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new bf,i:::i: RATKS OF ADVES Od lock on PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY"- on ft month., " " thrn mini i in........ . Quarter ooluma on i-wk..., " ra mon ih.. . ou ycar...,. .. Hall eoluroa om wrrk.. rESE, CRAYEX COfl.7iV N..C. t 1 , Editors and Proprietor. " " on moata. J. w. niRPKlt, U.8.NIINN, I INDEPENDENT IN ALL , THINGS. :o: . ; -SCBSCRIPTIOX : Proprietors. On ooluma ia yrntk. URi or w M on month... " " on year...... 1"' Mf ontracU for aJTeriUlu f rnr ! or Urn may Ix madr at (ha o01r uf ' t Berks JodiiaL, In tha llrk k Mo. k. O great. New Ilorna. North Carol i n . An Tear, i.; $2.00 . 1X Six Months. T NEW BERNE, N. C, SEPTEMBER 28, 1882. NO. 25. Ki M igtstrates Blanks always on hiuid. 1TEVT BEE1TE JOURNAL; JfE A I7cw Berne Advertisements. D. W. HURTT, r:zr.c:iAiiTfAiuI - '3 r "Ai-iVCV.M; J; 1IIDDI.33 STREET, New Berne, N. CL " Hir. 30, 6m w rerdinand-'TJlrich DEALHl IN.. GEOOEEII&W?cGpODS -?. hpq cirmu tr a tq;"I'H .The place to: buy GRAIN SACK to any quantity and . ''' - ":; ' :..'-' .. LORILLAltLr SNUFF" Orders tak'U for ,?-: ---' - NKTsJ and SPINES. Foot of iliJJlc street,' i , i Tr NEW BERNE. 1. (X itir. 20. 1 0'.':'.T 0, : S 1 ia m m a m kJJp '. . is 3D-2 M AKKEX WH AEF, NEW BERNE. N.U;: " . . Also keep, on band loll I ne of x i5 llorRS A 3 13 TWINES, iPIIICS, NAILS, CANVASS, SK1 ALX, K1NPS ' -'. IA1TDELRY,: -V r-i:::rj, clo and brushes April HGHSI3, "IIULES, F01HES ! - ,-4 V.';. joe",. Phaetons jyBuggiesj i:::::::3, uiiips, saddle l:::3 cc::cs celeehated vork. GOOD YOUNG STOCK al v a v s ou hand, and for sale - " . . . A. AtM. HAHN, , ; ; i "'Middle Street,: Opposite Episcopal Churcb and dfld Fellows Hall; " Junel5w-m " . . " : ' - -- '.' t ) T1 ! F; BCKSSER lias been- in the business for tne last A LT7AYS ON I IAN Trix.v'..;,t;t Corner of Uroad anil MidJlo Streets, Mar. so, 6ra w ... S , BBOAI STBEET ..,..-V.'-...V.-.?. - - iSt-eond door East Irotn Bailroad) . Receives GOODS by ." every Steamer. The beat efPotted . E ,rc d;3 of CoTeeWbest t,r-v- Hoi best-kettle rendered Lard, x v .. Very beat acleetetl BV,TTIinPmrK Apple VINEGAR, SUGAR ofJl eradea tat Family GROCERIES, of ' . ( : 5 Atl. KINDS. ; . . Our country friends "will find itto Uieir advantage to call and try our pri ces Deiore Dnying.r aai gooaa sold at "iJ delivered at any part of City, prompt and f rre. Broad Street second door east jam Railroad, i - .. . w Apr. Lit v'i-rj'-V ' f , MANUFACTURER OF i AadmolesaleaadJtetaU Dealer In .v'aRi-ic5nea: Confectionery "Vr FUEsri i CANNED PBUITS. Crackers and 4 Cakes, . ; ; GIGaRS, til Kindi-of rCbitlren'a TOY ; c WAGONS &&&& ; - - ; . ; pollock Bt., , A pi 1 3,1 7 w 1 Nw Berne, N.C New Berne Advertisements. TH0S. GATES & CO., v OFFER A LARGE STOCK OF1 BAGGING "AND , JAliTIVULA R ?A TTJ2KTION QlVEN TO Cdnalnments of Cotton, ANI HIGHEST MARKET PliICK FRONX ST OPFOSITKJ Jlr, 30-w-lT. OiMARKS, i HEADQUARTERS FOR 1 "Ury Goods,- Nations:" .Shoes, Trimmings and bares of all Kinds, -Table L.iuen, , the ltet Napkins, all tiincii. lrom o l i j iia 1-tS ets apiect. ' Hamburg- Edging: in ; endless variety and sold at lowest prices. MOTTOES, Wi! . ' AND , -. U. RUSTTC : FRAMES : i ' ' of all sizes. I make a specialty of supplying the "Jobbing Trader . Country -ier- jcbaiits are invited t'A ca II nni examine my extensive Stock Lefom baling. , Also the Celebrated. STANDARD SEWING1 MACHINE'S of th following makea: . The Light Running DOMESTIC, HARTFORD AND HOUSEHOLD,1 tht L three best Machines on the Market. rDo notiorgH the place, O. MARKS, , Vvf No 3 lHolt St., ; t Anrlwly v New Rrne, N. C. . Small Profits and Quick Sales. HACKRURN BROTHERS, WII01-.KSxVL.EA I SETA II.: Igrogers Corner Broad and Queen Streets, , ' NEW BERNE, N. C. V -JOSBEES OPr- j. ' LOmiEil'S SMFFS kW TOBACCOS Mir. 30, 1 y K.H. MEADOWS & co. : 'Ji'iV. ;';-' - , .. - L UUGS; SE I2lS and tiU AN OS, l Trucker's Siippties a Specialjt jt : '' '".S'ew 'iJenie;' ?f. C). ' pr20-Siti w . ' For ;,.,;;Vt " . COL,IS, T:HEAlACil"lV TOltPIl LIVER ;' ' and CHILLS, paRIRs' Measures taken for Clothing from ROGEESPEET&CO..BY. a t Berry's Drug Store. f. ' t'u fParties bnying for Cash, ran buy DRCGS, GARDEN SEED, : .. Paper and Envelopes, Paints, Brnsli ; en, Glass, Toys, Wall Paper, ami M:t :f . i many oilier things at bottom prices nt Berry's Drug Store. Apr. 9 ly w. WM. LORCH, fr r-DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE CAST 'SOUSE ACCOMMODATIONS. Braad St. Heir Berne. BT. C. DAIL BROS., WBOLESAE OliOGERS f AND CX5MMISSI0N MERCHANTS NKWllKKNS N. C. Aprl, dwly WORK AND WAGES. BARGAINS THAT WERE TO BE HAD ISf A TRUST COMPANY'S ASSETS. Got. Cornell's Purchase Services that Cost Nearly 9100,000 and ai r Alleged to Have Made a Solvent Company out Insolvent. .. New York Sun.) In the investigation of Receiver VViIhaiu J. Best's the National Trust management of ianv7.s as- sets, Senator Kierman's "committee examined' -yesterday John C. Cruikshank, who was Secretary of the1 company when Mr. Best as sumed charge of it. He testified that Mr. Best ' had shown, as the examiner of the institution, an ap parent impairment of the assets to the extent of 152,000, while in fact the same assets had been val ued by the Bafbk . Department only the year bere :at$IJ52yO0O;inore than, his estimate.