VOL. 3.
.;'::;;;r;sHiBLBY,-N. o., Wednesday, junk 29, 1887.;
, .1,11111 i ri iii tiiii fi ini in), tut ' rrrr i . 1 . . 1 - -
NO. 23.
BUSINESS CARDS.
? MfV.UAYER." 1?t L. KYBTJRN.
irBRAYER & BYBURN",
j Attorneys at Law,
j SHELBY. N. CI f
1VE prompt attention to all business
(j -entrusted to them. .
ife- Oflicc in Commercial hotel.
1 lS-tf '
;H. CABAMSS, -
ATTORNEY AT LAW
M United States Cpmmissloner,
;! " SHELBY,N: c. "
PRACTICES in the 'courts of Cleve-
1 land and Kutueriora counties.
I Office on "West Warren street. 2S-tf.
B. Frank
Attorney at Law.
SHELBY, N. C.
COMMISSIONER of Deeds Li Swth
I ('iirolina. .U-U
jVr . .
t. b. justice ;
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
.-iJ7 MEAL 'EST A. TE A&EN T,
RUTHERPOSBTON, N. C.
PECtAL attention given to collections
nf 11 kinda and to the sale and pur-
rlwe and renting of Real Estate, and the
investigation of And reparfiiioaf-Titles,
Mortgares.&c. HJ Ji 'X "
Officl at court house, in County Treas-
i,r. r's office. ; l9"tf
0
VICTOR McBRAYER
SHELBY, N-.1.C., V
FFER3 his professional services to
v.,i nmnip of Khelbv ana surrounaina
VM r-xr -: -----, , -n;i,f:
Utiice m oiu jrostoiui-c uuiiu-
country!
J. 1 HARMLL,
I SHELBY, N.
POTPARTfT) TO DO ALL KINDS
L of Dental work in first-class style.
Has every modern convenience to lacili
tate good Work. Perfect satisfaction guar
anteeu.
XW Office up'-stiiirs
New Tin Shop.
WHEN JAMIE MILKED r Tit E COWS.
the daisy held her daihty,.eup '
To catch the dew-drops bright;
The bee had kissed the clover bobsj "
And bade them a good-night;
The katy-did had tuned her song f 4
- 4 Among the apple boughs, i f
And lartner stretched tnesnaaows long,
When Janie milked the cows.
Tlfe swallows flitied here and there,
The bat had left his bower,
The primrose, with a bashful air,
Unclofced her petaled flower,
The whippoorwill hisplaintive tale
Proclaimed 'neath wooded boughs,
And twilight dropped her dusky veil,
. While Janie milked the' cows.
And Ben," the plow-boy, strolling by,
Comes through th0 open bars,
While softly in the western sky
Shine out the tranquil stars. j
And srhile the corn-blades whisper low,
Tworlovers pledge their vows,
Amid the twilight's purple glow,
While Janie milked the cows
. .
A little cottage, snug and new,
With hop-vines; at the door;
The sunbeams, peeping softly through
Lie dancing on the floor.
And when the first pale evening stars
Shine through the forest boughs,
Young farmer Ben, beside the bars,
Helps4 Janie milk the cows, t 1
HelmWhitney Clarke, in Good Housekeep
ing, i
, Camp-Eire Stories.
As a general rule the most impartia
personality that I ever got acquainted
with is a bullet in battle. It is per
fectly democratic! and fair, recogniz
ing neither rank, station, age nor
quality. There are some exceptionf jo
this rule as. for instance, when a bul-
1:1 t i . 1 ' . i . 1
let is uirecuy aiineu at soino euueyi-i
cuous officer and; fetches hirxr. J. think
it was a special bullet that killed Al
bert Sidney Johnston, and the reason
why I think so is! this: In the Shiloh
fight Push's brigade, to which I be
longed, was strung along the rail fence,
having the cotton field and peaeh
orchard between it atd the Confede
rate line. Across this iieM and 01 chard
over McV'.r;i ji V j tho enrmy made thriti oi- four magni
4 .ticeut chargi-s anil va.s terribly, fepuUj
' ', , ,1 ed c-jieli time. .'ptaui Johiiston, the
wn of the General, 1'ranJilv acicnowl-
f.lsres tboiu i-delesiits in .-ccuuut of
nndca ne was it
said : "uUj Hoops will not follow. me; u fettggestcni hat the -ddre be
ask General "Johnston to .lead them 1'.''' postponed KM next day. "Irapos-
General Johnston, as soon a he j sibltslrrep!ied Judpe Fennet-; "it has
D. D. S,
1
him; ' "Wheii! this was' repdjrtUV tq ucn.'l preme Court, of Lpuuana, lupon the jta-
Jolmston he pretended not to hear It, teJfrnptipn of,, hi, adres, the ,unr
but sriS. calmly : '"Tell Gee Breekiud vuilmg-01 the iei ,-pionninent w Wew
Ige to advanee;his Vmraile aVonce." I Cnkn tw year -ego by the teriifie
When1 Renhnm ac.tii reaohtd Breck- J storm, whieh stoiBedi tbe renMnie
mTta Tifl iai' Uta Vil Rtrielcen. ' He I and dioered the immense crowd. It
heard this, rode back to the head of been in print for hours.1 It wai de
the brigadei ravelUecommand, "For- livered that 'night to a few of tie faith
ward march ?",ahlled'rlfemint ac- fnl and read next morning by the niul-
llaaiM' Hnlldiue in HttuilnriM.
tion at double quick. . While doing so titude. Montgomery Aid.) Adcertmer,
a rile ball struck bis leg- below the
knee. He made no sign until after the
attack was complete, - when ue wu
noticed to reel in his saddle. His aides
rushed to his assistance and he was
taken from his 1 horse by5' Isham G.
