr.
JOHNSTOWN STRICKEN AUAINj
1 1. Again
ni-ratea town been visited with
t ' : v t -tkk ( i km: i: a i
H Ik K Ii :
.(K.dre:: A tn:ore esterday that
tie d d no: tiri:eve :u luck. Wbj
ahould tieT II. present elevation
was ::,o ,)(!. t, chance, but to a
tour ti andrci -t housaud dollar cor-rupt-.on
fund. New York World.
A : I K i v
vf r tti" i'-iefltion ot
ia-eof -order of Ieeda ol the
I . strict
'. he did 1 ! eeil of
mm t r.t ' .. in
r,s- in me court ot the bar a ful and . ml.. u u
, rY, ..- lWIJLHiOUlU
in tne iiou.se o. neprefencatn es select choir w ere seated, alno Confede- welcomed bis sword
L 1 .... .1 U- . . i
tee .-..eaaei na- auuoun.eu tue raie veterans ana otner.. , marts of th. republic would have en
two pri n ci pal com ra i t tees, the com- Hon L" C. Clark opened the exercise. ' ricbed him for hi. influence. But
mittee on WaH and Means aud 'n a speech cf about ten minutes He Islanding aloof, in the purity of bis own
rh. ,,n .Unrpnri.tmn. spoke of the patriotism and the great-; patriotism, he filled hi wi.h
and Perhaps ne or two others, and , Jt DHvie- b-.eety in ! memories of his heroic .oidier. and j haS,
verv soon all the stands com- ' V M , "J i lwd. " e post of duty. So Jefferson disaater. This time instead of V.torn
i-....rrurnu. .jeu uavis. with a reoord shining like a
mi trees will have been appointed, in beautiful, touching language, and , constellation in a stormy sky, suffered
Ol" the Ways and Means committee wa8 delivered in a most impressive j and was silent. With that glorious in
Mr. McKmley is chairman, and manner- , tellect of his watching every ebbing
both Carlisle and Mills are mem. , AfUr the introductory by Mr. ; and flowing tide in hi. country hi.-
chair- , ymn 1 1 fry, he shunned the willing sympathy
of the Appropriation com- ' " 1 " L.. ? " i0' i own beIoved Southland
, t t i r": mat no mignt save it from the bitter-
mittee. and Mr. Samuel J. Randall to the Almighty Father by Rev. H. W. 1 ness of his foe.. With the musical
is at the head of the Democratic Battle. toaea of the great "Father of Water.'
members of the committee. ' Jiatt. .Maniy men read threejon the one side, and the withering
Mr. Oates, of Alabauu, the pMV8te letter8 of Mr" Ddvii wrilten tneer. of hi. enemie. on the other, he
leader of the nll.tmsters of the last 'r'"df 'D He said : ; watched the great dial of the age., and
-u, .aui,,nun i.uiut-a uu uenciemen : waited for the verdict of history to be
in ooeaience to tne wishes of the j pronounctd. Hecied before that ver
y ii-
i ' 1 1 . - I r 1 1
on iiiii.il
i i ;inv one who
J I J t lici
;: I V ho
p( nny
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
.'-. V4AC . i
touisviui , f i- , . . ; .. ,
Ls-rs of
man
1862. EATON 1888.
THE JEWELER.
HAS A riM- HTo' K oP
Calnmbia. If the in attacking column. In the evenine House, is on I he floor ready to take
com.elle,i to record all twilight of the day preceding the advautage of any false step on the . Udies of the Memorial Association I , diet came, but he died like a Roman
tie i
. . i . l : ... i - . .
attack wag I '1'1- ul lu" ujajinn. uavu mo uuuur io present tnree letters
So far as we cau judge, the wruten y lhe truest handthatever
n . . . . r i'hi,..., ..i .1 t ir .i . i . . 1 1 1 f m o i v A i a a re np r ecr i ha r is n en r ' v j
.-v ii. - - .. i j i r- v u ii nft. ii tim. i ro m ? auiugton in inese worus : ' n, i .
.1. .1 . r r . . Ti DO- Its.