- Pacific Rail road third mortgage bonds, full valuaf200jpoo,f and market value 9 180,000 according to the Bank Department estimate, of 1876, Mr. Best put-down as worth only $120,. 000 in l79;i Tbese ere interest bearing bonds, and as a matter of fact bad gained and not I Tost ih value. The Pacific Railroad and the. Caroadelebrajicbbaijbjtbipli tuigfiank Dejartmenr pTit4ildwnHrt f 91,Q00Ttanr J876r Mr. Best esti mated' at fdnl $35,400. In the same way he cut down other assets. It was , only, by undervaluing .the assets iu this "vVay, Mr., Cruiksliank said, that, Mr. Best could have made the. company appear insolv ent. Mr. Cruiksliank presented the .following schedule of the good assets," "equivalent to cash, on b&id when Mr. Best took charge: Cah in vault . . ' . . 69,02& Cash in Central Nat'l. Bank . . 186,652 Cash in Shoe and Leather B'k. . 190,333 Cash in Union National Bank ,of Philadelphfa . . , . . 20,283 Gbvernlnent bonds, 5 per cent-. 225,225 Government bonds, 6s, '81 . " . v 323,25d Government bonds, 5-20,3 1 v . 159,030 Government bonds, 5-20s .- . . 29,598 Call loans, with good collatrl . 1,089470 Total ; . . . . ' ' . $2,287,378 All this was in addition, to the good securities already mentioned as having been undervalued by Mr. Best. ; When the trouble with the institution begauMr Cruiksliank 1 said tney Miad ,000,000 due de positors. , They paid ont $1,500,000 during the run and to meet .tfie $1,500,000 claims remaining had $900,000 in cash and more than $1,000,000 worth of good securities. 5 Even under Mr. Best's low estimate of the value of, the securities thj depositors 'were all paid in -full fir six months. Thomas W. Shannon, director in the company, confirmed most of Mr. Cruikshank's estimates of the value of the securities, and said he thought , that Mr. Best had sacri ficed the property of the company. He thought it particularly hard 011 the stockholders that Mr. Best should; haA-e sold Missouri Pacific bonds for GO that the witness Wt Tfevei to ha ve-beeu worth at thg,t time 75 tol80,t'and.liUa.t have since soldtrl22 vMiv Best, Mr. Shan noisaidjsoid $208,000 worth of Chieagond Eastern Illinois Rail road bonds at 53, and threw in as a gift to the purchaser income bonds-for $89,500 and 428 shares of stock.- This was at private sale. Mr. Shannon said it was peculiarly Ojii fortunate V that this property could not have been properly ad vertised, so that the company could have been protected against loss. , "Then "6u do not consider that this was the exercise.;of a sound andisfrdiscre'tionson the nart of f Receiver Best1i inquired r4 Mr. HiCclesme. "I had a telegram from a capi talist in Chicago who wanted to bid higher, but he did not get the opportunity. The transaction of Mr. Best's, when lie sold Mis souri Pacific stock to Mr. Garrison at 75 fo 80. This property, which Mr., Best sold to Mr. Garrison for $29,000, has since been sold for $400,000. That is the way our property was sacrificed." "Then yon do not think that sale was such as a prudent and honest man would make in the exercise of a sound discretion or that his services of such a charac ter were worth $99,000 f" "I did not know that Mr. Best got so much," said Mr. Shannon. "It was very nearly as much," said Mr. Ecclesine. "How about the Wallkill Vallev property that Mr. Best sold?" . "Mr. Cornell, now Gov. Cornell, got it all lor a song and made a fortune selling it to the West Shore people." "Had all this property been held by Receiver Best instead of sold in the depressed market, the increase in the price would have been for the interest of the stockholders?" "Yes, sir. If that had been done our stock would have been worth 250." "Instead of which Mr. Best is to give you 25?" "I hope so." W. O. McDowell, who was Sec retary of the stockholders' meet- ! ing, testified that a resolution call i ing for an examination of the j affairs by the stockholders was de , feated by J. S. Lowrey and his ! friends, who subseonentlv agreed to the appointment ot Mr. Best as receiver, and then bought the se curities of the company from him Lrft a low price at private sale. Mr. 