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NEW BERNEi N. C, JULY 20, 1S82
NO. 15.
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-DollArs, An full tor the loss of .my, horse
, , insured in said Society, that died on the
AftL J 4DOA
ture
. ;Two Important Crops.
" There are two crops of the Uni
ted States that make no inconsid
erable item in the trade of New
Berne, outside of the regular - cot
ton crop. :V Corn and wheat the
great staples' of the Northwest, are
ofi more,: than passing interest to
this ; -city tf;ide. We buy- the
inanufactuied ;' wheatj in immense
quantities, nd self the corn, both
crude and manufactured, in equally
as : large amount. Hyde county
sells,bere jRoiniething near , a mil
lion of bushels of corn annually and
there is pefhaps handled here ev-
Hery year froin forty to fifty 4 thous
and baiTels' of ; flour. When flour
antt corn are both commanding
good prices no ' complaint can s be
made, for the corn sales are larger
than from jthe flour; . and if com
should be- high, and flour cheap
this commnu i ty" would jeap ? la rgely
from the, result, and, rice versa f
would lose if corn should low
and wheat high.
; The Chicago IVmes of July 8th
ha six columns filled "with special
crop repoTtsrom'JJthe great grain
States f UlinbisN- Indian a, lowa
Michigan, Wisconsin, Dakotah,
Nebraska f ,vand . Minnesota, and
from these wCgloan. an interesting
account of the present condition of
the crops which have so important
bearing on our prosperity.1
; Iu brief we find' that corn is a
very poor crop and wheat, is a very
good one two very important facts
for us, aa wo may therefore expect
to'bny cheap flour and sell high
priced corn. The corn crop of the
United States in 1880 was 1,537,
535,940 bushels, which was a slight
reduction from the 'erop of the 'previous-year
In 1881 -the crop fell to
1,194,910,000 bqshels A reduction
of one fourth arid . the ; Times re
ports indicate that it may be as se
rious as that would, cot it down to
about 900,000,000 bushels. - But -it
may not be so. bad as that. J In all
localities the corn is very backward,
but in mauy'of themETTsromis
ing lairiy alter ail, .ana with -line
weather will not show avery great
reduction from last: year; Still tlie
l'act remains that last.' year's crop
was a large reduction from those of
the two. previous ; years, and it is
certain that this -year's crop will
not come up to that of last year.
Corn in Illinois last year was not
more than half the crop of 1879,
and this year it is almost certain to
be much ' below what it was last
year. The same is . true in Iowa.
Even in Indiana where ' the bad
weather has had the least . effect,
the crop will not be quite as large
as last year.
The wheat prospect is much more
encouraging, though they : are not
1 . J 1 - A ' 1 f. . - - ..1 -j.. S . -A- 1
an mat wa nopeu 101- eany 111 me
season. . There has been , a eonsid-
er-jible reduction in the acreage of
wheat in Iowa, . Wisconsin,' and in
soinef parts of -Minnesota,' ; but in
other parts of the last State and in
Dakota and'Nebraska there have
been large additions to the area,
and the same is true ot some other
localities. In. Iowa and Wisconsin
what wheat there is is promistug
well. In Wisconsin the crop 1 will
be Jarger than it was last year, but
in Iowa it will not be so large the
gain in one State being i about an
offset to the loss in; the other. In
Illinois- the wheat ... crop last year
was 20,822,000 bushels, or barely
one half what it was the year be
fore; thisyear the - indications are.
that the cronT will exceed that of
last year, and may amount to 30,
000,000." Nebraska last year pro
duced a little less than 14,000,000
bushels of wheat,, and this year
promises to go two.' or three millions
above, that; the" acreage has in
creased, and the grain is looking
well. But the fiuest reports come
from Michigan. The crop iu that
State; two years ago, was over 30,
000,000, bushels, and last year ; it
was only a little over 21,000,000
bushels; this year the crop promis
es to be nearly or quite equal to
that of 1880. In Indiana the crop
two years ago was over 38,000,000
and .last year about 31,500,000
bushels; this year it will excel the
crop of last Year and may reach
nearly to the figures of two years
agdr In Kansas the wheat harvest
is nearly over, and the crop is esti
mated at 30,000,000 bushels, or
more than 50 per cent, in excess of
the crops of the last two years.
So the crop outlook in the great
Northwest is favorable to the farm
ers in this section, and the coining
year bids fair to le a prosperous
one. We may expect to sell in a
dear market and buy in a cheap
pne, and tiat is all a wide-awake
community can ask for.
