North Carolina Newspapers

1 i ; it' . .if ft : :r i! a weeklSi ledger.! ATUi: !A Y, Oct. 12, 1878. HATKS OF SUBSCIilPTIOX : x copy, one year, - - - - ' $l.-r'n. One 'copy, six mouths, - - - .$1.00. ZTutserii ions must be' paid in al- Qanee i KATKS OF ADVERTISING : One siijiiv. out) insertion, - - $1.00. J.MCJl MlhSCIjUCnt insertion. - - -;ue. '?Vj-.eo;aE contracts m :: d vcrl: :neu 3. itle for larger EDITORS. .-;'2TOTIC&We- tciil he r pleaicd to publish any communica tions from any person rrelaticc to the , ' good of the people ; but any commit - nic;t 'ion relative to personal matters or tending to bring about a contro versy ynill not be tolerated. En's., Gkx! Martin died on Friday, Oct. 4th, jit his home in Asbeville. " XV n give our- editorial space this Aveek to the exercises of University - J It I was not Father . iyan , the Poet Priest, wh'osc death was pub lished in our last. ? i Tkjg Raleigh papers aro filled with'-;Gencral Order?, Special" Or der?, fce. It really looks as. if it tinix JIulI was expected to raid that wav. 'iJiXGirAM' School , will be well represented nt the State Fair. There are , now. oh the rolls 10G cadets . - - present lor duty. The foi -incoming catalogue' will contain the names of 140 pupils'. The !greatj success of this ischo 4 proves a source-of grati fieation to. its friends everywhere The j Cadet battallion will make a good display at the Iair. The quar ters jof this company' will be on Eayeitcville, Street. , TlIK Congressional Democratic "Executive Committee of this Dis trict! have made appointments in many portions of the District, and have secured able speakers to fill them. Durham being the nearest named on the list, we publish the names of the speakers secured and the lime appointed for thch to ad v dress the people. Durham, Mon day night, Nov. 4th. Hon. W. II. Cox Julian S. Carr and F. II. ln-bec. , J Tueuk will be no . paper' issued from this office nest week. AVe arc" compelled to suspend in order io give our employees, an opportu nity,! to attend court as witnesses Ye; are, informed that there are some seventy-five witnesses" to at tend . fro m C li a p c I j I i 1 1 : W e' h o To in ounnext, to publish a full report ot the doings ,at court. We have beeti iuformcd Vthat there arc eight persons in Ilillsboro jail awrdting trial for capital crimes. ' iOnly one prisoner in the jail of Wako connty. Hal. iVt'ws. . The above seems alm6st incred ible. We can only account for it in tliisf war.- Wake county has a Crim inal Court that meets every three inorKhs, and remains in session un til the tlockct is cleared. The offi cers of Wake arc efficient, and clever rentlemen. The Solicitor of 'the Criminal Court, Thos. P. Devereuv, and Georg6 V. Strong," Judge, are . gentlemen well qualified for the po rtions they -occupy. They com mand the respect of the whole peo ple of Wake. The Clerk of the Criminal Court, Weston" 11." Gales, is a clever gentleman ami promising vounu man. - Sheriff J. J. Nowell is .as popular with one party as he is with 'the other.- So it'is with the Clerk of the Superior Court, Charles 1). UiK'hurch" Captain . W. : W. White, Register of1 Deeds, and John I. "Nealhery, County Treasurer. , 'H,, onntv. officers of WnVo n't!v...r:" , " . I ; , . i be heat. . uivkhsity.da. SPEECHES BY , PRESIDENT 1 I5ATTLE AND HON. : " JOHN W. NOU V ' WOOD. i . ' FRIDAY, OCTOIIEU llTlT. ' The day opened dark and rainy, and, in consequence, the. assembly was -rather snial! considering that tLis is to North Carolina one of the most auspicious days in the calen dar. Near one hundred years ago (ie University was founded, and to day its friends and the friends. of ad vanced education meet to celebrate that great event. Glory to the noble men, who, sacrificing' their own in terests, formed, with much diiliculty ami suiierini' this auxiliary' of our people's glory.. As the morning prayers. formed 'a part 9f the exer cises, "these werepmitted in the reg ular-proceedings, and services were opened by singing ''The Old. Noilly Slate," that beautiful, inspire song of the immortal Gaston. As the last, soft notes of -this patrioHc out burst died away, r Pres. Battle came forward and ad- dressed the attentive audience on the History of the University Uuild-" inrs: Throughout his -.