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ICO " Cement,
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bojcs Tobacco
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ICO M Starch,
Pearliney
50 gjxM Baking Powders,
T " If AtcheA,
- W M Cofe Essence,
SO socks Coffeo,
f cases Tea, .
2C0 roL'j Bagjing-,
SCO W'j. Tie.
ICO ream Paper,
1X.CC0 Payer Sack",
SO doxen Axev,
40 Pocket Knives,
50w;M' FUea,
0 M Locks, all sixee,
v Coffee Hills.
Also a thousand and one other
surtlcItTa too numerous to men
tion.
These Goods must be sold.
Call to tee us, foot of Middle
iireeT
Uliia, Oarrat fi Co.
jaai 4Walr
Jas; Redmond
WBOtXSALS DXAUSft 19
v;i::es,
UQUons
end CIDJinS,
Bouth Iront Btret,
Twt Dr IUt Gastam Jloujs
H0T7 BctTie, H. C.
J. C. VJIiiilyco.
55-1:1 PrdlCslIon Gins
Toorrasa wrrTn "
"EossCotton Presses
aaiiaf aT wa Saaia a
TWy aJaw aarry a ran Oaw
D!tlag, U a china Oil,
and Lace Leather,
sayataas t wfta a fa3 Basse
Jay raaaaa aa pwa !
s. c waxTTT a ca
iCvarajSa,
BlLtXXOSS U bad off with lb
Clip, wlU tU or Ua 5,000
ffgin tu attr with uii
ticket. For rret&teat, Johv II.
P!ar, of r.liaolj; tor YlFni
daat, Attter t. Gormam, of Mry
UsL WILStan
W.n.Bmmu, nllcoadftfMt
4 report thu k vu abdaotcd
Mi robbed of 1200 Vy eiMfced
mea.
'As Adaerieaa actios tl by ma ta
MtUialy BiderUnu It would
sot deUset t tb rupee freely
accorded te "Ye.akwe Doodle" and
tteotfcer patriotic Jlajlee of today
to adopt ft BiUosal by as tbt
wosU be worthy of U Republic."
Tax noct fTorbieeporU eoo
Ume teaofete rtfihUrtftTirjeaiflliiee limftij firmnTprrmtrT Alt
baeiaeie oatlook for 1802. Secre
tary lUek e Unite that tbe
I Aajd&a crop for 1 S91 aro worth
one iBoouaa miuioo aoiiui mora
tha thoMori890. This U Unfibla
aad me4orbI wealth.
A pa Err of Polish peaaau, who
ome time ago emigrated to Brazil
ia tb belief ttut by so doioj their
eoadltioa woo Id be creatiy im
prored, hare returned to their
homes in a destitute coadition
They tUte that they foood it an
impossibility to gain a lirelibood in
Brai l jy any means.
It Uaajd Uut Got. Hill will turn
back Into tbe State treasury his
aaiary as Goreroor, which has
accared eince the dsy that be ahoold
hare taken his seat in tbe TJolted
State's Senate. This is emlaenU
I A TW "1 t. . t .
as held on to tbe Governorship In
order to pooisb Jones.
Ths -BJchmond Dispatch mea
tiooa that tbe paper with the
targest eirenlatlon in the world Is
the Paris Petit Journal, which In
1530 gave lt copies at 050,000
daily. That is larger than tbe
North Carolina papers by some
tnoosaada. We suppose tbst the
Sew York World has the largest
eirenlatoia of any .American news
paper.
THX Senate has confirmed the
following nominations: Stephen B.
E2kins,to be Secretary of War; T.
Q. Xebeker, of Indiana, to be
TreasVer of the Uaited States;
W. E. Sim moss, of Connecticut, to
be Commlssioasr of PatsaU; J. C
Leger, of Loalsiaaa, Beflaerof the
Allot at 2few Orleans; A. K. Barke-
dals, of Looaiaaa, Coiner of the
Hint at New Orleaae.
Gjt. Troxas J. BRAnr.formtr-
fy Second Assiatant Postmaster
General, aaja of the appointment
of Stephea B. Elklas as Secretary
ef Wan "The nomination of Elklas
ta moat gratifying, In that it shows
a great change ta sentiment since
the reign of terror nnder Garfield
and Arthar. Who woo Id hare
thought that la less than ten years
the king ol the atar-roaters wonld
be called to the Cabinet of Garfield
and Arthur's firt Republican sue-
t Verily tbe world do
move."
CHX3A kadta wait a year or two
before getting our ultimatum to
her complaint of tbe ootrage com.
mltted on th Chinese in the West.
It Is nine months since Italy com-
IJeCtS Itt 2tSW
killing of her sab-
Orleans and a final
answer has not yet been made.
Secretary Blaine told the Italian
premier that the controversy must
take the usual diplomatic coarse
and that the United States wooid
not be harried. Why should we
not accord to Chili what we de
manded as our right from Italy t
Bicuxoxd, Va, Dec 21. The
board of directors of the Jefferson
Davis kfonament Association met
in Hay or El I j son's" office today.
The Soot hem Press Asaoo ation
hare eoUected considerable money,
whicn they will apply to tbe Rich
mond movement. They report be
tween 115,000 and 120,000 sub
scribed. The board elected as
members of the aseoclatioa Patrick
Walsh, of Augusts; J. L. Weber, of
Chaxlestoo, 8. C-, and Capt. Child
ress, of Nashville, and elected as
geaeral agtat to solicit subscrip
tions S. A. Cunningham, who will
begia work In Texas.
OmciALS of the State and
Navy Departments observe a
studied retieeaee in regard to the
Chilian affair. It was learned,
however, that nooommnnleatlons
have been received from ChQl by
either Department since Thnradav
last, when the Secretary ef State
received a long message from illn
tster Egaa. While no positive
information can be obtained as to
the exact character of this message.