Cotton Saving.
Writers and theorists know much
more of farming (or think they do)
than farmers themselves. Mr. Ed
ward Atkinson has recently pre
pared a statement upon "cotton
saving" to be read before the New
England Cotton Manufacturers'
Association that illustrated how
crude conclusions may sometimes be
deduced. from certain well known
facts.
A great' complaint has been
raised, in the last year, against the
quantity of dirfothiaFiiouv baled
cotton, and Mr. Atkinson rightly
attributes much of this to careless
handling and ginning rather than
to intentional fraud; and his reme
dy is for model ginneries to be es
tablished all over the South with a
capacity fof 3,000 bales of cotton in
a season,5 and that to these : model
gins all the cotton would bo brought.
In the first place the cotton would
never be carried to these model
gins,.for the farmer .wants to save
haulm? in bulk, - a ml Beside the
smaller "gins jtrefcmpeent , tad
j nst a&good work - if sufficient in
duceinent should be held out. One
cause for not preparing a better
staple is that the buyers do not
make enough difference iu price be
tween dirtv and clean cotton." We
give an extract to show Mr. Atkin
son's idea of the mture gin:
A model cotton-ginning estab
lishment, with a capacity for hand
ling 3,000 bales of cotton in a seas
on of 100 days, or 30 oaies a aay,
can be constructed with all the req
uisite buildiujrs for the work and
for storage, with three 80-saw gins
lor common work, and two roller
gins lor extra staple, suitaDie
cleaners for cleaning dirtv cotton
in the seed, an exhaust blower to
lift the cotton Irom the wagons and
distribute it, a cotton seed huller
bv which the hulls can be separa
ted from the kernel, and all other
requisite machinery at a cost (with
25 per cent added for contingen
cies) of less than 812,000.
A CHANCE FOR NOETIIKK.NMEN.
I have never investigated any
subject in which so large, a,. profit,
appeared to be within reach 011 so"
small an 'investment, as this, ami
there is certainly room for North
ern men who desire to make a fresh
start in a healthy upland country
among, tho;' Southern farmers to
benefit themselves while benefit-
ting the neighborhood. It may be
worth your while to observe how
small an investment of capital
would be required to treat the
whole cotton crop in a scientific
and skillful way, provided only a
true beginning can be made. I
have said that a model establish
ment of the capacity7 of 3,000 bales
in the season would cost less than
$ 12,000. Two thousand such es
tablishments scattered - over the
vast area of the cotton country
each treating 3,000 bales : in the
season would prepare 0,000,000
bales of cotton, and would repre
sent a capital of- $24,000,000. But
even this amount is not necessary.
Cotton in the seed can be"" kept, if
properly, stored, ; for an indefinite
period without injury. If arrange
ments were made and the custom
introduced for purchasing cotton in
the seed the ginning season might
be extended to cover 200 days in
stead of .100. The establishment
named would then work 0,000 bales
in the season, and; theH capital re
quired for the treatment ; of the
whole crop, would represent ouly
f 12,000,1 r; "
It seems almost absurd aud vis
iouary to. say that' by means of
such an investment 5 a, saving of
f30,OOOj06o- .iu5, quantity and of
neariy$30,00p,000 inore in waste oi
labor and in otfierVways, might be
saved. Yet I think such is the on
ly legitimate deduction iionr the
facts disclosed at the Atlanta Ex
positiou, amL by investigations
since made, I can conceive of no
branch of industry so likely to be
come very profitable as the organi
zation of a large concern with
$500,000 capital, of which one-half
might be invested in 20 mo tel gin
ning establishments scattered
through the upland country, in a
healthy climate, among the pro
gressive farmers who only need the
incentive of personal interest to be
led in the right direction; the oth
er half to be used as the working
capital in purchasing and disposing
of the cotton.
From the LaGrange Monthly.
ltemiiiiscences of Kin.-.ton.
BY JOHN PARIS, D. D., LATE CHAP
LAIN 54TH REGIMENT, N. C. T.
