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TH.K it- v V K If V T. I'Dfi V. T X 7 if iB5tMtA ' -v :, . -" " ZJ . IT " - .- i ; . : auveutisixo: 1 h Mirti t-uch subsiqiiiit iiiettiun. 1. fni l!ii-ri'ilt-ji- J Wii ("v . v - - . , . i '....rii'.neiits KliouUI be wut m by -v... .... t:u-h l:ir of LvJiiH. 10 $qVAX It ED CLOVEK. 15 Bus 5 Bus iei OrL'hnKI Gra5.. iels Kentucky Bine Gimss. hist riftvcilj at'" BAK BEETS DItUO f K hJ:t iik-k bottom pikes. . ST rf.KEKI.Y L E M It , ill E :ii;FEli I1IIL, N. C. .1 . . 1W annum, SI 50. Sit ioiijhs. SI "00. All (1 formal ion. cor.crrninjj the 1 ; ' ' r!jf.al School will bi j ; u , S ate X ttie Lev :is. ;vc: 1 u:c:its anj.-eariug in tiu viili reach; the farmers of j eJt-hVJ.:im! 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AXD DISSOLVED bone: OUiUlASfEED THE j "Best in America.' j AMMONUTED RajjonefnperpbospIiate It a: TiH COXCEifTIlATED ' SUPERPHOSPHATE 1 ; FOR ALLCROPS. SEND: FOR CIRCULAR. Joshua Horner, Jr.,& Co., Cor. Boijlj',1 Wharf nnd Wood St., ! 4 T '.fl N 0 I C E S . LAL K . B O W L E S . t : '''' I'L.X SllF.lt 1:1? itr? rPTC-Af ASOX " ami IIITt-l ASIIKR, is now Heady to o wrtrtj jut ghoit notice. All f bis yirk isigijaniiitpctl to ive satisfaction. (V11 on hifn ami have your work done iatly. I I I lU-fer1 tr citizens of Chapel Hill. n .: c a t E s & s o Atill be pleased at all times to palsiMiers to and from Durham '7uvev ut nntice, at anr time of ilny 01 ut. Oftlers lor ex'press and freight jTouiptly jitttluled to I.AllOEST STOCK of l'alnts.. jn thc County, at 2 t ! I ' ' ' . ; - . . I . f l ItarlH'.-V Dm-' tnr-. mfi I i- f i v ' . .. fvrri I 1. 1 -'rr Ti i:rr-t ? ". i - mr ware.....,'.. 'tikJiii l :! " ; r t J MI If I I -I'll ir-lT ' ' rvr-.-L .:"7I I rTTT ft II i Lit III W ' X I I I I li I ; -i i 3 .- X "T W V . I f J r I 1 f J I I . . . . : -J l-''7 T E . Fr-'J I 1 t 1 V - "1. 1. ' : ; : ! :- ; 1 ..' J f : . - itk . ,. ' " vor.TTMw tt - - : r , .. - . . . - . . . 2 I 1 1 ' 1 . ' ' . . - . v . GHAPEL ITILLy N. P., SATURDAY, MKCH 29, 179. 5EED-YOBDS.: Twas nothinor a liiere idle word,. lrroin oa:elosK Hps that felJ, .'Forgor. perhaps a. pooh as suitl, And purposeless ns well. " -I -! ; . J But yvU as mi tbo pnssih'HviiKl Is borne th little seed. ; Whieli blooms itnheeded. as a flower, Ot as a noisome weed i " - I - . j ! " " -' bo oten will a sinjj'e word, Unknown, its end fultil. - And bear, in seed, the flower and fruit Of actions good or ill. j i the Led e r. V1315 IS OIV. BY! SOUTH HON". On a iM'.Turifiil sunny day in the Winter of 75, a smalt party of us emharktMl on the trim little Rtearner ':i-row'' to visit ththoine of Wash- inifj'on. 1 . i . ' ''Mi. Vernon occupies a swell ot p0toma' riier. in-Fai'itax count v. Vi - ;inin, 7 miles below Alexandria ! and 1 5 1 Denny, ansion sta Washinmti City. The iv 1 njli! sillt t i1iit-iii1 ; g; aiuu :?r, ai d as the steamets pass slvlv tollino the bell, (a custom j I T i ' ' i . n;p!: almost unconscionsl V raises his tint in reverence. And now we w ere to-set 1jmi on. this so 1 sacred locerv Ameiican! V . Tiuichiiig at tl.e little landing the nartv eaiieilv rushed ! ashore anl oayfy chaiting assed ;up the, grav elled walk that winds traeelully up a lit tie "Wooded dell. A turn in the wain, suddenly brought the crowd directly in lr consists of a nt ot the tomb. This graceful into the arch way of .vault in the brick, leading side .of the hill. Art iron barred uasewav closes this, and above is -he inscription lI am jthe resurrec tion and thr life.'1 The laughter dies out, the crowd becomes silent as they slowly approach and look in through the bars. Within are seen two ; marble saicopliagi, : the right hand one bearing". in 'raised letters the "words, 'George ''(Washington," 1 he left, 'Martha Washington." The model of simplicity ; but the spirit of Washington j pervades the scene, and off go the hats as we j ' f land'so near; the ashesof that great nan. No glittering mausoleum