﻿XVI 
  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  &c. 
  — 
  the 
  &c. 
  consisting 
  mainly 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  little 
  black 
  bottle." 
  

   The 
  table 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  widow 
  was 
  compared 
  to 
  Harper^s 
  

   representation, 
  and 
  was 
  pronounced 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  by 
  

   all 
  present. 
  Mrs. 
  Christopher 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  quite 
  amusing 
  

   to 
  her 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  soldiers 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  who 
  were 
  lounging 
  

   under 
  the 
  spreading 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  trees, 
  laugh 
  and 
  talk 
  

   over 
  their 
  war 
  exploits, 
  narrow 
  escapes, 
  etc. 
  The 
  lady 
  was 
  

   then 
  asked 
  if 
  she 
  objected 
  to 
  swearing 
  that 
  the 
  bottle 
  she 
  

   sold 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  was 
  the 
  one 
  from 
  which 
  Generals 
  Johnston 
  

   and 
  Sherman 
  drank 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  the 
  surrender. 
  She 
  

   readily 
  answered 
  no, 
  and 
  holding 
  up 
  her 
  right 
  hand, 
  sol- 
  

   emnly 
  swore 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  affidavit: 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina, 
  Durham 
  County: 
  

   Mrs. 
  Eliza 
  A. 
  Christopher, 
  being 
  duly 
  sworn, 
  deposes 
  

   and 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  That 
  she 
  is 
  a 
  daughter 
  of 
  James 
  Bennett, 
  

   who 
  resided 
  during 
  his 
  life-time 
  on 
  the 
  Hillsboro 
  road, 
  

   three 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Durham. 
  That 
  she 
  was 
  

   present 
  at 
  her 
  father's 
  house 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  day 
  of 
  April, 
  1865, 
  

   when 
  Generals 
  W. 
  T. 
  Sherman 
  and 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  Johnston 
  

   met 
  there 
  and 
  arranged 
  all 
  the 
  stipulations 
  of 
  the 
  surren- 
  

   der 
  of 
  Johnston 
  to 
  Sherman. 
  That 
  while 
  the 
  arrangements 
  

   were 
  being 
  made 
  they 
  drank 
  from 
  a 
  bottle 
  of 
  whiskey, 
  and 
  

   that 
  the 
  bottle 
  she 
  sold 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  D. 
  Jones 
  is 
  the 
  identi- 
  

   cal 
  one 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  drank 
  on 
  that 
  occasion. 
  

  

  Eliza 
  A. 
  Christopher. 
  

   Sworn 
  to 
  and 
  subscribed 
  before 
  me 
  this 
  the 
  15th 
  day 
  of 
  

   May, 
  1884. 
  

  

  C. 
  B. 
  Green, 
  J. 
  P. 
  

  

  We 
  thanked 
  our 
  good 
  old 
  friend 
  for 
  her 
  kindness 
  and 
  

   valuable 
  information, 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  town 
  through 
  the 
  

   same 
  beautiful 
  and 
  now 
  highly 
  cultivated 
  country. 
  

  

  Our 
  chronicler 
  was 
  soon 
  standing 
  upon 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  streets 
  

   of 
  this 
  busy 
  little 
  city 
  — 
  a 
  town 
  that 
  in 
  sixteen 
  years 
  or 
  

   less 
  has 
  grown 
  from 
  nothing 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  busy 
  and 
  prosperous 
  

   city 
  of 
  over 
  5,000 
  inhabitants. 
  In 
  every 
  direction 
  could 
  

   be 
  heard 
  the 
  hum 
  and 
  buzz 
  of 
  machinery, 
  mingled 
  with 
  

  

  