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Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interests of ttie County.
Vol. II.
Gasiwia, Gaston County, N. C. Saturday Morning, Seitemijeij 17, 1881.
No. 37.
Gazette
"ONLY.''
Vrom ' only " ono word tunny quarrels boif
,And "ouly this onco" lead to maey a sin,
' Only a penny " WRitoe many a pound.
'' Only once uiore," ond the driver was drown
ed.
'"Only one drop" nuupy drunkards have
made;
" Only play " many (ramblers have said,
-" Only a cold " opous many a grave ;
. " Only n-xlst," you, majuy .evils wiUave.
CURIOSITIES OF CRIME
MARViyS MARVELOUS MA.8Hl.Xa
Of THE MAIDS.
,4 Mmn N hot Llitof H ire Bunt Without
XnmbwTke Mining Virginia Wid
ow Jennie Cramer's motlier
in Court.
Atlau'a Constitution.
'Richmond, Sept. 8. Tbe cee of Mar
vio, tbe alleged forger and bigamist, was
.continued, tbe prosecuting flicer not hav
itng bis witnesses ready, Marvin objected
to the continuance, -sayinx the prosecution
-wanted time not so inucb to procure wit
messes as to poison tbe public mind through
tbe -sensational press. He characterized
bis treatment in prison as unbecoming bu
oianity. '' Were I to call it beastly
.would dishonor the brute God has, dented
Marvin informed the justice that t lit Post
niaster-livuerul lias decided that a man
.held for trial is not to be deprived of any
.of bis mail rights and facilities an? more
rthan if he was on bail. He was willing to
.put his letters, into the hands of the post a
carrier ond receive them aud open them in
the presence of tbe jailer, but was not will-
jog that tbe contents should be divulged to
.the jailer. The justice said that the jail
was under the control of the Hustings
Court .and not ol tbe Postmaster-General,
and the prisoner must submit to the rules
,of the jail.
The most important development which
ibas come to light in tbe case was -disco-ver-
,cd .to-day. This mau has always denied
that be had any Connection with Marvin
or was connected m any way with any of
(the numerous crimes of that notorious vil
Jain. To-day information was rec ived by
.Commonwealth's Attorney Witt, from Au
iburo prison, New York, tbet Marvin's
picti re bud been examined by one of the
keepers of that institution, and that be
irvcngnized it as that of T. A. Mirritt, a
jnun witb half a di z-n aliasts, who served
a three years' Unu in the Auburn peni
.tentiary, fur forgery committed on the
National baak ol Lock port, N. Y. Mer-
ji't was sent to Auburn in September.
,1873. His descripiion, as appears from
tbe books of tbe prison, is as follows :
.".Five feet teo inches in height, fair com
plexion, bluish gruy eyes, has a stoop in
ilhe should tea, and weighs 149 pounds;
.part paralysis of the lower limbs ; on bis
.right forearm is tattooed in Jndiun ink an
.engle; on tho left forearm is tattooed an
.American flag, tbe staff ol which is held in
.tbe. beak of an eagle, and beneath, the let
tors T. A. M.' Ou tbe back, just below
the nape of tbe Deck, a mark made by a
seton." '..- !
Upon tbe receipt of this description of
dhe Auburn forgir, Commonwealth's At
.t ruey Witt visited the jail where Marvin
,is conQued, and requested the j tiler to ex
amine the man, whose exploits io the roar
.riage market have made him so notorious.