On the morning of the first of
February, 1864, Brigadier General
Hoke, commanding the advance of
Pickett's Division, forced the pas
sage of Bachelors' creek, nine miles
east from New Berne. The enemy,
abandoniug his works, retreated
upon the town. The pursuit was
hot, and the fugitive were closely
pressed until the gnus upon the
fortifications in front of the town
endangered the further advance of
the pursuers. By the celerity of
this movement about four hundred
and fifty prisoners fell into the
hands of the Confederates. On
Wednesday, the 3d, the command
fell back to Kinstou with their
prisoners. Among these captives
were a number of men who had
belonged to the Confederate ser-
vice, and who had taken tho cus
tomary oath of fidelity to the
government, and of obedience; to
the officers over them, according to
the rules and regulations of the
Confederate army. These men
were taken in the enemy's ranks,
dressed in the Federal uniform,
with arms in their hands, and
were recognized b many of their
old acquaintances. ,
As , soon as Hok.es' brigade
reached Kinstoh a court martial
was organized for the trial of these
men, who were charged with, the
crimes of desertion and treason.
On the 4th of February two were
put upon trial, found guilty of the
charges ' 'and' spefieatgonsjr'taHi to whu4h
sentenced to be hauced on the lol
lowing day at 12 o'clock.
Earlj' on the morning of the ex
ecution Gen. Hoke requested me
to visit these unfortunate men, and
attend them at the execution. I
had, in early life, determined never
to witness a public execution; but
being the only Chaplain in the
brigade, and holding a commission
from the Confederate (ioyeniinent,
as such, there was no iroper way
for me. to decline. I found, two
unfortunate men in the 'hands of
the guard, in camp. j-Theu; names
wcie Jones and Haskett. I quietly'
entered into a conversation .with
them in order to learn their history,
as well as - spiritural condition.
They seemed to be but little im
pressed with the awful solemnity of
their surroundings, as if quite in
difl'erent to their fate. Their plea
was," "I have done nothing to be
hanged for." I urged upon them
the great necessity of preparing
for eternity. I held, prayer with
them and pointed them to Christ as
the Saviour of sinners. They were
the hardest men I ever a ppe a led to,
under such circumstances.
One of them .gave me a synopsis
of the history of his life. He told
Ine reckoned he had as good a
mother as ever lived, but that when
a boy he had taken up with bad
company, and such company had
been his associates all his life, and
had 'brought him to ruiu.
The gallows was erected in an
old field a few hundred yards east
from the place where the old court
house stood. I marched by the
side of these poor men to the place.
of execution, and talked with them
on the way about the things that
concerned the salvation of their
souls. But they seemed to be in
difl'ereufc , to': these things. The
brigade had preceded us, inarching
with music and colors Hying, and
had formed in a hollow square
the gallows being in the centre.
..The guard, with the prisoners, took
position by the gallows, when the
A. A. General read aloud, on horse
back, the charges and specifications
against the men with the findings
and sentence of the court-martial;
when the chaplain ottered a prayer.
The cap was then placed over their
faces, and, ascending the scaffold
they were soon launched into eter
nity without expressing one word
of penitence or regret.
The court-martial continued its
work.
On Thursday the 11th, General
Hoke requested me to visit five
other prisoners who were under
sentence of death, to be executed
on the morrow. I found them con
fined in the old court house and the
place guarded. I found these men
in great distress. Desertion and
treason were the charges against
them. Upon entering the prison I
told them I had heard of 'their un
happy condition, and had come as
a representative of the christian
'religion, to oft'er to them its con
solations under their melancholy
surroundings. But before 1 pro-
ceeded any further 1
added, "1
want- to know, if any
ot you are
:meuilers of churches.
at noine
where you belong "
"Oh, yes, several of us,'" answered
one who seemed to be a leader
among them, "1 have been a Ieth-
odist, myself, for twenty years." j
I knew men often i nn into great :
errors, even while professing to be I
the disciples of the Prince of Peace ; !
hence the question. These men
were peuifeiit men, and were mostj
seriously impressed with a sense of:
the realities of eternitv. i held !
religious services with them, and'
baptized two, John L. Stanly and:
William Irving, in the prison.
These men were marched to tlie:
place of execution in the same or
r as the first two. At the gal-!
vs each one made a talk in order
warn others from falling intothe
de
low
to
suare that had ruined them. One
of them, Mitchell Busick, seemed to
be dreadfully distressed by the re
flection that a refusal on his part to
follow the List advice his venerated
father gave him M as the cause of
bringing him to the dreadful doom
that awaited him. These live men
were certainly penitent, aim tnen
... '-1 . ,
prayeriui enquiry was, "vwiat must ;
I do to be saved V They expiated
the great error of their lives upon j
the scaffold, and died hoping fori
the merev of liiu tlnoiioli our Lord
Jesus Christ.