It la known to hare reference to
the ease of tbs poHdral relagees
new nnder the protection ol the
American, minister. It Is under
stood that no actios will be taken
by this Government uattl it ta
officially advised of the resolt of
the investigation by the Chilian
aathoritise of tbe killing of the
sailors of the Baltimore. Tbs
United States ship Boston left
Montevideo oo the 11th lastaat,
aad will reach Valparaiso ia a day
or two.
KDIT0BIAL NOTES.
att. tbs trade dollar bullion in
tas Treaanrr has been converted
into standard all re r dollars.
AX eaormoos falling off in the
rarenne of tbe Bassian Govern
ment has been caused by tbe
famine in that coon try.
Tu Jooraal Ds St. Petersburg,
a seml-offlclal Bassian newspaper,
sos tains the action of France in the
Bulgarian affair.
Tss Oral (nil ear load or Ameri
can Un ever prodoced has been
received at . Ban Diegi, Cala. It
was from the Te mescal mines.
IT Is believed that General
Palmer ia coming to tbe front as a
PreaideaUal candidate. The
ticket proposed is Palmer and Gor
man.
TBM Emperor of China ia atudj-
lag the.Eugttsk language. Tills is
American car conductors speak
Chinese fluently.
Thx State Department is in
formed that a United 8tates
Hsrsbal and a troop of cavalry are
snrroauded by a body of Mexican
insurgents near Fart Mackintosh,
Texas.
Ait engagement has taken place
at Tortillas, Mexico between gov
ernment troops and insurgents, in
which the. latter were defeated,
losing three men killed and a num.
ber wounded. .
Thx lack of cars to move the
crop will help tbe fanners, who
won't "hold for a rise." It may
tarn oat for the best for both pro
ducers and shippers. "Good as
old wheat" has long been a maxim.
o2DOl. Deo. 22. A Berlin dis
patch to the Standard says France's
request for a joint protest to Tur
key against Bulgaria's ejection of
Chsdouine had been declined by
England, Italy, Austria and Ger
many. THB postmaster of Baird, Cala-
haa county, Texas, baa been
reported to the PostofBce Depart
ment as flying a Confederate flag
over bis office for several weeks.
An investigation is to be made of
the, report.
MR. Mare Edwards was chop
ping wood near WaynesrUle, his
son aged 8 years fell with his band
on a suck of wood and Mr. Ed
wards could not prevent the axe
from cutting off his band above the
wrist. Dr. Wilson was called in
to drees the wounds.
It would please Gov. Hill im
mensely to be deprived of his seat
la the Senate, as that wonld, in his
opinion, forward his Presidential
chances. Doubtless Hill thought
of this long ago, and that, among
other things, has induced him to
cflsg to the governorship to tbe
last gasp. Kansas City Star.
ACOCSTA, Me., Dec 22. Mrs.
Nancy Britt, the oldest woman in
he dty, died this morning. At an
early hoar sh got up and torn-
menced praying that she might
die, aad continued her prayers for
nearly three-quarters of an hour,
hen she fell to tbe floor dead.
Her age was said to be 113 years.
THX cruiser San Francisco is at
Mare Island navy yard, ready to
put to sea. at abort notice. Her
storage capacity has been filled by
an unusually large quantity of
arms and ammunition, which gives
ground for the belief that she will
return to Valparaiso and that a
portion of her warlike cargo Is des
tined for the cruiser Charleston.
Clasksbueg, W. Vs., Dec 22.
A bevy of pretty Preston county
girls organized a coon hunting ex
pedition a lew days ago to which
no men were invited. They pro
cured guns, axes and provisions
and took a horse and wagon to
bring back their game. They got
lost before they bad been in the
woods two hoars and it took a
searching party twenty (bar hoars
to find them.
Thk State of Tennessee has been
compelled to borrow 9200,000 from
the Commercial bank. This is the
outcome of the strike of tbe miners,
and the troubles which have pre
vented the convict from working.
Tbe company which contracted for
the labor of the miners refused to
pay the amount agreed upon, on
the groan 4 that the convicts had
not performed the service for which
they agreed to pay. This makes a
deficit in tbe State Treasury, and
made the loan necessary. State
Chronicle.
15 round numbers tbe gross re
ceipts of the doll fair for the bene
fit of the free kindergarten of
Denver a moon ted to 16,000, and
the net proceeds will b about 1 10,
000. Dow creditable a showing
this la for a city the "ire of Denver
ia proved by the fact that tbe
great doll fair in New York a
couple of years ago, which was eo
liberally patronized by the Four
Hundred, only netted about 0,000.
There tfc highest price brought by
any doll wu t?50, which wa paid
for the def! dreaaed by Mrs. Q rover
Cleveland. One of tbe dolls dis
posed of at the Denver fair
brongat 370; two others brought
upward of 1400 each, and a large
Donber exceeded 200 apiece.
CHRISTMAS.
Tbia day is celebrated throughout
Christendom. The 25 of Decem
ber is tbe day on wbicb tbe nativi
ty of tbe Savior is observed
wherever the name of Jesus bas
been heard. It is a festive day
commemorating tbe birth of Christ.
The institution of this festival has
been attributed to Telesphorns in
the reiiro of Autonius Pius, A. D.
133 161, bat tbe first certain
traces of it are found about the
time of the Emperor Commodus
(180- '92.
In the reign of Diocletian, (284
305,) while that ruler was keeping
court at Nicomedia, he learned
that a multitude of Christians were
assembled in the city to celebrate
the birth day of Jesus, and having
ordered the Church doors to be
closed, he set fire to tbe building,
and all the worshipers perished in
the flames.
It does not appear, however, that
there was any uniformity in tbe
period of observing the nativity
&mon? the earlv churchef: some
CF "
held the festival in May or April,
others in January. Ihere is no
reason to suppose that Deo. 25,
was the day of Christ's nativity.
It wag an inclement season, the
period of frequent storms in Judea,
and it is not probable that at such
a time shepards would have been
watching their flocks by night in
the plains. It is a question, why
is it that the 25th of December is
almost universally observed as
Christmas!