'.Tbe prisoner was found quietly seated in
bis cell. When inforned by the officer
that be wanted to search him be made the
nosl violent opposition, claiming that tbe
.officer bad no legal rights for proceeding
,io such a manner. Tbe old man was great
ly disturbed, and manifested more nervous
ness thao bad been observed during bis in
carceration. Morvio could not be prevailed
.opoo to submit to what be called an indig
nity to bis person, until bis custodian call
,ed to bis assistance three brawny black ce
gro prisoners. With these standing ranged
arouod him the polygamist was given tbe
.alternative of quietly submitting to the
.operation or being thrown down upon his
. ,back by tbe negroes, stripped to the waist,
,acd forced to submit to the search. When
this phase of tbe case was presented to him
,the old man submitted, protesting at the
same time against tbe outrage, as be called
,it. II is shirts were removed, and the
.marks tattooed in, India jink op.both arms,
.described by the Auburn prison, authori
ties were revealed. 1 he eagle on Ibe-right
.arm was slightly blacked. An attempt. bad
.evidently been made to remove the Ink by
some chemical process, but jrithout suc
,csn. O i the back of the Deck just below
tbe nupe the jailer found what be describes
as birth-a-.ark, about the size of a silvir
.quarter. This is probably what tbe Au
burn prison officers described as a set en
.mark. Tbe descriptions pf Merritt, the
,mao who f erred his term io the Auburn
.penitentiiry for forgery, and Marvin, the
jpalygamist, cow io j til here, are ide ilical.
Eveiy mark said to bave been on tbe per
son of tbe former was found qo Marvin in
(he Richmond Jail. The authorities have
do doubt as to the identity of the man.
For the last few days Commonwealth
Attorney Witt hbs received letters by al
most every mail, making inquiries about
Marvin and recalling some new crime
which be bad committed not yt made
known. Offers are made by the writers to
iend their assistance in working up evidence
to assist io convictiug the re narkable crim
inal. Mr. Witt declines to make known
his programme for prosecuting Maivin,
but it is known to be generally .conceded
that he stunds not the gh at of a chance
for acquittal. If if preliminary examination
is fixed for to-morrow, but it is not
expected to come off. Tbe statd attorney,
not desiring to put the witnesses at a
distance to tbe expense and trouble of
making two trips, will ask foraootlouance
tewnorrow nntil such a time as be can he
prepared with all tbe necessary evidences
to send the accused on to the next term of
tbe city criminal court. Letters have been
received by five city officers from several
of Marvin's victims, in which tbey express
wi lingnees to come on bere aod testify
against the man who has so basely blighted
their live?. Mrs. Hovey, the motber of
Mrs. Dehart.the widow lady whom Marvin
married at Likewood, N. J., about three
days before be duped Miss Turpin, bis
victim here, says she will gladly testify
against the accused. Tbe indications srem
to point to Marvin spending the remainder
of his days in the Virginia state prison.
He can, if convieted, be sentenced to ten
years for each of tbe crimes for which be
is held here bigamy and larceny. Ever
since his committal tbe wily prisoner has
been endeavoring to impose upon the
prison officer. He prevailed upon the
physcians of the jail yesterday to examine
him for heart disease, iosisting that be
had some trouble with that organ,
probably caused by tbrobbiog pulsations
for so many different wives. The doctors
examined htm, and .laid that be was
perfectly sound so far as his Least was
concerned. lie is .an object of general
interest to tbe prisoners, by whom he is
looked up to as an importunt personage.
Marvin spends most of his time in playing
checks, in which be u laid to be an expert.
Until within tbe past day or two he has
been writing a great deal, but since that
iime the Commonwealth's v attorney has
rbidden him the use ol writing material.
and directs that all his writing must be
done by his counsel at his dictation.
Since the discovery of the tattoo makes
upon his person, Marviu seems to be
somewhat downcast, though he is still self
possessed and calm, lie has not yet been
able to secure eminent counsel, as he bus
no roeuns with which to pay a fee. He has
made a better appearance in the past few
days than ever before since bis arr ival here.
It is alleged that he led Miss Turpin to the
allar as his fifteenth wife.
THE CRAMER CASE.
New Haven, September 8. In the
trial of the Malleys, to-day, Mrs. Cramer
testified that she last saw ber daughter
live, Thursday, at 11 a. m., August 4.
She was with Miss Douglass. She asked
wby she had not com i borne the night be
fore, and Jennie said Ibat they, meaning
the Malley boys and Douglass, would not
let her. Mrs. Cramer went down stairs,
and when she came buck both had gone.
bat afternoon Mrs. Cramer went to tbe
Malleys' store to look for Jennie. James
Malley said that he supposed she was home.
