The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-09
For the Farmer snd Mechanic
The Files Of q War Newspaper

Confederate Newspaper.
The columns are full Of heroic dead
over whom we weep and OF heroic folly
over which We smile unbapplIy.
The history of a people "a only be
written from the columns Of the press
A gentleman said to me recently. why
do Won not attack and ridicule the an
KEGS instead of pointing out Southern
faults?" Ny friend, | replied, Il care
norhing for 8 YANKEES no more than
| DO for the Au>trians. Il Is because
love the Southern people that try occa
,ianally "a laugh them out of some very
stupid and osIrich-tailed ideas they pos
sess.
Looking over the files of this uewspa
per. | came upon some things which read
very much like Cervantes description OF
Don Quixotte on Rozinante. For in
STANCE The following
sCALPERs COMING.
Five hundred Choctaw Indians will
arrive st Richmond in a few day. to JONI
Wise's Brigade. They come with the
understanding that they are 10 De allowed
TO take scalps'
Or this:
A YANKEE FNTERMISAToR
'Mr - showed Us on THURSDAY
the model OF compound revolver us 0wn
invention which TO Us seems 10 be the
deadliest arm yet discovered IN this or
any other country. We have given to II
the name of the Yankee Exterminator.
At each revolution IA bullets are uIei.
and In seven revolutions occupying the
space OF one minute zoos bullets are fired,
all of which can be performed by a scasi>
bic Ldd OJ 10 or ~ gears. Que Of them
properly msnaeed will be a match Tor All
entire regiment OF Invaders lOJo shots
in a minute whew
Here is another incident was penned
either by a desperately serious or a very
humorous man, 1t Is hard to say which
ANOTHER VETERAN ZONE
S NJ ore of the few remaining
veterans of the Revolution, departed this
lite a few day days since at the advanc
ell age of one hundred and four year,.
1t is SAID that the warrior was SO much
exercised over his liability TO engage III a
second struggle Tor Freedom that a gen
eral prostration of his system was the
result"
But here is something that sinks the
the string OF thought into memory We'll
aud draws from thence the sweet sad
tears OF long ago.
SOCKS FOR II VOLUNTEERS.
We see it suggested that our house wivt.
knit socks and forward them TO the yo.-
uutcerS.
| see before me now the best of earth
ly women sitting silently by the dim light,
knitting, knitting, knitting. for the broth
er who climbed the immortal heights OF
Gettysburgh only to be laid arrest in q
soldiers grave with a bullet through his
brain.
Here We go again:
EFFECTS OF H MANASSAS BATTLE.
at is stated that numbers of Yankee
troops on hearing the intelligence from
blanassa openly cheered for jeff Davis
and the Southern C~ontederacy. In most
of the rural districts the feeling is cordial
and enthusiastic for the Southern cause
Were there no matches those days Of
war and woe. Read
MARYLAND.
We have conversed with a highly In
t~elllgent and reliable gentleman who lett
Baltimore on Thursday last. How he
got here we do not intend to say. He says
Maryland l. like a train of powder ia t
waiting to be touched of.
That brings US down to 1862, and a
change of ideas.
a GUERILLA A
We cannot rely solely upon meeting
these overwhelming numbers on "a talr
field. We must cut him of in detail if
possible
A1aln Aug. %, 1862.
LOOK OUT.
Gov. Clark has authorized the Sheriffs
to arrest all persons belonging to the con-
,dcrate army who are absent without
leave A reward of SIS will be paid for
each one confined IN Jail"
Aug. 20, 1868. We take another track.
TRAITORS.
I'VE do not like to admit there are
traitors in North Carolina, but we fear
it is too true. They are d%enouncing
secession. Great God, traitors in North
Carolina!'
This brings us 10 1864 where we shake
out a reef.
so! how anxious some profess to be
to have the peace and independence of
Il country established. They say they
would give anything to see these great
consummations. And yet they muir
muir because they have to give one
tenth of their produce to the cause, they
refuse to sell produce at all. ther are
cursing the government. Can they BE
patriots
But why go on. Get an old news
paper file ald grow wise.
| voted to-day for Mayor. BY my side
stood a negrp, once a slave. He also
voted. Upon returning home | pickeh
up the files of this old war paper. Tie
first thing my eyes fell on was the fol-
lowing:
NOTICE.
A LIKELY NEGRO BOY % SALE.
Negro boy2l years old, named Clay
born" etc.
Oh most Reverend Divine and Brother
Jasper whatever the sun does, surely the
worli do move.
Are we moving with it? or do we Ike
a crab, go backwards:
i. Ii. w.