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ihe Farmer's Column. Hem is a call from a country bache lor: I want a wife a first-rate wife A trirl that's all mv own. i cook m,y meals and cheer my life, With smiling word aud tone. qrirl that ne'er will pledge a vow To any chap hut me: i' lial's been brought up to milk a cow, viio nave warm cakes for tea. -lie must be graceful as the bell Upon the lfly found, And make such butter as will sell For thirty cents a pound. Written for the Times. How to Make Money these hard v TIMES without much labor or EXPENSE. (Continued from last week.)' Messrs. Editors : I deem it wholly unnecessary to make any further allu -ion to the apathy and dispirited con duet of many of our countrymen since the war. It is quite natural, in eonsid ration of the many complicated obsta eles thrown in the way of our prosper ity as a conquered people, groaning under the iron heel of oppression, that we, being freeborn aud accustomed to all the rights and immunities of free men, should unwittingly and tamely yield to the weaker impulses of frail humanity, and bowing our necks un ! r the heavy yoke of national afflie t ion, and personal losses, pine away in despair. But, thank Heaven, we are not utter ly ruined. If it be dark around us, we see light about our pathway in the dis- t nice. So sure as a God rules in the an verse, will Carolina's noble sons be . uabled to retrieve their lost fortunes. Then let us go to work in earnest, and while we work, let as look at Facts and Figures. First : The growing of the Grape aves labor, because, after being plant d, it continues to grow and bear annu ally, and unlike corn, tobacco or cotton, he trouble of planting is not to be re peated annually. It saves expense as the cost of young vines is but trifling, and by planting the vines eight feet apart in the rows, and the rows sixteen feet apart, a good crop of tobacco, cot ton, potatoes or some other hoe crop, may be raised on the same ground, which will amply pay for cultivation, and furthermore the vines have the - benefit of thorough cultivation which insures a very strong growth and bet ter fruit and more of it. Dr. D. W. C. Benbow, of this county, planted a vine yard in 1859, consisting of 10,000 Ca tawba, and failed to cultivate it din ing the war as it required, and the . yines were not pruned regularly, nev ertheless, in 1865, he sold enough gen uine, unadulterated Catawba wine to cover all the expense that he had in curred in buying vines, planting, culti vating, &c. This wine was made from the first crop or the crop of one year. The Doctor is extending his vineyards having determined to plant 25,000 this spring. But few of the Southern people are able to keep the Grape must or juice, until it is made into wine. There is a market, however, for the Must or the Grapes. The Virginia Wine Company at Eieh - mond will pay $2 per bushel for Grapes or $2 per gallon for the Must. Your obed't serv't, C. W. WESTBKOOK. Orchards. When the ground occu pied by an orchard is uneven and not drained, the trees on the dry knolls will be larger and healthier, and will yield more abundant crops than those in the wet hollows, and this in spite of the fact that the soil in the hollows is deeper and richer. Orchards should always be drained. In selecting a site for an orchard, choose a hillside in preference to a val ley, divided by a small stream. Warm, low intervals of land are more subject to untimely frosts than the neigh bor ing elevations. As the night air be comes chilled, its density increases, and rolls down the hillside and settles on the fiats, where the prevailing stillness favors the process of freezing. During the mild sunny days of winter, fruit trees are more liable to be swelled pre maturely on low bottoms. One who is in the habit of riding over a broken piece of country in a cold still night, will not need be Mrt that the lowest temperature will be found in the lowest localities, fruit tree; will not be likely, to suf fer from cold weather when the ground they stand upon is thoroughly drained. The fruit-grower who suffers his trees to stand all winter in puddles of water or in fetters of ice, has no right to com plain if his garden is stocked with grafted pea brush. Biptheria For the information of parents we publish the following re ceipt for the cure of this disease : Diptheria, in its early stage, may be recognized by any person of ordinary capacity, by the two marked symptoms: the sensation of a bone or a hard sub stance in the throat, rendering swallow ing difficult and painful ; faetor, or un pleasant smell of the breath, the result of its putrefactive tendency. On the apiearauce of these symptoms, if the patient is old enough to do so, give a piece of gum camphor, of the size of a marrowfat pea, and let it be retained in the mouth, swallowing slowly the saliva charged with it until it is gone, in an hour or so, give another and at the end of another hour a third ; a fourth will not usually be required ; but if the pain and unpleasant breath are not re lieved, it may be used two or three times more, at a little longer interval, say t wo or three hours. If the child is young, powder the camphor, which can be easily done by adding a drop or two of spirits of alcohol to it, and mix it with an equal quantity of powdered loaf sugar, or better, powdered rock candv, and blow if through a quill or tube into the throat, depressing the tongue with the halt ol the spoon. Farming as a Business. The Rural New Yorker has a correspondent who is discussing the question whether farming is profitable. He writes that " this question is frequently propound ed as though there was a doubt about it. But fhere is none. In the aggre gate it must pay, else all other voca tions must be speedily abandoned. Fanning is the base on which the so cial edifice rests, and its remuneration to individuals depends upon the intel ligence which guides farm labor. With some, owing to a lack of money, the in formation essential to success, or to an improved use of what they have, fanning is not remunerative ; but with the mass the case is different, and each year shows in the aggregate increased ac cunmlation. Farming, therefore, like other business intelligently and sys tematically pursued, pays, and if fail ures here and there occur, as in other pursuits, they are exceptions, while general success is the rule." Wit and Wisdom. How the Parson got Excited. A. few years since, near the city of If , lived parson 'I , who was excitable and near sighted. One day he had been in the city with his horse and wagon, and among his purchases was a barrel of flour, the head of which was