Mrs. Cramer told him that she did not
like tbe looks of Douglass, and (eared that
she would entice Jennie to New York.
James said that he did not believe so, for
Douglass was a lady. The witoess inden
tilled seveial letters from James to Jennie
similar in purport to those already intro
duced.
TEACHING HIM THE BUSINESS.
' Herman,' said a Poydras Street mer
chant clothier, addressing bis clerk, ' haf
ve sold all of d'iss ovcrgoals vat vas kit
over from last vinterf
No, sir j dere vas dree of dem left yet.'
Veil, ve must sell 'em right avay, de
vintcr vill not last, you know, Her man.
Pring me one uf de goats und I vill show
you some dings about de pisness. I vill dell
yop how 4-e vill sell dem uud und, you
must learn de pisness, Herman ; de viuter
vas gooe, you know, ond ve hav had dose
goats in.d' store more es seex years.
An eight dollar overcoat was banded
him by bis deck, and smoothing it out, be
look a buckskin money-purse from tbe
showcase, anil, JtufTmg it full of paper,
dropped it into one of tbe pockets.
' Now, Herman, vfj poy,' be continued,
'.vatch me tell dai oat. I haf sold over
dirty-fife uf dew shust ! same vay, und I
vant to deecb you de pisness.. Ven de nexed
gustomcr comes w.de ahop I vill show de
vay Rune UcCeiWiein, mine bruJer in
Detroit, sells Uis .eluding pud udjei dings.'
A few minutes later, a negro, iu quest
of a suitable pair of cheoy shoes, entered
the 1 store. The proprietor advanced
smiling, and inquired :
Vat, is it you visit?'
Yer got any elieup shoes byarf askel
tbe negro.
' Blenty uf dem, my freut, blenty ; at
any brice you vant.'
The negro stated that he wanted a pair
of brog.tns, and soon his ped al extremities
were eoeased iu them, and a bargain struck.
As he was about to leave the proprietor
called him back.
' I ain't gwine to buy coffin else. I'se
got all I want,' said negro, sullenly.
' Dot may be so, my dear sir,' replied
the proprietor, ' but I shust vants you to
look at dis goat. It vas de pure Russian
vool, and dis dime last year you doao got
dot goat for dweoty-five dollars. Mine
gracious, clothing ras gone down to noding,
and dere vas no money in de pisness any
longer. You vant Bomeding dot vill keep
you from de vedder, and make you feel
varm as summ.'r dim''. De gonsumption
vos going round, und de doctors dell me it
vas de vedder. More den nine beobles
died round vere I lif last veek. Dink of dot.
Mine frent, dut goat vas Russian vool,
diek uud bevy. Vy, Mister Jones, who
owns de pank on Canul Street, took dot
goat home mid him yesterday, und vore it
all day ; but it vas a leetle dight agross de
shoulders, und he brought it pack shust a
vile ago. Dry ic on, my dear sir. Hh 1 dot
vos all right. Mister Jones vas a rich man,
uod be liked dot goat. How deep de
pockets vas, but it vas a let die dight
across (he ehouldtrs.'
The negro buttoned up the coat, thrust
bis hands in the pockets, and felt tbe
purse. A peaceful smile played over his
face when his touch disclosed to his mind
the contents of the pockets, but he choked
down his j y, and inquired :
1 Wbo did you say wore tfeis hyarcoatfTfree stands wholly oo your land, although
,Vy, Mister Jones vot owns de pank ou
.Canal -S:reod.'
What yer gwine to ax fur iiV
' I)endy dollars.'
Ji Dat's pow'ful .high price fur dis coat,
but I'll take it.
' Iltrm in, here, wrap op dis goat fur de
scbeutletnan., apd.drow in a cravat ; it will
make him look nice mit de ladies '
' Nebber mind, I'lll keep de coat on,'
replied the negro, and pulling out a roll of
money, he paid for it aud left the store.