sur rounds his dust, buj .; Washington is embalmed in the heai;ts of his coun t rymen. j j A little -farther upi on the right side of the walk is' the old family vault in which Washington's body was first laid; and remained till 1S30. Approaching the south end of the mansion, wli;ch stands some 300 yards further upon the brow of the j hill, we pass the spacious stables j and stable van! on the left, for the stock in which Washington took so ! much pride! A near view shows the mansion to be a large 2 1-2 story building of wood, stuccoed. It was built by George's elder brother Lawrence, and named in honor ol Admiral Vernon. It was bequeathed5 to Bushrud Washington aiid l'lom him passed to J. A. Wasli iiigton, his nephew. With 200 acres of land it was so'd bvi him to the "Ladies of the 31t. Vernon Associa . tion" for $200,000, and by them pre sented to" the United States govern- ment ; and now it is kept up as a place of pilgrimage! and resort for visitors. The building.! is-.96 feet Ion" with a" spacious; .'colonnade net oss the whole frout.'i : There is a beautifni view, from this point. Doubtless here1 Gen. Washington used to promenade i with military precision, night and morning, as his eye watched -the sunlight on the broad expanse of waters that stretch far away on either hand and ripple almost at his feet oi caught on its waves the shimmer of. the moonlight. On the ground floor are six robms. Entering we first . visit the library, the room in which "Washington died bi bed-room, jibe first and lait named rooms ate kept "just as ' ' they were left; at the time of his death. '' i : ' . ;. .- . . .. ji'-i v In the wide hall is a .register for Visitors and hangii.g on the wallrf js 4 massive brass key, almost a foot iii length ' and weighing several pounds. This is the key of the Bastde, the fahious French inison, and was presented by fLaFjyette: tn Washington after that prison house was destroyed.! . ' I . i 7 From the hall we bass, into the "easl narlor " a lary-e 100 srr t akin r up the whole width n the house. There is little furniture in tl;is room, but how fraught with historic in terest ! Ilv on? corner stands a di lapidated i harpsichord presented by Wasliiijton tt) Nellie Custis. Pass- inx our .'tinners over the kevs hdwi i . . the past wells up in the sounds ! In ! imagination wei ste Nellie, n youth ful freshness, thrumming ray ai is, while General and Lady Washing ton sit by and listen with benignant approval. In Ithis room we see thronged, in kitee breeches and pow dered wigs, the grandees of the time and all those who ever foumi a hospitable welcome at -Mt. Vernjni. In many parts of the house we $ee articles ol interest coats with im mense cuffs .'and pocket, flaps veists l hat would reach nearly to knees and ! breeches thai would he go scarcely below. How capricious is fashion .' , ' . j The ba k ; door looks otit upon a level lawn, very wide and stretchjiug away for mi 1-8 of a milewith out houses scattered along the left side. On the; right is the spacious garden surrounded by a wall and iwith broad walks flai ked:bv' masses of state-lv. ....... 1 . i .'; here we find .lap spirit ol In a large green house r- raised ami offered I f ti box. Bu the age. plants ar sale in 'po ts. to visitors. ; Glai'ciivg through the house again; wego to the inhi; yard. This con lists of 5 or 6 acres of rolling gro uid covered Uu frees and tailing awav abruptly in frdiit of the houe tothe; river's edge. iTlie best . view is ob tained from the little cupola which surmounts the house, from wi:lch many a! white; winged sail may be seen flitting to and fro, and beyond the river, the blue hills of' Maryland stretching away in the distance. At the corner of the house is shon a tree under which Washing ton and horses on Hancock mounted their he lGth of April, 1789, to im to his Inauflrtiration in New 1 ork O 1 . city Bui the charm' of the place affects us. wander - about listlessly. The spirit of I Washington is everywhere.