In the ages of remote antiquity
history and tradition are so inter
locked as to be inextricable. We
cannot tell one from the other, bat
here and there we find a jewel
which we know is truth.
We are told that Babylon had a
high priest king who was deified.
Bis name was Ningar and all
Babylon celebrated his birth annu
ally on the 25th of December.
"It was celebrated with merry
making and presentation of gifts,
and those gifts were hung upon
trees, tbe trees being emblems of
State and Chnrch. Those heathen
festivals commenced to draw away
from Christian worship many, and
especially the young. When the
leaders of tbe chnrch saw this, they
thought It important to Introduce
something Into Christian worship,
equally charming and thus draw
the multitude to them. As the
December festival was most attrac
tive, the Christian Bishops determ
ined to choose tbe same day upon
which to Institute a Christian
festival, which they called Christ
mas. To make this effectual, they
Introduced into tbe Christian festi
val the same things praticed by the
heathen, and introduced the birth
of Christ as having taken plaoe on
that day."
The day is immaterial, it is tbe
event we celebrate. Jesus was
born in Bethlehem, to be the
Savior of His people. At his birth
an angelio choir sang: '"Glory to
God In the highest, on earth peace,
good will to man." It was glad
news, and every return of Christ
mas should be welcomed with
shouts of gladness and soDgs of
praise.
It is the great gift day. "Christ
mas gift!" rings out in tbe first
flash of morning, and through tbe
live-long day tokens of friendship
and love brighten tbe hoars of life's
great holiday 1
Remember the poor on this joy
ous day. "It is more blessed to
give than to receive:" and in that
day when He whose birth we cele
baate shall come to gather np His
jewels, He will say to you, "Come
ye blessed of my Father, inherit
tbe Kingdom prepared for you from
the foundations of the Earth."
"Some of the representative He
brews of the United States are in
dignant over an article in tbe last
number of a well-known review, in
whicn "The Jew as a 6oldier" is
treated in a manner which reflects
upon tbe bravery and patriotism of
the Hebrews as a race. They have
therefore undertaken to ascertain
the extent of the participation of
Jews as soldiers in the war of tbe
rebel ion. Under the direction of
the Jewish Publication Society of
Philadelphia, Simon Wolf, of Wash
ington, has been engaged to com
pile and edit tbe Intended volume,
Eugene Levy, a prominent member
of the Confederate Veteran Camp,
has been engaged to search the
archieves of the Confederate war
department for this purpose, and
the Secretary of War has detailed
an officer to make a like search ot
the Union archieves. It is said
were far more Jews iu the Confed
erate service than in tue Union
armies, because up to the time of
the war the Jewish population in
tbe Southern States vartly outnum
bered that of the North. This
condition bas been reversed since
the war."
TnE police department
is jnst
letters
now being flooded with
from soldiers in quiring about regn
latlous governing appointments.
The rush is due to the fact that
tbe five-year term of enlistment ol
a large number of men is about np,
and those who are to be discharged
are looking around for other em
ployment. Letters are pouring in
at the rate of ten to fifteen daily.
Wash. Post.
MR. CRISP AND THE HOUSE COM
MITTEES. Mr. Crisp mnst etand acquitted
of any charge of pnrtialitj in the
make up of House Committees. He
has had a difficult task, but he has
brought to it consumato tact and
ability.
lie has given thirty four chair
manships to Northern States and
) twenty-two
to Southern States.
"Tbe Speaker has placed at the
head of committees no less than
fourteen Representative who were
his active apponents in the late
contest. Mr. Mills is given the
chairmanship of tbe Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee,
and Mr. Culberson, ot Texas, who
placed Mr. Mills In nomination, is
chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee. Mr. McMillin is first on
the Rules Committee and has a
place on tbe Ways and Means,
while Judge Hayes, of Iowa, who
was particularly energetic in en
deavoring to bring about the nomi
nation of Mr. Mills, gets the chair
manshiu of tho Committe on
Education." The most impor
tant Committees are the Ways and
Means, Appropriations, Foreign
Affairs, Elections, Rivers and Har
bors, and Judiciary.
The chairman of the "Wai s aQd
Meaps is Springer of Illinois-; ol
Appropriations, Holman of Indi
ana, Foreign Affairs, Bloant of
Georeia: Elections. O'Farrall of
Virginia: Rivers and Harbors,
Blanchard of Louisiana: Judiciary,
Culberson of Texas.
North Carolina has fared well at
the hands of the Speaker. Every
member has a place on the Com
mittees, Henderson is chairman
of the Committee on Poet-offices:
Cowles, of Mines and Mineing, and
Bunn of Claims. Only the States
of New York and Missouri have
more chairmen than North Caro
lina. If the Democratic party, whose
political prognosticators easily foot
up a majority in the new electoral
codege, depart from the path of
wisdom and sacrifice their oppor
tunity to the spirit of faction, it
will bo the most stupendous in
stance of suicide in the entire chap
ter of its past blunders. Nothing
can save it but a policy of broad
and generous compromise, from
which the rancor of defeat, the
glorifieation of success, the jeal
ousies of leadeship, and the greed
for chairmanships sb.3ll be relig
iously eliminated.
Beating Time by Cable.
How he once ''beat time," or
rather, apparent time, in a remark
able fashion, is told by Mr. Archi
bald Forbes in an article on his
reminiscences of war correspondent
life, in the Nineteenth Century. It
is a story of a telegraphic dispatch
from the battlefield. In tbe early
morning of the 22d of November,
1878. a British division under Oen.
Sir Samuel Browne occupied the
Afghan fortress of Ali Musjid, up
in the Khyber Pass, Mr. Forbes
rodes back ten miles to Ju in rood,
where the field telegraph was, and
sent the news to England in a
short message bearing date 10 a. m.
There is five hours difference in
time between India and England,
in favor of the latter; and tbe Daily
News, oontainiqg this telegram
dated 10 a. m., was selling in the
streets of London at 9 a. m., one
hour of apparent time before it was
dispatched. Its anticipation of
time, however, did not end here.