'TMcDowell asserted that the men who got Mr. Best appointed receiver were responsible for the defeat of MR. the effort to wind up the institution without the interference of the court. Mr. Ecclesine called the attention, of the committee to the law that existed at the time Mr. Best was appointed, showing that the legal course would have been to put the initiatory proceedings for the ap pointment of a receiver in the hands of the Attorney-General. The. jCommittee will hold another session next Monday. liilt Arpon, tKatur sunt Super stition.. (Atlanta Constitution.) There are some curious things about Indian corn, and one is where do the rediears and the speckled ears come from when yon don't plant any but white corn, and another is, why .don't we find an ear with an odd itumber of rows on it f - You can find 'a four-leaf clover, but I have neverfound the odd rowr on an ear of com yet. It is always fourteen, or sixteen of twenty, v or som e even number, and I would liked to undetstaaid wlrat orn knows about imatheinatiesT iind what ob jection nature has to-odd-'numbers. But. nature itH4bt mysteries. I iwas looking at som .ikoneycomb the other. day,, and 1 wondered how i could be made so itme tnd uni form and perfect, even under a microscope, and yet be all made in the' 'dark." And I would like to know how "the lightning bug kind less "the fire, so suddenly, and I've noticed 'that there' is not only light in it to show him how to travel, but there is power in it that pushes him fowaixL and alwavs upward. He rise&&! e'fight;s, which is a good emuiem. vvuen a man sets 111111 self up as a preacher,' of a teacher, or a statesman, and undertakes to throw light.around uion the people, he ought to so live by preeeptand example that he would rise" ; higher and higher as He lnmialed. -.And right before me iii" 'front 'of ' the fiiazza 'are two vines climbing a calie, one a niadeira and the"; other a jessamine, and they "cross each other at every round climbing in opposite - directions, and 1 have tried to make 'em reverse, but they won't. You may tie one with .a string, but it will squirm and twist out of it and 'go according to its nature. This weather is good "for some things. I never saw as line a prospect for turnip and potatoes, and the 'flowers keep on blooming, and I don't have to water 'em every day like I did last summer. But these dog-davs are very unpopalar for they sav that fresh meat won'ti keep, and milk turns sour, and children have boils, grown folks Jiave headakes and mosquitoes sing 'around and snakes perambulate; They say that dog-days begin when the dog-star rises with the sun and lasts about a month, and, the an cients who., worshipped ?'th(( stars believed that when the dog-star and the sun, so close together they went to. fussing and the "malignant in fluence of tbeirquafel was felt at! over the universe. The' surpersti tion has been: handed down to ns from the generations who have gone before, and it shows bow long a superstition will hang' on to our nature. It is like seeing fthe new moon over the Jeft .-shoulder j or .through the brusii of a tree, or like begin ning a jourpey, or to make a new garmeut on Friday. It is astonish ing how we let these senseless superstitions take-hold of us, even when we don't believe iu them at all. I stayed over night once with a man of inpre than ordinary sense a strong-minded, ' wellbalauced man and when I asked him why the carpenter w ho built his new house didn't ceil up that bole over head he said he wouldn't let him, for it was bad luck to finish a house and plank was left off on purpose; and' when that man forgot anything and went back alter it he always made a cross mark on the ground and spat in it before he turned round. There is a clever old woman living near us who makes lye soap for my wife and lie makes it by tho moon, and declares most sol emnly she can't make good soap any other way. Aim ureen rosier told me that if a man had a big lot of children and wanted his hog meat to make a heap of gravy he must kill his pork in the dark of the moon, for then it would shrink and juice away; but if he wanted-it to swell up and make a' big show he must kill it while the moon was on the increase. I'm sorry I didn't know that when I was raising my flock, for they were powerful fond of gravy, and it was a trouble sometimes to get enough for 'em without a great sacrifice of meat. Greensboro Fruit in London. We have seen specimens of dried fruit from the State of North Car olina, United States of America, shipped here by J. W. Scott & Co., of Greensboro, leading American fruit dealers. The fruit is superior