- .Perhaps ;he has stoo,d here on this very ! spot. There we; see hirn attentive to the calls of a plant er's bfe, givii.g orders to his fa-vor-ite servaiils! Now' he walks out ami with! Virginia hospitality web 'coines some guest, his dignified but gentle mien commanding the respect and love f all. In legislative hails and on battle fieltls we 'see Washington the states man and Vernon general. 'but-it is at Mt. we see Washington j the husbaad, citizen and friend. Thus, in reverie, would we have dreamed I the day away, but j the shrill whistle of the boat leealls us to the p'resent, and with many re grets we leave the home ot ''the father of bis country." Tnrl,rrt in s'lv-vpar-old bovloul the gWlKl"po you know, the nature and solemnity of an oath ?" Boy ''Yes. sir." Judge--'-Weli, what is it?" Boy lI know that my father takes an oath to my mudder every Sunday mornin'tjiat he'll never touch ano-ther drop of whiskey, but he comes home ovorv Stttirdn v nitrht as dllink aS a 1 'P1 ,iv, oSniJi?" ''You lord. That s an oath, aint .t r iou i - '. can step! down," said the Judge. , JTew York Commercial. Shout. Yell and Holler are the names .ot three Michigan familie K ' V I For the Ledger. i THE RAILROAD. Chapel il ill, N. C, ) March kib .1879. f t Mr. EditOH : We may hpe that before long oifr comrnuniiy wiU Lbe ;stirred,by .discussions about our railroad. Shall it take us to t4Uui versity Station'' nine and a half miles -or to Durham twelve and a half! miles? .Which 't of the two routes is the Jevellestf Which will ;Jurnih : tlie most i c.usj om 2 ; AY hich will afford the quickest - and widest access to the . worldoutside of mis ? On which route can we get the; most help in building the road ? Which will, at first, as well as at last, be the cheapest ?,j "These: and many' Other such questions will he asked and ought to "be decided before we go to work.. j To tlj'e solut ion ofl another diffi culty, viz: Shall a wide guage four feet, eight and a half ijiches or one still wider be laid down ? Or shall we adopt a .narrow' guage three feet or? less V I offer It he following extracts lroin a. popular magazine of high authority : ' j The narrow gnacred rOads, i. e., the three feet, or less, roads have cost in this country, from $10,000 to 14,000 ,a mile when; fea;dy for the t cars. S- that the road to Durham may be 'expected to cost between 125,000' and $175,000, while that in TTni versitv Station! will est be tween 95,000 anil $133,000 besides ihe cost ' of cars, A wide- guaged road to Durham will have cost, when the rails are laid, at least $300,000, while the other Will; cost S228.O0O. Of course these numbers are only rough a ppr bximatious to the true ones. These may be grealeij, or they may be less. After aif exltanstive! comparison ol thef wide-guager and nar.row-guage roadSrUas to ' 'construction,' 'equip ment,' 'dead weight1 in engines, cai;s, I, 'power to' transport, passengers ) and freiglit'; Wear and tear": 'run- nmg exenses. capacity; for freight,' Arc! tlie?conclusiou is, that a three foot railroad will cost forty per cent. lesslhan one wJjose width is fotu feet1, .eight' -and h half inches and that it can be run at an expense one third less so that lhe cost of carry ing freight can be reduced from thirteen mills a ton, to four mills, while: the .speed '."and comfort with which passengers are transported will not be materially! lessened. You can . count thy vote, Mr. Edi tor, a'sjone for a narrow-guage road on the best route. X A TOUCHING SCENE. Mr. Stepjienson was an employee in the house of A. T. Stewart & Co. On Christmas night he loolcthe ele vated railway with Ins arms full of bundles for his children. The gate was open, he walked through and came .down' on the pavement; the form of humanity was mashed out ot j him. Judge Hilton gave an order to the family to put themselves into complete mourning at his store with, out' cost. Among the clerks