; Two days afterwards I was noti
; tied that on the following day, the
! 15th of February, thirteen more
would be executed. 1 hastened to
the prison to visit them. The scene
1 , , ,,-,1 .
was truly a moving one. 'L he
seemed to be overwhelmed by a
sense of their impending fate,
Their lamentations and prayers
were heartrendim
1
preached to
them the Lord of life and glory as
man's only l ope, and promised to
visit them on the ensuing morning.
Early next day 1 went to the prison,
in compliance with my promise.
Nearly all these, im fortunate ineu
: were citizens of Jones county, and
on Sunday, the day before their ex
ecution, the sad intelligence of
their impending fate had reached
their families and friends, and
during tlie night the wives, mothers
and sisters of the unhappy men had
arrived and were assembled in a
melancholy group around the walls
of the prison, anxious to have one
more interview with the condemned
men before death should consign
them to the grave.
When the officer of the guard
opened the door for my admittance
these distressed females rushed by
us, in a crowd, into the prison, and,
throwing their arms around their
friends, gave vent to the most
I Imve ever, listened. There is some.
solace, even in the expression of
grief, and for some minutes I for
bore to require quietude lor purpo
ses of devotion aud worship.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SUNDAY IN WASHINGTON
CHURCHES AND EXCURSIONS
THE RANSOMED SWAMPS A SU
PERHEATED CONGRESS.
WAsillNGT(N,p. C'., July 11 '82.
A Sunday in Washington is. very
much like the ame day in any oth'
er Well regulated American city.
When I say "well regulated city"
of course no reference is made to
Cincinnati. Iu Washington a man
and his wife goes to church, be he
Senator, Cabinet Officer, or Gov
ernment clerk. If he does not go
to church, he takes his wife, or
her who will be or ought to be his
wife, aud goes down the- Potomac
river forty or fifty miles, on an ex
cursion, ' round trip fifty cents.
There are quite a number of excur
sion steamers on the Potomac, and
they do a thriving business during
the summer months. I Wen t down
tlie river -yesterday, and passing
Mount Vernon, was unable to see
more than a glimpse Of George
Washington, owing to the dense
ness of the trees that surrounded it.
I asked three of the boat hands ifj
that was Mount Vernon, but noiiej
of them could tell. These exciir !
sions down the1 Potomac are fre- j
quentlyofa social character, and
for a benevalent or charitable pur
pose. To:day there will be one for
the Garfield Memorial Church. All
the money received for fares will
go to theehnrch fund. Your cor
respondent went to church yester
day j as well -'as-down tlie' livL'He
would have your readers know that
he is no heathen. He attended the
church to which Garfield belonged,
and in which he occasionally
preached during the earlier days
of his congressional life in Wash
ington. The little wooden edifice
has been shifted entirely around
from the position it occupied when
the assassin peered through the
window to shoot the President. It
formerly fronted ou Vermont ave
nue it now fronts on 14th street,
and its removal is for the purpose
of making room for the new church
which is to be built on the same
grouud.
All Washington is rejoicing to
day over tlie ransomed swamps of
the Potomac. Washington is, per
haps, a little premature in shouting
before she is out of the swamps,
but Senator Ransom moved an
amendment to the River and Har
bor Bill appropriating half a mil
lion of dollars for the improvement
of the harbor of Washington, and
the amendment was passed by a
vote of twenty-six in its favor and
only six against it. If it shall
meet the approval of a majority in
the House, as it is believed it will,
the first step will have been taken
to relieve -the Capital City from
her environment of pestilent
swamps. Certainly when appro
priations are made for the naviga
tion of steamers which, as some
member said, had better be macad
amized, the Potomac, one mile in
width, with a navy yard at its
head of navigation, is entitled to
some consideration in the River
and Harbor appropriation.
Congress, I think, will kick the
dust of Washington off its heels
next week. Until yesterday the
month of .Inly had been cool and
pleasant, but during the last thirty
six hours summer has been getting
in its business pretty lively, and
the hot weather will no doubt serve
to ouickeu the pulse of legislation.
f"l statesjnen long lor
j lose cool country resods where
I ,he ( s,t hnI'a-1 era ndahs,
plav poker, and suck ice water per
fumed with mint. It must be ad
mitted that Congress has hung on
heroically this session. The com
ing session will be very brief, for it
closes by limitation on the fourth
of March, 1S.S.".