With o i.-en Victoria rtenmati- "In th nreaent condition ol af- uu me uisuosiiiou 01 iorces. ny .
the Ilarriaoo Ad night on which the
il e ould appear to be made a di. patch was received
brain ihat ever ached in the
service of his country.
.oiaier, wrapt in the royalty of bi.
own noble principle., and filled with
the prophtcy of a grander day. And
that day will aurely come. You and I
may not live to see it. But from be-
wa. a cry of fire in theatre that sent
nearly a score of lives into numiic r,a
nWut&'&SS7 ol a Watches, Cicckr. Jewelry
Park's Opera House where the catas
trophe occurred, is a three-story build
ing, located on main street, near the
corner of Franklin, and was used as a
dining room for several months after
the flood. The building has for a long
time been considered unsafe, and many
pyvj,.vuuiu uui, uv awrea io attend any I eyes of parties nee.lir , them.
aiuu oi entertainment there.
There were about 500 persons, prin-: Having worked ntiwdily nt the bench
Cipaily women and children, in the I for over thirty veam . I believe I can do
nouee last night, about 10:30. As the 1 as good work as any watchmaker in the
performance wa. about closing there State.
SOLID ! r vj-.k
AND PLAT!.!) WARE-
spi : t i l i s.
I keep a larger .;..cli i f Spectacle,
than any other store in North l arolina
I take particular pnw to tit ihem to the
r T, , .-i i i ni i ujoj uui in d to ooo ii. out irom
1 ,le.K.,ndent over the 1'ickein is not worth onedop cmnmn consent Cailisle will lead -The first shows the President of the : hind the hills of the future there
1 akaai-.r--k'r N
w !in o: "ar1
T;e.
Fall '.o,-k of Cten'.' I T.e-.
(Teas Cat tched Haadker -h e'-
aod Cuff. Kid and Cloth G'.orea. l. ;ie.
Ctml Ppr, 3j. pr jari. Carpet-., Oil Clothv K ;g. e- -llU
loC of Wakiaf atik, .aitable Tor C'ir-ta-.a r.-.-e
Tmali, VtliM aad Shawl Strap.
T& Ut aed f avajr fool, ia bj Iie gire me a o l.
O". IVX.
l '. . Ujr
incurati.e ;,ur-s of the I'rinoe of
ales a::d the k'o;p affoctinjf bin
in arid be:.-, truly the roval boose
o: n po-scsse.-i a present of
g.oo u .-iD.i i.i.-e a future even dar
rt . 'A a- Ii . S . ar. I in!.
"In . re, . .-nversat on the Km-
f"-ror ni ot tri-rmany is said
' h tve ::: .!!. nrs remark; '"Poll Il
ea, pirtres sr.- sheer frippery. I
kr.ow -.-. .--in-- one that is for
;i:e a".d . ..- ttiat ; .-ia;n.s: me."
....am : - r :it . I:'s the tame
here, w: j, -I'k'.'j'. an at .on. In
of blood
(Signed) Jkfkeesun Davis."
Immediately followmg the dis
patch cam a letter from Mr. Davis
urging the utmost caution on fbe
part of the State troop, because
he yet hoped for a peaceful solution
of the controversy letween the
North and the South, and the firing
of a single hostile un would dm
sipate that hope forever. lie even
the Democracy and McKinley the new republic mourning for the death I coming a brighter political damn, the
Republicans iu the House. of a beloved Oovernor of our own brilliant vindication of honor uuritv
. . ' - I...
North Carolina is expected to State ,
give a good account of liersel f in
the present Congress.
AXOTIIHK I'E.NSION SCHEME
We have kindly feelings for the
ooldiere of the North. We know
what were their hardships priva
tions and sofTeniigH, and we know
Richmond. Va., July 10. 1861.
Hon. Warren Vl'msloir . Raleigh, N. C :
Dear Sir I iive received with deep
sorrow your cispitch with the intelli
gence of tb; death of oovernor John
W. Elli?., In this hour of etrucele and
and love of country, when the outraged
dust of sleeping patriot .hall .peak in
bras, and marble, and the genius of
repentant partisans .ball weave laurel,
for their tombs."
Mr. Long', oration was followed bj
peril the loss of thi true man must be i the singing of the beautiful hymn.
