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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-18
EXPECTED METEORIC SHOWER.

EXPECTED METEORIC SHOWER. !
Next in grandeur and sublimity to to-
tai solar eclipse Or great comet stretched
athwart the starry heavens, is the great
meteorlc shower, sncb as was witnessed
here in Novetn Der, 1888. On this tocca
sion, from two O'clock till broad daylight.
the sky teing perfectly serene and cloud
less, the whole heavens were lighted with
a magnificent and imposing display of ce-
lestlal fireworks. Arago computes that
not less than 24O, 900 ,neteors were visible
above the horizon of Boston On the morn
ing OF the 18Th Of November, 1888. The
display was seen all over NortlleA merica-
A similar display was seen by Humboldt,
at Cumana, South America, in 1893 The
comparison of the epochs of appearance
OF these great showers has led to the dis
coversv that they are periodic, their return
being separated from each other by the
third part Of a century, or multiple of this
period, and are periodical appearances Of
one grand meteoric shower. Professor
Newton Of Yale College, who has devoted
much time to the investigation Of the pc
rlodic character OF these showers, finds
that a prodigious flight of Meteors, the
most imposing Of the kind, will make its
appearance, probably for the last time III
this century, On the morning of either the
l3 or 14th OF November next. Only thir-
teen OF these great showers are recorded
between the years 9O3, aud 1888. Such a
rare rhenomnon awakens a deep interest
among all classes of persons. Prepara~
tlons to observe this grand spectacle, for
scientific purposes, have already com
menced in Europe. Let no one, forget
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Noyem
ber, 18Th and 14th.. .. ].
. NORTH CAROLINA PETROLEUM AND Mimic
CoMPANY.-The capital OF this company is
srated"to be 100000, par value OF shares
S., number OF shares 1000 10000
shares reserved for working capital. 1
owns 14,OOO acres of mineral far, ds III the
counties of Chathan., Moore, Rockinham
and Stokes, OH the waters Of Deep anc
Dan rivers in North Carolina which
abound in deposits OF coal, iron, SALT and
from general surface indications, in petro
leum orcoal oil. The company las beer
Incorporated by the State Of North Car,
lima. Practical and efficient men are nov
OH the lands, with all requisite force ant
machinery. e, ,gaged in boring we'll witt
hattering prospects OF success. z2'a" E79 :
Porfessor Simmons and Coinmodor
Wilkes have made elborate reports which
/! it is said, will enable all to judge Of TIL
Itvalne of tire large area owned by th'
North Carolina Petroleum and Minns
Crm pany norder to develop the prop
erty the directors have authorized 10,OOt
shares OF theecapital stock to be sold at th
par value of Ss5, in order to raise workin.
| capital. The Office Of Brenizer,s kellogg,
& Co., Greensboro,' N. c., where we pre-
sumc subscriptions will be received
Rich. Dispatch. i.'f2''''af5, .<'4' '-'" !
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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-18
$500 PER ANNUM

- How TO REGAN SOUTHERN PRospER1rY.
Hon. John Forsythe, writing from New
4 ork to the Mobile gReqaster, says OF a.
portion OF Southern Pennsylyania,, j, over
which he recently travelled -.
: I eu ride owe: a country dotted with
ttarmsy groaning under, crops, and are sur
prised at the lack of laborers, and wonder
who does all this work - Capital and
science have supplied the places Of our
large gangs Of negroes. and the work goes
on as IT by magic. Thus Pennsvlvanis,
with her three millions OF populations, en-
Joys productions equal to the Iabar of six
million The same processes would make
the South a garden Of fruitfulness, rthe
abode OF great population, and the seat
OF power. We have all that Pennsvlva-
MIA has, In coal, iron, and water bower.
without her harsh winter climate. We
have products impossible to her SOIL. TIE
war has heWn a pathway for Southern en-
ergles ln new directions Let rs follow
1t, encourage men Of labor and skill to
settle among rs, capital to export our la
tent resources, and train and elevate the
negro to- be able to do his part of the grand
work k OF closing the gap in material civil
lzation, which our hearty Northern neigh
boFs have 50 long kept wide open between
u.s.. BY this path, too, men OF the South.
we are to recover the political power to
make orr rights respected and sure '''
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-18