The President still lemains in
the city, and has not gone to Sol
; lieis Home as was reiiorted.
;
I Uc BiK sunflower.
Mr. Osc.u- Wilde, while in the -ity,
paid u visit to the Sound 011 Nun. lav,
and was the truest of ('ai)t. K. W. Man
mug. Uuring tlie aay lie went 10 rue
beach with a party of young gentlemen
and took a bath iu the ocean. itli
which he expressed himself as much
delighted and refreshed. He was culled
'upon during the afternoon by many of
: itizeus residing on the Sound, with
wl om he lield a conversation ol a couple
j ()1 . hourB, duration.
; Mr. Wilde took supper with Major (
i M. Stednian and returned to the city
the same night. He left here yesterday
morning for Norfolk, where he w as to
have lectured last night. He seemed
highly pleased with our section of the
country and with the people, lie had
met. H'7. liecieic.
"Order reigns'" at Alexandria, or
will reign soon. The special concern
ng Egyptian affairs is reassuring.
New
uerne.
We have heretofore stated the
Wayne commenced running on the
Nense in 1S4.. : Sho was burned,
rebuilt, then blown' up. and her
name changed to the North State,
and Dr. li. Berry informs me she
was taken by the Federal author
ities in (ho war, run to pieces, then
the engine was put in a small guu
loat on oup rivers. The hull of the
old boat for years was near the
railroad bridge on the Trent.
Not very long after tlie Wayne
was brought here by the Messrs.
Dibble a steamboat of some more
power' and slightly larger, though,
ifeali other roqiects similaeJx) 3the
Waynef of which we have hereto
fore given a description, -was built
in Connecticut for a company com
posed chiefly of citizens of the
counties of Johnston and Waylie,
was also put on the Neuse. A: T.
Jerkins, Esq., of Newberu, was the
agent of the company, and man
aged the steamer and the large
fleet of 11 at boats towed by her on
the river. These bo:its were car
ried up the Nense by the steamer,
turned loose at the different .land
ings where desired for freight, and
were then either poled or allowed
to drift down to Newberu. By this
means thousands of tons of freight
could be moved, which otherwise
could not have been. The freight
on the Neuse now coming this way
would be a joke compared to what
it was when the . Wayne and John
ston commenced running, and Avheu
in the height of their business.
They were particularly' designed
for towing, and consequently their
capacity for .carrying freight was
small. What the Dibbles made by
their boat will probably never be
known. The stock of the Johnston
Steamboat Company was all sunk,
we learn. There was a side-wheel
steam fiat , also purchased bythis
company in, Connecticut, which car
sied abjojit three hundred round
barrels "and was quite a success.
Afterwards the engine was- taken
out of the - old flat and put in a
larger one w ith a sharp head, which
being too large and heavy for the
engine never did as well as before
the change. That is generally the
trouble with all our steamers too
much boat for the engine. We are
anxious to carry it all at once with
out power. Even the great Shenan
doah is in the same condition. But,
Mi' Senior Editor, von inaV not be
aw.ui! unit iu mis sieaiuooui, ne
Rough and Ready, are you-indebted
for your experience as the. comman
der of a steamer on the1 Neuse.
This is the boat that so impressed
you in your youth j arid, 'undoubted
edly, if you had to draw a picture
of it as it theu appeared Id yon,
the Shenandoah would not have
much the advantage-in magnifi
cence or size. We often catch our
inspiration when children from
comparatively trifling scenes,
which lead us aw ay from profes
sions or occupations that it would
seem natural for us to pursue.
The Rough and Ready was an
open flat boat, with side wheels and
engine in the center. The Johnston
was perhaps the quickest steamer
ever owned here or run regularly to
this place. She could run twelve
miles an houivwith ease about our
harbor. The iron from which the
fence around thccapitol square iu
Paleigh was made was brought
here from tin North, and' carried,
up the Neuse by the Johnston.
Where it was landed the church
bells could be plainly heard, in lial
eigh, and some of the citizens of
that city made a visit to the steam
er during (he landing of the iron,
which was in pigs. The fence was
made in Raleigh by a Mr. Burns,
and he need never be ashamed of
his work. The Johnston met the
same fate as the Wayne. She was
carried to Beaufort Harbor, and
while the property of Mr. Josiah S.
Pender timing the war was blown
up at the Port wharf, iu conse
quence of carelessness no water in
the Imiler. We are informed by
W. 11. llouiand that she imme
diately sunk after the explosion and
was never resurrected. I am not
in tunned of the casualties, though
rumor has a number killed by the
explosion.