'us:
A :u-
: . c a
.-IM'
urged that if Pickens opened (ire somethu.g r !" their triumphs,
upon Barrancas and MrKee f'e The t me has never been since the
Are should not be returned. Mr.
Mallory, then a I". S. Senator
Sec re liberal pens. on system, but we have
Davis never seen that justice to the
! '.-'" ears old Cabinet, joined in this advice and soldiers rtqtried the robbery ol
We would doubt their joint counsel prevailed, and the people.
;i,.s .ml oats. from Florida and afvrwardt
::.eii ;n (Georgia Ury of the Navy in the
Opposite KpmvpI hurcb.
W WINKLE GINV.MACHUiEBY CO.;
OXTON GINS, PRESSES.
.jESEDE RS HC CONDENSERS.
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rvtrVMo j- rtr r
tywrtkt tor ?rtm aMik
Tu fiitlt Cil tii Itctiiirr Zy
W .1 s I,
aro: .-tT -'.
r.e w.i.
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coupled with the the purpose to attack Pickens was
he was born in abandoned.
I very one born when the Provisional Conrrew
, r.--"--
i..Nes.m .ong as assembled, in Montgomery, Ala.
,.i- or sf-.e, as the tie flrg( an(j paramount question
:s rhro.vu fate mto waa w()0 shall be President T K
mrng'on Star. M . T. Hunter, of Virginia, was
I s.i ;hat ,I tTerson wnggented. Kvery one had con-
i-st In faith, enpres- fldence in hisabihty and patrio'.
a. .e it Montgomery mm, but it was feared that t he con
rowned aoidt the rvatism that secured him the
felt by the whole country
Very truly your (nend.
Jeffn. Davis.
"The second letter is of another period
of the war when the tcarcity of every
use'ul ar i -'e mni.e the simplest gift
end of hostilities, that we were not h.guly pnz d. It presents Mr. Davie
read tp aj'prove of a wise and ' his cnsmci t cf a knightly gentle-
5au. atd ia addressed to a lady of
New Berne, who knew him when in
ths Senate of the Uuitrd States, in ac
knowleonmer. ot nn offering of a hat
which ebe lutde ' nrsw with her own
hands. Sq. too s .mong the bleat. "
RiciiMo.vp Va , Oct. 4tb. 1S63.
My 'car Miss Manly :
The eleKsDrf suJ btauty of the bat
you so xracefullj have presented to me
suxKi-Bts memories ef ne donor in other,
FROST KING COMPANY.
iLCl9avi )ituraorvi or
Tv x xj. Witenrsofs Brick uid Stent
i;i.
V 'V . T
7 X.
Mtec, acids an1 ot 1o
not afTr-rt It.
Pntiftj Bnch Tanuj '.i.
Ircp all nll i;n snr
fail li nn.
led
.'..-sen
s of the sunny South;
ci-1 . w heu hope and
1 have perished,
ir hen the long halt
-:i:n inoi.ed him to
- ' -..en , : the dead.
r ii.. -.
i'-.o.i- i:.;t;. .r;t lli.l
' tHie.. : atid aggrea
i : : i.i- ,i Iv-ni tage which
i :Te i s. Its adversary
. .t pv ; ; "v fast wau ing
: and : rretrieavably
- . rse w h h will breed
:n ;'m own rank, which-
friendship of all would be an ob
stacle to the enthusiastic unpport of
any. He had wisdom, but was
wanting in personal magnetism.
A movement was made in favor
of Mr. Toombs, of Georgia. That
ha was a great man nobody de
nied. A little while before, the
Linden Times, in vi exhaustive
review of the I nited States Senate.
The ambition of men often sug
ges's expedients for improving
their fortunes.
