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...unharbored coast and the malarial swamps of North Carolina had turned the course of the earliest settlers northward toward Virginia. Soon the discontented and lawless from the latter colony emigrated southward and formed a separate settlement, which on account of its make-up was in a condition bordering on anarchy. The industries-purely agricultural-were, however, more varied than in Virginia. The main staples were tobacco in the north and rice in the south. The absence of manufactures and commerce made town life uncommon, most of the people being small farmers and living on small and widely scattered plantations...
Despatches from the Smith Observatory, Geneva, N. Y., announce the discovery by W. R. Brooks, on November 23, of another comet in the constellation Hydra. Its direction is northward...
...track. The view from the grand stand is beautiful. The ground gradually recedes till it reaches the Hudson running at some distance in the valley below. On the other side of the river the Palisades begin here to rise to a considerable height and stretch off dimly to the northward...
...taken and Savannah blockaded, Gen. Hardee, the commandant, seeing but little hopes of holding out, evacuated the city and retired into South Carolina. The federal army at one took possession. The "March through Geogia" was ended, and after a short rest the army was ready to begin a march northward...
...occupy the Confederate armies under Gen. Jackson and Gen. Longstreet, until the army of the Potomac, then operating about Richmond, could meet Lee's army. Gen. Gordon began his lecture by describing the strategic movement of "Stonewall" Jackson from his position on the south bank of the Rappahannock to northward and eastward to Manassas Junction, thereby cutting off Pope's communications from his base of supplies. This took place on the 25th and 26th of August, and was a movement of wonderful brilliancy and rapidity. General Gordon spoke here in the highest terms of Gen. Jackson, as standing pre-eminent...