partially out. On the way home, the old man was overtaken and passed by a fast young man, driving a fast horse, and putting on airs. Now, the parson's horse was usually a quiet steady going animal enoughjbut he couldn't stand that sort of thing so he started after him on the fast order in good earnest. The jolting of thf wagon at length jarred the head completely off the bar ren, ana tne strong wind that was blowing directly after the parson, blew the flour all over him and the horse. At last the fast young man was left and the villge reached ; but the speed of the horse was checked. In driving through a street to reach his home, he came in contact with one of his deacons, who was naturally sur prised to see his minister driving at such a speed, and signalled him to stop. said he "Why, Parson P "what on earth is the Viorer. Ihe importance ot using clover as a fertilizer, not to say any thing of its value as food for stock, is rapidly gaining ground in the South The valley of Virginia, so famous for its good soil and abundant yields, with out the growth of clover, would be but ordinary land. A late Bulletin says Llorer Seed. Now is the season to secure your clover seed, and allow us to beg you to seed in this and next month every acre of wheat land, with clover. Let it lay until August; 1809, then bme it, and we guarantee that one crop to yield in extra quantity of wheat, more than double enough to re pay the extra outlay for seed, and still the land will be well seeded tor the next crop of clover. Thus vou can im prove your laud cheaper than by any otner metnou anu save the money ex- penoea lor guano. As to the manner of applying it, the American Farmer says : Wheat fields, not yet sown with clov er, will be benefitted, when not too much crusted, nor too wet, bv harrow ing with a heavy drag. Immediately after this sow clover seed, and follow with roller. On the oat field, sow elov er seeds on the surface, after the oats are put in, and follow with roller. Poison Oak. A writer in the South ern Cultivator, having recommended Iodide of Totassa as a cure for the ef fects of poison oak, a corresioiident of that journal says that he has found coal oil equally effective and less dan gerous. By applying it two or three times a day a cure is effected in a few lays. He thinks this would also prove effective in cases of ..erysipelas. Wants. A young gentleman on the point of getting married, is desirous ot meeting a man of experience who will disnade him from the step.,. A young man advertises for a board ing houes where bis pious example would be considered equivalent for board and lodging. A steady young man is wanted to look after a horse of the Methodist per suasion. A lady wishes a husband having a Soman nose with strong religious ten dencies. A cottage containing eight rooms and an acre of land is wanted. matter! You seem greatly excited." "Excited !" yelled the old man, "ex cited! who in the h 1 wouldn't be excited t snow storm in July! Get up, Dobbin." Anecdote. While A. P. Hill's divis ion was tearing up the B. and O. B. R in the fall of 1862, Lane's brigade of that division was ordered further than the other brigades in fact beyond Hedgesville where a live reb was curiosity. The Land ice Love has the following: An the time of 18G2, Quartermasters had not procured new clothing to take the place of the worn, tattered and ragged relies of the campaign into "My Maryland." and we were a set of ragamuffins that's a fact. Teareng up railroads is not a very unpleasant bus iness and we had enjoyed ourselves for about twenty four hours, when Capt K. of the 7th If. C. went to a house to get something cooked, and got into quite an interesting conversation with the good lady of the house. Old Lady. You is an officer, isn't you ! Capt. K; Yes, madanie, I am captain in the 7th N. C. infantry. Old Lady. (Triumphantly) Thar, now, Betsy Ann I told"you he was an officer. I kin tell an officer whenever I lays my two eyes on' em. The officers they has the seats of their breeches patched and the soldiers they dosent Timely Quotation. A lioy who had happily read Shakespeare was about to be spanked for some trifling offence when he called out, suddenly, "Pause! The uplifted hand of the schoolmastet hesitated in the mid air, and the boy said: "Do hot disobey Cardinal Wool sey's beautiful injunction." "What do you mean," asked the master. "He says," replied the boy : "Be just and fear not: Let all the end thou aim's! at be thy country's Thy Gods and Truth'" The boys end was no longer aimed at. Lonely road. The following joke is going the rounds, in the Western pa pers : The superintendent of the Ma rietta Cincinnati Railway discharged a conductor belonging to that road "Well," said he, "I was djjfeharged for giving a free pass V "What made you such a foOl as to give a free pass?" "Well you see," replied the conductor, "I got tired of riding alone, and gave a friend of mine a free pass to get him to go along forcompany." A very absent gentleman in Ken tucky in a fit of abstraction, lately put his candle to bed and inadvertently blew himself out. Mr. Moore, who derived his pedigree from Noah, Explained it in this man ner : "Noah, had three sons, Shem, Mam, and one more. Why are rattlesnakes like celebrated novelists! because their tails (tale) make a noise in the world. Why would a man named Brooks make very poor soldier T 'Because Brooks generuly run. Miss Betsy Prim thinks that "legs" should be called "abdomninal support ers by all genteel people. THE NEW RECONSTRUCTION BILL. lie it enacted, Jcc, That in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mk sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas then- are no civil State government!) republican in form, and that the so-railed oivil governments in said States, respectively, Shall not be recognized as valid or legal State governments, either by the executive or judicial power or authority of the United States. Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That for the speedy enforcement of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," passed March second, eighteen hun dred and sixty-seven, and the several acts supple mentary thereto, the General of the army of the United States is hereby authorized and required to enjoin, by special orders upon all officers in com mand within tils several military departments within said several States, the performance of all acts authorized by said several laws above recited, and is authorized to remove, at his discretion, by his order from command any or all of said com manders, and detail other officers of the United States army, not below the rank of colonel, toper form all the duties and exercise all the powers au thorized by said several acts, to the end that the people of said several States may Bpeedily reor ganize civil governments, republican in form, in said several States, and be restored to political power in the Union. Skc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the General of the army may remove any or all civil officers now acting under the'several provisional governments within said several disorganized States, and appoint others fo discharge the duties pertaining to their respective offices, and may do any and all acts wliich by said several laws above mentioned are authorized to be done by the several commanders of the military departments within said States ; and so much of said acts, or of any act as authorizes thePresident to detail the mili tary commanders to said military departments, or to remove any officers who may be detailed as herein provided, is hereby repealed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for the President of the United States to order any part of the army or navy of the Uni ted States to assist by force of arms the authority of either of said provisional governments in said disorganized States to, oppose or obstruct the au thority of the United States as provided in this act, and the acts to which this is supplementary! Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That any in terference by any person, with intent to prevent by force the execution of the orders of the General of the army made in pursuance of this act and of the acts aforesaid, or any refusal or wilful neglect of any person to issue any order, or do any act re buried by this net, or either of the acts to which this2actjsadditional!or supplementary, with in tent to defeat or delay the due execution of this act, or of either of the acts to which this is supplemen tary, shall be held to be a high misdemeanor, and the party guilty thereof shall, upon conviction, lie fined, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and im prisoned not exceeding two years. Sec. ti. And be itfnrthec esurfcrf That V much of all act and parts of arts as conflicts or ih incon sistent with the provisions of this act is hereby re pealed. MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION OR DERED HY CONGRESS, TO MAKE A CON8T1TI TION FOR NORTH CAROLINA Burke and McDowell John S Parks, W A H Murphy. 'Rutherford and Polk W H .Logan, Jesse Rhodes. Yancey and Mitchell Julius S Garland. Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, and Transyl vania Geo W Gahairan, J H Duckworth. Thus J Candler. Haywood and Jackson W B G Garrett. Macon, Clav aud Cherokee Mark May, Geo W Dickey. " Alleifbanv. Ashe. Surrv. Watamza and Yadkin Sanil Forkncr, Evan Benbow, Geo V Bradlev, J G Mailer. Caldwell, Wilkes, Iredell and Alexander Cal vin J Cowtes, Calvin C Jones, Wesley H Geonre. John O A Bryan, Jerry Smith. IJavie anil Kowan Allen Rose, Dr Milton Hobbs, J S McCubbins. Cleveland Plato Durham. Catawba James R Ellis. Lincoln Joseph H King. Gaston Milot J Aydlott. Mecklenburg Edward Fullitiprs, Silas W Still- well. Union Win Newson. Cabarrus W T Illume. Stanly Levi C Morton. Anson George Tucker, Hcury Chillson. Htokes K F Fetree. Forsythe E B Tragus. Davidson Isaac Kinney, 8 Mulliean. Randolph T L L Cox, R F Trogden. Guilford G W Welksr, A W Tourgee. Rockingham H Barnes, John French. Caswell Wilton Carey, V Hodnett. Alamance Henry M Kay. Person William Mferritt. Orange E M Holt, J W Graham. Chatham J A McDonald, W T Gunter. Wake 8 D Franklin, J P Andrews, BSD Williams, Jot S Harris. Granville J W Ragland, J J Moore, C Mayj. Warren John Human, John Read. Franklin John H Williamson, Jas T Harris. Cumberland W A Mann, J W Hood. Harnett J M Turner. Moore 8 8 McDonald. Montgomery Geo A Graham. Richmond R T Ixmg, Sr. Wayne H L (irant, J Hollowell. Johnston Dr James Hay, Nathan Gullcy. Greene J M I'atrick. Wilson W Daniel. Nash Jacob fug Halifax Henry Eppet, J II Renfrew, J J Hup. Northampton R C Parker, It TAiraiit. Edgecomb rJ II Baker, Henry A Dowd, Henry C Cherry. Lenoir K W King. Brunswick Edwin Legg. Columbus Haynes LmWOU. Robeson Joshua L Nance, 0 B Haven. Bladen A W Fisher, F F French. New Hanover Gen J C Abbott, S 8 Ashley, Galloway. Duplin J W Peterson, Samuel Highsmith. Sampson Sylvester Carter, Alexander Wil liams. Tyrrell and Washington E Jones. Martin Samuel W Watts. Bertie; I' I) Itobbint, llryanl 1a. . Hertford; J B Hare. Gates; Thomas I Hoffler. Chowan ; John R French. Perquimans ; Dr Win Nicholson. Pasquotank ami Camden C C Pool, M Taylor Currituck ; Thomas Maiiderlin. Craven; David Heaton, W HS Sweet, C 1) ierson. Onslow ; Jasper Elheridge. Carteret ; Abraham Congletort. Jones; David D Colgrove. Beaufort; W 15 Rodman, William Stilley. Pitt ;' Byron LtHn, D J Rich. Hyde; Andrew J Glover, ' Those designated by italics nrf Maeks. The Times, Published at Greensboro, K. C, Will commence its Seventh Volume early in February, 1868. The undersigned propose to reyive the Touts newspaper, which was discontinued in loot on . account of the war. We shall not attempt to keep up the distinctive literary characteristics . ..I . j I. tit' v- . : i. : . . i. 01 me HMKS jy6t IV will ue our prime oujen w make the Times to come a reliable and satisfac tory newspaper to devote its columns chiefly to a current record of the great public events trans piring in the country at large, and to a full and lively detail of the local news of our town and section. Though not to be a partisan journal, the matter of the Tisiks must necessarily be tinged by the political opinions of its conductors : we therefore candidly say that we disapprove (he policy and deprecate tne results oi ivauicai legisiaiiou. Though willing to allow to the colored people the ' fullest guarantee of personal and property rights, we are not willing to accord to them supremacy or equality in the government councils. " In color, tastes and habits, we are white folks and can't help it 1 We intend to make our paper profitable and enieriuiniug io me inuuiy circle miu w uusiuess men, and to furnish it at a price suited to the depressed condition of the country. Tkk.yih 92 per year, invariably in advance. Any person sending ten Subscribers, will re ceive one copy gratis. JAS. W. ALBRIGHT & BR0. M Oft' Elf SAVED MONEY SA.TED New Store. We take pleasure iu calling the attention of our readers to the very heat Con fectionery establishment just opened in the Tate Building. The proprietor, Mr. DeSinet has been long engaged in the manufacture and sale of Can dies and confectioneries with Mr. F. Neurat of Richmond aud proposes to carry on a Branch Store, selling at Wholesale and Retail at Rich mond prices. He promises to furnish retail deal ere at a less figure than they can supply them selves from aWHad. Ail orders will be filled within three days. ltf. J. A. GjtMER, Sr., J. A. Gilmer, Jr GILVMEB A GILMER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, and S0MCITOM IS BASKS UI'TCY, Greensboro, N. C. All business intrusted to their care in the Courts of this Judicial District, and Courts of Bankrupt ry, and the United State Circuit Court, will re ceive prompt attention. 