In 1S"S we had a side wheeler
steamer, called the I'oxt Boy, run
ning from this place to Hyde
county, the property of the Hyde
County Steamboat Joint Stock Co.,
S. A. Long, President, and Win.
M. Creadle, Secretary. The stock
was owned by some of our citizens
and the citizens of Hyde county,
all of which was sunk in compara
tively a short period.
Of course the ocean stealers of
Goodspeed, then Dell ci Hughes,
and afterwards Whit ford, Dell &
Company, will be remembered, as
those of the latter firm ran up to
1ST-. These ships made the trips
with the regularity of the trains,
and were of great profit to our
town and surrounding country.
They relied more upon getting
their cargoes from the two rivers,
Neuse and Trent, than from the
Railroad, and it proves to our peo
ple these great channels of trade
should be kept constantly 111 view.
It would astonish those not aware
of it to see photographs of those
heavy ocean steamers .it the
wharves at the foot of Craven
street, with the flats around them
with t-ottoii, naval stores and pro
duee piled high among (hem. This
business has been transferred to
the Sound boats simply for the
want ot united act on 011 the part
of our merchants to run steamers
direct to New York. The thing
was done for years, ami can be
Bits of the History oi
done again, and should - be douo
w ithout delay, if we desire the per
manent prosperity, of Newborn.
Let us add by all means, as wo are
doing to our river steamers. 1 The
steamer Neuse or Trent' is worth
more to Newberu in substantial
benefits than all. the thousands of
bushels of corn loaded at the Ilail
'road wharf for transportation, or
i II 11 11 - i '
j iu me eoiLon mac - may come over
me roau on its way JNortli with
I through bills of lading. All that
aids the road, but not Newberu. .
Newberu was among the earliest
settlements hi the State. Tho nat
ural advantages for commerce in
the State were (never remarkable
Butewbern, became the centreof
Mime, auu sic an eauyuay jtiie eai
italof the Province under' the Co
lonial Government. This gave her
an impontonc and a decided ad
vantage. TJer business men were
enterprising. As the country was
settled in the counties' on the river
west ol her she naturally 'command;
ed all their trade. Had the Neuse
been onen and deep our merchants
would have retained this trade, and
the W. & W. Railroad could nevelj
have cut it off arid turned i(; to WiK
m i 11 g a n d Norfolk." "Jia ilroads can
not successfully compete with cer.
tain river navigation. Then im
prove our rivers,' aiid Newbernf
must again be the place 9I' deposit
of a good portion of tlie tratle of
the counties of Lenoirt Greene,
Wayne,. Johnston, Jones and On
slow. ' - '
Any main line of railroad sliould
and would put the. rails on any side
line of. road . when prepared for
them by the people in the counties
through which it was run, as did
the. 'TV ."and W E. E.for the road
to Scotland Neck, and as also -did
the Richmond and Danville rail
road for the University, road. Yet
the trade on a railroad is not . ps
certain for Newberu , as trade pu
the rivers,., anil moreover we. get
much of this trade- now which rail--roads
could only offer speedier
means ' for trahsporting--tlie ,jcpt-'
ton and produce, 4and whieu"our
country' friend? should have if they
desire it. The merchants of Snow
Hill should have the .same facilities
as the merchants of Kinston. to
ship direct to Norfolk or New, York
and the merchants of Trenton
should also have same facilities as
the 'merchants of Newberu without
the expense and aid oi middle men.
I We. agree .to - all .this, and us a
idomcer unite' with them on
the1 subject. ' We cannot conceive
of any management of , the A,, .fth4
li, C. 1C Ii. that would, not en
courage in every way the construe'
tion of side lines. . Yet it must be
admitted from - what I ; have said
that we cau have but little increase
of trade in Newbern from the fail
road until it- is carried west .and
out in a. country from which1 we
have heretofore had ; no benefit.
Let the road go' up to Wake ,alid
the counties beyond on-thet line jtp
Salisbury and it would give us new
trade and new life. Mechanics,
merchauts and property, holders
would "all feel , it and we; would
again see our ocean steamships de
parting for aud arriving from New
York a,s our steamers do now from
Elizabeth City. .
Important Kuterprisc.