-entire speech a vein 'of "genial humor flowed, that, never tailed to- elicit much laughter! and applause. It is impossible to do justice to his speech without re- i porting it h full and . we regret that our selections mar what was truly a beautiful asVjwell as instructive ad- c t , !f , i, i torv of a cane nresented to lam oy iui ui j mess. ie uejui " i-;,4i" i Hon. Samuel Phillips in., the name ot his father, who was a gredtjfi iend ,to Pres. Battle, a much as any old man cau be to a young one. This cane was presented by" .the second King of Siam to Dr McGilvay ;and by him in 'its unfinished state to the Rev. Dr." James .Phillip's, '.'a true, no ble, and punctual man, ever per forming his duties; a man" of un swerving integrity and who died while on his bended knees in the Chapel. He was an ornament to our University, which supplied with power our forefathers and sheds its lustre on us to-day. The Old East Building was originally-9G feet, 7 inches long, and 10 feet,n 11-2 inches wide. Our forefathers were partic ular in all their works.' James Pat terson, of Chatham was the .builder, and it cost 2,500", 'This building was, for many yeans, the only one. In 1S4S it was extended. The Old West Building was constructed in 1822. There; was only one house in Chapel Hill at the foundation of the University.; this was owned by old Mrs. Nunn. 1Iov then could the boys obtain board ? For tlvs purpose a students' mess-house was con structed opposite to the present lo cation of thc'Episcbpal Church. The bill d" fiire was: For break far t. milk or coffee j or "tea together with 1 roll or 1 biscuit, or one piece of corn bread. For dinner bffcon yrcniSy or beef, and turnips, and sometimes a pudding or tart. For supper "-coffee, or'' ten, or milk, but no b itter, together v.fth cold corn breaJ"or biscuit. Wheat bread for .supper, however, was a rarity, and elicited much joy whenever it made its appearance. The Old Chapel, was completed in' 1797 by the Morality of ' Go:i. Person, - who was wealthy, noble and?xlistlnguished as a legislator and friend to education. The .Old Chapel was named "Person llail,? in his iorio; and the Legislature also gave his name a noble little county, liie routn JuiKiing was begun iu 1798 f. hut was unfinished tor,;inajiv years on account of mone tary depression. In this ' work j sorry to say the aid jof lotteries was invoked, but without success; then Dr. Caldwell made a tour of the Stale during the vacations of 1811 and 1S12, and. the work was .finished in lSId. This building should be named after Gen. Davie, whom the trustees were pleased at onetime to call the '"Father of the University.1' The next in order of construction was the New Chapel commenced in j 1818 and complete. in 1 Z;& by .the munificence ot Charles ijrerraro:, who ! donated to the University 12,500 acres of valuable land in the State of Tennessee. On the occasion of the visit of Pres. Polk with.Jolin Y. IIason and Commodore Maury in 1847 the Chapel was enlarged in order to accommodate the large j concourse which; gathered to do! honor 'to these distinguished men. Smithes Ilall, the University library, in order to accommodate the large is named in honor of 'Hon. Benj. i. .vijr -uioum in. in iii his day, and liberal in his aid to the University. , -i " j -M ho dir- Vef Vr ; VD i uu i"gs were constructed in iSb.in iorderto.accomijtodate the large influx-! i of students -whie.h the ?old mines of - - --- - California poured into this and other places ot learning. , j.