Harris, now Senator from Tennessee
Had a tonrmouet been nmde lit time
his life would have been saved.
Gseneral Bragg was the next in com
mand at that point.
When the Carib or the inland 'In
dian reaches the conclusion that the
time has come for him to secure the
services of a woman to cultivate bis
maize and platinos, bin yams and rice,
aud to cook the fUh he may brine
home ; he clear a spot of ground
Ha pontmted I where be purposes to put np a bouse.
I .t t 1 m in a
himself with his portion until the aid pianw nraiiy m uie grouna
fr,onolT(,!r,rar,l rmft nrul he 1 1 wo PaUfl row of pcU some eight
rfinnrtw him z in statu avo. General leeiiugu. uw iop- oune art.
Rn, nt him nrrl ta with- firm'y hhed the long bamboos or
rinw r.d ' rentifv his liiia. General otnfef Ple3 that are to be the 4Plates'
Johnston was not only made to "art as to which the lower ends of the rafters
corps commander,' but brigade com- De rastenea. xne laiier are
rT,r fr , T.nn,.fi. while his se- lender pole rising steeply to the light
a It, Anmmaml rmntnix) at the ridge-pole, some twenty or more teer
...j. 4-'u Aa I above the site of the bouse. Aflross
1ta whAT hfi had renorted "sick in Ie8e rafters are lashed honzootally
- i . i . i iu o .. ci-i -.- .i.
tK mm-nino-. Hence the sneer was l,u,su te"
made possible. Whether General dar, from bauibco or from the palm
JWtoT, wnnW have continued on af- The frame for the roof, is uow com-
t i . mi i . it. . . .
rV,Vi;Elrv1rrnnr,f nf Pffi.itiee and Pte. i. ue ouuuei nen BeesHieiieie
Willi,fl had h lived; cannot le a iu LanJ. t0 the tiearwt tliicket o Phl
, , ,
.nW nf mn.b dubt to those who 1 ""tios or to a coarse paim auu UHUK
have carefully and impartially studied Mown the graceful fronds, sweeping in
1w.flM"r)iftfi- that imfe' Dtiffade wiae areoes upwnru uum
reached the river, as it ere, is ample
proof. W WBurn, in New Yorl Zleratd.
HANDCUFFS WpBN BY JOHN BROWX.
Mr. John C. Comfort, of 4Iarris-
burg, has added to his large, interest-
the rich
black-soil. Shaving off the sharp
edges of the leaf -stalk, that ct the un
wary like a keen knife, he splits the
butt end and placing a part on each
side of a small sapling, he pulU
The stalk splits evenly
. i u. n.i: stunlilv
. n in tt n inama i.u i 1 1 1 1 rr.4it-.
UK Auu ituuauiv vuuvviw- . , , , ,
o . . -. I lV.nir mnt it-a anHA Ioti.tIIi ami thft
the war of the rebellien several ob-
jeets which, for historical and , 4nan- "l"" , --"-
II... -T nnn ,1 .1 n r i- Mi rT O UlluO f-k IT IT
Th 4,hif.ets e. l,a,,uK I1"" ' " ""X"
difficult to equal.
first, the handcuffs which were worn
urai. tilts uauu3um.9 ..miv " " . , '
by John Brown of Ossawoinie, the greea aod one to two inches wide and m
J , , . from twelve to twenty-four -inches in . . ,v
hero of Harper's Ferry, when be wa ' . . . ta.a U
banged in tharlestown, Va., on De- t T,
Tfliner iubi mcir bukcb luutu!
II
j il.o battle von tailed' in khe biojrrapbyj
TIiOsh pales
X: il li I.. . ( .1.
AVimj openeu a x in puup iu .
Eskriu?e old stand, theiuy, in. .inucn oemoiauzaiioii iu:xu raims
i- i . tlw-n i-.noilinrr tin!
; in c n np diili ullage ui luwaiy iv-wn.4, v..
vi'are'. Jia RoofiBg'.: and Guttering, Val
, v Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, &c. S.itb-
. r tion L'uaranteed in evjery respect
3 -tf.' t J. H- HI&HTO WER.
.Ti . JBELTOET,
caused;
of;
t ie:Ci n'a-i'errur s, bu after a whiler we;
' couldee that tliiir luierwas re-estnln
Hsbed insood shane. 'Then" we saw;
ftuo goiveraWuliBir slowly down the
fronts whiUi the'eu rheered him with!
-'DEALElt I
:i good dt'.-ii of
supposed thh
We all
) STATIONERY, ARTIST'
-Materials. -etc.. 'Will receive sub-
:rictite - for THE NSW EiiA anq
other leading publications. If you neexj
Limbing in his line, call on him at th
IVt Office Building, Shelby, N. C 50. J
WATT ELLIOTT, '
fashionable Barber and Hair-Dresser
I . ' in:L?.v. n. c., . . '.f
I NAMING secured an; expert assisiai?