to any American fruit seen on the Lnndou market this season. Lon oh Trade Journal. This is a feather in Scott & Co.'s caiv and they look well under such plumage. Enterprise, printer's i ink, and square, solid dealing are I essential to success in every busi- ness. It would not surprise us to i see a piclureof Jim Scott's hand some face in the illustrated London ! Trade Rerieir. ! reeunboro J'a trial. Form of congratulation for the candidate: "Many happy returns." Egypt-- In writing to the - Philadelpha Enquirer from Salzburg, Austria, the Hon. Henry Carey Baird ob serves, concerning Egypt: "And still another State has gone down; and for the self-same reason which has caused the overthrow of well nigh every people iu the world's history, which has beeu destroyed an absence of a development of their industries, and, consequently, of that power of association, that ability to exchange services, com modities and. ideas, and thus to avoid a waste" of labor power, by which alone are given societary life;and national wealth, power and civilization." The industries of Egypt, like those of the South before the war, have been confined to two or three specific products, and the result has been the same au unequal distribution of wealth, and a lack of that general prosper ity which lies at the foundation of all true national life and general independence. By the policy of a so-called free trade, diversified in dustries are checked, .and produ cers have little if any control over the price .of the. raw materials they raise, while the cosjt .of 4 their own subsistence depenee? upon the fluc tuations of markets which they can influence only to a limited extent. The. toil of the". Egyptians has for years past been pledged in advance to foreign speculators, and while to the ruling classes a few luxuries were guaranteed, the actual wealth producers of the land had to be contented with a scanty .livelihood. How far this Will be changed, now that the laud of the Pyramids has had an actual, if not a nominal change of mastersrmay be uncer tain; yet there are no good reasons for supposing that England will eucoura go the policy - of making Egyp't ' a manufacturing country, or even of increasing the number and variety of her crops. . The curse ; of Egj"pt, with her limited industries, has beeu the un restrained pltrnderf i g fproelirities of her rulers,swhile fjhe rulers them selves . -were.s bound in hopeless thraldom to their own habits, to the vice of their industrial system, and the never-ceasing pressure of exacting, creditors. Thus Mr. Baird says: If evera lesson in regard to the infill enceswnicfajdetermine lhe rise and fall of nations ovas givm to i mankind in such a way that he 'who. ran might read, it has ben in the late. ' history , of the Turkish Empire, including Egypt,'f No other country has ever for so long a time and so thoroughly adopted British free trade, and none has ever 'met? with, a more- complete collapse. One fact is made especially clear by this experience", and that is that the so-called "lending" and ""borrowing of money" between different nations is not the lending and borrowing of money at all, but-merely the lending and borrowing'of commod ities and service, against which bills of (exchange are drawn and provisions for which' bills is made by bonds; finally to be largely repudiated." The case of Egypt is disposed of. LHer; power has gone down under an aggressive policy,, rntrodnced and maintained under the' guise of free trade. But, for nsyf iu the terse language of Mr. Baird "if we ever hope to emancipate ourselves from financial thraldrom to Great Brit ain, it must be done by freeing our selves from dependence upon her asOur'V'arrier upon the ocean." In fact,4it bas become a matter of sur prise to the entire world that the maintenance of a war and commer cial marine, in keeping with our power and commerce, had not com manded more earnest and energet ic action in this country. Political Notes. (News and obsei-ew.) Mr. W. II. Bower :s the nominee for the House in Caldwell county. Mr. E. V. fiovrll lias been nominated for the Senate from Alleglianv and YVa taiicu.. . Mr. W. A Branch has received the Humiliation for the House from Ueaul'ort ei.imtv. 1!. V. Bullock will, ii is said, lake the I place of (Jen. 1. B. Hawkins on the !,ib- 1 nil ticket in Franklin. j The Alamance Republican convenuon i Saturday nominated Dr. (i. K. l ausi lor I the Senate and J W . Albertfcon for sol'u I itor. We arc not anxious ahoutthc re.