- The doors of the. University. 'weie ooenprl in 17n." Tnitinn nn room rent were $35 per year; and board only ?.j0 for the entire session. At the enl of four months there were 41 students. In 179G there wjere over 100; students. Person, Smith', Gerrard, Davie, and others of those noble 'men who sacrificed all for our ad varjcemcnt. still live and will continue to live through all times in the hearts'" rtf a gratcfuf people wh(5 owe to them the advantages which we possess. . Pres. Battle took his scat amidst rounds of applause, having invoked the young men. "in most eloquent. language to be true to the trust which the labors; toils, per-. severance, and success of their dis tinguished ancestors left to then care, for, improvement and culture.- After 'the Prcsidenss speech, the choir sang the University Song; com posed vby the accomplished Mrs. C. P. Snencer. .... ? , Hon. John' W. Norwood was then introduced by the President, and came forward. To you, - said 'hf, turning to President Battle, I feci under the deepest obligation as a citizen of . Norxh Carolina', for' the work which you have done towards uniting Agriculture and Education. In 1 10G3 the first -white settlement was formed in Northv Carolina. To day we find, t hp soil exhausted. Un less something is done we shall sbon find Ourselves in the condition of lilrliv)i Tnitior wIrr .'l-Tj-rm'il t 'core already contains, so rimny people that it catinot furnisb food for thetrnf The Uiiiversity has taken a new course-and .muted" $cience and Vgri-" cult ure, and thereby becomes ' ent.i tled to th good,' wishes of the 'Co-: pie. Let our noblest men remain at homr and cease ("to ''enrich other States with the powers " of their in- telleds to the loss .of North Caro- ,. rf,. - ' ' r jfna or he areatcst resource of A orti Carolina Js the ' purity of her 't?0iiv?. Preserve that pui ity inviolnte ; keep .t h ei r eh a ract e r u n t aiii t ed by t te fo id breath of hus'pici'n,- and you will el evate yourselves -and your St;it'e, Young ineii, protect them as vol) would the undimmed -perfection of your own sisters. " ? - Tlie sneaker continued in this beautifjil strain for some time; lie then .reviewed his-class in the Uni versity and closed, by calling'-upon the young men here to he true to themselves, to tnkn as their iu in 1 lib' e guide the Holy Bible.' The. speaker spoke at oor.sidernble'iength and in troduced .many tin tigs of interest and beauty, but space forbids- a linger report. 3Ir Norwood was a stu dent in the University 00 years ago and. with Judgje lanly, and Dr. De Rossett are the sole survivors of his class. Gov. 1 ffraham ?w'as .also a member of his class. , Altogether, University day w:js a 'success and we; doubt not the wis dom.of the trustees in, establishing it j From tTie 'JveiMsvH'e Times. DIED GOING HOME.- Rev. S.amuei S ! :Burton, who mar1 ricd 'Miss" Mary Ilines, the daughter of Rev. 'Eyward Ilines,. of Granville county, N; C, arrived here Sat'urd.iy night with his wife and-child an in faiit 18 months !old. The 'rqvei end gentleman was in the last stages of consumption. He had' eomeail -'the. wky from -Fayettevillc, Ten'n , where '3i-.was the past or, of. a Presbyterian 'clburch, and r.lso -had a. 'large' -male school of one- hundred scholars, ills anxiety was to. 'reach' his old home at Leaksville, 12 Smiles -from tliis point, and :see it once more. His father, Mr, Jones W. Burton, ol Leaksville, with his mother, met him in Greensboro at the McAdoo They, reached here Saturday night. On .Mojiday evening a .comfortable hack was procured, and the .sick man, on a bod, was made Vis easy as lying in a rooni. . 