-Xl isiprepared to do all tojvsorial. work;
'a Iir4 :a style-. He has moved intohi4
i nv ifnoj . south of the court house, which
s licuJ K' kirnisheu.
HOTELS
(fWi:nercial Hotel,
SHELBY, N. C, !
J. W. CLARKE, Proprietor. ;
'Tiffiljerii famished and bestliept Hotel
- t ivjthe Western part of the State. Pefr
-s.iti tuition -'gnarantcQd Publicpstj4
'..lidteu f -- i V ;' i
a Vinnihof tiie! Jfear fhe ComK
chauped iiands, aiidfwith' the ne
inainef-mi iit t!v house Tijisj- been refittefl;
an.l tMrniahtd ' anew. No effort will fn;
-pu'rjiV.fc- iiiaintain its , well-deserved rfcRl1
it.d.Ta. .lUvtm? riewlv catoeted and neaj4
!.v fniliiislit-d: li'st servant' attendancil
'lalileare Srst-elass. j " ' rnpi--ii
fl'TERIE HOUSE.
Rutherfordton, N. C.
HM-IE undersigned has taken chargft of
i the above named house and will en
icavorto keep his table supplied with the
best this market affords, and wil spare ro
pains hi makinp- his quests comfortable. ! j
reasonable.
. i
W. S. GUTfTRIL, !
j Proprietor;
the
MR LINE) HOTEL!
Black's, S. C.',
anil
p.O'Kf-ToT the Neatest,! Cleanes'--MVat'keptKotels
in the State.
('Arcfu! attention at all times.
Mrs. M. E. BLANTON,
Proprietress
MERCHANT'S HOTEUj
BLACK. S. C.
PHIS House is convenientlv situated on
Main Street, to the Depots and busi-
" part ot town and has been newly iup--;
j'lshenl with spring beds and mattresse.
f ahle furnished with the best the market
aft'orclls. Polite servants who give every
attention to guests.. Vorter meets alt
'rains.. Sample room A the house. First
-lass Livery Stables attached. '-i
' J. W. THOMSON,
5 ti'- Proprietor,
Sorest ;City itotW, J
! :F0RESTCITY;NC. 1
f- -V. Hit ( ERSTAFF, Puoprietob
J'lUUE and furniture new. Every
4 l -thing in first-class style. .Rates low
eninru-iasm
was in -omaaaii, nil thpeneiiiy', fori
General Jo!iiis"on's name -was not!
fanniliai to um :iad Bauregard -was.)
As he passed itioDg' the iline our baysj
said to eacL other; "That's Reauve-j
gard Yhats Beaurejrard !' - '
Just at that mjriient " a tall, ' gaunt
fellow, in state ! of intense nervous;
excitement ' Vmd parrying, his gun at;
the "trail," tried to break through the!
line where I was, with the inteution of
climbing over t hp fenee toward thej
enemy. I ch-allcneed bhn sharply
"What di ou want heft 1 What regi-i
merit do you Indong to ?" j
"Fifteenth Illinois."'- j
i "Go back to your ..regi'uient; you!
liave t'O business here. Go back." ; j
"Oh, don't stops me,' '.he said; "let mel
T ... . i . il. . J. 1 I?!
j;o ,. x want map man on .iuu uoisc. j
Before I could prevent him he hadj
broken through' aind sealed the fence.;.
I watched hiia pigzagging iilonjr fromj
tree to tree until ho reached the log;
house about the: centre of the fieldJ
This biouq-ht himvory near the eneinyj
and, if he took' a rest for his gun on;
the windowsill, die man ion lioisebae
Tyould ceitainly be in peril. I nevei
saw that soldier a;aiu, but for twenty-!
live years I havo'jfceld. firmly to th
opinion that hoiq-ot "that man on that
horse." : ; " j!
It is evident from the discounts -that
General Johiipt'on was wounded severaj
minutes before be! fell, but did not
think the matter serious, even if he;
knew it at all. He had been slowly
bleeding to death for some, time, and
when at last he fainted it was too lat
to save him. i
MORE OP ALBERT j SIDNEY" -lOHNStOXi
The Herald recently gave the Davijj
side of the controversy concerning!
the- turning point in j the. battle of
Shiloh. The following sfsvtement
made to me by Colonel IJenh.-uu, aide
de-caaip to Qeneral SUlney Johnston;
on t at day, seems to be the key to tnf
solution : J, f: ' -; 1 ...