-ultol' 'the election in Caldwell. Wataima and Ashe. Thoy will elect the Bcmociatic I nominees. Lenoir Tajiic. Knowing Hopuolieans m itnlcigh say lhat the t)'Ilaia-IIuibs cmbrolio in the scconJ district will result in the with drawal of lluhbs. (j'n ( nsh,ro J'ad oil. The 'liberal' convention, which met in Marion last Saturday week, nominated Messrs. Samuel J.. Patterson, ol Cald well, and Samuel II. Flemmin, editor of the Marion Lamp Post, for the Senate in this Senatorial district. Lenoir Topic. Gen. Roberts tells us that Gov. Vance's speech at Shelby was a mas terly dibit. An audience of at least SOU beard it, and all were delighted. Vance made a line imiiression. Cleveland will do her full duly in November. Arahi Pasha's tragedy, in two acts. has ended and the curtain has been rung! down. The Liberal farce iu JSorth Caro lina lias also collapsed before the actors bad got their little parts we'l by heart. It is tune to ring down the curtain and out the light.". Vihnivton War. In ISgypt. A private letter from Hon. Vic tor C. IJarringer, of the Egyptian International Court, to his brother, Gen. IJarringer, in this city, slates that the deliberations of the Inter- j national Court were suspended on ly during the week of the bombard ment of Alexandria. Mr. IJarrin ger is now in Italy, where he has been spending his summer vaca tion, but returns to Alexandria in ( )etober. Charlotte Journal. MAlliC TWAIN. lie, TclU IIo-iv an Old Salt Interpreted he Sfovy of F.lljali and the Prophet of Una! One trip the captain had a cler gyman on I ma rt, bu-did not know he was a clergyman, sinee the pas sengers list iliil not betray the fact, lie took a great liking to this Rev. Mr. Peters, and talked with him a great deal;, told, him yarns, gave him toothsome scraps of personal history, and wove a glittering treak of profanity through his garrulous fabric that was .refreshing to a spirit weary of the full neutralities of. uhdec orated speech. . One day the cap tain skid "Peters do you ever read the Bible -?" ; "-"Well yes." "I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it. $qw you tackle it in oeaii earnest .once, and vou'd . find it'll pay Don't get discon'r-rv agea nut nang rightou. , JlOrst you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, anil then you won't lay it down to eat." "Yes, I have heard that said." "And itVso, 'too. There ain't a book that begi us with it. It lays over'enl all, Peters. There's some pretty tough things iif. If Ihere ain't any gettiug around that but yon stick to 'em and think 'em out, arid when once you get on the inside everv tiling's as plain as day." "The miracles, too, captain ?" "Yes, sir! The miracles, too. Every one of them. JJow, there's that business with the prophets of Baal; like enough' that stumped you!" "Well, I don't know about" "Own up, now; it stumped -you. Well, I don't wonder. You hadn't had any experience in ravelling such things out, and naturally it was too iuany for yen.' Would you like to have me explain that thing to you, and show you how to get at the meat' of these matters ?"' ''Indeed, I would, captain, if you dont mind." Then the eaptaift proceeded as follows: "I'd do it with pfeufeffrer First, you h?p. I read and read, and thought and thought, till I got to understand what sort of people there were in the old Bible times, and then after that it was all clear and easy. Jfow, this was the way I Jut it up concerning Isaac and the prophets of Baal. There way some mighty sharp men amongst the public characters of that old ancient day, and Isaac wis one of them; Isaac had his failings plenty of them, too; it ain't for me to apologize, for Isaac; he played it on the prophets of Baal, and like enough he was justifiable, considering the odds that was againt him. -Now, all I say is' 'twa'nt any miracle, and that I'll show you so's 't can see it yourself" "Well, times had been getting rougher and rougher lor prophets that is, prophets of Isaac's de nomination. There was 420 proph ets of Baal in the community, and only one Presbyterian that is, if Isaac was a Presbyterian, 'which 1 reckon he was, but it don't: Naturally, the prophets of say. Baal took all the trade. Isaac was pret ty low spirited, 1 reckon, but he was a good deal of a man, and no doubt he went prophesying around, letting on to be doing a land office business, but 'twan't any use; he couldn't run any opposition to amount to anything. By and by things got desperate with him; he sets his head to work and thinks it all out, and then what does he do? Why, he begins to throw out hints that the other parties are this and that and t'other nothing very definite, may be, but iust kind of undermining their reputation irfa ouiet way. This made talk, ol course, and finally got to the king. The king asked Isaac what he meant by his talk. Says Isaac, "Oh nothing particlar; only