'The hack dl-ove two miles an hour. Mr. Burton? and the young )rca'che.r,s wife were ii the hack with him, j Dr. John W. Smith, of this place, followed behjind in a buggy containing Mrs. 'Bufton, (the sick man's mother,) and his in fant child. Sad, sad, it was, as they crossed the bridge, tin a-half mile ot'l Leaksville, in sight of his old home, he drew' his last' breath, and his spirit "crossed, oyer the-' rivern as his .body had just Crossed the bridge. Mr Burton was a; graduate of Da vidson (College; and went to Ten- ness.ee. some two : years . sinco. . Jle was ."an ornament to his church and beloved among all his peonle. - To j his grief-stricken 'parents, and his j;mourmng widow .with her tender j 'young babe. our. reoole would nflpv w . .1 --- - - all they have to give, their sincerest sympathy. It 'is. for God alone to comfort. Mr. Burton' w.os 2'j vears4 of age. The scene:at the end of the bridge was truly 'affecting. Amid the sobs of the parents' and the young wife, the old toUbkeeper at the bridge, so infirm as to be almost ui;ii;il-.x leu un ins Knees ami irom his heaVt, prayed ' elooxiently ?nd earnestly. The good citizens . of T .':n K'..i lie m warmest sympathy for the afflicted ones and escorted the corpse into. town. . TT . . r by 1 ?, L. B. The melancholy days have come -around college, j Mr. Linike begins his 'school, of irytnnastics Fair. immediately after the There are nearly 180 students in attendance upon the University now, wjth. a fair prospect of 200 before the end of the session. UpjStill they come. The money beiiig nearly all made up, an order has been given to clear out Stroud's .mill-pond, so it can be used by th J thdents' audi villagers for skating and boating. Prof. Sinn nds has' sickness for two" weeks. rThp boys rejoice to lu ar that he is steadily im- proving, .arui jioon be aid; classes. ; 1 to know that he win. i to take cliai ge of his Mr) Darc'has left the Hill, leaving tion. . He also did a good deal ot work on Physics Hall, fitting up the "ns and water ' works tor the new laboratory! MivW. B. Phillips, of the Agri cultural. Kxj.perimeht' Station, will read an efsajv ,bef ire the State A g- icultm-ri! Society at. its annual hieet- ag next wek: the-W iscfof i ui iy-t.:. . aL ":, l ..::n i .. '...;: j i. ... rn.iay mgni, aim wiu wo upon iv subiect of Metrl. ; -i ' Tii ere isfa daily praver meeting at i I- - 1 13 i 7 P. m., in! the 311 C. A.- room. It" has a -good attendance by the boys. The '.influence ' of tlie V. !M. C A. is steadi! v ihoreasing, all its' v:e)wer I ;ehig exerted in a g(od di- rection Ui.iver i' -,It Ity. lis a blessing to the -. essuhidiwdina ' t ime has come, and -almb.-t every, morning at the oreaKiast la no ttie "nina or me pre - ceumg nigtit isj uscusseM. 1 ' night is iille.1 r witli the ho ing of . ' ,i : . . , , , ?. horns, and ";tne air with -Uie barking ' of dogs land. tli3 ' shouting of .men, ready and'eger tor the. hunt. 1 One-of the-most, pleasing features Of" the Dime Parry last :nirht. Was;f the good behavior of'the voung gen-" tletnen oflhe Univi-isiiy. T,,e' at' .tenued m largo, numbers and encour- aged the Laudable work by bestow--' ing pienteousiy from their well-filled , m,. o i; L L. ill purses, oucli iioerality and behav - I ioi must secure the applause of ; everybody. . ; , 1 x Jiysics iiali is iui(?e.f going a 'coin1 plete ; change. Ttvvili .'be. . divided'; somcfwhat dla.ntn-ll v 'ii.li o :i Ia o. V. . i ,' , ! . . i liou room "ana laboratory i.r t he ' . . -.: , i J s'uuus m applied. ctit-iV5st.ry. It .isfalivis' but the' dbctors said: he coulc furn;jlcd with convenient gas ami Vater works. Ventilation will be almost-perfect. ' Its advantages'" ea-j not ltd surpassed, an when ami- rdeted it will be eqna! sf; not saV'O- i rior, to any in the United "States. ' ' -. r , ' i . The -hoys are wnrkiig harder this session thai: any ' prec:ciiig one. As Pre-s'dent Baltic announced at the. beginning of the seion, i tie S will be graded bv daily recitations ami term sianu, ami not so mucii by final examination ass heretofore. This "does away with the practice 'of cramming. necessity of The boys:, seeing the it, have gone hard to work, for such is the . way to win success. . . - President ne-pian in fiattl.e has adopted a his classes. He has a debate by hi.4 class, dividing it into debate the affirmative 'and. negative 'of all leading questions brought up in this department. Th.is is, a good plan, as the boy can not th(n depend on" the book for his j'hh, mib uiusr, reiy ion ms own thought; It gives the' hoy ,a more extended idea of the question, by relying m his own opinion; as well as by, Jieariilg the opinion of his classmates. The last ; jsubject de. bated( was, "Is tlie. division of labor as applied in the manufactories of the civilized jkvorld injurious to the laboring c'asies ?" It Jwas debated m - oHtf Hro,i,r nA i 1 x ;WaniI bly. veiTe -mnst have been benefitted tpnfobl 'Hv if " Tr .o, J1 : i i . . . '.V 'V ;v- fMyouu,Pian, and must be crowned wi.th abttmlant success. I NORTH C A liQI-IN A- r; : rri,n "Rilmo-b National is o to beer being sold .on the State Fair grounds. . Give us your band. ' Raleigh News That was a rare sight at Clifton's. Mill, in Frankbn couut as described by Turner with ovUlent nride at his achievement. Moses went' there to 'meet him. Josiah didn't waii't to be met., Moses commenced to speak, where upoiAl Jusiah proluced a coio-bell and rang it vigorously to drown his utterances. M -sesI thej-eupon. ac cording to "Yurners . version, com menced to wh..siie,:,and so the. peo ple had the: benefit of a remarkable ii.ikrumeiithl MV V.-Vcal duet, instead pf a -debai e iC- the, great1 questions of the day. I Haleigli News '. : .Ujlliam Jeffreys', colored, who was convicted jit the late term of Warren court, cd' rape upon a colored woman, and is under sentence , of death by . hanging on Nov. Slh, refuses to make a confes sion. as her says the details of his ' . .... crime are'itoo ,hornUle .to relate. This is equivalent to Un acknowledg ment of guilt. It is sa;d that appli catioii 'is to be ma.dcf for commuta tion of the! death sentence to iirj; piisohnvent',f r life.' : It seems that this Jefrreys is a vilialn of the black est sort, lis a white man from North ampton was present at his trhij to pic fe charges against him for hay ing raped; a colored woman and at tempted to commit? the' same hor rible Outrage upon a colored woman in that county. '. : 'I liillsboro Recorder:, We learn I that ihu 'operations of- cuymg and cur tobacco are oing Onvith. grea eat i activity. The tobacco is , better ri- , - , i - ni .n.s.,lts are eoi isid cred as m ore satis act ory tliaii for soma years past.. .From present i ii di cations, I he r j o vt ion of inferior tobacco will be ,-verv inuch - smaller than- last year. .-.VVUil'i; curirfg is go ing -oil '.we hear of .more t han the usual number of barns- burned by defect ive flues, most probably: Mr.-.:W. "ii. Anderson,- of this cimty, h.-st one op. Wednesflav oveninLr lasjv filled with -very fine t'dmcco. Mi'..'.Lses And err-on. Mr. Pittard, David I Terrejl and Jos. Uinteal, jalso of this i L3;, ( ' " 1 " V , ; . ,-u., , f: HnHvynthr from- the Q rail gel iiive. .' ' ' - '. "" ' , ,.! 