General Algpr is ambitions of
reaping in civil life the honors he
failed to win in the field, and turns hut I think not nriKhter dat- I shall
,, , ., pri-si-rve it with grt at care, and prob-
w.stlully to the. pensions as the bly W(.ar H mK remvmttKaCBvtbmt
ladder oil which he hopes to monu- ptriotism may traeh tee industrial
mont to th.' summit of fame. The -rw more p-.fectiytb-n love of Kain
nupportt-o find che"rerl as we are by
YV orld sa s : womt-n woo have taken Solomon's pic-
I'.iiT, !tr..r lua -v qii1 hnl ttire of
Iiant scheme for increasing the
"Thy will be done
Then Maj. Graham Dares, who had
been appointed to read a poem, came
forward and before reading recited an
interesting incident which happened in
New Berne during the time of Mr.
Davis's incarceration. While in prison
Mr. Davis was in need of many com
forts, which he did not have nor could
expect to get, except from hi. friend..
The ladies of this city, Mr.. Fred
Robert, and Mis. Harriette Lane being
the prime mover, in the matter, made
an effort to raise money for Mr. Davia.
The Mason, assisted; the young men
gave a grand ball; the little boy. gave
a tournament, at which Miss Eleanor
Jones wa. crowned Maid of Honor by
Mr. D. S. Willis, a gallant Knight; and
the whole city united to come to the
asei.tacce of the imprisoned chief. The
result was a handsome sum was raised.
Major Daves then read the following
I'OMF AM) SKF. MK
SAM K KATUN.
Middle street.
Opposite Hni.tMi ( 'in i r . h. f2 d wtf
KI.VH CATARRH
CHEAM BALM
was alarm of fire sounded by a fireman
stationed on the corner near the opera
house, caused by the discovery of fire
in Dr. Wakerfleld's station in Ktrn
rille. The alarm being so does, ereatlv ex
cited the audience, and they immedi
ately rushed for the street. They were
met at the entrance by a crowd
from outside who thought the fire was
in the opera house.
The crowds coming together on a
close stairway, not over six feet wide,
and the frantic efforts of those in the
rear of tbeoutcoming crowd, caused a
terrible jam, which was made still
worse bj persons jumping from the
galleries on to the heads of those on the
stairs. The firemen had to turn their
hose on those on the outside to ease the
jam, and when the injured could be
gotten at, the stairway was found to be I TRY TIJK CI' RE
. Mujust w a ibvbi ui idq upper Lioor .
wun aeaa and dying. Thirteen persons , , 8KVeeab,;. iv 'ZTri', . ,7 ,W V. 1 v
man. replnpred. no cm. HI Y HHOTMKRH,
Clfunifi ilir
Nmsal PansnuPH.
Allay- 1'aln and
InrlKmiuailon.
Heala the Sorts
KutorcM I h
Sense of Tasfe
ml Sinrtl.
11113
M vflBkaJN.
WW
H
AY-FEVER
were taken out dead.
FORZION NEWS.
Geneva. Dec. 10. Col. Clibborn
Booth, the chief of staff to tbe comman
der of tbe Salvation Army, has been
arrested for infringing the decree by
which he was expelled from Swiss ter
ritory. London, Dec. 11. Robert Browning,
the poet, is ill at Venice with an alarm
ins attack of bronchitis.
Zanzibar, Dec. 10. The Of rmans
under Lieutenant Schmidt attacked the
Bushiris rn Monday. Twenty-eight
ousbins were killed and the others es
caped .
51 Warren .street. New Yurli
I a n 1 tnl w 1 y
NOKTH CAROLINA KEYVS.
From the State Papers.
K. R, JONES,
Heavy
A NI)
Dry Goods & Notions.
pension i si anu Dooming nimsen. wjLri their
It, is that Census Superinf eudect for a littl
Porter tball collect ihe names of all asrouger in ti
old soldiers who ate living and of
the repie-tiitati es of those who
are dead. There .ball be included,
if tne scheme is adopted, the name.,
regiment, company, rank, present
residence, phjbical and financial
cmdition .ind other particulars
concerning e ich of these prospec-
beautiful rxem. entitled
tne virtuous woman "whose I ,
price is above rubies. ' ' who se-keth j lne rray 01 tBe outh,
wool and tl-x and woiketh willingly ! by Father Ryan :
handi " thu tide mav
hile. but only to flow
il-'O'i of success
Mrs D .vis j ios me 'n kindest re
membrance to you, una with many
thanks for vour kin 1 wishes and com
p iciwntary eipr- e-ions I havu the honor
to be ra'efuily ana re-pectfudy your
frieoci, Ji-.kfn. Davis.