1 ly irhick is the befft ! TT The Iiirhmmul Hair J)e produces o Wautiful color it is instantaneous and permanent it is the best in use. Examine the circulars in our hands and vou will see the certify cuti s of numerous Hair Dressers and Druggists ti tins ellect. ror sale in Ureensooro lv PORTER & ECKEL, 1 ly DrwjijiU. A MAGHflFICEHnr ENTERPRISE . JUST BEGIN I! Land Qwntrt ran male a rjomt thing of it ! .' ! The Great Richmond Wine-making Company will pay two (Wlars per gallon, for all the Grajw must or tii tliat ran be raised ! Ij . I'hi company hils jusl commenced operatini with a large capital, aud is fully able to buv all the juice our people can make, and pay Ihecoah for it This is a good ehaiiee tu make a good deal e money with but little labor and expeium. Thi Gi-nie besi-s regular annual rrmw. ami the yonm? vines commence beariui; the second vear after setting. The who will at nire embrare this splendid opportunity will do well t coll on Wcslbnmk & Co., tireentlioro, X. ('., and buy, for eiisli ami bai ter, a nice lot of well-rooted vines, ready -fur set ting, at very low figures. They still jiave un baud several thousand clmic FRUIT TREES of all kinds f,- sale. Address WESTUKOOK & CO., Jtf Ihx m, Vrecntbow, S. C. TOIIX E. O'SULLIVAIV, O US and Ml LET JltOS WARE MA XI FACTOL'Y. Corner West-Market and Anlie Streets, Greensboro, N. C. The sulcrib-i keeps constantly on hand, or will make to order, at short notice, all descriptions of Tin and riheet Iron work. Stoves, Rangt s and Hot Air Furnaces repaired and put up. Particular attention paid to t-oiion, nooien and loiracco factory work. Htencil Brands of all kinds cut to order. 1 6m gtable Manure. apply at Times Office. 25 loads for sole cheap. 1 tl TARDUS and MEDICINES. would respecituiiy rail the attention of 1'liysiciaiiS, and the community at large, to their large stock ol JUrucs, .Medicines, i'auits, Uils, aniishes. Dye Stum, Perfumery, Fancy Soaps, Brushes of au kinas, ratent .Mrdtrm, Hurgiral and Denial instruments. Fine Tobacco and Cigars, together with all ar ticles usually kept in a first class Drug Store. Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded at an nours. tjrner irom a distance promptly filled and forwa'-ded at the lowest Ciuh rates. 1-ly IMPORTANT 1 Received of The Phcc nix Insurance Company, lirgniztr, Kelloyq & Co., Agents, Greensboro, N. C, ($4,(K0) Four thous and Dollars, licing the amount of Policy No. 24 in full for loss by fire sustained by meat Company Shops, N. C. Signed R. P. 8PIER8. Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 23rd, 1868. Losses promptly adjusted and paid by HENRY. G. KELLOGG A CO., Bankers and Insurance Agents, 1 Greensboro, N. C. Successors to Bkknizkr, Keixoihi & Co. 1 ly 200 """ LIVERPOOL SALT is ottered at reduced rates by Feb. 6. JAM. SL0,AN & SONS. WESTBROOH A CO., PROPRIETORS OF THE WE8TBROOK NURSERIES, Greentlioro, X. C. Nursery Store on Washington street, Chas. W, Westhrook will be found at his Residence on West Market street or at the Nursery Store, during Fobrunry and March November and December, the best seasons for transplanting. All orders promptly filled. 1 ly rjUie bct improved nun winter, lor sale uy Feb. 6, 1868, JAM. SLOAN & SONS Keroslne Oil and the new and for i JAM. Murble Tomb-Stones. Tomb Stones of every design and style, cither of American or Ital ian marble are furnished by the undersigned, at New York prices, fMght added, boxed and deliv ered at Greensboro, N. C, or at any Rail Road Depot in North Carolina, warranted sound and free of breakage, with no extra charge for foot stone or ordinary inscription. With an experience of several years, satisfac tion is guaranteed. iVirc List will be furnished on application by mail or otherwise. All letters promptly answered, and- orders by mail attended to. HENRY O. KELLOGG, Office in Bauk of Henry G. Kellogg & Co., I if. Greensboro, Jf. C 10 MONEY MADE! MONEY MADE ! GREAT BARGAINS! GREAT BARGAINS! CAN ONLY BE FOUND CAN ONLY BE FOUND AT A T L. R. L. R. CHEAP CHEAP MAY'S MAY'S STORE. STORE, OpiioHite Parte & Eckel' stora. Opiotdt' Porter & Eckel's store. CALL AND SEE! CALL AND 8KB I I.E. MAT. I. S. MAY. N1 or-th Carolina, RANDOLPH COlTnTT. Court of Equity. Alford ami Fsnnr Alford br their guaidiaii James H. Alford r. I. Hsll and Geo. W. Collier, exrm. of Willis Hall, deceased, and others. It appearing to my satisfaction that the of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church m n Willis H. W tlw I'nited States of America." js a body politie located and doing businers without the, limits vt tl.is Stale, and having no officer residing witbi this State, upon whom process can be served : it is therefore ordered that publication be BUM Is for six successive wteks in the (rrenboro Times, notifying the said institution of the filing of thi bill, ami that unless it appear at the next Court of Equity to le held for the County of Randolph, aw the fourth Monday of March nest, and there awl then plead, answer or demur to the same judg ment will be taken as confessed. andthc cause mi down for hearing as to it. ex parte. Witness, V. S. Jackson, Clerk and Master in Equity for the County of Randolph, at office, la the town of Ashcboro, this :!th day of January 158. S. 8. JACKSON, C. M. K. N orth Carolina. GUILFORD COUNTY. court or Equity, to Spring Tern, 188(4. John T. Reese and Laritua, his wife, . r. John Graham and others. Petition for Salt of Land. It appearing to my satisfaction upon affidavit filed in my office that John Graham, Henderson Graham, Peter G. Graham and John Graham four of the defendants in the above named ease, reside beyond the limits of this State : it is thmfV.r. dered that publication be made for six successive .. ....! u In i'l... tl. .U- rtK . ... . . ......... ... ..I, iiriHini time, nouivuit in earn deieimants oi the filing of this bill; and tint unless they apjH'sr at the next Court of Equity to be held for the County of Guilford at the Cirt House in Greensboro, on the 4th MondaV after the 4th Monday of March next, then amf there to plead, answer or demurr to the said petition the same will be taken as confessed and set down