Newbern weekly progress., 1860-01-10


easy and started in pursuit Of tien OH Sunday
when they found te boat i'll cnpsizeG posi- -ion
somewhere, near Fort Macsa1, and some - or l0'
yards from it, the dead body Of Chas. ilells Ihr
other three have been found, su: the prrs,liap
ton is that the entire party lerisEcd in the bfiny
deep. These four all blotern-in law, three
of them h;,ving married the sisters Of the other
DEPKEsstos--Ihe bad weather during the past
two weeks to. .;ether with the many hudrtnces
consequent on Christmas holidays have nlerated
very perceptilly upon both retail and wholesale
trade But little produce has been received and
few persons have been able To get to town IN conse
qncnce of the weather. the retail business has been
yisiby affected. A few days of fair, mild weather,
however, only necessary to enivtn our streets
and give impetus to everything. Prices for
all kinds Of produce are very fair
Sun ~ IRE CAMr.-Yesterday, while the militia
~ actively engaged near the Court House
Broad street, i'll some beautiful mannverng, firing
&c. the spirit of got into couple of dogs, who
pitched into each other after fashion that clearly
indicated that blo9d to be the price of victory.
They slapped and srowed and tumbled and rolled,
for time, until the black dog got the advantage of
the yellow and mounting him and fastening his
teeth i'll the back of his neck rode him about fifty
yards followed by about seventy five little boys and
negroes yelling and screaming such furious rate
that we almost imagined ouIselt in the midst of
savage tribe in the wilds of the western world.
INCREASING THE TERMs-The n. C. G. Ad-
vocate is to be enlarged and the terms increased
from 81 50 to s. for subscription. 1t has been
found that the paper cannot pay expenses, even
at its present dimensions, without an increase of
the subscription price.
1t is very difficult thing to make both ends
meet i'll the newspaper business any way, but es-
pecially is it with cheap papers. BY very
close management find that there is a little
profit in the ''Newbern Weekly Progress at 81 SO
year, and we should like few thousand more
subscribers at that rate 1t gives, too, more read,
ing matter than any of the State Weeklies.
A GEM-We give gem from Eva May in this
issue. Really Eva you had been so long absent
that we feared some fatal calamity had befallen
you-that you had died. got nd, or been over
taken by other misfortune. Our readers as
well as oursef will rejoice over your return.
The Poor OF RALEIGn-.D D. McRae, Esq,
was to deliver lecture before the Young Mems
Christian association of Raleigh, in the Commons
Hall, OH Saturday evening last, the entire pro-
ceeds of which are to be given for the relief of
the poor of that city. The Register says
We learn from Mr.. Crowder, who in his way of
unpretending beneyolence is modern Howard,
that the poor of this city were never before in SO
destitute a condition as at present.
WAKE FOREST CoIIEGE.-We cordially en-
dorse the following notice of this excellent insti-
tuition by the Charlotte Democrat
eve refer the reader to the advertisement of
Wake Forest College in to-day paper. The
Faculty OF this Institution is composed of able
and experienced gentlemen, qualified to properly
train young men in science and moral and re-
llglous principles. The College is located at
Forestvile, in Wake county, near the Raleigh
and CASTOR Railroad. and is healthy and pleas
ant situation.
SAVING 1CE.-During the cold weather last
week the citizens of Raleigh and other towns up
the country housed enough ice to serve them the
coming season.