A DEATH STRUGGLE WITH "A sBEAR--A
errlfcsencounter between an Ineliana,rd a
bear occurred a tew days ago, up .injtlle
vicinity Of 4Tamah, Wisconsin, Botbedhe
combatants were found a day, or,twesinco
sn the silent EN- brace OF death, aud there
Lis probably no living witness to after a
description, OF the horrible scene. The
bear. had been shot in some vital part bv
the Ind;an and the latter, when foand,
had his skull. crushed as if BY, a. powerful
blow The presumption is, either that 1T
was close enconnter-the shot and the
blow following i'll tquicks succession or
the the Indian, having shot the bear, ap-
proached 1T inflts death struggles, andwre-
ceived the blow which Terminated his ex,
istence. ssaofF9 1tr,is NeArL
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-18

i The sum of So 400 Mas laised abv
the Methodist at their centenary in fif.
teen minntes
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-18

= ANEcDoTE OF " EBsrER The following
anecdose Of til "Godlike" is taken from
F'usier's (Zondonl Nagazi;ue for. Sep
tember: -" .&.t anon
At the political al nners, Of which Web
ster was rather fond, he almost inv ariably
became tpsy before bis speech time arr.riv-
ed and some Of his most admired after
dinner speeches were the composition Of
friendly reporters. On one occasion he
had To promoted by afriend, Who sat lust
behind him, and gave suceessivelyapliras
and topics. The speech proceeded some
what after this fashion: Prompter: .ssTar
if" Webster: 1.-The tariff, gentlena,s, is
subject requiring the profound attention,
o. the stareman. American industry, gen.
tie man, must be-'(noefs a olittleA-
Prompter ''National Debt" Webster:
Sand gentlemen, there's the national debt
lit should be paid Cloud cheers, which
aroused the. spea ker)-yes gentlemen, it
shoul Id be pa'c, (cheers,) and d-obsit 1t
shap't be- (taking out his pocket bookl-I'u
pay it myself! How much is, lit a. The
last question was asked OF a gentleman near
him with drurken seriousness, and ..cot,p
led with the recollection Of the we'll kn,wn
limpecuniosity OF Webster's pocket-book.
excited roars Of laughter, amidst . wiacI
the orator sank into his seat and vas soon
asleep. j, ,a.. -.5b .Gt,t 9a ,-..liad. .msdf
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-18

Eoa NonrII CiKoLfsA TonAecoo..4 ACC Wedn1es- Wd1
day morning last, eight boxes Of new coal
cured tobacco was sold il Petersburg for
prices ranging from $40 Up, 81 5b PEI, hun,
cred POUNDS. This tobacco was raised
andcnfed old oiratiiville county, this in
state,and some oft was very fine = : IS
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-18

! The hog ehclerais il decitnatiflg the hogs
in keitadlxgsa t''sio~ al = ..fPasaeofa s
Two hundred acres Of land in Georgia
s'!l sold fg f9r saa..-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

A very learned and compassionate
Judge, in Texas, on passing sentence on
John Jones, who had been convicted of
murder, concluded his remarks as follows:
The fact is, Jones, that the court did
not intend t. order you to be executed
before next spring, but the weather is
very cold; our Jail, unfortunately, is in q
very bad condition; much of the glass in
the windows is broken; the chimneys
are in such dilapidated state tlat no fire
can be made to render your apartments
comfortable; besides, owing TO the great
number of prisoners, not more than one
blanket can be allowed to each 10 sleep
sound and comfortable. therefore, il ont
of the question. In consideration Of
these circumstances, and wishing to les
sen your suferings as much as possible,
the court, in the exercise of its humane
compassion, hereby orders you to be exc
cutcd tomorrow morning, as soon. after
breakfast as may be convenient to the
sheriff and agreeable to you.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01
Titles of Confederate OHicers-..
The Army Still Exists.