While he was around tbe next corner,
moaning over thestuQed purse, Hoffenstein
said :
'Herman, fix up anudder von of dose
goats de same vay, und doan forget to dell
dem dut Mister Jones, vot runsde pank on
Canal Street, vore it jesterdav.' New
Orleans Times.
.BRAINS AND BRASS.
The Philadelphia Times says the
characteristic American of to-day is o
compound of two prominent qualities
brains and brass. Without either of these
be is an utterly worthless mortal, and with
only one of them he is unbalanced aud unfit
for the demands of the age. Tbe man of
mere intellect may be a fine scholur aod a
thoughtful reader, but he can never mingle
successfully in the busy activities of the
world at large. The man of mere conceit
may be conspicuous and receive attention
because of his pertinacity, but he can nev
er grasp the great themes which absorb
mankiud at present. It needs a combina
tion of the two elements to achieve true
success. Call it 'nervt,' 'cheek,' ''overdrawn
assurance" whatever you will, that spirit
of push, of unbounded perseverance, is a
recognized .feature of tbe true A merican.
And there is no reason to mouro its
existence. It is a necessary factor in
modern life. Ia tbe midst of tbe rush and
hurry of these days a man will be left in
the rear who does not make himself
aggressive. Mere brain power i not enough
There must be some means whereby the
ability can be manifested.
Almost every printer has bad experience,
in bis youth, witb girls coming into his
I'ffice, resting their hands on some type
the as set up, and 'pying" it. Such a
thing occurred once in the. Advertiser iflice
io Geneva, N. Y., and the editor a young
man named Parker, decided on rtvenge.
He uever swori-r, but appeared pleased.
He followed the girl relentlessly, aud made
himself b'T friend, apparently. For two
years he pursued that poor innocent girl,
but at lust the ti'iie cume to wreak his ven
geance, and be married htr. Both arc
living to this day. Few young meu would
go to such extremes to get eveu wiib the
girl wbo "p'ed" type, but be was a man f(
fiery disposition. We often told him that
leniut-r of bis wool J make bim trouble, bui
be did oot believe it. Peck's Smi.
Kentucky nays more internal revenue
lhau all the New England states cotubintd J
FARMER PRICE &PEAKS.
Last Thursday the bill of Mr. Price, of
Oconee, to prohibit the sale of seed cotton
between the hours of sunset and sunrise,
was discussed in the House. Mr. Price,
author of the bill, said it rested like a
burden on bis heart aod he never so longed
for tbe gift of oratory us then. Said hi".
"While I am here doing my duty, my hands
may be stealing my cotton at home to
trade for liquor at a corner grocery. I
appeal to you to pass this bill, and if you
don t do it. 1 snail be disgusted with the
Georgia Legislature. Laughter I feel so
much interest in this mutter there's no
telling what 1 may say. You corns here
and legislate to protect everybody but the
poor infernal farmer. Laughter and ap
plause. Think of the poor fannr working
all the year and not making enough, by
George, to do him to Christmas. Laugh
ter. Every time we come up with a bill
which our people want, some little one
horse lawyer, like Bomi on this floor, gets
up aud kills it by saying it is unconstitu
tional. Laughter and applause, Gentle
men, I beg al you for God's sake and for
the saKe of wives and children, pass this
bill." Appluuse.J The bill passed by W
yeas to 13 nays.
A negro blacksmith in Virginia posts
up the following :
notes. De copartnership heretofore.
resistio' betwix me an' Mose Skinner is
hereby resolved. Dem what owe de firm
will settle wid me, an' dem what de firm
owes will settle wid Mose.
Trees on a Boundary Line.
The question frequently arises who owns
the fruit of the tree standing near the
boundary line between two proprietors?