Colonel Beidiani said that when tin
check to Johnston's advance was ex
perieuced at what was Hnown as the
"Hornet's Nest,?' where Generals
Prentice n-nd W. H. S. Wallace joined
for a, last stand, an jwjti'ere PrDti&j
ws" captured and valthce was killed,
General Johnstoni rode tip and, seeing
the conditions, directed iis aide, Ben-f
. . . . r-.'-:' i 'T-r 1 ' !1 li
ham, to bring lienerai jX.recKinriage-
brigade to th point of ! attack. Benj
ham gave Breekinridgt) the order and
returned, but the.troops did not ad4
cember 2, 1859 ; . and second, two
triangillar pigs of lead which were
bnried by Brown near tbe mouth of
of the cave which be made hi ren
dezvons and hiding place, on the
opposite Harper's Ferry, and from
which place he made hi descent on
the arsenal which resnlteil in the
capture of the buildinpr and bb own
overthrow, ihts slaughter of hi boo
and his trial, condemnation and ex-
This lead was found where it
jreauiciumi; . .... , .. i
had lam tor nearly inirrj years uy . -
little girl, Florence May Thompson,
while digging for daisy roots. . En
countering the metal while digging,
she called attention to her discovery,
further search "vas made nd three
of lead, weighing 150 pounds,
youriff palmetto the tips ofthes long,
narrow leave are -eonneciea ny
filament whieh erives to the whole
frond a delicate, lace-like appearance
Dragging these split palmetto fronds
to his houjte that is to be, the builder
places the first two stalks on the lower
ends of the rafters, the butts at the
gable ends of the house, and the fringe
of leaves downward. The stalks are
fattened to the horizontal poles by
ough vines, and a second course is jjaye et tjjere
'"wsiitimj oFtniAi. iiistouy.
1)M War Knla OIHe and I;Vol.
i Hlnonit I'OHlrnU.
' '.ifi'.'
. Thplace where" war reminiscences"
are oijide is here in Washington. It is
tv little square gray stone building on G
streetii Any sort oE war reminiscence
that Is wanted cau be had there on
very Ibort notice; Tbe war articles
that appear in such numbers in popu-
ar magazines and newspapers, written
by frrfart generals and privates with
wonderful recollections, come in pait
ot lnlull from this place. ! If a general
of eitlier army is called Upon by the
Gentuty or some other popular periodic
al tot write his recollections of the
war, be repairs at once to this place to
gather up his recollections. It is a
sort of magio cell which awakens lag
ging memory and corrects popular fal
lacies. General Wallace, General
Beauregard, Colonel Allen, General
Corse, ' General Smith and General
Shernian all co there to put on their
thinking caps; or, when they do not
go in person, they write for informa
tion. KPhbs great wakener of reool-
lectiows is ' the War Records Office.
The aaionut of information they have
collected is almost inconceivable. A
great mass of the material for the war
articles that have appeared iu the Cen
tvry Udug but of tbe records there.
Many old war veterans go there nd
seareltrout the old documents before
writing the history of what tbey saw,
It is aatohishing how ofttn they are
foreeiiby-tbe old, dried and well-pre-
servw fadtsr to discaid pet notions
aboutltaw fbings were, and are oblig
ed to' Tevlfee 'their Impressions about
tiling with which they hid thought
themsiivea entirely familiar.
Frequently " officers of : the two op-
poinrf armies, who have led the charge
against otber'a forces, have met here
for thi first time to know eaeh other.
Each looking at the battle or the
manoaqver fpom adifferent stsnd-point,
they come to Took over the records to
see how it really 5 was. t here is uo
chance for any quarrel about it
Tbere is no room for any exngsreration-
recordi are right at hand to gus
e truth or to brand a fallacy
Generall Wtli naeufliia that their
impressions weie not quite right.
'afr taalus friends? so "they soon be-
oimo eprdial. .There have been some
remarkable megtina here of ieit who-
have fought hard face to face, but
never "met before. All who have met
this way have become friends. They
sit and talk the whole thrag -over, cor
rect eaeh others errors of memory,, or
arelioth put right by the record. Sher
man, ! Sheridan. Beauregard, Huntj
Wallace, Long and th? younger Lees
Sherman has drawn
bring to light the fact that! there5' was
not a difference of -a thouaiuid men be
tween tho strength Df the "tMo armies,
and of those actually engaged' in the
battle, ! the Confederates' Y had within
five hundred f asitqany 1 iiien as 1he
Fedeialsi There are a number of other-
cases where the odds of feattle have
been accepted api very I jieavy when
such wasiot the ease,and there ure the
expositions of plans and piiipose3 which
throw an entirely-new light on history.
Besides tjbe official reeotd3that will all,
in course? 0f timej j be foiirid . iii many
volunvpajGeneral iWrlgbff ha iu'1 his
possessiob maiij private letters, " writ
ten to hfii by officer onfboth sides,
which will be 'of great irfterest some
time. -, -'- " ' -', j!
Another very Trtterestini thing is the
colleetioa of photographs of the
Union aiid Confederate officers. The
walls' of the room' in whipli he works
.-are covered with these photographs,
and several large size picking-boxes
are filled' with tbem
ture xjffaimoHt
side any one wonjd be likely to want
n allj' ;he has about 1300 of them,
LAST WEKK l. Tilt; STATE.
iliilieniu S(lul, I'wtitirnI, Finnn
inl nnd Othrwlte. ,: . . ,
Iscaru & Miller will rebuild their gin
lately burned.
;The Dismal Swamp Canal is to be
deeped and widened.' ' . ' ,
' It is reported that a4 100,000 mill
will be erected at Weldon.
i The 'Morgan ton sash and bliud faer
toiy of Robert R iss is being enlarged.
ftjeruersvme. is "building a new
Mayor's office, with n -'lock-up" in
connection. '
1 A $100,000 school building ,is to be
erected a't Greensboro. Thomas Wood
roffe is preparing plans.
. The corner stone of a new Methodist
ft male school of high grade was laid
at Lexington last SatardayV-'-''",4-"-i.