1 1 ,,T., . ' -. ' t :'' ' 1 i W dnvui'ton iteview A gentje- - , ",,.,,. m,, )t:,.mr,.;i, tnan who arrived 'iicre Uiw uioniiiig ; jVom South ihwiitial thtts us-' of' a j bioodvnair. winch occurred at bum ier. yesterdav morning. . Un luUrs - d-av. ! night, at Timmonsville, an - - M' hii I j entiary convict was and was taken to umter guards, to be in. ia'il. Arriving s Slimier ,sterdav morning, tlie r prisoher, who was heavily ironed. ';''? taken-tromaho car and Uie par- itV Ha'd;. not proceeded far on their ; J - 1 v- . i'-- !.. . way up town, when the prisoner re sisted.i His guards wanted him. ! to f go one: way .nd he wanted t6 go an other, so-itJ.s- said, Avbereupon ofiq of the men stepped ; back three j or -fouf' puces,--drey a pistol and shot the. l pooridevil tin ee tmes, iu the abdo i nienjtho " thigh.'arvd the neck. At12 - , , , - i ' ' :i Uj clock ast night..the man was stil not possibly jive. The parties were !U -colored. . No arrests. -Jv .' - j. Wlmihgton Keview ; The Paw nee Indiais '-who ' are traveling with Jhe; jtiltaio JU troupe had never . . i . . . -. -. seen i.ue ocean,' aim so ineirgiuue or guard, tooi them down to ' the Sound in an ambulance,, and then had theuT transposed to thb banks in a sail boat, but-' whether thev were t ran snorted with ; delight 1 01 joy, or Vk hetirerdhey we're impresled with the awful, grandeur jof the scene.- as the broad Atlantic burst upon their view as they (clambered over: the Mnlhrcks . on .the ocean beach, it was imoossible to tell (so we are iidbrnied) from a casual or even a close scrutiny ot their inflex ible countenances. It i,s a part of the Tidian nature and one of their chief characteristics to betray no e rn o U oh' y h a'tcv e r onsttch occasiops. They gazed long and earnestly', how ever, at the blue water as it rolled into 'she) re and Watched the breakers as they capped and foamed when they broke upon the beach. The party returned to the city last night, . i. ' r': a- ..... " . , .-, 1 no iiiuians ormging with tlrem quite a number as well as quite a variety of shells which they had gathered upon, the sea-beat shore. A New People. It is claimed that a new people have been discov ered in a district of India. They are supposed to be. 'tlie descendants of the Jews ' sent t intQ ; that lamkby Solomon to captire elephants and Avorjv' in gold rid nes. They call themselves Sons of Israel, not Jews, and declare that they have autograph prayer bobks written by the Patri archs, arid alsoa 1 written Bible, ah though Hebrew v has becorhe' almost a dead language with j them. They observe the Sabbath, but know i nothing of the, Passover and Day of Atonement. tJI B W E K K L Y ' L j: D (J K i ;iiaii:l niLL, .1ycv annum, $1 ,f)0. Six months. 81 01) Advertisements an 'Caring- in th0 L : DG cit n il 1 reach i ... ! . i t)e farmers -of I. Alamance, Chatham Wake, Orant . . -,'(. and oilier comities, and is therefore a hgood advertising medium. V -1 i ( fffgp Ad v e r t i se m en ts will I be stirted in these column on as liberal terms as in any first class paper. 3Thc; Ledgers circulation is increasing rapidly, and bids fair to have ; as large circulation f as any - j' ' " ' in tho State. country newspaper Tiro Fall Season will soon odcd. -i j -'j-'; . should keep up r-. -r and every farmer with the ; cotton, tbbacco and pro duce . markets. The, Ledoeu will , :' . - 1 'f ' 1 furnish the markets of Ifa'leighDrtr. hriin,. Ifl!fboro, Cliapel Hill, ttc. -' .' .s -. ' ' ' ' -- ' Arrangements are being rhade for :.:'..' I, I. ; i . I . .' - ' -' It I I " -: yeckly commltuidationa from Raf- :,:;;;;;... ) jqigh And other points. j. ira-jfebiufUR wtn use whatever m- flifcncc.it may command to have a i !;; Itailroad brrilt id Chapel Hill, and ah iniehtal Farm A con nected with the Universi r. l! - : .,:.... -Thp columns o f the Lkdokr will bp devoted to Literature, Agricnl ttjirc, Latest New g, Original Cones- pondents,' Markets, etc., and 'will aroid politieal rss hes avmnch as po- sible, thougtr claiining the 1 right to 1 ; ' :- -. i '.!'; object to A'bnoxio is. men iand inca" ? uires. . r Then, fellow-citizens, subscribe io Ledgkh and aid us' in buihliCa U p a good newspaper, 2T" Office" .opposite the store of W, Carrj and next door to L- ' 1 Weaver. j ) 'Tr -l -rr.