Owing to the five hours differ
ence between the clocks of London
and New York, the message was in
time for the regular editions of the
New Ycrk papers that same morn
ing. It was thence immediately
wired across the American Conti
nent, and, owing again to the dif
ference in time between the Atlan
tic Coast and the Pacific Slope, the
early rising citizen of San Fran
cisco, purchasing bis morning
paper at G a. m was able to read
tbe announcement of an ecent
which actually occurred over two
hours later, it apparent time, some
thirteen thousand miles away on
tbe other side ot the globe. Puck,
as Mr. Forbes sayB, professed him
self able put a girdle round the
earth in forty minutes, but this
telegram sped alt round the globe
in two hours less than no time at
all. Detroit Free Press.
A Man's First Love.
Why don't girls learn that there's
not much compliment in being a
man's first love! The man who
goes into a garden of flowers and
simply takes the first one he meets,
dosen't know what he is doing. It
may not be sweet, there may be
thorns on it, and it may soon fade.
The wiBemanis the one who goes
all through the garden, and seeing
them all, selects the sweetest, and
most important of all, the one that
will last loDgest.
Women should be more loving,
more affectionate more consider
ate, and more patient; but I firmly
believe too see by this L am an
I ultra-conservative woman that the
! man should have the more brain of
I the two. I don't want a woman to
be a fool, but I think she should be
j more loviDg than intellectual, and
; mo: e gracious than learned. That's
the end of my sermon oa matri-
money. Lacy Stone.
A Few Table "Don'ts"'
Don't smack your lips.
Don.t take large mouthfuLs.
Doa'i blow your food, in order to
cool if.
Don't 110 yoar kuife instead ol
your fork.
Don't talk with yoar mouth filled
with food.
Don't commence eating as soon
aa you are seated.
; Don't soil the table-cloth - with
bones, pariDgs, etc.
m:av be rive history.
The ( rooms Stanly-Henry Duel Dr.
Isaac Vt. Duplies His Skill, Un-M-lii-h
Disposition, Public
Snirit aiiil Attachment to
Nov Berne.
We h.atc u in a pro vio-.is uooi .li'.nji:; -
tiou, Hird' B. Croon nnrrieil the
daughter of Nallit-n Smi-Ji cf N;-.vbv:n
3ubaequ-u!'y he m-.'vu-i to tljjt town
from Ler.oir oouLt , . hid d v. ciiiti boiog
oa tho iot where ia u.r.v tho tine and
h-icdsorue h M 'i cf Mm. Elijah E 1 i i 3
Wo sat near ' ei, M:- Crooa'd on,
at school, wU.. wo v,tr.f bou: enill
boys and remember litt.o 68 beio chub
by, generous ar.d ;-lT .bU'. II: dcn!u
has heretofore b-u r lA'.eii. I i the
legal coutoot for the property lc tv. eon
the Crooina and Simitlia, which nfttr the
wreck of tho "Home" eaten Jd through
a term of years, it turned upon the
point of which ono of the family wts
the longest survivor and i; whs proven 1
to be William, thus the Smiths won had
thereafter resided iu Florid . j
I'. WSJ at the taouso of Mr. Smu;i, she j
father 10-I isv of Mr. Crooui, oo sriiJ 1
Moses
Kennedy, tae body servant of
John
rohn Stanly ; tiu;o hud until Lis
narter's death, tnnt. the difficulty oj-
(BBrier a cea;n, mm. tneoiincuity
curred which led to the and the
death of Ttoaaa J. Staniy by tho pistol
of Louis D. Henry Hr.d not at a pjrty at
juoge UASton s. in tu:s nouse too,
St.ialy was born, thvn the property and
home of his parents. 6:andin ut pres
ent on the giound is tho stately bi iok
maubioa of Dr. James B Hughes. The
old woolen dwelling i:i which there
we:e occurrences of so much impor
tance to those occupying it, their rela
tives and friends and to the tnate, was
accidentally destroyed ty fire some
7 ears before the war. Mrs. Smith's
grand-daughter on the night of its des
truction bad returned from New York
a bride, Mrs. Winthrop, and thus, unex
pectedly met with a much warmer
reception than she could have con tern
plated. As we may speak of the Stanly's
again will only add here that Moses
was a tenant of the writer for several
yeare. He lived to be very o'.d. We
have a letter written by himself and his
photograph. He rend reyularly end
clofely the cowppapt is, tjkir:g a deep
interest ia and kueiiu up with parkin
event?. The elder citizens of Nawbern
are aware of the croUJence repoted in
him by Mr. S'.aL,ly, who had Moses
emancipated many years before his
death. The digniiied manners of the
oi aster the servant never attempted to
imitate. But his example of honesty
and truthfulness, politeness and gen
tility were never forgotten and gained
for Moses the respect cf every class of
our ciczens. Ha risked himself for
good or evil, with, as be delighted to
term lieca "cur people beyond the
federal lines. Not the presence of the
Hon. Edward Stanly, when therein
autoority, could allure him to Isewbern
not until he could accompany our
people would ho return. However, the
youn master did not forget the faith
ful old servant to Li-s father and family.
In hi3 will Mr. Stanly lef ; hitc a com
fortable house which he enjoyed for
the remnant of hii life. First and laet
Moeea affirmed bo far from his master,
John Staniy, advising Thomas Stanly to
fight Mr. Henry, as baa been continual
ly repeated, he was in Philadelphia
when the quarrel commenced and was
not cognizant cf it until advised of bu
brothers' death.
Thomas Stanly ho had reared as if a
eon tbeir mother and father dyicg
when the younger Staniy was a litae
child. But it is net probable if the
misunderstanding between Stanly and
Henry had occurred at Judge Gaston's
it would have been allowed, for so
trivial cause, to have hid its melan
choly termination. It will be recollected
Mr. Graham who was the second of
John Stanly in the duel with Governor
Spaight, was the undo of Henry and
Gaston and the eider Stanly wsre iati
mate, personal and political friends
The principals in the quarrel were both
very young men, one studying law with
his uncle and the other with his broth
er. No two men could ever meet on
the field for lees caue. The honor ol
neither was involved. Moses et&ted on
hia mastera return he met his brother
James G. Stanly and his first worde
were "Why did you not step the boj s V
They were beyond his reach before he
knew the object of their absence from
Newbern and hence the impossibility.