It is generally supposed that the fruit on
the limbs overhanging one's land belongs
to bim, but this is io entire mistake. If a
some of the roots extend into ths soil of
of your neibor, aud dartre support and
nourishment from his soil, yet h3 has no
right to any of the fruit which hangs over
the line. If he attempts by force to prevent
you from picking it, he is liable for an
assault and batitry. The Boston Cultivator
gives Ju'lge Bennett as deciding a caw in
point as lollows : A lady while standing
on a fence picking cherries whinb hung
over the line was forbideu to do so by the
adjoining owner, and in tiu scuffle to
prevent her she received some broists on
her arm, for which he had the pleasure of
paying the ueut little sum ot ifi.uuu.
According to the same authority, if your
fruit. fall, into your neighboor's lot, you have
au implied licelise in law to go and pick it
up, doing him no unnecessary damage. If,
however, a Iruit tree stands dinctly on a
division line, and if it is what is called a
"line tree," both partiaj own the tite and
fruit n common, and neither can cut donii
the tree or seriously injure it without being
responsible to the other. Charlotte Ub
server. v ' -
COR.Y.
It is known to only a few persons that
there is a cornfield within 2'.. miles of this
town of about eighty acres, which will
yield this dry year not Itss thau three
thousand bushels of corn. It muy exceed
that, for many acres of it will yield 50 or
60 bushels. This is a part of the land re
deemed from what was formerly known as
McKay's mill pond, now the farm of Mr.
Murdock. He came near wearing himsell
out in his efforts to bring it into cultiva
tion, but the fruits of bis toil are now be
ginning to mature. Sdiabury Watchman.
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CORN IN THE HESa.
The Chicago Times has reports from
seven of the corn growing States of the
Wist from which it draws the conclusion
that in Illinois the crop will be three-fifths
of that of last year, which was a remarka
bly good one; in Iowa the yield in some
stctbus will be 50 per cent below that of
last year, aud iu no section is a full crop
expected; in Missouri a drouth has let
dowo the crop from oui-lojrib to one-half
aud in Kansas considerably below the av
erage. Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota
aud Nebraska bave suffered from drought
and the corn c op iu each of them wiil be
considerably reduced. It bi hooves our
farmers to p'ant lurgvly of oats, turnips.
etc., and save nil the fevd possible.
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Geographical. " Where is tbe is'and of
lava situated ?" asked an Austin school
teacher of a small, rat ter fotlorn-looking
boy. I dunno, sir." Don't know
where coffee comes from " ' Yes, sir ;
we borrows it ready parched from the next
door neighbor." 7rxw $iftuys.
The Urges t tree in Kentucky has just
txfo cut dowu at a place called Carrs. It
was 18 feet in diameter at tbe root base.
aod from the butt to the first limb eiut
good rail .cuts ctn bo made..
Bill Arp's Quaintness ...
Kvlate.il for the Header of the Constitu
tion, i
PovruRuS'j'Ki.vori, September IQ. There
are some good signs of war in these puns.
Tenia ure pitched all around the spiings,
and pliar.lics and bunks for the soldiers ami
sheds for the horses and mules. Strong
boxes are full of powder and fuse, and the
little town is -full of excited people, who
have gathcred,.to see the beginning of the
fiht to bear the sound of the first gun.
Day afterday they have waited for the
grand army and the train of supplies
food for the men and forage for the horses.
Public expectation has been up to a fever
heat, and everybody exclaimed, " When
will they come, ai d what has become of
Sullivan ?'' Oue could hear all sorts of con
flicting reports about General-Sullivan and
his caravan. Some said he had 3,000 mules
and a thousand wagons, and 500 yoke of
oxen, and I thought from the talk that
maybe he would come like Job, . with ,7,-
000 camels and she asses without number.
lint night came again and there was no
Sullivan. Hope had almost despaired.
when just before day there was a sound in
the distance like tbe sound of many waters
nearer and nearer it came, when sudden
ly th' re was a voice io the street crying.