can they pray down, lire from heaven on an altar. It ain't much, may lie, your Majesty, only can they do it? That's the idea." So the king was a good deal disturbed, and be went to the prophets of Baal, and they said, pretty airy, that if he had an altar ready, they were ready; and they intimated he had better get it insured, too. So next morning all the children of Israel and their parents and the other people gathered themselves together. Well, here was that . i r it r i . .1 great crowd of prophets ol Baa laeked together on one side, anl Isaac walking up and down all alone on the other, putting up ms jot). When time was called, Isaac let on to be comfortable and indifferent; told the other team to take in the first innings. So they went at it, the whole ll'O, praying around the altar, very hopefull, their level best. They h o u r t w o 1 i o n r s t h re i so on, plumb till noon and doing! prayed an hours and j It wa'n'ti any use; they hadn't took a trick. Of course they felt kind of ashamed before all those people, and well they might. Now, what would a magnanimous man still, woun't he? Of do . Keep course, what did Isaac do? He gravely told of j the pro diets of liaal every way i he could think of. Says be. "You don't speak loud enough; your god's ! asleep, like enough, or may be he's taking a walk; you want to holler, i you know' or words to that effect; I don't recollect the exact Ian-1 guage. Mind, 1 don't apologize for Isaac; ho has his faults. "Well, the prophets of Baal: prayed along the nesr iney Knew how all the afternoon, and never raised a spark. At last, about sundown, they; 'were nil tuckered out, and they owned np nnd quit. "What, does Isaac do, now T " He steps up ami Rays ,to some ' friends of his there. 'Pour four barrel 'of waf er on the altar J' r Everybody was astonished, for the otherside had prayed at it dry, you know, and got white ' washed " They ponred it on. Says he, MIeava ou four more barrels.' Then lie soys, 'Heave on four more.' --Twelve barrels, you see, altogether. The water ran all over the altar, and all down the sides, and filled up a trench around it which would bold a couple of hogsheads 'measures'' it says; I reckon it mean . nlmut a hogshead. Some of the people I were going to put on their things and go, for they allowed-ho was crazy. , They didn't kuowv Isaac; Isaac knelt down t and ;legan to 1 pray; he strung along and strung! along, about the heathen in distant! lands arid jabout the sister church-! es, arid ' about the ; State; aud the country atdargef and about those that's in authority, in the. govern ment and all tho ' usual pro-' gramme, .you knowj'till everybody: got ' tifdd and gone to ' thinking about something 'elseT and then, all of a sudden, when-nobody was noticing, he out with a match and rakes it on, the under side of his leg, and puff 1 u the whole thing blazes like a house afire."'. -Twelve barrels of waterf Petroleum, 'sir, petroleum! that's what it was.',., . "Petroleum, captain !'" r "Yes, sir; the country was fnll of it. Isaae knew all about that. You read in the Bible.'- 'Don't yon worry!; about - the tongh places. They ain't tougb when you come to think them ont and throw , light upon them. There ain't a' thing in the Bible but what: is true; all you want is to go prayerfully to -work and cipher out how 'twas doneJV Bits of the History of ...New . . Berne- . : ..u.-h rrDNTlNO THE WILD CAT AS ENJOYED IN NORTH OABOLiNA. V K. V Nbwbkrn, Sept. 22, 1832. . ' We have a species of game with ua which, I believe, is peculiar in this sec tion of country at least I see no men tion of it made in your excellent maga zine, where I have met with descrip tions of every variety of hunting. - And yet the wild cat will afford the hunts man as much sport, and the hounds as much work, as any other that I ever followed.' Indeed it requires a staunch and numerous pack to take them, for even when run to a stand still no easy work, bv the by they are enabled, from their great strength and . ferocity. . to keep five or six dogs at buy without dif ficulty. The wild cat is much larger, and Infi nitely stronger, than the gray fox (the red not being an inhabitant of our woods, I kno'v nothing of). It is about as ileet as the common fox, but as it confines its run to very strong and thick covers, the chase lasts much longer than that of the fox. And being; in addition to this, a terrible enemy to the farm yard, taking oft pigs, poultry, lambs. and sometimes even grown sheep, our sportsmen, who are all farmers, pursue them with inveterate industry, Invited by the flattering appearance of the weather last week, Mr. W. and my self determined to give our dogs a trial. We