Mies lInnHii Mdif
fj'lipboro, N C
ebb "My brow is bent beneath a heavy rod! j len will go to Hannibal. Mo., to take
Tarboro Southerner: The loss sus
tained by the people of this county by
reason of short crops is estimated at
$800,000.
The parties owning the Nags Head
property have decided to build a new
hotel, 156 feet long, 28 feet wide and
three stories high.
Beid.ville Review: Rev. Mr. McCul- JUHiN H. LliliD x UJL.L $L LU
Full stock and li;r.;.
Prices a 1.. hk i I
Call and . :niiii- c
Satiefact i.iii tuniii'i:
I t n .
A t Hi .
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J. H. CliAI.TKirn
I! AMI. MAM.Y.
Mr. Manly tS.-n read txtracts from
Mr. Davis' letiL-r to Col. Wharton J.
My face is wan and white with many-
woes.
But I will lift my poor, chained hands
to God,
And for my children pray, and for
my foes.
"Beside the grave where thousands
lowly lie,
I kneel, and weeping for each slaugh
tered son,
I turn my gazs to my own sunny sky,
And pray. Oh! Father, let Thy will
be done!
EiNGI N 1 ;
Founders a tui
Manu far: i , r.-i - ii :
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Mil.
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A :iu
; mav n, ave.
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Take it all
:i the eve
interesting
Nashville
haul nrononnced Mr T,.mi,. o,0 tif pensioners.
ffioora Oreen. Prteideut. ai.d others, at the
aoiest statesman in mat Do,!y, but , ' " opening cf the Fayettev.lle Centennial. "My heart filled with anguish, deep I
it was oeneeu ny many that he 1 i- Thii ,eUer ,V36 pubiiBhed DOt many
could destroy, but could not create. make "lre tsnccees of every dav8 81DCe.
Mr. Yancey, the greatest living application. Now, if we know any- Mr. Maciy concluded as follows:
orator of bis day, was mentioned thlu about the pension bureau, "And now let us say of-him as the good
for the presidency, but it was ad !'nsl0D8 lrve h given without Kent said of the dying Leah: 'Vex oot
.i u. ' , ".. . . waitinc for i, roof, and in the last his ghost. Let him pass. He hates
uiiiirii lum ue wiksuetter suited ' v .u.
"to wield the fierce democracy" i''m'nltrat:on it required the ut
than to administer a ooven.mflnr ' m0B- watchfulness on the part of
charge of the First Methodist church
there. Hannibal is a city of 20.000
population. Mr. McCullen's salary will
be Si, 200 per year.
Edenton Fisherman and Farmer: We
understand that North Carolina oyBters t'WRIVP'v iH V 'm
are being .hipped to Norfolk, and by hflUlnlni a I'll -..o;,
Norfolk dealers sold to North Carolina
customer, who believe them to be
superior to Virginia oysters. Will it
ever be thus? When will we learn to
value our own?
Hulldna f I .
Saw Mills. K.I i. I i.i.
Ni a c li i n in t s
i I ' i.: T. iu
oliFFLIES
. M .1 rt.
him who urn the rack of this tough
world would stretch nim out longer.' " I
Hon. John S. L-jng. the crator of the '
Cold Wayes
and vast; j Are predicted with reliable accuracy,
My hopes are buried with my chil-1 and people liable to the pains and aches
n v, .... m , .vn .1 r. . i i. . . .
damp or stormy weather. Although
T T 1 a : 1 1 . : . i . l
auw a osrsapiftriiia is qui uiaimeu iu ue Ce kI vi' Mil '.nrni-i -r
s positive specific for rheumatism, the done tv n.
remarkable cures it has effected show
that it may be taken for this complaint
with reasonable certainty of benefit.
dren's du.t
My joys have fled, my tears are flowing
fast,
In whom save Thee, our Father, shall I
trust?
We arc pri'pii -. :
with prompliii-fc.v
Part leu lar una 1 m n:
to re pa I a of n.i ii ii.ili
We will li,. L.!m! i.. i 1
for any- di'si-i ! it -.