The Mobile Advertiser discusses the
question whether or not the officers Of
the Confederate army should continue to
be called by their respective titles-such
as General, Colonel, Major, Captain, &c.
1t arguesf for their retention, for sundry
reasons, and, among others, that it is &C.
cording to law. It.says on this point;
AS question of etiquette and usage,
the immortal principle of the old lady
that Msissed the COW" must be the guide.
1t would scarcely be worth discussion,
but thatit involves a question of prinei-
Gle, or of fact, which is apt te be forgot
ten. This is the fact that the confede-
rate army still exists.
Our readers need not be startled. We
are not talking treason, noranything like
it. We are sustained by the highest mil
itary authority in the United States. The
Confederate States have perished, it 10
true. They live only in history, but tho
Confederate army still exists; it exists
as an army of paroled prisoners, and ev.1
cry member of it is a paroled soldier. So,
too, of the Confederate navy.
This is not mere theory of my own.
1t is the theory of the government and
of the military authorities. Trials Of pa
rolled prisoners, as such, have been held
quite recently before military courts. In
one instance, in neighboring depart
ment, the prisoner was sentenced death,
and the President has commuted his sem
tence to ten years imprisonment, as an
nounced in general orders.
Each man, from the general tosthe pri-
vate, was paroled with bis appropriate
rank-recognized and recorded as such.
Il the officers should commit an of
fence, in violation of his parole, it would
no doubt be justly considered as aggraya-
ted by his rank, and he would be held re-
sponsiblc accordingly.
These principles will apply indefinitely,
at the very least untilmilitary law ceases
to prevail The rank Of Confederate Of
fcers is, therefore, not a mere matter of
courtesy, or of sentiment, but of actual
existence. If Robert f. Lee or John
Smith thinks proper to. write himself
.sGen. r. E. Lee. c. S. A" or Captain
John Smith, c. S. NJ" It's no Indication
of rebellious or reasonable spirit, but
may be quite the contrary. 1t may only
evince becoming sense of the response
biiitics of paroled prisoner Of war
Our view of the subject is fully sustain
ed by the practice OF courteous gentle
men in the Federal service.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

A correspondent of the New York
World, writing from Columbus, communi-
Gates the following good news from Ohio
The situation in Ohio is becoming in
teresting. Our Republican friends arc to-
day in minority of forty thousand in
the State, and close observer of public
sentiment maintains that square vote
on negro suffrage would lose them the
State by seventy thousand.
Their sagacious men confess that the
fanatical freaks of Bingham, Schcnck.
Ashly, ct al, are making the party COM
nit Estate suicide" AS for the Radical
Congresmen, they are in the condition
of the ram that butted the maul-nothing
left but the tail-and You will never hear
of their return to Congress again.
Their new Governor (Cox) condemns
this whole negro agitation, and says it is
to be dcplorcd that his party have no
statesman in the House to give legisla-
ton wholesome direction. The only
hope that discreet men have is that the
President will save the country by his
veto. A vigorous exercise of his power
in arresting rash legislation, and in turn
ing out of Office the men who, under exc
cutive and department appointments, arc
thwarting President Johnson's policy
will save his administration until the peo
pie can get at the destructives through
the ballot-box, when thefe will be sucl
an overhauling and shaking of abolition
dry bones as has not been witnessed since
Cyrcs turned the Euphrates out Of, ant
himself into Babylon.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01
A Washington correspondent of the
Boston Commercial says:

A Washington correspondent of the
Boston Commercial says:
met yesterday, upon the avenue, the
venerable Colonel w. w. Seaton, 30 wide
ly known to the country as tie junior
partner of Gales &c Seaton, Of the Na-:
tienal Mtelligsncer. AIr. Seaton, though
so advanced in years, retains his faculties
to remarkable degree. He is, however,
sufferer from two causes !: One that is
past remedy, arising from cancer on the
face, and which is slowly, but surely,
progressing; the other from poverty It
seems strange fact that a man who has
been SO long before the public, who has
performed SO vast an amount of public
work, and who was one-of the pfoprio-
tors of the National 7ntelHgencer for moro
than fifty years, should now be left in
poverty and want; yet SO it is.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