accordingly rode to cover on Satur day morning, with six couple of as fine dogs as ever followed deer, fox or wild cat. It was our first turn out this sea son, the whole pack was, consequently, full of riot, and the young dogs in par ticular were perfectly frantic. The morning was as auspicious as we could wish the dog fennel and pine bushes hung droopingly overloaded with dew. It was quite cool, clear as a bell, and so perfectly calm that tho joyous notes of the dogs, as they gambolled in wild ex citement before us, or leaped up fawn- ingly upon our horses, were heard to re echo over the distant Neuse. After leaving the river a little to the right we threw off the hounds to a very promising cover, on tho north side of Smith's creek. Here we had "not pro ceeded very long, when old Drummer told us that some prowler had been pass ing during the night. The scent was very cold, and we worked it slowly and With difficulty along the windings of the creek, frequently interrupted by the outbursts of the young dogs, after rabbits, etc. By dint of whipping and scolding, we, succeeded in bringing these last under some subjection. The trail still appearing very cold, we made a cast on the opiosite bank of the creek, but with no better success. The game had been there, but it must have been very early on tho previous evening. In the meantime old Drummer had got back to his old frail, and continued to work it with untiring perseverenco. The drag appearing to grow warmer, he concluded to bark the other dogs to him. Echo and Rover goon gave tongue. Mac duff and Nimrod joined in; still our best fox doc. old Milton, refused to re- : cognize the trail as legitimate; we were j not sure of the nature of our game; it n.st be a wild cat. We continued to encourage the dogs with increased anx- " AtsaBt all 0f thcm, younR Rnd old, 1 acknowledged the trail, and growing into a confirmed drag, it proceeded through the river swamp, aeep.inio ine marsh, far along the margin of the river; and then what a crash! you might have heard them down the wind three miles off. And now swelling into louder and still a louder strain, the quarry makes directly for the spot where we had taken our stand, upon the verge of the swamp, as far as we could well make our way. Wo had raised our voices in one exulting sliout when the wild buixt had told us the ! game was up. But in the tumultuous j roar behind him every other sound was ! hushed, and the cat made straight for j us, cither not hearing or heeding our i halloo. We were now still as statues j and the pack came rushing on the crushing of the reeds, the rending of the undergrowth, the splashing of the mud and water, and the deep mouth roaring of the hounds, uniting together, like the mingling tumults of a Septem ber gale, and seeming togivj to the ter rified animal the wings of the wind. lie must have passed within ten steps of us, but owing to the thick cover we could not catch a view. The pack, how ever, were close uion him,' for they passed us, running breast high, all to gether no running dog, or in line, but each emulously dashing for tho lead. The cat seemed determined to try their mettle and beat them by downright game. Contrary to the usual practice of the animal, he made a straight stretch over the hirhl 1. ' border of Kinith'a oi l t.! 1. i! slashing rate that to lie by f Madge blow like a Ll;irki,,,, ' on a frosty morning (lie's u I..; I I t at present, and not long fi ni ( Finding this game could ici r I the cat endeavored to throw i ! a rapid uccion of wsdy !! bothered the younjr toj.- But old Milton was wide awnl - i followed too many foxes in t in be outgeneral led even by a m. lie followed him cauliouMy 1ml ringly through all his circlet an t : and the whole pack witidnit' u'.i, t , with such close and tinrciuii ; a itythat they only made two 1 i then tor only two uiinuU-a. At. r cling lor about half an hour i i a thick gum swamp, where be I . I n j advantage over the do-s, ' . . .. Cliat,' liiidiug mniHclf oonxi i-i;.; : advance of - the houndn, tiu.-,i i might try them again at bn tow. . hoisting out all canvass, he made .1 ( Bachelor 'a creek. This in j.t w 1 t i pack wanted; the young d; i ribly postered In the mi 1 t again all was plain aailii f -cat seemed to think too. fr i, ,. he oou Id not make good1n i Bachelor he t.