The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-30

other royal Governors; an indenture or
deed Of 1873; a drinking cup of pewter
OF 1860, etc"
On what may be called the Revolu-
tionary period are the contents Of an
other case; pewter plates, pins, hand
made; a copy Of The State Gazette,
Newbern, 1888; an arithmetic, wholly
written by hand; the protest OF the
people called Quakers' against bear
ing arms in the Revolution, signed in
their behalf by Samuel Skinner, of Per-
quimans: Hodges North Carolina Al
manac, Halifax, 1895; money issued be-
fore North Carolina Joined the Union,
''by authority of Congress at Halifax
| 177G; official documents, with seals,
signed by Richard Caswe11, the first
Governor under the constitutions, ana
by other Governors; q deed from Col.
Edward B~uncombe, "of the Fifth Regl-
ment of Regulars OF North Carolina"
an original journal of the convention OF
1888. at Fayetteville; lamp, handmade,
Of iron, and very RUDE; butter moulds,
other household implements, etc.
In a case of the civil war period, for
which there is a rich collection, are the
following articles. The various commits
sions issued Thomas F.. Toon, from
June, 1861, as lieutenant of the "Colum-
bus Guards" as colonel of the Twentieth
Regiment: as ~brigadier general ITEM
porary rank); letter from General Lee,
complimenting the gallantry of the
Twentieth North Carolina Regiment;
two minnie bullets taken from General
Toon's body, his pocket-book, with the
lost money paid him by the Confederacy:
a wartime railroad ticket; the song CT
the Twentieth Regiment" paper made in
1S62-'G4 at the paper mills near Raleigh;
4 nillion-dolla Confederate warrant to
North Carolina; Confederate war tele-
I grams, one from President Davis to Gov
crnor Vance asking that all the organized
militia be called out to ,repel the invas-
ion of eastern North Carolina; a portrait
of Col. Thomas Crossan, who commanded
the States blockade-runner advance"
q Confederate tract: the signatures CT
noted North Carolina officers in the Con-
! federate States army; the great seal Of
the Confederacy; a camp candlestick
which was in the tent of Jefferson Davis
when he was captured near Washington,
Ga, and which was brought here by his
faithful servant, James II. Jones; a let
ter written by Col. Charles f. Fisher,
of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment,
one month before he was killed, also "a
belt-plate of that regiment; Confederate
! u q y 81 ooA cii o1biSFr ohS ooto ny Il
soldier lodge of Masons; acts of Con-
gress: powder made at Raleigh by the
State; Confederate almanac; part of the
battle-iag of the Seventh North Caro-
lira Regiment. etc.
In another case is the battle-fag Of
the Fiftieth North Carolina Regiment;
uniforms of officers of the lower ranks;
a volume of the Southern Illustrated
News, 1~8G3-'64, opened at a picture of
General l.. OBJ. Branch; cotton cards
which were brought through the block
AIDE; cotton yarn made in 1864 at Rock
fish factory in Cumberland county; all
sorts Of Confederate cloth; lamp made
in 1854, of clay; shoes with wooden
bottoms. for use by slaves; English
made shoes for troops, brought through
the blockade; English-made candles
which were in the "Beauregard," sunk
in 1868 near what is now Southport, and
washed up by a great storm in 1898: the
saddle cloth of the colonel Of the Nine
tecnth Regiment, etc.
A case which attracts marked atten-
ton is that containing the uniform and
all other personal effects of General
James Johnston Pettigrew, including
his dress uniform, perfectly preserved
cXGuisitely made and lined with yellow
satin; his sword and belt and silk ~o~,.
another sash very wide and of Oriental,
design, which he wore when shot and
which, together with a silk handker-
chief is dyed by his blood; his overcoat,
field glass. saddle-blanket, saddIe-bags.
with the contents of the latter, including
coffee, razors, etc; his visiting cards,
with the inscription y. Johnston Petit
grew, Carolina;' corkscrew sent him
while in prison at Fort Delaware, his rife
and pistol, telescope, etc.
Another case which attracts much at
tention contains the uniforms of Cen
cral Bryan Grimes and many other ar
ticles he personally used, and this case
admirably illustrates wartime dress
and equipments. In it are his dress uni
form, fatigue uniforms, some of Eng
fish cloth with English-made fat IN.
G." buttons; overcoat and cape, which
with another coat have the uniforms
covered with black cloth as they were
worn after the war; in 1866, when an
order from the United States War De
partment required that all such mill
tary buttons should be covered if re-
naming on uniforms; pens made from
q captured sword: campaign hat. of
brown felt; revolver and holsters cap
turcd by General Grimes; his prayer
book; sadGle-bags, piece Of wartime
plug tobacco; sword, belt and sash: the
shoulder STRAPS he wore as major, lieu
tenant colonel and colonel of the Fourth
North Carolina Regiment; his books on
tactics and military science: his head
quarters flag, the last one which flew
at Appomattox and which Sherwood
Badger, of Raleigh took down and
brought here wrapped around his body.
Coming down to the latest period. that
Of the war with Spain; there arc some
valuable relics, those of Ensign Worth
Bagley, which fill a case. These consist
of the dress uniform, working suit in blue
and white; sword and belt; commission.
signed by President McKinlev: photo
graphs taken at graduation and only a
month before he was killed: photogranhs
CT the torpedo boat Winslow, on which
he was killed, and of the ''Bagley' nam
ed in his honor; q shell from the Wins
low; medals won in athletic contests.
photographs Of the funeral in the capitol
square, May 1898; models from which