The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-08

Grande from its mouth up, the head
quarters being at Camargo. A riot oc-
Cured on u steamboat lying at an en-
campment on the banks of the Rio
Grande, in which three or four COM
panieS of Georgia volunteers, one an
Irish company, took part, several per-
sons were killed and 81 large number
wounded. The colonel of the Georgia
regiment being unable to restore quiet,
called on Colonel Baker of an Illinois
regiment to help him. Colonel Baker
was seriously wounded: so was also
Captain Roberts, of his regiment. The
fight lasted for quite awhile; but, final
~ the riot was quelled and order re-
stored. That, it will be remembered,
was d sort of family fight. The boys
had ample opportunity, when the war
actually. began, to display their fight
ing qualities at Matamoras Monterey
and Buena Vista, and the world knows
how we'll they fought
see that Santa Anna, just returned
from exile, had landed at Vera Cruz.
He, although, he had been virtually
baniShed from his country, was receiv-
ed on his return, with great demon
STATIONS of joy, for the reason that
Mexico needed him at that time to
command her forces in the approach
ing war with the United States. "Old
Santa" as he was called. in those
days, had had some pretty rough eX-
perience in the Texan revolution, and
had lost q leg, and, withal, because of
the turn affairs took. had TO flee his
country But, when the war
cloud began to hover over
Mexico. he was recalled. and
placed in command of the Mexican
forces. Like Napoleon, returned from
Elbae he received great honors, and
for short While he figured grandly
But. as Napoleon had his Waterloo
so Santa Anna had his Buena Vista:
and all the world has heard how he
got away from there.
/ see in this same copy of the Fay
etteville Observer, 1916, that the Unit
ed States naval forces Commodore
Sloat commanding. had taken possess
sion of California, the first act in the
vast acquisition of territory resulting
from the war
In this issue of the Observer is dis
cussed the Importance of building a
railroad from Raleigh to Fayettevill-
and on TO Camden. as connecting link
with the Raleigh ana CASTOR. | re-
member that a survey was made for
that proposed road, which survey
passed through my fathers lands, just
as the Mills road now runs. That road
having been built to Ellington over
half way to Fayetteville, it is proba-
BILE that, in few years, the road. of
WHICH our IdtneGS dreamed ana wrote
sixty years ago, may be built,
A correspondent of the National In
tel!igencer, had recently paid visit
to Ashland the home of Henry Clay.
After describing Ashland AMI its sur
roundings the correspondent says:
I'VE had scarcely entered the hall
when Mr. Clay came to greet us with
his bland smile and cordial shake of
the hand, which made me. at least,
60 l., NJ L.
sat a Ashland, in his plain farmers
dress. discoursing with his accustomed
frankness on many subjects, and somer
times giving utterance to sentiments
that other men should write books
upon; but not an unkind expression
towards any individual whether pri-
vate on public, escaped his lips. Time
has laid but sparing hand upon the
great American statesman / never
saw him look better or happier; his
step is elastic. his faculties appear
fresh and vigorous and the chances
are that he will live TO witness the
election of several Presidents
What great men we had before
money got to be greater than men! 1t
took brains and honesty and nobility
of character to make great men, in the
days of Clay, Webster end Calhoun
Now, any fellow who can hoo-doo his
fellow man out Of his money and be-
come a millionaire. can be Senator or
Cabinet officer or anything else he
wants to be.
The Indians love of 'grog" gave
rise to a story told in the Observer,
as follows: "a distinguished Indian
chief presented himself to the Indian
agent at Chicago, assuring the agent
that he, the aforesaid chief was a
very good man--very good indeed
friend to Americans; for. and in corr
sideration of which. he thought he
was entitled to a drink of whiskey; so.
he asked the agent for a dram. The
agent. reDlied that he never gave
whiskey TO good men--good men never
ask for whiskey and never drink il.
and drank liquor. The Indian quickly
replied in his broken English: Me
no good man--me dam rascal"
| notice in the same paper that
Jesse G. Shepherd, ESD, had been
elected solicitor for Cumberland coun-
". which by the way, was the only
local item in the paper.
In the marriage column 7 notice
that on the Sth Of September, 1916.
Ira Beckwith and Mary Whitaker were
married in Raleigh, by Rev Thomas
G.. Whitaker.
An advertisement appears in the pa
per to the effect that Jim" the prop
erty of T. J. Hale, Esq. and the press
man of the Observer, had run 1,~ry,
taking with him Il considerable guam
tity of clothing. He had on when ne
left pair of light pantaloons, a round
jacket, a broad cloth dress coat and
black fur hat, so the advertisements
says. Jim must have been a dandy
The steamers "W. B. Meares" and
Evergreen" arrived from Whining
ton on the 18th of September with
large consignments, and how familiar
seem the names of the men who were
doing business in Fayetteville in those
days. Here are some of them: Rose
Haigh. Huske, Williams, Vikings.
Waddell, Cook, Troy, Lilly, Hall, Lut-
terloh, Myrover Mallett. Johnson,
MARITIME Hawley, Wright. Prior Beas-
ley, &C., &c. But nearly all are gone;
and so different is the old town, now,
from what it was when, as a boy. I
used to go there two or three times a
winter. | was more familiar with !
Fayetteville merchants. in those days, |
than with our Raleigh merchants, for
the reason that we traded with them !
more. Raleigh bought nothing that !
farmers made so Fayetteville and I
Petersburg We're our markets.
My father did not always go with I