is n I ' - ' i coinpany of young men who are ex cellent singers. .They have a choir of their own and furnish music on fes tive occasions aijd forjfunerala. Tlie choir proposed 6 furnish the music a the burial of t&eir . jriend. One of the company had a voice very much like Mr. Stephenson's, singing tenor very purely. As his voice was heard in ihe stillness and solemnity of s the church,' the little boy cried out, as he couidn't'see the singer: "Oh !; inam majl lhat's my papa :! be isn't dead ; he'll go home with us to-night !'' bathing the entire audience br tears The daughter of a Texan, cattle kirjg, or bovine-monarch, the school- master has it, was married not long , . ' 1 c . am our! iqj tifPHSPnt h1 Iiv hpr tut nPr -fe.r ".7 t ; "V" .T 'J. T; 7V witn a marriage gm consisun oj a bunch of cattle numbering ten thou sand head, and he didn't think he had done much for licr, either: ;" IVUBX15X:jK.5t: 1 . . . i . " .-. i . 5 For'the Ledger. 'Chapel Hill. N. C. ) . March 25th. 1879. If We may thank oir 'loyal" North ern friend for expressing so- opimly his holy horror atuk indignatiori at the idea of ''(Jalkomi o?t Go cent -mi" being used as a text-bo,jk- in l he University of Georgia, whi-nf the discussion elicited thereby has educed from the g'owing andt incisive :pen of Prof J. L..M. Curry', of Richmond College such a we l-timed and :yig- 4) r ous e x p m hi o 11 . o 1 1 i'e t r u e . pr in ci - de of all Republiciui.Governnieiit, and such an unflinching testimony to the honorecl dead crowning with un dying, laurelsUhe b ow of the grand est yrtellect of modern times. - "A mjnd wliich df itself would im mortalize any country." ;' :j) We quote! f'ro'rrf the- HReliotous IIerald;r Feb. 2 7th j. ( Rich in o n d) only the last paragraphj of this brillijirt essay and advise all Oollegiaris to read the whole.. . Dr. Curry s:ys "As to the ise of Mr. Calhoun's work on Govern ment als , a lext-ljjook in Gollegys,j that is a matter '.of .professional taste and (expedieiicy ! .ew teachers use books which coin mand their entire ! approval: Mr, Cajhonn's volume bn Government wa? written and pub-j iimicu ji iui iu luic jvv ar. c uisists in jisoiusiiiuu t on vifin cii 11 (3 11 and' aTieatise oni the! United States tbo Constitution of . The. former i a ' i 1 .; .. , . ' . I I" - . !'. , - i ;" 1 inasteriy essay, uiijsurpasseu ov any .1. .;; -1 X ! ' . ! k of like character in ancient 3ern times, f It the condensed .it ' j ji . j? L wor mod rtstdt of thc study and thinking ' ntc most acme ana iorjicai intellect 1 often centuries A Jf The latter, i while advocatiiid the ' riirht if S:ate veto! " or nterposition, treats' mat ..oivi as an ujcuieni 01 our leoe- 0 . ; . i ' f .it J rative system; . The exposition of the j instrument m other respects, has the characterics of Mr. Calhoun's mdst 1 ..1 1 , . . . j .. marvellous mind,i-lucility, con den sation, logic, clear 'analysis, brojd generalization. The student cf the v; ; " ''. . .' 1 I- - ' ' ' science of goveriiitfeiit or of As(nei can politics, whose Xprejudice pre vents his thorough study of this work, foolishly cuts hiinelf off from corji rnudidu" with a niiiid which of itself would immortalize any country." ? fXot in italics Originally. Not-in italics orioiuaily. IN SEVEN DAYS. In seven days a dove was sent. Every seven days .the land rested. Jacob served seven years for Rachql. Jacob mourned Feven years for Jo seph. Ori-tlie seventh day God ended . . v . D i - .j; ... ; . . -. his work. Abraham' pleaded seven times for Sodom The golden cah- dlestick had sev cn r branches. - . Naa- man washed seven timas in. the -river Jordan. Jacob days' jour tiey by was pursued a seven Laban. v Every sey enth year the law was read to the i people? On the 'seventh day NoabV; nrl- L,.,h,rl thf rfn., id ' Snlom n groupd, ! "Soiomonlj was seven vears building the temple 'and fisted' sever; 1,1 davs at its ' dedica1-.; tiou. Qn the seventh day of the. seventh month; Cie children of Israel fasted seven davs in their tents.