Mr. J. ij. ; Uuxtoii will arrange a
H jbasf'the "pie-' commodious armory for the Forsyth
Riflemen in the new block of Vaughan
'& Pepper, Liberty and 4th streets,
Winston.
jany offlber oft either
from gerierals to colonels, captains,
ieuteuahts, and even privates of cer-
tain famous corps. One f the latter
groups is Bulborts Batfer', C 8. "ar
tillery. j federal ;ana uqfiederate or
fleers aie hung together inIiscrirairiafe-
ly in the collection, riith here and
there a minister or a priest. All the
famous commanding officers, and hun
dreds who won fame wmiin a narrow
er limit are there; The collection in
cludes a great many piettre not' to be
had elsowhere, "and tnjs gallery has
been drawn upon largely! for illustra
tions, as the records have for' facts by
war writers.--' WeuMiyt0kl8t&.u'iU'uv'1'
Mr. John ET liay has formally t ac
cepted the offer made him as principal
teacher in the Colorado state institu
tion for the deaf and dumb and blind
He, will leave about the first otNtivem
One of the most brilliant weddings
that has'cver oecitrred in ' Klbin was
the htarriage yestenlav evening in 'the'
M E. Chureh South, of Mr.f ThosJ
Lillard, of Ashe county and Miss
Mamie E. Gwyn.
.--":-;, S i. . : i.'i's . . r . '
'-' The Atlanta Brown Stone Company
Las been 'reorganized as .the Wades
boro Brown Stone Company, . T.he
SOUTH f.UtOMSI.I skewm.
What onr Melffhbomt 4a tho Palmett "
Slat- are doinir. -A Badcet
r Kole on Natter
'in General.
Commissioner Bulter has given
notice that all who desire silk worms
should apply for them how.
It is reported that Geo. E. W. Moise ;
ha? decided to leave Sumter and take
up liis residence in California - ri 1
Three Republican employees ' of the'
Charleirtoii postoffiee have been dis-
m'sWed and repUced by Democrats.
Notwithstanding the election does .
not occur until. November, 1888, there .
are now seven candidates J for sheriff
of Sumter county. ,
The five and a half year old daughter ?
of Mr.'J. B. Erwin who lives! about
two miles from Fort Mill; was burned
to death orr the 17th instant. -
The worst fire ever known in Green?
ville, occurred on Tuesday night, June
Camperdown mills was burned.;;
Famous St. Miehael's Church, of
Charleston; has" been restored and the
congregation: worshipped thero last
Sundayy the first time since the 'earth
Ojiake.. l --'J 7
pr. S. A. Bare iiaV resigned lift
position '"as Siiperinrendeutr of ' the
Floience Graded SchW.sV'asstgniug ill
'health-' as "his reason. These schools
haVe just "'finished a successful year
and have added much to the prosperity
of the town. . s.
, " Mrs. Blackburn, a widow, auio here
from Newberry some time ago with a
son and daughter and, opeaed a board-
aid a little higher up, lapping over
the firt eoura an ahingles lap on a
roof. The tips of the frond overlap
in the middle. Tier after tier and
courM after course are added in regu
lar order, until the thatch has reached
largely upon these records iu some of
his wiltiugs. Gen. Grant, while writ
ing Msboqk, was in ' constant com-mupufa-tioa
with Gen. Marcus J.
Wriebfc who does the work. of collect.
iug the Confederate records. A large
: FAK KEEIA'U IXMBIi.HI .
1 ii n fp' Vrarn hfj- an-nllnw u' I lie
ThA'salc of 40000 acrs of govern,--,
ment'i4ud3 at the United States . Land
Office in Natchitoches! to ; . western
lumbermen taks the laA of the goy
eri.mojit pinc'iands soutji of Bed river.
In other words,! that miignifleent do-
maiu of wliieh we ijoastfd a tew years
ago as; containing one bf the largest
bodies of timber in tbe. work), is swal
lowed up all purchaseii by the shrewd
farseeihjr lumbermen ol the" West
They .dame down on u some,? .six or
i 1
seven years ago, : iookeu arouna , ana
commenced making1 their purchases,
picking out the best timber lands they
could find. They havetsmce kept this
up s.ejdih't buying froi time to time,
until they havd finally jjkecured all the
land in the -Natehitoehfis dist-rict south
of the Red river. There is, of course,
some government landi iu- Louisiana,
north of
capital stock will ,be,, increased tb ing house. Her health was bad aiid
$250,000', The company will put, in the sheeontinued to grow worse. Finally
new plant of lunchiiaer previously re
A negro lad, Tom Conrad j 'aged -16,
while in bathiair - with .-several - Other
boys at Maj. N. G. . Hunt's Ferry,
Yadkin county, ai week ago unday,
!
vance.
