Newbern weekly progress., 1859-09-20
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
KINSTON. n. c., Sept. -, /,

startled to find communication under the date
] of Sept. 3rd, 1859. and signed " Chocolate The
Fsignatu1e mas ofteH aispesfed bes, ,ahdA
while the literary efforts of " Chocolate bespoke
| no great talents for their author, nor contained
much to interest reading people, they have uni
formly, up to this time, dealt only in such matters
as pleased the fancy and, would suppose, sat
isfied the ambition of " Chocolate =" and kindred
spirts-making attack upon personal charac-
ter, assaiing mans acts, and in justice doing
Justice to every one In the article to which al
usion is made, Chocolate" informs the rest of
mankind that he has paid a visit to Tartsvlle,
place without local habitation.' A great cen
ire of attraction for Chocolate doubt hut
others possessing nothing of merit. and from Its
smaltness and unimportance arousing no ones
fears and no ones censure; and taking into ser-
Gus consideration that much Wanted trip, one has
to say that " Chocolate u has not only become d
mighty traveller, but geographer also, for he
makes mention of names and places visited that
no man knows of and must be situated in. some
unknown land. The world will probably e';tand
to Chocolate ~ the expected need of his efforts,
and will accord to him in commendabS .skylt, a
scsre to give itethe result af e oe1s V n =
iHSsse1m yts4ke- ss,asz-1oE. - 1llliz Pss
by him in visiting the q out-of-way plMaI of
earth, and making known to all concerned the
existence of hitherto forsaken lands; but while
the scorld in gratitude for his services will reward
him with its fattering smiles and deterentlal
bows he must excuse US for noticing few lines
Of the same article in which he has done stranger
a great wrong and treated him with Injustice
In giving the {" Progress - the about Kins
ton he acted as most locaLizers for newspapers
generally act local editor is, in general, moth
ing but local tattler, and as such forgets some
how or other to give both parties about whom he
is tattiing fair showing-almost invariably pla-
cling some one in a wrong light false position
before the public
In the following quotation from the 5STT11cle,
Chocolate will, trust, see the justice OF our
remarks: " Once back to Kinst0n, it not late
in the day before it reported that there had
been fight in town; very interesting trial
shortly after came off. The warrant was made
out against Robert Paschal, for whipping George
earns, free negro. The trial progressed s2hoosh-
ly enough until the proprietor ofthe II Hot %lwas
brought to the stand Finally the case was de-
cided in favor of nobody-the charge being with
drawn, and the defendant acknowledging that he
had done what he was charged WITH
In the above quotation small amount of tat
Ting to another's injury is perceptibe. The fact
that there had been fight in Kinston interested
and would not interest the subscribers of the
Progress;" but to spice it off with something
tart and pungent the name of stranger, citizen
OF distant county, had to be arrayed before them
in connection with that of free negro. "Choco-
late :" also says that there was trial and is so
very candid as to withhold from the public the
evidence which anne out at that trial The wri-
tarx at 81 a,1 nj heard
q >rxds;as to DE seen and I'D n
was that Robert Taschal " -
the free negro before and fPlIe ped 9zsse g.
that the free negro cursed him, tftef as fascha
did, as every other white would have done
whipped the free negro for cursing him. The
proprietor of - Hotel is the only witness before
that trial that Chocolate " notices. Why was it
that the proprietor was witness? "Chocolate "
would not inform the public of that 0, no, not
he! Let it be known that injustice results
from the omission the part of 4" Chocolate ~ to
do So
Paschal from the evidence, was wagoner, and
had friend along with him, that the day was
rainy and that the friend of Paschal was taken
with a chill, and went to this Hotel to get out of
the storm and find shelter while the chill was
upon him; and that Paschal went there to see and
look after his sick friend, and while there7he was
without just cause, cursed by the free negro.
This is all, and this communication has only
been written in order to put Mr., Pascha before
the public, as we'll where he is known as where
he is not, in true light; and the writer does hope
that Chocolate " will find nothing in it to take
offence at for he is hereby assured that net even
the slightest unkindness is meant.
LOVER OF JUSTICE.
Railroad Movement.
The people of the mountains waking up to
the Importance of Railroads. We give below the
proceedings of a meeting recently held at States
vile:
! RAILROAD MEETING. ~
! At a meeting of the citizens of Iredell, held at
the Court House in Statesville, on the 9Th Sept,
| 1S59,-on motion of A K. Simonton Ohio Gil
! Iesnie. ESQ. was called to the chair and @ A