The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-13
Visiting Friends.

'a@ Nv I'll CNGALt- b0N
VIC 20 farther, and have neither latch
nor lock upon our sa~nctum-door; and
the small but lazy son al Africa WHO
''chock>' it with a chip las had a lively
week ot il.
And first mot first to co"ie, but "ur-t
in our hearts, NY countrymen) can g
Il bright beys.- halt 4 dozen ii number,
but too-too-two dozen in you'll :,
beauty. aud bright spirits. We al
read the Il. \ N.->aid they. And
W. always id like kittrell-.' said We.
The ladies were Just gone when tie
,l,rLy came. Tie rev. J. ;. Nelson. and
Mr. Nelson. Of Monroe. and Rev. J.. u.
{ arpentcr. now OF >tanly. but Ike Dr.
Nelson. IN old acquaintance Of Ruther-
ford days. md key. 4. G.. Wilcox, 81
Halifax old reader OF th' +. y
NJ. who kindly rencws to July II, 3d..
And Rev. MIR. McCorkle. of Goldsboro.
a Young man. but with the will and the
Scotch lineage that WINS success and
Rev. j. +. Ileitman, OF Chapel Hill.
Then the Doctors. DR.. John G. ia
cobs, Feb Isl. DR.. W. Il. Kennedy, u
Pamlico, prompt to the day, renews to
Dec. &. so. and DR.. Satchwell and Dr..
Everltt. (whn pleasantly links arms Tor
a promenade to Aug. ,, 'S3), and DR..
chaplin. and Dr. j. {. Gidney. of Shell
by. and others.
Then came Bro. W. c. Wolfe, man
ager and part-owner oil the Charlotte
Journai the largest daily III the State.
and oac OF the ncwSicst. He SAYS the
people OF Charlotte have exhibited UNI
parallcled kindness towards the .JourHoi,
keeping it crowded with advertisements
1T the rate Of $50 a year per hail col
umn. VA. there are entcrprlsIng busl-
ness men III Charlotte.
y. pleasant call. also. from Bro. Jo-
| sepIu- Daniels. WHO publishes the vii
! son 4fraHce. and kinston Free Press.
two OF the largest weeklies in the State.
He had the appearance Of a young man
whose DAYS vi Observation-Disclosures Were
short. And pleased to meet. also...Bro.
Ueitman. OF the State Educational Jour
nal. who tells us he is about to make a
Jealous effort to push that paper. Ii
ought to be well supported.
FROM II REGIONS ROUND ABOUT.
Then came numerous friends from ad
! ~ilccut counties. Capt Geo. s. Baker
Of Franklin, spent several days in The
, city. John W. Atwater, Esq, tells u.
how hard work aud few-.'eloquenr
speeches from eminent Statesmen"-sav
ed Chatham, and helped to save the Dis
trict, if not the State. Maj John Rob
ipson of Arson, hale aud genial as alwal s
bli Is friend fl. w. Ledbetter's renewa
10 January /, lSS4,-tte very best o
,iates fer a subscription to be paid to, :
we think. And here is another Chatham
county friend, Mr.. R.R. Sutphen, an ole
confederate who casually told US how b,
escaped capture the night that Gen
Lee fedfron Ilaeer.tuwn.
You Know that after Gettysburg
Lee retreatod tapjdly towards Williams
port, pursued by the Yankees who ha,
received a large reiDfo cenient OF fresi
troops. On reaching the river. he tuun'
II swollen that II cpud not be crossed
He therefore faced about, and formed
lines To fight II hece~>ary An wh'
week tie e { i bold front although Iii
bad fix for hghfing. One night The me,
were told to bud big fires, and keep III
a lively noise till bedtime. Then the
silently marched for the Potomac, I
mile, away. All got over except Pettl
crews division which was acting as real
guard. After marching all night, wori
aud weary, they laid down TO rest Will
an heavy gun was pulled out of a mud
hole, not far from the river. Capt. l.. Il
Stamps, OF X ,leigh, va IN charge of tn
SQUAD that were working With the ditch
ed gun. Mr.. Sutphen went cvcr III
fence TO get some berries, (fol ration
we're ~scarce) when suddenly a co 'unr /,
Yankees came at full sweep. riding owe
Stamps and his men, and Gathering dow
upon Pet;igrow, men who had falieI
asleep. Sutpneu y.lled for them TO arise
but the Yankees were upon them er
they could get their eres open. Gen
Petticrew who was at au house abou
one hundred yards in rear of the line
getting his breakfast, rushed forward I
rally his men, but was instantly shu
down With a mortal wound. As MI
Sutphen reached the Potomac, til
bridge was being chopped away, unde
the immediate eye OF Gen. Lee III
enemy was mad a. q bornet over the eS
cape but the thing was done.
Some corrections are necessary
Mr.. f.. w. Undertakes date shout
be MAY %, So. instead Of Nov. 29th. a
printed. This mistake was agams
ourselves; but the boot was on the othe
leg in another case. Mr.. Council )
Wooten's date should be June %. 49,
,1,.,, - i, ..IY-a,.a Of anurSa
Prom Cameron came ). W. Hum
Der. ESD. Of the Union Carriage Fac
tory. recently removed from Jonesbor
to that point. He brings as new sui
scribcrs: ". G. Goddard. c. NJ. Colt
and l.. X. Rose. The Union Work
were doing tine.y until they were burn
ed out: but are nearly ready to resun
and mean TO push things
1t is significant of North Carolina t
hear Mr.. Humber say that after sendin
his wagons ID miles to the Egypt co;
mine, (where millions of tom abouno
lie vas unable to get a supply, and Ia
to come 10 miles to Raleigh. to bu
coal which had been hauled 800 mile
from Cumberland. Md. or knoxvili,
Tenn, Poor old Tar licelia
Prom Capt. II \. Colvin. Pend'
[ Co.. comes renewal t. Dec >. *
That's Christmas. III. Ney'-to yol
| Mrs. Thos. j. Blaclnall. Granville
Jan 10. 50. Thanks. madame.
From friend *. f. Mcintosh.
; Pocket. Moore Co. comes another
! cur Ira! Trips who enlists as a Re
! lar. Mr.. j. +. Gillian, June lo, s
! Y e!uome. sir,
Mr.. NJ In:osu writcs-"Ne notice
t t.,e Ia.rs. and I.ciomir that a youi
lad, n {, p = Dol. We would ii
10 employ a young teacher il this yicil
lty. 80 tan teach music, with Il
usual English branches. Please sci
her address" sc.
i The Young lady alluded 10 has pr
/ badly secured a station: bat aAoth