for hearing exparte as to them. Witness, Ralph Gorrell. Clerk and Master m Equity for the County of Guilford. t ,.ffi Grjnjborn .this Irt (Uyof January, A. D., 186S. i o--r-. njuji-n utiaafcbb, C. M. K. North Carolina, JM DAVIDSON ( (ii VTv In Equity. M. C. Dean & wife and others sive weeks in the Gwensboro Times, notify- said defendants of the filing of this iietition appear ai uie next term of tor I He county of I)av dsoi John James and others. Petition to re-hear. It appearing to the Court that William James and ( buries James, two of the defendants In this cause, reside beyond the limitsof lids 8tte, it is, therefore, ordered that Duhliratinii be mJ. fi, w WUCCCHSI illg the I ami unit un ess t lev si tins Court, to be held ! at the Court House in Lexinirton on tl. day after the fourth Monday in March A. D lHtiS. ami plead, answer or demur to the snid .,..iiiin the same will be taken as coiifinsed. and h-.rd ex partt as to them. Witness. F. C. Rohblns. Cleric A Ul I. Equity for said county, at office, this 17th day of February A. D. 3-6w H V. V. R0BBIN8, C. M. E. Msio lion; i., UltEEXSHORO, X. C. (Corner West Market ami (ire n Streets.) The proprietor would inform the traveling publir, that Ins new house is now rcadv for the rer. otioo of hoarders and travelers, nnd tha' it is to thairin terest to stop m this house, as it is the best und cheapest house in town, and nearthe 3ourt House. Tho finest, beit and cheapest BAR attoel ed to this house tl ere is in the place. l-,f W. tl. REKCi:. The Times I PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK By Jas. W. Albright A Bro. TER MS 12 per year, la advance, BTAny person sending fen subscribers will receive one copy grati. AdvcrtiftinR1 Kates. 1 iacb 1st insertion $ 1.00 Each additional insertion, 26 One year, 6.00 t column 1st insertion, 4.00 Each additional, 1.00 One year, 20.00 oelumn 1st insertion, 7.00 Each additional, 2.00 One year, .... 80.00 1 column 1st insertion, , 10.00 Each additional, 3.00 One year, 50.00 Card in Directory, one year, (in advance) 1.00 Yearly advertisements changed quarterly if desired, l'ayments quarterly. Transient advertisements payable in advance. THE GREENSBORO TIMES. VOL. VII. GREENSBORO, N. C, Thursday, March 5, 1868. NO. 5. Business Directory. Aiiorncjs at Law. Scott 4) Scott, N'.rth Elm, opposite Court House. Gilmer Gilmer, North Elm, opposite Court House, (see advertisement.) Jdam .( Staples, Second floor, Tate building. Apoth'-ari;g and Druggists. . W. Glenn, M.D.. West Market Street, McConnel building. Porter J- Eckel. West Market, licit courthouse, (see adv.) Aartlonrrr. W. K. Eduards. Book Mares. Jl. ft Sterling, South Elm, opposite Express Office. Barkers. WMet d Wiley, North Elm, opposite Court House. Bankers nnd lusurnnrc Agents. Hmu G. &.4h&u,, . .. ' Hourh Elm. Tain building, (see adv.) Wilton dr Shober, a South Elm. opposite Express Office, (see adv.) Boot ami Wane Makers.1 if. Kirch hlainl, Went Market, opposite Mansion Hotel. Cigar maunfarturer. A. Araokmtnn, South Kim. CstUwWl Mock. ahisH-t makers aud Uudrrtakers. Jta A. t'ritrhelt. South Elm, near IVpot. Wm. t 'otlin. Comer of SycaimuT and Davie .treats. l ontrarlor f n Brirk-u-ork. ' ! Jtaeiil Mcknight. j onti-Hiiors la W ool-uerk. . J. I oilier, . 1 Jm. L. (MUrg. ('ouftVrtloners. t IteSmit. Tsts Ituthlms;. corner steia. Jf Hrpcr l.intUno, Jr., Siiith Elm. ' Dress-lfnkiag and rnstaioas. JO. A". Murve, South I .In, (st-e adi .) " Met. A. tHlvvrth. Next disirtu Time 'iflice. Dratlftts. J. W. thmkit, 1st ilnof left hand, up .lairs, Garrett's building. P. Seult, East Market, Albright s block. Dry Good, Orori-r and Produce Dealer. H'. S. Maw, East Market, Albright's new building. 11. .W .-..... Comer Kant Mark and North Elm, Liudssv corner, (see adv.) A. Weathrrty, Corner Kost Market and Davie streets. IT. It. Tmttrr. East Market, Albright's new building. L. R. May, West Market, opposite Porter & Eckel. (seeTrfvT) 5. c. w.: West Market, opposite Court House, is. Hlmtn A- Sunt, rSotith Elm, near IVHt, (see sdv.) C. G. Tate. South Kim. l Smith 4r Gilmer. Opposite Southern Hotel. J. . Kline, Fast Market street. . Steele, Corner East Market and Davie streets. D. W. V. Henlmr. Corner South I'.lm'and Sycamore. ItogaH t- Mnrm.it, East Market. (South Side. rouadry aad .Unrhiue Shop. J If 'landeii, Washington si., on the Railroad. Ctrocers aad Confectioners. Starrrtt A- White, East Market, next Post Office. General Emigration Office, for the West and Moutli-West. Louis Zimmer, fJen'l Southern Agent, B and O. R. R., West Market, opposite Mansion Hotel. Guilford l.aml Agency of North Carollua. Jno It Gretter, (icu'l Agent, West Market, opposite MansionHotel. Ilaraess-makers. W. Si Parker, East Market-st., near Court House. , ilamtt E. Thorn, Cvnier South Elm and Sycamore. Hotels. Mansion Hotel, W. ft, Uceoo, proprietor, Comer West Market ami Ureene streets, (see adv.) Southern Hotel, Scab s &. Black, proprietors, West Market, near Court House. Planters Hotel, J. T. Reese, proprietor, East Market, near Court House. Livery Stables. W. .. Edinondton, i.,.. Davie street. Millinery and Lndy's Goods. Mrs. I . & Moore, East "Market, Albright's new building. Mrs. "arnh Adams, West Market, opposite Court House. music and Musical Instruments. Prof. P. H. Maurice, South Elm, (sea adv.) Nurserymen. U'eiihrltok Jb 4Jo.t .'-. Wivhington, near Railrta l. PuyMclau. V A. . Porter, West Market St., nrar Timm Office.) P. W. Glenn, Wt Market, McConnel Imitdlntf. Ju. K. Halt, yt North Kim, opposite court-houso. J. K. fjogan, Corner West Market n:vl flreone, ' . Photographers. Hughs it Tate, West Market, opposite Court Rouse, up stairs. ' Sewing Machines. DH Lal'ish, Salisbury St. Slga Painting. A. W. Ingold, South Elm, Patriot building. Tailors. W. L. Fowler, West-Market, opposite Southern Hotel. Tinners. Jno. E. ffSulliran, Comer West Market and Ashe streets. C. G. Totes, South-Elm. Tomb-Stones. Henry G Kellogg, South Elm. Watchmakers aad Jewellers. H'. H. Farrar, South Eln, opposite Express Office. Darxd Scott, East Market, Albright's block. Guiford County Officers. Choir man of the County Court, Jed. H. Lind say. Sheriff, Robert M. Stafford. Clerk of the County Court, Lyndon Swoim. Clerk of tlie Superior Court, John W. Payne. Public Register, William U. Stciner. County Ttustee, Wyatt W. Ragxdalc. V. 8. Officials. Preedmen's llurcau, Capt. Hupo Hillebrandt, Garrett's building, up stairs. Assessor's t-Mce, Jesse Wheeler, West Market, near Court House. Collector's OMce, Jno. Crane, South Elm. Ilegister in Bankruptcy, Thos. B. Keogh, Tate building, up stair. Handed Warehouse, i). W. C. Benbow, South Elm, Benbow' building. " Written