Job nston directed bis uide to ride
General Breckin
ridge;said that he was unable to adr
vance.i his troops woiibi pot follow
pigs
were unearthed. Of these, two pigs
have been obtained by Mr. Comfort
It; is thought Qssawatomie obtained
the lead in the miiies in Missonti; that
it was run in rude moles made in tbe
sand, and transported thence to the
cave, to be used in the operations
asrainst Harper's Ferry.
i The handenffs which Mr. Comfort
added to his collection were obtained
at the time of the execunoy of us
siiwatomie by a Virginian who be
queated them to his daughter." She
had frequently been offered $500 for
them, as is stated m the correspon
denee Mr. Comfort had about, them
but always retused to sell , Fnally she
yielded, however, and Mr. Comfort ob
tained the coveted prize. They are of
iron, stoutly and clumsily made, and
covered with rust. They are connected
with a swivel and two links, and locked
with a bcrew bolt. As compared with
onffj of th a rtresent dav. they are of
the most primitive character, though
doubtless as effective for the purpose
intended as the more modern "brace
lets." Uarriilburg Telegraph.
JEFF DAVIS IK HIS OLU AGE.
I saw Jefferson Davis the day after
my visit to Beauvoir in the office of
bis friend, Mr. Payne. Undoubtedly
his strong constitution and stubborn
vitality show the encroachments of
time ; but, tall, slender and erect, with
a remnant of the military rigidity of
bearing of bis younger manbood,he still
stoops less under the weight of his
crowdine; years than men of his ad-
v.inp.ed aco usually do. His white.
thin hair and beard have long since
lost the trace of the gray; the veins
stand out under the shrunken and
scotching skin of the slender bands ;
the thin, sharp features oi rne aqmnne
orofile seem to stretch the fading cora-
the bridee of a. violin
stretches the strings. -. The chest is
sunken and the shoulders rounded, ad
ding somethTngvfo the slight stoop of
tie tall figure a$ it crosses the floor
with a rather feeble step, but without
the assistance of a cane,
We talked five or ten minutes : upon
imngruficent themes n Mi. Davis con
versing with gentle and courteous in
terest. He reminded me once that he
was slightly deaf. V He recalled an
:..,r,0,iM0 of Sheridan (thelnsh wit and
statesman, not the Federal General) in
ponnectioiLWith tne unronunate pre
.Tude'e Fenner. of the Su
U,l twv o -
the desired thickness, perhaps more amouftt 0f the matter in the book was
than a foot deep, making a root also- got way He also furbished in
lutely rain-proof, that forms a safe
and agreeable refuge for spiders, mice
and other pleasant neighboi s. How
ever, such things seldom trouble the
human occupants of the dwelling uu
less the mice become too free in their
raids on the maize a word that is by
tbe way, pronounced ":ice."
If the walls are to be of mud.slender
poles are fastened horizontally from
post to post, the doorways being be
tween posts placed the proper distance
apart. PoleMhree or four inches in
diameter are plactd upright betweeu
the larsrer nosts. and to these the
horizontal strips are secured. When
this has been done, tbe tempered clay
formation to the office, and corrected
some erroneous statements made. Jeff
Davis 1ms drawn upon this source for
information- for use in his book. Gen
Wrig&t has iii his possession a letter
book filled with nothing but letters
from ferant and Davis upon the same
subject. ' f
Strange to, say, Jeff Davis was
among tbe very first to respond to the
call of tbe government for official pa
pers of the Confederacy. He sent all
his papers eheerfully; as soon as he re
ceived the reauesti When the work
of cOtfecting the records was first be
gun, it was thought that they would
never s he able to get enough of the
her . . mind , became,; affected and her
friends thought, it better to .send her to ;
the asylum in. .Columbia. ' She reached
there, but died that vening.-arfar.
During the progress of the storm on
bast monday night, iightninof--struck ' a
trot. in water beyond his depth anl was! tree in Mr. B. D. Springs' staMe-yai-d
drowned lefore:. assistance "cnnld be and killed two coVs that were under
rendered. J it. aud a. calf in the stable near by.
Both cows were very .fine 'Jersey milk
om.e ui .u. inglv unfortunate w,th his catlle,ashe
ditetrietf
tn the Momio
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hian anda1' fine-' i&mSXUiMV, Pr,ug. w
rmn r ? ' '" "lAnderson, n Captain WiJliamiMc-
Keo.wn s plantation. tiwds visit it
The sad iuteH'igenee. reached Judge I from Anderson every; .lay, and assBrt--
Graves ;tt , AsUevHio Tuesday night Uhat they , can feel the effects of the
mineral water ; i'efore they get away
ndulatefor-Congress v tlns hasjojt4hree ibie.cows andoV Oxford!,
S17 T dowlilheep thisLspfing , -
e Momion Cnurcfi. ..He is doubt- : . .. - .. .. .
There is considerable, talk -about a
with tjnjler standing oii it,
t
Red river, ahd in the New Orleans
district, but we must frankly confess
that the public doniaiu, in this state
has ijeeu oorisiderab' culled, and
most f the best wood lands have pass
ed into private hands, and,-almost
without exception, into he hands of
northern capitalists, Uur home peo
ple did not appreciate fheir full worth;
and let this inagnificfent investment
escape them.- New Otan Time-Vem&-erat..
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A italloiliira1 Frn-li Nuiriil .
.. f, - I i : S
Th. French cabman 5wtio lately com
mitt'eu suicide runs his classic rivals
very g close for the most simple and
calinjtaking off on record. His reasons
for tHe "rash'act," as. we usually call
that his mm -was dt-tad, and his -Honor
adiouiT.ed court until tho following
Monday, nnd left on -, Weduetsday.