President Johnson on the 10Th, sent to
the Senate his veto of the amendatory
frcedmen's bureau bill The President
takes the ground that it is unconstitu-
tional, and that tho appointment OF agents
in every county where freedmen and re-
fugces exist would impose too much pa
tronagc in the hands of the Executive,
and would enable him to use it for tho at
tainmcnt of political ends, if he was so
disposed. lie expresses the earnest hope
that question so important to the coun-
try will not become a law, unless upon
the deliberate consideration Of the people,
and that it should receive the sanction OF
an enlightened public Judgment
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

bayonet for writs Of error. Thus, step by
step are innovations being made upon es-
tablished principles of our Government.
1t is not only the Southern States who
were lately in rebellion, that are in peril
We, of the No1thern States, are equally
interested with them in opposing these
strides toward Capitalization in our Gov
ernment. The patriotic men, everywhere
throughout this country, are looking with
an agony of suspense upon the forthcom-
ing action of the President. From his
we'll known declarations in reference to
the true Constitutional rights OF the
States, they look to him with hope and
confidence. He must not fail them, in
this their extremity. If he should, then
we foresee, instead of peace and good
government in the future, civil dissen-
sion, anarchy and ruin. Then, in the
words CT Madison in the Federalist: "The
States themselves must study how to
furnish security against these bold inva-
sions of the public liberty by national au-
thority."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

things to interfere with the private rights
and business of the citizen, when the pub
lie safety docs not require such intcrposi-
tio1.
The citizen, resident or sojourncr, who
hires fifteen or moro laborers, whether
white or colored, is most competent to
determine what supervision his laborcrs
may require. IF his laborcrs become
troublesome to his neighbors by tumultu-
GUS or disorderly conduct, they may be
indicted and punished If they rob and
plpnder, the law will avenge the outrage
on the individual and on society.
Now that freedom has been accorded
to the African race in our midst duty and
policy alike admonish us to give him all
the concomitants of what he regards SO
great boon. Emancipation has changed
our relations to him most essentially. So
long as he was slave, though his moral
training was not neglected, it was our
policy to prohibit him frora learning to
read and write. Now it is our policy to
enlighten and elevate him, for it makes
him more trustworthy, and reduce crime
and pauperism in our midst.
In every slaveholding country the
owners have endcavored, by stringent
legislation and rigorous police, to guard
against the dangers of revolt and insur-
rection-insurrectio to secure freedom /;
this was the reason why the legislation
in the South required the presence of .
white man on every farm or plantation
where there were ten or more slaves, that
vigilant watch may be kept over them
and their movements. The necessity has
ceased, and the law should be ignored.
Awell-digested law, organizing proper
police force to aid the magistracy in sup
pressing lawlessness, and in enforcing law
and order in the community, might prove
a safeguard to society, but the operations Of
the bill. under consideration, in my judg-
mcnt would be most pcrnicious.
JAMES L. ORR.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

TRUTH FIFTY SpoKEN.-"If," said Gov
ornor Raymond of New York, in his re-
cent speech in the Federal House OF Rep
rcscntatives, "we cannot treat our South
crn people as members of this Union
without degrading terms or doing aught
to humilate and destroy their pride and
sclfrcspect, then we may make up our
minds that we arc not equal to the crisis
on which we arc fallen. We shall fail in
restoring peace, harmony and prosperity
to the Union, but the nation will not
perish. Others will take our places who
better appreciate the nature of the work
that devolves upon us, and who will ac-
complish the end we fail to reach, or even
to comprehend"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01
A CuR1oUs RELrc.-our attention WI,

A CURIOUS RELIc-Our attention WIS
arrested yesterday, by a medal or coin OF
the ancient and happy days of gentle
peace. 1t was quietly resting in show
case somewhere on Middle street-we
have forgotten the exact locality. The
courteous owner permitted full. and
thorough examination Of the relic, and
it's peculiarities are indcllibly impressed
upon our memory. 1t is of solid silver:
circular in form, and about an inch in di-
ameter. The thickness is about that of Il
piece of leather. Upon one side is bird
surrounded with something like sunrays
and underneath the bird are the quaint
words, in some forgotten language-'quar
dol." On the other sidea beautiful young
woman represented in q sitting posture,
with stick in one hand. Upon the up
per end of The stick there hangs what ap-
pears to be a night-cap and upon scroll
connected somehow with the box or seat
she occupies appears the name, "L. l.
Berry, That is supposed to be the name
of the lady herself, and doubtless the
medal or coin formerly belonged to her.
We asked the gentleman who was so for
tunate as to possess it, what he supposed
it's instrinsic value to be, and were as
tonished to hear thatin former years they
could be bought at So per dozen, or 25
cents apiece.-Newbern Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01
Sketch of "Bill Arp"