We are informed, by Cajvt. Mc
Phail, of the Richmond and Dan
ville mining bureau, that large
capitalists are prospecting in this
State with a view to establishing
extensive reduction works at some
point on the line of- the Richmond
and Danville railroad, and accessi
ble to t he mining region of 'this
State. This enterprise, "Capt. ' Mc
Phail thinks will be established at
an early day. The parties interest
ed are large capitalists and have
abundant means to successfully
establish it. Its imiortance to this
section in developing its valuable
mineral resources are incalculable..
In a brief talk with Capt. MePhail
we found him a gentleman of large
and liberal ideas, and an enthusi
astic believer in the growth and
development of the South. He is
now earnestly and zealously at
work collecting material for the
Boston Exposition, and has received
the promise of a hearty co-operation
on the part ol Governor Jarvis aud
commissioner McGehee. All ar
ticles for exhibition will le trans
ported free over tho Richmond and
Danville road and at special rates
over other lines. Capt. MePhail
looks for important results to the
South from the Exposition, and
urges everybody in this section en
gaged in manufacturing and mining
to attend. The Exposition opens
on the (ith of September and con
tinues three months. Very low
rates will le given. Greennhoro
Patriot.
The Latent Aflvertlalnx Dodge.
"Jefferson Davih has announced hi
intention of spending several weeks
this Mirnmer at a resort in North Caro
lina, and the feet in being advertised
widely to induce his "old Confederate
comrades" to patronize the name place.
New York Wit lien.
I The above ia a specimen of para
. graphs floating around the North, based
jon the fact that Dr. (. VV. Blacknall in
! vited Mr. Davis to spend some weeks at
: the Morehead City hotel. We doubt if
the ex-President will come, or ever ex
pected to do so. Fanner & Mechanic.
Tlie Crop in Prnder a ltd Mampaou.
Dr. E. Porter, of Pender, who was in
j the city yesterday, says the Crops in
that county are improving rapidly. Tlie
'cotton, which was believed to hav
i been seriously injured by the late cool
snaps, is now coming out finely anl
promising a good yield.
; ('apt. It. P. Pad d won, who lias re
cently travelled through Sampson, gives
1 a like encouraging report as totheerops
pi that county, lie says tlie farmers
are very much encouraged. Wit Star.
. For the New Berne Ju4irn.il
. ; SaalthfleU Kxerlan
-Yesterday, by invitation of C
always thoughtful' and iKIite v
tleman, Col.. Andrews, a i.lea-
party of ladies and gentlemen, 1
ales aud lads, left the city hot.;
..1
lor an excursion -over the ro i l
t
Smithfield. whence the Midland
just been completed., AtUold ! m
the party was iDcrcnl, not on'
by ladies and gentlemen, but I v
just the nicest '-"tnick-knaeks" . 1
can imagine. We readied San :(
field at 1:15 o'clock, uot nltog t! 1
cool and fresh, but then we were
soon inade Itotli by the ice-water nil
ready lor us when we landed nt t ho
Fnller HonsewhlchbyMhe w.n ,
istt very neat' hotel, and cprt41i. lv
the proprietors are most oblh i
And didn't we do i nst ice to t
dinner 7 , The ladies were er
I
first, and, privatel-, . we heard
modest young man, as well hk I
R. Walker, say dinner witu' oi'
what scarce, and immediately 1
derstood the reason whv.wheu (
I
inat uaptain Richardson had 1 1
honored , with a seat at 1 he :. : :
table, just to see that the l,ui
were nicely cared for. Here n;
we are indebted to Col. - A' ,!r -.
Being in 'a particularly
after dinner we concluded to 5 ,
around the place; quite a ni I
tie village it ia, 'streets' regain ,
laid off and well shaded, some x
neat cottages,' ami, . we b an
about eight hundred inhabitar . .
v ith the two railroads San: :.-
field may expect much.'' The , '
try .around aeems specially 1 ,
and we. noticed in paKinr tf "
crops .were unusually good, 1 1
corn anu cotton. .... .
When the Midland scheme in a
reality; then the resources of (Lis
grand old State will be devcl' j !,
and commerce will receive im i -
petus hiterto unknown. We we
say, encourage the meu Mho co
among us M'ith energy and cap
let them havfe the united good
and God-speetl pf the pepple of t
State, and let the Rnarl nd In
I
of the carping few go lor, what ( !
V -
are worth- . . . - . .
A 1 ' . A 1 . . .
am snguc uKeu -oi tlie ap ? e
ciation of the earnest labors of ( . !.