Judge Graves can feei assured of . the
full sympathy of all. ,
The teachers at Morehead City cer
taiuly have good' appetites. At one
breakfast they are said to have eaten
from the spring. It is thought to-con
fain iron, sulphur, iodine and probably
some other minerals, but it has not yet
been tested. ,
Mr. Bailes, the mail earner on the
route from this place to Bullocks
(Jreek, inlormed u yesterday evening
one whole ox and a half, three sheep, that Mrs. Good, an, aged lady living in
ojie thousand fish, ten hams, twenty-
five" hundred; biscuits, six hundred
qhickens arid two tho usaud eggs !. Six
ty gallons of soup are eaten at dinner
and over two ton of ie are consumed
daily;:,, .. . -':: , :
whatfis probably the fniost . deliberate
tiling a man does in his life, were half
ennuaud hajf profesfcioual curiosity.
Before he stninglcd himself with his
neckrchief he wrote.i "I leave; this
world because it pleads mo to do sot
I hate had enough oi driving people
about in this world. I am going to see
if. inlhe other world people drive dif
feretjtly. All I ask lshat no fuss may
be made about me." I And this emi
nently straightforward epistle he did
not .even address to those whom it
miglt concern. With Voltairean un
concern hwjiof poji lit awvetape,
"Toiany onew?' This ta a touch which
would have delighted beyond measure
the French radicals ot a century jago.
nu Man naseiu.
is plastered on thiekly, day after day, Confederate papers to make tho record
beginning at tbe ground ana graauany e l te but for nine years now
working upward, a few inches each Generlii Wright has been writing to
day, until the - eaves are reached.
When the wall has dried, a coating of
clay 13 spread over the - surfaces,
filling all cracks and makiug a smooth
will. Whenever the wall becomes in-j
ursd, handful or two of wet clay
the surviving Confederate officers, or
the fapulies of officers who were killed,
and fie., has succeeded in collecting
fully avjeomplete a lecord of the Con
federaJte.army as is bad of the Federal.
All letters or orders written by officials
or offieers of the brmy during the war
i
makes U atmtA again, wherein the
Carib house has great advantage over tnat vfclalj at to the subject f tke
the massive structnres of our ettete war aje oUctoa and compiled and
civilization but Carib houses are not printed without editingi " When the
fire-proof. . work W all done, there will have to be
The house itself w finished, but the aBothcr history of the war written
kitchen, which is the heart of Hon- f these records. Many things that
duranian as of other houses of greater havJ feeen accepted as troths ' will be
pretensions,remains to be made. ;' ; a or Drovea DV tnese recoirds to be absolute-
the foundation of this important
structure posts are often set in the
earth that forms the floor of the house
or of an- attachment , thereto, -These
posts support a platform about two
feet from the floor. On the sticks
forming the platform a thick bed of
mud mortar is spread, and from this
rise lay walls drawing near to each
other at the top. Often the rails form
an arch in the top of which is a range
of holes of various sizes, over whieh
post and bowls of pottery are placed,
containing fish,' flesh or fowl, yam.
vhpm ot maize, frboles or platmos.
A fire is started, and housekeeping has
betrun. Sometimes the owner or his
friend has an artistic taienr, ana De-
side the fireplace the clay image of a
matt will rise two or three feet the flat
snrfaee mMe bv the headdress form-
incr a nWtform on which blazine
splinters of fat pine are placed at
night a household 1 god lighting the
duskv priestesses offering np the daily
sacrifices to humanity's exciting ap
petites.-if. W. Ferry, m Uoocl Mouse
keeping
the Bullock's Creek neighborhood, was
stricken with paralysis on the DOth of
last month, since which time, a perLo 1
of twenty-three days, including yes
terday, she has eaten no food- of 'any,
kind and taken no nourish ment except ;
Rev. Mr. H. 0. Lacey, of St. Paul's I an occasional sip of water or coffee. .
Churehj Winston, i who also officiates J Mrs. Good is the grand-mother of ,
.monthly near Walnut Cove and at I Johnnie Lee Good, the lUtle. bpy who
Germantou, has finally declined to ac-j was so ruthlessly murdered last , No
cept the call extended to hinf by the j vember. Yorlnille Enquirer. .j
vestry of St. John's Church Fayette- iW ,1;lv ,ast wftk flV,nt dnsk: 'k k
ville. In his stead Rev. Mr. Atkinson, DODulap eommePt.iai t0nrit was Com- '
of Bah i more, a great nephew of the . ,m P,iMWiil. u w. tl tr.
ateBishopAtkinson,.goes to St. John's haltbv several men secreted in the
Fayetteville. woods on the side of the road about
Of the North Carolina flags which Qve miles from towni Instead of
wouM have been returned if the order 1 halting he put whip to his horses and
over which so much - unnecessary, fuss thereby evaded their-; efforts fcHstop
has been made had beeu carried' out him. RenortsT have reached ii ot
are the colors of the First, SeVentb, I bands of robbers oneratiniir on sei-eral
wenty-Fourth,Twenty-EigInh, Forty- j 0f the public highways in the cointy.