We are t hi- ari- !' '
lean Shw a i h . f t .
brat.Ml I nap! riM- o i . .
. 1 1
'f lllilM,
' b i . k l.iils
i ! given
1 ' mates
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Hit r t ii 'i
. h i, w
A nier-
' nele-
.-i- '- r ii 1 W ill k
'Amid the wrecks that mark the foe
'.. nn,.u
T1 , ... , , . i It. action in neutralizing the acidity of
I kneel, and wailing o er my clone. Li. ki j u- u .u u
' 3 " the blood, which is the cause of rheum-
JOE K. WILLIS,
nWRVATl
Itrtll :rTl.L U ui f iljit S: i
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Wm.
Still Leads
SULTAN
in LOW PRICES,
tlavui( )at rsttr-a? j from
KH Sictd Stock I iftr ispr.
' h f Nan b
I X : : o i
Sell Cheaper than Any One in the City
Largest Stock of Clothing in the City !
Msa't Savt fra f-Lix) a lijy'i Ka t u ; . '" - . -
K'lM lt ( ld im ' Closvki aa i N w ( rk ' - i
CkuM'f Cka, fonr t tv!n tp.-, f ', .
UYaS xiS4iM at fl.OX
LsUW Btia ani Jsv Hhos. ' - t ".
Mm'i s4 iisyr'llaia, lOo. u 1 "-.
BM RmskU Uasiwkiri, V-
U4rVw tin i fVr.
My i3M Drj t9ot-aaii . -. i '
HlCd,'aa.Xka Jpgy co jq f-r cy h.n r- . 4
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ti. a : s (
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I'iiK. '
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a rem fd v f.
.1.1 enio; I.t-e voice
a.crit .: .r'.nians. and il
e.l t he vo:ce f r lie S)Ut h,
.-ovraphed the request
i- i ii- ri"r::ifr' place i f the
:- "'.Ci-srH.ui, iletTeraon
: ::i Kichm-iuil." This
h:!ii-d c.' the Capitol
nfederacy. I was there,
evident ..'the ( 'on fed e racy ,
i-'i during tbe eventfal
rts existence as a nation,
he grounds of the "NVhite
i;0ir tv, .i , r ., iTesu eiit t .eveiana to keen the j. .u j .,i t );n .ook ihn,ii, t ...i, .w.i. "'""i "'"'"' w me huc
j.-.v.. wj aiineu ior me , , , UHV' l" " 'm,UUULCU "j -- , ..u.vi, ce( of Hood's Sarsaparilla. If
election of a President th Ton. pens. on
lund lor the brave and 0f the character and services of JeSer-
gress had settled upon Jeffersou p,VI lotu' r' ,lUers nl tneLnion. In- son Uavia was most httmg and proper
deed lie was nnauie to ao it, ana Blia WUB i"""""' cl' uuo uj
n.anc a man received nenainn and excellent judges who heard it.
beauty who never shooldered a
musket not answered a roll call.
' K 1 I It I I I
turned
ie ( 'on federacv '
ii d
-Norf
hrs re
Ik Vir-
Davia and the people hai
to him as their leader.
Mr. Davis did not wi,h the
presidency, bqt through all his pub
lic life he had acted upon the
maxim rox populi vox Jei, and he
accepted tbe presidency of the
Confederate States confident of the
support and devotion of the people
and with a sublime reliance ujKin
the protection and direction of
Divine Providence.
The firBt difficulty that confronted
He al
luded in the beginning to the disadvan
tages under which the Confederate '
States labored, and epoke of Mr. Davis'
Let us have fair play in this courage aad per6everance in his grand
th'ng. The South has no interest efforts to brin to a successful issue the
in pensions, but she will cheerfully cause he advocated. He ppokeof Mr.
join with tbe North ill anv U8t Divin" preference for military life. At
- , u - tbe ace of 16 he was a soldier. He did
peusion measure for the benefit of , , ., , ,
1 . not desire the presidency of the new
the true soldiers of the I Uion. repub;ic. but preferred to be a military
We would a hundred times raiher leaaer. What would have been the re
be taxed for the6opport of brave eult if Stephens or Tombs had been
Soldiers, than for t he soulless mo- made President and Davis ?iven his
m , i iiotD yj i iiiu a oaiDBuaiiim. 11 y uii
, . . ' r ... . , . .,, , suffer from rheumatism, give Hood's
doif" Wl be j Savrsaparilla a fair trial; it will do you
, good.