-u ked .hip and ri - I ; on his old track but e wiw i He did indeed oontrie t it! his old plaice of refui;o, the n we knew J)y the nrunner in vl old dogs werw " dng for the 1 ; his fate w ' He ) 1 I W two lion f -t ; , , i. nd we co i i t ' a I hi" ; . ng, liiti(.h.i) 1 1 to return or - was run. An v 1.. . ... I is tail drc-; , he is ievating na . i and l.e dropped 1 half p wesJ ing,' IngV racf th wl; col tiro log mj;li weak, unt-in..ly Scarcely had be jumped ' i of the log w li a Milton an . ed itat the r.thrr. followed l-y i ' theinck. Atiiniated by our; the f'-ht ot the devoct.sl y seen to f'.in axlditionnl ' e ); 1 made our vv a , i t ! i r in the swamp v r i vy rrowl. then F- 1"h i . .i! ,; upon the pt y , : i y f i i I nr mm if i-ho 1. ! befor. yard shar yell then . afoul ot a ki ;.: ' f hot wi ter. V - rand next ghvoSTtprLrt u ry ; . shrunk from the rude v,; " . f t . wild oat. All the ret as tl. seemed to acknowledge by t'-.-.r that they had caught a tartar. I t i t can one do gainst twelver i t f them, too,, young, strong and i. tie. Why, Jackson and Beaulort st. ui i. strong enough to pull down the nr.: est buck that ever stood at bay! Lv t wild cat must yield to such f-.-'- I odds. - Ho that when we surccc ! I scrambling to them we ton nil our y (and a huge one he was) iu itd u; ... , field and the dog limping un l I n : around, manifesting, by thrir cu I . i n the severity of the chase and ci.ml..a. . , . -., ; ..Yours respectfully, v , ; Alexander r . 1atn.. . Alexander Gaston bears the name f his grandfa.her, Dr. Alexander : ' victim of the Tories. , lie ncv. r ,; proached his father in ability, t. 1 v more fond of field jorts, In f. t v in life all kind of sport, than m . f any kind. Ills first wife was a !. ' r of Dr. Hugh Jones, of . whom v- I spoken in connection with tin- i r I exploit in John Oarrutiier .' t. ' v ' I r ber shop. Mrs. Gaston w;i a 1.. 'y t extraordinary business cspnr ity,nsh of those still in our midst ul It She died leaving a daurl.t r i. sons. William. was killed in I skirmish with the lndinnt, In ( just before the war. At the time 1 in Col. Stephens' command. K U Jones, his second son, had a short bi n and was exempt from service. Vet h volunteered . in the late war, m l m Adjutant of the Forty-Eighth N. C. lb was possessed with the Ix-Iicf I' t !, would be killed in 1U first t.aul.-. fc t it turned ont to be true. Being mm t . y wounded at Blutrpsburg, hia hrst I i . he died a week afterward. ; Alexander Oastou's dawRhter, v i , I Mr. Baylin and lived in Cuba, li'i i band died, and she is now living; n I -ton f Some of our cithsen en j ! member what a daring and p I horsewoman she was when a yuui - I- ly visiting Newbern some yearn ':. The Honorable Ibd ward Manly h f i wife was also a daughter of l'r. 1 Jones. She is buried in the hi.... It in our, cemetery. y' I'. Tho KcMSon Why V l kittio laughed I ' "' Aikarutaw Trove-1 . 'Is this the Iter. Mr. MuTkitlUv.' a kind out-of-rcHson man, fnleiin? p.. library of K well known IJttle link minister; Yes, air, have a seat.? M Imve railed to trnnFB' t a f f business which to tho wot I I i i ridinulous, sir, but which vu-wni i.i a 8irilual fiuincnce, in of huxitauct.' Wlmt is it tr asked ths ininisU'r, re garding the visitor with peculiar inter est. . '-"-; -' , . 'I wnnt you to love m.' , , 'Love you?' gasped the good man, re garding the- petitioner, aud ' luwaivl'y vowing that he had never before met a mora repulsive human being. Yea, sir, I want you to love me,' and he sat down and closed his eyes as thou U lie intended to await the anuounccm -.t of the .decision. 'The command Is 'to love one another. I confess that I love von,- nnd opening bis red eyes lie leered nt the preacher. ; - --. i . Well, eir, said Uie mlnhder, 'your dvmand after all is simple. I luppoo lhat you have been lost for many years, and have just tasted grace, and that you especially want the love of ministers. Yes, I love you. , 'Thank you. Now, when wolovaany one we are willing to help him.' (Ihnma a dollar, sir, ghnma a dollar. Out of tho love you bear me, ghnma a dollar. ' 'The minister anse, tok down a box and handed the visitor a dollar, tiood bye, I hope you will allways love ine,' nnd the lover was gone, J 'How did you make It?' asked a rough looking man, when the lover reached a street corner not far away.' , 'Fine. Never but ono rcacbor that got away with, mc, and be. was an old Unpfist tliat insisted ujxwi' duckiug mo in the rivttf brrs he could love me. iVcaehera like sometldng odd, Tlio old style way of striking "em is repealed.' Let me sco Ute money.' 'Here she is; a new dollar. Let's go and take some thing. -.-.' 'I guess cou llie tiling Is counterfeit.'' It was a vile imitation of the dollar t '' our dals, and the two thieves looked i t each other In silence. The miuUtcr j.. '. his head over the fence and laughed I.. n horse Tlie dollar bad come to him i a contribution box. . i, -
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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