Second and One 'Hundred aud Sixth
regiments, according to the list made
bv the war department;" Haleiah News
and Observer., ' '
The erection of the monument ' Oyer
the last resting place of Col. T. N.
discos-'
ly false. They' will , show, ihat
officers on both sides have been overr
estimated, and thatptber orhcers have
never cot tne J creair mat was aue
them. , ,.. ,-
There k a soil : of lialo of romance
surrortndlttg'atl ltd bttle,1,tha.t puts
historf-io1 falsi lfgbrt. ! Officers; in
. . "... . t '. - 1 4t IV, ; ' 1 -
writing reports oi pauies, unaer ,me
excitement bfT the', hmehave often
fallen into the' erior of. 'exaggerating
the enemy's forces. j( One very, popular
error which has been correated by these
' : r'. '. l a; M 'A."il. - n 1. . 1
re cor as is wiin.reiaAioUjjio yu,v.fifp imm.
tle qf Ball Bun.' : It has always been
believe .that, the ,4!pwrM rorcw on
thai .occasion greatly, i ot-mtnbered
the Cojufederftes. IU Jias t gone! -into
bister j soj. , -In? the North, as well as-ta
the Son th i it has been accepted s a
fact not to be disputed, and the North
em people . have always felt a little
shame that? theirs Jarge .army should
have been defeated by so much smaller
aforce ofCohfedeates., These records
The NewYork has beeti
cussing ;thsl county dWor' ant! bis
trials Sand tribtflatwafc. Iv tttlW like-it
persi tbe'trepntatidtt o? most' commune
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nes ior moxai iionesr w7cuni" aepreci.-
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ate .wenry per. cent, iah- eor s la
bor'i re fceldomi ostssfemed " or cohipSn!
satourr - A lawyer whi give you aavice
on ildSoe-.awilchtirger Vot 'flve- 'ddf-
larifotiit4iii4a or3itir!''walJ'Riye
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advWrofc Jumileed' topics and'chaVg
ap Mitor.wowjtisave1 five dollars' 'giv
AM W a I a ln.nM " W KA AHM fM .
nesfl , men is are ' so nniversally robbfed
and windledont otl their ' labor1 'j'and
capital as country newspaper publisers
A canning factor will be. started at
Nekton by ount & Shrum.
The matter should be invesligated.-
Lancmter Ledger. y . J
On Wednesday afternoon of last
week, just before the excursion ' ftraiii
frm Orangeburg left the-depot in
Camden, a row occurred between the
Crumpler will take place at Dobson, exenWiomsts and the Camden neerocs.
Surry .county, pnt fail,. June 29th.. One fellow who was said to be drunk' ,
Gds. W..II..I1, Ccwles and J, l.P?lk l ajtilv ,V,telia1l Wdi unil wnfit tn wnt-V '
will delivei addresses,. The eommittee.l i, h,;-, 'if,.iri-r
bEaiTangynraposethe flowing lM. ihe .(mdeff-negroes-do wh at ' a f
tieuien : jjieasra. -j. di i.. uouson nrkit MtaxmifUi: mntnU-f r. nWV
- a 4. vr" mill u w v - j
to work on him with n knife, and
suddenly disappeared into tire car,
rgen
rH,v mM.i. mmv-oi x,.u ihe
ftAd'rieMi!tkrBybBa-,itordS!,seenTTkl4.,n.i k. ;m.Mat..m..i ..mj.i I - i s ' . . H -a r ?
i . -. i . j -r"-i.pTrinii-j l in -
t -- - i ----jliaj,uri,,u-miiaiifcicBii C. i;':-.- V ij. i
0anKfilHiufaMben wlioyfftW,raSd aVcrwdli u?uu"" " 'v i . , v
rea4dn4iik04re hittA fendeii J$9'l-ktitirtiffi 'aa "VW"?
arp cactbomxthost
i uud those who g
vitation as instrtretoiv and lectwers.
. , , .t i I w M vr' ' -it-T . .7-,
i! ro TPfleti. jinn, inoKft venn trn nr in- . ..-.. h.vj '. .
Georgia. Carolina and xferthern lioad.
The,'road waVgradedfior a. hundred -Li
liThe surveying instruments and camp feet on either side, of the crotssiug J i
oaaipage otneieutar Atftvltncr This 'was a fortunate stroke, for the
IJoi-thwestern railroad company have Three CTs. " Had they Vit$d until, the
Jbeei,dj.uiykeiiiba;uiiiby'the'l G. fc'ife N. Rl-'B, had graded its line , .
iS b Buai-vkiijiryuf.C; tMJ t that pcnnL rfae Three CTs eould, only
ViAieWpy-fofi'Wp ioppiier.xnrnisaea i hTe erpssea the other.road. pyj. going ,
An4rt-oen tkreO eerS gWen wr- - -r? ' J , ' " " " rf,i7.V.tT- :. l": - J
,iuaL tvimj-rt j.1 1. luouKut.-inai ihi3 t over n on ft Duoi me.ameuepin : j .m
pats an end tf the road in that county j it is,1 the Tfiree, C's has the right ot way; ' ,
atleast. The, plan of the road;; was and the '07, if. bL11. roust con-i
-ambitious. It was to extend -from f form to the wishes of -the. formet .
South Port on tbe Atlantic coast 6k must either ' go' Juiider or above tho 1
Brunswick county to, Bristol, Teun.'; -Three (7s, if that road should so elect. ,
aUcL extended ', through over twenty Neither is practicable without great 1
counties in that iState. I expense . Ledoer.
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