"Mv home, are joyless and a million
mourn Catharine Lake Items.
Where many met in joys forever Love,y autumn hftg come and Kone ;
Whose hris were light, are burdened bi"" n,U,r ha8 beg"n,;
now and torn, i The Wilmington and Onslow Ranroad
Where many smiied, but one is left I U progressing finely. Macy hands are
to monrn. already employed.
.. , . . iL . , ., . i Miss EUie Gurganus, who has been
"Beneath my feet ten thousand children BttendinR Bchool aKt Poiloksvii,e ha8 re-
, . T , , , . . j turned to her home near Jacksonville.
Oh, how I loved each known and ;Mi8g Maria Ketchum i8 viB1Ung rela
nameles. one! ' tive. in Wilmington.
Above their du.t I bow my crownle.s .
nea(j Mr. Joseph Brown is the happy owner
A.nd murmur Father, still Tby will of a pig three months old weiKhing one
be done." hundred. Mr. Brown is an energetic
farmer. His pig will be on exhibition
HGeneral Robert Ransom followed, at the next State Fair.
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Marble Works,
i ,
a '
'a:es
rtd.TT-,l
r : lie ie,
powder.
.rel
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:on
4 . '.
e so-oa.
Net I o w
! rt:,n.
the President was the formation
: the I'nioD of a Cabinet. The announcement
robib'.tion as of th aeWflnn nf f r M
- . w.i. .ncuiuicuri,
us the following gentle
of men acted as oalUbearers: Gen
Alabama, aa secretary of War: of (ieo. W. .Tones, of Iowa: Lion. Chaa
remedy n a Mr. Ma larv of vinriHa a i- t.
nopolists that are grinding us to choice, a military career.' Mr. Long beginning with these words: "I stand. Mr. Asa King take, the lead in eagle
fpokr ol Air ij.ivis in tne senate oi tne before you, stricken a. possibly none ; ana raccoon Killing. (Jn last weeK lie
I'mtei St-ius. lie has been charged other here. I am Derhaos the onlv i Eluea lwo eagies, one measuring
ot
At the liini-ral of .Mr. Davis in
dninken of Soath Carolina.
, . ? v. 1 1. c i K'l C" I ICft
. c-. ivs-t.. in, uu luwa irj ireaury; of Mr. Walker
:n t-aioi-r, ome to th concla
rii 1 r m ri im u r Ma arr- f r :j n . , T, .-.
ui ijUUiHiiiijd; otw ci eeceae
UA U i? 11 1 l r 1 1 j
an u iog, a ieuconi.t and a secession- warm personal friend of Mr. Davis in ; . which on ' te.
st. ue wan me insi ui ouumcru tnis community. ne men
community." He then spoke Mr. King is, perhaps
Senntorpi 10 leave his place in the chiefly of the private character of Mr. Daniel Boon.
Senate. II eiieved in the sovereignty Davis, reciting incidents of his home
of States, tint they had the right to life. etc. He desoribed Mr. Davis as a
a descendant of
oWrtey rMej.!
recently stateI
KIPKPSV,
This is what vou ouuht tn have, in fact.
And men referring to Sunset soldier in the camp, as a husband and you must have it, to fullv einov life.
Cox's opinion of Davis Mr. Long paid father, a. a friend, a. a patriot. Gen. I Thousands are searching for it ds
Ransom's words were such i coma mourning oecause tuey una t i.o.
, and
rimu
vis
honorary pall-benrers were:
but the appoint- Governor Francis T. Nichols, ot
riminal ment of .Mr. Toombs, of (Georgia, to Louisi 111.1; Gov. Robert Lowry, of
Secretary of State was ,1
from a warm friend, and portrared j annually bv our neoole in the hone that tef.,1.'