Mrs. Groom's brother bearing bL
father's name Na; S.tiiiii mst end
wounded Dr. Is .ao W. Hugh-a in a j
duel on the Virginia lice. The Doctor
becoming implicated through a friend
Never having contemplated any euch
corjfiict hs waa totally ULprepared for
it, jtt between the fioger of soorn and
the hazard of his life he preferred to
choose the latter, knowing in that
period of our history, there was no
escape from one or the other. Ic is at
befoie tho time of skaking fists, making
ugly faces and calling each other hard
names, all to bo i;hdn wn as soon as
over aod then for the lovo feast with no
one dropped out by the deadly bullet.
Our fathers oid not understand that
way of settling icsul s, which caused
much greater caution in offering them
But the did undi retand ccurtesey, hos
pitality and gallantry, which their sons
are fast forgetting and of which our
sons will have no knowledge unless
there is a radical change in tho conduot
of those now growing up around us
Dr. Hughes oppo-cd wrangling and
bickering. If light he must, fight he
would and about it there waa no equiv
ocation, thus it was ever perilous to
provoke him. Soms of those doubtless
ly, who attempted to prove within hia
reach, their freedom by their impertt
nance without r;gard to age, pofition
or sex could tell how tbey were taught
by the end of bis cane better behavior
than they wore accustomed to Oihitit
before 00 toe stroi-'f tf o:U-jio:,- n and
fesri::i. in th : t .-.,!--r- 'on 0 j;.ts convic
tions tnior.jr the tfiluea;. w kh the
indigent he was fo;b:;ring und contiJ
erats. The nigh; however datk, or
inclement the weather, before the in
crease cf bj-9 forbid tho tuomons
would hastely carry Lim to the bed of
suffering: and poverty. Dr. Uughea
practically was a useful roan. If in
business operations he helped himself,
ha was continually helping ethers. In
the construction of public works of
utility he was among tha f remoat.
Eogat:iag in the practice of his profes
sion here early in life, it . became at
once extensive and lucrative. His skill
as a physician and surgeon by euch dis
tinguished physicians as Cuetis and
Boyed wa , speedily acknowledged.
Leaving t i p: actice and home on the
fall of Newbrin, to follow the fortunes
of the Confederacy, be moved from
place to place iu the State as circum
stances niiKht require frequently
by (arntft solicitation, practising
where he was temporarily residiog.
At the termination of the war
be visited hia kindred ia Pennsylvania.
with eome members of his family, as i
will be presently seen. Injured se- j
riouy by accidents on tho road while
vioi.ing bis patient?. 5 et his temperate,
haU b aDd naturally good constitution
y ears.
1 otwi'.hstandinu. to-. these
hr.ee f.fT im are- to nrolontr tho life of
others generally themselves are tho first
ofall. With reference to hia attach-
. v- 1 l . . , rvnm
tnent to uciu ut-Bi uuw wwiua nui
himself od the subject:
POTTSVILLE, July C.h
1S63
John D. Whitfop.d. Esq
My dear sir:
We arrived hero about a month ago an1
are very comfortably situated. I do
not know whatl will do in the future,
I have no fixed plans. I think it prob
able I vfill remain here. If I were
young I should feel that many avenues
m Riir-ceaa were open to me. I shall
always, so long as memory lasts, think
I! S
r :;.ra
con-
Y
i J.-i:-:--: , , i riy
;;-.uKi r. n t!j..'.j,
hi a" .: fcnir: roe,
v.-.-li
O jcoj ! .sr. i!y.
or fri-Dn.
'C V. riL'O.I.S
lor.-, d . id m;r
csrztc. Dr. 1
ui'ii with hia
took a i'.ifch rank
jforturjL.ti;'.y, 11
:i titu, depriv-H
..ij valua ulo -.!.!
.iperionco. Is the
knoT ;!
at)'"! :'r.. '
Mv l-.i
V
I-
erectly
es;. eenjed
Jirr.vH (! nu,-.h:j-.
father. i.i buvWii, :.
in hi 1 p .-ofj.fi ion.
feebi-. Iieihh, as .'
thM corniiiiuu'y of :
and lout, uud vurit.1
KO-jJ v. i hes 3f o.u
ast is'.Siica. ):;s r:.;,..
be-iitu 'iOuM b ac
-cpiu coulu 'yj of
res;crj.;ioa -,o
,d.
W.
( To bo cor. ..cued.)
THK STRA V(ri.U AHOl'T TOWN.
To::r the Tenth.
Some Reflections en Santa Clans.
Mi:. Editok: I
when I mr n:otM'a
tbe Journal ')-. ;
was fcoud. V..l':
- . a I iu :s-ed it
10 1 (:n n;er letter to
-e Jit : t 1 tie B-.ck
, :t v. ,i " a J t;ive
t ii-i v, :Jt a vi ry
; f.'r i.tfien'.o Con
pu i i-i r-' n do'.v n
i , .
d0Jy !S tbu:
i,
81 q'Jenco is. my tu
, to the bou-.vo uoil..
j c,.mt 4
Wlh 11
kno i2
Now t
bam
CAi poor ;nd un
tie i.-is were emiil.
a ci. z a of Ji:U'.o
City too pioui to lif; tiid hat iLU tue for
a Christmas jjitt. All his oouhuj nod
thtir friends prou him w iih sugtetivo
remindera. Everj boay expeaia a pres
ent fiom Saoa, bccivi-.- 3am has earood
adivy on his pereimajn patent I am
quite beginning lo uib; ihe mueiy of
riehnees, and I j esin for the yood old
days when I wis tiotlinji but a tramp.
