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water to Newbern and one of 4 ft. from Newbern to Kinston, and the Trent a channel of 3 ft. from Newbern to Trenton. The Trent and the Neuse are both spanned here by railway and county See also:

bridges. The " Waterway between Newbern and See also:

Beaufort," projected in 1884, had in 1908 a controlling See also:

DEPTH

depth at mean low water of only 2 to 22 ft.; it was decided to abandon this waterway on the completion of an inland waterway about 18 m. See also:

long with a channel to ft. deep at low water and 90-250 ft. wide, projected in 1907, which would give Newbern an outlet to the ocean at Beaufort. The remains of See also:

Tryon See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace, the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the royal See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor and the See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the legislature, which was built by See also:

William Tryon (q.v.) in 1765-1770, and was said to be the finest See also:

BUILDING

building of its See also:

time in the colonies, are of historic See also:

INTEREST

interest, and among the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the See also:

UNITED

United States government building, the county See also:

court See also:

house, the county jail and the county See also:

home. At Newbern is one of the See also:

NATIONAL

national cemeteries of the Federal government, containing many See also:

FINE

fine monuments. The most important See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are the manufacture of See also:

LUMBER

lumber (especially See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine) and trucking. The See also:

TOTAL

total value of factory products in 1905 was $1,343,384.

In 1907 about l000 men, mostly negroes, were employed in the saw-See also:

mills, whose See also:

ANNUAL

annual product averages about 170,000,000 ft. Among the manufactures are fertilizers, See also:

cotton See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed oil and carriages; repair shops of the Norfolk & Southern railway are here; the See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are of considerable importance; and the city See also:

SHIPS

ships quantities of See also:

fish, cotton and See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden produce—much of the last being forced under See also:

CANVAS

canvas with See also:

steam See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat. It is the port of entry of the Pamlico customs See also:

DISTRICT

district; in 1908 its imports were valued at $71,421. Newbern was settled in 1719 by a See also:

COMPANY

company of Swiss and Germans under the leadership of See also:

Baron Emanuel de Graffenried (d. 1735) and was named for See also:

BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern, See also:

SWITZERLAND

Switzerland. It was incorporated as a city in 1723, but its See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter See also:

DATES

dates from 1899 with amendments adopted in 1907. For several years it was the See also:

capital of the See also:

province and for a long time was the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seaport of the See also:

state. Although strongly fortified See also:

early in the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War, Newbern was captured by a See also:

Union force under See also:

General A. E. See also:

BURNSIDE, AMBROSE EVERETT (1824-1881)

Burnside on the 14th of See also:

March 1862 afteran engagement near the city in which the loss to the Confederates, who were under the command of General See also:

Lawrence O'Brien See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

Branch, was about 578 in killed, wounded, captured and missing, and the loss of the Union force was 90 killed and 38o wounded. Unsuccessful attempts to recapture the city were made by the Confederates on the 14th of March 1863, and on the 1st of See also:

FEBRUARY

February and the 5th of May 1864.

End of Article: NEWBERN

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