Su'livan is coming!" Men women r,d
children rose from their bi ds in dishevel- d
laste and rushed to the doors and windows,
aod sure enough the long train cume rumb
ling and rolling down tbe hill. It was like
un artillery train moving by night to its
line ol buttle. "
Dut the silver moon was shining oo a
peaceful scene, 'there is no war in these
parts, txcept a war against the wilderness,
and bad roads, and high prices, and incon
venience, and ignorance, for railrouls, are
civizers and bring comfort and. cot venlence
aud build tip schools, an-l churches, and
printing (flijes, and give new markets to
the people and save the wear and tear of
wagon tire and horse flesh, and lhaj bright
en up our ideas nud quicken our move
ments and s?rve as a clock iu every house
hold. Nobody gets tired of looking at a
moving train. The novelty of it never
wears out, and it comes and goes in such a
hurry that we catch the motion and the old
mau strikes a faster lick as he sny, " hur
ry upe. John, hurry up; I hear the ten
o'clock train a coming." I was a ruminat
ing over the .contrast between now acd
seventeen years ago, wheu Sherman was
marching through this beautiful c mniry,
burning and destroying as he went. I see
the trenches all along from here to Dallas
and recall the time, the only time and the
occasion that brought nie and Mrs. Arp
and a lew infantile children along this road,
fleeing in hot haste from he foul invader.
We stood not upon the order ot ourgoin.',
but went, nvoidingthe big roads and cainp
in Out at night somewhere in the wilder
ness where uu old man lived whogave
Arp a shelter from the raio and fried us
some meat in a skillet and washed his feet
iu it before he went to bed. 1 noticed
next morning that Mrs. Arp diden't seeni
to have much appetite for breakfast. Dut
that is all over uow and almost forgotten,
and I was a thinking about how those peo
ple who fought us and ruined us are uow
putting up their money to build us up
again aud help us. I have miugled a good
deal of late with their officers and soldiers,
and wondered how we could even have
been such enemies, for they are geni .1 and
kind aud considerate. I have seen them
and ourowu boys working together ou the
line of this railroad and list, ned to them
by the camp-fires as they exchanged their
war records and narrow escapes and I
enjoyed their friendly coiumuniou. The
lion and the lamb are lying down together
so to speak, though I think an old rain
with fi'lit iu him would have been a more
appropriate figure of speech. I am wiliio'
for 'cm to believe they whipped us if it
will do 'em any good, though, as Bob
Toombs says, "we wore ourselves out
whipping them." But it's all over now,
und all right, I reckon, or it wouldn't have
been so, ns t'obe sajs, "we ure all a nation
once more." Mr. Garfield is our presidi-ut
as much ns theirs, and 1 hope the good
Lord will let him lre to unite tbe whole
country in bonds of peace and har
mony. 1 was a thiukiug ol this
curious trait in human nature that absorbs
us in sympathy for a man who is suddenly
overtaken by a great misfortune' or uu
unusual dinger, when at the same time we
hardly notice a poor f.llow who iu a natural
way Iks at the dour of death not more Ui..u
a mile away. I was a thinkicg about the
time when I stood on the shore of Niagara
falls twenty-live years ago, and sjw a c:an
lodged ou a log j ist above tbe brink of the
awful ptecipice, auJ bow Mr. Arp and 1
stood there all day aud part of the night
without th liking of food or of sieep, while
thousauds of anxious people were all
around us, and every train that came
txought wore. How smart uku worked
with life bonis in the rapids, bnt worked
in vain, for though held with ropes from
the bridge ub'ivcand from the banks on
either side, they whorled over and ovor
like u feathery toy, and how at lust they
built a.ruft of heavy logs am e.t it down
safely to him and he got on it and raised
his hands in grateful pmyer And all the
multitude shouted, and strong men wept
like children. He was nothing but a man
a poor ineelmnic -mid his wife and lit
tle children were t :erft, ;nd yet all hearts
were for the tim- absorbed in hhn and
them, and thousands of dollars were offered
us a reward to those who would save bim.