As it is, I doa't discover how old
Santa Claus ever cdj'to be tho patron
Saint of ihe Ci-rictsu holidays. He is
a fellow of very or .'nary appearance
quite like a vir, ut.d it seema passing
strange thc no:. . : ., unsophisticated
children, but cui y .a -4 ladies, should
allow suc.j a hideoua . : 1 curmudgeon,
with huac'u i-'sci sad ulbous red nose,
to Lsvo l'zi-e acceitt ;o the privacy of
their fct 1 ehanjliei ... eeptciaiiy in the
dead hours of night, .adeed.hij pedi
gree 13 uuc-;t!l!ier oubtf ul, t.ot with-stanaie;-;
-i 3 nursery locfes; so touch so
that I tUi incliiitd ;j believo that the
true juui jo-il. Sam; Claua is wholly
traditional., ard that he belonged to a
very priaiti.o re: while the little
grizz'.ec oia clsp '- :.o now bear3 hia
name, and up-a ; . 'se enouiders hia
mantle eetais to tve fallen, is not
Snta C.L'.m at all. i jt only "the old
Nick" i.-i toe disgu'..-'; of a-emleoian.
This opinion may bo disappointing to
the youn folks, but it is borne ouc by
the fact that ho is often spoken of a.'
Saint Nickel as, w
s only b genteel
circumlocution for "C.J Nick.'' More
over, it ia well kcc.--.-n that children
from their very in? icy have an in
stinctive dread cf i-.m. which is oaly
modified and propetrated by the pleaa
ureable anticipation cf the good things
which th&y credulouslv believe he will
slip into their stockings.
This of itself wcuid bs aufiicisnt
proof of hia ambiguoaa character, but
he ha, moreover, a clrindeetlne wey of
entering people's hesssea through their
chicjiiejs, which i one but a theif
would do: and I re aay he often
carrier oT rrore 1 3 . i heleiv.-s A
for tho miaoellaceC' ,- toys which he
carries in a bag aiun over hia back,
like any common rag-picker, I am more
than hair inclined io think they are
stolen. Furthermore, the imaginary
clatter cf "little deer's hoofs" over the
rcof ia aimply the sound of the cloven
foot, eseily betrsycu 'r ? tho stillness of
the unseasonable hcu which he selects
for hia visitations. sedulous people,
who have chanced to get a glimpse of
him as he stopped for .xu instant to toast
hia tots in the red ho., coals of the fire
place, have faccies ;hat he wore an
amiable look: hut thi -. you may depend
was only a Iter of satisfaction at dis
covering a ternpeiatu;! in some degree
liko that of his n&tivo climate.
As I have intima, -,d, hia li;ry red
ncee is a sufficient ini cation of hia d'.s
cipjted hatha, and I feel convinced
that aii unprej'Jtli .. d persons mutt
agree that Santa Clav... is only a corrup
tion of Siuta Ous, v.-aicb. is the name
of a fiery brand cf West India rum.
This will account fc." Lis numerous
foliowicg who are pt to be found
every where on Chiistits eve yea, not
only on eavef, but on the gutters ae
well, wi ile their patron contt nts him
self vrith merely p-rchiog upon the
apex of tho roof.
I aui -l'-are, jii
likely to iuear ih
the uplr -i lie of 111
thus trauucii;; tnj
Slccum is ftiw&j p
critic, at'-i u jci a
quences if l-.e ij
doubt tha e-iiidren v
Editor, Mai 1 aai
trmiij or ; revoke
r v young folks by
r favorite; but Sam
: plttiri-ppeaking
. caro f'.r conso
ri:ht hiijelf. No
vi r&lly to tho o'.d
fraud's defence, tnd call me a crusty
old bachelor, v,Lo has no love for
Christmas boxes, t.r;d all that sort of
things. Tut thia ovl gcea to prove
what a xualign i' fiue-:ce puch a crafty
old kn.ivo can is:;! over the pure and
innocent. HeknoKB w ell enough, does
Santa Claus, how t j varm himself into
their good graces by csjoling and 11 al
tering, and ponderiLg to their Appetites
with eugar candies, E.nd making ihera
sick and croe3 s.'.i d-tj. Hut I forbear,
only to all f.uch I rhall merely cay:
"Beware of tha t--.ck:c(j vhicliyou
hang in the chic-j
you may some dy
this Christmas !
your foot in it."
Saji Slccum
1 12.1
v.
Yo:
. Y. Ave.,
. iHIXGTOX, D. C.
. tCNTSEPMIS5:,
C. Ai-,;: It
.iK CieDllruef:
ill
At;. A nt
Foj m (
8 if r.-r li
the d..'r.;'
that life
FOTKO i'
five yearr-,
j i-.ifcpeos'.u
.ts Gl-noat
wil i has beeo a
eo complete! y nl.i t
ft of her lorrner k i!f I
tlespai' e I or Her !
limost ent.i-ly rte-
.lent no'8rt would i
oils Fp'isru, which
. xttel ekdl failed ta !
rjervoui ryeu.-
Btrovecl &r.'l
Milu
throw Iv.-r ii'to -i u
would last loriioura. -brlna
tnv r-'ii f,
Tnr.-'i '1 1110 wcnrai!
nent a vir.e we war-.-k-lectr-";
c'w. After a ;
lustrum r. t.. ihe ellec.
Her nervous sjtteni l.-i
almost ii'-Tmal ronclit
wonderfu'iy improve'.;
log lu iiesh; and, 11 pc
a rapid n ourery, wnio:
the wor.oeifaid our
E-ectropoii.e, uti her
hopelc-ts. lfar'Eru
ject, le? them try tbe
wrmrterful pc .ffer v ;
doubt.
Years truly.
iuiution r.f an eTrd-laduo-d
to trv the
erslstent n6e of ibe
:es been wonderful.