Andrews,' ? Mr. , J;, Robi n son , . t t
Goldsboro, on .being .introduced I v
Mr, Morris, presented him with t i
elegant gfld watch and chain, m
ing it w.is presented, nt as 1 1,
suit of the. enthiisiamu att ;
the completion of (? r ' I
a token of jKTsoual 1 ;.,.!
memento of the many kii.-lac h
re4ived- at -his hands. To wl i !i
Col. Andrews replied in tho foil
iugspeech ,..,. ...'...
Ladies ' akd Gknti.kmkn: I rut t
express in words Ui feeling UiHt 0 -flow
my heart when 1 ltxk ukji, ;
beautiful and costly testimonial ol ,
appreciation of my labor h Sum ,
tend en t and Engineer, and jour t .
regard. for me as- a -man and a 1 ... . 1
which you have this day bedtowvd ,
me. ..,-... s; . .-; ' - j-- ."
. In this age of Ingratitude aud hoU .
heartedness-It is refreshiivg'wlion our
labors are thus appreciated.
It has been naid tnat next to tho
pleasing consciousness, oi ' duty per-t
formed stands the evidence that u. n
efforts have been -properly prize. I mnt .
estimated. And whan litis appreciut I h .
is shown in such a delicate and rtcten h
mannetvas it is in the present instKncu.
language ia in every way insuC'cieni i. .
express it, and is Utterly at fault vt Un.
it would make a projier aiid gruUtli.t
acknowledgment ef the kindness tMi-(
ferred.M." . f'.' . ...t "-' v-1 .,
' If therefore, JUdjes and gt itlemtett. I- ,
fail in properly xprerting. to you ruy
appreciation jot your, kindoess Utlir- .
me that Vwiiat the heart feels tuot ).. ,
lips speak less.'? . . , . ,
This action and this occasion- will l '
stamped on my . memory -'in eltnv-t.)t n
both pleasing and . inelfaocable And
when the .Midland is -completed, sn I '
the East shakes by the hanithe gol.l-rt
West, and the sea chants a wVlcoino i. I
the mountains, -and when,' iradvcn - '
lure, circumstances mlgbt arise tl.-it-'
Bhould once more separate us, my mind , . .
in recurring to the days sjeni amon ;
the kind and hospitable people of Etf
ern North Carolina, will, I' assure you.
cherish, among all the. pleaainjr remin-.
isoences of those days, as not the lesH 1
this presentation and the kindly ino; ;
tives that have dictated it, tut standing
out prominent and beautiful, will won-.
stitute one of the proudest and best re- '
membered episodes in the history of m .
life and services among yon. , '
Without any disposition to re'fer t
railroad natters, ladies and gentlemen;
I cannot close my eyes to the sfcniflcant ,
fact that in this endoreation ot one of
its humblest ; representatives yo show
your co-operatiTe feeling and afTdiatiou'
for the institution in 'which I have thic '
honor to hold an important and resfou
sible trust. 1 'iw '..?i'. r4!."'jyt-
The: watch is of the Elgin make,;
tlie monogram V'.'J.'i.liV'.. A.? hand-
somely engraved on one'silo, thv"
other bearing bis insignia of office." .;
On opening the caae- we found en--graved:;'
, vv."C i'.r.'.A :;.; :':'!-."'. "'
''Presented by the citkens' of 8mHh- l
field and the employees and friends of
J. W. Andrews, Chief 'Engineer and
Superintendent,'; 0n the completion of''
the Midland Morth Carolina Kailroad tq r
Smithfleid." " v;; : ";;'. ,; ; , , ;1
That he may long 'remain itt'onr.'.j
midst, and time, us -all on ' such
pie a. sunt, occasions, in rne wish 01 '
au ExctmsiojusT. :
a a . j . il - .1 i , a mm .
'0 I
A Cowhldlmc AaTalr. -
A young man by the-' name of'
Isleyj living near Gibsouvillef sent '
an insulting message.- to a Mis'
Shepartl, a respectable . young lad
living iu the. same ueighborltooL .
Snl)sequently visiting the young,
tally's house he was assaulted by"
her brother and severely, lieatii."
Not satisfied with the job of nink .
ing sausage meat out of him, young-. ,
Shepard seized a wagon whip and
cow hided him off the plantation.
The matter was investigated by a
magistrate who impowMb a fin of
f 4.00 on yohng -Shepard. f7mw
Loro l'atrut. :V '"."" ',"'.,;
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