J. JL TBOtfA-J, SaJ siuaa.
m3 4w
Opposite liap'.ji: ( bur-.'
NL'W I5KKN.
tary 01 the avy; of Mr. Reatran.of Havwood. of Missisgi oni; Hon
grog shops "keep Teiaa. as I'oatniaafr c..nMi rt n-i. r n.,u,0 r,,m
' ' -ri-vs VIVLJ i Cm I Li VI JLlil-'". ' 1 . L C , J 1 -i. 1 a V.t M LU iM , CM IX J t UJ
thev did twenty nfMr ltr,i,; r t . , . . ...... .
- .ij-ujiu, in jyouipiiDa, as Der 01 1 roM.ieur. iais caoiuet
. ' I U" . r-i j . T a i - - . . .
" ' ouoK ro- Attorney oeneral, wax received The
sa.o-.n- are conducted without criticism
d'-igaise a'ld
. ... . . t . . o. ' . c
Lturiiiij in otate was .1 nr. Mi .um urn 1 ;,u- . Io in . nnctner. roci "n a ior-iv lbie
Ihe !o-a Stite Itegister prise that produced a sensation. It otKentuckv. Gov. John B. Gor- trust, o. their homr.
,..i,,v,,..,v., .. . , ... j . c-,uoBmacr: 1 i . n j , rr- "
' 1 u-" was auppoeed that the election of dou of (ieorgia: (iov. J. S. Rich- mej or,.. . .... U1B i,,.. w0 co,uy ur.wn irom and Kidneys. Soldatnoc. and $1 perl..t
.1 1 . T , . ii- , .' 1 r--i iiri.onuil os-H Ul. 1 A A 1 I . s.l . , . v - 1. . - 1
:i .rr ::i : neiio-ren or more M r. HteDkena aj Vn- lr.,a, 1 i 1 ro .,1, '.'in.,. 1,- n renfun i.'..-. -'"-e auow icugo ui mr. uavu mruugu per- tie oy vanv, Mio!eKale liruircut.
w, ... contam the chief satlafled tbe claims of Georgia, but G" Fowle, of North Caiolina: Gov
ar.a wt.ere temperance is It was considered imnortunt to
I ....... V v
Italian and Aniri u-un Ma hi- u-. I ull
lualities of material.
Orders solicited and i:in pnnii.t
satisf a a n in k " b r an -
a heautiful tribute to his (Oox s) mem
ory. SpeakiDg of the persecution of
Diti?, he saia toat r.e couia not unaer- perhaps more clearly than any others 1 they mav attain Uoh boon. And vet it o K. Mili 1 k is mv e-.n, hi Kmunn
stand it until ne had recalled the out- that were spoken the domestic life and ! mBy 08 ad hyall. We 'guarantie that and Ai.ir. 1
rage perpetrated upon Napoleon by the ' private character of tbe great chieftain. fSri",,B,ilter8, if USed a,cc,ording '1iir., " agent.
6 r r r ... l tions and the use persisted in, will brirtr - -
EoKliab Uovtrnment. caaining mm to General A. Battle was then in-:JOugood diirestion and oust the demon
is-lt.' after he had : troduced. He spoke briefly, but very 1 Pyspepsia and install instead Enpepsy
It was because interestingly, and at times eloquently. , "e recomraena Electric Hitters lor His,
For the Tr;a ,o,fc. u;fl A 4 rr...uu u.ra j.npr. omnim ii
O.OS-. ireeded.' -Wash.igtoM 1'o.t. .il.ate all intiueDOe and bwcare the Jmee P. Eagle, of Arkansas.
rea?un
ied at.. 1 o r-Cj'.i'l. sonal contact. He had known Mr. : New Berne, N. 1
He went o-. men to epeak of Mr. Davis well. He spoke of him as the I iozea
F. I'. Fleming, of r londa, Dd Gov. Davio'd idanni-i-ration. He was a most distinguished Secretary of War
Wholesale rati p, OO
Shoes !
The Tucker & Smith Brand
Best Shoe iu thr Market
for the price.
It will c. st nothing to rail and ex-
greit hirmonizer. He harmonized this country has ever had. General ' Pills.
For a disordered liver try Be Yarn's
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