- been restored to Its
'h; h-r digest on Is
she ts rapidly gaUi-
Mie -whole, is maiilr;;
Roefc -o,.urJle3 for
ve imvi.r.i of the
:ise was eonsidered
?pt.cal 0:1 ihe sub-
i-'e MjpoKo. ei;d i's
. CUi'-kiV tUfO.l Sli
V. "v. I .to Pi? 1.
Foi-ir,i
Annarss
2-'i K st. 1
vi -,-t-
jjUiaa.1 iic
nation
-bove, '.:
'.AHLKSrOBf. S
.VT.ON. .srei:t.
. . , .1
t 18 SIX lnClieti IB !
' """ "" -
beats an aVC-ra.fT-;
: minute, 4.200 tu
; 00 time per d
'
times per y oat.
vears the L-f trts
times.
Fop Over
Mrs. Wi.VoL .av -been
u;el tor r-L
soothes tbs child
allays all pain, cure
the best remedy for Diarrhoei. Twenty
five ctnty a bottle. Sold try all drug-
giata tbrougneut th v. crld.
of. dear
a.'o :
neot-.'J
AT CHRISTMAS TIDE.
M1K BHADLE.
1 How comes the glad day of ihe fr
' When ChristmBs bells ring loud and
clear,
And children'H fece abino.
Alaa ! what does it mean fo me I
On whose heart i grows no ChiitniHH,
tree,
. Whoee children's facf-H o 'iji t bo 1
As old and sad as miner1 ,
We sit aloft, my babes and I,
Aud watch tho happy folk go by.
While church-belle ring afar;
And I, to while the hours for them. I
' Tell thrs old ta'c of Bethlehem,
. Aud inw tbe bio(.'8 of Onent came,
1 Ld by a Biogle star. ;
' I tell them how its light whs h!ic-J
Above the little haloed head
That iu a nigiigtr lay;
Aod how, by reason of His t i:th,
Tint hfi uh u"d will i.nd pet.ee on
earth.
At Chi iatmsa time with eonx tnd inirih :
The world keeps holiday.
' Do wo keep holidaj 'i do wi'r"'
The children nfck me wistfully.
And hardly knowibi why
''At leciat we can be fclad," I nay.
"That somewhere else the children
way,
For Hia Bweet sake, keep holiday.
Tliouh ours hba poassed us by ."
Hardly, indeed, can I explain
Why auch a thought ohould ease m;
pain,
Or their loea compeneato,
Lovoly their 1 1 tl e facts are.
Though hunger-wan Asllj-eracK star.
Why fhoriid their livert be et far
From child rood's f ireetau'r1
When dufky ahudows creep and twine
Allong thia attic wall of mine,
We watch the lights gleam out
Through misty folds of lace we see.
Tha candles on the Christmas tree.
The children dancing merlly
Ite branches round about.
No part or lot have we in these,
The hoavy-laden Christmas trees,
The ruddy heart-fire's glow;
Our walla are blank, our shelves are
bare,
Scanty and coarse cur Christmas fare,
And ot the board efts a grim Care
Tha oaly gaast we know.
Closer tho children round me clin.
The wintry shadows deepening.
"Will Christmas be lite thisV
Sadly thy os-k me "mother dear,
Will Chribtmaa be like this next tai?M
I turn to brush awar a tear,
And answer with a kiss.
"God knows, my darlings! God knows
beat."
But oh. the heartache uuconfassed
The while such worda I Bay!
Does He know what is best indeed.
And leave us to our bitter need?
Ab! cruel riddle, hard to toad!
Ab! merry Christmas Day!
WEDDED.
The Cutler-Watkins Marriage.
The City Alive With Interest.
The Bridal Gift was Beauty, Character
and a Heart of Purest Sympathy.
The marriage of Misa Bertha Belle,
eldest daughter of L. H. Cutler, Esq.,
one of New Berne's prominent and
moat eucoeeaful business men, to Mr.
Jeese Clarence Watkins, of Greensboro,
was solemnized in the Centenary
Methodist Church on yesterday morn
ing, io the presence of a large number
of frienda.
THE REV. E. A. WILLIS,
Pastor, united the happy couple with
the. formula of the church, aa eager
eyea watched him celebrate tbe nup
tials of a matrimonial alliance which
has been a favorite topic of conversation
in the social circles of our city for some
time.
THE CHUECH
was so tastefully decorated with flowers
and evergreens that it presented an un-1
usually attractive appearance.
The wedding march waa ilaytd by
Mrs. J. A. Meadows as the btidal party
entered the church ia tho following
order: Messrs. Shepard Bryan, 8. J.
Durham of Greensboro, an intimate
friend cf the groom, D. W. RDbcrta and
P. C. Cox acted aa ushers.
The groom, and Mr. A,;H. Powell, wto
was "beet man"; the maid of honor,
Miss Addie Cutler. After them came
the bride, loaning on the aim of her
father.
A peculiarity consisted in the absence
of bridesmaids and groomsmen neither
of these nuxiiiaru b being brought into
requisition.
After the wedding ceremony Mr. and
Mre. Watkins left on (he morning train
in a special cr for Greensboro, their
future home.
THE BRIDE
ha3 ever had favoritism showered upon
her by a host of admiring friends, and
the true, unassuming graces of her
strong Southern nature have touched
the best affections and noblest impulses
of mny a heart. She finished her
stuai a at Greensboro Female College,
and poeeesiea gifts of a high order in
tnueic and elooution.
THB ARRANGEMENTS
fo. the wedding were of a quiet kind.
i though elaborate and handsomely com-
pleted. The very soul of kindliness
! splendidly characteriz id the nuptial
I hospitalities.
j GATHERING OF FRIENDS
j Tne heme of the bride was made a
scene of brilliancy and en j jyability on
j Tucddsy evening, where friends of the
'contracting parties were gathered, not
i for effect, but for delightful social in
tercouree.
Princely liberality mioiste cd to the
epicurean appetite.
THE PRESENTS
were numerous and valuablo, shoeing
tho esteem in which the brido and
groom aro held.
THE BRIDAL TROUSSEAU.
havic, been prepared with a gieat dt
gre of care, is eUeanc.