for The Times. - THE LIFE OF Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. COLE, One of the former Editors of" The Timet." Quo difficillius, hoc pmclarius. nr wii.i.. i scorr. CHAPTER VI. Xo position in martial life is more trying, ierpl'xin, or dangerous than that of the captaincy of a company. The commander of a regiment is farther removed from the men, the Brigadier still farther, and so on of the higher officers ; hut this officer is in the midst (if the mwi, sees their wants, hears their mui'min ings, witnesses their sufferings, necessarily does their thinking to a great extent for soldiers art' much like children and, in the fight, is ever "in the imminent deadly Breach." This was all fully realized by Capt. COLE. He had studied the intere8t,couifort, health and happiness of his gallant men, and he had found his office, m his first cam paign, highly onerous and harassing. (Vnd though he was willing to shoulder and bear any responsibility wliich the success of the cause he had espoused might require ; yet he earnestly hoped that it might be his fortune to be placed in an easier and less responsible posi tion. Xor was he disapisiinted. On the reorganization of his regiment un der the first Conscript Act, Maj. JAMES Conker, of Hainptou'tt Legion, was elected Colonel ; Capt. KoBT. H. OKAY, Lieuteuant colonel ; and Capt. Cole, .Major. That was the position he most coveted. It is a delightful mean be tween a captaincy and a colonelcy ; for when both the field officers of higher rank are on duty, he emphatically en joys otium cum dignitateleisnrci with dignity honor without responsibility. Scarcely had the. Confederate troops been re-organized before the succession Of brilliant, hotly contested and san guinary battles around the Southern Capital commenced at Mechanics ville. There the Twenty-Second entered its second pitched battle. There these in trepid men met aud fought the Fourth Michigan reg't, hand-to-hand, sharply and fiercely. The enemy was badly dis comfited nnd routed. Col. Connee was severely and seriously wounded. The command then devolved upon Lieut. Col. Ghat. This chivalrous but Inex perienced young field officer had an able and gallant homme (Tepee in the person of Maj. Cole from whom to seek counsel and encouragement in the dark est hour of battle. Next day, they led their regiment into the fight at Elli son's Mills where death blazed with the hottest and reddest flashes from the mouths of muskets and cannons. Had the eye of Navolean, or of Welling ton rested upon that field aud beheld the daring and dashing gallantry of those two young officers, it would have kindled and Hashed the highest admi ration; At the battles of Gaines' Mill and Ooal Harbor they displayed no less chivalry and intrepidity, bnt so led their command as to leave those regi ments, that were supporting them on the right and left, far in the rear. Nev er was cooler and more resolute daring exhibited by any troops they seemed to fear nothing but rather wooed glory in the very jaws of death. Less was not to be expected of intelligent and spirit ed freemen struggbng for their liberty and independence. Few can ever forget the hard-fought battle of Frazier's Farm on Monday, the severest, doubtless, of all the en gagements during those memorable "seven days." The general history of it is known to all intelligent newspaper readers. Even this is enough to make the blood of a scar-worn veteran curdle, so horrific and dreadful is it. But if its details of fighting,slaughter and suffer ing could be correctly narrated, they would surpassanything which the rich est imagination could body forth. How curious and interesting would the nar ration of the part each regiment .took in it be, were it published by each field officer in command on that day! Of the large number of regiments engaged , the writer can give in detail the action of only one. Maj. Cole, in writing to an intimate friend, thus described the movements of his regiment on that famed field: f When the 'color' pressed forward, the reg't moved with it. Our brigade was advancing to the charge of some Yankee batteries. We charged a quarter of a mile across an open field tinder a very heavy infantry and artil lery fire. The Twenty-second and the Sixteenth moved upon the right of the battery and reached the woods in the edge of which the battery was placed. We pressed steadily on. Just as we came up on a line with the artillery, a Yankee regiment filed immediately in front of us; coining to re-enforce the battery. We were completely out Hanked, and, had the Yankees possess ed half the spirit ot tue ewutnroiis, m might have been entirely cut to pieces aud captured. The Sixteenth, first dis covering this flank-move of the enemy, gave way and started to make better time than a ' trot.' It was a critical moment. We had gone beyond the the battery, driven the enemy from it, and nothing was lacking but for the regiments on our left-the Thirty-Fourth aud Thirty-Eighth to come up and hold them. One effort more and the enemy would have been routed and we safe a retreat, and all would be lost and we shockingly cut up. Iu Friday's fight, the 'color-bearer' was wounded, and on Sunday , the day before this fight, we re-organized the ' color-guard 'a color-bearer and eight guards, nine in all. The guard was composed entirely of volunteers, whose only needed qual ification was the spirit to bear the 'col or' onicard fearlessly and unhesitating ly. Seeing this critical moment, and a quivering tendency in the men,I rushed to the ' color ' and shouted Onward ! push forward rapidly !' Lieut Chaeles rushed forward in front of the 'color,' firing his revolver as rapidly as he could. The 'color' and his company dashed forward after him. Having loudly called to the 'color' to forward, I moved briskly toward the right to hurry up the companies on that mgf, spoke to Capt. Botjldin, of Stokes, as I passed and just a moment before he was shot to hurry up his men to the support of the ' color.' Seeing at the same time the confusion in the Six teenth, I rushed iuto.the midst of the retreating men and cried out at the top of my voice : ' Where is the Sixteenth goiug f Will you forsake the Twenty Second ! Just see how far ahead they are ! We are all North Carolinians rally to the rescue, let not the Twenty-Second stand alone and ho cut to pieces ! Shame, shame upon you men, if yon run!' I spoke about a minute in this strain and the men rallied, aud together we drove the Yankees a quar ter of mile farther. After speaking to the Sixteenth, I ran back to see how my own color was borne. At tho time of which I am now writing, we were in close proximity to the enemy--spme ten or twenty feetr-in fact, while ral lying the Sixteenth, I saw the Lieuten ant-Colonel, who was in command, cut off a Yankee's heud'with his sword.