The Milledgcville correspondent OF the
Augusta Constitutionalist has been draw
ing pen-and-ink portraits of distinguished
members of the Georgia Legislature, and
among them gives the following:
NON. CHARLES H, SMITH,
Senator from the Rome District, is the
observed of allobservers. His seat is to
the right of the President, about midway
the side wall of the Chamber: and direct
ly under the fllI-!ength portrait of "old
Hickory" Jackson. he is the first sena
tor the stranger asks to see on entering
the gallery, and especially SOL the afore-
said stranger be of the gentler sex. a
casual spectator, at first glance, would
hardly single out small, trim, yet grave
and digni6ed person, the crown of whose
head is unadorned with capillary orna-
-ments, to be the veritable and inimitable
,sBill Arp" of continental celebrity. His
stature is Napoleonic very slightly erag-
geratcd, and his port is Chesterfeldian,
sans the stiIts But for his laughing blue
eyes, tull of lurking humor and quiet mis-
chief, and beaming with intelligence and
boahommie, one would set him down for
another of Carlyle's Earnest Men," ]
have not seen him on his legs in the Sen
ate, and am, therefore, unprepared to
form any opinion of his ability as par
liamentary speaker. If he should speak
there rs we'll as he talks surrounded by
familars--for he talks as well as he
writes mental and physical confor-
nation is rare and happy one lie is
chairman of the Committee on Finance,
and is winning an enyiable reputation in
that difficult branch of legislative science.
This is his first term of service as q legis
lator, and should the meridian be as
bright as the orient promises, his career
will be one of usefulness and fame. He
is lawyer by profession, and. l have
been told, ranks among the foremost Of
the Cherokee bar. 'Tis strange he should
have chosen such litigious vocation in
view of his natural and recently avowed
"harmonizing" proclivities and disposi-
tions. En- passant, he comes honestly and
hercditarily by those ''harmonizngD ele-
ments of character and temper, if Combe
be authority. His father was native OF
Boston ard his mother native OF
Charleston--the blood of Massachusetts
and of South Carolina commingling in his
veins Who else can say as much Z and
oughtn't he to do his "durnest to harmon
ize" the antagonistic sections Z This
crude sketch would be inexcusably i'm
perfect were to omit mention of Major
Smiths attractive companionable dispo-
sitions. Frank, cordial, generous, no
body finds warmer welcome in any cir
Gle; and abounding in anccdote and sto
ry telling, no one can recall single
biting or bitter remark that fell from his
lips. His heart is as tender as pity it
self, and his modcsty is equal to his mer
it,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

A. witty fellow slipped down on an icy
pavement. While sitting, he muttered, 81
have no desire to see the town burned
down, but I sincerely wish the streets
were laid in ashes."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

Imparting pleasure is like putting mon
ey out at interest; it benefits both tho
lender and borrower at once. No one
can be really and truly happy unless 9th
ers sympathise and share that happiness.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

Ned Shutter thus explained his reason
for preferring to wear his stocking with
holes to having them darned: "a holo,"
said he, "may be the accident of a day,
and will pass upon the best gentleman;
but darn is premeditated poverty"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

JONAH NOT TOBACCO CHEwER-A
preacher, whose text led him to speak of
the prophet Jonah, remarked incident
ally:
81 am of opinion that Jonah was an old
man, neither smoking nor chewing, from
the fact that the fish retained him so long
in his stomach. If the fish had swallowed
the house we are worshipping in, he
would, no doubt, have worked himself to
death"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-01

MAsoNRY.-It numbers to-day, within
its secret pale, more adult males than all
the religious organizations on the face of
the earth. 1t is as widespread as hu-
manity, as universal as human language.
aThc Jew, before the altar on the sacred
mount, the Pasce, in his alteration of the
sun-the Mussnlman, bowing to the East
in prayer-thc Greek. before the shrine
of his divinity-the Christian, in devout
faith at the foot of tho Cross, all alike
know and understand it's mystic Ian
guage." Kings, princes, and potcntates
of the earth have beheld with awe its
hieroglyphic light, and have been proud
to wear it's mystic emblems. 1t is more
powerful than Kingdoms, principalities and
powers, and in ages to como will be a
blessing ard protection to unnumbercd
millions.