M my expressed heartfelt wishea that
the rarest benedictions whioh fall to tho
lot of husband and wife be with them
I throughout life.
:
T.
A Herald of the Infant Year.
Clip the last thirty yeara or more
I from the century, and the segment will
represent the term of the unbounded ,'
! popularity of Hestetter's Stomach l!it
c. j ters. The openiog of the year 1832 will
1 be signalized by the appearance of a j
- : fresh Almanac cf the Bitters, in which
the uses, derivation and action of this, I
,.IH ..rnnna mi.liirin will tlH llicidlv
ses lurm
Everybody should reid it
)f 70 5iLr.CS )er : The calendar and astronomical oalcu
3 au hour 100 - lationa to be found in this broohuio ate
"nd 3 031 70Q ! always aetonishioKly ac.-urie, an.l th ?
. . ,! 7jr I statistics, illustraiiitB, humor and o:htr
J 111 a lite Ol bU 1 rea(jjnsr matter rich in interest and full
a?.S 300,000,000 i of profit. Tho Hostetter Company cf
Pittsburg, Pa., publish It themselves
- Toey employ more than sixty hands in
fs- Years. the machanical work, and more than
XJTUING Sykcf has 1 eleven months in tho year are consumed
:ren teething. It in its preparation. It can be obtained
softens tha gums, without cost of all druggists and coun
wind colic, and is try dealers, and is printed in Engl iih,
j German, French. Weleh, Norwegian,
Swedish, Holland, Bohemian aca pin
ieh
.7 l VW.
OJS ENJOYS
Both tho method find reralte when
Syrup of Fipa ia taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to tha taste, and acts
fmtly yet proiu
ivor f:nri T.o ,
tern fi'Hx'tirv1
aches 1.. . 1 .1 . .
COllUlijJUi !OT). 1 .
only remedy c(
'j
on the ividneyi,
f.'. inres tho sys-
i.i olda, Iicad
' h hahitunL
: f Figs is the
kind ever Pro
duced, pleasing to tho taota and no
ceptable to tlio gJomach, prompt In
Ita action and ru!y beneficial In ita
efl'ecta, prepLtred only from the moat
healthy and cgrx'seahlo crilwtaDoes, ita
many excellent qut.litica commend it
to all and havo niado it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs for B&le In f0
and SI bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any rcliaLlo druggfet "mho
may not havr it on Land will pro
cure it
promvu
fur any one who
wishes to try it.
subetitate.
Do not accept any
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
8AH FRANCISCO. CALi
LomsviwL kt. tff w ronc .r.
Experts Co. Commissioners
I. Jas. W. Imul'I.k liijor of Dafda
and 1 x-oflicio ('ink. l!or i Commie
siouers of Craven couniy, do hereby
oertify tha thy fell wiuk i oorreet ,
statement cf tho u mourns, items and '
nature cf ail compensation audited by
tbe said llourd of "oiriiMisiiioners to tbe
members uipriof sc vfrally, the number
of days Ci- ' . .ird m e?8ron, aad .
tho distune tr .v led l the members
of said Board reap eiivelv and rhargnd
for in a:t ndii; th. n.'imn during tbe
year ending No.- :i0, 101; u. per
reoords of ..i i 1 aunty, 10 wit:
J4ME.K A !:i(Y. "hhrunn.
Attend iac v.: .... ,.' of P.0.11 d,
12 dsy-i at i'i HO $34.00
Signin vouohe.h 14,00
Examinio Treaeuii t e i.cooutit. 4.00
Supervising cour' 1: . in .mJ jiil 85 00
To cfLib p.-.i I out li r t( leraph . 0 11
Services obtainic viticcx ia
tbe ca-e I' .10 :;c ;w CrmnCa 60.00
man
E. '-' Sa:.i.'.h.i ';o. Com.
Attendance at m'-eiHga. days
at 32. 00 864,00
Signing vouchere 0 00
Supervising poor linmi: and oo-it
house ar.d jil 7S.00 ,
Horse hir ) to povr 4.00
SK9.00
J. A .' ' v..:" v. . . o. ' om
Attendance ar rif.-w.r.trs, 14 diyi
at ?2 CM
Saper i .ng or
828 00
lCi.OO
S43.00
AMt.l. L '.
Attendfl- ce n:
ntS'-i t
Milet v. i", u : .".
day:
40.00
6 60
f62.60'-.
for'
o -,
Atten if -co '.1;
at $2 CO
480 miles n'. d .
13 ferriage 1 nt
43.00
24 CO
8.00
S75.0J
r.l t... Hoard waa ,
id 1 i -.t to unverl-i.-i't.fi.
I i.hvc hereunto
t 1 r-ic-- in Nw
f Dr.-nHr.r, 1881.
v llDDl.K.
i ,r,i CJork
.( f ''iminU're.
I futthe;- cc rti y C
in sesfion 32 la.7K. h
Hsd accovtji" ,vero -.
Ia witnr H4 .vhei "
subscribed ti r ni
bern on tr-e v 1 j
drc4 4 -v
iules
m
1
11 iv- Jut Arrivefl
with Two Car Loa-N of Young
KENTUCKY and WEST "V A.
HORStS f.Hb mULEii
From o to 7 Yc-aiv, Old.
EXTEA FINE DRIVERS,
Draft a!ii Saddlo Horwu,
Which Will Bv S-Md Cheap.
AIbo Nice Va'icly of
Can-lugt-s, Buggi.-', Cirt5.'
llarntss, Vhi;;: .
Laj Ilohc-s, Dii.'-.tr.i etc., etc
Ol'K MOTTO IS
Quick Sales Small pTcfits.
Call and : u
buy; it will l"- to
to do so.
beiore you
.-ldvantage
pa
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GO.
tail'
YANIE GGlLLu;.-
TITUTE,
SI''
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11 for boy a.
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Mill-;- 1 : ii'Mooate 1
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New
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Law.
armhlp.
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