- The Yankee attempted to thrust him through with his bayonet As I re turned to look for the ' color,' I saw it waving violently backward and forward overthe bearer's head, who was not one of the original nine, he holding it by a stem a half-foot long. Here was the most affecting scene of all the battle. Where I last saw Lieut Charles, as described above, ho fell, a ball striking him below the right cheek and passing out at the back of his head. That spot will never be forgotten by those who survived, never I Here, also, the color bearer was shot dead. One of the guard seized the color and fell ; another seized it and fell seven of the nine were killed or wounded, and the flag-staff cut into beneath the ' color.' Amid the confu sion in cutting down the ' guard ' and the 'staff,' the color fell to the ground. The position of the 'color-staff' is be tween companies E and K. As the 'color9 fell, Col. Gkay, missing it and fearing it had fallen into the hands of the enemy, dashed forward to enquire after it AsCoI-Obay reached the spot, Sergeant Gbeenleaf, of Co. K,seeiug it fall, had rushed in, gathered it up and was waving it over his head,crying oat : ' Colonel, here is our flag V On this spot, not larger than an ordinary room, were foot men, Lieut. Chables, the the color-bearer and two color-guard, killed right out, and I suppose twice as many wounded. The consolation We have is to know, that more Yankees fell here than Southerners. I know this for I charged forward over the bod ies myself. Through all these battles I wore the cape of a Yankee overcoat, captured at ' Seven Pines.' After the Monday's battle, I found three bullet holes in ft, which I presume were made at the time above spoken of. There were others killed just at the time of which I speak ; but I have alluded on ly to those who fell around and in the "The 'old Flag' has been honorably discharged. The top was cut off by a grape-shot; the flag is riddled with bul lets and fragments of shell ; the staff is cut into just under the ' color' aud struck by a ball in another place. It is wrapped up carefully, flag and staff, to be forwarded home and preserved as a memento of the past and of the brave who rallied around and died beneath it. Icannotthink of the flag and the scenes through which it passed without cry ing. On the 28th of May, 1861, with heaving breast and flowing eyes, I pledged the young ladies of Green sbo- rough, that this flagshould never trail in dishonor. At the battle of ' Seven Pines,' I was not satisfied with the con duct of the color-bearer. There bullets fell as thick as they ever do, yet it was not touched. I felt badly about it discharged the Sergeant who did not belong to Company E appointed one from Company E, who knew how to prize the flag. He bore it nobly on Thursday and Friday ,and when wound ed on the latter day, he srill held it up, calling for me to take it A new guard was then appointed every man a brave. Lhave just described their conduct on Monday. I now ask : 'is my pledge not verefied t Isnotthe flag an Jwnored relief Preserve it cherish it P " Notwithstanding the severe loss at this spot, there was no halting the men apparently gathered a fresh im petus, that would have led them any where. They were perfectly command able forward or backward, right or left. Advancing a quarter of a mile and driving the Yankees entirely out of sight, our ammunition gave ont. Seeing the men fallingback, I enquired the cause, to which Col. Gray replied: 'The men are out of ammunition nnd I ordered them back.' Finding they had three rounds, I advised Col. Gray not to fall back but to command : ' Cease firing,' ' lie down,' and if the Yankees should rally, with three rounds and a bayonet-charge, we could hold our ground. Meantime, I would go to the rear to get ammunition and re-inforce-lneiits. Col. Gray adopted my sug gestion, countermanded the retreat and advanced forward to the brow of the hill over which we had driven the Yan kees. I hurried to the rear. When I reached tho place where the gallant Chables fell, I saw a man, some twen ty steps off, coming from the direction of our right flank where we suspected there were Yankees. I immediately recognized him' as a Yankee, and before he could place me, having on my .Yan kee cape, I was close by his side, under his gun, and my revolver at his breast He readily yielded. I had no time to bother with him, and seeing W. C. Ob bell, who was broken down and leav ing the field, I placed him in his cltarge. Here I came across a yankee horse, bridle and saddle, mounted and hur ried on. After a while, I came across a brigade coming in. I urged the Gen eral forward to our assistance. By some means he could not give his line the right direction to go to our men, bnt went far to the right of where we entered the woods. It so happened, that just as he struck the edge of the woods, on the border of a swamp, voices cried out : 'Dont fire! we are friends V An officer from our side step ped out and inquired : ' Who are you f The reply was 'the Twenty-sixth Penn sylvania.' As I had feared, all the af ternoon, here was a large Yankee force on the right of where we penetrated the woods. To have moved, to our rear would either have effected our capture, or have terribly cut us up. It was now nearly dark. The General refused to advance farther, as he could not see how to plan his attack. I saw the cri tical position of my regiment, and with- out s4rCpjaH: xojiftnjo ft ftj 5 ord with this officer, immediately after hearing ' the Twenty-sixth Pennsylva nia,' I galloped round to the place where we entered the woods, dismount ed, and with all the strength left me, hurried into where I left the regiment to bring it out. I cautiously moved forward, but did not find it. I went still farther, and yet did not find it was hesitating what to do -just could here observed a Yankee coming to ward me, gun in hand. He asked : ' Where are our men !' Walking faster toward him, I replied : ' I don't know, but I reckon up here somewhere,' pointing in the direction of a tolerably heavy fire upon our left. As I finished speaking, being close upon him, I ask ed: 'Winch is your regiment?' He said : ' The Thirteenth Pennsylvania.' By this time, I had placed my hand upon his gun and my revolver, unob served by hun, to his breast. He at once surrendered. Now, I wras really in a bad fix more than a quarter in the enemy's rear and a Yankee prison er iu custody. Should I meet another Yankee, and the woods appeared