A day and a night he liud leen on the end
of that I g and when nt the last his .safely
seemed assured the penjde r juiced and
almost smothered the poor woineu and her
children with their embraces. But it was
not so ordained. The raft wus slowly
guided to the .island, when suddenly it
reached a whirlpool that lifted it ou its
edge and turned it over. The man was
lost. He rose erect as he neared the brink,
and with bis hands cla?ed over his head
went down. How solemn was the stillness
of those moments I will never forget, and
yet he was nothing to us or to onybody
txcept his family and his kindred. I won
der why.it is that such scenes urous? ns
and uff:ct us, and yet we care so little
lor the sufLrer? ull around us who linger
and languish fur weeks within reach of our
help und our nurses.
This little village is the center of a beau
tiful and prosperous region a region where
good people live in pleasant homes and en
joy all the comforts of life and many of
its luxuries. Iu an area of ten miles square
hardly a p or man can be found that is,
a man who has not a comfortably home or
is not in some hont'st way making a com
.fortaby living. There ure the middle
classes that old Agur prayed about not
rich enough to curs '.nor poor enough to
steal, gjine good ic.'ii a long time settled
here, who paid their debts punctually and
ihese people have kept it up. A merchant
told ine that his credit sales lust year were
$9 000, aii l it was all paid by Christmas
except tweuty J dlars. II ;re is where tne
Kisers made their money, and HI bet they
will n.-ver ba as happy uguin us they were
here. Tun is u nicj pl ici to live iu, and
if there is vir ue in any mineral water there
must by iu these springs, for they coma
Irom a sulphurous region. These farmers
have got pre! tj good cr ps notwithstanding
the drouth. S m,' of them ure experiment
ing with clover, und lr. Butner, who set
oue aero year before hut, h irv -stud from a
single cutting thU sn'ii n r f Mir tons, lack- .
iug 20 pounds by ..c'.u il w igt, of well
cured hay. O-ie luindied ni l ! veuty dollars
Irom a s nale' acre. JasL think of it, you
cotton mill, and weep. .
General Suliivun brnko dirt here yester
day. There wuse:it much cerem uial fuss
maduover it, but Captain Rjdinan hollered
jit the niggers, und the niggers hollered at ;
the mules, and the mules br.iyed and jeiked
au elephant plow about a loot in the
ground, uud the good work was begun.
Standing 'upon ibe bank, I said: ''All
hail to the tie that is to Wia 1 U mu to the
sea, and the north to the sjuth. All hail to
King Cole, who cone -ived, and to liajr
McCrucken, who planned, und General
Sullivan, who is to execute. AH hail to
tbe eoi-ioeers auJ their woriiiug boys, uot
forgetting tin brawny urns wlu are to
evel the hills uud (ill uj tiu b illows and
tunnel the mountain as they i". Hail, all
hail to the syndic ite. that supplies the
sinews of this peaceful war acd to Mr.
Seney, a uob'e patriot who knows no north
o south iu his munitictnt benediction?.'
And Mr. Duuter said, Amen. Bii,l Arp.
SENATOR MERRLUUN WHEN 4
BOY.
The party ol tourists who visited
Asheville fri'in lure have returned aud were
much pleased with .their trip. We bear
that one old Uative of Bunco. i, be, a Mc
Pullium, speaking of Judge Merriiuon,
old Mr. J. R. Wtbster that the first time
he ever remembered seeing Merriiuon was
oue day at Meirimou's lati n's saw mill
when be noticed him, u mere boy dresed iu
a low adrtj tow pants', a chip hat, aud
barefooted, fitting on the end of a log
reading a Webster's dictionary. The next
time he heard of h in some gemlemuu was
speaking of a distiuguL-hid Seiiutor who
wus said to have few npials iu ability iu
the l ulled Stales, and u.quiring who it
was ho referred to, was told Senator
.Merrimon. B s, ll.eic'a a lesson fur you.
Not college brtil. No d.inci.ig master to
put the polish on. But fining on the end
of u log studying it out i.im.-elf. Tbe niau
was in liiu to c me out. A d to-day ia
ability be would rank iih C Hikliug, and
wus regarded as next to Stanley Mathews
the btft constitutional lawyer ill the
Coiled States Senate. So dout complain,
boys, of having no vbanc . l im-mber
M. Trillion's tow b re c Us and vhuy U -r