-? : Job's friends sat with him seven davsf and seven 'nights and offered seyeiy bullocks and seven ranis as' an atone inent .. Tub 'Dfflhexce.'' After stay-j ing eighteen years in thiscouytiy,'j said Prof. Agassiz, "I have repektl Ledly .asked myself what was the oil"! ferencef between the institutions 'off the Old World and those of' Amer-i ica : and I ha ve found the answer;irt .a few words. In Europe eyerythijigj is aone 10 preserve anai maiuiain the rights of the. few ; . in America everything is done to make a man pf him who hjs any of. the elements oj manhood in tVm." i; j 1 The followinginnouucement late- ly appeared in a. uaper : Edyar Eden, painter, is requested to coin j municate with his brother, when ha will hear of something to his advan-i : t age his wile is 'dead." T II E WE-K K L Y LKDG E IL j( 1 sp.itsqexjrripg kajes v j The'EEKLY' LEDGER i furnished ItOrsubscriUf rs at. one dolLu ajijl.ltty . cents per copy per annum, invariably inhdvaiice. 1: , " Six month.-, one dollar. ' Kleven.copie ohe'yeaf, lllteen dolijirJ Twenty-two copies, one;yeir, Itblrtj: . doHur. , ' ; . , t Address all orders to -The WEEKLY I EEDGKU.' Chapel Hill. N C. . NKW GOODS ! . . Stoi'k of (iood is now comnlete- Irii lever Depsirtmeut. and will bnld at 1 BOTTOM PRIufe FOll CASi!r - J , fcr tri prbiupt pjiyinjr'eu.toiuen.'' ;.'. His btock consists in part of , , 1 . CASSIMEHES, CLOTHS, COT-. TONADES. LlNEXfDRILLS lor Pants and Suit r-&v. r - " . A Full Line of Domestic 1(M blenclml iimI unbleached SI1KET1NO: FJLljW CASE OoimK 1AKE GEORGE A. A. u v: v y sh ekting 4-4. lonsdalk t'A.MBKIC J ' ' A Full Line of ! ' . ' . 'TGI J KK1) AND ILAlT LAWNS, .l..'' Dhsmn GoodH ilt Sfvle. Liken ladies SUITS and TRAVELLING DRESSES, 1 1 A yitii: KG EDG I N GS. in fvery Ptyl 9 '( rom o t'onts , up. LINEN TOWEI-S andj CRASH. 1 (t.r;.,pS ftn'nrrs mi.i chLT.Aits' full line. MILES; and ZIEQLEU'S " . fband made Shoes In eve y Stvle, for 5 O01 1 Icmen, Ladies. Misses , and. ChU- 'jdren. j Also a large lot : if other good i and -i xftmUar niakes of Shoes. - McCAU LEY'S s Headquarters for iqq LARD and GROC&" RIES, CANVASSED '& SUGAR CURED HAMS on hand all the ' ' '' : ' ' !- ' ", ; " time at Bottom Prices. ' v . - -Ml , ' . ' N. C. 'HAMS and. SIDES at lOcts. GOOD BROWN SUGAR at lOcts Casii. GRANULATED, CUT ; j ''t i. 1 . ,; , LOAF and best BROWN SU- ; GAR at lowest prices. GRITS and HOMINY always on band. A full; line of fish. X. c. CUT HERRING. MULLETS, . J !. ' . I . I . . ' BLUE FISH, Ac. . i ;; - 1 ' BEST CUBA MOLASSES and PURE JIONEY .DRIP SYRUP. PURE CIDER VINEGAR and 1' TRESJI RICE. A full Stock of FanuerV Friend Plows, j Points and Rolls, alway on band. 1 1 ' ' ' ) - SWEEDS' Refmed. Rod. Sonare and ! Round Iron on hand, of all the differ ent size at fie lowest c;in price COTTON HOES iu nil the latt and " 'M V1 W' i . SHOES and - HORSI and MULE NA1US. CUT a i iVl FINISUINti NAILS t every size. GRAIN and GRASS BLADES. In fac Line". evei'ytliin In the Hardware A beautiful line of LADIES'. MISSES and CHILDREN'S TR I M M E D and UN TRIM M ED IIA'I'S. 1 'i " ' RIBBONS. RUFFS. CUFFS and FS and COL LARS iu everv rv Stvle. r A full Line of Gentlemen and Iidlch NECKTIES. : . ' Geiitiemeir and Boys' FKLT and STRAW) H ATS, iu allthe latest and he West Stvles. j .. j ., . A full line of Men andJJoys READY MADE if LOTH ING n't prices that can not he beat. v 1 . . UMBRELLAS and P.U8ASOLS that bats them from 15 ceU to $3. i If voii WHnf to save money, come to McC ALLEY'S, where you will And what yoi want at prices to1 ult evt-ry- bbdy. T . 1 . , ' t . 1 ... .. ' Thankijiiff the public ; for Hmj liberal patronage ffircn me heretofore. I pledfc Jnyself i be future, as I Iv tried I do in the past, to' treat verybotly rlch and irivci them, the ivorth of theil miev Verv rereetfHlln D. McCM'MIY i. ! t ir 1. J- T I- ' hi ?
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