to be full of them, he would betray me in my cape-disguise, and that would be the last of me. Honestly I would rather not have token him. But I got out safe and returned to my regiment. In less than an hour, I saw another Yan kee come out in front of our line, and rushing forward, I captured him. I took one for each hole they put in my yankee cape. I prize this cape it puzzled the Yankees, and enabled me to pass them unharmed. I could tell you a great many things more ; but I hope the goodness of the same Provi dence, that has spared me thus far, will spare me to the end, and then I can tell you all face-to-faoe. Besides, I can speak now only of what I figured in, knowing nothing of others. It looks too much like egotism and self extolling, and, therefore,I shall say no more." During the last of the " seven days," Maj. Cole's regiment was only under the shelling of the enemy. Through out this brilliant tragedy, and in every act except the last on Malvern Hilf, this noble band of Caroliniaus suffered intensely from the fir of tho enemy, from fatigue, fasting, hard inarching, night-watching aud continual fighting. Aud now that "Tlfo fight was o'er, the flaslung through the gloom, Which robes the cannon as he wings a tomb, Had ceased : and sulphury vapor upward driven Had left the earth, aud but polluted heaven," they, worn down, famished, begrimed, retired near the lately beleaguered capital to wash, break their fast, sleep and rest, preparatory to an early and rapid inarch toward Maryland. (TO. BE COSTINlKn.) BOOK TABLE. Publishers of Hooks ami Periodical will rectiae cartful notices of all new works forwarded to us. Thb Like op Jefferson Davis, by Frank H. Al friend, Richmond, Va., late Editor of The Southern Literary Messenger, and well-known from his editorial connection both during and sinoe tne war with the Richmond pressTo be issued in one handsome Octavo Volume, of from 600 to 000 pages, embellished with a por trait on steel. Price, bound in the best Eng lish morocco sloth, 13.50 per copy ; bound in half calf Antique, 85.00 per copy. We learn from the publishers that the above work is now far advanced in its preparation, and will be published at an early date. It will be sold ex clusively by subscription, and a Bound Prospectus is now ready for Agents. In the collection of materials the au thor has had the co-operation and as sistance of prominent officials of very high position in the late Confederacy, and has enjoyed facilities unsurpassed by any writer upon the subject of the war, for obtaining information from original souffHi. The work will srra a full, complete, and authentic Biography of Mr. Davis, embracing the whole period of his life, and will shed much needed light upon many important subjects connected with the late war, which have never been understood or, at best but im perfectly so because the facts neces sary to their elucida tion have remained inaccessible to all previous writers. That such a work will be looked for with eager interest, and that it is cer tain to prove one of the most rapidly selling books ever published must be evident to all. The following extract, taken from the work already stereotyped, will be read with interest, and will serve to show the admirable manner in which Mr. Alfriend uses his pen : To future trenerations the neriod iu American history, of most ubsoritnff that embracing 1 and termination of the revolution which had its pronounced place in the mem orable war of 1861. Historians rarely concur in their estimate of the limits of a revolution, and usually- we find quite as much divergence in their views of the scope of its operations, as in their speculations as to its origin aud causes, and their statements of its incidents and results. If, however, it is difficult to assign, with minute accuracy, the exact limits and proper scope of those widen1 swem .tteitHyTttyftVYUr -rtt-track of ages, divert nations from the old path of progress into what seems to be the direction of a new destiny, and often transform the aspect of con tinents, it is comparatively an easy task to reach a reliable statement of their more salient and conspicuous incident. It is in this aspect that the Titanic con flict, which had its beginning with the booming of the guns iii Charleston har bor in April, 18(51, and its crowning catastrophe at Appomattox Court house in April, 18G5, will be chiefly at tractive to the future student. As a point of departure from the hitherto unbroken monotony of American his tory, the beginning of a new order of things, the extinction of Important ele ments of previous national existence, embracing much that was.cousecrated in the popular affections ; in short, as n complete political and social trans formation, an abrupt, but thorough perr version of the government from its ori ginal purposes and previous policy, this period must take its place, with impor tant suggestions of theory and illustra tion, among the most impressive les sons of history. The profound interest which shall center upon the period that we have under consideration, must necessarily subject to a rigid investigation the lives, diameters, and conduct of those to whom were allotted conspicuous parts in the great drama. It is both a natural aud reasonable test that the world applies in seeking to solve, through the. qualities and capacities of those who direct great measures of governmental policy, the merits of the movements themselves. The late President of the United Stotes, Mr. Lincoln, avowed his inability to escape the judgment of history, and the bare statement sufficiently describes the in evitable necessity, not only of his own situation, but of all who bore a pronii neat part on either side of the great controversy. Jefferson Davis confronts posterity burdened with the disadvantage of having been the leader of an uiisuecesH rul political mov ement "Nothing suc ceeds like success," was the-pithv maxim of Talleyrand, to w hose astute observation nothing was more obvious than the disposition of mankind to make success the touchstone of merit. It is, nevertheless, a vulgar and often an erroneous criterion. What could be more absurd than to determine by such a test the comparative valor, geu eralship, aud military character of the two contestants in the late war I Con cede its applicability, however, and we exalt the soldiership oi the North above all precedent, and consign the unequal led valor of the Southern soldiery to reproach, instead of the deathless mine which shall survive them. To such a judgment every battle-field of the war 'gives emphatic and indignant eoutra-
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